‘Nyɛdaa Foi Lɛ Yɛ Gbɛ Ni Aaaha Nyɛnine Ashɛ Jweremɔ Nɔ Lɛ Nɔ Lɛ Nɔ’
“Ani nyɛleee akɛ mɛi ni daa foi lɛ, amɛ fɛɛ amɛdaa moŋ, shi mɔ kome kɛkɛ naa emli jweremɔ nɔ lɛ? Nyɛdaa foi lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni aaaha nyɛnine ashɛ nɔ lɛ nɔ.”—1 KORINTOBII 9:24, New World Translation.
1, 2. (a) Mɛni baanyɛ afee oshara kpeteŋkpele aha Kristofonyo ko ŋmɛnɛ? (b) Mɛɛ ŋaawoo Paulo kɛha yɛ 1 Korintobii 9:24, ni te ekɔɔ Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Korinto lɛ ahe ehaa tɛŋŋ?
KULƐ ebaafee afii 12 hesaamɔ ni naa wa lɛ naagbee yɛ gbɛ ni yɔɔ nyam nɔ. Shi beni eda foi Iɛ aahu kɛteke foidamɔ lɛ mlijaa kwraa lɛ, obalanyo foidalɔ lɛ yagbee jwɛi ko mli ni no kɛ la ni ela akɛ gbi ko lɛ enine aaashɛ Olimpiks shika-tsuru jweremɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ ba naagbee. Adafitswaa woji lɛ tsɛ enɛ akɛ “oshara.”
2 Shi no ni baafee oshara fe fɛɛ ji Yehowa Odasefonyo Iɛ ni nyɛɛɛ agbe wala he foidamɔ lɛ naa, titri lɛ akɛni Gbɛjianɔtoo Hee ni awo shi yɛ he lɛ ebɛŋkɛ waa nɛ! (2 Petro 3:13) No hewɔ lɛ gbɛnaa pɛ bɔfo Paulo kɛɛ akɛ: “Ani nyɛleee akɛ mɛi ni daa foi lɛ, amɛ fɛɛ amɛdaa moŋ, shi mɔ kome kɛkɛ naa emli jweremɔ nɔ lɛ? Nyɛdaa foi lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni aaaha nyɛnine ashɛ nɔ lɛ nɔ.” (1 Korintobii 9:24, NW) Mɛi komɛi yɛ blema Korinto ni oshara ka amɛnɔ akɛ amɛnine shɛŋ jweremɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ, ejaakɛ amɛkɛ pɛsɛmkunya feɔ nɔ ni amɛsumɔɔ, ni ‘amɛkɛyeɔ mɛi krokomɛi ahenilee awui po.’ (1 Korintobii 8:1-4, 10-12) Shi omanye ni aaaye yɛ foidamɔ lɛ mli lɛ biɔ he-kɛ-afɔleshaa babaoo, ejaakɛ Paulo kɛɛ: “Shi mɔ fɛɛ mɔ hu ni shiɔ akaŋ kɛ nɔmɔ lɛ, ehiɛ kaa shi yɛ nibii fɛɛ mli . . . Migbalaa mi diɛŋtsɛ migbɔmɔtso lɛ mai ni miyeɔ lɛ nyɔŋ, koni mi ni mishiɛɔ mitsɔɔ mɛi krokomɛi lɛ, mi diɛŋtsɛ lɛ akashɛ mi afɔ.”—1 Korintobii 9:25-27.
3. (a) Te shihilɛ ni yɔɔ Kolose ni kulɛ ebaanyɛ etsi Kristofoi ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ anaa koni amɛkagbe amɛfoidamɔ lɛ naa lɛ yɔɔ tɛŋŋ? (b) Ani jwɛŋmɔ yɛ mli akɛ Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Kolose lɛ aaakase jeŋ nilee kɛ teemɔŋ saji?
3 Yɛ sɛɛ mli, beni eŋmaa eyaha Kolosebii lɛ, Paulo bɔ kɔkɔ yɛ oshara kroko ni baanya aba he—gbɔmɛi ni ‘baanyɛ ashɔ̃ wala jweremɔ nɔ lɛ kɛjɛ amɛdɛŋ’ lɛ ahe. (Kolosebii 2:18) No hewɔ lɛ te Kristofoi eeefee tɛŋŋ ‘ada foi lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni aaaha amɛnine ashɛ nɔ’ lɛ nɔ hu? Ani bɔfo lɛ wo ŋaa akɛ amɛkase jeŋ nilee kɛ teemɔŋ saji bɔni afee ni amɛkɛ epasa tsɔɔlɔi lɛ aje ŋwane ni amɛye ŋwanejee lɛ mli omanye? Dabi, ejaakɛ Kristofoi ‘egboi kɛba je nɛŋ shishijee nii lɛ,’ ni amɛsumɔɔɔ ni amɛkɛ ejeŋ nilee kɛ eblemasaji Iɛ naa nɔ ko feemɔ.—Kolosebii 2:20.
