Yitso 2
Biblia Mli Saneyitso ni Yɔɔ Nyam Lɛ
Ŋmalɛi lɛ Ashishitsɔɔmɔ Teemɔŋ saji ni aŋa naa awo Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ mli lɛ eha Biblia kaselɔi anɔkwafoi anaa ekpɛ amɛhe yɛ be kakadaŋŋ mli ni amɛnuuu shishi. Shi, yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ diɛŋtsɛ be ni sa mli lɛ, esa akɛ eha nakai teemɔŋ saji lɛ aje kpo, shi yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, mɛɛ be, ni kɛha namɛi? Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔ lɛ pɛ baanyɛ aha ale eshishinumɔ lɛ yɛ be mli ni be ni ato lɛ bɛŋkɛɔ lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 1:3) Abaajie nakai teemɔŋ saji krɔŋkrɔŋi lɛ akpo atsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni yɔɔ ekaa ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ koni no awo amɛ hewalɛ ni amɛjaje ekojomɔi lɛ. (Mateo 13:10, 11) Akɛko akɛ shishitsɔɔmɔi ni akɛha yɛ wolo nɛɛ mli lɛ ji nɔ ni tɔmɔ bɛ mli. Wɔkɛɔ tamɔ Yosef ni hi shi yɛ blema lɛ, akɛ: “Ani shishitsɔɔmɔ lɛ, jeee Nyɔŋmɔ nɔŋ?” (1 Mose 40:8) Shi yɛ nakai beaŋ nɔŋŋ lɛ, wɔheɔ wɔyeɔ akɛ shishitsɔɔmɔi ni wɔkɛha yɛ biɛ lɛ kɛ Biblia muu lɛ fɛɛ kpaa gbee, ni etsɔɔ bɔ ni ŋwɛi gbalɛ eba mli bɔ ni ekɛ jeŋ saji ni yaa nɔ yɛ oshara be ni wɔyɔɔ mli nɛɛ kpaa gbee pɛpɛɛpɛ yɛ naakpɛɛ gbɛ nɔ.
1. Mɛni ji Yehowa yiŋtoo ni yɔɔ nyam lɛ?
BIBLIA mli abɛbua ko kɛɔ akɛ: “Sane naagbee hi fe ebɔimɔ.” (Jajelɔ 7:8) Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ mli wɔkaneɔ Yehowa yiŋtoo ni yɔɔ nyam akɛ ebaatsuu egbɛi lɛ he yɛ bɔɔnii fɛɛ ahiɛ lɛ naagbee ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ lɛ yɛ. Taakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ejaje yɛ be kɛ bei amli shii abɔ kɛtsɔ emra be mli gbalɔi lɛ ekome nɔ lɛ: “Ni amɛaana amɛle akɛ mi ji Yehowa lɛ.”—Ezekiel 25:17; 38:23.
2. Mɛɛ nilee ni haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli Kpojiemɔ, kɛ agbɛnɛ Biblia mli woji ni etsɔ ehiɛ lɛ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔnine shɛɔ nɔ?
2 Taakɛ bɔ ni Kpojiemɔ jieɔ saji anaagbee yɛ kunimyeli mli lɛ kpo lɛ, nakai nɔŋŋ hu atsɔɔ amɛshishijee lɛ mli aha wɔ yɛ Biblia mli shishijee woji lɛ amli. Kɛ wɔsusu nɔ ni aŋma afɔ shi nɛɛ he lɛ, ehaa wɔnyɛɔ wɔnuɔ saji ni kɔɔ he lɛ ashishi ni ehaa wɔnaa Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo ni kɔɔ he lɛ fɛɛ naa. Kwɛ bɔ ni enɛ haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli ehaa! Agbɛnɛ, esa akɛ ekanya wɔ ni wɔfee nɔ ko, bɔni afee ni wɔna wɔsɛɛ be ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ni mɛɔ adesai lɛ amli gbɛfaŋnɔ. (Lala 145:16, 20) Etamɔ nɔ ni esa jogbaŋŋ akɛ wɔɔsusu nɔ ni hɔ Biblia muu lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ kɛ esaneyitso lɛ he yɛ he ni wɔshɛ nɛɛ, bɔni afee ni wɔha sane titri ni ka shi ni amrɔ nɛɛ eka adesai fɛɛ ahiɛ, kɛ agbɛnɛ Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo ni ejaje ni mli ka shi faŋŋ akɛ eeeha nakai sane lɛ aba naagbee lɛ ahi wɔjwɛŋmɔ mli.
