Ebyafaayo n'ebitabo bya Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray yazaalibwa nga 9 Maayi 1828 mu Graaff-Reinet, akabuga ak'oku nsalo ak'enfuufu mu Koloni ya Cape, mu maka agaali gamaze okujjula okusaba. Kitaawe, omuweereza Omusukotti eyatumibwa Ekkanisa ly'e Sukotirandi, yalina empisa ey'olubeerera ey'okusomera amaka ge ebyafaayo by'okuzuukuka era ng'asaba, wiiki ku wiiki, nti Katonda afuke Omwoyo we ku Afirika ey'Obukiikaddyo. Andrew yakulira ng'awulira okusaba okwo ku kyoto ky'amaka, era wadde eky'okuddamu kyandiwiddeyo ekiseera ekiwanvu okutuuka, kyandizze ng'ayita mu mwana eyafukamira okumpi ne kitaawe oyo. Nnyina, Maria Susanna Stegmann, yakomawo omusaayi gwe eri abanoonyi b'obubudamu Abahuguenoti Abafalansa n'Abaluteeri Abadaaki, ng'olwo mu misuwa gy'omulenzi mwe mwakulukuta ekijjukizo ky'amawanga abiri agaali gabonyeebonye olw'okukkiriza kwabwe.

Omulenzi Eyaweerezebwa Emitala w'Ennyanja

Ng'alina emyaka kkumi, mu Julaayi 1838, Andrew ne mukulu we John baaweerezebwa emitala w'ennyanja okugenda e Sukotirandi okusomera e Aberdeen, nga bakola olugendo oluwanvu wansi w'obulabirizi bwa Omuweereza ne Mukyala James Archbell, era nga basula ne kojjaabwe, Omuweereza John Murray, eyalabirira okutendekebwa kwabwe. Kyali kizibu okuteeka abalenzi babiri abato ku meeri okugenda ku kitundu ky'ensi ekirala nga tobaddayo kubalaba nate okumala emyaka, era okwawukana kuno ne kubanyigiriza. Naye Sukotirandi yawaayo nga bwe yaggyako. Mu biseera by'obutiti bwa 1840, omubuulizi w'okuzuukuka William C. Burns yajja e Aberdeen, era abalenzi ne bamulaba nga bali kumpi omuntu okubuulira kwe n'engeri ye yonna ey'obulamu kwali kuweereddwayo eri Katonda; akabonero Burns ke yaleka ku Andrew omuto ne kafuuka kamu ku bintu ebyabumba obulamu bwe. Ab'oluganda baasikibwa mu mukutu gw'okuzuukuka okw'okwenjiriza okwali kunyeenya ensi mu kiseera ekyo, nga bassa omukka gwe gumu n'abasajja nga Robert Murray M'Cheyne ne Horatius Bonar, era bombi ne baweebwa ebbunyu byabwe mu Marischal College e Aberdeen mu 1845. Okuva awo ne bagenda mu Yunivasite y'e Utrecht mu Buholandi okusoma theeyologiya, ne beegatta ku Het Réveil, ekibiina ky'okuzuukuka ekya Kipuratanti ekyeteekawo okwolekagana n'amagezi amakalu ag'ekkanisa ery'Ekiholandi era nga kissa ekitiibwa ku kukyusa, obutukuvu obw'omunda, n'eddiini ey'okunnyonnyola.

Wadde nga yakulira mu kutya Katonda, Murray teyeewaana ku ddiini ye ye. Okusinziira ku bye yannyonnyola yennyini, mu kusooka yali agenderedde obuweereza ng'omulimu ogw'ekitiibwa okusinga ng'ekikolwa eky'okukkiriza. Kyali mu myaka gy'e Utrecht okukkiriza kwe kwennyini we kwatuukira ku bukakafu obunywevu, era n'awandiikira eka ku nkyukakyuka eyo n'obwangu bw'omuntu eyamanya enjawulo wakati w'enzikiriza esikiddwa n'okwewaayo okw'obuntu.

Mutabani wo azaaliddwa omulundi ogwokubiri… Neekasudde ku Kristo.

— Andrew Murray, mu bbaluwa eri bazadde be okuva e Utrecht

Enkyukakyuka yali ya buziba okusinga okusalawo kumu; ne kifuuka ennyonta ey'obulamu bwonna olw'obwakabaka bwa Katonda, eyakwatibwa mu kusaba kwe kwennyini nti tewaba dakiika n'emu ey'obulamu bwange ekumalibwa ebweru w'ekitangaala, okwagala, n'essanyu by'obwakabaka bwa Katonda. Nga 9 Maayi 1848, ku lunaku lw'amazaalibwa ge ag'amakumi abiri, ye ne mukulu we baawongebwa Akakiiko ak'e Hague ak'Ekkanisa ery'Ekiholandi ery'Enkyukakyuka, ne bakyusa amaaso gaabwe okudda e Afirika, okudda eka.

