“Nyɛfea Krɔŋkrɔŋ . . .”
“Bɔ ni mɔ ni tsɛ nyɛ Iɛ yɔɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ, nyɛ hu nyɛfee krɔŋkrɔŋ yɛ nyɛjeŋba fɛɛ mli: ejaakɛ aŋma akɛ: ‘Nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ, ejaakɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ ji mi.’”—1 PETRO 1:15, 16.
1, 2. (a) Mɛɛ kaimɔ nii aŋma akpɛtɛ osɔfonukpa lɛ fai lɛ hiɛ, ni etsu mɛɛ yiŋtoo he nii? (b) Mɛni hewɔ Yehowa krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ he kaimɔ lɛ sa jogbaŋŋ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ? (d) Mɛɛ ŋaa Petro woɔ yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ he.
“KRƆŊKRƆŊ ha Yehowa.” Ajie nɛkɛ wiemɔi ni kanyaa mɔ nɛɛ atsɔɔ ni aŋma yɛ shika ŋmiiŋmi ni atswia lɛ fɛtɛfɛtɛ nɔ ni akɛkpɛtɛ fai ni Israel osɔfonukpa lɛ buɔ lɛ hiɛ. (2 Mose 28:36-38) Ekai amɛ daa akɛ Israelbii lɛ tamɔɔɔ jeŋmaji ni jaa wɔŋ ni kɛ jamɔ haa nyɔŋmɔi ni he tseee lɛ, Israel jaa Nyɔŋmɔ ni yɔɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ ni he tse.
2 Kɛ oji Yehowa Odasefoi lɛ ateŋ mɔ kome lɛ, ani ohiɛ sɔɔ bɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ ni ojaa lɛ lɛ yɔɔ krɔŋŋ ha, ni he tse, eji mɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ ni eja hu ha lɛ? Ehe ehiaaa po ni akɛ nɛkɛ shishijee anɔkwalei ni tamɔ nɛkɛ akai bo. Fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, akɛ Yehowa webii lɛ, akɛ “Nyɔŋmɔ nibii ni mli kwɔlɔ” lɛ—Biblia mli gbalɛi ni yɔɔ hwanyaŋŋ, Biblia Shishitoo mlai kɛ nitsumɔ, Biblia mlitsɔɔmɔi ahe shishinumɔ ejɔɔ wɔ. (1 Korintobii 2:10; Okɛto Daniel 12:4 he.) Ni kɛlɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ Yehowa krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ he hiɛsɔɔ ni jɛ tsuiŋ tɔɔ bɛ mɛi komɛi ahe. Mɛni hewɔ? Ejaakɛ daa afi lɛ akpei abɔ gbeɔ jeŋba shara sui komɛi amli. Akpei babaoo hu kɛ oshara baa amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe nɔ kɛtsɔɔ nifeemɔi ni kuɔ Nyɔŋmɔ mla mli lɛ nɔ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ, mɛi komɛi nuuu bɔ ni hiɛdɔɔ yɔɔ wiemɔi ni yɔɔ 1 Petro 1:15, 16 lɛ mli lɛ shishi: “Bɔ ni mɔ ni tsɛ nyɛ lɛ yɔɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ, nyɛ hu nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ yɛ nyɛjeŋba fɛɛ mli; ejaakɛ aŋma akɛ: ‘Nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ ejaakɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ ji mi.’”