4. “Anɔkwale nilee” baanya aye abua Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Kolose lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
4 No hewɔ lɛ Paulo wo enanemɛi heyelilɔi lɛ hewalɛ koni amɛbɔ mɔdɛŋ ni “amɛyimɔ obɔbɔ kɛ anɔkwale nilee yɛ [Nyɔŋmɔ] esuɔmɔnaa nii lɛ alee mli, yɛ nilee naa kɛ mumɔŋ shishinumɔ fɛɛ mli.” Hɛɛ “anɔkwale nilee”—jeee yiŋsusumɔ kɛkɛ—ji nɔ ni baaye ebua amɛ “koni amɛnyiɛ bɔ ni sa Yehowa ni naagbee lɛ nyɛsaa ehiɛ kwraa.” (Kolosebii 1:9, 10; kwɛmɔ Kolosebii 3:10 hu, NW) Eji anɔkwale akɛ Kristofoi pii yɛ Kolose ni ekolɛ amɛbaanyɛ amɛtã Ŋmalɛi lɛ amli shishijee tsɔɔmɔi lɛ amɛtsɔɔ. Shi ehe miihia ni amɛtsɔ ni kasemɔ kɛ enɔ jwɛŋmɔ nɔ ni amɛya amɛhiɛ kɛteke shishijee nibii lɛ ni amɛfee mɛi ni “atswa amɛ” shiŋŋ ama Kristo “shishitoo” lɛ nɔ. (Kolosebii 1:23; 1 Korintobii 3:11) Kɛ amɛbote nibii amli kɛshɛ shɔŋŋ nɛkɛ lɛ ‘mɔ ko nyɛŋ ekɛ naadɔkɔmɔ kɛ ŋwanejee ni akɛtsɔɔ yiŋ aIaka amɛ.’ (Kolosebii 2:4) Amɛbaanyɛ amɛtsɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ kɛ nitsumɔ yɛ hesaa mli nɔ amɛku ŋwɛibɔfoi ajalɔi loo Yuda jamɔ mli nilelɔi lɛ naa.—5 Mose 6:13; Yeremia 31:31-34.
5. (a) Okɛ “nibii ni mli kwɔlɔ” ni esa akɛ Kristofonyo ni eda yɛ mumɔŋ lɛ ale ni enu shishi lɛ ekomɛi ahe nɔkwɛmɔ nii aha. (b) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ nyɛmiyoo ko niiashikpamɔ tsɔɔ oshara ni yɔɔ “anɔkwale nilee” ni abɛ Iɛ mli?
5 Shi ani otee nɔ kɛteke “shishijee saji” aloo shishijee tsɔɔmɔi lɛ ni oma oyi shi okwɛ “Nyɔŋmɔ nibii ni mli kwɔlɔ tete” lɛ amli? (Hebribii 6:1; 1 Korintobii 2:10) Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, ani obaanyɛ otsɔɔ Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ mli kooloi lɛ amli, aloo otsɔɔ nɔ ni mumɔŋ sɔlemɔwe lɛ ji? (Kpojiemɔ, yitso 13; Hebribii 9:11) Ani obaanyɛ otsɔɔ nɔ ni ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ Yehowa Odasefoi agbɛjianɔtoo lɛ damɔ nɔ yɛ Ŋmalɛ naa? Ani ole Biblia mli tsɔɔmɔi lɛ jogbaŋŋ? Nyɛmiyoo Kristofonyo ko na akɛ ewa kɛha lɛ akɛ eeefã ehemɔkɛyelii lɛ ahe yɛ be mli ni ekɛ yoo ko susuɔ Triniti tsɔɔmɔ lɛ he lɛ. Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ yoo nɛɛ kɛ wolo ko ni gbeɔ Yehowa gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ he guɔ ha wɔnyɛmiyoo lɛ, Odasefonyo yoo nɛɛ kaiɔ, ni ekɛɛ akɛ: “Mibatsɔ mɔ ni ehao waa yɛ mumɔŋ.” Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, onukpa ko nyɛ ekpa shitee kɛ wolɔi nɛɛ apasa tsɔɔmɔi Iɛ ahe mama ni ewaje nyɛmiyoo lɛ hemɔkɛyeli ekoŋŋ. (Yuda 22, 23) Nyɛmiyoo nɛɛ kɛɛ, “Agbɛnɛ minuɔ nɔ hewɔ ni Asafo lɛ kɛɔ daa akɛ nyɛsɔlea, nyɛkasea nii, ni nyɛjwɛŋa saji ahe lɛ shishi.”
