Yitso Nyɔŋma Kɛ Enyɔ
Nyɛkashea Ashur Gbeyei
1, 2. (a) Yɛ adesa shishinumɔ naa lɛ, mɛni hewɔ kɛjɛ shishijee lɛ efee tamɔ nɔ ni Yona yɛ yiŋtoo kpakpa ni ekɛaashashao shi akɛ eeekpɛlɛ nitsumɔ ní akɛha lɛ akɛ eshiɛ etsɔɔ Ashurbii lɛ nɔ lɛ? (b) Te Ninivebii lɛ fee amɛnii yɛ Yona shɛɛ sane lɛ he amɛha tɛŋŋ?
YƐ AFII ohai nɛɛhu D.Ŋ.B. lɛ teŋgbɛ lɛ, Hebri gbalɔ Yona, Amitai bi lɛ, kɛ ehe wo oshara mli ni efã gbɛ kɛtee Ninive, ni ji Ashur Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ maŋtiase lɛ mli. No mli lɛ ehiɛ shɛɛ sane ko ní mli wa ní ekɛyaaha. Yehowa ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Tee shi ni oya Ninive maŋ kpeteŋkpele lɛŋ, ní oyashiɛ oshi lɛ, ejaakɛ amɛnifɔjianii lɛ ebashɛ mihiɛ!”—Yona 1:2, 3.
2 Beni enine shɛ nitsumɔ ní akɛwo edɛŋ nɛɛ nɔ klɛŋklɛŋ kwraa lɛ, Yona jo foi kɛtee he kroko kwraa, eyi Tarshish gbɛ. Yɛ adesa shishinumɔ naa lɛ, Yona yɛ yiŋtoo kpakpa ni eeedamɔ nɔ ekɛshashao shi. Ashurbii lɛ ayitsoŋ wa waa. Kadimɔ bɔ ni Ashur maŋtsɛmɛi lɛ ekome kɛ ehenyɛlɔi lɛ ye ha: “Mifolɔ asraafoi onukpai lɛ aniji . . . Mikɛ la shã nomii ní jɛ amɛteŋ lɛ amli mɛi babaoo, ni miloo amɛteŋ mɛi babaoo akɛ nomii ni hiɛ kamɔ. Mɛi komɛi lɛ, mifolɔ amɛniji kɛ amɛwaobii, ni mɛi krokomɛi lɛ, mifolɔ amɛgugɔji.” Shi kɛlɛ, beni Yona kɛ Yehowa shɛɛ sane lɛ yaha amɛ yɛ naagbee mli kwraa lɛ, Ninivebii lɛ tsake amɛtsuii yɛ amɛhe eshai lɛ amli ni Yehowa kpataaa maŋtiase lɛ hiɛ yɛ nakai beaŋ.—Yona 3:3-10; Mateo 12:41.
Yehowa Kɔ́ “Tso Lɛ”
3. Esoro bɔ ni Israelbii lɛ fee amɛnii yɛ kɔkɔbɔi ní Yehowa gbalɔi lɛ kɛha amɛ lɛ yɛ bɔ ni Ninivebii lɛ fee amɛnii lɛ he yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
3 Ani Israelbii ní Yona shiɛ etsɔɔ amɛ lɛ hu bo lɛ toi? (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 14:25) Dabi. Amɛtsɔmɔ amɛsɛɛ amɛha jamɔ krɔŋŋ. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, amɛtee nɔ aahu kɛyashi be ni “amɛjá ŋwɛi asafo lɛ fɛɛ, ni amɛsɔmɔ Baal.” Nɔ ni ehiii fe fɛɛ lɛ, “amɛha amɛbihii kɛ amɛbiyei tsɔ̃ la mli, ni amɛkalakalai, ni amɛsaa amɛyeyee ŋkunyaai, ni amɛhɔ̃ɔhɔ̃ɔ amɛhe amɛha efɔŋfeemɔ yɛ Yehowa hiɛ, koni amɛkɛwo emlila.” (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 17:16, 17) Ákɛ mɛi ni tamɔɔɔ Ninivebii lɛ, Israel booo Yehowa toi beni etsu gbalɔi lɛ kɛba koni amɛbɔ amɛ kɔkɔ lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, Yehowa kpɛ eyiŋ akɛ ebaafee nibii ni mli wa eshi amɛ.
4, 5. (a) Mɛni wiemɔ ni ji “Ashur” lɛ tsɔɔ, ni Yehowa kɛ lɛ baatsu nii ákɛ “tso” yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Mɛɛ be Samaria gbee shi?
4 Yɛ Yona gbɛfaa kɛtee Ninive lɛ sɛɛ be ko mli lɛ, Ashurbii atutuamɔ lɛ naa ba shi fioo.a Shi, yɛ afii ohai kpaanyɔ D.Ŋ.B. lɛ shishijee gbɛ lɛ, Ashur jie ehe kpo faŋŋ ekoŋŋ akɛ maŋ ni yɔɔ asraafoi ahewalɛ, ni Yehowa kɛ lɛ tsu nii yɛ naakpɛɛ gbɛ nɔ. Gbalɔ Yesaia kɛ kɔkɔbɔɔ ko ni jɛ Yehowa ŋɔɔ yaha Israel kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ akɛ: “Kpóo ha Ashur ni ji mimlifu tso lɛ, amɛdɛhiɛmɔ tso ji mimlila lɛ! Matsu lɛ kɛaatee jeŋmaŋ fɔŋ ko nɔ, ni mafã lɛ mawo maŋ ní mimli efu amɛ lɛ he, koni eyahà nii ní eŋɔ nom, ní enaanaa amɛnɔ tamɔ anaa blohuiaŋ ŋmiamɔ nɔ.”—Yesaia 10:5, 6.
