Ɔsom No A Yɛbɛhyɛ No Anuonyam
“Mehyɛ me som anuonyam.”—Rom. 11:13, NW.
1, 2. Sɛnea Sakaria 13:4-6 kyerɛ no, sɛ́ anka wɔbɛhyɛ wɔn som anuonyam no, dɛn na atoro som mu asomfo anaasɛ asɔfo bɛbɔ mmɔden ayɛ daakye?
ƐBERE no reba a wɔn a wɔyɛ asomfo wɔ atoro som biara mu no ani bewu. Wɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛkata adwuma a wɔyɛ no so. Saa na Bible nkɔmhyɛ kyerɛ. Ɔreka wɔn ho asɛm sɛ “adiyifo” anaasɛ aniso adehufo no, Sakaria 13:4-6 (Twi Bible Foforo) se:
2 “Na ɛda no, adiyifo no ani bewuwu wɔn adehu ho, wɔn nkɔmhyɛ no mu, wɔremfura nhwi nguguso mfa nsisi bio. Na ɔbɛka sɛ: Menyɛ odiyifo, meyɛ onipa a ɔdɔw, na obi na watɔ me fi me mmofraase. Na obi bisa no sɛ: Akuru bɛn na ɛwɔ wo nsam yi? a, ɔbɛka sɛ: Opira a wopiraa me, m’adɔfo fi no nen.”
3. Ɔhaw a wɔde bɛba Kristoman mu asɔfo so no bɛkɔ akodu he?
3 Awiei koraa no wɔn a na anka wɔyɛ nyamesom mu asɔfo no adɔfo bɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so na wɔabobɔ wɔn apirapira wɔn de akodu wu mu mpo anaasɛ de akodu baabi a wobegyae wɔn dwumadi wɔ nyamesom mu no na wɔaworɔw wɔn ntade agu hɔ. Wɔ Bible mu nhoma a etwa to, a ɛne Adiyisɛm, no mu no, wɔyɛ nyamesom mu asɔfo yi so a wiase atumfo bɛtow ahyɛ no ho mfonini ma emu da hɔ kɛse mpo. Ti 17 yɛ atoro som wiase ahemman a enyaa ne mfiase fii tete Babilon no ho mfonini sɛ amanaman ntam aguaman a wɔfrɛ no Babilon Kɛse.
4, 5. (a) Wɔ Adiyisɛm, ti 17 no, wɔyɛ atoro som wiase ahemman no ho mfonini dɛn? (b) Awiei koraa no, dɛn na Onyankopɔn bɛma kwan ma sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so mmɛn du no, ne aboa kɔkɔɔ no ankasa, de aba ne sotefo no so?
4 Sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so no, ɔte aboa kɔkɔɔ a ɔwɔ ti ason na mmɛn du sisi ti ahorow no so no so. Aboa no sian kɔ bun bi mu, na ɔyera, nanso ɔsan ba bio, sɛnea ɛyɛe wɔ Amanaman Apam ne Amanaman Nkabom a ebesii n’anan mu no asɛm no mu no. Babilon Kɛse no foro traa amanaman ntam amammui “aboa” a ɔsan bae yi so wɔ 1945 Y.B. mu. Efi saa bere no Babilon Kɛse no atra “aboa” kɔkɔɔ no so bɛboro mfirihyia 35. Ɛda adi sɛ bere a sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so aboa no bɛtow ahyɛ “ɔbaa” a odi tumi wɔ amansɛmdi so wɔ wiase tumi horow ason no nkwa nna nyinaa mu no so no abɛn. Afei dɛn na ɛbɛba? Adiyisɛm 17:15-18 yɛ ho mfonini ma yɛn, sɛ:
5 “Nsu a wuhui a aguaman no te so no yɛ nkurow ne nkurɔfo akuwakuw ne aman ne kasa ahorow. Na mmɛn du a wuhui no, ne aboa no, wɔn na wɔbɛtan aguaman no, na wɔayɛ no pasaa, na wada adagyaw, na wɔadi ne nam, na wɔde gya ahyew no. Na Onyankopɔn na ɔde ahyɛ wɔn komam sɛ wɔmma ne tirim asɛm ɛmmra mu, na wɔnyɛ adwenkoro, na wɔmfa wɔn tumi mma aboa no [wiase tumi a ɛto so awotwe no] nkosi sɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no bewie du. Na ɔbaa a wuhuu no no ne kurow kɛse [nnɛyi Babilon Kɛse, atoro som wiase ahemman] a edi asase so ahene so hene no.”—Hyɛ Adiyisɛm 18:21-24 nsow.
