namɔ kɛ afii pii ebua shika fɛɛ ni eyɔɔ lɛ naa koni ekɛ hehiamɔ afee tawuu nii moŋ fe daaŋ ŋmaa, kɔɔyɔŋ lɛji ni akɛwuɔ ta kɛ tawuu nii sɔrɔtoi fe niyenii, hehaanɔ̃ kɛ nibii ni he hiaa gbɔmɛi lɛ, ni yɛ no hewɔ lɛ eewo “mɔji anyɔŋmɔ” lɛ moŋ hiɛ nyam? Mɛɛ “maŋtsɛ” eja “nyɔŋmɔ ko ni etsɛmɛi lɛ leee”​—jeŋnilee ni akɛwuɔ ta​—ni ewo ehiɛ nyam kɛtsɔ “shika kɛ jwiɛtɛi” nɔ, ni oshashaooo shi kwraa akɛ ekɛ ehewɔ nibii ni fa aaawo tawuu he nilee mli ni ekɛha asraafoi? Ŋwanejee ko kwraa bɛ he akɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ ji Komunist kuu lɛ ni Soviet Union loo Rusia ji amɛyitso lɛ.

Afi 1977 mli tɔ̃ɔ Amerika Maŋ Hebuu he Nilee Nitsumɔhe lɛ kpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ Rusia asraafoi lɛ “he wa fe fɛɛ yɛ je lɛ mli, ni amɛyɛ tawuu nii kɛ asraafoi babaoo ni abua amɛnaa kɛha amrɔ tawuu.” Nɔ ni akɛfiɔ enɛ sɛɛ ji tsɔsemɔ ni akɛwoɔ skul gbekɛbii ajwɛŋmɔ mli. Ahaa nuu fɛɛ nuu ni eye afii 18 lɛ kaseɔ tawuu, ekɛ asraafoi ni nyiɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ hiɔ shi afii enyɔ aloo yɛ kɔɔyɔŋ lɛji kɛ tawuu mli, aloo afii etɛ yɛ ŋshɔ hiɛ ta lɛji atsɔsemɔ mli. Ni amɛhiɔ shi akɛ mɛi ni ásaa amɛ ato kɛha tawuu aahu kɛyashi be mli ni amɛaaye afii 50, ni tsɔɔ akɛ amrɔ nɛɛ atsɔse Rusiabii akpekpei nyɔŋmai abɔ yɛ tawuu mli ni abaanyɛ atsɛ amɛ kɛha tawuu oya.

‘Shimɔ’ Ni “Wuoyigbɛ Maŋtsɛ” Lɛ ‘Shiɔ’

Akɛni ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ ji Komunist kuu lɛ ni Soviet Union loo Rusia nyiɛ hiɛ lɛ hewɔ lɛ, “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ nyɛŋ afee mɔ ko fe ebienyɛ ni jeee Komunist kuu lɛ mlinyo ni yɔɔ Amerika hiɛnyiɛmɔ shishi lɛ. Daniel gbalɛ lɛ tee nɔ ewie nɛkɛ “maŋtsɛmɛi” nɛɛ ahe akɛ: “Ni naagbee be lɛ mli lɛ wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ lɛ kɛ [kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ] lɛ aaashi.”​—Daniel 11:⁠40.

Ta lɛ sɛɛ ‘shimɔ’ ni “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ kɛba lɛ je shishi fiofio, yɛ afi 1947, kɛ nɔ ni atsɛɔ lɛ “Truman Doctrine” (Truman Tsɔɔmɔ) ni ji “nɔyeli hewalɛ gbɛɛ-kɛ-shwamɔ naatsii” lɛ. Nɔ ni nyiɛ enɛ sɛɛ ji NATO (majimaji ateŋ tawuu he kpaŋmɔ ko) ni ato ama shi yɛ 1949, kɛ sɛɛ mli kpokpaa wuji anɔ maŋ hebuu gbɛjianɔtooi ni ato ama shi. ‘Shimɔ’ nɛɛ mli bawa waa, yɛ Vietnam ta ni ji enyɔ lɛ mli. Shi nɛkɛ ta nɛɛ kɛ nɔ ni jɛ mli ba ni ehiii kɛhaaa Anaigbɛ lɛ bafee tamɔ nɔ ni eefi “okpoi”​—mɛi ni yɔɔ U.S. Amerika kɛ mɛi ni fiɔ esɛɛ ni sumɔɔ ni akɛ Soviet Union loo Rusia kuu lɛ ahi shi yɛ toiŋjɔlɛ mli lɛ asɛɛ.

