Mukama Kye Kifo Kyaffe eky'Okubeeramu

“Ayi Mukama, ggwe obadde kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu mu mirembe gyonna” (Zabbuli 90:1).

Okusanyuka oba obutasanyuka mu bulamu bwaffe obw'okungulu kusinga kwesigama ku kifo emibiri gyaffe gye gibeera; mu ngeri y'emu, okusanyuka oba obutasanyuka mu bulamu bwaffe obw'omunda kwesigama ku kifo emmeeme zaffe gye zibeera.

Ekifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu kye kifo mwe tubeera ddala, so si kifo kye tukyalira buikyalira. Kye maka gaffe.

Ebintu byonna ebitufaako mu bulamu bwaffe obw'oku nsi bisibiddwa mu maka gaffe, era tukola kyonna kye tusobola okugafuula agasanyusa era agawummuza. Naye emmeeme zaffe zeetaaga ekifo eky'okubeeramu ekiwummuza n'okusinga emibiri gyaffe. Okuwummula okw'omunda kusinga nnyo obukulu okuwummula okw'okungulu; emmeeme bw'ejjula emirembe n'essanyu, ebitwetoolodde eby'omubiri tebifaayo nnyo.

Kale, kikulu nnyo tumanye bulungi ekifo emmeeme zaffe gye zibeera. Mukama alangirira nti ye abadde kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu mu byafaayo byonna, naye ekibuuzo kiri nti: Ddala tubeera mu kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu? Omuwandiisi wa Zabbuli ayogera ku baana ba Isirayiri nti “baabuulukuka mu ddungu awatali kkubo, ne batalaba kibuga eky'okubeeramu; enjala n'ennyonta ne bibaluma, emmeeme zaabwe ne ziggwaamu amaanyi munda yaabwe” (Zabbuli 107:4-5). Ntya nti waliwo emmeeme nnyingi ez'okubuulukuka mu kkanisa leero ze ebigambo bino bye bituukirira ddala. Mu bulamu bwabwe bwonna obw'Ekikristaayo babadde babuulukuka mu ddungu ery'omwoyo, ne batalaba maka ga lubeerera, era emmeeme zaabwe zaggwaamu amaanyi olw'enjala n'ennyonta. Naye mu kiseera ekyo kyonna, ekifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu kibadde kigguddwawo, nga kibayita bajje munda babeeremu emirembe gyonna.

Mukama waffe yennyini atukubiriza okuyitibwa kuno: “Mubeere mu nze, nange mbeere mu mmwe” (Yokaana 15:4). Ne yeeyongera okututegeeza ebibala ebirungi eby'okusigala eyo n'ebizibu ebinakuwaza eby'okuvaamu.

Amazima gali nti, emmeeme zaffe zaakolerwa Katonda. Ye maka gaffe amatonde, era tetuyinza kufuna kuwummula wa walala wonna. “Emmeeme yange yeegomba, weewaawo, ezirika olw'empya za Mukama; omutima gwange n'omubiri gwange biyimba n'essanyu eri Katonda omulamu” (Zabbuli 84:2). Tujja kulumwa enjala era tujja kuzirika olw'empya za Mukama ekiseera kyonna kye tuteefuulira eyo maka gaffe.

Katonda yekka ge maka g'ekitonde; Newankubadde ekkubo lizibu era lifunda, Naye tewali kirala kiyinza kumatiza Emmeeme eyeegomba Katonda.

Tunaakuluma tutya ekifo kino ekiramu eky'okubeeramu? Dawudi akinnyonnyola bw'agamba nti: “Mukama lwe lwazi lwange, n'ekigo kyange, n'omununuzi wange; Katonda wange, lwe lwazi lwange, mwe neekweka; engabo yange, n'ejjembe ery'obulokozi bwange, ekigo kyange eky'amaanyi, n'obuddukiro bwange, omulokozi wange; onnyinunula eri obukambwe” (2 Samwiri 22:2-3). Kale tulaba nti ekifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu kye kigo kyaffe, n'ekigo kyaffe ekiwanvu, n'olwazi lwaffe, n'obuddukiro bwaffe. Ffenna tumanyi ekigo kye kiri. Kye kifo eky'obukuumi abanafu era abatalina buyambi mwe balundibwa ne bakuumibwa okuva eri omulabe. Bwe tugambibwa nti Katonda kye kigo kyaffe, kitegeeza kimu kyokka: bwe tubeera mu Ye, tujja kuba mu bukuumi obutuukiridde okuva eri buli mulabe yenna.

