Yitso 22
Klɛŋklɛŋ Kpoo Lɛ—Baalabii
1. Namɛi nyiɛɔ sɛɛ baa beni ŋwɛibɔfoi lɛ kpaa amɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi lɛ, ni mɛni tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔ ni ji enumɔ lɛ tswaa he adafi?
BƆFO ni ji enumɔ lɛ saa ehe koni ekpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ. Akpa ŋwɛi tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛi ejwɛ momo, ni akudɔ haomɔi ejwɛ ashwie shikpɔŋ lɛ mlijai etɛ mli ekome ni Yehowa buɔ no akɛ nɔ ni ahiɔ fe fɛɛ lɛ nɔ—Kristendom. Ayoo shihilɛ mli ni eyɔɔ lɛ akɛ mɔ ni gbelehela yeɔ lɛ. Yɛ be mli ni ŋwɛibɔfoi kpaa tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ, adesai adafitswalɔi hu nyiɛɔ sɛɛ kɛtsɔɔ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ. Agbɛnɛ abaakpa ŋwɛi tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enumɔ lɛ ni akɛtswa klɛŋklɛŋ kpoo lɛ he adafi, nɔ ni yɔɔ gbeyei kwraa fe nɔ ni etsɔ hiɛ eba lɛ. Ekɔɔ baalabii ahaomɔ ni yɔɔ gbeyei ko he. Shi klɛŋklɛŋ lɛ, ha wɔpɛi ŋmalɛi krokomɛi ni baaye abua wɔ ni wɔnu nɛkɛ haomɔ nɛɛ shishi jogbaŋŋ lɛ mli.
2. Mɛɛ Biblia mli wolo tsɔɔ baalabii ahaomɔ ko ni tamɔ nɔ ni Yohane na lɛ mli lɛ, ni te enɛ sa blema Israel he eha tɛŋŋ?
2 Biblia mli wolo ni ji Yoel, ni aŋma yɛ afii ohai nɛɛhu D.Ŋ.B. lɛ tsɔɔ filikilɔi ahaomɔ ko ni baalabii fata he lɛ mli tamɔ nɔ ni Yohane na lɛ nɔŋŋ. (Yoel 2:1-11, 25)a Ekɛ haomɔ baaba Israel ni ekwa hemɔkɛyeli lɛ nɔ, ni ebaaha Yudafoi aŋkroaŋkroi lɛ hu atsake amɛtsui ni amɛku amɛsɛɛ amɛba Yehowa duromɔ mli. (Yoel 2:6, 12-14) Kɛ nakai be lɛ shɛ lɛ, Yehowa baafɔse emumɔ lɛ eshwie “heloo fɛɛ nɔ,” yɛ be mli ni okadii ni yɔɔ gbeyei kɛ nɔ ni haa mɔ tsui faa tsɔɔ “Yehowa gbi wulu ni he yɔɔ gbeyei” lɛ hiɛ lɛ.—Yoel 2:11; 3:1-5.
Klɛŋklɛŋ Afii Oha lɛ Mli Haomɔ
3, 4. (a) Mɛɛ be mli Yoel yitso 2 ba mli, ni yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Haomɔ ko ni tamɔ baalabii babaoo ba yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha Ŋ.B. lɛ mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni haomɔ nɛɛ tee nɔ kɛyashi mɛɛ be?
3 Yoel yitso 2 ba mli yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli. No mli, yɛ Pentekoste afi 33 Ŋ.B., ni afɔse mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ ashwie shi, ni efɔ klɛŋklɛŋ Kristofoi lɛ mu, ni ewo amɛ hewalɛ koni amɛwie “Nyɔŋmɔ nibii wuji” lɛ ahe yɛ wiemɔi sɔrɔtoi babaoo mli. Nɔ ni jɛ mli ba ji akɛ, asafo babaoo ko bua amɛhe naa. Bɔfo Petro wie etsɔɔ nakai mɛi ni kwɛɔ nɔ ni yaa nɔ lɛ ni amɛnaa ekpɛ amɛhe lɛ, ni etsɛ ŋmalɛ kɛjɛ Yoel 3:1, 2 ni ekɛtsɔɔ mli akɛ emlibaa he odase amɛyeɔ lɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:1-21) Shi odaseyeli ko bɛ ni tsɔɔ akɛ kooloi filikilɔi diɛŋtsɛ haomɔ ba yɛ nakai be lɛ mli, ni ebagba mɛi komɛi anaa ni no ha mɛi komɛi tsake.
