6-8. Cinshi casobelwe pali Sefania 1:4-6, kabili kwafikilishiwe shani kulya kusesema muli Yuda wa pa kale?

⁶ Ukusobela ifyo Lesa aali no kucita kuli bakapepa ba bufi, Sefania 1:4-6 atila: “Kabili nkatambikilo kuboko kwandi pali Yuda, na pa bekashi ba mu Yerusalemu bonse; nkafita pano pantu na bashalako ba kwa Baali, ne shina lya bapepela abantu ku tulubi pamo na bashimapepo; abashinshimuno mulalo wa mu muulu pa mitenge ya mayanda, abashinshimuna, abalapa Yehova kabili balapa Milkomu; kabili abafutatuka mu kukonka Yehova, na bashifwaya Yehova, nangu kwipushako.”

⁸ Na kabili Lesa aali no kufita ‘abashinshimuna ku mulalo wa mu myulu,’ e kuti abapendula intanda na bapepa akasuba. (2 Ishamfumu 23:11; Yeremia 19:13; 32:29) Ubukali bwa kwa Lesa bwali no kupongolokela na pa basakaanya ukupepa kwa cine ne mipepele ya bufi ‘pa kulalapa Yehova no kulapa Milkomu,’ uyo napamo e Moleki wine, lesa mukalamba uwa bena Amone. Mu kupepa Moleki mwasanshishe no koca abana amalambo.—1 Ishamfumu 11:5; Yeremia 32:35.

Impela ya kwa Kristendomu ili Mupepi!

 9. (a) Bushe Kristendomu aba no mulandu nshi? (b) Pa kupusana na babulwa ubusumino aba muli Yuda, tufwile ukuba no mupampamina wa kucita cinshi?

⁹ Fyonse fi kuti fyatucinkulako pa lwa kwa Kristendomu, uwaitumpa mu kupepa kwa bufi no kulengula intanda. Kabili ukuitumpamo kwakwe mu kupeela imintapendwa ya bantu amalambo ilyo bepaiwa mu nkondo shitungililwa na bashimapepo ca muselu icine cine! Shi twipala abaYuda babulwo busumino, ‘abafutwike ukukonka Yehova,’ abali aba cifulefule kabili abalekele ukufwaya Yehova no butungulushi bwakwe. Lelo, natusungilile bumpomfu bwesu kuli Lesa.