“Kubanga alinkweka mu weema ye ku lunaku olw'okulabiralaba; alinkweka mu kifo eky'ekisiikirize eky'eweema ye; aliwanika ku lwazi” (Zabbuli 27:5). “Abeera mu kifo eky'ekisiikirize eky'Oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo, anaabeeranga mu kisiikirize eky'Ayinzabyonna” (Zabbuli 91:1). “Mu kifo eky'okuweeza obwenyi bwo obakweka eri enkwe z'abantu; obakuuma mu weema yo eri okuyomba kw'ennimi” (Zabbuli 31:20). Mu “kifo eky'eweema ya Katonda,” tewali mulabe ayinza kutulaba era tewali buzibu buyinza kututuukako. Amalala g'abantu n'olugambo tebisobola kuyingira mu “kifo eky'ekisiikirize” ekya Katonda. “Ekifo eky'okuweeza obwenyi bwe” buddukiro obw'obukuumi obusinga Gibraltar lukumi. Sitegeeza nti tewali kugezesebwa kujja.

Kuyinza kujja mu bungi, naye tekuyinza kuyingira mu watukuvu w'emmeeme. Tuyinza okubeera mu mirembe emituukiridde ne mu makkati g'omuyaga gw'obulamu ogusinga obukambwe.

Naye, nga ffe abamanyi kino tuli batono! Tuyinza okukozesa olulimi lwa Dawudi, naye gye tuli, kifaananyi kya bigambo kyokka nga tekirimu mazima. Twogera ebigambo mu ddoboozi ery'obwannakyewa, ery'eddiini. “Weewaawo, mmanyi nti Mukama kye kifo kyange eky'okubeeramu, era nneewaddeyo mu bukuumi bwe, nga buli Mukristaayo bw'asaanidde.

Naye—” era wano eddoboozi ery'obulijjo bwe likomawo— “naye siyinza kwerabira nti ndi muntu mwavu, atalina mugaso, atalina maanyi ga kuwangula kukemebwa. Sisobola kusuubira kukuumibwa mu bukuumi obutuukiridde Dawudi bw'ayogerako.” Awo ne wagoberera olugero olw'entiisa n'okweraliikirira, ng'ekifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu tekyali kiwuliddwako, era ng'emmeeme ebuulukuka yokka nga tekuumibwa mu nsi ey'akabi.

Waliwo zabbuli gye nyita “Ekifo kya Katonda eky'Okubeeramu.” Ye Zabbuli ey'okulwenkumi mu emu, era ewa ennyonnyola ey'ekitalo ku maka gano bwe gali. “Abeera mu kifo eky'ekisiikirize eky'Oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo, anaabeeranga mu kisiikirize eky'Ayinzabyonna. Nnaagamba Mukama nti, ‘Obuddukiro bwange n'ekigo kyange, Katonda wange, gwe neesiga’” (Zabbuli 91:1-2). Endowooza yaffe ku kigo bulijjo kya kizimbe eky'amayinja, omuntu w'abeera mu bukuumi naye ng'era tawummulamu. Naye waliwo ebigo ebirala ebigonvu, ebiweweevu, era ebijjudde okuwummula. Zabbuli eno ebinnyonnyola nti: “Alikubikka n'ebyoya bye, era wansi w'ebiwaawaatiro bye onoofuna obuddukiro” (Zabbuli 91:4), nga enkoko enkazi bw'ebikka ku baana baayo abanafu n'ebiwaawaatiro byayo ebibuguma. Ekigo eky'omutima gwa nnyina—oba wa muntu, oba wa nnyonyi, oba n'ogwa tiger—kye kigo ekisinga amaanyi mu nsi, naye ate kye kisinga obuweweevu. Kino kye kika ky'ekigo Mukama ky'ali. “Aliriisa ekisibo kye ng'omusumba; alikuŋŋaanya abaana b'endiga mu mikono gye; alibisitula mu kifuba kye” (Isaaya 40:11).

