Kwateni Icitetekelo nge ca kwa Abrahamu!

“Abali mu kutetekela, bene bana ba kwa Abrahamu.”—ABENA GALATIA 3:7.

 1. Abramu acitile shani pa bwesho bupya ubwali mu Kanaani?

ABRAMU ashile imikalile ya bwanalale mu Uri pa kumfwila ifunde lya kwa Yehova. Amafya akwete mu myaka yakonkelepo yatangilile ubwesho bwa citetekelo ubo ali no kukwata mu Egupti. Baibolo itila: “Mwali ne cipowe mu calo.” Fintu cali icayanguka kuli Abramu ukubipilwa pa fyalemucitikila! Lelo, abombele pa kupayanishisha ulupwa lwakwe. “Abramu atentemukile ku Egupti ku kulebelako; pantu califinine icipowe mu calo.” Ulupwa lukalamba ulwa kwa Abramu lwalimoneke ku bena Egupti. Bushe Yehova ali no kucita ifyo alaile no kucingilila Abramu ku bubi?—Ukutendeka 12:10; Ukufuma 16:2, 3.

2, 3. (a) Mulandu nshi Abramu afishile ukuti Sarai te mukashi wakwe? (b) Mu kwankula ku mibele balimo, Abramu abombele shani no mukashi wakwe?

² Pa Ukutendeka 12:11-13 tubelenga ukuti: “Ilyo alapalamina ku kwingila mu Egupti, e lyo atile kuli Sarai umukashi wakwe, Shi mona, ninjishibo kuti uli mwanakashi uwayemba pa kumoneka; nomba, ilyo abena Egupti bakakumona, bakatila, Uyu e mukashi wakwe, e lyo bakanjipaya, no kuleka iwe ube no mweo. Shi sosa, auti, Ndi nkashi yakwe, ku kuleka kuwame kuli ine pa mulandu obe, kabili mbe no mweo pa mulandu obe.” Nangu Sarai ali ne myaka ukucila 65, ali uwayemba nga nshi. Ici calengele Abramu ukuba mu bwafya.a (Ukutendeka 12:4, 5; 17:17) Icacililepo ca kuti ifyakumine ubufwayo bwa kwa Yehova fyalibimbilwemo, pantu atile inko shonse isha pe sonde shali no kupaalilwa mu bufyashi bwa kwa Abramu. (Ukutendeka 12:2, 3, 7) Apo Abramu takwete mwana, cali icacindama ukuti abe uwa mweo.

³ Abramu aebele umukashi wakwe pa lwa kubomfya umucenjelo basuminishenye, e kuti ukusosa ukuti ni nkashi yakwe. Moneni ukuti nangu ali mutwe wa lupwa, tabomfeshe bubi bubi bumutwe bwakwe lelo alombele Sarai ukuti babombele pamo no kuti amutungilile. (Ukutendeka 12:11-13; 20:13) E co, Abramu aimikile abalume ica kumwenako cisuma ica kuba umutwe waba no kutemwa, na Sarai, pa kunakila, aba ca kumwenako ku bakashi lelo.—Abena Efese 5:23-28; Abena Kolose 4:6.

 4. Ababomfi ba kwa Lesa aba busumino aba lelo bafwile ukubomba shani nga bamunyinabo baba mu bwafya?

⁴ Sarai kuti asosa ukuti ali ni nkashi kwa Abramu pantu na cine ali mwana wa kwa wishi lelo tali mwana wa kwa nyina. (Ukutendeka 20:12) Na kabili, tashingemwe ukweba abantu ifyebo ifishibakumine. (Mateo 7:6) Ababomfi ba busumino aba kwa Lesa aba mu nshita sha nomba balomfwila ifunde lya kwa Lesa ilya kuba abafumacumi. (AbaHebere 13:18) Ku ca kumwenako, te kuti babepe mu cilye nga nabalapa. Lelo, nga ca kuti ubumi nelyo bumupashi bwa bamunyinabo buli mu bwafya, pamo nga mu nshita sha kupakaswa nelyo ukukansana kwa bana calo, balomfwila ukufunda kwa kwa Yesu ukwa kuba “abacenjela nge nsoka, kabili abafuuke nge nkunda.”—Mateo 10:16; moneni Ulupungu lwa kwa Kalinda ulwa November 1, 1996, ibula 18, paragrafu 19.

