Umuhanuzi Sofoniya
IJAMBO RY’IBANZE
Uko igitabo kibitwereka, Sofoniya yabaye umuhanuzi mu gihe cya Yoziya, umwami wa Yuda (640–609), ubwo hari mbere y’uko igitabo cy’Amategeko gitahurwa mu Ngoro (622), n’ivugururwa ry’iyobokamana ryakozwe n’uwo mwami (2 Bami 22,3—23,27). Hari hashize imyaka myinshi Abanyashuru bashikamiye igihugu, kandi Manase na Amoni, ba bami babanjirije Yoziya, bari bakwije hose mu gihugu ibigirwamana by’Abanyashuru, barabyogeza bagira ngo babahakweho. Sofoniya atangaza ko Ashuru ishigaje igihe gito igatsindwa, ibyo bikazaba ku «Munsi w’Uhoraho». Abayuda bakwiye kwisubiraho burundu bidatinze, hato na bo uburakari bw’Uhoraho butazabahitana kuri uwo munsi.
Igitabo cye kigabanijemo ibice bine:
1. Umunsi w’Uhoraho muri Yuda (1,2—2,3). — Uhoraho agiye guhagurukira kurwanya ibigirwamana by’amahanga byoye kuzubahirizwa ukundi maze ace icyitwa ubujura n’urugomo. Cyakora abiyoroshya bazasimbuka uwo munsi w’uburakari (2,3).
2. Amahanga aburirwa (2,4–15). — Abanzi bose ba Yuda, ni ukuvuga Abafilisiti, Abamowabu, Abahamoni, ariko cyane cyane Abanyashuru, bazarimbuka kubera ubwirasi bwabo no gusuzugura Uhoraho, Umugaba w’ingabo.
3. Yeruzalemu na yo iburirwa (3,1–8). — Uriyimbire umugi wirase ukanga kwisubiraho!
4. Abo amahirwe yasezeranyijwe (3,9–20). — Hazaza igihe amahanga azisubiraho, maze agasigisigi ka Israheli, umuryango muto kandi wiyoroshya, uzashobore guhimbarirwa mu Mana yawukijije, ari na yo izagarura abajyanywe bunyago bose mu gihugu cyabo.
Ubutumwa rero bwa Sofoniya bufite ingingo ebyiri z’ingenzi: ku ruhande rumwe bugenewe gutera ubwoba abanangira umutima wabo, bakanga kuva ku izima; ku rundi ruhande, bugatera amizero ushakashaka Imana mu bwiyoroshye.
