Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
w’Imana, ku iherezo ry’iki gihe kirekire cy’ubuhanuzi “ubuturo bwera bwagombaga
kwezwa.” Bityo rero igihe cyo kwezwa k’ubuturo bwera — cyemerwaga hafi na bose ko
kizabaho Kristo agarutse — cyagaragajwe nta shiti.
Miller n’abo bari bafatanyije babanje kwizera ko iminsi 2300 izarangira mu itumba ryo
mu mwaka wa 1844, mu gihe ubuhanuzi bushyira iherezo ry’icyo gihe mu muhindo w’uwo
mwaka. Ikosa ryakozwe kuri iyo ngingo ryateje gucika intege no guhangayika no kwiheba ku
bari barashyize igihe cyo kugaruka kwa Kristo ku itariki ya mbere. Nyamara ibyo
ntibyadohoye igitekerezo cyerekanaga ko iminsi 2300 yarangiye mu mwaka wa 1844, kandi
ko igikorwa gikomeye cyagereranyijwe no kwezwa k’ubuturo bwera kigomba kubaho.
Miller yagiye kwiga Ibyanditswe Byera nk’uko yari yarabikoze, afite umugambi wo
kumenya ko byahishuwe n’Imana koko. Agitangira Miller ntiyari yiteze na gato kugera ku
mwanzuro yagezeho. Nawe ubwe kwizera ibyo agezeho byaramugoye. Ariko igihamya
cy’Ibyanditswe byera cyarumvikanaga cyane kandi gifite imbaraga ku buryo
cyakwirengagizwa.
Yari amaze imyaka ibiri yiga Bibiliya, ubwo mu mwaka wa 1818 yageraga ku mwanzuro
ukomeye ko hafi mu myaka makumyabiri n’itanu, Kristo yagombaga kuza gucungura ubwoko
bwe. Miller yaravuze ati: “Ntabwo nshobora kuvuga iby’ibyishimo byuzuye umutima wanjye
kubwo gutekereza icyo nari ntegereje kinejeje, cyangwa ngo mvuge iby’urukumbuzi rwuzuye
ubugingo bwanjye rwo kuzishimana n’abacunguwe. Noneho Bibiliya yari imbereye igitabo
gishya. Yari ibaye aho ubwenge buhagirizwa; ibyahoze ari umwijima, amayobera kuri njye
mu byo Bibiliya yigisha, byari byamaze gutamuruka mu ntekerezo zanjye mbere y’uko
umucyo urabagirana urasa uturuka mu mpapuro zayo zera. Oh, mbega uburyo ukuri
kwarabagiranaga kandi kukambera kwiza! Ibyavuguruzanyanga n’ibitarumvikanaga najyaga
mbona mbere mu ijambo ry’Imana byarashize; kandi n’ubwo hari hakiriho imigabane myinshi
y’iryo jambo nari ntaranyurwa n’ibyo ivuga noneho narasobanukiwe muburyo bwuzuye.
Umucyo mwinshi wari wavuye muri iryo jambo kugira ngo umurikire ubwenge bwanjye
bwari busanzwe mu mwijima, ku buryo numvise nezejwe no kwiga Ibyanditswe ntari narigeze
nibwira ko bishobora gukomoka mu byo Bibiliya yigisha.” 436
“Maze kwemera nta shiti yuko ibizabaho uko bivugwa mu Byanditswe, bigomba gusohora
muri icyo gihe gito, kandi nshingiye ku gihamya cyari cyakoze ku ntekerezo zanjye, nagize
ikibazo kinkomereye cyerekeranye n’inshingano mfite ku batuye iyi si.” 437 Ntiyashoboraga
kwiyambura umutima umwumvisha ko afite inshingano yo kugeza ku bandi umucyo yari
amaze kubona. Yari yiteze guhura n’abamurwanya baturutse mu batubaha Imana, ariko yari
afite ibyiringiro yuko Abakristo bose bazashimishwa n’ibyiringiro byo kubona Umukiza
bavugaga ko bakunda. Ubwoba yari afite gusa bwari uko, muri uko kwishimira cyane
gucungurwa kwabo guhebuje kwari kugiye kubaho bidatinze, benshi bari kwakira iyo
nyigisho batabanje gusuzumana Ibyanditswe Byera ubwitonzi mu buryo buhagije ngo
bagaragaze ukuri bivuga. Bityo rero, yabanje kugira impungenge zo kukubwiriza, atinya ko
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