1, 2. Ni kaghisa kahi ‘ak’erisaghira okwa bithwe’ ako Abakristayo b’omwa kighana ky’erimbere abe Yerusalemu ne Yudea babana?

OMUGHULHU Yesu abya okwa kihugho, abigha biwe mubamuhikako n’erimubulya bathi: ‘Ekiminyikalho ky’erihika lyawu ni kyahi, n’erihwererera ly’emighulhu eyi ni kiro kyahi?’ Eribererera ly’erimbere ery’obuminyereri obo Yesu abaha akasubirya ekibulyo kyabu lyabya omwa kighana ky’erimbere. Yesu mwakania okwa kindu ekithe kya buli kiro ekyanga kanganirye ngoku enduli yiri hakuhi. Babere balhangira ekindu ekyo, ‘abali e Yudea [babya batholere] ibasaghira okwa bithwe.’ (Mt. 24:1-3, 15-22) Mbwino abigha ba Yesu bangana minyerere ekiminyikalho n’erighenda okwa busondoli bwiwe?

² Enyuma w’emyaka ng’amakumi asathu, omwa 61 E.K., omukwenda Paulo mwahandika omwatsi owahengulha eriyitheghererya ly’Abakristayo Abaebrania ababya bikere eYerusalemu n’ababathimbireko. Aliwe Paulo n’abikirirya balikyabo babya isibasi ngoku ekiminyikalho ky’erimbere ekyo “obulighe bunene” kyabya ikikisiya ikyabya myaka ithano enyuma waho. (Mt. 24:21) Omwa 66 E.K., Cestius Gallus mwasondolha amahe we Roma awabya iniakisiya iniabambira e Yerusalemu. Aliwe kitsumbukirania mwabikyako, kyamaleka Abakristayo ibabana akaghisa k’eriyibatsira kughulhu.

3. N’ihabulha lyahi eryo Paulo ahana Abakristayo Abaebrania, kandi busana naki?

³ Abakristayo mubayithagha obuyitheghererya n’eriso ly’obunyakirimu erithoka eriminya ngoku emyatsi yangabere nuku bathibithe. Aliwe, abandi babya ‘ibabiribya n’obuthowa.’ Babya ng’abaana balere bunyakirimu abanzire “amabere.” (Soma Abaebrania 5:11-13.) Nibya n’abandi ababya ibabirilendera omwa nzira y’ekwenene habw’emyaka mingyi mubatsuka erikangania ehiminyikalho ‘hy’erilhua oku Nyamuhanga oyuliho.’ (Ebr. 3:12) Abandi mubabya ‘n’emibere’ y’eribulha okwa mihindano y’Ekikristayo omughulhu ekiro ekikalire ekyo kiri hakuhi. (Ebr. 10:24, 25) Paulo mwabaha erihabulha eriri okwa buthuku, akabugha athi: “Thughende embere omwa myatsi eyihikene, thusighanaye erikangirirya ly’eritsuka ly’engulhu ya Kristo.”—Ebr. 6:1.

4. Busana naki ni kikulhu erisighalha ithunabukire bunyakirimu, kandi ni kyahi ekikendi thuwathikya erikolha ekyo?

⁴ Thuli omwa biro by’erighunzerera by’eribererera ly’obuminyereri bwa Yesu. ‘Ekiro kinene kya Yehova’—ekiro ekikendi syaletha enduli y’omughulhu mubi wa Sitani owosi—“kiri hakuhi.” (Zef. 1:14) Kwilhaba kera, thutholere ithwasighalha ithunabukire bunyakirimu kandi ithunatheghirye. (1 Pet. 5:8) Mbwino kwenene thunemukolha ekyo? Erikulha bunyakirimu likendi thuwathikya erisighalha ithunahirire amalengekania w’okwa buthuku obo thulimu.

17. Busana naki obwowa bwabya b’omughaso kutsibu-tsibu omwa kighana ky’erimbere?

¹⁷ Erihabulha lya Paulo ery’erilholha embere erikulha-kulhana mulyalhamya esyongebe sya Bakristayo omwa kighana ky’erimbere ababya bikere e Yerusalemu ne Yudea. Abaghendera okw’ihabulha eryo babya bawithe obuyitheghererya bw’obunyakirimu obukayithaghisibawa eriminyerera ebiminyikalho ebyo Yesu abya iniabiribaha nuku “basaghire oko bithwe.” Babere balhangira “ekikalire ky’eriherya . . . ikihangane ahabuyirire,” ni bugha ambu, amahe we Roma inianathimbire kandi iniane mwingira omwa Yerusalemu, mubaminya ngoku ni ndambi y’erithibitha. (Mt. 24:15, 16) Omw’ighendera okw’ikunga lya Yesu ly’obuminyereri, Abakristayo mubalhua omwa muyi we Yerusalemu athali athoghothibwa, kandi erikwamana n’ebinywe by’oyusomire eby’edini ya Eusebius, mubayikalha omwa muyi we Pela omwa bithwe bye Gileadi. Busana n’ekyo, mubabalha okwa kabi akakalire kutsibu ako e Yerusalemu yabana.

18, 19. (a) Busana naki obwowa bukayithaghisibawa omwa biro byethu? (b) Thukendi syakania okuki omo mwatsi owakakwamako?

¹⁸ Obowa obukasa busana n’erikulha bunyakirimu bukendi thulhamya hakabya eribererera ly’obuminyereri bwa Yesu obwa “hasyabya obulighe bunene” obuthe bwathabyaho. (Mt. 24:21) Mbwino thunemwendi syaghendera okwa busondoli obwa lhuba-lhuba obo thukendi syathunga erilhua okwa “omw’imaniri oyuthereghulha ow’amenge”? (Lk. 12:42) Kwesi ka ni kikulhu erigha eribya ‘mwowa n’omuthima wosi’!—Abar. 6:17.