Ukupingula mu Mupokapoka wa Kuputwilamo Umulandu
“Inko . . . shinine shiye ku mupokapoka wa kwa Yehoshafati, pantu e ko nkekala ku kupingule nko shonse.”—YOELE 3:12.
1. Mulandu nshi Yoele amwena bacinkupiti nabalonganikwa mu “mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu”?
“BACINKUPITI, ukubolokota kwa bacinkupiti, mu mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu!” Ayo mashiwi ya kukumbamo tuyabelenga pali Yoele 3:14. Nga mulandu nshi aba bacinkupiti balonganikilwa? Yoele ayasuka ati: “Buli mupepi ubushiku bwa kwa Yehova.” Bushiku bukalamba ubwa kwebelwa kwa kwa Yehova—ubushiku bwa kupingula bacinkupiti abakaana Ubufumu bwa kwa Lesa ubwaimikwa ubutekwa na Kristu Yesu. “Bamalaika bane” aba mu Ukusokolola icipandwa 7 bakasuka balekelako “imyela ine ya pe sonde,” icikaleta “ubucushi bukalamba ubushatala abubako ukutula pa kutendeka kwa pano isonde ukufika kuli nomba, nangu takwakabeko.”—Ukusokolola 7:1; Mateo 24:21.
2. (a) Mulandu nshi cibelele icalinga ku cifulo ca kwa Yehova ica kupingwilamo ukwitwa “umupokapoka wa kwa Yehoshafati”? (b) Cintu nshi icalinga Yehoshafati acitile lintu asanshilwe?
2 Pali Yoele 3:12, icifulo ukuli no kubela uku kupingula ciitwa “umupokapoka wa kwa Yehoshafati.” Lishina lyalinga, pantu mu myaka ya kululunkana mu nshiku sha luko lwa kwa Yuda, e ko Yehova apingwilileko Imfumu isuma Yehoshafati, untu ishina lyakwe lipilibula ukuti “Yehova Mupingushi.” Ukulanguluka icacitike ilya nshita kwalatwaafwa ukutesekesha bwino icili no kucitika nomba line mu nshiku shesu. Icalembwa cisangwa muli 2 Imilandu icipandwa 20. Pa cikomo 1 ica ico cipandwa, tubelengapo kuti “abena Moabu, na bena Amone, na bamo ba mu baMeuni, baishile kuli Yehoshafati ku kulwa.” Cinshi Yehoshafati acitile? Acitile ifyo ababomfi ba busumino aba kwa Yehova lyonse bacita nga cakakala. Ayalukile kuli Yehova ukuti amutungulule, ukupepa mu kucincila ati: “Mwe Lesa wesu, bushe tamwabapingule? Pantu muli ifwe tamwaba maka ku cinso ca kwa cinkupiti uyu mukalamba uuleisa pali ifwe; kabili ifwe tatwishibe ica kucita, lelo amenso yesu twalosha pali imwe.”—2 Imilandu 20:12.
Yehova Ayasuka Ipepo
3. Kukambisha nshi Yehova akambishe Yuda lintu balolenkene no kusanswa ku nko shabashingulwike?
3 Ilintu “abena Yuda bonse baiminine ku cinso ca kwa Yehova, na baice kumo, abakashi babo na bana babo,” Yehova alyaswike. (2 Imilandu 20:13) Kwati fye fintu abomfya “umusha” wakwe “uwa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka” ilelo, e fyo Komfwa we pepo apeele kasesema umwina Lebi Yahasiele amaka ya kweba abalongene icasuko Cakwe. (Mateo 24:45) Tubelengo kuti: “E fyo Yehova atila kuli imwe, Mwitiina, nangu kutentuka ku cinso ca kwa cinkupiti uyu mukalamba; pantu ubulwi te bwenu, kano bwa kwa Lesa. . . . Tamwakalwe muli ubu bulwi; mukaitantamike, mukeminine, no kumono kupususha kwa kwa Yehova. . . . Mwitiina, kabili mwitentuka. Mukafumine mailo ku kubakumanya; Yehova ali pamo na imwe.”—2 Imilandu 20:15-17.