Nyɔŋmɔ ni Yɔɔ Krɔŋkrɔŋ, Jalɔi ni Yɔɔ Krɔŋkrɔŋ
3. Mɛni Mose lala lɛ tsɔɔ yɛ Yehowa he?
3 Shi obaakɛɛ akɛ, ‘Gbɔmɔ ni yeee emuu—aaafee krɔŋkrɔŋ? Enɛ nyɛŋ aba lɛ nakai!’ Shi, susumɔ nɔ ni yɔɔ Petro ŋaawoo lɛ sɛɛ lɛ he. Bɔfo lɛ tsɛ wiemɔi ni klɛŋklɛŋ lɛ aŋma ayaha Israelbii beni amɛshi Mizraim lɛ sɛɛ etsɛɛɛ. Atsɔ nɛkɛ naakpɛɛ jiemɔ nɛɛ nɔ ayoo Yehowa akɛ Kpɔlɔ, Mɔ ni haa Eshiwoi baa mli, akɛ “tawulɔ.” (2 Mose 3:14-17; 15:3) Mose jie bɔ ni Yehowa ji lɛ kpo etsɔɔ yɛ gbɛ kroko nɔ yɛ lala ni ala yɛ be mli ni Mizraimbii lɛ hiɛ kpata yɛ Ŋshɔ Tsuru lɛ mli lɛ: “Namɔ yɔɔ nyɔŋmɔi lɛ ateŋ ni tamɔ bo, O Yehowa? Namɔ tamɔ bo, ni jieɔ ohe kpo akɛ Ofe yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ mli?” (2 Mose 15:11, New World Translation.) Enɛ ji klɛŋklɛŋ be mli wiemɔ ni aŋma ni akɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ ha Yehowa.
4. (a) Yehowa ji “ofe yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ mli” yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Belɛ, esoro Yehowa yɛ Kanaan nyɔŋmɔi lɛ ahe yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
4 Hebri kɛ Hela wiemɔi ni atsɔɔ shishi akɛ “krɔŋkrɔŋ” yɛ Biblia lɛ mli lɛ hiɛ jwɛŋmɔ ni tsɔɔ ‘kpɛlɛmɔ, ehee, eŋmɔŋ, nɔ ni muji bɛ mli, ni he tse.’ No hewɔ lɛ Mose jie Yehowa kpo akɛ mɔ ni he tse fe fɛɛ, mɔ ni muji ko bɛ ehe, enyɛɛɛ efite, ekpɛlɛɛɛ muji nɔ kwraa. (Habakuk 1:13) Yehowa kpɛlɛɔ kaŋkaŋ yɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ mli fe shikpɔŋ ni Israelbii lɛ miiya ayahi nɔ lɛ anyɔŋmɔi lɛ—ni ji Kanaan. Woji ni atsa shi ana yɛ Ras Shamra, maŋ ko ni yɔɔ Syria ŋshɔ lɛ naa kooyigbɛ lɛ haa wɔnaa nɔ ko mli faŋŋ eyɛ mli akɛ efaaa moŋ, nɔ ko ni kɔɔ Kanaanbii lɛ agbatsui kɛ amɛ-nyɔŋmɔi lɛ ahe. Nɛkɛ woji nɛɛ tsɔɔ nyɔŋmɔi, ni taakɛ John Gray wolo ni ji The Canaanites lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ, amɛji nyɔŋmɔi ni “amɛsumɔɔ bei, amɛyeɔ awuŋa, amɛtɔɔ owele, amɛsumɔɔ akɔnɔ nii.”
5, 6. (a) Nyɔŋmɔi ni feɔ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni atsiii amɛnaa lɛ ajamɔ sa Kanaanbii lɛ ahe yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Nyɔŋmɔ ni ji mɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ jamɔ hu sa Israelbii lɛ ahe yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
5 Taakɛ agba afɔ shi lɛ, Kanaanbii akusum-nifeemɔi jieɔ nyɔŋmɔi ni anyɛɛɛ akɛ nɔ ko atsi amɛ naa lɛ ajamɔ lɛ kpo. The Religion of the People of Israel lɛ tsɔɔ mli nɛkɛ: “Nii ni afeɔ akɛkaseɔ nyɔŋmɔ lɛ ji nii ni abuɔ lɛ akɛ sɔɔmɔ ni akɛhaa nyɔŋmɔ lɛ. . . . (Bɔlɛnamɔ nyɔŋmɔyoo) Ashtart yɛ hii kɛ yei babaoo ni sɔmɔɔ lɛ ni abuɔ amɛ akɛ gbɔmɛi ni amɛtuu amɛhe amɛha lɛ . . . amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ amɛha esɔɔmɔ kɛha ajwamaŋbɔɔ.” Ni woloŋlelɔ William F. Albright kɛfata he akɛ: “Nɔ ni ehiii fe fɛɛ lɛ, bɔlɛnamɔ he nibii ni amɛjaa lɛ eha amɛba shi kwraa ni yɛ shihilɛ mli lɛ amɛfite kwraa.” Amɛyɛ bɔlɛnamɔ he “afɔleshaa tsei,” gbekɛbii ni amɛkɛ amɛ shaa afɔle, ŋkunyaayeli, kablɛfii, wekumɛi ni amɛkɛ amɛ naa bɔlɛ, hii kɛ hii ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii kɛ kooloi ni amɛkɛ amɛ feɔ yakayakanii lɛ—enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ bafee ‘gbɛ ni Kanaan shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ bii lɛ tsɔɔ nɔ.’—2 Mose 34:13; 3 Mose 18:2-25; 5 Mose 18:9-12.
