Jesus Christ nye Mbabun hɔn Ahoɔdzen
Hom mfa hom werɛ ntwer Jesus Christ. Obegya hom akɔ ɔkwan pa no do. Ɔno nye hom ahoɔdzen.
Mereyɛ ahoboaboa wɔ asɛm yi ho ndɛ no, menyaa nkenyan ho atsenkã dzendzen dɛ menkasa nkyerɛ nkataasia na mberantsɛ.
Merekasa so kyerɛ hɔn a nna nkyɛ wɔyɛ nkataasia na mberantsɛ, mpo hɔn a wɔnnkaa no bio no.
Na mekasa so kyerɛ hɔn nyina a wɔdɔ hɛn mbasirmba na wɔpɛ hɔn dɛ wonya abrabɔ mu konyimdzi.
Dze ma ebusuasantsen a wɔreba no, mowɔ asɛm ankasa a ofi hɛn Agyenkwa, Jesus Christ hɔ brɛ hom.
Agyenkwa no N’Asɛm a Ɔdze ma Wo
M’anyɛnkofo mbasirmba adɔfo, sɛ Agyenkwa no wɔ ha sesei a, nkyɛ ebɛnadze na Ɔbɛkã akyerɛ wo?
Megye dzi dɛ Ɔbɛkã No dɔ a ɔdɔ bun mu a Ɔwɔ ma wo dze ahyɛ ase. Bia a Ɔdze nsɛmfua bɛkã, mbom ɔbɛpɛm dzendzenndzen—efi N’enyim—a ɔbɛhɛn w’akoma no bun mu a ekyingye biara nnyi ho, ma ɔahyɛ wo kra nyina mã.
Naaso, osiandɛ hɛn nyina yɛyɛ mberɛw na yenndzi mu ntsi, nsɛm a ɔhaw botum aweawea aba w’adwen mu. Bia ibɛkaa mfomdo horow a ayɛ, mber a igyaa wo ho maa nsɔhwɛ, ndzɛmba ahorow a nkyɛ nnkɛpɛ dɛ ibɛyɛ—anaa nkyɛ ipɛ dɛ eyɛ no yie.
Agyenkwa no bɛtse ho nkã, na megye dzi dɛ Ɔdze nsɛm a Ɔakã no wɔ kyerɛwsɛm mu no bɛhyɛ wo dzen:
“Mma nnsuro.”1
“Mma nngye ho kyim.”2
“Hom mma hom enyi ngye.”3
“Mma hom akoma nntutu.”4
Minngye nndzi dɛ Obobu enyiwa egu wo mfomdo ahorow do. Ɔrennkã dɛ ɔnnyɛ hwee. Oho, Ɔbɛse wo dɛ nu woho—dɛ gyaa wo bɔn nyina ekyir, dɛ sesã, ama Oeetum dze aakyɛ wo. Ɔbɛkaa wo dɛ mfe 2000 abɛsen no, Ɔfaa dɛm bɔn horow no too No ho do ama eetum eenu woho. Ɔno kã enyigye ho nhyehyɛɛ a hɛn Ɔsor Egya dɔfo dze kyɛɛ hɛn no ho.
Bia Jesus bekyerɛ wo dɛ ahyɛmu a enye No edzi no—eyɛɛ ber a wonumaa wo na ikenyan no fofor ber biara a idzi sacrament no—ma enye No nya nkitahodzi soronko. Nkitahodzi kor a kyerɛwsɛm no kã ho asɛm dɛ yɛnye no twe kɔndua kor ama, yɛdze No mboa no, yeetum aasoa adzesoadze biara.5
Megye dzi dɛ Agyenkwa Jesus Christ bɛpɛ dɛ ebɔhwɛ, ibenya ho atsenkã, na ehu dɛ Ɔno nye w’ahoɔdzen. Dɛ edze No mboa no, biribiara nnyi hɔ a obesiw dza ibotum ayɛ. Wo hyɛbea mmbɔ adze. Ɔbɛpɛ dɛ ibohu woho dɛ mbrɛ Ohu wo no. Na ɔson ɔno koraa na ma mbrɛ wiadze hu wo no.
