Awe ni mbwa ishakose nsuuna, ishishaishiba kwikuta. Abacemi pamo tabaishiba kucetekanya, bonse bene bayalukila ku nshila yabo, umuntu no muntu ku kuimwena [ubunonshi bwa bupondamishi ku mupaka wakwe, NW]; batila,

Esaya 56:10-

Aba bashimapepo bakacefya tabacetekanya, tabalinga ku kutungulula abantu bapale mpaanga mu fya ku mupashi. Cimbi na co, ba mafisakanwa. Balikwata ulunkumbwa lwa bukaitemwe ulushaishiba kwikuta. Tabalekonka ubutungulushi bwa kwa Yehova, lelo bayalukila ku nshila yabo ine, basupila ubunonshi bwa bupondamishi,

22. Bushe bashimapepo ba mu nshiku sha kwa Yesu bapalile shani balya aba muli Yuda wa pa kale?

²² Na ku kubangilila mu kusesema kwakwe, Esaya abomfeshe icilangililo capalana ne ci pa kulondolola bashimapepo ba mu Yuda ababulwo busumino, abakolwa lwa ku mupashi, abashinshila, kabili abashaishiba kucetekanya. Balengele abantu ukufinininwa ku fishilano fya bantu, balesose fya bufi mu mipepele, kabili batetekele muli Ashuri ukuti e wingabafwa ukucila ukwalukila kuli Lesa. (2 Ishamfumu 16:5-9; Esaya 29:1, 9-14) Tabasambilileko nangu fye cimo. Ku ca bulanda, intungulushi sha musango yo e shali na mu mwanda wa myaka uwa kubalilapo. Bafililwe ukupokelela icine ico Umwana wa kwa Lesa umwine abilile kuli bene, bakeene Yesu no kupangane fya kumwipaya. Yesu mu kulungatika abetile ukuti “ni ntungulushi mpofu,” alundilepo no kuti nge “mpofu itungulule mpofu, shonse shibili shikawila mu cilindi.”—Mateo 15:14.

Bakacefya ba Muno Nshiku

23. Kusesema nshi ukwa kwa Petro ukulanda pali bashimapepo ukwafishiwapo?

²³ Umutumwa Petro asokele ukuti bakasambilisha wa bufi na bo bakema ku kulufya Abena Kristu. Alembele ukuti: “Kwaimine na bakasesema wa bufi mu bantu [ba kwa Israele], ifyo na muli imwe mukaba bakasambilisha wa bufi, abantu abakaletamo ku mbali [ifyakaniko, NW] fya konaula, abakaana Cibinda wabo uwabashitile, abailetelela ku boni ubuleisa bwangu.” (2 Petro 2:1) Cinshi catumbuka mu fisambilisho fya bufi na mu fyakaniko fya aba bakasambilisha wa bufi? Mwatumbuka Kristendomu, uo intungulushi shakwe shipepela ukuti Lesa amupaalileko ifibusa fyakwe ifya bupolitiki e lyo no kubalaya ukuti ifintu fili no kuwama ku ntanshi. Bashimapepo ba mu Kristendomu baliilanga ukuti ku fintu fya ku mupashi ni mpofu, ni bacibulu, kabili abashinshila.