Ekiseera Ekyokusatu Mu Bulamu Bwange Obw’eddiini (Okuzzibwawo Kw’ebintu Byonna)

Nga bwe nnayogera mu ssuula eyayita, oluvannyuma lw’emyaka mitono egy’essanyu erisukkiridde mu mawulire amalungi ag’obulokozi obuyita mu Kristo — ku lwange n’okw’abo abaakkiriza nga nze — omutima gwange gwatandika okugolokokera ebweru eri abo abaakkiriza mu ngeri endala, era naddala eri abo abaali, olw’embeera z’okuzaalibwa kwabwe n’ebibaali bibetoolodde, abatafunanga mukisa mulungi mu bulamu. Saayinza kwewala kulaba nti obutamanya Katonda, era n’olwekyo obulamu obw’ekibi, kyalabika ng’enkomerero etaddibwaŋŋanwa ey’abantu bannange bangi ennyo. Era saayinza kukitabaganya n’obwenkanya bwa Katonda nti emmeeme ng’ezo ez’ennaku zandisaliddwa okubonaabona okutaggwaawo olw’embeera ze zaali zitavunaanyizibwako era ze zaali zitayinza kudduka mu bibalo ebisinga obungi.

Ekyo nti nze, atakisaanira okusinga bo, nnaleetebwa mu kumanya amazima nga bo balekeddwa ebweru mu mpewo, kyanzitoowerera nnyo nti emirundi mingi nnawulira nti nnandiwaddeyo n’essanyu obulokozi bwange nzennyini singa, mu ngeri eyo, nnandisobozza okubuwa abo abaateekebwa mu mbeera embi okusinga eyange.

Natandika okuwulira nti obulokozi bwe nnali njagalidde bwali, mu butuufu, bulokozi bufunda era obw’okwefaako, obutasaanira Mutonzi eyalangirira mu bukalabakalaba nti “okusaasira kwe okuwooma kuli ku mirimu gye gyonna,” era n’obutasingako okusaanira Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, eyajja mu nsi olw’ekigendererwa kimu kyokka eky’okulokola ensi. Saayinza kukkiriza nti obulamu bwe n’okufa kwe ku lwaffe byali biteekeddwa okulemererwa ennyo bwe kityo okutereeza ekibi kyennyini kye yajjira okutereeza. Nnawulira nti kiteekwa okuba nga tekisoboka nti wandibaddewo obulemu bwonna mu bulokozi bwe yali awaddeyo.

Nnakakasibwa nti obuzibu bwange bwali buvudde kwokka mu kutategeera nteekateeka za Katonda, era ne neemalirira n’obunyiikivu okuzuula ensobi yange. Nga bwe njogedde, obuddukiro bwange obusooka bwali kwe kumalibwawo kw’ababi. Naye kino mangwago kyalabika ng’ekitasaanira Mutonzi ow’amagezi era omulungi — mazima, kwatula kwa nnaku okw’okulemererwa ku luuyi lwe — era saayinza kukitabaganya n’obuyinzabwonna bwe oba okumanyabyonna kwe. Natandika okutya nti nnali ŋŋenda kunakuwazibwa mu Katonda.

Naye olunaku olumu okubikkulirwa ne kujja okwamulwanirira ne kugonjoola ekibuuzo kyonna emirembe gyonna.

Bulijjo twabeeranga n’ababuulizi ab’okuzuukusa mu maka gaffe, kubanga twanoonyanga buli kakisa okuyamba okutuusa mu maaso ekyo kye twayita “omulimu gw’enjiri.” Mu bo ne wajja omu eyali akwatiddwa nnyo endowooza nti kyali nkizo era buvunaanyizibwa bwa Bakristaayo okugabana, mu ngeri ey’enjawulo, mu kubonaabona kwa Kristo awamu n’essanyu lye. Kirabika yali alowooza nti okukola bwe kityo mu ngeri emu kwandiyambye abo abaali batamanyi kintu ku bulokozi obuli mu Kristo; era yali akwasizza empisa ey’okwegayirira n’amaanyi ku nsonga eno mu nkuŋŋaana ze. Yasabanga Abakristaayo abaali beetegefu, ku lw’abalala, okwetwalira ekitundu ku kubonaabona kwa Kristo, “okusembera mu maaso” ku ntebe ey’omu maaso mu nkuŋŋaana ne basaba nti enkizo ng’eyo bagiweebwe.

