Icipandwa 1
Ukwikatana mu Kupepa mu Nshiku Shesu—Kwalola Mwi?
1, 2. (a) Kulunduluka nshi ukwa kucincimusha ukulecitika mu nshiku shesu? (b) Lisubilo nshi ilyawamisha abantu ba mitima ya bufumacumi bakwata?
MU CALO fye conse kuli ukulunduluka kwa kucincimusha ukwa kwikatana mu kupepa. Kuleikatanya iminshipendwa ya bantu ba nko shonse, imikowa, ne ndimi. Abengi balelonganikwa cila mwaka. Mu Baibolo aba bantu baishibikwa ukuti ni “nte” sha kwa Yehova kabili betwa ukuti “ibumba likalamba.” Babombela Lesa “[umulimo washila, NW] akasuba no bushiku.” (Esaya 43:10-12; Ukusokolola 7:9-15) Cinshi bacitile fyo? Pantu balisambilila ukuti Yehova e Lesa wine wine eka. Ici cibacincisha ukulacite fintu ukulingana ne nshila shakwe ishalungama. Kabili, balisambilila ukuti tuleikala mu “nshiku sha kulekelesha” isha cino calo cibifi, ukuti nomba line alaswa aconaule, no kuti akaleta icalo cipya ica paradise icikapyana pali cino calo.—2 Timote 3:1-5, 13; 2 Petro 3:10-13.
2 Icebo ca kwa Lesa calaya ukuti: “Pashala panono, e lyo umubifi takabepo . . . lelo abalanda bakapyaninine calo, no kuilemeno bwingi bwa mutende.” (Amalumbo 37:10, 11) “Abalungama bakapyaninine calo, no kwikalamo inshiku pe.” (Amalumbo 37:29) “[Lesa] akafuute filamba fyonse ku menso yabo, ne mfwa tayakabeko kabili iyo; takwakabe kabili ukuloosha nangu kukuuta nangu kucululuka; pa kuti ifya ntanshi nafiya.”—Ukusokolola 21:4.
3. Bushe ukwikatana mu kupepa kulecitika shani?
3 Abaleikatanishiwa mu kupepa kwa cine pali nomba e bekashi ba kubalilapo aba muli cilya calo cipya. Balisambilila ico Lesa afwaya kabili balecita ukufwaya kwakwe apapela amaka yabo. Pa kulanga ukukatama kwa kucite fyo, Yesu atile: “Awe uyu e mweo wa muyayaya, ukuti bamwishibe, mwe Lesa wine wine mweka, no yo mwatumine, ni Yesu Kristu.” (Yohane 17:3) Umutumwa Yohane alembele ati: “Pano isonde paleya, no lunkumbwa lwa pako; lelo uucito kufwaya kwa kwa Lesa ekalilila umuyayaya.”—1 Yohane 2:17.
Umo Kwalola Icine Cine
4. (a) Bushe ukulonganya abantu baikatana mu kupepa abashaifulile fyo muli shino nshiku kwalola mwi? (b) Bushe Baibolo ilondolola shani uku kulonganya?
4 Bushe ukulonganya abantu baikatana mu kupepa abashaifulile fyo muli shino nshiku kwalola mwi? Kwaba bushininkisho bwine bwine ubwa kuti natupalama nga nshi ku mpela ya cino calo cibifi, kabili ilyo fye cikapwa e lyo icalo cipya ica kwa Lesa cikatendeka. Tuleimwena na menso ukufikilishiwa kwa kusesema kwa mu Baibolo ukwasobele uku kulonganya kukalamba. Kumo pali uko kusesema kutila: “Mu nshiku sha ku mpela [shino nshiku sha kulekelesha], ulupili lwa ng’anda ya kwa Yehova [ukupepa kwakwe ukwa cine ukwasumbulwa] lukabo lwapampamikwa pa muulu wa mpili, [pa muulu wa kupepa konse ukwashala]. . . . Bakanokela pali lwene abantu na bantu, ne nko ishingi shikaya no kutila, Endeni, tuyenina ku lupili lwa kwa Yehova, ku ng’anda ya kwa Lesa wa kwa Yakobo, ukuti atulange imibele yakwe, no kuleka twende mu nshila shakwe.”—Mika 4:1, 2; Amalumbo 37:34.
