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Nukata Susu Ðeɖeɖa le Amesi ƒe Vidzinu To Vovo na Tɔnye Dzi Sesẽna Nam Alea?
Ðetugbivi si ŋkɔe nye Lorraine gblɔ be: “Wò didi vevie be yeanya nu tso gbɔdɔdɔ ŋu nɔa vevie ne ènye sɔhɛ. Gbɔdɔdɔnyawo va yɔa susu me na ame fũ.”
ÐE NÈZÃA wò tamebuɣi ƒe akpa gã aɖe—alo eƒe akpa gãtɔ—tsɔ nɔa ŋutsuviwo alo nyɔnuviwo ŋu bum, nɔa nu ƒom tso wo ŋu, alo nɔa wo kpɔma? Ðe nènɔa anyi be yeawɔ sukudɔdasi, kasia wò susu yia ŋutsuvi dzeɖekɛ alo nyɔnuvi dzetugbe aɖe si nèkpɔ ŋdɔ ma dzia? Ðe wò dzeɖoɖowo mezɔna tẽ o le esi nènɔa ŋku fim kpɔ amesiwo va le yiyim ta? Ðe wòsesẽna na wò be nàxlẽ nu, asrɔ̃ nu, alo wò susu nanɔ nusiwo le edzi yim le Kristotɔwo ƒe kpekpe alo takpekpewo me dzi—le esi mète ŋu le susu ɖem ɖa le ŋutsuviwo alo nyɔnuviwo dzi o taa?
Ne nenemae la, ke àvɔ be nane le gbegblẽm le ye ŋu! Sɔhɛ aɖe gblɔ be: “Ewɔ nam be gbɔdɔdɔnyawo yɔ susu me nam. Nya si gblɔm mele enye be, nye susu nɔa nyɔnuviwo dzi ɣesiaɣi, menɔa nu geɖe ŋu bum le wo ŋu . . . Èsusu be naneke megblẽ le ŋunye oa?” Agbalẽŋlɔla Lynda Madaras de dzesii be ne èle sɔhɛme tom la, “gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzrowo alo seselelãme nu te ŋu sẽna ŋutɔ. Ɣeaɖewoɣi la, awɔ abe nusi ŋu bum nànɔ koe nye lɔlɔ̃nyawo kple gbɔdɔdɔ ene!”a
Gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe seselelãme menye nu gbegblẽ o. Mawu wɔ ŋutsu kple nyɔnu kple didi be woƒe nu nanyo wo nɔewo ŋu vevie. Esia wɔ ɖeka kple eƒe tameɖoɖo be woaɖe srɔ̃ eye ‘woayɔ anyigba dzi’ kple dzidzimevi dzɔdzɔewo. (Mose I, 1:28) Biblia la hã gblɔe eme kɔ ƒã be gbɔdɔdɔ ate ŋu anye nusi ahe vivisese geɖe vɛ na srɔ̃tɔwo.—Lododowo 5:19.
Kuxiae nye be esi míenye ame madeblibowo ta la, esesẽna na mí zi geɖe be míaɖu míaƒe seselelãmewo dzi. (Tsɔe sɔ kple Mose I, 6:5.) “Ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzro” ate ŋu adze abe nu sesẽ si aɖu mía dzi ene! (Yohanes I, 2:16) Eye esi nènye sɔhɛ ta la, ate ŋu asesẽ ŋutɔ be nàɖe susu ɖa le amesi ƒe vidzinu to vovo la dzi. Nukatae wòle alea?
Tɔtrɔƒewo ƒe Nyaƒoɖeamenuwo
Susu ɖekae nye be èle gegem ɖe ‘sɔhɛ’ me—ɣeyiɣi si gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzrowo nu sẽna wu. (Korintotɔwo I, 7:36) Ðk. Bettie B. Youngs ɖe eme be: “Le tɔtrɔƒewo me la, lãmetsiŋusẽ sɔa gbɔ ɖe edzi ŋutɔ. Esia wɔnɛ be ŋutilã me tɔtrɔ siwo katã na ɖevi va zua ame tsitsi la dzea egɔme. Lãmetsiŋusẽ ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ ƒe dzidziɖedzi le sɔhɛwo me na tɔtrɔ geɖe vana le seselelãme kple nuwɔna me.”