 5. Mulandu nshi Sarai ali uwaitemenwa ukumfwila ukulomba kwa kwa Abramu?

⁵ Sarai ayankwileko shani ku kulomba kwa kwa Abramu? Umutumwa Petro alondolola abanakashi baba nga wene ukuti ‘bacetekela Lesa.’ E co, Sarai afwile alyumfwikishe ifya ku mupashi ifyabimbilwemo. Na kabili, alitemenwe umulume wakwe kabili alimucindike. Muli fyo Sarai asalile ‘ukupetama ku mulume wakwe’ no kufisa ukuti teko aupwa. (1 Petro 3:5) Kwena, ukucite co nga kwalimuletelele. “Ilyo Abramu afikile mu Egupti, abena Egupti bamwene umwanakashi ukuti aliyembesha. Kabili bamushika ba kwa Farao balimwene, bamutashishe na kuli Farao; no mwanakashi atwelwe ku ng’anda ya kwa Farao.”—Ukutendeka 12:14, 15.

Ukulubula kwa kwa Yehova

6, 7. Cinshi cacitike kuli Abramu na Sarai ico cabakalifye, kabili Yehova alubwile shani Sarai?

⁶ Fintu ici cifwile cakalifye Abramu na Sarai! Camoneke kwati Sarai ali no kucendwa. Na kabili, apo Farao taishibe ukuti Sarai alyupwa, apeele Abramu ifya bupe ifingi, ica kuti “kwaletelwe kuli wene impaanga, ne ng’ombe, ne mpunda ishilume, na basha baume, na bakanakashi, ne mpunda nkota, ne ngamali.”b (Ukutendeka 12:16) Abramu afwile alisuulile ifi fya bupe! Nangu ca kuti ifintu fyamoneke ukuti fyalibipile, Yehova talekeleshe Abramu.

⁷ “Lelo Yehova apumine Farao na ba ng’anda yakwe impumo shikalamba pa mulandu wa kwa Sarai muka Abramu.” (Ukutendeka 12:17) Nangu tushaebwa, Farao balimusokolwelele icalengele kube ishi “mpumo.” Ilyo line fye alyankwileko: “E lyo Farao aitile Abramu, no kutila, Cinshi ici wancita? Nga cinshi tawanjebeele ukuti mukashi obe? Nga cinshi wasoseele, auti, Ni nkashi yandi, no kunenga mubuule ku kubo mukashi wandi? Nomba, mona, e po ali umukashi obe, buula, kabiye. Kabili Farao aebele abaume pali wene, na bo bamushindike, no mukashi wakwe, na conse ico akwete.”—Ukutendeka 12:18-20; Amalumbo 105:14, 15.

 8. Bucingo bwa musango nshi Yehova alaya Abena Kristu lelo?

⁸ Pali lelo, Yehova talaya ukuti akatucingilila ku mfwa, kuli bampulamafunde, ku fipowe, nelyo ku busanso ubulengwa ne fyabumbwa pe sonde. Yehova atulaya ukuti lyonse akatucingilila ku fintu ifingonaula bumupashi bwesu. (Amalumbo 91:1-4) Inshila yacindama acitilamo ici kutupeela ukusoka kwa pa nshita yayana mu Cebo cakwe no “musha wa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka.” (Mateo 24:45) Ni shani pa lwa mfwa ingesa pa mulandu wa kupakaswa? Ilyo bamo bamo kuti bafwa, Lesa takaleke abantu bakwe bonse ukwipaiwa. (Amalumbo 116:15) Kabili nga ca kuti aba busumino bamo bafwa, kuti twacetekela ukuti bakabuuka.—Yohane 5:28, 29.

