Uwari Sawuri yahindutse Pawulo

Uwari Sawuri yahindutse Pawulo

Uwari Sawuli wahindutse Pawulo yari umwe mu bantu bavugwa cyane mu byanditswe byera, cyane cyane mu isezerano Rishya.

Mu ntangiriro, Sawuli yari Umunyafarisayo w’umunyamategeko, w’umuhanga mu by’amategeko ya Mose kandi ukomeye mu myemerere y’Abayahudi. Yavukiye i Taruso mu Kilikiya (mu gihugu cya Turukiya y’ubu) kandi yari afite ubwenegihugu bw’abaroma. Yakuriye i Yerusalemu yigishwa n’umwigisha w’ikirenga witwa Gamaliyeli.

Mbere yo guhinduka, Sawuli yari azwi cyane nk’uhiga abakiristu ku mugaragaro. Yari anashyigikiye urupfu rwa Sitefano, umuporofeta wa mbere wicirwaga kwizera Kristo. Yari afite umwete ukabije mu kurwanya abigishwa ba Yesu, kugeza ubwo yahawe uburenganzira bwo kujya i Damasi gufata no gufunga abakristu.

Ariko mu nzira y’i Damasi, habaye igikorwa cy’igitangaza:

Umucyo ukomeye uvuye mu ijuru wamubonekeye, amugusha hasi.

Yumvise ijwi rya Yesu rimubaza riti: “Sawuli, Sawuli, unkurikirana iki?”

Sawuli abaza ati: “Uri nde Mwami?” Na Yesu aramubwira ati: “Ni jye Yesu urimo kurwanya.”

Nyuma yaho, Sawuli yahindutse umuntu mushya. Yakiriye Yesu Kristo nk’Umukiza, arabatizwa, ahindura izina rye Pawulo, kandi atangira umurimo ukomeye wo kwamamaza ubutumwa bwiza ku banyamahanga. Yabaye intumwa ikomeye, yanditse amabaruwa menshi (epitres) agize igice kinini cy’Isezerano Rishya (nk’Abaroma, Abakorinto, Abagalati, n’izindi).

Pawulo yahatiwe guhura n’ibigeragezo bikomeye: gufungwa, gukubitwa, kugeragezwa kwicwa, n’ingendo z’urugendo rurerure mu butumwa. Nyamara yagumanye ukwizera kwe kugeza ku ndunduro, aho yaje kwicwa i Roma mu gihe cy’ingoma ya Kayisari Nero.

Mu buryo bwa roho, inkuru ya Sawuli ihinduka Pawulo ikunze gukoreshwa nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko umuntu wese ashobora guhinduka, aturutse mu buzima bubi cyangwa mu myumvire, akinjira mu buzima bushya bw’ukuri n’urukundo.

Inkuru ndende ivuga ubuzima bwa Sawuli wahindutse Pawulo, mu buryo burimo ishusho y’igihe yabayemo, amarangamutima ye, n’ingaruka ku mateka y’itorero rya mbere.

Mu mugi wa Taruso mu ntara ya Kilikiya, mu gihugu cya Roma cy’icyo gihe, havutse umwana w’umuhanga, ufite ubwenegihugu bw’Abaroma ariko w’umuyahudi wo mu muryango wa Benyamini. Aha ni ho inkuru ya Sawuli itangirira. Yari akiri muto, ariko mu maso he hagaragaraga icyerekezo: kumenya amategeko ya Mose, gukunda umuco w’abakurambere be, no kutihanganira umuntu wese wagira icyo awutoboraho.

Agiye gukura, ababyeyi be bamwohereje i Yerusalemu, umurwa mutagatifu w’Abayahudi, kugira ngo yigire ku bigisha b’ikirenga. Yahisemo kwiyegurira cyane inyigisho za Gamaliyeli, umuntu wari uzwi mu bayahudi bose nk’intiti y’amategeko ya Mose. Ibi byatumye Sawuli aba intyoza mu gutekereza, mu kuvuga no mu kwemeza, ariko bimuha n’umutima ukomeye ku buryo iyo yabonaga umuntu ahinyura amategeko ya Mose, yumvaga bimusaba kumurwanya kugeza ku ndunduro.

Umuhigo wo kurwanya abizera Yesu

Mu gihe Sawuli yari akiri muto, hadutse itsinda ry’abantu bavugaga ko Yesu wa Nazareti, wari umaze kwicwa ku musaraba, yazutse kandi ari we Mesiya. Ibyo byatumye mu mutima wa Sawuli huzuramo umujinya. Yabonaga ari ugutuka Imana, kwangiza umuco w’abakurambere, ndetse n’ubutagatifu bw’urusengero.

