Petra

Petra kɛŋna mbʊ ɖooo Krɛkɩ caanaʊ taa payawaɣ se kaaʊ yɔ nɛ kɩkɛna tɛtʊ sɔsɔtʊ natʊyʊ tɩwɛ Yɔrdani. Peeɖe kɛŋna tɛtʊ ndʊ tɩ-taa lone nɖi ɖɩ-taa ɖenɖe pɩkɩlʊ hɔm ɛsɩyɛegbena tɩna yɔ. Edomiti mba calɩna-kʊ maʊ ɖooo kɩbɩŋjaazɩ taa ɛzɩ pɩnzɩ mɩnɩŋ litoozo taa kɛ mbʊ yɔ pʊcɔ palʊlʊ Yeesu.

Petra Siq, entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra, Jordan

The Monastery, Petra, Jordan6

Pɩnzɩ mɩnɩŋ loɖo taa mbʊ yɔ lɛ, ɛyaa mba payaɣ-wɛ se Nabatɩ mba yɔ pɛlɛɣ-wɛ nɛ pamʊ-kʊ. Nabatɩ mba yebina nɛ Petra kʊnɛ kɩpazɩ kɩɖɛɛna ɛsɩnda mbʊ pʊ-yɔɔ yɔ paama-kʊ kpaŋnɩŋ caaya mba powokaɣna sɔzɩŋ pɛ nɛ sɔzɩŋ tɩŋ pee nɛ ñɩɣtʊ ndɩ ndɩ kɛ Arabii nɛ hadɛ, Egipiti, Siirii nɛ Mediteranee yɔ.

Ɖɛ-tɛ alɩwaatʊ tʊnɛ tɩ-tɛ pɩnzɩ mɩnɩŋ litoozo taa ɛzɩma tɛtʊ ñamsʊ nɛ ti-selu nɛ haba lɛɛzʊ yebina nɛ petra kʊnɛ papaɣzɩ kʊ-yɔɔ sɔʊ pazɩ pazɩ pɩkɔɔ pɩsɩɩna kʊ-tɔm tɛŋgɛla. Kɩ-tɛ alɩwaatʊ ta ɛyaa mba paapɩzɑɣ se pacaɣ kɩ-tɛɛ yɔ, patalaɣ ɛzɩ 25 000 yɔ. Ɖooo ɛzɩ pɔsɔʊ kʊ-yɔɔ, Suwiisi taa ɛjaɖɛ tɔm takɩyʊ weyi paya-ɩ se Jean Louis Burckhardt ɖaanɩna-kɩ yɔɔ lɩʊ pɩnaɣ 1812.

Great Temple of Petra 02

Petra kʊnɛ ɛzɩma kɩ-taa kudʊyiŋ sakɩyɛ wɛɛ nɛ kaaŋ ɖeke pasaɣa yɔ, piyebina nɛ paɖʊ kɩ-hɩɖɛ UNESCO pɩlɩʊ taa se kʊjɔŋ kʊnɛ kɩkɛna lone nɖɩ ɖɩ-taa ɛsɩyɛegbena tɩnaa pɩsʊ powolo faaa nɛ pɔcɔna nɛ pɩkɛdɩna-wɛ nɛ payɩkɩ camɩyɛ yɔ. Pama kɩ-hɩɖɛ saŋayɩŋ fenaɣ looɖo wiye pɩnaɣ 1985.