Owu Akyi Asetra—Dɛn Na Bible No Ka?
“Woyɛ dɔte, na dɔte mu na wobɛsan akɔ.”—GENESIS 3:19.
1, 2. (a) Owu akyi asetra ho adwene ahorow bɛn na ɛwɔ hɔ? (b) Dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhwehwɛ mu na ama yɛatumi ahu nea Bible kyerɛkyerɛ wɔ ɔkra ho?
HINDUNI nyansapɛfo Nikhilananda kae sɛ: “Nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɛne sɛ wɔbɛyɛ abɔnefo ayayade daa no ne gyidi a ɛne sɛ Onyankopɔn dɔ n’abɔde no nhyia. . . . Ntease nnim ɔkwan biara so sɛ wobegye adi sɛ wɔtwe ɔkra no aso daa wɔ mfomso a ɔyɛ wɔ mfe kakraa bi mu ho a wɔmma onnya hokwan nsiesie n’akwan.”
2 Te sɛ Nikhilananda no, daa ayayade nkyerɛkyerɛ no ma nnipa pii ho yeraw wɔn nnɛ. Saa ara na ɛyɛ afoforo den sɛ wɔbɛte Nirvana a obi bɛkɔ na ɔne abɔde ayɛ biako no ase. Wɔn a wɔkyerɛ sɛ wɔn gyidi gyina Bible so mu mpo no, nea ɔkra no yɛ ne nea ɛba so bere a yewu ho adwene a wokura no gu ahorow. Nanso, dɛn na Bible kyerɛkyerɛ wɔ ɔkra ho ankasa? Nea ɛbɛyɛ na yɛahu no, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhwehwɛ nea Hebri ne Hela nsɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” wɔ Bible mu kyerɛ no mu.
Sɛnea Bible Kyerɛ Ɔkra Ase
3. (a) Asɛmfua bɛn na wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” wɔ Hebri Kyerɛwnsɛm no mu, na ne nkyerɛase ankasa ne dɛn? (b) Ɔkwan bɛn so na Genesis 2:7, NW, si so dua sɛ asɛmfua “ɔkra” betumi akyerɛ onipa mũ no nyinaa?
3 Hebri asɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” no ne neʹphesh, na epue mpɛn 754 wɔ Hebri Kyerɛwnsɛm no mu. Neʹphesh kyerɛ dɛn? Sɛnea The Dictionary of Bible and Religion kyerɛ no, “ɛtaa kyerɛ ɔteasefo no ankasa, onipa mũ no nyinaa.” Sɛnea Bible ka ɔkra ho asɛm wɔ Genesis 2:7, NW, no di eyi ho adanse: “Yehowa Nyankopɔn de fam dɔte nwenee onipa, na ohuw nkwa home guu ne hwene mu, na onipa bɛyɛɛ ɔkra teasefo.” Hyɛ no nsow sɛ onipa a odi kan no “bɛyɛɛ” ɔkra teasefo. Ɛkyerɛ sɛ, na Adam nni ɔkra; na ɔyɛ ɔkra—sɛnea obi a ɔbɛyɛ oduruyɛfo yɛ oduruyɛfo no. Enti, ɛha no, asɛmfua “ɔkra” kyerɛ onipa mũ no nyinaa.
4. Asɛmfua bɛn na wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” wɔ Kristofo Hela Kyerɛwnsɛm no mu, na asɛmfua yi nkyerɛase ankasa ne dɛn?
