Mɩzɩlɩlɩ mʋ ɔhɔnwʋ yɩ, iluwakɛɛ nɩ musunzu kɛɛ ízi nyamɩnlɩzʋ̃mɩnlɛ nwʋ hwɩɩ. Meti miɣizialɩ yi kɛɛ, “Mɩnla yɛ ezi wɔ Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ nu a?” Naasʋ̃ ɩáma munwalɩyɛ bela mɩ wɔ ɛkɛnɩ. Awielɩyɛ kʋlaa nɩ, ɩhã ihileli mɩ kɛɛ, yɩ maamɩ dɩ Gyehova Dasɩvʋlɔmaa bo nu ɔkʋ̃, na izuma nninyeni sʋ̃maa wɔ yɩ ɛkɛnɩ. Nɩ mʋ nwʋ pɩlɩɩ mɩ, iluwakɛɛ nɩ mɩpɛ kɛɛ ɩkã Bayɩbʋlʋ nu odwokɔ sʋ̃maa ikile mɩ.

Nɩ yɛbɔ nkɔmmɔ nkʋ̃ʋ̃ kɔbʋmɩ nunuma tunwuu. Na mʋ ɔhɔnwʋ yɩ hanlɩ hileli mɩ kɛɛ, Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ se Setanɩ yɛ idii oyuwadɩ yɩ zʋ a. (Dwɔ. 14:30) Ebiye a, mɔwʋ mɛyɩ, ezi eyi daada, naasʋ̃ mamɩ mɛyɩ, nɩ ɩdɩ dɩyɛ fʋlɔ ɩma mɩ na nɩ mɩpɛ kɛɛ mɩtɩ nwʋmɔ odwokɔ sʋ̃maa. Sianti yɛ lɛ kɛɛ nɩ mɩdɩ kɛɛ, Nyamɩnlɩ mɔɔ yɩ kunlu ɩdɩyɛnɛ yɛ idii oyuwadɩ yɩ zʋ a. Naasʋ̃, iluwa mɔɔ nɩ miyiyia wɔ mɩ ɛbɩlawɔlɛ nu nɩ ti, nɩ miále midi kɛɛ Nyamɩnlɩ yɛ idii oyuwadɩ yɩ zʋ a. Ɩwɔ numɔ kɛɛ nɩ mili alʋbɔ 26 pɛ dɩyɛ, naasʋ̃ nɩ mʋnwʋ nninyeni sʋ̃maa mɔɔ nɩ ɩma mɩva ɛya.

Nɩ mɩ papa dɩ sogyianii mɔɔ itwi alopileni wɔ United States. Meti kɛ kuakula nɩ, nɩ mizi paa kɛɛ, nɩ azogyiamaa nɩ bɔkɔhʋla bɔkɔdʋ bɔ bɔmbʋ yɩ mmɩlɩ bela. Mmɩlɩ mɔ nɩ kʋnɛ ɩkɔlɩɩ ɔzʋlɔ wɔ Vietnam nɩ, nɩ mʋwɔ college wɔ California. Mɩvalɩ mʋ nwʋ mʋwɔlɩ sukuulumaa be mɔɔ nɩ bɛtɩɩ atunwa nɩ. Abolisimaa dʋwalɩ yɛ mɔɔ nɩ bɔtʋdʋʋ tear gas bokuaa yɛ nwʋ, meti nɩ yɛánwʋ dɩyɛ baaba na nɩ yɛáhʋla sʋ̃ yede ye mʋnlɩ baaba. Nɩ mɩta mɩtɩ atunwa na nɩ mɩyɛ bɛsabɛsa sʋ̃ paa. Na nɩ bokũhũ manlɩwulɛmaa anyunumililɛmaa nɩ paa, na nɩ mmenii sʋ̃ tɩ atunwa. Nɩ abiyela ɩánwʋ mɔɔ ɩyɛ, nɩ nninyeni nu ɩyɛ sɩ paa.

