Abena Kristu Bapepa mu Mupashi na mu Cine

“Lesa Mupashi, na bamupepa bali no kumupepela mu Mupashi na mu cine.”—YOHANE 4:24.

1. Kupepa kwa musango nshi ukutemuna Lesa?

UMWANA wa kwa Yehova uwafyalwa eka, Yesu Kristu, alilondolwele bwino bwino ukupepa ukutemuna Wishi wa ku muulu. Ilyo aleshimiko bunte bwa kusansamusha ku mwanakashi umwina Samaria pa cishima mupepi no musumba wa Sukari, Yesu atile: “Imwe mupepe co mushaishiba; ifwe tupepe co twaishiba; pa kuti ipusukilo lyaishila mu baYuda. Lelo inshita ileisa, na nomba e ko ili, ilyo bakapepa bene bene bakapepela Tata mu Mupashi na mu cine; pantu na Tata afwaya aba musango uyu babe aba kumupepa. Lesa Mupashi, na bamupepa bali no kumupepela mu Mupashi na mu cine.” (Yohane 4:22-24) Bushe ayo mashiwi yalola mwi?

2. Ni pi abena Samaria bashimpile ukupepa kwabo?

² Abena Samaria bakwete fisumino fya mipepele ya bufi. Basumine ukuti amabuuku ya kubalilapo yasano fye aya mu Malembo ya Mushilo e yapuutwamo—kabili aya na yo ni yalya fye abene bapitulwikemo ayaleitwa Pentateuch wa bena Samaria. Nangula abena Samaria tabaishibe bwino Lesa, abaYuda bena baliseekeshiwe ukwishiba Amalembo. (Abena Roma 3:1, 2) Kanshi abaYuda ba busumino na bambi baali no kuipakisha ububile bwa kwa Yehova. Lelo cinshi calefwaikwa kuli bena?

3. Cinshi cifwaikwa pa kupepa Lesa mu “Mupashi na mu cine”?

³ Pa kuti batemune Yehova, cinshi abaYuda, abena Samaria, na bantu bambi aba ku kale balekabila ukucita? Baali no kumupepela “mu Mupashi na mu cine.” Na ifwe e fyo tufwile ukucita. Nangu ca kuti ukubombela Lesa kufwile ukubamo na maka, nelyo no kupimpa, ukucincishiwa no mutima waisulamo ukutemwa ne citetekelo, icifwaikwa maka maka pa kupepa Lesa mu mupashi, caba mupashi wakwe uwa mushilo ukuba pali ifwe no kuleka ututungulule. Ukupitila mwi sambililo no kubomfya ifyaba mu Cebo ca kwa Lesa, umupashi wesu, nelyo imibele yesu ifwile ukulingana ne yakwe. (1 Abena Korinti 2:8-12) Pa kuti Yehova asuminishe ukupepa kwesu, kufwile ukubamo ne cine. Kufwile ukulingana ne fintu Icebo ca kwa Lesa, Baibolo, cisokolola pali wene no bufwayo bwakwe.

Icine Kuti Casangwa

4. Bushe bamo bamona shani icine?

⁴ Bamo abasambilila amano ya pano nse batontonkanya ukuti umuntunse te kuti asange icine cafikapo. Na kuba, kalemba wa ku Sweden Alf Ahlberg alembele ati: “Ifipusho ifingi ifyakuma ku mano ya pano nse fya kuti teti wasuke icasuko cashininkishiwa.” Nangu ca kuti bamo batila  icine caba fye ca lubali, bushe cine cine e fyo caba? Yesu Kristu te fyo atontonkenye.

5. Mulandu nshi Yesu aishile pe sonde?

⁵ Natwelenganye ukuti tuletambako ici cilecitika: Ni ku kutendeka fye kwa mwaka wa 33 C.E., na Yesu naiminina pa ntanshi ya kwa Kateka wa ciRoma Ponti Pilato. Yesu aeba Pilato ati: “Pali ici e co nafyalilwe, kabili pali ici e co naishiile pano isonde, pa kuti nkeseshimike cine ubunte.” Pilato aipusha ati: “Icine cinshi?” Lelo tapembele ukuti Yesu alande na fimbi.—Yohane 18:36-38.

6. (a) Bushe calondololwa ukuti “icine” cinshi? (b) Mulimo nshi Yesu apeele abakonshi bakwe?

