?Ol Yangfala—Yufala i Folem Wanem Rod?
“I nogud yu folem ol krangke fasin blong ol yangfala, we oli wantem tumas ol samting we oli no stret. Yu yu mas joen long olgeta we tingting blong olgeta i klingud, we oli stap ona long Masta blong yumi. Yu mas traehad blong mekem ol stret fasin, mo blong folem fasin blong bilif mo blong laekem tumas ol man, mo blong stap long kwaet laef.”—2 TIMOTE 2:22.
1. ?Wanem hop blong yumi long ol yangfala we oli stap long medel blong yumi?
WAN nyuspepa blong Pentekostal long Swiden, Dagen (The Day), i talem se, “grup blong ol Wetnes blong Jeova i winim bigfala namba blong ol nyufala memba evri yia mo plante moa yangfala oli stap long hem.” Maet yu yu wan long bigfala kampani ya blong ol man ya we oli klin, oli fraetgud long God. Maet yu yu gruap long Kristin famle, no maet yu lanem mesej blong Kingdom yu wan. Nating se yu yu gruap long Kristin famle no yu lanem yu wan, mifala i glad se yu stap long medel blong mifala. Mo mifala i hop se bambae yu folem wan rod blong stret fasin, olsem ol tru yangfala Kristin long faswan handred yia. Maet ol tok blong aposol Pol oli stret long yu: “Yufala i strong, mo from we God i stap oltaem long yufala, mo from we yufala i faetem Setan, yufala i winim hem finis.”—1 Jon 2:14.
2. ?Blong mekem stret fasin, wanem samting i save mekem i hadwok long ol yangfala “long yangtaem blong olgeta”?
2 Plante—yes bighaf—long ol yangfala Kristin tede oli fesem ol traem blong wol. Maet yu yu faenem se i no isi blong stap folem rod olsem. Long “yangtaem blong yu,” yu save harem ol nyufala filing oli strong long yu. (1 Korin 7:36, NW) Semtaem, maet yu harem se ol responsabiliti long skul, long haos, long kongregesen oli kam hevi moa long yu. Mo tu i gat traem we i kam long Devel Setan hem wan. Hem i traehad blong gyaman long plante man olsem we hem i naf blong mekem, hem i stap faet agensem olgeta we oli no strong—olsem we hem i bin mekem bifo long garen blong Iden. Long taem ya bifo, Setan i traem gyaman trik blong hem, i no long Adam we i olfala mo i waes moa, be long woman ya Iv we i yangfala moa mo hem i no gat plante ekspiryens. (Jenesis 3:1-5) Sam handred yia biaen, Setan i yusum ol sem kaen trik long nyufala kongregesen blong ol Kristin long Korin. Aposol Pol i talem se: “Be mi fraet we bambae tingting blong yufala i kam olsem we i doti. Mi fraet we bambae yufala i lego fasin ya we yufala i stap laekem Kraes tumas, long fasin we i stret nomo, i klin nomo. Mi fraet we bambae yufala i foldaon olsem we fas woman ya Iv i foldaon fastaem, we snek i gyaman long hem long ol gyaman toktok blong hem.”—2 Korin 11:3.
3, 4. ?Wanem sam tul we Devel Setan i yusum blong trikim ol yangfala mo wanem samting i save kamaot from?
