Ivyizerwa ku Ntambara Zo Mu Mpwemu, Igice ca 1 - Heaven's Family

Igice ca Mirongwitatu (Chapter Thirty)
Ivyizerwa ku Ntambara Zo Mu Mpwemu, Igice ca 1
(Modern Myths About Spiritual Warfare, Part 1)
Inyigisho z’intambara zo mu mpwemu ziraharawe cane mu mashengero y’iki gihe.
Ariko birababaje, ivyo bigisha vyose binyuranya n’ivyanditswe. Ni co gituma abakozi
benshi bo kw’isi bigisha no kugendera mu vyo bita intambara za mpwemu Bibiliya
itigera yigisha. Vy’ukuri har’ikintu ivyanditswe vyigisha ku ntambara yo mu mpwemu,
kand’ico ni co amukozi agira abigishwa yihatira kumenya no kwigisha.
Mur’iki gice no mu gikurikira ndaza kuvuga ingene abantu batahura nabi ivya Satani
n’intambara yo mu mpwemu. Har’igitabo cose gikwiye nanditse kur’izo nyigisho ciswe,
Ivyizerwa kuri Satani n’intambara yo mu mpwemu. Ico gitabo cose ushobora kugisoma ku
kinyamakuru cacu www.shepherdserve.org.
Icizerwa ca #1: “Muri kahise, Imana na Satani bararwanye. N’ubu isi iracagendera
mu ngaruka mbi z’iyo ntambara”
(Myth #1: “In eternity past, God and Satan engaged in a great battle. Today, the
cosmic struggle still rages between them.”)
Ico cizerwa kinyuranye n’ukuri kwamaze gushirwaho kuva kera, ukuri ngenderwako
Imana yahishuye mu vyanditswe—kuvuga kw’Imana ari Nyen’inkomezi zose, cank’
uwushobora vyose.
Yesu yatubwiyeko vyose bishobokera Imana (raba Mat. 19:26). Yeremiya avyemeza
avugakw’ata kintu na kimwe co nanira Imana (raba Yer. 32:17). Nta muntu
cank’ububasha bushobora kumubuza gushitsa imigambi yiwe (raba 2 Ngom. 20:6; Yobu
41:10; 42:2). Imana yabajije icishirije muri Yeremiya, iti “ Ni nde ahwanye na nje....ni
nde...yohangara guhagarara imbere yanje?” (Yer. 50:44). Inyishu ni nta we, nta na Satani.
Kukw’Imana ari nyene ububasha koko nk’ukw’ico canditswe kivyemeza, kuvuga
kw’Imana yarwanye cank’irikw’irwana na Satani bisigurakw’ata bubasha ifise.
Kukw’Imana yoneshwa n’ahantu cank’igice na kimwe, vyosigurako yaneshejwe na
Satani n’aho koba ar’akantu busa cank’akanya gato, ntiyoba ari nyen’inkomezi zose
nk’uko yiyita ubwayo.
Ico Kristo Yavuze ku Nkomezi za Satani (Christ’s Commentary on Satan’s Power)

Ico Yesu yigeze kuvuga k’ugukororwa kwa Satani akurwa mw’ijuru ni co kidufasha
gutahura inkomezi za Satani igihe tuzigereranije n’iz’Imana nyen’inkomezi zose:
Nuko bamwe mirongwirindwi bagarukana umunezero, bati “Mugenzi,
abadayimoni na bo baratwumvira mw’izina ryawe.” Arababwira, ati
“Nabonye Satani, avuye mw’ijuru, akoroka nk’umuravyo” (Luka 10:17-18).
Igihe Imana nyen’inkomezi zose yategeka ko Satani yirukanwa akava mw’ijuru,
Satani ntiyashobora kugarariza. Yesu yabigeranije n’umuravyo, ngw’ashimangire ingene
Satani yihuse gukoroka. Ntiyakorowe buhorobuhoro, yakorowe nk’umuravyo. Satani yari
mw’ijuru umusegonda umwe, uwakabiri—UDUDURIYEKO!—yisanga atakiri yo!
Namba Imana ishobora kwikororera Satani vuba cane kandi yorohewe gurtyo, ,
ntibitangajekw’abakozi yahaye igikorwa basenda abadayimoni vuba cane kandi
borohewe. Nk’abigishwa ba mbere ba Kristo, abakristo benshi barubaha cane inkomezi
za wa mubi kandi ntibigera batahura ingene inkomezi z’Imana zisumba iz’umubi kure,
kure, kure cane. Imana ni Rurema, Satani ni ikiremwa gusa. Ntaho Satani yogereranywa
n’Imana.
Intambara Itigeze Ibaho (The War That Never Was)
Birashobora gutangaza abasomyi benshi, ariko dutegerezwa gutahura yukw’ Imana
na Satani batigera, batigeze, kandi batazokwigera barwana. Ni vyo, gahunda zabo
ziratandukanye, kandi dushobora kuvugako barwanyana gusa. Igihe impande zibiri
zirwanyana, rumwe muri zo rukaba rukomeye cane kuruta urundi, ntidushobora
kuvugako barwana. Mbeg’umusiba urashobora kurwana n’inzovu? Satani, agereranywa
n’umusiba, yagerageje kurwanya Uwumusumba inkomezi kure cane. Ico ciyumviro
ciwe kiraneshwa vuba cane, yisanga akorowe kuva kw’ijuru ”nk’umuravyo.” Nta
ntambara yigize kuba—habayoho ukwirukunwa.
Kw’Imana ari nyen’inkomezi zose, Satani nta bakwe na rito yogira mu kuzibira na
gato Imana ntikore ic’itumbereye kugira. Kandi kw’Imana ari yo yemerera Satani
gukora icari co cose, ibikora kugira ng’ubugombe bwayo bushike gusa. Turaza gutahura
neza uku kuri igihe tubandanya gusuzuma ic’ivyanditswe bitwigisha.
Biratangaje cane, Ububasha bw’Imana kuri Satani ntibwagaragaye muri kahise gusa,
ariko no muri kazoza buzogaragara. Dusoma mu vyahishuriwe yuk’ umumarayika umwe
rudende ari we azoboha Satani no kumwugarira imyaka igihumbi (raba ivyah. 20:1-3).
Kand’ico kintu kizoba muri kazoza ntidushobora kuvuga kw’ar’intambara hagati

y’Imana na Satani nk’uko twabonyeko kwirukana Satani mw’ijuru bidashobora kwitwa
intambara. Menya kandi yuko Satani adafise n’inkomezi zo kumena iboheo
azoshirwamwo kand’azosubira kubohorwa igihe Imana yo nyene ivyishakiye (raba
Ivyah. 20:7-9).
None Nta “Ntambara Izoba mw’Ijuru”? (What About the Future “War in Heaven”?)
Twumvisekw’Imana na Satani batariko bararwana, ntibigeze, kandi ntibazokwigera
barwana, none ni kuki dusoma mu vyahishuriwe ko hazoba intambara mw’ijuru na
Satani azoba ari mwo (raba Ivyah. 12:7-9)? Ni ikibazo ciza, kand’inyishu yaco iroroshe.
Menyakw’iyi ntambara izoba hagati ya Mikayeli n’abamarayika biwe hamwe na Satani
n’abamarayika biwe. Imana ntiri mur’iyo ntambara. Iy’Iba irimwo, vyokwiswe ingwano,
kukw’Imana n’inkomezi zayo zose, ishobora kuzimanganya umwansi wiwe mu kanya
isase nk’ukw’imaze kuvyerekana.
Abamarayika, na Mikayeli arimwo, ntibafise inkomezi zose, ni co gituma intambara
yo hagati yabo na Satani n’abamarayika biwe ishobora kwitwa ingwano kuko
bazonyinyurana igihe kanaka. Ariko na bo nyene, bazonesha kuko basumba inkomezi
Satani n’ingabo ziwe zose.
Ni kuk’Imana idashobora kwinjira mur’iyo ntambara, iyisigira abamarayika bayo?
Nta nyishu mfise. Kumbure Imana, kukw’ari nyen’ubwenge bwose, izikw’abamarayika
bayo bazonesha intambara, ibonakw’ata cotuma yinjira muri yo ubwayo.
Sinkekeranyakw’Imana yari kurandura abanyakanani mu gihe ca Yosuwa, ariko
yahisemwo guha ico gikorwa Abisirayeli. Ikinyu Imana yarigushobora gukora mu
musegonda, ibasaba kubikora, na ho vyabafashe amezi Atari make. Kumbure ni vyo
biryohera Imana kuko vyasaba kw’Abisirayeli bakoresha ukwizera. Ngira ni co gituma
itazorinda kwinjira mur’iyo ntambara izoba mw’ijuru. Ariko Bibiliya nta kintu itubwira.
Kubera ko hazoba intambara mw’ijuru hagati ya Mikayeli n’abamarayika biwe na
Satani n’abamarayika biwe, ntitwoca tuvugakw’Imana yazibukiriye kukw’ata nkomezi
igira—kandi nta ntambara n’imwe Abisirayeli barwanye n’abanyakanani yotuma
twiyumvirakw’Imana itagira inkomezi.
Mbega Satani Ntiyaneshejwe na Yesu ku Musaraba?
(Was Not Satan Defeated by Jesus on the Cross?)

Mu kurangiza ico gice ca mbere abantu bihenderako mu kuvuga kw’Imana irwana na
Satani, nagomba kuvuga amajambo akunda gukoreshwa cane: Yesu yanesheje Satani ku
musaraba. Nta canditswe kivuga ko Yesu yanesheje Satani ku musaraba.
Tuvuzeko Yesu yanesheje Satani ku musaraba vyumvikana ko barwanye, bica
vyumvikanakw’Imana adafise inkomezi zose kandiko Satani Atari musi y’ububasha
bw’Imana. Har’inzira nyinshi zemewe n’ivyanditswe mu kuvuga ivyashikiye Satani
igihe Yesu yapfa ku musaraba. Akarorero, ivyanditswe bitubwira yuko kubw’urupfu
rwiwe, Yesu yahinduye ubusa “ubushobozi bw’urupfu” (raba Heb. 2:14-15).
None Yesu yahinduye Satani ubusa kugeza he? Turaba, Satani ntiyahinduwe ubusa
rwose, ahandiho intumwa Yohana ntiyarikwandika, “isi yose iri musi yaw a mubi” (1
Yohana 5:19, hongeweko insobanuro). Nk’uko biri mu Baheburayo 2:14-15, Satani
yahinduwe ubusa ku vyerekeye “ububasha bw’urupfu.” Ivyo bisigura iki?
Ivyanditswe bivugako har’ubwoko butatu bw’urupfu: urupfu rwo mu mpwemu, urupfu
rwo mu mubiri, n’ urupfu rwa kabiri.
Nk’uko twabonye mu bice vyahera, urupfu rwa kabiri (cank’ urupfu rw’ibihe bidashira)
ruvugwa mu vyahishuriwe 2:22; 20:6,14; 21:8, kandi ni co gihe abagabitanya
bazotererwa mu kiyaga caka umuriro.
Urupfu rwo mu mubiri ruba igihe impwemu y’umuntu ivuye mu mubiri wiwe, igihe
umubiri uba utagikora ukundi.
Urupfu rwo mu mpwemu rwerekana ingene impwemu y’umuntu atavyawe ubwa
kabiri na Mpwemu Yera imera. Umuntu amaze gupfa mu mpwemu impwemu yiwe nta
migenderanire ifitaniye n’Imana, impwemu ifise kamere gapfuye, impwemu iba
inywana na Satani ku rugero runaka. Abanyefeso 2:1-3 hatwereka umuntu yapfuye mu
mpwemu akw’amera:
Namwe yarabagize bazima, hamwe mwari mupfuye mwishwe n’ibicumuro
n’ivyaha vyanyu, ivyo mwagenderamwo kera, nk’ukw’ivyi si bigenda,
mwumvira umwami w’abaganza ikirere, ni we mpwemu ikorera mu Bantu
b’intabarirwa. Kandi natwe twese twahora muri bo kera mu kwifuza
kw’imibiri yacu, tugakora ivy’imibiri n’imitima vyacu bigomba, kandi mu
kameremere kacu twar’abo kurakirwa, nk’abandi bose.
Paulo yavuzekw’abakristo bo muri Efeso bari barapfuye kubera ibicumuro
n’ibigabitanyo. Ntiyarikw’avuga k’urupfu rw’umubiri kubera yukw’abo yandikiye bari
bazima mu mubiri yabo. Nuko, ategerezwa kuba yarikw’avuga ko bapfuye mu mu mvugo
yo mu mpwemu.

Bishwe n’iki, mu mpwemu? Vyar’”ibicumuro n’ivyaha vyabo.” Ibukakw’Imana
yabwiye Adamu yukw’igihe atazokwumvira, azopfa (raba Ita. 2:17). Imana
ntiyarikw’imubwira ku rupfu rw’umubiri, kuberako Adamu atapfuye mu mubiri igihe
yarya ku camwa yabujijwe n’Imana. Ahubwo, yapfuye mu mpwemu, ntiyapfuye mu
mubiri imbere y’imyaka amajana n’ayandi.
Paulo yashishikaye abwira Abanyefeso, nk’abapfuye mu mpwemu, ko bagendeye
(bakora) mur’ivyo bicumuro n’ivyaha, “nk’ab’isi” (bisigura, gukora ivy’abandi bakora)
dukoreshwa n’”uwuganza ikirere.”
“Uwuganza ikirere ni nde”? Ni Satani, ni we aganza isi y’umwiza n’umugabisha
w’izindi mpwemu mbi zose ziba ahantu ho mukirere. Izo mpwemu mbi zivugwa mu
mirwi yazo mu gice co mubanyefeso (raba Efe. 6:12).
Paulo yavuzekw’umutware w’ahantu ho mu mwiza “impwemu ikorera mu Bantu
b’intabarirwa.” Ijambo, “abantu b’intabarirwa,” risigura abatizera, ryemeza yuko
kamere kabo ar’akicaha. Ni ho Paulo yavuze yuko “mu kameremere bar’ abo kurakirwa”
(Efe. 2:3, hongeweko insobanuro). Vyongeye, avugako Satani yakorera muri bo.
Kugira se Umurwanizi (The Devil for a Dad)
Abadakijijwe barashobora kubimenya canke ntibabimenye, bakurikira Satana kandi
baganzwa na we mu bwami bw’umwiza. Bafise kamere kiwe kabi, kikunda kaba mu
mpwemu zabo zapfuye. Satani niwe se n’umwami wabo. Ni co gituma Yesu yigera
kubwira abanyadini bamwe, ati “mwebwe mur’aba so wa Murwanizi, kand’ivyo so
yifuza ni vyo mushaka gukora” (Yohana 8:44).
Iri ni ryo shusho ry’umuntu ataravuka ubwa kabiri! Agendera mu rupfu rwo mu
mpwemu, yuzeyemwo kamere ka Satani, aja mu rupfu rw’umubiri n’ah’arutinya;
abimenya cank’atabimenya, umusi umwe azopfa urupfu rubi, urupfu rwo mu
mpwemu, ari rwo gutererwa mu kiyaga caka umuriro.
Birakenewe cane gutahura yuk’urupfu rwo mu mpwemu, mu mubiri, no mu
mpwemu ar’ibimenyetso vy’ibimenyetso bw’uburake bw’Imana kubera icaha c’abantu
kandi Satani afise ikibanza kinini mur’ivvyo. Imana yaremereye Satani aganze ubwami
bw’umwiza hamwe n’abantu bose “bakunze umwiza” (Yohana 3:19). Mu bisanzwe, ni
nk’ah’Imana yabwiye Satani, ngo “Uhindure abaja bawe abantu bose batanyumvira.”
Satani yahindutse igikoresho c’uburake bw’Imana ku bantu b’intabarirwa.
Kukw’abakoze icaha bose, bari musi y’ububasha bwa Satani, bazuyemwo kamere kiwe
mu mpwemu zabo kandi bagizwe abaja bakora ubugombe bwiwe (raba 2 Tim. 2:26).

