Icipandwa 6
Amaka ya Konaula—“Yehova Musalifi ku Bulwi”
1-3. (a) Cintiinya nshi abena Israele balolenkene na co ku bena Egupti? (b) Bushe Yehova alwilileko shani abantu bakwe?
ABENA Israele balicilikilwe pa kati ka mpili shaansha na bemba ashingaabukwa. Abashilika ba bena Egupti, aba bukatu, balebakunkunika, bakoselepo fye ukuti mpaka babalofye.a Lelo, Mose acincishe abantu ba kwa Lesa ukukanaleka isubilo lyabo ukupela. Abalaile ati: “Yehova alemulwila.”—Ukufuma 14:14.
2 Nalyo line, cimoneka kwati Mose alilile kuli Yehova, na o Lesa ayaswike ati: “Cinshi ico ulelilila kuli ine? . . . Tumpule nkonto yobe, tambika no kuboko kobe pali bemba, no kumwakanya pa kati.” (Ukufuma 14:15, 16) Taleni elenganyeni ifyacitike. Yehova ilyo line aeba malaika wakwe, kabili intumba ye kumbi yayaiminina ku numa ya bena Israele, napamo ukusaalala nge cibumba no kucilikila abena Egupti balesansa. (Ukufuma 14:19, 20; Amalumbo 105:39) Mose atambika ukuboko. Umwela uwakosa waensha amenshi, na bemba aakanika pa kati. Amenshi yatuntumikwa no kutumbana kwati fibumba, ukusha inshila iyapabuka iya kuti uluko lonse lupite!—Ukufuma 14:21; 15:8.
3 Pa kumona amaka ya musango yu, Farao alingile ukweba ifita fyakwe ukucimba no kubwelelamo. Lelo, Farao wa cilumba abeba ukuti basanse. (Ukufuma 14:23) Abena Egupti bapumpana no kusupila abena Israele, lelo ukusansa kwabo bwangu bwangu kwafulunganishiwa ilyo imipeto ya maceleta yabo yatendeka ukusokoka. Ilyo abena Israele bafika bushilya mu mutende, Yehova aeba Mose ati: “Tambiko kuboko kobe pali bemba, no kuleka amenshi yabwelele pa bena Egupti, pa maceleta yabo, na pa ba pali bakabalwe babo.” Amenshi yalibwelele, no kushiika Farao na bashilika bakwe!—Ukufuma 14:24-28; Amalumbo 136:15.
4. (a) Bushe pali Bemba Wakashika, Yehova alangile ukuti aba shani? (b) Bamo kuti baumfwa shani pa lwa uku kulangisha amaka ukwa kwa Yehova?
4 Ukulubulwa kwa luko lwa bena Israele pali Bemba Wakashika cali cintu ca lulumbi pa fintu Lesa abombele na bantunse ku numa. Palya Yehova alangile ukuti “musalifi ku bulwi.” (Ukufuma 15:3) Lelo bushe mumfwa shani pali aya maka ya kwa Yehova? Ca cine ukuti inkondo, yalikalifya abantunse no kubacululusha. Bushe amaka ya kwa Lesa aya konaula yalenga mumutaluke ukucila ukumupalamina?
Ukucilanya Inkondo sha Bulesa ne sha Bantunse
5, 6. (a) Mulandu nshi cabela icalinga ukuti Lesa aleitwa “Yehova wa milalo”? (b) Bushe inkondo sha kwa Lesa shapusana shani ne sha bantunse?
