16. (a) Kodi n’cinthu cinango ciponi comwe Zakariya adawona, ndipo n’ciyani comwe cidacitika na combo cire? (Onani cithunzi-thunzi cacitatu pa tsamba 15.) (b) Kodi akazi omwe akhana matenga wale adakasiya kuponi comboco?

¹⁶ Patsogolo pace, Zakariya adawona akazi awiri omwe akhana matenga ninga ya mbalame. (Werengani Zakariya 5:9-11.)e Akaziwa akhadasiyana kwene-kwene na mkazi wakuipa omwe akhali mu combo ule. Iwo adanyamula combo cire pabodzi na ‘Uipi,’ omwe ni mkazi omwe akhali mkati mwa comboco, aciyenda naye kutali. Kodi iwo adayenda naye kuponi? Iwo adakasiya comboco ku ‘Sineari,’ komwe kukhali ku Babulo. Kodi n’thangwe ranyi iwo adayenda kukamusiya kumweko?

17, 18. (a) N’thangwe ranyi Babulo ikhali mbuto ‘yakuthemera’ yakukasiya ‘Uipi?’ (b) Kodi imwepo mwatsimikiza kucita ciyani?

¹⁷ Ajirayeri omwe adakhala mu nthawe ya Zakariya, adabvesesa thangwe race Babulo ikhali mbuto yathemera kukasiya mkazi wakucemeredwa ‘Uipi’ ule. Iwo akhadziwa kuti mzindayo ukhali wakuipa ndipo ukhadadzala na unzazi pabodzi na kunamata kwakunama. Zakariya pabodzi na Ajuda winango omwe akhakhala mu mzindayo, nsiku zense akhafunika kucita nyongo kuti aleke kupumpsidwa na wanthu wakuipa. Tenepo, matsomphenyaya yadalatiza kuti Yahova angadapitiriza kukhotcerera kunamata kwace kwakucena.

¹⁸ Matsomphenyaya yadakumbusa Ajuda kuti iwo akhafunikambo kucita mbali yawo kuti akhotcerere kunamata kwawo kwakucena. Uipi bumbabvumidwa lini ndipo bumbalekereredwa lini pakati pa atumiki wa Mulungu. Nsiku zino, Yahova adatipasa mwayi wakucita mbali ya gulu lace lakucena, ndipo m’mwemo timbabzibva kukhala wakufunidwa na wakukhotcerereka na iye. Tenepo ali-wense wa ifepano ana udindo bwakuthandizira kuti gululi lipitirize kukhala lakucena. Uipi bun’funika lini kugumanika pakati pa atumiki wa Yahova.