C.T. Studd — Omuzannyi wa Kiriketi ow’Erinnya Eyagaba Obugagga Bwe Bwonna

Ye Yali Ani

Charles Thomas Studd yazaalibwa nga 2 Ddesemba, 1860, e Spratton, mu Northamptonshire, Bungereza. Kitaawe yali musajja mugagga eyali alimye indigo n’awummula, eyakyuka mu ngeri ey’amaanyi mu lukuŋŋaana lwa D.L. Moody, era okukyuka kwe ne kukyusa amaka ga Studd gonna. C.T. yafuuka omu ku bazannyi ba kiriketi abaali basinga okutenderezebwa mu Bungereza — yali mu ttiimu ya Cambridge XI, era oluvannyuma mu ttiimu ya Bungereza ey’emipiira gya Test — naye ku myaka abiri mu gumu, obulwadde bwa muganda we George obwali bubulako katono okumutta ne bumukankanya, n’atandika okutwala okukkiriza kwe nga kikulu ddala. Yali omu ku “Cambridge Seven,” ekibinja ky’abazannyi musanvu okuva e Cambridge abaalekulira mu lwatu emizannyo gyabwe mu 1885 ne basaabala okugenda e China wansi wa China Inland Mission eya Hudson Taylor, ne bakubiriza omulembe gwonna ogw’abavubuka okulowooza ku kuweereza ng’abaminsani. Yagaba obusika bwe bwonna — paawundi nga emitwalo ebiri mu kenda — eri emirimu egy’enjawulo egy’Ekikristaayo, n’atasigaza kantu na kamu ku lulwe. Oluvannyuma yaweereza mu Buyindi, n’addayo e Bungereza, era ku myaka ataano n’atandikawo Heart of Africa Mission (kati eyitibwa WEC International), n’agenda yennyini mu masekkati g’Afirika, gye yaweereza okutuusa lwe yafiira mu Kongo ya Bubirigi mu 1931 ng’alina emyaka nsanvu.

Okwolesebwa Kwe ku Buweereza bw’Obuminsani n’Okwefiiriza

Enjigiriza ya C.T. Studd ku buminsani obw’okwefiiriza yandisobodde okufunzibwa mu sentensi ye esinga okumanyika gye yali awandiise, gye yawandiika ku mabega g’ebbaasa mu kiseera kye eky’obuminsani: “Abamu baagala okubeera awali eddoboozi ly’ekide ky’ekkanisa oba ery’ekiggwa; nze njagala okuddukanya edduuka ery’okutaasa abantu, yaadi emu okuva ku ggeyeena.” Kino tekyali kwewaana, wabula nzikiriza gye yali alowoozezzaako n’obwegendereza: obanga enjiri ya mazima — obanga ggeyeena weeri ddala era Kristo yafa okuziyiza abantu okugendayo — kale okutegeka obulamu bw’Ekikristaayo obw’eddembe nga bwetooloolera ku kukula kw’omuntu mu by’omwoyo n’okulabirira ekibiina ky’ekkanisa kyokka, kyali kusobya kunene nnyo okw’akabi ak’entiisa. Obwetaavu obw’amangu obw’omulimu gw’obuminsani bwafuula buli kintu ekirala ekitali kikulu nnyo okulabika ng’ekitono.

Okugaba obusika bwe bwonna kye kyali ekirango kya Studd ekisinga obuzito ku by’obuminsani, era yakikola mu bugenderevu, mu lwatu, era n’essanyu. Yali awulidde emirundi mingi olugero lw’omufuzi omuvubuka omugagga; ye teyalina kigendererwa kwawukana na Yesu ng’anakuwadde. Yesu yali agambye nti: “Obanga oyagala okuba omutuukirivu genda otunde ebibyo, ensimbi ozigabire abaavu, kale oliba n’obugagga mu ggulu, olyoke ojje ongoberere.” (Matayo 19:21). Studd yatwala ebigambo bino ng’ebyogeddwa gy’ali ye kennyini. Yatunda, n’agaba, n’agoberera. Yagabanya obusika bwe mu nkuŋŋaana za Moody, Salvation Army, amaka g’abaana bamulekwa aga George Müller, n’emirimu emirala egiwerako, n’asaabala okugenda e China nga talina kintu kyonna kimukuuma mu by’ensimbi. Oluvannyuma yategeeza nti essanyu ly’okugaba okwo lyali lisinga omuwendo ensimbi ze yali akuumye mu myaka egyasooka nga tannazigaba.

