4. Yini Hezekeli layinakisisa kulombono lawubona?

⁴ Fundza Hezekeli 37:1-10. Embonweni, Hezekeli ubekwa esihosheni lesigcwele ematsambo. Kuze aciniseke kutsi Hezekeli ubona kahle, Jehova wamtjela kutsi ‘ahambahambe emkhatsini’ walamatsambo lasakatekele kuyo yonkhe lendzawo. Njengobe Hezekeli ahambahamba kulesihosha, wanaka tintfo letimbili ngalamatsambo: linani lawo kanye nesimo sawo. Watsi: ‘Lamatsambo bekamanyenti’ futsi ‘bekome kheshe.’

 8. (a) “Bonkhe bantfu baka-Israyeli” baba njani sesimeni lesifana nesebantfu labafile? (b) Hezekeli 37:9 ukuveta njani loko lokwabangela kufa kwema-Israyeli lokungekwemfanekiso? (Buka umbhalo longentasi.)

⁸ Lencenye yembono losiphrofetho yagcwaliseka njani esiveni saka-Israyeli wasendvulo? Nga-740 B.C.E., ema-Israyeli besekavele alahlekelwe buhlobo bawo naJehova ngesikhatsi kuwa umbuso wetive letilishumi taka-Israyeli futsi bantfu bawo batfunjwa. Ngemuva kweminyaka lengu-130, ngesikhatsi bantfu bakaJuda nabo bayiswa ekutfunjweni, “bonkhe bantfu baka-Israyeli” besebatfunjiwe. (Hez. 37:11) Buhlobo lelicembu lebantfu labatfunjiwe lebelinabo naJehova besebufile futsi bufana nalamatsambo labonwa nguHezekeli embonweni.a Khumbula nekutsi Hezekeli akazange abone nje ematsambo, kodvwa wabona ematsambo ‘lebekome kheshe,’ lobekukhombisa kutsi simo salabantfu, lebesifana nekufa, besesichubeke sikhatsi lesidze kakhulu. Ngako lesimo semaJuda nema-Israyeli, satsatsa iminyaka lengetulu kwa-200, kusukela ku-740 kuya ku-537 B.C.E.—Jer. 50:33.

 9. Ngukuphi kufana lokukhona emkhatsini wa-Israyeli wasendvulo ‘na-Israyeli waNkulunkulu’ kuletimo lababhekana nato?

⁹ Tiphrofetho letimayelana nekubuyiselwa kwema-Israyeli, njengaleto letakhulunywa nguHezekeli, tinekugcwaliseka lokukhulu. (Imis. 3:21) Njengobe nje nesive saka-Israyeli wasendvulo, “sabulawa” ngekwemfanekiso futsi sahlala sikuleso simo sikhatsi lesidze, ngako, ‘na-Israyeli waNkulunkulu’ lokulibandla lemaKhristu lagcotjiwe, wabulawa ngemcondvo longekwemfanekiso futsi wahlala akuleso simo sikhatsi lesidze. (Gal. 6:16) Ecinisweni, lokutfunjwa kwalelibandla lemaKhristu lagcotjiwe, kwatsatsa sikhatsi lesidze kakhulu kangangekutsi simo sebuhlobo bawo naNkulunkulu, besesingafaniswa nesimo sematsambo ‘lebekome kheshe.’ (Hez. 37:2) Njengobe kuchaziwe esehlukweni lesendlulile, kutfunjwa kwelibandla lemaKhristu lagcotjiwe kwacala ngelikhulu lesibili C.E. futsi kwadvonsa emakhulu eminyaka, njengobe nje Jesu bekavetile emfanekisweni wakhe weMbuso lobewukhuluma ngakolo nelukhula.—Mat. 13:24-30.