Wɔ 1970 nu nɩ, mʋhɔ mɩyɛlɩ egyima wɔ Alaska na minyianlɩ ozukua sʋ̃maa zɛ. Akʋ̃ muduli mʋhɔlɩ London na mʋdɔlɩ moto, na mɩvalɩ mi ti mʋlɔlɩ numɔ wɔ London yɩ ngyakɛ ɔfʋã nu mɔɔ nɩ mízi dɩka pɔkyɩɩ mɔɔ nɩ mʋkɔɔ. Aziyianɩ sʋ̃maa mɛda nɩ, mʋhɔ mudwuli Africa. Wɔ mʋ ɔhʋanɩdulɛ yɩ nu nɩ, miyiyialɩ mmenii sʋ̃maa mɔɔ benyianlɩ a,  ankɩ sa boduwa ɔhʋanɩ be zʋ benɣiandi betiã ɔhawʋ mɔɔ nɩ boduwaa numɔ nɩ kɛnɩ.

Meti, iluwa mɔɔ nɩ mʋnwʋ yɩ nɩɩ mɔɔ mɩdɩ nɩ ti, mɩɣa mʋnwʋnlɩ kɛɛ, mɔɔ Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ kilehile kɛɛ sunzuma abɔdɩ tinuzɩzɩbɛvʋlɔ be yɛ idii oyuwadɩ eyi zʋ nɩ, ntɩyasɩ wɔ nu. Naasʋ̃, sɛ kɛ Nyamɩnlɩ yɛ idii oyuwadɩ eyi zʋ dɩ a, nɩ Nyamɩnlɩ ɩyɛɛ mɩnla? Nɩ mɩpɛ kɛɛ mɩtɩ nninyeni tʋ bʋwɔ.

Wɔ aziyianɩ azʋlɔtʋ mɔɔ ili ɛkɛnɩ nɩ, mɩɣa mɩdɩlɩ nninyeni tʋ. Na mmɩlɩ be mɛda nɩ, mɩɣa mʋnwʋ na mʋlɔ mmeliyema mmenyia nɩɩ mmaalɛ sʋ̃maa mɔɔ bɔhɔ ɔzʋlɔ beli nɔhʋanlɛ wɔ bʋwabɩlɛ azʋlɔtʋ nu bɛma nɔhʋanlɛ Nyamɩnlɩ ɔkʋ̃ nɩ.

Mmɩlɩ mɔ mizia mɩɣalɩ London nɩ, mɩ nɩɩ mʋ ɔhɔnwʋ yɩ maamɩ dɩndɛlɩ ma ɩmanlɩ Bayɩbʋlʋ mɩ. Aɣinzi yi mɔɔ mʋhɔlɩ Amsterdam wɔ Netherlands nɩ, eliyema be nwʋnlɩ mɩ kɛɛ mɩkɩngaa Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ wɔ streetlight be tʋ na ɩwʋwalɩ mɩ ma muzumanlɩ nninyeni sʋ̃maa. Aɣinzi yi, mʋhɔlɩ Dublin wɔ Ireland, na mʋnwʋnlɩ Gyehova Dasɩvʋlɔmaa bɛ Bɛtɩlɩ wɔ ɛkɛ. Mmɩlɩ mɔ mʋwɔlɩ anyɩnkɛ yɩ nu mʋhɔlɩ numɔ nɩ, miyiyialɩ eliyema be mɔɔ yɩ nwʋ ɩwʋkwa mɔɔ bɔfʋlɔ yɩ Arthur Matthews. Mɩhanlɩ mihileli yi kɛɛ mɩpɛ kɛɛ ɩ nɩɩ mɩ suma Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ, na ileli idianlɩ nu.

Mʋwɔlɩ yɩ tʋ kɛɛ musumaa dɩyɛ ɛzɩzɩbɛ ɛzɩzɩbɛ, nɩ mʋ nwʋ pɩlɩ mɩ kɛɛ mɩkɛɣɩnga Dasɩvʋlɔmaa yɩ bɛ awuuku azʋlɔtʋ nɩ. Na mɩɣɩnganlɩ Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ sʋ̃. Nɩ ɩyɛ anyɩnlɩlelɛ baaba! Sɛ nɩ yɛkɔ asafʋ ayiyialɩyɛ a, nɩ mʋkʋla mʋnwʋ kɛɛ nnwuakula ngyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ ngyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ po, bezi ndwokɔɣizialɛ mɔɔ oyuwadɩ yɩ nu nnimidimaa bɛva alʋbɔ sʋ̃maa bɛbɩbɛlɩ numɔ nɩ nwʋ munwalɩyɛ. Dɩkɛɛ ‘Kɛ ɩyɛ mɔɔ tanɩ ɣalɩ a? Aninyia yɛ lɛ Nyamɩnlɩ a? Sɛ yewu a, mɩnla yɛ ɩtʋ yɛ a?’ Nɩ mʋ ɔhɔnwʋmmɔ munwala dɩ Dasɩvʋlɔmaa, iluwakɛɛ nɩ mízi abiyela wɔ manlɩ yɩ nu. Bɔwʋwalɩ mɩ ma minyianlɩ ɔlɔlɛ kezile mɩ manlɩ Gyehova na mɩahʋla mɩayɛ yɩ apɛdɩ.

Wɔ 1972 nu nɩ, munlumanlɩ. Na wɔ yɩ ɔlʋbɔ ɔkʋ̃ mɛda nɩ, mʋwɔlɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛ egyima yɩ tʋ na mʋhɔ mɩhɩnlanlɩ asafʋ ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ be nwʋ wɔ Newry wɔ Northern Ireland. Mɩ hayɩlɩ aliyia ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ be mɔɔ nɩ ɩwɔ file be nwʋ. Nɩ nantwi okuwu be bike kɛnɩ, meti nɩ sɛ misiyeziyee mɩ ndɛnɩ a, nɩ mʋkɔ mikyina nantwi yi bɛ anyunu. Mmɩlɩ mɔ bedii alɩyɛ yɩ munwala nɩ ɩdɩ kɛɛ mɔɔ betiyee mɩ bʋwɔ paa. Ɩwɔ numɔ nɩ bɛáma fʋlɔdulɛ bela mɩ dɩyɛ, naasʋ̃ bɔwʋwalɩ mɩ ma muzumanlɩ kezimɔ mikehila ediyelɛmaa anyunu mmɩlɩ mɔ mɩmaa ndɛnɩ nɩ. Wɔ 1974 nu nɩ, bɛyɛlɩ mɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛvʋlɔ titili, na  bɛmanlɩ mɩ nɩɩ eliyema Nigel Pitt mɔɔ ɩɣa ɩyɛlɩ mʋ ɔhɔnwʋ baaba paa wɔlɩ numɔ yɛlɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛ egyima yɩ.

Ɔzɔ mmɩlɩ yɩ, nɩ bɛsabɛsayɛlɛ wuli zʋlɔ wɔ Northern Ireland. Abiyemmɔ dɩnlɩ ɛkɛnɩ dima kɛɛ “bɔmbʋ nɩɩ bulɛtɩ azɩlɛ.” Nɩ ɛta nwʋ kɛɛ mmenii bɔkʋ̃ʋ̃ wɔ kua zʋ, bɔtʋdʋʋ mmenii otui na bɛyɩbaa ahalɩ sʋ̃. Nɩ ɔhawʋ yɩ sʋ̃maa nɩ zʋ manlɩwulɛ nɩɩ nyamɩnlɩzʋ̃mɩnlɛ nu. Protestants nɩɩ Katɩlɩkɩmaa nɩ bɛɣa bɔnwʋnlɩ kɛɛ, nɩ Dasɩvʋlɔmaa nɩ bégyĩ ɔfʋã bela, meti nɩ yɛkʋla yɛkã odwokɔba yɩ nɩ mɔɔ nɩ bɛáha yɛ. Nɩ pika diibenyiammɔ nɩ bezi mmɩlɩ nɩ dɩka mɔɔ bɛsabɛsayɛlɛ be kɔhʋla kezi, meti nɩ bɔbɔ yɛ amanɩyɛ, na ama dɩyɛ bela ɩádʋlɩ yɛ.

