Ifyo Imipepele Yapuswike

ILYO Germany wa baNazi aingilile Russia mu June 1941, aba ku Soviet Union bali nabafumyapo Icalici lya Orthodox ilya ku Russia. Lelo pa numa ya kwingililwa ku baNazi, aba ku Soviet Union batendeke ukwalula imimwene yabo pa lwa mipepele. Cinshi calengele ukuti cibe fi?

Richard Overy, profesa wa lyashi lya nomba pe sukulu lya King’s College, ku London, alondolwele mu citabo cakwe ica Russia’s War—Blood Upon the Snow ukuti: “Sergei, umukalamba we Calici, apaapeete abasumina pali bulya bwine bushiku German abengilile ukubombesha pa kuti bacimfye. Asabankenye bakalata nalimo 23 mu myaka ibili iyakonkelepo, ukweba umukuni wakwe ukulwila icalo cabo icishali ca bukapepa ico baleikalamo.” E co, nga fintu Overy akonkenyepo ukusosa, ‘Stalin asuminishe imipepele ukulunduluka na kabili.’

Mu 1943, Stalin asukile asumina ukupokelela Icalici lya Orthodox ukupitila mu kusonta Sergius ukuba umukalamba we calici umupya. Overy atile: “Intungulushi she Calici shalyankwileko ukupitila mu kulonganika indalama ku ba mu calici ku kusakamana abashilika balebomfya bamotoka ba nkondo. “Bashimapepo na bashikofu bacincishe ifilonganino fyabo ukucetekela Lesa na Stalin.”

Ilyo alelondolola iyi nshita intu ifi fyalecitika mu Russia, Sergei Ivanenko umwina Russia wasoma ifya mipepele alembele ukuti: ‘Ulupapulo lwa mwi funde ulwe Calici lya Orthodox  ilya ku Russia ulwa, The Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, lwatashishe Stalin ukuti pa ntungulushi shonse ishabala ashibako mu fyalo fye fyonse wena e wapulamo, kabili atuminwe kuli Lesa ku kupususha icalo ku kunyanyantilwa, ku bene ba mpanga, na ba mitekele ya cicapitalist. Aba mu calici bakabile ukuitemenwa ukufwila mu bulwi pa kucingilila USSR ku balwani ba iko no kupeela fyonse pa kuti bakuule imitekele ya Komyunisimu.’

“Bacindikwe nga Nshi Kuli ba KGB”

Na pa numa ya Nkondo ya Calo iya Cibili mu 1945, Icalici lya Orthodox lyatwalilile ukubomfiwa ku ba mitekele ya Komyunisimu. Ulupapulo lwa The Soviet Union: The Fifty Years, ulwalembelwe na Harrison Salisbury, lwasokolwele ifyo cabelele fi: “Ilyo inkondo yapwile, bashimapepo bakonkele ifyo ifunde lya kwa Stalin pa fya kubomba ne fyalo fimbi lyalepinda mu Kuumana kwa Fyalo.”

Icitabo ca nomba line ica The Sword and the Shield cilondolola ifyo bashimapepo bacitile ifyo Soviet Union yalefwaya. Cilondolola ukuti Umukalamba we calici Alexis I, uwapyene Sergius pa cifulo ca kuba umukalamba we calici mu 1945 “ailundile ku kabungwe ka World Peace Council, akali kabungwe ka kabepekesho aka Soviet Union akaimikwe mu 1949.” Icitabo na kabili cisosa ukuti wene no Mukalamba we calici Nikolai “bacindikwe nga nshi kuli ba KGB [akabungwe ka Soviet State Security Committee] apo balebabomfya mu bumfisolo ku kwafwa ubuteko ukulenga abantu ukucita ifyo bulefwaya.”

Ica kupapusha ca kuti, mu 1955, Umukalamba we calici Alexis I atile: “Icalici lya Orthodox ilya ku Russia litungilila ifunde lya kubomba ne fyalo fimbi mu mutende ilya buteko bwesu, te pa mulandu wa kuti Icalici talyakwata ubuntungwa, lelo ni pa mulandu wa kuti ifunde lya Soviet Union lya bulungi kabili lyumfwana ne mfundo sha Bwina Kristu isho Icalici lisambilisha.

Mu lupapulo lwa pa January 22, 2000, ulwa mu London ku England ulwitwa The Guardian, shimapepo wa Orthodox Georgi Edelshtein uwalelengulula asosele ati: “Bashikofu bonse balisalilwe bwino pa kuti babombele pamo no buteko bwa soviet union. Bonse balebombela ba KGB. Calishibikwa ukuti Umukalamba we calici Alexy alebombela ba KGB, mwi shina lya Drozdov. Ilelo, bashikofu balekonka inshila shimo shine isho balekonka imyaka 20 nelyo 30 ku numa.”

