Onyankopɔn Anisɔfoɔ
Onyankopɔn dɔ ahyɛ yɛn ma no bɔ yɛn ho ban wɔ asetena mu ahum mu nanso ɛma anigyeɛ berɛ no nso yɛ anigye kɛse.
Ansa na mɛhyɛ aseɛ no, ɛwɔ sɛ meka kyerɛ mo sɛ me mma mmienu afiri mu berɛ a merekasa wɔ pɔlpit ha, na mene wɔn ntam atenka nyɛɛ te sɛ deɛ ɛteɛ seesei da. M’anya pii wɔ m’adwene mu kyɛn afidie pono no ara kwa.
Yɛkura mmɔfra nsia a wɔtaa sere wɔn ho sɛ wɔn ne akwadaa a ɔsɔ ani pa ara. Wɔn mu biara wɔ deɛ nti a ɔsusu sɛ ɔno ne papa no. Ɔdɔ a yɛwɔ ma yɛn mma no mu biara yɛ krogyee na ɛma abotɔyam na ɛdi mu. Yɛantumi annɔ wɔn mu biara ansene ɔfoforɔ—abɔfra biara awoɔ akyi no, yɛn dɔ ntrɛmu bɛyɛɛ fɛfɛɛfɔ Metaa de ɔdɔ a mewɔ ma me mma no toto Ɔsoro Agya deɛ a ɔwɔ ma me no ho.
Berɛ a wɔn mu biara si so dua sɛnea wɔyɛ abɔfra a wɔdɔ no sene obiara no, ebia wosusuu sɛ yɛn abusua no nnyaa ɔhaw da. Nkekaawa a ɛwɔ ɔwofoɔ ne abɔfra ayɔnkofa ntam no so te berɛ a wɔde wɔn adwene si ɔdɔ so
Ɛduru baabi a, esiane sɛ metumi hunu sɛ yɛde yɛn ani kyerɛ abusua basabasayɛ a wontumi nkwati a, mɛka biribi te sɛ “ƐYƐ, moabrɛ m’ase, nanso meremmɔ ho amanneɛ; monim mo mu nea ɔsɔ m’ani.” Me botaeɛ ne sɛ nsia no mu biara bɛte nka sɛ ɔyɛ nkunimdifoɔ na wɔbɛkwati apereɛapere—kɔsi mmerɛ foforɔ mu!
Wɔ ne Nsɛmpa no mu, Yohane kyerɛɛ ne ho sɛ ,”ɔyɛ osuani a Yesu dɔ no,” asɛ na saa nhyehyɛeɛ no yɛ sononko Mepɛ sɛ medwene sɛ na ɛte saa ɛfiri sɛ Yohane tee nka sɛ na Yesu dɔ dodo. Nephi maa me suahunu korɔ no ara berɛ a ɔtwerɛɛ sɛ, “Mehoahoa me ho wɔ me Yesu.mu” Nokorɛ, Agyenkwa no nnyɛ Nephi dea bio sen sɛ Ɔyɛ Yohane dea, na mmom Nephi ne “ne” Yesu ayɔnkofa no na ɛde nkyerɛkyerɛmu dɛɛdɛ no baeɛ.
Ɛnyɛ nwanwa sɛ ɛtɔ da a yɛbɛtumi ate nka sɛ wɔahyɛ yɛn nso na wɔdɔ yɛn? Nephi bɛtumi afrɛ No “ne” Yesu, na yɛn nso bɛtumi. Yɛn Agyenkwa no dɔ yɛ “ɔdɔ a ɛkorɔn, a ɛwɔ animuonyam, a ɛyɛ den,” na Ɔma kɔsi sɛ “yɛbɛmee.” Ɔsoro dɔ ntumi nsa da, na yɛn mu biara yɛ deɛ wɔpɛ n’asɛm. Onyankopɔn dɔ yɛ baabi a, te sɛ nkawa a ɛwɔ Venn diagram so no, yɛn nyinaa dan yɛn yɔnko. Yɛn afa biara a ɛte sɛ nea ɛda nso no, Ne dɔ ne baabi a yɛnya koroyɛ.
