Ethiopian Folktales

Separation of Animals and Human Beings at Creationሰዎችና እንስሳት በሥነ ፍጥረት እንዴት እንደተለዩ

Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ

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Narrated by Akwai Gora

When the animals and human beings were all assembled, God told them that when the morning star appears and the cock crows, anyone who comes first will get a good share. First, God expected the buffalo to come, but the man came first and he disguised himself and said he had been brought up by dogs. The dogs had overheard God talking to the buffalo and saying, “You come first, when you see the morning star and I’ll give you the best share.”

The dog heard and he went and told the man, “Get up early and get the best share.”

So he did, and God said, “Who are you?”

And he said, “I am the foster-son of dogs. I am a man brought up by dogs,” and he was given spears.

Then the buffalo came.

God said to him, “Who came before? All the weapons are taken. There are only horns for you and other herbivorous animals who don’t have protective organs.”

They were given horns against man.

So from then on, all the cattle became servants to man.

ሰዎችና እንስሳት በሥነ ፍጥረት እንዴት እንደተለዩ

በአክዋይ ጎራ የተተረከ

እንስሳቱና የሰው ልጆች በሙሉ በተሰበሰቡበት እግዚአብሔር “የአጥቢያ ኮከብ ሲወጣና ዶሮ ሲጮህ ቀድሞ የደረሰ የተሻለ ድርሻ ይኖረዋል::” ብሎ ነገራቸው፡፡

መጀመሪያ እግዚአብሔር ጎሽ ነው የሚመጣው ብሎ ሲጠብቅ ለካስ ሰው ነው ራሱን እንደጎሽ በማስመሰል “በውሾች እጅ ያደኩ ነኝ፡፡” ብሎ የተናገረዉ፡፡ ውሾቹም እግዚአብሔር ከጎሽ ጋር ሲነጋገርና “ቀድመህ ና የንጋት ኮከቡንም ባየህ ጊዜ ምርጡን ድርሻ እሰጥሃለሁ፡፡” ሲለው ሰሙት፡፡

ይህንን የሰማው ውሻ ወደ ሰው በመሄድ በጠዋት ተነሳና “ምርጡን ድርሻ ውሰድ፡፡” ብሎ መከረው፡፡

ሰውም የተባለውን አደረገ፡፡ እግዚአብሔርም “አንተ ማነህ?” አለው፡፡

ሰውም “እኔ የውሾች የማደጎ ልጅ ነኝ፡፡ በውሾች እጅ ያደኩ ሰው ነኝ፡፡” አለው፡፡ ከዚያም ጦር ተሰጠው፡፡

ቀጥሎ ጎሽ መጣ

እግዚአብሔርም “ቅድም የመጣው ማነው? መሣሪያዎቹ ሁሉ ተወስደዋል ለአንተና ለሌሎች መከላከያ የሰውነት አካላት ለሌሏቸው እንስሳት የቀረው ቀንድ ብቻ ነው፡፡” አለ፡፡

ስለዚህ ከሰው ተለይተው ቀንድ ተሰጣቸው፡፡ ከዚያም በኋላ ከብቶች ሁሉ የሰው አገልጋይ ሆነው ቀሩ፡፡

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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ

  1. What did God say would help an animal know when to come first?

  2. Which animal did God first expect to come first?

  3. Who overheard God talking to the buffalo?

  4. Who actually came first to God?

  5. What did God give to the man?

  6. What was left for the buffalo and other herbivorous animals?

For discussionለውይይት

  • Was it fair for the man to disguise himself and say he was brought up by dogs? Why or why not?
  • Why do you think the dog decided to help the man by telling him to get up early?
  • How do you think the buffalo felt when he arrived and found all the weapons were already taken?
  • What lesson do you think this story teaches about being early or being clever?