Yitso 21

Yehowa Haomɔi ni Ekɛba Kristendom Nɔ

Ninaa 5​—Kpojiemɔ 8:1–9:21

Saneyitso: Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi kpawo lɛ amli ekpaa kpamɔ

Emlibaa be: Kɛjɛ be mli ni akɛ Kristo Yesu ta maŋtsɛsɛi nɔ yɛ 1914 kɛyashi amanehulu kpeteŋkpele be lɛ mli

 1. Mɛni ba beni Toobi lɛ tse naasɔomɔ nɔ ni ji kpawo lɛ naa lɛ?

“ATSI kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ” lɛ naa kɛyashi be mli ni aaasɔo 144,000 lɛ ni ji mumɔŋ Israel lɛ naa ni aaakpɛlɛ asafo babaoo lɛ nɔ aha yibaamɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 7:1-4, 9) Shi, dani nakai lasuogbele kpeteŋkpele lɛ aaafɛ ashwie shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ, esa akɛ aha ale Yehowa fɔbuu kojomɔi ni ekɛshiɔ Satan je lɛ da! Yɛ be mli ni Toobi lɛ yaa nɔ etseɔ naasɔomɔ ni ji kpawo kɛ naagbee nɔ lɛ naa lɛ, no mli lɛ Yohane miikwɛ lɛ gaa koni ena nɔ ni baaje kpo kɛaajɛ mli lɛ. Agbɛnɛ egbaa wɔ eniiashikpamɔ lɛ: “Ni beni [Toobi lɛ] etse naasɔomɔ ni ji kpawo lɛ, afee diŋŋ yɛ ŋwɛi aaafee ŋmɛlɛtswaa fa. Ni mina bɔfoi kpawo lɛ ni damɔ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ lɛ, ni aŋɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi kpawo aha amɛ.”—Kpojiemɔ 8:1, 2.

Be Kɛha Sɔlemɔ ni Mli Wa

 2. Mɛni ba yɛ okadi ŋmɛlɛtswaa fa ni ŋwɛi fee dioo lɛ mli?

² Dioofeemɔ diɛŋtsɛ ko nɛ! Ŋmɛlɛtswaa fa baanyɛ afee be kakadaŋŋ kɛ ookpa gbɛ ni nɔ ko aba. Agbɛnɛ, anuuu ŋwɛi yijiemɔ lalai ni baa nɔtonɔto lɛ he dɔŋŋ. (Kpojiemɔ 4:8) Mɛni hewɔ? Yohane na nɔ hewɔ lɛ yɛ eninaa lɛ mli: “Ni bɔfo kroko ba ni ebadamɔ afɔleshaa latɛ lɛ he, ni ehiɛ shika tsofa-kɛ-ŋma shaa nɔ, ni aŋɔ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma babaoo aha lɛ, koni eŋɔfata krɔŋkrɔŋbii lɛ fɛɛ asɔlemɔi lɛ ahe yɛ shika afɔleshaa latɛ ni ma maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ hiɛ lɛ nɔ. Ni tsofa-kɛ-ŋma lɛ lasu lɛ te shi kɛjɛ bɔfo lɛ dɛŋ kɛyafata krɔŋkrɔŋbii lɛ asɔlemɔi lɛ ahe kɛtee Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ.”—Kpojiemɔ 8:3, 4.

 3. (a) Mɛni tsofa-kɛ-ŋma shaa lɛ kaiɔ wɔ? (b) Mɛni ji ŋmɛlɛtswaa fa dioofeemɔ ni ba yɛ ŋwɛi lɛ yiŋtoo?

³ Enɛ kaiɔ wɔ akɛ, ashaa tsofa-kɛ-ŋma daa gbi yɛ kpee buu lɛ mli, kɛ agbɛnɛ yɛ sɛɛ mli afii lɛ amli lɛ yɛ Yerusalem sɔlemɔwe lɛ, yɛ Yudafoi anibii agbɛjianɔtoo lɛ shishi. (2 Mose 30:1-8) Kɛ aasha tsofa-kɛ-ŋma ni tamɔ nɛkɛ lɛ, Israelbii ni jeee osɔfoi lɛ mɛɔ yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ he lɛ sɛɛ, amɛsɔleɔ—ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ diŋŋ yɛ amɛtsuii amli—kɛhaa Mɔ ni tsofa-kɛ-ŋma lɛ lasu lɛ kwɔɔ kɛyaa eŋɔɔ lɛ. (Luka 1:10) Agbɛnɛ Yohane na ni nɔ ko ni tamɔ nakai miiya nɔ yɛ ŋwɛi. Tsofa-kɛ-ŋma lɛ ni ŋwɛibɔfo lɛ sha lɛ kɔɔ “krɔŋkrɔŋbii lɛ asɔlemɔi” lɛ he. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, atsɔɔ akɛ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma damɔ shi kɛha sɔlemɔi ni tamɔ nɛkɛ yɛ ninaa ko ni tsɔ hiɛ lɛ mli. (Kpojiemɔ 5:8; Lala 141:1, 2) Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ, okadi dioofeemɔ ni ba yɛ ŋwɛi lɛ ba lɛ nakai koni aŋmɛ gbɛ ni anu krɔŋkrɔŋbii ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ asɔlemɔi lɛ.

4, 5. Mɛɛ yinɔsane mli nii ni tee nɔ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔleɔ be kpalaŋŋ ni kɛ okadi ŋmɛlɛtswaa fa dioofeemɔ lɛ kpaa gbee lɛ?

⁴ Ani wɔbaanyɛ wɔtsɔɔ be mli ni enɛ ba? Hɛɛ, wɔbaanyɛ wɔtsɔɔ, kɛ wɔsusu emli saji lɛ ahe, kɛ yinɔsane mli nibii ni ba yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ shishijee mli lɛ he lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 1:10) Yɛ 1918 kɛ 1919 mli lɛ, nibii ni ba yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ kɛ nibii ni atsɔɔ mli yɛ Kpojiemɔ 8:1-4 lɛ kpaa gbee babaoo diɛŋtsɛ. Ejaakɛ afii 40 dani 1914 aaaba lɛ, Biblia Kaselɔi—taakɛ atsɛɔ Yehowa Odasefoi yɛ nakai be lɛ mli lɛ—kɛ ekaa miijaje yɛ faŋŋ akɛ Jeŋmaji abe lɛ baaba naagbee yɛ nakai afi lɛ mli. Nibii ni haoɔ mɔ ni ba yɛ 1914 lɛ ha amɛsane lɛ fee anɔkwale. (Luka 21:24; Mateo 24:3, 7, 8) Shi amɛteŋ mɛi pii hu he ye akɛ abaaŋɔ amɛ kɛjɛ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ kɛya amɛŋwɛi shihilɛ he lɛ yɛ 1914. Enɛ baaa mli. Shi moŋ, amɛtsɔ yiwaa ni naa wa mli yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta lɛ mli. Buu Mɔɔ Asafo lɛ klɛŋklɛŋ sɛinɔtalɔ, Charles T. Russell gbo yɛ October 31, 1916. Kɛkɛ ni yɛ July 4, 1918 lɛ, akɛ sɛinɔtalɔ hee lɛ, Joseph F. Rutherford kɛ Asafo lɛ najiaŋdamɔlɔi krokomɛi kpawo tee Atlanta, Georgia, tsuŋwoo he, ni ayawo amɛ tsuŋ afii babaoo yɛ gbɛ ni ejaaa nɔ.

⁵ Yohane kuu lɛ mli anɔkwa Kristofoi lɛ ayiŋ fee amɛ yaa. Mɛni ji nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ taoɔ ni amɛfee agbɛnɛ? Mɛɛ be mli abaaŋɔ amɛ kɛya ŋwɛi? Wiemɔ ko ni eyitso ji “Ŋmaakpamɔ lɛ Eba Naagbee—Mɛni Baanyiɛ Sɛɛ?” je kpo yɛ May 1, 1919 The Watch Tower ni akala lɛ mli. Etsɔɔ shihilɛ ni aleee nɔ ni afeɔ yɛ mli nɛɛ, ni ewo anɔkwafoi lɛ hewalɛ ni amɛya nɔ ni amɛŋmɛ amɛtsui shi, akɛ: “Wɔheɔ wɔyeɔ akɛ eji anɔkwale bianɛ akɛ aaakɛɛ akɛ maŋtsɛyeli kuu lɛ ni abuaa amɛnaa lɛ ji anɔkwa sane ko ni eba mli, ni akɛ asɔo mɛnɛɛmɛi fɛɛ naa ni aŋa shinaa lɛ.” Yohane kuu lɛ sɔlemɔi ni mli wa lɛ miikwɔ kɛmiiya ŋwɛi, tamɔ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma babaoo ni ewo lasu yɛ nɛkɛ haomɔ be nɛɛ mli. Ni aanu amɛsɔlemɔi lɛ!

