Ipusukilo ku Basala Ulubuuto

“Yehova lubuuto lwandi kabili lipusukilo lyandi; nani uo ningatiina?”—AMALUMBO 27:1.

 1. Finshi Yehova ateyanya ifipeela ubumi?

YEHOVA e Ntulo ya lubuuto lwa kasuba ululenga ukuti pe sonde pabe ubumi. (Ukutendeka 1:2, 14) Na kabili e Kalenga wa lubuuto lwa ku mupashi, ulufumyapo imfifi ileta imfwa iya calo ca kwa Satana. (Esaya 60:2; 2 Abena Korinti 4:6; Abena Efese 5:8-11; 6:12) Abasala ulubuuto kuti basosa ifyo kemba wa malumbo asosele ukuti: “Yehova lubuuto lwandi kabili lipusukilo lyandi; nani uo ningatiina?” (Amalumbo 27:1a) Lelo, nga fintu cali mu nshita ya kwa Yesu, abasalapo imfifi bafwile ukwenekela ukukandwa.—Yohane 1:9-11; 3:19-21, 36.

 2. Mu nshita sha kale, cinshi cacitike ku bakeene ulubuuto lwa kwa Yehova na ku bakutike ku cebo cakwe?

² Mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya, icinabwingi ca bantu ba kwa Yehova abali mu cipingo bakeene ulubuuto. E co, Esaya alimwene uko ubufumu bwa ku kupinda ka ku kuso ubwa luko lwa Israele bwaleonaulwa. Kabili mu 607 B.C.E., Yerusalemu ne tempele lya uko fyalyonawilwe kabili abaleikala mu Yuda basendelwe bankole. Lelo, abaleumfwila icebo ca kwa Yehova balikoshiwe ukukaana ubusangu bwa muli shilya nshiku. Ulwa mwaka wa 607 B.C.E., Yehova alaile ukuti abalemumfwila bali no kupusuka. (Yeremia 21:8, 9) Pali lelo, fwe batemwa ulubuuto kuti twasambilila ifingi ku fyacitike lilya.—Abena Efese 5:5.

Insansa sha Baba mu Lubuuto

 3. Cinshi twingacetekela pali lelo, ‘luko nshi ulwa bulungami’ twatemwa, kabili ‘musumba nshi uwakosa’ lulya “luko” lwakwata?

³ “Tuli no musumba uwakosa, [Lesa] aimike pusukilo e linga kabili umuncingi; isuleniko ku mpongolo no kuleka lwingile uluko lwa bulungami ululinde cishinka.” (Esaya 26:1, 2) Aya e mashiwi ya kwanga aya bantu abacetekele muli Yehova. AbaYuda ba busumino mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya bacetekele Yehova ukuti e Ntulo fye yeka iya cine cine iya mutelelwe, te milungu ya bufi iya bantu banabo. E fyo ne fwe twacetekela pali ndakai. Kabili, twalitemwa “uluko lwa bulungami” ulwa kwa Yehova e kuti “Israele wa kwa Lesa.” (Abena Galatia 6:16; Mateo 21:43) Yehova na o alitemwa ulu luko pa mulandu wa kuti lwaba ulwa busumino. Pa kuba ne paalo lyakwe, Israele wa kwa Lesa akwata “umusumba uwakosa,” ukuteyanya kwapala umusumba ukumutungilila no kumucingilila.

 4. Mutima wa musango nshi tufwile ukukwata?

⁴ Aba muli uyu “musumba” balishiba ukuti ‘abo imitima yabo yashintilila kuli [Yehova] abalinda mutende mutende, pantu bamutetekela.’ Yehova atungilila abamutetekela no kukonka ifishinte fya mafunde yakwe ayalungama. E ico, aba busumino mu Yuda baumfwilile ukukonkomesha kwa kwa Esaya ukwa kuti: “Tetekeleni Yehova pe pe, pantu muli Shikulu Yehova ni mu cilibwe ca muyayaya.” (Esaya 26:3, 4; Amalumbo 9:10; 37:3; Amapinda 3:5) Abakwata umutima wa musango yu bashintilila pali “Shikulu Yehova” ukuti e Cilibwe fye ceka uwingashintililwapo. Baipakisha “umutende” na wene.—Abena Filipi 1:2; 4:6, 7.

Ukuseebana kwa Balwani ba kwa Lesa

5, 6. (a) Babele wa pa kale aseebanishiwe shani? (b) Ni mu nshila nshi “Babele mukalamba” aseebanishiwe?

