Yerisie Hɛn Akodze a Wɔdze Tsew Etua
Yensie—bun mu ara yie—adze biara a ɔyɛ etuatsew wɔ Nyankopɔn do a ɔwɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu na yɛmfa akoma pa na adwen pa nhyɛ ananmu.
Mormon Nwoma no kyerɛw dɛ bɛyɛ mfe 90 ansaana wɔbɔwo Christ no, Ɔhen Mosiah ne mbabanyin hyɛɛ dza ɔbɛyɛɛ mfe-14 asɛmpakã dwuma wɔ Lamanfo mu no ase. Ebusuasantsen pii mu na mbɔdzembɔ dɛ wɔbɛma Lamanfo agye Christ nkyerɛkyerɛ edzi no wiee nkõgu mu. Naaso, aber yi, ɔnam anwanwadze a Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn yɛe no, Lamanfo mpempem na wɔsakyeree na wɔbɛyɛɛ Jesus Christ esuafo.
Yɛkenkan dɛ, “Na nokwar dɛ Ewuradze tse ase yi, dodowara a wɔgyee dzii no, anaadɛ dodowara a ɔnam Ammon nye n’enuanom no hɔn nsɛmpa a wɔrekã no do nyaa nokwar no ho nyimdzee, wɔ ɔfa no nyikyerɛ sunsum nye nkɔnhyɛ, nye Nyankopɔn no tum a ɔreyɛ anwanwadze wɔ hɔn mu no—nyew, mese hom dɛ, dɛ Ewuradze tse ase yi, Lamanfo dodowara a wɔgyee hɔn nsɛm no dzii no na wɔsakyeree baa Ewuradze hɔ no, annkɔ asehwe mu ara da.”
Adze tsitsir a ɔmaa nkorɔfo yinom hɔn nsakyeree tsimii no wɔakã ho asɛm wɔ nyiyimu a odzi do no: “Na wɔbɛyɛɛ atseneneefo; na wɔdze hɔn akodze a wɔdze tsew etua guu famu dɛ wɔronnkõ nntsia Nyankopɔn anaa hɔn enuanom bio.”
Dza wɔkã fa “akodze a wɔdze tsew etua” ho no nna ɔyɛ dɛmara na kasambirenyi so. Nna ɔkyerɛ hɔn nkrantsee na akodze nkaa no nna hɔn asoɔdzen ma Nyankopɔn na Ne mbrasɛm so.
Lamanfo a wɔasakyer yinom hɔn hen no kãa no kwan yi do: “Na afei hwɛ, m’enuanom, … dza yebotum ayɛ ara nye dɛ … yebonu hɛnho wɔ hɛn bɔn nyina ho nye ewudzi pii a yedzi ho, na yebisa Nyankopɔn ma oeyi efi hɛn akoma mu, osiandɛ iyinom ara na yebotum ayɛ dze enu hɛnho yie wɔ Nyankopɔn enyim ama oeeyi hɛnho nkekãa efi hɔ.”
Hom nhyɛ ɔhen no ne nsɛm no nsew—nnyɛ hɔn nnuhu nokwar mu no na woegya hɔn ma woenya bɔnfakyɛ, mbom Nyankopɔn yii hɔn bɔn ho nkekaa fii hɔ na pɛ mpo a wɔdze bɛyɛ bɔn fii hɔn akoma mu. Dɛ mbrɛ hom nyim no, nkyɛ bia esian bi ntsi wɔbɛsan akɔ hɔn tsebea dadaw no a wɔtsew Nyame do etua no, wosie hɔn nkrantsee. Na ber a wosie hɔn nkrantsee ankasa no, wɔdze akoma a wɔasesã no, wosie hɔn pɛ dɛ wɔbɛyɛ bɔn.
Bia yebebisa hɛnho dɛ ebɛnadze na yebotum ayɛ dze edzi nhwɛdo yi do, dɛ “yɛdze hɛn akodze a wɔdze tsew etua no bogu famu” na “yɛasakyer [aba] Ewuradze [hɔ]” ara ma woeyi bɔn ne nkekaa na pɛ dɛ yɛbɛyɛ bɔn no woeyi efi hɛn akoma mu na yɛnnkɔhwe ase dabiarada.
