Origins of Tsemay Tribeየፀማይ ጎሳ አመጣጥ
Omo Zoneኦሞ ዞን · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Oyta Arro
There are nine tribes in Tsemay. They once had this incest, a mother with her son and father with his daughter (which was wrong) and there was no death.
But God one day said, “You have sinned with incest and you will be punished.”
So all diseases were created, such as lung diseases, and people began to die.
And then God gave nine girls each to the nine tribes which are included in the Tsemay nationality, and after that, people refrained from sin and lived happily.
የፀማይ ጎሳ አመጣጥ
በኦይታ ኦሮ የተተረከ
በፀማይ ዘጠኝ ጎሳዎች አሉ፡፡ ታዲያ በአንድ ወቅት ያልተገባውን አድርገው እናት ከወንድ ልጇ ጋር፣ አባትም ከሴት ልጁ ጋር ፆታዊ ግንኙነት ይፈፅሙ ነበር፡፡ በዚያን ጊዜ ሞት አልነበረም፡፡ እናም አምላክ ተቆጥቶ “ያልተገባውን በማድረግ ሃጢአት ስለፈፀማችሁ ቅጣት ይገባችኋል፡፡” ብሎ ብዙ አይነት በሽታዎችን እንደ የሳምባ በሽታን የመሳሰሉትን ስለለቀቀባቸው ሰዎች መሞት ጀመሩ፡፡ በመጨረሻም አምላክ በፀማይ ብሔረሰብ ውስጥ ላሉት ዘጠኝ ጎሳዎች ዘጠኝ ልጃገረዶችን ሰጥቷቸው ከዚያ በኋላ ከመጥፎ ድርጊታቸው ታቅበው በሰላም አብረው መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who narrated this story?
How many tribes are there in Tsemay?
What wrong thing did the people do at first?
Before God punished them, what was true about the people?
What did God create to punish the people?
What did God give to the nine tribes to help them?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think God gave nine girls to the nine tribes? How did this help the people stop sinning?
- The story says that after the people stopped sinning, they lived happily. What lesson do you think the story is trying to teach?
- How do you think the people felt when they began to die from the new diseases? Explain your answer.
- In your own words, tell the story from the beginning to the end. What changed for the people of Tsemay?