Nyɔŋmɔ Jeee Mɛi Ahiɛaŋkwɛlɔ
“Nyɔŋmɔ jeee mɛi ahiɛaŋkwɛlɔ; shi moŋ maŋ fɛɛ maŋ mli Iɛ, mɔ ni sheɔ Iɛ gbeyei ni etsuɔ jalɛ ni Iɛ, Iɛ ji mɔ ni saa ehiɛ.”—BƆFOI LƐ ASAJI 10:34, 35.
1. Mɛɛ sane ko ni he hiaa waa Paulo jaje ni kɔɔ wekui ahe yɛ blema Ateene?
“NYƆŊMƆ ni fee je lɛ kɛ emli nibii fɛɛ, ni ji Ŋwɛi kɛ shikpɔŋ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ, ehiii sɔlemɔtsui ni akɛ niji efee mli, . . . ni la kome eŋɔfee gbɔmɛi adesai fɛɛ, ni amɛhi shikpɔŋ lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ.” (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 17:24-26) Namɔ wie wiemɔi nɛɛ? Kristofonyo bɔfo Paul ni, yɛ be mli ni eha wiemɔ ko ni he gbɛi yɛ Mar Gɔŋ lɛ nɔ aloo Areopago, yɛ Ateene, Hela lɛ.
2. Mɛni yeɔ ebuaa ni ehaa shihilɛ feɔ nɔ ni ŋɔɔ ni yɔɔ fɛo, ni mɛni fee Japannyo ko ni basara South Africa lɛ fɛo?
2 Ekolɛ Paulo wiemɔi lɛ baaha wɔsusu naakpɛɛ nibii sɔrɔtoi ni yɔɔ adebɔɔ mli lɛ he. Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ bɔ adesai, kooloi, loofɔji, filikilɔi, kɛ kwɛɛ nii sɔrɔtoi babaoo. Kwɛ bɔ ni shihilɛ baafee nɔ ni eŋɔɔɔ kwraa kɛ nibii fɛɛ je amɛhe! Amɛsɔrɔtofeemɔ lɛ yeɔ ebuaa ni ehaa shihilɛ feɔ nɔ ni yɔɔ fɛo kɛ nɔ ni ŋɔɔ. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ, sralɔ ko ni jɛ Japan etee Yehowa Odasefoi akpee ko shishi yɛ South Africa lɛ naa kpɛ ehe yɛ gbɔmɛi sɔrɔtoi kɛ amɛhewolo nɔ sui sɔrɔtoi ni ena yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ hewɔ. Etsɔɔ bɔ ni enɛ yɔɔ sɔrɔto yɛ nɔ ni yaa nɔ yɛ Japan he ni gbɔmɛi lɛ ateŋ mɛi ni fa je amɛhe hewɔ lɛ he.
3. Te mɛi komɛi susuɔ hewolo nɔ su ni esoro lɛ lɛ he amɛhaa tɛŋŋ, ni mɛni jɛɔ mli baa?
3 Shi sɔrɔtofeemɔ ni yɔɔ hewolo nɔ su mli yɛ wekui sɔrɔtoi amli lɛ kɛ naagbai ni hiɛdɔɔ yɔɔ mli baa yɛ be babaoo mli. Mɛi pii susuɔ mɛi ni esoro amɛhewolo nɔ su lɛ ahe akɛ amɛbaa shi. Enɛ kɛ mlifu baa, ni yɛ bei komɛi amli po lɛ, enɛ jɛ hetsɛ kɛ maŋ nɔ ni mɔ ko jɛ he jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ ni anaa lɛ. Ani wɔ Bɔlɔ lɛ to eyiŋ akɛ ebalɛ nɛkɛ? Ani wekui komɛi anɔ kwɔlɔ yɛ ehiŋmɛiaŋ? Ani Yehowa kwɛɔ hiɛaŋ?
Wɔ Bɔlɔ Lɛ—Ani Ekwɛɔ Hiɛaŋ?
4-6. (a) Mɛni ji nɔ ni Maŋtsɛ Yehoshafat wie yɛ hiɛaŋkwɛmɔ he? (b) Mose kɛ Paulo fɛɛ ma Yehoshafat wiemɔ lɛ nɔ mi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (d) Mɛɛ saji mɛi komɛi baanyɛ abi?
