Na He-Kɛ-Afɔleshaa Mumɔ!
ROLFa ji nitsulɔ ni he hiaa waa diɛŋtsɛ. Beni ekpɛ eyiŋ akɛ ebaabi nitsumɔ ni ekɛ ebe fa baatsu bɔni afee ni ena gbɛfaŋnɔ babaoo yɛ Kristofoi asɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli lɛ, enitsumɔtsɛ lɛ kpɛlɛ nɔ amrɔ nɔŋŋ. No hewɔ lɛ Rolf na gbɛgbamɔ sɔɔmɔ lɛ mli miishɛɛ afii babaoo. Shi, gbi ko lɛ, enitsumɔ mli shihilɛ lɛ batsake. Rolf ema nɔ mi akɛ eji mɔ ko ni tsuɔ nii jogbaŋŋ, no hewɔ lɛ aha lɛ gbɛhe kroko akɛ onukpa ni baakwɛ amɛnitsumɔ lɛ jarayeli saji anɔ. Nitsumɔ nɛɛ ba kɛ ehe nyɔmɔwoo ni kaa mɔ kɛ hegbɛi kpakpai hu ni fata he kɛha wɔsɛɛ hiɛyaa. Shi, ehiŋ lɛ be fa kɛ nitsumɔ dɔŋŋ.
Rolf yɛ ŋa kɛ bii enyɔ ni ekwɛɔ amɛ, ni shika ni fa fioo ni eeena nɛɛ he baaba sɛɛnamɔ waa. Shi yɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, ekpoo hegbɛ ni akɛha lɛ nɛɛ ni ebi nitsumɔ kroko, nɔ ni baaŋmɛ lɛ gbɛ ni ena be kɛha emumɔŋ kɛ shika gbɛfaŋ hiamɔ nii fɛɛ ahe nitsumɔ. Rolf nitsumɔtsɛ lɛ naa kpɛ ehe yɛ yiŋkpɛɛ nɛɛ he. Beni eyoo akɛ, kɛji eha lɛ nitsumɔ ni baaha ena nyɔmɔwoo babaoo po lɛ, eyeŋ omanye lɛ, enukpa lɛ mu naa akɛ: “Mina akɛ minyɛŋ nɔ ko kwraa mafee yɛ ofaishitswaa lɛ he.”
Hɛɛ, Rolf yɛ faishitswaa. Shi eyɛ su kroko ko hu—he-kɛ-afɔleshaa mumɔ lɛ. Afɔɔɔ nɛkɛ mumɔ nɛɛ kpojiemɔ yɛ wɔ jeŋ ni asumɔɔ ni afee tsuinaa nii babaoo nɛɛ mli. Shi ebaanyɛ eha mɔ ana shihilɛ ni he yɔɔ sɛɛnamɔ ni ehaa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli. Mɛni ji nɛkɛ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa mumɔ nɛɛ? Mɛni ebiɔ ni afee? Ni mɛni esa akɛ wɔfee ni wɔhiɛ mli?
Eji Biblia Mli Taomɔ Nii
Ni aaasha afɔle tsɔɔ akɛ akɛ nɔ ko ni jara wa aaaha loo aaaŋmɛɛ he. Afɔleshaa etee nɔ efee jamɔ krɔŋŋ lɛ fa kɛjɛ be mli ni odasefonyo anɔkwafo, Habel “kɛ etooi kromɔbii lɛ eko sha afɔle eha Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ. (1 Mose 4:4) Hii ni yɔɔ hemɔkɛyeli, tamɔ Noa kɛ Yakob hu fee nakai. (1 Mose 8:20; 31:54) Kooloi afɔleshaa hu ji Mose Mla lɛ mli gbɛjianɔtoo ko ni he hiaa. (3 Mose 1:2-4) Shi, akɛ famɔ haa jalɔi, yɛ nakai Mla lɛ shishi ni amɛkɛ amɛnii kpakpai fe fɛɛ lɛ aha. Aŋmɛɛɛ amɛ gbɛ ni amɛkɛ kooloo ko ni eje kpa abasha afɔle. (3 Mose 22:19, 20; 5 Mose 15:21) Beni lsraelbii ni kwa hemɔkɛyeli lɛ ku mla nɛɛ mli lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ ka amɛhiɛ, ni ekɛɛ: “Kɛji nyɛkɛ akpake loo helatsɛ baha [kɛha afɔleshaa lɛ, nyɛkɛɔ akɛ]: ‘Ejeee nɔ fɔŋ!’ Okɛyaha omralo lɛ. Ani eeena ohe tsui, aloo eeekwɛ ohiɛ? . . . Aso mahe enɛ kɛ miishɛɛ yɛ nyɛdɛŋ lo?”—Maleaki 1:8, 13.
