Abantu Babweshiwa aba kwa Yehova Bamulumbanya mwi Sonde Lyonse
“Nkaalulo lulimi lwa bantu na bantu ukubo lulimi lwine lwine, ukuti bonse bene balilile kwi shina lya kwa Yehova.”—SEFANIA 3:9.
1. Mulandu nshi ubukombe bwe shamo bwafikilishiwe pali Yuda ne nko shimbi?
WE BUPINGUSHI bwakosa Yehova apuutilemo Sefania ukweba abantu! Yalya mashiwi ye shamo yalungatikwe kuli Yuda no musumba wakwe uwa Yerusalemu, pantu intungulushi na bantu bonse tabalecita ukufwaya kwa kwa Yehova. Inko shapalamineko, isha baPelishiti, abena Moabu, na bena Amone, na sho shine shali no kukandwa ku bukali bwa kwa Yehova. Mulandu nshi? Pa mulandu wa bunkalwe bwabo ubwa pa nshita ntali ubwa kulwisha abantu ba kwa Yehova. Pali uyo wine mulandu, epo ne calo cakwatishe amaka ica Ashuri cali no konawilwa, ukonawilwa umuku wa limo.
2. Ni bani cilemoneka ukuti e balelandwapo pali Sefania 3:8?
2 Nangu cibe fyo, kwali bamo ku numa kulya muli Yuda abalemenene ku bulungami. Aba balelolela inshita Lesa ali no kupingula ababifi kabili bafwile ebo alelandako ilyo atile: “E ico nindeni, cisemo ca kwa Yehova, lindeni ubushiku nkeminamo ku kulubulwisha; pantu kupanga kwandi ukulonganike nko, ukulonganya amabufumu, ku kupongolwela pali bene icipyu candi, icifukushi conse ica bukali bwandi; pantu pano isonde ponse pakapya ku mulilo wa kalumwa kandi.”—Sefania 3:8.
Bushe “Ululimi Lwine Lwine” lwa Bani?
3. Bukombe nshi ubwe subilo Sefania apuutilwemo ukubilisha?
3 Cine cine, Sefania abilishe ubukombe bwe shamo ubwafumine kuli Yehova. Lelo uyu kasesema alipuutilwemo no kuti abilishe ubukombe bushaiwamina ubwe subilo, ubwali no kusansamusha sana abatwalilile ukuba aba busumino kuli Yehova. Nga fintu calembwa pali Sefania 3:9, Yehova Lesa abilishe ati: “Lyene nkaalulo lulimi lwa bantu na bantu ukubo lulimi lwine lwine, ukuti bonse bene balilile kwi shina lya kwa Yehova, no kumubombela no mutima umo.”
4, 5. (a) Cinshi cikacitika ku bashalungama? (b) Ni bani bakamwenamo muli ci, kabili mulandu nshi?
4 Kwali no kuba abantu abashali na kupeelwa ululimi lwine lwine. Ukusesema kwalanda pali aba, ati: “Nkafumyamo mu kati kobe aba mataki na ba matutumuko aba muli iwe.” (Sefania 3:11) E co aba mataki na ba matutumuko abasuulile amalango ya kwa Lesa no kucita ifishalungama bali no kufumishiwamo. Nga ni bani kanshi bali no kumwenamo? Sefania 3:12, 13 atila: “Nkasha mu kati ka iwe abantu bafuuke kabili abalanda; na bo bakoba mwi shina lya kwa Yehova; abashalako kuli Israele tabakacite bupondamishi, tabakasose bufi, kabili mu tunwa twabo tamwakasangwe ululimi lwa kufutika; pantu bene kuti bamena no kuyolola, apashaba na wa kututumya.”
5 Abantu ba busumino, abashelepo muli Yuda wa ku kale, e bali no kumwenamo. Mulandu nshi? Pantu bacitile ukulingana na mashiwi yatila: “Fwayeni Yehova, mwe bafuuka ba mu calo bonse; mwe bacito bupingushi bwakwe, fwayeni ubufuke; napamo kuti mwabelama mu bushiku bwa bukali bwa kwa Yehova.”—Sefania 2:3.