4 Wɔbaanyɛ wɔna bɔ ni wɔ Bɔlɔ lɛ susuɔ adesai fɛɛ he lɛ he jwɛŋmɔ ko kɛtsɔ wɔsɛɛ ni wɔɔku kɛya yinɔsane mli lɛ nɔ. Maŋtsɛ Yehoshafat, ni ye Yuda nɔ kɛjɛ afi 936 kɛbashi 911 D.Ŋ.B. lɛ saa nibii babaoo ni eto gbɛjianɔ koni saneyeli he gbɛjianɔtoo ni damɔ ŋwɛi mla nɔ atsu nii jogbaŋŋ. Ekɛ ŋaawoo kpakpa nɛɛ ha kojolɔi lɛ akɛ: “Nyɛkwɛa jogbaŋŋ yɛ nɔ ni nyɛaafee lɛ hewɔ! Ejaakɛ jeee gbɔmɛi nyɛkojoɔ nyɛhaa, shi moŋ, Yehowa ni . . . Nyɛkwɛa jogbaŋŋ ni nyɛfea; ejaakɛ Yehowa, wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, kutumpɔo kɛ hiɛaŋkwɛmɔ kɛ nyɔɔŋnihemɔ bɛ ehe!”—2 Kronika 19:6, 7.
5 No mli lɛ gbalɔ Mose etsɔ hiɛ ekɛɛ Israel akutsei lɛ afii ohai abɔ momo akɛ: “Yehowa, o-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, lɛ ji . . . mɔ ni kwɛɛɛ mɛi ahiɛaŋ.” (5 Mose 10:17) Ni Paulo wo ŋaa yɛ wolo ni eŋma eyaha Romabii lɛ mli akɛ: “Amanehulu kɛ hejaramɔ aaaba gbɔmɔ fɛɛ gbɔmɔ ni tsuɔ nifɔjianii lɛ susuma nɔ, Yudanyo nɔ lɛ nɔ tsutsu kɛ Helanyo nɔ hu . . . Ejaakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kpaaa gbɔmɛi amli.”—Romabii 2:9-11.
6 Shi mɛi komɛi baabi akɛ: ‘Ni Israelbii lɛ hu? Ani amɛjeee gbɔmɛi ni Nyɔŋmɔ ehala amɛ? Ani jeee hiɛaŋ ekwɛɔ yɛ nakai feemɔ mli? Ani Mose ekɛɛɛ Israel fɛɛ akɛ: “Bo lɛ Yehowa, o-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ ehalao, koni otsɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emaŋ yɛ maji fɛɛ ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ ateŋ”?—5 Mose 7:6.
7. (a) Mɛni ba beni Yudafoi lɛ kpoo Mesia lɛ? (b) Namɛi baanyɛ ana naakpɛɛ jɔɔmɔi ni jɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ lɛ mli ŋɔɔmɔ ŋmɛnɛ, ni yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
7 Dabi, Nyɔŋmɔ kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ yɛ Israelbii lɛ ni ekɛ amɛ tsu nii kɛha yiŋtoo krɛdɛɛ ko lɛ hewɔ. Yɛ be mli ni ehalaa gbɔmɛi ni ebaatsɔ amɛnɔ ni eha Mesia lɛ aba lɛ, Yehowa hala Hebri blematsɛmɛi anɔkwafoi lɛ aseshibii lɛ. Shi beni Yudafoi lɛ kpoo Mesia, Yesu Kristo, ni amɛgbe lɛ lɛ, amɛlaaje Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ duromɔ lɛ. Shi, ŋmɛnɛ, mɛi ni jɛ weku fɛɛ weku loo maŋ fɛɛ maŋ mli ni baana Yesu mli hemɔkɛyeli lɛ baanyɛ ana naakpɛɛ jɔɔmɔi amli ŋɔɔmɔ kɛ gbɛkpamɔ akɛ ebaahi shi kɛya naanɔ. (Yohane 3:16; 17:3) Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, enɛ tsɔɔ akɛ hiɛaŋkwɛmɔ ko bɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛfaŋ. Agbɛnɛ, Yehowa fa Israelbii lɛ akɛ “Nyɛdɔa gbɔ he” ni “nyɛkawaa lɛ yi,” yɛ eweku loo maŋ nɔ ni ejɛ hewɔ. (5 Mose 10:19; 3 Mose 19:33, 34) No hewɔ lɛ, wɔ-Tsɛ ni yɔɔ suɔmɔ ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi lɛ kwɛɛɛ mɛi ahiɛaŋ.
