1-2. (a) Mashakamin metu mafanijadin mutapu ik ni ma in Yuda achirika ku Yerusalem? (b) Lejan yikokujol yimwing yarishau nich in Yuda. (Tal mushet “ Chirung cha Age, Zakariy ni Esidera.”)

 OV, WIYAKAMISHINAP kal chisu chimwing mutapu ukwikala machuku ma kurutu? Pamwing ap washadishin mudimu ukat kwiyakamish mutapu ukubangina dijuku dey. Ukutwish kwiyakamish pa ukash wa dijuku dey, mulong wa milong ya politik yiswimpodina, kuzengol, ap rupompat piur pa mudimu wa kulejan. Ov, urishin ni milong mud yiney? Anch mwawiy, ukutwish kutaninamu kusutil kushinshikin mutapu Yehova mwayikwashay in Isarel a pasak chisu charishau ni milong mud yiney.

² In Yuda ashakama mu Babilon mu mwom wau wawonsu ading akwet kuswir kwa kwikal ni ritiy rikash mulong wa kudokal mu Babilon mwadingau ni mashakamin mawamp. Chisu chashikau, palepap kwau ni kusambish kurish ni milong ya kuburen nfalang ni milong ya politik ni rupompat ra michid yading yiyinyingumukina. Amwing chayikasikena kutunguril tempel wa Yehova chom chading cha usey nakash mu mwom yau. Mu muvu wa 520 K.C. C., Yehova watuma aprofet aad, Age ni Zakariy, mulong wa kuyikwash antwend kuchirish mushiku mulong wa difukwil dia Yehova. (Age 1:1; Zak. 1:1) Mud mutapu tukumana, kukasikesh kwa aprofet kwayinkisha usu wa kusal mudimu. Kupwa mivu 50, in Yuda achirika ku Yerusalem ading ni kuswir kwa kuyikasikesh. Esidera, wading mwin kukopril wa Yijil ukweta ukaliweny, wadiokala ku Babilon kwez  ku Yerusalem mulong wa kuyikasikesh antu a Nzamb ateka difukwil dakin pa ndond ya kusambil.​—Esi. 7:1, 6.

3. Yipul ik tukushinshikina? (Jinswir 22:19)

³ Mud mutapu uprofet wa Age ni Zakariy wayikwasha antu a Nzamb pasak kudandamen kumuchingejin Yehova pa yirung ya rupompat, kukutwish kutukwash niyetu nlel kushal ashinshamena ni kwikal ni kashinsh anch Yehova ukutukwash pa yirung yikash. (Tang Jinswir 22:19.) Pitushinshikidina uruu wa Nzamb wapanay kud Age ni Zakariy ni kushinshikin chilakej cha Esidera, kukutukwash kwakul ku yipul yiney: Mulong wak in Yuda achirika arisha ni yikokujol? Mulong wak tufanyidin kushinshikin pa kusal rusot ra Nzamb pa chisu turishina ni yikokujol? ni mutapu ik tukutwisha kukudish kashinsh muday Yehova pa yirung yikash?

4-5. Mulong wak in Yuda ashadisha mushiku wau wa kutunguril tempel?

⁴ Pashikau in Yuda achirika ku Yerusalem, ading ni mudimu ukash wa kusal. Asambisha pakad kulab kutungiril chintamb cha Yehova ni mufulandal wa tempel. (Esi. 3:1-3, 10) Pakwez musangar wasambishau nich wakepa. Mulong wak? Kuwejinaku mudimu wa kutung tempel ading kand ni mudimu wa kutung yikumbu yau, kudim yir, kubangin majuku mau. (Esi. 2:68, 70) Kupandakan arisha kand ni rupompat ra akankuny, akimba kwimik mudimu wa kutunguril tempel.—Esi. 4:1-5.

⁵ In Yuda achirika arisha kand ni milong ya kuburen nfalang ni ya chipolitik. Ngand yau yading mu makas ma in Peris. Kupwa kwa rufu ra Mwant Sirus wa in Peris mu muvu wa 530 K.C.C., Nswan wend Kambis wa kumangeja amasalay mu chibeng mulong wa kuya kukwat Idjibit. Mulong wa kuya ku Idjibit, amasalay end afanyina kwit ya kudia, mem, ni kwiking mulong wa in Isarel kwafanyina kuyiletin yikokujol. Kwinsambishin kwa winyikel wa nswan wa Kambis, Darius I wasambisha ni kanvundangesh ni kuyip kwa milong ya chipolitik. Chakin kamu milong yiney ya yakamish in Yuda achirika piur pa mutapu wafanyinau kubangin majuku mau. Mulong wa kwidjidjek kwinoku kwarishau nich in Yuda amwing iyova anch chadingap chisu chiwamp cha kutungiril tempel wa Yehova.​—Age 1:2.

