Yitso 7
Tsiɛmɔ Nakai Klɛŋklɛŋ Suɔmɔ lɛ Hiɛ!
EFESO
1. Mɛɛ asafo akɛ Yesu klɛŋklɛŋ shɛɛ sane lɛ maje, ni ekaiɔ nɔkwɛlɔi lɛ yɛ mɛni he?
YESU klɛŋklɛŋ shɛɛ sane lɛ ji nɔ ni ekɛyaha asafo ni yɔɔ Efeso lɛ, ni no mli lɛ eji ŋshɔ naa maŋ ni yɔɔ Asia Bibioo ni bɛŋkɛ Patmo ŋshɔkpɔ lɛ. Efa Yohane akɛ: “Efeso asafo lɛ bɔfo lɛ, ŋmaa oyaha lɛ akɛ: Nii ni mɔ ni hiɛ ŋulamii kpawo lɛ yɛ eninejurɔ ni enyiɛɔ shika kanetsei kpawo lɛ ateŋ lɛ kɛɛ nɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:1) Taakɛ eji yɛ shɛɛ saji krokomɛi ekpaa lɛ mli lɛ, Yesu miigbala jwɛŋmɔ kɛmiiba nɔ ko ni tsɔɔ ehewalɛ kɛ gbɛhe lɛ nɔ yɛ biɛ. Eekai nɔkwɛlɔi ni yɔɔ Efeso lɛ akɛ onukpai lɛ fɛɛ yɛ ehebuu kwɛmɔ shishi ni akɛ eesara ni eekwɛ asafoi lɛ fɛɛ. Etee nɔ ekɛ nɛkɛ yitsoyeli ni suɔmɔ yɔɔ mli nɛɛ etsu nii, ni ekwɛ onukpai lɛ ni ekɛ mlihilɛ enyiɛ mɛi fɛɛ ni kɛ amɛhe ebɔ asafo lɛ he lɛ ahiɛ kɛbashi wɔbei nɛɛ amli. Etsakeɔ asafoŋ gbɛjianɔtoi amli yɛ be kɛ bei amli bɔni afee ni la lɛ anyɛ akpɛ babaoo. Hɛɛ, Yesu ji Tookwɛlɔ Nukpa ni kwɛɔ Nyɔŋmɔ tooi lɛ anɔ.—Mateo 11:28-30; 1 Petro 5:2-4.
2. (a) Yesu jie Efeso asafo lɛ yi yɛ mɛɛ nibii kpakpai amli? (b) Mɛɛ bɔfo Paulo ŋaawoo ko eka shi faŋŋ akɛ Efeso onukpai lɛ ebo toi?
2 Kɛkɛ ni Yesu to okadi kɛha eshɛɛ saji kpawo lɛ fɛɛ kɛtsɔ yijiemɔ wiemɔi ni ekɛje shishi lɛ nɔ, ja asafoi enyɔ pɛ. Kɛha Efesobii lɛ, nɔ ni ekɛɛ amɛ nɛ: “Mile onitsumɔi lɛ kɛ odeŋmegbomɔi lɛ kɛ otsuishiŋmɛɛ lɛ kɛ bɔ ni okpɛlɛɛɛ mɛi fɔji lɛ, ni oka mɛi ni kɛɔ akɛ bɔfoi ji amɛ ni amɛjeee lɛ, ni ona akɛ amalelɔi ji amɛ, ni ohiɛ mli, ni oŋmɛɔ otsui shi, ni migbɛi lɛ ahewɔ lɛ obɔɔ mɔdɛŋ, ni etɔkoo.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:2, 3) Afii komɛi dani enɛ aaaba lɛ, no mli lɛ bɔfo Paulo ebɔ Efeso onukpai lɛ kɔkɔ yɛ “klaji fulɔi” ni ji hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔi ni gbaa tooi lɛ anaa lɛ he, ni ekɛɛ nakai onukpai lɛ akɛ “nyɛsaraa,” koni amɛkɛnyiɛ enɔkwɛmɔnɔ ni etɔɔɔ lɛ yɛ mli lɛ sɛɛ. (Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 20:29, 31) Akɛni Yesu miijie amɛyi agbɛnɛ yɛ amɛdeŋmegbomɔ kɛ amɛtsuishiŋmɛɛ kɛ bɔ ni amɛhaaa etɔ amɛ lɛ he hewɔ lɛ, eka shi faŋŋ akɛ amɛkɛ nakai ŋaawoo lɛ tsu nii.