5 Kwɛ hiɛshishwiemɔ ní eji kɛha Israelbii lɛ! Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ wɔŋjalɔi amaŋ—“Ashur”—tsu nii ákɛ “tso” ní ekɛgbala amɛtoi. Yɛ afi 742 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ, Ashur Maŋtsɛ Shalmaneser V bawo Samaria, ni ji hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔi amaŋ Israel maŋtiase lɛ he ká. Akɛni maŋ lɛ yɛ he ni hi, ni ji gɔŋ ní nɔ kwɔlɛ shɛɔ mitai 90 nɔ hewɔ lɛ, Samaria nyɛ eshwie henyɛlɔi lɛ aaafee afii etɛ sɔŋŋ. Shi adesai aŋaa ko bɛ ni baanyɛ atsĩ Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo naa. Yɛ afi 740 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ, Ashurbii lɛ ye Samaria nɔ kunim, ni amɛnaanaa maŋtiase lɛ nɔ butuu.—2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 18:10.
6. Ashur fee nii kɛteke bɔ ni Yehowa ekpɛ eyiŋ kɛha lɛ lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
6 Eyɛ mli akɛ Yehowa kɛ amɛ tsu nii ni ekɛtsɔɔ ewebii lɛ nɔ ko moŋ, shi Ashurbii lɛ diɛŋtsɛ hu ebuuu Yehowa. No hewɔ lɛ etee nɔ ewie akɛ: “Shi lɛ [Ashur] lɛ, jeee nakai esusu, ni jeee nakai ejwɛŋ yɛ etsui mli; shi nɔ ni yɔɔ etsui mli ji akɛ eeekpata hiɛ ní ebutu jeŋmaji ní jeee fioo ko.” (Yesaia 10:7) Yehowa miisumɔ ní Ashur afee dɛŋdade ko ní ebaajɛ ŋwɛi ekɛtsu nii. Shi Ashur nuɔ he akɛ esa akɛ efee nɔ kroko kwraa. Etsui tsirɛ lɛ koni etsɔ ŋaa kɛha nɔ ko ní da kwraa fe enɛ—jeŋ ní ale yɛ nakai beaŋ lɛ fɛɛ nɔ kunimyeli!
7. (a) Tsɔɔmɔ wiemɔ ni ji “Nto milumɛi lɛ fɛɛ lɛ maŋtsɛmɛi sɔŋŋ ni?” lɛ mli. (b) Mɛni esa akɛ mɛi ní kwaa Yehowa ŋmɛnɛ lɛ akadi?
7 Maŋtiasei ní jeee Israelbii amaji, ni Ashur ye amɛnɔ kunim lɛ ji maŋtiasei ní tsutsu ko lɛ, maŋtsɛmɛi yeɔ amɛnɔ. Amrɔ nɛɛ esa akɛ tsutsu maŋtsɛmɛi nɛɛ aba amɛhe shi amɛwo Ashur maŋtsɛ lɛ shishi akɛ lumɛi ní sɔmɔɔ lɛ, no hewɔ lɛ ebaanyɛ eshwã lɛɛlɛŋ akɛ: “Nto milumɛi lɛ fɛɛ lɛ maŋtsɛmɛi sɔŋŋ ni?” (Yesaia 10:8) Jeŋmaji lɛ amaŋtiasei ní ehe gbɛi lɛ apasa nyɔŋmɔi lɛ nyɛɛɛ ahere mɛi ní jáa amɛ lɛ ayiwala kɛjɛ hiɛkpatamɔ mli. Nyɔŋmɔi ní Samaria maŋ lɛ mli bii lɛ jáa amɛ, tamɔ Baal, Molek, kɛ shika tsinabii lɛ, ebuŋ nakai maŋtiase lɛ he. Akɛni amɛkwa Yehowa hewɔ lɛ, Samaria bɛ hegbɛ ko kwraa akɛ ekpaa gbɛ akɛ ekɛ ehe baawo esaji amli. Ha mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ní kwaa Yehowa ŋmɛnɛ lɛ akadi nɔ ni ba Samaria nɔ lɛ! Ashur baanyɛ ashwã jogbaŋŋ yɛ Samaria kɛ maŋtiasei krokomɛi ní eye amɛnɔ kunim lɛ ahe akɛ: “Nto Kalno tamɔ Karkemish, ni Hamat hu tamɔ Arpad, ni Samaria tamɔ Damasko?” (Yesaia 10:9) Amɛ fɛɛ amɛyɛ ŋɛlɛ kome nɔ kɛha Ashur—hàanii ní ebaaloo kɛya.
8, 9. Mɛni hewɔ ni Ashur tee shɔŋŋ tsɔ beni eto eyiŋ akɛ ebaaye Yerusalem nɔ kunim lɛ?
