Nda a Werɛ Nnkefir
Mber a ɔreba bɛma Asɔrmba a wɔwɔ beebiara kwan ara yie ma wɔakyɛ Jesus Christ asɛmpa no mu enyigyesɛm no.
Mbueienyi
Mo nuanom na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, Asɔr n’abakɔsɛm wɔ berano yi a sũahu krɔnkrɔn ahyɛ mu mã a ɔkyerɛ mbrɛ Ewuradze esi ama N’Asɔr no kwankyerɛ. Hɛn abakɔsɛm mu mfe du bi, da edzi pefee a ɔbɔ nkaa no do koraa—mfe du fi 1820 kesi 1830. Yɛdze Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph Smith no sũahu wɔ Kwã Krɔnkrɔn no mu wɔ fefɛw ber 1820, ber a ohun Nyame Egya na Ne Ba, Jesus Christ no na ɔsɔw do kesi Ɔbɔbira 6, afe 1830, dɛm mfe du yi nntse dɛ mfe du biara.
Hom nsusu dza nwanwa mu osisii yinom ho! Nkɔnhyɛnyi akokoaba no nye ɔbɔfo Moroni kasae, ɔkyerɛɛ sika mprɛtse no ase, na ɔdze Mormon Nwoma no pue guado! Ɔyɛɛ edwindadze a Aaron na Melchizedek Asɔfodzi no wɔdze saan anan mu bae, na nkyii ɔkyekyer Asɔr no! Oliver Cowdery kãa dɛm ber noho asɛm yie dɛ: ‘Nda yinom yɛ nda a, mowerɛ nnkefir da. Anwanwadze a osisi akɔ do besi ndɛ da yi.
Memfa ndamyɛ nsusu dɛ afe yi yɛahyɛ mfe du ase a ɔbɛyɛ nwanwa dɛ mfe du biara odzii abɔase mfe du a bi mmbaa da no wɔ mfe bɛyɛ aha ebien a abasen kɔ no ekyir.
Hɛn Mfe Du
Hom mma me nkyerɛkyerɛ mu. Fi seise, afe 2024 kesi afe 2034 ntamu no, dza okenyan kɛse besisi a no nsunsuando bɛyɛ kwan nwanwa a yɛdze bɔsom, akã asɔrmba na anyɛnkofo abɔ mu, na woeyi Jesus Christ N’asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ Ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no enyim akyerɛ nkorɔfo akyɛn pɛn biara.
Ndaansa yi ara na yɛyɛɛ adasefo wɔ abakɔsɛm a orisi no tum ho ber yɛnye ɔpe du ɔpe du hyɛɛ President Russell M. Nelson n’awoda a otsĩa 100 ho fa.
Ɔrekã President Nelson n’awoda ho asɛm no, Newsweek kyerɛɛw asɛntsir a ɔkenkaan dɛ, “World’s Oldest Religious Leader Turns 100” [“Wiadze yi mu Nyameson ho Baanodzinyi Panyin Papaapa no Edzi Mfe Ɔha”]. Nkyii wɔkyerɛɛw asɔrsom baanodzifo mpanyinfo 10 edzin nkorkor—a President Nelson ne dzin dzi kan na Pope Francis na Dalai Lama hɔn edzin wɔ nkyerɛwee no mu.
Asɛm a ɔwɔ New York Times nkyerɛwee bi mu no gyina hɔ ma mbrɛ wiadze mu nyina wosii kãa ho asɛm: “President ambatow ber [wɔ United States] a woekenyan nhwehwɛ mu wɔ mfe obi edzi na ne baanodzi no, Owura. Nelson ne mfe oedzi yi kyerɛ dɛ, annyɛ yie koraa no wɔ n’asɔr mu no, sɛ edzi mfe ɔha na no mboree a ɔnnkyerɛ abagura. N’asɔrmba no gye no to mu ara yie, na wɔnnhwɛ hɔn president no dɛ edwumayɛ panyin ara, mbom dɛ nkɔnhyɛnyi, adzehunyi, na oyikyerɛfo.”
Ɔyɛ hɛn enyisɔ dɛ President Nelson n’awoda soronko no ama hɛn kwan ma yɛada no edzi wɔ wiadzemba enyim dɛ Nyame No nkɔnhyɛnyi wɔ afahyɛ a hɛn werɛ nnkefir da.
Ndaasa yi fefɛw ber no, Temple Square enyim a wɔayɛ no fofor no—a wiadze mu amanaman a wɔagye Asɔr no ato mu no wɔdze hɔn mfrankaa esiesi hɔ no—wɔpaa ho tam. Bea a wɔfa kɔ enyim hɔ no ɔbotan nkaadze a nkɔnhyɛsɛm yi wɔ do si hɔ: “Na ɔbɛba dɛ nda a odzi ekyir no mu no, wɔdze Ewuradze ne fi bepɔw no bɔbɔ mbepɔw no do, na wɔbɛma no do abɔ akoko nyina do, na amanaman nyina bɛpem aba ho.”
