Profesi 3. Sik

“Pipol bae . . . safa from olketa rabis sik.”—LUKE 21:11, Contemporary English Version.

● Bonzali waka long health long wanfala kantri long Africa wea war barava spoelem. Hem trae for treatim olketa man wea garem sik Marburg, * wea waka long mine long taon bilong hem. Hem askem finis samfala bigman long wanfala big taon for helpem hem, bat olketa no kwiktaem duim datwan. Bihaen fofala month olketa duim samting for helpem Bonzali, bat hem tu leit nao, Bonzali dae finis. Hem kasem sik Marburg from olketa man wea hem trae for helpem, wea waka long mine.

WASWE, HEM FULFILL DISTAEM? Olketa sik olsem pneumonia, diarrhoea, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria olketa barava nogud sik wea spoelem staka pipol. Long 2004, olketa sik hia killim dae samting olsem 10.7 million pipol. Datwan hem olsem olketa sik hia killim dae wanfala man evri 3 second long datfala year.

WANEM NAO SAMFALA WEA NO AGREE TALEM? From population long world gohed for kamap big, namba bilong pipol wea sik kamap big tu.

WASWE, HEM STRET FOR NO AGREE? Hem tru, population long world hem kamap big tumas distaem. Bat, long semtaem savve bilong man for luksavve long sik, kontrolem, and treatim kamap big tu. Sapos hem olsem, staka pipol shud no sik. Batawea olketa nogud sik kamap big tumas long world distaem.

WANEM NAO TINGTING BILONG IU? Waswe, pipol safa from olketa rabis sik olsem Bible profesi abaotem?

Olketa earthquake, bigfala hangre, and sik savve mekem staka million pipol for safa. Bat staka nara million pipol safa from nogud samting wea nara pipol duim long olketa. Staka kasem nogud samting from pipol wea shud protectim olketa. Tingim wanem nara Bible profesi talem abaotem datwan.

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“Hem barava nogud for lion kaikaim aotsaed long body bilong man, bat hem barava nogud tu for rabis sik kaikaim insaed long man, and for lukim tu pipol kasem kaen samting olsem.”—EPIDEMIOLOGIST MICHAEL OSTERHOLM.

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