6 Shi yɛ gbɛ kroko nɔ; Yehowa ji “Ofe yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ mli.” Eŋmɛŋ shi ni ejalɔi aaaba yɛ nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ lɛ gbɛ. (Lala 15) No hewɔ lɛ, Yehowa wo ewebii lɛ anɔ, amɛtamɔɔɔ Kanaan nyɔŋmɔi ni amɛba shi lɛ. Yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ wiemɔi ni yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, Petro kɛtsu nii lɛ, Yehowa ti mli shii abɔ ebɔ kɔkɔ akɛ: “Nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ, ejaakɛ mi, Yehowa, nyɛ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, Mɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ ji mi.”—3 Mose 11:44; 19:2; 20:26.
‘Mla lɛ Yɛ Krɔŋkrɔŋ, Eja, Ni Ehi Hu’
7, 8. (a) Te Israelbii lɛ aaafee tɛŋŋ ‘amɛfee amɛhe krɔŋkrɔŋ? (b) Okɛ Yehowa Mla ato Babilon Hammurabi Mla lɛ he ni akwɛ.
7 Ni ‘wɔɔjie wɔhe kpo akɛ mɛi krɔŋkrɔŋi’ lɛ etsɔɔɔ emuuyeli, ni asaŋ etsɔɔɔ akɛ wɔmiiwo wɔhe nɔ kɛ apasa hetsemɔ ko; etsɔɔ toiboo ni aaafee aha mla babaoo ni akɛha Israel kɛtsɔ Mose nɔ. (2 Mose 19:5, 6) Enɛ tamɔɔɔ maŋ ko mla, ejaakɛ abaanyɛ atsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ mla lɛ mli akɛ “eyɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ ni eja ni ehi hu.”—Romabii 7:12.
8 Eji anɔkwale akɛ Babilon Hammurabi Mla ni akɛɛ etsɔ Mose Mla lɛ hiɛ lɛ wieɔ saji komɛi ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ he. Emli akpɔi lɛ ekomɛi, tamɔ mla ni kɔɔ ‘hiŋmɛi yɛ hiŋmɛi najiaŋ’ lɛ tamɔ Mose Shishitoo mlai lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ mɛi ni wieɔ shiɔ lɛ kɛɔ akɛ Mose eyama emlai lɛ kɛjɛ Hammurabi mlai lɛ amli. Shi nɔ ni Hammurabi mlai lɛ fee nɔŋŋ ji akɛ ewo Hammurabi hiɛ nyam ni esɔmɔ emaŋkwramɔŋ nibii. Akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Mla le ha Israel ‘koni ahi aha amɛ yɛ be fɛɛ mli, koni amɛhi wala mli.’ (5 Mose 6:24) Agbɛnɛ odaseyeli kpakpa ko bɛ ni tsɔɔ akɛ Hammurabi mla lɛ fiɔ mɛi yɛ Babilon, ni akɛ akɛtsu nii akɛ “yelikɛbuamɔ nɔ yɛ mla mli kɛha gbɔmɛi ni taoɔ ŋaawoo.” (The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1985 nɔ, Kpo 21, baafa 921) Shi Mose Mla lɛ fiɔ mɔ ni akɛ toigbalamɔ ni ja baa mɛi ni gboɔ nɔ toi lɛ anɔ. Yɛ naagbee lɛ, Hammurabi mla lɛ gbalaa jwɛŋmɔ kɛyaa bɔ ni esa akɛ afeɔ efɔŋfeelɔi; emlai 280 lɛ mli 5 pɛ guɔ loo etsiɔ nibii diɛŋtsɛ naa. Shi nɔ ni hɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Mla lɛ mli titri lɛ ji efɔŋfeemɔ naatsii, jeee toigbalamɔ.
