1-2. Sizaxoxa ngani esihlokweni lesi?

KHATHESI sesilobufakazi obunengi ukwedlula loba nini bokuthi siphila ekucineni kwezinsuku zokucina zomumo lo wezinto. Sekuseduze ukuthi uJehova loJesu Khristu batshabalalise bonke ohulumende abaphikisana loMbuso. Kodwa lokho kungakenzakali, inkosi yasenyakatho lenkosi yaseningizimu bazaqhubeka belwisana futhi behlasela abantu bakaNkulunkulu.

² Esihlokweni lesi sizaxoxa ngesiphrofetho esikuDanyeli 11:40–12:1. Sizabona ukuthi ngubani oyinkosi yasenyakatho lamuhla lokuthi kuyini okuzasinceda sihlaliseke futhi sithembe ukuthi uJehova uzasisindisa kungelani lokuthi kwenzakalani.

3-4. Ngubani oyinkosi yasenyakatho lamuhla? Chasisa.

³ Ngemva kokubhidlika kweSoviet Union ngo-1991, abantu bakaNkulunkulu kuleyondawo bathola “uncedo oluncinyane” okutsho ukuthi baba lenkululeko okwesikhathi esithile. (Dan. 11:34) Lokhu kwenza bakhululeka ukutshumayela futhi kungakayi ngaphi inani labamemezeli lakhwela laba ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane emazweni ayeke abumba iSoviet Union. Kodwa ngemva kweminyaka ethile iRussia labangane bayo baba yinkosi yasenyakatho. Esihlokweni esidlulileyo safunda ukuthi kulezinto ezintathu ezenziwa nguhulumende othile ezitshengisa ukuthi uyinkosi yasenyakatho loba eyaseningizimu. Okokuqala, uhlukuluza abantu bakaNkulunkulu kumbe abuse lapho abanengi khona. Okwesibili, utshengisa  ukuthi uyisitha sikaJehova kanye labantu bakhe. Okwesithathu, ulwisana lenye inkosi bebanga ubukhulu.

⁴ Nanzi izizatho ezenza sithi khathesi inkosi yasenyakatho yiRussia labangane bayo. (1) Bahlasele abantu bakaNkulunkulu ngokuvimba umsebenzi wokutshumayela langokuhlukuluza abafowethu labodadewethu abanengi abahlala emazweni abawabusayo. (2) Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi bayamzonda uJehova kanye labantu bakhe. (3) Bazama ukuba lamandla kulenkosi yaseningizimu eyiBritain leMelika. Asihloleni okwenziwe yiRussia labangane bayo lokuthi lokhu kutshengisa njani ukuthi bayinkosi yasenyakatho.

5. UDanyeli 11:40-43 ukhuluma ngezinto ezizakwenzakala ngasiphi isikhathi futhi kwenzakalani ngalesosikhathi?

⁵ Bala uDanyeli 11:40-43. Isiphrofetho lesi sikhuluma ngezinto ezizakwenzakala ezinsukwini zokucina. Sisitshela ngokulwisana kwenkosi yasenyakatho leyaseningizimu. UDanyeli waphrofetha ukuthi esikhathini sokucina inkosi yaseningizimu ‘yayizadumelana’ lenkosi yasenyakatho.—Dan. 11:40.

