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Christmas · Rut 3–4

Onye Ikwu Na-agbapụta

Neomi zigara Rut n'ebe a na-azọcha ọka ka ọ rịọ Boaz ka ọ bụrụ onye mgbapụta ha. N'ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo Betlehem, Boaz doziri okwu ahụ n'ihu ndị okenye, gbapụta ala Neomi, lụọkwa Rut.

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Etiti abalị n'ebe a na-azọcha ọka. Owuwe ihe ubi agwụla, ndị ọrụ na-ehi ụra, otu nwoke wee teta na mberede. Mmadụ dina n'ụkwụ ya. Onye bụ gị? ka ọ na-agba izu. Otu olu dị nwayọọ zara: Ọ bụ m, Rut.

Owuwe ọka bali na ọka wit agwụla. N'oge ahụ niile, Rut na-atụtụ ọka n'ubi Boaz, o mekwaara ya obiọma. Ma ọka nke izu ole na ole agaghị adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Neomi nọ na-eche echiche. Ezinụlọ di ya nwebu ala n'akụkụ Betlehem, Boaz bụkwa onye ikwu nso, otu n'ime ndị mgbapụta ezinụlọ ahụ. N'Izrel, onye mgbapụta bụ onye ikwu nwere ikike ịzụghachi ala ezinụlọ na ịnapụta ndị ikwu dabara n'ọnọdụ siri ike. Ya mere Neomi chepụtara atụmatụ. Nwa m nwaanyị, ka o kwuru, ọ bụ na m agaghị achọtara gị ebe obibi, ebe ọ ga-adịrị gị mma?

N'abalị a, ka Neomi kwuru, Boaz na-afụcha ọka bali n'ebe a na-azọcha ọka. Saa ahụ, yiri uwe gị kacha mma, gbadaa. Mgbe ọ dinara ala ihi ụra, gaa kpughee ụkwụ ya, dinakwa n'ebe ahụ. Ọ ga-agwa gị ihe ị ga-eme. Rut zara, m ga-eme ihe niile ị kwuru. Ya mere ọ gara. Boaz riri, ṅụọ, dina ala n'obi ụtọ n'ọnụ ikpo ọka. Rut bịara nwayọọ, dina n'ụkwụ ya. N'etiti abalị, ọ tetara, ụjọ jide ya. Onye bụ gị? Ọ bụ m, Rut, nwaanyị na-ejere gị ozi, ka o kwuru. Gbasaa ọnụ uwe gị kpuchie nwaanyị na-ejere gị ozi, n'ihi na ị bụ onye ikwu nso nke na-agbapụta anyị. Ọ bụ arịrịọ nwere obi ike ma nwee nsọpụrụ, n'asụsụ alụmdi na nwunye: were m n'okpuru nchebe gị, dị ka nwunye gị.

Okwu ahụ metụrụ Boaz n'obi. Onyenwe anyị gọzie gị, nwa m nwaanyị, ka o kwuru. Obiọma a ka nke mbụ ukwuu. Ị gbasoghị ụmụ okorobịa, ma ọgaranya ma ogbenye. Atụla egwu. M ga-eme ihe niile ị rịọrọ, n'ihi na obodo niile maara na ị bụ nwaanyị nwere omume ọma. Ma e nwere nsogbu. E nwere onye ikwu dị nso karịa m. Ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-agbapụta gị, ọ dị mma. Ọ bụrụ na ọ gaghị eme ya, dị ka Onyenwe anyị dị ndụ, m ga-agbapụta gị. Nọrọ ruo ụtụtụ. Tupu chi abọọ, tupu onye ọ bụla amata ya, Boaz tụnyere ọka bali ugboro isii n'ime ákwà ya, zipụ ya n'ụlọ. Neomi gere ntị n'ihe niile o kwuru, mụmụọ ọnụ ọchị. Chere, nwa m nwaanyị. Nwoke a agaghị ezu ike ruo mgbe o doziri okwu a taa.

Boaz rịgoro n'ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo nọdụ ala. Onye ikwu nke dị nso karịa wee gafee, Boaz kpọkwa ya. Mgbe ahụ ọ chịkọtara ndị okenye iri ka ha bụrụ ndị akaebe. Neomi na-ere ala nke bụ nke Elimelek, ka o kwuru. Ọ bụrụ na ị ga-agbapụta ya, gbapụta ya. M ga-agbapụta ya, ka nwoke ahụ kwuru. Mgbe ahụ Boaz gbakwụnyere: n'ụbọchị ị zụrụ ubi ahụ, ị ga-alụkwa Rut nwaanyị Moab ahụ, nwunye onye nwụrụ anwụ, ka aha ya dịgide n'ihe nketa ya. Nwoke ahụ kwụsịtụrụ. Mgbe ahụ enweghị m ike, ka o kwuru, ka m ghara imebi ihe nketa nke m. Gbapụta ya n'onwe gị. O yipụrụ akpụkpọ ụkwụ ya nye Boaz. Boaz wee kwupụta n'ihu ndị okenye na ndị mmadụ niile: unu bụ ndị akaebe taa. Azụtala m ihe niile bụ nke Elimelek. Rut ga-abụkwa nwunye m. Ndị mmadụ zara: anyị bụ ndị akaebe. Ka Onyenwe anyị mee ya ka Rechel na Lia, ndị wuru ụlọ Izrel.

Akpụkpọ ụkwụ ahụ bụ ihe akwụkwọ ahụ n'onwe ya kọwara. Rut isi nke anọ kwụsịtụrụ akụkọ ahụ iji kọwaa ya: n'oge gara aga n'Izrel, iji kwado inyefe ikike, nwoke na-eyipụ akpụkpọ ụkwụ ya nye onye nke ọzọ. Nke ahụ bụ otú e si agba akaebe n'Izrel. Ịgagharị n'ala bụ ihe atụ nke inwe ya, ya mere inyefe akpụkpọ ụkwụ gị na-ekwu, ahapụla m ikike m ịzọ ụkwụ n'ebe a. Ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo bụkwa ebe a na-eme ụdị ihe a. Ndị okenye na-anọdụ n'ebe ahụ, obodo niile na-agafe ebe ahụ, onye ọ bụla nwekwara ike ịbụ onye akaebe.

Ị ga-ahụ akụkọ a na Rut isi nke atọ na nke anọ. Onye ikwu batara, kwụọ ụgwọ ahụ, kpọbata onye si n'èzí n'ime ezinụlọ. Kemgbe ogologo oge, ndị Kraịst ahụla na Boaz ihe atụ nke Jisọs, onye a mụrụ n'otu obodo ahụ, onye bịara ịgbapụta. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Gịnị ka ọ pụtara gị na mmadụ ga-eji obi ụtọ kwụọ ụgwọ ahụ ka ọ kpọlata gị n'ụlọ?

Something to think about

Gịnị ka ọ pụtara gị na mmadụ ga-eji obi ụtọ kwụọ ụgwọ ahụ ka ọ kpọlata gị n'ụlọ?

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Sources for the history

  • Ruth 4:7 — Nkọwa akwụkwọ ahụ n'onwe ya banyere omenala akpụkpọ ụkwụ iji kwado inyefe ikike.
  • Leviticus 25:25; Deuteronomy 25:5–10 — Ikike onye ikwu ịgbapụta ala ezinụlọ, na omenala metụtara ya nke ibuli aha onye nwụrụ anwụ.
  • Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager, Life in Biblical Israel (2001) — Ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo dị ka ebe a na-ekpe ikpe, na-eme ihe metụtara iwu, na-agbakwa akaebe n'ihu ọha.

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