Obalaŋtai a-Hegbɛ Ni Fe Fɛɛ
“Nyɔŋmɔ jamɔ he yɛ sɛɛnamɔ yɛ nii fiaa mli, ni eyɛ wala ni yɔɔ agbɛnɛ nɛɛ kɛ nɔ ni baaba lɛ he shiwoo. Eji anɔkwa wiemɔ ni sa akɛ amɔ mli kwraa.”—1 TIMOTEO 4:8, 9.
1, 2. (a) Mɛni ji nɔ ni obalaŋtai babaoo susuɔ akɛ nomɛi ji hegbɛi ni he hiaa lɛ, ni mɛɛ sanebimɔi enɛ kɛbaa? (b) Mɛni hewɔ nɔnyɛɛ krɛdɛɛ yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ obalaŋtai anɔ lɛ?
MƐNI ji hegbɛ ni fe fɛɛ ni shihilɛ yɔɔ kɛha bo? Nibii mlipɛimɔ ko ni afee nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ yɛ obalaŋtai ahe lɛ jie lɛ kpo akɛ amɛteŋ mɛi ni fa susuɔ “nitsumɔ ni mana matsu ni mimii ashɛ mihe” kɛ “shika babaoo ni mana ni baaha mana miishɛɛ” he akɛ otii ni mamɔ amɛhiɛ ni he hiaa fe fɛɛ. Obalaŋtai ateŋ mɛi pii ji mɛi ni amɛkɛ nitsumɔ kasemɔ ewo amɛjwɛŋmɔ mli ni hei pii yɛ ni amɛteŋ mɛi babaoo miibote univɛsiti aloo nikasemɔ he wuji amli koni amɛna nitsumɔ ni abaawo amɛ nyɔŋmɔ babaoo. Amɛteŋ mɛi pii ji mɛi ni kwɛɔ nɛkɛ heloo naa hegbɛi nɛɛ akɛ nɔ ni amɛbaatsɔ nɔ ni amɛhi shi shweshweeshwe amɛna hewalɛ, ni amɛmii ashɛ amɛhe yɛ shihilɛ mli. Kɛ oji obalanyo aloo obalayoo lɛ, ani nakai ji bɔ ni onuɔ he? Ni te nyɛ ni nyɛji onukpai lɛ, titri lɛ, fɔlɔi lɛ susuɔ nɛkɛ hegbɛi nɛɛ ahe diɛŋtsɛ nyɛhaa tɛŋŋ? Ani enɛɛmɛi ji nɔ ni kɛ “shihilɛ kpakpa” baa lo?
2 Kɛ be ko yɛ ni hewalɛ kɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ he miihia obalaŋtai lɛ, belɛ no ji bianɛ yɛ “naagbee gbii” nɛɛ ni ji “jaramɔ bei” nɛɛ. (2 Timoteo 3:1-5) Ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ gbii nɛɛ amli obalaŋtai lɛ edara yɛ nɔnyɛɛ loo haomɔi ni anyɛŋ ahe aye yɛ yinɔ ni eho lɛ mli lɛ shishi. Bɔ ni gbɔmɛi ashihilɛ etsake oyayaayai, tamɔ weku shihilɛ kɛ jeŋba ni fiteɔ lɛ kɛ henumɔŋ naagbai babaoo eba.
Bɔ Ni Hewalɛ Kɛ Hiɛnɔkamɔ He Ehia
3, 4. Mɛɛ odaseyeli tsɔɔ akɛ obalaŋtai pii yɛ ni amɛbɛ mligbɛ hewalɛ, ni mɛni hewɔ heloo gbɛfaŋ nibii nyɛɛɛ ekɛ nii ni tamɔ nɛkɛ aha lɛ?
