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Mgbe ihe siri ike na-eme gị, onye na-enyere gị aka karịa? Ọtụtụ mgbe ọ bụ onye ihe ahụ mekwara. Onye nwere ike ịsị, amaara m. Agabigawo m ya. Baịbụl kwuru na ọ bụ ya mere Jisọs ji bịa dị ka otu onye n'ime anyị.
Onye dere akwụkwọ Ndị Hibru agwachaala ndị na-agụ ya, ndị ike gwụrụ, otú Ọkpara Chineke si dị ukwuu: nchapụta nke ebube Chineke, onye ka ndị mmụọ ozi. Ma mgbe ahụ ọ gbanwere ụzọ. Ọkpara a dị ukwuu, ka ọ sịrị, ka e mere ka ọ dị ala karịa ndị mmụọ ozi nwa oge. Ọ ghọrọ mmadụ. Ndị na-agụ ya nwere ike ịjụ, gịnị mere? Gịnị mere Ọkpara Chineke ga-eji yiri ahụ nke ike pụrụ ịgwụ, nke agụụ pụrụ ịgụ, nke pụrụ imerụ ahụ, nke pụkwara ịnwụ? N'amaokwu ole na ole ndị a, onye edemede ahụ na-enye azịza ya, ihe atọ kpatara ya, otu n'azụ ibe ya.
Nke mbụ, iji merie ọnwụ. Ebe ọ bụ na ụmụaka ahụ nwere anụ ahụ na ọbara, ka onye edemede ahụ sịrị, ya onwe ya kwa nwekọrọ otu ihe ahụ. Ụmụ Chineke bụ mmadụ, ya mere Ọkpara ahụ ghọkwara mmadụ. Ma gịnị mere? Ka o wee site n'ọnwụ mebie onye ahụ nwere ike ọnwụ, ya bụ ekwensu. Ọnwụ dị ka ụlọ mkpọrọ, ekwensu ejidekwa mkpịsị igodo ya. Ya mere Ọkpara ahụ n'onwe ya batara n'ụlọ mkpọrọ ahụ, dị ka mmadụ, iji si n'ime gbawaa ya. O bịakwara ịnapụta ndị egwu ọnwụ mere ka ha bụrụ ohu ndụ ha niile. Egwu ọnwụ kegidere ndị mmadụ agbụ ndụ ha niile. Jisọs bịara ime ka ha nwere onwe ha.
Nke abụọ, ka ọ bụrụ onye nchụàjà anyị. Onye edemede ahụ na-echetara ha na ọ bịaghị inyere ndị mmụọ ozi aka, kama inyere ụmụ Ebreham aka, ezi mmadụ. Ya mere ọ kwesịrị ka e mee ya ka ụmụnne ya n'ụzọ niile. Gịnị mere? Ka o wee bụrụ onyeisi nchụàjà nwere obi ebere na onye kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi n'ihu Chineke. N'Izrel, onyeisi nchụàjà guzoro n'etiti Chineke na ndị mmadụ. Otu ugboro n'afọ, n'Ụbọchị Mkpuchi Mmehie, ọ na-abanye n'ebe kacha nsọ ime mkpuchi mmehie maka mmehie ndị mmadụ. Jisọs ghọrọ mmadụ ka o wee guzoro anyị, dị ka otu onye n'ime anyị, mezuo ihe banyere mmehie anyị otu mgbe ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Nke atọ, inyere anyị aka mgbe a na-anwale anyị. N'ihi na ya onwe ya ahụwo ahụhụ mgbe a nwara ya, ka onye edemede ahụ sịrị, o nwere ike inyere ndị a na-anwa aka. Inyere aka ebe a pụtara ịgba ọsọ bịa nyere onye aka. Jisọs maara otú ọ dị mgbe ike gwụrụ mmadụ, mgbe a ghọtaghị ya, mgbe a raara ya nye, mgbe ọ nọ n'ihe mgbu, mgbe ọnwụnwa na-adọkpụ ya ịgbaso ụzọ dị mfe. Emesịa onye edemede ahụ gbakwụnyere na a nwara ya n'ụzọ niile a na-anwa anyị, ma o mehieghị. Ya mere mgbe ihe siri gị ike, ọ bụghị onye nọ n'ebe dị anya na-apụghị ịghọta ka ị na-ekpegara ekpere. Ị na-ekpegara onye ihe ahụ mekwara. Nwa ọhụrụ ahụ nọ na Betlehem tolitere ghọọ nwanne anyị.
Iwu Mosis kọwara uwe onyeisi nchụàjà n'ụzọ zuru ezu. N'ubu ya, o yi nkume onyks abụọ e dere aha ebo iri na abụọ nke Izrel n'elu ha. N'elu obi ya, o yi ihe mkpuchi obi nwere nkume dị oké ọnụ iri na abụọ, e dekwara aha ebo ndị ahụ n'elu ha. Mgbe ọ bụla ọ gara n'ihu Chineke, o buru ndị ya n'ubu ya na n'elu obi ya n'ezie.
E Mere Ya Ka Anyị. Ị ga-achọta ya n'akwụkwọ Ndị Hibru, isi nke abụọ, amaokwu nke iri na anọ ruo nke iri na asatọ. Na Krismas, ndị Kraịst na-echeta na Ọkpara Chineke yiri anụ ahụ na ọbara ka o wee mee ka anyị nwere onwe anyị, guzoro anyị, ma nyere anyị aka. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Gịnị ka ị na-eche ihu ugbu a nke Jisọs ghọtara site n'ime?
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Gịnị ka ị na-eche ihu ugbu a nke Jisọs ghọtara site n'ime?
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This retelling follows Ndị Hibru 2:14–18. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Exodus 28:9–12, 21, 29 — Nkume ubu onyeisi nchụàjà na ihe mkpuchi obi ya, e dere aha ebo iri na abụọ n'elu ha, nke o bu n'elu obi ya.
- Leviticus 16 — Ụbọchị Mkpuchi Mmehie, mgbe onyeisi nchụàjà banyere n'ebe kacha nsọ.
- Hebrews 4:15 — A nwara Jisọs n'ụzọ niile dị ka a na-anwa anyị, ma o mehieghị.
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