6. Ɔsɛe a ɛbɛba Babilon Kɛse no so no bɛka nyamesom akodu he, na dɛn ntia?
6 So Babilon Kɛse no sɛe a ɛreba, a Kristoman ka ho no, kyerɛ ɔsom ahorow nyinaa a wobeyi afi asase so anaa? Bere tenten a nokware teasefo Nyankopɔn koro no wɔ hɔ no, ɛremma saa! N’asomfo, a wɔnka Kristoman ho anaasɛ Babilon Kɛse no fã a aka no ho no, befi ntoa a ɛbɛba anyamesom nyinaa so wɔ wiase nyinaa no mu aka. Yehowa Nyankopɔn ne ne Ba Yesu Kristo, “awuranom mu Awurade ne ahene mu Hene” a ɔredi tumi no bɛbɔ wɔn ho ban. Eyi akyi no, wobehu ɔsɛe a ɛbɛba atumfo a wɔmpɛ nyamesom biara a wobedi asase nyinaa so saa bere no so. Ɔsom “a ɛho tew na ɛho nni fĩ agya Onyankopɔn anim” no remfi asase a ɛyɛ ne “nan ase ntiaso” no so da.—Adi. 17:12-14; Yak. 1:27; Yes. 66:1.
ƐNYƐ AMMAMUI NNISO HOROW NO SOMFO
7. Harmagedon ko no mu no, dɛn na ɛbɛba amammui nniso horow mu “asomfo” a wɔsɔre tia Yehowa no so?
7 Wɔ “Onyankopɔn, ade nyinaa so tumfoɔ, da kɛse no mu ko” wɔ Harmagedon no mu no, wɔbɛsɛe aman horow no “asomfo” a wɔsɔre tia Ade Nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn no aka wɔn asase so nniso horow no ho. (Adi. 16:13-16; 19:11-21) Wɔn a wɔyɛ Yehowa, Ade Nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn nkonimdifo no “asomfo” a wɔnyɛ amammui kwan so de no, wɔbɛkora wɔn so wɔ akodi nyinaa mu ko a ɛde nnɛyi asase so nniso nhyehyɛe horow bɛba awiei no mu. Akatua kɛse bɛn ara na ɛbɛyɛ sɛ wɔkɔɔ so nokwaredi mu wɔ wɔn Kristofo som adwuma a wɔyɛ ma no no mu! Ebia wɔbɛsɔre atia frɛ a wɔfrɛ wɔn “asomfo” no wɔ nsase pii so, wɔ Komunistfo nsase so ne nsase a ɛnyɛ Komunistfo de so. Nsase a ɛte saa no, ebia ɔman no mu mpanyimfo a wɔyɛ atitiriw nkutoo na wobetumi afrɛ wɔn “asomfo.” Nanso, wɔ Amerika a Engiresi kasa na wɔka no, wɔfrɛ ɔmampanyin no mpanyimfo a wɔka ne ho nyinaa sɛ akyerɛwfo, sɛ ebia ɔman kyerɛwfo, ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔhwɛ asomdwoe so, ne nea ɛkeka ho, ne ɔman mmaranimfo panyin. Nanso wɔremfi mu nka.