9. Mɛɛ hewalɛ Mose Mla lɛ na yɛ Yudafoi lɛ ashihilɛ nɔ.
9 Akɛni Mose Mla lɛ ‘yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ, eja ni ehi’ hu hewɔ lɛ, ena hewalɛ waa yɛ Yudafoi lɛ ashihilɛ nɔ. Ekudɔ amɛjamɔ, ekɛ Hejɔɔmɔgbi ha amɛ koni amɛkɛjɔɔ amɛhe kɛjɛ nitsumɔ he, ekudɔ maŋ lɛ shika-helɛtemɔ he gbɛjianɔtoo, ato atadewoo kɛ mamabumɔ he gbɛjianɔ, ni ekɛ gbɛtsɔɔmɔi ni sɛɛnamɔ yɔɔ he ha yɛ niyenii, bɔlɛnamɔ, kɛ falefalefeemɔ sui amli. Gbɔmɔtso lɛ mli nibii po baje Mose Mla lɛ mlipɛimɔ shishi.
“Yehowa Kita lɛ Yɛ Krɔŋŋ”
10. (a) Mɛni hewɔ Mla lɛ tsu shihilɛ mli nibii babaoo ahe nii lɛ? (b) Mla lɛ ha gbɔmɔtsoŋ nitsumɔ kɛ gbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ tee hiɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (Okɛ shishigbɛ niŋmaa afata he.)
10 Nɛkɛ mlai ni atsɔɔ mli fitsofitso ni kɔɔ daa gbi shihilɛ he lɛ yɛ yiŋtoo ko ni nɔ kwɔ: koni eha Israelbii lɛ ahe atse—yɛ gbɔmɔtso, mumɔ, jwɛŋmɔŋ kɛ jeŋba mli. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, mlai ni biɔ ni amɛju amɛhe, amɛfu amɛsɛbo, amɛjie helatsɛmɛi ni helai baanyɛ atsɛŋe mɛi kɛjɛ amɛteŋ, ni amɛkaye niyenii komɛi lɛ fɛɛ ye bua ni eha gbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ kɛ gbɔmɔtsoŋ hetsemɔ hi shi.a—2 Mose 30:18-20; 3 Mose, yitso 11; 3Mo 13:4, 5, 21, 26; 15:16-18, 21-23; 5 Mose 23:12-14.
11. Kɛ akɛɛ mɔ ko he tseee yɛ jamɔ mli nifeemɔi amli lɛ, te atsɔɔ tɛŋŋ?
11 Ni kɛlɛ, gbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ kɛ falefale shihilɛ ji nibii ni baa yɛ mumɔŋ hetsemɔ sɛɛ. No hewɔ ni ekolɛ mɔ ni yeɔ niyenii ni agu lɛ eko, ekɛ ehe woɔ bɔlɛnamɔ mli, aloo ekɛ enine taa gbonyo ko he lɛ hu bafeɔ mɔ ni he tseee yɛ mla mli nifeemɔi ahe. (3 Mose, yitsei 11, 15; 4 Mose, yitso 19) Atsiɔ mɔ ni he tseee nɛɛ gbɛ koni ekɛ ehe akawo jamɔ mli—yɛ ekomɛi amli lɛ, akɛ gbele po gbalaa etoi! (3 Mose 15:31; 22:3-8) Shi mɛni ji nɔ ni nɛkɛ nibii ni agu nɛɛ yɔɔ feemɔ yɛ mumɔŋ hetsemɔ he?
12. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ mlai ni kɔɔ hetsemɔ yɛ jamɔ nifeemɔi amli lɛ haa mumɔŋ hetsemɔ baa?
