1. Wanem nao gohed long day bilong Pentecost?

 STAKA pipol kam long Jerusalem and olketa hapi tumas. a Olketa kam from olketa farawe ples olsem Elam, Mesopotamia, Cappadocia, Pontus, Egypt, and Rome. b Long temple, olketa Levite singim Hallel (hem nao Psalm 113 go kasem 118). Wanfala grup singsing and nara grup singsing go bak. Smoke tu go ap long skae from altar. Wanem nao gohed? Hem day bilong Pentecost, wea olketa kolem tu long “day blo first harvest.” (Num. 28:26) Olketa Jew celebratem diswan wanfala taem evri year for markem end bilong barley harvest and start bilong wheat harvest. Evriwan barava enjoyim datfala day.

2. Wanem nao happen long Pentecost 33 C.E. wea mekem pipol sapraes?

² Long samting olsem 9 klok long datfala morning long 33 C.E., samting wea happen mekem pipol sapraes. Kam kasem distaem pipol tingim yet datfala samting. Bible sei: “Seknomoa olketa [disaepol] herem wanfala noise wea start kam long skae. Hem here olsem bigfala wind.” (Acts 2:2) Samting olsem 120 disaepol bilong Jesus hipap tugeta long wanfala haos and datfala noise hem mek noise long full haos. Then nomoa, wanfala sapraesing samting happen. Olketa lukim samting olsem olketa smolfala fire wea laet. Olketa fire hia stap antap long evri disaepol and olketa “kasem holy spirit” and start for toktok long olketa difren languis! Then olketa go aot long haos and story long pipol wea kam long Jerusalem. Pipol hia sapraes tumas bikos “olketa herem languis bilong olketa nao olketa disaepol toktok long hem”!​—Acts 2:1-6.

3. (a) Why nao samting wea happen long Pentecost 33 C.E. hem important samting long history bilong olketa tru Christian? (b) Taem Peter story long pipol wea hipap, hao nao datwan join witim “olketa key bilong Kingdom”?

³ Samting wea happen long Pentecost 33 C.E. hem important samting long history bilong olketa tru Christian. Long datfala day, olketa disaepol kamap part bilong wanfala niu nation, datfala “Israel bilong God.”  (Gal. 6:16) Bat nara samting tu happen. Taem Peter story long pipol wea hipap long Jerusalem, hem iusim first wan long thrifala “key bilong Kingdom” wea Jesus givim long hem. Thrifala key bae givim chance long thrifala difren grup for kasem olketa spesol privilege. (Matt. 16:18, 19) Firstfala key givim chance long olketa Jew and pipol wea followim religion bilong olketa Jew for acceptim gud nius and for God givim holy spirit long olketa. c Datwan bae mekem olketa kamap part bilong “Israel bilong God” and garem hope for kamap king and priest long Kingdom bilong Messiah. (Rev. 5:9, 10) Gogo olketa long Samaria and bihaen olketa wea no Jew bae kasem datfala privilege. Wanem nao iumi lanem from big samting wea happen long Pentecost 33 C.E.?

4. Hao nao Christian kongregeson wea start long 33 C.E. gohed for kamap big?

⁴ Samting olsem 120 disaepol nao olketa first wan wea insaed long Christian kongregeson. Olketa kasem holy spirit taem olketa “hipap tugeta” long rum antap long wanfala haos. (Acts 2:1) Bat go kasem evening long datfala day, staka thousand nao baptaes and joinim datfala kongregeson. Start long datfala taem plande pipol gohed for kam insaed long organization bilong Jehovah! Tru tumas, Jehovah iusim olketa Christian distaem for gohed talemaot “gud nius abaotem Kingdom.” Olketa preach “long evri ples long world mekem pipol long evri kantri mas herem” gud nius bifor end hem kam.​—Matt. 24:14.

5. Wei for hipap witim kongregeson bae helpem olketa Christian long wanem wei?

⁵ Wei for hipap witim Christian kongregeson bae strongim olketa  anointed Christian and gogo “olketa nara sheepsheep” tu. (John 10:16) Samting wea Paul talem long olketa Christian long Rome showimaot hem barava tinghae long wanem olketa duim for helpem each other. Hem sei: “Mi laekem tumas for lukim iufala. Mi laek storyim samting for helpem iufala fren witim God. Wanem mi minim nao hem olsem: Mi laekem iumi evriwan strongim narawan. Faith bilong iufala bae strongim mi, and faith bilong mi bae strongim iufala tu.”—Rom. 1:11, 12.

6, 7. Wanem nao Christian kongregeson distaem duim for preach long pipol long evri kantri?