4 Ani okadifeemɔ haomɔ ko ba yɛ nakai gbii lɛ amli? Hɛɛ, eba mli diɛŋtsɛ! Eba yɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu ehee lɛ ashiɛmɔ ni amɛŋmɛɛɛ he lɛ hewɔ.b Yehowa tsɔ amɛnɔ efɔ Yudafoi ni baabo toi ni amɛtsake lɛ nine ni amɛbana jɔɔmɔi amli ŋɔɔmɔ kɛjɛ eŋɔɔ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:38-40; 3:19) Aŋkroaŋkroi ni kpɛlɛ nɔ lɛ anine shɛ eduromɔ nɔ kɛyashɛ shɔŋŋ. Shi kɛha mɛi ni kpoo eninefɔɔ lɛ, klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli Kristofoi lɛ batsɔmɔ tamɔ baalabii babaoo ni kpataa nii ahiɛ kɛha amɛ. Amɛje shishi kɛjɛ Yerusalem, ni amɛgbɛ amɛshwa Yudea kɛ Samaria fɛɛ. Etsɛɛɛ ni ana amɛ yɛ he fɛɛ he, ni amɛkɛ Yesu shitee lɛ he sane lɛ jajemɔ yɛ faŋŋ mli, kɛ nɔ ni enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ tsɔɔ lɛ miipiŋ Yudafoi ni heee yeee lɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 1:8; 4:18-20; 5:17-21, 28, 29, 40-42; 17:5, 6; 21:27-30) Nakai haomɔi lɛ tee nɔ aahu kɛyashi “gbi wulu ni he yɔɔ gbeyei” lɛ ba yɛ afi 70 Ŋ.B., beni Yehowa kɛ Roma asraafoi lɛ ba Yerusalem nɔ koni amɛbakpata hiɛ lɛ. Kristofoi pɛ ni tsɛ Yehowa gbɛi lɛ yɛ hemɔkɛyeli mli lɛ ahere amɛyiwala.—Yoel 3:5; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 2:20, 21; Abɛi 18:10.
Baalabii Ahaomɔ ni Yɔɔ Ŋmɛnɛ Beaŋ Lɛ
5. Yoel gbalɛ lɛ ena emlibaa kɛjɛ 1919 kɛbaa nɛɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?
5 Yɛ shishinumɔ naa lɛ, wɔbaanyɛ wɔkpa Yoel gbalɛ lɛ naagbee mlibaa gbɛ yɛ naagbee be lɛ mli. Kwɛ bɔ ni enɛ efee anɔkwale eha! Yɛ Biblia Kaselɔi lɛ akpee ni amɛfee yɛ Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A., September 1-8, 1919 lɛ, Yehowa mumɔ lɛ fɔsemɔ kɛ shishwiemɔ ko ni akadi kanya ewebii lɛ koni amɛto jeŋ muu fɛɛ shiɛmɔ he tafaa ko he gbɛjianɔ. Akɛni amɛ pɛ ji mɛi ni yɔse ákɛ akɛ Yesu eta maŋtsɛsɛi nɔ yɛ ŋwɛi akɛ Maŋtsɛ yɛ mɛi ni tsɛɔ amɛhe Kristofoi lɛ fɛɛ ateŋ hewɔ lɛ, amɛkɛ mɔdɛŋbɔɔ fɛɛ ni amɛaanyɛ jaje nakai sanekpakpa lɛ amɛtsɔɔ yɛ he fɛɛ he. Amɛ odaseyeli ni amɛŋmɛɛɛ he, ni ha gbalɛ lɛ ba mli lɛ batsɔ tamɔ haomɔ ko ni piŋɔ hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔ Kristendom.—Mateo 24:3-8, 14; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 1:8.
6. (a) Mɛni Yohane na beni bɔfo ni ji enumɔ lɛ kpa etɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ lɛ? (b) Nɛkɛ “ŋulami” nɛɛ feɔ namɔ he mfoniri, ni mɛni hewɔ?
6 Kpojiemɔ, ni aŋma yɛ Yerusalem hiɛkpatamɔ lɛ sɛɛ aaafee afii 26 lɛ hu tsɔɔ haomɔ lɛ mli. Mɛni ekɛfataa Yoel sane mlitsɔɔmɔ lɛ he? Nyɛhaa wɔkanea nɔ ni aŋma afɔ shi lɛ, taakɛ Yohane bɔ he amaniɛ lɛ: “Ni bɔfo ni ji enumɔ lɛ kpa, ni mina ŋulami ko jɛ ŋwɛi bagbee shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ, ni aŋɔ bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ naa samfee lɛ aha lɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 9:1) Nɛkɛ “ŋulami” nɛɛ yɛ sɔrɔto yɛ nɔ ni yɔɔ Kpojiemɔ 8:10 ni Yohane na akɛ eegbee shi lɛ he. Ena “ŋulami ko jɛ ŋwɛi bagbee shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ” ni nakai ŋulami lɛ yɛ nitsumɔ ko ni kɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ he. Ani mumɔŋ gbɔmɔ loo helooŋ gbɔmɔ nɛ? Atsɔɔ mɔ ni hiɛ “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ naa samfee” nɛɛ mli yɛ sɛɛ mli akɛ efɔ Satan ewo “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ” lɛ mli. (Kpojiemɔ 20:1-3) No hewɔ lɛ ebaafee mumɔŋ gbɔmɔ ko ni he wa. Yohane kɛɔ wɔ yɛ Kpojiemɔ 9:11 akɛ baalabii lɛ yɛ “maŋtsɛ, bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli bɔfo lɛ.” Nakai kukuji lɛ fɛɛ kɔɔ mɔ kome too lɛ nɔŋŋ he, ejaakɛ ŋwɛibɔfo ni hiɛ bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ naa samfee lɛ baafee bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli bɔfo lɛ yɛ sane naatsɔɔmɔ ni ja naa. Ni ŋulami lɛ baadamɔ shi aha Yehowa Maŋtsɛ ni ehala lɛ lɛ, ejaakɛ Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ kpɛlɛɔ Maŋtsɛ kome pɛ ni ji ŋwɛibɔfo, Yesu Kristo nɔ.—Kolosebii 1:13; 1 Korintobii 15:25.
