U mulandu ci uno ndakai Mabaibo yasenulwa umu misango iingi? Uzye mukalola ukuti kukwata Mabaibo apya akufuma ndakai kungamwazwa ukuvwikisya sana ivyaya mwenemo nanti foo? Kusambililila pali vino cali pakuti Mabaibo yavule kungamwazwa ukumanya ingazipa.

Nomba uzye, a weni uwalemvile Baibo nupya wailemvile lilaci?

Baibo yankaniziwa mu viputulwa viili. Ciputulwa cakutandikilako cakwata mabuku 39 umwaya “mazwi yakwe Leza avwanzilwe ku Ayuda.” (Loma 3:2) Leza wapeezile antu acisinka ukulemba mabuku yaa pa myaka iingi—myaka nalimwi 1,100 kutandika mu 1513 B.C.E. kwizafika mu 443 B.C.E. Mabuku aingi yayalemvile mu Ciyebulai, fwandi ali mulandu uno tukaamila ciputulwa conga ukuti Malembelo ya Ciyebulai aakaamwa nu kuti Upangano wa Mpiti.

Ciputulwa cakwe ciili cakwata mabuku 27 nayo kwene umwaya “mazwi yakwe Leza.” (1 Tesalonika 2:13) Leza wapeezile asambi yakwe Yesu ukulemba mabuku yaa mu myaka inono—pa myaka sile 60 kutandika mu 41 C.E. kwizafika mu 98 C.E. Yalemvile mabuku yaa mu Cigiliki, fwandi tukaama mabuku yaa ukuti Malembelo ya Cigiliki a Ina Klistu, aakaamwa nu kuti Upangano Upya.

Ukwika pamwi mabuku yonsi yaa 66 yakapanga Baibo umwaya ilandwe lisuma lino Leza wapeela antunze. Nomba u mulandu ci uno kwayela Mabaibo aasenulwa umu misango iingi ndakai? Katulande pa milandu itatu.

• Pakuti antu yaiwelengela mu lulimi lwao.

• Pakuti yafumyemo vino ya kasenula yaluvyanyizye pakuti Baibo iye viivi kwene vino yali.

• Pakuti yafumyemo ululimi lwaomviwanga mpiti nu kwika ulukaomviwa ndakai.

Lolini vino milandu ii ino twalandapo yaomviwa mu mabaibo asenulwe yaili akutandikilako.

Apa myaka 300 ku cisila ala Yesu atatala wavyalwa, Ayuda asambilile sana yatandike ukusenula Baibo wa mu Ciyebulai kutwala mu lulimi lwa Cigiliki. Baibo wii wizile atandika ukwamwa ukuti Giliki Seputuwaginti. U mulandu ci uno kwayelile Baibo ii? A pakuti iyazwe Ayuda atalandanga Ciyebulai yayo alandanga Cigiliki ukutwalilila ukulondela “Malembelo Amuzilo.”—2 Timoti 3:15.

Baibo kwene wii wavwileko na antu aingi cuze aataali Ayuda, avwanganga Cigiliki ukumanya ningo sana vino Baibo ikasambilizya. U munzila ci? Pakasi ka myaka yako 70 na 80 C.E. uwasambilila sana W. F. Howard walanzile ukuti; “Izile iya ali Baibo ino yaomvyanga sana mu macalici aingi, ino na ya misyonali aingi yaomvyanga mu mang’anda ya mapepo ‘kukulondolola nu kusinila ukuti Yesu uwali ali Mesiya.’” (Milimo 17:3, 4; 20:20) Fwandi uu ali mulandu onga uwalenzile kuti Ayuda aingi ize “yasuule sana Baibo wii uwakuti Seputuwaginti,” ali vino F. F Bruce uwasambilila pa milembele yakwe Baibo walanzile.

Lino asambi yakwe Yesu yatwalilile ukupoka Malembelo ya Cigiliki a Ina Klistu, yaisile pamwi na malembelo asenwilwe ukufuma mu Ciyebulai yano yamanga yakuti Seputuwaginti iyapanga na Baibo umupuma wino twakwata ndakai.

Pa cisila ca myaka 300 pano yamalile ukulemba Baibo, uwasambilila umwi, uwizina lyakuti Jerome wasenwile Baibo ukuleta umu Cilatin, uwizile atandika ukwamwa ukuti Latin Vulgate. Mabaibo asenwilwe umu Cilatin akuno yali apa nsita iya, nomba u mulandu ci uno kwalondekwanga ipya? Ibuku limwi (The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) lyalanda ukuti Jerome walondanga “ukulungika muno yaluvyanyizye, kusenula mazwi yano yatasenwile ningo nu kulunda amazwi yano yasiile alino nu kufumya yano isilemo.”

Jerome walungike ivingi vino yaluvyanyizyemo. Lelo mukuya kwa nsita amu macalici yatapingwile ningo. Yazumilizye ukuti Baibo wakuti Latin Vulgate aliwe aomviwa sile, nupya yatwalilile ukucita vivyo kwene pa myaka iingi! Fwandi antu cayatalilanga  ukuvwa ivyali muli Baibo wi pano aingi yatuvwanga Cilatin, calenzile nu kuti yavilwa ukuvwikisya ivyaya muli Baibo.

Lino papisile insita antu yatwalilile ukusenula Mabaibo na yauze, wakwe Baibo iyamanyikwa sana iyakuti Syriac Peshitta iyalemvilwe muli ya 400 C.E. Lelo lino cafisile umu myaka yako ya 1300, alino kwali ukupeelwako insambu zyakuti antu lyene yangasenula Malembelo nu mu ndimi zyuze pakuti yauvwikisya.

Ku England muli ya 1300, John Wycliffe watandike ukulondelezya ululimi ulungazipa nupya luno antu yanguvwa ningo ukwaula intazi uku ncende ino wikalilangako lino wizile afumya Baibo ya Cizungu. Lyene pacisila, pa mulandu ni mipulintile yakwe Johannes Gutenberg’s Mabaibo yapulinsilwe mu ndimi izingi izyalandwanga umu Europe.

Lino yasenwile Mabaibo aingi mu Cizungu, aingi aakanyanga umulimo uu yatalondanga ukuti kuyeko Mabaibo nayauze mu lulimi lwa Cizungu. Lyene muli ya 1800, kalemba wi zina lyakuti John Lewis walemvile ukuti “Indimi zikuya zikusenuka, fwandi kulinzile ukuya ukupitulukamo misenwile ya mpiti pakuti kuye ukusenula ukulingana na vino antu yakalanda ndakai na vino yanguvwa.”

Ndakai asambilila sana pa milembele yakwe Baibo yakaombesya sana ukupituluka mu misenwile ya Mabaibo ampiti. Yukauvwikisya sana ululimi luno Baibo yalembiilwemo nupya yakwata na ya manyusikilipiti a cumi aliko mpiti. Cii cayavwa ukusenula viivi kwene vino Baibo yakutandikilapo mpiti yalemvilwe.

Fwandi Mabaibo aayako ndakai yangatwazwa cuze. Nomba tulinzile ukucenjela na Mabaibo yamwi. * Lelo ndi cakuti apitulukanga mu Mabaibo yayo yaombanga pa mulandu wa kutemwa Leza, Mabaibo yayo yangatwazwa wakwe cimwi.