4 Asɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” (psy·kheʹ) no pue bɛboro mpɛn ɔha wɔ Kristofo Hela Kyerɛwnsɛm no mu. Te sɛ neʹphesh no, asɛmfua yi taa kyerɛ onipa mũ no nyinaa. Sɛ nhwɛso no, susuw nsɛm a edidi so yi ho hwɛ: “Me kra ho yeraw no.” (Yohane 12:27) “Ehu baa akra nyinaa so.” (Asomafo no Nnwuma 2:43) “Momma akra nyinaa mmrɛbrɛ wɔn ho ase nhyɛ tumi a ɛwɔ anuonyam no ase.” (Romafo 13:1) “Monkyekye akra a wɔn koma atu werɛ.” (1 Tesalonikafo 5:14, NW) “Akra kakraa a wosi baawɔtwe nyaa nkwa nsu no mu.” (1 Petro 3:20) Ɛda adi pefee sɛ, te sɛ neʹphesh no, psy·kheʹ kyerɛ onipa mũ no nyinaa. Sɛnea nhomanimfo Nigel Turner kyerɛ no, asɛmfua yi “kyerɛ onipa ankasa, onipa no, honam nipadua a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn rûaḥ [honhom] a ɔhome guu ne mu no. . . . Nea wosi so dua ne onipa mũ no nyinaa.”
5. So mmoa yɛ akra? Kyerɛkyerɛ mu.
5 Nea ɛyɛ anigye no, wɔ Bible mu no, ɛnyɛ nnipa nkutoo na wɔde asɛmfua “ɔkra” gyina hɔ ma wɔn, na mmom mmoa nso. Sɛ nhwɛso no, bere a Genesis 1:20 reka po mu abɔde bɔ ho asɛm no, ɛka sɛ Onyankopɔn hyɛe sɛ: “Nsu no nnɔ abɔde [akra, NW] a ɛte ase manyamanya.” Na adebɔ da a edi hɔ no, Onyankopɔn kae sɛ: “Asase mma abɔde [akra, NW] a ɛtete ase mfi mmra, sɛnea wɔn su te; ntɔteboa ne mmoa a wɔwea ne asase so mmoadoma, sɛnea wɔn su te.”—Genesis 1:24; fa toto Numeri 31:28 ho.
6. Dɛn na yebetumi aka afa dwuma a Bible de asɛmfua “ɔkra” di no ho?
6 Enti, asɛmfua “ɔkra” sɛnea wɔde di dwuma wɔ Bible mu no fa onipa anaa aboa anaa nkwa a onipa anaa aboa wɔ ho. (Hwɛ adaka a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no.) Bible nkyerɛkyerɛmu a ɛfa ɔkra ho no mu da hɔ, ɛmmɔ abira, na nnipa nyansapɛ ne gyidihunu biara mmaa ɛnyɛɛ nea ntease nnim. Sɛ ɛte saa a, asɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ yebisa no ntɛm ara ne sɛ, Sɛnea Bible kyerɛ no, dɛn na ɛba ɔkra no so wɔ owu mu?
Awufo Nnim Biribiara
7, 8. (a) Dɛn na Kyerɛwnsɛm no ka fa tebea a awufo wom no ho? (b) Ma Bible mu nhwɛso ahorow bi a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔkra tumi wu.
7 Wɔkyerɛkyerɛ awufo tebea mu pefee wɔ Ɔsɛnkafo 9:5, 10, baabi a yɛkenkan sɛ: “Awufo nnim biribiara . . . Adwuma ne adwene ne nimdeɛ ne nyansa nni ɔdamoa mu.” (Moffatt) Enti, owu yɛ tebea a obi kɔ mu a na onni baabiara. Odwontofo no kyerɛwee sɛ sɛ onipa wu a, “ɔsan kɔ ne dɔte mu, da no ara ne tirim a ɔbobɔe yera.” (Dwom 146:4) Awufo nnim biribiara, na wontumi nyɛ hwee.
8 Bere a Onyankopɔn rebu Adam atɛn no, ɔkae sɛ: “Woyɛ dɔte, na dɔte mu na wobɛsan akɔ.” (Genesis 3:19) Ansa na Onyankopɔn de fam dɔte renwene Adam no, na Adam nni baabiara. Bere a owui no, ɔsan kɔɔ saa tebea no mu. Ná n’asotwe ne owu—wɔamfa no ankɔ asetra foforo mu. Ɛnde, dɛn na ɛbaa ne kra so? Esiane sɛ wɔ Bible mu no wɔtaa de asɛmfua “ɔkra” gyina hɔ ma onipa nti, sɛ yɛka sɛ Adam wui a, na yɛreka sɛ ɔkra a ɔde Adam wui. Eyi betumi ayɛ asɛm foforo ama obi a ogye ɔkra a enwu da di. Nanso, Bible ka sɛ: “Ɔkra a ɔyɛ bɔne no, ɔno ara na obewu.” (Hesekiel 18:4) Leviticus 21:1, NW, ka “ɔkra a wawu” (“efunu,” Twi Bible) ho asɛm. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Nasirefo sɛ wɔnnkɔ “ɔkra biara a wawu” (“efunu,” Twi Bible) ho.—Numeri 6:6, NW.
9. Dɛn na Bible no kyerɛ bere a ɛka sɛ Rahel “kra refi ne mu” no?
9 Na asɛm a Genesis 35:18 ka faa Rahel awerɛhow wu a esii bere a na ɔrewo ne ba a ɔto so abien ho no nso ɛ? Yɛkenkan wɔ hɔ sɛ: “Na ne kra refi ne mu na ɔreyɛ awu no, ɔtoo no din Ben-Oni [ase ne: M’amanehunu ba], na n’agya de, ɔfrɛɛ no Benyamin [ase ne: Ahotɔ ba.” So asɛm yi kyerɛ sɛ na Rahel wɔ onipa bi hyɛ ne mu a bere a owui no ofi kɔe? Dabida. Kae sɛ asɛmfua “ɔkra” tumi kyerɛ nkwa a obi wɔ nso. Enti wɔ asɛm yi mu no, nea na Rahel ‘kra’ kyerɛ ara ne ne “nkwa.” Ɛno nti na Bible nkyerɛase afoforo kyerɛ asɛm “ne kra refi ne mu” no ase sɛ “ne nkwa reba awiei” (Knox), “oguu ahome a etwa to” (JB), ne “ne nkwa fii ne nsa” (Bible in Basic English) no. Biribiara nni hɔ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Rahel fã nwonwaso bi traa ase wɔ ne wu akyi.
10. Ɔkwan bɛn so na okunafo no ba a wonyanee no no kra “san baa no mu”?
10 Saa ara na okunafo no ba wusɔre a wɔayɛ ho kyerɛwtohɔ wɔ 1 Ahene ti 17 no te. Yɛkenkan wɔ nkyekyem 22 sɛ, bere a Elia bɔɔ abarimaa no so mpae no, “[Yehowa, NW] tiee Elia nne, na abofra no kra san baa no mu, na onyaa nkwa.” Ɛha nso, asɛmfua “ɔkra” kyerɛ “nkwa.” Enti, New American Standard Bible kenkan sɛ: “Abofra no nkwa san baa ne mu na onyaa nkwa.” Yiw, ɛyɛ nkwa na ɛsan baa abarimaa no mu, na ɛnyɛ sunsuma bi. Eyi ne nea Elia ka kyerɛɛ abofra no maame no hyia: “Hwɛ, wo ba no [onipa mũ no nyinaa] anya nkwa.”—1 Ahene 17:23.
Na Honhom no Nso Ɛ?
11. Dɛn nti na asɛmfua “honhom” ntumi nkyerɛ onipa fã bi a ɛkɔ so tra ase wɔ owu akyi?
11 Bible ka sɛ sɛ onipa wu a, “ne honhom fi kɔ, ɔsan kɔ ne dɔte mu.” (Dwom 146:4) So eyi kyerɛ sɛ honhom bi fi nipadua no mu ankasa kɔtra ase wɔ onipa no wu akyi? Ɛnte saa, efisɛ odwontofo no toa so sɛ: “Da no ara ne tirim a ɔbobɔe yera” (“ne nsusuwii nyinaa ba awiei,” The New English Bible). Ɛnde, dɛn ne honhom no, na ɔkwan bɛn so na ‘efi’ onipa mu kɔ bere a wawu no?
12. Dɛn na Hebri ne Hela nsɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “honhom” wɔ Bible mu no kyerɛ?
12 Wɔ Bible mu no, nea nsɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “honhom” (Hebri, ruʹach; Hela, pneuʹma) kyerɛ titiriw ne “ahome.” Enti, sɛ anka R. A. Knox nkyerɛase no bɛka sɛ “ne honhom fi kɔ” no, ɛde asɛm “ahome no fi ne nipadua mu” na edi dwuma. (Dwom 145:4) Nanso asɛmfua “honhom” no kyerɛ nneɛma pii na ɛnyɛ ahome kɛkɛ. Sɛ nhwɛso no, bere a Genesis 7:22 rekyerɛkyerɛ sɛe a wɔsɛee nnipa ne mmoa wɔ wiase nyinaa Nsuyiri no mu ho asɛm no, ɛka sɛ: “Wɔn a nkwa honhom ahome [anaa honhom; Hebri, ruʹach] wɔ wɔn hwenem, na wɔte asase kesee so nyinaa wuwui.” Enti “honhom” betumi akyerɛ nkwa tumi a ɛwɔ abɔde a wɔte ase nyinaa mu, nnipa ne mmoa a ahome a wogye na ɛma wɔtra nkwa mu no nyinaa.
13. Ɔkwan bɛn so na honhom no san kɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn bere a obi awu no?
13 Ɛnde, dɛn na Ɔsɛnkafo 12:7 kyerɛ bere a ɛka sɛ sɛ onipa wu a, “na honhom asan akɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔde mae no nkyɛn” no? So eyi kyerɛ sɛ honhom no fa ahunmu kɔ Onyankopɔn anim ankasa? Ɛnkyerɛ biribi a ɛte saa. Esiane sɛ honhom no yɛ nkwa tumi nti, ‘ɛsan kɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn,’ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ, afei de anidaso biara a saa nipa no wɔ sɛ ɔbɛba nkwa mu bio daakye no gyina Onyankopɔn nkutoo so. Onyankopɔn nkutoo na obetumi asan de honhom no anaa nkwa tumi no ama onipa no na ama wasan aba nkwa mu bio. (Dwom 104:30) Nanso, so Onyankopɔn abɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛyɛ saa?
“Ɔbɛsɔre”
14. Dɛn na Yesu kae na ɔyɛe a ɛmaa Lasaro nuabeanom nyaa abotɔyam ne awerɛkyekye bere a wɔhweree wɔn nuabarima no?
14 Ná Marta ne Maria a wɔte kurow ketewa Betania a ɛwɔ Yerusalem apuei fam bɛyɛ kilomita 3 no resu wɔn nuabarima Lasaro a na wawu ɔpatuwu no. Esiane sɛ na Yesu dɔ Lasaro ne ne nuabeanom no nti, ɔno nso werɛ howee. Na Yesu bɛyɛ dɛn akyekye Lasaro nuabeanom no werɛ? Ɛnyɛ anansesɛm a ntease nnim bi na na ɔbɛto akyerɛ wɔn, na mmom nokware no na na ɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn. Yesu kaa no tiawa sɛ: “Wo nua no bɛsɔre.” Afei Yesu kɔɔ ɔboda no ho konyan Lasaro—ɔmaa onipa a wawu nnannan no san baa nkwa mu!—Yohane 11:18-23, 38-44.
15. Dɛn na Marta kae wɔ nea Yesu kae na ɔyɛe no ho?
15 So Yesu asɛm a ɔkae sɛ Lasaro ‘bɛsɔre’ no maa Marta ho dwiriw no? Dabida, efisɛ obuae sɛ: “Minim sɛ owusɔre mu, da a edi akyiri no, ɔbɛsɔre.” Na ɔwɔ owusɔre ho bɔhyɛ no mu gyidi dedaw. Afei Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Mene sɔre ne nkwa; nea ogye me di no, sɛ wawu po a, obenya nkwa.” (Yohane 11:23-25) Anwonwade a ɛne nkwa mu a wɔmaa Lasaro san bae no hyɛɛ ne gyidi den, na ɛmaa afoforo nyaa gyidi. (Yohane 11:45) Nanso dɛn pɔtee na asɛmfua “owusɔre” no kyerɛ?
16. Asɛmfua “owusɔre” kyerɛ dɛn?
16 Wɔkyerɛ asɛmfua “owusɔre” ase fi Hela asɛmfua a·naʹsta·sis a nea ɛkyerɛ ankasa ne “sɔre a obi san sɔre gyina hɔ” no mu. Na Hebri nsɛm asekyerɛfo a wɔkyerɛɛ Hela ase no akyerɛ a·naʹsta·sis ase sɛ “owufo a wonyan no” (Hebri, techi·yathʹ ham·me·thimʹ).a Enti, owusɔre kyerɛ onipa a wonyan no fi owu tebea a nkwa nnim mu—onipa no asetra a wɔma ɛkɔ so bio.
17. (a) Dɛn nti na ɛrenyɛ Yehowa Nyankopɔn ne Yesu Kristo den sɛ wobenyan ankorankoro? (b) Bɔ bɛn na Yesu hyɛe wɔ wɔn a wɔwɔ nkae ada mu no ho?
17 Esiane sɛ Yehowa Nyankopɔn nyansa nni ano na otumi kae biribiara pɛpɛɛpɛ nti, obetumi anyan onipa a ɔmmrɛ ho. Awufo asetra kwan—wɔn nipasu, wɔn asetra mu nsɛm, ne wɔn ho biribiara a ɔbɛkae no—nyɛ no den. (Hiob 12:13; fa toto Yesaia 40:26 ho.) Afei nso, sɛnea Lasaro asɛm no da no adi no, Yesu Kristo wɔ ɔpɛ sɛ obenyan awufo, na obetumi ayɛ saa nso. (Fa toto Luka 7:11-17; 8:40-56 ho.) Nokwarem no, Yesu Kristo kae sɛ: “Dɔn no reba a wɔn a wɔwɔ nkae ada mu nyinaa bɛte [Yesu] nne, na wɔafi adi.” (Yohane 5:28, 29, NW) Yiw, Yesu Kristo hyɛɛ bɔ sɛ wobenyan wɔn a wɔwɔ Yehowa nkae mu nyinaa. Ɛda adi pefee sɛ, sɛnea Bible kyerɛ no, ɔkra no wu, na owu ano aduru ne owusɔre. Nanso nnipa ɔpepepem pii na wɔatra ase awuwu. Wɔn mu henanom na wɔwɔ Onyankopɔn nkae mu a wɔretwɛn owusɔre?
18. Henanom na wobenyan wɔn?
18 Wobenyan wɔn a wɔayɛ adetrenee sɛ Yehowa nkoa no. Nanso, nnipa foforo ɔpepem pii awuwu a wɔanna no adi sɛ ebia wobedi Onyankopɔn trenee gyinapɛn ahorow so. Ebia na wonnim Yehowa ahwehwɛde ahorow anaasɛ wɔannya bere a ɛfata amfa anyɛ nsakrae ahorow a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ no. Saa afoforo yi nso wɔ Onyankopɔn nkae mu ma enti wobenya owusɔre, efisɛ Bible hyɛ bɔ sɛ: “Owusɔre a wɔn a wɔteɛ ne wɔn a wɔnteɛ bɛsɔre no bɛba.”—Asomafo no Nnwuma 24:15.
19. (a) Owusɔre ho anisoadehu bɛn na ɔsomafo Yohane nyae? (b) Dɛn na ‘wɔtow kyenee ogya tare no mu,’ na saa asɛm no kyerɛ dɛn?