12 Nɔ ni ekadi wɔŋjalɔi ajamɔ ji ajwamaŋbɔɔ, gbohii ajamɔ kɛ daatɔɔ kɛ fufeemɔi. Shi The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ: “Aŋmɛɛɛ bɔlɛnamɔ nifeemɔ ko gbɛ akɛ no nɔ abaatsɔ aja Yahweh. Nifeemɔi ni tamɔ nɛkɛ nɛɛ fɛɛ haa mɔ bafeɔ mɔ ni he tseee. . . . Akɛ woo ni sa haa gbohii lɛ yɛ Israel, shi ajaaa amɛ ni asaŋ amɛtsɔmɔɔɔ nibii ni ajaa . . . Naanyo ni akɛ mɔ ko aaabɔ yɛ wɔŋjalɔi agbijurɔyeli shishi, ni amɛ okpɔlɔŋmɛɛ fata he lɛ ji nɔ ko ni Israelnyo nyɛŋ ekɛ ehe awo mli, ejaakɛ amɛniyenii lɛ ahe tseee.” No hewɔ le, Mla lɛ mli akpɔi lɛ tamɔ “gbogbo” ni tsiɔ amɛ gbɛ kɛjɛɔ jamɔi amli nifeemɔi ni he tseee lɛ ahe.—Efesobii 2:14.
13. Mla lɛ ha jwɛŋmɔŋ hetsemɔ tee hiɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
13 Mla lɛ hu tsu Israelbii lɛ ajwɛŋmɔŋ hetsemɔ he nii. Ekpɔi ni kɔɔ gbalashihilɛ mli teemɔŋ saji ahe lɛ nɛkɛ yeɔ buaa koni eha gbɔmɔ asusu nibii ahe kɛya hiɛ. (3 Mose 15:16-33) Israelbii lɛ kase henɔyeli yɛ bɔlɛnamɔ mli saji amli, amɛkɛ amɛhe haaa akɔnɔ hiɛdɔɔ tamɔ Kanaanbii lɛ. Mla lɛ po tsɔɔ mɛi ni diɔ sɛɛ lɛ akɛ amɛye amɛhenumɔi kɛ amɛ akɔnɔi anɔ, ni ewie eshi hiɛkɔɔ jwɛŋmɔ.—2 Mose 20:17.
14. Nyɔŋmɔ Mla lɛ yɛ sɔrɔto kwraa yɛ jeŋba mli hetsemɔ ni ekɛbaa lɛ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
14 Nɔ ni sa kadimɔ fe fɛɛ lɛ, Mla lɛ ma jeŋba hetsemɔ nɔ mi. Eji anɔkwale akɛ Hammurabi mla lɛ hu buɔ nɔ fɔŋ feemɔ tamɔ gbalafitemɔ fɔ. Shi, sane ko ni je kpo yɛ The Biblical Archaeologist lɛ mli lɛ kɛɛ: “Yɛ be mli ni Babilonbii kɛ Ashurbii buɔ gbalafitemɔ akɛ efɔŋ ni afeɔ ashiɔ hegbɛ ni wu lɛ yɔɔ lɛ, Kpaŋmɔ Momo lɛ mli mla lɛ buɔ gbalafitemɔ akɛ efɔŋ kpele ni afeɔ ashiɔ jeŋba diɛŋtsɛ.
15. (a) Feemɔ bɔ ni Israelnyo baamia ehiɛ waa koni ehi shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli lɛ he nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ. (b) Nɛkɛ mɔdɛŋbɔɔ nɛɛ he ba sɛɛnamɔ kɛha Israelbii lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
15 Belɛ kwɛmɔ bɔ ni lalatsɛ lɛ wiemɔi lɛ ji anɔkwale ha “Yehowa kita lɛ yɛ krɔŋŋ, ehaa mɔ hiŋmɛi anɔ tseɔ.” (Lala 19:9) Shihilɛ yɛ hetsemɔ mli lɛ biɔ mɔdɛŋbɔɔ babaoo yɛ bei komɛi amli. Ebiɔ ni yeifɔyei ni amɛfɔ ehee otsii fioo sɛɛ yɛ amɛfɔmɔ sɛɛ lɛ aya Yerusalem bɔni afee ni amɛkɛ amɛhe ayawo hetsemɔ nifeemɔi amli. (3 Mose 12:1-8; Luka 2:22-24) Abiɔ ni hii kɛ yei fɛɛ atsuu amɛhe yɛ jamɔ nifeemɔi anaa yɛ bɔlɛnamɔ sɛɛ, kɛ agbɛnɛ yɛ shihilɛi krokomɛi amli. (3 Mose 15:16, 18; 5 Mose 23:9-14; 2 Samuel 11:11-13) Kɛji akɛ amɛjɛ henilee kpakpa fɛɛ mli amɛnyiɛ Mla nɛɛ sɛɛ ni amɛhi shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli lɛ, ‘ehe baaba sɛɛnamɔ aha amɛ’—yɛ gbɔmɔtsoŋ, jwɛŋmɔŋ, jeŋba mli, kɛ mumɔŋ. (Yesaia 48:17) Agbɛnɛ hu, bɔ ni ehe hiaa akɛ aaahi shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli kɛ hiɛdɔɔ fɛɛ lɛ baafee nɔ ko ni baaka amɛjwɛŋmɔ mli ni anyɛŋ atsumɔ. Nɔ ni hi fe fɛɛ lɛ, mɔdɛŋ ni abɔɔ yɛ anɔkwayeli mli nɛkɛ koni ahiɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ mli lɛ baaha amɛna Nyɔŋmɔ nɔkpɛlɛmɔ.
