13, 14. (a) Mu nshiku sha pa kale, ni shani Yerusalemu asanguka umusumba uucingilila abekashi? (b) Muno nshiku, ni shani Sione asanguko “watashiwa pano isonde”?

¹³ Ili shina lya mampalanya ilyo Yehova abenika lilenga abantu bakwe ukumfwa abacingililwa. Balishiba ukuti alibapokelela no kuti bakwe. Nomba Yehova abomfya icilangililo cimbi pa kulanda ku bantu bakwe kwati nalimo alelanda ku musumba wa malinga, atila: “Pa malinga yobe, we Yerusalemu, natekapo abalinshi, abashakakutumane pe akasuba konse no bushiku bonse. Mwe bakebukisha ba kwa Yehova, mwitalala, kabili mwileka [atalale tondolo, NW], kano apampamika Yerusalemu, abala aucita ukubo watashiwa pano isonde.” (Esaya 62:6, 7) Mu nshita ya kwa Yehova iyalinga pa numa ya kubwela kwa bashalapo ba busumino ukufuma ku Babele, Yerusalemu abo “watashiwa pano isonde”—umusumba wa malinga uucingilila abekashi ba uko. Akasuba no bushiku, abalinshi ba pali ayo malinga bali abalola ku kushininkisha ukuti umusumba naucingililwa no kubilisha ubukombe bwa kusoka ku bekashi ba uko.—Nehemia 6:15; 7:3; Esaya 52:8.

¹⁴ Muno nshiku Yehova alibomfya abalinshi bakwe abasubwa ukulanga abafuuka inshila ya kulubukilamo ku busha bwa mu mipepele ya bufi. Aba balilaalikwa ukwisa mu kati ka kuteyanya kwakwe, umo basanga ukucingililwa ukufuma ku kukoweshiwa kwa ku mupashi, ku mibele ishili ya bukapepa, no kucingililwa ku bukali bwa kwa Yehova. (Yeremia 33:9; Sefania 3:19) Ababomba umulimo wacindama pa kuti kube uko kucingililwa libumba lya mulinshi, “umusha wa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka,” uupekanya “ifya kulya” fya ku mupashi “mu nshita iyene.” (Mateo 24:45-47) “Ibumba likalamba” nalyo libombela pamo ne bumba lya mulinshi umulimo wacindama uwa kulenga Sione ukubo “watashiwa pano isonde.”—Ukusokolola 7:9.

16. Ni mu nshila nshi ababomfi ba kwa Yehova ‘bashimuleka atalala tondolo’?

¹⁶ Ababomfi ba kwa Yehova bakoseleshiwa ukupepa lyonse, ukulomba Lesa ukuti “ukufwaya” kwakwe, “kucitwe pano nse nga mu muulu.” (Mateo 6:9, 10; 1 Abena Tesalonika 5:17) Bakonkomeshiwa ukuti: “Mwileka [Yehova] atalale tondolo” kano fyonse ifyo bafwaya ne fyo basubila pa lwa kubwesha ukupepa kwa cine fyacitwa. Yesu akomaile pa fyo cakabilwe ukupepa lyonse, acincishe abakonshi bakwe ‘ukulilila kuli Lesa akasuba no bushiku.’—Luka 18:1-8.