5 Ukulingana no lulimi Baibolo yalembelwemo, Lesa alikwata ilumbo lya kuti “Yehova wa milalo,” imiku mupepi na 300 mu Amalembo ya ciHebere ne miku ibili mu Amalembo ya ciGriki. (1 Samwele 1:11) Apo ni Kateka wa Kubumbwa konse, Yehova alikwata imilalo iingi iya bamalaika. (Yoshua 5:13-15; 1 Ishamfumu 22:19) Iyi milalo yakwata amaka ya konaula icine cine. (Esaya 37:36) Ubonaushi bulengwa na bantunse tabwawama no kutontonkanyapo. Lelo, tufwile ukwibukisha ukuti inkondo sha kwa Lesa shapusana ne nkondo sha cabe cabe isha bantunse. Bamushika abantunse ne ntungulushi sha mapolitiki kuti baesha ukulondolola abati inkondo balelwa ni pa kuti ciwamine abekala calo. Lelo inkondo sha bantunse lyonse shibamo ubufunushi na bukaitemwe.
6 Lelo, Yehova tabalamuka fye no kwimya inkondo icimyeimye. Amalango 32:4 yatila: “Cilibwe icasansuka, ya mpomfu imicitile yakwe; pantu imibele yakwe yonse bupingushi: Lesa wa cishinka kabili uwabulo bupondamishi, uwalungama kabili uwatambalala.” Icebo ca kwa Lesa citila ubukali bwabula ukuilama, ubunkalwe, no lukaakala fibi. (Ukutendeka 49:7; Amalumbo 11:5) Kanshi Yehova tacita kantu apabula umulandu. Tabomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula icibomfyebomfye kabili ayabomfya fye nga tapali mwa kusengulwila. Kwati fye ni fintu alondolwele ukupitila muli kasesema Esekiele ati: “Bushe ukubekwa mbekelwe mfwa ya mubifi? Cisemo ca kwa Shikulu Yehova. Bushe te mu kubwela kwakwe mu mibele yakwe, no kuba no mweo, e mo mbekelwa?”—Esekiele 18:23.
7, 8. (a) Bushe Yobo aleti ni kwi kwafumine ukucula kwakwe? (b) Ni shani fintu Elihu alungike Yobo pali ci? (c) Cinshi twingasambilila ku cacitikile Yobo?
7 Mulandu nshi, kanshi, Yehova abomfesha amaka ya konaula? Ilyo tushilayasuka, kuti twaibukisha Yobo umulungami. Satana aletwishika nampo nga Yobo kuti aba uwa mpomfu nga aeshiwa. Na kuba aletwishika abantunse bonse. Pa kuti uko kutwishika kupwe, Yehova alekele Satana ukwesha bumpomfu bwa kwa Yobo. Ici calengele Yobo ukulwala, ukusanguka umupiina, no kufwilwa abana. (Yobo 1:1–2:8) Yobo taishibe ifyabimbilwemo, kabili ena aleti amacushi yakwe kwali kukandwa kwa kufyengwa fye kuli Lesa. Aipwishe Lesa umulandu amwimikile “ica kupoosapo,” “umulwani.”—Yobo 7:20; 13:24.
8 Umulumendo we shina lya Elihu asansalike icilubo cali mu mitontonkanishishe ya kwa Yobo ati: ‘Utila, Nalilungama ukucila Lesa.’ (Yobo 35:2) Cine cine, butumpe ukutontonkanya ukuti twalishiba ifingi ukucila Lesa nelyo ukutunga ukuti wa lufyengo. Elihu atile: “Cibe ukutali kuli Lesa ukucito bubifi, ca butolo ku Wa maka yonse ukucito bupondamishi.” Pa numa, akonkenyepo no kuti: “Wa maka yonse, te kuti tumwiluke; Mukulu ku maka na ku bupingushi, na mu bwingi bwa bulungami tafyenga.” (Yobo 34:10; 36:22, 23; 37:23) Teti tutwishike ukuti ilyo Lesa alwa, ninshi pali icalenga. Apo twaishibe fyo, lekeni tulande pali fimo ifilenga Lesa wa mutende inshita shimo ukucito bulwi.—1 Abena Korinti 14:33.