Ɛyɛ nwanwa sɛ mmaransɛm akɛseɛ ne sɛ yɛbɛdɔ Onyankopɔn na yɛadɔ wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia no? Sɛ mehunu sɛ nkorɔfoɔ reda Kristosu dɔ adi akyerɛ wɔn ho a, na ɛyɛ me sɛ nea saa ɔdɔ no kura pii a kyɛn wɔn dɔ kɛkɛ; ɛyɛ ɔdɔ a kronkronyɛ wɔ mu. Sɛ yɛdɔ yɛn ho wɔ saa kwan yi so sɛnea yɛbɛtumi a, ɔsoro nso de ne ho hyɛ mu.
Enti sɛ obi a yɛdwene ne ho twe ne ho firi ɔsoro dɔ ho a, yɛbɛtumi adi saa nhwɛsoɔ yi akyi —wɔ nneɛma a yɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛma yɛabɛn Onyankopɔn na afei yɛayɛ nneɛma a ɛbɛma yɛabɛn wɔn—sɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔnka sɛ wɔmmra Kristo nkyɛn.
Mɛnya a anka mene mobɛtena ase na mabisa mo tebea a ɛma mote Onyankopɔn dɔ nka. Twerɛnsɛm mu nkyekyɛmu ahodoɔ bɛn, ɔsom nneyɛɛ pɔtee bɛn? Ɛhe na anka wobɛkɔ? Nnwom bɛn? Hwan fɛkuo mu? Amansan nhyiamu yɛ bea a ɛdi mu a wobɛsua adeɛ afa nkutahodie a ɛfa ɔsoro dɔ ho.
Nanso ebia wote nka sɛ wo ne Onyankopɔn dɔ ntam kwan ware. Ebia abammuo ne sum nne ahodoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a ɛkari w’adwene, nkrasɛm a ɛka kyerɛ wo sɛ woapirapira dodo na w’adwene ayɛ basaa, woayɛ mmerɛ dodo na wɔabu w’ani agu so, soronko dodo anaasɛ w’adwene ayɛ basaa sɛ wobɛma ɔsoro dɔ a ɛfata wɔ ɔkwan ankasa biara so. Sɛ wote saa nsusuiɛ no nne a mɛsrɛ tie yei saa nne ahodoɔ no yɛ nkontompo kɛkɛ. Yɛbɛtumi de awerɛhyɛmu abu yɛn ani agu abubuo so wɔ ɔkwan biara so a ɛbɛma yɛagyae ɔsoro dɔ no—berɛ biara a yɛbɛto nnwom a ɛkae yɛn sɛ yɛn Agyenkwa a yɛdɔ no na ɔnni mfomsoɔ no faa sɛ “wɔbɛbɔ no apirapira, abubu, [na] wɔatete no ama yɛn,” berɛ biara a yɛbɛfa panoo a abubuo no. Nokorɛ, Yesu yi fɛreɛ firi deɛ abubuo no ho. Ɛnam Ne mmubuo no nti, ɔbɛyɛɛ pɛ, na ɔbɛtumi ama yɛayɛ pɛ ɛmfa ho sɛ yɛabubuo. Mmubuo, ankonamyɛ, atete, na wapirapira no—na yɛbɛte nka sɛ yɛte—nanso wɔate yɛn afiri Onyankopɔn dɔ ho a, yɛnte saa. “Nnipa wɔabubuo; ɔdɔ a ɛwie pɛyɛ,” sɛdeɛ nnwom no kɔ no.
Ebia na wonim ahintasɛm bi fa wo ho a ɛma wote nka sɛ wɔnnɔ wo. Ɛmfa ho ne nokorɛ a ɛyɛ sɛnea woteɛ wɔ nea wonim fa wo ho no, ɛyɛ mfomsoɔ sɛ wobɛdwene sɛ wode wo ho ato baabi a Onyankopɔn dɔ ntumi nnuru hɔ. Ɛtɔ da bi a yɛyɛ atirimɔdenfoɔ na yɛnni aboterɛ wɔ yɛn ho wɔ akwan hodoɔ so a yɛrentumi nsusu ho da sɛ yɛbɛyɛ obi foforɔ biara. Pii wɔ hɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ wɔ abrabɔ yi mu, nanso yɛn ho a yɛtan ne yɛn ho a yɛbu yɛn ho fɔ a ɛyɛ aniwuo nni saa din no mu. Ɛmfa ho sɛnea yɛ bɛte nka no yɛ yɛ, N’a basa nyɛ tia. Daabi. Wɔwoware berɛ biara sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a “[wɔbɛduru] yɛn nsa” na wɔayɛ yɛn mu biara atuu.
