TỊBỊYỌ 13

“Zọzọnaagha Yọ Paa Mị”

Benikoro egberi gbelemọ yọmị, governing body mị Christtuuduo-otubo mịẹ agbẹị emi bara gbaa mị

Duo boemi yọbị Acts 15:1-12

1-3. (a) Teyeama kị bọlọụ Christtuuduo-otu itu mịẹ dịẹịdịẹị dọụtimi ma o? (b) Acts fun bọọ bei egberi tolumọnimi daba, tebara ka kị baratụa wó pịrị a paa emi a o?

Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Anị Kịmịsẹ Benikoro” (Acts 15:1)

4. Gesii kẹrịakị dẹ kịmịbo te kịrịịgha egberi kị gbaatimi ma o, te biibịbị kị paa ma o?

⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

5, 6. (a) Tetuu kị duonị zụa Jew kịmịama benikoro egberi kẹrịkụrọmọ wẹrị ma o? (b) Abraham avuọ bị benikoro kpọ sụọ emi a o? Tuugbaa. (Footnote dii.)

⁵ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

⁶ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

7. “Judea kịmịbo” . . . te gesii ka sụọtuunimigha o?

⁷ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

THE TEACHINGS OF THE JUDAIZERS

Even after the first-century governing body settled the circumcision issue, certain individuals who claimed to be Christians stubbornly kept the question alive. The apostle Paul called them “false brothers” who wanted “to distort the good news about the Christ.”—Gal. 1:7; 2:4; Titus 1:10.

The Judaizers’ objective was apparently to appease the Jews, to keep them from opposing Christianity so violently. (Gal. 6:12, 13) The Judaizers argued that righteousness was established by works of the Mosaic Law in such matters as diet, circumcision, and Jewish festivals.—Col. 2:16.

Understandably, those who held to these views felt uncomfortable in the presence of Gentile believers. Sadly, such unwholesome feelings were even manifest among a number of reputable Christians of Jewish background. For example, when representatives from the Jerusalem congregation visited Antioch, they kept separate from their Gentile brothers. Even Peter, who until then had freely socialized with the Gentiles, withdrew—not even eating with them. Yes, he went against the very principles he had earlier defended. As a result, Peter received strong counsel from Paul.—Gal. 2:11-14.

“Zọzọnaagha Bá Dịẹịdịẹị” (Acts 15:2)

8. Tetuu kị duonị, benikoro egberi mị akị Jerusalem ghọ mú governing body laa ma o?

⁸ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

First-century Christians in the Jerusalem congregation disputing with Paul and Barnabas. — Some insisted: “It is necessary to . . . command [the Gentiles] to observe the Law of Moses”

9, 10. Paul, Barnabas bá Antioch bọọ timi bịnaotubo te ụwọụ ka kị ebi mịẹdịa a paa wó pịrị wẹrị emi a o?

⁹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁰ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

11, 12. Tetuu kị duonị, omịnị etipoutimi Jehovah korumụ yọmị yelaa emi a o?

¹¹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

13. Omịnị tebara ka kị Jehovah dimịẹ wẹrị etipou bara akị egberigbaa a paa emi a o?

¹³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

‘JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES BUILD THEIR BELIEFS ON THE BIBLE’

As amply demonstrated in the case of the early Christian congregation, the history of true worship is a record of progressive spiritual enlightenment. (Prov. 4:18; Dan. 12:4, 9, 10; Acts 15:7-9) Today, too, Jehovah’s people adjust their beliefs to conform to revealed truth; they do not force the Scriptures to fit their views. Impartial observers have recognized this fact. In his book Truth in Translation, Jason David BeDuhn, associate professor of religious studies at Northern Arizona University in the United States, wrote that Jehovah’s Witnesses approach the Bible “with a kind of innocence, and [build] their system of belief and practice from the raw material of the Bible without predetermining what was to be found there.”

Ámịnị “Yesọwẹịgha” Bara Kịmị Kụrọmọmụyeama Gbaa A Pịrị Mị (Acts 15:3-5)

14, 15. Antioch bọọ timi itu mị tebara ka kị paul, Barnabas, bá a mọ mọ́ bo kịmịbo didụbamọ ma o, anị bo yọmị tebara ka kị bịnaotubo kụrọmọ ma o?

¹⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁵ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

16. Teeki benikoro egberi mị, kụrọ egberi a paadẹ bara mịẹdịa ma o?

¹⁶ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

“Fịrịmọpaa-otubo Mọ Itukosi-otubo Mọ Kẹnịyọ Ghọ Bẹnịị Mị” (Acts 15:6-12)

17. Te-otu kị Jerusalem bọọ timi governing bodyma timi ma o, tetuu kị duonị “itukosiotu” kpọ kaanghaba sụọ ma o?

¹⁷ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

18, 19. Peter te egberiama kị gbaa ma o, bá ụ peitimi otubo teeki nimi agbẹị wẹrị ma o?

¹⁸ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

¹⁹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

20. Benikoro egberi bị akị bọlọụ daatimi otubo “tebara ka kị Ọkpọnanaowei daadii” timi ma o?

²⁰ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

21. Barnabas mọ Paul mọ teeki gbaa ma o?

²¹ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

22-24. (a) Mịtịẹkiri Governing body mị, tebara ka kị bọlọụ ifie governing body dimịẹ mịnị a o? (b) Itukosiotu tebara ka kị Jehovah gbaa bara kị mịẹmụ bara mịẹdịa a paa emi a o?

²² Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

²³ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]

²⁴ Beke a goo, [Pidgin West Africa]