Icipandwa 4
“Imwe Muli Nte Shandi”!
1. Yehova abomfya shani ukusesema, kabili ni shani abantu bakwe balingile ukwankula ku kusesema kwafikilishiwa?
AMAKA ya kusobela ifya ku ntanshi e cimo icipusanya Lesa wa cine kuli tulesa twa bufi tonse. Lelo Yehova nga asobela fimo, fingi afwaya ukucita te kushinina fye ukuti e Lesa. Ukulingana ne fyo caba muli Esaya icipandwa 43, Yehova alenga ukusesema ukushinina ifintu fibili Bulesa bwakwe no kutemwa kwakwe ku bantu apingene na bo icipingo. Abantu bakwe, na bo, abeluka ukusesema kwafikilishiwa tabalingile ukwikalapo fye, lelo balingile ukushimiko bunte bwa fintu bamona. Balingile ukuba Inte sha kwa Yehova!
2. (a) Bushe imibele ya ku mupashi iya bena Israele ili shani mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya? (b) Yehova aisula shani amenso ya bantu bakwe?
2 Ku ca bulanda, pa nshita Esaya ali no mweo, Israele ali mu mibele ya bulanda nga nshi ica kuti kuli Yehova abantu bali nga abalemana lwa ku mupashi. Atila, “Fumyeni bese kuno abantu impofu abo amenso yabo yalipo, na bankomamatwi abo abali na matwi.” (Esaya 43:8) Bushe abantu impofu kabili bankomamatwi lwa ku mupashi kuti babombela shani Yehova nge nte shakwe isha mweo? Kuli fye inshila imo mpo. Amenso yabo yalingile ukwisulwa na matwi yabo yalingile ukukomonwa mu cipesha amano. Kabili cine cine Yehova abesula amenso no kubakomona amatwi! Mu nshila nshi? Ica ntanshi, Yehova abasalapula ukusalapula kwaluma—abekashi ba mu bufumu bwa kwa Israele ubwa ku kapinda ka ku kuso basendwa bunkole mu 740 B.C.E., na bekashi ba mu Yuda, basendwa mu 607 B.C.E. Lyene, Yehova abomfya amaka yakwe ukulwila abantu bakwe pa kubalubula no kubwesesha abashalapo abalapila kabili abapuupuutulwa lwa ku mupashi ku calo ca ku mwabo mu 537 B.C.E. Na kuba, Yehova nashininkisha nga nshi ukuti ubufwayo bwakwe mu kucite ci tabwingapumfyanishiwa ica kuti ilyo kucili imyaka nalimo 200 ku ntanshi, alanda pa lwa kulubulwa kwa kwa Israele kwati nalimo nakucitika kale.
3. Kukoselesha nshi Yehova akoselesha abali no kusendwa bunkole ku ntanshi?
3 “E fyo asosa Yehova, Kalenga obe, we Yakobo, Kabumba obe, we Israele: Witiina, pantu nakulubula, nakwita mwi shina lyobe, uli wandi. Ilyo uleabuka amenshi nkaba na iwe, imimana tayakakwibishe; ilyo uleya mu mulilo, tawakapye, no lubingu talwakakoce. Pantu ine Yehova, ndi Lesa obe, ne Wa mushilo wa kwa Israele ndi Mupusushi obe.”—Esaya 43:1-3a.
4. Ni mu mano nshi Yehova abela Kalenga wa kwa Israele, kabili bulayo nshi alaya abantu bakwe pa lwa kubwelela ku calo cabo?