3 Tede, ol Kristin papa mama blong yufala maet oli wari tu long yufala. I no se yufala i gat rabis tingting, no gat, be ol papa mama blong yufala oli save from ekspiryens blong olgeta, se ol yangfala noa, Setan bambae i “wokem ol gyaman trik blong hem” long olgeta. (Efesas 6:11) Ol trap blong Setan oli luk olsem we oli oraet nomo, oli pulum ae, oli gud. Televisin i soem ol samting we man i save gat, fasin blong seks, ol raf fasin, mo ol wok blong rabis speret, olsem gudfala samting blong spel mo lukluk nomo. Nao maet tingting blong ol yangfala i fulap long ol samting we ‘oli no tru ol fasin we oli no hae, ol fasin we oli no stret, ol fasin we oli no klingud, ol fasin we ol man oli no stap ona long olgeta.’ (Filipae 4:8) Narafala strong tul blong Setan hemia ol fren. Ol fren oli save pulum yu blong folem fasin blong laef, putum klos, mo mekem hea olsem blong olgeta. (1 Pita 4:3, 4) William Brown we i man blong raetem nyuspepa, i talem se: “Sipos i gat wan samting olsem wan God nomo blong ol yangfala, hem i wan God blong mekem ol jenis. . . . Blong stap defren long ol yangfala fren hemia wan samting we i nogud moa bitim ded.” Wan gel long Itali we hem i wan Wetnes i talem se: “Mi mi sem blong letem ol skul fren blong mi oli save se mi mi wan Wetnes. Mo from we mi save se Jeova i no glad long mi, tingting blong mi i foldaon bigwan.”
4 No letem Setan i trikim yufala—hem i wantem pulum yufala blong spolem yufala. Plante yangfala long wol bambae oli kasem trabol long laef blong olgeta long taem blong bigfala trabol, from we oli letem Setan i trikim olgeta. (Esikel 9:6) Wan rod nomo blong kasem sef i blong folem ol samting we oli stret.
Lukaotgud Long Ol Rabis Kampani
5, 6. (a) ?Wanem traem yangfala Timote i fesem taem hem i stap long Efesas? (b) ?Wanem advaes Pol i givim long Timote?
5 Hemia wan impoten haf blong advaes we aposol Pol i givim long yangfala Timote. Bitim ten yia finis, Timote i stap kampani wetem Pol long ol misinari trep blong hem. Long wan taem we Timote i stap mekem minista wok long Efesas, taon ya blong ol hiten man, Pol i stap long kalabus long Rom mo hem i stap wet blong oli kilim hem i ded. Naoia we taem blong ded blong Pol i stap kam kolosap, hem i stap wari long saed blong Timote. Efesas i wan taon we ol man oli save gud hem from ol rij samting blong hem, rabis fasin blong seks, mo ol nogud danis no pleplei, mo Timote bambae hem i no moa save kasem help long fren blong hem Pol.
6 Nao Pol i raetem ol tok ya long “pikinini blong” se: “Long ol haos blong rijman, i gat plante kaen plet mo besin. Sam, olgeta oli wokem long gol, no selva, mo sam, oli katem long wud, no oli wokem long graon nomo. Sam oli blong yusum long lafet, mo sam oli blong yusum evri dei nomo. Sipos man i mekem laef blong hem i klin, i livim ol fasin nogud ya we hem i stap talem, hem i save kam olsem plet we i blong yusum long lafet. Long fasin ya, man olsem bambae i tabu, i blong God, i stret gud blong Masta blong hem i yusum hem, mo i rere blong mekem wanem gudfala wok we i stap. I nogud yu folem ol krangke fasin blong ol yangfala, we oli wantem tumas ol samting we oli no stret. Yu mas joen long olgeta we tingting blong olgeta i klingud, we oli stap ona long Masta blong yumi. Yu mas traehad blong mekem ol stret fasin, mo blong folem fasin blong bilif mo blong laekem tumas ol man, mo blong stap long kwaet laef.”—2 Timote 1:2; 2:20-22.
7. (a) ?Wanem ol ‘plet mo besin we i blong yusum evri dei’ we Pol i stap givim woning from? (b) ?Olsem wanem ol yangfala tede oli save folem ol tok ya blong Pol?
