Temple horow, Ewuradze Efiefi a Osisi Asaase do
Ber a hom ba Ne fie emudzi na mpaabɔ mu ara no, wɔdze No tum bɛyɛ hom akontar.
Ana hom nndɔ nsɛm dɛɛdɛw a yɛatow ho ndwom sesei? “Mebɛma hom ahoɔdzen, na maama hom egyina, … medze me tsenenee no bɛma, mo tum kɛse nsa no do.” Ewuradze rema N’Ahotseweefo a wogu mfe ahorow mu nyina ahoɔdzen ber a wɔba Ne fie krɔnkrɔn no. Fitsi Kinshasa dze kɔ Zollikofen kɔ Fukuoka kɔ Oakland no, mbabun hɔnankasa hɔn pɛ do no, woebu do wɔ enuma mbea. Mber a abɛsen no, nna ayɛdze edwumayɛfo adɔfo no mu dodow ara hɔn etsir efuw gon—naaso ɔnntse dɛm sesei bio. Asɛmpasomafo a wɔafrɛ hɔn, asɛmpasomafo asomfo, na asɛmpasomafo a woewie edwuma asan aba no wɔ beebiara. Wiadze nyina mu no yenya atsenkã a orinyin a ɔrotwe hɛn kɔ Ewuradze ne fie.
Bɛyɛ afe kor ara nye yi, ebusua nyɛnko dɔfo bi, a oedzi mfe 95 a, ɔtse United States boka mpoano no a, asɛmpasomafo akyerɛkyerɛ no adze mfe 70 no, kãa kyerɛɛ ne babaa dɛ, “Mepɛ dɛ menye wo kɔ temple.”
Ne babaa no buaa dɛ, “Oye, Mama, ohia dɛ wodzi kan numa wo.”
Obuaa dɛ “Nyoo”, dɛm a, mepɛ dɛ wonuma me.” Wonumaa no. Nda kakra ekyir no, ɔhɛn temple enumabea no obu mu ara. Na bosoom kor ekyir kakra ara abasen kɔ no, ɔkɛgyee nankasa ne endowment na na nsɔwano. “Nyimdzee nye tum no a ofi Nyame no reyeyer, nwanta a ɔwɔ asaase do ahyɛ ase retsetsew.”
Ana adwen ho siantsir a Ewuradze bɛkyerɛ No nkɔnhyɛnyi dɛ sesei ɔmfa N’efiefi krɔnkrɔn, Ne temple horow, nsisi asaase no do? Dɛn ntsi na Ɔbɛyɛ, iyi mber pɔkyee yi mu a, Ɔama N’ahyɛmu nkorɔfo ahonyadze a obehia dɛ woedua hɔn ebupɛn du krɔnkrɔn mu no, woetum esisi Ewuradze efiefi ɔha ɔha?
Anapa yi President Dallin H. Oaks dze mfonyin fɛɛfɛw bi kyerɛɛ a ɔfa temple horow a worisisi wɔ wiadze nyina mu. Ndaansa yi emi na Kathy yɛkɔr Philippines. Hom ndwen awanwandze yi ho: Manila Temple no wotuu hyɛɛ Nyame nsa wɔ afe 1984 mu. Odzii mfe 26 ansaana temple a otsĩa ebien no a ɔwɔ Cebu Kuropɔn mu, woruwie no afe 2010 mu. Sesei, mfe 14 ekyir no, temple horow 11 na worisisi, reyɛ ho nhyehyɛɛ, anaa wɔreyɛ no krado etu ahyɛ Nyame nsa. Fi etsifi kesi anaafo: Laoag, Tuguegarao, Santiago, Urdaneta, Alabang, Naga, Tacloban Kuropɔn, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, na Davao. Ɔbor m’ahom do dɛ mobɔhwɛ Nyankopɔn n’anwanwa dwuma!
Wiadze nyina mu no, Ewuradze n’efiefi rebɛn hɛn ara yie. Dɛn ntsi na wɔ hɛn nda yi mu?
