1. Mariyamu was miraculously healed of tuberculosis in 1958 after being declared dead. When she returned from the dead, she proclaimed that God had given her a mission to comfort others.
2. In 1960, Mariyamu's husband pressured her to work in the fields like other women. One day, an angel appeared and told Mariyamu she would never go to the fields or get drunk again. From that day on, Mariyamu abstained from fieldwork and alcohol as directed.
3. Church leaders held a week-long investigation where witnesses confirmed Mariyamu ate and drank but never went to the fields or got drunk, despite many opportunities. This established her miracle as true.
1. Mariyamu was miraculously healed of tuberculosis in 1958 after being declared dead. When she returned from the dead, she proclaimed that God had given her a mission to comfort others.
2. In 1960, Mariyamu's husband pressured her to work in the fields like other women. One day, an angel appeared and told Mariyamu she would never go to the fields or get drunk again. From that day on, Mariyamu abstained from fieldwork and alcohol as directed.
3. Church leaders held a week-long investigation where witnesses confirmed Mariyamu ate and drank but never went to the fields or got drunk, despite many opportunities. This established her miracle as true.
1. Mariyamu was miraculously healed of tuberculosis in 1958 after being declared dead. When she returned from the dead, she proclaimed that God had given her a mission to comfort others.
2. In 1960, Mariyamu's husband pressured her to work in the fields like other women. One day, an angel appeared and told Mariyamu she would never go to the fields or get drunk again. From that day on, Mariyamu abstained from fieldwork and alcohol as directed.
3. Church leaders held a week-long investigation where witnesses confirmed Mariyamu ate and drank but never went to the fields or got drunk, despite many opportunities. This established her miracle as true.
1. Mariyamu was miraculously healed of tuberculosis in 1958 after being declared dead. When she returned from the dead, she proclaimed that God had given her a mission to comfort others.
2. In 1960, Mariyamu's husband pressured her to work in the fields like other women. One day, an angel appeared and told Mariyamu she would never go to the fields or get drunk again. From that day on, Mariyamu abstained from fieldwork and alcohol as directed.
3. Church leaders held a week-long investigation where witnesses confirmed Mariyamu ate and drank but never went to the fields or got drunk, despite many opportunities. This established her miracle as true.
Undi munsi Mariyamu ajya gutashya inkwi ku musozi, abona umusore ufite uburanga n’amaso arabagirana (Malayika). Iruhande rw’aho uwo musore yari ahagaze hari amazi yera ameze nk’ikiyaga cyera. Mariyamu arebye mu maso y’uwo musore ubwenge bwe burazimira. Ubwenge bwe bugarutse asanga apfukamye aho wa musore yari ahagaze, wa musore nta wugihari na ya mazi atagihari, ariko arebye ku mwenda yari yambaye asanga wa musore yasize awutuyeho ya mazi yera nk’amata ahereye mu gituza. Yaramanutse ajya ku iriba akuramo uwo mwenda ngo awumese ; atangiye kumesa wa mwenda ayo mazi nayo ahinduka umweru nk’amata arabireka ahita awuhinduriza ahari imbere ahashyira inyuma kugira ngo abantu batabona ya mazi yera wa musore yasize amumenyeho, nuko asubira mu rugo ariko abihisha umugabo we ntiyahita abimubwira ariko yareba akabona ya mabara yera akiri mu mwenda.
Umunsi umwe ari mu murima n’umugabo we Mariyamu yiyemeza
kumubwira ibanga ryo mu mutima we amutekerereza uko yahuye na wa musore n’uburyo yasize amumenyeho amazi y’umweru, akuramo wa mwenda yereka umugabo we ya mabara y’umweru. Umugabo we aramubwira ati: “Wari wampishe ibintu nk’ibi? Ntuziko ibi ari umugisha? Ubu ubonye umugisha, tuzatunga inka nyinshi, kandi iki ni ikimenyetso cy’amata y’inka.”
