Ekigendererwa Ekikulu eky’Okusaba

‘Nze ŋŋenda eri Kitange. Era buli kye munaasabanga mu linnya Lyange nnaakibakoleranga, Kitange alyoke agulumizibwe mu Mwana.’—Yokaana 14:13.

KITANGE alyoke agulumizibwe mu Mwana: kino kye kigendererwa Yesu ky’alina, ng’atudde ku ntebe ye ey’obwakabaka mu kitiibwa, bw’anaatukoleranga byonna bye tusaba mu linnya lye. Buli kuddibwamu kw’okusaba ky’awa kujja kuba n’ekigendererwa kino: bwe watabaawo ssuubi nti ekigendererwa kino kinaatuukirira, tajja kuddamu. Kyeyoleka bulungi nti kino kiteekwa okuba gye tuli, nga bwe kyali eri Yesu, ekisinga obukulu mu kusaba kwaffe: ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe kye kiteekwa okuba ekigendererwa n’enkomerero, gwe mwoyo ddala n’obulamu bw’okusaba kwaffe.

Bwe kyali ne ku Yesu bwe yali ku nsi. ‘Nze sinoonya kussibwamu kitiibwa: nnoonya ekitiibwa ky’oyo eyantuma;’ mu bigambo ng’ebyo mwe tuwulirira eddoboozi ekkulu ery’obulamu bwe. Mu bigambo ebisooka eby’essaala ye nga Kabona Asinga Obukulu akyogera lwatu: Kitange! Gulumiza Omwana wo, n’omwana alyoke akugulumize. ‘Nkugulumizizza ku nsi; ngulumiza wamu naawe.’ Ensonga gy’asinziirako okusaba okutwalibwa mu kitiibwa kye yalina ne Kitaffe erimu ebitundu bibiri: amugulumizizza ku nsi; era ajja kweyongera okumugulumiza mu ggulu. Ky’asaba kigendererwa kimu kyokka: asobole okweyongera okugulumiza Kitaffe. Bwe tukwatagana ne Yesu mu nsonga eno, ne tumusanyusa nga tufuula ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe ekigendererwa kyaffe ekikulu mu kusaba nakwo, olwo okusaba kwaffe tekuyinza kulemwa kuddibwamu. Tewali kintu Omwana Omwagalwa ky’ayogeddeko mu bulambulukufu okusinga kino nti kijja kugulumiza Kitaffe: okukola bye tusaba; n’olwekyo tajja kuleka kakisa konna kumuyitako okutuukiriza ekigendererwa kino. Ekigendererwa kye tukifuule kyaffe: ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe kibe ekiyunga okusaba kwaffe n’okukola kwe: okusaba okw’engeri eyo tekuyinza butawangula.

Ekigambo kino ekya Yesu kijja ddala ng’ekitala eky’obwogi obubiri, kiyitamu ne kituukira ddala ku mmeeme n’omwoyo, era kyawula ebirowoozo n’okufumiitiriza kw’omutima. Yesu mu kusaba kwe ku nsi, mu kwegayiririra abalala kwe mu ggulu, mu kisuubizo kye eky’okuddamu okusaba kwaffe ng’ali eyo, kino akifuula ekigendererwa kye ekisooka—ekitiibwa kya Kitaawe. Ne gye tuli bwe kityo? Oba, mu kigero ekinene, okwefaako n’okwagala kwaffe ku bwaffe si bye bisinga okutukubiriza okusaba? Oba, bwe tutasobola kulaba nti bwe kiri, tetuteekwa kukkiriza nti okuyaayaanira ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe mu ngeri entegeerekeka, gye tumanyi, si kye kireeta obulamu mu kusaba kwaffe? Naye kiteekwa okuba bwe kityo.

Si nti omukkiriza takyegomba oluusi. Naye alina okukungubaga olw’okuba nga akituuseeko kitono nnyo. Era amanyi n’ensonga lwaki alemwa. Kyali bwe kityo kubanga enjawukana wakati w’omwoyo gw’obulamu obwa buli lunaku n’omwoyo gw’essaawa ey’okusaba yali nnene nnyo. Tutandika okulaba nti okwegomba ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe si kintu kye tuyinza okuzuukusa ne tukireeta eri Mukama waffe nga twetegekera okusaba. Nedda! Bwe kiba nti obulamu bwonna, mu bitundu byabwo byonna, buweereddwayo eri ekitiibwa kya Katonda, olwo lwokka lwe tuyinza ddala okusaba nga tugenderera ekitiibwa kye. ‘Mukole byonna nga mugenderera kugulumiza Katonda,’ era, ‘Musabe byonna nga mugenderera kugulumiza Katonda,’—ebiragiro bino ebibiri tebyawukana: okugondera ekisooka kye kyama ky’ekisa eky’okutuukiriza eky’okubiri. Obulamu obuweereddwayo eri ekitiibwa kya Katonda kye kisaanyizo ky’okusaba Yesu kw’ayinza okuddamu, ‘Kitange alyoke agulumizibwe.’

