Yehowa Gbalaa Eklante Lɛ!
“Ni heloo fɛɛ aaana ele akɛ mi, Yehowa, migbala miklante lɛ kɛjɛ ehebo lɛŋ.”—EZEKIEL 21:10.
1. Yehowa fɔ eklante lɛ eshi namɛi yɛ Yuda kɛ Israel?
YEHOWA klante lɛ tsɛɔ hegbeyeiwoo ewoɔ ehenyɛlɔi lɛ amli. Shi beni efɔ klante nɛɛ eshi efɔŋfeelɔi ni yɔɔ Yuda kɛ Israel maŋtsɛyelii lɛ amli lɛ, ani amɛna amɛle nɔ ni yaa nɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ? Hɛɛ, aha amɛle akɛ Yehowa egbala ekadi klante lɛ kɛjɛ ehebo lɛŋ.—Ezra 9:6-9; Nehemia 1:8; 9:26-30.
2. Mɛni Yehowa wie yɛ “eklante” lɛ he, ni mɛɛ sanebimɔi enɛ teɔ amɛ shi?
2 Nyɔŋmɔ kɛɛ kɛtsɔ egbalɔ kɛ bulɔ Ezekiel nɔ akɛ: “Ni heloo fɛɛ aaana ale akɛ Mi, Yehowa, migbala miklante lɛ kɛjɛ ehebo lɛŋ.” (Ezekiel 21:10) Ani nakai wiemɔi lɛ kɔɔ blema bei lɛ pɛ he? Aloo etsɔɔ nɔ ko kɛhaa wɔ?
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3. Mɛni ji nɔ ni Ezekiel kɛɛ nomii ni yɔɔ Babilonia lɛ, ni mɛɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ nii ni kɔɔ enɛ he yɔɔ?
3 Yehowa shwiili lɛ tsi ehe ekoŋŋ, ni he ni Ezekiel yɔɔ lɛ hu tsake. Etamɔ nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ ŋwɛi gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ shwiili lɛ etsi ehe kɛyadamɔ nikwɛmɔ he ko yɛ Mu Gɔŋ lɛ nɔ. Jɛmɛ ji he ni Yesu jɛ egba hiɛkpatamɔ ni ba Yerusalem nɔ afi 70 Ŋ.B., hiɛkpatamɔ ni ji gbalɛ nɔ kɛha Kristendom naagbee lɛ efɔ shi. (Marko 13:1-20) Awo Ezekiel nɔ yɛ ninaa mli kɛjɛ Kerba Faa lɛ naa, ni atsɔ Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔ lɛ nɔ akɛ lɛ ba eshia ni yɔɔ nom mli yɛ Babilonia lɛ. Kɛkɛ ni ekɛɛ nomii ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ ‘nibii fɛɛ ni Yehowa ha ena lɛ.’ Nakai nɔŋŋ hu Nyɔŋmɔ “bulɔ” ni afɔ lɛ mu lɛ kɛ ehefatalɔi Odasefoi lɛ jajeɔ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni Mɔ ni ta ŋwɛi shwiili lɛ nɔ lɛ ejie lɛ kpo etsɔɔ amɛ lɛ amɛtsɔɔ.—Ezekiel 11:22-25
4. Te Yuda nomii lɛ here Ezekiel okadi nifeemɔi lɛ anɔ amɛha tɛŋŋ?
4 Ezekiel tsɔ okadi nifeemɔi komɛi anɔ etsɔɔ Yuda nomii lɛ akɛ oshara ko miiba maŋ lɛ nɔ. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 12:1-7.) Gbalɔ lɛ tere “nomŋɔɔ gbɛfaa nibii” koni ekɛtsɔɔ akɛ nibii fioo ko pɛ ni nomii baanyɛ atere ni amɛkɛtswa amɛkɔŋ yɔɔ. Etsɛŋ ni gbeyeishemɔ baamɔmɔ mɛi fɛɛ ni yɔɔ Yerusalem ni awo he ka lɛ. Eyɛ mli akɛ mɛi pii ebuuu nɛkɛ kɔkɔbɔi nɛɛ akɛ hiɛdɔɔ sane moŋ, shi Ezekiel baakɛɛ gbɔmɛi lɛ akɛ: “Atsiŋ kɛyaŋ sɛɛ dɔŋŋ.” Ŋmɛnɛ hu abuuu ŋwɛi kɔkɔbɔi kɛ gbalɛi, shi wɔbaanyɛ wɔfee babaoo ni wɔkɛye wɔbua mɛi ni taoɔ anɔkwale lɛ ni amɛna hekɛnɔfɔɔ yɛ amɛmlibaa mli.—Ezekiel 12:8-28.
