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OUR YEARTEXT FOR 2023 NA:

“Everything wey you talk na true.”

—PS. 119:160

WE GO STUDY-AM FROM:
FEBRUARY 27–APRIL 2, 2023
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ARTICLE 1
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Bible Na Fine Book
From God
WETIN WE GO LEARN?
The yeartext for 2023
go really make our faith
strong. The yeartext na:
“Everything wey you talk
na true.” (Ps. 119:160) We
know say you really
believe-am! But plenty
people no believe wetin
Bible talk or say Bible fit
give us better advice wey
fit help us live better life.
For this article, we go talk
about three point wey we
fit use help people learn
how they fit trust Bible and
the advice from Bible.
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Wetin Go Help You Really
Dey Sure Say the Word
of God “Na True”?
OUR YEARTEXT FOR 2023 NA:
“Everything wey you talk na true.”—PS. 119:160.
PLENTY people today de fear to trust other people. Them no
dey sure if people wey them respect, like science people, busi-
ness people or people for politics really care about them. An-
other thing be say, they no really de respect leaders for religion
wey claim say they be Christians. So, e no surprise us say plen-
ty people no trust Bible wey be the book wey this leaders claim
say them de follow.
2 All servants of Jehovah believe with all their heart say Je-
hovah na “the God of truth” and say na better thing e get for
mind for us. (Ps. 31:5; Isa. 48:17) We know say we fit trust we-
tin we read for Bible and say, “everything wey [God] talk
na true.” (Read Psalm 119:160.) One professor wey de talk
about Bible talk say: “Everything wey God talk na true. All of
them go happen as e talk-am. So, servants of God fit trust
wetin e talk because they trust the God wey talk-am.” We real-
ly agree with wetin this professor talk.
3 How we fit help other people fit trust Bible just as we trust-
am? Make we talk about three point wey go help us see why we
fit trust Bible. We go learn say the message for Bible never
change, how wetin Bible talk say go happen, de happen, and
how the advice for Bible de change people life.
THE MESSAGE FOR BIBLE NEVER CHANGE
4 Jehovah God use about 40 men wey de worship-am well,
1. Why plenty people today no trust Bible?
2. As e dey for Psalm 119:160, wetin we fit dey sure of?
3. Wetin we go talk about for this article?
4. Why some people fit de think say the message for Bible don change?
write Bible. The truth be say, the one wey this
men use their hand write no dey again. But be-
fore the original ones spoil, other people don
make plenty copy of them. The ones wey we
get now na the copy wey them make from the
first copy them. This one fit make some peo-
ple de ask say, ‘The message for Bible never
change or na still the same message wey God
use about 40 men write, we still de read?’
Wetin fit help you dey sure say the message for
Bible never change?
5 Jehovah really want protect e message, so
e tell e people make they copy-am out. E com-
mand the kings for Israel make they copy the
Law for theirself and choose the Levites to de
teach e people the Law. (Deut. 17:18; 31:24-
26; Neh. 8:7) After Babylon people carry Jew
people go Babylon, some group of people wey
really sabi copy book start to make plenty
different-different copy of the part wey them
use Hebrew language write. (Ezra 7:6, ftns.)
This people really dey careful as them de copy-
am. After some time, they start to count the
words and the letters to dey sure say every-
thing wey them copy correct. Because this
people no perfect, them still make small-small
mistake for the thing wey them copy. But as e
be say them make plenty copy of the part wey
them use Hebrew language write, e dey easy to
see the mistakes wey them make. How?
6 Some professor for this our time don real-
ly know how to find the mistakes wey some
people make when them de copy Bible. For
example: Think-am say them tell 100 people
make they copy one page of one book with
their hand. One of them make mistake for the
5. Wetin show say the people wey copy the part of Bi-
ble wey them use Hebrew language write, dey careful?
(Check picture for front cover.)
6. How some professor know where mistake dey for the
Bible wey people copy?
one wey e copy. One way to find the mistake
na to compare wetin e copy with the ones
wey the other people copy. For the same way,
some professor wey de put eye for Bible mat-
ter for this our time fit check and compare the
different-different copy wey them use hand
copy to see where mistake dey or the things
wey one or some of the people wey copy Bible
miss.
7 The people wey copy Bible do their best to
make sure say the message no change. Make
we see one example wey explain-am. The com-
plete copy of the part of Bible wey them use
Hebrew language write wey old pass, don dey
since 1008 or 1009 C.E. Them de call-am Le-
ningrad Codex. For this our time, they don
see other different-different ones wey they use
hand copy, but wey no complete. And them
even old pass Leningrad Codex with about
1000 years. As e be say them copy the Lenin-
grad Codex from the copy wey them make
from this old copy, some people fit think say
wetin dey inside Leningrad Codex go differ-
ent from wetin dey this old copy. This one
na because e don pass 1000 years wey them
copy from this old copy before them later
get Leningrad Codex. But when some profes-
sor compare this old copy with Leningrad Co-
dex, they see say the message no change, na
only the way them arrange some word change
small.
8 Christians for apostles time follow the ex-
ample of the people wey copy the part of
Bible wey them use Hebrew language write.
Them take time, sofri make plenty copy of the
other 27 books of the Bible, wey them use
7. Wetin show say people wey copy Bible no change the
message?
8. When one professor compare the part of Bible wey
them use Greek language write and other book wey them
write around that time, wetin e talk?
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Wetin Bible talk don happen before and them still de happen for this our time
(Check paragraph 10-11)
Greek language write. Na this plenty copy wey
them make they use for congregation meet-
ing and when them de preach. After one pro-
fessor compare the part of Bible wey them
use Greek language write with other book wey
them write around that same time, e talk say:
“For this our time, na the part of Bible wey
them use Greek language write plenty pass . . .
and e be like say the Bible still complete pass
the other book them.” The book wey them de
call, Anatomy of the New Testament talk say:
“When we read the part of Bible wey them use
Greek language write and them translate-am
well, we dey sure say wetin we read for the Bi-
ble na the same message wey God use e ser-
vants write.”
9 For plenty-plenty years, many people wey
de copy Bible don sofri work hard to copy the
Bible make mistake no enter. Na this one make
us get correct Bible today.1 We dey sure say na
1 If you go like know more about how God make Bible reach this
our time, go jw.org for English and type “History and the Bible”
for the search box.
9. With wetin Isaiah 40:8 talk, wetin we dey sure of about
the message for Bible?
4 WATCHTOWER
Left: C. Sappa/DeAgostini/Getty Images; right: Image ˘ Homo Cosmicos/Shutterstock
Jehovah do-am make e Word dey till this time
and make the message no change. (Read Isa-
iah 40:8.) But, some people fit de talk say,
because the message for Bible no change no
mean say Bible na from God. So make we see
some reasons why we believe say Bible na real-
ly from God.
WE FIT TRUST WETIN BIBLE
TALK SAY GO HAPPEN
10 Plenty things wey Bible talk happen the
way e talk-am. Bible don talk plenty of them
many-many years before them happen. The
things wey don happen before-before show
say wetin Bible talk de happen as e talk-am.
This one no surprise us because we know
say na Jehovah use e spirit tell e servants
to write wetin go happen for Bible. (Read
2 Peter 1:21.) Think about wetin Bible talk
when e say them go win and take over Bab-
ylon. Between the year 778 and 732 B.C.E.,
Jehovah move prophet Isaiah to talk about
how them go win and take over Babylon wey
10. Which example show say wetin dey 2 Peter 1:21 na
true (Check the picture.)
be World Power that time. E even talk say
na Cyrus go win Babylon, and e talk how e
go happen. (Isa. 44:27–45:2) Isaiah still talk
say as time de go, Babylon go destroy reach
ground and nobody go stay for there again.
(Isa. 13:19, 20) Na wetin happen be that. The
Medes and Persians win and take over Babylon
for the year 539 B.C.E. Now Babylon wey get
power well-well that time, don destroy reach
ground.—Watch the video Bible Talk Say They
Go Win Babylon for War, wey dey Enjoy Life Now
and Forever! book, lesson 03 point 5, for jw.org
and JW Library˙.
11 Wetin Bible talk say go happen, don hap-
pen before and e still de happen for this our
time. For example, think about how wetin
prophet Daniel talk about Anglo-American
World Power, de happen for this our time.
(Read Daniel 2:41-43.) Wetin Daniel talk
be say the Anglo-American World Power “go
strong for one way,” like iron and “still weak
for another way” just like clay. And we don
see-am say na so e happen. Britain and Amer-
ica don show say them be like iron wey really
strong as na them do the main work wey help
them and other country wey support them,
win World War I and II. And them continue to
show say they get strong power to fight war.
But the people wey them de rule don make
their power weak like clay. How? Them de
use different-different group wey them form,
fight for their right, and protest against their
government. One man wey really sabi poli-
tics matter talk say: “For the whole world, no
country wey de follow democracy today wey
their government no de agree with theirself
reach the way e be for United States.” Britain
na part of the Anglo-American World Power.
