Igitabo cya Ruta
IJAMBO RY’IBANZE
Aka gatabo ka Ruta ni kamwe mu bitoya byo muri Bibiliya. Kabanziriza ibitabo byombi bya Samweli, kuko kavuga inkomoko ya Dawudi, ari na we ibyo bitabo byibandaho cyane: Ruta ni nyirakuruza wa Dawudi.
1. Ibikubiye muri aka gatabo
Katurondorera inkuru y’umuryango w’i Betelehemu wasuhukiye mu gihugu cya Mowabu kubera inzara. Elimeleki, umugabo wa Nawomi, arahapfira, kimwe n’abahungu be bombi bari barashatse abakobwa b’Abamowabukazi, ari bo Oripa na Ruta. Hashize imyaka cumi, Nawomi yiyemeza gusubira mu gihugu cye. Oripa amusezeraho ataha iwabo, naho Ruta yanga gutererana nyirabukwe; ni ko kumukurikira i Betelehemu. Abo bagore bombi barakundanaga cyane. Ruta yashishikariraga gushaka icyabatunga, akajya guhumba ingano mu mirima. Nuko aza guhura na Bowozi, mwene wabo wa Nawomi; uwo mugabo amwitaho, hanyuma amushakaho umugore. Ruta amubyarira umuhungu, witwa Obedi, ari we se wa Yese wabyaye Dawudi.
Biragaragara, iyi nkuru igamije no kwerekana urugero rwiza rw’ubudahemuka mu mibanire y’abantu, ikatwigisha kugira ubutwari no kwiringira Imana mu bigeragezo, kandi ikatwibutsa ko Imana idatererana na rimwe «abayihungiyeho ngo ibahishe mu mababa yayo» (2,12).
2. Aka gatabo kanditswe ryari?
Ntituzi neza igihe aka gatabo ka Ruta kandikiwe, ariko birumvikana ko hari hashize igihe kirekire ibyo iyi nkuru idutekerereza bibaye. Koko rero, muri aka gatabo usangamo amagambo menshi atigeze akoreshwa mu gihebureyi, uretse nyuma y’ijyanwabunyago. Nta n’ubwo tuzi uwanditse igitabo cya Ruta uwo ari we.
Nyamara, nta washidikanya ko iyi nkuru ishingiye ku ruhererekane nyakuri: umwami Dawudi yari afitanye isano n’Abamowabu (reba 1 Sam 22,3–4, aho bavuga ko yahungishirije se na nyina ku mwami wa Mowabu).
3. Izindi nyigisho z’ingirakamaro ziri muri aka gatabo
Umwanditsi, ahereye kuri urwo ruhererekane, yashatse kudutekerereza ibya Ruta ku buryo bushimishije, bukananyura abasomyi. Ashishikajwe no kubacengezamo inyigisho ze zerekeye kwakira abanyamahanga, kwiyumanganya mu kaga, kugirira neza abakene, no kubana mu rukundo.
Urugero rwa Ruta w’Umumowabukazi wegukiye Imana nyakuri akanaba intwari mu bigeragezo, hanyuma agahembwa kugira amahirwe, no muri iki gihe rukwiye rwose kuzirikanwa n’abakristu bose. Ndetse n’Ivanjili ya Matayo (1,5) yishimiye kuvuga umwanya Ruta yagize mu bakurambere ba Kristu.
