KULI shibulimi wacaice uwitwa Elisha, ubushiku ubwatendeke ne mibombele ya lyonse iya kulima bwaishilebo bushiku ubwacindamisha mu bumi bwakwe. Ilyo alebomba mwi bala, Elisha mu kukanaenekela atandalilwe na Eliya, kasesema wa ntanshi mu Israele. ‘Cinshi alefwaya kuli ine?’ Nalimo e fintu Elisha alangulwike. Taali na kulolele casuko pa nshita ntali. Eliya apoosele ica kufimbana cakwe pali Elisha, ukulango kuti bushiku bumo Elisha akabe mpyani yakwe. Elisha tayangwishe ubu bwite. Ilyo line fye, ashile ibala lyakwe no kuba kapyunga wa kwa Eliya.—1 Ishamfumu 19:19-21.

Lintu aitilwe ku mulimo waibela pamo na Eliya, Elisha mu kwangufyanya ashile bala lyakwe no kuyapyungila kasesema uwa ntanshi mu Israele. Mu kumonekesha, alebomba imilimo imo imo iyasuulwa, pantu aishibikwe nga umo “uwalesambikisha Eliya amenshi.”c (2 Ishamfumu 3:11) Nangu ni fyo, Elisha amwene umulimo wakwe nge shuko, kabili alambatile kuli Eliya muli bucishinka.

Ilelo ababomfi ba kwa Lesa abengi balangisho mupashi uwapalako uwa kuipeela bulilambo. Bamo balishe “filime” fyabo no bwikalo bwabo ku kuyashimikila imbila nsuma mu fifulo fya kutali nelyo ukubomba nge filundwa fya lupwa lwa Bethel. Bambi baliya ku fyalo fya cilendo mu kubomba pa makuule ya Sosaite. Abengi balisumina nalimo icingetwa imilimo iyasuulwa. Nalyo line, pa bantu abalebombela Yehova tapengaba uubombo mulimo uwasuulwa. Yehova alatasha bonse abamubombela mu kuitemenwa, kabili akapaalo mupashi wabo uwa kuipeela bulilambo.—Marko 10:29, 30.