Igihe Sitefano, umwe mu bigishwa ba mbere, yicwaga bateraga amabuye, Sawuli yari aho ahagaze, yishimira ibyabaga. Kuva ubwo, yihaye intego yo kugendera hose afata abizera Yesu, akabajyana gufungwa cyangwa kwicwa.

Igihe kimwe, yahawe impapuro z’uburenganzira bwo kujya i Damasi gufata abakristo bahahungiye. Yari afite umujinya, umwete, n’ubushake bwo gukora icyo yumvaga ari ugukorera Imana.

Ibyabaye mu nzira y’i Damasi

Ku munsi wo ku mugoroba, izuba riri hafi kurenga, igihe yari ageze hafi ya Damasi, habaye ikintu cyasembuye amateka ye yose. Umucyo ukomeye uvuye mu ijuru wamubonekeye, umurabagiza cyane ku buryo atashoboye guhagarara. Yikubise hasi, yumva ijwi rivuga mu rurimi rw’Abayahudi riti:

“Sawuli, Sawuli, unkurikirana iki?”

Yashishikajwe no kumenya uwo ari we, abaza ati:

“Mwami, uri nde?”

Ijwi rimusubiza riti:

“Ni jye Yesu urimo kurwanya. Haguruka, ujye mu mujyi, uzahabwa amabwiriza.”

Abo bari kumwe ntibumvise neza ibyo byavuzwe, ariko babonye umucyo. Icyo gihe Sawuli yataye ubushobozi bwo kubona. Bamufashe ukuboko, bamujyana i Damasi.

Iminsi y’ihinduka

Iminsi itatu yose yayimaze atarya, atanywa, kandi atabona. Yari mu nzu, mu gahinda kenshi no mu gutekereza. Mu maso he habonekaga umuntu wari ushyigikiye ibintu yizeraga ku mutima wose, ariko bikaba bigaragara ko byose byari byarahindutse ubusa.

Muri iyo minsi, Imana yohereje Ananiya, umwe mu bizera, ngo amusange. Ananiya yaratinye kuko yamenyaga izina rya Sawuli nk’umurimbuzi w’itorero. Ariko ijwi ry’Imana rimubwira riti:

“Iyi ni intwaro nahisemo, izatwara izina ryanjye imbere y’abanyamahanga, abami, n’Abisirayeli.”

Ananiya yinjiye, ashyira ibiganza ku maso ya Sawuli, amubwira ko Yesu yamwohereje kugira ngo ahumuke. Ako kanya, ibimeze nk’ibihushi bikava ku maso ye, yabasha kongera kubona. Yahise abatizwa, yuzuzwa Umwuka Wera.

Pawulo intumwa y’abanyamahanga

Kuva uwo munsi, Sawuli ntiyabaye umuntu wa kera ukundi. Yatangiye kwigisha ko Yesu ari Umwana w’Imana, ibintu byatunguraga abantu bamumenyaga nk’umwanzi wabo. Nyuma yo kujya mu butayu bwa Arabiya imyaka itatu, agaruka afite ubuhanga n’imbaraga byo gusobanura iby’ukuri.

Amaze guhindurirwa izina aba Pawulo, yatangiye ingendo nyinshi z’ubutumwa. Yanyuze mu migi ya Aziya minini, mu Bugiriki, no muri Roma, yubaka insengero, akomeza abizera, kandi yandikira amatorero amabaruwa (nk’Abaroma, Abagalati, Abakorinto…) akiriho kugeza ubu.

Ubuzima mu mibabaro

Pawulo yakoreye ubutumwa bwe mu buryo butoroshye: yakubitwaga inshuro nyinshi, afungwa, ajugunywa mu nyanja, agira inzara n’ubukonje, ariko ntiyigeze ahindura intego. Ijambo rye ryahindutse ubuhamya bukomeye ko Imana ishobora guhindura umuntu wese, yaba yarigeze kuba umwanzi wayo.

Urupfu rwe

Mu myaka ya nyuma, ubwo Kazisari Nero yari ku ngoma i Roma, Pawulo yarafashwe, akatirwa urupfu, ndetse acibwa igihanga. Yaguye nk’umunyabwiza w’ukwizera, avuga ko “yarwanye intambara nziza, arangije urugendo, yitwaje kwizera kugeza ku iherezo.”

Inkuru ya Sawuli ihinduka Pawulo ni iy’ukuntu umutima w’umuntu ushobora guhindurwa n’urukundo rw’Imana, igasimbuza umujinya impuhwe, kwishakira icyubahiro kubaho mu kwitanga, no guhindura isi mu izina ry’ukuri.