Nda a Odzi Ewiei
Ewuradze bɔɔ kɔkɔ dɛ nda a odzi ewiei no aman bɔsoɛr aman do, nkorɔfo bɛyɛ “ahopɛfo,” “ndzɛmba nyina bɛyɛ begyabegya,” adwensɛɛ bɛhyɛ wiadze mã, na “nyimpa bɔtɔ akɔtɔmborɔnsa.” Ampaara yeehu mbanyin na mbaa a wɔatɔ akɔtɔmborɔnsa: wiadze ndaadaadze, ndanenyi ndaadaa ndze, sunsum mu edziban a wobu enyi gu do, osuanyiyɛ ahwehwɛdze ho berɛ. Bia ɔayɛ wo awerɛhow dɛ ehu obi a edɔ no, a mpɛn bi ɔkãa ne gyedzi wɔ Jesus Christ mu nokwar mu ara, ɔgyee Mormon Nwoma ho dase, na ɔboae kyekyeer Nyankopɔn ahenman no enyimpi mu ara, amon mu ara ɔdan no ho fi, annyɛ yie koraa sesei, fi ne gyedzi ho na okegyina Asɔr ne nkyɛnkyɛn beebi. M’afotu nye dɛ mma w’abaw nngura! Ne nyina ye! Na Nyankopɔn afamu dze, adze biara nnsõ no yɛ.
Begybegya na gyedzi a onnyi wiadze mu a wɔahyɛ ho nkɔm no, Ewuradze bɔɔ anohoba dɛ ahyɛmu nkorɔfo tsenenee bɛba, nkorɔfo a wɔbɔtweɔn Ne mbaa bio enyiberdo; nkorɔfo a wogyina mbea krɔnkrɔn na wogyina hɔn bea a wonnhihim. Ɔkasaa faa nkorɔfo tsenenee a worigyina tsia ɔsɛɛfo no ne ndaadaa ano, resiesie hɔn gyedzi, rodwen celestial adwen, na wɔrotwer Agyenkwa, Jesus Christ koraa.
Dɛn ntsi na sesei Ewuradze dze Ne temple horow ɔha ɔha rebɛn hɛn yi? Osiandɛ, siantsir kor nye dɛ yɛwɔ basabasayɛ na wiadze nsɔhwɛ horow mu no, Ɔabɔ anohoba dɛ Obepegya N’ahyɛmu Ahotseweefo no, Ahyɛ hɔn dzen, na Oehyira hɔn, na N’anohoba horow no rehyɛ mã!
Anohoba horow a ofi Kirtland Temple
Osi dɛn na efiefi krɔnkrɔn yinom hyɛ hɛn dzen, kyekye hɛn werɛ, na wɔma hɛn bambɔ? Yebohu nyiano bi wɔ Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph Smith no ntotɔserɛ wɔ Kirtland Temple no ne tu hyɛ Nyame nsa ber no. Temple yi mu na Ahotseweefo no toow ndwom, “Yɛnye ɔsor nsordaafo botow ndwom na yɛatsẽatsẽa mu.” Agyenkwa Nankasa puei hɔ, na tsetse nkɔnhyɛfo sanee bae, wɔdze asɛmpa a wɔdze asan ananmu aba no asɔfodzi nsaafee binom a ɔkã ho bɛmae.
Dɛm mber krɔnkrɔn no wɔ Kirtland Temple mu no, Nkɔnhyɛnyi no bɔɔ mpaa dɛ wɔ Ewuradze ne fie krɔnkrɔn mu no, wɔdze Nyame no tum ayɛ Ahotseweefo no akontar, dɛ Jesus Christ Ne dzin ada hɔn do, dɛ N’abɔfoe bɔhwɛ hɔn do, na woenyin wɔ Ewuradze mu na “woenya Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn ne mãhyɛ no.” Ntotɔserɛ yinom a ɔyɛ ndam yi hyɛ mã wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu ber a yɛsom nokwar mu wɔ Ewuradze ne fie.
Yɛdze Tum ayɛ Akontar
Ne fie mu no, wɔdze ɔsor tum kyɛ hɛn ampaara. Hɛn gyedzi wɔ Jesus Christ mu na hɛn dɔ ma No no wosi no pi na wɔhyɛ no dzen. Yenya hɛn nyimpa ban no nokwar ho awerɛhyɛmu sunsum mu ara na hɛn abrabɔ ho botae. Ber a yeridzi nokwar no, wɔdze nsɔhwɛ horow na ndanenyi ho bambɔ hyira hɛn. Yɛtse hɛn Agyenkwa No dɔ ho atsenkã ber a Opegya hɛn fi hɛn nkõdzen na awerɛhow mu. Wɔdze Nyankopɔn no tum yɛ hɛn akontar.
