“Monhwɛ Mene Kanea No a Mobɛma So No”
Yɛpagya Awurade kanea no berɛ a yɛsɔ yɛn apam mu den, ne berɛ a yɛboa yɛn nkɔmhyɛni a ɔte ase.
Ɛka adansedie ahodoɔ wɔ saa nhyiamu yi ase no, mede m’asomafoyɛ adanseɛ ka ho sɛ, Yesu Kristo ne Onyankopɔn Ba no, yɛn Awurade ne Agyenkwa, yɛn Agya mma nyinaa Gyefoɔ no. Ɛnam Ne Mpata no so, Yesu Kristo maa no yɛɛ akwanya maa yɛn, sɛ yɛfata a, yɛbɛsane akɔ yɛn Agya a ɔwɔ Soro no anim na yɛaka yɛn mmusua ho berɛ a ɛnni awieeɛ.
Agyenkwa no ka yɛn ho wɔ yɛn ɛwuo akwantuo yi mu. Nna mmienu a atwa mu yi, yɛate sɛ Ɔrekasa fa N’akannifoɔ a wɔayi wɔn mu, sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtumi atwe abɛn No. Berɛ nyinaa, wɔ Ne dɔ kronkron ne ahummɔborɔ mu no, Ɔsɔ yɛn mu berɛ a yɛkɔ asetena ahwɛdeɛ mu. Nephi ka ho asɛm sei: “Me Nyankopɔn na ayɛ me boafoɔ; ɔde me afa m’ahohiahia mu. Ɔde ne dɔ ahyɛ me ma.”
Yɛhunu saa ɔdɔ no berɛ a yɛboa yɛn ho yɛn ho wɔ N’adwuma mu.
Yɛsɔ yɛn nkɔmhyɛni a ɔte ase, ne Atitenafoɔ a Wɔdi kan, ne Asomafoɔ Dummienu Kuo no, Amansan Sodifoɔ, ne Asɔre Asomfoɔ mu wɔ amansan nhyiamu ase. Sɔ mu bi kyerɛ sɛ pagya onipa foforɔ, yɛnyɛ aso mma wɔn, yɛnni nokorɛ mma wɔn awerɛhyɛmu, yɛmfa wɔn nsɛm nni dwuma. Wɔnam Awurade nkanyan so na ɛkasa; wɔte seesei nsɛmpɔ ase, manmufoɔ ahonim a ɛretesan, ne ɔtamfo no mmɔdemmɔ a ɛredɔɔso sɛ ɛbɛsi Agya no nhyehyɛeɛ kwan. Wɔ mmasoɔ a yɛma yɛn nsa so no, yɛhyɛ yɛn mmoa ho bɔ, ɛnyɛ saa berɛ no nko ara, mmom wɔ yɛn daadaa asetena mu.
Yɛresɔ mu bi ka mmasoɔ a yɛma yɛn stake atitenafoɔ ne bishops, quorum ne akuo akannifoɔ, akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, ne mpo nsraban akwankyerɛfoɔ wɔ yɛn wards ne stakes mu. Ɛbɛbɛn fie no, yɛn mmasoɔ ɛnyɛ yɛn yerenom ne yɛn kununom, mma, awofoɔ, abusua tenten, ne ayɔnkofoɔ. Sɛ yɛ pagya yɛn ho yɛn ho a, na yɛreka sɛ, “mewɔ ha ma wo, ɛnyɛ kwa sɛ yɛ pagya abasa ne nsa berɛ a ‘wɔsensɛn fam’ mmom mɛyɛ awerɛkyekyerɛ ne ahoɔden wɔ wo nkyɛn.”
Nsusuiɛ sɛ ma so agye nhini wɔ twerɛsɛm no mu. Wɔ Mormon Nsuwa ho, Asɔre asafomma a wɔabɔ asu foforɔ no hyɛɛ nokorɛ bɔ sɛ “wɔbɛboa asoa wɔn ho wɔn ho nnesoa, ama mu atumi ayɛ hare; [wɔbɛ] kyekyere wɔn a wɔgyina bea a wɔhia awerɛkyekyerɛ werɛ, na wɔagyina sɛ Onyankopɔn adansefoɔ berɛ nyinaa ne nneɛma nyinaa mu, ne mmeammea nyinaa.”