Ukuipusula pa Kusunga Umutende

 9. Cinshi cilanga ukuti Abramu atwalilile ukwendauka ilyo ali mu Kanaani?

⁹ Ilyo icipowe mu Kanaani capwile, “Abramu afumine mu Egupti, wene no mukashi wakwe na conse ico akwete, na Lote pamo nankwe, alininine alaya ku Negebu [incende uko imfula ishiloka sana, yabela ku kapinda ka kulyo aka mpili sha mu Yuda]. Abramu ali uwacindamisha ku fitekwa, kuli silfere, na kuli golde.” (Ukutendeka 13:1, 2) E co abekashi ba muli ilya ncende balemumona ukuti mwaume wa maka no bulashi, umukankaala sana. (Ukutendeka 23:6) Abramu talefwaya ukwikalilila mulya no kuilunda mu mapolitiki ya ku Kanaani. Lelo, “atewike na mu Negebu, alaya pa lwendo lwakwe ukufika na ku Betele, kulya kuntu ukwali ihema lyakwe pa kutendeka, pa kati ka Betele na Ai.” Nga fintu caleba lyonse, Abramu abikile intanshi ukupepa Yehova konse uko aleya.—Ukutendeka 13:3, 4.

10. Bwafya nshi bwali pa bacemi ba kwa Abramu na Lote, kabili mulandu nshi cacindamine ukupwisha bulya bwafya mu kwangufyanya?

¹⁰ “Na Lote na o, uwaleenda na Abramu, ali ne mikuni na maombe na mahema. Awe tacabatekele icalo cilya, ku kuleka bekale pamo; ico ifyuma fyabo fyalifulile, e co bafililwe ukwikala pamo. Kwali ulubuli pa kati ka bacemi ba fitekwa fya kwa Abramu na bacemi ba fitekwa fya kwa Lote. Abena Kanaani na bena Perisi bali bekashi mu calo lilya.” (Ukutendeka 13:5-7) Muli ilya ncende tamwali amenshi ayengi no mulemfwe ifyalingile imikuni ya kwa Abramu ne ya kwa Lote. E co, abacemi batendeke ukukansana. Ukukansana kwa musango yu takwali kwa bakapepa ba cine aba kwa Lesa. Nga ca kuti ukukansana kwalitwalilile, nga balipusaninine. E co Abramu ali no kupwisha shani ubu bwafya? Atendeke ukusunga Lote lintu wishi kwa Lote afwile, napamo amukushishe fye ngo mwana wa kuifyalila. Apo Abramu e wali umukalamba pali bene, bushe te walingile ukusenda ifyawamisha?

11, 12. Cinshi Abramu atambike Lote, kabili mulandu nshi ico Lote asalile cishabelele bwino?

¹¹ Lelo “Abramu atile kuli Lote, Shi peba lubuli pa kati ka ine na iwe, kabili pa kati ka bacemi bandi na bacemi bobe; pantu tuli ba bwananyina. Bushe icalo conse tacili ku cinso cobe? Shi upaatuke kuli ine: nga waya ku kuso, ine nkaya ku kulyo; atemwa, nga waya ku kulyo, ine nkaya ku kuso.” Mupepi na ku Betele kwaba incende beta ati “incende iyo umo engalengwilapo bwino icifulo ca Palestine.” Napamo pali ilya ncende “Lote asanswile amenso, amwene Icintengulusha conse ca Yordani ukuti monse mwine mwanwenshiwa amenshi lilya Yehova ali talaonaula Sodomu na Gomora, nge bala lya kwa Yehova, nge calo ca Egupti pa kulola ku Soani.”—Ukutendeka 13:8-10.

¹² Nangu Baibolo itila Lote ali “mulungami,” lelo pa milandu imo tanakile Abramu muli uyu mulandu, kabili cimoneka kwati takonkele no kufunda kwa uyu mwaume umukoloci. (2 Petro 2:7) “Lote asalile Icintengulusha conse ca Yordani, kabili Lote alitewike, alalola ku kabanga. Awe balekene umuntu no munankwe; Abramu aikele mu calo ca Kanaani, na Lote aikele mu misumba ya mu Cintengulusha, alaseshe hema lyakwe ukufika na ku Sodomu.” (Ukutendeka 13:11, 12) Umusumba wa Sodomu walelunduluka kabili mwali icuma sana. (Esekiele 16:49, 50) Nga ni lwa ku mubili, kuti camoneka kwati Lote asalile fye bwino, lelo lwa ku mupashi tasalile bwino. Mulandu nshi? Pantu Ukutendeka 13:13 kusosa ukuti “abena Sodomu bali babi kabili ababembu nga nshi kuli Yehova.” Ukusala kwa kwa Lote ukwa kukuukila kulya kwali no kuletelela ulupwa lwakwe.

