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Yɛne Onyankopɔn abusuabɔ bɛnyini akɔduru baabi a yɛwɔ ɔpɛ sɛ yɛbɛgye No adi nko ara.
Wɔ yɛn abusua mu no, ɛtɔ da a yɛdi agorɔ bi a yɛfrɛ no “Ahotosoɔ Dwumadie a ɛyɛ Anika.” Ebia wo nso woadi saa agorɔ no. Nnipa mmienu gyina hɔ anammɔn kakra bi ntam, a obiara akyi kyerɛ ɔfoforɔ. Sɛ onipa a ɔwɔ akyire no yɛ sɛnkyerɛnne bi a, onipa a ɔwɔ anim no gyae ne ho kɔ n’akyi wɔ wɔn yɔnko no abasa a ɛretwɛn mu.
Gyedie ne abusuabɔ nyinaa fapem. Asɛmmisa a ɛdi kan ma abusuabɔ biara ne sɛ “Mɛtumi agye ɔfoforɔ no adi anaa?” Abusuabɔ ba wɔ berɛ a nkorɔfoɔ wɔ ɔpɛ sɛ wɔbɛgye wɔn ho wɔn ho adi. Sɛ onipa baako wɔ gyedie pa ara na ɔfoforɔ no nni bi a, ɛnyɛ abusuabɔ.
Yɛn mu biara yɛ Ɔsoro Agya dɔfoɔ honhom mu babarima anaa babaa a ɔdɔ no. Nanso berɛ a honhom fam abusua santene ma fapem no, ɛno ankasa mma yɛne Onyankopɔn nnya abusuabɔ a nteaseɛ wom. Yɛbɛtumi abɔ abusua berɛ a yɛyi sɛ yɛbɛgye No adi nko ara.
Ɔsoro Agya wɔ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Ne honhom mu mma no mu biara bɛnya abusuabɔ a ɛmu dɔ na ɛyɛ ankorankoro deɛ. Yesu kyerɛɛ saa ɔpɛ no berɛ a ɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ, “Na wɔn nyinaa ayɛ baako; sɛdeɛ wo Agya, wowɔ me mu, na me nso mewɔ wo mu no, na wɔn nso ayɛ baako wɔ yɛn mu.” Abusuabɔ a Onyankopɔn hwehwɛ no yɛ deɛ ɛbɛn na ɛyɛ ankorankoro deɛ a Ɔbɛtumi ne yɛn mu biara akyɛ deɛ Ɔwɔ nyinaa ne deɛ Ɔyɛ nyinaa. Saa abusuabɔ a ɛmu dɔ na ɛgyina no bɛtumi anyini berɛ a wɔyɛ no wɔ gyedie a ɛwie pɛyɛ so nko ara.
Wɔ Ne fam no, Ɔsoro Agya ayɛ adwuma firi mfitiaseɛ no de akyerɛ Ne gyedie a ɛwie pɛyɛ wɔ Ne mma no mu biara ɔsoro tumi mu. Gyedie na ɛsi nhyehyɛeɛ a Ɔde maeɛ maa yɛn nyini ne nkɔsoɔ ansa na yɛreba asase so no so dua. Ɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ yɛn ɛnniawieeɛ mmara, abɔ asase, ama yɛn nipadua a ɛwuo, ama yɛn akyɛdeɛ a yɛde bɛyi ama yɛn ho, na wama yɛn kwan ma yɛasua na yɛanyini berɛ a yɛyi deɛ yɛn ankasa pɛ. Ɔpɛ sɛ yɛyi sɛ yɛbɛdi Ne mmara so na yɛasan ne Ɔne ne Ne Ba no abɛnya nkwa a ɛnniawieeɛ.
Ɔnim sɛ ɛnyɛ berɛ biara na yɛbɛyi nneɛma pa nti, Ɔsan siesiee kwan bi maa yɛn a yɛde bɛdwane afiri bɔne a yɛyie no nsunsuansoɔ ho. Ɔmaa yɛn Agyenkwa bi—Ne Ba, Yesu Kristo—a ɔbɛpata ama yɛn bɔne na wama yɛn ho ate bio ɛnam adwensakra so. Ɔto nsa frɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmfa adwensakyera akyɛdeɛ a ɛsom boɔ no nni dwuma daa.
