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Ọkunrin kan wa láyé àtijọ́, Ògbójú-ọdẹ ni, ṣùgbọ́n bi ó ti pa ẹran tó, kò fi dá nkan ṣe. Ọ̀pọ̀ igbà, ki ri ẹran ti ó bá pa tà, o ma ńpin fún ará ilú ni. Nigbati kò ri ẹran pa mọ́, ó di o Ọdẹ-apẹyẹ.

: Ògbójú-ọdẹ – Great Hunter

: Adẹ́mu – Palm-wine Tapper

: Ẹlẹ́mu – Palm-wine seller

Ni ọjọ kan, ògbójú-ọde yi ri ẹyẹ Òfú kan, ṣùgbọ́n ọta ibọn kan ṣoṣo ló kù ninú ibọn rẹ. Gẹgẹbi Ògbójú-ọdẹ, o yin ẹyẹ Òfú ni ibọn, ọta kan ṣoṣo yi si báa. Ó bá wọ igbó lọ lati gbé ẹyẹ ti ó pa, lai mọ̀ pé ẹyẹ yi kò kú. Ó ṣe akitiyan lati ri ẹyẹ́ yi mu, kẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si wọ igbó lọ titi ó fi ṣi ọ̀nà dé ilẹ̀ àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run – àwọn ti wọn ńpè ni Abàmi-ẹ̀dá. Inu bi àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run nitori Ògbójú-ọdẹ yi jálu ipàdé wọn. Wọn gbamú, wọn ni ki ó ṣe àlàyé bi ó ṣe dé ilẹ̀ wọn, ki àwọn tó pá. Ọdẹ ṣe àlàyé ohun ti ojú rẹ ti ri nipa iṣẹ́ àti jẹ àti gbogbo ohun ti ojú rẹ ti ri lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ọde. Àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run ṣe àánú rẹ, wọn bèrè pé ṣe ó lè dá ẹmu, ó ni ohun lè dá ẹmu diẹ-diẹ. Wọn gbaa ni iyànjú pé ki o maṣe fi ojú di iṣẹ kankan, nitori naa, ki ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ si dá ẹmu fún àwọn.

Wọn ṣe ikilọ pe, bi ó bá ti gbé ẹmu wá, kò gbọdọ̀ wo bi àwọn ti ńmu ẹmu, ki ó kàn gbé ẹmu silẹ ki o si yi padà lai wo ẹ̀hin. Bi ó bá rú òfin yi, àwọn yio pa. Ọdẹ bẹ̀rẹ̀ si gbé ẹmu lọ fún ara orun. Bi ó bá gbé ẹmu dé, a bẹ̀rẹ̀ si kọrin lati jẹ ki àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run mọ̀ pé ohun ti dé, lẹhin èyi á gbé ẹmu silẹ á yi padà lai wo ẹ̀hin gẹgẹ bi ikilọ Ará-Ọ̀run. Ni ọjọ́ keji, á bá owó ni idi agbè ti ó fi gbé ẹmu tàná wá. Ògbójú-ọdẹ á má kọrin bayi:

Ará Ọ̀run, Ará Ọ̀run
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Ará Ọ̀run, Ará Ọ̀run o,
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Ki lo wá ṣe n’ilẹ̀ yi o
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Ẹmu ni mo wá dá,
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Èlèló lẹmu rẹ
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Ọ̀kànkàn ẹgbẹ̀wá,
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Gbẹ́mu silẹ ko maa lọ
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbà
Ará Ọ̀run, Ará Ọ̀run o,
Ìnọ̀mbà téré, tere múdè, ìnọ̀mbàaa