13. Ica kumwenako ca kwa Abramu cafwa shani Abena Kristu abengapusanina pa ndalama?

¹³ Lelo, Abramu atetekele ubulayo bwa kwa Yehova ubwa kuti ubufyashi bwakwe bwali no kupyana icalo conse; tatendeke ukuumana pa mulandu fye wa ncende inono iya cilya calo. Muli bukapekape, akonkele sana icishinte calembelwe pali 1 Abena Korinti 10:24 ica kuti: “Umuntu eifwaila icakwe, lelo onse afwaile umunankwe.” Ici cilecinkulako bwino abengapusanina pa ndalama no wasumina munabo. Bamo tabakonka ukufunda kwaba pali Mateo 18:15-17, lelo batwala bamunyinabo ku cilye. (1 Abena Korinti 6:1, 7) Ica kumwenako ca kwa Abramu cilanga ukuti cawama ukulufya indalama ukucila ukuleta umuseebanya pe shina lya kwa Yehova nelyo ukonaula umutende wa cilonganino ca Bwina Kristu.—Yakobo 3:18.

14. Abramu ali no kupaalwa shani pali bukapekape bwakwe?

¹⁴ Abramu alipaalilwe pali bukapekape bwakwe. Lesa atile: “Nkalengo bufyashi bobe ukufula ngo lukungu lwa pe sonde; ubwa kuti ngo muntu engapendo lukungu lwa pe sonde, ninshi no bufyashi bobe kuti bwapendwa.” Fintu uku kusokolola kufwile kwakoseleshe Abramu uyo ashakwete na mwana! Kabili Lesa atile: “Ima, uye wendauke mu calo mu kulepa kwa ciko, na mu bufumo bwa ciko; pantu kuli iwe nkacipeela.” (Ukutendeka 13:16, 17) Abramu tali no kusuminishiwa ukwikala mu ncende shisuma isha musumba. Ali no kupaatuka ku bena Kanaani. Abena Kristu na bo balingile ukutaluka ku calo. Tabaimona ukuti balicila bambi, lelo tababishanya sana na bengababeleleka ukucita ifishili fya mu malembo.—1 Petro 4:3, 4.

15. (a) Inyendo sha kwa Abramu shifwile shalelangilila finshi? (b) Ca kumwenako nshi Abramu aimikile indupwa sha Bwina Kristu lelo?

¹⁵ Mu nshita sha mu Baibolo, ilyo umuntu ashilapyana incende, alesuminishiwa ukulengula iyo ncende. E co ukwendaukamo kufwile kwalecinkulako Abramu lyonse ukuti bushiku bumo ilya ncende ikaba ya bufyashi bwakwe. Ku cumfwila, “Abramu aseseshe ihema lyakwe, aileikala na ku miterebinti ya kwa Mamre, iya mu Hebrone, no kukuule ciipailo kulya kuli Yehova.” (Ukutendeka 13:18) Na kabili Abramu alangile ukuti pali fyonse acindamike sana ukupepa. Bushe isambililo lya lupwa, ukupepela pamo no lupwa, no kulongana e fyacindama sana mu lupwa lwenu?

Abalwani Basansa

16. (a) Mulandu nshi amashiwi ya kubalilapo aya pa Ukutendeka 14:1 yomfwikila aya kutiinya? (b) Mulandu nshi ishi shamfumu sha ku kabanga shine shaingilile Kanaani?

¹⁶ “Nomba mu nshiku sha kwa Amrafele imfumu ya Shinari, e mo Arioke imfumu ya Elasari, Kedorelaomere imfumu ya Elamu,c na Tidali imfumu ya baGoi, balwile.” Mu ciHebere aya mashiwi ya kubalilapo aya kuti (“Nomba mu nshiku sha kwa . . .”) yomfwika aya kutiinya, yalelanda “pa nshita ya mesho iyaletele amapaalo.” (Ukutendeka 14:1, 2, utulembo twa pe samba) Ubu bwesho bwatendeke lintu ishi shamfumu shine isha ku kabanga pamo ne milalo ya shiko baingilile Kanaani ku kumonaula. Cinshi shalefwaya? Kushimya bucipondoka bwa misumba isano iya Sodomu, Gomora, Adama, Seboimu, na Bela. Ilyo bacimfishe iyi misumba yapondweke, “bonse bayampene mu mupokapoka wa Sidimu e Bemba wa Mucele.” Lote no lupwa lwakwe baleikala lwa mupepi.—Ukutendeka 14:3-7.

