Yerenya Guandɔbea wɔ Ɔbra n’Ehum mu
Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ no nye guandɔbea a hɛn nyina yehia, nkodzen birara a wɔnye hɛn abrabɔ ridzi esi ekyir mpo no.
Mfe 90 ber mu no, me kɔlegye ber no, nna mekã Santiago Ogya Edwuma Asoɛe a ɔwɔ Chile no Kuw a Otsĩa Anan no ho. Mber a mosom wɔ hɔ no, nna me tse ogya edwuma station hɔ a ɔka m’anafua aweɔnee ho. Afe rokɔ n’ewiei no, wɔkãa kyerɛɛ me dɛ ɔwɔ dɛ anafua a adze rebɛkye New Year no mo wɔ fire station hɔ osiandɛ da no nna mbrɛ ɔbɛdan biara no mpofirmusɛm bi si. Ahobow mu, mobuaa dɛ, “Nokwar a?”
Oye, mekaa dɛ dasuo mu ber a menye me mfɛfo rotweɔn no, wɔhyɛɛ ase totoow dza a ɔsɔ gya kɔ sor wɔ Santiago kurow mu. Yɛhyɛɛ ase fuafua hɛn ho na yɛmaa hɛnho afrenhyia pa. Annkyɛr na adɔmba a ɔwɔ fire station hɔ hyɛɛ ase dɛ ɔrobɔ, a nna ɔkyerɛ dɛ mpofirmusɛm bi esi. Yɛfaa hɛn ndzɛmba na yehurui tsenaa ogyadum hɛn no mu. Yɛnam kwan do rokɔ bea asɛm esi no, yɛpaa dɔm pii a nna woridzi afe fofor no, na muhun dɛ nna hwee mmfa hɔn ho na wɔwɔ ahotɔ mu. Nna wɔregye hɔn ahom na hɔn enyi agye ɔhyewber n’anafua ne dɛw no. Naaso nna bea bi a ɔbɛn no, nna esian dzendzen ato nkorɔfo a yɛdze ahoɔhar rokɔboa hɔn no.
Sũahu yi boaa me ma muhun dɛ ɔyɛ a biribiara bɔkɔ do yie wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu yie dze, mber bi bɛba ama hɛn mu kor biara a yebehyia ɔhaw na nkodzen ahorow a ɔbɛgye hɛn ahoɔdzen nyina yebotum dze asɔw. Honandua, adwen mu, ebusua, na edwumayɛ ɔhaw ahorow; esian; na abrabɔ anaa owu mu nsɛmansɛma binom nye nkodzen ho mfatoho binom so a yebehyia wɔ ɔbra yi mu.
Sɛ yehyia nkodzen na ɔhaw ahorow yinom a, yɛtaa nya abagura anaa suro ho nkãtse. President Russell M. Nelson kãa dɛ, “Suro n’edur nye gyedzi”—gyedzi wɔ hɛn Ewuradze Jesus Christ mu (“Let Your Faith Show,” Liahona, Esusow Aketseaba 2014, 29). Ber a meehu nkodzen ahorow a ɔhaw nkorɔfo hɔn abrabɔ no, maabɔ no pɔw dɛ nkodzen biara a ɔnye hɛn ridzi esi no—sɛ ne nyiano wɔ hɔ anaa ɔnnkotwa mu enyim-enyim annkɔ mpo a—guandɔbea kor pɛ na ɔwɔ hɔ, na ɔtse dɛmara ma nkodzen ahorow biara. Guandɔbea kortsee yi a hɛn Ɔsor Egya dze mae nye hɛn Ewuradze Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ.
Wonnyi hɛn mu biara mmfi dɛ obehyia nkodzen yinom no. Helaman, Mormon Nwoma mu nkɔnhyɛnyi kyerɛkyerɛɛ hɛn dza odzi do dɛ: “Hom nkaa dɛ hɛn Pomfo a ɔyɛ Christ, Nyame ne Ba no, no botan no do na ɔwɔ dɛ hom tow hom fapem; ama sɛ abɔnsam bɔ n’ehum dzendzen no a, nyew, n’egyenmenaba a ɔwɔ ekyinehyia ehum no mu no a, nyew, sɛ n’ɔsorbo nyinara tɔ na ehum kɛse bɔ dzendzenndzen hwe hom a, orinnya tum wɔ hom do nntwe hom nnkɛhyɛ awerɛhow nye mbusu a onnyi ewiei no bun ase, osian ɔbotan a hom atow hom adan wɔ do ntsi, dza ɔyɛ fapem tsim, fapem a sɛ adasamba si hɔn adan wɔ do a wɔnnkɔhwe ase” (Helaman 5:12
Elder Robert D. Hales, a ɔnoara nyaa no sũahu wɔ erosɔw nkodzen ho no, kãa dɛ: “Amandzehu nnyɛ ayamu pa mu; mbrɛ yesi sɔw amandzehu yɛ ankorankor. Amandzehu tum nye hɛn fa akwan ebien do. Obotum ayɛ ahoɔdzen na ahotsew sũahu a gyedzi kã ho, anaa obotum ayɛ ɔsɛɛ tum wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu sɛ yennya gyedzi wɔ Ewuradze no werdam afɔrbɔ no mu a” (“Your Sorrow Shall Be Turned to Joy,” Ensign Ɔberɛfɛw 1983, 66).
