Ibintu by'Ukuri

Ibintu By'Ukuri
“Umunsi w’umwijima wo ku wa 19 Gicurasi 1780, wabaye amayobera ndetse uba
igitangaza kitigeze kubaho. Umwijima utabona uko usobanurwa wakwiriye ijuru ryose
n’ikirere cy’igihugu cy’Ubwongereza Bushya.” 382
Umuntu wabibonye wabaga muri Leta ya Massachusetts avuga iby’uwo mwijima muri
aya magambo: “Mu gitondo izuba ryararashe umucyo uratangaza, ariko mu kanya gato
ririjima. Ibicu byaramanutse byegera hasi, maze biturukamo umwijima uteye ubwoba. Ibyo
bicu bimaze kugaragara, imirabyo yahise irabya, inkuba zirakubita maze hagwa imvura nke.
Ahagana saa tatu za mu gitondo, bya bicu byaragabanutse, maze ibintu birahinduka, maze isi,
ibitare, ibiti, inyubako, amazi ndetse n’abantu bahindurwa n’umucyo utunguranye utari uwo
ku isi. Hashize iminota mike, igicu cyijimye kiremereye cyatwikiriye ikirere cyose uretse
umucyo muke cyane wagaragaraga imuhero kandi hari hijimye nk’uko biba bimeze saa tatu
z’ijoro mu gihe cy’impeshyi. . .
“Ubwoba, guhagarika umutima, ndetse no gutangara byarushagaho kuzura intekerezo
z’abantu. Abagore bahagararaga ku miryango y’inzu, bakitegereza icyo kirere cyijimye;
abagabo bahise bataha bava mu mirimo bakoreraga mu mirima; ababaji bahagarika imirimo
yabo, abacuzi na bo biba bityo, ndetse n’abacuruzi. Amashuri yahise afunga abanyeshuri
barataha, maze abana biruka bahinda umushyitsi bajya iwabo. Abari mu nzira bagenda
bahagaze ku mazu yari hafi yabo. Buri muntu wese yaribazaga ati: “Ni iki kigiye kuba?”
Byasaga n’aho umuyaga ukaze ugiye kwisuka mu gihugu cyangwa nk’aho ari umunsi
w’iherezo rya byose.
“Bacanye amatara maze yaka nk’aho ari mu ijoro ricuze umwijima ryo mu gihe
cy’umuhindo. . . Inkoko n’ibishuhe byaratashye bijya aho birara, amashyo n’imikumbi
birataha, ibikeri biragonga, inyoni ziririmba indirimbo zazo za nimugoroba ndetse
n’uducurama dutangira kuguruka. Nyamara abantu bo bari bazi ko butari bwira ...
“Dogoteri Nathanael Whittaker wari umupasitoro w’itorero rya Tabernacle i Salem,
yayoboreye imihango yo kuramya Imana mu nzu yaberagamo inama maze abwiriza
ikibwirizwa yahamirijemo ko uwo mwijima ari indengakamere. Amateraniro yo gusenga
yateranye ahandi hantu henshi. Amasomo yasomwe mu buryo butunguranye yose yasaga
n’ayerekana ko uwo mwijima uhuje n’ubuhanuzi Ibyanditswe bivuga. . . Bimaze kurenga saa
tanu za mu gitondo, umwijima warushijeho kuba mwinshi.” 383 “Mu duce twinshi tw’igihugu
byari bikomeye mu gihe cy’amanywa, ku buryo abantu batashoboraga kuvuga igihe
bifashishije isaha cyangwa ngo babashe gukora imirimo yabo yo mu rugo batabashije gucana
amatara. . .
“Uwo mwijima wakwiriye ahantu hagari cyane. Wagaragaye mu karere ka kure cyane ka
Falmouth gaherereye iburasirazuba. Iburengerazuba, uwo mwijima wageze mu karere
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
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