Bushe Kuti Mwa-asuka Ifi Fipusho?

Bushininkisho nshi ubushili bwa mu Baibolo ubulanga ukuti Yesu eko ali?

▪ Kale kwali abalelemba ifitabo abengi abaliko mupepi ne nshita Yesu ali pano calo kabili mu fyo balemba balilumbulamo Yesu. Umo pali aba ni Cornelius Tacitus, uwalembele ilyashi pa fyo icitungu ca Roma cali kale sana. Ilyo alembele pa mulilo waocele ifintu ifingi mu Roma mu 64 C.E., Tacitus alembele ukuti abantu baleti Kateka Nero e walengele ukuti kube ulya mulilo. Nero atile, Tacitus alefwaya ukubepesha abo abengi baleita ati Abena Kristu. Tacitus alembele ukuti: “Kristu, uo bafumyako ishina lyabo, bamwipeye ilyo Ponti Pilato asuminisheko pa nshita Tiberi aleteka.”—Annals, XV, 44.

Kalemba we lyashi lya kale umuYuda uwe shina lya kuti Flavius Josephus na o alilumbula Yesu mu fyo alembele. Ilyo Josephus alembele pa fyacitike pa numa fye ya mfwa ya mulashi umwina Roma Feste, nalimo mu 62 C.E., kabili ninshi Albinus talamupyana, Anania Shimapepo Mukalamba “aitile bakapingula ba cilye ca Sanhedrini kabili aletele Yakobo, munyina wa kwa Yesu uwaleitwa ati Kristu, pamo na bambi pa ntanshi ya cilye.”—Jewish Antiquities, XX, 200 (ix, 1).

Mulandu nshi Yesu balemwitila ukuti Kristu?

▪ Amabuuku ya Mbila Nsuma yalanda ukuti ilyo malaika Gabriele amoneke kuli Maria ku kumweba ukuti ali no kwimita, atile akenike umwana mwaume uukafyalwa ati Yesu. (Luka 1:31) Kale sana, ili shina lyaliseekele nga nshi ku baYuda. Kalemba we lyashi lya kale umuYuda, Josephus, alandile pa bantu 12 abo Baibolo ishalandapo abainikwe ishina lya kuti Yesu. Umwana mwaume wa kwa Maria balemwita ukuti “umwina Nasarete,” icalola mu kuti Yesu uwafumine ku Nasarete. (Marko 10:47) Na kabili balemwita ukuti “Kristu,” nelyo Yesu Kristu. (Mateo 16:16) Bushe ishina lya kuti Kristu lyalola mwi?

Ishiwi lya kuti “Kristu” lyafuma kwi shiwi lya ciGriki ilya kuti Khri·stosʹ, ilipilibula cimo cine ne shiwi lya mu ciHebere ilya kuti Ma·shiʹach (Mesia). Aya amashiwi yonse yabili yapilibula ukuti “Uwasubwa.” Ili shiwi lyalebomfiwa na ku bantu bambi ilyo Yesu talaisa pano calo. Ku ca kumwenako, Mose, Aarone, ne Mfumu Davidi nabo baleitwa ukuti abasubwa, icalolele mu kuti basontelwe na Lesa ukuba intungulushi. (Ubwina Lebi 4:3; 8:12; 2 Samwele 22:51; AbaHebere 11:24-26) Nomba Yesu, Mesia uo batile akesa, alicindamishe pali bonse abo Yehova asontele ukuba intungulushi. E mulandu wine Yesu alingiile ukulaitilwa ukuti “Kristu, Umwana wa kwa Lesa wa mweo.”—Mateo 16:16; Daniele 9:25.

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