Dza Mehu na Matse ho Nkyerɛwee
Mber papa bi mbae nnkyɛn ndɛ dɛ ebɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no n’asɔrba.
Mowiei mbra ho adzesũa skuul no, me yer, Marcia, na emi yɛsan mu yii dɛ yɛbɔkɔ akɔdɔm mbra edwuma bi a ɔwea wɔ asɛndzii mbra ho. Mber a mehyɛɛ edwuma ase a ber kor noara mehyɛ ntsetsee ase no, medze me mber mu dodowara siesiei adasefo ma woedzi dase wɔ asɛndzii ase. Ntsɛmara musũae dɛ wosi nokwar no pi wɔ asɛndzii bea sɛ adasefo, a wɔhyɛ nsewdzi ase, gye dza woehu na wɔatse no nokwaryɛ ho dase a. Sɛ adasegyefo gye dase a, hɔn nsɛm no wɔkyerɛw na wɔdze sie. Adasegyefo a wodzi nokwar hɔnho hia na aber nyina wodzi adɔntsen wɔ m’ahoboaboa mu.
Annkyɛr na muhun dɛ edzin a nna medze dzi dwuma da biara no dɛ mbranyimnyi no san so yɛ edzin a mobobɔ no wɔ m’asɛmpa nkɔmbɔdzi mu no. “Dasegye’’ na “dasedzi’’ yɛ edzin a yɛbobɔ ber a yɛkyɛ hɛn nyimdzee na nkãtse fa Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa no nokwaryɛ ho.
Mber a wɔmaa me tsipia dɛ Area Seventy fofor no, mubuee kyerɛwsɛm no dze sũaa m’asɛdze horow na mekenkaan Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 107:25, a ɔkã dɛ, “Eduosuonfo no so wɔafrɛ hɔn … na wɔnyɛ adasegyefo soronko mma Amanamanfo a wɔwɔ wiadze nyina mu no.’’ Dɛ mbrɛ ibotum esusu no, m’enyiwa kegyinaa dzin “adasegyefo soronko’’ no do. Ɔdaa edzi pefee maa me dɛ mowɔ asodzi dɛ megye me dase—midzi Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa ho dase—wɔ beebiara a mutuu kwan kɔree wɔ wiadze mu no.
Mfatoho pii wɔ kyerɛwsɛm no mu fa hɔn a wɔdze hɔn enyiwa hunii na wodzii dase wɔ dza wohunii na wɔtsee ho, ho.
Dɛ mbrɛ tsetse nkɔnhyɛnyi Mormon hyɛɛ n’akyerɛw ase no, ɔkyerɛw dɛ, “Na afei emi, Mormon, merekyerɛw dza ɔfa ndzɛmba a mehu na matse nyinara ho nsɛm na moto no dzin Mormon Nwoma no.”
Agyenkwa n’Asomafo Peter na John saa ɔbarimba bi yarba wɔ Jesus Christ Nazarethnyi no ne dzin mu. Mber a wɔhyɛɛ hɔn dɛ mma wɔnnkasa wɔ Jesus ne mu no, wobuae dɛ:
“Sɛ ɔtsen wɔ Nyankopɔn enyim dɛ yetsie hom kyɛn Nyankopɔn a, hom mbua atsɛn.
“Na hɛndze yerunntum gyedɛ yɛkã dza yeehu na yɛatse.”
Dasedzi kor so a ɔgye asokyɛn fi Mormon Nwoma no n’Ahotseweefo a wohun Agyenkwa Jesus Christ no nsera no. Hom ntsie hɔn dasegye yi ho asɛm: “Na dɛm na wɔfaa do gyee dase: Enyiwa nnhun, nna aso nntsee dɛm anwanwadze akɛse a ɔtse dɛm a yehunii na yɛtsee dɛ Jesus rekã kyerɛ Egya no bi da.”
Nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa, ndɛ mepaa mu kã me dasee na mekyerɛw dza mehu na matse wɔ mo somdwuma krɔnkrɔn mu dɛ Ewuradze Jesus Christ ne Eduosuon. Mereyɛ dɛm no, midzi me dase wɔ hɛn Ɔsor Egya dɔfo na Ne Ba yamuyiefo, Jesus Christ, a ohun amandze, owui, na ɔsoɛr bio dze onnyiewiei nkwa maa Nyankopɔn ne mba. Midzi dase wɔ “edwuma a ɔyɛ ahobow na nwanwa’’ ho na dɛ Ewuradze dze ne nsa bosuo mu bio mprenu edua No nkɔhyɛfo na asomafo atseasefo do dze N’asɛmpa asanananmu wɔ asaase do. Midzi dase a ogyina dza mehu na matse do dɛ, mber papa bi mbae nnkyɛn ndɛ dɛ ebɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no n’asɔrba. Minyim yi osian marankasa me nyimdzee ntsi, a fibea biara nnyi nhyɛdo wɔ do, osian dza mehu na maatse ntsi.
Me mpanyin afe mu wɔ nsɔwdo skuul no, ansaana mibefi seminary no, nna ɔwɔ dɛ muhu Asɔr no ne temple 15 no nyinara. Nna temple kor biara no mfonyin san hɛn adzesũa dan no n’enyim, na nna ɔwɔ dɛ muhu beebi a kor biara si. Sesei, mfe pii ekyir no, ɔbɛyɛ nsɔhwɛ kuntann—dɛ temple a edwuma rokɔ do wɔ mu na dza wɔabɔ ho dawur yɛ 335—na ibohu kor biara. Marankasa meehu Ewuradze n’efiefi yinom pii na midzi dase dɛ Ewuradze dze Ne nhyia na ayɛdze horow rema Ne mba bebereebe noara wɔ wiadze nyina.
M’anyɛnkofo a wɔwɔ FamilySearch akyerɛkyerɛ me dɛ wɔdze edzin afofor bɔbor ɔpepe kã FamilySearch ho da biara. Sɛ ennhu w’ewuakɔr ndeda a, moto nsa frɛ wo dɛ hwehwɛ no bio ɔkyena. Sɛ ɔba no Israel mboaboa ano wɔ ntwamutam afa ebien no a, mber papa bi mbae nnkyɛn ndɛ dɛ ebɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no n’asɔrba.
Ber a emi na Marcia retsetse hɛn mbofra wɔ Twin Falls, Idaho no, nna hɛn nhumu fa wiadze nyinara Asɔr no nnkɔ ekyir. Mber a wɔfrɛɛ me dɛ menyɛ Wiadze Mfɛndzanan Etumdzifo no, wɔmaa emi na Marcia dwumadzi dɛ yɛnsom wɔ Pacific Apaamu, bea a nna yɛnnkɔr hɔ da. Ɔyɛɛ hɛn ahomka dɛ yehun stakes fi New Zealand no sor dze kesi ase, a temple wɔ hɔ a wotuu hyɛ Nyame nsa wɔ afe 1958 mu. Nna ɔyɛ temple 15 a nna ɔwɔ dɛ medze gu me tsir mu no wɔ seminary no mu kor. Yehun temple wɔ Australia no kuropɔn kɛse biara mu, a stakes wɔ dɛm asaasetɔw no do nyinara. Yenyaa dwumadzi wɔ Samoa, a 25 stakes wɔ hɔ, na Tonga, a bɛyɛ n’amamfo hɔn fã yɛ Asɔrmba. Yenyaa dwumadzi wɔ Kiribati no Nsupruw do, a yehun stakes ebien. Yenyaa dwumadzi kɛseraa stakes wɔ Ebeye a ɔwɔ Marshall Nsupruw do na Daru wɔ Papua New Guinea.
