Madame Guyon — Omusibe Ow’omwoyo Ogutayinza Kusibibwa

Yali Ani

Jeanne-Marie Bouvières de la Mothe Guyon yazaalibwa nga 13 Apuli 1648, mu Montargis, mu Bufalansa, mu maka ag’obugagga, n’afumbirwa ng’aweza emyaka kkumi n’etaano omusajja eyali amusinga ennyo emyaka, era n’addukanya amaka ge okumala emyaka kkumi n’ebiri egy’obufumbo obuzibu okutuusa omwami we lwe yafa mu 1676. Okuva mu buto bwe yalina obulamu obw’omunda obw’okusaba obw’amaanyi, era bba bwe yamala okufa, ne yeewaayo ddala eri Katonda, n’atambula mu Bufalansa ne mu Savoy ng’ayigiriza engeri y’okusaba okw’okufumiitiriza gye yayita “okusaba okw’akasirise” oba “okwagala okulongoofu.” Obuyinza bwe bwali bunene nnyo, ne busikiriza abagoberezi okuva mu bakungu b’Abafalansa ne mu bakulembeze ab’oku ntikko mu Kkanisa Enkatoliki, naye enjigiriza ze nazo ne zireeta okuziyizibwa okw’amaanyi okuva mu bakulu b’Ekkanisa. Yasibibwa mu kkomera lya Bastille okuva mu 1698 okutuuka mu 1703 — emyaka ena mu kasenge ng’ali yekka — era n’awandiika ebimu ku bitabo bye ebisinga okumasamasa ng’ali mu kasenge ke. Yateebwa mu 1703, n’amala emyaka gye egy’enkomerero mu buwaŋŋanguse obw’emirembe e Blois, ng’awandiika okutuusa lwe yafa mu 1717 ng’aweza emyaka nkaaga mu munaana.

Enjigiriza Ye Enkulu ku Kusaba

Enjigiriza ya Madame Guyon enkulu yali okusaba okwangu — engeri y’okusaba okw’omunda emmeeme mw’ekomya okufuba kwayo ku bwayo n’ewummulira mu Katonda, si lwa kwerongoosaamu birowoozo byonna, wabula lwa kukyusa okufaayo kwayo kwonna, mu kwagala, eri okubeerawo kwa Katonda okuli edda munda mu yo. Kino yakyawula ku kusaba okw’okufuba, emmeeme mw’etegana okuzaala ebigambo ebituufu, enneewulira entuufu, oba ebirowoozo ebituufu. Yayigiriza nti okusaba okulongoofu tekuzaalibwa mmeeme wabula kufunibwa — kwe kubooga okw’obwereere okw’omutima ogwayiga okuwummulira mu Katonda mu kifo ky’okufuba okumutuukako.

Ekintu ekinene Guyon kye yazuula mu bulamu bwe obw’okusaba kwe kuba nti embeera z’obulamu obw’ebweru — nga mw’otwalidde okusibibwa, okufiirwa, n’okubonaabona — tezaalina buyinza ku bulamu obw’omunda obw’emmeeme eyeewaayo ddala eri Katonda. Mu bigambo bya Pawulo yasangamu obujulirwa bwe ye: “Mu buli mbeera gye mbaamu nayiga okumalibwanga. Mmanyi okubeera nga sirina kantu, era mmanyi okuba nga nnina buli kimu” (Abafiripi 4:11–12). Ekkomera lya Bastille lyali lisobola okusiba omubiri gwe naye nga terisobola kutuuka ku mwoyo gwe. Mu kitabo ky’obulamu bwe yawandiika nti emyaka gye yamala mu kkomera gye gimu ku gisinga okubaamu essanyu mu bulamu bwe, kubanga mu kasirise ne mu kubeera yekka bye yakakibwa, yasangamu obuziba bw’okussa ekimu ne Katonda, eddembe lye yalina mu myaka gye egyasooka — eryali lijjudde emirimu — lye litaali lyabumuwa. “Emmeeme eyeewaayo ddala eri Katonda,” bwe yawandiika, “esanga olusuku lwa Katonda mu buli kkomera.”