4 Pali ubufwayo bwaibela Yehova akwatiile Israele pantu ulu luko lwakwe. Luko ulo umwine aipangiile ku kufishapo icipingo apingene na Abrahamu. (Ukutendeka 12:1-3) E co, Amalumbo 100:3 yatila: “Ishibeni ukuti Yehova wene e Lesa; wene e watulenga, na ifwe tuli bakwe, tuli bantu bakwe, umukuni wa bucemi bwakwe.” Apo ni Kalenga kabili Kalubula wa kwa Israele, Yehova akabwesesha abantu bakwe ku calo cabo mu mutende. Ifipindami, pamo nga menshi, imimana iyaisula, ne fiswebebe fyakabisha, tafyakabapumfyanye nelyo ukubaletela ubwafya, nga filya fine fishapumfyenye ifikolwe fyabo ifyabatangilile imyaka 1000, ilyo fyaleya ku Calo Calaiwe.
5. (a) Bushe amashiwi ya kwa Yehova yasansamusha shani aba muli Israele wa ku mupashi? (b) Bushe abanabo ba kwa Israele wa ku mupashi ni bani, kabili aba baimininweko na bani?
5 Ifyebo fya kwa Yehova filasansamusha na bashalapo aba muli Israele wa ku mupashi uwa muno nshiku, abo baba “cibumbwa cipya” icafyalwa ku mupashi. (2 Abena Korinti 5:17) Pa kuilanga apabuuta no kushipa kuli aya “menshi” e kuti ku bantunse, baliipakisha ukucingilila kwabamo ukutemwa ukwa kwa Lesa ku fipindami fyapala mulamba. Amesho yakalipa ngo mulilo ayafuma ku balwani babo tayaboca lelo, yabomba fye ku kubalopolola. (Sekaria 13:9; Ukusokolola 12:15-17) Yehova alabasakamana no kubalindila pamo ne “bumba likalamba” ilya “mpanga shimbi,” abailunda ku luko lwa ku mupashi ulwa kwa Lesa. (Ukusokolola 7:9; Yohane10:16) Aba baimininweko na ulya ‘cintobentobe mukalamba’ uwaimiine pamo na bena Israele Ukufuma mu Egupti, e lyo na balya bashali baYuda ababwelulukile pamo na bankole abalubwilwe ukufuma ku Babele.—Ukufuma 12:38; Esra 2:1, 43, 55, 58.
6. Bushe Yehova ailanga shani ukuba Lesa wa bupingushi ukulosha ku kupeela icilubula kuli (a) Israele wa cifyalilwa? (b) Israele wa ku mupashi?
6 Yehova alaya ukulubula abantu bakwe ukubafumya mu Babele ukubomfya imilalo ya bena Madai na Persia. (Esaya 13:17-19; 21:2, 9; 44:28; Daniele 5:28) Apo Yehova ni Lesa wa bupingushi, ali no kulipila “ababomfi” bakwe abena Madai na Persia icilubula calinga pali Israele. “Nkapeela Egupti ku kukulubula, na Kushi [Etiopia] na Seba ukaba pe punda lyobe; pa kuti wafinisha mu menso yandi, walicindamikwa, na ine nalikutemwa, nkapeela abantu babe pe punda lyobe, na bantu na bantu pe punda lya mweo obe.” (Esaya 43:3b, 4) Ifyacitika kale fishininkisha ukuti Ubuteko bwa bena Persia bwalicimfishe Egupti, Etiopia, na Seba uwapalemeko, nga filya fine fye Lesa asobele. (Amapinda 21:18) Mu 1919, Yehova acitile cimo cine pa kufumya abashalapo ba muli Israele wa ku mupashi muli bunkole ukubomfya Yesu Kristu. Lelo Yesu ena, talekabila kulipilwa pa milimo abombele, pantu tali ni kateka umusenshi kabili abo aalelubula bali ni bamunyina bakwe aba ku mupashi. Te ico ceka, mu 1914, Yehova alimupeele kale ‘inko ukube cikwatwa cakwe, ne mpela sha pano isonde ukube camaninwa cakwe.’—Amalumbo 2:8.