Àyipadà dé fún Ògbójú-ọdẹ ti ó di Ẹlẹ́mu tóó bẹ̀ ti àwọn ará ilú ṣe akiyesi àyipadà yi. Yorùbá ni “ojú larí, ọ̀rẹ́ ò dénú”. Àjàpá, ọlọ́gbọ́n ẹ̀wẹ́, sọ ara rẹ̀ di ọrẹ kòrí-kòsùn pẹ̀lú Ògbójú-ọdẹ nitori àti mọ idi ọrọ̀ rẹ. Laipẹ, àrùn Ṣọ̀pọ̀ná bo Ògbójú-ọdẹ, eleyi dá iṣẹ́ àti gbé ẹmu fún àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run dúró. Gẹgẹbi ọ̀rẹ́, ó bẹ Àjàpá pé ki ó bá ohun bẹ̀rẹ̀ si gbé ẹmu lọ fún àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run. Ó ṣe ikilọ fún Àjàpá, bi ikilọ ti àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run fi silẹ̀. Àjàpá, bẹ̀rẹ̀ si gbé ẹmu lọ, ni ọjọ́ keji ti ó ri owó rẹpẹtẹ ti àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run kó si idi agbè ẹmu àná, ó pinu lati mọ idi abájọ. Àjàpá, fi ara pamọ́ si igbó lati wo bi àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run ti ńmu ẹmu. Ohun ti ó ri yàá lẹ́nu, ó ri Ori, Ẹsẹ̀, Ojú, Apá àti àwọn ẹ̀yà ara miran ti wọn dá dúró, ti wọn si bẹ̀rẹ̀ si mu ẹmu. Àjàpá, bẹ̀rẹ̀ si fi àwọn Ará-Ọ̀run ṣe yẹ̀yẹ́. Nigbati wọn gbọ, wọ́n le lati pá ṣùgbọ́n, Àjàpá, sá àsálà fún ẹmi rẹ, ó kó wọ inú ihò, wọn kò ri pa. Continue reading →

Originally posted 2014-07-18 20:50:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ìsọ̀ Ẹmu – Local Palm wine bar @theyorubablog.

“Ọ̀mùtí gbàgbé ìṣẹ́” fún ìgbaì diẹ ni, nítorí bí ọ̀mùtí bá jí tán, ìṣẹ́ rẹ kò tán. Gbogbo àlàyé àti ìpolongo wípé ọtí àmun jù nfa oriṣiriṣi àìsàn burúkú àti wípé o ndójútini láwùjọ, ọpọlọpọ ọ̀mùtí á fi owó ilé-ìwé, owó ounjẹ ati ohun tó wúlò fún ọ̀mùtí àti ẹbi mu ọtí lai ro ìnira ti ó nfa fún ẹbí, ọ̀rẹ́ àti aládũgbò. Bí Ìjọba, ẹbí àti ará ti ṣe ìkìlọ̀ tó nipa ọtí àmunpara, bi o ti ngba etí ọ̀tun wọlé lo ngba ti òsì jade fún àwọn ti ọ̀tí ba ti wọ lẹ́wù̀.

Ìrònú pẹ̀lú nkan ti ó nfa ọtí àmun jù ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀tí kò lè pa ìrònú rẹ àfi ki ó dá kun, nítorí bi ọtí bá dá lójú ọ̀mùtí, ìrònú á padà. Ohun ti ẹbí àti ọ̀rẹ́ omuti lè ṣe ni ki wọn gbã ni ìyànjú lati lọ gba ìtọ́jú, ki irú ẹni bẹ̃ ma ba kú lọ́jọ́ àìpé.

Ohun gbogbo níwọ̀ntúnwọ̀nsìn, ọtí àmunpara kò yẹ ọmọ ènìà.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

“The drunkard forgets his sorrow” but for a while, because he/she often discover that his/her sorrow is still very much around after waking up eventually. With all the enlightenment and advertisement that alcoholism is associated with various severe diseases and the embarrassment it causes, many drunkards would forgo money for education, food and other basic need for him/herself and the family to drink without thinking of the consequences to family, friends and neighbours. In spite of Government, family and friends’ warning to the drunkard, as the warning is going in through the right ear, it is escaping through the left for those addicted.

Depression is one of the major cause of excessive drinking, but drinking cannot cure depression except to increase it when a drunkard wake

up after his/her slumber. What family and friends of people with alcoholism can do is to encourage him/her to seek help to avoid untimely death.

Everything should be done in moderation, excessive alcohol intake is not good for anyone.

Originally posted 2013-07-02 16:15:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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