Henry VIII Ne Bible No
Henry VIII Ne Bible No
Winston Churchill kyerɛwee wɔ ne nhoma History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Po 2), no mu sɛ: “Ɛdefa nyamesom mu gyidi ho no, Ɔsesɛw no na ɛde nsakrae kɛse bae. Bible no benyaa nkɛntɛnso foforo a ano yɛ den saa bere no. Awo ntoatoaso a na atwam no susuwii sɛ ɛyɛ musu sɛ Kyerɛw Kronkron no bɛkɔ akodi wɔn a wonnim nhoma no nsam, na ɛsɛ sɛ asɔfo nkutoo na wɔkenkan.”
Asɛm no kɔ so ka sɛ: “Bible mũ no nyinaa a Tyndal ne Coverdale kyerɛɛ ase kɔɔ Engiresi kasa mu no puei nea edi kan koraa wɔ 1535 otwabere awiei mu, na na wɔreyɛ pii saa bere no. Aban no hyɛɛ asɔfo no sɛ wɔnhyɛ Bible akenkan ho nkuran.” Afei de na England rebehu Bible mu nsɛm bere a na wɔatra ase mfehaha pii a na wonnim emu nsɛm biara no, nanso Henry VIII aban na ɛyɛɛ eyi, ɛnyɛ asɔre no. *
“Afei sɛ ade foforo a eguu tetefo no anim ase no, Aban no ma wotintim Engiresi Bible a edi mũ sen nea na wɔadi kan atintim wɔ Paris biara, na wɔ September 1538 mu no, wɔde akwankyerɛ mae sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɔman no mu asɔre biara tɔ Bible akɛse a wɔatintim wɔ Engiresi mu no bi na wɔde to asɔredan mu baabi a asɔremma no betumi de adi dwuma na wɔakenkan bi a wɔmmrɛ ho. Wɔde mfuamfua asia baa St Paul asɔredan mu, wɔ London Kurow mu, na nnipakuw kɔɔ asɔredan no mu da biara kɔkenkan bi, ne titiriw no, wɔka sɛ, sɛ wonya obi a ne nne yɛ dɛ a ɔbɛkenkan ama wɔate a, na na wɔyɛ saa.”
Awerɛhosɛm ne sɛ, wɔ aman pii mu no, nnipa pii mfa hokwan a wɔanya sɛ wɔde bɛkenkan Bible daa no nni dwuma. Eyi yɛ asɛm a ɛhaw adwene paa efisɛ Bible no nkutoo na ‘efi Nyankopɔn home mu, a eye ma ɔkyerɛkyerɛ, ntɛnyi, nteɛso ne trenee mu yɛn.’—2 Timoteo 3:16.
[Ase hɔ asɛm]
^ nky. 3 Ɔhene Henry VIII dii England so fi 1509 kosii 1547.
[Mfonini Fibea wɔ kratafa 32]
Henry VIII: Painting in the Royal Gallery at Kensington, from the book The History of Protestantism (Vol. I)