² Batu bawombo babanga ko mu mayangi bo bamviokila mu ziphasi. Vayi mawu Diambu di Nzambi ditu kindisa kuvanga. Dedi, Yakobi wusonika ti, bo tumviokila mu ziphasi tulendi kuazuka ko beni vayi tufueti ba mu mayangi. (Yako. 1:2, 12) Yesu mvandi wutuba ti tufueti ba mu mayangi, kheti mu thangu ba tuthota. (Tanga Matai 5:11.) Vayi buidi tulenda tatamana kuba mayangi kheti bo ba tuthota? Tulenda longuka mambu mawombo mu minkanda Yakobi kasonikina baklisto mu sekulu yitheti. Vayi tuemmona theti zithotolo mbi baklisto abobo baviokila.

ZITHOTOLO MBI BAKLISTO MU SEKULU YITHETI BAVIOKILA?

3. Mambu mbi mayiza monika bo Yakobi kayiza ba nlandikini wu Yesu?

³ Vasa vioka ko beni thangu bo Yakobi khomb’andi na Yesu kayiza ba nlandikini’andi, baklisto ku Yelusalemi batona kuviokila mu zithotolo. (Mava. 1:14; 5:17, 18) Ayi bo bavonda Stefano, baklisto bawombo batina mavula mawu ayi batiamuka mu kizunga ki Yuda ayi ki Samalia. Bawu bayenda mu mavula maba kinanu, dedi Sipeli ayi Antiokia. (Mava. 7:58–8:1; 11:19) Yindula zithotolo zioso baklisto baviokila vayi theti bobo, bawu batatamana kusamuna mu kibakala zitsangu zimboti mu bibuangu baba kuenda. Mu kibila beni kuyiza ba bimvuka biwombo mu mavula maba kutsi luyalu lu Loma. (1 Pete. 1:1) Vayi kuntuala, bawu bayiza bue viokila mu zithotolo ziwombo.

4. Zithotolo mbi zinkaka baklisto batheti baviokila?

⁴ Baklisto batheti baviokila mu mambu mawombo maphasi. Mu mvu 50 T.K., ntinu wu Loma Klaudio wukamba basi Yuda baba ku Loma muingi babasika ku divula diawu. Mu kibila akiokio, basi Yuda babika zinzo ziawu ayi bayenda kuezingila mu mavula mankaka. (Mava. 18:1-3) Mu mvu 61 T.K., mvuala Polo wusonika ti, batu batubila bubi zikhomba ziawu vantuala batu bankaka, baba tula mu buloko ayi bayiba biuma biawu. (Ebe. 10:32-34) Dedi batu bankaka, vaba tombulu baklisto mvandi kuvibidila mu buphumbulu ayi mu bimbevo.—Loma 15:26; Fili. 2:25-27.

6. Dedi bummonisina Luka 6:22, 23, kibila mbi baklisto balenda bela mu mayangi kheti bo bamviokila mu zithotolo?

⁶ Batu bawombo banyindulanga ti balenda ba to mayangi ba kuba buvinya bumboti, zimbongo ziwombo ayi ndembama va dikanda. Vayi ntindu mayangi Yakobi katubila, madi maneni mankuizilanga mu mbutu wu phevi, kubika kuandi mu mambu tummonikinanga mu luzingu. (Ngala. 5:22) Baklisto balenda baka mayangi makiedika, mu kuzaba ti badi mu kukuangidika Yave ayi badi mu kulandakana kifuani ki Yesu. (Tanga Luka 6:22, 23; Kolo. 1:10, 11) Banga bo kiezila ki lâmpada kintatamananga kheti mu phemu voti mvula yinnoka, buawu mvandi, mayangi mitu mantatamananga kheti mu mosokua mambu malenda monika mu luzingu luitu. Mayangi beni, madekukanga ko boti kubela tumbela voti tuisiko zimbongo. Ayi mayangi beni mala tatamana kheti bo basi dikanda ditu voti batu bankaka ba tubalukila. Bo tumviokila mu zithotolo, mayangi mitu malasa dekuka ko vayi mala buelama. Zithotolo tumviokila mu kibila ki kiminu kitu, zimmonisanga ti befu tuidi minlandikini mi mikiedika Klisto. (Matai 10:22; 24:9; Yoa. 15:20) Diawu Yakobi kasonikina: ‘A zikhomba ziama, bika lumona mayangi mu thangu luidi mu zithotolo zi phila mu phila.’—Yako. 1:2.