Ne Dzin Da Hɛn do
Ne fie krɔnkrɔn mu no, yɛfa Ne dzin to hɛn do emudzi mu. Sɛ wonuma hɛn a, yɛkyerɛ hɛn gyedzi wɔ No mu na hɛn pɛ dɛ yebesie Ne mbrasɛm. Temple mu no, yesi no pi na yedua hɛn ahyɛmu horow do bɔ anohoba krɔnkrɔn dɛ yɛbɛka No do afebɔɔ.
Asɔr yi mu mbabun no wɔyɛ nwanwa. Wiadze a ayɛ dzen mu no, wɔdze Jesus Christ Ne dzin to hɔn do. Heber Kuropɔn, a ɔwɔ Utah no, wɔyɛɛ bagua mu nhyiamu dze pɛnsampɛnsam temple a wɔayɛ ho nhyehyɛɛ dɛ wobesi no ho nsɛm mu yie. Mbabun ɔha ebiasa bɛhyɛɛ park a ɔbɛn hɔ no mã dze kyerɛɛ hɔn abamba ma temple no a woesusu ho no. Banyimba kor, ɔnye aban mu baanodzifo rekasa wɔ baguamu nhyiamu ase no, kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu akokodur mu dɛ, “Mowɔ enyidado dɛ mobɔwar wɔ temple yi mu. [Temple no bɔboa] me ma mesie moho ma ɔatsew na ɔayɛ krɔnkrɔn.” Kor so kãa dɛ temple no yɛ kan na enyidado ho nsɛnkyerɛdze. Young men na young women a wɔwɔ Asɔr no mu nyina rufua Jesus Christ Ne dzin.
Abɔfo wɔ Hɛn Mu
Kirtland Temple mu no, Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph bɔɔ mpaa dɛ “abɔfo wɔnhwɛ [N’Ahotseweefo] do.” Yɛretaa ayɛ ayɛdze ama hɛn ewuakɔr wɔ temple mu no dze dɛw na pisi ampaara ba dɛ abrabɔ kɔ do wɔ ntwamutam no ekyir.
Hɛn sũahu dodow a yenya no wɔ Ewuradze fie no yennkotum akyɛ no bagua mu osiandɛ wɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn dodow, naaso binom wɔ hɔ a yebotum akyɛ. Mfe eduonan a abasen kɔ no, ber a yɛtse Florida no, emi na Kathy tuu kwan kɔr temple wɔ Georgia a, ɔwɔ Atlanta. Wukuda anago, Esusow Aketseaba 9, afe 1984 no, ber a yewiee temple nhyiamu bi no, ayɛdze edwumayɛfo no baako bɛɛn me na obisaa sɛ mowɔ mber kakra a medze bɛyɛ nsiesie ahyɛse ayɛdze kor pɛr a. Nyimpa a migyinaa n’ananmu no ne dzin no nna ɔyɛ soronko. Ne dzin dze Eleazer Cercy.
Da odzi do no, nna Ahotseweefo ahyɛ temple no mu mã. Ber a mereyɛ ahoboa akɛyɛ me endowment a otsia ebien wɔ da no mu no, wɔamaa me nyimpa a megyina n’ananmu no ne dzin. Ahobow mu ara, nna dzin no yɛ nyia meyɛɛ no anafua a abasen no ne dzin noara, Eleazer Cercy. Menyaa Ewuradze no Sunsum ho atsenkã ber a muwiee endowment no. Ekyir no, ewiaber no, ber a yɛdaho wɔ temple no mu no, Kathy hun ebusua nyɛnko panyin bi, Akyerɛbaa Dolly Fernandez, a sesei ɔtse Atlanta. Nna onnyi ebusuanyi banyin biara kã no ho no, obisae sɛ mubotum aboa ma wɔasɔw ne papa ano ama ne papa n’awofo a. Ɔyɛɛ me enyimnyamhyɛ.