5, 6. (a) Bushe cinshi cilelanga ukuti inko shileyalukila kuli Yehova? (b) Finshi tulingile ukuipusha?
5 Nangu kwena te bantu bonse aba muli ishi nko abaleileta ku ng’anda ya kwa Yehova iya ku mupashi ku kupepa, imintapendwa ya bantu ukufuma mu nko shonse balecite fi fine. Ilyo basambilila pa lwa bufwayo busuma ubwa kwa Lesa ne mibele yawamisha Yehova Lesa akwata, imitima yabo ilacincimushiwa nga nshi. Balaicefya no kufwaya ukwishiba ifyo Lesa afwaya ukuti bacite. Bapepa nge fyapepele kemba wa malumbo uwatile: “Nsambilisheni ukucite co mutemenwe, pantu ni mwe Lesa wandi.”—Amalumbo 143:10.
6 Bushe na imwe mumona ukuti mwaba pali ili bumba likalamba ilya bantu abo Yehova nomba alelonganika ukuba abaikatana mu kupepa? Bushe ifyo mwankula ku fyebo mwafundwa ukufuma mu Cebo cakwe filango kuti cine cine mwalyumfwikisha ukuti ni kuli Yehova fifuma? Ni pi mukafika ‘ukwenda mu nshila shakwe’?
Icilenga Kube Ukwikatana mu Kupepa
7. (a) Bushe ukwikatana mu kupepa kukafika pi kuli pele pele? (b) Mulandu nshi cipamfishe ukuba kapepa wa kwa Yehova pali nomba, kabili kuti twaafwa shani bambi ukucite fi fine?
7 Ubufwayo bwa kwa Yehova bwa kuti ifibumbwa fyonse ifya mano fiikatane mu kupepa kwa cine. Ifyo tufulukisha ubushiku ilyo aba mweo bonse bakapepa Lesa wine wine eka! (Amalumbo 103:19-22) Lelo ilyo ico cishilacitika, Yehova afwile ukufumyapo bonse abakaana ukucito kufwaya kwakwe ukwalungama. Lelo pa mulandu wa nkumbu shakwe, alalandila libela ico akacita, pa kuti abantu konse konse bengaba ne nshita ya kwalula imibele yabo. (Esaya 55:6, 7) E co, mu nshiku shesu ubu bwite ubupamfishe ubwa kuti: “Tiineni Lesa, no kumupeelo mucinshi, pa kuti naiise nshita ya bupingushi bwakwe; pepeni uwacitile umuulu ne calo na bemba no tumfukumfuku twa menshi,” bulebilwa ku “luko lonse no mukowa no lulimi na bantu.” (Ukusokolola 14:6, 7) Bushe mwalitaba kuli ubo bwite? Nga mwalicite co, lishuko lyenu ukulaalikako na bambi ukuti beshibe no kupepa Lesa wa cine.
8. Pa numa ya kusambilila ifisambilisho fya kutendekelako ifya mu Baibolo, kulunduluka nshi tufwile ukuba no mukoosha ukuti tufikeko?
8 Te kufwaya kwa kwa Yehova ukuti aba kumupepa babe bantu abasosa ukuti balimucetekela lelo abatwalilila ukukonkelela ifyabo abene. Lesa afwaya ukuti bafike ku “[kwishiba bwino bwino, NW] ukufwaya kwakwe” no kuti balange ci mu mikalile yabo. (Abena Kolose 1:9, 10) E co, abantu abatasha kabili abasambilila ifisambilisho fya kutendekelako ifya mu Baibolo bafwaya ukulola ku bukalamba mu Bwina Kristu. Ico bafwaisha kufika pa kwishiba Yehova bwino, ukukusha ukumfwikisha kwabo ukwa Cebo cakwe, no kucibomfya bwino bwino mu mikalile yabo. Bafwaya ukulange mibele ya kwa Shifwe wa ku muulu no kumone fintu nga fintu afimona. Ici cibalenga ukufwayafwaya inshila bengabombelamo umulimo wa kupususho bumi uo Yehova alelenga ukubombwa mu calo muli shino nshiku. Bushe e co na imwe mufwaisha?—Marko 13:10; AbaHebere 5:12–6:3.