Naasʋ̃, nɩ ndwokɔzɩzɩbɛ lanwʋ la wɔ ɛkɛ. Eɣile ɔkʋ̃ be, nɩ mɩ nɩɩ Denis Carrigan mɔɔ ɩdɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛvʋlɔ yɛkãã odwokɔ yɩ wɔ twonwa be mɔɔ ibike yɛ mɔɔ nɩ Dasɩvʋlɔ bela íni kɛnɩ nu. Nɩ yɛhɔ kɛnɩ mbɔmɩ ɔkʋ̃ pɛ la. Baalɛ be lili awohwi dianlɩ yɛ zʋ kɛɛ yɛdɩ Britain azogyiamaa mɔɔ yewuwa yɛnwʋ yɛɣa bɛ manlɩ yɩ nu, iluwakɛɛ nɩ kezimɔ yɛkã Irish ndɛnɩ yɩ nɩ, ɩázɛlɩ abiye mɔɔ ɩzʋ̃ Ireland. Ye kunlu duli baaba. Sɛ nɩ bɔnwʋ wʋ kɛɛ ɛdɩ azogyiamaa bɔ ɔhɔnwʋ po a, nɩ sa bɔkʋla bokũ wʋ anzɛnyɩɩ bɛfa wʋ besiye anzɛnyɩɩ bɔbɔ otui wʋ wɔ wʋ nakʋlʋba nwʋ. Mmɩlɩ mɔ yegyĩ punwuanu kɛnɩ mɔɔ ɛyɛbɛ ikũũ yɛ mɔɔ yɛdɩkɛɛ baasɩ nɩ, yɛnwʋnlɩ kɛɛ kaalɩ be ɩɣa igyina café mɔɔ baalɛ yɩ lili awohwi dianlɩ yɛ zʋ yɩ nɩ anyunu. Ivindenli ɩ nɩɩ mmenyia anwɩ̃ mɔɔ bɔwɔ kaalɩ yɩ nu dɩndɛlɩ, na ɩdɩnɣɛlɩ yɩ sa wɔ yɛ zʋ. Mmenyia yɩ duli bɛ kaalɩ ɣalɩ yɛ pɛ, na beɣizialɩ yɛ mmɩlɩ mɔ baasɩ yɩ kɛɣa. Mmɩlɩ mɔ baasɩ yɩ ɣalɩ nɩ, bɛ nɩɩ dɩlayɩva yɩ hɔ dɩndɛlɩ. Ɩátɩ mɔɔ nɩ bɛkãã dɩyɛ, naasʋ̃ iluwakɛɛ nɩ abiyela íni baasɩ yɩ nu kɩnla yɛ nwʋ nɩ ti, nɩ yesunzu kɛɛ bɛfaa yɛ nwʋ adwɩnɩ tanɩ na bɛayɛ debe yɛ. Naasʋ̃ dɩyɛ bela iási. Mmɩlɩ mɔ mudwuli azɩ nɩ, miɣizialɩ dɩlayɩva yɩ kɛɛ: “Mmenyia mɔɔ bɛɣalɩ wʋ pɛ yɩ, nɩ bebiziaa yɛ nwʋ odwokɔ a?” Yɛ ɩhanlɩ kɛɛ: “Mizi enii ɔkʋ̃ mɔɔ bɛdɩ, meti mɩhã mihileli bɛ. Mamá bo kunlu tu. Dɩyɛ bela ɩlɛ́yɛ bɛ.”

