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diff --git a/docs/howto/it/docbook/howto-importance.docbook b/docs/howto/it/docbook/howto-importance.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f94c0a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/howto/it/docbook/howto-importance.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,311 @@ +<chapter id="h2-importance"><title>L'importanza della parola di Dio</title> +<para>Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on God's +name. Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to +communicate with God.</para> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-unique"><title>Un libro eccezionale</title> +<para>The Bible stands alone in many ways. It is unique in:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para> +popularity. Bible sales in North America: more than $500 million per +year. The Bible is both the the all-time and year-to-year best seller! +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +authorship. It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different +authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +preservation. F. F. Bruce in <emphasis>Are New Testament Documents +Reliable?</emphasis> compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient +texts: +</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +<table id="h2-importance-manuscripts-table"> +<title>Paragone di manoscritti del nuovo testamento con altri testi antichi.</title> +<tgroup cols="5"> +<thead> +<row> +<entry>Opera</entry> +<entry>Epoca di scrittura</entry> +<entry>Copia più antica</entry> +<entry>Differnza di tempo</entry><entry>Numero delle copie</entry> +</row></thead> +<tbody> +<row> +<entry>Erodoto</entry> +<entry>448-428 A.C.</entry><entry>900 D.C.</entry> +<entry>1300 anni</entry><entry>8 +</entry></row> +<row> +<entry>Tacito</entry> +<entry>100 D.C.</entry><entry>1100 D.C.</entry> +<entry>1000 anni</entry><entry>20 +</entry></row> +<row> +<entry><emphasis>De bello gallico</emphasis> di Giulio Cesare</entry> +<entry>50-58 A.C.</entry><entry>900 D.C.</entry> +<entry>950 anni</entry><entry>10 +</entry></row> +<row> +<entry><emphasis>Ab urbe condita</emphasis> di Livio</entry> +<entry>59 A.C. - 17 D.C.</entry><entry>900 D.C.</entry> +<entry>900 anni</entry><entry>20 +</entry></row> +<row> +<entry>Nuovo testamento</entry> +<entry>40 D.C. - 100 D.C.</entry><entry>130 D.C. manoscritti parziali 350 D.C. manoscritti integrali</entry> <entry>30 - 310 anni</entry><entry>5.00 greci & 10.000 latini +</entry></row> +</tbody></tgroup></table> +<para>Ten copies of Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis> exist, the earliest +of which was copied 900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc. For the +New Testament we have full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri +containing most of the New Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's +gospel from 130 A. D. How many manuscripts do we have to compare to each +other? 5,000 in Greek and 10,000 in Latin! </para> +<blockquote><attribution>Textual critic F. J. A. Hort, "The New Testament in the Original Greek", +vol. 1 p561, Macmillan Co., quoted in <emphasis>Questions of Life</emphasis> +p. 25-26</attribution><para>"Per quanto riguarda l'esattezza e la completezza il testo del nuovo +testamento è unico e irraggiungibile tra tutti gli altri testi di prosa +dell'Anitichità." </para></blockquote> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-breathed"><title>Un libro ispirato da Dio</title> +<para><emphasis>Heb.4:12 </emphasis>"<emphasis>For the word of God is living and +active... </emphasis>" Jesus said <emphasis>(Mt.4:4),</emphasis> +"<emphasis>It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every +word that proceeds [lit., is proceeding] from the mouth of God.</emphasis>" +As we read the Bible, God's Spirit is there to speak it to our hearts in a +continually-fresh way. +</para> +<para>2 Tm 3,16 dichiara: "<emphasis>Tutta la scrittura infatti è ispirata da +Dio.