Ifilenga Lesa Wa Mutende Ukucito Bulwi
9. Mulandu nshi Lesa wa mutende alwila?
9 Pa numa ya kulumbanya Lesa ati “musalifi ku bulwi,” Mose abilishe ati: “Pa milungu pali uyani uwaba nga imwe, mwe Yehova? Nani uwaba nga imwe, umukankaala ku mushilo.” (Ukufuma 15:11) Kasesema Habakuki na o alembele ati: “Mwaba na menso ayasanguluka, tamwingalolesha pa bubi, kabili tamwingamona pa bupondamishi.” (Habakuki 1:13) Nangula Yehova ni Lesa wa kutemwa, na kabili ni Lesa uwa mushilo, uwa bulungami, kabili uwa bupingushi. Inshita shimo, iyi mibele e ilenga alebomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula. (Esaya 59:15-19; Luka 18:7) E ico Lesa tabifya bumushilo bwakwe ilyo alwa. Na kuba, umulandu alwila nico wa mushilo.—Ukufuma 39:30.
10. (a) Ni lilali pa muku wa kubalilapo kwaimine ukukabila kwa kuti Lesa alelwa inkondo kabili cali shani? (b) Ni nshila nshi yeka fye iyo ubulwani bwasobelwe pa Ukutendeka 3:15 bwingapwilamo, kabili bunonshi nshi ici cingaletela abantunse balungama?
10 Tontonkanyeni icacitike pa numa abantunse ba kubalilapo Adamu na Efa bapondokele Lesa. (Ukutendeka 3:1-6) Yehova atekelesha bulya bupondamishi bwabo, icifulo cakwe ica Bumulopwe bwa Kubumbwa konse nga calisuulwa. Apo ni Lesa umulungami, tapali mwa kusengulwila kano fye ukubapingwila ukufwa. (Abena Roma 6:23) Mu kusesema kwa mu Baibolo ukwa kubalilapo, asobele ukuti pali no kuba ubulwani pa babomfi bakwe na bakonka “icisoka” Satana. (Ukusokolola 12:9; Ukutendeka 3:15) Ubu bulwani mu kupelako kuti bwapwa fye nga ca kuti Satana ashonaulwa. (Abena Roma 16:20) Lelo ubo bupingushi kuti bwalenga abantunse abalungami ukupaalwa, ukufumya ukusonga kwa kwa Satana pe sonde no kuleka isonde lyonse ukuba paradise. (Mateo 19:28) Ilyo iyo nshita ishilafika, ababa kuli Satana bali no kufwaya ukulacena abantu ba kwa Lesa no kufwaya ukonaula bumupashi bwabo. Inshita shimo shimo, Yehova ali no kulacilima.
Lesa Abombelapo ku Kufumyapo Ububifi
11. Mulandu nshi Lesa amwenene ukuti tapali mwa kusengulwila kano fye ukuleta ilyeshi lya menshi pe sonde lyonse?
11 Ilyeshi lya menshi mu nshiku sha kwa Noa lyali ca kumwenako ca kucilima ububifi. Ukutendeka 6:11, 12 kutila: “Ku menso ya kwa Lesa pano isonde palyonaike, kabili pano isonde paiswilepo ulufyengo. Awe Lesa aloleshe pano isonde, kabili, moneni, naponaika; ico abantunse bonse nabonaule mibele yabo pano isonde.” Bushe Lesa ali no kuleka ababifi ukulofya imibele isuma ukufika kuli kapeleko? Iyo. Yehova amwene ukuti tapali mwa kusengulwila kano fye ukuleta ilyeshi lya menshi pe sonde lyonse ukufumyapo bonse abapampamine pa kuleta ulukaakala no kucita bucisenene.
12. (a) Cinshi Yehova asobele pa lwa “bufyashi” bwa kwa Abrahamu? (b) Mulandu nshi abena Amore bali no kulofiwa?
