Japta Twelef
Mining Blong Baptaes Blong Yu
1. ?From wanem baptaes i mas wan samting we yumi wanwan i tingbaot?
LONG yia 29 K.T.,a Jon Baptaes i draonem Jisas fulwan long Jodan Reva blong baptaesem hem. Jeova i stap lukluk Jisas long taem ya mo i talemaot glad blong hem. (Matiu 3:16, 17) Jisas i putum wan eksampol we olgeta disaepol blong hem bambae oli folem. Tri yia haf biaen, Jisas i givim wok ya long ol disaepol blong hem se: “God i givim olgeta paoa long mi, long olgeta samting long heven mo long wol. Nao from samting ya, yufala i mas go long ol man long olgeta ples long wol, blong pulum olgeta oli kam man blong mi. Mo yufala i mas baptaesem olgeta long nem blong Papa blong mi, mo long nem blong mi, mi Pikinini blong hem, mo long nem blong Tabu Spirit.” (Matiu 28:18, 19) ?Yu yu baptaes long fasin we Jisas i talem long ples ya? Sipos no, ?yu yu stap rere blong mekem olsem?
2. ?Wanem sam kwestin we i gud blong ansarem long saed blong baptaes?
2 Olgeta man we oli wantem mekem wok blong Jeova mo oli wantem laef long niufala wol we stret fasin nomo i stap long hem, oli mas gat klia save long saed blong baptaes. Sam long ol kwestin we i gud blong faenem ansa blong olgeta hemia se: ?Baptaes blong ol Kristin tede i gat sem mining long baptaes blong Jisas? ?I minim wanem blong baptaes long ‘nem blong Papa, mo long nem blong Pikinini, mo long nem blong tabu spirit’? ?Wan man i mas mekem wanem blong holem promes we hem i mekem taem hem i baptaes blong kam wan Kristin?
Baptaes We Jon i Mekem
3. ?Hu ol man we Jon i baptaesem olgeta?
3 Raonabaot sikis manis bifo we Jisas i baptaes, Jon Baptaes i go prij long draeples blong Judia, i stap talem se: “Yufala i mas tanem tingting blong yufala from ol sin blong yufala, from we taem blong God i kam King blong olgeta man long wol, i kam klosap finis.” (Matiu 3:1, 2) Ol man oli harem samting we Jon i talem mo oli folem toktok blong hem. Oli talemaot ol sin blong olgeta, oli tanem tingting from, mo oli kam long Jon blong hem i baptaesem olgeta long Jodan Reva. Baptaes ya hem i blong ol man Jiu nomo.—Luk 1:13-16; Ol Wok 13:23, 24.
4. ?From wanem ol man Jiu long faswan handred yia oli nidim blong tanem tingting?
4 Ol man Jiu ya oli mas hareap blong tanem tingting from ol sin blong olgeta. Long yia 1513 B.K.T., long bigfala Hil ya Sinae, ol bubu blong olgeta oli bin mekem wan kontrak—no wan strong promes—wetem Jeova God. Be from ol sin we oli bin mekem, oli no mekem wanem we kontrak ya i talem, taswe oli mas kasem jajmen. Long taem blong Jisas, fasin blong ol man Jiu i go nogud tumas. Malakae i talem se, i no longtaem, wan “bigfala dei blong Jeova we i mekem ol man oli fraet” bambae i kasem olgeta. Long 70 K.T., “dei” ya i kam taem ol ami blong Rom oli spolem Jerusalem, tempol blong hem, mo oli kilim i ded moa long wan milian man Jiu. Bifo long trabol ya, Jeova i sanem Jon Baptaes, we tingting blong hem i strong blong sapotem trufala wosip, blong i “mekem we ol man oli rere blong Hae God.” Oli mas tanem tingting blong olgeta from sin we oli mekem agensem Loa Blong Moses mo oli mas rere blong welkamem Pikinini blong God, Jisas, we Jeova i sanem hem i kam long olgeta.—Malakae 4:4-6, NW; Luk 1:17; Ol Wok 19:4.