Ampaara, ndzɛmba soronko a obesisi mfe 10 a odzi do mu no bɛyɛ adze kor a ɔbɛkyerɛ dɛ Isaiah no nkɔnhyɛ no rehyɛ mã.
Hom ndwendwen temple fi mbuei dodow na tu hyɛ Nyame nsa mpaabɔ horow a wɔahyehyɛ wɔ mfe 10 a odzi do yinom mu, bɛyɛ 164 temple ahorow na yegu do so rekan. Hom ndwendwen hom ɔpedu ɔpedu ho nye hom anyɛnkofo a hom bɛnantsew edua Ewuradze ne fie mu. Ma obedzi akotsen wɔ dza obesisi yinom mu nye Salt Lake Temple a wobotu no bio ahyɛ Nyame nsa nye dwumadzi ahorow a ɔbɛkã ho no. Ampaara iyinom bɛyɛ nda a werɛ nnkefir da.
Afe 2030 mu bɛma kwan ma wiadze nyina mu yɛahyɛ Asɔr no ne nkyekyeree mfe ahaebien no ho fa. Ɔyɛ ntsɛm dodow dɛ yɛbɛkã mbrɛ Asɔr no bɛyɛ dze ahyɛ mber soronko yi ho nsew, naaso mbrɛ ɔbɛdan biara ɔbɛma hɛn kwan ma yɛato nsa afrɛ ebusuafo, anyɛnkofo, mfɛfo, na ahɔho enyimdzifo dɛ “wɔmbra na wɔmbɔhwɛ” na woenya ntseasee yie wɔ nhyɛdo ndamyɛ mu a Asɔr no nya wɔ Asɔrmba hɔn abrabɔ mu.
Afe 2034 mu no edzibewdzifo mpempem, ahohɔ, na akansifo fi wiadze nyina mu bobu do wɔ Salt Lake Kuropɔn ne stiitsi mu dze aba Winter Olympic Games no. Bia biribiara nnyi hɔ a ɔkyerɛ wiadze nyina mu nkabɔmu a ɔkyɛn dza ɔwɔ Olympic Games no mu. Wiadze nyina enyi betsim Asɔr no na asɔrmba no do na ɔbɛma kwan ma etuhoakyɛ, som piigyan, na wɔakyɛ enyigyesɛm edua ayamuyie ndzeyɛɛ—dza obesi a werɛ nnkefir da.
Mber yi a ɔreba yinom mu no bɛma Asɔrmba a wɔwɔ beebiara no enya kwan kɛse dze akyɛ Jesus Christ asɛmpa mu enyigyesɛm no edua nsɛmkã na ndzeyɛɛ do, wɔ mfe du a werɛ nnkefir da.
Enyigyesɛm
Nhyiamu a ɔka adapɛn kakra ara ma n’awoda edu no, President Nelson kyɛɛ siantsir a asɛmfua “enyigyesɛm” som no bo no. Ɔhyɛɛ no nsew dɛ, ehwɛ ara a asɛm no gyegye dɛ dɛwdzi na ahomkã ara. Naaso “enyigyesɛm” n’asekyerɛ bor dɛm. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ mu dɛ asɔpɔkan no fi Greek kasafua euangelion, a ɔkyerɛ dɛ “asɛmpa.” Ahomka na dɛwdzi wɔ abrabɔ yi mu na ma ɔreba mu no aber biara wɔdze bata Jesus Christ asɛmpa no ho. Dɛm ntsi asɛmfua “enyigyesɛm” no kye ntseasee ebien yinom nyina wɔ akwan nwanwa mu.
[Mbarimba na mbaa] tse ase, ama woeenya enyigye.” Ɔsor Egya ama enyigye ho nhyehyɛɛ a ɔma dɛwdzi dua Ne nhyira horow mu ba. Yɛbɛtsena ase wɔ N’enyim dɛ onnyiewiei ebusua ebusua kã ho. Jesus Christ no Werdambɔ no yɛ Nyame ne nhyehyɛɛ no ne fapem dɛ Ɔdze bɔpon hɛn. Ama yeenya onnyiewiei nkwa no, otwar dɛ yɛba Christ nkyɛn. Yɛreyɛ dɛm no, “na yɛroboa nkaafo ma wɔayɛ dɛm ara no, yɛdze hɛnho hyɛ Nyankopɔn no nkwagye na nkwagye ntowdo edwuma mu.”
Jesus Christ asɛmpa ho enyigyesɛm ho amandzɛɛbɔ yi nye amandzɛɛbɔ a ohia papaapa wɔ wiadze yi mu. Na ha na Asɔr no ne mbabun na young adultfo ba mu no.
