Mu gihe Bibiliya ari cyo gitabo gisomwa cyane, cyasomwe cyane kandi kizasomwa cyane mu mateka y’isi, ubushakashatsi bushya bwakozwe n’abahanga batandukanye bwerekanye ibitabo 10 byo muri Bibiliya byakunzwe kurusha ibindi.
Ubu bushakashatsi bwakozwe hashingiwe ku ngano y’abasomyi, umubare w’ubuhinduzi, inyigisho zishingiyemo, n’ukuntu byagize uruhare mu mibereho y’abantu ku giti cyabo n’amatorero.
Ubushakashatsi buheruka bwatangajwe muri Gicurasi 2025 na Dr. George Knight, impuguke mu mateka ya tewolojiya n’umwarimu muri Andrews University (USA), bwatambutse ku rubuga rwa Bible Literacy Foundation, bushingira ku nyigo z’ibihugu birenga 50, harimo na Afurika (ni aho Bibiliya isomwa).
Mu mateka y’isi, Bibiliya igaragara nk’igitabo cyanditswe cyane, cyasomwe cyane, kandi cyasobanuriwe abantu mu ndimi zirenga 3,600. Muri iki gitabo kigizwe n’ibitabo 66, hari ibitabo bimwe byihariye byakunzwe kurusha ibindi, bitewe n’ubutumwa byibandaho, imvugo byakoresheje, cyangwa uburyo bworoshye abantu babyumvamo.
Ubundi bushakashatsi bwa vuba bwakozwe n’ikigo Pew Research Center (2024), ndetse n’ikigo cyitwa Bible Gateway Data Lab (2023) bwerekanye urutonde rw’ibitabo 10 byo muri Bibiliya byasomwe cyane kurusha ibindi mu mateka, cyane cyane hakurikijwe imikoreshereze y’urubuga Bible Gateway, amasomero mpuzamahanga n’imibare yatanzwe n’ibigo by’amadini.
1. Zaburi (Psalms)
Iki gitabo ni cyo kiza imbere mu byo abantu basoma cyane. Cyanditswe mu buryo bw’indirimbo n’amasengesho akora ku mutima, kikaba gikunzwe cyane n’abantu barimo abayobozi b’amadini, abarokotse ibyago n’abaririmbyi. Bible Gateway yavuze ko mu 2023, Zaburi 23 ari cyo gice cyasomwe cyane kurusha ibindi byose.
2. Yohana (John)
Iki gitabo cyanditswe n’intumwa Yohana kirangwa no kugaragaza urukundo rw’Imana mu buryo bwihariye. Gikundwa kubera amagambo yihariye ya Yesu, cyane cyane Yohana 3:16. Ku rubuga YouVersion Bible App, ni cyo gitabo cyakorewe “highlight” cyane kuva mu 2021 kugera 2024.
3. Itangiriro (Genesis)
Gitanga inkomoko y’isi, umuntu, icyaha n’isezerano ry’Imana. Abashakashatsi b’icyo kigo cyitwa The Bible Project batangaje mu 2022 ko abantu benshi bagikunda kubera amateka yabaye hagati y’Imana n’abantu.
4. Abaroma (Romans)
Cyanditswe na Pawulo, gikubiyemo inyigisho z’ingenzi zishingiye ku kwemera, ubuntu bw’Imana no gukiranuka. Bible Society yo mu Bwongereza yatangaje mu 2023 ko ari kimwe mu bitabo bifasha cyane mu myigishirize y’amadini menshi.
5. Imigani (Proverbs)
Iki gitabo cyuzuyemo ubwenge n’inama z’ingirakamaro ku buzima bwa buri munsi. Mu bushakashatsi bwakozwe na Barna Group mu 2022, abantu 42% bavuze ko bakunze kugisoma mu gitondo mbere yo gutangira akazi.