Shi maŋkwramɔŋ saji ni etee nɔ nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ mɛi ni tamɔ “laalɔi”​—mɛi ni sumɔɔ ni akɛ Komunist kuu lɛ aye dɛŋdɛŋ lɛ ayi miifa fe “okpoi” lɛ. ‘Shi’ ni “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ ‘shiɔ’ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ lɛ mli ewa agbɛnɛ. Nɔ ni yɔɔ miishɛɛ ji akɛ, amaniɛbɔɔ nɛɛ ma Anglo-Amerika ekomefeemɔ yɛ ‘shimɔ’ nɛɛ mli lɛ nɔ mi: “Britania Maŋsɔɔlɔ Nukpa Margaret Thatcher ni kɛ Mr. Reagan fɛɛ heee Kremlin (Rusia Gwabɔɔ) lɛ amɛyeee lɛ pɛ ji NATO maji lɛ amli hiɛnyiɛlɔ ni fee eshidaamɔ lɛ faŋŋ. Ewie yɛ Soo gbɛkɛ, [January 29, 1981] akɛ nɔ ko bɛ ni tsɔɔ akɛ Rusia yɛ miishɛɛ diɛŋtsɛ akɛ toiŋjɔlɛ aaahi majimaji ateŋ.” (International Herald Tribune, January 31, 1981) Heni “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ kɛ ‘shimɔ’ nɛɛ baaya ayashɛ lɛ ji miishɛɛ sane ni wɔbaakwɛ yɛ gbii ni yɔɔ wɔhiɛ lɛ amli.

Taakɛ abaakpa gbɛ lɛ, “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ ni amrɔ nɛɛ amɛdamɔ shi kɛya Komunist kuu lɛ fee nɛkɛ ‘shimɔ’ nɛɛ he nɔ ko. Agba enɛ hu afɔ shi yɛ Daniel gbalɛ lɛ mli, yitso 11. Nyɛhaa wɔkanea:

“Ni kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ lɛ aaafa kɛaaba [wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ lɛ] enɔ kɛ shwiilii kɛ okpɔŋɔiatsɛmɛi kɛ lɛji babaoo, . . . ni eeeba shikpɔji lɛ anɔ, ni eeeho tamɔ nu babaoo, ni eeetsɔ nɔ kɛaaho . . . Ni eeekpa enine mli yɛ shikpɔji lɛ anɔ, Ni eeeye shika kɛ jwiɛtɛi jwetrii . . . lɛ fɛɛ nɔ.”​—Daniel 11:​40-43.

Nɔ Ni “Kooyigbɛ Maŋtsɛ” Lɛ Feɔ Yɛ Enɛ He

Rusia nifeemɔ yɛ nɛkɛ “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ keketeefeemɔ nɛɛ he lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ sumɔŋ ni anaanaa enɔ aya kɛkɛ. Kɛjɛ Jeŋ Ta II kɛbaa nɛɛ Rusia “miikpa enine mli yɛ shikpɔji lɛ anɔ,” koni eye “shikpɔji” sɔrɔtoi anɔ kɛ ‘jwetrii ni aŋɔtee’ ni pɛtro fata he.