3. Mɛɛ gbalɛ ni yɔɔ 1 Mose wolo lɛ mli kɛ Biblia muu lɛ fɛɛ mli saneyitso haa wɔ, ni Kpojiemɔ fata he?
3 Biblia lɛ mli klɛŋklɛŋ wolo lɛ, 1 Mose, gbaa wɔ “shishijee” mli saji ni etsɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ nibɔɔ nitsumɔi lɛ amli, kɛ eshikpɔŋ nɔ nibɔɔ ni ji gbɔmɔ ni ekɛmua naa kwraa lɛ mli. 1 Mose hu tsɔɔ klɛŋklɛŋ ŋwɛi gbalɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ diɛŋtsɛ kɛha yɛ Eden abɔɔ lɛ mli aaafee afii 6,000 ni eho nɛ lɛ. Akɛ onufu ko etsu nii ni elaka klɛŋklɛŋ yoo lɛ, Hawa; lɛ hu egbala ewu, Adam efata ehe koni amɛku Yehowa mla mli kɛtsɔ “ekpakpa kɛ efɔŋ lee tso lɛ” nɔ yibii ni amɛye lɛ nɔ. Yɛ be mli ni ekojoɔ hefatalɔi enyɔ ni efee esha lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ kɛɛ onufu lɛ akɛ: “Ni mikɛ nyɛɛ aaaŋmɛ okɛ yoo lɛ teŋ, kɛ oseshi kɛ eseshi teŋ; eeetswa oyitso nɔ, ni bo hu oootswa enanetsitsi nɔ.” (1 Mose 1:1; 2:17; 3:1-6, 14, 15) Nakai gbalɛ lɛ kɛ Biblia muu lɛ fɛɛ mli saneyitso, ni Kpojiemɔ fata he lɛ haa.
4. (a) Beni Nyɔŋmɔ jaje klɛŋklɛŋ gbalɛ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, mɛni ba wɔ klɛŋklɛŋ fɔlɔi lɛ anɔ? (b) Mɛɛ sanebimɔi teɔ shi yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ gbalɛ lɛ he, ni mɛni hewɔ ehe hiaa akɛ wɔɔle hetooi lɛ?
4 Beni ekɛ gbalɛ nɛɛ ha sɛɛ pɛ kɛkɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ shwie wɔ klɛŋklɛŋ fɔlɔi lɛ kɛjɛ Eden. Amɛnyɛŋ amɛkpa naanɔ wala yɛ Paradeiso mli gbɛ dɔŋŋ; esa akɛ amɛhi shi yɛ shikpɔŋ ni asako nɔ ni yɔɔ esɛɛ lɛ nɔ amɛshihilɛ be fɛɛ mli. Akɛni amɛba gbele fɔbuu shishi hewɔ lɛ, amɛbaafɔ bii ni esha eyimɔ amɛ obɔbɔ. (1 Mose 3:23-4:1; Romabii 5:12) Shi mɛni nakai Eden gbalɛ lɛ tsɔɔ? Ekɔɔ namɛi ahe? Te ekɔɔ Kpojiemɔ he ehaa tɛŋŋ? Mɛɛ shɛɛ sane eyɔɔ kɛhaa wɔ ŋmɛnɛ? Bɔni afee ni wɔye wɔhe kɛjɛ nɔ ni ejɛ oshara ni ba ni ha Yehowa jaje gbalɛ nɛɛ lɛ mli lɛ, ehe miihia hu ni wɔle sanebimɔi nɛɛ ahetoo.
Mɛi Titrii ni Yɔɔ Nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ Mli
5. Beni onufu lɛ laka Hawa lɛ, mɛni ba yɛ jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ ji lɛ kɛ egbɛi lɛ he, ni mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ abaatsɔ ni ana naataomɔ ni ebaka shi lɛ naa?
5 Awie gbalɛ ni yɔɔ 1 Mose 3:15 lɛ atsɔɔ onufu lɛ ni male etsɔɔ Hawa, ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ kɛ egbo toi lɛ egboŋ shi moŋ ebaaye ehe ni etsɔ nyɔŋmɔyoo ko lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ onufu lɛ ha Yehowa batsɔ amalelɔ ni ekɛ nakai tsɔɔ akɛ adesai baanyɛ aha amɛshihilɛi aya hiɛ kɛ amɛkpoo E-jeŋ muu fɛɛ nɔyeli lɛ. (1 Mose 3:1-5) Atswa Yehowa jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mpoa ni agbe egbɛi kpakpa lɛ hu he guɔ. Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ tsɔɔ bɔ ni jalɛ Kojolɔ, Yehowa, kɛ e-Bi, Yesu Kristo Maŋtsɛyeli nɔyeli lɛ tsuɔ nii, koni ekɛbu jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛ ni eji lɛ bem ni ejie ahorabɔɔ ni akɛba egbɛi lɛ nɔ lɛ fɛɛ kɛya lɛ.—Kpojiemɔ 12:10; 14:7.
6. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Kpojiemɔ haa wɔleɔ mɔ ni wie etsɔɔ Hawa kɛtsɔ onufu lɛ nɔ lɛ yɛ?
6 Yɛ wiemɔ “onufu” lɛ gbɛfaŋ lɛ, ani ekɔɔ shinɔ loo onufu diɛŋtsɛ he? Dabida kwraa! Kpojiemɔ haa wɔyɔseɔ mumɔŋ bɔɔ nɔ ko ni hiɛ eshwie shi ni wie kɛtsɔ onufu lɛ nɔ lɛ. Lɛ ji “drako kpeteŋkpele . . . lɛ, shishijee onufu lɛ, mɔ ni atsɛɔ lɛ Abonsam kɛ Satan, ni shishiuɔ jeŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ lɛ,” mɔ ni “kɛ ekutumpɔo lɛ laka Hawa lɛ.”—Kpojiemɔ 12:9; 2 Korintobii 11:3.
7. Mɛni tsɔɔ akɛ yoo ni yɔɔ 1 Mose 3:15 lɛ jɛ mumɔi amaŋtsɛyeli he lɛ?
7 No sɛɛ lɛ 1 Mose 3:15 wieɔ “yoo” ko he. Ani Hawa ni? Ekolɛ esusu nakai. (Okɛto 1 Mose 4:1 he.) Shi nyɛɛ ni sɛɛ tsɛɔ kakadaŋŋ ni aaaka Hawa kɛ Satan teŋ nyɛŋ aba mli beni Hawa gbo nɔ ni fe afii 5,000 ni eho nɛ lɛ. Kɛfata he lɛ, akɛni Onufu lɛ ni Yehowa wie etsɔɔ lɛ lɛ ji mumɔ ni anaaa lɛ hewɔ lɛ, esa akɛ wɔkpa gbɛ akɛ yoo lɛ hu jɛ mumɔi amaŋtsɛyeli he lɛ. Kpojiemɔ 12:1, 2 maa enɛ nɔ mi, ni ekɛtsɔɔ akɛ nɛkɛ okadi yoo nɛɛ ji Yehowa ŋwɛi mumɔŋ bɔɔ nii agbɛjianɔtoo lɛ.—Agbɛnɛ hu kwɛmɔ Yesaia 54:1, 5, 13.
Seshii Enyɔ ni Teɔ Shi Woɔ Amɛhe
8. Mɛni hewɔ esa akɛ wɔnya nɔ ni akɛɔ agbɛnɛ yɛ seshii sɔrɔtoi enyɔ nɛɛ ahe waa lɛ?
8 Seshii enyɔ jeɔ kpo agbɛnɛ yɛ 1 Mose 3:15. Esa akɛ wɔnya amɛhe waa, ejaakɛ amɛkɔɔ sane kpele ni ka shi ni ji mɔ ni ji jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛ ni sa yɛ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ lɛ he. Enɛ kɔɔ wɔteŋ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ he, kɛji akɛ wɔji gbekɛbii aloo onukpai. Seshii enyɔ nɛɛ ateŋ namɔ osumɔɔ?
9. Namɛi diɛŋtsɛ fata Onufu lɛ seshi lɛ he?
9 Klɛŋklɛŋ lɛ, Onufu lɛ seshi, loo eshwiei yɛ. Mɛni ji enɛ? Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ mɛi ni fata he ji mumɔŋ bɔɔ nii krokomɛi ni bafata Satan he yɛ etuatsemɔ lɛ mli ni yɛ naagbee lɛ, “ashɛrɛ amɛ ashwie afata ehe” kɛba shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 12:9) Akɛni Satan, aloo Beelzebub ji “daimonioi alumɔ” hewɔ lɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ amɛ ji mɛi ni feɔ egbɛjianɔtoo ni anaaa lɛ.—Marko 3:22; Efesobii 6:12.
10. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Biblia lɛ tsɔɔ ehaa wɔyooɔ mɛi krokomɛi akɛ Satan seshi lɛ fa?
10 Agbɛnɛ Yesu kɛɛ Yudafoi ni ji jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi ni yɔɔ egbii lɛ amli lɛ akɛ: “Nyɛ lɛ nyɛtsɛ ni nyɛjɛ emli ji Abonsam, ni nyɛtsɛ lɛ tsinebaa nii nyɛsumɔɔ akɛ nyɛfee.” (Yohane 8:44) Akɛni amɛteɔ shi amɛwoɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Bi Yesu hewɔ lɛ, nakai jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ amɛ hu amɛfata Satan shwiei lɛ ahe. Amɛfata Satan seshi lɛ he, ni amɛsɔmɔɔ lɛ akɛ amɛtsɛ yɛ okadi gbɛ nɔ. Adesai krokomɛi babaoo ejie amɛhe kpo nakai nɔŋŋ akɛ amɛfeɔ Satan suɔmɔnaa nii, titri lɛ akɛni amɛteɔ shi amɛwoɔ ni amɛwaa Yesu kaselɔi lɛ ayi lɛ hewɔ, yɛ yinɔsane be fɛɛ mli. Kɛ abua nɛkɛ adesai nɛɛ fɛɛ anaa lɛ, abaanyɛ atsɔɔ akɛ amɛji mɛi ni feɔ Satan gbɛjianɔtoo ni anaa yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ.—Kwɛmɔ Yohane 15:20; 16:33; 17:15.
Ayoo Yoo lɛ Seshi Lɛ
11. Mɛni Nyɔŋmɔ jie lɛ kpo yɛ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ he yɛ afii ohai abɔ lɛ mli?
11 Gbalɛ ni yɔɔ 1 Mose 3:15 lɛ kɔɔ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ he yɛ naagbee. Yɛ be mli ni Satan buaa eseshi lɛ naa lɛ, Yehowa miisaa ‘eyoo’ loo ŋwɛi gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ ŋa lɛ, koni efɔ seshi lɛ. Yehowa kɛ aaafee afii 4,000 tee nɔ ejie saji ni kɔɔ seshi ni baa nɛɛ he lɛ kpo etsɔɔ adesai ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei ni boɔ lɛ toi lɛ fiofio. (Yesaia 46:9, 10) Abraham, Isak, Yakob kɛ mɛi krokomɛi baanyɛ ana hemɔkɛyeli yɛ shiwoo ni tsɔɔ akɛ seshi lɛ baaba yɛ amɛ wekukpaa lɛ mli lɛ mli. (1 Mose 22:15-18; 26:4; 28:14) Satan kɛ esamaŋfoi lɛ fɔɔ nɛkɛ Yehowa tsuji nɛɛ ayiwaa yɛ amɛhemɔkɛyeli ni hosooo lɛ hewɔ.—Hebribii 11:1, 2, 32-38.
