“Hwɛ Emi Nye Kandzea A Hom Bɛma Do No’’
Ewuradze ne kandzea no yɛma do ber a yesuo hɛn ahyɛmudzi horow mu dzen na ber a yɛma hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi ɔtseasefo no abamba.
Dase horow pii a wɔaba wɔ ehyiadzi yi ase no, medze mo ɔsomafo dasedzi kã ho dɛ Jesus Christ nye Nyankopɔn ne Ba no, hɛn Ewuradze na Agyenkwa, hɛn Egya ne mba nyinara Pomfo no. Ɔnam No Werdambɔ do no, Jesus Christ yɛe ma ɔyɛ yie ma hɛn dɛ, sɛ yɛfata a, yɛbɛsan akɔ hɛn Egya a ɔwɔ Sor hɔ na yɛnye hɛn ebusua ebusua atsena afebɔɔ.
Agyenkwa no mmfii hɛn ɔnnkyebo akwantu mu. Nda ebien a woetwa mu no yeetsie No dɛ Ɔakasa edua Ne baanodzifo a Ɔasan mu eyi hɔn mu ama yeetum yɛaatwe abɛn No yie. Mber pii no, ɔdze No dɔ na n’ehumbɔbɔr mapã no, Ɔma hɛn ahom ber a yehyia nsɔhwɛ a osisi wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu no. Nephi kã ho asɛm dɛ, “Me Nyame na ɔayɛ mo boafo; na ɔagye me wɔ m’amandzehu mu. … Ɔdze No dɔ ahyɛ me mã.”
Dɛm ɔdɔ no da edzi ber a yɛma hɛnho nkorkor tsĩpia wɔ N’edwuma mu.
Yɛma hɛn nkɔhyɛnyi tseasefo tsĩpia wɔ wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi ase, na President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo, nye Asomafo Duebien no, Wiadze mfɛndzanan Etumdzifo, na Asɔr no n’Edzibewdzifo. Yɛbɛma tsĩpia n’asekyerɛ nye yɛbɛboa nyimpa bi so na yɛdze hɛn asõkyɛn ama hɔn, yɛbɛyɛ anokwafo ama hɔn awerɛhyɛmu, yɛdze hɔn nsɛm bedzi dwuma. Wɔdze Ewuradze ne nkenyan kasa; wɔtse nsɛm a ɔrokɔ do ase, sɔn mu subanpa gyinapɛn a ɔrokɔ famu na ɔsɛɛfo no no mbɔdzembɔ a orinyin dɛ ɔbɔkõ etsia Egya ne nhyehyɛɛ no. Yɛrema hɛn nsa do no kyerɛ dɛ, yerutu hɛnho esi hɔ ama hɔn abamba, nnyɛ dɛm ber noara pɛr mbom wɔ hɛn daa daa abrabɔ mu.
Yɛrema tsĩpia kã yɛrema hɛn stake presidentfo na bishopfo, quorum na ekuwekuw baanodzifo, akyerɛkyerɛfo, na mpo asesebɔ akwankyerɛfo a wɔwɔ hɛn ward horow na stake horow no do ho. Yɛtwe bɛn fie a, yɛrema hɛn yernom na kunnom, mba, awofo, ebusuatsen, na fipamfo no do. Sɛ yɛma hɛnho nkorkor do a yɛrekã dɛ, “mowɔ ha ma wo, nnyɛ mebɛma w’abasa do na wo nsa do ara sɛ ‘wɔsensɛn famu a’ na mbom mebɛyɛ awerɛkyekyer na ahoɔdzen wɔ wo nkyɛn.’’
Adwenkyerɛ dɛ ma do gyina kyerɛwsɛm do. Mormon Esu ho no, Asɔrmba afoforfo a wonumaa hɔn no gyee too hɔn do dɛ “[wɔbɔsoasoa] kor biara n’adzesoadze ama ɔayɛ har; … [wɔbɛkyekye] hɔn a wohia awerɛkyekyer no hɔn werɛ, na woegyina dɛ Nyankopɔn n’adasefo aber nyina wɔ adze nyina mu, na wɔ gyinabew biara mu.”