8. (a) Mɛni yeɔ odase akɛ Yehowa hu kwɛɛɛ Israel hiɛaŋ? (b) Yehowa kɛ Israel tsu nii yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
8 Eji anɔkwale akɛ Israelbii lɛ na hegbɛi krɛdɛɛi amli ŋɔɔmɔ. Shi gbɛnaa nii ni tsii hu jwere amɛnɔ. Gbɛnaa nii ka amɛnɔ akɛ amɛye Yehowa mlai anɔ, ni mɛi ni booo toi lɛ baa loomɔ shishi. (5 Mose 27:26) Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, ehe bahia ni agbala Israelbii lɛ atoi shiiabɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Mlai lɛ toi ni amɛbooo hewɔ. No hewɔ lɛ, Yehowa kɛ suɔmɔ sɔrɔto ko haaa amɛ. Shi moŋ, ekɛ amɛ tsu nii ni amɛfee gbalɛ mfonirii ni amɛtsɔmɔ kɔkɔbɔɔ he nɔkwɛmɔ nii. Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, Israel nɔ Nyɔŋmɔ tsɔ ni ekɛ Kpɔlɔ, Yesu Kristo ba kɛha adesai fɛɛ ajɔɔmɔ.—Galatabii 3:14; okɛto 1 Mose 22:15-18 he.
Ani Yesu Kwɛɔ Hiɛaŋ?
9. (a) Yehowa tamɔ Yesu nɔŋŋ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Mɛɛ sanebimɔi teɔ shi yɛ Yesu he?
9 Akɛni Yehowa jeee hiɛaŋkwɛlɔ hewɔ lɛ, ani Yesu baanyɛ afee mɔ ni kwɛɔ hiɛaŋ? Ojogbaŋŋ, susumɔ enɛ he: Yesu kɛɛ be ko akɛ: “Mitaooo nɔ ni mi diɛŋtsɛ misumɔɔ, shi moŋ, nɔ ni tsɛ lɛ ni tsu mi lɛ sumɔɔ.” (Yohane 5:30) Ekomefeemɔ ni yeɔ emuu ka Yehowa kɛ esuɔmɔ Bi lɛ teŋ, ni Yesu feɔ e-Tsɛ lɛ osuɔmɔnaa nii yɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ mli. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, amɛyeɔ egbɔ yɛ jwɛŋmɔ kɛ yiŋtoo mli aahu akɛ Yesu baanyɛ akɛɛ akɛ: “Mɔ ni ena mi lɛ, ena Tsɛ lɛ.” (Yohane 14:9) Yesu na hegbɛ ehi shi yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ akɛ gbɔmɔ fe afii 33, ni Biblia lɛ jieɔ bɔ ni efee enanemɛi adesai lɛ kpo. Mɛni ji esu yɛ wekui krokomɛi ahe? Ani eyɛ amɛhe jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ aloo ekwɛɔ hiɛaŋ? Ani Yesu buɔ ehe akɛ maŋ nɔ ni ejɛ lɛ nɔ kwɔ fe maji krokomɛi?
10. (a) Te Yesu ha Foenikia yoo ko nibimɔ akɛ eye ebua lɛ lɛ hetoo eha tɛŋŋ? (b) Akɛni ewie Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ahe akɛ “shifɔji abii hewɔ lɛ, ani Yesu miijie mɛi ahe jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ ni eyɔɔ lɛ kpo? (d) Yoo lɛ ye shitee-kɛ-woo nɛɛ nɔ kunim yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni mɛni jɛ mli ba?
10 Yesu kɛ Yudafoi hi shi titri yɛ eshikpɔŋ nɔ shihilɛ be lɛ mli. Shi gbi ko lɛ, Foenikia yoo ko, Jeŋmaŋnyo, tee Yesu ŋɔɔ ni ekpa lɛ fai koni etsa ebiyoo hela eha lɛ. Yesu ha lɛ hetoo akɛ: “Israel we toi ni elaaje lɛ aŋɔɔ kɛkɛ atsu mi.” Shi yoo lɛ tee nɔ ekpa fai akɛ: “Nuŋtsɔ, feemɔ he eko oha mi!” Kɛkɛ ni Yesu kɛfata he akɛ: “Ejaaa akɛ aŋɔɔ bii abooloi lɛ asherɛɔ ashwieɔ shifɔji abii.” Shifɔji loo gbeei ji kooloi komɛi ni amɛhe tseee kɛha Yudafoi lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, ani Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ni Yesu kɛ amɛ to “shifɔji abii” lɛ ahe lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ ehiɛ jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ yɛ mɛi ahe? Dabi, ejaakɛ etsɔ hiɛ etsi nitsumɔ krɛdɛɛ ni akɛwo edɛŋ kɛjɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ akɛ ‘ebatao Israel we toi ni elaaje’ lɛ ta. Agbɛnɛ, mɛi ni jeee Yudafoi lɛ ni Yesu kɛ amɛ to “shifɔji abii” lɛ ahe shi jeee gbeei ni hiɛ wa ahe lɛ jɔɔ sane ni Yesu kɛto he lɛ he. Shi, nɔ ni ewie yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ ka yoo lɛ ekwɛ. Eba ehe shi, ni etswa efai shi akɛ ebaaye nɛkɛ shitee-kɛ-woo nɛɛ nɔ kunim, no hewɔ lɛ, ekɛ ŋaa ha hetoo akɛ: “Nuŋtsɔ, eyɛ mli moŋ; shi bɛ shifɔji abii lɛ hu yeɔ fufuji ni shwieɔ amɛnuŋtsɔmɛi akpɔlɔi lɛ ashishi lɛ eko!” Yoo nɛɛ hemɔkɛyeli lɛ ha Yesu naa kpɛ ehe, ni etsa ebiyoo lɛ amrɔ nɔŋŋ.—Mateo 15:22-28.