“Katonda ow'emirembe gyonna kye kifo kyo eky'okubeeramu, era wansi waliwo emikono egy'emirembe gyonna” (Ekyamateeka 33:27). Ebiwaawaatiro, ekifuba, emikono! Bino bigo bya mukisa nnyo! Buli kintu ekibumbibwa mu byo kiri mu bukuumi. Obutonde bujjudde ebyokulabirako ng'ebyo. Lowooza ku ekyo omuwandiisi omu ky'ayogera ku tiger omukazi. Abaana be bwe bazaalibwa, amaanyi gamuyigiriza okuba omuwombeefu—omwoyo gw'atasobola kuziyiza, kubanga gwe mwoyo gw'Omutonzi we. Kya buzaaliranwa eri tiger okusunguwalira okunyigirizibwa. Singa omusika ebyoya oba n'omukuba, yandikutaaguddetaagudde. Naye okusunguwalira okunyigirizibwa si gwe mpaka ze ez'amaanyi ennyo. Tunuulira obwana obwo obunafu nga bumuzannyisa. Bunafu nnyo nga okwenyeenya kw'ekigere kye ekinene singa kubuzikiriza, naye takola kwenyeenya kwonna okw'obutafaayo. Bumuleetera obulumi obusinga okukubwa, naye tawoolera ggwanga. Abuwuubaawuuba n'okwagala mu maaso ge era akomba abo abamubonyaabonya abato.

Okwagala kufuula okusinda kwe okw'obulumi obw'omubiri okuba amaloboozi ag'essanyu. Anyeenya omutwe gwe omunene mu ngeri eraga nti Katonda oyo omu eyakugamba “okukyusa oluba olulala” ye yamutonda. Bw'afuna amaanyi agamala okugolokoka, afuluma okwewaayo ku lwa babe. Alisiiba enjala baleme kukula. Wa ntiisa ku lw'abaana be abato, nga Katonda bw'ali ow'entiisa ku lw'ababe.

Tulabye “ebigo bya bannyaabwe” bino emirundi ebikumi ne tubiyita ebifaanana nga Katonda. Omuntu yandirowoozezza nti okulaba kuno kwandituleetedde okudduka eri obuddukiro bwaffe mu Katonda ne tuleka okutya kwonna ebweru! Naye ekizibu kiri nti, tugaana ddala okukkiriza nti Bayibuli ategeeza amawulire amalungi ng'ago. Si mu bigambo, oboolyawo, naye mu bikolwa twogera nti, “Emikono gya Mukama tegyesigika nga egy'omuntu nnyina; omutima gwa Mukama teguweweevu nga ogwa tiger; ebiwaawaatiro bya Mukama tebikuuma nga eby'enkoko enkazi.” Tumanyi nti ye yakola ebigo bino eby'oku nsi, naye tetusobola kukkiriza nti yenkanankana nabyo. Okuba naye ng'ekigo kyaffe tekituwulira mu bukuumi oba mu buweweevu wadde ekitundu ng'okuba ne nnyaffe ng'ekigo kyaffe. Kale, bannyaabwe bwe beesigibwa, naye Katonda teyeesigibwa!

Naye laba omuwandiisi wa Zabbuli bw'alangirira ekifo kino eky'obwakatonda eky'okubeeramu bwe kiri eky'obukuumi. Agamba nti ffe abali mu maka gano tetulitya kintu kyonna—si ntiisa ya kiro, si musaale ogw'emisana, si kawumpuli ali mu kizikiza, si kuzikiriza okw'omu ttuntu. Enkumi ziyinza okugwa okutwetooloola, naye tewali kabi kalibaawo eri emmeeme ekwekeddwa mu Katonda. Tewali kawumpuli alisembera abo abafudde Katonda “ekifo kyabwe eky'okubeeramu.”