12 E fyo cali na ku bupingushi Lesa apingwile abena Kanaani. Yehova asosele ukuti muli Abrahamu e mwali no kufuma “ubufyashi” umo indupwa shonse isha pe sonde shali no kuifwailo kupaalwa. Ukulingana no bo bufwayo, Lesa abikile icipope ca kuti ubufyashi bwa kwa Abrahamu bwali no kupeelwa icalo ca Kanaani, icalo caikelemo abantu baleitwa abena Amore. Cinshi abantu bengamwenako ukuti Lesa alikwete nsambu sha kutenuna aba bantu ukubafumya mu calo cabo? Yehova asobele ukuti tali no kutenuna balya bantu mpaka pakapite imyaka 400—ukufikila “amampuulu ya bena Amore” ‘yakesule.’b (Ukutendeka 12:1-3; 13:14, 15; 15:13, 16; 22:18) Muli ilya nshita, imibele ya bena Amore yalibipishe icine cine. Icalo ca Kanaani casangwike icalo ca kupepamo utulubi, ukusuumyo mulopa, kabili ubupulumushi bwa bwaume no bwanakashi bwalibipishe nga nshi. (Ukufuma 23:24; 34:12, 13; Impendwa 33:52) Abekashi bali muli cilya calo baleoca fye na bana mu mulilo ku kupeela amalambo. Bushe Lesa wa mushilo kuti aleka abantu bakwe ukubishanya na bantu babipa umusango yu? Iyo! Abilishe ati: “Icalo calikowela; e ico nacipempwila amampuulu ya ciko, kabili icalo caluka abekashi ba ciko.” (Ubwina Lebi 18:21-25) Lelo Yehova taipeye abantu icipayeipaye. Abena Kanaani balemenene ku bulungami, pamo nga Rahabu na bena Gibeone, balipuswike.—Yoshua 6:25; 9:3-27.
Ukulwilako Ishina Lyakwe
13, 14. (a) Mulandu nshi Yehova ashakwatile mwa kulosha kano fye ukushisha ishina lyakwe? (b) Finshi Yehova acitile pa kufumya umuseebanya pe shina lyakwe?
13 Apo Yehova wa mushilo, ishina lyakwe nalyo lya mushilo. (Ubwina Lebi 22:32) Yesu asambilishe abasambi bakwe ukupepa ati: “Ishina lyenu libelwe akatiina [libe ilyashila, NW].” (Mateo 6:9) Ukupondoka kwa mu Edene kwalikoweshe shina lya kwa Lesa, ukumutwishika, no kutwishika imitekele yakwe. Yehova te kuti alekepo fye pa kuseebanishiwa uyo musango no kupondoka. Takwete mwa kulosha kano fye ukucitapo cimo pa kufumyapo umuseebanya pe shina lyakwe.—Esaya 48:11.
14 Tontonkanyeni na pa bena Israele. Ilyo lyonse bali abasha mu Egupti, ubulayo bwa kwa Lesa kuli Abrahamu ubwa kuti mu Bufyashi bwakwe e mukapaalilwa indupwa shonse isha pe sonde bwalemoneka ubwa fye. Lelo pa kubalubula no kubapanga uluko, Yehova afumishe umuseebanya pe shina lyakwe. E calengele kasesema Daniele mwi pepo ukwibukisha ati: “Mwe Shikulu Lesa wesu, [mwafumishe] abantu benu mu calo ca Egupti ku kuboko ukwakosa no kuicitile shina.”—Daniele 9:15.
15. Mulandu nshi Yehova alubwilile abaYuda ukufuma muli bunkole mu Babele?
15 Na kuba, Daniele apepele ifi pa nshita lintu abaYuda balekabila Yehova ukucitapo cimo pa mulandu we shina Lyakwe. AbaYuda bacintomfwa bali muli bunkole, uno muku mu Babele. Umusumba wabo ukalamba, uwa Yerusalemu, wali cibolya. Daniele alishibe ukuti abaYuda nga babweshiwa ku calo ca ku mwabo, ishina lya kwa Yehova lyali no kucindikwa. E ico Daniele apepele ati: “Shikulu, beleleni uluse; mwe Shikulu, peepekeni kabili citeni, mwishimba, pa mulandu wa mwe bene, mwe Lesa wandi, pantu ishina lyenu lyapeelwa ku musumba wenu na ku bantu benu.”—Daniele 9:18, 19.
