Yesu mwakangirirya athi Abakristayo batholere ibabatizibwa. (Soma Matayo 28:19, 20.) Aliwe olhubatizo niki? Kandi omundu atholere iniakolhaki erihika okwa kilhubirirwa ekyo?

1. Olhubatizo niki?

Ekinywe “eribatizya” kilhuire omwa kinywe kye Kigiriki ekikamanyisaya “erilubba” omwa maghetse. Yesu abere akabatizibwa, mwalubbwa omwa Lhusi Yorodani, neryo ‘mwalhua omwa maghetse.’ (Mariko 1:9, 10) Kuthya, Abakristayo ab’okwenene bakabatizibawa omw’ilubbwa ndeke omwa maghetse.

2. Eribatizibwa likakanganayaki?

Omundu akabya akabatizibwa akabya iniamakangania kw’abiriyihayo oku Yehova Nyamuhanga. Omundu akayihayo athi? Athe abatizibwa, akaha omusabe iniane iyuwene, eribwira Yehova kw’anzire erimukolera kera na kera. Akayilhagha eriramya Yehova musa n’erilhangira erikolha erisonda lya Nyamuhanga mwa kindu kikulhu kutsibu omo ngebe yiwe. Akathwamu ‘eriyighana n’erikwama’ esyongangirirya n’eky’erileberyako kya Yesu. (Matayo 16:24) Eriyihayo n’eribatizibwa liwe likaleka ikyathokekana iyo eribya n’obunywani obughumire na Yehova n’abaramya balikyabu.

3. Omundu angakulha-kulhana athi erihika okw’ibatizibwa?

Wangana yitheghekera eribatizibwa omw’igha oku Yehova n’erithunga erikirirya omw’iyo. (Soma Abaebrania 11:6.) Eriminya n’erikirirya lyawu bikendibya binemwongera, n’olhwanzo olhwa wuwithire Yehova kwa lhunemwendyongera lhuthya. Ahathe erithika-thika iwukendi anza erimubwirako abandi n’erighendera okwa bihano biwe. (2 Timoteo 4:2; 1 Yoane 5:3) Omundu amalendera ‘ngoku Omukama anzire, n’erikolha ebyosi ebikamutsemesaya,’ iniangana thwamu eriyihayo oku Nyamuhanga n’eribatizibwa.​—Abanya Kolosai 1:9, 10. a

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4. Thwanga n’ighira okwa lhubatizo lhwa Yesu

Soma Matayo 3:13-17 eriminya bingyi okwa lhubatizo lhwa Yesu. Neryo mukanaye okwa bibulyo bino:

• Mbwino Yesu abatizibawa inina lhumekeke?

• Mwabatizibwa athi? Mbwino mwatsatsangwako amaghetse?

Yesu atsuka omubiiri wiwe w’embaghane agho Nyamuhanga amuha hano okwa kihugho akabatizibwa. Soma Luka 3:21-23 na Yoane 6:38, mwanakania okwa kibulyo kino:

• Yesu abere abiribatizibwa, ni mubiiri wahi ogho ahira embere omo ngebe yiwe?

5. Eribatizibwa ni kilhubirirwa ekya wangana hikako

Okw’itsuka, omwatsi w’eriyihayo n’eribatizibwa angana kuhahamya muthima. Aliwe, wangana kulha-kulhana erihika okw’iyowa iwabirisika eribya iwangana kolha ekiika kikulhu eki. Eriminya abandi abakolha ekyo, mubughaye EVIDIYO.

Soma Yoane 17:3 na Yakobo 1:5, mwanakania okwa kibulyo kino:

• Ni kyahi ekyanga wathikya omundu eriyitheghekera eribatizibwa?

1. Thukayihayo omw’ibwira Yehova omwa musabe ngoku thwanzire erimukolera kera na kera

2. Thukabya thukabatizibwa, thukakanganaya abalhangiri ngoku thwabiriyihayo oku Nyamuhanga

 6. Eribatizibwa kikamanyisaya eribya mughuma w’okw’ihiika lya Yehova

Thukabya thukabatizibwa, thukabya baghuma b’okwa lhughanda olhuli bughuma olhw’ekihugho kyosi. Nomwakine indi thulhuire omo myanya n’emibere eyithasosene, ithwe bosi thw’ikirirye bighuma kandi thukaghendera okwa bihano bighumerere ebiri omo Biblia. Soma Esyonyimbo 25:14 na 1 Petero 2:17, mwanakania okwa kibulyo kino:

• Erikwamana n’emilhondo eyi, omundu akaghasirawa athi omw’ibatizibwa?

 OMWA BIKUHI

Yesu mwakangirirya athi Abakristayo batholere ibabatizibwa. Erihika okwa kilhubirirwa ekyo, omundu atholere iniathunga erikirirya erighumire omu Yehova, iniaghendera okwa bihano Biwe, n’eriyihayo okw’Iyo.

Eriyibukya

• Olhubatizo niki, kandi busana naki ni kikulhu eribatizibwa?

• Eribatizibwa likakanganayaki?

• Ni biika byahi ebikakolhaya okw’iyihayo n’eribatizibwa?