6. Cinshi cacitike mu kufikilishiwa kwa kubalilapo ukwa kusesema kwa kwa Sefania?
6 Ilyo uku kusesema kwafikilishiwe umuku wa kubalilapo, Yehova akandile Yuda wabulwo busumino pa kuleka Icalo Cakwatishe Amaka ica Babele ukubasenda bunkole mu 607 B.C.E. Yeremia epo ali pa bapuswike kabili bambi na bo batwalilile aba busumino kuli Yehova na muli bunkole mwine. Mu 539 B.C.E., abena Madai na bena Persia abaletungululwa ne Mfumu Koreshe bataashishe Babele. Nalimo pa numa ya myaka ibili, Imfumu Koreshe yashikile icipope casuminishe abena Israele basheleko ukubwelelamo ku calo ca ku mwabo. Mu kupita kwa nshita, itempele lya Yerusalemu lyalikuulilwe cipya cipya, kabili umulimo wa bushimapepo uwa kusambilisha abantu Amalango walibukulwike. (Malaki 2:7) E co Yehova alengele ababweshiwe ukuba abasambashi, kulila fye nga batwalilile ukuba no busumino.
7, 8. Amashiwi ya kusesema ayaba pali Sefania 3:14-17, yalanda pali bani, kabili mulandu nshi mwayasukila ifyo?
7 Sefania asobele ku baali no kuipakisha kulya kubweshiwa ati: “Aula, we mwana mwanakashi Sione; welesha, we Israele; samwa no kwanga umutima onse, we mwana mwanakashi Yerusalemu. Yehova nafumyapo ifyapingwililwe pali iwe, napooso mulwani obe; Imfumu ya kwa Israele, Yehova, ali mu kati ka iwe, tawakamone ububi kabili iyo. Muli ubo bushiku cikasoswa ku Yerusalemu, aciti, Witiina, we Sione, yetompoka amaboko yobe. Yehova Lesa obe ali mu kati ka iwe, ni mpalume, akapususha; akasekelela pali iwe no kwanga, akabwekeshamo cipya cipya ukutemwa kwakwe, akaangila iwe no kwaula.”—Sefania 3:14-17.
8 Aya mashiwi yalelanda pa bashalapo abalonganikwe ukufuma muli bunkole bwa ku Babele no kubweshiwa ku calo ca fikolwe fyabo. Ici calondololwa bwino pali Sefania 3:18-20, apo tubelenga ukuti: “Nga mu bushiku bwa mutebeto uwalingwa. [Ine ne Yehova] nkatalusha kuli iwe akayofi, ukuti tawakashingamweko ukuseebana. Mona, mu nshita ilya nkacite cilandushi pali bonse abamulengo bulanda, nkapususha no usunta, no kulonganyo watamfiwa; nkasangule nsoni shabo ukubo lwa kutasha kabili ishina ilyalumbuka pano isonde ponse. Mu nshita ilya nkamuleta, mu nshita ilya nkamulonganya; pantu nkamulengo kuba abalumbuka kabili ukutashiwa mu bantu na bantu pano isonde, ilyo nkabwesha bunkole bwenu ku menso yenu, e fyo asosa Yehova.”
9. Yehova aipangiile shani ishina ku fyo acitiile abaYuda?
9 Tontonkanyeni ifyo abantu baali mu fyalo ifina mupalamano, abali abalwani ba bantu ba kwa Lesa, bapapile no kupeshiwa amano! Abekashi ba muli Yuda basendelwe bunkole ku bena Babele ba maka, ukwabula ne subilo lya kuti bakatala ababwelelamo ku calo ca ku mwabo. Kabili icalo cabo cashele cibolya. Lelo ku maka ya kwa Lesa, balibweshiwe ku calo ca ku mwabo pa numa ya myaka 70, lintu inko ishilwani shalesungamina ubonaushi. Mwandini Yehova aliipangile ishina pa kubwesha abashelepo aba busumino! Abalengele ukuba “abalumbuka kabili ukutashiwa mu bantu na bantu.” Cine cine kulya kubweshiwa kwaletele Yehova ilumbo na ku baleshimika ubunte kwi shina lyakwe!
Ukupepa Yehova Kwasumbulwa
10, 11. Ni lilali ukufikilishiwa kukalamba ukwa kubweshiwa kwa kusesema kwa kwa Sefania kwacitike, kabili twaishiba shani?
10 Ukubweshiwa na kumbi kwaliko mu mwanda wa myaka uwa kubalilapo C.E ilyo Yesu Kristu alongenye abashalapo ba kwa Israele ukwisa ku kupepa kwa cine. Ici cali citontonshi ca kulangilila icali no kucitika, pantu ukufikilishiwa kukalamba ukwa kubweshiwa kwali kucili ku ntanshi. Ukusesema kwa kwa Mika kwasobele ati: “Nomba, mu nshiku sha ku mpela, ulupili lwa ng’anda ya kwa Yehova lukabo lwapampamikwa pa muulu wa mpili, kabili ulwasumbulwo kucilo tupili. Bakanokela pali lwene abantu na bantu.”—Mika 4:1.
