Yitso 19
Nyɔŋmɔ Israel lɛ Naasɔomɔ
Ninaa 4—Kpojiemɔ 7:1-17
Saneyitso: Asɔo 144,000 lɛ naa ni ana ni asafo babaoo ko damɔ Yehowa maŋtsɛsɛi lɛ kɛ Toobi lɛ hiɛ
Emlibaa be: Kɛjɛ be mli ni akɛ Kristo Yesu ta maŋtsɛsɛi nɔ yɛ 1914 kɛyashi Afii Akpe Maŋtsɛyeli be lɛ mli
1. “Namɔ aaanyɛ shi adamɔ” yɛ ŋwɛi mlifu gbi wulu lɛ nɔ?
“NAMƆ aaanyɛ shi adamɔ?” (Kpojiemɔ 6:17) Hɛɛ, namɔ lɛlɛŋ? Kɛ nakai ŋwɛi mlifu gbi kpeteŋkpele lɛ kpata Satan gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ hiɛ lɛ, nɔyelɔi kɛ gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ je lɛŋ lɛ baanyɛ abi nakai sane lɛ. Kɛha amɛ lɛ ebaafee tamɔ nɔ ni hiɛkpatamɔ ni baa lɛ baagbe adesa wala fɛɛ wala. Shi ani ebaafee nakai? Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ gbalɔ lɛ maa nɔ mi kɛhaa wɔ: “Mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni aaatsɛ Yehowa gbɛi anɔ lɛ, aaahere eyiwala.” (Yoel 3:5) Bɔfo Petro kɛ Paulo ma nakai anɔkwa sane lɛ nɔ mi. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:19-21; Romabii 10:13) Hɛɛ, mɛi ni tsɛɔ Yehowa gbɛi lɛ baaje mli. Namɛi ji mɛnɛɛmɛi? Wɔbaana yɛ be mli ni ninaa ni nyiɛ sɛɛ lɛ jeɔ kpo lɛ.
2. Mɛni hewɔ eji nɔ ko ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ni ekaaa hu akɛ mɛi komɛi ayi aaana wala yɛ Yehowa kojomɔ gbi lɛ nɔ lɛ?
2 Akɛ mɔ ko aaaje Yehowa kojomɔ gbi lɛ mli shweshweeshwe lɛ yɛ naakpɛɛ diɛŋtsɛ kɛ nɔ ni ekaaa fɛɛ, ejaakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ gbalɔi lɛ ateŋ mɔ kome kɛ nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ tsɔɔ mli: “Naa, Yehowa laasuogbele ni ji emlifu lɛ je kpo, laasuogbele ni tsɔmɔɔ ni, ni eebɔle mɛi fɔji ayitsei ahe. Yehowa mlifu ni naa wa lɛ kpaleŋ kɛyashi beyinɔ ni eeefee egbe naa ni eeeha etsui mli yiŋtoi lɛ aba mli.” (Yeremia 30:23, 24) Ehe miihia ni wɔto gbɛjianɔ koni wɔnyɛ wɔdamɔ nakai laasuogbele lɛ naa!—Abɛi 2:22; Yesaia 55:6, 7; Zefania 2:2, 3.
Kɔɔyɔi Ejwɛ Lɛ
3. (a) Mɛɛ sɔɔmɔ krɛdɛɛ ko ni ŋwɛibɔfoi kɛhaa Yohane na? (b) “Kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ” lɛ damɔ shi kɛha mɛni?
3 Dani Yehowa aaaŋmɛɛ emlifu lɛ he lɛ, ŋwɛibɔfoi tsuɔ nitsumɔ krɛdɛɛ ko. Yohane na enɛ yɛ eninaa lɛ mli: “Nii nɛɛ asɛɛ lɛ mina ŋwɛibɔfoi ejwɛ damɔ shikpɔŋ koji ejwɛ lɛ nɔ, ni amɛhiɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ mli, koni kɔɔyɔɔ ko akatswa yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ loo ŋshɔ nɔ loo tso ko nɔ.” (Kpojiemɔ 7:1) Mɛni enɛ tsɔɔ kɛhaa wɔ ŋmɛnɛ? Nɛkɛ “kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ” nɛɛ ji hiɛkpatamɔ kojomɔ ni aahe aŋmɛɛ he ashwie gbɔmɛi yiwalɔi ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ anɔ, kɛ adesai mlakwalɔi ni efee hoo tamɔ “ŋshɔ,” kɛ nɔyelɔi ni kwɔlɔ gojogojoo tamɔ tsei ni naa sɛɛfimɔ kɛ nii kɛjɛɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ gbɔmɛi lɛ aŋɔɔ lɛ he okadi ni mli ka shi faŋŋ.—Yesaia 57:20; Lala 37:35, 36.
