Nyɛnyiɛa yɛ Yehowa Gbeyeishemɔ Mli
“Ni [asafo lɛ] enyiɛɔ yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ [Yehowa] gbeyeishemɔ mli, ni ekɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ miishɛjemɔ lɛ shwereɔ.”—BƆFOI LƐ ASAJI 9:31.
1, 2. (a) Mɛni ba yɛ be mli ni Kristofoi asafo lɛ bote toiŋjɔlɛ be mli lɛ? (b) Eyɛ mli akɛ Yehowa ŋmɛɔ yiwaa gbɛ moŋ, shi mɛɛ nɔ kroko hu efeɔ?
KASELƆ ko kɛ kaa ni mli wa miikpe. Ani ebaahiɛ emuuyeli mli eha Nyɔŋmɔ? Hɛɛ, ebaafee nakai! Enyiɛ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyeishemɔ mli, kɛ bulɛ ni mli kwɔ kɛha e-Feelɔ lɛ, ni ebaagbo akɛ Yehowa odasefonyo anɔkwafo.
2 Nakai emuuyeli mli hiɛlɔ ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei lɛ ji Stefano, “nuu ko ni hemɔkɛyeli kɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ eyi lɛ obɔ” lɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 6:5) Egbele lɛ kɛ yiwaa kpele ba, shi yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, asafo ni yɔɔ Yudea, Galilea, kɛ Samaria lɛ bote toiŋjɔlɛ be ko mli ni atswa amɛ ama shi yɛ mumɔŋ. Kɛfata he lɛ, “enyiɛɔ yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ [Yehowa] gbeyeishemɔ mli, ni ekɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ miishɛjemɔ lɛ shwereɔ.” (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 9:31) Akɛ Yehowa Odasefoi ni wɔyɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ, wɔbaanyɛ wɔna nɔmimaa akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ baajɔɔ wɔ ekɔɔɔ he eko kɛji akɛ wɔyɛ toiŋjɔlɛ loo wɔkɛ yiwaa miikpe, taakɛ atsɔɔ mli yɛ Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji yitso 6 kɛyashi 12 lɛ. No hewɔ lɛ nyɛhaa wɔnyiɛa yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyeishemɔ ni bulɛ yɔɔ mli lɛ mli yɛ be mli ni awaa wɔ yi lɛ aloo wɔkɛ hejɔlɛ fioo ni wɔnaa yɛ yiwaa sɛɛ lɛ atsua nii kɛhaa mumɔŋ hiɛyaa kɛ sɔɔmɔ babaoo ni wɔkɛaaha lɛ.—5 Mose 32:11, 12; 33:27.
Anɔkwa ni Aaaye Kɛyashi Naagbee
3. Mɛɛ naagba aye nɔ kunim yɛ Yerusalem, ni yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
3 Kɛji akɛ naagbai baate shi yɛ toiŋjɔlɛ bei amli po lɛ, gbɛjianɔtoo kpakpa baanyɛ eye ebua ni ana naa. (6:1-7) Yudafoi ni wieɔ Hela wiemɔ ni yɔɔ Yerusalem lɛ babɔ amaniɛ akɛ akuɔ hiɛ ashwieɔ amɛ okulafoi lɛ anɔ yɛ daa gbi niyenii lɛ jaa mli ni ‘ahaa Yudafoi heyelilɔi ni wieɔ Hebri lɛ pɛ. Shi anyɛ ana nɛkɛ naagba nɛɛ naa yɛ be mli ni bɔfoi lɛ hala hii kpawo koni amɛkwɛ “nitsumɔ ni he hiaa” nɛɛ nɔ lɛ. Amɛteŋ mɔ kome ji Stefano.
