Betde
Stori: Betde i olsem de mama i karim yu. Long sampela hap, bilong tingim betde bilong man, ol i save wokim bikpela kaikai, olsem pati, na givim ol presen long em, na ol i save mekim moa yet long betde bilong pikinini. I no wanpela pasin Baibel i tokim yumi long mekim.
Stori bilong Baibel long pati bilong betde i makim dispela i gutpela samting o nogat? I gat tupela stori olsem long Baibel:
Stt 40:20-22: “King bilong Isip i mekim bikpela pati . . . bilong tingim de mama i bin karim em. . . . Na em i tokim man bilong lukautim wain long i go bek long wok bilong en. Tasol king i tokim ol soldia na ol i hangamapim bodi bilong man bilong bosim haus bret long wanpela pos.”
Mt 14:6-10: “Sampela man i kam kaikai wantaim Herot, bilong tingim de mama i karim em. . . . Na Herot i laikim tumas danis bilong [pikinini meri bilong Herodias]. Olsem na Herot i mekim promis long em olsem, ‘Tru antap, wanem samting yu askim long mi, em bai mi givim yu.’ Orait Herodias, mama bilong dispela meri, em i givim tingting long em, na meri i tokim Herot olsem, ‘Mi laik bai yu putim het bilong Jon Bilong Baptais long wanpela plet, na karim i kam givim long mi.’ . . . [Herot] i salim wanpela man i go long haus kalabus bilong tokim ol soldia long katim nek bilong Jon.”
Olgeta tok na stori bilong Baibel, i gat as na God i putim long Baibel. (2 Ti 3:16, 17) Ol Witnes Bilong Jehova i lukim olsem Baibel i no mekim gutpela tok long pati bilong betde, olsem na ol i no save mekim betde.
Ol Kristen bilong pastaim na ol Juda long taim bilong Baibel i ting olsem wanem long pati bilong betde?
Wanpela buk i tok: “Ol Kristen bilong dispela taim bipo i no gat tingting long wokim bikpela kaikai bilong betde.”—The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries, p. 190.
Narapela buk i tok: “Ol Hibru bilong bihain i ting, pasin bilong wokim pati bilong betde em i hap lotu giaman, long wanem, ol i lukim ol pasin ol man i mekim bilong amamas long betde long dispela taim bipo.”—The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, Vol. 1, p. 225.
Wanem as bilong ol pasin planti man i mekim bilong tingim betde?
Wanpela nius i tok: “Ol kain kain pasin ol man i mekim long nau bilong tingim de mama i karim ol i bilong bipo yet. Pasin tambaran na lotu i as bilong en. Pasin bilong tok ‘Hepi Betde,’ na givim ol presen na wokim pati—na laitim ol kandel—ol dispela pasin bilong bipo yet i bilong lukautim man i gat betde bambai ol spirit nogut i no ken bagarapim em, na em i ken i stap gutpela long narapela yia i laik kamap. . . . Inap long yia 350 samting, ol Kristen i sakim pasin bilong mekim betde, long wanem, ol i ting em i wanpela pasin haiden.”—Schwäbische Zeitung (hap bilong nius Zeit und Welt), Epril 3/4, 1981, p. 4.
Wanpela buk i tok: “Ol Grik i bilip olsem, taim mama i karim pikinini i gat wanpela spirit o daemon i was i stap na dispela spirit i gat wok long lukautim em i go inap long taim em i dai. Ol i ting dispela spirit i pas wantaim god i gat betde long de mama i karim dispela man. Ol Rom tu i gat dispela tingting. . . . Dispela tingting i stap yet, olsem na ol man i bilip olsem olgeta wan wan i gat wanpela ensel i was long em . . . Ol Grik i kirapim pasin bilong putim ol kandel long kek na laitim. . . . Na ol i karim i go putim long ol alta long tempel bilong [Artemis]. . . . Ol kandel bilong betde i bilong givim biknem long pikinini i gat betde na mekim gutpela samting i painim em. . . . Ol tok olsem ‘Hepi Betde’ na ‘Yu mas i stap gutpela,’ em bikpela samting bilong betde. . . . As tru bilong tingting bilong ol long betde em samting bilong pasin tambaran. . . . Ol i ting ol tok ol i mekim long man long betde bilong em inap helpim o bagarapim em, long wanem, long dispela de ol spirit i stap klostu long em.”—The Lore of Birthdays, p. 8, 18-20.
Long ol taim nating, sapos famili na ol pren i wokim gutpela bung bilong kaikai na dring na amamas wantaim, i no gat rong long dispela
Sav 3:12, 13: “I gat wanpela pasin i win tru. Dispela pasin i olsem. Yumi mas amamas na mekim gutpela pasin long taim yumi stap long graun. Na tu yumi mas kaikai na dring na amamas long olgeta samting yumi mekim. Dispela i olsem presen God i givim yumi.”
Lukim tu 1 Korin 10:31.