“Gbɔmɛi Ni Asheɔ Amɛ Gbeyei”
6. (a) Mɛni efee tɛmɔtɛ kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji lɛ ateŋ mɛi komɛi? Okɛ Biblia mli nɔkwɛmɔ nii komɛi aha. (b) Yɛ be babaoo mli lɛ mɛni kɛ gbɔmɔ gbeyeishemɔ baa?
6 Nilelɔ lɛ bɔ kɔkɔ akɛ, “Gbɔmɛi ni asheɔ amɛ gbeyei lɛ ji nɔ ni tsɔɔ mɔ tsɔne.” (Abɛi 29:25) Ni yɛ bei komɛi amli lɛ, “gbele he gbeyeishemɔ” waa aloo bɔ ni mɛi sumɔɔ waa akɛ mɛi krokomɛi aaakpɛlɛ amɛnɔ lɛ tsirɛɔ mɔ kɛboteɔ tsɔne ni tamɔ nɛkɛ mli. (Hebribii 2:14, 15) Elia kome te shi edamɔ shi eshi Baal jalɔi lɛ ni gbeyeishemɔ bɛ mli. Shi beni Maŋnyɛ Isebel fa ni agbe lɛ lɛ, “ebashe gbeyei ni eyiŋ etee, koni ehere esusuma yiwala, ni eba Beersheba.” (1 Maŋtsɛmɛi 19:1-3) Bɔfo Petro hu bashe gbɔmɔ gbeyei yɛ gbɛkɛ ni amɔ Yesu lɛ. Eyɛ mli akɛ epupuu ehe akɛ, “Nuŋtsɔ, misaa mihe mito, ni kɛ tsuŋ o, gbele mli o, mikɛo aaatee,” shi yɛ be mli ni ana lɛ ni akɛɛ eji Kristo kaselɔi lɛ ateŋ mɔ kome lɛ, “kɛkɛ ni ebɔi loomɔ kɛ kitakamɔ akɛ: Mileee gbɔmɔ lɛ!”—Luka 22:33; Mateo 26:74.
7. (a) Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ mɛni ji yiŋtoo krɛdɛɛ hewɔ ni mɛi ni yɔɔ Kolose lɛ ateŋ mɛi komɛi tao ni amɛkɛ Kristo jamɔ afutu Yuda jamɔ lɛ? (b) Namɛi yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ ni amɛ hu amɛsubaŋ tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ?
7 Bɔ ni mɛi komɛi sumɔɔ ni akpɛlɛ amɛnɔ Iɛ he gbeyeishemɔ baanyɛ afee yiŋtoo krɛdɛɛ ni ekolɛ eha mɛi komɛi tao akɛ amɛkɛ Kristojamɔ aaafutu Yuda jamɔ mli lɛ. Beni Yuda jamɔ mli sɛɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ te shi yɛ Galatia lɛ, Paulo kpa amɛ osatofeemɔ lɛ he mama, akɛ: “Mɛi ni taoɔ akɛ amɛhiɛ aba nyam yɛ heloo mli lɛ, amɛnyɛɔ nyɛnɔ ni afolɔnyɛ ketia, bɔni afee kɛkɛ ni akawa amɛyi.” (Galatabii 6:12) Ani eeenyɛ eba akɛ nɛkɛ shwe ni ashweɔ koni mɛi akpɛlɛ amɛnɔ aloo ayoo amɛ lɛ ji nɔ ni efee hewalɛ ni etsirɛ mɛi komɛi ni no eha amɛshi Yehowa gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ lɛ?
8, 9. (a) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ ŋmɛnɛ Kristofonyo baanyɛ ajie gbɔmɔ gbeyeishemɔ kpo yɛ? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ aaatsɔ aye nɛkɛ gbeyeishemɔ nɛɛ nɔ kunim yɛ?
