NTENDA YAKALIKO: Kukazyigwa alimwi akunyonyooka kwazibelesyo zyakulembela, tiikwakapa kuti Bbaibbele linyonyooke. Nokuba boobo, basikukkopolola bamwi alimwi abasanduluzi bakali kuyanda kunyonganya mulumbe wamu Bbaibbele. Zimwi ziindi, bakali kusola kweendelanya Bbaibbele kunjiisyo zyabo muciindi cakweendelanya njiisyo zyabo ku Bbaibbele. Amulange-lange zikozyanyo zimwi:

• Busena bwakukombela: Akati kamwaanda wamyaka wabili awane B.C.E., balembi ba Samaritan Pentateuch * bakabikka majwi kumamanino aalugwalo lwa Kulonga 20:17 aakuti “ku Aargaareezem. Alimwi okuya uyooyaka cipaililo.” Aboobo bana Samariya bakali kuyanda kuti Magwalo asumpule kuyakwa kwatempele lyabo ku “Aargaareezem” naa a Cilundu ca Gerizimu.

• Njiisyo yabutatu: Kakutanainda myaka iili 300 kuzwa ciindi Bbaibbele nolyakamana kulembwa, sikulemba njiisyo yabutatu, wakayungizya majwi mulugwalo lwa 1 Johane 5:7 aakuti, “kujulu, Taata, Jwi, a Muuya Uusalala: alimwi zintu eezyi zyotatwe ncintu comwe.” Majwi aaya tanaakaliko mumalembe aakusaanguna. Sikwiiya Bbaibbele umwi wazina lya Bruce Metzger wakaamba kuti: “Kuzwa buyo mumwaanda wamyaka wacisambomwe, mabala aaya akali kujanika ziindi zinji mumalembe aamu Old Latin amu [Latin] Vulgate.”

• Zina lya Leza: Akaambo kakutobela njiisyo zyaba Juda, basikusandulula Bbaibbele banji bakaligwisya izina lya Leza mu Magwalo. Mubusena bwandilyo bakabikka mazina aabulemu mbuli aakuti “Leza” naa “Mwami,” alo mu Bbaibbele aatapandululi buyo Mulengi pele abantu, zibumbwa zyabukombi bwakubeja, alimwi buya a Diabolosi.—Johane 10:34, 35; 1 Bakorinto 8:5, 6; 2 Bakorinto 4:4. *

BBAIBBELE MBOLYAKAFWUTUKA: Cakusaanguna, nokuba kuti basikukkopolola bamwi bakali bayamba alimwi bakali basilweeno, bamwi bakalicizyi kukkopolola kabotu alimwi bakali kusyomeka. Akati kamwaanda wamyaka wacisambomwe alimwi awakkumi C.E., ba Masorete bakakkopolola Magwalo aa Chihebrayo  akupanga malembe aaitwa kuti Masoretic. Bakaamba kuti bakali kubala mabala akubona masimpe kuti kunyina bulubizi bwacitwa. Aawo mpobakali kuyeeyela kuti kuli bulubizi buliko kumalembe ngobakali kukkopolola, bakali kulemba kumbali. Ba Masorete bakakaka kunyonganya mulumbe wamu Bbaibbele. Syaazibwene uutegwa Moshe Goshen-Gottstein wakalemba kuti: “Kunyonganya mulumbe wamumo acaali, wakali kunooba mulandu mupati kapati.”

Cabili, bunji bwamalembe aakaindi mazuba aano alabagwasya basyaazibwene mumakani aamu Bbaibbele kubona aali bulubizi. Mucikozyanyo, basololi bazikombelo kwamyaanda yamyaka minji bakali kuyiisya kuti Bbaibbele lyabo lyamuci Latin ndelyakajisi malembe aancobeni. Nokuba boobo, mulugwalo lwa 1 Johane 5:7, bakayungizya mabala aakubeja aambwa kale mucibalo eeci. Bulubizi oobu mane bwakanjila amu Bbaibbele lya King James Version lyamu Chingisi! Ino ncinzi ncobakajana ciindi malembe aakaindi aamwi naakajanika? Bruce Metzger wakalemba kuti: “Kaambo aaka [kajanika mulugwalo lwa 1 Johane 5:7] takako mumalembe oonse aakaindi (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Arabic, Slavonic), ccita buyo muci Latin.” Akaambo kaceeci, naakalembululwa ma Bbaibbele aa King James Version alimwi ama Bbaibbele aambi bakakagwisya kaambo aaka ikakalubide.

Sena malembe aakaindi alasinizya kuti mulumbe wamu Bbaibbele wakwabililwa? Ciindi mabbuku aakuvwunga aaitwa kuti Dead Sea Scrolls naakajanika mu 1947, basyaazibwene mumakani aamu Bbaibbele bakali kukonzya kweezyanisya malembe aa Chihebrayo aakalembwa aba Masorete kuli yaayo aakajanika muma Bbaibbele aakuvwunga aalo aakalembwa myaka iinda ku 1,000 kuzwa ciindi nobakaajana. Umwi wabalembi bamabbuku aakuvwunga aaitwa kuti Dead Sea Scrolls wakaamba kuti, bbuku lyakuvwunga lyomwe buyo “lilapa bumboni butakonzyi kukazyigwa ibutondezya kuti malembe aamu Bbaibbele aakali kukkopololwa kwamyaka iinda ku 1,000 abasikukkopolola ba Juda alasyomeka ncobeni alimwi aliluzi.”

Laibbulali iitegwa The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, ku Ireland, ilijisi malembe manji aakalembelwa antumbu aaiminina bbuku limwi alimwi lya Magwalo aa Banakristo aa Chigiriki, kubikkilizya amalembe aakalembwa kuzwa mumwaanda wamyaka wabili C.E.—kakwiindide buyo myaka iibalilwa ku 100 kuzwa Bbaibbele nolyakamana kulembwa. Bbuku litegwa The Anchor Bible Dictionary lyaamba kuti: “Nokuba kuti malembe aakalembelwa antumbu alijisi makani mapya aayandika kujatikizya mulumbe uulembedwe, alatondezya alimwi kuti alasyomeka kapati caboola kumakani aambwaakakkopololwa malembe aamu Bbaibbele.”

CAKACITIKA: Muciindi cakunyonganya mulumbe wamu Bbaibbele, malembe manji aakaindi apa kuti ulimvwisye kabotu. Syaazibwene uutegwa Sir Frederic Kenyon wakalemba boobu kujatikizya Magwalo aa Banakristo aa Chigiriki: “Kunyina bbuku limbi lyakaindi lijisi bumboni bunji boobu kujatikizya mulumbe wandilyo, alimwi kunyina syaazibwene mumakani aamu Bbaibbele uukonzya kukazya kuti Bbaibbele ndyotujisi lililuzi kapati.” Alimwi kujatikizya Magwalo aa Chihebrayo, syaazibwene William Henry Green wakaamba kuti: “Tulakonzya kwaamba kuti kunyina bbuku lyakaindi boobu lijisi mulumbe uuluzi kweelana ambowakabede kaindi.”