Shishitoo mla ni ji afɔleshaa lɛ tsa nɔ kɛbote Kristofoi ajamɔ mli. Shi, akɛni Kristo ewo kpɔmɔ nɔ lɛ jara kɛmɔ shi kwraa hewɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ ekpɛlɛɛɛ kooloi afɔleshai anɔ dɔŋŋ. No hewɔ lɛ, mɛni Kristofoi baanyɛ amɛkɛsha afɔle ni akpɛlɛɔ nɔ? Paulo ŋma yɛ Romabii 12:1 akɛ: “No hewɔ lɛ, anyɛmimɛi, mikɛ Nyɔŋmɔ mlitsɔlɛi miikpa nyɛ fai, akɛ nyɛŋɔ nyɛgbɔmɔtsei lɛ nyɛdamɔ shi akɛ afɔle ni hiɛ ka ni he tse ni sa Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ ni nyɛjamɔ lɛ afee mumɔŋ jamɔ.” Mɛɛ tsakemɔ ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ nɛ! Yɛ nɔ najiaŋ ni akɛ gbohii aaasha afɔle moŋ lɛ, esa akɛ Kristofoi kɛ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe asha afɔlei ni hiɛ kamɔ—amɛhewalɛi, nibii ni amɛyɔɔ, kɛ amɛnyɛmɔi fɛɛ. Ni taakɛ eji yɛ Israel lɛ, Yehowa ekpɛlɛŋ “akpakei,” loo afɔleshaa ni jɛɛɛ tsui muu fɛɛ mli lɛ nɔ. Ebiɔ ni mɛi ni jaa lɛ lɛ kɛ amɛnibii kpakpai fe fɛɛ aha lɛ, koni amɛsɔmɔ lɛ kɛ amɛtsui, susuma, jwɛŋmɔ kɛ hewalɛ fɛɛ.—Marko 12:30.
No hewɔ lɛ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa mumɔ biɔ babaoo fe he ni atuuɔ ahaa kpeeiyaa he gbɛjianɔtoo kɛ nitsumɔ yɛ Kristofoi asɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli kɛkɛ. Etsɔɔ faishitswaa akɛ aaafee Nyɔŋmɔ suɔmɔnaa nii ni nɔ ni baajɛ mli aba lɛ kɔɔɔ he eko. Etsɔɔ klalo ni afee akɛ aaana amanehului kɛ jaramɔ shihilɛi. Yesu kɛɛ: “Kɛji mɔ ko miisumɔ akɛ enyiɛɔ misɛɛ lɛ, ha ni ekwa ehe ni ewó esɛŋmɔtso lɛ ni enyiɛ misɛɛ.” (Mateo 16:24) Kristofonyo haaa lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ehiɛnyam taomɔ loo heloonaa ninamɔ mli otii ni ekɛmamɔ ehiɛ lɛ afee nɔ titri ni ejwɛŋɔ he fe nibii fɛɛ. Eshihilɛ damɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ kɛ E-jalɛ lɛ taomɔ klɛŋklɛŋ nɔ. (Mateo 6:33) Kɛji ehe miihia lɛ, efee klalo akɛ ‘ebaawo esɛŋmɔtso lɛ,’ ni ena amanehulu, kɛ hiɛgbele, aloo gbele tete po!
Jɔɔmɔi ni Jɛɔ He-kɛ-Afɔleshaa Mli Baa
Kɛji akɛ shihilɛi ni hiɛdɔɔ yɔɔ mli miikpe lɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ eeeha mɔ asusu kɛji he-kɛ-afɔleshaa he yɛ sɛɛnamɔ lɛlɛŋ lɛ he. Yɛ mɛi ni sumɔɔ Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ ni amɛshweɔ ni awo egbɛi lɛ hiɛ nyam lɛ agbɛfaŋ lɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ nakai eji. (Mateo 22:37) Susumɔ Yesu Kristo nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ ni yeɔ emuu lɛ he okwɛ. Dani eeeba shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ, no mli lɛ eyɛ gbɛhe ni nɔ kwɔ mli yɛ ŋwɛi akɛ mumɔŋ bɔɔnɔ. Shi, taakɛ ekɛɛ ekaselɔi lɛ, etaooo ‘nɔ ni lɛ diɛŋtsɛ esumɔɔ, shi moŋ nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ ni tsulɛ lɛ sumɔɔ.’ (Yohane 5:30) No hewɔ lɛ ejɛ esuɔmɔ mli “ejie [su lɛ] yɛ ehe efɔ shi, ni eŋɔ tsulɔ su efɔ enɔ, etsɔ tamɔ gbɔmɔ, ni eshihilɛ gbɛfaŋ hu ana lɛ taakɛ gbɔmɔ; eba ehe shi ni ebo toi kɛtee gbele mli, kɛtee sɛŋmɔtso nɔ gbele mli tete.”—Filipibii 2:7, 8.