7 Pol i givim advaes long Timote se long medel blong ol Kristin i save gat ‘ol plet mo besin we oli yusum evri dei’ tu—hemia ol man we oli no gat ol stret fasin. !Nao sipos fasin blong kampani wetem sam Kristin we tabu speret i makemaot olgeta, i save spolem Timote, bambae i moa nogud sipos ol Kristin yangfala tede oli joen wetem ol man blong wol! (1 Korin 15:33) Samting ya i no min se bambae yufala i agensem ol skul fren blong yufala. Be yu mas lukaotgud se yu no joen tumas wetem olgeta, nating sipos samting ya i mekem se yu yu harem se yu no gat fren samtaem. Samting ya i had wok tumas. Wan gel long Brasil i talem se: “Hem i had. Oltaem ol skul fren blong mi oli stap askem mi blong go wetem olgeta long ol lafet mo ol ples we i no stret blong wan yangfala Kristin i go long olgeta. Oli talem se: ‘!Wanem! ?Yu no save go? !Man yu krangke, ya!’ ”
8, 9. (a) ?Olsem wanem fasin blong joen wetem ol man blong wol nating se i luk olsem oli gud, i save mekem trabol long wan Kristin? (b) ?Weples yu save faenem ol trufala fren?
8 Sam yangfala blong wol oli luk naes maet from we oli no smok, oli no tok swea, no oli no joen long ol rabis fasin long saed blong seks. Be sipos oli no stap folem ol stret fasin, tingting mo fasin blong olgeta long saed blong bodi i save pulum yu. Mo tu, ?olsem wanem yu save joen wetem man we i no bilif? (2 Korin 6:14-16) !Yes, ol samting long saed blong speret we yu stap tinghae long hem, “oli krangke samting nomo” long olgeta! (1 Korin 2:14) ?Yu ting se yu save fren wetem olgeta, be yu no save agensem ol gudfala fasin blong yu?
9 Taswe yu no mas joen wetem ol rabis fren. Joen wetem ol Kristin ya nomo we oli stap tingbaot ol samting long saed blong speret mo oli rili laekem Jeova. Lukaotgud tu long ol yangfala insaed long kongregesen we oli gat ol tingting we i no stret no oli stap mekem tumas toktok. Taem yu gru moa long saed blong speret, bambae tingting blong yu long ol fren i jenis. Wan yangfala gel we i Wetnes i talem se: “Mi mi stap mekem nyufala fren long ol defren kongregesen. Samting ya i mekem mi mi luksave se i no nid blong gat ol fren long wol.”
Ronwe Long Ol Rong Tingting
10, 11. (a) ?Wanem mining blong tok ya “[ronwe long] ol krangke fasin blong ol yangfala, we oli wantem tumas ol samting we oli no stret”? (b) ?Olsem wanem man i save “ronwe long fasin ya blong mekem nogud wetem woman”?
10 Pol tu i talem long Timote blong hem i “[ronwe long, NW] ol krangke fasin blong ol yangfala, we oli wantem tumas ol samting we oli no stret.” Taem yu yangfala, tingting blong kam wan man we ol man oli save gud yu, pleplei, no blong haremgud long saed blong seks oli save pulum yu. Sipos yu no lukaotgud, ol tingting ya oli save pulum yu blong mekem sin. Taswe Pol i talem se yu mas [ronwe, NW] long ol nogud samting we ol yangfala oli stap wantem—i olsem we man i wantem sevem laef blong hem.a
11 Eksampel, tingting blong seks i pulum plante yangfala Kristin i go long bigfala trabol long saed blong speret. From samting ya, Baebol i talem long yumi blong “ronwe, long fasin ya blong mekem nogud wetem woman.” (1 Korin 6:18, NW) Sipos wan man mo wan woman tufala i stap wokbaot tugeta, mekem promes, tufala i save folem rul ya sipos tufala i no stap long ol ples we i save pulum tufala blong mekem nogud fasin—olsem tufala nomo insaed long wan haos no long wan trak. Maet yu harem se i no stret blong wan narafala i kampani wetem yutufala, be fasin ya i save givhan long yutufala. Mo nating se maet sam toktok mo fasin blong soem lav oli stret, yu mas putum sam rul blong yu no mekem ol fasin we i no klin. (1 Tesalonaeka 4:7) Ronwe long nogud fasin wetem woman i minim tu fasin blong no lukluk ol sinima no televisin we oli save wekemap ol rabis tingting. (Jemes 1:14, 15) Sipos ol rabis tingting long saed blong seks oli kam insaed long tingting blong yu, jenisim samting ya long tingting blong yu. Go wokbaot, ridim sam samting, no mekem sam wok long haos. Antap moa, prea i wan bigfala samting blong givhan long yu long saed ya.—Ol Sam 62:8.b
12. ?Olsem wanem blong no laekem nating samting we i nogud? Givim eksampel.