Wɔ 1976 manlɩ-avinli ayiyialɩyɛ be tʋ wɔ Dublin nɩ, miyiyialɩ Pauline Lomax. Nɩ ɩdɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛvʋlɔ titili mɔɔ ɩzʋ̃ England ɩɣa. Nɩ ɩdɩ eliyema baalɛ mɔɔ ɩbɔ yɩ nwʋ mmɔdɩnɩ, ɩkã yɩ nwʋ azɩ, na yɩ nwʋ yɛ pɩkɛ sʋ̃. Ɩ nɩɩ yɩ anlima Ray munwala yɛ bozumanlɩ nɔhʋanlɛ yɩ ɔzʋmɩ bo nnwuakula nu a. Ɔlʋbɔ ɔkʋ̃ mɛda nɩ, migyialɩ Pauline na yɛhɔ yɛdʋwalɩ ɔhʋanɩbukolɛ titili egyima yɩ zʋ wɔ Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Yɛyɛlɩ mansini egyima ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ wɔ Belfast, Londonderry, nɩɩ nnɩka be mɔɔ ɛkɛnɩ yɛ ɛyɛlɛ sʋ̃. Mmeliyema mmenyia nɩɩ mmaalɛ mɔɔ bɔwɔ nnɩka eyimmɔ nɩ, be dedi hyɛlɩ yɛ ɛzɩzɩbɛ. Bɔhwɩnlɩ bɔ nwʋ wɔ awohwi ehilehilelɛ mɔɔ nɩ ile ndɩnlɩ wɔ bo nu, beyiakili mmenii nu nyiyimi nɩɩ ɛdanɩlɛ ama bɛahʋla bɛazʋ̃mɩ Gyehova. Gyehova iyilalɩ bɛ na ɩwɔlɩ bɔ nwʋ banɩ!

Nɩ mɩva alʋbɔ bunlu mʋwʋwa Ireland. Akʋ̃, wɔ 1981 nɩ bɔdʋlɩ salɛ bɔvʋlɔlɩ yɛ kɛɛ yɛhɔ́ Gɩlɩad sukuulu mɔɔ ɩtɔ zʋlɔ 72 yɩ be. Yewieli sukuulu yi nɩ, bɛhanlɩ kɛɛ yɛhɔ yɛzʋ̃mɩ wɔ Sierra Leone mɔɔ ɩwɔ Africa adɔlɩyɛ nɩ.

Nɩ yɛ nɩɩ mmeliyema 11 yɛ yɛda missionary home kɛ a. Nɩ ye gyialɩ dɩ ɔkʋ̃, tiyiafĩ asã, ayuwalɩyɛ anwɩ̃, foonu ɔkʋ̃, mahyini mɔɔ bɛfa bɛpɩda dɩyɛ nɩɩ mɔɔ ɩma nninyeni wʋlʋ ɔkʋ̃. Nɩ bɛta bonuma kɩnlanɩyɛ yɩ. Nɩ ahula nɩɩ nwɔlɔ ba aliyia yi nu.

Ɩwɔ numɔ kɛɛ nɩ dɩka mɔɔ yɛda nɩ ɩáyɛ baaba bela dɩyɛ, naasʋ̃ nɩ dasɩlɛlilɛ nu yɛ fɛ. Nɩ  mmenii bu Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ na betiye odwokɔ yɩ sʋ̃. Bo nu sʋ̃maa zumanlɩ Bayɩbʋlʋ yɩ na bɛɣa bɛyɛlɩ Gyehova Dasɩvʋlɔmaa. Nɩ ɛkɛnɩmaa fʋlɔ mɩ “Mister Robert.” Nɩ bɔfʋlɔ Pauline sʋ̃ “Missus Robert.” Aɣinzi yi, iluwakɛɛ nɩ Bɛtɩlɩ egyima de mɩ mmɩlɩ na mɩáhɔ dasɩlɛlilɛ sʋ̃maa nɩ ti, mmenii wɔlɩ yɩ tʋ kɛɛ bɔfʋlɔ Pauline kɛɛ “Missus Pauline.” Na bɔvʋlɔlɩ mɩzamɩ sʋ̃ “Mister Pauline.” Nɩ Pauline yɩ anyɩ deli eyi nwʋ!

Nɩ mmeliyema sʋ̃maa dɩ ahyinyiamaa, naasʋ̃ nɩ Gyehova di bɛ ahyinyiadɩ nwʋ egyima mmɩlɩ munwala, ɩyɛ po a nɩ bɛ anyɩ ɩála kʋlaa. (Mt. 6:33) Mɩkakɛ eliyema baalɛ be mɔɔ nɩ ɩha yɩ eɣile ɔkʋ̃ ozukua mɔɔ ɩ nɩɩ yɩ nnwuakula kɛva kɔdɔ alɩyɛ, naasʋ̃ ɩva ɩmanlɩ eliyema be mɔɔ nɩ obunlu hyɩ yɩ ma ɩva ɩdɔlɩ awudo. Ɔzɔ eɣile nɩ la, baalɛ be ɩɣa iduwalɩ ozukua ɩmanlɩ eliyema baalɛ nɩ kɛɛ ɩyɛ yɩ eɣinli ɩma yɩ. Odwokɔ mɔɔ ɩdɩ zɛ be zili mbɔmɩ sʋ̃maa.

