Icipandwa 33

Ukupingula Cilende Waseebana

Icimonwa 11—Ukusokolola 17:1-18

Umutwe wa lyashi: Babiloni Mukalamba anina pa ciswango cakashika ce ico mu kupelako calukila pali wena no kumupomona

Inshita ya kufikilishiwa: Ukutula 1919 ukufika ku bucushi bukalamba

 1. Cinshi ico umo uwa bamalaika cinelubali asokolola kuli Yohane?

ICIPYU calungama ca kwa Yehova cilingile ukupongololwa ukufika ku kupwililika, inweno sha ciko cinelubali! Lintu malaika wa mutanda aitulwile ulunweno lwakwe pa cifulo ca Babiloni wa pa kale, mu kulinganako calangishe ukupuma Babiloni Mukalamba ilyo ificitika fyasela mu kwangufyanya ukulola ku bulwi bwa kupelako bwa Armagedone. (Ukusokolola 16:1, 12, 16) Mu kupalako, ni malaika umo wine uyo nomba wafisulula umulandu na fintu Yehova aputunkanya amapingushi yakwe yalungama. Yohane aikatwa no kusunguka pa cintu aumfwa mu kukonkapo no kumona: “E lyo umo wa muli bamalaika cinelubali abaali ne nweno cinelubali aishilelanda kuli ine, ati, Isa kuno nkulange ukusekwa kwa mwanakashi cilende mukalamba uwaikala pa menshi ayengi, uo ishamfumu sha pe sonde shacitile nankwe ubulalelale, na baikala pe sonde bakolelwe umwangashi wa bulalelale bwakwe.”—Ukusokolola 17:1, 2.

 2. Bushininkisho nshi bwabako ubwa kuti “cilende mukalamba” (a) tali Roma wa pa kale? (b) tali makwebo yakalamba? (c) lubali lwa butotelo?

² “Cilende mukalamba”! Mulandu nshi we lumbo lya kutulumusha ifyo? Ni ani uyo mwanakashi? Bamo baishibisha uyu cilende wa cimpashanya na Roma wa pa kale. Lelo Roma ali maka ya bupolitiki. Uyu cilende acito bulalelale ne shamfumu sha pe sonde, kabili ico mu kumonekesha cisanshamo ishamfumu sha Roma. Pa mbali ya ico, pa numa ya bonaushi bwakwe, “ishamfumu sha pe sonde” shasoswa ukuloosha impatapata yakwe. E ico, umwanakashi te kuti abe amaka ya bupolitiki. (Ukusokolola 18:9, 10) Ukulundapo, apo umwanakashi alooshiwa na ba makwebo ba mu calo, te kuti acite icikope ca makwebo yakalamba. (Ukusokolola 18:15, 16) Nangu cibe fyo, tulabelenga, ukuti ‘ku cibelesho cakwe ica kupepe mipashi inko shonse shalilufiwe.’ (Ukusokolola 18:23, NW) Ici cicilenga ukumfwika ukuti cilende mukalamba alingile ukuba ulubali lwa butotelo lwa mu kusaalala kwa calo.

 3. (a) Mulandu nshi cilende mukalamba engapashanya icacila pe Calici lya ciRoma Katolika nelyo Kristendomu onse? (b) Fifundisho nshi fya cina Babiloni fili no kusangwa mu mabutotelo yaseeka aya ku Kabanga pamo pene na mu fyakaniko ifya Kristendomu? (c) Cinshi ico kardinala wa Roma Katolika John Henry Newman asumine ukulosha ku fifundisho fyafula fya Kristendomu, ukusefya, ne fibelesho? (Mona utulembo twa pe samba.)

³ Lubali nshi lwa butotelo? Bushe Licalici lya Roma Katolika, nge fyo bamo baeba? Nelyo bushe ni Kristendomu onse? Iyo, afwile ukuba uwakula pali bonse aba nga engalufya inko shonse. Umwanakashi aba, mu cishinka, buteko bwa calo bonse fye ubwa butotelo bwa bufi. Intulo yakwe mu nkama sha Babiloni yalangililwa mu kuti ififundisho fya cina Babiloni ifingi ne fibelesho fyaba ifyaseeka mu mabutotelo ukushinguluke sonde. Ku ca kumwenako, ukusumina muli bumunshifwa bwa mweo wa muntu, muli helo wa kulunguluka, na muli bulesa butatu bwa milungu buli no kusangwa mu mabutotelo ya ku Kabanga yaseeka pamo pene na mu fyakaniko fya Kristendomu. Ubutotelo bwa bufi, bwatootwa ukucila pa myaka 4,000 yapitapo mu musumba wa pa kale wa Babiloni, bwalunduluka ukufika ku kukulisha kwa muno nshiku uko ukwitwa, mu kulingisha, Babiloni Mukalamba.a Mulandu nshi, nangu ni fyo, alondolwelwa mwi shiwi lya kulenga ubutolo lya “cilende mukalamba”?

 4. (a) Ni mu nshila nshi umo Israele wa pa kale acitile ubulalelale? (b) Ni mu nshila nshi yapulamo umo Babiloni Mukalamba acitila ubulalelale?