Ama yeenya guandɔbea ne dɛw no a Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ dze ma no, otwar dɛ hɛn nyina yenya gyedzi wɔ No mu—gyedzi a ɔma hɛn kwan ma yetum soɛr tra asaase nhumu a ɔpem adze ne yaw biara no. Ɔabɔ anohoba dɛ sɛ yɛdze dza yɛyɛ nyina ba No hɔ a Ɔbɛma hɛn adzesoa ayɛ har.
“Hom nyina hom mbra mo hɔ,” Ɔkãa dɛ, “hom a hom reyɛ edwuma berɛ na wɔasoa hom dza ɔyɛ dur, na mebɛma hom ahomgye.
“Hom mfa mo kɔndua no nto hom do, na hom nsũa me; osiandɛ modwe na mebrɛ moho adze wɔ akoma mu: na hom benya ahomgye ama hom akra.
“Osiandɛ mo kɔndua yɛ mberɛw,, na m’adzesoa yɛ mberɛw” (Matthew 11:28–30; san so hwɛ Mosiah 24:14–15).
Wɔkã dɛ “Nyia a ɔwɔ gyedzi no, nkyerɛkyerɛmu biara nnhia. Nyia a onnyi gyedzi no, nkyerɛkyerɛmu biara nnkɔsõ no.” (Asɛm yi wɔkã dɛ Thomas Aquinas ɔkãe mbom ɔbɛyɛ dɛ dza a ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ no na woetwa no sin no.) Naaso, hɛn ntseasee wɔ ndzɛmba a osi wɔ asaase do ha no tɔ sin, na ɔtaa dɛ yennyi nyiano dze ma asɛmbisa ebɛnadze ntsi. Ebɛnadze ntsi na iyi risi? Ebɛnadze ntsi na orisi mo do? Ebɛnadze na ɔsɛ dɛ musũa? Sɛ yenntum ennya nyiano a, ɔno nye mber a nsɛm a hɛn Agyenkwa kãa kyerɛɛ Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph Smith wɔ Liberty Efiadze no dzi mu yie.
“Me ba, asomdwee nkã wo kra; w’akotorka na w’amandzehu no ɔnnkɛkyɛr;
“Na afei, sɛ esɔw no yie a, Nyankopɔn bɛma wo do wɔ sor” (Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 121:7–8).
Ɔyɛ nokwar dɛ nkorɔfo pii wɔ gyedzi wɔ Jesus Christ mu dze, naaso asɛmbisa a ohia nye sɛ yɛgye No dzi a na sɛ yɛgye ndzɛmba a Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ hɛn na Ɔserɛ hɛn dɛ yɛnyɛ no dzi a. Ebia obi botum adwen dɛ, “Ebɛnadze na Jesus Christ nyim wɔ dza orisi mo do no ho? Osi dɛn Hu dza mehia dze enya enyigye?” Nokwar ara, hɛn Pomfo na Ntamugyinafo na nkɔnhyɛnyi Isaiah rekã noho asɛm mber a ɔkãa dɛ:
Adasa buu no enyimtsia na wɔpoow no “awerɛhow nyimpa a ɔyaw abra no. …
“Ampaara, ɔasɔw hɛn yaw, na ɔasoa hɛn awerɛhow. …
“Na mbom wopiraa no wɔ hɛn mbrato ntsi, woposoow no wɔ hɛn emumuyɛ ntsi, wɔdze hɛn asomdwee ho ntsẽa too no do; na ne mbaa ano na wɔdze asa hɛn yarba.” (Isaiah 53:3–5).
Ɔsomafo Paul sanee kyerɛkyerɛɛ hɛn Agyenkwa no ho asɛm, a ɔsee dɛ, “Ɔnoarankasa na ɔsoaa hɛn bɔn wɔ no honam mu kɔr dua no do, dɛ yeewu ama ndzebɔn a, yaatsena ase ama tsenenee: ɔno na wɔdze ne mbaa etua asa hom yarba” (1 Peter 2:24).
Ɔwɔ mu dɛ nna Peter noara no wu wɔ ne gyedzi ho ntsi rebɛn dze, nna suro anaa ekyingye biara nnyi ne nsɛm no mu; mbom, ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ Ahotseweefo no dɛ “hom nsɛpɛw hom ho,” mpo ber a nna “ wɔhow hom werɛ wɔ nsɔhwɛ pii mu.” Peter tuu hɛn fo dɛ yɛnkaa dɛ “[hɛn] gyedzi no nsɔhwɛ, … na ogya mu na wɔsɔ hwɛ,” begya akɔ “ayɛyi nye enyimnyam nye enyidzi wɔ Jesus Christ n’ahoyi no mu’ na “[hɛn] akra nkwagye no” (1 Peter 1:6–7, 9).
