OJI 8

Ujeju Abudọ Ondu “F’urẹdọ Nẹ”

Sọl ẹnẹ akobọ ki ma n’ejumomi n mu d’enẹ kia j’uchẹnyọ kp’ẹdọ cha cha

Alu ki dẹ ef’ọtakada Ẹwñ 9:1-43

1, 2. Ẹn̄wu Sọl kpibe ki che ojanẹ Damaskọs?

Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

² Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

3, 4. (a) Ẹn̄wu che kẹrẹbọ Sọl? (b) Am’ene ẹn̄wu a na kọla oji n̄wu?

³ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

⁴ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

AUTHORITY WEY THEM GIVE SAUL TO GO DAMASCUS

How Saul take get authority to arrest Christians for another city? Na the Sanhedrin and the high priest de tell Jew people wey de live anywhere, wetin dey right and wetin dey wrong. The high priest still get right to bring any criminal back to Jerusalem make them judge-am. So the elders for the synagogues for Damascus de quick do wetin dey any letter wey them receive from the high priest.—Acts 9:1, 2.

Rome give Jew people authority to handle matter wey concern Jew people. Na this one give Jew people authority to fit flog Paul “39 strokes,” five times. (2 Cor. 11:24) The book of 1 Maccabees talk about one letter wey one oga for Rome government write give Ptolemy VIII of Egypt for 138 B.C.E. wey talk say: ‘If any man wey de cause trouble run comot from Judaea come una country, make una arrest and send-am go meet Simon wey be high priest, so that e go punish-am according to their own law.’ (1 Macc. 15:21) For 47 B.C.E., Julius Caesar confirm-am say e don tey them de give high priest authority to judge any matter wey concern Jew people custom.

“Ẹwn̄ Chi K’ẹ Doli Mi?” (Ẹwn̄ 9:1-5)

5, 6. Ẹn̄wu a neke kọchẹ kwefu ọla ki Jisọs ka n̄wu Sọl?

⁵ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

⁶ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

7. Ẹn̄wu dukpẹ kẹ che kẹ neke n’ẹdọ elichi efu adoli?

⁷ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

“Sọl, Ọmaye-mi, Ondu . . . Kpẹ Mi Wa” (Ẹwn̄ 9:6-17)

8, 9. Ibe ẹn̄wu neke d’ẹdọ Anananias lugbo ukọlọ n̄wu?

⁸ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

⁹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

10. Ẹn̄wu a neke kọchẹ kwefu ọna ki Jisọs kọla n̄wu Anananias?

¹⁰ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

11, 12. Ẹn̄wu a neke kọchẹ kwef ọla ki dagbade Jisọs, Anananias, kpai Sọl?

¹¹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹² Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

“I N’akoya Jisọs Ata” (Ẹwn̄ Che 9:18-30)

13, 14. Ichẹn̄wu kẹ ch’ukọchẹ Baibul kẹ ma la chi baptism ta n, ẹn̄wu ẹ neke kọchẹ kwef ujiwe Sọl?

¹³ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹⁴ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

15, 16. Ẹn̄wu Sọl che ef am’unyi ujeju, abu abo Ju ki dẹ Damaskọs la che le?

¹⁵ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹⁶ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

17. (a) Ẹn̄wu ch’amọna k’amonẹ a che le ichen̄wu kuma gbọ ochochi ki defu Baibul? (b) Ẹn̄wu dukpẹ ka na che, ẹn̄wu la chi?

¹⁷ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

18, 19. (a) Ab’idẹ le iko ki Banabas ch’ateko Sọl? (b) Abu a neke ch’awọli Banabas kpai Sọl?

¹⁸ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹⁹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

“Tak Amonẹ Wewe Kẹdọno” (Ẹwn̄ 9:31-43)

20, 21. Abu am’adu Ọjọ igbele kpai abajo-i ad’iko urẹdọ ma chekwu le?

²⁰ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

²¹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

22. Abu ẹ neke diko urẹdọ kẹnẹ chekwu le?

²² Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

23, 24. (a) Am’ẹn̄wu a kọchẹ kwefu ẹn̄wu ki che kẹrẹbọ Tabita? (b) Ẹn̄wu la dukpẹ ka che?

²³ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

One sister de give flower to one old sister wey no too strong. — How you fit copy Tabitha example?

