1-3. (a) Ñanyi lukatazho lwikala na bavula pa kukeba mali, kabiji bamo boba byepi pa kupwisha luno lukatazho? (Monai kipikichala kitanshi.) (b) Ñanyi lukatazho lwikalapo pa kukomesha baana?

BA MARILYN baambile’mba: “Bamwatawami ba James pa juba pa juba babwelanga ku nzubo kufuma ku nkito saka bakoka bingi. Bino mali o baingijilanga akepele, twapotangamotu bintu bikebwa pa nzubo kwapwa. * Nakebelenga kwibapezhezhako kisendwa kyabo ne kwibakwasha kupotela mwanetu wamulume, Jimmy, bintu byawama byajingapo na baana basukulu bakwabo.” Ba Marilyn bakebelenga ne kukwasha balongo babo ne kulamapo mali akwikwashishamo kulutwe. Balunda nabo bavula bayile na kwingijila mu byalo bingi kuba’mba bekale na mali avula. Bino byo balangulukilenga kuba bino, bajinga na milanguluko yavula bingi. Mambo ka?

² Mambo ba Marilyn bachiinenga kusha kisemi ne mutanchi wawama wa kupopwela Lesa ye bajinga nanji. Kabiji balangulukilenga ne pa bakwabo bengijila mu byalo bingi basha bisemi byabo bamwekelenga nobe babena kwingijilatu bulongo Lesa. Balangulukilenga inge bakakonsha kulama bulongo mwanabo Jimmy saka bekala kwalepa. Nanchi bakakonsha kukomesha mwanabo ‘mu kumujimuna ne kumufunjisha milanguluko ya Yehoba’ pa intaneti nyi?—Efi. 6:4.

 ³ Ba Marilyn baipwizhe bakwabo kwibabulako bya kuba. Bamwatawabo kechi bakebelenga kuba’mba baye ne, nangwa kya kuba baambile’mba kechi basakwibakanya ne. Bakulumpe mu kipwilo ne balongo ne banyenga bamo bebafunjileko’mba babule kuya, pano bino banyenga bavula bebatundaikilenga’mba baye na kwingijila mu kyalo kingi. Bebambijilenga’mba, “Inge mwatemwa kisemi kyenu musakuya. Mukengijilangatu bulongo Yehoba.” Nangwa byonkabyo, ba Marilyn bashajikilepo bamwata wabo ba James ne mwanabo Jimmy ne kuya bayile na kwingijila ku kyalo kingi. Pa kuya bebabujile’mba: “Kechi nkabanda ne.”

4. Mambo ka bavula o bayila ku byalo bingi, kabiji javula bañanyi bashala na baana babo babacheche?

⁴ Yehoba kechi ukeba bantu banji kuyanda ne. Kufumatu ne kala, bantu ba Yehoba bavilukila ku mapuzha akwabo ko bakonsha kwikala bulongo. (Sala. 37:25; Mana 30:8) Na mambo a kuchiina kufwa na nzala, mushakulu Yakoba watumine baana banji babalume ku Ijipita na kupota kajo. * (Nte. 42:1, 2) Bino mu ano moba, bantu bavula kechi baviluka na mambo a kuchiina kufwa ku nzala ne. Bamo nkongole yo ibalengela kuviluka. Bakwabo bakeba kisemi kwikala bwikalo bwa ntentente. Pa kuba’mba bobe bino, bamo basha bisemi byabo ne kuya na kwingijila kwalepa monka mu kyalo mo bekala nangwa mu kyalo kingi. Bamo basha baana babacheche na nsemi umo, na bakolojabo bakoma, na bankambo yabo, na bakilongo nangwa ku balunda nabo. Nangwa kya kuba kibakola ku muchima pa kusha benakwabo nangwa baana babo, bino bavula bavilukila ku kyalo kingi baamba’mba kafwako kyo nakonsheshe kuba ne.

5, 6. (a) Yesu wafunjishe’mba ka pa lusekelo ne luzhikijilo lwa kine? (b) Yesu wafunjishe baana banji ba bwanga kulomba pa ñanyi bintu? (c) Yehoba witupesha byepi?

⁵ Mu moba ajingako Yesu, bantu bavula bajinga bayanji kabiji bafwainwa balangulukanga kuba’mba, bakekala bingi na lusekelo ne kuzhikijilwa inge baikala na mali avula. (Mako 14:7) Bino Yesu watundaikile bantu kuketekela mu bintu byapusanako. Wakebelenga bantu kuketekela mwi Yehoba upana mapesho a myaka ne myaka. Mu jashi janji ja pa Mutumba, Yesu walumbulwile’mba lusekelo lwa kine ne luzhikijilo byaimena pa kwikala na bulunda bwawama na Shetu wa mwiulu, kechi pa bintu bya ku mubiji ne.