Ukulwilako Abantu Bakwe
16. Londololeni ico ukufwaisha kwa kwa Yehova ukwa kucingilila ishina lyakwe kushipilibwila ukuti aba uwatalala kabili kaitemwe.
16 Bushe ifi Yehova afwaisha ukucingilila ishina lyakwe, e kutila aba fye uwatalala kabili kaitemwe? Iyo, pantu nga alecite fintu umwabela bumushilo bwakwe no kutemwa ubupingushi, alacingilila abantu bakwe. Tontonkanyeni ifyaba mu Ukutendeka icipandwa 14. Mulya tubelengamo ulwa shamfumu shine ishasanshile no kusenda Lote, umwana wa kwa munyina wa kwa Abrahamu, capamo no lupwa lwakwe. Pa kwafwiwa na Lesa, Abrahamu acimfishe umupwilapo filya fita fyaishibishe sana ubulwi! Uku kucimfya napamo kwali e kwa ntanshi ukulembwa mwi “buuku lya Fya bulwi fya kwa Yehova,” nakalimo e buuku lyabamo ne nkondo shimbi ishishalembwa na mu Baibolo. (Impendwa 21:14) Pali no kukonka ukucimfya na kumbi ukwingi.
17. Cinshi cilanga ukuti Yehova alwilileko abena Israele na lintu babe nabengila mu calo ca Kanaani? Shimikeni ifya kumwenako.
17 Ilyo fye abena Israele bashilaingila mu calo ca Kanaani, Mose abalaile ati: “Yehova Lesa wenu alemutangilila, akamulwila umwabelele fyonse ifyo amucitile mu Egupti.” (Amalango 1:30; 20:1) Ukutampila pali Yoshua, impyani ya kwa Mose, no kupulinkana mu nshita sha Bapingushi na mu kuteka kwa shamfumu sha busumino isha Yuda, Yehova cine cine alwilileko abantu bakwe, ukubalenga ukucimfya abalwani babo icipesha amano.—Yoshua 10:1-14; Abapingushi 4:12-17; 2 Samwele 5:17-21.
18. (a) Mulandu nshi tufwile ukutashisha pa kuti Yehova tayaluka? (b) Cinshi cikacitika ilyo ubulwani bwalondololwa pa Ukutendeka 3:15 bukafika pa kalume?
18 Yehova tayaluka; kabili ubufwayo bwakwe ubwa kulenga lino isonde ukuba paradise tabwayaluka. (Ukutendeka 1:27, 28) Lesa acili alipata ububifi. Lelo alitemwa sana abantu bakwe kabili nomba line fye ali no kubacitila fimo. (Amalumbo 11:7) Na kuba, cileenekelwa ukuti nomba line fye, kuli no kuba ukwaluka kukalamba ukukuma ku bulwani bwalondololwa pa Ukutendeka 3:15. Yehova na kabili ali no kuba “umusalifi ku bulwi” pa kuti ashishe ishina lyakwe no kucingilila abantu bakwe!—Sekaria 14:3; Ukusokolola 16:14, 16.
19. (a) Langilileni umulandu twingapalamina kuli Lesa nga twamona ifyo abomfya amaka ya konaula. (b) Bushe ukwishiba ukuti Lesa aliitemenwa ukutulwilako kufwile ukutulenga ukumfwa shani?
19 Tontonkanyeni pali ci cilangililo: Tutile umuntu no lupwa lwakwe basanswa ku ciswango kabili ashashala na co no kucipaya. Bushe muleti abakashi bakwe na bana kuti bamusuusha pa co acita? Iyo, kuti mwaenekela ukuti uku kutemwa kwakwe kuti kwabafika pa mitima. E fyo cilingile ukuba na kuli Lesa, tatufwile ukufuupulwa pa fyo abomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula. Ifi aitemenwa ukulwa pa kuti atucingilile cilingile ukutulenga ukumutemwa nga nshi. Umucinshi twamupeela pa maka yakwe ayashapelela ulingile ukufulilako. E ico, kuti ‘twapyungila Lesa ukumutemuna no bufuuke na katiina.’—AbaHebere 12:28.
