OJI 3

Ma “Chẹkọ N̄w Afu Kiafọ”

Am’ẹn̄wu ki che iko k’afu kiafọ gwọru wanẹ ẹgba ọjọ Ẹk’ooje

Alu ki dẹ ef’ọtakada Ẹwñ 2:1-47

1. Ch’ujiwe alu ki ucholo ọjọ Ẹko’ooje dẹ?

Map wey de show where the people wey hear the good news for Pentecost 33 C.E. come from.1. Regions: Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bithynia, Pontus, Cappadocia, Judea, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Elam, Media, and Parthia. 2. Cities: Rome, Alexandria, Memphis, Antioch (wey dey Syria), Jerusalem, and Babylon. 3. Different-different Sea: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Caspian Sea, and Persian Gulf.

JERUSALEM—IMPORTANT PLACE FOR JEW PEOPLE RELIGION

Many of the things for the chapters wey dey for the beginning of the book of Acts happen for Jerusalem. This city dey among hills wey dey the mountain area for the center of Judea. Na about 55 kilometers from the east side of the Mediterranean Sea. For 1070 B.C.E., King David take over one strong city wey dey ontop the hill of Mount Zion for Jerusalem, and the city wey them later build around-am come be the capital of Israel that time.

Mount Zion dey near Mount Moriah. According to wetin Jew people believe for ancient time, na for Mount Moriah Abraham be want sacrifice Isaac, around 1,900 years before the things wey dey the book of Acts happen. Mount Moriah become part of the city the time wey Solomon build the first temple for Jehovah ontop-am. This temple come be important part of Jew people life and their worship.

All the Jews wey dey faithful de always travel from different-different part of the world, go the temple to fit worship Jehovah together, to sacrifice and celebrate their different-different festival. Them de do this one to obey wetin God command them say: “Three times every year, make all the men come meet Jehovah your God for the place wey e choose.” (Deut. 16:16) The Great Sanhedrin dey for Jerusalem and na Jew people high court. This court de handle matter wey concern community, government and religion.

2. Ẹn̄wu ch’amẹn̄wu awuwu ki che ẹgba ọjọ ẹk’ooje 33 iko kraist?

² Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

3. (a) Ẹn̄wu chi ki nyọ kuma d’ọjọ ẹk’ooje 33 iko kraist ẹn̄wu ogbogaga efu ọhiala arẹ Ọjọ ochochi? (b) Abu ọla ki pita ka lẹ du tejugede kaki id’amọma igede ojanẹ chekwu?

³ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

“Ọchaka-ma J’ugbo Kate” (Ẹwn 2:1-4)

4. Abu abo kraist en̄ini-i t’ọwọ kwefu ujeju abo udọ ki chanẹ ọdọ 33 iko kraist?

⁴ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

5. Ẹnyọ ẹn̄wu a neke nẹ kwefu etuta kpai ujeju abo kraist e-i ejodudu kpai en̄ini-i?

⁵ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

ROME—CAPITAL OF ONE BIG GOVERNMENT

When the things wey dey the book of Acts de happen, na Rome be the city wey big pass and na their government strong pass for the whole world. Rome na the capital of the government wey de rule many lands that time from Britain go reach North Africa and from Atlantic Ocean go reach Persian Gulf.

People for Rome come from different places, culture, language and religion. Rome get better roads wey connect to different places. Business people and people wey de travel from many place de pass this roads come Rome. Many ship de always carry food and other things wey really cost go Ostia, wey be the place wey ship de stop near Rome.

For the time of the apostles, na more than one million people de live for Rome. E fit be say, half of the people na slave—criminals wey them want kill, children wey them sell or wey their papa and mama don abandon, and prisoners wey Rome army catch for war. Jews from Jerusalem dey among the slaves wey them carry go Rome, after General Pompey wey come from Rome fight and win Jerusalem for 63 B.C.E.

Many people wey no be slave really poor. Them de live for story-buildings wey don overfull with people and na government de support them with small money. Rulers for Rome build some big-big place for the city wey really fine, for people to use. Some of the things wey them build na theaters and big stadiums wey people de go for free to watch drama for stage, people and animals wey de fight until one die, and horse wey de run with chariot.

6, 7. Abu ujeju abo kraist en̄ini-i aleb’ọda ki jisọs du kaki kuma j’uchẹnyọ r’abo ojanẹ duu?

⁶ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

⁷ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

8. Abunẹ ẹn̄wu a nẹ kwefu ujeju abo kraist?

⁸ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

“Ẹnẹnẹnẹnẹ Gbo . . . Ichi E-wn̄ Onugo” (Ẹwn̄ 2:5-13

Jesus disciples de preach to Jew people and people wey don join Jew religion for one busy street. — “We hear them as them de talk about the wonderful things of God for our own language.”—Acts 2:11

9, 10. Abu uchẹ aboka d’ọlama dufu kuma kọchẹ ichi omunẹ kuma neke j’uchẹnyọ?

