Peenda Myaaka 100—Kuswa mu 1921
MU NJASHI Yamulindilishi ya January 1, 1921, mwakalinga mwiipusho ku Bashikwiiya Baibo wakwaamba ayi “Ino nincito nshi njetutolangila kusebensa mwaaka uno?” Lyalo yakaamba maswi ngotucana pa Isaya 61:1, 2, ayo akabeebalusha ncito yakushimikila njobakalinga kucite. “Yehova wansala kwaamba ayi nshimikile makani abotu kubakandu . . . , akwaambilisha ayi uno ngomwaaka Lesa ngweshi apulushe bantu bakwe akuboosha cishole kwakwe Lesa.”
BESHIKUSHIMIKILA BATALOONDI
Bashikwiiya Baibo bakalinga kuyandika kutaloonda kwaamba ayi bacikonshe kusebensa ncito yakushimikila. Bakalinga kweelete kushimikila “makani abotu” kubantu bakandu alimwi akushimikila makani “akuboosha cishole kwakwe Lesa” kubamucita shibiibi.
Mukwesu J. H. Hoskin, uyo wakalinga kukala ku Canada, wakalinga kushimikila cakutaloonda nabi kwaamba ayi wakalinga kupikishikwa. Kumatalikilo a mwaaka wa 1921, wakakumanya mutanjilili wabupailishi umwi. Mukwesu Hoskin wakatalika mubandi kwiinda mukwaamba ayi: “Tatweelete kupikishanya pakubandika makani amu Baibo. Alimwi nabi tulipusene mushintu shimwi nshetushoma, tulyeelete kumana mubandi wesu muluumuno alimwi akutolelela kunyumfwana.” Sombi ishi tashikwe kucitikaawo. Mukwesu Hoskin wakaamba ayi: “Twakabandikabo kwaciindi ciniini lyalo [mutanjilili wabupailishi uyo] wakooma kucisasa cankusu cakwaamba ayi ndakayeeya ayi ligilasi linene lyakalinga pacisasa litooloka.”
Mupailishi uyo wakaamba cabukali ayi: “Ino nceebonshi ncotayiti kubantu bateshi Beneklistu?” Mukwesu Hoskin taakwe kukumbulawo. Sombi ndyaakalinga kuswawo wakalyambosha ayi, “Ndakalinyumfwa anga nshindakalinga kubandika amuntu Mwineklistu!”
Bushiku bwakakonkelawo mupailishi uyo ndyaakalinga kwiisha muceeci yakwe, wakaamba makani akubeca aanji pamukwesu Hoskin. Mukwesu Hoskin wakaamba ayi: “Wakalwiita bantu ayi pabantu boonse bakesaawo mutauni ino nebo ndakalinga mubeshi kwiindaawo aboobo ndakalinga kweelete kucaikwa.” Sombi ici tacikwe kumupa kucileka kushimikila, wakatolelela kushimikila kubantu baanji. Wakaamba ayi: “Ndakalinga kusangalala abuumbi kushimikila mutauni ilya. Bantu bamwi bakalinga kwaamba ayi, ‘Tulishi kwaamba ayi utosebensa ncito yakwe Lesa!’ alimwi bakalyaaba kunoompa shintu nshendakalinga kuyandika.”
CIIYO CAPALWAABO ALIMWI AKULAMBILA KWAMUKWASHI
Bashikwiiya Baibo bakalinga kubamba miipusho pamakani amu Baibo alimwi ashikumbulo mumagazini ya The Golden Age kwaamba ayi bacafwe bantu kunyumfwisha makani amu Baibo. * Kwakalinga miipusho yamu Baibo yakalinga kubambilwa bacanike bashali njobakalinga kweelete kubandika abana babo. Bashali bakalinga “kwiipusha bana babo miipusho iyi akubacafwa kucana shikumbulo mu Baibo.” Miipusho imwi mbuli, “Ino mu Baibo muli mabuku ongaye?,” yakalinga kubacafwa kwiiya makani amu Baibo oobu. Imwi mbuli, “Sa Mwineklistu wancine uliwoonse alyeelete kulangila kupenshekwa?,” yakalinga kucafwa bacanike kuba beshikushimikila bataloondi.