4. Ni mu nshila nshi Yehova alefwaila ukuti abantu bakwe bacitepo cimo, ukukanaikala fye, lintu balolenkene no kusansa kwa balwani?
4 Yehova alefwaya Imfumu Yehoshafati na bantu ba iko ukucitako fimo ukucila ukwikala fye, ukulapembelela ukupokololwa mu cipesha amano. Baali no kuitendekelako ukucitako fimo fimo pa kubomba no kusansa kwa balwani. Imfumu na ‘bena Yuda bonse, na baice kumo, abakashi babo na bana babo,’ balangishe icitetekelo cakosa ilyo baumfwilile no kwima lucelocelo ukuya ku kukumanya imilalo yalesansa. Mu nshila, imfumu yakonkenyepo fye ukupeela amakambisho ya bulesa no kukoselesha, ukubacincisha ati: “Tetekeleni Yehova Lesa wenu, no kulengwa abakoselela; tetekeleni bakasesema bakwe, no kulengwo kushuka.” (2 Imilandu 20:20) Ukutetekela Yehova! Ukutetekela bakasesema bakwe! Yali e nkaama ku kutunguluka. Na lelo line, ilyo tuletwalilila abacincila mu kubombela Yehova, shi twikatala atutwishika ukuti napamo takalenge icitetekelo cesu ukucimfya!
5. Ni shani fintu Inte sha kwa Yehova baba abacincila ilelo ilyo balelumbanya Yehova?
5 Tufwile ‘ukutootela Yehova’ nge fyacitile abena Yudea mu nshiku sha kwa Yehoshafati, “pantu lwa muyayaya uluse lwakwe.” Tumutootela shani? Ukupitila mu kupimpa ukushimikila Ubufumu! Ku citetekelo cesu tulalundako imilimo, kwati ni filya abena Yudea “batendeke ukwaula no kutasha.” (2 Imilandu 20:21, 22) Ee, natulangishe icitetekelo cawamisha icapalako ilyo Yehova alepekanya ukuti abalwani besu akabacite akantu! Nangula cingamoneke fyo twalilolela pa nshita ntali, natupampamine pa kushipikisha, ukusungilila icitetekelo icacincila, nga fintu fye abantu bakwe abacimfya balecita mu fyalo umuli intulubundi. Mu fyalo fimo umwaba ukupakasa kwabipisha, ulukaakala, icipowe, ne mibele ya fya bunonshi iyabipisha, ababomfi ba kwa Lesa aba busumino balefulilanako, ukulingana ne fileshimika 1998 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Yehova Apususha Abantu Bakwe
6. Ni shani fintu icitetekelo cakosa citwafwilisha ukutwalilila aba bucishinka ilelo?
6 Inko shishipepa ishashingulwike Yuda shaeseshe ukukunga abantu ba kwa Lesa, lelo mu kuba ne citetekelo calinga ukupashanya abantu ba kwa Lesa bena baimbiile Yehova isha malumbo. Kuti twalanga ukutetekela kumo kwine na lelo. Ukupitila mu kobelwa ne milimo ya kulumbanya Yehova, tulakosha ifya bulwi fyesu ifya ku mupashi, ukukanashapo incende apo imicenjelo ya kwa Satana ingapulila. (Abena Efese 6:11) Icitetekelo cakosa cikashimaisha ukutunka kwa kupumbulwa ku fya kusekesha fyabotelela, ukutemwe fikwatwa, ne misuula iyaba muli cino calo twaikalamo icileya. Ici citetekelo cishingacimfiwa cikatulenga ukutwalilila ukubomba muli bucishinka no “musha wa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka” ilyo tuletwalilila ukuliishiwa ifya kulya fya ku mupashi ifyo tupeelwa “mu nshita iyene.”—Mateo 24:45.
