Dia das crianças
As crianças são preciosas aos olhos de Deus. Jesus as acolheu, abençoou e ensinou que delas é o Reino dos Céus — modelos de fé, pureza e humildade.
Jesus e as crianças
Deixai vir a mim as crianças. Jesus abraçou, abençoou e honrou as crianças como modelo de fé para os adultos.
Yeɛ Yesu ha hyirele bɛ kyɛ: "Ɛmɔma ngwalaa ne bra me berɛ, nnɛmɔsi bɛ atee! Ofikyɛ bɛ yeɛ anwuro Ahennie ne te bɛ deɛ ɔ."
Sɔ mmerɛ ne, asuafoɛ nemɔ wale Yesu berɛ, na bɛbisale ye kyɛ: "Nwa yeɛ ɔte piri wɔ anwuro Ahennie nanu ɔ?" Yeti, Yesu frɛle akwalaa kamba bie, na ɔfale ye gyinane bɛ afia, yeɛ ɔha hyirele bɛ kyɛ: "Nahorɛ, meka mekyire ɛmɔ kyɛ, sɛ ɛmɔ anzakra banyɛ kyɛ akwalaa kamba he a, ɛmɔngɔhɔ anwuro Ahennie nanu lle. Yeti, ebiala bɔ ɔbrɛ ye nwo ase kyɛ akwalaa he ne, ye yeɛ ɔte piri paa wɔ anwuro Ahennie nanu ɔ.
Ɛmɔnea yé na ɛmɔ ammu mmaa-mmaa he anu kõ po animtia, na meka mekyire ɛmɔ kyɛ b’abɔfo bɔ bɛwɔ anwuro ne nwu me Baba bɔ ɔwɔ anwuro ne nyunu daa.
Nakoso sɔfo mbanyi ne atwerɛfoɛ ne nwuni anwanwadeɛ bɔ ɔyɛ, ɔne ngwalaa bɔ bɛteɛtea nu wɔ asɔre awuro berɛ kyɛ: "David Awa, Hozanna ne!" Ɔyɛle bɛ ahi. Yeti bɛbisale ye kyɛ: "Nnaa ate bɔ ngwalaa nemɔ ka ne?" Yesu hane kyɛ: "Yoo, ɛmɔ kenngale ye le kyɛ:
‘Ngwalaa ne bɛ bɔ bɛtua nyɔfone noa ne,
bɛ noanu yeɛ ayɛyie fi ba ɔ’?"
Nahorɛ, meka mekyire ɛmɔ kyɛ, ebiala bɔ onne Nyameɛ Ahennie ne te kyɛ akwalaa ne, ɔngɔhɔ nu lle." Afei ɔyɛle ngwalaa nemɔ atuu, na ɔfale ye sa guale bɛ so, hyirale bɛ.
Na ɔfale akwalaa kamba bie gyinane bɛ afia, yeɛ ɔfale ye sa tole ye kɔme anu ha hyirele bɛ kyɛ: "Ebiala bɔ odɛ́ ngwalaa mmaa-mmaa he anu kõ me dumaa nu ne, wale me koso; na ebiala bɔ okole me ne, nná me ngome yeɛ wale me ɔ, mmom wale bɔ ɔsomane me ne."
Instruir e proteger
Instrui a criança no caminho de Deus. Elas são herança do Senhor — presentes sagrados que devemos educar com amor.
Ngwalaa, ɛmɔtie ɛmɔ awofo dwirɛ wɔ nikye biala nu, na ɛhe yeɛ ɔsɔ Awurade nye ɔ.
Baba mɔ, nnɛmɔ hyɛ ngwalaa nemɔ anyeborolɛ, wanyɛ sɔ a, b’abanu kobu.
Ngwalaa, ɛmɔtie ɛmɔ awofo dwirɛ wɔ Awurade nu, ofikyɛ ɛhe yeɛ ɔte pa ɔ. "Fa nidie ma wɔ maame ne wɔ baba," na ɛhe yeɛ ole mmeraa bɔ oli moa bɔ bɔhyɛ boka so, "ná wasi wɔ yé wɔ aseɛ naso, maa anyi ahyɛ." Baba mɔ, nnɛmɔyɛ nikye bɔ ɔkɔmaa ɛmɔ mmaa nemɔ kɔfɛ yaa, mmom ɛmɔhɔ so bɛfa Awurade ndeɛsoɛ ne ngyerɛkyerɛ bɛtete bɛ.