</emphasis>" Ci credi? Prima di rispondere prendi in considerazione la +posizione di Gesù verso le Scritture. </para> +<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>, +InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.93-95 </attribution><para>He referred to the human authors, but took it for granted that behind them +all was a single divine Author. He could equally say 'Moses said' or 'God +said' (Mk.7:10). He could quote a comment of the narrator in Genesis 2:24 as +an utterance of the Creator Himself (Mt.19:4-5). Similarly He said, 'Well +did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written', when what He went +on to quote is the direct speech of the Lord God (Mk.7:6 & Is.29:13). +It is from Jesus Himself that the New Testament authors have gained their +conviction of the dual authorship of Scripture. For them it was just as +true to say that 'God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets' (Heb.1:1) +as it was to say that 'men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God' (2 +Pe.1:21). God did not speak in such a way as to obliterate the personality +of the human authors, nor did men speak in such a way as to corrupt the Word +of the divine Author. God spoke. Men spoke. Neither truth must be allowed +to detract from the other. ... +</para> +<para> +This, then, was Christ's view of the Scriptures. Their witness was God's +witness. The testimony of the Bible is the testimony of God. And the chief +reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that +Jesus Christ Himself taught it. </para></blockquote> + +<para>2 Tm 3,16 continua: "<emphasis>è utile per insegnare, convincere, correggere +e formare alla giustizia, perchè l'uomo di Dio sia completo e ben preparato +per ogni opera buona.</emphasis>" Se accettiamo che la Bibbia è veramente +Dio che si rivolge a noi, allora ne consegue che sarà la nostra guida in +tutte le questioni di fede e di condotta di vita. </para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-works"><title>Un libro che funziona</title> +<para> +Quale sarà l'effetto dello studio della Bibbia per te? 1 Ts 2,13 dice che la +bibbia "<emphasis>opera in voi che credete.</emphasis>" Accanto ad ogni +scrittura, inserisci l'opera che la parola compie. +</para> +<table id="h2-importance-results-table"> +<title>Quale effetto ha lo studio della Bibbia per i cristiani?</title> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<thead> +<row> +<entry>Riferimento</entry> +<entry>Effetto</entry> +</row> +</thead> +<tbody> +<row> +<entry>Ef 5,26 +</entry> +<entry>purifica -- "... purificandola per mezzo dell'acqua e della parola." +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +At 20,32 +</entry> +<entry> +builds up -- " ...the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and +to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. " +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +Rm 15,4 +</entry> +<entry> +consola -- "perché in virtù della perseveranza e della consolazione che ci +vengono dalle Scritture teniamo viva la nostra speranza." +</entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry> +Rm 10,17 +</entry> +<entry> +da fede -- "La fede dipende dunque dalla predicazione e la predicazione a +sua volta si attua per la parola di Cristo." +</entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry> +1 Cor 10,11 +</entry> +<entry> +ammonisce -- "Tutte queste cose però accadero a loro come esempio, e sono +state scritte per ammonimento nostro" +</entry> +</row> + +<row> +<entry> +Mt 4,4 +</entry> +<entry> +nutre -- "Ma egli rispose: 'Sta scritto: Non solo di pane vivrà l'uomo ma di +ogni parola che esce dalla bocca di Dio.'" +</entry> +</row> +</tbody> +</tgroup> +</table> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-liberates"><title>Un libro che rende liberi</title> +<para> +Jn.8:32 "<emphasis>and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make +you free.</emphasis>"This is usually quoted by itself. Is this a +conditional or unconditional promise? Would it apply to all kinds of +knowledge? Find the answers by examining the first half of the sentence, in +v.31. "<emphasis>If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of +Mine... </emphasis>"</para> +<para>Vediamo che questa è una promessa condizionata che parla in particolare +della verità della parola di Dio.</para> + +<para>La parola greca per "vento" usato in Ef 4,14 parla di un <emphasis>vento +violento.</emphasis> "<emphasis>Questo affinché non siamo più come fanciulli +sballottati dalle onde e portati qua e là da qualsiasi vento di dottrina +...</emphasis>" Un effetto dello studio della Bibbia sta nel fatto che +saremo radicati nella verità col risultato che non saremo facilmente +"soffiati via."</para> + +<para><emphasis>E Gesù rispose loro: </emphasis>"<emphasis>Voi vi ingannate, non +conoscendo né le Scritture, né la potenza di Dio.</emphasis>"Mt 22,29</para> +<para>Quali sono le due cose di cui abbiamo bisogno per essere liberati +dall'errore?