Hom Ndodɔ, Hom Nkyekyɛ, Hom Nto Nsa Mfrɛ
Sɛ yɛ dɔ, yɛ kyɛ, na yɛto nsa frɛ a, yɛyɛ hɛn kyɛfa wɔ dɛm enyimnyam edwuma kɛse no mu a osiesie asaase no ma ne Messiah a Ɔbɛsan aba no.
Enye me nsusu ho, mber kakra, dɛ yegyina Galilee bepɔw no do, na yɛrohwɛ Agyenkwa no a Ɔasoɛr efi owu mu no dɛ Ɔreserɛ N’esuafo no ho anwanwadze na enyimnyam. Mbrɛ osi yɛ nkenyan dɛ wankasa bosusu dɛ eretse nsɛm yinom, a Ɔnye hɔn kyɛe, N’afotu awɔse mu dɛ “hom nkɔ nkɛyɛ amanaman nyina m’esuafo, na hom nnuma hɔn nhyɛ Egya, nye Ɔba, nye Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn dzin mu.”1 Nokwar mu ara, nsɛm yinom bɛma hɛn mu kor biara tum, nkenyan, na wɔakã hɛn mu kor biara, dɛ mbrɛ wɔdze yɛɛ N’Asomafo no. Nokwar, wotuu hɔn abrabɔ nkaa nyina dze yɛɛ dɛmara.
Ma ɔyɛ enyigye no, nnyɛ Asomafo no nkotsee na Jesus n’asɛm tɔɔ hɔn akoma do. Ahyɛse Asɔrmba, ofi nyia a ɔyɛ fofor koraa wɔ mu dze kesi nyia ɔbaa mu akyɛr koraa no, dze hɔnho hyɛɛ Agyenkwa n’edwuma kɛse no mu, dɛ wɔnye hɔn a wobehyia hɔn nye hɔn a wonyim hɔn nkyɛ asɛmpa n’enyigyesɛm no. Enyimpi si dɛ wɔbɛkyɛ hɔn dasee wɔ Jesus Christ ho no boaa N’Asɔr fofor a ɔakyekyer no ma onyinii tɛtɛɛtɛr.2
Hɛn so, wɔto nsa frɛ hɛn dɛ Christ n’esuafo, dɛ yentsie N’ahyɛdze ndɛ, dɛ mbrɛ nna ɔyɛ dɛ yɛwɔ bepɔw no do wɔ Galilee ber a Odzii kan bɔɔ no dawur. Ahyɛdze yi hyɛɛ ase bio wɔ 1830 mu, mber a Joseph Smith dze nsa guu no nuabanyin Samuel do dɛ Jesus Christ N’Asɔr mu n’ahyɛase asɛmpasomafo.3 Ofitsi dɛm mber no, asɛmpasomafo bɔbor ɔpepe 1.5 na woetu kwan ekyin wiadze rekyerɛkyerɛ amanaman nyina na worunuma hɔn a wɔgye asɛmpa a wɔdze asanananmu no ne nsɛm dɛw no.
Iyi nye hɛn nkyerɛkyerɛ. Hɛn apɛdze a yɛpɛ no dodow.
Fi hɛn mba nkakraba kesi panyin a ɔwɔ hɛn mu no do no, yɛahwehwɛ mber no a yɛbɛgye Agyenkwa no ɔfrɛ do na yɛnye wiadze mu amanaman akyɛ asɛmpa no. Minyim pefee dɛ young men na young women nyaa tafɛrbanyinmbɔmu tum a ɔtse dɛm fi hɛn nkɔhyɛnyi hɔ ndeda ber a ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ hɔn dɛ wɔnyɛ etuhoakyɛ asɛmpasomafo ɔsom ho mboa dɛmara dɛ Agyenkwa no nye N’esuafo yɛe no.
Tse dɛ mbirikatufo a wɔrehyɛ ase wɔ bea a wɔhyɛ ase no, yɛdze kanhwɛ tweɔn ɔfrɛ ankasa, a nkɔnhyɛnyi ne nsahyɛase emu kã ho, a ɔyɛ sɛnkyerɛdze dɛ yɛnhyɛ mbirikatu no ase. Dɛm ɔpɛ yi yɛ enyimnyam na nkenyan; naaso, hom mma yɛnhwɛ asɛmbisa yi: ebɛnadze ntsi na hɛn nyinara yɛnhyɛ ase sesei?