Impongano Idukura mu Buja (The Ransom for Our Captivity)
N’aho bimeze gurtyo, turashobora gushimira Imana, kuko yadukuye mu buja,
kubw’imbabazi zayo, nta numwe akwiriye kuguma mur’ayo magorwa. Kuk’urupfu rwa
Yesu rwatugiriye mu gishingo c’ubutungane bw’Imana, abizera Kristo bose barakize
urupfu rwo mu mpwemu n’ubuja bwa Satani kuko batakiri mu burake bw’Imana. Igihe
twizera Umwami Yesu, Mpwemu Yera agerera mu mpwemu zacu agakuraho kamere ka
Satani kuri mu mpwemu zacu, agatuma impwemu zacu zivuka ubugira kabiri (raba
Yohana 3:1-16) akaduhindura abaragwa ba kamere k’Imana (raba 2 Pet. 1:4).
Reka dusubire ku kibazo cacu. Igihe uwandikiye Abaheburayo yavugako Yesu, mu
rupfu rwiwe, yhinduye ubusa “ububasha bw’urupfu, ari we wa mubi,” yavuzek’
ububasha bwo gupfa mu mpwemu, ari bwo Satani afise ku muntu wese atarakizw,
basanganguwe ku nyungu y’uwuri “muri Kristo.” Twagizwe bazima mu mpwemu
kuko Kristo yahongeye igihano kizanwa n’ivyaha vyacu.
Ikirengeye vyose, kuko tutakiri abapfu mu mpwemu canke ngo tube musi
y’ubushobozi bwa Satani, tudushobora gutinya urupfu rwo mu mubiri, kuko tuzi
ibiturindiriye, yukw’atar’urupfu rwo mu mpwemu ahubw’ari —kuragwa ubwiza
bidashira.
Niho rero, kubwa Yesu, twakijijwe urupfu rwa kabiri, ari rwo gutererwa mu kiyaga
caka umuriro.
Mbega Yesu yaranesheje wa mubi ku musaraba? Oya, si vyo yagize, kukw’ata
ntambara yabaye hagati ya Yesu na Satani. Ariko ico Yesu yagize, yarahinduye ubusa
Satani amwaka inkomezi z’urupfu rwo mu mpwemu, ari zo akoresha mu gutsindagira
abantu bose badakijwe mu caha. Satani aracafise inkomezi zo kwica mu mpwemu
abantu badakijijwe, arikw’abari muri Kristo bose, Satani nta nkomezi akibafise ko.
Kwambura Abafise Ububasha (The Disarming of the Powers)
Ibi bituma dutahura ijambo Paulo yavuze ryo “kwambura abakuru n’abafise
ububasha” dusanga mubakolosayi 2:13-15:
Kandi hamwe mwari mugipfuye [mu mpwemu] mwishwe n’ibicumuro
vyanyu n’ukudakebwa...yabagiranye bazima na we, imaze kuduharira
ibicumuro vyacu vyose, ihanaguye n’icete kitwagiriza, kirimw’amabwirizwa
caduhama, igikura hagati yacu na yo, ikibamba ku musaraba. Kandi yambuye

abakuru n’abafise ububasha , ibatetereza mu mazo ya bose, ibashorera bafashwe mpiri
kubw’umusaraba (dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Paulo yakoresheje imvugo ngereranyo mur’iki gice. Ku gice ca mbere, agereranya
ivyaha vyacu n’”icete kitwagiriza.” Ntitwarigushobora kuriha ivyo Kristo yaturihiye,
we yagikuye hagati yacu na we akibamba ku musaraba.
Ku gice ca kabiri, kera abami bakubita ingabo banesheje bazishoreye mu kwigina
intsinzi mu bisagara vyabo, ni k’urupfu rwa Kristo rwatubereye intsinzi ku “bakuru
n’abafise ububasha,” ari rwa rwego rw’abadayimoni biganziye abantu, babagumiza mu
buja.
Mbega dufatiye kur’iki gice, ntidushobora kuvugako Kristo yanesheje Satani?
Kumbure, ariko naho nyene har’ibintu dutegerezwa gusobanura neza. Dutegerezwa
kwama tuzirikanye yuko mur’iki gice, Paulo yakoresheje imvugo ngereranyo.
Kand’ukugereranya kwose kugira ahantu ivyari kugereranywa bihushana cane, nk’uko
twabibonye mu gice c’inyigisho zo gusobanura Bibiliya.
Mu gusobanura imvugo ngereranyo ya Paulo dusanga mub’i Kolosayi 2:13-15,
dutegerezwa kwiyubara. Tumenyekw’ “ata cete kitwagiriza” caricanditswekw’ivyaha
vyacu cabambwe ku musaraba. Ako ni akarorero k’ivyo Yesu yakoze ku musaraba.
Nk’uko nyene, impwemu zaganza abantu badakijijwe ntizambuwe inkota n’inkiza
zazo ngo zishorerwe na Yesu mu gisagara. Imvugo Paulo yakoresheje ngaha ni ishusho
ryerekana ico Yesu ydukoreye. Twar’abaja b’izo mpwemu mbi. Igihe yapfa kubera
ivyaha vyacu, Yesu yaradukuye mu buja twarimwo. Mu bisanzwe Yesu ntiyarwanye
n’izo mpwemu mbi kandi nazo ntizarwanye na we. Ariko kukw’Imana yazihaye
ububasha, zari zaratugize imbohe ubuzima bwacu bwose. “ibirwanisho” zakoresha,
ntivyatumberezwa kuri Yesu, ariko turi twebwe. Ni ho Yesu “yazambura” izo nkomezi.
Ntizishobora kudushira mu buja ukundi.
Ntitukigere twiyumvirako higeze kuba intambara rukokoma hagati ya Yesu
n’abadayimoni ba Satani, ngo Yesu aca aranesha ku musaraba. Nitwavuga ko Yesu
yanesheje wa mubi, tubivugae tuzi yukw’atari kubwiwe ariko yanisheje kubwacu.
Har’igihe nigera kwirukana akabwa kariko gatera ubwoba agakobwa kanje mu rugo,
igihe mvuga ko nanesheje ako kabwa muratahura yukw’ata bwoba kantera jewe, ariko
nabigize kubw’agakobwa kanje nkunda. Niko vyari bimeze hagati ya Yesu na Satani.
Yesu yirukanye akabwa kubwacu ariko we ntabwoka kigeze kumutera na gato.
Ni gute yirukanye ako kabwa-Satani? Yabigize mu kwikorera igihano kizanwa
n’ivyaha vyacu, adukiza igihano c’Imana, aba adukijije n’uburake bw’Imana, ni ho za

mpwemu mbi Imana yari yahaye ububasha bwo kutugira abaja bazo b’intabarirwa nta
burenganzira zari zigifise bwo kutugira abaja. Imana ishimwe!
Ibi bituma dushobora kuraba ikindi abantu bizera mu kutamenya kwabo.
Icizerwa ca #2: “Hari Intambara Idahera Hagati y’Abamarayika b’Imana n’Aba -
marayika ba Satani. Ukunesha kwa Bamwe Kuva ku Nyifato Yacu mu Mpwemu.”
(Myth #2: “There are constant battles in the spiritual realm between God’s angels
and Satan’s angels. The outcome of those battles is determined by our spiritual
warfare.”)
Turamaze gusoma mu gitabo c’ivyahishuriwe yuko umusi umwe hazoba intambara
hagati ya Mikayeli n’abamarayika biwe hamwe na Satani n’abamarayika biwe. Atari iyo
nyene, nta yindi ntambara ivyanditswe bivuga, nk’uko tubisanga mu gica ca cumi ca
Daniyeli. 1
Daniyeli avugako yibabaje indwi zitatu mu mwaka wa gatatu w’intwaro ya Kuro,
umwami w’i Buperesi, igihe umumarayika yamwihishurira ku ruzi Hidekeli.
Umumarayika yar’azanwe no kumuha ugutahura kazoza ka Isirayeli, kandi turamaze
kwiga muri make ico Daniyeli yabwiwe mur’ukwo guhishurirwa kwiwe mu gice kivuga
ivy’Iduzwa n’Ibihe vy’Iherezo. Bariko baravugana, umumarayika abwira Daniyeli ati:
Nta co utinya, Daniyeli; kuk’uhereye igihe washiriye umutima k’ugutahura,
no kwicisha bugufi imbere y’Imana yawe, amajambo yawe yarumviswe;
kand’ayo majambo yawe nyene, ni yo anazanye. Ariko segaba w’ubwami bw’i
Buperesi yamaze imisi mirongwibiri n’umwe andwanya; hanyuma, Mikayeli,
umwe wo mubagabisha bahambaye, aza ku ntabara, sigarayo mu bami b’i
Buperesi (Dan. 10:12-13, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Daniyeli amenyakw’isengesho ryiwe ryumviwe indwi zitatu imbere yo kuza
kw’umumarayika, kuko vyafashe uwo mumarayika indwi zitatu ngw’ashikire Daniyeli.
Icatumye uyo mumarayika atinda mu nzira n’uk’”umwami w’ubwami bw’i Buperesi”
1 Hari ibihabi bibiri bitangiwe inyishu: (1) Yuda avuga imitongano hagati ya Mikayeli na Satani kubera umuvyimba wa
Mose, ariko naho nyene ntihavuga ko barwanye. Kanatsinda, Yuda avugako Mikayeli “ntiyubahutse kumuhinyura
ngw’amucokore [Satani], ariko yamubwiye, at’’Uhoraho aguhane’” (Yuda 1:9). (2) Igihe Elisa n’umushumba wiwe
baribakikujwe n’ingabo z’i Siriya mu gisagara citwa Dotani, Elisa yasenze Imana yugurure amaso y’umushumba wiwe (2
Abami 6:15-17). Ni ho umushumba wiwe yabonye “amafarasi n’imikogote yaka umuriro” twiyumvirako
yarikw’abamarayika mw’isi yo muri mpwemu. Ntibisigurako, kw’abo bamarayika bari baje kurwana n’abadayimoni ba
wa mubi.. abamarayika bakoreshwa n’Imana mu bihe runaka ngo basuke uburake bwayo ku banyakibi, akarorero tubona
ni igihe umumarayika umwe yica abanyasiriya 185.000, nk’uko vyanditswe mu 2 Abami 19:35.

hamurwanije. Ariko yarashoboye kuronk’ah’aca, igihe Mikayeli, ”umwe wo mu
bagabisha bahambaye,” yaza kumutabara.
Igihe umumarayika yarikw’asezerana Daniyeli, yamubwiye ati,
Ngomba nsubireyo kurwanya segaba w’i Buperesi; kandi nitatabaruka,
segaba w’i Bugiriki azoca aza. Ariko ndakubarira ivyanditse mu gitabo
c’ivy’ukuri: kandi ntawuriho wo kuntabara kubarwanya atari Mikayeli
umugabisha wanyu (Dan. 10:20-21).
Hari ibintu bitandukanye dushobora kwiga mur’iki gice. Turabona yuko
n’abamarayika b’Imana batagira inkomezi zose, ariko bagatumwa kurwanya
abadayimoni.
Ica kabiri, tubona yukw’abamarayika bamwe bamwe (nka Mikayeli) basumba
inkomezi abandi (nk’uy’arikw’avugana na Daniyeli).
Ibibazo Tudashobora Kuronkera Inyishu
(Questions for Which We Have No Answers)
Turashobora kwibaza “Ica tumye Imana itarungika Mikayeli hamwe n’uyo
mumarayika yarungitswe kuri Daniyeli ubwa mbere kugira ngo ntacererwe indwi zitatu
zose?” Bibiliya ntitubwira igituma Imana yarungitse umumarayika izi neza
kw’adashobora kurengana “umwami w’i Buperesi” Mikayeli atarinze kumutabara.
Kanatsinda, ntituzi n’igituma Imana irinda gukoresha umumarayika ashire umuntu
ubutumwa! Ni kuki itavyigirira, canke ngw’ivugane na Daniyeli mu jwi ryumvikana
cank’iduze Daniyeli mw’ijuru akanya gato imwibwirire? Nta na kimw tuzi.
Ariko none ico canditswe cerekana ko hama intambara y’urutavanako mw’ijuru
hagati y’abamarayika b’Imana n’abamarayika ba Satani? Oya namba, werekanako ,
haraheze imyaka igihumbi, har’intambara y’indwi zitatu hagati y’umumarayika
w’Imana adafise inkomezi zose n’umumarayika wa Satani yitwa “segaba w’i Buperesi,”
kand’iy’Imana ibishaka ntiyari kubaho. Iyindi ntambara y’abamarayika ivugwa muri Bibiliya
n’imwe izobera mw’ijuru, nk’uko yanditswe mu gitabo c’Ivyahishuriwe. N’iyo gusa.
Hagiz’umuntu avugako har’izindi ntambara z’abamarayika ziba canke zabaye, kizoba
ar’iciyumviro ciwe gusa kandi si ciza namba.
Icizerwa Gishingiye Ku Kinyoma (A Myth Based Upon a Myth)