11 Ni lilali ici cali no kucitika? Ukusesema kwatile, ni “mu nshiku sha ku mpela”—ee, muli ishi shine “inshiku sha kulekelesha.” (2 Timote 3:1) Ici cili no kucitika ilyo ubwikashi bwabipa ubwa ndakai bushilaonaulwa lintu inko shicili shilepepa tulesa twa bufi. Mika 4:5 atila: “Inko shonse sha bantu shendela ulo no lu mwi shina lya mulungu wa luko.” Lelo ni shani pa lwa bakapepa ba cine? Ukusesema kwa kwa Mika kwasuka ati: “Lelo ifwe twakulaendela mwi shina lya kwa Yehova Lesa wesu umuyayaya umuyayaya.”
12. Bushe ukupepa kwa cine kwasumbulwa shani muli shi nshiku sha kulekelesha?
12 E co, mu nshiku shino isha kulekelesha, emo “ulupili lwa ng’anda ya kwa Yehova [luli] ulwapampamikwa pa muulu wa mpili.” Ukupala ulupili lwasumbukisha, ukupepa Yehova ukwa cine kwalibweshiwa, ukupampamikwa bwino, no kusumbulwa ukucila imisango fye yonse iya mipepele. Ukulingana ne fyasobele Mika, “bakanokela pali lwene abantu na bantu.” Kabili bakapepa ba cine ‘bakendela mwi shina lya kwa Yehova Lesa [wabo] umuyayaya umuyayaya.’
13, 14. Ni lilali cino calo caingile “mu nshiku sha ku mpela,” kabili cinshi cicitika ukutule lyo ukulosha ku kupepa kwa cine?
13 Ifyacitike mu 1914 ku kufikilisha ukusesema kwa mu Baibolo filangilila ukuti e lyo cino calo caingile mu nshiku sha ku mpela, inshiku sha ciko isha kulekelesha. (Marko 13:4-10) Ilyashi lya kale lilangilila ukuti ukutula lilya e lyo Yehova atendeke ukulonganya abashalapo basubwa aba busumino abakwete isubilo lya ku muulu, ukubalonganya ukwisa ku kupepa kwa cine. Uku kulonganya kwakonkwapo no kulonganya “ibumba likalamba” abafuma ku “luko lonse ne mikowa ne misango ya bantu na bantu na ba ndimi,” abakwata isubilo lya kwikala pe sonde ku ciyayaya.—Ukusokolola 7:9.
14 Ukutula pa Nkondo ya Calo iya Kubalilapo ukufika ne lelo, ukupepa Yehova ukwa bantu betilwa pe shina lyakwe kwalilunduluka sana pantu batungululwa na wene. Bakapepa ba kwa Yehova abaali fye amakana ayanono pa numa ya Nkondo ya Calo iya Kubalilapo, nomba bafikile mupepi na mamilioni 6, abalonganikwa mu filonganino mupepi na 91,000 mu fyalo 235. Cila mwaka, aba balapoosa amaawala ukucila pali bilioni umo ukulalumbanya Lesa pa cintubwingi. Naciilanga fye icine ukuti Inte sha kwa Yehova e balefikilisha amashiwi ya kusesema aya kwa Yesu ayatila: “Imbila nsuma iyi ya bufumu ikabilwa ku fyalo fyonse ku kubo bunte ku nko shonse; e lyo impela ikesa.”—Mateo 24:14.
15. Ilembo lya kwa Sefania 2:3 lilefikilishiwa shani pali nomba?
15 Pali Sefania 3:17 paba amashiwi yatila: “Yehova Lesa obe ali mu kati ka iwe, ni mpalume, akapususha.” Icilenga ukuti ababomfi ba kwa Yehova baleipakisha ulubanda lwa ku mupashi muli ishi nshiku sha kulekelesha ni co e ubatungulula, aba ‘mu kati kabo’ kabili e Lesa wabo uwakwatisha amaka. E fyo cali na mu kubweshiwa kwa kwa Yuda wa ku kale, mu 537 B.C.E. Kanshi kuti twamona ifyo amashiwi ya pali Sefania 2:3 yalefikilishiwa apakalamba pantu yatila: “Fwayeni Yehova, mwe bafuuka ba mu calo bonse.” Mu 537 B.C.E., ishiwi lya kuti “bonse” lyalelanda pa baYuda bashelepo abafumine muli bunkole bwa ku Babele. Pali nomba limininako abafuuka ba mu fyalo fyonse ifya pano isonde, e kuti abankulako bwino ku mulimo wa mwi sonde lyonse uwa kushimikila pa lwa Bufumu kabili abaya ku “lupili lwa ng’anda ya kwa Yehova.”