12. (a) Mɛɛ be, ni mɛni nifeemɔ kɛ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ fa titri lɛ ba? (b) Afɔ Yesu mu aha mɛɛ yiŋtoo?
12 Yɛ naagbee lɛ, yɛ afii 29 yɛ Ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ Beaŋ lɛ, nuu ni eye emuu, Yesu kɛ ehe ha yɛ Yordan Faa lɛ naa ni abaptisi lɛ. Kɛkɛ ni Yehowa tsɔ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ nɔ efɔ Yesu, akɛ: “Mɔ nɛɛ ji misuɔmɔ Bi ni miná ehe tsui lɛ.” (Mateo 3:17) Ayoo Yesu yɛ biɛ akɛ atsu lɛ kɛjɛ Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔŋ gbɛjianɔtoo ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi lɛ mli. Afɔ lɛ mu hu akɛ Maŋtsɛ ni ahala lɛ kɛha ŋwɛi Maŋtsɛyeli ni baaku sɛɛ ekɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ nɔyeli yɛ Yehowa gbɛi mli aba ekoŋŋ lɛ, koni eha sane ni kɔɔ nɔyeli loo maŋtsɛyeli he lɛ aba naagbee shikome nyɔŋlo. (Kpojiemɔ 11:15) Belɛ Yesu ji Mɔ titri yɛ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ mli, Mesia ni agba ehe sane afɔ shi lɛ.—Okɛto Galatabii 3:16; Daniel 9:25 he.
13, 14. (a) Mɛni hewɔ esaaa akɛ wɔnaa kpɛɔ wɔhe akɛ wɔɔle akɛ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ efeŋ mɔ kome ni ehe gbɛi ni ale lɛ lɛ? (b) Mɛi enyiɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ehala amɛ kɛjɛ adesai ateŋ koni amɛbatsɔmɔ seshi lɛ fa ni ji enyɔ lɛ, ni mɛɛ gbɛjianɔtoo loo asafo amɛfeɔ? (d) Namɛi hu kɛ seshi lɛ sɔmɔɔ yɛ ekomefeemɔ mli?
13 Ani yoo lɛ seshi lɛ baafee gbɔmɔ kome ni ehe gbɛi ni ale lɛ? Ojogbaŋŋ, ni Satan seshi lɛ hu? Biblia lɛ haa ayooɔ Satan seshi lɛ akɛ mɛi ni fata he ji ŋwɛibɔfoi yiwalɔi babaoo kɛ adesai ni wooo Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ nyam. Belɛ esaaa akɛ efeɔ wɔ naakpɛɛ akɛ wɔɔkase akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo ji ni ehala emuuyeli mli hiɛlɔi 144,000 kɛjɛ adesai ateŋ ni amɛbatsɔmɔ osɔfoi kɛ nɔyelɔi kɛ Mesia Seshi Yesu Kristo. Kpojiemɔ wieɔ mɛnɛɛmɛi ahe yɛ be mli ni ekɛɔ akɛ akɛni Abonsam nyɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ yoo ni ji egbɛjianɔtoo lɛ hewɔ lɛ, “eyiŋ etee ni ekɛ yoo lɛ seshibii ni eshwɛ . . . lɛ ayawuu” lɛ.—Kpojiemɔ 12:17; 14:1-4.
14 Atsɛɔ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ yɛ Biblia lɛ mli akɛ Yesu nyɛmimɛi, ni akɛ enyɛmimɛi lɛ, amɛ fɛɛ amɛyɛ Tsɛ kome kɛ nyɛ kome lɛ nɔŋŋ. (Hebribii 2:11) Amɛ Tsɛ ji Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ. No hewɔ lɛ, esa akɛ amɛnyɛ afee “yoo” lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ ŋwɛi gbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ eŋa lɛ. Amɛbafeɔ seshi lɛ fa ni ji enyɔ, ni Kristo Yesu ji seshi lɛ klɛŋklɛŋ fa. Nɛkɛ Kristofoi ni akɛ mumɔ efɔ amɛ ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ lɛ asafo lɛ ji nɔ ni feɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛjianɔtoo ni anaa ni sɔmɔɔ yɛ egbɛjianɔtoo ni tamɔ yoo ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi lɛ shishi lɛ, ni jɛmɛ ji he ni abaafee amɛ kɛ Kristo Yesu ekome yɛ amɛshitee be lɛ mli lɛ. (Romabii 8:14-17; Galatabii 3:16, 29) Eyɛ mli akɛ amɛjeee seshi lɛ fa moŋ, shi aabua tooi krokomɛi akpekpei abɔ ni jɛ jeŋmaji fɛɛ mli lɛ anaa aafee amɛ ekome koni amɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛjianɔtoo ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ asɔmɔ. Ani oji tooi krokomɛi nɛɛ ateŋ mɔ kome? Belɛ ohiɛnɔkamɔ ni miishɛɛ yɔɔ mli ji naanɔ wala yɛ paradeiso shikpɔŋ nɔ.—Yohane 10:16; 17:1-3.