Ibotum ebisa dɛ, “Mibesi dɛn botum ayɛ asɛmpasomafo a dzin ahyɛnsew nnka ho?’’ Anaa yɛkã kyerɛ hɛnho dɛ, “Etuhoakyɛ asɛmpasomafo no na wɔdze nsa egu hɔn do wɔnyɛ edwuma yi. Mebɛpɛ dɛ moboa mbom ebia ekyir no sɛ abrabɔ dwe kakra a.’’
Nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa, ɔyɛ mberɛw dodow koraa kyɛn dɛm!. Ndaase mu ara, Agyenkwa no n’ahyɛdze kɛse no botum edua fapem horow a ɔnnyɛ dzen na ɔyɛ mberɛw dɛ yɛbɛtse ase a wɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ hɛn mu kor biara no fitsi mbafober mu no do dɛ: hom ndodɔ, hom nkyekyɛ, na hom nto nsa mfrɛ.
Ɔdɔ
Adze a odzi kan a yebotum ayɛ nye dɛ yɛbɔdɔ dɛ mbrɛ Christ dɔe no.
Yedzi awerɛhow wɔ adasa amandzehu na aperper a yehu no wɔ wiadze nyina mu wɔ mber begyabegya yinom mu. Naaso, yebotum so enya nkenyan wɔ ayamuhyehye na nyimpa ho mboa su a nkorɔfo akyerɛ wɔ beebiara a wɔnam hɔn mbɔdzenmbɔ do dɛ wɔbɔboa hɔn a wonnyi bi—hɔn a woetutu efi hɔn efiefi, wɔatsew hɔnho efi hɔn ebusua ebusua ho, anaa woridzi ahwerɛhow anaa abagura wɔ akwanhorow bi so mu.
Ɔnnkyɛree na, amandzɛɛbɔ fibea horow bɔɔ mbrɛ enã kuw bi a wɔwɔ Poland ho amandzɛɛ dɛ, ɔnam tsema ma ebusua ebusua a atseetsee dze hɔn roguan no ntsi, wɔhyehyɛɛ ndzɛmba adze amaama tsentsenntsen ahomka mu wɔ keteke gyinabea pata do, a nna wɔayɛ krado na wɔrotweɔn etukɔr enãnom na mbofra a wobehia no wɔ dɛm aman ebien hɔn ehẽ no ntwantanan hɔ ber a wosiansian fi keteke mu. Nokwar mu ara, hɛn Ɔsor Egya yerɛw n’ano wɔ ahofama ayamuyie nyɛe a ɔtsetse dɛm yinom do, osiandɛ ber a yɛsoasoa kor biara n’adzesoadze no, “yedzi Christ mbra no do.’’4
Ber biara a yɛbɛkyerɛ Christsu dɔ ama hɛn nyɛnko no, yɛbɔ asɛmpa no dawur—mpo sɛ yɛannkasa a.
Ɔdɔ ma binom yɛ mbrasɛm a otsĩa ebien dɛ yɛndɔ hɛn nyɛnko no krɔngyee nda edzi;5 na ɔkyerɛ Sunsum krɔnkrɔn n’ahotsew kwan a ɔreyɛ edwuma wɔ hɛnara hɛn akra mu. Ber a yɛrekyerɛ Christ no dɔ ama binom no, yɛbɛma hɔn a wohu hɛn ndwuma pa no “wɔaahyɛ [hɛn] Egya a ɔwɔ sor enyimnyam.’’6
Yɛyɛ iyi a hɛn enyiwa nnda akatua biara do.
Nokwar, hɛn enyidado, nye dɛ wɔbɛgye hɛn dɔ na hɛn asɛm, a ɔwɔ mu dɛ yennyi nhyɛ biara wɔ hɔn nyɛe do.
Dza yɛyɛ na nyimpa ban a yɛyɛ no nye hɛn asɛm.
Ɔnam Christsu dɔ do no, yɛbɔ Christ n’asɛmpa mu eyimnyam ɔbra-sesa ndzepa ho dawur, na yɛdze hɛnho hyɛ mu tsitsir ara dɛ yɛbɛhyɛ N’ahyɛdze kɛse no mã.
Kyɛ
Adze a otsĩa ebien a yebotum ayɛ nye yɛbɛkyɛ.
Wiadze nsan yarba COVID-19 n’abosom ahyɛse ber mu no, Onuabanyin Wisan a ofi Thailand nyaa nkenyan dɛ ɔnkã ne nkãtse na nkenyan wɔ dza orusũa wɔ n’adzesũa mu wɔ Mormon Nwoma no ho wɔ ne social media bea do. Wɔ ɔnoara ankasa ne nkyerɛwee tsitsir bi mu no, ɔkãa asɛm a ɔfa Mormon Nwoma mu asɛmpasomafo, Alma na Amulek ho.
