Bakwete Amafya Yabipisha

Lintu Yosefe ali ne myaka 17, aponenwe ubwafya bwabipisha ubwafumine ku lupwa lwakwe lwine. Abakalamba bakwe bamwene ukuti Yakobo, shibo, “atemwa [Yosefe] ukucila bamunyina bonse.” Mu kupita kwa nshita, “balimupatile, no kufilwa ukulanda nankwe umutende.” (Ukutendeka 37:4) Kuti twaelenganya ifyo ici casakamike no kulungulusha Yosefe. Ku kulekelesha, bamunyina kwa Yosefe balimupatile sana ica kuti bamushitishe mu busha.—Ukutendeka 37:26-33.

Ilyo ali mu busha mu Egupti, Yosefe akeene ukubeleleka kwa mukashi wa kwa shikulu wakwe ukwa kuti olungane nankwe. Ilyo Yosefe akeene, alifulilwe kabili abepeshe Yosefe ukuti e walefwaya amucende. Yosefe apooselwe mu “ng’anda ya cifungo,” umo ‘bacushishe amakasa yakwe mu makusu, mu fyela umo aingile.’ (Ukutendeka 39:7-20; Amalumbo 105:17, 18) Ubu bufwile bwali bwesho bwakakala! Yosefe ali umusha nelyo umufungwa mupepi ne myaka 13, ne calengele lufyengo lwa bantu bambi, ukubikapo fye na ba mu lupwa lwakwe.—Ukutendeka 37:2; 41:46.

Mwiba ne Mpatila no Bukali

Ica kubalilapo, aba baume ba busumino balikeene ukuba ne mpatila no bukali. Ilyo Yosefe ali mu cifungo, nga aletontonkanya fye pa fyo bamunyina bamukeene, napamo no kutontonkanya pa fyo engalandula nga akumana na bo na kabili. Twaishiba shani ukuti Yosefe alitalwike kuli uko kutontonkanya kwabipa? Moneni ico acitile ilyo ali ne shuko lya kulandula bamunyina ilyo baile ku Egupti mu kushita ifya kulya. Ilyashi litila: “Na o Yosefe alyalwikeko, afuma pali bene no kuyalila. . . . E lyo Yosefe aebele ukwisusha ifipe fyabo ingano, no kubweseshe sha silfere isha muntu no muntu muli tumba wakwe, no kubapeele mpao sha pa nshila.” Pa numa, ilyo aebele bamunyina ukutwala wishi ku Egupti, Yosefe abakoseleshe ati: “Mwilatenkanishanya mu nshila.” Mu fyo alelanda no kucita, Yosefe alangile ukuti talekele mpatila nelyo ubukali ukubifya imibele yakwe.—Ukutendeka 42:24, 25; 45:24.

Citenipo Fimo ku Kuwamya Ifintu

Ica bubili ico twingasambililako kukanaleka amafya ukutupwisha amaka ya kucita ifyo tufwile ukucita. Napamo kuti twalatontonkanya sana pa fyo tushingacita ica kuti twafilwa no kucita ifyo twingacita. Nga cabe fi, ninshi ificitike fyatendeka ukwalula ubuntu bwesu. Yosefe afwaya nga alicitile ifi. Lelo, asalilepo ukucita fimo ifingawamya ifintu. Ilyo ali umusha, Yosefe “asangile ububile mu menso [ya kwa shikulu wakwe], kabili alemupyungila; e lyo amulaashile pa ng’anda yakwe.” E fyo Yosefe acitile na lintu ali mu cifungo. Pa mulandu we paalo lya kwa Yehova no kucincila kwa kwa Yosefe, “mushika wa ng’anda ya mushiki apeele mu minwe ya kwa Yosefe abafungwa bonse abali mu ng’anda ya mushiki; kabili fyonse ifya kucita mulya, wene e wali wa kuficita.”—Ukutendeka 39:4, 21-23.

Loleleni Yehova

Ica butatu ico twingasambililako ca kuti ukucila ukubomfya inshila shabindwa mu malembo ku kwalula ifintu, tufwile ukulolela Yehova. Umusambi Yakobo alembele ati: “Lekeni ukushipikisha kupwishe umulimo wa kuko, ukuti mube abafikapo kabili abatuntulu muli fyonse, abashabulwa kantu.” (Yakobo 1:4) Tufwile ukuleka ukushipikisha ‘kwapwisha umulimo wa kuko’ mpaka ubwesho bwapwa ukwabula ukubomfya inshila amalembo yabinda ku kupwisha ubwafya bwangu. Lyene icitetekelo cesu cikalopololwa na maka ya ciko yakamoneka. E kushipikisha kwali na Yosefe na Davidi. Tabaeseshe ukupwisha ubwafya mu nshila ingafulwisha Yehova. Lelo, balibombeshe ukucita ifingawamya ifintu. Balilolelele Yehova, kabili balipaalilwe pa kucite co! Yehova alibabomfeshe bonse babili ku kutungulula abantu bakwe.—Ukutendeka 41:39-41; 45:5; 2 Samwele 5:4, 5.

Yehova Akamwafwa

Ukutontonkanya pa fyo Yosefe na Davidi, abalandwapo mu Baibolo babombele bwino ilyo bafyengelwe na lintu baponenwe amafya, kuti kwatunonsha. Nangu line, ifyabacitikile fyalembwa fye pa mabula ayanono muli Baibolo, amesho yabo yasendele imyaka iingi. Ipusheni mwe bene amuti: ‘Bushe ababomfi ba kwa Lesa aba musango yo basambilila shani ukushipikisha amafya? Bushe cinshi calengele ukuti batwalilile ukusekelela? Mibele nshi balundulwile?’