7. (a) Mɛni ba beni agbele “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ naa” lɛ? (b) Mɛni ji “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ” lɛ, ni namɛi yaye be fioo yɛ mli?
7 Sane lɛ yaa nɔ akɛ: “Ni egbele bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ naa, ni lasu te shi kɛjɛ bu lɛ mli tamɔ flɔnɔɔ kpeteŋkpele mli lasu, ni hulu kɛ atatuiaŋ wo duŋ yɛ bu lɛŋ lasu lɛ hewɔ. Ni baalabii jɛ lasu lɛ mli kɛba shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ; ni aha amɛ hewalɛ tamɔ hewalɛ ni nyɔŋmɔŋkrakroi yɔɔ yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 9:2, 3) Yɛ ŋmalɛ naa lɛ, “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ” lɛ ji he ko ni nitsumɔ ko bɛ jɛmɛ, tamɔ gbele. (Okɛto Romabii 10:7; Kpojiemɔ 17:8; 20:1, 3 he.) Yesu nyɛmimɛi akuu fioo lɛ ye be fioo ko yɛ nɛkɛ “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ” ni nitsumɔ ko bɛ jɛmɛ lɛ mli yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta (1918-19) lɛ naagbee mli. Shi beni Yehowa fɔse emumɔ lɛ eshwie etsuji ni amɛtsake amɛtsui lɛ anɔ yɛ 1919 lɛ, amɛfa kpo babaoo akɛ amɛaakpee nitsumɔ ni ka amɛhiɛ lɛ he kaa lɛ naa.
8. Te feɔ tɛŋŋ ni “lasu” fataa baalabii ni ajieɔ amɛ lɛ ahe kɛbaa lɛ?
8 Yohane yɔse akɛ lasu fata baalabii lɛ aheŋmɛɛmɔ he kɛba, “tamɔ flɔnɔɔ kpeteŋkpele mli lasu.”c Nɛkɛ ji bɔ ni ebalɛ yɛ 1919. Shihilɛ lɛ badi tuŋŋ diɛŋtsɛ kɛha Kristendom kɛ agbɛnɛ je lɛ fɛɛ. (Okɛto Yoel 3:3, 4 he.) Nakai baalabii lɛ, ni ji Yohane kuu lɛ, aheŋmɛɛmɔ lɛ ji Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ni tsɔ ŋaa koni agbe Maŋtsɛyeli nitsumɔ lɛ kwraa ni agbɛnɛ amɛkpoo Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ bianɛ lɛ nɔ kunim ni aye diɛŋtsɛ. Odaseyeli ko ni tamɔ lasu ni etsɔ tamɔ kuŋtu je shishi akɛ eeegbɛ eshwa Kristendom ni ekwa hemɔkɛyeli lɛ mli fɛɛ yɛ be mli ni akɛ ŋwɛi hewalɛ ha nakai baalabii lɛ ni amɛje shishi amɛkɛtsu nii ni amɛkɛjaje kojomɔ saji ni mli wawai lɛ. Kristendom “hulu” lɛ—ehiŋmɛi gbelemɔ loo ehiɛtɛjemɔ lɛ—wo duŋ, ni “kɔɔyɔɔ” lɛ mli bati kɛ ŋwɛi kojomɔi ajajemɔ yɛ be mli ni aha ale akɛ je nɛŋ “kɔɔyɔɔ mli hewalɛ lɛ nɔ lumɔ lɛ” ji Kristendom nyɔŋmɔ lɛ.—Efesobii 2:2; Yohane 12:31; 1 Yohane 5:19.
Nakai Baalabii ni Piŋɔ Mɛi Lɛ!
9. Mɛɛ tawuu he famɔ baalabii lɛ anine shɛ nɔ?
9 Mɛɛ tawuu mli famɔi nakai baalabii lɛ anine shɛ nɔ? Yohane bɔɔ amaniɛ akɛ: “Ni akɛɛ amɛ akɛ amɛkafee shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ jwɛi aloo baa ŋmɔŋ aloo tso ko efɔŋ ko, akɛ ja gbɔmɛi ni bɛ Nyɔŋmɔ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ okadi yɛ amɛhiɛŋtsei anɔ lɛ kɛkɛ. Ni aha amɛ hegbɛ akɛ amɛkagbe amɛ, shi moŋ amɛpiŋ amɛ nyɔji enumɔ. Ni amɛnaa jaramɔ lɛ tamɔ nyɔŋmɔŋkrakro jaramɔ, kɛ etsɛ̃ mɔ lɛ. Ni nakai gbii lɛ amli lɛ, gbɔmɛi aaashwe gbele, ni amɛnaŋ, ni amɛaasumɔ akɛ amɛaagboi, shi gbele aaajo amɛnaa foi.”—Kpojiemɔ 9:4-6.
