“Nalenga Beshibe Ishina Lyenu”

“Nalenga ishina lyenu ukwishibikwa ku bantu abo mwampeele ukufuma mu ba muli ici calo. . . . Nalenga beshibe ishina lyenu kabili nkalenga likeshibikwe.”—YOHANE 17:6, 26.

Umo Yesu Aloseshe: Yesu alilengele abantu ukwishiba ishina lya kwa Lesa pantu alelilandapo ilyo aleshimikila. Ilyo Yesu alebelenga Amalembo, nge fyo alecita lyonse, afwile alelumbula ishina lya kwa Lesa. (Luka 4:16-21) Asambilishe abasambi bakwe ukulapepa ukuti: “Mwe Shifwe, ishina lyenu libe ilya mushilo.”—Luka 11:2.

Ifyo Abena Kristu ba Kubalilapo Balemona Ishina lya kwa Lesa: Umutumwa Petro aebele abakalamba ba mu Yerusalemu ukuti Lesa abuulile mu nko “abantu abe shina lyakwe.” (Imilimo 15:14) Abatumwa na bantu bambi baleshimikila ukuti “onse uwalilila kwi shina lya kwa Yehova akapusuka.” (Imilimo 2:21; Abena Roma 10:13) Na kabili balebomfya ishina lya kwa Lesa mu Malembo ya ciGriki ayo balelemba. Mu mafunde ya baYuda ayo baleita ati The Tosefta ayo bapwile ukulemba mu ma 300 C.E., balanda pa fyalembwa ifyo abapatile Abena Kristu baocele, ukutila: “Amabuuku ya baleshimikila na mabuuku ya ba minim [abo batila bali Bena Kristu abaYuda] baliyocele. Yonse fye baliyocele, . . . baocelele kumo ne shina lya kwa Lesa ilyalembelwemo.”

Ni Bani Bakonka ifi Yesu Alandile? Amashiwi ya ntendekelo aya muli Baibolo ya Revised Standard Version, iyo ba National Council of the Churches of Christ mu America basuminisha ukusabankanya, yatila: “Ukubomfya ishina lya kwa Lesa uwaba fye eka, ilya kumulekanya kuli balesa bambi kwati nalimo kwaba balesa abengi, kwapwile mu nshita ya baYuda ilyo ubuKristu bushilaisa kabili Abena Kristu tabalingile ukulabomfya ili shina mu macalici yabo.” E ico pe shina lya kwa Lesa bapyanikishepo ilumbo lya kuti, “SHIKULU.” Mu myaka ya nomba line, icalici lya Katolika lyaebele bashikofu babo ukuti: “Ishina lya kwa Lesa ilyalembwa mu filembo fine, YHWH * talifwile ukubomfiwa nelyo ukulumbulwa mu mapepo nelyo mu nyimbo.”

Ni bani muno nshiku ababomfya ishina lya kwa Lesa no kulenga bambi ukulishiba? Ilyo Sergey uwa ku Kyrgyzstan ali ne myaka nalimo 15, atambile filimu umo balandile ukuti ishina lya kwa Lesa ni Yehova. Palipitile nalimo imyaka 10 ukwabula ukumfwapo ili ishina na kabili. Pa numa, ilyo Sergey akuukile ku United States, ba Nte babili balimutandalile pa ng’anda yakwe kabili bamulangile ishina lya kwa Lesa muli Baibolo. Sergey alitemenwe nga nshi pa kusanga abantu ababomfya ishina lya kuti Yehova. Icintu cimo icisuma ca kutila mu citabo icilondolola amashiwi ica Webster’s Third New International Dictionary cilondolola ishina “Yehova Lesa,” ukuti “lesa uwaishibikwa, uwacila balesa bonse kabili e o fye Inte sha kwa Yehova bapepa.”

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