²⁴ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

SAUL WEY BE PHARISEE

The “young man wey them de call Saul” wey dey for the story of how them stone Stephen for the book of Acts, come from Tarsus. Tarsus na the capital of Cilicia wey dey inside Rome, for the south of Turkey today. (Acts 7:58) Many Jews live for that city. Saul imself talk say “them circumcise me for the eighth day, I come from the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, I be Hebrew and my papa and mama na Hebrews; if na law, I follow-am well as Pharisee.” All this one fit make Saul be Jew wey people de respect well-well!—Phil. 3:5.

Saul come from one big city wey people de do business well-well. The main culture for there na Greek. As Saul grow for Tarsus, e sabi Greek language. E fit be say e first go Jew people school. Saul learn how to make tent. Many people for the area wey e grow de do this work. E fit be say na when e dey young e learn this handwork from im papa.—Acts 18:2, 3.

The story for Acts show say them born Saul as citizen of Rome. (Acts 22:25-28) This one mean say one person from im family line don already be citizen for Rome before them born-am. We no know how Saul family become citizen for Rome. But we know say, this one go don make them dey among the important people for their place. Because of the family wey Saul come from, where e grow and the school wey e go, Saul sabi three different culture—Jew, Greek and Rome.

E fit be say Saul dey around 13 years when e travel 840 km go Jerusalem to continue im school. Na Gamaliel teach Saul for there. Gamaliel na teacher wey really sabi teach Pharisee people tradition and people de respect-am well-well.—Acts 22:3.

This school wey Saul later go, be like university today, and for there, e learn and cram wetin dey the Scriptures and other laws wey Jew people de follow. Any Gamaliel student wey learn well de succeed, and e dey clear say Saul na that kind student. E later write say: “For the religion of Jew people, I be de do well pass many people for my nation wey dey my age, and for the traditions of my papa-papa them, I put all my heart pass them by far.” (Gal. 1:14) The truth be say Saul suffer the new Christian congregation because of the way e put all im heart for Jew people tradition.

TABITHA “DO PLENTY GOOD THINGS”

Tabitha dey among the Christians for the congregation for Joppa. Joppa na town wey get place wey ship de stop. The brothers and sisters love-am because “e de do plenty good things and de give plenty gifts to help poor people.” (Acts 9:36) Like many Jew people wey de live for where Jew and Greek people dey, Tabitha get two names—one na Hebrew or Aramaic and the other one na Greek or Latin. Im Greek name, Dorcas na “Tabitha” for Aramaic. The two names mean “Gazelle.”

E be like say Tabitha sick and after small time e die. Them wash im body to ready-am for burial as them de do that time. Them put im dead body for one room for up. E fit be say this room dey Tabitha house. Them dey for Middle East wey de get hot weather, so them de bury person for the day wey e die or the next day. The Christians for Joppa don hear say Peter dey Lydda. Because na 18 km or about four hours to trek from Lydda to Joppa, Peter still get plenty time to reach there before them go bury Tabitha. So, the congregation send two men go meet Peter so that e go come quick-quick. (Acts 9:37, 38) One expert for Bible matter talk say: ‘For that time, na two people them de send go deliver message so that one person go fit prove say wetin the other person talk na true.’

Wetin happen when Peter reach there? Bible talk say: “When e reach there, them take-am go the room for up; and all the widows come meet Peter, them de cry and de show-am plenty cloths and long cloths wey Dorcas don make when e dey with them.” (Acts 9:39) One reason why people like Tabitha for congregation be say, e de always sew cloth for them. E sew cloth wey them de wear inside and the ones wey them de wear ontop give them. Bible no tell us if Tabitha use im own money buy all the material or if na the sewing e do for free. But wetin we know be say, them really love-am because e dey kind and e de give “gifts to help poor people.”

We know say wetin Peter see for that room for up, really touch-am. Richard Lenski wey sabi Bible matter talk say: ‘The way people cry for Tabitha no be like the one for Jairus house wey noise full everywhere because them hire women to cry fake cry and people wey de blow flute.’ (Matt. 9:23) People cry for Tabitha because e really pain them. As Bible no talk about anybody wey be Tabitha husband, many people don talk say Tabitha no marry.

When Jesus give im disciples work to preach, e give them the power to “bring people wey don die back to life.” (Matt. 10:8) Peter don see Jesus do this kind miracle when e bring Jairus pikin come back to life, but nothing show say any of Jesus apostle don do this kind miracle before. (Mark 5:21-24, 35-43) But now, Peter tell the people wey dey the room for up make them comot and e start to pray to Jehovah from im heart. Tabitha come open im eye and e sitdown. Just think of how the Christians for Joppa go don happy when them see say Peter don bring Tabitha wey them love, come back to life!—Acts 9:40-42.