But for some years now, e people no de gree
11. Explain how wetin Daniel 2:41-43 talk de happen for
this our time.
with their government about the kind friend-
ship wey their government de make with other
country them for European Union. The way
the people wey them de rule no de gree with
their government don make Anglo-American
World Power no fit really stand their ground
for some matter.
12 Our trust say God go do wetin e promise
de strong more-more because plenty things
wey Bible talk say go happen, don already hap-
pen. We de feel the same way like the person
wey write Psalm 119, when e talk say: “E de
hungry me to see the time wey you go save me,
because na your word de give me hope.” (Ps.
119:81) Jehovah really love us, na e make e use
Bible give us “hope and correct future.” (Jer.
29:11) Na only wetin Jehovah promise fit give
us hope say our future go better, no body fit
do this one. Make we continue to use all our
heart study wetin Bible talk say go happen.
This one go make our trust for Bible de strong
more-more.
PLENTY PEOPLE DE GAIN
FROM BIBLE ADVICE
13 Another reason why we fit trust Bible na
because e de make people life better. (Read
Psalm 119:66, 138.) Plenty husband and wife
wey want divorce before, don de enjoy their
marriage now because them follow advice
from Bible. And their children de happy as
their papa and mama love them now, de care
for them and de use Bible train them.—Eph. 5:
22-29.
14 Even when person wey be criminal start to
study Bible and follow Bible advice, Bible go
12. As plenty things wey Bible talk don happen, how this
one de help us?
13. As e dey for Psalm 119:66, 138, wetin be another rea-
son why we fit trust Bible?
14. Give example wey show say Bible de make people life
better.
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Bible don change plenty people life, no matter where them come from
(Check paragraph 15)
change e life. Make we talk about how advice
from Bible change the life of one man for pris-
on, wey e name na Jack.1 Jack na dangerous
prisoner wey court don judge and talk say
them go kill am. But one day, when them de
study Bible with one of the prisoners, Jack
join them for the study. The brother wey de
teach the prisoner really show them love. This
one touch Jack mind, so e agree to study Bi-
ble. As e de do wetin e de learn, e start to be-
have well and do good to people. As time de
go, e become unbaptize publisher and later, e
baptize. E use all e mind preach to other peo-
ple for the prison, and help about four people
learn the truth. Before the day wey them go
kill-am reach, Jack don become better per-
son. One of Jack lawyer talk say: “Jack wey I
know 20 years ago, don really change. The
things wey Jehovah Witness People teach-am,
don change e life.” Even though say them kill
Jack just as the court don judge-am, e exam-
ple show say we fit trust Bible, and say Bible
1 We change some names.
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get power to make people life better.—Isa. 11:
6-9.
15 Jehovah people de do things together in
peace because them de follow wetin Bible de
teach. (John 13:35; 1 Cor. 1:10) The way we de
do things together in peace dey easy for peo-
ple to see, as people for this world no de do
things with one mind. This na because the side
wey them support for politics, their culture,
or the position wey them get for their area,
don divide them. When one young man wey e
name na Jean see the kind peace and one
mind wey Jehovah people de enjoy, e really
surprise-am. Na one Africa country e come
from. E join army when war start for e coun-
try, but later, e run go one country wey near e
country. Na there e meet Jehovah Witness
People. E talk say: “I learn say people wey dey
true religion no de join politics but them de do
things together with one mind and them love
15. As Jehovah people de follow advice from Bible, how
e make them different from the people of this world?
(Check the picture.)
each other. I don use my life fight for my coun-
try. But as I don learn the truth from Bible, I
don decide to use my life serve Jehovah.”
Jean change finish! Now e no de fight and
kill people from other tribe again, but e de
teach people the truth from Bible wey de help
them do things together in peace and with one
mind. The truth be say, as the advice for Bible
de help people from different-different tribe
and culture change their life, e give us strong
reason to fit trust Bible.
CONTINUE TO TRUST BIBLE SAY
EVERYTHING WEY E TALK NA TRUE
16 As this world de bad more-more, things
wey go de happen go test if we really trust
wetin Bible talk. Some people fit try to make
us doubt say wetin Bible talk na true or doubt
say na Jehovah appoint the faithful and dis-
creet slave to de care for e people for this our
time. But if we dey sure say everything wey Bi-
ble talk na true, we go fit fight anything wey
want make our faith weak. This one go help us
make up our mind ‘to obey God laws every
time, and obey-am finish.’ (Ps. 119:112) We no
16. Why e really dey important make we make our trust
for Bible strong?
WETIN BE YOUR ANSWER?
˛ How we know say the ˛ Wetin make you trust Bible?
message for Bible never
change?
go shame to teach people wetin Bible talk and
help them to fit follow-am. (Ps. 119:46) And e
go still help us fit endure any condition and
still de happy, no matter how e bad reach even
though say na people de suffer us because we
de worship Jehovah.—Col. 1:11; Ps. 119:143,
157.
17 We de really happy say Jehovah don make
us know the truth! This truth de give us peace
of mind and help us make we no de fear. E still
de teach us the correct way to live our life for
this wicked world wey plenty people don con-
fuse. E don give us hope say our life go better
when God Kingdom start to rule this earth. Na
our prayer say make our yeartext for 2023
help us get strong believe say everything wey
Bible talk na true!—Ps. 119:160.
17. Wetin our yeartext for this year go always help us re-
member?
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OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE PICTURES Page 4: Just
as God talk, Babylon destroy reach ground. Page 6:
They act wetin happen—This young man no de fight and
kill people again, but e learn how to live with people in
peace and still de teach other people how to live in
peace.
˛ Why e dey important to dey
sure now pass before say
everything wey dey Bible
“na true”?
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Jehovah, We Thank You for Your Word
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“Make wuna change the kind person wey wuna be as wuna de
SONG 88
Show Me Your Way
WETIN WE GO LEARN?
Apostle Paul advice Chris-
tians for e time say make
them no allow this world
change the way them de
think and do things. E still
dey important make we
follow this advice today.
We need to dey careful
make we no de think or do
things like people for this
world. To fit do this one, we
must continue to correct
the way we de think, any-
time wey we see say the
way we de think no agree
with wetin God want. For
this article, we go talk
about how we fit do this
one.
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De Correct the Way You
De Think, E Go Make You
Be Better Person
change the way wuna de think, so that wuna fit prove to wuna
self say wuna de do wetin good, wetin God accept and wetin
God really want.”—ROM. 12:2.
HOW many times you de clean your house? E fit be say before
you pack enter the house, you take time clean-am well. But
wetin go happen if you no clean-am again? Dust go full every-
where and e go dirty again. So you need to de clean-am every
time so that the house go dey clean and neat.
2 Na this kind work we need to de do to ourself. We must
continue to de correct our character and the way we de think.
Na true say before we baptize, we don do our best to change
plenty things for our life so that we go fit ‘remove all dirty
from our body and mind.’ (2 Cor. 7:1) But now wey we don
baptize, we need to follow apostle Paul advice say “make the
way [we] de think continue de change to new one.” (Eph. 4:
23) Why we need to continue to de correct the way we de
think and behave? Because we fit start to think and do things
like people for this world, and that one go make us no clean
for Jehovah eye. So we must continue to correct the way we
de think, our character, and the things wey we de like, so that
we go fit de make Jehovah happy.
CONTINUE TO CORRECT THE WAY YOU DE THINK
3 Wetin we need to do to fit correct the way we de think?
1-2. Wetin we need to continue to do after we don baptize? Explain.
3. Wetin e mean to correct the way you de think? (Romans 12:2)
Wetin you decide about whether to go university and the kind work wey you
de do, de show say na Jehovah dey important pass for your life?
(Check paragraph 4-5)
(Read Romans 12:2.) For Greek language,
the word wey we translate as “de change the
way [you] de think,” still mean “to make your
mind new again.” To make something new
again no be just to make the outside fine. For
example, when person paint e house, that one
no mean say e don make the pillars and other
important things for the house new again. Na
so e still be with our life, just to de do better
things wey people fit see no mean say we don
make our mind new again. So to make our
mind new again, we need to de check the kind
person wey we really be, and correct any area
for our life wey we no de do well, so that we
go fit make Jehovah happy. This na wetin we
need to continue to de do every time.
4 Na when we don dey perfect, we go fit de
do everything wey Jehovah want, for the way
e want-am. But for now, we need to continue
4. Wetin go help us make this world no control the way
we de think and do things?
to de do our best to fit do wetin go make Je-
hovah happy. For Romans 12:2, apostle Paul
talk say we need to de correct the way we de
think, so that we go fit know wetin Jehovah
want make we do. Instead for us to allow this
world to de control the way we de think and
do things, we must continue to de check our-
self to make sure say we de allow wetin God
want control the way we de think, our plan,
and our decisions.
5 For example, Bible tell us say make we al-
ways de think about the time wey Jehovah go
destroy this wicked world. (2 Pet. 3:12) Ask
yourself this questions: ‘The way I de live my
life de show say I really believe say na only
small time remain before this wicked world go
end? Wetin I decide about whether to go uni-
versity and the kind work wey I de do, de
5. How you fit check if you still de think about the time
wey Jehovah go destroy this wicked world? (Check the
picture.)
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show say na Jehovah dey important pass for
my life? I get faith say Jehovah go care for me
and my family, or na so-so worry I de worry
about wetin me and my family need?’ E de
really sweet Jehovah for mind when e see
say we de do everything wey we fit do to
make-am happy.—Matt. 6:25-27, 33; Phil. 4:
12, 13.
6 We need to de check the way we de think
every time and correct any area wey we see
say we no de think the way Jehovah want.
Paul tell Christians for Corinth say “Make
[them] continue to check” whether the way
them de live their life de show say they get
real faith. (2 Cor. 13:5) So to show say we get
real faith, no be only to de go meeting and
de preach to people. The way we de think,
the things wey de hungry us to do, and why
we want do-am, still join for this matter. So
we need to de check and correct the way we
de think. How we fit do-am? We need to de
read Bible, learn to de think the way Jehovah
de think, and do everything wey we fit do to
make sure say we de do wetin Jehovah want.
—1 Cor. 2:14-16.
“WEAR THE NEW CHARACTER”
7 Read Ephesians 4:31, 32. Another im-
portant thing wey we need to do na to “wear
the new character.” (Eph. 4:24) And to do
this one no be small work. Some of the char-
acter wey we need to remove from our life, na
bad mind, to over vex, and hot temper. Why
this one fit no easy for us to do? Na be-
cause some of this bad character don enter
our blood. Na e make Bible talk say some peo-
ple ‘de quick vex,’ and some “de over vex.”
(Prov. 29:22) We need to continue to do our
6. Wetin we need to continue to de do?
7. With wetin Ephesians 4:31, 32, talk, which other thing
we need to do, and why e fit no easy for us to do?
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best to remove this kind character even after
we don baptize. The story of one brother wey
we go talk about, go show why we talk like
that.
8 One brother wey e name na Stephen no de
fit control the way e de vex before. E talk say:
“Even after I baptize, I still need to continue
to learn how to control the way I de vex. For
example, when I de preach one day, some-
body thief radio from my car, so I pursue-am
and as I want catch-am, e troway the radio for
ground and run comot. When I de tell broth-
ers and sisters wey we de preach together how
I pursue the thief and get my radio back, one
of the elder wey dey there ask me say, ‘Ste-
phen, wetin you for do-am if to say you catch-
am?’ That question make me see say some
bad character wey I get before I baptize still
dey my body. And e still help me see say
I need to continue to de make peace with
everybody.”1
9 Just as Brother Stephen story show,
something wey we no expect fit happen and
e go bring out the bad character wey we
get, even after we don do our best to comot-
am. When that kind thing happen to you,
make you no tire and no think say hope no
dey again. This kind thing happen to apostle
Paul, na e make-am talk say: ‘When I want do
the correct thing, na bad thing de come my
mind.’ (Rom. 7:21-23) Since nobody dey per-
fect, some bad character wey we don do our
best to comot, fit still come back, just the way
dust de make house wey we don clean, dirty
again. So we need to continue to do our best
to dey clean. How?
1 Go check the topic wey be “My Life Was Going From Bad to
Worse” for July 1, 2015 Watchtower.
8-9. How Stephen story show say we need to continue to
de remove the old character?
 10 Pray to Jehovah about the bad character
wey you want remove and trust-am say e go
hear your prayer and help you. (Read 1 John
5:14, 15.) Na true say Jehovah no go use mir-
acle comot the bad character at once, but e
go give you power so that you go fit con-
trol yourself. (1 Pet. 5:10) Make you de do
wetin go make your prayer work. How? No de
do anything wey go make the old character
come back. For example, make you no de
watch film, television program, or read book
wey go bring back the old character wey you
de try remove. And when bad thing come
your mind, make you comot-am quick-quick.
—Phil. 4:8; Col. 3:2.
11 When you don remove the old character,
e dey important make you wear the new one.
How you fit do this one? De learn about the
better-better character wey Jehovah get and
do your best to copy them. (Eph. 5:1, 2) For
example, when you read for Bible about how
Jehovah de forgive, make you ask yourself, ‘I
de forgive people when them do me bad?’
When you read for Bible about how Jehovah
de care for people wey need help, ask your-
self, ‘I de feel for people wey need help the
way Jehovah de feel for them, and do my best
to help them?’ Make you wear the new char-
acter because e go help you correct the way
you de think. As you de do this one, you still
need to dey patient with yourself.
12 Brother Stephen wey we don talk about
see say as time de go, e do e best to wear the
new character. E talk say: “Since I baptize,
plenty things don happen wey for make me no
10. Wetin we go do to fit remove the old character?
(1 John 5:14, 15)
11. Wetin we fit do so that we go continue to wear the
new character?
12. How Bible help Stephen fit change e bad character?
fit control the way I de vex. Some times, I go
just waka comot from where the people wey
de make me vex dey or I go find how to cool
the situation down when them want make
me vex. My wife and other people de praise
me say I no de vex again like before. The
thing de even surprise me too. No be my
power I take stop this bad character. But e
de show say Bible get power to change peo-
ple life.”
CONTINUE TO DE FIGHT THE BAD
THINGS WEY DE COME YOUR MIND
13 Read Galatians 5:16. Jehovah don give
us e holy spirit so that we go fit win as we de
fight the bad things wey de come our mind.
When we read Bible, we de show say we want
make holy spirit help us. Another way we
de get help from holy spirit na when we go
meeting. For there, we de spend time with
our brothers and sisters wey still de do their
best to make Jehovah happy and this one na
good thing. (Heb. 10:24, 25; 13:7) And when
we pray to Jehovah and beg-am to help us
fit control the bad character wey we get, e
go use e holy spirit give us the power to fit
continue to fight them. Na true say all this
thing fit no stop the bad character make them
no come our mind sometimes, but they go
help us make we no do the bad things when
them come our mind. As Galatians 5:16 talk,
people wey de allow God holy spirit direct
them “no go ever do the things wey body
want.”
14 When we don start to de do wetin go
make Jehovah happy, e dey important make
we no stop, but make we continue to de think
13. Wetin go help us fit control bad things wey fit come
our mind? (Galatians 5:16)
14. Why e dey important make we continue to do wetin
go make Jehovah happy?
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When bad thing come your mind, no think say you no get hope again
because people don succeed to fight and win-am
(Check paragraph 15-16)
good things. Why? Na because we get one en-
emy wey no dey ever rest. That enemy na the
temptation to do bad thing. Even after we
don baptize, e fit still de come our mind to
de do things like, to gamble, over drink or de
watch naked people picture and film. (Eph.
5:3, 4) One young brother talk say: “One
thing wey no really easy for me to stop na
to de get feeling for men and want sleep
with them. I think say one day, I go grow
pass this kind feeling, but I still de strug-
gle with-am till now.” Wetin fit help you if
the bad thing wey de come your mind really
strong?
15 As you de do your best and struggle
to comot the bad things wey de come your
mind, make you no forget say no be only you
de struggle like that. Bible talk say: “Nothing
don tempt wuna wey never tempt another
15. Why e suppose make your mind come down say no
be only you de struggle to comot bad thing for mind?
(Check the picture.)
12 WATCHTOWER
person before.” (1 Cor. 10:13a) Another Bi-
ble translate the verse like this: ‘No tempta-
tion wey wuna get wey somebody never get
before.’ Apostle Paul write that message to
the brothers and sisters wey dey the congre-
gation for Corinth. Before this brothers and
sisters become Christians, some of them de
sleep with who no be their husband or wife,
men de sleep with men and women de sleep
with women and some of them de over drink.
(1 Cor. 6:9-11) You think say even after they
don baptize, all this bad things no go come
their mind again? No be so! E fit still de
come their mind sometimes. Na true say all
of them na anointed Christians, but them no
dey perfect. So they need to continue to
do their best to comot this bad things from
their mind. This one suppose make our mind
come down. Why? Because e de show say
any bad thing wey you de fight to comot
from your mind, some people don succeed to
comot-am from their mind. So e dey impor-
tant make you “get strong faith [and] make
you know say na this kind suffer your broth-
ers wey dey everywhere for this world de
face.”—1 Pet. 5:9.
16 When you de struggle with all this bad
things wey de come your mind, no think say
nobody go fit understand the problem wey
you de face. If you think like that, e go make
you start to feel say you no get hope again
and say you no go fit get the power wey you
need to control-am or fight-am. Bible give us
hope, when e talk say: “God no de fail, and e
no go allow the temptation pass wuna power.