Bɔ ni Nyɛɛ lɛ Je Shishi
15. (a) Tsɔɔmɔ bɔ ni fee ni Satan seshi ni ji adesai kɛ ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ ba lɛ mli. (b) Mɛni ba Satan seshi lɛ nɔ yɛ Noa gbii lɛ amli Nu Afua lɛ mli?
15 Ayoo Satan seshi ni ji adesai lɛ mra yɛ adesai ayinɔsane shishijee mli. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, Kain, klɛŋklɛŋ adesa ni afɔ lɛ, ni “jɛ mɔ fɔŋ lɛ mli ni egbe enyɛmi” Habel lɛ yɛ. (1 Yohane 3:12) Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, Henok wie akɛ Yehowa baaba “kɛ ekrɔŋkrɔŋbii akpei nyɔŋma-nyɔŋmai abɔ ni ebakojo mɛi fɛɛ, ni eka nɔ sha feelɔi lɛ yɛ amɛnishai anitsumɔ fɛɛ ni amɛtsu lɛ kɛ wiemɔi waawaai fɛɛ ni eshafeelɔi Nyɔŋmɔ kwalɔi wie yɛ ehe lɛ hewɔ.” (Yuda 14, 15) Agbɛnɛ ŋwɛibɔfoi atuatselɔi yafata Satan he ni amɛfee eseshi lɛ fa. Mɛnɛɛmɛi “shi . . . amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛshihilɛ he lɛ” ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi lɛ bɔni afee ni amɛŋɔ heloo gbɔmɔtsei ni amɛkɛ gbɔmɛi abiyei ababote gbalashihilɛ mli. Amɛfɔ bii obalaŋi ni dara fe adesai ni amɛyi wa. Awuiyeli kɛ efɔŋ feemɔ bayi nakai je lɛ mli obɔ, no hewɔ lɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ Nu Afua kpata hiɛ, ni Noa anɔkwafo lɛ kɛ eweku lɛ pɛ ji adesai ni je mli. Anyɛ nakai ŋwɛibɔfoi toigbolɔi—ni amrɔ nɛɛ amɛtsɔmɔ daimonioi yɛ Satan kudɔmɔ shishi lɛ anɔ—koni amɛshi amɛŋamɛi adesai ni hiɛkpatamɔ ba amɛnɔ lɛ kɛ amɛbii obalaŋi ni amɛfɔ amɛ lɛ yɛ amɛsɛɛ. Amɛtsake amɛhe, ni amɛbote mumɔi amaŋtsɛyeli he lɛ yɛ he ni amɛmɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛkpatamɔ kojomɔ ni baa kɛ foi yɛ Satan kɛ eseshi lɛ nɔ lɛ.—Yuda 6; 1 Mose 6:4-12; 7:21-23; 2 Petro 2:4, 5.
16. (a) Mɛɛ yiwalɔ ko pue yɛ Nu Afua lɛ sɛɛ, ni mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ etsɔ ejie lɛ kpo akɛ eji Satan seshi lɛ fa yɛ? (b) Te fee tɛŋŋ ni Nyɔŋmɔ fite mɛi ni maa Babilon mɔɔ lɛ ajwɛŋmɔ lɛ?
16 Nu Afua lɛ sɛɛ etsɛɛɛ ni yiwalɔ nɔyelɔ ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Nimrod pue yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ. Biblia lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ eji “gbɔbilɔ kpanaa ni teɔ shi woɔ Yehowa”—eji Onufu lɛ seshi lɛ fa lɛlɛŋ. Ejie atuatsemɔ mumɔ kpo tamɔ Satan, ni lɛ efee Babel maŋ lɛ, aloo Babilon, ni ekɛmiite shi ewo Yehowa yiŋtoo akɛ adesai agbɛ ashwa shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ lɛ. Nɔ ni Babilon kɛbaahe gbɛi ji mɔɔ kakadaŋŋ ko “ni eyiteŋ yashɛɔ ŋwɛi.” Nyɔŋmɔ fite nakai tsutswalɔi ni maa nakai mɔɔ lɛ anitsumɔ lɛ. Efutu amɛwiemɔ lɛ ni “Yehowa gbɛ amɛ eshwa kɛjɛ jɛmɛ kɛtee shikpɔŋ lɛ fɛɛ nɔ” shi eŋmɛ gbɛ ni Babilon diɛŋtsɛ hi shi.—1 Mose 9:1; 10:8-12; 11:1-9.
Maŋkwramɔŋ Hewalɛi Pue
17. Yɛ be mli ni adesai ayi faa lɛ, mɛɛ adesai aweku lɛ gbɛjianɔtoo ni ekpɔtɔ lɛ fa ko jie ehe kpo, ni yɛ enɛ hewɔ lɛ, mɛɛ maŋtsɛyelii wuji te shi?
