Nyabiabia Siwo tso Exlẽlawo Gbɔ

Ðe Tetragrammaton (Hebri-ŋɔŋlɔdzesi ene siwo wotsɔ ŋlɔa Mawu ƒe ŋkɔe) dze le Mateo ƒe Hebrigbe me nuŋlɔɖi si ƒe alafa 14 lia me Yudatɔ atikewɔla Shem-Tob ben Isaac Ibn Shaprut gbugbɔ ŋlɔ la mea?

Ao, medze o. Gake wozã hash·Shem’ (si katã woŋlɔ alo woŋlɔ kpuie) le Mateo ƒe nuŋlɔɖia me zi 19, abe alesi wòle Gbetakpɔxɔ, August 15, 1996, axa 13 ene.

Hebrigbe me nya hash·Shem’ gɔmee nye “Ŋkɔ la,” si edze ƒã be Mawu ƒe ŋkɔe wòwɔnɛ. Le kpɔɖeŋu me, le Shem-Tob ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔa me la, hash·Shem’ si woŋlɔ kpuie dze le Mateo 3:3, afisi Mateo yɔ nya tso Yesaya 40:3 le. Esɔ be míagblɔ be esi wònye Hebri Ŋɔŋlɔawo me kpukpui si me Tetragrammaton la dze le mee Mateo yɔ nya tsoe ta la, ede Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ la eƒe Nyanyuia hã me. Eyata togbɔ be Hebrigbe me nuŋɔŋlɔ si Shem-Tob gbugbɔ ŋlɔ mezã Tetragrammaton la o hã la, alesi wòzã “Ŋkɔ la,” le kpɔɖeŋu me, Mateo 3:3 ɖo kpe edzi be wozã ŋkɔ “Yehowa” le Kristotɔwo ƒe Hela Ŋɔŋlɔawo me.

Shem-Tob gbugbɔ Hebrigbe me Mateo ƒe agbalẽa ŋlɔ ɖe eƒe agbalẽ ʼEʹven boʹchan si tsi tre ɖe bubuwo ŋu me. Gake nuka dzie wokpɔ ŋlɔ Hebrigbe me gbalẽ ma? Nufiala George Howard si ku nya sia me vevie la doe ɖa be “ƒe alafa ene gbãtɔwo le Kristotɔwo ƒe ɣeyiɣia me lɔƒoe woŋlɔ Shem-Tob ƒe Mateo ƒe agbalẽa ɖe Hebrigbe me.”a Ðewohĩ ame bubuwo ake ɖii.

Howard de dzesii be: “Nusi ɖe dzesi le Hebrigbe me Mateo si wòŋlɔ ɖe eƒe agbalẽ sia me ŋu koŋ enye vovototo geɖe siwo le etɔ kple Helagbe me Mateo si dzi woda asi ɖo la dome.” Le kpɔɖeŋu me le Shem-Tob ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔa nu la, Yesu gblɔ le Yohanes ŋu be: “Vavã, mele egblɔm na mi bena, le amesiwo katã nyɔnuwo dzi dome la, ame aɖeke metsi tre kpɔ si wu Yohanes Amenyrɔɖetsimela la o.” Eɖe nya siwo Yesu gblɔ kplɔe ɖo la ya le eme, si nye: “Gake amesi nye suetɔ le dziƒofiaɖuƒe la me la, wu eyama.” (Mateo 11:11) Nenema ke vovototo geɖe le Hebri Ŋɔŋlɔawo ƒe Hebrigbe me nuŋlɔɖi si li fifia kple alesi wogblɔ nyawoe le kpukpui mawo ke me le Helagbe me Septuagint gɔmeɖeɖea me la dome. Togbɔ be míelɔ̃ ɖe edzi be vovototo le wo dome hã la, blemanuŋlɔɖi siawo wɔa akpa aɖe le nyawo tsɔtsɔ sɔ kple wo nɔewo me.

Abe alesi míegblɔe va yi ene la, woŋlɔ “Ŋkɔ la” ɖe Shem-Tob ƒe Mateo ƒe agbalẽa me le teƒe siwo wòsɔ be míaxɔe ase be Mateo zã Tetragrammaton la le. Eyata tso ƒe 1950 me ke la, wozã Shem-Tob ƒe nuŋlɔɖia tsɔ ɖo kpe Mawu ƒe ŋkɔa zazã le Kristotɔwo ƒe Hela Ŋɔŋlɔawo me dzi, eye wogafia asii le New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References me.b

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