7. Inte sha kwa Yehova shayankulako shani ku kusansa kwalekanalekana kuntu basanswa?
7 Icitetekelo cesu icashimpwa pali Baibolo cikatucingilila kuli lulu wa lupato uubalamuna abalangisha imibele ya “musha mubi” uwa pali Mateo 24:48-51. Mu kufikilisha ubu busesemo mu nshila ikalamba, ilelo mu fyalo ifingi abasangu baletanda ubufi ne fya kukubanya, no kuumana fye akapi na bo bakwate fifulo mu butungulushi bwa fyalo. Uko cingacitika, Inte sha kwa Yehova shalyankulako, ‘ukusosele mbila nsuma no kuiikasha,’ nga fintu calondololwa pa Abena Filipi 1:7. Ku ca kumwenako, pa September 26, 1996, mu mulandu wa ku Greece, abapingushi 9 aba Cilye ca ku Bulaya Icilolesha pa Nsambu sha Bantunse, abakumanine mu Strasbourg, balisuminishenye bonse ukuti “Inte sha kwa Yehova na sho shalisanshiwamo mwi bumba lya ‘imipepele yaishibikwa,’” kabili na sho shalikwata insambu ya maitontonkanishishe, ukucite co balefwaya, no kusumina ico balefwaya, ne nsambu ya kwebako bambi pa fintu batetekela. Kumfwa ku basangu, ubupingushi bwa kwa Lesa butila: “Caponena bene umwasosele pinda lya cine, aliti, Imbwa ipilibukila ku malushi ya iko, na nakapoli uusambilwe abwelela ku kuikunkusha mu matipa.”—2 Petro 2:22.
8. Mu nshiku sha kwa Yehoshafati, ni shani fintu Yehova apingwile abalwani ba bantu Bakwe?
8 Ku numa mu nshiku sha kwa Yehoshafati, Yehova apingwile abo balefwayo kucena abantu Bakwe. Tubelengo kuti: “Yehova abikile aba kulaalilila abena Amone, na bena Moabu, na ba ku lupili lwa Seiri abaishiile abena Yuda, na bo balipuminwe. Pantu abena Amone na bena Moabu baimiine abekashi ba mu lupili lwa Seiri ku kubapeela ku konaulwa no kubafita; kabili bapwishishishe abekashi ba mu Seiri, bayafwile umuntu onse ku konaulo munankwe.” (2 Imilandu 20:22, 23) Abena Yudea bainike cilya cifulo ati Umupokapoka wa Beraka, Beraka icalola mu kuti “Ipaalo.” Ilelo nalyo, lintu Yehova akapingula abalwani bakwe cikaletela abantu bakwe amapaalo.
9, 10. Ni bani bailango kuti balilinga ukupingulwe cabipisha kuli Yehova?
9 Napamo kuti twaipusha atuti, Muno nshiku ni bani bakakandwa icabipisha kuli Yehova? Pa kusange casuko kuli ico cipusho, tuli no kubwelela ku busesemo bwa kwa Yoele. Yoele 3:3 alanda ulwa balwani ba bantu bakwe abali no “[kupoosela] akalumendo pa mwanakashi cilende, no mukashana bashitilemo umwangashi.” Ee, bamona ababomfi ba kwa Lesa nga bacepa sana pali bene, abana babo kwati fye mutengo wa kusombwela cilende nelyo umutengo wa mulongwe wa mwangashi. Bakalubulwilapo pali co.
10 Bambi abalinga ukupingulwa ni abo bacita bucilende bwa ku mupashi. (Ukusokolola 17:3-6) Abakwatisha umulandu ni abo abatumikisha bapolitishani ukupakasa Inte sha kwa Yehova no kucincintila umulimo wabo, nga fintu aba mu calici bamo aba fimfulunganya baacita ku Bulaya bwa ku Kabanga muli shino nshiku. Yehova alipampamina pa kukanda bakacita ba mampuulu aba musango yo.—Yoele 3:4-8.