⁵ Ni shani nga ca kuti abacetekela Yehova baba mu macushi? Tabalingile ukutiina. Yehova alasuminisha ifya musango yu pa kashita, lelo kuli pele pele alabalubula, kabili ababacusha balapingulwa. (2 Abena Tesalonika 1:4-7; 2 Timote 1:8-10) Moneni icacitike ku “musumba uwasansuka” umo. Esaya atile: “[Yehova] aisha abekashi ba pa muulu, umusumba uwasansuka, auwisha, auwisha pa nshi, auwisha mu lukungu, aleka unyantaulwe ku makasa, amakasa ya bapina, inyatilo sha balanda.” (Esaya 26:5, 6) Umusumba wasansuka uwalumbulwa pano kuti waba ni Babele. Cine cine ulya musumba wacushishe abantu ba kwa Lesa. Lelo cinshi cacitike kuli Babele? Mu 539 B.C.E., alicimfiwe ku bena Madai na bena Persia. Mwandi kwali kuwa!

⁶ Mu nshiku shesu ukusesema kwa kwa Esaya kulondolola bwino icacitika kuli “Babele mukalamba” ukutula mu 1919. Ulya musumba wasansuka waliseebene ilyo wawile muli ulya mwaka lintu walengelwe ukukakula abantu ba kwa Yehova muli bunkole bwa ku mupashi. (Ukusokolola 14:8) Icakonkelepo calicililenapo ukuba ica museebanya. Lilye bumba linono ilya Bena Kristu lyatendeke ‘ukunyanta’ uwabekete bunkole. Mu 1922 batendeke ukubilisha ukwisa kwa mpela ya kwa Kristendomu, ukubilisha ulwa kulila kwa ntandala ya bamalaika bane ukwa mu Ukusokolola 8:7-12 na malanda yatatu ayasobelwa pa Ukusokolola 9:1–11:15.

“Inshila ya Walungama Yalitambalala”

 7. Butungulushi nshi abakonka ulubuuto lwa kwa Yehova bapokelela, ni muli ani balolela, kabili cinshi bakatamika?

⁷ Yehova apususha abakonka ulubuuto lwakwe, kabili atungulula inshila yabo, nga fintu Esaya alangilila nomba: “Inshila ya walungama yalitambalala, lyalitambalale kuba lya walungama, mulalibatamika. Umwalole fya bupingushi fyenu, e mo tumulolelela, mwe Yehova, kwi shina lyenu na ku ciibukisho cenu e kwalolo kufwaya kwa myeo yesu.” (Esaya 26:7, 8) Yehova ni Lesa walungama, kabili abamupepa bafwile ukukonka ifipimo fyakwe ifyalungama. Nga bacite co Yehova alabatungulula, e lyo no kubatamike nshila yabo. Ukupitila mu kukonka ubutungulushi bwakwe, aba abafuuka balanga ukuti balolela pali Yehova kabili no mutima onse bakatamika ishina lyakwe—“iciibukisho” cakwe.—Ukufuma 3:15.

 8. Ca kumwenako nshi icisuma ico Esaya alangile?

⁸ Esaya acindamike ishina lya kwa Yehova. Ico cimoneka mu mashiwi yakwe ayakonkapo aya kuti: “Umweo wandi wamufuluko bushiku, umutima wandi mu nda wamufwaisha. Pantu ilyo ifya bupingushi fyenu fyaba pano isonde, e lyo abekashi ba pano nse basambililo bulungami.” (Esaya 26:9) Esaya alefwaya Yehova ‘no mweo wakwe’ onse. Elenganyeni kasesema alebomfya inshita ya bushiku iya mutalalila ukupepa kuli Yehova, ukulanda ifili ku mutima wakwe no kulomba ubutungulushi bwa kwa Yehova. We ca kumwenako ulawama! Na kabili, Esaya asambilile ubulungami ku fya bupingushi fya kwa Yehova. Muli ci, atucinkulako ulwa bucindami bwa kuba abalola lyonse, ukuba abaibukila ku kwiluka ukufwaya kwa kwa Yehova.

Bamo Basala Imfifi

9, 10. Milimo nshi iya luse iyo Yehova acitiile uluko lwakwe ulushali no busumino, lelo lwayankwileko shani?

⁹ Yehova alangile uluse lukalamba kuli Yuda, lelo ku ca bulanda te bonse bayankwileko. Libili libili, icinabwingi balesalapo ukupondoka no kusanguka ukucila ukusala ulubuuto lwa cine ca kwa Yehova. Esaya atile: “Umubifi nelyo abishiwa tasambilila bulungami; na mu calo umwabe fya kushikimika alacito bupondamishi, no kubulo kumono kupulama kwa kwa Yehova.”—Esaya 26:10.

¹⁰ Mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya lintu Yehova alecingilila Yuda ku balwani bakwe, icinabwingi balekaana ukuti te walebacingilila. Ilyo abapeela umutende, lulya luko talwaletasha. E co, Yehova abalekele babombela “bashikulu bambi,” kuli pele pele abaYuda basendelwe bankole ku Babele mu 607 B.C.E. (Esaya 26:11-13) Nalyo line, ku ntanshi abasheleko muli lulya luko babwelele ku calo cabo ninshi nabasangululwa.

11, 12. (a) Cali no kuba shani ku ntanshi ku baikete Yuda? (b) Mu 1919 cinshi cali no kucitikila abaikete ababomfi basubwa aba kwa Yehova?

¹¹ Ni shani pa lwa baikete Yuda? Mu kusesema Esaya asuka ukuti: “Aba balifwa, tabakabe na mweo, [tababa na maka, balifwa, tabakabuuke, NW]; e ico mwabakanda no kubafita, mwalofyo kubebukisha konse.” (Esaya 26:14) Ilyo awile mu 539 B.C.E., Babele taali na kubukululwa. Mu kuya kwa nshita, ulya musumba wali no kuloba. Ali no kuba ‘uushaba na maka, ali no kufwa,’ kabili ubuteko bwakwe ubukalamba bwali no kuloba. Mwandi kusoka ku basubila mu ba maka aba cino calo!

¹² Imbali sha uku kusesema shafishiwepo lintu Lesa alekele ababomfi bakwe abasubwa ukuba bankole lwa ku mupashi mu 1918 kabili lyene ukubalubula mu 1919. Ukutula lilya, ifintu tafyali na kuwamina ababekete, maka maka Kristendomu. Lelo amapaalo abantu ba kwa Yehova bali no kukwata yali ayasuma icine cine.

“Mwakusho Luko”

13, 14. Mapaalo nshi ayashaiwamina ayo ababomfi basubwa aba kwa Yehova baipakisha ukutula 1919?

¹³ Mu 1919 Yehova apaalile ababomfi bakwe abasubwa abalapiile no kulenga balelunduluka. Intanshi, kwali umulimo wa kulonganya aba kulekelesha aba kwa Israele wa kwa Lesa, kabili lyene “ibumba likalamba” ilya “mpaanga shimbi” lyatendeke ukulonganikwa. (Ukusokolola 7:9; Yohane 10:16) Aya mapaalo yasobelwe mu kusesema kwa kwa Esaya ukuti: “Mwakusho luko lwesu, mwe Yehova, mwakusho luko lwesu, mwacindikwa; mwatalukanye mipaka yonse ya calo ca luko. Mwe Yehova, mu kumanama e mo bamufwaile, baitulwile ipepo lya kantepentepe kuli imwe, ilyo ukulimuna kwenu kwali pali bene.”—Esaya 26:15, 16.

¹⁴ Pali lelo, imipaka ya kwa Israele wa kwa Lesa yasalangana mwi sonde lyonse, kabili ibumba likalamba ilyalundwako nomba bafika kuli bakabomba bacincimuka amamilioni 6 aba mulimo wa kushimikila imbila nsuma. (Mateo 24:14) We paalo lya kwa Yehova! Kabili we bukata ici cileta kwi shina lyakwe! Pali lelo ilyo ishina lilomfwika mu fyalo 235—ukufishiwapo kushaiwamina ukwa bulayo bwakwe.

15. Kubuuka nshi ukwa cimpashanya kwacitike mu 1919?

¹⁵ Yuda alekabila ubwafwilisho bwa kwa Yehova pa kufuma muli bunkole mu Babele. Ukwabula ubwafwilisho bwakwe nga tabafuminemo. (Esaya 26:17, 18) Mu nshila imo ine, ukulubulwa kwa kwa Israele wa kwa Lesa mu 1919 kwali bushininkisho bwa bwafwilisho bwa kwa Lesa. Nga tacacitike akubula wene. Kabili ukwaluka mu mibele balimo kwali ukwa kupapusha nga nshi ica kuti Esaya akulinganya ku kubuuka: “Bakaba no mweo abafwa benu; ifitumbi fyandi fikema. Shibukeni no kwaulo tupundu, mwe baikala mu lukungu! Pantu umume wenu mume wa lubuuto, [ne sonde line likaleka abashaba na maka, abafwa ukubuuka, NW].” (Esaya 26:19; Ukusokolola 11:7-11) Cine cine, abashaba na maka, abafwa bali no kubukululwa ku kutendeka umulimo cipya cipya!