4. Mɛni Stefano fee yɛ amale naafolɔmɔi ni akɛshwie enɔ lɛ he?
4 Shi, etsɛɛɛ kɛkɛ ni Stefano ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei lɛ kɛ kaa kpe. (6:8-15) Kɛkɛ ni hii komɛi te shi amɛwo Stefano. Amɛteŋ mɛi komɛi jɛ “kpeehe ni atsɛɔ akɛ Libertinomɛi,” ni ekolɛ amɛji Yudafoi ni Romabii lɛ mɔmɔ amɛ ni sɛɛ mli lɛ amɛŋmɛɛ amɛhe aloo nyɔji ni batsɔmɔ Yudafoi ni atsake amɛ kɛba Kristo jamɔ mli yɛ be mli ni aŋmɛɛ amɛhe lɛ sɛɛ. Akɛni amɛnyɛɛɛ nilee kɛ mumɔ ni Stefano kɛwie lɛ naa amɛdamɔ hewɔ lɛ, ehenyɛlɔi lɛ mɔ lɛ kɛtee Sanhedrin lɛ hiɛ. Jɛmɛ ni amale odasefoi kɛɛ akɛ: ‘Wɔnu ni nɛkɛ nuu nɛɛ miikɛɛ akɛ Yesu baakpata sɔlemɔ we lɛ hiɛ ni eeetsake gbɛnai ni Mose kɛha wɔ lɛ.’ Ni kɛlɛ, mɛi ni teɔ shi woɔ lɛ nɛɛ na akɛ Stefano jeee efɔŋfeelɔ, shi moŋ eyɛ hejɔlɛ su ko tamɔ ŋwɛibɔfo, Nyɔŋmɔ tsulɔ ni yɔɔ nɔmimaa akɛ efiɔ esɛɛ. Kwɛ bɔ ni ehiɛ yɔɔ sɔrɔto yɛ amɛhiɛaŋ ni eyimɔ kɛ nɔ fɔŋ feemɔ akɛni amɛŋmɛɔ amɛhe amɛhaa Satan lɛ hewɔ!
5. Mɛɛ saji otii Stefano wie yɛ be mli ni eyeɔ odase lɛ?
5 Beni Osɔfonukpa Kaiafa bibii lɛ saji lɛ, Stefano kɛ ekaa ye lɛ odase. (7:1-53) Bɔni eti Israelbii lɛ ayinɔsane mli lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ to eyiŋ akɛ ekɛ Mla lɛ kɛ sɔlemɔtsu mli sɔɔmɔ lɛ baafɔ afa kɛ Mesia lɛ ba. Stefano tsɔɔ mli hu akɛ Israelbii lɛ kpoo Mose, kpɔlɔ ni Yudafoi lɛ ateŋ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ kɛɔ akɛ ewoɔ lɛ lɛ, taakɛ bɔ ni amrɔ nɛɛ amɛkplɛɛɛ Mɔ ni kɛ kpɔmɔ kpele baa lɛ nɔ lɛ. Stefano tsɔ kɛɛmɔ ni ekɛɛ amɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ehiii tsui ni akɛ niji mamɔ mli lɛ nɔ lɛ etsɔɔ akɛ sɔlemɔ we lɛ kɛ jamɔ gbɛjianɔtoo ni yɔɔ mli lɛ fɛɛ baaho aya. Shi akɛni mɛi ni kojoɔ lɛ lɛ sheee Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei ni amɛsumɔɔɔ ni amɛfee esuɔmɔnaa nii hewɔ lɛ, Stefano kɛɛ: ‘Nyɛ kuɛŋtilɔi, nyɛ lɛ daa nɛɛ nyɛkuɔ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ naa. Gbalɔi lɛ ateŋ namɔ ni nyɛtsɛmɛi lɛ wako lɛ yi da? Amɛgbe mɛi ni gba yɛ jalɔ lɛ baa lɛ hewɔ lɛ, mɔ hu ni agbɛnɛ nyɛtsɔmɔ esɛɛgbɛtsɔɔlɔi kɛ awuiyelɔi lɛ.’
6. (a) Dani ebaagbo lɛ, mɛɛ niiashikpamɔ ni woɔ mɔ hemɔkɛyeli hewalɛ Stefano na? (b) Mɛni hewɔ Stefano baanyɛ akɛɛ yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ akɛ: “Nuŋtsɔ Yesu, heremɔ mimumɔ lɛ”?
6 Stefano wiemɔ ni gbeyeishemɔ bɛ mli nɛɛ ha amɛgbe lɛ. (7:54-60) Kojolɔi lɛ amli fu waa yɛ bɔ ni ekpa amɛfɔyeli yɛ Yesu gbele hewɔ lɛ he mama lɛ. Shi kwɛ bɔ ni awo Stefano hemɔkɛyeli hewalɛ aha yɛ be mli ni ‘ekwɛ ŋwɛi ni ena Nyɔŋmɔ anunyam lɛ kɛ Yesu ni damɔ E-ninejurɔ nɔ lɛ’! Agbɛnɛ Stefano baanyɛ ekɛ ehenyɛlɔi lɛ akpe kɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ akɛ efee Nyɔŋmɔ suɔmɔnaa nii. Eyɛ mli akɛ Yehowa Odasefoi enaaa ninaai moŋ, shi wɔbaanyɛ wɔna dioofeemɔ ni tamɔ nɔ ni jɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ lɛ yɛ be mli awaa wɔ yi lɛ. Beni Stefano henyɛlɔi lɛ kɛ lɛ je kpo kɛtee Yerusalem maŋ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, amɛbɔi lɛ tɛi tswiamɔ, ni ekpa fai akɛ: “Nuŋtsɔ Yesu, heremɔ mimumɔ lɛ!” Enɛ ja ejaakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ hewalɛ eha Yesu koni etee mɛi krokomɛi ashi kɛba wala mli. (Yohane 5:26; 6:40; 11:25, 26) Ni Stefano kula shi, ni ebo waa akɛ: “Nuŋtsɔ [Yehowa], kaaŋɔ nɛkɛ esha nɛɛ oŋmɛ amɛnɔ!” Kɛkɛ ni ewɔ yɛ gbele mli akɛ la odasefonyo, taakɛ Yesu sɛɛnyiɛlɔi babaoo efee kɛjɛ nakai be lɛ mli kɛbaa, yɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ po lɛ.
