Mbara igwe uhie, ifufe ọwụwa anyanwụ na mmiri ozuzo

Nʼala Izrel, mmiri ozuzo na-abịa nʼọkara afọ na-adị jụụ, site nʼỌktoba ruo Eprel, ifufe ọdịda anyanwụ si nʼOke Osimiri Mediterenịa na-ebute ya. Ndị ọrụ ubi na-eche “mmiri ozuzo nke mbụ na nke ikpeazụ” (Diuteronomi 11:14): nke mbụ, nʼỌktoba na Novemba, na-eme ka ala dị nro maka ịkọ ya, nke ikpeazụ, na Maachị na Eprel, na-eme ka ọka mịa mkpụrụ jupụta. Ya mere “urukpu ojii ka ọ na-ebili nʼọdịda anyanwụ” pụtara “Mmiri ga-ezo” (Luk 12:54), na nʼUgwu Kamel, nwokorobịa na-ejere Ịlaịja ozi hụrụ “igwe ojii dị nta dịka ọbụ aka mmadụ ka o si nʼoke osimiri na-apụta” (1 Ndị Eze 18:44).

Ifufe si nʼọzara na-ebute okpomọkụ: “Mgbe unu hụrụ na ifufe na-esite na ndịda na-efe, unu na-asị, Oke okpomọkụ ga-adị” (Luk 12:55). Ifufe ọwụwa anyanwụ, nke a na-akpọ sirocco ugbu a, na-efe ọkụ ma kpọọ nkụ, nke ka ukwuu na Mee, Septemba na Ọktoba; ọ kpọnwụrụ ọka (Jenesis 41:6), mee ka ike gwụ Jona (Jona 4:8). Nʼoke osimiri, “oke ifufe dị egwu nke si nʼagbata ugwu na ọwụwa anyanwụ” jidere ụgbọ mmiri Pọl (Ọrụ Ndị Ozi 27:14). A na-agụ agba mbara igwe dịka nʼọtụtụ ala: mbara igwe na-acha uhie uhie nʼanyasị pụtara ezi ihu igwe, mbara igwe na-acha uhie uhie ma na-eji oji nʼụtụtụ pụtara oke ifufe (Matiu 16:2–3) — dịka ilu Bekee “red sky at night, sailor’s delight” (mbara igwe uhie nʼabalị, obi ụtọ nye onye ọkwọ ụgbọ mmiri). Ụfọdụ akwụkwọ mbụ e ji aka dee enweghị okwu ndị a.