Pali lelo imintapendwa ya bantu abaikatwa mu fiteyo fya ntambi sha cisenshi ne fishilano mu Kristendomu ifisaalula Lesa ‘baleteta no kulila’ pa mulandu wa fya muselu ificitwa muli ulya musango wa mipepele. (Esekiele 9:4) Abankula ku mbila nsuma balalubulwa kuli iyi mibele ya bulanda. (Mateo 9:35-38) Amenso yabo aya kwiluka ifintu yalesulwa ilyo basambilila ukupepela Yehova “mu Mupashi na mu cine.”—Yohane 4:24.

7, 8. (a) Bushe iyi ‘myaka ya luse’ ibili myaka nshi? (b) Bushe ‘inshiku sha cilandushi ca kwa Yehova’ ni shili kwi?

⁷ Kwaliba inshita yapimwa iya kubilamo imbila nsuma. Yesu na bakonshi bakwe batuminwe: “Ukubilisho mwaka wa luse lwa kwa Yehova, no bushiku bwa cilandushi ca kwa Lesa wesu, ku kusansamusha bonse abaloosha.” (Esaya 61:2) Umwaka ni nshita iyalepa, lelo walikwate ntendekelo ne mpela. “Umwaka wa luse” lwa kwa Yehova ni nshita ilyo apeela ishuko ku balanda ukuti bankule ku kubilisha kwakwe pa lwa kulubulwa.

Ifwe pali lelo tuleikala mu mwaka na umbi uwa luse, uyo uwatendeke ilyo Ubufumu bwa kwa Lesa bwaimikwe mu myulu mu 1914. Kukaba na bumbi ubushiku ubukesa pa numa ya uyu mwaka wa luse, ubukaba bushiku bukalamba ubwa cilandushi ilyo Yehova akaleta ubonaushi pa bwikashi bwa cino calo conse pa nshita ya “bucushi bukalamba.”—Mateo 24:21.

9. Ni bani lelo bamwenamo mu mwaka wa luse lwa kwa Yehova?

⁹ Ni bani lelo bamwenamo mu mwaka wa luse lwa kwa Lesa? Ni abo abapokelela ubukombe, abafuuka, kabili abatungilila ukubilisha pa lwa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa mu “nko shonse.” (Marko 13:10) Aba musango yo basango kuti imbila nsuma ilapeele cisansamushi cine cine. Lelo, abo abakana ubu bukombe, abashishukila umwaka wa luse lwa kwa Yehova, nomba line bali no kwisacimona pa bushiku bwa cilandushi cakwe.—2 Abena Tesalonika 1:6-9.

E ico, Esaya afishapo umulimo wakwe uwa mu kusesema, e kuti, ‘ku kufumba abaloosha pali Sione, ku kupeela kuli bene umwaala pe punda lya mito, amafuta ya kusekelela pe punda lya kuloosha, umwingila wa kutasha pe punda lya mutima wa kutuusuka; no kuleka betwe [imiti ikalamba, NW] iya bulungami, iyalimbwa kuli Yehova, ku kuleka acindamikwe.’—Esaya 61:3.

Aba kulekeleshako muli iyi “miti” yapuulama balilunduluka mu myaka yonse iyi ukutula mu 1919, ilyo Yehova abuukulwile abashalapo ba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa ukuti batendeke ukubomba na kabili pa numa ya kuleka pa nshita inono. Pa kubapeela amenshi ya ku mupashi ayengi, Yehova aliletako icapala umutengo wa miti ya bulungami iitwale fisabo.—Esaya 27:6.

14, 15. Milimo nshi bakapepa ba kwa Yehova ababweshiwe batendeke ukucita mu (a) 537 B.C.E.? (b) 33 C.E.? (c) 1919?

¹⁴ Esaya atwalilila ukulanda pa mulimo ukalamba iyi “miti” ibomba ati: “Bakakuule fibolya fya muyayaya, no kwimya [ififulo fya kale ifyapomoka, NW]; bakalenga cipya cipya imishi ya mapopa, [ififulo ifyabe fyapomoka, NW] ku nkulo ne nkulo.” (Esaya 61:4)

Mu nshila imo ine, ukutendeka mu 1919 ukuya ku ntanshi Yesu Kristu alengele abashalapo ba muli bamunyina abasubwa ukukuula cipya cipya “ififulo ifyabe fyapomoka ku nkulo ne nkulo.” Pa myaka iingi bashimapepo ba mu Kristendomu balifililwe ukusambilisha abantu ukwishiba Yehova, lelo bapyanikepo ifishilano fya bantu ne fifundisho fishili fya mu malembo. Abena Kristu basubwa bafumishe mu filonganino fyabo imicitile iyakoweshiwe ku mipepele ya bufi pa kuti ukubweshiwa kwa kupepa kwa cine kwingaya pa ntanshi. Kabili batendeke umulimo uwali no kwisaba kampeni wakulisha uwa kushimikila uushatala aucitikapo kale pali cino calo.—Marko 13:10.