⁴ Babiloni (nelyo Babele, lipilibula “Ukupelenganishiwa”) afikile pa nsonshi ya kukula mu nshita ya kwa Nebukadnesari. Bwali buteko bwa bupolitiki no butotelo ukukwata ukucila pe kana lya matempele no tumacalici. Bushimapepo bwakwe bwabomfeshe amaka yakalamba. Nangula Babiloni aleko kubapo apalepa pamo nga amaka ya calo, Babiloni Mukalamba wa butotelo alibako, kabili ukukonka icipasho ca pa kale, acili alafwaya ukusonga no kumumunga imilandu ya mapolitiki. Lelo bushe Lesa alisuminisha ubutotelo mu mapolitiki? Mu Malembo ya ciHebere, Israele asoselweko ukuisangula cilende lintu abimbilwe mu kupepa kwa bufi kabili lintu, mu cifulo ca kucetekela muli Yehova, acitile ukupangana ne nko. (Yeremia 3:6, 8, 9; Esekiele 16:28-30) Babiloni Mukalamba na kabili alacito bulalelale. Icapulamo, alicita conse cintu apima ukuwaminwa mu kuti anonke ukusonga na maka pa shamfumu shiteka ishe sonde.—1 Timote 4:1.

 5. (a) Kumonekesha nshi uko intungulushi sha butotelo shiipakisha? (b) Mulandu nshi ukufwaisha kwa kulumbuka kwa mu calo kwabela ukupinkana kwalungatana ukwa mashiwi ya kwa Yesu Kristu?

⁵ Ilelo, intungulushi sha butotelo mu kubwekeshabwekeshapo shilombelesha icifulo casumbuka mu kamfulumende, kabili mu fyalo fimo, balakana muli kamfulumende, ukukwata fye ne fifulo mu cabinet. Mu 1988 bashibutotelo ba ciProtestanti baishibikwa babili babutukile icifulo ca bupresidenti mu United States. Intungulushi muli Babiloni Mukalamba batemwa ukumonekesha; ifikope fyabo ilingi fimoneka mu nyunshi sha cintubwingi nga babishanya na bapolitishani balumbuka. Mu kucilana, Yesu asengawike ukuibimba mu mapolitiki kabili atile ku lwa basambi bakwe: “Tabali ba pano isonde, ifyo na ine nshili wa pano isonde.”—Yohane 6:15; 17:16; Mateo 4:8-10; mona kabili Yakobo 4:4.

‘Bucilende’ bwa Kasuba ka Muno Nshiku

6, 7. (a) Ni shani fintu Parti ya kwa Hitler wa ciNazi yaishile ku maka mu Germany? (b) Ni shani fintu ukusuminishanya uko Vatican acitile na Nazi Germany kwaafwilishe Hitler mu kutuninkisha kwakwe ukwa kuteke calo?

⁶ Ukupitila mu kuyobeka kwakwe mu mapolitiki, cilende mukalamba aleto bulanda bushingashimikwa ku mutundu wa muntu. Languluka, ku ca kumwenako, ifishinka fyali ku numa ya kwima kwa kwa Hitler ku maka mu Germany—ifishinka fyabipisha ifyo bamo bengatemwa ukufuuta mu fitabo fya lyashi lya kale. Mu May 1924 Parti ya ciNazi yakwete ifipuna 32 mu German Reichstag (Iŋanda ya Mafunde). Mu May 1928 ifi fyalicepele ukufika ku fipuna 12. Nangu cibe fyo, Ukubwelela pa nshi Kukalamba mu fya Bunonshi kwafimbilikishe icalo mu 1930; ukukonka pali kwene, abaNazi bacitile ukupupuutuka kukalamba, ukunonka 230 ukufuma mu fipuna 608 mu kusala kwa ciGerman kwa mu July 1932. Mu kwangufyanya pa numa, uwali akatanshi chancellor Franz von Papen, Mushika wa buPapa, aishile ku kwaafwa abaNazi. Ukulingana na bakalemba ba lyashi, von Papen aelengenye Ubuteko bupya bwa Mushilo ubwa ciRoma. Ukuba kwakwe kwipi mu cifulo nga chancellor kwali kufilwa, e co nomba aenekele ukukwata amaka ukupitila mu baNazi. Ukufika mu January 1933, alonganike ukwaafwiwa kwa kwa Hitler ukufuma kuli bakanabesa ba maindastri, kabili ukupitila mu kubeleleka kwabamo umucenjelo ashininkishe ukuti Hitler abele chancellor wa Germany pa January 30, 1933. Umwine wine acitilwe vice-chancellor kabili abomfiwe kuli Hitler ukunonka ukwafwilisha kwa mbali sha ciKatolika sha Germany. Mu kati ka myeshi ibili iya kunonka amaka, Hitler apashile parliamenti, atwele intungulushi amakana shalekaanya ku nkambi sha kucushiwilwamo, kabili atampile kampeini wa pabuuta uwa kutitikisha abaYuda.

⁷ Pa July 20, 1933, ukusekelela kwa Vatican mu kwima kwa maka ya buNazi kwalangishiwe lintu Kardinala Pacelli (uyo pa numa waishileba Papa Pius XII) asaine ukusuminishanya mu Roma pa kati ka Vatican na Nazi Germany. Von Papen asaine icalembwa pamo ngo waleimininako Hitler, na Pacelli muli fyo abikile pali von Papen icisaamo casumbuka ica bupapa ica Grand Cross of the Order of Pius.b Mu citabo cakwe Satan in Top Hat, Tibor Koeves alembele ici, ukulanda ati: “Ukusuminishanya kwali kucimfya kukalamba kwa kwa Hitler. Camupeele ukwafwilisha kwa kubalilapo ukwa mibele apokelele ukufuma ku calo ca ku nse, kabili uku ukufuma ku ntulo yasumbukisha.” Ukusuminishanya kwafwaile ukuti Vatican ifumye ukwaafwilisha kwa iko ku Akabungwe ka Pa Kati aka ciKatolika mu Germany, muli fyo ukusuminisha akabungwe kamo aka kwa Hitler “ubuteko bweka fye.”c Mu kulundapo, icikomo ca kuko ica 14 calandile ati: “Ukusontwa kwa bashikofu bakalamba, bashikofu, na bapalako kukalafuma lyeka fye lintu kafinala, walashikwa ku Buteko, ashininkisha mu kulinga ukuti takuli kutwishika mu kulosha ku kulanguluka kwa cinkumbawile ukwa bupolitiki.” Ukufika ku kupwa kwa 1933 (“Umwaka wa Mushilo” wabilishiwe kuli Papa Pius XI), ukwafwilisha kwa Vatican kwasangwike ica kusangwilako cikalamba mu kutuninkisha kwa kwa Hitler ku kuteke calo.