4. (a) Ŋwɛibɔfoi ejwɛ lɛ damɔ shi kɛha mɛni? (b) Kɛ aŋmɛɛ kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ ahe lɛ, mɛni baaba Satan shikpɔŋ nɔ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ nɔ?
4 Ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ nɛkɛ ŋwɛibɔfoi ejwɛ nɛɛ damɔ shi kɛha ŋwɛibɔfoi akui ejwɛ, ni Yehowa kɛ amɛ tsuɔ nii koni amɛtsi hiɛkpatamɔ kojomɔ lɛ naa kɛyashi be ni ato lɛ baashɛ lɛ. Kɛ nakai ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ ŋmɛɛ nakai ŋwɛi mlifu kɔɔyɔi lɛ ahe koni ebɔle shi amrɔ nɔŋŋ kɛjɛ kooyigbɛ, wuoyigbɛ, bokagbɛ kɛ anaigbɛ lɛ, nakai hiɛkpatamɔ lɛ baada kpeteŋkpele. Ebaatamɔ bɔ ni Yehowa kɛ kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ tsu nii ni ekɛgbɛ blema Elambii lɛ eshwa, ni ekumɔ amɛ ni ekpata amɛhiɛ lɛ, shi yɛ enɛ gbɛfaŋ lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni da nɔ. (Yeremia 49:36-38) Ebaafee laasuogbele kpeteŋkpele ni fiteɔ nii babaoo fe “ahum” ni Yehowa kɛkpata Amon maŋ lɛ hiɛ lɛ. (Amos 1:13-15) Satan shikpɔŋ nɔ gbɛjianɔtoo ko bɛ ni baanyɛ adamɔ shi yɛ Yehowa mlifu gbi lɛ nɔ, beni efaa jeŋ muu fɛɛ maŋtsɛ ni eji lɛ he kɛhaa naanɔi fɛɛ ni baaba lɛ.—Lala 83:16, 19; Yesaia 29:5, 6.
5. Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Yeremia gbalɛ lɛ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔnuɔ shishi akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kojomɔi lɛ baaba shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ?
5 Ani wɔyɛ nɔmimaa akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ kojomɔi lɛ baakpata shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ? Agbɛnɛ bo egbalɔ Yeremia hu toi: “Naa, efɔŋ aaajɛ jeŋmaŋ nɔ aya jeŋmaŋ nɔ, ni ahum kpeteŋkpele aaate shi kɛaajɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ naagbee he tɔɔ; ni mɛi ni Yehowa aaagbe yɛ nakai gbi lɛ nɔ lɛ aaakamɔ shi kɛaajɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ naagbee he kome kɛaatee shikpɔŋ lɛ naagbee he kroko lɛ.” (Yeremia 25:32, 33) Nɛkɛ ahum kpeteŋkpele nɛɛ mli ni duŋ kpii baaha shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ. Abaahoso emli nɔyelɔi lɛ koni amɛlaaje kwraa. (Kpojiemɔ 6:12-14) Shi wɔsɛɛ be efeŋ ediŋ kɛhaŋ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ. Belɛ namɛi ahewɔ ni atsi kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ naa lɛ?
Nyɔŋmɔ Tsuji lɛ Anaasɔomɔ
6. Namɔ kɛɔ ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ akɛ amɛtsi kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ anaa lɛ, no hewɔ lɛ enɛ ŋmɛɔ gbɛ kɛha mɛni feemɔ?
