-Hën bɛn ˈˈyi: Julia wɔ sɛ -po ˈla ˈtsɛ, -wɔ ˈe -hën ˈkun ˈo -pe -sɛsɛ. -Wɔ -akunda ˈˈyi -shɛ: “ˈMɛn ˈwɔn tshɔke.” ˈE man ˈo -hɛn ˈba e ˈo kɛ ˈba ama, -ba ˈe -hën ˈkun kɛ -le kɛ “ ˈtsɛtsɛ.”

Julia -ye -ɛ, -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe -le ˈze ˈo ˈwɔn “tshɔke, ˈeyɛ man -wɔ -akunda dzhi -shɛ.” ˈEyɛ fɛn, -o ˈˈman -ka ˈkɛkë -shi bɔbɔ.

Bu -nɔn -le Sofi ˈnun, ˈˈɲan -kɛ man bu -le e?

ˈKun -bɔ -le bu dzhɛnlë -ɛ -hën, -e ˈˈle ˈe puɛn. Biblë -ɛ ˈla bɔbɔ, tsabiɛ tën kɔ Sala, Lashɛlë, Abigayɛlë, Jozɛfë, nanmɛ Davidë ˈnun, -a -bo ˈba dzhɛnlë -ɛ ˈmɛn. Shimuɛn ˈwɛn -a ˈkpɛ Abishagë ˈo dzhi bɛn -ye nɛn, Biblë -ɛ -e dzhui ˈkun kɛ “-lëdzhën -sɛsɛ.”—1 Rois 1:4.

ˈE man Sankɛtɛn e shɔkɛtɛn ˈba ama, ˈba -kpe ˈnun, ˈba dzhɛnlë bɛn -ɛn, -ba ˈˈman nɛɛn vö. ˈEyɛ ˈe sɛ nɔn ˈba fɔ bɛn ˈla. -Hën bɛn ˈkɛ ˈˈyi:

• Amelikë ˈlö, -a -nɔn shɔkɛtɛn 100, ˈba ˈla ˈba 58 ˈbayo ˈba -sɛmi -sɛsɛ. ˈE man ˈba 17 kiɛ man ˈba -sɛmi mmiɛ ˈla.

• ˈˈMan fë fɛn ˈpɛ, shɔmuan ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -le ˈba ˈtsɛtsɛ, ˈa -nɔn ˈba 100, ˈba ˈla ˈba 45 ˈba ˈe ˈbuë ˈkun ˈba -sɛmi -sɛsɛ.

• Sankɛtɛn e shɔkɛtɛn ama, ˈkun -ba ˈˈyɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈba sɛmi fɛnfɔ, ˈba -kpe ˈnun -ba ˈbakö -kashi hɛn kɔ. -E -le -ze yɛ ˈba lo.

 -Bɔ sɛ ˈe -hën ˈkun -kashi ˈˈman -ɲan bu kuɛn -wun, -le ˈze -a bokan bu. Dzhu ˈe bɛn -ɛn -shi bu -hɛn ˈba, -aniin tsabi kuökuö ˈwɛn -bu ˈye wo -nda. Biblë -ɛ -e dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “Kɛ gbɔgbɔ, -wɔ ˈo ˈlayɛ ˈkë lëfɛn ˈkpakpa, nanmɛ -o -le nɛnsɛn ˈwɛn ˈa sɛ ˈye wo sa -kadzhiwun ˈkɛ ˈla.”—Proverbes 17:17.

-Kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -a -le man ˈe sɛ -le ˈze ˈa -lë tsabiɛ hɛn. -Hën Hobi Davidë ˈo biɛn Asalɔmën bɛn -ɛn. Biblë -ɛ -e dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi:

“Sɛnbi ˈwɛn ˈo -lëdzhën -ba kɛ ˈnun, -o ˈˈman nɛn. [...] -Kɛke puɛn mii ˈˈman ˈo dzhi.”—2 Samuel 14:25.

ˈE man sankɛtshɔ ˈˈwɔ, -wɔ ˈokö kë, -kɛ -yɛ ˈo hɛn nën, nanmɛ -o -le -tɔtusɛ! Biblë -ɛ ˈla, -a dzhui ˈkun kɛ ˈˈman tsa ho, kɛ ˈˈle ˈmɛnköshisɛ, nanmɛ kɛ -le tsakunsɛ.

ˈEyɛ fɛn, Biblë -ɛ ˈla -a -bo tsa -zën ˈkɛ ˈˈyi:

“Mu -nu tsabi ˈpɔpɔɛ fë -kale -sɔ ˈmukön ba- -talɛ ˈnö.”—Kolɔs 3:10.

“ˈMu ˈˈma ˈe ˈˈkö ˈkön ˈmu kɔ dzhantɔˈa ˈˈle -lë dzhan-. [...] Ma ˈmu dzhanlë -ɛ, ˈmu -le ˈze -e -kpën ˈmu kitsabaˈa ˈlö.”—1 Piɛr 3:3, 4.

-Bɔ sɛ ˈe ˈkö ˈkun bu -lëdzhën, -e ˈˈle ˈe puɛn. ˈE man ˈe ˈyi ˈe -le ˈe -kɔkɔɛ, ˈe man ˈe -le -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -bɔ -le. ˈEyɛ man ˈe sɛ -le ˈze tsabiɛ ˈba ˈba gbu -da bu dzhi. -E ˈˈle bu tsabi zakɔɛ, -aniin bu dzhɛnlë -ɛ. Shikɛtshɔ ˈkö -a ˈkpɛ Felisia -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “Dzhɛnlë -ɛ, -yɛ -le ˈze -a tsa hɛndzhi ko ˈfafa. ˈE man ˈe ˈyi tsabiɛ ˈba, -ba hɛndzhi ko -kpe ˈnun man ˈe -le -kɛ gbɛgbɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -bɔ -le.”

ˈKun -bɔ -le bukö -hën, -yɛ bu dzhɛn lɔ fuë lëtën nɛn e?

-Bu -kɔfɛn ˈkö ˈe ˈkun bu nɔn -sakiɛn pia bukö, -aniin bu -shi -ka tshɔ ˈnun ɲɔn bu tsabi zakɔɛ ˈe nɔn piɛn e?

Bu -nɔn -pɔn sɛnhën ˈnun, ˈˈɲan -kɛ man bu sɛ ˈpiɛn bu tsabi zakɔɛ nɛn? (-Kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi bu -yɛ ˈla ˈkun bu ˈpiɛn ˈkpakpa, -ɲɛn ˈkɛ nɔn.)

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Kosa ˈkɛmuën ˈˈyɛ, -bu sɛ -sho ˈe ˈmɛn aan, nanmɛ -ka ˈkɛ ˈyi -a lɛlɛ, -bu sɛ -ɲɛn ˈkɛhan nɔn, -she bɛn ˈˈyi -akunda: ˈKun -bɔ -le bukö -hën, -lɔɛ ˈnun ˈkun yɛ ˈsɛ ˈˈle ˈe keke ˈˈyɛ ˈnun man tsabiɛ -ba -le bu -hën. Dzhɛnlë bɛn -ɛn, -e ˈˈman za -yɛ tsabiɛ ˈba bɛn -kɔkɔɛ -le.—1 Samuel 16:7.