Mbega iyo nkuru ya Daniyeli n’umwami w’i Buperesi irashobora kwemeza
yukw’inyifato yacu ngaha kw’isi ituma umwe mur’abo bamarayika anesha intambara?
Ikindi, mbega ico ciyumviro cemeza (gifatiye ku vyanditswe bikeya cane) yuko hari
intambara y’urutavanako hagati y’abamarayika. Mbega iyo nkuru ya Daniyeli
irashobora kwemeza yukw’ingene turwana intambara mu mpwemu bituma hagira
umwe anesha hagati y’abamarayika b’umwiza n’ab’umuco?
Ikibazo gikunda kubazwa n’abashigikira ico cizerwa gihagaze ku kinyoma ni iki,
“None vyarikugenda gute iyo Daniyeli asenga umusi umwe gusa?” inyishu y’ico
kibazo, nta n’umwe ayizi, kuko tubonako Daniyeli atahagaritse gusenga Imana
gushik’ah’umumarayika atavuzwe izina ashika. Igituma babaza ico kibazo ni kugira
ngo batwemezeko Daniyeli, mu gushishikara kurwana intambara mu mpwemu, ari we
yafashije uwo mumarayika guca inzira yo kumushikira. Iyo Daniyeli ahagarika
kurwana iyo ntambara mu mpwemu, umumarayika ntiyari gushobora kurengana
umwami w’i Buperesi. Bakagomba kutwemeza yuko natwe, nk’uko Daniyeli yabigize,
dutegerezwa gushishikara kurwana intambara yo mu mpwemu, kuko tuzabandanije
har’umumarayika w’umwiza yohava anesha umumarayika Imana iturungikira.
Ica mbere, reka mugeko Daniyeli “atarikw’arwana intambara yo mu mpwemu”—
yarikw’ arasenga Imana. Ntaho tubonako yigeze avuga icitwa umumarayika w’umwiza,
cank’ababoha, cank’’arwana” na bo. Uhubwo, Daniyeli ntiyar’azi n’uko har’intambara
irikw’iraba hagati y’abamarayika atar’igihe umumarayika tutazi izina yamushikira haheze indwi
zizata akabimwibwirira. Yamaze izo ndwi zitatu yisonzesha no kurondera Imana.
Rero reka dusubiremw’ikibazo: iyo Daniyeli ahagarika ugusenga kwiwe ku musi wa
mbere cank’uwa kabiri, mbeg’uyo mumarayika tutazi izina ntiyari kumuzanira
ubutumwa yatumwe n’Imana? Ntavyo tuzi. Reka ndakubwirak’uyo mumarayika
atigeze abwira Daniyeli, ati “Wagize neza kubandanya usenga, ahandi ho sinarikuza.”
Oya, umumarayika yashimiye Mikayeli yamufashije kurengana. Imana ni yo yarungitse
uyo mumarayika tutazi izina hamwe na Mikayeli, kandi yabarungitse ngo yishure
isengesho rya Daniyeli yasaba ugutahura ibizoshikira Isirayeli muri kazoza.
Vyoba bibi kwiyumvira yukw’iyo Daniyeli ahagarika ugusenga cank’ukurondera
Imana, Imana yariguca ivuga it, “ RERO mwa bamarayika babiri, Danieyli yahagaritse
amasengesho yiwe no kwisonzesha, n’aho narindungitse umwe muri mwebwe
kumushira ubutumwa igihe yatangura gusenga ku musi wa mbere, kuva nta butumwa
ngombako mushira Daniyeli. Kandi menyakw’igice ca cumi na kimwe n’ica cumi na
kabiri bitari kuba mu gitabo ca Daniyeli.”
Vy’ukuri Daniyeli yarashishikaye mu gusenga (si “mu ntambara yo mu mpwemu”),
kandi Imana yamwishuye mu kurungika abamarayika. Natwe, dutegerezwa

gushishikara mu gusenga Imana, kand’Imana ibishatse, inyishu zacu zirashobora
kuzanwa n’abamarayika. Ariko ntiwibagireko Bibiliya itwereka abamarayika benshi
bashiriye abantu b’Imana ubutumwa bukomakomeye kandi batari mu masengesho,
canke ngo basenge indwi zitatu zitatu. 2 Twisuzume neza. Ikirengeye vyose,
har’ivyanditswe vyinshi bitwereka abamarayika bashira abantu ubutumwa kandi
batarinze kurwana n’abamarayika b’umwiza bava mw’ijuru. n’aho boba bararwanye
n’abamarayika b’umwiza kugira ngo bashika ubutumwa barungikanywe, ntavyo tuzi,
kukw’ata Bibiliya ibiugako.
Reka turabe ikindi cizerwa ca gatatu giharawe.
Icizerwa ca #3: “ Igihe Adamu Yacumura, Satani Yaciye Ahabwa Gutwara Isi.”
(Myth #3: “When Adam Fell, Satan Got Adam’s Lease to Control the World.”)
Ni igiki cabaye kuri Satani igihe isi yaharurwako icaha? Hari abiyumvirako Satani
yashizwe hejuru igihe Adamu yakora icaha. Bavugako Adamu yar’”imana y’iyi si,”
arikw’igihe yarwa mu caha Satani yaciye afata ico kibanza, bica bituma ashobora gukora
ico ashaka cose kw’isi. N’Imana ntiyar’igishoboye kubimwankira uhereye ico gihe, kuko
Adamu ari we yar’afise “ubwo burenganzira” bwo guha Satani ico kibanza, kand’Imana
yategerezwa kwubahiriza amasezerano yagiraniye na Adamu n’ah’amaze guhabwa
Satani. Bavuga yuko Satani ari we afise “iragi rya Adamu,” kand’Imana idashobora
guhagarika Satani gushika igihe “Isezerano ryayo na Adamu rishika kw’iherezo.”
Mbeg’ico ciyumviro ni co? Mbega Satana yarahawe “Uburenganzira bwa Adamu”
igihe isi yaharurwakw’icaha?
Si vyo namba. Nta kintu na kimwe Satani yahawe igihe Adamu yakora icaha
atar’ukuvumwa n’Imana no gushirirwa akarimbi ku misi yiwe.
Bibiliya ntiyigera ivugako Adamu yar’”imana y’iyi si.” Ica kabiri, Bibiliya ntivugako
Adamu yar’afise uburenganzira aha uwundi muntu ubutware bw’isi nk’uko benshi
babivuga. Ica gatatu, Bibiliya ntivugako Adamu yar’afise isezerano rizorangira umusi
umwe. Ivyo vyiyumviro vyose ntivyemewe na Bibiliya.
Ni ubuhe bushobozi adamu yar’afise kera? Dusoma mw’Itanguriro kw’Imana
yabwiye Adamu na Eva “ bavyare barondoke, buzure isi, bayiganze; baganze amafi yo mu
kiyaga n’inyoni zo mu kirere, no ku bifise ubugingo vyose vyo kw’isi” (Ita. 1:28, hongeweko
insobanuro).
2 Raba, akarorero muri Mat. 1:20; 2:13,19; 4:11; Luka 1:11-20, 26-38.

Nta kintu Imana yabwiye Adamu co kuba “imana” y’isi, canke kuganza ibintu vyose,
nk’ibihe, n’abantu bose bazovuka muri kazoza, n’ibindi nk’ivyo. Yahaye gusa Adamu
na Eva, nk’abantu ba mbere, kuganza amafi, inyoni n’ibikoko no kwuzuza isi no
kuyiganza.
Igihe Imana yacira urubanza umugabo, ntiyamubwiye kw’atakaje “ububama bwiwe
kw’isi.” Kandi, nta kintu co kubura ubutware ku fi, inyoni n’inka yabwiye Adamu canke
Eva. Kanatsinda, abantu baracaganza ifi, inyoni “n’ibitungano vyo kw’isi.” Abantu
baracacuzuza isi no kuyiganza. Nta bubasha Adamu yahawe n’Imana yatakaje igihe
yakora icaha.
Mbega Satani s’”Imana y’Iyi Si?” (Isn’t Satan “God of This World”?)
Mbega Paulo ntiyise Satani “imana y’iyi si,” na Yesu amwita “segaba w’iyi si”? Ego
barabivuze, ariko nta n’umwe muri bo yavuze ko Adamu yar’”imana y’iyi si” canke ko
Satani yabihawe n’ugucumura kwa Adamu.
Vyongeye, Satani kwitwa “imana y’iyi si” ntibisigurako Satani ashobora kugira
ic’ashaka cose kur’iyi si canke kw’Imana idashoboye kumuzibira. Yesu ni we yavuze
ngo, “Nahawe ububasha bwose mw’ijuru no kw’isi” (Mat. 28:18, hongeweko insobanuro).
Ko Yesu afise ubushobozi bwose kw’isi, bisigurako Satani adashobora gukora adahawe
uruhusha na we.
Ni nde yahaye Yesu ububasha kw’isi no mw’ijuru? Ni Imana Data ubwiwe, kukw’ari
we abufise kandi ashobora kubuha Yesu. Ni co gituma Yesu yiswe na Se “Umwami
w’ijuru n’isi” (Mat. 11:25; Luka 10:21, hongeweko insobanuro).
Imana ni yo yamanye ububasha bwose mw’ijuru no kw’isi kuva kw’irema. Yahaye ubu-
shobozi bukeya abantu ba mbere, kand’abantu ntibigeze batakaza ic’Imana yabahaye.
Igihe Bibiliya ivuga ko Satani ar’imana y’iyi si, bisigura gusa yukw’abantu bo mw’isi
(abatara vuka ubwa kabiri gusa) bakurikira Satani. Ni we bakorera, babimenya canke
batabimenya. Ni we mana yabo.
Mbega Satani Yarabihawe Koko? (Satan’s Real-Estate Offer?)
Abemerako Satani yabihawe koko bisunga inkuru ivuga ingene Satani yagerageje
Yesu mu bugaragwa, nk’uko Matayo na Luka bavyanditse. Reka turabe ivyo Luka
yanditse tubikuremw’icigwa:

[Satani] Amaramudugana [Yesu], amwereka ubwami bwose bwo mw’isi mu
kanya gato. Umurwanizi aramubwira, ati “Ndaguha ububasha bwose
n’ubwiza bwabo, kuko jewe nabuhawe , kandi mbuha uwo ngomba wese:
nuko ni wampfukamira, ukansenga, ubwo bwose buraba ubwawe.” Yesu
aramwishura, ati ‘Vyanditswe ng’Usenge Uhoraho, Imana yawe, abe ari yo
usaba yonyene’” (Luka 4:5-8).
Mbega ivyo ni vyo vyerekanako Satani afise ububasha bwose kw’isi, canke ko Adamu
yabumuhaye, canke kw’Imana idashobora kuzibira ikibi? Oya, kandi har’imvo nyinshi.
Iya mbere, dutegerezwa kwirinda kwizera ibivuzwe n’uwo Yesu yise “se
w’ibinyoma” (Yohana 8:44). Har’igihe Satani avuga ukuri, ariko ngaha, dutegerezwa
kugaba cane, kukw’ivyo Satani avuga ngaha bihushana n’ivy’Imana yavuze.
Mu gice ca kane c’igitabo ca Daniyeli, tubona inkuru y’Umwami Nebukadineza
ateterezwa. Nebukadineza, mu bwibone kw’ib’icicaro ciwe n’ivyo yakoze, yabwiwe
n’uwavugishwa n’Imana yitwa Daniyeli yukw’agiye guhabwa ubwenge bw’igikoko
gushika ah’azotahurakw’”Isumba vyose ari yo iganza ubwami bw’abantu, ikabugabira uwo
igomba wese” (Dan. 4:25, hongeweko insobanuro). Iri jambo rivugwa incuro zine ryemeza
iyi nkuru, mu kurishimangira (raba Dan. 4:17, 25, 32; 5:21).
Menyako Daniyeli yavuze ati, “Isumba vyose ari yo iganza ubwami bw’abantu.” Mbega
ntivyerekanakw’Imana ifise ubushobozi na bukeya kw’isi?
Menya kandi kw’ivyo Daniyeli yavuze bihushana n’ivyo Satani yabwiye Yesu.
Daniyeli yavuzekw’ Imana “ibugabira uwo igomba wese,” na Satani akavuga
kw’”abuha uwo yishakiye” (Luka 4:6).
Ubona uhava wizera nde? Jewe nizera ivyo Daniyeli yavuze.
Ariko, birashobokako Satani yavuze ukuri—igihe turavye ivyo yavuze k’urundi
ruhande.
Satani ni “imana y’iyi si,” nk’uko maze kuvyerekana, bisigurakw’aganza ubwami
bw’umwiza kw’isi, bukabamw’abantu bose bo kw’isi bahisemwo kugarariza Imana.
Bibiliya iravuga “kw’isi yose iri muri wa Mubi” (1 Yohana 5:19). Igihe Satani
yavugakw’ashobora guha uw’ashaka ubushobozi bw’ubwami bwo kw’isi, arashobora
kuba yarika’avuga aho aganza gusa, ubwami bw’umwiza, bugizwe n’ubwami butobuto
bugereranywa n’ama Leta yo kw’isi. Ivyanditswe bitubwirako Satani afise inzego
zitandukanye z’impwemu mbi akoresha mu kuganza ubwami bwiwe (raba Efe. 6:12),
kandi ni we agena cank’abogoza izo mpwemu mbi mu ntwaro yiwe, kukw’ari we
segaba wazo. Mur’ico gihe, Satani yarikw’abwira Yesu ikibanza ca kabiri mu bwami
bw’abadayimoni—kukw’aguma ikibanza ca mbere—bafashanye kuganza ubwami

w’umwiza. Ico Yesu yasabwa kugira gusa kw’ar’ukumusenga no kumupfukamira.
Imana ishimwe ko Yesu yarenganye aho hantu bituma “itera imbere cane.”
Ni Nde Yahaye Satani Ubwo Bubasha? (Who Gave Satan His Authority?)
Mbega ko Satani yivugiyeko “yahawe” ubwo bushobozi?
Ndabisubiyemwo, Satani arashobora kuba yarikw’arabesha. Reka twiyibagize
ikinyoma ciwe twemereko yavuze ukuri.
Menyako Satani atavuzeko yabuhawe na Adamu. Nk’uko tumaze kubibona, Adamu
ntiyarigushobora kubuha Satani kuko na we nyene ntabwo yarafise. Adamu yahawe
kuganza ifi, inyoni, inka, ntiyahawe kuganza ubwami. (kanatsinda, igihe Adamu yakora
icaha nta bwami bw’abantu bwari ho ashobora kuganza.) Vyongeye, namba Satani
yarikw’aha Yesu ububasha bwo kuganza mu bwami bw’umwiza, burimw’abadayimoni
n’abantu badakijijwe gusa, birumvikanakw’ata kuntu na kumwe Satani yarigushobora
guha Satani ubwo bubasha kukw’ataho yari kubukura. Satani yaganza abamarayika
bakorowe kumwe na we Adamu atararemwa.
Satani ahobora kuba yarikw’avugakw’abantu bose bo kw’isi bamuhaye ubushobozi
bwo kubaganza, kuko banse kwumvira Imana bituma, babimenya canke batabimenya,
baba abaja biwe.
Har’ikindi gishoboka iyo tuvuzekw’ Imana ubwayo ari yo yamuhaye ubwo
bushobozi. Birashoboka, turavye ivyanditswe, kw’Imana yabwiye Satani, iti “wewe
n’abadayimoni bawe ndabahaye uruhusha rwo kuganza umuntu wese atanyumvira.”
Ndaziko udashobora kubitahura buno nyene, ariko arahava ushika ah’ubonakw’ari yo
nsobanuro nziza twoha iryo jambo Satani yavuze. Namba Imana iri yo “aganza ubwami
bw’abantu” (Dan. 4:25), ububasha bwose Satani yogira ku bantu butegerezwa kuva ku
Mana.
Satani aganza ubwami bw’umwiza gusa, dushobora kwita “ubwami
bw’intabarirwa.” Yatanguye kuganza mur’ubwo bwami kuva igihe akuwe mw’ijuru, ico
gihe Adamu ntiyari bwa cumure canke bwa remwe. Gushika igihe Adamu yacumuye,
ubwami bw’umwiza bwarimw’abadayimoni gusa. Ariko kuva ku gihe Adamu
yacumura, yaciye yinjira mu bwami bw’intabarirwa, ni ho ubwami bwa Satani butari
bukibamw’abadayimoni gusa, bwaciye bujamwo n’abantu b’intabarirwa.
Satani yaganza isi yiwe y’umwiza Adamu atarabaho, rero ntidusubire kwiyumvira
yukw’igihe Adamu yacumura, ari ho Satani yaciy’aronka ivyo Adamu yar’afise . Oya,
igihe Adamu yakora icaha, yaciye yinjiri mu bwami bw’intabarirwa kandi bwari
busanzwe bubaho kuva kera, ubwami bwaganzwa na Satani.

