“Mi Talemaot Nem Bilong Iu”

“Mi talemaot nem bilong iu long olketa pipol long world wea iu givim long mi. . . . Mi talemaot nem bilong iu long olketa and bae mi gohed for duim olsem.”—JOHN 17:6, 26.

Wanem Jesus Minim: Jesus talemaot nem bilong God taem hem duim preaching waka. Long taem wea hem readim olketa Holy Raeting long pipol and hem lukim nem bilong God, hem talem datfala nem. (Luke 4:16-21) Hem lanem olketa disaepol bilong hem for prea olsem: “Dadi bilong mifala, mifala laekem nem bilong iu for holy.”—Luke 11:2.

Wanem Olketa Christian Long First Century Duim: Aposol Peter talem olketa elder long Jerusalem hao God acceptim olketa wea no Jew tu “for garem nem bilong hem.” (Acts 15:14) Taem olketa aposol and olketa narawan preach, olketa sei “eniwan wea prea long Jehovah for helpem hem, bae hem sev.” (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13) Olketa Christian long first century iusim tu nem bilong God long olketa buk wea olketa raetem. Wanfala buk, The Tosefta, wea olketa raetem long samting olsem 300 C.E., story olsem abaotem olketa Christian buk wea pipol bonem: ‘Olketa bonem olketa buk bilong olketa Christian and olketa buk bilong olketa minim, wea maet hem olketa Jew Christian. Nem bilong God hem stap long olketa buk hia wea olketa bonem.’

Distaem, Hu Nao Duim Wanem Jesus Talem? Datfala National Council of the Churches of Christ long America hem agree witim olketa firstfala toktok wea stap long Revised Standard Version Bible, wea sei: ‘Olketa Jew stop for iusim nem bilong God bifor taem bilong olketa Christian, and hem stret for olketa Christian tu for no iusim datfala nem. Wanfala God nomoa stap, so no need nomoa for raetem nem bilong hem for showimaot hem difren from olketa nara god.’ Dastawe Bible hia hem aotem nem bilong God and putim datfala title, “LORD.” No longtaem go nomoa, Pope talem olketa bishop: ‘Long olketa singsing and long prea, no iusim or talem olketa toktok wea garem nem bilong God, tetragrammaton YHWH,a insaed.’

Distaem, hu nao iusim nem bilong God and talemaot datwan long nara pipol? Taem Sergey hem young boy hem stap long Kyrgyzstan, and hem lukim wanfala movie wea olketa iusim nem bilong God, Jehovah. For tenfala year, Sergey no herem moa nem bilong God. Gogo taem Sergey muv go long America nao tufala Jehovah Witness meetim hem long haos, and showim nem bilong God long hem insaed long Bible. Sergey hapi tumas for savve wanfala grup stap wea iusim datfala nem Jehovah. Interesting samting, sapos iu luk long datfala nem “Jehovah God” long Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, mining hem olsem: “Wanfala haefala God wea pipol worshipim, and hem nomoa god wea Olketa Jehovah Witness worshipim.”

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