3 Obalaŋtai pii miina akɛ amɛbɛ mligbɛ hewalɛ ko ni amɛbaanyɛ amɛkɛ-damɔ shihilɛ mli nɔnyɛɛ loo naagbai lɛ anaa. (Okɛto Efesobii 3:16 he.) Nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ amaniɛbɔɔ ko ni jɛ National Institute of Mental Health (Maŋ Jwɛŋmɔŋ Hela he Gbɛjianɔtoo) lɛ ŋɔɔ lɛ mu sane naa akɛ obalaŋtai enumɔ fɛɛ enumɔ mli mɔ kome ebaje nɔnyɛɛ ni mli wa waa shishi.a Obalaŋtai ni gbe amɛhe yɛ U.S. Amerika kɛjɛ afi 1961 kɛbashi 1975 lɛ ku bɔ he toi enyɔ! Yɛ nakai shikpɔŋ lɛ kome too nɔ lɛ, obalaŋtai aaafee 8,000 gbeɔ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe daa afi, ni kɛlɛ nakai yibɔ lɛ toi 50 kaa akɛ amɛaagbe amɛhe. Mɛi ni yɔɔ naagba nɛɛ he nilee lɛ tsɛɔ nɛkɛ naagba nɛɛ akɛ maŋ muu hela. Amaniɛbɔi tsɔɔ akɛ aahe obalaŋtai babaoo aaawo jwɛŋmɔŋ helai atsamɔ hei.b
4 Shi, jeee obalaŋtai fɛɛ hiɔ shi yɛ shihilɛ ni kɛ heloo gbɛfaŋ hegbɛi sɔrɔtoi haa amɛ lɛ mli. Shi kɛlɛ, kɛ osusu he akɛ amaniɛbɔi ni atsɔ hiɛ atsi ta lɛ jɛ maŋ wulu ko ni heloo gbɛfaŋ ninamɔ hegbɛi fa babaoo yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ mli lɛ, ebafeɔ faŋŋ akɛ enɛ pɛ yeee ebuaaa obalaŋtai koni ‘amɛjie mlifu kɛjɛ amɛtsui mli kɛ nɔfɔŋ kɛjɛ amɛheloo mli.’ (Jajelɔ 11:9, 10) Hewalɛ fioo ko pɛ heloo gbɛfaŋ hegbɛi kɛhaa mɔ nì nijiaŋwujee kɛ yiŋkɔshikɔshifeemɔ, shweshweeshwe shihilɛ ni bɛ aloo fɔbui haoɔ lɛ lɛ. Biblia lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Kɛ́ otɔ biti yɛ haomɔ gbi nɔ lɛ, belɛ ohewalɛ faaa.”—Abɛi 24:10.
5, 6. Ani heloo gbɛfaŋ nibii ni aaana kɛ “shihilɛ kpakpa” baaba yɛ wɔsɛɛ be mli? Tsɔɔmɔ mli.
5 Shi ani heloo gbɛfaŋ nibii ni mɔ ko aaana lɛ baaha ena tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli yɛ naagbee, ena nakai “shihilɛ kpakpa” lɛ? Maŋtsɛ Salomo niiatsɛ lɛ kpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ: “Kɛkɛ ni mitsɔ mihe mikwɛ minitsumɔi lɛ fɛɛ ni miniji etsu lɛ, kɛ deŋme ni migbo kɛtsu lɛ; ni naa, fɛɛ lɛ yakayaka nɔ ko kɛ kɔɔyɔɔ hakumɔ ni.” (Jajelɔ 2:3-11) Eyɛ mli akɛ nɔ ni enyɛ etsu lɛ kɛ miishɛɛ ko baha lɛ moŋ, shi enu he akɛ yakayaka nii kɛ kɔɔyɔɔ hakumɔ ji enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ.
6 Ŋmɛnɛ, mɛi pii ji mɛi ni jieɔ nikasemɔ ni yaa hiɛ lɛ yi akɛ nɔ ni kɛ wɔsɛɛ be “shihilɛ kpakpa” baa. Tsutsu U.S. Amerika amraloi lɛ ekome tsɛ nɛkɛ skul nikasemɔ nɛɛ akɛ “nii ni he hiaa kɛha hewalɛ, hiɛnɔkamɔ kɛ wala.” Ani nakai eji diɛŋtsɛ? Ojogbaŋŋ, mɛi ni amɛkase nii amɛgbe naa yɛ univɛsiti ko ni ehe gbɛi waa lɛ mli Iɛ ateŋ mɛi 846 bua “klas amaniɛbɔɔ” ko naa yɛ bɔ ni nibii etee nɔ eha amɛ yɛ be mli ni amɛshi univɛsiti lɛ sɛɛ afii nyɔŋma lɛ mli. “Yɛ be mli ni miishɛɛ ji nɔ ni anaa yɛ amaniɛbɔɔ lɛ mli fɛɛ lɛ,” amɛteŋ mɔ kome kɛɛ akɛ, “nɔ ko ni ehiii, mlila kɛ nijiaŋwujee po hɔ enɛ shishi.” Yɛ afii 25 sɛɛ lɛ, mɛi ni egbe univɛsiti naa nɛɛ ateŋ mɔ kome nine eshɛ “shika gbɛfaŋ otii komɛi anɔ,” shi ekpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ: “Nine ni nyɛɔ shi yɛ mi diɛŋtsɛ mishihilɛ mli lɛ da babaoo fe omanye ni miye lɛ, ni ákɛ yɛ duromɔ naa lɛ, enyɔ nɛɛ fɛɛ baaho aya ni atsiŋ ta.” Ani enɛ ji nɔ ni hi fe fɛɛ ni shihilɛ kɛhaa amɛ lɛ?