Mbega Imana Yaratangajwe N’uko Kurwa? (Was God Surprised by the Fall?)
Irindi kosha riri mu nyigisho z’abavugako “har’ivyo Satani yungutse” ni uko bituma
Imana iboneka nk’ikijuju, nk’aho yishize mu mutego kubera ivyabaye. Mbeg’Imana
ntiyamenyeko Satani azogerageza Adamu na Eva bitume abantu bakurwa mu bwiza
bw’Imana? Kukw’Imana izi vyose, itegerezwa kuba yar’izi ibizokoreka. Ni co gituma
Bibiliya itubwirako yashizeho umugambi wo kuducungura imbere n’ukw’icaha gikorwa
(raba Mat. 25:34; Ivyak. 2:2-23; 4:27-28; 1 Kor. 2:7-8; Efe. 3:8-11; 2 Tim. 1:8-10; Ivyah. 13:8).
Imana yaremye wa mubi izi kw’azoyivako, yeremye na Adamu na Eva iziko
bazoyicumurako. Satani ntiyarigushobora guhenda Imana ngw’aronke ic’Imana
itateguyeko Satani aronka.
Mbega mvunzekw’Imana yateguyeko Satani ab’”imana y’iyi si?” Ego, kugirango
bishitse umugambi wayo. Iy’Imana idakundako Satani akora, yariguca imuhagarika,
nk’ukw’Ivyahishuriwe 20:1-2 biterekakw’azo bikora umusi umwe.
Sindiko mvugako, Imana ishakako hagira umuntu n’umwe aguma mu bwami bwa
Satani. Imana igombak’umuntu wese akizwa agakira ugahahazo ka Satani (Ivyak. 26:18;
Col. 1:13; 1 Tim. 2:3-4; 2 Pet. 3:9). Arikw’Imana yemerera Satani kuganza umuntu wese
akunda umwijima (raba Yohana. 3:19)—abashishikara kurwanya Imana.
Har’ico twakora none ngo dufashe abantu guhunga ubwami bwa Satani? Ego cane,
turashobora kubasengera no kubabwira bihane no kwizera ubutumwa bwiza (nk’uko
Yesu yabiidutegetse). Igihe bemeye, bacabava musi y’ububasha bwa Satani. Ariko igihe
twiyumvirako dushobora “gusangangura” impwemu mbi ziboshe abantu ni kwihenda.
Abantu bahisemwo kuguma mu mwiza, Imana irabareka. Yesu yabwiye abigishwa biwe
yukw’igihe binjiye mu gisagara kanaka bakanka kwizera ubutumwa bwabo, baze
bakunkumure umukungugu w’ibirenge vyabo bigire mu kindi gisagara (Mat. 10:14).
Ntiyababwiye kugumayo basangangure impwemu mbi ziri mur’ico gisagara kugira
ngw’abantu bashobore kwemera cane ubutumwa babazaniye. Imana irekura impwemu
z’abanyakibi zigume mu buja kuko banse kw’ihana no kuyigarukako.
Ibindi Vyemezako Ububasha bw’Imana Busumba Ubwa Satani
(Further Proof of God’s Supreme Authority Over Satan)
Hari ivyanditswe vyinshi vyerekanako Imana igifise ububasha kuri Satani n’aho
Adamu yakoze icaha. Ivyanditswe vyerekana kw’Imana yamanye kandi izokwama ifise

ububasha kuri Satani. Satani ashoboye gukora ic’Imana imwemereye gusa. Reka duhere
ku vyanditswe vy’Isezerano rya Kera bivyemeza.
Ibice bibiri vya mbere mu gitabo ca Yobu vyerekana neza kw’Imana ifise ububasha
kuri Satani. Aho ni ho dusoma yuko Satani, imbere y’intebe y’Imana, yarikw’arega
Yobu. Mur’ico gihe Yobu yasumba abantu bose kw’isi kwubaha Imana, maze Satani
aramwituma. Imana imenyako Satani “yashize umutima” kuri Yobu (Yobu 1:8,
har’insobanuro yanditswe muri Bibiliya y’icongereza yitwa NASB), ni ho yumviriza
ibirego Satani arega Yobu kw’akunda Imana kuber’imihezagiro yamuhaye (raba Yobu
1:9-12).
Satani yavuzekw’Imana yakingiye Yobu asabakw’imikurakw’imihezagiro yayo.
Imana na yo yemerera Satani kubabaza Yobu gushika ku rwego runaka. Mu bisanzwe,
Satani ntiyari gushobora gukora ku mubiri wa Yobu. Ariko haragez’ah’Imana yemerera
Satani kubabaza umubiri wa Yobu, imubuza kumwica gusa (Yobu 2:5-6).
Iki canditswe kimwe cerekanako Satani adashobora kugira ic’agomba. Ntiyari-
gushobora gukora no ku kintu kimwe ca Yobu atabirekuriwe n’Imana. Ntiyari gukora
no ku butunzi bwa Yobu atabihawe n’Imana. Ntiyashobora no kumwica atabirekuriwe
n’Imana. 3 Imana iganza na Satani, uhereye no gucumura kwa Adamu.
Impwemu “Yarungitswe n’Imana” kuri Sauli (Saul’s Evil Spirit “From God”)
Hari uturorero twinshi twerekana Imana ikoresha impwemu mbi za Satani zishitse
uburake bwayo mw’Isezerano rya Kera. Dusoma muri 1 Samweli 16:14: “Mpwemu
w’Uhoraho amaze kuva kuri Sauli, impwemu mbi irungitswe n’Uhoraho yama igenda
imufata bwa gikange.” Ibi vyabaye kukw’Imana yarikw’ihana umwami Sauli
kubw’ukutumvira kwiwe.
Ng’iki ikibazo canje, ijambo “impwemu mbi irungitswe n’Uhoraho” risobanura iki?
Vyoba bisigurakw’Imana yarungitse impwemu mbi kuziba mw’ijuru, canke
bisigurakw’Imana mu bushobozi bwayo yemereye abadayimoni ba Satani ku babaza
Sauli? Ndizerakw’abakristo benshi bemera ico ciyumviro ca kabiri nk’uko Bibiliya
yigisha. Igituma ivyanditswe bivugakw’iyo mpwemu mbi “yarungitswe n’Uhoraho”
n’ukw’imibabaro impwemu mbi yamuteza yari co gihano c’Imana kuri Sauli. Bituma
tuvuga yuko n’impwemu mbi ziri musi y’ubushobozi bw’Imana.
3 Iki gice cose cerekana ko Yobu atari we “yakinguriye Satani kubw’ubwoba bwiwe” nk’uko benshi bizera. Imana
ubwayo ni yo yabwiye Satani ivya Yobu muri 2:3: “Erega [Yobu] yakomeje kugororoka kwiwe gushitsa ubu, naho
wanteye kumugeseza ata co ndamuhoye” (hongeweko insobanuro). Narabivuzeko cane mu gitabo canje citwa, Igipimo
c’Imana, urupapuro rwa. 175-181, uwusoma icongereza ashobora kugisoma ku kinyamakuru cacu
(www.shepherdserve.org).

Mu bacamanza 9:23 dusomakw’ “Imana irungika impwemu mbi yo uteranya
Abimeleki n’abantu b’i Shekemu,”kugira ngw’igihano c’Imana kibashikeko kubera
ibikorwa vyabo bibi. N’aha kandi, iyo mpwemu mbi ntiyavuye mw’ijuru, ariko yavuye
mu bwami bwa Satani, kandi yemerewe n’Imana gukora mu kurwanya abakwiriye
kurwanywa. Nta mpwemu mbi zishobora kunesha umuntu zitavyemerewe n’Imana.
Kukw’ahandi ho Imana ntizoba ikiri nyen’inkomezi zose. Ivyo na vyo biri mu bituma
tuvugakw’igihe Adamu yacumura, Satani nta bubasha na bumwe yahawe kukw’Imana
yabona ibintu vyose.
Isezerano rya Kera Rivuga k’Ububasha bw’Imana kuri Satani
(New Testament Examples of God’s Power Over Satan)
Isezerano Rishasha na ryo ntiryemera izo nyigisho z’ivyo Satani yungutse.
Akarorero, usoma muri Luka 9:1 yuko Yesu yahaye abigishwa biwe “ububasha ku
badayimoni.” Vyongeye, muri Luka 10:19, Yesu yaravuze, ati “Ehe mbahaye ububasha
bwo gukandagira inzoka na Sikorupiyo, n’ubwo kunesha ubushobozi bwa wa Mwansi
bwose, kandi nta kintu kizogira ico kibagira na gatoya” (hongeweko insobanuro).
Namba Yesu yabahaye ububasha ku bushobozi bwose bwa Satani, ategerezwa kuba
yar’afise ubwo bubasha ubwiwe. Satani ubwiwe ari musi y’ububasha bw’Imana.
Mu njili ya Luka dusoma aho Yesu abwira Petero, “Simoni, Simoni, raba Satani
yabasavye ngw’abagosore nk’ingano” (Luka 22:31). Icanditswe kivugako Petero
atarigushobora kugosora Petero nk’ingano atabisavye Imana. Ubugira kandi, Satani ari
musi y’ububasha bw’Imana. 4
Kubohwa kwa Satani Imyaka Igihumbi (Satan’s Thousand-Year Prison Term)
Igihe dusomako umumarayika umwe azoboha Satani mu Vyahishuriwe 20, ntaho
tubonako isezerano rya Adamu ryaheze. Yaboshwe kugira ngo “ ntasubire guhenda
amahanga.” (Ivyah. 20:3).
Biratangaje kubonako Satani azobohwa imyaka 1.000, azobohorwa “azubire guhenda
amahanga yo ku mpera zine z’isi” (Ivyah. 20:8). Ni co gihe ayo mahanga azokoranya
ingabo zayo zitere Yerusalemu, aho Yesu aganza. Igihe bazokikuza igisagara, umuriro
uzotibuka uvuye mw’ijuru “ubatongore” (Ivyah. 20:9).
4 Raba kandi 1 Korinto 10:13, herekanakw’Imana ishingira akarimbi ibigeragezo, bisigurakw’igerera uwutugerageza.

Har’ikijuju co vugakw’isezerano rya Adamu ryari inyuma gatoya y’iyo myaka 1.000,
ni co gituma Imana yategereza kubohora Satani? Ico ciyumviro si co.
Oya, ikindi kintu twize mur’iki gice c’ivyanditswe n’ukw’Imana ifise ububasha
bwose ku murwanizi kandi imwemerera guhenda abantu kugira ngw’ashitse
umugambi w’Imana.
Mur’iyo myaka igihumbi Yesu azoganza, Satani ntazohabwa gukora ikintu na
kimwe, adashobora kubesha n’umuntu n’umwe. Ariko mur’ico gihe, hazobaho abantu
b’indyarya baboneka ko bumvira Kristo urabiye hanze, ariko bazokwifuza kubona
aneshwa. Ariko bazogwa igihumura bamenyek’uwo bifuza kubona aneshwa ari we
yahawe “kuragira amahanga n’inkoni y’icuma” (Ivyah. 19:15).
Arikw’igihe Satani azobohorwa, azoshobora guhenda bamwe, banka Kristo mu
mutima, kandi bifuza ibintu bitazokwigera bishobaka. Igihe Satani azohabwa guhenda
intabarirwa, imitima y’abantu izohishurwa, ni h’Imana izoca izibereye bamwe
badakwiriye kuba mu bwami bwayo.
Kanatsinda, iyo, ni yo mvo imwe muzituma Imana yemerera Satani kubesha abantu.
Turaraba qmugambi wose w’Imana kuri Satani, ariko birabereye kuvuga yukw’Imana
idashakako hagira umuntu asigara mu kubeshwa. N’aho bimeze gurtyo, yama yifuza
kubona ibiri ibwina mu mitima y’abantu. Satani ntashobora kubesha abazi kandi bizera
ukuri. Arikw’Imana yemerera Satani kubesha bamwe banka ukuri, kubera imitima yabo
mibi.
Igihe yavuga ku vya antikristo, Paulo yanditse ati;
Ni ho wa mugarariji azohishurwa, umwe Umwami Yesu azokwicisha
impwemu ziva mu kanwa kiwe, azomutituza uguseruka kw’ukuza kwiwe,
azomutituza uguseruka kw’ukuza kwiwe. Ukuza kw’uwo mugarariji kuri
mu buryo bw’inkomezi za Satani, kuri n’ubushobozi bwose, n’ibimenyetso
n’ibitangaza vy’ibinyoma, n’ubugunge bwose bwo kugabitanya ku bahona, kuko
batemeye gukunda ivy’ukuri ngo bakizwe. Ni co gituma Imana ibarungikira
ubuzimire bubakoreramwo, ngo bizere ibinyoma: kugira ngw’abatizeye ukuri bose,
bagahimbarirwa ukugabitanya, bacirwek’iteka (2 Tes. 2:8-12, dushimikiye ku
nsobanuro).
Menyakw’Imana ni y’ivugwako “yabarungikiye ubuzimire ngo bizere ibinyoma.”
Kandi menyakw’abo bantu bazozimira ni bamwe “banse kwizera ukuri,” bisigura yuko
baronse akaryo, ariko baranka ubutumwa bwiza. Imana izoreka Satani ashoboze cane
antikristo gukora ibimenyetso n’ibitangaza vy’ibinyoma kugira ngw’abanse kwizera

Kristo babeshwe, kand’intumbero y’Iimana ni kugira ngw’”ibashe kubacira amateka.”
Kubw’iyo ntumbero nyene, ni co gituma Imana yemerera Satani kubesha abantu.
Iy’Imana itaba ifise intumbero zoguha Satani akanyako gukorera mw’isi,
yarikumubohera ahantu hamwe ntazi igihe yayicumurako. Tubwirwa muri 2 Petero 2:4
yuko har’abamarayika Imana yamaze gukororera i kuzimu ikabashira “mu vyobo
vy’umwiza, ngo barindirirwe kuzocibwakw’iteka.” Iyi Mana yacu ishobora vyose yari
kugirira Satani n’abamarayika biwe nk’uk’ubugombe bwayo buri. Arikw’Imana ifise
intumbero nziza kuri yo yatumye yemerera Satani n’abamarayika biwe bamwe bamwe
kubandanya gukorera kw’isi.
Abadayimoni Baratinya Kubabazwa (The Demons’ Fear of Torment)
Kuko tugomba kurangiza inyigisho zacu kur’iki cizerwa ca mbere c’ikinyoma, akandi
karorero kamwe dusanga mu vyanditswe ni inkuru y’abadayimoni b’i Gadareni:
[Yesu] Afashe hakurya mu gihugu c’Abagadareni, babiri binjiwemwo
n’abadayimoni baramusanganira bava mu masenga y’imva, bari bakaze
cane, bituma ata wushobora guhita mur’iyo nzira. Barasemerera, bati”
Duhuriye hehe ga Mwana w’Imana? Uje hano kutubabaza agashinyaguro igihe
cacu kitarashika?” (Mat. 8:28-29, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
N’iyi nkuru hari igihe ikoreshwa n’abigisha ivyo Satani yungutse mu gushigikira
iciyumviro cabo. Bavuga, bati “Ayo madayimoni yavuze ku butungane bwa Yesu.
Yaraziko adafise imvo zo kuyababaza kukw’isezerano rya Adamu ritari bwarangire,
igihe Satani na bo bazotererwa mu kiyaga caka umuriro bababazwe ijoro n’umurango.”
Arikw’igihushanye cavyo ni co comvikana. Baribaziko Yesu afise ubushobozi
n’uburenganzira bwo kubababaza igihe cose ashakiye, ni co gituma bamutakambiye.
Baribazik’Umwana w’Imana ashobora kubarungika kubabazwa igihe cose. Laka avuga
yuko bamwingize bati “namba udusenda uturungike mur’uriya mukuku w’ingurube”
(Luka 8:31). Iyo Yesu ataba afise ububasha kuko har’isezerano ribakingira, nta co
barikurinda bavuga.
Abo badayimoni bari biteze akagongwe ka Yesu gusa, kuko bamwingize ngo
ntabakure mu gihugu (Mariko 5:10), ahubwo bisabira kurungikwa mu ngurube (Mariko
5:12), basabwa kudasendwa i kuzimu (Luka 8:31), no gusaba Kristo ntabababaze “igihe”
kitaragera.