Nkyerɛwee no tɔɔ Winai, no nuabanyin a, nna ɔwɔ mu dɛ oesi gyinae wɔ ne nyamesom gyedzi mu no do na ɔgyee do, a enyi nnda kwan bisaa dɛ, “Mubotum enya dɛm buukuu no wɔ Thai kasa mu?’’
Nyansa mu ara Wisan hyehyɛe ma asɛmpasomafo nkyerɛbaa beenu dze Mormon Nwoma no kɔree, a wɔhyɛɛ ase dɛ wɔrekyerɛkyerɛ no nuabanyin adze.
Wisan kãa hɔn ho wɔ abaefor adzesũa kwan do, a ɔkãa ne nkãtse wɔ Mormon Nwoma no ho. Winai suae dɛ ɔbɔbɔ mpaa na ɔdze nokwar sunsum ahwehwɛdze esũa adze, na ɔagye nokwar no ato mu na oefua. Annkyɛr, na wonumaa Winai!
Ekyir no Wisan kãa dɛ, “Yɛwɔ asodzi dɛ yɛbɛyɛ edwindadze wɔ Nyankopɔn ne nsamu, na otwar dɛ aber nyina no yɛyɛ krado ma No dɛ obodua hɛn mu bɛyɛ N’edwuma.’’ Ebusua anwanwadze no bae osiandɛ bɔkɔɔyɛ mu ara na Wisan kyɛɛ asɛmpa no wɔ ntɔyɛɛ na kwan pa mu.
Hɛn nyinara nye binom kyɛ ndzɛmba. Yɛtaa yɛyɛ. Yɛkyɛ sine horow na edziban a yɛpɛ, ndzɛmba a ɔyɛ serew a yehu, mbeambea a yɛkɔ nserahwɛ, nsaano mfonyin a ɔyɛ hɛn fɛw, ɔserɛkã a okenyan hɛn.
Yebesi dɛn botum dze dza yɛpɛ wɔ Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa no ho dze akã ndzɛmba a yɛakyerɛw a yɛkyekyɛ no dada no ho?
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu dɛ: Sɛ obi bisa wo dapɛn ewiei ho asɛm a, mma ntweɔntweɔn dɛ ebɛkã sũahu a enyae wɔ Asɔr ho asɛm. Kã mbofra nkakraba no a wogyinaa mboanofo enyim na wɔdze ɔhyewbɔ toow mbrɛ worisi abɔ mbɔdzen abɛyɛ tse dɛ Jesus ndwom no hɔn ho asɛm. Kã mbabun kuw a wɔdze hɔn mber kɔboaa mpanyimfo wɔ ahomgye fie dze kɔboaboa hɔn ankorankor abakɔsɛm ano hɔn ho asɛm.’’7
Erekyekyɛ nnyɛ “erotɔn’’ asɛmpa no ho asɛm. Onnyi dɛ ekyerɛw asɛnkã anaa ebɛtsentsen obi n’adwenhun a ɔwɔ no.
Sɛ ɔba no asɛmpasomafo edwuma a, Nyankopɔn nnhia wo ma ayɛ Ne mbra hyɛdofo; mbom, Ɔserɛ ma ayɛ Ne kyekyɛfo.
Yɛnye binom rekyɛ hɛn ntowdo sũahu wɔ asɛmpa mu no , yɛyɛ hɛn kyɛfa wɔ Agyenkwa no n’ahyɛdze kɛse no ne mãhyɛ mu.
To Nsa Frɛ.
Adze a otsĩa ebiasa a yebotum ayɛ nye yɛbɔto nsa afrɛ.
Akyerɛbaa Mayra yɛ nsakyereenyi a ɔnnkyɛree a ofi Ecuador. N’enyigye wɔ asɛmpa no mu hwimii kɔr sorsor ntsɛmara wɔ n’enuma ekyir ber a ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ anyɛnkofo na adɔfo ma wodua social media nkyerɛwee do twaa noho hyiae. Ebusuafo na anyɛnkofo pii a wohun ne nkyerɛwee no dze nsɛmbisa gyee do. Mayra nye hɔn nyaa nkitahodzi, a nna ɔtaa to nsa frɛ hɔn wɔ ne fie ma wɔbɔmu nye asɛmpasomafo no hyia.
