Susanna Wesley — Nnyina w’Abametodisti

Yali Ani

Susanna Annesley Wesley yazaalibwa nga 20 Gatonnya 1669, mu London, ng’ye mwana ow’amakumi abiri mu ataano owa kitaawe, omusumba omututumufu ow’Abanonkonfomisti (abaali beeyawudde ku Kkanisa ya Bungereza), eyalina etterekero ly’ebitabo by’eby’eddiini n’amaka agaali mu nteeko, ebyabumba amagezi ge n’obulamu bwe obw’omwoyo okuva mu buwere. Yafumbirwa Samuel Wesley mu 1688, ne basenga e Epworth mu Lincolnshire, gye yazaalira abaana kkumi na mwenda, mwenda ku bo ne bakula ne batuuka mu bukulu. Babiri ku batabani be — John ne Charles Wesley — baali ba kutandikawo ekibiina ky’Abametodisti era ne bafuuka ku Bakristaayo abaasinga okuba n’obuyinza mu kyasa ekya kkumi na munaana, naye Susanna ye yali omusomesa waabwe eyasooka era eyasinga okubabumba. Wadde nga yali mu kunyigirizibwa kumpi okutayinza kulowoozekako okw’okuddukanya amaka amanene mu bwavu, yeewaayo okumala waakiri essaawa bbiri buli lunaku yekka ne Katonda mu kusaba, n’okuwa buli mwana essaawa emu buli wiiki ey’okumuyigiriza ebya Katonda ng’ali yekka. Yafa mu 1742 ng’alina emyaka nsanvu mu esatu, era John yawandiika nti yafa “mu ngeri esaanira obulamu bwe.”

Okuyigiriza Kwe Okukulu ku Kusaba

Okuyigiriza kwa Susanna Wesley ku kusaba tekwayinza kwawulwa ku ngeri gye yali ategeeramu amaka ng’ekifo ekikulu eky’okukuza abantu mu by’omwoyo. Yakkiriza nti okusaba okusinga okuba n’ebiva ebinene mu nsi emirundi mingi kwe kwo okusabibwa mu bifo by’awaka ebya bulijjo — ku mmeeza z’omu ffumbiro, ku mabbali g’obuliri bw’abaana, ne mu nkola ey’ettutumu gye yamanyikiramu: okutuula ng’asika epuloni ye n’agibikka ku mutwe wakati mu maka ge, ng’akabonero eri abaana be nti ali mu kusaba era tebalina kumutawaanya. Mu mbeera eyo ey’awaka, yasisinkana Katonda akyusa emirembe n’emirembe.

Susanna yali ategeera omulimu gwe nga maama, si nga mulabirizi wa maka okusingira ddala, wabula ng’omusumba ow’omwoyo ng’okusaba kwe gwe musingi ogutalabika ogw’ebiseera by’amaka ge eby’omu maaso. Yassa nnyo omwoyo ku musingi ogw’edda: “Manyiiriza omwana mu kkubo erimugwanira okutambulirangamu, ne bw’alikula talirivaamu.” (Engero 22:6). Kino tekyali kya kukuza baana kyokka gy’ali, wabula kyali njigiriza ya kwegayiririra abalala: okukkiriza nti okusaba kw’omuzadde, okuweebwayo obutayosa era n’omwoyo gwonna ku lw’omwana okuva mu myaka gye egisooka, kubumba enkula y’obulamu bw’omwana oyo obw’omwoyo mu ngeri nti tewali kintu kirala kijja oluvannyuma kiyinza kukiggyawo ddala. Yasabiranga abaana be ng’abayita amannya gaabwe, n’ebisabibwa ebitegeerekeka, era ng’asuubira Katonda okuddamu.

Empisa ye ey’obunyiikivu yali ya kitalo mu ngeri yonna gy’oyinza okugipima. Essaawa bbiri ez’okusaba buli lunaku mu maka agaalimu abaana abalamu abatuuka ku kkumi, ensimbi entono, n’omwami eyabanga taliiwo emirundi mingi, tebyali bibala bya mbeera nnyangu, wabula bya kukakasa okugumu ng’ekyuma. Kirabika yatwala ebigambo by’omuwandiisi wa Zabbuli ng’endagaano ye ku bubwe: “Ngolokoka bunatera okukya ne nkukaabirira onnyambe; essuubi lyange liri mu kigambo kyo.” (Zabbuli 119:147). Okusaba eri Susanna tekwali kwa kunyigirizibwa mu mabanga g’obulamu obujjudde emirimu, wabula gwe gwali omusingi ebirala byonna kwe byategekebwa. Yawandiika mu bbaluwa nti: “Wadde ebitone byange byali bitono, sirina kye nnayinza kuddiza Katonda olw’okwagala kwe okungi okuggyako okumuddizaawo ebitone ebyo — era ekisinga obunene ku byo kye nnina bye biseera.”

