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Christmas · 1 Samuel 16:1–13

Nwa Ọdụdụ Jesi

Chineke zigara onye amụma Samuel na Betlehem ka o tee otu n'ime ụmụ Jesi mmanụ ka ọ bụrụ eze ọhụrụ. Ụmụ nwoke asaa toro ogologo gafere, Chineke sịkwa mba n'onye ọ bụla. Onye a họọrọ bụ nwa ọdụdụ, onye nọ n'ọhịa na atụrụ.

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Ụmụnne asaa guzo n'ahịrị, onye kacha ogologo n'ihu. Agadi onye amụma na-ele onye ọ bụla anya, mpi mmanụ dị ya n'aka. Oge ọ bụla, ọ na-efufe isi. Ọ bụghị onye a. Ọ bụghịkwa onye a.

Izrel nwere eze, Sọl, onye toro ogologo, maa mma n'anya, karịa onye ọ bụla site n'ubu elu. Ma Sọl ahapụla iwu Chineke, Chineke ajụkwala ya ka ọ bụrụ eze. Onye amụma Samuel, onye tere Sọl mmanụ n'oge gara aga, na-eru újú maka ya. Mgbe ahụ Chineke kwuru okwu. Ruo ole mgbe ka ị ga-eru újú maka Sọl? Mejupụta mpi gị mmanụ, gaa. Ana m ezigara gị Jesi onye Betlehem, n'ihi na ahọrọla m eze n'etiti ụmụ ya. Egwu tụrụ Samuel. Ọ bụrụ na Sọl anụ ya, ọ ga-egbu m. Ya mere Chineke gwara ya ka o were nwa ehi nwaanyị gaa Betlehem ịchụ àjà, kpọọkwa Jesi.

Mgbe Samuel rutere, ndị okenye Betlehem pụtara na-ama jijiji izute ya. Ị̀ bịara n'udo? Ọbịbịa onye amụma ukwu nwere ike ịpụta nsogbu. N'udo, ka Samuel kwuru. Abịala m ịchụrụ Onyenwe anyị àjà. Doonụ onwe unu nsọ, soro m. Ọ kpọkwara Jesi na ụmụ ya. Ọkpara Jesi, Eliab, batara. Ọ toro ogologo, maa mma. Samuel lere ya anya, chee, n'ezie onye a bụ onye Onyenwe anyị tere mmanụ. Ma Chineke kwuru ihe Samuel na-agaghị echefu. Elela ọdịdị ya anya, ma ọ bụ ogologo ya, n'ihi na ajụla m ya. Onyenwe anyị adịghị ahụ ihe dị ka mmadụ si ahụ ya. Mmadụ na-ele anya n'ọdịdị dị n'èzí, ma Onyenwe anyị na-ele anya n'obi.

Ya mere Jesi kpọrọ nwa ya nke abụọ, Abinadab. Onyenwe anyị ahọrọghịkwa onye a, ka Samuel kwuru. Mgbe ahụ Shama. Ọ bụghị onye a. Otu otu, ụmụ Jesi asaa gafere n'ihu onye amụma ahụ. Oge ọ bụla, azịza ya bụ mba. Samuel chigharịkwuru Jesi, ọ gbagwojuru ya anya. Onyenwe anyị ahọrọghị onye ọ bụla n'ime ndị a. Ndị a ọ̀ bụ ụmụ gị niile? Jesi kwụsịtụrụ. Nwa ọdụdụ ka fọdụrụ, ka o kwuru. Ma ọ nọ n'ọhịa na-elekọta atụrụ. Ị nwere ike ịnụ ya n'olu ya: ya? Nwa nta ahụ? O cheghịdị echiche ịkpọ ya. Samuel sịrị, ziga kpọta ya. Anyị agaghị anọdụ ala ruo mgbe ọ bịara.

Ya mere mmadụ gbagara n'ugwu, mgbe oge ụfọdụ gasịrị, nwa nta na-azụ atụrụ ahụ batara. Baịbụl kwuru na ahụ ya na-acha ọbara ọbara, na o nwere anya mara mma, maa mma n'ọdịdị. Aha ya bụ Devid. Chineke gwara Samuel, bilie, tee ya mmanụ, n'ihi na ọ bụ ya. Samuel buliri mpi mmanụ ahụ wụsa ya n'isi Devid, n'ebe ahụ n'etiti ụmụnne ya. Site n'ụbọchị ahụ gaa n'ihu, Mmụọ Onyenwe anyị dakwasịrị Devid n'ike. Mgbe ahụ Samuel laghachiri Rema. Devid laghachikwuru atụrụ ya. Ọ ga-abụ ọtụtụ afọ tupu o kpuo okpueze. Ma Chineke ahọrọla eze ya, o sikwa na Betlehem họrọ ya.

N'Izrel ochie, a na-edo ndị eze na ndị nchụàjà iche site n'iwụsa mmanụ oliv n'isi ha. Okwu Hibru maka onye e tere mmanụ otú a bụ mashiach. Ọ bụ ebe ahụ ka okwu anyị Mesaya si. Mgbe a sụgharịrị Agba Ochie n'asụsụ Grik, mashiach ghọrọ christos, nke nyere anyị Kraịst. Ya mere, mgbe ndị mmụọ ozi gwara ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ nọ nso Betlehem na a mụrụ Onye Nzọpụta, onye bụ Kraịst Onyenwe anyị, ha na-ekwu: Onye E Tere Mmanụ abịala, site n'obodo Devid.

Akụkọ a dị na Samuel nke Mbụ isi nke iri na isii, amaokwu nke mbụ ruo nke iri na atọ. Chineke gafere ụmụ nwoke toro ogologo, maa mma, họrọ onye ọ dịghị onye chere ịkpọ. Ọtụtụ narị afọ ka e mesịrị, a ga-amụ Eze Chineke họọrọ n'otu obodo ahụ, dọba ya n'ihe oriri anụ, ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ abụrụkwa ndị mbụ letara ya. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Mgbe Chineke lere obi gị anya, gịnị ka ọ na-ahụ?

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Mgbe Chineke lere obi gị anya, gịnị ka ọ na-ahụ?

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This retelling follows 1 Samuel 16:1–13. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.

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Sources for the history

  • Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions (1961) — Iwụsa ndị eze na ndị nchụàjà mmanụ n'Izrel ochie.
  • Francis Brown, S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906) — Okwu Hibru mashiach, onye e tere mmanụ, si na ngwaa mashach, ite ihe, iwụsa mmanụ.
  • Luke 2:11 — Mkpọsa mmụọ ozi ahụ banyere Onye Nzọpụta, onye bụ Kraịst Onyenwe anyị, n'obodo Devid.

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