1. Kɔ -Zö Mɛn Bɛn -ɛn -yɛ -le ˈe ˈkë ˈnun, -zösɔn tshun ˈkɛmuën ɲɔn man ˈe hɔn nɛn?

JESU -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “ˈMu -kɔ -sunmi [tshɔ] -ɛ ˈla -wun. ˈEkön -sunmi -kpe -ɛ, ˈe ma ˈe -le ˈˈpɛyin -bosɔn, ˈe ˈla ma tsabiɛ -bobrobe ˈnö -ba kɔ ɛ -wuën -ɔ. Ma -sunmi [tshɔ] -ɛ, ˈe ma ˈe -le -bosɔn mama ˈˈyi, -a ˈkɔɛ ˈla ɛ ze hɛnpuin -kan, ma ˈe -bosɔn -pɛ -ɛ, tsabiɛ [tshɔ] ˈnö ˈkön ˈˈba ˈe -kan.” (Matie 7:13, 14) Kɔ -Zö Mɛn Bɛn -ɛn -yɛ -le ˈe ˈkë ˈnun, -zösɔn tshun ˈkɛmuën kiɛ man ˈe hɔn nɛn. ˈE ˈyi ˈe -le ˈe gbɛgbɛ, -yɛ -le ˈze -a hɛnpuɛn -kan. Nanmɛ ˈe ˈyi ˈe -le ˈe puɛn, -yɛ -le ˈze -a ˈwi -kan.

2. Kë man Biblë -ɛ -yɛ -le ˈe ˈkë ˈkun -Zö kɛ ˈˈman -zösɔn ˈkɛ ˈkpakpa ˈla -yɛ?

² Tsabiɛ tën -ba ˈe ˈbuë ˈkun -Zö kɛ -zösɔn ˈkɛ ˈkpakpa ˈla -yɛ. Biblë -ɛ ˈe ˈla bɛn ˈkɛ ˈˈyi, -yɛ ˈe ˈkë ˈkun -e ˈˈle dubɛ:

• “Izaɛlë ˈˈve ˈba, -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe ˈˈlëdzhën Joova hian ˈlö, -ba -mɔn ˈe -le fɛn ˈpɛ. Sili, Sidɔn, Moabë, Amɔnën ˈˈve ˈba, nanmɛ Filistɛn ˈba ama, ˈba -zö ˈba -da Baalë e Ashtolɛtë -kɔ ˈba ˈwɛn -a -puö ama nɛn, ˈba -mɔn mmiɛ ˈsɔn fɛn. -Ba -tshe ˈɲɛn Joova -nunmën, ˈakö -ba ˈˈpa ˈˈsɔn kɛ. ˈEyɛ fɛnfɔ, Joova -o -nɔn kunkɔ -kpe ˈnun -ko Izaɛlësɔ ˈba.” (Juges 10:6, 7) ˈA sɛ -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -a -puö, aniin -zö fë ˈwɛn ˈo ˈˈle -Zö ˈo gbɔgbɔ ˈsɔn, Joova wɔ ˈˈsɛ ˈˈyɛ tsa ˈla.

• “Tsabiɛ -pɛ ˈˈyi, -ba nu ˈmiˈa ˈva ɛ ˈmɛ [-Zö] ho-, ma ˈba kitsaba ˈˈma mɛ fin. Yɛyɛ ˈva -ba ˈmɛ ˈsɔn ˈekön ˈba ˈbi -ba kë-, -e ˈˈle -Zö bi, tsabiɛ bi ˈva ˈe -leˈ.” (Mak 7:6, 7) Tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba ˈe dzhuɔ ˈkun ˈba -Zö ˈsɔn ɲɔn ˈba -fan Biblë -ɛ ˈla bɛn ˈkɛ -hunlɔ ˈakö, ˈba ˈba -akunda -ye ˈkɛ kë, ˈba -Zö ˈyi -ba ˈsɔn -e -le yɛyɛ. -Zö wɔ ˈsɛ ˈˈshe fɛn.

