O Mbabun a Wokitsa Abakan Ndzinoa no
Nyankopɔn wɔ awerɛhyɛmu wɔ hom mu, ahyɛmu mba no, dɛ wɔbɔboa N’edwuma a Ɔdze ne mba nyinara resan aba fie dwudwoodwo.
Elder Stevenson, iyi yɛ ehyiadzi a hɛn werɛ nnkefir da.
Hɛn ebusua enyi gye mbofra buukuu bi a wɔfrɛ no Mbofra Nkrataa ma Nyankopɔn ho papaapa. No mu kakrabaa nye yi:
“Nyankopɔn Dɔfo, nkyɛ ibegyaa nkorɔfo ma woeewu na abɔ nyimpa fofor no, ebɛnadze ntsi na nkora hɔn a wɔwɔ ha sesei no do?”
“Ebɛnadze ntsi na ewɔ mbrasɛm du nko, na mbom hɛn skuul wɔ ɔpepe?”
“Ebɛnadze ntsi na edze men mu adze hyɛ hɔ dɛ ebɛsan so eyi fi hɔ bio?”
Ndɛ mber nnyi hɔ a yɛdze beyi nsɛmbisa yinom nyinara ano, mbom asɛmbisa kor bi wɔ hɔ a metaa tse fi mbabun hɔ a mepɛ dɛ me ma ho mbuae. Fi Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, kesi Thomas, Idaho, asɛmbisa no yɛ kor: “Dɛ ntsi?n Dɛn ntsi na otwar dɛ Latter-day Saintfo no bɛtsena wɔ kwan soronko koraa do fi adasa ho?”
Minyim dɛ ɔyɛ dzen dɛ ibɛyɛ soronko—nkanka sɛ eyɛ babun na epɛ dɛ nkaafo dɔ wo a. Obiara pɛ dɛ ɔkã ho, na dɛm pɛ no ayɛ kɛsenara wɔ ndɛ internet wiadze yi mu a social media na internet do ehunahuna ahyɛ no mã no.
Ntsi, dɛm ahokyer nyinaa ekyir yi, ebɛnadze ntsi na Latter-day Saintfo wɔbɔ bra soronko? Mbuae apapa pii wɔ hɔ: Osiandɛ eyɛ Nyame ne ba. Osiandɛ wɔakora wo ama nda a odzi ewiei mu. Osiandɛ eyɛ Jesus Christ N’osuanyi.
Mbom, dɛm mbuae horow yi nnhyɛ ɔwo nkotsee nsew. Obiara yɛ Nyame ne Ba. Obiara a ɔwɔ asaase yi do sesei no wɔsomaa no baa ha wɔ nda a odzi ewiei no mu. Naaso, ɔnnyɛ obiara na osie Enyansasɛm no anaa ahosie mbra no dɛ mbrɛ ɔwo per dɛ ibesie no. Christ N’ekunyin esũafo no mu bebree nnyɛ asɔr yi ne mba. Wɔnnsom asɛmpakã dwuma na wɔnnyɛ ayɛdze horow wɔ Ewuradze ne fie mma hɔn ewuakɔr tse dɛ ma ɔwo yɛ no. Ampaara, siantsir pii wɔ hɔ.
Ndɛ mepɛ dɛ mitsim wɔ siantsir kor bi so a ɔkã ho a wɔayɛ mfaso wɔ m’abrabɔ mu. Afe 1988 mu no, Ɔsomafo a ɔnnyɛɛ panyin pii a wɔfrɛ no Russell M. Nelson dze nsɛm a ɔato no dzin “Thanks for Covenant” bɔtoo gua wɔ Brigham Young Sũapɔn mu. Nsɛm yi mu no, Elder Nelson kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu dɛ sɛ yɛdze hɛn pɛ nye Nyame yɛ na yesie ahyɛmudzi horow a, yɛbɛyɛ onnyiewiei ahyɛmu a Nyankopɔn nye hɛn nananom edzikamfo no yɛe wɔ mberano biara mu no adzedzifo. Yɛkã no kwan fofor do a, yɛbɛyɛ “ahyɛmu mba.” Ɔno ma yɛda nsew. Ɔno ma hɛn kwan wɔ nhyira a hɛn egyanom na hɛn nãnom edzikamfo nyae no, a abakan ndzinoa ka ho.
Abakan Ndzinoa! Bia na atse dɛm asɛmfua yi da. Yɛtow asɔr ndwom mpo fa ho: “Mbabun a Wokitsa Abakan Ndzinoa, hom nkɔ do, hom nkɔ do!” Ɔyɛ asɛmfua a tum wɔ mu ankasa. Mbom, n’asekyerɛ nye dɛn?
