Yehova ‘Acito Bupingushi’

4, 5. (a) Ni mu nshila nshi Yehova asanshila Yerusalemu? (b) Cinshi twingalandila ukuti ba mpendwa fye bakapusuka ukonaulwa kwa Yerusalemu mu 607 B.C.E.? (Moneni utulembo tuli pe samba.)

⁴ Mu cikomo ca kwisalila ica kusesema kwa kucincimusha ukwa kwa Esaya, Yehova alondolola bwino ifikatungulula ku bushiku bwa bukali bwakwe. Tubelengo kuti: “Yehova akesa mu mulilo, na maceleta yakwe nge cipupu ca mwela, ku kubweseshapo ubukali bwakwe mu cipyu, no kwebaula kwakwe mu mingu sha mulilo. Pantu Yehova alepingwila abantunse bonse ku mulilo na ku lupanga; ne ndase sha kwa Yehova shikafula.”—Esaya 66:15, 16.

⁵ Ayo mashiwi yalingile ukwafwa aba mu nshiku sha kwa Esaya ukwiluka ubwafya balimo. Inshita ileisa ilyo abena Babele, abakaba nga bakapingula ba kwa Yehova, bakesa ku kusansa Yerusalemu, ninshi na maceleta yabo yalefutumuno lukungu nge cipupu ca mwela. Ala ubo bushiku bukaba bushiku bwa kutiinya! Yehova akabomfya aba bakasansa ukucito bupingushi bwakwe ubwa mulilo ku “bantunse bonse,” e kutila ku baYuda babulwo busumino. Cikaba kwati Yehova umwine alelwa na bantu bakwe. “Icipyu” cakwe tacakabwelele inuma. AbaYuda abengi bakawa ku kube “ndase sha kwa Yehova.” Mu 607 B.C.E., uku kusesema kwafishiwapo.a

6. Fintu nshi abaYuda balecita ifyawaminwo kukandilwapo?

⁶ Bushe Yehova nalungika ifi ‘acito bupingushi’ ku bantu bakwe? Ee nalungika! Imiku iingi mu kulanshanya kwesu ili buuku lya kwa Esaya, natusanga ukuti, nangu balemonwa kwati baipeele kuli Yehova, abaYuda baobelwe no kupepa kwa bufi—kabili Yehova alamona imicitile yabo yonse. Ifi e fyo tusanga na mu mashiwi yakonkapo aya uku kusesema ayatila: “Abaishisha kabili abaisangulula ku kuya ku mabala, ukukonka umo uwa pa kati, abalyo munofu wa kapoli, no wa cikulika no wa mpuku, bakapelela pamo, cisemo ca kwa Yehova.” (Esaya 66:17) Bushe ico aba baYuda ‘baleishishisha no kuisangulwila’ kuipekanishisha ku kupepa kwasanguluka? Awe nakalya. Lelo, balecite mpupo sha kuisangulula mu mabala yaibela. Nga bacite fyo, e lyo balalya bufunushi bufunushi umunofu wa kapoli no wa finama fimbi ifyakowela ukulingana ne Funde lya kwa Mose.—Ubwina Lebi 11:7, 21-23.

‘Balingile Ukumona Ubukata Bwandi’

8. (a) Cinshi cikacitikila Yuda na Kristendomu? (b) Ni mu mano nshi inko ‘shikamwena ubukata bwa kwa Yehova’?

⁸ Bushe Yehova alamona imicitile ya kwa Kristendomu ne fisambilisho fyakwe ifya bufi ifyawaminwo kumukandilapo? Belengeni amashiwi yakonkapo aya kwa Yehova, ukulingana ne fyo yalembelwe na Esaya, no kumona ifyo imwe mwingatontonkanyapo: “Ninjishibe milimo yabo na mapange yabo, kabili nkesa ku kulonganye nko shonse na ba ndimi shonse, no kuleka bese bamone ubukata bwandi.” (Esaya 66:18) Yehova naishiba ifilecitika kabili naipekanya ukupingula abaitunga ukuba ababomfi bakwe pa milimo yabo na mapange yabo. Yuda aitunga ukucetekela Yehova, lelo ukupepo tulubi no kucite fya busenshi kushinina fye ukuti babepa fye. ‘Ukuisangulula’ abekashi bakwe baisangulula umwabele mpupo sha busenshi, kwa fye. Ulu luko lukapomonwa, kabili ilyo ico cacitika, abena mupalamano bakwe abapepo tulubi bakamonako. Aba ‘bakamona ubukata bwa kwa Yehova’ pantu bakamona ifikacitika kabili bakalengwa ukusumina ukuti icebo ca kwa Yehova cafishiwapo. Bushe ifi fyonse fikumine shani Kristendomu? Ilyo impela ikamwishila, ifibusa fyakwe ifya kale na ba makwebo alebishanya na bo bakalengwa ukwiminina akatalamukila no kulatambako fye ukwabulo kwafwa ilyo icebo ca kwa Yehova cikafishiwapo.—Yeremia 25:31-33; Ukusokolola 17:15-18; 18:9-19.