Lelo pa March 26, mu 2004, kapingula alibindile imipepele ya Nte sha kwa Yehova mu Moscow. Pa 16 June mu 2004, icilye ca Moscow City Court calisuminishe ubu bupingushi.d Nte umukokole umo alandile pali ubu bupingushi ukuti: “Kale mu buteko bwa Soviet Union, Abena Russia abengi bali ni bamukaana Lesa, lelo pali ino nshita, abengi ni baOrthodox.”

Bushe bamunyinefwe bacitilepo shani pali ici cibindo? Bapashenye Nehemia. Mu nshiku shakwe ilyo abalwani ba kwa Lesa balemukaanya ukukuula icibumba ca Yerusalemu, ena na bantu bakwe tabanenwike, e ico ‘tabalekele ukukuula,’ kabili “bali no mutima wa kubomba.” (Neh. 4:1-6) Na bamunyinefwe mu Moscow tabalekele abalwani babo ukulenga baleka ukubomba umulimo wa kushimikila uufwile ukubombwa mu nshita shesu. (1 Pet. 4:12, 16) Balicetekele ukuti Yehova akabafwa, kabili bali-iteyenye ukutwala umulandu ku cilye pa muku walenga 4.

ULUPATO LWACILAMO

Pa 25 August, mu 2004, bamunyinefwe balilembele Vlacimir Putin uwali kateka wa Russia pali ilya inshita no kuilishanya. Ukuilishanya kwabo kwalembelwe mu lupapulo ulwakwete ifipande 76, kabili abasainepo bali 315,000. Balandile pa fyo basakamikwe pa mulandu wa cibindo. Ilyo bamunyinefwe bacitile ici, calimoneke ukuti bashimapepo be calici lya Russian Orthodox e bali bakasongelekanya. Uulandilako ili icalici, atile: “Imipepele ya Nte sha kwa Yehova, tatuifwaya nangu panono.” Intungulushi imo iya baShilamu yatile: “Ukubinda Inte sha kwa Yehova cintu icisuma sana kabili icikankaala icicitike.”

Te kuti tupape ico abena Russia bapamiine ukucusha Inte sha kwa Yehova. BaNte bamo balibomine amakofi no kubapantaula ku balwani ilyo baleshimikila mu Moscow. Umwaume umo uwakalipe sana atamfishe nkashi yesu mu cikuulwa no kumupanta mu mongololo ica kuti awa ayayumapo no mutwe. Apusukile ku cipatala, nalyo line bakapokola tabacitilepo icili conse pa muntu uwamuumine. BaNte bambi balebekata kuli bakapokola no kusenda imipelwa ya mu minwe yabo, ukubakopa, e lyo no kubalaalika mu kalyati. Abalolekesha pa fifulo bamunyinefwe baleashima mu Moscow ukuti balonganinemo, balibatiinishe ukuti bakabatamfya incito nga batwalilile ukusuminisha baNte ukulonganina mu fikuulwa fyabo. Tapakokwele, ifilonganino ifingi balifipokele umwa kulonganina ku bo ba-ashimeko. Ifilonganino 40 fyatendeke ukulonganina mu Mayanda ya Bufumu 4 fye ayali pa cifulo cimo cine. Icilonganino cimo icalelonganina pali iyi ncende, calekwata ilyashi lya cintubwingi pa 07:30 ulucelo. Kangalila wa muputule atile: “Pa kuti basangweko ku kulongana, bakasabankanya balebuuka 05:00hrs, na lyo line tabaleilishanya kabili balelongana ne nsansa ukucila pa mwaka umo.”

“PA KUTI MUBE INTE”

BaNte balefwaya cishibikwe ukuti abababindile ukushimikila balitobele ifunde, e ico baloya wesu batwele umulandu ku cilye icikalamba ica European Court of Human Rights mu December, 2004. (Moneni akabokoshi pe bula 6 akaleti “Umulandu Icilye mu France Capitulukile mu fyo Icilye mu Russia Capingwile.”) Pa numa ya myaka 6, pa 10 July, mu 2010, Icilye capingwile ukuti baNte tabakwete umulandu!e Ici cilye cabebetele imilandu yonse iyo bamunyinefwe bapeelwe no kusanga ukuti yonse yali bufi. Casosele no kuti ubuteko bwa Russia bwalingile “ukufumyapo icibindo no kwesha na maka ukufumyapo umuseebanya wabikilwe pali baNte.”—Moneni akabokoshi kaleti “Ubupingushi bwa Cilye,” akali pe bula 8.