Obuweereza obw'oku Mbalaasa

Obuvunaanyizibwa bwe obw'olubereberye bwali Bloemfontein, ekitundu ekyali si kabuga wabula kifo — nga square miles kikumi, nga kigaziwa okusukka Emigga Orange ne Vaal. Ng'ateekebwawo mu 1849 ng'alina emyaka amakumi abiri mu gumu gyokka, n'afuuka omuweereza asooka okusenga mu bukiikakkono bwa Mugga Orange, ng'avunaanyizibwa ku bibiina bya Voortrekker ebyali bisaasaanye mu bbanga eddene era eritaliimu nguudo. Yeebagala embalaasa okumala wiiki nga takoma okutuuka mu maka ag'obwesulu, ng'abatiza, ng'ayigiriza katekisimu, ng'agatta mu bufumbo, ng'aziika, era ng'abuulira abantu abaali batasobola kulaba muweereza nate okumala omwaka; mu kiseera kimu eky'emyaka ebiri egyaddiriragana yabatiza abaana abasukka lukaaga. Aba-trekker ne bajja okwesiga omuweereza omuto ekisinga emmeeme zaabwe, era n'ayimirira wamu nabo ng'omukwano era omutabaganya mu nkkaanya zaabwe ez'okwesalulwa mu bufuzi bw'Abangereza. Bwali buweereza obw'entebe y'embalaasa n'obw'omu ttale erigazi, era ne bumuyigiriza mangu nti omulimu gwali gwa Katonda so si gugwe ye.

Nga 2 Julaayi 1856 yawasa Emma Rutherford mu Cape Town, obufumbo obw'okwagala okw'obuziba era okw'olubeerera obwandibawadde abaana kkumi na omu, mwenda ku bo ne batuuka ku bukulu. Oluvannyuma, mu 1860, ne wajja enfuula y'obulamu bwe. Murray yakkiriza okuyitibwa okugenda e Worcester, era eyo n'atambulira butereevu mu ky'okuddamu ky'okusaba kwa kitaawe okw'emyaka mingi.

Okuzuukuka kwa 1860

Okuzuukuka kwa 1860 tekwatandika na Murray. Ku ttaka okumpi ne Worcester, akakuŋŋaana k'abakkiriza baali bakuŋŋaana buli wiiki okumala emyezi, nga basaba olw'okufukibwa kw'Omwoyo; omukazi omu mu bo yali yeeraliikiridde nnyo n'okutuusa lwe yasaba awatali kukoma okumala wiiki. Omwoyo bwe yagwa, yagwa n'amaanyi agakyusa ennono zonna ez'ekyamagezi ez'okusinza kw'Ekkanisa ery'Ekiholandi. Murray yennyini, ng'akulembera kimu ku bibiina ebyali bwe bityo, yawa ebiragiro bye eby'obwegendereza era n'akoowoola abantu okusaba omu ku omu — naye mu kifo ekyo ekibiina kyonna ne kimenyeka amangu mu kusaba okw'omu kiseera kimu ng'abantu bakaaba nga basaba okusaasirwa. Murray bwe yagezaako okuzza obutebenkevu, omu ku balimi yamugamba butereevu nti yeeye wabbali: teri muntu asobola okuzimba bbugwe ku ekyo Katonda kye yali akola. Kyali kisomo omuweereza omuto ow'obutebenkevu n'obwegendereza kye yakwata ku mutima. Yayiga okuggyako emiguwa mu ngalo ze, era Katonda n'amukozesa okulunda okuzuukuka kwe yali tasobola kutonda era kwe yali tasobola kuzikiza.

Okuva mu kuzuukuka okwo ne wajja Murray omuwandiisi. Okulabirira kwe okw'obuweereza olw'omujaguzo gw'abakyusibwa abapya, okweraliikirira kwe nti okwagala kwabwe okw'olubereberye kuleme kunnyogoga kufuuke mpisa busa, ne kumusindika okuwandiika Abide in Christ — okusooka mu Luholandi nga Blijf in Jezus — era mu kyo n'afuna omusuwa gwe yandikoledde ekiseera kye ekyasigala kyonna. Okuva e Worcester yagenda mu Groote Kerk ey'e Cape Town mu 1864, ng'ayimirira eyo okwolekagana n'omuyaga ogwali gulinnya ogw'obuliberali obw'ekyamagezi, ne mu 1871 n'agenda e Wellington, gye yasenga okumala ekiseera ekisinga obuwanvu era ekisinga ebibala mu buweereza bwe, emyaka amakumi asatu mu etaano mu mimbari gumu.