5. (a) ?From wanem Jon i kwestinim Jisas taem hem i kam blong baptaes? (b) ?Jisas i baptaes blong soemaot wanem?
5 Long olgeta ya we oli kam blong Jon i baptaesem olgeta, i gat Jisas hem wan. ?Be from wanem hem i kam? Jon i save se Jisas i no gat sin, taswe hem i talem se: “?From wanem yu kam long mi blong mi mi baptaesem yu? I stret nomo blong yu yu baptaesem mi.” Be baptaes blong Jisas i gat wan narafala mining. Taswe hem i ansa long Jon se: “No, naoia yu mas baptaesem mi. Long fasin ya, bambae yumitufala i mekem olgeta samting we God i wantem, oli kamtru.” (Matiu 3:13-15) From we Jisas i no gat sin, baptaes blong hem i no blong soemaot se hem i tanem tingting from ol sin. Mo hem i no nidim tu blong givim laef blong hem i go long God, from we hem i kamaot long wan nesen we i blong Jeova finis. Defren olgeta, baptaes blong Jisas taem hem i gat 30 yia blong hem, i gat mining we i defren long baptaes blong ol narafala man. Baptaes ya i wan saen se bambae hem i yusum laef blong hem blong mekem olgeta samting we Papa blong Hem long heven i wantem.
6. ?Jisas i tingting olsem wanem long wok we God i givim long hem blong mekem?
6 Ol samting we God i wantem Jisas Kraes blong mekem oli laenap wetem Kingdom. (Luk 8:1) Mo hem i wantem tu se Jisas i mas givim laef blong hem we i stretgud olgeta olsem wan ransom sakrefaes we wan niufala kontrak bambae i stanap long hem. (Matiu 20:28; 26:26-28; Hibrus 10:5-10) Jisas i rili tinghevi long baptaes ya mo mining blong hem. Hem i no letem wan narafala samting i pulum tingting blong hem i gowe long wok ya. Gogo kasem en blong laef blong hem long wol ya, hem i mekem olgeta samting we God i wantem, mo stamba wok blong hem i blong talemaot Kingdom Blong God.—Jon 4:34.
Baptaes Blong Ol Kristin Disaepol
7. ?Long Pentekos blong yia 33 K.T., ol Kristin oli stat mekem wanem kaen baptaes?
7 Ol faswan disaepol blong Jisas oli go long Jon blong i baptaesem olgeta long wota. Nao biaen, oli folem Jisas mo oli gat janis blong stap olsem ol memba blong Kingdom blong heven. ( Jon 3:25-30) Biaen, Jisas i talem long ol disaepol blong hem tu blong baptaesem ol man, mo mining blong baptaes ya i sem mak long baptaes we Jon i mekem. ( Jon 4:1, 2) Be long Pentekos long yia 33 K.T., oli stat folem oda ya blong Jisas blong baptaesem ol man ‘long nem blong Papa, mo long nem blong Pikinini, mo long nem blong tabu spirit.’ (Matiu 28:19) Bambae yu faenem se i givhan bigwan long yu sipos yu lukluk bakegen long mining blong baptaes ya.
8. ?I minim wanem blong baptaes “long nem blong Papa”?