9. Ni mu nshila nshi ukwikatana kwa cine kulemonekela pali nomba?
9 Baibolo ilango kuti ababombela Yehova bafwile ukuba bantu abaikatana. (Abena Efese 4:1-3) Uku kwikatana kufwile ukubako pali nomba, nangu ca kuti twikala mu calo umo abantu bashaikatana kabili tucili tuleshomboka no kukanapwililika kwesu. Yesu apepele no mukoosha ukuti abasambi bakwe bonse babe bamo, baleipakisha ukwikatana kwa cine. Bushe ico cali no kulola mwi? Ica ntanshi, bali no kukwata bucibusa busuma na Yehova no Mwana wakwe. Ica bubili, bali no kwikatana. (Yohane 17:20, 21) Pa kuti ico cibe fyo, icilonganino ca Bwina Kristu e kuteyanya umo Yehova asambilishisha abantu bakwe.
Fintu Nshi Filenga Kube Ukwikatana?
10. (a) Cinshi tulundulula ilyo twabomfya Baibolo ku kusanga ifyasuko ku fipusho ifyatukuma? (b) Bebeteni ifishinka ifilenga kube ukwikatana kwa Bwina Kristu pa kwasuka ifipusho ifitantikwe muli uno paragrafu.
10 Pe samba pali ifishinka fikalamba 7 ifilenga kube ukwikatana mu kupepa. Ilyo muleasuka ifipusho fikonkele pali ifi fishinka, tontonkanyeni pa fyo cimo cimo cikumine bucibusa bwenu na Yehova na Bena Kristu banenu. Ukupelulula pali ifi fishinka no kubelenga amalembo yaloshiweko lelo ayashambwilwe kukamwafwa nga nshi ukulundulula amano ya bulesa, ukwishiba, no mucetekanya—imibele iyo ifwe bonse tukabila. (Amapinda 5:1, 2; Abena Filipi 1:9-11) Bebeteni ifi fishinka cimo cimo.
(1) Twalisumina ukuti Yehova e wakwate nsambu sha kubikako amafunde ya kuti ici cisuma ne ci cibi. “Tetekela Yehova umutima obe onse, na ku kwiluka kobe we mwine wishintililako; uko konse wenda umwishibe, na o akatambalike nshila shobe.”—Amapinda 3:5, 6.
Mulandu nshi tufwile ukufwaila ukufunda kwa kwa Yehova no butungulushi bwakwe ilyo tulesale ca kucita? (Amalumbo 146:3-5; Esaya 48:17)
(2) Twalikwata Icebo ca kwa Lesa ica kututungulula. “Ilyo mwapokelele icebo ca kwa Lesa ico mwaumfwile kuli ifwe, tamwapokelele nge cebo ca bantu, lelo ifyo cili cine cine, icebo ca kwa Lesa. Kabili cibombela muli imwe mwe batetekela.”—1 Abena Tesalonika 2:13.
Bubi nshi bwaba mu kucita fye ico twamona kwati nacilungama mu menso yesu? (Amapinda 14:12; Yeremia 10:23, 24; 17:9)
Nga tatwishibe ukufunda uko Baibolo ifunda pa lwa mulandu umo, cinshi tufwile ukucita? (Amapinda 2:3-5; 2 Timote 3:16, 17)
(3) Bonse tulamwenamo muli programu umo wine uwa kuliishiwa kwa ku mupashi. “[Abana baume, NW] bobe bonse bakaba abasambilishiwa kuli Yehova.” (Esaya 54:13) “Twetetule umwa kucincimushanisha ku kutemwa kabili ku kubombe milimo isuma; twiba abaleko kulongana, ifyo wabo musango wa bamo, lelo tukonkomeshanye, pali bufi apo mulemono Bushiku bulya [ubwa bonaushi] bulepalama.”—AbaHebere 10:24, 25.