8 Shi kɛlɛ, Ashur tee shɔŋŋ tsɔ kɛ eshwãa lɛ. Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Bɔ ni minine shɛ wɔji amaŋtsɛyelii ní amɛmagai lɛ fe Yerusalem kɛ Samaria nii lɛ anɔ lɛ: aso bɔ ni mifee Samaria kɛ ewɔji lɛ, mifeŋ Yerusalem kɛ emagai lɛ hu nakai nɔŋŋ?” (Yesaia 10:10, 11) Maŋtsɛyelii ní Ashur eye amɛnɔ kunim momo lɛ yɛ amagai babaoo fe bɔ ni Yerusalem loo Samaria po yɔɔ. No hewɔ lɛ esusu akɛ, ‘Mɛni baatsĩ minaa ní mikafee Yerusalem tamɔ bɔ ni mifee Samaria lɛ?’
9 Naafuutsɛ nɛ! Yehowa eŋmɛŋ gbɛ ní eye Yerusalem nɔ kunim. Lɛɛlɛŋ, Yuda he saji ní aŋmala ashwie shi lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ muji ko kɛ̃ yɛ bɔ ni efi anɔkwa jamɔ sɛɛ eha lɛ mli. (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 16:7-9; 2 Kronika 28:24) Yehowa ebɔ kɔkɔ akɛ, anɔkwa ní Yuda yeee lɛ hewɔ lɛ, ebaana amanehulu babaoo yɛ Ashurbii lɛ atutuamɔ lɛ mli. Shi Yerusalem baaya nɔ ahi shi. (Yesaia 1:7, 8) Beni Ashurbii lɛ batutua amɛ lɛ, no mli lɛ Hezekia ji maŋtsɛ yɛ Yerusalem. Hezekia tamɔɔɔ etsɛ Ahaz. Ejaakɛ, yɛ enɔyeli be lɛ mli klɛŋklɛŋ nyɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ, Hezekia saa egbele sɔlemɔwe lɛ shinaai lɛ ni eto jamɔ krɔŋŋ shishi ekoŋŋ!—2 Kronika 29:3-5.
10. Mɛni Yehowa wo shi yɛ Ashur he?
10 No hewɔ lɛ Yehowa ekpɛlɛɛɛ tutuamɔ ní Ashur to eyiŋ akɛ ebaatutua Yerusalem lɛ nɔ. Yehowa wo shi akɛ ebaaha nakai jeŋ hewalɛ ní wóɔ ehe nɔ lɛ abu ehe akɔntaa eha lɛ: “Aaaba mli akɛ, kɛ́ [Yehowa, “NW”] tsu enii egbe naa yɛ Zion gɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɛ Yerusalem lɛ: mabawo Ashur maŋtsɛ lɛ hewoo jwɛŋmɔ yibii lɛ kɛ ehewoo hiŋmɛii anunyam lɛ he nyɔmɔ.”—Yesaia 10:12.
Etsa nɔ Kɛtee Yuda kɛ Yerusalem!
11. Mɛni hewɔ Ashur susu akɛ enine baanyɛ ashɛ Yerusalem nɔ yɛ gbɛ ní waaa kwraa nɔ lɛ?
11 Beni kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ gbee shi yɛ afi 740 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ sɛɛ afii kpaanyɔ lɛ, Ashur maŋtsɛ hee, Sanherib, fã ta eshi Yerusalem. Yesaia tsɔɔ Sanherib yiŋ ní eto kɛ henɔwomɔ lɛ mli yɛ lalafoo wiemɔ mli akɛ: “Mitsirɛ majimaji lɛ ahusui lɛ, ni mihà amɛjwetrii lɛ, ni mitsirɛ mɛi ni tara maŋtsɛsɛii anɔ lɛ mitswia shi tamɔ oblaŋ ko; ni minine eshɛ majimaji lɛ anii lɛ anɔ tamɔ loofɔlɔ tsũ, ni miloo shikpɔŋ lɛ fɛɛ tamɔ alooɔ wɔji ní ashĩ, ni mɔ ko bɛ ní tswaa efiji amli loo egbeleɔ edaaŋ loo ebolɔɔ fĩfĩ!” (Yesaia 10:13, 14) Sanherib susuɔ akɛ maŋtiasei krokomɛi lɛ egbee shi ni Samaria bɛ dɔŋŋ, no hewɔ lɛ enine baashɛ Yerusalem nɔ yɛ gbɛ ní waaa nɔ! Ekolɛ maŋtiase lɛ kɛ lɛ baawu fã-kɛ-fã, shi akɛni amɛboŋ fĩfĩ hewɔ lɛ, ebaaye emli bii lɛ anɔ oya, ni ebaaloo amɛnibii ní amɛyɔɔ lɛ tamɔ alooɔ wɔji yɛ loofɔlɔ tsũ ni ebɛ mli lɛ mli lɛ.
