Ubulayo Mwingacetekela

Ilyo fye ubuteko bwa Madai na Persia bwacimfishe Babiloni, Daniele alembele ukusesema ukutwafwa ukumfwikisha icintu icacindama sana icali no kucitika pa kuti Lesa afikilishe ukufwaya kwakwe ku bantunse. Malaika Gabriele aebele Daniele ilyo Mesia, “umwana” uo basobele pa Ukutendeka 3:15, ali no kwisa! Malaika wa kwa Lesa atile: “Ukutula pa kufuma kwa mashiwi ya kubwesha no kukuula Yerusalemu ukufika kuli Mesia Intungulushi, pakapita imilungu 7, e lyo ne milungu 62,” yonse pamo imilungu 69. (Daniele 9:25) Bushe iyi nshita yatendeke lilali?

Nangu ca kuti Sailasi asuminishe abaYuda ukubwelelamo ku mwabo ilyo fye Babiloni yaonawilwe, pa myaka iingi Yerusalemu ne fibumba fya iko tafyakulilwe. Mu 455 B.C.E., Imfumu Artakishashete yasuminishe Nehemia, umuYuda uwaleipeela ifya kunwa, ukubwelelamo ku Yerusalemu no kuyatendeka umulimo wa kukuula umusumba cipya cipya. (Nehemia 2:1-6) Muli ulya mwaka e lyo imilungu 69 yatendeke.

Lelo iyi milungu 69 tayali milungu iya nshiku 7, yali milungu ya myaka. Na kuba, amaBaibolo yamo yapilibula “imilungu” ukuti “imilungu ya myaka.”b (Daniele 9:24, 25) Mesia ali no kumoneka pa numa ya “milungu” 69 kabili umulungu umo na umo walepele imyaka 7, kanshi yonse pamo yali imyaka 483. Uku kusesema kwafikilishiwe mu 29 C.E. ilyo Yesu abatishiwe, pa numa fye ya myaka 483 ukufuma mu 455 B.C.E.c