Pọ́ọ̀l beè kilsĩ́ gè kọ́ kpẹ̀a tṍó ea beè di tọọ̀ kpọ́gọ́lọ́ gbẹá Róm̀
1. Éé beè naa kọọ̀ lóó Pọ́ọ̀l nè gbò e bà dìé ló á àgàẹ?
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2, 3. Ãàe ní e mèà lo e bà Pọ́ọ̀l beè bã m-má beè tení ẽ́, mée ní ea géè nvèè bá nè Pọ́ọ̀l lọ̀l gé dààmà togó é?
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“Nyíe Beè Ba Gbàà Pọ́ọ̀l Tṍó Ea Mon Va Vaá À Gbóó Õá Bàrì Zaa” ( Tóm 28:14, 15 ) 4, 5. (a) Ba beè kolí kyáà Pọ́ọ̀l nè gbò e ba beè dìé ló naa vàẹ gbẹá Pùtíólì e, vaá éé beè naa kọọ̀ nen ea géè kùe dẽe lóá á sọ̀ẹ tọ́ deè kọ á tõó ló pá vígàẹ? (b) Mósĩ́ deè ní e gbò níí Kráìst é láá ié bélè lọl ló gè tõó dùm ea lelà bã̀àna tṍó e bà di tọọ̀ kpọ́gọ́lọ́ẹ́?
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6, 7. Mósĩ́ deè ní e pá vígà e bà di Róm̀ beè zogè kọ bà palàge vulèè Pọ́ọ̀lẹ?
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8. Éé ní ea náa vaá Pọ́ọ̀l beè õá Bàrì zaa “tṍó ea mon” pá vígàẹ?
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9. Mósĩ́ deè ní eé láá nó íb dùm ea beè di mm̀ pá vígà e ba beè sì gé mòn Pọ́ọ̀lẹ?
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“Kọ̀láá Ketõ̀ò Bà Ólò Ló Pọ́lọ́ Bel Kilma Ló” ( Tóm 28:16-22 ) 10. Dìtõ̀ò Pọ́ọ̀l beè mèà naa vàẹ gbẹá Róm̀e, vaá éé ní ea beè naaá pọ́ì ńkem̀ tṍó aaló tṍó ea íná ẽ́?
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11, 12. Tṍó e Pọ́ọ̀l géè ló bel nè pá Júù, éé ní ea beè kọ̀ ea náa kọ á palàge tàn va gè pãanetṍé?
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13, 14. Mósĩ́ deè ní e Pọ́ọ̀l beè dààmà togó gè kọ́ kpẹ̀a ea kil ló Boǹ Ménéá ẽ́, vaá mósĩ́ deè ní eé láá nó a nu dòòmà báẹ́?
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“Pọ́ọ̀l Beè Gbẹẹ Nu Dòòmà Bá Kẽ Nèi Tení Dú Ló Gè ‘Tú Agẹbá Kọọmá Kpẹ̀a’ ( Tóm 28:23-29 ) 15. Ténì kà éé ní eé láá nó lọl ló sĩ́deè e Pọ́ọ̀l beè kọọmá kpẹ̀aẹ́?
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16-18. Éé ní ea náa vaá náa bọọ́ ló Pọ́ọ̀l kọọ̀ pá Róm̀ e bà di Júù náa beè zìgà ge pãanetṍ ẽ́, vaá à bọ́ló kọ á tọáí ló naa vàẹ tṍó e gbò nen náa zigà ge pãanetṍ ló lé kpẹ̀aí é?
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“Ge Vee Lé Kpẹ̀a Ea Kil Ló Lẹ̀ẹ̀là Bel Bàrì” ( Tóm 28:30, 31 ) 19. Éé ní e Pọ́ọ̀l beè naa tṍó e ba beè siíe gbẹẹ́ tọ é?
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20, 21. Kòl béè sìgà gbò e ba beè ié bélè lọl ló sìtóm kọ̀ kpẹ̀a Pọ́ọ̀l gbẹá Róm̀.
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22. Éé ní e Pọ́ọ̀l beè naa tṍó e ba beè siíe gbẹẹ́ Róm̀e?