10. (a) Namɛi akɛ haomɔ lɛ shiɔ titri, ni mɛni jɛɔ mli baa amɛnɔ? (b) Mɛɛ piŋmɔ loo hejaramɔ yɔɔ enɛ mli? (Kwɛmɔ shishigbɛ niŋmaa lɛ hu.)
10 Kadimɔ akɛ atsɔɔɔ akɛ haomɔ nɛɛ baaba gbɔmɛi loo amɛteŋ mɛi ni ehe gbɛi lɛ anɔ klɛŋklɛŋ—‘shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ jwɛi kɛ tsei lɛ.’ (Okɛto Kpojiemɔ 8:7 he.) Baalabii lɛ baapiŋ gbɔmɛi ni bɛ Nyɔŋmɔ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ yɛ amɛhiɛŋtsei anɔ lɛ pɛ, mɛi ni yɔɔ Kristendom ni kɛɔ akɛ asɔo amɛnaa shi nɔ ni amɛfeɔ lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ nɔ ni amɛkɛɔ lɛ bɛ mli lɛ. (Efesobii 1:13, 14) No hewɔ lɛ, akudɔɔ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ baalabii nɛɛ awiemɔi ni piŋɔ mɛi lɛ kɛyaa Kristendom jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ anɔ klɛŋklɛŋ. Kwɛ bɔ ni nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ aaapiŋ henɔwolɔi nɛɛ babaoo aha yɛ be mli ni amɛaanu akɛ aajaje yɛ faŋŋ mli akɛ jeee akɛ amɛnyiɛɛɛ amɛ asafo kuu lɛ hiɛ kɛyaaa ŋwɛi pɛ kɛkɛ, shi moŋ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ hu amɛyaŋ jɛmɛ lɛ!d Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, sane lɛ efee ‘shwilafo ni miitsɔɔ shwilafo gbɛ’!—Mateo 15:14.
11. (a) Be sɛɛjɛkɛmɔ enyiɛ akɛ hewalɛ ha baalabii lɛ ni amɛpiŋ Nyɔŋmɔ henyɛlɔi lɛ, ni mɛni hewɔ enɛ jeee be kukuoo diɛŋtsɛ lɛ? (b) Te amɛtsɛ̃rɛmɔ lɛ jaramɔ loo enaawalɛ lɛ yɔɔ tɛŋŋ?
11 Piŋmɔ lɛ yaa nɔ aahu nyɔji enumɔ. Ani kɛ akɛto he lɛ eji be ni sɛɛ etsɛɛɛ? Jeee yɛ baalabii diɛŋtsɛ ahiɛ. Nyɔji enumɔ lɛ tsɔɔ nɛkɛ filikilɔi nɛɛ awala sɛɛ tsɛlɛ diɛŋtsɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, bei abɔ ni amɛyɔɔ wala mli nɛɛ, nɛkɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ baalabii nɛɛ baaya nɔ atsɛ̃rɛ Nyɔŋmɔ henyɛlɔi lɛ. Kɛfata he lɛ, enaa jaramɔ lɛ naa walɛ sɔŋŋ hewɔ lɛ gbɔmɛi aaasumɔ akɛ amɛaagboi. Eji anɔkwale akɛ, wɔbɛ nɔ ko ni aŋma afɔ shi ni tsɔɔ akɛ mɛi ni baalabii lɛ tsɛ̃rɛ amɛ lɛ bɔ mɔdɛŋ ni amɛgbe amɛhe diɛŋtsɛ. Shi wiemɔ lɛ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔna bɔ ni piŋmɔ lɛ jaramɔ loo enaawalɛ lɛ yɔɔ diɛŋtsɛ—tamɔ nyɔŋmɔŋkrakroi atsɛ̃rɛmɔ ni baaa shi. Etamɔ piŋmɔ ni Yeremia tsɔ hiɛ ena akɛ ebaaba Israelbii ni yeee anɔkwale ni Babilon nɔyelɔi lɛ baagbɛ amɛ ashwa ni amɛbaasumɔ gbele moŋ fe wala lɛ apiŋmɔ lɛ.—Yeremia 8:3; kwɛmɔ Jajelɔ 4:2, 3 hu.
12. Mɛni hewɔ aŋmɛ gbɛ koni baalabii lɛ apiŋ Kristendom jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ, yɛ mumɔŋ shishinumɔ naa, shi jeee ni amɛgbe amɛ lɛ?
