ICIGWA CA 59
Abahungu bagamburukiye Yehova
Igihe Nebukadinezari yajana i Babiloni abaganwa bo mu Buyuda, yaciye abazeza umukozi wo ku kirimba yitwa Ashipenazi. Nebukadinezari yabwiye Ashipenazi ngo arondere muri bo abahungu bafise amagara meza kandi baciye ubwenge kuruta abandi. Abo bahungu bari kumara imyaka itatu bariko barigishwa. Ivyo vyari gutuma baba abategetsi bakomeye i Babiloni. Bari kwigishwa gusoma ururimi rw’i Babiloni, kurwandika no kuruvuga. Bari gufungura ku vyokurya vy’umwami. Bane muri bo bari Daniyeli, Hananiya, Mishayeli na Azariya. Ashipenazi yaciye abaha amazina y’Abanyababiloni ari yo Beluteshazari, Shadrake, Meshake na Abedinego. None iyo nyigisho yoba yari gutuma bareka gukorera Yehova?
Abo basore bari biyemeje kuguma bagamburukira Yehova. Bari bazi ko badakwiye kurya ku bifungurwa vy’umwami kuko bimwebimwe muri vyo vyari bihumanye hisunzwe amategeko ya Yehova. Babwiye Ashipenazi bati: ‘Turagusavye ntutugaburire ku vyokurya vy’umwami.’ Ashipenazi yabishuye ati: ‘Mutabiriye umwami akabona umengo muragwaye, yoca anyica!’
Daniyeli yaciye atora umugambi. Yabwiye uwari abajejwe ati: ‘Nutugaburire indya z’insoromano n’amazi mu misi cumi, hama uzoce utugereranya n’abandi bana barya ku bifungurwa vy’umwami.’ Uwo muntu yaravyemeye.
Inyuma y’iyo misi cumi, Daniyeli na bagenziwe batatu bari bafise amagara meza kuruta abo bandi bana. Yehova yaranezerewe kubera ko bamugamburukiye. Mbere yarahaye Daniyeli ubwenge bwo gusobanura indoto.
Igihe co kwigishwa kirangiye, Ashipenazi yarajanye abo basore imbere ya Nebukadinezari. Umwami yaravuganye na bo, asanga Daniyeli, Hananiya, Mishayeli na Azariya ni bo baciye ubwenge kurusha abandi. Uko ari bane, yaciye abatora ngo bakorere i bwami. Umwami yarabasaba impanuro ku bintu bihambaye. Yehova yari yarabahaye ubwenge kurusha abandi banyabwenge bose b’umwami n’abapfumu biwe.
Naho Daniyeli, Hananiya, Mishayeli na Azariya bari mu kindi gihugu, ntibigeze bibagira ko Yehova ari we Mana yabo. Woba nawe uzoguma wibuka Yehova n’igihe utazoba uri kumwe n’abavyeyi bawe?
«Ntihagire n’umwe agaya ubuto bwawe. Ahubwo nubere abizigirwa akarorero mu mvugo, mu ngeso, mu rukundo, mu kwizera, mu kutandura.»—1 Timoteyo 4:12