Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
Igice Cya 18 – Umugorozi W’Umunyamerika
Umugabo w’intungane, wari umuhinzi-mworozi, ufite umutima wumvira kandi wari
warageze aho ashidikanya ububasha mvajuru Ibyanditswe Biziranenge bifite, nyamara kandi
akaba yarashakaga kumenya ukuri nta buryarya, ni we muntu Imana yatoranyije mu buryo
bw’umwihariko, kugira ngo ajye ku ruhembe rw’imbere mu kwamamaza ukugaruka kwa
Kristo. Kimwe n’abandi bagorozi benshi, William Miller yari yaragize imibereho y’ubukene
mu buto bwe, bityo bituma yiga amasomo akomeye yo gukoresha imbaraga no kwitanga.
Abantu bo mu muryango yakomokagamo barangwaga n’umwuka wo kwigenga no gukunda
umudendezo, ubushobozi bwo kwihangana, kandi bakarangwa no gukunda igihugu. Ibyo ni
byo byanarangaga cyane imico ya William Miller. Se yari yarabaye umusirikare
w’umukapiteni mu ngabo zo mu gihe cy’Impinduramatwara, kandi kwitanga kwe mu bihe
by’intambara ndetse n’imibabaro yo muri ibyo bihe bikomeye ni byo bibasha kuba ari isoko
iruhije yaranze imibereho yo mu buto bwa Miller.
Yari ateye neza afite amagara mazima, kandi no mu bwana bwe yagaragarwagaho
n’ibimenyetso byo kuba umunyabwenge w’indengakamwere. Uko yakuraga ni ko ibyo
byarushagaho kugaragara. Intekerezo ze zari zikangutse kandi zarateye imbere, bityo yagiraga
inyota nyinshi yo kumenya. Nubwo atari yaragize amahirwe yo kwiga mu mashuri ya koleji,
uko yakundaga kwiga no kugira akamenyero ko gutekerezanya ubushishozi ndetse no
kugenzura ibivugwa, ibyo byose byatumye aba umugabo ufite ibitekerezo byiza kandi
byumvikana. Yari afite imico itagira amakemwa no kumenyekana neza byifuzwa na benshi,
muri rusange akarangwa n’ubupfura, kudatagaguza umutungo, no kugira ubuntu. Kubwo
gukoresha imbaraga nyinshi no gushyiraho umwete, byatumye abasha kugera ku bukire akiri
muto, nubwo ataretse akamenyero ke ko kwiga. Yakoze imirimo myinshi mu buyobozi
bw’abaturage n’ubwa gisirikare, kandi inzira zo kugera ku bukire n’icyubahiro zasaga
n’izimukinguriwe.
Nyina yari umubyeyi urangwa n’ubutungane, kandi mu bwana bwe, Miller yari
yarigishijwe iby’idini. Ariko igihe yari ingimbi, yaje kuyoboka ishyirahamwe ry’abizeraga
ko Imana yaremye isi ikayiha amategeko ikurikiza maze ntiyongere kuyitaho 413
bikururiragaho benshi bitewe n’uko abo bantu bari abaturage beza cyane, abantu bafite
umutima wa kimuntu kandi b’abagwaneza. Kubera ko bari batuye hagati y’ibigo bya Gikristo,
ku rwego runaka, imico yabo yari yarahinduwe n’ahabazengurutse. Bakeshaga Bibiliya imico
yatumaga baba abantu bubashywe kandi biringirwa; nyamara izo mpano nziza zaje guteshwa
umurongo kugeza ubwo zivamo imbaraga yarwanyaga ijambo ry’Imana. Kubwo kwifatanya
n’abo bantu, byatumye Miller na we agira ibitekerezo nk’ibyabo. Ubusobanuro
bw’Ibyanditswe Byera bwatangwaga icyo gihe bwamuteraga ingorane byasaga n’aho
adashoboye kwihanganira; ariko nubwo imyizerere mishya yamuteraga kureka Bibiliya, na
yo nta kintu cyiza yamuhaye cyashoboraga gusimbura Bibiliya, ahubwo yarushijeho kumva
atanyuzwe. Nubwo byari bimeze bityo, yakomeje kugumana ibyo bitekerezo mu gihe
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