Okulondebwa

Si mmwe mwannonda! Wabula Nze nabalonda, mulyoke mubale ebibala—Yokaana 15:16

Ettabi terironda muzabbibu, wadde okusalawo ku muzabbibu ki kwe lirikulira. Omuzabbibu gwe guzaala ettabi, nga bwe gwagala era we gwagala. Bwe kityo ne Kristo agamba nti: “Si mmwe mwannonda! Wabula Nze nabalonda.” Naye abamu baligamba nti: Kino si kye kyawula ettabi ery’omu butonde n’ery’omu mwoyo, nti omuntu alina okwagala n’obusobozi okulonda, era nti olw’okuba yasalawo okukkiriza Kristo, n’amulonda okuba Mukama we, kyava afuuka ettabi? Kino mazima ddala tekiriimu kubuusabuusa. Kyokka kitundu kimu kyokka eky’amazima. Eky’okuyiga eky’Omuzabbibu, n’okuyigiriza kwa Mukama waffe, bisonga ku kitundu ekirala, ekiri wansi ennyo, oludda lwa Katonda olw’okubeera kwaffe mu Kristo. Singa Ye teyatulonda, naffe tetwandimulonze. Okumulonda kwaffe kwava mu kutulonda kwe, n’okutukwata. Mu butonde bw’ebintu, buyinza bwe ng’Omuzabbibu okulonda n’okutonda ettabi lye. Byonna bye tuli tubifuna kubanga tuli mu “abaalondebwamu olw’ekisa.” Bwe tuba twagala okumanya Kristo ng’Omuzabbibu ogw’amazima, ensibuko yokka n’amaanyi g’obulamu bw’ettabi, era ne twemanya ng’amatabi agamwesigamako ddala, mu ngeri ey’omukisa ennyo era etaliiko kabi, ka tunywe nnyo ku mazima gano ag’omukisa: “Si mmwe mwannonda! Wabula Nze nabalonda.”

Era Kristo kino akyogera lwa nsonga ki? Balyoke bamanye ekigendererwa kye yabalondera, era bafune, mu kukkiriza okulondebwa kwe, obukakafu nti bajja kutuukiriza kye baateekerwawo. Mu Byawandiikibwa byonna kino kye kigendererwa ekikulu eky’okuyigiriza ku kulondebwa. “yabalonda okufaananyizibwa mu kifaananyi ky’Omwana we.” (okuba amatabi mu kifaananyi n’obufaananyi bw’Omuzabbibu). “Yatulonda okubeera mu Kristo ng’ensi tennatondebwa, ffe tube batukuvu.” “yabalondera obulokozi okuva ku lubereberye, ng’abatukuza olw’okukola kw’Omwoyo.” “be yasooka okumanya ne batukuzibwa Omwoyo olw’okugondere Yesu Kristo.” Abamu bakozesezza bubi enjigiriza y’okulondebwa, n’abalala, olw’okutya okugikozesa obubi, bagigaanye, kubanga baabuusa amaaso okuyigiriza kuno. Beemalidde ku nsibuko yaakwo enkusike mu mirembe n’emirembe, ku byama ebitanoonyezeka eby’okuteesa kwa Katonda, mu kifo ky’okukkiriza okubikkulirwa kw’ekigendererwa kyakwo mu biseera bino, n’emikisa gye kuleeta mu bulamu bwaffe obw’Ekikristaayo.

Kale lowooza emikisa egyo kye giri. Mu lunyiriri lwaffe Kristo abikkula ekigendererwa kye eky’emirundi ebiri mu kutulonda okuba amatabi ge: tulyoke tubale ebibala ku nsi, era tubeere n’amaanyi mu kusaba mu Ggulu. Ng’okulowooza nti yatulondera kino kutuwa obwesige nti talirema kututegeka kutuukiriza kigendererwa kye! Nga bukakafu nti tusobola okubala ebibala eby’olubeerera, era okusaba ne tuweebwa! Nga kino kituyita buli kiseera eri obwetoowaze obusingayo n’okutendereza, eri okwesigama okujjuvu n’okusuubira! Teyanditulonze olw’ekyo kye tutasaanira, oba ky’atasobola kututegekera. Yatulonda; kino gwe musingo nti alikola byonna mu ffe.

Ka tuwulirize, nga emmeeme esirise, Omuzabbibu waffe omutukuvu ng’ayogera na buli omu ku ffe: “Si mmwe mwannonda!” Era ka tugambe nti: “Ye, Mukama, naye nze nakulonda! Amiina, Mukama!” Musabe akulage kino kye kitegeeza. Mu Ye, Omuzabbibu ogw’amazima, obulamu bwo ng’ettabi mwe bufunira ensibuko yaabwo eya Katonda, obukuumi bwabwo obw’olubeerera, n’amaanyi okutuukiriza ekigendererwa kye. Oyo, gw’obanjibwa byonna olw’okwagala kwe, osobola okumusuubiramu byonna. Mu Ye, mu kigendererwa kye, mu maanyi ge, ne mu bwesigwa bwe, mu kwagala kwe, ka mbeere.

Nze nabalonda. Mukama, njigiriza kino kye kitegeeza—nti omutima gwo ogussizza ku nze, n’onnonda okubala ebibala eby’olubeerera, n’okusaba okusaba okuwangula. Mu kigendererwa kyo kino eky’olubeerera emmeeme yange yandyagadde okuwummula ng’egamba nti: “Ekyo kye yannondera, kye njagala okuba, kye nsobola okuba, era kye ndiba.”