1-2. (a) Ðɛ́ nì ma Júɖìà-ɓòɖòɔ̀ kɔ̃ kpáùn ti ɓɛ́ Apɔ́sò Pɔ́ɔ̀ céè ma kà céè-ɖɛ̀ɔ̀ ɖé Híìbúɖúù-nyɔ̀ ɓèɔ̀ gbo kɛ́? (b) Xwɛ̀ céè-ɖɛ̀ nìà kɛɛ nyu ma ti kɔ̃ nìɛ̀ kɛ́?

 SOME years after Jesus die, the Hebrew Christians living in Jerusalem and Judea went through hard time. After they form the Christian congregation, it not stay long the Christians started going through persecution. (Acts 8:1) Then after 20 years, the Christians started going through hard time. Maybe they were going through this hard time because of serious hunger that affect the land before. (Acts 11:​27-30) Around 61 C.E., the Christians were enjoying small peace. But that not small problem they were coming face. During that time, Jehovah made the apostle Paul to write one letter to them and that letter came the right time.

² The letter to the Hebrew Christians came the right time because the small peace they were enjoying was not coming stay long. So Paul gave them some good-good advice to help them bear the problem they were coming face. The destruction of Jerusalem that Jesus talk about was not far again. (Luke 21:20) But Paul and the Christian them in Judea not even know the main time this destruction was coming happen. This Christian them could use the small time they were having to prepare their self by getting more faith and endurance.—Heb. 10:25; 12:​1, 2.

3. Xwíníínɔ̀ nyɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè Híìbúɖúù cèè-ɖɛ̀ɔ̀ jè kpaà ɖɛ mìɔ̀ ɖé Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè nìà zɛ̃̀ɛ̀ kɛɛ gboɛ́?

³ We will soon face the great tribulation that will be more than the one the Hebrew Christians face. (Matt. 24:21;  Rev. 16:​14, 16) So let see some good-good advice that Jehovah gave to the Hebrew Christians that can help us today.

“MU DYÚA ƁƐ́ M̀ KÉ ÐƐ HWƐ̀”

4. Ðɛ́ mɔ̀ dyí-gbo-ɖɛ̀ ɓè ɓɛ́ Júù-nyɔ̀ ɓè mɔ̀ ma kà Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè kɛɛ dyé ma dyíɛ́? (Dyé dyi-dyé-ɖɛ̀ɔ̀ ɖekè.)

⁴ The Christians who were Jews face one big problem. Way back, the Jews use to be the people who Jehovah choose. Jerusalem was the place the king them use to rule from. They were representing Jehovah, and the temple was the main place for pure worship. All faithful Jews use to follow the Mosaic Law that their religious leaders use to teach them. They were having law about food, circumcision, and how to treat people who were not Jews. But after Jesus die, Jehovah was not accepting the sacrifices the Jews use to make. It was not easy for the Jewish Christians because they were use to following the Law. (Heb. 10:​1, 4, 10) Even mature Christians, like the apostle Peter, was finding it hard to get use to this changes. (Acts 10:​9-14; Gal. 2:​11-14) And because of their new beliefs, the Jewish religious leaders use to persecute them.

5. Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè kɔ̃ wa ké mú ma ɓó ɖɛ́ jè kɛ́?

⁵ The Hebrew Christians face problems from two groups of people. The Jewish religious leaders were treating them like apostates. Beside this one, some people who call their self Christians were forcing the other Christians to continue to obey certain part of the Mosaic Law. Maybe they were doing it to avoid persecution. (Gal. 6:12) But wetin was coming help the faithful Christian them to stick to the truth?

6. Pɔ́ɔ̀ po ma ɔ muè jàà-po-nyɔ̀ ɓèɔ̀ kpéí ɓɛ́ ɖɛ́ wa ké ma nyuɛ? (Híìbúɖúù 5:⁠14–​6:1)

⁶ In the letter Paul write to the Hebrews, he encourage his brothers and  sisters to do deep study in God Word. (Read Hebrews 5:14–6:1.) Paul use the Hebrew Scriptures to explain to his brothers that the way Christians can worship better pass Judaism. a Paul knew that when they study and understand the truth good-good, it will help them to know and reject any false teaching.

7. Ðɛ́ mɔ̀ dyí-gbo-ɖɛ̀ ɓè à nì zɛ̃̀ɛ̀ dyí dyéɛ̀n nyɛ́?

⁷ Like the Hebrew Christians, today we can hear all kind na information and ideas that go against what Jehovah say. Some people say Jehovah Witnesses wicked because they believe what the Bible say about man and woman business. The way people in the world can think and act continue to go far away from the way God can think. (Prov. 17:15) So we must do our best to know and reject ideas that people who against us can use to discourage us or even make us to stop serving Jehovah.—Heb. 13:9.

