12. Dɛn nti na wɔfrɛ Babilon ‘ɔbea ɔhodomfo’?

¹² Yehowa ka sɛ: “Afei tie eyi ɛ, [ɔbea] ɔhodomfo a [wote ahobammɔ mu, “NW”], wo a wuse wo koma mu sɛ: Me ara ni, na obi nni akyiri bio, merentra kuna mu, na merenni mmasigyaw.” (Yesaia 47:8) Wonim no yiye sɛ Babilon pɛ anigyede. Afeha a ɛto so anum A.Y.B. mu abakɔsɛm kyerɛwfo Herodotus ka Babilonfo “amanne a ɛyɛ aniwu sen biara” a ɛne sɛ, wɔhwehwɛ sɛ mmea nyinaa si tuutuu de som wɔn dɔ nyamewa no ho asɛm. Tete abakɔsɛm kyerɛwfo Curtius nso kae sɛ: “Nneyɛe a ɛyɛ fĩ biara nni hɔ a ɛte sɛ nea na wɔyɛ wɔ kurow no mu no; ɔbrasɛe biara nni hɔ a ebetumi akanyan afoforo adaadaa wɔn kɛse ma wɔde wɔn ho ahyɛ ahohwibra mu sɛ wɔn de no.”

13. Ɔkwan bɛn so na anigyede a Babilon di akyi no bɛma n’asehwe aba ntɛm?

¹³ Babilon ho a ɔde to anigyede so no bɛma n’asehwe aba ntɛm. Ne hene ne n’abirɛmpɔn bɛtow pon anom nsa ayɛ tebɔɔ anwummere a wɔbɛsɛe no no. Enti, wɔrentie Mediafo ne Persiafo a wɔrebetu kurow no so sa no ho asɛm no. (Daniel 5:1-4) Esiane sɛ Babilon ‘te ahobammɔ mu’ nti, obesusuw sɛ n’afasu ne ne nsuka kɛse a ɛte sɛ nea wontumi nni so no bɛbɔ ne ho ban afi ntua no ho. Ɔka ne komam sɛ “obi nni akyiri bio” a obetumi abesi n’ananmu wɔ ne kɛseyɛ mu. Onnye nni sɛ obetumi abɛyɛ ‘okunafo,’ a ɔbɛhwere ne hene ne ne ‘mma,’ anaa ne manfo. Nanso, ɔfasu biara nni hɔ a ebetumi abɔ ne ho ban afi Yehowa Nyankopɔn aweredi basa no ho! Yehowa bɛka no akyiri yi sɛ: “Sɛ Babel foro kɔ ɔsoro po, na sɛ ɔhyɛ n’aban a ɛkorɔn mu den dɛn ara a, me nkyɛn ara na asɛefo befi aba no so.”—Yeremia 51:53.

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Wɔbɛbrɛ Babilon a edi anigyede akyi no ase akɔ mfutuma mu