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Abalị ọzọ. Nrọ ọzọ. Oge a mmụọ ozi ahụ wetara ozi Josef nọ na-eche. Ihe ize ndụ ahụ agwụla. Oge eruola ịla n'ụlọ.
Anyị amaghị kpọmkwem ebe ezinụlọ ahụ biri n'Ijipt, ma ọ bụ ogologo oge ha nọrọ. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ ọnwa ole na ole. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ otu afọ ma ọ bụ abụọ. Ogologo oge zuru ka nwa ọhụrụ mụta ije na ikwu okwu, ikekwe, n'ala ebe oké osimiri Naịl na-eju, na-agbadakwa kwa afọ, ebe asụsụ a na-asụ n'ahịa bụ asụsụ mba ọzọ. A gwara Josef ka ọ nọrọ ruo mgbe Chineke gwara ya ọzọ. Ya mere ọ rụrụ ọrụ, chere. O meghị atụmatụ nke ya ịlaghachi tupu oge eruo. E nyere ya okwu, ọ na-echekwa nke na-esote ya.
Na Judia, agadi eze ahụ na-anwụ. Herọd, onye wuru ụlọ eze na ebe e wusiri ike na ụlọ nsọ mara mma nke ukwuu, onye chịrị ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ, gbuokwa onye ọ bụla ọ tụrụ egwu ya, enweghị ike ijide ndụ nke ya. Ọrịa siri ike dakwasịrị ya, o wee nwụọ. Nwoke ahụ chọrọ ibibi nwa ahụ apụọla. Matiu kọrọ ya n'okwu ole na ole: mgbe Herọd nwụrụ. Ọ dịghị mkpọtụ. Ndị dị ike na-agafe, ebumnuche Chineke na-aga n'ihu.
Mgbe ahụ, ọzọ, mmụọ ozi nke Onyenwe anyị pụtaara Josef na nrọ n'Ijipt. Okwu ya yiri ozi mbụ ahụ nke ukwuu. Bilie, kpọrọ nwa ahụ na nne ya, gaa n'ala Izrel, n'ihi na ndị na-achọ ndụ nwa ahụ anwụọla. Otu Chineke ahụ sịrị gaa ugbu a na-asị lọghachi. Otu okwu ahụ e ji nlezianya kwuo, nwa ahụ na nne ya. A gwaghị Josef ka o buru ụzọ chịrị ihe nke ya. A na-echetara ya ihe kacha mkpa: nwa ahụ, na nne nwa ahụ.
Josef wee mee ihe Josef na-eme mgbe niile. Matiu sịrị na o biliri, kpọrọ nwa ahụ na nne ya, bata n'ala Izrel. Cheedị njem nlọghachi ahụ. Obere nwa nwoke ugbu a, ikekwe ọ nọkwasị n'ubu nna ya. Nne nọrọ ebe dị anya site n'ezinụlọ ya, ugbu a ọ ga-ahụ ugwu ndị ọ maara ọzọ. Ọtụtụ narị afọ tupu mgbe ahụ, ndị Chineke sitere n'Ijipt pụta mgbe ogologo afọ ịgba ohu gasịrị. Ugbu a otu obere ezinụlọ si n'Ijipt pụtakwa, na-aga n'ụlọ, bu onye ahụ ga-edupụta ndị Chineke n'ịgba ohu dị omimi karịa.
Josephus, onye na-ede akụkọ ihe mere eme, kọwara ọrịa ikpeazụ Herọd n'ụzọ na-egbu mgbu, n'ụzọ zuru ezu. Ọ gwara anyị na Herọd nwụrụ na Jeriko, n'ụlọ eze ya nke oge oyi dị nso Jọdan, na e buuru ozu ya n'oké ngagharị gaa lie ya na Herodium, ụlọ eze e wusiri ike o wuru n'elu ugwu kilomita ole na ole site na Betlehem. Ọtụtụ ndị ọkà mmụta akụkọ ihe mere eme na-ekwu na ọ nwụrụ ihe dị ka afọ anọ tupu Kraịst, dị ka kalenda anyị si agụ afọ, ọ bụ ya mere a na-agụkarị ọmụmụ Jisọs obere oge tupu mgbe ahụ.
Nlọghachi Site n'Ijipt. Ị ga-achọta ya na Matiu isi nke abụọ, amaokwu nke iri na itoolu ruo nke iri abụọ na otu. Josef chere okwu Chineke, mgbe ọ bịakwara, o mere ihe. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ̀ dị ihe ị na-eche, ị̀ pụrụ ịtụkwasị oge Chineke obi mgbe ị na-eche?
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Ọ̀ dị ihe ị na-eche, ị̀ pụrụ ịtụkwasị oge Chineke obi mgbe ị na-eche?
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This retelling follows Matiu 2:19–21. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 17.168–199 — Ọrịa ikpeazụ Herọd, ọnwụ ya na Jeriko, na ngagharị olili ya gaa Herodium.
- Emil Schürer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, rev. ed. G. Vermes, F. Millar and M. Black, vol. 1 (1973) — Afọ a na-ekwukarị na Herọd nwụrụ: afọ anọ tupu Kraịst.
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