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Ụmụnne abụọ gara n'ọhịa. Nanị otu n'ime ha lọghachiri. Mgbe ahụ otu olu jụrụ ajụjụ ahụ Ken na-atụ anya na ọ dịghị onye ga-ajụ. Ebee ka nwanne gị nọ?
N'èzí ubi ahụ, ndụ gara n'ihu. Adam na Iv mụrụ nwa nwoke, Iv wee gụọ ya aha Ken. Site n'enyemaka Onyenwe anyị, amụtala m nwoke, ka o kwuru. Mgbe ahụ a mụrụ nwa nwoke nke abụọ, Ebel. Ụmụ okorobịa ahụ tolitere, họrọ ụdị ọrụ dị iche iche. Ebel na-azụ ìgwè atụrụ na ewu. Ken na-arụ ọrụ ala, na-akụ ihe, na-ewe ihe ubi, otu ala ahụ na-eto ogwu na ahịhịa na-agba ogwu ugbu a. Ụmụnne abụọ, ụzọ ndụ abụọ, otu ezinụlọ na-achọ ibi n'ọwụwa anyanwụ Iden.
Ka oge na-aga, ụmụnne abụọ ahụ wetaara Onyenwe anyị onyinye. Ken wetara ụfọdụ n'ime mkpụrụ ala. Ebel wetara ụfọdụ n'ime ụmụ mbụ nke ìgwè anụ ya, na akụkụ kachasị mma. Onyenwe anyị wee jiri obi ọma lee Ebel na onyinye ya anya. Ma Ken na onyinye ya, o leghị ha anya otú ahụ. Jenesis akwụsịghị ịkọwa ihe kpatara ya, ndị mmadụ na-echekwa ya kemgbe ahụ. Ụfọdụ na-ekwu na Ebel wetara nke mbụ na nke kachasị mma. Akwụkwọ Ozi e degaara Ndị Hibru n'Agba Ọhụrụ kwuru na Ebel ji okwukwe chụọ àjà ya. Ihe Jenesis gosiri anyị n'ụzọ doro anya bụ otú Ken si mee. Iwe were ya nke ukwuu, ihu ya gbarụkwa.
Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị gwara Ken okwu, n'ụzọ dị nro ma doo anya. Gịnị mere iwe ji ewe gị? Gịnị mere ihu gị ji gbarụọ? Ọ bụrụ na i mee ihe ziri ezi, a gaghị anabata gị? Ma ọ bụrụ na i meghị ihe ziri ezi, mmehie makpu n'ọnụ ụzọ. Ọ chọrọ inweta gị, ma ị ga-achịrịrị ya. Chee ya echiche. Mmehie, dị ka anụ ọhịa, na-eche n'èzí ọnụ ụzọ, njikere ịwụkwasị. Chineke anaghị ahapụ Ken. Ọ na-adọ ya aka ná ntị, na-enye ya nhọrọ. Oge ka dị ịtụgharị.
Ma Ken egeghị ntị. Ọ gwara nwanne ya Ebel okwu. Mgbe ha nọ n'ọhịa, Ken biliri megide nwanne ya, gbuo ya. Akwụkwọ Nsọ kọrọ ya n'otu ahịrịokwu, anyị ga-emekwa otú ahụ. Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị jụrụ, Ebee ka Ebel nwanne gị nọ? Ken zara n'ụgha, ya na ihe yiri ịkwanye ubu. Amaghị m. Ọ̀ bụ mụ bụ onye nche nwanne m?
Gịnị ka i mere? ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru. Ọbara nwanne gị na-eti mkpu na-akpọku m site n'ala. Ala ahụ Ken dọgburu onwe ya n'ọrụ agaghịkwa enye ya ike ya. Ọ ga-abụ onye na-awagharị awagharị n'ụwa n'enweghị izu ike. Ugbu a egwu tụrụ Ken. Ntaramahụhụ m karịrị ihe m pụrụ ibu. Onye ọ bụla chọtara m ga-egbu m. N'ebe a, akụkọ ahụ juru anyị anya. Chineke ahapụghị ya. O tinyere Ken akara, ka onye ọ bụla chọtara ya ghara igbu ya, o kwupụtakwara na onye ọ bụla merụrụ Ken ahụ ga-ata ahụhụ ya ugboro asaa. Ọbụna maka Ken, Chineke debere ókè nke ebere. Mgbe ahụ Ken si n'ihu Onyenwe anyị pụọ, biri n'ala Nọd, n'ọwụwa anyanwụ Iden.
E nwere obere ihe n'asụsụ Hibru nke na-adịghị apụta n'Igbo. Chineke gwara Ken na ọ ga-abụ nad, ya bụ onye na-awagharị. Ebee ka Ken mechara biri? N'ala Nọd. Aha ebe ahụ na-ada ụda dị nnọọ ka okwu e ji akpọ ịwagharị. Ken biri n'Ala Ịwagharị. Ọ gbalịrị ịgbanye mgbọrọgwụ, ma egwuregwu okwu ahụ na-egosi na ọ chọtaghị ezi izu ike. Ndị ọkà mmụta Jenesis egosila egwuregwu okwu a kemgbe, otu n'ime ọtụtụ dị n'isi ndị a mbụ.
Ken na Ebel. Ị ga-ahụ ya n'akwụkwọ Jenesis, isi nke anọ, amaokwu nke mbụ ruo nke iri na isii. Ken jụrụ ma ọ̀ bụ ya bụ onye nche nwanne ya, akụkụ ndị ọzọ nke Akwụkwọ Nsọ na-azakwa, ee, e mere anyị ka anyị lekọta ibe anyị. Ma tupu ihe ọ bụla emee, Chineke dọrọ Ken aka ná ntị na mmehie makpu n'ọnụ ụzọ, nakwa na ọ pụrụ imeri ya. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Mgbe iwe na-eche n'ọnụ ụzọ gị, gịnị ga-enyere gị aka ịchị ya?
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Mgbe iwe na-eche n'ọnụ ụzọ gị, gịnị ga-enyere gị aka ịchị ya?
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This retelling follows Jenesis 4:1–16. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Genesis 4:12, 16 — A kpọrọ Ken onye na-awagharị (nad n'asụsụ Hibru), o wee biri n'ala Nọd.
- Hebrews 11:4 — Ebel ji okwukwe chụọ àjà ya.
- Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 1–15, Word Biblical Commentary 1 (1987) — Egwuregwu okwu Nọd na onye na-awagharị, ihe oyiyi mmehie makpu n'ọnụ ụzọ, na akara nchedo ahụ.
- Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1–17, New International Commentary on the Old Testament (1990) — Arụmụka banyere ihe mere e ji nabata onyinye Ebel, na otú dị iche iche e si akọwa ya.
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