3. (a) “Amale bɔfoi” ebɔ mɔdɛŋ akɛ amɛaalaka anɔkwafoi lɛ yɛ wɔgbii nɛɛ amli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Mɛɛ kɔkɔbɔɔ ni kɔɔ hemɔkɛyeli kwalɔi ahe Petro kɛha?
3 Yɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ mli hu lɛ, “amale bɔfoi” ni “wieɔ nii ni ejaaa aaate shi, ni amɛaakpala kaselɔi lɛ amɛshwie amɛsɛɛ” lɛ ejie amɛhe kpo. (2 Korintobii 11:13; Bɔfoi lɛ Asaji 20:30; Kpojiemɔ 1:10) Amɛnaa nɔ ni hi yɛ jamɔi sɔrɔtoi ni mli egbala ni teɔ shi woɔ amɛhe lɛ amli, amɛkɛɔ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ bɛ asafo ko, ni amɛkpɛlɛɛɛ nɔ akɛ Yesu nine shɛ Maŋtsɛyeli hewalɛ nɔ yɛ 1914. Amɛhaa gbalɛ ni yɔɔ 2 Petro 3:3, 4 lɛ baa mli akɛ: “Naagbee gbii lɛ anɔ lɛ hefɛoyelɔi aaaba kɛ hefɛoyeli, mɛi ni aaanyiɛ yɛ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛ akɔnɔi lɛ anaa, ni amɛaakɛɛ: ‘Nɛgbɛ ebaa lɛ he shiwoo lɛ yɔɔ? Ejaakɛ kɛjɛ beyinɔ ni tsɛmɛi lɛ tee yawɔwɔi nɛɛ, bɔ ni nibii yɔɔ kɛjɛ jeŋ bɔɔ shishijee mli lɛ, nakai nɔŋŋ amɛyɔɔ nɛɛ.’”
4. (a) Hefɛoyelɔi lɛ ahenɔwomɔ kɛ atuatsemɔ lɛ jeɔ kpo yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ? (b) Kristofoi ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ amɛtamɔ Efesobii lɛ kɛtsɔ mɛni ni amɛfeɔ amɛshiɔ shitee-kɛ-wolɔi amalelɔi lɛ nɔ?
4 Nɛkɛ hefɛoyelɔi nɛɛ tseɔ atua amɛshiɔ amɛhemɔkɛyeli ni amɛaajaje yɛ mɛi fɛɛ ahiɛ lɛ. (Romabii 10:10) Amɛtao Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ asɛɛfimɔ kɛ yelikɛbuamɔ kɛjɛ adafitswaa woji kɛ TV nitsumɔ hei adɛŋ koni amɛgbɛ amaniɛbɔi ni ji amale ni kɔɔ amɛtsutsu hefatalɔi lɛ ahe lɛ amɛshwa. Etsɛɛɛ ni anɔkwafoi naa akɛ anɔkwale bɛ nɛkɛ shishiulɔi nɛɛ awiemɔ kɛ jeŋba mli. Taakɛ Efesobii lɛ ji lɛ, Kristofoi ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ “ekpɛlɛɛɛ mɛi fɔji lɛ,” no hewɔ lɛ amɛshwieɔ amɛ kɛjɛɔ amɛ asafoi lɛ amli.a
5. (a) Mɛɛ gbɔjɔmɔ Yesu kɛɛ akɛ Efesobii lɛ yɔɔ? (b) Mɛɛ wiemɔi kulɛ esa akɛ Efesobii lɛ akai?
