NAFYELWE pa 11 October 1922, kabili fwe bana bonse twali 9, abaume bane na banakashi basano. Twaleikala mu mushi wa Xylophagou, ku Cyprus. Nangu ca kuti abafyashi bandi balikwete icuma, balekabila ukulima sana pa kuti fwe bana tukule bwino pantu twalifulile.

Batata ba Antonis, balitemenwe sana ukubelenga kabili balefwaisha ukwishiba ifintu. Tapakokwele ukutula apo nafyalilwe, batata baile mu kutandalila kafundisha umo mu mushi twaleikala, kabili bamwene katrakiti akaleti Peoples Pulpit, akalembelwe na Basambi ba Baibolo (e fyo baleita Inte sha kwa Yehova ilya nshita). Batendeke ukukabelenga, kabili tapakokwele balitemenwe ifyalembelwemo. E co batata pamo na banabo ba Andreas Christou, e bali aba kubalilapo ukulongana ne Nte sha kwa Yehova pa cishi twaleikala.

BaNte Balifulile Nangu ca Kuti Balebakaanya

Umuye nshiku, batata pamo na banabo balipokele impapulo na shimbi isha Baibolo ukufuma kuli baNte. Tapakokwele, batata na ba Andreas batendeke ukwebako abekalamushi banabo icine ca mu Baibolo ico balesambilila. Umulimo wabo uwa kushimikila walengele ukuti balebakaanya sana kuli bashimapepo ba ku Greek Orthodox Church na bambi abalemona kwati Inte sha kwa Yehova balalenga abantu ukuba ababi.

Abekalamushi abengi balicindike aba baume babili abalesambilisha Baibolo. Batata baishibikwe ukuti ba cikuuku kabili ni bakapekape. Ilingi baleafwa indupwa ishipiina. Limo balefuma ubushiku no kuya pa mayanda ya bantu abashikwete ifya kulya no kusha ing’anu nelyo umukate pa minshi yabo ninshi abene tabeshibe no kwishiba. Bukapekape bwa musango yu bwalengele ukuti abantu batemwe sana ubukombe bwa aba babomfi babili aba kwa Lesa.—Mateo 5:16.

Ici calengele ukuti abantu abengi balefwaya ukusambilila Baibolo. Ilyo baishibe icine, bamwene ukuti balekabila ukutendeka ukulalongana mu mayanda no kulasambilila Baibolo pamo. Muli ba1934, baNikos Matheakis, abaleshimikila imbila nsuma inshita yonse, bafumine ku Greece no kwisa ku Cyprus kabili bakumene na kalibumba kali mu mushi wa Xylophagou. Mu kutekanya kabili mu kuba no mupampamina, Munyina Matheakis alyafwilishe ukuteyanya abali muli aka kalibumba no kubaafwa ukumfwikisha Amalembo. Aka kalibumba e kaishilepanga icilonganino ca kubalilapo ica Nte sha kwa Yehova mu Cyprus.

Ilyo umulimo walelunduluka kabili na bantu abengi balesumina icine ca mu Baibolo, bamunyina bamwene ukuti balekabila icifulo cine cine ica kulonganinamo. Abakalamba bandi baGeorge na bena mwabo baEleni, bapeele ing’anda yabo iyali pa farmu iyo balesungilamo ifintu ukuti emo balelonganina. Iyi ng’anda, iyali mupepi ne ng’anda yabo bali-iwemye kabili yaishileba icifulo calinga ica kulonganinamo. E ico bamunyina pa cishi baishilekwata Ing’anda ya Bufumu iyabo. Ala balitemenwe icine cine! Kabili ici calengele ukuti abalefwaya ukusambilila icine batendeke ukufula!

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Ing’anda ya Bufumu iya kubalilapo mu Xylophagou, icili ilabomfiwa na nomba