Ibintu by'Ukuri

Ibintu By'Ukuri
bwashegeshe ubuzima bwe, maze abanzi be batangira gutinya ko yabacika, bityo bagerageza
kumworohereza umubabaro nubwo yamaze mu nzu y’imbohe umwaka.
Ntabwo urupfu rwa Huse rwarangiye nk’uko abayoboke ba papa bari babyiteze. Kurenga
ku rwandiko rwo kumushingana yari afite byabyukije kwivumbagatanya kw’abantu, bityo
nk’uburyo bwo gukemura ikibazo neza, aho gutwika Jerome, urukiko rwiyemeje kumuhatira
kwisubiraho biramutse bishobotse. Bamuzanye imbere y’iteraniro maze bamuhitishamo
kwisubiraho cyangwa gupfa atwitswe. Iyo aza gupfa mu itangira ry’ifungwa rye biba
byaramubereye umugisha ubigereranyije n’imibabaro ikomeye yanyuzemo. Ariko noneho
ubu ubwo yari atentebutse kubera uburwayi, imibabaro yaterwaga n’aho yari afungiwe,
kubabara bitewe no guhangayika no kwibaza ibizakurikiraho, kuba yari yatandukanyijwe
n’incuti ze kandi atewe ubwoba n’urupfu rwa Huse, byatumye ubutwari bwa Jerome butezuka
maze yemera kumvira abagize urukiko. Yarahiriye ko yemeye kuyoboka ukwemera
kw’itorero Gatolika, kandi yemera icyo urukiko rwakoze rucira Wycliffe na Huse urubanza,
uretse ibyerekeranye “n’ukuri kuzira inenge” bari barigishije. 61
Mu gukora ibyo, Jerome yakoze ibishoboka byose kugira ngo acecekeshe ijwi
ry’umutimanama kandi akize amagara ye. Ariko ubwo yari mu bwigunge mu kumba yari
afungiwemo, yaje gusobanukirwa neza n’ibyo yari yakoze. Yatekereje ku by’ubutwari
n’ubudahemuka bwa Huse, maze asanga bihabanye n’uko we ubwe yihakanye ukuri.
Yatekereje ku Mwami we wo mu ijuru yari yararahiriye kuzakorera kandi wihanganiye urupfu
rwo ku musaraba ku bwe. Mbere y’uko yisubiraho, ubwo yari mu mibabaro ye, yari
yaraboneye guhumurizwa mu byiringiro by’ubuntu bw’Imana; ariko ubu kwicuza no
gushidikanya byabuzaga amahoro umutima we. Nuko aza kumenya ko azongera kubazwa na
none ibyo kwisubiraho kwe mbere yo kwiyunga n’abayobozi ba Roma. Intambwe yari
atangiye gutera yari kuzamugeza ku buhakanyi bwa burundu. Yafashe umwanzuro ko:
Atazihakana Umwami we ngo akunde akire imibabaro y’igihe gito.
Ntibyatinze aza kongera guhamagarwa imbere y’urukiko. Imvugo ye yo kwisubiraho
ntabwo yari yanyuze abacamanza. Inyota yabo yo kumena amaraso yari yakanguwe n’urupfu
rwa Huse, bityo bashakaga kubona n’abandi bica. Jerome ntiyajyaga kurokora ubuzima bwe
keretse gusa ahakanye ukuri agatsemba. Nyamara ubu bwo yari yamaze kwiyemeza
gushikama ku kwizera kwe maze agatwikwa, bityo akagera ikirenge mu cya mugenzi we
wazize kwizera kwe.
Yahakanye ibyo kwisubiraho yari yavuze mbere, bityo nk’umuntu witeguye gupfa, niko
gusaba abacamanza akanya ko kwiregura. Kubera gutinya ingaruka z’amagambo ye,
abayobozi bakuru b’idini batsimbaraye ku cyifuzo cy’uko yakwemeza cyangwa agahakana
ukuri kw’ibyo yaregwaga gusa. Jerome yarwanyije ubwo bugome bukomeye n’akarengane
bamugiriye avuga ati: “Mwamfungiye muri gereza iteye ubwoba iminsi magana atatu na
mirongo ine, mu myanda ahantu hanuka kandi munyima ibya ngombwa byose nari nkeneye,
none munzanye imbere yanyu maze mutega amatwi abanzi banjye bashaka kunyica, njye
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