 Icisolobelo ca Buteko bwa Soviet Union

Ulwa kumfwana kwali pe Calici lya Orthodox na Soviet Union, magazini wa Life uwa September 14, 1959, atile: “Stalin aebele aba mipepele ukuti akalabacitilako fimo, kabili icalici lyalemumona ukuti ni kateka. Icipani caibela ica buteko cashininkishe ukuti Orthodox abombela pamo na Soviet Union kabili ukutule lyo aba mitekele ya Komyunisimu balibomfya icalici nge cisolobelo ca buteko bwa Soviet Union.”

Matthew Spinka, umulashi we calici lya ku Russia, ashininkishe icumfwano cali pe Calici no Buteko mu citabo cakwe ica mu 1956, ica The Church in Soviet Russia. Alembele ukuti, “Umukalamba we calici uulipo Alexei, alilenga Icalici lyakwe ukuba cisolobelo ca buteko.” Cine cine, Icalici lya Orthodox lyapuswike ukupitila mu kuba icisolobelo ca Buteko. Pambi kuti mwaipusha ukuti: ‘Bushe ico calibipa?’ Kwena, moneni ifyo Lesa na Kristu bamona uyu mulandu.

Ulwa basambi bakwe aba cine, Yesu Kristu atile: “Tamuli ba pano isonde, lelo ine namusalile mu ba pano isonde.” Kabili ukwabula no kupita mu mbali Icebo ca kwa Lesa cipusha ukuti: “Mwe banakashi bacende, bushe tamwaishibo kuti ukuba na bucibusa ne calo bulwani kuli Lesa?” (Yohane 15:19; Yakobo 4:4) E co, nga fintu Baibolo isosa, icalici lyaisangwile cilende wa mipepele uo “ishamfumu sha pe sonde shacitile nankwe ubulalelale.” Icalici lyaliilanga ukuti lyaba lubali lwa co Baibolo ita ati “Babele mukalamba, nyina wa banakashi bacilende kabili wa fya muselu fya pano nse.”—Ukusokolola 17:1-6.

Ifyo Inte Bapuswike

Ukupusanako, Yesu Kristu asokolwele ifyo abakonshi bakwe aba cine bali no kwishibikwa, ilyo asosele ukuti: “Muli ici e mo bonse bakeshibilo kuti muli basambi bandi, nga mwaba no kutemwana.” (Yohane 13:35) Uku kutemwa kwali cintu icikalamba icalengele Inte ukupusuka mu Soviet Union wa pa kale, nga fintu calangililwa muli lipoti wakonkapo mu lupapulo lwa The Sword and the Shield. “Aba bantu basumina muli Yehova baafwa mu nshila shalekanalekana abo bapepa nabo ababa mu nkambi [sha busha] nelyo muli bunkole muli cino calo, ukubapeela indalama, ifilyo, ne fya kufwala.”

Ifyalesanshiwa mu “filyo” balepeela abali mu fifungo fya mu nkambi fyali fya kulya fya ku mupashi—amaBaibolo ne mpapulo sha Baibolo. Baibolo yakwata ‘icebo ca kwa Lesa,’ ico Yesu atile tulacikabila pa kuba abomi lwa ku mupashi. (Mateo 4:4) Abaletwala impapulo mu nkambi baleibika sana mu busanso, pantu uuli onse uwasangwa alecite ci alekandwa icabipisha.

Helen Celmina, umwina Latvia, alikakilwe mu nkambi ya Potma mu Russia, ukufuma mu 1962 ukufika ku 1966. Alembele icitabo ca Women in Soviet Prisons, umo alondolwele ukuti: “Inte sha kwa Yehova abengi bakakwa imyaka 10 no kulabomba umulimo wa cibe pa mulandu fye wa kukwata bamagazini banono  aba Ulupungu lwa kwa Kalinda mu mayanda. Apo abasangwa ne mpapulo sha musango yu balekatwa, kuti twaumfwikisha umulandu abangalila ififungo basakamikilwa no kukalifiwa nga ca kuti mu nkambi mwasangwa ishi mpapulo.”

Cine cine, ukuibika mu busanso bwa kukakilwapo nelyo ukufwilapo pa kupayanya ubwafwilisho bwa ku mupashi bushinino bwa kutemwa kwa Bwina Kristu! Lelo ilyo ici cali mulandu ukalamba uwalengele Inte ukupusuka, kwali umulandu umbi uwacililepo no kucindama. Helene Celmina atile: “Takuli uwingomfwikisha ifyo impapulo shabindilwe shaleingila muli iyi ncende bacingililako waya wa myunga kabili umo abantu bashalesuminishiwa ukukumana sana no kulanshanya.” Calemoneka ukuti te kuti cicitike pantu bonse abaleingila mu cifungo balebapikita sana. Uyu kalemba atile: “Cali kwati bamalaika balepupuka ubushiku no kuponya ishi mpapulo.”

Cine cine, Lesa alaya ukuti takashe, nelyo ukulekelesha, abantu bakwe. E co Inte sha kwa Yehova isha mu Soviet Union wa kale balisumine, nga fintu kemba wa malumbo ya mu Baibolo asumine ukuti: “Moneni, mwe Lesa kaafwa wandi.” (Amalumbo 54:4; Yoshua 1:5) Cine cine, aafwile apakalamba Inte ukupusuka mu Soviet Union wa kale!