8 Esa akɛ Kristofoi atsu nɛkɛ gbeyeishemɔi nɛɛ ahe nii ni amɛye nɔ kunim. Kɛ oshashaoɔ shi akɛ oooshiɛ yɛ shikpɔŋkukuji ni bɛŋkɛ oshia lɛ amli aloo osumɔɔɔ ni oyeɔ owekumɛi, onanemɛi nitsulɔi, aloo skulbii odase lɛ, kaimɔ sane ni Yehowa biɔ yɛ Yesaia 51:12 lɛ: “Namɔ jio ni osheɔ adesa ni baagbo, aloo gbɔmɔ bi ni tamɔ jwɛi lɛ gbeyei?” (Okɛto Mateo 10:28 he.) Kaimɔ bo diɛŋtsɛ ohe akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni “ŋɔɔ ehiɛ efɔɔ Yehowa nɔ lɛ, aaabu ehe.” (Abɛi 29:25) Petro ye gbeyei ni esheɔ lɛ nɔ kunim, ni yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ egbo lá odasefonyo gbele. (Yohane 21:18, 19) Ni nyɛmimɛi pii hu jieɔ ekãa ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ kpo ŋmɛnɛ.
9 Maŋsɛɛ sanekpakpa shiɛlɔ ko ni sɔmɔɔ yɛ maŋ ko ni agu shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ yɛ mli lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Ebiɔ hemɔkɛyeli dani aya kpee loo shiɛmɔ, akɛni ole akɛ eeenyɛ eba akɛ polisifoi baanyɛ amɔ bo hewɔ.” Shi nyɛmimɛi ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ wie taakɛ lalatsɛ lɛ wie lɛ: “Yehowa yɛ misɛɛ, misheee gbeyei; mɛni gbɔmɔ aaanyɛ afee?” (Lala 118:6) Ni nitsumɔ lɛ shwere yɛ nakai maŋ lɛ mli, ni nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ nɔŋŋ mla ŋmɛ gbɛ akɛ ashiɛ yɛ faŋŋ mli ekoŋŋ. Sɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ mli ni akɛ he aaawo daa lɛ baaye abaa bɔ koni ona hekɛnɔfɔɔ ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ yɛ Yehowa mli.
Wekumɛi
10. (a) Mɛɛ henumɔŋ hiamɔ nii ko yɔɔ jeŋ fɛɛ, ni namɛi anɔ atsɔɔ atsuɔ enɛ he nii titri yɛ? (b) Okɛ Biblia mli nɔkwɛmɔ nii ni tsɔɔ hii ni bɔ ni amɛkɛ amɛhe kpɛtɛ amɛŋamɛi ahe Iɛ mli bawa po fe wekukpaa ni ka amɛkɛ Yehowa teŋ lɛ aha.
10 Wolo ko ni egbɛi ji, The Individual, Marriage, and the Family, lɛ jaje akɛ: “Mɔ aŋkro lɛ hiamɔ nii yɛ je muu fɛɛ, yɛ asafoi kɛ kui fɛɛ mli ji hiamɔ nii akɛ ‘efata’ mɛi ahe ni mɛi krokomɛi saŋŋ hu ‘afata’ ehe.” Atsɔɔ weku gbɛjianɔtoo, ni ji gbɛjianɔ ni Yehowa to lɛ nɔ atsuɔ nɛkɛ hiamɔ nii nɛɛ ahe nii. (Efesobii 3:14, 15) Shi yɛ be babaoo mli lɛ, Satan kɛ tsakpaa ni ka wekumɛi ateŋ nɛɛ tsuɔ nii yɛ gbɛ fɔŋ nɔ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ henumɔ ni mli wa ni Adam yɔɔ kɛha eŋa lɛ tsirɛ lɛ ni eku ehiɛ eshwie nɔ ni baajɛ eŋa lɛ atuatsemɔ lɛ mli aba lɛ nɔ. (1 Timoteo 2:14) Ni Salomo hu? Yɛ enilee ni anu he yɛ he fɛɛ he lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, eba mli akɛ, “beni Salomo gbɔ ‘lɛ, eŋamɛi ‘lɛ dɔ etsui kɛyanyiɛ nyɔŋmɔi krokomɛi asɛɛ ni etsui yeee emuu yɛ Yehowa e-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ hiɛ . . . Ni Salomo fee nɔ ni ji efɔŋ yɛ Yehowa hiɛ.”—1 Maŋtsɛmɛi 11:4-6.
11. Eli ‘kɛ woo ha ebii lɛ fe Yehowa’ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
11 Ani okaiɔ nuumo, Eli, Israel osɔfonukpa lɛ? Ebihii Hofni kɛ Pinehas lɛ, “yakagbɔmɛi ji amɛ.” Amɛwaje amɛhiɛ akɛ mɛi ni amɛbuuu afɔlei ni ashãa ahaa Yehowa lɛ ni amɛkɛ yei lɛ ni batsuɔ nii yɛ kpeebuu lɛ shinaa lɛ shi lɛ wɔɔ aloo amɛkɛ amɛ bɔɔ ajwamaŋ Shi nɔ ko fioo ko pɛ Eli wie yɛ enɛ he, akɛ (“Mɛɛba ni nyɛyeɔ nɛkɛ saji?”) , yɛ he mli ni ebɔɔɔ mɔdɛŋ ko kwraa akɛ eeejie amɛ kɛaajɛ sɔɔmɔ hegbɛ ni akɛwo amɛdɛŋ lɛ nɔ. Enɛ tsɔɔ akɛ, ‘ekɛ woo miiha ebii lɛ fe Yehowa,’ ni nɔ ni jɛ mli ba ji lɛ diɛŋtsɛ—kɛ agbɛnɛ ebii lɛ—agbele.—1 Samuel 2:12-17, 22, 23, 29-34; 4:18.
