“Yehova Abekelwa Iwe”

9. Londololeni ukwaluka kwa kwa Sione.

⁹ Uku kupeelwe shina lipya lubali lwa kwaluka kushaiwamina ukwa kwa Sione wa mu muulu uwaimininwako na bana bakwe aba pe sonde. Tubelengo kuti: “Tawakasoselwe kabili, ukuti [umwanakashi uwalekeleshiwa, NW], ne calo cobe tacakasoselwe kabili, ukuti apapomoka; pantu ukenikwa, ukuti, E mo nabekelwa, ne calo cobe, Uwaupwa; pantu Yehova abekelwa iwe, ne calo cobe cikopwa.” (Esaya 62:4) Sione wa pe sonde aba amapopa ukutula ilyo aonawilwe mu 607 B.C.E. Lelo amashiwi ya kwa Yehova yaba bulayo kuli wene ukuti akabweshiwa ne calo cakwe cikekalwamo. Sione uwalipo amapopa takatale aba umwanakashi uwalekeleshiwa, ne calo cakwe tacakatale aciba icapomoka. Ukubweshiwa kwa Yerusalemu mu 537 B.C.E. kwali no kwalule imibele alimo, ukupusaninina fye ku fyo ali uwaonaulwa kale. Yehova abilisha ukuti Sione akenikwa ukuti “E mo nabekelwa,” ne calo cakwe, “Uwaupwa.”—Esaya 54:1, 5, 6; 66:8; Yeremia 23:5-8; 30:17; Abena Galatia 4:27-31.

11. Ni shani abaYuda baupa nyinabo?

¹¹ Pa kukomaila pali uku kusenaminwa ukupya ukwa bantu bakwe, Yehova atila: “Ifyo umulumendo opo mukashana, e fyo [abana bobe abaume bakakuupa, NW]; ifyo shibwinga asekelela pali nabwinga, e fyo Lesa obe akasekelela pali iwe.” (Esaya 62:5) Ni shani abaYuda, “abana baume” ba kwa Sione bengopa nyinabo? Ni mu kuti abana ba kwa Sione abalubulwa muli bunkole bwa ku Babele bapyaninina umusumba wabo uwa bwangalishi uwa kale no kwikala mulya na kabili. Ilyo cabe fyo, Sione tali na kabili uwapomoka lelo aisulamo abana bakwe.—Yeremia 3:14.

“Mwitalala”

13, 14. (a) Mu nshiku sha pa kale, ni shani Yerusalemu asanguka umusumba uucingilila abekashi? (b) Muno nshiku, ni shani Sione asanguko “watashiwa pano isonde”?

¹³ Ili shina lya mampalanya ilyo Yehova abenika lilenga abantu bakwe ukumfwa abacingililwa. Balishiba ukuti alibapokelela no kuti bakwe. Nomba Yehova abomfya icilangililo cimbi pa kulanda ku bantu bakwe kwati nalimo alelanda ku musumba wa malinga, atila: “Pa malinga yobe, we Yerusalemu, natekapo abalinshi, abashakakutumane pe akasuba konse no bushiku bonse. Mwe bakebukisha ba kwa Yehova, mwitalala, kabili mwileka [atalale tondolo, NW], kano apampamika Yerusalemu, abala aucita ukubo watashiwa pano isonde.” (Esaya 62:6, 7) Mu nshita ya kwa Yehova iyalinga pa numa ya kubwela kwa bashalapo ba busumino ukufuma ku Babele, Yerusalemu abo “watashiwa pano isonde”—umusumba wa malinga uucingilila abekashi ba uko. Akasuba no bushiku, abalinshi ba pali ayo malinga bali abalola ku kushininkisha ukuti umusumba naucingililwa no kubilisha ubukombe bwa kusoka ku bekashi ba uko.—Nehemia 6:15; 7:3; Esaya 52:8.

Mu Kubombela Lesa Mukafume Cilambu

17, 18. (a) Ni mu nshila abekashi ba mu Sione bengenekela ukuipakisha ififuma mu kucucutika kwabo? (b) Abantu ba kwa Yehova pali lelo baipakisha shani ififuma mu kucucutika kwabo?