12 Mɛni hewɔ aŋmɛ gbɛ koni apiŋ mɛnɛɛmɛi, yɛ mumɔŋ shishinumɔ naa, shi jeee ni agbe amɛ lɛ? Enɛ ji shishijee kpoo ni akɛkpaa Kristendom amalei lɛ kɛ nibii ni enyɛɛɛ efee lɛ ahe mama, shi yɛ sɛɛ mli, yɛ be mli ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ yaa hiɛ lɛ, no mli ni aaatswa emumɔŋ shihilɛ ni tamɔ gbele lɛ he adafi atsɔɔ yɛ faŋŋ mli. Ni kpoo ni ji enyɔ lɛ mli ni agbeɔ gbɔmɛi amlijaa etɛ mli ekome lɛ.—Kpojiemɔ 1:10; 9:12, 18; 11:14.
Baalabii ni Awula Amɛ Aha Ta
13. Te baalabii lɛ asu kɛ baŋ yɔɔ tɛŋŋ?
13 Kwɛ bɔ ni nakai baalabii lɛ ahe yɔɔ naakpɛɛ ha! Yohane tsɔɔ bɔ ni amɛji: “Ni baalabii lɛ asubaŋ tamɔ okpɔŋɔi ni asaa kɛyaa ta, ni nɔ komɛi fimɔ amɛyitsei tamɔ shika akekerei, ni amɛhiɛaŋ tamɔ gbɔmɛi ahiɛaŋ; ni amɛyitsɔi tamɔ yei ayitsɔi, ni amɛnyanyɔji tamɔ jatai anɔ; ni amɛwo damai tamɔ dade damai, ni amɛfijiaŋ gbɛɛmɔ tamɔ okpɔŋɔi babaoo kɛ shwiilii ni hiɛ foi kɛyaa ta gbɛɛmɔ.”—Kpojiemɔ 9:7-9.
14. Mɛni hewɔ bɔ ni Yohane tsɔɔ baalabii lɛ amli eha lɛ tamɔ Kristofoi akuu ni awaje amɛ ekoŋŋ yɛ 1919 lɛ?
14 Enɛ feɔ Kristofoi anɔkwafoi ni awaje amɛ lɛ akuu lɛ he mfoniri yɛ 1919. Amɛfee klalo amɛha ta tamɔ okpɔŋɔi, amɛmiiye oyai ni amɛwuu amɛha anɔkwale lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni bɔfo Paulo tsɔɔ mli lɛ nɔ. (Efesobii 6:11-13; 2 Korintobii 10:4) Nɔ ni Yohane na yɛ amɛyitsei ji nɔ ko tamɔ shika akekerei. Ebafeŋ nɔ ni sa akɛ amɛaana akekere diɛŋtsɛ ejaakɛ amɛjeŋ shishi akɛ amɛaaye nɔ akɛ maŋtsɛmɛi yɛ be mli ni amɛyɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lolo lɛ. (1 Korintobii 4:8; Kpojiemɔ 20:4) Shi yɛ 1919 mli tɔɔ lɛ no mli lɛ amɛtamɔ maŋtsɛmɛi momo po. Amɛji Maŋtsɛ lɛ nyɛmimɛi, ni asaa amɛŋwɛi akekerei lɛ ato aha amɛ momo, shi ja amɛtee nɔ amɛye anɔkwale kɛyashi naagbee.—2 Timoteo 4:8; 1 Petro 5:4.
15. Mɛni ji nɔ ni baalabii lɛ (a) dade damai lɛ tsɔɔ? (b) hiɛ ni tamɔ gbɔmɛi ahiɛ lɛ tsɔɔ? (d) yitsɔi ni tamɔ yoo yitsɔi lɛ tsɔɔ? (e) nyanyɔji ni tamɔ jatai anɔ lɛ tsɔɔ? (ɛ) ni feɔ hoo kɛ gbɛɛmɔ lɛ tsɔɔ?