8. Wɔ nnɛyi Hela-man mu no, wɔfrɛ mpanyimfo afoforo a wɔka ɔmampanyin no ho wɔ n’aban no mu no dɛn, na henanom nkutoo na wɔde Engiresi asɛmfua “deacon” no frɛ wɔn?
8 Kyerɛw Kronkron Bible no mu, wɔ ne Kristofo Hela Nkyerɛwee no mu no, asɛmfua “ɔsomfo” no yɛ Hela asɛmfua di.a.’ko.nos no nkyerɛase, asɛmfua a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ne nkyerɛase paara ne “nea ɔnam mfutuma mu,” te sɛ obi a wɔasoma no no. Nanso, wɔ nnɛyi Hela-man mu no, wɔfrɛ ɔmampanyin no pro’e.dros a ɛkyerɛ “nea ɔte anim.” Ɛnyɛ Hela asɛmfua dia’ko.nos (“ɔsomfo”) na wɔde frɛ ne mpanyimfo no, na mmom abodin hyp.our.gos’, a asekyerɛ paara ne “wɔn a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ obi ase.” Saa asɛmfua yi pue wɔ Hebri Kyerɛwnsɛm no Hela Nkyerɛase a wɔyɛe no mu, sɛnea Sinaitic ne Vatican No. 1209 a wɔde nsa kyerɛwee no kyerɛ no. Ɛhɔ no Yosua 1:1 kenkan sɛ: “Na Awurade akoa Mose wu akyi no Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Nun ba Yosua, Mose somfo [hgp.our.gos’] no.” (The Jewish, Publication Society of America and Bagster’s) Nkyerɛase a Charles Thomson yɛe no frɛ Yosua “Mose hokafo.” Saa nso na, wɔ Hela-ma-n a wɔfrɛ no Republic of Greece no mu no, ɔmampanyin (pro’e.dros) no wɔ ahokafo, n’asomfo, n’aboafo anaasɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ n’ase (hyp.our.gos’) na ogyaw di.a’ko.nos adwuma no ma nyamesom nhyehyɛe horow a ɛwɔ ɔman no mu no.
9. Dwuma a wɔde asɛmfua no di wɔ amammui mu akyi no, so Kyerɛwsɛm mu Onyankopɔn “asomfo” wɔ hɔ, na dɛn na Ɔwɛn Aban nsɛmma nhoma no kae wɔ eyi ho wɔ 1882 mu?
9 Ebetumi aba sɛ nnɛ aman bi de asɛmfua “ɔsomfo” no di dwuma wɔ amammui kwan so nkutoo. Nanso, eyi nkyerɛ sɛ Bible no fam wɔ no mfitiase kasa horow no mu no, wɔrentumi mfrɛ obi a ohyira ne ho so nyinaa ma Onyankopɔn na ɔde ne ho si hɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ Yehowa Nyankopɔn apɛde no sɛ Yehowa Nyankopɔn “somfo,” anaasɛ di.a’ko.nos, sɛnea na Yesu Kristo yɛ no. Bɛyɛ afeha a atwam ni, wɔ ɔsram biara de a ɛbae June 1882 (kratafa 7) no, nsɛmma nhoma Zion’s Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence no kae wɔ nyamesom mu asomfo ho sɛ:
Wɔsomaa asuafo no sɛ wɔnkɔka asɛm na wɔnkyerɛkyerɛ na wɔmmɔ asu. Na bere a yegye di sɛ Kristo nipadua no muni biara a wɔasra no no yɛ ɔsomfo wɔ ɔkwan bi so, na ‘wɔasra wɔn nyinaa, sɛ wɔnka asɛmpa’ no, wɔn mu nnipa ahorow ahorow wɔ hɔ a wɔfata ma adwuma no afã horow, sɛnea ɔdesani nipadua no wɔ afã ahorow ahorow ne dwumadi ahorow, a Kyerɛwnsɛm no de di dwuma de yɛ Kristo nipadua—asɔre no—ho nhwɛso no.
10. Dɛn na January 1, 1892 nsɛmma nhoma no kae wɔ adawurubɔfo a wɔde wɔn bere nyinaa yɛ adwuma a wɔfrɛ wɔn nnɛ akwampaefo no ho esiane sɛ Kristoman mu asɔre horow no kyerɛ sɛ wɔne Onyankopɔn asomfo nti?
10 Nea akyiri yi ɛbae wɔ January 1, 1892 no mu (kratafa 9) no, Ɔwɛn Aban nsɛmma nhoma kaa nea edi so yi wɔ asɛmti “Nsɛm a efi Aban no Atifi” no ase sɛ:
Nnipa kakraa bi na wonim akwampaefo yi sɛ Awurade ananmusifo ankasa, anaasɛ wogye anuonyam a Awurade hu wɔ wɔn ahobrɛase ne wɔn ho a wɔde bɔ afɔre no mu no tom. Asɛmpatrɛwfo? Dabi, ne asɛm a wiase ne asɔre horow no ka, yɛn de no ne asɛmpatrɛwfo, a wɔkɔ amannɔne nsase so. Nanso Awurade ka sɛ yiw, eyinom yɛ m’asɛmpatrɛwfo, a mede adwuma kɛse ahyɛ wɔn nsa—. . .
Asomfo? Dabi, ne asɛm a wiase ne ɔsɔre horow no ka, yɛn de a wɔhyɛ “asɔfo” ntade na wogyina asɛnka agua so kasa no ne Nyankopɔn asomfo. Na Awurade ka sɛ yiw, wɔyɛ m’asomfo efisɛ wɔsom me, na wɔda nokware no adi kyerɛ me fifo. Me na mede asɛm a wokum no ama wɔn. Obi a obu wɔn animtiaa no bu me animtiaa na obiara a ogye agyiraehyɛde a ɛwɔ wɔn moma so a mede ama wɔn no behu nkyerɛkyerɛ no, sɛ efi me nkyɛn. “Me nguan nnim me nne.”
(Hwɛ February 1, 1899 de no nso, nkyekyem 6 ne 7, wɔ asɛmti “So Mprempren Nokware No Yɛ Nea Ntease Nnim?” ase)
11. Kasa bɛn mu na wɔfaa nsɛmfua “ɔsomfo” ne “ɔsom” no fii, na wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɛkyerɛ dɛn?
11 Nanso, so Ɔwɛn-Aban nsɛmma nhoma no ayɛ ahomaso anaasɛ ahantan sɛ ɛka sɛ Kristo Yesu suani biara a wahyira ne ho so agye asubɔ no yɛ “ɔsomfo” anaa? Dabida! Engiresi nsɛmfua “minister” ne “ministry” no nso ne Italia, Spanish, Portuguese ne Franse nsɛmfua a egyina hɔ ma saa asɛm yi a wɔfa fii tete Latin nsɛmfua minister ne ministerium mu no yɛ nea wohu wɔ Latin Vulgate Bible Nkyerɛase no mu. Wɔkyerɛ minister ase sɛ: “ɔboafo, ɔsomfo, akoa, ne ɔsɔfo hokafo, anaasɛ ne boafo; ne afei obi a ɔhyɛ onipa foforo ase yɛ adwuma.” Wɔkyerɛ Ministerium ase sɛ “ɔsomfo dibea anaasɛ ne dwumadi, ɔsom adwuma, wɔ ɔkwan pa so anaasɛ ɔkwammɔne so; dibea, asɛyɛde, adwuma, ne ade.”—A New Latin Dictionary, a Lewis ne Short yɛe, kratafa 1146.
12. Bible nkyerɛase a saa nsɛmma nhoma yi de emu nsɛm dii dwuma na Ɔwɛn Aban no nhoma afoforo de di dwuma nnɛ mpo no yɛ nea wonim no yiye dɛn? Na so amansɛm ho nkɔmmɔ na yɛrebɔ wɔ ɔsom ho asɛm yi mu anaa?
