Ettabi

Buli ttabi eriri ku Nze eritabala bibala aliggyako—Yokaana 15:2

Wano tulina ekimu ku bigambo ebikulu mu lugero luno—ettabi. Omuzabbibu gwetaaga amatabi: awatali matabi teguliiko kye guyinza kukola, teguyinza kubala bibala. Nga bwe kikulu okumanya ku Muzabbibu ne ku Mulimi, bwe kityo bwe kikulu okutegeera ettabi kye liri. Nga tetunnawuliriza Kristo by’alina okwogera ku lyo, ka tusooke tutegeere ettabi kye liri, n’ekyo kye lituyigiriza ku bulamu bwaffe mu Kristo. Ettabi kitundu kya muti bukitundu, omuzabbibu kye gumeza olw’ekigendererwa kimu kyokka: okuguweereza mu kubala ebibala byagwo. Lirina obutonde bwe bumu n’omuzabbibu, era lirina obulamu bumu n’omwoyo gumu nagwo. Lowooza akaseera katono ku by’okuyiga kino bye kituleetera.

Waliwo eky’okuyiga ekya okwewaayo okujjuvu. Ettabi lirina ekigendererwa kimu kyokka kye liriwo, ensonga emu gye lyewaddeyo ddala. Ye eno: okubala ebibala omuzabbibu bye gwagala okuzaala. Era bw’atyo omukkiriza alina ensonga emu yokka lw’aba ettabi—ensonga emu yokka lw’ali ku nsi —Omuzabbibu ogw’omu ggulu gulyoke guzaale ebibala bye nga guyita mu ye. Emmeeme ya mukisa emanyi kino, ekikkirizza, era egamba nti, Nnanunulibwa era mbeerawo olw’ekintu kimu kyokka—nga ettabi ery’omu nsi bwe libaawo olw’okubala ebibala kyokka, nange bwe ntyo; nga Omuzabbibu ogw’omu ggulu bwe gubaawo olw’okubala ebibala kyokka, nange bwe ntyo. Nga bwe nsimbiddwa Katonda mu Kristo, nneewaddeyo ddala okubala ebibala Omuzabbibu bye gwagala okuzaala.

Waliwo eky’okuyiga ekya okufaanana okutuukiridde. Ettabi lifaanana ddala omuzabbibu mu buli ngeri—obutonde bwe bumu, obulamu bwe bumu, ekifo kye kimu, omulimu gwe gumu. Mu bino byonna byombi biri kimu, tebyawukana. Era bw’atyo omukkiriza yeetaaga okumanya nti agabana ku butonde bw’obwakatonda, era nti alina mu ye obutonde n’omwoyo bya Kristo ddala, era nti okuyitibwa kwe okumu kwe kwewaayo afaanane Kristo mu bujjuvu. Ettabi kye kifaananyi ky’omuzabbibu ekituukiridde; enjawulo yokka eri nti: ogumu munene era gwa maanyi, era ye nsibuko y’amaanyi; eddala ttono era linafu, bulijjo lyetaaga amaanyi era ligafuna. Bw’atyo n’omukkiriza ali, era alina okubeera, ekifaananyi kya Kristo ekituukiridde.

Waliwo eky’okuyiga ekya okwesigama okujjuvu. Omuzabbibu gulina ebiterekero byagwo eby’obulamu, n’amazzi gaagwo, n’amaanyi, si ku lwagwo, wabula ku lw’amatabi. Amatabi tegaliiko kye gali era tegaliiko kye galina okuggyako omuzabbibu bye gugawa era bye gugagabira. Omukkiriza ayitibwa—era kye kisingayo okumuwa omukisa okukiyingiramu—mu bulamu obw’okwesigama ku Kristo ddala, awatali kulekera. Emisana n’ekiro, buli kaseera, Kristo y’alina okukola mu ye byonna by’ayetaaga.

Era oluvannyuma eky’okuyiga ekya obwesige obutabuusabuusa. Ettabi teririna kye lyeraliikirira; omuzabbibu gugaba byonna; lyo lirina kwewaayo n’okufuna. Okulaba amazima gano kye kituusa ku kiwummulo eky’omukisa eky’okukkiriza, ekyama ekituufu eky’okukula n’amaanyi: “Nnyinza okukola byonna mu oyo ampa amaanyi.”

Nga twandifunye obulamu bwa kitalo singa twakkiriza bukkiriza okubeera amatabi! Mwana wa Katonda omwagalwa, yiga eky’okuyiga kino. Olina ekintu kimu kyokka eky’okukola: Beera ttabi kyokka—tosukkawo, tokendeezaako! Beera ttabi bubeezi; Kristo anaabeeranga Omuzabbibu agaba byonna. Era Omulimi, Katonda ow’amaanyi, eyafuula Omuzabbibu kye guli, bw’atyo ddala bw’alifuula ettabi kye lisaanidde okubeera.

Mukama Yesu, nkwegayiridde, mbikkulira ekyama eky’omu ggulu eky’ettabi, mu kwegatta kwalyo okulamu n’Omuzabbibu, ne mu ddembe lyalyo okutwala ku bujjuvu bwagwo bwonna. Era obumala bwo mu byonna, obukwata amatabi go ne bugajjuza, bunnuŋŋamye mu kiwummulo eky’okukkiriza ekimanyi nti ggwe okola byonna.