Ɔwofoɔ biara nim sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ den sɛ ɔbɛgye abɔfra adi sɛ ɔbɛma wɔn ankasa asi gyinaeɛ, titire ne berɛ a ɔwofoɔ no nim sɛ abɔfra no bɛtumi ayɛ mfomsoɔ na ama no ahunu amane. Nanso Ɔsoro Agya ma yɛn kwan ma yɛyi deɛ ɛbɛboa yɛn ma yɛaduru yɛn ɔsoro ahoɔden ho! Sɛdeɛ Ɛlda Dale G. Renlund kyerɛkyerɛɛe no, “[Ne] botaeɛ wɔ awofoyɛ mu nyɛ sɛ ɔbɛma Ne mma ayɛ deɛ ɛtene; ɛyɛ deɛ ɛbɛma Ne mma ayi sɛ wɔbɛyɛ deɛ ɛtene na awieeɛ no wɔabɛyɛ te sɛ Ɔno.”
Ɛmfa ho sɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ gyedie wɔ yɛn mu no, yɛne No abusuabɔ bɛnyini akɔduru baabi a yɛwɔ ɔpɛ sɛ yɛbɛgye No adi nko ara. Ɔhaw no ne sɛ yɛte wiase a ahwe ase mu na yɛn nyinaa ahwere gyedie wɔ afoforɔ mu esiane nokorɛdie a ɛnni hɔ, nnaadaa, atorɔ, anaa tebea afoforɔ bi nti. Sɛ wɔyi yɛn ma a, ɛyɛ den sɛ yɛbɛgye adi bio. Yɛne nnipa a wɔnwie pɛyɛ gyedie suahunu a ɛnyɛ yi bɛtumi mpo anya nsuansoɔ wɔ yɛn pɛ a yɛwɔ sɛ yɛbɛgye Ɔsoro Agya adi so.
Mfeɛ bebree bi a atwam, me mfɛfoɔ m’ayɔnkofoɔ baanu, Leonid ne Valentina, kaa sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔbɛka Asɔre no ho. Berɛ a Leonard hyɛɛ aseɛ suaa asɛmpa no, na ɛyɛ no den sɛ ɔbɛbɔ mpaeɛ. Wɔ n’abrabɔ mfitiaseɛ no, na Leonid afa nnaadaa ne tumi a mpanimfoɔ de di dwuma wɔ kwammɔne so mu a na ama ɔnni gyedie mma tumidie. Sa suahu no maa ɛyɛɛ den maa no sɛ obɛbue n’koma mu na wada n’atenka adi akyerɛ Ɔsoro Agya. Ɔkɔɔ so suaa adeɛ no, Leonid nyaa Onyankopɔn suban ho nteaseɛ papa na ɔtee Onyankopɔn dɔ nka. Awieeɛ no, mpaebɔ bɛyɛɛ daa daa adeɛ maa no sɛ ɔda ase na ɔkyerɛ ɔdɔ a ɔwɔ ma Onyankopɔn. Ne gyedie wɔ Onyankopɔn mu yɛɛ kɛse maa awieeɛ no ɔne Valentina yɛɛ apam ahodoɔ de hyɛɛ wɔne Onyankopɔn ne wɔn ho wɔn ho abusuabɔ mu den.
Sɛ gyedie a woadi kan ahwere no mma wonnya Onyankopɔn mu gyedie a, mesrɛ sɛ di Leonid nhwɛsoɔ no akyi. Nya aboterɛ sua pii fa Ɔsoro Agya, Ne suban, Ne su ahodoɔ, ne N’atirimpɔ ahodoɔ ho. Hwehwɛ na twerɛ Ne dɔ ne tumi atenka a woanya no w’abrabɔ mu. Yɛn nkɔmhyɛnyi teasefoɔ, Titenani Russell M. Nelson, akyerɛkyerɛ sɛ mpɛn dodoɔ a yɛsua fa Onyankopɔn ho no, mpɛn dodoɔ no ara na ɛbɛyɛ mmrɛ ama yɛn dɛ yɛbɛgye No adi.
Ɛtɔ da bi a, kwan pa a yɛbɛfa so asua sɛ yɛbɛgye Onyankopɔn adi ara ne sɛ yɛgye No di kɛkɛ. Te sɛ “Ahotosoɔ Dwumadie a ɛyɛ Anika” no, ɛtɔ da a yɛhia kɛkɛ sɛ yɛnya ɔpɛ sɛ yɛbɛhwe ase wɔ yɛn akyi na yɛama No asɔ yɛn mu. Yɛn honam mu asetena yɛ nsɔhwɛ. Ɔhaw ahodoɔ a ɛtwe yɛn mu tra yɛn ankasa tumi ba toatoa so. Sɛ yɛn ankasa nimdeɛ ne nteaseɛ nnɔɔso a, yɛhwehwɛ mmoa firi fibea afoforɔ sɛ ɛbɛboa yɛn. Wɔ wiase a nsɛm ahyɛ mu ma mu no, fibea ahodoɔ a wɔrebɔ wɔn mmuaeɛ ma yɛ haw ahodoɔ ho dawuro nyɛ na. Nanso, afotuo tiawa a ɛboa a ɛwɔ Mmebusɛm mu no ma afotuo a ɛyɛ papa pa ara: “Fa w’akoma nyinaa gye Awurade di.” Yɛkyerɛ yɛn gyedie wɔ Onyankopɔn mu berɛ a yɛdi kan kɔ Ne nkyɛn wɔ berɛ a yɛhyia asetena mu ɔhaw ahodoɔ.
Berɛ a mewiee mmaranimfoɔ sukuu wɔ Utah no, yɛn abusua hyiaa gyinaeɛsie a ɛho hia wɔ baabi a yɛbɛyɛ adwuma na yɛayɛ yɛn fie. Yɛbisaa yɛn ho yɛn ho ne Awurade no, yɛnyaa akwankyerɛ atenka sɛ yɛmfa yɛn abusua nkɔ United Staes apueɛ fam, mfiri awofoɔ ne anuanom ho koraa. Mfitiaseɛ no, nneɛma kɔɔ yie, na yɛnyaa atenka sɛ yɛn gyinaeɛsie no yɛ. Nanso nneɛma sesaeɛ. Wɔtee adwumayɛfoɔ so wɔ mmara adwumayɛbea hɔ, na mehweree adwuma ne nsiakyibaa wɔ berɛ a na yɛawo yɛn babaa Dora a na ɔwɔ apɔmuden mu ɔhaw a ɛmu yɛ den mu na ɔwɔ ahiadeɛ sononko wɔ berɛ tenten mu. Berɛ a merefa saa ɔhaw ahodoɔ yi mu no, menyaa frɛ a na ɛbɛhia berɛ ne ahofama kɛseɛ.
Na menhyiaa ɔhaw saa bi da na ɛmenee me. Mehyɛɛ aseɛ bisaa nsɛm faa yɛn gyinaeɛsie no ne nsisodua a na ɛka ho no ho. Na yɛagye Awurade adi, a na ɛsɛ sɛ nneɛma yɛ yie. Na mahwe ase wɔ m’akyi, a na ayɛ sɛ obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛsɔ me mu.
Da bi, nsɛm “Mmisa sɛ adɛn ntira; bisa sɛ deɛn na mepɛ sɛ wosua” baa m’adwene ne m’akoma mu pefee. Afei na mayɛ basaa kɛse. Wɔ berɛ korɔ a na meredwene wɔ me kane gyedie no ho no, na Onyankopɔn reto nsa frɛ me sɛ mennye No nni mpo kɛse. Sɛ mehwɛ m’akyi a, na yei yɛ berɛ a ɛho hia yie wɔ m’abrabɔ mu—ɛyɛ berɛ a mehunuu sɛ kwan papa pa ara a yɛde sua sɛ yɛgye Onyankopɔn di ne sɛ yɛregye No adi kɛkɛ. Nnawɔtwe a na ɛdidi soɔ no mu no, mede ahodwiri hwɛɛe berɛ a Awurade daa Ne nhyehyɛeɛ a ɔde bɛhyira yɛn abusua adi wɔ kwan nwanwasoɔ so.
Akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ne atenetenefoɔ pa nim sɛ adwene mu nyini ne nipadua mu ahoɔden bɛtumi aba wɔ berɛ a wɔha adwene ne ntini. Saa ara nso na Onyankopɔn to nsa frɛ yɛn sɛ yɛnnyini berɛ a Ɔgye Ne honhom mu nkyerɛkyerɛ di nam honhom mu suahunu a ɛmu dɔ so. Enti, yɛbɛtumi anya ahotosoɔ sɛ gyedie biara a ebia yɛada no adi wɔ berɛ a atwam no, suahunu foforɔ a ɛhyɛ gyedie den da so wɔ anim. Onyankopɔn ani wɔ yɛn nyini ne nkɔsoɔ ho. Ɔno ne Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ Panin, ɔtenetenefoɔ a ɔdi mu a berɛ biara ɔretwe yɛn mu sɛ ɔbɛboa yɛn ma yɛahunu yɛn ɔsoro tumi bebree. Ɛbɛka daakye nsatofrɛ sɛ yɛnnye No nni kakra nka ho berɛ biara no ho.
Mormon Nwoma no kyerɛkyerɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a Onyankopɔn de twe yɛn mu sɛdeɛ Ɔne yɛn bɛbɔ abusua a ɛmu yɛ den. Wɔ Bra, Di Makyi, ɛnkyɛɛeɛ yɛsuaaɛ fa Nifae gyedie wɔ Nyankopɔn mu a ɔsɔhwɛɛeɛ sɛ ɔne ne nuanom nkɔgye yaawa mprɛte no wɔ Yerusalem. Berɛ a wɔn mmɔdemmɔ a ɛdi kan no anyɛ yie no, ne nuanom no abamu buui na wɔyɛɛ krado sɛ wɔbɛsan aba a mprɛte no nka ho. Nanso Nephi yii sɛ ɔde ne gyedie nyinaa bɛhyɛ Awurade mu na ɔdii nkonim wɔ mprɛte no nya mu. Saa suahunu no na bɛyɛ sɛ ɛmaa Nephi ahotosoɔ wɔ Onyankopɔn mu no yɛɛ den berɛ a ne tadua buiɛ na ɛkɔm rede n’abusua wɔ ɛserɛ no so no. Bio, Nephi yii sɛ ɔbɛgye Onyankopɔn adi, na wɔgyee abusua no nkwa. Saa suahunu ahodoɔ a ɛtoatoa so yi maa Nephi nyaa Onyankopɔn mu ahotosoɔ a ɛmu yɛ den maa adwumaden kɛseɛ a na ɛda n’anim sɛ ɔbɛyɛ suhyɛn no.
Ɛnam saa suahunu yinom so, Nephi hyɛɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn abusuabɔ mu den berɛ a ɔkɔɔ so nyaa Ne mu gyedie daa ne daa. Onyankopɔn de saa nhyehyɛeɛ korɔ no ara yɛ adwuma wɔ yɛn ho. Ɔto nsa frɛ yɛn ankasa de hyɛ yɛn gyedie a yɛwɔ wɔ Ne mu no den na ɛmu dɔ. Berɛ biara a yɛgye nsatofrɛ bi tom na yɛdi ho dwuma no, yɛn gyedie a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn mu no yɛ kɛse. Sɛ yɛbu yɛn ani gu nsatofrɛ bi so anaasɛ yɛpo a, yɛn nkɔsoɔ gyina kɔsi sɛ yɛbɛyɛ wɔ nsatofrɛ foforɔ mu.
Asɛmpa no ne sɛ, ɛmfa ho ne gyedie a ebia yɛayi anaasɛ yɛanyi sɛ yɛde yɛn gyedie bɛhyɛ Onyankopɔn mu wɔ berɛ a atwam no, yɛbɛtumi ayi sɛ yɛbɛgye Onyankopɔn adi ɛnnɛ ne da biara de rekɔ. Mehyɛ bɔ sɛ berɛ biara a yɛyɛ no, Onyankopɔn bɛwɔ hɔ asɔ yɛn mu, na yɛn ahotosoɔ abusuabɔ mu bɛkɔ so ayɛ den kɔsi da a yɛne No ne Ne Ba no bɛba abɛyɛ baako. Afei yɛbɛtumi apae mu aka te sɛ Nephi, sɛ, “O Awurade, mede me ho ato wo so, na mede me ho bɛto wo so afebɔɔ.” Wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu, amen.