Tɔtrɔ kawoe vana? Zi geɖe la, tɔtrɔ vevitɔwo kuna ɖe alesi ame sena le eɖokui me ɖe amesi ƒe vidzinu to vovo la ŋu. Agbalẽŋlɔla Ruth Bell gblɔ be: “Zi geɖe la, tɔtrɔ siwo vaa ame ƒe ŋutilã me le tɔtrɔɣiwo me la hea gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzro siwo nu sẽna ɖe edzi vɛ. Àkpɔe be yele gbɔdɔdɔ ŋu bum fũ, gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzro nyɔna ɖe mewò bɔbɔe wu, ɣeaɖewoɣi kura gɔ̃ hã la, gbɔdɔdɔnyawo koe ayɔ wò susu me. Ƒewuivi geɖe [siwo míebia gbee] ƒo nu tso alesi wòdzɔnae be woanɔ zɔzɔm le mɔdodo dzi alo anɔ bɔsu me eye woase le wo ɖokui me abe ɖe gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe ŋusẽ kple dzodzro tɔ dzo lãme na wo ene la ŋu.” Alesi amesi ƒe vidzinu to vovo ƒe nu yɔa susu me na amee nye ‘sɔhɛmenɔnɔ ƒe nudzodzoro’ gbogboawo dometɔ ɖeka si wòle be sɔhɛwo nakpe akɔ kplii.—Timoteo II, 2:22.
Nyakakamɔnuwo Kple Xɔlɔ̃wo ƒe Ŋusẽkpɔɖeamedzi
Gake zi geɖe la, gota gome ŋusẽkpɔɖeamedzinuwoe ƒlɔa dzodzro sia ƒe dzo ɖo ɖe edzi. Nuɖoanyi si wɔ abe ɖe wòɖoe kplikpaa be yeanyɔ gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzrowo ɖe ame me to television dzi wɔnawo, boblododowo, agbalẽwo, magazinewo, hadzidzi, kple sinimawo dzi ene mee míele. Kristotɔ sɔhɛ aɖe si ƒo eɖokui ɖe gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe agbegbegblẽnuwɔna me la gblɔ be: “Agbegbegblẽnuwɔna ƒe foto kpɔkpɔ bɔ ɖe suku, eye esia hea gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzro sẽŋu vanɛ. Menya nusi nye nu nyui, gake nye gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe seselelãmewo nu sẽ.”
Esia tae agbalẽ aɖe si woŋlɔ na dzilawo gblɔ be: “Nyakakamɔnuwo [kpɔa] ŋusẽ ɖe ame dzi vevie. Mía vi ƒewuiviwo kpɔa wo hati siwo ɖea wo ɖokui fiana to dzodzro nyɔnyɔ ƒe mɔnuwo dzi wonɔa awu siwo nyɔa gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzrowo la dzram; wokpɔa alesi wole boblo dom sɔhɛwo ƒe gbɔdɔdɔ le sinima me kple television dzi.” Le nyateƒe me la, television dzi nukpɔkpɔ ƒe akpa siwo woɖona ɖe amesiwo xe fe ɖe eta ko, kple videowo wɔe wòle bɔbɔe na sɔhɛ geɖewo be woakpɔ alesi agbegbegblẽnuwɔnawo ŋutɔŋutɔ yia edzii. Ðekakpui aɖe lɔ̃ ɖe edzi be: “Nyakakamɔnuwo nyɔa dzodzro ɖe sɔhɛwo me eye wodina vevie be yewoanya nu le eŋu.”
Gake mefia be ele be agbalẽ aɖe ƒe akpa ɖesiaɖe naƒo nu tso agbegbegblẽnuwɔna ŋu hafi woabui be enye agbalẽ gbegblẽ o. Bu nyɔnuvi Kristotɔ aɖe ƒe nuteƒekpɔkpɔ ŋu kpɔ. Egblɔ be: “Mexlẽ agbalẽ nyui aɖe si ƒe memamã ɖeka alo eve pɛ koe ƒo nu tso gbɔdɔdɔ ŋu. Medze agbagba be mati kpo ato teƒe mawo ta, gake nane ʋãm be magbugbɔ ayi megbe axlẽ akpa mawo. Vodada gã ka gbegbee nye si mewɔ! Ena meku drɔ̃e dziŋɔwo.”