7. Bushe Yehova omfwa shani pa bantu bakwe aba pa kale na ba muno nshiku?
7 Moneni ifyo Yehova alanga apabuuta icililishi cakwe kuli aba bankole abalubulwa. Abeba ukuti ‘balifinisha’ kabili ‘balicindama’ kuli wene no kuti ‘alibatemwa.’ (Yeremia 31:3) E fyo na lelo aba, kabili alicilanapo ukuba ne cililishi ku babomfi bakwe aba bucishinka. Abena Kristu basubwa tababa ifibusa fya kwa Lesa ilyo bafyalwa, lelo kupitila mu mibombele ya mupashi wa mushilo uwa kwa Lesa pa numa ya kuipeela kwabo kuli Kabumba wabo. Yehova alibakulila ku Mwana wakwe na ku mwine no kulemba amafunde yakwe ne fishinte fya kukonka mu mitima yabo iya cumfwila.—Yeremia 31:31-34; Yohane 6:44.
8. Bulayo nshi Yehova alaya bankole, kabili bakomfwa shani pa kulubulwa kwabo?
8 Yehova atwalilila ukulaya aba bankole ukuti: “Witiina, pantu ndi na iwe; nkaleto bufyashi bobe ukufumo kutula kasuba, no kukulonganya ukufumo kuwa akasuba, nkatila ku kapinda ka ku kuso, Peela, na ku kapinda ka ku kulyo, Witana, no kuleta abana bandi abaume ukutulo kutali, na bana bandi abanakashi ukutula ku mpela sha pano isonde, onse uwainikwe shina lyandi, uo nalengeele ubukata bwandi, uo nabumbile, cene, nalimucitile.” (Esaya 43:5-7) Nangu icifulo cibe ukwalepesha shani, Yehova te kuti afilwe ukulubula abana bakwe abaume na banakashi no kubabwesesha ku calo cabo icatemwikwa ilyo inshita yakwe iya kucite fyo yafika. (Yeremia 30:10, 11) Ukwabulo kutwishika, mu kumona kwabo uku kulubulwa kukacila nga nshi pali kulya ukwa ntanshi uko ulu luko lwalubwilwe ukufuma mu Egupti.—Yeremia 16:14, 15.
9. Ni mu nshila nshi shibili Yehova alangilila ukuti ishina lyakwe lyalisanshiwamo mu milimo yakwe iya kupususha?
9 Pa kucinkulako abantu bakwe ukuti bonse bainikwa ishina lyakwe, Yehova alebalanga ukuti taalaba ku bulayo bwakwe ubwa kulubula Israele. (Esaya 54:5, 6) Icacindamisha ca kuti, Yehova alisanshamo ishina lyakwe mu malayo yakwe aya kulubula abantu bakwe. Mu kucite fyo, alashininkisha ukuti wene akapokelela ubukata ilyo icebo cakwe ica kusesema cafishiwapo. Nangu fye untu akacimfya Babele takabe ne nsambu sha kupeelwa umucinshi uulingile ukupeelwa fye kuli Lesa wa mweo eka.
Balesa Baeshiwa
10. Cintu nshi icayafya Yehova asonsomba inko na balesa ba shiko ukucita?
10 Yehova nomba alenga ubulayo bwakwe ubwa kulubula Israele ukuba e ntendekelo ya mulandu wa mu cilye uukumine ububumbo bonse kabili muli uyu wine mulandu e mo aesesha balesa ba nko. Tubelengo kuti: “Inko shonse shilongane pamo, bakungane na bantu na bantu. Nani uwa muli abo [balesa babo] uwingalongole ci, no kutulengo kuumfwe fya ntanshi? [Balesa babo] balete inte shabo ukuti bapeelwe insambu, no kuleka tuumfwe no kwasuka, atuti, Ca cine cine.” (Esaya 43:9) Yehova asonsomba inko sha mwi sonde ukucite cintu cimo icayafya. Na kuba, atila: ‘Lekeni balesa benu bashinine ukuti ni balesa pa kusobela ifya ku ntanshi ukwabulo kupusa.’ Apo ni Lesa wa cine eka fye e wingasesema ukwabulo kupusa, ubu bwesho bukasokolola bonse abafutika. (Esaya 48:5) Lelo Uwa maka yonse abikapo icipope na cimbi ica mwi funde ica kuti: Bonse abaitunga ukuba balesa ba cine balingile ukulete nte shabo, ishingekalilo bunte ku fya kusobela fyabo e lyo na ku kufikilishiwa kwa uku kusobela. Yehova na o wine akonka ici cine cipope ca mwi funde.