Entiisa zonna ezifudde obulamu bwaffe obw'eddiini nga tebuwummula ziriiriddwa wano. Tulinunulibwa okuva mu zo zonna bwe tunaafuula Mukama maka gaffe. Kino tekitegeeza nti tetuliba na kugezesebwa kwa kungulu. Kawumpuli ayinza okulumba omubiri gwo oba ebintu byo, naye ebintu ebyo si ggwe. Tewali kiyinza kusembera ggwe ow'amazima ow'omunda ng'okyabeera mu Katonda.

Ekitundu ekinene eky'obulumi obw'obulamu kiva mu “kutya akabi” okutabula. Obulamu bwaffe bujjudde ebigambo nti “singa kiba kityo.”

Ka tugambe nti kino kibaawo, oba kiri kibaawo—twandikoze ki? Twandikigumiikirizza tutya? Naye bwe tuba tubeera mu “kigo ekiwanvu” ekya Katonda, “singa” zino zonna zivaamu mu bulamu bwaffe. Tulibeera “mu mirembe, awatali kutya kabi” (Engero 1:33), kubanga tewali ntiisa ya kabi eyinza okuyingira mu kigo kya Katonda. Ne bw'aba atambula mu kiwonvu eky'ekisiikirize eky'okufa, omuwandiisi wa Zabbuli yasobola okugamba nti, “Siritya kabi” (Zabbuli 23:4); bwe tuba tubeera mu Katonda, naffe tuyinza okukigamba.

Naye oyinza okubuuza engeri y'okuyingira mu kifo kino eky'obwakatonda eky'okubeeramu. Okuddamu kwange kwe kuno: yingiramu buyingizi. Singa mukwano gwaffe atupangisizza ennyumba n'agamba nti eteekateekeddwa, era endagaano ng'esseeko omukono era nga ya mateeka, tetwandibuuzizza ngeri ya kuyingiramu—twandisibye ebintu byaffe ne tujjulukuka. Kitugwanidde okukola bwe kityo wano. Katonda agamba nti ye kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu. Bayibuli erimu empapula zonna ezeetaagisa, nga zisseeko omukono era nga ziriko abajulizi.

Mukama waffe atuyita—mu butuufu, atulagira—okuyingira n'okusigala. Agamba nti, “Katonda ge maka go; kakasa nti obeera eyo. Yingiramu.”

Oyingiramu otya? Olw'okukkiriza. Katonda agambye nti ye kifo kyo eky'okubeeramu; kaakano naawe kikugwanidde okukigamba.

“Nnaagamba Mukama nti, ‘Obuddukiro bwange n'ekigo kyange, Katonda wange, gwe neesiga’” (Zabbuli 91:2).

Okukkiriza kutoola Ekigambo kya Katonda ne kukakasa nti kya mazima. Kristo agamba nti, “Mubeere,” era kitugwanidde okugamba nti, “Nnaabeera.” Tumufuula “ekifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu” nga tukkiriza nti ye maka gaffe era nga tukirangirira bulijjo. Nga omuyimbi Coleridge bwe yagamba: Okukkiriza kwe kukakasa n'ekikolwa, Ekiragira amazima ag'emirembe gyonna okuba amazima agaliwo kaakano.

Kitugwanidde okufuula amazima ag'emirembe gyonna nti Mukama kye kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu okuba amazima agaliwo kaakano nga tugakakasa n'okukkiriza kwaffe era nga tukwata ebirowoozo n'ebikolwa ebiva mu kubeera mu maaso ga Katonda.

Ekimu ku bintu ebisooka bye twandikoze kwe kuleka okweraliikirira n'obukwakkalimu emirembe gyonna. Tekirowoozeka nti okweraliikirira kwandiyingidde mu kifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu; bwe tuyingira, kitugwanidde okukulekera emabega.