15 Yɛ ninaa lɛ mli lɛ, baalabii lɛ yɛ dade damai, ni damɔ shi kɛha jalɛ nifeemɔ ni akuuu mli. (Efesobii 6:14-18) Agbɛnɛ amɛyɛ gbɔmɛi ahiɛ hu, ni enɛ hu tsɔɔ su ni ji suɔmɔ, ejaakɛ afee gbɔmɔ yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ, ni ji suɔmɔ lɛ subaŋ nɔ. (1 Mose 1:26; 1 Yohane 4:16) Amɛyitsɔi lɛ kɛlɛ tamɔ yoo yitsɔi, ni enɛ feɔ amɛhe shi ni amɛbaa amɛhaa amɛ-Maŋtsɛ lɛ, bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli bɔfo lɛ he mfoniri. Ni amɛ nyanyɔji tamɔ jatai anyanyɔji. Jata kɛ enyanyɔŋ tsuɔ nii ni ekɛtserɛɔ loo mli. Kɛjɛ 1919 mli kɛbaa lɛ, Yohane kuu lɛ enyɛ amɛye mumɔŋ niyenii ni wa, titri lɛ anɔkwalei ni kɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli ni “Jata lɛ ni jɛ Yuda akutso lɛ mli lɛ,” Yesu Kristo yeɔ nɔ lɛ he lɛ. Taakɛ bɔ ni jata damɔ shi kɛha ekaafeemɔ lɛ, nakai nɔŋŋ hu ekaafeemɔ babaoo he ebahia koni amɛta sane ni mli wa waa nɛɛ ni amɛmi, ni amɛkɛha yɛ woji amli, ni amɛja kɛbɔle jeŋ fɛɛ. Nakai mfonirifeemɔ mli baalabii lɛ efee hoo diɛŋtsɛ, tamɔ “okpɔŋɔi babaoo kɛ shwiilii ni hiɛ foi kɛyaa ta gbɛɛmɔ.” Yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ afii oha lɛ mli Kristofoi lɛ anɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ sɛɛnyiɛmɔ mli hewɔ lɛ, amɛkpɛ amɛyiŋ akɛ amɛfeŋ dioo.—1 Korintobii 11:7-15; Kpojiemɔ 5:5.
16. Baalabii lɛ ni yɔɔ “leii tamɔ nyɔŋmɔŋkrakroi” ni amɛkɛtsɛ̃rɛɔ mɔ lɛ tsɔɔ mɛni?
16 Babaoo kɔɔ nɛkɛ shiɛmɔ nɛɛ he fe wiemɔ ni aaawie kɛkɛ! “Ni amɛyɛ leii tamɔ nyɔŋmɔŋkrakroi, ni gãii yɛ amɛleii lɛ anaa, ni amɛyɛ hegbɛ akɛ amɛfee gbɔmɛi efɔŋ nyɔji enumɔ.” (Kpojiemɔ 9:10) Mɛni enɛ baanyɛ atsɔɔ? Yɛ be mli ni Yehowa Odasefoi tsuɔ Maŋtsɛyeli nitsumɔ lɛ, amɛtsɔɔ amɛwiemɔ kɛ woji ni akala lɛ anɔ amɛkɛ hewalɛ wiemɔi ni damɔ Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ haa. Amɛshɛɛ saji lɛ anaa jaraa tamɔ nyɔŋmɔŋkrakroi atsɛ̃mɔ, ejaakɛ amɛbɔɔ Yehowa oweletɔɔ gbi ni baa lɛ he kɔkɔ. (Yesaia 61:2) Dani ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ mumɔŋ baalabii ayinɔ nɛɛ awala lɛ fɛɛ aaata lɛ, no mli lɛ agbe nitsumɔ ni ajɛ ŋwɛi akɛha akɛ amɛjaje Yehowa kojomɔi amɛtsɔɔ lɛ naa—koni akɛye musubɔlɔi fɛɛ ni kuɛŋ ti lɛ awui.
17. (a) Mɛni atswa he adafi yɛ Biblia Kaselɔi lɛ akpee ni amɛfee yɛ 1919 lɛ shishi ni baaha amɛ odaseyeli ni ji amɛtsɛ̃rɛmɔ lɛ naa awa lolo? (b) Apiŋ osɔfoi lɛ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ, ni te amɛfeɔ amɛnii yɛ enɛ he amɛhaa tɛŋŋ?
17 Nakai baalabii akuu lɛ amiishɛɛ lɛ bateke nɔ beni atswaa wolo tɛtrɛɛ hee, The Golden Age lɛ he adafi yɛ amɛ 1919 kpee lɛ shishi lɛ. Eji wolo tɛtrɛɛ ni baa daa otsii enyɔ, ni ato he gbɛjianɔ koni ewo amɛ odaseyeli nitsumɔ lɛ tsɛ̃mɔ lɛ mli hewalɛ.e Nɔ ni afee ni ji No. 27 nɔ, yɛ September 29, 1920 lɛ kpa bɔ ni osɔfoi lɛ kɛ amɛhe wo Biblia Kaselɔi ni yɔɔ U.S.A lɛ ayiwaa mli yɛ 1918-19 lɛ he mama. The Golden Age lɛ piŋ osɔfoi lɛ lolo kɛtsɔ 1920 afii lɛ kɛ 1930 afii lɛ amli kɛ saji kɛ mfonirii ni tsɛ̃rɛɔ amɛ ni kpa ŋaa gbɛ ni amɛtsɔɔ nɔ amɛkɛ amɛhe woɔ maŋkwramɔ mli, titri lɛ Katolik osɔfoi akuu lɛ gbeekpamɔ ni amɛkɛ Fascist kɛ Nazi nɔyelɔi yiwalɔi lɛ fee lɛ ahe mama. Bɔni afee ni amɛkpee enɛ naa lɛ, osɔfoi lɛ hu ‘tsɔ mla nɔ amɛye sane fɔŋ’ ni amɛbua gbɔmɛi asafoi babaoo ni feɔ basabasa naa amɛwo Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ.—Lala 94:20.