Hegbɛ Ni Fe Fɛɛ
7. Mɛɛ nitsumɔi nɛkɛ ekolɛ Timoteo baanyɛ akase lɛ, shi mɛni ji nɔ ni Paulo jie yi kɛha lɛ?
7 Bɔfo Paulo kɛ enine tsɔɔ nɔ ko ni hi jogbaŋŋ yɛ ewoji ni etsɔ mumɔ nɔ eŋmala eha Kristofonyo kaselɔ Timoteo lɛ mli. Akɛ nitsumɔ ewo nɛkɛ obalanyo nɛɛ dɛŋ akɛ esɔmɔ yɛ Efeso, jarayeli maji wuji ni yɔɔ blema bei lɛ amli lɛ ateŋ ekome mli. Mɛɛ nitsumɔi sɔrɔtoi po ebaana nɛkɛ! Kulɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ po eeenyɛ ebɔ mɔdɛŋ etsɔ jarayelɔ ni yɔɔ nii babaoo aloo etao gbɛi yɛ Tirano skul ni yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ loo maŋ lɛ nikwɛmɔ he lɛ mli. (1 Timoteo 1:3; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 19:1, 9, 29) Ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ kulɛ Timoteo baanyɛ akase nii ni ena heloo gbɛfaŋ nitsumɔ ko ni hi jogbaŋŋ etsu, shi Paulo ŋma akɛ: “Okɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ atsɔse ohe akɛ oti ni ma ohiɛ. Ejaakɛ gbɔmɔtso lɛ tsɔsemɔ he sɛɛnamɔ faaa; shi hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ he yɛ sɛɛnamɔ yɛ nibii fɛɛ mli, ejaakɛ oyɛ wala ni yɔɔ bianɛ Iɛ kɛ nɔ ni baaba lɛ he shiwoo.” Hɛɛ, hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ “he yɛ sɛɛnamɔ yɛ nibii fɛɛ mli.” Enɛ jeee yiŋsusumɔ ko kɛkɛ, ejaakɛ Paulo kɛfata he akɛ: “Eji anɔkwa wiemɔ ni esa akɛ amɔ mli kwraa.” Yɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ eniiashikpamɔ hewɔ lɛ, Paulo le nɔ ni baagbele gbɛ aha shihilɛ ni hi fe fɛɛ lɛ.—1 Timoteo 4:7-9; 2 Korintobii 6:10.
8, 9. (a) Mɛni ji hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ? (b) Mɛni ji hegbɛ ni fe fɛɛ kɛha bo, ni mɛni hewɔ mɔdɛŋbɔɔ he hiaa koni nine ashɛ nɔ lɛ?
8 Mɛni ji nɛkɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ nɛɛ? Eji he ni akɛkpɛtɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ he ni jɛ tsui ni esui kpakpai lɛ ahe hiɛsɔɔ ni mli kwɔ kanyaa lɛ Iɛ mli. Yɛ be mli ni “Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyeishemɔ” (Hebribii 12:28) tsɔɔ titri lɛ gbeyeishemɔ akɛ aaafee nɔ ko ni esaŋ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ lɛ, “hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ” ji nɔ ko ni fãa kpo kɛjɛɔ tsui lɛ mli ni baatsirɛ bo ni ohi shi yɛ gbɛ ni aaasa Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ lɛ nɔ ejaakɛ osumɔɔ lɛ.c Nɛkɛ su ni tsui lɛ yɔɔ lɛ kɛ “Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ naanyobɔɔ” baa, wekukpaa ko ni baa okɛ lɛ teŋ ni haa onuɔ enɔkpɛlɛmɔ kɛ yelikɛbuamɔ he. (Hiob 29:4) Hegbɛ ni aaana ákɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ aaabɔ naanyo yɛ nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ lɛ he yɛ sɛɛnamɔ fe nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni akɛaaha bo.—Okɛto Yeremia 9:23, 24 he.