Twogera ku kugondera ebiragiro bya Mukama era tussa essira ku mirimu egy'okungulu, so nga tunyooma ebiragiro ebikwata ku bulamu obw'omunda ebisinga obukulu emirundi lukumi. “Emitima gyammwe gireme kweraliikirira, so tegiretye” (Yokaana 14:27) kye kiragiro kya Mukama waffe ekitagonderwa ku nsi yonna. Naye nsuubira nti tewali kujeema kulala kunyiiza mutima gwe nga kuno. Nkakasa nti nnandinyiize nnyo singa omwana wange tanneesiga n'awulira ng'ebimufaako tebiri mu bukuumi mu mikono gyange okusinga singa yanjeemera mu kaseera k'okukemebwa. Nkakasibwa nti tetutegeera bwe kikwasa ebiwundu Mukama waffe abantu be bwe batawulira mu bukuumi naye.

Tuyinza okutegeera kino okuva mu bulamu bwaffe ffennyini. Ka tugambe nti mukwano gwaffe yatuwa ekintu okumukuumira, ne tumukakasa mu buli ngeri nti kijja kubeera mu bukuumi. Awo mukwano gwaffe n'agenda n'akyeraliikirira, ng'ayolesa eri abalala okweraliikirira kwe kumu kwe twolesa ku bintu bye twawa Katonda.

Twandiwulidde tutya? Twandinyiize nnyo. Ku nkomerero, twandigambye nti, “Okuva bw'olabika nga tonneesiga, kirungi weekuumire ebintu byo wekka.” Kya kitalo nti abaana ba Katonda baguma ne beeraliikirira nga bamaze okumuwa ensonga; kunyooma nnyo empisa ze.

Ab'ebweru bakiraba ne balowooza nti okuba ne Mukama ng'ekifo eky'okubeeramu tekiteekwa kutegeeza kintu kinene, kubanga singa si bwe kiri tetwandibadde beeraliikirivu bwe tutyo.

Oyo afaayo ku nkazaluggya era abala enviiri ez'oku mitwe gyaffe tasobola n'akatono okututtya. Ye kigo ekitamenyeka omutayinza kuyingira kabi wadde omulabe. Nkitwala ng'amazima ag'olwatu: mu kiseera we mmaze okuwaayo ekintu kyonna eri ekifo kino eky'obwakatonda eky'okubeeramu, okweraliikirira kwonna kusaanidde okukoma. Bwe nkuuma ebintu mu bujjuvu bwange, nnina ensonga ey'okukankana, kubanga tebiri mu bukuumi. Naye mu bujjuvu bwa Katonda, obukuumi butuukiridde.

“Erinnya lya Mukama kigo eky'amaanyi; omutuukirivu adukira omwo n'aba mu bukuumi” (Engero 18:10). Kale, ekigendererwa kyokka kwe “kudukira” mu kigo kino n'osigala omwo emirembe gyonna. Kyandibadde busirusiru okuyimirira ebweru w'ekigo ng'omulabe akwetoolodde, ng'okaaba ng'oyagala obukuumi. Bwe njagala okuba mu bukuumi, nsaanidde okuyingira munda.

“Ayi Yerusaalemi, Yerusaalemi... Emirundi emeka gye nnandyagadde okukuŋŋaanya abaana bo ng'enkoko bw'ekuŋŋaanya obwana bwayo wansi w'ebiwaawaatiro byayo, naye ne mutayagala!” (Matayo 23:37). Akayana bwe kaba kaagala okuba mu bukuumi, kasaanidde okudduka eri ebiwaawaatiro bya nnyina. Abantu bangi basigala ebweru w'ekifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu kubanga bawulira nga tebasaanira oba nga banafu nnyo okuyingira. Twandirowoozezza ki ku kayana akalaba enkwazi ng'ejja, ne kawulira nnyina ng'akoowoola, naye ne kasigala ebweru nga kakankana nga kagamba nti, “Ndi kayana kanafu, katalina buyambi, ekikuŋŋaanyisa okuyingira wansi w'ebiwaawaatiro ebyo”? Singa enkoko enkazi eyinza okwogera, yandigambye nti, “Ggwe kasirusiru, olw'okuba nga oli munafu era nga tolina buyambi kye njagalira wano. Singa wali sseggwanga ennene ery'amaanyi erisobola okwerabirira, saayagalidde kukukuŋŋaanya n'akatono.” Nkyetaaga okunnyonnyola ekigendererwa?

