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MARS 3-9
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 3
Tumkam Jehovacher Visvas Asa Mhunn Dakhoiat
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Proverbs 3:5, 6—“Lean Not on Your Own Understanding”
“Trust in Jehovah with all your heart.” We show that we trust God when we do things his way. We must trust God completely, with our whole heart. In the Bible, the heart usually refers to the inner self, which includes a person’s emotions, motivations, thinking, and attitude. Therefore, to trust God with all our heart involves more than our feelings. It is a choice we make because we are fully convinced that our Creator knows what is best for us.—Romans 12:1.
“Do not rely on your own understanding.” We need to trust God because we cannot depend on our own imperfect reasoning. If we rely solely on ourselves or let feelings alone determine our course, we might make choices that initially appear good but ultimately bring bad results. (Proverbs 14:12; Jeremiah 17:9) God’s wisdom is far superior to ours. (Isaiah 55:8, 9) When we are guided by his thinking, our lives will be successful.—Psalm 1:1-3; Proverbs 2:6-9; 16:20.
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Proverbs 3:5, 6—“Lean Not on Your Own Understanding”
“In all your ways take notice of him.” We should get God’s viewpoint in every significant aspect of our life and in every important decision we make. We do this by praying to him for guidance and by following what he says in his Word, the Bible.—Psalm 25:4; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17.
“He will make your paths straight.” God makes our path straight by helping us to live by his righteous standards. (Proverbs 11:5) We thus avoid needless pitfalls and enjoy a much happier life.—Psalm 19:7, 8; Isaiah 48:17, 18.
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Be Progressive—Make Advancement
Having been exposed to a variety of circumstances in life, a person could be tempted to reason: ‘I have faced this situation before. I know what to do.’ Would this be the course of wisdom? Proverbs 3:7 cautions: “Do not become wise in your own eyes.” Experience should certainly broaden our view of factors to consider when dealing with situations in life. But if we are making spiritual progress, our experience should also impress on our minds and hearts that we need Jehovah’s blessing in order to succeed. Our advancement is manifest, then, not by our facing situations with confident self-assurance, but by our readily turning to Jehovah for direction in our lives. It is shown by our being confident that nothing can happen without his permission and by our maintaining a trusting and affectionate relationship with our heavenly Father.
Bible-antlim Motiam
Tumchea Sobhek Modot Korat
Ami amchea “dovlotin” Jehovak man diunk zata. (Mhonnʼnneo 3:9) Ami amche poixe ani her vostu Jehovachea kamak dan korunk khuxal zatat. Ami dan kortat te poixe amchea sobhek, porgottnnechea kamak ani odruxttak sampoddlolea bhav-bhoinnank modot korunk uzar zatat. (2 Korintkarank 9:7 vachat.) Zaitim zannam, hea kamak ap-khuxen denngim diunk chukoinastana ‘kitem tori kuxin kaddun dovortat.’ (1 Korintkarank 16:2 vachat.) Hem dan ami koxem diunk zata? Amchea sobhent aslolea dan-petteam vorvim vo donate.jw.org hea udexim online pasun ami dan diunk zata. Ami Jehovacho mog kortat ani tache upkari asat mhunn dakhounk hi ek bori vatt zaun asa.
MARS 10-16
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 4
“Tujea Kallzachi Rakhonn Kor”
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How Can You Safeguard Your Heart?
4 At Proverbs 4:23, the term “heart” is used to refer to “the inner person” or “secret self.” (Read Psalm 51:6 and footnote.) In other words, “heart” refers to our private thoughts, feelings, motives, and desires. It is who we really are on the inside, not just who we appear to be on the outside.
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How Can You Safeguard Your Heart?
10 If we are to succeed in safeguarding our heart, we must be able to identify dangers and react quickly to protect ourselves. The word translated “safeguard” at Proverbs 4:23 reminds us of the work done by a watchman. In King Solomon’s day, watchmen stood guard on the walls of a city and sounded an alarm if they saw danger approaching. That mental picture helps us understand what we must do to stop Satan from corrupting our thinking.