Nɛkɛ afɔleshaai nɛɛ efeee efolo. Akɛni Yesu miisumɔ ni eŋɔ “ewala eŋmɛ shi eha eshieŋtsɛmɛi” lɛ hewɔ lɛ, enyɛ ewo kpɔmɔ nɔ lɛ jara lɛ, ni enɛ ha adesai ni yeee emuu lɛ na wala ni gbele bɛ mli yɛ ŋwɛi, aloo naanɔ wala yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ. (Yohane 3:16; 15:13; 1 Yohane 2:2) Kɛtsɔ emuuyeli ni ehiɛ mli kɛmɔ shi lɛ nɔ lɛ, eha ajie Yehowa gbɛi lɛ yi babaoo. (Abɛi 27:11) Ebɛ naakpɛɛ akɛ Yehowa jɔɔ lɛ yɛ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa gbɛ ni ekɔ nɛɛ hewɔ! “Enɛ hewɔ hu ni Nyɔŋmɔ wo enɔ gojoo, ni eduro lɛ gbɛi ni ta gbɛi fɛɛ gbɛi nɔ.”—Filipibii 2:9.
Eji anɔkwale akɛ, Yesu ji Nyɔŋmɔ Bi koome pɛ. Ani Nyɔŋmɔ woɔ mɛi hu ni kɛ amɛhe shaa afɔle amɛhaa lɛ lɛ nyɔmɔ? Hɛɛ, ni enɛ jeɔ kpo yɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nii pii ni yɔɔ blema kɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ fɛɛ lɛ amli. Susumɔ Biblia mli sane ni kɔɔ Moabyoo Rut he lɛ he okwɛ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ ebana ele Yehowa he sane kɛtsɔ ewu ni ji Israelnyo lɛ nɔ. Beni nuu lɛ gbo lɛ, ehe bahia ni yoo lɛ akpɛ eyiŋ. Ani ebaahi wɔŋjalɔi amaŋ, he ni afɔ lɛ yɛ lɛ, aloo ani ebaafa gbɛ kɛya Shiwoo Shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɛ eshaayoo Naomi ni egbɔ lɛ? Rut hala sɛɛkpee nɔ lɛ, eyɛ mli akɛ enɛ tsɔɔ akɛ ekɛ wekukpaa ni ka ekɛ efɔlɔi ateŋ lɛ baasha afɔle, kɛ ekolɛ hegbɛ po ni eyɔɔ ni ekɛaabote gbalashihilɛ mli ekoŋŋ lɛ. Shi yɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, Rut ebana ele Yehowa, ni suɔmɔ ni eyɔɔ akɛ ebaaja lɛ yɛ ewebii ni ehala amɛ lɛ ateŋ lɛ tsirɛ lɛ ni ekɛ ehe kpɛtɛ Naomi he.
Ani awo Rut nyɔmɔ yɛ ehe ni ekɛsha afɔle nɛɛ he? Hɛɛ, awo lɛ nyɔmɔ! Yɛ be ni sa mli lɛ, shikpɔŋtsɛ ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Boaz kɛ lɛ hi shi akɛ eŋa, ni Rut bafɔ binuu ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Obed, ni no ha ebatsɔ Yesu Kristo blemanyɛ.—Mateo 1:5, 16.
Nakai nɔŋŋ hu Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni kɛ amɛhe esha afɔle yɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ lɛ ena jɔɔmɔi amli ŋɔɔmɔ. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, yɛ 1923 mli lɛ, William R. Brown, ni ale lɛ jogbaŋŋ akɛ “Bible” Brown lɛ shi emaŋ yɛ West Indies ni ebaje shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ shishi yɛ Afrika Anaigbɛ. Mɛi ni fata ehe kɛba ji eŋa kɛ ebiyoo kome. Yɛ naagbee lɛ efa kɛtee Nigeria, he ni shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ eje shishi eewo yibii yɛ lɛ. “Bible” Brown kɛ Amerikanyo mɔ diŋ ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Vincent Samuels kɛ West Indies Odasefonyo kroko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Claude Brown tsu gbɛfaŋnɔ ni he hiaa waa he nii yɛ nitsumɔ lɛ shishijee mli yɛ Afrika Anaigbɛ.
