² Muri iki gihe amatongo ya Laodikia aboneka hafi ya Denzili, ku bilometero 88 mu majyepfo y’iburasirazuba bw’Alasehiri. Mu kinyejana cya mbere, Laodikia yari umugi ukungahaye cyane. Kubera ko wahurirwagamo n’amayira aturutse imihanda yose, wari warabaye ihuriro ry’amabanki n’ubucuruzi bukomeye. Nanone ubutunzi bwawo bwavaga mu icuruzwa ry’umuti w’amaso wari waramamaye cyane, kandi Laodikia yari izwi cyane kubera imyenda ihambaye yahakorerwaga hakoreshejwe ubwoya bwiza bw’umukara. Ikibazo cyo kubura amazi cyari gikomereye uwo mujyi cyari cyarakemuwe hakoreshejwe umugende wazanaga amazi aturutse mu mashyuza yari kure y’aho gato. Ku bw’ibyo, amazi yashoboraga kugera mu mugi akiri akazuyazi.

 6. (a) Ni mu yahe magambo Yesu avugamo imimerere y’iby’umwuka y’itorero ry’i Laodikia? (b) Ni uruhe rugero rwiza rwa Yesu Abakristo b’i Laodikia baretse gukurikiza?

⁶ Ni ubuhe butumwa Yesu afitiye ab’i Laodikia? Ntabwo abashima; ababwiza ukuri agira ati “Nz’ imirimo yawe, yuk’ udakonje kandi ntubire. Iyaba war’ukonje cyangwa war’ubize! Nuko rero, kuk’ ur’ akazuyaze, udakonje ntubire, ngiye kukuruka” (Ibyahishuwe 3:15, 16). Ubutumwa nk’ubwo buvuye ku Mwami Yesu Kristo wabwakira ute? Mbese, ntiwabuhagurukira maze ukabwisuzumira ubwawe? Nta gushidikanya ab’i Laodikia bagombaga kwikubita agashyi, kuko babaye ibigwari mu buryo bw’umwuka, uko bigaragara bakaba baribwiraga ko ntacyo bakennye. (Gereranya na 2 Abakorinto 6:1.) Yesu, uwo bagombaga kwigana kubwo kuba bari Abakristo, aracyafitiye ishyaka ryinshi Yehova n’umurimo we (Yohana 2:17). Byongeye kandi, [abantu] bicisha bugufi bagiye babona ko ahora ari uworoheje n’umugwaneza kandi ko ahembura nk’uko amazi afutse amera igihe cy’ubushyuhe bwinshi (Matayo 11:​28, 29). Ariko noneho, Abakristo b’i Laodikia ntibabize kandi ntibakonje. Kimwe n’amazi agera mu mujyi wabo, bahindutse akazuyazi, ntibashimishije. Bashoboraga kwangwa rwose na Yesu, maze ‘akabaruka!’ Na ho ku rwacu ruhande, dukurikije urugero rwa Yesu, twihate kandi tugire ishyaka ryo guhora turi isoko ihembura abandi mu by’umwuka.​—⁠Matayo 9:​35-38.