11. Mulimo nshi Yehova apeela umubomfi wakwe, kabili cinshi Yehova asokolola pa lwa Bulesa bwakwe?
11 Apo tatwaba na maka, utu tulesa twa bufi tatwingaleta inte sha tuko. E co, ku ca museebanya, mu mbokoshi ya muli ici cilye tamumoneke inte nangu imo iya utu tulesa. Lelo nomba yafike nshita ya kuti Yehova ashinine Bulesa bwakwe. Ilyo alolesha apekele abantu bakwe, atila: “Imwe muli nte shandi, . . . kabili muli babomfi bandi abo nasala, ku kuleka munjishibe, no kuntetekela, kwiluko kuti nine wine; pa kuntangilila takwabumbilwe mulungu kabili pa kunkonkapo takwakabe. Ine, ine ndi Yehova, kabili tapali mupusushi umbi kano ine. Nine nalongwele no kupususha, no kubila, ilyo tapali mulungu umbi umbi muli imwe; ni mwe nte shandi ukuti nine Lesa. . . . Ukutula pali lelo nine wine, tapali na wa kupokolola mu kuboko kwandi; ndecita, kabili nani uwingacitulula [ukuboko kwandi]?”—Esaya 43:10-13.
12, 13. (a) Bushininkisho nshi ubushaifulila abantu ba kwa Yehova bakwata ubo bengapeela? (b) Ni shani ishina lya kwa Yehova lyaisaishibikwa mpanga yonse muno nshiku?
12 Pa kwankula kuli ifi fyebo fya kwa Yehova, imbokoshi ya mu cilye yaisulamo paa na cinkukwe wa nte sha buseko. Ubunte shapeela buntu bwaumfwika kabili ubushingatwishikwa. Kwati fye ni Yoshua, ishi nte shapeela ubunte bwa kuti ‘fyonse ifyo Yehova asosa fyalimoneka, takwashala cintu nangu cimo.’ (Yoshua 23:14) Abantu ba kwa Yehova bacili baleibukisha amashiwi ya kwa Esaya, Yeremia, Esekiele, na ya bakasesema bambi abo, basobele icintu cimo cine, ica kusendwa kwa baYuda muli bunkole no kulubulwa kwabo ukwa cipesha amano kufuma muli bunkole. (Yeremia 25:11, 12) Kalubula wa baYuda, Koreshe, alilumbwilwe mwi shina imyaka iingi ilyo ashilafyalwa na kufyalwa!—Esaya 44:26–45:1.
13 Bushe pali ubu bushininkisho bushaifulila twamona, kuliko uwingakaana ukuti Yehova te Lesa wa cine eka? Ukupusanako na tulesa utusenshi, Yehova fye eka e ushabumbilwe; wene eka fye e Lesa wa cine.a E co, abantu abainikwa ishina lya kwa Yehova balikwata ishuko lyaibela kabili ilya kucincimusha ilya kwebako inkulo shileisa na bantu bambi abepusha pa lwa kwa Yehova na pa lwa milimo yakwe iya kusungusha. (Amalumbo 78:5-7) E fyo caba na ku Nte sha kwa Yehova isha muno nshiku, shalikwata ishuko lya kubilisha ishina lya kwa Yehova mwi sonde lyonse. Muli ba 1920 Abasambi ba Baibolo batendeke ukwiluka ubupilibulo bwashika ubwe shina lya kwa Lesa, Yehova. Lyene, pa July 26, 1931, pe bungano lyabelele ku Columbus, Ohio, presidenti wa Sosaite, Joseph F. Rutherford, abelengele ukusuminishanya kwaleti “Ishina Lipya.” Amashiwi ya kuti, “Tulefwaisha ukwishibikilwa no kulaitilwa kuli ili shina, ilya kuti, Inte sha kwa Yehova,” yacincimwishe abalongene pali ili bungano, abasuminishe uku kusuminishanya pa kwasuka no kwikatisha kwa mashiwi ukuti “Ee!” Ukutula lilya, ishina lya kwa Yehova lyalishibikwa apapela isonde lyonse.—Amalumbo 83:18.