Nyuma y’icyo gihe babyara umwana wabo wa kabiri, umuryango
washatse kubasubiza mu bintu by’ubupfumu no guterekera abazimu (Ryangombe). Nibwo Mariyamu yahise aheka umwana we USABWIMANA Yeredi, wavutse 1950, ahungira i Lukungu. Umunsi wo kuva i Lukungu asubira Muryintarijana, ageze ahitwa mu Gakomero hafi yo kuri Nyagisozi mu Lutabura, mu mwaka wa 1951, abona imbere ye umuntu muremure mwiza cyane. Nuko Mariyamu agerageje kumwegera wa muntu ahita abura. Iyo yari inshuro ya kabiri abona Marayika w’Imana. Mariyamu akibona ibyo aribwira ati; ahari na none umwana wanjye mpetse USABWIMANA Yeredi nawe agiye gupfa nk’uwa mbere.
Mariyamu ageze mu rugo asanga baracyarya inyama zaterekerejwe,
maze yanga kuzirya ariko kandi agambirira kubwira umugabo we ngo bimuke bave Muryintarijana kugira ngo batandukane n’umuryango. Kubw’inama ya Mariyamu, we n’umugabo we bimukira kuri Nyagisozi mu 1952 (Itangiriro 12:1-2). Ubutumwa bwiza buhageze, Mariyamu n’umugabo we babwakirana ibyishimo mu itorero rya UPMGBI. Aho niho Imana yakoze byinshi mu gakiza ka Mariyamu.
Nyuma y’ubwo idini rya Gaturika rihageze, Musa Matare
araryishimira cyane abwira umugore we Mariyamu yuko haje idini ryiza, muri iryo dini binywera itabi n’inzoga. Ubwo rero aho niho tuzajya dusengera. Kubwo guhatwa n’umugabo bombi batangira kuzajya basengera muri Kiriziya y’Abagaturika. Umunsi umwe Marayika abonekera Mariyamu aramubwira ati: “Iyo nzira mukurikiye ntizabageza mw’ijuru, inzira nziza ni irya mwaretse.” Babaye mu buzima bw’Abayoboke b’idini ya Gaturika kumara igihe kinini. Umunsi umwe muri iryo dini ryabo rya Gaturika havuka imivurungano (intonganya) itewe n’ubusinzi, maze Musa Matare bamukubita inkoni mu mutwe amaraso aravirirana. Kubera iyo mpamvu Musa Matare ahitamo gusubira mu itorero rye rya mbere rya giprotestanti. Matare yicaye ku ntebe (Umupando) afite uburibwe abona Marayika amukoraho n’intoki ze zoroshye nk’ipamba ubwo ahita akira. 1.2.3. Mariyamu ajyanwa mu iyerekwa 1958 Mu mwaka wa 1958 nibwo umurimo watangiye ubwo bari batuye kuri Nyagisozi, Mariyamu afatwa n’indwara y’urushwima (kubyimba inda) we n’abandi bakristo batangira gusenga Imana ngo imukize iyo ndwara. Umunsi umwe Mariyamu ajyanwa mu iyerekwa, kubwo kutabimenya abantu bibwira ko yapfuye, barategereza bageza ku munsi wa cyenda kuko hari ibimenyetso bigaragaraza ko akiri muzima bituma batamushyingura vuba. Hanyuma abantu b’umuryango we bajya gucukura imva ngo bamushyingure.
Ariko ku munsi wa cyenda akimeze atyo, babona agarutse mu mubiri
basanga yakize ya ndwara y’urushwima, mu nda ye havuyemo inyama nini aba ari yo bashyingura muri ya mva bari bateguriye kumushyinguramo banatera insina hejuru y’iyo mva. Muri uko kugaruka mu buzima kwe yisanga amaguru ye yamugaye (yanyunyutse). Kubw’umubabaro wo gusanga amaguru ye yanyunyutse, Mariyamu aravuga ati: “Mana warunkijije urushwima none ndamugaye?” kandi nibwiraga ko nzajya njya mu biterane ntanga ubuhamya”. Imana yumvise ibyo iramubwira iti: ‘’Uzaba mu giterane cy’iminsi yose”
Mariyamu nawe abwira Imana ati: “Ese icyo giterane kizakorwa na
1.2.4. Umubatizo wa Mariyamu Kinyamarura mu mwaka wa 1959
Nyuma yo gukira Matare afata icyemezo kidasubirwaho cyo gusubira mu itorero rya giprotestanti (UPMGBI). Icyo cyemezo cyanejeje Mariyamu cyane, hanyuma batangira kwigira umubatizo. Babatijwe mu gihe cya Pasika, babatirizwa mu Lutabura.