Ŋmɛnɛ, shiɛlɔi fe 187,000 miisɔmɔ yɛ Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, kɛ Nigeria, yɛ shikpɔŋkukuji ni “Bible” Brown kɛ ehefatalɔi lɛ yaje nitsumɔ shishi yɛ mli lɛ mli. Dani ebaagbo yɛ 1967 mli lɛ, “Bible” Brown kɛɛ: “Mɛɛ miishɛɛ eji nɛkɛ akɛ aaana hii kɛ yei ni amɛmiifee toiboo amɛmiiha Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he sanekpakpa lɛ!” Hɛɛ, ajɔɔ lɛ babaoo diɛŋtsɛ yɛ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa gbɛ ni ekɔ lɛ hewɔ.
Gbɛi ni Atsɔɔ nɔ Akɛ He Shaa Afɔle
Mɛni ji gbɛi komɛi ni wɔɔtsɔ nɔ wɔjie nakai mumɔ lɛ nɔŋŋ eko kpo yɛ ŋmɛnɛ? Ekome ji ni ona shia-kɛ-shia sɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli gbɛfaŋnɔ daa otsi. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 20:20) Ekolɛ nakai feemɔ, titri lɛ yɛ otsi lɛ mli nitsumɔ kɛ tɔlɛ sɛɛ lɛ ebafeŋ mlɛo. Ekolɛ ebaabi he tsɔsemɔ kɛ gbɛjianɔtoo kpakpa. Shi miishɛɛ ni yɔɔ mli lɛ fa kwraa fe naagbai ni okɛaakpe lɛ. Ejaakɛ obaanyɛ ona hegbɛ ni okɛye obua mɔ ko ni ebatsɔ “Kristo wolo . . . nÍ jeee blɛgi, shi moŋ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛkalɔ lɛ mumɔ akɛŋma, jeee yɛ tɛ taoi anɔ, shi moŋ tsui ni ji heloo taoi anɔ.”—2 Korintobii 8:3.
Mɛi komɛi eha gbɛfaŋnɔ ni amɛnaa yɛ shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli lɛ etee hiɛ kɛtsɔ tsumɔ ni “[amɛ]tsuɔ amɛdeka he nii,” ekolɛ kɛjɛɔ nɔ ni amɛnaa yɛ amɛheloo naa nitsumɔ loo hiɛtserɛjiemɔ mli lɛ nɔ. (Efesobii 5:16) Mɛi pii toɔ amɛgbɛjianɔ bɔni afee ni amɛna gbɛgbalɔi awalɔi asɔɔmɔ lɛ mli gbɛfaŋnɔ, kɛ hoo kwraa lɛ shikome yɛ afi mli. Mɛi krokomɛi hu nyɛɔ amɛfeɔ gbɛgbalɔi awalɔi be babaoo kɛtsaraa nɔ aloo amɛsɔmɔɔ akɛ daa gbɛgbalɔi. Afɔleshaa kroko hu ni esa akɛ asusu he ji fã ni aaafã kɛyahi hei ni Maŋtsɛyeli shiɛlɔi ahe ehia yɛ. Bei babaoo lɛ, enɛ biɔ tsakemɔi wuji yɛ mɔ ko shihilɛ mli, ni enyɛ ekpee jaramɔ shihilɛi anaa, ni etsake ehe ewo shihilɛ gbɛi kɛ kusumii heei amli. Shi jɔɔmɔi ni jɛɔ gbɛfaŋnɔ ni anaa kɛmɔɔ shi yɛ yelikɛbuamɔ ni akɛhaa mɛi krokomɛi koni amɛ hu amɛbana wala lɛ mlibaa lɛ haa afɔleshaa ni tamɔ nɛkɛ he baa sɛɛnamɔ.