5. Akɛni “Yehowa gbi” lɛ ebɛŋkɛ hewɔ lɛ, mɛɛ kojomɔ wiemɔi ni akɛshiɔ mɔ sa?
5 Ehe miihia ni mɛi ni booo Yehowa bulɔ lɛ toi lɛ ale akɛ amɛbaanu Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ he. No hewɔ lɛ awie ashi mɛi ni lakaa mɛi akɛ Yerusalem kɛ Yuda yɛ shweshweeshwe lɛ. Akɛ amale gbalɔi lɛ to osɔi ni fiteɔ nii he, ni atsɔɔ akɛ amalelɔi kɛ kaaloo miisha gbogboi ni miihoso, aloo gbɔmɛi lɛ ayaka nitsumɔi ahe. Awie ashi amale gbalɔyei hu. “Yehowa gbi” lɛ ebɛŋkɛ, ni etsɔ ehiɛ eka mɛi ni ‘gbalaa amɛhe shi kɛjɛɔ ehe,’ ni ji akɛ, ‘amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ akɛ amɛnyiɛŋ Nyɔŋmɔ sɛɛ dɔŋŋ lɛ.’ Kɛ wɔjɔɔ wɔhe nɔ wɔha Yehowa lɛ, belɛ eka shi faŋŋ akɛ wɔsumɔɔɔ akɛ wɔɔgbala wɔhe shi kɛaajɛ esɔɔmɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ he.—Ezekiel 13:1–14:11.
6. Ani adesa ko baanyɛ ahere gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ Yuda ni amɛtsɔmɔ sɛɛsɛɛyalɔi lɛ, ni mɛni ji nɔ ni enɛ tsɔɔ wɔ?
6 Namɔ baanyɛ ahere Yuda sɛɛsɛɛyalɔi lɛ? Jalɔ Noah, Daniel kɛ Hiob po nyɛŋ ajie amɛ beni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ kojomɔ baa shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ. Kɛ wɔnine aaashɛ yiwalaheremɔ nɔ lɛ, belɛ esa akɛ wɔtsu wɔ diɛŋtsɛ wɔ gbɛnaa nii ni ka wɔhiɛ lɛ he nii ni wɔfee esuɔmɔnaa nii.—Ezekiel 14:12-23; Romabii 14:12.
7. Akɛ Yuda to mɛni he, ni kɛlɛ mɛni ji nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ baato ama shi aha anɔkwafoi lɛ?
7 Akɛni emlibii lɛ yeee anɔkwale hewɔ lɛ, akɛ Yuda to koo mli weintso ni wooo yibii ni nɔ ni sa lɛ pɛ ji afo ni asha he. (Ezekiel 15:1-8) Agbɛnɛ akɛ lɛ to fufɔoo ni afɔ lɛ ashɛ lɛ afɔ beni Nyɔŋmɔ here eyiwala kɛjɛ Mizraim ni elɛ lɛ kɛyashi be mli ni etsɔ obalayoo he. Yehowa ŋɔ lɛ akɛ eŋa, shi etsɔ ehe kɛtee apasa nyɔŋmɔi ahe ni ebaana amanehulu yɛ emumɔŋ gbalafitemɔ lɛ hewɔ. Ni kɛlɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ anɔkwafoi ni yɔɔ mli lɛ ‘baakpaŋ naanɔ kpaŋmɔ’—kpaŋmɔ hee ni ekɛ mumɔŋ Israel baakpaŋ lɛ.—Ezekiel 16:1-63; Yeremia 31:31-34; Galatabii 6:16.
