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Ustifin Wɛ Ɔcɛ—“Nɛ̄ Ɔwɔicō Hɔ́hā Ce Ɔ́ Nɛ̄ɛ̄nɛ̄hi Klla Le Ɔfú Nɛ̄hi Je Lɛ Ɔ́”

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Ɔdā nɛ alɔ lɔfu nwu ŋma ɛgɛ nɛ Ustifin tɔɔna mla ɔtu ō lɛ lɛ ójila ohɛpɔ a

Ŋma Ɔkpá Ku Úklɔ́ Kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 6:8–8:3

1-3. (a) Āhɔ̄ olɔnɔ nyá nɛ Ustifin yɔ ipu nu a, ɛgɛnyá nɛ ó kē ya lɛ ipu āhɔ̄ a? (b) Aɔka nyá nɛ alɔ géē leyi yɛ uwa a?

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“É Le Ɔtū Kú Ācɛ . . . Je Gicō” (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 6:8-15)

4, 5. (a) Ɔdiya ɛɛ nɛ Ustifin tille lɛ ujɔ a? (b) Ɔwɛ nyá nɛ Ustifin wɛ ɔcɛ “nɛ̄ Ɔwɔicō hɔ́hā ce ɔ́ nɛ̄ɛ̄nɛ̄hi klla le ɔfú nɛ̄hi je lɛ ɔ́” a?

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6-8. (a) Ɔdā ɛpa nyá nɛ ācɛ nōo yɔ i bɛyikwu Ustifin ka ɔɔ ya a, ɔdi kē ya a? (b) Ɔdiya nɛ ocabɔ ku Ustifin lɔfu ta Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist abɔ icɛ a?

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Ō Yɔ I Tɔɔna Mla Ɔtu Ō Lɛ Lɛyikwu “Ɔwɔicō Kú Ɛgahi” (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 7:1-53)

9, 10. Ɔdi nɛ ācɛ nōo gē ŋmo ācɛ okonu ka lɛyikwu ɛlā nɛ Ustifin ka iyɔbu ójila ohɛpɔ a, ɔdi nɛ alɔ kē cika ō bi ipu ɔtu a?

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11, 12. (a) Ɔdiya nɛ Ustifin bi ocabɔ ku Ebraham le yuklɔ a? (b) Ɔdiya nɛ Ustifin hi iye ku Ujosɛfu ipu ɛlā nɛ ó ka a?

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13. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ ɛlā néē ka lɛyikwu Umosisi a mafu ku ācɛ nōo yɔ i bɛyikwu Ustifin a i le kpaakpa ŋ ma, ɔcɛla nyá nɛ Ustifin kē ya kóō teyi peee a?

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14. Ɛlā ocɛgbá nyá nɛ Ustifin bi ocabɔ ku Umosisi le ya kóō teyi peee a?

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15, 16. (a) Ɔdiya nɛ Ustifin kɛla lɛyikwu aklɔkpiihɔ a? (b) Ɛgɛnyá nɛ Ustifin bi agbliihɔ nɛhi ku Usolomɔn le yuklɔ ipu ɛlā nɛ ó ka a?

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17. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ ɛlā nɛ Ustifin ka a (a) mafu peee ka uce ō ya ku ācɛ nōo yɔ i jahɔ tu ɔ a i le kpaakpa ŋ ma (b) mafu kóō ya ɔdobɔbi duuma ŋ ma?

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18. Ɔwɛ ɛgɛnyá nɛ alɔ cika ō gbla Ustifin ya a?

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19. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ Ustifin ka olɛhɔ ku ɛpɔ ō ka ku Ujehofa tɛɛcɛ mla ɔtu ō lɛ lɛ ójila ohɛpɔ a?

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“Óndú Ujísɔ̄si, Mīyɛ Alelékwū Kú Um” (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 7:54–8:3)

“At hearing these things, they were infuriated in their hearts and began to grind their teeth at him.”—Acts 7:54

20, 21. Ɔdi nɛ ójila ohɛpɔ a ya lɛyikwu aɛlā nɛ Ustifin ka a, ɛgɛnyá nɛ Ujehofa kē lɔfu tu ɔ iyē a?

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22, 23. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ ikwū ku Ustifin lɛbɛɛka aku Ɔkpani ku nu a, ɛgɛnyá nɛ Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist ice lɔfu kpɔtuce Ujehofa ɛgɛ nɛ Ustifin ya a?

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IN WHAT SENSE A “MARTYR”?

The English word “martyr” is derived from the Greek term marʹtys, meaning “witness”—that is, one who observes a deed or event. But the Greek word means more than that. The Biblical marʹtys is also “active,” states one Greek lexicon, “called upon to tell what he has seen and heard, to proclaim what he knows.” All true Christians have the obligation to bear witness to what they know about Jehovah and his purposes. (Luke 24:48; Acts 1:8) The Scriptures call Stephen a “witness” for speaking about Jesus.—Acts 22:20, Kingdom Interlinear.

Christian witnessing often means facing opposition, arrest, beatings, and even death. Thus, from as early as the second century C.E., “martyr” also came to signify one who suffers such consequences rather than renouncing his faith. It is in this sense that Stephen may be called the first Christian martyr. Originally, though, a person was considered a “martyr” because he witnessed, not because he died.

24. Ɔdi nɛ Usɔlu ya eko néē ŋmo Ustifin a, ɔwɛ ōhī nyá nɛ ikwū ku Ustifin nōo hayi kpaakpa a lɛ abɔ kwu ɔ iyē a?

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