Ekitabo kye Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (Okutuuka mu Buziba bwa Yesu Kristo) — ng’agamba ye kennyini nti yakiwandiika mu nnaku ntono nnyo, ng’alinga Omwoyo Omutukuvu ye yali amusomera by’awandiika — kyayigiriza abasomi okusemberera Ebyawandiikibwa n’okusaba si na kwekenneenya kwa magezi, wabula n’okufaayo okw’okwagala okweteeseteese okukkiriza. Yageraageranya engeri eno ku kulya: ekigendererwa ky’okusoma Ebyawandiikibwa mu kusaba tekyali kukuŋŋaanya bimanyisibwa wabula okuliisibwa. Ebigambo Yesu bye yagamba abayigirizwa be byayolesa ekyo kye yali akkiriza ennyo ku musingi gw’obulamu buno obw’okusaba: “Olwo nga sikyabayita baddu, kubanga omuddu tamanya bifa ku mukama we. Kaakano mmwe muli mikwano gyange, kubanga mbategeezezza byonna Kitange bye yaŋŋamba” (Yokaana 15:15). Emmeeme esaba teyali musabi afuba okuweebwa ekkubo eri kabaka atayagala, wabula yali mukwano gwa Katonda eyayanirizibwa mu by’ekyama bye ebisingayo okuba eby’omunda. Omukwano guno gwe gwali ettaka mwe kwakulira okusaba kwonna okwa nnamaddala.

Enjigiriza ya Guyon ku kubonaabona ng’omuliro ogulongoosa okusaba yalimu obuziba obwava mu bye yayitamu ye kennyini. Obulungi bwe yabufiirwa olw’endwadde ya kawaali, eddembe lye olw’okusibibwa, erinnya lye olw’empaka, n’obuyinza bwe olw’okusalirwa omusango abakulu b’Ekkanisa — era mu buli kufiirwa yasangamu obulamu bw’okusaba obutakendeera wabula obwalongoosebwa. Yanywerera ku kisuubizo ekinene mu Isaaya: “Bw’onooyitanga mu mazzi amawanvu nnaabeeranga naawe, ne bw’onooyitanga mu migga tegirikusaanyaawo; bw’onooyitanga mu muliro tegukwokyenga, ennimi z’omuliro tezirikwokya” (Isaaya 43:2). Eri Guyon, bino tebyali bigambo bya kubudaabuda bye yali afunira wala n’okwebaza. Byali bunnyonnyozi obutuufu obw’ebyafaayo bye ye, ebyagezesebwa ne bikakasibwa mu mazzi ne mu miliro egy’obulamu bwe obwa nnamaddala.

Yakalambiranga nti okusaba okusinga obuziba kwetaaga okwerekereza ddala okusingayo. Emmeeme esemberera Katonda ng’ekyakwatiridde by’eyagala, enteekateeka zaayo, obuweerero bwayo — wadde n’ebiruubirirwa byayo eby’omwoyo — yandisanze ekkubo lyayo okutuuka mu buziba bwa Katonda nga liziyiziddwa ebintu byennyini bye yali yeetisse. Mu bigambo bya Pawulo ebyewuunyisa mu Abafiripi yasangamu emirembe egiva mu kwewaayo kuno: “N’emirembe gya Katonda, egisukkiridde okutegeera kwammwe ginaabakuumanga amagezi gammwe n’emitima gyammwe mu Kristo Yesu” (Abafiripi 4:7). Emirembe egyo egisukkiridde tegyali mirembe gya mbeera nnungi wabula emirembe gy’omutima ogwewaayo ddala — emmeeme eyali erekedde awo okuwakana ne Katonda ku nkola y’obulamu bwayo era ng’ekkirizza, n’okwagala, buli ky’agiweereza.

Omusika gwe ogw’enkomerero bwe bukakafu bwe yawa — okuyita mu bulamu bwe ye obwewuunyisa — nti tewali buyinza bwa bweru busobola ddala kusiba mmeeme eyayiga okusaba okuva munda okudda ebweru. Ekkomera eryasinga okunywezebwa mu nsi teryasobola kusirisa kusaba kwa Madame Guyon wadde okukendeeza ku ssanyu lye. Mu makulu gaakyo amajjuvu, yali wa ddembe — nga Pawulo bwe yategeeza ng’ali mu kusibibwa kwe ye: “Kale nno Mukama ye Mwoyo, era buli Omwoyo wa Mukama w’abeera, wabaawo eddembe” (2 Abakkolinso 3:17).

Buli Omwoyo wa Mukama w’abeera, buli kkomera lifuuka ekifo ekitukuvu.

Essaala

Mukama ow’eddembe lyonna, tuyigirize okusaba okutasobola kutaataaganyizibwa mbeera yonna. Embeera ez’ebweru bwe ziba enzibu, tusembeze mu kisenge eky’omunda gy’obeera bulijjo era gy’oli kumpi bulijjo. Tununule mu buddu bw’okwetaaga embeera ennungi tusobole okusaba, era mu kifo ky’ekyo tulage essanyu ly’emmeeme eyafuna amaka gaayo mu ggwe wekka. Amiina.