Edziban Wɔ Hɔ
Sɛ yɛhwehwɛ dɛ yɛbɛyɛ ahoboa wɔ honandua mu a, yebotum yɛdze awerɛhyɛmu kɛse ehyia abrabɔ mu nsɔhwɛ horow.
Ansaana wobesiw akwantu kwan ano ɔnam ɔyardom a ndɛ ɔwɔ do yi, nna meresan aba fie fi edwumayɛ a ɔnye me kefir amanadze a, ɔnam nhyɛhyɛɛ a ɔsesãa no, ɔmaa Kwesida nna ɔwɔ dɛ motweɔn wimu-hɛn no. Nna mowɔ mber a mubotum akɔ apaamu hɔ no sacrament nhyiamu, hɔ na mutumii kyɛɛ asɛm so kakra. Nhyiamu no ekyir no, deaconnyi bi dze enyigye baa me nkyɛn na obisaa me dɛ sɛ minyim President Nelson a, na metum ekyia ne nsamu pɛn a? Mubuaa no dɛ minyim no, na mekyia ne nsamu, na dɛ meyɛ Bishop baanodzi na n’apamfo mu kor no, menya kwan nye President Nelson na n’apamfo no hyia mu nda kakra wɔ dapɛn biara mu.
Nkyii deaconnyi babun no tsenaa n’egua mu na ɔtotow ne nsa wɔ wimu, na ɔtsẽaa mu dɛ, “Iyi nye m’abrabɔ mu da pɔn kɛse!” Enuanom na nkyerɛbaa, bia moronntotow me nsa wɔ wimu na menntsẽa mu dze, eso mowɔ enyisɔ a onnyiewiei dɛ yɛwɔ nkɔnhyɛnyi a ɔtse ase na yenya kwankyerɛ fi nkɔnhyɛfo, adzehufo, na nyikyerɛfo, nkanka wɔ ɔhaw mber yinom mu.
Fitsi mber ahyɛse no, Ewuradze akyerɛ kwan a ɔboa No nkorɔfo ma wɔyɛ ahoboa sunsum mu na honandua mu dze tsia mbusu na nsɔhwɛ horow a Onyim dɛ ɔkã abrabɔ mu sũahu a ɔbɛba ho. Mbusu yinom no su bɛyɛ ankorankor anaa wiadze nyina mu dze, naaso Ewuradze no kwankyerɛ bɛma bambɔ susuampara dɛ yɛyɛ aso ma N’afotu na yɛdze dzi dwuma. Mfatoho pa kor nye dza wɔakã ho asɛm wɔ Genesis nwoma no mu, bea yesũa Joseph a ɔwɔ Egypt a Pharoah n’adaaso no ɔkyerɛɛ ase nkenyan mu no.
“Na Joseph see Pharaoh dɛ, … dza Nyankopɔn rebɛyɛ na oeyi akyerɛ Pharaoh no. …
“Hwɛ, mfe esuon reba a edziban piinara bɛba Egypt asaase nyinara do:
“Na ɔno n’ekyir no na ɔkɔm mfe esuon bɔsoɛr; na edziban pii no nyinara werɛ befir wɔ Egypt asaase do.”1
Pharaoh tsie Joseph, na obuaa dza Nyankopɔn dze akyerɛ no adaaso mu no, na ntsɛmara ɔhyɛɛ ase dɛ wɔreyɛ dza ɔreba no ho ahoboa. Nkyii kyerɛwsɛm no kyerɛɛw dɛ:
“Na bafuu mfe esuon no mu no, asaase no baa edziban ma obuu do.
“Na ɔboaboaa mfe esuon no … mu edziban nyinara ano. …
“Na Joseph boaboaa eburow ano dɛ mpoano anhwea, … ma nkyii ogyaa kan mpo; osiandɛ onnyi anobu.”2
Mfe esuon bafuu no bɛsenee no, wɔkã kyerɛ hɛn dɛ “na ɔkɔm mfe esuon hyɛɛ ase dɛ ɔreba, dɛ mbrɛ Joseph see no ara; na ɔkɔm baa asaase nyinara do; na Egypt asaase nyinara do dze, edziban wɔ hɔ.”3
Ndɛ woehyira hɛn dɛ nkɔnhyɛfo dzi hɛn kan a wɔtse ase dɛ yehia dɛ yɛyɛ ahoboa dze hyia mbusu horow a “ɔwɔ dɛ ɔba no”4 na wohu dza obesiw hɛn kwan anaa obetsia hɛn ber a yɛrobɔ mbɔdzen edzi hɔn afotu do no.