6. Kukwatijan ni Zakariy 4:6, 7, yikokujol ik yikwau yarishau nich in Yuda ni kashinsh ik kayinkishau kud Zakariy?

⁶ Tang Zakariy 4:6, 7. Kuwejinaku milong ya kuburen nfalang, ni milong ya chipolitik yakad kuwap, in Yuda afanyina kurish ni rupompat. Mu muvu wa 522 K.C.C., akankuny nau asambisha kuyikangesh kutunguril tempel wa Yehova. Pakwez Zakariy wayinkisha in Yuda kashinsh anch Yehova ukusadin usu Wend wa spiritu wend mulong wa kuyikwash kupandakan chikokujol. Mu muvu wa 520 K.C.C., Mwant Darius wayinkisha usu wa kudandamen kutung tempel ni wayikwasha kand in Yuda nfalang mulong wa kusal nich mudimu.—Esi. 6:1, 6-10.

7. Chisu chatekau in Yuda achirika rusot ra Nzamb pa ndond ya kusambish, yiyukish ik yatambulau?

 ⁷ Kusutil Age ni Zakariy, Yehova wayikana antwend anch ukuyikwash ang atek mudimu wa kutunguril tempel pa ndond yakusambish. (Age 1:8, 13, 14; Zak. 1:3, 16) Kusutil kukasikesh kwa aprofet, in Yuda asambishirila mudimu wa kutunguril tempel mu muvu wa 520 K.C.C. ni apwisha kutunguril piswimp mu mivu yitan. Mulong in Yuda ateka rusot ra Nzamb pa ndond yakusambish, Yehova wayikwasha kusutil kuyinkish yom ya mu spiritu ni ya kumujimbu. Mud chibudikin amwifukwila Yehova nich musangar.​—Esi. 6:​14-16, 22.

8. Mazu madia mu Age 2:4 makutwish kutukwash mutapu ik kushinshikin pa kusal rusot ra Nzamb? (Tal kand mazu ma kwinshin.)

⁸ Mulong mar makash makat kusej piswimp, chid cha usey nakash kud etu kuziyin nakash kwi mbil ya kwipan nakash mu mudimu wa kulejan. (Mar. 13:10) Chikutwish kutukasiken kushinshikin pa mudimu wetu wa kulejan, anch turishin ni milong ya nfalang ap anch turishin ni rupompat mu mudimu wetu wa kulejan. Yom ik yikutukwasha kutek Want wa Nzamb pa ndond ya kusambish? Tufanyidin kwikal ni kashinsh anch “Yehova wa yisak ya amasalay ukwikal ku mutambu wetu” b. Ukutukwash anch twadandamen kutek Want pa ndond yakusambish. Chawiy kwikil chom chikutwovisha wom.—Tang Age 2:4.

9-10. Mutapu ik wamanau ambay a uruw amwing kuwanyin kwa mazu ma Yesu madia mu Mateu 6:33?

⁹ Shinshikin chilakej cha Oleg ni Irina, c ambay a uruw ada ayibol. Kupwa kwa kubukin kwi ndond yikwau mulong wa kukwash chikumangen chikwau, ashadisha mudimu wau mulong wa milong ya kuburen nfalang yadinga mwi ngand. Ap anch kadinangap kamu ni mudimu, pakwez Yehova wayikwashang chisu chawonsu kusutil ukwash watambulangau kud akadivar ni anambaz nau. Yom ik yayikwasha kurish ni yikokujol yiney? Oleg, wading wiyakamishina nakash kapamp kakusambish ulondin anch “Kukwatakan nakash mu mudimu wa kulejan kwatukwasha kushinshikin pa chom chida cha usey nakash mu mwom.” Ap anch ndiy ni mukajend andandamena kukimb mudimu, pakwez ashala akwatikena nich mudimu wa kulejan.

¹⁰ Dichuku dimwing pachirikau ku chikumbu kudokal mu mudimu wa kulejan, ayileja  anch murund nau wasala weny wa mu chintampu cha akilometre 160 mulong wa kuyiletin ansak aad a yakudia. Oleg ulondin anch: “Dichuku dinidia, twamana kand mutapu wading utubangidinay Yehova ni chikumangen. Twikala ni kashinsh anch Yehova kakatap kuyivuramen atushalapol end, chikalap nchik mashakamin makash.”​—Mat. 6:33.