“Shisheni Ubulwi”
11. Yehova asonsomba shani abalwani bakwe ku bulwi?
11 Mu kukonkapo, Yehova aeba abantu bakwe ukubilisha uku kusonsomba pa kati ka nko ukwa kuti: “Shisheni ubulwi, buusheni impalume, bapalame, banine, abantu ba bulwi bonse.” (Yoele 3:9) Uku kuli kubilisha kwa bulwi bwaibela—ubulwi bwa bulungami. Inte sha bucishinka isha kwa Yehova bashintilila pa fyanso fya ku mupashi ilyo baleankula ku kukubanya kwa bufi, ukucimfisho bufi ku cine. (2 Abena Korinti 10:4; Abena Efese 6:17) Mu kwangufyanya, Lesa akashisha “ukulwa kwa bushiku bukalamba bwa kwa Lesa wa maka yonse.” (Ukusokolola 16:14) Bukafumyapo bonse abalwisha bumulopwe bwa kwa Lesa pe sonde. Abantu bakwe aba pe sonde tabakalweko. Mu nshila fye ya cine cine na mu mampalanya, ‘balifule mpanga shabo shibe ifya kuliminako umushili, na mafumo yabo yabe ifya kutungwilako imiti.’ (Esaya 2:4) Mu kupusanako, Yehova asonsomba inko ishikaanya ukuti shicite ifyapusanako ukuti: “Fuleni baplao benu babe impanga, ne fya kutungwilako fyenu fibe amafumo.” (Yoele 3:10) Abeba ukubomfya ifyanso fyabo fyonse ifya nkondo. Lelo tabengacimfya, pantu ubulwi no kucimfya fya kwa Yehova!
12, 13. (a) Te mulandu no kupwa kwa Nkondo ya pa Kanwa, ni shani nalyo line ifyalo ifingi fyalangisha ukuti fyalitemwo bulwi? (b) Ifyalo tafyaipekanishisha kuli cinshi?
12 Ku kutendeka kwa ba 1990, inko shabilishe ukuti Inkondo ya pa Kanwa yalipwile. Lelo apo cabe fyo, bushe ubuyo bukalamba ubwa United Nations ubwa kuleta umutende no mutelelwe bwalifikwapo? Nangu panono! Cinshi cintu ifyacitika mu Burundi, mu Democratic Republic of Congo, mu Iraq, Liberia, Rwanda, mu Somalia, na mu calo cali kale Yugoslavia filetweba? Ukubomfya amashiwi ya kwa Yeremia 6:14, baletila, “Mutende, mutende, ilyo tapali mutende.”
13 Nangu line inkondo ya kulungatika yalipwa mu ncende shimo shimo, ababa mu United Nations bacili balacimfyanya mu kupange fyanso fyabipisha ifya nkondo. Bamo balitwalilila ukusungilila imiina ya fyanso fya manyukiliya. Bambi balelundulula ifyanso fyakwatamo sumu nelyo ifyakwatamo utushishi twa malwele ifingaleto bonaushi bukalamba. Ilyo ifyo fyalo filelongana ku cifulo ca cimpashanya icitwa Armagedone, Yehova alafisonsomba ati: “Uwatembuka asose, ati, Ine ndi mpalume. Kalakasheni no kwisa, mwe nko shonse ishashingulukako, no kulongana.” Yoele lyene afyantikamo ukupaapaata kwakwe ati: “Mwe Yehova, tentemushisheni kulya impalume shenu.”—Yoele 3:10, 11.
