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16:8 Stăpânul lui a lăudat pe ispravnicul nedrept, pentru că lucrase înţelepţeşte. Căci fiii veacului acestuia, faţă de semenii lor, sunt mai înţelepţi decât fiii luminii. Stăpânul lui a lăudat. Cuvintele acestea nu sunt comentariul editorial al lui Luca, aşa cum au crezut unii, ci făceau parte din parabola lui Isus. Cel care spune aceste cuvinte de laudă este deci ,,omul bogat” din v. 1. Este cu totul de neconceput că Isus să fi adus o laudă absolută planului ispravnicului necinstit de a-şi înşela stăpânul (vezi COL 367). Evaluarea din partea lui Isus a acestui ispravnic este descoperită în cuvintele ,,ispravnicul nedrept”. Totuşi, întrucât această laudă constituie punctul culminant al parabolei, reiese că Isus a găsit în lauda omului bogat adusă ispravnicului ceva folositor pentru a le da învăţătură ucenicilor şi celor din adunare care ascultau. Naraţiunea însăşi lămureşte ce era aceasta. Omul bogat nu a trecut cu vederea necinstea ispravnicului său; tocmai din cauza necinstei el a fost lipsit de sarcina lui. Dar iscusinţa cu care acest pungaş intrigant şi-a adus viaţa sa de proastă administraţie la un punct culminant era atât de uimitoare şi perfecţiunea cu care şi-a adus planul la îndeplinire era atât de vrednică de scopuri mai nobile, încât omul bogat nu s-a putut abţine să nu admire iscusinţa şi sârguinţa ispravnicului său. Lucrase înţelepţeşte. Adică, din punct de vedre al interesului personal, făcându-şi o mulţime de prieteni care urmau să fie obligaţi pentru el în zilele viitoare. Cuvântul ,,înţelepţeşte” derivă de la gr. phronimos care, ca şi forma lui adjectivală phronimos (vezi Matei 7,24; 10,16), vine de la phren, ,,minte”. Ca şi cum noi am spune, ispravnicul îşi ,,pusese mintea la lucru”. El exercitase prevedere plănuind ingenios şi cu perspicacitate pentru propriul său viitor. ,,Înţelepciunea” sau ,,iscusinţa” lui consta din folosirea asiduă din partea lui a privilegiilor prezente atâta timp cât acestea existau. Dacă ispravnicul ar fi fost tot atât de delăsător în a face aranjamentul final cu datornicii stăpânului său cum fusese în conducerea treburilor de mai înainte, n-ar fi izbutit în planul lui ticălos. Fii veacului acestuia. [,,Fii acestei lumi”, KJV]. Literal, ,,copii acestui veac”, considerând lumea din punct de vedere al timpului şi al evenimentelor. Aceia care trăiesc pentru lumea aceasta sunt pomeniţi aici în contrast cu aceia care trăiesc pentru lumea viitoare, ,,copiii luminii”. Semenii lor. [,,Generaţia lor”, KJV]. Adică, în veacul de faţă, singurul ,,veac” de care sunt interesaţi şi pentru care trăiesc (vezi la Matei 23,36). Mai înţelepţi decât. Oamenii care trăiesc exclusiv pentru viaţa acesta dau adesea pe faţă mai multă sârguinţă în urmărirea a ceea ce are ea să le ofere decât creştinii în pregătirea pentru ceea ce oferă Dumnezeu celor care aleg slujirea Lui. A acorda mai mulă atenţie şi plănuire felului în care am putea să ne slujim pe noi înşine decât facem cu privire la felul în care Îl putem servi pe Dumnezeu şi unul pe altul (vezi COL 370) este o slăbiciune omenească. Creştinul face bine să fie caracterizat prin ,,râvnă”, dar râvna lui ar trebui să fie cu ,,pricepere” (Romani 10,2). El trebuie să aibă un adevărat simţ al valorilor ca să fie distins în felul acesta (vezi la Matei 6,24-34). Fiii luminii. Comparaţi 1 Ioan 12,36; Efeseni 5,8; 1 Tesaloniceni 5,5. De asemenea, Isus a folosit expresii de felul acesta ca ,,fii ai lui Dumnezeu” (Matei 5,9; Luca 20,36; Ioan 11,52), ,,fii ai împărăţiei” (Matei 8,12; 13,38), fii ai Tatălui vostru” (Matei 5,45), pentru a Se referi la aceia care primeau învăţăturile Sale şi dădeau Împărăţiei cerului locul cel dintâi în viaţa lor (vezi la Matei 6,33). |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
Multilingual Online Ebooks
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