11. Yom ik tukuchingeja anch twashinshikin pa kusal rusot ra Nzamb?

¹¹ Yehova ukatin anch tushinshikin pa mudimu wa kwikadish in kwilej ukupandisha antu. Mud mwalejanangau mu  paragraf wa 7, Age wayikasikesha antu a Yehova kutek mudimu utumbila pa ndond ya kusambish, anch asambishiril kand kutung mufulandal wa tempel. Anch asala mwamu, Yehova wayikana anch ‘ukuyiyukish.’ (Age 2:18, 19) Niyetu tukutwish kwikal ni kashinsh anch Yehova ukuyukish usu wetu anch twatek mudimu utwinkinay kusal pa ndond ya kusambish.

12. Mulong wak Esidera ni ambay nend adinga mu winkwal ading akwet kuswir kwa ritiy rikash?

¹² Mu muvu wa 468 K.C.C., Esidera weza ni chisak cha kaad cha in Yuda kudiokal mu Babilon mulong wa kuya ku yerusalem. Mulong wa kusal weny winou, Esidera nau in Yuda achirika ading ni kuswir kwa ritiy rikash. Afanyina kwendil mu jinjil ja ubaj, kupwa ading ni or muvud ni nfalang jayinkishau kud mwant mulong wa kutung nich tempel. Chawiy afanyina kuyirishikish kud ambwitan. (Esi. 7:​12-16; 8:31) Chikwau kand, ajingunina anch mu Yerusalem mwadingap diking. Mu musumb wading antu akemp, ni mbumbu ni yis ya musumb ading afanyidin kuyirijek. Yom ik tukutwisha kwilejin ku chilakej cha Esidera piur pa kukasikesh kashinsh ketu mudiay Yehova?

13. Mutapu ik Esidera wakasikeshay kashinsh kend muday Yehova ? (Tal kand mazu ma kwinshin.)

¹³ Esidera wamana mutapu Yehova wayikwashay antwend mu yirung yikash. Kwinsambishin kwa Mivu 484 K.C.C., chimeken anch Esidera wading ushich mu Babilon pa chisu chapanay Mwant Asuwerus mbil ja kuyijip in Yuda awonsu ading ashicha mu want wa in Peris. (Est. 3:​7, 13-15) Mwom wa Esidera wading mu ubaj! Mulong wa kwakul kukusarumun, in Yuda “mu musumb wawonsu” ajila ni kudil, amutazuka Yehova mu malembil mulong wa kuyitakel. (Est. 4:3) Tongin mutapu wiyovay Esidera ni in Yuda akwau pakarumuka yom, chisu chaletau mbil ja kuyijip antu akimba kuyijip in Yuda! (Est. 9:1, 2) Yikokujol yajijamenay Esidera pa chisu chinicha, yafanyina kumukwash kupandakan yikokujol yafanyina kushiken mu machuku ma kurutu ni kukasikesh kashinsh kend mu usu ukwetay Yehova wa kukwash antwend. d

14. Nambaz umwing wileja dilejan ik pamanay kubangin kwa Yehova mu yisu yikash?

¹⁴ Anch twaman mutapu utukwashinay Yehova mu yirung yikash, tukutwish kwikal ni kashinsh anch ukutukwash mu machuku ma kurutu. Shinshikin chilakej cha Anastasia, ushicha mu Erop wa Kwingangel. Chisu chamushindilau kud ambay nend a ku mudimu chakwel ikal ku mutambu kanang wa chisak cha politik. Ulondin anch: “Kading kapamp kam ka kusambish kuburen nfalang mu mwom.” Kupwa uwejidinaku anch: “Namulembila Yehova ni namana mutapu wambanginay nakash. Anch naburen kand mudimu, Nikwiyakamishap. Anch Tatukwam wa mwiur wimbangidin nlel, ukwimbangin kand diamashik.”

15. Yom ik yamukwasha Esidera kulam kashinsh kend muday Yehova? (Esi. 7:27, 28)

 ¹⁵ Esidera wajingunina anch Yehova wading umukwashin mu mwom wend. Yisu yatongijokinay Esidera mutapu wamubanginau kud Yehova pakur, chinech chamukwasha nakash mu kwikal ni kashinsh mudiay Ndiy. Shinshikin mazu manam “chikas cha [Yehova] Nzamb wam chidi ni yamam.” (Tang Esidera 7:27, 28.) Esidera wasadina mazu minam tupamp musamban ni kusut mu buku wafunday.Esidera 7:​6, 9; 8:​18, 22, 31.