12. Mɛni Yehowa tsɔɔ akɛ no ji gbɛ ní ja ní esa akɛ atsɔ nɔ asusu nii ahe, yɛ Ashur shwãa lɛ gbɛfaŋ?
12 Shi kɛlɛ, Sanherib hiɛ miikpa nɔ ko nɔ. Samaria hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔ lɛ sa toigbalamɔ ní akɛba enɔ lɛ. Shi, Yerusalem ebatsɔ jamɔ krɔŋŋ shikwɛ̃ɛhe ni mli wa waa ekoŋŋ, yɛ Maŋtsɛ Hezekia nɔyeli shishi. Esa akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni baasusu akɛ eeeta Yerusalem he lɛ asusu Yehowa he! Yesaia kɛ mlifu bi akɛ: “Aso lema shwãa woɔ mɔ ni hiɛ lɛ kɛfoɔ nii lɛ? aloo sao wóɔ ehe nɔ yɛ mɔ ni gbalaa lɛ lɛ nɔ? tamɔ nɔ ni tso aaatsi mɛi ni wóɔ enɔ lɛ, aloo dɛhiɛmɔ tso aaawó mɔ ni jeee tso lɛ nɔ!” (Yesaia 10:15) Ashur Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ ji dɛŋdade ko kɛkɛ yɛ Yehowa dɛŋ, tamɔ bɔ ni tsotoolɔ, tsogbalɔ, aloo tookwɛlɔ kɛ lema, sao, tso, loo dɛhiɛmɔ tso baatsu nii lɛ. Kwɛ tso hu ní eekãfo ehe yɛ mɔ ni kɛtsuɔ nii lɛ moŋ nɔ!
13. Tsɔɔmɔ mɛi ní amɛji kɛ nɔ ni ba (a) ‘mɛi ní eshwishwii’ lɛ anɔ. (b) ‘ŋmeii kɛ kpitikpitii lɛ’ anɔ. (d) ‘ekoo lɛ anunyam lɛ’ nɔ.
13 Mɛni baaba Ashur nɔ? “Nuntsɔ, Yehowa Zebaot, aaatsu lootãa kɛaaba emɛi ní eshwishwii lɛ ateŋ, ni eeesu la ewo enunyam lɛ shishi tamɔ la ní tsoɔ. Ni Israel kane lɛ aaatso la, ni e-Mɔkrɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ aaatso lalilɛi, ni eeetso ni eeeshã eŋmeii kɛ ekpitikpitii lɛ gbi kome. Ni eeekpata ekoo kɛ eŋmɔ kpakpa anunyam lɛ hiɛ, susuma kɛ gbɔmɔtso fɛɛ, tamɔ helatsɛ ní yeɔ gbele hela gboɔ! Ni tsei ní aaashwɛ yɛ ekoo lɛ mli lɛ, eshɛɛɛ nɔ ko, ni gbekɛ aaanyɛ amɛyibɔ aŋma.” (Yesaia 10:16-19) Hɛɛ, Yehowa baagbɔ nakai Ashur “tso” lɛ he kɛba shihilɛ ní sa lɛ mli! Akɛ “lootãa” hela baatswa Ashur asraafoi lɛ ateŋ “[mɛi] ní eshwishwii,” ni ji esraafoi ekãalɔi ní he wa waa lɛ. Anaŋ amɛ ákɛ mɛi ni he wa dɔŋŋ! Israel Kane, ni ji Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ baatso la kɛshã esraafoi ní nyiɛɔ shikpɔŋ kɛwuɔ lɛ, tamɔ bɔ ni la shãa jwɛi kɛ ŋmeei babaoo lɛ. Ni ‘ekoo lɛ anunyam,’ ni ji esraafoi onukpai lɛ, baaba amɛnaagbee. Kɛ́ Yehowa kɛ Ashur gbe naa lɛ, esraafoi onukpai ní baashwɛ lɛ shɛŋ nɔ ko kwraa, bɔ ni gbekɛ bibioo po baanyɛ akane amɛyibɔ yɛ ewaobii anaa!—Kwɛmɔ Yesaia 10:33, 34 hu.
14. Tsɔɔmɔ he ni Ashur tee hiɛ kɛyashɛ yɛ Yuda shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ yɛ afi 732 D.Ŋ.B.
14 Shi kɛlɛ, ewa kɛha Yudafoi ní yɔɔ Yerusalem yɛ afi 732 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ akɛ amɛaahe amɛye akɛ abaaye Ashur nɔ kunim. Ashurbii asraafoi ata babaoo lɛ efã kɛmiiba ní amɛjɔɔɔ amɛhe. Bó maŋtiasei ní yɔɔ Yuda ní amɛye amɛnɔ kunim lɛ agbɛi atoi: “Eshɛ Ayat . . . Migron . . . Mikmash . . . Geba . . . Rama . . . Saul Gibea . . . Galim . . . Laisha . . . Anatot . . . Madmena . . . Gebim . . . Nob.” (Yesaia 10:28-32a)b Yɛ naagbee lɛ, tutualɔi lɛ bashɛ Lakish, ni kɛ Yerusalem jɛkɛmɔ feɔ kilomitai 50 pɛ lɛ. Etsɛɛɛ kɛkɛ ni Ashurbii asraafoi babaoo bawo maŋtiase lɛ he gbeyei. “Eeehoso enine etsɔɔ Zion biyoo lɛ gɔŋ ni ji Yerusalem gɔŋkpɔ lɛ.” (Yesaia 10:32b) Mɛni baanyɛ atsĩ Ashur naa?
15, 16. (a) Mɛni hewɔ ehe hiaa ní Maŋtsɛ Hezekia aná hemɔkɛyeli ní mli wa lɛ? (b) Mɛɛ nɔdaamɔ nɔ yɔɔ kɛha hemɔkɛyeli ní Hezekia ná akɛ Yehowa baaye abua lɛ lɛ?