8 ?I minim wanem blong baptaes “long nem blong Papa”? I minim se yu luksave mo agri long nem blong hem, posisen blong hem, paoa blong hem, stamba tingting mo ol loa blong hem. ?Yu luksave mo agri long wanem samting long saed ya? (1) Long saed blong nem blong hem, Ol Sam 83:18 (NW ) i talem se: “Ol man oli mas save se yu we nem blong yu Jeova, yu nomo yu Hae God long olgeta ples blong wol.” (2) Long saed blong posisen blong hem, 2 King 19:15 i talem se: “Hae God . . . yu nomo yu tru God.” (3) Long saed blong paoa blong hem, Revelesen 4:11 i talem se: “Yu yu Masta blong mifala, mo yu God blong mifala. Yu yu mekem olgeta samting evriwan. Mo from we yu yu wantem olsem, yu yu mekem olgeta, nao oli stap, mo oli gat laef. From samting ya, i stret nomo blong ol man oli leftemap nem blong yu, mo blong oli bodaon, oli ona long yu, mo blong oli stap aninit long paoa blong yu oltaem.” (4) Yumi mas luksave se Jeova i givim laef long yumi, mo stamba tingting blong hem i blong karemaot yumi long sin mo ded: “Paoa blong sevem man i blong yu [ Jeova] nomo.” (Ol Sam 3:8; 36:9) (5) Yumi mas agri se Jeova nomo i Man ya we i gat raet blong givim Loa: “Jeova i jaj blong yumi, Jeova i givim loa long yumi, Jeova i King blong yumi.” (Aesea 33:22, NW ) From we hem i holem olgeta wok ya, yumi mas folem advaes ya: “Yu mas lavem Hae God ya we i God blong yu long olgeta hat blong yu, mo long olgeta laef blong yu, mo long olgeta tingting blong yu.”—Matiu 22:37.
9. ?I minim wanem blong baptaes ‘long nem blong Pikinini’?
9 ?Baptaes ‘long nem blong Pikinini’ i minim wanem? I minim se yumi luksave nem, posisen, mo paoa blong Jisas Kraes. Nem ya Jisas i minim “Jeova i Sevem Man.” Hem i kasem wok blong hem from we hem wan nomo i stret pikinini blong God, hem i fasbon blong olgeta samting we God i wokem. (Matiu 16:16; Kolosi 1:15, 16) Jon 3:16 i tokbaot Pikinini ya i se: “God i lavem tumas ol man long wol, nao hem i givim mi, mi stret Pikinini blong hem, mi wan nomo we hem i gat, blong olgeta man we oli bilif long mi bambae oli no save lus, oli gat laef we i no save finis.” From we Jisas i holem bilif gogo kasem ded, God i mekem hem i laef bakegen mo i givim moa paoa long hem. Aposol Pol i talem se God “i leftemap nem blong [ Jisas] i go antap” long ol samting blong heven mo wol, hem i kasem nem ya we i namba tu nomo long Jeova. Taswe “olgeta [man] . . . oli ona long nem blong Jisas. Mo evri tang i mas talemaot klia we Jisas Kraes i Masta, blong leftemap nem blong God, we i Papa blong yumi.” (Filipae 2:9-11, NW ) Hemia i min se ol man oli mas obei long ol tok we Jisas i talem, we oli kamaot long Jeova stret.—Jon 15:10.
10. ?I minim wanem blong baptaes ‘long nem blong tabu spirit’?
10 ?I minim wanem blong baptaes ‘long nem blong tabu spirit’? Hem i min se yumi luksave mo agri long wok we tabu spirit i mekem. ?Be tabu spirit hem i wanem? Hem i paoa blong Jeova we i stap wok, mo we hem i yusum blong mekem ol stamba tingting blong hem oli kamtru. Jisas i talem long ol man blong hem se: “Bambae mi mi askem long Papa blong mi, mo hem bambae i givim wan narawan i kam blong givhan long yufala. Narawan ya hem i [spirit] blong Givhan, we bambae hem i save stap oltaem wetem yufala.” ( Jon 14:16, 17, Nyutesteman wetem Ol Sam long Bislama) ?Paoa ya bambae i givhan long olgeta olsem wanem? Jisas i talem se: “Taem [tabu spirit] i kam kasem yufala, bambae yufala i gat paoa. Nao bambae yufala i mas go talemaot mi long Jerusalem, mo long olgeta ples long Judia mo Sameria, gogo yufala i finisim olgeta ples long wol.” (Ol Wok 1:8) Jeova i yusum tabu spirit ya tu blong pusum ol man blong raetem Baebol: “I no gat tok blong profet we i kamaot long tingting blong man nomo. Taem tok blong profet i kamaot, ol profet oli talem, be [tabu spirit] i stap givim tok long olgeta, nao oli talemaot tok we i kamaot long God.” (2 Pita 1:21) Taswe, taem yumi stadi long Baebol yumi luksave wok we tabu spirit i mekem. Wan narafala rod blong soemaot se yumi luksave wok blong tabu spirit, hemia taem yumi askem Jeova blong halpem yumi blong wokem ol “frut blong spirit,” olsem “lav, glad, pis, longfala tingting, kaen fasin, gud fasin, bilif, kwaet fasin, fasin we man i save bos long tingting blong hem.”—Galesia 5:22, 23, NW.
