‘Muntu Mmirika Saa Ara Na Moanya Nkonimbo No’
“Munnim sɛ wɔn a wosi ammirika kane no, wɔn nyinaa tu mmirika no de, nanso obiako na onya nkonimbo no? Muntu mmirika saa ara, na moanya bi.”—1 KORINTOFO 9:24.
1, 2. (a) Dɛn na ebetumi ayɛ asiane kɛse ama Kristoni nnɛ? (b) Afotu bɛn na Paulo de mae wɔ 1 Korintofo 9:24, na ɔkwan bɛn so na na ɛfa Kristofo a wɔwɔ Korinto no ho?
NÁ ANKA ɛno na ɛrebɛyɛ mfirihyia 12 a ɔde asiesie ne ho kɛse no awiei a ɛso bi nni. Nanso bere a wofii ammirikatu akansi no ase no, ankyɛ biara na mmirikatufo kumaa no hwee ase, na ɛmaa n’ani a ɛda so sɛ obenya Olympic nkonimbo a ɛyɛ sika kɔkɔɔ no baa awiei mpofirim ara. Nsɛnkyerɛwfo frɛɛ n’asehwe no sɛ “asiane kɛse.”
2 Nanso, nea ebetumi ayɛ asiane kɛse a ɛsen saa ne sɛ obi a ɔyɛ ɔdansefo ma Yehowa rentumi nwie nkwa ho ammirikatu no, titiriw bere a Nhyehyɛe Foforo a wɔahyɛ ho bɔ no abɛn pɛɛ yii (2 Petro 3:13) Ɛnde, ɛfata sɛ ɔsomafo Paulo kae sɛ: “Munnim sɛ wɔn a wosi ammirika kane no, wɔn nyinaa tu mmirika no de, nanso obiako na onya nkonimbo no? Muntu mmirika saa ara, na moanya bi.” (1 Korintofo 9:24) Na ebinom a wɔwɔ tete Korinto reyɛ apa abaw efisɛ wofi pɛsɛmenkominya mu yɛɛ nea wɔpɛ bere a ‘wopiraa’ afoforo ‘ahonim’ mpo no. (1 Korintofo 8:1-4, 10-12) Nanso, nkonim a wobedi wɔ ammirika kane no mu gye ho a wɔde bɔ afɔre, efisɛ Paulo kae sɛ: “Obi a osi agumadi kane no, ɔsɔre ne ho ade nyinaa mu . . . Mehyɛ me nipadua ahometew, na midi no nya, na mereka asɛm akyerɛ ebinom yi, m’ankasa manyɛ nea ɔmfra.”—1 Korintofo 9:25-27.
3. (a) Tebea bɛn na na ɛwɔ Kolose a na ebetumi asiw Kristofo a na wɔwɔ hɔ no kwan amma wɔanwie mmirika no tu? (b) So na ɛyɛ nea eye sɛ Kristofo a wɔwɔ Kolose no besua nyansapɛ ne ahintasɛm ho ade anaa?
3 Akyiri yi, bere a Paulo rekyerɛw akɔma Kolosefo no, ɔbɔɔ wɔn kɔkɔ wɔ nea ebetumi ayɛ asiane foforo ho—nnipa a wɔbɛma nkwa ‘nkonimbo no abɔ wɔn.’ (Kolosefo 2:18) Enti ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Kristofo atumi ‘atu mmirika no wɔ ɔkwan a ɛbɛma wɔn nsa aka nkonimbo’ no so? So na ɔsomafo no rehyɛ nyansa sɛ wonsua nyansapɛ ne ahintasɛm sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobedi atoro akyerɛkyerɛfo no so wɔ anobaabae mu? Dabi, efisɛ Kristofo ‘awu afi wiase mfitiasesɛm ho’ na wɔne ne nyansapɛ ne atetesɛm ahorow nni hwee yɛ.—Kolosefo 2:20.
4. Ɔkwan bɛn so na na “nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ” a wobenya no bɛboa Kristofo a wɔwɔ Kolose no?
