Mbrɛ Asɔfodzi no si Hyira Mbabun
Ɔnam asɔfodzi do no, wobotum epegya hɛn. Asɔfodzi no dze kan ba hɛn wiadze.
Ɔyɛ me enyisɔ dɛ mowɔ ha. Ber a midzii kan hun dɛ mebenya kwan nye hom akasa ndɛ no, m’enyi gyee papaapa naaso, wɔ dɛm ber kor noara mu no ɔbrɛɛ me adze . Medzi mber pii dze adwendwen dza mubotum akyɛ ho, na mowɔ enyidado dɛ Sunsum no bodua m’asɛm do pɛɛ akasa akyerɛ hom.
Mormon Nwoma mu no, Lehi maa ne mbabanyin no kor biara nhyira ansaana oruwu ma ɔboaa hɔn ma wohun hɔn ahoɔdzen na onnyiewiei ndaamba. Emi nye mba baawɔtwe mu kaaekyir, na afe a abasen no nye mber a odzi kan a aka mo nko wɔ fie. Mo nuanom no mmbɛn me na daa minnyi obiara a menye no bedzi nkɔmbɔ no ayɛ dzen ama me. Anafua binom wɔ hɔ a maatse dɛ maayɛ ankonam dodow. M’enyi sɔ m’awofo, a wɔabɔ hɔnho mbɔdzen ara yie dze aboa me. Mfatoho nye ber a m’egya maa me asɔfodzi ho awerɛkyekyer ho nhyira wɔ mber bi a nna ɔyɛ dzen papa ara yie ma me. Ne nhyira n’ekyir no, ndzɛmba annsesã wɔ hɔara, mbom mutumii tsee asomdwee na ɔdɔ nkã fii Ɔsor Egya na fi m’egya hɔ. Ɔyɛ nhyira ma me dɛ mowɔ egya a ɔfata a otum ma asɔfodzi nhyira aber biara a mihia na ɔboa me ma muhu m’ahoɔdzen na me onnyiewiei ndaamba, tse dɛ ma Lehi yɛe mber a ohyiraa ne mba no.
Hom gyinabew horow mmfa ho no, hom botum enya asɔfodzi nhyira ho kwan daa. Ɔnam ebusuafo, anyɛnkofo, enuanom asomfo, asɔfodzi baanodzifo, na Ɔsor Egya a orinngya hom ekyir da no, hom botum enya asɔfodzi ho nhyira horow. Elder Neil L. Andersen kãa dɛ: “Asɔfodzi ho nhyira horow no sõ koraa kyɛn nyia a ɔase no dɛ ɔmfa akyɛdze no mma no. … Dɛ mbrɛ yɛfata no, asɔfodzi ayɛdze horow no hyɛ hɛn abrabɔ mã.’’1
Mma nntwentwem dɛ ibebisa nhyira ber a ihia akwankyerɛ bi akã ho. Hɛn mber a ɔyɛ dzen mu na yehia Sunsum no ma ɔaboa hɛn papaapa no. Obiara nndzi mu, na hɛn nyinara yehyia nkodzen. Hɛn mu binom botum enya ayamuhyehye, abagura, nyɛe bɔn su, anaa nkãtse dɛ yɛnnyɛ papa biara ho amandzehu. Asɔfodzi nhyira horow botum aboa hɛn ma yeedzi tafɛrbanyinbɔmu yinom do konyim, na yeenya asomdwee ber a yɛkɔ kan. Mowɔ enyidado dɛ yɛbɛper abɔ bra a ɔfata dze enya nhyira yinom.
Kwan kor so a asɔfodzi no hyira hɛn nye odua patriarch nhyira mu. Meesũa dɛ mebɛkenkan me patriarch nhyira ber biara a midzi awerɛhow anaa mebɛyɛ ankonam. Me nhyira horow no boa me ma muhu me ndaamba na nhyehyɛɛ tsitsir a Nyankopɔn wɔ dze ma me. Ɔkyekye mo werɛ na ɔboa me ma muhu tra me asaase do nhumu. Ɔkaa me m’akyɛdze ahorow na nhyira ahorow a sɛ mobɔ bra a ɔfata a mebenya ho nsɛm. Ɔsan so boa me ma mekaa na menya asomdwee dɛ Nyankopɔn bɛma me mbuae na Oebuei akwan horow ama me wɔ mber pa noara a mihia no dodow no.