Ukupepa kwa Cine Kwalunduluka
16. Cinshi napamo abalwani besu bengalanda ilyo bamona ukulunduluka kwa babomfi ba kwa Yehova muli shino nshiku?
16 Pa numa ya mwaka wa 537 B.C.E., abengi mu nko ishina mupalamano balipapile pa kubweshiwa kwa babomfi ba kwa Lesa ku calo ca ku mwabo na ku kupepa kwa cine. Lelo kulya kubweshiwa takwafikilishe fyonse. Bushe kuti mwatilapo shani pa fyo bamo, nangu fye abalwani ba bantu ba kwa Lesa, balesosa apo nomba balemona ukulunduluka kukalamba nga nshi, ukutunguluka kwa mibombele, no buyantanshi bwa babomfi ba kwa Yehova aba muno nshiku? Ukwabula no kutwishika bamo pali aba balwani bomfwa nga filya fyaumfwile abaFarise ilyo bamwene amabumba yalekonkomokela kuli Yesu. Batile: “Moneni, aba pano isonde bonse balemukonka.”—Yohane 12:19.
17. Cinshi kalemba umo asosele pa Nte sha kwa Yehova, kabili balunduluka shani?
17 Mu citabo ca kuti These Also Believe, Profesa Charles S. Braden atile: ‘Cili fye kwati Inte sha kwa Yehova nabesusha isonde no bunte bwabo. Kuti caba cine ukusosa ukuti takwaba imipepele nangu imo iyapimpa sana kabili iya mute mu kwananya imbila nsuma ya Bufumu ukucila Inte sha kwa Yehova. Cilepala fye kwati ici cilonganino cikatwalilila ukulundulukilako fye.’ Kwena atungile fye nga mu keela! Ilyo alembele aya mashiwi imyaka 50 iyapitapo, kwali fye Inte 300,000 mwi sonde lyonse abaleshimikila. Nga ni lelo kuti alanda shani pa lwa mulimo wesu, ilyo abaleshimikila imbila nsuma bafulile icine cine, abafikile mupepi na mamilioni 6?
18. Ululimi lwine lwine cinshi, kabili ni kuli bani Lesa alupeela?
18 Lesa alaile ukupitila muli kasesema wakwe ati: “Nkaalulo lulimi lwa bantu na bantu ukubo lulimi lwine lwine, ukuti bonse bene balilile kwi shina lya kwa Yehova, no kumubombela no mutima umo.” (Sefania 3:9) Muli shino nshiku sha kulekelesha, ni Nte sha kwa Yehova abeta pe shina lya kwe, e balemubombela mu cumfwano capwililila kabili na mu citemwiko ca cine cine, kwena ca cine, balemubombela “no mutima umo.” E bo Yehova apeela ululimi lwine lwine. Mu lulimi lwine lwine mwaba no kumfwikisha bwino no kutesekesha icine pa lwa kwa Lesa no bufwayo bwakwe. Ni Yehova fye eka e upeela uku kumfwikisha ukupitila mu mupashi wakwe uwa mushilo. (1 Abena Korinti 2:10) Ni kuli bani apeela umupashi wakwe? Ni “ku bamunakila” fye epela. (Imilimo 5:32) Ni nte sha kwa Yehova fye e baitemenwa ukunakila Lesa muli fyonse. E mulandu wine bapokelela umupashi wa kwa Lesa no lulimi lwine lwine, e kuti, icine pa lwa kwa Yehova no bufwayo bwakwe ubushaiwamina. Balanda ululimi lwine lwine ukulumbanya Yehova mwi sonde lyonse pa cipimo icishaikulila kabili icilekulilako fye.
