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A dọpụrụ mgbanaka n'aka mmadụ, tụfuo ya. Ọtụtụ afọ gafere. Mgbe ahụ, n'otu ụbọchị oge oyi, Chineke chịlitere ya ọzọ, tinyeghachi ya n'aka ya.
Ọ bụ ụbọchị nke iri abụọ na anọ nke ọnwa nke itoolu, n'afọ nke abụọ nke eze Dariọs nke Peshia, ihe dị ka narị afọ ise na iri abụọ tupu ọbịbịa Kraịst. Oge oyi na-amalite na Jerusalem. Ọnwa atọ gara aga, ndị mmadụ malitere iwughachi ụlọ nsọ, ebe onye amụma Hagaị na-agba ha ume. Taa, Hagaị enyelarịrị otu ozi, nkwa na site n'ụbọchị a gaa n'ihu Chineke ga-agọzi ha. Ugbu a ozi nke abụọ bịara n'otu ụbọchị ahụ, nke a bụkwa maka naanị otu nwoke: Zerubabel, onye na-achị Juda. Zerubabel bụ nwa nwa Jehoiakin, eze si n'agbụrụ Devid e buru gaa Babilọn. Ọ bụ nwa eze na-enweghị okpueze, na-achị obere mpaghara maka eze ukwu Peshia.
Iji ghọta ozi a, ị ga-echeta ihe onye amụma Jeremaịa kwuru, ọtụtụ afọ gara aga, banyere nna nna Zerubabel. Chineke sịrị: ọbụna ma Jehoiakin, eze Juda, bụ mgbanaka akara dị n'aka nri m, m ga-adọpụ gị. Mgbanaka akara bụ akara eze n'onwe ya, mbinye aka ya, ikike ya. Ka a dọpụ gị n'aka Chineke pụtara ka a jụ gị. E buru Jehoiakin gaa Babilọn, Jeremaịa kwukwara na ọ dịghị onye n'ime ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-enwe ihe ịga nke ọma n'ocheeze Devid. Ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ, ikpe ahụ kwụ n'elu ezinụlọ eze. Zerubabel toro n'okpuru ya.
Ugbu a Chineke na-agwa Zerubabel okwu site n'ọnụ Hagaị. M ga-eme ka eluigwe na ụwa maa jijiji. M ga-akwatu ocheeze nke alaeze niile, bibie ike nke mba niile. M ga-akwatu ụgbọ agha na ndị na-anọkwasị n'ime ha; ịnyịnya na ndị na-agba ha ga-ada, onye ọ bụla site na mma agha nwanne ya. Ndị a bụ okwu dị ukwuu. Nye obere mpaghara n'ime alaeze ukwu sara mbara, ha pụtara: ọ bụghị ike ukwu nke ụwa na-achị. Chineke na-achị. Alaeze ndị dị ka ihe a na-apụghị imegharị, o nwere ike imegharị ha n'otu ntabi anya.
Mgbe ahụ, n'adịghị ka mmaji jijiji ahụ niile, nkwa dị nwayọọ, nke onwe. Onyenwe anyị nke usuu ndị agha kwuru na n'ụbọchị ahụ, ọ ga-ewere Zerubabel, ohu ya, nwa Shealtiel, mee ya ka mgbanaka akara, n'ihi na ọ họọrọ ya. A na-etinyeghachi mgbanaka ahụ a dọpụrụ. Ezinụlọ ahụ dị ka e jụrụ ajụ, a họọrọ ya ọzọ. Chineke kpọrọ Zerubabel ohu m, otu aha ahụ e nyere Devid. Zerubabel aghọghị eze. O kpughị okpueze. Ma nkwa Chineke kwere ezinụlọ Devid dị ndụ, Chineke n'onwe ya jidekwa ya, dị ka mgbanaka n'aka ya.
Akara dị otú a so n'ihe a na-eji kwa ụbọchị n'Izrel ochie. Akara bụ obere nkume a pịrị apị, a na-etinyekarị ya na mgbanaka ma ọ bụ kọgide ya n'eriri. Onye nwe ya na-apịnye ya n'ụrọ dị nro iji mechie akwụkwọ ma binye aka na ya. Ndị na-egwupụta ihe ochie n'Izrel achọtala ọtụtụ ụdị ihe ahụ a pịnyere n'ụrọ, a na-akpọ ha bulae, ụfọdụ n'ime ha nwere aha ndị ọrụ eze a maara na Baịbụl. Onye ọ bụla jidere mgbanaka akara eze nwere ike ime ihe n'ikike eze zuru oke, ya mere ịbụ mgbanaka akara Chineke pụtara ibu ikike ya na ịnọ ya nso.
Ị ga-ahụ nkwa a na Hagaị isi nke abụọ, amaokwu nke iri abụọ ruo nke iri abụọ na atọ. Matiu na Luk kpọrọ Zerubabel aha n'agbụrụ Jisọs. Nkwa Chineke ji mgbanaka ahụ kaa akara mezuru n'ikpeazụ na nwa ọhụrụ a mụrụ na Betlehem. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ̀ dị ihe na ndụ gị dị ka ihe a tụfuru atụfu, nke Chineke nwere ike ịchọ ịchịli ma weghachi?
Something to think about
Ọ̀ dị ihe na ndụ gị dị ka ihe a tụfuru atụfu, nke Chineke nwere ike ịchọ ịchịli ma weghachi?
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This retelling follows Hagaị 2:20–23. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Jeremiah 22:24 — Okwu Chineke na ọbụna ma Konaịa (Jehoiakin) bụ mgbanaka akara dị n'aka nri ya, ọ ga-adọpụ ya.
- Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager, Life in Biblical Israel (2001) — Akara, mgbanaka akara na bulae n'Izrel ochie.
- Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27; 1 Chronicles 3:17–19 — Zerubabel n'agbụrụ Jisọs na n'agbụrụ Jehoiakin.
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