17. (a) Yesu abɛbua ni kɔɔ ŋmaa lɛ kɛ jwɛi lɛ he lɛ tsɔɔ mɛni? (b) Mɛni ba yɛ 1918, ni no ha akpoo mɛni ni ahala mɛni?

¹⁷ Yɛ ebɛbua ni kɔɔ dumɔ wui kpakpai lɛ kɛ jwɛi lɛ he lɛ mli lɛ, Yesu gba duŋ kpii ni baahi shi yɛ be mli ni Kristendom yeɔ lumɔ lɛ efɔ shi. Ni kɛlɛ, hemɔkɛyeli kwamɔ afii ohai abɔ lɛ fɛɛ mli lɛ, aŋkroaŋkroi ni ji Kristofoi ni tamɔ dumɔ wui kpakpai, mɛi ni afɔ amɛ mu lɛ diɛŋtsɛ baahi shi. (Mateo 13:24-29, 36-43) No hewɔ lɛ, beni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ je shishi yɛ October 1914 lɛ, no mli lɛ anɔkwa Kristofoi yɛ shikpɔŋ lɛ nɔ lolo. (Kpojiemɔ 1:10) Ebaje kpo akɛ Yehowa ba emumɔŋ sɔlemɔ we lɛ kɛha kojomɔ aaafee no sɛɛ afii etɛ kɛ fa, yɛ 1918, ni Yesu ni ji “kpaŋmɔ lɛ bɔfo” lɛ fata ehe. (Maleaki 3:1; Mateo 13:47-50) Be eshɛ ni yɛ naagbee lɛ Nuŋtsɔ lɛ baakpoo apasa Kristofoi lɛ ni ehala ‘tsulɔ anɔkwafo kɛ nilelɔ yɛ enibii fɛɛ nɔ.’—Mateo 7:22, 23; 24:45-47.

18. Mɛɛ “ŋmɛlɛtswaa” ba yɛ 1914, ni eji be ni esa akɛ tsulɔ lɛ afee mɛni?

¹⁸ Ni eji be hu ni sa akɛ nɛkɛ tsulɔ nɛɛ agbala ejwɛŋmɔ kɛya nibii ni aŋmala yɛ Yesu shɛɛ saji ni ekɛyaha asafoi kpawo lɛ mli lɛ anɔ, taakɛ wɔnaa yɛ nɔ ni ajaje yɛ mli lɛ. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, Yesu wie ba ni ebaaba ni ebakojo asafoi lɛ ahe, ni nɛkɛ kojomɔ nɛɛ je shishi yɛ 1918. (Kpojiemɔ 2:5, 16, 22, 23; 3:3) Ewieɔ akɛ ebaabaa Filadelfia asafo lɛ yi kɛjɛ “kaa ŋmɛlɛtswaa ni baaba jeŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ” lɛ mli. (Kpojiemɔ 3:10, 11) Nɛkɛ “kaa ŋmɛlɛtswaa” nɛɛ ba yɛ be mli ni Nuŋtsɔ lɛ gbi lɛ je shishi yɛ 1914 lɛ, ni yɛ esɛɛ lɛ aka Kristofoi lɛ akwɛ yɛ anɔkwayeli kɛha Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli ni ato ama shi lɛ he.—Okɛto Mateo 24:3, 9-13 he.

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Be Kɛha Kaa kɛ Kojomɔ

Abaptisi Yesu ni afɔ lɛ mu akɛ Maŋtsɛ ni Ahala Lɛ yɛ Yordan Faa lɛ mli aaafee October 29 Ŋ.B. Yɛ afii etɛ kɛ fa sɛɛ, yɛ afi 33 Ŋ.B. lɛ, eba Yerusalem sɔlemɔtsu lɛ mli ni ebashwie mɛi ni kɛ jɛmɛ efee ojotswalɔi abuu lɛ kɛjɛ jɛmɛ. Etamɔ nɔ ni nɔ ko yɛ ni kɛ nɛkɛ afii etɛ kɛ fa be nɛɛ kpaa gbee kɛjɛ be mli ni awó Yesu maŋtsɛ yɛ ŋwɛi yɛ October 1914 lɛ aahu kɛbashi be mli ni eba ni ebasara mɛi ni kɛɔ akɛ amɛji Kristofoi lɛ yɛ be mli ni kojomɔ je shishi yɛ Nyɔŋmɔ shia lɛ. (Mateo 21:12, 13; 1 Petro 4:17) Akɛ shitee-kɛ-woo babaoo kpee Maŋtsɛyeli nitsumɔ ni Yehowa webii kɛ amɛhe ewo mli lɛ yɛ 1918 mra mli. Eji kaa be yɛ shikpɔŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ nɔ, ni ajie mɛi ni sheɔ gbeyei lɛ kɛjɛ mli. Yɛ May 1918 lɛ, Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ wo hewalɛ ni awo Buu Mɔɔ Asafo lɛ mli onukpai lɛ atsuŋ, shi nyɔji nɛɛhu sɛɛ lɛ ajie amɛ kɛjɛ tsuŋwoo lɛ mli. Yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ, saneyelɔi lɛ gbala apasa naafolɔmɔi ni akɛshi amɛ lɛ sɛɛ. Kɛjɛ 1919 kɛyaa lɛ, Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ agbɛjianɔtoo ni aka akwɛ ni atsuu he lɛ tee ehiɛ yɛ ekaa naa koni ejaje Yehowa Maŋtsɛyeli kɛtsɔ Yesu Kristo nɔ lɛ akɛ adesai ahiɛnɔkamɔ.—Maleaki 3:1-3.

Beni Yesu je esaramɔ lɛ shishi yɛ 1918 lɛ, ŋwanejee ko bɛ he akɛ Kristendom osɔfoi lɛ nine shɛ fɔbuu kojomɔ nɔ. Jeee akɛ amɛtee yiwaa shi amɛwo Nyɔŋmɔ webii lɛ pɛ kɛkɛ, shi moŋ amɛye la yi sɔ babaoo kɛtsɔ jeŋmaji ni kɛ amɛhe wuɔ ta yɛ klɛŋklɛŋ jeŋ ta lɛ mli lɛ ni amɛfi amɛsɛɛ lɛ hewɔ. (Kpojiemɔ 18:21, 24) Kɛkɛ ni nakai osɔfoi lɛ kɛ amɛhiɛnɔkamɔ fɔ Jeŋmaji Akpaŋmɔ ni adesa fee lɛ nɔ. Kristendom kɛ jeŋ apasa jamɔ maŋtsɛyeli lɛ fɛɛ egbee shi shwɛtɛɛ kɛjɛ Nyɔŋmɔ duromɔ mli kɛjɛ 1919.