16. Ni bani bafwilisha Abena Kristu basubwa mu mulimo wabo uwa kubwesha ukupepa kwasanguluka, kabili milimo nshi baseekeshiwa?

¹⁶ Uyu wali mulimo uushaikulila bapeelwe. Bushe abashalapo ba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa abali abanono nga nshi bali no kubomba shani umulimo wa musango yo? Yehova apuutilemo Esaya ukusoso kuti: “Abeni bakema no kuceme mikuni yenu, na bambi bambi bakaba aba kumulimino mushili, kabili aba kumulimine myangashi.” (Esaya 61:5) Aba abeni na bambi bambi aba mampalanya baba “libumba likalamba” ilya “mpaanga shimbi,” isha kwa Yesu.a (Ukusokolola 7:9; Yohane 10:11, 16) Bena tabasubwa no mupashi wa mushilo ukuti bakakwate ica bupyani ca mu muulu. Lelo, bakwate subilo lya bumi bwa muyayaya pali paradise wa pe sonde. (Ukusokolola 21:3, 4) Lelo, na bo bene balitemwa Yehova kabili baliseekeshiwa imilimo ya bucemi, ukulimo mushili, no kulime myangashi, lwa ku mupashi. Iyo milimo te milimo yasuulwa. Pa kutungululwa na bashalapo ba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa, aba bakabomba balafwilisha mu kucema, mu kusakamana, na mu kulobolola abantu.—Luka 10:2; Imilimo 20:28; 1 Petro 5:2; Ukusokolola 14:15, 16.

17. (a) Bushe aba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa baketwa shani? (b) Lilambo nshi lyeka fye ilifwaikwa ku kulekelelwa imembu?

¹⁷ Ni shani pa lwa kwa Israele wa kwa Lesa? Yehova alandila muli Esaya kuli bene ati: ‘Imwe muketwa Bashimapepo ba kwa Yehova, bakasosela imwe, abati, ni Bakapyunga ba kwa Lesa wesu; mukalalye fyuma fya nko, no kuitakishisha mu bukata bwa shiko.’ (Esaya 61:6) Muli Israele wa pa kale, Yehova abikileko bashimapepo abena Lebi ukutuula amalambo ya bena Israele banabo e lyo na malambo yabo abene. Lelo, mu 33 C.E., Yehova alekele ukubomfya bashimapepo abena Lebi kabili abikileko imitantikile iyacililepo kuwama. Apokelele ubumi bwapwililika ubwa kwa Yesu ubwapeelwe ukube lambo lya pa membu sha bantu. Ukutula lilya, tapaba kabili ilambo limbi ilyakabilwa ukupeelwa. Ilambo lya kwa Yesu libomba ku nshita yonse.—Yohane 14:6; Abena Kolose 2:13, 14; AbaHebere 9:11-14, 24.

18. Ni bushimapepo bwa musango nshi Israele wa kwa Lesa apanga, kabili mulimo nshi apeelwa?

¹⁸ Kanshi, ni shani, aba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa baba “bashimapepo ba kwa Yehova”? Pa kulemba ku Bena Kristu banankwe abasubwa, umutumwa Petro atile: “Imwe muli lupwa ulwasalwa, bushimapepo bwa bufumu, uluko lwa mushilo, abantu abo aikwatila, kuleka balondolole ifya bulumba fya wamwitile ukuti mufume mu mfifi mwingile mu lubuuto lwakwe ulwapesha amano.” (1 Petro 2:9) Kanshi, Abena Kristu basubwa, bonse pamo, e bapanga ibumba lya bushimapepo ilyapeelwa umulimo wa kulungatika: uwa kwebe nko pa lwa bukata bwa kwa Yehova. Balingile ukube nte shakwe. (Esaya 43:10-12) Muli ishi nshiku shonse isha kulekelesha, Abena Kristu basubwa balibomba uyu mulimo wacindama muli bucishinka. Na pa mulandu wa kubomba kwabo, imintapendwa ya bantu nomba balebombela pamo na bo mu kushimikila pa lwa Bufumu bwa kwa Yehova.