Mpoa ni enɛ tswaa Anaigbɛ lɛ hu kɔɔ jwɛŋmɔ ni atsɔɔ nɔ ayeɔ maŋ nɔ lɛ hu he, ejaakɛ Jeŋ Kuu ni ji Etɛ ni kɛɛ amɛkɛ amɛhe ebɔɔɔ jeŋ hewalɛi enyɔ lɛ eko he lɛ babaoo ni amɛye amɛhe kɛjɛ maŋsɛɛ nɔyelii ahe lɛ ekpɛlɛ Marxist ni tamɔ Rusia nɔyeli gbɛjianɔtoo lɛ nɔ. Nibii ni yaa nɔ lɛ eha Russiabii ena Asia, Boka Teŋgbɛ, Afrika kɛ Amerika Wuoyigbɛ maji po nɔ hewalɛ. Nɔ ni fata he lɛ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ lɛ” eye omanye yɛ shitee-kɛ-wooi ni Komunistbii nyiɛɔ hiɛ lɛ amli ni enɛ eha enyɛ “ekpa enine mli yɛ shikpɔji lɛ anɔ,” shikpɔji ni ekɛ enɔyeli he gbɛjianɔtoo, tawuu nii kɛ tsɔnei ahe nilee eye ebua amɛ lɛ.

Akɛni eyɔɔ asraafoi fe akpekpei ejwɛ yɛ Rusia kɛ Europa Bokagbɛ kɛ ta dade shwiilii 50,000, ta kɔɔyɔŋ lɛji 5,775, ŋshɔ hiɛ ta lɛji 289 kɛ agbɛnɛ kɛ hoo kwraa lɛ ŋshɔ shishi ta lɛji 257 hewɔ lɛ, “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ yɛ nɔ ni ebaatsɔ nɔ efa kɛba kɛ “shwiilii kɛ okpɔŋɔiatsɛmɛi kɛ lɛji babaoo . . . ni eeeho tamɔ nu babaoo, ni eeetsɔ nɔ kɛaaho.”

Taakɛ amaniɛbɔɔi tsɔɔ lɛ, Rusia asraafoi yɛ Afghanistan, Cuba, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Vietnam, Syria kɛ South Yemen, kɛ taawuu mli ŋaawolɔi babaoo ni yɔɔ shikpɔji krokomɛi anɔ. Rusia ŋshɔ hiɛ ta lɛji yɛ ŋshɔi wuji kɛ bibii lɛ fɛɛ hiɛ ni Mediteranea hu fata he. He ni Komunist “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ aaaŋmɛɛ ehewalɛi nɛɛ ahe kɛyashɛ ni “ekpa enine mli yɛ shikpɔji” krokomɛi “anɔ” kɛyashɛ lɛ ji nɔ ko ni wɔsɛɛ be pɛ baanyɛ atsɔɔ.

“Maŋtsɛmɛi” Enyɔ Lɛ Fɛɛ Baa Amɛnaagbee

He fɛɛ he ni “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ “aaashi” kɛyashɛ, ni kɛji akɛ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ hu ‘aaaho tamɔ nui babaoo’ kɛtao maji krokomɛi ni eeetutua amɛ lɛ nɔ, aloo efeŋ nakai hu lɛ, nɔ kome ko yɛ ni eji anɔkwale: Taakɛ Daniel gbalɛ lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ, “maŋtsɛmɛi” nɛɛ eko yeŋ eko nɔ kunim kwraa. Gbalɛ lɛ wieɔ “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ he akɛ: “Ni eeeshɛ enaagbee, ni mɔ ko bɛ ni baaye abua lɛ.” (Daniel 11:45) Ni gbalɛ ko ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ hu wieɔ Anglo-Amerika Jeŋ Hewalɛ ni “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ feɔ ehe mfoniri lɛ he akɛ “shi aaakumɔ lɛ, ni jeee kɛ nine tete.”​—Daniel 8:⁠25.