8, 9. (a) Ni shani fintu Vatican pamo pene ne Calici lya ciKatolika na bashibutotelo ba fiko baankwile ku bunkalwe bwa Nazi? (b) Kulandapo nshi uko bashikofu ba ciKatolika wa ku Germany bapeele ku kutendeka kwa Nkondo ya Calo iya II? (c) Cinshi cafumine mu kwampana kwa butotelo na mapolitiki?

⁸ Nangu ikama lya bashimapepo na abashimbe banakashi aba butotelo bailishenye ku bubi bwa kwa Hitler—no kuculilapo—Vatican pamo pene ne Calici lya ciKatolika ne mpuka ya liko ya bashibutotelo bapeeleko ukwaafwilisha kwacincila nelyo ukwa mu mutalalila ku bunkalwe bwa Nazi, ubo bwamwene nge ca kucingililo ukulwisha ukulunduluka kwa komyunismu wa calo. Ukwikala bwino bwino mu Vatican, Papa Pius XII alekele Ukwipayaululwa pa baYuda no kupakasa kwakaluka pa Nte sha kwa Yehova na bambi ukutwalilila ukwabulo kulengululwa. Caba icapusanako ukuti Papa John Paul II, pa kutangilila Germany mu May 1987, engalumbanya ukwiminina kwalelwisha ubuNazi ukwa kwa shimapepo umo uwafumaluka. Cinshi ico amakana yambi aya ntungulushi sha butotelo isha ku Germany balecita mu kati ka kuteka kwa kwa Hitler kwa munsokwe? Kalata wa bupasita walembelwe kuli bashikofu ba ciKatolika aba ku Germany mu September 1939 pa kubuuka kwa Nkondo ya Calo iya II apayanya ukusanikila pali iyi nkonta. Mu lubali ibelengwa ukuti: “Muli ili awala lya kapeleko tulekonkomesha abashilika besu ba ciKatolika ukucita umulimo wabo mu cumfwila kuli Fuehrer no kuba abaiteyanya ukupeela ilambo ubuntu bwabo bonse. Tuleipukisha ku ba Citetekelo ukuilunda mu mapepo yakaba ica kuti Ubutungulushi bwa Bulesa butungulule iyi nkondo ku kufumaluka kwapaalwa.”

⁹ Ukwampana kwa ciKatolika kwa musango yo kulangisha umusango wa bulalelale ubo ubutotelo bwaingilamo mu myaka yapita 4,000 mu kusembeleka Ubuteko bwa bupolitiki mu kunonka amaka no kumwenamo. Ukwampana kwa musango yo ukwa butotelo no bupolitiki fyaluminisha imicitile ya nkondo, ukupakasa, no kupelelwa kwa buntunse pa cipimo cakulisha. Ifyo umutundu wa muntu wingaba uwa nsansa pa kuti ubupingushi bwa kwa Yehova pali cilende mukalamba nabupalama. Shi na bukaputunkanishiwe bwangu!

Ukwikala pa Menshi Ayengi

10. “Amenshi ayengi” ayo Babiloni Mukalamba aloleshako ku kucingililwa cinshi, kabili cinshi cilecitika kuli yene?

¹⁰ Babiloni wa pa kale aikele pa menshi ayengi—Umumana wa Yufrate ne minyangala yafulisha. Ifyali ukucingilila kuli wene pamo pene ne ntulo ya makwebo yaleleta ubusambashi, ukufikila lintu fyakamine mu bushiku bumo. (Yeremia 50:38; 51:9, 12, 13) Babiloni Mukalamba na o alolesha ku “menshi ayengi” ukumucingilila no kumusambasha. Aya amenshi ya cimpashanya yaba “misango ya bantu, na mabumba, ne nko, na ba ndimi,” uko e kuti, amakana yonse aya mamilioni ya bantunse pali abo ateka no kufuma kuli abo apoka ukwaafwilisha kwa fyuma. Lelo aya menshi na yo yalekama, nelyo ukufumyako ukwaafwilisha.—Ukusokolola 17:15; linganyako Ilumbo 18:4; Esaya 8:7.

11. (a) Ni shani fintu Babiloni wa pa kale ‘alengele isonde lyonse ukukolwa’? (b) Ni shani fintu Babiloni Mukalamba ‘alenge sonde lyonse ukukolwa’?