Ubucingo mu Nshita Shabipa

16, 17. (a) Mu 539 B.C.E., cinshi abaYuda balekabila ukucita pa kuti bapusuke ukuwa kwa Babele? (b) “Imiputule” ya lelo ifwile yaba cinshi, kabili itunonsha shani?

¹⁶ Ababomfi ba kwa Yehova lyonse bakabila ukuti alebacingilila. Lelo, nomba line, ali no konaula umuku wa kulekelesha icalo ca kwa Satana, kabili ababomfi bakwe e lyo bakakabila sana ubwafwilisho bwakwe. (1 Yohane 5:19) Ulwa iyo nshita yabipa, Yehova asoka ukuti: “Kabiyeni, mwe bantu bandi, ingileni mu miputule yenu, no kwisalako ifiibi fyenu; fisamenimo inshita inono iyacepesha, cisuke cipite icipyu cakwe; pantu, moneni, Yehova alefuma umo aikala ku kukanda abekashi ba pano isonde pa mampuulu yabo. Icalo cikasokolole milopa iyasumiwe pali cene, tacakashiike kabili pa baipayaulwa ba ciko.” (Esaya 26:20, 21; Sefania 1:14) Uku kusoka kwalangile abaYuda ifya kupusuka ilyo Babele awile mu 539 B.C.E. Abaumfwilile uku kusoka baikele mu mayanda yabo, ukucingililwa ku bashilika balecimfya abali mu misebo.

¹⁷ Ndakai, “imiputule” ya uku kusesema ifwile ukuba minshipendwa ya filonganino fya bantu ba kwa Yehova mwi sonde lyonse. Ifilonganino fya musango yo fyaba bucingo nangu ni nomba, icifulo uko Abena Kristu baba abacingililwa pali bamunyina, uko basakamanwa na baeluda babatemwa. (Esaya 32:1, 2; AbaHebere 10:24, 25) Cili fyo maka maka apo impela ya buno bwikashi ili mupepi lintu ipusukilo likashintilila pa cumfwila.—Sefania 2:3.

18. Nomba line Yehova ali no ‘kwipaya shani icisoka ca muli bemba’?

¹⁸ Ulwa ilya nshita, Esaya asesema ukuti: “Muli ubo bushiku Yehova akakanda ku lupanga lwakwe ulwayafya, ulukalamba, ulwakosa, icishukushuku, icisoka icibutukisha, ne cishukushuku icisoka ica nyongana, [ne cisoka ca muli bemba akacipaya, NW].” (Esaya 27:1) “Icishukushuku” ca mu nshiku shesu cinshi? Cimoneka ukuti “cisoka cikote,” Satana wine, pamo no bwikashi bwakwe ubwabipa, ubo abomfya ukulwisha Israele wa kwa Lesa. (Ukusokolola 12:9, 10, 17; 13:14, 16, 17) Mu 1919, icishukushuku cafililwe ukutwalilila ukwikata abantu ba kwa Lesa. Mu kuya kwa nshita, cili no kuloba. (Ukusokolola 19:19-21; 20:1-3, 10) E co, Yehova ‘akepaya icisoka ca muli bemba.’ Pali nomba, tapali ico icishukushuku cikesha ukucita pa bantu ba kwa Lesa icikatunguluka umuyayaya. (Esaya 54:17) Fintu caba ica kusansamusha ukuba ne co cilayo!

“Ibala lya Myangashi IIyawama”

19. Caba shani ku bashalapo lelo?

¹⁹ Apo twalikwata ulu lubuuto ukufuma kuli Yehova, bushe tatusekelela? Cine cine tulasekelela! Esaya alondolwele bwino ukusekelela kwa bantu ba kwa Yehova ilyo alembele ukuti: “Muli ubo bushiku sashikeni ulwe bala lya myangashi ilyawama. Ine Yehova ndelilinda, ku kashita na kashita ndelitapilila; ndelilinda ubushiku na kasuba, epali icabipa cingalipempula.” (Esaya 27:2, 3) Yehova alisakamana ‘ibala lyakwe ilya myangashi,’ abashalapo ba kwa Israele wa kwa Lesa, pamo na bo babishanya nabo ababombesha. (Yohane 15:1-8) Ifyafumamo fisabo fileta ubukata kwi shina lyakwe ne fileta ukusekelela kukalamba pa babomfi bakwe pe sonde.