17 Adesai akwasafoŋ gbɛjianɔtoi he nibii pue yɛ Babilon ni teɔ shi ewoɔ Yehowa jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ. Enɛɛmɛi ateŋ ekome ji maŋkwramɔ. Beni adesai ayifalɛ yaa hiɛ lɛ, gbɔmɛi krokomɛi ni taoɔ hiɛnyam nyiɛ Nimrod nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ sɛɛ ni amɛshɔ hewalɛ kɛjɛ mɛi adɛŋ. Gbɔmɔ je shishi akɛ eeeye enyɛmi gbɔmɔ nɔ koni ekɛye lɛ awui. (Jajelɔ 8:9) Yɛ Abraham gbii lɛ amli lɛ, akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, Sodom, Gomora, kɛ maji ni bɛŋkɛ jɛmɛ lɛ baje Shinear maŋtsɛmɛi kɛ mɛi ni jɛ shikpɔji ni yɔɔ shɔŋŋ lɛ ahewalɛ shishi. (1 Mose 14:1-4) Yɛ naagbee lɛ, tawuu kɛ gbɛjianɔtoo mli nilelɔi ŋɔ maŋtsɛyelii wuji amɛha amɛhe kɛha amɛninamɔ kɛ anunyam. Biblia lɛ wieɔ maji nɛɛ ekomɛi ni fata he lɛ ahe akɛ amɛji Mizraim, Ashur, Babilon, Media kɛ Pershia, Hela kɛ Roma.
18. (a) Mɛɛ su ji nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ webii hiɛ yɛ maŋkwramɔŋ nɔyelɔi ahe? (b) Maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛi lɛ etsu Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoo he nii yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (d) Nɔyelɔi pii ejie amɛhe kpo akɛ amɛji Onufu lɛ seshi lɛ fa yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
18 Yehowa ŋmɛ gbɛ koni nakai maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛi lɛ ahi shi, ni ewebii lɛ kɛ toiboo ni husu yɔɔ mli haa amɛ yɛ be mli ni amɛhiɔ shikpɔji ni yɔɔ amɛhewalɛ shishi lɛ anɔ lɛ. (Romabii 13:1, 2) Yɛ bei komɛi amli lɛ, maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛi lɛ po tsuɔ nii ni amɛhaa Nyɔŋmɔ yiŋtoi shwereɔ, aloo akɛ mɛi ni buɔ ewebii ahe. (Ezra 1:1-4; 7:12-26; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 25:11, 12; Kpojiemɔ 12:15, 16) Ni kɛlɛ, maŋkwramɔŋ nɔyelɔi pii ete shi ewo anɔkwale jamɔ waa, ni amɛjie amɛhe kpo akɛ Onufu lɛ seshi lɛ fa.—1 Yohane 5:19.
19. Atsɔɔ bɔ ni jeŋ hewalɛi lɛ ji yɛ Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
19 Adesa nɔyeli nine enyɛ shi yɛ gbɛ ni yɔɔ mɔbɔ nɔ ni enyɛɛɛ ni ekɛ miishɛɛ abaha adesai aloo ni eeena amɛhaomɔi lɛ anaa tsabaa yɛ gbɛ ko nɔ. Yehowa eŋmɛ adesai agbɛ koni amɛka nɔyelii sɔrɔtoi fɛɛ amɛkwɛ, shi ekpɛlɛɛɛ fitemɔ aloo gbɛ ni nɔyelii lɛ eye gbɔmɛi anɔ yɛ gbɛ ni ehiii nɔ lɛ nɔ. (Abɛi 22:22, 23) Kpojiemɔ feɔ jeŋ hewalɛi ni nyɛɔ mɛi anɔ lɛ he mfoniri akɛ amɛtamɔ kooloo ko ni he yɔɔ gbeyei ni woɔ ehe nɔ.—Kpojiemɔ 13:1, 2.
Pɛsɛmkunya Jarayelɔi Gbohii
20, 21. Mɛɛ kuu ni ji enyɔ esa akɛ akɛ amɛ afata “asafoiatsɛmɛi” lɛ kɛ “hewalɔi” lɛ ahe akɛ amɛfata Satan yiwalɛ seshi lɛ he, ni mɛni hewɔ?
20 Mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe ekpɛtɛ maŋkwramɔŋ hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ ahe kpaakpa ni abayoo amɛ ji guɔyelɔi ni yeee anɔkwale. Nibii ni atsa shi ana yɛ blema Babilon ni etsɔ amaŋfɔ lɛ mli lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ jarayeli mli nitsumɔi ni shishiuɔ amɛnanemɛi gbɔmɛi yɛ gbɛi sɔrɔtoi anɔ lɛ fa babaoo yɛ nakai blema bei lɛ amli. Je lɛŋ jarayelɔi etee nɔ amɛtsu nii kɛha pɛsɛmkunya sɛɛnamɔ kɛbashi ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ bei nɛɛ amli, ni maji pii yɛ ni amɛteŋ mɛi saŋŋ etsɔmɔ niiatsɛmɛi yɛ be mli ni gbɔmɛi lɛ ateŋ mɛi ni fa moŋ lɛ tswiaa shi yɛ ohia mli. Jarayelɔi kɛ guɔyeli nibii afeelɔi ena shika babaoo yɛ nɛkɛ yinɔ ni nilee ni akɛfeɔ nibii etee hiɛ waa nɛɛ mli kɛtsɔ tawuu nibii ni yɔɔ gbeyei ni kpataa nii ahiɛ ni amɛfeɔ amɛhaa maŋkwralɔi ni abuaa naa babaoo, ni tawuu nibii ni kpataa nii babaoo hiɛ ni amrɔ nɛɛ eha mɛi ehao waa fata he lɛ nɔ. Esa akɛ akɛ nɛkɛ nitsumɔtsɛmɛi hiɛjoolɔi kpanakpanaa nɛɛ kɛ mɛi krokomɛi ni tamɔ amɛ lɛ afata “asafoiatsɛmɛi” kɛ “hewalɔi” lɛ ahe akɛ amɛfata Satan yiwalɛ seshi lɛ he. Amɛ fɛɛ ji shikpɔŋ nɔ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ Kristo kojoɔ amɛ akɛ amɛsa hiɛkpatamɔ lɛ fa.—Kpojiemɔ 19:18.
