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Christmas · Luk 1:67–80

Abụ Zekaraịa

Mgbe ọnwa itoolu nke ịgbachi nkịtị gasịrị, olu Zekaraịa lọghachiri dị ka abụ. Ọ na-eto Chineke maka imezu nkwa ya, gwakwa nwa ya nwoke na ọ ga-akwado ụzọ maka chi ọbụbọ si n'elu.

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Ọnwa itoolu nke ịgbachi nkịtị. Mgbe ahụ otu olu, nke dị ntakịrị ọkọ n'ihi na e jibeghị ya mee ihe kemgbe, bidoro ịbụ abụ. Okwu mbụ ya bụ ngọzi.

Ọ bụ ụbọchị nke asatọ mgbe a mụsịrị Jọn, n'otu ụlọ n'ala ugwu Juda. Ụmụnna na ndị agbata obi jupụtara n'ime ụlọ maka ịgụ aha. Zekaraịa, onye nchụàjà meworo agadi, onye na-enweghị ike ikwu okwu kemgbe mmụọ ozi bịakwutere ya n'ụlọ nsọ, ka dere na mbadamba odide, aha ya bụ Jọn. N'oge ahụ kwa, ire ya tọpụrụ. Ugbu a, Luk gwara anyị, Mmụọ Nsọ jupụtara Zekaraịa, o wee buo amụma. Ihe niile ọ chekọbara n'obi ya n'oge ịgbachi nkịtị ya wụpụtara dị ka abụ.

Ngọzi dịrị Onyenwe anyị, Chineke nke Izrel, n'ihi na ọ bịaala leta ndị ya, gbapụta ha. Zekaraịa bidoghị na nwa ya, kama na Chineke. Chineke abịala nso. O welitela mpi nzọpụta, onye nnapụta dị ike, site n'ezinụlọ Eze Devid. Nke a bụ ihe ndị amụma kwuru ogologo oge gara aga, ka Zekaraịa na-abụ. Nnapụta n'aka ndị iro anyị, na n'aka ndị niile kpọrọ anyị asị. Chineke na-echeta ọgbụgba ndụ nsọ ya, iyi o ṅụrụ nna anyị Ebreham: na a ga-atọhapụ anyị ka anyị fee ya ofufe n'atụghị egwu, n'ịdị nsọ na ezi omume, ụbọchị niile nke ndụ anyị.

Mgbe ahụ agadi nwoke ahụ lere nwa ahụ nọ n'ime ụlọ anya, abụ ya wee ghọọ nke onwe ya. Gị onwe gị kwa, nwa m. A ga-akpọ gị onye amụma nke Onye Kachasị Elu. Ị ga-aga n'ihu Onyenwe anyị ịkwado ụzọ ya. Ị ga-enyere ndị ya aka ịmata na a ga-azọpụta ha, site na mgbaghara mmehie ha. Cheedị ịnụ ihe dị otú ahụ banyere nwa gị a mụrụ ọhụrụ. Zekaraịa maara na Jọn pụrụ iche. Ma ọ makwaara na ọ bụghị Jọn bụ isi ihe. Ndụ Jọn niile ga-abụ maka ịkwado ndị mmadụ maka onye ọzọ.

Mgbe ahụ, ahịrị ndị kachasị mma. Ihe ndị a niile bụ n'ihi obi ebere nke Chineke anyị, ka Zekaraịa na-abụ, nke chi ọbụbọ si n'elu ji bịa leta anyị. Chi ọbụbọ bụ mgbe ụtụtụ na-abọ, ìhè mbụ na-agbapụta n'elu ugwu. Ìhè ahụ ga-enwukwasị ndị nọ ọdụ n'ọchịchịrị na na ndò ọnwụ, duzie ụkwụ anyị n'ụzọ udo. Luk ji nwayọọ mechie ihe ahụ. Nwa ahụ tolitere, sie ike na mmụọ. O bikwa n'ọzara ruo ụbọchị o pụtara n'ihu Izrel.

Zekaraịa bụ onye nchụàjà nke otu Abaịja. Eze Devid ekewaala ndị nchụàjà ka ha bụrụ otu iri abụọ na anọ, Abaịja bụkwa nke asatọ. Otu ọ bụla na-eje ozi n'ụlọ nsọ n'oge nke ya, otu izu n'otu mgbe. Ebe ọ bụ na ndị nchụàjà dị ọtụtụ, e nwere ike ife nza họpụta nwoke ka ọ sure ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi ísì ụtọ n'ebe nsọ, naanị otu ugboro na ndụ ya niile. Nke ahụ bụ nsọpụrụ Zekaraịa nwetara n'ụbọchị mmụọ ozi ahụ zutere ya.

Abụ Zekaraịa dị na Luk isi nke mbụ, amaokwu nke iri isii na asaa ruo nke iri asatọ. Ndị Kraịst na-akpọkarị ya Benediktọs, site n'okwu mbụ ya n'asụsụ Latịn, ọtụtụ na-abụkwa ya n'ekpere ụtụtụ, ka chi na-abọ. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Olee ebe na ndụ gị, ma ọ bụ n'ụwa, ka ị na-agụsi agụụ ike ka ìhè Chineke gbapụta dị ka chi ọbụbọ?

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Olee ebe na ndụ gị, ma ọ bụ n'ụwa, ka ị na-agụsi agụụ ike ka ìhè Chineke gbapụta dị ka chi ọbụbọ?

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Sources for the history

  • 1 Chronicles 24:1–19 — Devid kewara ndị nchụàjà otu iri abụọ na anọ; nza nke asatọ dakwasịrị Abaịja (24:10).
  • Luke 1:5, 8–9 — A fere nza họpụta Zekaraịa nke otu Abaịja ka ọ sure ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi ísì ụtọ.
  • Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Nkọwa banyere Benediktọs na ndabere ya n'Agba Ochie.

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