The Hyena and the Foxጅብና ቀበሮ
Gambelaጋምቤላ · 2 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Pastor James Duotdol
Once there was a hyena who was sent by his mother to collect firewood in the forest. He was hungry. On the way he met a fox. They recognised each other because the hyena was the uncle of the fox.
Seeing that his uncle was hungry, the fox said, “Why don’t we go home together so that your sisters will give you food? You are starving here in the wilderness.”
The hyena answered him, “It is true that I am hungry because I did not eat for two days, but I shall not go with you.”
“Why don’t you go with me?” asked the fox.
The hyena replied, “I shall not go with you because I am afraid of my enemies who could kill me.”
The fox encouraged his uncle, “If you are afraid of your enemies let me tie you up in the sticks of firewood, and when we reach your home, your sisters will hide you in your house and feed you with fresh food.”
And the hyena agreed with the fox. So he was tied up inside the sticks.
When the fox reached the door, he kept the firewood beside the house, but he didn’t tell his mother anything. His mother gave the food to the fox with a spoon by which she was stirring the food and the fox went secretly to give the food to the hungry hyena. But the hyena swallowed the spoon along with the food. The mother urged the fox to bring the spoon since the food was burning. The fox came quickly to the hyena and asked him to vomit the spoon.
The hyena said, “My nephew, excuse me for swallowing the spoon. It has already gone to my stomach because I was severely hungry.”
And the fox was crying, running back to his mother, asking her to wait for a while. Then he asked his mother for a big stick so that he could beat the firewood because there were many scorpions inside the pile. The mother gave him a big stick and the fox went to where the sticks were and he gave a very big beat to the sticks so that the hyena was beaten inside the sticks.
Then the hyena cried in a loud voice, running to the forest, and the mother asked the fox why he did that, and the fox said, “I did it because my uncle swallowed the spoon.”
That is why the hyena is a cripple up to now.
ጅብና ቀበሮ
በፓስተር ጄምስ ዱዎትዶል የተተረከ
አንድ ቀን አንድን ጀብ እናቱ የማገዶ አንጨት ከጫካ ይለቅም ዘንድ ትልከዋለች፡፡ ሆኖም ጅቡ ርቦት ነበር፡፡ በመንገዱም ላይ አንድ ቀበሮ አገኘ፡፡ ጅቡ የቀበሮው አጎት ስለነበር ተዋወቁ፡፡
አጎቱ መራቡን አይቶ ቀበሮው “ለምን ወደቤት አብረን ሄደን እህቶችህ ምግብ አይሰጡህም? እዚህ ጫካ ውስጥ እየተራብክ እኮ ነው፡፡” አለው፡፡
ጅቡም “እውነትም ርቦኛል፡፡ ለሁለት ቀናት አልበላሁም፡፡ ነገር ግን አብሬህ አልሄድም፡፡” አለው፡፡
“ለምንድነው አብረኸኝ የማትሄደው?” አለው ቀበሮው፡፡
ጅቡም “ካንተ ጋር አብሬህ የማልሄደው ጠላቶቼ ሊገድሉኝ ስለሚችሉ ፈርቼ ነው፡፡” ብሎ መለሰለት፡፡
ቀበሮውም አጎቱን እንዲህ በማለት ገፋፋው “ጠላቶችህን ከፈራህ ከማገዶ ጋር አብሬ አስሬህ ልደብቅህና ከቤትህ ስትደርስ እህቶችህ ደብቀውህ ትኩስ ምግብ ይሰጡሃል፡፡”
በዚህም ተስማምቶ ከማገዶው ውስጥ አብሮ ታሠረ፡፡
ቀበሮው ከቤቱ ደጃፍ ሲደርስ ማገዶውን ከቤቱ አጠገብ አስቀመጠ፡፡ ነገር ግን ለእናቱ ምንም አልነገራትም፡፡ እናቱም ምግቡን በምታማስልበት ማንኪያ ለቀበሮው ምግብ ስትሰጠው ቀበሮው በድብቅ ወጥቶ ምግቡን ለተራበው ጅብ ሲሰጠው ጅቡ ማንኪያውን ከምግቡ ጋር አብሮ ዋጠው፡፡ እናትየውም የተጣደው ምግብ እያረረባት ስለሆነ ቀበሮው ማንኪያውን እንዲያመጣላት ወተወተችው፡፡
ቀበሮውም ወደ ጅቡ ሮጦ በመሄድ ጅቡ ማንኪያውን እንዲያስታውክ ጠየቀው፡፡
ጅቡም “የእህቴ ልጅ ሆይ ማንኪያውን ስለዋጥኩት ይቅርታ አድርግልኝ፡፡ በጣም ርቦኝም ስለነበረ ማንኪያው ጨጓራዬ ውስጥ ገብቷል፡፡” አለው፡፡
ቀበሮውም እያለቀሰ ወደ እናቱ ሮጦ በመሄድ ትንሽ እንድትታገሰው ጠየቃት፡፡ እናቱንም ትልቅ ዱላ እንድትሰጠውና የታሰረው ማገዶ ውስጥ ብዙ ጊንጦች ስላሉ ልደብድባቸው ብሎ ጠየቃት፡፡ እናቱም ዱላውን ሰጥታው ወደ ማገዶው ሄዶ ማገዶውን ባለ በሌለ ሃይሉ በመምታት ከውስጥ ያለውን ጅብ አገኘው፡፡
ከዚያም ጅቡ ዱላው ስለጠናበት ጮክ ብሎ እየጮኸ ወደ ጫካው ሮጦ ሄደ፡፡ እናትየውም ቀበሮው ለምን እንደዚያ እንዳደረገ ስትጠይቀው ቀበሮው “ያንን ያደረኩት አጎቴ ማንኪያውን ስለዋጠው ነው፡፡” አላት፡፡
በዚህ ምክንያት ነው ጅብ እስካሁን አንካሳ ሆኖ የቀረው፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why did the hyena's mother send him into the forest?
How was the hyena related to the fox?
How many days had the hyena gone without eating?
Why did the hyena say he would not go home with the fox?
How did the fox hide the hyena so he could be brought home safely?
What did the hyena swallow along with the food?
For discussionለውይይት
- The fox tricked his mother by hiding the hungry hyena. Do you think the fox did the right thing? Why or why not?
- The hyena was afraid of his enemies. How do you think he felt when the fox offered to help him? Explain your answer.
- What do you think will happen next, after the hyena swallowed the spoon and the mother asked for it back?
- What lesson or message do you think this story is trying to teach? Share your ideas.