John Cutforth ni afɔ lɛ yɛ Canada lɛ diɛŋtsɛ na enɛ mli niiashikpamɔ. Beni egbe nikasemɔ naa yɛ Watchtower Bible School of Gilead lɛ, aha lɛ nitsumɔ akɛ maŋsɛɛ sanekpakpa shiɛlɔ yɛ Australia. Nyɛminuu Cutforth kaiɔ akɛ: “Kwɛ bɔ ni jɛmɛ kɛ mimaŋ jɛkɛ ha! Ani manyɛ maku misɛɛ kɛba Canada ekoŋŋ ni mibasara mifɔlɔi kɛ minanemɛi dani Harmagedon aba? Gbɛ pɛ ni manyɛ matsɔ nɔ male enɛ ji ni maya.” Nyɛminuu Cutforth tee, ni eshwaaa ehe kɔkɔɔkɔ yɛ enibii ni ekɛsha afɔle lɛ ahe. Yɛ sɛɛ mli afii amli lɛ, eyaje shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ shishi yɛ Papua New Guinea, he ni esɔmɔɔ yɛ lolo kɛ ekaa, yɛ be mli ni ekɛ afii 50 etsu nii yɛ be-fɛɛ sɔɔmɔ lɛ mli lɛ. Be ko lɛ ekɛɛ akɛ: “Taomɔ ni mitaoɔ akɛ manyiɛ Yehowa hiɛnyiɛmɔ sɛɛ, ni mikpɛlɛɔ nitsumɔ fɛɛ nitsumɔ ni enaa akɛ esa akɛ eha mi lɛ nɔ lɛ haa mimli filiɔ mi, ni minaa miishɛɛ, tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli, kɛ nanemɛi babaoo.”
Shi kɛlɛ, shihilɛi komɛi tamɔ hewalɛnamɔ, shika, kɛ weku mli gbɛnaa nii baanyɛ asa nɔ ni obaanyɛ ofee lɛ he; jeee mɛi fɛɛ baanyɛ asɔmɔ akɛ gbɛgbalɔi kɛ maŋsɛɛ sanekpakpa shiɛlɔi. Shi yɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, tswaa ofai shi akɛ obaana gbɛfaŋnɔ ni mɔɔ shi yɛ kpeeiyaa kɛ shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli bɔ ni ooonyɛ, ni okaŋmɛ gbɛ ni naagbai bibii, tamɔ kɔɔyɔɔŋ tsakemɔ fioo miiha onijiaŋ miije wui. (Hebribii 10:24, 25) Ekolɛ obaanyɛ okɛ be babaoo asha afɔle kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ kasemɔ yɛ teemɔŋ. Wekui komɛi feɔ nakai kɛtsɔɔ tsemɔ ni amɛtseɔ TV kwɛmɔ bei anɔ, aloo ekolɛ halamɔ ni amɛhalaa gbii ni “akwɛɛɛ TV” daa otsi, aloo amɛkwɛɛɛ TV kwraa lɛ nɔ. Kɛji otao be kɛha teemɔŋ nikasemɔ lɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ “yijiemɔ afɔle” ni otsɔɔ nɔ “[o]jajeɔ egbɛi lɛ ayibii lɛ” yɛ kpeei ashishi kɛ agbɛnɛ yɛ shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli lɛ baafee afɔleshaa ni jara wa.—Hebribii 13:15.
Kaimɔ akɛ, amrɔ nɛɛ shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ yɛ enaagbee bei amli. Etsɛŋ ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ ekojomɔ baaba nɛkɛ hiɛjoomɔ jeŋ ni asumɔɔ ni afee tsuinaa nii yɛ mli nɛɛ nɔ. (Zefania 2:3) Kɛji wɔɔya nɔ wɔna Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ duromɔ lɛ, no lɛ wɔnyɛŋ wɔtsi wɔhe naa. Esa akɛ ‘wɔkɛ wɔgbɔmɔtsei adamɔ shi akɛ afɔlei ni hiɛ kamɔ, ni he tse, ni sa Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ.’ (Romabii 12:1) Mumɔ ni tamɔ nɛkɛ baaha wɔna miishɛɛ kpele kɛ tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli. Ebaaye ebua wɔ ni wɔna miishɛɛ babaoo yɛ wɔsɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli. Ni ebaaha Yehowa tsui anya! —Abɛi 27:11.
No hewɔ lɛ hiɛmɔ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa mumɔ mli! Kaashashao shi akɛ okɛ ohe aaaha kɛha mɛi krokomɛi ahilɛ kɛ agbɛnɛ kɛha Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he nibii asɛɛfimɔ. Paulo woɔ ŋaa akɛ: “Shi ejurɔfeemɔ kɛ nikee lɛ, nyɛhiɛ akakpaa nɔ; ejaakɛ nakai afɔlei saa Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ jogbaŋŋ.”—Hebribii 13:16.
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
a Atsake gbɛi lɛ.
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Be ni wɔɔtao kɛha teemɔŋ nikasemɔ kɛ shiɛmɔyaa lɛ baanyɛ abi afɔleshaa, shi nyɔmɔwoo babaoo yɛ mli
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Ajɔɔ W. R. Brown kɛ John Cutforth babaoo yɛ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa gbɛ ni amɛkɔ lɛ hewɔ