• “-Zö -le ˈˈwɛnsɛn, ˈe ˈhuinfin ma -e -tsɛn -ka ˈkön tsabiɛ ˈˈba kɛ ˈsɔn, ˈba ˈsun kɛ ˈˈwɛnsɛn ˈle -anumahrɔɛ -amu ˈla -ɔ.” (Jan 4:24) Sa -zö ˈyi -a ˈsɔn, -e -le dɔa ˈkun ˈe lë -Zö ˈo ˈMɛn Bɛn -ɛn nɛn.

3. ˈˈƝan -kɛ man ˈe -le ˈze ˈa lɔ -zösɔn ˈyi ˈe -le ˈe gbɛgbɛ, nanmɛ ˈe ˈyi ˈe -le ˈe puɛn?

³ Kë man ˈa -le lɔ -zösɔn ˈyi yɛ -Zö hɛnlë, nanmɛ ˈe ˈyi ˈe ˈˈman ˈo hɛnlë e? Jesu -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “Zakɔɛ -wun gbagba, -yɛ -biɔn gbagba -huë, ma zakɔɛ -wun yanyan, -yɛ -ɛ -biɔn yanyan -huë [ . . . ] ˈBa -kale ˈla ma ˈˈmɔ -bë kɔ lɔ ˈba -ɔ.” ˈEyɛ, -yɛ ˈe ˈkë ˈkun -zösɔn ˈyi ˈe -le -Zö -ye, ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba -kɛ gbɛgbɛ -le. ˈE man ˈe ˈyi ˈe -le Satan -ye -ɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba -kɛpuɛn -le.—Matie 7:15-20.

4. ˈˈƝan -kɛ nɛn man -a -kɔ -lɔ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba Joova ˈsɔn?

⁴-Zösɔn gbɛgbɛ -ɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba ˈbakö ˈla -yɛ, nanmɛ -ba tsa fë -ye ˈla -yɛ. -Ba ˈeyɛ -le, ˈekun Joova ˈo ˈkökögbɛ -o -le ˈlayɛ -Zö. Jesu -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “-Kaˈ ˈˈyɛ -bë kë- tsabiɛ ˈkpakpa ˈyi ˈkön -mu -le mɛ kɔasɔn, ˈe ma ˈe -le, ˈyɛ ˈmu -yɛ ˈmukön ˈla.” Kë man tsabiɛ ˈba -ba -le -Zö ˈo ˈkue ˈˈyɛ ho, ˈba -Zö ˈyi -ba ˈsɔn nɛn? —Jan 13:35; Luk 10:27; 1 Jan 4:8.

5. Kpesan ˈba ˈwɛn -a fe -she, ˈˈɲan -kɛ bɛn man latɔ ˈkö -e dzhu ˈe nɛn?

⁵ Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, kpesan ˈba ˈwɛn -a yiyi, ˈmun -le ˈze -a -hën ˈba dzhi bɛn -ɛn. Latɔ ˈyi -a ˈkpɛ La Nouvelle encyclopédie britannique ˈe ˈla, -a dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, ˈe -nɔn -tshɔ ˈgbömën 650 titi 1905 nɛn, tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn kanmo sakayisɔ ˈba mmiɛ -fe -she, mmiɛ -she 18.000.000 -kɛke mii. -E -nɔn -tshɔ ˈgbömën 1500 ˈe yabu -i nɛn -bɔ man -Bɔfɔɛ ˈba -ba -tsɛ -bo ˈba -ye -ɛ wɛn. Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, -e -nɔn -tshɔ 1867 nɛn, tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn -Bɔfɔɛ ˈba -ba -nɔn -kɔ ˈsö fɛn -ze Amelikë (Amérique) ˈlö, ˈba sɛ ˈtsɛ 7.000.000, -aniin 10.000.000 ˈnun.”