8. (a) Akɛ Babilon kɛ Mizraim to mɛni he? (b) Kpaŋmɔ ni Zedekia ku mli lɛ saa wɔhe yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
8 Yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, akɛ Babilon kɛ Mizraim lumɛi lɛ to okropɔŋi kpeteŋkpelei ahe. Ekome ku tseneduru tso lɛ yiteŋ kɛtsɔ Maŋtsɛ Yehoiakim ni ekpa lɛ ni ekɛ Zedekia bato enajiaŋ lɛ nɔ. Eyɛ mli akɛ Zedekia ka anɔkwayeli kita eha Nebukadnezar moŋ shi eku mli ni eyatao tawuu mli yelikɛbuamɔ kɛjɛ Mizraim nɔyelɔ lɛ ni lɛ hu eji okropɔŋ kpeteŋkpele kroko lɛ dɛŋ. Kɛji akɛ Zedekia kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛi ka kita, ni eku mli lɛ belɛ ekɛ ahorabɔɔ eba Yehowa nɔ. Esa akɛ susumɔi ni wɔɔna akɛ ekolɛ wɔkɛ ahorabɔɔ ko aaaba Nyɔŋmɔ nɔ lɛ atsi wɔnaa koni wɔkamale yɛ wɔwiemɔ mli. Wɔna hegbɛ diɛŋtsɛ akɛ wɔɔtere nakai ŋwɛi gbɛi lɛ akɛ Yehowa Odasefoi!—Ezekiel 17:1-21.
9, 10. (a) Mɛɛ gbalɛ aŋma afɔ shi yɛ Ezekiel 17:22-24, shi mɛni esa akɛ wɔfee kɛji akɛ wɔɔna emlibaa lɛ he sɛɛ? (b) Shi nɔ ni baajɛ wɔjeŋba mli aba lɛ he sɔ̃ lɛ kã namɔ nɔ?
9 Mesia lɛ he gbalɛ ko ni taa mɔ tsuiŋ nyiɛɔ sɛɛ baa. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 17:22-24.) “Eniji fɔbii lɛ ayiteŋ fɔflɔoo” lɛ ji Mesia Maŋtsɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ biɛ. Yehowa tɛo lɛ yɛ Ŋwɛi Zion Gɔŋ lɛ nɔ, ni lɛ ebaatsɔ “tseneduru fɛfɛo,” abobaahe kɛ jɔɔmɔ yɛ be mli ni eyeɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 14:1) Wɔbaanyɛ wɔha wɔtsuii anyɔ wɔmli yɛ enɛ hewɔ.
10 Kɛ Mesia gbalɛ lɛ he aaaba sɛɛnamɔ aha wɔ lɛ, belɛ esa akɛ wekukpaa kpakpa aka wɔkɛ Yehowa teŋ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ Ezekiel nanemɛi nomii lɛ susu akɛ amɛyɛ shidaamɔ kpakpa yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ ni amɛkɛ amɛnɔnaa lɛ fɔ mɛi ni fɔ amɛ lɛ anɔ. Shi gbalɛ lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ nifeemɔ nii jɛ mɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ jeŋba. (Ezekiel 18:1-29; okɛto Yeremia 31:28-30 he.) Kɛkɛ ni faikpamɔ ko je kpo. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 18:30-32.) Hɛɛ, Yehowa naa mɛi ni etsake amɛtsui lɛ mɔbɔ, ni enyaaa mɔ ko gbele he. No hewɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ kɛɔ akɛ: ‘Nyɛkpalea kɛbaa, ni nyɛyi anaa wala, nyɛ gbɔmɛi.’—Okɛto 2 Petro 3:9 he.
11. Akɛ Yuda nɔyelɔi lɛ to mɛni he, ni mɛni aaba enɔ beni akɛ Yehowa “klante” foɔ lɛ lɛ?
11 Akɛ Yuda nɔyelɔi lɛ to jata bii ahe yɛ yaafo lala ko ni awo nɔ yɛ shigbeemɔ lɛ he lɛ hewɔ. Maŋtsɛ Yehoahaz gbo yɛ Mizraim nomŋɔɔ mli, Nebukadnezar mɔ Yehoiakim, ni atswa Yehoiakin naneshi tu ketee Babilon. Kɛkɛ ni Nebukadnezar kɛ Zedekia bata Yuda maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ nɔ, shi etse atua. Yɛ naagbee lɛ, ebatsɔ tamɔ jata bi ni akɛlɛ ewo dade tsu mli, ni akɛ Zedekia tee nomŋɔɔ mli yɛ Babilon. Yɛ nakai gbalɛi yaafo lalai lɛ kɛ gbeekpamɔ naa lɛ, Yuda batsɔ weintso ni afite lɛ yɛ afi 607 D.Ŋ.B., “ni tso ni wa ni hi ha nɔyelɔ maŋtsɛ tso bɛ nɔ dɔŋŋ.” Akɛ Yehowa “klante” lɛ efo lɛ! Ezekiel 19:1-14; Yeremia 39:1-7.
