11. Te Paulo wo Kristofoi aŋaa akɛ amɛkɛ je lɛŋ nɔyelɔi aye aha tɛŋŋ?

¹¹ Shishitoo mla nɛɛ kɛ gbeekpamɔ naa hewɔ ni, yɛ nɔ ni fa fioo fe afii 20 yɛ Kristo gbele sɛɛ lɛ, bɔfo Paulo kɛɛ Kristofoi ni yɔɔ Roma lɛ akɛ: “Mɔ fɛɛ mɔ aba ehe aha hegbɛi ni yeɔ nɔ lɛ.” (Romabii 13:1) Aaafee afii nyɔŋma sɛɛ, beni eshwɛ fioo ni etsuŋwoo ni ji enyɔ kɛ egbele yɛ Roma lɛ baaba lɛ, Paulo ŋma wolo eyaha Tito akɛ: “Kaimɔ amɛ [Kreta Kristofoi lɛ] ni amɛba amɛhe shi amɛha onukpai kɛ nɔyelɔi lɛ, amɛbo amɛ toi, amɛsaa amɛhe amɛha nitsumɔ kpakpa fɛɛ nitsumɔ kpakpa, amɛkawie mɔ ko he efɔŋ, amɛkabé; shi moŋ amɛfee kpoo, ni amɛkɛ amɛhe atsɔɔ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ akɛ amɛhe jɔ.”—Tito 3:1, 2.

“Hegbɛi ni Yeɔ nɔ lɛ” Ahe Shishinumɔ ni Tee Hiɛ

12. (a) Mɛni Charles Taze Russell na akɛ no ji gbɛhe ni sa kɛha Kristofonyo, kɛ akɛ lɛ miito nɔyeli hegbɛi ni yɔɔ lɛ ahe? (b) Yɛ asraafoi anitsumɔ gbɛfaŋ lɛ, mɛɛ shidaamɔi ni yɔɔ sɔrɔtoi Kristofoi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ kɔ yɛ Jeŋ Ta I mli?

¹² Mra mli yɛ afi 1886 tɔ̃ɔ lɛ, Charles Taze Russell ŋma yɛ The Plan of the Ages wolo lɛ mli akɛ: “Yesu loo Bɔfoi lɛ ateŋ mɔ ko ekuuu shikpɔŋ nɛɛ nɔ nɔyelɔi lɛ anaa yɛ gbɛ ko kwraa nɔ. . . . Amɛtsɔɔ Sɔlemɔ lɛ ni amɛbo mlai lɛ atoi, ni amɛbu mɛi ni hiɛ nɔyeli hegbɛi lɛ, yɛ gbɛhe ni amɛhiɛ lɛ hewɔ, . . . ni amɛwo tooi sɔrɔtoi ni ato aha amɛ akɛ amɛwo lɛ, ni kɛji mlai lɛ eteee shi ewooo Nyɔŋmɔ mlai lɛ (Bɔf. 4:19; 5:29) amɛkate shi amɛwo mla ko kwraa ni awo. (Rom. 13:1-7; Mat. 22:21) Yesu kɛ Bɔfoi lɛ kɛ mra be mli sɔlemɔ lɛ fɛɛ yeɔ mla nɔ jogbaŋŋ, eyɛ mli akɛ amɛtsi amɛhe kɛjɛ je nɛŋ nɔyelii lɛ ahe ni amɛnaaa nɔyelii nɛɛ amli gbɛfaŋnɔ hu.” Nɛkɛ wolo nɛɛ tsɔɔ mɛi ni ji “hewalɛi ni nɔ kwɔlɔ,” loo “hegbɛi ni yeɔ nɔ,” ni bɔfo Paulo tsĩ amɛ tã lɛ akɛ amɛji adesai anɔyeli hegbɛi ni yɔɔ lɛ. (Romabii 13:1, King James Version) Yɛ 1904 mli lɛ, The New Creation wolo lɛ jaje akɛ esa akɛ anɔkwa Kristofoi “afata gbɔmɛi ni yeɔ mla nɔ fe fɛɛ ni yɔɔ ŋmɛnɛŋmɛnɛ beaŋ lɛ ahe—jeee basabasa feelɔi, jeee beilɔi, jeee mɛi ni taoɔ mɛi krokomɛi atɔmɔi.” Mɛi komɛi banu enɛ shishi akɛ etsɔɔ heshibaa kwraa ni aaafee aha hewalɛi ni yeɔ nɔ lɛ, aahu po kɛyashɛɔ he ni aaakpɛlɛ asraafoi anitsumɔ nɔ beni awuɔ Jeŋ Ta I lɛ. Shi, mɛi krokomɛi hu bu asraafoi asɔɔmɔ akɛ eteɔ shi ewoɔ Yesu wiemɔ ni ewie akɛ: “Mɛi fɛɛ ni kɔlɔɔ klante lɛ, klante nɔŋŋ akɛaakpata amɛhiɛ” lɛ. (Mateo 26:52) Eyɛ faŋŋ akɛ, ehe miihia ni ana Kristofoi aheshibaa kɛha hegbɛi ni yeɔ nɔ lɛ he shishinumɔ ni mli kã shi faŋŋ.