Mu ngeri emu byonna byawulikika nga bikulu nnyo era eby’obuzira, era byakwatagana ddala n’okwegomba kwange okuyamba bannange abantu abatalina mukisa nti, wadde nga saagenda mu maaso okusaba mu nkuŋŋaana ze yonna, mazima natandika kyama okusaba — mu buzibe ne mu butamanya — nti nnyingire mu bumanyirivu obwo, ka bube bwonna bwe bwali.

Ekyavaamu kyali kya njawulo nnyo ku ekyo kye nnali nsuubidde, era eky’amaanyi ennyo okusingawo.

Nnali nsuubidde okuyingira mu kuwulira okw’okubonaabona kwa Kristo kwennyini mu bulamu n’okufa kwe yatwetikkira. Mu kifo ky’ekyo, kyandabikira nga mfuna okubikkulirwa, si okw’okubonaabona kwe olw’ekibi, wabula okwaffe. Kyandabikira ng’endaba ennaku n’obuyinike obwaleetebwa ku bantu olw’okuyingira kw’ekibi mu nsi, n’ennaku ya Kristo — si olw’okubonaabona kwe yennyini olw’ekyo, wabula olw’okubonaabona kw’abantu abaavu abaali bakolimiddwa nakyo.

Kyandabikira nga ntegeera ekintu ku buyinike bwe bwe buteekwa okuba nga bw’ali ku kulaba enkomerero ey’entiisa eyakkirizibwa okutuuka ku bantu, n’essanyu lye nti yali asobola okukola ekintu okukukendeeza. Nnalaba nti okwaffe kwe kwali okubonaabona, n’okwe kwe kwali essanyu ery’okwewaayo Ye yennyini okutulokola. Nnawulira nti singa nnali Mutonzi ow’Obwakatonda ne nkkiriza enkomerero ey’entiisa bwe etyo okutuuka ku bitonde bye nnakola, nnandijjuddwa obuyinike era nnanditegedde nti obwenkanya obwangu — wadde nga si kwagala — bwandinsabye okuzuula eddagala erimu. Era nnamanya nti saayinza kuba wa bwenkanya okusinga Katonda.

Emirundi n’emirundi, neesanga nga nziramu mu mutima gwange ennyiriri George MacDonald z’ateeka ku jjinja ery’oku ntaana mu lumu ku ngero ze: “Ai Ggwe eyakola omusota, Otuwe okusonyiyibwa, era okkirize okusonyiyibwa.”

Nnali mpulidde bingi ku bubi bw’ebibi byaffe eri Katonda; naye kaakano neesanga nga neebuuza: Naye ate obubi bw’enkomerero yaffe olw’okufuulibwa aboonoonyi? Sandisinze nnyo okwagala nti omuntu ansobezaako ekibi okusinga nze okusobya ku muntu omulala yenna? Tekyali kya ntiisa nnyo okufuulibwa omwonoonyi okusinga okusobezebwako?

Era natandika okulaba nti, olw’okuba Katonda yakkiriza ekibi okuyingira mu nsi, kiteekwa okugoberera nti, mu bwenkanya obwa bulijjo, yandiwalirizibbwa okuwaayo eddagala erienkana n’obulwadde. Nzijukira ba maama be nnamanya abaana baabwe abaalwala endwadde ezaasikirwa, abaali beebaza nnyo okuwaayo obulamu bwabwe mu kwewaayo singa, mu ngeri yonna, baasobola okuzzaawo obulabe bwe baaleeta olw’okuleeta abaana bano mu nsi wansi w’embeera embi bwe zityo. Era neebuuza: Katonda yandikoze ekitono?

Nnalaba nti bwe kipimibwa ku minzaani ey’obukyamu obugumiikirizibwa, ffe, abaatondebwa nga tuli boonoonyi, twalina bingi ennyo okusonyiwa okusinga omuntu yenna gwe ffe tuyinza okuba nga twasobyako.