5 Agbɛnɛ, taakɛ efeɔ yɛ asafoi kpawo lɛ ateŋ enumɔ ahe lɛ, Yesu jieɔ naagba ni hiɛdɔɔ yɔɔ mli lɛ kpo. Ekɛɔ Efesobii lɛ akɛ: “Shi kɛlɛ mikɛo yɛ sane ko, no ji akɛ, oŋmɛɛ oklɛŋklɛŋ suɔmɔ lɛ he.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:4) Kulɛ esaaa akɛ amɛtɔɔ fa yɛ enɛ mli, ejaakɛ Paulo etsɔ hiɛ eŋma amɛ aaafee afii 35 ni ewie Nyɔŋmɔ “suɔmɔ babaoo ni ekɛsumɔɔ wɔ” lɛ he etsɔɔ amɛ, ni ewo amɛ hewalɛ akɛ: “Nyɛfea Nyɔŋmɔ kaselɔi, tamɔ bii ni asumɔɔ, ni nyɛnyiɛa yɛ suɔmɔ mli, taakɛ bɔ ni Kristo hu sumɔɔ wɔ lɛ.” (Efesobii 2:4; 5:1, 2) Agbɛnɛ hu, kulɛ esa akɛ aŋma Yesu wiemɔi lɛ yɛ amɛtsuii anɔ bɔ ni anyɛŋ atsumɔ: “Nuŋtsɔ [Yehowa] wɔ-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, [Yehowa] kome ni; ni suɔmɔ Nuŋtsɔ [Yehowa] o-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ kɛ otsui fɛɛ kɛ osusuma fɛɛ kɛ ojwɛŋmɔ fɛɛ kɛ onyɛmɔ fɛɛ!” (Marko 12:29-31) Efesobii lɛ elaaje nakai klɛŋklɛŋ suɔmɔ lɛ.
6. (a) Kɛ wɔji mɛi ni etsɛ loo mɛi heei ni kɛ amɛhe ebabɔ asafo lɛ he hu lɛ, mɛɛ oshara kɛ sui komɛi esa akɛ wɔkwɛ wɔhe nɔ jogbaŋŋ yɛ he? (b) Mɛni esa akɛ wɔsuɔmɔ kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ atsirɛ wɔ ni wɔfee?
6 Kɛ wɔji mɛi ni etsɛ loo mɛi heei yɛ asafo lɛ mli lɛ, esa akɛ wɔkwɛ jogbaŋŋ koni wɔkalaaje wɔ klɛŋklɛŋ suɔmɔ ni wɔyɔɔ kɛha Yehowa lɛ. Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ wɔɔnyɛ wɔtsɔ wɔlaaje enɛ yɛ? Wɔbaanyɛ wɔha bɔ ni wɔkɛ wɔhe kpɛtɛɔ wɔheloo gbɛfaŋ nitsumɔ he, bɔ ni wɔshweɔ ni wɔna shika babaoo, aloo bɔ ni wɔdiɔ hiɛtserɛjiemɔ sɛɛ lɛ afee nɔ titri yɛ wɔshihilɛi amli. No hewɔ lɛ wɔbaanyɛ wɔtsɔmɔ gbɔmɛi ni amɛjwɛŋmɔ yɔɔ heloo naa nibii anɔ moŋ fe mɛi ni amɛjwɛŋmɔ yɔɔ mumɔŋ nibii anɔ. (Romabii 8:5-8; 1 Timoteo 4:8; 6:9, 10) Esa akɛ suɔmɔ ni wɔyɔɔ kɛha Yehowa lɛ atsirɛ wɔ ni wɔtsake sui ni tamɔ nɛkɛ koni ‘wɔya nɔ wɔtao Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ kɛ ejalɛ lɛ klɛŋklɛŋ,’ bɔni afee ni ‘wɔbua jwetrii anaa yɛ ŋwɛi wɔha wɔhe.’—Mateo 6:19-21, 31-33.
7. (a) Mɛni esa akɛ no atsirɛ wɔsɔɔmɔ ni wɔkɛhaa Yehowa lɛ? (b) Mɛni Yohane wie yɛ suɔmɔ he?