Ber a mubuu nkotodwe wɔ afɔrmbukyia n’afã dze ayɛ ayɛdze krɔnkrɔn yi no, metsee dzin no ara bio a afei wɔakyerɛw no m’adwen mu no, n’egya, Eleazer Cercy. Megye dzi koraa dɛ abrabɔ yi ekyir no, mibehyia na mefua banyin bi a no ɔnnkyebo abrabɔ mu no wɔfrɛɛ no Eleazer Cercy.
Mo sũahu dodowara wɔ Ewuradze ne fie dze enyigye asomdwee na nyikyerɛ dzinn kyɛn dza ɔyɛ nwanwa kɛse. Hom nya awerɛhyɛmu dɛ: abɔfo hwɛ hɛn do!
Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no ne Mãhyɛ
Wɔma hɛn Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn akyɛdze no ber a wosi hɛn pi dɛ Asɔrba. Dapɛn biara ber a yedzi paanoo no na yɛnom nsu no emudzi mu no dze kaa hɛn Agyenkwa no, wɔbɔ hɛn anohoba dɛ No Sunsum nye hɛn bɛtsena daa. Ber a yɛdze akoma mu ɔpɛ ba Ewuradze ne fie no, bea a ɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn mapã wɔ asaase do no, yebenyin wɔ Ewuradze mu na yebotum “enya Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no ne mãhyɛ.” Ɔnam Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no tum do, asomdwee na dɛwdzi na enyidado a onnyi kãbea hyɛ hɛn mã. Yenya ahoɔdzen kɔ do yɛ N’esuafo wɔ mber mpo a yehu dɛ yennyi krɔnkrɔn mbea.
President Russell M. Nelson apaa mu akã dɛ: “Jesus Christ, hɛn Agyenkwa na Pomfo, bɛyɛ N’edwuma kokroko binom sesei kesi ber a Ɔbɛba bio no. Yebohu anwanwadze horow a ɔkyerɛ dɛ Nyankopɔn Egya no na Jesus Christ … na wɔhwɛ Asɔr yi do wɔ tum na enyimnyam mu.” Wɔdze Ewuradze n’efiefi risisi asaase do no yɛ edwuma kɛse na ɔkyerɛ anwanwadze.
M’anyɛnkofo adɔfo, sɛ yebotum a na yenndzii kan nntow hɛn temple nkɔree mu a, hom mma yɛntaa nhwehwɛ mber no bi nkã ho mfa nsɔr wɔ Ewuradze ne fie. Hom mma yɛmbɔ mpaa mma temple horow a wɔdze ho amandzɛɛbɔ ato gua no—dɛ woetum atɔ ho asaase, dɛ aban no bɛgye ho nhyehyɛɛ ato mu, dɛ edwumayɛfo a wɔawea bohu hɔn akyɛdze dɛ woenya ntowdo, na dɛ tu hyɛ Nyame nsa dwumadzi krɔnkrɔn no dze ɔsor mpendo na abɔfo hɔn nsera bɛba.
Anohoba horow
Temple no yɛ Ewuradze ne fie ankasa. Mobɔ hom anohoba dɛ ber a hom ba Ne fie emudzi na mpaabɔ mu ara no, wɔdze No tum bɛyɛ hom akontar, Ne dzin bɛda hom do, N’abofoe bɔhwɛ hom do, na hom benyin wɔ Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn ne nhyira mu.
Ewuradze bɔɔ anohoba dɛ, “Ɔkra biara a obegyaa no bɔn yɛ na ɔbɛba mo hɔ, na ɔbɔbɔ me dzin afrɛ me, na obetsie me ndze, na obedzi me mbrasɛm do no, obohu m’enyim na oehu dɛ metse ase.” Akwan horow pii wɔ hɔ a yɛdze bohu Christ N’enyim, na bea pa biara nnyi hɔ a ɔkyɛn Ne fie krɔnkrɔn mu.
Nda yi a adwensɛɛ na begyabegyayɛ atahye yi, megye dase dɛ temple no yɛ Ne fie na ɔbɔboa ahwɛ hɛn do, abɔ hɛnho ban, na woesiesie hɛn ama enyimnyam da no, ber a Ɔnye N’abɔfo krɔnkrɔn no, hɛn Agyenkwa bɛsan aba wɔ tumdzi, tum, na enyimnyam kɛse mu. Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.