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Ụbọchị nkịtị n'ụlọ nkịtị n'obodo dị nnọọ obere. Otu nwa agbọghọ na-arụ ọrụ ya. Mgbe ahụ otu olu sịrị: Ekele, gị onye a gọziri agọzi nke ukwuu. Onyenwe anyị nọnyeere gị.
Ọnwa isii agafeela kemgbe mmụọ ozi Gebriel pụtara n'ihu Zekaraịa n'ụlọ nsọ dị na Jerusalem, ụlọ kacha ebube n'ala ahụ. Ugbu a Chineke zigara Gebriel n'ebe dị nnọọ iche. Ọ gara n'ugwu, na Galili, n'obodo a na-akpọ Nazaret. Ọ bụ obodo ndị ọrụ ugbo n'ugwu, nke dị obere ma ghara ịdị mkpa nke na a kpọghị aha ya ọ bụla n'Agba Ochie. Ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị, mmadụ ga-ajụ, ọ̀ dị ezi ihe ọ bụla nwere ike isi na Nazaret pụta? N'ebe ahụ, e zigara Gebriel n'ebe otu nwa agbọghọ nọ, nwa agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke, onye e kwere otu nwoke aha ya bụ Josef nkwa ịlụ, onye si n'agbụrụ eze Devid. Aha nwa agbọghọ ahụ bụ Meri.
Gebriel batakwutere ya, kelee ya, kpọọ ya onye a gọziri agọzi nke ukwuu, sị na Onyenwe anyị nọnyeere ya, na a gọziri ya n'etiti ụmụ nwaanyị. Luk gwara anyị na okwu ya mere ka obi Meri ghara iru ala nke ukwuu. Ọ bụghị naanị mmụọ ozi ahụ n'onwe ya, kama ekele ahụ. Ọ nọ na-eche ụdị ekele nke a bụ. Gịnị mere onye ozi Chineke ga-eji gwa ya okwu otú a? Ọ bụ nwa agbọghọ, si n'ezinụlọ dị ala, n'obodo e chefuru echefu. Ọ bụghị onye nchụàjà n'ụlọ nsọ. Ọ nọghị na-ekpe ekpere maka nwa nwoke. Onye a gọziri agọzi nke ukwuu apụtaghị na Meri rụpụtara ihe. Ọ pụtara na Chineke họọrọ igosi ya amara ya.
Ya mere mmụọ ozi ahụ ji nwayọọ kwuo okwu, dị ka o si gwa Zekaraịa. Ọ sịrị Meri ka ọ ghara ịtụ egwu, n'ihi na ọ chọtala amara n'ebe Chineke nọ. Mgbe ahụ o nyere ya ozi ahụ. Ị ga-atụrụ ime n'afọ gị, mụọ nwa nwoke, ị ga-akpọkwa aha ya Jisọs. Jisọs bụ ụdị Grik nke aha Hibru bụ Joshua, nke pụtara Onyenwe anyị na-azọpụta. Meri ahọrọghị aha nwa ya. Chineke ahọrọlarị ya, aha ahụ na-agwakwa ụwa ihe o bịara ime.
Gebriel emechabeghị. Ọ gwara Meri onye nwa ya ga-abụ. Ọ ga-adị ukwuu, a ga-akpọkwa ya Ọkpara nke Onye Kachasị Elu. Onyenwe anyị Chineke ga-enyekwa ya ocheeze nna ya Devid. Ọ ga-achị ụlọ Jekọb ruo mgbe ebighị ebi, alaeze ya agaghịkwa enwe njedebe. Meri gaara ama ihe okwu ndị ahụ pụtara. Chineke kwere eze Devid nkwa, otu puku afọ tupu mgbe ahụ, na otu nwa ya ga-achị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ndị amụma kwughachiri nkwa ahụ site n'oge a dọtara ha n'agha ruo mgbe ha lọtara. Ezinụlọ chere ya site n'ọgbọ ruo n'ọgbọ. Ugbu a mmụọ ozi na-agwa otu nwa agbọghọ na Nazaret na Eze ahụ e kwere ná nkwa ga-abụ nwa ya.
Luk kwuru na e kwere Josef nkwa ịlụ Meri. Ịkwe nkwa ịlụ di na nwunye n'oge ahụ n'etiti ndị Juu karịrị nke ukwuu ihe a na-akpọ engejmenti taa. Ọ bụ nkwekọrịta na-ejikọ ha. Iwu kpọrọ ha di na nwunye e kwere ná nkwa, ịkwụsị ya chọrọ ihe dị ka ịgba alụkwaghịm, ọ bụ ya mere Matiu ji kwuo na Josef chere ịhapụ Meri na nzuzo. Ọtụtụ mgbe, nwaanyị ahụ na-anọgide n'ezinụlọ ya ruo oge ụfọdụ, ọtụtụ mgbe ihe dị ka otu afọ, tupu emume alụmdi na nwunye, mgbe ọ na-akwaga n'ụlọ di ya.
Ị ga-ahụ ekele Gebriel na Luk isi nke mbụ, amaokwu nke iri abụọ na isii ruo nke iri atọ na atọ. Nkwa Chineke kacha ukwuu abịaghị n'obí eze ma ọ bụ n'ụlọ nsọ, kama n'obodo ọ dịghị onye tụrụ anya ya, nye nwa agbọghọ ọ dịghị onye nụtụrụla aha ya. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Gịnị ka ọ na-agwa gị banyere Chineke na ọ họọrọ Nazaret, na Meri, maka ozi kacha mkpa n'akụkọ ihe mere eme?
Something to think about
Gịnị ka ọ na-agwa gị banyere Chineke na ọ họọrọ Nazaret, na Meri, maka ozi kacha mkpa n'akụkọ ihe mere eme?
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This retelling follows Luk 1:26–33. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Matthew 1:18–19; Deuteronomy 22:23–24 — Atụmatụ Josef ịhapụ ya na nzuzo na-egosi na nkwa ịlụ di na nwunye na-ejikọ ha n'iwu; iwu na-agụ nwaanyị e kwere nkwa ịlụ dị ka nwunye nwoke.
- Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions (1961) — Omenala nkwa ịlụ di na nwunye na alụmdi na nwunye n'Izrel.
- Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Nkọwa ozi Gebriel, gụnyere omenala nkwa ịlụ di na nwunye n'etiti ndị Juu na ihe onye a gọziri agọzi nke ukwuu pụtara.
- John 1:46; 2 Samuel 7:12–16 — Ajụjụ Nataniel banyere Nazaret; nkwa Chineke kwere Devid banyere alaeze ga-adịgide ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
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