11. Taakɛ sane ko ni kɔɔ Yesu he lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ, mɛɛ su Yudafoi kɛ Samariabii hiɛ yɛ amɛhe?
11 Agbɛnɛ susumɔ bɔ ni Yesu kɛ Samariabii komɛi kpe lɛ he. Nyɛɛ loo hetsɛ ni mli wa ka Yudafoi kɛ Samariabii ateŋ. Gbi ko lɛ, Yesu tsu kɛtee Samariabii akrowa ko koni amɛyasaa he ko amɛha lɛ. “Shi amɛhereee lɛ, ejaakɛ amɛna yɛ ehiɛ akɛ Yerusalem eyaa.” Enɛ wo Yakobo kɛ Yohane mli la aahu akɛ amɛmiisumɔ ni amɛtsɛ la kɛjɛ ŋwɛi ni ebakpata amɛhiɛ. Shi Yesu ka ekaselɔi enyɔ lɛ ahiɛ, ni amɛ fɛɛ amɛtee akrowa kroko.—Luka 9:51-56.
12. Mɛni hewɔ Samaria yoo ko naa kpɛ ehe yɛ Yesu nibimɔ lɛ hewɔ lɛ?
12 Ani Yesu kɛ ehe wo nyɛɛ loo hetsɛ ni ka Yudafoi kɛ Samariabii lɛ ateŋ lɛ mli? Ojogbaŋŋ, kadimɔ nɔ kroko ni ba yɛ be kroko mli lɛ. Yesu kɛ ekaselɔi lɛ jɛ Yudea amɛmiiya Galilea ni esa akɛ amɛtsɔ Samariabii akrowa ko mli. Akɛni gbɛfaa lɛ etɔ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, Yesu ta Yakob nu bu lɛ he koni ejɔɔ ehe beni ekaselɔi lɛ yaa Sikar maŋ lɛ mli koni amɛyahe niyenii lɛ. Beni be shwieɔ mli lɛ, Samariayoo ko ba ni ebasha nu. Shi Yesu diɛŋtsɛ ewie Samariabii lɛ ahe yɛ be ko mli akɛ ‘maŋsɛɛ bii.’ (Luka 17:16-18) Shi ekɛɛ yoo lɛ akɛ: “Ha mi nu lɛ eko manu.” Akɛni Yudafoi kɛ Samariabii bɛ nɔ ko feemɔ hewɔ lɛ, yoo ni naa ekpɛ ehe lɛ ha hetoo akɛ: “Te tɛŋŋ ni bo Yudanyo lɛ obaa mi Samariayoo lɛ nu ni onuŋ?”—Yohane 4:1-9.
13. (a) Te Yesu ha Samaria yoo lɛ wiemɔi ni ekɛteɔ shi ewoɔ lɛ lɛ hetoo eha tɛŋŋ, ni mɛni ji nɔ ni yoo nɛɛ fee? (b) Mɛni jɛ mli ba yɛ naagbee?