But as the temptation de come, God go help
wuna make wuna fit endure-am.” (1 Cor. 10:
13b) So, if the bad things wey de come your
mind really strong, you go fit succeed to fight
and win-am. Jehovah go help you make you
no fall for the temptation.
17 Always remember say since you no dey
perfect, bad things go de come your mind
sometimes. But when them come, no waste
time to run from them, just as Joseph no
waste time run when Potiphar wife say make
e sleep with-am. (Gen. 39:12) Abeg, no do the
bad thing wey de come your mind!
16. When we de struggle with the bad things wey de
come our mind, wetin we no suppose think, and why?
17. Even though say we no go fit stop bad thing make
they no enter our mind, wetin we go fit do?
WETIN WE GO DO TO FIT . . .
˛ correct the way we de think? ˛ wear the new character?
CONTINUE TO DO YOUR BEST
As we don learn for this article, to de cor-
18
rect the way we de think, we need to contin-
ue to think and do things the way Jehovah
want. So always de check the kind person wey
you be and ask yourself say: ‘The way I de live
my life de show say I really believe say na only
small time remain before this wicked world go
end? I de succeed as I de do my best to wear
the new character? I de allow holy spirit con-
trol me, so that I no go do wetin my body
want?’
19 As you de check yourself, no think say
everything go just dey perfect. But make you
de look for area wey you don succeed. When
you see area wey you need to do more, no
waste time to correct-am. Follow the advice
wey dey Philippians 3:16. E talk say: “No mat-
ter how . . . we don de make progress [reach],
make we continue to do well as we don de do.”
When you follow this advice, make you get-
am for mind say Jehovah go help you contin-
ue to fit correct the way you de think.
18-19. As we de do our best to correct the way we de
think, which questions we need to ask ourself?
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young brother de think whether make e go university or
make e pioneer.
˛ win the bad things wey de
come our mind?
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Make We Protect Our Heart
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SONG 30
My Papa, My God,
My Friend
WETIN WE GO LEARN?
When we de face problem,
we fit no think say Jehovah
de help us. And fit de feel
say the only thing wey de
show say Jehovah de help
us na when the problem
don end. But we fit learn
better lesson from wetin
happen to Joseph say Je-
hovah de help us even
when we still de endure the
problem. For this article,
we go talk about how Je-
hovah de help us when we
de face problem.
14
Jehovah De Help Us
Fit Endure
“Jehovah dey with Joseph. Because of this one, . . . everything
wey Joseph de do succeed.”—GEN. 39:2, 3.
SERVANTS of Jehovah de face many problem today and
this one no de surprise us. We don learn from Bible say:
“We must face plenty problem before we enter the King-
dom of God.” (Acts 14:22) And we know say some problem
wey we de face now no go end until God Kingdom come.
Because for God Kingdom, people “no go die again, peo-
ple no go de cry again, [and] pain no go dey again.”—Rev.
21:4.
2 Jehovah no de stop problem make e no come. But e de
help us make we fit endure them. See wetin apostle Paul
write to the congregation for Rome. When e write to them,
e first mention the problems wey e and some brothers de
face before e tell them say: “We don win finish because of
the one wey love us.” (Rom. 8:35-37) This one mean say
Jehovah de help and support us even when we de endure
the problem. Make we see how Jehovah help Joseph and
how e fit help you.
WHEN WETIN WE NO EXPECT HAPPEN
3Jacob make-am clear say e love Joseph pass e oth-
er sons. (Gen. 37:3, 4) Because of this one, Joseph se-
nior brothers start to jealous-am. One day when them dey
alone with Joseph, them sell Joseph to some business men
1-2. (a) Why e no de surprise us say we de face problem? (b) Wetin we go
talk about for this article?
3. Wetin happen to Joseph wey e no expect?

wey come from Midian. The business men
carry Joseph go Egypt, wey far from where
Joseph family de stay. For there, them
still sell Joseph to Potiphar wey be the
oga of Pharaoh security guard. Joseph life
change quick-quick! Before na e be the per-
son wey e papa like pass for their family, but
now e don become slave for Egypt.—Gen.
39:1.
4 Bible talk say ‘bad things de happen to
everybody.’ (Eccl. 9:11, Holy Bible—Easy-to-
Read Version) Many of the problem wey we
de face na wetin dey common to people.
This one mean say no be only us de face
that kind problem. (1 Cor. 10:13) E fit still
be say the problem wey we de face na be-
cause we de worship Jehovah. Because of
this one, people fit laugh us, dey against us,
or even suffer us. (2 Tim. 3:12) No matter
the problem wey we de face, Jehovah go fit
help us endure-am. How Jehovah help Jo-
seph.
5 Read Genesis 39:2-6. As Joseph de
work for Potiphar house, Potiphar see say
4. Which kind problem we fit get?
5. Wetin Potiphar feel about Joseph? (Genesis 39:2-6)
Jehovah help Joseph
even when them
sell-am to Potiphar
as slave for Egypt
(Check paragraph 5)
Joseph really sabi e work and e de use all
e heart work. And Potiphar still see say
“Jehovah de make everything wey Joseph
de do succeed.”1 As time de go, Potiphar
make Joseph e personal servant and still
put-am in charge of everything wey e get.
Because of this one, things come de go well
for Potiphar.
6 Just think about how Joseph go de feel
when this things de happen. Wetin you
think say Joseph go de pray for? You think
say na for Potiphar to see-am as good boy
or dash-am plenty gift? The only thing wey
go dey e mind na make them free-am so
that e go go back to e papa house. Because
even with all the position wey e get for Poti-
phar house, na slave e still be, and e master
no de worship Jehovah. Another thing be
say Jehovah no touch Potiphar heart make
e free Joseph. Even self, Joseph condition
go soon turn up-side-down.
1 The Bible verse wey talk about how Joseph life change no
plenty, but e fit be say the things wey happen to Joseph take
plenty years.
6. How you think say Joseph go de feel as e dey Potiphar
house?
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 IF YOUR CONDITION BAD
PASS AS E BE BEFORE
7 Genesis chapter 39 tell us say Potiphar
wife start to get feeling for Joseph sotey e
want make Joseph sleep with-am. But any-
time wey e tell Joseph wetin e want, Jo-
seph no de gree for-am. This one make Pot-
iphar wife vex sotey e lie against Joseph
say e want try to rape-am. (Read Gene-
sis 39:14, 15.) When Potiphar hear wetin e
wife talk, e no waste time to put Joseph for
prison. And Joseph stay for the prison for
many years. (Gen. 39:19, 20) How the pris-
on be? The Hebrew word wey Joseph use
describe the prison fit still mean “well,” or
“pit.” This one show say the place dark and
make-am no get hope. (Gen. 40:15, ftn.) Bi-
ble show say for some time, them chain Jo-
seph for leg and neck. (Ps. 105:17, 18) So
things just de bad for Joseph more-more.
Before, Joseph na slave wey e master trust
but now, e don become slave wey them put
for prison.
8 You don ever dey for any condition wey
come de bad more-more even with all your
prayers? E de be like that sometimes. Jeho-
vah no de stop problem make them no hap-
pen to us for this wicked world wey Satan de
control. (1 John 5:19) But one thing wey
we dey sure of be say: Jehovah de see all
the problem wey you de face and e care
about you. (Matt. 10:29-31; 1 Pet. 5:6, 7)
And e don talk say “I no go ever leave you,
and I no go ever abandon you,” this na bet-
ter promise. (Heb. 13:5) Even when your
problem make-am be like say you no get
7. How Joseph condition bad pass as e be before? (Gen-
esis 39:14, 15)
8. Even when your condition de bad more-more, wetin
you fit dey sure of?
16 WATCHTOWER
hope again, Jehovah go fit help you endure-
am. Make we see how Jehovah help Jo-
seph when e be like say hope no dey for-am
again.
9 Read Genesis 39:21-23. Even with the
hard prison life wey Joseph de face, Jeho-
vah still show say e dey with Joseph and
help-am endure. How? As time de go, the
prison guard trust and respect Joseph, just
the way Potiphar be trust-am. And small
time, the prison guard put Joseph in charge
of other prisoners. Bible even talk say: “The
chief officer of the prison no worry at all
about everything wey Joseph de control.”
Now for inside prison, Joseph don get bet-
ter work wey go make-am dey busy. This na
big change wey e no expect! But how they
go give this kind position to person wey
them talk say e try to rape the wife of one
big oga for Pharaoh palace? The only an-
swer wey we get for that question dey Gene-
sis 39:23. E talk say: “Because Jehovah dey
with Joseph and Jehovah make everything
wey Joseph put hand to succeed.”
