5. Kumbi Ezekiyeli wangukamba ntharika yakuti wuli?

⁵ Ŵerengani Ezekiyeli 17:3-10. Ntharika yaki ndi iyi: “Nombu yikulu,” yingupontho “mphukira yakusongu” ya chimiti cha sidara “ndi kuyipanda mutawuni ya amalonda.” Pavuli paki, nombu yo “yinguto yinyaki mwa mbewu ya charu cho ndi kuyipanda mumunda wa nyata” wo wenga “mumphepeti mwa maji nganandi.” Mbewu yo yingume ndipu yinguja “chimiti cha mphereska chakuthaza.” Pavuli paki, kunguza “nombu . . . yikulu” yachiŵi. Misisi ya chimiti champhereska ‘yinguthaziya’ ku nombu yachiŵi ndipu chakhumbanga kuti chiwokeki pamalu nganyaki nga nyata. Yehova wangususka vo chimiti champhereska chinguchita, ndipu wangukamba kuti misisi yaki yazamuchesulika ndipu “chazamumiriya limu.”

6. Konkhoskani vo ntharika yo Ezekiyeli wangukamba ying’anamuwa.

⁶ Kumbi ntharika yeniyi yang’anamuwanganji? (Ŵerengani Ezekiyeli 17:11-15.) Mu chaka cha 617 B.C.E., Fumu Nebukadinezara ya ku Babiloni (“nombu yikulu” yakwamba) yinguzingiliza Yerusalemu. Nebukadinezara wangutuzga Fumu Yehoyakini (yo wenga “mphukira yakusongu”) pampandu waki waufumu ndi kuluta nayu ku Babiloni (“mutawuni ya amalonda”). Nebukadinezara wanguŵika Zedekiya (yo wenga “mbewu ya charu cho” kung’anamuwa wa mumzeri waufumu) pampandu waufumu ku Yerusalemu. Zedekiya yo wenga fumu yasonu ya ku Yuda, wangulapizga mu zina laku Chiuta kuti wajengi wakugomezgeka pasi pa Fumu Nebukadinezara. (2 Mbiri 36:13) Kweni Zedekiya wangufiska cha vo wangulapizga. Iyu wangugarukiya fumu ya ku Babiloni ndipu wangupempha Farawo fumu ya ku Ijipiti (“nombu yikulu” yachiŵi) kuti wamuwovyi pa nkhondu, kweni vo wanguchita vingumuwovya cha. Yehova wangususka vo Zedekiya wanguchita pakuleka kufiska vo wangulapizga. (Ezeki. 17:16-21) Pakumaliya, Zedekiya wangutuzgikapu pa mpandu waufumu ndipu wanguchifwiya mujeri ku Babiloni.—Yere. 52:6-11.

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  2. Nebukadinezara waŵika Zedekiya pampandu waufumu ku Yerusalemu