Ìtàn yi dá lori Bàbá ti aládũgbò mọ si “Bàbá Beyioṣe”. Bàbá yi jẹ onígbàgbọ́, ti ki ja tabi ṣe ãpọn. O bi ọmọ mẹta ti wọn jọ ngbe nitori iyawo rẹ ti kú. Ni ilé ti o ngbe, ó fi ifẹ hàn si àwọn olùbágbé àti aládũgbò. Bi Bàbá yi bá fẹ́ la ija yio sọ pé “ẹ má jà, a ò mọ ohun ti Ọlọrun fi ohun ti ẹ ńjà lé lori ṣe, nitori na ‘bi eyi o ṣe, omiran yio ṣe’.
Ni ọjọ́ kan, ọmọ kú fún obinrin olùbágbélé Bàbá Beyioṣe. Bàbá tún dé ọdọ obinrin yi lati tu ninu, o sọ fún pe “Bi eyi o ṣe, omiran yio ṣe – ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́, a o mọ̀ ohun ti Ọlọrun fi ṣe”. Ọrọ ìtùnú yi bi ẹniti o ṣe ọ̀fọ̀ ọmọ ti ó kú ninu tó bẹ gẹ ti o fi gbèrò pe ohun yio dán ìgbàgbọ́ Bàbá Beyioṣe wo nipa wiwo ohun ti yio ṣe ti ọmọ ti rẹ nã bá kú.
Ogi – Corn starch. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
Ogi – Corn pap. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
Ni òwúrọ̀ ọjọ́ kan, Bàbá Beyioṣe, sọ fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ pé ohun fẹ ji dé ibikan. Ó ṣe ètò pé ki wọn mu ògì àti àkàrà ni òwúrọ̀ ọjọ́ na. Àwọn ọmọ ji, wọn lọ si àrò, wọn po ògì lai mọ pe, obinrin ti ọmọ rẹ ku ti bu májèlé si ògì yi. Àwọn ọmọ gbé ògì wọlé ṣùgbọ́n wọn dúró de ikan ninu wọn ti ó lọ ra àkàrà. Nigbati ẹni ti ó lọ ra àkàrà de, ẹ̀gbọ́n àgbà pin àkàrà ṣùgbọ́n ija bẹ silẹ nitori ẹni ti o pin akara ko pin daradara. Nibi ti wọn ti ńja, ògì ti o jẹ ounjẹ àárọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Bàbá Beyioṣe dànù. Ori igbe ògì ti ó dànù ni àwọn ọmọ wa nigbati Bàbá Beyioṣe wọlé. Gẹ́gẹ́ bi iṣe rẹ, ó sọ fún àwọn ọmọ pé “ẹ má jà, bi eyi o ṣe, omiran yio ṣe – a o mọ ohun ti Ọlọrun fi ṣe”.
Obinrin ti o fi májèlé si ògì, ti o reti ki àwọn ọmọ Bàbá Beyioṣe ó kú, ba jade nigbati ó gbọ́ ohun ti o sọ lati tu àwọn ọmọ rẹ ninu. Ó jẹ́wọ́ pe nitotọ, onígbàgbọ́ ni Bàbá Beyioṣe nitori ohun ti ohun ṣe, ó wá tọrọ idariji. Bàbá Beyioṣe dariji, ó fún àwọn ọmọ lówó lati ra ounjẹ miran.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
This story is based on one man known in his neighbourhood known as “Father if this has not happened”. This man was a believer, who was not quarrelsome or troublesome. He lived with his three children since his wife had died. In the place he lived, he showed love to the co-tenant and neighbours. Whenever, he tried to separate a fight he would say “Do not fight, we do not know what God’s intention on the cause of this fight hence if this has not happened something else will”.
One day, the man’s lady co-tenant lost her child. When he went to console the bereaved, he said “If this has not happened, something else would – sorry, we do not know what God has done with this incident”. The bereaved woman was angry with these words of consolation to the extent of planning to try the man’s faith to see what would happen if he too lost a child.
One morning, the man in this story told his children he needed to reach somewhere very early. He made provision for their breakfast – Corn pap and Fried Beans Fritters. When the children woke up, they went to the common kitchen to prepare their breakfast. Unknown to them the bereaved co-tenant had poised their corn pap. They took to their room in readiness for breakfast but sent one of the children to buy the fried beans fritters to accompany the corn pap. The senior one decided to share the fried bean fritters for the three children but one of them felt cheated with the sharing formula hence a fight broke out and the corn pap was spilled. While they were crying over the spilled corn pap, their father arrived. As usual, he separated the fight and consoled them with the same words he would have said to others “Do not fight, if this has not happened something else would – we do not know what God had used this to prevent”.
While the bereaved co-tenant who had poisoned the children’s corn pap was awaiting their death, she heard their father’s consolatory words. She then confessed that “truly this man is a believer”, she then apologised and sought for forgiveness. The man forgave her, gave the children money to replace their meal.
Originally posted 2013-11-29 23:33:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter