Ɛnɛ, duzu ati a Baebolo ngilebɛbo dɔɔnwo wɔ ɛkɛ a? Ɛnwu Baebolo ngilebɛbo fofolɛ bie kɛ ɔle moalɛ anzɛɛ ɔmmaa Baebolo ndelebɛbo bie anu ɛnla ɛkɛ ne kpalɛ ɔ? Saa ɛsukoa ɛleka mɔɔ bɛvi la anwo debie a, ɔbamaa wɔava wɔali gyima wɔ adenle kpalɛ zo.

Mɔɔ limoa, nwane mɔ a limoale hɛlɛle Baebolo ne a, na mekɛ boni a bɛhɛlɛle a?

Bɛhyɛ Baebolo ne anu nwiɔ. Mbuluku 39 a wɔ foa ne mɔɔ limoa la anu a. “Nyamenle edwɛkɛ nwuanzanwuanza” a wɔ nu a. (Wulomuma 3:2) Nyamenle vale ye sunsum nwuanzanwuanza ne boale nɔhavoma maanle bɛhɛlɛle ye wɔ ɛvolɛ dɔɔnwo anu. Ɔlile kɛyɛ ɛvolɛ 1,100, ɔvi 1513 K.Y.M. kɔdwu 443 K.Y.M. anzi. Bɛ nuhua dɔɔnwo hɛlɛle ye wɔ Hibulu nu, ɔti yɛfɛlɛ foa ɛhye Hibulu Ngɛlɛlera. Eza bɛfɛlɛ ye Ngyekyeleɛ Dɛba Ne.

Foa nwiɔ ne lɛ mbuluku 27 na ɔdaye noko ɔle “Nyamenle edwɛkɛ ne” bie. (1 Tɛsalonaekama 2:13) Nyamenle vale ye sunsum ne maanle Gyisɛse ɛdoavolɛma ɔmaanle bɛvale mekɛ ekyi bie bɛhɛlɛle mbuluku ɛhye. Ɔlile kɛyɛ ɛvolɛ 60, ɔvi kɛyɛ 41 Y.M. kɔdwu 98 Y.M. Bɛ nuhua dɔɔnwo hɛlɛle ye wɔ Giliki nu, ɔti yɛfɛlɛ foa ɛhye Kilisiene Giliki Ngɛlɛlera. Eza bɛfɛlɛ ye Ngyekyeleɛ Fofolɛ Ne.

Yemɔti mbuluku 66 mɔɔ bɛvale Nyamenle sunsum ne bɛhɛlɛle la a ka bɔ nu yɛ Baebolo ne a. Noko duzu ati a bɛyɛ Baebolo ngilebɛbo dɔɔnwo a? Ndelebɛbo nsa ɛhye mɔ ati ɔ.

• Amaa menli agenga Baebolo ne wɔ bɛdabɛ bɛ aneɛ nu.

• Amaa bɛayeye nvonleɛ mɔɔ menli mɔɔ kopele Baebolo ne yɛle la na bɛahɛlɛ ye kɛ mɔɔ ɛnee ɔde ye wɔ mɔlebɛbo ne la.

• Amaa bɛava adwuleso aneɛ bɛahɛlɛ.

 Suzu kɛzi ninyɛne nsa ɛhye mɔ le nɔhalɛ wɔ alimoa Baebolo ngilebɛbo nwiɔ bie anwo la.

Ɛvolɛ 300 anzi kolaa na Gyisɛse ara la, Dwuunli abɔlɔba bie hilele Hibulu Ngɛlɛlera ne abo hɔle Giliki nu. Bɛravɛlɛle Baebolo ngilebɛbo ɛhye Greek Septuagint. Duzu ati a bɛyɛle a? Amaa yeaboa Dwuuma mɔɔ ɛnee bɛnga Hibulu na emomu Giliki la yeamaa bɛazukoa “ngɛlɛlera nwuanzanwuanza” ne​—2 Timote 3:15.

Septuagint ne eza boale menli mɔɔ ɛnle Dwuuma la ɔmaanle bɛnwunle Baebolo ne anu edwɛkɛ. Adenle boni azo? Abɔlɔba W.  F. Howard ka kɛ, “Ɔvi ɛvoya mɔɔ limoa la anu, Septuagint ne rayɛle Baebolo mɔɔ Kilisiene Asɔne ne anu edwɛkpatɛlɛvolɛma vale hilehilele wɔ nyianu azua ne mɔ anu kɛ ‘Gyisɛse a le Mɛzaya’ ne a.” (Gyima ne 17:3, 4; 20:20) Wɔ abɔlɔba F.  F. Bruce adwenle nu, ɛhye boka ye bie a Dwuuma dɔɔnwo anye anlie Septuagint ne anwo bieko la.

