Wohun Hɛn Siei dɛ Yɛmbɔsom
Hɛn Ɔsor Egya pɛ dɛ oyi hom ankorankor hunsie kyerɛ hom, na Ɔbɛyɛ so ber a hom hwehwɛ sũa Ne pɛ na wodzi do.
Ewimbir yi, mekasa kyerɛ Asɔr no ne mbabun, mberantsɛ na nkataasia mbasantsen a wɔreba na wogyina hɔ ma nokwar fapem ma mbasantsen a wodzi do no.
Ɔbɛsɛ 2013 mu no, hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi dɔfo, President Russell M. Nelson paa mu kãa dɛ: “Mber tsentsen na hom Ɔsor Egya nyim hom. Ɔwo, dɛ Ne babanyin anaa babasia no, Ɔsaan mu yii wo dɛ ibɛba asaase do wɔ mber pɔkyee yi mu, ma abɛyɛ baanodzinyi wɔ N’edwuma kɛse mu wɔ asaase do.’’
Mfe ebien a wɔabɛsen no, President Nelson kɔɔr do dɛ:
“Ndɛ misi do enyiber do dɛ Ewuradze ase aberantsɛ a odzi mu na obotum biara dɛ ɔnyɛ ahoboa na ɔnsom asɛmpakã dwuma. Latter-day Saintfo mberantsɛ no, asɛmpakã som yɛ asɔfodzi asodzi. Hom mberantsɛ, wɔnye hom esie ama mber yi a Israel mboano a wɔabɔ ho anohoba no rokɔ do no. …
“Hom nkataasia no a hom botum no, asɛmpakã dwuma no so yɛ kwan a ɔyɛ ndam, mbom hom ara nsan mu nyi. … Hom mbɔ mpaa mfa nhu sɛ Ewuradze bɛpɛ dɛ hom bosom asɛmpakã dwuma a, na Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no dze ho mbuae bɛba hom akoma na adwen mu.”
Hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi ne nsɛm a ɔkãa faa Ewuradze ho dɛ ɔdze ndɛ mu mbabun no siei maa mber yi wɔ Israel mboaboano mu na ne nsato dɛ wɔmbɔ mpaa mfa nhu dza Ewuradze bɛpɛ dɛ wɔyɛ no, ne fã bi no kyerɛ abrabɔ a nna wɔtse mu na nhyira a wonyae fii Nyankopɔn nkyɛn ansaana wɔrowo hɔn wɔ asaase yi do. Ansaana wɔrobɔwo hɛn wɔ asaase do no, hɛn nyina yɛnye Ɔsor Egya tsenaa dɛ No sunsum mu mba. Ewuradze paa mu kãa kyerɛ Moses dɛ:, “Emi, Ewuradze Nyankopɔn, na mobɔɔ ndzɛmba nyinara, … sunsum mu ansaana wɔreda no su no edzi wɔ asaase enyi do.”
Mber a Ɔbɔɔ wo sunsum mu no, Ɔdɔɔ wo dɛ No sunsum babanyin na babasia na ɔdze awosu krɔnkrɔn na onnyiewiei hyɛbea hyɛɛ hom mu kor biara no mu.
W’abrabɔ ansaana ereba asaase ber mu no, “etuu [wo] su mpon na [wo] sunsum mu ahoɔdzen nyinii.’’ Wɔdze nyimpa ne pɛ akyɛdze hyiraa wo, nyimdzee dɛ ibɛsan mu eyi ama woho, na eyɛɛ gyinasi a ohia, tse dɛ gyinasi dɛ ebedzi Ɔsor Egya n’enyigye nhyehyɛɛ no do, a ɔno nye dɛ “ebenya honandua na enya asaase do sũahu dze akɔ kan … na ewiei no enya [wo] krɔnkrɔn nkrabea dɛ onnyiewiei nkwa adzedzinyi.” Gyinasi yi nyaa nsunsuando wɔ w’abrabɔ a nna ewɔ mu, wɔ wo ansaana ereba asaase abrabɔ no do, na ɔda ho kɔ do nya nsunsuando wɔ w’abrabɔ do sesei. Dɛ Nyankopɔn ne ba a itse abrabɔ ansaana ereba asaase do mu no, “inyinii wɔ nyimdzee mu na esũae dɛ ibɔdɔ nokwar no.’’