Etuatsew botum ayɛ ngye enyim anaa enyi mbugu do. Mfatoho ara yie nye Lucifer a, ɔwɔ asetsena ansaana yɛreba asaase do no, gyee enyim ara tsew etua dze tsiaa Egya no ɔpon ho nhyehyɛɛ na ɔboaa binom ano ma wotsiae so, “na dɛm da no, dodowara kaa no do.” Ɔnnyɛ dzen dɛ yebohu n’etuatsew a ɔrokɔ do no nsunsuando wɔ hɛnankasa hɛn mber yi mu.
Mormon Nwoma no ne Christ etsiafo emumuyɛfo baasa no—Sherem, Nehor, na Korihor—ma hɛn Nyame do etuatsew a wɔgye enyim ho adzesũa ara yie. Nehor na Korihor hɔn adwenkyerɛ tsitsir nye dɛ bɔn biara nnyi hɔ; dɛm ntsi, nnuhu noho nnhia biara na Agyenkwa biara nnyi hɔ. Nyimpa biara bɛyɛ prɔmprɔm a nna ofi nankasa ne nyansaa, na dɛ … nyimpa biara no konyimdzi gyina n’ahoɔdzen do; na biribiara a nyimpa bɛyɛ no nnyɛ bɔn.” Christ otsĩafo no pow nyamesom no tumdzi, wɔfa ayɛdze na ahyɛmudzi dɛ ndzeyɛɛ a “tsetseberdo asɔfo hyɛɛ too hɔ, ama woedzi hɔn do dze enya tum na tumdzi wɔ hɔn do.”
Nda a odzi ekyir enyidaho etuatsew a owie yie nye William W. Phelps n’asɛm no. Phelps bɔdɔɔm Asɔr no wɔ afe 1831 mu na woyii no dɛ Asɔr ne tsintsimfo. Ɔsesaaw asɔpɔkan Asɔr nwoma a wɔdze pue guado no mu pii, ɔkyerɛɛw asɔr ndwom pii, na ɔsoom dɛ ɔkyerɛwfo maa Joseph Smith. Ɔyɛ yaw dɛ, ɔdaan n’ekyir maa Asɔr no na Nkɔnhyɛnyi, mpo dɛ odur ber bi a ɔgyee dasewia tsiaa Joseph Smith wɔ Missouri asɛndzibea, a ɔmaa wɔnye Nkɔnhyɛnyi no too efiadze wɔ hɔ.
Ekyir no, Phelps kyerɛɛw Joseph dze serɛɛ bɔnfakyɛ. “Minyim me gyinabew, inyim, na Nyame nyim, na mepɛ dɛ wɔgye me nkwa sɛ m’anyɛnkofo bɔboa me a.”
No mbuae mu no, Nkɔnhyɛnyi no kãa dɛ: “Ɔyɛ nokwar dɛ yehu amandze ara yie ɔnam wo ndzeyɛɛ ntsi. … Naaso, yɛanom kuraba no, yɛayɛ Ɔsor Egya ne pɛ, na yɛda ho tse ase. … Onuabanyin dɔfo, bra, sesei ɔkõ no etwa mu, na anyɛnkofo ahyɛse no yɛ anyɛnkofo bio ekyir no.”
Nokwar nnuhu mu no, William Phelps siee “n’akodze a wɔdze tsew etua,” na onyaa fekuwbɔ emudzi bio, na ɔannhwe ase bio da.
Bia Nyame do etuatsew a odzi bɔn nsumae mu kɛse, nye dza yɛnngye enyim no—yebu enyi gu Ne pɛ do wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu. Dodowara a worunnsusu dabiarada dɛ wɔbɛgye enyim atsew etua no botum akɔ do etsia Nyame ne pɛ na n’asɛm ber a wɔfa hɔnara hɔn anamɔnkwan do na wommbu ɔsor kwankyerɛ. Mekaa ndwom bi a ɔdwontofo Frank Sinatra maa ɔyɛɛ atsenkã mfe pii a abasen kɔ no dɛ ne nsɛmfua a okitsa ara yie nye “meyɛɛ no mo kwan do.” Nokwar ara abrabɔ mu no, ankorankor apɛdze na nsanmuyi pii wɔ hɔ, mbom sɛ ɔba no nkwagye na onnyiewiei nkwa ho asɛm a, hɛn ndwom n’asɛntsir wɔ dɛ ɔyɛ “meyɛɛ no Nyame no kwan do,” osiandɛ nokwar ara, kwan biara nnyi hɔ bio.