11. (a) ?Baptaes blong yumi tede i minim wanem? (b) ?From wanem baptaes i olsem we yumi ded nao yumi laef bakegen?
11 Ol faswan man we oli baptaes folem oda we Jisas i givim, oli man Jiu mo proselaet, mo oli mekem olsem stat long yia 33 K.T. Smoltaem biaen, janis blong kam disaepol blong Kraes i goaot long ol man Sameria tu. Ale, long yia 36 K.T., janis i goaot long plante moa man from we long taem ya ol Hiten man tu we oli no sakomsaes oli save kam. Be bifo we ol man Sameria mo ol Hiten man oli baptaes, olgeta ya wanwan oli mas givim laef blong olgeta i go long Jeova blong mekem wok blong hem olsem ol disaepol blong Pikinini blong hem. Kam kasem tede, hemia nao mining blong baptaes long wota we ol Kristin oli mekem. I stret we man i draon fulwan long wota blong soemaot we hem i givim laef blong hem long God, from we baptaes i olsem we hem i berem olfala laef blong hem. Taem man we i baptaes, i draon fulwan long wota, i olsem we hem i ded long saed blong olfala laef blong hem. Nao taem hem i kamaot long wota i olsem we hem i laef bakegen long wan niufala laef blong mekem wok blong God. I gat “wan baptaes nomo” blong olgeta we oli wantem kam trufala Kristin. Taem oli baptaes olsem, oli kam ol Kristin Witnes Blong Jeova, ol man blong wok blong God we hem nomo i putumap olgeta.—Efesas 4:5; 2 Korin 6:3, 4.
12. ?Baptaes long wota we ol Kristin oli mekem i sem mak long wanem, mo olsem wanem?
12 Long ae blong God, baptaes ya i save mekem wan bigfala wok blong sevem man. Eksampol, afta we aposol Pita i tokbaot Noa mo bigfala sip we hem i bildim blong sevem laef blong hem mo famle blong hem, Pita i raetem se: “I gat wan samting we i sem mak long hemia bifo. Samting ya, we i stap sevem yufala naoia, hemia baptaes ya, (i no blong wasemaot ol doti blong bodi, be blong yufala i askem God blong mekem tingting blong yufala i klin) tru long Jisas Kraes we i laef bakegen.” (1 Pita 3:21, NW ) Bigfala sip ya i wan pruf we i soem se Noa i gat bilif mo i mekem olgeta wok we God i askem hem blong mekem. Afta we hem i bildim bigfala sip ya finis, God “i spolem wol ya we i stap bifo, long wota ya we i ron bigwan.” (2 Pita 3:6) Be, ‘eit [man],’ hemia Noa wetem famle blong hem, ‘oli pastru long wota long sip ya.’—1 Pita 3:20, NW.
13. ?Wan Kristin we i tekem baptaes long wota, God i sevem hem long wanem?
13 Tede, olgeta we oli givim laef blong olgeta long Jeova from we oli bilif long Kraes we i laef bakegen finis long ded, oli tekem baptaes blong soemaot disisen ya blong olgeta. Nao oli gohed blong mekem ol samting we God i wantem, mo God i sevem olgeta oli aot long rabis wol blong naoia. (Galesia 1:3, 4) Oli no moa stap wetem rabis wol ya we i stap go blong lus. I olsem we God i karemaot olgeta long jajmen ya mo i givim wan tingting long olgeta we i klin long fes blong Hem. Aposol Jon i mekem ol man blong God oli sua long samting ya se: “Wol ya wetem ol samting we ol man blong hem oli wantem, oli stap lus. Be man we i stap mekem ol samting we God i wantem, hem bambae i no save lus samtaem.”—1 Jon 2:17.