12. (a) Mɛɛ kɔkɔbɔɔ Yesu kɛha yɛ wekumɛi ahe? (b) Mɛɛ je lɛŋ susumɔi komɛi mɛi komɛi baadi sɛɛ yɛ wekumɛi ahe, shi ani enɛ ja yɛ Ŋmalɛ naa?
12 No hewɔ lɛ anɔkwayeli ni egbɛ afã lɛ baanyɛ atsio gbɛ yɛ owala he foidamɔ lɛ mli. Yesu kɛɛ ekaselɔi lɛ akɛ: “Mɔ ni dɔɔ tsɛ aloo nyɛ he fe mi lɛ, esaaa mi; ni mɔ ni dɔɔ binuu aloo biyoo he fe mi lɛ, esaaa mi.” (Mateo 10:37; Luka 14:26) Shi kɛji akɛ suɔlɔ ko shi anɔkwale lɛ aloo ashwie lɛ kɛjɛ asafo lɛ mli hu? Ani obaanyiɛ jeŋ bii asusumɔ akɛ “lá ti fe nu” lɛ sɛɛ ni onyiɛ owekunyo lɛ sɛɛ kɛya hiɛkpatamɔ mli? Aloo obaahe wiemɔi ni yɔɔ Lala 27:10 nɛɛ oye: “Shi mitsɛ kɛ minyɛ eshi mi moŋ, shi Yehowa hereɔ mi atuu”?
13. Korabii lɛ jie anɔkwale ni amɛyeɔ Yehowa lɛ kpo yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni ajɔɔ amɛ yɛ enɛ feemɔ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
13 Korabii lɛ yɛ hemɔkɛyeli ni tamɔ nɛkɛ. Amɛtsɛ nyiɛ hiɛ ni atse atua ashi hegbɛ ni Mose kɛ Aaron yɔɔ lɛ. Shi Yehowa tsɔ naakpɛɛ gbɛ nɔ eye odase akɛ efiɔ Mose kɛ Aaron sɛɛ kɛtsɔ Kora kɛ mɛi ni fata ehe kɛtse atua lɛ ni ekpata amɛhiɛ lɛ nɔ. Shi “Kora bihii lɛ gboiii.” (4 Mose 16:1-3, 28-82; 26:9-11) Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ amɛkpoo akɛ amɛaafata amɛtsɛ he yɛ atuatsemɔ lɛ mli, ni Yehowa jɔɔ amɛ anɔkwayeli lɛ nɔ ni ebaa amɛyi hiɛkalɔi. Amɛ seshibii na hegbɛ yɛ sɛɛ mli akɛ amɛaaŋmala Biblia lɛ fai komɛi!—Kwɛmɔ Lalai 42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87 kɛ 88 shishijee kukuji lɛ.
14. Mɛɛ niiashikpamɔ feɔ jɔɔmɔi ni baa kɛjɛɔ anɔkwale ni ayeɔ Yehowa ni akɛyeɔ anɔkwale ni aaaye wekumɛi lɛ ahiɛ lɛ mli baa lɛ ahe mfoniri?
14 Nɔ ni jɛɔ anɔkwayeli mli baa ŋmɛnɛ hu ji jɔɔmɔi. Odasefonyo obalanyo ko kaiɔ lɛ kɛ enyɛmimɛi ashidaamɔ yɛ be mli ni amɛnyɛ, ni no mli lɛ ekpa shiɛmɔyaa jeeŋmɔ akɛ Kristofonyo lɛ bote gbalashihilɛ ko ni tsɔɔ gbalafitemɔ mli lɛ. Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Wɔbɔ onukpai Iɛ amaniɛ, ni akɛni ehiii shia hewɔ lɛ, wɔkpɛ wɔyiŋ akɛ wɔkɛ lɛ ebɔŋ tsɔ kɛyashi be mli ni onukpai lɛ aaatsu sane lɛ he nii da. Eji nɔ ko ni efeemɔ wa fe fɛɛ kɛha wɔ. Shi wɔfee nakai. Kɛkɛ ni amɛnyɛ lɛ te shi wo enɛ, akɛ, “Ani nyɛnaanɔ wala lɛ jara wa babaoo kɛhanyɛ fe mii?” Kɛkɛ ni amɛha hetoo akɛ, “Wekukpaa ni ka wɔkɛ Yehowa tɛŋ lɛ jara fe nɔ fɛɛ nɔ.” Enɛ hɛle yoo lɛ shi ni etsake etsui yɛ anɔkwale mli, aye abua lɛ yɛ mumɔŋ, ni eje shishi esɔmɔ ekoŋŋ akɛ sanekpakpa lɛ he shiɛlɔ ni yɔɔ ekãa.
