Worebue Ɔsoro Mfɛnsere
Ɔsoro mfɛnsere bue wɔ akwan pii so. Fa wo ho to Awurade berɛ so; nhyira no ba berɛ nyinaa.
Me nuanom mmarima ne mmaa adɔfoɔ, berɛ a na mewɔ Amerika Keseɛ Fam nansa yi no, Onua Roger Parra a ɔfiri Venezuela kaa suahunu a edidi soɔ yi kyerɛɛ me:
“Wɔ afe 2019 mu no, ɔhaw ahodoɔ a ɛmaa anyinam ahoɔden gyaee nnanum no wosoo Venezuela.
“Wantwiwantwi ne basabasayɛ dii tumi wɔ mmɔntene so, na na nnipa pii a wɔn abamu abuo nni aduane a ɛbɛso wɔn.
“Ebinom firii aseɛ fomm nnuane ho adwadie, na wɔsɛee biribiara a ɛwɔ wɔn kwan so.
“Sɛ obi a ɔwɔ beaeɛ ketewa bi a wɔto paanoo no, na yɛn adwuma no haw ayɛ kɛseɛ ama me. Sɛ abusua no, yesii gyinaeɛ sɛ yɛde nnuane a ɛwɔ yɛn paanootɔnbea hɔ nyinaa bɛma nnipa a wɔhia mmoa.
“Ɛnam anadwo baako a na ɛyɛ sum kɛseɛ so no na basabasayɛ wɔ baabiara. Nea na ɛha me paa yɛ me yere ne me mma a medɔ wɔn no ahobanbɔ.
“Ahomakye no mekɔɔ yɛn paanootobea hɔ. Awerɛhosɛm ne sɛ, na adwotwafoɔ asɛe aduane ho adwadie biara a ɛbɛn hɔ, nanso nea ɛyɛɛ me nwanwa kɛseɛ ne sɛ na yɛn paanootɔnbea no anyɛ hwee. Na wɔn ansɛe biribiara. Mede ahobraseɛ daa me Soro Agya ase.
“Berɛ a meduruu fie no, mekaa Onyankopɔn nhyira ne ahobanbɔ ho asɛm kyerɛɛ m’abusua.
“Na Wɔn anisɔɔ no paa.
“Me ba barima panin, Rogelio, a wadi mfeɛ dumienu pɛ no kaa sɛ, ‘Papa! Menim deɛ enti a wɔbɔɔ yɛn sotɔɔ no ho ban. Wo ne Mama tua mo ntotosoɔ du du berɛ nyinaa.’”
Onua Parra de baa awieɛ sɛ: “Malaki nsɛm baa m’adwene mu. Na mo nti mɛka ɔdidifoɔ no anim, na ɔrenseɛ mo asaase no so nuaba’ [Malachi 3:11]. Yɛbuu nkotodwe na yɛde aseda daa yɛn Soro Agya ase wɔ N’anwanwadeɛ no ho.”1
Monfa wei nsɔ me nhwɛ
Nea yɛwɔ nyinaa ne nea yɛyɛ nyinaa firi Onyankopɔn hɔ. Sɛ Kristo asuafoɔ no, yɛfiri yɛn pɛ mu ne wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia no kyɛ.
Awurade de ma yɛn nyinaa nti, Wasrɛ yɛn sɛ yɛnsan nkɔ Ne nkyɛn na n’ahennie a ɛwɔ asase so no yɛ yɛn nkɔanim ɔha mu nkyekyɛmu 10. Awurade hyɛ wɔn a wɔtua ntotosoɔ du du no bɔ sɛ “ɔbɛbue ɔsoro mfɛnsere, na w’ahwie nhyira, a ɛborosoɔ a wɔnnya baabi mpo nnye ngu.”2 Ɔhyɛ yɛn bɔ sɛ ɔbɛbɔ yɛn ho ban dabiara afiri asiane ho.3 Saa bɔhyɛ yi yɛ ampa ara,4 Awurade pae mu kaa sɛ, “monfa nsɔ me nhwɛ seesei,”5 kasasin a wonhu wɔ twerɛsɛm no mu baabiara.
Ɔsoro mfɛnsere bue wɔ akwan pii so. Ebinom yɛ honam fam deɛ, nanso pii yɛ honhom mu deɛ. Ebinom yɛ aniferɛ na ɛnyɛ den sɛ wobɛbu wɔn ani agu so. Fa wo ho to Awurade berɛ so; nhyira no ba berɛ nyinaa.
