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Abalị n'ọhịa. Otu nwoke si n'ụlọikwuu ya pụta. N'elu ya, kpakpando juru eluigwe, karịa ihe mmadụ ọ bụla pụrụ ịgụ ọnụ. Otu olu wee sị, Gụọ ha, ọ bụrụ na ị pụrụ.
Ebram anọwo na-eso Chineke ruo oge ụfọdụ ugbu a. Ọ hapụla ala nna ya. O kwela ka nwa nwanne ya họrọ ala kachasị mma. Ọ jụla akụ eze Sọdọm. Ma ya na Sarai enwebeghị nwa. Mgbe ahụ okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Ebram n'ọhụụ. Atụla egwu, Ebram. Abụ m ọta gị, ụgwọ ọrụ gị dị ukwuu nke ukwuu.
Ebram zara n'eziokwu. Onyenwe anyị Chineke, gịnị ka ị ga-enye m, ebe m ka na-enweghị nwa? Onye ga-eketa ihe niile m nwere bụ Eliezer onye Damaskọs. Ị nyeghị m nwa, ya mere otu ohu n'ụlọ m ga-abụ onye nketa m. Ọ bụ ekpere mwute, nke e kwuru n'obi ghere oghe. Ebram anaghị eme ka à ga-asị na ihe niile dị mma. Chineke abaghịkwa ya mba maka ikwu ya. Kama nke ahụ Chineke zara, Nwoke a agaghị abụ onye nketa gị. Nwa nwoke si n'ahụ gị n'onwe ya ga-abụ onye nketa gị.
Mgbe ahụ Chineke kpọpụrụ Ebram n'èzí. Lee anya n'eluigwe, gụọ kpakpando, ọ bụrụ na ị pụrụ ịgụ ha ọnụ. Otú ahụ ka mkpụrụ gị ga-adị. Ebram guzoro n'okpuru eluigwe ahụ buru ibu, agadi nwoke na-enweghị nwa, na-ele ọtụtụ puku na puku ìhè. Mgbe ahụ otu ahịrịokwu bịara, nke Agba Ọhụrụ na-ekwughachi ugboro ugboro. Ebram kwere Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe anyị wee gụọ ya nye ya dị ka ezi omume. Ebram enweghị ihe ọ bụla n'aka ya ma ọ bụghị nkwa. O wee tụkwasị onye kwere ya nkwa ahụ obi.
Chineke kwekwara Ebram nkwa ala ahụ. Ebram jụrụ, Onyenwe anyị Chineke, olee otú m ga-esi mara na m ga-enweta ya? Chineke zara ya n'ụzọ Ebram ga-aghọta. Wetara m nne ehi, ewu na ebule, nke ọ bụla dị afọ atọ, na nduru na nwa kpalakwukwu. Ebram wetara ha, bekọọ anụ ndị ka ibu n'etiti abụọ, dobe ọkara ha ihu na ihu, ụzọ dịkwa n'etiti ha. Nnụnụ ndị na-eri anụ fedatara n'elu iberibe anụ ahụ, Ebram wee chụpụ ha. Mgbe ahụ o chere.
Ka anyanwụ na-ada, ụra miri emi dakwasịrị Ebram, oké ọchịchịrị dị egwu kpuchikwara ya. Chineke gwara ya ihe dị n'ihu. Ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-abụ ndị ọbịa n'ala na-abụghị nke ha, a ga-eme ha ndị ohu, mekpaa ha ahụ, ruo narị afọ anọ. Ma Chineke ga-ekpe mba ahụ ikpe, mgbe e mesịrị ha ga-apụta, buru oké akụ. Ebram n'onwe ya ga-aga n'ebe nna nna ya hà nọ n'udo, mgbe o mere agadi nke ọma. N'ọgbọ nke anọ, ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-alaghachi n'ala a.
Mgbe anyanwụ dasịrị, ọchịchịrị gbaakwa, ihe pụtara: ite ọkụ na-anwụ anwụrụ na ọwa ọkụ na-enwu enwu, na-agafe n'etiti iberibe anụ ahụ. N'ụbọchị ahụ Onyenwe anyị na Ebram gbara ndụ. Ụmụ ụmụ gị ka m nyere ala a, site n'osimiri Ijipt ruo n'osimiri ukwu ahụ, bụ Yufretis. Ọtụtụ ndị na-agụ ya hụkwara onye na-agafe n'etiti iberibe anụ ahụ. Ọ bụghị Ebram. Ụra miri emi na-atụ ya. Naanị ọkụ ahụ, ihe ịrịba ama nke ọnụnọ Chineke, gafere. Nkwa ahụ dabere na Chineke.
Emume Ebram ahụ dị ịtụnanya dabara n'omenala ụwa oge ochie. N'asụsụ Hibru, ị naghị eme ọgbụgba ndụ naanị, ị na-ebe ya. Ọtụtụ narị afọ ka e mesịrị, onye amụma Jeremaya kọwara ka ndị isi Juda si gba ndụ site n'ibe nwa ehi n'etiti abụọ, gafekwa n'etiti ọkara ya. Ihe ọ pụtara dị ka iyi siri ike: ka ihe mere anụ ndị a mee m ma ọ bụrụ na m mebie okwu m. Na Jenesis isi nke iri na ise, ọ bụ Chineke n'onwe ya na-agafe.
Gụọ kpakpando. Ị ga-ahụ akụkọ a n'akwụkwọ Jenesis, isi nke iri na ise. Ebram nwere nkwa, o nweghị ihe akaebe, ma o kpebiri ịtụkwasị Chineke obi. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ maka abalị a. Mgbe ọzọ ị lere kpakpando anya, nkwa Chineke nke ọ̀ bụ ka ị ga-echeta, tụkwasịkwa obi?
Something to think about
Mgbe ọzọ ị lere kpakpando anya, nkwa Chineke nke ọ̀ bụ ka ị ga-echeta, tụkwasịkwa obi?
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This retelling follows Jenesis 15. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Jeremiah 34:18–20 — Ọgbụgba ndụ e gbara site n'ibe nwa ehi n'etiti abụọ na ịgafe n'etiti iberibe ya.
- Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:6; James 2:23 — Ebe Agba Ọhụrụ kwughachiri Jenesis 15:6.
- Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 1–15, Word Biblical Commentary 1 (1987) — Emume ọgbụgba ndụ nke Jenesis 15, okwu Hibru bụ ibe ọgbụgba ndụ, na ntụnyere ya na Jeremaya 34.
- Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1–17, New International Commentary on the Old Testament (1990) — Nkọwa dị iche iche banyere anụ e bekọrọ abụọ, ite ọkụ na-anwụ anwụrụ na ọwa ọkụ.
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