Cikombelo ca Katolika lyoonse cilaangulukide
kwaamba mulimo waco ngucaacita mukupindaula kkalenda. Babamba Nsabata mazubaano beezyeezya kuti Mujibelo njeyakali Nsabata yamu Bbaibbele, pele
Cikombelo ca Katolika lwaco kunyina nocikakide mulimo ngucaacita mukukaka
Nsabata iitobezya mwezi azuba yamu Bbaibbele akukulwaizya kukombela mubuzuba
bwa dies Solis, buzuba bukombwa Zuba mbuli leza.

Imuzeezo ooyo wakazyila kumuswaangano wa
Mbunga ya Nicea wakubikka ambali kkalenda lya Bbaibbele wakapegwa nguzu zizwa
kuli Constantine. Bama bbishopo bakali kuyandisya kumwaya kufumbwa cibajatanya
abu Juuda. Kucimwa buJuuda ncecakatonkela kumbele mulimo ooyo, mbuli
mbokulibonya mutwaambo ntwaakaamba Constantine: “Tutabaa cintu nociceya
cikonzyanya abantu bacima aaba [bama Juuda]. . . .”⁽¹⁾

Patrick Madrid, mumubandi wasikapepele mu
Mukazi maziba 5, 2006, wakaamba kaambo aaka:

Kwakaba kukosozya zyintu ziyandika kucitwa
mu Cizuminano Cakale: milazyo yazipaizyo acizuminano ca Muusa cilailila
bweelede kubambwa akukombela mu Nsabata kubelesya zipaizyo zyabanyama, azimwi
mbuli zyeezyo. Balo bakali kuyanda kuti batondezye kuti buna Kristu buliimpene
kuzwa kubu Juuda. Bwakazwa kubu Juuda, pele buliimpene kuzwa kuli mbubo. ⁽²⁾

Mukukakatila kutondezya kwaandaana ooko,
kuleka buyo kupindula kukomba mu Nsabata yabuzuba bwa ciloba kuya ku Nsondo
iina Julius, pele woonse amapobwe aamwaka, aayo kusikila ciindi eeco aakacili
kusekelelwa, akadadulwa akubikkwa mucibaka cangawo mapobwe aluulwa, aabukombi
bwamituni, akwaapa mazina aaci Kristu akusanganya mazina mana Kristu.

Kutegwa bamvwanye Bakomba mituni abuna
Kristu, Loma, katonkomene kutandila makanze aakwe, wakabweza ntaamo
yakuswaanganya mapobwe aaBakomba mituni amapobwe aabana Kristu, alimwi, kwiinda
mukupindaula akubambulula kkalenda cabunkutwe, eeci ticaali cintu cikatazya pe,
kuswaanganya Bukombi bwa mituni abuna Kristu – nkaambo lino buna Kristu
bwakabbide mukukomba zibumbwa. . .kuti bajatane mumaanza. ⁽³⁾

T. Enright, bbishopo wa Cikombelo ca
St.Alphonsus, wakasalqzya kwaamba kuti:

“Cakali Cikombelo ca Katolika eeco cakabamba
mulawo wakuti toonse tutobele kubamba Nsondo akwiisetekanya. Icikombelo
cakabikka mulawo ooyu muciindi Bbaibbele kalilembedwe kale. Aboobo ooyu mulawo
tuujanwi mu Bbaibbele pe. Cikombelo ca Katolika tiicakamwaya buyo Nsabata, pele
amapobwe oonse aamwi aabu Juuda. ⁽⁴⁾

Mulugwalo ndweenya oolu, Enright wakasomba
mali aasika ku $1000 “kuli yooyo uunga wanditondezya kuzwa mu Bbaibbele
lilikke, kuti Ime mucinyonyoono cindicisa, ndeelede kubamba Nsondo
akwiisetekanya.” Kunyina kudonaika kuti Cikombelo ca Katolika ncicaabikka
ncobeni kucinca ooku:

