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1. Aw fɔ No Babilɔn di Gret?
Aw wi no se “Babilɔn di Gret” tinap fɔ ɔl di lay lay rilijɔn dɛn? (Rɛvɛleshɔn 17:5) Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt sɔm tin dɛn fɔ tink bɔt:
I de ɔlsay na di wɔl. Di Baybul se Babilɔn di Gret sidɔm pan “krawd [ɛn] neshɔn dɛn.” I gɛt “kiŋdɔm oba di kiŋ dɛn na di wɔl.”—Rɛvɛleshɔn 17:15, 18.
In nɔto lida na ɛni kɔntri ɔ big biznɛsman. “Di kiŋ dɛn na di wɔl” ɛn “di biznɛsman dɛn” bin sev we dɛn dɔnawe wit am.—Rɛvɛleshɔn 18:9, 15.
I de tɔk lay lay tin bɔt Gɔd. Di Baybul kɔl am raregal bikɔs i de sɔpɔt gɔvmɛnt dɛn fɔ mɔni ɛn fɔ mek dɛn gi am ɔda tin dɛn. (Rɛvɛleshɔn 17:1, 2) I de ful pipul dɛn na ɔl di neshɔn dɛn. Ɛn na in dɔn mek bɔku pipul dɛn dɔn day.—Rɛvɛleshɔn 18:23, 24.
2. Ustɛm Dɛn Go Sabi di Mɛsaya?
Di Baybul bin dɔn tɔk se na afta 69 wiks di Mɛsaya go kam.—Rid Daniɛl 9:25.
Ustɛm di 69 wiks stat? I stat insay di ia 455 bifo Krays. Na da tɛm de, Gɔvnɔ Nɛimaya bin kam na Jerusɛlɛm fɔ “bil am bak ɛn mek am lɛk aw i bin de.”—Daniɛl 9:25; Nɛimaya 2:1, 5-8.
Aw lɔng di 69 wiks bin las? Insay sɔm Baybul prɔfɛsi dɛn, wan de kin min wan ia. (Di Nɔmba Dɛm 14:34; Izikɛl 4:6) Ɛni wik tinap fɔ sɛvin ia. Insay dis prɔfɛsi, we yu kalkyulet 69 wiks, yu go gɛt 483 ia (69 wiks x 7 dez).
Ustɛm di 69 wiks dɔn? We yu maynɔs 455 bifo Krays frɔm 483 ia, dat go tek wi to di ia 29.a Dis na di ɛgzakt ia we Jizɔs bin baptayz ɛn bi di Mɛsaya!—Lyuk 3:1, 2, 21, 22.
3. Mɛrɛsin, Tɛst, ɔ Ɔpreshɔn we Gɛt fɔ Du wit Blɔd
Tritmɛnt, tɛst, ɛn ɔpreshɔn dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz di peshɛnt in yon blɔd. Nɔto dɛn ɔl Kristian dɛn kin gri fɔ du. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm pipul dɛn kin donet dɛn yon blɔd. Ɔ dɛn kin kip dɛn yon blɔd we dɛn go yuz leta we dɛn de du ɔpreshɔn pan dɛn. Bɔt Kristian dɛn nɔ fɔ du dat.—Ditarɔnɔmi 15:23.
Bɔt Kristian dɛn kin gri fɔ tek sɔm mɛrɛsin, tɛst, ɔ ɔpreshɔn we gɛt fɔ du wit blɔd. Sɔm pan dɛn na blɔd tɛst dɛn, ɛmodaylisis, ɔ fɔ yuz wan mashin we dɛn kɔl heart-lung bypass machine.b Ɛni Kristian fɔ disayd fɔ insɛf aw dɛn go yuz in yon blɔd we dɛn de du tɛst, ɔpreshɔn, ɔ tritmɛnt. Ɛni dɔktɔ kin gɛt difrɛn we aw dɛn de du dɛn tin dɛn ya. So bifo Kristian gri fɔ du ɛni ɔpreshɔn, tɛst, ɔ tritmɛnt, i nid fɔ no wetin in dɔktɔ gɛt fɔ du wit in blɔd. Tink bɔt dɛn kwɛstyɔn dɛn ya:
Wetin a go du if dɛn go pul sɔm pan mi blɔd na mi bɔdi ɛn mek i lɛf fɔ rɔn fɔ sɔm tɛm? Mi kɔnshɛns go alaw mi fɔ si dis blɔd as pat ɔf mi bɔdi we go mek nid nɔ de fɔ “trowe di blɔd na grɔn”?—Ditarɔnɔmi 12:23, 24.