Okusaba okuwangula kuteekwa okuba okw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda—kino si kirala wabula ekituufu era ekya bulijjo. Tewali alina kitiibwa wabula Mukama: tewali kitiibwa wabula ekikye, n’ekyo ky’ateeka ku bitonde bye. Obutonde bubaawo okwolesa ekitiibwa kye; byonna ebitali ku lw’ekitiibwa kye kibi, kizikiza, kufa: mu kugulumiza Katonda mwokka ebitonde mwe biyinza okusanga ekitiibwa. Omwana w’Omuntu kye yakola, okwewaayo ddala, obulamu bwe bwonna, okugulumiza Kitaffe, si kirala wabula obuvunaanyizibwa obwangu obwa buli muntu eyanunulibwa. Era empeera ya Kristo eriba yiye naye. Kubanga yeewaayo ddala eri ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe, Kitaffe yamutikkira engule ey’ekitiibwa n’ettendo, n’amukwasa obwakabaka mu mikono gye, n’obuyinza okusaba ky’ayagala, era, ng’Omwegayirizi, okuddamu okusaba kwaffe. Era nga bwe tufuuka omu ne Kristo mu kino, n’okusaba kwaffe nga kitundu ku bulamu obwewaddeyo ddala eri ekitiibwa kya Katonda, bw’atyo Omulokozi bw’anaasobola okugulumiza Kitaffe gye tuli ng’atuukiriza ekisuubizo: ‘Buli kye munaasabanga, nnaakikolanga.’

Obulamu ng’obwo, nga ekitiibwa kya Katonda kye kigendererwa kyaffe kyokka, tetuyinza kubutuukako lwa maanyi gaffe. Mu muntu Kristo Yesu mwokka mwe bulabikira: mu ye mwe tubusanga. Weewaawo, Katonda yeebazibwe! Obulamu bwe bwe bulamu bwaffe; yeewaayo yekka ku lwaffe; ye kennyini kaakano bwe bulamu bwaffe. Okuzuula, n’okwatula, n’okwegaana okwefaako—ng’okwetwalira ekifo kya Katonda—okwenoonyeza n’okwesiga ffekka, kikulu nnyo, naye ate tetuyinza kukikola mu maanyi gaffe. Kwe kuyingira n’okubeera, okubeerawo n’okufuga mu mutima, kwa Mukama waffe Yesu eyagulumiza Kitaffe ku nsi, era kaakano agulumiziddwa wamu naye, alyoke amugulumize mu ffe;—Yesu yennyini ng’ayingira, y’ayinza okugobamu okwegulumiza kwonna, n’atuwa mu kifo kyakwo obulamu bwe n’Omwoyo we ebigulumiza Katonda. Yesu, ayaayaanira okugulumiza Kitaffe ng’awulira okusaba kwaffe, y’alituyigiriza okubeera abalamu n’okusaba olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda.

Era kiki ekiyinza okukubiriza, maanyi ki agayinza okusindika emitima gyaffe emigayaavu okwewaayo eri Mukama waffe akole kino mu ffe? Mazima tewali kirala kyetaagisa okuggyako okulaba nga Kitaffe bw’ali ow’ekitiibwa, nga ye yekka bw’asaanira ekitiibwa. Okukkiriza kwaffe kuyige, mu kusinza okw’okumutendereza, okufukamira mu maaso ge, okumuwa ye yekka obwakabaka, n’obuyinza, n’ekitiibwa, okwewaayo okubeera mu kitangaala kye, ye Omutendereze ennaku zonna, Ayagala ennaku zonna. Mazima tujja kukubirizibwa okwogera nti, ‘Ye yekka agulumizibwenga.’ Era tujja kutunuulira Mukama waffe Yesu n’okwegomba okupya okw’amaanyi olw’obulamu obugaana okulaba oba okunoonya ekintu kyonna wabula ekitiibwa kya Katonda. Bwe wabaawo okusaba kutono kwokka okuyinza okuddibwamu, Kitaffe tagulumizibwa. Buvunaanyizibwa, olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda, okubeera abalamu n’okusaba mu ngeri okusaba kwaffe mwe kuyinza okuddibwamu. Ku lw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda, tuyige okusaba obulungi.