13. Mɛɛ tsakemɔ yɛ shishinumɔ ni kɔɔ mɛi ni hegbɛi ni nɔ kwɔlɔ lɛ ji lɛ he akɛha yɛ afi 1929 mli, ni enɛ he ba sɛɛnamɔ yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

¹³ Yɛ 1929, ni ji be mli ni nɔyelii sɔrɔtoi amlai bɔi nibii ni Nyɔŋmɔ efã akɛ afee lɛ anaatsii, loo amɛbi ni afee nibii ni Nyɔŋmɔ ekpɛlɛɛɛ nɔ lɛ, abahe aye akɛ enɛ tsɔɔ akɛ hewalɛi ni nɔ kwɔlɔ lɛ ji Yehowa Nyɔŋmɔ kɛ Yesu Kristo.b Enɛ ji shishinumɔ ni Yehowa tsuji hiɛ yɛ jaramɔ be ni tsɔ Jeŋ Ta II hiɛ kɛ be mli ni awuɔ ta lɛ, aahu kɛyabote Jeŋ Hewalɛi lɛ Ateŋ Akaŋshii Be lɛ mli, kɛ egbeyeishemɔ ni mɔnɛ yɔɔ kɛha mɔnɛ, kɛ asraafoi agbɛfaŋ klalo ni amɛfee lɛ mli. Kɛ wɔsusu be ni eho nɛɛ he lɛ, wɔnaa faŋŋ akɛ nɛkɛ nibii ahe susumɔ ni amɛyɔɔ, ni wóɔ bɔ ni Yehowa kɛ e-Kristo lɛ anɔ kwɔlɔ ha lɛ nɔ gojoo lɛ, ye ebua Nyɔŋmɔ webii, ni amɛhiɛ amɛhe ni amɛkɛwooo maŋ saji amli lɛ mli yɛ nɛkɛ jaramɔ be nɛɛ mli fɛɛ, ni amɛŋmɛɛɛ saji ahe ni akɛsaa.

