The Rich Brother and the Poor Brotherሃብታምና ደሃ ወንድማማቾች
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Fatima Ali
There were two brothers. One was wealthy and the other was poor. The wealthy brother never liked others who were poor. The poor brother was poor but good. The poor brother had nothing to offer guests but they shared whatever they had with guests. But the rich brother didn’t want anyone to come to his house.
Guests came to the poor brother.
He said, “There is no room for you. We would have done anything, but sorry, we can’t put you up for the night. Please go to my brother and ask him.”
They went to the wealthy brother and as usual he drove them away saying, "There is no place for you."
So they went back to the poor brother’s place.
Now those guests, having been driven away from the rich man, came to the poor man and said, “Never mind, we’ll sleep just outside your door and we’ll go in the morning.”
The poor brother and his wife said, “What can we give you to eat?”
“Don’t worry. We have our own food to eat.”
He gave them water to drink. They drank it and ate their own food and then from their own food they gave the poor man what was remaining. Then later that night they left.
When the poor couple woke up they saw that the guests had left but the home was full of wealth.
ሃብታምና ደሃ ወንድማማቾች
በፋጢማ አሊ የተተረከ
አንደኛው ሃብታም ሌላውን ድሃ የሆኑ ሁለት ወንድማማቾች ነበሩ፡፡ ሃብታሙ ወንድም ድሃ ሰዎችን በፍፁም አይወድም ነበር፡፡
ድሃው ወንድም ግን ድሃ ቢሆንም ጥሩ ሰው ነበር፡፡ ድሃው ወንድም ለእንግዶች የሚያካፍለው ነገር ባይኖረውም ያለውን ይሰጥ ነበር፡፡ ሃብታሙ ወንድም ግን ማንም ሰው ወደ እርሱ ቤት እንዲመጣ አይፈልግም ነበር፡፡
እንግዶች ወደ ድሃው ወንድም በመጡ ጊዜ ድሃው ወንድም “እዚህ ልናካፍላችሁ የምንችለው ምንም ማረፊያ ቦታ ስለሌለን ልናሳድራችሁ አንችልምና እባካችሁ ወንድሜ ዘንድ ሄዳችሁ ጠይቁት::” ይላቸዋል፡፡
እነእርሱም ወደ ሃብታሙ ወንድም ቢሄዱም እንደተለመደው “አዚህ ለእናንተ የሚሆን ቦታ የለም፡፡” ብሎ አባረራቸው፡፡
ተመልሰውም ወደ ድሃው ወንድም ቤት ሄዱ፡፡
ከሃብታሙ ወንድም ቤት ተባረው የተመለሱ እንግዶችም ድሃው ሰው “አንተ አትቸገር ከደጃፍህ ላይ አድረን ጠዋት እንሄዳለን::” አሉት፡፡
ድሃው ወንድምና ሚስቱም “የምትመገቡትን ምን ልንሰጣችሁ እንችላለን?” ብለው ጠየቋቸው፡፡
“አትቸገሩ የራሳችንን ምግብ ይዘናል፡፡” ብለው መለሱላቸው፡፡ የሚጠጡትንም ውሃ ሰጣቸው፡፡ ውሃውንም ከጠጡና የራሳቸውን ምግብ ከበሉ በኋላ በዚያኑ ሌሊት ተነስተው ሄዱ፡፡
ባልና ሚስቱም ከእንቅልፋቸው ሲነቁ እንግዶች ሄደው ቤታቸው ግን በሃብት ተሞልቶ አገኙት፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
How many brothers are there in the story?
What was the rich brother like toward poor people?
When the guests first came, who did they go to?
What did the rich brother say when the guests came to him?
What did the poor brother give the guests to drink?
What did the poor couple find in their home when they woke up?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think the guests gave the poor man some of their own food before they left?
- What does this story teach us about being kind to guests, even when we have little?
- How are the two brothers different from each other? Which brother would you rather be like, and why?
- Why do you think the guests rewarded the poor brother and not the rich brother?