Ba Seth * baambile’mba: “Amiwa ne benakwami betupangile makito pa kimye kimotu. Pa myaka ibiji twapulukilangatu mu bukwasho bwa bakilongo ne mu tumingilo tucheche to twaingilanga. Kino kyalengejile mwinakwami Priscilla kwikala bingi na binyenge, kabiji ne amiwa nelengulwile bingi.

“Pano twachinchikile byepi? Kimye kyonse, ba Priscilla bavulukanga byambo byaambile Yesu biji pa Mateo 6:34. Yesu waambile’mba kange tubambishenga michima na bintu bya kesha ne, mambo juba ja kesha jikekala na bijikila byajo. Kabiji milombelo yo balombanga kimye kyonse ibalengejile kuchinchika. Ne amiwa byambo biji pa Salamo 55:22 byantekeneshe bingi. Byonka byaubile nyimbi wa masalamo, nataile bisendwa byami pe Yehoba, ne aye wantekeneshe bingi. Nangwa kya kuba luno mbena kwingila, bino tweseka bingi kwikala bwikalo bwapeela, kwesakana byaambile Yesu pa Mateo 6:20-22. Bino kyakilapo pa byonse, twafwenya kwipi ne Lesa kabiji twitemwa bingi na benakwami.”

Ba Jonathan baambile’mba: “Byo kwaikele lukatazho lwa mali mu kyalo, busulu bwetu bwaponene ne bintu byonse byo twaingijile pa myaka 20 byailetu mu mema. Naakaminwe bingi pa bwikalo bwetu bwa kulutwe. Amiwa ne benakwami twatendekele kutoboka pa mali. Twakankelwenga kupota bintu kwingijisha kikachi kya ku banki.

“Bino Mambo a Lesa ne mupashi wanji bitukwashishe kufuukula bintu bulongo. Natendekele kwingila mingilo yapusana pusana, kabiji twakepesheko ne bya kupotapota. Byo tuji Bakamonyi ba kwa Yehoba, bapopweshi bakwetu nabo betukwashanga bingi. Betutundaikanga ne kwitukwasha inge bintu byakatazha.”

Ba Raquel baambile’mba: “Bamwatawami byo banshile, kyankolele ku muchima kabiji nazhingijile bingi. Najinga bingi na bulanda. Bino naketekejile mwi Lesa kabiji wantekeneshe bingi. Nalombanga kwi Lesa jonse, kabiji mutende wa Lesa wantekeneshanga. Kyajingatu nobe Lesa wambuka muchima walajikile.

“Baibolo wankwashishe kuleka kuzhingila ne kushinda milanguluko ya kukeba kushinkanya. Naubile byonka byanembele mutumwa Paulo pa kinembelo kya Loma 12:21, amba: ‘Kange muleke bubi bwimushindenga ne, bino shindainga bubi na byawama.’

“Mulunda nami umo wankwashishe kulubako ku bya kunyuma ne kuta muchima ku bya kulutwe. Wantangijile kinembelo kya Musapwishi 3:6 ne kuñambila’mba kwikala kimye kyo twafwainwa ‘kuleka kukeba’ byo twajinga nabyo kala. Kechi kyapeelele kukookela bino byambo ne, pano bino byankwashishe bingi. Luno nata muchima pa bintu bikwabo mu bwikalo bwami.”

Ba Elizabeth baambile’mba: “Inge masongola apwa, kikwasha bingi inge paji ba kwimutekenesha. Najinga na mulunda nami wantekeneshanga pa juba pa juba. Bimye bimo inge natendeka kujila, naye wajilanga. Nayukile’mba nji na mulunda wantemwa bingi. Nashiinwa kuba’mba Yehoba ye wamwingijishenga kuntekenesha ne kunkosesha.”

Ba Luis, bo twaji kwambapo mu kibaaba kitanshi, bakolwa kikola kya muchima, kabiji pa bimye bibiji, bakolelwe kya kuba kwashajiletu pacheche kufwa. Luno, bebabika ku munkinyi wibakwasha kupeema pa maola 16 pa juba pa juba. Baamba’mba: “Ndomba kwi Yehoba kimye kyonse. Kabiji jonse inge napwisha kulomba, mupashi wa Lesa umpa bulume. Kulomba kwi Lesa kunkwasha kuchinchika mambo naketekela mwi aye kabiji nayuka’mba wanta bingi muchima.”