Yiwaa ha Sanekpakpa lɛ Gbɛ Eshwa
7. Mɛni jɛ yiwaa lɛ mli ba?
7 Nɔ ni jɛ Stefano gbele mli ba diɛŋtsɛ ji sanekpakpa lɛ ni gbɛ eshwa. (8:1-4) Yiwaa ha kaselɔi lɛ fɛɛ gbɛ amɛshwa Yudea kɛ Samaria fɛɛ ja bɔfoi lɛ pɛ. Saul, mɔ ni kpɛlɛ nɔ ni agbe Stefano lɛ tutua asafo lɛ tamɔ kooloo, ni etutuaa mɛi kɛjɛɔ shia kome kɛyaa shia kroko koni eyagbala Yesu sɛɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ ni ayawo amɛ tsuŋ. Shi yɛ be mli ni kaselɔi ni egbɛ eshwa lɛ yaa nɔ amɛshiɛɔ lɛ, Satan yiŋtoo akɛ ebaatsi Maŋtsɛyeli jajelɔi ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei lɛ anaa kɛtsɔ yiwaa nɔ lɛ fee efolo. Ŋmɛnɛ hu, yɛ bei babaoo mli lɛ yiwaa haa sanekpakpa lɛ gbɛɔ eshwaa aloo egbalaa jwɛŋmɔ kɛbaa Maŋtsɛyeli-shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ nɔ.
8. (a) Mɛni ba yɛ shiɛmɔ ni ayashiɛ yɛ Samarai lɛ hewɔ? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Petro kɛ samfele ni ji enyɔ ni Yesu kɛwo edɛŋ lɛ tsu nii yɛ?
8 Sanekpakpajajelɔ Filipo tee Samaria “ni eyajaje Kristo he sane etsɔɔ amɛ.” (8:5-26) Ana miishɛɛ babaoo yɛ nakai maŋ lɛ mli yɛ be mli ni ashiɛɔ sanekpakpa lɛ, ni afamɔ mumɔi ni he tseee, ni atsatsaa mɛi. Bɔfoi ni yɔɔ Yerusalem lɛ tsa Petro kɛ Yohane kɛtee Samaria, ni beni amɛsɔle ni amɛkɛ amɛniji shwie mɛi ni abaptisi amɛ lɛ anɔ lɛ, kaselɔi heei lɛ na mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ. Tsutsu ashwaifeelɔ Simon ni abaptisi lɛ etsɛko tsɔ lɛ bɔ mɔdɛŋ akɛ ekɛ shika baahe hegbɛ nɛɛ eko, shi Petro kɛɛ lɛ akɛ: ‘Okɛ oshika lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ akpata. Ejaakɛ otsui ejaaa yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ.’ Akɛni akɛɛ lɛ ni etsake etsui ni ekpa Yehowa fai kɛha eshaifaa hewɔ lɛ, ekɛɛ bɔfoi lɛ ni amɛsɔle amɛha lɛ. Esa akɛ enɛ atsirɛ mɛi fɛɛ ni sheɔ Yehowa gbeyei ŋmɛnɛ lɛ ni amɛsɔle amɛbi Nyɔŋmɔ yelikɛbuamɔ ni amɛkɛbu amɛtsuii ahe. (Abɛi 4:23) (Nɛkɛ nifeemɔ nɛɛ mli ajɛ ni ana wiemɔ “simony,” ni ji “jamɔ mli hegbɛ loo sɔlemɔ mli gbɛhenamɔ ni akɛ shika heɔ loo ahɔɔ.”) Petro kɛ Yohane ye odase yɛ Samariabii akrowai babaoo amli. Enɛ hewɔ lɛ, Petro kɛ samfele ni ji enyɔ ni Yesu kɛha lɛ lɛ tsu nii ni ekɛgbele nilee kɛ hegbɛ shinaa lɛ koni amɛbote ŋwɛi Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli.—Mateo 16:19.