Ifyo Ifintu Fyayalwike

Pa March 27, 1991, Inte sha kwa Yehova shaishileba kabungwe kasuminishiwa ku buteko mu Soviet Union lintu basaine icipangano ca mwi funde icisanshamo ifyebo fyakonkapo: “Ubufwayo bwa Kuteyanya kwa Mipepele kubomba umulimo wa mipepele uwa kwishibisha ishina lya kwa Yehova Lesa ne fyo apayanishisha abantunse mu kutemwa ukupitila mu Bufumu bwa mu muulu ubutekwa na Yesu Kristu.”

Pa nshila batantike muli ici cipangano isha kubombelamo uyu mulimo wa mipepele, paba ukushimikila ku cintubwingi no kuya ku mayanda ya bantu, ukusambilisha icine ca mu Baibolo ku balefwaya ukumfwa, ukutungulula amasambililo ya Baibolo aya pa fye ukubomfya impapulo sha kusambililamo Baibolo, no kwananya amaBaibolo.

Ukutula apo cilya cipangano casaininwe imyaka ukucila pali 10 iyapitapo, Soviet Union yalipaswa ne fintu mu mipepele fyalyaluka apakalamba mu fyalo 15 ifyali mu Soviet Union wa kale. Finshi twingasosa pa lwa fyo cikaba ku mipepele kulya pamo fye na mwi sonde lyonse?

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Icalici Lyabombela Pamo na Soviet Union

Edmund Stevens alembele mu citabo cakwe ica Russia Is No Riddle mu 1945, ukuti: “Icalici lyalipooseleko amano ku kukanalwisha abalisenamine. Lyalishibe bwino ukuti pa mulandu wa fyo balisenamine, Ubuteko bwaleenekela Icalici ukutungilila nga nshi imitekele ya buko no kukanapula mu nsambu lyapeelwe.”

Stevens akonkenyepo ukulondolola ukuti: “Icalici lya Orthodox lyali mipepele ya Buteko iya kale na kale e co, calyangwike kuli ili calici ukutwalilila mu mulimo upya uwa kubombela capamo no Buteko bwa Soviet Union.”

Akabungwe ka Keston Institute kafwailishe sana pa lwa fyo Alexis II, umukalamba wa nomba uwe Calici lya Orthodox ilya ku Russia abombele pamo na Soviet Union. Lipoti wa aka kabungwe asondwelele ukuti: “Ukubombela pamo ukwa kwa Aleksi no buteko takwali cintu caibela—pantu mupepi ne ntungulushi shonse ishikalamba isha mipepele yasuminishiwe ku buteko—ukusanshako baKatolika, baBaptist, baAdventist, abaShilamu, na baBuddha—balebombela ba KGB. Cine cine, lipoti wa pa mwaka uulondolola ifyo Aleksi apeelwe uyo mulimo alanda pa bengi abalebombela ba KGB, bamo ba mwi calici lya Lutheran ilya ku Estonia.”

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Ukufika ku Bali mu Nkambi

Pa myaka 10 iyo akakilwe, Viktors Kalnins, kalemba wa lyashi uwa ku Latvia, apoosele imyaka iingi mu nkambi ya ku Mordvinia, incende yabela pa kati ka kapinda ka ku kulyo na kabanga apaba mupepi na bakilomita 400 ukufuma ku Moscow. Mu March 1979, kalemba wa Loleni! aipwishe Kalnins ukuti: “Bushe Inte abakakwa balishiba ifilecitika kuno ku United States nelyo mu fyalo fimbi ifyakuma ukuteyanya?”

Kalnins ayaswike ukuti “balishiba kabili kupitila mu mpapulo bapokelela. . . . Balinangile na bamagazini babo. Nshaishibe uko impapulo shalefiswa, pantu balefisa ukwapusanapusana. Lelo bonse balishibe ukuti impapulo shali mu nkambi. . . . Lyonse Inte sha kwa Yehova balefisa impapulo na balinshi lyonse balefwayafwaya isho mpapulo!”

Ilyo bamwipwishe ukuti:“Bushe Inte sha kwa Yehova baleesha ukukwebako ulwa fisumino fyabo?” Kalnins ayaswike ukuti: “Ee! Balishibikwa sana. Twalishiba fyonse pali Armagedone . . . Balelanda sana pa kuti amalwele yakapwa.”

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Inte mu nkambi sha ku Mordovia bashimikile icine ca mu Baibolo no kushipa

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Ulupwa lwa ba Vovchuks batamfiwilwe ku Irkutsk, ku Siberia, mu 1951 kabili bacili Bena Kristu ba busumino na lelo

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Pa mulandu wa kutungililwa na be calici mu Nkondo ya Calo iya Cibili, Stalin asuminishe imipepele ukulunduluka pa kashita

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Icikope ca U.S. Army

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Umukalamba we calici Alexis I (1945-70) atile: ‘Ifunde lya Soviet Union lyumfwana ne mfundo sha Bwina Kristu isho Icalici lisambilisha’

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