Chaka chilichose, ŵachinyamata ŵanandi awo ŵakulelekera mu mbumba za Ŵakaboni ŵa Yehova ŵakubatizika. Kasi ndivyo namwe mukukhumba kuchita? Para ni nthena, chakwamba mukwenera kumanya dankha makora ng’anamuro la kujipeleka na ubatizo.

•  Kasi ubatizo ni vichi?

•  Kasi kujipeleka ni vichi?

•  Chifukwa wuli ubatizo ngwakuzirwa?

•  Ivyo ŵanyinu ŵakuyowoya

•  Mautesi na unenesko pakuyowoya vya ubatizo

 Ubatizo uwo ukuyowoyeka mu Baibolo ukung’anamura kubizga mu maji thupi lose—kuchita kumijirana waka maji yayi—ndipo uli na ng’anamuro lapadera chomene.

•   Para munthu wabira mu maji thupi lose pa kubatizika wakulongora pakweru kuti sono wakhalengeso umoyo wakujikondweska waka yekha yayi.

•   Para wakuzuwuka mu maji wakulongora kuti wayamba umoyo uphya ndipo waŵikengepo mtima kuchita vinthu ivyo vikukondweska Chiuta.

 Para mwabatizika, mukuzomera pakweru kuti sono Yehova ndiyo wali na mazaza gha kumulongozgani pa nkhani ya icho ntchiwemi na chiheni, ndipo mukuzomeraso pakweru kuti mukalayizga kuti nyengo zose muchitenge ivyo Yehova wakukhumba kuti muchitenge.

 Ghanaghanirani fundo iyi: Chifukwa wuli mukwenera kuzomera pakweru kuti nyengo zose mupulikirenge Yehova? Wonani lemba la 1 Yohane 4:19 na Chivumbuzi 4:11.

 Pambere mundabatizike, mukwenera kujipeleka dankha kwa Yehova kwamwekha. Mu nthowa wuli?

 Kwizira mu lurombo, mukumuphalira Yehova kuti mumuteŵeterenge umoyo winu wose, kweniso kuti muchitenge ivyo iyo wakukhumba vilije kanthu kuti kwali vinthu vili wuli panji ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵasankha kuchita vichi.

 Ubatizo ukulongora pakweru kuti mukajipeleka kwa Yehova kwamwekha. Ubatizo ukuphalira ŵanji fundo yakuti mwaleka kujikhalira mwekha ndipo sono ndimwe ŵa Yehova.—Mateyu 16:24.

 Fundo yakuti mughanaghanirepo: Chifukwa wuli vinthu vikwenda makora para mwajipeleka kwa Yehova? Wonani Yesaya 48:17, 18 na Ŵahebere 11:6.

 Yesu wakati ubatizo ntchinthu chakuzirwa chomene kuti munthu waŵe msambiri wake. (Mateyu 28:19, 20) Ntheura ubatizo ntchinthu chakuzirwa chomene ku Ŵakhristu mazuŵa ghano. Nakuti Baibolo likuti ubatizo ngwakukhumbikwa kuti tizakaponoskeke.—1 Petrosi 3:21.

 Ndipouli, mukwenera kubatizika chifukwa chakuti mukutemwa Yehova kweniso mukuzirwiska ubwezi uwo muli nawo na iyo. Mukwenera kuŵa na maghanoghano gha nga ni agho wakaŵa nagho wamasalimo uyo wakalemba kuti: “Kasi ningamuwezgera vichi Yehova pa viwemi vyose ivyo wanichitira? . . . Nichemenge pa zina la Yehova. Nifiskenge vilapo vyane kwa Yehova.”—Salimo 116:12-14.

 Ghanaghanirani fundo iyi: Kasi ni vinthu wuli viwemi ivyo Yehova wamuchitirani ndipo kasi mungamuwezgera vichi? Wonani Dotoronome 10:12, 13 na Ŵaroma 12:1.