Bushe abo abashukila ukupekanya konse uko Yehova abikako ukwa kuliishiwa lwa ku mupashi bamwenamo shani? (Esaya 65:13, 14)
(4) Yesu Kristu, e Ntungulushi yesu te muntunse nelyo umo. “Mwiitwa Rabi; pantu Kasambilisha wenu umo, na imwe muli ba bwananyina. Kabili mwiita uwa pano isonde, Tata; pantu Shinwe umo, uwa mu muulu; nangu kwitwa Intungulushi, pantu intungulushi yenu imo, ni Kristu.”—Mateo 23:8-10.
Bushe bamo pali ifwe tufwile ukutontonkanya ukuti twalicila bambi? (Abena Roma 3:23, 24; 12:3)
(5) Twacetekela ukuti ukuteka kwa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa e subilo lyeka fye abantu bakwata. “E ico imwe pepeni ifyo, amuti: Shifwe wa mu muulu, ishina lyenu libelwe akatiina. Ubufumu bwenu bwise. Ukufwaya kwenu kucitwe pano nse nga mu muulu. Lelo mubale mufwaye ubufumu bwa kwa Lesa no bulungami bwakwe.”—Mateo 6:9, 10, 33.
Bushe ‘ukubala ukufwaya ubufumu bwa kwa Lesa’ kwafwa shani mu kubakilila ukwikatana kwesu? (Mika 4:3; 1 Yohane 3:10-12)
(6) Umupashi wa mushilo ulenga bakapepa ba kwa Yehova ukuba ne mibele iikabilwa pa kuti kube ukwikatana kwa Bwina Kristu. “Ifisabo fya Mupashi kutemwa, ukusekelela, umutende, ukutekanya, icongwe, ubusuma, icishinka, ukunakilila, ukuteko mutima.”—Abena Galatia 5:22, 23.
Cinshi tufwile ukucita pa kuti umupashi wa kwa Lesa utwale ifisabo fya uko muli ifwe? (Imilimo 5:32)
Bushe ukukwata umupashi wa kwa Lesa kutulenga ukuba na bucibusa bwa musango nshi na Bena Kristu banensu? (Yohane 13:35; 1 Yohane 4:8, 20, 21)
(7) Bakapepa ba kwa Lesa bonse aba cine balashimikila imbila nsuma pa lwa Bufumu bwakwe. “Ne mbila nsuma iyi ya bufumu ikabilwa ku fyalo fyonse ku kubo bunte ku nko shonse; e lyo impela ikesa.”—Mateo 24:14.
Cinshi cilingile ukutucincisha ukufwaya ukubombako apapela amaka yesu muli uyu mulimo wa kushimikila? (Mateo 22:37-39; Abena Roma 10:10)
11. Nga twabomfya icine ca mu Baibolo mu mikalile yesu, cinshi citumbukamo?
11 Nga twaikatana mu kupepa Yehova tulapalama kuli wene kabili tulaipakisha ukubishanya kwa kupembesula na basumina banensu. Amalumbo 133:1 yatila: “Moneni, ifyo kwawama kabili ifyo kwa nsansa ukwikalilila pamo kwa ba bwananyina!” Ala cilapembesula ukufuma kuli ici calo na ku bantu ba ciko bonse aba bukaitemwe, aba bucisenene, no lukaakala kabili lyene ukulongana na bantu abo cine cine batemwa Yehova kabili abomfwila amafunde yakwe!
