Fɔmɔ Ekoŋŋ—Ani Eji Gbɛ ni kɛ Mɔ Yaa Yiwalaheremɔ Mli?

KƐJI mɔ ko bi bo akɛ, “Ani afɔ bo ekoŋŋ” lo lɛ, te obaaha hetoo tɛŋŋ? Sɔlemɔyalɔi akpekpei abɔ ni yɔɔ jeŋ fɛɛ lɛ kɛ nɔmimaa haa hetoo akɛ “Hɛɛ!” Amɛheɔ amɛyeɔ akɛ fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ ji nɔ ni kadiɔ anɔkwa Kristofoi fɛɛ, ni eji gbɛ pɛ ni kɛ mɔ yaa yiwalaheremɔ mli. Amɛkɛ jamɔŋ hiɛnyiɛlɔi tamɔ Nyɔŋmɔjamɔ he nilelɔ Robert C. Sproul kpãa gbee, eŋma akɛ: “Kɛ́ afɔko mɔ ko ekoŋŋ lɛ, . . . belɛ jeee Kristofonyo ji lɛ.”

Ani ofata mɛi ni heɔ amɛyeɔ akɛ, kɛ́ afɔ bo ekoŋŋ lɛ belɛ onyiɛ gbɛ ni kɛ mɔ yaa yiwalaheremɔ mli lɛ nɔ lɛ ahe? Kɛ́ nakai ni lɛ, no lɛ ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ obaasumɔ ni oye obua owekumɛi kɛ onanemɛi koni amɛna nakai gbɛ lɛ ni amɛbɔi enɔnyiɛmɔ. Shi bɔni afee ni amɛfee nakai lɛ, esa akɛ amɛle srɔtofeemɔ ni yɔɔ mɔ ni afɔ lɛ ekoŋŋ kɛ mɔ ni afɔko lɛ ekoŋŋ lɛ teŋ. Te obaagbala nɔ ni fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ mli oha amɛ tɛŋŋ?

Mɛi babaoo heɔ amɛyeɔ akɛ wiemɔ ni ji ‘fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ’ lɛ kɔɔ mɔ ko ni kɛ hiɛdɔɔ ekã kita akɛ ebaasɔmɔ Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ Kristo, ni no eha etsake kɛjɛ mɔ ni hiɛ edɔɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔjamɔ he kɛbatsɔ mɔ ni hiɛ dɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔjamɔ he jogbaŋŋ lɛ he. Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, wiemɔ komekomei ashishitsɔɔmɔ wolo ko ni afee nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ nɔŋŋ lɛ tsɔɔ mli akɛ “bei pii lɛ,” mɔ ni akɛɔ akɛ afɔ lɛ ekoŋŋ lɛ ji “Kristofonyo ko ni jamɔŋ niiashikpamɔ ko ni mli wa ni ená lɛ eha ewaje ehemɔkɛyeli lɛ loo ená hemɔkɛyeli hee.”—Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary—Eleventh Edition.

Kɛ́ akɛɛ bo akɛ Biblia lɛ kɛ shishitsɔɔmɔ nɛɛ kpãaa gbee lɛ, ani ebaafee bo naakpɛɛ? Ani obaasumɔ ni ole nɔ diɛŋtsɛ ni Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ tsɔɔ yɛ fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ he? Kɛ́ ohe be kɛpɛi sane nɛɛ mli jogbaŋŋ lɛ, obaaná he sɛɛ. Mɛni hewɔ? Ejaakɛ fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ lɛ he shishinumɔ ni ja ni oooná lɛ baaná oshihilɛ kɛ gbɛkpamɔi ni oyɔɔ yɛ wɔsɛɛ he lɛ anɔ hewalɛ.

Mɛni Biblia lɛ Tsɔɔ?

Yɛ Biblia tso muu lɛ fɛɛ mli lɛ, he pɛ ni obaana wiemɔ ni ji ‘fɔmɔ ekoŋŋ’ lɛ yɛ Biblia shishitsɔɔmɔi pii amli ji Yohane 3:1-12, he ni abɔ amaniɛ ko ni kɔɔ sanegbaa ko ni haa mɔ hiɛ feɔ lɛ yaa ni tee nɔ yɛ Yesu kɛ jamɔŋ hiɛnyiɛlɔ ko teŋ yɛ Yerusalem lɛ he lɛ. Obaana Biblia mli amaniɛbɔɔ nɛɛ mli wiemɔi lɛ fɛɛ yɛ akrabatsa ni fata sane nɛɛ he lɛ mli. Wɔmiiwo bo hewalɛ ni okane lɛ jogbaŋŋ.