8. Xwɛ̀ à ɓɛ́ìn dyúa muɛ ɓɛ́ à ké ɖɛ hwɛ̀ ɖé zùùn wɛ̃́?

⁸ We must be serious to do what Paul tell the Hebrew Christians to do. He say they must continue improving to be mature Christians. To do it, we must study the Bible good-good and try to think the way Jehovah can think. We can continue doing this one even after we give our life to Jehovah and get baptize. No matter how long we na stay in the truth, all of us must always read and study the Bible. (Ps. 1:2) Studying the Bible every day will help us to make our faith more strong. And that what Paul focus on in his letter to the Hebrew Christians.—Heb. 11:​1, 6.

“À ƁÉÐÉ HWÌÐÌI-TAƁA-TAƁA, KÉ À PÓ”

9. Xwíníínɔ̀ nyɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè hwìɖìi-taɓa-taɓa kui-kui kpa ma kà ɖɛ ɓó Híìbuɖúù-nyɔ̀ ɓè mɔ̀ ma kà Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè kɛɛ bììɛ́?

⁹ The Hebrew Christians needed strong faith to survive the destruction that was coming happen in Judea. (Heb. 10:​37-39) Jesus tell his follower them that when they see the army people surrounding Jerusalem, they must run away to the mountains. What Jesus say apply to all the Christian them, whether they were living in the city or in the interior part of Judea. (Luke 21:​20-24) Way back when the army people use to attack, the people will run for protection in the city like Jerusalem that were having fence. So running away to the mountains was not making sense and they needed strong faith to do it.

10. Ðɛ́ hwìɖìi-taɓa-taɓa kui-kui ɓɛ́ìn nyuɛ ɓɛ́ kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè ké nyu kɛ́? (Híìbuɖúù 13:17)

¹⁰ The Hebrew Christians also needed to trust those who Jesus was using to direct the congregation. Maybe those who were taking the lead give particular direction on when they must run away and how they must do it. (Read Hebrews 13:17.) The apostle Paul encourage his brother and sister them to “be obedient” to those who taking the lead. He was not saying that they must obey because they suppose to do it. But they must do it because they trust those taking the lead. So the Hebrew Christians needed to learn to trust those taking the lead before the destruction start. If  we learn to obey the elder them when things alright, it will be easy for us to obey them when problem come.

11. Xwíníínɔ̀ nyɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè hwìɖìi-taɓa-taɓa kui-kui ɓéɖé-ɓéɖé kpaà ɖɛ zɛ̃̀ɛ̀ ɓó Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè bìì kɛ́?

¹¹ We our self need faith like the Hebrew Christians who Paul write the letter to. We living in the time where plenty people not believe that this world coming end. And some of them can even make fun out of us. (2 Pet. 3:​3, 4) Beside that, the Bible tell us some things that will happen during the great tribulation. But we still not know plenty things that will happen. So we need to get strong faith that this wicked world will end the right time and Jehovah will take care of us.—Hab. 2:3.

12. Ðɛ́ mu à gbo kpáùn ɓɛ́ à ké gà-dyé-dyé vɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀ xwaún poɛ́?

¹² We must also get strong faith that Jehovah using the “faithful and discreet” slave to guide us today. (Matt. 24:45) When the great tribulation start, maybe we will get direct instructions that will save our life, just how it happen to the Hebrew Christians when the Roman army surround Jerusalem. Now-now, that the time for us to get more trust in the direction we getting from those taking the lead in Jehovah organization. If we can’t trust and obey the direction we getting now-now, it will be hard to obey the one them we will get during the great tribulation.

13. Xwíníínɔ̀ nyɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè náún-po-wùɖù céèà ɖé Híìbuɖúù 13:5 múɛɛ sɛ́ɖɛ́ìn ma kà dyíɛ́ dyíɛ́?

¹³ While they were waiting for the time to run away, the Hebrew Christians also needed to live simple life and not like money business too much. (Read Hebrews 13:5.) Some of them really been going through hard time. (Heb. 10:​32-34) Even though they were willing to bear hard time because of the good news, maybe some of them started looking at money to be protection. But no amount of money was coming save them when the Roman army destroy Jerusalem. (Jas. 5:3) In fact, anybody who like material things was coming find it hard to run away and leave their house and other thing them behind.

14. Xwɛ̀ hwìɖìi-taɓa-taɓa kui-kui ɓɛ́ìn ɖɛ ɓè à po gbɔ kàùn ɓá kɔ́mɔ́-ɖɛ̀ ɓè jè dyíɛ dyí ɓáa kɛ́?

¹⁴ If we get strong faith that this world will soon end, we will not like material things business too much. During the great tribulation, people will “throw their silver into the streets” because they will know that “neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them in the day of Jehovah’s fury.” (Ezek. 7:19) Instead of focusing on getting plenty money, we need to make decisions that will help us to live simple life and serve Jehovah. This one also mean that we must not credit things that we not really need, or use plenty of our time to take care of the plenty material thing them we get. We must also be careful to not make our material things to be the most important thing in our life. (Matt. 6:​19, 24) While waiting for this wicked world to end, we need to show whether we trust in Jehovah or our material things.