Milawo, naa Mulawo . . .ooyo Wakalembwa
amunwe ookwa Yahuwah atalaa mabwe aapapalele obile, ooyu mulawo wabulemu
wakatambulwa kuzwa kuli Singuzuzyoonse a Muusa akataa mizumo a Mulundu wa
Sinai. . .Kristu awalo wakainduluka kwaamba Milawo eeyi mubweende akataa bantu
– yanda Yahuwah amweenzinyoko; Walo wakaambilizya kuti eeyi milawo iciliko mu
Cizuminano ca Mulawo Mupya muli Mateyo, 19 amu Mulumbe waa Mulundu (Mateyo.,
5). Walo wakiipandulula milawo eeyi nciiamba, . . .Cikombelo, kujanza limwi,
nicaamana kucinca buzuba bwakulyookezya kuzwa ku Nsabata yabu Juuda, naa buzuba
bwaciloba bwa mvwiki, kuya kubuzuba butaanzi, cakacinca Mulawo Watatu kuti
waambe kuti Nsondo mbobuzuba bweelede kusetekanyigwa mbuli Buzuba bwa Simalelo.
Mbunga yaku Trent (Mumuswaangano wane, cilembedwe 19) isinganya baabo boonse
bakaka kuti Milawo ili kkumi iceelede
kubambwa abana Kristu. ⁽⁵⁾

Tacili cintu ciluleme kutamikizya ba
Katolika baku Loma kuti mbampelenge kakuli lyoonse balaamba caantangalala kuti
cikombelo cabo ncicaacinca buzuba bwakukomba kuya ku Nsondo. Citobela aawa
ntwaambo twaba Katolika nobaamba cakusinizya kuti balo mbibaacinca kkalenda
akusezyela bukombi kubuzuba bwa dies Solis:

• “Nsondo…nkulengelezya kwa
  Cikombelo ca Katolika cilikke.” American Catholic Quarterly Review
  January 1883.

• “Nsondo…mulawo wa Cikombelo
  ca Katolika cilikke…” American Sentinel (Catholic), June 1893.

• “Nsondo mulazyo wa Cikombelo ca
  Katolika alimwi iyeeme amilawo ya katolika…Kuzwa kumatalikilo kusikila
  kumamanino aa Mangwalo kunyina pe mpocaamba kuti buzuba bwakukomba mumvwiki
  bweelede kusezyelwa kubuzuba bucaalizya bwamvwiki kuya kubutaanzi.” Catholic
  Press, Sydney, Australia 1900.

• “Basikukazya bayeeya kuti
  mulimo wabo kusetekanya Nsondo. Nkaambo nzi? Nkaambo Cikombelo ca Katolika
  mbocibaambila kuti bacite oobo. Kunyina akaambo kamwi nkobajisi…Kubamba
  Nsondo kuboolela mumulawo wa bupaizi wiindene ayooyo mulawo wabulemu wakubamba
  Nsabata. . .Ooyo wakabamba mulawo wa Nsondo. . .ncikombelo ca Nsondo.” Ecclesiatical
  Review, February 1914.

• Nkaambo kakuti ooku kucinca
  kwaacitika kaindi loko, bantu bamazubaano bakaluba kale twaambo twaacitika
  mumisela yakainda. Ncintu citakonzyeki kujana Nsabata ya Bbaibbele yamasimpe
  kubelesya kkalenda lyabakomba mituni; aboobo, Mujibelo tamukonzyi kuba Nsabata
  yakasimpe pe. Kabatazyi kasimpe aaka, bantu babamba Nsabata ya Mujibelo
  beezyeezya kuti Mujibelo nje Nsabata eeyo yaagwisyigwa bukombi. Ncobeni kuli
  ziindi zinjaanji balembi ba Katolika nobaambilizya kuti Mujibelo ni “Nsabata”:

• “Ncobeni Cikombeli ca Katolika
  citaminina kuti kucinca (Nsabata ya Mujibelo kuya ku Nsondo) waali mucito
  waco… Alimwi eeci ncecitondezyo canguzu zyaco zyabupaizi mumakani aabupaizi.”
  H. F. Thomas, Cancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.

• Nsondo yakajaninwa, kutali a
  Mangwalo, pele azilengwa zyabantu, alimwi mulazyo wini  wa Katolika. Mbuli mbokunyina Mangwalo aamba
  kusezyela buzuba bucaalizya kuya kubuzuba butaanzi bwa mvwiki, Basikukazya
  beelede kubamba Nsabata Mujibelo akusiya ba Katolika kabajisi Nsondo yabo.” Catholic
  Record, September 17, 1893.