19. Mulimo nshi Abena Kristu basubwa bakakwate shuko lya kubomba?

¹⁹ Kabinge, aba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa baba ne cilolelo ca kubomba bushimapepo bwa musango umbi. Ilyo bafwa, balabuushiwa ukuyaba no bumi bwa ku mupashi ku muulu ubwa kukanafwa. Kulya baya mu kuba bakateka pamo na Yesu mu Bufumu bwakwe e lyo no kuba bashimapepo ba kwa Lesa. (Ukusokolola 5:10; 20:6) Apo bakabe fyo, bakapeelwe shuko lya kuleta amapaalo yakafuma mwi lambo lya cilubula ilya kwa Yesu ku bantu aba busumino pe sonde. Mu cimonwa ico umutumwa Yohane amwene icalembwa mu Ukusokolola icipandwa 22, na kabili balondololwa ukuti ‘miti.’ Iyi “miti” yonse, e kuti ba 144,000, yamonwa ili mu muulu, iletwale ‘fisabo ikumi na fibili, iitwala ifisabo cila mweshi. Kabili amabula ya iyi miti yaba ya kundapilako inko.’ (Ukusokolola 22:1, 2) Mwandi uyu mulimo wa bushimapepo uwa kusungusha!

Pa Nsoni no Musaalula, Pakonko Kusekelela

20. Te mulandu no kukaanya bapitamo, kupaalwa nshi aba muli bushimapepo bwa bufumu balepembelela?

²⁰ Ukutula mu 1914 ilyo umwaka wa luse uwa kwa Yehova watendeke, aba muli ubu bushimapepo bwa bufumu balipita mu kukaanya kwa mutatakuya ukufuma kuli bashimapepo ba mu Kristendomu. (Ukusokolola 12:17) Lelo, amatukuto yonse aya kwesho kulesho kushimikila imbila nsuma kuli pele pele tayabomba. Ukusesema kwa kwa Esaya kwasobele ci, akuti: “Pe punda lya nsoni shenu mukaba ne cakaniko ca miku ibili, pe punda lya musaalula mukasekelela mu cikwatwa cenu; e ico mu calo cenu mukakwate cakaniko ca miku ibili, ukusekelela kwa muyayaya kukaba kuli imwe.”—Esaya 61:7.

21. Bushe Abena Kristu basubwa baishilekwata shani icakaniko ca miku ibili ica mapaalo?

²¹ Mu Nkondo ya Calo iya Kubalilapo, abashalapo basubwa balilengelwe nsoni no kusaalulwa kuli Kristendomu waba na kapaatulula ka luko. Bashimapepo na bo baali pa bantu ababepeshe bamunyina ba busumino aba pa maofeshi yakalamba mu Brooklyn imilandu ya kupinuna ubuteko. Aba bamunyina babikilwe mu cifungo pa myeshi 9 pa mulandu fye wa lufyengo. Kuli pele pele, muli shinde wa mu 1919, balikakwilwe, na pa numa imilandu yonse iyo bababepeshe yalifuutilwe. E co ipange lya kufwaya ukwimika umulimo wa kushimikila talyabombele. Yehova talekele bakapepa bakwe ukulengwe nsoni pa nshita ntali, lelo alibalubwile no kubabwesesha ku mpanga yabo iya ku mupashi, ku ‘calo cabo.’ Kulya e ko bapokelele icakaniko ca miku ibili ica mapaalo. Ukupaala Yehova abapaalile kwafumishepo fyonse ifyo bapitilemo. Cine cine mwandi ni nsambu kuti basekelela!

22, 23. Bushe Abena Kristu basubwa bapashanya shani Yehova, kabili aabalambula shani?

²² Ifyo Yehova akonkeshapo ukusosa na fyo filenga Abena Kristu ukusekelela pali lelo, atila: “Ine Yehova natemwo bupingushi, napato kwiba no bupondamishi; e ico nkabapeele cilambu cabo mu cishinka, nkapinga kuli bene ne cipingo ca muyayaya.” (Esaya 61:8) Ukupitila mu kusambilila Baibolo, abashalapo basubwa basambilile ukutemwo bupingushi no kupato bubifi. (Amapinda 6:12-19; 11:20) Basambilile ‘ukufule mpanga shabo ukube fya kuliminako mushili,’no kukanaitumpa mu nkondo na mu fikansa fya calo ifya pa mitekele. (Esaya 2:4) Na kabili bashiile ne misango yonse iisaalula Lesa, pamo nga ulwambo, ubucende, ubupupu, na bucakolwa.—Abena Galatia 5:19-21.

²³ Pa mulandu wa kuti Abena Kristu basubwa balapashanya Kabumba wabo mu kutemwo bupingushi, Yehova alibapeela “icilambu cabo mu cishinka.” Cimo pali ifyo ‘filambu’ cipingo ca muyayaya—icipingo cipya—ico Yesu alumbwile ku basambi bakwe mu nshita ya bushiku ilyo ashilafwa. Ni pali ici cipingo e po basangukila uluko lwa ku mupashi, abantu ba kwa Lesa abaibela. (Yeremia 31:31-34; Luka 22:20) Ni muli ici cipingo e mo Yehova akalengela amapaalo yonse aye lambo lya cilubula ca kwa Yesu ukubomba, ukusanshako no kulekelela imembu sha basubwa ne sha bantu bonse bambi aba busumino.

