Bushe Kuti Mwa-asuka ifi Fipusho?
Cinshi abaYuda baleambila Isabata icungulo?
Ilyo Yehova apeele abantu bakwe ifunde lya pa Bushiku bwa kufuta imembu, atile: “Te kwesha ukubombamo umulimo onse muli ubu bushiku . . . Lisabata kuli imwe ilya kutuushamo kuli fyonse . . . Mukasunge isabata lyenu ukutula pa cungulo ukufika ku cungulo.” (Ubwina Lebi 23:28, 32) Ili ifunde lilanga ukuti ubushiku bwaletendeka icungulo cilya akasuba kawa, kabili bwalepwa ubushiku bwakonkapo akasuba nga kawa. Kanshi ku baYuda, ubushiku bwaletendeka icungulo kabili bwalepwa icungulo cakonkapo.
Ifi abantu balependa inshiku balekonka ifyo Lesa umwine atantike. Ilyashi ililanda pa bushiku bwa kubalilapo ubwa mampalanya ubo Lesa apangilemo ifintu, litila: “Kwali ne cungulo, kwali no lucelo, ubushiku bwa kubalilapo.” “Inshiku” shakonkelepo nasho shalependwa mu musango umo wine, ukwamba “icungulo.”—Ukutendeka 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31.
Te baYuda fye beka abalependa inshiku muli uyu musango. Abena Atena, abena Numidi e lyo na bena Foinike nabo balependa inshiku mu musango umo wine. Abena Babiloni bena baletendeka ukupenda ubushiku cilya akasuba katula, e lyo abena Egupti na bena Roma baletendeka ukupenda ubushiku lilya bwafika pa kati ka bushiku nge fyo na ifwe lelo tupenda. AbaYuda bena ukufika na lelo batendeka Isabata cilya akasuba kawa kabili baleka ubushiku bwa konkapo pa nshita imo ine.
Bushe “ulwendo lwa bushiku bwe sabata” lwali ni cinshi?
Ilyo abasambi bamwene Yesu aleya ku muulu ilyo bali pa Lupili lwa Miolife, babweleele ku Yerusalemu apalepele “ulwendo lwa bushiku bwe sabata.” (Imilimo 1:12) Uuli pa lwendo ale-enda amakilomita nalimo 30 no kucilapo mu bushiku fye bumo. Lelo Ulupili lwa Miolife lwalipalama ku Yerusalemu. Kanshi ni mwi “ulwendo lwa bushiku bwe sabata” lwalola?
Isabata bwali bushiku abena Israele baletuusha ku milimo balebomba cila bushiku. Pali bulya bushiku tabalingile na kukosha umulilo mu mayanda yabo. (Ukufuma 20:10; 35:2, 3) Yehova abebele ukuti: “Cila muntu aleikala mu mwakwe. Umuntu nangu umo elafuma pa mwakwe pa bushiku bwalenga cinelubali (7).” (Ukufuma 16:29) Ili ifunde lyalengele abena Israele ukulatuushako ku milimo balebomba cila bushiku e lyo no kukosha icibusa cabo na Lesa.
Nomba bakafundisha abalemona kwati Amafunde Yehova abapeele tayafikilepo, balandile pa ntamfu umuntu alingile ukwenda pa bushiku bwe Sabata nga alefwaya ukuya mu kupepa. Icitabo ca Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature calanda aya mashiwi pali ili lyashi: “Pali ili funde bakoseshe ilya kusunga Isabata . . . , babikilepo icipope ca kuti umwina Israele onse tafwile kwenda intamfu ukucila mu yo bapimine iyo baleita ukuti, ulwendo lwa bushiku bwe Sabata.” Intamfu bapimine yali imikono 2,000 nelyo amamita 890.
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Ifyo umusumba wa Yerusalemu umoneka nga umo ali pa Lupili lwa Miolife