Odzi Hɛn enyim
Ewuradze na Odzi N’asɛmpa Nsan-ananmu na N’Asɔr no kan. Onyim ndaamba dza obesi pɛpɛɛpɛr. Ɔto nsa frɛ wo dɛ bɛyɛ edwuma no.
Mo nuanom mbanyin na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, ɔyɛ me enyisɔ dɛ menye hom wɔ Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo ne wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi yi ase. Ne nsato no dɛ yɛnndwendwen kwan a Ewuradze N’Asɔr Nsan-ananmu no ehyira hɛn na hɛn adɔfo no, President Russell M. Nelson bɔɔ anohoba dɛ hɛn sũahu no nnkɛyɛ nkaadze nko mbom hɛn werɛ nnkefir so.
Mo sũahu ayɛ nkaadze, dɛ mbrɛ minyin dɛ hom dze ayɛ no. Dɛ hɛn werɛ nnkefir no dze, ogyina hɛn mu kor biara do. Dɛm no hia me, osiandɛ sũahu a mereyɛ ehyiadzi yi ho ahoboa no menyae no asesã me, wɔ kwan a mebɛpɛ dɛ ɔbɛkyɛr mu. Hom mma me nkyerɛkyerɛ mu.
M’ahoboa maa mekenkaan dza osii wɔ Nsan-ananmu ber bi no ho nkyerɛwee. Nna makenkan dza osii no mpɛn pii, naaso nna aber biara ɔyɛ me dɛ nhyiamu bi a ho hia a Joseph Smith, Nsan-ananmu nkɔnhyɛnyi no kã ho no ho amandzɛɛbɔ. Mbom ber yi muhun wɔ asɛm no mu mbrɛ Ewuradze Osi dzi N’esuafo a wɔwɔ N’Asɔr mu no kan. Muhun n’asekyerɛ ma hɛn a yɛnnkyebo no, dɛ wiadze yi Agyenkwa no, Bɔadze no—Ɔno a Onyim ndzɛmba nyina, dza etwa mu kɔ, dza ɔwɔ hɔ seseiara nye dza ɔbɛba nyina no, bedzi hɛn enyim Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ hɛn anamɔn kor, anamɔn kor so na ɔma hɛn akwankyerɛ, ɔnnhyɛ hɛn dabiarada.
Nhyiamu a merekã ho asɛm yi nna ɔyɛ Nsan-ananmu ber bi no hia ankasa. Ɔyɛ Ahomgyeda nhyiamu a wɔyɛɛ no Ebɔwbira 3, 1836 mu, wɔ Kirtland Temple wɔ Ohio, nda esuon ekyir a wotuii hyɛɛ Nyame nsa no. Joseph Smith kãa wiadze abakɔsɛm mu adze kɛse a woesi no ho asɛm wɔ kwan kumabaa do. Dza ɔkãa no dodowara wɔakyerɛw no wɔ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi ɔfã 110 [ɔha nye du] mu.
“Ewiaber no, moboaa presidentfo nkaa no ma yɛdze Ewuradze Edzidzi maa Asɔrmba no, a yɛgyee fii Duebien no a wɔwɔ kwan dɛ wodzi dwuma wɔ pon krɔnkrɔn no ho da no mu no. Muwiee dɛm dwuma no dzi maa nuanom no, mesanee kɔr asɛnkadaka no mu , na woesiaan ntwamutam no egu do, na emi na Oliver Cowdery buu ntwɛr na yɛbɔɔ mpaa awɔse na kommyɛ mu. Yewiee mpaa bɔ na yɛsoɛree no na woyii dɛm enyido-adzehu a ɔtoa do yi kyerɛɛ hɛn beenu nyina.”1
“Woyii akataenyim no fii hɛn adwen enyi, na wobuee hɛn ntseasee enyi.
“Yehun Ewuradze dɛ ogyina asɛnkadaka no do wɔ hɛn enyim; na n’ananadze wɔdze sika kɔkɔɔ mapã asam hɔ.
“N’enyiwa tse dɛ ogyaframee; tsinhwi a ɔwɔ ne tsir do no yɛ fitaa tse dɛ esukwankyɛba mapã; n’enyim hyerɛnee kyɛɛn ewia ne hyerɛn; na ne ndze tse dɛ esu akɛse a ɔrepem, Jehovah ne ndze mpo, rese dɛ:
“Emi nye ɔkandzifo nye okyidzifo no; emi nye nyia ɔtse ase no, emi nye nyia wokum no no; emi nye hom dzimafo wɔ Egya no nkyɛn.
“Hwɛ, wɔdze hom bɔn akyɛ hom; hom ho atsew wɔ m’enyim; dɛm ntsi, hom mma hom tsir do na hom ndzi dɛw.