Naye tetusaanidde “kudukira” mu kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu kyokka. “Ka mbeere mu weema yo emirembe gyonna! Ka nneekweke wansi w'ekisiikirize eky'ebiwaawaatiro byo!” (Zabbuli 61:4). Kitugwanidde okukola bwe kityo. Okubeera mu weema ye emirembe gyonna, nkkiriza nti, oluusi kizibu nnyo. Kyangu okutwala eddaawo ery'okukkiriza, naye kizibu nnyo okusigala mu kifo ekyo. Abantu bangi badukira mu kigo kya Katonda ku Ssande ne bafuluma nate amangu ddala ng'obudde bw'oku Balaza obw'enkya butuuse. Abamu badukira mu kyo bwe bafukamira okusaba okw'akawungeezi ne bafuluma edakiika ttaano oluvannyuma nga bagalamidde ku kitanda. Buno busirusiru bwereere. Toyinza kulowooza munoonyi w'obubudamu ng'adukira mu kigo ku lunaku olumu n'addamu okudduka okudda eri omulabe ku lunaku olulala.

Twandirowoozezza nti bagudde eddalu. Naye si busirusiru busingawo eri emmeeme? Abalabe baffe tebakola nnyo ku Balaza? Tusobola okubakwatagana obulungi nga tweebase okusinga nga tusaba?

Ekibuuzo kiri nti: Twagala kukyalira Katonda buikyalira, oba twagala kubeera eyo? Twagala kwekweka leero ne tuvuunulwa eri abalabe enkya? Tewali ayinza kulonda kino mu bugenderevu, naye bangi nnyo baseeyeeyera mu kyo. Okubeera mu Kristo kya kukkiriza kwokka, naye tetukitegeera. Tulowooza nti okulwana kwaffe okw'amaanyi oba okukola ennyo kwe kitundu ekikulu ekya kyo; ebyo bwe biggwaawo, okukkiriza kwaffe kunafuwa. Naye obulamu obw'Ekikristaayo bubeerwa lwa kukkiriza. Awatali kukkiriza tekisoboka kusanyusa Katonda. Tekigasa kufeeza budde ku kafubo kaffe kokka akatakola kantu.

Kitugwanidde okuteeka obusobozi bwaffe obw'okwagala n'amaanyi gaffe mu kukkiriza kwaffe. Kitugwanidde okumalirira okuyingira mu kifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu n'okusigala eyo, ne bwe wabaawo okukemebwa okubuusabuusa oba okuwulira ng'omuggweemu amaanyi.

“Abeera mu kifo eky'ekisiikirize eky'Oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo, anaabeeranga mu kisiikirize eky'Ayinzabyonna” (Zabbuli 91:1). “Okubeera” n'“okwesiga” mu butuufu bigambo bya makulu gamu; bitegeeza kintu kimu.

Bwe mba nnesiga Mukama, mba mbeera mu Ye. Bwe mmwesiga obutayosa, mba mbeera mu Ye obutayosa. Bwe mmwesiga oluusi n'oluusi, mba nyingira ne mfuluma. Nnali njogera nti waliwo ekyama mu “kubeera,” naye kaakano ndaba nti kitegeeza kwesiga Ye mu bujjuvu. Bw'omala okutegeera kino, kye kintu ekyangu ennyo mu nsi. Oluusi twogera ku bantu babiri nti “babeera mu mitima gya bannaabwe.” Kino kitegeeza bulyo nti balina okwagala okutuukiridde n'obwesige mu bannaabwe, era okubuusabuusa tekisoboka. Bwe mba nnesiga ekigo kya Mukama mu bujjuvu, mba mbeera mu kigo ekyo. Ogwo gwe mboozi gwonna.

