13. Mɛɛ kojomɔ shɛɛ sane Zefania jaje eshi Moab, Amon, kɛ Ashur?

¹³ Yehowa tsɔ egbalɔ Zefania nɔ ejie emlifu kpo eshi jeŋmaji ni kɛ ewebii ye yɛ gbɛ fɔŋ nɔ lɛ hu. Ejaje akɛ: “Minuɔ Moab ahorabɔɔ kɛ Amonbii lɛ ajɛmɔi ni amɛkɛbɔ mimaŋ lɛ ahora, ni amɛkɛwó amɛhe nɔ amɛshi amɛ kpokpai lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, gbii abɔ ni mihiɛ kã nɛɛ,’ Yehowa Zebaot, Israel Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ kɛɛ, ‘Moab aaatsɔ tamɔ Sodom, ni Amonbii lɛ hu aaatamɔ Gomora; saŋsɔrɔi amaamɔ he kɛ ŋoo bui, kɛ naanɔ amaŋfɔi. . . . Ni eeekpa enine mli ewo kooyigbɛ lɛ, ni eeekpata Ashur hiɛ, ni eeefee Ninive amaŋfɔ, ni eeeha egbĩ keketee tamɔ ŋa nɔ.’ ”—Zefania 2:8, 9, 13.

14. Mɛɛ odaseyeli yɔɔ ni tsɔɔ akɛ maŋsɛɛ jeŋmaji ‘wó amɛhe nɔ’ amɛshi Israelbii lɛ kɛ amɛ-Nyɔŋmɔ, Yehowa?

¹⁴ Moab kɛ Amon ji Israel henyɛlɔi kɛjɛ jeeŋmɔ beebe. (Okɛto Kojolɔi 3:12-14 he.) Niŋmaa ko yɛ Moabbii Atɛ, ni yɔɔ Louvre Museum yɛ Paris lɛ nɔ, ni Moab Maŋtsɛ Mesha ahorabɔɔ wiemɔi yɛ mli. Ekɛ henɔwomɔ gba bɔ ni eyakɔlɔ Israelbii amaji babaoo kɛtsɔ enyɔŋmɔ Kemosh yelikɛbuamɔ nɔ. (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 1:1) Yeremia, ni kɛ Zefania hi shi yɛ be kome mli lɛ, wie bɔ ni Amonbii lɛ bahi Israelbii ashikpɔŋ ni ji Gad shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ yɛ amɛnyɔŋmɔ Malkam gbɛi amli lɛ he. (Yeremia 49:1) Yɛ Ashur gbɛfaŋ lɛ, Maŋtsɛ Shalmaneser V bawo Samaria he ka ni eye maŋ lɛ nɔ, aaafee afii oha dani Zefania gbii lɛ shɛ. (2 Maŋtsɛmɛi 17:1-6) No sɛɛ be fioo lɛ, Maŋtsɛ Sanherib batutua Yuda, ni eye emaji ni atswa gbogboi awo he lɛ amli babaoo nɔ, ni ewo Yerusalem he gbeyei po. (Yesaia 36:1, 2) Ashur maŋtsɛ lɛ naawielɔ lɛ je gbɛ ewó ehe nɔ waa eshi Yehowa beni ekɛɔ akɛ Yerusalem aŋmɛɛ amɛhe amɛha amɛ akɛ aye amɛnɔ lɛ.—Yesaia 36:4-20.

15. Yehowa baaba jeŋmaji ni woɔ amɛhe nɔ amɛshiɔ ewebii lɛ anyɔŋmɔi lɛ ashi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

¹⁵ Lala 83 tsĩɔ jeŋmaji babaoo, ni Moab, Amon, kɛ Ashur fata he lɛ atã, akɛ amɛje gbɛ amɛwo amɛhe nɔ amɛshi Israel, ni amɛkɛ shwãa wie akɛ: “Nyɛbaa ni wɔbutua amɛ ni amɛkafee maŋ dɔŋŋ, ni akakai Israel gbɛi lɛ dɔŋŋ.” (Lala 83:5) Gbalɔ Zefania kɛ ekaa tswa adafi akɛ Yehowa zebaot baaba nɛkɛ jeŋmaji ni woɔ amɛhe nɔ nɛɛ kɛ amɛnyɔŋmɔi lɛ fɛɛ shi. “Enɛ amɛaaná yɛ amɛhewoo lɛ hewɔ, ejaakɛ amɛbɔ Yehowa Zebaot maŋ lɛ ahora, ni amɛwó amɛhe nɔ yɛ amɛnɔ. Yehowa he aaaba gbeyei aha amɛ, ejaakɛ eeekpata shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ nyɔŋmɔi lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ, ni jeŋmaji lɛ ŋshɔkpɔi lɛ fɛɛ aaaja lɛ, mɔ fɛɛ mɔ kɛaajɛ egbɛhe.”—Zefania 2:10, 11.

17. Mɛɛ be, ni yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Zefania kojomɔ shɛɛ saji lɛ bɔi mlibaa yɛ jeŋmaji lɛ anɔ?

¹⁷ Nibii ebatiii mɛi ni bo nakai kɔkɔbɔɔ lɛ toi lɛ ashĩ trukaa. Amɛteŋ mɛi pii hi shi ni amɛna Zefania gbalɛ lɛ mlibaa. Yɛ afi 632 D.Ŋ.B lɛ, Babilonbii, kɛ Mediabii, kɛ kui babaoo ni jɛ kooyigbɛ, ekolɛ Skitebii lɛ, fɛɛ fee ekome ni amɛbaye Ninive nɔ kunim ni amɛkpata maŋ lɛ hiɛ. Yinɔsaneŋmalɔ Will Durant gbaa akɛ: “Babilonbii asraafoi ni yɔɔ Nabopolassar shishi lɛ kɛ Mediabii asraafoi ni yɔɔ Cyaxares shishi lɛ kɛ Skitebii akuu ni jɛ Caucasus lɛ fɛɛ fee ekome, ni amɛnine shɛ mɔji ni yɔɔ kooyigbɛ lɛ anɔ oya nɔŋŋ yɛ gbɛ ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ waa nɔ. . . . Tutuamɔ kome pɛ kɛkɛ ni Ashur laaje kwraa kɛjɛ yinɔsane mli.” Nɔ ni Zefania gba efɔ̃ shi lɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ nɛ.—Zefania 2:13-15.