Xɔ̃wòwo kple zɔhɛwòwo ate ŋu akpɔ ŋusẽ gã aɖe ɖe alesi nèbua nu ŋui la dzi vevie. Agbalẽ aɖe si ƒo nu tso sɔhɛwo ƒe tsitsi ŋu la gblɔ be: “Nyɔnuviwo kple ŋutsuviwo kpɔkpɔ dzro ko nye nusi bɔ amewo wɔna le ɖiɖiɖemeɣiwo le ablɔwo ƒe dzogoewo dzi, le suku takpexɔwo me, le nuɖuƒewo, kple fiasewo dome mɔwo dzi.” Eye ne sɔhɛwo mele ŋku fim kpɔ amesi ƒe vidzinu to vovo o la, ke wole nu ƒom tso wo ŋu. Robert si xɔ ƒe 18 gblɔ be: “Esime menye ɖevi la, nyaƒoɖeamenu be woaƒo ame ɖokui ɖe gbɔdɔdɔ me la nu sẽ ŋutɔ . . . Nya mawo koe wogblɔna le xɔ sue siwo me míeɖɔa li awu le le suku.” Ðetugbi bubu lɔ̃ ɖe edzi be: “Gbɔdɔdɔe nye nyati vevitɔ si ŋu sukuviwo ɖoa dze le, eyata zi geɖe la, eva zina ɖe ame dzi be woabu eŋu.”
Esesẽ be nàɖe ɖokuiwò ɖe vovo. Ne hatiwòwo le nu ƒom tso ŋutsuviwo alo nyɔnuviwo ŋu—ɖewohĩ le yakanyagbɔgblɔwo me la—edzroa ame vevie be woaƒo ame ɖokui ɖe eme. Gake Biblia xlɔ̃ nu be: “Ne èzɔ kple nunyalawo la, àdze nunya; ke ne ède ha kple bometsilawo la, àzu ame gbegblẽ.”—Lododowo 13:20.
Ehiã be Nàda Asɔ
Ðe esiawo katã le fiafiam be enye nu gbegblẽ be woalé ŋku ɖe nyɔnuwo alo ŋutsuwo ŋu alo aƒo nu tso wo ŋua? Ao, Biblia-ŋlɔla aɖewo gɔ̃ hã de dzesii be ŋutsu kple nyɔnu aɖewo dze ɖeka alo dze tugbe nyateƒe. (Tsɔe sɔ kple Samuel I, 9:2; Ester 2:7.) Le esia ta Yesu mebu fɔ ame le esi wòkpɔ nyɔnu dzetugbe aɖe ta ko o. Gake exlɔ̃ nu Kristotɔwo be woaganɔ ‘nyɔnu kpɔkpɔ dzi be wòadzro wo o.’ (Mateo 5:28) Nenema ke mele be nàɖe mɔ dzodzro gbegblẽwo nayɔ susu me na wò be nàwɔ nuvɔ̃ o. Wogblɔ na mí le Tesalonikatɔwo I, 4:4, 5 be: “Mia dome amesiame nasrɔ̃ alesi wòaɖu eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋutilã dzi le nuwɔna kɔkɔe kple bubu me, menye le nudzodzro ƒe fiẽŋufiẽŋui me abe trɔ̃subɔla, siwo menya Mawu ene o.”—New International Version.