7 Nyɛhaa suɔmɔ ni mli kwɔ ni wɔyɔɔ kɛhaa Yehowa lɛ afee nɔ ni kanyaa sɔɔmɔ yɛ be fɛɛ mli. Nyɛhaa wɔnaa hiɛsɔɔ diɛŋtsɛ wɔhaa nibii fɛɛ ni Yehowa kɛ Kristo efee kɛha wɔ lɛ. Taakɛ Yohane diɛŋtsɛ ŋma yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ: “Enɛ mli suɔmɔ lɛ yɔɔ: Jeee akɛ wɔ ni wɔsumɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ, shi moŋ akɛ lɛ ni esumɔ wɔ, ni etsu e-Bi lɛ akɛ ebafee wɔhe eshai lɛ ahe kpatamɔ nɔ.” Yohane yaa nɔ ekɛɔ wɔ akɛ: “Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ, suɔmɔ ji lɛ, ni mɔ ni hiɔ suɔmɔ mli lɛ, ehiɔ Nyɔŋmɔ mli, ni Nyɔŋmɔ hu hiɔ emli.” Ekaba kɔkɔɔkɔ akɛ wɔɔha wɔsuɔmɔ kɛha Yehowa, kɛha Nuŋtsɔ Yesu Kristo, kɛ agbɛnɛ kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ ni hiɛ ka lɛ aaalaaje gbi ko! Wɔbaanyɛ wɔjie nɛkɛ suɔmɔ nɛɛ kpo wɔtsɔɔ ni jeee yɛ sɔɔmɔ kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ yɛ ekaa naa pɛ kɛkɛ, shi moŋ kɛtsɔ toiboo ni wɔɔfee wɔha “nɛkɛ kita nɛɛ [ni] wɔna kɛjɛ eŋɔɔ, koni mɔ ni sumɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ asumɔ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ enyɛmi hu” lɛ nɔ.—1 Yohane 4:10, 16, 21; Hebribii 4:12; kwɛmɔ 1 Petro 4:8; Kolosebii 3:10-14; Efesobii 4:15 hu.
“Tsu Klɛŋklɛŋ Nitsumɔi Lɛ”
8. Mɛni Yesu kɛɛ esa akɛ Efesobii lɛ afee?
8 Esa akɛ nakai Efesobii lɛ atsiɛ suɔmɔ ni be ko lɛ amɛyɔɔ lɛ hiɛ kɛji akɛ amɛsumɔɔɔ ni eje amɛdɛŋ. “No hewɔ lɛ,” Yesu kɛɛ amɛ akɛ: “kaimɔ he ni ojɛ ogbee shi lɛ, ni otsake otsui, ni otsu klɛŋklɛŋ nitsumɔi lɛ; shi kɛ jeee nakai lɛ, maba onɔ oya, ni matsi okanetso lɛ kɛaaje egbɛhe lɛ, ja oshwa ohe.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:5) Te Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Efeso asafo lɛ mli lɛ here nɛkɛ wiemɔi nɛɛ anɔ amɛha tɛŋŋ? Wɔleee. Wɔyɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ akɛ amɛtsake amɛtsui ni amɛye omanye yɛ suɔmɔ ni amɛyɔɔ kɛha Yehowa lɛ hiɛtsiɛmɔ mli. Kɛ amɛfeee nakai lɛ, abaagbe amɛkane lɛ, ni abaajie amɛkanetso lɛ. Hegbɛ ni amɛkɛhaa anɔkwale lɛ kpɛɔ lɛ baaje amɛdɛŋ.
9. (a) Mɛɛ hewalɛwoo wiemɔ Yesu yɔɔ kɛha Efesobii lɛ? (b) Yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ asafoi ni hi shi yɛ Yohane gbii lɛ asɛɛ lɛ nyɛɛɛ abo Yesu ŋaawoo ni ekɛha Efesobii lɛ atoi?
