Ebyafaayo bya Jeanne Guyon

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon yazaalibwa nga 13 Apuli 1648, mu kibuga Montargis, mu bukiikaddyo bwa Paris, mu maka ag'obugagga era ag'okutya Katonda. Kitaawe, Claude Bouvier, yali omulamuzi assibwamu ekitiibwa era omukozi wa lubiri; nnyina, omukazi ow'okutya Katonda okw'obuziba, yakiraba amangu obukulu obutali bwa bulijjo obw'omuwala we — omwana omuwulize, omukkakkamu, era ow'omunda, eyayagala obutebenkevu okusinga emizannyo n'okufumiitiriza okusinga okwogera ennyo — era n'amuteeka mu buyambi bwa bannaddiini. Ng'ayigirizibwa mu mpalo na bannaddiini ab'Ursuline n'ab'Abenedikito, Jeanne yasikirizibwa okudda eri Katonda okuva mu myaka gye egy'obuto; oluvannyuma yajjukira nti ng'aweza emyaka musanvu gyokka yali awulira okusikirizibwa okudda mu kifo ky'okwesibirako, ng'ayagala okuwaayo obulamu bwe bwonna mu buweereza bwe. Naye era yasikirizibwa, ng'ekyennyini bwe yakyeyogerako mu bwesimbu, okudda eri obutaliimu n'okusiimibwa okuwuubaawuuba okw'ensi eyawagira obulungi bwe n'amagezi ge. Yali muwala ow'omutima omunafu era ow'okwegomba okutali kutereera, oluusi ng'anoonya obutukuvu ate oluusi ng'aserengeta okudda mu malala g'obulamu obwangu. Oluvannyuma yandirabye emyaka gino awatali kwerimba, ng'ayogera obutaliimu bwe ye mu bwesimbu nga bw'ayogera okutya Katonda kwe.

Ng'aweza emyaka kkumi na etaano, mu 1664, nnyina yamugabira mu bufumbo Jacques Guyon, omusajja omugagga eyamusinga emyaka amakumi abiri mu ebiri. Obufumbo bwategekebwa olw'obukuumi n'ekifo, era bwakolebwa awatali kufaayo ku kwegomba kw'omuwala; yali ayagadde ekifo ky'okwesibirako, era oluvannyuma yandyegayiridde bba — awatali kufuna — amuleke ayingire mu kimu. Tekwali kwegatta kwa ssanyu. Ennyumba yali ifugibwa maama wa bba omunywevu, era Jeanne, omuvubuka era omuwulize, yasanga awaka we ekifo eky'okubonaabona kwa buli lunaku — «ennyumba y'ennaku», bwe yakiyita. Mu Okitobba 1670 kawaali kaali kagenda okumutwala obulamu era kaamulekera enkovu ez'olubeerera ku maaso ensi eyali ejjaganya nnyo; teyakungubagira kufiirwa okwo kubeera ebbanga lyonna, kubanga obulwadde bwamuyigiriza obulamu bwe bufunda, n'obulungi bw'ensi obutaliimu makulu, era bwakanyisa okwewala ensi okwali kutandika mu bukkakkamu mu mwoyo gwe. Ku baana be be yazaala, abangi baafa nga bato; ennaku zaafuuka munne wa lubereberye era amanyiddwa. Naye yatuuka okusoma n'okufiirwa kuno n'amaaso g'okukkiriza. «Okufa kw'abaana bange», yawandiika, «kwali gye ndi kufa kw'okwagala nze ku bwange. Katonda yanziggya mu mutima gwange ebifaananyi bye nnasinzanga alyoke ye yekka afuge omwo». Mu myaka egyo eg'obuzibu ebitabo byafuuka mikwano gye emituufu: yalya ku Fransisiko wa Sales, amagezi ge ag'obukkakkamu ag'okwewaayo okw'omunda gaayogera butereevu ku mbeera ye; ku kyokulabirako kya Madame de Chantal, omukazi ow'okutya Katonda eyabeeranga obulamu obw'okwewaayo wakati mu nsi; ne ku Okukoppa Kristo kwa Tomasi wa Kempis, ekyanyweza obumalirivu bwe okusuula obutaliimu n'okunoonya okwagala kwa Katonda kwokka. Mu nnyumba eno enfunda era ey'ennaku Katonda mwe yatandika omulimu gwe ogw'obuziba mu ye, ng'amuyigiriza mu kuggwaamu essuubi okunoonya essanyu ensi eteyasobola kuwa.