Mɛɛ gbɛ nɛkɛ “maŋtsɛmɛi” nɛɛ baatsɔ nɔ amɛba amɛnaagbee “ni jeee kɛ nine tete” ni “nɔ ko bɛ ni baaye abua lɛ”? Amɛnaagbee lɛ baŋ kɛtsɔŋ adesa nifeemɔ ko nɔ. Daniel gbalɛ lɛ yaa nɔ akɛ: “Ni nakai be lɛ mli lɛ Mikael ni ji lumɔ kpeteŋkpele ni damɔ shi ha [Daniel, no hewɔ Iɛ Yehowa] omaŋbii lɛ aaate shi adamɔ shi; shi fimɔ be ko aaaba ni anako nɔ da kɛjɛ beyinɔ ni jeŋ maŋ ko yɔɔ lɛ kɛyashi nakai be lɛ mli.” (Daniel 12:⁠1) Mikael nɛɛ jeee mɔ ko akɛ Maŋtsɛ Yesu Kristo ni Yehowa ehala lɛ lɛ. (Okɛto Kpojiemɔ 12:​7-10 he.) “Fimɔ be” lɛ ji “amanehulu kpeteŋkpele” lɛ ni atsi ta yɛ Yesu diɛŋtsɛ gbalɛ ni kɔɔ “nibii agbɛjianɔtoo lɛ naagbee” he lɛ kɛ “ba ni eba” yɛ emaŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli lɛ.​—Mateo 24:​3, 21; Luka yitso 21.

Gbalɛ nɛɛ amlibaa yɛ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ lɛ tsɔɔ akɛ “naagbee be” lɛ mli wɔyɔɔ nɛɛ. Etsɛŋ ni Kristo kɛ Komunist “kooyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ kɛ “wuoyigbɛ maŋtsɛ” lɛ ni jeee Komunistnyo lɛ baaba amɛnaagbee. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ Maŋtsɛ Yesu Kristo ni ta sɛi nɔ lɛ kɛ “tsi ni naa ba” ‘baatswia amɛ’ kɛ maŋ kwramɔŋ maji krokomɛi fɛɛ ‘nii’ ni “ekɛ dadetso aaakpala amɛ.” (Kpojiemɔ 19:​11-21) Nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ gbalɛ mfoniri kroko ni yɔɔ Daniel wolo lɛ mli lɛ baatsɔ aba mli kwraa, ejaakɛ wɔkaneɔ akɛ: “Ni nɛkɛ maŋtsɛmɛi [maŋkwramɔŋ hewalɛi] nɛɛ ayinɔ lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ ni yɔɔ ŋwɛi lɛ aaatee maŋtsɛyeli ko shi ama shi ni efiteŋ dɔŋŋ kɛaatee naanɔ, ni ashiŋ maŋtsɛyeli nɛɛ ahaŋ maŋ kroko; eeejwara maŋtsɛyelii nɛɛ fɛɛ wɔtsɔwɔtsɔ, ni eeekpata amɛhiɛ, shi lɛ diɛŋtsɛ lɛ eeedamɔ shi kɛaatee naanɔ.”​—Daniel 2:​34, 35, 44.

Nakai maŋtsɛyeli lɛ kɛ naanɔ toiŋjɔlɛ baaba shikpɔŋ nɔ yɛ jalɛ gbɛjianɔtoo hee mli. (2 Petro 3:​13; Kpojiemɔ 21:​1-5) Maŋkwramɔŋ “maŋtsɛmɛi” ni waa mɛi ayi ehiŋ mli dɔŋŋ. Enɛ ji “maŋtsɛyeli” ni osɔle yɛ he, kɛji akɛ okɛɔ “Nuŋtsɔ lɛ Sɔlemɔ” lɛ. (Mateo 6:​9, 10) No ji adesai ahiɛnɔkamɔ kome pɛ. Yehowa Odasefoi baasumɔ ni amɛye amɛbuao ni okɛ hiɛnɔkamɔ nɛɛ afee bo diɛŋtsɛ onɔ̃.

Henɔjɔɔmɔ​—Kɛha Namɔ? Mɛni Hewɔ?

