Ilyo wakuuta ukuti wafwiwe ifintu wakolonganya tafyakakupokolole, lelo fyonse fiine umwela ukafyulula. Umupu ukafisenda.” (Esaya 57:12, 13a, NW)

‘Ifintu akolonganya,’ ifilubi atutila, tafyakamupokolole. Ilyo akayofi kakesa, tulesa acetekela tukolulwa fye ku mwela.

¹⁵ Ifyebo fya kwa Yehova fyafishiwapo mu 607 B.C.E. Iyi e nshita Imfumu ya Babele Nebukadnesari aonaula Yerusalemu, aoca itempele, no kusenda abantu abengi bunkole. “E fyo abena Yuda baulwilwe ukufuma mu mpanga yabo.”—2 Ishamfumu 25:1-21.

16. Cinshi cili no kucitikila Kristendomu na bonse ababa muli “Babele Mukalamba”?

¹⁶ Na kuli Kristendomu cimo cine, ifilubi ifishaifulila akolonganya tafyakamupokolole mu bushiku bwa cipyu ca kwa Yehova. (Esaya 2:19-22; 2 Abena Tesalonika 1:6-10) Kristendomu akonawilwa capamo na bashala aba muli “Babele Mukalamba”—ubuteko bwa calo ubwa kupepa kwa bufi. Iciswango cakashika ce ica mampalanya ne nsengo sha ciko 10 “fikamupomona [Babele Mukalamba] no kumucito bwamba; fikalya no mubili wakwe, no kumulungulushisha mu mulilo.” (Ukusokolola 17:3, 16, 17) Ifyo twaba abasekelela pa kuti twalyumfwila ukusoka kwa kuti: “Fumenimo muli wene, mwe bantu bandi, epali mwawilako mu membu shakwe, epali mwakumako ku finkunka fyakwe”! (Ukusokolola 18:4, 5) Shi twikatala atubwelela kuli wene nelyo ku micitile yakwe.

“Uuba Muli Ine Akakwate Calo”

17. Bulayo nshi ‘uuba muli Yehova,’ alaiwa kabili ni lilali bwafishiwapo?

¹⁷ Ni shani pa lwa fyebo fya kusesema ifya kwa Esaya ifyakonkapo? “Uuba muli ine akakwate calo, akapyaninino lupili lwandi lwa mushilo.” (Esaya 57:13b) Ni kuli nani Yehova alelanda pali ino nshita? Talelanda pa kayofi kaleisa lelo alesobela pa kulubulwa kwa bantu bakwe ukufuma muli Babele na pa kubweshiwa kwa kupepa kwasanguluka mu lupili lwakwe ulwa mushilo, Yerusalemu. (Esaya 66:20; Daniele 9:16) Mwandi ici cifwile cakoselesha abaYuda bonse abatwalilila aba cishinka!