Ikigo cya Guinness World Records gitangaza ko Bibiliya ari cyo gitabo cyagurishijwe kurusha ibindi byose mu mateka y’isi.

Nubwo bigoye kumenya umubare nyakuri w’amakopi yasohotse kuva aho inyandiko zayo zujujwe neza hashize imyaka igera ku 1,500, ubushakashatsi bwakozwe mu 2021 n’umuryango British and Foreign Bible Society bwerekana ko ashobora kuba ari hagati ya miliyari 5 na miliyari 7.

Buri mwaka hagurishwa amakopi agera kuri miliyoni 80, kandi ni cyo gitabo cyahinduwe mu ndimi nyinshi kurusha ibindi byose ku isi. Ibi biratangaje urebye ko cyanditswe mu gihe cy’imyaka igera ku 1,500, kikaba kigizwe n’ibitabo 66 (39 byo mu Isezerano rya Kera na 27 byo mu Isezerano Rishya) byanditswe n’abanditsi 40 batandukanye.

Mu myigishirize ya tewolojiya, Bibiliya yitwa “Canon,” ijambo risobanura “igipimo,” “urugero” cyangwa “itegeko rigenga.” Canon ntabwo isobanura gusa urutonde rw’ibitabo byemejwe ko ari iby’ukuri kandi bifite ububasha, ahubwo ku bakristo bisobanura n’uko ibyo bitabo ari byo bigenga ubuzima bwabo, haba muri iyi si no mu buzima buzaza.

Niba ibyo bisa n’ibiremereye, ni byo koko. Gushingira ubuzima bwawe ku byo igitabo kivuga bisaba kumenya neza aho cyaturutse n’impamvu ukwiriye kucyizera. Ariko benshi muri twe ntituzi neza uko Bibiliya yagiye ikusanywa.

Ibi bishobora gutuma umuntu ahura n’ibibazo by’abashidikanya bavuga ko Bibiliya ari igihangano cy’abantu gusa. Urugero, mu gitabo The Da Vinci Code, umwanditsi Dan Brown agaragaza umwe mu bantu be avuga ko “Bibiliya itamanutse ivuye mu ijuru… ni igihangano cy’abantu, kandi yagiye ihindurwa kenshi mu mateka.”

Ariko abanditsi ba gikristo bavuga ko atari ko bimeze.

Uko Bibiliya yakusanyijwe! Ku bijyanye n’Isezerano rya Kera, Yesu ubwe yagaragaje imipaka y’ibitabo 39 birigize, igihe yavuze ati: “Uhereye ku maraso ya Abeli kugeza ku maraso ya Zakariya…” (Luka 11:51). Urupfu rwa Abeli ruvugwa mu Itangiriro naho urwa Zakariya rukavugwa mu 2 Ngoma, igitabo cya nyuma muri Bibiliya y’Abaheburayo.

Mose ni we wemerewe kwandika ibitabo bitanu bya mbere by’Isezerano rya Kera. Ibyo bitabo byabitswe mu Isanduku y’Isezerano (Gutegeka kwa Kabiri 31:24). Nubwo hari abagiye babishidikanyaho, Bibiliya ubwayo igaragaza ko Mose ari we wabyanditse, kandi n’ubusesenguzi bw’ikoranabuhanga bwagaragaje ko byanditswe n’umuntu umwe.

Uko ibindi bitabo byagiye byandikwa, byaje kubikwa no kurindwa n’abatambyi. Mu gihe cy’ijyanwa ry’Abisirayeli mu bunyage mu kinyejana cya 6 mbere ya Kristo, inyandiko z’Isezerano rya Kera zaratatanye, ariko zaje kongera gukusanywa no gutunganywa na Ezira, zikomeza kwandikwa neza no kubikwa.

Ku bijyanye n’Isezerano Rishya, urutonde rw’ibitabo 27 dufite uyu munsi rwemejwe burundu mu nama yabereye i Carthage mu mwaka wa 397 nyuma ya Kristo. Ariko mbere y’icyo gihe, ibyinshi muri byo byari byaramaze kwemerwa nk’inyandiko zifite ububasha.

Mu mwaka wa 140, Marcion yakoze igerageza rya mbere ryo gukusanya bimwe mu bitabo by’Isezerano Rishya. Nyuma haje urutonde rwitwa Muratorian Canon rwari rurimo hafi y’ibitabo byose dufite uyu munsi.

Mu mwaka wa 367, umuyobozi wa Kiliziya witwaga Athanasius ni we wabanje gutangaza urutonde rwuzuye rw’ibitabo 27, maze rwemezwa burundu nyuma y’imyaka 30.

Iyo nama ntiyavuze ko “ihitamo” ibitabo, ahubwo yakoresheje ijambo ry’Ikilatini recipemus risobanura “turabyakira,” bishatse kuvuga ko itari igiye guha ububasha ibyo bitabo, ahubwo yari isanzwe yemera ko bifite ububasha buva ku Mana.

Hari ibimenyetso byinshi byerekana ko Isezerano Rishya ryari ryaramaze kwemerwa kera cyane. Abanditsi ba mbere ba Kiliziya nka Clement (ahagana mu 95), Ignatius (107), Polycarp (110) na Justin Martyr (133) basubiragamo amagambo y’Isezerano Rishya ku buryo ushobora kongera kubaka hafi ya yose uhereye ku byo banditse.

Ndetse no mu nyandiko za Bibiliya ubwayo, Petero yita inzandiko za Pawulo “Ibyanditswe Byera” (2 Petero 3:15-16), bigaragaza ko zari zimaze gufatwa nk’inyandiko zifite ububasha.

Bibiliya ya Vulgate yahinduwe mu Kilatini na Jerome ahagana mu mwaka wa 400 ni imwe mu zabanje gukusanya ibitabo 66 byose dufite uyu munsi.

Mu gusoza, waba uyemera cyangwa utayemera, Bibiliya ni cyo gitabo cyagize ingaruka zikomeye kurusha ibindi mu mateka y’isi. Nk’uko handitswe muri Yesaya 40:8: “Icyatsi kiruma, ururabo rugahunguka, ariko ijambo ry’Imana yacu rihoraho iteka ryose.”

Ibi ni byo bituma abakristo bemera ko Bibiliya atari igitabo gisanzwe, ahubwo ari Ijambo ry’Imana rihoraho.

Umwanditsi: Robin Schumacher - The Christian Post