Yitso 5
Yesu Fɔmɔ —Yɛ Nɛgbɛ ni Mɛɛ Be?
ROMA Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ nɔ maŋtsɛ, Kaisare Augusto ewo akpɔ akɛ esa akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ aku esɛɛ kɛya emaŋ he ni afɔ lɛ yɛ koni akane lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, Yosef miiya he ni afɔ lɛ yɛ, yɛ Betlehem maŋtiase lɛ mli.
Gbɔmɛi pii eba Betlehem momo, koni akane amɛ, ni he ni Yosef kɛ Maria baana wɔɔhe yɛ ji kooloi atsu mli. Biɛ, ni tejii kɛ kooloi krokomɛi wɔɔ yɛ lɛ afɔ Yesu yɛ. Maria kɛ mama bala ehe fɛɛ ni ekɛ lɛ fɔ kooloi aniyenii anɔ mli.
Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ nɔ Kaisare Augusto tsɔ ni efee nɛkɛ mɛi akanemɔ mla nɛɛ. Enɛ ŋmɛ gbɛ ni afɔ Yesu yɛ Betlehem, maŋ ni Ŋmalɛi lɛ etsɔ hiɛ be kakadaŋŋ egba efɔ shi akɛ ebaafee shiwoo nɔyelɔ lɛ fɔmɔ he lɛ.
Mɛɛ gbɛkɛ ni he hiaa nɛ! La ko kpɛ kɛbɔle tookwɛlɔi akuu ko he yɛ ŋa nɔ. Yehowa anunyam ni! Ni Yehowa bɔfo kɛɛ amɛ akɛ: “Nyɛkashea gbeyei; ejaakɛ naa, mibagba nyɛ miishɛɛ sane kpele ni ji maŋ fɛɛ nɔ; akɛ ŋmɛnɛ afɔ walaherelɔ ni ji Kristo, Nuŋtsɔ lɛ, aha nyɛ, yɛ David maŋ lɛŋ. Ni enɛ aaafee okadi aha nyɛ; nyɛaana abifao ni aŋɔ mama abala ehe, ni eka kooloi aniyenii anɔ mli.” Trukaa kɛkɛ ni ŋwɛibɔfoi babaoo pue kɛ lala akɛ: “Anunyam aha Nyɔŋmɔ yɛ ŋwɛi flooflo, ni hejɔlɛ aba shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ, ni ana gbɔmɛi ahe tsuijurɔ!”
Beni ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ shi amɛ lɛ, tookwɛlɔi lɛ kɛɛkɛɛ amɛhe akɛ: “Nyɛhaa wɔyaa Betlehem, koni wɔyakwɛa sane ni eba ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ [Yehowa] ejie kpo etsɔɔ wɔ lɛ.” Ni amɛkɛ oyaiyeli tee ni amɛyana Yesu yɛ he ni bɔfo lɛ kɛɛ amɛ akɛ amɛbaana lɛ yɛ lɛ. Beni tookwɛlɔi lɛ gba nɔ ni bɔfo lɛ kɛɛ amɛ lɛ, mɛi ni nu lɛ fɛɛ anaa kpɛ amɛhe. Maria kɛ nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ fɛɛ to etsui mli.
Ŋmɛnɛ mɛi pii heɔ yeɔ akɛ afɔ Yesu yɛ December 25. Shi December ji nugbɔnɛmɔ be, fɛ̃i be yɛ Betlehem. Tookwɛlɔi ehiŋ ŋa nɔ gbɛkɛ ni amɛmiikwɛ amɛtooi yɛ nakai be lɛ mli yɛ afi lɛ mli. Agbɛnɛ hu, Roma Kaisare lɛ biŋ ni gbɔmɛi ni miitao atse atua ashi lɛ momo lɛ afã gbɛ yɛ fɛ̃i be nɛɛ mli kɛya amɛmaji amli ni ayakane amɛ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ afɔ Yesu yɛ gbo mra be mli yɛ afi lɛ mli. Luka 2:1-20; Mika 5:2.
▪ Mɛni hewɔ Yosef kɛ Maria fa gbɛ kɛtee Betlehem lɛ?
▪ Mɛɛ naakpɛɛ nii ko ba gbi gbɛkɛ ni afɔ Yesu lɛ?
▪ Te wɔfeɔ tɛŋŋ wɔleɔ akɛ afɔɔɔ Yesu yɛ December 25 lɛ?