11 In ancient times, watchmen worked closely with city gatekeepers. (2 Sam. 18:24-26) Together, they helped protect the city by making sure that the gates were closed whenever an enemy came near. (Neh. 7:1-3) Our Bible-trained conscience can act as our watchman and warn us when Satan tries to invade our heart—in other words, when he tries to influence our thoughts, feelings, motives, or desires. Whenever our conscience sounds the alarm, we need to listen and shut the gate, so to speak.
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How Can You Safeguard Your Heart?
14 To safeguard our heart, we must not only close it to wrong influences but also open it to positive influences. Think again about the illustration of a walled city. A gatekeeper closed the gates of the city to stop an enemy invasion, but at other times he opened the gates to allow food and other supplies to be brought in. If the gates were never open, the inhabitants of the city would starve. Similarly, we need to open our heart regularly to the influence of God’s thinking.
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“Safeguard Your Heart!”
Why should we safeguard our figurative heart? God moved King Solomon to write: “More than all else that is to be guarded, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life.” (Proverbs 4:23) The quality of our life now and our prospects for future life depend on the condition of our figurative heart. Why? Because God sees what is in our heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) It is the kind of person we are inside, in the “secret person of the heart,” that determines how God feels about us.—1 Peter 3:4.
Bible-antlim Motiam
Tumi Pasiensan Jehovacher Patieun Ravtolim Kai?
4 Anik ek totv amkam Mhonnʼnneo 4:18-ant dilʼlem asa. Thoim mhunntta, “Promannikacho rosto fanteavelea noketra sarko, Tacho uzvadd suriachea kirnna porim vaddta.” Tor hea versant, Jehova aplea lokank aplo udʼdhex sovkas-sovkas kolloita mhunn amkam kolltta. Toxench, hea versant dilʼlea totvantlean amkam hem-ui kollon ieta ki ek munis sot xikta tednam to sovkas-sovkas korun aplea jivitant goroz te bodlav korunk lagta ani Devak lagim sorta. To bariksannen Devachea Utracho obheas korit ravta ani tachea songottnne thaun ieta tem margdorxon apnnaita. Oxem korun to sovkas-sovkas, Jehovak anik bore toren vollkhonk pavta ani Jezun dakhoilʼle gunn apnnaunk pavta. Hem somzonk Jezun amkam ek borem udharonn dilam, tem ami polloum-ia.
MARS 17-23
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 5
Onoitik Kuddichea Sombonda Thaun Ekdom Pois Ravat
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You Can Remain Chaste in an Immoral World
In this proverb, the wayward person is portrayed as “a strange woman”—a prostitute. The words with which she seduces her victim are as sweet as comb honey and smoother than olive oil. Do not most immoral sexual advances begin this way? For example, consider the experience of an attractive 27-year-old secretary named Amy. She relates: “This man at work gives me a lot of attention and praises me at every opportunity. It feels nice to be noticed. But I can clearly see that his interest in me is strictly sexual. I am not going to be taken in by his advances.” The flattering words of a seducer or a seductress are usually attractive unless we recognize their true nature. For this we need to exercise our thinking ability.
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You Can Remain Chaste in an Immoral World
The aftereffects of immorality are as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a two-edged sword—painful and death dealing. A troubled conscience, an unwanted pregnancy, or a sexually transmitted disease are often the bitter consequences of such conduct. And think of the enormous emotional pain experienced by the marriage partner of an unfaithful individual. One act of infidelity can inflict wounds deep enough to last a lifetime. Yes, immorality hurts.
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You Can Remain Chaste in an Immoral World
We need to stay as far away as possible from the influence of immoral people. Why should we open ourselves to their ways by listening to debasing music, watching corrupting entertainment, or exposing ourselves to pornographic material? (Proverbs 6:27; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Ephesians 5:3-5) And how foolish to invite their attention by flirting or by being immodest in dress and grooming!—1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 3:3, 4.
Bible-antlim Motiam
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Hea Onoitikponnan Bhorlolea Sonvsarant Tumi Nitoll Ravonk Xoktat
Jim konn onoitik kuddicho sombond dovortat, tankam kitlem vhoddlem luksonn zata tem Solomonan sanglem. Hem kitlem khorem nhoi, ki jim konn pordvar kortat, tim svotache nodren sokol poddttat. Hea vixim chintat. Apleo vo dusreancheo kuddicheo itsa purnn korunk onoitik kuddicho sombond dovrop kitlem lojechem nhoi? Aplea kazari sangateak soddun dusrea sangata onoitik kuddicho sombond dovortat tim svotak kosloch man dinant mhunn dakhoinant kai?
