Kristo Omwegayirizi

‘Naye ggwe nkusabidde okukkiriza kwo kuleme kukuggwaamu.’—Lukka 22:32.

‘So si Nze okubasabira eri Kitange.’—Yokaana 16:26.

‘Abeera mulamu ennaku zonna okubawolereza.’—Abaebbulaniya 7:25.

OKUKULA kwonna mu bulamu obw’omwoyo kwekuusa ku kutegeera obulungi ennyo Yesu ky’ali gye tuli. Gye nkoma okutegeera nti Kristo ateekwa okuba byonna gye ndi era mu nze, era nti byonna ebiri mu Kristo ddala byange, gye nkoma okuyiga okubeera mu bulamu obw’okukkiriza obwa nnamaddala, obufa ku nze kennyini ne bubeera mu Kristo yekka. Obulamu bw’Omukristaayo tebukyali kulwana okw’obwereere okugezaako okutambula obulungi, wabula kwe kuwummulira mu Kristo n’okufuna amaanyi mu Ye ng’obulamu bwaffe, tulwane olutalo era tuwangule obuwanguzi bw’okukkiriza. Kino kituufu nnyo naddala ku bulamu obw’okusaba. Bwe bulabibwa nti nabwo bufugibwa etteeka ly’okukkiriza lyokka, ne bulabirwa mu musana gw’obujjuvu n’obutuukirivu obuli mu Yesu, omukkiriza ategeera nti tebukyetaagisa kwezibuwaza na kweraliikirira, wabula kwe kulaba Kristo ky’anaamukolera era ky’anaakola mu ye—okugabana ku bulamu bwa Kristo obwo, obwambuka bulijjo eri Kitaffe nga kye kusaba, mu ggulu nga bwe kyali ku nsi. Era atandika okusaba, si lwa kwesiga kwokka obulungi bwa Yesu, oba okwegayiririra kwe okufuula okusaba kwaffe okutasaana okusiimibwa, wabula olw’obumu obwo obw’okumpi ennyo, mw’ayita okusaba mu ffe naffe ne tusaba mu Ye. Obulokozi bwonna ye Kristo yennyini: atuwadde YE YENNYINI; Ye yennyini abeera mu ffe. Olw’okuba Ye asaba, naffe tusaba. Ng’abayigirizwa bwe baalaba Yesu ng’asaba ne bamusaba abagabane ku ebyo bye yali amanyi ku kusaba, bwe tutyo naffe, kaakano nga tumulaba ng’omwegayirizi ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka, tumanyi nti atugabanya naye mu bulamu obw’okusaba.

Kino kirabikira lwatu nnyo mu kiro ekisembayo eky’obulamu bwe. Mu kusaba kwe nga Kabona Asinga Obukulu (Yokaana 17), atulaga engeri gy’alina okusaba Kitaawe n’ebyo by’alina okumusaba, era by’anaasabanga bw’alimala okulinnya mu ggulu. Kyokka mu bigambo bye eby’okusiibula yali ayunze emirundi mingi okugenda kwe eri Kitaawe n’obulamu obuggya obw’okusaba obwa bo. Ebintu ebyo ebibiri byandibadde byegattira ddala: okutandika kwe omulimu gw’okwegayiririra okutaggwaawo kwandibadde ntandikwa n’amaanyi g’obulamu bwabwe obuggya obw’okusaba mu Linnya lye. Okulaba Yesu nga yeegayiririra kye kituwa amaanyi okusaba mu Linnya lye: obuyinza bwonna n’amaanyi gonna ag’okusaba bya Kristo; Ye atugabanya ku kwegayiririra kwe.