Yehova Apokolola Abakwe
14. Impalume sha kwa Yehova ni bani?
14 Impalume sha kwa Yehova ni bani? Muli Baibolo, Lesa wa cine mupepi ne miku 280 etwa “Yehova wa milalo.” (2 Ishamfumu 3:14) Iyi milalo mabumba ya bamalaika ba mu muulu abaiteyanya lyonse ku kucita ico Yehova abakambisha. Lintu abena Suria bafwaile ukwikata Elisha, Yehova aishileshibula amenso ya kwa kapyunga wa kwa Elisha pa kuti engamona umulandu bafililwe: “Moneni, ulupili nalwisulamo bakafwalo na maceleta ifya mulilo ukushinguluka Elisha.” (2 Ishamfumu 6:17) Yesu atile nga alefwaya nga alilombele Wishi ukumutumina “bamalaika amatulwe ayacila ikumi na yabili.” (Mateo 26:53) Pa kulondolola ukutentema kwa kwa Yesu pali kabalwe ku kupingula pa Armagedone, Ukusokolola kutila: “Imilalo ya mu muulu ilemukonka ili pali bakabalwe ababuuta, nabafwale sha kolokondwe ishabuuta buu, ishawama. Na mu kanwa kakwe mulefumo lupanga ulwatwa, ulwa kuumako inko; akashicemena ku nkonto ya cela, anyanta no mwa kukamine myangashi umwa cipyu ca bukali bwa kwa Lesa wa maka yonse.” (Ukusokolola 19:14, 15) Umwa kukamine myangashi mwalondololwa ku mashiwi yaumfwika pamo ngo “mwa kukamine myangashi umukalamba umwa cipyu ca kwa Lesa.”—Ukusokolola 14:17-20.
15. Ni shani fintu Yoele alondolola ubulwi bwa kwa Yehova ubwa kulwisha inko?
15 Ni shani, lyene Yehova ayasuka ukupaapaata kwa kwa Yoele ukwa kuti impalume sha kwa Lesa umwine shitentemukileko? Ni muli aya mashiwi yaumfwika bwino bwino aya kuti: “Inko shibuuke, shinine shiye ku mupokapoka wa kwa Yehoshafati, pantu e ko nkekala ku kupingule nko shonse ishashingulukako. Pishenimo icikwakwa; pantu nafipye fya kuseepa. Iseni, kandileni, umwa kukamina namwisula, mu fya kukaminamo namupaka; pantu bwalifulo bubi bwabo. Bacinkupiti, ukubolokota kwa bacinkupiti, mu mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu! Pantu buli mupepi ubushiku bwa kwa Yehova mu mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu. Akasuba no mweshi nafifiita, ne ntanda shaleko kubalika kwa shiko; na o Yehova abulume fyebo ifyafuma ku Sione, asansula ne shiwi lyakwe lyafuma ku Yerusalemu; fyatenkana imyulu ne calo.”—Yoele 3:12-16.
16. Ni bani bakasanshiwa muli abo Yehova akapingula?
16 Nga fintu mu cine cine ishina Yehoshafati lipilibula “Yehova Mupingushi,” e fyo Lesa, Yehova, akebela bumulopwe icine cine lintu akapingula. Ubu busesemo butila abakakandwa ni ‘bacinkupiti, bacinkupiti mu mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu.’ Bandubulwila ba kupepa kwa bufi abali bonse abakashalako bakaba pali aba bacinkupiti. Na bambi abakasanshiwamo ni balya abalandwapo mu Ilumbo lyalenga bubili—inko, abantu na bantu, imfumu sha pano isonde, na bakankaala—abasalapo imicitile ya cino calo iyabola ukucila ‘ukubombela Yehova na katiina.’ Aba balakaana ‘ukufyompa umwana.’ (NW) (Ilumbo 2:1, 2, 11, 12) Tabasumina Yesu ukuti ni Mfumu inankwe iya kwa Yehova. Ukulunda pali co, bacinkupiti abapangilwa ukonaulwa bakasanshako na bantu abo Imfumu ya bukata ikapingula ukuti ni “mbushi.” (Mateo 25:33, 41) Lintu Yehova umwine akapima ukuti inshita ya kubuluma mu Yerusalemu wa ku muulu naifika, Imfumu ya shamfumu iyasontwa ikatentema pali kabalwe ukuyapingula. Cine cine fikatenkana umuulu ne calo! Nangu cibe fyo, twalilaiwa ukuti: “Yehova [akabe] cubo ca bantu bakwe, kabili ca kushinamo abana ba kwa Israele.”—Yoele 3:16.