10 Just try think again about how Joseph
go de feel as e dey prison. You think say
Joseph go de feel say Jehovah dey with-
am for everything wey e de do as they lie
against-am and put-am for prison? Wetin
you think say Joseph go de pray for? You
think say e prayer na for the prison guard to
like-am? Wetin Joseph want na make the
truth come out so that them go release-am
from prison. E even tell one prisoner wey
they want release, say make e tell Pharaoh
about-am so that them go release-am from
9. Wetin show say Jehovah dey with Joseph even for
prison? (Genesis 39:21-23)
10. Why Joseph fit no feel say Jehovah dey with-am for
everything wey e de do?

prison. (Gen. 40:14) But as they release the
man, e no tell Pharaoh anything about Jo-
seph at once. This one make Joseph spend
another two years inside the prison. (Gen.
40:23; 41:1, 14) Even with this one, Jehovah
continue to dey with Joseph and help-am
endure. How?
11 When Joseph still dey prison, Jehovah
make Pharaoh wey be the king of Egypt,
dream two dreams wey make-am fear. So
Pharaoh really want know wetin the dream
mean. When Pharaoh hear say Joseph de
fit talk the meaning of dream, e tell them
say make them go bring Joseph. Jehovah
help Joseph fit tell Pharaoh the meaning of
the dream. And the advice wey Joseph give
Pharaoh, really make Pharaoh happy. When
Pharaoh see say Jehovah dey with Joseph,
e put Joseph in charge of all the food for
the whole Egypt. (Gen. 41:38, 41-44) Af-
ter some years, serious hunger affect Egypt
and even for Canaan where Joseph family
de stay. This one make Joseph fit save e
11. Wetin Jehovah help Joseph to fit do, and how this
one affect the family wey Messiah come from?
Jehovah help Joseph
when e dey prison
na e make them
put-am in charge
of other prisoners
(Check paragraph 9)
family, and this one help to protect the fam-
ily wey the Messiah come from.
12 Think about the good things wey hap-
pen to Joseph even with all the problem
wey e face. Who make Potiphar favor Jo-
seph wey be ordinary slave? Who make the
prison guard put Joseph in charge of other
prisoners? Who make Pharaoh dream two
dreams wey make-am fear? Who help Jo-
seph fit know the meaning of the dream?
Who make Pharaoh choose Joseph make
e dey in charge of all the food for Egypt?
(Gen. 45:5) E dey clear say na Jehovah
make everything wey Joseph do, succeed.
Na true say Joseph brothers be want kill
Joseph, but Jehovah change their wicked
plan, and use-am make wetin e want hap-
pen.
HOW JEHOVAH DE
HELP YOU FIT ENDURE?
13So wetin we learn from Joseph story?
Jehovah de always comot the problem wey
12. How Jehovah make Joseph succeed?
13. Jehovah de always comot the problem wey we de
face? Explain.
JANUARY 2023 17
“Na Wetin We Need
Jehovah Give Us”
Mason dey seven years when doctor test-am
and see say e get cancer and e endure the
sickness for six years. For the six years, Mason
stay for hospital many times. But brothers and
sisters for e congregation see say anytime wey
e comot from hospital, e go start to preach at
once. Mason really love preaching! And e ready
to preach reach anywhere wey e power carry-
am reach.
When Mason die, e pass 700 people wey go
e burial and e schoolmate and teachers dey
among them. One of the teacher wey visit-am
before e die, talk say e want make e children
get the kind faith wey Mason get. E still talk say
since e come the area five years ago, Jehovah
Witness People never come preach to-am. The
next day, two Jehovah Witness go preach to-
am for e house. Them invite-am to our meeting
and e agree to go.
Sister Tori wey be Mason mama talk say: “Jeho-
vah no heal Mason from e sickness and
sometimes when I think about-am, e no de
make me see how Jehovah de help us. But e de
really help us. Jehovah give us exactly wetin we
need for the correct time.”
18 WATCHTOWER
we de face? Jehovah de always put hand for
everything for our life, so that all the bad
thing wey happen to us go bring good re-
sult? No, no be wetin Bible de teach be that.
(Eccl. 8:9; 9:11) But we know say when we
de face problem, Jehovah de see-am and e
de hear our prayer. (Ps. 34:15; 55:22; Isa.
59:1) And Jehovah de even do pass that
one. E de help us fit endure our problems
and still de worship-am well. How?
14 Jehovah de comfort and encourage us
for the correct time, and this na one way
e de help us fit endure. (2 Cor. 1:3, 4)
This na exactly wetin happen to one broth-
er for Turkmenistan wey e name na Eziz.
Them put Brother Eziz for prison for two
years because e de worship Jehovah. E talk
say: “In the morning for the day wey them
want judge my case, one brother read Isaiah
30:15 to me, wey say: ‘Wuna go dey strong
if wuna dey calm and show say wuna trust
me.’ This verse help me dey calm and trust
Jehovah for everything. As I de think about
this verse, e help me fit endure the two
years wey I spend for prison.” You fit re-
member the time for your life when you get
the comfort and encouragement wey you
need, just the time wey you need-am pass?
15 Many times, we no dey know how Jeho-
vah de help us fit endure problem, until the
problem don finish. This na exactly wetin
happen to one sister wey e name na Tori. E
son wey e name na Mason struggle with can-
cer for six years before e die. As we know,
this one go cause serious pain for e mama.
Sister Tori talk say: “I no sure say anything
fit pain me pass the death of my pikin. I
know say other papa and mama go agree
14. How Jehovah de help us when we de face problem?
15-16. Wetin you learn from Sister Tori example?
with me say to see their pikin de suffer de
pain them pass if na them de suffer.”
16 As Sister Tori condition pain-am reach,
anytime wey e think about-am, e de al-
ways see how Jehovah help-am endure. E
talk say: “When I think about that time, I
see say Jehovah really help me when my pi-
kin de sick. For example, even when Ma-
son condition really serious and they no al-
low people visit-am, brothers and sister de
drive their motor for two hours to fit reach
the hospital. Brothers and sisters always
dey where visitor de wait and them ready to
help anytime. Them still de bring the things
wey we need. Even when things really hard
for us, we always get wetin we need.” Jeho-
vah give Sister Tori wetin e need to fit en-
dure and na the same thing e do for e pikin.
—Check the box wey the topic na “Na Wetin
We Need Jehovah Give Us.”
ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW
JEHOVAH DON HELP YOU
17 Read Psalm 40:5. When person want
build house, e plan na to complete-am and
pack enter. But when e de build the house,
17-18. Wetin go help us see say Jehovah de support us
when we de face problem and de thank-am? (Psalm 40:5)
WETIN BE YOUR ANSWER?
˛ How Jehovah help Joseph ˛ How Jehovah help Joseph
when e be Potiphar personal when e dey prison?
servant?
plenty stage dey where e fit stop and think
about the progress wey e don make. Na so e
still be as we de worship Jehovah. E dey im-
portant make we de always stop and take
time think about how Jehovah de help us fit
endure our problem and still de worship-
am well. At the end of everyday, ask your-
self say: ‘How Jehovah don bless me today?
How Jehovah de help me fit endure even
when I still dey inside problem?’ Check if
you go fit see one or more blessing from Je-
hovah wey show say e de help you fit endure
your problem and still hold-am tight.
18 Na true say you fit de pray say make
your problem end. Na wetin anybody go
pray for and no be bad thing. (Phil. 4:6) But
abeg, make you always remember how Je-
hovah de bless you even when you de face
problem. Remember say, Jehovah promise
say e go give us power and help us to fit en-
dure. So de always thank Jehovah for the
things wey e de do for you so that you go fit
endure your problems. This one go help you
see say Jehovah de really help you to fit en-
dure and still continue to worship-am even
when you dey inside the problem, just as e
help Joseph.—Gen. 41:51, 52.
˛ How Jehovah fit help you
endure?
SONG 32
De Stay Near Jehovah!
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ARTICLE 4
SONG 19
The Night Wey We
No Fit Forget
WETIN WE GO LEARN?
Plenty people for the whole
world go join us do Memo-
rial on Tuesday, April 4,
2023. For many people,
that day go be the first
time wey them go attend
Memorial. That day go still
be the first time wey some
inactive publisher go at-
tend Memorial after plenty
years. Some people condi-
tion go make-am hard for
them to fit go Memorial
that day, but they go still
do their best to attend. No
matter how your condition
be, make you know say
Jehovah de happy when
you do your best to attend
Memorial.
20
Jehovah De Bless
Everything Wey We De
Do to Fit Do Memorial
“Make wuna de do this one to remember me.”—LUKE 22:19.
NA ALMOST 2,000 years now since Jesus die for us and
give us the hope say we go fit get life wey no go end. For
the night wey Jesus die, e command e disciples say make
them de use bread wey no get yeast and wine do the Memo-
rial of e death.—1 Cor. 11:23-26.
2 We de obey this command wey Jesus give us because
we really love-am. (John 14:15) Every year, for Memorial
time, we de take time think and pray about wetin we de
gain as Jesus die for us. This one de show say we really val-
ue Jesus sacrifice. We still de happy to use more time
preach to people and invite them to join us remember this
special day. And as we de invite other people, we want
make sure say nothing go stop us make we no attend the
Memorial.