9. Namɔ ji Etiopianyo ni Filipo ye lɛ odase lɛ, ni mɛni hewɔ anyɛ abaptisi nuu nɛɛ lɛ?
9 Kɛkɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ bɔfo lɛ ha Filipo nitsumɔ hee. (8:26-40) “Piafonyo” ko, ni eji Etiopiabii amaŋnyɛ Kandake jwetrii lɛ anɔkwɛlɔ lɛ ta okpɔŋɔ kɛ shwiili mli kɛnyiɛ gbɛ ni jɛɔ Yerusalem kɛyaa Gaza lɛ nɔ. Ejeee mɔ ko ni asa lɛ, ni no hewɔ lɛ ebɛ hegbɛ yɛ Yudafoi asafo lɛ mli, shi moŋ etee Yerusalem koni eyaja Nyɔŋmɔ yɛ jɛmɛ akɛ mɔ ni etsake ebatsɔ Kristofonyo ni afo lɛ ketia. (5 Mose 23:1) Filipo na akɛ piafonyo lɛ miikane Yesaia wolo lɛ. Ni afɔ lɛ nine kɛbakwɔ shwiili lɛ, Filipo tsɔɔ lɛ Yesaia gbalɛ lɛ mli ni “ejaje Yesu he sanekpakpa lɛ etsɔɔ lɛ.” (Yesaia 53:7, 8) No sɛɛ etsɛɛɛ kɛkɛ ni Etiopianyo lɛ kɛɛ: “Naa nu; mɛni tsiɔ mibaptisimɔ gbɛ?” Nɔ ko etsiii lɛ gbɛ, akɛni ele Nyɔŋmɔ he sane ni agbɛnɛ ena hemɔkɛyeli yɛ Yesu mli lɛ hewɔ. No hewɔ lɛ Filipo baptisi Etiopianyo lɛ, ni eyi gbɛ etee kɛ nyamɔ. Ani nɔ ko yɛ ni tsiɔ obaptisimɔ naa?
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10, 11. Mɛni ba Saul ni jɛ Tarso lɛ nɔ yɛ beni enyiɛ gbɛ kɛyaa Damasko lɛ kɛ no sɛɛ etsɛɛɛ?
10 Yɛ nakai beaŋ lɛ, Saul miitao ni eha Yesu sɛɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ aŋmɛɛ amɛhemɔkɛyeli lɛ he kɛtsɔ tsuŋwoo loo gbele hegbeyeiwoo ni ekaba amɛnɔ lɛ nɔ. (9:1-18a) Osɔfonukpa lɛ (ekolɛ eeenyɛ efee Kaiafa) ha lɛ woji ni ekɛya kpee hei lɛ yɛ Damasko ni efa lɛ koni eyafimɔ hii kɛ yei fɛɛ ni fata “nɛkɛ tsɔɔmɔ nɛɛ” he, aloo amɛshihilɛ gbɛ damɔ Kristo nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ kɛba Yerusalem. Shi aaafee shwane fintiŋŋ mli, beni ebɛŋkɛ Damasko lɛ, la ko kpɛ kɛjɛ ŋwɛi ni gbee ko bi lɛ akɛ: “Saul, Saul, mɛɛba owaa mi yi?” Mɛi ni fata Saul he lɛ “miinu gbee lɛ,” shi amɛnuuu nɔ ni ewieɔ lɛ shishi. (Okɛto Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 22:6, 9 he.) Yesu ni awo ehiɛ nyam lɛ he kpo ni ejie fioo nɛɛ fa bɔ ni sa akɛ eha Saul hiŋmɛi shwila. Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ kaselɔ Anania tsu nii ni eha ena nii ekoŋŋ.
11 Yɛ ebaptisimɔ sɛɛ lɛ, nɛkɛ tsutsu yiwalɔ nɛɛ batsɔ mɔ ni awaa lɛ yi. (9:18b-25) Yudafoi ni yɔɔ Damasko lɛ miitao ni amɛkpata Saul hiɛ. Shi, maŋkɛ mli lɛ, kaselɔi lɛ shiu lɛ kɛtsɔ fɔlɔ ni agbu yɛ gbogbo lɛ mli lɛ mli, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ yɛ kɛntɛŋ ko ni akɛ kpaai loo taŋkpee elo mli. (2 Korintobii 11:32, 33) Ekolɛ nakai fɔlɔ lɛ baanyɛ afee samfɛlɛ ko ni agbu yɛ gbogbo lɛ mli yɛ kaselɔi lɛ eko shia. Enɛ jeee gbeyei ni esheɔ akɛ eeeje ehenyɛlɔi lɛ adɛŋ ni eya nɔ eshiɛ.