¹¹ Ukulundapo, Babilioni wa pa kale alondolwelwe ngo “lukombo lwa golde mu minwe ya kwa Yehova, ulwa kulenga pano isonde ponse ukukolwa.” (Yeremia 51:7) Babiloni wa pa kale apatikishe inko sha mu bwina mupalamano ukumina inumbwilo sha cipyu ca kwa Yehova lintu ashicimfishe mu kulwisha, mu kubalenga ukunakuka nga bantu bakolwa. Muli uko kuloshako, ali icibombelo ca kwa Yehova. Babiloni Mukalamba, na o, alicita ukucimfya ukufika ku cipimo ca kuba ubuteko bwa mu kusaalala kwa calo. Lelo mu kushininkisha tali cibombelo ca kwa Lesa. Ukucila, abombela “ishamfumu sha pe sonde” abo acita na bo ubulalelale bwa butotelo. Alikusha ishi shamfumu mu kubomfya ififundisho fyakwe fya bufi ne fibelesho ficita ubusha ukusunga icinabwingi ca bantu, “abaikala pe sonde,” ukunakuka nga bantu bakolwa, ukunakila ukwabulo kukanako kuli bakateka babo.

12. (a) Ni shani icipimfya ca Babiloni Mukalamba mu Japan cashingemwe no kusumya kwa mulopa uwingi mu kati ka Nkondo ya Calo iya II? (b) Ni shani “amenshi” mu kwafwilisha Babiloni Mukalamba yafumishiwe mu Japan, kabili mu kuba na ca kufumamo nshi?

¹² Japan wa buShinto apayanya ica kumwenako camonekesha muli ici. Umushilika waluminishiwa uwa ku Japan acipimo kuba umucinshi wasumbukisha ukupeela ubumi bwakwe pali kateka—umulungu wapulamo Shinto. Mu kati ka Nkondo ya Calo iya II, bamo abashilika ba ku Japan 1,500,000 bafwile mu bulwi; mupepi fye na ku muntu, baloleshe ukucimba nge caseebana. Lelo pamo nge ca kufumamo ca kucimfiwa kwa Japan, Kateka Hirohito apatikishiwe ukukaana ukuitunga kwakwe kwa bulesa. Ici cafuminemo ukufumako kwamonekesha ukwa “menshi” yafwilisha icipimfya ca Shinto ca Babiloni Mukalamba—eya, pa numa buShinto bwasuminishe ukusumya kwa mbeketi sha mulopa pa cisebele ca nkondo mu Pacific! Uku kunasha kwa kusonga kwa Shinto na kabili kwaiswile inshila mu myaka ya nomba line ku bena Japan bacila pali 120,000, icinabwingi cikalamba abali kale baShinto na baBuddha, ukusanguka abatumikishi baipeela, ababatishiwa aba kwa Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova.

Cilende Anina Iciswango

13. Cilolwa nshi ca kusungusha ico Yohane amona lintu malaika amusenda mu maka ya mupashi mu matololo?

¹³ Finshi fimbi ifyo ubusesemo busokolola pamo nga kuli cilende mukalamba ne mpela yakwe? Nge fyo Yohane nomba ashimika, ica kumoneka cimbi icamonekesha caisa mu cilola: “E lyo [malaika] ansendele ndi mu [mupashi], antwele ku matololo, e ko namwene umwanakashi ekele pa ciswango icakashika ce icaisulako amashina ya miponto, icaba ne mitwe cinelubali ne nsengo ikumi.”—Ukusokolola 17:3.

14. Mulandu nshi cibelele icalinga ukuti Yohane asendwe mu matololo?

¹⁴ Mulandu nshi Yohane asendelwa ku matololo? Inumbwilo ya mu kubangilila iye shamo lya kwa Babiloni wa pa kale yalondolwelwe ukuba pamo nga “amatololo ya kuli bemba.” (Esaya 21:1, 9) Ici capeele ukusoka kwalinganako ukwa kuti, ukwabulo kusakamana ifya kucingilila fya menshi, Babiloni wa pa kale akaba icapomonwa cabulwamo ubumi. Cili icalinganako, lyene, ukuti Yohane asendwe mu cimonwa ku matololo ku kumona ifya kufumamo fya Babiloni Mukalamba. Na o wine alingile ukube capomonwa no waonaika. (Ukusokolola 18:19, 22, 23) Yohane asunguka, nangu ni fyo, ku cintu amona kulya. Cilende mukalamba tali eka! Ekele pa ciswango cakulisha!

15. Kupusana nshi kwabako pa kati ka ciswango ca pa Ukusokolola 13:1 na cilya ica pa Ukusokolola 17:3?

¹⁵ Iciswango cikwete imitwe cinelubali ne nsengo ikumi. Bushe cili, lyene, iciswango cimo cine ico Yohane amwene mu kubangilila, icili na co ne mitwe cinelubali ne nsengo ikumi? (Ukusokolola 13:1) Iyo, palipo ukupusana. Ici iciswango cili icakashika mu kumoneka kabili, ukukanapala iciswango ca ntanshi, tacisoselwe ukukwata ingala. Ukucila ukukwata amashina ya miponto pa mitwe ya ciko cinelubali peka, “icaisulako amashina ya miponto.” Nangu ni fyo, palingile ukubapo ukwampana pa kati ka ici ciswango cipya ne ca ntanshi; ukupalana pa kati ka fiko kwalilumbululwa ukuba ukucitikila pamo.