Yedualɩ alʋbɔ ahɔnla wɔ Sierra Leone. Aɣinzi yi, bɛvalɩ yɛ bɔhɔlɩ Nigeria Bɛtɩlɩ. Sikalɛyɩ mɛyɩ, nɩ yɛɣa Bɛtɩlɩ mɔɔ ɩdɩ kezi nu. Egyima mɔɔ nɩ mɩyɛ wɔ Sierra Leone nɩ mɛyɩ la yɛ mɩɣa mɩyɛlɩ wɔ ɛkɩ a. Naasʋ̃ Pauline mɛyɩ, bɛzɩnzanlɩ yi egyima kʋlaa, na nɩ ɩyɛ sɩ ɩma yɩ sʋ̃. Nɩ ɩfa dɔnɩhwɩlɩ 130 ɩyɛ dasɩlɛlilɛ egyima yɩ eziyianɩ bela, na ɩyɛ Bayɩbʋlʋ dɩyɛzumanlɛ mɔɔ itu mpʋnɩ. Naasʋ̃ kakɩ yɩ, nɩ ɩbayɛɛ egyima wɔ dɩka mɔɔ bɛpanɩ dɩyɛ, mɔɔ ɩkɛva yɩ mmɩlɩ munwala ɩkɛbanɩ ntalɩ mɔɔ ɩdɩdɩ. Ɩhyɛlɩ ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ ansaana ɩnwʋ egyima yɩ anyɩ zʋ, naasʋ̃ ɩɣa ɩnwʋnlɩ kɛɛ nɩ mmeliyema anyɩ sɔ egyima mɔɔ nɩ ɩyɛɛ nɩ paa, na ɩva ɩyɛlɩ yɩ bʋtayɩ kɛɛ ɩkɛhyɛ yɩ ɔhɔnwʋmmɔ Bɛtɩlɩmaa ɛzɩzɩbɛ.

Nɩ Nigeria amamɩlɛ yɩ dɩ fʋlɔ ma yɛ kʋlaa na nɩ nninyeni sʋ̃maa wɔ ɛkɛnɩ mɔɔ ɩsɛ kɛɛ yesuma. Eɣile ɔkʋ̃ be, eliyema be valɩ eliyema baalɛ be mɔɔ nɩ bɔdʋ salɛ bɔvʋlɔ yɩ ma ɩɣa Bɛtɩlɩ ɣalɩ mɩ ɔfɩsɩ kɛɛ ɩ nɩɩ yɩ bazema mɩ. Mɩyɛlɩ kɛɛ misemaa yɩ la yɛ iwutuli mɩ anyunu a. Izili mʋ nwʋ baaba! Ɛkɛnɩ la yɛ ɛhɛlɛlɛ ndwokɔ anwɩ̃ ɣalɩ mɩ adwɩnɩ nu a: Egyima 10:25, 26 nɩɩ Yikile 19:10. Nɩ mɩ̃kãã wɔ mɩ adwɩnɩ nu kɛɛ, ‘Mɩhã mihile yɩ ma iyiaki mɔɔ ɩyɛ yɩ a?’ Naasʋ̃, muzunzunli kɛɛ, enii yi munli yi, bɔdʋ salɛ bɔvʋlɔ yɩ ma ɩɣa Bɛtɩlɩ, meti izi mɔɔ Bayɩbʋlʋ kilehile.