14. Ni pa lwa cinshi Yehova acinkula abena Israele, kabili mulandu nshi uku kucinkula kwaishila pa nshita yalinga?
14 Yehova alasakamana no kusunga abainikwa ishina lyakwe mu mucinshi, ukubamona nge “mboni ya linso lyakwe.” Acinkulako abena Israele pa lwa ici, ukubeba ifyo abalubwile ukufuma mu Egupti ne fyo abatungulwile umutende mu matololo. (Amalango 32:10, 12) Pali ilya nshita tapali umulungu umbi umbi muli bene, pantu baliimwenene na menso yabo ifyo tulesa tonse utwa Egupti twaseebene icabipisha. Tulesa tonse utwa mu Egupti twalifililwe ukucingilila Egupti nangu kucilikila abena Israele ukuya. (Ukufuma 12:12) Ifyo fine e fyo cikaba na kuli Babele uwa maka, uo itauni lyakwe lyabamo amatempele nangu fye 50 ayakuulilwa tulesa twa bufi, akafilwa ukulesha ukuboko kwa Wa maka yonse ilyo inshita ikesa iya kulubula abantu bakwe. Cine cine, “takuli mupusushi” umbi kano Yehova.
Bakafwalo ba Nkondo Bawa, Ififungo Fyaisuka
15. Cinshi Yehova asesema ukukuma kuli Babele?
15 “E fyo atila Yehova Umulubushi wenu, Wa mushilo wa kwa Israele: Pa mulandu wa imwe natumo mulalo ku Babele, no kutobe mipindo yonse, [iya mu cifungo, NW] no kwaula kwa bena Kaldi [abali mu mato, NW] kukasanguko kuloosha. Nine Yehova, Wa mushilo wenu, Kalenga wa kwa Israele, Imfumu yenu. E fyo atila Yehova uucite nshila muli bemba, kabili kumba mu menshi ya maka; uufumye celeta na kafwalo, umulalo na bakosa ba uko pamo, basuka basendama no kubulo kwima, bashoshotwa bashima nge ciku.”—Esaya 43:14-17.
16. Cinshi cili no kucitikila Babele, abena Kaldi ba makwebo, na bonse abali no kucingilila Babele?
16 Babele ali nge cifungo kuli bankole pantu alabacilikila ukubwelela ku Yerusalemu. Lelo ifya kucingilila fya kwa Babele tafili kantu ku Wa maka yonse, Uwacitile “nshila muli [Bemba Wakashika,] kabili kumba mu menshi ya maka”—ayo cilemoneko kuti menshi ya Yordani. (Ukufuma 14:16; Yoshua 3:13) E fyo cikaba na ku nkombe ya kwa Yehova, Koreshe, akalenga amenshi ya mu mumana wa lulumbi uwa Yufrate ukucepa, ku kuleka ifita fyakwe fikengile mu musumba. Abena Kaldi ba makwebo abaleabuka na mato mu milonga ya Babele—umupita amakana ya mato yasende fipe fya bukwebo na mato yasenda balesa ba bena Babele—bakaloosha mu bulanda ilyo umusumba wabo uwa bwangalishi ukawa. Nga filya fine amaceleta ya kwa Farao yashayafwile bantu pali Bemba Wakashika, e fyo na maceleta yabutukisha aya bena Babele yashakabaafwe, kabili tayakabapokololeko. Filya fine cangukila umo ukushimya iciku cileaka ica mu nyali ya mafuta, e fyo uwa kusansa akalofya imyeo ya abo bonse abali no kucingilila Babele.