Ekigambo Ekyaggulawo Omutima Gwe

Okumala emyaka Jeanne yakolerera mu kusaba ng'akolerera mu mulimu, ng'akaka okufuna okwewaayo naye ng'asanga bukalu bwokka. Yeenenyanga bulijjo, oluusi buli lunaku, era yagendanga nga akyeeraliikirira. «Nnali sisobola kufuna kuwummula», yajjukira, «kubanga nnanoonya Katonda ebweru, so ng'ali munda». Akaseera akakyusa byonna kaatuuka mu 1668, omusajja Omufalansiskaani, ye kennyini nga akomyewo lwa katono okuva mu kwesiba okuwanvu, bwe yamuwa sentensi emu ey'amagezi gye yali agenda okutwala obulamu bwe bwonna obusigadde. Emirimu gye gyalemwa, yamugamba, kubanga yanoonya ebweru we ekyo kye yali alina dda munda; aleke yeeyongere okumanyiira okunoonya Katonda mu mutima gwe, era eyo anaamusanga. Okuva mu kaseera ako, yawandiika, omutima gwe gwakyusibwa kyenkanyi. Okusaba kwe yali agobye awatali kibala ebbanga lyonna kwaweebwa mu kaseera katono — si ng'ekyafunibwa mu kufuba, wabula ng'okuzuula ekyo ekyali eyo bulijjo, nga kirindiridde okumanyibwa.

Okufa kwa bba mu 1676 kwaleka Jeanne nnamwandu ng'aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu munaana, omugagga era ow'eddembe. Yandisobodde okulonda obulamu obwangu. Mu kifo ky'ekyo yakyuka n'obumalirivu okudda eri Katonda, era okudda mu bulamu obwali bugenda okumusaasaanyiza kumpi byonna. Wansi w'obulagirizi bwa François La Combe, omusaseeri Omubanabayiti, yaleka ensi ye eyali etereevu n'atambula mu Savoy ne mu Switzerland — mu Geneva, Annecy, Grenoble, Turin — ng'ayigiriza engeri ye ey'okusaba okw'omunda mu bifo by'okwesibirako n'eri abantu abaabulijjo. Yayiwa obugagga bwe mu kisa n'amaanyi ge mu buweereza, ng'akakasa nti omwoyo ogusinga obwangu, ogutasoma era omwavu, gwasobola okusaba mu bwesimbu nga bwe gukola omuyivu yenna.

Ekkubo lyokka erigenda mu Ggulu kwe kusaba; okusaba okw'omutima, buli muntu asobola, so si okw'okuwakana okuli ekibala ky'okusoma. Abaavu bajje, abatasoma n'ab'omubiri bajje; abaana abatalina magezi wadde okumanya bajje, era banaafuuka bagezi.

— Jeanne Guyon

Obuweereza wansi w'Okubuusabuusa

Dda mu 1681, olw'okukubirizibwa omusaseeri, yali atandise okuwandiika ebyafaayo by'obulamu bwe — ekiwandiiko eky'obwesimbu ekyafulumizibwa oluvannyuma nga Obulamu bwa Madame Guyon. Mu 1685 yafulumya Engeri Empi era Eyangu ey'Okusaba, akatabo akatono akaali kagenda okusinga obulamu buli luyombo lwonna olwamwetooloola. Mu kyo yakubiriza nti abakkiriza bonna, awatali kwesuula, bayitibwa era basobozesebwa okusaba — nti Katonda si ye kintu ky'obwannannyini bw'ekifo ky'okwesibirako wabula omugabo omulungi era omulamu ogw'omulimi n'ogw'omwana. Omwaka ogwo gwe gumu yamaliriza okunnyonnyola ku Luyimba lwa Sulemaani; ku bino yali agenda okugattako Enzizi z'Omwoyo, mu ky'alaga olugendo lw'omwoyo ng'omugga ogukulukuta okudda mu nnyanja — omwangu, ogwa ssaali, era ogutabudde okumpi n'ensulo yaagwo, naye nga gweyongera okukkakkana n'obuziba bwe gusemberera ennyanja mwe gunaabula.

Okusaba okw'amazima si kirala wabula okwagala kwa Katonda; kwe kubulira okwagala kwaffe mu kwe, ng'ettondo bwe libulira mu nnyanja.