15 Maŋtsɛ Hezekia tsui ye waa, yɛ emaŋtsɛwe lɛ yɛ maŋtiase lɛ mli. Egbála ehe atadei lɛ ni ekɔ kpekpe ebu. (Yesaia 37:1) Etsu mɛi kɛtee gbalɔ Yesaia ŋɔɔ ákɛ amɛyabi lɛ nɔ ni Yehowa baakɛɛ yɛ Yuda he. Etsɛɛɛ kɛkɛ ni amɛku amɛsɛɛ kɛ hetoo ni Yehowa kɛha lɛ: “Kaashe gbeyei . . . Mabu nɛkɛ maŋ nɛɛ he.” (Yesaia 37:6, 35) Shi kɛlɛ, Ashurbii lɛ miiwo amɛhe gbeyei ni amɛhiɛnɔkamɔ lɛ mli wa waa.
16 Hemɔkɛyeli—no ji nɔ ni baawaje Maŋtsɛ Hezekia kɛtsɔ shihilɛ ní mli wa nɛɛ mli. Hemɔkɛyeli ji “nii ni anaaa lɛ anɔmimaa.” (Hebribii 11:1) Ekɔɔ nii ní akwɛɔ kɛtekeɔ nɔ ni anaa faŋŋ lɛ he. Shi hemɔkɛyeli damɔ nilee nɔ. Ekolɛ Hezekia kai akɛ Yehowa ewie nɛkɛ miishɛjemɔ wiemɔi nɛɛ kɛtsɔ hiɛ jeeŋmɔ momo akɛ: “Mimaŋ ní hiɔ Zion, kaashe Ashur gbeyei! . . . Shi eshwɛ bibioo kɛkɛ, ní mlila lɛ sɛɛ aaafo, ni mimlifu lɛ aaatso aha amɛhiɛkpatamɔ. Ni Yehowa Zebaot aaatée kpelebi shi awo lɛ, tamɔ bɔ ni efee, beni egbe Midian yɛ Oreb tɛsaa lɛ nɔ lɛ, ni etso ní ewó nɔ yɛ ŋshɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ, eeewó nɔ tamɔ bɔ ni efee Mizraim lɛ.” (Yesaia 10:24-26)c Hɛɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ webii eyaje shihilɛi ní mli wawai amli dã. Efee tamɔ nɔ ni Hezekia blematsɛmɛi lɛ nyɛŋ Mizraim asraafoi lɛ kwraa yɛ Ŋshɔ Tsuru lɛ naa. Afii ohai abɔ ni etsɔ hiɛ lɛ mli lɛ, Gideon kɛ tai ní fá kwraa fe emɛi lɛ kpe beni Midian kɛ Amalek batutua Israel lɛ. Ni kɛlɛ, Yehowa jie ewebii lɛ yɛ nakai shihilɛi enyɔ lɛ amli.—2 Mose 14:7-9, 13, 28; Kojolɔi 6:33; 7:21, 22.
17. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ ‘afite’ Ashur apã lɛ yɛ, ni mɛni hewɔ?
17 Ani Yehowa baafee nɔ ni efee yɛ bei ni eho nɛɛ amli lɛ ekoŋŋ? Hɛɛ. Yehowa woɔ shi akɛ: “Aaaba mli yɛ nakai gbi lɛ nɔ akɛ aaajie ejatsu lɛ yɛ okɔŋ nɔ kɛ epã lɛ hu kɛaajɛ okuɛ nɔ; ni apã lɛ aaafite yɛ fɔ ní ewo lɛ hewɔ.” (Yesaia 10:27) Abaajie Ashur apã lɛ kɛjɛ Nyɔŋmɔ webii ní ekɛ amɛ efee kpaŋmɔ lɛ akɔŋ nɔ kɛ amɛkuɛ nɔ. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, “aaafite” apã lɛ—ni afite lɛ hu! Yɛ gbɛkɛ kome mli lɛ, Yehowa bɔfo gbe Ashur asraafoi lɛ ateŋ mɛi 185,000. Kɛkɛ ni hegbeyeiwoo lɛ sɛɛ fo, ni Ashurbii lɛ shi Yuda shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɛtee kwraa. (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 19:35, 36) Mɛni hewɔ? “Yɛ fɔ ní ewo lɛ hewɔ.” Ekolɛ enɛ miitsɔɔ mu ní akɛtsu nii kɛfɔ Hezekia mu ákɛ maŋtsɛ ni jɛ David seshi lɛ mli lɛ. Enɛ hewɔ lɛ, Yehowa ha eshiwoo lɛ ba mli, akɛ: “Mabu nɛkɛ maŋ nɛɛ he, ni mahere eyiwala yɛ mi diɛŋtsɛ mihewɔ kɛ mitsulɔ David hu hewɔ!”—2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 19:34.
18. (a) Ani Yesaia gbalɛ lɛ hiɛ mlibaa ní fe ekome? Tsɔɔmɔ mli. (b) Mɛɛ gbɛjianɔtoo tamɔ blema Samaria ŋmɛnɛ?