3 For this article, we go talk about three ways wey Jeho-
vah people don do their best to make sure say them contin-
ue to remember Jesus death. (1) Them de do the Memorial
the way Jesus do-am, (2) them de invite people to come
join them do Memorial, and (3) them de do the Memorial
no matter how their condition bad reach.
1-2. Why we de go Memorial every year?
3. Wetin we go talk about for this article?
 JEHOVAH PEOPLE DE DO THE MEMORIAL
THE WAY JESUS DO-AM
4 Every year for Memorial, we de listen to
Memorial talk wey we de use answer plenty
questions. For the talk, we de learn why
we need person to die for us and why the
death of one person go fit pay for the sin of
plenty people. We still de learn wetin the
bread and the wine stand for and who sup-
pose chop the bread and drink the wine.
(Read Luke 22:19, 20.) And we still dey
learn about the blessing wey God don ar-
range for people wey get the hope to live
for this earth forever. (Isa. 35:5, 6; 65:17,
21-23) We no suppose take all this things
wey we de learn play! Because billions of
people for this world no know all this things
and they no know how the sacrifice of Je-
sus dey important reach. Another thing be
say them no de remember Jesus death the
way e command say make e disciples de do-
am. Why?
5 Small time after most of Jesus apos-
tles die, lie-lie Christians start to join
the congregation. (Matt. 13:24-27, 37-39)
Them start to bend the truth, to make peo-
ple “follow them” instead of the congre-
gation. (Acts 20:29, 30) One way this lie-
lie Christians start to “bend the truth” be
say they start to teach say no be only one
time Jesus sacrifice e life to pay for the
sin of plenty people. As them talk like this,
them mean say wetin Bible talk no correct,
but say Jesus sacrifice must happen plenty
times. (Heb. 9:27, 28) Today, plenty people
believe this lie wey them de teach. Them de
4. Wetin we de learn for Memorial every year, and why we
no suppose take-am play? (Luke 22:19, 20)
5. After most of Jesus apostles die, wetin happen to the
example wey Jesus set about how to remember e death?
always gather for their church, sometimes
everyday to do wetin them de call “Holy
Communion.”1 And some church no de do-
am every time, but they no really under-
stand why Jesus die and how we de gain
from e sacrifice. This one de confuse some
of them and them de ask say, ‘As Jesus die,
e mean say God go fit forgive my sin?’ Why
them de ask this question? E fit be say na
because people don teach them say no be
the sacrifice of Jesus de make God forgive
our sin. How Jehovah servants de help peo-
ple like this know the value of Jesus sacri-
fice and the correct way to remember the
death of Jesus?
6 For the year 1870, one group of people
wey de study Bible, start to do research and
study more-more about wetin Bible real-
ly teach. Na Brother Charles Taze Russell
be their leader. They want know the truth
about Jesus sacrifice and the correct way
to remember the death of Jesus. By 1872,
them don learn say Jesus die to pay for our
sin. When them learn this important truth,
them hide-am? No! Them start to teach
plenty people about-am. Them use books,
newspaper, and magazine spread the mes-
sage. And small time, them start to gather,
once every year to do Memorial just the
way Christians for apostles time do-am.
7 Today, we de really gain from the re-
search wey the brothers do many years ago.
How? Jehovah don open our eye to see the
1 The people believe say when them de do the Holy Communion,
the bread and the wine de change to the real body and blood of
Jesus. So them think say anytime wey them de do the Holy
Communion, them de sacrifice Jesus again.
6. By 1872, which important truth “Bible Students”
learn?
7. How we de gain from the research wey the “Bible Stu-
dents” do?
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 2000’s
1990’s
1960’s
Wetin you fit do so that you go fit use more time join invite people for Memorial?
(Check paragraph 8-10)
truth about Jesus sacrifice and wetin we de
gain from that sacrifice. (1 John 2:1, 2) We
don still learn say na two group of people
dey, wey get two different hope. Some go
get life wey no de ever die for heaven and
the rest go live forever for this earth. When
we think about how Jehovah love us reach
and all the things wey we de gain from Je-
sus sacrifice, e de make use love Jehovah
more-more. (1 Pet. 3:18; 1 John 4:9) So like
our brothers and sisters for olden days, we
de invite people to Memorial and we de do-
am just the way Jesus do-am.
INVITE PEOPLE TO MEMORIAL
8 For many-many years before now, Jeho-
vah servants don de invite people to Memo-
rial. For 1881, our organization use Watch-
8. Wetin Jehovah servants don do to fit invite people
come Memorial? (Check the picture.)
22 WATCHTOWER
tower invite brothers and sisters for United
States to one brother house wey dey Al-
legheny, for Pennsylvania so that they go
do Memorial for there. Later, each congre-
gation start to do the Memorial by their-
self. For March 1940, our organization talk
say publishers fit invite anybody for their
territory wey go like come Memorial. For
1960, our organization start to print invita-
tion wey congregation go use invite people
to Memorial. Since that time, we don give
billions of Memorial invitation to people.
Why we de do all this things and spend time
to invite people to Memorial?
9 One reason why we de invite people to
Memorial na because we want make people
wey come for the first time learn the truth
9-10. Which people we still de invite come Memorial?
(John 3:16)
about wetin Jehovah and Jesus don do for
us. (Read John 3:16.) We hope say wetin
them see and learn for the Memorial go
move them to want learn more about Jeho-
vah and become e servant. But no be only
new people de gain from Memorial talk.
10 We still de invite inactive publishers.
We de invite them to remind them say Je-
hovah still love them. And many of them de
come when we invite them, this one de real-
ly make us happy. When they attend Memo-
rial, e de help them remember how them
de enjoy to worship Jehovah with broth-
ers and sisters before them become inac-
tive. See the example of Sister Monica.1 Na
coronavirus time e begin preach again. Af-
ter e attend Memorial for 2021, e talk say:
“Memorial really dey special to me. After
20 years, this na the first time wey I don
preach to people again and invite them for
Memorial. I do everything wey I fit so that
I go attend the Memorial because I really
happy for wetin Jehovah and Jesus don do
for me.” (Ps. 103:1-4) Whether people wey
we invite go come Memorial or them no go
come, we still de do our best to invite them
because we know say this one de make Je-
hovah happy.
11 Jehovah don really bless us as we de
do our best to invite people to Memorial.
For 2021, even though say we no fit gath-
er together to do Memorial because of co-
ronavirus, we be 21,367,603 people wey do
Memorial. This one na almost two and half
times the number of Jehovah Witness Peo-
ple for the whole world. Na true say no be
1 We change some names.
11. How Jehovah bless us as we de do our best to invite
people for Memorial? (Haggai 2:7)
number Jehovah de look, but e really de
see everybody wey attend Memorial, one by
one. (Luke 15:7; 1 Tim. 2:3, 4) And we really
believe say Jehovah de help us use Memori-
al invitation find people wey want worship-
am.—Read Haggai 2:7.
WE DE DO MEMORIAL NO MATTER HOW
OUR CONDITION HARD REACH
12 Jesus don talk-am say for this last days,
we go de face different-different prob-
lem. Some of them na war, serious sick-
ness, problem from family, and suffer from
other people because we de worship Jeho-
vah, and plenty other problem. (Matt. 10:
36; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:10, 11) When we de
face problem like this, e fit make-am hard
for us to do Memorial. Wetin our brothers
and sisters don do to fit do Memorial even
with all this kind problem and how Jehovah
don help them?
13 When them put us for prison. Our broth-
ers wey dey prison because them de wor-
ship Jehovah, de do their best to do Memo-
rial. See the example of Brother Artem. For
2020, government put Brother Artem for
prison for Memorial time. Na only four or
five person fit stay for the prison cell wey
them put the brother. Even with this one,
Brother Artem still do e best to get Memo-
rial bread and wine and plan to give the
Memorial talk for e self. The other prison-
ers for the cell de smoke and talk bad-bad
things every time. Wetin our brother do?
E beg them say make them no smoke and
talk bad things for only one hour. E really
surprise our brother say the prisoners no
12. Wetin fit make-am hard for us to do Memorial?
(Check the picture.)
13. How Jehovah bless Brother Artem as e do e best to
do Memorial for prison?
JANUARY 2023 23
Jehovah de bless us when we do our best to attend Memorial
(Check paragraph 12)
smoke and talk bad things for the one hour
wey e use do the Memorial. Brother Artem
talk say: “I tell them say I go like tell them
about Memorial.” Even though say them
talk say them no want hear anything about
Memorial before, after them don see how e
do the Memorial, them start to ask Brother
Artem plenty questions.
14 Coronavirus. When coronavirus start,
Jehovah people no fit gather together to
do Memorial. But that one no stop us make
14. Wetin Jehovah people do to make sure say coronavi-
rus no stop them to do Memorial?