19. Mu kulanda ululimi lwine lwine mwaba no kucita finshi?
19 Ukulanda ululimi lwine lwine te kusumina fye mu cine no kulacisambilisha kuli bambi lelo imicitile yesu na yo ifwile ukumfwana na mafunde ya kwa Lesa ne fishinte fyakwe. Abasubwa e baba pa ntanshi mu kufwaya Yehova na mu kulanda ululimi lwine lwine. Tontonkanyeni pa fyo bapwishishisha! Nangu ca kuti abasubwa tabafikile na kuli 8,700, abantu mupepi na mamilioni 6, abakwata isubilo lya pe sonde, balebapashanya mu kufwaya Yehova na mu kulanda ululimi lwine lwine. Aba e bumba likalamba ilileya lilekula, abafuma mu luko lonse, abatetekela mwi lambo lya cilubula ilya kwa Yesu, ababomba umulimo washila mu lubansa lwa pe sonde ulwe tempele lya ku mupashi ilya kwa Lesa, kabili abakapusuka “ubucushi bukalamba” ubwalaswa buponene cino calo cishalungama.—Ukusokolola 7:9, 14, 15.
20. Mulimo nshi ulalilile abasubwa na be bumba likalamba?
20 Abe bumba likalamba bakatwalwa mu calo cipya icalungama ica kwa Lesa. (2 Petro 3:13) Yesu Kristu na ba 144,000 abasubwa ababuukila ku bumi bwa mu muulu ku kuba ishamfumu kabili bashimapepo na wene e bakapanga ubuteko bupya. (Abena Roma 8:16, 17; Ukusokolola 7:4; 20:6) Abakapusuka ubucushi bukalamba bakakwata umulimo wa kulenga isonde ukuba paradise kabili bakatwalilila ukulanda ululimi lwine lwine. E bo na aya mashiwi yalandapo ayatila: “[Abana baume, NW] bobe bonse [kumo na bana banakashi] bakaba abasambilishiwa kuli Yehova, kabili umutende wa bana bobe abaume ukafula; ku bulungami e ko ukaipampamikila.”—Esaya 54:13, 14.
Umulimo Ukalamba uwa Kusambilisha Uushatala Aubako
21, 22. (a) Ukulingana ne fyo calembwa pa Imilimo 24:15, ni bani bakakabila ukusambilila ululimi lwine lwine? (b) Mulimo nshi uwa kusambilisha uukalamba icine cine uukabako pe sonde mu kuteka kwa Bufumu?
21 Ibumba likalamba ilikaba ne shuko lya kusambilila ululimi lwine lwine mu calo cipya ni lilya lyalondololwa pa Imilimo 24:15, apatila: “Kukabo kwima ku bafwa kwa balungama na bashalungama.” Ku kale, kwali imintapendwa ya bantu abafwa ukwabula ukuti beshibe Yehova bwino bwino. Yehova akababuusha mu nshila iishakalete icimfulumfulu. Kabili aba bonse bakakabila ukusambilishiwa ululimi lwine lwine.
22 We shuko lishaiwamina tukakwata ilya kubombako uyo mulimo ukalamba uwa kusambilisha! Ukaba mulimo wakulisha uwa kusambilisha uushatala aubombwapo apo muntu abela pe sonde. Umulimo onse ukabombelwa mu kuteka kushaiwamina ukwa Mfumu Kristu Yesu. E co kanshi, abantunse bakasuka abamona ukufikilishiwa kwa kwa Esaya 11:9, ukutila: “Icalo cikesulamo ukwishiba Yehova, ifyo amenshi yafimba pali bemba.”
23. Mulandu nshi mwingalandila ati twalishuka sana ifwe fwe bantu ba kwa Yehova?
23 We shuko twaba nalyo muli shino nshiku sha kulekelesha ilya kulapekanishisha ilya inshita yawamisha ili ku ntanshi ilyo icalo cikesulamo ukwishiba Yehova icine cine! Kabili mwandini tuli abashuka pali lelo ukulaimwena ukufikilishiwa kwa mashiwi yalembwa pali Sefania 3:20! Palya Yehova alaya ati: “Nkamulengo kuba abalumbuka kabili ukutashiwa mu bantu na bantu bonse pano isonde.”
Kuti Mwayasuka Shani?
• Ukusesema kwa kwa Sefania ukwa kubweshiwa kwafikilishiwe shani akale e lyo na muno nshiku?
• Bushe ukupepa kwa cine kwalunduluka shani muli shino nshiku sha kulekelesha?
• Mulimo nshi uukalamba uwa kusambilisha uukabombwa mu calo cipya?
[Icikope pe bula 25]
Abantu ba kwa Yehova babwelele ku calo ca ku mwabo ku kutendeka cipya cipya ukupepa kwasanguluka. Bushe mwalishiba umo ici calola pali lelo?
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Ilyo balelanda “ululimi lwine lwine,” Inte sha kwa Yehova bapeela abantu ubukombe busansamusha ubwa mu Baibolo