Akwaaba ba Enyigye Asɔr no mu
Osian hɛn Agyenkwa, Jesus Christ No ɔpon abrabɔ na somdwuma no ntsi, yebotum—na ɔsɛ dɛ—yɛyɛ nkorɔfo a hɔn enyi gye papaapa wɔ wiadze yi mu!
Wonumaa me too Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ Ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo mu afe 1987 Adze Rebɛkye Borɔnya Da no, bɛyɛ mfe 37 a abasen no. Nna nokwar ara ɔyɛ nwanwa da wɔ m’abrabɔ mu, na wɔ m’onnyiewiei akwantu mu, na meda anyɛnkofo a wosiesiee kwan no mu na wɔdze me baa awoo fofor nsu no ho no ase papaapa.
Sɛ ndeda na wonumaa wo anaa mfe pii a abasen kɔ o, sɛ ihyia mu ward ahorow Asɔrdan kɛse mu anaa wɔ pata bi ase o, sɛ egye sacrament dze kaa Agyenkwa no wɔ Thai anaa Swahili kasa mu o, mepɛ dɛ mekã kyerɛ wo dɛ, akwaaba ba enyigye asɔr mu! Akwaaba ba enyigye asɔr mu!
Enyigye Asɔr no
Osian hɛn Ɔsor Egya No dɔ nhyehyɛɛ ma Ne mba kor biara no, na osian Agyenkwa, Jesus Christ No ɔpon abrabɔ na somdwuma no ntsi, yebotum—na ɔsɛ dɛ—yɛyɛ nkorɔfo a hɔn enyi gye papaapa wɔ asase yi do! Ber a abrabɔ mu ehum hwe hɛn wɔ wiadze a ɔhaw taa wɔ mu mpo no, yebotum yɛakyerɛ enyigye a ɔrokɔ do na otsim na asomdwee wɔ hɛn mu, osian hɛn enyidado wɔ Christ mu na hɛn ntseasee wɔ hɛn ankasa hɛn gyinabew wɔ enyigye nhyehyɛɛ fɛɛfɛw no mu ntsi.
Ewuradze No Ɔsomafo panyin, President Russell M. Nelson, akasa afa enyigye a ofi abrabɔ a otsim Jesus Christ do ba wɔ bɛyɛ n’asɛm biara a ɔakã mu fitsi ber a ɔbɛyɛɛ Asɔr no ne President no. Otwaa no tsia dɛ: “Ɔno no mu na osian Ɔno ntsi na enyigye ba. … Ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo dze, Jesus Christ nye enyigye!”
Yɛyɛ Jesus Christ N’Asɔr asɔrmba. Yɛyɛ enyigye asɔr n’asɔrmba! Na bea biara nnyi hɔ a ɔsɛ dɛ hɛn enyigye da edzi yie kyɛn ber a yɛboa ano hyia mu Ahomgyeda biara wɔ hɛn sacrament nhyiamu mu dze sɔr enyigye nyina fibea no! Ha no yɛnye hɛn ward na nkorbata ebusua boa ano dze hyɛ Ewuradze Edzidzi sacrament no ho fa, hɛn ɔgye fi bɔn na owu mu, na Agyenkwa N’adom tum kɛse no! Ha no yɛba benya enyigye, bambɔ, bɔnfakyɛ, ndaase, na mbɛkaho sũahu a wodua Jesus Christ mu nya!
Ana dɛm yɛabɔ mu ridzi ehurusi wɔ Christ mu no sunsum nye dza ihu? Ana iyi na edze ba a? Bia ebɔdwen dɛ iyi mmfa woho biara, anaa bia mbrɛ wosi yɛ ndzɛmba noara na inyim. Naaso hɛn nyina yebotum ayɛ hɛn kyɛfa, ma hɛn mfe a yedzi anaa ɔfrɛ tse biara, dze ama sacrament nhyiamu no ayɛ enyigye ber a otsim Christ do, dɔnhwer a wɔma obiara akwaaba, na enyigye sunsum tahye hɔ obu mu ara.
