2. ?Wanem ol kwestin long saed blong dring we bambae yumi tokbaot?

² Blong haremgud long wan presen, yumi mas yusum presen ya long rod we i stret. Olsem nao, eg blong sugarbag “hem i wan gudfala samting blong kakae.” Be “i nogud blong kakae tumas eg blong sugabag.” (Ol Proveb 24:13; 25:27, NW ) Long saed blong dring tu, yumi haremgud blong dring “smol waen,” be yumi save kasem bigfala trabol sipos yumi dring tumas. (1 Timoti 5:​23) Baebol i givim woning se: “Sipos yu dring tumas waen, hemia bambae i mekem yu yu mekem tumas noes, mo i mekem yu yu krangke. Fasin ya we man i dring gogo i drong [“gogo i lusum rod,” NW ], hem i wan krangke fasin.” (Ol Proveb 20:1) ?Be olsem wanem dring i save mekem man i lusum rod?a ?Blong dring tumas, man i mas tekem hamas dring? ?Wanem tingting we i stret long saed ya?

Dring Gogo i “Lusum Rod”—?Olsem Wanem?

3, 4. (a) ?Baebol i talem wanem blong soem se i rong blong man i dring gogo hem i drong? (b) ?Wanem i hapen long man taem hem i drong?

³ Long Isrel bifo, sipos wan boe i stap kakae bitim mak, i stap drong oltaem, be hem i no wantem stretem fasin blong hem, oli mas stonem hem gogo i ded. (Dutronome 21:18-​21) Aposol Pol i givim advaes long ol Kristin tu se: “Yufala i no mas go joen wetem ol man ya we oli stap talem se oli brata blong yumi, be oli stap mekem ol sin ya. Sipos oli stap mekem ol fasin nogud wetem woman, no oli stap wantem tumas samting, no oli stap prea long ol narafala god, bambae yufala i no go joen wetem olgeta. Sipos oli stap spolem nem blong narafala man, no oli stap dring we oli lusum hed, no oli stap stil, bambae yufala i no go joen wetem olgeta. Bambae yufala i no go sidaon wetem ol man olsem blong kakae wetem olgeta.” I klia se Baebol i agensem man we i dring gogo i drong.​—1 Korin 5:​11; 6:​9, 10.

⁴ Baebol i talem klia wanem i hapen long man taem hem i drong, i se: “Nating we waen i red gud, mo i stap saen gud insaed long glas, mo taem yu dring, i stap godaon gud nomo long bel blong yu, be yu mas blokem fasin ya blong i no pulum tingting blong yu. Sipos no, biaen, bambae yu harem olsem we posen snek i kakae yu, we bambae yu ded from. Bambae yu stap luk ol samting we oli narafala olgeta, we oli nogud we i nogud, mo bambae yu no save tingting gud, mo yu no save toktok gud tu.” (Ol Proveb 23:31-​33) Man we i dring tumas i save harem olsem we posen snek i kakae hem, hem i save sik, i konfius long tingting blong hem, mo maet hem i slip we i no save wekap tu. Drong man i stap luk “ol samting we oli narafala olgeta,” i min se long tingting blong hem, hem i luk ol samting we oli no tru. Mo tu, drong man i save talem ol krangke tok mo narakaen tingting we hem i no save talem taem hem i no drong.

 5. ?Olsem wanem man we i dring tumas i save spolem hem wan?

⁵ ?Olsem wanem long wan man we i dring plante be hem i lukaotgud blong no kasem mak we hem i drong? Samfala oli save tekem plante dring, be ol narafala oli no save luk wan saen blong soemaot se oli drong. Man we i ting se i oraet blong mekem olsem, hem i stap giaman long hem wan bakegen. (Jeremaea 17:9) Sloslo, hem i save kam olsem we hem i dipen long dring, hem i kam ‘slef blong fasin ya blong dring.’ (Taetas 2:3, NW ) Woman ya Caroline Knapp, i raetem wan buk we i tokbaot ol man we oli kam alkolik, i se: “Wan man i kam alkolik sloslo, mo hem i no luksave samting ya.” !Tru ya, dring i wan trap we i save givim ded!

 6. ?From wanem yumi no mas dring tumas mo kakae bitim mak?

⁶ Tingbaot woning ya blong Jisas tu: “Yufala i mas lukaot gud. Yufala i no mas westem taem blong yufala long fasin ya we yufala i stap ronem lafet, mo yufala i stap drong, mo yufala i stap tingting tumas long laef blong wol ya. I nogud Dei ya blong mi i kam kasem yufala wantaem nomo, we yufala i no tingbaot nating, olsem we yufala i fas long wan trap, from we dei ya bambae i kasem olgeta man long wol.” (Luk 21:34, 35) Maet wan man i dring gogo i no kasem mak yet we hem i fuldrong, be hem i les finis mo i wantem slip. Sem mak long saed blong spirit. ?Nao, olsem wanem sipos dei blong Jeova i kamtru taem hem i stap les mo slip olsem?

10. ?Strong dring i save mekem wanem long tingting blong yumi? ?From wanem samting ya i denja?

¹⁰ Man we i dring tumas, hem i spolem bodi blong hem, mo i spolem hem wan long saed blong spirit tu. Baebol i talem se: “Ol waen ya we yufala i stap dring, nating we i olfala, no i niuwan yet, be i stap mekem hed blong yufala i krangke nomo.” (Hosea 4:​11) Dring i spolem tingting blong man. Wan buk blong Nasnal Institut blong Drag long Yunaeted Stet i talem se: “Taem man i dring, dring ya i pastru long bel blong hem mo i go long blad mo bren kwiktaem. Nao ol haf blong bren we oli kontrolem tingting mo filing, oli stat slodaon. Samting ya i mekem se man ya bambae i harem se hem i no moa fraet long wan samting mo hem i fri.” Long taem ya, yumi save “lusum rod” no mekem samting we yumi no gat raet blong mekem, mo tu, ol rabis fasin oli save pulum yumi.​—Ol Proveb 20:1.