12 Samting we impoten moa se, yu mas lanem blong no laekem nating, mo no wantem samting we i nogud. (Ol Sam 97:10) ?Olsem wanem blong no laekem nating wan samting we bifo yu laekem no yu stap haremgud long hem? !Sipos yu stap tingbaot ol frut we bambae i kamaot biaen! “Yufala i no mastik long samting ya. I no gat man i save gyaman long God. Wanem sid we man i planem fastaem long garen blong hem, be frut blong hem nomo, man ya bambae i mas kakae. Sipos man i planem rabis fasin we tingting blong hem i wantem, rabis fasin ya blong hem bambae i givim kakae long hem, we i ded nomo. Be sipos hem i planem fasin we tabu speret i wantem, tabu speret bambae i givim kakae long hem, we i no save finis.” (Galesia 6:7, 8) Taem ol traem ya oli pulum yu blong yu foldaon long rabis fasin we yu laekem, tingbaot nogud frut we bambae i kamaot—samting ya bambae i mekem Jeova God i harem nogud. (Lukluk Ol Sam 78:41.) Tingbaot tu se yu save gat bel nating se yu no wantem olsem no yu save kasem wan sik, olsem AIDS. Tingbaot ol nogud filing mo bambae yu harem nogud from we yu no moa holem gudfala fasin. Maet i save gat ol nogud frut blong hem we i stap longtaem. Wan Kristin woman i talemaot stret se: “Mi mo hasban blong mi mitufala i bin mekem nogud long saed blong seks wetem ol narafala bifo we mitufala i mared. Nating se tede mitufala evriwan i Kristin, rabis fasin long seks bifo i stampa blong plante faet mo fasin jelas long mared blong mitufala.” !Mo tu yu no mas fogetem se yu save lusum ol gudfala wok blong tiokratik no maet oli save putumaot yu long Kristin kongregesen! (1 Korin 5:9-13) ?Fasin blong haremgud smoltaem long bodi i impoten moa long ol samting ya?
Kam Frengud Wetem Jeova
13, 14. (a) ?From wanem i no naf blong ronwe long ol samting we i nogud? (b) ?Olsem wanem blong “save Jeova”?
13 Be, i no naf blong ronwe long ol nogud fasin. Timote tu i mas “traehad blong mekem ol stret fasin, mo blong folem fasin blong bilif mo blong laekem tumas ol man, mo blong stap long kwaet laef.” Samting ya i minim fasin traehad. Sem mak profet Hosea i askem nesen blong Isrel we i tanem baksaed finis long Jeova se: “Yufala i kam mo yumi gobak long Jeova . . . Bambae yumi save Jeova.” (Hosea 6:1-3) ?Yu yu folem rod ya tu? Samting ya i go moa long fasin blong go long ol miting mo joen wetem papa mama long wok blong prij. Wan Kristin woman i talem se: “Papa mama blong mi oli lanem mi long trutok, mo mi mi baptaes taem mi yang yet. . . . Mi no mestem wan miting mo mi neva mestem wok blong prij long wan manis, be mi neva frengud wetem Jeova.”
14 Wan narafala yangfala i talem se hem tu i no savegud Jeova olsem wan Fren mo wan Papa, hem i tingbaot hem olsem wan Speret samting nomo. Hem i foldaon long rabis fasin blong seks mo hem i gat wan pikinini blong rod taem hem i gat 18 yia nomo. !No mas mekem mastik olsem! “Yu mas save Jeova” olsem Hosea i talem. Sipos yu prea mo yu wokbaot wetem Jeova evri dei, yu save frengud wetem hem. (Lukluk Maeka 6:8; Jeremaea 3:4.) “Hem i no stap longwe long yumi nating” sipos yumi lukaotem hem. (Ol Wok 17:27) I impoten blong gat wan program blong mekem Baebol stadi oltaem. Wan plan olsem i no mas strong tumas no i gat plante samting tumas long hem. Wan yangfala gel nem blong hem Melody i talem se, “Evri dei mi ridim Baebol long 15 menet.” !Tekem taem blong ridim evri Wajtaoa mo Wekap! magasin! Mekemrere ol miting blong kongregesen blong yu save “givgivhan long [ol narafala] blong mekem [olgeta oli] strong blong laekem ol man, mo blong mekem ol gudfala fasin.”—Hibrus 10:24, 25.
