NI NANI ALIYECHINJWA MWENYE BARAKA? NA ARDHI YENYE BARAKA IKO WAPI?
WHO IS THE BLESSED SLAUGHTERED? AND WHERE IS THE BLESSED LAND?
Taurati ilisimulia habari ya amri ya Mungu kwa Ibrahimu ya kumchinja mwanawe wake pekee, na badala ya kumwita Ishmaeli, iliita jina lake Isaka, na kwa sababu ya mabadiliko haya, wakati na mahali ambapo habari hiyo ilitokea vimebadilika.
The Torah told the story of God’s commandment to Abraham to slaughter his only son, and instead of calling him Ishmael, it called him Isaac, and because of this change, the time and the place, where the story occurred, has changed.
Baadhi ya yaliyomo katika Torati ni kama ifuatavyo:
Some of what comes in the Torah is as follows:
akasema, "Mchukue mwanao, mwanao wa pekee Isaka, unayempenda, uende nchi ya Moria;……. akaenda mahali ambapo Mungu alikuwa amemwambia…. Akasema, "Usimnyoshee mvulana mkono wako wala usimfanyie chochote, kwa maana sasa najua kwamba wamcha Mungu, kwa kuwa hukunizuilia mwanao, mwanao wa pekee."….. Basi Abrahamu akaliita mahali pale, "BWANA atatoa"; kama inavyosemwa hata leo, "katika mlima wa BWANA itatolewa." Hakika nitakubariki, na hakika nitauzidisha uzao wako kama nyota za mbinguni na kama mchanga ulio pwani. Na uzao wako utamiliki lango la adui zao, na katika uzao wako mataifa yote ya dunia yatabarikiwa, uzao wako wote mataifa yote ya dunia yatabarikiwa, kwa sababu umeitii sauti yangu." (Mwanzo 22:1-18).