“Ẹkenam Mme Owo ke Kpukpru Idụt Ẹdi Mbet”
“KE NTRE ẹka ẹkenam mme owo ke kpukpru idụt ẹdi mbet, ẹnịmde mmọ baptism ke enyịn̄ Ete ye Eyen ye edisana spirit.” Emi edi nte New World Translation akabarede ewụhọ Jesus ke Matthew 28:19. Nte ededi, ẹmekụt ndudue ẹnọ edikabade emi. Ke uwụtn̄kpọ, ekpri n̄wed ido ukpono kiet ọdọhọ ete: “N̄kukụre edikabade oro uwetn̄kpọ usem Greek enyịmede edi: ‘Ẹkenam kpukpru mme idụt ẹdi mbet!’” Nte emi edi akpanikọ?
Edikabade emi, “Ẹkenam kpukpru mme idụt ẹdi mbet,” odu ke ediwak edikabade Bible onyụn̄ edi ata ata edikabade ikọ Greek. Ntre, nso isọn̄ idu kaban̄a edikabade emi, “Ẹkenam mme owo ke kpukpru idụt ẹdi mbet, ẹnịmde mmọ baptism”? Udọn̄ikọ. Ikọ oro “ẹnịmde mmọ baptism” nte an̄wan̄ade etịn̄ aban̄a mme owo, idịghe mme idụt. Eyen ukpepn̄kpọ owo Germany oro Hans Bruns ọdọhọ ete: “[Ikọ] oro ‘mmọ’ itịn̄ke iban̄a mme idụt (usem Greek esịn in̄wan̄în̄wan̄ ubahade), edi etịn̄ aban̄a mme owo ke mme idụt.”
N̄ko-n̄ko, ẹkpenyene ndikere mban̄a usụn̄ oro ẹkenamde ewụhọ Jesus oro. Kaban̄a utom ukwọrọikọ Paul ye Barnabas ke Derbe, obio kiet ke Asia Minor, nnyịn ikot ite: “Ke mmọ ẹma ẹkekwọrọ gospel ẹnọ obio oro, ẹnyụn̄ ẹnam ediwak owo ẹkabade ẹdi mbet, mmọ ẹfiak ẹnyọn̄ Lystra, ye Iconium, ye Antioch.” (Utom 14:21) Tịm fiọk ete ke Paul ye Barnabas ikanamke obio Derbe edi mbet, edi ẹkenam ndusụk owo ke Derbe ẹdi.
Ukem ntre, kaban̄a utịt ini, n̄wed Ediyarade ama ebem iso etịn̄, idịghe nte ke ofụri mme idụt ẹdinam n̄kpọ Abasi, edi ke “akwa otuowo . . . eke ẹtode ke kpukpru obio ye esien ye idụt ye usem” ẹdinam oro. (Ediyarade 7:9, sịghisịghi ubọkn̄wed edi eke nnyịn.) Ntem, New World Translation ọwọrọ ada nte nnennen edikabade ‘kpukpru N̄wed Abasi, eke odudu spirit Abasi’ oro ẹberide edem.—2 Timothy 3:16.