</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>La parola di Dio</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>La forza di Dio </para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-wars"><title>Un libro che da battaglia</title> +<para> +Ef 6,10-18 è un immagine del nostro armamento spirituale.</para> +<table id="h2-importance-armor-table"> +<title>Armamento spirituale</title> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<thead> +<row> +<entry>Domanda</entry> +<entry>Risposta</entry> +</row></thead> +<tbody> +<row><entry>Quante delle armi elencate nel testo sono armi difensive?</entry><entry>5</entry></row> +<row><entry>Quante sono offensive?</entry><entry>One</entry></row> +<row><entry>Quale? </entry><entry>La parola - <foreignphrase>rhema</foreignphrase></entry></row> +</tbody></tgroup></table> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-exhortations"><title>Esortazioni</title> +<para> +2 Tm 2,15 <emphasis><quote>Sforzati di presentarti davanti a Dio come un +uomo degno di approvazione, un lavoratore che non ha di che vergognarsi, uno +scrupoloso dispensatore della parola della verità.</quote></emphasis> +</para> +<para> +Col 3,16 <emphasis><quote>La parola di Cristo dimori tra voi +abbondantemente; ammaestratevi e ammonitevi con ogni sapienza, cantando a +Dio di cuore e con gratitudine salmi, inni e cantici +spirituali.</quote></emphasis> +</para> + +<para>Se siete ricchi di qualcosa, quanto ne avete? </para> +<para> +Non poco!</para> + +<para> +Eccl.12:11-12 "<emphasis>The words of wise men are like goads, and masters +of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one +Shepherd. But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is +endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the +body.</emphasis>" +</para> </sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-once"><title>Appendice: <quote>Una volta per tutte</quote></title> +<blockquote> +<attribution>John R. W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist,</emphasis> +InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.106-107</attribution> <para>The truth regarding the finality of God's initiative in Christ is conveyed +by one word of the Greek Testament, namely the adverb +<foreignphrase>hapax</foreignphrase> and +<foreignphrase>ephapax</foreignphrase>. It is usually translated in the +Authorized Version once, meaning once for all. It is used of what is so done +as to be of perpetual validity and never need repetition, and is applied in +the NT to both revelation and redemption. Thus, Jude refers to the faith +which was once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), and Romans says, +"<emphasis>Christ also died for sins once for all</emphasis>" (Rom.6:10, see +also 1 Pe.3:18; Heb.9:26-28). </para> <para> +Thus we may say that God has spoken once for all and Christ has suffered +once for all. This means that the Christian revelation and the Christian +redemption are both alike in Christ complete. Nothing can be added to +either without being derogatory to Christ... These are the two rocks on +which the Protestant Reformation was built -- Gods revealed word without the +addition of human traditions and Christ's finished work without the addition +of human merits. The Reformers great watchwords were <foreignphrase>sola +scriptura</foreignphrase> for our authority and <foreignphrase>sola +gratia</foreignphrase> for our salvation.</para> +</blockquote> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="h2-importance-supplement"><title>Supplemento: Programmi per la lettura della bibbia</title> <para> Here are some easy programs to systematically read your Bible. You can do +more than one at a time if you like, for instance #1 with #4, or #2 with +#5. Vary the program from year to year to keep it fresh! +</para> +<orderedlist numeration="arabic"> +<listitem><para>Nuovo Testamento in un anno: leggi un capitolo ogni giorno, 5 giorni alla +settimana.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Proverbi in un mese: leggi un capitolo dei Proverbi, corrispondente al +giorno del mese, ogni giorno.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Salmi in un mese: leggi 5 salmi all'intervallo di 30 ogni giorno, per +esempio: il 20 leggi Sal 20, 50, 80, 110 e 140.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Salmi e Proverbi in 6 mesi: leggi i Salmi e i Proverbi un capitolo al +giorno.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Antico testamento senza Salmi e Proverbi in 2 anni: Se leggi un capitolo al +giorno dall'antico testamento, tralasciando Salmi e Proverbi, riuscirai a +leggere l'antico testamento in 2 anni e 2 settimane. +</para></listitem> +</orderedlist> +</sect1> + +</chapter> + |