9 Ani fɔlɔi ni sheɔ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyei ni oyɔɔ, aloo ni aaabaptisi bo akɛ Kristofonyo lɛ haa okɛ Nyɔŋmɔ boteɔ wekukpaa ni tamɔ nɛkɛ mli trukaa? Dabi, ejaakɛ esa akɛ ana anɔkwale tsui, kɛ Kristofoi asui krokomɛi hu. (2 Petro 1:5-8) Esa akɛ ofee mɔ ni ‘tsui tsirɛɔ lɛ,’ koni etsu “hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ nitsumɔi.” (Okɛto 2 Mose 36:2; 2 Petro 3:11; Kolosebii 3:22 he.) Eyɛ mli ákɛ akɛ anɔkwale lɛ tsɔse Timoteo kɛjɛ egbekɛbiiashi moŋ, shi esa akɛ ekase hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ. Ŋmɛnɛ hu, mɔdɛŋbɔɔ waa he miihia ni kɛlɛ, nɛkɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ nɛɛ baatsɔɔ “ninamɔ kpeteŋkpele.” (1 Timoteo 6:6) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
Shihilɛ Ni Nɔ Kwɔ Loo Awo Nɔ
10, 11. Hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ wó Timoteo shihilɛ nɔ gojoo yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
10 Timoteo tiu hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ yɛ gbɔmɛi ni “nyiɛɔ yɛ amɛyaka jwɛŋmɔ lɛ anaa” lɛ ateŋ yɛ Efeso. (Efesobii 4:17) Nɔ ni eyimɔ amɛjwɛŋmɔi amli obɔbɔ lɛ he bɛ sɛɛnamɔ ko kwraa, shi moŋ, yakayaka nii. Biblia he nilelɔ R. C. H. Lenski wie Efesobii 4:17 he akɛ: “Mɛni anaa nɛɛ! Gbɔmɛi ni nyɛɔ amɛjwɛŋɔ, ni jwɛŋɔ ni sumɔɔ ni amɛfee nii, bɔɔ nii ni yɔɔ jwɛŋmɔ ni nyiɛɔ yɛ be fɛɛ mli kɛyaa kɛkɛ yɛ shihilɛ be fɛɛ mli, ni nyiɛɔ nɔ ni amɛjwɛŋmɔ lɛ kɛɔ amɛ lɛ sɛɛ yɛ amɛnifeemɔ fɛɛ mli, ni yɛ naagbee lɛ, ekɛ amɛ eyaaa nɔ ko nɔ ko kwraa he, shi moŋ, oshara kpeteŋkpele ni haa mɔ nine nyɛɔ shi kwraa lɛ he!”
11 Timoteo baanyɛ ana akɛ Efesobii ashihilɛ gbɛ lɛ ji yakayaka shihilɛ ni baa mɔ shi. Amɛteŋ mɛi pii jaa nyɔŋmɔ yoo ni ji Artemi, shi nɔ ni amɛjaa kɛkɛ yɛ sɛɛkɛyeli mli ji amaga ko ni ma shi ni wala bɛ mli. Nɔ ni fata nɛkɛ jamɔ nɛɛ he ji hoofeemɔi kɛ jooi kɛ shwɛmɔi kɛ ajwamaŋbɔɔ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 19:23-34) Shi Timoteo shihilɛ gbɛ lɛ nɔ kwɔ fe jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ ni “mɛi kpɔji ji amɛ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ wala gbɛfaŋ . . . ni nɔ ko nɔ ko efeee amɛ hiɛgbele dɔŋŋ” lɛ anɔ. (Efesobii 2:6; 4:18, 19) Eshihilɛ gbɛ “yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ wala gbɛfaŋ” lɛ ha ená Naanyo ni kwɔ fe fɛɛ yɛ jeŋ muu fɛɛ! Hegbɛ ni ayɔɔ ákɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛkalɔ lɛ aaana wekukpaa ni tamɔ nɛkɛ kɛtsɔ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ nɔ lɛ ji nɔ ko ni jara wa waa diɛŋtsɛ! Ani obaanyɛ omɔ mli?