16. Kwishibikwa nshi ukwa ciswango cakashika ce, kabili cinshi calondololwa ukufuma ku mifwaile ya ciko?

¹⁶ Cinshi, lyene, cili ici ciswango cipya icakashika? Cilingile ukuba icimpashanya ca ciswango ico caletelweko pe samba lya kukoselesha kwa ciswango ca Anglo-America icakwata insengo shibili ukupala umwana wa mpaanga. Pa numa icimpashanya icapangilwe, cilya ciswango ca nsengo shibili casuminishiwe ukupeelo mupu ku cimpashanya ca ciswango. (Ukusokolola 13:14, 15) Yohane nomba amona icimpashanya, ica mweo icipeema. Cicita icikope ca kuteyanya kwa League of Nations ico iciswango ca nsengo shibili caletele ku mweo mu 1920. Presidenti wa U.S. Wilson acitile icimonwa ca kuti League “akaba apa kulanshanya kwa kupeelwa kwa bulungi bwa bantu bonse no kufumyapo icintiinya ca nkondo kuli pe na pe.” Lintu cabuushiwe pa numa ya nkondo ya cibili pamo nga United Nations, imifwaile ya ciko yapampamikwa yali “ukubaka umutende wa pa kati ka nko no mutelelwe.”

17. (a) Ni mu nshila nshi umo iciswango cakashika ce caisulilamo amashina ya miponto? (b) Ni nani wanina pa ciswango cakashika ce? (c) Ni shani fintu ubutotelo bwa cina Babiloni bwailundenye kuli League of Nations ne mpyani yakwe ukufuma fye pa kutendeka?

¹⁷ Ni mu nshila nshi umo ici ciswango ca cimpashanya caisulilamo amashina ya miponto? Ni mu kuti abantu baimika ici cilubi ca nko shafula nge cakupyanika pa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa—ukupwilikisha cintu Lesa asosa ati Ubufumu bwakwe bweka e bukapwilikisha. (Daniele 2:44; Mateo 12:18, 21) Icamonekesha pa lwa cimonwa ca kwa Yohane, nangu ni fyo, ca kutila Babiloni Mukalamba anina pa ciswango cakashika ce. Ukuba ica cine ku busesemo, ubutotelo bwa cina Babiloni, no kucila mu Kristendomu, bwailundanya na League of Nations ne mpyani ya ciko. Mu kubangilila pamo nga December 18, 1918, ibumba ilyo nomba lyaishibikwa pamo nga National Council of the Churches of Christ in America lyapokelele ukubilisha uko kwabilishe mu lubali ukuti: “League wa musango yo tali fye ca kupwilikisha ca bupolitiki; cili ukucila ni numbwilo ya bupolitiki ya Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa pe sonde. . . . Icalici kuti lyapeelako umupashi wa kufwaya kusuma, ukwabulo yo League of Nations te kuti itwalilile. . . . League of Nations ashimpwe mishila mwi Landwe. Ukupale Landwe, imifwaile ya iko ‘mutende pe sonde, ukufwaya kusuma ukulola ku bantu.’”

18. Ni shani fintu bashibutotelo ba Kristendomu balangile ukwafwilisha kwabo kuli League of Nations?

¹⁸ Pa January 2, 1919, inyunshi ya San Francisco Chronicle yasendele umutwe ukalamba pe bula lya kubalilapo uwaletila: “Papa Apaapaatila Ukupokelelwa kwa League of Nations wa kwa Wilson.” Pa October 16, 1919, ukulomba kwasainwe kuli bashibutotelo 14,450 aba mabutotelo yakalamba kwatwelwe ku Cilye ca U.S., ukucincisha lilye bumba “ukukosha icipangano ca mutende ca ku Paris casanshishemo icipangano ca mabumba ya nko.” Nangu ni lintu Icilye ca U.S. cafililwe ukucincisha icipangano, bashibutotelo ba Kristendomu batwalilile ukucita kampeini wa League. Kabili ni shani League ya kupawililwe? Ifyalembelwe mu nyunshi ukufuma ku Switzerland, iya pa November 15, 1920, fibelengwo kuti: “Ukwisula icilye ca kubalilako ica League of Nations kwacibilishiwa pa nshita ya 11 koloko luno lucelo ku kulisha kwa nyenjele shonse ishe calici mu Geneva.”

19. Lintu iciswango cakashika ce cacitile ukumonekela kwa ciko, ni nshila nshi ya mibombele iyo ibumba lya buYohane lyabuulile?

¹⁹ Bushe ibumba lya buYohane, ibumba limo pe sonde ilyo mu kucincila lyapokelele ukwisa kwa Bufumu bwa buMesia, lyalyakene na Kristendomu mu kusefya kwa kupepela iciswango cakashika ce? Ukutali fye! Pa Mulungu, September 7, 1919, ibungano lya bantu ba kwa Yehova mu Cedar Point, Ohio, balangishe ilyashi lya pa cintubwingi lyaleti “Isubilo lya Butunse Bwapelelwa.” Pa bushiku bwakonkelepo, Sandusky wa Star-Journal yashimike ukuti J. F. Rutherford, presidenti wa Watch Tower Society, mu kulanda ku bantu apepi 7,000, “aebekeshe ukuti icifukushi ca kwa Shikulu cikashininkisho kupempula pali League . . . pantu bashibutotelo—baKatolika na ba Protestanti—baitungo kuba abemininako Lesa, balileka amapange yakwe no kusainisha League of Nations, ukucilumbanya nge numbwilo ya bupolitiki iya bufumu bwa kwa Kristu pe sonde.”

20. Mulandu nshi cabelele ica kuponta kuli bashibutotelo ukulumbanya League of Nations nga “inumbwilo ya bupolitiki iya Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa pe sonde”?

