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Christmas · Matiu 2:22–23

Onye Nazaret

Mgbe Josef na-alọta site n'Ijipt, ọ nụrụ na Akelaus, nwa Herọd, na-achị Judia ugbu a. E dọrọ ya aka ná ntị na nrọ, o wee duru ezinụlọ ya gaa n'ebe ugwu, n'obere obodo Nazaret dị na Galili.

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Ezinụlọ ahụ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ ruo n'ụlọ. Ugwu ndị Judia apụtala n'anya. Mgbe ahụ Josef nụrụ otu aha n'okporo ụzọ nke mere ka obi ya daa mbà. Akelaus. Herọd anwụọla, ma nwa Herọd nọ n'ocheeze.

Mgbe eze Herọd nwụrụ, alaeze ya agaghị n'aka otu onye nketa. Site n'ikike Rom, e kewara ya n'etiti ụmụ ya nwoke atọ. Akelaus natara Judia, ya na Jerusalem na Betlehem. Herọd Antipas natara Galili n'ebe ugwu. Filip natara ala ndị dị n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ. Ya mere mgbe Josef si n'Ijipt lọta, ikekwe na-atụ anya ịlaghachi Betlehem, ọ chọpụtara na ọ bụ nwa eze ahụ chụrụ nwa ya nta na-achị ndịda. Akelaus egosilarịkwa na o nwere ike ime ihe ike dị ka nna ya.

Matiu sịrị na mgbe Josef nụrụ na Akelaus na-achị Judia n'ọnọdụ nna ya Herọd, ọ tụrụ egwu ịga ebe ahụ. Nke ahụ bụ obere ahịrị nke eziokwu. Josef erubeela isi ndị mmụọ ozi, gafee ọzara, ma ọ ka bụ mmadụ nwere ike ịtụ egwu. Chineke abaghị ya mba maka ya. Kama, Chineke gwara ya okwu ọzọ. Ebe Chineke dọrọ ya aka ná ntị na nrọ, ka Matiu sịrị, Josef wezugara onwe ya gaa n'ala Galili. Ọ bụghị egwu kpebiri ihe ga-eme. Ọ bụ Chineke.

Ya mere ezinụlọ ahụ mere njem n'ebe ugwu, gafee ala ahụ, ruo otu obodo nta dị n'ugwu ndị Galili dị n'ala ala. Aha ya bụ Nazaret. Oziọma Luk gwara anyị na ọ bụ ebe Meri na Josef biri na mbụ, ebe mmụọ ozi Gebriel buru ụzọ bịakwute Meri. Ugbu a ha na-alaghachi. Ọ bụ obere ebe, obodo ndị ọrụ ugbo nwere ubi e ji usoro kụọ n'akụkụ ugwu, osisi oliv na vaịn, nwere ụlọ ụfọdụ e gwuru n'ime nkume nzu dị nro. Ọ dịghị onye ama ama si Nazaret. Ọtụtụ afọ emesịa, mgbe otu onye buru ụzọ nụ banyere Jisọs, ọ jụrụ, ihe ọma ọ bụla ọ̀ pụrụ isi na Nazaret pụta?

Matiu hụrụ aka Chineke ọbụna n'ihe a. Ọ sịrị na o mere ka ihe ndị amụma kwuru wee mezuo: A ga-akpọ ya onye Nazaret. Ihe na-atọ ụtọ bụ na Matiu kwuru ndị amụma, ọ bụghị otu onye amụma, ọ dịghịkwa otu amaokwu n'Agba Ochie kwuru kpọmkwem okwu ndị ahụ. Ọtụtụ ndị na-agụ ya na-eche na Matiu na-egwu egwu okwu. Aha Nazaret dara ka okwu Hibru bụ netzer, nke pụtara alaka ma ọ bụ ome. Aịsaịa kwere nkwa na alaka ga-epupụta n'ogwe Jesi, nna eze Devid. Mesaịa ga-esi n'ebe dị nta, ebe a na-eleghara anya, pụta, dị ka ome ndụ si n'osisi e gbuturu agbutu. Lee ya, ka ọ na-eto n'obodo nta onye ọ bụla na-echeghị na o nwere uru.

Egwu Josef nwere isi. Josephus, onye na-ede akụkọ ihe mere eme, gwara anyị na Akelaus ji aka ike chịa Judia nke na, ihe dị ka afọ iri emesịa, ndị isi ndị Juu na ndị Sameria zigara eze ukwu Ọgọstọs mkpesa. Ọgọstọs wepụrụ ya n'ọchịchị, chụga ya Vien, na Gọl, nke bụ Frans taa. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị ọrụ Rom n'onwe ha na-achị Judia, otu n'ime ha, ọtụtụ afọ emesịa, ga-abụ Pọntiọs Paịlet.

Onye Nazaret. Ị ga-achọta ya na Matiu isi nke abụọ, amaokwu nke iri abụọ na abụọ na nke iri abụọ na atọ. Ọkpara Chineke etoghị n'ụlọ eze, kama n'obere obodo nta dị n'ugwu nke ọtụtụ mmadụ na-anụtụbeghị aha ya. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. N'ebe gị dị nta, nke nkịtị, olee ebe Chineke nwere ike ịna-eme ka ihe ọma too?

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N'ebe gị dị nta, nke nkịtị, olee ebe Chineke nwere ike ịna-eme ka ihe ọma too?

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Sources for the history

  • Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 17.317–320; 17.342–344 — Nkewa alaeze Herọd n'etiti Akelaus, Antipas na Filip; Ọgọstọs wepụrụ Akelaus, chụga ya Vien na Gọl.
  • Isaiah 11:1 — Alaka ahụ e kwere ná nkwa (n'asụsụ Hibru, netzer) si na mgbọrọgwụ Jesi.
  • John 1:46 — Ihe ọma ọ bụla ọ̀ pụrụ isi na Nazaret pụta?
  • Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (1977; updated ed. 1993) — Mkparịta ụka banyere okwu Matiu bụ, a ga-akpọ ya onye Nazaret, na egwu okwu netzer nwere ike ịdị na ya.

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