Obweyu bino byonna bwe byanjijira tebuyinza kwogerwa. Saabirowooza, oba okubisiima, oba okubiteebereza. Nnabiraba. Kwali kubikkulirwa kw’engeri y’ebintu ey’amazima — si ng’endowooza ez’oku ngulu, ez’obulijjo, wabula ng’amazima ag’edda agasoobera wansi — era tekwayinza kugaanibwa. Mu buli maaso g’omuntu ge nnalaba, kyandabikira ng’okusaanukulwa mu maaso gange olugero olw’ennaku n’obuyinike obwali buyingidde mu nsi olw’ekibi. Nnamanya nti Katonda kiteekwa nga akiraba n’amaaso amayonjo okusinga gange, era n’olwekyo okubonaabona kwe olw’okulaba kuteekwa okuba okusingako ennyo — wadde nga okwange kwali kwakawulira nga kumpi n’okuba okutagumiikirizika. Era natandika okutegeera engeri ekisinga obutono kye yandikoze bwe kyandibadde okwaniriza n’essanyu eritayogerekeka ekintu kyonna ekyandiyambye okununula ebitonde bye yali atonze okuva mu nnaku ey’entiisa ng’eyo.

Kwali kutegeera okuteerabirwa okw’obuyinike bw’ensi olw’ekibi.

Kwamala bbanga ki sisobola kujjukira, naye nga kukyaliwo, kwali kumpi okunsesebbula. Era olw’okuba kwaddangamu buli lwe nnalaba amaaso g’omugwira, neesanga nga mpalirizibbwa okwambala akaliba akagumu buli lwe nnafuluma mu nguudo, ndyoke nneewale okutuukibwako okw’entiisa okw’okutegeera okwo.

Olunaku olumu nnali ntambulira mu tulaamu mu luguudo Market Street mu Philadelphia abasajja babiri bwe bajja ne batuula mu maaso gange. Nnabalaba mu kizikizakizika okuyita mu kaliba kange ne mpulira nga mpummudde — ekizikizakizika kyategeeza obukuumi. Konidakita bwe yajja olw’empeera yange, kyansabaawo okuyimusa akaliba nsobole okubala sente. Bwe nakayimusa, ne ndaba obulungi amaaso ago abiri, n’omukoka omungi ogw’obuyinike ne gunkulukuta. Kyandabikira nga mfuna okubikkulirwa okulala — okusinga obweyu era okwa buziba — okw’ennaku ekibi kye kyaleeta ku bantu. Kyali kisukka bwe nnasobola okugumira. Nnanyweza emikono gyange ne nkaabira munda nti, “Ai Katonda, oyinza otya okukugumira? Wandikiziyizza, naye tewakiziyiza. N’okwo kaakano wandikikyusizza, naye tokikyusa. Sirabye engeri gy’oyinza okweyongera okuba omulamu n’ogumira endaba ng’eyo.”

Nnanenya Katonda. Era nnawulira nti nnali ntuufu okukola bwe ntyo.

Awo, amangwago, Katonda kyandabikira ng’anziramu. Eddoboozi ery’omunda ne lyogera mu ddoboozi ery’okwagala okutaliiko kkomo n’obuwombeefu: “Aliraba ku kutegana kw’emmeeme ye, n’akkuta.”

“N’akkuta!” ne nkaabira munda yange. “Kristo alina okukkuta! Aliraba ennaku y’ensi, n’oluvannyuma n’aleeta okutegana kwe yagumira olw’ekyo, era alikkuta n’ekyavaamu! Singa nnali Kristo, tewaali kintu kyandinkkusizza okuggyako nga buli muntu ku nkomerero alokoddwa. N’olwekyo, tewali kisingako obutono kiyinza kumukkusa.”

N’ekyo, akaliba kyandabikira nga kaggibwako ku nteekateeka z’obutonde bwonna. Nnalaba nti kyali kya mazima, nga Bayibuli bw’alangirira, nti “Nga mu Adamu bonna bwe bafa, era bwe batyo mu Kristo bonna balifuulibwa balamu.” Nga bwe kyali eky’olubereberye, bwe kityo n’eky’okubiri kyali. “Bonna” mu nsonga emu tekyayinza mu bwenkanya kutegeeza kisingako butono ku “bonna” mu ndala. N’olwekyo, nnalaba nti eddagala liteekwa okwenkana n’obulwadde — nti obulokozi buteekwa okuba obwa buli muntu nga bwe kwali okugwa.