6. Yibuphi ubufakazi obutshengisa ukuthi inkosi yasenyakatho ibidumelana lenkosi yaseningizimu?

⁶ Inkosi yasenyakatho lenkosi yaseningizimu bayalwisana ngenxa yokuthi ngamunye ufuna kube nguye olamandla kulababusi bonke emhlabeni. Ngokwesibonelo, ngemva kweMpi Yomhlaba Yesibili iSoviet Union yaqalisa ukubusa amazwe amanengi eYurophu. Yikho inkosi yaseningizimu yavumelana lamanye amazwe ukuthi babambanise amabutho abo ukuze amelane lenkosi yasenyakatho. Inhlanganiso le ibizwa ngokuthi yiNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Amakhosi la asebenzisa imali enengi ezama ukuba lebutho elilamandla kulawo wonke. Inkosi yasenyakatho yalwisana lenkosi yaseningizimu ngokusekela amazwe ase-Africa, e-Asia laseLatin America ayesempini futhi eyizitha zenkosi yaseningizimu. Inkosi yaseningizimu layo yayisenza okufananayo. Eminyakeni esanda kwedlula iRussia labangane bayo babe lamandla amakhulu. Baphinde balwa lenkosi yaseningizimu besebenzisa ezempucuko. Inkosi yaseningizimu imangalela eyasenyakatho ngokuthi isebenzisa inhlelo zamakhompiyutha ukuze iphambanise ezomnotho kanye lezombusazwe zayo. Leyasenyakatho layo yenza okufananayo. Kanti njalo inkosi yasenyakatho iqhubeka ihlasela abantu bakaNkulunkulu njengoba nje uDanyeli wayetshilo.—Dan. 11:41.

7. “ILizwe Elihle” kuyini?

⁷ UDanyeli 11:41 uthi inkosi yasenyakatho izangena ‘eLizweni Elihle.’ Yiliphi lelo lizwe? Ngezikhathi zeBhayibhili ilizwe lelo kwakungelako-Israyeli. ‘Lalilihle kakhulu kulamazwe wonke.’ (Hez. 20:6) Kodwa okwakulenza libe ligugu kakhulu yikuthi yikho lapho abantu ababekhonza khona uJehova. Kusukela ngePhentekhosti lika-33 C.E., “iLizwe” lelo kwakungaseyindawo ethile esemhlabeni ngoba khathesi abantu bakaJehova basabalele emhlabeni wonke. Lamuhla “iLizwe Elihle” yindlela abantu bakaJehova abaphila ngayo egoqela ukukhonza kwabo emihlanganweni yebandla lasekutshumayeleni.

8. Inkosi yasenyakatho ingene njani ‘eLizweni Elihle’?

⁸ Ngezinsuku zokucina inkosi yasenyakatho ingene kanengi ‘eLizweni Elihle.’ Ngokwesibonelo, ngesikhathi amaNazi eGermany eyinkosi yasenyakatho  angena ‘eLizweni Elihle’ ngokuhlukuluza langokubulala abantu bakaNkulunkulu ikakhulu ngeMpi Yomhlaba Yesibili. Ngemva kwempi le, iSoviet Union yaba yinkosi yasenyakatho futhi yangena ‘eLizweni Elihle’ ngokuhlukuluza abantu bakaNkulunkulu langokubabamba ngamandla ukuthi baye kwelinye ilizwe.

9. Eminyakeni esanda kwedlula iRussia labangane bayo bangene njani ‘eLizweni Elihle’?

⁹ Eminyakeni esanda kwedlula iRussia labangane bayo labo bangenile ‘eLizweni Elihle.’ Njani? Ngo-2017 inkosi le yasenyakatho yavimba umsebenzi wabantu bakaJehova njalo yavalela abanye abafowethu labodadewethu ejele. Yaphinda yathi amabhuku ethu awasavunyelwa elizweni lelo okugoqela le-Nguqulo Yomhlaba Omutsha. Kanti njalo yasithathela iwofisi yegatsha eRussia, amaWolu oMbuso kanye lamaWolu Emihlangano Emikhulu. Konke lokhu kwenza ukuthi ngo-2018 iQula Elibusayo lithi iRussia labangane bayo bayinkosi yasenyakatho. Lanxa abantu bakaJehova behlukuluzwa kabuhlungu abasoze balwisane laloba nguphi uhulumende kumbe bazame ukumtshintsha. Bona balandela iseluleko esiseBhayibhilini sokuthi bakhulekele “bonke abasezikhundleni eziphezulu” ikakhulu nxa labobantu besenza izinqumo ezingenza sikhonze sikhululekile loba ezingasivimba.—1 Tim. 2:1, 2.