9 Fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, Yesu yɛ nɛkɛ hewalɛwoo wiemɔi nɛɛ kɛha Efesobii lɛ: “Shi kɛlɛ enɛ oyɔɔ, akɛ onyɛɔ Nikolaemɛi lɛ anitsumɔi lɛ ni mi hu minyɛɔ lɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:6) Kɛ hooo lɛ, amɛnyɛɔ jamɔ mligbalamɔi, taakɛ bɔ ni Nuŋtsɔ Yesu Kristo nyɛɔ lɛ. Shi beni afii lɛ hoɔ lɛ, asafoi pii booo nakai Yesu wiemɔi lɛ atoi. Suɔmɔ ni amɛbɛ kɛha Yehowa, kɛha anɔkwale lɛ, kɛ agbɛnɛ kɛha amɛhe ba ni nɔ ni jɛ mli ba ji kplaŋmɔ ni amɛkplaŋ kɛtee mumɔŋ duŋ kpii mli. Amɛmli gbala amɛfee kui bibii ni kɛ amɛhe beɔ. “Kristofoi” woloŋmalɔi ni bɛ suɔmɔ ko kɛha Yehowa lɛ jie Nyɔŋmɔ gbɛi lɛ diɛŋtsɛ kɛjɛ Hela Biblia lɛ ni akɛ niji ŋmala lɛ mli. Suɔmɔ ni abɛ lɛ hu ŋmɛ gbɛ ni abɔi Babilon kɛ Hela hemɔkɛyelii atsɔɔmɔ tamɔ hɛl la, hetsuumɔ he, kɛ Triniti, yɛ Kristojamɔ gbɛi amli. Akɛni amɛbɛ suɔmɔ ko kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ agbɛnɛ anɔkwale lɛ hewɔ lɛ, amɛteŋ mɛi pii ni kɛɔ akɛ Kristofoi ji amɛ lɛ kpa Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he sanekpakpa lɛ shiɛmɔ. Pɛsɛmkunya osɔfoi akuu ko ni fee lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emaŋtsɛyeli yɛ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ yɛ biɛ ji mɛi ni baye amɛnɔ.—Okɛto 1 Korintobii 4:8 he.
10. Te Kristendom jamɔ mli shihilɛ lɛ yɔɔ tɛŋŋ yɛ 1918 mli?
10 Beni kojomɔ je shishi yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ we lɛ yɛ 1918 lɛ, no mli lɛ Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ ni mli egbala efee kui sɔrɔtoi lɛ kɛ sɛɛfimɔ miiha Jeŋ Ta I, ni amɛmiiwo Katolikbii kɛ Protestantbii ni yɔɔ afai enyɔ lɛ fɛɛ hewalɛ akɛ amɛgbegbee amɛhe. (1 Petro 4:17) Akɛni amɛtamɔɔɔ Efeso asafo lɛ ni nyɛɔ nɔ ni nakai Nikolaemɛi akuu lɛ feɔ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, Kristendom jamɔi lɛ amli eyi obɔ kɛ tsɔɔmɔi ni teɔ shi woɔ Nyɔŋmɔ ni kɛ amɛhe kpaaa gbee, ni amɛ osɔfoi lɛ eyafi jeŋ ni Yesu kɛɛ esaaa akɛ ekaselɔi lɛ feɔ efa lɛ sɛɛ. (Yohane 15:17-19) Akɛni amɛ asafoi lɛ leee Biblia mli saneyitso ni ji Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he nɔ ko hewɔ lɛ, amɛjeee kanetsei ni miiha Ŋmalɛ naa anɔkwalei akpɛ, ni asaŋ amɛmli bii lɛ hu jeee Yehowa mumɔŋ sɔlemɔtsu lɛ mlibii lɛ fa. Amɛ hii (kɛ yei) hiɛnyiɛlɔi lɛ jeee ŋulamii shi moŋ ajie amɛ kpo akɛ amɛji “esha gbɔmɔ” loo mlakwamɔ gbɔmɔ lɛ mlibii.—2 Tesalonikabii 2:3; Maleaki 3:1-3.
11. (a) Mɛɛ Kristofoi akuu ko ni ayoo amɛ yɛ je lɛŋ yɛ 1918 mli kɛ Yesu wiemɔi ni ekɛha Efesobii lɛ tsu nii? (b) Mɛni Yohane kuu lɛ fee kɛjɛ 1919 mli kɛbaa?