Heshibaa ni Husu Yɔɔ He

14. Akɛ mlitsɔɔmɔ ni yaa hiɛ yɛ Romabii 13:1, 2 kɛ ŋmalɛi krokomɛi ni tamɔ nakai lɛ ahe hã yɛ 1962 mli yɛ mɛɛ gbɛ nɔ?

¹⁴ Yɛ 1961 mli lɛ, agbe New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures lɛ he nitsumɔ naa. Ehe nitsumɔ bi ní aje gbɛ akase wiemɔ mli ni aŋmala Ŋmalɛi lɛ yɛ lɛ he saji jogbaŋŋ diɛŋtsɛ. Wiemɔi ni akɛtsu nii, jeee yɛ Romabii yitso 13 lɛ pɛ mli, shi moŋ yɛ ŋmalɛi kukuji tamɔ Tito 3:1, 2 kɛ 1 Petro 2:13, 17 hu mli lɛ ashishitsɔɔmɔ ni ja kɛmɔ shi ha ana faŋŋ akɛ wiemɔ “hegbɛi ni yeɔ nɔ” lɛ miiwie, jeee Hegbɛ ni Nɔ Kwɔ Fe Fɛɛ, Yehowa, kɛ e-Bi, Yesu he, shi moŋ adesai anɔyeli hegbɛi ni yɔɔ lɛ ahe. Yɛ afi 1962 naagbee gbɛ lɛ, aŋmala saji komɛi yɛ Buu-Mɔɔ lɛ mli, ni ekɛ Romabii yitso 13 lɛ mlitsɔɔmɔ ni ja jogbaŋŋ ha, ni eha aná shishinumɔ ni mli kã shi faŋŋ fe nɔ ni yɔɔ yɛ C. T. Russell beaŋ lɛ. Nɛkɛ saji ni aŋmala nɛɛ fee lɛ faŋŋ akɛ Kristofoi aheshibaa kɛha hegbɛi ni yeɔ nɔ lɛ nyɛŋ afee nɔ ni husu bɛ he. Esa akɛ efee nɔ ni yawaa he ko, ni damɔ hã ni ehaŋ Nyɔŋmɔ tsuji ate shi awo Nyɔŋmɔ mlai lɛ nɔ. Saji krokomɛi ni aŋmala yɛ Buu-Mɔɔ lɛ mli lɛ ema nɛkɛ oti ni he hiaa nɛɛ nɔ mi.c

15, 16. (a) Mɛɛ susumɔ ni ŋmɛɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ shishinumɔ hee ni ana yɛ Romabii yitso 13 lɛ he lɛ kɛba? (b) Mɛɛ sanebimɔi eshwɛ lolo ni abaaha hetoo?

¹⁵ Nɛkɛ gbɛ titri ni atsɔɔ nɔ anuɔ Romabii yitso 13 lɛ shishi yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ nɛɛ eye ebua Yehowa webii ni amɛnyɛ amɛha bulɛ ni aaaná aha maŋkwramɔŋ hegbɛi lɛ kɛ shidaamɔ ni yɔɔ shiŋŋ yɛ Ŋmalɛ mli shishitoo mlai ni he hiaa ahe lɛ eŋmɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. (Lala 97:11; Yeremia 3:15) Eha amɛna shishinumɔ ni ja yɛ amɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ teŋ wekukpaa, kɛ bɔ ni amɛkɛ Maŋ lɛ hu yeɔ haa lɛ he. Ema nɔ mi faŋŋ eha amɛ akɛ yɛ be mli ni amɛkɛ Kaisare nii haa lɛ lɛ, amɛkuuu amɛhiɛ amɛfɔ̃ɔɔ Nyɔŋmɔ nii ni amɛkɛaaha Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ nɔ.

Nɔ ni yɔɔ miishɛɛ ji akɛ, Univɛsiti Tsɔɔlɔ Nukpa F. F. Bruce ŋma yɛ shishitsɔɔmɔ ni eŋma yɛ Romabii yitso 13 lɛ he lɛ mli akɛ: “Eyɛ faŋŋ yɛ nɔ ni emli shishijee wiemɔi lɛ tsɔɔ lɛ amli, taakɛ anaa kɛjɛɔ nɔ ni bɔfoi lɛ abeaŋ niŋmaa lɛ fɛɛ tsɔɔ lɛ mli lɛ, akɛ maŋ lɛ baanyɛ afã toiboo ni aaafee aha lɛ yɛ gbɛ ni ja nɔ, shi moŋ yɛ husui ni ji yiŋtoi ahewɔ ni ajɛ ŋwɛi ato shishi lɛ amli pɛ—ni titri lɛ, jeee akɛ ekolɛ abaanyɛ ate shi awo maŋ lɛ, shi moŋ esa akɛ ate shi awo lɛ kɛji eebi ni akɛ anɔkwayeli kɛ bulɛ ni esa akɛ akɛha Nyɔŋmɔ pɛ lɛ aha lɛ.”