Manabii waliendelea kutoa unabii kuhusu kuja kwa nabii wa mwisho. Walitaja maelezo yake na tabia zake. Maelezo muhimu zaidi ni kwamba yeye si miongoni mwa wana wa Israeli.

he prophets continued to give prophecies about the coming of the final prophet. They mentioned his description and his attitudes. The most important description is that he is not from the children of Israel.

Analeta sheria inayodumu milele, huwaponda maadui zake, na ujumbe wake utakuwa kwa manufaa ya mataifa yote.

He brings a law that lasts forever, crushes his enemies and his message will be for the good of all nations.

Maelezo haya hayakuwepo kwa mtu yeyote aliyedai unabii isipokuwa yeye. Wakristo wanakiri kwamba haya ni unabii, lakini hawakuweza kuyahusisha na mtu yeyote isipokuwa Muhammad ﷺ. Musa na Isa walikuwa manabii waliotumwa kwa Wana wa Israeli pekee. Musa alikuwa na sheria ya ibada, na wafuasi wake walipata ushindi dhidi ya maadui zao. Isa hakuja na sheria mpya wala ibada mpya, kwa kuwa alikuja kutimiza Sheria ya Musa. Alisema: "Msidhani kwamba nimekuja kuitangua torati au manabii; sikuja kutangua, bali kutimiza." (Mathayo 5:17) Hakuwashinda maadui zake; zaidi ya hayo, Wakristo wanadai kwamba maadui zake walimkamata na kumsulubisha. Basi wanawezaje kusema kwamba yeye ndiye aliyechaguliwa ambaye atawaponda maadui zake na ndiye anayetarajiwa na mataifa?

These descriptions did not exist in anyone who claimed the prophethood except him. The Christians admit that these were prophecies but they could not attach them to anyone other than Muhammad (PBUH). Moses and Jesus (PBUT) were prophets sent only to the children of Israel. Moses had a rite and his followers were victorious over their enemies. Jesus did not come with a new law or rite, as he came to fulfill the Law of Moses. He said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." (Matthew: 5/17) He did not defeat his enemies; more over, the Christians claim that his enemies had captured him and crucified him. How can they say that he is the chosen who will crush his enemies and be the one expected by nations?

Unabii ulio wazi zaidi kuhusu nabii wa mwisho, ulioandikwa mapema kabisa, unapatikana katika wasia wa Yakobo kwa wanawe kabla ya kufa kwake. Alipowaambia: "Fimbo ya enzi haitaondoka kwa Yuda, wala fimbo ya mtawala kati ya miguu yake, hata atakapokuja yule ambaye ni wake; nao watu watamtii." (Mwanzo 49:10) Alikuwa akiwaeleza kuhusu wakati ambao utawala na amri zitaondolewa kwao mwishoni mwa zama.

The oldest clearly written prophecy that talks about the final prophet comes in Jacob's will to his sons before he died. When he said to them: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the people be." (Genesis: 49/10) He was telling them about the time in which the dominion and the statute will be removed from them at the end of days.

Katika toleo la Ukuhani wa Wajesuiti, maandishi ni kama ifuatavyo: "Yuda atashika fimbo ya kifalme, na wazao wake watatawala daima. Mataifa yatamletea kodi na kuinama kwa utii mbele yake." Kwa mujibu wa tafsiri ya Jonathan, kifungu hicho ni wazi zaidi.

In the Jesuit Priesthood's edition, the text is as follows: "Judah will hold the royal scepter, and his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. " According to Jonathan’s translation, the passage is clearer:

Wala wafalme na watawala, wala makuhani wa Kiyahudi, hawataacha kuwa katika uzao wa Yuda, wala wazao wake, hadi atakapokuja Masihi Mfalme, mwanae mdogo.

"Neither the kings and rulers nor the rabbis will stop from Judah’s family nor does his offspring till the Messiah King, his younger child, come.” 1

Tafsiri mbili zinatofautiana katika maneno matatu ya andiko hili. Baadhi wameandika neno "bar" kama "mfalme" au "fimbo ya enzi", na maana zote mbili ni karibu sawa. Neno "ruler" limebadilishwa na "mpangaji", "mtawala" au "fimbo ya kutawala", na maana ya maneno haya yote iko karibu na maana ya msemo "pamoja na fimbo ya kuwatawala watu wake." Tofauti muhimu zaidi ipo katika neno "Shilon", ambalo tafsiri nyingi zimeliacha kama lilivyo. Katika tafsiri nyingine za Kiebrania imesemwa, "Hadi Masihi atakapokuja." Kuhani Ibrahim Luka alitafsiri "Shilon" kuwa Masihi, na alilichukulia kuwa tafsiri sahihi ya neno la Kiebrania "Shiloh", [ שִׁילֹה ]. Toleo la Kimarekani la Biblia Takatifu linataja katika maelezo ya chini kwamba neno "Shilon" lina maana ya: usalama, au yule aliye nao.