Sɛ yɛnte ɔsoro dɔ no hyeɛ nka a, na ɛnkɔeɛ. Onyankopɔn ankasa nsɛm ne sɛ “mmepɔ bɛfiri hɔ, na nkokoɔ bɛfiri hɔ; nanso N’ayamyɛ mfiri yɛn nkyɛn.” Enti, sɛ emu bɛda hɔ kɛkɛ no, ɛsɛ sɛ adwene sɛ Onyankopɔn agyae ɔdɔ no kɔ akyirikyiri wɔ nkyerɛkyerɛmu ahodoɔ a ɛbɛtumi aba wɔ asetena mu a yɛntumi nkɔ hɔ kosi sɛ mmepɔ no bɛfiri hɔ na nkokoɔ no afiri hɔ kɔ!
M’ani gye saa sɛnkyerɛnneɛ yi a ɛkyerɛ sɛ mmepɔ yɛ adanseɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn dɔ yɛ nokorɛ no ho Saa sɛnkyerɛnneɛ a tumi wom no ka wɔn a wɔkɔ mmepɔ so kɔgye adiyisɛm no ho ne Yesaia nkyerɛkyerɛmu a ɛfa “Awurade fie bepɔ” a “wɔde asi mmepɔ atifi” ho no.” Awurade fie yɛ yɛn apam a ɛsom bo paa no fie na ɛyɛ beaeɛ a yɛn nyinaa bɛtwe yɛn ho akɔ na ɛkɔ akyiri wɔ adanseɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ yɛn Agya dɔ yɛn no mu. Manya awerɛkyekyesɛm a ɛba me kra mu berɛ a mebɔ me ho ban denneennen wɔ m’asubɔ apam mu na mehunu obi a ɔredi awerɛhoɔ wɔ adehwereɛ ho anaasɛ ɔredi abambuo bi ho awerɛhoɔ na mebɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛboa wɔn ma wɔakura wɔn nkateɛ mu na wɔadi ho dwuma. Enti yeinom ne akwan a yɛbɛtumi afa so de yɛn ho ahyɛ apam dɔ a ɛsom bo no mu kɛse anaa?
Enti, sɛ Onyankoɔn dɔ no nngyae yɛn a, adɛn nti na yɛnte? Sɛ mɛhunu wo nsusuiɛ kɛkɛ: mennim ara. Nanso sɛ wɔdɔ wo no nokorɛ mu ɛnyɛ ade korɔ te sɛ wote ɔdɔ nka, na mewɔ nsusuiɛ kakra bi a ɛbɛtumi aboa wo ama wanya saa asɛmmisa a worehwehwɛ ho mmuaeɛ no.
Ebia wo ne awerɛhoɔ, adwenemuhaw, atorɔ, ankonamyɛ, abamubuo, anaasɛ tumi foforɔ a wode hyɛ wo tumi a wode bɛte Onyankopɔn dɔ a ɔwɔ ma wo no nka repere. Sɛ saa a, saa nneɛma yi bɛtumi ama yɛn tumi a yɛde bɛte nka sɛnea anka yɛbɛte nka no ayɛ kusuu anaasɛ agyae. Biribi nti ebia wontumi nte Ne dɔ ne nimdeɛ sɛnea ɛbɛso. Nanso mesusu sɛ ebia wobɛtumi asɔ akwan hodoɔ a wofa so ada ɔsoro dɔ adi na woanya ahwɛ—wɔ boasetɔ—mu. Wobɛtumi asan w’akyi anammɔn baako afiri biribiara a ɛwɔ w’anim no mu na ebia anammɔn foforɔ ne foforɔ kɔsi sɛ wobɛhunu asase a ɛtrɛ, na ɛtrɛ na ɛtrɛ ara sɛ ɛho hia a kɔsi sɛ “woredwene sɛlɛtia ho ankasa” ɛfiri sɛ worehwɛ nsoromma na worekae wiase ahodoɔ a ɛnni ano na ɛnam wɔn so yɛ wɔn Bɔfoɔ?
