1. How we fit imitate our Papa Jehovah?

JEHOVAH really love us. (John 3:16) We want de imitate our Papa Jehovah. So we de try make we “de feel for one another, love one another, [and] de sorry for people.” But, we go do this one especially to our brothers and sisters for congregation. (1 Pet. 3:8; Gal. 6:10) When things no dey fine for our brothers and sisters and them de face stress, make we help them.

2. Wetin we go talk about for this article?

² If any person want be part of Jehovah’s family, e go face problem. (Mark 10:29, 30) And as we de near the end of this world, we fit face more problem. How we go fit help each other? Make we see wetin we go fit learn from the story for Bible about Lot, Job, and Naomi. We go still talk about some problems wey our brothers and sisters de face today. And we go see the way we fit help them manage the problem.

3. As e dey for 2 Peter 2:7, 8, wetin show say Lot make bad decision, and wetin be the result?

³ The decision wey Lot make dey bad. Na Lot decide to live for the place wey people of Sodom de live. The character of the people for the place too dirty. (Read 2 Peter 2:7, 8.) Money dey the place, but Lot face different-different problem because e move go there. (Gen. 13:8-13; 14:12) Maybe the wife like the city or some of the people for the place, and because of this one e no obey Jehovah. The wife of Lot die when God use fire and sulfur destroy the place. And what about the two daughter wey Lot get? The men wey they want  marry before, die for Sodom. Lot lose the house wey e de stay and e property. Apart from that one, e lose e wife, and na this one pain pass any other thing. (Gen. 19:12-14, 17, 26) For this time wey things hard for Lot, you think say Jehovah stop to dey patient with Lot? No.

4. How Jehovah show say e dey patient with Lot? (Check picture for front cover.)

⁴ Even though say Lot choose to live for Sodom, Jehovah still feel sorry for Lot. How? E send angels make they go save Lot and e family. But when the angels command Lot to comot for Sodom, e no obey the angels immediately. Instead, Lot “continue to delay.” So the angels grab e hand and they help Lot and e family run comot from the city. (Gen. 19:15, 16) Then the angels tell Lot make e run go the area wey mountains dey. But instead of Lot to obey Jehovah, e talk say e want go one town and this town no too far. (Gen. 19:17-20) Jehovah dey patient, e listen to Lot and e allow Lot go the town. But after, Lot begin fear to live for the town and e move go the area wey mountains dey. And this place na the same place wey Jehovah tell Lot make e go that first time. (Gen. 19:30) This one show say Jehovah really dey patient with Lot! How we fit imitate Jehovah?

5-6. How we fit follow wetin dey 1 Thessalonians 5:14 as we de imitate God?

⁵ Like Lot, brother or sister for congregation fit make bad decision and cause serious problems for e self. If that kind thing happen, wetin we go do? Maybe we fit want tell the person say na the result of the thing wey e choose e de get, and the thing wey you talk fit be true. (Gal. 6:7) But, we go fit do wetin better pass that one. We fit help the person the way Jehovah help Lot. How?

⁶ Na true say Jehovah send the angels make they warn Lot. But apart from that one, God still want make they help Lot escape as E want destroy Sodom. For the same way, we fit need to warn our brother if we see say e de do something and the thing fit bring trouble. But we go fit still help the person. Even if e de waste time to follow the advice wey e receive from Bible, make we still dey patient. Make we be like the two angels. We no go tire to help our brother and we no go reject our brother. Make we no just help them for mouth. We go do something to help them. (1 John 3:18) Just the way the angels help Lot, we need to help our brother make e fit follow the good advice wey e don receive.​—Read 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

7. How we fit imitate the way Jehovah see Lot?

⁷ Jehovah for put e mind for the mistakes wey Lot make. But e no do like that. Instead, e make apostle Peter write for Bible say Lot na righteous man. We really dey happy as Jehovah de forgive our mistake! (Ps. 130:3) We fit imitate the way Jehovah see Lot? If we de think about the different-different fine character wey our brothers and sisters get, we go dey patient with them more-more. This one fit make-am dey easy for them to accept the help wey we give them.