Agyenkwa no bɛpaa mu akã, a Ɔrennkantse, dɛ eyɛ Otumfo Nyankopɔn ne babaa anaa babanyin. Wo Ɔsor Egya nye Onyia a enyimnyam ahyɛ No mã mapã wɔ wiadze nyina mu, ɔdɔ, enyigye, ahotsew, krɔnkrɔnyɛ, kan, adom, na nokwar ahyɛ no mã. Na Ɔpɛ dɛ dabi enya dza Ɔwɔ nyina dzi.6
Ɔno nye siantsir a ewɔ asaase no do—dɛ ibosũa adze, ibenyin, na etu mpon na abɛyɛ biribiara a wo Egya a ɔwɔ Sor abɔ ama wo.
Ama iyi eetum aaba mu no, Ɔsomaa Jesus Christ dɛ Ɔmbɛyɛ w’Agyenkwa. Ɔno nye N’enyigye ho nhyehyɛɛ kɛse no, N’Asɔr, N’asɔfodzi, na kyerɛwsɛm no—ne nyina no botae.
Dɛm nye wo nkrabea. Dɛm nye wo daakye. Dɛm nye wo nsanmuyi!
Nokwar na Nsanmuyi horow
Nyankopɔn ne nhyehyɛɛ ma wo enyigye ne tsirmpɔw nye wo tum a edze san mu yi.7 Nyew, wo Ɔsor Egya pɛ dɛ isan mu yi onnyiewiei enyigye wɔ Ne nkyɛn, na Ɔbɔboa wo ma etum enya, naaso Ɔrennfa nnhyɛ wo do dabiarada.
Ntsi Ɔma wo kwan ma isan mu yi: Kan anaa sum? Papa anaa bɔn? Enyigye anaa awerɛhow? Onnyiewiei nkwa anaa sunsum mu owu?8
Ɔyɛ dɛ nsanmuyi a ɔnnyɛ dzen, ɔnntse dɛm a? Mbom kwan bi do no, wɔ asaase do no, ɔyɛ dzen koraa kyɛn ma ɔsɛ dɛ ɔyɛ.
Asɛnhia no nye dɛ yenntum nnhu ndzɛmba pefee dɛ mbrɛ nkyɛ yɛbɛpɛ. Paul dze totoo “yɛnam ahwehwɛ mu hu adze wɔ bɛ mu.”9 Adwensɛɛ pii wɔ wiadze mu a ɔfa dza ɔtsen na dza omuo ho. Wokyimkyim nokwar ma bɔn yɛ dɛ papa na papa yɛ dɛ bɔn.10
Mbom ber a erohwehwɛ nokwar—onnyiewiei, nokwar a ɔnnsesã enyiberdo do no—wo nsanmuyi bɛyɛ pefee ara yie. Nyew, ibɛda ho enya nsɔhwɛ na nkodzen pii. Mbusudze bɔkɔ do esisi. Ndzɛmba a ɔkyer adwen mu. Ndzɛmba a ɔyɛ awerɛhow kɛse. Naaso ibotum egyina ano ber a inyim wo nyimpa ban, saintsir a ewɔ ha, na ber a etwer Nyame.
Ntsi henfa na ibohu nokwar?
Ɔwɔ Jesus Christ asɛmpa no mu. Na dɛm asɛmpa no ne mãhyɛ no wɔkyerɛkyerɛ no wɔ Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo mu.
“Jesus Christ see no dɛ, “Emi nye ɔkwan no, nye nokwar no, nye nkwa no; obi mmba Egya no hɔ, gyedɛ ɔnam mo do.”11
Sɛ ewɔ nsanmuyi horow a ohia yɛ a, Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa a wɔdze asan ananmu aba no nye nsanmuyi tsitsir no. Sɛ ewɔ nsɛmbisa horow a, Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa a wɔdze asan ananmu aba no nye mbuae tsitsir no. Sɛ inya mberɛwyɛ ho atsenkã a, Jesus Christ nye w’ahoɔdzen.
Ɔma hɔn a wɔaberɛ no tum, na hɔn a wonya atsenkã dɛ wonnyi ahom biara no, Ɔtow hɔn ahoɔdzen mu.
Hɔn a wɔtweɔn Ewuradze dze wobonu hɔn ahoɔdzen mu fofor.12
Ma Mbabun Enya Ahoɔdzen
Ama ɔaaboa wo ma ehu Ɔkwan no na wɔaboa wo ma ayɛ Christ asɛmpa no w’abrabɔ mu kwankyerɛ ho nhyɛdo no, Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no esiesie dza ɔboa adzesũa no, For the Strength of Youth nwoma a wɔasakyer no.
Bɔbor mfe 50 no, For the Strength of Youth ayɛ kwankyerɛ ama Latter-day Saintfo mbabun ebusuasantsen ebusuasantsen. Daa nna medze bi hyɛ mo kotoku mu, na menye nkorɔfo a wɔreper ehu hɛn gyinapɛn no kyɛ. Wɔasakyer no etu no huam ama oeetum egyina ɔhaw na nsɔhwɛ ahorow a ɔwɔ hɛn nda yi mu no ano. For the Strength of Youth fofor dze no nsa bɛkã no online wɔ kasa ahorow 50 mu na ma woetsimtsim so nsa bɛkã. Ɔbɛyɛ mboa ara yie ama hom abrabɔ mu nsanmuyi horow. Meserɛ, fua no dɛ wankasa wo dza na enye w’anyɛnkofo nkyɛ.
For the Strength of Youth nwoma fofor yi ase nkyerɛwee nye A Guide for Making Choices (Nsanmuyi ho Kwankyerɛ).
Ama wɔaada edzi pefee no, kwankyerɛfo a ɔkrɔn mapã a ibotum enya ayɛ nsanmuyi horow nye Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ nye mbabun hɔn ahoɔdzen.
Ntsi For the Strength of Youth no botae nye dɛ ɔbɛkyerɛ wo Ɔno. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ wo Ne nsanananmu asɛmpa no onnyiewiei nokwar horow—nokwar a ɔfa wo nyimpa ban ho, onyia Ɔyɛ, na dza ibotum dze N’ahoɔdzen ayɛ. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ wo mbrɛ ibotum ayɛ nsanmuyi tsenenee mu a ogyina dɛm onnyiewiei nokwar no do.13
Ohia so ma wo dɛ ibohu dza For the Strength of Youth nnyɛ. Ɔmmbɔ adwenpɔw horow no mma wo. Ɔmma wo nsanmuyi biara a ibehia ho nyiano “nyew” anaa “oho.” For the Strength of Youth tsim wɔ wo nsanmuyi horow no ne fapem do. Otsim wɔ su pa, fapem, na nkyerɛkyerɛ do nnyɛ wɔ ndzeyɛɛ pɔkyee biara do.
Ewuradze, edua No nkɔnhyɛfo do, ama hɛn kwankyerɛ wɔ dɛm kwan no do. Ɔrototɔ serɛ hɛn dɛ yɛma “sunsum mu ahom a [yɛdze] tum dze nya nyikyerɛ no nyin.’’14 Ɔroto nsa afrɛ hɛn dɛ “yentsie No.”15 Ɔrefrɛ hɛn dɛ yɛnkã No do wɔ akwan a ɔkrɔn na krɔnkrɔn ara yie mu.19 Na yerusũa akwan a ɔtse dɛm dapɛn biara wɔ Come, Follow Me.
Mususu dɛ nkyɛ kwankyerɛ no bɛma wo ntar a wɔakyerɛw no nkorkor tsentsen a onnyi dɛ ehyɛ, nsɛm a onnyi dɛ ekã, na sene a onnyi dɛ ehwɛ. Naaso ana dɛm botum ayɛ mboa ampaara ama asɔr a ɔwɔ wiadze nyina mu a? Ana nyɛbew a ɔtse dɛm botum ayɛ wo ahoboa ma abrabɔ nyina dɛ Christ-su dze a?