4 Enti Paulo tuu ne mfɛfo gyidifo fo sɛ wɔmfa wɔn adwene nsi ‘[Onyankopɔn] pɛ ho nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ a ɛbɛhyɛ wɔn ma nyansa nyinaa ne honhom mu ohu mu’ so. Yiw, “nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ”—ɛnyɛ ahuhusɛm—na ɛbɛboa wɔn ma ‘wɔanantew sɛnea ɛfata Yehowa na wɔasɔ n’ani yiye koraa.’ (Kolosefo 1:9, 10, NW; hwɛ Kolosefo 3:10 nso.) Ampa ebia na Kristofo a wɔwɔ Kolose no mu pii tumi ka nea ɛyɛ Kyerɛwnsɛm no mfitiase nkyerɛkyerɛ no. Nanso ɛdenam adesua ne ɛho a wosusuw so no, na ɛho hia sɛ wɔtra mfitiasesɛm no na wogyina Kristo “nhyɛase no so pintinn.” (Kolosefo 1:23; 1 Korintofo 3:11) Bere a wɔanya nhumu a emu dɔ a ɛte sɛɛ no, ‘na obi rentumi mfa nnaadaasɛm nto wɔ brada.’ (Kolosefo 2:4) Ɛdenam Onyankopɔn Asɛm no a wɔde bedi dwuma wɔ ahokokwaw mu so no, na wobetumi apow nsɛm biara a wɔn a wɔsom abɔfo anaa Yudasom mufo no ka no.—Deuteronomium 6:13; Yeremia 31:31-34.
5. (a) Ma “nneɛma a emu dɔ” a ɛsɛ sɛ Kristoni a ne ho akokwaw hu na ɔte ase no bi ho nhwɛso. (b) Ɔkwan bɛn so na onuawa biako osuahu no kyerɛ asiane a ɛwɔ “nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ” a wɔrennya mu no?
5 Nanso, so woatwa “mfitiase asɛm” no na woapɛɛpɛɛ “Onyankopɔn ade a emu dɔ” no mu? (Hebrifo 6:1; 1 Korintofo 2:10) Sɛ nhwɛso no, so wubetumi akyerɛ nea mmoa a wɔwɔ Adiyisɛm no yɛ anaasɛ wubetumi akyerɛkyerɛ nea honhom mu asɔrefi no yɛ no mu? (Adiyisɛm ti 13; Hebrifo 9:11) So wubetumi akyerɛkyerɛ nea Yehowa Adansefo nnɛyi ahyehyɛde no gyina so wɔ Kyerɛwsɛm mu no mu? So w’ase atim yiye wɔ Bible no nkyerɛkyerɛ mu? Ɛyɛɛ den maa Kristoni onuawa biako sɛ ɔde anoyi bɛma wɔ ne gyidi ho bere a ɔne ɔbea bi reka Baasakoro ho asɛm no. Akyiri yi, ɔbea no maa onuawa no nhoma bi a ɛka Yehowa ahyehyɛde no ho nsɛmmɔne. Ɔdansefo yi ka sɛ, “meyɛɛ basaa kɛse wɔ honhom mu.” Nea ɛyɛ anigye no, ɔpanyin biako kyerɛɛ atoro a nea ɔsɔretiafo no ka no yɛ na ɔsan hyɛɛ yɛn nuabea no gyidi den. (Yuda 22, 23) Ɔka sɛ, “afei mete nea enti a Asafo no ka bere nyinaa sɛ yɛmmɔ mpae, yensua ade, na yensusuw ho no ase.”
“Onipa Ho Suro”
6. (a) Dɛn na ada adi sɛ ato Onyankopɔn asomfo binom hintidua? Fa Bible mu nhwɛso ahorow bi ma. (b) Dɛn na ɛtaa de onipa ho suro ba?
