Ijambo Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) riva ku mizi y’Igiheburayo ש־ל־ם (Sh-L-M).
Uyu mizi usobanura:
kuba wuzuye
kuba ataco ubura cy’ingenzi
kugarurwa uko wari
gusanwa.
Bityo rero, mu by’inkomoko y’ijambo, Shalom ntirisobanura gusa “amahoro”, ahubwo risobanura:
imimerere aho nta cy’ingenzi kibuze kandi nta cyangiritse burundu.
Ni igitekerezo cy’ubuzima bwuzuye, ubuzima bwagaruwe, ubuzima Imana yashyize ku murongo — ubuzima bufite uburinganire n’ituze.
Ibi bigaragara muri Bibiliya yose.
Mu muco w’Abaheburayo ba kera, SHALOM yakoreshwaga nk’indamukanyo.
“Shalom” byavugaga muraho cyangwa murabeho, ariko mu by’ukuri byasobanuraga:
“Byose bikugendere neza, ubuzima bwawe bube bwuzuye.”
Mu mibereho hagati y’abantu, Shalom yasobanuraga:
amahoro hagati y’abantu, kubura amakimbirane, no kugarura umubano.
Mu gihugu cya Isirayeli, umwami wayoboraga mu shalom yazanaga umutekano, ubutabera, iterambere n’ituze.
Imana ni Imana ya SHALOM.
Kamere y’Imana ubwayo ifitanye isano na shalom.
“Imana y’amahoro ubwayo nibatagatifuze binonosoye, kugira ngo izasange muri indahemuka mwese nta makemwa mufite ku mutima no ku mubiri, ku munsi Umwami wacu Yezu Kristu azaziraho.”
(Abanyatesaloniki, iya 1 5:23)
Bibiliya itwereka ko Imana idashimishwa n’akaduruvayo, urujijo cyangwa kurimbuka.
Iyo ikoze, ikora igamije gusanura, kongera kubaka no kugarura.
Aho habayeho gucika, Imana izana ubwiyunge;
aho habayeho ibikomere, Imana izana gukira;
aho habayeho ubwoba, Imana izana umutekano;
aho habayeho icyuho, Imana izana ubuzuye.
Ibyo ni byo Shalom y’Imana.
SHALOM itangirira ku Mana.
Shalom nyakuri itangirira ku gusubiza hamwe n’Imana.
“Ubwo rero twagizwe intungane n’ukwemera, dufite amahoro ku Mana, muri Yezu Kristu Umwami wacu.”
(Abanyaroma 5:1)
Iyo nta mahoro dufitanye n’Imana, umutima uba uhora uhangayitse.
Ariko iyo umubano na Yo ugaruwe, amahoro yimbitse atura mu mutima — nubwo ibihe bitaba byoroshye.
SHALOM irinda umutima.
Shalom y’Imana ikora nk’uburinzi bw’imbere.
“Maze amahoro y’Imana arenze icyitwa ubwenge cyose, ahore mu mitima no mu bitekerezo byanyu, muri Kristu Yezu.”
(Abanyafilipi 4:7)
Ibi byerekana ko shalom idaterwa n’ibintu byo hanze.
Ni amahoro ava ku Mana kandi arinda umutima.
SHALOM igaragarira mu mibanire.
Iyo Imana ishyize shalom mu buzima bw’umuntu, ihindura uko afata abandi.
“Nimuharanire kugirana amahoro n’abantu bose, no gutunga ubutungane kuko utabufite atazigera abona Imana.”
(Abahebureyi 12:14)
Shalom idusunikira ku:
kubabarira,
kwiyunga,
kugira ubugwaneza,
guhagarika amakimbirane atari ngombwa.
Shalom y’Imana ihindura imiryango n’imibano mu bantu.
SHALOM ni ukugarura.
Imana ntitanga amahoro y’imbere gusa; inagarura ibyangiritse.
“Aha hantu nzahagwiza amahoro, uwo ni Uhoraho, Umugaba w’ingabo, ubivuze.”
(Hagayi 2:9)
N’ahantu harimbutse hashobora kuba ahantu ha shalom iyo Imana ihagobotse.
Iri hame rikoreshwa no ku buzima bw’umuntu.
SHALOM ni umugambi w’Imana.
Shalom si igitekerezo cy’abantu; ni umugambi w’Imana.
“Jyewe nzi imigambi nabagiriye — uwo ni Uhoraho ubivuze — ni imigambi y’amahoro itari iy’amakuba: nzabaha kugera ku bihe bizaza no kwizera.”
(Yeremiya 29:11)
Imana ntitegura kurimbuka kwacu, ahubwo itegura kugarurwa kwacu.
Shalom yo muri Bibiliya ni:
amahoro ku Mana
amahoro mu mutima
amahoro mu mibanire
kugarurwa k’ubuzima
Ni bwo buzima Imana igushakira: ubuzima burinzwe, bubungabunzwe kandi bugaruwe na Yo.
ISENGESHO:
Mwami, Mana y’amahoro, unyunge nawe byuzuye.
Shyira shalom yawe mu mutima wanjye, mu rugo rwanjye no mu mibanire yanjye.
Garura ibyangiritse muri njye kandi unyigishe kugendera mu mahoro yawe buri munsi.
Mu izina rya Yesu, Amen.
Intumwa Dr Jean-Claude SINDAYIGAYA