Bantu bavula balanguluka’mba Bakamonyi ba kwa Yehoba ke jizhina ja bupopweshi bwakatataka. Nangwa byonkabyo, kukila pa myaka 2,700 yapitapo, bakalume ba Lesa yenka wa kine bebatelanga’mba “bakamonyi” banji. (Isaya 43:10-12) Mwaka wa 1931 saka akyangye kufika, twatelwanga’mba Bafunda Baibolo. Pano mambo ka o twasajijilepo jizhina ja kuba’mba Bakamonyi ba kwa Yehoba?

Jizhina jetu jiyukanyikisha Lesa wetu. Kwesakana na mamanyusikilipiti a kala, jizhina ja Lesa ja kuba’mba Yehoba, jitanwamo bimye byavula bingi mu Baibolo. Mu ma Baibolo avula jino jizhina bejifumyamo ne kupingizhapo byambo bimwesha kifulo kyo ajipo nabiji bya kuba’mba Nkambo nangwa Lesa. Pano bino Lesa wa kine wisolwele mwine kwi Mosesa kupichila mu kwitongola pa jizhina janji mwine ja kuba’mba Yehoba byo aambile’mba: “Jino jo jizhina jami ja myaka ne myaka.” (Kulupuka 3:15) Wipusenyeko mwine ku balesa bonse babubela. Twatemwa bingi kutelwa pa jizhina jazhila ja Lesa.

Jizhina ja kuba’mba Bakamonyi ba kwa Yehoba jimwesha mwingilo wetu. Bashakulu kutendekela pe Abela muntu waoloka, bashimwine bukamonyi pa lwitabilo lwabo mwi Yehoba. Pa myaka yavula yapichilepo, Nowa, Abalahama, Sala, Mosesa, Davida ne bakwabotu bajinga pa jino ‘jibumba jikatampe ja bakamonyi.’ (Bahebelu 11:4–12:1) Byonkatu muntu byo akonsha kwikala kamonyi mu kije kwimenako muntu wabula mambo, ne atweba twinengezha kushimuna bukine pe Lesa.

Tulondela byaubanga Yesu. Baibolo umutela’mba, “kamonyi wakishinka kabiji wa kine.” (Lumwekesho 3:14) Yesu aye mwine waambile’mba, ‘wijisolwele jizhina ja Lesa’ kabiji watwajijile ‘kushimuna bukine’ pe Lesa. (Yoano 17:26; 18:37) Onkao mambo, baana ba bwanga bakishinka ba kwa Kilishitu bafwainwa kutelwa pa jizhina ja Yehoba ne kwijiyukanyikisha. Bino byo bibena kuba Bakamonyi ba kwa Yehoba.

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