Ekyama ky’Omukristaayo eky’Obulamu Obw’essanyu

Kye kitabo kya Hannah Whitall Smith eky’edda ekimanyiddwa ennyo, ekiraga obulamu obw’okuwummula n’essanyu nga tuyita mu kwesiga Katonda mu bujjuvu. “Ekyama” kyakyo kyangu: nti omukkiriza asobola okuwaayo obulamu bwe bwonna — ebimweraliikiriza, ebibi bye, n’ebiseera bye eby’omu maaso — eri Katonda n’awummulira mu ye, n’aleka obulamu obw’okufuba n’okweraliikirira, n’afuna obw’emirembe egitali gya kuwuubaala. Kye kimu ku bitabo ebisinga okwagalwa ebikwata ku bulamu bw’Omukristaayo obw’omunda.

Yali omuwandiisi era omwogezi Omumerika ow’omu kyasa ekya kkumi n’omwenda, eyakuzibwa mu Bakwakeri, eyafuuka omu ku bantu abaasinga okuba n’eddoboozi ery’amaanyi mu bulamu bw’Omukristaayo obw’omunda. Ekitabo kino, ekyafulumizibwa mu 1875, kye kyamumanyisa; ate obulamu bwe bwe yawandiika oluvannyuma, “Obuteefaako bwa Katonda,” bunyumya ebyamutuukako ebiri emabega w’okuyigiriza kwe kirimu.

Nti obulamu bw’Omukristaayo obw’essanyu tebujja lwa kufuba nnyo, wabula lwa kwewaayo n’okwesiga mu bujjuvu — okuwaayo ggwe kennyini n’ebikwetoolodde byonna eri Katonda n’owummulira mu kulabirira kwe. Smith ayigiriza nti omulimu gw’omukkiriza kwe kwewaayo n’okwesiga; omulimu gwa Katonda kwe kukola. Ekyama kwe kulekera awo okufuba okusitula ekyo Katonda ky’agambye nti ye yennyini ajja kukisitula.

Mu bitundu bibiri. Ekisooka kinnyonnyola obulamu obw’okwewaayo okujjuvu n’okwesiga — embeera y’omutima ey’okwewaayo n’okukkiriza ekyama kino kye kyetaaga. Eky’okubiri kikwata ku buzibu obw’omu bulamu obwa bulijjo n’ebivaamu: okubuusabuusa, okukemebwa, okuggwaamu essuubi, n’engeri obulamu obw’okwesiga gye bukolamu ddala mu bulamu obwa buli lunaku obw’omukkiriza.

Nedda — essanyu Smith ly’ayogerako kwe kuwummula n’essanyu ery’omunda era ennywevu ebisigalawo ne mu kugezesebwa, so si okusanyuka okw’okungulu. Lyesigamye ku mbala ya Katonda n’okwesiga okujjuvu kw’emmeeme mu ye, emirembe ne gireme kwesigama ku mbeera. “Obulamu obw’essanyu” mu butuufu bulamu obuggiddwako okweraliikirira olw’okwesiga Katonda mu bujjuvu.

Okuwaayo omuntu yennyini eri Katonda mu bujjuvu era mu bugenderevu — by’ayagala, by’ateekateeka, by’alina, n’ebiseera bye eby’omu maaso — nga tewali ky’asigaza. Smith ayigiriza nti okwewaayo kuno kwe kuli omulyango oguyingira mu bulamu obw’okwesiga: omukkiriza bw’amala okuwaayo ddala buli kimu eri Katonda, olwo n’asobola okuwummulira mu ye. Okwewaayo n’okukkiriza byombi bye bitundu ebibiri eby’ekyama ky’ayogerako.

Kya Mukristaayo yenna akooye, eyeeraliikirira, oba awanguddwa, alowooza nti mu bulamu bw’Omukristaayo mulina okuba n’okuwummula n’essanyu ebisingawo ku bye yali amanyi. Smith awandiika n’ebbugumu era mu bwesimbu eri omukkiriza afuba, era ekitabo kino kirese abasomi bangi nnyo nga bavudde mu kufuba ne bayingira mu bulamu obw’okwesiga obunywevu.

Ku ntandikwa, ku bulamu obw’okwesiga n’okwewaayo ekitundu ekisooka bwe kinnyonnyola, nga tannatuuka ku buzibu obw’omu bulamu obwa bulijjo mu kitundu eky’okubiri. Ekitabo kizimba ensonga zaakyo mu nnyiriri, era abasomi batera okulaba nti kisinga okusomebwa essuula emu ku lunaku n’ekolebwako, kubanga ekyama kyakyo tekigendereddwamu kutegeerwa bubeezi, wabula okuyingirwamu.