13 Shi Yesu ku ehiɛ eshwie yoo lɛ shitee-kɛ-woo wiemɔi lɛ anɔ. Kɛkɛ ni eŋɔ hegbɛ lɛ koni eye lɛ odase, ni ekpɛlɛ nɔ po akɛ lɛ ji Mesia lɛ! (Yohane 4:10-26) Yoo ni naa ekpɛ ehe nɛɛ shi enu gbɛ lɛ, ni ejo foi kɛtee maŋ lɛ mli ni ebɔi mɛi krokomɛi nɔ ni eba enɔ lɛ kɛɛmɔ. Eyɛ mli akɛ ehi shi akɛ mɔ ni bɛ jeŋba moŋ, shi ejie ehe kpo akɛ mɔ ni sumɔɔ mumɔŋ saji, ejaakɛ ekɛɛ: “[Ani] jeee Kristo lɛ nɛ lo?” Mɛni jɛ mli ba yɛ naagbee? Maŋbii lɛ ateŋ mɛi pii he Yesu nɔ amɛye yɛ odase fɛfɛo ni yoo lɛ ye lɛ hewɔ. (Yohane 4:27-42) Nɔ ni yɔɔ miishɛɛ lɛ, Asafoŋ nyɔŋmɔjamɔ he nilelɔ Thomas O. Figart ŋma yɛ ewolo ni ji A Biblical Perspective on the Race Problem lɛ mli akɛ: “Kɛji akɛ wɔ-Nuŋtsɔ lɛ susu he akɛ ehe miihia bɔ ni ekɛ duromɔ loo mɔbɔnalɛ nifeemɔ ko aaaye blemasane weku mligbalamɔ ni ejaaa lɛ hiɛ lɛ, belɛ esa akɛ wɔkwɛ jogbaŋŋ koni weku mligbalamɔ faa ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ akami wɔ.”
14. Mɛɛ hiɛaŋkwɛmɔ ni bɛ Yehowa gbɛfaŋ lɛ he odaseyeli je kpo yɛ Filipo sanekpakpashiɛlɔ lɛ sɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ be lɛ mli?
14 Bɔ ni Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ jeee hiɛaŋkwɛlɔ ha lɛ ŋmɛ gbɛ ni gbɔmɛi ni jɛ wekui sɔrɔtoi amli batsɔmɔ Yudafoi ni atsake amɛ. Agbɛnɛ hu susumɔ nɔ ni ba afii ohai 19 ni eho nɛ yɛ Yerusalem kɛ Gaza shiaŋa lɛ nɔ lɛ he. Mɔdiŋ ko ni miisɔmɔ Etiopia maŋnyɛ lɛ ta eshwiili mli beni ekaneɔ gbalɔ Yesaia wolo lɛ. Nɛkɛ sɔɔlɔ nukpa nɛɛ ji mɔ ni atsake lɛ ni afo lɛ ketia ejaakɛ “ebaho Yerusalem eyaja Nyɔŋmɔ.” Yehowa bɔfo jie ehe kpo etsɔɔ Yudanyo sanekpakpa shiɛlɔ Filipo ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Yaa ni oyakpetɛ shwiili nɛɛ sɛɛ.” Ani Filipo kɛɛ: “Oh, dabi! Ejɛ maŋ kroko nɔ”? Dabida! Shi moŋ eŋɔɔ Filipo naa akɛ eeehere Etiopianyo lɛ tsɛmɔ akɛ ebafata ehe yɛ shwiili lɛ mli lɛ nɔ, koni ekɛ lɛ ata shi, ni etsɔɔ lɛ Yesaia gbalɛ ni kɔɔ Yesu Kristo he lɛ! Beni amɛbɛŋkɛ nu kpaakpo ko lɛ, Etiopianyo lɛ bi akɛ: “Mɛni tsiɔ mibaptisimɔ gbɛ?” Akɛni nɔ ko nɔ ko etsiii enɛ feemɔ gbɛ hewɔ lɛ, Filipo kɛ miishɛɛ baptisi Etiopianyo lɛ ni Yehowa kpɛlɛ nakai nuu lɛ nɔ akɛ E-Bi Yesu Kristo ni kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ lɛ sɛɛnyiɛlɔ ni afɔ lɛ mu. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 8:26-39) Shi ŋwɛi hiɛaŋkwɛmɔ ni bɛ he odaseyeli kroko hu jie ehe kpo.