Enyigye mu Obu mu ara
Enyigye mu obu mu ara? Bia ibebisa dɛ “Ana ɔyɛ adze bi.” Oye, nyew, ɔyɛ! Yɛdɔ, hɛn Nyame, yɛhyɛ no enyimnyan na yedzi no nyi kɛse, na hɛn obu ma No no pem fi ɔkra a odzi ehurusi wɔ Christ no dɔ mbordo, ehumbɔbɔr na nkwagye mu! Dɛm enyigye obu mu ara ma Ewuradze no na ɔsɛ dɛ ɔda edzi wɔ sacrament nhyiamu krɔnkrɔn no ase.
Naaso, ma dodowara no, obu kyerɛ nko dɛ: yɛremia mu abobɔw hɛn abasa ato hɛn akoko do, yerisi hɛn tsir adze, yerumua hɛn enyiwa, na yɛretaa dzinn—daapem! Bia iyi bɛyɛ mboa kwan a wɔdze bɛkyerɛkyerɛ mbofra a wɔbɔ hyew no adze, mbom ber a yenyin na yesũa adze no, hom mma yenhu dɛ obu yɛ dza ɔbor iyi koraa. Ana sɛ Agyenkwa no ka hɛnho a mbrɛ yɛbɛyɛ nye no? Oho, osiandɛ “enyika a ɔmee wɔ [N’enyim]”!
Oye, ma hɛn mu dodow no, nsakyeree yi wɔ sacrament som mu no bɛgye edwumayɛ.
Yɛreba nye Yɛrosom
Yɛmmboa ano Ahomgyeda dɛ yɛreba sacrament nhyiamu ara na yɛayɛ ahyɛnsew dɛ yɛaba. Yɛboa ano ba dɛ yɛrobɔsɔr. Nsonsonee kɛse da ebien no ntamu. Yɛreba kyerɛ dɛ yɛwɔ hɔ. Mbom yɛrosɔr nye yɛagye enyim ara rotonton na yeriyi hɛn Nyankopɔn ayɛw wɔ kwan a ɔsakyer hɛn do!
Enyim Tsena na Mboanofo mu Tsena
Sɛ yɛroboa ano akaa Agyenkwa no na ɔpon a Ɔama yebotum enya a, hɛn enyim wɔ dɛ ɔkyerɛ hɛn enyigye na enyisɔ! Elder F. Enzio Busche kãa asɛm bi faa ber a ɔyɛ nkorbata mu president na banyimba kakraba bi a ɔwɔ mboanofo no mu no hwɛɛ no wɔ enyim hɔ na ɔdze ndze kɛse bisaa dɛ, “Ebɛnadze na banyin no a oekum n’enyim no reyɛ no wɔ sor hɔ?” Hɔn a wɔtsena enyim no—akasafo, baanodzifo, adwontokuw—na hɔn a wɔwɔ mboanofo mu no wodua hɔn enyimkyerɛ do nye hɔnho nya nkitahodzi wɔ “akwaaba ba enyigye asɔr mu!”
Asɔr Ndwontow
Ber a yɛtow ndwom no, yɛrobɔ mu atonton hɛn Nyame na hɛn hen, mbrɛ hɛn ndze tse biara no, anaa yɛdze hɛn men mu regyegye do anaa yɛronntow koraa a? Kyerɛwsɛm no kyerɛw dɛ atseneneefo ndwontow yɛ mpaabɔ ma [Nyame] na Ne kra enyi gye ho. Ntsi hom mma yɛntow ndwom! Na yɛntonton no!
Kasa na Dasegye ahorow
Yɛdze hɛn kasa na dasegye ahorow tsim Ɔsor Egya na Jesus Christ do na eduaba horow a ofi yɛdze Hɔn asɛmpa no robɔ bra ahobrɛadze mu ba, eduaba a “ɔyɛ dɛw kyɛn eduaba nyina.” Nkyii nokwar ara “[yebedzi] … ara ekesi dɛ [yɛbɛmee] mpo, amma ɔkɔm anaa nsukɔm anndze [hɛn],” na oedua ne Ba no n’enyigye do ama hɛn adzesoa aayɛ har.