⁶ Mu lulombelo lwanji lwa kumwenako, Yesu kechi witufunjishe kulomba’mba twikale na mali avula ne, witufunjishe kulomba bintu bya pa juba pa juba, pa “kajo” ka pa jonkajo juba. Wabujile bantu bamutelekelenga’mba: “Lekai kwibikila nsabo pano pa ntanda . . . Pakuba ibikilai nsabo mwiulu.” (Mat. 6:9, 11, 19, 20) Twafwainwa kuketekela kuba’mba Yehoba uketubila byo etulaya. Mapesho a Lesa kechi apelelatu mu kwitutala bulongo kwi aye ne, aye witupa ne bya mu bwikalo. Kwa kubula nangwa kuzhinaukatu ne, pa kuba’mba twikale na lusekelo ne luzhikijilo twafwainwa kuketekela mwi Shetu wituta muchima, kechi kuketekela mu mali ne.—Tangai Mateo 6:24, 25, 31-34.

7. (a) Bañanyi Yehoba bo apa mwingilo wakukomesha baana? (b) Mambo ka bansemi bonse babiji o bafwainwa kutela muchima baana babo?

⁷ ‘Kukeba bololoke bwa Lesa patanshi’ kwavwangamo ne kumona mwingilo wakulama kisemi byonka Yehoba byo amumona. Mu mizhilo ya kwa Mosesa mwajinga jino jifunde jafwainwa kulondela bena Kilishitu bonse ja kuba’mba: Bansemi bafwainwa kufunjishanga baana babo pe Lesa. (Tangai Mpitulukilo ya mu mizhilo 6:5.) Lesa wapana uno mwingilo ku bansemi, kechi kuba nkambo yabo nangwa ku muntu mukwabo ne. Mfumu Solomone wanembele’mba: “Mwanami, umvwa mafunde a bashobe, kabiji kechi  ukane bikufunjisha bainobe ne.” (Mana 1:8) Mu bino byambo Yehoba walumbulwilenga kuba’mba bansemi baji na mwingilo wa kutangijila ne kufunjisha baana babo. (Mana 31:10, 27, 28) Byavula bifunda baana, kikatakata pe Lesa, bebifunda kupichila mu kumvwa byamba bansemi babo pe Lesa mu misambo ya pa juba pa juba ne kumona byo bamwingijila.

8, 9. (a) Ñanyi bintu bimweka bansemi inge ke babula kwikala pamo na kisemi? (b) Bansemi bonauna byepi kisemi inge kebabule kwikala pamo na baana babo?

⁸ Babena kuvilukila ku kyalo kingi bayuka kuba’mba mu kuba bino mwakonsha kufuma makatazho. Pano bino, kechi bavula bayuka bintu byatama byakonsha kufuma mu kusha kisemi ne. (Mana 22:3) * Aku bayatu ba Marilyn, kusha ba mu kisemi kyabo kwatendekele kwibakola ku muchima. Bamwatawabo ne mwanabo nabo kibakolele bingi ku muchima. Mwanabo wamucheche aye Jimmy wibepuzhanga kimye kyonse bainanji amba: “Mambo ka o mwanshila?” Ba Marilyn patanshi balangulukilenga’mba bakekalakotu bañondo bacheche, pano byo papichile myaka, batendekele kwakamwa pa kumona lupimpu mu kisemi kyabo. Mwanabo Jimmy watendekele kubula kwisamba nabo javula ne kubula kwibabula biji ku muchima wanji. Ba Marilyn bavuluka na bulanda amba: “Butemwe bo antemenwe bwapwile.”

⁹ Inge bansemi ne baana kebabule kwikala pamo, butemwe bobetemwa bukepa kabiji byubilo nabyo bitama bingi. * Baana babacheche inge bebasha ku bansemi babo pa kimye kyabaya kechi bakoma bulongo ne. Ba Merilyn bamubulanga Jimmy kuba’mba bauba bino mambo bakeba kumulama bulongo. Bino Jimmy wamonangatu nobe bainanji bamutaya. Patanshitu wakebanga bingi kwibamona. Mu kuya kwa moba, inge baiya na kwibapempula, kechi wakebanga ne kwibamona ne. Byonka byo kikala ku baana bavula bo basha, Jimmy naye walangulukanga’mba kechi wafwainwa kutemwa bainanji nangwa kwibakokela ne.—Tangai Byambo bya Mana 29:15.

10. (a) Kutumatu bukwasho kulengela mwana kwikala byepi? (b) Mambo ka o kyatamina bansemi kusha baana babo ne kuya na kwingijila kwalepa?