Enjigiriza ye ku mpeke y’eŋŋaano kye kyali ekifaananyi ekyafuga obuweereza bwe bwonna obw’obuminsani. Yali awulidde Yokaana 12:24 emirundi mingi nnyo ne kiba nti olunyiriri olwo terwali lwa kumanyiddwa bumanyibwa, wabula lwafuuka okuyitibwa kwe ye kennyini: “Ddala ddala mbagamba nti empeke y’eŋŋaano bw’egwa mu ttaka efa, bwe tefa ebeera yokka, naye bw’efa ebala ebibala bingi” (Yokaana 12:24). Studd yatwala obulamu bwe — eddembe lye, obugagga bwe, amaanyi g’omubiri gwe, n’erinnya lye — nga y’empeke y’eŋŋaano. Yali mwetegefu okugwa mu ttaka, okwefiirwa yekka, mu ngeri yonna obuminsani gye bwali bwetaaga, ng’akkiriza nti okufa kw’okwenoonyeza ebibye kwe kwokka okuyinza okuba ettaka eryesigika ery’ebibala ebya nnamaddala eby’obwakabaka. Okwagala kwe okugenda mu Afirika ng’alina emyaka ataano, ng’omubiri gwe munafu, nga tewali kitongole kimuwagira, kwe kwali okwolesa okusinga obweyoleefu okw’enjigiriza eno kwe yali awadde.

Studd era yalina enjigiriza eyaka ng’omuliro nti abantu abatannatuukibwako njiri be basookerwako mu buminsani. Teyafaayo ku kunyweza makanisa agaali gasangibwawo dda mu bifo enjiri gye yali etuuse. Yali amaliddwa ekizikiza ky’ebifo ebyali bitalina kitangaala n’akatono. Yalina ekiruubirirwa kye kimu ne Pawulo: “Nduubirira okubuulira Enjiri mu bifo etayatulwanga linnya lya Kristo, nneme okuzimba ku musingi gw’omuntu omulala, nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, ‘Abo abatategeezebwanga bimufaako baliraba, n’abo abatawulirangako balitegeera’” (Abaruumi 15:20–21). Munda mu Afirika omutaabuulirwanga njiri yamusikiriza nga empiso ya kampasi bw’esikirizibwa obukiikakkono. Yagoberera okusika okwo okutuusa lwe yafa, era WEC International — kati ekola mu nsi ezisoba mu nkaaga — kye kibala ky’ensigo gye yasiga.

Emyaka gye egy’oluvannyuma gyaleetamu enkaayana. Obulamu bwe obw’okwerumya n’ebyo bye yasuubiranga ennyo okuva mu bakozi banne byaleeta obutakkaanya bungi mu kibiina kye yennyini eky’obuminsani. Teyali muntu mwangu. Naye n’abo abaamunenyanga baakkiriza nti okwefiiriza kwe yasabanga abalala kwali kitundu kitono nnyo ku ekyo kye yeesabanga ye yennyini. Ensonga y’eddembe lye yali yagimalawo dda nnyo. Yali awaddeyo buli kimu eri obuminsani — obuvubuka, obugagga, amaanyi g’omubiri, okubeera kumpi n’ab’omu maka ge, n’okwewummuza kw’omubiri — era teyejjusa. Yanywerera ku kubalirira kwa Pawulo: “Okubonaabona kwe tubonaabona kaakano kutono nnyo bwe kugeraageranyizibwa n’ekitiibwa ekiritubikulirwa.” (Abaruumi 8:18).

Yali abaze ebibye ye kennyini n’atuuka ku kino kye kimu. Kyonna okuba omuminsani kye kyamufiiriza tekyali kya kugeraageranya na mugaso gwakwo.

Essaala

Mukama eyatuwaayo buli kimu ku lwaffe, tununule okuva mu bufuge bw’okwekwata ebintu n’okweraliikirira okubifiirwa. Bwe twekwata ku bugagga, ku ddembe, ne ku bukuumi ng’ebyo bye bitulokola, ggulawo emikono gyaffe. Tuwe essanyu lya Studd ery’okwewaayo okutalina kkomo — eddembe ly’omuntu eyamalirira nti empeke y’eŋŋaano erina okugwa mu ttaka.

Era bw’otuyita okuddukanya edduuka ery’okutaasa abantu okumpi ne ggeyeena, tuwe obuvumu okuggulawo oluggi. Amiina.