Ennyumba y’omusumba e Epworth bwe yaggya omuliro mu 1709, John ow’emyaka omukaaga n’awonyezebwa mu nnimi z’omuliro mu ngeri ey’ekyewuunyo ku kaseera akasembayo, Susanna yakitwala ng’akabonero okuva eri Katonda. Yawandiika mu kitabo kye mwe yawandiikanga ebirowoozo bye nti okuva ku lunaku olwo yali wa kussa omwoyo ogw’enjawulo ku mwoyo gwa John, ng’ayongera nnyo okusaba kwe n’okuyigiriza kwe, ng’akakasa nti Katonda yali amuwonyezza olw’ekigendererwa. Okukakasa kuno kwennyini kwali ngeri ya kusaba — ekikolwa eky’okwesiga ebigendererwa bya Katonda afuga byonna: “Kubanga mmanyi enteekateeka ze nnina gye muli,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “enteekateeka ez’okubakulaakulanya so si okubakolako akabi, enteekateeka ez’okubawa essuubi era n’obulamu obw’omu maaso” (Yeremiya 29:11). Yasaba enteekateeka ezo zituukirire nga tannaba na kuzimanya nti zaali ki.

Susanna era yalina enjigiriza ennywevu ku kusaba kw’ekibiina n’amaanyi gaakwo okubumba abantu awamu. Nga John Wesley tannaba kuteekawo mu ngeri entongole nkuŋŋaana za bibiina ebitono, Susanna yali akuŋŋaanya abantu mu nnyumba ye awatali kuteekateeka okusaba n’okuyigiriza — enkuŋŋaana ezaasikiriza abantu abasoba mu bikumi bibiri mu kiseera kye zaasinga okwettanirwa, era ezaaleeta obukuubagano obw’amaanyi n’omwami we, ataali mumativu n’obukulembeze bwe. Enkuŋŋaana zino yazisimba ku kisuubizo kya Kristo: “Kubanga abantu ababiri oba abasatu bwe banaakuŋŋaananga mu linnya lyange, nange nnaabeeranga awo wakati waabwe.” (Matayo 18:20). Bwe kiba nti babiri oba basatu baali bamala okufuna okubeerawo kwa Kristo, bwe yalowooza, kale olukuŋŋaana lw’abantu ebikumi bibiri terwandisinzeewo nnyo? Enkuŋŋaana ze ez’okusaba awaka ze zaali ekifaananyi ekisooka eky’ekibiina ky’Abametodisti mutabani we kye yazimba oluvannyuma ne kibuna ensi yonna.

Mu nkomerero, omusika gwe tegwali kukyuka n’obuweereza bw’abaana be kyokka, wabula obujulizi obulamu nti obwesigwa mu kusaba okutalabika, okutaliimu kitiibwa, okwa buli lunaku, buzaala ebibala ebisukka ku ebyo omusizi by’ayinza okulowooza. Yalaga mu bulamu bwe okwatula kw’amaka ga Isirayiri: “Naye nze n’ennyumba yange, ffe tunaaweerezanga Mukama Katonda” (Yoswa 24:15) — si ng’ebigambo eby’eddiini eby’okwogera obwogezi, wabula ng’okulonda okwa buli lunaku, okwalina omuwendo gwe yasasulanga, okuddibwangamu obutayosa. Okuva mu kifo kye eky’okusabiramu awaka, eky’ebigere kkumi na munaana, okuzuukuka kwasaasaana ne kutuuka mu ggwanga lyonna, n’oluvannyuma mu nsi yonna.

Okusaba

Ayi Katonda omwesigwa, tujjukize nti ebifo ebya bulijjo ennyo tebikukwekeddwa n’akatono.

Bwe tuwulira obutono bw’embeera zaffe, gaziya okukkiriza kwaffe. Okusaba kwaffe bwe kulabika ng’okw’awaka ennyo era okukwekeddwa ennyo okuba n’amakulu, tujjukize Susanna — nti okusaba kwa maama omu eyeewaayo kuyinza okubumba ekkubo ly’emirembe n’emirembe. Tuwe empisa ey’obunyiikivu okukuwa ebiseera byaffe ebisinga obulungi, n’okukkiriza okukakasa nti tewali kintu kyonna ekiweebwayo gy’oli mu kyama ekifa obwereere. Amiina.