1. Mɛɛ̄ na a i nɛ dum ani?

JƐHOVA lu “Bari a le dum.” (Jeremia 10:10) Alɛ na Nɛɛ a i dɛm a, e a e nɛa i dum. Baibol kɔ “Olo na o bee dɛm dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nu a, e tɛ̄maloo kɛ̄ o gbī doo ba bee le, e a bee lu edɛm wa.” (Mumuuna 4:11) Aiī, Jɛhova gbī kɔ i ɛrɛ dum. Dum lu gbɛnɛ dɔɔ̄nu a ye aaba.​—Buū Le-yɔɔ 36:9.

2. Ena i doo lokwa i dum kiisī leere a?

² Jɛhova nɛ i pya nu a i bɛɛ̄ lokwa i kiisī lo e tɔɔ̄dum, doodoo nuede le maā. (Doonu pya Nɛɛ-lɛɛratam 17:28) Mɛ, eenyɔɔ wo, a gbī kɔ i ɛrɛ ekpeloo bu dum. (Doonu pya Nɛɛ-lɛɛratam 14:15-17) Lokwa i kiisī leere bu dum, lu ebɛɛ̄ kɔ i sere lok Bari.​—Aisaia 48:17, 18.

3. Ena Jɛhova bee doo sɔ̄ Ken fɛ Ebɛl ani?

³ Baibol tɔgɛ i kɔ i dum, le dum pya dɔɔ̄na kuī gbɛnɛ kɛ̄ dɛɛ̄ Jɛhova. Bu edoba, sɔ̄ Ken lo a le saaro Adam le Iv, bee ɛrɛ gbɛnɛ saŋ loo ye gbagbara wuga Ebɛl, Jɛhova bee zuurabahtɔ̄ Ken kɔ a baɛbee ye saŋ. Mɛ Ken naa bee gbaɛ̄tɔ̄, e a bee ɛrɛ saŋ mmɛ kɛ̄ a “bee aakɛ̄ lo edoo ye wuga Ebɛl sa ye fɛ.” (Jɛnɛsis 4:3-8) Jɛhova bee su kpɔte nua loo Ken nyɔɔ fɛ Abɛl. (Jɛnɛsis 4:​9-11) Nyɔɔwo, saŋ le baaloo  bee piya nyɔnɛbee ba dap doo kɔ i doo dogo lumiī ale bag dogo. Nɛɛ a doo wo, naale edap ɛrɛ dum a naa tah. (Buū 1 Jɔn 3:15.) Lo e ɛɛrɛ bu Jɛhova, i ɛrɛ e piiga lo e wereloo dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nɛɛ.​—1 Jɔn 3:11, 12.

4. Ena ziī lok Bari bee nɛ pya Izrɛl i tɔgɛ akiiloo dɔɔ̄nu dum a?

⁴ Sɔ̄ gbɛnɛ-edo zua etɛ̄na, Jɛhova bee tɔgɛ kɔ a ɛmadɛɛ̄ dum nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ, sɔ̄ a bee nɛ Lop Bee Lok a Mozis. Ziī lo Lok kɔ: “O a fɛ nɛɛ.” (Deuteronomi 5:17) Lo ziī nɛɛ ɛmɛnɛ bee fɛ nɛɛ, alu efɛ ye.

5. Bari ɛmadɛɛ̄ lɛa-bu-loo doodoo wa?

⁵ Bari ɛmadɛɛ̄ lɛa-bu-loo doodoo wa? Kere dum nwiī a le bu ka kuī nage gbɛnɛ kɛ̄ dɛɛ̄ Jɛhova. Bu lok Jɛhova bee nɛ pya Izrɛl, Jɛhova bee kɔ lo ziī nɛɛ doo ziī nu loo waa-bu-loo sa tɛ̄maloo wo bu aa ye loo, elu efɛ lo nɛɛ. (Buū A’aa 21:22, 23; Le-yɔɔ 127:3.) Lo ama tɔgɛ i kɔ lɛa-bu-loo bee piya.​—Buū 28 Ue ale dumɛ.

6, 7.  Bu mɛ sīdee na i tɔgɛ Jɛhova kɔ i ɛmadɛɛ̄ dum nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ ani?

⁶ Bu mɛ sīdee na i dap tɔgɛ Jɛhova kɔ i ɛmadɛɛ̄ i dum, le dum pya dɔɔ̄na nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ ani? Tɛ̄maloo kɔ ii le edoo lɔgɔ nu e gbee i dum ale dum pya dɔɔ̄na. Nyɔɔwo, ii le e’ɔ̄ sɔɔ̄ ale su pie daānu bu pɔrɔ sīdee, nyɔnɛbee ba gbee i, sa dap nage i fɛ.