10. Inkosi yasenyakatho izayinqoba yini eyaseningizimu? Chasisa.

¹⁰ Isiphrofetho esikuDanyeli 11:40-45 sikhuluma kakhulu ngenkosi yasenyakatho. Kambe lokhu kutsho ukuthi inkosi le izayinqoba inkosi yaseningizimu? Hatshi. Inkosi yaseningizimu iyabe ilokhu ‘isaphila’ okutsho ukuthi iyabe isasekhona ngesikhathi uJehova loJesu betshabalalisa bonke ohulumende empini ye-Amagedoni. (Isam. 19:20) Kungani singakuthandabuzi lokhu? Asixoxeni ngalokho okutshiwo yisiphrofetho esikuDanyeli lakuSambulo.

11. Isiphrofetho esikuDanyeli 2:43-45 sitshengisani? (Khangela umfanekiso ongaphandle.)

¹¹ Bala uDanyeli 2:43-45. Umphrofethi uDanyeli wakhuluma ngohulumende abatshiyeneyo abahlasela abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Bamelwa zingxenye ezitshiyeneyo zesithombe esikhulukazi. Uhulumende wokucina umelwa zinyawo zesithombe ezenziwe ngensimbi exubene lebumba. Inyawo ngumbuso olamandla kulayo yonke we-Anglo-America. Isiphrofetho leso sitshengisa ukuthi umbuso lo uyabe ulokhu ubusa ngesikhathi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu utshabalalisa bonke ohulumende.

12. Ikhanda lesikhombisa lesilo limelani futhi kungani kuqakathekile ukwazi lokhu?

¹² Umphostoli uJohane laye ukhuluma ngohulumende abatshiyeneyo ababuse abantu bakaJehova. Ohulumende laba bamelwa yisilo esilamakhanda ayisikhombisa. Ikhanda lesikhombisa yi-Anglo-America. Kuqakathekile ukwazi lokhu ngoba alikho elinye ikhanda elilandela leli. Ikhanda lesikhombisa lesilo lizabe lilokhu libusa ngesikhathi uKhristu lamabutho asezulwini belichoboza lona kanye lesilo sonke. *—Isam. 13:1, 2; 17:13, 14.

13-14. Ngubani ‘uGogi waselizweni laseMagogi’ njalo kuyini okungabangela ukuthi ahlasele abantu bakaNkulunkulu?

¹³ Isiphrofetho esalotshwa nguHezekheli sisitshela ngokungenzakala inkosi yasenyakatho leyaseningizimu ingakabhujiswa. Kukhanya  angani isiphrofetho esikuHezekheli 38:10-23; kuDanyeli 2:43-45; 11:44–12:1 lakuSambulo 16:13-16, 21 sikhuluma ngezinto ezifananayo. Nxa kunjalo, nanku esicabanga ukuthi kuzakwenzakala.

¹⁴ Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile kuqale ukuhlupheka okukhulu ‘amakhosi omhlaba wonke’ azabumba izizwe ezimanyeneyo. (Isam. 16:13, 14; 19:19) IBhayibhili libiza izizwe lezi ngokuthi ‘nguGogi waselizweni laseMagogi.’ (Hez. 38:2) Zizahlasela bonke abantu bakaNkulunkulu futhi zizazama ukubatshabalalisa baphele du. Kuyini okuzakwenza babahlasele? Ekhuluma ngokuzakwenzakala ngalesosikhathi, umphostoli uJohane wathi amatshe amakhulu esiqhotho azawela izitha zikaNkulunkulu. Isiqhotho leso singatsho umlayezo olamandla omenyezelwa ngabantu bakaJehova. Kungenzakala ukuthi umlayezo lo yiwo owenza uGogi waselizweni laseMagogi ahlasele abantu bakaNkulunkulu ezama ukubathanyela bonke.—Isam. 16:21.