Talem Long Papa Mama Blong Yufala
15. (a) ?From wanem samtaem i hadwok blong obei long papa mama? (b) ?From wanem i gud blong ol yangfala oli obei oltaem?
15 Ol papa mama we oli fraetgud long God oli save givhan bigwan mo sapotem yufala. Be makem wanem yu mas mekem: “Yufala i mas obei long papa mo mama blong yufala. Hemia i stret fasin blong yufala. Loa ya we i talem se ‘Yufala i mas ona long papa mama blong yufala,’ hemia faswan long ol loa ya we i gat promes i stap long hem. Biaen hem i talem bakegen se ‘Blong bambae ol samting blong laef blong yufala oli save rongud, mo blong bambae laef blong yufala long graon ya, i longfala.’ ” (Efesas 6:1-3) Tru ya, yu stap gru moa mo maet yu wantem fri moa. Maet yu luksave ol mak we papa mama blong yu oli no naf blong mekem. Aposol Pol i talem se, “ol papa blong yumi oli save mekem samting ya nomo we oli ting se i stret.” (Hibrus 12:10, The Jerusalem Bible) Nating se i olsem, taem yu tingbaot ol blesing we bambae i kamaot biaen, samting ya i soem se i stret nomo blong obei long olgeta. Ol papa mama blong yufala oli laekem yufala mo oli savegud yufala bitim ol narafala man. Maet samtaem yu no save agri wetem olgeta, oltaem oli tingbaot yufala. ?Yu ting se i stret blong agensem fasin ya we oli stap traehad blong ‘stretem yufala mo tijim yufala olsem we Masta blong yumi i stap stretem mo i tijim yumi’? (Efesas 6:4) Tru ya, wan krangke man nomo “i save ting nating long fasin stretem blong papa blong hem.” (Proveb 15:5) Wan yangfala we i waes bambae i luksave paoa we papa mama blong hem i gat mo bambae hem i soem stret fasin blong ona long tufala.—Proveb 1:8.
16. (a) ?From wanem i no waes blong ol yangfala i haedem ol trabol blong olgeta long ol papa mama? (b) ?Ol yangfala oli mas mekem wanem blong oli save storeyan wetem papa mama blong olgeta?
16 Olsem fasin blong tok tru long papa mama blong yu, talem long tufala sipos yu yu gat sam trabol, maet tingting i hafhaf long trutok no yu foldaon bakegen long sam slak fasin blong yu. (Efesas 4:25) Sipos yu haedem ol samting ya long papa mama blong yufala, fasin ya i save mekem moa trabol i kamaot. (Ol Sam 26:4) I tru, sam papa mama oli no traehad blong storeyan wetem ol pikinini. Wan yangfala gel i talem se, “Mama blong mi i neva sidaon blong toktok wetem mi, mo mi mi fraet blong talemaot filing blong mi from we mi fraet bambae hem i daonem mi from.” Sipos yu yu harem olsem, jusumgud wan stret taem blong talemaot filing blong yu long papa mama blong yu. Proveb 23:26 i talem se, “Pikinini blong mi, yu givim hat blong yu long mi.” Traehad blong tokbaot ol wari blong yu wetem tufala oltaem, bifo we ol bigfala trabol oli save kamaot.
!Gohed Blong Folem Ol Stret Fasin!
17, 18. ?Wanem samting bambae i givhan long wan yangfala blong i gohed blong folem stret fasin?