Ntseasee no wɔ hɔ pefee dɛ COVID-19 no nsunsuando, nye ɔdomankoma ɔsɛɛ a ɔkɔ do no, ɔnnyɛ nnhwɛ enyim, na ɔtra ebusuakuw, ɔman, na asɔrsom hɔn ahẽ wɔ asaasetɔw biara do. Edwuma asɛɛ na akatua akɔ famu osiandɛ woeyiyi nkorɔfo edzi ma kwan a ibenya ayɛ edwuma ayɛ dzen ma wɔakã apɔwmudzen na mbra mu ɔhaw so.
Hɔn a wɔakã hɔn no, yɛkyerɛ hɛn ntsease na yɛdwen hom gyinabew ho, na yɛwɔ gyedzi a osi pi dɛ nda pa wɔ kan. Wɔdze bishopfo na nkorbata mu presidentfo ehyira hom a wɔhwehwɛ hɔn mboanofo no mu asɔrmba a wɔwɔ honandua mu ehiadze na wɔwɔ edwindadze na mboa ndzɛmba a obotum aboa wɔ mbrɛ edze w’abrabɔ besi yie na ɔnye wo esi ahodan anamɔn kwan no do ber a edze ahoboaboa fapem no dzi dwuma.
Ndɛ gyinabew mu, a ɔyardom no asɛɛ aman sikasɛm nye ankorankor abrabɔ so, ɔnye Agyenkwa a ɔwɔ tsema mapã no su rennsaa dɛ Obeyi n’enyi efi dodow a wɔreper na Oebisa hɔn dɛ wɔnhyɛ ase mfa edziban na sika nsie mma ndaamba. Naaso, ɔno nnkyerɛ dɛ ɔwɔ dɛ yegyaa ahoboaboa fapem ekyir dzi korakoraa—fapem yinom ɔwɔ dɛ wɔdze dzi dwuma “nyansa mu na no kwan do”5 ama ndaamba yeetum aakã dɛ mbrɛ Joseph a ɔwɔ Egypt no kãa no, “Edziban wɔ hɔ.”6
Ewuradze enyi nnda kwan dɛ yɛbɛyɛ dza ɔbor ma yebotum ayɛ do, mbom N’enyi da hɛn kwan dɛ yɛbɛyɛ dza yebotum na ber a yebotum ayɛ. Dɛ ma President Nelson kaa hɛn wɔ ndaansa wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi no mu no, “Ewuradze pɛ mbɔdzembɔ.”7
Asɔr baanodzifo ataa ahyɛ Latter-day Saintfo nkuran dɛ “wɔnyɛ ahoboa mma abrabɔ mu abɛbrɛsɛ ber a wɔwɔ edziban na nsu kakra a ohia na sika so a wɔdze esie.”8 Aber yi ara so, wɔhyɛ hɛn nkuran dɛ “yɛnyɛ enyansafo” na “mma yɛnnyɛ mbordo”9 wɔ hɛn mbɔdzembɔ mu dɛ yɛbɛyɛ fie ndzɛmba ho adzesie na sika a yɛdze to hɔ. Mboa nkyerɛwee a ne dzin dze Personal Finances for Self Reliance, wɔdze puei guado wɔ afe 2017 na sesei nsa kã no wɔ kasa ahorow 36 mu, ɔdze President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo hɔn nsɛm hyɛ ase, a wɔkã dɛ:
“Ewuradze apaamu akã dɛ, “Ɔyɛ mo botae dɛ mehyɛ m’ahotseweefo hɔn ehiadze’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 104:15]. Nyikyerɛ yi yɛ anohoba a ofi Ewuradze hɔ dɛ Ɔbɛma hɛn honandua mu nhyira na Oebue ahodan abow no. …
“… Eregye fapem yinom na edze robɔ bra no bɛma etum agye honandua mu nhyira no a Ewuradze bɔɔ ho anohoba no yie.
Yɛto nsa frɛ hom dɛ hom nsũa enyiberdo na hom mfa fapem yinom mbɔ bra na hom nkyerɛkyerɛ hom ebusua ebusua. Ber a eyɛ dɛm no, wobehyria w’abrabɔ [osiandɛ] eyɛ hɛn Egya a ɔwɔ Sor ne ba. Ɔdɔ wo na ɔremmpa wo da. Onyim wo na Ɔayɛ krado dɛ Ɔdze ahodan sunsum mu na honandua mu nhyira bɛma wo.”10
Mboa adze yi wɔ etsir a wɔdze esi hɔ a ɔkyerɛ mbrɛ wosi yɛ sikasɛm ho nhyehyɛɛ na wodzi do, erobɔ w’ebusua ho ban efi nkõdzen, erohwɛ sikasɛm ho haw do, na edze ahodze ayɛ dwetsir ama ndaamba na, pii so na obiara botum nsa akã no wɔ Asɔr websiteanaa apaamu baanodzifo hɔ.