12. (a) Mɛɛ nɔ fɔŋ feemɔ mɛi ni Ezekiel kɛ amɛ hi shi lɛ kɛ amɛhe wo mli taakɛ amɛblematsɛmɛi lɛ fee lɛ? (b) Mɛni hewɔ gbɔmɛi lɛ bi Ezekiel akɛ ani jeee abɛi sɔŋŋ ebuɔ lɛ, ni mɛni kɔkɔbɔɔ enɛ kɛhaa wɔ?
12 Akɛni “Israel onukpai lɛ ateŋ mɛi komɛi” ba Ezekiel ŋɔɔ hewɔ lɛ, ewie Nyɔŋmɔ shɛɛsane lɛ etsɔɔ amɛ. Etsɔɔ akɛ eyɛ mli akɛ Yehowa here Israelbii lɛ ayiwala kɛjɛ Mizraim ni eha amɛ E-Mlai lɛ moŋ, shi amɛkpoo enɛ ni amɛbɔi wɔŋ jamɔ. Akɛni mɛi ni Ezekiel yɔɔ amɛteŋ lɛ hu eye nɔ fɔŋ feemɔ ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ he fɔ hewɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ amɛ baakojo. Akɛni amɛyiŋ miifee amɛ kɔshikɔshi shi jeee akɛ amɛnuuu nɔ ni Ezekiel tsɔɔ lɛ shishi hewɔ lɛ, gbɔmɛi lɛ bi akɛ: “Ani jeee abɛi sɔŋŋ ebuɔ?” Etsɛŋ ni amɛbaana amɛle akɛ abɛbuu ko bɛ gbalɔ lɛ shɛɛsane lɛ he. Esa akɛ enɛ abɔ wɔ kɔkɔ koni wɔkana yiŋkɔshikɔshifeemɔ su yɛ Ŋmalɛ mli kɔkɔbɔi amlibaa ahe.—Ezekiel 20:1-49.
Yehowa, Tabilɔ Lɛ
13. Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ damɔ shi kɛha mɛni, ni mɛni ji nɔ ni abaaha “heloo fiaa” ale kɛ afɔ klante lɛ?
13 Yɛ nomŋɔɔ lɛ mli afi ni ji kpawo lɛ nɔ lɛ (aaafee Ab 10, 611 D.Ŋ.B.) , no mli lɛ eshwɛ nɔ ni shɛɛɛ afii enyɔ kɛ fa dani ‘Yehowa ta gbi wulu lɛ’ aje shishi yɛ Yuda kɛ Yerusalem nɔ. (Ezekiel 13:5; 20:1) Kadimɔ nɔ ni Yehowa, Tabilɔ lɛ kɛɛ kɛtsɔ Ezekiel nɔ. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 21:6-10.) Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ tsɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ najiaŋdamɔlɔ ko ni ekɛbaatsu nii, shi eŋwɛi gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ shwiili lɛ hu fata he. “Jalɔ” kɛ “mɔ fɔŋ” ni yɔɔ Yuda kɛ Israel kɛ agbɛnɛ jeŋmaji ni nyɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ baagboi yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ naa. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, abaaha “heloo fiaa” ana ale akɛ Yehowa kɛ amɛ miiwu ta.
14. (a) Yehowa Odasefoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ gbalaa jwɛŋmɔ kɛyaa mɛni nɔ taakɛ Ezekiel fee lɛ? (b) Mɛni tsɔɔ akɛ Kristendom nɔyelɔi lɛ ejoŋ Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ naa foi?