La ni Atsi Ashwie Shikpɔŋ Nɔ

 6. Mɛni ba yɛ dioofeemɔ ni ba yɛ ŋwɛi lɛ sɛɛ, ni mɛni ha eba lɛ nakai?

⁶ Yohane kɛɔ wɔ akɛ: “Ni bɔfo lɛ kɔ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma shaa nɔ lɛ, ni eje afɔleshaa latɛ lɛ nɔ la lɛ eko ewo lɛ obɔ, ni etsi eshwie shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ, ni gbeei kɛ nugbɔshiimɔi kɛ sarawai kɛ shikpɔŋhosomɔi ba.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:5) Yɛ dioofeemɔ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, trukaa pɛ kɛkɛ ni nifeemɔ je shishi! Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ enɛ ji krɔŋkrɔŋbii lɛ asɔlemɔi lɛ ahetoo, ni nɔ ni kanya enɛ feemɔ ji la ni aje kɛjɛ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma shaa latɛ lɛ nɔ lɛ. Yɛ sɛɛ mli afi ni ji 1513 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ, yɛ Sinai Gɔŋ lɛ he lɛ, nugbɔshiimɔi kɛ sarawai, kɛ hoofeemɔi kɛ la, kɛ gɔŋ lɛ hosomɔ kadi Yehowa jwɛŋmɔ ni egbala kɛba ewebii anɔ. (2 Mose 19:16-20) Nifeemɔ ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ ni Yohane bɔ he amaniɛ lɛ hu tsɔɔ akɛ Yehowa miibo etsuji ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ atoi. Shi nɔ ni Yohane naa lɛ je kpo yɛ okadii amli. (Kpojiemɔ 1:1) No hewɔ lɛ te atsɔɔ okadi la, nugbɔshiimɔi, gbee, sarawai, kɛ shikpɔŋhosomɔi lɛ ashishi ahaa tɛŋŋ yɛ ŋmɛnɛ?

 7. (a) Mɛɛ okadi la Yesu shɛre yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ yɛ esɔɔmɔ be lɛ mli? (b) Kristo mumɔŋ nyɛmimɛi lɛ shɛre la yɛ Kristendom yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

⁷ Be ko lɛ Yesu kɛɛ ekaselɔi lɛ akɛ: “La-woo miba yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ.” (Luka 12:49) Lɛlɛŋ ewo la. Yesu tsɔ ekaa ni ekɛshiɛ lɛ nɔ efee Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ sane titri yɛ Yudafoi lɛ ahiɛ, ni enɛ tee ŋwanejee ni naa wa shi yɛ maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ mli. (Mateo 4:17, 25; 10:5-7, 17, 18) Yɛ 1919 mli lɛ, Yesu mumɔŋ nyɛmimɛi ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ, Kristofoi akuu fioo ni afɔ amɛ mu ni amɛje Jeŋ Ta I haomɔ be lɛ mli lɛ wo la ni tamɔ nakai yɛ Kristendom. Yɛ nakai afi lɛ September mli lɛ, ana Yehowa mumɔ lɛ nitsumɔ yɛ faŋŋ mli yɛ be mli ni e-Dasefoi anɔkwafoi lɛ ebua amɛhe naa kɛjɛ he ni bɛŋkɛ kɛ he ni yɔɔ shɔŋŋ yɛ Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A. lɛ. Joseph F. Rutherford, ni ajie lɛ yɛ tsuŋwoohe etsɛko, ní no mli lɛ eshwɛ fioo ni abaajie naafolɔmɔi ni akɛshwie enɔ lɛ kɛjɛ saneyelihe lɛ kɛ ekaa wie etsɔɔ kpee lɛ, akɛ: “Yɛ toiboo ni wɔfeɔ wɔhaa wɔ-Nuŋtsɔ lɛ famɔ, kɛ hegbɛ kɛ nitsumɔ ni wɔyɔɔ akɛ wɔkɛ apasa mɔji lɛ ni eŋɔ gbɔmɛi lɛ nom yɛ be kakadaŋŋ mli lɛ awuu ta hewɔ lɛ, wɔnitsumɔ ji ni wɔtswa Mesia anunyam maŋtsɛyeli ni baa lɛ he adafi.” Enɛ ji sane titri lɛ—Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ!

8, 9. (a) Te J. F. Rutherford tsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ anifeemɔ kɛ nɔ ni amɛshweɔ yɛ tai afii ni mli wa lɛ mli eha tɛŋŋ? (b) Yɛ mɛɛ shishinumɔ naa atsi la ashwie shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ? (d) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ nugbɔshiimɔi, gbee, sarawa gbalamɔi kɛ shikpɔŋhosomɔi eba?

⁸ Yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ aniiashikpamɔ ni mli wawai ni baa amɛnɔ lɛ ahe lɛ, wielɔ lɛ kɛɛ: “Ni henyɛlɔ lɛ tutuamɔ lɛ enaaa mɔbɔ hewɔ lɛ, Nuŋtsɔ lɛ toi ni esumɔɔ amɛ lɛ ateŋ mɛi pii anaa kpɛ amɛhe, ni amɛdamɔ shi diŋŋ ni amɛhiɛ efee amɛ yaa, amɛsɔle ni amɛmɛ koni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ atsɔɔ esuɔmɔnaa nii. . . . Shi yɛ nijiaŋwujee ni ba yɛ be fioo lɛ mli lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, shwe ni ashweɔ akɛ aaajaje maŋtsɛyeli lɛ sane lɛ miitso tamɔ la.”—Kwɛmɔ September 15, 1919 The Watch Tower lɛ mli yɛ baafa 280.

⁹ Nakai shwe ni ashweɔ loo esuɔmɔnaa nii lɛ ba mli yɛ 1919. Aje la awo Kristofoi akuu fioo ni yɔɔ ekaa nɛɛ ateŋ, kɛ aaawie yɛ mumɔŋ, koni amɛje jeŋ muu fɛɛ shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ he tafaa shishi. (Okɛto 1 Tesalonikabii 5:19 he.) Atsi la ashwie shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɛ shishinumɔ akɛ aha Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ fee sane ni he hiaa fe fɛɛ, ni etee nɔ efee nakai! Akɛ gbee ni wa to dioofeemɔ najiaŋ, ni akɛjaje Maŋtsɛyeli shɛɛ sane lɛ yɛ faŋŋ mli. Kɔkɔbɔi ni tamɔ nugbɔshiimɔi ni jɛ Biblia lɛ mli jije kɛje kpo. Anɔkwale la ni kpɛɔ tamɔ sarawa gbalamɔ kpɛ kɛjɛ Yehowa gbalɛ Wiemɔ lɛ mli, ni ahoso Nyɔŋmɔ jamɔ maŋtsɛyeli he lɛ kɛyashɛ eshishitoi anɔ tamɔ shikpɔŋhosomɔ wulu ko. Yohane kuu lɛ na akɛ nitsumɔ yɛ ni esa akɛ atsu. Ni kɛbashi ŋmɛnɛ, nakai nitsumɔ lɛ mlilɛɛmɔ miiya nɔ yɛ anunyam mli yɛ shikpɔŋ ni ayɔɔ nɔ lɛ fɛɛ nɔ!—Romabii 10:18.

He ni Asaa Ahaa Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi Akpamɔ

10. Ŋwɛibɔfoi kpawo lɛ saa amɛhe koni amɛfee mɛni, ni mɛni hewɔ?

¹⁰ Yohane tee nɔ ekɛɛ: “Ni bɔfoi kpawo lɛ ni hiɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi kpawo lɛ saa amɛhe koni amɛkpa.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:6) Nakai tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ akpamɔ tsɔɔ mɛni? Yɛ Israel gbii amli lɛ, akɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi akpamɔ tsuɔ nii ni akɛkadiɔ gbii ni he hiaa loo saji ni sa kadimɔ ni eba. (3 Mose 23:24; 2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 11:14) Nakai nɔŋŋ hu tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi ni Yohane baanu amɛkpamɔ lɛ baagbala ejwɛŋmɔ kɛya saji ni he hiaa tamɔ wala kɛ gbele lɛ nɔ.

