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Otu onye amụma kọọrọ eze akụkọ banyere otu ogbenye na nwa atụrụ e zuuru ezu. Iwe were eze nke ukwuu. Nwoke mere ihe a kwesịrị ọnwụ! Onye amụma ahụ lere ya anya n'anya. Ọ bụ gị bụ nwoke ahụ.
Ọ bụ oge opupu ihe ubi, oge n'afọ ndị eze na-apụ agha. Devid zigara ọchịagha ya Joab na ndị agha Izrel niile ka ha gbaa Raba, isi obodo ndị Amọn, gburugburu. Ma Devid n'onwe ya nọrọ na Jerusalem. Otu anyasị, o si n'ihe ndina ya bilie, na-ejegharị n'elu ụlọ obí eze. Site n'ebe ahụ, ọ hụrụ otu nwaanyị na-asa ahụ. Ọ mara mma nke ukwuu. Ọ jụrụ onye ọ bụ. Ọ bụ Batsheba, nwunye Uraịa onye Het, otu n'ime ndị agha ya, onye nọ n'agha n'oge ahụ.
Devid zipụrụ ndị ozi, ha kpọtara ya nye ya, o wee dinakwuru ya. Mgbe ahụ ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ ya. Mgbe oge ụfọdụ gasịrị, ozi lọghachiri n'obí eze, dị mkpụmkpụ nke na otu ume ezuru ikwu ya. Adị m ime. Ndị na-agụ ya ajụọla ogologo oge ma Batsheba nwere nhọrọ ọ bụla mgbe eze zitere kpọọ ya. Baịbụl agwaghị anyị echiche ya. Ma o doro anya onye nwe njọ a. Ngwaa ọ bụla bụ nke Devid. Ọ hụrụ. O zipụrụ. O were.
Ugbu a, Devid gbalịrị ikpuchi ya. Ọ kpọlatara Uraịa site n'agha, jụọ ya nke ọma otú agha ahụ si aga, zilaga ya n'ụlọ ya ka o zuo ike, na-atụ anya na onye ọ bụla ga-eche na nwa ahụ bụ nke Uraịa. Ma Uraịa ekweghị ịla n'ụlọ. Ọ rahụrụ ụra n'ọnụ ụzọ obí eze, ya na ndị ozi. Igbe ahụ na Izrel na Juda bi n'ụlọ ikwu, ka o kwuru. Onyenwe m na ndị ikom ya mara ụlọ ikwu n'ọhịa. Olee otú m ga-esi laa n'ụlọ m rie, ṅụọ, dinakwuru nwunye m? Devid mere ka mmanya gbuo ya. Ma ọ laghị. Ya mere Devid degaara Joab akwụkwọ ozi, were Uraịa n'onwe ya zighachi ya. Tinye Uraịa n'ihu, ebe agha kacha sie ike, mgbe ahụ laghachi azụ hapụ ya. Joab mere ya. E gburu Uraịa n'agha. Mgbe oge iru újú gasịrị, Devid kpọbatara Batsheba n'ụlọ ya, ọ ghọọ nwunye ya, mụọrọ ya nwa nwoke. Ma Baịbụl gbakwụnyere otu ahịrị dị jụụ. Ihe Devid mere jọrọ njọ n'anya Onyenwe anyị.
Ya mere Onyenwe anyị zigaara Devid onye amụma Netan. Netan gwara ya banyere ndị ikom abụọ n'otu obodo. Otu ọgaranya nwere nnukwu ìgwè anụ, na otu ogbenye nwere naanị otu obere nwa atụrụ nwaanyị. Nwa atụrụ ahụ tolitere ya na ụmụ ya. Ọ na-eri n'efere ya, na-ehi ụra n'aka ya. Ọ dị ya ka nwa nwaanyị. Mgbe otu onye njem bịara ileta, ọgaranya ahụ ekweghị iwere anụ n'ìgwè nke ya. O were nwa atụrụ ogbenye ahụ, sie ya nye ọbịa ya. Iwe were Devid ọkụ. Nwoke ahụ ga-akwụghachi ya ugboro anọ, ka o kwuru, n'ihi na o nweghị obi ebere. Netan wee sị, ọ bụ gị bụ nwoke ahụ. Mgbe ahụ o kwuru okwu Chineke. Emere m gị eze. Enyere m gị ihe niile. Gịnị mere i ji leda okwu m anya? Nsogbu ga-esi n'ụlọ nke gị bilie megide gị ugbu a.
Devid ezeghị ụka. O kwughị ihe ngọpụ. Ọ sịrị, emehiela m megide Onyenwe anyị. Netan wee zaa, Onyenwe anyị ewepụla mmehie gị. Ị gaghị anwụ. Ma ihe ga-esi na ya pụta ka dị. Nwa ọhụrụ ahụ dara ọrịa. Devid buru ọnụ, dina n'ala abalị niile, na-arịọ maka nwata ahụ. N'ụbọchị nke asaa, nwata ahụ nwụrụ. Devid biliri, saa ahụ, gaa fee ofufe, mgbe ahụ rie nri. Ọ gbagwojuru ndị ozi ya anya. Ọ gwara ha: mgbe nwata ahụ dị ndụ, enwere m olileanya na Chineke nwere ike imere m amara. Ugbu a, apụghị m ịkpọghachi ya. Emesịa, Devid kasiri Batsheba obi, ọ mụkwara nwa nwoke ọzọ. Ha kpọrọ ya Solomọn, Onyenwe anyị hụkwara ya n'anya.
Obodo ndị agha Devid gbara gburugburu, Raba nke ndị Amọn, efughị efu. O mechara ghọọ obodo a na-akpọ Filadelfia, taa kwa ọ bụ Aman, isi obodo mba Jọdan. Oge opupu ihe ubi dakwara n'otú ihe dị n'ụwa oge ochie. Ndị agha na-eche ruo mgbe mmiri ozuzo oge oyi kwụsịrị, ụzọ akpọọkwa nkụ, tupu ha apụọ. Ọ bụ ya mere akụkọ ahụ ji malite site n'ikwu na ọ bụ oge ndị eze na-apụ agha, Devid nọrọkwa n'ụlọ.
A kọrọ akụkọ a na Samuel nke Abụọ, isi nke iri na otu na nke iri na abụọ. Ọ na-egosi otú otu nhọrọ ọjọọ, nke e zoro ezo kama ikwupụta ya, si duga n'ọzọ na ọzọ. Ọ na-egosikwa na mgbe Devid mechara kwuo eziokwu, Chineke gbaghaara ya. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Ọ̀ nwere ihe ị na-agbalị ikpuchi, nke Chineke na-akpọ gị ka ị wepụta n'ìhè?
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Ọ̀ nwere ihe ị na-agbalị ikpuchi, nke Chineke na-akpọ gị ka ị wepụta n'ìhè?
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Sources for the history
- 2 Samuel 11:1; 12:26–29 — Ịgba Raba gburugburu n'oge opupu ihe ubi, oge ndị eze na-apụ agha.
- The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992), article “Rabbah” — Raba nke ndị Amọn, emesịa Filadelfia, nke a maara dị ka Aman nke oge a.
- Psalm 51 (superscription) — Isiokwu Abụ Ọma nke iri ise na otu, nke a na-ejikọ na nchegharị Devid mgbe Netan bịara ileta ya.
- Robert Alter, The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel (1999) — Ọgụgụ akwụkwọ banyere isi ahụ, gụnyere na Devid bụ onye mere ihe ọ bụla, na ozi Batsheba dị mkpụmkpụ.
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