ABANTU baleikala mu fyalo fyabela ku kabanga ka bemba wa Mediterranean baletiina nga nshi icalo ca Asiria. Ibuuku lya kwa Yona lisosa ukuti ilyo Lesa atumine uyu kasesema ukuyabila imbila ya bupingushi mu musumba uukalamba uwa bena Asiria uwa Ninebe, abutukile ku calo cimbi! (Yona 1:1-3) Napamo icalengele abutuke ni co abena Asiria baishibikwe ukuti bali bankalwe.

Ilyashi lya Kale Ilyo Mwingacetekela

Kasesema Nahumu alondolwele umusumba wa Ninebe ukuti “mwikala inkalamo” no kuti “musumba uusumya umulopa.” Na kabili atile: “Tauleka ukupokolola ifipe! Kulya e kuli ukulila kwa cikoti no kulila kwa kukolonkonta ukwa mupeto, na bakabalwe abalepontauka ne celeta ililecilauka. Uwendela pali kabalwe, no lubingu lwa lupanga, no kubeka kwe fumo, ne cinabwingi ica bo baipaya, ne fitumbi ifingi; kabili takuli impela ku fitumbi. Balaipununa mu fitumbi fyabo.” (Nahumu 2:11; 3:1-3) Bushe ifyalemba abasambilila ilyashi lya kale pa calo ca Asiria filomfwana ne fi Baibolo yalandapo?

Icitabo citila Light From the Ancient Past citila Abena Asiria bali “bantu abashalekwatila uluse abo balesansa ica kuti abalwani babo abengi balebatiina.” Umfweni ifyo imfumu Ashurnasirpal II, iya bena Asiria yaleilumba pa fyo yalecusha abashalekonka ifyo yalefwaya:

“Naimiike icilibwe mupepi ne mpongolo ya musumba wakwe, kabili nafundile inkanda sha bakalamba babo bonse abampondokele no kushifimba ku cilibwe naimike; bambi nabo nabakakilile ku cilibwe, bambi nabapopele pa milongoti iyali pa cilibwe, . . . kabili naputwile amaboko na molu ya bacilolo, bacilolo ba mfumu abampondokele. . . . Abengi abo naikete nalibocele mu mulilo, kabili abengi nabasendele bunkole.” Ilyo abashula ifintu mu mushili bafukwile amasano ya shamfumu aya bena Asiria, basangile ifibumba ifyo balengako ifikope ifya kutiinya icine cine ukulangilila ifyo balecusha abantu abo baikete mu nkondo.

[Icikope pe bula 28, 29]

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