“Hom mma hom nuanom akoma ndzi dɛw, na hom mma mo nkorɔfo nyina akoma ndzi dɛw, hɔn na wɔdze hɔn ahoɔdzen, esi dɛm fi yi dze ama me dzin.
“Na hwɛ, maagye fi yi ato mu, na me dzin bɛda do; na mbɔbɔrhu mu na mibeyi moho akyerɛ mo nkorɔfo wɔ fi yi mu.
“Nyew, sɛ mo nkorɔfo dzi me mbrasɛm do, na woenngu dɛm ofi krɔnkrɔn yi ho fĩ a, mubopue hɔn do, na medze mankasa me ndze akasa akyerɛ hɔn.
“Nyew, akoma mpem na mpempem na wobedzi dɛw kɛse wɔ nhyira a wobohue egu hɔn do nye endowment a wɔayɛ dze akyɛ mo nkowaa wɔ dan yi mu no ho.
“Na ofi yi n’atsenkãyɛ bɛtahye anana asaase do; na iyi nye nhyira a wobohue egu mo nkorɔfo hɔn tsir do no n’ahyɛse. Ɔnyɛ hɔ dɛm. Amen
“Ber a wɔtoow dɛm enyido-adzehu yi mu no, wobuee sor bio kyerɛɛ hɛn; na Moses puee hɛn do, na ɔdze nsaafee a wɔdze bɔboaboa Israel ano efi asaase ne mfɛndzanan nyina do no, nye dza wɔdze bedzi mbusuakuw du no kan efi etsifi asaase no do aba no maa hɛn.
“Iyi ekyir, Elias puee, na ɔdze Abraham n’asɛmpa ne mberano no a ɔse, hɛn mu nye hɛn asefo na ebusuasantsen nyina a wobefi hɛn ekyir aba no, wobehyira hɔn no.
“Ber a wɔtoow enyido-adzehu yi mu no, enyido-adzehu kɛse bi so a ɔyɛ enyimnyam baa hɛn do; na Elijah, nkɔnhyɛnyi no, nyia wɔfaa no kɔr sor a ɔannsɔ owu annhwɛ no, begyinaa hɛn enyim, na ɔsee dɛ:
Hwɛ, mber no asõ koraa, dza Malachi dze n’ano kãe no—dze gyee dase dɛ ɔno [Elijah] na wɔbɔsoma no ma ɔaaba, ansaana Ewuradze ne da kɛse a ɔyɛ hu no asõ—
“Na ɔbɛdandan egyanom hɔn akoma aba mba do, na mba hɔn akoma aba hɔn egyanom do, amma maammfa ndom ammbɔbɔ asaase no—
“Dɛm ntsi, dɛm mberano yi ho nsaafee no wɔdze ahyɛ hom nsa; na iyi bɛma hom ehu dɛ Ewuradze ne da kɛse a ɔyɛ hu no abɛn, oedu mbobow no ano mpo.”2
Na, makenkan dɛm asɛm no mpɛn pii. Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no esi no pi ama me dɛ asɛm no yɛ nokwar. Naaso ber a musũaa adze na meyɛɛ ahoboa ma ehyiadzi yi no, mebaa bohun Ewuradze no tum a Ɔdze dzi N’esuafo no kan wɔ N’edwuma esiado esiado mu no ara yie.
Mfe esuon ansaana Moses dze nsaafee a wɔdze bɔboaboa Israel ano hyɛ Joseph nsa wɔ Kirtland Temple no, “Joseph sũae fii Mormon Nwoma no ne dzin krataafa mu no dɛ no botae nye ‘ama wɔdze aakyerɛ Israelfifo nkaa … na woehu Ewuradze n’ahyɛmu no, dɛ wɔnntow hɔn nnkyenee afebɔɔ.’ Afe 1831 mu no, Ewuradze see Joseph dɛ Israel a wɔbɔboaboa hɔn ano no bɛhyɛ ase efi Kirtland, “Na hɔ na obiara a mepɛ no, mebɛma ɔakɔ aman nyinara mu … na wɔbɛgye Israel nkwa, na mibegya hɔn akɔ.’’3
Nna asɛmpakã edwuma no hia ama wɔaaboa Israel ano dze, naaso Ewuradze kenyaan Ne baanodzifo no ma wɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ Duebien no a, wɔbɛyɛɛ hɛn asɔpɔkan asɛmpasomafo no dɛ, “Hom nkaa wɔmmfrɛɛ hom dɛ hom nkɔ aman binom, kesi dɛ hom bɛgye hom endowment.”4
Ɔyɛ dɛ annyɛ yie koraa no nna siantsir ebien wɔ hɔ a Kirtland Temple no ho hia ma Ewuradze n’anamɔn kor anamɔn kor so nhyehyɛɛ no ho: Odzi kan, Moses tweɔnee kesii dɛ wowie temple no ana ɔdze nsaafee a wɔdze bɔboaboa Israel ano no resan anan mu aba. Na otsĩa ebien, President Joseph Fielding Smith kyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ “Ewuradze hyɛɛ Ahotseweefo no dɛ wonsi temple [Kirtland Temple no] na no mu no Obeyi tumdzi nsaafee na bea a asomafo no wobotum ama hɔn adom akyɛdze na wɔayɛ hɔn ahoboa ma woesiesie no wenyin ture ber a odzi ewiei no.”5 Temple endowment no dɛ mbrɛ yenyim no ndɛ no nna wɔmma no Kirtland Temple mu, naaso ama nkɔnhyɛ no ahyɛ mã no, wɔhyɛɛ ahosiesie temple ayɛdze horow ase wɔ hɔ, a sunsum mu nsɛnkyerɛdze pii daa edzi a ɔhyɛɛ hɔn a wɔafrɛ hɔn asɛmpakã no dzen na ɔdze akyɛdze “tum a ofi sor’’6 ho anohoba no hyɛɛ hɔn dzen ara yie ma ogyaa hɔn ma wonyaa ndɔbaa pii wɔ asɛmpakã som no mu.
