UKUKUMANA kwa pa mwaka ukwa kabungwe ka Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ukubako cila mwaka kwatendeke mu January mu mwaka wa 1885. Lintu Abena Kristu basubwa baali bacili balelonganikwa ku kupwa kwa ba 1800, ba membala ne ntungulushi aba aka kabungwe bakwete isubilo lya ku muulu. Na kuba, ilingi line ba membala ba aka kabungwe baba bantu bakwate subilo lya ku muulu.

Kwali fye nshita imo ilyo tacali fyo. Mu 1940, Hayden C. Covington—uwali pali yo nshita mpanda mano ya Sosaite ku milandu ikumine ifye funde kabili uwa mu “mpanga shimbi,” abakwata isubilo lya pe sonde—alisalilwe ukuba membala wa aka kabungwe. (Yohane 10:16) Ali ni nkonkani ya kwa presidenti wa Sosaite ukufuma mu 1942 ukufika mu 1945. Pali ilya nshita, Munyina Covington ailekeele fye umwine uyu mulimo pa kuti e pusana ne calemoneka ngo kufwaya kwa kwa Yehova—ica kutila ba membala bonse ne ntungulushi aba mu kabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania bafwile ukuba Abena Kristu basubwa. Lyman A. Swingle e wapyene pe punda lya kwa Hayden C. Covington muli ili bumba lya ba membala, kabili Frederick W. Franz asalilwe ukuba inkonkani ya kwa presidenti.

Mulandu nshi ababomfi ba kwa Yehova basuminine ukuti ba membala bonse ne ntungulushi aba kabungwe ka Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania balingile ukuba Bena Kristu basubwa? Pantu pali ilya nshita, calemoneka kwati ibumba lya ba membala ne ntungulushi aba aka kabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania e bafwile no kuba na mwi Bumba Litungulula ilya Nte sha kwa Yehova, umwaba fye abaume basubwa no mupashi epela.

Lelo, pa numa ya kulya kukumana kwa pa mwaka ukwalumbuka ukwa mu 1944, kwalishele icipusho cacindama. Apo ba membala 7 aba mu kabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania e baali na mwi Bumba Litungulula, bushe ici calolele mu kuti aba mwi Bumba Litungulula tabafwile ukucila pa Bena Kristu basubwa 7? Kabili, apo ba membala basalwa ku baba mu kabungwe, bushe ba membala ba mu kabungwe e balesala aba kuba mwi Bumba Litungulula pa kukumana kwa pa mwaka? Bushe ba membala ne ntungulushi sha kabungwe ka Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania na baba mwi Bumba Litungulula bamo bene, nelyo balipusana?

Ukukumana kwa pa Mwaka na Kumbi Ukushakalabwe

Ifi fipusho fyayaswikwe pa kukumana kwa pa mwaka ukwaliko pa October 1, 1971. Pali kulya kukumana, kalanda umo alangilile ukuti ibumba litungulula ilya “musha wa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka” lyatangilile akabungwe ka Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ukukacila imyanda ya myaka. (Mateo 24:45-47) Ibumba litungulula lyapangilwe pa Pentekoste ya mu 33 C.E., apapitile ne myanda ya myaka ukucila na pali 18 pa ntanshi ya kupanga akabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania. Pa kubala, ibumba litungulula lyapangilwe na batumwa 12, te bantu 7 iyo. Impendwa ifwile yalilundilweko ku ntanshi, pantu “abatumwa na bakalamba ku Yerusalemu” e baletungulula.—Imilimo 15:2.

Mu 1971 kalanda umo wine alondolwele ukuti ababa mu kabungwe ka Watch Tower Society te kuti basale abaume basubwa aba kuba mwi Bumba Litungulula. Mulandu nshi? Uyu kalanda atile, “Pantu, ibumba litungulula ilya ‘musha’ talisontwa no muntunse. Lisontwa na . . . Yesu Kristu, Umutwe wa cilonganino ca cine ica Bwina Kristu kabili Shikulu, Umwine wa ili bumba lya ‘musha wa cishinka kabili uwashilimuka.’” Cailanga fye kanshi ukuti aba mwi Bumba Litungulula tabengasalwa na baba mu tubungwe twe funde.

Kalanda atwalilile ukulanda mpaka afika na pa cishinka cacindama, atile: “Ibumba litungulula talyakwata intungulushi nga shilya shaba mu kabungwe ka ba Membala ba Sosaite, intungulushi pamo nga, presidenti, inkonkani ya kwa presidenti, secretary-treasurer na kaafwa wa kwa secretary-treasurer. Lyakwata fye ceyamani.” Pa myaka iingi, presidenti wa kabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania e waleba na ceyamani we Bumba Litungulula. Nomba te fyo ca kulaba. Nangu line tabalingana amaka e lyo no kubelesha, aba mwi Bumba Litungulula bafwile ukukwata ifishingamo fimo fine. Kalanda akonkeshepo na mashiwi ya kuti: “Onse uwa mwi Bumba Litungulula kuti aba ceyamani ukwabula no kuti abe presidenti wa . . . Sosaite . . . pa nshita imo ine. Cishintilila fye pa o cawila ukuba ceyamani pali yo nshita muli lilya line Ibumba Litungulula.”

Pali kulya kukumana kwa pa mwaka ukushakatale akulabwa ukwa mu 1971, e lyo kwali ukulekanya bwino pa basubwa no mupashi aba mwi Bumba Litungulula na ba membala ba kabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania. Nalyo line, aba mwi Bumba Litungulula batwalilile ukuba ba membala ne ntungulushi sha Sosaite. Nangu cali fyo, ndakai icipusho cipushiwa ca kuti: Bushe kwalibako umulandu wa mu Malembo uutila ba membala ba kabungwe ka Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania bafwile ukuba aba mwi Bumba Litungulula?

Iyo, takwaba. Akabungwe ka ku Pennsylvania te kabungwe fye keka aka mwi funde ako Inte sha kwa Yehova shibomfya. Kwalibako na tumbi. Kamo ni aka beta ati Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Incorporated. Kalafwilisha umulimo wesu mu United States. Ukwabula no kutwishika ipaalo lya kwa Yehova lyaliba pali aka kabungwe, nangu line ba membala abengi ne ntungulushi sha kako baba mwi bumba lya “mpanga shimbi.” Akabungwe ka International Bible Students Association kabomfiwa ku Britain. Utubungwe twa mwi funde tumbi tulabomfiwa ku kutwala pa ntanshi ifya Bufumu mu fyalo fimbi. Utu tonse tulabombela pamo mu kwafwilishako no kulenga umulimo wa kushimikila imbila nsuma ukubilwa mwi sonde lyonse. Te mulandu no ko twabela nelyo ababa ba membala ba tuko nelyo intungulushi sha tuko, utu tubungwe tutungululwa mu nshila ya teokrasi kabili tubomfiwa ne Bumba Litungulula. Kanshi, utubungwe twa musango yo twalikwata imilimo ya kubomba mu kutwala pa ntanshi ifya Bufumu.