Patriarch nhyira no botum esiesie hɛn ma yɛasan nye hɛn Ɔsor Egya akɛtsena. Minyim dɛ patriarch nhyira fi Nyankopɔn hɔ ba na obotum aboa adan hɛn mberɛwyɛ ayɛ no ahoɔdzen. Iyinom nnyɛ nsɛm a ofi nkongyaayifo bi hɔ; nhyira horow yinom kã dza ohia dɛ yɛtse kyerɛ hɛn. Wɔtse dɛ Liahona ma hɛn mu kor biara. Sɛ yɛdze Nyankopɔn dzi kan na yenya gyedzi wɔ No mu a, Ɔbɛhyɛ hɛn dzen wɔ hɛnara hɛn nsɔhwɛ mu.
Tse dɛ Nyankopɔn dze asɔfodzi no hyiraa Joseph Smith ama oeetum dze asɛmpa no ho nhyira horow no asanananmu aba no, yebotum edua asɔfodzi no do enya asɛmpa no nhyira horow no wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu. Dapɛn biara yenya adom na kwan dɛ yedzi sacrament no. Ɔnam asɔfodzi ayɛdze yi do no, yebotum enya Sunsum no ma ɔnye hɛn atsena aber nyina, a obotum esiesie na ɔatsew hɛn ho. Sɛ ehia dɛ eyi biribi akwa fi w’abrabɔ mu a, nye baanodzinyi ɔwerɛhyɛmunyi a obotum aboa wo ma ayɛ dza ɔtsen nkasa. Hom baanodzifo botum aboa hom ma hom enya Jesus Christ No Werdambɔ no tum ne mãhyɛ
Ndaase nkã asɔfodzi no, yebotum so asan enya temple ayɛdze horow ne nhyira no. Ofitsi mber a meetum ahɛn temple no, medze ayɛ mo botae na m’ehiadze dɛ mebɛtaa akɔ. Medze mber na mereyɛ afɔrbɔ a ohia dze bɔtwe abɛn me Ɔsor Egya wɔ Ne fie krɔnkrɔn mu no, meenya nyikyerɛ na nkenyan nhyira a nokwar ara ɔaboa me wɔ m’abrabɔ nyina mu.
Ɔnam asɔfodzi do no, wobotum epegya hɛn. Asɔfodzi no dze kan ba hɛn wiadze. Elder Robert D. Hales kãa dɛ: “Sɛ asɔfodzi no tum nnyi hɔ a, ‘wɔbɛsɛɛ asaase nyina koraa’ (hwɛ N&A 2:1–3). Kan nnyi hɔ, enyidado nnyi hɔ—sum nkotsee.’’2
Nyankopɔn rehyɛ hɛn nkuran. Ɔpɛ dɛ yɛsan kɔ Ne nkyɛn. Onyim hɛn ankasa. Onyim hom. Ɔdɔ hɛn. Ɔhwɛ hɛn aber nyina na ohyira hɛn mpo ber a yɛtse dɛ yɛmmfata no. Onyim dza yehia na ber a yehia.
“Hom mbisa, na wɔbɛma hom; hom nhwehwɛ na hom bohu; hom mbɔ mu, na wobobue hom:
“Na obiara a obisa no onya; na nyia ɔhwehwɛ no ohu; na nyia ɔbɔ mu no wobobue no’’ (Matthew 7:7–8).
Sɛ nnyi dasegye wɔ asɔfodzi no ho dada a, mehyɛ wo nkuran dɛ mbɔ mpaa na bisa dɛ ibohu no tum ama woho, nkyii nkenkan kyerɛwsɛm no fa tse Nyankopɔn ne nsɛm. Minyim dɛ sɛ yɛbɔ mbɔdzen dze nya Nyankopɔn n’asɔfodzi no tum ho sũahu wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu a, wobehyira hɛn. Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.