¹⁰ Nangwa kya kuba ba Marilyn batumanga mali ne bya bupe, bino kechi byaesakene pamo na kwikala pamo na kisemi kyabo ne. Bamwene kuba’mba babena kwiabanya na mwanabo ne kumufunjisha kunemeka bintu bya ku mubiji mu kifulo kya kunemeka kisemi ne kupopwela Lesa. (Mana 22:6) Jimmy wibambilanga’mba: “Kukabwela kuno ne. Muntuminengatu bintu.” Ba Marilyn popo bayukile kuba’mba kechi  bakonsha kukomesesha mwanabo bulongo kupichila mu makalata, foni, ne kwisambatu pa intaneti saka bekala kwalepa ne. Baambile’mba: “Kechi wakonsha kukumbata mwana nangwa kumufyompa pa jibuta pa kumwambila’mba ulaale bulongo inge wisambatu nanji pa intaneti ne.”

11. (a) Kusha kisemi ne kuya na kwingijila kwalepa konauna byepi masongola? (b) Ki ka kyalengejile nyenga umo kufuukulapo kubwela na kwikala na kisemi?

¹¹ Ba Marilyn bulunda bwabo ne Yehoba, ne na bamwatawabo ba James nabo bwajinga mu kizumba. Mu mulungu, bayangatu jimo na kupwila ne mu mwingilo wa kusapwila. Kabiji kimye kyonse bakananga mukulumpe wabo wa nkito wakebanga kulaala nabo. Na mambo a kuba’mba benakwabo kechi bajinga pepi ne, bonse babiji ba Marilyn ne ba James batendekele kwitemwa na bantu bangi, kabiji kwashalangatu pacheche kuba bulalelale. Ba Marilyn bamwene kuba’mba nangwa kya kuba abo ne bamwata wabo kechi baubilepo bulalelale kimye kyo beikelanga ne, bino kechi balondejile jifunde ja mu Baibolo jaamba pa kwimwesha butemwe ne kusambakana ne. Na mambo a kuba’mba baikalanga kwalepa, kechi baikalangapo na kimye kya kwikala pamo ne kwita muchima kwafwainwa bamulume ne mukazhi ne. (Lwimbo 1:2; 1 Ko. 7:3, 5) Kechi bakonshanga kupopwela Yehoba pamo na mwanabo ne. Ba Marilyn bavuluka’mba: “Pa kushonkena byo nafunjile kuba’mba kwikala na kupopwela kwa kisemi kimye kyonse kwanema bingi kwi atweba pa kuba’mba tukapuluke juba jikatampe ja Yehoba, nafuukwilepo kubwela ku nzubo. Natendekele kukosesha bulunda bwami ne Yehoba ne na ba mu kisemi.”

12. Ñanyi jifunde ja mu Binembelo jo twafwainwa kubuula basha bisemi byabo?

¹² Ba Marilyn byo bafuukwilepo kubwela ku nzubo, bamo bebafunjilengako byawama, bakwabo byatama. Bakulumpe mu kipwilo kya ku bushiya bwa tulunga bebatakaikile bingi. Pa kuba bakwabo bashile benakwabo baingijilanga mu byalo bingi, bebakainyenga kubwela. Mu kifulo kya kuba byonka byo baubile, bakwabo bebambijilenga’mba: “Katatakatu mukabwele kuno, mukamwenanga mu ka inge mubwela kwenu?” Mu kufulo kya kulefuulañana, bena Kilishitu bafwainwa kufunda “bansongwakazhi kutemwa bamwatawabo, baana babo . . . kwingila ku mazubo abo” bene “kuchina amba mambo a Lesa akanenwa bibi.”—Tangai Titusa 2:3-5.

13, 14. Mambo ka o kyanemena kwikala na lwitabilo mwi Yehoba pa kuba’mba mubule kutangizhako bikeba kisemi? Ambai kyamwekele.

¹³ Bavula baya na kwingijila ku byalo bingi bakomena mu bisho byanemeka bakilongo ne bansemi kukila bintu byonse. Mwina Kilishitu wafwainwa kwikala na lwitabilo lwakosa pa kuba’mba abule kulondela byuba bantu bavula nangwa bisaka kisemi ne kutokesha Yehoba ku muchima.