Jesus kãa kyerɛɛ Nephifo no dɛ: “Hom mma [hom] kandzea do ama ɔaahyerɛn ama wiadze mba. Hwɛ emi nye kandzea a hom bɛma do no.” Ewuradze ne kandzea no yɛma do ber a yesuo hɛn ahyɛmudzi horow mu dzen na ber a yɛma hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi tseasefo abamba ber a ɔkã Nyankopɔn ne nsɛm.
President Russell M. Nelson, ber a nna ɔrosom wɔ Asomafo hɔn Quorum mu no, kãa dɛ, “Hɛn tsĩpia a yɛdze ma nkɔnhyɛfo no yɛ dza ankorankor gye to hɛn do dɛ yɛbɛyɛ dza yebotum nyinara dze ama hɔn nkɔnhyɛsɛm a ohia papaapa no do.’’
Dɛ yɛma nkɔnhyɛnyi no do yɛ edwuma krɔnkrɔn. Yɛnntsena hɔ komm a yɛnnyɛ hwee mbom ɔhyew mu ara yɛbɔ no ho ban, yedzi n’afotu do, kyerɛkyerɛ ne nsɛm, na yɛbɔ mpaa ma no.
Ɔhen Benjamin, wɔ Mormon Nwoma mu no, see no nkorɔfo no dɛ, “Metse dɛ homankasa, mo so yarba ahorow pii na ɔyɛ a ɔhaw me nyimpadua na m’adwen; naaso … woeyi me, na Ewuradze ne nsa na oyii me … na no tum a onnyi kabea no na ɔdze me esie na ɔakora mo do, ma medze ahom, adwen na ahoɔdzen nyina a Ewuradze dze adom me no asom hom.”
Dɛmara, wɔ mfe 100 no, Ewuradze dze President Nelson esie na Ɔakora no do. President Harold B. Lee, dɛm mber no nna ɔkã President a Odzi Kan na N’apamfo ho no, kãa Moses ne fasusu dɛ nna ogyina koko Rephidim n’etsifi ho asɛm. Ɔkãa dɛ, “[Asɔr no ne President] ne nsa botum atɔ bahaw.’’ “Ɔto mber bi a wobotum ayɛ dɛ wɔsensɛn hɔ osian n’asodzi a ɔyɛ dur ntsi, naaso ber a yɛma ne nsa do na dɛ mbrɛ yedzi baano wɔ n’akwankyerɛ ase, wɔ ne nkyɛn no, hɛl mbobow no nnkotum edzi nyim etsia hom na etsia Israel. W’ahotɔ na hɛn dze gyina dɛ yebedzi hɔn a Ewuradze dze hɔn esisi hɔ dɛ wɔnhwɛ N’Asɔr no do hɔn ekyir anaa yɛnnkɛyɛ do. Onyim nyia a Ɔpɛ dɛ ɔhwɛ Asɔr yi do, na Ɔrennyɛ mfomdo.’’
President Nelson dan mfe pii a ɔdze asom Ewuradze no. Ne mpanyinyɛ, no sũahu asorɔtow, nyansa, na daa daa ɔgye nyikyerɛ no tsitsir ara fata hɛn nda yi. Ɔkãa dɛ: “Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ Ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no risiesie wiadze no ama da no a ‘Ewuradze ne nyimdzee bɛhyɛ asaase mã’ (Isaiah 11:9). … Tum a ɔnam nkaabɔ krɔnkrɔn do a wɔyɛɛ no mfe 200 a abasen kɔ no na wɔdze yɛ edwuma yi. Ɔyɛ nsɛmfua iyinom ara pɛr: ‘Iyi nye Mo Dɔba. Tsie No!’ (hwɛ Joseph Smith—Abakɔsɛm 1:17).”
President Nelson asan so akã dɛ: “Mber biara mmbae wɔ wiadze n’abakɔsɛm mu a hɛn Agyenkwa no ho nyimdzee ayɛ ankorankor ehiadze na ehiasɛm mbordo ma ɔdasanyi biara ne kra kyɛn ber yi. Susu mbrɛ akõdzi a ɔresɛɛ wiadze nyina ntsɛntsɛm—na dza ɔwɔ hɛn ankorankor abrabɔ mu no—wobesiesie sɛ hɛn nyina san mu yi dɛ yɛbɛka Jesus Christ do na yɛayɛ setsie ama Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ a.”
Nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa, yehia dɛ yɛgye abamba na yɛma mboa beberee na yegyaa nwinwin a, yɛrema Ewuradze N’asɛm, N’akwan, na No nkɔnhyɛnyi do yie, nyia a ɔakã dɛ: “Hɛn nsɔhwɛ akɛse no mu kor ndɛ nye yɛruhu nsonsonee a ɔda Nyankopɔn no nokwar na Satan ne ndaadaa ntamu. Dɛm ntsi na Ewuradze abɔ hɛn kɔkɔ dɛ ‘[yɛmbɔ] mpaa aber nyina, … ama [yeetum] edzi Satan do konyim, na … [yeeguan] efi Satan no nkowaa a wodzi dwuma ma no [no] hɔn nsa’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 10:5; woetsĩ mu akã ho].”
Ebɔbira a abasen no, ɔyɛɛ emi na Akyerɛbaa Rasband enyimnyamhyɛ dɛ yɛkaa hɛn nkɔnhyɛnhyi dɔfo na Akyerɛbaa Nelson ho ma yɛsanee tuu Manti Utah Temple no hyɛɛ Nyame nsa.
President Nelson maa obiara no ho boow no ber a ɔhɛɛn dan no mu. Nna hɛn mu kakrabaa na yenyim dɛ ɔreba. N’enyim hɔ no, ntsɛmara metsee kan na nkɔnhyɛ tumdzi a okitsa no. Enyigye a nna ɔwɔ nkorɔfo a hɔnankasa wohun nkɔnhyɛnyi no no hɔn enyim no mebɛkaa no afebɔɔ.
Wɔresan etu ahyɛ Nyame ne nsa mpaabɔ mu no, President Nelson totɔe serɛɛ Ewuradze dɛ Ne fie krɔnkrɔn no tsitsir ara bɛma hɔn a wɔhɛn mu nyinara no do “ma woetum agye nhyira krɔnkrɔn na wɔakɔ do edzi mu na wɔayɛ anokwafo ama hɔn ahyɛmudzi horow … ma iyi eetum ayɛ asomdwee fie, awerɛkyekyer fie, na ankorankor nyikyerɛ fie ama hɔn a emudzi mu ara wɔhɛn mbobow yinom mu.’’
Hɛn nyinara yehia dɛ Ewuradze dze asomdwee, awerɛkyekyer, na ma ohia ankasa no ankorankor nyikyerɛ pegya hɛn ma yɛakõ etsia suro, sum, na wentwiwentwi a ɔrehyɛ wiadze nyina mu no.
Ansaana som no rebɛhyɛ ase no, yɛnye President na Akyerɛbaa Nelson gyinaa ewia no mu wɔ abowano dze hwɛɛ bea fɛɛfɛɛw no. President Nelson n’ewuakɔr beberee fi apaamu hɔ. Ne nana nkansowafo a wɔtɔ do awɔtwe tsenaa mbɔnsa a woetwa temple no ho ehyia no mu, dɛ mbrɛ medze binom so yɛe no. Me nana kansowa banyin Andrew Anderson soom wɔ ahyɛse edzikamfo adansifo kuw no mu a ɔyɛɛ edwuma mfe 11 dze wiee Manti Temple no, dza otsĩa ebiasa wɔ Rocky Mountains hɔ.
Ber a nna yɛnye President Nelson gyina hɔ no, yenyaa kwan dze maa [no] do na yɛmaa Nyankopɔn no nkɔnhyɛnyi abamba dze hyɛɛ wɔresan etu Ewuradze ne fie krɔnkrɔn ahyɛ Nyame nsa ho fa. Ɔyɛ da a mowerɛ nnkefir da.
President Nelson kãa no dɛm da krɔnkrɔn no dɛ, “Yesisi temple dze hyɛ Ewuradze enyimnyam. “Wosisi ma yɛasɔr wɔ mu na nnyɛ apɛbiakyerɛ a. Yɛyɛ ahyɛmudzi krɔnkrɔn horow a wɔwɔ onnyiewiei ho hia wɔ afasu krɔnkrɔn yinom mu.’’ Yɛroboaboa Israel ano.
President Nelson na nkɔnhyɛfo a wodzii no kan no ahwɛ temple krɔnkrɔn no do yie. Ndɛ, wiadze nyina mu no, yɛwɔ Ewuradze efiefi krɔnkrɔn 350 a woridzi dwuma wɔ mu, wɔabɔ ho dawur, anaa wogu do risisi. Dɛ nkɔnhyɛnyi, ofitsi 2018 no, President Nelson abɔ temple 168 ho dawur.