11. Mɛɛ hesaamɔ nitsumɔ ko Yohane kuu lɛ kɛ amɛhe wo mli yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ ni deka bɛ mli kwraa kɛjɛ 1919 kɛbashi 1922?

¹¹ Beni ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ fee klalo akɛ amɛaakpa tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ, ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ amɛkɛ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ kɛha shikpɔŋ nɔ nitsumɔ ko shishijee miiha. Kɛjɛ 1919 kɛbashi 1922 lɛ, no mli lɛ Yohane kuu ni awo amɛ hewalɛ ekoŋŋ lɛ bɛ deka kwraa yɛ maŋ sɔɔmɔ lɛ kɛ woji afeemɔ kɛ ekalamɔ he gbɛjianɔtoo mli. Yɛ 1919 lɛ, wolo tɛtrɛɛ, The Golden Age, ni ale ŋmɛnɛ akɛ Awake! lɛ je kpo akɛ “Anɔkwale, Hiɛnɔkamɔ, kɛ Hekɛnɔfɔɔ Wolo”—dɛŋdade ko ni tamɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni baatsu nitsumɔ titri ko yɛ apasa jamɔ ni kɛ ehe woɔ maŋkwramɔŋ saji amli lɛ he mama kpamɔ mli.

12. Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ eko fɛɛ eko kpamɔ tswaa mɛni he adafi, ni mɛni ekaiɔ wɔ yɛ Mose gbii lɛ amli?

¹² Taakɛ wɔbaana agbɛnɛ lɛ, tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ eko fɛɛ eko kpamɔ tswaa sane ko ni baaba ni haomɔi wuji ni yɔɔ gbeyei saa shikpɔŋ lɛ hei komɛi ahe lɛ he adafi. Enɛɛmɛi ekomɛi kaiɔ wɔ haomɔi ni Yehowa tsu kɛba koni akɛgbala Mizraimbii ni yɔɔ Mose gbii lɛ amli lɛ atoi lɛ. (2 Mose 7:19-12:32) Enɛɛmɛi ji Yehowa kojomɔi ni ekɛba nakai maŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ kpojiemɔ, ni amɛgbele gbɛ koni Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ ajo foi kɛjɛ nyɔŋyeli mli. Haomɔi ni Yohane na lɛ tsɔɔ nɔ ko ni tamɔ nakai. Shi, amɛjeee haomɔi diɛŋtsɛ. Amɛji okadii ni feɔ Yehowa jalɛ kojomɔi ahe mfoniri.—Kpojiemɔ 1:1.

“Mlijai Etɛ Mli Ekome” lɛ Yɔsemɔ

13. Mɛni ba beni akpa klɛŋklɛŋ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi ejwɛ lɛ, ni mɛɛ sanebimɔ enɛ teɔ lɛ shi?

¹³ Taakɛ wɔbaana lɛ, beni akpa tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ amli klɛŋklɛŋ ejwɛ lɛ, akɛ haomɔi ba shikpɔŋ lɛ, ŋshɔ lɛ, kɛ faai kɛ nu bui, kɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ la jɛɛhei “amlijai etɛ mli ekome” nɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 8:7-12) Mlijai etɛ mli ekome ji nɔ ko fã ni fa shi jeee nii muu lɛ fɛɛ. (Okɛto Yesaia 19:24; Ezekiel 5:2; Zakaria 13:8, 9 he.) No hewɔ lɛ mɛɛ “mlijai etɛ mli ekome” baafee nɔ ni sa nɛkɛ haomɔi nɛɛ? Satan kɛ eseshi lɛ eshwila adesai ateŋ mɛi ni fa lɛ ahiŋmɛi ni efite amɛ. (1 Mose 3:15; 2 Korintobii 4:4) Shihilɛ lɛ tamɔ bɔ ni David tsɔɔ mli lɛ: “Amɛ fɛɛ amɛgba afa, amɛfite; gbɔmɔ ko bɛ ni feɔ ekpakpa, dabi, mɔ kome folo bɛ!” (Lala 14:3) Hɛɛ, oshara yɛ akɛ fɔbuu kojomɔ baaba adesai fɛɛ nɔ. Shi efa titri ko ji nɔ ni eye fɔ fe fɛɛ. Kulɛ esa akɛ efa ko—“mlijai etɛ mli ekome”—ale nii fe nakai! Mɛni ji nakai “mlijai etɛ mli ekome” lɛ?

14. Mɛni ji okadi mlijai etɛ mli ekome ni nine shɛɔ shɛɛ saji ni ji haomɔi anɔ kɛjɛɔ Yehowa ŋɔɔ lɛ?

¹⁴ No ji Kristendom! Yɛ 1920 afii lɛ amli lɛ, no mli lɛ enɔyeli he lɛ shɛɔ aaafee adesai amlijai etɛ mli ekome. Ejamɔ lɛ ji yibii ni hemɔkɛyeli kwamɔ kpeteŋkpele kɛmiijɛ anɔkwale Kristojamɔ he lɛ ewo—hemɔkɛyeli kwamɔ ni Yesu kɛ ekaselɔi lɛ gba fɔ shi lɛ. (Mateo 13:24-30; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 20:29, 30; 2 Tesalonikabii 2:3; 2 Petro 2:1-3) Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ kɛɔ akɛ amɛyɛ Nyɔŋmɔ sɔlemɔwe lɛ ni amɛkɛ amɛhe tsɔɔ akɛ Kristojamɔ tsɔɔlɔi. Shi amɛtsɔɔmɔi lɛ kɛ Biblia mli anɔkwale lɛ teŋ jɛkɛ naakpa, ni amɛyaa nɔ amɛgbeɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛi lɛ he guɔ daa. Akɛni edamɔ shi kɛha nɛkɛ okadi mlijai etɛ mli ekome nɛɛ hewɔ lɛ, Kristendom nine shɛɔ haomɔi ni ji shɛɛ saji ni naa wa nɔ kɛjɛɔ Yehowa ŋɔɔ. Ŋwɛi duromɔ ko kwraa esaaa nakai adesai amlijai etɛ mli ekome lɛ!

15. (a) Ani tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ eko fɛɛ eko kpamɔ yaa nɔ yɛ afi pɔtɛɛ ko mli? Tsɔɔmɔ mli. (b) Namɛi kɛ amɛgbee efata Yohane kuu lɛ anɔ he ni amɛkɛmiijaje Yehowa kojomɔi lɛ?

¹⁵ Bɔni afee ni ekɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi akpamɔ ni agbe naa lɛ akpa gbee lɛ, atsu yiŋkpɛi krɛdɛɛi ahe nii yɛ kpeei kpawo ni afee kɛjɛ 1922 kɛbashi 1928 lɛ ashishi. Shi jeee nakai afii lɛ pɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔi lɛ yaa nɔ yɛ mli. Kristendom yiwalɛ gbɛi lɛ ahe mama kpamɔ yɛ ekaa naa lɛ etee nɔ yɛ be fɛɛ mli, eeya nɔ lolo, yɛ be mli ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ yaa hiɛ lɛ. Esa akɛ ajaje Yehowa kojomɔi lɛ yɛ jeŋ muu fɛɛ, kɛha jeŋmaji fɛɛ, yɛ majimaji ateŋ nyɛɛ kɛ yiwaa lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ. Ni no dani Satan gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ naagbee aaaba. (Marko 13:10, 13) Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, asafo babaoo lɛ kɛ egbee efata Yohane kuu lɛ nɔ he koni amɛkɛ shɛɛ saji ni jijeɔ tamɔ nugbɔshiimɔi ni he hiaa yɛ jeŋ fɛɛ lɛ aha.