Yehova Atungulula Abantu Bakwe ku Calo Cabo Umutende
17, 18. (a) Cintu nshi “icipya” Yehova asesema? (b) Ni mu nshila nshi abantu bashilingile ukwibukisha ifya kale, kabili mulandu nshi?
17 Pa kulinganya imilimo yakwe iya kupususha iyabangilileko ku yo alaswa acite, Yehova atila: “Mwiibukisha fintu fya ntanshi, nangu kutontonkanye fya kale; moneni, ndecite cintu cipya, nomba cilemena—bushe te kuti muciishibe? Cine cine ndecite nshila mu matololo, ne mimana mu ciswebebe; ifinama fya mu mpanga fikancindika, bamumbwe na bamwakatala. Pantu ndepeela amenshi mu matololo, ne mimana mu ciswebebe, ku kuleka abantu bandi abasalwa banwe, abantu abo naibumbiile ku kuleka balondolole ukuntasha.”—Esaya 43:18-21.
18 Ilyo asosa ati, “mwiibukisha fintu fya ntanshi,” Yehova taletila ababomfi bakwe balingile ukulaba imilimo yakwe iya kupususha iya ku kale. Na kuba, iingi pali iyi milimo yaba na mu lyashi lyacitikile abena Israele kale ilyapuutwamo na Lesa, kabili Yehova abebele ukuti bakaleibukisha pa mwaka kulya kufuma bafumine mu Egupti pa kusefya kwa ca Kucilila. (Ubwina Lebi 23:5; Amalango 16:1-4) Lelo, Yehova nomba alefwaya abantu bakwe ukuti bamucindikile pa “cintu cipya”—ico bali no kuimwena abene. Ici cisanshishemo ukulubulwa kwabo ukufuma mu Babele no lwendo lwabo ulwa cipesha amano ulwa kubwelela ku mwabo, ulwa kubomfya nalimo inshila iipi mu ciswebebe. Muli iyi mpanga yauma, Yehova ali no kubapekanishishe “nshila” kabili ali no kucite milimo ya maka nge ca kubebukishako ifyo acitiile abena Israele mu nshiku sha kwa Mose—cine cine muli aya matololo ali no kuliisha abalebweluluka no kubanwensha amenshi ya mu mimana ya cine cine. Ifyo Yehova akabapekanishisha fikafula icine cine ica kuti nangu fye fiswango fikatasha Lesa kabili tafyakalesansa abantu.
19. Bushe abashalapo ba muli Israele wa ku mupashi capamo na banabo benda shani mu “Nshila ya mushilo”?
19 E fyo cali na mu 1919, abashalapo ba muli Israele wa ku mupashi balilubwilwe muli bunkole bwa mu Babele, kabili baipoosele pa lwendo mu, “Nshila ya mushilo,” iyo Yehova abapekanishishe. (Esaya 35:8) Ukupusanako na bena Israele, bena tabalekabila kufuma ku ncende imo ukupita mu ciswebebe cakabisha no kuya ku ncende imbi, kabili ulwendo lwabo talwapwile ilyo bafikile mu Yerusalemu pa numa ya myeshi inono. Lelo, iyi “Nshila ya mushilo” yatungulwile Abena Kristu basubwa abashalapo muli paradise wa ku mupashi. Bena, batwalilila ukuba pali ilya “Nshila ya mushilo,” pantu bafwile ukutwalilila ukwenda ukupula muli buno bwikashi. Kulila fye batwalilila ukuba muli uyu cinkwente—balekonka na mafunde yapampamikwa aya kwa Lesa pa lwa kusanguluka na bumushilo—bakatwalilila ukuba muli paradise wa ku mupashi. Kabili mwandi balaanga pa kutila ibumba likalamba ilya banabo “bashili bena Israele” lyaliilunda kuli bene! Bena capamo na banabo abe bumba likalamba balipusanako nga nshi kuli abo abaalukila kuli buno bwikashi bwa kwa Satana, pantu batwalilila ukuipakisha umutebeto wa ku mupashi uo Yehova abapekanishisha. (Esaya 25:6; 65:13, 14) Abantu abengi abaali nge fiswango, balyalula imibele yabo no kucindika Lesa wa cine ilyo bamona ifyo Yehova alepaala abantu bakwe.—Esaya 11:6-9.