MARS 24-30
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 6
Muie Koddlean Ami Kitem Xikonk Zata?
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Ant
‘Instinctive Wisdom.’ The ‘wisdom’ of the ants is not the product of intelligent reasoning but results from the instincts with which they are endowed by their Creator. The Bible makes reference to the ant as ‘preparing its food in the summer and gathering its supplies in the harvest.’ (Pr 6:8) One of the most common varieties of ants found in Palestine, the harvester, or agricultural, ant (Messor semirufus), stores up a large supply of grain in the spring and summer and makes use of it in seasons, including winter, when the obtaining of food becomes difficult. This ant is often found in the vicinity of threshing floors, where seeds and grain are plentiful. If rain causes dampness to reach the stored seeds, the harvester ant will thereafter carry the grains out into the sun for drying. It is even known to bite off the germ part of the seed so that it will not germinate while stored. Colonies of harvester ants are made conspicuous by well-worn paths as well as by seed husks that are left outside the entrance.
Exemplary Characteristics. Thus, a brief investigation of the ant gives force to the exhortation: “Go to the ant, you lazy one; see its ways and become wise.” (Pr 6:6) Not only is their instinctive preparing for the future notable but also their persistence and determination, often carrying or tenaciously dragging objects weighing twice their own weight or more, doing everything possible to fulfill their particular task, and refusing to turn back even though they may fall, slide, or roll down some steep precipice. Remarkably cooperative, they keep their nests very clean and show concern for their fellow workers, at times assisting injured or exhausted ants back to the nest.
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Safeguard Your Name
Like the ant, should we not also be industrious? Working hard and striving to improve in our work is good for us whether we are being monitored or not. Yes, in school, at our place of employment, and while sharing in spiritual activities, we should do our best. As the ant benefits from its industriousness, so God wants us to ‘see good for all our hard work.’ (Ecclesiastes 3:13, 22; 5:18) A clean conscience and personal satisfaction are the rewards of hard work.—Ecclesiastes 5:12.
Using two rhetorical questions, Solomon tries to awaken a slothful one from his indolence: “How long, you lazy one, will you keep lying down? When will you rise up from your sleep?” Mimicking him in speech, the king adds: “A little more sleep, a little more slumbering, a little more folding of the hands in lying down, and your poverty will certainly come just like some rover, and your want like an armed man.” (Proverbs 6:9-11) While the lazy one is supine, poverty overtakes him with the speed of a bandit, and scarcity attacks him like an armed man. The fields of a sluggard quickly become full of weeds and nettles. (Proverbs 24:30, 31) His business enterprise suffers losses in no time. For how long would an employer tolerate an idler? And can a student who is too lazy to study expect to do well in school?
Bible-antlim Motiam
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Tumchem Borem Nanv Samballun Dovrat
Munxam aplea chintnamnim, utramnim ani korneamnim patkam kortat. Osleach patkam vixim Mhonnʼnneo pustokant sanglam. “Ek gorvixtt nodor” ani “vaittoveo ievzonneo guntpi kalliz,” ami chintnamnim kortat toslim patkam zaun asat. Toxench, “ek fottkiri jib” ani “dor uskara fattlean fotti marta toslo fotting govai,” ami utramnim kortat toslim patkam zaun asat. Tea bhair, “niropradhi rogot varovpi hat” ani “vaitt korunk dhanvpi paim” ami korneamnim kortat toslim patkam zaun asat. Punn Jehova khas korun oslea munxacho dves korta zo xantin jietolea munxam modem futt ghalunk proitn korta. Solomonan sov patkam vixim sanglea uprant, tantunt anik ek patok zoddlem. Hantuntlean munxanchim patkam vaddot astat mhunn kolltta. Tor Jehova dves korta tea soglea patkam vixim hea versamnim sangonk na oxem ami mhunnonk zata.
