Emperor Yohannes and King Tekla Haimanotአፄ ዩሀንስና ንጉስ ተክለሃይማኖት
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Worku Mersha
Once the king of Gojjam{footnote}Formerly a province in north-western Ethiopia.{/footnote}, King Tekla Haimanot, disobeyed the Emperor Yohannes. So Yohannes invaded Gojjam and after three month they were reconciled. The king of kings (Yohannes), going to Metema{footnote}The battle of Metema between the Sudanese Mahdists and the Ethiopians – more commonly known as the battle of Gallabat – took place in 1889. The Emperor Johannes IV was killed during the battle.{/footnote}, was killed by the Mahdists. King Tekla Haimanot called a service for mourning in Debre Marcos.
One Gojjami and one woman of Gojjam who sang mourning songs wrote the following poem{footnote}The fact that the Emperor Yohannes IV was well-known as a devout Christian strengthens the sting of the poem.{/footnote}:
He hasn’t eaten with us or drunk with us or shared our goods.
But even so,
Mohammed Abdullah, the Mahdist, has revenged our blood.
Allah, in whom he has put his trust, shall bless his son.
When he heard this, King Tekla Haimanot was angry and he sent the woman to prison.
Right away another woman stood up and said:
The road has been well prepared and the way has been well paved.
As the Emperor went, so let the king follow.
Therefore the mourners were laughing and went away.
አፄ ዩሀንስና ንጉስ ተክለሃይማኖት
በወርቁ መርሻ የተተረከ
የጎጃም{footnote}ጎጃም የቀድሞ የሰሜን ምእራብ ኢትዮጵያ ግዛት ነው፡፡{/footnote}ንጉስ የነበሩት ንጉስ ተክለሃይማኖት አፄ ዩሃንስን አልታዘዝ ብለዋቸው ነበር፡፡ በዚህም ምክንያት ዮሃንስ ጎጃምን ከወረሩ በኋላ በሶስተኛው ቀን እርቅ ወረደ፡፡ ንጉሰ ነገስታት ዮሃንስም ወደ መተማ{footnote}የጋላባት ጦርነት በመባል የሚታወቀውና በሱዳኖቹ መሃዲስቶችና በኢትዮጵያውያኑ መሃከል የተካሄደው የመተማው ጦርነት በ1881 የተካሄደ ነው፡፡ በዚህም ጦርነት ወቅት አፄ ዮሃንስ 4ኛ ተገደሉ፡፡{/footnote} ሄደው በመሃዲስቶች ተገደሉ፡፡ ንጉስ ተክለሃይማኖትም በደብረ ማርቆስ የሃዘን ስርአት በጠሩ ጊዜ አንድ የጎጃም ወንድና አንዲት ሴት የሚከተለውን የሃዘን እንጉርጉሮ{footnote}አፄ ዮሃንስ 4ኛ ቀንዓዊ ክርስትያን ስለነበሩ ግጥሙ የበለጠ የሚነካ መልእክት እንዲኖረው ያደርጋል፡፡{/footnote}ፃፉ፡፡
አብሮን አልበላም፣ አብሮንም አልጠጣም፣ንብረታችንንም አልተካፈለም፡፡
ሆኖም ግን
መሃዲስቱ መሀመድ አብዱላ ደማችንን ተበቀለልን
በእርሱ እምነቱን ያሳደረው አላህ ልጆቹን ይባርክለት፡፡
ይህንን በሰሙ ጊዜ ንጉስ ተክለሃይማኖት ተበሳጭተው ሴትየዋን አሰሯት:: ወዲያውኑ አንዲት ሴት ተነስታ
መንገዱም በጣም ተዘጋጅቶ ጥርጊያውም ተጠርጎ
አፄው እንደተጓዙበት ንጉሱም ይከተሉበት፡፡
በዚህም ሀዘንተኞቹ ሁሉ ስቀው ሄዱ ይባላል፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who did King Tekla Haimanot disobey at the start of the story?
Which place did King Tekla Haimanot rule?
How was Emperor Yohannes killed?
Where did King Tekla Haimanot hold the service for mourning?
What did King Tekla Haimanot do when he heard the first woman's poem?
What happened at the very end of the story?
For discussionለውይይት
- The first woman's poem said that even an enemy, the Mahdist, had 'revenged our blood.' Why do you think this made King Tekla Haimanot so angry?
- The second woman said, 'As the Emperor went, so let the king follow.' What do you think she meant by these words?
- Why do you think the mourners were laughing and went away at the end of the story?
- What do you think this story teaches us about telling the truth to powerful people, even when it is dangerous?