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Christmas · Luk 1:46–56

Abụ Meri

N'ụlọ Elizabet, Meri ji abụ zaa. Ọ na-eto Chineke onye na-ebuli ndị dị umeala n'obi elu, na-achụsasị ndị mpako, na-ejikwa ihe ọma mejupụta ndị agụụ na-agụ.

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Otu nwa agbọghọ si n'obere obodo meghere ọnụ ya, abụ si ya pụta nwere obi ike nke na ndị mmadụ ka na-abụ ya puku afọ abụọ emesịa.

Meri ka rutere n'ụlọ onye ikwu ya Elizabet, n'ala ugwu Juda. Elizabet ji oké mkpu ngọzi kelee ya. Nwa dị n'afọ Elizabet maliri elu n'ọṅụ mgbe ọ nụrụ olu Meri. Ugbu a, ọ bụ oge Meri ịza. Cheta onye Meri bụ. Ọ bụghị ọgaranya. Ọ bụghị onye ama ama. E kwere ya nkwa ọlụlụ na otu ọkwa ụzọ na Nazaret, obodo ọtụtụ mmadụ na-anụtụbeghị aha ya. O bukwa nwa ahụ mmụọ ozi kwuru na a ga-akpọ Ọkpara nke Onye Kachasị Elu. Ya mere, gịnị ka ọ ga-ekwu? Ọ na-abụ abụ.

Mkpụrụ obi m na-ebuli Onyenwe anyị elu, mmụọ m na-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ na Chineke Onye Nzọpụta m. Meri bidoro n'obi nke ya. Chineke elewo ya anya, ya bụ ohu dị umeala, họrọ ya. Site ugbu a gaa n'ihu, ka ọ na-abụ, ọgbọ niile ga-akpọ m onye a gọziri agọzi. Ọ bụghị n'ihi ihe ọ bụla o mere, kama n'ihi na Onye Dị Ike emeerela ya ihe ukwu. Aha ya dị nsọ. Ebere ya kwa, ka ọ na-abụ, dịịrị onye ọ bụla na-atụ egwu ya, site n'otu ọgbọ ruo n'ọgbọ ọzọ.

Mgbe ahụ abụ ahụ bịara buo ibu, nwekwuo obi ike. Meri na-abụ banyere otú Chineke si atụgharị ụwa. O jiri ogwe aka ya gosi ike. O chụsasịla ndị mpako n'atụmatụ obi ha. O wedatala ndị dị ike n'ocheeze ha, buliekwa ndị dị umeala n'obi elu. O jirila ihe ọma mejupụta ndị agụụ na-agụ, ma zilaga ndị ọgaranya aka efu. Cheedị ndị na-ege ntị n'abụ dị otú a. Ndị nkịtị n'ala Rom na Eze Herọd na-achị. Meri na-abụ ya dị ka à ga-asị na mmeri Chineke emeelarị, n'ihi na o ji n'aka na ọ ga-eme.

Na njedebe, Meri lere anya azụ n'oge dị anya. Chineke enyerela ohu ya Izrel aka, ka ọ na-abụ. O chetala ebere ya, dị ka o kwere nna nna anyị ha nkwa, Ebreham na ụmụ ya ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Nwa ọ na-ebu abụghị echiche ọhụrụ. Ọ bụ Chineke na-emezu nkwa o kwere ọtụtụ narị afọ gara aga. Mgbe ahụ Luk gwara anyị n'ụzọ dị mfe na Meri nọnyeere Elizabet ihe dị ka ọnwa atọ. Ụmụ nwaanyị abụọ, na-echekọ ọnụ, na-erikọ nri, na-ekpekọ ekpere, na-atụnanyakọ. Mgbe ahụ Meri laghachiri Nazaret.

Abụ Meri yiri otu abụ ochie. N'akwụkwọ mbụ nke Samuel, otu nwaanyị aha ya bụ Hana, onye chọsiri nwa ike, kpere ekpere ekele n'abụ mgbe a mụrụ nwa ya Samuel. Hana na-abụ na Onyenwe anyị na-eweda ala, na-ebulikwa elu, na-ewelite ogbenye site n'ájá, na ndị ri afọ ju na-arụrụ ndị ọzọ ọrụ maka achịcha, ma ndị agụụ na-agụ adịghịzi agụụ. Meri maara akwụkwọ nsọ ya. Abụ ya so n'usoro nke Hana. Ndị Kraịst mesịrị kpọọ abụ Meri Magnifikat, site n'okwu mbụ ya n'asụsụ Latịn.

Abụ Meri dị na Luk isi nke mbụ, amaokwu nke iri anọ na isii ruo nke iri ise na isii. Nwa agbọghọ na-enweghị ike ọ bụla, na-abụ abụ banyere Chineke na-ebuli ndị dị ala elu. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ bụrụ na ị ga-ede abụ nke gị banyere ihe Chineke mere, gịnị ga-abụ ahịrị mbụ ya?

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Ọ bụrụ na ị ga-ede abụ nke gị banyere ihe Chineke mere, gịnị ga-abụ ahịrị mbụ ya?

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Sources for the history

  • 1 Samuel 2:1–10 — Abụ Hana, nke na-ekerịta ọtụtụ isiokwu na nkebiokwu na abụ Meri.
  • Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Nkọwa banyere Magnifikat na ndabere ya n'Agba Ochie.

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