6. Kpesan feshi, kë man -zösɔn ˈkɛ -e -le hɔn ˈe ˈzɔ?

 ⁶ ˈE kie ˈyi tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, -a nɔn san e shɔmuan e mmetɛn ˈba ama pɔn ˈba -kɔɛ ˈkɛ ˈla ˈɲɛn, -a nɔn ˈba lɔ gba ˈba -wosɔ ˈba dzhi ˈɲɛn, ˈakö -a nɔn nɔn -lɔku biebën ˈba lɔ ˈtshɛntshɛn, nanmɛ -a nɔn nɔn -lɔkui tɔtɔɛ ˈba ɲanliɛ -le ɲɔn ˈba nɔn lɔ mmiɛ, ˈakö -a -nɔn yiyi ˈba kɔ -a nɔn wun yiyɛ ˈnun, ˈˈɲan -kɛ man -zösɔn ˈkɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba -ba -le e? Kenia (Kenya) ˈˈman fɛn, -kɔɛ ˈyi -a ˈkpɛ Nayilobi (Nairobi), ˈba junalë Daily Nation ˈe ˈla, Bethwell Ogot -o lɛlɛ bɛn ˈˈyi: “Ketiɛn ˈba e Kanmo sakayisɔ ˈba ama -ba -lɔ ˈkun tsabiɛ ˈba ˈkpakpa mmiɛ ˈkökö ˈba man. ˈE man -kpa, ˈba ˈkɛmuan ˈba man ˈba -le -ze tsabiɛ ˈba -ba -da ˈbakö hɛn, ˈakö -ba pɔn ˈbakö -ze -fe -she. [ . . . ] -Kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe -le Ketiɛn e Kanmo sakayisɔ ˈba ama dzhueya, -Bɔfɔɛ e Alabë ama dzhueya, nanmɛ -akunda puɛn ˈkɛ ˈyi tsabiɛ ˈba -ba -shɛ ama nɛn, ɲɔn ˈe -le -ze tsabiɛ -ba ˈfɛ -kpe ˈnun tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, -e -lëdzhën -ze ˈkun ˈa -lɔɛ ˈkun ˈba ˈkpakpa man ˈba hɔn ˈkɛ ˈzɔ.”

7. ˈˈƝan -kɛ man -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba, -ba -le -kue ˈkɛ nɛn?

⁷ -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba kiɛ -kɔ -kɛ fë nɛn ˈkë ˈe ˈpɛ ˈkun ˈba ˈˈman -kɛ gbɛgbɛ -le dubɛ. ˈE -kɛnɛnku -ye nɛn, Biblë -ɛ -e dzhui ˈkun ˈa “-yɛ tsabi fë ˈla.” ˈE man -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba ˈwɛn ba hɔn ˈˈman ˈkɛ ˈkpakpa fɛn, -kue ˈkɛ nɛn -ba bokan -kuekuösɔ ˈba, nanmɛ -ba ˈɲɛn mmiɛ -to.—Matie 22:39.

8. (a) Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, kë man -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba, -ba -le -vɛn tsabiɛ ˈba -ze mmiɛ -kuën mmiɛkö? (b) Nijelia ˈlö ˈba -kue -kaka nɛn, ˈˈɲan -kɛ bɛn man pasitɛ ˈkö -o dzhu -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba dzhi bɛn -ye nɛn?

⁸ ˈGbömën 1994 nɛn, Luanda (Rwanda) ˈˈman fɛn ˈlö, tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn -a -kuën, tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun -ba -lɔ ˈkun pɛlu ˈba man mmiɛ hɔn ˈe ˈzɔ. Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, -kue ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe -kuö, ˈe -kpe ˈnun, -zösɔn ˈkɛ ˈelasɔ ˈba man ˈba hɔn ˈkɛ ˈzɔ. ˈE -kɛnɛnku -ye nɛn, Nijelia (Nigeria) ˈlö, -kue -kaka ˈyi -ba -kuö, -zösɔn tshuntshun ˈkɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba -she ˈba tsabiɛˈba -nda ˈkun mmiɛ sɛ ze -kue. -Kue ˈˈyɛ, -yɛ nɔn pa kuö ze, pasitɛ ˈkö -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “-Giman ˈyi -Zö kɛ -nɔn -ko -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba -wɛn, mmiɛ ˈˈle ˈe kɔ ˈe nɛn.” -O kiɛ dzhu bɛn ˈyi ˈpɛ:  “-Han hankö ˈkpɛ -Zö -kalösɔ, ˈe man -han -bë kiɛ Satan -kalösɔ.”

9. ˈˈƝan -kɛ bɛn man Biblë -ɛ -yɛ dzhuɔ Satan ˈo -kalösɔ ˈba dzhi bɛn -ye nɛn?