19 Ɔsomafo Yohane nyaa nnipa a wɔanya owusɔre a wogyinagyina Onyankopɔn ahengua anim ho anisoadehu a ɛyɛ anigye. Ɔreka ho asɛm no, ɔkyerɛwee sɛ: “Ɛpo yii n’awufo a ɛwɔ mu no mae, na owu ne asaman yii awufo a ɛwɔ mu no nso mae, na wobuu wɔn mu biara atɛn sɛnea wɔn nnwuma te. Na wɔtow owu ne asaman kyenee ogya tare no mu; eyi ne owuprenu no.” (Adiyisɛm 20:12-14) Susuw nea ɛno kyerɛ no ho hwɛ! Wobeyi awufo a wɔwɔ Onyankopɔn nkae mu nyinaa afi Hades anaa Sheol, adesamma damoa mu. (Dwom 16:10; Asomafo no Nnwuma 2:31) Afei wɔbɛtow “owu ne asaman” agu nea wɔfrɛ no “ogya tare” a ɛkyerɛ ɔsɛe pasaa no mu. Adesamma damoa rentra hɔ bio.
Anidaso a Ɛso Bi Nni!
20. Tebea bɛn mu na wobenyan nnipa ɔpepem pii a mprempren wɔawuwu no aba?
20 Sɛ wonyan nnipa ɔpepem pii wɔ owusɔre no mu a, wɔremfa wɔn mma nkwa mu wɔ asase a hwee nni so so. (Yesaia 45:18) Wobenyan wɔn aba baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ fɛ, na wobehu sɛ wɔasiesie dabere, ntade, ne nnuan pii ama wɔn. (Dwom 67:6; 72:16; Yesaia 65:21, 22) Henanom na wɔbɛyɛ saa nsiesiei yi nyinaa? Ɛda adi pefee sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa tra wiase foforo no mu ansa na asase so owusɔre no afi ase. Nanso wɔne henanom?
21, 22. Anidaso a ɛso bi nni bɛn na ɛwɔ hɔ ma wɔn a wɔte “nna a edi akyiri” yi mu no?
21 Bible nkɔmhyɛ mmamu kyerɛ sɛ yɛte nneɛma nhyehyɛe yi “nna a edi akyiri” mu.b (2 Timoteo 3:1) Ɛrenkyɛ koraa na Yehowa Nyankopɔn de ne ho agye nnipa nsɛm mu apopa abɔnefo afi asase so. (Dwom 37:10, 11; Mmebusɛm 2:21, 22) Dɛn na ɛbɛba wɔn a wɔde nokwaredi resom Nyankopɔn no so saa bere no?
22 Yehowa rensɛe treneefo nka abɔnefo ho. (Dwom 145:20) Ɔnyɛɛ biribi a ɛte saa da, na ɔrenyɛ saa bere a ɔrepopa nneɛma bɔne nyinaa afi asase so no. (Fa toto Genesis 18:22, 23, 26 ho.) Nokwarem no, Bible mu nhoma a etwa to no ka ‘nnipakuw kɛse a obi ntumi nkan wɔn a wofi aman ne mmusuakuw ne nkurɔfo ne ɔkasa nyinaa mu’ a wɔrefi “ahohia kɛse” no mu ho asɛm. (Adiyisɛm 7:9-14) Yiw, nnipadɔm kɛse bi benya wɔn ti adidi mu wɔ ahohia kɛse a ɛde mprempren wiase bɔne yi bɛba awiei no mu, na wɔbɛkɔ Onyankopɔn wiase foforo no mu. Ɛhɔ no, adesamma asoɔmmerɛfo betumi anya Onyankopɔn nsiesiei a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɔde begye adesamma afi bɔne ne owu mu no so mfaso akosi ase. (Adiyisɛm 22:1, 2) Enti, ɛho renhia sɛ “nnipakuw kɛse” no ka owu hwɛ koraa. Anidaso a ɛso bi nni bɛn ara ni!
Asetra a Owu Nnim
23, 24. Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wotra ase a worenwu wɔ Paradise wɔ asase so a, dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ?
