Beni Abaipekanya ku Bushiku bwa kwa Yehova!
Ifishinka Fikalamba Ukufuma mu Abena Tesalonika wa Kubalilapo
UBUSHIKU bwa kwa Yehova! Abena Kristu mu Tesalonika wa pa kale batontonkenye ukuti bwalipaleme. Bushe balilungike? Ni lilali bwali no kwisa? Uyo wali mulandu umo uwakatama uwalandilwepo muli kalata ya kubalilapo iya mutumwa Paulo ku bena Tesalonika, iyatuminwe ukufuma ku Korinti mupepi no mwaka walenga 50 uwa Nshita yesu Iyaishibikwa.
Paulo na Sila baimike icilonganino mu Tesalonika, icifulo ca bwangalishi ica citungu ca Roma ica Makedonia. (Imilimo 17:1-4) Pa numa, muli kalata yakwe iya kubalilapo ku bena Tesalonika, Paulo apeele ukutasha, apayenye ukukonkesha, kabili alandile pa bushiku bwa kwa Yehova. Na ifwe bene kuti twamwenamo muli iyi kalata, ukucilisha mu kuba no bushiku bwa kwa Yehova nomba ubupalamishe nga nshi.
Tasheni no Kukoselesha
Paulo mu kutendekelako atashishe abena Tesalonika. (1 Abena Tesalonika1:1-10) Ukutasha kwali ukwalinga pa mulimo wabo uwa bucishinka no kushipikisha. Calitashiwe, na kabili, apo “[bapokelele] icebo mu bucushi ubwingi, pamo no kusekelela mu [mupashi] wa mushilo.” Bushe ulatasha bambi, nga fintu Paulo acitile?
Umutumwa alimike ica kumwenako cisuma. (2:1-12) Te mulandu no kusungwa kwa musaalula mu Filipi, ‘alipamine muli Lesa ku kulanda imbila nsuma’ ku bena Tesalonika. Asengawike ukulanda muli bubumbimunda, akabepekesho ka kaso, no kufwaya umucinshi wa bantu. Paulo tabele icisendo cafina lelo ali uwafuuka kuli bene ngo uleonsha uulela umwana wakwe. We ca kumwenako cawamisha kuli baeluda ilelo!
Amashiwi ya kwa Paulo ayakonkapo yakoseleshe abena Tesalonika ukwiminina abashangila lintu bapakaswa. (2:13–3:13) Balishipikishe ukupakaswa ku ba luko lwabo, kabili Timote aletele lipoti musuma pa lwa mibele yabo iya ku mupashi. Umutumwa apepele ukuti bakwatishe ukutemwa kabili ukuti imitima yabo ikoshiwe. Mu kupalako, Inte sha kwa Yehova nomba bapepela abasumina banabo abapakaswa, ukubakoselesha nga cingacitika, no kusekelela mu malipoti ya busumino bwabo.
Twalilileni Ukuba Abalola lwa ku Mupashi!
Abena Tesalonika mu kukonkapo bapokelele ukufunda. (4:1-18) Bali no kwenda mu kukumanina mu nshila itemuna Lesa, ukulangisha ukutemwa kwa bumunyina no kuibombela abene mu kukumanisha ifikabilwa fyabo. Mu kulundapo, bali no kusansamushanya mu kucetekela ukuti pa kubapo kwa kwa Yesu abasumina basubwa no mupashi bafwile babuushiwa intanshi no kulundanishiwa na wene. Pa numa ya ico, abasubwa abapusunsuka pa nshita ya mfwa yabo no kubuushiwa bali no kuilunda kuli Kristu na abo ababuushiwa kale kale ku bumi bwa mu mulu.
Paulo mu kukonkapo alandile pa bushiku bwa kwa Yehova no kupeela ukufunda kwalundwapo. (5:1-28) Ubushiku bwa kwa Yehova bwaleisa ngo mupuupu, mu kuba no boni bwa kupumikisha pa numa ya kupunda kwa kuti: “Umutende [no mutelelwe, NW].” E co abena Tesalonika baali no kutwalilila abalola lwa ku mupashi, ukucingililwa ne ca kucinge cifuba ca kutetekela no kutemwa kabili ne subilo lye pusukilo nge ca kucingo mutwe. Baali no kukwata umucinshi washika kuli abo baleangalila mu cilonganino kabili baali no kutaluka ku bubi, nga fintu na ifwe tufwile ukucita.
Kalata wa kubalilapo uwa kwa Paulo ku bena Tesalonika alingile ukutulenga ukupeela ukutasha no kukoselesha ku basumina banensu. Alingile na kabili ukutusesha ku kuba ica kumwenako mu myendele ne mibele. Kabili mu kushininkisha ukufunda kwa iko kuti kwatwafwa ukuba abaipekanya ku bushiku bwa kwa Yehova.
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Ica kucinge cifuba ne ca Kucingo mutwe: Ukucincisha ukulola lwa ku mupashi, Paulo alembele ukuti: “Tutekanye, tube abafwala ica kucinge cifuba ca kutetekela kabili ica kutemwa; ne ca kucetekele pusukilo e ca kucingo mutwe.” (1 Abena Tesalonika 5:8) Ica kucinge cifuba cali ca kucinge cifuba ca bulwi ica kwa kalwa, icakwete inongwa, iminyololo, nelyo icela cakosa. Mu kupalako, ica kucinge cifuba ca kutetekela cilatucingilila lwa ku mupashi. Kabili ni shani pa lwa ca kucinge mutwe ica pa kale? Ilingi line icapangwa ne cela, caali ica kubakilila umutwe ica bulwi icapekanishiwe ku kucingilila kalwa mu kati ka bulwi. Nga fintu fye ica kucingo mutwe cacingilile umutwe wa kwa kalwa, e fyo isubilo lye pusukilo licingilila amaka ya muntontonkanya, muli fyo ukulenga Umwina Kristu ukusungilila bumpomfu. Fintu cili icakatama ukuti abantu ba kwa Yehova bafwale ifya bulwi ifya musango uyo!—Abena Efese 6:11-17.