Icezerwa ca #4: Satani, ‘imana y’iyi si’ afise ububasha ku kintu cose mw’isi, harimwo
na leta z’ibihugu, ivyago kama, n’ibihe.”
(Myth #4: “Satan, as ‘the god of this world’ has control over everything on the earth,
including human governments, natural disasters, and the weather.”)
Ivyanditswe bivugako Satani ari ”imana y’iyi si” nk’uko Paulo yabivuze (2 Kor. 4:4)
n’ “umutware w’isi” nk’uko Yesu abivuga (Yohana 12:31; 14:30; 16:11). Dufatiye kur’ayo
mazina ya Satani, har’abantu benshi baciye bafatiraho bavugako Satani aganza isi yose.
N’aho twabonye ivyanditswe vyinshi vyerekana ah’ukuri kuri, bitubera vyiza
gushishikara kwiga ibindi vyanditswe kugira ngo turushirizeho kubona ingene
ubushobozi bwa Satani bwashingiwe akarimbi. Dutegerezwa kwiyubara ntitwubakire
ukwizera kwacu kur’ivyo vyanditswe bine gusa biha Satani izina ry’imana,
cank’umutware w’i si.
Igihe tubandanye gusuzuma muri Bibiliya, dusanga Yesu atavuga gusa yuko Satani
ar’”umutware w’iyi si,” ariko avuga kandi yuko Se wo mw’ijuru yitwa “Umwami
w’ijuru n’isi”(Mat. 11:25; Luka 10:21, hongeweko insobanuro). Vyongeye, intumwa
Paulo yita Satani “imana y’iyi si,” ariko kandi, nka Yesu, yita Imana “Umwami w’ijuru
n’isi” (Ivyak. 17:24, hongeweko insobanuro). Ibi bitwereka yuko Paulo na Yesu
badashakako twiyumvirako Satani afise ubushobozi bwose kw’isi. Ububasha bwa Satani
burafise aho bugarukira.
Itandukaniro dushobora kubona rir hagati y’ibi vyanditswe riri mu majambo abari
mw’isi hamwe n’isi. Naho dukunda kwitiranya aya majambo, yompi ntasigura ikintu
kimwe. Dutahuye ingene atandukanye, ugutahura kwacu kubijanye n’ubushobozi
bw’Imana hamwe n’ubushobozi bwa Satani guca kwongerekana cane.
Yesu yavuze ku Mana Data nk’Umwami w’isi. Ijambo isi mu Kigiriki ni ge.
Risobanura ah’abantu baba hose, nih’ imenyesha ntara ryisunga.
Ariko Yesu yavuzeko Satani ar’umutware w’abari kw’isi. ijambo ry’ijambo ry’ikigiriki
risobanura ab’isi ni kosmos, kandi ryerekana urutonde. Rivugwa ku bantu s’umubumbe
w’isi ubwawo. Ni co gituma abakristo bavugako Satani ar’”imana y’inge isi imeze.”
Imana ntiganza ab’isi, kukw’itaganza abantu bose bari mw’isi. ikibituma n’ukw’Imana
yahaye abantu uguhitamwo uwubabera Umwami, kandi benshi bahisemwo kuganzwa
na Satani. Umwidegemvyo wo guhitamwo kw’umuntu, na wo ni umugambi w’Imana.
Paulo yarakoresheje irindi jambo ritandukanye n’isi ryitwa aion, agihe yandika avuga
kuvy’imana y’ab’isi. Aion risobanurwa igihe, ni ikiringo kanaka. Satani n’imana y’iki
kiringo turimwo.

Mbeg’ivyo vyose bisobanura iki? Isi ni ikibanza c’isi abantu babako. Ijambo ab’isi (isi)
risigura abantu bari kw’isi, cane cane abadakorera Yesu. Bakorera Satani, kandi
baramaze kuboherwa muri kamere k’isi. Twebwe, nk’abakristo, twitwako “tuba kw’isi”
ariko ntituri “abisi” (Yohana 17:11,14). Tubana n’abo mu bwami bw’umwiza, ariko
tur’abo mu bwami bw’umuco, umwami bw’Imana.
Ubu rero turafise inyishu. Mu buryo bworoshe : Imana iganza isi yose. Satani,
kubw’uruhusha yahawe n’Imana, aganza “abikorerwa mw’isi,” ni kuvuga abo mu
bwami bw’umwiza n’ivyo bakora vyose. Ni co gituma, intumwa Yohana
yanditsekw’ab’isi bose (s’isi yose) baba mu bubasha bwa wa Mubi” (1 Yohana 5:19).
Ntibisobanurakw’Imana idafise ububasha ku b’isi, cank’ibikorerwa kw’isi, cank’abantu
baba mw’isi. arabufise nyene, Daniyeli yavuze, ati “aganza ubwami bwo kw’isi,
kand’akabugabira uw’ashaka wese (Dan. 4:25). Irashobora kumanura canke gushira
hejuru uw’ishaka. N’aho bimeze gurtyo, we nk’”uwuganza ubwami bwo kw’isi,” ni we
yahaye Satani uruhusha rwo kuganza igice c’abantu bagarariza Imana.
Kwihweza Ivyo Satani Atanga (Satan’s Offer Considered)
Iri tandukaniro hagati y’isi n’ab’isi ridufasha gutahura ibigeragezo Yesu yahuye na
vyo mu bugaragwa. Satani yeretse Yesu “ubwami bwose bw’isi mu kanya gato.” Satani
ntiyari kwereka Yesu ivyicaro vyo mu bwami bw’abantu bo kw’isi, nko kuba umukuru
w’igihugu cank’umushikirangaji. Si we agena cank’abogoza abantu ku nganji—Imana ni
yo nyene ico gikorwa.
Ahubwo, Satani ategerezwa kuba yareretse Yesu ubwami bw’ahantu ho mu mwiza.
Yeretse Yesu ingene abadayimoni basumbasumbana, bamwe bose n’aho bahawe
kuganza, hamwe n’intabarirwa ziri musi y’ububasha bwiwe. Satani yeretse Yesu
kw’azoganza mu bwami bwiwe—Iyo Yesu yiyunga n’uwo murwi wa Satani ugizwe
n’abagarariza Imana. Yesu yari kuronka ikibanza ca kabiri mu ntwaro y’ubwo bwami
bw’umwiza.
Ubushobozi bw’Imana mu Ntwaro z’Abantu bo kw’Isi
(God’s Control Over Earthly, Human Governments)
Reka tubandanye gusuzuma akarimbi kashingiwe ububasha bwa Satani nk’uko
ivyanditswe bivuga cane cane mu ntwaro z’abo kw’isi. Satani arafise ubushobozi kunaka
mu ntwaro z’abo mw’isi kuko afise ubushobozi ku buzima bw’abadakijijwe bari mu
ntwaro, kand’intwaro zo kw’isi zirongorwa kenshi n’abantu badakijijwe. Ariko, Imana

n’iy’ifise ijambo rya nyuma mu ntwaro z’abo kw’isi, na Satani abakwegera gukora
ivy’agamba ukw’Imana ibimwemereye.
Turamaze kubona ico Daniyeli yabwiye Umwami Nebakadineza, kuko
harimw’umuco wodufasha, reka dusubire kuharaba.
Umwami Nebukadineza yishize hejuru kubera inkomezi ziwe n’ibikorwa bihambaye
yar’amaze gushikako, Imana ica itegekakw’asubizwa hasi cane kugira ngw’amenye
kw’”Isumba vyose ari yo iganza ubwami bw’abantu, kandi kw’ibugabira uw’igomba
wese, ikabwimikamwo nyarucari hanyuma ya bose” (Dan. 4:17). Vy’ukuri Imana ni yo
yashize hejuru umwami Nebukadineza mu ntwaro yiwe. Ni kw’igirira n’abandi bami
bose. Intumwa Paulo, ku vy’abami bo kw’isi, yavuze, ati “Umuntu wese
n’agamburukire abamuganza: kukw’ata kuganza kutava ku Mana, ukuriho kwagezwe
n’Imana” (Rom. 13:1).
Imana ni yo soko y’ubushobozi n’inkomezi mw’isi yose. Umuntu afise ubushobozi,
Imana ni yo iba yabumuhaye canke yahamushize ngw’ashitse ubogombe bwayo.
Abarongozi b’inkozi z’ibibi nabo? Mbega Paulo yavuzeko nabo bagenwa n’Imana?
Ego ni ko yavuze. Mur’ico cete nyene, Paulo yanditse, ati “Kukw’ivyanditswe vyabiye
farawo, ngw’’Icatumye nguhagarika n’ukugira ngo nkwerekanirek’ubushobozi bwanje,
kandi ngw’izina ryanje rivugwe hose mw’isi yose.’”(Rom. 9:17). Imana yakomantaje
umutima wa Farawo kugira ngo yimenyekanishe biciye muri we. Imana yakoze
ibitangaza vyinshi kugira ngo bimenyekanishe izina ryayo—yacishirize mu muntu
yashize hejuru arikw’akomantaza umutima.
Mbeg’ukwo kuri ntikugaragara igihe ca Yesu na Pilato? Amaze gutangazwa n’uko
Yesu atishura ibibazo vyiwe, Pilato amubwira, ati “Nta co umbarira?” Ntuzi yuko mfise
ububasha bwo kukurekura, kandi mfise ububasha bwo kukubamba?” (Yohana 19:10).
Yesu aramwishura, ati “Nta bubasha war’ufise kuri jewe, shit’ubuhawe buvuye
mw’ijuru” (Yohana 19:11, hongeweko insobanuro). Kukw’azi umutima wa Pilato, Imana
yamushize hejuru kugira ngw’ategure umugambi wo kwica Yesu ku musaraba
kand’awukurikirane.
Usomye ibitabo bidonda akahise mw’Isezerano rya Kera usanga Imana yakoresha
abarongozi bakora ikibi ngo bashitse uburake bwiwe ku bantu babukwiriye.
Nebukadineza yakoreshejwe n’Imana mu gushitsa uburake bwayo ku mahanga menshi
yo mw’Isezerano rya Kera.
Hari uturorero twinshi tw’abarongozi Imana yashize hejuru canke yabogoje muri
Bibiliya. Akarorero nko mw’Isezerano rya Kera, dusoma ivya Herodi, yananiwe
guhesha Imana icubahiro igihe bamwe mu bakozi biwe bamubwira, bati’”Ni ijwi
ry’Imana, s’iry’umuntu!” (Ivyak. 12:22).

Vyaciye bigenda gute? “uwo mwanya umumarayika w’Umwami Imana
aramukubita, kukw’atahaye Imana rurema icubahiro, aturika inyo, aracikana” (Ivyak.
12:23).
Menyako Herodi yar’uw’ubwami bwa Satani, arikwo ntiyashobora kwigenza
ukw’ashaka imbere y’Imana. Imana yashobora kumanura canke kubogoza umurongozi
wese wo kw’isi nk’ukw’ivyishakiye. 5
Intahe y’Imana Ubwayo (God’s Personal Testimony)
Mu kurangiza, turabe ico Imana yavuze ubwayo icishirije mu wavugishwa n’Imana
Yeremiya kijanye n’ubukuru bwayo kw’isi, no mu ntwaro z’ab’isi.
“Riti yemw’ab’inzu ya Isirayeli, mbega jewe sinshobora kubagira nk’uyu
mubumvyi?” N’uk’Uhoraho abaza. Ati “raba nk’ukw’ibumba riri mu kuboko
kw’umubumvyi, namwe ni ko muri mu kuboko kwanje, yemw’ab’inzu ya
Isirayeli. Igihe kimwe novuga kuvy’ihanga no ku vy’ubwami ku vyo
kuzorirandura no ku vyo risangangura no kuzorihonya: maz’iryo hanga navuzeko
rigahindukira rikareka ibibi vyaryo, nanje nzokwigarura ndeke ibibi nari
namaramaje kuzobakorera. Ikindi gihe novuga ku vy’ihanga no ku vy’ubwami, ku
vyo kuryubaka no kuzoriteragira: maze ni ryakora ibibi mu nyonga zanje,
ntiryumvire ijwi ryanje, nuko nanje nzogarwa, ndeke ivyiza nari na maramaje
kuzobagirira neza” (Yer. 18:6-10).
Wabonyeko ata nzira Satani yarafise, igihe yageregeza Yesu mu bugaragwa, yariko
amuha kuganza ab’isi, abantu, ubwami n’intwaro? Nimba yariko avuga ukuri (nk’uko
bamwe bavyiyumvira), rero yariko aha Yesu ukuganza mu bwami bw’umwiza.
Mbega hari ubushobozi Satani afise ku bwami bwo mw’isi? Ego, kukw’ar’imana
y’abantu badakijijwe gusa, kand’abantu badakijijwe baba no mu ntwaro. Kand’ubwo
bushobozi abugira igihe Imana ibumuhaye, kand’Imana ishobora guhagarika
umugambi wa Satani igihe ibishakiye hose. Intumwa Yohana yanditseko Yesu ar’”Se
gaba w’amahanga yose yo kw’isi”(Ivyah. 1:5).
5 Mbeg’ivyo bisigurako tudakwiriye gusengera abatwara, canke tudakwiriye kugira amatora, kuko tuzikw’Imana ishira
hejuru uwo yishakiye? Oya, muri demokarasi, uburke bw’Imana buba burimwo. Turonka abo twitoreye,
kand’abanyakibi batora abanyakibi nka bo. Ni co gituma, abagororotsi bategerezwa gutora na bo. Vyongeye,
mw’Isezerano rya Kera na Rishasha, dutegekwa gusengera abatuganza (Yer. 29:7; 1 Tim. 2:1-4), bisigurako dushobora
gukorana n’Imana mu kugena abatuganza. Kuko kenshi uburake bw’Imana buziriringa kubera kuganzwa n’abatware
babi, kand’igituma amahanga menshi arakirwa n’Imana, turashobora gusaba kandi tukagirirwa ubuntu bwayo, kugira
ngw’igihugu cacu ntigishikirwe n’ibihano vyose gikwiriye kuronka.