Nnabiraba byonna bino ku lunaku olwo mu tulaamu mu Market Street — si okubirowooza kwokka, oba okubisuubira, oba okubikkiriza, wabula okubimanya. Kwali kwa mazima kwa Bwakatonda. Era okuva mu kaseera ako, sirinnaba kubuusabuusa ku nkomerero ey’abantu. Katonda ye Mutonzi wa buli muntu; n’olwekyo ye Kitaawe wa buli omu, era bonna baana be. Era Kristo yafiirira buli omu, eyalangirirwa okuba “ekitangirira, si eky’ebibi byaffe byokka, naye n’eky’ebibi eby’ensi yonna” (1 Yokaana 2:2).

Ka bube nga obutamanya bwenkana wa, ka kibe nga ekibi kya nnaku ekimeeka, ekisuubizo eky’obulokozi kya lwatu era tekiriiko kkomo.

Bwe kiba nga kya mazima nti “olw’ekyonoono eky’omu okusalirwa omusango kwajjira abantu bonna eri okuzikirira,” kale mu ngeri y’emu kya mazima nti “olw’obutuukirivu obw’omu ekirabo eky’obuwa kyajjira abantu bonna eri obutuukirivu obw’obulamu.” Okukoma “abantu bonna” abasembayo kwe kukoma n’abasooka. Obulokozi bwenkanankana ddala n’okugwa. Wagenda kubaawo “okuzzibwawo kw’ebintu byonna” okusembayo, nga “mu linnya lya Yesu buli vviivi ligwa — eby’omu ggulu, n’eby’oku nsi, n’eby’omu ttaka wansi — era buli lulimi lwatula nti Yesu Kristo ye Mukama, olw’ekitiibwa kya Katonda Kitaawe.” Buli vviivi, buli lulimi — tewaali kya kubuuka kirala kyandibadde ekizingiramu byonna okusingawo.

Engeri n’ekiseera saabiraba. Naye amazima ag’omugaso ge gaali gonna bye nnayagala: mu kifo kimu, mu ngeri emu, Katonda yali agenda kutereeza buli kimu eri ebitonde byonna bye yatonda. Omutima gwange gwawummulira mu kino emirembe gyonna.

Nayanguwa okudda eka nga njayaanira okutuuka ku Bayibuli yange, okulaba oba amazima gano ag’ekitalo ge nnali nzudde gaali gayinza okuba nga gaaliwo bulijjo nga sigatageze. Amangu ddala bwe nnayingira mu nnyumba, saggyeeko na nkuufiira yange, wabula nadduka eri emmeeza Bayibuli yange ne Concordance we byabeeranga bulijjo nga biteekeddwateekeddwa. Natandika okunoonya — era amangwago Ekitabo kyonna kyandabikira nga kimasamasa. Ku buli lupapula amazima agakwata ku “biseera eby’okuzzibwawo kw’ebintu byonna,” Omutume Peetero g’ayogerako nti “Katonda kye yayogerera mu kamwa ka bannabbi be abatukuvu bonna okuva ensi lwe yatondebwa,” gaamasamasa, nga tegaleka bbanga lya kubuusabuusa.

Nakyusa n’obwesunge okuva ku lupapula okudda ku lulala, nga nseka waggulu olw’essanyu olw’ekitangaala ekyakijjuza. Ne kifuuka kitabo kiggya. Kyali ng’eriba eddala liggiddwako ku buli kyawandiikibwa, era buli lunyiriri lwamasamasa n’amakulu amaggya — si makulu ga njawulo, kubanga amaggya tegaawakanya makadde, wabula amakulu ag’obuziba, amakulu ag’amazima agaali gakwekeddwa mu nzikiriza ey’ebweru ey’ebigambo. Tewaali kya mu byawandiikibwa kyeetaaga kukyusibwa; okutegeera kwange kwokka kwe kwali kwetaaga okuggulwawo. Era kaakano, ku nkomerero, kwaggulwawo.

