Nalyo line, abantu imintapendwa balisa ku lubuuto lwa kwa Yehova, ne “shamfumu” kumo (abasanguka impyani shasubwa isha Bufumu bwa mu muulu) ne “nko” (ibumba likalamba ilya mpaanga shimbi).

Inko Shalongana Pamo mu Yerusalemu

9, 10. Ni bani bamonwa balongana pamo mu Yerusalemu, kabili Yehova abapokelela shani?

⁹ Pa kulondolola uku kulunduluka, Yehova abomfya ifilangililo ifyo abantu abaikele pa nshita Esaya aliko baishibe. Uyu “mwanakashi,” intanshi aceeceetela icitungu ca ku kabanga pa ncende engamona bwino iya pa lupili lwa Sione. Cinshi amona? “Ubwingi bwa ngamali bukakufimba, imisepela ya ngamali ya ku Midiani na Efa, shonse shiine isha ku Sheba shikesa, shikaleta golde na libani, shikabile fya kutasha Yehova.” (Esaya 60:6) Ilongo lya ngamali ishinininwepo na bayendo ba makwebo aba mishobo yalekanalekana shilepita ukukonka imisebo yaya ku Yerusalemu. (Ukutendeka 37:25, 28; Abapingushi 6:1, 5; 1 Ishamfumu 10:1, 2) Ingamali shili mpanga yonse, kwati lyeshi likumene icalo conse! Abayendo baleta ifya bupe ifyaumo mutengo, icilelangilila ukuti aba basulushi beshile ku kucito mutende. Balefwaya ukupepa Yehova no kumupeele fyawamisha ukulingana na maka yabo.

¹⁰ Aba basulushi ba makwebo te beka abali pali ulu lwendo. “Imikuni yonse ya ku Kedari ikalonganiwa kuli iwe, basukusuku ba ku Nebayote bakakupyungila.” Cine cine, na ba mishobo ilya iteke nama na bo bali pa lwendo lwa kuya ku Yerusalemu. Baisa ne fya bupe fya pa fikwatwa fyabo ifyaumo mutengo—imikuni ya mpaanga—no kuipeela abene ku kuba bakapyunga. Bushe Yehova alabapokelela shani? Atila: “Bakanina pa ciipailo candi nabasuminishiwa, kabili nkacindamike ng’anda yandi iyayemba.” (Esaya 60:7) Yehova apokelela ifya bupe fyabo, ifikabomfiwa mu kupepa kwasanguluka.—Esaya 56:7; Yeremia 49:28, 29.

11, 12. (a) Finshi uyu “mwanakashi” amona ilyo alelolesha lwa ku masamba? (b) Mulandu nshi abengi baleyangufyanishisha ukuya ku Yerusalemu?

¹¹ Yehova nomba aeba “umwanakashi” ukulolesha ku citungu ca ku masamba, kabili aipusha ati: ‘Finshi ifi ifileisa filepupuka nge kumbi, nge nkunda ku miinshi ya shiko?’ Yehova umwine aasuka ati: “Pantu ifishi ne naamba fikanindila, ne ngalaba sha ku Tarshishi e ntanshi, ku kuleta abana bobe abaume ukufumo kutali, na silfere wabo na golde wabo bali na fyo, bese kwi shina lya kwa Yehova Lesa obe, ku Wa mushilo wa kwa Israele, pantu akucindamika.”—Esaya 60:8, 9.

¹² Elenganyeni ukuti mwiminine no yu “mwanakashi,” mulelolesha lwa ku masamba bushilya bwa Bemba Mukalamba. Finshi mwamona? Mwamona ikumbi apatali mulemoneka no tuntu utwabuuta twishile tulepupuka panono panono pa muulu wa menshi. Tulemoneka nge fyuni, lelo ilyo twapalama, e lyo mwamona ukuti ni ngalaba ninshi na matanga ya shiko nayema. Shafumo “kutali.”a (Esaya 49:12) Pali ingalaba ishingi nga nshi ishilebutukisha ukulola ku Sione ica kuti shilemoneka fye kwati lilongo lya nkunda ishileya uko shikala. Cinshi ingalaba shafule fyo shileyangufyanishishe fi? Pantu bakapepa ba kwa Yehova abo shisendele ukufuma ku fyabu fya kutali balefwaisha ukufika bwangu. Pantu bonse abalefika—babe bena Israele nelyo bambi bambi, abafumine ku kabanga nelyo ku masamba na lwa mupepi nelyo ku ncende sha kutali—baleyangufyanya ukuya ku Yerusalemu ku kuyaipeela abene na fyonse ifyo bakwata kuli Yehova, Lesa wabo.—Esaya 55:5.

Lyene ikumbi lya bantu abafuuka, “ifyuma fya nko,” kabili “ubucindami bwa kuli bemba,” balyangufyenye ukwisa ku kuilunda ku bashalapo aba muli bamunyina kwa Kristu.b Pali lelo aba bonse ababomfi ba kwa Yehova ukufuma ku ncende shonse ishe sonde na ku fikulilo fyapusanapusana bailunda kuli Israele wa kwa Lesa mu kulumbanya Shikulu Mulopwe wabo, Yehova, na mu kusansabika ishina lyakwe ukuti e shina lyakulisha pa mashina yonse mu bubumbo bonse.