Wetin a go du if we dɛn de du tɛst ɔ ɔpreshɔn dɛn go pul sɔm pan mi blɔd, klin am, ɛn put am bak na mi bɔdi? Mi kɔnshɛns we di Baybul dɔn tren go ambɔg mi ɔ i nɔ bad fɔ mek a tek dis kayn tritmɛnt?
4. Fɔ Sɛpret
Gɔd in Wɔd se i nɔ fayn fɔ mek maredman ɛn in wɛf pat ɔ sɛpret, ɛn i mek am klia se fɔ sɛpret nɔ de gi di man ɔ wɛf rayt fɔ mared to ɔda pɔsin. (1 Kɔrintians 7:10, 11) Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn kin apin we kin mek Kristian dɛn tink if dɛn fɔ sɛpret ɔ dɛn nɔ fɔ sɛpret.
We di man nɔ gri fɔ kia fɔ in famili bay wilful: Dis na we di man nɔ de gri fɔ gi in famili wetin dɛn nid ɛn dat mek di famili nɔ gɛt mɔni ɔ tin fɔ it.—1 Timoti 5:8.
We di man ɔ di uman de bit in kɔmpin bad bad wan: Di man ɔ di uman de bit in kɔmpin te in kɔmpin nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi ɔ in layf go de pan denja.—Galeshians 5:19-21.
We di man ɔ uman de mek in kɔmpin nɔ ebul fɔ wɔship Jiova: Dat na we di man ɔ di uman de du tin we de mek i nɔ pɔsibul fɔ mek in kɔmpin sav Jiova ɔ gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit am.—Akt 5:29.
5. Ɔlide ɛn Sɛlibreshɔn Dɛn
Kristian dɛn nɔ de tek pat pan ɔlide dɛn we de mek Jiova nɔ gladi. Bɔt ɔlman we na Kristian fɔ yuz in kɔnshɛns we di Baybul dɔn tren fɔ disayd wetin i go du we ɔda pipul dɛn de sɛlibret dɛn ɔlide dɛn de. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn.
We sɔmbɔdi grit yu lɛk aw dɛn kin grit ɔlide tɛm. Yu kin jɔs tɛl di pɔsin “Tɛnki.” If di pɔsin want fɔ no mɔ, yu kin ɛksplen to am wetin mek yu nɔ de sɛlibret di ɔlide.
Yu man ɔ wɛf we nɔto Jiova Witnɛs invayt yu fɔ go spɛn tɛm wit in fambul dɛn ɔlide tɛm. If yu kɔnshɛns alaw yu fɔ go, yu kin ɛksplen to yu man ɔ wɛf bifo tɛm se if dɛn du ɛnitin we gɛt fɔ du wit pegan kɔstɔm dɛn, yu nɔ go tek pat.
Yu bɔs gi yu bonɔs ɔlide tɛm. Yu nɔ go tek di bonɔs? Wɛl, wi nɔ go se so. Yu tink se yu bɔs de si di bonɔs as pat pan di sɛlibreshɔn, ɔ i jɔs gi yu am fɔ sho se i gladi fɔ di gud wok we yu de du?
Sɔmbɔdi gi yu gift ɔlide tɛm. Sɔntɛm, di pɔsin we de gi yu di gift go tɔk se: “A no se yu nɔ de sɛlibret dis ɔlide, bɔt a want fɔ gi yu dis.” I go bi se di pɔsin jɔs want fɔ du yu gud. Bɔt yu gɛt ɛni rizin fɔ tink se i de tray fɔ tɛst yu fet ɔ mek yu tek pat pan di ɔlide? Afta yu dɔn tink bɔt dis, i lɛf to yu fɔ disayd if yu go tek di gift. Ɛnitin we wi de disayd, wi want fɔ gɛt gud kɔnshɛns ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ fetful to Jiova.—Akt 23:1.