12. (a) Mɛni ba Saul nɔ yɛ Yerusalem? (b) Te asafo lɛ tee nɔ eha tɛŋŋ?
12 Beni amɛyɔɔ Yerusalem lɛ, Barnaba ye ebua kaselɔi lɛ ni amɛkpɛlɛ Saul nɔ akɛ heyelilɔ. (9:26-31) Jɛmɛ ni Saul kɛ Yudafoi ni wieɔ Hela, ni amɛ hu amɛtaoɔ ni amɛkpata ehiɛ lɛ tao saji anaa kɛ ekaa yɛ. Ni nyɛmimɛi lɛ yoo enɛ lɛ, amɛkɛ lɛ tee Kaisarea ni amɛha etee Tarso, yɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emaŋ yɛ Silikia. Kɛkɛ ni asafoi ni yɔɔ Yudea, Galilea, kɛ Samaria niiaŋ fɛɛ lɛ ‘na hejɔlɛ . . . ni amɛnane mɔ shi’ yɛ mumɔŋ. Yɛ be mli ni ‘amɛnyiɛɔ yɛ Yehowa gbeyeishemɔ kɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ miishɛjemɔ mli lɛ, amɛtee nɔ amɛshwere babaoo.’ Mɛɛ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ fɛfɛo enɛ ji kɛha asafoi fɛɛ nɛkɛ kɛji amɛaana Yehowa jɔɔmɔi!
Jeŋmajiaŋbii Batsɔmɔ Heyelilɔi!
13. Mɛɛ naakpɛɛ nii Nyɔŋmɔ ye bua Petro ni efee yɛ Lida kɛ Yopa?
13 Petro hu miitsu nii waa. (9:32-43) Beni eyɔɔ Lida (amrɔ nɛɛ Lod) yɛ Sharon Ŋa Kplanaa lɛ nɔ lɛ, etsa Ainea ni yeɔ kuumɔ hela lɛ. Nɛkɛ tsamɔ nɛɛ ha mɛi babaoo tsake kɛba Nuŋtsɔ lɛ masɛi. Yɛ Yopa lɛ, hela bamɔ kaselɔ Tabita (Dorka) ni asumɔɔ lɛ waa lɛ hu ni egbo. Beni Petro shɛ jɛmɛ lɛ, yei okulafoi ni miifo lɛ kɛ atadei ni Dorka kpɛ ni ekolɛ amɛwoɔ lolo po lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ. Ekɛ Dorka saa ba wala mli ekoŋŋ, ni beni enɛ he sane gbɛ eshwa lɛ, mɛi babaoo batsɔmɔ heyelilɔi. Beni Petro yɔɔ Yopa lɛ, ekɛ Simon wolokpɔlɔ lɛ, ni shia bɛŋkɛ ŋshɔ lɛ naa lɛ hi shi. Wolokpɔlɔi kɛ kooloi awele lɛ woɔ ŋshɔ nu mli ni amɛkɛ abonua woɔ lɛ dani aŋmalaa tsɔi lɛ yɛ sɛɛ. No sɛɛ lɛ akɛ tsei komɛi amli nu woɔ wele lɛ ni atsakeɔ lɛ afeɔ lɛ kooloo he wolo.
14. (a) Namɔ ji Kornelio? (b) Mɛni ji anɔkwalei komɛi ni kɔɔ Kornelio sɔlemɔi ahe?
14 Yɛ nakai be lɛ mli (afi 36 Ŋ.B.) lɛ, shweremɔ ko ni sa kadimɔ miiya nɔ yɛ he kroko. (10:1-8) Jeŋmajiaŋnyo Kornelio ni ejɔɔ ehe nɔ, ni eji Roma asraafoiatsɛ ni kwɛɔ mɛi aaashɛ oha nɔ lɛ yɛ Kaisarea. Lɛ ekwɛɔ “Italia asraafoi,” ni ekolɛ no mli lɛ amɛji mɛi heei ni ahe kɛjɛ Romabii lɛ kɛ mɛi ni eye amɛhe yɛ Italia lɛ ateŋ lɛ nɔ. Eyɛ mli akɛ Kornelio sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei moŋ, shi ejeee Yudanyo ni etsake ebatsɔ Kristofonyo. Ŋwɛibɔfo ko kɛɛ lɛ yɛ ninaa mli akɛ esɔlemɔi lɛ “eshɛ ŋwɛi ni ebafee kaimɔ nɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ.” Eyɛ mli akɛ nakai be mli lɛ Kornelio ejɔko ehe nɔ ehako Yehowa moŋ, shi ena hetoo eha esɔlemɔ lɛ. Shi etsu ni ayatsɛ Petro kɛba, taakɛ bɔfo lɛ kɛɛ lɛ ni efee lɛ.