Yesu kakyerɛɛ Nephifoɔ no sɛ: “Mompagya mo kanea sɛdeɛ ɛbɛtumi ahyerɛn akyerɛ wiase. Hwɛ Mene kanea no a ɛwɔ sɛ moma so no.” Yɛ pagya Awurade kanea no berɛ a yɛsɔ yɛn apam mu den, ne berɛ a yɛboa yɛn nkɔmhyɛni a ɔte ase berɛ a ɔreka Onyankopɔn nsɛm.
Titenani Russell M. Nelson kaa sɛ, yɛresom wɔ Asomafoɔ Dummienu Kuo no mu a, “Yɛn sɔ a yɛsɔ nkɔmhyɛfoɔ mu yɛ woankasa ahofama, sɛ yɛbɛyɛ deɛ yɛbɛtumi biara apagya wɔn nkɔmhyɛ mu ahiadeɛ kane.”
Wobɛ pagya nkɔmhyɛni yɛ adwuma kronkron. Yɛnntena ase komm saa, mmom yɛde nsiyɛ bɔ ne ho ban, di n’afotuo akyi, kyerɛkyerɛ ne nsɛm, na yɛbɔ mpaeɛ ma no.
Ɔhene Benjamin, wɔ Mormon nwoma no mu, see ne nkorɔfoɔ sɛ, “Mete sɛdeɛ moteɛ no ara, ahoɔmmerɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa tumi ha me nipadua ne m’adwene; nanso saa nkorɔfoɔ yi ayi me na manya kwan nam Awurade nsa so na ɔnam ne tumi a ɛnni nsɛsoɔ so de me asie akora me, sɛ memfa me tumi, m’adwene, ne m’ahoɔden biara a Awurade de adom me no nsom mo.”
Saa ara, mfeɛ 100 so, Awurade de Titenani Nelson asie akora no. Berɛ a na Titenani Harold B. Lee ka Atitenafoɔ a wɔdi Kan ho no, maa nhwɛsoɔ faa Mose a ɔgyina esie Rephidim.so. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Nsa a ɛyɛ [Asɔre no Titenani] dea bɛtumi abrɛ.” “Ɛtɔ da a ɛbɛtumi aba sɛ ɛbɛsensɛn hɔ ɛnam n’asodie duruduru nti; nanso berɛ a yɛpagya ne nsa, na yɛadi anim wɔ n’akwankyerɛ ase, wɔ ne nkyɛn mu no, asamando apono rentumi nni nkonim ntia mo na wɔadi atia Israel. Mo ahobammɔ ne yɛn deɛ gyina sɛdeɛ yɛdi anaa yɛnni onii a Awurade de no asi hɔ akyi sɛ ɔnhwɛ n’asɔre so. Ɔnim deɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhwɛ saa asɔre yi so, na ɔrennyɛ mfomsoɔ.”
Titenani Nelson twe ahoɔden firi mfeɛ dodoɔ a wasom Awurade no. Ne nyini, suahunu ahodoɔ, nyansa, ne adiyisɛm a ɔnya no ntoaso ntoaso no yɛ deɛ ɛfata yɛn da yi pɔtee. Waka sɛ: “Yesu Kristo Asɔre a ɛwɔ hɔ ma Nna a Ɛdi Akyire Ahotefoɔ resiesie wiase ama da no a ‘Awurade ho nimdeɛ bɛhyɛ asase so ma’ (Yesaia 11:9). Asɛm kronkron a wɔkaa no mfeɛ 200 a atwam no ma saa adwuma yi tumi. Na ɛkura nsɛmfua nson pɛ: ‘Yei ne Me Dɔ Ba. Tie No!’ (hwɛ Joseph Smith—Abakɔsɛm 1:17).”
Titenani Nelson asan aka sɛ: “Berɛ biara maa da wɔ wiase abakɔsɛm mu a, Agyenkwa no ho nimdeɛ nhiaa kɛse na ɛmfata maa yɛn ankasa yɛn nipa kra biara. Susu sɛdeɛ ntɛm so, ɔsɛeɛ akyinyegyeɛ a atwa wiase ahyia—ne deɛ ɛwɔ yɛn ankorankoro asetena mu—bɛsiesie, sɛ yɛn nyinaa fa sɛ yɛbɛdi Yesu Kristo akyi na yɛatie Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no a.”