Mbega Satani Niwe Ateza Ivyago n’Ihindagurika ry’Ibihe?
(Does Satan Cause Natural Disasters and Adverse Weather?)
Kuko Satani ari ”imana y’iyi si,” benshi biyumvirako ari we aganza ihindagurika
ry’ibihe kand’ari we ateza isi ivyago, nk’uruzuba, imyuzure, ibihuhusi, nyamugigima
n’ibindi. Mbeg’ivyanditswe ni ko bitwigisha? Ubugira kandi, dutegerezwa kwiyubara
ntitwubake ukwizera kwacu ku murongo umwe uvuga ivya Satani nk“igisuma
kitazanwa n’ikindi, atar’ukwiba, n’ukwica, n’ugutikiza” (Yohana 10:10). Ese incuro
maze kwumva abantu basoma uyo murongo bemezako kwibwa kwose, kwicwa canke
gusamburwa kuva kuri Satani. Igihe dusuzumye cane muri Bibiliya, dusanga Imana
ubwayo yica no gusambura incuro nyinshi. Turabe iyi mirongo itatu mu turorero
twinshi dushobora kuronka:
Uwushinga ivyagezwe, ari we mucamanza, n’Imwe gusa; ni yo ishobora
kurokora no guhonya (Yakobo 4:12, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Ariko ndabereka iyo mukwiye gutinya: mutinye iyiheza kwica umuntu,
ikagira ububasha bwo ku mukororera muri Gehinomu. Ni koko, ndababwire,
abe ari yo mutinya. (Luka 12:5, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro.)
Ntimuze mutinye abica umubiri, badashobora kwica ubugingo: cane-cane
mutinye uwushobora guhonereza ubugingo n’umubiri muri Gehinomu (Mat.
10:28, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Igihe tuvuze yukw’ibintu vyose bizana urupfu canke gusambuka ar’igikorwa ca
Satani, tuba twihenze. Har’uturorero twinshi mu vyanditswe bitwerekakw’Imana yica
kandi isangangura.
Turashobora kwibaza duti, igihe Yesu yavuga ku gisuma kiza kizanwa no kwica, kwiba,
gusambura, yarikw’avuga kuri wa Mubi koko? Ubugira kandi, dukeneye gusoma iryo jambo
twisunga ayandi arikikuje. Umurongo ur’imbere y’uwo uvugakw’igisuma kizanwa no
kwica, kwiba, no gusambura, Yesu yavuze, ati “ abanyitangiye bose bar’abasuma
n’abambuzi, arikw’intama ntizabumviye” (Yohana 10:8). Dusomye ivyo Yesu yavuze
vyose muri Yohana 10:1-15 avugakw’ari we mwungere Mwiza, bica bitahurika cane
yukw’ijambo igisuma n’ibisuma nk’uko yayakoresheje asobanura abigisha n’abarongozi
b’ibinyoma.

Ivyiyumviro Bitandukanye ku vy’Ihindagurika ry’ibihe n’Ivyago
(Various Views of Adverse Weather and Natural Disasters)
Igihe igihuhusi canke nyamugigima biteye, bizana ikibazo mu bantu bizera Imana :
”Ni nde atuma ibi vyose?” hari inyishu zibiri gusa ku bizera Bibiliya: Imana canke
Satani ni yo ibituma.
Hari abandi bongerako bati: “Oyaah! Ntidushobora kwidogera Imana! Ni amakosha
y’abantu. Imana irikw’ibacira imanza kubw’ivyaha vyabo.”
Namba Imana iteza abantu ibihuhusi na nyamugigima kukw’ibahanira ivyaha vyabo,
duca duta imiragwe kur’izo ntabarirwa kukw’atar’Imana, ariko na ho nyene, Imana
irabiharurwako, kukw’ata cago gishobora gushika itemeye.
Canke, akaba ar’Imana yemerera Satani kurungika ibihuhusi na nyamugigima
ngw’ihane abanyavyaha, duca tuvugako biterwa na Satani, ariko na ho nyene n’Imana
irimwo. Ikibituma ni ukw’ari yo yemerera Satani guteza ivyago kandi kubera
yukw’icago cose kiba igihe Imana igomba kugihora.
Har’abavugakw’Imana na Satani badateza ibihuhusi na nyamugigima, arikw’ar’”
ibintu vyihindagurika vy’ibihe mur’iyi si y’ivyaha.” Hari n’ikindi gihe, mu kutamenya
begeka ivyo vyago ku bantu, ari ko na ho nyene si vyo. ivyo bintu ntibishobora kuba
Imana itarimwo. Namba ibihuhuta ar’”ivyago vyiyadukiza mur’iyi si y’ivyaha,” none ni
nde ategekako biba? Mu bisanzwe ibihuhuta ntibitumwa n’abantu. Bisigura
yukwibihuhuta bidatumwa n’igitigiri runaka c’ivyaha vyakorewe mu karere runaka.
Ntibiterwa n’ukw’abantu benshi basambanye.
Oya, namba har’isano hagati y’ibihuhuta n’ivyaha, rer’Imana irimwo,
kukw’ibihuhuta bizanwa n’uburake bw’Imana ihana icaha. Naho biba rimwe-rimwe, iba
irimwo.
Nahw’ata sano ryoba hagati y’icaha n’ivyago bitera abantu, tukavugakw’Imana
yihenze igihe co kurema isi, ishiramw’ibizotuma haba ihindagurika ry’ibihe n’ivyago
bizotera isi cane, Imana iguma iharurwakw’ari yo iteza ibihuhusi na nyamugigima
kukw’ari yo Muremyi, kand’abantu bakarwa mu mporero y’amakosha yayo.
Nta “Kindi Bivako” (There is No “Mother Nature”)
Rero dufise uburyo bubiri gusa bwo kwishura ibibazo vy’ivyago vyiyadukiza kw’isi.
Bitumwa n’Imana canke na Satani gusa. Imbere yo kwitegereza ivyanditswe bituma
tumenya inyishu dufata iy’ari yo, reka twiyumvire kur’izo nyishu zibiri zishoboka.

Akaba ari Satani atuma ivyo vyago biba, rero Imana ntishobora kumuzibira. Igihe
Imana ifise ubushobozi bwo kubuza Satani guteza abantu ivyago ntimubuze,
biyigarukako n’ubu. Nta cago gishobora gushika ata ruhusha itanze.
K’urundi ruhande. Reka tuvuge, mur’aka kanya, yukw’Imana idashobora kuzibira
Satani, ariko irifuza kumuzibira. Wumva ivyo vyoshoboka?
None Imana idashobora kubuza Satani gutera icago, rero Satani azoba ayisumba
inkomezi canke Satani arayisumba ubwenge. Bisigura, vy’ukuri, ico abantu bavuga
igihe batura “ko Satani yaronse ububasha igihe Adamu yakora icaha”. Bataruko Satani
afise uburenganzira bwo gukora ico yishakiye kw’isi kuko yivye isezerano rya Adamu.
Ubu rero, nk’uko biyumvira, Imana na ho yifuza kuzibira Satani ntibishoboka
kukw’itegerezwa kwubaha isezerano rya Adamu Satani akorerako. Mu yandi majambo,
Imana yarajujuse ntiyomenya ibizoba igihe icaha kizokorwa, ariko Satani we,
kukw’asumba Imana ubwenge, yararonse inkomezi Imana atari kwemera kw’aronka.
Jewe ubwanje, sinshobora kuvuga canke kwemerako Satani arusha Imana ubwenge.
Namba ico ciyumviro c’”Ivyo Satani yaronse” ar’ic’ukuri, turashobora kwibaza ico
tuma Satani adateza isi nyamugigima n’ibihuhuta vyinshi kuruta uko bimeze ubu, n’ico
tuma adatumbera ah’abakristo benshi baba. (Uvuzekw’”Imana idashobora
kumwemerera guhonya abakristo,” uzoba wemeyeko Satani adashobora gukora
adahawe uruhusha n’Imana.)
Igihe tuvyinjiyemwo cane, usanga inyishu zishoboka ari zibiri gusa kur’ico kibazo: (1)
Imana ni yo ituma ibihuhuta na za nyamugigima canke (2) Satani ni we abituma igihe
ahawe urusha n’Imana.
Wobonyekw’inyishu y’ukuri yose, Imana izoba iri ku nomero ya mbere? Igihe abantu
bavugakw’atar’”Imana yarungitse ibihuhuta—ariko Satani ni we yabigize ahawe
uruhusha rw’Imana,” ntibaba “bakuyemw’Imana”burundu nk’uko bavyiyumvira.
Namba Imana yar’ishoboye kubuza Satani guteza igihuhuta, tutarinze
kurabakw’ibishaka cank’itabishaka, urumvakw’ari yo ibiharurwako. Abantu
b’intabarirwa ni b’umuntu yotakw’imiragwe kubera ivyaha vyabo (namba igihuhuta
kirungikwa n’Imana canke cemererwa n’Imana nk’igihano), na ho nyene,
kuvugakw’Imana itarimwo kwob’ar’ukubesha.
Intahe Iva mu Vyanditswe (Scripture’s Testimony)
None, ivyanditswe bivuga iki mu bisanzwe ku vyerekeye “ivyago vyiyadukiza”?
bivugako bitumwa n’Imana canke Satani? Reka duhere kuri nyamugigima kuko Bibiliya
ivuga vyinshi kur’ivyo.

Twisunze ivyanditswe, nyamugigima zizanwa n’urubanza rw’Imana ku banyavyaha.
Dusoma muri Yeremiya: “Arik’Uhoraho ni we Mana y’ukuri; ni we Mana nzima,
n’Umwami yamaho ibihe bidashira: uburake bwiwe buhindisha isi agashitsi,
kand’amahanga ntashobora kwihanganira ubushangashirwe bwiwe” (Yer. 10:10,
dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Yesaha ahanura ati,
Hazoba guterwa n’Uhoraho Nyen’ingabo, kw’imituragaro, n’ugutigita
kw’isi, n’ukwasana gukomeye, n’agashururu, n’ikirura, n’imbeya z’umuriro
utongora (Yes. 29:6, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Urashobora kwibuka ko mu bihe vya Mose, isi yasamye musi ya Kora n’abamufasha
kugaririza (raba Guh. 16:23-34). Ico car’igihano c’Imana. Utundi turorero tw’igihano
c’Imana gitigitisha isi turi muri Ezek. 38:19; Zab. 18:7; 77:18; Hag. 2:6; Luka 21:11; Ivyah.
6:12; 8:5; 11:13; 16:18.
Har’ukundi gutigita kw’isi kutava ku gihano c’Imana, ari ko na ho nyene, vyatumwa
n’Imana. Akarorero, mu njili yanditswe na Matayo, har’ugutigita kw’isi igihe Yesu
yacikana (Mat. 27:51,54), n’igihe yazuka (Mat. 28:2). Ni Satani yateye ivyo?
Igihe Paulo na Sila batazira Imana mw’ijoro bari mw’i bohero ry’i Filipi, “ isi ica
inyiganyiga cane giturumbuka, bituma amatanguriro y’inzu y’ibohero anyiganyiga, ako
kanya inzugi zose ziruguruka, iminyororo ya bose iradohoka” (Ivyak. 16:26, hongeweko
insobanuro). Ni Satani yatigitishije isi? Oya na gato! N’uwurinda ibohero yaciye akizwa
amaze kubona inkomezi z’Imana. Kand’ico si co gihe Imana yatigitisha isi mu vyakozwe
n’intumwa (Ivyak. 4:31).
Narasomye mu kinyamakuru ah’abakristo, igihe bumva kw’isi yanyiganyize ahantu
kanaka, bagiye aho vyabereye “barwana intambara yo muri mpwemu” barwanya wa
Mubi. Har’ikosha ubona mur’ukwo kwiyumvira kwabo? Vyarikwemerwa
n’ivyanditswe iyo basenga Imana bayisaba kugirira imbabazi abantu bari mur’ico gice.
Kand’iyo babikora, ntabari kwonona umwanya n’amahera yabo mu gufata urugendo
rubashikana ah’abaye nyamugigima—barigusengera aho bari. Kuja kurwanya wa Mubi
ntateze nyamugigima ntivyemewe n’ivyanditswe.
Ibihusi na Vyo? (How About Hurricanes?)
Ijambo igihuhuta turibona mu vyanditswe mu buryo bw’ibihuhusi bikomakomeye
cane. Akarorero:

Abamanuka baja mu kiyaga bakagendera mu mato, bakadandariza mu mazi
agaranzutse, abo babona ibikorwa vy’Uhoraho, n’ibitangaza vyiwe
mw’idamba. Kukw’avuga ijambo, akavyura inkubi y’umuyaga ishira hejuru
impipfunda yayo (Zab. 107:23-25, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Maz’ Uhoraho asuka umuyaga ukomeye mu kiyaga; haba igihuhuta c’inkomezi
mu kiyaga, ubwato bushaka kumeneka (Yona 1:4, dushimikiye ku
nsobanuro).
Hanyuma y’ivyo mbona abamarayika bane bahagaze ku mfuruka zine z’isi,
bafashe imiyaga ine yo kw’isi, kugira ngo ntihagire umuyaga uhuha kw’isi
canke ku kiyaga canke ku giti cose (Ivyah. 7:1).
Biragaragara, Imana irashobora kuzana canke guhagarika umuyaga. 6
Muri Bibiliya yose, nta hantu na hamwe Satani yigeze guhagarika umuyaga. Igihe
c’ibigeragezo vya Yobu, ni h’umushumba yaje kumubwira ati: “nuko haza umuyaga
w’igihuhuta uturutse mu bugaragwa, uhitana imfuruka zine z’inzu; maz’isidukira
kur’abo bahungu, barapfa” (Yobu 1:19).
Dusomye igice ca mbere c’igatabo co Yobu tubona yuko Satani ari we yateje Yobu
ivyago. Ntidukwiriye kwibagira yukw’ata kintu na kimwe co kubabaza Yobu
cank’abana biwe Satani yari gukora adahawe uruhusha n’Imana. N’ubu,
ndabisubiyemwo, Imana ni yo ifise ijambo rya nyuma no ku muyaga.
Igihuhuta I Galilaya (The Gale on Galilee)
None ca “gihuhusi kinini” catera Yesu n’abigishwa biwe igihe bari mu bwato bariko
bajabuka ikiyaga c’i Galilaya twogisobanura gute? Birashoboka ko Satani ari we yateje
iyo mipfunda, kandi Imana ntiyari kurungika impfunda izibira ubwato buri mwo
Umwana wayo. “Ubwami bwirwanya ubwabwo nta nkomezi bugira,” none ni iki co
tuma Imana irungika imipfunda igirira nabi Yesu n’abigishwa biwe cumi na babiri?
Ibi ni ivyiyumviro vyiza ariko reka duhagarare dutangure kwiyumvira. Namba
atar’Imana yarungitse iyo mipfunda akab’ari Satani, dutegerezwa kwemera kw’Imana
6 Ibindi vyanditswe vyerekanakw’Imana iganza umuyaga ni: Ita. 8:11; Kuv. 10:13,19; 14:21; 15:10; Guh. 11:31; Zab. 48:7;
78:76; 135:7; 147:18; 148:8; Yes. 11:15; 27:8; Yer. 10:13; 51:16; Ezek. 13:11,13; Amosi 4:9,13; Yona 4:8; Hag. 2:17. Mur’utwo
turorero twinshi, Imana yakoresheje umuyaga nk’igihano.