14 Taakɛ Ezekiel fee lɛ, Yehowa Odasefoi ni afɔ amɛ mu ŋmɛnɛ lɛ gbalaa jwɛŋmɔ kɛyaa “klante” ni Nyɔŋmɔ baafɔ ashi mɛi ni diɔ Kristendom sɛɛ lɛ nɔ, he ni ji okadi “Israel shikpɔŋ” lɛ. Etsɛŋ ni ‘heloo fiaa ni jɛ wuoyigbɛ kɛyagbee kooyigbɛ’ ni diɔ apasa jamɔ sɛɛ fɛɛ aaanu nakai “klante” lɛ he. Mɛi ni heɔ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe amɛyeɔ yɛ Ezekiel gbii lɛ amli lɛ nyɛŋ ni amɛnya ni amɛmu sane naa akɛ Yehowa “klante” lɛ ‘egbeŋ amɛ.’ Nakai “klante” lɛ kpoo Yuda maŋtsɛyeli lɛ maŋtsɛ tso lɛ, taakɛ ekpoo “tso” fɛɛ “tso” aloo maŋtsɛyeli tso fɛɛ maŋtsɛyeli tso lɛ. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ belɛ Nyɔŋmɔ blafoi lɛ ebaaŋ Kristendom nɔyelɔi lɛ ayi.—Ezekiel 21:11-22.
15. Mɛɛ sane ni kɔɔ Nebukadnezar he tsɔɔ akɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko nyɛŋ atsi Yehowa “klante” lɛ ato afa?
15 Ezekiel gbalɛ lɛ yaa nɔ etsɔɔ akɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko nyɛŋ, kɛ daimonioi lɛ hu, akɛ amɛaajie Yehowa “klante” lɛ ato afa. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 21:23-27.) Eyɛ mli akɛ maŋtsɛ Nebukadnezar kɛ daimonioi anibimɔ baatsu nii moŋ, shi Yehowa baakwɛ ni Babilon maŋtsɛ lɛ ayatutua Yerusalem, shi jeee Amonbii lɛ amaŋtiase ni ji Raba. Nebukadnezar hala ni ekwɛ nɔ ko mli ekala ni ekɛhala gaimlibii ni akadi aha Yerusalem. Ekɛ amagai ni ashɔ amɛ tamɔ gbɔmɔ tsu nii ni etao nibii ashishi kɛjɛ kooloo ni agbe lɛ lɛ mlɛbo mli. Yɛ ekalamɔ lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, ebaatsɔ gbɛ ni kɛ mɔ yaa Yudea maŋtiase lɛ nɔ koni eyawo he ka. Lɛlɛŋ, Nebukadnezar kɛ maŋtsɛ Zedekia ekpaŋ. Shi amɛkitakamɔ lɛ mlikuu hewɔ lɛ, “akɛ nine aaamɔmɔ” Zedekia kɛ Yudafoi krokomɛi lɛ ni agbala amɛ kɛya Babilon akɛ nomii.—Ezekiel 21:28, 29.
16. (a) Mɛni ba ni ha Ezekiel 21:30-32 ba mli? (b) Mɛɛ be mli Jeŋmaji Abe lɛ je shishi, ni eba naagbee kɛ mɛɛ nibii?
16 Akɛni etse atua hewɔ lɛ, Zedekia ye lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ehe awui yɛ gbɛ ni kɛ lɛ bote gbele mli nɔ. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 21:30-32.) Beni afa Yuda maŋtsɛ lɛ kɛjɛ maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ nɔ lɛ, ajie maŋtsɛmɛi afai lɛ ni akpɔ akekre lɛ. (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 25:1-7) Yuda maŋtsɛyeli ni “awo nɔ” lɛ ‘ba shi’ kɛtsɔ ehiɛ ni akpata yɛ afii 607 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ nɔ. No hewɔ lɛ “awo nɔ ni eba shi” lɛ ni ji Jeŋmaji Amaŋtsɛyeli lɛ “nɔ” ni ashi amɛ koni amɛye shikpɔŋ Iɛ nɔ ni okadi Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli ko kɛ ehe wooo amɛsaji amli. (5 Mose 28:13, 15, 36, 43, 44) Biɛ ji he ni “jeŋmaji abe ni ato”—Jeŋmaji Abe ni ba naagbee yɛ 1914 beni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ ha Yesu Kristo, “mɔ gbɛnaa ni ji” lɛ je shishi. (Luka 21:20-24; Lala 110:1, 2; Daniel 4:15-28; 7:13, 14) Yɛ be mli ni Yesu ta ŋwɛi maŋtsɛsɛi nɔ nɛɛ, Jeŋmaji lɛ nyɛŋ anaanaa nakai blema Yerusalem ni akɛ maŋtsɛ David maŋtsɛyeli lɛ fee he mfoniri lɛ nɔ.—Hebribii 12:22.
