“Mugume Nimukundana”

‘Nimbaha ekiragiro kisya nti: Mukundane; nk’oku naabakunzire, naimwe mube nikwo mwakundana. Ku muraagume nimukundana, nibwo abantu boona barikwija kumanya ku muri abeegi bangye.’—YOHAANA 13:34, 35.

Eki Kirikumanyisa: Kristo akagambira abakuratsi be ngu baine kukundana nk’oku yaabakunzire. Yesu akabakunda mu muringo ki? Rukundo ye ekaba neekira rwango n’okushoroora omu buhangwa ebyabaire biriho omu bwire obwo. (Yohaana 4:7-10) Rukundo ekahiga Yesu kuhayo obwire bwe, amaani ge, n’obwire bw’okukorera ebye kubaasa kuhwera abandi. (Mako 6:30-34) Eky’aha muheru, Kristo akooreka rukundo ye omu muringo ogurikukirayo. “Niinye muriisa omurungi,” nikwo yaagizire. ‘Omuriisa omurungi naahayo amagara ge ahabw’entaama ze.’—Yohaana 10:11.

Oku Abakristaayo Aba Ira Baakikozire: Omu kyasha ky’okubanza, naayeta mugyenzi we “ow’eishe-emwe” nari “munyaanyazi.” (Filemooni 1, 2) Abantu kuruga omu mahanga goona bakaba nibaakiirwa omu kibiina Ekikristaayo, ahakuba bakaba nibaikiriza ngu “tihariho mutaano gw’Omuyudaaya n’Omugriika ahakuba Mukama omwe niwe mukama wa boona.” (Abarooma 10:11, 12) Bwanyima ya Pentekoote 33 Y.A.K., abeegi omuri Yerusaalemu bakaba “nibatunda amatungo gaabo n’ebintu byabo, nibabigabira boona, nk’okukyena kw’omuntu oku kwabaire kuri.” Ahabw’enki? Kugira ngu abasya abaabaire babatiziibwe babaase kuguma omuri Yerusaalemu “nibeezirikira okwegyesa kw’entumwa.” (Ebyakozirwe 2:41-45) Niki ekyabahigire kukora ebintu ebyo? Bwanyima y’emyaka nka 200 entumwa baaherize kufa, Tertullian akajuriza ebi abandi baagambire aha Bakristaayo ati: “Bakaba nibakundana . . . kandi beteekateekire kufeera bagyenzi baabo.”

Ni Baahi Abarikukikora Hati? Ekitabo The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1837) kikagira ngu, kumara ebyasha bingi abarikweyeta Abakristaayo “bakaba nibatwarizana kubi, kukira oku ab’aheeru baabaire [abatari baikiriza] baabaire nibabatwariza.” Enyimaho okucondooza kumwe omuri U.S. kukooreka ngu abarikweyeta Abakristaayo nibashoroora omu rangi. Abarikuza omu kanisa tibarikufayo ahari bagyenzi baabo abari omu mahanga agandi, kandi nibaba batarikubaasa kubahwera kyayetengyesa.

Omu 2004, bwanyima y’orurembo Florida kuteerwa eshato ina omu meezi abiri, orikukurira akakiiko k’ebigwererezi omuri Florida akashwijuma kuhamya yaaba eby’okuhwera byakoresiibwe gye. Akagira ngu tihaine kibiina ekindi ekyabaire kitebeekanisiibwe gye nk’Abajurizi ba Yehova, kandi akeehayo kuha Abajurizi ba Yehova kyona eki barikwenda. Omuri 1997, tiimu y’abarikukora aha by’obuhwezi ey’Abajurizi ba Yehova ekatwara emibazi, eby’okurya, n’ebijwaro omuri Democratic Republic of Congo kuhwera Abakristaayo bagyenzi baabo n’abandi abaine ebi bakyenire. Ab’eishe-emwe kuruga Europe bakaba baahaireyo eby’okuhwera ebirikwingana na doora za U.S obuhumbi akakaikuru kamwe.