Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
Mu Bwongereza, gushinga imizi k’Ubuporotesitanti nk’idini y’igihugu cyose
byaragabanutse, ariko itoteza ntiryahagarara burundu. Nubwo nyinshi mu nyigisho za Roma
zari zaranzwe, hari imihango yayo itari mike yakomeje kubahirizwa. Banze kwemera
ubutware bw’ikirenga bwa Papa, ariko mu mwanya we bahashyira umwami ngo abe
umuyobozi mukuru w’itorero. Mu mihango y’itorero hari hakiri uguhabana gukomeye
n’ubutungane ndetse no kwicisha bugufi biranga ubutumwa bwiza. Ihame ry’ingezi
rishyigikira umudendezo mu myizerere ryari ritarabacengera. Nubwo abayobozi
b’Abaporotesitanti batigeze bitabaza kenshi gukora ubugome buteye ubwoba bwakoreshwaga
na Roma mu kurwanya ubuhakanyi, uburenganzira bwa buri muntu bwo kuramya Imana
nk’uko umutimanama we umutegeka ntibwitabwagaho. Abantu bose basabwaga kwemera
amahame no kubahiriza uburyo bwo gusenga byategetswe n’itorero ryariho. Mu gihe
cy’imyaka amagana menshi, abitandukanyaga n’itorero batotezwaga ku rwego rwo hejuru
cyangwa urworoheje.
Mu kinyejana cya cumi na karindwi, abapasitoro benshi birukanywe mu myanya yabo.
Abantu bari babujijwe kujya mu biterane by’amadini ayo ari yo yose uretse ibyemewe
n’itorero, maze ubirenzeho agahanishwa ibihano bikomeye; gufungwa cyangwa kuba
igicibwa. Abo bantu b’indakemwa batashoboraga kureka guterana ngo baramye Imana,
byabaye ngombwa ko bashaka ahantu hihishe bateranira, mu nzu zicuze umwijima, ndetse
mu bihe runaka by’umwaka bakajya mu mashyamba mu gihe cy’amasaha y’igicuku. Mu
bwihisho bubatwikiriye bwo mu mashyamba, aho Imana ubwayo yabubakiye urusengero, abo
bana bayo babaga baratatanye kandi batotezwa, niho bateraniraga kugira ngo bagaragaze ibiri
mu mitima yabo basenga kandi baririmba. Nyamara nubwo bari bafite uko kwigengesera
kose, abenshi muri bo bagiriwe nabi cyane bazira kwizera kwabo. Inzu z’imbohe zuzujwemo
abantu. Imiryango yagiye itatana. Abantu benshi birukanwa mu bihugu byabo, bahungira mu
mahanga. Nyamara Imana ntiyigeze ihana abantu bayo, kandi itoteza ntiryari gushobora
gucecekesha ubuhamya bwabo. Benshi bambukijwe inyanja bajya muri Amerika, aho
bashinze imfatiro z’umudendezo mu miyoborere y’ubutegetsi no mu by’idini, ari wo wabaye
ishema n’urukuta rukingira iki gihugu.
Nanone nk’uko byagenze mu bihe by’intumwa, itoteza ryatumye ubutumwa bwiza
bwamamara. Ubwo Yohana Bunyan yari afungiwe muri gereza mbi cyane yari yuzuwemo
n’abantu bakoze amarorerwa y’ubwicanyi, yahumekaga umwuka w’ijuru, kandi aho hantu ni
ho yandikiye igitabo cye cyuzuye ishushanyamvugo, kivuga iby’umugenzi wagendaga ava
mu gihugu cy’irimbukiro agana mu murwa wo mu ijuru. Mu gihe gisaga imyaka magana
abiri, iryo jwi ryavuye muri kasho y’i Bedford ryagiye rivugana imbaraga ikora ku mitima
y’abantu. Ibitabo bya Bunyan ari byo: “Urugendo rw’Umukristo” n’ikindi cyitwa, “Ubuntu
busaze ku Munyabyaha Ruharwa” 267 , byayoboye abantu benshi mu nzira y’ubugingo.
Baxter, Flavel, Alleine, n’abandi bantu bafite impano kandi bize, ndeste b’inararibonye
mu Bukristo bahagurukanye imbaraga nyinshi, barwanira ukwizera kwahawe abera.
Umurimo wakozwe n’abantu bagizwe ibicibwa kandi batarengerwaga n’amategeko
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