Laef Folem Disisen Blong Yumi
14. ?From wanem baptaes nomo i no naf blong sevem man?
14 I rong blong ting se baptaes i olsem wan mak we i mekem se man i sua blong kasem laef. Baptaes i save sevem man nomo sipos man ya i givim laef blong hem fulwan long Jeova, tru long Jisas Kraes, mo biaen i gohed blong mekem ol samting we God i wantem, gogo kasem en. “Man we i stanap strong gogo olgeta samting ya i finis, bambae God i sevem hem.”—Matiu 24:13.
15. (a) ?God i wantem we ol Kristin we oli baptaes finis oli mas mekem wanem? (b) ?Yumi mas tingbaot laef olsem wan Kristin disaepol se i impoten olsem wanem?
15 Long saed blong Jisas, samting we God i wantem hem blong mekem taem hem i stap long wol ya, hemia se hem i mas ded blong givim laef blong hem olsem wan sakrefaes. Long saed blong yumi, yumi mas givim laef blong yumi long God, mo yumi mas lego ol samting we yumi nomo i wantem blong mekem ol samting we God i wantem. (Rom 12:1, 2) Yumi no save talem se yumi mekem wanem we God i wantem sipos wanwan taem yumi stap folem fasin blong ol man blong wol, no sipos yumi ronem ol samting we yumi nomo i wantem, mo yumi givim smol nomo i go long God jes blong soem yumi. (1 Pita 4:1-3; 1 Jon 2:15, 16) Taem wan man Jiu i askem wanem we hem i mas mekem blong kasem laef we i no save finis, Jisas i talem se i impoten blong gat wan laef we i klin gud. Be biaen, hem i tokbaot wan samting we i moa impoten: Man i mas stap olsem wan Kristin disaepol, we i min se hem i mas biaenem Jisas. Hemia nao stamba samting long laef blong man. Hem i no save putum samting ya long seken ples mo mane fastaem.—Matiu 19:16-21.
16. (a) ?Wanem wok we olgeta Kristin oli mas mekem long saed blong Kingdom? (b) ?Olsem ol pija long pej 116 mo 117 i soem, wanem sam gudfala rod blong mekem wok blong Kingdom? (c) ?Taem yumi joen long wok blong givim witnes wetem fulhat blong yumi, yumi soemaot wanem?
16 I gud blong makem tu se long ol samting we God i wantem Jisas blong mekem, i gat impoten wok ya we i joen wetem Kingdom Blong God. Jisas hem wan bambae i King long Kingdom ya. Be taem hem i stap long wol, hem i strong tu blong givim witnes long saed blong Kingdom ya. Yumi tu, yumi mas mekem semfala wok ya, mo i stret nomo we yumi joen long wok ya wetem fulhat blong yumi. Taem yumi mekem olsem, yumi soemaot se yumi gat tangkiu from hae rul blong Jeova mo yumi soemaot se yumi lavem ol man raonabaot long yumi. (Matiu 22:36-40) Mo tu, yumi soemaot se yumi gat wan tingting wetem kampani blong ol brata sista raon long wol, we olgeta tu oli man blong talemaot Kingdom. Ale, nomata wanem ples we yumi stap long hem long wol ya, yumi evriwan i joengud mo wokbaot tugeta blong go kasem laef we i no save finis long wol ya, aninit long rul blong Kingdom.
[Futnot]
a K.T. i minim Kristin Taem.
Tingtingbak
• ?Wanem samting i sem mak, mo wanem samting we i no sem mak, long baptaes blong Jisas mo baptaes long wota tede?
• ?I minim wanem blong baptaes ‘long nem blong Papa, long nem blong Pikinini, mo long nem blong tabu spirit’?
• ?Wan man we i tekem baptaes long wota blong kam wan Kristin i gat wanem wok blong mekem?
[Tok blong pija long pej 116, 117]
Long famle
Long wok
Long skul
Long rod
Sam rod blong talemaot kingdom
Long ol haos wanwan
Long ol visit
Long ol Baebol stadi