Ọja na opi

Chalil (maọbụ halil), nke a na-asụgharịkarị “ọja”, bụ ọja yiri aulos nke Griik: ọkpọkọ e ji achara mee, nke a na-afụ site nʼọnụ achara abụọ dịka oboe mbụ. Aha ya si nʼokwu pụtara “ịwa oghere” — ọkpọkọ nwere oghere nʼime. Ụda ya dị nkọ ma na-abanye ntị, ihe osise nʼelu ite ndị Griik na-egosikwa ndị na-afụ aulos na-afụ ọja abụọ nʼotu oge. Okwu ọzọ, ugav, nke bụkwa ụdị ọja maọbụ opi, pụtara na Jubal (Jenesis 4:21) na nʼAbụ Ọma 150.

Ọja na-eso ọṅụ na iru ụjụ. A na-afụ ya nʼoriri (Aịzaya 5:12) na nʼihu otu ndị amụma, mgbe e mere Solomọn eze kwa, “Ndị Izrel niile sooro ya rigoo, na-afụ ọja” (1 Ndị Eze 1:40). Ọ bụkwa ụda iru ụjụ: Jeremaya na-akwa akwa maka Moab “dịka ụda ọja”, nʼụlọ onyendu ụlọ ekpere kwa, Jisọs hụrụ “igwe mmadụ ka ha na-atụ ụzụ na ndị na-egbu ọja” (Matiu 9:23). Mishnah, akwụkwọ iwu ndị Juu nke emesịa, na-ekwu na ọ bụladị nwoke kachasị ịda ogbenye kwesiri igo ma ọ dịkarịa ala ndị na-afụ ọja abụọ na otu nwanyị na-akwa akwa maka olili nwunye ya. Nʼokwu Jisọs, ụmụntakịrị nọ nʼọma ahịa na-akpọ oku, “Anyị gburu unu ọja, ma unu ekweghị ete egwu” (Matiu 11:17).