12 Enti sɛɛ sɛ nsɛmfua “ɔsomfo” ne “ɔsom” nya asekyerɛ a ɛkɔ akyiri. Ɛha no ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkae sɛ Bible nkyerɛase a Ɔwɛn-Aban nsɛmma nhoma no ne nhoma afoforo a ɛka ho no de dii dwuma atitiriw no ne Authorized Version, anaasɛ King James Version, a wɔyɛɛ no 1611 Y.B. no. Ɛde besi nnɛ no wɔde saa nkyerɛase a wɔagye atom yi di dwuma wɔ Engiresi Aburokyiri ne Engiresi Kwasafo Aman no mu ne Amerika. Enti wɔ nsɛm a efi saa Bible nkyerɛase a wɔtaa de di dwuma no mu no, wɔde nsɛmfua atitiriw “ɔsomfo” ne “ɔsom” no di dwuma sɛnea na ɛte wɔ Kristofo Hela Nkyerɛase (Apam Foforo) no mu no, na ɛnyɛ wɔ nnɛyi amammui kwan so. Ɛnyɛ amansɛm na yɛreka
NNANSA YI NSƐMFUA NO ASEKYERƐ A ANI GYE HO
13. Bible asekyerɛfo pii pɛ sɛ wɔkyerɛ asɛm di.a.ko.ni’a a akyinnyegye aba ho no ase kɔ Engiresi kasa mu dɛn, na dɛn na Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so no bɛyɛ wɔ asɛyɛde ahorow a ɛde ba no ho?
13 Kristofo Hela Nkyerɛwee (Apam Foforo) no nnɛyi Engiresi nkyerɛase ahorow pii wɔ hɔ. Ɔkwan bɛn so na nnɛyi Engiresi nkyerɛase horow yi dodow no ara kyerɛ Hela asɛmfua dia.ko.ni’a a akyinnyegye aba ho yi ase ma wɔn akenkanfo? Wɔde asɛmfua “ɔsom” ne nidi a ɛka ho wɔ Kyerɛw Kronkron Bible no mu no nyinaa na ɛkyerɛ ase. Nea ɛfata no, Yehowa adansefo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ no gyina sɛnea Bible no kyerɛkyerɛ nsɛm mu no so frɛ wɔn Kristofo adwuma no sɛ “ɔsom” adwuma. Na afei, dɛn na saa “asomfo” yi bɛyɛ wɔ wɔn “’som” adwuma no ho? So wɔbɛyɛ saa adwuma no, anaasɛ wobegyae esiane ɔsɔretia anaasɛ nhyɛso horow nti anaa? Ɛdenam Bible nkɔmhyɛ a ada adi so no yenim nea amammui atumfoɔ no de bɛyɛ Babilon Kɛse, atoro som wiase ahemman no mu asomfo, asɔfo, ne agyanom mpanyimfo no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ yebu yɛn ani gu nea ɛbɛba no so.
14. Dɛn na sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so kasa a ɛwɔ Adiyisɛm, ti 17, da no adi sɛ wɔbɛyɛ Babilon Kɛse no wɔ “ahohiahia kɛse” no mu?
14 Sɛnea wɔada no adi wɔ Adiyisɛm sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so kasa no mu no, wiase amammui atumfoɔ no begyae nkitaho a asɔre ne ɔman di no. Wɔbɛtwe wɔn ho afi nkitaho a wɔne amanaman ntam nyamesom kwan so aguaman no di no ho. Wɔbɛtow no afi wɔn so akyene, na wɔaworɔw adehyedi ne ɛho ntade kɔkɔɔ hokwan a ɔkyerɛ sɛ ɔwɔ no afi ne ho, ayiyi sika, nhenepa ne aboɔden abo a ɔde ahyehyɛ ne ho kyɛnkyerɛnn no afi ne ho. Wobehwim “sika kuruwa” a efĩ ne akyide nyinaa ahyɛ no ma, kuruwa a wama nnipa nyinaa anom ano ma wɔayɛ basaa te sɛ nea wɔabobow no. Wɔde n’asɔredan akɛse a wɔasiesie mu fɛfɛɛfɛ no bɛyɛ baabi a wɔyɛ nnwuma afoforo, anaasɛ, ebi mpo a wɔbɛhyew no, bere a wɔafom emu agyapade a wɔnam ɔkwammɔne so nyae akyi no. Atemmu da a ɛbɛba Babilon Kɛse no so wɔ “ahohiahia kɛse” no mu no bɛyɛ hu kɛse!—Adi. 17:1-18; 7:14.
15. Dɛn na ebehia sɛ Yehowa adansefo Kristofo yɛ saa bere no?
15 Dɛn na saa ade a wiase yi amammui atumfoɔ bɛyɛ daakye no bɛkyerɛ ama Yehowa adansefo Kristofo? Eyi: wɔbɛbɔ adwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn ahenni nneɛma ho no agu. Wɔrenkɔ so nka “Yehowa anisɔ afe” ho asɛm bio. Bere a wɔayɛ Babilon Kɛse no pasaa akyi mpo no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde akokoduru kɔ so bɔ “yɛn Nyankopɔn aweredi da” no ho dawuru.—Yes. 61:1, 2; 59:17, 18.
16. Ɔkwan bɛn so na Yehowa adansefo besuasua ɔsomafo Paulo wɔ nea ɔka wɔ Romafo 11:13 sɛnea nkyerɛase ahorow pii kyerɛ no mu?
16 Enkosi saa bere no, dɛn na Yehowa Adansefo bɛyɛ wɔ wɔn “som” no ho? Bere a nea Bible nkɔmhyɛ kyerɛ sɛ ɛreba no wɔ wɔn adwene mu yiye no, wɔbɛbɔ mmɔden nyansam sɛ wobedi nhwɛso pa a ɔsomafo Paulo yɛe no akyi. Wɔ Romafo 11:13, sɛ́ amanaman mu somafo a Yehowa Nyankopɔn paw no no, ɔsomafo Paulo kaa nea ɔyɛe wɔ ho no ho asɛm, sɛnea n’asɛm no nnɛyi nkyerɛase horow kyerɛ no, sɛ: “Na mo amanaman mufo na mekasa mekyerɛ mo: esiane sɛ meyɛ amanaman mu somafo nti, mehyɛ me som anuonyam.” (The International Hebrew/Greek English Bible; British Revised Version; The New World Translation; The New American Bible; Rotherham) “Midi me som no ni.” (Murdock; The Emphatic Diaglott; Roman Catholic Douay Version; The New English Bible) “Mibu me som.” (The New International Version) “Meyɛ nea metumi nyinaa wɔ me som ho.” (Philips Modern English) “Meyɛ pii wɔ me som mu.” (An American Translation) “M’ani gye me som ho.” (Weymouth) “Mekamfo me som.” (Revised Standard Version) “Mibu me dibea.” (The Bible in Living English) “Misi me dibea so dua kɛse.” (Moffatt) “Mekamfo me dibea.” (Authorized Version) Luther German Bible nkyerɛase no kenkan sɛ: “Mebu me dibea sɛ ɛsom bo [Amt, German].” William Tyndale kyerɛɛ ase sɛ: “Mekamfo me dibea.”
17. Ɛwom sɛ na ɛyɛ amanaman mu abosonsomfo no ho adwuma a ɔreyɛ de, nanso, sɛ Yudani no, so Paulo buu no sɛ adwuma hunu bi ara kwa anaa?