yamuhaye uruhusha rwo kuyirungika. Ca kibazo gica kigaruka kandi: Ni kuki Imana
yaretse Satani akarungika impfunda igirira nabi Yesu n’abigishwa biwe cumi na babiri?
Hari inyishu wotanga? Kumbure Imana yariko yigisha abigishwa biwe ku
vy’ukwizera. Kumbure yarikw’irabapima. Kumbure yarikw’ipima yesu, kuko
yategerezwa “kugeragezwa mu bintu vyose nkatwe, ariko ntakore icaha” (Heb. 4:15).
Kugirangw’ageragezwe muri vyose, Yesu yategerezwa kugeragezwa n’ubwoba.
Kumbure Imana yagomba gushira Yesu hejuru. Canke yagomba gukora ivyo vyose
twamaze kuvuga.
Imana yarongoreye Abisirayeli ku nkengera y’ikiyaga gitukura izi nezako bizobera
umutego Farawo n’ingabo ziwe. Mbeg’Imana ntiyar’itanze Abisirayeli? None ntiyariko
yirwanya ubwayo kubarongorera ahantu batikizwa bose? mbeg’ako s’akarorero
k’”ubwami bwirwanya ubwabwo”?
Oya, nta ciyumviro co gutikiza Abisirayeli Imana yar’ifise. Kandi ntiyarungitse canke
yemerere Satani guteza imipfunda ku kiyaga c’i Galilaya, kugira ngo Yesu n’abigishwa
biwe cumi na babiri bahone.
Mber’ivyanditswe ntibivuga yuko Satani ari we yateje inguza ku kiyaga c’i Galilaya,
kandi ntibivugakw’Imana ari yo yabitumye. Har’abavuga yuko yari Satani kuko Yesu
yakankamiye umuyaga. Kumbure, birashoboka ariko kandi n’ico ciyumviro ntigishemeye
cane. Yesu ntiyakankamiye Imana —Yakankamiye umuyaga. Imana Data yari gukora
nk’uko nyene. Bisigurako, yar’ashoboye kuvyura imipfunda kubw’ijambo ryayo,
kand’igakankamira ikiyaga kigatuza kubw’iryo jambo nyne. Ntidushobora kwemeza
kw’ari Satani yateye iyo mipfunda kuko Yesu yayikankamiye gusa.
Ubugira kandi, ntidushobora gushinga ukwizera ku murongo umwe gusa
kuk’udahagije. Ndamaze kwerekana ivyanditswe vyinshi bivugakw’Imana ari yo ifise
ijambo rya nyuma ku mipfunda, knadi ni we ayirungika. Ico ngomba k’utahura ni uko
n’aho Satani yiyumvirakw’ar’”imwana y’iyi si” ntashobora kugenza umuyaga uko
yishakiye canke ngw’ateze igihuhuta kw’isi akanya kose ashakiye.
Nuko, igihe igihuhuta kije, ntidukwiriye kubona kw’ar’icananiye Imana, ikintu
atifuzako kiba ariko yananiwe no kukibuza. Kubera yuko Yesu yakankamiye igihuhuta
ku kiyaga c’ i Galilaya bitwemeza kw’Imana ishobora guhagarika igihuhuta ah’ishakiye.
None iy’Imana irungitse (canke yemereye) igihuhuta, ategerezwa kuba afise imvo
runaka, kand’inyishu nziza y’ubwenge yotuma arungika canke yemerera igihuhuta
gusanzaza ibintu canke kubomagura ibintu n’ukw’ab’arikw’arahanura intabarirwa.
“Hari Igihe Ibihuhusi Bisamburira n’Abakristo”
(“But Hurricanes Sometimes Harm Christians”)

None bigenda gute ku bakristo bashikiwe n’ivyo vyago? Igihe igihuhusi gikubise,
ntikibomorera abatari abakristo gusa. Mbega abakristo ntibakingiwe uburake bw’Imana
kubera igikorwa ca Yesu ku musaraba? None twovuga gute kw’Imana ari yo ihagaze
hejuru y’ivyo bintu vyose kandi bishobora guhitana n’abana bayo ubwayo?
Ivyo bibazo biragoye koko. Dutegerezwa gutahura yukw’inyishu zitoroshe igihe
tuziyumvira igihe tugifatira k’ububeshi buvugako Satani ari we ateza abantu ivyago.
Namba Satani ari we ateza ivyago, none ni kuki Imana imwemerera kugira ibintu
bishobora guhitana abana bayo? Ikibazo kiracari ha handi nyene.
Bibiliya ivuga neza yukw’abari muri Kristo “batashiriwe ho kuranduka” (1Tes. 5:9).
Tukiri ngaho nyene, Bibiliya yongera kuvuga yuk’”uburake bw’Imana buguma ku
batumvira Yesu (Yohana 3:36). None uburake bw’Imana bwo guma gute ku badakijijwe
ntibushikire abakijijwe, kand’abakijijwe babana n’abadakijijwe? Inyishu ni, har’igihe
bidashoboka, ni ho dutegerezwa kubirwamwo.
Mu giho co Kuvayo, Abisirayeli bose baba ku ruhande rumwe, kand’ivyago Imana
yateje Abanyegiputa ntivyashitse ku bera bayo (raba Kuv. 8:22-23; 9:3-7; 24-26; 12:23).
Ariko twebwe, duherekeranye n’”Abanyegiputa.” Imana ibahanishije icago kanaka,
wumva tworusimba gute?
Kurusimba ni ryo jambo ngenderwako rituma dutahura inyishu y’iki kibazo. Naho
Nowa yarusimvye igihe uburake bw’Imana bwagaragariye mu mwuzure kw’isi,
har’ingaruka mbi yaciyemwo, kuko yaracumukuye mu kwubaka ubwato kandi yamaze
umwaka muri bwo n’ibihumbi vy’ibikoko binuka ukuntu. (kandi rero, Isezerano rya
Kera na Rishasha zivugakw’Imana ari yo yateje umwuzure igihe ca Nowa, si Satani; raba
Ita. 6:17; 2 Pet. 2:5).
Loti yararusimvye igihe igihano c’Imana caguye kuri Sodomu na Gomora, ariko
yaratakaje ivyo yar’atunze mur’ico gisagara catongowe n’umuriro n’ibizuku. Igihano
c’Imana ku bagabitanya kirakora ku bagarorotsi mu buryo bumwe cank’ubundi.
Imbere y’imyaka myinshi, Yesu yaraburiye abizera baba i Yerusalemu guhunga igihe
bazobona igisagara cabo gikikujwe n’ingabo, kukw’izoba ar’”imisi y’ukwihorana” (Luka
21:22-23)—yerekanye uburake bw’Imana butuma Abaroma bafata Yerusalemu mu
mwaka wa 70 inyuma y’ukuvuka kwa Kristo. Imana ishimwe kukw’abakristo bahunze
nk’uko Kristo yababuriye bararusimvye, arikw’ivyo basize inyuma vyaratongowe.
Mur’utwo turorero twose dutatu, turabonakw’abana b’Imana bategerezwa kugira ico
bahomvye igihe uburake bw’Imana buziririnze ku banyakibi. Kubw’ivyo, ntidushobora
kuvugira hejuru yukw’Imana idateza ivyago kw’isi kubera yuko vyononera abakristo.

None Twokara Iki? (What Then Shall We Do?)
Tuba mw’isi yavumwe n’Imana, isi yama mu burake bw’Imana igihe cose. Paulo
yanditse ati, “Uburake bw’Imana bwarahishuwe [“ntibuzohishurwa”], buvuye mw’ijur,
ubwo irakira ukutayubaha kw’abantu kwose n’ukugabitanya” (Rom. 1:18). Kuko tubana
n’abanyakibi, isi yavumwe n’Imana, ntidushobora gukira cane ingorane cank’ingaruka
z’uburake bw’Imana n’aho budatumbere twebwe.
Ko tumaze kubimenya, twokora iki none? Ica mbere, ni twizigire Imana. Yeremiya
niwe yanditse ngo:
Arahiriwe umuntu yizigira Uhoraho, Uhoraho akaba ivyizigiro vyiwe.
Kukw’azoba nk’igiti gitewe i ruhande y’amazi, gishorera imizi yaco I ruhande
y’uruzi, kitumva izuba iyo ryatse, ariko kikamana itoto, ntikizorinda kwiganyira
mu mwaka w’uruzuba, kandi ntikizoharuruka kwama (Yer. 17:7-8).
Menyako Yeremiya atavuze yukw’abizigira Uhoraho batazohura n’uruzuba. Oya,
igihe uruzuba ruteye cank’amapfa, umuntu yizigira Uhoraho agereranywa n’igiti
gihorera imizi mu ruzi. Afigira irindi soko, n’ah’abamukikuje baranduka. Inkuru ya
Eliya agaburirwa n’ibikona igihe c’amapfa mur’Isirayeli ni yo notangakw’akarorero
(raba 1 Abami 17:1-6). Dawidi yanditse ku vy’abagororotsi ati, “Ntibazokwicwa n’isoni
igihe c’ivyago, mu misi ya kigoyi bazohazwa” (Zab. 37:19).
Mbega kigoyi ntikiva kuri wa Mubi? Oya, ivyanditswe si ko bivuga. Bava ku Mana,
kandi kigoyi kuvugwa igihe uburake bw’Imana buziririnze ku bantu. akarorero:
Uku ni k’Uhoraho Nyen’ingabo agize rero, at’’Ehe nzobazira, imisore yabo
izokwicwa n’inkota; abahungu babo n’abakobwa babo bazokwicwa n’inzara. (Yer.
11:22, hongeweko insobanuro).
Uku nik’Uhoraho Nyen’ingabo agize, ati “raba nzorungika inkota n’inzara
n’ikiza muri bo, mpahindure nk’insukone ziteye ishishi, zidashobora
kuribwa kubwo kubora” (Yer. 29:17).
“Mwana w’umuntu, igihugu ni cakora icaha kikancumurako, nanje
nkagishingiriza ukuboka kwanje, nkavuna inkoni yaco cishimikije, ni yo mutsima
waco, nkakirekuriramw’inzara, nkakiranduramw’abantu n’ibitungano… ”
(Ezek. 14:13, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).

“Mwaziga vyinshi, mugize murtya musanga ni bike; kandi n’iyo mubizanye
i muhira ndabituvya. Biva kuki? Nik’Uhoraho Nyen’ingabo abajije. “Biva ku
ngoro yanje irekewe ngaho igihomvaguritse, namwe mweho umuntu wese
agakobereza inzu yiwe. Ni co gituma ata n’akame ijuru rikibarekurira, n’isi
ikabima ivyimburo vyayo, kandi nahamagaye uruzuba ngo rwice isi n’imisozi,
rukureho n’impeke na vino, n’amavuta ya elayo, rwice n’ibimera mu
ndimiro, n’abantu n’amasho, n’ibikorwa vyose bikoreshwa amaboko” (Hag.
1:9-11, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Mu karorero ka kane twabonye, twumvise yukw’Abisirayeli ari bo batumye bagira
kigoyi kubera ivyaha vyabo, arikw’imana iravugakw’ari yo yabigize. 7
Imana iteza abantu babi ikigoyi, kandi natwe tubana na bo, ariko rero dutegerezwa
kuyigira ngw’itumare ubukene. Paulo yaremeje kw’inzara idashobora kudurandukanya
n’urukundo rwa Kristo!: “ni nde azodutandukanya n’urukundo rwa Kristo? Mbega
n’amarushwa, canke n’ivyago, canke n’uguhamwa, canke n’inzara, canke n’ukwambara
ubusa, canke n’ukuba mw’irinde, canke n’inkota?” (Rom. 8:35, hongeweko insobanuro).
Menyako Paulo atavuze yukw’abakristo batazo sonza, ahubwo yavuzeko bashobora
gusonza, n’umunyeshure agitangura kwiga ivyanditswe, amenya kw’inzara irungikwa
n’Imana mu guhana abanyakibi.
Kwumvira n’Ubwenge (Obedience and Wisdom)
Ica kabiri, dutegerezwa kwumvira no kugira ubwenge kugira ngo ntidufatwe mu
burake bw’Imana buziriringa kub’isi. Nowa yiyubakiye ubwato, Loti yahungiye ku
misozi, abakristo b’i Yerusalemu barahunze igisagara cabo; abo bose bakoze ivyo mu
kwumvira Imana kugira ngo ntibahanirwe hamwe n’abanyakibi igihe c’uburake bwayo.
Nk’ubu mbaye ahantu haterwa na nyamugigima cane, no kwiyubakira inzu ikomeye
idashobora guhenuka cank’akazu kazimbutse nsobora gusubiriza igihe gahitanywe
n’igihuhusi. Nkaca nsenga. Umukristo wese ategerezwa gusenga akamenya
kwumviriza ijwi ry’Uwo Yesu yadusezeraniye “azoduhishuriza ibigira bibe” (Yohana
16:13) kugira ngw’ashobore gukira uburake bw’Imana buziringa kw’isi.
7 Ushaka kumenya vyinshi ku kigoyi. raba Gus. 32:23-24; 2 Sam. 21:1; 24:12-13; 2 Abam. 8:1; Zab. 105:16; Yes. 14:30; Yer.
14:12,15-16; 16:3-4; 24:10; 27:8; 34:17; 42:17; 44:12-13; Ezek. 5:12,16-17; 6:12; 12:16; 14:21; 36:29; Ivyah. 6:8; 18:8). Yesu
ubwiwe yavuzekw’”Imana iha imvura abagororotsi n’abagabiranya” (Mat. 5:45). Imana ifise ububasha ku mvura.