Wɔdze nsaafee a wɔdze bɔboaboa Israel ano no maa Joseph ekyir no, Ewuradze kenyaan Nkɔnhyɛnyi no ma ɔsomaa Duebien kuw mba no ma wɔkɔr asɛmpakã. Mugu do rusũa no, ɔdaa edzi pefee maa me dɛ nna Ewuradze esiesie kwan esiado esiado a Duebien no bɔkɔ amanaman, bea a nkorɔfo ayɛ krado dɛ wɔbɛgye hɔn edzi na wɔama hɔn tsipia. Mber rugu mu no, mpempem, bodua hɔn mu, ma wɔnye hɔn aba Ewuradze N’Asɔr a wɔdze asan ananmu no mu.
Hɛn nkaa nkyerɛwee mu no, bɛyɛ 7,500 [mpem esuon ɔha eduonum] dze kɔ 8,000 [mpem awɔtwe] na wonumaa hɔn wɔ Duebien no hɔn asɛmpakã ebien no wɔ Ngyiresi Aborɔkyir. Iyi na ɔtoow asɛmpakã ne fapem wɔ Europe Aborɔkyir. Mfe ɔha a otsĩa 19 [duakron] ewiei no nna bɛyɛ 90,000 [mpem eduokron] na wɔaboa ano aba America a hɔn mu dodowara fi Ngyiresi Aborɔkyir na Scandinavia.7 Nna Ewuradze ekenyan Joseph na dɛm asɛmpasomafo anokwafo no a wɔkɔree kɛyɛɛ edwuma dze nyaa ndɔbaa a otwar dɛ nna ɔyɛ dɛ ɔbor hɔn do. Naaso Ewuradze, no nhunmu a odzi mu na ahoboaboa no, maa otumii baa mu.
Hom kaa Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi no ɔfã 110 mu nsɛm a ɔyɛ dɛ adwontow ahobrɛadze mu ara no:
Hwɛ, mber no asõ koraa, dza Malachi dze n’ano kãe no—dze gyee dase dɛ ɔno [Elijah] na wɔbɔsoma no ma ɔaaba, ansaana Ewuradze ne da kɛse a ɔyɛ hu no asõ—
“Na ɔbɛdandan egyanom hɔn akoma aba mba do, na mba hɔn akoma aba hɔn egyanom do, amma maammfa ndom ammbɔbɔ asaase no—
“Dɛm ntsi, dɛm mberano yi ho nsaafee no wɔdze ahyɛ hom nsa; na iyi bɛma hom ehu dɛ Ewuradze ne da kɛse a ɔyɛ hu no abɛn, oedu mbobow no ano mpo.”8
Megye me dase dɛ Ewuradze hun ndaamba kɔr ekyir na mbrɛ Obesi bedzi hɛn enyim ma yɛaboa No ma Ɔayɛ No botae wɔ nda a odzi ekyir yinom mu.
Mfe pii a abɛsen kɔ no, ber a nna morosom wɔ Bishopfo banodzifo na n’apamfo mu no, wɔmaa me edwuma dɛ monhwɛ abaefo mpontu kuw a wɔyɛɛ dza yɛfrɛ no FamilySearch no no do. Mekã no ahwɛyie mu dɛ “mohwɛɛ” ne nyɛe do kyɛn mebɛkã dɛ “mekyerɛɛ kwan” no. Nyimpa abemfo pii gyaa hɔn edwuma na wɔbae bɛyɛɛ dza Ewuradze rohwehwɛ no.