MARS 31–ABRIL 6
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 7
Tallnnent Ghalunk Xoktat Toslea Poristhitim Thaun Pois Ravat
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“Keep My Commandments and Continue Living”
The window through which Solomon looks out has a lattice—apparently a framework with laths and perhaps elaborate carvings. As the twilight fades, the darkness of the night pours into the streets. He catches sight of a young man who is particularly vulnerable. Lacking discernment, or good sense, he is in want of heart. Likely, he is aware of the type of neighborhood he has entered and what could happen to him there. The young man comes near “her corner,” which is on the way to her house. Who is she? What is she up to?
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“Keep My Commandments and Continue Living”
The lips of this woman are smooth. Putting on a bold face, she utters her words confidently. Everything she says is carefully calculated to seduce the young man. By stating that she had made communion sacrifices that very day and paid her vows, she makes a display of righteousness, hinting that she is not lacking in spirituality. Communion sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem consisted of meat, flour, oil, and wine. (Leviticus 19:5, 6; 22:21; Numbers 15:8-10) Since the offerer could take part of the communion sacrifice for himself and his family, she thus suggests that there is plenty to eat and drink at her house. The implication is clear: The young man would have a good time there. She has come out of her house specifically to look for him. How touching—if anyone could swallow such a story. “It is true she was out looking for someone,” says one Bible scholar, “but did she really come looking just for this one special fellow? Only a fool—perhaps this one—would believe her.”
After making herself appealing by the sight of her attire, by the sound of her flattering words, by the touch of her embrace, and by the taste of her lips, the seductress enlists the sense of smell. She says: “With coverlets I have bedecked my divan, with many-colored things, linen of Egypt. I have besprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.” (Proverbs 7:16, 17) She has aesthetically prepared her bed with colorful linen from Egypt and perfumed it with choice fragrances of myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
“Do come, let us drink our fill of love until the morning,” she continues, “do let us enjoy each other with love expressions.” The invitation is to something much more than a pleasant dinner for two. Her promise is that of enjoying sexual intimacy. To the young man, the appeal is adventurous and exciting! As further inducement, she adds: “For the husband is not in his house; he has gone traveling on a way of some distance. A bag of money he has taken in his hand. On the day of the full moon he will come to his house.” (Proverbs 7:18-20) They would be perfectly safe, she assures him, for her husband is away on a business trip and is not expected back for some time. How talented she is at beguiling a young person! “She has misled him by the abundance of her persuasiveness. By the smoothness of her lips she seduces him.” (Proverbs 7:21) It would take a man of Joseph’s caliber to resist an appeal this enticing. (Genesis 39:9, 12) Does this young man measure up?
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“Keep My Commandments and Continue Living”
The invitation proves to be irresistible to the young man. Throwing all good sense to the wind, he goes after her ‘like a bull to the slaughter.’ As a man in fetters cannot escape his punishment, so the young man is drawn into sin. He does not see the danger of it all until “an arrow cleaves open his liver,” that is, until he receives a wound that can cause his death. The death may be physical in that he exposes himself to death-dealing sexually transmitted diseases. The wound can also cause his spiritual death; “it involves his very soul.” His entire being and his life are seriously affected, and he has gravely sinned against God. He thus hastens into the grip of death like a bird into a trap!
Bible-antlim Motiam
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“Mhojeo Adnia Samball Ani Tum Jietoloi”
Solomonan fuddem oxem mhunnttlem: “[Devache updes] tujea bottak band, Tujea kallzacher boroun dovor.” (Mhonnʼnneo 7:3) Amchim bottam sodanch amche dolleam mukhar astat ani ami kortat tea soglea kamamnim tim mhotvachim astat. Teach bhaxen, amchea Kristi avoi-bapai koddlean ami xikleant tim lisanvam vo Bible-a thaun amkam mellʼllea ti zannvai ami sodanch ugddas dovrunk zai ani ti amchea soglea kamamnim uzar korunk zai. Toxench Devache updes ami amchea kallzacher borounk zai, tem mhunnttlear te amchea sobhavacho bhag zaunk zai.
ABRIL 7-13
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 8
Jezuchea Zannvaiek Kan Diat
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“I Love the Father”
7 In verse 22, wisdom says: “Jehovah produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago.” More than just wisdom must be involved here, for that quality never was “produced.” It never began to exist because Jehovah has always existed and he has always been wise. (Psalm 90:2) God’s Son, however, was “the firstborn of all creation.” He was produced, or created; he was the earliest of all of Jehovah’s achievements. (Colossians 1:15) The Son existed before the earth and the heavens, as described in Proverbs. And as the Word, God’s own Spokesman, he was the perfect expression of Jehovah’s wisdom.—John 1:1.