15. Mɛni ba yɛ be mli ni Petro sɔleɔ yɛ Simon shia lɛ yiteŋ lɛ?
15 Yɛ nakai be mli lɛ, Petro na ninaa ko yɛ be mli ni esɔleɔ yɛ Simon shia lɛ yiteŋ lɛ. (10:9-23) Efee tamɔ nɔ enyɔ enɔ, ni ena nɔ ko tamɔ mama agbo ko ni kooloi naji ejwɛjwɛtsɛmɛi, kɛ waamɔ nii, kɛ loofɔji fɛɛ ni he tseee eyi lɛ obɔ miikpeleke shi kɛmiijɛ ŋwɛi. Beni afa lɛ ni egbe amɛ ni eye lɛ, Petro kɛɛ akɛ eyeko nɔ ko ni he tseee da. Ni akɛɛ lɛ akɛ: “Nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ etsuu he lɛ, kaabulɛ akɛ yakayaka nɔ ko.” Ninaa nɛɛ hao Petro waa, shi enyiɛ mumɔ lɛ gbɛtsɔɔmɔ lɛ sɛɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, lɛ kɛ Yudafoi nyɛmimɛi hii ekpaa fata hii ni Kornelio tsu kɛba lɛ ahe kɛtee.—Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 11:12.
16, 17. (a) Mɛni Petro kɛɛ Kornelio kɛ mɛi ni ebabua amɛhe naa yɛ eshia lɛ? (b) Mɛni ba yɛ be mli ni Petro yaa nɔ ewieɔ lolo lɛ?
16 Agbɛnɛ eshwɛ fioo ni Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ateŋ klɛŋklɛŋbii lɛ baanu sanekpakpa lɛ. (10:24-43) Beni Petro kɛ ehefatalɔi lɛ yashɛ Kaisarea lɛ, no mli lɛ Kornelio kɛ ewekumɛi, kɛ enanemɛi ni bɛŋkɛ lɛ kpaakpa lɛ fɛɛ mikwɛ lɛ gbɛ. Ni Kornelio ho gbee Petro naji anaa, shi bɔfo lɛ kɛ heshibaa kpoo bulɛ ni tamɔ nɛkɛ. Ewie bɔ ni Yehowa kɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ kɛ hewalɛ fɔ Yesu mu akɛ Mesia lɛ ni etsɔɔ mli akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni naa hemɔkɛyeli yɛ emli lɛ naa eshaifaa.
17 Agbɛnɛ Yehowa fee nɔ ko. (10:44-48) Beni Petro ka he ewieɔ lolo lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ fɔse mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ eshwie nakai Jeŋmajiaŋbii heyelilɔi lɛ anɔ. Amrɔ nɔŋŋ kɛkɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ fɔ amɛ ni ekɛ mumɔ fɔ amɛ mu ni amɛwie maŋsɛɛ wiemɔi sɔrɔtoi ni amɛjie Nyɔŋmɔ yi. No hewɔ lɛ, abaptisi amɛ yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ yɛ Yesu Kristo gbɛi amli. Nɛkɛ ji bɔ ni eba lɛ ni Petro kɛ samfele ni ji etɛ lɛ tsu nii ni ekɛgbele nilee kɛ hegbɛ shinaa lɛ eha Jeŋmajiaŋbii ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei lɛ koni amɛbote ŋwɛi Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli.—Mateo 16:19.
18. Te nyɛmimɛi Yudafoi lɛ fee amɛnii amɛha tɛŋŋ yɛ be mli ni Petro tsɔɔ mli akɛ “abaptisi” Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ “yɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ mli lɛ”?
18 Sɛɛ mli lɛ, mɛi ni fiɔ ketiafoo sɛɛ lɛ te shi wo Petro yɛ Yerusalem. (11:1-18) Shi beni etsɔɔ bɔ ni “abaptisi” Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ “yɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ mli” lɛ, enyɛmimɛi Yudafoi lɛ fee dioo ni amɛwo Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ nyam amɛkɛɛ: “Belɛ jeŋmaji lɛ hu Nyɔŋmɔ eha amɛ tsuitsakemɔ ni akɛhere amɛyiwala.” Wɔ hu kɛ ajie Nyɔŋmɔ suɔmɔnaa nii kpo faŋŋ atsɔɔ wɔ lɛ, esa akɛ wɔbo toi.
Ato Jeŋmajiaŋbii Asafo Shishi
19. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ tsɔ ni abatsɛ kaselɔi lɛ akɛ Kristofoi lɛ?
