1. Ni iki malayika asobanura ku byerekeye inyamaswa itukura, kandi ni bwenge bwoko ki buhesha gusobanukirwa ibigereranyo byo mu Byahishuwe?

AGIKOMEZA kuvuga iby’inyamaswa itukura ivugwa mu Byahishuwe 17:3, marayika abwira Yohana ati “Aha ni ho hakwiriy’ ubgenge n’ubuhanga. Iyo mitw’ irindwi ni yo misoz’ irindwi, uwo mugore yicaraho. Kandi ni yo bami barindwi: abatanu baraguye; umw’ ariho; undi ntaraza, kandi n’ aza, azab’ akwiriye kumar’ igihe gito” (Ibyahishuwe 17:9, 10). Hano marayika aramenyekanisha ubwenge bwo mu ijuru, bwo bwonyine bushobora gutanga ubwenge buhesha gusobanukirwa ibigereranyo byo mu Byahishuwe (Yakobo 3:17). Ubwo bwenge bumurikira itsinda rya Yohana na bagenzi babo ku byerekeye imikomerere y’igihe turimo. Butera imitima yitanze kwita ku mateka ya Yehova ari hafi gusohozwa, kandi bugatoza gutinya Imana bizana agakiza. Nk’uko mu Migani 9:10 habivuga, ‘Kubaha Uwiteka [Yehova, MN] n’ishingiro ry’ubwenge; kandi kumenya Uwera [Cyane] ni ubuhanga.’ Noneho se, ubwenge bw’Imana buduhishurira iki ku byerekeye inyamaswa?

 2. Imitwe irindwi y’inyamaswa itukura isobanura iki, kandi ni mu buryo ki ‘abatanu bari baraguye, umwe akiriho’?

² Imitwe irindwi y’iyo nyamaswa y’inkazi igereranya ‘imisozi’ irindwi cyangwa “[a]bami” barindwi. Mu Byanditswe, ayo magambo yombi akoreshwa ku butegetsi bw’ibihangange (Yeremia 51:24, 25; Danieli 2:34, 35, 44, 45). Bibiliya ivuga ubutegetsi bw’ibihangange ku isi butandatu bwagize uruhare mu mateka y’ubwoko bw’Imana ari bwo Egiputa, Ashuri, Babuloni, Abamedi n’Abaperesi, Ubugiriki na Roma. Muri bwo, butanu bwari bwarabayeho ariko butakiriho mu gihe Yohana yahabwaga Ibyahishuwe, na ho Roma yo yari ikiri ubutegetsi bw’igihangange ku isi. Ibyo bihuje neza n’aya magambo ngo “abatanu baraguye; umw’ ariho.” Ariko se ‘ubundi’ butegetsi bw’igihangange bwagombaga kuza ni ubuhe?

 6. Ni ubuhe bwami bushya bwavutse, kandi ni ubuhe muri bwo bwateye intera ndende kurushaho?

⁶ Ariko kandi, mu kinyejana cya 15, ibihugu bimwe byashinze ubundi bwami bushya rwose. N’ubwo bumwe muri ubwo butegetsi bushya bw’ibihangange bwa cyami bwategekaga intara zahoze zikolonijwe n’Abaroma, ntabwo ari bwa Bwami bw’Abaroma bwakomezaga. Portugali, Hisipaniya, Ubufaransa n’Ubuholandi byagiye byagura intara zabyo ziba Ubwami bugari, ariko Ubwongereza ni bwo bwateye intera ndende kurushaho kuko bwageze aho buba Ubwami bugari cyane ku buryo bwavugwagaho ko ari aho ‘izuba ritajya rirenga.’ Mu bihe bitandukanye by’amateka yabwo, ubwo bwami bwaraguwe kugera mu gice kinini cy’Amerika y’Amajyaruguru, cy’Afurika, cy’Ubuhindi, n’icy’Aziya yo mu Burasirazuba bw’amajy’epfo kimwe no muri Pasifika y’Amajyepfo.

 7. Ni gute habayeho ubutegetsi bw’isi bubiri bw’ibihangange, kandi hakurikijwe amagambo ya Yohana, ‘umutwe’ wa karindwi, cyangwa ubutegetsi bw’isi bw’igihangange, bugomba kumara igihe kingana iki?

⁷ Mu kinyejana cya 19, bimwe mu bice byakolonijwe n’Ubwongereza byo muri Amerika y’Amajyaruguru byari byaramaze gucana umubano n’Ubwongereza kugira ngo bibe ishyanga ryigenga ari ryo Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Ariko habayeho igihe cy’amakimbirane ya gipolitiki hagati y’iryo shyanga rishya n’igihugu cyaritegekaga mbere. Ibyo ari byo byose, Intambara ya Mbere y’Isi yatumye ibyo bihugu byombi byumva ko bifite inyungu bihuriyeho maze bishimangira imishyikirano yihariye hagati yabyo. Uko ni ko haje kubaho ubutegetsi bw’isi bubiri bw’ibihangange bushyize hamwe bugizwe na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, zahise ziba ishyanga rikize kurusha ayandi ku isi, hamwe n’Ubwongereza, bwayoboraga ubwami bugari kurusha ubundi ku isi. Uwo ni we ‘mutwe’ wa karindwi, cyangwa ubutegetsi bw’igihangange bw’isi ari bwo bugikomeza kugeza mu gihe cy’imperuka. Aho ni ho Abahamya ba Yehova bo muri iki gihe batangiriye umurimo wabo. Ugereranyije n’Ubwami bwarambye bw’umutwe wa gatandatu, ubw’uwa karindwi bwo bugomba kumara “igihe gito” gusa, ni ukuvuga kugeza aho Ubwami bw’Imana buzarimburira ubutegetsi bw’ibihugu byose.