6 Onyansafo no bɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ, “Onipa ho suro sum afiri.” (Mmebusɛm 29:25) Na ɛtɔ bere bi a “owu ho hu” ankasa anaasɛ ɔpɛ a emu yɛ den a obi wɔ sɛ afoforo begye no atom ma ɔtɔ afiri yi mu, (Hebrifo 2:14, 15) Sɛ nhwɛso no, Elia sɔre tiaa wɔn a wɔsom Baal no a wansuro. Nanso bere a Ɔhemmea Isebel hyɛe sɛ wonkum no no, “ne nkwa nti ɔsɔre kɔe na okoduu Beer-Seba.” (1 Ahene 19:1-3) Saa ara na anadwo a wɔkyeree Yesu no, nnipa ho suro kaa ɔsomafo Petro. Ɛwom sɛ na Petro ahoahoa ne ho sɛ, “Awurade, masiesie me ho sɛ me ne wo bɛkɔ afiase ne owu mu” de, nanso bere a wɔkae sɛ ɔyɛ Kristo asuafo no mu biako no, “ofii ase dii nsew kaa ntam sɛ: Minnim onipa no!”—Luka 22:33; Mateo 26:74.
7. (a) Ebetumi aba sɛ dɛn nti na ebinom a na wɔwɔ Kolose pɛ sɛ wɔde Yudasom fra Kristosom mu no? (b) Henanom na ɛte sɛ nea adwene a ɛte saa ara haw wɔn nnɛ?
7 Ebetumi aba sɛ pɛ a na wɔpɛ sɛ afoforo gye wɔn tom nti na ebinom pɛe sɛ wɔde Yudasom fra Kristosom mu no. Bere a Yudasom mufo sɔree wɔ Galatia no, Paulo maa wɔn nyaatwom no daa adi, na ɔkae sɛ: “Dodow a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔn anim yɛ nyam ɔhonam mu no, wɔn na . . . asɛndua no taa a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔtaa wɔn nti, wɔhyɛ mo sɛ montwa twetia.” (Galatifo 6:12) So ebetumi aba sɛ ɔpɛ a ɛte saa ara a ɛne gye a wobegye wɔn atom kɛse na ama ebinom afi Yehowa ahyehyɛde no mu nnansa yi no?
8, 9. (a) Ɔkwan bɛn so na ebia Kristoni bɛda onipa ho suro adi nnɛ? (b) Ɔkwan bɛn so na obetumi adi osuro yi so?
8 Ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo bɔ mmɔden di osuro a ɛte sɛɛ so. Sɛ wotwentwɛn wo nan ase sɛ wobɛka asɛm wɔ asasesin a ɛbɛn wo fi no mu, anaasɛ wunni abusuafo, mfɛfo adwumayɛfo, anaasɛ mfɛfo sukuufo adanse a, kae asɛm a Yehowa bisa wɔ Yesaia 51:12 no: “Hena ne wo a wusuro ɔdesani a owu ne onipa ba a wɔyɛe no sɛ nwura?” (Fa toto Mateo 10:28 ho.) Kae sɛ obiara a “ɔde ne ho to [Yehowa] so no ho bɛyɛ sonn.” (Mmebusɛm 29:25) Petro dii onipa ho suro no so na akyiri yi owuu mogya dansefo wu. (Yohane 21:18, 19) Na anuanom pii yi akokoduru a ɛte saa ara adi nnɛ.
9 Ɔsɛmpatrɛwfo bi a na ɔresom wɔ ɔman bi a wɔabara asɛnka adwuma no wɔ hɔ so no kae sɛ: “Egye gyidi na woatumi akɔ adesua anaa asɛnka bere a wunim sɛ ebetumi aba sɛ polisifo bɛba abɛkyere wo no.” Nanso te sɛ odwontofo no, anuanom a wɔwɔ hɔ no kae sɛ: “[Yehowa] wɔ m’afã, minsuro, dɛn na onipa betumi ayɛ me?” (Dwom 118:6) Na adwuma no kɔɔ so wɔ saa ɔman no mu, na wɔagye wɔn atom nnansa yi ara wɔ mmara kwan so. Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ wo ho a wode bɛhyɛ asɛnka adwuma mu bere nyinaa no bɛboa wo ma woanya Yehowa mu ahotoso a ɛte saa ara.
Abusuafo
10. (a) Nkate mu ahiade bɛn na ɛyɛ nea ɛda adi wɔ amansan nyinaa mu, na ɔkwan bɛn na wɔtaa fa so di ho dwuma? (b) Ma Bible mu nhwɛso ahorow a ɛfa nnipa a na ɔdɔ a wɔwɔ ma wɔn yerenom no mu yɛ den sen wɔne Yehowa ntam abusuabɔ no.
10 Nhoma a wɔato din The Individual Marriage, and the Family no kae sɛ: “Nea ehia obi wɔ amansan yi mu wɔ wiase nyinaa ne wɔ kuw biara mu ne hia a ɛho hia sɛ ɔbɛyɛ obi ‘de’ na obi nso ayɛ ne ‘de’ no. Wɔtaa di ahiade yi ho dwuma denam abusua nhyehyɛe a Yehowa na ɔde sii hɔ no so. (Efesofo 3:14, 15) Nanso Satan taa de ɔdɔ a yɛwɔ ma abusua mufo no di dwuma. Ɛda adi sɛ nkate kɛse a na Adam wɔ ma ne yere no na ɛma obuu n’ani guu nea ebefi mu aba no so na ɔkɔkaa ne ho wɔ atuatew mu no. (1 Timoteo 2:14) Na Salomo nso ɛ? Wɔ nyansa kɛse a na ɔwɔ no akyi no, “Salomo nkwakoraabere mu no, ne yerenom kom ne koma kodii anyame foforo akyi, na ne koma anni mu [Yehowa] ne Nyankopɔn ho . . . Na Salomo yɛɛ nea ɛyɛ [Yehowa] ani so bɔne.”—1 Ahene 11:4-6.
11. Ɔkwan bɛn so na Eli ‘dii ne mma ni sen [Yehowa]’?
11 So wokae akwakoraa Eli a na ɔyɛ ɔsɔfo panyin wɔ Israel no? Na ne mma Hofni ne Pinehas “yɛ mmahuhufo” a “wonnim [Yehowa].” Wobuu afɔre a wɔbɔɔ maa Yehowa no animtiaa kɛse na “wɔne mmea a wɔbɛyɛ ahyia ntamadan ano adwuma” no bɔɔ aguaman. Nanso ɔkasatia a ano yɛ mmerɛw nko na Eli de mae (“Adɛn nti na mudi saa nsɛm yi?”) , na wammɔ mmɔden sɛ obeyi wɔn afi ɔsom hokwan a wɔwɔ no so. Nea na ɛkyerɛ ne sɛ, na ‘ɔredi ne mma no ni sen Yehowa,’ na eyi maa ɔno—ne ne mma—no wuwui!—1 Samuel 2:12-17, 22, 23, 29-34; 4:18.
12. (a) Kɔkɔbɔ bɛn na Yesu de mae wɔ abusuafo ho? (b) Sɛ ɛba abusuafo ho asɛm so a, wiase no adwene bɛn na ebia ebinom bedi akyi, na so eyi yɛ nea ɛyɛ wɔ Kyerɛwnsɛm mu?
12 Enti, obi akyi a wubegyina wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnteɛ so betumi asiw wo kwan wɔ nkwa ho amirikatu no mu. Yesu ka kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no sɛ: “Nea ɔpɛ agya anaa ɛna kyɛn me no, ɔnsɛ me, na nea ɔpɛ ɔbabarima anaa ɔbabea kyɛn me no, ɔnsɛ me.” (Mateo 10:37; Luka 14:26) Na sɛ ɔdɔfo bi fi nokware no mu anaasɛ wotu no nso ɛ? So wo ne wiase no bɛyɛ adwene wɔ asɛm a wɔka sɛ “mogya mu piw sen nsu” no mu na woadi saa busuani no akyi akɔ ɔsɛe mu? Anaasɛ wubenya asɛm a ɛwɔ Dwom 27:10 no mu gyidi: “M’agya ne me na agyaw me, na [Yehowa] de, obegye me.”?
13. Ɔkwan bɛn so na Kora mma no daa wɔn nokwaredi ma Yehowa no adi, na ɔkwan bɛn so na wohyiraa wɔn wɔ eyi ho?