Uwamubatije ni Pastori W’Elongo Acima Andjwia Petro(uri kuri iyi
foto) atumwe n’Imana kuva mu Gipupu kugera mu Lutabura, intego ye ari ukuza kubatiza Mariyamu.
1.2.5. Kwituma no kwihagarika bihagarara 1960
N’ubwo yari amaze kumugara Mariyamu yararyaga akanywa akajya kwituma no kwihagarika, muri ubwo bumuga bwe amenya ko aruhije umugabo we Matare mu mirimo yo kumuheka ku mugongo akamujyana mu bwiherero no kumugarura mu nzu, amasengesho aba ayo kuvuga ngo: “Mana ibyiza ni uko wankiza ukuguru byibuze kumwe kugira ngo ntarushya abantu, cyane cyane umugabo wanjye kunjyana mu bwiherero. Ariko Imana imusubiza mu bundi buryo.
Umunsi umwe nijoro umugabo we amujyana mu ishyamba kwituma,
muri icyo gihe abantu bo mu giturage bari bataramenya gucukura ubwiherero (imisarani), bajyaga kwituma ku gasozi gusa, uwo munsi amujyanye amusigayo, agaruka mu nzu yibagirwa kujya kumugarura kuko yahise afatwa n’ibitotsi byinshi arasinzira yicaye ku ntebe, hagwa imvura nyinshi inyagira Mariyamu cyane. Musa Matare yicuye asanga haguye imvura nyinshi ahita asohoka yiruka ajya kureba umugore we aho yamusize. Amugejeje mu nzu aramubwira ati: ‘’ mugore wanjye ndakwinginze umbababarire ku byabaye nasinziriye, ntabwo nabikoze mbishaka”, Mariyamu aramusubiza ati: ‘’njye namaze kukubababrira utaransaba imbabazi kuko nzi ko utandetse ngo nyagirwe ku bushake.” Baryamye nijoro Mariyamu abonekerwa na Marayika aramubwira ati: “Uhereye none inda yawe nkigize nk’ikiyaga cya Tanganyika gihora gisukwamo n’inzuzi ariko nticyigere cyuzura na rimwe” nawe nuko uzajya urya unanywe, ariko ntuzigera ujya mu bwiherero ukundi, Kuva uwo munsi Mariyamu ntiyongeye kwituma no kwihagarika. Abantu benshi bumvise ibyo ntibemeye ko bishoboka ko umuntu yarya akanywa ntajye kwituma hagashira igihe kirekire.
Byabaye ngombwa ko haboneka ibihamya bibyemeza. Imana ibwira
Mariyamu iti: “Hamagara abayobozi bake b’itorero kugira ngo bakore amasengesho y’icyumweru kimwe.” Umwe muri bo Hoseya Gikwerere yaratubwiye ati: “Twari mu masengesho y’iminsi irindwi turi abantu barenga makumyabiri. Bamwe mu bari muri ayo masengesho ni aba: Mariyamu Kinyamarura, Yohana Kashaje, Lazaro Mvano, Nowa Etienne, Sefaniya Mabano, Musa Matare, Eliya Ndege, Kesiya Nyiramufurege, Damari Karenzo na Mangala Aaron. Twararyaga tukanywa n’icyayi ariko kujya kwituma no kwihagarika byo umuntu yagombaga gusaba uruhusa ku muryango. Hari umuntu wari ushinzwe kwandika no kubara inshuro umuntu asohotse ajya mu bwiherero.