11 Shi Yohane kuu lɛ fa kpo kɛjɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta lɛ mli gbii ni fee hoo lɛ mli kɛ suɔmɔ kɛha Yehowa kɛ enɔkwale lɛ ni tsirɛ amɛ koni amɛkɛ ekaa ni tamɔ la asɔmɔ lɛ. Amɛte shi amɛwo mɛi ni bɔ mɔdɛŋ ni amɛkɛ mligbalamɔ aba kɛtsɔ jamɔ ni amɛkɛaaha Buu Mɔɔ Asafo lɛ klɛŋklɛŋ sɛinɔtalɔ, Charles T. Russell nɔ, yɛ egbele sɛɛ yɛ 1916 lɛ. Akɛni akɛ yiwaa kɛ haomɔi etsɔse amɛ hewɔ lɛ, nɛkɛ Kristofoi akuu nɛɛ nine shɛ kojomɔ ko ni ji “aekoo” nɔ yɛ faŋŋ mli kɛjɛ amɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ dɛŋ kɛ ninefɔɔ akɛ amɛbote emiishɛɛ lɛ mli. (Mateo 25:21, 23) Amɛtsɔ nibii ni ba je lɛ mli lɛ kɛ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛniiashikpamɔ mli amɛyoo okadi ni Yesu kɛha ni baakadi ba ni eba yɛ Maŋtsɛyeli hewalɛ mli ni anaaa lɛ lɛ mlibaa. Kɛjɛ 1919 kɛbaa lɛ, amɛtee amɛhiɛ akɛ amɛaaná Yesu gbalɛ kpeteŋkpele lɛ mlibaa mli gbɛfaŋnɔ lolo: “Ni aaashiɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he sanekpakpa nɛɛ atsɔɔ je nɛŋ fɛɛ, ni akɛye jeŋmaji lɛ fɛɛ odase; ni no dani naagbee lɛ aaaba.” (Mateo 6:9, 10; 24:3-14) Kɛ amɛsuɔmɔ kɛha Yehowa lɛ eba shi yɛ gbɛ ko nɔ lɛ, akanya lɛ ni etsɔ la ni tsoɔ kɛjɛ nakai be lɛ mli kɛbaa.
12. (a) Mɛɛ tsɛmɔ je kpo yɛ kpee ko ni fee yinɔsane lɛ shishi yɛ 1922? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛi anɔkwale Kristofoi kpɛlɛ nɔ yɛ 1931, ni amɛtsake amɛtsui kɛjɛ mɛni mli?
12 Yɛ kpee ko ni afee ni fee yinɔsane, ni Kristofoi nɛɛ ateŋ 18,000 ba shishi, yɛ Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A., yɛ September 5-13, 1922 lɛ shishi lɛ, tsɛmɔ lɛ je kpo yɛ jɛmɛ akɛ: “Nyɛkɛ nyɛhe awoa sɔɔmɔ lɛ mli, O nyɛ ŋwɛi floflo Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ bii! . . . Esa akɛ je lɛ ale akɛ Yehowa ji Nyɔŋmɔ, ni akɛ Yesu Kristo ji maŋtsɛmɛi a-Maŋtsɛ kɛ nuŋtsɔmɛi a-Nuŋtsɔ. . . . No hewɔ lɛ nyɛtswaa, nyɛtswaa, nyɛtswaa Maŋtsɛ lɛ kɛ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ he adafi.” Aaha Yehowa gbɛi ni nɔ bɛ lɛ miije kpo waa agbɛnɛ. Yɛ 1931 lɛ nɛkɛ Kristofoi nɛɛ bua amɛhe naa yɛ kpee ko shishi yɛ Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., ni amɛkɛ miishɛɛ kpɛlɛ nɔ, ni amɛŋɔ gbɛi ni Nyɔŋmɔ etsɔɔ yɛ Yesaia gbalɛ lɛ mli—Yehowa Odasefoi—lɛ. (Yesaia 43:10, 12) Atsɔ March 1, 1939 nɔ̃ ni akala lɛ nɔ atsake Asafo lɛ wolo titri lɛ gbɛi afee lɛ Buu-Mɔɔ Eetswa Yehowa Maŋtsɛyeli He Adafi, ni etsɔ nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ ekɛ klɛŋklɛŋ woo lɛ ha wɔ-Bɔlɔ lɛ kɛ odehei anɔyeli ni eto lɛ. Yehowa Odasefoi, ni ámɛna suɔmɔ hee amɛha Yehowa lɛ etsake amɛtsui kɛjɛ tsutsu woo ko ni ekolɛ amɛkɛyahaaa kɛ egbɛi kɛ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ ni ehe shi lɛ ni amɛyajieee yi hewɔ lɛ mli.—Lala 106:6, 47, 48.