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“I Love the Father”
8 How was the Son occupied during the vast expanse of time before he came to earth? Verse 30 tells us that he was beside God as “a master worker.” What does that mean? Colossians 1:16 explains: “By means of him all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth . . . All other things have been created through him and for him.” So Jehovah, the Creator, worked through his Son, the Master Worker, to bring every other creation into existence—from the spirit creatures in the heavenly realm to the immense physical universe, to the earth with its wondrous variety of plant and animal life, to the pinnacle of earthly creation: humankind. In some respects, we might liken this cooperation between Father and Son to that of an architect working with a builder, or contractor, who specializes in bringing the architect’s ingenious designs to reality. When we are awed by any facet of creation, we are actually giving credit to the Great Architect. (Psalm 19:1) However, we may also call to mind the long and happy collaboration between the Creator and his “master worker.”
9 When two imperfect humans work closely together, they sometimes have a difficult time getting along. Not so with Jehovah and his Son! The Son worked for aeons with the Father and is quoted as saying: “I rejoiced before him all the time.” (Proverbs 8:30) Yes, he delighted in his Father’s company, and the feeling was mutual. Naturally, the Son grew ever more like his Father, learning to imitate God’s qualities. No wonder, then, that the bond between Father and Son became so strong! It can rightly be called the oldest and strongest bond of love in the whole universe.
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Appreciating Jesus—The Greater David and the Greater Solomon
14 Only one human clearly surpassed Solomon in wisdom. That was Jesus Christ, who described himself as “something more than Solomon.” (Matt. 12:42) Jesus spoke “sayings of everlasting life.” (John 6:68) For example, the Sermon on the Mount expands on the principles of some of Solomon’s proverbs. Solomon described a number of things that bring happiness to a worshipper of Jehovah. (Prov. 3:13; 8:32, 33; 14:21; 16:20) Jesus emphasized that true happiness stems from things that are related to the worship of Jehovah and the fulfillment of God’s promises. He said: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.” (Matt. 5:3) Those who apply the principles found in Jesus’ teachings are drawn closer to Jehovah, “the source of life.” (Ps. 36:9; Prov. 22:11; Matt. 5:8) Christ embodies “the wisdom of God.” (1 Cor. 1:24, 30) As the Messianic King, Jesus Christ has “the spirit of wisdom.”—Isa. 11:2.
Bible-antlim Motiam
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“Zannvai Ulo Marta”—Tumkam Ti Aikonk Ieta Kai?
▪ The World Book Encyclopedia pormonnem, itihasant Bible sogleam-von chodd vanttlolem pustok zaun asa. Her khoinchea-i pustoka poros Bible chodd pavtti ani chodd bhasamnim bhaxantor kela. Bible-acho akʼkho vo thoddo bhag atam sumar 2,600 bhasamnim melltta. Ani 90 tokʼke poros chodd lokank to aplea bhaxent vachunk melltta.
▪ Toxench zannvai khoreaninch ‘aroddtta vo bob marta’ oxem ami mhunnonk zata. Karonn Matev 24:14-nt oxem sanglam: “Soglea raxttrank govai mellche khatir Rajeachi bori khobor akʼkhea sonvsarant porgott zatoli, ani tea uprant xevott ietolo.”
ABRIL 14-20
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 9
Moskoreo Korpi Nhoi, Punn Xannim Zaiat
“Budvontachim Utram Aik”
4 Ami opurnn asat ani chuki kortat hem ami manun ghetat tem khorem. Punn konnui amkam solʼlo dita tednam to solʼlo manun gheunk amkam ghoddie kotthin zaunk puro. Ani to solʼlo aikon amkam ghoddie ragui ieunk puro. Kiteak? Konnui amchi umkich chuk amkam dakhoun dita tednam tem ghoddie amkam borem lagona zait. (Upodexok 7:9 vachat.) Tor ti amchi chuk nhoi mhunn ami ghoddie nimitam diunk puro, vo solʼlo diupi bhavacher ami dubhavunk puro, vo tannem jea toren solʼlo dila tem amkam ghoddie avoddna zait. Ami ghoddie tea bhava vixim amchea monant oxem chintunk puro: ‘Mhaka solʼlo diunk to konn? To chuki korina?’ Ani amkam tacho solʼlo avoddna zalear ami ghoddie tacho solʼlo kanar gheunchim nant vo amkam borem dista tem sangtolo toslea munxa lagim solʼlo magtolim.
