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Ọtụtụ akụkọ na-amalite site na, n'oge gara aga. Akụkọ Matiu banyere Jisọs na-amalite site na ndepụta aha. Ọ dị ka akụkụ na-agwụ ike. Ọ bụghị ya. Aha ọ bụla bụ akụkọ, ụfọdụ n'ime ha na-atụkwa n'anya nke ukwuu.
Matiu na-edere ndị maara Akwụkwọ Nsọ Hibru nke ọma. Nye ha, agbụrụ ezinụlọ abụghị obere ihe. Ọ na-agwa gị onye ị bụ na nkwa ndị bụ nke gị. Chineke kwere Ebreham nkwa na site n'ezinụlọ ya, a ga-agọzi mba niile. Chineke kwere Devid nkwa na otu nwa ya ga-achị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ya mere ahịrị mbụ Matiu na-ekwu ihe dị ike. Akwụkwọ agbụrụ Jisọs Kraịst, nwa Devid, nwa Ebreham. N'otu ahịrị, ọ na-asị: lee onye ahụ nkwa abụọ ahụ na-eche.
Ndepụta ahụ malitere site na nna nna ochie. Ebreham, nwoke ahụ hapụrụ ụlọ ya n'ihi okwu Chineke. Aịzik, nwa ọchị. Jekọb, onye aghụghọ ahụ gbara mgba na Chineke. Mgbe ahụ Juda, na ụmụ ejima ya. Lee ihe ịtụnanya mbụ. Matiu kpọrọ otu nne aha: Tama. Ndepụta agbụrụ n'ụwa ahụ na-edekarị naanị aha ndị nna. Ma Matiu tinyere Tama, nwaanyị akụkọ ya na Jenesis gbagwojuru anya, jupụtakwa na mgbu. Ahịrị ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị, nwaanyị ọzọ: Rehab, si Jeriko, onye ala ọzọ bibu n'ime mgbidi obodo ahụ. Mgbe ahụ Rut, nwaanyị di ya nwụrụ si Moab, ala ndị iro ochie nke Izrel. Mgbe ahụ Boaz na Obed, na Jesi nke Betlehem, mgbe ahụ aha ukwu ahụ: Devid eze.
Nwaanyị nke anọ ka Matiu akpọghị aha ya. Ọ kpọrọ ya, onye bụbu nwunye Uraịa. Bịashiba. Akụkọ ya na-echetara onye ọ bụla na-agụ ya oge kachasị njọ na ndụ Devid. Mgbe ahụ ndị eze: Solomọn, onye wuru ụlọ nsọ; Rehoboam, onye tụfuru ọkara alaeze ahụ; ezi ndị eze dị ka Hezekaya na Josaịa; ndị eze ọjọọ dị ka Manase. Matiu ahapụghị ha. Mgbe ahụ agbụrụ ezinụlọ ahụ ruru n'oge kachasị gbaa ọchịchịrị: mgbe e buuru ha gaa Babilọn. Ndị eze tụfuru okpueze ha. Ụlọ nsọ gbara ọkụ. Ma ndepụta ahụ ka na-aga n'ihu. Jekonaịa. Shealtiel. Zerubabel, onye duru ndị mmadụ laghachi n'ụlọ. Mgbe ahụ aha ndị anyị na-amaghị ihe ọ bụla banyere ha. Ndị nkịtị, na-eme ka ezinụlọ dịgide, site n'ọgbọ ruo n'ọgbọ.
N'ikpeazụ: Jekọb mụrụ Josef, di Meri, onye a mụrụ Jisọs site na ya, onye a na-akpọ Kraịst. Rịba ama otú Matiu si jiri nlezianya kwuo ya. Ọ sịghị, Josef mụrụ Jisọs. Josef bụ di Meri, a mụkwara Jisọs site na ya. Amaokwu ndị na-esote ga-agwa anyị ihe kpatara ya. Mgbe ahụ Matiu laghachiri azụ gụọ ọnụ. Ọgbọ iri na anọ site n'Ebreham ruo Devid. Iri na anọ site na Devid ruo mgbe a dọtara ha gaa Babilọn. Iri na anọ site na mgbe ahụ ruo Kraịst. Akụkọ ihe mere eme nwere usoro. Ọ dịghị ihe mere n'efu. Site n'aka ndị kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi na ndị dara ada, ndị ala ọzọ na ndị eze, Chineke na-ebu nkwa ya n'ihu oge niile.
Gịnị mere iri na anọ? Ọtụtụ ndị ọkà mmụta na-ezo aka n'omenala ochie ndị Juu, ebe mkpụrụ edemede Hibru na-anọchikwa anya ọnụọgụgụ. E ji mkpụrụ edemede atọ dee aha Devid n'asụsụ Hibru: D, V, D. Daleth bụ anọ, waw bụ isii, daleth bụkwa anọ ọzọ. Gbakọọ ha, ọ ga-abụ iri na anọ. Ọ bụrụ na nke a dị Matiu n'uche, ndepụta agbụrụ ya niile nwere akara aha Devid, ugboro atọ. Matiu agwaghị anyị nke a ozugbo, ya mere anyị na-ejide echiche a nwayọọ, ma ọ kwekọrọ nke ọma n'ahịrị mbụ ya: Jisọs Kraịst, nwa Devid.
Ị ga-achọta ndepụta agbụrụ a na Matiu isi mbụ, amaokwu nke mbụ ruo nke iri na asaa. N'akụkụ ndị na-esote, anyị ga-ezute ụfọdụ n'ime ndị a otu otu. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ bụrụ na Chineke nwere ike ịkpa ndụ ndị a niile, ndị kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi na ndị dara ada, n'akụkọ Jisọs, gịnị ka ọ nwere ike ịna-eme na ndụ gị?
Something to think about
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke nwere ike ịkpa ndụ ndị a niile, ndị kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi na ndị dara ada, n'akụkọ Jisọs, gịnị ka ọ nwere ike ịna-eme na ndụ gị?
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This retelling follows Matiu 1:1–17. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- W. D. Davies and Dale C. Allison, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, vol. 1 (International Critical Commentary, 1988) — Nkọwa banyere usoro ndepụta agbụrụ ahụ na echiche na iri na anọ na-egosi ọnụọgụgụ aha Devid.
- Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Nkọwa banyere ndepụta agbụrụ Matiu, gụnyere ụmụ nwaanyị anọ ahụ na otu atọ nke iri na anọ.
- Genesis 12:3; 2 Samuel 7:12–16 — Nkwa e kwere Ebreham na Devid nke ahịrị mbụ Matiu na-echetara anyị.
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