³ Ndiilili Habakuku naakasinsima businsimi bwakwe? Majwi aali kumamanino aabbuku aalembedwe aatala aawa amajwi aakuti “Jehova mwaali muntempele yakwe iisalala” atondezya kuti itempele mu Jerusalemu lyakaciliko. (2:20) Makani aaya amulumbe wabusinsimi, zitondezya kuti wakasinsima kakusyeede myaka misyoonto kuti Jerusalemu inyonyoonwe mu 607 B.C.E. Pele ino kwakasyeede myaka minji buti? Kweelede kuti wakasinsima kabwiindide kale bulelo bwa Mwami Josiya iwakali kuyoowa Leza iwakalela kuzwa mu 659 B.C.E. kusikila mu 629 B.C.E. Ibusinsimi kubugama bupa citondezyo cakwaambilizigwa kwacintu eeco bantu bamu Juda ncobatakonzyi kusyoma nokuba kuti caluulwa. Ncinzi eeci? Nkubusya ba Kasidi (bana Babuloni) nkwaakali kuyoocita Leza kuti asubule ba Juda batasyomi. (1:5, 6) Eeci inga ceelela kuti cakacitika kumatalikilo aabulelo bwa Mwami Joyakimu sikukomba mituni, iciindi kutasyoma akutalulama nozyakadumide mu Juda. Joyakimu wakapegwa bwami a Farao Neko, acisi cakali mubweendelezi bwabana Egepita. Mubukkale buli boobo bantu bakali kukonzya kuliiba akutasyoma abuniini makani aakuti inga basaalwa abana Babuloni. Pele Nebukadinezara wakamuzunda Farao Neko munkondo njobakalwana ku Karikemesi mu 625 B.C.E., calo cakali nkokunyonyoonwa kwabulelo bwa Egepita. Aboobo businsimi bweelede kuti bwakapegwa cintu eeco kacitana kucitika. Aboobo zitondezyo zitondezya kumatalikilo aabulelo bwa Joyakimu (ibwakatalika mu 628 B.C.E.), calo cipa kuti Habakuku kali muselanyina a Jeremiya.

¹² Mbwaakazi kuti businsimi bwa Habakuku bulagwasya mukuyiisya, mwaapostolo Paulo wakazubulula kuzwa kucaandaano 2, kapango 4, kwaziindi ziindene-indene zyotatwe. Naakali kukankaizya kuti makani mabotu ninguzu zya Leza zyakufwutula kuli umwi aumwi uujisi lusyomo, Paulo wakalembela Banakristo ku Roma kuti: “Nkaambo mulingao bululami bwa-Leza mubuli mukuyubununwa, kulusyomo mbwalusyomo, mbuli mbukulembedwe kuti, Pele uululeme unoopona kulusyomo.” Naakali kulembela bana Galatiya, Paulo wakakankaizya kaambo kakuti zilongezyo zilaboola kwiinda mulusyomo naakati: “Taakwe muntu uukonzya kululamikwa kumilimo ya-Mulao, ikuti: Uululeme unoopona kulusyomo.” Alimwi Paulo wakalemba mulugwalo lwakwe kubana Hebrayo kuti Banakristo beelede kutondezya lusyomo lwini-lwini ilufwutula, alimwi wakazubulula majwi aa Jehova kuli Habakuku. Nokuba boobo, tanaakazubulula buyo majwi aa Habakuku aakuti, “muntu wangu uuluzi unooyoopona akusyoma,” pele amajwi aakwe aatobela kweelana a Greek Septuagint aakuti: “Kuti akapiluke cifuteesule, muuya wangu tuukooyookondwa kulinguwe pe.” Mpoonya ulamanizya kwiinda mukwaamba kuti: Swebo “ndiswe baabo abajisi kusyoma kuyoofutusya myuuya yesu.”—Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38, 39.