“Mɔ ni Yeɔ Kunim Lɛ”
13. (a) Mɛɛ jɔɔmɔi mɛɔ Efesobii lɛ kɛji akɛ ‘amɛye kunim’? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ Efeso Kristofoi lɛ aaatsɔ ni ‘amɛye kunim’?
13 Yɛ naagbee lɛ, taakɛ efeɔ yɛ eshɛɛ saji krokomɛi lɛ amli lɛ, Yesu gbala jwɛŋmɔ kɛtee Nyɔŋmɔ mumɔ lɛ nɔ akɛ ekɛ nyɔmɔwoo kɛha anɔkwayeli miitsɔ Yesu nɔ aha. Ekɛɔ Efesobii lɛ akɛ: “Mɔ ni yɔɔ toi lɛ, ha ni enu nɔ ni mumɔ lɛ kɛɔ asafoi lɛ. Mɔ ni yeɔ kunim lɛ, maha lɛ wala tso lɛ ni yɔɔ mi-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ paradeiso lɛ mli lɛ nɔ yibii lɛ eko eye.” (Kpojiemɔ 2:7) Mɛi ni yɔɔ toii ni nuɔ nii lɛ kɛ hepelemɔ baasumɔ ni amɛbo nakai shɛɛ sane ni he hiaa lɛ toi, akɛni amɛle akɛ jeee Yesu diɛŋtsɛ kɛbaa, shi moŋ ebaa kɛjɛɔ Jeŋ Muu Fɛɛ Nuŋtsɔ Yehowa lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ŋɔɔ kɛtsɔɔ E-mumɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ lɛ loo enitsumɔ hewalɛ lɛ nɔ lɛ. Te amɛaafee tɛŋŋ ni ‘amɛye kunim’ hu? Kɛtsɔ Yesu, mɔ ni hiɛ emuuyeli mli kɛtee gbele mli, ni yɛ no hewɔ lɛ enyɛ ekɛɛ akɛ: “Nyɛtsui anyɔa nyɛmli: Miye je lɛ nɔ kunim” lɛ sɛɛ nyiɛmɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ nɔ.—Yohane 8:28; 16:33; kwɛmɔ 1 Yohane 5:4 hu.
14. Mɛni “Nyɔŋmɔ paradeiso” ni Yesu tsi ta lɛ kɔɔ he?
14 Akɛni amɛbɛ gbɛkpamɔ ko akɛ amɛaahi shi yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ paradeiso mli hewɔ lɛ, te aaafee tɛŋŋ ni Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ, tamɔ mɛi ni yɔɔ Efeso lɛ, akɛ “wala tso lɛ ni yɔɔ . . . Nyɔŋmɔ . . . paradeiso lɛ mli lɛ nɔ yibii” lɛ yeli aaaha amɛ akɛ nyɔmɔwoo lɛ? Enɛ nyɛŋ afee Paradeiso ni aku sɛɛ akɛba shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ, ejaakɛ Kristofoi 144,000 ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ, ni mɛi ni yɔɔ Efeso asafo lɛ mli lɛ fata he lɛ ji mɛi ni ahe amɛ kɛjɛ adesai ateŋ koni amɛkɛ Toobi Kristo Yesu abaye maŋtsɛ, yɛ ŋwɛi Zion Gɔŋ lɛ nɔ akɛ mumɔŋ bii. (Efesobii 1:5-12; Kpojiemɔ 14:1, 4) No hewɔ lɛ, nɔ ni awieɔ he yɛ biɛ lɛ kɔɔ ŋwɛi maŋtsɛyeli he lɛ ni tamɔ abɔɔ ni nɛkɛ kunimyelɔi nɛɛ hiɔ jɛmɛ lɛ he. Yɛ nɛkɛ “Nyɔŋmɔ . . . paradeiso” nɛɛ mli, hɛɛ, yɛ Yehowa diɛŋtsɛ hiɛ ni mɛi ni yeɔ kunim ni akɛ shihilɛ ni gbele bɛ mli eha amɛ nɛɛ baaya nɔ ni amɛhi shi kɛya naanɔ taakɛ akɛ wala tso lɛ nɔ yibii lɛ yeli fee he okadi yɛ biɛ lɛ.