Hɛn mber soe wɔ Pacific Nsupruw do no, wɔmaa hɛn dwumadzi dɛ yɛnkɔ som wɔ Philippines. M’ahobow mu no, Jesus Christ N’Asɔr rodɔr wɔ Philipipines tra adzebiara a meehu. Seseiara 125 stakes, asɛmpakã mbew 23, na 13 temple a woridzi dwuma wɔ mu anaa wɔabɔ ho dawur na ɔwɔ hɔ. Muhun asɔr a asɔrmba bɔbor 850,00 wɔ ɔman no mu hɔ. Ɔyɛɛ dɛn yɛe na mennhu Christ N’Asɔr ne nkyekyeree wɔ wiadze mfendzanan nyina?
Philippines ne mfe ebiasa ekyir no, wɔsee me dɛ monkɔsom wɔ Asɛmpasomafo Asoɛe. Me dwumadzi no dze hɛn kɔr asɛmpakã mbew do wɔ wiadze nyina mu. M’adzehu fa Agyenkwa ne wiadze nyina Asɔr no tserɛɛw wɔ ɔhar do. Wɔmaa emi na Marcia dwumadzi dɛ yɛnkɛsera asɛmpakã mbew do wɔ Asia. Yehun stake center fɛɛfɛw bi wɔ Singapore, nye asɔrmba anokwafo, anwanwafo. Yɛkɛseraa asɔrmba na asɛmpasomafo wɔ Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia chapel. Yehyiaa asɛmpasomafo wɔ Hong Kong na yɛnye Ahotseweefo anokwafo, adɔfo, yɛɛ stake ehyiadzi nwanwa.
Sũahu yi sii no ho do mber a yehyiaa asɛmpasomafo na asɔrmba wɔ Europe, Latin America, Carribean, na Africa nyina. Jesus Christ N’Asɔr rodɔr kɛse papaapa wɔ Africa.
Menyiwa ehu Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa ne Nsanananmu a ɔrokɔ do na Joseph Smith no nkɔnhyɛsɛm a ɔrehyɛ mã dɛ “ Nyankopɔn no nokwar no bopuei akokodur mu, enyimnyam mu, na obegyina n’anan do, kɛpem dɛ, ɔakɛhɛn asaasetɔw biara mu, ɔakɔ mantɔw biara mu, ɔatserɛw ɔman biara mu, na ɔagyegye asowa biara mu.’’
Hɛn asɛmpasomafo anwanwafo a wɔtahye wiadze nyina yɛ abran 71,000 sesei. Wɔnye asɔrmba robɔmu reyɛ edwuma no, wonuma nyimpa bɔbor 20,000 bosoom biara. Ɔnnkyɛree na ɔyɛ mfe 18-, 19- na 20 mberantsɛ na young women a, Ewuradze no mboa kã ho no, woenya mboaboa ano anwanwadze kɛse yi. Yehu young women na mberantsɛ yinom wɔ Vanuatu no nkurase nkakraba mu na wɔ New York, Paris, na London hɔn nkuropɔn akɛse mu. Maahwɛ hɔn a wɔkyerɛkyerɛ Agyenkwa no ho asɛm na wɔkyekyer N’Asɔr wɔ mboanofo a wɔwɔ ekyirkyir wɔ Fiji mu na mboanofo akɛse mu wɔ mbeambea tse dɛ Texas, California, na Florida wɔ United States.
Hom bohu asɛmpasomafo wɔ asaase no dodoo biara mu a wɔkã kasahorow asorɔtow 60 na wɔrehyɛ Agyenkwa ne edwuma kɛse wɔ Matthew 28 no mã dɛ: “Hom nkɔ nkɛyɛ amanaman nyina m’esuafo, na hom nnuma hɔn nhyɛ Egya, nye Ɔba, nye Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn dzin mu.’’ Midzi Asɔr n’asɛmpasomafo a wɔasen kɔ na sesiara wɔwɔ hɔ no nyi na mobɔ mbasantsen a wɔreba no President Russell M. Nelson ne nsato ho nkaa dɛ wɔmbra na wɔboa Israel ano.