Shikpɔŋ lɛ Mlijai Etɛ Mli Ekome Sha

16. Mɛni nyiɛ sɛɛ ba beni klɛŋklɛŋ ŋwɛibɔfo lɛ kpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ?

¹⁶ Yɛ be mli ni ebɔɔ ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ ahe amaniɛ lɛ, Yohane ŋma akɛ: “Ni klɛŋklɛŋ bɔfo lɛ kpa, ni nyɔŋmɔŋtɛ kɛ la ni lá futu mli ba ni ebashwie shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ, ni shikpɔŋ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome sha, ni tsei amlijai etɛ mli ekome sha, ni jwɛi fɔ fɛɛ sha.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:7) Enɛ tamɔ haomɔ ni ji kpawo ni ba Mizraim nɔ lɛ, shi ani ehaoɔ mɛi yɛ wɔbei nɛɛ amli?—2 Mose 9:24.

17. (a) Mɛni ji nɔ ni wiemɔ “shikpɔŋ” lɛ damɔ shi kɛha yɛ Kpojiemɔ 8:7? (b) Ashaa Kristendom shikpɔŋ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

¹⁷ Yɛ Biblia mli lɛ, wiemɔ “shikpɔŋ” lɛ tsɔɔ adesai yɛ be babaoo mli. (1 Mose 11:1; Lala 96:1) Akɛni haomɔ ni ji enyɔ lɛ ba ŋshɔ lɛ nɔ, ni no hu kɔɔ adesai ahe hewɔ lɛ, “shikpɔŋ” lɛ baanyɛ akɔ adesai aweku ni feɔ tamɔ amɛyɛ shiŋŋ ni Satan etswa ema shi ni etsɛŋ abaakpata amɛhiɛ lɛ he. (2 Petro 3:7; Kpojiemɔ 21:1) Haomɔ ni ato naa ni baaba lɛ jieɔ lɛ kpo akɛ Yehowa mlifu ni naa wa lɛ mli la lɛ esha Kristendom shikpɔŋ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome. Emli gbɔmɛi wuji ni ale amɛ lɛ—ni damɔ shi tamɔ tsei yɛ eteŋ lɛ—Yehowa fɔbuu kojomɔi ni ajajeɔ lɛ shaa amɛ. Kɛji akɛ esɔlemɔ lɛ mli bii akpekpei ohai abɔ lɛ tee nɔ amɛfi Kristendom jamɔ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, amɛbatsɔmɔɔ tamɔ jwɛi fɔ ni asha, ni amɛgboi yɛ mumɔŋ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ.—Okɛto Lala 37:1, 2 he.a

18. Ajaje Yehowa kojomɔ saji lɛ yɛ 1922 Cedar Point kpee lɛ shishi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

¹⁸ Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ atsɔɔ akɛ nɛkɛ kojomɔ saji nɛɛ haa yɛ? Jeee kɛmiitsɔ jeŋ adafitswaa woji loo redio nɔ, ejaakɛ amɛji je lɛ fa ni yɛ be babaoo mli lɛ amɛgbeɔ Nyɔŋmɔ “tsuji” lɛ ahe guɔ. (Mateo 24:45) Ajaje enɛ atsɔɔ yɛ gbɛ ni sa kadimɔ jogbaŋŋ nɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ webii ahenaabuamɔ ni ji enyɔ ni fee yinɔsane lɛ shishi yɛ Cedar Point, Ohio, yɛ September 10, 1922. Mɛnɛɛmɛi kɛ miishɛɛ kɛ ekomefeemɔ kpɛlɛ yiŋkpɛɛ ko ni eyitso ji “Mpoa ni Atswaa Jeŋ Hiɛnyiɛlɔi” lɛ nɔ. Etsɔ wiemɔi ni awieɔ lɛ kpookpoo mli ehɛle ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ okadi shikpɔŋ lɛ shi, kɛ wiemɔi ni nyiɛ sɛɛ nɛɛ: “No hewɔ lɛ wɔmiitsɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ jeŋmaji lɛ, amɛnɔyelɔi kɛ hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ, kɛ sɔlemɔi sɔrɔtoi ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ amli osɔfoi lɛ fɛɛ, amɛ sɛɛnyiɛlɔi kɛ hefatalɔi lɛ, jarayeli nitsumɔtsɛmɛi wuji kɛ maŋkwralɔi wuji lɛ, ni amɛkɛ amɛ odaseyeli ni buɔ amɛ bem yɛ gbɛhe ni amɛkɔ akɛ amɛbaanyɛ amɛto toiŋjɔlɛ kɛ shweremɔ yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ ni amɛkɛ miishɛɛ abaha gbɔmɛi lɛ aba; ni kɛ amɛnyɛɛɛ amɛfee nakai lɛ, wɔmiibi ni amɛfee toiboo amɛha odaseyeli ni wɔ akɛ odasefoi lɛ wɔyeɔ wɔhaa Nuŋtsɔ lɛ, ni agbɛnɛ ha amɛkɛɛ kɛji akɛ wɔ odaseyeli lɛ ji anɔkwale aloo ejeee nakai.”

19. Mɛɛ odaseyeli Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ kɛha Kristendom yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he?

¹⁹ Mɛɛ odaseyeli nɛkɛ Kristofoi nɛɛ kɛha? Enɛ: “Wɔheɔ wɔyeɔ ni wɔmiijaje akɛ Mesia maŋtsɛyeli lɛ ji tsofa ni yeɔ emuu kɛha adesai ahelai fɛɛ ni no kɛ toiŋjɔlɛ baaba shikpɔŋ nɔ kɛ tsuijurɔ hu kɛha gbɔmɛi, jeŋmaji fɛɛ asuɔmɔnaa nii lɛ; akɛ mɛi ni jɛɔ amɛsuɔmɔ mli amɛkɛ amɛhe haa nɛkɛ jalɛ nɔyeli ni eje shishi bianɛ lɛ, akɛ naanɔ toiŋjɔlɛ, wala, heyeli, kɛ naanɔ miishɛɛ baajɔɔ amɛ.” Yɛ nɛkɛ fitemɔ bei nɛɛ amli, beni nɔyelii ni adesa to, titri lɛ nɔ ni yɔɔ Kristendom lɛ nyɛɛɛ afee nɔ ko kwraa ni amɛkɛaana tsabaa amɛha jeŋ haomɔi lɛ, nakai mpoatswaa ni tamɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ jijeɔ kɛ hewalɛ ni naa wa fe 1922 nɔ lɛ. Kwɛ bɔ ni eji anɔkwale akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli ni yɔɔ e-Kristo lɛ ni yeɔ kunim lɛ dɛŋ lɛ ji adesai ahiɛnɔkamɔ kome pɛ ha!

20. (a) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ asafo lɛ etsɔ amɛkɛ kojomɔ saji ni tamɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi akpamɔ eha yɛ 1922 kɛ no sɛɛ? (b) Mɛni ba Kristendom nɔ yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ kpamɔ hewɔ?

²⁰ Atsɔ yiŋkpɛi, dɛhiɛmɔ woji, woji bibii, woji wuji, woji tɛtrɛbii kɛ shiɛmɔ wiemɔi anɔ akɛ enɛ kɛ sɛɛ mli jajemɔi ni tamɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ ha kɛtsɔ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ asafo lɛ nɔ. Nɔ ni jɛ klɛŋklɛŋ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ kpamɔ mli ba ji Kristendom ni atswia lɛ nii tamɔ akɛ nu ni ewa shimɔɔ lɛ. La yi sɔ ni eye, yɛ ehe ni ekɛwo afii ohai 20 lɛ mli tai amli lɛ ji nɔ ko ni ajie fɛɛ kpo yɛ faŋŋ mli, ni ajie lɛ kpo atsɔɔ akɛ esa Yehowa mlifu ni naa wa ni tamɔ la lɛ. Yohane kuu lɛ, ni yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ asafo babaoo lɛ fiɔ amɛsɛɛ lɛ etee nɔ eha klɛŋklɛŋ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔ lɛ ejije, ni agbala jwɛŋmɔ kɛtee bɔ ni Yehowa kwɛɔ Kristendom ehaa akɛ hiɛkpatamɔ pɛ sa lɛ lɛ nɔ.—Kpojiemɔ 7:9, 15.

Tamɔ Gɔŋ ni Shaa kɛ La

21. Mɛni ba beni ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji enyɔ lɛ kpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ?

²¹ “Ni bɔfo ni ji enyɔ lɛ kpa, ni ashɛ nɔ ko ni tamɔ gɔŋ ni shaa kɛ la afɔ ŋshɔŋ, ni ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome tsɔ lá, ni ŋshɔ lɛ mli bɔɔ nii ni yɔɔ wala lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome gboi, ni lɛji lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome fite.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:8, 9) Mɛni ji nɔ ni nɛkɛ ninaa ni yɔɔ gbeyei nɛɛ feɔ he mfoniri?