⁶ “Icine” calondololwa ukuti “fintu fine fine, ificitika, ne fishinka.” (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary) Lelo, bushe Yesu ashimike ubunte ku cine conse? Iyo. Alelanda pa cine cimo. Atumine abakonshi bakwe ukubilisha icine ca musango yo, pantu abebele ati: “E ico kabiyeni, kalengeni aba nko shonse ukuba abasambi, mulebabatishisha mwi shina lya kwa Tata ne lya Mwana ne lya Mupashi wa mushilo: mulebasambilisha ukubaka fyonse ifyo namwebele.” (Mateo 28:19, 20) Ilyo ukupwa kwa pano isonde kushilafika, abakonshi bene bene aba kwa Yesu bali no kubila “icine ca mbila nsuma” mwi sonde lyonse. (Mateo 24:3; Abena Galatia 2:14) Ici cali no kucitwa ku kufishapo amashiwi ya kwa Yesu aya kuti: “Ne mbila nsuma iyi ya bufumu ikabilwa ku fyalo fyonse ku kubo bunte ku nko shonse; e lyo impela ikesa.” (Mateo 24:14) Kanshi nacicindama ukuti twishibe abalesambilisha inko shonse icine ukupitila mu kushimikila imbila nsuma ya Bufumu.

Ifyo Twingasambilile Cine

7. Kuti mwashininkisha shani ukuti Yehova e Ntulo ya cine?

⁷ Yehova e Ntulo ya cine ca fya ku mupashi. Na kuba, kemba wa malumbo Davidi aitile Yehova ati “Lesa wa cishinka.” (Amalumbo 31:5; 43:3) Yesu alisumine ukuti icebo ca kwa Wishi e cine, kabili abilishe no kuti: “Calembwa muli bakasesema, aciti, Kabili bonse bakasambilishiwa kuli Lesa. Umuntu onse uwaumfwa no kusambilila kuli Tata esa kuli ine.” (Yohane 6:45; 17:17; Esaya 54:13) Caumfwika kanshi ukuti, bonse abafwaya icine bafwile ukusambilishiwa na Yehova, Kasambilisha Wakulisha. (Esaya 30:20, 21) Abafwaya icine balekabila “ukwishiba Lesa.” (Amapinda 2:5) Kabili Yehova mu kutemwa alisambilishe nelyo ukwishibisha icine mu nshila shalekanalekana.

8. Ni mu nshila nshi Lesa atusambilishisha nelyo umo atwebela icine?

⁸ Ku ca kumwenako, Lesa abomfeshe bamalaika ukupeela Amalango ku bena Israele. (Abena Galatia 3:19) Mu filoto, alaile ukupaala ifikolwe Abrahamu na Yakobo. (Ukutendeka 15:12-16; 28:10-19) Lesa alandile fye no kufuma ku muulu umwine, nga fintu cali ilyo Yesu abatishiwe na ya mashiwi ya kucincimusha yaumfwikike pe sonde aya kuti: “Uyu e mwana wandi uwatemwikwa, umo mbekelwa.” (Mateo 3:17) Kabili kuti twatasha apo Lesa atwebele icine ukupitila mu kupuutamo bakalemba ba Baibolo. (2 Timote 3:16, 17) Kanshi, pa kusambilila mu Cebo ca  kwa Lesa, kuti ‘twatetekele cine.’—2 Abena Tesalonika 2:13.

Icine no Mwana wa kwa Lesa

9. Bushe Lesa abomfya shani Umwana wakwe ku kusokolola icine?

⁹ Lesa abomfya sana Umwana wakwe, Yesu Kristu, ku kusokolwela abantunse icine. (AbaHebere 1:1-3) Na kuba, Yesu alandile cine mu nshila ishatalile ailandwa no muntu umbi. (Yohane 7:46) Nangu fye ni pa numa aninine ukuya ku muulu, asokolwele icine ukufuma kuli Wishi. Ku ca kumwenako, umutumwa Yohane apokelele “ukusokolola kwa kwa Yesu Kristu, uko Lesa amupeele ku kulanga ababomfi bakwe ifili no kupona bwangu.”—Ukusokolola 1:1-3.

10, 11. (a) Icine ico Yesu ashimike ubunte cakuma kuli finshi? (b) Ni shani fintu Yesu alengele icine ukuba ica cishinka?

¹⁰ Yesu aebele Ponti Pilato ukuti Aishile pe sonde ku kushimike cine ubunte. Mu butumikishi bwakwe, Yesu asokolwele ukuti icine ca musango yo cakumine ku kwebelwa kwa bumulopwe bwa kwa Yehova ukupitila mu Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa ubutekwa na Kristu Imfumu. Lelo ukushimike cine ubunte kwalekabila ifingi ukucila pa kushimikila fye no kusambilisha. Yesu alengele cilya icine ukuba ica cishinka ukupitila mu kucifishapo. E ico, umutumwa Paulo alembele ati: “Mwileka muntu amupingule pa mulandu wa ca kulya, nangu ni pa ca kunwa, nangu ni pa mutebeto, nangu bushiku bwa mweshi, nangu lisabata. Ifi fintu e cinshingwa fye ca fikesapona; lelo umubili wena wa kwa Kristu.”—Abena Kolose 2:16, 17.