Tsakemɔ Kpele Ko
15. Mɛɛ tsakemɔ ba yɛ Yesu gbele sɛɛ, ni Paulo tsɔɔ enɛ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
15 Yesu Kristo gbele lɛ ejieee gbɔmɛi ni jɛ maji krokomɛi anɔ lɛ he jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ ni ahiɛ lɛ kɛyaaa. Shi Nyɔŋmɔ tsɔ nakai afɔleshaa gbele lɛ nɔ etsake wekukpaa ni ka Yesu kaselɔi ni ji Yudafoi lɛ kɛ esɛɛnyiɛlɔi Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ teŋ lɛ. Bɔfo Paulo tsɔɔ enɛ yɛ be mli ni eŋma wolo eyaha Jeŋmajiaŋbii Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Efeso lɛ ni ekɛɛ: “Nyɛkaia akɛ nyɛ ni sa nyɛji wɔŋjalɔi yɛ heloo gbɛfaŋ . . . nakai be lɛ mli lɛ, nyɛbɛ Kristo, ni nyɛji mɛi kpɔji yɛ Israel maŋ gbɛnaa nii agbɛfaŋ kɛ gbɔi yɛ shiwoo kpaŋmɔi lɛ agbɛfaŋ hu, nyɛbɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ ko, ni nyɛbɛ nyɔŋmɔ tete yɛ je nɛŋ. Shi agbɛnɛ, Kristo Yesu mli lɛ, nyɛ ni sa ni nyɛyɔɔ shɔŋŋ lɛ, nyɛtsɔ Kristo la lɛ nɔ nyɛbɛŋkɛ. Ejaakɛ lɛ ji wɔhejɔlɛ lɛ, mɔ ni ŋɔ wɔ yi enyɔ lɛ fɛɛ efee ekome, ni ekumɔ gbogbo afabaŋ ni yɔɔ teŋ ni ji nyɛɛ lɛ.” Nakai “gbogbo” loo mligbalamɔ he okadi lɛ ji Mla kpaŋmɔ lɛ he gbɛjianɔtoo ni tsu nii akɛ afabaŋ yɛ Yudafoi kɛ Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ateŋ lɛ. Atsɔ Kristo gbele lɛ nɔ ajie enɛ kɛtee koni kɛtsɔ Kristo nɔ lɛ, Yudafoi kɛ Jeŋmajiaŋbii fɛɛ “naa gbɛ, yɛ mumɔ kome mli, kɛyaa Tsɛ lɛ ŋɔɔ.”—Efesobii 2:11-18.
16. (a) Mɛni hewɔ akɛ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ naa samfei lɛ ha Petro lɛ? (b) Samfei enyiɛ yɔɔ, ni mɛni jɛ amɛkɛ nitsumɔ mli ba?
16 Agbɛnɛ hu, akɛ “ŋwɛi maŋtsɛyeli lɛ naa samfei” lɛ ha bɔfo Petro koni gbɔmɛi ni jɛ maji sɔrɔtoi fɛɛ mli akase Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo he nii, koni ‘afɔ amɛ ehee’ kɛjɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ mli, ni amɛbatsɔmɔ niyelɔi kɛ Kristo. (Mateo 16:19; Yohane 3:1-3) Petro kɛ okadi samfei etɛ tsu nii. Klɛŋklɛŋ nɔ lɛ yɛ kɛha Yudafoi lɛ, nɔ ni ji enyɔ lɛ yɛ kɛha Samariabii lɛ, ni nɔ ni ji etɛ lɛ yɛ kɛha Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:14-42; 8:14-17; 10:24-28, 42-48) Yɛ nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ ni jeee hiɛaŋkwɛlɔ, Yehowa, gbele gbɛ kɛha mɛi fɛɛ ni ahala lɛ koni amɛna hegbɛ amɛbatsɔmɔ
Yesu mumɔŋ nyɛmimɛi kɛ hefatalɔi niyelɔi yɛ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli.—Romabii 8:16, 17; 1 Petro 2:9, 10.
17. (a) Mɛɛ ninaa ko ni ekaaa akɛha Petro, ni mɛni hewɔ? (b) Hii komɛi nyiɛ Petro hiɛ kɛtee namɔ shia, ni namɔ mɛɔ lɛ yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ? (d) Mɛni Petro kai nakai Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ, ni kɛlɛ mɛni ji nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ etsɔɔ lɛ yɛ faŋŋ mli momo?
17 Bɔni afee ni asaa Petro kɛha samfei ni ji etɛ lɛ kɛ nitsumɔ—kɛha Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ—akɛ ninaa ko ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ni kɔɔ kooloi ni he tseee ahe tsɔɔ lɛ ni akɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Petro, tee shi, gbee ni oye!” Nikasemɔ lɛ ji akɛ: “Nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ etsuu he lɛ, kaabu lɛ akɛ yakayaka nɔ ko.” (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 10:9-16) Petro ehao waa ni enuuu nɛkɛ ninaa nɛɛ shishi. Shi etsɛɛɛ ni hii-etɛ ba koni amɛbaŋɔ lɛ kɛya Kornelio, Roma asraafoi-oha-atsɛ lɛ shia yɛ Kaisarea. Akɛni nakai maŋ lɛ ji Roma asraafoi ni yɔɔ Yudea lɛ maŋtiase hewɔ lɛ, jɛmɛ ji he ni esa akɛ efee Kornelio shia. Mɛi ni mɛɔ Petro yɛ nakai Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ateŋ ji Kornelio, kɛ ewekumɛi kɛ enanemɛi ni bɛŋkɛ lɛ kpaakpa. Bɔfoi lɛ kai amɛ akɛ: “Nyɛ diɛŋtsɛ nyɛle bɔ ni Yudanyo bɛ hegbɛ akɛ ekɛ mɔ ko ni ji maŋ kroko nɔ nyo bɔɔ aloo ehaa eŋɔɔ; shi mi lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ etsɔɔ mi akɛ mikatsɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko yaka gbɔmɔ loo mɔ ni he tseee. No hewɔ hu ni beni atsu abakpee mi lɛ, mitseee naa ni miba nɛɛ.”—Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 10:17-29.
