17. ?Plante man oli laef hamas yia, mo ol yia ya oli fulap long wanem samting?

¹⁷ Long saed blong laef blong ol sinman, Sam ya i talem se: “Yia blong mifala i save kasem seventi nomo, no sipos bodi blong mifala i stap strong oltaem, mifala i save kasem eiti, be oltaem mifala i stap kasem trabol, mifala i stap harem nogud nomo. Laef blong mifala i save finis kwiktaem nomo, nao mifala i go lus olgeta.” (Ol Sam 90:10) Plante man oli laef kasem 70 yia. Kaleb i talem se bodi blong hem i strong gud, taswe hem i kasem 85 yia. I gat samfala we oli laef longtaem moa, olsem Eron (123 yia), Moses (120 yia), mo Josua (110 yia). (Namba 33:39; Dutronome 34:7; Josua 14:6, 10, 11; 24:29) Be long saed blong ol man Isrel we oli kamaot long Ijip mo oli no moa trastem God, olgeta we oli gat 20 yia i go antap, oli ded bifo we 40 yia i pas. (Namba 14:29-34) Tede, long plante kantri, ol man oli save kasem seventi no eiti yia, olsem man blong raetem Sam i talem. Be long olgeta yia ya, yumi stap ‘kasem trabol, yumi stap harem nogud nomo.’ Ol yia ya oli pas hareap, nao yumi “lus olgeta.”—Job 14:1, 2.

¹⁹ Ol tok blong Sam ya i olsem wan prea blong askem Jeova blong tijim ol man blong hem olsem wanem blong waes, blong oli tinghae long ol dei blong laef blong olgeta we oli stap yet, mo blong oli yusum olgeta long fasin we God i glad long hem. Sipos yumi laef kasem 70 yia, yumi gat 25,500 dei blong yusum. Nating sipos yumi no olfala olsemia yet, be ‘yumi no save nating wanem bambae i save kamtru long laef blong yumi tumora. Yumi olsem smok blong hil nomo. Smok ya i save kamtru we i stap smoltaem nomo, nao biaen i lus bakegen.’ (Jemes 4:13-15) Yes, “samting we yumi no tingbaot i save kamaot long yumi enitaem nomo,” taswe yumi no save hamas dei no yia we bambae yumi laef yet. From samting ya, yumi mas prea blong yumi waes i naf blong winim ol traem, mo blong yumi mekem i stret long ol narafala, mo blong yumi mekem bes blong yumi naoia—tede—long wok blong Jeova. (Prija 9:11, NW; Jemes 1:5-8) Jeova i stap yusum Tok blong hem, spirit blong hem, mo ogenaesesen blong hem, blong lidim yumi. (Matiu 24:45-47; 1 Korin 2:10; 2 Timoti 3:16, 17) Sipos yumi waes, fasin ya bambae i pusum yumi blong ‘lukaot Kingdom blong God fastaem,’ mo blong yusum ol dei blong yumi long fasin we i givim ona long Jeova mo i mekem hat blong hem i glad. (Matiu 6:25-33, NW; Ol Proveb 27:11) I tru se, sipos yumi wosip long Jeova wetem fulhat blong yumi, bambae samting ya i no save tekemaot ol trabol long laef blong yumi, no gat. Be i sua se bambae yumi kasem bigfala glad from.