12. Mɛni ji nɔ ni obalanyo Kristofonyo ko kɛɛ yɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ ni ji “ninamɔ kpeteŋkpele” lɛ he? Te onuɔ enɛ he ohaa tɛŋŋ?
12 Ŋmɛnɛ, mɛi pii nyaa bɔlɛnamɔ, hiɛtserɛjiemɔ, ninamɔ, kɛ woloŋlee ni yaa hiɛ babaoo he tamɔ bɔ ni blema Efesobii lɛ fee Artemi lɛ nɔŋŋ. (Mateo 6:24; Efesobii 5:3-5; Filipibii 3:19) Shi, mɛi ni tiuɔ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ sɛɛ lɛ naa shihilɛ ni nɔ kwɔ mli miishɛɛ. Christian ni eye afii 24 lɛ bɔ amaniɛ akɛ: “Kɛ́ mikwɛ gbekɛbii ni ji mitipɛŋfoi ni mikɛ amɛ foɔ shi dani mije Biblia lɛ kasemɔ shishi lɛ, mina akɛ amɛteŋ mɛi ni fa ji mɛi ni awo amɛ tsuŋ. Amɛteŋ mɛi pii kɛ amɛhe ewo tsofai fɔji ahe nitsumɔ mli, gbekɛbii yei lɛ ateŋ mɛi pii efɔ bii ni tsɛmɛi bɛ he. Amɛshihilɛ fɛɛ efee basaa. Amɛteŋ mɛi pii egboi po. Miida shi babaoo akɛ miinyɛ miikwɛ mishihilɛ koni mapupuu mihe yɛ nɔ ni minaa lɛ hewɔ.” Obalaŋtai krokomɛi ni ji Kristofoi kɛ miishɛɛ kpɛlɛɔ nɔ nakai!
13. Mɛni hewɔ famɔ ni yɔɔ 2 Timoteo 4:5 lɛ sɛɛdii haa shihilɛ feɔ nɔ ni ŋɔɔ lɛ?
13 Mɛi ni hiɔ shi yɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ naa lɛ hiɛ sɔɔmɔ lɛ akɛ jwetri ko. (2 Korintobii 4:1, 7; 2 Timoteo 4:5) Enɛ kɛ yiŋtoo diɛŋtsɛ kɛ nɔ ko feemɔ baa amɛshihilɛ mli. Ni eeefee adesã ko ni akwaa atãa yɛ TV nɔ aloo sini mli nifeemɔ ko lɛ, Kristofoi ni kɛ amɛhe ewo sɔɔmɔ lɛ mli lɛ yaa gbɔmɛi diɛŋtsɛ ashiai amli; amɛtsuɔ naagbai diɛŋtsɛ ahe nii. Kwɛ miishɛɛ ni anyɛŋ atsɔɔ mli ni amɛnaa yɛ be mli ni amɛnaa bɔ ni gbɔmɛi ni amɛhi shi pɛŋ akɛ mɛi ni bɛ jeŋba, mɛi ni hiɛ wa, aloo mɛi ni hiɛnɔkamɔ ko bɛ amɛshihilɛ mli lɛ kɛ amɛhe kpɛtɛɔ Biblia mli famɔi ahe ni amɛjieɔ amɛtsutsu jeŋba kɛ subaŋi lɛ kɛjɛɔ amɛhe amɛshwieɔ, amɛnaa bulɛ amɛhaa amɛhe, ni amɛsɔmɔɔ Yehowa lɛ. Nitsumɔ ko bɛ ni sɛɛnamɔ yɔɔ he aloo ekɛ nɔkpakpa ni hiɔ shi kɛyaa naanɔ baa tamɔ enɛ!
Tsui Ni Yɔɔ Mɔ Mli Kɛ Henilee Ni Mli Tse Kenkeŋ
14, 15. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyeishemɔ yɛ shika he lɛ hu shihilɛ feɔ nɔ ni hi?
14 “Shi lɛlɛŋ, ninamɔ kpeteŋkpele ji Nyɔŋmɔ jamɔ [hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ, NW] kɛji mɔ ko mii shɛ enii ahe lɛ. . . . Shi kɛ́ wɔyɛ ŋmaa kɛ hehaa nii kɛkɛ lɛ, esa akɛ wɔmii ashɛ he. Shi mɛi ni taoɔ nii pii ana lɛ . . . amɛkɛ piŋmɔi babaoo egbulɔ amɛhe.” (1 Timoteo 6:6-10) Psychology Today lɛ tao nibii mli yɛ afi 1981 mli, ni nɔ ni je kpo ji akɛ obalaŋtai pii jwɛŋɔ shika “babaoo” he fe mɛi fɛɛ. Shi, mɛi ni abibii amɛ sane ni amɛsusuɔ shika he babaoo lɛ (ni ohiafoi kɛ niiatsɛmɛi fɛɛ fata he lɛ) ateŋ mɛi fã wie “daa haomɔ kɛ yeyeeye-feemɔ” he.