17. Mɛɛ “amale” Amon gbalɔi jajeɔ?
17 Amon gbalɔi miikɛɛ akɛ Amon maŋtiase, Raba baaje Yerusalem hiɛkpatamɔ klante lɛ mli. Shi “amale nɛ,” ejaakɛ abaakpata Amon shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ. Yɛ wɔgbii nɛɛ amli lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ efa akɛ jeŋmaji lɛ ahiɛkpatamɔ baanyiɛ Kristendom nɔ lɛ sɛɛ, taakɛ akpata Raba hiɛ yɛ Yerusalem sɛɛ lɛ.—Ezekiel 21:33-37; Kpojiemɔ 16:14-16.
Aakojo Yerusalem yɛ Saneyeli He
18. Ezekiel wie eshi Yerusalem yɛ mɛɛ eshai ahewɔ, ni te esa akɛ wɔfee wɔnii yɛ enɛ he wɔha tɛŋŋ?
18 Yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ Yehowa wiemɔ lɛ ekoŋŋ lɛ, Ezekiel wie eshi Yerusalem yɛ eshai tamɔ lashishwiemɔ, wɔŋ jamɔ, jeŋba shara, shishiumɔ, kɛ ehiɛ ni ekpa Nyɔŋmɔ nɔ lɛ hewɔ. Elumɛi ni amɛye lashishwiemɔ he fɔ lɛ kɛ hewalɛ tsu nii yɛ gbɛ fɔŋ nɔ kɛyashi beni amɛtsɔ kojomɔ nɔ amɛgbe gbɔmɛi, ni heguɔgbelɔi kpata amɛhenyɛlɔi ahiɛ kɛtsɔ apasa naafolɔmɔ nɔ. Yɛ nɛkɛ nɔfɔŋfeemɔ nɛɛ hewɔ lɛ, abaagbɛ Yerusalem mli bii lɛ ashwa. Esa akɛ enɛ he nilee ni wɔyɔɔ lɛ aha wɔtswa wɔfai shi akɛ wɔbaakpoo hewalɛ ni akɛaatsu nii yɛ gbɛ fɔŋ nɔ, jeŋba shara, mɔ heguɔgbee, kɛ eshai krokomɛi ni mli wawai lɛ.—Ezekiel 22:1-16.
19. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ abaatsɔ asere Yudabii lɛ, ni mɛni hewɔ amɛ hiɛkpatamɔ sa lɛ?
19 Yehowa baasere Yudabii lɛ hu yɛ flɔnɔɔ mli. Jeee akɛ eefee enɛ ni ekɛtsuu amɛhe tamɔ asɔ̃ŋɔ nii anɔ lɛ, shi moŋ ni ekɛsere amɛ ni ekpata amɛhiɛ yɛ emlifu la lɛ mli. (Ezekiel 22:17-22) Nɛkɛ kojomɔ nɛɛ sa gbalɔi ni kpaŋɔ mɛi ayinɔ lɛ, osɔfoi ni yeee mla nɔ, kɛ lumɛi fulɔi kɛ gbɔmɛi ni tsuuu jalɛ nii lɛ fɛɛ jogbaŋŋ. Awie ashi amɛ fɛɛ. Akɛni nuu ko bɛ ni damɔɔ shi haa jalɛ nifeemɔ hewɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ baakpata amɛ fɛɛ amɛhiɛ yɛ emlifu la lɛ mli.—Ezekiel 22:23-31.
Toigbalamɔ lɛ Sa
20. Abaafɔse Nyɔŋmɔ mlifu lɛ ashwie mɛɛ okadi yei anɔ, ni te obaatsɔɔ bɔ ni amɛji lɛ mli oha tɛŋŋ?
20 Agbɛnɛ, akɛ bɔ ni afɔse Nyɔŋmɔ mlifu lɛ ashwie shi lɛ to kojomɔ ni akɛbaa okadi yei enyɔ ni eye mumɔŋ gbalafitemɔ he fɔ lɛ anɔ lɛ he. Mɔ kome ji Ohola, Israel akutsei nyɔŋma ni emaŋtiase ji Samaria lɛ. Lɛ ji “onukpa” lɛ ejaakɛ Israel akutsei ni fa yɔɔ mli, ni mɛi ni fata amɛhe ji mɛi ni jɛ Yakob binukpai, Reuben kɛ Simeon mli. Enyɛmi yoo ji Oholiba, Yuda akutsei enyɔ lɛ ni emaŋtiase ji Yerusalem lɛ. Ohola shishi ji “E-Buu.” Oholiba shishi ji “Mi-Buu Lɛ Yɛ Emli,” ni enɛ sa jogbaŋŋ akɛni Nyɔŋmɔ buu, aloo esɔlemɔ we lɛ, yɔɔ Yuda hewɔ.—Ezekiel 23:1-4.