Sacrament no
Hɛn som ne mber krɔnkrɔn mapã nye worihyira sacrament no do na yɛrefa paanoo na nsu no a ogyina hɔ ma hɛn Ewuradze no ɔpon akyɛdze na hɛn mboano no no botae tsitsir no. Iyi yɛ “sunsum mu nkenyan mber krɔnkrɔn” ber a yɛgye dase bio dɛ yɛwɔ pɛ dɛ yɛbɛfa Jesus Christ ne dzin ato hɛn do na yedzi ahyɛmu bio dɛ yɛbɛkaa Agyenkwa no aber nyina na yedzi Ne mbrasɛm do.
Abrabɔ hyɛber binom mu no, yɛdze awerɛhow akoma na adzesoa duudur ba sacrament no ho. Mber binom so mu no, yɛba ahotɔ mu a haw biara nnda hɛn do. Ber a yɛkyɛn aso dze tsie paanoo na nsu no do nhyira no na yedzi sɛnkyerɛdze krɔnkrɔn no, yebenya atsenkã dɛ yɛndwendwen Agyenkwa no N’afɔrbɔ ho, N’amandzehu wɔ Gethsemane, Ne yaw wɔ mbeamudua no do, na awerɛhow na amandze a Ɔsɔwee wɔ hɛn ntsi no. Ɔno na ɔdwedwe hɛn akra ber a yɛdze hɛn amandzehu ka Ne dze no ho. Mber binom so mu, yebenya enyisɔ nwanwa atsenkã wɔ “dɛɛdɛw mu dɛw” wɔ dza Jesus Christ n’akyɛdze nwanwa ma otum ba hɛn abrabɔ mu na hɛn daapem mu!. Yedzi dɛw wɔ dza mbrɛana ɔbɛba a—hɛn nkabɔmu a ɔsom bo a yɛnye hɛn Egya dɔfo na Agyenkwa a Ɔasoɛr no benya.
Bia wɔama yɛadwen dɛ sacrament no botae nye yɛbɛtsena bɛnkye no do na yɛadwen akwan ahorow a dapɛn a abɛsen no mu no yɛannyɛ adze yie nko ho. Naaso hom mma yɛnsesa dɛm ndzeyɛɛ no. Dzinnyɛ mu no, yebotum adwendwen akwan ahorow a yɛhu dɛ Ewuradze dze No dɔ nwanwa no etsiw hɛn dɛm dapɛn no a Oenngyaa! Yebotum adwendwen “yekopue daa daa nnuhu mu dɛwdzi do” ma ne nkyerɛasee tse. Yebotum ama ndaase wɔ mber a Agyenkwa no hɛɛn hɛn aperdzi na hɛn nkonyimdzi mu na mber a yɛtsee N’adom, bɔnfakyɛ, na tum a ɔma hɛn ahoɔdzen ma yedzi hɛn nkõdzen do na yɛdze abotar na enyigye mpo soa hɛn adzesoadze.
Nyew, yɛdwendwen amandzehu na atsɛnkyew a wɔdze buu hɛn Pomfo wɔ hɛn bɔn ntsi, na ɔno ma yɛdwendwen ho yie. Mbom ɔtɔfabi a yɛka hɔ—wɔ ture no mu, wɔ mbeamudua no ho na nda no mu. Yenntum dɛ yɛba kan ba nda no a orubue ho enyigye mu, owu no nkogu, na Christ no konyimdzi wɔ ndzɛmba nyina a wobesiw hɛn kwan do ma yennkenya asomdwee na yɛasan akɔ hɛn ɔsor fie. Sɛ yekyi awerɛhow enyinsuwa anaa enyisɔ enyinsuwa sacrament mber a, hom nyɛ no wɔ nsɛmpa no nwanwa mapã wɔ Egya n’akyɛdze a Ɔyɛ Ne Ba no mu!
Awofo a Wɔwɔ Mbofra a Wosusuar anaa Wɔwɔ Ehiadze Soronko
Sesei, ma awofo a wɔwɔ mbofra a wosusuar anaa wɔwɔ ehiadze soronko no, ɔtaa dɛ ber biara nnyi hɔ a ɔyɛ dzinn na wɔdwendwen kommyɛ mu wɔ sacrament ber mu. Naaso dapɛn no mu nyina mber kumabaa mu no, ibotum edze ɔdɔ fasusu, enyisɔ, na enyigye a etse ma Agyenkwa no na fi No hɔ mber nyina a edze hwɛ No nguan nkakraba no, akyerɛkyerɛ adze. Mbɔdzembɔ biara wɔ iyi ne nyɛe nnsɛɛ kwa. Nyame enyi da wo do yie.