15 Obalanyo ko ni yɔɔ Japan nyɛ eye omanye ni eshi ‘mamashwɛi kɛyanina ninamɔ,’ shi yɛ nakai feemɔ mli lɛ, eye egbɔmɔtsoŋ hewalɛnamɔ awui. Ni yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, yɛ Biblia lɛ kasemɔ ni ye bua lɛ hewɔ lɛ, etu ehe eha Nyɔŋmɔ. Ekɛɛ akɛ, “Kɛ́ mikwɛ misɛɛ yɛ be mli ni oti ni ma mihiɛ yɛ shihilɛ mli ji ni matsɔ niiatsɛ lɛ, nɔ ko nɔ ko bɛ ni abaanyɛ akɛto miishɛɛ ni miina bianɛ yɛ be mli ni mitsake oti ni ma mihiɛ lɛ he.” Emu sane naa akɛ, “Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, nɔ ko nɔ ko bɛ ni baanyɛ atamɔ tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli kɛ miishɛɛnamɔ ni baa yɛ be mli mɔ ko kɛ ewala sɔmɔɔ Bɔlɔ Kpeteŋkpele lɛ.”d—Abɛi 10:22; Jajelɔ 5:10-12.
16. Mɛni jeɔ mli baa haa mɛi ni ‘amɛhiɛɛɛ henilee kpakpa mli’ lɛ?
16 Paulo wo Timoteo hewalɛ ni ‘ehiɛ henilee kpakpa mli.’ Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? Gbɛ lɛ ekome ji ni ekɛ yei awie “yɛ hetsemɔ fɛɛ mli.” (1 Timoteo 1:19; 5:2) Shi, hetsemɔ elaaje kwraa yɛ obalaŋtai pii ashihilɛ mli, ejaakɛ amɛhenilee he eshã. (1 Timoteo 4:2) Shi jeŋba shara kɛ mligbɛ toiŋjɔlɛ kɛ tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli baaa. Atsɔ nikasemɔ ko nɔ asusu obalaŋtai ohai babaoo asubaŋ yɛ bɔlɛnamɔ mli jeŋba he lɛ he. Amaniɛbɔɔ lɛ wie mɛi ni amɛfite kwraa yɛ bɔlɛnamɔ he lɛ ahe akɛ: “Amɛheɔ amɛyeɔ akɛ yiŋtoo kɛ tsui ni nyɔɔ mɔ mli fioo ko pɛ yɔɔ nɔ ni amɛfeɔ lɛ he.” Amɛteŋ mɛi ni miihe ashɛ fã nuɔ he akɛ: “Yɛ gbɛ ni mitsɔɔ nɔ mihiɔ shi bianɛ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, minyɛmɔi babaoo mifiteɔ lɛ.”