Palameni ku “Musalifi ku Bulwi”
20. Ilyo tulebelenga ifyalembwa mu Baibolo pa lwa nkondo sha kwa Lesa isho twafilwa ukumfwikisha, kuti twacita shani, kabili mulandu nshi?
20 Kwena, Baibolo tailondolola tonse fye pa fintu Yehova apingula ukukuma ku nkondo shakwe. Lelo lyonse kuti twashininkisha ulwa cishinka ca kuti: Yehova tabomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula icibomfyebomfye, mu lufyengo, kabili mu bunkalwe. Ilingi line, ukubelenga ifyebo fishingulwike ku cilelandwapo mu Baibolo nelyo ukubelenga ifyo cali kuti kwatwafwa ukwishiba bwino. (Amapinda 18:13) Nangu ni lintu twafilwa ukusanga ifishinka fyonse, ukusambilila fye na fimbi pa lwa kwa Yehova no kutontonkanya pa mibele yakwe iyawamisha kuti kwatwafwa ukupwisha ukutwishika ukuli konse twingalatwishika. Ilyo twacite fi, tusanga ukuti kwaliba imilandu iingi iyo tulingile ukucetekela Lesa wesu, Yehova.—Yobo 34:12.
21. Nangu ca kuti Yehova inshita shimo “musalifi ku bulwi,” bushe umutima wakwe waba shani?
21 Nangu ca kuti Yehova alaba “umusalifi ku bulwi” nga cakabilwa, te kutila alikaluka. Mu cimonwa umo Esekiele amwene iceleta lya mu muulu, Yehova amonwa ngo waipekanya ukulwisha abalwani bakwe. Lelo, Esekiele amwene Lesa nashingulukwa no mukolamfula—uwaba ciishibilo ca mutende. (Ukutendeka 9:13 NW; Esekiele 1:28; Ukusokolola 4:3) Kanshi, Yehova alitekanya kabili wa mutende. Umutumwa Yohane alembele ati: “Lesa kutemwa.” (1 Yohane 4:8) Imibele ya kwa Yehova yonse yalilingana nga nshi. Kanshi lishuko ukupalama kuli Lesa wa musango yo uwa maka, lelo uwa kutemwa!
[Amafutunoti]
a Ukulingana na kalemba wa milandu ya kale iya ciYuda Josephus, abaHebere “babakunkunike na maceleta 600 pamo na ba pali bakabalwe 50,000 na bashilika abengi ukufika kuli 200,000.”—Jewish Antiquities, II, 324 [xv, 3].
b Cimoneka kwati, ishina lya kuti “abena Amore” pano lisanshamo abantu bonse aba mu Kanaani.—Amalango 1:6-8, 19-21, 27; Yoshua 24:15, 18.
Amepusho ya Kutontonkanyapo
2 Ishamfumu 6:8-17 Mulandu nshi ukwishiba ukuti Lesa “musalifi ku bulwi” kwingatukosesha mu nshita sha macushi?
Esekiele 33:10-20 Ilyo Yehova ashilabomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula, lishuko lya cinshi mu nkumbu apeela abatoba ifunde lyakwe?
2 Abena Tesalonika 1:6-10 Ni shani fintu ukonaulwa kwa babifi ukuleisa kukelulula ababomfi ba kwa Lesa?
2 Petro 2:4-13 Cinshi cilenga Yehova ukubomfya amaka yakwe aya konaula, cinshi ici cisambilisha abantunse bonse?
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Pali Bemba Wakashika, Yehova alangile ukuti “musalifi ku bulwi”