Togbɔ be dzodzro ƒe susuwo ava tame na wò ɣeaɖewoɣi hã la, ŋugbledede le wo ŋu awɔe be wòade susu me tsi ge na wò, eye ekema kuxi sesẽwo ado mo ɖa. Nyagblɔla 5:2 gblɔ be: “Afisi kutrikuku geɖe le la, drɔ̃ekuku nɔa anyi.” Nyateƒee, amesi kua kutri le dzodzrowo ŋu bubu me la dzea nuwo ŋu bubu kple drɔ̃e madzemadzewo kuku gɔme.b
Togbɔ be esɔ be dzodzro ƒe susuwo nanɔ ame me ɣeaɖewoɣi hã la, wo ŋu bubu ɣesiaɣi nye nu bubu kura. Agbalẽŋlɔla Ruth Bell de dzesii be “ɣeaɖewoɣi la ame aɖe akpɔe be yetsɔ ŋkeke kple zã bliboa katã kloe le nu madzemadzewo ŋu bum. Ava wɔ abe ɖe nusiwo menye nu ŋutɔŋutɔ o la va zu nu ŋutɔŋutɔwo ene.” De ŋugble le ɖetugbi aɖe si me lɔlɔ̃ gbãŋku ge ɖo la ŋu kpɔ. Egblɔ be: “Mexɔ ƒe 12 1/2, eye melɔ̃ ŋutsuvi aɖe si vaa kpekpe le míaƒe Fiaɖuƒe Akpata me la vevie. Menya be nyemetsi aɖo gbe ɖi o, gake ele sesẽm nam ŋutɔ be maɖu alesi mesena le ɖokuinye me ɖe eŋu la dzi.” Nenema ke wòsesẽna na sɔhɛ aɖewo be woaxlẽ agbalẽ, asrɔ̃ nu, woƒe susu nanɔ nusi srɔ̃m wole le sukuxɔ me la ŋu, alo adzra ɖo ɖe Kristotɔwo ƒe kpekpewo ŋu ne woƒe susuwo me yɔ fũ kple dzodzrowo kpakple nusiwo nyɔa gbɔdɔdɔ ɖe ame me.
Kuxi sesẽwo hã ate ŋu ado tso eme ne sɔhɛ aɖe di be yeaɖe seselelãme siawo ɖa to ɖokuigbɔdɔdɔ me. Biblia la xlɔ̃ nu Kristotɔwo be: “Miwu mia ŋutinu, siwo le anyigba dzi; ahasiwɔwɔ, makɔmakɔnyenye, fiẽŋufiẽŋui, nudzodzro vɔ̃ kple ŋukeklẽ.” (Kolosetɔwo 3:5) Ðokuigbɔdɔdɔ nye numãme makɔmakɔ si wòle be Kristotɔwo natsri eye eyae nye nusi tututu tsi tre ɖe ‘fiẽŋufiẽŋui wuwu’ ŋu. Ðe wònyɔnɛ eye wòtunɛ ɖo ɖe ame me boŋ. Zi geɖe la, dzodzro siawo nana amewo ƒoa wo ɖokui ɖe nuwɔna la ŋutɔŋutɔ me. Biblia-ŋlɔla Yakobo ɖe eme be: “Wotea amesiame kpɔna, ne eya ŋutɔ ƒe nudzodzro henɛ, eye wòblenɛ; emegbe la ne nudzodzro la fɔ fu la, edzia nuvɔ̃.”—Yakobo 1:14, 15.
Ekema nukae nàte ŋu awɔ be nàɖe susu ɖa le amesi ƒe vidzinu to vovo la dzi? Taflatse xlẽ tata si akplɔ esia ɖo.
[Etenuŋɔŋlɔwo]
a Le go bubu me la, agbalẽŋlɔla Alvin Rosenbaum ɖo ŋku edzi na sɔhɛwo be: “Amewo ƒe gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe seselelãme kple nuwɔna to vovo ŋutɔ. Ewɔ abe ame aɖewo mete ŋu dzudzɔa gbɔdɔdɔ ŋu bubu o ene esime ame bubuwo ya mesea gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzro kura o. . . . Nɔnɔme evea siaa sɔ le dzɔdzɔme nu.” Egblɔ hã be: “Amesiame kple alesi tɔtrɔ vana emee.”
b Kpɔ nyati siwo ku ɖe susu ƒe tsaglãlatsatsa ŋu siwo dze le agbalẽ sia ƒe July 8 kple July 22, 1993 ƒe tatawo me le Eŋlisigbe me.
[Nya si ɖe dzesi si le axa 18]
“Gbɔdɔdɔ ƒe dzodzrowo alo seselelãme nu te ŋu sẽna ŋutɔ”
[Nɔnɔmetata si le axa 19]
Television dzi nukpɔkpɔwo kple magazine me boblododowo nyɔa seselelãme gbegblẽwo ɖe ŋutsuwo alo nyɔnuwo ŋu ɖe ame me