Ansaana wɔbɔwo wo no, Nyankopɔn yii hom mu kor biara dɛ ɔmbɛhyɛ somdwuma tsitsir bi mã wɔ hom ɔnnkyebo abrabɔ wɔ asaase do. Sɛ ekɔ do dzi mu a, nhyira a wɔhyɛɛ ho mbra fa dɛm asetsena ansaana yɛreba asaase do ho no bɛma wo tum ma enya akwanhorow asorɔtow wɔ abrabɔ yi mu, a akwanhorow dɛ ebɔsom wɔ Asɔr no mu na edze woho ahyɛ edwuma a ohia dodow a orisi wɔ asaase do ndɛ no mu, Israel mboaboano. Abrabɔ ansaana yɛreba asaase do anohoba na nhyira no wɔfrɛ no hunsie. “Hunsie ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no fa Asɔrmba nyinara ho.’’ Hunsie nnsi no tadua dɛ ebenya ɔfrɛ anaa asodzi horow bi. Nhyira na akwanhorow yinom ba wɔ abrabɔ yi mu osian wo pɛ a edze dzi dwuma tsenenee no nsunsuando ntsi, dɛmara dɛ wo hunsie wɔ abrabɔ ansaana yɛreba asaase do no bae osian wo tseneneeyɛ ntsi. Sɛ ekyerɛ dɛ idzi mu na ekɔ kan wɔ ahyɛmu anamɔn kwan no do a, ebenya akwanhorow dze asom wɔ wo Young Women adzesũa anaa wɔ asɔfodzi quorum mu. Wobehyira wo ma asom wɔ temple, abɛyɛ nuabanyin anaa akyerɛbaa somfo, na akɔsom asɛmpakã dwuma dɛ Jesus Christ no osuanyi.
Ebɛnadze ntsi na mfaso wɔ ho dɛ ebɔhwehwɛ dze ehu na atse wo hunsie ase? Nda a nsɛmbisa ebu do wɔ mu no, ber a piinara hwehwɛ ehu hɔn nokwar su no, nokwar no dɛ Nyankopɔn nyim hɛn na ohyiraa hɛn mu kor biara dɛ ankorankor ansaana wɔrowo hɛn wɔ asaase yi do a ɔdze “dza ohia tsitsir … ansaana [yɛ]bɛba asaase do, ɔnnkyebo asetsena ber, na onnyiewiei su na botae’’ kã ho no, dze asomdwee dɛɛdɛw na awerɛhyɛmu ba hɛn adwen na akoma mu. Eruhu wo nyimpa ban a eyɛ ahyɛse nye dɛ erenya ntseasee fa Nyankopɔn no hunsie nhyira a ɔdze guu wo do ansaana wɔrobɔwo wo wɔ asaase yi do. Hɛn Ɔsor Egya pɛ dɛ oyi hom ankorankor hunsie kyerɛ hom, na Ɔbɛyɛ so ber a hom hwehwɛ sũa Ne pɛ na wodzi do.
Modɔ pɛ dɛ mekenkan President Nelson ne Instagram do akyerɛw. Dza mepɛ dodow no mu kor yɛ Ayɛwoho 20, 2022 dze no. Ɔkyerɛɛw dɛ:
“Megye dzi dɛ sɛ Ewuradze rekasa pefee akyerɛ hom a, adze a odzi kan a Ɔbɔhwɛ no pefee dɛ hom bɛtse ase nye hom nokwar su. M’ayɛnkofo adɔfo, hom yɛ Nyankopɔn no sunsum mba nokwar ara mu. …
“… Mma nnyɛ mfomdo wɔ ho: Wo ndaamba yɛ krɔnkrɔn. Edze enyimia hwehwɛ no, Nyankopɔn beyi nyimpa ban a ibotum abɛyɛ ho kakra akyerɛ wo.’’
Menye hom nkyɛ mbrɛ me asaase do egya sii kyerɛkyerɛɛ me ma muhun mo su na Nyankopɔn ne nhyehyɛɛ wɔ m’abrabɔ mu a?
Memenda anapa bi mber a nna meedzi mfe 13 no, nna morotwetwa mfuw no do dɛ ɔkã me dapɛn dapɛn fie adzeyɛ no ho. Mber a mowiei no, metsee dɛ abow atoow mu wɔ hɛn dan no ekyir na mohwɛe hun m’egya dɛ ɔrefrɛ me ma maabɛkã noho. Menantsewee kɔr ekyir paado hɔ, na ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ me dɛ menye no ntsena wɔ ntwerba no do. Nna anapa no yɛ fɛɛfɛɛfɛw. Meda ho kaa dɛ nna ɔtsena bɛn me ara ma nna hɛn abatsir kã. Ɔhyɛɛ ase kãa kyerɛɛ me dɛ ɔdɔ me. Obisaa me dza nna m’abrabɔ mu botae yɛ. Modween ho dɛ, “Oye, ɔnnyɛ dzen.’’ Nna minyim ndzɛmba ebien pefee, nna mepɛ dɛ meyɛ tsentsen, na nna mepɛ dɛ metaa kɔ asesebɔ. Nna m’adwen suar. Ɔyerɛɛw n’ano, tweɔɔn kakra, na ɔkãa dɛ: “Steve, mepɛ dɛ menye wo kyɛ biribi a ohia dodow ma me. Maabɔ mpaa dɛ hɛn Ɔsor Egya bɛma dza mebɛkã no sesei no bɛka w’adwen do na wo kra do a ɔremmpepa amma wo werɛ emmfir dabiarada.
M’egya nyaa m’asokyɛn dɛm mber no nyina. Ɔdaan noho na ɔhwɛɛ m’enyiwa mu na ɔkãa dɛ, “Ba, bɔ w’abrabɔ no kokoa mu mber ho ban.’’ Ɔgyee ahom mber tsentsen ber a ɔmaa n’asekyerɛ no kɛhɛn m’akoma no bun mu.