8. When we de feel sorry for our brother or sister, wetin this one go move us to do?

⁸ Job na another example. But e no suffer because of bad decision, like Lot. Even with that one, e suffer serious problems. E lose e property, e position for community, and e sick. The worse thing be say, all the children wey Job and e wife get die. Three fake friends still talk bad about Job. Why we fit talk say this fake friends no show pity, or feel sorry, for Job? One reason be  say, they no try to understand the things wey Job de face. Because of this one, the idea wey they get no correct and they judge Job for harsh way. Wetin go help us so that we no go make the same mistake? Make we know say na only Jehovah know everything about the condition wey person de face. Remember say the person de suffer, so sofri listen to the things wey e de talk. And make you no only listen to the things wey the person de talk, still try to feel the pain of the person. Na only when you do all this one, you go fit show say you really de feel for your brother or sister.

9. Wetin we no go do if we de pity for people, and why?

⁹ When we de show pity, we no go de tell people the problems wey other people de face. If person de spread this kind news, e no de make congregation dey as one. Instead, the person de scatter congregation. (Prov. 20:19; Rom. 14:19) This kind person no get good-heart for people, instead e de show say e no care about them. And the things wey e talk fit add more pain to wetin the other person de suffer. (Prov. 12:18; Eph. 4:31, 32) The best thing na to look for the fine-fine character wey our brother or sister get. And then, think about how we fit help the brother or sister manage e problem!

10. Wetin we learn from the thing wey Job 6:2, 3 talk?

¹⁰ Read Job 6:2, 3. Job “talk anyhow” sometimes. But after, e talk say some of the things wey e talk before no dey correct. (Job 42:6) Like Job, when person de face problem today, e fit begin talk anyhow. And after, the person fit begin regret the things wey e talk. Wetin we suppose to do? Instead of us to condemn the person, make we feel pity for the person. Remember, Jehovah  no get-am for mind make any of us de face the problems wey we de face now. So we fit understand say serious stress fit make servant of Jehovah talk things wey e no suppose to talk. The things wey the person go talk about Jehovah and about us fit no dey correct. Even with that one, make we no vex quick-quick or judge the person because of the things wey e talk.​—Prov. 19:11.

11. How elders go fit do like Elihu when them de advice person?

¹¹ Sometimes, if person de manage stress because of problem, the person still need to receive some advice or correction. (Gal. 6:1) How elders go fit do this one, even if e no dey easy? Make they do like Elihu. Elihu listen to Job and e really feel for the man. (Job 33:6, 7) E correct Job only after e don understand the way Job de think. When elders de do like Elihu, they go take time listen to person and try to understand the condition wey the person de face. Then, when they correct the person, e go listen and they go fit get better chance to talk wetin go touch the person for heart.

12. After the husband and two sons of Naomi die, how this one affect Naomi?

¹² Naomi for Bible dey faithful and e love Jehovah. But after, e husband and e two sons die. Na this one make Naomi want change e name from Naomi to “Mara.” The meaning of Mara na “Bitter.” (Ruth 1:3, 5, 20, ftn., 21) For all the time wey Naomi de suffer, Ruth no leave Naomi. Ruth na Naomi daughter-in-law. Ruth do things to help Naomi. But apart from that one, e still encourage Naomi. Ruth talk to Naomi for simple and fine way. E use this one show Naomi love and support.​—Ruth 1:16, 17.