⁶ Christian kongregeson distaem duim sem samting olsem Christian kongregeson long first century. Jesus givim nambawan waka long olketa disaepol nomata samfala taem hem no isi for olketa duim datwan. Hem sei: “Teachim pipol long evri kantri for kamap disaepol bilong mi. Baptaesim olketa hia long nem bilong Dadi and bilong Son and bilong holy spirit. Teachim olketa for followim evri samting wea mi laekem iufala for duim.”​—Matt. 28:19, 20.

⁷ Distaem Jehovah iusim Christian kongregeson bilong Olketa Jehovah’s Witness for gohed duim datfala waka. Nomata hem no isi for preach long pipol wea garem difren languis, Olketa Jehovah’s Witness wakem olketa Bible pablikeson long winim 1,000 languis for helpem olketa. Sapos iu evritaem go long meeting, preach abaotem Kingdom, and teachim pipol for kamap disaepol, iu bae hapi tumas. Iu wanfala long samfala nomoa wea garem disfala privilege for story long pipol abaotem Jehovah!

8. Wanem gud samting nao iumi wanwan kasem taem iumi hipap witim kongregeson?

⁸ Nomata world distaem hem nogud, Jehovah God givim iu olketa brata and sista evriwea long world for helpem iu gohed strong and hapi. Paul sei long olketa Hebrew Christian: “Iumi mas barava tingim narawan mekem iumi savve encouragem olketa for showimaot love and duim olketa gudfala samting. No misstim wei for hipap tugeta olsem samfala savve duim, bat encouragem narawan and gohed for duim datwan moa taem iufala lukim datfala day  hem kakam klosap.” (Heb. 10:24, 25) Christian kongregeson hem wanfala present wea Jehovah givim mekem iu savve encouragem narawan and olketa tu encouragem iu. So fren gud witim olketa brata and sista and no misstim wei for hipap tugeta long olketa meeting!

9, 10. Wanem nao samfala duim for preach long pipol wea story long difren languis?

⁹ Olketa Jew and pipol wea followim religion bilong olketa Jew wea kam from olketa difren ples hapi tumas long day bilong Pentecost 33 C.E. Nomata staka long olketa maet savve long Greek or Hebrew languis, olketa sapraes bikos “olketa herem languis bilong olketa nao olketa disaepol toktok long hem.” (Acts 2:6) Masbi olketa hapi tumas for herem gud nius long languis bilong olketa. Hem tru, Jehovah no duim mirakol for mekem olketa Christian distaem savve story long olketa difren languis. Nomata olsem, staka duim samting mekem olketa savve preach long pipol wea story long difren languis. Wanem nao olketa duim? Samfala lanem nara languis mekem olketa savve helpem kongregeson wea iusim datfala languis or go long kantri wea pipol story long datfala languis. Pipol savve tinghae long olketa wea lanem languis bilong olketa.

¹⁰ Tingim Christine. Hem and 7-fala nara Witness duim course for lanem Gujarati languis. Taem Christine meetim wanfala young woman long waka ples wea story long Gujarati languis, Christine hem hello long languis bilong datfala woman. Woman hia sapraes and laek savve why nao Christine laek lanem languis bilong hem Gujarati wea hem hard tumas. Christine garem chance for preach long hem and datfala young woman sei long Christine: “Ating samting wea iu laek talem hem important tumas ia.”

11. Hao nao iumi savve prepare for preachim message bilong Kingdom long pipol wea story long difren languis?

 ¹¹ Hem tru, no evriwan long iumi savve lanem nara languis. Nomata olsem, iumi savve prepare for preachim gud nius long pipol wea story long difren languis. Hao nao iumi savve duim datwan? Wanfala wei hem for iusim JW Language^® app for lanem olketa simpol toktok long languis wea staka pipol story long hem long ples wea iu stap. Iu savve lanem tu samfala toktok lo datfala languis wea bae mekem pipol interest for herem message long Bible. Talem olketa for go long jw.org and sapos fitim, showim olketa difren video and pablikeson wea stap long languis bilong olketa. Taem iumi iusim olketa tul hia long ministry, iumi savve kasem sem hapi wea olketa brata and sista long first-century kasem, taem pipol wea kam from olketa difren ples herem gud nius long “languis bilong olketa.”

12. (a) Wanem nao profet Joel talem wea kamap tru long Pentecost 33 C.E.? (b) Why nao olketa disaepol long first century savve datwan bae happen?