Kale, ekintu eky'amagezi eky'okukola, okuva Katonda bw'alangiddwa okuba ekigo kyaffe n'ekigo kyaffe ekiwanvu, kwe kuteeka ffennyini n'ebintu byaffe byonna ebitufaako mu kifo kino eky'obwakatonda eky'okubeeramu nga tukoze ekikolwa eky'olwatu eky'okwewaayo n'okukkiriza, oluvannyuma ne tuggya mu birowoozo byaffe okufaayo kwonna oba okweraliikirira ku byo. Okuva Mukama bw'ali kifo kyaffe eky'okubeeramu, tewali kintu ekiweereddwayo mu bukuumi bwe ekiyinza kutuukibwako kabi konna. Ekiseera kyonna kye tukkiriza kino, ebifaffe bisigala mu bukuumi bwe; mu kiseera kye tutandika okubuusabuusa, tuddiza ebifaffe mu mikono gyaffe, era tebiba nate mu kigo eky'obwakatonda.

Ebintu tebiyinza kubeera mu bifo bibiri mu kiseera kimu. Bwe biba mu bukuumi bwaffe ffe, tebiyinza kuba mu bukuumi bwa Katonda; era bwe biba mu bukuumi bwa Katonda, tebiyinza kuba mu bwaffe. Kino kitangaavu ng'omusana, naye olw'okubulwako akamagezi katono, abantu batera okutabulwa ku kino. Bagezaako okuteeka ebifaabwe mu kigo kya Katonda nga mu kiseera kye kimu bagikuumira mu byabwe, oluvannyuma ne beewuunya lwaki tebifiibwako. Kino busirusiru. Oba weesige Mukama mu bujjuvu, oba weesige wekka mu bujjuvu; naye tegezaako kutabula byombi, kubanga tebijja kutabagana.

Kijja kukuyamba mu ngeri ey'olwatu bw'oteeka obwesige bwo mu bigambo. Gamba mu bwesimbu nti, “Katonda kye kifo kyange eky'okubeeramu, era njagala kubeera mu Ye emirembe gyonna. Byonna bikakasibbwa; ndi mu maka gano ag'obwakatonda, ndi mu bukuumi wano, era sijja kufulumamu nate.” Osaanidde okusisinkana buli kulumba kwa kubuusabuusa n'okuggwaamu amaanyi n'okukakasa okwangu nti oli eyo era nti omanyi nti toojja kukwasibwa nsonyi. Ka abalala bakole nga bwe basobola, naye osaanidde okulangirira nti ggwe, wadde katono, ojja kubeera mu kifo kyo eky'obwakatonda eky'okubeeramu emirembe gyonna. Bw'omala okuyimirira ku kino, osaanidde okugaana ddala okuddamu okulowooza ku nsonga. Kikakasibbwa; tewali kirala kya kwogera.

Mu bino byonna, sitegeeza nti tusaanidde okusigala ku kitanda ne tuleka ebintu bigende. Njogera ku ludda olw'omunda olw'ebifaffe, so si olw'okungulu. Ku bw'okungulu, tuyinza okuba abanyiikivu era abeegendereza, naye byonna bisaanidde okuva ku musingi ogw'omunda ogw'emmeeme eyeekwese yennyini n'ebigifaako mu Katonda, era noolwekyo “eteeraliikirira kintu kyonna” (Abafiripi 4:6) mu makulu amalungi aga Bayibuli ag'obutaba na birowoozo bya kweraliikirira. Okuba awatali kufaayo kwa munda gwe musingi ogusinga obwesigwa ogw'okufaayo okw'okungulu okw'obuwanguzi. Emmeeme eyeekwese mu Katonda ye mmeeme esobola okugumiikiriza mu buwanguzi okugezesebwa okw'ensi okusinga obunene n'okuwangula abalabe baayo abasinga amaanyi.