18 Yesaia wolo lɛ mli saji ní asusu he yɛ yitso nɛɛ mli lɛ kɔɔ nibii ní ba yɛ Yuda nɔ ni fe afii 2,700 ní eho nɛ lɛ ahe. Shi nakai saji ní ba lɛ kɔɔ wɔhe waa ŋmɛnɛ. (Romabii 15:4) Ani enɛ tsɔɔ akɛ mɛi titri ní sane ní yɔɔ miishɛɛ ní ba nɛɛ sa amɛhe diɛŋtsɛ—ni ji Samaria kɛ Yerusalem maji lɛ amli bii, kɛ Ashurbii lɛ hu—yɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ henɔi? Hɛɛ, eko yɛ. Taakɛ Samaria wɔŋjalɔ lɛ ji lɛ, Kristendom kɛɔ akɛ ejáa Yehowa, shi eji hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔ diɛŋtsɛ kɛmɔ shi. Roma Katoliknyo John Henry Cardinal Newman kpɛlɛɔ nɔ yɛ ewolo ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine lɛ mli akɛ, nibii ní Kristendom kɛtsu nii aahu afii ohai abɔ, tamɔ tsofa-kɛ-ŋma, kɛnɛrɛi, nu krɔŋkrɔŋ, osɔfoi atadei, kɛ amagai lɛ, “fɛɛ jɛ wɔŋjamɔ mli.” Yehowa náaa Kristendom jamɔ ní etsɔ wɔŋjamɔ sɔŋŋ lɛ he miishɛɛ dɔŋŋ tamɔ bɔ ni enáaa Samaria wɔŋjamɔ lɛ he miishɛɛ lɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
19. Abɔ Kristendom kɔkɔ yɛ mɛni he, ni namɛi bɔɔ kɔkɔ lɛ?
19 Yehowa Odasefoi kɛ afii babaoo ebɔ Kristendom kɔkɔ aahu yɛ amɛhe miishɛɛ ní Yehowa náaa lɛ he. Ákɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, yɛ afi 1955 mli lɛ, aha maŋshiɛmɔ ko ní yitso ji “Kristendom loo Kristojamɔ—Te Amɛteŋ Nɔ ni Ji ‘Je Lɛŋ La Lɛ’?” yɛ je lɛŋ fɛɛ. Maŋshiɛmɔ lɛ je gbɛ etsɔɔ bɔ ni Kristendom egbá afã kɛjɛ anɔkwa Kristojamɔ tsɔɔmɔ kɛ nifeemɔi ahe lɛ mli faŋŋ diɛŋtsɛ. Yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, aŋmala maŋshiɛmɔ ní mli wa waa nɛɛ mli wiemɔi lɛ awo woji amli ni akɛmaje osɔfoi yɛ maji babaoo amli. Ákɛ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ, Kristendom booo kɔkɔbɔɔ lɛ toi. Nɔ ko kwraa bɛ ní Yehowa baafee, fe akɛ ebaagbala etoi kɛ “tso.”
20. (a) Mɛni baatsu nii ákɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ Ashur lɛ, ni akɛ lɛ baatsu nii ákɛ tso yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Nɛgbɛ abaagbala Kristendom toi kɛyashi?
20 Namɔ Yehowa kɛbaatsu nii ní ekɛgbala Kristendom ni ji atuatselɔ lɛ toi? Wɔnaa hetoo lɛ yɛ Kpojiemɔ yitso 17 lɛ. Awie yoo ajwamaŋ ko, ni ji “Babilon kpeteŋkpele lɛ,” ní damɔ shi kɛha je lɛŋ apasa jamɔi fɛɛ, ní Kristendom hu fata he lɛ he atsɔɔ wɔ yɛ jɛmɛ. Yoo ajwamaŋ lɛ ta kooloo ko ní tsuɔ tamɔ muneele, ní yɔɔ yitsei kpawo kɛ akolontoi nyɔŋma nɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 17:3, 5, 7-12) Kooloo lɛ damɔ shi kɛha Jeŋmaji Ekomefeemɔ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ.d Taakɛ bɔ ni blema Ashur kpata Samaria hiɛ lɛ, nakai nɔŋŋ kooloo ní tsuɔ tamɔ muneele lɛ “amɛaanyɛ ajwamaŋ lɛ, ni amɛaafee lɛ amaŋfɔ, ni amɛaaŋmɛ lɛ yayai, ni amɛaaye eheloo, ni amɛkɛ la aaashã lɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 17:16) Enɛ hewɔ lɛ, ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ Ashur (ni ji jeŋmaji ní fata Jeŋmaji Ekomefeemɔ lɛ he lɛ) kɛ tutuamɔ ní mli wa baaba Kristendom nɔ ni amɛbaakpata ehiɛ kwraa.
21, 22. Namɔ baakanya kooloo lɛ koni etutua Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ?
21 Ani Yehowa Odasefoi anɔkwafoi lɛ ahiɛ baakpata kɛfata Babilon Kpeteŋkpele lɛ he? Dabi. Nyɔŋmɔ mli fuko amɛ. Jamɔ krɔŋŋ baaya nɔ ahi shi. Shi kɛlɛ, kooloo lɛ ní baakpata Babilon Kpeteŋkpele lɛ hiɛ lɛ kɛ hiɛjoomɔ baatsɔ ehiɛ kɛkwɛ he ni Yehowa webii yɔɔ lɛ gbɛ. Kɛji efee nakai lɛ, belɛ kooloo lɛ miitsu mɔ kroko kwraa susumɔi ahe nii, shi jeee Nyɔŋmɔ susumɔi. Ni namɔ ni? Satan Abonsam.