6 Yohane tee nɔ etsɔɔ bɔ ni abaakadi mɛi komɛi aha yiwalaheremɔ lɛ mli, akɛ: “Ni mina bɔfo kroko miikwɔ kɛmiijɛ hulu shitee he kɛmiiba, ni ehiɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛkalɔ lɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ; ni ebolɔ kɛ gbee waa ekɛɛ bɔfoi ejwɛ lɛ ni aha amɛ hegbɛ akɛ amɛfee shikpɔŋ lɛ kɛ ŋshɔ lɛ efɔŋ lɛ akɛ: Nyɛkafea shikpɔŋ lɛ loo ŋshɔ lɛ loo tsei lɛ efɔŋ ko kɛyaashi beyinɔ ni wɔkɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ aaakadi wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ tsuji lɛ ahiɛŋtsei anɔ da.”—Kpojiemɔ 7:2, 3.
7. Namɔ diɛŋtsɛ ji ŋwɛibɔfo ni ji enumɔ lɛ, ni mɛɛ odaseyeli yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔnaa akɛ nakai eji?
7 Eyɛ mli akɛ atsiii nɛkɛ bɔfo ni ji enumɔ nɛɛ gbɛi ata moŋ, shi odaseyelii lɛ fɛɛ tsɔɔ akɛ ebaafee Nuŋtsɔ Yesu ni awo ehiɛ nyam lɛ. Akɛni Yesu ji Bofɔnukpa hewɔ lɛ, anaa yɛ biɛ akɛ eyɛ hewalɛ yɛ ŋwɛibɔfoi krokomɛi lɛ anɔ. (1 Tesalonikabii 4:16; Yuda 9) Ebaa kɛjɛɔ bokagbɛ, tamɔ “maŋtsɛmɛi ni jɛ hulu shitee he lɛ”—Yehowa kɛ e-Kristo lɛ—ni kɛ hiɛkpatamɔ kojomɔ baa, taakɛ maŋtsɛmɛi ni ji Dario kɛ Koresh fee yɛ be mli ni amɛba blema Babilon shi lɛ. (Kpojiemɔ 16:12; Yesaia 45:1; Yeremia 51:11; Daniel 5:31) Nɛkɛ bɔfo nɛɛ hu tamɔ Yesu ejaakɛ akɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ anaasɔomɔ ewo edɛŋ. (Efesobii 1:13, 14) Kɛfata he lɛ, kɛ aŋmɛɛ kɔɔyɔi lɛ ahe lɛ, Yesu ji mɔ ni nyiɛ ŋwɛi tabilɔi lɛ ahiɛ ni amɛtsuɔ fɔbuu kojomɔ he nii yɛ jeŋmaji lɛ anɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 19:11-16) Yɛ sane naatsɔɔmɔ ni ja naa lɛ, belɛ Yesu ji mɔ ni baafa akɛ Satan shikpɔŋ nɔ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ hiɛkpatamɔ lɛ amɛ kɛyashi be mli ni aaasɔo Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji lɛ anaa da.
8. Mɛni ji naasɔomɔ lɛ, ni mɛɛ be mli ejeɔ shishi?
8 Mɛni ji nɛkɛ naasɔomɔ nɛɛ, ni namɛi ji nɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji nɛɛ? Naasɔomɔ lɛ je shishi yɛ Pentekoste afi 33 Ŋ.B., beni akɛ mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ fɔ klɛŋklɛŋ Yudafoi Kristofoi lɛ amu lɛ. Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ je shishi etsɛ “gbɔmɛi ni jɛ jeŋmaji lɛ ateŋ” lɛ hu ni efɔ amɛ mu. (Romabii 3:29; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:1-4, 14, 32, 33; 15:14) Bɔfo Paulo ŋma yɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ ahe akɛ amɛyɛ nɔmimaa akɛ “amɛji Kristo nii” ni ekɛfata he akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ “esɔo wɔnaa ni eha wɔ nɔ ni baaba lɛ he okadi, ni ji, mumɔ, ni yɔɔ wɔtsuii amli lɛ.” (2 Korintobii 1:21, 22, New World Translation; okɛto Kpojiemɔ 14:1 he.) No hewɔ lɛ, kɛ aŋɔ nɛkɛ tsuji nɛɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔŋ bii lɛ, amɛnine shɛɔ amɛ ŋwɛi gboshiniyeli lɛ he okadi ko nɔ kɛtsɔɔ hiɛ—naasɔomɔ nɔ, aloo shiwoo. (2 Korintobii 5:1, 5; Efesobii 1:10, 11) Amɛbaanyɛ amɛkɛɛ akɛ: “Mumɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ kɛ wɔmumɔ lɛ yeɔ odase akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ bii ji wɔ. Ni kɛ bii ji wɔ lɛ, belɛ niyelɔi hu ji wɔ: Nyɔŋmɔ niyelɔi diɛŋtsɛ, shi Kristo hefatalɔi niyelɔi, shi ja wɔkɛ lɛ fɛɛ ena amanehulu koni awo wɔkɛ lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ nyam hu.”—Romabii 8:15-17, New World Translation.