“Shi nyɛ lɛ, weku ni ahala ji nyɛ, maŋtsɛmɛi ni yeɔ osɔfoi, jeŋmaŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ [maŋ ni etu ehe eha; maŋ ni ejɔɔ ehe nɔ eha], maŋ ni eŋɔfee enɔ̃.”​—1 Petro 2:​9, New World Translation; The Jerusalem Bible; The New English Bible.

 1, 2. (a) Ani Abraham Lincoln ji Kristendom sɔlemɔi lɛ eko mlinyo, shi kɛ Iɛ te ewie maŋ ni lɛ maŋtsɛ lɛ eji nɔkwɛlɔ nukpa yɛ mli lɛ he yɛ Gettysburg wiemɔ lɛ eha tɛŋŋ? (b) Mɛni anaa yɛ nɔ ni maŋ lɛ kɛɔ akɛ amɛkɛ amɛhe fɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ nɔ lɛ mli, ni yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ nɔyeli ni baanyiɛ jeŋ haomɔ lɛ sɛɛ aba lɛ baafee nɔyeli kɛha gbɔmɛi lɛ?

¹ KRISTENDOM sɔlemɔi lɛ fɛɛ ateŋ ekome folo po bɛ ni baanyɛ akɛɛ akɛ United States, Amerika maŋnɔkwɛlɔ mɔ ni gbeɔ yi feɔ 16 lɛ ji emlinyo. Shi kɛ̃lɛ, be mli ni ekɛ ewiemɔ ni ehe gbɛi lɛ haa yɛ Gettysburg, yɛ November 19, 1863 lɛ, nakai nuu ni kaneɔ Biblia lɛ, Abraham Lincoln, wie nɛkɛ wiemɔi ni hewalɛ yɔɔ mli nɛɛ:

“Afii nyɔŋmai kpaanyɔ kɛ kpawo ni eho nɛ ni wɔtsɛmɛi lɛ to maŋ hee ko yɛ shikpɔŋ wulu nɛɛ nɔ, maŋ ni ato shishi yɛ Heyeli mli, ni ajɔɔ nɔ aha yiŋtoo ni ji akɛ, abɔ gbɔmɛi fɛɛ akɛ mɛi ni yeɔ egbɔ. . . . Shi, wɔnyɛŋ wɔjɔɔ shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ wɔha​—wɔnyɛŋ wɔtu shikpɔŋ nɛɛ wɔha​—wɔnyɛŋ wɔfee shikpɔŋ nɛɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ. Hii kakalɔi ni yɔɔ wala mli kɛ mɛi ni egboi, ni pele nii ahe yɛ biɛ nɛɛ lɛ, efee lɛ krɔŋkrɔŋ kwraa fe bɔ ni wɔhewalɛ ni yɔɔ wudɔɔ nɛɛ aaanyɛ ekɛ nɔ ko afata he loo ejie nɔ ko kɛjɛ mli. . . . Wɔ ni wɔyɔɔ wala mli lɛ moŋ ji mɛi ni esa akɛ wɔjɔɔ wɔhe nɔ yɛ biɛ kɛha nitsumɔ ni mɛi ni wuu yɛ biɛ nɛɛ etsu he nii yɛ gbɛ ni yɔɔ nyam nɔ ni amɛgbeee naa lɛ. Wɔ moŋ ji mɛi ni esa akɛ wɔjɔɔ wɔhe nɔ wɔha nitsumɔ kpele ni eshwɛ ni ka wɔhiɛ lɛ . . . ”