Tubona mu Vyakozwe n’Intumwa 11 uwavugishwa n’Imana Agabo yabwiye abantu
ku kigoyi kigira kize kandi gishobora gutikiza abakristo baba mu Buyuda. Ni ho
amashikanwa yotozwa maze Paulo na Barunaba barayabashira (raba Ivyak. 11:28-30).
Mbeg’ivyo birascashoboka? Ego cane, kuko Mpwemu Yera atigera ahinduka,
n’urukundo rw’Imana ntirwatitutse. Ariko birababaje kubona bamwe mu bagize
umubiri wa Kristo badaha umwanya izo ngabire n’ibikorwa vya Mpwemu Yera, ico
bakora barazi “kuzimya Mpwemu”(1 Tes. 5:19) bigaruma bataronka umugisha w’Imana
Muri kahise, umuhisi yatanguje igikura kizwi kw’izina rya the Full Gospel
Businessmen, yitwa Demos Shakarian, avuga ingne Imana yakoreye mu gahungu
kavugishwa na yo mu kubwira abakristo baba muri Armenia mu myaka ya 1800.
yaburiye abantu avuga ko hagiye gutera agatikizo, maz’ibihumbi vy’abakristo bizera
ubushobozi bwa Mpwemu Yera bizeye iyo mburi, harimwo n’abasogokuru ba
Shakarian. Inyuma y’aho gatoya, Abaturukiya bateye hapfa abantu barenga umuliyoni
muri Armeniya, harimwo n’abakristo banse kw’umvira iyo mburi y’Imana.
Vyotubera vyiza kwama twumviriza Mpwemu Yera no kwumvira Imana, ahandi ho
tuzoshikirwako n’uburuka bw’Imana kand’idashakako turwa mu mporero. Elisa
yarigeze kubwira umugore umwe, at’ “Enda genda, mwe n’abo mu rugo rwawe,
urondere ah’usuhukira, kuk’Uhoraho arekuye inzara, kand’izomara imyaka ndwi mu
gihugu” (2 Abam. 8:1). Iy’uyo mugore atumvira vyari kugenda gute?
Mu gitabo c’Ivyahishuriwe tubona Imana ivuga ku bigiye gushikira “Babuloni”
kugirango ntibagume yo bahave bashikirwako n’uburake bw’Imana:
Numva ijwi rindi rivuye mw’ijuru, rivuga, riti “bantu banje, ni muve i
we[Babuloni], kugira ngo mwoye gufatanya n’ivyaha vyiwe, mwoye guhabwa
ku vyago vyiwe. Kukw’ivyaha vyiwe vyarundanijwe bigashika kw’ijuru,
kand’Imana yibutse ukugabitanya kwiwe....ni co gituma ivyago vyiwe
vyose bizoba ku musi umwe, urupfu n’amaborogo n’amapfa,
kand’azotongozwa umuriro: kuk’Umwami Imana amuciriyekw’iteka
ar’uw’ubushobozi” (Ivyah. 18:4-5,8, dushimikiye ku nsobanuro).
Muri make, Imana ifise ububasha ku bihe no ku vyago vyiyadukiza. Imana yigaragaje
nk’Umwami muri Bbiliya, guher’aho yateje imvura y’imisi mirongwine mu gihe ca
Nowa, no mu kurungika ibindi vyago ku bansi ba Isitayeli, mu kuvyurira ingunza
ubwato bwa Yona, no mu gukankamira ikiyaga c’i Galilaya. Ni we, nk’uko Yesu yavuze,
“Mwami w’isi n’ijuru” (Mat. 11:25). Ibindi vyemezakw’Imana ar’Umwami w’isi, raba

Yosuwa 10:11; Yobu 38:22-38; Yer. 5:24; 10:13; 31:35; Zab. 78:45-49; 105:16; 107:33-37;
135:6-7; 147:7-8,15-18; Mat. 5:45; Ivyak. 14:17.
Inyishu ku Bibazo Bikeya (A Few Questions Answered)
Igihe Imana ihanisha abantu ikigoyi, umwuzure, nyamugigima, twebwe nk’ivyariho
vy’Imana, dufashije canke dutabaye ab’Imana iriko irahana?
Oya, si vyo na gato. Dutegerezwa kumenyakw’Imana ikunda bose, n’abantu iba
irikw’irahana. N’aho tudashoka tubitahura, guhanisha abantu ivyago vyerekana
urukundo rwayo. Bishoboka gute? Amagorwa ivyo vyago bizana, n’ih’Imana
igabishiriza ab’ikunda iberekakw’igororoka kand’izi guca amateka, kandi kw’icaha cose
gitegerezwa guhanwa. Imana iteza abantu imibabaro y’igihe gito kugira ngw’ikangure
abantu baboneko bakeneye Umukiza—bitume bakira ca kiyaga caka umuriro. Urwo ni
rwo rukundo!
Igihe cose abantu bagihema, Imana iba irikw’ibereka imbabazi zayo kuri bo n’aho
batabikwiriye kandi ni ko kanya ibaha ko kwihana. Kubw’imababazi no gutabara
kwacu, turashobora kwerekana urukundo rw’Imana ku bantu baziriringiwek’uburake
bw’Imana. Ivyago vyiyadukiza ni akaryo ko gushikira isi Yesu yapfiriye.
Si ko gushikira abantu n’intumbero iruta izindi mur’ubu buzima? Igihe turaba mu
bihe bidashira, imibabaro y’abashikiwe n’ivyago ntishobora kugereranywa n’imibabaro
yo gutererwa mu kiyaga caka umuriro.
Turamaze kubona yukw’abantu bemera ubutumwa bwiza kenshi igihe bari mu
mibabaro. Har’uturorero twinshi twa Bibiliya tuvyerekana, uhereyek’ukwihana kwa
Isirayeli igihe bahahazwa n’ibihugu bibanyi, ugashitsa ku mugani w’umwana
w’icangazi Yesu yaciriye abantu. Abakristo bategerezwa kubonakw’ivyago vyiyadukiza
ar’igihe ivyimburwa biba vyeze.
Reka Tuvugane Ukuri (Let’s Tell the Truth)
None ubutumwa twobwira abantu ata kintu basigaranye kuko igihuhusi canke
nyamugigima yasambuye vyose? None twokwishura iki batubajije ca kibazo benshi
bakunda kubaza? Ni kubabwira ukuri Bibiliya yigisha, no kubwira abantu yukw’Imana
Yera kand’ibashikiye ar’ingaruka mbi zizanwa n’ivyaha vyabo. Tubabwira yuk’ubukari
bw’igihuhuta na nyamugigima ar’akarorero gatoya k’inkomezi z’Imana, kand’ubwoka
bagirira inzu zabo budashobora kugereranywa n’uguhinda agashitsi bazogira igihe
bazotererwa i kuzimu. Kandi tubabwire yuko n’aho twaridukwiriye gutererwa i

kuzimu, Imana yaduhaye mu buntu bwayo akanya ko kwihana no kwizera Yesu, muri
ho nihodukirizwa uburake bw’Imana.
“Iriko ntidukwiriye gutera abantu ubwoba mu kubabwira Imana, si vyo?” ni ko
bamwe babaza. Inyishu iri mu vyanditswe: “Gutinya Imana ni ntango y’ubwenge”
(Imig. 1:7). Abantu nta bwenge bazogira gushika aho bazotinya Imana.
Abantu Bashavuriye Imana Na Ho?
(What if People Become Angry With God?)
Mbega abantu ntibashavurira Imana kubera imibabaro barimwo? Ego birashoboka,
ariko dutegerezwa kubafasha duciye bugufi tukabereka ubwibone bwabo. Nta n’umwe
afise uburenganzira bwo kwidodombera Imana kubera ivy’arikw’aracamwo, kuko
twese twaridukwiriye gutererwa i kuzimu kuva kera. Mu gishingo co kwidogera Imana
kuber’ivyago barimwo, abantu bari bakwiriye gushima Imana kuko iba
irikw’irabakebura. Imana ifise uburenganzira bwo kwirengagiza umuntu wese, akareka
abantu bibandanirize inzira yabo ibajana i kuzimu. Arikw’Imana irakunda abantu kandi
yama isemerera ngw’ibigarurire imisi yose. Ibahamagara mu gacerere ko gukura kw’
ivyamya biryoshe, ukuririmbakw’inyoni, ubwiza bw’imisozi miremire, n’ugukayangana
kw’inyenyeri. Ibahamagara icishirije mu jwi ryo mu mitima yabo, mw’ishengero ari wo
umubiri wiwe, na Mpwemu Yera. ariko ntibitaho akamo kiwe.
Vy’ukuri Imana ntinezererwa imibabaro y’abantu, arikw’igihe bakomeje ku
yiyibagiza, urukundo ibakunda ni rwo ruyibashisha ikora ibintu bituma bayirondera.
Ibihuhusi, nyamugigima, imyuzure n’ikigoyi biri mu bintu yikorako igihe igomba
guhana intabarirwa. Imana yitegakw’ivyo vyago bituma abantu baca bugufi
bakayigarukako.
Mbega Ibihano vy’Imana Bigira Abo Birenganya? (Is God Unfair in His
Judgment?)
Igihe turaba Imana n’isi nk’uko ivyanditswe bivuga, niho tuba dutanguye
kwitegereza neza. Ivyanditswe bitubwira ko twese twari abo kurakirwa, ariko Imana ni
nyabuntu. Igihe abari mu vyago babwira Imana ko bakwiriye kugirirwa neza kuko
badakwiriye guca mur’ivyo vyago, Imana irahigima. Ibishikira umuntu wese biba
vyaragabanijwe ubukari n’ubuntu bw’Imana.
Tukiri mur’iyi nyigisho nyene, Yesu yarigeze kuvuga ku vyago bibiri. Tubisoma mu
njili yanditswe na Luka:

Ico gihe abantu bar’aho bamwiganira [Yesu] ivy’Abanyagalilaya, abo Pilato
yavanganije amaraso yabo n’ibimazi vyabo. Arababaza, ati “Mbega
mwiyumvira yukw’abo Banyagalilaya barusha abandi Banyagalilaya kuba
abanyavyaha? Ndababwire, ‘si ko biri; ariko ni mutihana, namwe
muzohona murtyo mwese. Canke ba bandi cumi n’umunani, abo umutara
muremure w’amatafari w’i Silowamu wahomvokeyeko, ukabica,
mwiyumvira yuka barusha abandi b’i Yerusalemu bose kuba
abanyabicumuro? Ndababwire, ‘si ko biri; ariko ni mutihana, namwe
muzohona murtyo mwese” (Luka 13:1-5).
Abanyagalilaya bishwe na Pilato ntibashobora kuvuga ngo, “ Imana yaturanganije
kukw’itaturinze ukuboko kwa Pilato!” Oya, bar’abanyavyaha bakwiriye kurandutrwa.
Kandi, nk’uko Yesu yabivuze, abanyagalilaya barusimvye ntibashobora kwihayagagiza
biyitakw’ar’abagororotsi kuruta bagenzi babo bapfuye. Ntibakwiriye ubuntu bw’Imana—
barahawe ubuntu burenze.
Ubutumwa bwa Yesu bwarumvikana cane: “Mur’abanyavyaha mwese. Icaha gifise
ingaruka mbi, ariko gushika ubu, mubeshejweho n’ubuntu bw’Imana. Rero ni mwihane
hatararengerana.”
Yesu yarangirije ku majambo akomeye cane mu kwerekana ubuntu bw’Imana:
Kand’abacira uyu mugani, ati “Habaye umuntu yar’afise umusukoni
watewe mu ruzabibu rwiwe, araza awuronderakw’insukoni arazibura.
Abwira umukozi w’uruzabibu, ati ‘Raba, none n’imyaka itatu nza
kurondera insukoni kur’uyu musukoni, sinzibone, uwice: ugasarira iki aha
hantu?’ Na we aramwishura, at’”Enda Mugenzi, ureke uwu myaka na wo,
ndaworohereze, ndawutabirire: hanyuma ni wama insukoni bizoba ari
vyiza; ariko n’utama. uzowuca’” (Luka 13:6-9).
Ng’ubu ubutungane n’ubuntu bw’Imana. Ubutungane bw’Imana buti, “Ca ico giti
kitama!” Arik’ubuntu bwayo nabwo bukavuga ngo, “Oya, wongere uwundi mwaka
turabeko wama.” Umuntu wese adafise Kristo muri we agereranywa n’ico giti.
Turashobora Gukankamira Ibihuhusi n’Imyuzure?
(Can We Rebuke Hurricanes and Floods?)

Ikibazo ca nyuma kijanye n’ivyago vyiyadukiza: None dufise ukwizera gukwiye,
ntidushobora gutaramura no guhagarika ivyo vyago?
Kugira ukwizera bisigura kwemera ubugombe bw’Imana. Nuko, ukwizera,
gutegerezwa kwubakirakw’ijambo Imana yivugiye ubwayo, ahandiho s’ukwizera,
vyitwa ivyizigiro cank’ukwehenda. Nta hantu na hamwe Imana iduha isezerano ryo
gutaramura no guhagarika ibihuhuta, ni co gituma ata nzira n’imwe umuntu ashobora
gukoresha ukwizera kwo kubigira (kiretse ar’Imana ibikwibwiriye ika guha ukwo
kwizera).
Reka nongereko iyindi nsiguro. Inzira imwe gusa umuntu yoronkerak’ukwizera kwo
gutaramura igihuhuta ni igihe Imana imwibwiriyekw’igihuhuta kigomba gutera ahantu
hatari ho. Nk’uko twabibonye mu vyanditswe, Imana ni yo iganza umuyaga kandi ni yo
itera ibihuhusi. Nuko rero, ntibishobokak’umuntu agira ukwizera kutanyiganyiga kwo
guhagarika igihuhuta igihe Imana ubwayo ari yo yakirungitse! Bishoboka gusa igihe
Imana yisubiyeko ntibe ikirungitse ico gihuhuta, ivyo biba igihe har’umuntu yasenze
ayisaba kugira ubuntu bwayo, cank’igihe abantu yagomba gucira urubanza bihanye (
inkuru ya Yona i Ninewe niy’inje mu bwenge). Ariko nah’Imana yigaruye, nta muntu
ashobora kugira ukwizera kwo gutaramura canke kuzibira igihuhuta kiretse igihe uyo
muntu yamenyekw’ Imana yigaruye akamenya kandi kw’Imana igombakw’aba ari we
ikankamira no guhagarika ico gihuhusi.
Umuntu umwe tuzi yigeze gukankamira no guhagarika igihuhusi yari Yesu. Ico tuma
umuntu wo muri twebwe akora nk’ivyo n’ukw’Imana imuha “ingabire yo kwizera,”
(cank’ingabire y’”ukwizera kudasanzwe” nk’uko bayita), ni ingabire imwe mu ngabire
cenda za Mpwemu zanditse muri 1 Korinto 12:7-11. Mur’izo ngabire zose za Mpwemu,
ingabire yo kwizera ntikora nk’uko tuvyishakiye, ni Mpwemu avyishakira (raba 1 Kor.
12:11). Nuko, kiretse Imana iguhaye ingabire yo kwizera kudasanzwe yo gukankamira
igihuhusi, ahandi ho ntucoshobora kucitega, wihenda ng’ufise ukwizera. Utegerezwa
kukibisa! Ndaguhanurak’usaba Imana kukurinda, no kugirira imbabazi abantu
irikw’irahana, umusaba kubarokora kugira ngo bihane.
Menyakw’igihe Paulo yoboherwa mu bwato bumujana i Roma bazungagijwe indwi
zibiri n’igihuhuta kibi cane, ntiyagihagaritse (raba Ivyak. 27:14-44). Icatumye atabikora
n’ukw’atavyo yar’ashoboye. Wibukekw’Imana yagiriye ubuntu umuntu wese yari mu
bwato, kuko bose uko bari 276 bararokotse kand’ubwato bwasambutse (raba Ivyak.
27:24, 34, 44). Niyumvirakw’Imana yabagiriye ubuntu kuko Paulo yabisavye Imana.