An tsananta masa, an saka shi a kurkuku kuma an azabtar da shi kuma yanzu limamin Katolika ne

"Abin birgewa ne cewa, bayan dogon lokaci," in ji Uba Raphael Nguyen, "Allah ya zaɓe ni a matsayin firist don in bauta masa da wasu, musamman ma wahalar da muke sha."

“Bawan da ya fi ubangijinsa girma. Idan suka tsananta mini, suma zasu tsananta muku ”. (Yahaya 15:20)

Uba Raphael Nguyen, mai shekara 68, ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto a Diocese na Orange, California, tun lokacin da aka naɗa shi a 1996. Kamar Uba Raphael, yawancin Katolika na Kudancin California an haife su ne kuma sun girma a Vietnam kuma sun zo Amurka a matsayin 'yan gudun hijira a cikin jerin raƙuman ruwa bayan faduwar Saigon ga Kwaminisancin Arewacin Vietnam a cikin 1975.

Uba Raphael ya kasance Bishop na Orange Norman McFarland ya nada shi firist yana da shekara 44, bayan doguwar gwagwarmaya da wahala. Kamar yawancin immigrantsan asalin Vietnam masu bautar Katolika, ya sha wahala daga imaninsa a hannun gwamnatin Kwaminis ta Vietnam, wacce ta hana naɗa shi a 1978. Ya yi farin ciki da aka naɗa firist kuma ya sami sauƙi ya yi aiki a ƙasar da ke da 'yanci.

A wannan lokacin da samarin Amurkawa da yawa ke kallon gurguzu / kwaminisanci, yana da kyau a ji shaidar mahaifinsu kuma a tuna da wahalar da zata jira Amurka idan tsarin kwaminisanci ya zo Amurka.

Mahaifi Raphael an haife shi ne a Arewacin Vietnam a cikin 1952. Kusan kusan ƙarni yankin yana ƙarƙashin ikon gwamnatin Faransa (wanda a da ake kira "French Indochina"), amma an yasar da shi ga Jafanawa yayin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Masu kishin Communist sun hana yunƙurin sake tabbatar da ikon Faransa a yankin, kuma a cikin 1954 kwaminisanci suka karɓi Arewacin Vietnam.

Kasa da kashi 10% na al'ummar Katolika ne, tare da masu hannu da shuni, an tsananta wa Katolika. Uba Raphael ya tuna, alal misali, yadda aka binne wadannan mutane da rai har zuwa wuyansu sannan kuma aka fille musu kayan aikin gona. Don guje wa zalunci, saurayi Raphael da danginsa sun gudu zuwa kudu.

A Kudancin Vietnam sun more 'yanci, kodayake ya tuna cewa yaƙin da ya ɓullo tsakanin Arewa da Kudu “koyaushe yana sa mu damuwa. Ba mu taba jin lafiya ba. “Ya tuna da cewa ya farka da karfe 4 na safe yana shekara 7 don yin hidimar Mass, aikin da ya taimaka ya haifar da kiransa. A cikin 1963 ya shiga ƙaramar makarantar hauza ta diocese na Long Xuyen kuma a cikin 1971 babbar makarantar hauza ta Saigon.

Yayinda yake cikin makarantar hauza, rayuwarsa tana cikin haɗari koyaushe, yayin da harsashin abokan gaba ke fashewa kusa da kusan kowace rana. Ya kan koya wa yara ƙanƙantar da kai kuma yana sanya su a ƙarƙashin tebura lokacin da fashewar abubuwa ta yi kusa. Zuwa 1975, sojojin Amurka sun fice daga Vietnam kuma an ci nasara da juriya ta kudu. Sojojin Vietnam ta Arewa sun karɓi ikon Saigon.

"Theasar ta rushe", ya tuna da Uba Raphael.

Malaman makarantar sun kara karatunsu, kuma an tilasta mahaifin ya kammala karatun shekaru uku na tiyoloji da falsafa a cikin shekara guda. Ya fara abin da ya kamata ya zama horon shekara biyu kuma, a cikin 1978, za a naɗa firist.