13. Why e be say when the husband or wife of person die, the person go need our support?

¹³ If the husband or wife of somebody for congregation die, the person go need our support. When two trees grow together near each other, after many years, their root de tie together. Husband and wife be like this trees. If person uproot one of the tree and e die, this one fit really affect the other tree. Na so e still be when the husband or wife of person die. This one fit make-am hard for the person to control the way e de feel, even after long time don pass. For example, the husband of one sister just die when the sister no expect-am. The sister name na Paula. * E talk say: “My life turn upside down, and I just feel say help no dey anywhere again. My best friend don die. Na my husband I de tell everything before. E de glad with me and de support me when things hard. E de always listen to me when I de talk about my problem. I really feel as if part of me don die.”

14-15. How we fit encourage person if e husband or wife don die?

¹⁴ How we fit encourage person if e husband or wife die? One important thing wey you go first do na to talk to the person. Do this one even though say to talk about this kind thing de do you somehow, or you no dey sure about the thing wey you want talk. Paula wey we talk about before, talk say: “I understand say people de feel somehow about death. Them de feel say the thing wey they go talk fit make person vex. But e dey worse when person no talk anything at all.” Somebody wey e person die fit no even expect us to talk something wey too much sense dey inside. Paula talk  say: “That time, I de like-am when people just talk simple thing like, ‘Sorry say your person die.’”

¹⁵ William na another example. E wife die some years ago. E talk say: “I de like-am when people tell me good things wey they remember about my wife. This one de make me really know say people be love and respect my wife. This kind of support really help me. The things wey they tell me really comfort me. Na so because my wife really dey precious to me and e don always be part of my life.” Another example na one widow wey e name na Bianca. E talk say: “I de get comfort when other people pray with me and read one or two Bible verse with me. I de like-am when they talk about my husband and listen to me when I de talk about my husband.”

16. (a) Wetin we need to do to help somebody wey e person die? (b) According to James 1:27, which work we get?

¹⁶ Ruth no leave Naomi. For the same way, we need to continue de support people when their person die. Paula wey we talk about before, talk say: “Just after my husband die, plenty people really help me. But after some time, people come dey busy with other normal everyday things wey them de do before. But, my life don really turn upside down. Na really fine thing for people to know say, when your person die, you go still need support for months, and even for years.” Na true say people dey different. Maybe some people de quick adjust to their new situation. But for other people, anytime wey they do something wey them de do with their person before, e de  remind them of the person and they go feel pain. No be the same way people de suffer the pain when their person die. Make we no forget say, Jehovah don give us the privilege and the work to care for people wey their person don die.​—Read James 1:27.

17. Why e be say, people wey their husband or wife abandon need our support?

¹⁷ Some husband or wife de face different kind of pain and stress. The person wey they marry fit abandon them. Joyce na one example. E husband leave the marriage go marry another woman. Joyce talk say: “The pain wey I feel because my husband divorce me, worse pass the pain wey I for feel if to say e die. If to say e die because of accident or sickness, then I for know say e no get choice for the matter. But for this condition, na my husband choose to abandon me. Shame catch me and I be feel say I dey useless.”

18. Wetin we fit do to help people wey their husband or wife no dey with them again?

¹⁸ When we do some fine-fine things for people wey their husband or wife no dey again, we de show them say we really love them. Now wey only them dey, they need good friends. (Prov. 17:17) How you fit prove say you be their friend? You fit invite them to come your place make they come chop with you. And you fit tell them say you want make wuna go out together for enjoyment or for preaching. You fit still invite them make they join you for family worship sometimes. If you do like this, you go make Jehovah dey happy. Jehovah “dey near people wey they get pain for heart” and “e de protect women wey their husband don die.”​—Ps 34:18; 68:5.

19. Wetin 1 Peter 3:8 tell us make we do?

¹⁹ Small time, when the Kingdom of God don de rule the earth, we “go forget” all “the problems.” We really de wait for the time wey we “no go remember the old things again, and they no go come to heart again.” (Isa. 65:16, 17) Until that time reach, make we de support each other. And make the things wey we de talk and do show say we love everybody for Jehovah’s organization.​—Read 1 Peter 3:8.