17 Kolosap long en blong seken leta blong Pol, hem i talem long Timote se: “Yu yu mas holemstrong ol samting ya we mifala i tijim yu long hem bifo, mo we yu bilif gud long hem finis, from we yu savegud wanem man oli tijim yu.” (2 Timote 3:14) Yu yu mas mekem olsem tu. Yu no mas letem wan man no wan samting i pulumaot yu long rod ya we yu stap folem blong mekem ol stret fasin. Wol blong Setan—mo ol samting blong pulum man we oli stap long hem—oli fulap long ol rabis fasin. I no longtaem wol ya mo olgeta samting we oli haf blong hem bambae oli lus olgeta. (Ol Sam 92:7) Yu mas gat strong tingting blong yu no save lus wantaem wetem kampani blong Setan.
18 Wetem tingting olsem, yu mas traehad oltaem blong jekem ol mak blong yu, ol samting we yu wantem, mo ol samting we yu intres long hem. Askem yu wan se, ‘?Ol toktok mo ol fasin blong mi oli stret taem papa mo mama blong mi mo ol memba blong kongregesen oli no stap blong lukluk mi? ?Wanem kaen fren mi stap jusum blong joen wetem? ?Ol fren long wol oli no laekem klos mo hea blong mi? ?Wanem ol mak we mi wantem kasem? Mi mi putum tingting blong mi i strong long fultaem minista wok—no wan wok long wol ya blong Setan?’
19, 20. (a) ?From wanem wan yangfala i no mas harem nogud from ol samting we Jeova i askem hem? (b) ?Ol yangfala oli save yusumgud wanem?
19 Maet yu luk se i gat nid blong jenis tingting blong yu. (2 Korin 13:11) Yu no mas harem nogud from. Tingbaot, Jeova i no askem tumas samting long yu. Profet Maeka i askem se: “Ol man blong graon, hem i talem finis long yu wanem i gud. ?Mo Jeova i askem wanem long yu from? Yu mas wokem stret fasin, yu mas laekem kaen fasin, mo yu mas wokbaot wetem God we tingting blong yu i stap daon. Hemia nomo hem i wantem.” (Maeka 6:8) Samting ya bambae i no strong tumas long yu sipos yu yusumgud ol samting we Jeova i stap givim blong givhan long yu. Frengud wetem ol papa mama blong yufala. Joen oltaem long Kristin kongregesen. Antap moa, traehad blong savegud ol elda blong kongregesen. Olgeta ya oli stap tingbaot laef blong yufala mo bambae oli givhan mo mekem yufala i haremgud. (Aesea 32:2) Antap moa, traehad blong kam kolosap mo frengud wetem Jeova. !Bambae hem i givim paoa mo tingting blong yufala i folem samting we i stret!
20 Be, sam yangfala oli no traehad blong gru long saed blong speret from oli stap lesin long ol rabis myusek. Narafala stadi bambae i tokbaot samting ya.
[Ol futnot]
a Grik tok we oli yusum blong tanem i kam “ronwe,” oli yusum tu long Matyu 2:13, taem Meri mo Josef i mas “ronwe i go long Ijip” blong ronwe long rabis plan blong Herod blong kilim pikinini.—Lukluk Matyu 10:23.
b Bambae yu faenem sam gudfala advaes blong givhan long yu blong bos long ol filing blong seks insaed long buk ya Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, japta 26, ‘Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.’ i wokem.
?Yu Yu Tingbaot?
◻ ?From wanem i isi blong Setan i “trikim” ol yangfala?
◻ ?From wanem fasin blong fren wetem ol yangfala blong wol i nogud?
◻ ?Olsem wanem yu save ronwe long rabis fasin long saed blong seks?
◻ ?Olsem wanem yu save frengud wetem Jeova?
◻ ?From wanem i impoten blong storeyan wetem papa mama blong yufala?
[Tok Blong Pija Long Pej 16]
I gud man mo woman we tufala i stap wokbaot tugeta blong savegud i joen long ol samting olsem spot, blong tufala i no stap tufala nomo