Pashanyeni Yehova, Lesa Wesu Uushaba Na Kapaatulula

“Takwaba kapaatulula kuli Lesa.”—ABENA ROMA 2:11.

1, 2. (a) Cinshi ico Yehova alefwaya ukuti cicitwe ku bena Kanaani? (b) Cinshi Yehova acitile, kabili fipusho nshi fipushiwa?

ILYO abena Israele bacitile inkambi mu Mawanga ya Moabu mu 1473 B.C.E., bakutike kuli Mose. Bali no kulolenkana no mulimo wakosa, bushilya bwa Mumana wa Yordani. Mose alandile ukuti Yehova alefwaya Israele ukucimfya inko sha maka 7 isha bena Kanaani mu Calo Calaiwe. Amashiwi Mose alandile yali ya kukoselesha. Atile: “Yehova Lesa wenu akashipeela ku cinso cenu, na imwe [mukashuma]”! Israele taali na kupingana na bo icipingo, kabili taali na kubasenamina.—Amalango 1:1; 7:1, 2.

² Lelo, Yehova apuswishe ulupwa lumo ulwa mu musumba wa kubalilapo ulo abena Israele basanshile. Abantu mu misumba imbi ine na bo balicingililwe na Lesa. Mulandu nshi? Bushe ifi fintu fya kupapusha ifyakumine ukupusuka kwa bena Kanaani fitusambilisha cinshi pali Yehova? Kabili kuti twamupashanya shani?

Ifyo Abantu Bacitile pa Milimo ya Lulumbi iya kwa Yehova

3, 4. Bushe imbila ya kucimfya kwa bena Israele yakumine shani abantu bamo aba mu Kanaani?

³ Mu myaka 40 iyo Israele aikele mu matololo ilyo ashilaingila mu Calo Calaiwe, Yehova alemucingilila no kumulwilako. Ku kapinda ka kulyo aka Calo Calaiwe, Israele alolenkene no mwina Kanaani imfumu ya Aradi. Ku bwafwilisho bwa kwa Yehova abena Israele bacimfishe wene na bantu bakwe pa Horma. (Impendwa 21:1-3) Kabili, Israele ashingile Edomu no kulola lwa ku kapinda ka ku kuso, ku kabanga ka Bemba Wafwa. Muli iyi ncende e mwali kale abena Moabu, nomba mwali abena Amore. Sihone, Imfumu ya bena Amore akeene ukuleka Israele ukupita mu citungu cakwe. Ubulwi bwaimine pa Yahasi, ku kapinda ka ku kuso aka Mupokapoka wa Arnone, uko Sihone aipaiwe. (Impendwa 21:23, 24; Amalango 2:30-33) Nga mwalungama sana ku kapinda ka ku kuso, kwali Oge uwaleteka abena Amore ku Bashani. Nangu ca kuti Oge ali uwalunduka, afililwe ukuipokolola kuli Yehova. Oge aipaiwe pa Edrei. (Impendwa 21:33-35; Amalango 3:1-3, 11) Imbila ya uku kucimfya pamo na malyashi ya fyo Israele Afumine mu Egupti yafikile pa mitima ya bantu bamo abaleikala mu Kanaani. *

⁴ Ilyo Israele aingile mu Kanaani pa numa ya kwabuka Yordani, acitile inkambi pa Gilgali. (Yoshua 4:9-19) Lwa mupepi, kwali umusumba we linga uwa Yeriko. Ifyo Rahabu umwina Kanaani aumfwile pa fyo Yehova acitile fyamulengele ukuba ne citetekelo. Pa mulandu wa ico, ilyo Yehova aonawile Yeriko, alimupuswishe na bali mu ng’anda yakwe.—Yoshua 2:1-13; 6:17, 18; Yakobo 2:25.