² Kɛjɛ be mli ni akɛ nakai wiemɔ ni sa kaimɔ lɛ ha yɛ maŋ lɛ fuuhe ni yɔɔ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania lɛ kɛbaa nɛɛ, United States, Amerika yeko amɛ sabala ni yɔɔ amɛ dɔla shika wolo lɛ nɔ ni ji, “Nyɔŋmɔ nɔ Wɔkɛ Wɔhe Fɔɔ” lɛ anɔkwale. Yɛ bɔ ni maŋnɔkwɛlɔ lɛ kɛ Amerikabii krokomɛi ni yeɔ anɔkwale lɛ ahenɔjɔɔmɔ lɛ ji lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ lɛ, “gbɔmɛi lɛ anɔyeli, kɛtsɔ gbɔmɛi lɛ anɔ” lɛ “hiɛ baakpata kɛjɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ.” Yɛ miishɛɛ mli lɛ, “kɛha gbɔmɛi lɛ,” enɛ efeŋ naanɔ amanehulu, ejaakɛ nɔ ni baanyiɛ sɛɛ ji Nyɔŋmɔ odehei anɔyeli ni kwɔ fe fɛɛ kɛtsɔ Maŋtsɛ, Yesu Kristo ni ehala lɛ lɛ nɔ lɛ, kɛha adesai fɛɛ ni yɔɔ jeŋ kutruku nɛɛ nɔ lɛ ajɔɔmɔ, ni nɔ ni ale bianɛ akɛ Amerika shikpɔŋ wulu lɛ hu fata he.

 3, 4. (a) Mɛɛ “maŋ” baapue agbɛnɛ? (b) Mɛɛ Yehowa wiemɔi ni ewie etsɔɔ Israelbii lɛ ji nɔ ni Petro jieɔ sane kɛjɛɔ mli ni ekɛtoɔ nɛkɛ “maŋ” hee nɛɛ he lɛ?

³ Kɛkɛ lɛ maŋ hee baapue. Mɛɛ maŋ ji no? No ji maŋ ni awie wiemɔi ni jɛ mumɔŋ nɛɛ aha lɛ lɛ: “Shi nyɛ lɛ, weku ni ahala ji nyɛ, maŋtsɛmɛi ni yeɔ osɔfoi, jeŋmaŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ, maŋ ni eŋɔfee enɔ̃.”​—1 Petro 2:⁠9.

⁴ Bɔfo Petro ŋɔ wiemɔi nɛɛ kɛjɛ wiemɔi ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛtsu nii yɛ be mli ni ewieɔ E-Webii Israel ni ehala amɛ lɛ ahe yɛ be mli ni amɛyɔɔ Sinai Gɔŋ ni yɔɔ Arabia lɛ he lɛ, taakɛ aŋma yɛ 2 Mose 19:​5, 6 lɛ. Jɛmɛ wɔkaneɔ yɛ akɛɔ “No hewɔ lɛ agbɛnɛ kɛji nyɛaabo migbee toi ni nyɛye mikpaŋmɔ lɛ nɔ lɛ, no lɛ nyɛaatsɔ mi diɛŋtsɛ minɔ yɛ maji fɛɛ ateŋ; ejaakɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ fɛɛ minɔŋ. Shi nyɛ lɛ, nyɛaatsɔ osɔfoi amaŋtsɛyeli kɛ maŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ nyɛha mi.”