¹⁷ Ishina lipya Yehova ainika abantu bakwe bushininkisho bwa kuti ukubombesha kwabo te kwa fye. “Yehova nalapo kwa kulyo kwakwe, no kuboko kwakwe ukwakosa, ati, Nshakapeele ngano shobe kabili ku kube ca kulya ca balwani bobe, na bambi bambi tabakanwe mwangashi obe, uo wacucutikako; abashilonganya e bakashilya, no kutasha Yehova, na balonganye myangashi e bakanwo mwangashi, mu mansa sha mwashila mwandi.” (Esaya 62:8, 9) Ukwa kulyo kwa kwa Yehova no kuboko kwakwe ukwakosa fishibilo fya maka yakwe no bukose. (Amalango 32:40; Esekiele 20:5) Ifi alapa fyene cilelangilila ukuti napanga ukwalule mibele Sione alimo. Mu 607 B.C.E., Yehova asuminisha abalwani ba kwa Sione ukumwibila no kutape fyuma fyakwe. (Amalango 28:33, 51) Lelo uno muku, abakaipakisha pa co Sione akwata ni abo fye abakwate nsambu pali ifyo fintu.—Amalango 14:22-27.

19, 20. (a) Ni shani abaYuda bakungwilwa inshila ya kwendamo pa kubwelela ku Yerusalemu? (b) Bushe muno nshiku abafuuka bakungwilwa shani inshila ya kwendamo ukwisa mu kuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova?

¹⁹ Ili shina lipya na kabili lilenga ukuteyanya kwa kwa Yehova ukuba ukwa kucebusha ku bantu ba mitima ya bufumacumi. Imintapendwa balaya kuli kwene, kabili inshila yaba iyaisuka kuli bene. Ukusesema kwa kwa Esaya kutila: “Piteni, piteni, fumyeni mu mpongolo, kungwileni abantu inshila, lundumikeni, lundumikeni cinkwente, fumyenimo amabwe; sumbuleni ilamfya pa bantu na bantu.” (Esaya 62:10) Mu kubalilapo fye, ifi fyebo filelosha ku kupita mu mpongolo sha mu misumba ya Babele pa kubwelela ku Yerusalemu. Abalebweluluka bafwile ukufumya amabwe mu nshila ku kuleka ulwendo lwanguke no kwimye lamfya ku kulangilila abantu inshila.—Esaya 11:12.

21, 22. Lilamfya nshi Yehova asumbwila abalefuma mu mipepele ya bufi, kabili twaishiba shani ico?

²¹ Mu 537 B.C.E., Yerusalemu asangwike ilamfya ilyalangilile abaYuda abashalapo ukubwelelamo no kuyakuula itempele cipya cipya. (Esaya 49:22)

“Ipusukilo Lyobe Lyaisa”!

23, 24. Bushe ipusukilo lileisa shani kuli abo abatetekela Lesa?

²³ Ishina lipya ilyo Yehova apeela kuli uku kuteyanya kwakwe ukwapalo mukashi likumine ipusukilo lya muyayaya ilya bana bakwe. Esaya alemba ati: “Moneni, Yehova alengo kuumfwika ukufika ku mpela sha pano nshi, ati: Soseni ku mwana mwanakashi Sione, auti, Mona ipusukilo lyobe lyaisa; mona, icilambu cakwe ali na co, ne ca kulambula cakwe cili ku cinso cakwe.” (Esaya 62:11) Ipusukilo lyaishile ku baYuda ilyo Babele awile kabili babwelelamo na ku calo cabo. Lelo aya mashiwi yalelanda pa cacilapo ubukalamba. Aya mashiwi Yehova abilisha yatwibukishako ukusesema kwa kwa Sekaria pa lwa Yerusalemu ukwa kuti: “Angisha, we mwana mwanakashi Sione, welesha, we mwana mwanakashi Yerusalemu. Mona, imfumu yobe ileisa kuli iwe, iyalungama kabili [iyapusushiwa, NW], iyafuuka kabili iyatentema pa mpunda, pa musepela umwana wa mpunda nkota.”—Sekaria 9:9.

²⁴ Imyaka itatu na hafu pa numa ya kubatishiwa kwa kwa Yesu mu menshi no kusubwa no mupashi wa kwa Lesa, aendele pa mpunda ukwingila mu Yerusalemu no kusangulula itempele lya uko. (Mateo 21:1-5; Yohane 12:14-16)