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Obere ogbe achịcha bali iri abụọ. Otu narị nwoke agụụ na-agụ. Gụọ ya, ọ gaghị ezu. Ma otu onye amụma sịrị: kesaa ha.
Anyị nọ n'alaeze Izrel nke dị n'ebe ugwu, ihe dị ka narị afọ asatọ na iri ise tupu Jisọs. Ụnwụ dị n'ala ahụ. Mmiri ozuzo adaghị, ubi adịghị mma, nri dịkwa ụkọ. Onye amụma Elaịsha, onye were ọrụ nnukwu onye amụma Elaịja, nọ na Gilgal ya na otu ìgwè ndị amụma, ụmụ nwoke na-amụta ihe n'aka ya, na-ejekọkwa ozi Chineke ọnụ. Ha dị ihe dị ka otu narị. Agụụ na-agụkwa ha. N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, tupu mgbe ahụ, ite ofe mebiri n'ihi ụdị mkpụrụ ugu ọhịa nwere nsi, ruo mgbe Elaịsha tụnyere ntụ ọka n'ime ya, mee ka ọ dị mma iri. Nri dị onye ọ bụla n'uche.
Mgbe ahụ otu nwoke si n'ebe a na-akpọ Baal-shalisha bịara. O bu onyinye maka Elaịsha, onye nke Chineke. N'akpa ya, e nwere ogbe achịcha bali iri abụọ e ji mkpụrụ mbụ nke owuwe ihe ubi mee, na ụfọdụ isi ọka ọhụrụ. Ndị a abụghị nnukwu ogbe achịcha dị ka nke anyị. Ha bụ obere achịcha dị gịrịgịrị, gbaa gburugburu, ụdị otu onye pụrụ iri n'otu oge nri. Bali bụ ọka ndị nkịtị na ndị ogbenye, ihe ubi mbụ na-acha n'oge opupu ihe ubi. Nke a bụkwa mkpụrụ mbụ ya, ihe mbụ nke owuwe ihe ubi ya. N'oge ụnwụ, nke ahụ bụ onyinye dị oké ọnụ.
Elaịsha lere achịcha ahụ anya, lekwa otu narị nwoke ahụ gbara ya gburugburu. Ọ gwara onye na-ejere ya ozi: Nye ndị mmadụ ya, ka ha rie. Onye na-ejere ya ozi ahụ ekweghị ntị ya. Gịnị, m ga-edowe nke a n'ihu otu narị nwoke? Obere ogbe achịcha iri abụọ maka otu narị nwoke tozuru etozu. Onye ọ bụla ga-enweta nanị iberibe, laa agụụ na-agụ ya. Ma Elaịsha kwughachiri ya. Nye ndị mmadụ ya, ka ha rie. N'ihi na otú a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: ha ga-eri, hapụkwa ụfọdụ. Ọ bụghị echiche Elaịsha n'onwe ya. Ọ bụ okwu si n'aka Chineke. Ọ bụghị nanị ihe ga-ezu. Ụfọdụ ga-afọdụ.
Ya mere onye na-eje ozi ahụ mere ya. O dowere achịcha ahụ n'ihu ndị ikom ahụ. Ha riri. Ha nọgidere na-eri. Mgbe ha richara, achịcha fọdụrụ, dị nnọọ ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru. Baịbụl kọrọ ọrụ ebube a niile n'amaokwu atọ nanị, n'ụzọ dị jụụ, n'enweghị oké mkpọtụ. Otu nwoke na-emesapụ aka nyere ihe mbụ o nwere. Otu onye amụma tụkwasịrị okwu Chineke obi. Chineke mekwara ka obere onyinye nye ìgwè mmadụ nri, ụfọdụ fọdụkwa.
Nwoke ahụ wetaara Elaịsha mkpụrụ mbụ ya, nke ahụ adịghịkwa ka ọ na-adịkarị. Iwu Mosis kwuru na mkpụrụ mbụ nke owuwe ihe ubi kwesịrị ịga nye ndị nchụàjà n'ebe nsọ Chineke. Ma n'oge Elaịsha, alaeze dị n'ebe ugwu na-efe ofufe n'ebe ofufe ndị eze ya guzobere, ebe e nwere ụmụ ehi ọla edo na Betel na Dan. Ọ dị ka ọtụtụ ndị kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi nọ n'ebe ugwu na-ewetara ndị amụma Chineke onyinye ha kama.
Otu Narị Mmadụ Riri Nri. Ị pụrụ ịgụ ya n'akwụkwọ Ndị Eze nke Abụọ, isi nke anọ, amaokwu nke iri anọ na abụọ ruo nke iri anọ na anọ. Ọtụtụ narị afọ emesịa, Jisọs nara otu nwata nwoke ogbe achịcha bali ise n'elu ugwu n'akụkụ Osimiri Galili, jiri ha nye puku mmadụ ise nri, nkata wee fọdụ. Chineke ahụ nyere ndị amụma nri nyekwara ìgwè mmadụ nri. Na Krismas, ndị Kraịst na-echeta na nwa ahụ a mụrụ na Betlehem, nke aha ya pụtara ụlọ achịcha, kpọrọ onwe ya achịcha nke ndụ. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Otu nwoke wetara obere onyinye, Chineke mekwara ka ọ karịa ihe zuru ezu. Olee obere ihe ị pụrụ inye na Krismas a, na-atụkwasị Chineke obi na ọ ga-eji ya mee ihe?
Something to think about
Otu nwoke wetara obere onyinye, Chineke mekwara ka ọ karịa ihe zuru ezu. Olee obere ihe ị pụrụ inye na Krismas a, na-atụkwasị Chineke obi na ọ ga-eji ya mee ihe?
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This retelling follows 2 Ndị Eze 4:42–44. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- 2 Kings 4:38–44 — Ofe nwere nsi na Gilgal n'oge ụnwụ, na ogbe achịcha bali iri abụọ nyere otu narị nwoke nri, ụfọdụ fọdụkwa.
- Numbers 18:12–13; 1 Kings 12:28–29 — E nyere ndị nchụàjà mkpụrụ mbụ; ụmụ ehi ọla edo Jeroboam na Betel na Dan.
- Mordechai Cogan and Hayim Tadmor, II Kings (Anchor Bible 11, 1988) — Nkọwa banyere 2 Ndị Eze, isi nke anọ, amaokwu nke iri anọ na abụọ ruo nke iri anọ na anọ, gụnyere na e wetaara onye amụma mkpụrụ mbụ kama iwetara onye nchụàjà.
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