⁷ Bari bee i nɛ dum le i ekpaloo, sa i ɛrɛ esu daānu dookɛ̄ a gbī doo. Nyɔɔwo, alu ebɛɛ̄ kɔ i kuūdɛɛ̄loo i ekpaloo leere. Lo ii doo wo, ii le e ɛɛ kɛ̄ dɛɛ̄ Bari. (Pya Rom 6:19; 12:1; 2 Pya Kɔrint 7:⁠1) Ii le edap taāŋabah Jɛhova lo a bee i nɛ dum lo ii  ɛmadɛɛ̄ dum nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ. Kere a dap aga gbɛnɛ lo e ɔbɛ pɔrɔ elap dogo, Jɛhova e yerebah i nɛ lo i gaa piiga lo e nyaā nyɔɔbee i ɛmadɛɛ̄ dum nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ.

8. Ena i doo lokwa ii gbee i dum ale dum pya dɔɔ̄na ani?

⁸ I e nɔā kɔ dum lu dɔɔ̄nu a kuī gbɛnɛ. Jɛhova dɛrɛ nyiɛ nyɔɔ kɔ i gaa le doo kuma kɛ̄ i dap doo lokwa ii gbee i dum ale dum pya dɔɔ̄na. I doo lo ama tɛ̄maloo kɛ̄ i ɔp fah doo, nwī-toptop, ale dɔɔ̄na bee fah. Ii le e bira bii eyere i muū loo ale lo efɛ i. (Le-yɔɔ 11:5) I doo nage ɛrɛgeba nu i dap lo e muɛ̄ kɔ kɛ̄tɔɔ̄ a le i be naa yere muū loo nɛɛ. Jɛhova bee nɛ lok pya Izrɛl kɔ: “Sɔ̄ o wu aā tɔ, o gaa le wunage nu kpega tɛ̄ma ɛŋɛnɛ nyɔɔ tɔ a, lokwa oo su beebee ue miī yere nyɔɔ o tɔ, lo a le ɛrɛgeba nɛɛ aa ye nyɔɔ dɔ.”​—Deuteronomi 22:8.

9. I doo dogo loo nam doodoo wa?

⁹ Kere kɛ̄ i doo dogo loo nam doo kuī nage loo Jɛhova. A nɛ i dee kɔ i fɛ nam i ba ale lo esu kwaā bɛloo, e a nɛ nage i dee kɔ i dap fɛ ɛrɛgeba nam a gbī elɛɛ i dum. (Jɛnɛsis 3:21; 9:3; A’aa 21:28) Mɛ ii le esi bag loo nam ale fɛ wa nua nu bii.​—Kam 12:10.

10. I tɛɛ̄ doodoo wa suā kɔ miī tɔɔ̄dɔ dum ni?

¹⁰ Miī le kaɛ kɛ̄ dɛɛ̄ Jɛhova nyɔɔbee miī tɔɔ̄dɔ dum. Sɔ̄ Ken e’fɛa Ebɛl sah, Jɛhova bee kɔ nɛ Ken kɔ: “Miī o wuga kue mɛ aā kɛnɛkɛ̄.” (Jɛnɛsis 4:10) Miī Ebɛl bee tɔɔ̄dɔ ye dum, e Jɛhova bee su kpɔte nua loo Ken kɔ a fɛ Ebɛl. Sɔ̄ yii maā dee Noa etɛ̄na,  Jɛhova bee sinage kɛ̄ tɔgɛ kɔ miī tɔɔ̄dɔ dum. Jɛhova bee nɛ dee Noa le pya ye butɔ kɔ ba dap ba nam. A bee kɔ: ‘Ɛrɛgeba nam a tɔɔ̄dum gaa le lu nuede i nɛ; e dookɛ̄ M bee i nɛ dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nu alu efoh kɛnɛkɛ̄ doo, na M i nɛ nage ɛrɛgeba nu a.’ Kerewo, ɛrɛ ziī nu Jɛhova bee wa nɛ lok kɔ ba aa ba: “Buii ɛrɛ . . . eba namloo gbaāloo ye dum; lo a le ye miī.”​—Jɛnɛsis 1:29; 9:3, 4.