⁹ Biblë -ɛ -yɛ ˈe -ye ˈe keke yɛ ˈnun dzhuɔ: “Satan ˈo sɛn ˈˈpiɛn ˈokön [kiɛ] -miɛhën ˈla ˈˈwɛnsɛn. ˈE ˈhuinfin -e ˈˈshuö -kɛ ˈkön -kpë kɔasɔn ˈˈba, ˈba nu ˈbakön [kiɛ] nishu -kale ˈla -kalösɔn. Ma ˈba -dzhuma ˈˈyi -ba -le, ˈˈba -bë -kan ˈe dzhi -pintun.” (2 Korɛntë 11: 14, 15) Kɔ tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -le ˈba puɛn -kpe ˈnun -ba nɔn ˈbakö -le kɔ tsabiɛ gbangban ˈnun, -zökalösɔ tën -ba ˈbakö -le kɔ -ba nɔn shun nɛn ˈnun, ˈe man -ba ˈˈman gbɛgbɛ -le. -Zökalösɔ tshun ˈba ˈˈwɔ man, Satan -wɔ ˈla kɔ tsabiɛ ˈba lala.

10. ˈˈƝan -kɛ man yɛ ˈe ˈkë ˈkun -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba, -ba -ɲɛn -Zö nɛn?

¹⁰ ˈˈMan ˈkpakpa fɛn, -zösɔan ˈpayɔ ˈba, ˈba -Zö bɛn kë ˈla, -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -ba ˈmɛn -bo -kpe ˈnun, ˈe man ˈe -le ˈlayɛ bɛn, telɔfu -kale, nanmɛ tsabi -pia dzhi -lë ama. ˈE man ˈba -kale ˈkɛ -yɛ ˈe ˈkë ˈkun -ba tsabi hɛnda, -ba -kue kuö, nanmɛ -ba ˈˈman tsabi -pia dzhi -lë. Biblë -ɛ -yɛ ˈba dzhi bɛn dzhuɔ gbɛgbɛ ˈnun. Bɛn ˈyi -e dzhu man ˈˈyi: “-Ba ˈe ˈˈdzhuë ˈkön ˈba -lɔ -Zö, ma ˈba -kaˈ -ba -le, -yɛ ˈe kë- ˈkön -ba ˈˈlɔ -Zö.”—Titë 1:16.

11. Kë man Biblë -ɛ -e -le dzhu -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈe dzhi bɛn?

¹¹ Biblë -ɛ ˈe ˈla latɔ ˈyi -a ˈkpɛ Apokalis, ˈa sɛ ˈe ˈla kë, ˈa lɔ -akunda ˈyi Joova -wɔ -shɛ -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ dzhi. Latɔ ˈˈyɛ ˈla, -aɲanda bɛn -ye nɛn, -a -nɔn -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈkpakpa ˈku shimuɛn ˈkö nɛn. ˈAkö -a -ko ˈo ˈhɛn “Babilɔn -kɔɛ -kpe.” (Apokalis 17:5) ˈKun -Zö -o -le dzhu kɛ dzhi bɛn man ˈˈyi:

• “ˈˈFɛshi -kɔkɔɛ -ɔ [ . . . ] Zape fin hobiɔ ˈˈba, -ba -kan kɛ -ba -le ˈˈfɛ -kayanyan.” (Apokalis 17:1, 2) -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈelasɔ ˈba, ˈba nɔn -shi ˈmɛnkö -Zö dzhi, -ba ˈˈman ˈeyɛ -le. ˈAkö potikë man -ba -le. ˈEtën nɛn bɔbɔ, -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi potikëlesɔ ˈba ˈba -le, ˈba man ˈba mmiɛ ˈyi ˈkëkë kiɛkiɛ.

• “-A -kpën ˈe -kɔɛ -ɛ ˈfin -bɔ -hën -Zö -kotebosɔn, -Zö tsabiɛ ˈle tsabiɛ ˈkpakpa -a -kuën zape ˈfin -bɛ ˈama -vën.” (Apokalis 18:24) -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈelasɔ ˈba, -ba mianmian -Zö ˈo -kalösɔ mɛnköshisɔ ˈba, nanmɛ -ba -kuën mmiɛ tën. Nanmɛ tsabiɛ -akpumun -akpumun -kɛke mii ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -wuö -kue nɛn, ˈba man ˈba hɔn mmiɛ ˈwi ˈkɛ ˈzɔ.