17. Mulandu nshi cabelele bwesho bwa citetekelo kuli Abramu lintu Lote asendelwe bunkole?

¹⁷ Ishamfumu sha Kanaani shalwishishe na maka ababengilile, lelo shacimfiwe icabipisha. “Imfumu shine shabuulile ifipe fyonse fya bena Sodomu na Gomora, ne ca kulya cabo conse, shaya no kuya; shabuulile na Lote, umwana mwaume wa kwa munyina Abramu, uwali mwikashi mu Sodomu, ne fipe fyakwe, shaya no kuya.” Mu kwangufyanya fye Abramu aumfwile ili lyashi lyabipa: “E lyo kwaishile uwapusuka, no kweba Abramu umuHebere: wene ali mwikashi mu miterebinti ya kwa Mamre umwina Amore munyina Eshekole kabili munyina Anere; bene bali ba cipingo na Abramu. [E lyo] Abramu aumfwile ukuti munyina naikatwa muli bunkole.” (Ukutendeka 14:8-14) Mwandi icitetekelo cakwe calyeshiwe! Bushe Abramu ali no kufulilwa mwana munyina pa kusenda incende iisuma? Ibukisheni no kuti aba ababengilile bafumine ku calo ca ku mwabo, ku Shinari. Abalwisha nga tabwelelemo ku mwakwe. Na kabili, bushe Abramu kuti alwisha imilalo iyo abena Kanaani bafililwe ukucimfya?

18, 19. (a) Abramu apuswishe shani Lote? (b) Nani balumbenye pali uku kucimfya?

¹⁸ Na kabili Abramu acetekele Yehova umupwilapo. “Afumfumwine abasalapuka bakwe abafyalilwe mu ng’anda yakwe, imyanda itatu ne kumi na cinekonsekonse, no kusupila ukufika ku Dani. E lyo ayakenye pali shene, wene na babomfi bakwe, ashiimine ubushiku alishumine no kushisupila ukufika ku Hoba, uuli ku kapinda ka ku kuso ku Damaseke. Kabili abweseshe ifipe fyonse, na Lote munyina na o ne fipe fyakwe alibweseshe, na banakashi pamo na bantu.” (Ukutendeka 14:14-16) Pa kutetekela sana muli Yehova, imilalo ya kwa Abramu nangu ca kuti yali iinono sana ukulinganya ku milalo balelwa nayo yalicimfishe, kabili apuswishe Lote no lupwa lwakwe. Abramu nomba akumene na Melkisedeke, imfumu ya Salemu kabili shimapepo. “Melkisedeke, imfumu ya Salemu, yafumishe icilyo no mwangashi: wene ali ni shimapepo wa kwa Lesa Uwapulamo. Kabili alimupaalile, no kutila, Abe uwapaalwa Abramu kuli Lesa Uwapulamo, Kelenganya wa muulu na pano isonde! Kabili abe uwacindikwa Lesa Uwapulamo, uwapeele ifibambe fyobe mu minwe yobe. Na o Abramu amupeele ica pe kumi ca muli fyonse.”—Ukutendeka 14:18-20.

¹⁹ Cine cine uwalengele ukuti bacimfye ni Yehova. Pa mulandu wa citetekelo cakwe, Abramu na kabili amwene ukupususha kwa kwa Yehova. Abantu ba kwa Lesa lelo tabalwa inkondo sha cine cine, lelo balapita mu mesho ayengi na mafya. Icipande cikonkelepo cili no kutulanga ifyo ica kumwenako ca kwa Abramu cingatwafwa ukushipikisha.

[Amafutunoti]

Bushe Mwacumfwikisha?

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• Finshi twingasambilila ku fyo Abramu apwishishe ukukansana kwali pa babomfi bakwe na ba kwa Lote?

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