¹¹ Inshila imo iyo icine cabelelemo ica cishinka ni ku kufyalwa kwasobelwe ukwa kwa Yesu mu Betlehemu. (Mika 5:2; Luka 2:4-11) Icine na kabili cabele ica cishinka pa kufishiwapo kwa fyebo fya kusesema ifya kwa Daniele pa lwa kumoneka kwa kwa Mesia pa mpela ya “bacinelubali cinelubali ba myaka [7x7], kabili bacinelubali amakumi mutanda na babili ba myaka [7x62].” Ico cacitike ilyo Yesu aipeele kuli Lesa pa lubatisho kabili asubilwe no mupashi wa mushilo, pali ilya ine fye nshita yasobelwe, mu 29 C.E. (Daniele 9:25; Luka 3:1, 21, 22) Icine na kabili cabele ica cishinka ku butumikishi bwa Bufumu ubo Yesu alebila ku kusanikila abantu. (Esaya 9:1, 2, 6, 7; 61:1, 2; Mateo 4:13-17; Luka 4:18-21) Cabele ica cishinka na pa mfwa ya kwa Yesu no kubuushiwa.—Amalumbo 16:8-11; Esaya 53:5, 8, 11, 12; Mateo 20:28; Yohane 1:29; Imilimo 2:25-31.

12. Mulandu nshi Yesu engasosela ati, ‘Ni ne cine’?

¹² Apo icine cakumine sana Yesu Kristu, e co engasosela ati “Ni ne nshila ne cine no mweo: takuli uwisa kuli Tata, kano aishila muli ine.” (Yohane 14:6) Abantu balaba abantungwa lwa ku mupashi ilyo baba “aba bucine” ukupitila mu kwishiba icifulo Yesu akwata mu bufwayo bwa kwa Lesa. (Yohane 8:32-36; 18:37) Impaanga shimbi shikapokelela umweo wa muyayaya pantu balapokelele cine no kukonka Kristu mu busumino.—Yohane 10:24-28.

13. Ni mu mbali nshi shitatu twalabebeta icine ca mu Malembo?

¹³ Ifintu fya cine ifyashimike Yesu na basambi bakwe abapuutilwemo e fipanga ifisumino fya cine ifya Bwina Kristu. Kanshi ‘abanakila icitetekelo’ “baleenda mu Cine.” (Imilimo 6:7; 3 Yohane 3, 4) E ico, ni bani benda mu cine lelo? Ni bani cumi abalesambilisha inko icine? Pa kwasuka ayo mepusho, twalalanda sana pa Bena Kristu ba kubalilapo no kubebeta icine ca mu Malembo ukukuma ku (1) ifisumino, (2) imipepele, na (3) imyendele ya pa lwabo.

 Icine ne Fisumino

14, 15. Cinshi mwingasosa pa fyo Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo e lyo ne Nte sha kwa Yehova bamona Amalembo?

¹⁴ Icebo ca kwa Yehova icalembwa calicindamikwe nga nshi ku Bena Kristu ba kubalilapo. (Yohane 17:17) E co balepiminako ifisumino ne micitile. Clement wa ku Alexandria uwaliko mu mwanda wa myaka uwalenga ibili no walenga itatu atile: “Abafwaya ifyafikapo tabakaleke ukusapika icine, mpaka bakaisangile abene ubushininkisho bwa kuti ifyo basumina fya mu Malembo.”

¹⁵ Nga filya fyali Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo, Inte sha kwa Yehova shalicindamika Baibolo icine cine. Bacetekela ukuti “Amalembo yonse yantu yapuutwamo kuli Lesa, kabili ya mulimo ku kusambilisha.” (2 Timote 3:16) Natumone kanshi ifisumino fimo fimo ifya Bena Kristu ba kubalilapo ilyo tuletontonkanya pa fyo ababomfi ba kwa Yehova aba muno nshiku basambilila pa mulandu wa kubomfya Baibolo nge citabo cikalamba ica kusambililamo.