17. Mɛni hewɔ ‘suɔmɔ ni jɛ henilee kpakpa mli’ lɛ yeɔ buaa wɔ koni wɔna nɔ ni hi fe fɛɛ yɛ shihilɛ mli lɛ?
17 Kɛ́ yɛ be ni sa mli lɛ, nuu kɛ yoo ko di gbalashihilɛ ni yɔɔ nyam sɛɛ lɛ, “suɔmɔ ni jɛ tsui ni mli tse kɛ henilee kpakpa mli” ní amɛaajie lɛ kpo amɛtsɔɔ amɛhe lɛ he baaba sɛɛnamɔ aha amɛ. (1 Timoteo 1:5) Wolo ni ji Journal of Marriage and the Family lɛ bɔ amaniɛ akɛ nɔ ko ni akase yɛ gbalashihilɛ mli hefatalɔi 309 ni nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ nɔŋŋ amɛbote gbalashihilɛ mli lɛ ahe lɛ jie lɛ kpo akɛ, mɛi ni naaa miishɛɛ yɛ gbalashihilɛ mli yɛ nuu kɛ yoo lɛ fɛɛ gbɛfaŋ lɛ ateŋ mɛi titri ji mɛi ni “na bɔlɛ dani amɛbote gbalashihilɛ mli.” Shi kwɛ bɔ ni esoro mɛi ni he tse lɛ kwraa ha! Kristofonyo obalayoo ko ni ji ŋa ni yɔɔ miishɛɛ ni bote gbalashihilɛ mli afii kpawo nɛ lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Eji henumɔ ko ni ŋɔɔ waa diɛŋtsɛ akɛ makwɛ misɛɛ ni mana akɛ mihe tse.” Hɛɛ, henilee ni mli tse keŋkeŋ lɛ ji nyɔmɔwoo babaoo kɛha obalaŋtai ni ‘toɔ okadi . . . yɛ hetsemɔ mli’ lɛ.—1 Timoteo 4:12.
Mligbɛ Hewalɛ
18, 19. (a) Mɛɛ nɔnyɛɛi nɛkɛ Timoteo kɛkpe lɛ? (b) Nyɔŋmɔ ye bua lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
18 Ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ Timoteo kɛ nɔnyɛɛ sɔrɔtoi babaoo kpe yɛ Efeso. Ninamɔ kɛ ahoshwibɔɔ ni yaa nɔ yɛ maŋ lɛ mli lɛ kɛ bɔ ni emaa ‘ashwɛ ni-aŋmɔ̃’ nɔ mi lɛ he kaa baanyɛ ekɛ nɔnyɛɛ ni mli wa aba enɔ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ, yɛ hekɛnɔfɔɔ ni bɛ lɛ kɛ agbɛnɛ ‘helai ni yeɔ lɛ kpitiokpitio’ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, ekɛ mligbɛ nɔnyɛɛ diɛŋtsɛ baaba enɔ. (1 Timoteo 5:23) Shi Paulo kai lɛ akɛ: “Nyɔŋmɔ haaa wɔ gbeyeishemɔ mumɔ, shi moŋ hewalɛ kɛ suɔmɔ kɛ jwɛŋmɔ ni sa mumɔ eŋɔha wɔ.”—2 Timoteo 4:17.
19 Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, kwɛ bɔ ni otipɛŋfoi pii taoɔ hewalɛ ni tamɔ nɛkɛ! Obalayoo ko ye ajwamaŋbɔɔ ni ekɛfee enitsumɔ kɛ tsofai fɔji ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ shihilɛ mli lɛ nɔ kunim. Obalayoo nɛɛ kɛɛ: “Yehowa yelikɛbuamɔ pɛ fee enɛ. Eshɛɔ be ni minuɔ nakai tsutsu henumɔi lɛ ahe, kɛkɛ lɛ mije shishi miisɔle—misɔleɔ amrɔ nɔŋŋ. Nyɛmɔ ni mikɛye nɛkɛ naagbai nɛɛ anɔ kunim lɛ yɛ miishɛɛ babaoo fe nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni minyɛ mitsu yɛ mishihilɛ mli!” Sanebimɔ ko bɛ he, Nyɔŋmɔ baanyɛ ‘ekɛ hewalɛ awo omli’ ni eha bo mligbɛ hewalɛ koni onyɛ odamɔ nɔnyɛɛ fɛɛ nɔnyɛɛ naa ni okpɛ oyiŋ yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ.—2 Timoteo 4:17.
20, 21. (a) Tsii hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ mli sɛɛnamɔi lɛ ekomɛi ata. (b) Mɛni abaasusu he yɛ nikasemɔ ni nyiɛ sɛɛ nɛɛ mli?
