Lentsu “moya” ka ho Bhayibeleng ba le hlatolla le tšwa ga lentsu la Seheberu la gore neʹphesh le ga lentsu la Segerika la gore psy·kheʹ. Lentsu lone la Seheberu le rela “selo sa gore se ya wona” ke mokane lentsu la Segerika le rela “selo sa gore se ya phela.” a Gabutšibutši moya, wo rela selo sa gore se ya phela, a wo rele selo sa gore se ya mahlong se kene se phela le mo mmele wo šele wo kgwile. Lebelela ka mokgo Bhayibele yi šupetsang gore moya wa motho ke motho ka boyene:

•   Mo Jehova Modimo a maka motho wa mathomo, Adamo, Bhayibele yi re “motho gwa ba moya wa gore wa phela.” (Genesi 2:7, King James Version) Adamo a baa mo neya moya—o yye a ba moya wa gore wa phela kela motho.

•   Bhayibele yi re moya kela motho ka boyene a ka bereka, a nabela tsa go ja, a ja, a theetsela melawo a boya a tshwara le setopo. (Lefitiko 5:2; 7:20; 23:30; Dotoronoma 12:20; Maroma 13:1) Dilo tsone ka moka di maka ke motho wa gore wa phela.

Ayitsano motho ka boyene kela moya a wo kgwe?

 Awwa, moya wa kgwa. Di tlele ditemanyana tsa Bhayibele tsa go šupetsa gore moya wa kgwa. Tse dingwana ke tsowa:

•   “Moya wa gore wa sinya, wo nyoko kgwa.”—Hezekiyele 18:4, 20, King James Version.

•   Ka dinako tsa Maisrayele ya ku botala, seghwebo sa motho wa gore o sinnye ka matla ke mo go ba sa gore ba “fetsa ka moya wage.” (Eksoda 12:15, 19; Lefitiko 7:20, 21, 27; 19:8, King James Version) Motho yenene ne ba “mmolaya.”—Eksoda 31:14, King James Version.

•   Ditemanyana tse dingwana tsa Bhayibele di berekisa mantsu ya gore “moya wa gore wo kgwile” mo di rela setopo sa motho. (Lefitiko 21:11, setwaba; Dipalo 6:6, setwaba) Dihlatollo tsa go tlala tsa Bhayibele di berekisa mantsu ya gore “mmele wa gore wo kgwile” kela “motho wa gore o kgwile” ga ditemanyana tsone, mara Seheberu sona se berekisa lentsu neʹphesh kela “moya.”

“Moya” wo ka rela “lephelo”

 Bhayibele yi berekisa le lentsu “moya,” lone ke lentsu le lengwana la gore le rela “lephelo.“ Mo re beyisa, Jobo 33:22 yi berekisa lentsu la Seheberu la gore “moya” (neʹphesh) yi le tshwanisa le “lephelo.” Bhayibele yi šupetsa gore moya wa motho kela lephelo lage, le ka ba kotsing kela a ka le loba.—Eksoda 4:19; Bayahludi 9:17; Mafilipi 2:30.

 Mo re berekisa lentsu “moya” ka mokgonone, di re gelepa gore re thogo kwisisa ditemanyana tsa gore di bolabola ka moya wa gore “wa tšwa” kela “wa tloga.” (Genesi 35:18; King James Version) Mabeyelo wone ya ditaba ma hlatolla gore lephelo la motho le ya fela. Dihlatollo tse dingwana di beya taba yowa yi leng ga Genesi 35:18 ka gore “o wonne la mafelelo.”​—Good News Translation; New Jerusalem Bible.

Taba ya gore moya a wo kgwe yi tšwa kaye?

 Dikereke tsa go tšibega tsa Makreste tsa gore di tshepa taba ya gore moya a wo kgwe, a di ya yi kraya Bhayibeleng mara di yi tšhutiye ga dilo tso Magerika ya ku botala ma tikhandeleng tsona. Puku ya Encyclopædia Britannica yi re: “Mo Bhayibele yi bolabola ka moya, yi wo tshwanisa le mowono fote motho ka boyene kela lephelo a le fapane kgole le mmele wa motho. Taba ya gore mmele wa motho le moya a yi selo ka ssoši, Makreste ma yi krayye ga Magerika ya ku botala.”

 Modimo aa kwane le go gahlanisa tso a di tšhutisang le tso di tšhutisang ke batho tsa gore ba ro tikhandela, tsa go tshwana le go tshepa taba ya gore moya a wo kgwe. Mara Bhayibele yi re pasopisa ka gore: “Go ya ka tso batho ba di tlwayeleng, le bone ba sa le fokole ka dilo tso ba di tšhutisang tsa gore batho ba f’lo tikhandela, ba sa le tshokanye ka dilo tsa gore a di šiyo.”—Makolosi 2:8.