Ukwangila mu Mapuaalo ya kwa Yehova

24. Bushe “ubufyashi” ubupaalwa mu kati ka nko ni bani, kabili baasanguka shani “ubufyashi”?

²⁴ Bamo mu nko balimona ifyo Yehova alepaala abantu bakwe. Ici casobelwe mu bulayo bwa kwa Yehova ubwa kuti: “Mu nko ubufyashi bwabo bukeshibwa, na bafuma mu nda shabo bakeshibwa mu kati ka bantu na bantu; bonse ababamona bakasumino kuti bene bufyashi ubo Yehova apaala.” (Esaya 61:9) Aba muli Israele wa kwa Lesa, Abena Kristu basubwa, balipikintika mu nko mu nshita ya mwaka wa luse lwa kwa Yehova. Pali lelo abo abayankula ku butumikishi bwabo bafikile ku mintapendwa. Pa kubombela capamo na Israele wa kwa Lesa, aba mu nko balikwata ishuko lya kusanguko “bufyashi ubo Yehova apaala.” Insansa bakwata shilamoneka ku bantu bonse.

25, 26. Ni shani Abena Kristu bonse basuminisha ku mashiwi yalembwa pali Esaya 61:10?

²⁵ Abena Kristu bonse, abasubwa e lyo ne mpaanga shimbi, bafuluka inshita bakalatasha Yehova ku ciyayaya. Balasuminisha no mweo onse ifyasosele kasesema Esaya, uyo uwapuutilwemo ukusoso kuti: “Ukusekelela nkasekelela muli Yehova, umweo wandi ukalayangila muli Lesa wandi; pantu amfwika amalaya ye pusukilo amfimba tambatamba wa bulungami, ifyo shibwinga afwalo mwaala uwayemba [kwati ni shimapepo, NW] ifyo nabwinga asaame fisaamo fyakwe.”—Esaya 61:10.

²⁶ Apo bafwala “tambatamba wa bulungami,” Abena Kristu basubwa bapampamina pa kutwalilila abasanguluka kabili abashakowela mu menso ya kwa Yehova. (2 Abena Korinti 11:1, 2) Apo Yehova alibalungamika ukuti bakapyane ubumi bwa muulu, tabakatale ababwelela ku mpanga yapomoka iya kwa Babele Mukalamba, uko balubulwa. (Abena Roma 5:9; 8:30) Amalaya ye pusukilo ya mutengo nga nshi kuli bene. Abanabo ba mu mpanga shimbi na bo bene bapampamina pa kukonka ifipimo fya kwa Yehova Lesa ifyasumbuka ifya kupepa kwasanguluka. Apo ‘basamba amalaya yabo, no kuyabuutusha mu mulopa wa Mwana wa Mpaanga’ balilungamikwa kabili bakapusuka “ubucushi bukalamba.” (Ukusokolola 7:14; Yakobo 2:23, 25) Mpaka iyo nshita ikafike, batwalilila ukupashanya abanabo basubwa mu kutaluka ku kukantana konse ukufuma kuli Babele Mukalamba.

27. (a) Mu kuteka kwa myaka ikana limo, “kupuuka” nshi ukwaibela kukabako? (b) Bushe kale kale ubulungami bulepuuka shani mu kati ka bantu?

²⁷ Pali lelo bakapepa ba kwa Yehova babekelwa ukuba muli paradise wa ku mupashi. Nomba line bali no kuipakisha na Paradise wa cine cine. Tulelolela ne mitima yesu yonse iyo nshita, iyalondololwa bwino mu mashiwi ya kwisalila aya kwa Esaya icipandwa 61 ukuti: “Ifyo umushili ufumyo mumeno, ifyo ibala lilenge fyabyalwamo ukupuuka, e fyo Shikulu Yehova akalengo bulungami no kutasha ukupuuka ku mulola wa nko shonse.” (Esaya 61:11) Mu kuteka kwa myaka 1,000 ukwa kwa Kristu, mu calo mukabo ‘kupuuka kwa bulungami.’ Abantunse bakabilisha ukubilisha kwa kucimfya, no bulungami bukakumana pano isonde ponse. (Esaya 26:9) Lelo, ifwe, tatulekabila ukupembelela mpaka bulya bushiku bwa lulumbi bukese e lyo tukatendeke ukutasha ku mulola wa nko shonse. Kale kale ubulungami bulepuuka pa kati ka bantu imintapendwa abacindika Lesa wa mu muulu no kubilisha imbila nsuma pa lwa Bufumu bwakwe. Na nomba line icitetekelo cesu ne subilo filingile ukube fintu fya kwangilapo mu mapaalo ya kwa Lesa wesu.