'Yan kwaminisanci, duk da haka, sun sanya tsauraran matakai a kan Cocin kuma ba su yarda a naɗa Uba Raphael ko sauran takwarorinsa na makarantar ba. Ya ce: "Ba mu da 'yancin yin addini a Vietnam!"

A cikin 1981, an kama mahaifinsa saboda koyar da yara addini ba bisa ƙa'ida ba kuma aka tsare shi na tsawon watanni 13. A wannan lokacin, an tura mahaifina zuwa sansanin tilastawa a cikin wani kurmin Vietnam. An tilasta masa yin aiki na tsawon sa'o'i tare da ɗan abinci kaɗan kuma an yi masa mummunan duka idan bai gama aikin da aka ba shi na ranar ba, ko kuma ga wata ƙaramar ƙa'idar dokoki.

“Wani lokaci nakan yi aiki a cikin gulbi tare da ruwan har kirji na, kuma bishiyoyi masu kauri sun toshe rana a sama,” in ji Uba Raphael. Macizai masu dafi na ruwa, leda da dabbobin daji sun kasance haɗari a gare shi da sauran fursunonin.

Maza suna kwana a kan benaye na rumfunan rickety, cunkoson mutane sosai. Rukunan da aka yayyage sun ba da ɗan kariya daga ruwan sama. Uba Raphael ya tuna da mummunan halin da aka yi wa masu gadin gidan yarin ("sun kasance kamar dabbobi"), kuma cikin baƙin ciki ya tuna yadda ɗayan mummunan duka suka ɗauki ran ɗayan abokansa.

Akwai firistoci biyu waɗanda suka yi bikin taro kuma suka saurari furci a ɓoye. Uba Raphael ya taimaka wajen rarraba Haɗin Mai Tsarki ga fursunonin Katolika ta hanyar ɓoye masu masaukin a cikin sigari.

An saki Uba Raphael kuma a cikin 1986 ya yanke shawarar tserewa daga "babban kurkuku" wanda ya zama mahaifarsa ta Vietnam. Tare da abokai ya sami karamin jirgin ruwa ya nufi Thailand, amma tare da mummunan teku injin din ya gaza. Don gudun nutsuwa, sun koma bakin tekun Vietnam, amma sai 'yan kwaminisanci suka kama su. Uba Raphael an sake daure shi, wannan lokacin a cikin babban gidan yarin garin na tsawon watanni 14.

A wannan karon masu gadin sun gabatar da mahaifina da wani sabon azaba: wutar lantarki. Wutar lantarki ta aiko da ciwo mai raɗaɗi ta cikin jikinsa kuma ta sanya shi wucewa. Bayan farkawa, zai kasance cikin yanayin ciyayi na minutesan mintuna, ba tare da sanin ko wanene ba.

Duk da azabar da ya sha, Uba Raphael ya bayyana lokacin da aka yi a kurkukun a matsayin "mai matukar daraja".

"Na yi addu'a a kowane lokaci kuma na ƙulla dangantaka ta kud da kud da Allah. Wannan ya taimaka mini na yanke shawara a kan sana'ata."

Wahalar da fursunonin suka sha ta haifar da tausayi a zuciyar Uba Raphael, wanda ya yanke shawarar wata rana ya koma makarantar hauza.

A cikin 1987, bayan an sake shi daga kurkuku, ya sake kulla jirgin ruwa don tserewa zuwa 'yanci. Yana da tsawon ƙafa 33 da faɗi 9 kuma zai ɗauke shi da wasu mutane 33, gami da yara.

Sun tashi a cikin teku mai wahala kuma suka nufi Thailand. A kan hanyar, sun gamu da wani sabon haɗari: 'yan fashin teku na Thai. 'Yan fashin teku sun kasance marasa kishin neman' yanci, suna fashi da jiragen ruwan 'yan gudun hijira, wani lokacin suna kashe maza suna yiwa mata fyade. Da zarar jirgin ruwan ‘yan gudun hijirar ya isa gabar tekun Thailand, wadanda ke ciki za su samu kariya daga‘ yan sandan Thai, amma a cikin teku suna jin tausayin ‘yan fashin teku.