23 So yebetumi de yɛn ho ato anidaso a ɛyɛ nwonwa yi so? Yiw! Yesu Kristo ankasa daa no adi sɛ bere bi bɛba a nnipa bɛtra ase a wɔrenwu da. Ansa na Yesu renyan n’adamfo Lasaro no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Marta sɛ: “Obiara a ɔte ase na ogye me di no renwu da.”—Yohane 11:26.
24 So wopɛ sɛ wotra ase daa wɔ Paradise wɔ asase so? So w’ani agyina sɛ wubehu w’adɔfo bio? Ɔsomafo Yohane ka sɛ: “Wiase ne n’akɔnnɔ retwam, na nea ɔyɛ ade a Onyankopɔn pɛ no tra hɔ daa.” (1 Yohane 2:17) Ɛnnɛ ne bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wusua Onyankopɔn apɛde na wusi wo bo sɛ wobɛma w’asetra ne no ahyia. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, wo ne nnipa ɔpepem pii a wɔreyɛ Onyankopɔn apɛde dedaw no betumi atra ase daa wɔ Paradise wɔ asase so.
[Ase hɔ nsɛm]
a Ɛwom sɛ asɛmfua “owusɔre” mpue wɔ Hebri Kyerɛwnsɛm no mu de, nanso wɔka owusɔre ho anidaso ho asɛm pefee wɔ Hiob 14:13, Daniel 12:13, ne Hosea 13:14.
b Hwɛ Nimdeɛ a Ɛde Kɔ Daa Nkwa Mu, a Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., tintimii no nkratafa 98-107.
So Wokae?
◻ Mfitiase kasa mu nsɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ ase “ɔkra” no nkyerɛase ankasa ne dɛn?
◻ Dɛn na ɛba ɔkra so wɔ owu mu?
◻ Sɛnea Bible kyerɛ no, owu ano aduru ne dɛn?
◻ Anidaso a ɛso nni bɛn na ɛwɔ hɔ ma anokwafo nnɛ?
[Kratafa 15 adaka]
“Ɔkra” a Wɔde Gyina Hɔ sɛ Nkwa a Abɔde Wɔ
Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, wɔde asɛmfua “ɔkra” gyina hɔ ma nkwa a onipa anaa aboa bi wɔ. Eyi mmɔ nkyerɛkyerɛmu a Bible de ma sɛ onipa anaa aboa yɛ ɔkra no ngu. Sɛ yɛbɛyɛ mfatoho a: Yɛka sɛ obi te nkwa mu, a nea ɛkyerɛ ne sɛ, ɔyɛ ɔteasefo. Yetumi ka nso sɛ ɔwɔ nkwa. Saa ara na onipa a ɔte ase yɛ ɔkra. Nanso, bere a obi te nkwa mu no, yebetumi aka “ɔkra” ho asɛm sɛ biribi a ɔwɔ.
Sɛ nhwɛso no, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ: “Nnipa a na wɔrehwehwɛ wo kra no nyinaa awuwu.” Ɛda adi pefee sɛ, na Mose atamfo rehwehwɛ no akum no. (Exodus 4:19, NW; fa toto Yosua 9:24; Mmebusɛm 12:10 ho.) Yesu de asɛmfua no dii dwuma wɔ ɔkwan a ɛte saa ara so bere a ɔkae sɛ: ‘Onipa ba no bae na ɔde ne kra ayɛ agyede ama nnipa pii’ no. (Mateo 20:28; fa toto 10:28 ho.) Ne nyinaa mu no, asɛmfua “ɔkra” kyerɛ “nkwa” a abɔde wɔ.
[Kratafa 15 mfonini ahorow]
Wɔn nyinaa yɛ akra
[Asɛm Fibea]
Hummingbird: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C./Dean Biggins
[Kratafa 17 mfonini]
Yesu daa no adi sɛ owu ano aduru ne owusɔre
[Kratafa 18 mfonini]
“Obiara a ɔte ase na ogye me di no renwu da.”—Yohane 11:26