17. Kodi anthu ambiri amakhala ndi moyo zaka zingati, ndipo zaka zathu n’zodzala ndi chiyani?

¹⁷ Wamasalmo pofotokoza za nthaŵi imene anthu opanda ungwiro amakhala ndi moyo anati: “Masiku a zaka zathu ndiwo zaka makumi asanu ndi aŵiri, kapena tikakhala nayo mphamvu ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu; koma teronso kukula kwawo kumati chivuto ndi chopanda pake; pakuti kumapitako msanga ndipo tithaŵa ife tomwe.” (Salmo 90:10) Anthu ambiri amakhala ndi moyo kwa zaka 70, ndipo Kalebe ali ndi zaka 85 ananena kuti anali ndi mphamvu zapadera. Pali ena amene anakhala ndi moyo kwa zaka zoposa 70. Ena mwa iwo ndi Aroni (zaka 123), Mose (zaka 120), ndi Yoswa (zaka 110). (Numeri 33:39; Deuteronomo 34:7; Yoswa 14:6, 10, 11; 24:29) Koma anthu osakhulupirika amene anatuluka mu Igupto, amene anawaŵerenga kuyambira a zaka 20 kupita m’tsogolo anafa asanapitirire zaka 40. (Numeri 14:29-34) Lerolino, m’mayiko ambiri anthu amangokhala ndi moyo kwa zaka zimene wamasalmoyu ananena. Zaka zathu n’zodzala ndi “chivuto ndi chopanda pake.” Zimatha mwamsanga, “ndipo tithaŵa ife tomwe.”​—Yobu 14:1, 2.

¹⁹ Mawu a wamasalmoŵa ndi pemphero lakuti Yehova aphunzitse anthu ake mmene angasonyezere nzeru posamala zaka zawo zimene zatsala ndi kuzigwiritsa ntchito mwa njira imene Mulungu amavomereza. Zaka 70 zimene munthu amakhala ndi moyo ndi masiku pafupifupi 25,500 basi. Komabe, kaya tili ndi zaka zingati, ‘sitidziŵa chimene chidzagwa maŵa, pakuti tili utsi, wakuonekera kanthaŵi, ndipo kenako ukanganuka.’ (Yakobo 4:13-15) Popeza ‘nthaŵi ndi zochitika zosadziŵika zimatigwera ife tonse,’ sitingadziŵe kuti tikhala ndi moyo kwa nthaŵi yaitali bwanji. Ndiyetu tiyeni pakali pano tipempherere nzeru zoti tilimbane ndi mayesero, kukhala bwino ndi ena, ndi kutumikira Yehova mmene tingathere​—inde, tipemphe lero! (Mlaliki 9:11; Yakobo 1:5-8) Yehova amatitsogoza ndi Mawu ake, mzimu wake, ndi gulu lake. (Mateyu 24:45-47; 1 Akorinto 2:10; 2 Timoteo 3:16, 17) Kusonyeza nzeru kumatilimbikitsa ‘kuthanga tafuna Ufumu wa Mulungu’ ndi kugwiritsa ntchito masiku athu mwa njira imene imalemekeza Yehova ndi kusangalatsa mtima wake. (Mateyu 6:25-33; Miyambo 27:11) N’zoona kuti kum’lambira ndi mtima wonse sikudzathetsa mavuto athu onse, koma kudzabweretsadi chimwemwe chochuluka.