Zeyta Hasebe and the Kingዘይ ተሃሰበና ንጉሱ
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Once upon a time there was a king. He usually sees a boy coming to his home to play.
And the King takes him to a wizard and the King asked the wizard, “What will the fate of the boy be when he grows up?”
The wizard answered, “He will take over your throne.”
The King put the boy in a big box and threw him into the sea.
A husband and a wife found the boy and took him home and named him “Zeyta Hasebe” (which means “unexpected”).
One day the King, to settle the security problem of the area, goes to where the boy lives. The King settles in the house where the boy lives. When the family of the King eats food the boy washes the hands of the King and his foster parents. The King loves the boy for his hard work and asks the owners of the house whether he is their son or not.
They said, “No, but we have adopted him,” and they told him the story of how they found him.
The King was so surprised and asked them to permit him to send the boy to his palace. They agreed. The King gave him a written paper which orders the soldiers to kill him when he arrives in his palace and to bury him in front of the palace.
On his way to the palace an eagle came to the boy and asked him to give him the paper. The boy accepted and the eagle gave him another written paper which says, “When the boy comes to you, marry him with my daughter.”
So he reached the palace, and gave the paper to the relatives of the girl; they arranged the marriage and he started living with the girl. The King came home while the ceremonies were still going and saw a big tent.
“What is this for?”
“Didn’t you send us a boy with a paper saying, ‘Give my daughter to him?’ This is the wedding tent.”
He fell off his horse and fainted and his sword entered his side and he died. The boy took his throne.
ዘይ ተሃሰበና ንጉሱ
ተራኪው የማይታወቅ
በአንድ ወቅት አንድ ንጉስ ነበረ፡፡ ንጉሱም አንድ ትንሽ ልጅ ሁልጊዜ ወደ እርሱ ቤት እየመጣ ሲጫወት ያየው ነበር፡፡ ንጉሱም ልጁን ወደ አንድ ጠንቋይ ዘንድ ይዞት ሄዶ ጠንቋዩን “ይህ ልጅ ሲያድግ እጣ ፈንታው ምንድነው?” ብሎ ጠየቀው፡፡
ጠንቋዩም “ዙፋንህን ይወርሳል፡፡” ብሎ መለሰለት፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ ንጉሱ ልጁን በትልቅ ሳጥን ውስጥ ከቶት ባህር ውስጥ ጣለው፡፡
ታዲያ አንድ ባልና ሚስት ልጁን አግኝተውት ወደ ቤታቸው ወሰዱት፡፡ ስሙንም “ዘይ ተሃሰበ” ማለትም (“ያልተጠበቀ”) ብለው ሰየሙት፡፡
ከእለታት አንድ ቀን ንጉሱ አንድን የፀጥታ ችግር ሊፈታ ልጁ ይኖር ወደነበረበት ስፍራ ሄደ፡፡ ንጉሱም እንዳጋጣሚ ልጁ ከሚኖርበት ቤት ያርፍና የንጉሱ ቤተሰብ ምግብ ሲበላ ልጁ የንጉሱንና የአሳዳጊዎቹን እጆች ያስታጥባል፡፡
ንጉሱም የልጁን ታታሪነት በማየት ይወደውና ሰዎቹን የራሳቸው ልጅ እንደሆነ ይጠይቃቸዋል፡፡
እነርሱም “ልጃችን አይደለም፡፡ አሳድገነው ነው፡፡” በማለት እንዴት እንዳገኙት ነገሩት፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ ንጉሱ በጣም ተገርሞ ልጁን ወደቤተመንግስቱ እንዲልኩት ለመናቸው፡፡ እነርሱም በሃሳቡ ተስማምተው ሲሰጡት ንጉሱ ግን ለልጁ ወታደሮቹ ልጁ ቤተመንግስት እንደደረሰ እንዲገድሉትና በቤተመንግስቱ ፊት ለፊት እንዲቀብሩት ያዘዘበትን ደብዳቤ ፅፎ ሰጠው፡፡ ልጁም ወደቤተመንግስቱ እየሄደ ሳለ አንድ ጭልፊት መጥቶ ደብዳቤውን እንዲሰጠው ጠየቀው፡፡ ልጁም እሺ ብሎ ወረቀቱን ሲሰጠው ጭልፊቱ በምትኩ ሌላ “ልጁ እናንተ ዘንድ በደረሰ ግዜ ሴት ልጄን ዳሩለት፡፡” የሚል ደብዳቤ ሰጠው፡፡
እናም ልጁ ቤተመንግስት ደርሶ ወረቀቱን ለልጅቷ ቤተሰቦች ሲሰጥ እነርሱም ልጅቷን ድረውለት አብረው መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡ ንጉሱም ወደ ቤቱ ሲመለስ የሰርጉ ድግስ ስላላለቀ አንድ ትልቅ ድንኳን አየ፡፡
“ይህ ምንድነው?” ብሎም ጠየቀ፡፡
እነርሱም “አንተ ራስህ ልጄን ዳሩለት የሚል ደብዳቤ ልጁን አስይዘህ አላከውም እንዴ? ይህ ታዲያ የሰርጉ ድንኳን ነዋ!” አሉት፡፡
ይህን ሲሰማ ንጉሱ በድንጋጤ ከፈረሱ ላይ ወድቆ ራሱን ሲስት ሳንጃው ጎኑን ወግቶ ገደለው፡፡ ልጁም ዙፋኑን ወረሰ፡፡
Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who did the King take the boy to, to ask about his future?
What did the wizard say the boy would do when he grows up?
What did the King do with the boy after hearing the wizard's answer?
What does the name 'Zeyta Hasebe' mean?
Why did the King love the boy when he stayed at the house?
On the way to the palace, who came to the boy and asked for the paper?
For discussionለውይይት
- The wizard said the boy would take over the King's throne. Why do you think this made the King so afraid?
- The husband and wife found the boy and chose to adopt and care for him. What does this tell us about the kind of people they were?
- The King secretly wrote a paper ordering the boy to be killed, even though he praised the boy's hard work. What do you think about how the King behaved?
- The eagle helped the boy by swapping the paper. Why do you think the boy trusted the eagle and gave it the paper?