15-16. (a) Yiziphi izenzakalo okungabe kukhulunywa ngazo kuDanyeli 11:44, 45? (b) Kuyini okuzakwenzakala enkosini yasenyakatho lasezizweni ezibumba uGogi waseMagogi?

¹⁵ Umlayezo lo olamandla kanye lokuhlasela kokucina kwezitha zikaNkulunkulu kungabe kuyizenzakalo okukhulunywa ngazo kuDanyeli 11:44, 45. (Bala.) Emavesini la uDanyeli uthi “imibiko evela empumalanga lasenyakatho” izakwethusa inkosi yasenyakatho futhi inkosi le izasuka “ngolaka olukhulu.” Iyabe ihlose ‘ukutshabalalisa abanengi.’ “Abanengi” okukhulunywa ngabo kukhanya ngabantu bakaJehova. * Kungenzeka ukuthi uDanyeli ukhuluma ngokuhlaselwa kokucina kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu.

¹⁶ Ngesikhathi inkosi yasenyakatho labanye ohulumende behlasela abantu bakaNkulunkulu, uSomandla uzazonda kakhulu futhi lokhu kuzakwenza ukuthi impi ye-Amagedoni iqale. (Isam. 16:14, 16) Ngalesosikhathi inkosi yasenyakatho izatshabalaliswa kanye lezizwe ezibumba uGogi waseMagogi futhi uyabe “engasekho ongayisiza.”—Dan. 11:45.

17. Ngubani uMikhayeli “umbusi omkhulu” okukhulunywa ngaye kuDanyeli 12:1? Wenzani khathesi njalo sekuseduze ukuthi enzeni?

¹⁷ Ivesi elandelayo esiphrofethweni sikaDanyeli isitshela okunye mayelana lokuthi  inkosi yasenyakatho labangane bayo bazatshabalaliswa njani lokuthi thina sizasindiswa njani. (Bala uDanyeli 12:1.) UMikhayeli ngelinye ibizo leNkosi yethu ebusayo uKhristu uJesu. ‘Ubelinda’ abantu bakaNkulunkulu kusukela ngo-1914 lapho esiba yiNkosi yoMbuso kaNkulunkulu ezulwini. Sekuseduze ukuthi ‘avele’ kumbe atshabalalise izitha zakhe empini ye-Amagedoni. Impi leyo yisenzakalo sokucina esikhathini uDanyeli athi ‘ngesokuhlukumezeka’ okungakaze kube khona. Isiphrofetho sikaJohane esikuSambulo sibiza isikhathi leso ngokuthi ‘yikuhlupheka okukhulu.’—Isam. 6:2; 7:14.

18. Kungani singaqhubeka sihlalisekile kungelani lokuthi kwenzakalani esikhathini esizayo?

¹⁸ Singenelisa ukuqhubeka sihlalisekile kungelani lokuthi kwenzakalani esikhathini esizayo ngenxa yokuthi uDanyeli loJohane bathi labo abalalela uJehova loJesu bazasinda ekuhluphekeni okukhulu. UDanyeli uthi abazasinda yilabo abalamabizo ‘alotshwe encwadini.’ (Dan. 12:1) Kumele senzeni ukuze amabizo ethu alotshwe encwadini leyo? Kumele sitshengise ukuthi silokholo kuJesu oyiMvana kaNkulunkulu. (Joh. 1:29) Kufanele sizinikele kuNkulunkulu futhi sibhabhathizwe. (1 Phet. 3:21) Kanti njalo kumele sitshengise ukuthi siyawusekela uMbuso kaNkulunkulu ngokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuze sincede abanye bafunde ngaye.

19. Kumele senzeni khathesi futhi kungani kumele senze njalo?

¹⁹ Khathesi yisikhathi sokuthi simthembe kakhulu uJehova kanye lenhlanganiso yakhe. Kanti njalo yisikhathi sokuthi sisekele uMbuso wakhe. Singenza njalo sizasinda nxa uMbuso lo usubhubhisa inkosi yasenyakatho lenkosi yaseningizimu.