11. Amunu lok akiiloo miī na Bari bee nɛ edonyɔɔ Izrɛl ani?

¹¹ Sɔ̄ nu alu 800 zua etɛ̄na aādee Jɛhova bee kɔ nɛ Noa kɔ aa ba miī, a bee sinage kɛ̄ nɛ lok pya ye nɛɛ kɔ: “Ɛrɛgeba nɛɛ alu loo pya Izrɛl ale loo pya saanɛɛ ba wa tɔɔ̄ yɛɛ, lo a aa ɛrɛgeba nam ale enuɛ̄ bui dap ba tɛ̄maloo mɔ̄ kuɛ, gaa le lu e’egara ye miī sa su esaā ye uu nyɔɔ.” A sikɛ̄ kɔ: “Bui aa ba [ye] miī.” (Levitikɔs 17:13, 14) Jɛhova lege gaa gbī kɔ pya ye nɛɛ a ɛmadɛɛ̄ miī nua nu a le kaɛ. Ba dap ba nam mɛ a naale ye miī. Sɔ̄ ba fɛ nam lo eba, ba ɛrɛ e egara ye miī kɛnɛkɛ̄.

12. Pya Nɛɛ Kraist ɛmadɛɛ̄ miī doodoo wa?

¹² Sɔ̄ pio zua etɛ̄na sɔ̄ Jizɔs e’ua sah, pya nɛɛ-lɛɛratam le pya kanɛɛ bu bɔŋanaloo pya Nɛɛ Kraist li Jerusalɛm bee zɔŋia. Ba bee biaɛfii pya lo Lok a bee lu enɛ pya Izrɛl lo a bɔloo kɔ pya Nɛɛ Kraist a sere. (Buū Doonu pya Nɛɛ-lɛɛratam 15:28, 29; 21:25.) Jɛhova bee wa yerebah nɛ kɔ ba a dābeeloo kɔ miī lege gaa ye kuī loo gbɛnɛ le kɔ alu nage ebɛɛ̄ kɔ ba a kiisī lo e ɛma ye dɛɛ̄ nua nu a le kaɛ. Pya Nɛɛ Kraist a kere, naa bee ba ale ɔ̄ miī, ale ba nam a naa lu elɛɛ miī loo kaāna. Lo ba doo wo, a le doodoo taāŋabah  yɔ ale kūnagā. Aā lo sɔ̄ kiisī, pya kaka Nɛɛ Kraist kiī eba ale ɔ̄ miī. E nii’ee ni a? Jɛhova lege gaa gbī kɔ i ɛmadɛɛ̄ miī nua nu a le kaɛ.

13. Ena anua pya Nɛɛ Kraist naa wee yaa miī loo a?

¹³ Lo ama kurage kɔ pya Nɛɛ Kraist aa yaa miī loo ni? Aiī, nu a kura lo. Jɛhova ebee i nɛ lok kɔ i aa ba ale ɔ̄ miī. Lo nɛɛ-boh-dumɛ kɔ a nɛ kɔ o a ɔ̄ mii awee bɔmɛ nɛɛ, o tɛ̄mage bu ega-pie yaa loo ni? Bu kaka, oo le edoo wo! Bu aba lo sīdee, lok a kɔ i aa ba ale ɔ̄ miī a, kura kɔ ii le e yaa nage miī loo.​—Buū 29 Ue ale dumɛ.

14, 15. Nɛ enwadɛɛ̄ dum le gbaɛ̄tɔ̄loo Jɛhova kuī loo pya Nɛɛ Kraist doodoo wa?

¹⁴ E lo nɛɛ-boh-dumɛ kɔ i nɛ kɔ i gaa le u lo ii yaa miī loo a? Ziī ziī nɛɛ ɛrɛ e biaɛfii lo esere lok Bari akiiloo miī ale a naale esere. Pya Nɛɛ Kraist nɛ toga toga enwadɛɛ̄ dum lo Bari i dɔɔ̄ nɛ, sa i gbī dɔɔ̄na sīdee elu eboh i lokwa i kiisī lo etɔɔ̄dum. Mɛ ii le e yaa miī loo.

¹⁵ I piiga lo etɔɔ̄ bu nwanaloo, mɛ nyɔɔbee dum kuī gbɛnɛ kɛ̄ dɛɛ̄ Bari a, ii le e yaa miī loo. Lee gbɛnɛ lo e gbaɛ̄tɔ̄loo Jɛhova ee gbī eyere i dee dum loo tɛ̄maloo e lɛɛ ye bee kɛɛ̄. Jizɔs bee kɔ: “Ɛrɛgeba nɛɛ a gbī ekpɔā ye dum epee ye, e ɛrɛgeba nɛɛ a gbī epee ye dum nyɔɔ mda egbī ye muɛ̄.” (Matiu 16:25) I gbī e gbaɛ̄tɔ̄loo Jɛhova nyɔnɛbee i were ye loo. A suā nu e lee i loo gbɛnɛ, e i ɛmadɛɛ̄ dum nua nu a kuī gbɛnɛ sa le kaɛ dookɛ̄ Jɛhova doo.​—Pya Hibru 11:6.

16. Ena anua pya zooro Bari gbaɛ̄ ye tɔ̄loo ani?

¹⁶ Pya zooro Bari a bɔloo eture nyiɛ loo biaɛfii  lo e gbaɛ̄tɔ̄loo ye lok akiiloo miī. Ba naale eba ale ɔ̄ miī, e ba naa su nage miī yaa loo lokwa ba ɛrɛ nwanaloo. * Kerewo, ba e yiga kɔ alu eboh e wa bu dɔɔ̄na sīdee lo ekpɔā wa dum. Ba suā leere kɔ Nɛɛ a bee dɛm dum le miī suā nu elee wa loo gbɛnɛ. O yigage kɔ a suā nu e lee a loo gbɛnɛ ni?

17. Bu Izrɛl, ena alu aba sīdee Jɛhova bee kɔ ba a su miī daā nu ani?

¹⁷ Bu lok Bari bee nɛ Mozis, Jɛhova bee kɔ nɛ pya Izrɛl kɔ: “Dum namloo le bu [ye] miī, e Mda bee ye su i nɛ nyɔɔ nu wɔp zɔɔ nyɔɔ lo edoo nu uu pɔrɔ [ale, aaloo pɔrɔ] nɛ bui piogi, nyɔnɛbee miī na ba daā nu uu pɔrɔ” a. (Levitikɔs 17:11) Sɔ̄ pya Izrɛl bee doo pɔrɔ, ba bee dap bara aaloo pɔrɔ aāba Jɛhova tɛ̄maloo esu nam wɔ̄ma zɔɔ sa bara nɛɛ wɔp zɔɔ kɔ a egara pio lo miī nyɔɔ kɛ̄ wɔp zɔɔ a le tɔkaɛ. Aba nu Jɛhova bee nɛ dee pya Izrɛl kɔ ba a su miī daā lo.

18. Ena waara zɔɔ Jizɔs doo kɔ i dap ɛrɛ ani?

¹⁸ Sɔ̄ Jizɔs bee lu a kɛnɛkɛ̄, a bee su ye dum ale miī sere dɔ miī nam tɛ̄maloo enɛ ye lokwa i pɔrɔ lu e’aaloo i nɛ. (Matiu 20:28; Pya Hibru 10:1) Dum Jizɔs bee kuī gbɛnɛ mmɛ lo dɔ sɔ̄ Jɛhova ye lɛɛ kɛ̄ bu luh kuma bunyɔɔ, Jɛhova doo kɔ dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nɛɛ edap tɔɔ̄dum mmɛ deedee ye tɛ̄maloo.​—Jɔn 3:16; Pya Hibru 9:11, 12; 1 Pita 1:18, 19.

19. Ena i ɛrɛ edoo lokwa i ‘ɛɛ aaloo miī dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nɛɛ’ ani?

 ¹⁹ I doo Jɛhova yaa loo dum alu nyɛŋia a i dɔɔ̄ nɛ! E i gbī edoo kɔ pya dɔɔ̄na a suā kɔ lo ba ɛrɛ yira bu Jizɔs ba dap tɔɔ̄dum mmɛ deedee. I wereloo pya nɛɛ, e i doo dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nu i dap lo etɔgɛ wa nu ba edoo lokwa ba tɔɔ̄dum. (Ezekiel 3:17-21) Lo sɔ̄, doodoo nɛɛ-lɛɛratam Pɔɔl, i dap kɔ: “M ɛɛ loo miī loo dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ bui, nyɔnɛbee mm bee aaloo ekɔ yaari i nɛ dɛ̄dɛɛ̄ nu Bari gbī.” (Doonu pya Nɛɛ-lɛɛratam 20:26, 27) Aiī, i tɔgɛ kɔ i ɛrɛ kaāna enwadɛɛ̄ loo dum le miī sɔ̄ i kɔ nu akiiloo Jɛhova le kɛ̄ dum ye kuī loo doo nɛ pya dɔɔ̄na.