14. Caba shani ukuti abaleisa ‘banina pa ciipailo [ca kwa Lesa]’?

¹⁴ Kanshi calola mwi, ukuti aba abaleisa ukufuma mu nko ‘banina pa ciipailo [ca kwa Lesa]’? Ilambo libiikwa pa ciipailo. Umutumwa Paulo abomfeshe amashiwi ayalanda na pe lambo ilyo alembele ukuti: “Ndemupaapaatila . . . tuuleni imibili yenu bulilambo bwa mweo, ubwa mushilo, ubwa kutemuna Lesa; e kupepa kwenu ukwa bumupashi.” (Abena Roma 12:1) Abena Kristu bene bene balaitemenwa ukubombesha. (Luka 9:23, 24) Balabomfya inshita yabo, amaka yabo, no kulamuka kwabo ku kwafwilisha ukupepa kwasanguluka. (Abena Roma 6:13) Pa kucite fyo, batuula amalambo ya malumbo kuli Lesa ayapokelelwa. (AbaHebere 13:15) Ifyo caba ca kucincimusha ukuti imintapendwa ya bakapepa ba kwa Yehova pali lelo, abanono na bakalamba, tabakatamika ifya ku mubili lelo baangwa ifya Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa intanshi! Balaipeelesha ukuipeela kwine kwine.—Mateo 6:33; 2 Abena Korinti 5:15.

Abaleisa Bayafwilishako Muli uku Kulunduluka

15. (a) Mu nshita sha pa kale, bushe Yehova alangile shani inkumbu shakwe kuli bambi bambi? (b) Muno nshiku, ni shani “bambi bambi” bafwilishako mu kulundulula ukupepa kwa cine?

¹⁵ Abaleisa bapeela ifikwatwa fyabo no kubombe milimo ku kutungilila “umwanakashi” wa kwa Yehova. “Bambi bambi bakakuula amalinga yobe, ne shamfumu shabo shikakupyungila; pantu mu bukali bwandi nalikuumine, lelo mu cikuku candi nakucite nkumbu.” (Esaya 60:10) Yehova alangile inkumbu shakwe mu mwanda wa myaka uwalenga 6 B.C.E. ilyo bambi bambi bayafwilisheko mu mulimo wa bukuule mu Yerusalemu. (Esra 3:7; Nehemia 3:26) Mu kufishiwapo kukalamba ukwa pali lelo, “bambi bambi,” e kuti ibumba likalamba, bafwilisha abashalapo basubwa ukulundulula ukupepa kwa cine. Bafwilisha abo basambilila nabo Baibolo ukulundulula imibele ya Bwina Kristu na mu kucite fyo bakuula ifilonganino fya Bwina Kristu no kukosha “amalinga” ya kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova ayapala amalinga ya musumba. (1 Abena Korinti 3:10-15) Balakuula fye no kukuula kwa cine cine, ukubombesha nga nshi ilyo balekuula Amayanda ya Bufumu, Ifiyanda fya Kulonganinamo, ne fikuulwa fya Bethel. E fyo bailunda kuli bamunyinabo abasubwa mu kubombela pa fikabilwa mu kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova ukulelunduluka.—Esaya 61:5.

16, 17. (a) Bushe “impongolo” sha kuteyanya kwa kwa Lesa shaisulwa shani? (b) Bushe “Ishamfumu” shapyungila shani Sione? (c) Cinshi cikacitikila abesha ukwisala “impongolo” isho Yehova afwaya ukuti shibe ishaisuka?

¹⁶ Pa mulandu wa uyu programu wa kukuula kwa ku mupashi, cila mwaka, impendwa ishaikulila iya “bambi bambi” ilatendeka ukubishanya no kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova, kabili umwinshi ucili nawisuka ku kupokelela na bambi. Yehova atila: “Impongolo shobe shikesuka pe, akasuba no bushiku tashakesalweko, ku kuleka abantu bengishe muli iwe ifyuma fya nko, ne shamfumu sha shiko shilebatungulula.” (Esaya 60:11) Nga kanshi, “ishamfumu” ishiletungulula mu kulete fyuma fya nko ku Sione ni bani? Pa kale Yehova alengele imitima ya bakateka bamo ‘ukupyungila’ Sione. Ku ca kumwenako, Koreshe aitendekeleko fye ukutuma abaYuda ukubwelelamo ku Yerusalemu ku kuyakuula cipya cipya itempele. Pa numa, Artakishashete asangwile ifyalekabilwa no kutuma Nehemia ukuyakuula cipya cipya amalinga ya Yerusalemu. (Esra 1:2, 3; Nehemia 2:1-8) Cine cine, “umutima wa mfumu kamulonga ka menshi mu minwe ya kwa Yehova.” (Amapinda 21:1) Lesa wesu kuti alenga na bakateka aba maka ukucite fintu ukulingana no kufwaya kwakwe.

¹⁷ Muno nshiku “ishamfumu” ishingi nelyo abalashi ba ku calo, balyesha ukwisala “impongolo” sha kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova. Lelo, bambi balipyungila Sione pa kupanga amafunde ayaafwilisha ukulenge sho “mpongolo” ukube shaisuka. (Abena Roma 13:4) Mu 1919, abalashi ba ku calo bafumishe Joseph F. Rutherford na banankwe mu cifungo umo bakakilwe pa milandu ya kufyengwa fye. (Ukusokolola 11:13) Amabuteko ya bantunse, ‘yaminine’ ilyeshi lya fya kupakasa ilyo Satana alukile pa numa ya kupooswa ukufuma ku muulu. (Ukusokolola 12:16) Amabuteko yamo yalisuminisha amaipepele, kabili limo abo uku kusuminisha kukuma mu kulungatika ni Nte sha kwa Yehova. Uyu musango wa kupyungila walenga ukuti cangukile cinkupiti wa bafuuka ukupita pali ishi “mpongolo” shaisuka no kwingila mu kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova.