Kusemwa Jibiji Kubiwa Byepi?

YESU kechi waambiletu ne Nikodema pa buneme ne nkebelo ya kusemwa jibiji ne, wamubujile ne muntu byo asemwa jibiji. Yesu waambile’mba: “Nemwambila namba, inge muntu ne kusemwa ku mema ne ku Mupashi ne, kechi akonshe kutwela mu bufumu bwa Lesa ne.” (Yoano 3:5) Ko kuba’mba muntu usemwa jibiji na mema ne na mupashi. Pano bino, byambo bya kuba’mba “mema ne mupashi” byatala mu ka?

Nanchi Onkae “Mema ne Mupashi” Nyi?

Nikodema byo ajinga shayuka mu bya bupopweshi bwa Bayudea wayukile Binembelo bya Kihebelu byo bilumbulula pa kwingijisha kyambo kya kuba’mba “mupashi wa Lesa,” amba ke bulume bwa Lesa bulengela bantu kuba bya kukumya. (Ntendekelo 41:38; Kulupuka 31:3; 1 Samwela 10:6) Yesu byo aambile pa “mupashi,” wafwainwa Nikodema wayukile’mba mupashi wazhila ke bulume bwa Lesa.

Yesu watazhizhe mwepi byo aambile pa mema? Mupashi byo babula ku mufwanyikizhapo ku kintu, ko kuba’mba ne mema nao kechi akifwanyikizho ne. Akilangulukai pa bintu byanembwa byamwekele Nikodema saka akyangye kuya na kwisamba na Yesu ne panyuma ya mwisambo. Bino byanembwa bimwesha kuba’mba Yoano Mubatishi ne baana ba bwanga ba kwa Yesu babatizhanga bantu mu mema. (Yoano 1:19, 31; 3:22; 4:1-3) Kafwako walubile kino mu Yelusalema ne. Onkao mambo, Yesu byo aambile pa mema, Nikodema wafwainwa wayukile kuba’mba lubatizhilo lwa mu mema lo lubena kwambapo Yesu kechi pa mema onka kwapwa ne.a

Kubatizwa “mu Mupashi Wazhila”

Umvwe “kusemwa ku mema” kujitu pamo na kubatizwa mu mema, nga ‘kusemwa ku mupashi’ kulumbulula ka? Nikodema saka akyangye kuya na kwisamba ne Yesu, Yoano Mubatishi wataile mbila ya kuba’mba kubatizwa mu mema kechi ko konka ne, kuji ne kwa mu mupashi. Waambile’mba: “Amiwa nemubatiza mu mema; pakuba aye ukemubatiza mu mupashi wazhila.” (Mako 1:7, 8) Mambo awama anembele Mako amwesha kimye kitanshi kya luno lubatizhilo. Wanembele’mba: “Kabiji ponkapo mu oa moba, Yesu wafumine mu Nazala, muzhi wa mu Ngalilea, ne kubatiza bamubatizhile kwi Yoano mu Yodano. Kabiji ponkapotu pa kutuntuka mu mema, wamwene jiulu kasa jaabana, ne mupashi pamo ne nkunda kasa amwikijila.” (Mako 1:9, 10) Kimye Yesu kyo bamwibizhe mu Yodano, bamubatizhe mu mema. Kimye kyo atambwijile mupashi kufuma mwiulu po po abatizhilwe mu mupashi wazhila.

Panyuma ya myaka isatu kufuma po abatizwe, Yesu wabujile baana banji ba bwanga kuba’mba: “Anweba mukabatizwa mu mupashi wazhila, bino kechi kwashala moba avula ne.” (Byubilo 1:5) Kino kyamwekele ñanyi kimye?

Pa juba ja Pentekosta mwaka wa 33 C.E., baana ba bwanga ba kwa Yesu 120 bapwijile mu nzubo mu Yelusalema. “Ponkapo mwafumine kilulumo mwiulu nobe luvula mukatampe upupa, kyayuzhizhe nzubo yonse mo baikajile. Ponkapo kwibamwekejile njimi kasa yaabana, nobe mujilo . . . , ne abo bonse bayujile na mupashi wazhila.” (Byubilo 2:1-4) Kabiji pa jonkaja juba ne bakwabo bajinga mu Yelusalema bebakambizhe kubatizwa mu mema. Mutumwa Petelo wibambijile’mba: “Lapilai, ne kubatizwa bonse mu jizhina ja Yesu Kilishitu mu lulekelo lwa mambo enu; kabiji mukatambula wa bupetu mupashi wazhila.” Bantu baubilepo ka pa byo baumvwine? “Abo batambwile mambo anji babatizhilwe: kabiji mu jonkaja juba babikilweko kwi abo kampe biumbi bisatu.”—Byubilo 2:38, 41.

Lubatizhilo Lubiji

Nanchi kuno kubatizwa kubiji kubena kulumbulula byepi kusemwa jibiji? Kubena kumwesha’mba muntu usemwa jibiji umvwe wabatizwa mu mema ne mu mupashi. Yesu wakibatizwe mu mema patanshi. Kepo atambwijile mupashi wazhila. Mu jishinda jimotu, ne baana ba bwanga batanshi bakibatizwe mu mema (bamo bebabatizhe kwi Yoano Mubatishi), kabiji kepo batambwijile mupashi wazhila. (Yoano 1:35, 36) Baana ba bwanga 3,000 babatizwe mu mema kabiji kepo nabo batambwijile mupashi wazhila.

Umvwe mwalanguluka pa lubatizhilo lwajingako pa Pentekosta mu 33 C.E., mwalanguluka amba kusemwa jibiji kumweka byepi lelo jino? Byonka byo kyamwekele ne ku batumwa ba kwa Yesu ne ku baana ba bwanga batanshi. Patanshi, muntu wafwainwa kulapila ku bundengamambo bwanji, kuleka byubilo byatama, kwipana mu kupopwela Yehoba ne kumwingijila kabiji ne kuyukisha kwipana kwanji kupichila mu kubatizwa mu mema. Umvwe Lesa wamusala amba akalamenga mu Bufumu bwanji, ushingwa na mupashi wazhila. Muntu mwine ye wifuukwila lubaji lutanshi (lubatizhilo lwa mu mema); lwa bubiji (lubatizhilo lwa mu mupashi) lufuma kwi Lesa. Umvwe muntu wapita mu lubatizhilo lonse lubiji, ko kuba’mba wasemwa jibiji.

Pano mambo ka Yesu mu mwisambo wanji ne Nikodema o aingijishe byambo bya kuba’mba “kusemwa ku mema ne ku mupashi”? Walumbulwilenga kuba’mba aba babatizwa mu mema ne mu mupashi bapimpulwa. Mutwe walondelapo walumbulula luno lupimpu lwa kusemwa jibiji.

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