19 Agbɛnɛ abato Jeŋmajiaŋbii aklɛŋklɛŋ asafo lɛ shishi. (11:19-26) Beni amanehulu ni ba Stefano nɔ lɛ ha kaselɔi lɛ gbɛ shwa lɛ, mɛi komɛi tee Antiokia, yɛ Siria maŋ ni ale jogbaŋŋ yɛ jamɔ ni he tseee kɛ jeŋba ni ekpɔtɔ hewɔ lɛ mli. Yɛ be mli ni amɛshiɛɔ sanekpakpa lɛ amɛtsɔɔ mɛi ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ ni wieɔ Hela wiemɔ lɛ, “Yehowa nine fata amɛhe,” ni mɛi pii batsɔmɔ heyelilɔi. Barnaba kɛ Saul tsɔɔ nii yɛ jɛmɛ afi, ni ‘Antiokia klɛŋklɛŋ akɛ ŋwɛi nɔkpɛlɛmɔ wo kaselɔi Iɛ agbɛi akɛ Kristofoi yɛ.’ Akɛni akɛ Hela wiemɔ khre·ma·tiʹzo ni atsɔɔ shishi akɛ “ŋwɛi nɔkpɛlɛmɔ” lɛ tsuɔ nii yɛ Ŋmalɛi lɛ amli be fɛɛ be kɛkɔɔ nibii ni jɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ lɛ ahe hewɔ lɛ, ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ Yehowa ha atsɛ amɛ nakai.
20. Mɛni Agabo gba, ni te Antiokia asafo lɛ fee amɛnii yɛ enɛ he amɛha tɛŋŋ?
20 Gbalɔi ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei hu jɛ Yerusalem amɛba Antiokia. (11:27-30) Amɛteŋ mɔ kome ji Agabo, ni tsɔɔ “yɛ mumɔ lɛ naa akɛ hɔmɔ kpeteŋkpele baaba jeŋ fɛɛ” lɛ. Nakai gbalɛ lɛ ba mli yɛ Roma maŋtsɛ Klaudio nɔyeli be mli (afii 41-54 Ŋ.B.), ni yinɔsaneŋmalɔ Josephus wieɔ nɛkɛ “hɔmɔ kpeteŋkpele” nɛɛ he. (Jewish Antiquities, XX, 51 [ii, 5]; XX, 101 [v, 2]) Akɛni suɔmɔ tsirɛ amɛ hewɔ lɛ, Antiokia asafo lɛ kɛ yelikɛbuamɔ maje kɛyaha nyɛmimɛi ni efi amɛ yɛ Yudea lɛ.—Yohane 13:35.
Yiwaa ni Yeee Omanye
21. Mɛni Herode Agripa I fee eshi Petro, shi mɛni jɛ mli ba?
21 Toiŋjɔlɛ be lɛ ba naagbee yɛ be mli ni Herode Agripa I je shishi ebɔi mɛi ni sheɔ Yehowa gbeyei ni yɔɔ Yerusalem lɛ ayiwaa lɛ. (12:1-11) Herode kɛ klante gbe Yakobo, ekolɛ eha afo eyitso akɛ bɔfoi lɛ ateŋ klɛŋklɛŋ mɔ ni gbo akɛ la odasefonyo. Ni Herode na akɛ enɛ ŋɔɔ Yudafoi lɛ anaa hewɔ lɛ, eha awo Petro tsuŋ. Etamɔ nɔ ni afimɔ bɔfo lɛ akpɛtɛ asraafoi yɛ ebiɛ kɛ biɛ, yɛ be mli ni mɛi enyɔ krokomɛi hu buɔ etsuŋ he ni eyɔɔ lɛ he lɛ. Herode kpɛ eyiŋ akɛ ebaagbe lɛ yɛ Hehoo kɛ akpiti aboloo gbii lɛ asɛɛ (Nisan 14-21), shi aha asafo lɛ sɔlemɔi ni amɛsɔle yɛ ehewɔ lɛ ahetoo yɛ be ni sa mli, tamɔ bɔ ni wɔ hu wɔnɔ lɛ ji lɛ nɔŋŋ. Enɛ ba mli beni Nyɔŋmɔ bɔfo lɛ bajie bɔfo lɛ yɛ naakpɛɛ gbɛ nɔ lɛ.
