Cibalo 1

Milumbe Kuzwa Kujulu

IBBAIBBELE lyoonse lizwide milumbe kuzwa kujulu yakapegwaa Taateesu wakujulu kuti tulaililwe. Nokuba boobo, myaka iitandila ku 2,000 eyi yainda, imilumbe yobile yaalubazu yakatolwaa mungelo “uuima kubusyu bwa-Leza.” Izina lyakwe ngu Gabriyeli. Atucilange-lange cakapa kuti nyendo ezi zyobile zyakuswaya nyika zicitwe.

Imwaka ngu 3 B.C.E. Mumalundu aaku Judaya, ikutali kulamfwu kapati kuzwa ku Jerusalemu kukkala mupaizi wa Jehova ulaa zina lya Zakariya. Wacembaala antoomwe amukaintu wakwe Elizabeta. Alimwi tabajisi bana pe. Zakariya ucita bulizi bwakwe bwamulimo wabupaizi mutempele lya Leza mu Jerusalemu. Mpoonya kwalibonya Gabriyeli kululyo lwacipaililo aatentelwa tununkilizyo.

Zakariya wayoowa kapati. Pele Gabriyeli wamutontomeka wati, “Utayoowi, Zakariya, ukukomba kwako kwamvwigwa, mukaintu wako Elizabeta uzookuzyalila mwana mulombe, ngozooulika zina lya-Johane.” Gabriyeli wazumanana akwaambilizya kuti Johane “unoozooli mupati mumeso aa-Jehova” alimwi akuti ‘uyoobambila Jehova bantu balulamikidwe.’

Nokuba boobo, camwaalila kusyoma Zakariya. Caboneka kuti tacikonzyeki pe kuti walo a Elizabeta balakonzya kubaa mwana aciimo cabo. Aboobo Gabriyeli wamwaambila kuti: “Ulaba cimuumu yebo, tokoonookonzya kwaambaula mane do kubuzuba mbwaayoocitwa makani aya, nkaambo tosyomede majwi aangu.”

Aciindi eci bantu anze baide kugambwa ncaatolela ciindi cilamfwu boobu Zakariya mutempele. Naazikuzwa, takonzyi kwaambaula pele buyo kutondaika amaanza aakwe nkabela baziba kuti wabona cilengaano.

Elyo nocamana ciindi camilimo yakwe mutempele Zakariya wapilukila kuŋanda. Bweende-bweende nceeco cacitika ncobeni—Elizabeta wamita! Nacilindila kuti mwanaakwe azyalwe, Elizabeta walivwundika muŋanda kwamyeezi iili musanu.

Mpoonya, Gabriyeli walibonya alimwi. Waambaula kuli ni? Nkuumusimbi uutakwetwe wazina lya Mariya uuzwa mumunzi uutegwa Nazareta. Mmulumbe nzi ngwaatola cino ciindi? Gabriyeli waambila Mariya kuti, teelela! “Wajana luzyalo kuli-Leza. Langa, ulamita, uzootumbuka mwana mulombe, ngozooulika zina lya-Jesu.” Gabriyeli wayungizya kuti: “Unoozooli mupati, uzootegwa Mwana a-Sijulu lyamajulu, . . . uyooendelezya ŋanda ya-Jakobo mane kukabe kutamani, ubwami bwakwe tabukooyoomana.”

Tulakonzya kuba masimpe kuti Gabriyeli ulimvwa kuba sicoolwe akaambo kakutola milumbe eyi. Alimwi mbotuyaabubala makani aambi kujatikizya Johane a Jesu, tulabona kabotu-kabotu ncoili mipati milumbe eyi iizwa kujulu. 2 Timoteo 3:16; Luka 1:5-33.

▪ Milumbe nzi mipati yobilo iizwa kujulu?

▪ Nguni wiitola milumbe, alimwi nkuli bani nkoyatolwa?

▪ Nkaambo nzi ncoikatazya kusyoma milumbe eyi?