Ba Petra, baji na myaka ya mu ma 80 baamba’mba: “Kuji bintu byavula byo nkeba kuba, bino kechi nakonsha kwibyuba ne. Ñumvwa bingi bulanda pa kumona bulume bwami saka buyatu na kukepa. Nkooka bingi bukiji kabiji bwikalo bwami bwa kwendatu na kutoma muchi. Javula mvuluka Yesu byo alombele kwi Shanji amba umvwe kyakonsheka, lukatazho lwanji lupwe. Bino, Yehoba wapele Yesu bulume,  kabiji ne amiwa umpa bulume. Kulomba kujitu nobe muchi ye ntoma pa juba pa juba. Inge napwisha kulomba kwi Lesa, ñumvwako bulongo.”—Mateo 26:39.

Ba Julian bakolwa kikola kikatampe pa myaka 30 kibalengela kwikala na kalepu. Baamba’mba: “Luno ñendelatu mu kakinga ka bilema. Bino kindetela lusekelo mu bwikalo bwami ke kukwasha bantu. Kupana kwitulengela kubula kuta muchima pa buyanji bwetu. Kabiji Yehoba witukosesha mu bimye byakatazha, byonka byo etulaya. Ñamba byaambile mutumwa Paulo amba: ‘Bintu byonse nji na ngovu ya kwibyuba na mambo a yewa umpa bulume.’”—Filipai 4:13.

Ba Antonio baambile’mba: “Batata bafwile mu mapuso a pa mukwakwa. Patanshitu byo bambuujile, nakankelwe kuswa. Kyankolele bingi ku muchima, mambo kyajingatu nobe nshiji. Bepichijilengatu munsa ya mukwakwa kimye kyo bebapunkile. Mu kipatela baikelemotu moba atanu, bafwa. Inge bamama po baji kechi najilanga ne, bino kwa bunke, najilanga bingi. Neipuzhanga’mba: ‘Mambo ka o bafwila?’

“Mu oa moba a bulanda, nalombanga Yehoba amba ankwashe kubula kwikala na binyenge. Binyenge byatendekele kupwa pachepache. Navulukanga byaamba Baibolo amba, ‘bintu bya kubula kuketekela’ bimwekela bantu bonse. Byo kiji kuba’mba Lesa kechi ubepa ne, nashiinwa’mba juba jimo, nkamonañana ne batata jibiji kimye kyo bakasangulwa.”—Musapwishi 9:11; Yoano 11:25; Titusa 1:2.

Ba Robert, bo twaji kwambapo mu kibaaba kitanshi, nabo byo byo balanguluka. Baambile’mba: “Amiwa ne mwinakwami Maribel twalombanga jonse kwi Yehoba. Kuba bino kwitukwashishe kwikala na mutende waambapo Baibolo pa Filipai 4:6, 7. Uno mutende wa mu muchima witukwashishe ne kwisamba pa lusanguko na bantapatwambo betwipwizhenga pa byamwekele. Nangwa kya kuba mwanetu wafwile mu ndeke yaponene, tuvuluka na lusekelo bintu byo twaubanga nanji pamo. Bino byo byo tutapo muchima.

“Bakamonyi bakwetu byo betubuujile’mba betumwene pa TV saka tulumbulula bintu byo twaitabilamo, twibakumbwile’mba milombelo yabo yo betulombelangako yo itukwashishe. Nayuka kuba’mba byambo byabo bya lutundaiko ke jishinda jimo Yehoba jo aingijishenga pa kwitutekenesha.”

Byonkatu byo twamona, kya kine Lesa utekenesha baji mu makatazho apusana pusana. Nanchi ne anweba wakonsha kwimutekenesha nyi? Nangwatu mupite mu makatazho a byepi ne byepi, koaji wakonsha kwimukwasha mu bino bimye byakatazha. * Nyemenai kwi Yehoba, ne aye ukemukwasha. Aye ye “Lesa wa lutekenesho lonse.”—2 Kolinda 1:3.