Yɛbɔɔ nkɔmmɔ yɩ munwala nɩ mɩ anyɩ ɩdʋ̃ wɔ mi ti nu. Yewieli la yɛ mʋhɔ mɩyɛlɩ mɔɔ ɩyɛlɩ nɩ nwʋ ɛbɩbɛlɛnu a. Mɩɣa mʋnwʋnlɩ kɛɛ, mɔɔ eliyema baalɛ yɩ yɛlɩ nɩ, nɩ ɩdɩ amamɩlɛ mɔɔ bɛyɛ wɔ manlɩ  yɩ ɔfʋã be. Nɩ ɩdɩ debe mɔɔ mmenyia po yɛ ebiye. Bɛyɛ zɔ bɛfa bekile kɛɛ bobu dɩyɛ. Nɩ ɩ́dɩ ɔzʋ̃mɩnlɛ, iluwakɛɛ Bayɩbʋlʋ yi nu po, abiyemmɔ yɛlɩ ebiye. (1 Sa. 24:8) Ɩyɛlɩ mɩ fɛ paa kɛɛ, mɩákã dɩyɛ bela mɩfa mukua eliyema baalɛ yɩ anyunu azɩ.

Yeyiyialɩ mmeliyema sʋ̃maa wɔ Nigeria mɔɔ nɩ bɔwɔ dedi kezile. Abiye dɩkɛɛ eliyema Isaiah Adagbona a zɛ yɩ, izumanlɩ nɔhʋanlɛ yɩ wɔ mmɩlɩ mɔ nɩ ɩdɩ abɩlantɩyɛ nɩ. Mmɩlɩ be mɛda nɩ, kokobe yɛlɩ yɩ. Bɛ nɩɩ yɩ hɔlɩ dɩka mɔɔ sɛ kokobe yɛ abiye a, bɛ nɩɩ yɩ kɔbʋwa nɩ. Na nɩ yɩzayɩ nkʋ̃ la yɛ ɩdɩ eliyema wɔ ɛkɛnɩ a. Ɩávalɩ nwʋmɔ kɛɛ nɩ botwodwu betiyia yɩ nɩ, ɩwʋwalɩ kokobemaa mɔɔ bɔbʋ 30 ma beleli nɔhʋanlɛ yɩ na ɩdɩlɩ asafʋ wɔ kɛ.

Wɔ 1996 nɩ, bɛma yɛhɔlɩ Kenya Bɛtɩlɩ. Ɔzʋmɩ kɛɛ yɛzʋ̃ kɛnɩ yɛyɩlɩ yɛ nwʋ nɩ, nɩ banzɛmɔ yesiaa yɛkɔhɔ ɛkɛ a. Nɩ yɛda Bɛtɩlɩ. Na nɩ nzunwa le kɛnɩ wɔ zʋ baaba. Nɩ nzunwa yɩ bowuwa mmeliyema mmaalɛ yɩ bɛ nnuwalɩba mɔɔ bɛfa bɛba nɩ. Eɣile ɔkʋ̃ be, eliyema baalɛ be ɩátʋnlɩ yɩ tokulo nu. Ɩɣalɩ awudo nɩ, nɩ nzunwa yɩ du gua yɩ alɩyɛ yɩ zʋ bedii wɔ aliyia yɩ nu kɛ. Ɩdɩnyɩanlɩ numɔ ɩzʋ̃ aliyia yi nu ivindenli. Na nzunwa yɩ sʋ̃ boluwalɩ tokulo yɩ nu bɔhɔlɩ.

Mɩ nɩɩ Pauline hɔlɩ asafʋ mɔɔ bɛkã Swahili ɛdɩndɛlɛ nu. Mmɩlɩ ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ be mɛda nɩ, bɛhanlɩ kɛɛ mihilá Asafʋ Buuku Dɩyɛzumanlɛ zʋ (sɩkalɛpɛyɩ bɔfʋlɔ yɩ Asafʋ Bayɩbʋlʋ Dɩyɛzumanlɛ). Naasʋ̃ nɩ mɩáhʋla mɩkã ndɛnɩ yɩ baaba. Nɩ midi bɔmʋnlɩ misiyeziye mʋ nwʋ meti nɩ mʋkʋla mɩkɩnga ndwokɔɣizialɛ yɩ. Naasʋ̃ sɛ nɩ bɛma mmʋwalɩyɛ na ɩdɩ sʋnʋnkʋ̃ ɛgyɩkɩ̃ɩ̃ wɔ mɔɔ ɩwɔ buuku yi nu nɩ nwʋ a, nɩ mɩádɩ yɩ tʋ. Nɩ ɩyɛ anyɩnlɩdʋnlɛ baaba! Nɩ ɩyɛ ɛyɛkɛ mɩ baaba paa. Naasʋ̃ benyianlɩ mʋ nwʋ abʋtalɩ na bɛmanlɩ mʋhɔlɩ ɔzʋlɔ mihilalɩ dɩyɛzumanlɛ yɩ zʋ.