6. Ibyahishuwe (Revelation)
Gikunzwe n’abashaka gusobanukirwa ibijyanye n’imperuka. Umushakashatsi witwa Dr. Craig Koester, wigisha muri Luther Seminary muri Amerika, yavuze ko kuva 2020 abantu benshi bashakaga kumenya ibijyanye n’ibigeragezo n’imperuka bahereye kuri iki gitabo.
7. Luka (Luke)
Ni igitabo kivuga byinshi ku buzima bwa Yesu mu buryo burambuye kandi bwimbitse. Cyanditswe n’umuganga, gikundwa cyane kubera uburyo gicukumbuye ibijyanye n’urukundo, ubuntu n’imibereho y’abantu basuzugurwa.
8. Matayo (Matthew)
Kimwe mu bitabo byanditswe mbere, gikubiyemo inyigisho nyinshi nk’“Ikiganiro/ikibwiriza cyo ku musozi” (Matayo 5–7). Bibiliya ya New International Version yavuze ko ku Isi hose ari cyo gitabo cyo mu Isezerano Rishya cyasomwe kurusha ibindi mu mwaka wa 2024.
9. 1 Abakorinto (1 Corinthians)
Ibaruwa yanditswe na Pawulo, yibanda ku kubaka amatorero n’inyigisho ku rukundo (urugero: 1 Abakorinto 13). Mu bushakashatsi bwa Ligonier Ministries (2023), cyagaragajwe nk’igitabo cyasomwe cyane mu bihugu byo muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba n’Amajyepfo y’Amerika.
10. Yesaya (Isaiah)
Igitabo cy’ubuhanuzi gikubiyemo ubutumwa bw’umucunguzi, gikundwa cyane mu bihe by’iminsi mikuru ya gikirisitu. Abashakashatsi ba Biblica batangaje ko mu mwaka wa 2023, Yesaya 9:6 na 53:5 byari mu mirongo icurangwa (bayisoma) cyane ku mbuga z’amatorero y’ivugabutumwa.
Umurongo wa Yesaya 9:6 ukunze gukoreshwa cyane mu birori bya Noheri, na ho Yesaya 53:5 ukibandwaho cyane mu minsi yo kwibuka urupfu rwa Yesu no kuzirikana Pasika.
Ibyagaragaye mu bushakashatsi
Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko ibitabo bikunzwe kurusha ibindi biba bifite ibintu bibiri by’ingenzi: ubutumwa bwihariye (nk’ubugira buti “ntutinye”) n’ubushobozi bwo guhumuriza abantu. Dr. Robert Plummer, wo muri Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, yavuze ko “ibitabo abantu bakunda cyane ari ibibaha icyizere, umuco w’urukundo no kwemera ko hari ibyiza biri imbere.”
Icyitonderwa
Nubwo ibi bitabo byagaragajwe nk’ibikunzwe kurusha ibindi, si uko ibindi bitabo bya Bibiliya bifite agaciro gake. Ahubwo, ibi ni ibigaragaza isomwa n’imikoreshereze nk’uko imibare ya za porogaramu, imbuga n’amasomero yabitangaje.
Impamvu, ni uko: Nka Pew Research Center (2024), ari ikigo cyo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika cya nyacyo kandi cyizewe, gikora ubushakashatsi bwimbitse ku myemerere, imyitwarire, n’umuco. Pew Research yagiye ikora ubushakashatsi ku isomwa rya Bibiliya, igaragaza aho abantu bayisoma cyane, ingano y’abayitunze, ndetse n’uko igera mu Bakristu mu bice bitandukanye by’isi.
Na ho Bible Gateway yo ni urubuga runini rukoreshwa cyane ku isi mu gusoma no gushakisha Bibiliya mu ndimi nyinshi. Bible Gateway Data Lab ni ishami rikurikirana uko abantu bakoresha urubuga. Mu mwaka wa 2023, batanze urutonde rw’ibitabo byasomwe cyane mu mwaka, ndetse n’imitwe y’ibice byasomwe cyane kurusha ibindi.