21 Nɔ ni esa akɛ akɛfata maŋkwramɔ ni ekpɔtɔ lɛ kɛ jarayeli hiɛjoomɔ lɛ he ji adesai aweku lɛ fa ko ni gbeɔ yi feɔ etɛ ni sa Nyɔŋmɔ fɔbuu kojomɔ. Mɛni ji no? Nɔ ni Kpojiemɔ kɛɔ yɛ nɛkɛ jeŋ muu fɛɛ gbɛjianɔtoo ni ale lɛ jogbaŋŋ nɛɛ he lɛ baaha onaa akpɛ ohe.
Babilon Kpeteŋkpele Lɛ
22. Mɛɛ jamɔ nɛkɛ je shishi yɛ blema Babilon?
22 Shishijee Babilon maŋ lɛ too fe maŋkwramɔŋ nitsumɔ ko kɛkɛ. Akɛni ato maŋ lɛ ni akɛte shi awo Yehowa jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛyeli hewɔ lɛ, ekɔɔ jamɔ he. Lɛlɛŋ akɛ, blema Babilon bafee wɔŋjamɔ aloo amaga jamɔ shikwɛɛ he. Esɔfoi loo ekɔmfoi lɛ tsɔɔ tsɔɔmɔi ni gbeɔ Nyɔŋmɔ he guɔ, tamɔ adesa susuma lɛ ni hiɔ shi yɛ gbele sɛɛ, ni akɛ yɛ no sɛɛ hu lɛ, naanɔ piŋmɔ he ni yɔɔ gbeyei ni daimonioi kwɛɔ jɛmɛ hu yɛ yɛ gbele sɛɛ. Amɛha bɔɔ nii kɛ agbɛnɛ nyɔŋmɔi kɛ nyɔŋmɔyei babaoo jamɔ shwere. Amɛtã adesai koni amɛkɛtsɔɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ kɛ gbɔmɔ ni yɔɔ nɔ lɛ shishijee ni amɛfee jamɔ mli kusum nibii sɔrɔtoi ni amɛsha afɔlei ni baa gbɔmɔ shi amɛha, kɛ yiŋtoo akɛ no baaha afɔ bii babaoo ni shikpɔŋ nɔ yibii babaoo hu aba, ni aye kunim yɛ tawuu mli.
23. (a) Yɛ be mli ni amɛjɛɔ Babilon amɛgbɛɔ amɛshwaa lɛ, mɛni gbɔmɛi lɛ kɛfata amɛhe kɛtee, ni mɛni jɛ mli ba? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛi Kpojiemɔ kɛtsɛɔ apasa jamɔ maŋtsɛyeli ko ni ekpele jeŋ muu fɛɛ lɛ? (d) Apasa jamɔ ewuu eshi mɛni yɛ be fɛɛ mli?
23 Yɛ be mli ni wiemɔi sɔrɔtoi ni efee kui lɛ gbɛɔ shwaa kɛjɛɔ Babilon kɛyaa shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ, amɛkɛ amɛ Babilon jamɔ lɛ fata amɛhe kɛtee. No hewɔ lɛ, kusum nifeemɔi kɛ hemɔkɛyelii ni tamɔ blema Babilon nɔ lɛ tee nɔ eshwere yɛ shikwɛɛbii ni hi Europa, Afrika kɛ Amerika kɛ Boka Gbɛ Shɔŋŋ kɛ Ŋshɔŋ Gbɛ maji lɛ anɔ lɛ ateŋ; ni nɛkɛ hemɔkɛyelii nɛɛ ekomɛi yɛ lolo kɛbashi ŋmɛnɛ. Belɛ esa jogbaŋŋ akɛ Kpojiemɔ aaawie jeŋ fɛɛ apasa jamɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he akɛ maŋ ni atsɛɔ lɛ Babilon Kpeteŋkpele. (Kpojiemɔ yitsei 17, 18) He fɛɛ he ni aaatɛo apasa jamɔ yɛ lɛ, ekwɛ̃ɔ ni ewoɔ osɔfoyeli ko ni yi wa, apasa hemɔkɛyeli, kɛ nilee ni abɛ kɛ jeŋba shara. Efee dɛŋdade ko ni he wa waa yɛ Satan dɛ. Babilon Kpeteŋkpele lɛ ewuu waa eshi Jeŋ Muu Fɛɛ Nuŋtsɔ Yehowa anɔkwale jamɔ lɛ.
24. (a) Onufu lɛ nyɛ etswa yoo lɛ Seshi lɛ “nanetsitsi nɔ” yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Mɛni hewɔ atsɔɔ yoo lɛ seshi lɛ nɔtswaa lɛ mli akɛ nanetsitsi pilamɔ pɛ lɛ?