Yehova Asokolola Ukukalifiwa Kwakwe
20. Bushe abena Israele ba mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya bakalifye shani Yehova?
20 Pali ilya nshita abashalapo ba muli Israele wabweshiwa bali nomba bantu abayaluka abapusanako ne nkulo ibifi iya mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya. Yehova alanda pali iyi nkulo ibifi ukuti: “Kuli ine taulililako, we Yakobo, pantu wantendwa, we Israele; tauleta kuli ine isha mu mukuni, ifya kuninika fyobe, nangu kuncindikila ku malambo yobe. Nshakulengele ukumombela ku ca buunga, nangu kukulengo kucucutika kuli libani. Tawanshitiile iciloolo muli silfere, nangu kunsekelesha ku mafuta ya malambo yobe. Lelo wancusha ku membu shobe, no kuntendusha ku mampuulu yobe.”—Esaya 43:22-24.
21, 22. (a) Mulandu nshi cingasoselwa ukuti ifyo Yehova afwaya ukuti tucite tafyaba cisendo? (b) Bushe na kuba, abantu bapatikisha shani Yehova ukubabombela?
21 Ilyo asosa ati, “Nshakulengele ukumombela ku ca buunga, nangu kukulengo kucucutika kuli libani,” Yehova taletila ukupeela amalambo na libani (ifyasanshiwa mu cushi ce fungo ica mushilo) tafilekabilwa. Na kuba, ifi fyaba lubali lwacindama ulwa kupepa kwa cine ifyalefwaikwa mu cipingo ce Funde. E cimo cine na ku “ciloolo,” icilosha ku mabula yamo ayanunke cisuma, ayo balesansha mu mafuta ya mushilo ayo balesubilako umo. Aba bena Israele balilekelesha ukubomfya ifi fintu ilyo balepyungila pe tempele. Lelo bushe ukubomfye fi fintu ifyalekabilwa kwali cisendo? Awe nakalya! Amafunde ya kwa Yehova yalyanguka ilyo twayalinganya ku ya balesa ba bufi. Ku ca kumwenako, lesa wa bufi Moleke alepinda ukupeelwa amalambo ya bana, icintu ico Yehova tabala afwaya!—Amalango 30:11; Mika 6:3, 4, 8.
22 Nga ca kuti abena Israele baalekutuluka ifya ku mupashi, nga ‘tabatendelwe Yehova.’ Ukubelenga mu Malango yakwe kwali no kubafwa ukumona ifyo abatemenwe icine cine kabili nga bali aba nsansa ukumupeela ifya “mafuta,” ifyawamisha ifya malambo yabo. Lelo tabalecite fyo, mu bufunushi baleisungila ifya mafuta. (Ubwina Lebi 3:9-11, 16) Fintu ulu luko lubifi lwalungulusha Yehova ne cisendo ca membu shabo—cili fye kwati, balemupatikisha ukubabombela!—Nehemia 9:28-30.
Mu Kusalapula Mwafume Fisabo
23. (a) Mulandu nshi ukusalapula kwa kwa Yehova kwafwaikilwa? (b) Finshi fyali mu kusalapula Lesa asalapwile abena Israele?