9. (a) Mɛɛ tsuishiŋmɛɛ ataoɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔŋ bii ni akɛ mumɔ efɔ amɛ ni amɛshwɛ lɛ agbɛfaŋ? (b) Mɛi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ ni akaa amɛ lɛ baaya nɔ kɛyashi mɛɛ be?
9 “Shi ja wɔkɛ lɛ fɛɛ ena amanehulu”—mɛni no tsɔɔ? Bɔni afee ni amɛnine ashɛ wala akekere lɛ nɔ lɛ, esa akɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ aŋmɛ amɛtsui shi, amɛye anɔkwale kɛyashi gbele mli. (Kpojiemɔ 2:10) Ejeee ‘bei abɔ ni ahere oyiwala lɛ, belɛ ahere oyiwala yɛ be fɛɛ mli’ he sane ko ni. (Mateo 10:22; Luka 13:24) Shi moŋ, awoɔ amɛ ŋaa akɛ: “Nyɛbɔa mɔdɛŋ ni nyɛwajea nyɛtsɛmɔ kɛ halamɔ lɛ.” Taakɛ bɔfo Paulo fee lɛ, yɛ naagbee lɛ esa akɛ amɛnyɛ amɛkɛɛ akɛ: “Ta kpakpa lɛ, miwuu; foidamɔ lɛ, mida migbe naa; hemɔkɛyeli lɛ, mihiɛ mli tswɛ.” (2 Petro 1:10, 11; 2 Timoteo 4:7, 8) No hewɔ lɛ esa akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ bii ni eshwɛ ni akɛ mumɔ efɔ amɛ lɛ akaa kɛ nɔsɔŋmɔ lɛ aya nɔ yɛ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ kɛyashi be mli ni Yesu kɛ ŋwɛibɔfoi ni fata ehe lɛ kɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ ‘aaakpɛtɛ’ mɛnɛɛmɛi fɛɛ ‘ahiɛnaai,’ koni no aha ayoo amɛ akɛ “wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ tsuji” anɔkwafoi ni aka amɛ akwɛ kwraa ni anyɛŋ atsake. No hewɔ lɛ nakai naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ batsɔɔ naanɔ kadimɔ nɔ. Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ, kɛ aŋmɛɛ haomɔ kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ ahe lɛ, no mli lɛ asɔo mumɔŋ Israel fɛɛ naa agbe naa, eyɛ mli akɛ ekolɛ amɛteŋ mɛi fioo ko baahi wala mli yɛ heloo mli lolo. (Mateo 24:13; Kpojiemɔ 19:7) No mli lɛ amɛ yibɔ lɛ fɛɛ eshɛ!—Romabii 11:25, 26.
Mɛi Enyiɛ Asɔo Amɛnaa?
10. (a) Mɛɛ ŋmalɛi tsɔɔ akɛ aje husu awo mɛi ni asɔo amɛnaa lɛ ayibɔ lɛ he? (b) Mɛi enyiɛ asɔo amɛnaa lɛ, ni te ato amɛ naa aha tɛŋŋ?
