Ebyafaayo bya E. M. Bounds

Edward McKendree Bounds yafiira mu 1913 mu kabuga akatono aka Georgia, nga tamanyiddwa nnyo ebweru w’amakanisa ge yali aweerezza. Yaleka enfunda z’ebiwandiiko, etterekero ly’ebitabo ettono, n’erinnya mu mikwano gye emitono ery’okugolokoka nga bukyali okusaba. Oluvannyuma lw’ekyasa, ebitabo bye ebikwata ku kusaba bikyusiddwa mu nnimi nnyingi era tebibuze ku katale n’akatono. Ye omu ku bulambulukufu obusinga mu kkanisa ey’omulembe guno obw’obulamu obwabala ebibala byabwo mu bujjuvu ng’obuwedde.

Obwana bw’e Missouri n’okwegomba okw’edda

Yazaalibwa nga 15 Agusito 1835 mu Disitulikiti ya Shelby, mu Missouri, era n’atuumibwa erinnya lya William McKendree, omulabirizi w’oku nsalo ow’Obumesodisiti obw’Amerika — erinnya eryafuuka ng’obunnabbi. Kitaawe yafa Edward ng’alina emyaka kkumi n’ena, era okusoma kw’omulenzi ne kusalibwako olw’obwetaavu bw’amaka obwajja mangu. Ng’abavubuka bangi ab’omulembe gwe, yagenda ebugwanjuba mu myaka egy’okunoonya zaabu, naye teyasigala munoonyi wa zaabu. Yakomawo e Missouri, n’asoma amateeka, era n’akkirizibwa mu bannamateeka ng’akyali muvubuka, ng’akola ng’omu ku bannamateeka abasinga obuvubuka mu ssaza.

Amateeka gaamukwata emyaka mitono gyokka. Yakyusibwa ng’awulira okubuulira kw’okuzuukuka kw’Abamesodisiti, era okuyitibwa okubuulira ne kujja n’amaanyi g’ateeyinza kuwakanya — ekintu ekigwana okwetegerezebwa ku musajja eyatendekebwa okuwakanya. Yaleka omulimu gw’amateeka, era mu 1859, ng’alina emyaka amakumi abiri mu ena, n’ayawulibwa n’atumibwa mu Kkanisa ya Mesodisiti ey’Obwepiskopi, ey’Obukiikaddyo, e Monticello, mu Missouri. Yali awanyisizza omulimu ogwalina essuubi n’aguwaanyisa n’ekitundu eky’okubuulira n’omusaala omutono, era teyalagako kabonero konna ak’okwejjusa.

Ekkomera, n’olutalo lwe yali tayagadde

Emyaka ebiri oluvannyuma eggwanga ne lyawukana, era Missouri n’eyawukana nalyo. Mu Maayi 1861 Bounds, eyali asumba e Brunswick, yakwatibwa abaserikale b’Obumu awamu n’abasajja abasukka mu bibiri abaali baateeberezebwa okuwagira Obukiikaddyo. Yasabibwa okulayira obwesigwa eri Amerika oba okusasula engassi ya doola bitaano. Yagaana byombi — si, ng’ayogera ye yennyini, olwa byabufuzi, wabula kubanga teyandikakiddwa mu nsonga ya mwoyo. Kwali kwewala kwa muwendo. Yakuumibwa e Jefferson City n’oluvannyuma mu kkomera lya gavumenti mu St Louis, mu abo abatali balwanyi, okumala nga omwaka gumu n’ekitundu.

Bwe yateebwa mu nkyusa y’abasibe, n’agenda mu bukiikaddyo era n’aweereza olutalo olusigadde ng’omusumba w’abaserikale ba Confederate ab’e Missouri. Bwali buweereza obw’ekika ekisinga obuzibu: okuziika abasajja ab’emyaka gye, okuwandiikira bannyaabwe, okukola okusaba mu bitosi. E Franklin, mu Tennessee, yakubibwa n’ekitala ku kyenyi n’akwatibwa nate ng’omusibe. Yatambulanga n’enkovu eyo obulamu bwe obusigadde.