Yɛne wɔn a wɔrepere sɛ wobɛnya asetena mu ahiadeɛ no di awerɛhoɔ. Nnansa yi ara Asɔre no de U.S. dɔla ɔpepem 54 maeɛ de boaa mmɔfra ne ɛnanom a wɔn ho nni asɛm wɔ wiase nyinaa.6 Na ɛnam afɔrebɔ a ɛfiri mo bosome biara mmuada mu no so no, yɛn asɔfopɔn pa no boa mpempem pii nnawɔtwe biara a wɔhia aduane wɔ wɔn pono so, ntadeɛ wɔ wɔn akyi, ne daberɛ wɔ wɔn tiri so. wiase yi mu ohia ano aduru baako a ɛtena hɔ daa ne Yesu Kristo asɛmpa no.7
Gyedie ho Nhwɛsoɔ
Ɔsomafo Paulo bɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ nnipa nyansa te nnipa nneɛma ase nanso ɛyɛ den ma wɔn sɛ wɔbɛte Onyankopɔn nneɛma ase.8 Wiase no ka ntotosoɔ du du ho asɛm wɔ yɛn sika mu, nanso ntotosoɔ du du ho mmara kronkron no yɛ yɛn gyedie asɛm titiriw. Sɛ yɛdi nokorɛ wɔ yɛn ntotosoɔ du du mu a, ɛyɛ ɔkwan baako a yɛfa so kyerɛ sɛ yɛwɔ ɔpɛ sɛ yɛde Awurade bɛdi kan wɔ yɛn abrabɔ mu, asene yɛn ankasa dadwen ne yɛn anigyeɛ. Mehyɛ wo bɔ sɛ mmerɛ a wode wo ho to Awurade so no, ɔsoro nhyira bɛdi akyire.
Yesu kaa sɛ wɔmfa “Kaesare deɛ mma Kaesare; na nneɛma a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn deɛ no mma Onyankopɔn.”9 Agyenkwa a wɔanyane no no srɛɛ Nifaefoɔ no sɛ wɔntwerɛ Ne bɔhyɛ a wɔhunuu no wɔ Malaki no ngu wɔn twerɛtohɔ mu.10 Yɛn berɛ yi mu no, Awurade sane sii ɔsoro mmara a ɛfa ntotosoɔ du du ho no so dua, na ɔpaee mu kaa sɛ: “Eyi bɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ ntotosoɔ du du no mfitiaseɛ. Na [wɔn] tua wɔn mfɛntom nyinaa mu nkyɛmu du mu baako afe biara; na yei bɛyɛ mmara a ɛgyina hɔ daa ama wɔn daa.”11
Awurade kyerɛɛ sɛnea ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyekyɛ ntotoso du du no pefee, na ɔkaa sɛ, “Momfa ntotosoɔ du du no nyinaa mmra adekoradan no mu,”12 a ɛkyerɛ sɛ momfa ntotosoɔ du du no mmra N’ahennie a wɔasan de asi hɔ no mu, Yesu Kristo Asɔre a Ɛwɔ Nna a Ɛdi Akyire Ahotefoɔ no mu.13 Ɔkyerɛɛ sɛ, Titenani a Odi Kan no agyinatukuo bi, Asomafoɔ Dumienu Kuo no, Asɔfopɔn a wɔdi Titenani no, bɛsusu mpaeɛbɔ mu ntotosoɔ du du kronkron yi a wɔde bɛdi dwuma no ho, “na ɛnam m’ankasa me nne so akyerɛ wɔn, Awurade na ɔseɛ.”14
Awurade Sika Kronkron
Saa sika kronkron yi nyɛ Asɔre no akannifoɔ dea. Wɔyɛ Awurade deɛ. N’asomfoɔ de adwenpa hu sɛnea wɔn fiehwɛ adwuma no yɛ kronkron.
President Gordon B. Hinckley kaa saa mmofraberɛ mu suahunu yi ho asɛm sɛ: “Berɛ a na meyɛ abarimaa no mebisaa asɛmmisa bi wɔ m’agya nkyɛn a ɛfa Asɔre sika a wɔsɛe no ho. Ɔkaee me sɛ me deɛ ne asɛdeɛ a Onyankopɔn de ama me sɛ mɛtua me ntotosoɔ du du ne afɔrebɔdeɛ. Sɛ meyɛ saa a, [m’agya kaa sɛ,] deɛ mede ma no nyɛ me dea bio. Ɛyɛ Awurade a mehyira no ma no deɛ.” Ne papa de kaa ho sɛ: “Ɛho nhia sɛ nea Asɔre no mu mpanyimfoɔ de yɛ no fa [wo, Gordon] ho. Wɔbu akonta kyerɛ Awurade a ɔbɛhwehwɛ akontabuo wɔ wɔn nsam.”15
Yɛte adesoa a ɛwɔ “Awurade a yebɛbua” no nka kɛseɛ.