Aha Jeŋ Nɔyelɔi Le nɔ ni Yaa Nɔ
18. Mɛɛ nitsumɔ ka baalabii lɛ anɔ ni esa akɛ amɛtsu, ni mɛni ba yɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔ ni ji enumɔ lɛ hewɔ?
18 Ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ baalabii lɛ yɛ nitsumɔ ni esa akɛ amɛtsu. Esa akɛ ashiɛ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he sanekpakpa lɛ. Esa akɛ akpa tɔmɔi ahe mama. Esa akɛ atao tooi ni amɛlaaje lɛ. Yɛ be mli ni baalabii nɛɛ yaa nɔ yɛ nɛkɛ nitsumɔi nɛɛ amli lɛ, eha je lɛ hɛle shi, koni amɛle nɔ ni yaa nɔ lɛ. Yɛ ŋwɛibɔfo lɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ kpamɔ lɛ toiboo mli lɛ, Yohane kuu lɛ etee nɔ amɛkpa Kristendom he mama akɛ lɛ ji mɔ ni sa akɛ Yehowa fɔbuu kojomɔi baa enɔ. Yɛ tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enumɔ lɛ he nitsumɔ mli lɛ, ama nɛkɛ kojomɔi nɛɛ ahe nɔ ko pɔtɛɛ nɔ mi yɛ kpee ni Biblia Kaselɔi lɛ fee yɛ London, England, yɛ May 25-31, 1926 lɛ shishi. Nifeemɔ nɛɛ ji yiŋkpɛɛ ko, “Odaseyeli Kɛha Jeŋ Nɔyelɔi Lɛ,” kɛ maŋshiɛmɔ ni aha yɛ Royal Albert Hall lɛ ni ji “Nɔ Hewɔ ni Jeŋ Hewalɛi lɛ Miididaŋ—Enaa Tsabaa,” ni aŋma nɛkɛ maŋshiɛmɔ nɛɛ kɛ yiŋkpɛɛ lɛ fɛɛ yɛ London adafitswaa wolo titri ko mli yɛ enɔ jetsɛremɔ. Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, baalabii akuu nɛɛ ja nakai yiŋkpɛɛ lɛ ekomekomei akpekpei 50 akɛ dɛhiɛmɔ wolo yɛ jeŋ fɛɛ—eji piŋmɔ lɛlɛŋ kɛha osɔfoi lɛ! Yɛ afii komɛi asɛɛ lɛ, gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ England loo Ŋleshi Ablotsiri lɛ wie nɛkɛ tsɛ̃rɛmɔ ni akɛkpa mama nɛɛ he lolo.
19. Mɛɛ tawuu nibii krokomɛi okadi baalabii lɛ anine eshɛ nɔ, ni mɛni eyɔɔ ni ebaawie yɛ London yiŋtoo jajemɔ lɛ he?
19 Okadi baalabii lɛ anine shɛ tawuu nibii krokomɛi anɔ ekoŋŋ yɛ nɛkɛ kpee nɛɛ shishi, titri lɛ wolo hee ko ni egbɛi ji Deliverance. Nɔ ni fata he ji ŋmalɛ naa saji ahe susumɔ ni kɔɔ okadi ni tsɔɔ akɛ afɔ ‘bi nuu’ nɔyeli, ni ji Kristo ŋwɛi Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ yɛ 1914. (Mateo 24:3-14; Kpojiemɔ 12:1-10) Yɛ no sɛɛ lɛ, etsɛ wiemɔ kɛjɛ yiŋtoo jajemɔ ni aŋma yɛ London, yɛ 1917, ni osɔfoi kpaanyɔ ni atsɔɔ mli akɛ amɛfata “je lɛŋ shiɛlɔi kpanakpanaai lɛ ahe” lɛ kɛ amɛwaonaa gbɛi wo shishi lɛ mli. Amɛdamɔ shi kɛha Protestant jamɔi titrii lɛ—Baptist, Congregational, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, kɛ Methodist. Nɛkɛ yiŋtoo loo sanejajemɔ nɛɛ jaje akɛ “ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ haomɔi nɛɛ tsɔɔ Jeŋmaji abe lɛ naagbee” ni akɛ “abaanyɛ akpa Nuŋtsɔ lɛ kpojiemɔ lɛ gbɛ akɛ ebaaba be fɛɛ be agbɛnɛ.” Hɛɛ, nakai osɔfoi lɛ eyɔse ba ni Yesu eba lɛ he okadi lɛ! Shi ani amɛmiisumɔ ni amɛfee nɔ ko yɛ he? Wolo ni ji Deliverance lɛ kɛɔ wɔ akɛ: “Sane nɛɛ fa ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ fe fɛɛ ji akɛ nɛkɛ hii nɛɛ nɔŋŋ ni kɛ amɛwaonaa gbɛi wo yiŋtoo loo sanejajemɔ lɛ shishi lɛ kwa enɛ yɛ amɛnɔ ni amɛkpoo odaseyeli ni tsɔɔ akɛ wɔyɛ je lɛ naagbee kɛ ba ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ eba nɔ ni ji shii enyɔ lɛ mli lɛ.”