Krɔŋŋ Yɛ Jeŋ Ni He Tseee Mli
16, 17. (a) Aabi ni Kristofoi ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ ahi shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli kɛyashi nɛgbɛ? (b) Mɛni hewɔ hetsemɔ ni aaahi shi yɛ mli lɛ wa ŋmɛnɛ lɛ? (d) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ aŋkroaŋkroi ni ehe gbɛi lɛ efeee nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ kpakpa?
16 Agbɛnɛ wɔbaanyɛ wɔnu Petro wiemɔi ni ekɛha Kristofoi nɛɛ ashishi: “Nyɛfea nyɛhe tamɔ bii toibolɔi, ni nyɛkaba nyɛjeŋ yɛ sa beni nyɛleee nɔ ko lɛ mli akɔnɔi lɛ anaa dɔŋŋ; shi moŋ, bɔ ni mɔ ni tsɛ nyɛ lɛ yɔɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ, nyɛhu nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ yɛ nyɛjeŋba fɛɛ mli; ejaakɛ aŋma akɛ: ‘Nyɛfea krɔŋkrɔŋ, ejaakɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ ji mi.’”—1 Petro 1:14-16.
17 Wɔbaanyɛ wɔkpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ, enɛ bɛ mlɛo. He fɛɛ he ni wɔɔkwɛ lɛ, nɔ ni wɔnaa ji gbɔmɛi ni miishishiu mɛi, gbɔmɛi ni yeee anɔkwale, bɔlɛnamɔ mli jeŋba shara ni egbɛ eshwa. The New York Times lɛ bɔ amaniɛ akɛ: “Amerikabii miikpɛlɛ nɔ babaoo akɛ amɛbaahi shi yɛ he kome po dani amɛbote gbalashihilɛ mli.” Gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ gbɛi lɛ po miito okadi gbonyo. Gbɔmɛi ni amɛhe gbɛiwaa yɛ je lɛŋ ŋmɛnɛ yɛ akaŋshii, maŋkwramɔ kɛ hiɛtserɛjiemɔ mli lɛ kɛ amɛhe woɔ muji nitsumɔi amli yɛ faŋŋ mli. Mɔ ko ni fɔɔ kpɔiaŋgbɔlemɔ nɛɛ kwɛmɔ kɛɛ, “Ejeɔ mɔ nijiaŋ wui waa akɛ okɛ ohiɛ afɔ mɔ ko ni osusuɔ akɛ eji nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ nɔ ni agbɛnɛ etsɔ mɔ ni ehe ewo muji kwraa.” Mɛni ji naagba lɛ? Foidalɔi pii ni ehe gbɛi ekpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ amɛshɛreɔ wee loo amɛkɛ tsofai fɔji tsuɔ nii. Kwɛ shii abɔ ni aŋkroaŋkroi ni asusuɔ akɛ amɛji mɛi ni akɛ hiɛ fɔɔ amɛnɔ yɛ nifeemɔi komɛi amli lɛ bafeɔ mɛi ni ehiii shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli, hɛɛ, amɛshihilɛ ekpɔtɔ kwraa, akɛ gbalafitelɔi, ajwamaŋbɔlɔi, hii kɛ hii ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii, yei kɛ yei ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii, julɔi, shishiulɔi, wee shɛrelɔi! Abaanyɛ ana amɛ akɛ mɛi ni he tse yɛ gbɔmɔtsoŋ, shi amɛdaaŋ eyimɔ obɔ kɛ yakayakawiemɔi. Eshɛɔ be ni amɛkuɔ mla mli ni jeee amɛhe sane ko, ni amɛkuɔ amɛhiɛ amɛshwieɔ nii ni ji hiɛgbejianii lɛ anɔ, ni amɛshwaa yɛ amɛ ahohwibɔɔ shihilɛ lɛ he.
18. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ mɛi pii ni ehiii shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli lɛ ‘miikpa nɔ ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛtɛo lɛ?
18 Kɛlɛ, Biblia mli wiemɔ lɛ jeee nɔ ni abaanyɛ aku hiɛ ashwie nɔ: “Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, aliii lɛ yaka. Ejaakɛ nɔ pɛ ni gbɔmɔ duɔ lɛ, no nɔŋŋ ebaakpa hu. Ejaakɛ mɔ ni duɔ nii yɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ eheloo mli lɛ, eheloo lɛ mli ebaakpa fitemɔ kɛjɛ.” (Galatabii 6:7, 8) Nɔ ni jɛɔ ahoshwibɔɔ mli baa yɛ be babaoo mli ji hela, aloo trukaa gbele, ni jɛ helai tamɔ sampuu, babaso kɛ AIDS mli, kɛ wɔɔtsi titrii nɛɛ ata. Jwɛŋmɔŋ kɛ henumɔŋ helai, nɔnyɛɛ kɛ hegbee po ni akaa feemɔ yɛ bei komɛi amli lɛ jɛɔ ahoshwibɔɔ shihilɛ. No hewɔ lɛ yɛ be mli ni mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe woɔ nyenyeŋtswibɔɔ nifeemɔi amli lɛ baaŋmɔ ni amɛye mɛi ni bɔɔ mɔdɛŋ ni amɛhi shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli lɛ ahe fɛo lɛ, ŋmɔlɔ lɛ sɛɛ foɔ yɛ be mli ni hefɛoyelɔi lɛ jeɔ shishi ‘amɛkpaa nɔ ni amɛdu’ lɛ.—Okɛto Romabii 1:24-27 he.
19, 20. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ, ejie amɛhe kpo akɛ amɛhe ewo muji yɛ jamɔ mli kɛ jeŋba mli fɛɛ?
19 Agbɛnɛ je ni akɛ jamɔ ebule nɔ mli wɔyɔɔ lɛ. Osɔfoi lɛ baanyɛ awo atadei fɛfɛji ni he tse, shi amɛtsɔɔmɔi lɛ ji Babilon nifeemɔi kɛ tsɔɔmɔi ni he tseee, tamɔ wɔŋjamɔ, Triniti, hɛl la, kɛ adesa susuma ni gbooo, kɛ hetsuumɔ he. Amɛtamɔ jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi ni Yesu wie amɛhe akɛ: “Kpoo ha nyɛ, woloŋmalɔi kɛ Farisifoi, osatofoi! Akɛni nyɛtamɔ gbohii asaŋii ni asha he ni amɛhewɔ efee fɛo moŋ, shi amɛmli gbɛ lɛ eyimɔ obɔbɔ kɛ gbohii awui kɛ muji sɔrɔtoi fɛɛ. Nakai nɔŋŋ anaa nyɛ hu yɛ gbɔmɛi ahiɛ tamɔ jalɔi, shi osato kɛ mlatɔmɔ eyi nyɛmli obɔ.”—Mateo 23:27, 28.
