Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
ryateye abigishwa kubona neza ahazaza habo, ryuzuza imitima yabo ibyishimo n’ibyiringiro
bidashobora gucogozwa n’umubabaro cyangwa ngo ibigeragezo bibikureho. Igihe babaga
bari mu mibabaro n’akarengane, isezerano ryo “kugaruka kw’Imana ikomeye n’Umukiza
wacu Yesu-Kristo” ni ryo ryababeraga “ibyiringiro by’umugisha.” Igihe Abakristo b’i
Tesalonike bari bashenguwe n’agahinda ubwo bahambaga incuti zabo bakundaga kandi
zariringiraga ko zizaba zikiriho zikabona Umukiza agarutse, Pawulo wari umwigisha wabo
yerekeje intekerezo zabo ku muzuko uzabaho ubwo Umukiza azaba agarutse. Icyo gihe ni
bwo abapfira muri Kristo bazazuka maze bazamukane n’abazaba bakiri bazima, bajye
gusanganira Umukiza mu kirere. Yarababwiye ati: “Nuko rero tuzabana n’Umwami iteka
ryose. Nuko mumaranishe imibabaro kubwirana ayo magambo.” 365
Ubwo yari ku kirwa cy’ibihanamanga cya Patimosi, umwigishwa wakundwaga yumvise
iri sezerano ngo: “Dore ndaza vuba,” maze igisubizo cye cyarimo urukumbuzi cyatura
isengesho ry’itorero riri mu rugendo ati: “Amen, ngwino Mwami Yesu.” 366
Muri za gereza, ku mambo, no mu mbago, intungane n’abishwe bazira kwizera kwabo
bahamirije ukuri, uko imyaka ihita indi igataha, ni ko haturuka amagambo yatura kwizera
kwabo n’ibyiringiro bari bafite. “Amaze kwemera bidasubirwaho iby’umuzuko wa Kristo,
kandi ko kubw’ibyo na we azazuka ubwo Kristo azaba agarutse, umwe muri abo Bakristo
yaravuze ati: “basuzuguraga urupfu, bakagaragara ko barurusha imbaraga.” 367
Bishimiraga kumanuka bajya mu gituro, kuko “bagombaga kuzavamo banesheje.” 368
Bari bategereje “Umukiza ugomba kuva mu ijuru aje mu bicu no mu ikuzo rya Se,” “maze
akazanira intungane ingoma izahoraho.” Abawalidense na bo bari bafite uko kwizera. 369
Wycliffe yari ategereje kugaruka kw’Umucunguzi nk’ibyiringiro by’itorero. 370
Luteri yaravuze ati: “Niringira rwose ntashidikanya ko imyaka magana atatu itazuzura
umunsi w’urubanza utaragera. Imana ntishaka kandi ntishobora gukomeza kwihanganira iyi
si yacumuye.” “Umunsi ukomeye ubwo ingoma y’ibibi izakurwaho uregereje.” 371
Melanchthon yaravuze ati: “Iyi si ishaje iri hafi kugera ku iherezo ryayo.” Kaluvini
arararikira Abakristo “kudashidikanya ngo babure kwifuza cyane umunsi wo kugaruka kwa
Kristo uzaba ari uw’umunezero uruta iyindi yose yabayeho,” kandi avuga ko, “umuryango
wose w’abizera utazabura kubona uwo munsi.” “Tugomba gusonzera kuzabona Kristo,
tugomba kumushaka, kumutegereza, kugeza mu museke w’uwo munsi ukomeye, ubwo
Umukiza wacu azerekana byuzuye ubwiza bw’ubwami Bwe.” 372
Umugorozi Knox wo muri Sikotilandi na we yaravuze ati: “Mbese Umukiza wacu Yesu—
Kristo ntiyajyanye umubiri wacu mu ijuru? Mbese ntazagaruka? Tuzi ko azagaruka kandi
ntazatinda.” Ridley na Latimer, bemeye guhara ubuzima bwabo bazira ukuri, bari barategereje
kugaruka k’Umukiza bizeye. Ridley yaranditse ati: “Nta gushidikanya isi igeze ku musozo;
ibyo ndabyizeye rwose. Nimutyo dufatanye n’umugaragu w’Imana Yohana, maze
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