“Budvontachim Utram Aik”
12 Solʼlo manun gheunk ami kitem korunk zai? Ami khalti asonk zai ani sodanch ugddas dovrunk zai ki ami opurnn asat ani khub pavtti chintinastana vagtat. Ami poilim polloilʼlem toxem, Jobachem chintop chukichem aslem. Punn magir tannem aplem chintop bodolʼlem ani Jehovan tacher besanv ghatlem. Job khalto aslo dekhun to oxem korunk pavlo. Ani heach karonnak lagon aplea poros lhan aslolea Elihucho solʼlo tannem manun ghetlo. (Job 32:6, 7) Thodde pavtti, amkam solʼlo dita to munis piraien amchea poros lhan asonk puro vo amkam kainch karonn nastana solʼlo dila oxem amkam disonk puro. Oslea vellar ami khaltim asat zalear, amkam tacho solʼlo manun gheunk sompem zatolem. Canada-nt ravpi ek vhoddil sangta: “Ami khoim sudharnni korunk zai tem ghoddie amkam khobor asona. Tor ami vaddavoll korunk zai zalear dusreancho solʼlo khub mhotvacho.” Amkam sogleank povitr xokteche gunn vaddounk ani bore porgottpi ani xikoupi zaunk dusreanchea solʼleachi goroz asa.—Mhonnʼnneo 27:6 vachat.
13 Dev amcho mog korta dekhun to amkam solʼlo dita mhunn ami ugddas dovrunk zai. Amchem sodanch borem zalʼlem Jehovak zai. (Mho. 4:20-22) Ani to amcho khub mog korta dekhun, tachea Utrantlean, Bible-acher adarit prokaxonantlean vo onubhov aslolea bhav-bhoinnam udexim to amkam solʼlo dita. Hea pasot Hebrevank 12:9, 10-nt, Jehova “amkam faideachem tem polleun amkam xikxa dita” mhunn sanglolem asa.
14 Solʼlo koso dila tacher nhoi punn solʼleacher ami dhean diunk zai. Thodde pavtti, amkam solʼlo dita tannem to sarke ritin diunk na oxem amkam disonk puro. Hem mat khorem, ki solʼlo dita tannem dusreank manun gheunk sompem zata tea ritin to diunk zai. (Gal. 6:1) Punn solʼlo amkam melltta zalear, solʼlo dita to kitem sangonk sodhta tacher ami dhean diunk zai. Ami amkanch vicharunk zata: ‘Jea toren mhaka solʼlo dilo tem mhaka borem lagonk na zalear pasun, tea solʼleantlean hanvem kitem xikonk zata? Mhaka solʼlo dila tachi chuk polloinastana tannem dilʼlea solʼlea thaun hanvem koso faido zoddun gheunk zata?’ Tor amkam solʼlo konnui dium vo koso-i dium, ami xannim asat zalear ami to solʼlo apnnaitolim.—Mho. 15:31.
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‘By Wisdom Our Days Will Become Many’
A wise person’s response to reproof is opposite to that of a ridiculer. Solomon states: “Give a reproof to a wise person and he will love you. Give to a wise person and he will become still wiser.” (Proverbs 9:8b, 9a) A wise person knows that “no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; yet afterward to those who have been trained by it it yields peaceable fruit, namely, righteousness.” (Hebrews 12:11) Although the counsel may seem painful, why should we retaliate or be defensive if accepting it is going to make us wiser?
“Impart knowledge to someone righteous and he will increase in learning,” continues the wise king. (Proverbs 9:9b) No one is too wise or too old to keep learning. What a delight it is to see even those in their twilight years accept the truth and make a dedication to Jehovah! May we also endeavor to retain the will to learn and keep the mind active.