Okutegeera kino, sooka olowooze ku kwegayiririra kwe: abeera mulamu ennaku zonna okubawolereza. Omulimu Kristo gwe yakola ku nsi nga Kabona gwali ntandikwa bwokka. Yayiwa omusaayi gwe nga Alooni; kaakano abeera mulamu munda w’eggigi nga Merukizeddeeki okweyongerayo n’omulimu gwe, ng’amaanyi bwe gali ag’obulamu obutaggwaawo. Nga Merukizeddeeki bw’asinga Alooni ekitiibwa, bwe kityo mu mulimu gw’okwegayiririra okutangirira mwe kulabikira amaanyi gaakwo ag’amazima n’ekitiibwa kyakwo. ‘Kristo Yesu yafa: okusinga byonna, ali ku mukono ogwa ddyo ogwa Katonda, ng’atwegayiririra.’ Okwegayiririra okwo kintu kya nnamaddala ddala, omulimu ogwetaagisa ennyo, era awatali gwo okununulibwa tekuyinza kweyongera kukola mu bantu. Mu kufuuka omuntu ne mu kuzuukira kwa Yesu mwe mwabeererawo okutabaganya okw’ekitalo, omuntu mwe yafuukira omugabi ku bulamu n’essanyu bya Katonda. Naye buli omu ku bitundu bye wano wansi okwetwalira ddala okutabaganya kuno tekuyinza kubaawo awatali Mutwe ali mu ggulu kukozesa butakoma maanyi ge aga Katonda. Mu buli kukyuka n’okutukuzibwa, mu buli buwanguzi ku kibi ne ku nsi, mubaamu okukola okwa nnamaddala okw’amaanyi g’oyo ow’amaanyi okulokola. Era okukozesa amaanyi ge kuno kubaawo kuyita mu kusaba kwe kwokka: asaba Kitaawe, era aweebwa Kitaawe. ‘Ayinza okulokolera ddala, kubanga abeera mulamu ennaku zonna okubawolereza.’ Tewali kye bantu be beetaaga ky’atafuna nga yeegayiririra okuva mu ebyo Katonda by’alina okugaba: okubeera kwe omutabaganya ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka kwa nnamaddala era kwetaagisa ddala nga bwe kwali ku musaalaba. Tewali kibaawo awatali kwegayiririra kwe: kumutwalira obudde bwe bwonna n’amaanyi ge gonna, gwe mulimu gwe ogutakoma ku mukono ogwa ddyo ogwa Kitaffe.

Era tetugabana ku birungi byokka eby’omulimu gwe guno, wabula ne ku mulimu gwennyini. Kino kiri bwe kityo kubanga tuli mubiri gwe. Omubiri n’ebitundu byagwo bumu: ‘Omutwe teguyinza kugamba bigere nti, Mmwe sibeetaaga.’ Tugabana ne Yesu mu byonna by’ali ne by’alina: ‘Mbawadde ekitiibwa kye wampa.’ Tuli bagabi ku bulamu bwe, ku butuukirivu bwe, ku mulimu gwe: tugabana naye ne mu kwegayiririra kwe; si mulimu gw’akola awatali ffe.

Kino tukikola kubanga tugabana ku bulamu bwe: ‘Kristo bwe bulamu bwaffe;’ ‘Si nze, wabula Kristo abeera mu nze.’ Obulamu obuli mu Ye n’obuli mu ffe bwe bumu, bwe bumu ddala. Obulamu bwe mu ffe bulamu obusaba bulijjo. Bwe bukka ne butwefuga, tebufiirwa mpisa yaabwo; ne mu ffe bwe bulamu obusaba bulijjo—obulamu obusaba obutayosa era obufuna okuva eri Katonda. Era kino tekitegeeza nti waliwo emigga ebiri egy’okusaba egyawukana egyambuka waggulu, ogumu nga guva gy’ali, n’omulala nga guva mu bantu be. Nedda, wabula obumu bw’obulamu obwa nnamaddala era bumu bwa kusaba: by’asaba biyita mu ffe, bye tusaba biyita mu Ye. Ye malayika eyalina ekyoterezo ekya zaabu: ‘YE yaweebwa obubaane bungi nnyo,’ ekyama ky’okusaba okusiimibwa, ‘abuweeyo, wamu n’okusaba kw’abatukuvu bonna, ku kyoto ekya zaabu.’ Tuli balamu, tubeera mu Ye, Oyo Eyeegayiririra.