13 Nã Kora mma no wɔ gyidi a ɛte saa. Wɔn agya dii nnipa bi anim ma wɔtew atua tiaa Mose ne Aaron tumidi Nanso Yehowa nam anwonwa kwan so kyerɛɛ sɛ ogyina Mose ne Aaron akyi denam kum a okum Kora ne atamfo no so. Nanso “Kora mma de, wɔanwuwu.” (Numeri 16:1-3, 28-32; 26:9-11) Ɛda adi sɛ wɔpowee sɛ wɔde wɔn ho bɛbɔ wɔn agya wɔ atuatew no mu, na Yehowa hyiraa wɔn wɔ wɔn nokwaredi no mu denam kora a ɔkoraa wɔn so no so. Akyiri yi wɔn asefo nyaa hokwan kyerɛw Bible no afã horow bi!—Hwɛ nsɛm a edi kan wɔ Dwom 42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87, 88.
14. Osuahu bɛn na ɛyɛ nhwɛso a ɛfa nhyira a efi nokwaredi ma Yehowa a wɔma ɛsen nokwaredi ma abusuafo no ho?
14 Saa ara na nokwaredi de nhyira ahorow ba nnɛ. Ɔdansefo kumaa biako kae gyinae a ɔne ne nuabarima sii bere a wɔn na a ɔyɛ Kristoni a wagyae adesua ne asɛnka kɔ bere tenten no sɛee aware no. Ose, “yɛkɔkaa asɛm no kyerɛɛ mpanyimfo no, na esiane sɛ ɔnte fie hɔ nti, yesii gyinae sɛ yɛne no remmɔ kɛse kosi sɛ mpanyimfo no bedi asɛm no ho dwuma. Ɛno ne ade a ɛyɛ den sen biara a yɛayɛ pɛn.” Wɔn na no kasa tiaa wɔn sɛ, “So mo daa nkwa no som bo kɛse ma mo sen me?” Wobuae sɛ, “Yɛne Yehowa ntam abusuabɔ som bo kɛse sen biribiara.” Ɛno kaa ɔbea no ma ɔdaa nokware ahonu adi, na wɔsan maa no so wɔ honhom mu na ɔresom bio sɛ asɛmpa no ho dawurubɔfo a ɔyɛ nnam.
15. (a) Ɔkwan bɛn so na awofonom binom ma wɔn ankasa mma kwan ma wɔbɛyɛ hintidua? (b) Ɔkwan bɛn so na ɔwofo betumi aboa ne ho ne ne mma ma wɔanya nkwa?
15 Ebinom ama wɔn ankasa mma kwan ma wɔabɛyɛ hintidua. Esiane sɛ wonhu sɛ “agyimisɛm kyekyere abofra koma ho” nti, awofo binom ama wɔn mma kwan ma wɔne wiasefo bɔ fekuw denneennen, wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ anigyede ahorow a ɛmfata mu, na wɔne afoforo yɛ nhyehyɛe mpo pue bere a wonnyinii koraa sɛ wɔware no. (Mmebusɛm 22:15) Dɛn ne ade a ɛyɛ awerɛhow a mpɛn pii efi ahofadi a ɛte sɛɛ mu ba? Wogu asu wɔ honhom mu. (1 Timoteo 1:19) Ebinom pene bɔne no so mpo denam anifere kwan a wɔnam so kata wɔn mma bɔne so no so! (Mmebusɛm 3:32; 28:13) Nanso ɛdenam nokwaredi a ɔde bekura Bible nnyinasosɛm ahorow mu so no, ɔwofo boa n’ankasa ho ne ne mma ma wɔn nsa ka nkwa nkonimbo no.—1 Timoteo 4:16.
Wo Nnamfo—“Anyansafo Ne Nkwasea”?
16. (a) Ɔkwan bɛn so na yɛn nnamfo betumi anya yɛn so tumi kɛse? (b) Henanom na wɔyɛ mmerɛw wɔ nnamfo nkɛntɛnso ho titiriw, na dɛn ntia?