Nna President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo ahyɛ botae a yɛbɛtsew ayɛdze horow a wosi do yɛ no do. Nna hɔn akadadwen nye dɛ yenntum nnhu sɛ obi n’ayɛdze no wɔayɛ no dadaw a. Mfe pii mu—anaa dza ɔyɛɛ dɛ mfe pii no—President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo no bisaa me dɛ “Dabɛn na ibowie yɛ?”
Yɛdze mpaabɔ, enyimpi, na abemfo hɔn ankorankor afɔrbɔ no, yewiee dwuma no. Ɔbaa anamɔn kor anamɔn kor so. Dwuma a odzii kan nye yɛbɛma nkorɔfo a, wonnyim abaefo kɔmputa mu no apɛ dɛ wɔdze FamilySearch bedzi dwuma. Nsesã pii bae, na minyim dɛ wɔbɔkɔ do aba, osiandɛ ber biara yɛkɔ do dɛ yɛrekesiesie nkenyan nsɛnhia bi no, yebue nyikyerɛ na mpontu mbobow binom so a annyɛ yie koraa no, no ho hia no yɛ pɛr, na mbom yɛnnhunii no. Ndɛ mpo, FamilySearch reyɛ dza Ewuradze hia dɛ ɔyɛ wɔ Ne Nsan-ananmu n’afã bi no—na nnyɛ ma okwetsir ayɛdze horow a wosi do yɛ no nko ara.
Ewuradze ama yeetum ayɛ mpontu a wɔaboa nkorɔfo ma wɔtse dɛ ɔnnyɛ hɔn adze fofor na woenya ɔdɔ mpo ama hɔn ewuakɔr na wɔayɛ hɔn temple ayɛdze nyina ama hɔn. Afei, dɛ mbrɛ Ewuradze nyim dɛ ɔbɛba no, mbabun na wɔbɛyɛ hɔn awofo na ward asɔrmba kɔmputa adzekyerɛfo. Obiara enya enyigye kɛse wɔ som yi mu.
Elijah no sunsum resesã mbabun na mpanyin, mba na awofo, nanamba na nananom hɔn akoma. Ɔnnkɛkyɛr temple ahorow no dze enyigye bɛhyehyɛ enuma na ayɛdze krɔnkrɔn binom ho kwan na mber. Ɔpɛ a yɛdze som hɛn ewuakɔr na awofo na mba nkitahodzi no renyin.
Ewuradze hunii dɛ ne nyina reba. Ɔyɛɛ ho nhyehyɛɛ, anamɔn kor kɔ anamɔn kor so do, dɛ mbrɛ Ɔayɛ wɔ nsesã nkaa no wɔ N’Asɔr mu no. Oeyi na Oesiesie anokwafo a wɔsan mu yi dɛ wɔbɛyɛ ndwuma dzen yie. Oenya abotar ɔdɔ mu ara ber a Ɔroboa hɛn ma yesũa adze nsensaneeba tsia nsensaneeba, ahyɛdze tsia ahyɛdze, ha kakra, hɔ kakra.”9 Osi pi wɔ No nsusui ne mber a ɔbɛhyɛ mã ho na Ne tsirmpɔw a ɔba esiado esiado, naaso Ɔma afɔrbɔ taa dze nhyira ba a yenndzi kan ennhu.
Mebɛkyerɛ mo dɔ ma Ewuradze dze ewiei—Ɔno a Okenyaan President Nelson ma ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ me dɛ mombɔ afɔr mfa nyɛ ahoboa mma ehyiadzi yi. Dɔnhwer biara na mpaabɔ biara wɔ m’ahoboaboa mu no dze nhyira bi bae.
Moto nsa frɛ hɔn a wɔbetsie asɛm yi anaa wɔbɛkenkan nsɛm yinom no dɛ wobenya gyedzi dɛ Odzi N’asɛmpa Nsan-ananmu na N’Asɔr no kan. Odzi Hɛn Enyim Onyim ndaamba dza obesi pɛpɛɛpɛr. Ɔto nsa frɛ wo dɛ bɛyɛ edwuma no. Ɔnye wo bɛyɛ. Ɔwɔ wo som ho nhyehyɛɛ. Na ber a ireyɛ etuhoakyɛ no, ibenya enyigye ber a iboa binom ma wɔsoɛr yɛ krado ma Ne mbae no.
Megye dase kyerɛ hom dɛ Nyame Egya no tse ase. Jesus nye Christ no. Iyi nye N’Asɔr. Onyim wo na Ɔdɔ wo. Ɔma wɔ kwankyerɛ. Oesiesie kwan no ama wo. Wɔ Jesus Christ ne dzin krɔnkrɔn no mu, amen.