Kigwana okwogerwa mu bwangu nti ensonga gye yaweereza yalwanirira okukuuma obuddu, era tewali kye yawandiika oluvannyuma ku kusaba ekikyusa ekyo. Ekiyinza okwogerwa okuliraana ekyo kwe kyo kye yakola olutalo bwe lwaggwa, ekyewuunyisa ekibuga mwe yakikolera.

Franklin: abasajja mukaaga n’ekiro ky’Olwokusatu

Olutalo bwe lwaggwa era bwe yateebwa ku nkomerero mu kyeya kya 1865, Bounds yaddayo e Franklin — mu kibuga mwe yali afumitiddwa era n’akubibwa, ennimiro zaakyo nga zikyalimu entaana z’abasajja be yali aziise. Teyagenda kukizimba na ssente wadde embaawo. Yagenda kusumba kkanisa ya Mesodisiti eyo, era enkola ye yali nnyangu nnyo ku ngeri esekesa. Yanoonya abasajja abatono abaakkiriza ddala nti okusaba kukola ekintu, era n’asanga nga mukaaga. Buli kiro ky’Olwokusatu ne bafukamira awamu ne basaba — ku lwabwe bennyini, ku lw’ekkanisa, ku lw’ekibuga, ku lw’okuzuukuka mu ggwanga eryamenyeka era eryali likaawe.

Ekyasa ekyo kye kyakola ebimusigaddeko byonna. Buli kye yandiwandiise oluvannyuma ku butaba na mugaso bw’ebyuma n’obwetaavu bw’abasajja abasaba, yakisookera ku lubalaza lw’ekkanisa mu kibuga ekyawangulwa, ng’ali n’abalala bataano oba mukaaga.

Ekkanisa ky’eyetaaga leero si byuma bingi oba ebisingako obulungi, si bibiina bipya oba enkola empya era eziwerako, wabula abasajja Omwoyo Omutukuvu b’ayinza okukozesa — abasajja ab’okusaba, abasajja ab’amaanyi mu kusaba.

— E. M. Bounds, Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba

Emmeeza y’omutereezi w’empapula, n’ennaku etaamumenya

Ebirabo bya Bounds byakkirizibwa. Yasumba mu Alabama ne Missouri, era n’aweereza ng’omutereezi wa St Louis Christian Advocate n’oluvannyuma ng’omutereezi omuyambi owa Nashville Christian Advocate, olupapula olwa gavumenti olw’eddiini ye — okumala ekiseera emu ku mmeeza ezisinga okukwatibwako mu Bumesodisiti obw’Obukiikaddyo. Yali, mu ngeri yonna eya bulijjo, omusajja w’ekkanisa eyawangula.

Mu Sebuttemba 1876 yawasa Emma Elizabeth Barnett, ow’e Washington, mu Georgia; baamuyitanga Emmie. Abaana basatu ne baddirira — Celeste, Corneille, n’omwana ow’obulenzi, Edward. Mu Febwaali 1886 Emmie yafa. Emyezi amakumi abiri oluvannyuma Bounds n’awasa muganda we, Harriet Elizabeth Barnett, era abaana abalala mukaaga ne bajja: Samuel, Charles, ne Osborne, Elizabeth, Mary, n’omuwala gwe baatuuma Emmie. Omusajja eyawandiika n’okunyiigiriza ku kusaba ku ssaawa kkumi ez’oku makya teyali mumonaki alina ennyumba enkalu. Yali kitaawe w’ennyumba ejjudde, era yali amanyi ekika ky’okufiirwa ekifuula omuntu okulekera awo okusaba oba okutandika okusaba mu ngeri endala.

Essaawa nga bukyali

Nga mu 1894 yaleka entebe y’omutereezi n’asengula amaka ge okugenda e Washington, mu Georgia, ekibuga ky’ewaabwe mukyala we owoolubereberye. Teyaddamu kukwata kituuti kikulu. Yali amaze ebbanga ng’agolokoka bukyali; kaakano, nga talina kkanisa ya kujjuza era nga talina musaala olw’ekyo, okusaba ne kufuuka omulimu gwe omukulu — era alabika ng’eyakitwala ng’omulimu, mu makulu gaakyo amangu. Yagolokokanga ku ssaawa kkumi ez’oku makya n’asaba okutuuka ku ssaawa emu.