Ahyɛmu Dadaw mber mu no, sɛ egya wu a, n’abakamba banyin na ɔwɔ asodzi dɛ ɔhwɛ enã na nuambabaa do. No nuambanyin nya hɔn egyapadze mu kyɛfã na wofi fie kɔbɔ hɔn bra wɔ wiadze no mu, naaso abakamba banyin no nnkɔ beebiara. Ɔbɔwar enya noara n’ebusua, naaso ɔbɛtsena hɔ kɛpem ne nda a odzi ewiei dɛ ɔrohwɛ n’egya n’ahenman do. Osiandɛ asodzi yi da no do ntsi, wɔmaa no egyapadze no kakra kãa ho. Ana eredzi baano na ahwɛ binom do no yɛ adze a ne nyɛe yɛdzen dodow? Ibenya ntseasee wɔ ho sɛ ehwɛ egyapadze a wɔdze kaa nedze no ho a.
Ndɛ yɛrennkasa mmfa mbrɛ wodzidzi do wɔ awoe mu wɔ asaase do ebusua ebusua mu anaa Ahyɛmu Dadaw asodzi horow ma mbaa na mbanyin ho. Yɛrekasa afa egyapadze a wo nsa kã dɛ enye Christ yɛ adzedzinyi osian ahyɛmu nkitahodzi a asan mu eyi dɛ enye Ɔno na w’Egya a ɔwɔ sor benya no ntsi. Ana ɔyɛ nwanwa dɛ Nyankopɔn enyi bɛda wo kwan dɛ ebɔbɔ bra soronko fi ne mba nkaa no ho ama eetum eedzi hɔn baano na asom hɔn yie a? Nnyɛ ber a ehwɛ nhyira no—honandua mu na sunsum mu ebien nyina—no a wɔdze ama wo no ho.
Ana w’abakan ndzinoa no kyerɛ dɛ eye kyɛn binom? Oho, mbom ɔkyerɛ dɛ ɔsɛ dɛ eboa binom ma wɔ yɛ papa. Ana w’abakan ndzinoa no kyerɛ dɛ wɔasan mu eyi ɔwo nko? Nyew, naaso wɔnnsan mu nnyi wo dɛ bedzi hen wɔ binom do; woeyi wo dɛ ibɔsom hɔn. W’abakan ndzinoa no yɛ Nyankopɔn no dɔ ho dasegye? Nyew, mbom ohia tsitsir, ɔyɛ N’awerɛhyɛmu ho dasegye.
Ɔyɛ adze kor dɛ wɔbɔdɔ wo na adze kor so koraa dɛ ebɛyɛ nokwafo. Ma Mbabun Enya Ahoɔdzen kwankyerɛ mu no mu no, yɛkenkan dɛ: “W’Egya a ɔwɔ Sor wɔ awerɛhyɛmu wɔ wo mu. Ɔama wo nhyira pii, a asɛmpa ne mãhyɛ kã ho na ayɛdze na ahyɛmudzi krɔnkrɔn a ɔtakyer wo fam No na ɔdze No tum ba w’abrabɔ mu. Dɛm nhyira horow yi dze asodzi ntowdo nam. Onyim dɛ ibotum ayɛ nsesã wɔ wiadze, na dɛm no hia, wɔ akwan horow pii mu dɛ ebɛyɛ soronko fi wiadze no ho”.
Wobotum dze hɛn ɔnnkyebo asetsena suahu yi atoto nsuhɛn a Nyankopɔn ne mba nyina wɔ mu na wotu kwan fi bea kor kɔ bea fofor so. Kwanhorow dɛ yebosũa, yebenyin, hɛn enyi bɛgye, na yeetu mpon hyɛ akwantu yi mã, naaso esian so wɔ mu. Nyankopɔn dɔ Ne mba nyinara na hɔn yiedzi hia no. Ɔmmpɛ dɛ Ɔhwer hɔn mu biara, ntsi Ɔto nsa frɛ hɔn a wɔdɔ pɛ no dɛ wɔmbɛka No dɔm ho—ɔno nye ɔwo. Ɔnam wo nsanmuyi dɛ ebɛyɛ na esie ahyɛmudzi horow no ntsi, Ɔdze No werɛ hyɛ wo mu. Ɔgye dzi dɛ ebɛyɛ soronko, na ada nsew osian edwuma son a Ɔgye dzi dɛ ebɛyɛ no ntsi.
Dwen ho! Nyankopɔn wɔ awerɛhyɛmu wɔ hom mu— asaase yi do nyimpa dodow nyinara yi mu no, ahyɛmu mba no, No dɔm—dɛ wɔbɔboa N’edwuma a Ɔdze Ne mba nyinara resan aba fie dwudwoodwo. Ɔnnyɛ nwanwa dɛ President Brigham Young kãa no ber bi dɛ, “Sor abɔfo nyinara rohwɛ nyimpa kumabaa yi.”