22, 23. (a) Mɛɛ yiŋkpɛɛ ba ni ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ ejɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enyɔ lɛ kpamɔ lɛ? (b) “Ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome” lɛ damɔ shi kɛha mɛni?

²² Wɔbaanyɛ wɔdamɔ kpee ni Yehowa webii fee yɛ Los Angeles, California, U.S. Amerika yɛ August 18-26, 1923 lɛ nɔ wɔnu shishi jogbaŋŋ. Hɔɔ shwane wiemɔ ni ato ni J. F. Rutherford kɛbaaha lɛ ji “Gwantɛŋi kɛ Abotiai.” Ayoo “gwantɛŋi” lɛ yɛ faŋŋ mli akɛ gbɔmɛi ni sumɔɔ jalɛnifeemɔ ni baana Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ nɔyeli he ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ lɛ. Yiŋkpɛɛ ko ni nyiɛ sɛɛ lɛ gbala jwɛŋmɔ kɛtee osato ni “osɔfoi ni amɛkwa hemɔkɛyeli lɛ kɛ ‘amɛtoi lɛ amli mɛi titrii’ ni ji je lɛŋ gbɔmɛi ni he wa yɛ shika gbɛfaŋ kɛ maŋkwramɔŋ lɛ feɔ lɛ nɔ.” Etsɛ ni “gbɔmɛi babaoo ni sumɔɔ toiŋjɔlɛ kɛ gbɛjianɔtoo kpakpa ni yɔɔ sɔlemɔi sɔrɔtoi lɛ amli lɛ . . . agbala amɛhe shi kɛjɛ osɔfoi agbɛjianɔtoo ni ejaaa ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ tsɛɔ lɛ akɛ ‘Babilon’ lɛ he” ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ lɛ amɛfee klalo “ni amɛnine ashɛ Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli jɔɔmɔi anɔ.”

²³ Ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ nɛkɛ yiŋkpɛɛ nɛɛ ba yɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enyɔ lɛ jijemɔ hewɔ. Mɛi ni yɛ be ni sa mli lɛ amɛbaakpɛlɛ nakai sane lɛ nɔ lɛ baatsi amɛhe kɛjɛ mɛi ni Yesaia tsɔɔ bɔ ni amɛji lɛ mli kɛ nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ lɛ ahe: “Shi mɛi fɔji tamɔ ŋshɔ ni efee hamahama, ejaakɛ enyɛɛɛ dioo efee, shi emli nu lɛ looɔ ŋmiamɔ kɛ ŋmɔtɔ eshwieɔ.” (Yesaia 57:20; 17:12, 13) No hewɔ lɛ, “ŋshɔ” lɛ feɔ adesai ni ehao ni nyɛɛɛ amɛfee dioo, kɛ adesai atuatselɔi ni kanyaa yeyeeyefeemɔ kɛ maŋ hiɛ atuatsemɔ lɛ ahe mfoniri. (Okɛto Kpojiemɔ 13:1 he.) Be baashɛ ni nakai “ŋshɔ” lɛ bɛ dɔŋŋ. (Kpojiemɔ 21:1) Dani enɛ aaaba lɛ, Yehowa tsɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enyɔ lɛ kpamɔ nɔ ejaje kojomɔ eshwie emlijai etɛ mli ekome nɔ—fa ni anyɛɛɛ nɔ aye ni yɔɔ Kristendom nɔyeli he lɛ diɛŋtsɛ lɛ.

24. Gɔŋ ni shaa tamɔ la ni afɔ̃ awo ŋshɔ mli lɛ feɔ mɛni he mfoniri?

²⁴ Afɔ nɔ ko ni tamɔ gɔŋ ni tsoɔ kɛ la awo nɛkɛ “ŋshɔ” nɛɛ mli. Yɛ Biblia mli lɛ, akɛ gɔji feɔ nɔyelii ahe mfoniri. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, afee Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he mfoniri akɛ gɔŋ ko. (Daniel 2:35, 44) Babilon ni fiteɔ nii lɛ hu batsɔ “gɔŋ ni ashã.” (Yeremia 51:25) Shi gɔŋ ni Yohane na lɛ miisha lolo. Ŋshɔ mli ni afɔ̃ awo lɛ feɔ bɔ ni yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta lɛ mli kɛ esɛɛ fɛɛ lɛ, nɔyeli he sane lɛ bafee tamɔ sane ko ni tsoɔ yɛ adesai ateŋ lɛ, titri lɛ yɛ Kristendom shikpɔji anɔ lɛ. Yɛ Italia lɛ, Mussolini kɛ Fascist nɔyeli lɛ ba. Germany hu kpɛlɛ Hitler Nazi nɔyeli lɛ nɔ, yɛ be mli ni maji krokomɛi ka kwasafo nɔyelii sɔrɔtoi amɛkwɛ. Tsakemɔ ko ni naa wa ba yɛ Russia, he ni Bolshevik maŋ hiɛ atuatsemɔ lɛ kɛ klɛŋklɛŋ Komunist maŋ lɛ ba lɛ, ni nɔ ni jɛ mli ba ji akɛ jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi ni yɔɔ Kristendom lɛ laaje hewalɛ ni amɛyɔɔ yɛ mɛi anɔ yɛ tsutsu he ni ji amɛshidaamɔ he ni wa lɛ.

25. Nɔyeli etee nɔ efee sane ni tsoɔ tamɔ la yɛ Jeŋ Ta II sɛɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

²⁵ Jeŋ ta ni ji enyɔ lɛ fite Fascist kɛ Nazi kaa-kɛ-kwɛmɔ lɛ, shi nɔyeli tee nɔ efee sane ko ni tsoɔ tamɔ la, ni adesa ŋshɔ lɛ tee nɔ etsɔmɔ ni efɛ̃ maŋ hiɛ atuatsemɔ nɔyelii heei kɛba. Yɛ afi 1945 sɛɛ afii nyɔŋmai abɔ lɛ mli lɛ, ato nɛkɛ nɔyelii nɛɛ yɛ hei babaoo, tamɔ China, Vietnam, Cuba, kɛ Nicaragua. Asraafoi ayiwalɛ nɔyeli ni aka akwɛ lɛ nyɛɛɛ adamɔ shi yɛ Hela. Nɔ ni jɛ Komunist nɔyeli ni Kampuchea (Cambodia) kɛ ehe wo mli lɛ mli ba ji gbɔmɛi fe akpekpei enyɔ ni gboi.

26. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ “gɔŋ ni shaa kɛ la” lɛ etee nɔ efee ŋshɔkei yɛ adesai ni tamɔ ŋshɔ lɛ ateŋ?

²⁶ Nakai “gɔŋ ni shaa kɛ la” lɛ yaa nɔ efeɔ ŋshɔkei yɛ adesai ŋshɔ lɛ mli lolo. Atee nɔ abɔ nɔyeli hepelemɔi yɛ Afrika, Amerika Wuoyigbɛ, Asia, kɛ Pacific ŋshɔkpɔi lɛ anɔ lɛ ahe amaniɛ. Nɔyeli hepelemɔi nɛɛ babaoo tee nɔ yɛ Kristendom shikpɔji anɔ aloo he ni Kristendom maŋsɛɛ sanekpakpashiɛlɔi lɛ kɛ amɛhe ewo mli lɛ anɔ. Roma Katolik osɔfoi po kɛ amɛhe wo mli ni amɛwuu ta akɛ Komunist asraafoi ni butuɔ nɔyelii. Yɛ nakai beaŋ nɔŋŋ lɛ, Protestant sanekpakpashiɛlɔi akui tsu nii yɛ Central Amerika koni amɛkɛku nɔ ni amɛtsɛ lɛ Komunistbii “ahiɛdɔɔ kɛ hewalɛ kumai ni yeɔ amɛ ni baaa shi” lɛ naa. Shi nɛkɛ hosomɔi ni yaa nɔ yɛ adesai ni tamɔ ŋshɔ lɛ mli lɛ eko kwraa bɛ ni enyɛ ekɛ toiŋjɔlɛ kɛ shweshweeshwe shihilɛ eba.—Okɛto Yesaia 25:10-12; 1 Tesalonikabii 5:3 he.