5. Cinshi calengele abena Gibeone ukubomba no kucenjela?

⁵ Israele nomba aninine ukufuma mu nika mupepi no mumana ukuya ku mpili sha pa kati isha cilya citungu. Ukukonka ubutungulushi bwa kwa Yehova, Yoshua asanshile umusumba wa Ai. (Yoshua, icipandwa 8) Imbila ya kucimfiwa yalengele ishamfumu ishingi isha mu Kanaani ukulongana ku bulwi. (Yoshua 9:1, 2) Abekashi ba mu musumba wa mupepi  uwa bena Hibi uwa Gibeone bacitile ifyapuseneko. Pali Yoshua 9:4 patila: “Bacitile mu bucenjeshi.” Filya cali kuli Rahabu, balyumfwile pa lwa fyo Yehova alubwile abantu bakwe pa Kubafumya mu Egupti na pa kucimfya Sihone na Oge. (Yoshua 9:6-10) Abena Gibeone bakutulwike ukuti tebengacimfya mu kulwisha Israele. E co pa kuti Gibeone acingililwe pamo na ba mu misumba itatu iya mupepi—imisumba ya Kefia, Beerote, na Kiriati-yearimu—batumine kuli Yoshua pa Gilgali ibumba lya bantu abaifungushenye nga bafumine ku calo ca kutali. Amapange yabo yalibombele. Yoshua apingene icipingo na bene ica kuti tabali no konaulwa. Ilyo papitile inshiku shitatu Yoshua na bena Israele baishileishiba ukuti balibepelwe. Nangu cibe fyo, bali nabalapa kuli Yehova ukusunga icipingo, e co bakonkele icipingo. (Yoshua 9:16-19) Bushe Yehova alisumine?

6. Yehova acitile shani pa cipingo Yoshua apingene na bena Gibeone?

⁶ Abena Gibeone baishileba aba kutebe nkuni kabili aba kutapila amenshi abena Israele, na ku “ciipailo ca kwa Yehova” pe hema. (Yoshua 9:21-27) Kabili, ilyo ishamfumu shisano isha bena Amore ne milalo ya shiko shafwaile ukusansa abena Gibeone, Yehova mu cipesha mano alibalwiilile. Amabwe yakalamba aya citalawe yaipeye abalwani abengi ukucila abaipaiwe ku milalo ya kwa Yoshua. Yehova ayaswike ukulomba kwa kwa Yoshua ukwa kuti akasuba no mweshi fibe shilili pa kuti bacimfye abalwani umupwilapo. Yoshua atile: “Takwaba bushiku ngo bushiku bulya, ubwabalilepo nangu ubwakonkelepo, ubwa kuumfwamo Yehova kwi shiwi lya muntu; pantu Yehova alelwila Israele.”—Yoshua 10:1-14.

7. Cishinka nshi Petro asumine icalangilwe mu fyacitike ku bena Kanaani bamo?

⁷ Rahabu umwina Kanaani pamo no lupwa lwakwe, na bena Gibeone, bali na katiina kuli Yehova kabili bacitile umwabela kalya katiina. Icacitike kuli bene cilanga bwino icishinka umutumwa wa Bwina Kristu Petro alandilepo: “Lesa taba na kapaatulula, lelo mu luko lonse umuntu uumutiina no kubomba ubulungami alapokelelwa kuli wene.”—Imilimo 10:34, 35.

Ifyo Yehova Abombele na Abrahamu na Israele

8, 9. Yehova alangile shani ukukanaba na kapaatulula mu fyo abombele na Abrahamu e lyo no luko lwa Israele?

⁸ Umusambi Yakobo alandile pa cikuuku ca kwa Lesa mu fyo Abombele na Abrahamu no bufyashi bwakwe. Icalengele ukuti Abrahamu abe “Cibusa wa kwa Yehova” citetekelo cakwe, te fikolwe fyakwe iyo. (Yakobo 2:23) Icitetekelo ca kwa Abrahamu ne fyo atemenwe Yehova fyaletele amapaalo pa bufyashi bakwe. (2 Imilandu 20:7) Yehova alaile Abrahamu ati: “Ukupaala nkakupaala, kabili ukufusha nkafusho bufyashi bobe nge ntanda sha mu muulu, kabili ngo musensenga uuli pa nembenembe ya bemba.” Lelo moneni ubulayo mu cikomo cakonkapo: “Mu bufyashi bobe e mo shikaifwailo kupaalwa inko shonse isha pano isonde.”—Ukutendeka 22:17, 18; Abena Roma 4:1-8.

⁹ Ku fyo abombele na Israele, Yehova tacitile kapaatulula, lelo abacitile ifyo engacitila abamumfwila. Imibombele ya musango yu ca  kumwenako ca fyo Yehova alanga ukutemwa kwa cishinka ku babomfi bakwe aba busumino. Nangu ca kuti Israele ali “cikwatwa caibela” ica kwa Yehova, ici tacalolele mu kuti abantu bambi tabali na kusenaminwa kuli Lesa. (Ukufuma 19:5; Amalango 7:6-8) Ca cine, Yehova alubwile Israele mu busha mu Egupti no kubilisha ukuti: “Ni mwe mweka naishiba mu ndupwa shonse sha pano nse.” Lelo ukupitila muli kasesema Amose na bambi, Yehova alaile abantu ba “nko shonse” ubulayo busuma.—Amose 3:2; 9:11, 12; Esaya 2:2-4.