15. (a) Fɔlɔi komɛi eŋmɛ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛbii agbɛ ni amɛtsɔmɔ tɛmɔtɛi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Te fɔlɔ ko aaafee tɛŋŋ aye abua lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ehe kɛ ebii koni amɛna wala?
15 Mɛi komɛi eŋmɛ gbɛ ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛbii etsɔmɔ tɛmɔtɛi aloo pampii. Akɛni amɛyooo akɛ “buulufeemɔ kpɛtɛ gbekɛ tsui he” hewɔ lɛ, fɔlɔi komɛi eŋmɛ amɛbii agbɛ ni amɛkɛ je lɛŋ bii ebɔ ni amɛkɛ amɛ etee hiɛtserɛjiemɔi ni ehiii lɛ ashishi ni amɛkɛ amɛ jeɔ kpo akɛ mɛi ni amɛkɛ amɛ baabote gbalashihilɛ mli yɛ wɔsɛɛ be mli yɛ be mli ni amɛdarako po. (Abɛi 22:15) Mɛni ji osharai ni jɛɔ shihilɛ ni aŋmɛɔ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ feemɔ gbɛ yɛ mli nɛɛ mli baa yɛ be babaoo mli? Mumɔŋ shishamɔ. (1 Timoteo 1:19) Mɛi komɛi po haa nɔfɔŋfeemɔ lɛ daa kɛtsɔɔ amɛbii lɛ anɔfɔŋfeemɔ ni amɛtsimɔɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ! (Abɛi 3:32; 28:13) Shi kɛ fɔlɔ ko kɛ ehe kpɛtɛ Biblia shishitoo mlai ahe yɛ anɔkwayeli mli lɛ, eyeɔ ebuaa lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ehe kɛ ebii koni amɛnine ashɛ naanɔ wala jweremɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ.—1 Timoteo 4:16.
Onanemɛi—“Nilelɔi” Aloo “Kwashiai”?
16. (a) Wɔnanemɛi baanyɛ afee mɛi ni naa wɔnɔ hewalɛ kpele yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Namɛi ji mɛi ni amɛnanemɛi naa amɛnɔ hewalɛ titri, ni mɛni hewɔ?
16 Wolo, Sociology: Human Society lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Bɔ ni ashweɔ ni mɔ ko nanemɛi ni bɛŋkɛ lɛ kpaakpa lɛ abu amɛ lɛ naa hewalɛ waa yɛ mɔ lɛ nɔ koni eba ejeŋ tamɔ amɛ.” Wolo, Adolescence lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ obalaŋtai titri ji mɛi ni baa nɔnyɛɛ ni tamɔ nɛkɛ shishi. Etsɔɔ mli akɛ: “[Enɛ jɛ] tsakemɔi ni yaa nɔ yɛ amɛgbɔmɔtsei amli lɛ hewɔ, bɔ ni mɔ lɛ susuɔ ehe ehaa, kɛ tsakpaa ni ka amɛ kɛ amɛwekui ateŋ lɛ. Nɔ ni jɛɔ mli baa ji akɛ obalaŋtai jeɔ shishi amɛfiteɔ bei pii yɛ amɛnanemɛi amasɛi fe amɛwekumɛi amasɛi.”
17. (a) Feemɔ anɔkwale ni wiemɔi ni yɔɔ Abɛi 13:20 lɛ ji lɛ he nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ? (b) Mɛɛ nanemɛi nɛkɛ aaanyɛ atsɛ amɛ akɛ “nilelɔi”? (d) Mɛɛ gbɛ ŋmɛnɛ obalaŋtai baanyɛ atsɔ nɔ anyiɛ obalanyo Samuel nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ sɛɛ?