Omwana eyazaalibwa omu yekka y’alina obuyinza okusaba: Ye yekka gwe baagamba nti, ‘Nsaba, nange ndikuwa.’ Nga mu bintu ebirala byonna obujjuvu bwe bubeera mu Ye, bwe kityo n’obujjuvu obw’amazima obw’okusaba; Ye yekka y’alina amaanyi g’okusaba. Era nga okukula kw’obulamu obw’omwoyo bwe kuli mu kutegeera obulungi ennyo nti eby’obugagga byonna biri mu Ye, era nti naffe tuli mu Ye, tufune buli kaseera bye tulina mu Ye, ekisa ekisukiridde ekisa, bwe kityo n’obulamu obw’okusaba. Okukkiriza kwaffe mu kwegayiririra kwa Yesu tekulina kuba kwokka nti atusabira mu kifo kyaffe, bwe tutasaba oba bwe tutasobola kusaba, wabula nti, ng’Oyo eyatandika obulamu bwaffe n’okukkiriza kwaffe, atusika okusaba nga tuli bumu naye. Okusaba kwaffe kuteekwa okuba omulimu gw’okukkiriza ne mu ngeri eno: nga bwe tumanyi nti Yesu atuyingizaamu obulamu bwe bwonna, era okuva mu bujjuvu bw’okusaba obuli mu Ye yekka, atufuuyiramu okusaba kwaffe.

Eri omukkiriza omungi, gwali mutendera omuggya mu bulamu bwe obw’omwoyo bwe kyamubikkulirwa nti Kristo ddala era mu bujjuvu bwe bulamu bwe, era nti ye mweyimirizi we nti ajja kusigala nga mwesigwa era nga muwulize. Olwo lwe yasooka okutandika ddala okubeera mu bulamu obw’okukkiriza. Era tekiriba kya mukisa kitono okuzuula nti Kristo ye mweyimirizi w’obulamu bwaffe obw’okusaba nabwo, ye nsibuko era ekifaananyi ky’okusaba kwonna, ky’agabira abantu be ng’ayita mu Mwoyo Omutukuvu. ‘Abeera mulamu ennaku zonna okubawolereza’ ng’Omutwe gw’omubiri, ng’Omukulembeze mu ekkubo eriggya era eddamu lye yatuggulirawo, ng’oyo eyatandika okukkiriza kwaffe era y’akutuukiriza. Alabirira obulamu bw’abo be yanunula mu byonna ng’abawa obulamu bwe bwennyini mu bo: alabirira obulamu bwabwe obw’okusaba, ng’abatwala mu bulamu bwe obw’okusaba obw’omu ggulu, ng’abawa era ng’anywereza obulamu bwe obw’okusaba munda mu bo. ‘Nkusabidde,’ si lwa kufuula kukkiriza kwo obutaba kwetaagisa, wabula ‘okukkiriza kwo kuleme kukuggwaamu:’ okukkiriza kwaffe n’okusaba kwaffe okw’okukkiriza bisimbye emirandira mu kukkiriza kwe. Kiri nti, ‘bwe munywerera mu Nze,’ Omwegayirizi abeera omulamu ennaku zonna, ne musaba nange era mu Nze: ‘buli kye munaasabanga kinaabakolerwanga.’

Ekirowoozo ky’okussa ekimu kwaffe mu kwegayiririra kwa Yesu kitujjukiza ekyo kye yatuyigiriza emirundi egisoba mu gumu edda, nti ebisuubizo bino byonna eby’ekitalo ebikwata ku kusaba ekigendererwa kyabyo era ensonga ebiwa obutuufu kye kitiibwa kya Katonda mu kulabisibwa kw’obwakabaka bwe n’okulokolebwa kw’aboonoonyi. Kasita tusabira bwe ffekka oba okusinga ffe bennyini, ebisuubizo eby’ekiro ekisembayo bijja kusigala gye tuli ng’ekitabo ekisibe. Biweereddwa amatabi agabala ebibala ag’Omuzabbibu; biweereddwa abayigirizwa abatumibwa mu nsi nga Kitaffe bwe yamutuma, okubeerawo ku lw’abantu ababula; biweereddwa abaweereza be abeesigwa ne mikwano gye egy’okumpi abakwata omulimu gw’aleka, abafuuse nga Mukama waabwe empeke y’eŋŋaano, efiirwa obulamu bwayo okubwaza emirundi mingi;—abo nga bwe batyo be baweebwa ebisuubizo. Buli omu ku ffe azuule omulimu kye guli, n’emmeeme ki ezikwasiddwa okusaba kwaffe okw’enjawulo; tufuule okubegayiririra obulamu bwaffe obw’okussa ekimu ne Katonda, era tetujja kukoma ku kulaba bisuubizo by’amaanyi mu kusaba nga bituukirira gye tuli, wabula olwo lwe tulisooka okutegeera engeri okubeera kwaffe mu Kristo n’okubeera kwe mu ffe gye kutugabanya ku ssanyu lye yennyini ery’okuwa abantu omukisa n’okubalokola.