— Jeanne Guyon

Ebiwandiiko bye byabuna mangu, era awamu nabyo amaanyi ge n'okutya kw'abakuumi b'enjigiriza entuufu. Mu 1688 yakwatibwa n'asibirwa mu Kifo ky'Okukyalira mu Paris, abamubuuza gye baamubuuza okumala wiiki ku bye yakkiriza ku kisa, ku kusaba, ne ku kwegatta ne Katonda; okuddamu kwe, okwaweebwa mu bukkakkamu n'ekitiibwa, tekwalaga kabonero ka bujeemu wadde ka kutya. Oluvannyuma lw'okuteebwa yeeyawula okumala akabanga ku maaso g'abantu, naye ebitabo bye byayita mu bukkakkamu okuva mu mukono okudda mu mukono, era amaanyi ge geeyongera. Mu mwaka ogwo gwe gumu yasisinkana François Fénelon, omulabirizi omukulu wa Cambrai ow'omu maaso, era omukwano gwabwe ogw'omwoyo gwafuuka gumu ku gisinga obukulu mu byafaayo by'eddiini mu Bufalansa. Okumala ekiseera yakwanirizibwa mu lubiri, ng'aba mukwano gwa Madame de Maintenon, era ng'assibwamu ekitiibwa ng'omukazi ow'okwewaayo okutali kwa bulijjo.

Okutya, kyokka, tekwakkakkana. Olulimi lwe olw'okwerekereza, olw'okwagala okutukuvu era okutalina mululu, olw'okwaniriza Katonda mu bukkakkamu, lwawulikika eri abamunenya nga luli kumpi ennyo n'obulombolombo bwa Molinos obwaligaanibwa. Ye kennyini yagaana bulijjo ebyo eby'obukanuki, ng'anywereza ku nsonga nti okwegatta okw'amazima ne Katonda tekuleeta butafaayo wabula obutukuvu, si bugayaavu wabula okwagala okw'obuziba okulagibwa mu bikolwa. Mu bamulwanyisa okusinga kwavaayo Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Omulabirizi wa Meaux ow'amaanyi, eyalaba mu njigiriza ye entegeka y'obugayaavu bw'omwoyo n'obutafaayo ku mpisa. Ekyali kyewuunyisa kyafuuka okubuusabuusa. Enkuŋŋaana ez'e Issy mu 1694 ne 1695 zaakebera okuyigiriza kwe, era wadde tezaamutuuma linnya, zaggalawo oluggi ku kifo kye eky'olwatu.

Amakomera

Emyaka egyaddirira gyali gy'okusibwa. La Combe yali amaze okusibwa mu 1687, obutaddayo kuteebwa, ng'omutwe gwe gulemererwa wansi w'okusibwa okuwanvu. Guyon ye kennyini, oluvannyuma lw'okubuuzibwa mu Meaux, yakwatibwa mu Desemba 1695 n'akuumibwa mu Vincennes, oluvannyuma mu Vaugirard, era ku nkomerero, mu 1698, mu Bastille. Baaleeta ebbaluwa ez'obulimba okumulumiriza; baamugaana ebyamikwano, n'ayisibwa obubi era mu bukyafu, era oluusi yatyanga okutta n'obutwa. Teyateebwa okutuusa Maaci 1703 — nga emyaka nga ena mu kkomera ekinene eky'eggwanga, era nga munaana gyonna mu kusibwa.

Ekyewuunyisa si nti yabonaabona, wabula engeri gye yabonaabonamu. Yawandiika nti amayinja g'ekkomera lye gaamasamasa mu maaso ge nga ejjinja ery'omuwendo, bwe yali ajjudde okubeerawo kwa Katonda. Yayimbanga mu kasenge ke. Mu nnyimba ezaavvuunulwa oluvannyuma mu Lungereza omuyimbi William Cowper, yeegeraageranya n'ennyonyi eri mu kasenge eyeetuula n'eyimbira Oyo eyagiteeka omwo — nga amativu, singa kyali kyagala kye, okumala obulamu bwe obusigadde emabega w'ebisenge ebyo. Kino kyali makungula ag'okusaba kw'omutima okwo okwakuzibwa ebbanga eddene: omwoyo ogwanywerera mu Katonda ne bisenge bina bitasobola kugufunza.

Kibuyaga w'eby'okutendekebwamu yatuuka waggulu ku Fénelon, okulwanirira kwe okw'okwagala okutukuvu mu Emisingi gy'Abatukuvu kwaligaanibwa Papa Innocent XII mu 1699. Fénelon yakkiriza amangu era n'obwetoowaze — wadde nga teyaggyawo ekitiibwa kye ku bwe eri mukwano gwe. «Madame Guyon», yawandiika omulundi gumu, «atambuliziddwa mu makubo abantu batono abategeera, naye omutima gwe gwonna gwa Katonda». Roma, ekyewuunyisa, teyanenya Guyon mu bwannamaddala; naye mu Bufalansa erinnya lye lyafuuka kumpi ng'erinnya ly'obukyamu obubuusibwabuusibwa, era ekitundu kinene ky'omulimu gwe kyasuulibwa mu Lukalala lw'ebitabo ebigaaniddwa. Yali afuuse, mu maaso g'ekkanisa ye, akabi — omukazi ono ebyokulwanyisa bye byali bulijjo okusaba n'ekkalaamu byokka.