20 No hewɔ lɛ, hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ kɛ sɛɛnamɔi babaoo bahaa bo. ‘Oshihilɛ gbɛ’ banaa yiŋtoo ko ni kwɔ kwraa fe otii ni mɛi ni kɛ heloo gbɛfaŋ nibii pɛ emamɔ amɛhiɛ lɛ anine shɛɔ nɔ lɛ. (2 Timoteo 3:10) Taakɛ bɔ ni Kristofonyo obalanyo ko ni ŋmɛɛ kɔlegi nikasemɔ he bɔni afee ni ekɛ ehe awo be fɛɛ sanekpakpa jajemɔ lɛ mli lɛ kɛɛ lɛ: “Miyɛ nitsumɔ ni hi fe fɛɛ ni mɔ fɛɛ mɔ baasumɔ, sanekpakpa he tsɔɔlɔ ni miji kɛ yelikɛbuamɔ ni mikɛhaa mɛi krokomɛi ni amɛkase wɔ-Tsɛ ni yɔɔ suɔmɔ lɛ he nii! Ni ‘sɛɛnamɔi krokomɛi ni jɛɔ sɛɛ bafataa he lɛ hu’—mi diɛŋtsɛ migbɔmɔtso su kɛ baŋ yaa hiɛ—ehi kwraa fe fɛɛ eko ni mɔ ko kɛbaaha. Okɛ enɛ afata paradeiso mli shihilɛ kɛmiiya naanɔ ni awerɛho ko kwraa bɛ mli lɛ he. Agbɛnɛ bi ohe akɛ: Mɛɛ shihilɛ gbɛ yɔɔ ni mɔ ko baasumɔ fe enɛ?”
21 Shi obaakɛɛ akɛ, ‘Te mafee tɛŋŋ mana hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ hu?’ Kɛha hetoohamɔ lɛ, kanemɔ sane ni nyiɛ sɛɛ nɛɛ.
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
a Woloŋmalɔ Kathleen McCoy bɔ amaniɛ yɛ ewolo Coping With Teenage Depression lɛ mli akɛ: “Mɛi ni kaseɔ gbekɛbii adalɛ kɛ subaŋ he nii lɛ naa nɛkɛ nɔnyɛɛ nɛɛ akɛ nɔ ni gbaa obalaŋtai anaa titri, ni nomɛi ji kobɔɔ kɛ naagbai yɛ skul, tsofai fɔji kɛ nitsumɔ kɛ daatɔɔ, bɔlɛnamɔ, hɔŋɔɔ, foi ni ajoɔ kɛjɛɔ shia kɛ he ni agbeɔ.”
b Yɛ be mli ni U.S. Amerika lɛ, mɛi ni aŋɔɔ amɛ awoɔ jwɛŋmɔ helai atsamɔ he nɛɛ eba shi yɛ afii 13 mli lɛ, mɛi ni amɛye kɛjɛ afii 16-24 lɛ ayifalɛ etee hiɛ oha fɛɛ mli 19, ni mɛi ni yeko afii 15 lɛ hu etee hiɛ oha fɛɛ mli 158!
Bɔ ni tsui lɛ nuɔ [Nyɔŋmɔ he] ehaa lɛ, nakai Lexicon ni Edward Robinson ŋma Iɛ tsɔɔ shishijee Hela wiemɔ eu·seʹbei·a. lɛ mli ehaa. Ni J. A. H. Tittmann, ni ŋma sane kɛkɔ Remarks on the Synonyms of the New Testament lɛ kɛfata he akɛ: “[Hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ] tsɔɔ woo ni akɛhaa Mɔ ni Ajaa lɛ ni jeɔ kpo yɛ nifeemɔi amli, shi [Nyɔŋmɔ gbeyeishemɔ] tsɔɔ jwɛŋmɔ ni ahiɛ ni sheɔ gbeyei kɛ ŋmiŋmi akɛ eeefee nɔ ko ni ejaaa, . . . [hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ] ji hewalɛ ni yɔɔ shihilɛ krɔŋŋ mli.”
c Kanemɔ Shozo Mima he yinɔsane, “Finding Something Better Than Wealth” (Nɔ Ko Hi Fe Ninamɔ Ni Aaana) ni yɔɔ March 1, 1978 Watchtower lɛ mli lɛ.
d Ajie kɛjɛ August 15, 1985 Watchtower lɛ mli.
Ani Okaiɔ?
◻ Mɛni hewɔ heloo gbɛfaŋ hegbɛi amli sɛɛnamɔi shɛɛɛ shɔŋŋ lɛ?
◻ Mɛni ji hegbɛ ni fe fɛɛ kɛha bo?
◻ Mɛni ji nɔ ni hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ kɛhaa ni yeɔ buaa bo koni ona nɔ ni hi fe fɛɛ yɛ shihilɛ mli?
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Mɛni baaha ona miishɛɛ diɛŋtsɛ?
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 23]
Akɛ hetuu kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hamɔ tsɔse Timoteo ni ekɛfee oti ni ma ehiɛ. Enɛ ha eshihilɛ nɔ bakwɔ fe Efesobii ni bɛ jeŋba lɛ anɔ