Sɛdeɛ wɔyi ntotosoɔ du du ne afɔrebɔ
Ɛfiri ntotosoɔ du du ne afɔrebɔ ahodoɔ a mode ayamyɛ mu de ma Awurade no mu no, afe a ɛtwaamu no, wɔde bɛboro U.S. dɔla ɔpepepem baako hyiraa wɔn a wɔhia mmoa no.16
Wɔ yɛn asɛdeɛ titire mu sɛ yɛde asɛmpa a wɔasan de asi hɔ no bɛkɔ wiase nyinaa no, yɛwɔ asɛmpatrɛfoɔ 71,000 a wɔresom wɔ asɛmpatrɛ adwuma 414 mu.17 Esiane mo ntotosoɔ du du ne afɔrebɔ nti, asɛmpatrɛfoɔ, a wɔn abusua sikasɛm tebea mfa ho, tumi som.
Wɔresi temple wɔ wiase nyina ara wɔ dodoɔ a ebi mmaa da. Mprempren, temple 177 na ɛreyɛ adwuma, mprempren wɔresi anaa wɔresiesie 59, na 79 foforɔ nso wɔ nhyehyɛeɛ ne nhyehyɛeɛ mu.18 Mo ntotosoɔ du du no rema kwan ama temple no nhyira wɔ mmeaeɛ a Awurade nko ara na ɔbɛtumi ahunu.
Asafo bɛboro 30,000 na ɛwɔ asɔredan ne mmeaɛ afoforɔ mpempem pii mu wɔ aman ne nsaasesin 195 mu.19 Esiane mo ntotosoɔ du du no mu nokorɛ mu no, wɔde Asɔre no si hɔ wɔ beaɛ a ɔwɔ akyirikyiri a ebia worenkɔ hɔ da wɔ Ahoteefoɔ a wɔyɛ ateneneefoɔ mu a ebia wonnim da.
Mprempren yi Asɔre no boa sukuupɔn ahodoɔ nnum.20 Yeinom som asuafoɔ bɛboro145,000. Wɔkyerɛkyerɛ adesua mpem ɔha ne du dapɛn biara wɔ yɛn seminaries ne institutes.21
Saa nhyira ahodoɔ yi ne pii firi sikasɛm tebea biara mu mmɔfra ne mpanin a wotua ntotosoɔ du du a wɔfiri nokorɛ mu no hɔ kɛseɛ.
Wɔmfa sika dodoɔ a wɔde ma no so nsusu honhom mu tumi a ɛwɔ ɔsoro mmara a ɛfa ntotosoɔ du du no ho, ɛfirisɛ Awurade hyɛ wɔn a wɔdi yie ne ahiafoɔ nyinaa sɛ wɔmfa wɔn sika a wɔnya no ɔha biara mu nkyem 10 mma.22 Ɛnam yɛn gyedie wɔ Awurade mu nti, yɛhunu anwanwa nnwuma.23
Awurade bebree a wɔde aka ho a wɔnam mo ntotosoɔ du du a mode ma no so de ma no ahyɛ Asɔre no akoraeɛ no mu den, ama hokwan a yɛde bɛma Awurade n’adwuma akɔ anim asene biribiara a yɛanya suahunu. Awurade nim ne nyinaa, na berɛ kɔ so no, yebɛhu sɛ Ne tirimpɔ kronkron nyinaa aba mu.24
Nhyira nam Akwan Hodoɔ
Ntotosoɔ du du ho nhyira bue wɔ akwan pii so. Wɔ afe 1998 mu no, me ne saa berɛ no Elder Henry B. Eyring kɔɔ Asɔre nhyiamu kɛseɛ bi ase wɔ Utah mpɔtam a seesei wɔfrɛ no Silicon Slopes, mpɔtam a wɔyɛ nnoɔma foforɔ kɛseɛ wɔ mfididwuma mu. Na ɛyɛ yiedie berɛ a ɛrenya nkɔsoɔ, na Elder Eyring bɔɔ Ahotefoɔ no kɔkɔ wɔ deɛ wɔwɔ toto afoforɔ ho na wɔpɛɛ pii. Mɛkae ne bɔhyɛ berɛ nyinaa, sɛ berɛ a wotua ntotosoɔ du du a ɛyɛ nokorɛ no, honam fam nneɛma pii ho akɔnnɔ a wɔwɔ no so bɛte. Wɔ mfie mmienu ntam no, mfididwuma mu ahurututu no paee. Nnipa pii hweree wɔn adwuma, na nnwumakuo dii apereɛ wɔ saa berɛ a na sikasɛm mu nsakraeɛ wɔ hɔ yi mu. Wɔn a wɔdii Titenani Eyring afotuo akyi no, wɔhyiraa wɔn.