Hom mfa, mfatoho, Agyenkwa ne fasusu a ɔfa enuma ho. Ɔmaa wonumaa no dze akyerɛ Ne setsie ma Egya no na wɔayɛ fasusu ama hɛn:
“Ɔyɛe dze kyerɛɛ adasamba dɛ, ɔnam honam afamu brɛɛ noho adze wɔ Egya n’enyim, na ɔdze gyee dase kyerɛɛ Egya no dɛ ɔbɛyɛ setsie ama no na oedzi ne mbrasɛm do. …
“Na ɔse adasamba dɛ : Hom nka mo do. Dɛm ntsi, mo nuanom adɔfo, ana yebotum akã Jesus do, wɔ ber a yenyaa pɛ dɛ yebedzi Egya no ne mbrasɛm do?”
“Mo kwan” biara nnyi hɔ, sɛ ɔsɛ dɛ yedzi Christ ne fasusu do a. Erobɔ mbɔdzen ahwehwɛ kwan fofor akɔ heaven yɛ ahwerdze tse dɛ ereyɛ edwuma wɔ Babel Abantsentsen no ho kyɛn dɛ ebɔhwɛ Christ na No nkwagye.
Nkrantsee na akodze nkaa no a Lamanfo a wɔasakyer dze siei no yɛ akodze a wɔdze tsew etua osian mbrɛ wosii dze dzii dwuma ntsi. Dɛm akodze kor noara a ɔdze hɔn mbabanyin nsamu, na wɔdze robɔ hɔn ebusua na fahodzi ho ban no, nna ɔnnyɛ akodze a wɔdze tsew Nyame do etua koraa. Dɛmara yɛ nokwar wɔ akodze a ɔtse dɛm a ɔdze Nephifo no nsamu no: “Wɔronnkõ mmfa nnhwehwɛ ahendzi anaa tum na mbom wɔrokõ dze agye hɔn [efiefi], nye hɔn ahotɔ, hɔn yernom, nye hɔn mba, nye hɔn adze nyinara, nyew, dze ama hɔn som nye hɔn asɔr.”
Kwan yi ara do no, ndzɛmba binom wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu a obotum ayɛ hɔ-na-hɔ anaa oye mpo, mbom sɛ wɔdze dzi dwuma wɔ kwan a omuo do a wɔbɛyɛ “akodze a wɔdze tsew etua.” Mfatoho, hɛn kasaa, botum ayɛ ntowdo anaa woebu enyimtsia. Dɛ mbrɛ James kãa no:
“Na tɛkyerɛma dze. [ɔyɛ dɛ] nyimpa biara nndwedwe no, ɔyɛ ndzebɔn a ɔnnhom, owu bɔr ahyɛ no mã.
“Ɔno na yɛdze hyira Egya Nyankopɔn; na ɔno so na yɛdze dom nyimpa a wɔayɛ hɔn wɔ Nyankopɔn suban mu.
“Ano kor no ara na nhyira nye ndom fi mu ba. Mo nuanom, ɔnnsɛ dɛ iyinom yɛ dɛm.”
Dodowara na ɔwɔ bagua mu na ankorankor kasaa mu ndɛ a ɔyɛ bɔr na etsiɔdzen sunsum. Nkɔmbɔdzi kɛse ara yie yɛ ehuhusɛm na kasa fĩ, wɔ mbabun mpo mu. Kasa a ɔtse dɛm yɛ “akodze a wɔdze tsew Nyame do etua” a “owubɔr ahyɛ no mã.”
Hom nsusu mfatoho kor so a ɔyɛ adze pa naaso wobotum adan no ma woebetsia sor kwankyerɛ—nyimpa n’edwumadze. W’edwuma anaa dza eyɛ anaa edze som botum dze nokwar enyigye aba, na ɔyɛ mfaso ma hɛn nyina dza nkorɔfo a wɔwɔ talent horow na wɔdze enyimpi si yɛ edwuma asorɔtow ayɛ papa pii.
Naaso, obotum aba dɛ edze w’adwen nyina si w’edwumayɛ do botum ama wɔaabɛyɛ dza w’abrabɔ tsim do. Nkyii biribiara ho nnhia bio, a dza Agyenkwa bɔhwehwɛ, ɔyɛ wo mber na wo talent, kã ho. Mbanyin na mbaa nyina no, eropow awar pa kwan, yɛnntakyer na yemmpegya hɛn hokafo, yenntsetse hɛn mba, anaa mpo yɛgye enyim ara kwetsir mba nhwɛe ho nhyira na asodzi a ɔnam hɛn edwumayɛ mpontu ntsi botum adan dza ɔgye abawdobɔ ma ɔayɛ etuatsew bi.