24 WATCHTOWER
we no do Memorial.1 Some congregation
use Internet do the Memorial. But what
about plenty brothers and sisters and other
people wey no get Internet? For some coun-
try, branch office arrange say make them
show the Memorial for television channel
or give the talk for radio make people hear.
Another thing be say, plenty branch record
the Memorial talk for more than 500 lan-
guage so that people wey dey far from town
go fit do Memorial. And brothers do their
1 Still go check this topic for jw.org, “2021 Memorial Commemo-
ration.”
best to send the talk wey them record to the
brothers wey need-am.
15 Problem from family. The biggest prob-
lem wey de make-am hard for some peo-
ple to fit do Memorial, na problem from
their family. See the example of one Bible
student wey e name na Sue. For 2021, be-
fore Memorial day, Sue tell the sister wey
de study Bible with-am say e no go fit at-
tend Memorial because e family people dey
against-am. So our sister read Luke 22:44
and explain to-am say when e get problem,
make e pray to Jehovah and trust-am just
the way Jesus de do when things hard for-
am. The next day, Sue do Memorial bread,
collect wine and watch the special Morning
Worship for jw.org. And for evening that
day, when Sue dey alone for e room, e use e
phone connect to the Memorial. After, Sue
write to our sister say: “You really make my
mind strong yesterday. So I do everything
wey I fit do to join the Memorial, and Jeho-
15. Wetin you learn from Sue example?
WETIN BE YOUR ANSWER?
˛ Which teaching about Jesus ˛ Which people we de invite
sacrifice or Memorial de for Memorial, and why we
touch you pass? de invite them?
vah really help me. I no go fit thank Jeho-
vah finish!” You think say Jehovah go fit
help you if your condition be like Sue own?
16 E de really make Jehovah happy when
we do our best to remember Jesus death.
And e go bless us when we show say we real-
ly happy for wetin e do for us as e send
e Son make e die for us. (Read Romans
8:31, 32.) So make we do everything wey
we fit do to make sure say we attend Me-
morial this year. And make we still do our
best to use more time preach for Memorial
time.
16. Why we dey sure say Jehovah go bless us if we do our
best to attend Memorial? (Romans 8:31, 32)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE PICTURES Page 22:
Na 1960’s we print our first Memorial invitation, since
that time, Memorial invitation don de better and now we
get the one wey we de print and the one wey person fit
download. Page 24: They act-am—Brothers and sisters
de do Memorial even when problem dey their area.
˛ Which problem many of us
de face wey for make us no
attend Memoria?
SONG 18
The Ransom Na Special Gift
STUDY
ARTICLE 5
SONG 13
Follow the Example
Wey Jesus Set
WETIN WE GO LEARN?
For Memorial time, e
dey important make we
take time think about the
way Jesus live e life and
wetin we de gain as e die
for us. E still dey important
make we think about the
love wey Jesus and e Fa-
ther don show us. This
one go move us to show
say we value wetin Jeho-
vah and Jesus don do for
us. For this article, we go
talk about somethings wey
we go do to show say we
value the sacrifice of Jesus
and show our love for Je-
hovah and Jesus. We go
still learn how the love wey
Jehovah and Jesus show
us fit move us to, love our
brothers and sisters, de
enjoy our worship to Jeho-
vah, and show say we get
strong mind.
26
Wetin the Love Wey
Jesus Show Us De Move
You to Do?
‘The love wey Christ get move us to love . . . so that people wey
dey alive no go live again for theirself.’—2 COR. 5:14, 15.
WHEN person wey we love die, we de miss-am well-well.
When e just die, na only pain we go de feel when we think
about the things wey happen somedays before e die. E even
de pain us more if e suffer before e die. As time de go, we go
happy when we remember somethings wey e teach us, wetin
e talk or do to make us laugh or encourage us.
2 Na so e still be when we de read about how Jesus suffer
and die, e no de make us happy. For Memorial time, we de
take time think about how the sacrifice of Jesus dey impor-
tant reach. (1 Cor. 11:24, 25) But e de make us happy when
we think about wetin Jesus talk and do when e dey this
earth. E still de make us happy when we think about wetin e
de do now and wetin e go do for us for future. When we de
think about all this things and the way e love us, e go move
us to do things wey go show say we value the love wey
e show us. For this article we go talk about some of this
things.
THE LOVE DE MOVE US TO USE WETIN
WE GET SUPPORT THE KINGDOM
3 When we think about the life wey Jesus live for this earth
and as e die for us, e de move us to do our best for the King-
dom. When Jesus dey this earth, e teach people about wetin
1-2. (a) How we de feel when we think about the way Jesus live e live for this
earth? (b) Wetin we go talk about for this article?
3. Wetin Jehovah and Jesus don do for us wey we really value?
As you de think about the example of Mary Magdalene, how e de help you
value wetin Jehovah and Jesus don do for you?
(Check paragraph 4-5)
God Kingdom go do. We love wetin Bible
teach us about Jesus sacrifice and wetin we
fit gain as Jesus die for us. We happy say the
sacrifice of Jesus make-am possible for us
to fit be Jehovah and Jesus friend. People
wey put faith for Jesus get the hope say they
go live forever for God Kingdom and God
go bring their people wey don die back to
life. (John 5:28, 29; Rom. 6:23) No be wetin
we do go make God bless us with all this
things, and no matter wetin we do, we no go
ever fit pay for all this blessing. (Rom. 5:8,
20, 21) But we go fit show Jehovah and Je-
sus say we really value wetin them do for us.
How?
4 For example, think about Mary Magda-
lene wey be Jew person. E really suffer for
the hand of seven demon wey worry-am. Be-
cause of this problem, Mary Magdalene fit
don think say no hope for-am again. How
4. How Mary Magdalene show say e value wetin Jesus do
for-am? (Check the picture.)
you think say e go feel when Jesus free-am
from the demons? True-true, e really happy.
This one make-am become Jesus disciple
and e use e time, power and things wey e get
support Jesus preaching work. (Luke 8:1-3)
Na true say Mary really value wetin Jesus
do for-am, but e fit be say e no know say the
one wey Jesus go soon do for-am go better
pass the one wey e don already do. Jesus go
use e life pay for everybody sin, “so that
anybody wey continue to get faith for-am”
go get life wey no go end. (John 3:16) Mary
no ever leave Jesus because e value wetin
Jesus do for-am. When them nail Jesus for
pole, Mary no comot for there because e
really care about Jesus and e want encour-
age other people wey dey there. (John 19:
25) And after Jesus die, Mary and two other
women take some oil go the tomb wey Jesus
body dey so that them go rub-am oil. (Mark
16:1, 2) Jehovah really bless Mary for the
things wey e do. After Jehovah bring Jesus
JANUARY 2023 27
back to life, people wey see Jesus no plenty
but Mary dey among them.—John 20:11-18.
5 We too go fit show say we value all the
things wey Jehovah and Jesus don do for
us. How? We go use our time, power and
money support the work wey Jehovah orga-
nization de do. For example, we fit support
construction work and the maintenance
work wey our organization de do.
THE LOVE DE MOVE US TO LOVE
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
6We de love Jehovah and Jesus when we
think about the love wey them show us.
(1 John 4:10, 19) We even de love them
more when we see say Jesus die for each one
of us. Apostle Paul feel the same way, na e
make-am write say: “The Son of God, . . .
5. How we fit show say we value wetin Jehovah and Je-
sus don do for us?
6. Why we fit talk say the sacrifice of Jesus na gift to us
one by one?
Make the love wey Jehovah
and Jesus show us move
us to preach to all kind
of people
(Check paragraph 7)
28 WATCHTOWER
love me and sacrifice e life for me.” (Gal. 2:
20) Because Jesus die for us, Jehovah don
draw you near body so that you go fit be e
friend. (John 6:44) When you think about-
am, e no de make you happy say Jehovah
see better thing about you and say e pay the
biggest price so that you go fit be e friend?
This one no de make you love Jehovah and
Jesus more-more? E dey important make we
ask ourself say, ‘Wetin that love go move me
to do?’
7 The love wey we get for God and Christ
de move us to love other people. (Read
2 Corinthians 5:14, 15; 6:1, 2.) One way we
de do this one na to de preach with all our
heart. And na everybody wey we see we
de preach to, whether the person rich or
poor, e go school or e no go, and no mat-
ter where the person come from. As we de
7. As e dey for the picture, how we fit show our love for
Jehovah and Jesus? (2 Corinthians 5:14, 15; 6:1, 2)
preach like this, we de work with Jehovah to
make wetin e want happen. Because Jeho-
vah ‘want make all kind of people get life
and make they come learn the correct teach-
ing about the truth.’—1 Tim. 2:4.
