Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
kitaruye cyane ka Konekitikati ( Connecticut) no mu mujyi wa Alibaniya (Albany). Mu
majyepfo, wagaragaye ku nkengero z’inyanja, kandi mu majyaruguru waragiye ugera ku
mpera ya kure ya Amerika.” 384
Isaha imwe cyangwa abiri mbere y’uko bugoroba, umwijima w’uwo munsi wakurikiwe
n’agacyo gake maze izuba rirarasa, nyamara ryari ritwikiriwe n’igicu cy’umukara cya
rukokoma. “Izuba rimaze kurenga, ibicu byongeye kuba byinshi maze buhita bwira.”
“Umwijima wa nijoro ntiwari usanzwe, kandi wari uteye ubwoba nk’uko uwo ku manywa
wari umeze. Nubwo ukwezi kwari gusanzwe kugaragara kose, nta kintu umuntu yabashaga
kubona atifashishije urumuri rundi. Iyo umuntu yarubonaga mu ngo zimukikije n’ahandi
hamwitaruye, rwasaga n’ururi kubonekera mu mwijima nk’uwo muri Egiputa wari umeze
nk’utacengerwamo n’imyambi y’umucyo.” 385 Umuntu wabonye ibyo yaravuze ati: “Muri
ibyo bihe, sinashoboraga kubura kubona ko ibiva byose by’ijuru n’isi byatwikiriwe
n’umwijima mwinshi cyangwa byashizeho, umwijima ntiwajyaga gushobora kurushaho
gusabagira hose.” 386 Nubwo ku isaha ya saa tatu z’iryo joro ukwezi kwabonetse kuzuye,
“ntikwari gufite imbaraga na nke zo kwirukana umwijima wari umeze nk’igicucu cy’urupfu.”
Nyuma ya saa sita z’ijoro wa mwijima warashize, maze ukwezi kubonetse ubwa mbere kuza
gusa n’amaraso.
Itariki ya 19 Gicurasi 1780, mu mateka iyo tariki yiswe, “Umunsi w’Umwijima.” Guhera
mu gihe cya Mose, nta gihe cyigeze kibaho cy’umwijima ukomeye kandi wamaze igihe
kirekire, ukanakwira ahantu hanini nk’uwo. Uko uwo munsi wari umeze nk’uko byavuzwe
n’abawubonesheje amaso yabo, ni ukwirangira kw’amagambo y’Umukiza yari yaravuzwe
n’umuhanuzi Yoweli wari warabyanditse mu myaka ibihumbi bibiri na magana atanu mbere
y’uko bisohora. Yoweli yari yaravuze ati: “Izuba rizahinduka umwijima, n’ukwezi
kuzahinduka amaraso, uwo munsi mukuru w’Uwiteka uteye ubwoba utaraza.” 387
Kristo yari yarasabye abigishwa be kuba maso bakita ku bimenyetso byo kugaruka kwe,
kandi bakazishima ubwo bari kubona ibigaragaza kugaruka k’Umwami wabo. “Nuko ibyo
nibitangira kubaho, muzarararame, mwubure imitwe yanyu, kuko gucungurwa kwanyu
kuzaba kwenda gusohora.” Umukiza yeretse abayoboke be ibiti byari bigiye kubumbura
uburabyo mu gihe cy’umuhindo, maze arababwira ati: “Iyo bimaze gutoha, murabireba
mukamenya ubwanyu ko igihe cy’impeshyi kiri bugufi; nuko namwe nimubona ibyo bibaye,
muzamenye yuko ubwami bw’Imana buri hafi.” 388
Nyamara uko mu itorero umutima wo kwicisha bugufi no kwitanga wasimburwaga no
kwibona no kwishingikiriza ku mihango gusa, gukunda Kristo no kwizera ibyo kugaruka kwe
byarakonje. Batwawe no gukunda iby’isi no gushaka ibibanezeza, maze abiyitaga ubwoko
bw’Imana baba impumyi, bibagirwa amabwiriza y’Umukiza yerekeranye n’ibimenyetso byo
kuza kwe. Inyigisho zivuga ibyo kugaruka kwe ntizitaweho; ibyanditswe bikuvugaho
byasobanuwe nabi bihindukira abantu umwijima, kugeza ubwo byirengagijwe ndetse
biribagirana burundu. Uko niko byagenze by’umwihariko mu matorero yo muri Amerika.
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