 ¹⁴ Akyumvwai jishimikila ja ba Carin. Baambile’mba: “Kimye kyasemenwe mwanetu wamulume Don, amiwa ne bamwatawami twaingijilanga mu kyalo kingi kabiji popo natendekeletu kufunda Baibolo. Bonse ba mu kisemi balangulukilenga’mba nsakutuma Don ku bansemi ku muzhi kuba’mba bakamukomeshenga kufikatu ne kimye kyo tukekala na mali avula.” Ba Carin byo batwajijile kwikomesheshe mwanabo Don, bakilongo ne bamwatawabo bebendelekelenga amba bankope ne kwibaseka bingi. Ba Carin baambile’mba: “Kwambatu kine pa kyokya kimye kechi nayukile ene mambo o kyatamijile kutuma Don ku bankambo yanji ne. Bino nayukile kuba’mba Yehoba witupa mwingilo wa kukomesha mwanetu.” Ba Carin byo banemene pa muchima jikwabo, bamwatawabo babula kwitabila bebambijile kuba’mba bafumye jimi. Byafuukwilepo ba Carin patanshi byakoseshe lwitabilo lwabo kabiji ne pa kino kimye bafuukwilepo bulongo ne kutokesha Yehoba ku muchima. Luno abo ne bamwatawabo ne baana babo bekala pamo kabiji baji bingi na lusekelo. Inge ba Carin batuminepo mwanabo umo nangwa bonse babiji kuba’mba bebakomeshesheko ku bantu bakwabo, inge mwafumine bintu byatama bingi.

15, 16. (a) Ba Vicky bebakomeshe byepi? (b) Mambo ka o bafuukwilapo kukomesha mwanabo abo bene?

¹⁵ Kamonyi umo wa jizhina ja Vicky washimikizhe’mba: “Naikelepo na bankambo babakazhi pa myaka imo, nkasami wamukazhi aye waikalanga na bansemi. Kimye kyo nabwelele ku bansemi byo nalangulukanga pe abo byaalukile. Nkasami aye uji na bulunda bwa kine kine nabo, wibakasulukula, wibakumbata ne kwibakumbata. Amiwa kechi nebakasulukijile ne, nangwatu luno byo nakoma nkankalwa kwibakasulukila kya kine. Nkasami wamukazhi ne amiwa tubula bansemi kuba’mba tukebalama bingi bulongo inge bakota. Bino amiwa kechi nkoba bino na mambo a kuba’mba nebatemwa ne.

¹⁶ Vicky waambile’mba: “Bamama bakeba’mba nebatwajile mwanami wamukazhi kuba’mba bakamukomeshenga, byonkatu byo bantwajile ku bankambo. Nakaine mu jishinda jawama bingi. Bamwatawami ne amiwa tukeba kukomesha mwanetu kuba’mba akatemwe Yehoba. Kabiji kechi mbena kukeba kutamisha bulunda bwami bwa kulutwe na mwanami wamukazhi ne.” Ba Vicky bamona kuba’mba kyanema mu bwikalo ke kutemwa Yehoba ne mafunde anji kukila mali ne bikeba balongo betu. Yesu waambile’mba: “Kafwako muntu wakonsha kwingijila bankambo babiji ne,” ko kuba’mba Lesa ne nsabo ne.—Mat. 6:24; Lupu. 23:2.

17, 18. (a) Ñanyi kintu bena Kilishitu kyo bafwainwa kufuukulapo kimye kyonse? (b) Ñanyi mepuzho o tukesambapo mu mutwe walondelapo?

¹⁷ Yehoba, Shetu wa mwiulu winengezha kwitukwasha kumona mwakumwena bya mu bwikalo inge twatwajijila kukeba Bufumu ne buloloke bwanji patanshi mu bwikalo bwetu. (Mat. 6:33) Onkao mambo, bena Kilishitu bakine kimye kyonse bafwainwa kufuukula kuba bino. Nangwa bintu bikatazhepotu byepi, Yehoba witulaya kuba’mba uketumwena “jishinda” ja kwitukwashishamo jibula kulala mafunde anji a mu Baibolo. (Tangai 1 Kolinda 10:13.) Inge ‘ketupembelele’ Yehoba saka twatekanya ne ‘kuketekela mwi aye’ kupichila mu kulomba maana anji ne lutangijilo, ne kulondela mikambizho ne mafunde anji, ‘ne aye uketukwasha.’ (Sala. 37:5, 7) Uketupesha pa byo twibikako kumwingijilatu aye yenka Nkambo yetu wakine. Inge twamutangizhako mu bwikalo bwetu, ukalengela bwikalo bwetu ‘kulumbuluka.’—Esakanyaiko Ntendekelo 39:3.

¹⁸ Twakonsha kuba byepi pa kuba’mba tuwamishe bulunda bwatama na mambo a kwabana na kisemi? Twakonsha kuba byepi pa kuba’mba tumwenenga ba mu kisemi kwakubula kwabana nabo? Kabiji twakonsha kutundaika byepi bakwetu kufuukulapo bulongo pa kino? Mu mutwe walondelapo tukesamba pa ano mepuzho.