Nga kirowoozo ekitukkakkanya, nti emirundi mingi wabaawo okusaba okw’amaanyi olw’omwana oba mukwano, olw’omulimu oba ekibiina, nga ate ekirowoozo ky’essanyu lyaffe oba okusiima kwaffe kyali kisinga nnyo okuyaayaanira kwonna ekitiibwa kya Katonda. Tekyewuunyisa nti waliwo okusaba kungi okutaddibwamu: wano we tusanga ekyama. Katonda teyandigulumiziddwa ng’ekitiibwa ekyo si kye kyali ekigendererwa kyaffe. Oyo ayagala okusaba okusaba okw’okukkiriza ateekwa okwewaayo okubeera omulamu ddala mu ngeri nti Kitaffe mu byonna agulumizibwe mu ye. Kino kye kiteekwa okuba ekigendererwa kye: awatali kino tewayinza kubaawo kusaba kwa kukkiriza. ‘Muyinza mutya okukkiriza,’ Yesu bwe yagamba, ‘nga munoonya kusiimibwa bantu bannammwe, so nga temunoonya kusiimibwa Katonda oyo Omu yekka?’ Okwenoonyeza ekitiibwa kyonna mu bantu kufuula okukkiriza okutasoboka: kwe kwefiiriza okw’omunda ennyo okuleka ekitiibwa kyakwo, ne kunoonya ekitiibwa kya Katonda yekka, okuzuukusa mu mmeeme okutegeera okw’omwoyo okw’ebya Katonda, kwe kukkiriza. Okwewaayo eri Katonda okunoonya ekitiibwa kye, n’okusuubira nti ajja kwolesa ekitiibwa kye ng’atuwulira, birina ekikolo kimu: oyo anoonya ekitiibwa kya Katonda ajja kukiraba mu kuddibwamu kw’okusaba kwe, era ye yekka.

Era tubuuze nate, tunaakituukako tutya? Ka tutandike n’okwatula. Nga kitono nnyo ekitiibwa kya Katonda bwe kibadde okwegomba kwaffe okusinga byonna ebirala; nga kitono nnyo obulamu bwaffe n’okusaba kwaffe bwe bibadde bikijjudde. Nga kitono nnyo bwe tubadde tubeera mu kifaananyi ky’Omwana, era nga tukwatagana naye—ku lwa Katonda n’ekitiibwa kye kyokka. Tutwale ekiseera, okutuusa Omwoyo Omutukuvu lw’alikitubikkulira, ne tulaba nga bwe tubadde tubulwa mu kino. Okutegeera okw’amazima n’okwatula ekibi lye kkubo ekkakafu erituusa ku kununulibwa.

Era oluvannyuma tutunuulire Yesu. Mu ye tuyinza okulaba okufa kwe tuyinza okugulumiza Katonda. Mu kufa yamugulumiza; mu kufa yagulumizibwa wamu naye. Kwe kufa, nga tufudde eri okwefaako ne tuba balamu eri Katonda, lwe tuyinza okumugulumiza. Era kino—okufa kuno eri okwefaako, obulamu buno eri ekitiibwa kya Katonda—Yesu ky’awa era ky’abeera nakyo nga kiramu mu buli muntu ayinza okumwesiga olw’ekyo. Ebitali wansi wa bino—okwegomba, okusalawo okubeera abalamu ku lw’ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe kyokka, nga Kristo bwe yakola; okumukkiriza n’obulamu bwe n’amaanyi ge nga bikikola mu ffe; okukakasa okw’essanyu nti tuyinza okubeera abalamu olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda, kubanga Kristo abeera mu ffe;—bino bibe omwoyo gw’obulamu bwaffe obwa buli lunaku. Yesu ye mweyimirizi w’okubeera kwaffe bwe tutyo; Omwoyo Omutukuvu yaweebwa, era alindirira okukifuula kye tulaba mu bulamu bwaffe, singa tunaamwesiga kyokka ne tumuleka akole; Ayi, tuleme okudda emabega olw’obutakkiriza, naye n’obuvumu tufuule ekigambo kyaffe eky’okulwanirako—Byonna olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda! Kitaffe akkiriza okwagala, ssaddaaka esiimibwa; Omwoyo Omutukuvu ajja kututeekako envumbo munda mu ffe n’okumanya nti tubeera balamu ku lwa Katonda n’ekitiibwa kye.

