6, 7. (a) Lwaki tuteekwa okusooka okweyigiriza? (b) Abayudaaya ab’omu kyasa ekyasooka baalemererwa batya okubeera abayigiriza?

⁶ Lwaki kigambibwa nti tuteekwa okusooka okweyigiriza? Tetusobola kuyigiriza balala mu ngeri ennungi okuggyako nga tusoose kweyigiriza. Ensonga eno Pawulo yagiggumiza mu bigambo ebyali eby’amakulu eri Abayudaaya mu kiseera ekyo ate era nga bikyali bya makulu nnyo eri Abakristaayo leero. Pawulo yabuuza: “Ggwe ayigiriza omulala, teweeyigiriza wekka? [A]buulira obutabbanga, obba? [A]yogera obutayendanga, oyenda? [A]kyawa ebifaananyi, obba eby’omu biggwa [“yeekaalu,” NW]? [E]yeenyumiririza mu mateeka, olw’okusobya amateeka oswaza Katonda?”​—Abaruumi 2:21-23.

⁷ Ng’akozesa ebibuuzo, Pawulo yayogera ku bintu bibiri ebibi ebyayogerwako mu Mateeka Ekkumi: Tobbanga, ne toyendanga. (Okuva 20:14, 15) Abayudaaya abamu ab’omu kiseera kya Pawulo beenyumiriza mu kuba nti baalina Amateeka ga Katonda. ‘Baayigirizibwa Amateeka era ne bakakasibwa nti baali bakulembeze b’abazibe b’amaaso era nti baali ekitangaala eri abo abaali mu kizikiza, wamu n’okuyigiriza abaana abato.’ (Abaruumi 2:17-20) Kyokka, abamu baali bannanfuusi kubanga babbanga oba baayendanga mu nkukutu. Ekyo kyali kiweebuula Amateeka era kyali tekiweesa kitiibwa Oyo ali mu ggulu Eyagassaawo. Oyinza okukiraba nti ddala tebaalina bisaanyizo bya kuyigiriza balala; mazima ddala bo bennyini baali tebeeyigiriza.

 8. Abayudaaya abamu ab’omu kiseera kya Pawulo bayinza okuba nga ‘babbanga batya eby’omu yeekaalu’?

⁸ Pawulo yayogera ku kubba eby’omu yeekaalu. Ekyo ddala Abayudaaya abamu kye baakola? Kiki Pawulo kye yalina mu birowoozo? Olw’okuba tewaliwo kalonda yenna akwata ku kyawandiikibwa kino, tetuyinza kubeera bakakafu ku ngeri Abayudaaya abamu gye ‘babbamu eby’omu yeekaalu.’ Omuwandiisi omu eyawandiika ebikwata ku kibuga Efeso, yagamba nti banne ba Pawulo ‘tebabbanga bintu bya mu yeekaalu,’ ekyo nga kiraga nti abantu abamu baali balowooza nti Abayudaaya be baali bakola ekyo. (Ebikolwa 19:29-37) Kyandiba nti Abayudaaya abamu baali bakozesa oba nga batunda ebintu ebyavanga mu yeekaalu z’abakaafiiri ebyali binyagiddwa abalwanyi abazira oba bannaddiini bannalukalala? Okusinziira ku Tteeka lya Katonda, zaabu ne feeza ebikoleddwamu ebifaananyi ebyole byali bya kuzikirizibwa so si kukozesebwa. (Ekyamateeka 7:25)a N’olwekyo, Pawulo ayinza okuba nga yali ayogera ku Bayudaaya abaabuusa amaaso ekiragiro kya Katonda ne bakozesa oba ne batunda ebintu ebyalinga biggiddwa mu yeekaalu z’abakaafiiri.

 9. Bintu ki ebibi ebyakolebwanga mu yeekaalu y’omu Yerusaalemi ebiyinza okufaananyirizibwa n’okubba eby’omu yeekaalu?

⁹ Ku luuyi olulala, Josephus yayogera ku kintu eky’obuswavu ekyali mu Rooma ekyakolebwa Abayudaaya bana nga bakulemberwa omuyigiriza w’Amateeka. Abayudaaya abo baasendasenda omukyala Omuruumi, eyali kati akkiririza mu njigiriza z’Ekiyudaaya, okubawa zaabu n’ebintu ebirala eby’omuwendo mbu biweebweyo mu yeekaalu e Yerusaalemi. Bwe baamala okubimuggyako, bo bennyini be baabikozesa​—okwo kwali kubba eby’omu yeekaalu.b Abalala baali babba eby’omu yeekaalu nga bawaayo ssaddaaka ezitaali nnungi era nga basuubulira mu luggya lwa yeekaalu, mu ngeri eyo ne bafuula yeekaalu “empuku y’abanyazi.”​—Matayo 21:12, 13; Malaki 1:12-14; 3:8, 9.