Ɔakã dɛ, “Hɛn mber mu no, nkabɔmu a ɔyɛ mu na odzi mu fa mberano horow, nsaafee, na tum nyinara ho no, ɔwɔ dɛ wɔsɔw dze fam (hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 128:18). Botae horow yinom ntsi, sesei temple krɔnkrɔn sisi asaase no do. Mitsĩ mu bio dɛ temple yinom hɔn nsii no runntum nsesa w’abrabɔ, mbom nokwar ara wo som wɔ temple mu bɛyɛ.’’
President Nelson se dɛ, “Agyenkwa na Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no nye temple no ndwow.’’ “Biribiara a wɔkyerɛkyerɛ wɔ temple mu, odua nkyerɛkyerɛ na Sunsum do no, tow hɛn ntseasee wɔ Jesus Christ ho mu. N’ayɛdze a ohia tsitsir no dua asɔfodzi krɔnkrɔn ahyɛmudzi do nye hɛn kyekyer No. Nkyii, yerisie hɛn ahyɛmu no, Ɔdze N’ayarsa, dzenhyɛ tum no kyɛ hɛn.”
President Nelson ase dɛ, “Hɔn a wɔsɔr wɔ temple mu nyina benya Nyame no tum na abɔfo a ‘wɔbɔhwɛ hɔn do.’[Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 109:22] Mpɛn dodow ahen na ɔbɛma w’awerɛhyɛmu akɔ sor ma ehu dɛ eyɛ ɔbaa anaa ɔbarimba [anaa babun a ɔkɔ temple] no wɔakyɛ wo Nyame no tum dze ayɛ wo akontar no, innhyia abrabɔ dɛ ankonam no? Ebɛn akokodur na ɔdze ma wo dɛ ibohu dɛ abɔfo boa wo ampaara?”
Abɔfo a wɔnye hɛn ridzi nkitaho dɛ wɔma hɛn do no wɔkã ho asɛm wɔ kyerɛwsɛm no mu ber a Jesus Christ buu ntwɛr ahobrɛadze mu ara wɔ Gethsemane Ture no mu. Ɔnam N’amandzehu do Ɔmaa Werdambɔ a ɔmmbɔadze da. President Nelson kã dɛ, “Hɔ no, “ɔdɔ ayɛdze kɛsenara mu kor wɔ abakɔsɛm a wɔakyerɛw nyinara mu na ɔkɔr do. … Gethsemane hɔ no, Ewuradze ‘sɔɔw adasa nyinara hɔn yaw, ama adasa nyinara … eenu hɔnho na wɔaaba no hɔ’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 18:11].”
Jesus Christ serɛɛ dɛ:, “Yi kuraba yi pa mo ho. “naaso nnyɛ me pɛ a, na wodze na ɔnyɛ.
Na ɔbɔfo bi fi sor beyii noho kyerɛɛ no, hyɛɛ no dzen.”
Abɔfo etwa hɛn ho ehyia ndɛ. President Nelson akã dɛ, “[Temple mu no,] ibosũa mbrɛ wosi paa ntwamutam a ɔda ɔsor na asaase ntamu mu, mbrɛ ibesi bebisa Nyankopɔn n’abɔfo ma wɔahwɛ wo do.”
Abɔfo dze kan ba. Nyankopɔn ne kan. Ɔrekasa kyerɛ Ne Nephi Asomafo no Jesus kãa dɛ, “Hwɛ emi nye kandzea hom bɛma do no.” Ber a yɛma hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi tsipĩa no, yɛgye dase dɛ hɛn Agyenkwa, a ɔyɛ “wiadze … kan no’’ na ɔfrɛɛ no.
President Nelson, migyina Ewuradze N’Asɔrmba na hɛn anyɛnkofo ananmu no, ɔyɛ nhyira ma hɛn yɛma wo nkyerɛkyerɛ do, yɛma wo Christsu fasusu abrabɔ do, na yɛma wo dase a ɔyɛ dzen wɔ hɛn Ewuradze na Agyenkwa, hɛn nyinara hɛn Pomfo ho do.
Megye mo ɔsomafo dase dɛ Jesus Christ nye “wiadze … kan no.” Nkyɛ hɛn nyinara, dɛ N’esuafo no, “mma Ne Kandzea do.’’ Wɔ Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.