‘ƁÈ ƁÉÐÉ ƁƐ́ ƁÈ KÉ ÐƐ HWÒÐÒ KÙÌN’

15. Xwíníínɔ̀ nyɛ́ kɔ̃̀ jè Híìbúɖúù-nyɔ̀ ɓè mɔ̀ ma kà Kɛ́ɖɛ́ì ɖeìn-sí-nyɔ̀ ɓè kɛɛ jɛ́ɛ́ ɓéɖé ɓɛ́ wa ké ma ɖɛ hwòɖò kùìn nyɛ́?

¹⁵ Things were really getting bad in Judea, so the Hebrew Christians  needed to get strong faith. (Heb. 10:36) Even though some of them face serious persecution before, plenty of them not experience it because they became Christians during the short time they were enjoying peace. Paul remind them that even though they na bear hard time before, but they not even suffer like the way Jesus suffer and die. (Heb. 12:4) But when plenty people started becoming Christians, it make the Jews who were against them to be vex bad way. Few years before Paul write the book of Hebrews, some group of people attack Paul when he was preaching in Jerusalem. More than 40 Jews “bound themselves with a curse, saying that they will not eat or drink until they kill Paul.” (Acts 22:22; 23:​12-14) That true, the religious people were coming to persecute the Christians and hate them. But the Christian them still needed to worship Jehovah together, preach the good news, and continue to get strong faith.

16. Xwɛ̀ céè-ɖɛ̀ ɓɛ́ wa tò ma kà ɖé Híìbúɖúù-nyɔ̀ ɓèɔ̀ gboɛ ɓɛ́ìn à gbo kpáa ɓɛ́ à ké nyɔ-gà-dyéìn-dyéìn dyà gmɔ̀ dyí-sɛ́ɖɛ́ìn-kà kɛ́? (Híìbúɖúù 12:7)

¹⁶ Wetin was coming help the Hebrew Christians to bear the problem they were coming face? Paul wanted to help them see the benefit that can come when they endure. He explain that when Christian go through trials, God can use it to train them. (Read Hebrews 12:7.) This kind na training can help them to get some good-good Christian qualities. Focusing on the benefit that can come when they endure, was coming make it more easy for the Hebrew Christians to bear their problems.—Heb. 12:11.

17. Ðɛ́ Pɔ́ɔ̀ ɖà ma cɛ̃́ ɓá nyɔ-gà-dyéìn-dyéìn hwòɖò kùìn jè dyíɛ́?

¹⁷ Paul encourage the Hebrew Christians to be strong and not give up when they going through problem. He was  the right person to write to them about this. Why? Because he use to persecute Christians and he know what it mean when somebody treat you bad. He also learn how to bear persecution. After he became Christian he went through different-different problems. (2 Cor. 11:​23-25) So Paul was able to talk about what it really mean to bear persecution. He remind the Hebrew Christians that when they bearing problems, they need to depend on Jehovah and not on their self. Paul was brave and say: “Jehovah is my helper; I will not be afraid.”—Heb. 13:6.

18. Ðɛ́ ɓá ɖé dyúa jè dyi ɓɛ́ à dyi dyí dyuò nìí, ɔ ɓɛ́ìn à gbo kpáa ɓɛ́ à nyɔ-gà-dyéìn-dyéìn hwòɖò kùìn nyɛ́?

¹⁸ Some of our brother and sister them bearing persecution now-now. We can pray for them and sometime give them things that they need. (Heb. 10:33) The Bible make it clear that “all those desiring to live with godly devotion in association with Christ Jesus will also be persecuted.” (2 Tim. 3:12) For that reason, all of us need to prepare for the thing them that will soon happen. Let continue to trust in Jehovah and be convince that he will help us to bear any problem we will face. When the right time come, Jehovah will free all his faithful worshippers from the problems they going through.—2 Thess. 1:​7, 8.

19. Ðɛ́ ɓè à ɓɛ́ìn xwai nyuɛ ɓɛ́ ɔ ké à gbo kpá ɓɛ́ à ké ti dyé ɓó gà-dyé-dyé vɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀ jè kɛ́? (Dyé dyi-dyé-ɖɛ̀ɔ̀ ɖekè.)

¹⁹ It clear that the letter Paul write to the Hebrew Christians help them to be prepare for the problem they were coming face. Paul encourage them to study and understand the Scriptures good-good. Doing this one will help them to know and stay away from any teachings that will make their faith weak. He encourage them to make their faith strong so they will be quick to follow the direction from Jesus and from those taking the lead in the congregation. He help Christians to see the benefit that can come when they endure. And he also help them to see their problems as opportunity for their loving Father to train them. Let all of us follow this good advice from the Bible. Then we will endure and remain faithful to the end.—Heb. 3:14.