Anuanom mmaa ne mmarima, ɛhia sɛ yɛma so bebree na anwiinwii yɛ ketewa bi, yɛpagya Awurade asɛm no kɛse, N’akwan, ne Ne nkɔmhyɛni, a waka sɛ: “Yɛn nsɛm denden akɛseɛ no mu baako ɛnnɛ ne sɛ yɛbɛkyerɛ nsosonoeɛ a ɛda Onyankopɔn nokorɛ ne Satan nnaadaa ntam. Ɛno nti na Awurade bɔɔ yɛn kɔkɔ sɛ ‘yɛmmɔ mpaeɛ berɛ biara, ama [yɛn] atumi adi Satan so, na yɛafiri Satan nkoa nsa deɛ ɛpagya [ɔtamfoɔ no] adwuma’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 10:5; wɔasi so dua].”
Oforisuo a ɛtwaa mu yi, Onuabaa Rasband ne me nyaa akwanya kaa yɛn nkɔmhyɛni dɔfoɔ ne Onuabaa Nelson ho kɔɔ Manti Utah Tɛmpol te ho ma bio nhyiamu no ase.
Titenani Nelson maa obiara ho dwirii no berɛ a ɔwuraa dan no mu. Yɛn mu kakra bi pɛ na na ɛnim sɛ ɔreba. Wɔ ne nkyɛn no, metee hann ne nkɔmhyɛ asodie a ɔkura no ntɛm so. Anigyeɛ a mehunuu sɛ na ɛwɔ nkorɔfoɔ a wɔn ankasa hunuu nkɔmhyɛni no anim bɛtena me nkyɛn afebɔɔ.
Wɔ te ho ma bio mpaebɔ mu no, Titenani Nelson srɛɛ Awurade sɛ ne titire, Ne fie Kronkron no mpagya obiara a ɔbɛwura tɛmpol mu, “sɛ wɔbɛtumi anya nhyira kronkron na wɔbɛgyina afata na wɔbɛdi nokorɛ ama wɔn apam ama yei ayɛ asomdwoeɛ fie, awerɛkyekyerɛ fie, ne wɔn ankasa adiyisɛm fie ma obiara a ɔbɛfata awura saa apono no mu.”
Yɛn nyinaa yɛhia sɛ Awurade de asomdwoeɛ, ne awerɛkyekyerɛ, ma yɛn so, na ɛnkanka ɔma yɛn ankasa adiyisɛm ma yɛne ehu, esum, ne aperedie a atwa wiase ahyia no di asie.
Ansa na yɛbɛyɛ ɔsom no, yɛne Titenani ne Onuabaa Nelson gyinaa abɔntene wɔ awia no mu hwɛɛ bea fɛɛfɛ a atwa hɔ ahyia no. Titenani Nelson agyanom nkabom wɔ saa bea yi kɔ akyiri pa ara. Ne nana, nananom a wɔtɔ so nnwɔtwe tenaa bonhwa a ɛtwaa tɛmpol ho hyiaeeɛ, sɛdeɛ me deɛ binom yɛɛeɛ no. Me nana, nanabarima Andrew Anderson somm wɔ tete akannifoɔ dan sie adwumayɛfoɔ mu, wɔn a wɔyɛɛ adwuma mfeɛ 11 de wiee Manti Tɛmpol, deɛ ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa wɔ Rocky Mountains hɔ.
Berɛ a yɛkaa Titenani Nelson ho no, yɛnyaa akwanya sɛ yɛ pagya na yɛboa Onyankopɔn nkɔmhyɛni, wɔ Awurade fie kronkron te ho ma bio no afahyɛ mu. Ɛyɛ ɛda a mewerɛ remfiri da.
“Yɛsisi tɛmpol de hyɛ Awurade animuonyam,” Titenani Nelson kaa wɔ saa da kronkron no mu. “Wɔasisi ama ɔsom na ɛnyɛ oyikyerɛ. Yɛyɛ apam kronkron a ɛwɔ ɛnni awieeɛ mfasoɔ wɔ saa afasuo kronkron yi mu.” Yɛreboaboa Israel ano.
Titenani Nelson ne nkɔmhyɛfoɔ a wɔadi n’anim no akora tɛmpol kronkron biara wɔ wɔn abasa mu. Ɛnnɛ yi, yɛwɔ Awurade fie kronkron 350 a atwa wiase ahyia a ɛreyɛ adwuma, wɔaka ho asɛm, anaa wɔgu so resisie. Ɔyɛ nkɔmhyɛni, ɛfiri 2018, Titenani Nelson aka 168 tɛmpol dodoɔ a yɛbɛsisi.