17 Wɔ nkyerɛase ahorow a ɛwɔ atifi ha no mu no, wɔmmrɛ Paulo di.a.ko.ni’a (ɔsom) no ase mma ɛnyɛ te sɛ “adwuma” ara kwa. Paulo de Hela asɛmfua dox.a’zo, a ɛno mu na Hela asɛmfua do’xa, a ɛkyerɛ “anuonyam,” bata ne “som” no ho. Nokwarem no na biribiara nni Paulo di.a.ko.ni’a (som) no ho a ɛyɛ aniwu. Sɛnea Today’s English Version kyerɛ Romafo 11:13 ase no: “Merekasa akyerɛ mo Amanaman mufo afei: bere tenten a meyɛ Amanaman mu somfo no, m’ani begye m’adwuma ho.” The Jerusalem Bible no kenkan sɛ: “Ma menka eyi nkyerɛ mo abosonsomfo: wɔasoma me abosonsomfo nkyɛn sɛ wɔn somafo, na ɛyɛ me dɛ sɛ wɔsomaa me.”a
18. Esiane nea na Yesu Kristo asomafo dumien no yɛ nti, dɛn nti na ɛnsɛ sɛ asɔfo a wɔwɔ abodin akɛse a wɔawie asɔfo sukuu mu adesua no bu Yehowa Adansefo abomfiaa?
18 Nanso, obi Kristoni “som” nyɛ ade a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛma ɔyɛ ahantan. Mmom no, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛbrɛ yɛn ho ase, efisɛ Yehowa adom n’asomfo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ no denam ɔsom a ɛte sɛɛ a ɔde wɔn aba mu wɔ ne Hene, Yesu Kristo, a mprempren ɔredi tumi no ase no so. Wɔfrɛ Kristoman mu asɔfo a wɔawie adesua wɔ n’asɔfo sukuu ahorow no mu no wɔ Brɔfo mu sɛ Reverend, Most Reverend, Most Right Reverend, Your Reverence, ne abodin akɛse afoforo, ma enti ebia wobebu Yehowa adansefo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ no animtiaa. Nanso, ná Yesu asomafo no mu baanan yɛ apofofo, ná wɔn mu biako yɛ towgyeni, na wɔnnka baason a aka no ho asɛm biara sɛ wɔkɔɔ afeha a edi kan no mu asɔfo sukuu ahorow no bi. Nso wɔka wɔn ho asɛm anuonyam mu wɔ Bible mu nhoma a etwa to, faako a wɔda no adi sɛ wɔakyerɛw wɔn din wɔ Yerusalem Foforo no nnyinaso abo 12 no so no mu.—Adi. 21:14.
19. So Yehowa adansefo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ no yɛ asomfo ma aban bi anaa, na wɔn som no bɛtra hɔ akodu bere bɛn?
19 Ɛdefa nniso mu asomfo a wɔyɛ ho no, saa Yehowa adansefo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ no yɛ nniso a ɛsõ sen biara a ɛwɔ hɔ no asomfo. Dabi, wɔnte sɛ nniso horow a nnipa ahyehyɛ, sɛ ebia ahemman anaa demokrase nhyehyɛe bi a wɔde asi hɔ mu asomfo anaasɛ ɔman mpanyimfo, na mmom wɔyɛ Amansan Hene, ɔsoro ne asase Bɔfo no asomfo. Wɔ Mateo 24:14 mmamu mu no, wɔne Ɔhene, Yesu Kristo, a mprempren ɔredi tumi no Mesia ahenni no ho adawurubɔfo a wɔapaw wɔn. Wɔn som no remma awiei wɔ nneɛma nhyehyɛe dedaw yi awiei a ɛyɛ awerɛhow wɔ “ahohiahia kɛse” a ɛwɔ yɛn anim pɛɛ no mu no mu.
20. Wɔ n’afotu a ɛwɔ Kolosefo 4:17 ne 2 Timoteo 4:5 no mu no, so na Paulo reka adwuma hunu a nnipa nyinaa yɛ no ho asɛm anaa?
