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N'akụkụ otu ugwu, otu ọhịa na-ere ọkụ. Ire ọkụ na-agba egwu n'alaka ọ bụla. Ma akwụkwọ ya anaghị akpọnwụ. Alaka ya anaghị agba oji. Ọkụ ahụ na-ere, ọhịa ahụ anaghị ere gwụ. Site n'ime ọkụ ahụ, otu olu kpọrọ aha. Mosis. Mosis.
Mosis anọwo na Midian ọtụtụ afọ. Otu mgbe ọ bụ onye isi n'Ijipt. Mgbe ahụ o gburu otu onye Ijipt, gbapụ ọsọ ndụ. Ugbu a ọ bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, na-elekọta ìgwè atụrụ nna nwunye ya Jetrọ. Otu ụbọchị o duru atụrụ ahụ gafee ọzara n'ebe dị anya, rute Horeb, nke a na-akpọ ugwu Chineke. N'ebe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị pụtaara ya n'ire ọkụ site n'etiti otu ọhịa. Mosis chere, Aga m agafe lee ihe ịtụnanya a. Gịnị mere ọhịa ahụ anaghị ere gwụ?
Mgbe Chineke hụrụ ka ọ tụgharịrị ile ya anya, ọ si n'ọhịa ahụ kpọọ ya. Mosis! Mosis! Lee m. Abịarukwala nso. Yipụ akpụkpọ ụkwụ gị, n'ihi na ebe ị guzo bụ ala dị nsọ. Abụ m Chineke nke nna gị, Chineke nke Ebreham, Chineke nke Aịzik na Chineke nke Jekọb. Mosis zoro ihu ya, n'ihi na ọ tụrụ egwu ile Chineke anya. Mgbe ahụ Chineke sịrị, Ahụla m ka ndị m na-ata ahụhụ n'Ijipt. Anụla m mkpu ákwá ha. Amaara m ihe mgbu ha. Arịdatala m ịnapụta ha, na ịkpọbata ha n'ala dị mma, sakwa mbara. Ya mere ugbu a, gaa. Ana m ezigara gị Fero, ka ị kpọpụta ndị m n'Ijipt.
Mosis nwere otu ajụjụ. Ònye ka m bụ, na m ga-agakwuru Fero? Chineke agwaghị ya onye ọ bụ. Chineke gwara ya onye ga-anọnyere ya. M ga-anọnyere gị. Mosis jụkwara ọzọ. Mgbe m gwara ụmụ Izrel na Chineke nke nna nna ha ezitela m, ha jụọ m, Gịnị bụ aha ya, gịnị ka m ga-asị? Chineke wee zaa n'okwu ndị mmadụ na-atụgharị uche na ha kemgbe ahụ.
ABỤ M ONYE M BỤ. Sị ụmụ Izrel otu a: ABỤ M ezitela m n'ebe unu nọ. Nke a bụ aha m ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
Ma obi ka na-abụ Mosis abụọ. Ọ bụrụ na ha ekweghị m ọ̀ bụ? Ya mere Chineke nyere ya ihe ịrịba ama. Gịnị dị n'aka gị? Mkpanaka. Tụba ya n'ala. Mosis tụbara ya, ọ ghọọ agwọ, Mosis gbapụ n'ihu ya. Ugbu a setịpụ aka gị jide ya n'ọdụ. O jidere ya, ọ ghọkwa mkpanaka ọzọ. Chineke nyere ya ihe ịrịba ama abụọ ọzọ: aka ya ghọrọ ọcha n'ọrịa akpụkpọ ahụ, e mekwa ka ọ dị mma ọzọ, mmiri si n'osimiri Naịl ga-aghọkwa ọbara mgbe a wụsara ya n'ala. Ma Mosis ka na-ala azụ. Onyenwe anyị, amaghị m ekwu okwu nke ọma mgbe ọ bụla. Ọnụ m dị arọ n'ikwu okwu. Ònye mere ọnụ gị? Ọ̀ bụghị m, Onyenwe anyị? Ugbu a gaa. M ga-anọnyere ọnụ gị, kụzikwara gị ihe ị ga-ekwu. Mosis wee sị, Biko, Onyenwe anyị, zite onye ọzọ.
Iwe were Chineke n'ebe Mosis nọ. Ma ọbụna ugbu a, o meghere ụzọ. Gịnị maka nwanne gị Erọn? Ọ maara ekwu okwu nke ọma. Ọ nọ n'ụzọ ịbịa izute gị. Ị ga-agwa ya ihe ọ ga-ekwu, ọ ga-ekwuchitere gị. Jidekwa mkpanaka a n'aka gị. Ya mere Mosis gara. Ọ kelere Jetrọ, malite njem gawa Ijipt ya na nwunye ya na ụmụ ya nwoke, ji mkpanaka Chineke. Erọn zutere ya n'ọzara, ha makụọ onwe ha. N'Ijipt, ha chịkọtara ndị okenye Izrel. Erọn kwuru okwu, Mosis gosi ihe ịrịba ama ndị ahụ, ndị mmadụ wee kwere. Mgbe ha nụrụ na Chineke ahụla nhụjuanya ha, ha kpọrọ isiala fee ofufe.
Aha Chineke nyere ebe a jikọrọ na ngwaa Hibru pụtara ịdị, a na-akpọkarịkwa mkpụrụ akwụkwọ Hibru anọ nke aha Chineke, Y H W H, Tetragrammaton. N'ihi nsọpụrụ miri emi, omenala ndị Juu ruo ọtụtụ narị afọ ezerela ịkpọ aha ahụ n'olu dara ụda, na-agụ Adonai, nke pụtara Onyenwe m, n'ọnọdụ ya. Ọ bụ ya mere ọtụtụ Baịbụl Bekee ji ede okwu Lord, nke pụtara Onyenwe anyị, na nnukwu mkpụrụ akwụkwọ dị nta ebe ọ bụla Hibru nwere aha Chineke n'onwe ya.
Ọhịa na-ere ọkụ. Ị ga-ahụ ya n'akwụkwọ Ọpụpụ, isi nke atọ na nke anọ. Mosis jụrụ, Ònye ka m bụ? Chineke zara, M ga-anọnyere gị. Ya mere, lee ajụjụ ị ga-eburu gaa. Gịnị ka Chineke na-arịọ gị ka ị mee nke dị ka ihe karịrị gị, ị ga-atụkwasị obi na ọ ga-eso gị?
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Gịnị ka Chineke na-arịọ gị ka ị mee nke dị ka ihe karịrị gị, ị ga-atụkwasị obi na ọ ga-eso gị?
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This retelling follows Ọpụpụ 3–4. Open your Bible and read it for yourself.
Sources for the history
- Exodus 3:14–15 — Aha Chineke bụ ABỤ M, na nke a bụ aha m ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
- Nahum M. Sarna, Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel (1986) — Mkparịta ụka banyere aha Chineke e kpughere n'ọhịa ahụ na ihe ọ pụtara.
- Brevard S. Childs, The Book of Exodus: A Critical, Theological Commentary (1974) — Nkọwa ọkpụkpọ Mosis na nkọwa dị iche iche nke Ọpụpụ 3:14.
- The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992) — Ihe ndabere banyere aha Chineke bụ YHWH na omenala ndị Juu nke ịgụ Adonai n'ọnọdụ ya.
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