5. Kasi chinthanguni ichi chikuyowoya za vichi?

⁵ Ŵazgani Ezekiyeli 17:3-10. Chinthanguni ichi chikuyowoya kuti “nombo yikuru” yikabonthora mphukira yapachanya chomene pa sidara na kuyipanda “mu msumba wa ŵamalonda.” Kufuma apo, nombo “yikatorako mbuto yinyake mu charu” na kuyipanda mu munda wavundira “mumphepete mwa maji ghanandi.” Mbuto iyi yikakura, na kuzgoka khuni la “mpheska lakuvwinthuka.” Kufuma apo, kukiza “nombo yinyake yikuru.” Misisi ya khuni la mpheska yikathazira kwa nombo yachiŵiri, kuti yilitore na kulipandaso pa malo ghanyake apo pali maji. Yehova wakasuska ivyo khuni la mpheska ili likachita, wakayowoya kuti misisi ya khuni ili yizgulikenge kweniso kuti “lomirenge pepetu.”

6. Longosorani ivyo chinthanguni ichi chikung’anamura.

⁶ Kasi chinthanguni ichi chikang’anamurangachi? (Ŵazgani Ezekiyeli 17:11-15.) Mu 617 B.C.E., Nebukadinezara themba la Babuloni (uyo wakwimira “nombo yikuru” yakwamba) wakawukira Yerusalemu. Wakabonthora Yehoyakini, themba la Yuda (“mphukira yapachanya chomene”), kumuwuskapo pa chitengo chaufumu na kuluta nayo ku Babuloni (“msumba wa ŵamalonda”). Nebukadinezara wakatora Zedekiya (yimoza mwa ‘mbuto yachifumu mu charu’) na kumuŵika pa chitengo chaufumu mu Yerusalemu. Themba liphya la Yuda ili likachita chilapo mu zina la Chiuta, kuti liŵenge lakugomezgeka kwa themba la Babuloni. (2 Mid. 36:13) Kweni Zedekiya wakafiska yayi chilapo chira; wakagalukira Babuloni na kukolerana na Farawo wa ku Eguputo (‘nombo yikuru’ yachiŵiri) kuti wamovwire pa nkhondo, kweni vikenda yayi. Yehova wakasuska Zedekiya chifukwa cha kuswa chilapo chira. (Ezek. 17:16-21) Paumaliro, Zedekiya wakapokeka ufumu, ndipo wakafwira mu jele ku Babuloni.—Yer. 52:6-11.

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  2. Nebukadinezara wakaŵika Zedekiya pa chitengo ku Yerusalemu