• Busikukazya, mukukaka nguzu zya
  [Cikombelo ca Loma), tabajisi kaambo ncobatobela muzeezo wa Nsondo, alimwi
  beelede kubamba Mujibelo kuti nje Nsabata.” John Gilmary Shea American
  Catholic Quarterly Review, January 1883.

• “Ndiza cintu cipati, nkucinca
  kupati ooko nkucaacita Cikombelo, kwakacitika mumusela mutaanzi. Buzuba
  busetekene, bwa Nsabata, bwakacincwa kuzwa Mujibelo kuya mu Nsondo. “Buzuba bwa
  Simalelo” bwakasalwa, kuleka kulaililwa kuli koonse kuzwa mu Mangwalo, pele
  kutobela Cikombelo munguzu zyaco cini… aabo bantu bayeeya kuti Mangwalo ayelede
  kuba alaa nguzu zilikke, beelede kuba bantu Balangila kuboola babuzuba bwa
  ciloba, akusetekanya buzuba bwa Mujibelo.” St Catherine Church Sentinel
  algonac, Michigan, may 21, 1995.

• “Hena muna Kristu uli oonse
  tayelede kusalazya Nsondo akuleka milimo yakwe mubuzuba oobo? Hena kubamba
  mulawo ooyu tacili akataa milimo yesu iisetekene? Pele kuti mwabala Bbaibbele
  kuzwa ku Matalikilo kusikila ku Ciyubunuzyo, tamukonzyi kujana mulongo wamabala
  nuuba omwe uupa nguzu zyakusetekanya Nsondo. Mangwalo akulwaizya kubamba
  Mujibelo, oobo buzuba iswe mbotutasetekanyi pe.” James Cardinal Gibbons, The
  Faith of Our Fathers (1917 edition),p. 72-72 (16^th Edition, p. 111;
  88^th Edition, p. 89).

Mbuli tusimpe twamisela  mbotulubidwe kale abantu banji, ba Katolika
bakabelesya bbala lya mvwiki yazilengwa leza eeli (“Mujibelo”), nkabela
akuletelezya lweeno. Alimwi kuboneka aanga balembi ba Katolika lwabo beni
tabazyi zyaacitika zyoonse mumusela zijatikizya mvwiki yamazubaano. Basicikolo
bana Katolika lyoonse balizyi kasimpe nokuba boobo. Mbuli sicikolo muna
Katolika uuzyi zintu zinji Patrick Madrid wakati:

“Ikkalenda ndyotutobela, kusanganya a
Balangila Kuboola mubuzuba bwa Ciloba, talisyi buyo kkalenda lyaabikkwa a
Cikombelo ca Katolika, pele ndikkalenda liyeeme abweende bwa zuba kutali
bweende bwa mwezi. Alimwi kkalenda lyaba Juuda eelyo lyakali kutobelwa mucindi
ca Kristu. . . litobelezya mwezi, ndifwaafwi kwamazuba ongaye kuli lyeelo
litobelezya zuba. Aboobo, cintu cikopa ncakuti abalo Balangila Kuboola mu
Buzuba bwa Ciloba  tabakombi mubuzuba bwa
Nsabata mbuli bwaali kukomba bama Juuda muciindi ca Kristu. ⁽⁶⁾

Kakwiindide misela minjaanji, alimwi tusimpe
twamisela katulubidwe, Mujibelo mwakalangikaanga nje Nsabata yabuzuba bwa
ciloba. Aboobo, eelyo kkalenda lina Juliyasi nilyaasinikizyigwa  abana Kristu kuti balitobele mumakani
aabupaizi, kunyina kuciindi eeco wakakopwa kuti buzuba bwa dies Saturni
mbuzuba bwa Sabbato. Boonse bakalizyi kuti kwakali nzila zyobile
zyakubala mazuba zitobelezya makkalenda obile aayimpene. Cimwi cintu
ceebeka ncabuzuba bwa “Mujibelo” oobo bwakabikkwa mucibaka ca “Nsabata” mbuli
mbokujanwa mumalembe aa Mbunga ya Laodicea.