Joseph Smith kãa dɛ, “Mekyerɛkyerɛ hɔn nokwar fapem, na hɔn ara hwɛ hɔnho do yie.”17
Na Ɔhen Benjamin kãa kyerɛɛ no nkorɔfo wɔ Mormon Nwoma mu dɛ, “murunntum nnkã ndzɛmba nyina a hom nam do bɛyɛ bɔn; osiandɛ ɔnam akwan horow pii do a murunntum nnkenkan ne nyina.”18
Ɔhen Benjamin kɔr do kãa dɛ, “Mbom iyi dze mubotum akã akyerɛ hom dɛ, … hom nweɔn homho nye hom adwendwen, … nye hom ndzeyɛɛ yie, na hom … ndzi Nyankopɔn ne mbrasɛm do, na hom … nkɔ do … ntsena wɔ gyedzi wɔ … hɛn Ewuradze mu … nkesi hom nkwa n’ewiei mpo.”19
Ana omuo dɛ yebenya mbra a? Ɔnnyɛ nokwar. Hɛn nyina yehia no dabiara. Mbom omuo dɛ yetsim wɔ mbra nko do kyɛn dɛ yebetsim wɔ Agyenkwa No do. Ohia dɛ wohu siantsir horow na mbrɛ wobesi ayɛ adze na nkyii woesusu hom nsanmuyi horow no nsunsuando ho. Ohia dɛ hom dze hom werɛ twer Jesus Christ. Obegya hom akɔ ɔkwan pa no do. Ɔno nye hom ahoɔdzen.20
Nokwar Nkyerɛkyerɛ no Tum
For the Strength of Youth (Ama Mbabun Enya Ahoɔdzen) paa mu kã Jesus Christ ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no ndamyɛ mu. Ɔto nsa frɛ wo ndamyɛ mu dɛ yɛ nsanmuyi a ogyina Christ ne nkyerɛkyerɛ do. Na ɔdze ndamyɛ kyerɛ nhyira horow a Jesus Christ bɔ ho anohoba ma hɔn a wɔka No Kwan do.21
President Russell M. Nelson kyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ: “Sɛ w’ahwehwɛdze tsitsir nye ibɛma Nyankopɔn edzi nyim [wɔ w’abrabɔ mu] a, adwenpɔwbɔ pii yɛ mberɛw. … Nsɛmasɛma pii bɛyɛ kwa! Inyim mbrɛ ibesi esiesie wo ho. Inyim dza ibɔhwɛ na ibɛkenkan, na bea ibɔhwer wo mber, na nyimpa enye no bedzi nkitaho. Inyim dza erohwehwɛ ayɛ. Inyim nyimpa ban a …ipɛ ankasa dɛ ibɛyɛ.”22
Gyinapɛn a Ɔkrɔn
Jesus Christ wɔ gyinapɛn a ɔkrɔn ara yie ma N’akãdofo. Na nsato no dɛ yɛnhwehwɛ Ne pɛ na yɛmfa No nokwar mbɔ bra no nye gyinapɛn a ɔkrɔn kɛse a ɔwɔ hɔ.
Honandua mu na sunsum mu nsanmuyi horow no nnyi dɛ ogyina ankorankor ankorankor apɛdze do, anaa dza ɔma ahotɔ anaa ɔayɛ atsenkã do.23 Ewuradze erennkã dɛ, “Yɛ dza ɔwoara pɛ biara.”
Ɔrekã dɛ, “Ma Nyankopɔn ndzi nyim.”
Ɔrekã dɛ, “Bra, bɛka Mo do.”24
Ɔrekã dɛ, “Bɔ bra krɔnkrɔn, a ɔkrɔn ara yie, wɔ kwan a ɔkyerɛ dɛ enyin do.”
Ɔrekã dɛ, ‘Sie me mbrasɛm.”
Jesus Christ nye hɛn fasusu mapã, na yɛbɔ mbɔdzen dɛ yɛdze hɛn kra mu ahom nyina bɛkã No do.
M’anyɛnkofo adɔfo, hom mma minsi do nkã, Sɛ Agyenkwa no gyina ha ndɛ a, nkyɛ Ɔbɛkã No dɔ a ɔmmbɔadze ma hom, N’awerɛhyɛmu mapã ma hom ho asɛm. Ɔbɛkã akyerɛ hom dɛ hom botum ayɛ iyi. Hom botum abɔ enyigye abrabɔ a ɔyɛ ahomkã osiandɛ Jesus Christ nye hom ahoɔdzen. Hom botum enya awerɛhyɛmu, asomdwee, bambɔ, enyigye, na dɛ hom kã ho sesei na daapem, osiandɛ hom bohu ne nyinara wɔ Jesus Christ mu, N’asɛmpa no mu, na N’Asɔr no mu.
Iyi ho na megye dase awɔse mu dɛ Ewuradze Jesus Christ N’Asomafo mu ɔbaako na megya hom akoma nhyira wɔ enyisɔ no bun mu na ɔdɔ ma hom, wɔ Jesus Christ Ne dzin mu, amen.