¹² “Peter standap” and story long olketa difren kaen pipol wea hipap. (Acts 2:14) Hem explainim God nao mekem olketa savve story long olketa difren languis. Hem sei datwan mekem profesi bilong Joel kamap tru, wea sei: “Mi bae pourimaot spirit bilong mi long evri difren kaen pipol.” (Joel 2:28) Bifor Jesus go bak long heven, hem sei long olketa disaepol: “Bae mi askem Dadi long heven and bae hem sendem kam wanfala moa for helpem iufala . . . Diswan nao hem holy spirit.”​—John 14:16, 17.

13, 14. Hao nao Peter trae for kasem heart bilong pipol, and hao nao iumi savve followim wei bilong hem?

¹³ Long end bilong story bilong Peter, hem tok stret long olketa wea hipap: “Pipol long Israel mas savve God mekem disfala man Jesus, wea iufala nilam long post, for hem Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:36) Nomata staka long olketa no stap taem olketa soldia nilam Jesus long post, full nation  bilong Israel nao guilty long datwan. Bat tingim, nomata Peter tok stret, hem duim long wei wea showimaot respect and for kasem heart bilong olketa. Peter no judgem olketa bat hem laekem olketa for repent. Waswe, pipol hia feel nogud long hem? Nomoa, olketa “sorre tumas” and sei long Peter: “Wanem nao mifala mas duim?” Luk olsem wei wea Peter story hem kasem heart bilong staka and datwan mekem olketa for repent.​—Acts 2:37.

¹⁴ Iumi tu savve followim wei bilong Peter for story. Sapos pipol wea iumi preach long olketa talem olketa samting wea no followim Bible, iumi no need for story abaotem evri samting wea olketa talem. Hem gud for iumi storyim samting wea olketa agree long hem, then iumi savve iusim Bible for story gud witim olketa. Taem iumi storyim samting long Bible wea olketa agree long hem, plande taem datwan savve mekem pipol wea hambol for interest long truth.

15. (a) Wanem nao Peter talem, and wanem nao happen bihaen? (b) Why nao staka thousand pipol wea herem gud nius long day bilong Pentecost fit for baptaes long sem day?

¹⁵ Long Pentecost 33 C.E., Peter sei long olketa Jew and pipol wea followim religion bilong olketa Jew: “Iufala mas repent and baptaes.” (Acts 2:38) So samting olsem 3,000 nao baptaes long datfala day. Luk olsem olketa baptaes long olketa pool long Jerusalem or klosap long there. d Waswe, olketa kwiktaem nomoa disaed for duim datwan? Waswe, diswan minim olketa Bible study and pikinini bilong iumi shud baptaes nomata olketa no minim gud olketa main teaching long Bible? Nomoa. Olketa wea baptaes long Pentecost 33 C.E. savve gud long olketa Holy Raeting and olketa part bilong nation bilong Israel wea dedicate finis long Jehovah. Olketa showimaot olketa strong for worshipim Jehovah  tu bikos olketa travel from olketa farawe ples for kam long Jerusalem for celebratem day bilong Pentecost. Olketa luksavve God iusim Jesus Christ for mekem plan bilong hem kamap tru, so olketa laek for baptaes and kamap olketa follower bilong Christ mekem olketa savve gohed worshipim God.

16. Wanem nao olketa Christian long first century duim wea showimaot olketa tingim narawan?

¹⁶ Jehovah blessim olketa wea baptaes. Bible sei: “Olketa wea biliv long Jesus stap tugeta and sharem evri samting wea olketa garem. Olketa salem pis land bilong olketa and evri samting wea olketa ownim and sharem selen wea olketa kasem long eniwan wea needim samting.” e (Acts 2:44, 45) Hem gud for evri tru Christian followim example bilong olketa for showimaot love and tingim need bilong narawan.

17. Wanem nao man mas duim bifor hem savve baptaes?

¹⁷ Bifor man savve dedicate and baptaes, Bible sei hem mas duim samfala samting firstaem. Hem mas lanem wanem Bible talem. (John 17:3) Hem mas showimaot faith and repent from olketa nogud samting wea hem duim bifor and showimaot hem sorre long datwan. (Acts 3:19) Then hem mas changem wei bilong hem and duim stretfala samting wea God laekem. (Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23, 24) Bihaen datwan, hem prea long God for dedicatem laef bilong hem and hem fit nao for baptaes.​—Matt. 16:24; 1 Pet. 3:21.

18. Wanem privilege nao olketa wea baptaes finis kasem?

¹⁸ Waswe, iu dedicate and baptaes finis? Sapos olsem, tinghae long privilege wea iu kasem. Olketa disaepol long first century wea kasem holy spirit barava storyim gud Kingdom bilong God and duim olketa samting wea Jehovah laekem. Jehovah savve iusim iu tu for duim sem samting olsem olketa!