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Otu eze dina n'elu ihe ndina ya, ihu ya chere mgbidi, na-ajụ iri nri. O nwere obí eze, ọlaedo na ndị agha. Gịnị mere o ji na-ewe iwe otú a? Ubi akwụkwọ nri ọ na-apụghị inweta.
Ehab bụ eze Izrel, otu n'ime obí eze ya dịkwa n'obodo Jezriel. N'akụkụ ya kpọmkwem bụ otu ubi vaịn. Ọ bụ nke otu nwoke aha ya bụ Nabọt, ọ bụkwa nke ezinụlọ ya site n'ọgbọ ruo n'ọgbọ. Ehab lere anya gafere mgbidi, o wee nwee echiche. Ebe ahụ ga-adị mma nke ukwuu maka ubi akwụkwọ nri, ebe ọ dị nso obí eze. Ya mere ọ gwara Nabọt okwu. Nye m ubi vaịn gị. M ga-enye gị nke ka ya mma n'ọnọdụ ya, ma ọ bụ, ọ bụrụ na ọ masịrị gị karịa, m ga-akwụ gị ego ruru ya. Ọ dị ka ihe ziri ezi. Ma Nabọt zara, Onyenwe anyị ekwela ka m nye gị ihe nketa nna nna m.
Ehab laghachiri n'ụlọ, ihu ya gbarụrụ agbarụ, iwe na-ewe ya. Ọ dinara n'elu ihe ndina ya, chigharịa ihu ya, jụ iri nri. Nwunye ya, eze nwaanyị Jezebel, batara. Gịnị mere obi ji jọọ gị njọ otú a? Gịnị mere ị jụrụ iri nri? Ehab gwara ya. Nabọt agaghị ere ya, Nabọt agaghịkwa agbanwe ya. Jezebel lere ya anya. Ọ̀ bụ otú a ka i si achị dị ka eze n'Izrel? Bilie. Rie ihe. Ka obi gị dị ụtọ. Mụ onwe m ga-enweta gị ubi vaịn Nabọt.
O wee mee ya, n'ụzọ kacha nwee obi tara mmiri. O dere akwụkwọ ozi n'aha Ehab, were akara eze n'onwe ya kaa ha, zigara ha ndị okenye na ndị ndu obodo Nabọt. Ntụziaka ndị ahụ na-eme ka ahụ mmadụ maa jijiji. Kpọsaanụ ụbọchị ibu ọnụ, dị ka à ga-asị na e nwere ọdachi a ga-edozi. Mee ka Nabọt nọdụ n'ebe nsọpụrụ n'ihu onye ọ bụla. Mgbe ahụ kpọbata ndị ikom abụọ na-abaghị uru ka ha nọdụ ihu na ihu ya ma bo ya ebubo. Ị kọchara Chineke na eze. Ndị ndu obodo ahụ mere kpọmkwem ihe a gwara ha. Ndị akaebe ụgha ahụ kwuru okwu ụgha ha. E duru Nabọt pụọ n'èzí obodo, ha wee tụọ ya nkume ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ. Ozi wee laghachi n'obí eze. E meela ya. Bilie, ka Jezebel gwara Ehab. Were ubi vaịn ahụ. Nabọt adịkwaghị ndụ.
Ehab wee gbadata ka o jegharịa n'ubi ọhụrụ ya. Ma mmadụ na-eche ya n'ebe ahụ. Chineke ezitela Elaịja. Otú a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị. Ị̀ gbuola mmadụ, werekwa ala ya? Ehab hụrụ ya sị, ị chọtala m, onye iro m. Achọtala m gị, ka Elaịja zara, n'ihi na i reela onwe gị ime ihe ọjọọ n'anya Onyenwe anyị. Mgbe ahụ Elaịja kpọsara ikpe Chineke. N'ebe nkịta rachara ọbara Nabọt, ka nkịta ga-arachakwa ọbara Ehab n'onwe ya. Nkịta ga-eri Jezebel n'akụkụ mgbidi Jezriel. Ụlọ eze ahụ niile ga-ada. Eze ahụ nwere ike iche na nke a bụ obere okwu dị jụụ n'obere obodo. Chineke ahụla ya niile.
Mgbe ahụ ihe ịtụnanya mere. Mgbe Ehab nụrụ okwu ndị a, ọ dọwara uwe ya, yikwasị akwa mkpe siri ike, buo ọnụ. Ọ na-eyi akwa mkpe ehi ụra, na-ejegharị nwayọọ, dị ka onye e wedara n'ala. Chineke wee gwa Elaịja okwu ọzọ. Ị̀ hụrụ otú Ehab si wedaa onwe ya ala n'ihu m? N'ihi na o wedara onwe ya ala, agaghị m eweta ọdachi ahụ n'ụbọchị ndụ ya. Aga m eweta ya n'ụbọchị nwa ya nwoke. Mwute Ehab emeghị ka ihe e mere Nabọt ghara ịdị. Ma ọ na-egosi na Chineke na-ahụ obi chigharịrị, ọbụna n'ime eze mere oké ihe ọjọọ.
Gịnị mere Nabọt ekweghị ire ya? Ọ bụghị isi ike. N'Izrel, ala ezinụlọ bụ onyinye si n'aka Chineke, nke e jidere n'aka maka ọgbọ ndị na-abịa. Iwu Mosis kwuru na a gaghị ere ala ahụ kpamkpam, n'ihi na ala ahụ bụ nke Chineke. Ọbụna mgbe ala gbanwere aka, ọ ga-alaghachi n'ezinụlọ ahụ n'afọ jubili. Iwu ahụ chọkwara ma ọ dịkarịa ala ndị akaebe abụọ tupu a mara mmadụ ikpe ọnwụ, ọ bụ ya mere Jezebel ji hazie ka abụọ bịa. O ji ọdịdị iwu n'èzí bibie nwoke iwu ahụ kwesịrị ichebe.
Ubi vaịn Nabọt. Ị ga-ahụ ya na Ndị Eze nke Mbụ, isi nke iri abụọ na otu. Otu eze chọrọ iwere ihe na-abụghị nke ya, otu eze nwaanyị gosikwara ya otú ọ ga-esi were ya. Ma Chineke hụrụ ajọ omume ahụ e mere na nzuzo n'obere obodo ahụ, o zitekwara mmadụ ka ọ kwuo okwu. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Mgbe ị hụrụ ka a na-emeso mmadụ ihe n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi, ị̀ ga-abụ onye ga-ekwu okwu?
Something to think about
Mgbe ị hụrụ ka a na-emeso mmadụ ihe n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi, ị̀ ga-abụ onye ga-ekwu okwu?
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This retelling follows 1 Ndị Eze 21. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Leviticus 25:23–28 — A gaghị ere ala ahụ kpamkpam n'ihi na ọ bụ nke Chineke; ala na-alaghachi n'ezinụlọ n'afọ jubili.
- Numbers 36:7; Deuteronomy 17:6 — Ihe nketa ga-anọgide n'ime ezinụlọ na ebo; ọ dịkarịa ala ndị akaebe abụọ ka a chọrọ maka ikpe ọnwụ.
- Christopher J. H. Wright, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God (2004) — Ala ezinụlọ ndị Izrel dị ka ihe nketa e jidere n'okpuru Chineke, na ịjụ Nabọt jụrụ ire ya dị ka ikwesị ntụkwasị obi n'ebe ihe nketa ahụ dị.
- Mordechai Cogan, I Kings (Anchor Bible 10, 2001) — Nkọwa banyere 1 Ndị Eze 21 na usoro iwu Jezebel ji mee ihe ọjọọ.
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