Nkyii ɔkɔɔr do dɛ: “Inyim a, mber a ɔwo nko nye bi a iwɔ hɔ na obiara nnyim dza ereyɛ a? Mber a edwen dɛ, ‘adzebiara a meyɛ no sesei nnya nsunsuando wɔ obiara do, emi nko no’?”
Nkyii ɔkãa dɛ, “Ma ɔkyɛn mber biara wɔ w’abrabɔ mu no, dza eyɛ no wɔ w’abrabɔ no kokoa mu no benya nsunsuando kɛsenara wɔ mbrɛ isi dzi nsɔhwɛ na ayawdzi a ihyia no do konyim; na dza eyɛ no wɔ w’abrabɔ no kokoa mu bɛsan so enya nsunsuando kɛsenara wɔ mbrɛ isi dzi konyimdzi na dɛwdzi a ebenya do konyim akyɛn mber biara wɔ w’abrabɔ mu.’’
M’egya nyaa n’akoma n’apɛdze. Ne ndze a ɔgyegye na ɔwosow, na ɔdɔ a nkãtse a minyae wɔ ne nsɛm mu no, kaa m’adwen do na me kra do dɛm da no a ɔammpepa da.
Mfe asen no meesũa dɛ anwanwadze kɛsenara dɛm da no wɔ me mbafober mu fie ntwerba do no nye dɛ, m’abrabɔ no kokoa mber mu no, mubotum akɔ Nyankopɔn hɔ wɔ mpaabɔ mu ekenya nyikyerɛ. Nna m’egya rekyerɛkyerɛ me mbrɛ mibesi botum esũa Nyankopɔn no hunsie nhyira ho asɛm. Kokoa mber mu no, musũae dɛ Mormon Nwoma no yɛ Nyankopɔn n’asɛm. Musũae dɛ Nyankopɔn hun me siei dɛ mobɔsom asɛmpakã dwuma. Musũae dɛ Nyankopɔn nyim me na Otsie na Oyi me mpaabɔ ano. Musũae dɛ Jesus nye Christ no, hɛn Agyenkwa na Pomfo.
Ofitsi dɛm nkaa da a menye m’egya nyae no ɔwɔ mu dɛ maayɛ mfomdo pii dze, mereper abɔ m’abrabɔ no kokoa mu mber ho ban no akɔ do ayɛ abrabɔ n’ehum mu sekyɛ na ɔama me tum ma mo hwehwɛ guandɔbea na ayarsa, hɛn Agyenkwa no dɔ na werdam afɔrbɔ ho ahoɔdzen ho nhyira.
Mo nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa nkumabaa, sɛ hom dze agodzi dwumadzi a odzi mu, wotsie ndwom a okenyan, wɔkenkan kyerɛwsɛm no, wɔtaa bɔ mpaa a mfaso wɔ mu, na wɔbɔ mbɔdzen gye na wɔdwendwen hom patriarch nhyira ho, dze bɔ hom kokoa mu mber ho ban a, hom benya nyikyerɛ. President Nelson ne nsɛm mu no, hom enyiwa “bobue hann ama nokwar no dɛ abrabɔ yi ankasa nye mber a ɔwɔ dɛ hom si gyinae wɔ abrabɔ a hom pɛ dɛ hom tsena mu afebɔɔ ho.’’
Hɛn Ɔsor Egya beyi hom mpaabɔ ano, tsitsir ara hom mpaabɔ a wɔbɔe no hom abrabɔ no kokoa mu mber mu no. Obeyi hom hunsie akyɛdze na talent horow akyerɛ hom, na hom bɛtse No dɔ nkã dɛ ɔahyɛ hom do, sɛ nokwar mu ara wobisa na nokwar mu ara wɔpɛ dɛ wohu a. Ber a wɔbɔ hɔn abrabɔ kokoa mu mber ho ban no, hɔnho a wɔdze bɛhyɛ asɛmpa n’ayɛdze na ahyɛmudzi horow mu no bɛyɛ mfaso. Hom bɛkyekyer homho yie afam Nyankopɔn wɔ ahyɛmudzi horow a wɔnye No yɛ mu, na Obepegya hɔn ma woenya enyidado, gyedzi na awerɛhyɛmu kɛsenara wɔ anohoba a Ɔdze abɔ hom no mu. Ana hom pɛ dɛ wohu Nyankopɔn ne nhyehyɛɛ ma hom a? Megye dase dɛ Ɔpɛ dɛ wohu, na Okenyaan No nkɔnhyɛnyi maa wiadze dɛ ɔnto nsa mfrɛ hɛn mu kor biara dɛ ɔmbɔ mpaa na yenya enyibue sũahu yi mma hɛnankasa hɛnho. Megye dase wɔ hɛn Agyenkwa no werdam afɔrbɔ no nokwar na tum ho a ɔma hɛn kwan ma yɛfata na yedzi Nyankopɔn no hunsie ho nhyira nyinara ho dɛw, wɔ Jesus Christ Ne dzin mu, amen.