Icine pa lwa Mweo

16. Cinshi caba icine pa lwa mweo?

¹⁶ Pa mulandu wa kusumina casoswa mu Malembo, Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo basambilishe icine pa lwa mweo. Balishibe ukuti ilyo Lesa abumbile umuntu ‘uyo muntu abele icibumbwa ca mweo.’ (Ukutendeka 2:7) Kabinge balisumine no kuti umweo wa muntunse ulafwa. (Yakobo 5:20) Balishibe no kuti ‘abafwa tabaishiba kantu nangu kamo.’—Lukala Milandu 9:5, 10.

17. Kuti mwalondolola shani isubilo lya bafwa?

¹⁷ Lelo, abasambi ba kwa Yesu aba kubalilapo balikwete isubilo line line ilya kuti Lesa alebukisha abafwa kabili ali no kubabuusha, nelyo ukubapeela ubumi cipya cipya. Ico cisumino calondolwelwe bwino bwino kuli Paulo, uwabilishe ati: “[Ninkwate] citetekelo kuli Lesa . . . ica kuti kukabo kwima ku bafwa kwa balungama na bashalungama.” (Imilimo 24:15) Nangu fye ni mu nshita shakonkelepo, uwaleitunga ukuba Umwina Kristu Minucius Felix alembele ati: “Nani uwatumpa nga nshi nelyo umuwelewele uwingapama no kusumina ukuti umuntu, uwabumbilwe na Lesa, te kuti abumbwe cipya cipya kuli Lesa wine?” Ukupala Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo, Inte sha kwa Yehova bakakatila ku cine ca mu Malembo pa lwa mweo wa muntunse, imfwa, na pa lwa kubuuka ku bafwa. Lekeni nomba tulande pa fyo Lesa na Kristu baishibikwa.

Icine ne Cisambilisho ca Kuti Kwaba Balesa Batatu

18, 19. Mulandu nshi cingasoselwa ukuti icisambilisho ca kuti kwaba Balesa Batatu te ca mu Malembo?

¹⁸ Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo tabalemona Lesa, Kristu, no mupashi wa mushilo ukuti ni Balesa Batatu. Icitabo ca The Encyclopædia Britannica cisoso kuti: “Amashiwi ya kuti Balesa Batatu nelyo icifundisho cine cine tacisangwa mu Cipingo Cipya, kabili Yesu na bakonshi bakwe tabaiminine pa kupilika Shema [ipepo lya ciHebere] ilya mu Cipingo ca Kale ilitila: ‘Umfweni, mwe bena Israele, Yehova Lesa wesu Yehova umo wine’ (Amala. 6:4).” Abena Kristu tabalepepa balesa batatu aba cina Roma nelyo balesa abali bonse bambi. Bacetekele ifyo Yesu asosele ukuti Yehova eka e ulingile ukupepwa. (Mateo 4:10) Kabinge, bacetekele amashiwi ya kwa Kristu ayatila: “Tata mukalamba pali ine.” (Yohane 14:28) Inte sha kwa Yehova ilelo na bo e fyo basumina.

¹⁹ Abakonshi ba kwa Yesu aba kubalilapo balipaatukenye bwino bwino pa kati ka kwa Lesa, Kristu, no mupashi wa mushilo. Na kuba, balebatishisha abasambi (1) mwi shina lya kwa Tata,  (2) mwi shina lya Mwana, na (3) mwi shina lya mupashi wa mushilo, te mwi shina lya Balesa Batatu iyo. Inte sha kwa Yehova na bo basambilisha icine ca mu Malembo e co na bo bapaatukanya pa kati ka kwa Lesa, Umwana wakwe, no mupashi wa mushilo.—Mateo 28:19.

Icine no Lubatisho

20. Kwishiba nshi abalefwaya ukubatishiwa bakabila?

²⁰ Yesu atumine abakonshi bakwe ukupanga abasambi ukupitila mu kusambilisha abantu icine. Pa kuti bafikepo ku kubatishiwa, bakabila ukwishiba ifya kutendekelako ifya mu Malembo. Ku ca kumwenako, bafwile ukwishiba icifulo na maka ya kwa Wishi no Mwana wakwe, Yesu Kristu. (Yohane 3:16) Abalefwaya ukubatishiwa balekabila no kumfwikisha ukuti umupashi wa mushilo te muntu iyo lelo maka ya kwa Lesa ayabomba.—Ukutendeka 1:2.

21, 22. Mulandu nshi mwingasosela ukuti abafwile ukubatishiwa bantu basumina?

²¹ Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo balebatisha fye abantu baishibe kabili abalapile abaipeele umupwilapo kuli Lesa ku kucita ukufwaya kwakwe. AbaYuda na basangwike abaYuda abalongene mu Yerusalemu pa Pentekoste wa 33 C.E. balishibe kale Amalembo ya ciHebere. Ilyo baumfwile umutumwa Petro alelanda ulwa kwa Yesu Mesia, mupepi na bantu 3,000 “bapokelele icebo” kabili “balibatishiwe.”—Imilimo 2:41; 3:19–4:4; 10:34-38.