20 Osofoi lɛ po fiɔ muji nitsumɔ ni yaa nɔ yɛ amɛ asafoŋbii ateŋ lɛ sɛɛ. Aŋkroaŋkroi ni ale amɛ akɛ amɛbɛ jeŋba ni amɛhe tseee—ajwamaŋbɔlɔi, gbalafitelɔi kɛ hii kɛ hii ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii—lɛ fɛɛ ji mɛi ni aŋmɛɔ amɛ gbɛ ni amɛhiɔ shi akɛ mɛi ni yɔɔ gbɛi kpakpa. Enɛ he ni Newsweek lɛ bɔ he amaniɛ akɛ: “Maryland jwɛŋmɔ he nilelɔ Richard Sipe tsutsu osɔfo, lɛ mu sane naa akɛ Katolek osɔfoi 57,000 lɛ mli oha fɛɛ mli 20 ji hii ni kɛ hii krokomɛi feɔ yakayakanii . . . tsofafeelɔi krokomɛi susuɔ akɛ yibɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ moŋ ji oha fɛɛ mli 40 yɛ ŋmɛnɛ.” Katolek nyɔmɔjamɔ he nilelɔ John J. McNeill (ni ekpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ ekɛ hii krokomɛi feɔ yakayakanii) lɛ buɔ hii kɛ hii ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii nɛɛ bem yɛ faŋŋ mli akɛ: “Suɔmɔ ni ka yei enyɔ ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii aloo hii enyɔ ni kɛ amɛhe feɔ yakayakanii lɛ teŋ lɛ ji nɔ ko ni asusuɔ akɛ eji adesa suɔmɔ diɛŋtsɛ ni hi, ni ejeee esha, ni asaŋ, egbalaaa suɔlɔ lɛ kɛjɛɛɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛjianɔtoo he, shi moŋ, ebaanyɛ efee suɔmɔ ni yɔɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ.”—The Christian Century.
21. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ kaimɔ ni ji “Krɔŋkrɔŋ ha Yehowa” lɛ sa jogbaŋŋ ŋmɛnɛ?
21 No hewɔ lɛ kaimɔ ni aŋma akpɛtɛ osɔfonukpa lɛ fai lɛ hiɛ lɛ sa jogbaŋŋ ŋmɛnɛ fe be fɛɛ: “Krɔŋkrɔŋ ha Yehowa.” (2 Mose 28:36) Yehowa taoɔ, hɛɛ, ebiɔ akɛ wɔhi shi akɛ mɛi ni he tse yɛ wɔshihilɛ mli nibii fɛɛ mli! Shi te mɔ ko aaafee tɛŋŋ afee nakai? Mɛni mli nɛkɛ ebaabi ni wɔgbala wɔjwɛŋmɔ kɛya nɔ jogbaŋŋ? Nikasemɔ ni nyiɛ sɛɛ nɛɛ baasusu sanebimɔi nɛɛ ahe.b
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a Hammurabi mla lɛ bɛ gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ nɛkɛ; ni asaŋ anako falefalefeemɔ mla ko yɛ blema Mizraimbii lɛ ateŋ, eyɛ mli akɛ amɛtsu tsofafeemɔ ni etee hiɛ he nii. Wolo ni atsɛɔ lɛ Ancient Egypt lɛ kɛɔ akɛ: “Ashwaifeemɔ he nibii egbɛ eshwa [Mizraim tsofafeemɔ mli] kɛ ehɛ tsabai ni aŋmala.” Shi Nyɔŋmɔ Mla lɛ bɛ daimonioi anifeemɔi komɛi shi ehi kwraa yɛ jeŋnilee naa. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ pɛ datrɛfoi komɛi ena akɛ ehe miihia akɛ afɔ dɛ kɛ ata nɔ ko ni egbo he, nɔ ko ni Mose Mla lɛ bi ni afee afii akpei abɔ ni eho!—4 Mose yitso 19.
b Ajie kɛjɛ November 1, 1987 Watchtower lɛ mli.
Sanebimɔi Kɛha Emlitii
◻ Yehowa ji “Ofe yɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ mli” yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ ni enɛ tsɔɔ mɛni kɛha ejalɔi lɛ?
◻ Mose Mla Iɛ yɛ sɔrɔto yɛ jeŋmaji krokomɛi fɛɛ amlai ahe yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
◻ Mose Mla Iɛ he gbɔmɔtsoŋ, mumɔŋ kɛ jwɛŋmɔŋ kɛ jeŋba mli hetsemɔ tee hiɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
◻ Mɛi ni ehiii shi yɛ hetsemɔ mli Iɛ ‘miikpa nɔ ni amɛdu’ lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
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Hammurabi mla lɛ kɛ gbɛjianɔtoo ba emaŋtsɛyeli Iɛ mli, ni ewo maŋtsɛ Iɛ hiɛ nyam, shi ekɛ krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ bahaaa Babilonbii Iɛ
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