21. Ohola yatao abobaa he yɛ mɛni mli, ni enɛ kɛ mɛɛ kɔkɔbɔɔ haa wɔ?
21 Ohola (Israel) laaje yɛ be mli ni Ashurbii lɛ butu lɛ yɛ afi 740 D.Ŋ.B. Mɛni efee? (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 23:5-7.) Ohola yeee anɔkwale ejaakɛ eyatao shweshweeshwe shihilɛ yɛ maŋkwramɔŋ kpaŋmɔi amli, ni enɛ ha ekɛ ehe yawo mɛi ni ekɛ ehe ebɔ amɛhe lɛ apasa jamɔ mli, no hewɔ lɛ, ‘ekɛ amɛ amagai lɛ bule ehe.’ Kɛ wɔkɛ Ohola mumɔŋ gbalafitemɔ nɛɛ aaafee kɔkɔbɔɔ nɔ lɛ, esa akɛ wɔtsi wɔhe kɛjɛ je lɛ mli nibii ni baanyɛ afite wɔhemɔkɛyeli ni wɔkɛ wɔbe aaayakpɛtɛ he lɛ ahe.—Yakobo 4:4; 1 Yohane 2:15-17.
22. Taakɛ Ohola kɛ Oholiba fee lɛ, mɛni Kristendom feɔ, ni mɛni baaba enɔ?
22 Akɛni Oholiba (Yuda) kɛ ehe wo eshafeemɔ mli vii fe enyɛmiyoo lɛ hewɔ lɛ, ena amanehulu yɛ Babilonbii lɛ adɛŋ yɛ afi 607 D.Ŋ.B. Ebii gboi yɛ klante naa aloo akɛ amɛ tee akɛ nomii, ni ashwie ehiɛ shi yɛ jeŋmaji lɛ ateŋ. Taakɛ Ohola kɛ Oholiba fee lɛ, Kristendom bɔɔ mumɔŋ ajwamaŋ aloo efiteɔ gbala, nii ni ji esha yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ni ekɛɔ akɛ ejaa lɛ lɛ hiɛ. Protestant jamɔŋ sɔlemɔi sɔrɔtoi ni yɔɔ mli lɛ ebule ehe kɛ jarayeli kɛ maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛi ni yɔɔ je lɛ mli lɛ fe enyɛmiyoo onukpa, Roma Katolik jamɔ. No hewɔ lɛ Yehowa baakwɛ koni akpata Kristendom fɛɛ hiɛ. Kɛkɛ lɛ gbɔmɛi baana ale akɛ lɛ ji Nuŋtsɔ Yehowa Jeŋ Muu Fɛɛ Maŋtsɛ lɛ. Wɔbaawaje wɔfaishitswaa akɛ wɔbaatsi wɔhe kɛjɛ wɔhe ni wɔkɛaabɔ je lɛ he yɛ gbɛ ni esaaa nɔ, kɛji akɛ wɔkai akɛ etsɛŋ ni Kristendom hefatalɔi lɛ fɛɛ baate shi awo lɛ, ni amɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ fɔbuu kojomɔ aba lɛ akɛ mɔ titri yɛ Babilon Kpeteŋkpele ni ji jeŋ apasa jamɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli lɛ nɔ lɛ.—Ezekiel 23:8-49; Kpojiemɔ 17:1-6, 15-18.
Osatofoi lɛ Ahiɛ Tsɔ Kɛyaje Amɛsɛɛ
23. Mɛni akɛtsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ shɛɛsane ni etsɔ Ezekiel nɔ ekɛha Yerusalem yɛ December nyɔŋ lɛ naagbee mli yɛ afi 609 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ mli, ni mɛni baaba enɔ?
