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Pɔɔl bee sere le edoba bu ekɔ ue bee le yereue

Dɛɛa nyɔɔ Doonu 25:1–26:32

1, 2. (a) Amunu kɛ̄tɔɔ̄ na Pɔɔl bee le bu a? (b) Amunu ebip na a aakɛ̄ kiiloo kue Pɔɔl bee kue Siza a?

¹Buū bu English

² Buū bu English

“Yira Kɛ̄sī Kasi Biaɛ” (Doonu 25:1-12)

3, 4. (a) Ena anua pya Juu bee bara kɔ alu esu Pɔɔl nua Jerusalɛm a, e bu mɛ sīdee na Pɔɔl bee tɛɛ̄ yeebah luh a? (b) Bu mɛ sīdee na Jɛhova yerebah nɛ pya a gaa ye taāŋabah anii’ee dookɛ̄ a bee doo nɛ Pɔɔl a?

³ Buū bu English

⁴ Buū bu English

5. Ena Fɛstɔs bee dasī doo sɔ̄ a bee kɔ ue nɛ Pɔɔl a?

⁵ Buū bu English

6, 7. Ena anua Pɔɔl bee kue Siza a, e amunu edoba na a bie kɛ̄ nɛ pya kaka Nɛɛ Kraist anii’ee a?

⁶ Buū bu English

⁷ Buū bu English

We appeal unfavorable legal decisions

“Mm Bee Lɛɛ Bee Kɛɛ̄” (Doonu 25:13–26:23)

8, 9. Ena anua Mɛnɛ Agripa bee si Sisaria a?

⁸ Buū bu English

APPEALING ON BEHALF OF TRUE WORSHIP IN MODERN TIMES

Jehovah’s Witnesses have at times appealed to high courts in hopes of removing obstacles to the preaching of the good news of God’s Kingdom. Here are two examples.

On March 28, 1938, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state court decisions and exonerated a group of Witnesses who had been arrested for distributing Bible literature in Griffin, Georgia, U.S.A. This was the first of many appeals made to that high court regarding the right of the Witnesses to preach the good news. a

Another case involved a Witness in Greece named Minos Kokkinakis. Over a period of 48 years, he was arrested more than 60 times for “proselytism.” On 18 occasions, he faced prosecution in court. He spent years in prison and in exile on remote islands in the Aegean Sea. After his last conviction in 1986, Brother Kokkinakis lost his appeals to the higher courts of Greece. He then sought relief through the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On May 25, 1993, that Court ruled that Greece had violated Brother Kokkinakis’ freedom of religion.

Jehovah’s Witnesses have appealed to the ECHR for relief in dozens of cases, prevailing in most of them. No other organization, religious or otherwise, has had such success in defending basic human rights before the ECHR.

Do others benefit from the legal victories of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Scholar Charles C. Haynes wrote: “We all owe the Jehovah’s Witnesses a debt of gratitude. No matter how many times they’re insulted, run out of town or even physically attacked, they keep on fighting for their (and thus our) freedom of religion. And when they win, we all win.”

a See the account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding free speech, which was published in Awake! January 8, 2003, pages 3-11.

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10, 11. Bu mɛ sīdee na Pɔɔl bee nɛ enwadɛɛ̄ Agripa a, e ena Pɔɔl bee kɔ nɛ lo mɛnɛ kiiloo nu a bee ye siraloo sɔ̄ akii adumɛ a?

¹⁰ Buū bu English

¹¹ Buū bu English

12, 13. (a) Bu mɛ sīdee na Pɔɔl bee baatɛ̄ kɛ̄ a bee tɛɛ̄ doo lu Nɛɛ Kraist a? (b) Bu mɛ sīdee na Pɔɔl bee le gaa su “tɔ zima ga daa suu” a?

¹² Buū bu English

¹³ Buū bu English

14, 15. Ena Pɔɔl bee kɔ kumaloo pya nyaanabaloo nu edoora bu ye dum a?

¹⁴ Buū bu English

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16. Bu mɛ sīdee na i dap nɔ edoba Pɔɔl sɔ̄ i gaa kɔ nu akiiloo i yira nɛ pya biaɛ le pya a gaa bɛɛ a?