22. Mɛni ba yɛ be mli ni Petro tee Marko nyɛ, Maria shia lɛ?
22 Amrɔ nɔŋŋ kɛkɛ ni Petro tee Maria (Yohane Marko nyɛ) shia, ni eka shi faŋŋ akɛ eji he ni Kristofoi lɛ kpeɔ yɛ lɛ. (12:12-19) Tsulɔyoo Rode yoo Petro gbee yɛ duŋ lɛ mli, shi eshi lɛ ni egbeleee agbo lɛ. Klɛŋklɛŋ lɛ kaselɔi lɛ baasusu akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ etsu tsulɔ ko ni ji ŋwɛibɔfo ni je Petro ni ewieɔ kɛ gbee ni tamɔ enɔ lɛ nɔŋŋ. Shi, beni amɛgbele Petro ni eba mli lɛ, ekɛɛ amɛ ni amɛyabɔ Yakobo kɛ nyɛmimɛi (ekolɛ onukpai) lɛ ejiemɔ lɛ he amaniɛ. Kɛkɛ ni eshi ni eyatee ehe ni etsɔɔɔ amɛ he ni eyaa koni kɛ abaabibii amɛ saji lɛ, ekɛ haomɔ ko akaba amɛ loo lɛ diɛŋtsɛ enɔ. Herode tao Petro shi enaaa lɛ, ni agbala bulɔi lɛ atoi, ekolɛ ayagbe amɛ po.
23. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ tsɔ ni Herode Agripa I nɔyeli lɛ ba naagbee, ni mɛni wɔbaanyɛ wɔkase kɛjɛ enɛ mli?
23 Yɛ afi 44 Ŋ.B. lɛ, Herode Agripa I nɔyeli lɛ ba naagbee trukaa yɛ Kaisarea beni eye afii 64. (12:20-25) No mli lɛ ekɛ Foenikebii ni jɛ Tiro kɛ Zidon, ni baha etsulɔ Blasto nyɔɔŋ nii koni eto be ni amɛbakpa lɛ fai kɛha toiŋjɔlɛ lɛ miiwuu ta. Yɛ “gbi ni ato” (ni eji gbijurɔ ni akɛwoɔ Klaudio Kaisare hiɛ nyam) lɛ nɔ lɛ, Herode wo emaŋtsɛ atade, ni ebata kojomɔ sɛi nɔ, ni ebɔi wiemɔ kɛ maŋbii lɛ tsɔɔmɔ.’ Kɛkɛ ni etoibolɔi lɛ bolɔ amɛkɛɛ: “Nyɔŋmɔ gbee nɛ, shi jeee gbɔmɔ gbee ni.” Amrɔ lɛ nɔŋŋ kɛkɛ ni Yehowa bɔfo tswa lɛ nɔ “ejaakɛ ekɛ anunyam lɛ haaa Nyɔŋmɔ.” Ni “gɔgɔmii ye” Herode, “ni eje jeŋ.” Eba akɛ nɛkɛ kɔkɔbɔɔ nɔkwɛmɔ nɔ nɛɛ aaatsirɛ wɔ ni wɔya nɔ wɔnyiɛ yɛ Yehowa gbeyeishemɔ mli, ni wɔkwa henɔwomɔ ni wɔkɛ yijiemɔ aha lɛ yɛ nɔ ni wɔtsuɔ akɛ ewebii lɛ hewɔ.
24. Mɛni nikasemɔ ni baaba yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ baatsɔɔ yɛ shweremɔ he?
24 Yɛ yiwaa ni Herode kɛba nɛɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, “[Yehowa] Nyɔŋmɔ wiemɔ lɛ shwere ni etee nɔ.” Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, kaselɔi lɛ baanyɛ akpa shweremɔ babaoo gbɛ lolo, taakɛ nikasemɔ ni baaba yɛ wɔsɛɛ lɛ baatsɔɔ lɛ. Mɛni hewɔ? Ejaakɛ amɛ “nyiɛɔ yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ [Yehowa] gbeyeishemɔ mli.”
Te Obaaha Hetoo Oha Tɛŋŋ?
◻ Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Stefano tsɔɔ yɛ akɛ esheɔ Yehowa gbeyei, taakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji babaoo efee kɛjɛ nakai beaŋ kɛbaa nɛɛ?
◻ Mɛɛ hewalɛ Stefano gbele lɛ na yɛ Maŋtsɛyeli-shiɛmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ nɔ, ni ani enɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ henɔ ko yɛ?
◻ Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Saul ni jɛ Tarso ni ji yiwala Iɛ tsɔ ebatsɔ mɔ ko ni sheɔ Yehowa gbeyei?
◻ Namɛi ji klɛŋklɛŋ heyelilɔi yɛ Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ateŋ?
◻ Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji yitso 12 tsɔɔ yɛ akɛ yiwaa nyɛɛɛ atsi mɛi ni sheɔ Yehowa gbeyei lɛ anaa?
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La ko kpɛ kɛjɛ ŋwɛi ni gbee ko bi akɛ: “Saul, Saul, mɛɛba owaa mi yi?”