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‘By Wisdom Our Days Will Become Many’
Putting forth effort to gain wisdom is our personal responsibility. Emphasizing this fact, Solomon states: “If you have become wise, you have become wise in your own behalf; and if you have ridiculed, you will bear it, just you alone.” (Proverbs 9:12) The wise one is wise to his own benefit, and the ridiculer alone is to blame for his own suffering. Indeed, we reap what we sow. May we, then, “pay attention to wisdom.”—Proverbs 2:2.
Bible-antlim Motiam
w06 9/15 17 ¶5
Mhonnʼnneo Pustokantle Mukhel Mudʼde
9:17—“Chorlolim udkam” mhunnttlear kitem ani tim “ruchik” kiteak lagtat? Bible-ant, ghov ani baile modem aslolo kuddicho sombond dhadoxi korta toslea baim-chem udok pievop, haka sor kelam. Tor chorlolim udkam, lipon kelʼlea onoitik kuddichea sombondak lagu zatat. (Mhonnʼnneo 5:15-17) Ani oslim kamam kortolea munxank tim kortat tem konnakuch kollon ieunchem na oxem dista dekhun tankam tim ruchik lagtat.
ABRIL 21-27
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 10
Amkam Khoreponnim Khuxal Jivit Koxem Mellonk Xokta?
w01 7/15 25 ¶1-3
‘Blessings Are for the Righteous One’
The righteous one is blessed in yet another way. “The one working with a slack hand will be of little means, but the hand of the diligent one is what will make one rich. The son acting with insight is gathering during the summertime; the son acting shamefully is fast asleep during the harvest.”—Proverbs 10:4, 5.
Particularly meaningful are the king’s words to workers during the harvest. The harvest season is not a time for slumber. It is a time for diligence and long hours. Indeed, it is a time of urgency.
Having in mind the harvest, not of grain, but of people, Jesus told his disciples: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. Therefore, beg the Master of the harvest [Jehovah God] to send out workers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:35-38) In the year 2000, over 14 million attended the Memorial of Jesus’ death—more than twice the number of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Who, then, can deny that ‘the fields are white for harvesting’? (John 4:35) True worshipers ask the Master for more workers while exerting themselves vigorously in the disciple-making work in harmony with their prayers. (Matthew 28:19, 20) And how richly Jehovah has blessed their efforts! During the 2000 service year, over 280,000 new ones were baptized. These also endeavor to become teachers of God’s Word. May we experience joy and satisfaction in this harvest season by having a full share in the disciple-making work.
w01 9/15 24 ¶3-4
Walk in ‘the Path of Uprightness’
Solomon points to the importance of righteousness. He says: “The valuable things of a rich man are his strong town. The ruin of the lowly ones is their poverty. The activity of the righteous one results in life; the produce of the wicked one results in sin.”—Proverbs 10:15, 16.
Riches can serve as a protection against some uncertainties in life, just as a fortified town provides a degree of security to those who reside in it. And poverty can be ruinous when there are unexpected developments. (Ecclesiastes 7:12) However, the wise king could also be hinting at a danger involving both wealth and poverty. A rich man may be inclined to put his complete trust in his wealth, imagining that his valuable things are “like a protective wall.” (Proverbs 18:11) And a poor person may mistakenly take the view that his poverty makes his future hopeless. Thus, both fail to make a good name with God.
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Blessing
Jehovah Blessing Humans. “The blessing of Jehovah—that is what makes rich, and he adds no pain with it.” (Pr 10:22) Jehovah blesses those whom he approves by protecting, prospering, guiding, giving success, and supplying their needs, with a beneficial outcome for them.
Bible-antlim Motiam
w06 5/15 30 ¶18
Visvaxiponnan Cholʼlolean Melltta Ti Khuxalkai
Mhonnʼnneo 10:22, NW: “Jehovachem besanv girestkai haddtta, ani to tachea sangata kainch dukh dina.”
