9-11. U-1 Thesalonika 5:⁠3 usegcwalisekile yini? Chaza.

⁹ Bala u-1 Thesalonika 5:1-3. Esikhathini esiseduze, izizwe zizamemeza zisithi: “Ukuthula lokuvikeleka.” Kumele ‘siphaphame njalo sizithibe’ ukuze singajunywa yisimemezelo lesi. (1 Thes. 5:6) Okungasinceda ukuthi sihlale siphapheme ekukhonzeni yikuhlola izehlakalo ezisidonsela kulesi simemezelo esiqakathekileyo.

¹⁰ Ngemva kokuphela kwezimpi zomhlaba ezimbili, amazwe amemezela ukuthi kube lokuthula. Ngemva kwempi yomhlaba yokuqala kwabunjwa iNhlanganiso Yamazwe okuthiwa yi-League of Nations kuhloswe ukuthi izaletha ukuthula. Kanti njalo ngemva kwempi yomhlaba yesibili kwabunjwa iNhlanganiso Yomanyano Wamazwe Omhlaba, i-United Nations njalo uwonkewonke wayethemba ukuthi izaletha ukuthula emhlabeni. Ohulumende kanye labakhokheli bamasonto lokhu belindele ngabomvu, ukuthi izinhlanganiso lezi zilethe ukuthula ebantwini. Ngokwesibonelo ngo-1986 i-United Nations yamisa uMnyaka Wokuthula Emhlabeni Wonke. Ngomnyaka lowo inkokheli zamazwe amanengi lezamasonto zamanyana loMkhulu weSonto lamaKatolika e-Assisi, elizweni lase-Italy ukuze kwenziwe imithandazo yokuthula.

¹¹ Kodwa ukumenyezelwa kokuthula lokuvikeleka kanye labakutshotshozelayo akukasigcwalisi isiphrofetho esibhalwe ku-1 Thesalonika 5:3. Ngani? Ngenxa yokuthi ‘incithakalo ezabehlela ngokujuma’ eyabikezelwayo ayikafiki.

12. Kuyini esikwaziyo mayelana lesimemezelo ‘sokuthula lokuvikeleka’?

¹² Ngubani ozakwenza isimemezelo lesi esiqakathekileyo esisilindeleyo esithi: “Ukuthula lokuvikeleka”? Endabeni le kuyini okuzakwenziwa zinkokheli zamasonto azithi ngawesiKhristu kanye lenkokheli zezinye izinkolo? Kanti njalo ohulumende abatshiyeneyo bazangena njani esimemezelweni lesi? IMibhalo ayitsho lutho ngalokhu. Esikwaziyo yikuthi loba yikuphi ukumemeza okuzakwenziwa, kungaze kuzwakale angani kuliqiniso, konke akuyindawo kuzabe kuyisiphamaso. Umumo lo omdala wezinto uzaqhubeka ubuswa nguSathane. Uzifananela lesithelo esibolileyo phakathi futhi uzahlala unjalo. Kungaba buhlungu nxa omunye wethu engathatheka ngezinkulumo zikaSathane ezikhohlisayo njalo acine esengenela kwezombusazwe.

14. Kuyini okutshengisa ukuthi ukuchithwa kweBhabhiloni eNkulu sokuseduze?

¹⁴ IBhabhiloni eNkulu, umbuso wokukhonza kwamanga emhlabeni wonke izathola lokho okuyifaneleyo, okutsho ukuthi izabhujiswa. ‘Abantu bemihlobo yonke, amaxuku, lezizwe kanye lezindimi,’ abasoze benelise ukuyisekela. Kuvele sokuzikhanyela ukuthi ukuchithwa kwayo sokuseduze. (Isam. 16:12; 17:15-18; 18:7, 8, 21) Okuliqiniso yikuthi ukungasekelwa lokhu sokuzikhanyela endleleni okuchothozwa ngayo amasonto lenkokheli zawo kokuphela embikweni yezindaba. Lanxa kunjalo inkokheli zeBhabhiloni eNkulu zicabanga ukuthi azikho engozini. Lokhu yikuzikhohlisa sibili! Ngemva kokumenyezelwa ‘kokuthula lokuvikeleka,’ inhlanganiso zezombusazwe zikaSathane zizayisukela inkolo yamanga ziyitshabalalise yonke. Ngeke siphinde siyithi tshazi iBhabhiloni eNkulu! Ngeqiniso ayisikho kudlalisa isikhathi ukulindela ngesineke izehlakalo lezi eziqakathekileyo.​—Isam. 18:8, 10.