16 Nhoma a wɔfrɛ no Sociology: Human Society no ka sɛ: “Ɔpɛ a obi wɔ sɛ obenya obu a ne nnamfo a wɔbɛn no wɔ no bi no hyɛ no kɛse ma ɔpene wɔn gyinapɛn ahorow so.” Nhoma a wɔfrɛ no Adolescence no kyerɛ sɛ mmofra yɛ mmerɛw titiriw wɔ nhyɛso a ɛte sɛɛ mu. Ɛka sɛ: “[Eyi te saa esiane] nsakrae ahorow a wohu sɛ ɛrekɔ so wɔ wɔn nipadua mu, adwen horow a wɔn ankasa wɔ ne wɔne wɔn mmusua ntam nkitahodi nti. Nea eyi de ba ne sɛ, mmofra a wɔrebɛn mpanyin afe so no fi ase ne wɔn nnamfo bɔ bere pii a wɔne wɔn mmusua mmɔ pii saa.”
17. (a) Yɛ nokware a asɛm a ɛwɔ Mmebusɛm 13:20 no yɛ ho nhwɛso. (b) Nnamfo bɛn na wobetumi abu wɔn sɛ wɔyɛ “anyansafo”? (d) Ɔkwan bɛn so na mmofra a wɔwɔ hɔ nnɛ betumi adi abofra Samuel nhwɛso no akyi?
17 Nea ɛnsɛ sɛ yebu yɛn ani gu so ne nsɛm a ɛwɔ Mmebusɛm 13:20 no: “Wo ne anyansafo mmɔ, na dan onyansafo, na nea ɔne nkwasea bɔ no hu amane.” Kristoni abeawa biako pae mu ka sɛ: “Fekubɔ bɔne a ɛwɔ me sukuu mu no nyinaa afi ase reka me ankasa. Anka mereyɛ aka kasa fi wɔ sukuu mu nnɛ . . . Ɛkaa kakra anka mekae nanso manka.” Nea ɛyɛ awerɛhow no, Kristofo mmofra binom nnamfo yi ama wɔde wɔn ho ahyɛ nneyɛe bɔne a anibere wom mu. Nanso sɛ woyɛ abofra a wopɛ sɛ wo nsa ka nkonimbo no a, ɛnde hwehwɛ nnamfo a wɔyɛ anyansafo—wɔn a wɔn adwene wɔ honhom mu nneɛma so, wɔn a wɔn nneyɛe teɛ, wɔn a wɔn kasa hyɛ nkuran. Kae, abofra Samuel, amfa ne ho ammɔ Eli mma bɔne no ho. Ná ɔyɛ obi a onni adagyew a ‘ɔresom [Yehowa], na ɔnam saa yɛ so yɛe obi a wɔn ɔbrasɛe no bi anka no.—1 Samuel 3:1.
Nya Nkonimbo No
18. (a) Ɔkwan bɛn so na ebia bere a wɔrenhyɛ da no, anuanom binom betumi asiw yɛn kwan wɔ yɛn nkwa ho ammirikatu no mu? (b) Dɛn na ebetumi abɔ yɛn ho ban wɔ nkɛntɛnso a enye a ɛte sɛɛ no ho?
18 Ɛnde, hwɛ yiye wɔ obiara a ɔbɛma nkwa nkonimbo no abɔ wo no ho. Ɛwom, eyi nkyerɛ sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wunya wo nuanom ho nsusuwii bɔne. Nanso, ɛtɔ bere bi a, bere a ebia wɔanhyɛ da no, anuanom binom bɛka nsɛm a ɛma w’aba mu bu. (Dɛn nti na wokɔ so brɛ wo ho saa? So wususuw sɛ wo nkutoo ne obi a obenya nkwa?’) Ebia wɔbɛkasa atia mmɔden a wufi nokwaredi mu bɔ no mpo. (‘Minhu ɔkwan a wutumi fa so yɛ akwampae adwuma bere a wowɔ abusua no. Ɛnyɛ nea eye ma wo mma no.’) Nanso kae sɛ Yesu pow Petro afotu a ɔde maa no sɛ ‘ɔnhaw ne ho’ no. (Mateo 16:22, 23, NW) Fa w’aso a wode Bible atete no no ‘sɔ nsɛm hwɛ,’ na mma nea enye no nnya wo so nkɛntɛnso. (Hiob 12:11) Kae sɛ Paulo kae sɛ: “Sɛ obi di aguma ko nso a, wɔmmɔ no nkonim abotiri, gye sɛ wako no sɛnea ɛho mmara te.” (2 Timoteo 2:5) Yiw, Onyankopɔn “mmara”—ɛnyɛ adwene a ennyina kyerɛwsɛm so—na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛkyerɛ wo nsusuwii kwan.—Fa toto 1 Korintofo 4:3, 4 ho.