Nnomaa nnwom, awia anaasɛ mframa anaasɛ osuo a mete nka wɔ me honam ani, ne mmerɛ a abɔdeɛ de m’adwene ma Onyankopɔn ho hu—biara anya kyɛfa wɔ ɔsoro ayɔnkofa a ɔde ama me no mu. Ebia nnamfoɔ nokwafoɔ awerɛkyekyerɛ bɛboa. Ebia ɛbɛyɛ nnwom? Anaasɛ som? Wakora twerɛtohɔ anaasɛ mmerɛ journal a berɛ a wone Onyankopɔn ayɔnkofa mu daa hɔ maa wo? Ebia wobɛtumi ato nsa afrɛ wɔn a wogye wɔn di n ama wɔaka wɔn soro ayɔnkofa fibea ahodoɔ akyerɛ wo berɛ a worehwehwɛ ahotɔ ne nteaseɛ.
Mesusu sɛ, sɛ Yesu paa beaeɛ a wo ne No bɛtumi ahyia, kokoam a wobɛtumi de w’adwene asi Ne so nko ara a, ebia ɔbɛpa beaeɛ soronko a w’ankasa wohunu amane, beaeɛ a w’ahiadeɛ kɛseɛ wɔ, a obiara ntumi nkɔ hɔ? Baabi a wote nka sɛ wayɛ ankonam a ɛsɛ wo nko ara na woyɛ ampa nanso wonyɛ koraa, beae a ebia Ɔno nko ara na ampa watu kwan akɔ nanso nokorɛ mu wasiesie hɔ dada sɛ ɔbɛhyia wo berɛ a woaduru hɔ no? Sɛ woretwɛn no sɛ Ɔmmera, ɛbɛtumi aba sɛ Ɔwɔ hɔ retwɛn wo dada a ɔbɛn wo?
Sɛ wote nka sɛ ɔdɔ ahyɛ wo ma wɔ w’asetena berɛ yi mu a, yɛsrɛ wo bɔ mmɔden na kura mu yie sɛnea sɔneɛ kura nsuo no. Fa pete wɔ babiara a wobɛkɔ no. Ɔsoro sikasɛm mu anwanwadeɛ baako ne sɛ, sɛ yɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛbɛkyɛ Yesu dɔ no a, yɛhunu sɛ nnyinasosɛm sɛ “obiara a ɔbɛhwere ne kra me nti no, ɔbɛhunu.”
Onyankopɔn dɔ ahyɛ yɛn ma no bɔ yɛn ho ban wɔ asetena mu ahum mu nanso ɛma anigyeɛ berɛ no nso yɛ anigyeɛ kɛse—yɛn anigyeɛ nna, berɛ a owia hann wɔ wiem no, owia hann a ɛwɔ yɛn kra mu no ma ɛhyerɛn kɛse mpo.
Momma yɛnya nhini na yɛntintim” wɔ yɛn Yesu ne Ne dɔ mu. Momma yɛnhwehwɛ na yɛnhoahoa suahunu a ɛma yɛte Ne dɔ ne tumi nka wɔ yɛn abrabɔ mu Asɛmpa no mu anigyeɛ wɔ hɔ ma obiara: ɛnyɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ anigyeɛ nko ara, ɛnyɛ wɔn a wɔn abam abuo nko ara. Anigyeɛ ne yɛn botaeɛ, ɛnyɛ yɛn tebea mu akyɛdeɛ. Yɛwɔ nteaseɛ pa biara a enti ɛsɛ sɛ ‘yɛdi ahurusie na ɔdɔ ahyɛ yɛn ma wɔ Onyankopɔn ne nnipa nyinaa ho.” Momma yɛnyɛ ma. Wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu, amen.