20. (a) Mɛni osɔfoi lɛ ehala yɛ baalabii akuu lɛ kɛ amɛ-Maŋtsɛ lɛ he? (b) Namɔ Yohane kɛɛ lɛ ji mɔ ni kwɛɔ baalabii akuu lɛ nɔ, ni mɛni ji egbɛi?
20 Ni amɛaatswa Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli ni baa lɛ he adafi moŋ lɛ, Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ehala akɛ amɛkɛ Satan je lɛ aaahi shi. Amɛtaooo ni amɛkɛ baalabii akuu lɛ kɛ amɛ-Maŋtsɛ, ni Yohane wie nɛkɛ yɛ ehe lɛ feɔ nɔ ko: “Ni amɛnɔ maŋtsɛ ji bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli bɔfo lɛ, ni atsɛɔ egbɛi yɛ Hebri wiemɔ lɛ mli akɛ Abadon [eshishi ji “Hiɛkpatamɔ”], ni Hela wiemɔ lɛ mli lɛ atsɛɔ egbɛi Apolion [eshishi ji “Hiɛkpatalɔ”].” (Kpojiemɔ 9:11) Akɛ “bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli bɔfo” kɛ “Hiɛkpatalɔ” lɛ, Yesu ejie haomɔ ni ji kpoo eshwie Kristendom nɔ lɛlɛŋ. Shi babaoo baanyiɛ sɛɛ!
[Shishigbɛ niŋmai]
a Okɛ Yoel 2:4, 5, 7 (he ni atsɔɔ akɛ filikilɔi lɛ tamɔ okpɔŋɔi, maŋ, kɛ gbɔmɛi, ni akɛ amɛfeɔ hoo tamɔ shwiilii lɛ) ato Kpojiemɔ 9:7-9 he; agbɛnɛ hu okɛ Yoel 2:6, 10 (ni tsɔɔ bɔ ni filikilɔi nɛɛ ahaomɔ lɛ waa mɔ he ehaa lɛ) ato Kpojiemɔ 9:2, 5 he.
b Kwɛmɔ wiemɔ “United Against Nations in the Valley of Decision” ni je kpo yɛ December 1, 1961 The Watchtower lɛ mli lɛ.
c Kadimɔ akɛ anyɛŋ akɛ ŋmalɛ nɛɛ atsu nii ni akɛtsɔɔ akɛ la yɛ bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli, tamɔ nɔ ni bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ ji hɛl la ko. Yohane kɛɛ ena lasu ni “tamɔ” flɔnɔɔ mli lasu. (Kpojiemɔ 9:2) Ebɔɔɔ amaniɛ akɛ ena la diɛŋtsɛ yɛ bu kwɔŋkwɔŋ lɛ mli.
d Hela wiemɔ ni akɛtsu nii yɛ biɛ lɛ jɛ ba·sa·niʹzo ni afɔɔ kɛ nitsumɔ akɛ piŋmɔ diɛŋtsɛ mli; shi, abaanyɛ akɛtsu nii ni akɛto jwɛŋmɔŋ piŋmɔ he. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, yɛ 2 Petro 2:8 lɛ, wɔkaneɔ akɛ nibii gbohii ni Lot na ni yaa nɔ yɛ Sodom lɛ “piŋ esusuma ni ja lɛ daa nɛɛ.” Jamɔ mli hiɛnyiɛlɔi ni hi shi yɛ bɔfoi lɛ agbii lɛ amli lɛ na jwɛŋmɔŋ piŋmɔi moŋ, shi yɛ yiŋtoo kroko hewɔ.
e Aku sɛɛ awo wolo tɛtrɛɛ nɛɛ gbɛi akɛ Consolation yɛ 1937 kɛ agbɛnɛ Awake! yɛ 1946.
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 143]
Tɛtrɛmaŋtɛrɛ ni ji enumɔ lɛ kpamɔ kɛ kpooi etɛ lɛ mli klɛŋklɛŋ nɔ lɛ ba
[Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 146]
Ogaimlibii lɛ anaa ba ni amɛtsurɔɔ Maŋtsɛ lɛ henyɛlɔi lɛ atsuiiaŋ. (Lala 45:6) Ákɛ nɔ ni fata nɛkɛ wiemɔ nɛɛ he lɛ, mfoniri ni onaa yɛ yiteŋgbɛ nɛɛ tamɔ babaoo ni afee yɛ 1930 afii lɛ amli ni tsɛ̃rɛ “gbɔmɛi ni bɛ Nyɔŋmɔ naasɔomɔ nɔ lɛ”
[Mfonirii ni yɔɔ baafa 147]
Royal Albert Hall, he ni ajie wolo Deliverance lɛ kpo yɛ ni akpɛlɛ yiŋkpɛɛ “Odaseyeli Kɛha Jeŋ Nɔyelɔi Lɛ” nɔ yɛ lɛ