Ibakeni ku Filenga Amalekano
12. Mulandu nshi tufwile ukuibakila ku kukanafwaya ukutungululwa na Lesa?
12 Nga tatulefwaya ukonaula ukwikatana twaikatana mwi sonde lyonse ukushaiwamina, tulingile ukuibaka ku filenga amalekano. Cimo pali ifi kukanafwaya ukutungululwa na Lesa na mafunde yakwe. Yehova atwafwa ukuibaka kuli uyu musango pa kutusokolwela uwautendeke, Satana Kaseebanya. (2 Abena Korinti 4:4; Ukusokolola 12:9) Ni Satana e wasongele Adamu na Efa ukusuula ifyo Lesa asosele no kuisalile fya kucita ifyapusene no kufwaya kwa kwa Lesa. Pa mulandu wa kucite fyo bailetele akayofi kabili baletelele na ifwe. (Ukutendeka 3:1-6, 17-19) Ici calo caisulamo abantu abashifwaya kutungululwa na Lesa na mafunde yakwe. E co tufwile ukucincintila uyu musango ukuti wiba muli ifwe.
13. Cinshi cikalanga nampo nga mu bufumacumi tuleipekanya ukwisaikala ubumi bwa mu calo cipya ica kwa Lesa icalungama?
13 Ku ca kumwenako, tontonkanyeni pa bulayo bwa kucincimusha Yehova alaya ubwa kupyanika pali cino calo cibifi imyulu ipya ne calo cipya ‘umukekala ubulungami.’ (2 Petro 3:13) Bushe ico tacifwile ukutucincisha ukutendeka ukusambilila ifyo tukekala pali ilya nshita ilyo ubulungami bukabako? Ici cilolele mu kuti tufwile ukumfwila ukufunda kwaba mu Baibolo ukwaba fye ukwaololoka ukutila: “Mwitemwa pano isonde, nangu fya pano isonde; ngo muntu atemwa pano isonde, ukutemwa Shifwe tamwaba muli wene.” (1 Yohane 2:15) E co, tulakaana iyi misango yayanana muli cino calo—iya kukanafwaya ukutungululwa, iya bukaitemwe bwabipisha, iya bucisenene no lukaakala. Lyonse tufwaya ukulakutika kuli Yehova e lyo no kumumfwila ukufuma pa nshi ya mitima yesu, nangu ca kuti twalemenena ku kukanapwililika. Imikalile yesu apo yapela ilashinina ukuti ukutontonkanya kwesu na mapange yesu fyalemenena ku kucita ukufwaya kwa kwa Lesa.—Amalumbo 40:8.
14. (a) Mulandu nshi cacindamina ukubomfya bwino ino nshita ku kusambilila inshila sha kwa Yehova no kushikonka mu mikalile yesu? (b) Amalembo yaloshiweko muli uno paragrafu yalola mwi kuli ifwe?
14 Ilyo ikafika inshita yasontwa iya kuti Yehova onaule buno bwikashi bubifi na bonse abatemwa imisango ya buko, takashingashinge. Takalaalikishe iyo nshita nangu ukwalula ifyo apampamika pa kuti akapembelele abacili baleesha ukukakatila ku calo pa nshita imo ine ukukanapoosako amano ukusambilila ukufwaya kwa kwa Lesa no kukucita. Ino e nshita ya kucitapo cimo! (Luka 13:23, 24; 17:32; 21:34-36) Kanshi te pa nsansa ukumona uko aba mwi bumba likalamba balebomfya bwino iyi nshita yakatama, no kufwaisha ukusambilila Icebo Yehova apekanya ukupitila mu kuteyanya kwakwe kabili abaikatana ukwenda mu nshila shakwe ishitungulula ku calo cipya! Kabili ilyo tulesambilila ifingi pa lwa kwa Yehova, e lyo tukacila ukumutemwa no kufwaya ukumubombela.
Ukulanshanya kwa Kupitulukamo
• Bufwayo nshi Yehova akwata pa kupepa?
• Pa numa twasambilila ifisambilisho fya kutendekelako ifya Baibolo, kulunduluka nshi kumbi tufwile ukuba no mukoosha ukuti tufikeko?
• Cinshi tufwile ukucita pa lwesu pa kuti twingekatana na bakapepa ba kwa Yehova bambi?
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“Abalanda bakapyaninine calo, no kuilemeno bwingi bwa mutende”