Wellington n'Okwolesebwa Okugaziwa

Wellington ne kifuuka ekisiga eky'okwolesebwa kwe okugaziyiddwa. Ekkanisa lye lyamanya omuwendo gwe: emirundi mukaaga mu myaka Ekkanisa ery'Ekiholandi ery'Enkyukakyuka mu Afirika ey'Obukiikaddyo lyamuyita okuweereza nga omukulembeze (moderator) wa Sinodi yaalyo, era abasajja abatono kye baakola okusinga okukyusa ekibiina ekyo ekyali kyetunuulira munda kifuuke ekkanisa ery'obwamisonaali. Ng'alina obukakafu nti ekkanisa kirina okukyukira ebweru, yafuba okutandikawo ebitongole ebyandimuwangaalidde. Mu 1874, ng'akubirizibwa omulimu gwa mubereberye ogw'omuyigiriza Omunnamerika Mary Lyon, yatandikawo Essemeneri ya Huguenot olw'okuyigiriza okwa Kikristo okw'abakazi, ng'aggya abayigiriza baayo okuva e Amerika; ng'ekisimbye emirandira mu kusaba, essomero ne likula ne lifuuka Huguenot University College era likyabeerawo ne leero nga Huguenot College, nga likyagenda mu maaso n'okutendeka abaweereza b'Ekikristo n'abakulembeze b'omu bantu. Ng'omu ku bantu b'akakiiko k'ekkanisa lye ak'obwamisonaali obw'ebweru, yakuŋŋaanya ensimbi okutandikawo ebibiina bisatu mu Wellington mu 1877 — Omukago gw'Abaweereza ogw'Obwamisonaali, Omukago gwa Baibuli n'Okusaba, ne Ligi y'Obwamisonaali obw'Abalaayiki — era mu 1889, wamu ne Martha Osborn ne Spencer Walton, yayamba okutondawo Misoni Enkalakkalira ey'Afirika ey'Obukiikaddyo, omulimu ogwabawangaala bonna, ne gufuuka Africa Evangelical Fellowship mu 1965 era ne gwegatta ku SIM International mu 1998.

Ekkalaamu ye teyawummulako. Okutuuka ku nkomerero yali awandiise ebitabo, obujulizi, n'okubuulira ebisukka mu 240 — ku kusaba okusinga omutwe gwonna omulala, naye era ku kwatula ebibi, ku kumanya okusiima kwa Katonda, ku bumu obwa buli lunaku ne Katonda, ku buwanguzi bw'Ekikristo — nga byawandiikibwa mu Lungereza ne mu Luholandi era ne bivvuunulwa mu nnimi ezisukka mu kkumi n'ettaano, okutuusa okusinza kwe okusirifu okw'Oluafirikaana we kwasomerwa mu buli ssemazinga. Okuwandiika kwe okusinga obulungi kwakula okuva mu liiso ly'omubuulizi ery'okulaba ekyokulabirako ekiramu. Mu kyeya kya 1898 yafuna ekikonge ky'omuzabbibu ekya kabaka ka kahawa, era okuva mu kufumiitiriza okuwanvu ku kyo n'awandiika The Mystery of the True Vine, ng'akiwaayo eri Abakristaayo abalwana mu nsi yonna; okutuusa lwe kyafulumizibwa, ekikonge ekikadde kyali kimuyigirizza isomo eddala, era n'awandiika The Fruit of the Vine oluvannyuma lwakyo.

Obwetoowaze, ekifo eky'okwesiga Katonda okutuukiridde, kiri, olw'obutonde bw'ebintu byennyini, omulimu ogw'olubereberye n'empisa ey'oku ntikko ey'ekitonde, era omulandira gwa buli mpisa.

— Andrew Murray, Humility

Ebigezo n'Emyaka egy'Okusirika

Okukkiriza kwe tekwalekebwa awatali bigezo byakwo, era teyeefuula nga si bwe kiri. Mu 1879 emimiro gye ne gimulemera; yafiirwa eddoboozi lye n'ayingira mu kye yayita «emyaka gye egy'okusirika», emyaka ebiri omubuulizi mwe yali tasobola kubuulira. N'okuwandiika kwennyini ne kufuuka omulimu, kale n'awa mukyala we ne muwala we okufumiitiriza kwe okuwandiika — era ku nkomerero ya buli kumu yakunja emikono gye, n'azibiriza amaaso ge, era n'asaba emisittale egy'enkomerero mu ddoboozi ery'omu waggulu nga tegannawandiikibwa, ng'ebitabo bye bwe bikoma awo omutima gwe we gwakoma, mu kusaba. Yanoonya abo abaayigiriza theeyologiya y'okuwonya okw'obwakatonda, era mu 1882 yatambula okutuuka mu nnyumba y'okukkiriza mu London, gye yakomawo ng'alina obukakafu nti okuwonya kwali mu mulimu gwa Kristo ogw'okununula, era n'azzibwawo mu mimbari gye. Wabula teyafuula okuwonya kwe muggo gw'okukuba abalwadde, wadde okugaana obujjanjabi obwa bulijjo. Oluvannyuma, mu 1893, akabenje k'eggaali mu Natal ne kamuleka n'omugongo ogwafumitibwa emirembe gyonna n'omubiri ogwagonda; mu myaka gye egy'enkomerero emirundi mingi yabuuliranga ng'atudde, omusajja omukadde eyeekunja ku bulwadde bwe naye nga tasirisibwa.