The translations differ in three of words in the text, some have exchanged the word "bar" with the king or the scepter, and both have the same meaning. The word "ruler" was replaced with “planner”, “disposer”, or “swagger stick”. The meaning for all these words is close to the meaning of the phrase “with a rite who disposes his people.” The most important difference in these words is about the word "Shilon" which was kept as it is by most of the translations. In other Hebrew translations, it is said, "Until the messiah comes". The priest Ibrahim Luka interpreted "Shilon" as the messiah, and he considered it a correct translation of the Hebrew word "Shiloh", [ שִׁילֹה ]. The American edition of the Holy Bible, mentions it as a footnote that the word "Shilon" means: safety, or the one who has.

Kwa hiyo, tunauliza, maana kamili ya neno (shilon) ni ipi?

Thus, we ask, what is the exact meaning of the word (shilon)?

Katika kujibu swali hili, Abdul Alahad Dawood, aliyekuwa padri na msomi wa lugha za kale, anaona kwamba neno "shilon" katika asili yake ya Kiebrania lina maana tofauti; zifuatazo ni zile muhimu zaidi:

In answering this question, Abdul Alahad Dawood, the ex-priest and scholar in ancient languages, sees that the word "shilon" in its Hebrew origin has different meanings; the following are the most important ones:

1) Huenda neno hilo limetokana na neno la Kiashuri linalojumuisha maneno mawili, "bsheta" na "lowh". Neno la kwanza "bsheta" linamaanisha "yeye" au "yule", na neno la pili "lowh" linamaanisha "wake". Kwa mujibu wa tafsiri yake, maana ya unabii inakuwa: "Muhuri wa ufalme uliotabiriwa hautaondolewa kwa Yuda hadi kuja kwa yule ambaye muhuri ni wake, na kwake mataifa yatanyenyekea."

1) It may be derived from an Assyrian word that consists of the two words "bsheta" and "lowh". The first "bsheta” means "he" or "the one" and the second "lowh" means "his". According to his interpretation, the meaning of the prophecy becomes “The forecasted kingdom seal will not be taken from Judas until the arrival of the person that the seal belongs to, and to him the nations will submit".

2) Huenda ni mabadiliko ya neno "Shelwah" linalomaanisha "mjumbe wa Mungu". Kwa namna ya pekee, neno hilo pia hutumiwa kumrejelea mke aliyeachwa talaka kwa sababu anatumwa mbali. Mtakatifu Jerome alipendelea kulitafsiri neno hilo kama ujumbe, hivyo akatafsiri msemo huo kuwa "yule aliyetumwa". 1

2) It may be an alteration of the word "Shelwah" which means "the messenger of God", as an exception, the word is also used for the divorced wife because she is sent away. Saint Jerome preferred interpreting the word as the message, so he translated the phrase “he who was sent". 1

Haijalishi maana yake ni nini, unabii huu unamzungumzia mtu mmoja na kumwita "Shilon", na hauzungumzii mahali panapoitwa "Shilon" kama wafasiri fulani wanavyodai. Basi Shilon ni nani?

Whatever the meaning is the prophecy talks about a person and calls him “Shilon”, it does not talk about the place "Shilon" as claimed by some interpreters, so who is Shilon?

Kile kilichosemwa kuhusu ufalme kutoweka hakikumaanisha kuuondoa, bali ni kuondolewa kwa haki ya kuumiliki kutoka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, kwa sababu kuchukuliwa kwa ufalme kutoka kwa Wayahudi hakukuendana na kuonekana kwa nabii, yeyote yule nabii huyu angekuwa, kilichokusudiwa kilikuwa ni kuondolewa kwa uteuzi na baraka.

What was said about the kingdom vanishing did not mean to eliminate it, but it is the elimination of the right to have it from God, because taking the kingdom from the Jews was not consistent with the appearance of a prophet, whomsoever this prophet was, what was meant, was the elimination of the selection and blessing.

Hakuna mtu anayeweza kusema kwamba Shilon ni Musa, kwa sababu wafalme wa Yuda walikuja karne nyingi baada yake. Wala hakuna anayeweza kusema kwamba yeye ni Sulemani, kwa sababu ufalme uliendelea baada yake, ukiwakilishwa katika uzao wake, na amri hiyo haikuondolewa baada yake, kama ilivyoondolewa kwa Yesu (amani iwe juu yake).

