Deglerasu and Kefulerasuደግለራሱና ክፉለራሱ
Gurage Zoneጉራጌ ዞን · 2 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Shirguma Soraga
There were two men called Deglerasu and Kefulerasu (that is “a good man is rewarded” and “an evil man is punished”) and they went on a journey. At noon they sat under a tree and ate the food of Deglerasu.
The next day they did the same thing and ate the food of Deglerasu and the same thing happened on the third day. Then the food of Deglerasu was finished. Deglerasu asked Kefulerasu to give him food but he refused.
“Take out one of your eyes and I will give you food,” Kefulerasu said.
So he took out one eye and Kefulerasu gave him some food.
They continued on their journey. Next day, Kefulerasu refused. Deglerasu had to take out his other eye. He ate, but now he was blind.
Kefulerasu continued his journey. Deglerasu went up a tree to pass the night. The devils were playing under the tree. He heard them talking about the different parts of the leaves of the tree.
“That is medicine for death,” one of the devils said.
“That part of the tree is good for the stomach,” another said.
“And that is medicine for the blind,” said the third one.
In the morning, when the devils went, he tried all the leaves they were mentioning, and his eyes were healed.
The he heard that the king’s daughter was blind and he cured her and he married her. Deglerasu became a judge of the market. Kefulerasu came to the market one day and they met.
“How did you get cured?” Kefulerasu asked him and Deglerasu told him the whole story, and how he came to be a judge in the market.
So Kefulerasu thought he would get a leaf that would make him rich. He went to that tree to become rich.
The devils were discussing medicine as before and suddenly he asked them to show him the part of the tree that would make him rich and they pulled him out of the tree and beat him to death.
He deserved it because he was too greedy to keep quiet.
ደግለራሱና ክፉለራሱ
በሺርጉማ ሰራጋ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት ደግለራሱና ክፉለራሱ አብረው ጉዞ ጀመሩ፡፡(የስማቸውም ትርጉም ‘መልካም ሰው ይሸለማል’ እና ‘ክፉ ሰው ይቀልጣል’ ማለት ነው፡፡)
እኩለ ቀን ሲሆንም ከአንድ ዛፍ ስር ተቀምጠው የደግለራሱን ምግብ በሉ፡፡ በሚቀጥለውም ቀን ይህንኑ በማድረግ አሁንም የደግለራሱን ምግብ ሲበሉ በሶስተኛውም ቀን ይኸው ተደገመ፡፡ በመጨረሻም የደግለራሱ ምግብ ስላለቀ ደግለራሱ ክፉለራሱን ምግብ እንዲሰጠው ሲጠይቀው ከለከለው፡፡
ክፉለራሱም “አንድ አይንህን አውጣና ምግብ እሰጥሃለው፡፡” አለው፡፡
ከዚያም ደግለራሱ አንድ አይኑን አውጥቶ ምግብ አገኘ፡፡ ከዚያም ጉዟቸውን ቀጥለው በሚቀጥለውም ቀን ክፉለራሱ ምግም አልሰጥም ብሎ ከለከለ፡፡ ደግለራሱ የቀረውን አንድ ዓይኑን አውጥቶ ምግብ ቢያገኝም አሁን ዓይነ ስውር ሆነ፡፡
ክፉለራሱም ጉዞውን ሲቀጥል ደግለራሱ ሌሊቱን ዛፍ ላይ ሊያሳልፍ ወጣ፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ ሰይጣኖቹ ከዛፉ ስር ይጫወቱ ስለነበረ ስለዛፉ ቅጠሎች የተለያዩ ክፍሎች ሲያወሩ ሰማ፡፡
ከሰይጣኖቹ አንዱ “ይህ የሞት መድኃኒት ነው፡፡” ሲል ሌላኛው ደግሞ “ያኛው የዛፍ ክፍል ደግሞ ለሆድ ጥሩ ነው፡፡” አለ፡፡ ሶስተኛውም ቀበል አድርጎ “ያኛው ደግሞ ለአይነ ስውርነት መድኃኒት ነው፡፡” አለ፡፡ በማግስቱ ጠዋት ሠይጣኖቹ ሲሄዱ አይነ ስውሩ ደግለራሱ ሰይጣኖቹ የጠቀሷቸውን ቅጠሎች ሁሉ መሞከር ጀመረ፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ አይኑ በራ፡፡ ከዚያም የንጉሱ ልጅ አይነ ስውር መሆኗን ሰምቶ ካዳናት በኋላ አገባት፡፡ ደግለራሱ የገበያ ዳኛም ሆነ፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ቀን ክፉለራሱ ወደ ገበያ መጥቶ ተገናኙ፡፡
“እንዴት ልትድን ቻልክ?” ብሎ ሲጠይቀው ደግለራሱም ታሪኩን በሙሉ አጫወተው፡፡ የገበያውም ዳኛ እንዴት እንደሆነ ነገረው፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ ክፉለራሱ ሃብታም ሊያደርገው የሚችል ቅጠል የሚያገኝ መስሎት ወደ ዛፉ ሄደ፡፡
በዚያን ጊዜ ሰይጣኖቹ እንደቀድሞው ጊዜ ስለ መድኃኒት እየተወያዩ ሳለ በድንገት ክፉለራሱ ሃብታም የሚያደርገው ቅጠል የትኛው እንደሆነ እንዲያሳዩት ሲጠይቃቸው ከዛፉ ላይ ጎትተው አውርደው ደብድበው ገደሉት፡፡
ስግብግብነቱ አላስችል ብሎት ስለተናገረ ሞት ይገባዋል፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What do the names Deglerasu and Kefulerasu mean?
Whose food did the two men eat during the first three days of the journey?
What did Kefulerasu ask Deglerasu to give before he would share food?
What happened to Deglerasu after he gave up both of his eyes?
Who was talking under the tree at night about the leaves?
What did Deglerasu do after his eyes were healed?
For discussionለውይይት
- Deglerasu shared his food with Kefulerasu, but Kefulerasu would not share. What does this tell us about each man?
- The story says a good man is rewarded and an evil man is punished. Do you think the ending is fair? Why or why not?
- Deglerasu went up the tree to pass the night and there he learned the secret of the healing leaves. What does this part teach us about hope in hard times?
- If you could give advice to Deglerasu at the start of the journey, what would you tell him? Why?