Peter kɔɔr do kãa dɛ:
“Adɔfo, mma hom nndwen nsɔhwɛ gya a ɔaba hom mu rosɔ hom ahwɛ no ho dɛ ɔyɛ ahobowsɛm, dɛ adze hɔho bi aba hom do:
“Na mbom, dɛ mbrɛ hom ayɛ Christ amandzehu fafafo no, hom ndzi dɛw, na sɛ woyi n’enyimnyam edzi a, hom dze enyigye ama hom ho aasɛpɛw hom mbordo so” (1 Peter 4:12–13).
President Russell M. Nelson kyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ “Ahotseweefo enyi botum agye wɔ gyinabew biara mu. … Sɛ yɛdze hɛn abrabɔ tsim Nyankopɔn no nkwagye ho nhyehyɛɛ … na Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa no do a, yebotum enya enyigye a dza orisi—anaa dza orinnsi—wɔ hɛn abrabɔ mu no mmfa ho. No mu na osian Ɔno ntsi enyigye ba. Ɔno nye enyigye nyina farbaa” (“Joy and Spiritual Survival,” Liahona, Ɔberɛfɛw 2016, 82).
Nokwar, ɔyɛ mberɛw koraa dɛ ibɛkã ndzɛmba yinom wɔ mber a yennyi nkõdzen mu sen dɛ idze bɔbɔ bra na idze edzi dwuma wɔ nkodzen ber mu. Na meyɛ hom nuabanyin no, mowɔ enyidado dɛ hom tum tse nkã dɛ nokwar mu mepɛ dɛ menye hom kyɛ mbrɛ osi sombo dɛ hom bohu dɛ Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ no yɛ guandɔbea a hɛn nyina yehia, nkodzen birara a wɔnye hɛn abrabɔ ridzi esi ekyir mpo no.
Minyim dɛ hɛn nyina yɛ Nyankopɔn ne mba, na ɔdɔ hɛn, na dɛ yɛnnyɛ ankonam. Moto nsa frɛ hom dɛ hom mbra na hom mbɔhwɛ na Obotum ama hom adzesoa ayɛ har na Ɔayɛ guandɔbea a hom rohwehwɛ no. Hom mbra na wɔmboa binom ma wonnya guandɔbea a wɔrohwehwɛ no dodow no. Hom mbra na wɔnye hɛn ntsena guandɔbea yi mu, a ɔbɔboa hom ma hom nye ɔbra mu nkodzen horow edzi esi. Ekyingye biara nnyi m’akoma mu dɛ sɛ hom ba a, hom bohu, hom bɔboa, na hom bɛtsena ase.
Nkɔnhyɛnyi Alma gyee dase a odzi do no kyerɛɛ ne ba Helaman: “Na minyim dɛ obiara a ɔdze no werɛ twer Nyame no ɔbɔboa no wɔ no nsɔhwɛ, nye n’amandzehu, nye n’akotorka mu, na ɔbɛma no do wɔ da a odzi ewiei no mu.” (Alma 36:3).
Agyenkwa Noara see dɛ:
“Hom mma hom akoma ntɔ hom yamu … ; osiandɛ honam nyinara hyɛ me nsamu; hom nyɛ komm na hom nhu dɛ meyɛ Nyame. …
“Dɛm ntsi, sɛ owu mu mpo a, mma hom nnsuro; osiandɛ wiadze yi mu no, hom enyigye nnhyɛ mã, mbom emi mo mu na hom enyigye hyɛ mã” (Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 101:16, 36).
Asɔr ndwom “Yɛ Komm, Me Kra,” a oekitsa me mber pii no, wɔ awerɛkyekyer asɛm ma hɛn akra. No mu nsɛm nye akenkan a odzi do yi:
Me kra, yɛ komm: Mber no rokɔ ntsɛntsɛm
Ber a yɛnye Ewuradze bɛtsena afebɔɔ,
Ber a abagura, yaw, na suro kɔ,
Awerɛhow nnyi hɔ, ɔdɔ ne dɛw krɔngyee asan aba
Me kra, yɛ komm: Ber a nsesã na nyinsuwa asen,
Ewiei no yebehyia wɔ ahotɔ na nhyira mu. Asɔr Ndwom, nkanee 124.
Ber a yehyia ɔbra mu nkodzen horow no, minyim dɛ sɛ yɛbɔ hɛn mbɔdzembɔ a oye koraa na yɛdan Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ dɛ hɛn guandɔbea a, wɔdze ahom, awerɛkyekyer, ahoɔdzen, abodwee, na asomdwee no a yɛrohwehwɛ no behyira hɛn, a awerɛhyɛmu wɔ hɛn akoma mu dɛ hɛn mber n’ewiei wɔ asaase do no, yɛbɛtse Owura ne ndze dɛ: “Mbo, akowaapa nye nokwafo: …kɔ wo wura dɛw mu” (Matthew 25:21). Jesus Christ ne dzin mu, amen.