Ma Mbabun Enya Ahoɔdzen
Afei, ber a mfe du yi a ɔreba yi, bia nda a werɛ nnkefir da bɛhyɛ mu mã ma Asɔrba biara no, iyi botum ayɛ nokwar nkankara ama hom ebusuasantsen a wɔreba no. Hom wɔ asaase do sesei osiandɛ woyii hom dɛ hom bɔwɔ ha sesei. Hom wɔ ahoɔdzen na tum dɛ hom bɛyɛ Christ esuafo wɔ kwan a ne saso mmbaa da.
President George Q. Cannon kyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ, “Nyankopɔn dze esunsum a wɔwɔ akokodur na enyimpi si a wɔnye wiadze no, na abɔnsam no tum nyina bedzi esi … na wɔakyekyer hɛn Nyankopɔn ne Zion a wonnkosuro no nsunsuando nyina.”
Iyi ho ntsi, mepɛ dɛ menye hom, ebusuasantsen a wɔreba no kasa, dze to nsa frɛ hom ama hom esusu mbrɛ mfe du a ɔreba yi bɛyɛ enyigye, dza werɛ nnkefir da no, botum ayɛ ama hom. Mema afotu nsɛm tsiabaa a ɔda famu na nkuranhyɛ a obotum ahyɛ hom dzen wɔ mfe du a ɔreba yi mu.
Tse dɛ hom mu dodow no, mowɔ abaɛfor foon a, odu mber bi a menyɛɛ no hwee mpo no ɔtwe mfonyin ntoatoado dze kyerɛ dza nna meriyɛ no da bi mu. Ɔyɛ nwanwa ma me aber nyina dɛ mohwɛ mbrɛ ndzɛmba asesã ama emi na m’ebusua wɔ mfe kakra ara mu.
Susu wɔ w’enyi do wo mfonyin horow a wo foon beyi akyerɛ mfe 10 a ɔreba yi! Bia ibohu woho a erewie nsɔwdo skuul anaa esũapon, eregye wo endowment, erokɔ asɛmpakã, erowar, na erenya w’abakan ba. Hom ankasa no, iyi bɛyɛ mfe du a hom werɛ nnkefir da. Mbom ɔbɛyɛ dɛm mbɔho sɛ hom dze enyimpi ba bɛyɛ kan ma wiadze wɔ mbrɛ Jesus Christ asɛmpa enyigyesɛm no botum ahyɛ na woepegyaw, nnyɛ hɛn abrabɔ nko, mbom hɛn ebusua, anyɛnkofo, na social media akadofo so dze.
Bia ebɔdwendwen mbrɛ ibesi bɛyɛ iyi.
Nyame No nkɔnhyɛfo akyerɛkyerɛ hɛn dɛ iyi wɔyɛ no dwumadzi anan a ɔda famu do, a wɔfrɛ no asodzii krɔnkrɔn a wɔahyehyɛ: odzi kan, edze Jesus Christ asɛmpa no robɔ bra., otsĩa ebien erohwɛ hɔn a wohia, otsĩa ebiasa, eroto nsa afrɛ obiara ma wɔagye asɛmpa no; na otsĩa anan, erekã ebusua ebusua abɔ mu daapem. Ɔyɛ nwanwa dɛ wobotum ayɛ kor biara wɔ hɛn ankasa hɛn su do.
Asodzii Krɔnkrɔn a Wɔahyehyɛ
Mobɔ hom anohoba dɛ iyi bɛyɛ mfe du a hom werɛ nnkefir da ama hom sɛ hom bofua asodzii krɔnkrɔn a wɔahyehyɛ anan yinom do a. Hom mma yensusu ma iyi behia.
Odzi kan, fa Jesus Christ asɛmpa no bɔ bra. Sũa nkɔnhyɛfo hɔn nsɛm, na sũa dɛ ibodɔ w’Egya a ɔwɔ Sor. Hom ndan hom akoma mma No, na wɔmbɔ mbɔdzen nnantsew N’akwan do. Ma “ahyɛmudzi awerɛhyɛmu” no a Elder Ulisses Soares akã ho asɛm no mpegya wo. Awerɛhyɛmu yi fi iridzi ahyɛmu dɛ ebɛkã Jesus Christ do, a inyim dɛ Agyenkwa no bɛhyɛ wo dzen na Ɔama wo abamba mu ba.
Ma w’anyɛnkofo nhu enyigye a enya fi edze asɛmpa no bɔ bra, na ɔwo ebɛyɛ asɛmpa nkaabɔ papaapa a wobenya.