17, 18. Ni bani baishibishiwa ukuti e bakapusunsuka ubucushi bukalamba, kabili mibele nshi bakaipakisha?
17 Ukusokolola 7:9-17 kwishibisha abakapusuka ubucushi bukalamba pamo nga “ibumba likalamba” umwaba ababelesha icitetekelo mu maka ya kulubula aya mulopa wa kwa Yesu. Aba bakacingililwa pa bushiku bwa kwa Yehova, lintu bacinkupiti balelongana aba mu busesemo bwa kwa Yoele bena bakakandwa icabipisha. Yoele asosa kuli bakapusunsuka ati: “Mukeshibo kuti nine Yehova Lesa wenu, uwaikala mu Sione, mu lupili lwandi lwa mushilo,” icifulo ca ku muulu ica kwa Yehova.—Yoele 3:17a.
18 Ubusesemo lyene butwishibisha ukuti ubwikashi bwa Bufumu bwa ku muulu ‘bukabo bwa mushilo, na bambi bambi tabakapitemo kabili.’ (Yoele 3:17b) Mu bwikashi bwa ku muulu no bwa pe sonde ubwa bulya Bufumu bwa ku muulu, tamwakabe bambi bambi, pantu bonse bakekatana mu kupepa kwasanguluka.
19. Ni shani fintu insansa sha muli paradise isha bantu ba kwa Lesa aba pali lelo shalondololwa kuli Yoele?
19 Nelyo fye ni lelo, kwaliba umutende uwingi pa kati ka bantu ba kwa Yehova pano isonde. Balebilisha ubupingushi bwakwe mu kwikatana mu fyalo ukucila pali 230 mu ndimi shapusanapusana ukucila pali 300. Ulubanda lwabo lwalondololwa mu kuyemba kuli Yoele ukuti: “Muli ubo bushiku kukabe fi: impili shikalatonyo mwangashi upya, no tupili tukalatulule shiba, ne mimana yonse ya kwa Yuda ikalapitamo amenshi.” (Yoele 3:18) Ee, Yehova akatwalilila ukupongolwela bakapepa bakwe pe sonde amapaalo ayengi no lubanda no kukonkoloka kwakulilako ukwa cine cakatamisha. Bumulopwe bwa kwa Yehova bukaba nabwebelwa umuku wa limo mu mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu, kabili pakaba ukusekelela kuli pe na pe ilyo akekalilila pamo na bantu bakwe abalubulwa.—Ukusokolola 21:3, 4.
Bushe Kuti Mwaibukisha?
◻ Ni shani fintu Yehova apokolwele abantu bakwe mu nshiku sha kwa Yehoshafati?
◻ Ni bani Yehova apingula ukuti balilinga ukonaulwa mu “mupokapoka wa kuputwilamo umulandu”?
◻ Impalume sha kwa Lesa ni bani kabili cinshi bakacitako mu kulwa kwa kupelako?
◻ Ni nsansa nshi shintu bakapepa ba busumino baipakisha?
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Yuda bamwebele ukuti: ‘Witiina, pantu ubulwi te bobe, lelo bwa kwa Lesa’
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Yehova asonsomba abalwani bakwe ‘ukufula baplao babo babe impanga’
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Baibolo ishibisha ibumba likalamba ilya bakapusunsuka ubucushi bukalamba