Yoshuwa: Intwari y’Ukuri Yayoboye Abisirayeli mu Ntsinzi n’Isezerano ry’Imana
Yoshuwa, mwene Nuni, ni umwe mu bayobozi b’indashyikirwa bagaragaye mu mateka y’Abisirayeli. Azwi cyane nk’uwasimbuye Mose, akayobora ubwoko bw’Imana mu rugendo rukomeye rwo kwinjira mu gihugu cy’isezerano, ari cyo Kanani. Amateka ye arenze kuba inkuru y’intambara; ni urugero rw’ubuyobozi bushingiye ku kwizera, ubutwari, no kumvira Imana.
Yoshuwa yavukiye mu gihe Abisirayeli bari bakiri mu bucakara mu gihugu cya Egiputa. Yari mwene Nuni wo mu muryango wa Efurayimu, umwe mu miryango cumi n’ibiri ya Isirayeli. Kuva akiri muto, yagaragaje imico yihariye irimo ubwenge, ubutwari n’ukwemera Imana, ibintu byamwegereje cyane Mose, wari umuyobozi mukuru w’Abisirayeli.
Ubu busabane bwe na Mose bwatumye Yoshuwa yigira byinshi ku buyobozi, ku mategeko y’Imana no ku nshingano zo kuyobora abantu mu bihe bikomeye. Yabaye umwigishwa w’indahemuka, uharanira gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo yigishijwe.
Mu gihe Abisirayeli bari mu butayu berekeza mu gihugu cy’isezerano, Yoshuwa yigaragaje nk’umusirikare w’intwari n’umugaba w’ingabo w’umuhanga. Mu ntambara yabereye i Refidimu, yayoboye ingabo z’Abisirayeli atsinda abanzi, agaragaza ubwitange n’ubushobozi bwo kuyobora (Kuva 17:8-13).
Yoshuwa kandi yari umwe mu batasi 12 boherejwe gutata igihugu cya Kanani (Kubara 13–14). Mu gihe abandi batasi bagaragazaga ubwoba, we hamwe na Kalebu bagize ubutwari bwo kwemeza ko Imana izabaha intsinzi. Ibi byagaragaje ukwizera kwe gukomeye no kudacogora mu bihe by’igeragezwa.
Nyuma y’urupfu rwa Mose, Yoshuwa ni we wahawe inshingano zo kuyobora Abisirayeli. Imana ubwayo yamuhaye amabwiriza amukomeza umutima, imusaba gukomera no kudatinya, no gukurikiza amategeko yose Mose yari yarigishije.
Yoshuwa 1:7-9 hagira hati: “Komera ushikame, ntutinye kandi ntukuke umutima, kuko Uwiteka Imana yawe iri kumwe nawe aho uzajya hose.” Aya magambo yabaye ishingiro ry’ubuyobozi bwe, amuha imbaraga zo guhangana n’inzitizi zari zimuri imbere.
Yoshuwa yayoboye Abisirayeli mu ntambara zikomeye zo gufata igihugu cya Kanani, agaragaza ubuhanga mu bya gisirikare n’ukwizera kudashidikanywaho.
Ifatwa rya Yeriko (Yoshuwa 6): Yoshuwa yakurikije amabwiriza y’Imana yo kuzenguruka umujyi, maze inkuta za Yeriko ziragwa. Iyi ntsinzi yagaragaje ko kumvira Imana kuruta imbaraga za gisirikare.
Intambara ya Ai (Yoshuwa 8): Nyuma y’ikosa ryabaye mbere, Yoshuwa yakoresheje amayeri y’ubwenge atsinda umujyi wa Ai, agaragaza ubushishozi mu kuyobora ingabo.
Gutsinda ibindi bihugu bya Kanani: Yayoboye intambara zitandukanye atsinda abami n’amoko menshi, atuma Abisirayeli bigarurira igihugu cy’isezerano.
Yoshuwa ntiyari intwari mu ntambara gusa, ahubwo yari n’umuyobozi w’umunyabwenge:
Yakemuraga amakimbirane hagati y’imiryango y’Abisirayeli.
Yashimangiraga kubaha amategeko y’Imana no kuyagenderaho.
Yigishaga abaturage kubaho mu bumwe, amahoro no gukorera Imana.
Yashishikarizaga abantu gukomeza isezerano ryabo n’Imana, abibutsa ko ari ryo shingiro ry’iterambere n’umutekano.
Yoshuwa yitabye Imana ari mu gihugu cy’isezerano, ariko umurage we wakomeje kubaho. Yasize urugero rw’umuyobozi ukomeye wubakiye ku kwizera, ku kuri no ku nshingano.
Kugeza n’uyu munsi, Yoshuwa afatwa nk’icyitegererezo cy’ubuyobozi bwiza, ubutwari n’ukwiyegurira Imana. Amateka ye yigisha ko gutsinda nyakuri bituruka ku kumvira Imana, gukomera ku mahame no kudacika intege mu bihe bikomeye.
Yoshuwa akomeza kwibukirwa nk’intwari itaranzwe gusa n’imbaraga, ahubwo n’umutima wuzuye ukwizera n’ubuyobozi burambye.