20. Yehova acingilila shani icilonganino ca Bwina Kristu?

²⁰ Kuti twasansamuka ukuti ubukali Yehova akwete pa kubala ku babomfi bakwe abasubwa—icalengele ukuti abaleke basendwe bankole lwa ku mupashi mu 1918—bwalipwa. Yehova umwine atila: “Nshaba na cipyu. Iye, impeelwa ku kulwa ne myunga ne fimfungwa! Kuti natampula naya muli fyene, kuti nafyocela pamo. Napamo leka bekate mu bukose bwandi, no kucito mutende kuli ine; cene, leka bacite umutende kuli ine!” (Esaya 27:4, 5) Ku kushininkisha ukuti imiti yakwe iya myangashi yatwalilila ukuleta ‘umwangashi wawama,’ Yehova ashonaula no kufumyapo ukusonga kwaba nga mankumba ukwingayonaula. E ico, mwileka umuntu onaule umutende wa cilonganino ca Bwina Kristu! Lekeni bonse ‘bekate ku bukose bwa kwa Yehova,’ ukufwaya ukuti abasenamine no kubacingilila. Mu kucite co, tuba no mutende na Lesa—icintu icacindama sana ica kuti Esaya acilumbula imiku ibili.—Amalumbo 85:1, 2, 8; Abena Roma 5:1.

21. Ni mu nshila nshi umo impanga yaisulamo “ifisabo”?

²¹ Ukulanda pa lwa mapaalo kwatwalilila: “Mu nshita ishikesa Yakobo akatwale mishila pa nshi, Israele akabalula no kutute luba, bakesushapo pano nse ifisabo.” (Esaya 27:6) Ici cikomo catendeke ukufishiwapo ukutula 1919, ukupeela ubushinino bushaiwamina ubwa maka ya kwa Yehova. Abena Kristu basubwa baisushe sonde ne “fisabo,” e kuti ifya kulya fya ku mupashi ifya mulyo. Mu calo caba ne mibele yabipa, bakonka ifipimo fya kwa Lesa ifyapulamo no kusekelela. Kabili Yehova atwalilila ukubalenga ukulunduluka. E co, iminshipendwa ya bo babishanya na bo, aba mpaanga shimbi, ‘balebombela Lesa akasuba no bushiku.’ (Ukusokolola 7:15) Shi twilufya ishuko likalamba ilya kulyako “ifisabo” no kupeelako bambi!

22. Mapaalo nshi abapokelela ulubuuto bakwata?

²² Muli ino nshita yayafya, ilyo imfifi yakupa isonde ne mfifi ikalamba ukukupa inko, bushe tatutasha ukuti Yehova alenga ulubuuto lwa ku mupashi ukubalika pa bantu bakwe? (Esaya 60:2; Abena Roma 2:19; 13:12) Kuli bonse ababupokelela, ulu lubuuto lubalenga ukuba no mutende wa muntontonkanya no kwanga nomba e lyo no mweo wa muyayaya ku ntanshi. E mulandu wine, kanshi, ifwe fwe batemwa ulubuuto tulumbanishisha Yehova no kusosa ifyasosele kemba wa malumbo ukuti: “Yehova e kwa kushino mweo wandi; nani ningakwatilako umwenso? Lolela Yehova: kosa, no kuleko mutima obe utalile; kabili, lolela Yehova.”—Amalumbo 27:1b, 14.

Bushe Muleibukisha?

• Cinshi cikacitika ku batitikisha abantu ba kwa Yehova?

• Kulunduluka nshi kwasobelwa muli Esaya?

• Ni mu “miputule” nshi tufwile ukwikala, kabili mulandu nshi?

• Mulandu nshi imibele abantu ba kwa Yehova babamo iletela ilumbo kuli wene?

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ULUPAPULO LUPYA

Ifyebo ifingi ifilandilwepo muli ifi fipande fibili ifya kusambilila fyali mu lyashi pali programu we bungano lya citungu ilya 2000/2001. Pa mpela ya lyashi, ulupapulo lupya lwalifumine, ulwaleti Ukusesema kwa kwa Esaya—Ulubuuto lwa Bantu Bonse 1. Ici citabo ca mabula 416 cilondolola icikomo cimo cimo ica fipandwa fya kubalilapo 40 ifya mwi buuku lya kwa Esaya.

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Abalungami epela e basuminishiwa mu “musumba wakosa,” uwa kwa Yehova, ukuteyanya kwakwe

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Esaya apepele kuli Yehova “ubushiku”

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Yehova acingilila ‘ibala lyakwe ilya myangashi’ no kulilenga ukuti liletwala ifisabo