Mɔɔ Gyisɛse ɛdoavolɛ ne mɔ ɛlɛnyia Kilisiene Giliki Ngɛlɛlera ne ngyikyingyikyi la, bɛvale bɛbokale Septuagint ngilebɛbo ne mɔɔ le Hibulu Ngɛlɛlera ne la anwo bɛyɛle ye Baebolo mumua ko na yemɔ a ɛnɛ yɛfa yɛdi gyima la.

Bɛhɛlɛle Baebolo ne bɛwiele la ye ɛvolɛ kɛyɛ 300 anzi, ɛzonlenlɛ nu abɔlɔba Jerome hilele ɔ bo hɔle Latɛn aneɛ nu na nzinlii bɛvɛlɛle ngilebɛbo ɛhye Latin Vulgate. Ɛnee bɛlɛ Latɛn ngilebɛbo dɔɔnwo wɔ ɛkɛ dɛba yemɔti duzu ati a bɛyɛle fofolɛ ɛhye a? The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ne ka kɛ ɛnee Jerome kulo kɛ “ɔyɛ edwɛkɛ bie mɔɔ bɛanwula ye boɛ, ɛleka mɔɔ bɛ nye vonle, ɛleka mɔɔ bɛva bie bɛboka nwo anzɛɛ bɛye bie bɛvi nu la anwo gyima.”

Jerome yɛle nvonleɛ ɛhye mɔ anu dɔɔnwo anwo gyima. Noko ɔdwule mekɛ bie la, ɛzonlenlɛ nu mgbanyima ne mɔ yɛle debie bie mɔɔ amboa fee! Bɛvale bɛdole gua kɛ Latin Vulgate ne ala a le Baebolo mɔɔ bɛlie bɛdo nu kɛ bɛva bɛli gyima a! Yemɔti kɛ anrɛɛ bɛbaboa menli gyɛne bɛamaa bɛade  Baebolo ne abo la, Vulgate ngilebɛbo ne maanle Baebolo ne anu edwɛkɛ ne azo hedale ɔluakɛ amozii ɛnee menli ɛnde Latɛn aneɛ ne.

Mekɛ guale nu la, menli bɔle ɔ bo yɛle Baebolo ne bie​—nuhua ko mɔɔ ɛlie duma la a le Syriac Peshitta ne mɔɔ bɛyɛle ye wɔ kɛyɛ ɛvoya nnu Y.M. la. Noko ɔhyɛle kpalɛ na menli asa aha Baebolo ne bie wɔ bɛdabɛ bɛ aneɛ nu wɔ ɛvoya 14 ne.

Wɔ ɛvoya 14 ne anu, John Wycliffe mɔɔ vi England la bɔle ɔ bo kɛ ɔkile Baebolo ne abo yeahɔ Nrelenza mɔɔ le adwuleso aneɛ mɔɔ awie biala te ɔ bo la anu. Yeangyɛ, ndenle fofolɛ mɔɔ bɛdua zo bɛpelente ninyɛne mɔɔ Johannes Gutenberg vale rale la maanle Baebolo nwo mbɔlɔba yɛle Baebolo dɔɔnwo wɔ aneɛ ngakyile mɔɔ bɛka ye wɔ Europe la anu na bɛhyɛle.

Mekɛ mɔɔ Nrelenza Baebolo ngilebɛbo ne ɛlɛso la, menli dɔɔnwo dendɛle tiale. John Lewis, asɔne kpanyinli mɔɔ dɛnlanle aze wɔ ɛvoya 18 ne anu la hɛlɛle kɛ: “Aneɛ nyi yɛɛ ɔkakyi, yemɔti nwolɛ hyia kɛ mekɛ ɛlɛkɔ la, edwɛbohilelɛma sia nea bɛ gyima nu na bɛfa adwuleso aneɛ mɔɔ menli ne ka na bɛte ɔ bo la bɛyɛ gyima.”

Ɛnɛ, ɔnyɛ se ɔmmaa Baebolo nwo mbɔlɔba kɛ bɛbayɛ nzenzaleɛ wɔ bɛ gyima dɛba nu. Bɛde aneɛ mɔɔ bɛvale bɛhɛlɛle Baebolo ne la abo kpalɛ, yɛɛ bɛnwu tete bɛ sa anloa ngɛlɛlera dɔɔnwo kenle nsa ye. Ɛhye mɔ boa bɛ maa bɛka Baebolo ne anu edwɛkɛ ne bɛmaa nuhua da ɛkɛ na ɔyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.

Yemɔti saa Baebolo ngilebɛbo dɔɔnwo wɔ ɛkɛ ne a, ɔnzɛkye ɛhwee. Noko akee, ɔwɔ kɛ yɛnea boɛ wɔ bie mɔ anwo. * Noko saa ɛlɔlɛ mɔɔ menli lɛ maa Nyamenle la a hanle bɛ maanle bɛyɛle nzenzaleɛ wɔ Baebolo ne anu a, ɔbaboa yɛ kpole.