18 ‘Jehovachea besanvam’ vorvim otmik ritin vaddavoll korunk amkam zaitem mellʼllam ani ‘tachea sangata to kainch dukh dina’ mhunn amkam khatri asa. (Mhonnʼnneo 10:22, NW) Punn Jehovachea zaitea visvaxi sevokank itle tras kiteak sosunk poddttat zaka lagon tankam itlem dukh soschem poddtta? Hachim tin mukhel karonnam asat: (1) Amcho patki sobhav. (Utpoti 6:5; 8:21; Jakob 1:14, 15) (2) Soitan ani tache noxtte dut. (Efezkarank 6:11, 12) (3) Ho noxtto sonvsar. (Juanv 15:19) Amkam vaitt ghoddtta tednam Jehova tem addaina tem khorem, punn tem vaitt amcher to dhaddina. Khorem mhunnttlear “dor ek borem ani poripurnn dennem voilean, mhunnche, sorgar thaun uzvaddachea Bapa koddlean ieta.”—Jakob 1:17.
ABRIL 28–MAY 4
DEVACHEA UTRANTLE THEVE | MHONNʼNNEO 11
Tumchea Uloupacher Tabo Dovrat!
w02 5/15 26 ¶4
Integrity Leads the Upright Ones
The integrity of the upright and the wickedness of evildoers also have an effect on other people. “By his mouth the one who is an apostate brings his fellowman to ruin,” says the king of Israel, “but by knowledge are the righteous rescued.” (Proverbs 11:9) Who will deny that slander, harmful gossip, obscene talk, and idle chatter are damaging to others? A righteous one’s speech, on the other hand, is pure, well-thought out, and considerate. By knowledge he is rescued because his integrity furnishes him with the points of reasoning needed to show that his accusers are lying.
w02 5/15 27 ¶2-3
Integrity Leads the Upright Ones
Townspeople who follow an upright course promote peace and well-being and build up others in the community. Thus, a town is exalted—it prospers. Those who speak slanderous, hurtful, and wrong things cause unrest, unhappiness, disunity, and trouble. This is particularly so if these individuals are in a position of influence. Such a town suffers disorder, corruption, and moral and perhaps economic deterioration.
The principle stated at Proverbs 11:11 applies with equal force to Jehovah’s people as they associate with one another in their townlike congregations. A congregation in which spiritual people—upright ones led by their integrity—have influence is an assembly of happy, active, and helpful people, bringing honor to God. Jehovah blesses the congregation, and it prospers spiritually. Here and there, the few who may be disgruntled and dissatisfied, who find fault and speak bitterly about the way things are done, are like a “poisonous root” that can spread and poison others who initially were unaffected. (Hebrews 12:15) Such ones often want more authority and prominence. They stir up rumors that there is injustice, ethnic prejudice, or the like, in the congregation or on the part of the elders. Their mouth, indeed, can cause a division in the congregation. Should we not turn a deaf ear to their talk and strive to be spiritual people who contribute to peace and unity in the congregation?
w02 5/15 27 ¶5
Integrity Leads the Upright Ones
What great harm is caused by someone who lacks good judgment, or is “in want of heart”! He carries on his loose talk to the point of slander or reviling. The appointed elders must be quick to put an end to such an unwholesome influence. Unlike “the one in want of heart,” a man of discernment knows when to keep silent. Rather than betray a confidence, he covers over the matter. Knowing that an unguarded tongue can cause much harm, a discerning person is “faithful in spirit.” He is loyal to fellow believers and does not divulge confidential matters that might endanger them. What a blessing such integrity-keepers are to the congregation!
Bible-antlim Motiam
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Tumkam Usko Zata Zalear Kitem Korchem?
“DOIA DAKHOIAT ANI USKO POIS KORAT”
Mhonnʼnneo 11:17, NW: “Ek doiall munis apnnankuch faido korta. Punn ek krur munis apleacheruch tras voddun haddtta.”
Overcoming Stress hea pustokant, “Doia Dakhoiat Ani Usko Pois Korat” mhunn ek odheai asa. Hea pustokacho boroupi, Dr. Tim Cantopher sangta ki ami dusream sangata doiall toren vagtat tednam, amchi bolaiki bori urta ani ami khuxal astat. Punn ek krur vo dusreank doia dakhoina toslo munis khuxal asona, karonn to dusream thaun pois ravta.
Toxench ami svota sangata pasun doiall toren vagonk zai. Oxem kelʼlean usko pois korunk amkam modot zaunk xokta. Jezun mhunnttlolem: “Tuzo mog korta toso tujea xezareacho mog kor.” (Marku 12:31) Hacho orth, ami svota thaun chodduch opexa korunk zaina vo ami kainch valorachim nant oxem-i chintunk zaina.