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Christmas · Luk 1:5–17

Zekaraịa n'Ụlọ Nsọ

A họpụtara otu agadi onye nchụàjà aha ya bụ Zekaraịa site n'ife nza ka ọ sure ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi ísì ụtọ n'ụlọ nsọ. Naanị ya n'akụkụ ebe ịchụàjà, ọ hụrụ mmụọ ozi Gebriel, onye gwara ya na a nụla ekpere ya: nwunye ya Elizabet ga-amụ nwa nwoke, Jọn, onye ga-akwadebe ndị mmadụ maka Onyenwe anyị.

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Anwụrụ ọkụ na-esi ísì ụtọ na-agbagọ elu n'ọchịchịrị nke ebe nsọ. Otu agadi onye nchụàjà guzo naanị ya, aka ya na-ama jijiji ka ọ na-efesa ihe nsure ọkụ n'elu icheku ọkụ na-enwu. Mgbe ahụ o lere anya elu, ọ dịghịzi naanị ya.

Luk malitere Oziọma ya n'oge Herọd, eze Judia. E nwere otu onye nchụàjà aha ya bụ Zekaraịa, si n'ìgwè ndị nchụàjà nke Abaịja. Nwunye ya Elizabet sikwa n'ezinụlọ ndị nchụàjà, n'agbụrụ Erọn. Luk gwara anyị na ha abụọ bụ ndị ezi omume n'ihu Chineke, na-eje ije n'enweghị ịta ụta n'iwu niile nke Onyenwe anyị. Ma ha enweghị nwa, n'ihi na Elizabet bụ nwaanyị aga, ha abụọ emekwala agadi. E kewara ndị nchụàjà Izrel n'ìgwè iri abụọ na anọ, ìgwè ọ bụla na-ejekwa ozi n'ụlọ nsọ otu izu n'otu oge, ugboro abụọ n'afọ. Ugbu a, oge ìgwè Zekaraịa eruola. O si n'ụlọ ya dị n'ala ugwu rịgoro Jerusalem ka o jee ozi.

E nwere ọtụtụ ndị nchụàjà, ma ọ bụ naanị otu nwere ike isure ihe nsure ọkụ n'ebe nsọ n'otu oge. Ya mere ha fere nza, nza ahụ dakwasịrị Zekaraịa. Ọ ga-abanye n'ebe nsọ nke Onyenwe anyị, ọnụ ụlọ dị n'èzí ebe kacha nsọ, sure ihe nsure ọkụ n'elu ebe ịchụàjà ọlaedo. Nke a bụ oge onye nchụàjà nwere ike iche ndụ ya niile. N'èzí, n'oge ihe nsure ọkụ, igwe ndị ofufe niile na-ekpe ekpere n'ogige. N'ime, Zekaraịa nọ naanị ya, ya na ihe ndọba oriọna, tebụl, na anwụrụ ọkụ na-arịgo n'ihu ákwà mgbochi. Na mberede, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị pụtara n'ihu ya, guzo n'akụkụ aka nri nke ebe ịchụàjà ihe nsure ọkụ. Ọ tụrụ Zekaraịa ụjọ. Egwu dakwasịrị ya.

Ma mmụọ ozi ahụ sịrị ya atụla egwu, n'ihi na a nụla ekpere ya, nwunye ya Elizabet ga-amụkwara ya nwa nwoke, ọ ga-akpọkwa aha ya Jọn. A nụla ekpere gị. Ikekwe ọ bụ ekpere Zekaraịa kpere ọtụtụ afọ, nke ọ fọrọ obere ka ọ kwụsị ikpe. Ikekwe ọ bụ ekpere maka mgbapụta Izrel nke ọ ka na-ekpe ya na ihe nsure ọkụ ahụ. N'ụzọ ọ bụla, Chineke anụla. Mmụọ ozi ahụ gakwara n'ihu. Ị ga-enwe ọṅụ na obi ụtọ, ọtụtụ ndị ga-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ n'ọmụmụ ya. N'ihi na ọ ga-adị ukwuu n'anya Onyenwe anyị. Ọ gaghị aṅụ mmanya ma ọ bụ ihe ọṅụṅụ na-aba n'anya, Mmụọ Nsọ ga-ejupụtakwa ya ọbụna site n'afọ nne ya.

Mgbe ahụ mmụọ ozi ahụ gwara Zekaraịa ihe ndụ nwa ya ga-apụta. Ọ ga-eme ka ọtụtụ n'ime ụmụ Izrel laghachikwute Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha. Ọ ga-ebukwa ụzọ jee n'ihu Onyenwe anyị na mmụọ na ike Elaịja, ime ka obi ndị nna chigharịkwuru ụmụ, na ndị na-enupụ isi chigharịkwuru amamihe ndị ezi omume, iji kwadebere Onyenwe anyị ndị mmadụ dị njikere. Zekaraịa maara Akwụkwọ Nsọ ya. Ndị ahụ bụ okwu onye amụma Malakaị, nkwa ikpeazụ tupu narị afọ anọ nke ịgba nkịtị. Onye ozi ahụ Malakaị kwere ná nkwa na-abịa. Ọ ga-abụkwa nwa Zekaraịa n'onwe ya.

Ihe Luk kwuru banyere nza kwekọrọ n'ihe anyị maara site n'omenala ndị Juu. Mishnah, mkpokọta nkuzi ndị Juu e dere ihe dị ka narị afọ abụọ mgbe ọbịbịa Kraịst gasịrị, kọwara ka ndị nchụàjà na-efe nza kwa ụbọchị iji kpebie onye ga-esure ihe nsure ọkụ. O kwukwara na e nyere ọrụ a ndị nchụàjà na-esubeghị ihe nsure ọkụ mbụ. E nwere ọtụtụ puku ndị nchụàjà, ya mere nye ọtụtụ, dị ka Zekaraịa, ọ bụ nsọpụrụ na-abịa naanị otu ugboro ná ndụ.

Ị ga-ahụ oge a na Luk isi nke mbụ, amaokwu nke ise ruo nke iri na asaa. Mgbe ọtụtụ narị afọ gasịrị n'enweghị okwu ọhụrụ si n'aka Chineke, ịgba nkịtị ahụ kwụsịrị n'ụlọ nsọ, n'akụkụ ebe ịchụàjà, iji zaa ekpere otu agadi nwoke. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ̀ dị ekpere ị kwụsịrị ikpe n'ihi na i chere na Chineke echefuola ya?

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Ọ̀ dị ekpere ị kwụsịrị ikpe n'ihi na i chere na Chineke echefuola ya?

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Sources for the history

  • Mishnah, Tamid 5:2 and Yoma 2:4 — Ndị nchụàjà na-efe nza maka ọrụ kwa ụbọchị, e nyekwara nza ihe nsure ọkụ ndị na-esubeghị ihe nsure ọkụ mbụ.
  • Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (1969) — Nhazi ndị nchụàjà n'ìgwè iri abụọ na anọ na-eje ozi kwa izu, na ọnụ ọgụgụ ukwu nke ndị nchụàjà.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:7–19; Malachi 4:5–6 — Abaịja dị ka ìgwè ndị nchụàjà nke asatọ; nkwa Malakaị na Elaịja ga-eme ka obi ndị nna chigharịkwuru ụmụ.

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