Era olwo nga mu kusaba kwaffe mulimu emirembe egy’akasirise n’amaanyi, bwe tumanya nga tuli, olw’ekisa kye, mu kukwatagana okutuukiridde n’oyo atugamba, bw’asuubiza okukola bye tusaba: ‘Kitange alyoke agulumizibwe mu Mwana.’ Obulamu bwaffe bwonna nga bwewaddeyo mu kumanya eri okuluŋŋamya kw’Ekigambo n’Omwoyo, okwegomba kwaffe tekujja kuba kwaffe nate wabula kukwe; enkomerero yaakwo enkulu nga kye kitiibwa kya Katonda. Nga tweyongera okuba n’eddembe, tujja kusobola okwogera mu kusaba: Kitaffe! Omanyi nti tukisaba olw’ekitiibwa kyo kyokka. Era ekisaanyizo ky’okuddibwamu kw’okusaba, mu kifo ky’okuba ng’olusozi lwe tutayinza kulinnya, kijja kutuwa bwesige busingawo nti tujja kuwulirwa, kubanga tulabye nti okusaba tekulina bulungi oba mukisa businga kino, nti kugulumiza Kitaffe. Era enkizo ey’omuwendo ey’okusaba ejja kweyongera emirundi ebiri okuba ey’omuwendo kubanga etuyingiza mu kukwatagana okutuukiridde n’Omwana Omwagalwa mu bwegassi obw’ekitalo bw’atuteerawo: ‘Mmwe musaba, ne Nze nkola, Kitange alyoke agulumizibwe mu Mwana.’

‘MUKAMA, TUYIGIRIZE OKUSABA.’

Mukama Yesu Omutendereze! Nzize nate gy’oli. Buli ssomo ly’ompa lyeyongera okunkakasa nga bwe mmanyi kitono okusaba nga bwe kisaanidde. Naye buli ssomo era lindeetera essuubi nti ogenda kunjigiriza, nti onjigiriza, si kumanya kyokka okusaba bwe kuteekwa okuba, wabula okusaba ddala nga bwe kinsaanidde. Ayi Mukama wange! Nkutunuulira n’obuvumu, ggwe Omwegayirizi Omukulu, eyasaba era awulira okusaba, Kitaffe alyoke agulumizibwe kyokka, onjigirize nange okubeera omulamu n’okusaba olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda.

Mulokozi! Olw’ekigendererwa kino nneewaayo gy’oli nate. Saagala kuba kintu. Okwefaako, nga kwakomererwa dda wamu naawe, nkuwaddeyo eri okufa. Ku bw’Omwoyo ebikolwa byakwo bittibwa ne bifuuka bifu; obulamu bwo n’okwagala kwo eri Kitaffe bigenda binfuga. Okwegomba okupya kutandika okujjuza emmeeme yange, nti buli lunaku, buli ssaawa, nti mu buli kusaba ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe kibeere byonna gye ndi. Ayi Mukama wange! Ndi mu ssomero lyo okuyiga kino: kinjigirize ggwe.

Era ggwe, Katonda ow’ekitiibwa, Kitaffe ow’ekitiibwa, Katonda wange era Kitaffe, kkiriza okwegomba kw’omwana alabye nti ekitiibwa kyo kye kyokka ddala ekisaanira okubeerera omulamu. Ayi Mukama! Ndaga ekitiibwa kyo. Kinsiikirize. Kijjuze yeekaalu y’omutima gwange. Ka mbeere mu kyo nga bwe kyabikkulirwa mu Kristo. Era ggwe kennyini tuukiriza mu nze ekyo ky’osiima, omwana wo asange ekitiibwa kye mu kunoonya ekitiibwa kya Kitaawe. Amiina.

Laba mu bigambo ebikwata ku George Muller ku nkomerero y’ekitabo kino, engeri gye yakulemberwamu okufuula ekitiibwa kya Katonda ekigendererwa kye ekisooka.