Wacece Ruth?

Yawancin Kiristoci sun saba da Ruth, ɗaya daga cikin manyan jaruman da ke cikin littafin Tsohon Alkawari wanda ke ɗauke da sunanta. Labari ne da manya da yara suka sani kuma suka ƙaunace shi. Amma ko da mun san labarin, yana da kyau mu tuna ko wacece Ruth, don ƙarfafa mu mu rayu cikin aminci da kuma mai da hankali kan Mai Cetonmu, Wanda Ruth ta ambata a gare shi.

Bakuwar kasa

Abu na farko da muka koya game da Ruth shine cewa ita mace ce ‘yar Mowab, bakuwar kasa ta auri ɗaya daga cikin ‘ya’yan Elimelek da Na’omi, waɗanda suka fito daga Baitalami a Yahuda (Ruth 1:1–4). Wannan yana da mahimmanci, musamman tunda ba a ba wa Mowabawa damar “shiga taron Ubangiji” ba saboda sun kasa ciyar da mutanen Allah lokacin da suka bar Masar kuma saboda sun ɗauki Balaam don ya la’anci mutanen Allah (Kubawar Shari’a 23:3–5). An hana Isra’ila “neman zaman lafiyarsu ko wadatarsu” (Kubawar Shari’a 23:6).

Bazawara

Na biyu, mijin Ruth ya mutu a ƙasar Mowab, inda ya bar ta bazawara ba tare da ‘ya’ya ba (Ruth 1:5). Ba wai kawai ta ɗauki baƙin cikin rashin mijinta ba, har ma surukinta da dan’uwan mijinta sun mutu. Bayan wahala, ta bar ƙasarta don ta raka surukarta zuwa Baitalami, inda yunwa ta ƙare kuma akwai abinci kuma (Ruth 1:6–7).

Suruka Mai Aminci

Na uku, lokacin da surukarta ta roƙe ta da ta koma gida zuwa Mowab kafin su isa Baitalami, Ruth ta ƙi. Daga ƙarshe, surukarta ta dawo, amma Ruth ta “manne wa [Naomi]” (Ruth 1:14). Wannan shawara ce mai tsada, musamman tunda Naomi ba ta da wasu ‘ya’ya maza da za su ba ta Ruth a matsayin miji. Idan Ruth ta ci gaba da zama tare da ita, yana yiwuwa ta ci gaba da zama bazawara ba tare da ‘ya’ya ba. Duk da haka, ta amsa, “Kada ki roƙe ni in rabu da ke ko in koma daga binki. Gama inda za ki je zan je, inda za ki sauka kuma zan sauka” (Ruth 1:16).

Mace Mai Imani

A kan hanyarta ta zuwa Baitalami, Ruth ta yi ikirarin bangaskiya: “Mutanenki za su zama mutanena, Allahnki kuma Allahna” (Ruth 1:16). Irin wannan sana’a ta tabbata ne ta hanyar ayyukanta na ibada a kwanakin da suka biyo baya. Ta wurin bangaskiya ta fara ciyar da Na’omi da kanta: “Bari in tafi gona in tsince raguwar hatsi a bayan wanda zan sami tagomashi a wurinsa” (Ruth 2:2). Ta wurin bangaskiya ta yi aiki tuƙuru a gonaki (Ruth 2:7). Bo’aza ya yaba mata saboda duk abin da ta yi wa surukarta, yana yi mata albarka da waɗannan kalmomi: “Ubangiji ya sāka miki abin da kika yi, Ubangiji Allah na Isra’ila kuma, wanda kika zo neman mafaka a ƙarƙashin fikafikansa, ya ba ki cikakken lada!” (Ruth 2:12). Ta wurin bangaskiya Ruth ta miƙa wuya ga shirin Naomi na roƙon Bo’aza ya fanshe ta, ta kuma je wurin masussuka da ƙarfin hali don ta roƙi Bo’aza ya aure ta (Ruth 3:1–13). Ta wurin bangaskiya ta jira da hikima har sai an daidaita al’amarin yadda ya kamata (Ruth 3:18).

Mata da uwa mai tsoron Allah

Ko da yake Ruth ta sha wahala sosai a rayuwarta, Ubangiji ya ba ta lada da mutumin da ya yi addu’ar Ubangiji ya sāka mata saboda kyawawan ayyukanta da amincinta (Ruth 2:12). Bayan Boaz ya daidaita al’amura yadda ya kamata, ya ɗauki Ruth ta zama matarsa ​​(Ruth 4:10). Dattawa da mutanen Baitalami suka yi masa albarka:

Ubangiji ya sa matar da za ta zo gidanka, kamar Rahila da Lai’atu, waɗanda suka gina gidan Isra’ila tare, gidanka ya zama kamar gidan Feresa… saboda zuriyar da Ubangiji zai ba ka daga wannan budurwa. (Ruth 4:11–12)

Ubangiji ya albarkaci Boaz da Ruth da ɗa (Ruth 4:13). Abin lura shi ne, matan garin sun kira shi “mai fansa” kuma “mai dawo da rai” (Ruth 4:14–15). Sun yi addu’a cewa sunansa “ya shahara a Isra’ila” (Ruth 4:14). Sun kuma sa masa suna Obed, ma’ana “bawa” (Ruth 4:17).

Zuriyar Yesu Kristi

Ɗan Ruth, Obed, ya zama “mahaifin Jesse, uban Dawuda” (Ruth 4:17). Littafin Ruth ya ƙare da zuriyar Dauda domin ya nuna mana asalin Yesu Almasihu:

Littafin asalin Yesu Almasihu, ɗan Dawuda . . . da Salmon, uban Bo’aza ta Rahab, Bo’aza kuma uban Obed ta Ruth, Obed kuma uban Jesse, Jesse kuma uban Dawuda sarki. (Matta 1:1, 5–6)

Yesu ya fi Bo’aza da Obed fansa da bawa. Shi sarki ne mafi girma fiye da Dawuda. Ya shahara a duk duniya:

Ubangiji ya ce mini, “Kai ne ɗana;

Yau ni ne na haife ka.

Ka roƙe ni, zan mai da al’ummai gadonka,

kuma ƙarshen duniya mallakarka ce.” (Zab. 2:7–8)

Yayin da muke la’akari da ikirari da halayen Ruth, bari mu ci gaba da kasancewa cikin aminci yayin da muke kallon Yesu, Mai Fansar mutanen Allah, Wanda “ya zo ba don a yi masa hidima ba amma don ya yi hidima, kuma ya ba da ransa fansa saboda mutane da yawa” (Matta 20:28).

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