18. (a) Mɛɛ adafitswaa ko ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ Petro jaje etsɔɔ Kornelio kɛ eshiabii lɛ? (b) Beni Petro ye Yesu he odase lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, mɛɛ naakpɛɛ nɔ ko ba? (d) Mɛni afee yɛ Jeŋmajiaŋbii ni heɔ yeɔ lɛ ahe?
18 Beni Kornelio etsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ yɛ nɛkɛ saji nɛɛ amli lɛ mli lɛ, Petro kɛɛ: “Lɛlɛŋ, miyoo akɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ jeee mɛi ahiɛaŋkwɛlɔ, shi moŋ maŋ fɛɛ maŋ mli lɛ, mɔ ni sheɔ lɛ gbeyei ni etsuɔ jalɛ nii lɛ, lɛ ji mɔ ni saa ehiɛ.” (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 10:30-35) Kɛkɛ ni be mli ni bɔfo lɛ tee nɔ eye Yesu Kristo he odase lɛ, nɔ ko ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ba! “Beni Petro wieɔ nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ lolo lɛ, mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ ba mɛi fɛɛ ni nu wiemɔ lɛ nɔ.” Kɛkɛ ni Petro nanemɛi Yudafoi lɛ “anaa kpɛ amɛhe akɛ afɔse mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ nɔkee nɔ lɛ ashwie jeŋmajiaŋbii hu nɔ; ejaakɛ amɛnu akɛ amɛmiiwie maŋsɛɛ wiemɔi sɔrɔtoi ni amɛmiijie Nyɔŋmɔ yi.” Kɛkɛ ni Petro kɛɛ: “Ani mɔ ko aaanyɛ nu naa atsi, ni akabaptisi mɛnɛɛmɛi ni na mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ tamɔ wɔ nɔŋŋ lɛ?” Namɔ baanyɛ atsi enɛ feemɔ naa, akɛni afɔse Nyɔŋmɔ ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi ni jeee hiɛaŋkwɛlɔ lɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ ashwie Jeŋmajiaŋbii ni heɔ yeɔ lɛ anɔ lɛ? No hewɔ lɛ, Petro fa akɛ “abaptisi amɛ yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ [Yesu Kristo] gbɛi amli.”—Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 10:36-48.
“Jɛ Jeŋmaŋ Fɛɛ Jeŋmaŋ”
19. Mɛni hewɔ maŋ nɔ ni mɔ ko jɛ mli lɛ he hetsɛ yaa hiɛ lɛ, ni etee nɔ kɛyashɛ nɛgbɛ?
19 Agbɛnɛ wɔmiina wɔhe yɛ “naagbee gbii” lɛ amli ni “jaramɔ bei” lɛ efee anɔkwale yɛ wɔshihilɛ mli. Kɛfata he lɛ, gbɔmɛi sumɔɔ amɛhe, shwalɔi, hewolɔi, mɛi ni edɔɔɔ mɔ he, kpaŋmɔ mlikulɔi, mɛi ni bɛ henɔyeli, mɛi ni hiɛ wa, mɛi ni yitsoŋ wa, henɔwolɔi. (2 Timoteo 3:1-5) Kɛ nɛkɛ ji bɔ ni shihilɛ lɛ yɔɔ lɛ, belɛ ebɛ naakpɛɛ akɛ maŋ nɔ ni mɔ ko jɛ he hetsɛ loo nyɛɛ kɛ bei miifa yɛ je lɛŋ he fɛɛ he. Maji pii yɛ gbɔmɛi ni jɛ wekui loo hewolo nɔ sui sɔrɔtoi amli ni sumɔɔɔ loo amɛnyɛɔ amɛhe po. Nɔ ni ejɛ enɛ mli eba ji nɔmɔ diɛŋtsɛ kɛ yiwalɛ nibii ni yɔɔ gbeyei yɛ shikpɔji komɛi anɔ. Ewa akɛ gbɔmɛi pii aaaye hewolo nɔ su he jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ ni ahiɛ lɛ nɔ kunim yɛ maji ni akɛɛ amɛhiŋmɛi egbele lɛ po mli. Ni etamɔ nɔ ni nɛkɛ “hela” nɛɛ miigbɛ kɛmiishwa kɛmiiya he ni akpaaa gbɛ kwraa yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ amli, tamɔ ŋshɔkpɔi ni be ko lɛ ale akɛ toiŋjɔlɛ ji nɔ ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ anɔ.