 5. Kɛ akɛmiitsu nii yɛ Biblia mli lɛ, ani ‘atu he aha’ kɛ ‘ajɔɔ nɔ aha’ tsɔɔ nɔ kome too lɛ nɔŋŋ?

⁵ Shishitsɔɔmɔi komɛi lɛɛɔ wiemɔ kuku “maŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ” lɛ mli kɛtsɔɔ eshishitsɔɔmɔ akɛ “maŋ ni etu ehe eha” aloo “maŋ ni ejɔɔa ehe nɔ eha” nɔ yɛ 2 Mose 19:6 kɛ 1 Petro 2:9 ni wɔwie he yɛ yiteŋgbɛ nɛɛ mli. (Kwɛmɔ The Jerusalem Bible; Moffatt; Knox, The New English Bible lɛ amli.) Yehowa mlai anɔkpɛlɛmɔ kɛ shihilɛ yɛ naa baatuu Israelbii lɛ ama afã akɛ gbɔmɛi ni amɛtuu amɛhe amɛha loo amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ amɛha. Nyɔŋmɔ baanyɛ “atuu” loo “ajɔɔ” nɔ ko loo gbɔmɛi akuu ko “nɔ aha.” Yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛ lɛ, nakai wiemɔi enyɔ lɛ shishinumɔ baanyɛ atsɔɔ nɔ kome too lɛ nɔŋŋ. Shi kɛ̃lɛ, akɛni adesai ni yeee emuu nyɛŋ ‘atuu nɔ ko aha,’ amɛha ehe atse kɛha yiŋtoo krɔŋkrɔŋ ko hewɔ lɛ, amɛbaanyɛ amɛjɛ amɛsuɔmɔ mli ‘amɛjɔɔ nɔ ko nɔ’ loo amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe nɔ amɛha yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ.

 6. (a) Mɛni ji nɔ ni Israel maŋ lɛ fee, aŋkroaŋkroi kɛ kutuu yɛ wiemɔ ni amɛwie akɛ “wiemɔi fɛɛ ni Yehowa wie lɛ wɔɔfee” lɛ mli? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛjianɔtoo Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ amɛ ba mli ni nɔnyɛɛ loo lakamɔ ko bɛ mli?

⁶ Nyɔŋmɔ to eyiŋ akɛ ebaajie Israelbii lɛ koni amɛtsɔ maŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ amɛha lɛ, shi ja ‘amɛbo egbee toi ni amɛye ekpaŋmɔ lɛ nɔ da.’ Amɛha hetoo akɛ: “Wiemɔi fɛɛ ni Yehowa wie lɛ, wɔɔfee.” Yɛ nɛkɛ gbɛ nɔ lɛ, ákɛ aŋkroaŋkroi kɛ kutuu lɛ, amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ amɛha amɛ Yiwalaherelɔ, Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ ni sɛɛkuu ko bɛ mli. Eyɛ mli akɛ Yehowa ehala amɛ momo akɛni amɛji Abraham heloo naa seshibii, ni etsɔ naakpɛɛ gbɛ nɔ ejie amɛ kɛjɛ Mizraim kɛtsɔ Ŋshɔ Tsuru lɛ mli moŋ, shi kɛ̃ lɛ, eemɛ Israelbii lɛ koni amɛjɛ amɛsuɔmɔ mli amɛjɔɔ amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛhe nɔ nɛkɛ amɛha lɛ kɛ ejamɔ lɛ. Adamɔ enɛ nɔ afee amɛ Yehowa webii ni ekɛ amɛ ebote kpaŋmɔ mli. Wɔkaneɔ yɛ enɛ he akɛ:

“Ejaakɛ beni Mose ejaje kita fɛɛ kita etsɔɔ maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ yɛ mla naa lɛ, eŋɔ tsinabii kɛ tookpakpoi lɛ alá lɛ kɛ nu kɛ toogwantɛŋ he tsɔi tsuru kɛ hisopo, ni ekɛshwa wolo lɛ diɛŋtsɛ kɛ maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ, ekɛɛ: ‘Naa, kpaŋmɔ lɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ wo nyɛ he kita lɛ lá lɛ nɛ.’”​—Hebribii 9:​19, 20; 2 Mose 24:​1-8.

 7. (a) Mɛni baafee Yudafoi ni baanyiɛ sɛɛ aba yɛ yinɔi krokomɛi amli lɛ ashihilɛ? (b) Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ amɛbaatsɔ amɛlaaje amɛhenɔjɔɔmɔ shihilɛ lɛ?