Mfatoho kor so fa hɛn nyimpadua ho. Paul kaa hɛn dɛ ɔsɛ dɛ yɛhyɛ Nyankopɔn enyimnyam wɔ hɛn nyimpadua na sunsum mu na dɛ nyimpadua yi yɛ Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no a ɔwɔ [hɛn] mu no “a [yenya] no Nyankopɔn hɔ no n’asɔrfi, na hom nnyɛ homankasa hom dze.” Ntsi, yɛwɔ kwan dɛ yɛfa mber dze hwɛ hɛn nyimpadua do ara yie dɛ mbrɛ yebotum. Hɛn mu kumaa bi na wobotum ayɛ ndzeyɛɛ abɔso dɛ mbrɛ ndaansa yi Olympic na Paralympic akansifo no kodurii no, na hɛn mu binom mpanyinyɛ nsunsuando ato hɛn, anaa dza President M. Russell Ballard kãa dɛ “mprɛgow no mu rogogow no.”
Naaso, megye dzi dɛ ɔyɛ hɛn Bɔfo no ahomka sɛ yɛyɛ dza yebotum ayɛ nyina dze hwɛ N’akyɛdze nwanwa a ɔyɛ nyimpadua no do. Ɔbɛyɛ etuatsew sɛnkyerɛdze dɛ yɛbɛsɛɛ hɛn nyimpadua no anaa yegu ho fĩ, anaa yebokwetsir dɛ yɛbɛyɛ dza yebotum dze ahwehwɛ apɔwmudzen abrabɔ su. Aber noara no, egyangyandze na yeritsim hɛn honandua do mbordo, hɛn hwɛbew, anaa atarhyɛ botum ayɛ etuatsew kɛse mpo, na oegya ma yɛasom Nyame akyɛdze kyɛn Nyame.
Ewiei no, yerisie hɛn akodze a wɔdze tsew etua wɔ Nyame do kyerɛ dɛ yegyaa hɛnho ma Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no ne nkenyan, na yɛpɔr nyimpa su no gu nkyɛn na “[yɛnam] Ewuradze Christ no werdambɔ no no do bɛyɛ ɔhotsewnyi.” Ɔkyerɛ dɛ yɛrema mbrasɛm a odzi kan no ayɛ adze tsitsir wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu. Ɔkyerɛ dɛ erema Nyame edzi nyim. Sɛ hɛn dɔ ma Nyame na hɛn enyimpi si dɛ yɛdze hɛn ahom, adwen, na ahoɔdzen nyina asom No bɛyɛ hɛn gyinapɛn a yɛdze bua ndzɛmba nyina na yɛdze yɛ hɛn nsanmuyi nyina a, nna yeesie hɛn akodze a wɔdze tsew etua. Ɔnam Christ N’adom do, Nyankopɔn dze hɛn bɔn na etuatsew dada no bɛkyɛ hɛn na Oeyi dɛm bɔn no ho nkekaa na etuatsew no efi hɛn akoma mu. Mber rugu mu no, Obeyi bɔn ho pɛ biara dɛ mbrɛ Ɔyɛɛ maa tsetse Lamanfo a wɔsakyeree no. N’ekyir no, hɛn so “[yɛronnkɔ] asehwe mu ara da.”
Yerisie hɛn akodze a wɔdze tsew etua gya hɛn kɔ enyigye soronko bi mu. Yɛnye hɔn a wɔasakyer pɛn aba Ewuradze hɔ no, “yɛaba robɔtow ɔdɔ ɔpon ho ndwom.” Hɛn Ɔsor Egya na Ne Ba, hɛn Pomfo, edua afɔrbɔ na ɔdɔ nwanwa do esi Hɔn pisi a onnyi ewiei wɔ hɛn enyigye a ewiei no ɔbɛba ho. Yenya Hɔn dɔ ho atsenkã daa daa. Nokwar yebotum yɛdze hɛn ankasa hɛn dɔ na nokwardzi akyerɛ bi ama Hɔn. Yensie—no bun mu ara yie—adze biara a ɔyɛ etuatsew wɔ Nyankopɔn do a ɔwɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu na yɛmfa akoma pa na adwen pa nhyɛ ananmu. Wɔ Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.