Obuteefaako bwa Katonda

Bye byafaayo bya Hannah Whitall Smith eby’omwoyo bye yeewandiikira, ebiraga olugendo lwe oluwanvu okuva mu kubuusabuusa n’eddiini ey’amateeka okutuuka ku kuzuula nti Katonda mulungi ddala era teyeefaako n’akatono — nti omutima gwe gwonna eri ebitonde bye kwagala. Ng’ayita mu byafaayo bye yennyini eby’okulwana n’okubikkulirwa, akulembera omusomi okuwummulira mu ngeri ya Katonda atanoonya bibye, wabula obulungi bw’ebyo byonna bye yatonda.

Yali muwandiisi era mwogezi Omumerika ow’omu kyasa eky’ekkumi n’omwenda, eyakuzibwa mu Bakwakeri, eyafuuka omu ku maloboozi agasinga okumanyika ag’obulamu Obukristaayo obw’omunda. Asinga okumanyika olw’ekitabo The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life; “Obuteefaako bwa Katonda,” ekyafulumizibwa mu 1903, kye kitabo kye eky’oluvannyuma, eky’obuntu ennyo, ekinnyonnyola ebyafaayo eby’omunda ebiri emabega w’okuyigiriza kwe.

Nti Katonda teyeefaako — nti obutonde bwe bwennyini kwe kunoonya obulungi bw’ebitonde bye so si bibye, era nti kino kikyusa buli kimu. Smith yali ayigirizibbwa okutya Katonda asaba ennyo era eyeenoonyeza ebibye; okusumululwa kwe okunene kwajja bwe yalaba nti endowooza ya Katonda yonna gy’ali kwali kwagala, era nti yali asobola okumwesiga ddala kubanga tayagala kirala kyonna wabula obulungi bwe.

Okusinga kya bumanyirivu — bye byafaayo bye, ekiwandiiko ky’olugendo olw’omwoyo olwa nnamaddala okuyita mu kubuusabuusa, okuggwaamu essuubi, n’okuzuula. Naye obumanyirivu buno bulijjo buweereza amazima agakwata ku ngeri ya Katonda, n’olwekyo ekitabo kiyigiriza nga bwe kinnyonnyola, nga kireka ekkubo lye yennyini okuva mu kutya okutuuka mu kuwummula okufuuka ekkubo omusomi ly’ayinza okugoberera.

Okulwana kw’omunoonyi ow’amazima: okubuusabuusa mu ddiini, obunnyogovu bw’okukkiriza okw’okutuukiriza obuvunaanyizibwa bwokka, okuggwaamu essuubi olw’ebifaananyi bya Katonda ebikambwe bye yali aweereddwa, n’okunoonya okuwanvu okw’ekintu ekisingako okuba ekya nnamaddala. Obwesigwa bwe ku bino bufuula ekitabo omukwano eri abasomi abamanyi ebizibu bye bimu, era engeri gye yabivvuunukamu ebawa essuubi.

Bye byafaayo eby’obuntu ebiri emabega w’okuyigiriza okwo. Ekitabo ekyasooka bwe kinnyonnyola ekyama ky’obulamu obw’okuwummula n’okwesiga, “Obuteefaako bwa Katonda” kinnyonnyola engeri Smith yennyini gye yakituukako — okubuusabuusa okwavvuunukibwa n’okuzuula obulungi bwa Katonda okwasobozesa obulamu ng’obwo. Byombi awamu biwa enjigiriza n’ebyafaayo by’okukkiriza kwe.

Buli muntu alwana n’okubuusabuusa, oba n’ekifaananyi kya Katonda eky’entiisa oba ekitaliimu ssanyu, na buli anoonya obulamu obw’omwoyo obwa nnamaddala era obw’okuwummula. Smith awandiikira omulwanyi ow’amazima n’ebbugumu era mu bwerufu, era ekizuulibwa kye ekikulu — nti Katonda mulungi era teyeefaako n’akatono — kiwadde obuweerero bangi abaali batya ekirala.

Ku ntandikwa, ng’akisoma ng’ebyafaayo by’obulamu bwe nga bwe biri — okuva ku kukuzibwa kwe mu Bakwakeri n’okubuusabuusa kwe okw’olubereberye okutuuka ku kuzuula okuwa ekitabo omutwe gwakyo. Olw’okuba lugendo, kivaamu nnyo bwe kisomebwa mu nsengeka, omusomi alyoke atuuke ku buteefaako bwa Katonda mu kkubo lye limu Smith lye yatambuliramu okubuzuula.