23 Nangu ca kuti ukusalapula kwa kwa Yehova kwaliluma, kabili kulafwaikwa, kulabomba ubufwayo bwa kuko, ukulenga ukuti inkumbu shilangwe. “Ine, ine wine, ndepase fya bupulumushi fyobe, pa mulandu wandi, no kukanaibukishe membu shobe; unenge ukwibukisha, tupingushanishe pamo, lubulula, ukuti ube umulungami! Wiso wa ntanshi, alibembwike, bakelula bobe bapulumuka kuli ine. E ico napelula bacilolo bobe aba mwashila; napeela Yakobo ku konaulwa, na Israele ku kutukwe nsele.” (Esaya 43:25-28, NW) Nga filya caba ku nko shonse isha mu calo, uluko lwa bena Israele lwafuma kuli Adamu, “uwa ntanshi.” E co, takuli mwina Israele uwingailubulwila ukuti “mulungami.” Nangu fye ni “bakelula” ba kwa Israele—bakasambilisha bakwe, aba Malango—nababembukila Yehova no kusambilisha ifya bufi. Yehova na o, ali no kupeela uluko lonse “ku konaulwa” na “ku kutukwe nsele.” Kabili ali no kupeelula bonse abapyungila “umwashila,” mwakwe.
24. Ni pa mulandu nshi uukalamba Yehova akalekelela abantu bakwe—aba pa kale na ba muno nshiku—nalyo line, abamona shani?
24 Lelo, moneni ukuti, icikalenga inkumbu sha kwa Lesa te mulandu wa kubipilwa kwa kwa Israele pa membu shakwe; lelo ni pa mulandu wa kuti ishina line ilya kwa Yehova nalisanshiwamo. Alekelesha Israele ukuba muli bunkole ku ciyayaya, ishina lyakwe line nga lyaliseebanishiwe ku balemonako. (Amalumbo 79:9; Esekiele 20:8-10) Na lelo line, ipusukilo lya bantunse talyacindama ngo kushishe shina lya kwa Yehova no kwebelwa kwa bumulopwe bwakwe. Lelo, Yehova alitemwa abapokelela ukusalapula kwakwe konse kabili abamupepa mu mupashi na mu cine. Alalanga ukutemwa kwakwe kuli aba—babe bantu basubwa nelyo impaanga shimbi—pa kubapashila imembu shabo ukupitila mwi lambo lya kwa Yesu Kristu.—Yohane 3:16; 4:23, 24.
25. Fintu nshi ifya kutiinya Yehova ali no kucita nomba line, kabili kuti twalanga shani ukutasha kwesu pali nomba?
25 Kabinge, Yehova nomba line akalanga ukutemwa kwakwe kwi bumba likalamba ilya bakapepa bakwe aba bucishinka ilyo akabacitile cintu cimo icipya pa kubapususha ukupula mu “bucushi bukalamba” ukwingila mu “calo cipya,” icasangululwa. (Ukusokolola 7:14; 2 Petro 3:13) Bakamonako amaka ya kutiinya aya kwa Yehova ayo abantunse nangu bamo bashabala abamonapo. Ukwishiba ukuti nangu cikabe shani ici cintu cikacitika, kulenga abashalapo na bonse abakapanga ibumba likalamba ukusekelela no kulaikala cila bushiku umwabela ili shina lyasumbukisha ilyo bapeelwa ilya kuti: “Imwe muli Nte shandi”!—Esaya 43:10.
[Futunoti]
a Balesa abengi abashimikwa mu nshimi sha nko, bashimikwa ukuti balafyalwa kabili na bo balafyala.
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Yehova akatungilila abaYuda pa lwendo lwabo ulwa kubwelela ku mwabo ku Yerusalemu
[Ifikope pe bula 52]
Yehova asonsomba inko ukuti shilange inte sha tulesa twa shiko
1. Icimpashanya cayengwa icasakanamo umukuba na kapotwe ica kwa lesa Baali 2. Icimpashanya ce bumba ica kwa lesa Ashtoreth 3. Icimpashanya ca balesa batatu aba bena Egupti, Horus, Osiris, na Isis 4. Balesa ba baGriki, Athena (ku kuso) na Aphrodite
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“Imwe muli nte shandi.”—Esaya 43:10