Ne Nyina Bɛyɛ Yie Osian Temple Ahyɛmudzi Ntsi
Biribiara nnhia nnkyɛn iridzi w’ahyɛmu horow a edzi anaa bia ibedzi wɔ temple no nyi.
Mo nuanom na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi ne nhyiamu yi ayɛ mber krɔnkrɔn ama me. Ɔyɛ me enyisɔ dɛ wɔama me dwuma dɛ menkasa nkyerɛ Latter-day Saintfo ɔpepe na hɛn anyɛnkofo a wɔwɔ wiadze nyina mu. Modɔ hom, na minyim dɛ Ewuradze dɔ hom.
Mfe bɔbor 50 wɔabɛsen no, ɔyɛɛ me ndzinoa dɛ mobɔsom dɛ Ricks College a ɔwɔ Rexburg, Idaho no ne president. Ɔbiradzi 5, afe 1976 mu no, emi na me yer Kathy, kãa kaar fi Rexburg kɔr Idaho Falls Idaho Temple dɛ yɛrokɔ nyɛnko berɛbo bi ne nsɔwano. Nyew, nna yɛwɔ mbanyimba baanan nkakraba wɔ hɛn fie dɛm aber no, nna yebotum akɔ temple a nna ohia mbofra hwɛfo ɔkokodurnyi no mboa! Yegyaa hɛn mba a wɔsom bo hyɛɛ ne nsa na yɛkãa kaar no sima-30 tsiabaa kɔr hɔ.
Hɛn sũahu dɛm da no wɔ temple hɔ no yɛɛ nwanwa, dɛ mbrɛ ber biara ɔyɛ no. Mbom, wowiee temple nsɔwano no—na yɛreyɛ ahoboa asan akɔ fie no—yɛhyɛɛ no nsew dɛ temple edwumayɛfo na ayɛdzegyefo gyinagyina temple n’enyim hɔ ridzi nkɔmbɔ a hɔnho mbaa hɔn. Annkyɛr na temple edwumayɛfo no kor kãa kyerɛ hɛn dɛ Teton Dam no a woesi no fofor wɔ Idaho boka afamu no ebubu! Nsu bɔbor ɔpepeepe 80 repem fi dam no mu rokɔ bɔnsa a ɔbɛn no bɔbor ɔpepe 100 acres do. Nna nsu akata Rexburg kuropɔn no do, a nsuyirii no ahohor efiefi na ahɛn pii. Amonmu hɔ ara no nna atsefo 9,000 hɔn mu ebien nkyɛmu ebiasa no nnyi dabew.
Na dɛ mbrɛ hom bosusu no, hɛn adwendwen nyina danee kɔr hɛn mbofra adɔfo, nsɔwdo adzesuafo na hɔn akyerɛkyerɛfo, na sɔn a yɛdɔ hɔn no, hɔn bambɔ do. Nna yenndu bɛyɛ akwansin 30 fi fie, naaso dɛm da yi, mber pii ana cell foon na texting reba no, nna yennyi kwan biara yɛnye hɛn mba no benya nkitahodzi, nna yerunntum so nnkã kaar mmfi Idaho Falls nsan mmba fie, osiandɛ nna akwantsen kwan no nyina woesisiw no.
Nna dza yebotum ayɛ ara nye yɛbɛda ahɔho dan bi mu wɔ Idaho Falls sɔn mu. Emi na Kathy yɛbɔɔ mu buu nkotodwe wɔ ahɔho dan no mu na ahobrɛase mu ara yɛtotoe serɛɛ Ɔsor Egya maa hɛn mbofra adɔfo no hɔn bambɔ na mpempem binom so a mbususɛm no ato hɔn no. Mekaa dɛ Kathy ɔrobɔ mpɛnpɛn wɔ famu hɔ dze kesi ahanamakye na ɔrehaw wɔ ne mba no ho. Mankasa m’akadadwen nyina ekyir no, mutumii dwedwee m’adwen na me dae.
Annkyɛr na me onnyiewiei adamfo dɔfo nyaan me na ɔsee dɛ, “Hal, na ɔwo isi dɛn na eda wɔ mber a ɔtse dɛm mu?”
Nkyii nsɛmfua yinom baa m’akoma na m’adwen mu pefee. Mekãa kyerɛɛ me yer dɛ: “Kathy, dza obesi biara no, ne nyina bɛyɛ yie osian temple no ntsi. Yɛnye Nyankopɔn edzi ahyɛmu na wɔasɔw hɛn ano dɛ onnyiewiei ebusua.”
Dɛm ber no, nna ɔyɛ dɛ ma Ewuradze no Sunsum risi no pi wɔ hɛn akoma na hɛn adwen mu dza hɛn nyina yenyim dada dɛ ɔyɛ nokwar no: nsɔwano ayɛdze a, wohu no wɔ Ewuradze ne fie nko na asɔfodzi tumdzi a ɔfata do na wɔdze yɛ no, akyekyer hɛn abɔmu dɛ kun na yer, na wɔasɔw hɛn mba ano ama hɛn. Nokwar nna biribiara nnyi hɔ a yebosuro, na ɔyɛ hɛn enyisɔ dɛ ekyir no yɛtsee dɛ hɛn mbanyimba no wɔ bea dwudwoo.