Yesu, Kasambilisha Uushaba na Kapaatulula

10. Bushe Yesu apashenye shani Wishi mu kukanaba na kapaatulula?

¹⁰ Mu butumikishi bwakwe ubwa pe sonde, Yesu, uwaba e cipasho cine cine ica kwa Wishi, apashenye Yehova mu kukanaba na kapaatulula. (AbaHebere 1:3) Pali ilya nshita ayangilwe sana ukusanga “impaanga shaluba isha ng’anda ya kwa Israele.” Lelo takeene ukushimikila umwanakashi umwina Samaria uwali pa cishima. (Mateo 15:24; Yohane 4:7-30) Kabili alicitile icipesha mano ilyo mushika umo, uushali muYuda amulombele. (Luka 7:1-10) Ifi fyalundile fye pa fyo alelanga mu micitile yakwe ukuti alitemwa abantu ba kwa Lesa. Abasambi ba kwa Yesu bashimikile umwingi. Calimoneke ukuti umuntu ali no kupokelela amapaalo ya kwa Yehova pa mulandu wa mibele, te pa mulandu wa luko afumako. Abantu abaicefya, abafumacumi abalefwaya ukuumfwa icine bayankwile ku mbila nsuma iya Bufumu. Lelo aba cilumba kabili aba matutumuko bena basuulile Yesu no bukombe bakwe. Yesu atile: “Ndemulumbanya pa cintubwingi, mwe Tata, Shikulu wa muulu ne sonde, pantu mwalifishilisha ifi fintu ku ba mano na bacenjela, no kufisokolwela ku tunya. Cine cine, mwe Tata, pantu ukucite fyo e cintu ico mubekelwamo.” (Luka 10:21) Nga tulebomba na bambi umwabela ukutemwa ne citetekelo, tatuba na kapaatulula, twishiba ukuti ifi e fyo Yehova afwaya.

11. Bushe ukukanaba na kapaatulula kwalangilwe shani mu cilonganino ca kubalilapo ica Bwina Kristu?

¹¹ Mu cilonganino ca kubalilapo ica Bwina Kristu, abaYuda na bashali baYuda bali fye cimo cine. Paulo alondolwele ati: “Ubukata no mucinshi no mutende fikaba kuli onse uucite cisuma, pa kubala ku muYuda e lyo na ku muGriki. Pantu takwaba kapaatulula kuli Lesa.” * (Abena Roma 2:10, 11) Ukupokelela icikuuku ca kwa Yehova takwashintilile pa luko lwabo, lelo kwashintilile pa fyo bayankwileko pa kusambilila pali Yehova ne subilo lyaba mu cilubula ca Mwana wakwe, Yesu. (Yohane 3:16, 36) Paulo alembele ati: “Pantu umuYuda te wa ku nse fye, nangu ukusembululwa te kwa ku nse fye ku mubili. Lelo umuYuda ni uyo uuli umuYuda mu kati, no kusembululwa kwakwe ni kulya ukwa mutima ku mupashi, te kwa mafunde yalembwa iyo.” Lyene Paulo abomfeshe mu kulamuka amashiwi yasanshishemo ishiwi lya kuti “umuYuda” (ukupilibula “uwa ku Yuda,” e kuti, uutashiwa nelyo ukulumbanishiwa), pa kusosa ati: “Ukutashiwa kwa wabe fi takufuma ku bantu, lelo kufuma kuli Lesa.” (Abena Roma 2:28, 29) Yehova atasha bonse. Bushe na ifwe e fyo tucita?

12. Lisubilo nshi Ukusokolola 7:9 kupeela, kabili lipeelwa kuli bani?

¹² Kabili umutumwa Yohane amwene mu cimonwa Abena Kristu ba busumino abasubwa nabalangwa ngo luko lwa ku mupashi ulwa ba 144,000 “abakakatikwe ukufuma mu mukowa onse uwa bana ba kwa Israele.” Pa numa ya ifi, Yohane amwene “ibumba likalamba . . . ukufuma mu nko shonse ne mitundu na bantu na bantu ne ndimi, nabeminina ku cinso ca cipuna ca bufumu na ku cinso ca Mwana wa mpaanga, nabafwala imingila yabuuta; kabili bali ne misambo ya tuncindu mu minwe yabo.” (Ukusokolola 7:4, 9) E co, takwaba umukowa nelyo ululimi ulushaba mu cilonganino  ca Bwina Kristu ica nomba. Abantu ba fikulilo fyonse balikwata isubilo ilya kupusuka “ubucushi bukalamba” no kunwa “ku tumfukumfuku twa menshi ya bumi.”—Ukusokolola 7:14-17.