10 Yesu kɛɛ mɛi ni abaasɔo amɛnaa lɛ akɛ: “Kaashe gbeyei, asafo kuu bibioo; ejaakɛ nyɛ-Tsɛ lɛ yɛ he tsuijurɔ akɛ eeeŋɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ eha nyɛ.” (Luka 12:32) Ŋmalɛi krokomɛi tamɔ Kpojiemɔ 6:11 kɛ Romabii 11:25 tsɔɔ akɛ nakai asafo kuu bibioo lɛ ayifalɛ lɛ ji nɔ ni aje husu awo he lɛlɛŋ, ni yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, atsɔ hiɛ ana yibɔ lɛ ato. Yohane wiemɔi ni nyiɛ sɛɛ lɛ maa enɛ nɔ mi: “Ni minu mɛi ni akɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ ekadi lɛ ayibɔ: mɛi akpei oha kɛ nyɔŋmai ejwɛ kɛ ejwɛ ni akɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ ekadi amɛ kɛjɛ Israelbii lɛ akutso fɛɛ akutso mli: Yuda akutso lɛ mli lɛ, akɛ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ kadi mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ; Ruben akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Gad akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Asher akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Naftali akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Manase akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Simeon akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Levi akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Isakar akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Zebulun akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Yosef akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ, Benyamin akutso lɛ mli lɛ mɛi akpei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ.”—Kpojiemɔ 7:4-8.
11. (a) Mɛni hewɔ akutsei 12 lɛ ni awieɔ amɛhe lɛ kɔɔɔ heloo naa Israel diɛŋtsɛ he lɛ? (b) Mɛni hewɔ Kpojiemɔ tsiɔ akutsei 12 ta lɛ? (d) Mɛni hewɔ odehei loo osɔfoi aweku kome ko bɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Israel mli lɛ?
11 Ani jeee heloo naa Israel diɛŋtsɛ he awieɔ nɛɛ? Dabi, ejaakɛ Kpojiemɔ 7:4-8 tsi ehe kɛjɛ bɔ ni ato wekui lɛ anaa kɛjɛ shishijee lɛ he. (4 Mose 1:17, 47) Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ, bɔ ni ato naa yɛ biɛ lɛ jeee koni akɛyoo heloo naa Yudafoi lɛ kɛtsɔ amɛ akutsei anaa, shi moŋ koni akɛtsɔɔ bɔ ni ato mumɔŋ Israel naa aloo ehe gbɛjianɔ aha. Enɛ ŋmɛɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Maŋ hee nɛɛ mli bii baafee 144,000 pɛpɛɛpɛ—12,000 kɛmiijɛ akutsei 12 lɛ eko fɛɛ eko mli. Nyɔŋmɔ Israel nɛɛ mli akutso ko bɛ ni lɛ pɛ eji odehe ni yeɔ maŋtsɛ loo osɔfo. Maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ baaye nɔ akɛ maŋtsɛmɛi, ni maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ baasɔmɔ akɛ osɔfoi.—Galatabii 6:16; Kpojiemɔ 20:4, 6.
12. Mɛni hewɔ esa akɛ onukpai 24 lɛ aaala Kpojiemɔ 5:9, 10 mli wiemɔi lɛ yɛ Toobi lɛ hiɛ lɛ?
12 Eyɛ mli akɛ akɛ klɛŋklɛŋ hegbɛ ha heloo naa Yudafoi kɛ mɛi ni amɛtsɔmɔ amɛhe Yudafoi lɛ koni ahala amɛ akɛ mumɔŋ Israelbii moŋ, shi nakai maŋ lɛ mli mɛi fioo ko pɛ kpɛlɛ nɔ. No hewɔ lɛ Yehowa kpa ninefɔɔ lɛ mli eha Jeŋmajiaŋbii lɛ. (Yohane 1:10-13; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:4, 7-11; Romabii 11:7) Taakɛ eji yɛ Efesobii ni tsutsu lɛ amɛji “mɛi kpɔji yɛ Israel maŋ gbɛnaa nii agbɛfaŋ” lɛ, agbɛnɛ abaanyɛ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔ lɛ asɔo mɛi ni jeee Yudafoi lɛ anaa ni amɛbatsɔmɔ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ asafo lɛ fa. (Efesobii 2:11-13; 3:5, 6; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 15:14) No hewɔ lɛ esa jogbaŋŋ akɛ onukpai 24 lɛ aaala yɛ Toobi lɛ hiɛ akɛ: “Okɛ ola lɛ ekpɔ̃ wɔ oha Nyɔŋmɔ kɛjɛ akutso fɛɛ akutso kɛ wiemɔ fɛɛ wiemɔ kɛ maŋ fɛɛ maŋ kɛ jeŋmaŋ fɛɛ jeŋmaŋ mli, ni oŋɔ wɔ ofee maŋtsɛmɛi kɛ osɔfoi oha wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, ni wɔɔye maŋtsɛ yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ.”—Kpojiemɔ 5:9, 10.