27. (a) “Ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome” tsɔ tamɔ lá yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) ‘Bɔɔ nii ni yɔɔ ŋshɔ mli lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome’ gboi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni mɛni baaba “lɛji lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome” nɔ?

²⁷ Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enyɔ lɛ kpamɔ lɛ jieɔ lɛ kpo akɛ adesai ateŋ mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe woɔ maŋ hiɛ atuatsemɔ he bei yɛ nɔyeli lɛ mli moŋ fe ni amɛaaba amɛhe shi amɛha Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ eye la yi sɔ. Titri lɛ Kristendom “ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome” etsɔ tamɔ lá. Nibii fɛɛ ni yɔɔ wala ni yɔɔ mli lɛ egboi yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ. Gbɛjianɔtoi sɔrɔtoi ni yɔɔ veveeve ni hoɔ yɛ hiɛ tamɔ lɛlɛ yɛ nakai ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome lɛ mli lɛ nyɛŋ akwa naagbee shishamɔ. Kwɛ miishɛɛ ni wɔna akɛ gbɔmɛi akpekpei abɔ ni tamɔ gwantɛŋi ebo tsɛmɔ ni tamɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔ akɛ amɛtsi amɛhe kɛjɛ mɛi ni kokoloɔ yɛ maŋhedɔɔ jwɛŋmɔ fintɔŋŋ lɛ kɛ nakai ŋshɔ lɛ mli la yi sɔyeli lɛ he lɛ toi agbɛnɛ.

Ŋulami ko Jɛ Ŋwɛi Bagbee Shi

28. Mɛni ba beni ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji etɛ kpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ?

²⁸ “Ni bɔfo ni ji etɛ lɛ kpa, ni ŋulami kpeteŋkpele ni tsoɔ tamɔ haa jɛ ŋwɛi bagbee shi, ni egbee faai lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome kɛ nu bui lɛ anɔ. Ni ŋulami lɛ gbɛi ji apsinto (joomɔ tso), ni nui lɛ amlijai etɛ mli ekome tsɔ joomɔ tsofa, ni gbɔmɛi pii gboi yɛ nui lɛ ahewɔ, ejaakɛ amɛmiijoo.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:10, 11) Biblia lɛ fai krokomɛi yeɔ ebuaa wɔ shikome ekoŋŋ ni wɔna bɔ ni nɛkɛ ŋmalɛ nɛɛ kɔɔ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ he ehaa.

29. Mɛni haa “ŋulami kpeteŋkpele ni tsoɔ tamɔ haa” lɛ he okadi lɛ baa mli, ni mɛni hewɔ?

²⁹ Wɔkɛ ŋulami ni yɔɔ Yesu shɛɛ saji ni ekɛyaha asafoi kpawo lɛ ni ŋulamii kpawo lɛ feɔ onukpai ni yɔɔ asafoi lɛ amli lɛ he mfoniri lɛ okadi lɛ ekpe momo.b (Kpojiemɔ 1:20) “Ŋulamii” ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ kɛ mɛi krokomɛi fɛɛ ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ, hiɔ ŋwɛi shihilɛ hei yɛ mumɔŋ shishinumɔ naa kɛjɛ be mli ni akɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ sɔo amɛnaa akɛ okadi ni yeɔ amɛ ŋwɛi shihilɛ he lɛ he odase lɛ. (Efesobii 2:6, 7) Shi, bɔfo Paulo bɔ kɔkɔ akɛ hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔi, mɛi ni kɛ mligbalamɔi baa, baafa kpo kɛaajɛ nɛkɛ gbɔmɛi ni tamɔ ŋulamii nɛɛ ateŋ ni amɛbaashishiu asafo kuu lɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 20:29, 30) Nɔ ni baajɛ anɔkwale ni ayeee nɛɛ mli aba ji hemɔkɛyeli kwamɔ kpeteŋkpele, ni nɛkɛ onukpai ni amɛgbee shi nɛɛ baafee mlakwamɔ gbɔmɔ ko ni mɛi pii yɔɔ mli, ni baawo ehe nɔ kɛyashɛ nyɔŋmɔ gbɛhe mli yɛ adesai ateŋ. (2 Tesalonikabii 2:3, 4) Paulo kɔkɔbɔi lɛ ba mli yɛ be mli ni Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ pue ni ayoo amɛ yɛ je lɛŋ lɛ. Nɛkɛ kuu nɛɛ damɔ shi kɛha okadi ni ji “ŋulami kpeteŋkpele ni tsoɔ tamɔ haa” lɛ.

30. (a) Beni akɛ Babilon maŋtsɛ lɛ wie akɛ mɔ ni ejɛ ŋwɛi ebagbee shi lɛ, mɛni ji eshishi? (b) Shi ni agbeɔ kɛjɛɔ ŋwɛi lɛ baanyɛ atsɔɔ mɛni?

³⁰ Yohane na ni nɛkɛ ŋulami pɔtɛɛ nɛɛ miijɛ ŋwɛi miigbe shi. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? Blema maŋtsɛ ko niiashikpamɔ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ koni wɔnu shishi. Yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ etsɔɔ Babilon maŋtsɛ lɛ, Yesaia kɛɛ: “Te fee tɛŋŋ ni ojɛ ŋwɛi obagbee shi nɛɛ, bo toloo ni okpɛɔ hɛŋŋ! Te fee tɛɛ ni afɔ̃o afɔ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ, bo ni obaa jeŋmaji lɛ ashi lɛ!” (Yesaia 14:12) Nɛkɛ gbalɛ nɛɛ ba mli yɛ be mli ni Koresh asraafoi lɛ butu Babilon, ni emaŋtsɛ lɛ kpeleke shi trukaa kɛjɛ jeŋ nɔyeli he lɛ kɛba enɔ kunim ni aye yɛ hiɛshishwiemɔ mli lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, shigbeemɔ kɛmiijɛ ŋwɛi baanyɛ akɔ gbɛhe ko ni kwɔ grɔŋŋ ni aaaje mɔ ko dɛŋ ni agbee shi kɛbote hiɛshishwiemɔ mli lɛ he.

31. (a) Mɛɛ be mli Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ gbee shi kɛjɛ amɛ “ŋwɛi” gbɛhe lɛ mli? (b) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ nui ni osɔfoi lɛ kɛhaa lɛ etsɔ “joomɔ tso,” ni mɛni ejɛ mli eba mɛi pii anɔ?

³¹ Beni Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ kwa anɔkwa Kristojamɔ hemɔkɛyeli lɛ, amɛgbee shi kɛjɛ “ŋwɛi” gbɛhe ni kwɔ grɔŋŋ ni Paulo tsɔɔ mli yɛ Efesobii 2:6, 7 lɛ mli. Ni amɛkɛ anɔkwale nui ŋma aaaha moŋ lɛ, amɛkɛ “joomɔ tso” ha, amalei ni ehiii kwraa tamɔ hɛl la, hetsuumɔ he, Triniti lɛ, kɛ shɛɛ mli sane; agbɛnɛ hu, amɛnyiɛ jeŋmaji lɛ ahiɛ kɛtee ta, ni amɛtswaaa amɛ amɛmaaa shi akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni yɔɔ jeŋba. Mɛni jɛ mli ba? Mumɔŋ ebɔɔ ni amɛkɛha mɛi ni he amalei lɛ amɛye lɛ. Amɛsane lɛ tamɔ Israelbii ni yeee anɔkwale ni hi shi yɛ Yeremia gbii lɛ amli lɛ ni Yehowa wie nɛkɛ yɛ amɛhe lɛ: “Naa, mikɛ taatso (joomɔ tso) aaafee amɛniyenii, ni maha amɛ nu ni ebɔɔ yɔɔ mli amɛnu; ejaakɛ Yerusalem gbalɔi lɛ aŋɔɔ efɔŋ feemɔ jɛ kɛtee shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ fɛɛ!”—Yeremia 9:15; 23:15.