Otsia ebien tsen woho wɔ ayamuhyehye mu fa hwɛ hɔn a wɔwɔ ehiadze. Hom ebusuasantsen yi hom taa dwen hɔn a wɔyɛ mbrɛw ho. Ber biara a ɔdomakoma esian besi no na Asɔrmba fa twitwi dze kɛpam nwura na wɔkyekye hɔn a wɔhaw no werɛ, ɔyɛ dɛ dodowara hom hyɛ “Helping Hands” T-shirt no yɛ mbasirmba a woedzi mfe eduonu na no mboree kakra. Ɔyɛ hom su dɛ “hom soasoa kor biara n’adzesoadze” na “na wɔkyekye hɔn a wohia awerɛkyekyer no hɔn werɛ.” Yɛreyɛ iyi no nna “[yeridzi] Christ ne mbra do.”
Evan, Primary banyimba no, yɛɛ n’adwen dɛ akwama ber no ɔbɔkɔ akɛgyegye nkatse nyamee na jelly a wɔdze yɛ paanoo do na ɔdze akɛkyɛ sɔn no mu edziban korabea no. Ɔhyɛɛ edwuma no ase wɔ JustServe website. Evan ɔbabun maa no skuul adzesũabeafo dze hɔnho hyɛɛ mu dɛ wɔmboa ma wɔngeygye jam mbɔdambɔ bɔbor 700! Ma nkorɔfo a esom hɔn no nhu dɛ w’adwen pa ma hɔn no no dwow gyina wo dɔ ma Nyankopɔn na wo pɛ dɛ ibɛyɛ wo nyɛnko dɛ woara wo ho.
Otsĩa Ebiasa, To nsa frɛ obiara ma wɔngye asɛmpa no. Afe yi yebuebue asɛmpakã mbew afofor 36 wɔ wiadze nyina mu ama wɔaaso hɔn a wɔpɛ dɛ wɔsom etuhoakyɛ asɛmpakã dwumadzi nyina. Mber a mbabun dodow rifi nyamesom asɔr dwumadzi mu koraa no, iyi yɛ nwanwa a ɔkyerɛ hom dasegye nwanwa horow no su. Sɛ erosom anaa eronnsom etuhoakyɛ asɛmpakã dwumadzi no, meserɛ hom nhu kwan kɛse a hom dze benya nhyɛdo wɔ hom mfɛfo do ber a hom dɔ, hom kyɛ, na hom to nsa frɛ hɔn ma wɔabɔhwehwɛ Jesus Christ N’asɛmpa no mu.
Otsĩa anan, wɔrekã ebusua ebusua abɔ mu daapem. Mokɔ nserahwɛ wɔ temple horow a ɔwɔ wiadze mu a, ɔyɛ me ahobow mbaabun dodow a wogyina hɔn anan do wɔrotweɔn wɔ enumabea na young adultfo a dodow a wɔrosom dɛ ayɛdze dwumayɛfo. Ndaansa yi kuw a wɔbor 600 a wofi Scotland na Ireland tuu kwan kɔr Preston England Temple, a wɔyɛ ayɛdze horow a ɔbor 4,000, a no dodow yɛ hɔnankasa hɔ ewuakɔr! Mutu hom fo dɛ hom mfa homho nhyɛ ebusua abakɔsɛm mu, hom nkedzi mber wɔ temple mu, na ahwɛyie mu ara hom nsiesie homho ma hom nyɛ nyimpa ban a wɔayɛ krado dɛ ɔbɔwar hokãfo a ɔfata wɔ temple mu. Yɛ nhwɛdo wɔ w’abrabɔ mu sesei a ibɛma temple no akã wo daa daa abrabɔ ho.
Ewiei
Mo nuanom na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, m’anyɛnkofo kumabaa, nkõdzen bɛba hɛn mu kor biara n’abrabɔ mu wɔ nda a ɔreba no mu. Naaso, ber a yɛhɛn mfe du yi a dza obesisi no bi mmbaa da no, hom mma yendua abrabɔ dwumadzi a ɔda famu, yɛrohwɛ binom, roto nsa afrɛ na yerenya koryɛ mfa nkyɛ nsɛmpa no. Yɛreyɛ dɛm no, Ewuradze dze sũahu a hɛn werɛ nnkefir da behyira hɛn.
Megye dase dɛ hɔn a wɔdze nokwar akoma na wɔpra hɔn akoma mu bɛn Ewuradze, hɔn a Agyenkwa Ne dzin da hɔn ano na Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no wɔ hɔn akra mu, hɔn a wɔhyɛ akwantu kɛse no ase no, hom bɛba ebohu na hom enya celestial nhyira mbordo na hom enya dase dɛ Nyame tsie hɔn, Onyim hɔn, na Ɔdɔ hɔn. Hom benya nda ho sũahu a hom werɛ nnkɛfir da. Wɔ Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.