Ne bɔhyɛ no ma mekaee suahunu foforɔ. Mehyiaa Charlotte Hlimi a wadi mfeɛ 12 wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn Carcassonne, France, wɔ 1990 mu berɛ a na meresom sɛ asɛmpatrɛ titenani no. Na Hlimi abusua no yɛ abusua anokwafoɔ, ahobraseɛfoɔ a wɔte dan ketewa bi a mmɔfra nnwɔtwe wom mu. Na wɔwɔ Agyenkwa no ne nkɔmhyɛni no mfonini wɔ fasuo no ho. Wɔ nsɛm a wobisabisaa no de hwehwɛɛ ne agyanom mpanyimfoɔ nhyira no mu no, mebisaa Charlotte sɛ ɔtua ntotosoɔ du du a ɛyɛ nokorɛ anaa. Obuae sɛ, “Aane, Titenani Andersen. Me maame akyerɛkyerɛ me sɛ honam fam ne honhom mu nhyira wɔ hɔ a ɛfiri yɛn ntotosoɔ du du a yɛtua mu. Me maame kyerɛkyerɛɛ me sɛ, sɛ yɛtua yɛn ntotosoɔ du du berɛ nyinaa a, biribiara rehia yɛn. Na Titenani Andersen, yɛpɛ kwa.”
Wɔ kwan a ɔmaa me sɛ menka n’asɛm no mu no, Charlotte a seesei wadi mfeɛ 45 na wɔasɔ no ano wɔ asɔredan mu no kaa sɛ: “Na me adansedie a ɛfa ntotosoɔ du du ho no yɛ nokorɛ paa saa berɛ no, na ɛyɛ den mpo seesei. M’ani asɔ saa mmransɛm yi. Sɛ meda so te ase yi me kɔ so a nya nhyira.”25
Da bi, yɛn mu biara bɛwie n’asaase so akwantuo no. Mfeɛ aduonu nnum a atwam ni, nna kakraa bi ansa na kokoram rekum m’ase Martha Williams no, ne nsa kaa check ketewa bi wɔ nkrataa mu. She immediately asked my wife, Kathy, for her checkbook to pay her tithing. Esiane sɛ na ne maame ayɛ mmerɛ araa ma na ɛrekame ayɛ sɛ ɔntumi ntwerɛ nti, Kathy bisaa sɛ ɔbɛtumi atwerɛ cheque no ama no anaa. Her mother responded, “No, Kathy. Mepɛ sɛ me ara meyɛ.” Na afei ɔde kaa ho komm sɛ, “Mepɛ sɛ medi Awurade anim pɛɛ.” Nneɛma a ɛtwa toɔ a Kathy yɛ maa ne maame no mu baako ne sɛ ɔde ne ntotosoɔ du du krataa no maa ne bishop.
Onyankopɔn Adwuma a Ɛhia
Anuanom mmarima ne mmaa, Yesu Kristo Asɔre a ɛwɔ hɔ ma Nna a Ɛdi Akyire Ahotefoɔ no “firi sum mu,”26 ɛde nhyira a ɛyɛ nwanwa reba asaase so nyinaa. Wɔn a wɔhyɛ yɛn nkuran ma yɛkɔ yɛn anim ne wɔn a wɔnyɛ saa no bɛba. M’asusu onyansafoɔ Gamaliel nsɛm a berɛ a ɔhuu Asomafoɔ Petro ne Yohane anwanwadeɛ no, ɔbɔɔ abadwafoɔ a na wɔwɔ Yerusalem no kɔkɔ no ho.
“Momma [mmarima yi] nnyae: na sɛ adwuma yi firi nnipa mu, a ɛbɛyɛ kwa:
“Nanso sɛ ɛfiri Onyankopɔn a, morentumi ntutu; anyɛ saa a wɔbɛhunu mo sɛ mo ne Onyankopɔn reko mpo.”27
Me ne wo yɛ Onyankopɔn adwuma a ɛho hia wɔ asase so no fa. Ɛremma kwa na mmom ɛbɛkɔ so atu akɔ wiase nyinaa, asiesie kwan ama Agyenkwa no mmaeɛ bio. Titenani Russell M. Nelson paee mu kaa sɛ: “Nna a ɛreba no mu no yebɛhu Agyenkwa no tumi a wɔda no adi kɛseɛ a wiase ahu pɛn. Mprempren ne berɛ a Ɔsan ba ntam no Ɔde ho kwan ahodoɔ, nhyira, ne anwanwadeɛ a nni ano bɛma anokwafoɔ no.”29
Yei ne m’adanseɛ. Yesu, ne Kristo no. Yei yɛ N’adwuma kronkron. Ɔbɛba bio Wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu, amen.