Abaamumanya baannyonnyola omusajja atambula era ng’asaba n’eddoboozi ery’waggulu mu ssaawa ez’ekizikiza, emirundi mingi ng’akutte ekyawandiikibwa kimu okumala ennaku okutuusa lwe kyaka. Teyali yeeyoleka; kumpi tewaali n’omu amutunuulira. Yatambulanga bwe yayitibwanga, n’akola enkuŋŋaana z’okusaba, n’awandiikira empapula, era n’agaba ebitabo bye emirundi mingi nga bwe yabitunda. Era mu ssaawa ezo ez’oku makya nga bukyali yawandiika — ebiwandiiko munaana ku kusaba, nga bikwata ku bwetaavu bwakwo, ku busobozi bwakwo, ku bwannamaddala bwakwo, ku byokulwanyisa byakwo, n’abasajja abaasaba mu Byawandiikibwa.

Abasajja abaakolera Katonda ebisinga obungi mu nsi eno baabanga ku maviivi gaabwe bukyali. Oyo amalirawo obudde obw’oku makya, omukisa gwabwo n’obuggya bwabwo, mu bintu ebirala okuggyako okunoonya Katonda, ajja kutambula bubi ng’amunoonya ebbanga ly’olunaku erisigadde.

— E. M. Bounds, Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba

Kimu kyokka ku ebyo omunaana kye kyafuna afulumya ng’akyali mulamu: Omubuulizi n’Okusaba, ekyafulumizibwa mu 1907 era oluvannyuma ne kituumibwa erinnya eppya Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba, ekitabo abasomi abasinga obungi kye bakyamumanyiramu. Ebirala omusanvu byasigala nga biwandiiko bwawandiiko. Teyalina nsonga yonna ey’okukkiriza nti byandisomeddwa.

"Bw’aba yeeteeseteese, nange mba neeteeseteese"

Bounds yafiira awaka mu Washington, mu Georgia, nga 24 Agusito 1913, ennaku mwenda oluvannyuma lw’amazaalibwa ge ag’emyaka nsanvu mu munaana. Nga tannafa nnyo yawandiikira mukwano gwe Homer W. Hodge olunyiriri olusomebwa nga bulamu bwe obulala bwonna:

Bw’aba yeeteeseteese, nange mba neeteeseteese; nneegomba okulega ku ssanyu ery’omu ggulu.

— E. M. Bounds, mu bbaluwa eri Homer W. Hodge

Ebiwandiiko byandikomye mu kasenge aka waggulu. Mu kifo ky’ekyo emikwano ebiri — Claudius Lysias Chilton, n’oluvannyuma lwe Hodge — ne batwala omulimu ogw’okubitereeza n’okubiteeka mu bufulumya.Ekigendererwa mu Kusaba kyafulumizibwa mu 1920, Okusaba n’Abasajja Abasaba mu 1921, era ebirala ne biddirira okuyita mu myaka gya 1920 okutuuka mu 1931. Bounds teyalaba na kimu ku ebyo.

Lwaki akyasomebwa

Bounds si muyivu wa by’obwakatonda atereezeddwa era teyeefuula kuba bw’atyo. Yeeddiŋŋana. Akomerera omusumaali gumu. Naye yawandiika ng’omusajja annyonnyola ekintu kye yakolanga buli nkya so si ekyo kye yali asomye ku kyo, era ekyo kye kiviirako ebitabo bye okuwangaala kumpi buli kintu ekyafulumizibwa awamu nabyo. Enzikiriza ye ey’omusingi tekyuka: Katonda akolera mu bantu, so si mu nteekateeka, era omuntu Katonda gw’ayinza okukozesa ye oyo eyayiga okusaba.

Okwogera n’abantu ku lwa Katonda kintu kikulu, naye okwogera ne Katonda ku lw’abantu kisinga obukulu.

— E. M. Bounds, Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba

Yaziikibwa mu Washington, mu Georgia, wansi w’ejjinja ery’ekigero. Teyakwata kifo kikulu kyonna, teyatandikawo kibiina kyonna, era yafa ng’omulimu gwe ogusinga obulungi tegunnafulumizibwa. Yagolokokanga bugolokoki, emyaka kkumi na mwenda ng’agenda mu maaso, ng’ekibuga kikyali mu kizikiza — era ekkanisa ebadde esoma ebyava mu makya ago okuva olwo.