²² Ulubatisho lwa Bena Kristu lwa kubatisha abasumina. Abantu ba ku Samaria balipokelele icine, kabili “ilyo batetekele kuli Filipi, uwalebile mbila nsuma iya bufumu bwa kwa Lesa ne shina lya kwa Yesu Kristu, balabatishiwa, abaume na banakashi.” (Imilimo 8:12) Apo mutungwi umwina Etiopia aali ni nsangu yaipeelesha ku kupepa kabili alishibe pa lwa kwa Yehova, intanshi alipokelele ifyebo fya kwa Filipi pa lwa kufishiwapo kwa kusesema kwa pali Mesia, e lyo abatishiwe. (Imilimo 8:34-36) Inshita imbi ku ntanshi, Petro aebele Korneli na Bena fyalo bambi ati “[uwatiina Lesa] no kubombo kulungama asekelelwa kuli wene” no kuti onse uwatetekela Yesu Kristu alalekelelwa imembu. (Imilimo 10:35, 43; 11:18) Ifi fyonse fyalingana ne fyo Yesu aebele abakonshi ‘ukulenga abasambi, ukubasambilisha ukubaka fyonse ifyo alandile.’ (Mateo 28:19, 20; Imilimo 1:8) Inte sha kwa Yehova basenda icipimo cimo cine, ukubatisha fye abaishiba ifya kutendekelako ifya mu Malembo kabili abaipeela kuli Lesa.

23, 24. Musango nshi uwa lubatisho lwalinga ku Bena Kristu?

²³ Ulubatisho lwalinga ku basumina lufwile ukuba lwa kutumpika umupwilapo mu menshi. Pa numa Yesu abatishiwe mu Mumana wa Yordani, ‘afumine mu menshi.’ (Marko 1:10) Mutungwi umwina Etiopia abatishiwe ilyo bafikile “pa menshi.” Wene na Filipi “batentemukile ku menshi” e lyo pa numa “baninine ukufuma ku menshi.” (Imilimo 8:36-40) Filya Amalembo yapalanya ulubatisho ku kushiikwa kwa mampalanya na co cilangilila ukuti lufwile ukuba lwa kutumpika umupwilapo mu menshi.—Abena Roma 6:4-6; Abena Kolose 2:12.

²⁴ Icitabo ca The Oxford Companion to the Bible cisoso kuti: “Ifyo ulubatisho lwa mu Cipingo Cipya lwalondololwa mu kulungatika filanga ukuti umuntu walebatishiwa aletumpikwa mu menshi.” Ukulingana ne citabo ca ciFrench Larousse du XX^e Siècle (Paris, 1928), “Abena Kristu ba kubalilapo pa kubabatisha balebatumpika mu menshi ukuli konse ukwali no kusangwa amenshi.” Icitabo citila After Jesus—The Triumph of Christianity (Ukucimfya kwa buKristu pa Numa ya kwa Yesu) cisoso kuti: “Mu  [lubatisho] lwayanguka, uulefwaya ukubatishiwa alebilisha icitetekelo cakwe, lyene kwaleba ukumutumpika umupwilapo mu menshi mwi shina lya kwa Yesu.”

25. Cinshi cili no kulandwapo mu cipande cikonkelepo?

²⁵ Ifishinka twalandapo pa lwa fisumino fyashimpwa pali Baibolo ne micitile ya Bena Kristu ba kubalilapo fya kumwenako fye. Kuti twalanda na fimbi ifyapalana pa kati ka fisumino fya balya Bena Kristu ne fya Nte sha kwa Yehova. Mu cipande cikonkelepo, tuli no kulanda pa nshila na shimbi ishishibikilwako abasambilisha abantu icine.

Kuti Mwayasuka Shani?

• Kupepa kwa musango nshi Lesa afwaya?

• Bushe icine caishileba shani ica cishinka ukupitila muli Yesu Kristu?

• Cinshi caba icine pa lwa mweo ne mfwa?

• Bushe ulubatisho lwa Bwina Kristu lucitwa shani, kabili cinshi cifwaikwa ku balefwaya ukubatishiwa?

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Yesu aebele Pilato ati: ‘Naisa mu kushimike cine ubunte’

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Bushe kuti mwalondolola umulandu Yesu asosele ati: ‘Ni ne cine’?

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Bushe cinshi caba icine pa lubatisho lwa Bwina Kristu?