The Farmerገበሬው
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Fatima Ali
There was a poor farmer who had only one ox. Every time he asked to borrow another ox to plough, they always turned him down.
“You only beg,” they said to him.
Then one day, a man gave the poor farmer an ox. While he was ploughing one day, he found a pot full of gold. He hid it. Then he cut off the foot of the ox.
Then people came and said, “Why do you do that?”
He said, “I don’t want it. Let it be for the poor.”
They said, “Why do you do that, since you are poor and you have nothing to eat at home?”
But still he did it, and said, “God gave me the ox, so it can be meat for the poor.”
So they cut it up and shared it out, but they couldn’t understand.
When he came home he said to his wife, “Give me a sack and come with me.”
And they went and dug up the gold.
After that he became rich and he got all his wealth and he was a man who always gave alms to God.
ገበሬው
በፋጢማ አሊ የተተረከ
አንድ በሬ ብቻ የነበረው አንድ ድሃ ገበሬ ነበር፡፡ ታዲያ ሌላ አጣማጅ በሬ ተውሶ ለማረስ በጠየቀ ጊዜ ሁሉም ይከለክሉት ነበር፡፡
“አንተ ልመና ብቻ ነው የምታውቀው፡፡” ይሉት ነበር፡፡
ከእለታት አንድ ቀን በእርሻ ላይ ሳለም በእንስራ ሙሉ ወርቅ ያገኝና ይደብቀዋል፡፡ ከዚያም የበሬውን ሸኮና ቆረጠው፡፡ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው “ይህን ለምንድነው ያደረከው?” ብለው ሲጠይቁት “አልፈልገውም ለድሆችም ይሁን” አላቸው፡፡ እነርሱም “አንተም ድሃና በቤትህ ውስጥ የምትበላው የሌለህ ሆነህ እንዴት እንዲህ ታደርጋለህ?” አሉት፡፡
እርሱ ግን ድርጊቱን ገፍቶበት ሲያበቃ “በሬውን እግዚአብሔር ስለሰጠኝ አሁን ደግሞ ለድሆች ምግብነት ይዋል፡፡” ብሎ መለለሰላቸው፡፡ ሁኔታው ግራ ቢገባቸውም በሬውን አርደው ለድሆች አከፋፈሉት፡፡
ገበሬውም ወደ ቤቱ ተመልሶ ሚስቱን “ከረጢት ስጪኝና ተከተይኝ፡፡” አላት፡፡
አብረውም ሄደው ወርቁን ቆፍረው ከወጡ በኋላ ባለፀጋ ሆኖ ሃብት ሞልቶት ለእግዚአብሔር አስራት እያስገባ መኖር ጀመረ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
How many oxen did the poor farmer have at the start of the story?
Why did people refuse to lend the farmer another ox?
What did the farmer find while he was ploughing?
What did the farmer do to the ox after he hid the gold?
What reason did the farmer give for cutting up the ox?
What did the farmer ask his wife to bring when they went to dig up the gold?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think the farmer hid the gold and gave away his ox instead of telling everyone what he found? What does this show about him?
- The people could not understand why the farmer cut up his only ox. How do you think they felt, and what would you have thought if you had been there?
- At the end of the story, the farmer became rich but still gave alms to God. What lesson do you think the story is trying to teach about wealth and giving?
- How did the farmer's life change from the beginning of the story to the end? Which change do you think mattered most to him?