Cinshi umutumwa Paulo aletontonkanyapo ilyo alandile pa “kusefya kwa kucimfya”?

▪ Paulo alembele ati: “Lesa uutungulula ifwe capamo na Kristu mu kusefya kwa kucimfya kabili uulenga icena cisuma ica kumwishiba cishibikilwe muli ifwe mu ncende yonse! Pantu kuli Lesa twaba nge cena icinunkila bwino ica mbila nsuma iibilwa pali Kristu iyo abaleya kwi pusukilo na baleya ku bonaushi bomfwa; ku baleonaika ici cena citwala ku mfwa, e lyo ku balepusuka citwala ku mweo.”—2 Abena Korinti 2:14-16.

Umutumwa Paulo alelanda pa fyo abena Roma balesefya ku kucindika umukalamba wa bashilika uwacimfya abalwani babo. Nga balesefya, balebika ifyuma fyonse ifyo bapokolwele pa lwalala kumo na balwani bene abo basendele bunkole kabili baletwala ing’ombe ishilume ku cipailo uku ninshi baletatakula ibumba lya bashilika abacimfishe e lyo no mukalamba wabo. Pa mpela ya kusefya, baletuula amalambo ya ng’ombe ishilume kabili baleipaya na bo basendele bunkole.

Icitabo ca The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia calanda ukuti iyi nsoselo ya kuti “icena icinunkila bwino ica mbila nsuma iibilwa pali Kristu,” iyalola mu kuti bamo bakaba no mweo e lyo bambi bakafwa, “nalimo yafumine ku fyo abena Roma batemenwe ukoca ifyanunkila ilyo balesefya ukucimfya. Ukoca ifyanunkila kwalelanga ukuti abaile ku nkondo nabacimfya kabili kwaleishibisha abo basendele bunkole ukuti balabepaya.”a

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Icikope ca mu ma 100 C.E. cilelanga abena Roma balesefya Ukucimfya

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Photograph taken by courtesy of the British Museum