¹⁶ Buū bu English

“Bu Nwīgbagara Sɔ̄ O Gbī Ezū Mɛ Nua Nɛɛ Kraist!” (Doonu 26:24-32)

17. Ena Fɛstɔs bee doo sɔ̄ Pɔɔl bee kɔ ue bee aba ɛɛ a, e bu mɛ sīdee na gbɛnɛ-edo nɛɛ doonage dogo bee Fɛstɔs anii’ee a?

¹⁷ Buū bu English

18. Pɔɔl bee agara ue nɛ Fɛstɔs doodoo wa, e ena lo ama bee doo kɔ Agripa a kɛɛrɛ a?

¹⁸ Buū bu English

19. Ena Fɛstɔs le Agripa bee biaɛfii lo edoo kiikɛ̄ Pɔɔl le a?

¹⁹ Buū bu English

20. Ena anua a bee lee kɔ Pɔɔl bee kɔ ue bee aba ɛɛ kɛ̄sī baɛ pya a gaa bɛɛ ama a?

²⁰ Buū bu English

21. Lo i kiisī lo ezue ue kaɛlɛɛ taāŋa, pya amunu le nu na a dap sira aabu a?

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ROMAN PROCURATOR PORCIUS FESTUS

Our only firsthand information about Porcius Festus comes from Acts of Apostles and the writings of Flavius Josephus. Festus succeeded Felix as procurator of Judea in about 58 C.E. and evidently died in office after governing for just two or three years.

For the most part, Festus appears to have been a prudent and capable procurator, in contrast with his predecessor, Felix, and his successor, Albinus. At the beginning of Festus’ time in office, Judea was plagued by bandits. According to Josephus, “Festus . . . made it his business to correct those that made disturbances in the country. So he caught the greatest part of the robbers, and destroyed a great many of them.” During his tenure, the Jews built a wall to prevent King Agrippa from observing what took place in the temple area. Festus initially ordered them to dismantle it. At the Jews’ request, however, he later allowed them to present the matter to the Roman Emperor Nero.

Festus appears to have taken a firm stand against criminals and insurgents. But in his desire to maintain good relations with the Jews, he was willing to set aside justice—at least in his dealings with the apostle Paul.

KING HEROD AGRIPPA II

The Agrippa referred to in Acts chapter 25 was King Herod Agrippa II, great-grandson of Herod the Great and son of the Herod who had attacked the Jerusalem congregation 14 years earlier. (Acts 12:1) Agrippa was the last of the Herodian princes.

At the death of his father in 44 C.E., 17-year-old Agrippa was in Rome, where he was being educated at the court of Roman Emperor Claudius. The emperor’s advisers considered Agrippa too young to inherit his father’s domain; thus, a Roman governor was appointed instead. Even so, according to Flavius Josephus, while Agrippa was still in Rome, he intervened for the Jews and represented their interests.

In about 50 C.E., Claudius assigned Agrippa kingship over Chalcis and in 53 C.E., over Ituraea, Trachonitis, and Abilene. Agrippa was also given oversight of Jerusalem’s temple, with authority to appoint the Jewish high priests. Claudius’ successor Nero extended Agrippa’s realm to include parts of Galilee and Perea. At the time of his meeting Paul, Agrippa was in Caesarea with his sister Bernice, who had left her husband, the king of Cilicia.—Acts 25:13.

In 66 C.E., when Agrippa’s efforts failed to calm the Jewish rebellion against Rome, he himself became a target of the rebels, and he was left no choice but to join the Romans. After the Jewish revolt was crushed, a new emperor, Vespasian, gave Agrippa further territories as a reward.

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“Yira Kɛ̄sī Kasi Biaɛ” (Doonu 25:​1-12)

“Mm Bee Lɛɛ Bee Kɛɛ̄” (Doonu 25:13–26:23)

“Bu Nwīgbagara Sɔ̄ O Gbī Ezū Mɛ Nua Nɛɛ Kraist!” (Doonu 26:​24-32)

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“Yira Kɛ̄sī Kasi Biaɛ” (Doonu 25:1-12)

“Bu Nwīgbagara Sɔ̄ O Gbī Ezū Mɛ Nua Nɛɛ Kraist!” (Doonu 26:24-32)