15. Mɛni hewɔ Yesu hewalɛwoo koni aye kunim lɛ he hiaa asafo babaoo ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛ lɛ waa lɛ?
15 Ni 144,000 lɛ ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ sɛɛfilɔi anɔkwafoi ni yɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ hu? Nɛkɛ nanemɛi hefatalɔi Odasefoi nɛɛ asafo babaoo ko hu miiye kunim. Shi amɛhiɛnɔkamɔ damɔ shikpɔŋ nɔ paradeiso lɛ mli ni amɛaabote, he ni amɛbaanu “wala nu faa” ni amɛna tsabaa kɛjɛ “tso lɛ yibaai” ni atɛo yɛ faa lɛ toi biɛ kɛ biɛ lɛ mli lɛ nɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 7:4, 9, 17; 22:1, 2) Kɛ oji nɛkɛ kuu nɛɛ mli mɔ ko lɛ, eba akɛ bo hu ooojie osuɔmɔ ni mli wa lɛ kpo otsɔɔ Yehowa ni oye omanye yɛ hemɔkɛyeli kunimyeli lɛ mli. Enɛ baaha onine ashɛ naanɔ wala yɛ Paradeiso shikpɔŋ nɔ yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ nɔ.—Okɛto 1 Yohane 2:13, 14 he.
[Shishigbɛ niŋmaa]
a Kɛha yinɔsane mlitsɔɔmɔ fitsofitso ni kɔɔ be ni apasa bɔfoi lɛ pue lɛ he lɛ, kwɛmɔ Reasoning From the Scriptures ní Yehowa Odasefoi fee lɛ baafai 37-44.
[Akrabatsa ni yɔɔ baafa 36]
Yijiemɔ ni jɛ Suɔmɔ Mli Kɛha Yehowa kɛ E-Bi lɛ
Yɛ lala wolo ni Yehowa webii fee yɛ 1905 lɛ mli lɛ, lalai ni akɛjieɔ Yesu yi ni yɔɔ mli lɛ fa fe lalai ni akɛjieɔ Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ yi lɛ toi enyɔ. Yɛ amɛ 1928 lala wolo lɛ mli lɛ, lalai ni jieɔ Yesu yi lɛ kɛ yibɔ ni jieɔ Yehowa yi lɛ bafee pɛpɛɛpɛ. Shi yɛ amɛ nyɛsɛɛ lala wolo hee ni afee yɛ 1984 lɛ mli lɛ, akɛ woo haa Yehowa shii toi ejwɛ fe bɔ ni akɛhaa Yesu. Enɛ kɛ Yesu diɛŋtsɛ wiemɔi lɛ kpaa gbee: “Mi-Tsɛ da fe mi.” (Yohane 14:28) Esa akɛ suɔmɔ kɛha Yehowa afee klɛŋklɛŋ nɔ, ni suɔmɔ ni mli kwɔ ni ayɔɔ kɛha Yesu kɛ hiɛsɔɔ kɛha efɔleshaa ni nɔ bɛ kɛ egbɛhe akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ Osɔfonukpa kɛ Maŋtsɛ lɛ afata he.
[Akrabatsa ni yɔɔ baafa 34]
Gbɛ ni Yesu Tsɔɔ nɔ Ewoɔ Ŋaa
(Kpojiemɔ wolo lɛ mli yitsei kɛ kukuji ni atsɛ)
Shɛɛ sane Hewalɛ ni Ayoo Kamɔ ni Jɔɔmɔi ni
kɛha adamɔɔ nɔ Yijiemɔ naagba akɛha jɛ mli ba
asafo lɛ awoɔ ŋaa yɛ faŋŋ lɛ kɛ/aloo
hewalɛwoo
Efeso 2:1 2:2, 3 2:4 2:5, 6 2:7
Pergamo 2:12 2:13 2:14, 15 2:16 2:17
Tiatira 2:18 2:19 2:20, 21 2:24, 25 2:26-28
Filadelfia 3:7 3:8 — 3:8-11 3:12
Laodikea 3:14 — 3:15-17 3:18-20 3:21