22 Yehowa kpáa Satan henɔwomɔ ŋaatsɔɔ lɛ he mama akɛ: “Aaaba mli akɛ nakai gbi lɛ nɔ lɛ saji komɛi aaaba [Satan] otsuiŋ, ni osaa ooojwɛŋ jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ, ni oookɛɛ: ‘Mafã . . . mayatua mɛi ní yɔɔ kpoo, ní amɛhiɔ shi shweshweeshwe, ní amɛ fɛɛ amɛhiɔ shi ní amɛbɛ gbogbo [ní buɔ amɛhe lɛ] . . . ’ Ní oyahà nii, ní otswa ojo.” (Ezekiel 38:10-12) Satan baasusu akɛ, ‘Hɛɛ, mɛni hewɔ esaaa ní miwoɔ jeŋmaji lɛ hewalɛ koni amɛtutua Yehowa Odasefoi? Amɛnine baanyɛ ashɛ amɛnɔ, amɛbɛ hebuu nɔ̃ ko, ni amɛbɛ maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛ hu. Amɛnyɛŋ amɛte shi amɛshi amɛ. Kwɛ bɔ ni eeefee mlɛo akɛ amɛaaloo amɛ tamɔ bɔ ni alooɔ wɔji kɛjɛɔ loofɔlɔ tsũ ni abuuu he mli lɛ!’
23. Mɛni hewɔ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ Ashur nyɛŋ afee Nyɔŋmɔ webii nɔ ni ebaafee Kristendom lɛ?
23 Shi nyɛkwɛa jogbaŋŋ, jeŋmaji! Nyɛnáa nyɛlea akɛ kɛ́ nyɛta Yehowa webii ahe lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ diɛŋtsɛ kɛ nyɛ baabu akɔntaa! Yehowa sumɔɔ ewebii asane, ni ebaawu eha amɛ tamɔ bɔ ni ewu eha Yerusalem yɛ Hezekia gbii lɛ amli lɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Kɛ́ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ Ashur ka akɛ ebaakpata Yehowa tsuji ahiɛ lɛ, no baatsɔɔ akɛ eewu eeshi Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ Toobi, Yesu Kristo diɛŋtsɛ. Eji ta ko ní Ashur yeŋ kunim yɛ mli kɔkɔɔkɔ. Taakɛ Biblia lɛ kɛɔ lɛ: “Toobi lɛ baaye amɛnɔ kunim, ejaakɛ lɛ ji nuntsɔmɛi anuntsɔ kɛ maŋtsɛmɛi amaŋtsɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 17:14; okɛto Mateo 25:40 he.) Taakɛ afee blema Ashur lɛ, kooloo ní tsuɔ tamɔ muneele lɛ hu ‘baaya hiɛkpatamɔ mli.’ Mɔ ko mɔ ko sheŋ lɛ gbeyei dɔŋŋ.—Kpojiemɔ 17:11.
24. (a) Mɛni anɔkwa Kristofoi etswa amɛfai shi akɛ amɛbaafee koni amɛkɛsaa amɛhe amɛha wɔsɛɛ be? (b) Yesaia tee nɔ ekwɛ wɔsɛɛ be gbɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (Kwɛmɔ akrabatsa ni yɔɔ baafa 155 lɛ.)
24 Anɔkwa Kristofoi baanyɛ akwɛ wɔsɛɛ be gbɛ ní amɛsheee gbeyei kɛji amɛtee nɔ amɛha amɛkɛ Yehowa teŋ wekukpaa lɛ mli wa, ní amɛkɛ esuɔmɔnaa nifeemɔ fee nɔ ni he hiaa amɛ fe fɛɛ yɛ amɛshihilɛ mli lɛ. (Mateo 6:33) No lɛ ehe ehiaaa ní ‘amɛshe efɔŋ ko gbeyei.’ (Lala 23:4) Amɛkɛ amɛhemɔkɛyeli hiŋmɛii baana akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ewó enine kpeteŋkpele lɛ nɔ waa, jeee ní ekɛgbala amɛtoi, shi moŋ ní ekɛfã amɛhe kɛjɛ amɛhenyɛlɔi lɛ adɛŋ. Ni amɛtoii baanu nɛkɛ hewalɛwoo wiemɔi nɛɛ, akɛ: ‘Nyɛkashea gbeyei.’—Yesaia 10:24.
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
b Asusu Yesaia 10:28-32 lɛ he dani asusu Yesaia 10:20-27 lɛ he bɔni afee ni eshishinumɔ afee faŋŋ.
c Kɛ́ ootao Yesaia 10:20-23 lɛ mlitsɔɔmɔ lɛ, kwɛmɔ “Yesaia Tee nɔ Ekwɛ Wɔsɛɛ Be Gbɛ,” ni yɔɔ baafa 155 lɛ.
d Anaa saji krokomɛi ní tsɔɔ mɔ ni yoo ajwamaŋ lɛ kɛ kooloo ní tsuɔ tamɔ muneele lɛ ji lɛ yɛ yitsei 34 kɛ 35 lɛ mli, yɛ Kpojiemɔ—Enaagbee Kwraa lɛ Ebɛŋkɛ!, ní Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. fee lɛ mli.