• “ˈHintën ˈˈyi ˈle -ka gbagba ˈˈyi ˈkpakpa -o -ze ˈokön.” (Apokalis 18:7) -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ -e -pɔn -ka -kpe ˈnun. ˈEyɛ man ˈe ˈpayɔ ˈba, -ba nɔn ˈba ˈhɛn ˈkɛ tën.

• “-Bu -kɔ bu -kpë -kale ˈla lila ˈˈmlafinsɔn ˈkpakpa.” (Apokalis 18:23) -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈla, -zö bɛnkësɔ ˈba -ba ˈe kë ˈkun tsabi kɛ sɛ -wuö, kɛ ˈlalö -kɛke -e ˈˈman ˈwu. -Tɔtu -kakë tshun ˈˈyɛ ˈla man -ba -kɔ -le -ze -kpën -giman -le -kɛ ˈkɛ -e -sɛ -kpe ˈnun. ˈAkö -e -le -ze tsabiɛ ˈba, -ba -hën ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -wuö -fuë, nanmɛ -ba ˈba nansɔ ˈba ˈsɔn.

12. -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈe dzhi bɛn -ye nɛn, bɛn ɲɔn man Biblë -ɛ -yɛ tsabiɛ ˈba -nda -shɛ?

¹² Biblë -ɛ -yɛ tsabiɛ ˈba -nda -shɛ ˈkun mmiɛ -tshe ˈɲɛn -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈla ˈfafa. Bɛn ˈyi -yɛ dzhuɔ man ˈˈyi: “Mɛ tsabiɛ, ˈmu -tshe ˈyɛn ˈo ˈla, yɛle ˈo -kayanyan ˈˈkɛ -wɔ -le, ˈmu ˈˈma nɔ- ˈe kɛ -le. ˈMu -tshe ˈyɛn ˈo ˈla, yɛle -mushue ˈˈyi ˈˈyɛ -bë -bo ˈwo, -e ˈˈma nɔ- ˈmu -bo ole.”—Apokalis 18:4, 5.

13. -Zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ, nanmɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba ˈkɛ ˈla ze, ˈˈɲan -kɛ man ˈe -bë -le ˈba?

¹³ -Yɛ ˈpa ˈˈza, -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe hɔn ˈˈman ˈkɛ ˈkpakpa fɛn ɲɔn -a -ko ˈhɛn Babilɔnën -kɔɛ -kpe, ˈe -bë yɛyɛ lɔ. Biblë -ɛ -e dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “-Mushue ˈˈyi ˈkpakpa -a hunhun hun ˈo lɔ, ˈˈyɛ -bë -bo ˈwo lë kpakön -pia. -Mushue ˈˈkɛ ma ˈe -leˈ: ˈWi, ˈwuën kpë- ˈle -kuin -amu. ˈˈA -bë nu ˈtshɛn tɔ ˈwo. ˈEkön Kpɛnyi -Zö ˈˈyi ˈˈwɔ kɛ dzhi bi ˈˈyɛn -ɔ, -o -le sɛnhënsɛn.” (Apokalis 18:8) -Munshue ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe -bë -bo -zösɔn puɛn ˈkɛ, ˈelasɔ ˈba, ˈe ˈyi ˈa ˈˈsɛ ˈˈyɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈe -bo tsa -ye, -e -lëdzhën -ze ˈkun ˈa gba lɔ ˈɲɛn ˈba -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -ba -le nɛn. -Kɛ ˈkɛyɛ, ˈkɛtën man ˈe -le ˈba -kale ˈkɛ, ˈba ˈboɲan ˈkɛ, nanmɛ ˈba -ka ˈkɛ ˈyi -ba kë ɲɔn ˈe ˈˈman -Zö hɛnlë. ˈMun ˈˈman nɔn ˈe bɛn ˈˈyɛ vö, ˈekun -e -le ˈwi bɛn.—2 Korɛntë 6:14-18.