13. Mɛni hewɔ Yesu nyɛ bi Yakobo baanyɛ aŋma ewolo lɛ eyaha “akutsei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ ni egbɛ eshwa lɛ” yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ lɛ?
13 Kristofoi asafo lɛ ji “weku ni ahala . . . maŋtsɛmɛi ni yeɔ osɔfoi, jeŋmaŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ.” (1 Petro 2:9) Akɛni akɛ amɛ miito heloo naa Israel najiaŋ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ maŋ hewɔ lɛ, ebafeɔ Israel hee ni ji “ ‘Israel’ diɛŋtsɛ.” (Romabii 9:6-8; Mateo 21:43)a Yɛ enɛ hewɔ lɛ, eja gbɛ kwraa akɛ Yesu nyɛ bi Yakobo aaaŋma egbɛtsɔɔmɔ wolo ni jɛ mumɔŋ lɛ “ayaha akutsei nyɔŋma-kɛ-enyɔ ni egbɛ eshwa lɛ,” ni ji akɛ eŋma eha Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ asafoi ni yɔɔ jeŋ fɛɛ ni yɛ be ni sa mli lɛ amɛyibɔ aaafee 144,000 lɛ.—Yakobo 1:1.
Nyɔŋmɔ Israel ni Yɔɔ Ŋmɛnɛ
14. Mɛni tsɔɔ akɛ Yehowa Odasefoi etee nɔ amɛkɛ amɛhe ekpɛtɛ mɛi ni feɔ mumɔŋ Israel lɛ ayibɔ ni ji 144,000 lɛ he akɛ nakai eji diɛŋtsɛ?
14 Nɔ ni yɔɔ miishɛɛ lɛ, Charles T. Russell yɔse akɛ 144,000 lɛ ji yibɔ diɛŋtsɛ ni ji aŋkroaŋkroi ni feɔ mumɔŋ Israel. Yɛ ewolo The New Creation, Kpo VI ni jɛ ewolo ni ji Studies in the Scriptures, ni aŋma yɛ 1904 lɛ mli lɛ, eŋma akɛ: “Wɔyɛ nɔmimaa fɛɛ ni wɔkɛaahe wɔye akɛ mɛi ni ahala [ni ji mɛi ni ahala amɛ ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ] ayibɔ diɛŋtsɛ ji nɔ ni atsiɔ ta shii abɔ yɛ Kpojiemɔ lɛ (7:4; 14:1); ni ji, 144,000 ‘ni akpɔ̃ amɛ kɛjɛ gbɔmɛi ateŋ lɛ.’” Awie hu yɛ wolo Light, Book One, ni Biblia Kaselɔi lɛ ŋma yɛ 1930 lɛ mli akɛ: “Kristo gbɔmɔtso lɛ mli bii ni ji 144,000 lɛ ni ana amɛ yɛ henaabuamɔ lɛ mli lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ ahala amɛ ni afɔ amɛ mu, aloo asɔo amɛnaa.” Yehowa Odasefoi etee nɔ amɛkɛ amɛhe ekpɛtɛ nakai jwɛŋmɔ lɛ he akɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu ni amɛyibɔ ji 144,000 diɛŋtsɛ feɔ mumɔŋ Israel.
15. Dani Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ aaaje shishi lɛ, mɛni Biblia kaselɔi ni kɛ hiɛdɔɔ kaseɔ nii lɛ susu akɛ heloo naa Yudafoi lɛ baana mli ŋɔɔmɔ yɛ be mli ni Jeŋmaji Abe lɛ ba naagbee lɛ?