Ebusua, Ward, na Nkorbata Baguabɔ.
Fie so dɛmara no, yebotum ahyɛ ase atow hɛn enyidado na enyida kwan mu wɔ hɛn mber wɔ asɔr. Ebusua baguabɔ mu no, yebotum apɛnsampɛnsam mbrɛ ankorankor biara botum ayɛ ne kyɛfa wɔ akwan pa mu dze ama obiara akwaaba aaba enyigye asɔr! Yebotum ayɛ nhyehyɛɛ na enyi ada kwan dɛ yebenya enyigye sũahu wɔ asɔr.
Ward na nkorbata abaguafo botum ahwɛ no enyi do na wɔakyeker daa daa enyigye obu mu ara ma sacrament mber no, a wɔhwehwɛ anamɔn horow a wobotum etu na dza yehu a ɔbɔboa.
Dɛwdzi
Ɔson obiara dza ɔyɛ dɛwdzi ma no. Ma binom no, bia ɔbɛyɛ nkyia enyigye mu ara wɔ abow n’ano. Ma nkaafo no, bia obotum ayɛ dɛ kommyɛ mu ara eyerɛw w’ano dze boa nkorɔfo ma wonya ahotɔ na edze ayamuyie akoma a ebue mu atsena hɔn nkyɛn. Hɔn a wɔtse nkã dɛ woeyi hɔn efi mu anaa wɔnnkã ho no, akwaaba mu dɔ no behia papaapa. Ewiei no, yebotum ebisa hɛnho mbrɛ Agyenkwa no bɛpɛ dɛ hɛn sacrament dɔnhwer ber no bɛyɛ. Ebɛn kwan do na Ɔbɛpɛ dɛ Ne mba no hɔn mu kor biara wɔbɛyɛ no akwaaba, wɔahwɛ no do, wɔanyɛn no, na wɔadɔ no? Ebɛn atsenkã na Ɔbɛpɛ dɛ yenya ber a yɛrekaa na yɛreba abɔsɔr No dze kenyan hɛnho?
Ewiei
Me gyedzi akwantu ahyɛse no, dza midzii kan hunii kɛse nye dɛwdzi wɔ Jesus Christ mu, na ɔsesaa mo wiadze. Sɛ mbrɛana irubohu dɛwdzi yi a, hyɛ ase si kwan do hwehwɛ. Iyi yɛ nsato dze agye Agyenkwa n’asomdwee, kan na dɛwdzi akyɛdze—edzi mu ehurusi, wɔayɛ wo nwanwa, na edzi dɛw wɔ mu Ahomgyeda biara.
Ammon a ɔwɔ Mormon Nwoma mu no kã m’akoma mu atsenka ber a ɔkã dɛ:
“Afei ana siantsir bi nnyi hɔ mma hɛn dɛ yedzi dɛw? Nyew, mese hom dɛ, fitsi wiadze n’ahyɛse [nkorɔfo] biara nnyi hɔ a wɔwɔ siantsir kɛse bi a ɔsɛ dɛ wɔhwɛ ho dzi dɛw dɛ hɛn; nyew, m’enyigye adɔɔ sõ araa ma murutuw wɔ me Nyame mu; osiandɛ ɔwɔ tum nyina, nye nyansa nyina, nye adze nyina mu ntsease; onyim adze nyina, na ɔyɛ mbɔbɔrhunyi, na ɔma hɔn a wonu hɔnho na wɔgye ne dzin dzi no nya nkwagye mpo.
“Afei sɛ iyi yɛ ntuw a, nna dɛmara mpo na mubotuw moho; osiandɛ iyi nye mo nkwa na me kandzea, m’enyigye na me ndaase kɛse.”
Akwaaba ba enyigye asɔr mu! Wɔ Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.