16. Mu chisu ik tukutwisha kuman chakin kamu ukwash wa Yehova mu mwom wetu? (Tal kand chipich.)

¹⁶ Yehova ukutukwash chisu turishina ni yakamish. Chilakej, anch twamwit ntakel wetu wa mudimu mulong wa kuya ku chitentam ap twamwit chakwel aswimp yom chakwel twikala ni mutapu wa kukumanganang ku yikumangan yawonsu, ud mutapu tukata kukimb kuman ukwash wa Yehova mu mwom wetu. Tukutwish kukashimuk mutapu ukusadika yom. Mud chibudikin, kashinsh ketu mudiay Yehova kakukasikan.

17. Mutapu ik wamekeshay Esidera kwikepish mu yisu yikash? (Tal chipich cha pa chibur.)

¹⁷ Nich kwikepish Esidera wita ukwash kud Yehova. Chisuchawonsupading piyakamishinay mulong wa kuwanyish yisend. Esidera wamulembilang Yehova nich kwikepish. (Esi. 8:​21-23; 9:​3-5) Mwikadil wa Esidera wayibachika antu adingay nend kumukwash ni kwimburij ritiy rend. (Esi. 10:1-4) Anch twiyakamish mulong wa maswir ma yom ya kumujimbu ap mulong wa diking dia dijuku dietu, tufanyidin kumulembil Yehova ni kashinsh.

18. Yom ik yikutwisha kutukwash kukasikesh kashinsh ketu mudiay Yehova?

¹⁸ Anch twakimb ni kwikepish ukwash wa Yehova ni kwitiy ukwash wa ambay netu in Kristu, kashinsh ketu mudiay Nzamb ka kupandakan. Erika, maku ukweta an asatu, walama kashinsh kend anch Yehova ukuyikwash ap anch kwashiken yinship yikash. Mu kachisu kakemp kusu, wayela ni wafisha mwan ni nfumwend mukatish. Ulondin anch kukwatijan ni yom yiney yawonsu yashikena: “Ukusambelap kwijik mutapu ukukukwashay Yehova. Ukwash ukutwish kushiken mutapu wakad kutongin. Natana anch Yehova wayisadina arund nam mulong wa kwakul malembil mam kusutil yom yalondangau ni yasalangau. Anch nayilej arund nam yom yinshikedina mu mwom, akutwish kwinkwash kamu nakash.”

19-20. Yom ik twilejidina kud in Yuda alika kuchirik ku Yerusalem?

¹⁹ Tukutwish kand kwilejin dilejan dia usey kusutin in Yuda alika kuchirik ku Yerusalem. Amwing pakach pau akanganya kuchirik mulong wa upal, mayej akwau mulong wa yisend ya majuku. Chikalap nchik mwamu, asangera kuyikwash achirika kusutil kuyinkish nfalang ni yom yading yiswirikedinau mulong wa kutung nich tempel. (Esi. 1:5, 6) Chimeken anch mu kusut kwa mivu 19, Kupwa kwa chisak chakusambish cha in Yuda kushik mu Yerusalem, in Yuda ashala mu Babilon adandamena kutum yipan ya kwisotin ku Yerusalem.—Zak. 6:10.

²⁰ Anch kud yom yikutwisha kutukangesh kwipan mu mudimu wa Nzamb, tukutwish kwikal ni kashinsh anch Yehova usangaredin usu tusadina mulong wa kumusangaresh. Mutapu ik twija mwamu? Pa chirung cha Zakariy, Yehova wamuleja muprofet wend kusal chibangul cha utad wa or ni utad ujal watumau kud in Yuda adinga mu winkwal. (Zak. 6:11) “Chibangul chinech chipandikena kuwap” chafanyina kukwash “kuvurikinaku” yipan yau ya kwisotin. (Zak. 6:14.) Tufanyidin kwikal ni kashinsh anch Yehova kakuvuramenap muchim wetu wa kwipan mulong wa kumusadin mu yirung yikash.—Heb. 6:10.

21. Kwikal ni kashinsh mudiay Yehova nlel kukutukwash mutapu ik machuku ma kurutu?

²¹ Tukutwish chakin kamu kudandamen kurish ni yishiken mu machuku minam mansudien, ni yom yikutwish kuyip nakash mu machuku ma kurutu. (2 Tim. 3:1, 13) Pakwez, tukwikalap ni kuswir kwa kwiyakamish nakash. Vurik mazu ma Yehova mayilejay antu pa chirung cha Age anch “Nidi ni yenen. . . Chawiy kangal wakamany.” (Age 2:4, 5) Niyetu tukutwish kwikal ni kashinsh anch Yehova ukwikal niyetu pitudandamedina kusal rusot rend. Kusutin kusadin malejan twileja kal madiokila mu uprofet wa Age ni Zakariy ni chilakej cha Esidera, tukutwish kulam kashinsh ketu muday Yehova chikalap nchik milong tukurisha nich mu machuku ma kurutu.