17 Nɔ ni esaaa ni akuɔ hiɛ ashwieɔ nɔ ji wiemɔi ni yɔɔ Abɛi 13:20 lɛ: “Mɔ ni kɛ nilelɔi nyiɛɔ lɛ, eeetsɔ nilelɔ, shi mɔ ni kɛ kwashiai bɔɔ lɛ eeena amane.” Kristofonyo gbekɛyoo ko jaje akɛ: “Naanyobɔɔ fɔŋ ni yaa nɔ yɛ skul lɛ fɛɛ miije shishi ana minɔ hewalɛ diɛŋtsɛ agbɛnɛ. Shwɛ fioo kulɛ milomɔ mɔ ko yɛ skul ŋmɛnɛ. Shwɛ sharao kulɛ wiemɔ lɛ je minaa, shi mifeee nakai.” Nɔ ni yɔɔ awerɛho ji akɛ, mɛi ni amɛkɛɛ amɛji Kristofoi obalaŋtai lɛ eha amɛnanemɛi enyiɛ amɛhiɛ kɛyabote jeŋba gbonyo ni ehiii kwraa mli. Shi kɛ oji obalanyo aloo obalayoo ni oosumɔ ni onine ashɛ jweremɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ, belɛ taomɔ nanemɛi nilelɔi—mɛi ni amɛjwɛŋmɔ yɔɔ mumɔŋ nibii anɔ, mɛi ni ja yɛ amɛjeŋba mli mɛi ni amɛwiemɔ tswaa mɔ maa shi. Kaimɔ akɛ, obalanyo fioo Samuel kɛ ehe ebɔɔɔ Eli bihii gbekɛbii fɔji lɛ ahe. Ehi shi akɛ mɔ ni bɛ deka kwraa ni “sɔmɔɔ Yehowa,” ni enɛ haaa amɛjeŋba gbonyo lɛ eko asa ehe.—1 Samuel 3:1.
Ha Onine Ashɛ Jweremɔ Nɔ Lɛ Nɔ!
18. (a) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ nyɛmimɛi komɛi baanyɛ atsi wɔ gbɛ yɛ wɔwala he foidamɔ lɛ mli, ni ekolɛ jeee gbɛ amɛje amɛteɔ? (b) Mɛni baanyɛ abu wɔhe kɛjɛ hewalɛ fɔŋ nɛɛ he?
18 Belɛ kwɛmɔ ohe nɔ jogbaŋŋ yɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni aaaha wala jweremɔ nɔ lɛ aŋmɛɛ bo lɛ he. Shi enɛ etsɔɔɔ akɛ okɛ hiŋmɛi fɔŋ ko aaakwɛ onyɛmimɛi lɛ. Eyɛ mli moŋ akɛ yɛ bei komɛi amli lɛ nyɛmimɛi komɛi baawie nibii komɛi ni aaanyɛ aje onijiaŋ wui, eyɛ mli akɛ jeee gbɛ amɛjeɔ amɛfeɔ nakai. (‘Mɛni hewɔ oyaa nɔ otaoɔ ni oho mɔ fɛɛ mɔ he lɛ? Ani osusuɔ akɛ okome pɛ ji mɔ ni baana wala?’) Amɛbaawie amɛshi mɔdɛŋ ni obɔɔ yɛ anɔkwayeli mli diɛŋtsɛ lɛ po waa. (‘Minyɛɛɛ manu nɔ hewɔ ni okɛ eweku muu lɛ fɛɛ feɔ gbɛgbalɔi lɛ shishi. Onaaa obii lɛ amɔbɔ kwraa.’) Shi kaimɔ akɛ Yesu kpoo Petro ŋaawoo akɛ ‘ena ehe mɔbɔ’ lɛ. (Mateo 16:22, 23) Okɛ otoii ni Biblia lɛ etsɔse lɛ lɛ ‘aka wiemɔi okwɛ,’ ni kaaha wiemɔi ni anɔkwayeli bɛ mli lɛ miina onɔ hewalɛ. (Hiob 12:11) Kaimɔ akɛ Paulo kɛɛ: “Kɛji mɔ ko miishi mple hu lɛ, afiŋ lɛ kunimyeli akekre, akɛ ja eshi lɛ mla naa.” (2 Timoteo 2:5) Hɛɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ “mlai”—shi jeee susumɔi ni jɛɛɛ Ŋmalɛ Iɛ mli—sa akɛ akudɔ ojwɛŋmɔ.—Okɛto 1 Korintobii 4:3, 4 he.
19, 20. (a) Yosef nyɛmimɛi lɛ bɔ mɔdɛŋ akɛ amɛaaye lɛ awui yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni te Yosef here mlihilɛ ni amɛbɛ nɛɛ nɔ eha tɛŋŋ? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ wɔɔtsɔ wɔkwa wɔmli ni aaawo la yɛ adesai ni yeee emuu lɛ ahewɔ? (d) Mɛni esa akɛ efee wɔfaishitswaa yɛ jweremɔ nɔ lɛ he, ni mɛni hewɔ?