Sɛ ehwɛ nsuhɛn yi a yɛdze rototo asaase yi ho a, ibohu binom a wɔtsestse ahomgye ngua mu ronom nsa, rotow kyakya, hyehyɛ ntar bɔn, a hɔn enyi tsim abaefor foon ekitadze mu remiamia, resɛe mber pii ridzi agor horow wɔ ekitadze yi do. Mbom nkyɛ ebɔdwendwen dɛ, “Ebɛnazde ntsi na munnkotum ayɛ dɛm no?,” ho no, ibotum akaa dɛ nnyɛ ɔkwantunyi biara gyan. Ekã Nyame No dɔm ho. Ewɔ asodzi horow a akwantufo nkaa no nnyi. Dɛ mbrɛ Akyerɛbaa Ardeth Kapp kãa ber bi no, “Nnkotum ayɛ nkwa [bambɔfo] wɔ mpoano sɛ etse dɛ aborfo nkaa no nyina a.”
Na ansaana w’abaw mu bogura ɔnam ahyɛdze horow no ntsi, meserɛ kae dɛ Nyankopɔn no dɔm no hɔn nsa kã biribi a akwantufo nkaa no nnya: nhyɛananmu. Elder Neil L. Andersen akã dɛ, “sunsum mu tum nhyɛananmu wɔ hɔ ma atseneeneefo,” a “awerɛhyɛmu kɛse, pisi kɛse, na akokodur kɛse kã ho.” Tse dɛ tsetse Abraham no, ibotum enya enyigye kɛse na asomdwee, tseneneeyɛ mapã, na nyimdzee kɛse. Wo nhyɛananmu nnyɛ tsenabew kɛkɛ wɔ sor na akwan a wɔdze sika asam do. Ɔyɛ mberɛw dɛ sor Egya dze dza ɔwɔ nyinara ma wo. No botae nye dɛ Ɔbɔboa wo ma abɛyɛ tse dɛ mbrɛ Ɔtse noara. Dɛm ntsi, wo pisi horow no gye mbɔdzembɔ pii fi wo hɔ, osiandɛ ɔno mu na Nyankopɔn fa yɛ wo nyimpa ban papanara no.
Ampaara ɔyɛ “ehiadze pii dɛ ebɛgye efi bi hɔ, naaso nnyɛ obi gyan bi”! Eyɛ babun a ikitsa abakan ndzinoa. Ɔwo na Nyankopɔn na Jesus Christ ahyɛmu nkitahodzi no yɛ dɔ na awerɛhyɛmu nkitahodzi a no mu no ewɔ ho kwan wɔ Hɔn adom kɛse no ho—Hɔn sor mboa, ahoɔdzen, na tum mapã no. Dɛm tum no nnyɛ dza ɔba kwa a, dza ɔwo ara ahyɛ ho nkɔm. Ɔyɛ nokwar ampaara.
Ber a ehyɛ w’abakan ndzinoa asodzi horow no mã no, nnyɛ ankonam dabiarada. Wenyin ture Wura no nye wo yɛ edwuma bɔmu. Enye Jesus Christ nsa da nsa mu ridzi dwuma. Ahyɛmudzi fofor biara no—na ɔwo nye No nkitahodzi no dɔ kɔ bun mu no—wosuo hom ho mu dzendzen kɛpem dɛ wɔabɔmu esuo mu dzen. Dɛm adom ngyinahɔmadze mu no, ibenya pɛ na ahom dɛ ebɔbɔ bra dɛ ma Agyenkwa no yɛɛ pɛpɛɛpɛr—ɔson wiadze dze no. Ibotum ayɛ iyi osiandɛ Jesus Christ kã wo ho!
2 Nephi 2:6 mu no, yɛkenkan dɛ, “Dɛm ntsi, ɔpon bodua Messiah Krɔnkrɔn no do aba; osiandɛ adom na nokwar ahyɛ no mã.” Osiandɛ nokwar ahyɛ no mã ntsi, Ohu wo dɛ mbrɛ etse ankasa—esintɔ, mberɛwyɛ, mfehoekyir horow, na dza ɔkeka ho. Osiandɛ adom ahyɛ No mã ntsi, Ohu nyimpa ban a ibotum abɛyɛ ankasa. Ohyia wo wɔ bea ewɔ na ɔboa wo ma enu wo ho na itu mpon, edzi nyim, na abɛyɛ.
“O mbabun a wokitsa abakan ndzinoa no, hom nkɔ do, hom nkɔ do!” Megye dase dɛ wɔdɔ hom—wɔgye hom dzi—ndɛ, wɔ mfe eduonu a ɔreba mu, na afebɔɔ. Mma nntɔɔn w’abakan ndzinoa mfa ngye dza ɔnnsɛ. Mma nntɔn biribiara mfa ngye hwee. Mma mma wiadze no nsesã wo, ber a wɔwoo wo dɛ bɛsesa wiadze no. Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.