Iádi ɔlʋbɔ ɔkʋ̃ wɔ Kenya yɛ bɔvʋlɔlɩ yɛ kɛɛ yɛɣɩla Brooklyn, New York Bɛtɩlɩ wɔ 1997 a. Sɩkalɛpɛyɩ, nɩ yɛɣa manlɩ mɔɔ bedi bʋwɔ nu, naasʋ̃ nɩ mɛyɩ sʋ̃ ɩlɛ yɩ ndwokɔzɩzɩbɛ. (Ɛɣɛ. 30:8, 9) Naasʋ̃ wɔ manlɩ mɔɔ ɩdɩ zɔ po nu nɩ, nɩ ye mmeliyema mmenyia nɩɩ mmaalɛ yɩ da dedi kezile ali. Ye mmeliyema yɩ bɛfa bɛ mmɩlɩ nɩɩ bɛ anwʋnyia bɔbʋwa Gyehova yɩ ahyɩhyɛdɩ yɩ na bɛáva bɛyɛ bɔ nwʋ bʋwɔ.

Wɔ alʋbɔ eyimmɔ munwala nu nɩ, yɛnwʋ kezimɔ ye ɔhɔnwʋmmɔ Dasɩvʋlɔmaa nɩ bɛla dedi ali wɔ bʋwabɩlɛ azʋlɔtʋ nu. Wɔ Ireland nɩ, yɛnwʋnlɩ ye mmeliyema yɩ be dedi ɩávalɩ nwʋmɔ bɛsabɛsayɛlɛ mɔɔ nɩ ɩkɔlɩɩ ɔzʋlɔ wɔ ɛkɛnɩ nɩ. Wɔ Africa sʋ̃ nɩ, yɛnwʋnlɩ kezimɔ bɛlalɩ dedi ali ɩávalɩ nwʋmɔ kɛɛ bedii hyinyia nɩ. Wɔ United States sʋ̃, yɛnwʋnlɩ kezimɔ bɛda dedi ali ɩávalɩ nwʋmɔ kɛɛ bedi bʋwɔ nɩ. Kila kezimɔ Gyehova anyɩ kele, mmɩlɩ mɔ ɩnwʋ kɛɛ mmenii sʋ̃maa bekilee kɛɛ bɔdɔ yɩ ɩávalɩ nwʋmɔ bʋwabɩlɛ bela mɔɔ beyiyiaa nɩ!

Alʋbɔ yɩ munwala hɔlɩ ndɛndɛ baaba, ɩkɔ “ndɛndɛ ɩtɛla ɛdamɛnwɩ̃nɩlɛvʋlɔ yɩ sa.” (Dwb. 7:6) Sɩkalɛpɛyɩ, yɛyɛ egyima wɔ oyuwadɩ munwala egyimayɛlɛdɩka ti wɔ Warwick, New York. Na ɩyɛ yɛ fɛ paa kɛɛ yɛ nɩɩ mmenii mɔɔ bɔdɔ bɔ nwʋ ankasa bɔ numɔ yɛ egyima. Yɛ anyɩ ile kɛɛ yɛyɛɛ mɔɔ yɛkɔhʋla bela yɛkɔwʋwa yɛ Bulombunli, Kɩlayɩsɩ Gyisɛsɩ mɔɔ ɩlɛ́kyɛ ibaduwa yɩ azʋ̃mɩvʋlɔ nɔhʋanlɛmaa abʋmɩ abʋmɩ sʋ̃maa kakɛ nɩ.—Mt. 25:34.