[Akrabatsa/Mfonirii ni yɔɔ baafa 155, 156]
YESAIA TEE NƆ EKWƐ WƆSƐƐ BE GBƐ
Yesaia yitso 10 lɛ gbalaa jwɛŋmɔ kɛyaa gbɛ ní Yehowa baatsɔ nɔ ekɛ Ashur tutuamɔ lɛ atsu kojomɔ he nii yɛ Israel nɔ kɛ eshiwoo ní ekɛha akɛ ebaafã Yerusalem he lɛ nɔ titri. Akɛni anaa kukuji 20 kɛyashi 23 lɛ yɛ gbalɛ nɛɛ teŋgbɛ hewɔ lɛ, abaanyɛ asusu he akɛ amɛnáa amɛmlibaa diɛŋtsɛ yɛ nakai be lɛ nɔŋŋ mli. (Okɛto Yesaia 1:7-9 he.) Shi kɛlɛ, bɔ ni emli wiemɔi lɛ ji lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ nɛkɛ kukuji nɛɛ kɔɔ sɛɛ mli bei, beni ebaabi ní Yerusalem hu aha eshai ní emli bii lɛ fee lɛ ahetoo lɛ he titri.
Maŋtsɛ Ahaz bɔ mɔdɛŋ akɛ eeená shweshweeshwefeemɔ kɛtsɔ Ashur ŋɔɔ ní etee kɛha yelikɛbuamɔ lɛ nɔ. Gbalɔ Yesaia gba efɔ̃ shi akɛ wɔsɛɛ be ko mli lɛ, mɛi ní yi baaná wala yɛ Israel we lɛ kɔŋ gbɛ ni nilee bɛ mli tamɔ nɛkɛ kɔkɔɔkɔ dɔŋŋ. Yesaia 10:20 lɛ kɛɔ akɛ “amɛaaŋɔ amɛhe amɛkpasa Yehowa, Israel Mɔkrɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ [he], yɛ anɔkwale mli.” Shi kɛlɛ, kuku 21 lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ mɛi fioo ko pɛ ji mɛi ní baafee nakai: “Mɛi ni eshwɛ lɛ aaaku amɛsɛɛ aba.” Enɛ kaiɔ wɔ Yesaia binuu Shear-Yashub, ni ji okadi yɛ Israel, ní egbɛi lɛ shishi ji “Shwɛɛnii Fioo ko Baaku Amɛsɛɛ.” (Yesaia 7:3) Yitso 10 kuku 22 lɛ bɔɔ kɔkɔ yɛ “hiɛkpatamɔ” ko ní akpɛ yiŋ yɛ he, ní baaba he. Nɛkɛ hiɛkpatamɔ nɛɛ baafee jalɛ nɔ̃ ejaakɛ eji toigbalamɔ ní ja gbɛ, ní akɛbaa gbɔmɛi atuatselɔi anɔ. Enɛ hewɔ lɛ, amɛji jeŋmaŋ ni mli bii fá babaoo “tamɔ ŋshɔnaa shia po,” shi shwɛɛnii fioo ko pɛ baaku amɛsɛɛ. Kuku 23 lɛ bɔɔ kɔkɔ akɛ nɛkɛ hiɛkpatamɔ ní baa nɛɛ baasa shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ he. Yerusalem yeŋ ehe yɛ nɛkɛ be nɛɛ mli.
Nɛkɛ kukuji nɛɛ tsɔɔ nibii ní ba yɛ afi 607 D.Ŋ.B. beni Yehowa kɛ Babilon Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ tsu nii ákɛ ‘etso’ lɛ mli jogbaŋŋ. Shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ, ní Yerusalem fata he lɛ gbee shi eha tutualɔ lɛ. Aŋɔ Yudafoi lɛ nom kɛtee Babilon afii 70. Shi, yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, mɛi komɛi—kɛji “mɛi ní eshwɛ” lɛ kɛkɛ po lɛ—ku amɛsɛɛ ni amɛbasaa amɛto anɔkwa jamɔ amɛma shi ekoŋŋ yɛ Yerusalem.
Gbalɛ ni yɔɔ Yesaia 10:20-23 lɛ ná mlibaa kroko hu yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli, taakɛ atsɔɔ yɛ Romabii 9:27, 28 lɛ. (Okɛto Yesaia 1:9; Romabii 9:29 he.) Paulo tsɔɔ mli akɛ yɛ mumɔŋ shishinumɔ naa lɛ, Yudafoi “shwɛɛnii” ko ‘ku amɛsɛɛ’ kɛba Yehowa ŋɔɔ yɛ Ŋ.B. klɛŋklɛŋ afii lɛ mli, yɛ be mli ní Yudafoi anɔkwafoi fioo komɛi batsɔmɔ Yesu Kristo sɛɛnyiɛlɔi ní amɛbɔi Yehowa jamɔ “yɛ mumɔ kɛ anɔkwale mli” lɛ. (Yohane 4:24) Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, Jeŋmajiaŋbii heyelilɔi bafata mɛnɛɛmɛi ahe, ni amɛbatsɔ mumɔŋ maŋ, ni ji “Nyɔŋmɔ Israel lɛ.” (Galatabii 6:16) Nɛkɛ be nɛɛ mli ni Yesaia 10:20 lɛ mli wiemɔi lɛ ba mli, akɛ: Maŋ ní ejɔɔ ehe nɔ eha Yehowa lɛ tsɔɔɔ ehe kɛjɛɛɛ eŋɔɔ kɛyaaa adesai ajɛɛhei kɛha sɛɛfimɔ “dɔŋŋ.”
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 147]
Sanherib susu akɛ jeŋmaji lɛ anaabuamɔ yɛ mlɛo tamɔ bɔ ni alooɔ wɔji kɛjɛɔ loofɔlɔ tsũ mli lɛ