²⁰ Ukufilwa kwabamo akalanda kwa League of Nations kwafwile ukulangisha kuli bashibutotelo ukuti amateyanyo ya musango yo yacitwa no muntu tayaba lubali lwa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa pe sonde. Mwandi kuponta ukucita ukutunga kwa musango yo! Cicilenga ukumoneka kwati Lesa aba ulubali ku cakanga cakulisha cintu League ayalwike ukuba. Lelo kuli Lesa wena, “ya mpomfu imicitile yakwe.” Ubufumu bwa kwa Yehova bwa mu mulu pe samba lya kwa Kristu—kabili te kupuminkana kwa bapolitishani bomana, ubwingi bwabo bamukanalesa—e nshila ku yo akaletelako umutende no kukwato kufwaya kwakwe ukucitwa pe sonde nga mu mulu.—Amalango 32:4; Mateo 6:10.

21. Cinshi cilangisho kuti cilende mukalamba alafwilisha no kulumbanya impyani ya League, United Nations?

²¹ Ni shani ku lwa mpyani ya League, United Nations? Ukufuma pa kutampa kwa liko, ili bumba nalyo lyakwata cilende mukalamba ukunina pa numa ya liko, ukubishanya mu kumoneka na lyene no kwesho kutungulula ubuyo bwa liko. Ku ca kumwenako, pa nshiku nkulu ya liko ya mwaka walenga 20, mu June 1965, abeminishi be Calici lya ciRoma Katolika ne Calici lya Eastern Orthodox, pamo pene na ba Protestanti, abaYuda, abaHindu, abaBuddha, na baShilamu—basoselwe ukwimininako amamilioni amakana yabili aya bekashi ba pe sonde—ukulongana mu San Francisco ku kusefya ukwaafwilisha kwabo no kulumbanya UN. Pa kutandalila UN mu October 1965, Papa Paul VI acilondolwele nga “kulya kuteyanya kwakulisha ukwa pa kati ka nko” no kulundako ati: “Abantu ba pe sonde balukila ku United Nations nge subilo lya kupelako lya kumfwana no mutende.” Umutandashi wa bupapa na umbi, Papa John Paul II, ukulanda kuli UN mu October 1979, atile: “Ndecetekele fyo United Nations akatwalilila ukuba ica kulanshanishapo capulamo ica mutende no bulungi.” Mu kumonekesha, papa tacitile kulumbula nangu kumo ukwa kwa Yesu Kristu nelyo ukwa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa mu lyashi lyakwe. Mu kati ka kutandala kwakwe ku United States mu September 1987, nge fyashimikwe kuli The New York Times, “John Paul alandile apalepa ulwa lubali lwapampamikwa ulwa United Nations mu kusumbula . . . ‘ukwikatana kupya ukwa mu kusaalala kwa calo.’”

Ishina, Inkama

22. (a) Musango nshi uwa ciswango u o cilende mukalamba asala ukuninapo? (b) Ni shani Yohane alondolola cilende wa cimpashanya Babiloni Mukalamba?

²² Umutumwa Yohane mu kwangufyanya aleishibo kuti cilende mukalamba asala iciswango ca bukatu ica kuninapo. Intanshi, nangu ni fyo, ukusakamana kwakwe kwaalukila kuli Babiloni Mukalamba umwine wine. Asaamikwa mu kukatama, lelo, iye, fintu aba ica kulengo butolo! “Kabili uyo mwanakashi afwele ifyakashikila ne fyakashika ce, asaama ne fya golde na mabwe ayaumo mutengo na bamargariti, mu minwe yakwe mwali ulukombo lwa golde ulwaisulamo ifya muselu ne fyakowela ifya bulalelale bwakwe, na pa mpumi yakwe napalembwe shina lya cishibilo, [ica nkama, “NW”] ilya kuti, [Babiloni Mukalamba, “NW”], nyina wa banakashi bacilende kabili wa fya muselu fya pano nse. Kabili namwene uyo mwanakashi nakolwo mulopa wa ba mushilo, no mulopa wa nte sha kwa Yesu.”—Ukusokolola 17:4-6a.

23. (a) Lishina nshi lya kumanina ilya kwa Babiloni Mukalamba, kabili kwishibikwa nshi kwa liko?

²³ Nge fyo cali umwata muli Roma wa pa kale, uyu cilende aishibikilwe kwi shina pa mpumi yakwe.d Lishina lyalepa: “[Babiloni Mukalamba, NW], nyina wa banakashi bacilende kabili wa fya muselu fya pano nse.” Ilyo ishina “ca nkama,” (NW) icintu cimo icakwata ubupilibulo bwafisama. Lelo mu nshita ya kwa Lesa yalinga, inkama ikalondololwa. Mu cishinka, malaika apeela Yohane ifyebo fyakumanina ukusuminisha ababomfi ba kwa Yehova ilelo ukwiluka ukwishibikwa kwakumanina kwa ili shina lyabamo ubulondoloshi. Twaishiba Babiloni Mukalamba ukuba ubutotelo bwa bufi bonse. Wene “nyina wa banakashi bacilende” pantu amabutotelo ya bufi yonse bumo bumo mu calo, ukusanshako ne fyakaniko fyafula mu Kristendomu, bali nga bana banakashi bakwe, ukumupashanya mu kucita bucilende bwa ku mupashi. Na kabili aba e nyina wa “fya muselu” mu kuti afyala ubufyashi bwa kusanguka bwa musango pamo nga ukupupe filubi, ukupupe mipashi, ukulongola amashuko, ukulengula intanda, ukulengula indupi, ilambo lya buntunse, bucilende bwa pe tempele, bucakolwa no kucindike milungu ya bufi, ne fibelesho fimbi fya musaalula.