⁷ Abaafɔ Yudafoi ayinɔi ni baatsara enɔ lɛ awo nɛkɛ maŋ ni amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ nɛɛ mli, ni nɔ ni baajɛ mli aba ji ákɛ akɛ amɛ woɔ henɔjɔɔmɔ wekukpaa ni ka amɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ teŋ lɛ mli. Shi kɛji akɛ aŋkroaŋkroi lɛ dara amɛshɛ afii ni abaanyɛ akɛ gbɛnaa nii afɔ amɛnɔ lɛ, belɛ ehe baahia ni amɛkase nakai Yudafoi lɛ ni bua amɛhe naa yɛ Sinai Gɔŋ lɛ shishi lɛ ni amɛkɛ bɔ ni amɛtsui aaatsirɛ amɛ aha kɛ amɛnifeemɔi atsɔɔ akɛ amɛji mɛi ni amɛjɔɔ amɛhe nɔ amɛha Yehowa lɛlɛŋ, bɔni afee ni amɛya nɔ yɛ maŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ nɛɛ mli akɛ mɛi ni yɔɔ shidaamɔ kpakpa yɛ ehiɛ. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, ekɔɔ amɛhilɛ kɛhamɔ akɛ maŋ kɛ amɛwala diɛŋtsɛ he. Enɛ ji anɔkwale, ejaakɛ Nyɔŋmɔ baanyɛ ajie hetsemɔ loo krɔŋkrɔŋfeemɔ shihilɛ ni ekɛfɔɔ gbɔmɛi anɔ lɛ kɛji akɛ amɛjie amɛhe kpo akɛ mɛi ni esaaa, ni ekɛ enɛ baaha mɛi ni baajie amɛhe kpo akɛ amɛsa lɛ. No hewɔ ni bɔfo Petro kɛ nakai klɛŋklɛŋ wiemɔi ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛɛ heloo naa Israelbii lɛ akɛ amɛbaatsɔmɔ “maŋtsɛmɛi ni yeɔ osɔfoi, jeŋmaŋ krɔŋkrɔŋ” lɛ to Kristofoi amaŋ hee ni ba shihilɛ mli yɛ Pentekoste afi 33 Ŋ.B. lɛ he lɛ. Te fee tɛŋŋ ni nɔkpɛlɛmɔ krɔŋkrɔŋ ni tsake nɛɛ ba lɛ?

 8. (a) Beni Petro ŋma eklɛŋklɛŋ wolo ni jɛ mumɔŋ lɛ, no mli lɛ mɛɛ oshara ji nɔ ni miihe anina Israel, ni mɛɛ wekukpaa ji nɔ ni bɛ Yudafoi lɛ kɛ Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ teŋ dɔŋŋ? (b) Belɛ namɛi bafee ‘maŋ ni amɛtu amɛhe amɛha’ lɛ?

⁸ Beni bɔfo lɛ ŋma wiemɔi ni yɔɔ 1 Petro 2:9 lɛ, no mli lɛ Yudafoi lɛ miibɛŋkɛ oshara ko ni baaba maŋ lɛ nɔ lɛ he. Roma asraafoi lɛ miihe akpata amɛ maŋtiase Yerusalem ni sɔlemɔtsu lɛ yɔɔ jɛmɛ lɛ hiɛ, ni abaagbɛ amɛ ashwa kɛya majimaji anɔ taakɛ Yesu gba fɔ shi lɛ. (Luka 21:​20-24) Nɔ ni yɔɔ mɔbɔ ji akɛ, amɛkpoo Yesu Kristo, Nyɔŋmɔ kpaŋmɔ hee lɛ Teŋdamɔlɔ lɛ yɛ afi 33 Ŋ.B., ni ŋwanejee ko kwraa bɛ he akɛ Mla kpaŋmɔ momo lɛ ni gbalɔ Mose damɔ mli lɛ tsuuu nii dɔŋŋ. Aakpoo “heloo gbɛfaŋ Israel.” (1 Korintobii 10:​18; Mateo 23:38) Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ eto maŋ hee ni ji mumɔŋ Israel. (Romabii 9:6; Galatabii 6:​15, 16) Mɛi ni feɔ nɛkɛ maŋ hee ni “amɛtuu amɛhe amɛha” nɛɛ ji Yesu Kristo kaselɔi lɛ ni Petro wie