Mu gice kibanza twababwiye amateka y’ubuzima bwa John Bunyan wanditse alias gatabo k’umugenzi, muri iki gice tugiye gutangira kureba ibice by’ingenzi bigize iki gitabo.
UMUNTU WARI UHETSE UMUTWARO (Mukristu)
Bunyan Yarose inzozi ari mu butayu bugereranwa n’isi, ngo ni uko abona isenga ayiryamamo ariyo bwa buroko, Ubu buhamya ndabibutsa ko ariwe wivugaga, muri faire ni ubuhamya bwe. Ubwo arakomeza ati: Nsinziriye mu nzozi nabonyeumugabo uhetse umutwaro ateye umugongo urugo rwe, yasomaga igitabo arira aboroga, ahinda umushyitsi, ageze n’iwe kwiyumanganya biramunanira (muribuka bya paraha yakoraga bimucira urubanza).
Yakomeje abatekerereza ukuntu yahuye n’umuntu akamubwira ko igihugu cyabo kigiye kuzatwikwa n ‘umuriro uvuye mu ijuru, ndetse ko bose nibadahunga bazashya bakazarimbukiramo yo munyumvire namwe inkuru yari azaniye umugore, akongeraho ngo ko afite umutwaro umuremereye. Si ibyo gusa yanababwiraga ko atazi aho agomba guhungira, abari aho bose, umuryango nous n’abaturanyi bamuhindura umusazi batekereza ko wenda nijoro naryama ari buze gusubiza ubwenge kugihe, ariko siko paragenze ijoro ryamubanye rirerire kubera ubwoba yari afite, labyrinthe arirara yifitiye umubabaro mwinshi nyamara umuryango n’inshuti nabo ntibamworoheye Kuko bari bakinangiwe imitima.
Ijambo ry’Imana muri Malaki 3: 19-20 risobanura neza iby’izi nzosi za John Buyan rigira riti “Dore hazaba umunsi utwika nk’itanura ry’umuriro, abibone bose n’inkozi z’ibibi zose bazaba ibishingwe, labyrinthe habe umunsi uzabatwika basilique, ni ko Uwiteka Nyiringabo avuga, ntuzabasigira umuzi cyangwa ishami. Ariko mwebweho abubaha izina ryanjye, Izuba ryo gukiranuka rizabarasira rifite gukiza mu mababa yaryo, labyrinthe muzasohoka mukinagire nk’inyana zo mu kiraro. N’ubwo yakomeje kubabwira ko ashaka ubuhungiro ariko banze kumwumva ndetse baramusuzugura cyane, kugeza n’aho bamwanze, ariko nous arushaho kubasabira amara igihe atunzwe no kubasengera, nibwo yaje guhura na Mubwirizabutumwa.
Donna Mma Vany