32. Mɛɛ be mli Kristendom shigbeemɔ kɛmiijɛ mumɔŋ ŋwɛi lɛ bafee faŋŋ, ni afee enɛ he nɔkwɛmɔnɔ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

³² Nɛkɛ shigbeemɔ kɛmiijɛ mumɔŋ ŋwɛi nɛɛ baje kpo faŋŋ yɛ afi 1919, beni ahala Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ ateŋ shwɛɛnii fioo lɛ akɛ amɛkwɛ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he nibii anɔ moŋ, fe Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ. (Mateo 24:45-47) Ni kɛjɛ 1922 kɛbaa lɛ afee nakai shigbeemɔ lɛ he nɔkwɛmɔnɔ beni nɛkɛ Kristofoi akuu nɛɛ kanya amɛtafaa ni kɔɔ nibii ni Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ efeee lɛ ahe ni amɛkpaa he mama yɛ faŋŋ mli ekoŋŋ lɛ.

33. Mɛɛ Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ahe mama akpa yɛ 1924 kpee ni afee yɛ Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. lɛ shishi?

³³ Nɔ ni yɔɔ sɔrɔto ni ekaaa yɛ enɛ mli ji nɔ ni The Golden Age wolo tɛtrɛɛ lɛ tsɔɔ mli akɛ “Biblia Kaselɔi lɛ akpee wulu ni fe fɛɛ ni afee yɛ yinɔi lɛ amli” lɛ sanejajemɔ lɛ. Afee kpee nɛɛ yɛ Columbus, Ohio, July 20-27, 1924. Ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ yɛ ŋwɛibɔfo lɛ ni kpa tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji etɛ lɛ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ naa lɛ, akpɛlɛ yiŋkpɛɛ ko ni mli wa nɔ yɛ jɛmɛ ni yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ aja ekomekomei akpekpei 50 aha akɛ dɛhiɛmɔ wolo. Aŋma enɛ yɛ yitso ni ji Ecclesiastics Indicted (Afolɔ Osɔfoi Anaa) shishi. Eyitso bibioo ko kɛ sane nɛɛ ha: “Shiwoo Seshi lɛ kɛ Onufu lɛ Seshi lɛ Akaŋshii.” Sane ni akɛfolɔ amɛnaa lɛ diɛŋtsɛ kpa Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ahe mama yɛ saji ni tamɔ jamɔ mli sabalai wuji ni amɛŋɔ amɛha amɛhe, jarayeli nitsulɔi wuji kɛ maŋkwralɔi ni amɛkɛ amɛ efee mɛi titrii yɛ amɛtooi lɛ ateŋ, bɔ ni amɛsumɔɔ ni amɛkpɛ yɛ gbɔmɛi ahiɛ, kɛ bɔ ni amɛkpoo akɛ amɛaashiɛ Mesia Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he sane lɛ amɛha gbɔmɛi lɛ mli. Ema nɔ mi akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ nitsumɔ ewo Kristofonyo fɛɛ Kristofonyo ni ejɔɔ ehe nɔ lɛ dɛŋ akɛ ejaje “wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ oweletɔɔ gbi; ni eshɛje ŋkɔmɔyelɔi fɛɛ amii.”—Yesaia 61:2.

34, 35. (a) Mɛni eba osɔfoi lɛ ahewalɛ kɛ mɛi anɔ ni amɛyeɔ lɛ nɔ kɛjɛ be mli ni ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji etɛ lɛ je shishi akɛ eeekpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ nɛɛ? (b) Mɛni yɔɔ wɔsɛɛ be kɛha Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ?

³⁴ Kɛjɛ be mli ni ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji etɛ lɛ bɔi etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ kpamɔ nɛɛ, osɔfoi lɛ agbɛhe ni kwɔ akɛ mɛi ni yeɔ mɛi anɔ yɛ adesai ateŋ lɛ miishane shi, ni kɛbashi nɛkɛ gbi kɛ yinɔ nɛɛ mli lɛ, amɛteŋ mɛi fioo ko pɛ hiɛ hewalɛi ni tamɔ nyɔŋmɔi anɔ ni amɛna mli ŋɔɔmɔ yɛ tsutsu afii ohai abɔ ni eho lɛ amli lɛ. Yɛ Yehowa Odasefoi lɛ ashiɛmɔ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, gbɔmɛi babaoo diɛŋtsɛ ebayoo akɛ tsɔɔmɔi ni osɔfoi lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ babaoo ji mumɔŋ ebɔɔ—“joomɔ tso.” Kɛfata he lɛ, hewalɛ ni osɔfoi lɛ yɔɔ yɛ Europa kooyigbɛ lɛ eta, yɛ be mli ni yɛ maji krokomɛi anɔ lɛ, nɔyeli lɛ je gbɛ etsi hewalɛ ni amɛyɔɔ yɛ mɛi anɔ lɛ naa. Yɛ hei ni Katolikbii fa yɛ Europa kɛ Amerika maji lɛ anɔ nɛkɛ lɛ, gbɛi gbonyo ni osɔfoi lɛ ena yɛ shika gbɛfaŋ, yɛ maŋkwramɔŋ, kɛ agbɛnɛ yɛ jeŋba mli lɛ efite amɛgbɛi. Kɛjɛ amrɔ nɛɛ kɛyaa lɛ, fitemɔ kɛkɛ amɛgbɛhe lɛ baaya nɔ afite, ejaakɛ etsɛŋ ni nɔ ni baaba apasa jamɔi fɛɛ nɔ lɛ hu baaba amɛnɔ.—Kpojiemɔ 18:21; 19:2.

³⁵ Haomɔ ni Yehowa kɛhaoɔ Kristendom lɛ bako naagbee. Susumɔ nɔ ni ba yɛ be mli ni akpa tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji ejwɛ lɛ he.

Duŋ!

36. Mɛni ba beni ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji ejwɛ lɛ kpaa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ?

³⁶ “Ni bɔfo ni ji ejwɛ lɛ kpa, ni atswa hulu mlijai etɛ mli ekome kɛ nyɔŋtsere mlijai etɛ mli ekome kɛ ŋulamii amlijai etɛ mli ekome nɔ, koni amɛmlijai etɛ mli ekomekome lɛ awo duŋ, ni shwane mlijai etɛ mli ekome lɛ jeŋ tseee ni nyɔɔŋ hu nakai nɔŋŋ.” (Kpojiemɔ 8:12) Haomɔ ni ji nɛɛhu ni ba Mizraim nɔ lɛ ji duŋ kpii diɛŋtsɛ haomɔ. (2 Mose 10:21-29) Shi mɛni ji nɛkɛ okadi duŋ ni baa bahaoɔ mɛi lɛ?

37. Bɔfo Petro kɛ Paulo tsɔɔ mumɔŋ shihilɛ ni mɛi ni yɔɔ Kristofoi asafo lɛ sɛɛ lɛ yɔɔ mli lɛ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ ?

³⁷ Bɔfo Petro kɛɛ enanemɛi heyelilɔi lɛ akɛ amɛhi duŋ mli, kɛ aaawie yɛ mumɔŋ lɛ, dani amɛbatsɔmɔ Kristofoi. (1 Petro 2:9) Paulo hu kɛ wiemɔ “duŋ” tsu nii ni ekɛtsɔɔ mumɔŋ shihilɛ ni mɛi ni yɔɔ Kristofoi asafo lɛ sɛɛ lɛ yɔɔ mli lɛ mli. (Efesobii 5:8; 6:12; Kolosebii 1:13; 1 Tesalonikabii 5:4, 5) Shi mɛi ni yɔɔ Kristendom ni kɛɔ akɛ amɛheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ nɔ amɛyeɔ, ni kpɛlɛɔ nɔ akɛ Yesu ji amɛ Yiwalaherelɔ lɛ hu?

38. Mɛɛ anɔkwa saji ni kɔɔ Kristendom “la” lɛ he ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji ejwɛ lɛ kpa he tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ?

³⁸ Yesu kɛɛ akɛ abaatsɔ anɔkwa Kristofoi lɛ ayibii anɔ ayoo amɛ, ni akɛ mɛi pii ni kɛɔ akɛ amɛji esɛɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ baafee “mɛi ni tsuɔ nibii ni ejaaa gbɛ.” (Mateo 7:15-23) Mɔ ko mɔ ko bɛ ni kwɛɔ yibii ni Kristendom shihilɛ he ni feɔ je lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome lɛ ewo lɛ ni baakɛɛ akɛ jeee mumɔŋ duŋ kpii mli enyiɛ lɛ. (2 Korintobii 4:4) Lɛ ji mɔ ni ashwaa fe fɛɛ, ejaakɛ ekɛɔ akɛ eji Kristofonyo. No hewɔ lɛ, eja gbɛ akɛ ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji ejwɛ lɛ aaakpã anɔkwale ni eji akɛ Kristendom “la” lɛ ji duŋ diɛŋtsɛ yɛ anɔkwale mli, ni Babilon ji he ni enaa “la” lɛ kɛjɛɔ—shi jeee Kristofoi anɔ mli lɛ he tɛtrɛmaŋtɛtrɛ.—Marko 13:22, 23; 2 Timoteo 4:3, 4.