Sɛ yɛrohwɛ ahoboaboa ho fapem a, yebotum akɔ ekyir akɔ Joseph a ɔwɔ Egypt no hɔ akɛgye nkenyan. Wonyim dza ɔbɛba no ara no nnkyɛ ɔnnkɔsõ dɛ ɔnye hɔn botwa mfe no a ‘ɔkɔm” bae no sɛ wɔanntsew dza wobedzi mfe a ɔbaa bafuu no do a. Nkyɛ wobedzi ndɔbaa a Pharaoh n’asefo benya nyina no, wɔyɛɛ ho nhyehyɛɛ a wobenya dza ɔbɔsõ hɔn enyimenyim yi, na woenya bi ama ndaamba ehiadze. Ɔnndɔɔ sõ ara dɛ wobohu dɛ ɔhaw ber bɛba. Wodzii ho dwuma, na osian hɔn mbɔdzembɔ no ntsi nna, “edziban wɔ hɔ.”11
Iyi gya hɛn kɔ asɛmbisa a ohia: Ntsi, dɛn? Bea pa a yɛdze bɛhyɛ ase nye yɛbɛtse ase dɛ ndzɛmba nyina yɛ sunsum ma Ewuradze na “ber biara nnyi hɔ a” Ɔama hɛn “honam mu mbra.”12 Ntsi biribiara, tsen kɔ Jesus Christ do dɛ fapem a otwar dɛ yɛtow wɔ do hɛn honam mu ahoboa mpo no.
Ayɛ honam mu ahoboa na ahodan no kyerɛ dɛ “igye dzi dɛ ɔnam Jesus Christ n’adom anaa no tum a ɔboa hɛn na hɛn ankasa hɛn mbɔdzembɔ do no, yebotum enya abrabɔ mu sunsum na honam mu ehiadze ma abrabɔ a yɛhwehwɛ ma hɛnho na hɛn ebusua ebusua.”13
Ɔfã kor a ɔkã sunsum mu fapem ma honam mu ahoboa nye yɛreyɛ adze “wɔ nyansa mu na no kwan do,”14 a ɔkyerɛ dɛ edziban ne nsiei na sika sie no wɔyɛ no nkakrakakra wɔ mber pii mu, na efua akwan “nketsenketse” do so kã ho,15 a ɔkyerɛ hɛn gyedzi dɛ Ewuradze bɛma mbɔdzembɔ nkakraba no a yɛkɔ do yɛ no ma wɔayɛ kɛse.
Yenya sunsum mu fapem wɔ ne sibea no, nkyii yebotum yɛdze honam mu ahoboa ndzɛmba ebien edzi dwuma—sika do nhwɛe na fie adze sie.
Ebupɛn du na afɔrbɔ no ntuae kã sika nhwɛdo ne fapem tsitsir ho na ɔboa ma yeyi kaw fi hɔ, yɛyɛ ahoboa dɛ yenndzi sika ma ɔmmbor dza yɛahyehyɛ, na yesie bi ma ndaamba.
Fie adzesie ne fapem tsitsir binom nye, yesie edziban, yesie nsu, nye yesie ndzɛmba binom so a yehia no wɔ abrabɔ mu a ogyina ankorankor na ebusua no hɔn ehiadze do, ne nyina osiandɛ, “adzekora bea a oye koraa”16 nye fie bea a “nsa botum akã dza wɔdze esiei no wɔ ehiadze ber mu.”17
Ber a yerufoa sunsum mu fapem na yɛhwehwɛ nkenyan fi Ewuradze hɔ no, yebenya kwankyerɛ dze ehu Ewuradze ne pɛ ma hɛn, ankorankor na dɛ ebusua ebusua, na mbrɛ yebesi dze honandua mu ahoboa fapem a ohia tsitsir no edzi dwuma. Anamɔn a ohia kɛse nye yɛbɛhyɛ ase ara.
Elder Bednar kyerɛkyerɛɛ fapem yi ber a ɔkãa dɛ: “Ireyɛ biribi no nye edzi gyedzi ridzi dwuma. … Nokwar gyedzi tsim wɔ Ewuradze Jesus Christ do na daa ogya kɔ nyɛe mu.18
Enuanom na nkyerɛbaa, wɔ wiadze yi ogu do resesã yi, otwar dɛ yɛyɛ ahoboa ma dza enyi nnda ho. ‘Nda pa wɔ kan mpo no, yenyim dɛ ɔnnkyebo abrabɔ yi mu akoko na bɔnsa no bɔkɔ do. Sɛ yɛhwehwɛ dɛ yɛbɛyɛ ahoboa wɔ honandua mu a, yebotum yɛdze awerɛhyɛmu kɛse ehyia abrabɔ mu nsɔhwɛ horow a, asomdwee wɔ hɛn akoma mu, na tse dɛ Joseph wɔ Egypt no, yebotum akã wɔ ahokyer gyinabew mpo mu dɛ, “Edziban wɔ hɔ.”19 Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.