13. Mmulumbe nzi walubeta Zefaniya ngwaakaambilizya kuli Moabu, Amoni, akuli Asuri?

¹³ Kwiinda mumusinsimi wakwe Zefaniya, alimwi Jehova wakaamba bukali bwakwe kumasi aayo aakapenzyede bantu bakwe. Wakaambilizya ategwa: “Ndimvwide kusampaula kwa-Moabu amatusi aabana ba-Amoni ngebatukizya bantu bangu, ambubakomezya nyika yabo. Nkaambo kako, mbundi muumi, mbwaamba Jehova wamakamu Leza wa Israyeli, ncobeni Moabu uyooba mbuli Sodoma, abana ba-Amoni bayooba mbuli Gomora, itongo limenedwe mituntulwa, iizwide malindi aamunyo, iitakedwe lyoonse. . . . Akwalo kunyika uyootambika ijanza lyakwe akunyonyoona Asuri, nkabela uyoocita kuti Nineve ube itongo, akuyuma mbuli inkanda.”—Zefaniya 2:8, 9, 13.

14. Nzitondezyo nzi ziliwo izyakuti bamasi ‘bakalisumpula’ kubana Israyeli a Leza wabo, Jehova?

¹⁴ Bana Moabu abana Amoni bakali basinkondonyina a Israyeli kuzwa kaindi. (Amweezyanye a Babetesi 3:12-14.) Ibbwe lina Moabu ilijanika mu Miziyamu ya Louvre ku Paris, lijisi malembe aalaa majwi akulisumpula ngaakaamba Mwami Mesha wa Moabu. Ulalidunda mbuli mbwaakakoma minzi ya Israyeli iili mbwiibede kwiinda mulugwasyo lwaleza wakwe Kemoshi. (2 Bami 1:1) Jeremiya, walo wakali kupona kuciindi comwe a Zefaniya, wakaamba bana Amoni kuti bakakoma mabazu aa Israyeli aaku Gadi muzina lyaleza wabo Milikamu. (Jeremiya 49:1) Akwalo kuzwa ku Asuri, Mwami Salimaneseli V wakali wazunda Samariya ambweni mwaanda wamyaka kacitanasika ciindi ca Zefaniya. (2 Bami 17:1-6) Kwiinde buyo ciindi cisyoonto, Mwami Sanakeribu wakalwana Juda, wakazunda minzi minji iikwabilidwe, mane wakasika nkwakonga Jerusalemu buya. (Isaya 36:1, 2) Mwaambilizi wamwami wa Asuri ncobeni wakalisumpula kuli Jehova ciindi naakali kulailila kuti Jerusalemu itame kuti yazundwa.—Isaya 36:4-20.

15. Mbuti Jehova mbwaakali kuzoobasampula baleza bamasi aayo aakalisumpwide kubantu bakwe?

¹⁵ Intembauzyo 83 ilaamba masi aali mbwaabede, kubikkilizya Moabu, Amoni, alimwi a Asuri, alo aakalisumpula loko kuli Israyeli, kaalidunda akwaamba kuti: “Amuboole, tubalesye kuba cisi, izina lya-Israyeli litayeeyegwi limbi.” (Intembauzyo 83:4) Musinsimi Zefaniya wakaambilizya cabusicamba kuti zyoonse zisi ezi izilisumpula alimwi abaleza bazyo zyakali kuzoosampulwa a Jehova wamakamu. “Mbuboobu mbubati bweedezegwe milandu yabo, nkaambo basampaula akulisumpula kubantu ba-Jehova wamakamu. Jehova ulabayoosya, nkaambo wakotezya mizimu yoonse yaansi, kuti bantu bamukombe, boonse mpobabede, atusuwa toonse twabamasi.”—Zefaniya 2:10, 11.

17. Ndilili milumbe ya Zefaniya niyakatalika kuzuzikizigwa kumasi ayo, alimwi buti?

¹⁷ Aabo bakamvwa kucenjezya teebakajanika kabatalibambilide. Banji bakapona kusikila bakubona kuzuzikizigwa kwabusinsimi bwa Zefaniya. Mu 632 B.C.E., munzi wa Nineve wakasaalwa akunyonyoonwa abasikalumamba bakavwelene abana Babuloni, bana Mede, alimwi amakamu-makamu aazwa kunyika ambweni ibana Sikitiya. Sikwiiya zyaciindi Will Durant ulaluula ategwa: “Inkamu yabasikalumamba bana Babuloni yakali kusololelwa a Nabopolasa yakakamantana abana Mede ibakali kusololelwa a Kaikisaresi alimwi ankamu yabana Sikitiya ibazwa ku Kaukasa, eelyo bakaide kusola-sola buyo akuzwela-zwela buyo kukoma minzi iili kunyika. . . . Lweendo lomwe buyo lwakazimaanya Asuri, tiiciwo pe.” Ncencico nceena eci ncaakasinsimide Zefaniya.—Zefaniya 2:13-15.