Ovipuka Viatokala Okupewa Ohamba

OTYIPUKA patyi ñgeno wakoya, opo wavele omunthu wakolela unene? Kohale, onombao mbumwe ankho mbakolela ngo olu. Moluotyo, ankho mbatokala okupewa ohamba.a Otyo ovalume vokulilongesa ononthungululu vaavelelele “ohamba yo va Judeu” onombao mbunika nawa.​—Mateus 2:1, 2, 11.

Ombimbiliya tupu ipopia okuti etyi onkhai-hamba yo ko Sabaa yatalelele-po Salomau, “yemuavelele onotalendu 120 mbo olu, nomulela omunyingi-nyingi wo balsamu, nomamanya akolela. Kakunekale vali omulela wo balsamu ngoo Ohamba Salomau apelwe nonkhai-hamba yo ko Sabaa.”b (2 Crônicas 9:9) Onohamba tupu mbatumikisile Salomau omulela wo balsamu, okulekesa okuti vemupanda.​—2 Crônicas 9:23, 24.

Onombao ombo, ankho mbakolela unene, nokualia okalu. Omokonda yatyi? Omokonda ankho mbukuatesako ovanthu movipuka ovinyingi viakolela: pokulifiwisa, no pokufenda, no pokupaka ovivimbi. (Tala okakasa kati, “Oñgeni Onombao Ankho Mbuundapeswa Kohale.”) Ankho mbulanda okalu mokonda ovanthu ovanyingi ankho vembuhanda unene, iya ankho mbupuilisa okumbuovola.

OKUTAULUKA OLUHANDYA LWO ARABIA

Kohale, ovifo vimwe vio nombao, ankho vimena Mevota lio Jordau. Mahi, onombao ononkhuavo, ankho mbutunda kovilongo ovikuavo. Onombao ononyingi ankho mbulingwa, mbahonekwa mo Mbimbiliya. Onombao ankho mbuiiwe vali unene, o yo asafrau, no yendombo, no balsamu, no kanela, no isesu, no mirra. Tupu ankho kuna ovisimbulo, o endru, no kominyu, noluatalau.

Opi ankho ovipuka ovio vitunda? Endombo, no kassia, no kanela, ankho vivasiwa oku hono vati oko China, no ko Índia, no ko Sri Lanka. Onombao, ngo mirra, nomulela wokulembula, ankho vitunda komiti, no kovifo ankho vimena momaluhandya kokumbili kwo Arabia, avitualwa ko Somalia mo Africa. Iya o nardo ine o olibano, ankho mbutunda mo Himalaia, iya ankho mbulingwa vala mo Índia.

Opo onombao ononyingi mbuhike mo Isilayeli, ankho mbutyindwa okutauluka oluhandya lwo Arabia. Omukanda Book of Spices, wati: “Moluotyo, mokueenda kuomanima omanyingi Puetyi Kristu Eheneye, o Arabia ankho oyo vala ilinga ovitanda ovio povilongo vikahi pokati Koutundilo no Koutakelo.” Ovimato viapama viomapundaumbo o kohale, na apa ankho patula onongendi, vivasiwa ko Negev kokumbili kwo Isilayeli, vilekesa onondyila mbo valandesi vonombao. Onomphangu ombo, tupu “mbulekesa . . . oungendi omunene ovanthu vo kokumbili kwo Arabia ankho valinga, okuenda no ko Mediterrânio.”

Ovanthu ovanyingi vatyinda onombao ombo mbunika nawa, ankho apeho vaendela kumwe ono kilometu mbuhungi po 1.800, okuyauluka oluhandya lwo Arabia. (Jó 6:19) Ombimbiliya ipopia ova Ismayeli ovakuavitanda vatyindile ombao yo “ladanu, no balsamu, nomakakava ena omaka,” ankho vatunda ko Gileade vaya no ko Egitu. (Gênesis 37:25) Ovana va Jako avalandesa ondenge yavo Jose kovanthu ovo.