No one can say that Shilon is Moses, because the kings of Judas came centuries after him. No one can say he is Solomon, because the kingdom continued after him, represented in his offspring and the statute was not lifted after him, as it was not lifted with Jesus (PBUH)

Hakuja kufuta sheria, wala mataifa hayakumtii yeye. Hata taifa la Yudea ambalo alitumwa kwake halikumtii, kama alivyosema, "Akajibu, Sikutumwa ila kwa kondoo waliopotea wa nyumba ya Israeli." (Mathayo 15:24).

who did not neither came to revoke the statute nor the nations did submit to him. Not even the nation of Judea to whom he was sent, as he said, "He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matthew: 15/24).

Yesu (AS) hakuwahi, hata kwa siku moja, kuwa mfalme wa Wana wa Israeli. Alikimbia kutoka kwao walipotaka kumfanya mfalme wao. "Yesu alipoona kwamba watakuja kumchukua kwa nguvu ili wamfanye mfalme, alirudi tena mlimani peke yake." (Yohana: 6/15).

Jesus (PBUH) was never, even for one day, a king of the children of Israel. He escaped from them when they wanted to make him their king “Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself." (John: 6/15).

Kabla ya Pilato, wakati Wayahudi walipomshtaki kwamba alijiita mfalme, alikanusha hilo, na alizungumzia ufalme wa kiroho kwa mfano, si ufalme wa kimwili. "Yesu akajibu, “Ufalme wangu si wa ulimwengu huu. Kama ufalme wangu ungekuwa wa ulimwengu huu, watumishi wangu wangepigana, ili nisitiwe mikononi mwa Wayahudi. Lakini ufalme wangu si wa ulimwengu huu." (Yohana 18:36).

Before Pilate, When the Jews accused him that he called himself a king, he denied it, and he talked about a spiritual kingdom metaphorically, not a real one. "Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." (John: 18/36).

Nabii huyu, aliyeitwa "Shilon", hakuweza kuwa miongoni mwa wana wa Israeli, kwa sababu kuja kwake kunamaliza ufalme wa fimbo na Sheria ya Israeli kama inavyoeleweka kutoka kwenye maandiko; basi Shilon ni nani?

This prophet, who was called “Shilon”, could not have been from the children of Israel, because his arrival ends the Scepter and the Law of Israel as understood from the text, so who is Shilon?

Yeye ndiye nabii ambaye Hajiri na Ibrahimu walitoa unabii kumhusu: "Atakuwa mtu kama punda-mwitu; mkono wake utakuwa juu ya kila mtu, na mkono wa kila mtu utakuwa juu yake; naye ataishi mbele ya ndugu zake wote." (Mwanzo 16:12), na ndiye ambaye nabii Ezekieli alisema juu yake: "Uharibifu, uharibifu, uharibifu nitauleta. Hili nalo halitakuwa, hadi atakapokuja yule ambaye hukumu ni yake, nami nitampa." (Ezekieli 21:27).

He is the prophet whom Hagar and Abraham gave prophecies about “He shall be a wild donkey of a man; his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." (Genesis: 16/12), and he is the one the prophet Ezekiel said about him: “A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him." (Ezekiel: 21/27).

Yesu (amani iwe juu yake) alisema kuhusu yule atakayeharibu Sheria zote kwa Sheria yake: "Msidhani kwamba nimekuja kuitangua Torati au Manabii; sikuja kuitangua bali kuitimiza. Kwa kweli nawaambia, mpaka mbingu na nchi zitakapopita, neno dogo kabisa, wala nukta moja, halitapita katika Torati hata yote yatakapotimia." (Mathayo 5:17-18). Yeye "mwenye kuwa nayo yote" ni "mwenye kuwa na mamlaka".

Jesus (PBUH) said about the one who will destroy all the Laws with his Law: "do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished." (Matthew: 5/17-18). He "the one that has it all" is "the one that has the rule".

Yeye ni nabii, ambaye aliitwa "mkamilifu" na Paulo, na kwamba tu kwa kuja kwake, sheria itakuwa batili." Lakini upendo hauishi kamwe. Kwa habari ya unabii, utapita; kwa habari ya lugha, zitakoma; kwa habari ya maarifa, yatapita. Kwa maana twajua kwa sehemu, na tunatabiri kwa sehemu. Lakini kitakapokuja kilicho kamili, kilicho sehemu kitapita." (1 Wakorintho 13:8-10).

He is the prophet, who was called "the perfect" by Paul and that only with his coming, the law will be invalid." But love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away." (Corinthians 1: 13/8-10).