Bia asɛm yi a President Thomas S. Monson kãe yi bɛkyerɛkyerɛ mu yie atsenkã a emi na Kathy yɛtsee no anafua a werɛ nnkefir da. “Ber a yɛkɔ temple no, sunsum mu gyinabew a ɔkrɔn na asomdwee ho atsenkã bi ba hɛn do. … Yebosuo Agyenkwa no Ne nsɛm no nokwar asekyerɛ no mu yie, ber no a Ɔsee dɛ: “Asomdwee na medze gya hom. … Mma hom akoma nntutu, eso mma ɔmmbɔ hu.” [John 14:27].’”
Wɔayɛ me nhyira dɛ aber biara a mehɛn temple krɔnkrɔn mu no menya dɛm asomdwee no ho atsenkã. Mekaa da odzi kan a menantsewee kɔr Salt Lake Temple mu. Nna meyɛ aberantsɛba.
Mohwɛɛ sor hwɛɛ enyi nsamdo a ɔwɔ sorsor a ɔma dan no mu yɛ kann dɛ ma oebue kɔ wimu. Na dɛm mber no mu no, adwendwen bi baa m’adwen mu wɔ nsɛm pefee mu: “Maba bea yi a ɔayɛ kann yi pɛn.” Na mbom ntsɛmara ndze bi a ɔnnyɛ mankasa me ndze baa m’adwen mu wɔ nsɛmfua yinom mu: “Oho, mmbaa ha da. Irekaakaa ber bi ansaana wɔrobɔwo wo no. Nna ewɔ bea krɔnkrɔn a ɔtse dɛm a Ewuradze tum ba hɔ.”
Enuanom na nkyerɛbaa, megye dase ahobrɛadze mu dɛ ber a yɛkɔ temple no, wobotum akakaa hɛn afa hɛn sunsum no onnyiewiei su ho, hɛn nkitahodzi a yɛnye Egya na Ne Ba krɔnkrɔn no wɔ, na hɛn botae a ɔkrɔn dɛ yɛbɛsan akɔ hɛn ɔsor fie.
Ndaansa ehyiadzi horow mu no, President Russell M. Nelson akyerɛkyerɛ dɛ:
“Bambɔ bea mapã wɔ sunsum mu no nye ibotum atsena wo temple ayɛdze no mu
“Biribiara a yɛgye dzi na anohoba biara a Nyankopɔn dze abɔ ama Ne ahyɛmu mba no hyia mu wɔ temple.”
Nyimpa kor biara a odzi ahyɛmu wɔ temple mu no—na osie no—nya Jesus Christ no tum ho kwan ntowdo.”
Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ so dɛ yɛnye Nyame dzi ahyɛmu ara pɛr a, yefi kwan no finimfin ngyinae afebɔɔ. Nyankopɔn renndan N’ekyir mma hɔn a wɔnye No akyekyer dɛm nkitahodzi no. Nokwar nsɛm, hɔn a wɔnye Nyankopɔn edzi ahyɛmu nyina no wɔ ɔdɔ na ehumbɔbɔr soronko bi ho kwan.”
President Nelson ne nkenyan baanodzi ase no, Ewuradze ama temple ne nsisii wɔ wiadze nyina mu no rokɔ ntsɛntsɛm, na ɔbɔkɔ do akɔ ntsɛm. Iyi bɛma Nyame ne mba nyina kwan ma wɔagye nkwagye ayɛdze na nkwagye ntowdo ayɛdze na woedzi ahyɛmu horow na woesie. Erefata edzi ahyɛmu krɔnkrɔn no nnyɛ mbɔdzembɔ prɛko pɛr mbom abrabɔ ber nyina mu ndzeyɛɛ. Ewuradze ase dɛ ɔbɛgye hɛn akoma, ahom, adwen, na ahoɔdzen nyina.
Yɛtaa dze hɛnho hyɛ temple ayɛdze horow mu a yebotum akyekyer sompa ama Ewuradze ho nhwɛdo Sɛ yesie hɛn temple ahyɛmudzi na yɛkaa a, yɛto nsa frɛ Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn n’anyɛnkoyɛ ma ɔhyɛ hɛn dzen na ɔtsew hɛnho.
Nkyii yebenya kan na enyidado atsenkã ho sũahu a ɔgye dase dɛ anohoba horow no yɛ nokwar. Hom bɛba ebohu dɛ ahyɛmu biara a yɛnye Nyame dzi no yɛ kwan a ɔtwe hɛn bɛn No yie, na nkyii ɔdze pɛ bɛhyɛ hɛn akoma mu dɛ yensie temple ahyɛmu horow no.
Wɔabɔ hɛn anohoba dɛ, “Osian hɛn ahyɛmu a yɛnye Nyame edzi ntsi, Ɔnnkɛberɛ dabiara da wɔ No mbɔdzembɔ mu dɛ Ɔbɔboa hɛn, na N’ehumbɔbɔr abotar a Ɔwɔ ma hɛn no nnkɛpa dabiara da.”
