⁵ Bushe Egupti e mupusushi wingacetekelwa ukucila Yehova? Balya baYuda babulwo busumino balemoneka kwati balilaba ifyacitike mu myanda ya myaka iyabangilileko ifyalengele ukuti uluko lwabo lufyalwe. Yehova abepusho kuti: “Bushe ukwipipa kwaipipo kuboko kwandi ku kulubula, napamo muli ine tamwaba amaka ku kupokolola, mwa? Moneni, ku kwebaula kwandi nkamya bemba, ncite mimana ukuba amatololo, lyapimpinuke sabi ilyabamo, lyafwa ku cilaka pantu tapali menshi; mfwike myulu [imfifi, NW], ncita no lusamu ukube ca kufimbana ca iko.”—Esaya 50:2b, 3.

⁷ Yehova aimike abena Egupti ukukanasela apo baali pa kubiika ikumbi pa kati kabo na bena Israele. Ku lubali lwe kumbi ukwali abena Egupti, kwali imfifi; na ku bena Israele kwali ulubuuto. (Ukufuma 14:20) Lyene, abena Egupti pa kushinshibalikwa, Yehova “aenseshe bemba ku mwela wakosa wa ku kabanga ubushiku bonse, no kusangula amenshi apauma.” (Ukufuma 14:21) Ilyo amenshi yaakanike, abantu bonse—abaume, abanakashi, na bana—bayabwike Bemba Wakashika no kupusuka. Ilyo abantu bakwe baendele intamfu iikalamba bushilya bwa bemba, Yehova afumishepo ikumbi. Pa kusupila abena Israele mu cipyu, abena Egupti batentemukile mu kati ka bemba ukwabulo kushingashinga. Ilyo abantu bakwe bafikile ku lulamba abomi, Yehova abweseshe amenshi, kabili Farao ne milalo yakwe balinwenene. E fyo Yehova alwiliile abantu bakwe. Mwandi ici ca kukoselesha ku Bena Kristu pali lelo!—Ukufuma 14:23-28.