² Long taem wea olketa nogud samting hia happen, olketa putim aposol Paul long prison long Rome. Maet Paul tingse olketa brata and sista bae no helpem hem, bikos olketa no helpem hem long taem wea hem stap long prison bifor. Bat Jesus nao helpem hem long datfala taem. Hem sei: “Lord hem helpem mi and strongim mi.” Jesus hem strongim Paul long datfala taem wea hem barava needim help. Paul sei tu: “Hem sevem mi from mouth bilong lion.”—2 Tim. 4:16, 17.a

³ Taem Paul tingim wei wea Jehovah helpem hem bifor, datwan mekem hem sure Jehovah bae helpem and strongim hem for no givap long disfala mek-tu taem wea hem go long prison, and long eni hard samting wea maet kasem hem bihaen. Hem barava sure long diswan, dastawe hem sei: “Lord bae sevem mi from evri nogud samting.” (2 Tim. 4:18) Paul barava sure Jehovah and Jesus bae evritaem helpem hem, nomata maet samfala taem olketa Christian no fit for helpem hem.

“MOUTH BILONG LION”

10-12. (a) Wanem nao samfala samting wea maet mekem hem no isi for lukaftarem famili member wea sik? (b) Why nao iumi shud trustim Jehovah taem iumi kasem hard taem? Storyim example.

¹⁰ Taem iu deal witim wanfala barava hard samting, maet datwan mekem iu feel olsem aposol Paul. Maet iu feel olsem iu needim samwan for sevem iu from “mouth bilong lion.” (2 Tim. 4:17) Long taem olsem, hem barava important for iu trustim Jehovah. Olsem example, maet iu lukaftarem samwan long famili wea barava sik. Iu prea long Jehovah for strongim iu and for helpem iu mekem olketa wise disison.b From iu duim olsem, iu savve garem peace long mind bikos Jehovah luksavve long hard samting wea iu deal witim. Hem bae helpem iu for no givap and for gohed faithful long hem.—Ps. 32:8.