Midzi dase ndɛ dɛ marankasa medze m’enyiwa ehu na medze marankasa m’asowa atse Agyenkwa n’asɛmpa ne Nsanananmu kɛsenara yi. Meyɛ Nyankopɔn n’edwuma ho dasefo wɔ wiadze nyina mu. Mber papa bi mbae nnkyɛn ndɛ dɛ ebɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no n’asɔrba.
Ebia Nsanananmu n’awanwadze nkenyan dodow a megye ho dase nye hom, Asɔrmba anokwafo wɔ asaase biara do. Hom, Latter-day Saintfo, Nephi akã hɔnho asɛm wɔ Mormon nwoma no mu, mber a ohun hɛn da na odzii dase dɛ, “Na ɔbaa dɛ emi, Nephi, muhun Nyame Eguambaa no no tum, dɛ oesian aba Eguambaa no n’asɔrmba a wɔyɛ ahotseweefo no do, nye Ewuradze n’ahyɛmu mba no a wɔapetse wɔ asaase nyinara enyi no do; na wɔdze tsenenee na enyimnyam nye Nyankopɔn no tum kɛse ayɛ akontar.”
Midzi dase dɛ marankasa medze m’enyiwa ehu dza Nephi hunii no—hom, ahyɛmu Ahotseweefo wɔ asaase biara do, a wɔdze tsenenee nye Nyankopɔn no tum kɛse ayɛ akontar. Mber a nna migyina wiadze amanaman akɛse yinom mu kor asɛnkã adaka mu no, Ewuradze dze biribi a Ɔhen Benjamin kyerɛkyerɛɛ no wɔ Mosiah 2 wɔ Mormon Nwoma mu no too m’adwen do. Brent, “Mebɛpɛ dɛ hom dwendwen nhyira nye ahomka tsebew a hɔn a wodzi Nyankopɔn ne mbrasɛm do no wɔ mu. Na hwɛ, woehyira hɔn wɔ adze nyina mu, wɔ honam nye sunsum nyina mu.”
Midzi dase kyerɛ hom dɛ marankasa medze m’enyiwa ehu na marankasa medze m’asowa atse ber a meehyia hom, Nyankopɔn n’anokwafo Ahotseweefo a wodzi Nyankopɔn ne mbrasɛm do no wɔ wiadze nyina. Hom nye Egya n’ahyɛmu mba. Hom yɛ Jesus Christ n’esuafo. Hom so nyim dza minyim osiandɛ hom enya hom ankorankor dasegye wɔ Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa a wɔdze asanananmu no nokwaryɛ ho. Agyenkwa no kyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ: “Nhyira akã hom enyiwa, osiandɛ wohu: na hom aso, dɛ wɔtse.”
Ewuradze n’akwankyerɛ na No nkɔnhyɛfo na asomafo hɔn baanodzi dwuma ase no, yɛbɔkɔ do esiesie asɛmpasomafo, yɛayɛ na yeesie ahyɛmudzi krɔnkrɔn horow, yɛakyekyer Christ N’Asɔr wɔ wiadze nyina, na yeenya nhyira a ɔba no ber a yesie Nyankopɔn ne mbrasɛm no. Yɛyɛ kor. Yɛyɛ Nyankopɔn ne Mba. Yenyim No na yɛdɔ No.
Mekã hom nyinara ho, m’anyɛnkofo, ber a yɛyɛ kor dzi dase dɛ ndzɛmba yinom yɛ nokwar. Yɛkyerɛw dza yeehu na yɛatse. Emi na ɔwo yɛ adasefo a yedzi dase. Yɛdze koryɛ dasegye yi no tum no yɛkɔdo dze gyedzi wɔ Ewuradze Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa mu no kɔ kan. Mepa mu gye me dase dɛ Jesus Christ tse ase. Ɔyɛ hɛn Agyenkwa, na hɛn Pomfo. Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.