Ayi okwegayiririra okw’ekitalo ennyo okwa Mukama waffe Yesu Omutendereze, kwe tuyita okufuna byonna, era mwe tutwalibwa ng’abakolagana naye abanyiikivu era abakozi awamu naye! Kaakano tutegeera kye kitegeeza okusaba mu Linnya lya Yesu, era lwaki kulina amaanyi bwe gatyo. Mu Linnya lye, mu Mwoyo gwe, mu Ye yennyini, mu bumu obutuukiridde naye. Ayi okwegayiririra okw’ekitalo, okukola bulijjo, era okuvaamu ebibala ennyo okw’omuntu Kristo Yesu! Ddi lwe tulitwalibwa ddala mu kwo ne tusaba bulijjo mu kwo?

‘MUKAMA, TUYIGIRIZE OKUSABA.’

Mukama Omutendereze! Njagala okukuvuunamira nate mu kusinza okw’obwetoowaze. Omulimu gwo gwonna ogw’okununula kaakano gufuuse okusaba; byonna by’okola kaakano mu kukuuma n’okugaba ebyo bye wagula n’omusaayi gwo kusaba kwokka. Obeera mulamu ennaku zonna okusaba. Era olw’okuba tuli era tubeera mu Ggwe, ekkubo eriraga butereevu eri Kitaffe liggule bulijjo, obulamu bwaffe busobola okuba obw’okusaba okutayosa, era okuddibwamu kw’okusaba kwaffe kukakafu.

Mukama Omutendereze! Oyise abantu bo okubeera abakozi awamu naawe mu bulamu obw’okusaba. Weegasse n’abantu bo era obagabanya naawe, ng’omubiri gwo, mu buweereza obwo obw’okwegayiririra abalala, obwo bwokka ensi mwe yinza okujjuzibwa ebibala by’okununula kwo n’ekitiibwa kya Kitaffe. N’eddembe eringi okusinga bwe kyali kibadde, nzija gy’oli, Mukama wange, ne nkwegayirira: Nnyigiriza okusaba. Obulamu bwo kusaba, obulamu bwo bwange. Mukama! nnyigiriza okusaba, mu Ggwe, nga Ggwe.

Era, Ayi Mukama wange! Mpa naddala okumanya, nga bwe wasuubiza abayigirizwa bo, nti ggwe oli mu Kitaffe, nange ndi mu Ggwe, naawe oli mu nze. Amaanyi g’Omwoyo Omutukuvu agagatta gafuule obulamu bwange bwonna okubeera mu Ggwe ne mu kwegayiririra kwo, okusaba kwange kulyoke kubeere ddoboozi lyakwo eriddamu, era Kitaffe ampulire mu Ggwe naawe mu nze. Mukama Yesu! endowooza yo ebeere mu nze mu buli kintu, n’obulamu bwange bubeere mu Ggwe mu buli kintu. Bwe ntyo ndiba nga neeteeseteese okubeera omukutu okwegayiririra kwo mwe kunaayitira okufukira ensi omukisa gwakwo. Amiina.

EKYONGEREZO.

‘Ekiseera ekiggya eky’okusaba mu Linnya lya Yesu Kristo akiraga ng’ekiseera eky’okufukibwa kw’Omwoyo, abayigirizwa mwe batandikira okutegeera mu kitangaala ekisingawo enteekateeka y’okununulibwa, ne bamanya obulungi obumu bwabwe ne Yesu nga bwe bamanyi obumu bwe ne Kitaawe. Kaakano okusaba kwabwe mu Linnya lya Yesu kugenda butereevu eri Kitaffe yennyini. “So si Nze okubasabira eri Kitange, kubanga Kitange yennyini abaagala,” Yesu bw’agamba; so nga yali ayogedde edda ku kiseera Omwoyo nga tannajja: “Ndisaba Kitange n’abawa Omubeezi.” Okusaba kuno bwe kutyo kulina ng’ekirowoozo kyakwo ekikulu okutegeera nti twegattiddwa ne Katonda mu Kristo, Ye nga lwe lukoba olulamu olw’obumu wakati wa Katonda naffe ku njuyi zombi (Yokaana 17:23: “Nze nga ndi mu bo, era naawe ng’oli mu Nze”), ne kiba nti mu Yesu tulaba Kitaffe ng’ali bumu naffe, era naffe nga tuli bumu ne Kitaffe. Yesu Kristo ateekwa okuba ng’atubikkuliddwa, si mu mazima ag’omu birowoozo byokka, wabula ne mu kumanya kwaffe okw’omunda ennyo ng’okutabaganya okulamu okwa nnamaddala, nga Ye oyo obukitaawe bwa Katonda n’okwagala kwe okw’obukitaawe mwe byegattira ddala n’obuntu, n’obuntu ne Katonda. Si nti mu kusaba eri Kitaffe butereevu, omulimu gwa Kristo ogw’obutabaganya guggibwawo; wabula tegukyatunuulirwa ng’ekintu eky’ebweru ekiri wabweru waffe, wabula ng’ekintu eky’omwoyo ekiramu ekya nnamaddala ekiri munda mu ffe, ne kiba nti Kristo ku lwaffe, Omutabaganya, ddala afuuse Kristo mu ffe.