Temple mu nsɔwano ayɛdze horow mu na yebotum yedua do enya taduasi wɔ ebusua nhyehyɛɛ ɔdɔ mu a ɔbɔtoa do owu ekyir na daapem no. Yeridzi awar na ebusua ahyɛmu a yedzi no wɔ Nyame ne temple mu no bɛma bambɔ efi pɛsɛankonya no bɔn ho na ahantan ho.
Ahwɛyie a nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa dze hwɛ hɔnho nkorkor no bɛba gyedɛ wɔkɔ do dze mbɔdzembɔ dzi hom ebusua kan wɔ Ewuradze n’akwan mu. Ma mbofra kwan ma wɔmbɔ mpaa mma hɔnho nkorkor. Hu tɛkyerɛ mu gya ahyɛse ntam, na hu etuhoakyɛ ndzeyɛɛ yie, nkanka ma hɔn ho nkorkor. Sɛ enuanom bɔ mpaa ma hɔnho nkorkor na wɔsom hɔnho nkorkor a, akoma no bɔgow na wɔadan aba hɔnhɔ do na aba hɔn awofo do.
Ne fã bi no, ɔno nye dza Malachi kãa ho asɛm ber a ɔkã nkɔnhyɛnyi Elijah ne mbae a ɔbɛba no ho asɛm: “Ɔdze anohoba a wɔdze bɔɔ egyanom no bɛhyɛ mba no hɔn akoma mu, na mba no hɔn akoma bɛdan akɔ hɔn egyanom do. Sɛ ɔnntse dɛm a, ber a ɔbɛba no wɔbɛsɛɛ asaase nyina koraa.”
Nsɔhwɛ, ɔhaw, na tsirpaa bɛba hɛn nyinara do ampara. Hɛn mu biara nnyi hɔ a “honam mu nsoɛe” rennkã no. Naaso, ber a yɛkɔ temple na yɛkaa hɛn ahyɛmu horow no, yebotum ayɛ ahosiesie dɛ yebenya ankorankor akwankyerɛ efi Ewuradze hɔ.
Ber a emi an Kathy yɛwaree na wɔsɔɔw hɛn ano wɔ Logan Utah Temple, nkaano Elder Spencer W. Kimball na ɔyɛɛ hɛn nsɔwano no. Nsɛm kakrabaa a ɔkãe no, ɔdze maa afotu yi: “Hal na Kathy, hom mbɔ hom bra ama ɔfrɛ no ba a, hom etum anantsew efi ho a ɔrennyɛ dzen koraa.”
Ahyɛse no, yɛanntse dɛm afotu no asekyerɛ ma hɛn, naaso yɛyɛɛ dza yebotum ayɛ biara dze bɔɔ hɛn bra wɔ kwan no do a yɛbɛyɛ ahoboaboa a yebefi hɔ akɔsom Ewuradze sɛ ɔfrɛ no ba a. Yɛawar bɛyɛ mfe 10 ekyir no, ɔfrɛ a hɛn enyi nnda fi Asɔr Nwomasũa Hwɛdofo, Neal A. Maxwell hɔ bae.
President Kimball n’afotu ɔdɔ mu ara dɛ yebotum “anantsew efi ho a ɔrennyɛ dzen koraa” no bɛyɛɛ hɔ. Emi na Kathy yenyaa ɔfrɛ dɛ yebefi ebusua gyinabew a odzi mu wɔ California, nkɔsom wɔ edwuma bi wɔ bea a minnyim no ho hwee. Nna hɛn ebusua ayɛ krado dɛ yɛbɔkɔ osiandɛ dɛ nkɔnhyɛnyi bi, wɔ temple krɔnkrɔn mu, nkɔnhyɛ bea no, ohun dza obesi daakye bi a nkyii yɛyɛɛ ho ahoboa.
M’enuanom na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, megye dase dɛ biribiara nnhia nnkyɛn iridzi w’ahyɛmu horow a edzi anaa bia ibedzi wɔ temple no nyi. Bea biara a iwɔ wɔ ahyɛmu anamɔn kwan do no, motu wo fo dɛ ibɛfata na asɛ dɛ ibɔkɔ temple. Taa kɛsera hɔ dɛ mbrɛ wo gyinabew bɛma ho kwan. Enye Nyame ndzi ahyɛmu krɔnkrɔn horow na sie. Medze nokwar kor noara a menye Kathy kyɛe anafua esuom bɛyɛ mfe eduonum a abɛsen kɔ wɔ Idaho Falls ahɔho dan bi mu no ma wo awerɛhyɛ mu dɛ: “Dza obesi biara no, ne nyina bɛyɛ yie osian temple ahyɛmudzi ntsi.”
Mema hom me dasegye ampara dɛ Jesus nye Christ no. Ɔtse ase na Odzi N’Asɔr ne kan. Temple horow yɛ Ewuradze n’efiefi. President Russell M. Nelson nye Ewuradze no nkɔnhyɛnyi tseasefo wɔ asaase no do. Modɔ no na modɔ hom mu kor biara. Jesus Christ ne dzin krɔnkrɔn no mu, amen.