Ifisuma Ififuma mu Kukanaba na Kapaatulula

13-15. (a) Bushe kuti twacimfya shani ubupusano bwa mushobo ne ntambi? (b) Landeni ifya kumwenako fya busuma bufuma mu kulanga bucibusa.

¹³ Yehova alitwishiba bwino, filya fine umufyashi umusuma aishiba abana bakwe. E co, lintu twaumfwikisha bambi pa kufwaya ukwishiba intambi shabo, ne cikulilo, ilingi takuba ukubikako amano ku fyo twapusana. Ifipindami fya mushobo filapwa, kabili bucibusa no kutemwa filakoselako. Ukwikatana kulakoselako. (1 Abena Korinti 9:19-23) Ici cilangwa bwino ku milimo ya bamishonari abaya mu kubombela ku fyalo fimbi. Balapoosa amano ku bantu bekala kulya, kabili icifumamo ca kuti, bamishonari mu kwangufyanya balamona ukuti balabishanya bwino na ba mu filonganino fya cikaya.—Abena Filipi 2:4.

¹⁴ Ifisuma ififuma mu kukanaba na kapaatulula filamoneka mu fyalo ifingi. Aklilu uwafuma ku Ethiopia aali uwatalalilwa mu musumba wa bulashi uwa London, ku Britain. Icalelenga sana ukutalalalilwa ca kuti abantu kulya tabapoosa amano ku bafuma ku fyalo fimbi, kabili ici cilamoneka mu misumba ikalamba iingi iya ku Bulaya. Lelo ici calipuseneko sana ilyo Aklilu asangilwe ku kulongana kwa Bwina Kristu pa Ng’anda ya Bufumu iya Nte sha kwa Yehova! Abaliko balimusengele, kabili mu kwangufyanya atendeke ukuumfwa ukuti napokelelwa. Alilundulwike lubilo lubilo mu kutesekesha Kalenga. Mu kwangufyanya atendeke ukushimikila imbila nsuma ya Bufumu kuli bambi abaleikala muli cilya citungu. Bushiku bumo, ilyo uwaleshimikila pamo na Aklilu amwipwishe pa lwa buyo nomba akwete mu bumi, Aklilu ayaswike ukuti asubila ukuti bushiku bumo kuti aba mu cilonganino ca mu lulimi lwa ku mwabo, iciAmharic. Ilyo baeluda ba cilya cilonganino ca ciNgeleshi baishibe pali ci, mu nsansa bateyenye ukuti kube ilyashi lya ku cintubwingi mu lulimi lwa ku mwabo Aklilu. Abantu abengi aba ku fyalo fimbi na ba muli cilya cine calo abalaalikwe balishile ku kusangwa ku kulongana kwa ku cintubwingi ukwa kubalilapo mu ciAmharic mu Britain. Ilelo, abena Ethiopia na bambi muli ilya ncende baba cilonganino caikatana icilelunduluka. Abengi kulya balisanga ukuti tapali icibalesha ukuba ku lubali lwa kwa Yehova no kulanga ukuipeela kwabo ukupitila mu lubatisho lwa Bwina Kristu.—Imilimo 8:26-36.

¹⁵ Imibele ne fikulilo filapusana, lelo te fya kupiminako ukuti aba bantu ba pa muulu nelyo ba pa nshi; bupusano fye. Ilyo baletamba ulubatisho lwa babomfi bapya abaipeela kuli Yehova pa cishi ca Malta, baNte ba kulya bali ne cimwemwe e lyo abatandashi ba ku Britain bena balelila ku nsansa. Aya mabumba yabili aya bena Malta na bena Britain yalangile ifyo baleyumfwa mu nshila shapusana, kabili  ukutemwa batemenwe Yehova icine cine kwakoseshe ukubishanya kwa Bwina Kristu.—Amalumbo 133:1; Abena Kolose 3:14.

Ukucimfya Impatila

16-18. Shimikeni icacitike icilanga ifyo impatila ingacimfiwa mu cilonganino ca Bwina Kristu.