15 Ni kɛlɛ, ani duromɔ krɛdɛɛ ko esaaa heloo naa Israel ŋmɛnɛ? Yɛ be ni tsɔ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ hiɛ, yɛ be mli ni Biblia kaselɔi anɔkwafoi lɛ miikpa shishijee anɔkwalei ni yɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ mli lɛ ashi lɛ, asusu akɛ, kɛ Jeŋmaji Abe lɛ ba naagbee lɛ, Yudafoi lɛ baana shidaamɔ ni duromɔ yɔɔ mli ekoŋŋ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ. No hewɔ lɛ C. T. Russell wolo ni ji The Time Is at Hand (ni ji Studies in the Scriptures lɛ Kpo II) ni eŋma yɛ 1889 lɛ kɛ Yeremia 31:29-34 to heloo naa Yudafoi lɛ ahe ni ekɛɛ: “Je lɛ yeɔ anɔkwale ni eji akɛ Israel toigbalamɔ yɛ Jeŋmaji lɛ anɔyeli shishi lɛ etee nɔ aahu kɛjɛ B.C. [607], ni akɛ eeya nɔ lolo, ni akɛ yiŋtoo ko bɛ ni aaadamɔ nɔ akpa gbɛ akɛ amɛmaŋ gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ baaba mra fe A.D. 1914, ni ji be ni amɛ ‘bei kpawo’—afii 2520 lɛ baashɛ lɛ he odase.” Etamɔ nɔ ni belɛ abaaku sɛɛ ato Yudafoi lɛ akɛ maŋ ama shi ekoŋŋ, ni nɛkɛ gbɛkpamɔ nɛɛ mli bafee faŋŋ yɛ 1917, yɛ be mli ni Balfour Declaration lɛ kɛ shiwoo akɛ Ŋleshi baafi Palestina ni aaafee lɛ Yudafoi lɛ amaŋ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ ha lɛ.
16. Mɛɛ mɔdɛŋ Yehowa Odasefoi bɔ koni amɛkɛ Kristofoi asane lɛ ayaha heloo naa Yudafoi lɛ, ni mɛni jɛ mli ba?
16 Yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, Palestina bafee shikpɔŋkuku ni akɛ enɔkwɛmɔ ewo Great Britain dɛŋ, ni gbɛ bagbele koni Yudafoi babaoo aku amɛsɛɛ amɛya nakai shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ. Ato Israel maŋkwramɔŋ Maŋ lɛ ama shi yɛ 1948. Ani enɛ etsɔɔɔ akɛ belɛ ŋwɛi jɔɔmɔi miihe aba Yudafoi lɛ anɔ? Yehowa Odasefoi he amɛye afii babaoo akɛ nakai eji. No hewɔ lɛ, yɛ 1925 mli lɛ, amɛŋma wolo ko ni hiɛ baafai 128, ni ji Comfort for the Jews lɛ amɛha. Yɛ 1929 mli lɛ, amɛjie wolo fɛfɛo ko ni hiɛ baafai 360 ni egbɛi ji Life lɛ kpo, kɛ yiŋtoo akɛ Yudafoi lɛ baasumɔ nɛkɛ wolo nɛɛ, ni enɛ hu wieɔ Biblia mli wolo ni ji Hiob he. Abɔ mɔdɛŋ waa, titri lɛ yɛ New York Maŋtiase lɛ mli, koni Yudafoi lɛ anine ashɛ nɛkɛ Mesia lɛ he sane nɛɛ nɔ. Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, aŋkroaŋkroi fioo ko kpɛlɛ nɔ, shi Yudafoi lɛ ateŋ mɛi ni fa, taakɛ amɛblematsɛmɛi ni hi shi yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli lɛ ji lɛ, kpoo odaseyeli ni kɔɔ ba ni Mesia lɛ eba lɛ he lɛ.
17, 18. Mɛni Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ banu shishi yɛ kpaŋmɔ hee lɛ kɛ Biblia mli gbalɛi ni kɔɔ nibii asaamɔ he lɛ he?