20 Ɛrentumi mma sɛ na adwuma a wiasefo nyinaa yɛ no na ɛwɔ ɔsomafo Paulo adwene mu bere a ɔkyerɛw ne yɔnko Kristoni a wɔfrɛ no Arkippo no, sɛ: “Hwɛ ɔsom a woanya no Awurade mu no so na woawie no pɛpɛɛpɛ.” (Kol. 4:17) Wɔ n’afiasenna a etwa to no mu no, Paulo kyerɛw Timoteo, ne yɔnko sɛmpatrɛwfo sɛ: “Yɛ ɔsɛmpakafo adwuma [er’gon, Hela], wie wo som no koraa.” (2 Tim. 4: 5) Afotu a efi honhom mu a wɔde maa mfitiase Kristofo asafo no mu asomfo anokwafo no yɛ afotu pa ma Yehowa adansefo a wɔahyira wɔn ho so agye asubɔ nnɛ no nyinaa sɛ wɔde bedi dwuma wɔ nneɛma nhyehyɛe dedaw a wɔabu no fɔ yi “nna a edi kyiri” yi mu, na ahyɛ Onyankopɔn anuonyam daa.—Dan. 12:4.
[Ase hɔ nsɛm]
a Afe 383 A.Y.B. mu tɔnn, afe a emu na Eusebius Jerome fii ase yɛɛ ne Latin Vulgate Nkyerɛase a ɛyɛ Kyerɛw Kronkron no nkyerɛase a efi mfitiase kasa horow no mu no, ɔmaa nsɛmfua a ɛfa ɔsom ho no daa adi wɔ Kristofo a wɔka na wɔkenkan Latin no mu denam Latin abodin ɔsomfo a ɔde dii dwuma fii Mateo 20:26 rekɔ no so; ɔde Latin asɛmfua ministerium (“ɔsom”) no dii dwuma efi Luka 10:40 rekɔ; na ɔde Latin adeyɛ asɛmfua ministrare (“som a obi som”) dii dwuma efi Mateo 4:11 rekɔ.
Na Latin ne ɔkasa a wɔde di dwuma wɔ nniso horow ntam wo Atɔefam wiase no mu. Wɔ 1378 mu, afe a emu na Atɔefɔam wiase no tew ne ho fii paapanom tumidi no ho mu no, John Wycliffe daa Apam Foforo (Kristofo Hela Nkyerɛwee) a ɔkyerɛɛ ase no adi. “Wycliffe yɛɛ ne nkyerɛase no fii Latin Vulgate no mu, efisɛ na ɔte nka sɛ ɔrentumi nnyina Hebri ne Hela mfiase nkyerɛwee no ankasa so nyɛ ne nkyerɛase no. Ne nkyerɛase no yɛ tẽe na emu da hɔ, nanso na Latin nsɛmfua ahorow wom; nanso na ɛnyɛ pii te sɛ nea ɛte wɔ Wycliffe nkyerɛwee afoforo mu no.” (M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia, Po X, kratafa 1043, ɔfã 1 wɔ “Wycliffe” ase) Enti afeha a ɛto so dunnan no mu no na Wycliffe de asɛmfua “ɔsomfo” no di dwuma. Eyi ma yehu nea enti a William Tyndale “de dii dwuma pii wɔ nkyerɛase a ɔyɛ fii mfitiase kasa horow no mu no mu no.” Wɔ Romafo 13:4 no Wycliffe nkyerɛase no kenkan sɛ: “Ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn somfo.” Wɔ Romafo 11:13 no yɛkenkan sɛ: “Mɛhyɛ me som anuonyam.”—Oxford - Wotintim no Clarendon Press.
[Kratafa 6 adaka]
“Awurade Yehowa honhom wɔ me so, . . . [sɛ] mempae Yehowa anisɔ afe, ne yɛn Nyankopɔn aweredi da.”—Yes. 61:1, 2.
[Kratafa 7 adaka]
“Ahɔho begyina ahwɛ mo nguan, . . . Na mo de, wɔbɛfrɛ mo Yehowa asɔfo, na wɔase mo sɛ: yɛn Nyankopɔn asomfo.”—Yes. 61:5, 6.