Yɛ amaniɛbɔɔ lɛ mli lɛ, Yesu wie nibii pii ni kɔɔ ‘fɔmɔ hee’ lɛ he.a Yɛ anɔkwale mli lɛ, Yesu wiemɔi lɛ yeɔ ebuaa wɔ ni wɔnáa sanebimɔi enumɔ ni he hiaa ni nyiɛ sɛɛ nɛɛ ahetoo:

◼ Te fɔmɔ hee lɛ he hiaa ha tɛŋŋ?

◼ Ani wɔ diɛŋtsɛ wɔbaanyɛ wɔha afɔ wɔ ehee?

◼ Mɛni ji yiŋtoo ni yɔɔ fɔmɔ hee lɛ sɛɛ?

◼ Mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ atsɔɔ afɔɔ mɔ ekoŋŋ?

◼ Mɛɛ wekukpãa hee enɛ haa anáa?

Nyɛhaa wɔsusua sanebimɔi nɛɛ ahe ekomekomei wɔkwɛa.—w09 04/01-E.

[Shishigbɛ niŋmaa]

[Akrabatsa/Mfoniri ni yɔɔ baafa 4]

“Ja Afɔ Nyɛ Ekoŋŋ”

“Agbɛnɛ nuu ko yɛ ni jɛ Farisifoi lɛ ateŋ ni atsɛɔ lɛ Nikodemo ni ji Yudafoi lɛ anukpa; lɛ eba Yesu ŋɔɔ nyɔɔŋ, ni ebakɛɛ lɛ akɛ: Rabi, wɔle akɛ tsɔɔlɔ ni jɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ ba jio; ejaakɛ mɔ ko nyɛŋ afee okadii ni ofeɔ nɛɛ, akɛ ja Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ mɔ lɛ yɛ. Yesu here nɔ ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: Lɛɛlɛŋ, lɛɛlɛŋ, miikɛɛo akɛ: Kɛji ajɛɛɛ ŋwɛi afɔɔɔ mɔ ko lɛ [loo “kɛji afɔɔɔ mɔ ko ekoŋŋ lɛ,” NW], enyɛŋ Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ ena. Nikodemo kɛɛ lɛ akɛ: Te aaafee tɛŋŋ ni beni gbɔmɔ egbɔ lɛ ni aaafɔ lɛŋ? Ani eeenyɛ ebote enyɛ musu mli ekoŋŋ ni afɔ lɛ? Yesu here nɔ akɛ: Lɛɛlɛŋ, lɛɛlɛŋ, miikɛɛo akɛ: Kɛji ajɛɛɛ nu kɛ Mumɔ mli afɔɔɔ mɔ ko lɛ, enyɛŋ Nyɔŋmɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli ebote. Nɔ ni ajɛ heloo mli afɔ lɛ, heloo ni; ni nɔ ni ajɛ Mumɔ mli afɔ lɛ, mumɔ ni. Ohiɛ akafeeo yaa akɛ mikɛɛo akɛ: Ja ajɛ ŋwɛi afɔ nyɛ [loo “ja afɔ nyɛ ekoŋŋ,” NW] lɛ. Kɔɔyɔɔ lɛ, he ni esumɔɔ etswaa kɛyaa, ni egbɛɛmɔ onuɔ, shi oleee he ni ejɛɔ kɛ he ni eyaa: nakai ji mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni ajɛ Mumɔ mli afɔ lɛ lɛ. Nikodemo here nɔ ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: Te aaafee nii nɛɛ tɛŋŋ? Yesu here nɔ ni ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: Te Israel tsɔɔlɔ jio ni oleee enɛɛmɛi nɛɛ? Lɛɛlɛŋ, lɛɛlɛŋ, miikɛɛo akɛ: Nɔ ni wɔle lɛ, no wɔwieɔ; ni nɔ ni wɔna lɛ, no he odase wɔyeɔ; shi nyɛheee wɔdase lɛ nyɛyeee. Kɛ mikɛɛ nyɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ nii ni nyɛheee nyɛyeee lɛ, te aaafee tɛŋŋ ni kɛji mikɛɛ nyɛ ŋwɛi nii lɛ, ni nyɛaahe nyɛyeŋ?”—Yohane 3:1-12.