23 Yɛ gbi lɛ nɔ nɔŋŋ yɛ December nyɔŋ lɛ naagbee ni Nebukadnezar je Yerusalem he kawoo ni he nyɔji 18 lɛ shishi (Tebet 10, 609 D.Ŋ.B.) lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ shɛɛsane kroko ni akɛtsɔɔ nibii amli ha Ezekiel. Akɛ Yerusalem ni awo ehe ka lɛ to kukwɛi ni ‘abaahoo’ emlibii lɛ yɛ mli lɛ he. Jeŋba mli muji eha nakai okadi kukwɛi lɛ “ebɔ ŋkanale.” Abaajie efɔŋfeelɔi lɛ “ekomekome” kɛjɛ Yerusalem, ni enaagba lɛ baŋ naagbee kɛyashi be mli ni aaakpata ehiɛ kwraa. Yehowa ekojo Yerusalem yɛ enɔ fɔŋ feemɔi lɛ ahewɔ, ni esa akɛ akpata ehiɛ, tamɔ bɔ ni esa akɛ afee Kristendom lɛ.—Ezekiel 24:1-14.
24. (a) Mɛni hewɔ Ezekiel yeee awerɛho kwraa yɛ be mli ni eŋa lɛ gbo lɛ? (b) Kɛ Yehowa klante” lɛ kpeleke shi kɛba Kristendom nɔ lɛ, te ebaafee enii eha tɛŋŋ, ni mɛni ebaale?
24 Yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, Ezekiel baafee enii yɛ gbɛ ni ekaaa nɔ. (Kanemɔ Ezekiel 24:15-18.) Mɛni hewɔ esaaa akɛ gbalɔ lɛ yeɔ awerɛhoo beni eŋa lɛ gbo lɛ? Bɔni afee ni ekɛtsɔɔ bɔ ni Yudafoi lɛ ahiɛ baatsɔ ayaje amɛsɛɛ yɛ be mli ni ekpataa Yerusalem kɛ emlibii lɛ kɛ sɔlemɔ we lɛ hiɛ lɛ. Ezekiel ewie babaoo yɛ nɛkɛ saji nɛɛ ahe momo, ni ewieŋ Nyɔŋmɔ shɛɛsane lɛ he dɔŋŋ kɛyashi aaabɔ lɛ Yerusalem shigbeemɔ lɛ he amaniɛ. Nakai nɔŋŋ hu Kristendom kɛ enyɔŋmɔ jamɔ mli osatofoi lɛ ahiɛ baatsɔ ayaje amɛsɛɛ yɛ amɛ hiɛkpatamɔ be lɛ mli. Ni kɛ “amanehulu kpeteŋkpele” lɛ je shishi lɛ, nɔ ni bulɔ kuu ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ ewie momo yɛ amɛhe lɛ baafee nɔ ni fa. (Mateo 24:21) Shi kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ kpeleke shi kɛba Kristendom nɔ lɛ, nɛkɛ nyɔŋmɔi ajalɔi kɛ mɛi krokomɛi ni amɛhiɛ etsɔ eyaje amɛsɛɛ nɛɛ “baana ale akɛ lɛ ji Yehowa.”—Ezekiel 24:19-27.a
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
a Ajie kɛjɛ September 15, 1988 Watchtower lɛ mli.
Te Obaaha Hetoo Oha Tɛŋŋ?
◻ Mɛni ba beni Yehowa fɔ “eklante” lɛ eshi Yuda kɛ lsrael lɛ?
◻ Te esa akɛ bɔ ni Zedekia ku kita ni eka Nebukadnezar lɛ mli lɛ asa wɔhe aha tɛŋŋ?
◻ Nyɔŋmɔ “klante” lɛ damɔ shi kɛha mɛni.
◻ Mɛɛ sane ni kɔɔ Nebukadnezar he tsɔɔ akɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko bɛ ni baanyɛ atsi Yehowa “klante” lɛ kɛya sɛɛ?
◻ Mɛni ba ni ha Ezekiel 21:30-32 ba mli?
◻ Ezekiel ni yeee awerɛhoo beni eŋa lɛ gbo Iɛ feɔ mɛni he okadi?
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Beni maŋtsɛ Zedekia ku kita ni eka Nebukadnezar Iɛ mli ni eŋɔ Iɛ akɛ nom kɛtee Iɛ, mɛɛ gbalɛ mlibaa je shishi?