Kakwiindide kulembwa kwa mulazyo wa Nicæa,
bana Kristu baciindi cabaapositolo bakaya kumbele kukomba  akutobelezya kkalenda litobezya mwezi-azuba.
Mbunga ya Laodicea yakaswaangana mumyaka makumi one kuti iletelezye “Buzuba bwa
Simalelo” mucibaaka ca  Nsabata iitobelezya mwezi.

Kutegwa bamanizye kucita makanze aabo,
kwakayandika kuti cikombelo cibikke mulawo uulesya akutazandula uli oonse
uubamba Nsabata kutegwa cilesye kukazyana kupati kunga kwaba [amakani
aakukombela mu Nsondo]. Aboobo lino. . . “mulawo wabulemu” wa Constantine
ambunga ya Nicaea wakati “kunyina” cintu “ciceelede kukonzyana acaba Juuda,”
ooyo nguwakaba musemo wakubikka mulawo wakudyaaminina akutobela Nsabata ya
Simalelo, alimwi akubikka kutobela Nsondo mucibaka cayo. ⁽⁷⁾

Mulazyo 29 wambunga ya Laodicea wakali
kwaamba kuti:

‘Bana Kristu tabeelede kutobela buJuuda
akubula cakucita Mujibelo, pele beelede kubeleka mubuzuba oobo; pele mubuzuba
bwa Simalelo mbobeelede kulemenezya, mbuli bana Kristu, bweelede kuba , kuti
kacikonzyeka, bataciti mulimo uli oonse mubuzuba oobo. Nokuba boobo, kuti
bajanwa kabatobela buJuuda, beelede kusinkilwa kuti batasiki kuli Kristu.

Bbishopo wa Katolika kuLoma, Karl Josef von
Hefele (1809-1893), wakati ibbala lya “Mujibelo” lipedwe buyo muzilembedwe
mazubaano. Von Hefele wakali muntu wakaalaa nguzu mukusala mabala
aakabelesyegwa mu Muswaangano waku Laodicea. Sicikolo waku German, mwiiyi
alimwi syaazyibwene wazya Musela wa Cikombelo, wakaiya kucikolo ca University
lya Tϋbingen. Cimwi ncaakalemba cakalaa mutwe wakuti History of the Councils of
the Church from the Original Documents. Mbuli Bbishopo asyaazyibwene, wakalaa
nzila yakusika aakalembedwe Mangwalo mataanzi muziyobwedo zyaku Vatican!

Kujatikizya bwakaamba Von Hefele, ibbala
litaanzi lyakabelesyedwe muci Giliki amuci Latini lyakali “Sabbath.” Ibbala lya
“anathema” (uusingidwe”) lyakali kubelesyegwa mucibaka ca “kusinkila”.  Aboobo malembe aaci Latini taajisi mabala aa dies
Saturni (Mujibelo) pele abelesya buyo bbala lya Sabbato, naa
“Sabbath”

Ansi aawa kuli mabala aaci Latini:

Quod
non oportet Christianos Judaizere et otiare in Sabbato, sed operari in eodem
die. Preferentes autem in veneratione Dominicum diem si vacre voluerint, ut
Christiani hoc faciat; quod si reperti fuerint Judaizere Anathema sint a
Christo.

Atwiinduluke
caambwa aawa: Bana Kristu muciindi cakucinca kkalenda tibaazingidwe
amakani aa Mujibelo kuti ni Nsabata. Boonse bakalizyi kuti buzuba bwa dies Saturni bwakasezyegwa kuzwa kubutaanzi
bwa kkalenda lya bukombi bwa mituni kuya buzuba bucaalizya mumvwiki ya bukombi
bwa mituni, akusiya buzuba bwa Sabbato bwaciloba butobezya mwezi-azuba
bwa kkalenda lyaba Juuda kakunyina uuli mubulelo uuyanda kubutabilila. Alimwi, aaya akali
mazuba  aayindene obile aajanwa
mumakkalenda obile aayimpene.