6. Sik dɛn we De Transfa
Bikɔs wi lɛk pipul dɛn, wi de tek tɛm lɛ wi nɔ gi dɛn sik. So if wi no se wi sik ɔ wi tink se wi dɔn gɛt sik ɛn wi go transfa da sik de to ɔda pipul dɛn, wi fɔ tek tɛm. Wi de du dis bikɔs wi want fɔ fala wetin di Baybul tɔk fɔ se: “Yu fɔ lɛk yu neba lɛk aw yu lɛk yusɛf.”—Romans 13:8-10.
Aw pɔsin we gɛt sik we de transfa go sho se i lɛk ɔda pipul dɛn? I go du dat bay we i nɔ ɔg ɔ kis ɔda pipul dɛn. I nɔ fɔ fil bad if pɔsin nɔ invayt am na in os bikɔs i want fɔ protɛkt in famili. Ɛn bifo i baptayz, i fɔ tɛl di kɔdinetɔ fɔ di ɛlda dɛn bɔt in sik so dat dɛn go mek arenjmɛnt fɔ protɛkt ɔda pipul dɛn we de baptayz. Bifo pɔsin we bin dɔn ɛkspoz to sik we de transfa to ɔda pipul dɛn bigin fɔ wach ɔda pɔsin fɔ mared, i fɔ gri fɔ du blɔd tɛst. We pɔsin du dis, i de sho se i bisin bɔt ɔda pipul dɛn, ɛn i de fala di advays na di Baybul we se: “Una nɔ jɔs tink bɔt wetin una want nɔmɔ, bɔt una tink bak bɔt wetin ɔda pipul dɛn want.”—Filipians 2:4.
7. Biznɛs ɛn Tin dɛn we Gɛt fɔ Du wit di Lɔ
Wi kin avɔyd bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn we wi rayt ɛni agrimɛnt we wi mek bɔt mɔni biznɛs ilɛk na wi kɔmpin Kristian wi mek di agrimɛnt wit. (Jɛrimaya 32:9-12) Bɔt stil sɔntɛnde, Kristian dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl prɔblɛm dɛn bikɔs ɔf mɔni ɛn ɔda tin dɛn. Dɛn fɔ tray fɔ sɔlv dɛn prɔblɛm dɛn de kwik kwik wan, du am wit pis, ɛn bitwin dɛnsɛf.
Bɔt aw wi go sɛtul siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk kruk ɔ we pɔsin tɔk bad bɔt ɔda pɔsin fɔ pwɛl in nem? (Rid Matyu 18:15-17.) Jizɔs bin tɛl wi tri tin dɛn fɔ du:
Tray fɔ sɛtul di prɔblɛm bitwin unasɛf.—Rid vas 15.
If dat nɔ wok, kɔl wan ɔ tu machɔ Kristian na di kɔngrigeshɔn fɔ go wit yu.—Rid vas 16.
If di prɔblɛm stil nɔ sɔlv, yu kin tɔk to di ɛlda dɛn naw.—Rid vas 17.
Bɔku tɛm, nid nɔ kin de fɔ kɛr wi brɔda dɛn go kɔt bikɔs dat go briŋ badnem to Jiova ɛn di kɔngrigeshɔn. (1 Kɔrintians 6:1-8) Bɔt sɔntɛnde, sɔm tin dɛn kin apin we wi nid fɔ sɛtul na kɔt. Tin dɛn lɛk: dayvɔs, udat fɔ mɛn di pikin, ɔmɔs di wan we want fɔ dayvɔs fɔ pe, fɔ gɛt inshɔrans bɛnifit, ɔ wil biznɛs. Kristian we de go kɔt fɔ sɛtul dɛn kayn prɔblɛm dɛn ya pisful wan, nɔ de go agens wetin di Baybul se.
If na siriɔs kraym lɛk rep, fɔ trit pikin bad, fɔ trɛtin fɔ damej sɔmbɔdi, siriɔs tif, ɔ fɔ kil, da tɛm de di Kristian we ripɔt di kes nɔ go agens wetin di Baybul se.
a Frɔm 455 bifo Krays to di ia 1 bifo Krays na 454 ia. Frɔm di ia 1 bifo Krays to di ia 1 na wan ia (ziro ia nɔ de). Ɛn frɔm di ia 1 to di ia 29 na 28 ia. We wi ad ɔl, i go gi wi 483 ia.
b Fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn tin dɛn ya min, rid “Kwɛstyɔn dɛn we Pipul dɛn Kin Aks” we de na di Wachtawa Ɔktoba 15, 2000.