24 Akɛ Onufu lɛ seshi lɛ fa ni ahiɔ amɛ fe fɛɛ lɛ, woloŋmalɔi lɛ kɛ Farisifoi lɛ ni hi shi yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli Yuda jamɔ mli lɛ nyiɛ yiwaa ni akɛba yoo lɛ seshi lɛ najiaŋdamɔlɔ titri lɛ nɔ kɛ agbɛnɛ yɛ naagbee lɛ gbe ni agbe lɛ lɛ hiɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, Onufu lɛ nyɛ ‘etswa [“seshi”] lɛ nanetsitsi nɔ.’ (1 Mose 3:15; Yohane 8:39-44; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 3:12, 15) Mɛni hewɔ awie enɛ he akɛ nanetsitsi pilamɔ kɛkɛ lɛ? No ji akɛ nɛkɛ pilamɔ nɛɛ sa ehe yɛ be kukuoo ko pɛ mli yɛ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ. Ejeee nɔ ni hi shi kɛtee naanɔ ejaakɛ Yehowa tee Yesu shi yɛ gbi ni ji etɛ lɛ nɔ, ni ewo enɔ kɛtee mumɔŋ wala mli.—Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:32, 33; 1 Petro 3:18.
25. (a) Yesu ni awo ehiɛ nyam lɛ ete shi ewo Satan kɛ ebɔfoi lɛ po momo yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Mɛɛ be mli abaajie Satan shikpɔŋ nɔ seshi lɛ kɛya? (d) Kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ yoo lɛ Seshi lɛ tswa Satan, onufu lɛ “yitso” nɔ lɛ, mɛni no baatsɔɔ?
25 Agbɛnɛ Yesu Kristo ni awo ehiɛ nyam lɛ miisɔmɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ninejurɔ nɔ, eekojo Yehowa henyɛlɔi lɛ. Efee nii eshi Satan kɛ ebɔfoi lɛ momo po, eshwie amɛ kɛjɛ ŋwɛi kɛba shikpɔŋ nɔ ni etsi amɛnitsumɔ lɛ naa ewo shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ—ni enɛ hewɔ ni haomɔi babaoo efa yɛ wɔbe nɛɛ mli lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 12:9, 12) Shi jiemɔ ni aaajie Satan shikpɔŋ nɔ seshi ni agba afɔ shi yɛ be mli ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ fɔbuu kojomɔ baa Babilon Kpeteŋkpele lɛ kɛ Satan gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ fai krokomɛi lɛ fɛɛ nɔ yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ hu yɛ ni baaba. Yɛ naagbee lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ yoo lɛ Seshi, Yesu Kristo, baatswa Satan, nakai blema onufu ni hiɛ etɛ lɛ “yitso nɔ,” ni no baatsɔɔ ehiɛkpatamɔ kwraa kɛ jiemɔ ni aaajie lɛ kwraa kɛaajɛ adesai asaji fɛɛ mli.—Romabii 16:20.
26. Mɛni hewɔ ehe hiaa waa akɛ wɔɔpɛi gbalɛ ni yɔɔ Kpojiemɔ lɛ mli lɛ?
26 Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ baatsɔ aba yɛ? No ji nɔ ni ajie lɛ kpo aha wɔ yɛ Biblia mli wolo ni ji Kpojiemɔ lɛ mli lɛ. Ajie lɛ kpo atsɔɔ wɔ yɛ ninai sɔrɔtoi, ni akɛ okadii sɔrɔtoi ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ tsɔɔ mli lɛ amli. Ha ni wɔkɛ hehiamɔ atao nɛkɛ gbalɛ ni mli wa nɛɛ mli. Miishɛɛ lɛlɛŋ ji wɔ nɔ̃ kɛji akɛ wɔnu ni wɔkɛ Kpojiemɔ mli wiemɔi lɛ tsu nii! Yɛ nakai feemɔ mli lɛ, wɔbaana gbɛfaŋnɔ yɛ Jeŋ Muu Fɛɛ Nuŋtsɔ Yehowa gbɛi lɛ hiɛ nyam ni awoɔ lɛ mli, ni wɔnine baashɛ enaanɔ jɔɔmɔi anɔ. Ofainɛ yaa nɔ okane ni okɛ nɔ ni okaneɔ lɛ atsu nii yɛ nilee mli. Ebaanyɛ etsɔɔ oyiwalaheremɔ yɛ adesa yinɔsane be ni eshɛ naagbee nɛɛ mli.
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Blema niŋmaai ni kɔɔ nitsumɔ mli saji ahe
Wolo ni ji Ancient Near Eastern Texts ni James B. Pritchard ŋma lɛ eto mlai aaafee 300 ni Hammurabi bua naa yɛ Babilon bei amli lɛ naa. Enɛɛmɛi tsɔɔ akɛ ehe bahia ni awie ashi anɔkwale ni ayeee ni egbɛ eshwa babaoo yɛ jarayeli je lɛ ni yɔɔ nakai gbii lɛ amli lɛ. Kɛ wɔɔŋɔ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ kome lɛ: “Kɛji akɛ nuŋtsɔ loo ablade ko ehe loo enine eshɛ jwiɛtɛi loo shika aloo tsulɔ nuu loo tsulɔ yoo loo tsina loo too loo teji ko nɔ ni ehe aloo akɛha lɛ ni ekɛto ni ena enɛ kɛjɛ ablade loo nuŋtsɔ lɛ bii loo nuŋtsɔ loo ablade lɛ nyɔŋ ko dɛŋ ni odasefoi bɛ he ni gbeekpamɔ bɛ he lɛ, akɛni nuŋtsɔ loo ablade lɛ ji julɔ hewɔ lɛ, esa akɛ agbe lɛ.”