Eusebius
waku Caesarea, mulembi wamusela wacikombelo ooyo wakapona mumazuba ngeenya a
Constantine, wakaamba kanjikanji zintu zijatikizya kucinca kkalenda muciindi
eeco. Kusyomwa kuti wakali mupaizi ooyo wakabbizya Constantine kaindi kasyoonto
katana kufwa. Kumatalikilo amuswaanganao wa Nicaea, Eusebius wakakkede kululyo
lwa Constantine alimwi wakapa mulumbe uujuzya muswaangano ooyo. ⁽⁸⁾
Eusebius wakasalazya kuti kusumpulwa kwa buzuba bwa dies Solis atalaa buzuba bwa Sabbato bwaba Juuda kutali atalaa
buzuba bwa dies Saturni.

Zintu
zyoonse zyakali kuyandika kucitwa mu Nsabata, zyakalonzyelwa kubuzuba bwa
Simalelo, kuti mpozyeelede kubeda, alimwi ncecintu ciinda kulemenena kwiinda
Nsabata yabu Juuda.⁽⁹⁾

Mpaaciindi
eeco Sylvester I, bbishopo waku Loma mu Muswaangano waku Nicaea, naakasoleka
kwiituluka mazina aamvwiki yabukombi bwamituni kubelesya mazina aamvwiki yamu
Bbaibbele. “Ooyu wakali musela wa Constantine Mupati, eelyo ciimo ca Cikombelo
eeci nicaasumpuka kapati, alimwi kucinca kwamusyobo ooyu kwaalibonya kapati
mumunzi wa Loma.” ⁽¹⁰⁾

Bakatolika,
kabazyi bwini kuti kunyina kaambo mu Bbaibbele ncobeelede kukombela mu Nsondo,
bakabona kuti Basikukazya kunyina mpobaimvwi abalo pe.

• “Eeci nciibalusyo kuli ba Presbyterian, ba Baptist, ba Methodist, abana
  Kristu bamwi, kuti Ibbaibbele kunyina pe anolibatabilide mukukombela mu Nsondo
  kwabo. Nsondo mulazyo wa Cikombelo ca Katolika caku Loma, alimwi aabo babamba
  buzuba oobo batobela mulawo wa Cikombelo ca Katolika.” Mupaizi Brady, kapa
  mulumbe wakalembwa mubbuku The News, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Miyoba 18, 1903.

• “Hena Iswe Tulalemeka a Kupa bulemu Mukusetekanya buzuba bwa Nsondo? Kuzwa
  muli ceeci tulakonzya kuteelela mbozibede bupati nguzu zya cikombelo
  mukusandulwida nokuba kupandulwida ndiswe milawo ya Yahuwah-nguzu zizuminwa
  abuna Kristu boonse anyika, nobaba baabo balyaamba kuti Mangwalo alikke
  ngaalela lusyomo lwabo, nkaambo kakuti babamba buzuba bwa Nsondo kulyookezya
  kutali bwa ciloba bwa mvwiki oobo mbolilailila Bbaibbele. Oobo mbotuzyi swebo
  kuti mbobweelede kusetekanyigwa, kuzyila buyo mucilengwa akuyiisya kwa
  Cikombelo ca Katolika.” Henry Gibson Catechism Made Easy, #2, 9^th edition,
  vol. 1, pp. 341-342.

• “Cakali Cikombelo ca Katolika eeco…cakasezyela buzuba bwakulyookezya
  kuya ku Nsondo mukwiibalusya kubuka kuzwa kubafu kwa Simalelo wesu. Aboobo
  kubamba Nsondo nkobacita Basikukazya kulemekezya nkobatupeda, nokuba kuti
  balatukazya lwabo, inguzu zya [Katolika baku Loma] cikombelo.” Monsignor Louis
  Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, 1868, p. 213.

• “Basikukazya…bazumina Nsondo kuleka Mujibelo kuti mbobuzuba
  bwakukomba abantu boonse kuzwa leelyo Cikombelo ca Katolika nicaacinca buzuba
  oobo…Pele muzeezo wa Basikukazya tuuyibalukide kuti…mukubamba Nsondo,
  batambula nguzu zyamwaambilizi wa cikombelo, Poopo.” Our Sunday
  Visitor,
  Mulumi 15, 1950.

