“Kɔɔjaŋ Hɔ̃ɔlɔ”

Lidia hi shi yɛ Filipi, Makedonia maŋtiase lɛ mli. Shi kɛlɛ, ejɛ Tiatira, ni ji maŋ ni yɔɔ Lidia kpokpaa ni yɔɔ Asia Bibioo lɛ anaigbɛ lɛ mli. Yɛ yiŋtoo nɛɛ hewɔ lɛ, mɛi komɛi susuɔ akɛ “Lidia” ji sabala ko ni akɛwo lɛ yɛ Filipi. Yɛ wiemɔ kroko mli lɛ, eji “Lidianyo,” tamɔ bɔ ni abaanyɛ atsɛ yoo ni Yesu Kristo ye lɛ odase lɛ akɛ “Samariayoo lɛ.” (Yohane 4:9) Lidia hɔ̃ɔ “kɔɔjaŋ” loo nibii ni akɛ su nɛɛ ewo amɛ tsofa. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 16:12, 14) Shitsalɔi kɛha blema nibii ataomɔ eye mɛi ni feɔ tsofai ni akɛtsakeɔ nibii asui ni hi shi yɛ Tiatira kɛ Filipi fɛɛ, yɛ nibii ni aŋmala ni amɛna yɛ amɛ shitsaa lɛ mli lɛ ahe odase. Lidia baanyɛ afee mɔ ni fã kɛbahi shi yɛ enitsumɔ lɛ hewɔ, kɛha lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ejarayeli nitsumɔ aloo ákɛ Tiatirabii ni feɔ tsofai ni akɛwoɔ nii lɛ anitsumɔ lɛ he najiaŋdamɔlɔ.

Abaanyɛ ana kɔɔjaŋ tsofa kɛjɛ hei sɔrɔtoi. Anáa nɔ ni jara wa fe fɛɛ lɛ kɛjɛɔ ŋshɔŋ waa komɛi amli. Taakɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli Roma lalafolɔ Martial tsɔɔ mli lɛ, hehaanɔ ni akɛ kɔɔjaŋ ni hi fe fɛɛ, ni jɛ Tiro (he kroko hu ni afeɔ nii nɛɛ yɛ) efee lɛ jara baanyɛ ashɛ sesterces 10,000, loo denarioi 2,500, nɔ ni shɛɔ apaafonyo nyɔmɔwoo kɛha gbii 2,500. Eyɛ faŋŋ akɛ, hehaanii ni tamɔ enɛɛmɛi ji nii ni haa mɔ ko naa miishɛɛ, shi mɛi fioo pɛ baanyɛ ahe. No hewɔ lɛ, Lidia baanyɛ afee mɔ ni yɔɔ nii waa ni nɔ ko he ehiaaa lɛ tsɔ. Bɔ fɛɛ bɔ ni eji lɛ, enyɛ efee bɔfo Paulo kɛ enanemɛi—Luka, Sila, Timoteo, kɛ ekolɛ mɛi krokomɛi gbɔ.

“Nyɔŋmɔ Jálɔ”

Lidia ji “Nyɔŋmɔ Jalɔ” (NW), shi ekolɛ eji mɔ ko ni atsake lɛ awo Yudafoi ajamɔ mli, yɛ jamɔ mli anɔkwale ni etaoɔ lɛ hewɔ. Eyɛ mli akɛ eyɛ nitsumɔ kpakpa moŋ, shi Lidia jeee mɔ ni diɔ heloonaa nibii asɛɛ babaoo. Shi moŋ, eto be kɛha mumɔŋ nibii. “Nuntsɔ [Yehowa, NW] gbele etsui naa, akɛ ebo nii ni Paulo wieɔ lɛ toi,” ni Lidia kpɛlɛ anɔkwale lɛ nɔ. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, “abaptisi lɛ kɛ ewe lɛ.”—Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 16:14, 15.