Nzijukira nga tewannayita bbanga, mu kusoma kwange Bayibuli okwa buli lunaku, ne ntuuka ku Zabbuli ne nneewuunya ekitangaala ekiggya ekyateekebwa ku kunenya kwazo okusinga obukambwe — okwafaanana n’okwegomba omusaayi. Nnalaba nti, bwe zisomebwa mu mwoyo so si mu nnukuta, zaali zijjudde obuwanguzi obw’ekirungi ku kibi obwasuubizibwa era obusembayo, era zaali kulwanirira kwa kitalo okw’obulungi n’obwenkanya bwa Katonda, atalirwummula — era atasaanira, era atasobola — okutuusa abalabe be bonna, n’abaffe, nga bateekeddwa wansi w’ebigere bye.

Nnalaba nti obwakabaka bwe buteekwa okuba obw’omunda nga tebunnaba kuba bwa kungulu; nti bwakabaka bwa ndowooza, so si bwa maanyi ga nkambwe; nti okufuga kwe kuli ku mitima, so si ku bitundu by’ensi; nti obuwanguzi bwe buteekwa okubaawo munda nga tebunnabikkulwa bweru. Anoonya kufuga myoyo okusinga mibiri. Tewaali buwanguzi bwandimukkusizza okuggyako obuwanguzi obuwangula omutima — okwewaayo kw’emmeeme ey’eddembe era ekakasibbwa, so si kwewaayo kwokka kw’omuddu awanguddwa. Nga Milton bw’agamba, “Awangula n’amaanyi awangudde kitundu kyokka ky’omulabe we,” era nnalaba nti kino kyali kya mazima.

Bwe gasomebwa mu kitangaala kino, ebigambo byennyini ebyali binjijuzza entiisa kaakano byasanyusa emmeeme yange n’ettendo: “Katonda agolokoke, abalabe be basaasaane; n’abo abamukyawa badduke mu maaso ge.

Ng’omukka bwe guggibwawo, bw’otyo obagobe; ng’ebisenge bwe bisaanuuka mu maaso g’omuliro, bw’atyo ababi bazikiririre mu maaso ga Katonda.”

Obusungu bwa Katonda bulwanyisa ekibi, so si omwonoonyi; era abalabe be bwe basaasaanyizibwa, ababaffe basaasaanyizibwa nabo. Ekitala kye bwe butuukirivu, ekitta ekibi omwonoonyi alyoke abe omulamu. Omuliro ogw’obusungu bwe gwe muliro ogw’omuweesi alongoosa; tatuula ng’omuzikiriza w’emmeeme wabula ng’omulongoosa waayo, okugitukuza nga zaabu ne ffeeza bwe zitukuzibwa.

“Okwagala tekukkakkana.

Abalabe bayinza okugulwa oba okusendebwasendebwa Okubaggya ku kigendererwa kyabwe ekibi; Naye agenda nga takkakkanyiziddwa Oyo eyeemalidde ku kisa.”

Omuwandiisi wa Zabbuli agamba nti, “Wali Katonda eyabasonyiwa, newakubadde nga wawalana eggwanga ku bikolwa byabwe”; era n’ekisumuluzo kino mu ngalo, okunenya kwonna okw’obusungu bwa Katonda — okwali edda nga kwa bukambwe era nga tekwa bwenkanya eri amatu gange — kwafuulibwa ebirango eby’obumalirivu bwe obw’okwagala okutufuula abalungi abasaanira okubeera naye mu Ggulu emirembe gyonna.

Nnandisobodde okwongera ebyokulabirako awatali kkomo eby’ekitangaala kino ekiggya ekyamasamasa mu bulungi obusikiriza ku buli lupapula lw’Ebyawandiikibwa, naye bino bimala. Ku nkomerero natandika okutegeera Omutume Pawulo kye yali ategeeza bwe yagamba nti yafuulibwa omuweereza w’endagaano empya, “si ya nnukuta, naye ya mwoyo; kubanga ennukuta etta, naye omwoyo guwa obulamu.” Ebintu bye nnali nsomye edda mu nnukuta ne bikankana, kaakano — nga mbisoma mu mwoyo — byanjijuza essanyu