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Otu ọnụ ụlọ jupụtara n'ụmụnna. Onye ọ bụla nwere ihe ọ na-ekwu. Ma otu nwoke ahụ na-apụghị ikwu okwu ọ bụla setịrị aka were obere mbadamba odide, wee mechie arụmụka ahụ niile.
Anyị alaghachila n'ala ugwu Juda, n'ụlọ Zekaraịa onye nchụàjà na nwunye ya Elizabet. N'ọtụtụ afọ alụmdi na nwunye ha, ha enweghị nwa. Mgbe ahụ, mgbe Zekaraịa na-eje ozi n'ụlọ nsọ, mmụọ ozi Gebriel gwara ya na ọ ga-amụ nwa nwoke, na a ga-akpọrịrị nwa ahụ Jọn. Zekaraịa ekweghị. Ọ rịọrọ ihe akaebe. Ya mere mmụọ ozi ahụ gwara ya na ọ gaghị enwe ike ikwu okwu ruo ụbọchị ihe ndị a ga-emezu. Ọnwa itoolu, Zekaraịa nọ na nkịtị. Ugbu a, oge Elizabet ịmụ nwa eruola.
Elizabet mụrụ nwa nwoke. Ozi na-agbasa ngwa ngwa n'obere obodo. Ndị agbata obi nụrụ. Ụmụnna nụrụ. Luk sị na ha nụrụ na Onyenwe anyị emeerela ya oké ebere, ha sooro ya ṅụrịa ọṅụ. Cheedị ka ụlọ ahụ si jupụta. Ụmụ nwaanyị hụrụ ka Elizabet na-eche afọ na afọ bịara ugbu a ịkụru nwa ahụ. Ndị na-asụbu ude banyere enweghị nwa ya na-ekerịta ọṅụ ya ugbu a. Ọ bụ mmemme ọ chere ndụ ya niile.
N'ụbọchị nke asatọ, ha gbakọrọ ibi nwa ahụ úgwù, dị ka iwu Mosis kuziri, ọ bụkwa ụbọchị a ga-agụ ya aha. Onye ọ bụla chere na ya maara azịza ya. Kpọọ ya Zekaraịa, aha nna ya. Ọ bụ ihe doro anya. Ma Elizabet kwuru okwu. Mba, kama a ga-akpọ ya Jọn. Ihe ahụ gbagwojuru ụmụnna ahụ anya. Jọn? Ọ dịghị onye n'ikwu gị nwere aha ahụ. Ya mere ha tụgharịkwuru Zekaraịa, jiri aka mee ya ihe ịrịba ama, jụọ ya aha ọ chọrọ ka a kpọọ nwa ahụ. Ikekwe o nweghịkwa ike ịnụ ihe; Luk sị na ha ji ihe ịrịba ama.
Zekaraịa rịọrọ mbadamba odide. Ọnụ ụlọ ahụ dara jụụ mgbe ọ na-ede. Mgbe ahụ o weliri ya elu. Aha ya bụ Jọn. Ọ tụrụ onye ọ bụla n'anya. N'otu oge ahụ kwa, ọnụ Zekaraịa meghere, ire ya tọpụkwa. Ihe mbụ o ji olu ọhụrụ ya mee bụ ito Chineke. Egwu dakwasịrị ndị agbata obi niile, ka Luk na-ekwu, ụdị egwu na-abịa mgbe ị ghọtara na Chineke nọ nso. Akụkọ ahụ gbasara n'ala ugwu Juda niile. Onye ọ bụla nụrụ ya na-ajụ otu ajụjụ ahụ. Gịnị ka nwa a ga-abụ? N'ihi na aka Onyenwe anyị nọnyeere ya.
Okwu Luk ji kọwaa mbadamba odide ahụ na-ezo aka n'obere osisi dị larịị. N'ụwa oge ochie, a na-etekarị ụdị osisi ahụ waks, ya bụ abụba sitere n'ụlọ aṅụ, ka i jiri ihe dị nkọ dee mkpụrụ akwụkwọ n'elu ya, mesịa mee ka ọ dị larịị ọzọ iji ya ọzọ. Ha bụ akwụkwọ ndetu nke oge ahụ. Aha Zekaraịa dere dịkwa mkpa. N'asụsụ Hibru, Jọn bụ Yohanan, aha a na-aghọtakarị ka ọ pụtara na Onyenwe anyị emeela amara. Nke ahụ bụ kpọmkwem ihe ezinụlọ a ka chọpụtara.
Ị ga-ahụ ụbọchị ịgụ aha a na Luk isi nke mbụ, amaokwu nke iri ise na asaa ruo nke iri isii na isii. Nna nwere obi abụọ otu mgbe họọrọ irube isi, n'ide ihe, n'ihu onye ọ bụla, olu ya alọghachikwa. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Mgbe onye ọ bụla gbara gị gburugburu na-atụ anya otu ihe, ma Chineke rịọrọ ihe ọzọ, gịnị na-enyere gị aka ịhọrọ irube isi?
Something to think about
Mgbe onye ọ bụla gbara gị gburugburu na-atụ anya otu ihe, ma Chineke rịọrọ ihe ọzọ, gịnị na-enyere gị aka ịhọrọ irube isi?
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This retelling follows Luk 1:57–66. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Genesis 17:12; Leviticus 12:3 — Ibi nwa nwoke úgwù n'ụbọchị nke asatọ.
- Luke 1:13, 20, 63 — Ntụziaka mmụọ ozi ka a kpọọ nwa ahụ Jọn, ịgbachi nkịtị Zekaraịa, na mbadamba odide ahụ.
- Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Nkọwa banyere ịgụ Jọn aha, mbadamba odide ahụ na ihe aha ahụ pụtara.
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