Alimwi kwakalinga miipusho yamu Baibo ashikumbulo shakabambilwa baabo bakalinga kucishi kale makani aanji amu Baibo. Shikumbulo shakalinga kucanika mulibuku lyakutaanguna lyakalinga kwiitwa ayi Studies in the Scriptures. Miipusho iyi yakacafwa bantu baanji kwiiya shintu shiinji, sombi mumagazini ya The Golden Age ya December 21, 1921 mwakalinga cakoolobesha cakwaamba ayi miipusho iyi teshi itolelele kubambwa. Ino nceebonshi ncekwakabeta kwaaluka uku?
LIBUKU LIPYA!
Libuku lya The Harp of God
Kaadi palembetwe mapeeji shikwiiya ngaeelete kubelenga mulibuku
Makaadi palembetwe miipusho
Bamakwesu bakalinga kutanjilila bakabona ayi bantu bakalinga kweelete kwiiya makani amu Baibo munshila ibambitwe kabotu. Aboobo mu November 1921, kwakabambwa libuku lyakalinga kwiitwa ayi The Harp of God. Abo bakalinga kusuni kwiiya bakatambula libuku akutalika kwiiya beene. Kwiiya uku kwakacafwa bantu kushiba “kuyanda kwakwe Lesa kwakwaamba ayi bantu balaakuba abuumi butamaani.” Ino bakalinga kwiiya buyani?
Na muntu wasumina kutambula libuku, wakalinga kupekwa kakaadi kakalinga kutondesha mapeeji ngaeelete kubelenga mulibuku. Nsondo yakalinga kukonkelaawo, wakalinga kutambula kaadi pakalinga miipusho iinji pamakani ngaakabelenga kuswa mulibuku. Kumamanino a kaadi kwakalinga kuba lubasu lwakalinga kutondesha mapeeji ngaeelete kubelenga mulibuku ili nsondo itokonkelaawo.
Nsondo yomwi ayomwi kwansondo 12, shikwiiya wakalinga kutambula kaadi ipya kuswa kulibungano lyakalinga pafwiifwi ankwakala. Liinji bacinene alimwi abaabo batakalinga kucikonsha kweenda kuya kuŋanda aŋanda, mbobakalinga kutuma makaadi. Kucakubonenaako, ba Anna K. Gardner bakalinga kukala ku U.S.A. bakaamba ayi: “Libuku lya The Harp of God ndyelyakaswa, nankashi yangu Thayle uyo watakalinga kucikonsha kweenda wakaba ashakucita shiinji kwiinda mukunootuma makaadi pakalinga miipusho nsondo ansondo.” Na muntu wamanisha kwiiya, umwi mulibungano wakalinga kumufwakashila kwaamba ayi amucaafwe kwiiya makani aanji amu Baibo.
Ba Thayle Gardner balishiite pakacinga kabalema
INCITO NJOBAKALINGA KWEELETE KUSEBENSA
Kumamanino amwaaka uyu, Mukwesu J. F. Rutherford wakatuma nkalata kumabungano oonse. Wakabona ayi “mumwaaka uyu bantu baanji bakashimikilwa makani a Bwaami alimwi akucafwikwa kwiinda myaaka yoonse yainda.” Lyalo wakeelikawo akwaamba ayi: “Tucicite ncito inene njetutoyandika kusebensa. Amuyuminishe bamwi kutalika kwaabanamo lubasu muncito iyi ibotu abuumbi.” Ncakutatoonsha kwaamba ayi Bashikwiiya Baibo bakakonkela nshaakaamba. Mumwaaka wa 1922, bakashimikila makani a Bwaami cakutaloonda kwiinda mwaaka uliwoonse.
^ par. 9 Mu 1937 magazini ya The Golden Age yakatalika kwiitwa ayi Consolation, lyalo mu 1946 yakatalika kwiitwa ayi Awake!