‘Okumanya kuno okw’obumu wakati wa Katonda mu Kristo naffe mu Kristo bwe kuba nga tekunnabaawo, oba nga kuzikiziddwa okuwulira omusango, olwo okusaba okw’okukkiriza kutunuulira Mukama waffe ng’Omuwolereza, asaba Kitaffe ku lwaffe. (Geraageranya Yokaana 16:26 ne Yokaana 14:16-17; 9:20; Lukka 21:32; 1 Yokaana 2:1.) Okutwala Kristo bwe kityo mu kusaba ng’Omuwolereza, okusinziira ku Yokaana 16:26, si kye kimu ddala n’okusaba mu Linnya lye. Okuwolereza kwa Kristo kugendereddwamu okututuusa ku bumu obwo obw’obulamu obw’omunda obwetongodde naye, era ne Kitaffe mu Ye, mwe kiva nti Kristo ye Oyo Katonda mw’ayingirira mu nkolagana ey’obutereevu naffe ne yeegatta naffe, era mwe tuyingirira, mu buli mbeera, mu nkolagana ey’obutereevu ne Katonda. Bwe kityo n’okusaba mu Linnya lya Yesu tekuli mu kusaba kwaffe olw’okulagira kwe: abayigirizwa baali basaba bwe batyo okuva Mukama lwe yabawa “Kitaffe” we, kyokka agamba nti, “Mubadde temunnasaba mu linnya lyange.” Olwo lwokka, obutabaganya bwa Kristo bwe bufuuka, okuyita mu Mwoyo Omutukuvu okubeera mu ffe, obulamu n’amaanyi munda mu ffe, era bwe kityo endowooza ye, nga bwe yalabikira mu kigambo kye ne mu mulimu gwe, bw’emala okwefuga n’okujjuza okumanya kwaffe okw’omunda n’okwagala kwaffe, ne kiba nti mu kukkiriza ne mu kwagala tulina Yesu mu ffe ng’Omutabaganya eyatufuula ddala omu ne Katonda: olwo lwokka Erinnya lye, eritwaliramu obutonde bwe n’omulimu gwe, lifuuka amazima n’amaanyi mu ffe (si ku lwaffe kyokka), era tulina mu Linnya lya Yesu ekkubo ery’eddembe eriraga butereevu eri Kitaffe, erikakafu okuwulirwa. Okusaba mu Linnya lya Yesu ye ddembe ly’omwana eri kitaawe, nga Yesu bwe yalina kino ng’Omubereberye. Tusaba mu kifo kya Yesu, si nga bwe tuyinza okwessa mu kifo kye, wabula nga bwe tuli mu Ye naye mu ffe. Tugenda butereevu eri Kitaffe, naye nga Kitaffe bw’ali mu Kristo kyokka, si nga bw’ayawukana ku Kristo. N’olwekyo omuntu ow’omunda w’atabeera mu Kristo era nga tamulina ng’Omulamu, ekigambo kye we kitafugira mu mutima mu maanyi g’Omwoyo, amazima ge n’obulamu bwe we bitafuukidde bulamu bwa mmeeme yaffe, kya bwereere okulowooza nti ebigambo nga “ku lw’Omwana wo omwagalwa” bijja kugasa.’—Christliche Ethik, von Dr. I. T. Beck, Tubingen, 3:39.