19, 20. (a) Ɔkwan bɛn so na Yosef nuanom pɛe sɛ wɔyɛ no bɔne, na Yosef tuaa wɔn nneyɛe bɔne no so ka dɛn? (b) Dɛn na yebetumi ayɛ na amma nnipa a wɔnyɛ pɛ anto yɛn hintidua? (d) Dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ yɛn tirim a yɛabɔ wɔ nkonimbo no ho, na dɛn ntia?
19 Ampa, ebia ɛtɔ bere bi a ɔyɔnko Kristoni bɛma ne nsɛm bi a wansusuw ho a ɔkae no ‘awowɔ’ wo. (Mmebusɛm 12:18) Mma eyi mma wunnyae nkwa ho mmirika no tui! Kae Yosef. N’ankasa ne nuanom susuw ho sɛ wobekum no, na ɛwom sɛ wɔamma wɔn kwan ma wɔanyɛ saa de, nanso awiei koraa no wɔtɔn no kɔɔ nkoasom mu. Nanso Yosef amma eyi anhow ne werɛ na saa ara na wamma ‘anhuruw ne koma anhyɛ [Yehowa].’ Sɛ anka ɔbɛyɛ bi atua wɔn so ka mmom no, ɔmaa wɔn hokwan a wɔde bɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔasakra wɔn su akyiri yi. Na bere a ohui sɛ wɔanya adwensakra no, “ofifew ne nuanom nyinaa ano, na osui wɔ wɔn so.” Sɛnea Yakob kae akyiri no, “mmɛmmatofo [Yosef nuanom a na wɔn ani bere no no] hyɛɛ no yaw, totow no, na wɔtaa no.” Nanso ayamye na Yosef de tuaa wɔn nitan no so ka. Sɛ anka eyi bɛma wayɛ mmerɛw mmom no, “ne basa mu yɛɛ den.”—Genesis 37:18-28; 44:15-45:15; 49:23, 24.
20 Enti sɛ́ wobɛma nnipa a wɔnyɛ pɛ ato wo hintidua mmom no, kɔ so ‘tu mmirika saa ara, na woanya’ nkonimbo no! Te sɛ Yosef no, ma sɔhwɛ ahorow a wuhyia no nhyɛ wo den mmom sen sɛ ɛbɛma woayɛ mmerɛw. (Fa toto Yakob 1:2, 3 ho.) Ma ɔdɔ a wowɔ ma Yehowa no nyɛ nea ɛyɛ den kɛse a ɛremma onipa biara ntumi nto wo hintidua (Dwom 119:165) Kae bere nyinaa sɛ Yehowa de daa nkwa nkonimbo no rebɛma wo—nkonimbo a ɛso bi nni, nea enni ano. Mma onipa biara mma ɛmmɔ wo!
So Wokae?
◻ Dɛn nti na nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ som bo saa ma Kristofo?
◻ Ɔkwan bɛn so na obi betumi adi onipa ho suro a asiw ebinom kwan wɔ nkwa a wobenya ho no so?
◻ Ɔkwan bɛn so na obi abusua ankasa betumi abɛyɛ hintidua ama no?
◻ Ɛsɛ sɛ Kristoni yɛ n’ade dɛn wɔ mfɛfo Kristofo nsɛm a ebu aba mu anaasɛ epira mpo no ho?
[Kratafa 25 mfoni]
Ɛdenam nimdeɛ a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ a yɛde hyɛ yɛn adwene ne yɛn koma mu so no, yesiesie yɛn ho sɛ yɛbɛpow adwen horow a enye
[Kratafa 27 mfoni]
Esiane onipa ho suro nti Petro pow Yesu. Ɔsomafo no dii saa suro no so akyiri yi. Saa na ɛsɛ sɛ nokware Kristofo nyinaa yɛ