Kyali kuva mu kimu ku biseera ebyo eby'obulumi Murray we yaleka ekkanisa ekigambo kye eky'okubuulirira ekyasinga okwagalibwa. Mu 1895, ng'awummuliddemu mu nnyumba ya mukwano gwe mu Wimbledon, ng'alina obulumi obw'omubiri era ng'afumitiddwa ekiro ekyayita ebbaluwa enkambwe eyalumba okuyigiriza kwe, yaddira ekkalaamu n'awandiika akawandiiko, si ka kufulumizibwa, wabula ka mmeeme ye ye.

Ekisooka, Ye yandeeta wano; kiri lwa kusiima kwe nga ndi mu kifo kino ekifunda: mu ky'amazima ekyo mwe nnaawummulira. Ekiddako, anankuuma wano mu kwagala kwe, era ampe ekisa okwetwala ng'omwana we. Oluvannyuma, alifuula ekigezo omukisa, ng'anjigiriza amasomo g'ateekateeka nga njiga, era ng'akola munda yange ekisa ky'agenderera okumpa. Ku nkomerero, mu kiseera kye ekirungi ayinza okunziya nate — engeri n'ekiseera, Ye amanyi.

— Andrew Murray, «Mu Kiseera ky'Ennaku Gamba», nga kyawandiikibwa e Wimbledon, 1895

Ekisenge eky'Omunda

Empisa eyali wansi wa byonna yali kusaba. Murray — ayitibwa abamu omuyizi omukulu ow'essomero lya Kristo ery'okusaba — yayigiriza nti okusaba kiri, mu kiseera kimu, ekintu ekisinga obwangu omwana ky'ayinza okukola era omulimu ogw'oku ntikko omuntu gw'ayinza okulinnyako, era n'akola kye yayigiriza, ng'akuuma «ekisenge eky'omunda» eky'okusaba okw'ekyama ng'ensibuko buli kimu ekirala mwe kyakulukutira. Yagolokoka okusisinkana Katonda nga tannasisinkana bantu, era n'abuulirira abalala nti okumanya engeri y'okwogera ne Katonda kintu kinene okusinga okumanya engeri y'okwogera n'omuntu.

Wadde nga mu ntandikwa yakwo okusaba kwangu nnyo n'omwana omunafu asobola okusaba, mu kiseera kimu gwe mulimu ogw'oku ntikko era omutukuvu ennyo omuntu gw'ayinza okulinnyako.

— Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray

Obusika

Andrew Murray yafiira e Wellington nga 18 Janwali 1917, mu mwaka gwe ogw'ekinaana mu mwenda, ng'awangudde okusukka ekitundu ky'ekyasa okuzuukuka okwamufuula, era ng'awadde ekkanisa olubaawo lw'ebitabo ebikyayigiriza abakkiriza okusigala, okwetoowaza, n'okusaba. Obuyinza bwe bwagenda wala okusinga ekibiina kye ye: abasomi ab'enjawulo nga Watchman Nee mu Cchina ne Jessie Penn-Lewis mu Wales baanywa nnyo okuva mu kuyigiriza kwe ne bakutwala mu maaso mu nkyukakyuka zaabwe ez'awamu. Teyasaba kujjukirwa nga muntu mukulu; okuwandiika kwe kwennyini kwanyweza awatali kukoowa ekintu ekyawukanako — nti ekitiibwa ky'ekitonde bwe butaliimu bwakyo, era nti mmeeme yokka eyeeyabuluza yennyini y'eleka Katonda nga wa ddembe okuba byonna. Ebifaananyi bye biyimiridde mu Wellington ne ebweru wa Groote Kerk mu Cape Town, naye ekijjukizo eky'amazima ekisinga gwe musajja afukamidde, wonna mu nsi, aggula kimu ku bitabo ebitono ebya Murray n'ayiga nate okugamba nti, «Mukama waffe, tuyigirize okusaba».