“A Dɔn Mek Dɛn No Yu Nem”
“A dɔn mek di wan dɛn we yu gi mi na di wɔl no yu nem. . . . A dɔn mek dɛn no yu nem, ɛn a go kɔntinyu fɔ mek dɛn no am.”—JƆN 17:6, 26.
Wetin Dis Min? Jizɔs bin mek pipul dɛn no Gɔd in nem bay we i bin de yuz am we i de prich. Bɔku tɛm we Jizɔs bin de rid frɔm di Skripchɔ dɛn, i bin de kɔl Gɔd in nem. (Lyuk 4:16-21) I bin tich in disaypul dɛn fɔ pre se: “Papa, lɛ ɔlman tek yu nem as sɔntin we oli.”—Lyuk 11:2.
Aw di Fɔstɛm Kristian dɛn Bin Du Dis? Di apɔsul Pita bin tɛl di bigman dɛn na Jerusɛlɛm se Gɔd dɔn tek “pipul dɛn we go gɛt in nem” frɔm di neshɔn dɛn. (Akt 15:14) Di apɔsul dɛn ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we bin de prich bin se “ɛnibɔdi we de kɔl Jiova in nem go sev.” (Akt 2:21; Romans 10:13) Dɔn bak dɛn bin de yuz Gɔd in nem we dɛn bin de rayt. The Tosefta, we na Ju lɔ dɛn we dɛn put togɛda arawnd di ia 300 tɔk bɔt di tɛm we di wan dɛn we bin de mek di Kristian dɛn sɔfa, bɔn di Kristian dɛn raytin dɛn. I se: “Dɛn bin de bɔn di Evangelist dɛn buk dɛn ɛn di minim dɛn [we na bin di Ju Kristian dɛn] buk dɛn. Bɔt dɛn alaw dɛn fɔ bɔn usay dɛn de , . . . dɛn ɛn di say dɛn usay Gɔd in nem dɛn de.”
Udat dɛn Fit Dis Patan Tide? Di Revised Standard Version Baybul we di National Council of the Churches of Christ na Amɛrika bin mek lɛ dɛn rayt bin tɔk na di say we se Tin fɔ No Bifo Yu Bigin Rid, se: “Bifo di Kristian dɛn tɛm, di Ju rilijɔn bin stɔp fɔ yuz ɛni nem fɔ di wangren Gɔd lɛk se nid de fɔ mek i difrɛn frɔm ɔda gɔd dɛn, ɛn i nɔ fayn fɔ mek di Kristian Chɔch biliv dis.” So dɛn chenj Gɔd in nem to di taytul “LORD.” Dis biɛn tɛm, di Vatikan bin tɛl di bishɔp dɛn se: “Dɛn nɔ fɔ kɔl di 4 lɛta dɛn we tinap fɔ Gɔd in nem, dat na YHWHa insay dɛn siŋ dɛn ɛn prea dɛn.”
Udat dɛn tide de yuz Gɔd in nem ɛn mek pipul dɛn no bɔt am? We Sage bin ol 15 ia na Krigistan, i bin wach wan fim we sho Gɔd in nem as Jiova. Bɔt fɔ lɛk 10 ia, i nɔ bin yɛri da nem de igen. Leta, afta Sage muv go Amɛrika, tu Jiova Witnɛs dɛn go fɛn am na in os ɛn sho am Gɔd in nem na di Baybul. Sage bin rili gladi fɔ fɛn pipul dɛn we de yuz di nem Jiova. Di Webster’s Third New International Dictionary difayn “Jiova Gɔd” as di Gɔd we pas ɔl ɔda gɔd we Jiova Witnɛs dɛn sabi ɛn de wɔship.”
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a Insay Inglish, dɛn kin translet Gɔd in nem wɔd fɔ wɔd as “Jiova.”