20. (a) Mɛɛ ninaa ko ni jɛ ŋwɛi ji nɔ ni Yohane na? (b) Nɛkɛ gbalɛ ninaa nɛɛ miiba mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (d) Mɛɛ naagba yɔɔ ni esa akɛ mɛi komɛi aye nɔ kunim lolo, ni nɛgbɛ esa akɛ amɛtao tsabaa lɛ yɛ?
20 Shi, yɛ ekomefeemɔ loo gbeekpamɔ ni bɛ wekui amli yɛ je lɛŋ hei sɔrɔtoi lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, Yehowa, ni ji Nyɔŋmɔ ni kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ lɛ egba efɔ shi akɛ abaabua gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ tsuijurɔ ni jɛ wekui kɛ jeŋmaji fɛɛ mli lɛ anaa awo majimaji ateŋ ekomefeemɔ mli. Bɔfo Yohane tsɔ ŋwɛi ninaa ko nɔ ena “asafo babaoo ni mɔ ko mɔ ko nyɛŋ akane ni jɛ jeŋmaŋ fɛɛ jeŋmaŋ kɛ akutsei kɛ maji kɛ majianɔ wiemɔi amli damɔ maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ hiɛ kɛ toobi lɛ hiɛ,” amɛmiijie Yehowa yi. (Kpojiemɔ 7:9) Nɛkɛ gbalɛ nɛɛ miiba mli. Ŋmɛnɛ, Yehowa Odasefoi jɛ jeŋmaŋ fɛɛ jeŋmaŋ kɛ hewolo nɔ sui sɔrɔtoi amli ni amɛyifalɛ fe 3,300,000 yɛ shikpɔji 210 nɔ ni miina ekomefeemɔ kɛ gbeekpamɔ yɛ wekui amli lɛ mli ŋɔɔmɔ. Shi amɛka he amɛji mɛi ni yeee emuu. Ekolɛ ewa kɛha amɛteŋ mɛi komɛi akɛ amɛaaye maji anɔ ni mɛi jɛ lɛ ahe jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ ni yɔɔ amɛmli lɛ nɔ kunim kwraa, eyɛ mli akɛ ekolɛ amɛyooo enɛ jogbaŋŋ. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ aaatsɔ aye nɛkɛ naagba nɛɛ nɔ kunim? Wɔbaasusu nɛkɛ sane nɛɛ he yɛ nikasemɔ ni nyiɛ sɛɛ ni damɔ ŋaawoo ni yeɔ buaa ni jɛ Yehowa, Nyɔŋmɔ ni kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ lɛ Wiemɔ ni jɛ mumɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ mli.a
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
a Ajie kɛjɛ May 15, 1988 Watchtower lɛ mli.
Te Obaaha Hetoo Oha Tɛŋŋ?
◻ Mɛni hewɔ obaakɛɛ akɛ Yehowa kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ yɛ Israelibii Iɛ ni ekɛ amɛ tsu nii lɛ hewɔ?
◻ Mɛɛ odaseyeli yɔɔ ni tsɔɔ akɛ Yesu Kristo jeee mɔ ni hiɛ weku ko he jwɛŋmɔ fɔŋ aloo ekwɛɔ hiɛaŋ?
◻ Aye abua Petro koni ena akɛ “Nyɔŋmɔ jeee hiɛaŋkwɛlɔ” yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
◻ Yɛ bɔ ni gbeekpamɔ bɛ wekui amli yɛ je nɛɛ mli Iɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, mɛɛ gbalɛ ni kɔɔ ekomefeemɔ he baa mli bianɛ?
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 7]
Bɔfo Paulo kɛɛ Ateenebii lɛ akɛ “Ia kome [Nyɔŋmɔ] eŋɔfee gbɔmɛi adesai fɛɛ, ni amɛhi shikpɔŋ Iɛ fɛɛ hiɛ”
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 9]
Akɛni Yesu kwɛɛɛ hiɛaŋ hewɔ lɛ, eye Samaria yoo Iɛ odase yɛ Yakob nu bu ni bɛŋkɛ Sikar Iɛ he