Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
kubafasha, kugira ngo babone icyo bifuzaga cyane ari cyo: bwa butungane bubahesha
kwemerwa n’Imana. Ariko ntibabashije kubona icyo bashakaga. Umuhati wose bagiraga
ntiwabashije kubakiza iteka bacirwagaho n’icyaha cyangwa ngo utsinde imbaraga zacyo.
Urwo rugamba bariho nirwo Luteri yarwanye igihe yari mu kumba ke ahitwa Erfurt. Ni nacyo
kibazo cyari cyarashenguye umutima maze akibaza ati: “Umuntu yashobora ate gutunganira
Imana?” 272
Umuriro w’ukuri kw’ijuru wari uri hafi kuzima ku bicaniro cy’Ubuporotesitanti,
wagombaga kongera gukongezwa n’itara rya kera ryakongejwe n’Abakristo b’i Boheme
ryamuritse mu gihe cy’imyaka myinshi. Nyuma y’Ubugorozi muri Boheme, Ubuporotesitanti
bwari bwararibaswe na Roma. Abantu bose banze kureka ukuri byabaye ngombwa ko
bahunga. Bamwe muri bo babonye ubuhungiro i Saxony, maze bahageze bakomera ku
kwizera kwa kera. Mu rubyaro rw’abo bakristo niho haturutse umucyo wageze kuri Wesley
na bagenzi be.
Yohani na Karoli Wesley bamaze kurobanurirwa kuba ababwirizabutumwa, boherejwe
muri Amerika. Mu bwato bwari bubatwaye, harimo itsinda ry’abantu bakomoka ku bakristo
b’i Boheme bahungiye i Saxony bitwaga aba “Moravians”. Mu rugendo, ubwato bwahuye
n’umuraba ukaze, maze Yohani Wesley abonye agiye gupfa, yumva nta byiringiro
by’amahoro afitanye n’Imana. Ariko ibihabanye n’ibyo, Abadage barimo bo bagaragaje
gutuza n’ibyiringiro Wesley atari afite.
Aravuga ati :“Mbere y’aho, nari nitegereje imyitwarire yabo idakebakeba. Kubwo
kwicisha bugufi kwabo, bari bakomeje gutanga igihamya gihoraho, bakorera abandi bagenzi
imirimo igenewe abagaragu itarabashaga gukorwa n’Umwongereza uwo ari we wese.
Bayikoraga babyishimiye kandi nta gihembo, bavuga ko ari byiza ku mitima yabo irangwa
n’ubwibone kandi ko Umukiza wabo ubakunda yabakoreye ibisumba ibyo. Buri munsi wose
wabahaga amahirwe yo kugaragaza ubugwaneza butabashaga gukomwa mu nkokora no
kubwirwa nabi. Iyo babaga basuzuguwe, bakubiswe cyangwa bateraganwe, bongeraga
kubyuka maze bakigendera; ariko nta magambo yo kwinuba yarangwaga mu kanwa kabo.
Noneho igihe cyari kigeze cyo kubagerageza ngo bigaragare ko batakigira ubwoba, ubwibone,
umujinya n’umutima wo kwihorera. Ubwo bari bageze hagati batondagura indirimbo ya
zaburi batangizaga umurimo wabo, inyanja yarazikutse umuraba ukaze uraza, umena igice
cy’imbere cy’ubwato, uraburengera, amazi yisuka mu bwato biba nk’aho bwaguye
imuhengeri. Abongereza batangiye kuvuza induru. Abadage bo bikomereje indirimbo mu
mutuzo. Nyuma y’aho, naje kubaza umwe muri bo nti, ‘Mbese nta bwoba mwari mufite?’
Yaransubije ati, ‘Oya. Ndashima Imana.’ Nongeye kumubaza nti, ‘Ariko se umugore wawe
n’abana bawe ntibigeze bagira ubwoba?’ Yansubije yitonze ati, ‘Oya, abana n’abagore bacu
ntibagira ubwoba bwo gupfa.’” 273
Ubwo twari tugeze i Savannah, Wesley yamaze akanya avugana n’aba bakristo b’aba
Moravians, maze atangazwa cyane n’imyitwarire yabo ya gikristo. Igihe yandikaga avuga
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