Wonumaa Mayra n’awofo, no nuanom, enã kuma, kɛsenfo beenu, na n’ayɛnkofo beberee osiandɛ ɔdze akokodur too nsa frɛɛ hɔn dɛ”wɔmbra na wɔmbɔhwɛ,’’ “wɔmbra na wɔmbɔsom,’’ na “wɔmbra na wɔmbɛka ho.’’ Ɔnam no ntɔyɛɛ na awosu ɔfrɛ do no, nkorɔfo bɔbor 20 agye ne ɔfrɛ do abɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo mu asɔrmba. Iyi yɛɛ hɔ osiandɛ kwan a ɔda famu mu ara na Akyerɛbaa Mayra too nsa frɛɛ binom ma wobenya dɛwdzi a ɔtsee dɛ ɔyɛ Asɔrba.
Ɔfrɛ ɔha ɔha wɔ hɔ a yebotum atsen ama binom. Yebotum ato nsa afrɛ ma “wɔaba na wɔabɔhwɛ’’ sacrament ɔsom, ward dwumadzi bi, online video a ɔkyerɛkyerɛ Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa no mu. “Bra na bɔhwɛ’’ botum ayɛ ɔfrɛ dɛ kenkan Mormon Nwoma no anaa kɔ temple mu nserahwɛ ber a wobue ma obiara ansaana oetu ahyɛ Nyame ne nsa. Ɔtɔfabi a, ɔfrɛ no yɛ biribi a yɛtserɛw wɔ hɛn mu—ɔfrɛ ma hɛnankasa hɛnho a, ɔma hɛn enyida hɔ na enyido-adzehu wɔ akwan horow a woetwa ehyia hɛn ho dɛ yɛmfa ndzi dwuma.
Hɛn abaefor mber yi no, asɔrmba taa dua social media do kyɛ nsɛm. Ndzɛmba a opegya a ibotum ehu dɛ ɔfata dɛ ekyɛ pii ara wɔ hɔ. Dza ɔwɔ mu yi no ma ɔfrɛ dɛ “bra na bɔhwɛ,” “bra na bɔsom,” na “bra na bɛkã ho.”
Sɛ yɛto nsa frɛ binom ma wosũa Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa ho asɛm yie a, yɛyɛ hɛn kyɛfa wɔ Agyenkwa no ne ɔfrɛ dɛ yɛmfa hɛnho nhyɛ N’ahyɛdze edwuma no mu.
Ewiei
Mo nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, ndɛ yɛakã ndzɛmba a ɔda famu ebiasa ho asɛm—ndzɛmba a ɔgow— a obiara botum ayɛ. Ndzɛmba a hom botum ayɛ! Bia na hom reyɛ no dada—mpo a wonnhu no yie dɛ wɔreyɛ!
Moto nsa frɛ hom dɛ hom nsusu akwanhorow a hom botum dze adɔ, akyɛ, na wɔato nsa afrɛ. Ber a hom yɛ no, hom bɛtse dɛwdzi nkã kakra a hom nyim dɛ hom retsie hɛn Agyenkwa dɔfo ne nsɛm.
Dza merekyerɛ hom dɛ hom nyɛ no nnyɛ nhyehyɛɛ fofor. Hom atse fapem horow yinom pɛn. Iyi nnyɛ “biribi kɛse a odzi do’’ a Asɔr no rese hom dɛ wɔnyɛ. Ndzɛmba ebiasa yinom yɛ nyimpa ban a yɛyɛ no dada dɛ Jesus Christ n’esuafo no ntoado ara.
Yennhia dzin ahyɛnsew anaa krataa biara.
Ɔfrɛ kyinkyinɛnn biara nnhia.
Sɛ ndzɛmba ebiasa yinom bɛkã hɛn nyimpa ban a yɛyɛ na mbrɛ yesi bɔ hɛn bra awosu ho a, wɔbɛyɛ nokwar ɔdɔ a wɔkyerɛ a wɔnnhyɛ ana.
Tse dɛ Christ n’esuafo a wɔbɔɔmmmu boaa ano sũae fii No hɔ wɔ Galilee mfe 2,000 a abasen kɔ no, hɛn so yebotum agye Agyenkwa n’ahyɛdze no ato mu na yɛakɔ wiadze nyina akɔbɔ asɛmpa no dawur.
Sɛ yɛ dɔ, yɛ kyɛ, na yɛto nsa frɛ a, yɛyɛ hɛn kyɛfa wɔ dɛm ewduma enyimnyam kɛse no mu a osiesie asaase no ma ne Messiah a ɔbɛsan aba no.
Ama yeetsie Agyenkwa no no ɔfrɛ na yɛaper dze hɛnho ahyɛ N’ahyɛdze kɛse no mu nye me mpaabɔ wɔ Jesus Christ Ne dzin mu, amen.