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A gbazere ọla ọcha. A kụrụ ọla edo. E mere okpueze. Ma a kpukwasịghị ya n'isi eze. A kpukwasịrị ya n'isi onye nchụàjà.
Ọ ka bụ mmalite oge nlọta site n'ala ọzọ, ihe dị ka narị afọ ise na iri abụọ tupu Jisọs. Jerusalem enweghị eze. Ụmụ ụmụ Devid bi n'okpuru ọchịchị ndị Peshia, Zerubabel, onye si n'ezinụlọ Devid, bụkwa onye ọchịchị, ọ bụghị eze. Joshua onyeisi nchụàjà na-edu ndị mmadụ n'ofufe. Ugbu a, ndị ikom atọ si n'obodo ndị Juu ka bi na Babilọn bịarutere Jerusalem. Aha ha bụ Heldaị, Tobaịja na Jedaịa. Ha wetara onyinye ọla ọcha na ọla edo, ha na-anọkwa n'ụlọ otu nwoke aha ya bụ Josaịa, nwa Zefanaịa. Chineke nwekwara ọrụ maka Zekaraịa metụtara onyinye ndị ahụ.
Okwu Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere Zekaraịa. Nara ọla ọcha na ọla edo n'aka ndị a si n'ala ọzọ lọta. Gaa n'otu ụbọchị ahụ n'ụlọ Josaịa. Mee okpueze, kpukwasị ha n'isi Joshua, nwa Jehozadak, onyeisi nchụàjà. Cheedị otú o si eju anya. Ndị eze na-ekpu okpueze. Ndị nchụàjà na-ekpu akwa mkpuchi isi. N'Izrel, e kewapụrụ ọrụ abụọ ahụ. Eze nwara ime ihe onye nchụàjà na-eme dabara n'oké nsogbu. Ma n'ebe a, site n'iwu Chineke, a na-ekpukwasị onye nchụàjà okpueze. Ọ bụ ihe ịrịbama, ụdị amụma e ji omume gosi, Chineke kọwakwara ya.
Zekaraịa ga-agwa Joshua okwu. Otú a ka Onyenwe anyị nke usuu ndị agha kwuru: Lee nwoke ahụ aha ya bụ Alaka ahụ! Ọ ga-etopụta n'ebe ọ nọ, ọ ga-ewukwa ụlọ nsọ Onyenwe anyị. Ọ ga-ewu ụlọ nsọ Onyenwe anyị, ọ ga-ebu ebube, ọ ga-anọdụ ala chịa n'ocheeze ya. Ọ ga-abụ onye nchụàjà n'ocheeze ya, ndụmọdụ nke udo ga-adịkwa n'etiti ha abụọ. Alaka ahụ ga-abụ eze, na-anọdụ n'ocheeze na-achị. Ma ọ ga-abụkwa onye nchụàjà. N'etiti ọrụ abụọ ahụ, nke eze na nke onye nchụàjà, udo ga-adị, ọ bụghị asọmpi. Otu onye na-ebu ha abụọ.
Mgbe ahụ Chineke gwara Zekaraịa ihe ọ ga-eji okpueze ahụ mee emesịa. Ọ gaghị anọgide n'isi Joshua. A ga-edebe ya n'ụlọ nsọ Onyenwe anyị dị ka ihe ncheta, ihe na-echetara ndị mmadụ Helem, Tobaịja, Jedaịa na Hen nwa Zefanaịa, ndị ikom nyere ya. Nkwa sokwa ya. Ndị nọ n'ebe dị anya ga-abịa wuo n'ụlọ nsọ Onyenwe anyị. Ndị mmadụ ga-esi n'ebe dị anya bịa nye aka. Mgbe ahụ unu ga-amata na Onyenwe anyị nke usuu ndị agha zitere m n'ebe unu nọ. Nke a ga-emezu, ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ọ bụrụ na unu ji ịnụ ọkụ n'obi rube isi n'olu ya.
Lee otu ihe na-eju anya. Aha onyeisi nchụàjà ahụ, Joshua, n'asụsụ Hibru bụ Yehoshua, nke pụtara Onyenwe anyị na-azọpụta. Mgbe ndị ọkà mmụta ndị Juu tụgharịrị Akwụkwọ Nsọ Hibru n'asụsụ Grik, n'ọtụtụ narị afọ tupu Kraịst, ha dere aha ya dị ka Iesus. Nke ahụ bụ kpọmkwem otu aha Grik ahụ Oziọma ndị ahụ mechara nye Jisọs. Na Baịbụl Grik nke ndị Kraịst mbụ, onye nchụàjà ahụ e kpukwasịrị okpueze n'isi nke isii nke Zekaraịa na Jisọs onye Nazaret nwekọrọ otu aha.
Nwoke A Na-akpọ Alaka Ahụ. Ị pụrụ ịgụ ya n'akwụkwọ Zekaraịa, isi nke isii, amaokwu nke itoolu ruo nke iri na ise. Okpueze n'isi onye nchụàjà, na-atụ aka n'ihu n'onye ga-abụ ha abụọ. Agba Ọhụrụ kpọrọ Jisọs nwa Devid, onye a mụrụ ka ọ bụrụ eze, na onyeisi nchụàjà dị ukwuu nke na-eme ka ndị mmadụ bịaruo Chineke nso. Na Krismas, ndị Kraịst na-echeta na a mụrụ nwa ọhụrụ ahụ dina n'ihe oriri anụmanụ ka o yi ha abụọ. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Alaka ahụ ga-abụ onye nchụàjà na eze n'otu oge. Gịnị ka ọ pụtara nye gị na Jisọs bụ ma eze gị ma onye na-eme ka ị bịaruo Chineke nso?
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Alaka ahụ ga-abụ onye nchụàjà na eze n'otu oge. Gịnị ka ọ pụtara nye gị na Jisọs bụ ma eze gị ma onye na-eme ka ị bịaruo Chineke nso?
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This retelling follows Zekaraịa 6:9–15. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Zechariah 6:9–15 — Okpueze e ji ọla ọcha na ọla edo ndị si n'ala ọzọ mee, e kpukwasịrị Joshua onyeisi nchụàjà, na amụma banyere nwoke ahụ aha ya bụ Alaka ahụ.
- Septuagint, Zechariah 6:11; Matthew 1:21 — E dere Joshua dị ka Iesus n'asụsụ Grik; mmụọ ozi gwara Josef ka ọ kpọọ nwa ahụ Jisọs, n'ihi na ọ ga-azọpụta ndị ya site ná mmehie ha.
- Carol L. Meyers and Eric M. Meyers, Haggai, Zechariah 1–8 (Anchor Bible 25B, 1987) — Nkọwa banyere ikpukwasị Joshua okpueze, okwu ahụ bụ okpueze n'ọtụtụ, na Alaka ahụ.
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