Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
ni ko kwatumye abatuye isi baba abahakana Kristo, kandi ubwo itorero ryahanaga abahakanyi
nta kibi ryakoze.” 339 Abakoloni bari batuye muri Amerika batoye itegeko rivuga ko abantu
babarizwa mu itorero ari bo bonyine bagomba kugira ijambo mu butegetsi bwa Leta.
Hashyizweho ubutegetsi bwa Leta bugendera ku mahame y’itorero, abaturage bose basabwa
gutanga umusanzu wo kunganira ubuyobozi bw’idini kandi abacamanza bahabwa
uburenganzira bwo gukuraho ubuhakanyi. Muri ubwo buryo, ubutegetsi bw’iby’isi bwari buri
mu maboko y’itorero. Ntibyatinze izo ngamba ziza kubyara itoteza ari ryo ryabaye ingaruka
simusiga.
Imyaka cumi n’umwe hamaze gushingwa intara ya mbere y’ubukoloni, nibwo uwitwa
Roger Williams yaje muri Amerika (Icyo gihe bayitaga Isi Nshya). Kimwe na ba Bagenzi
bahageze mbere, yari azanwe n’umugambi wo gushaka umudendezo mu by’iyobokamana;
ariko ibinyuranye n’ibyabo, yabashije kubona ibyo bake cyane bari barashoboye kubona mu
gihe cye, yuko uwo mudendezo ari uburenganzira butavuguruzwa bwa buri muntu hatitawe
ku myizerere ye. Yashakashakaga ukuri abishishikariye, kandi akizera kimwe na Robinsons
ko bidashoboka ko umucyo wose wo mu ijambo ry’Imana waba waramaze kwakirwa.
Williams “yabaye uwa mbere mu turere twari tugezweho tw’Ubukristo, washingiye
ubutegetsi bwa Leta ku ihame ryo kugira umudendezo mu gukurikiza umutimanama ndetse
n’uburinganire bwo gutanga ibitekerezo imbere y’amategeko.” 340 Yavugaga ko inshingano
y’abacamanza ari iyo gukumira ibyaha, ko atari iyo kugenga umutimanama. Yaravuze ati:
“Rubanda cyangwa abacamanza bashobora gufata umwanzuro ku cyo umuntu akwiriye
gukorera mugenzi we; ariko igihe bagerageje gushyiraho inshingano umuntu afite ku Mana,
baba barengereye kandi iyo bimeze bityo nta mutekano ushobora kuboneka; kubera ko
byumvikana ko niba umucamanza afite ububasha, uyu munsi ashobora gushyiraho itegeko
rishingiye ku bitekerezo runaka cyangwa imyizerere, ejo agashyiraho irindi nk’uko byagiye
bikorwa n’abami n’abamikazi batandukanye mu Bwongereza ndetse bikanakorwa n’abapapa
banyuranye n’inama zitari zimwe mu itorero ry’i Roma, ku buryo imyizerere yahinduka
uruhurirane rw’urujijo.” 341
Kujya muri gahunda zo gusenga z’itorero ryariho byari bitegetswe abantu utabikoze
agacibwa igihano cyangwa agafungwa. “Williams ntiyemeraga iryo tegeko. Ryari itegeko ribi
kuruta ayandi yose mu mategeko y’Ubwongereza kuko ryahatiraga abantu kujya gusenga mu
itorero rya Leta. Guhatira abantu kwifatanya n’abo badahuje imyizerere we yabifataga ko ari
ukuvogera uburenganzira bw’umuntu ku mugaragaro; kandi kujyana gusenga abatizera
n’abatabishaka ku ngufu, kuri we byari ukubasaba gukora uburyarya. . . Yongeyeho ati: ‘Nta
muntu ukwiriye guhatirwa kujya gusenga, cyangwa kwemera uburyo bw’imisengere
atabyiyemereye.’ Abataravugaga rumwe na we batangajwe n’ibyo yavugaga maze baravuga
bati: ‘Bishoboka bite? mbese umukozi ntakwiriye igihembo cye?” Na we yarabasubije ati:
‘Yee, ariko agihabwa n’abamukoresha.” 342
Roger Williams yarubahwaga kandi agakundirwa ko yari umugabura w’umwizerwa, ufite
impano utabona muri benshi, akaba indahemuka n’umunyabuntu; nyamara uko guhakana
212