Waliwo ensonga emu gye nsaanidde okwogerako. Bwe tuyingira mu nnyumba empya, tetuyingiramu ffennyini bwokka; tutwala ebintu byaffe byonna, era okusingira ddala, ab'omu maka gaffe. Tewali muntu ayinza kuba musirusiru nga aleka omuntu gw'ayagala ebweru. Naye ntya nti abamu ku baana ba Katonda beeyingiza mu kifo kye eky'okubeeramu bo bennyini, naye, olw'okubulwa okukkiriza, baleka abo be baagala okusinga ebweru—emirundi mingi abaana baabwe. Twandyekanze olw'ekitiibwa ku kitaawe eyaddukira mu kigo olw'obukuumi mu kiseera eky'akabi naye n'aleka abaana be ebweru; naye Abakristaayo bangi bakola kino kyennyini. Buli kirowoozo eky'okweraliikirira kye tulina ku baana baffe kikakasa nti tetubatutwadde ddala naffe mu kifo kya Katonda eky'okubeeramu.

Bwe twesigira ffennyini, kitugwanidde okwesigira n'abo be twagala. Katonda ye Kitaabwe okusinga kitaabwe yenna ow'oku nsi, era bwe baba nga tubaagala, baagalibwa nnyo okusingawo gy'ali. Tetusobola kubakolera kirungi kisingawo okubawaayo mu bukuumi bwe, era tewali kibi kisingawo ng'okugezaako okubakuumira mu bwaffe. Nnamanya maama eyeesiga mu mirembe ku bulokozi bwe ye, naye eyali ajjudde okweraliikirira ku baana be aboobulenzi, abaali balabika nga tebafaayo ku ddiini. Akawungeezi kamu, yawulira ku kuteeka abo b'oyagala mu kigo kya Katonda olw'okukkiriza. Yalaba engeri gye kyali tekituukagana okwekweka mu Katonda ng'aleka abaana be ebweru.

Amangu ddala, okukkiriza kwe kwabatwala mu kigo wamu naye. Yabawaayo mu bukuumi bwa Katonda mu bujjuvu ennyo n'okweraliikirira kwe ne kubula. Yaŋŋamba nti yawulira ng'abaana be kaakano baana ba Katonda—nga tebakyali babe—era nti Ye yabaagala okusingawo era yandibalabiridde mu magezi okusinga bye yali asobola. Yasigala nga yeeteeseteese okukola kyonna Mukama kye yamuwabula okubakolera, naye yamatira okuleka ensonga mu mikono gye. Yaddayo eka n'agamba abaana be nti, “Mbadde mbeeraliikiridde nnyo ku mmwe era oboolyawo mbanyiizza n'okubuulira kwange. Naye njize okwesiga. Mbateeka mu kigo kya Katonda era mbalese mu bukuumi bwe. Alibalokola mu ngeri ye ye. Okweraliikirira kwange kuweddeko.”

Oluvannyuma lw'omwaka, yaŋŋamba n'essanyu nti, “Sanyuka nange! Abaana bange abalenzi babadde mu bukuumi mu kigo kya Katonda okuva olwo, era bonna Bakristaayo balungi leero.”

Enkomerero nnyangu: yingira mu kifo kyo eky'okubeeramu mu Katonda era otwale buli kintu ky'olina na buli muntu gw'oyagala wamu naawe. Weekweke mu Ye, era oveewo ku ggwe wekka ne ku balala, era ofiirwe okulaba buli kintu ekiri ebweru we—okuggyako nga bw'okiraba okuyita mu maaso ge. Amaaso ga Katonda ge madirisa gokka mu nnyumba ye; nga bw'obiraba okuyita mu go, buli kintu kifaanana nga kya njawulo. Tulaba okugezesebwa ng'emikisa n'abalabe ng'emikwano egyeekwese. Tuliba bakkakkamu mu maaso g'okweraliikirira okw'obulamu. “Abantu bange balibeera mu kifo eky'emirembe eky'okubeeramu, mu bifo eby'obukuumi, ne mu bifo eby'okuwummuliramu ebiteefu” (Isaaya 32:18).