24. Mulandu nshi cabela icalinga ukuti Babiloni Mukalamba amonwa ukufwala “ifyakashikila ne fyakashika ce” kabili “asaama ne fya golde na mabwe ayaumo mutengo na bamargariti”?

²⁴ Babiloni Mukalamba afwala “ifyakashikila ne fyakashika ce,” amalangi ya cifumu, kabili “asaama ne fya golde na mabwe ayaumo mutengo na bamargariti.” Fintu caba icalingisha! Bala belebesha pa fikuulwa fyayemba, ifilubi fyaumo mutengo ne fyalengwa, ifipasho fyaumisho mutengo, ne fibekobeko fya butotelo fimbi, pamo pene no bwingi bwasumbana ubwa fikwatwa ne ndalama, ifyo amabutotelo ya ici calo yatulumanika. Nampo nga ni ku Vatican, mu buteko bwa bakabila ba pa TV aba mbila mu United States, nelyo mu fikuulwa fyabekema na matempele ya ku Kabanga, Babiloni Mukalamba alitulaika—kabili pa nshita shimo alilufya—icuma icingi.

25. (a) Cinshi cilangililwa ku fyaba mu “lukombo lwa golde ulwaisulamo ifya muselu”? (b) Ni mu mano nshi umo cilende wa cimpashanya akolelwa?

²⁵ Lolesha nomba pa co cilende akwata mu kuboko kwakwe. Yohane alingile ukupemashika pa kucimona—ulukombo lwa golde “ulwaisulamo ifya muselu ne fyakowela ifya bulalelale bwakwe”! Ulu e lukombo lwabamo “umwangashi wa cipyu ca bulalelale bwakwe” ku lo alenga inko shonse ukunwako. (Ukusokolola 14:8; 17:2) Lumoneka ulwacindama ku nse, lelo ifyabamo fya muselu, fya butolo. (Linganyako Mateo 23:25, 26.) Lwabamo ifibelesho fya nkota fyonse na mabufi ayo cilende mukalamba abomfya ku kubeleleka inko no kubaleta pe samba lya kusonga kwakwe. Ukucila na pa kupondoka kwafulilako, Yohane amona ukuti cilende umwine wine napupana, nakolwa umulopa wa babomfi ba kwa Lesa! Mu cishinka, pa numa tubelenga ukuti “muli wene mwasangilwe umulopa wa bakasesema kabili uwa ba mushilo, uwa bonse abaipaiwe pe sonde.” (Ukusokolola 18:24) Mwandi kutulumana kwa mulandu wa mulopa!

26. Bushininkisho nshi bwabako ubwa mulandu wa mulopa ku lubali lwa Babiloni Mukalamba?

²⁶ Pa myanda ya myaka iingi yapita, ubuteko bwa calo ubwa butotelo bwa bufi bwasumya amabemba ya mulopa. Ku ca kumwenako, mu Japan wa nkulo ya pa kati, amatempele mu Kyoto yasangwilwe amalinga, kabili abashilika batukami, baleshinshimuna “ishina lyashila lya kwa Buddha,” balwishenye umo no munankwe ukufikila imisebo yakashika ku mulopa. Muli uno mwanda wa myaka walenga 20, bashibutotelo ba Kristendomu baila pamo ne fita fya fyalo fyabo, kabili aba baipaya umo no munankwe, ukuba no kulufya mu kucepako kwa myeo amamilioni umwanda umo. Mu October 1987 uwali kale presidenti wa U.S. Nixon atile: “Umwanda wa myaka walenga 20 e wacilishapo ukubo wa mulopa mu lyashi lya kale. Abantu bafulilako balipaiwa mu nkondo sha uno mwanda wa myaka ukucila muli shonse inkondo shalwilwe pa ntanshi uyu mwanda wa myaka taulatendeka.” Amabutotelo ya calo yalipingulwa bubi bubi kuli Lesa pa kwakana kwa yako muli conse ci; Yehova apata “iminwe iisumyo mulopa wa kaele.” (Amapinda 6:16, 17) Mu kubangilila, Yohane aumfwile ukupunda ukufuma ku cipailo ukwa kuti: “Mwe Mwine lubanda, mwe ba mushilo kabili aba cine, bushe mulefisha lilali pa kukanapingula no kulandulo mulopa wesu ku baikala pe sonde?” (Ukusokolola 6:10) Babiloni Mukalamba, nyina wa banakashi ba cilende no wa fya muselu fya pe sonde akabimbwamo mu kushika lintu inshita yaisa iya kwasuka ubu bwipusho.

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Ukucila ukushisha ukupepe filubi kwa musango yo, “Yehova Wa maka yonse” akonkomesha Abena Kristu ati: “Fumeni mwi bumba lyabo, mupaatukeko, . . . kabili mwiikatako ku cishasanguluka.”—2 Abena Korinti 6:14-18.

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Churchill asansalika ‘Bucilende’

Mu citabo cakwe The Gathering Storm (1948), Winston Churchill ashimike ukuti Hitler asontele Franz von Papen nga minisita wa ku Germany ku Vienna ku “kubongolola nelyo ukunonka abantu baletungulula amapolitiki ya Austria.” Churchill ayambula minisita wa U.S. mu Vienna ngo ulesosa ulwa kwa von Papen ukuti: “Mu musango wapamisha kabili uwabeshamo umupampamina . . . Papen atwalililo kunjebo kuti . . . ali uwapingulapo ukubomfya ukulumbuka kwakwe nga Katolika musuma ukunonka ukusonga kwa bena Austria ukupala Kardinala Innitzer.”