Sau biyu Uba Raphael da sauran 'yan uwansa da suka tsere sun haɗu da' yan fashin bayan dare kuma sun sami damar kashe fitilun jirgin suka wuce su. Ganawa ta uku kuma ta ƙarshe sun faru ne a ranar da kwale-kwalen ke gaban babban yankin Thai. Tare da 'yan fashin da ke bin su, Uba Raphael, a kan kwalkwali, ya juya jirgin ruwan ya koma cikin teku. Tare da 'yan fashin da suke bin su, ya hau jirgin ruwan cikin da'ira kusan yadi 100 a ƙeta uku. Wannan dabarar ta fatattaki maharan da ƙaramin jirgin ruwa cikin nasara an tura shi zuwa cikin babban yankin.

Cikin aminci a bakin teku, an tura tawagarsa zuwa sansanin 'yan gudun hijirar Thai a Panatnikhom, kusa da Bangkok. Ya zauna a can kusan shekaru biyu. 'Yan gudun hijirar sun nemi mafaka a kasashe da dama kuma sun jira amsoshi. A halin yanzu, mazaunan ba su da abinci kaɗan, matsuguni matsuguni kuma an hana su barin sansanin.

"Yanayin ya munana," in ji shi. “Takaici da zullumi sun yi tsanani sosai har wasu mutane sun zama masu matsanancin hali. An kashe kusan 10 a lokacin da nake wurin “.

Uba Raphael ya yi duk abin da zai iya, shirya tarurruka na addu’o’i a kai a kai da kuma neman abinci ga mabukata. A cikin 1989 an tura shi zuwa sansanin 'yan gudun hijira a Philippines, inda yanayin ya inganta.

Bayan watanni shida, ya zo Amurka. Ya fara zama a Santa Ana, California, kuma yayi karatun kimiyyar kwamfuta a kwalejin al'umma. Ya tafi wurin firist na Vietnam don jagorar ruhaniya. Ya lura: "Na yi addu'a da yawa don sanin hanyar da zan bi".

Yana da tabbacin cewa Allah yana kiransa ya zama firist, ya sadu da daraktan diocesan na kira, Msgr. Daniel Murray. Msgr.Murray ya yi sharhi: “Na yi matukar burge shi da kuma irin jajircewarsa a cikin aikin nasa. Ya fuskanci matsalolin da ya jimre; da yawa wasu da sun miƙa wuya “.

Mgr Murray ya kuma lura cewa sauran firistocin Vietnam da malaman addini a cikin diocese sun sha wahala irin ta Uba Raphael a gwamnatin Kwaminis ta Vietnam. Daya daga cikin fastocin lemu, alal misali, ya kasance farfesa ne na mahaifin Raphael a Vietnam.

Uba Raphael ya shiga Seminary na St. John a Camarillo a 1991. Ko da yake ya san wasu Latin, Girkanci da Faransanci, Ingilishi ya kasance masa gwagwarmaya don koyo. A shekarar 1996 aka nada shi firist. Ya tuna: "Na yi murna ƙwarai, sosai".

Mahaifina yana son sabon gidansa a Amurka, kodayake ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci kafin ya dace da yanayin al'adun. Amurka ta fi Vietnam da wadata da 'yanci fiye da Vietnam, amma ba ta da al'adun Vietnam na gargajiya waɗanda ke nuna girmamawa ga dattawa da malamai. Ya ce tsofaffin baƙi 'yan Vietnam suna damuwa da lalatattun halaye na Amurka da mulkin mallaka da illarta ga' ya'yansu.

Yana tunanin kyakkyawan tsarin dangin Vietnam da girmama firist da iko ya haifar da adadi na yawan firistocin Vietnam. Kuma, yana ambaton tsohuwar maganar nan ta "jinin shahidai, zuriyar kiristoci", yana ganin cewa tsanantawar kwaminisanci a Vietnam, kamar yadda yake a halin da Coci a Poland ke ciki a ƙarƙashin kwaminisanci, ya haifar da ƙarfafa bangaskiya tsakanin Katolika na Vietnamese.

Ya yi farin ciki da ya zama firist. Ya ce, "Abin mamaki ne cewa, bayan dogon lokaci, Allah ya zaɓe ni in zama firist don in bauta masa da wasu, musamman ma wahalar da muke sha."