19 Eji anɔkwale akɛ yɛ bei komɛi amli lɛ naanyo Kristofonyo ko kɛ wiemɔi ni jwɛŋmɔ bɛ mli ‘baabamɔ’ bo. Kaaha enɛ miiha ooshi wala he foidamɔ lɛ! Kaimɔ Yosef. Lɛ diɛŋtsɛ enyɛmimɛi kpɛ amɛyiŋ akɛ amɛbaagbe lɛ, ni eyɛ mli akɛ atsi amɛnaa koni amɛkafee nakai moŋ, shi yɛ naagbee lɛ amɛhɔ̃ɔ lɛ amɛwo yiwalɛ nyɔŋyeli mli. Shi, Yosef eŋmɛɛɛ gbɛ ni eha enɛ adɔ lɛ, ni ‘emli awo la awo Yehowa.’ (Abɛi 19:3) Ni eeetɔ owele moŋ lɛ, yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ eha amɛ hegbɛ koni amɛtsɛɔ akɛ amɛtsake amɛsubaŋ. Ni beni ena amɛtsuitsakemɔ lɛ, “eshɔshɔɔ enyɛmimɛi lɛ fɛɛ naa, ni efo eshwie amɛnɔ.” Ni taakɛ Yakob wie yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, “gaitsɛlɔi [Yosef nyɛmimɛi ni yeɔ awuŋa lɛ] fee lɛ nidɔɔnii, amɛtsɛ̃rɛ lɛ, ni amɛwa lɛ yi.” Shi Yosef kɛ mlihilɛ to amɛnyɛɛ lɛ najiaŋ. Ni nɛkɛ niiashikpamɔ nɛɛ aaagbɔjɔ lɛ moŋ lɛ, “eniji kɛ ekɔji ahe yɛ oya.”—1 Mose 37:18-28; 44:15–45:15; 49:23, 24.
20 No hewɔ Iɛ, ni oooha adesai ni yeee emuu aaatɔtɔ onane lɛ yaa nɔ ni ‘oda foi lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni aaaha onine ashɛ jweremɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ nɔ!’ Feemɔ tamɔ Yosef, ha kaai ni okɛkpeɔ lɛ awaje bo moŋ fe ni eeegbɔjɔ bo. (Okɛto Yakobo 1:2, 3 he.) Ha suɔmɔ ni oyɔɔ kɛha Yehowa lɛ mli awa aahu akɛ adesa ko bɛ ni baanyɛ afeee tɔtɔmɔtɛ aha bo. (Lala 119:165) Kaimɔ yɛ be fee mli akɛ Yehowa ekpã naanɔ wala jweremɔ nɔ lɛ—jweremɔ nɔ ni anyɛŋ atsɔɔ mli, ni anyɛŋ ana naa lɛ mli ekɛmiiha. Kaaha gbɔmɔ ko miishɔ̃ yɛ odɛŋ!a
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a Ajie kɛjɛ July 15, 1985 Watchtower lɛ mli.
Ani Okaiɔ?
◻ Mɛni hewɔ anɔkwale nilee ji nɔ ko ni jara wa waa kɛha Kristofoi lɛ?
◻ Te mɔ ko aaafee tɛŋŋ eye gbɔmɔ he gbeyeishemɔ ni etsi mɛi komɛi onaa koni amɛnine akashɛ naanɔ wolo nɔ lɛ nɔ kunim?
◻ Mɔ diɛŋtsɛ wekumɛi baanyɛ atɔtɔ enane yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
◻ Te esa okɛ Kristofonyo Iɛ ahere wiemɔi ni jeɔ mɔ nijiaŋ wui aloo wiemɔi ni yeɔ mɔ awui ni enanemɛi Kristofoi kɛshiɔ lɛ lɛ nɔ eha tɛŋŋ?
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Kɛ wɔkɛ anɔkwale nilee wo wɔjwɛŋmɔi kɛ wɔtsuii amli lɛ, wɔwulaa wɔhe koni wɔnyɛ wɔye susumɔi ni ejaaa Iɛ anɔ kunim
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Petro kwa Yesu yɛ gbɔmɔ he gbeyeishemɔ hewɔ. Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, bɔfo lɛ ye nɛkɛ gbeyeishemɔ nɛɛ nɔ kunim. Nakai pɛ esa akɛ anɔkwale Kristofoi fɛɛ afee