Pa numa Austria abe nacimba na bashilika ba kwa Hitler babe nabanyantukila mu Vienna, kardinala wa ciKatolika Innitzer akambishe ukuti amacalici ya mu Austria yonse yapupushe imendela ya swastika, balishe inyenjele shabo, no kupepela Adolf Hitler mu kucindika ubushiku bwa kufyalwa kwakwe.

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Pe samba lya uyu mutwe, icipande cakonkapo camoneke mu kulembwa kwa ntanshi kwa The New York Times ya December 7, 1941:

‘IPEPO LYA NKONDO’ LYA BUTEKO

“Bashikofu ba ciKatolika pa Fulda Balombe Paalo no Kucimfya . . .

Ukubungana kwa bashikofu ba ciGermany ba ciKatolika balongene mu Fulda kwatasha ukutendekwa kwe ‘pepo lya nkondo’ lyaibela ilili no kubelengwa ku kutendeka na ku kupwa kwa milimo ya bulesa yonse. Ipepo lipaapaata Lishuko ukupaala ifita fya ciGermany no kucimfya no kucingilila kukalamba ku myeo no butuntulu bwa fita fyonse. Bashikofu balundilepo ukufunda bashibutotelo bonse ukusunga no kwibukisha mu lyashi lyaibela lya pa Mulungu mu kucefyako umuku umo mu mweshi abashilika ba ku Germany ‘pa mulundu, pali bemba na mu mwela.’”

Icipande califumishiwe mu kulembwa kwa pa numa kwa nyunshipepala. December 7, 1941, bwali e bushiku lintu umunankwe wa mu bulwi uwa kwa Nazi Germany, Japan, asanshile amato ya U.S. pa Pearl Harbour.

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“Amashina ya Miponto”

Lintu iciswango ca nsengo shibili casumbwile League of Nations pa numa ya Nkondo ya Calo iya I, abatemwishi ba ciko ba butotelo mu kwangufyanya bafwaile ukupeela ukusuminisha kwabamo ubutotelo kuli uku kusela. Nge ca kufumamo, ukuteyanya kupya ukwa mutende kwabele ‘ukwaisulamo amashina ya miponto.’

“UbuKristu kuti bwapayanya ukufwaya kusuma, ulupikwe lwaba ku numa ye bumba [lya nko], kabili ifyo ukwalula icipangano ukufuma kwi pepala lya fye ukuba icibombelo ca bufumu bwa kwa Lesa.”—The Christian Century, U.S.A., June 19, 1919, ibula 15.

“Imfundo ya League of Nations yaba kulunduluka kwa kwampana kwa pa kati ka nko kwa mfundo ya Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa ngo muyano wa calo uwa kufwaya kusuma. . . . Cintu ico Abena Kristu bonse bapepela lintu batila, ‘Ubufumu Bwenu bwise.’”—The Christian Century, U.S.A., September 25, 1919, ibula 7.

“Inkosho ya League of Nations Mulopa wa kwa Kristu.”—Dr. Frank Crane, minisita wa ciProtestanti, U.S.A.

“[National] Council [ya Congregational Churches] yafwilisha Icipingo [League of Nations] nge cibombelo ca bupolitiki ceka fye nomba cabako kuli ico Umupashi wa kwa Yesu Kristu wingasangwa mu ntunga yasaalalako mu kubomfiwa kucitikako ku milandu ya nko.”—The Congregationalist and Advance, U.S.A., November 6, 1919, ibula 642.

“Ibungano lileita pali baMethodist bonse ukusumbula no kutwala pa ntanshi mu kusansuka ifyaimininwako [fya League of Nations] nga fintu fyalondololwa ku mfundo ya kwa Lesa Wishi na bana ba kwa Lesa pe sonde.”—The Wesleyan Methodist Church, Britain.

“Lintu twalanguluka ukufwaisha, ifingacitikako no kusuminishanya kwakosa kwa uku kumfwana, mona ukuti mwabamo umutima wa fisambilisho fya kwa Yesu Kristu: Ubufumu bwa kwa Lesa no bulungami bwakwe . . . Tacaba icacepako pali ico.”—Ilyashi kuli Shikofu Mukalamba uwa Canterbury pa kwisula Ukukumana kwa League of Nations mu Geneva, December 3, 1922.

“League of Nations Association muli ici calo kwakwata insambu yashila imo ine nga sosaite watemwa ubuntunse uwa bumishonari uli onse, pantu e cibombelo cacilapo ukufumamo cimo ica kuteka kwa kwa Kristu nga Cilolo wa mutende mu kati ka nko.”—Dr. Garvie, minisita wa Congregationalist, Britain.

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(Nga mulefwaya ukumona mapu, moneni mu citabo)

Ififundisho fya bufi ifyasuminwa mu kushinguluke calo conse fyakwate ntulo ya fiko mu Babiloni

Babiloni

Bulesa Butatu nelyo bubutatu bwa milungu

Umweo wa buntunse ulapusunsuka imfwa

Ukupupe mipashi—ukulanda na “bafwa”

Ukubomfya ifipasho mu kupepa

Ukubomfya ukushilika ku kulaalika ifiwa

Ukuteka kuli bushimapepo bwakwatisha amaka

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Babiloni wa pa kale aikele pa menshi ayengi

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Cilende mukalamba ilelo na o aikala pa “menshi ayengi”

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Babiloni Mukalamba aikala pa ciswango ca bukatu

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Cilende wa butotelo acito bulalelale ne shamfumu sha pe sonde

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Umwanakashi ‘nakolwa umulopa wa ba mushilo’