Okufa n'Ekirabo Ekyaleka

Ng'ateebwa ku nkomerero, ku mutemwa nti yeeyawula ku maaso g'abantu era nti tayigiriza nate, Guyon yamala emyaka gye egy'oluvannyuma wansi w'ekiziyiza mu Blois, okumpi ne muwala we. Yakuuma ennukuta y'obusirikiivu bwe, naye ennyumba ye yafuuka ekiddukiro eky'obukkakkamu: abayigirizwa baatambulanga okuva ewala n'okumpi okunoonya amagezi ge, era yabaanirizanga n'ekisa, ng'akyewala okuwakana naye ng'ayakaayakana emirembe abagenyi gye baasanga nga kumpi ng'egw'ekitangaala. Yeeyongera okuwandiika n'okuwandiikira ekibinja ekigazi, bangi ku bo kaakano nga ba Baprotestanti abaasanga mu ye eddiini ey'omunda gyennyini ennono zaabwe zaatwalanga nga ya muwendo. Yatwala ekiziyiza kye nga bwe yatwala akasenge ke — mu bukkakkamu, era awatali bukyayi. Mu emu ku bbaluwa ze ez'oluvannyuma yasobola okugamba nti: «Tewali kintu kisigadde mu nze ekitali kya Katonda. Ndi mulamu kubanga ye mulamu mu nze». Yafa mu Blois nga 9 Juni 1717, ng'aweza emyaka nkaaga mu mwenda, ng'amaze okusaba ekkanisa gy'ateyagala kulumya okumusonyiwa era ng'awaayo omwoyo gwe eri Katonda gwe yali anoonyezza munda mu mutima gwe okumala ekitundu kya kyasa. Ebigambo bye eby'enkomerero byali byangu nga okukkiriza kwe: «Njagala Katonda wange, era Katonda wange anjagala — ekyo kye kimu kyokka». Yaziikibwa mu bukkakkamu mu Blois, awatali mukolo wadde ekijjukizo.

Ndi kanyonyi katono, akaggaliddwa okuva mu bbanga; era mu kasenge kange nteeka n'eyimbira Oyo eyanteeka omwo.

— Jeanne Guyon

Ng'anenyezebwa mu Bufalansa ey'Abakatoliki, yaanirizibwa n'emikono egyanjuluze mu bifo ebirala. Omufulumya Omuwollandi Pierre Poiret yakuŋŋaanya n'afulumya emirimu gye; Omupiyetisiti Omugirimaani Gerhard Tersteegen yatwala ennyimba ze mu mutima gw'Abaprotestanti ab'omu Bulaaya. John Wesley yafunza ebyafaayo bye by'obulamu bwe, ng'atendereza okwewaayo kwe naye ng'alabula ku bikanuki bye. Abakwakeri baamukozesa mu bitabo byabwe eby'okusaba mu kasirise; entambula z'Obutukuvu n'ez'Obulamu Obw'ekitiibwa ez'ekyasa ekya 19, n'abawandiisi ab'oluvannyuma nga A. W. Tozer n'omusomesa Omuchina Watchman Nee, baateeka ebitabo bye ebitono mu ngalo z'emirembe empya egyalina enjala y'obuziba bwa Katonda.

Olugero lwe si lwa kufuulwa lwa nnaku ez'ekitalo. Yalina enkkiriza ekkanisa ye yennyini yasala nga zikyamu, era abasomi abesimbu bapimye enjigiriza ye n'obwegendereza okumala ebbanga. Naye ate mu byasa bisatu ne mu buli bbugwe ogwawula ennono, omutindo gw'obujulizi bwe gunywedde — nti Katonda ali kumpi okusinga bwe tumanyi, nti omwoyo ogusinga obuwombeefu gusobola okumunoonya n'okumusanga mu mutima, era nti obulamu obuweereddwayo kyenkanyi mu kusaba busobola okuyimba mu kkomera n'okuyita amayinja gaalyo amayinja ag'omuwendo. Obujulizi obwo, obwagezesebwa mu muliro gw'okubonaabona okw'amazima, kye kivvuunula lwaki ebitabo bye ebitono byasinga obulamu abasajja abakulu abaamusirisa.