• “Cikombelo ca [Katolika] ncicaacinca kubamba Nsabata kuya ku Nsondo
  kwiinda munguzu zyaco zitalubili, nzyicaapegwa amusololi waco, Jeesu Kristu.
  Sikukazya nataminina kuti Bbaibbele lilikke ndelisolweda lusyomo lwakwe, takwe
  mpaimina eelyo nabamba Nsondo.” The Catholic Universe Bulletin, Kasangalubwi
  14, 1942, p. 4.

Muna
Katolika uusyoma kuti Kristu wakabusyigwa mu Nsondo ulilondokede kwiinda
Sikukazya  uubamba-Nsondo uutaminina kuti
zyoonse nzyasyoma zyizwa mu Bbaibbele alimwi mu Bbaibbele lilikke. Ba Katolika
babikkide zilengwa amilawo yaba poopo babo kumbele lya Bbaibbele, aboobo
kunyina kudonaika muli mbabo mukusyoma kuti Nsondo mbobuzuba bwa kubuka kuzwa
kubafu. Kuli mbabo, kasimpe ncilengwa cili coonse ncaamba kuti batobele poopo
wabo.

Nokubaboobo,
Sikukazya uusinganya ba Katolika nkaambo kakuti batobela zilengwa kutali
Bbaibbele, pele walo kacikombela mu Nsondo, nguuindide kutalulama. Kuya
kumbele, ba Juuda abakomba Mujibelo batonkomene kwaamba kuti Buzuba Bululeme
Bwini, bunyina makani pe kuli Yahuwah, kwamana boobo kababamba buzuba bwa ciloba
bujanwa kubelesya kkalenda lyabukombi bwa mituni, kkalenda lyamazuba aaitwa
mazina aamituni, aaba mbabaindide ali boonse kupyopyongana! Kuti nicali
cintu ciyandika kapati kukombela mubuzuba bwa Nsabata yamasimpe, nkabela
kkalenda lyakumatalikilo, eelyo ndyaakabikka Yahuwah kumalengelo, lyeelede kubelesyegwa
kujana buzuba oobo Nsabata niisika.

Eelyo
twaambo twamisela tujatikizya kkalenda lina Juliyasi notuteelelwa, cilakonzyeka
kubonwa kuti Nsondo tiili buyo buzuba bwakukomba bulikke bujanwa kubelesya
kkalenda lyamituni. Mujibelo, dies Saturni, buzuba bwakali butaanzi akkalenda
lyamituni, mbuzuba butaluleme kutobelwa kuti niNsabata yamu Bbaibbele.

Kuli
kaambyo kansiku kaamba kuti: “Ooyo weendelezya kkalenda, nguuyendelezya nyika.”
Nguni uukweendelezya webo? Buzuba mbosalide kukomba, oobo bujanwa mukubelesya
kkalenda ndyobelesya, buyubununa leza ooyo webo ngokomba.

(1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication
Society of America, 1893), Vol. II, pp. 563-564.

(2) Patrick Madrid, comments on “Open Line,” EWTN,
Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006.

(3) Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, (New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959),
p.105, emphasis supplied.

(4) Letter by T. Enright, Bishop of St. Alphonsus
Church, St. Louis, Missouri, June, 1905, emphasis supplied.

(5) Charles George Herbermann, Knights of Columbus
Catholic Truth Committee, The
Catholic Encyclopedia, (Harvard University: Encyclopedia Press,
1908), p. 153, emphasis supplied.

(6) Patrick Madrid on “Open Line,” EWTN, Global
Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. To read or hear Madrid’s comments in
their entirety, please visit:
4angelspublications.com/articles/catholic_scholar.php.

(7) A. T. Jones, The Two Republics, (Ithaca, Michigan: A. B. Publishing,
Inc., n.d.), p. 321, emphasis supplied.

(8) Catholic
Encyclopedia, “Eusebius of Caesarea,” www.NewAdvent.org.

(9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V.),
in J. P. Migne, Patrologia
Graeca, Vol. 23, column 1172, author’s translation, as quoted in R.
L. Odom, Sunday Sacredness in
Roman Paganism,Review & Herald Publ. Assoc., 1944, p. 141.