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THE FIVE LETTERS OF PAUL’S FIRST ROMAN CAPTIVITY Five of the apostle Paul’s letters were written about 60-61 C.E., during his first captivity in Rome. In the letter to Philemon, a fellow believer, Paul explains that Philemon’s runaway slave Onesimus had become a Christian. Paul was Onesimus’ spiritual father and was sending the “formerly useless” slave back to his owner as a Christian brother.—Philem. 10-12, 16.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul indicates that Onesimus was “from among” them. (Col. 4:9) Onesimus and fellow Christian Tychicus had the privilege of delivering both of the aforementioned letters as well as the one that Paul wrote to the Ephesians. —Eph. 6:21.
When writing to the Philippians, Paul mentions his “prison bonds” and again speaks of the situation of the letter carrier—this time, Epaphroditus. The Philippians had sent Epaphroditus to assist Paul. But Epaphroditus had become ill almost to the point of death. He had also become depressed because the Philippians “heard he had fallen sick.” Hence, Paul told them to treasure “men of that sort.”—Phil. 1:7; 2:25-30.
The letter to the Hebrews was addressed to the Hebrew Christians in Judea. Although the letter does not specifically identify the writer, evidence suggests that it was Paul. The writing is in his style. Paul sends greetings from Italy, and he mentions Timothy, who was with him in Rome.—Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:1; Philem. 1; Heb. 13:23, 24.
23, 24. Dì belí Pọ́ọ̀l, mósĩ́ deè ní e gbò níí Kráìst deè nieí zógè kọ bà íèè zààvà náa kal ló béè kọọ̀ bà sííva nvee kpọ́gọ́lọ́ boo béè ba zìgàẹ?
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25, 26. Mm̀ nú ea é kil kẽ èl ló 30 gbáá, mókà kọ́ọ̀ bùlà Bàrì e Jíízọ̀s beè kọ̀ ní e Pọ́ọ̀l mon a m̀m̀-me ẽ́, vaá mósĩ́ deè ní e níí gé ḿḿ-má deè nieí é?
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PAUL’S LIFE AFTER 61 C.E. Likely in about 61 C.E., Paul appeared before Emperor Nero, who apparently pronounced him innocent. We do not know much about the apostle’s activities thereafter. If he made his planned trip to Spain, it would have been during this time. (Rom. 15:28) Paul traveled “to the extreme limit of the W[est],” wrote Clement of Rome in about 95 C.E.
From Paul’s three letters dated to the period after his release—1 and 2 Timothy and Titus—we learn that Paul visited Crete, Macedonia, Nicopolis, and Troas. (1 Tim. 1:3; 2 Tim. 4:13; Titus 1:5; 3:12) Perhaps it was in Nicopolis, Greece, that he was again arrested. Whatever the case, in approximately 65 C.E., he was back in prison in Rome. This time, however, Nero would show no mercy. Indeed, when a fire devastated the city in 64 C.E., Nero—according to Roman historian Tacitus—had falsely blamed the Christians and initiated a brutal campaign of persecution.
In his second letter to Timothy, Paul, expecting imminent death, asked him and Mark to come quickly. Noteworthy is the courage of Luke and Onesiphorus, who risked their lives to comfort Paul. (2 Tim. 1:16, 17; 4:6-9, 11) Indeed, to profess Christianity publicly was to risk arrest and death by torture. Paul likely suffered martyrdom soon after writing his final letter to Timothy in about 65 C.E. Nero himself reportedly came to a violent end about three years after Paul’s martyrdom.
THE GOOD NEWS “PREACHED IN ALL CREATION” In about 61 C.E., while the apostle Paul was a prisoner in Rome, he wrote that the “good news” had been “preached in all creation under heaven.” (Col. 1:23) How should we understand that statement?
It appears that Paul was describing in broad terms how far the “good news” had reached. For example, Alexander the Great had penetrated Asia to the borders of India in the fourth century B.C.E. Julius Caesar had invaded Britain in 55 B.C.E., and Claudius had subjugated the southern part of that island, making it part of the Roman Empire in 43 C.E. The Far East was also known, for it was a source of fine silk.
Had the good news been preached in Britain, China, and the Far East? That seems unlikely. Indeed, when Paul wrote to the Colossians, he still had not realized his own goal, stated in about 56 C.E., of preaching in the then “untouched territory” of Spain. (Rom. 15:20, 23, 24) Still, by about 61 C.E., the Kingdom message was widely known. At the very least, it had spread as far as to the homelands of the Jews and proselytes who were baptized at Pentecost 33 C.E. as well as to the lands visited by Jesus’ apostles.—Acts 2:1, 8-11, 41, 42.