“Wɔ yɛn berɛ yi,” waka sɛ, “ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsosɔ asɛmpaberɛ biara a ɛdi mu, ɛyɛ mua, ne wɔn nkabom a ɛwie pɛyɛ nsafoa, ne tumi, bɔ mu. (hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 128:18). Seesei, ɛma saa botaeɛ kronkron yi nti, wɔasisi tɛmpol atwa ahyia asase so. Mesi so dua bio sɛ saa tɛmpol dodoɔ yi a wɔresisi yi, rentumi nsesa mo abrabɔ, mmom nokorɛ mu mo som wɔ tɛmpol mu bɛyɛ.”
Titenani no se, “Agyenkwa no ne Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ na ɛyɛ tɛmpol no akoma.” “Biribiara a wɔkyerɛ wɔ tɛmpol fa akwankyerɛ so ne Honhom no so, ma yɛn nteaseɛ wɔ Yesu Kristo mu dɔɔso. N’ayɛyɛdeɛ a ɛhia no nam asɔfodie apam kronkron so kyekyere yɛn fam Ne ho. Afei, berɛ a yɛdi yɛn apam so no, Ɔma yɛn Ne denhyɛ tumi ne ayaresa no.”
“Obiara a ɔsom wɔ tɛmpol mu no,” Titenani Nelson aka sɛ, “wɔbɛnya Onyankopɔn tumi ne ɔsoro abɔfoɔ a ‘wɔhwɛ wɔn so’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 109:22]. Dodoɔ sɛn na w‘ahotosoɔ nyini sɛ wobɛhunu sɛ, woyɛ ɔbaa anaa ɔbarima [anaa ɔbabunu a wokɔ tɛmpol] a wɔahyɛ Onyankopɔn tumi akodeɛ no, na ɛho nhia sɛ wo nko ara wobɛgyina asetena anim? Nkuranhyɛ bɛn na ɛde ma mo sɛ mobɛhunu sɛ ampa ara ɔsoro abɔfoɔ bɛboa mo?”
Wɔka ɔsoro abɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ mmoa pagya yɛn no ho asɛm wɔ twerɛnsɛm no mu berɛ a Yesu Kristo buu nkotodwe ahobrɛaseɛ mu wɔ Gethsemane Turo mu no. Ɔnam N‘amanehunu so maa Mpata a ɛnni ano. “Ɛhɔ,” Titenani Nelson ka sɛ, “ɔdɔ nneyɛɛ kɛseɛ pa ara baako a wɔtwerɛɛ wɔ abakɔsɛm nyinaa mu sii wɔ ha. Wɔ Getsemane hɔ no, Awurade ‘hunuu nnipa nyinaa yea ho amane, sɛdeɛ obiara bɛtumi asakyera na wɔaba ne nkyɛn’ [Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 18:11].”
“Yi saa kuruwa yi firi me so,”Yesu Kristo srɛɛe, “nanso ɛnyɛ deɛ mepɛ, mmom wo deɛ, na ɛnyɛ hɔ.
“Na ɔsoro bɔfoɔ firii ɔsoro baa ne nkyɛn bɛhyɛɛ no den.”
Yɛwɔ ɔsoro abɔfoɔ a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia ɛnnɛ. Titenani Nelson aka sɛ, “[Wɔ tɛmpol mu,] mobɛsua sɛdeɛ mobɛbue nkatanim a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ne asase ntam, sɛdeɛ mobɛbisa Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ sɛ wɔbɛboa mo.”
Ɔsoro abɔfoɔ de kanea ba. Onyankopɔn kanea. Ne Nephifoɔ Asomafoɔ no, Yesu kaa sɛ, “Monhwɛ, Mene kanea no a mobɛma so no.” Berɛ a yɛsɔ yɛn nkɔmhyɛni mu no, yɛdi adanseɛ sɛ yɛn Agyenkwa na afrɛ no, ɔno a ɔne “kanea ma wiase no.”
Ɔdɔfoɔ Titenani Nelson, megyina asafomma ne nnamfoɔ ananmu wɔ Awurade Asɔre mu wiase nyinaa ka sɛ, yɛte nhyira nka sɛ yɛ pagya wo nkyerɛkyerɛ, sɛ yɛ pagya wo Kristo su asetena nhwɛsoɔ, ne sɛ yɛ pagya wo nokorɛ adansedie fa Awurade yɛn Agyenkwa ho, yɛn nyinaa Gyefoɔ no.
Medi m’adanseɛ sɛ ɔsomafoɔ sɛ, Yesu Kristo ne “kanea ma wiase.” Momma yɛn nyinaa, sɛ N’asuafoɔ yi, “mpagya” Ne kanea no. Wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu, amen.