Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
kwahanuwe kwerekeje ku byo twabonye, nibwo ibyavuzwe bizaba koko ari iby’ukuri nk’uko
byanditswe.”
Uko niko ikimenyetso giheruka cyo mu byerekana kugaruka kwa Kristo cyagaragaye, ari
cyo Yesu yari yarabwiye abigishwa be ati: “Nuko namwe nimubona ibyo byose, muzamenye
yuko ari hafi, ndetse ageze ku rugi.” 446 Ibyo bimenyetso byose bimaze kugaragara, ikindi
kintu gikomeye cyari hafi kugaragara ni uko Yohana yabonye ijuru ryizinga nk’umuzingo
w’igitabo bazinze, mu gihe isi yahindaga umushyitsi, imisozi n’ibirwa bikava mu mwanya
wabyo, maze abanyabyaha kubw’ubwoba bagashakashaka aho bihisha ubwiza bw’Umwana
w’Umuntu. (Ibyahishuwe 6:12-17).
Abantu benshi babonye kugwa kw’inyenyeri, babifashe ko ari ikimenyetso giteguriza
abantu urubanza rugiye kuza, “nk’ishusho iteye ubwoba y’integuza, ikimenyetso cyerekana
uwo munsi ukomeye kandi uteye ubwoba.” 447 Bityo, intekerezo z’abantu zerekejwe ku
gusohora k’ubuhanuzi maze benshi bita cyane ku muburo werekeye kugaruka kwa Kristo.
Mu mwaka wa 1840, hongeye kubaho ukundi gusohora kw’ibyahanuwe kwitaweho na
benshi. Mu myaka ibiri mbere, uwitwaga Yosiah Litch wari umwe mu babwirizabutumwa
b’ingenzi wabwirizaga ibyo kugaruka kwa Kristo, yanditse ibyo yasobanuraga ku gice cya 9
cy’Ibyahishuwe, yerekeza ku kuvaho k’Ubwami bwa Ottoman. Hakurikijwe uko yabaraga,
ubwo bwami bwagombaga gukurwaho “mu kwezi kwa Kanama mu mwaka wa 1840 nyuma
ya Kristo.” Kandi noneho mu minsi mike cyane ibanziriza gusohora k’ubwo buhanuzi bwe
yaranditse ati: “Kuva umugabane wa mbere w’iki gihe ari wo ugizwe n’imyaka 150
warasohoye rwose mbere y’uko Dikozesi (Deacozes) yima ingoma abiherewe uburenganzira
n’Abanyaturukiya, kandi no kuba imyaka 391 n’iminsi cumi n’itanu, yaratangiye ku iherezo
ry’umugabane wa mbere w’iki gihe, bityo kizarangira ku wa 11 Kanama 1840, ubwo
ubutware bwa Ottoman i Constantinople bwitezwe ko bubasha gukurwaho. Kandi ibi nizera
ko ari ko bizaba.” 448
Cya gihe cyavuzwe kigeze, binyuze ku bagihagarariye mu mahanga, igihugu cya Turukiya
cyemeye kurindwa n’ibihugu byunze ubumwe byo mu Burayi maze muri ubwo buryo kiba
cyishyize aho kigomba kugengwa n’ibihugu byemera Ubukristo. Icyo gikorwa cyasohoje
ibyari byaravuzwe. Ibyo bimaze kumenyekana, abantu benshi cyane bemeye ko amahame
y’ubusobanuro bw’ubuhanuzi bwa Miller n’abo bafatanyije yari ukuri rwose, maze itsinda
ry’abavuga ibyo kugaruka kwa Kristo rigira imbaraga itangaje. Abantu bize b’abahanga
ndetse n’abanyacyubahiro bo mu myanya yo hejuru bifatanyije na Miller, byaba mu kubwiriza
no kwamamaza ibitekerezo bye, bityo bituma kuva mu 1840 kugeza mu 1844 umurimo
waguka ugera henshi mu buryo bwihuse.
William Miller yari umunyabwenge ukomeye, akagira ikinyabupfura akesha gutekereza
cyane no kwiga. Hejuru y’iyo mico yari anafite ubwenge mvajuru yakeshaga kugirana
umubano uhamye na Soko y’ubwenge. Yari umuntu w’inyangamugayo mu rwego rwo hejuru
utaraburaga kubahwa no guhabwa agaciro ahantu hose ubupfura n’imico mbonera
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