¹⁶ Ilyo ukutemwa kwa kuli Yehova na kuli bamunyinefwe Abena Kristu kulekulilako, kuti twapashanya sana Yehova mu fyo tumona bambi. Kuti twacimfya impatila twakwete ku ba nko shimbi, umushobo ne ntambi. Ku ca kumwenako, moneni icacitike kuli Albert uwalebomba mu Mulalo wa ku Britain mu nshita ya Nkondo ya Calo iya Cibili kabili uwaiketwe ku bena Japan ilyo Singapore yacimfiwe mu 1942. Abombele imyaka nalimo itatu ukupanga inyanji ya “death railroad” (inyanji ya mfwa), mupepi ne co batendeke ukwita ati ubulalo bwa mumana wa Kwai. Ilyo alubwilwe pa mpela ya nkondo, alefina amakilogramu 32, umubango wa kanwa walyonaike ne myona, kabili alilwelepo ubulwele bwa kupolomya umulopa, ifiseseya, no bulwele bwa mpepo. Abafungwa banankwe abengi bena balilwele sana; kabili abengi tabapuswike. Pa mulandu wa ubu bukalushi Albert amwene no kupitamo, abwelele ku mwabo mu 1945 uwakalipa, uushalefwaya Lesa nelyo ukupepa.

¹⁷ Irene, umukashi wa kwa Albert abele Inte ya kwa Yehova. Albert alesangwa ku kulongana kumo kumo ukwa cilonganino ca cikaya ica Nte sha kwa Yehova pa kuti fye asekeshe umukashi. Paul, Nte Umwina Kristu wacaice umutumikishi wa nshita yonse atandalile Albert ku kusambilila nankwe Baibolo. Mu kwangufyanya Albert atendeke ukumona ukuti Yehova amona abantu ukulingana ne fyo imitima yabo yaba. Aipeele kuli Yehova no kubatishiwa.

¹⁸ Paul akuukile ku London, asambilile iciJapanese, no kutendeka ukubishanya ne cilonganino ca ciJapanese. Ilyo atubulwile ukuya na baNte abena Japan abaletandala ku kuyamona icilonganino alelonganamo kale, bamunyina kulya baibukishe ifyo Albert akwete sana impatila ya bena Japan. Ukutula apo abwelele ku Britain, Albert talefwaya ukulamona abafuma ku Japan, e co bamunyina baletontonkanya pa fyo ali no kucita. Tabalekabila  ukusakamikwa—Albert apokelele balya beni nga ba bwananyina.—1 Petro 3:8, 9.

“Kusheni Imitima”

19. Kufunda nshi ukwa mutumwa Paulo kwingatwafwa nga ca kuti twaliba na kapaatulula?

¹⁹ Imfumu ya mano Solomone yalembele ati: “Ukuba na kapaatulula takwawama.” (Amapinda 28:21) Calyanguka ukupalama ku bo twaishiba bwino. Lelo, inshita shimo tatupoosako amano ku bo tushaishiba bwino. Umubomfi wa kwa Yehova tafwile ukukwata kapaatulula ka musango yu. Ukwabula no kutwishika kuti cawama kuli ifwe bonse ukukonka ukufunda kwaumfwika ukwa kwa Paulo ukwa ‘kukushe mitima’—cine cine, tukushe ukutemwa ku Bena Kristu ba fikulilo fyalekanalekana.—2 Abena Korinti 6:13.

20. Ni mu mbali nshi isha bumi tulingile ukupashanya Yehova, Lesa wesu uushaba na kapaatulula?

²⁰ Nampo nga twaba ne shuko lya kuba ne subilo lya ku muulu nelyo isubilo lya kwikala umuyayaya pe sonde, ukukanaba na kapaatulula kutulenga ukuipakisha ukwikatana kwa mukuni umo, no Mucemi umo. (Abena Efese 4:4, 5, 16) Ukutukuta ukupashanya Yehova, Lesa wesu uushaba na kapaatulula, kuti kwatwafwa mu butumikishi bwesu ubwa Bwina Kristu, mu ndupwa shesu, mu filonganino, na mu mikalile yesu yonse. Mu nshila nshi? Icipande cikonkelelepo cili no kulanda pali ili lyashi.

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Bushe Kuti Mwayasuka Shani?

• Yehova alangile shani ukukanaba na kapaatulula kuli Rahabu na ku bena Gibeone?

• Yesu alangile shani ukukanaba na kapaatulula mu kusambilisha kwakwe?

• Cinshi cingatwafwa ukucimfya impatila ya mushobo ne ntambi?

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Israele atendeka ukucimfya Kanaani

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Yesu takeene ukushimikila umwanakashi Umwina Samaria

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Ulupapulo lwa ciAmharic ku Britain

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Ukutemwa Albert atemenwe Yehova kwamwafwile ukucimfya impatila akwete