17 Eka shi faŋŋ akɛ Yudafoi, akɛ gbɔmɛi kɛ maŋ lɛ jeee Israel ni atsɔɔ mli yɛ Kpojiemɔ 7:4-8 loo Biblia mli gbalɛi krokomɛi ni kɔɔ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ he lɛ. Akɛni amɛdiɔ blema saji asɛɛ hewɔ lɛ, Yudafoi lɛ tee nɔ amɛkpoo gbɛi krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ tsɛmɔ. (Mateo 15:1-3, 7-9) Yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ Yeremia 31:31-34 he lɛ, wolo ni ji Jehovah ni Yehowa Odasefoi ŋma yɛ 1934 lɛ wie kɛ nɔmimaa akɛ: “Kpaŋmɔ hee lɛ kɛ heloo naa Israelbii aseshibii kɛ adesai fɛɛ bɛ nɔ ko feemɔ, shi . . . ekɔɔ mumɔŋ Israel pɛ he.” Biblia mli gbalɛi ni kɔɔ nibii asaamɔ he lɛ kɔɔɔ heloo naa Yudafoi lɛ loo maŋkwramɔŋ Israel he, ejaakɛ eji Jeŋmaji Ekomefeemɔ lɛ mli nyo kɛ je lɛ ni Yesu wie he yɛ Yohane 14:19, 30 kɛ 18:36 lɛ fa.
18 Beni shɛɔ 1931 lɛ, no mli lɛ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ anine eshɛ gbɛi Yehowa Odasefoi lɛ nɔ kɛ miishɛɛ babaoo. Amɛbaanyɛ amɛjɛ amɛtsuiŋ fɛɛ amɛkpɛlɛ wiemɔi ni yɔɔ Lala 97:11 lɛ nɔ akɛ: “La baate shi aha jalɔ kɛ, kɛ miishɛɛ ha mɛi ni ja yɛ amɛtsuiaŋ lɛ.” Amɛnyɛ amɛyoo yɛ faŋŋ mli akɛ mumɔŋ Israel pɛ ji mɛi ni akɛ amɛ eba kpaŋmɔ hee lɛ mli. (Hebribii 9:15; 12:22, 24) Heloo naa Israel ni hereee tsɛmɔ nɛɛ nɔ lɛ bɛ gbɛfaŋnɔ yɛ mli, ni nakai nɔŋŋ adesai fɛɛ ji. Nɛkɛ shishinumɔ nɛɛ gba gbɛ koni ŋwɛi la ni kpɛɔ kaŋkaŋ, ni ekaaa yɛ teokrase yinɔsane be mli aba. Enɛ baajie bɔ ni Yehowa jieɔ emɔbɔnalɛ, emlihilɛ, kɛ anɔkwale lɛ kpo babaoo ehaa adesai fɛɛ ni bɛŋkɛɔ lɛ lɛ kpo. (2 Mose 34:6; Yakobo 4:8) Hɛɛ, kɛfata Nyɔŋmɔ Israel he lɛ, mɛi krokomɛi hu baana ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ ni tsiɔ kɔɔyɔi ejwɛ lɛ ahiɛkpatamɔ naa lɛ he sɛɛ. Namɛi mɛnɛɛmɛi baanyɛ afee? Ani ooonyɛ ofee amɛteŋ mɔ kome? Ha wɔkwɛ agbɛnɛ.
[Shishigbɛ niŋmaa]
a Nɔ ni sa jogbaŋŋ lɛ, gbɛi Israel lɛ shishi ji “Nyɔŋmɔ Shiɔ Mple; Mpleshilɔ (Hiɛmialɔ) Kɛ Nyɔŋmɔ.”—1 Mose 32:29, New World Translation Reference Bible, shishigbɛ niŋmaa.
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Anɔkwale Nyɔŋmɔ Israel lɛ halamɔ tee nɔ kɛjɛ Pentekoste afi 33 Ŋ.B. gbi lɛ nɔ kɛbashi 1935, beni yɛ kpee ko ni Yehowa Odasefoi fee ni fee yinɔsane yɛ Washington, D.C. lɛ shishi lɛ, agbala jwɛŋmɔ kɛtee asafo babaoo ko ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ wala he hiɛnɔkamɔ lɛ anaabuamɔ nɔ lɛ (Kpojiemɔ 7:9)