3. (a) Timoteus okwa ninga Omukriste naini, nokwa li e linyenga ngahelipi komahongo opaKriste? (b) Paulus okwa li a lombwela Timoteus kombinga yoinima itatu ilipi?

³ Osha fa shi li ngaha kutya Timoteus okwa ninga Omukriste mo 47 O.P., pefimbo olo omuyapostoli Paulus a li ta talele po Listra. Nonande pefimbo opo Timoteus okwa li omunyasha, okwa li he lihumbata nawa. Konima yomido mbali okwa li a ninga omweendi pamwe naPaulus. Konima yomido 16, Paulus okwa li a shangela Timoteus a ti: “Ove kala mwaai we i longwa ndele ou i shii shili, osheshi ou mu shii ou e i ku longa, ndele omishangwa diyapuki [Omishangwa dOshiheberi] ou di shii nghee wa dja mounona woye, edi di neenghono doku ku longa eendunge, u xupifwe mokwiitavela Kristus Jesus.” (2 Tim. 3:14, 15) Didilika kutya Paulus okwa popya kombinga (1) yokushiiva omishangwa diyapuki, (2) okukala wa tomhwa u itavele oinima oyo wa hongwa, nosho yo (3) okukala u na eendunge, u xupifwe mokwiitavela Kristus Jesus.

‘OWA TOMHWA U ITAVELE’

5. (a) ‘Okutomhwa u itavele’ osha hala okutya shike? (b) Otu shi shii ngahelipi kutya Timoteus okwa li a tomhwa a itavele onghundana iwa i na sha naJesus?

⁵ Osha fimana okushiiva omishangwa diyapuki. Ashike nande ongaho, okuhonga ovana voye oinima yopamhepo osha kwatela mo shihapu shihe fi ashike oku va honga kombinga yovanhu nosho yo oiningwanima yopaMbiibeli. Timoteus naye okwa li a ‘tomhwa a itavele.’ Melaka lopehovelo, outumbulilo oo owa hala okutya ‘okukala u na oushili woshinima’ ile ‘okukala wa tomhwa nokukala u na oushili woshinima shonhumba.’ Timoteus okwa kala e shii Omishangwa dOshiheberi okudja kounona waye. Pomhito imwe, okwa li a tomhwa eshi a konakona oumbangi oo kutya Jesus oye Messias. Eitavelo laye ola li la pamekwa koumbangi oo. Eitavelo laTimoteus ola li la pama naasho oshe mu linyengifa a ninginifwe e li omuhongwa nokuwaimina Paulus moilonga youtumwa.

6. Ongahelipi to dulu okukwafela ovana voye va kale va tomhwa va itavele osho tave lihongo mEendjovo daKalunga?

⁶ Ongahelipi to dulu okukulika eitavelo movana voye opo va kale va tomhwa va itavele, ngaashi Timoteus? Owa pumbwa okukala omulididimiki. Eitavelo ihali uya ashike ngahenya, noihali dulu okufyuululwa kovana voye molwaashi ashike ove wa tomhwa u itavele. Okaana keshe oke na okulongifa ‘eenghono dako dokudiladila’ opo ka kale ka itavela oshili yOmbiibeli. (Lesha Ovaroma 12:1.) U li omudali oto dana onghandangala ya fimana moshinima osho, unene tuu ngeenge okaana koye otaka pula omapulo. Natu ka tale koshihopaenenwa shimwe.

7, 8. (a) Ongahelipi omushamane Omukriste umwe a ulika elididimiko eshi a li ta hongo okamonakadona kaye? (b) Ongahelipi naave to dulu okukala omulididimiki ngeenge to hongo ovana voye?

⁷ Thomas, xe yokakadona komido 11, okwa ti: “Okamonakadona kange otashi dulika ka pule kutya, ‘Mbela Jehova okwa li a longifa oevolusi opo a shitile oinima i na omwenyo kombada yedu?’ ile, ‘Omolwashike ihatu kufa ombinga pashihopaenenwa momahoololo oo ha kala momudingonoko wetu opo eenghalo di xwepopale?’ Omafimbo amwe ohandi kala nda mwena opo ndi henuke oku ka fininika ka itavele oinima yonhumba. Opo u dule okutomha omunhu moshinima shonhumba, ino pumbwa oku mu ndubila ouyelele muhapu poshikando, ndele owa pumbwa ngoo okukala to mu pe ouyelele wa yeleka kanini nakanini.”

⁸ Thomas naye okwa li e shii kutya okuhonga ohaku pula elididimiko. Elididimiko ola fimana kOvakriste aveshe. (Kol. 3:12) Thomas otashi dulika a li a mona kutya ova pumbwa okukala hava kundafana nokamonakadona oule wefimbo. Okwa li a pumbwa okutomhafana ta longifa Omishangwa opo ka itavele osho take lihongo. Thomas okwa ti: “Ame nomukulukadi wange ngeenge tashi uya poitwa oyo ya fimana ohatu kala twa hala okushiiva ngeenge okamonakadona ketu oka itavela ngoo shili osho take lihongo nongeenge otashi ti sha kuko. Ohatu kala tu udite nawa ngeenge taka pula omapulo. Ashike ohandi kala nda limbililwa ngeenge oka itavele oshinima shonhumba inaka pula omapulo.”

9. Ongahelipi to dulu okufindila Eendjovo daKalunga movana voye?

⁹ Ounona otava ka dula ashike okuuda ko “oule womukokomoko, noule woposhi, noule wopombada” weitavelo lavo, ngeenge ovadali ova kala ovalididimiki eshi tave va hongo. (Ef. 3:18) Ohatu dulu okutala osho tashi wapalele eedula nokudula kwavo. Ngeenge ova itavele osho ve lihonga, otava ka dula okupopila eitavelo lavo moipafi yovanhu, mwa kwatelwa ovanafikola vakwao. (1 Pet. 3:15) Pashihopaenenwa, mbela ovana voye otava dulu ngoo okuyelifa tava longifa Ombiibeli kutya oshike hashi ningwa po ngeenge omunhu okwa fi? Mbela eyelifo lOmbiibeli otali ti sha ngoo kuvo?a Okufindila Eendjovo daKalunga mokaana koye otashi pula elididimiko, ashike ohashi eta oidjemo iwa. — Deut. 6:6, 7.

10. Oshike shi na okukala sha fimana ngeenge to hongo ovana voye?

¹⁰ Oshihopaenenwa shoye osha fimana ngeenge to kwafele ovana voye va kulike eitavelo lavo. Stephanie, ina yovanakadona vatatu, okwa ti: “Okudja eshi ovana vange va li vanini, onda kala handi lipula kutya, ‘Ohandi popi ngoo navo kutya omolwashike nda tomhwa kutya Jehova oko e li, omunahole nosho yo kutya eendjila daye oda yuka? Mbela otava dulu ngoo okumona kutya ondi hole shili Jehova?’ Inandi teelela va kale ve na eitavelo ngeenge ame kandi li na.”