39. (a) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ yiŋkpɛɛ ni akpɛlɛ nɔ yɛ 1925 kpee lɛ shishi lɛ tsɔɔ Kristendom apasa la lɛ mli? (b) Mɛɛ ehe mama kpamɔ kroko afee yɛ 1955?

³⁹ Nɔ ni kɛ nakai ŋwɛi sanejajemɔ lɛ kpaa gbee lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ webii bua amɛhe naa babaoo yɛ kpee ni afee yɛ Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A lɛ shishi, yɛ August 29, 1925, ni amɛkpɛlɛ yiŋkpɛɛ ko ni maa saji anɔ mi kpookpoo ni eyitso ji “Hiɛnɔkamɔ Sane” lɛ nɔ akɛ aŋma aha. Agbɛnɛ hu, aja aaafee akpekpei 50 yɛ wiemɔi babaoo mli. Etsɔɔ apasa la ni jarayeli mli hiɛjoolɔi, maŋkwramɔŋ hiɛnyiɛlɔi kɛ jamɔ mli osɔfoi efee ekome amɛkɛha, ni nɔ ni ejɛ mli eba ji “duŋ kpii mli ni gbɔmɛi lɛ egbee” lɛ mli. Ni ekɛ enine tsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ akɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ diɛŋtsɛ ni no nɔ abaatsɔ ni nine ashɛ “toiŋjɔlɛ, shweremɔ, gbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ, wala, heyeli, kɛ naanɔ miishɛɛ mli jɔɔmɔi” lɛ anɔ. Ebi ekaa dani Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ akuu bibioo lɛ ajaje nɛkɛ shɛɛ saji nɛɛ amɛshi Kristendom gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ obalaŋ lɛ. Shi amɛtee nɔ amɛfee nakai aahu kɛtsara nɔ, kɛjɛ 1920 afii lɛ ashishijee mli aahu kɛbashi bianɛ. Yɛ nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ nɔŋŋ, yɛ 1955 mli lɛ, akpa osɔfoi akuu lɛ ahe mama ekoŋŋ kɛtsɔ wolo bibioo ni egbɛi ji Christendom or Christianity—Which One Is “the Light of the World”? (Kristendom loo Kristojamɔ—Te nɔ ni ji “Je lɛ La Lɛ”?) ni aja babaoo yɛ wiemɔi sɔrɔtoi babaoo mli yɛ jeŋ muu fɛɛ lɛ nɔ. Ŋmɛnɛ, Kristendom osatofeemɔ lɛ eje kpo faŋŋ akɛ mɛi pii yɛ je lɛŋ ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ lɛ amɛnyɛɔ amɛnaa. Shi Yehowa webii eŋmɛko ehe mama ni amɛkpaa koni ale nɔ ni eji: duŋ maŋtsɛyeli, lɛ he.

Okropɔŋ ko ni Miifiliki

40. Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi ejwɛ lɛ akpamɔ ha ale Kristendom akɛ eji mɛni?

⁴⁰ Nɔ ni jɛ nɛkɛ klɛŋklɛŋ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi ejwɛ nɛɛ akpamɔ mli ba diɛŋtsɛ ji amaŋfɔ kɛ gbele shihilɛ mli ni Kristendom yɔɔ lɛ ni akpa he mama. Akpa “shikpɔŋ lɛ” fa ni ji enɔ lɛ he mama akɛ nɔ ni sa Yehowa kojomɔ. Aha ana akɛ maŋ hiɛ atuatsemɔ nɔyelii ni kwɛ̃ɔ yɛ eshikpɔji lɛ anɔ kɛ hei krokomɛi lɛ ehiii haaa mumɔŋ shihilɛ. Aha ana shigbeemɔ shihilɛ ni esɔfoi lɛ yɔɔ mli lɛ yɛ faŋŋ mli, ni akpa duŋ kpii ni emumɔŋ shihilɛ lɛ yɔɔ mli lɛ he mama koni mɛi fɛɛ ana. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ Kristendom ji Satan nibii agbɛjianɔtoo lɛ fa ni anyaŋeɔ fe fɛɛ.

41. Mɛni Yohane na ni enu yɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ akpamɔ lɛ ni afo mli fioo lɛ sɛɛ?

⁴¹ Mɛni yɔɔ ekoŋŋ ni esa akɛ ajie lɛ kpo? Dani wɔɔtao hetoo wɔha sanebimɔ nɛɛ, awa fioo yɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ akpamɔ mli. Yohane tsɔɔ nɔ ni nyiɛ sɛɛ ni ena lɛ mli: “Ni mina, ni minu okropɔŋ ko miifiliki yɛ ŋwɛi teŋ, ni ekɛ gbee waa kɛɛ: Kpoo, kpoo, kpoo ha mɛi ni hiɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ yɛ bɔfoi etɛ ni baakpa lɛ atɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi agbee ni eshwɛ lɛ ahewɔ!”—Kpojiemɔ 8:13.

42. Mɛni okropɔŋ ni filikiɔ yɛ ŋwɛi lɛ baanyɛ atsɔɔ, ni mɛni ji eshɛɛ sane lɛ?

⁴² Okropɔŋ filikiɔ yɛ ŋwɛi shɔŋŋ, koni gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ he ni da anyɛ ana lɛ. Enaa nii jogbaŋŋ yɛ gbɛ ni ekaaa nɔ ni ebaanyɛ ena nii yɛ ehiɛ kɛya shɔŋŋ. (Hiob 39:29) Afee kerubim ni ji hiɛkalɔi ejwɛ ni ebɔle Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ he lɛ ekome he mfoniri akɛ okropɔŋ ni filikiɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 4:6, 7) Kɛji akɛ nɛkɛ kerubim nɛɛ ni aloo eji Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni naa shɔŋŋ nii lɛ eko hu lɛ, ekɛ gbee ni wa jaje sane ni ji: “Kpoo, kpoo, kpoo”! Ha ni shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ bii lɛ akadi enɛ, yɛ be mli ni anuɔ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi etɛ ni eshwɛ ni abaakpa lɛ he lɛ, ejaakɛ eko fɛɛ eko kɔɔ nɛkɛ kpoo nɛɛ ekome he.

[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]

[Akrabatsa ni yɔɔ baafa 139]

Ajie Kristendom Nui lɛ Akpo Akɛ Amɛji Joomɔ Tso

[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 132]

Naasɔomɔi kpawo lɛ anaatsemɔ kɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi kpawo akpamɔ ba

[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 140]

“Mpoa ni Atswa Jeŋ Hiɛnyiɛlɔi.” (1922)

Nɛkɛ yiŋkpɛɛ nɛɛ ye ebua ni aha je lɛ le Yehowa haomɔi ni ekɛshiɔ “shikpɔŋ lɛ”

[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 140]

“Kɔkɔbɔɔ Kɛha Kristofoi Fɛɛ” (1923)

Atsɔ nɛkɛ yiŋkpɛɛ nɛɛ nɔ ajaje Yehowa fɔbuu kojomɔ ni ekɛshiɔ “ŋshɔ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome” lɛ atsɔɔ yɛ he fɛɛ he

[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 141]

“Ajaje Osɔfoi Atɔmɔ Atsɔɔ” (1924)

Nɛkɛ dɛhiɛmɔ wolo nɛɛ ni aja yɛ jeŋ fɛɛ lɛ ye bua ni ehɛle gbɔmɛi ashi akɛ Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ‘aŋulami’ lɛ egbee shi

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“Hiɛnɔkamɔ Sane” (1925)

Akɛ yiŋkpɛɛ ni jaje saji kpookpoo nɛɛ tsu nii ni akɛkpa Kristendom shishiumɔ la lɛ jɛɛ he lɛ he mama akɛ yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ ejɛɛ he lɛ mli ewo duŋ kpii