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Otu onye nche na-emechi anya ọkara, na-ele anya n'ebe dị anya. Ihe na-agagharị n'ugwu ndị ahụ dị anya. Otu mmadụ. Ọ na-agba ọsọ. Ọ na-agba ọsọ ike, na-abịa n'obodo ahụ. Ọ bụ ozi ọjọọ, ka ọ bụ ozi ọma? Onye nche ahụ jidere ume ya.
N'ụwa oge ochie, ekwentị adịghị, redio adịghị, akwụkwọ akụkọ adịghị. Mgbe e nwetara mmeri ma ọ bụ e meriri ndị agha n'ebe dị anya, ozi na-eji ụkwụ eje. Onye ọsọ ga-esi n'ọgbọ agha pụọ, gbafee n'ugwu ndị ahụ, na-abịa n'obodo. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ndị nche guzo n'elu mgbidi obodo, na-ele anya n'ọnụ mbara igwe. N'akwụkwọ Samuel nke Abụọ, eze Devid nọ na-eche n'ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo, ebe onye nche nọ n'elu mgbidi na-akpọ ya, sị: ahụrụ m otu nwoke na-agba ọsọ naanị ya. Lee onye ọzọ! Oge ọ bụla, onye ọ bụla na-eche: gịnị bụ ozi ọ na-ebute? Aịsaịa were ihe a mere, see ya n'elu Jerusalem. Ma Jerusalem aghọọla mkpọmkpọ ebe. Mgbidi ya dakpọrọ adakpọ. E burula ndị ya pụọ. Olee ozi ga-abịa nye obodo dị otú ahụ?
Lee ka ụkwụ onye na-ebute ozi ọma si mara mma n'elu ugwu, onye na-ekwusa udo, onye na-ebute ozi ọma nke ihe ọma, onye na-ekwusa nzọpụta, onye na-agwa Zayọn, Chineke gị na-achị! A naghị ekwukarị na ụkwụ mara mma. Ụkwụ onye ọsọ ga-ejupụta n'ájá, gbawaa agbawa, na-afụkwa ụfụ site n'ugwu nkume ndị ahụ. Ma mgbe mmadụ na-ebute ozi ahụ ị na-agụsi agụụ ike, ọbụna ụkwụ ya ruru unyi na-adị ebube. Udo. Ihe ọma. Nzọpụta. Ozi kachasị mma n'ime ha niile: Chineke gị na-achị. Ọ ka bụ Eze. E meribeghị ya. O chefughịkwa gị.
Mgbe ahụ ndị nche ahụ nụrụ ya. Ndị nche gị na-ebuli olu ha elu, ha na-abụkọ abụ ọnụ; n'ihi na ha ga-eji anya ha hụ mgbe Onyenwe anyị na-alọghachi na Zayọn. Ọ bụghị naanị otu onye nche, ha niile, na-etikọ mkpu ọnụ. Gịnị ka ha hụrụ? Ọ bụghị naanị onye ọsọ ahụ, kama Eze n'onwe ya, na-alọghachi n'obodo ya. Chineke na-alọghachi na Zayọn. Mgbe ahụ Aịsaịa kpọkuru mkpọmkpọ ebe ndị ahụ n'onwe ha. Tisienụ mkpu ọṅụ, bụkọọnụ abụ ọnụ, unu mkpọmkpọ ebe nke Jerusalem; n'ihi na Onyenwe anyị akasiela ndị ya obi. Ọ gbapụtala Jerusalem. Chee echiche banyere nkume dara ada na osisi ọkụ gbara na-amalite ịbụ abụ. Ọbụna ihe ndị ahụ dakpọrọ adakpọ na-amalite ịbụ abụ, n'ihi na Chineke zụghachiri ndị ya.
Ozi a abụghịkwa naanị maka Jerusalem. Onyenwe anyị egosipụtala ogwe aka nsọ ya n'anya mba niile; nsọtụ ụwa niile ga-ahụkwa nzọpụta Chineke anyị. Igosipụta ogwe aka ya dị ka dike na-ekpuli aka uwe ya, dị njikere ime ihe. Chineke na-achọ ime ihe ụwa niile ga-ahụ. Ọtụtụ narị afọ mgbe e mesịrị, n'akụkụ ugwu dị nso na Betlehem, onye ozi si n'eluigwe pụtara nye ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ na-eche nche n'abalị. O kwuru na ya na-eweta ha ozi ọma nke oké ọṅụ, nke ga-adịrị ndị niile. Pọl onyeozi hotakwara okwu Aịsaịa banyere ụkwụ ndị na-ebute ozi ọma, iji kọwaa onye ọ bụla na-ebugara ndị ọzọ ozi Jisọs.
Okwu Aịsaịa, ibute ozi ọma, nyere anyị otu okwu a ma ama. Ihe dị ka narị afọ abụọ tupu Jisọs, ndị ọkà mmụta ndị Juu sụgharịrị Akwụkwọ Nsọ Hibru gaa n'asụsụ Grik, nsụgharị a na-akpọ Septuagint. N'ebe a, ha jiri ngwaa Grik euangelizo, nke pụtara ikwusa ozi ọma. Site n'otu ezinụlọ okwu ahụ ka euangelion si pụta, okwu Agba Ọhụrụ ji akpọ Oziọma. Okwu Igbo anyị n'onwe ya, Oziọma, pụtakwara otu ihe ahụ: ozi ọma.
Lee ka ọ mara mma n'elu ugwu. Ị ga-achọta ya n'Aịsaịa isi iri ise na abụọ, amaokwu nke asaa ruo nke iri. Onye ọsọ na-ebute ozi obodo dakpọrọ adakpọ na-agụsi agụụ ike: udo, nzọpụta, Chineke gị na-achị. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Gịnị bụ otu ozi ọma banyere Chineke ị nwere ike iburu gakwuru onye ọzọ n'oge Krismas a?
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Gịnị bụ otu ozi ọma banyere Chineke ị nwere ike iburu gakwuru onye ọzọ n'oge Krismas a?
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This retelling follows Aịsaịa 52:7–10. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Isaiah 52:7–10 — Onye ozi n'elu ugwu, ndị nche na-abụ abụ, mkpọmkpọ ebe na-aṅụrị ọṅụ, na ogwe aka Onyenwe anyị e gosipụtara n'ihu mba niile.
- 2 Samuel 18:24–27 — Onye nche n'elu mgbidi na-akọ na ndị ọsọ na-abịa ebute ozi site n'agha.
- Luke 2:10; Romans 10:15 — Ozi ọma mmụọ ozi ahụ nyere ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ; Pọl hotara Aịsaịa 52:7.
- Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint (2000) — Mmeghe nye nsụgharị Grik nke Akwụkwọ Nsọ Hibru na mmetụta ọ nwere n'okwu Agba Ọhụrụ.
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