Igitabo cy'Umugenzi Igice cya 7: Kwa Musobanuzi

Mu gice cya karindwi cy’igitabo cy’Urugendo rw’Umugenzi (The Pilgrim’s Progress), tubonamo ishuri rikomeye ry'umwuka. Mukristo amaze kwinjira mu Irembo Rito, yakomeje urugendo agera ku Nzu ya Musobanuzi (The Interpreter's House), aho yahishuriwe amabanga n'ibishushanyo by'umwuka byamuhaye ubwenge, imbaraga, no gutinya Imana kugira ngo azasohoze urugendo rwe amahoro.

1. Igishushanyo cy'Umushumba Nyakuri

Musobanuzi yabanje kwinjiza Mukristo mu nzu amwereka igishushanyo cy'umugabo witonda cyane wari ufite ibiranga umukozi w'Imana w'ukuri:

• Yararamye atumbiriye hejuru: Ashaka ibyo mu ijuru aho kwita ku by'isi.
• Afite igitabo kiruta ibindi mu ntoki ze: Yishingikiriza Ijambo ry'Imana ryonyine.
• Amategeko y'ukuri ku minwa ye: Yigisha abanyabyaha inzira y'agakiza (1 Abakorinto 4:15; Abagalatiya 4:19).
• Ateye umugongo iby'isi: Nta gukunda indamu cyangwa icyubahiro cy'abantu.
• Ikamba ry'izahabu hejuru y'umutwe we: Igihembo cy'icyubahiro n'ubwiza azahabwa na Shebuja.

Musobanuzi yamubwiye ko ari we muntu wenyine wategetswe n'Umwami kumuyobora mu binaniranye byo mu nzira, amubuza gukurikira abigisha b'ibinyoma.

2. Inzu Yuzuye Umukungugu: Amategeko n'Ubutumwa Bwiza

Musobanuzi yamujyanye mu cyumba kinini cyuzuye umukungugu kuko kitigeze gikuburwa:

1. Umugabo wakubuye: Ni amategeko ya Mose. Uko yakuburaga, umukungugu warushagaho gutumuka ushaka kuzibiranya Mukristo. Amategeko agaragaza icyaha gusa ariko ntabasha kukinesha (Abaroma 7:9; Abaroma 5:20).
2. Umuja waminjagiye amazi: Ni Ubutumwa Bwiza n'ubuntu bw'Imana. Amazi amaze kuminjagirwa, inzu yakubuwe neza itababaje (Yohana 15:3; Ibyakozwe 15:9).

3. Munyepfa na Mwihanganyi: Iby'Isi vs Ibyo mu Ijuru

Mukristo yerekewe abana babiri bicaye ku ntebe:

• Munyepfa (Passion): Yashakaga ibyiza byose nonaha muri uyu mwaka. Yahawe isaho y'amafaranga arayishimira aratira mugenzi we, ariko hashize umwanya muto aba arayaze asigarana ubushwambagara gusa (ashushanya abakunda iyi si).
• Mwihanganyi (Patience): Yemeye gutegereza umwaka utaha kugira ngo ahabwe ibirushaho kuba byiza bitazashira (ashushanya abiringiye Ubwami bw'Imana buzaza; Luka 16:25; 2 Abakorinto 4:18).

4. Umuriro w'Ubuntu n'Amavuta ya Kristo

Mukristo yabonye umuriro waka mu nkike y'amabuye, umuntu umwe (Satani) adatuza kuwusukamo amazi menshi ngo awuzimye, ariko umuriro ukarushaho kugurumana.

5. Intwari Yinjira mu Nyumba y'Icyubahiro

Mukristo yabonye inyumba nziza hejuru yayo hari abantu bagendagenda bambaye imyenda y'izahabu. Ku muryango hari abasirikare bakaze biteguye kwica umuntu wese washakaga kwinjira.

Umugabo w'intwari yegereye umwanditsi ati: “Mutware, andika izina ryanjye!” Yahise akura inkota yambara ingofero y'icyuma arwana kigabo aratwaranira aca muri abo barwanyi, yinjira mu nyumba yakirizwa amashyi n'indirimbo ngo: “Injira mugenzi, ugororerwe ubugingo budashira wabikiwe!”

6. Umugabo wo mu Kazitiro k'Icyuma (Kwiheba)

Musobanuzi yinjije Mukristo mu cyumba cy'umwijima kirimo umuntu wicaye yiyunamiriye mu kazitiro k'icyuma asuhuza umutima nk'uwenda gupfa:

Ubuhamya bw'Umwihebe:
“Nari umukristo wibwira ko ntunganye... Ariko naretse kuba maso no kwirinda, nkurikira ibinezeza by'isi, mbabaza Umwuka Wera aragenda, nishyira mu maboko ya Satani, ninangira umutima kugeza ubwo ntabasha kwihana. Niyambuye amasezerano yose nsigarana gutegereza umuriro w'inkazi!” (Abaheburayo 6:6; 10:28-29)

Musobanuzi yabwiye Mukristo kujya yibuka uwo muntu iteka kugira ngo amubere akabarore ko kutadohoka no kutinangira umutima.

7. Inzozi z'Umunsi w'Urubanza

Iherezo, Mukristo yabonye umugabo wahindaga umushyitsi kubera inzozi yarose z'Umunsi w'Amateka:

• Ijuru ryahindutse umukara, impanda iravuga, maze Kristo aza ku gicu agoswe n'ingabo z'abamarayika mu muriro waka (1 Abatesalonike 4:16; Ibyahishuwe 20:11-14).
• Abera barazamuwe mu bicu bajyanwa mu kigega, ariko abanyabyaha n'abirariraga basigara hasi baroshywa mu rwobo rudafite akagero.
• Uwo mugabo yatinyishijwe n'uko yasanze atiteguye guhagarara imbere y'Umucamanza.

Umwanzuro n'Indirimbo ya Mukristo

Mukristo amaze kubona ibyo byose yavuze ko bimuteye ibyiringiro n'ubwoba bwiza bwo kumwihutisha mu rugendo. Musobanuzi yaramusezeye amusabira Umwuka Wera, maze Mukristo akomeza inzira aririmba indirimbo y'ishimwe:

Komeza gukurikirana igice cya 8 cy’Igitabo cy’Umugenzi kugira ngo umenye uko Mukristo yageze ku Musaraba agaturwa umutwaro wari umuremereye!