⁹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹⁰ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

11. Abu a neke mọla tanẹ ka j’uchẹnyọ r’abo uchẹ ichi omunẹ?

¹¹ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

JEWS FOR MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT

The book The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.–A.D. 135) talk say the children-children of people from the ten tribe kingdom [of Israel] and the kingdom of Judah live for Mesopotamia, Media and Babylonia, after Assyria and Babylon people carry them by force go this areas. Ezra 2:64 show say, na only 42,360 Israel people go back to Jerusalem from Babylon. This one happen for 537 B.C.E. Flavius Josephus write say for the first century C.E., na plenty thousands of Jew people de live around Babylonia. For the third go reach fifth century C.E., the Jew people for this area write their laws wey them de call Babylonian Talmud.

Document dey to prove say Jew people live for Egypt since around sixth century B.C.E. For that time, Jeremiah deliver Jehovah message to Jew people wey dey different areas for Egypt, even for Memphis. (Jer. 44:1, ftn.) E be like say plenty Jew people move go Egypt from 323 B.C.E. go reach 30 B.C.E. Josephus talk say Jew people dey among the first people to live for Alexandria. After some time, them allow Jew people to de control the side of the city wey them de live. For first century C.E., Philo wey be Jew and wey be writer talk say, na one million Jews live for the whole Egypt, from “the side of Libya go reach the boundary them wey dey for Ethiopia.”

“Pita Muda Hi Dago” (Ẹwn̄ 2:14-37)

12. (a) Achẹ ẹn̄wu Joẹl ka lugbo ukọlọ awuwu ki wache ọjọ ẹk’ooje 33 Iko Kraist? (b) Ẹn̄wu chi ku ma aneju achẹ Joẹl ki wa chẹ Iko Kraist?

¹² Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

13, 14. Ẹn̄wu Pita che todu k’ọla kia ka ki tunyu abo kuma agbo ẹdọ, abu a la neke ch’awọli ọna ki kọla le?

¹³ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

¹⁴ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

CHRISTIANITY FOR PONTUS

Some of the people wey listen to Peter for Pentecost 33 C.E. na Jews wey come from Pontus wey dey the north side of Asia Minor. (Acts 2:9) E clear say, some of them carry the good news go back to their country, because when Peter write im first letter, e write to Christians “wey de live for different-different area” and Pontus na one of the place.a (1 Pet. 1:1) Wetin e write show say this Christians “de suffer . . . different-different problem” because of their faith. (1 Pet. 1:6) E fit be say na people de suffer them.

The letters wey Pliny the Younger wey be governor of Bithynia and Pontus for Rome and Emperor Trajan write to each other show say for Pontus them suffer Christians well-well. Around 112 C.E., Pliny dey Pontus when e write say Christian religion be like “sickness” wey de catch men and women, young and old, and rich and poor people. Pliny give Christians the chance to deny Christ, and e kill any Christian wey no gree do-am. E free anybody wey curse Christ or wey pray to the gods or to Trajan image wey them mold. Pliny talk say “nobody fit force the ones wey really be Christian to do this things.”

a Them de use the Greek word wey mean, people “wey de live for different-different area” to talk about Jew people. This one show say some of the first people to become Christian na Jews.

“K’ẹnẹnẹnẹnẹ-mẹ Ki Nache Baptism” (Ẹwn̄ 2:38-47)

15. (a) Ọla ẹn̄wu Pita ka, ẹn̄wu la ch’ohi kuma du? (b) Ẹn̄wu chi k’amonẹ wewe ku ma gbọla uchẹnyọ ọjọ ẹk’ooje lẹ fẹbajọ kuma che ma baptism ọjọ lẹ?

¹⁵ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

WHICH PEOPLE BE PROSELYTES?

For Pentecost 33 C.E., “both Jew people and people wey don join Jew religion” listen as Peter de preach.—Acts 2:10.

Nicolaus from Antioch wey join Jew religion dey among the mature men wey them choose to take care of the “important matter” wey concern to de share food everyday. (Acts 6:3-5) Proselytes na people wey join Jew religion but them no be Jew. After them join Jew religion, Jew people come de see them as Jew because them agree to worship the God of Israel and obey im Laws, them reject other gods, the men circumcise and them become part of Israel people.

After Jew people free from Babylon for 537 B.C.E., many of them come de live far from the land of Israel but them continue to follow Jew religion. Na so people that time wey de live near Israel and far from Israel take learn about Jew religion. Horace and Seneca wey be people wey de write for olden days talk say, many people wey live near Jew people for many place really like them and their belief and start to live like them. Them de call this people wey join Jew religion proselytes.

16. Abu abo kraist iko ọdọ ogumẹlu ejodudu d’afu ekula-n̄w onẹ t’ọla-ma le n̄a?

¹⁶ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

17. Ẹn̄wu ch’otila k’onẹ ki che ki fẹbajọ eche baptism?

¹⁷ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu

18. Ọna ukọlọ ẹṅwu abi n̄wu abo kuma che ma baptism?

¹⁸ Gba al’ichi Pidgin, Ẹnẹfu