8 We still de show say we love Jehovah and
Jesus when we show love to our brothers and
sisters. (1 John 4:21) We go show say we
care for them and support them when them
de face problem. We go comfort them when
their person die, we go visit them when them
de sick, and we go encourage them when
their condition no make them happy. (2 Cor.
1:3-7; 1 Thess. 5:11, 14) We go always pray for
them because we know say “the prayer of
righteous person get power.”—Jas. 5:16.
9 Another thing be say, when we do our
best to live in peace with our brothers and
sisters, we de show say we love them. We de
try copy the way Jehovah de forgive people.
If Jehovah fit allow e Son die for our sin, we
no go fit forgive our brothers and sisters
when them do wetin vex us? We no want be
like the wicked slave wey Jesus talk about
for one of e example. Even after e master
don cancel the plenty money wey e de owe-
am, the slave no gree cancel the small one
wey another slave owe-am. (Matt. 18:23-35)
If person for congregation don make you
vex, you go fit meet the person and make
peace with-am before Memorial? Make you
be the first to make peace. (Matt. 5:23, 24)
This one go show say you love Jehovah and
Jesus no be small.
10 How elders fit show say they love Jeho-
8. How we fit show say we love our brothers and sisters?
9. Wetin be another way we fit show say we love our
brothers and sisters?
10-11. How elders fit show say they love Jehovah and Je-
sus? (1 Peter 5:1, 2)
vah and Jesus? One way na to care for Jesus
sheep. (Read 1 Peter 5:1, 2.) With wetin Je-
sus tell Peter, e clear say e really dey impor-
tant to care for E sheep. After Peter deny
Jesus three times, e fit be say e dey Peter
mind to do anything wey e fit to show Jesus
say e really love-am. After Jehovah bring
Jesus back to life, Jesus ask Peter say: “Si-
mon son of John, you love me?” We know
say Peter go want do e best to show say e
love Jesus. So Jesus tell Peter say: “Feed
my small-small sheep.” (John 21:15-17) And
from that time, Peter do e best to care for
Jesus sheep, to show e love for Jesus.
11 Elders, how wuna fit show for this Me-
morial time say wetin Jesus tell Peter still
dey important to wuna? One way to show
say wuna love Jehovah and Jesus na to
always shepherd Jesus sheep and even do
more to help inactive people serve Jehovah
again. (Ezek. 34:11, 12) Wuna fit still try en-
courage Bible students and new people wey
come Memorial. We want make them feel
free when them come, because we hope say
one day, they go become servants of Jeho-
vah.
THE LOVE DE HELP US
GET STRONG HEART
12 The night before Jesus die, e tell e disci-
ples say: “For this world, wuna go de get
plenty trouble, but no fear! I don win the
world.” (Read John 16:32, 33.) Wetin help
Jesus continue to worship Jehovah well
even when e enemy them, want kill-am? E
trust Jehovah. Jesus beg Jehovah make e
care for e disciples because e know say they
12. When we think about wetin Jesus talk the night be-
fore e die, why e de give us strong heart? (John 16:
32, 33)
JANUARY 2023 29
go face the kind problem wey e face. (John
17:11) Why this one make our mind come
down? Na because Jehovah strong pass any-
body wey dey against our work. (1 John 4:4)
E de see everything wey de happen to e ser-
vants. We dey sure say if we trust Jehovah, e
go help us get strong heart.
13 Make we talk about the example of Jo-

seph wey come from Arimathea. Na Jew

person wey get high position. And na mem-
ber of Sanhedrin wey be the supreme court
of Jew people. But before Jesus die, Joseph
de fear well-well. Na e make John talk say:
“Because [Joseph] de fear Jew people, e no
let people know say e be [Jesus] disciple.”
(John 19:38) Even though say Joseph like
the message of God Kingdom, e no want
make people know say e put faith for Je- For Memorial time, make you take time think deep
sus. E de fear say people no go respect-am about wetin Jehovah and Jesus don do for you
again if they know say e na disciple of Je- (Check paragraph 17)

sus. But Bible tell us say after Jesus die,

“[Joseph] no fear, e go ask Pilate for Jesus
body.” (Mark 15:42, 43) So Joseph no hide-
am again say e na Jesus disciple.
14 Wetin happen to Joseph don ever hap-
pen to you? You de shame to let people
know say you be Jehovah Witness for your
school or your working place? You de delay
to become publisher or baptize because you
de fear wetin other people go talk about
you? Make you no allow this kind fear stop
you to do the correct thing wey go make Je-
hovah happy. Use all your heart pray to Je-
hovah. Beg-am make e give you the mind to
fit do wetin go make-am happy. As you de
see how Jehovah de answer your prayer, e
13. How Joseph wey come from Arimathea show say e
get strong heart?
14. Wetin you go do if you de fear wetin people go talk
because you be Jehovah servant?
go make you de strong more-more.—Isa. 41:
10, 13.
THE JOY WEY WE GET DE HELP US
CONTINUE TO WORSHIP JEHOVAH
15 Jesus disciples no happy at all when Je-
sus die. How you go feel if to say you dey
among them? As their friend die, e make
them feel say them no get hope again. (Luke
24:17-21) After Jehovah bring Jesus back to
life, e show e self to e disciples and explain
to them how wetin happen to-am make
wetin Bible don talk, happen. And e still
give them important work to do. (Luke 24:
26, 27, 45-48) Forty days after, when Jesus
de go back to heaven, e disciples no feel bad
15. After Jesus show e self to e disciples, wetin this one
move them to do? (Luke 24:52, 53)

30 WATCHTOWER
again, but them don start to happy. They
really happy as they know say their master
dey alive and ready to help them to fit do
the work wey e give them. This one real-
ly help them continue to worship Jehovah.
—Read Luke 24:52, 53; Acts 5:42.
16 How we fit copy Jesus disciples? We go
fit de happy as we de worship Jehovah, no be
only for Memorial time but for the whole
year. How? We go make God Kingdom be
number one thing for our life. For example,
plenty people don arrange their time so that
they go fit preach more, attend meeting, and
no miss family worship. Some brothers and
sisters don make up their mind say they go
live simple life to fit do more work for con-
gregation or go where they need more pub-
lishers. Na true say we need to de endure so
that we go fit continue to worship Jehovah
well, but Jehovah don promise say e go bless
us if na the Kingdom be number one thing
for our life.—Prov. 10:22; Matt. 6:32, 33.
16. How we fit copy the example of Jesus disciples?
WETIN BE YOUR ANSWER?
˛ Wetin we go do to show ˛ How the love wey Jesus
say we value wetin Jesus show us fit move us to
do for us? love other people and get
strong heart?
17 E de hungry us to do this year Memorial
on Tuesday April 4. But make you no wait
till that time before you start to think about
the way Jesus live e life, how e die for us,
and the kind love wey Jehovah and Jesus
show us. For this Memorial time, make you
always think about this things. For example,
find time to read and think deep about the
chart wey be “The Final Week of Jesus’ Life
on Earth” wey dey Appendix B12 for New
World Translation Bible. As you de read-am,
try see wetin go help you value the love wey
Jehovah and Jesus don show us, help you
love Jehovah, Jesus, and our brothers and
sisters. Still see wetin go help you get strong
heart and de happy as you de worship Jeho-
vah. And try think about some things wey
you fit do to thank Jehovah for wetin e don
do for you. Make you know say Jesus no go
forget all the things wey you do to remem-
ber e death for this year Memorial.—Rev.
2:19.
17. Wetin you don make up your mind to do for this year
Memorial? (Check the picture.)
˛ Wetin make Jesus disciples
happy and how we fit copy
their example?
SONG 17
“De Help Them”
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January 2023  Vol. 144, No. 1 PIDGIN (WEST AFRICA) HOW TO STUDY
You de like to read the life story of our
brothers and sisters?
TOPICS WEY DEY THIS MAGAZINE One husband and wife wey de use every
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
morning read the story of our brothers and
Study Article 1: February 27–March 5 2 sisters talk say: “The story don really encour-
age and make us happy! Them de teach us
Wetin Go Help You Really Dey Sure
say we too fit serve Jehovah well no matter
Say the Word of God “Na True”? the problem wey we de face.” Another sister
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ wey feel like this husband and wife write say:
Study Article 2: March 6-12 8 “This life story de comfort, encourage and de
make me happy. The life wey our brothers and
De Correct the Way You De Think, sisters de live na better life. Their story de
E Go Make You Be Better Person encourage me to do my best for the preach-
ing work and e don still help me to fit train
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
my children to love full-time service.”
Study Article 3: March 13-19 14
When you read life story of our brothers and
Jehovah De Help Us Fit Endure sisters, e go encourage you to get plan for
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jehovah work, help you correct your mistake
and you go fit endure any problem wey you
Study Article 4: March 20-26 20
de face and still de happy. Where you fit see
Jehovah De Bless Everything Wey We this life story read?
De Do to Fit Do Memorial
˙ Go jw.org or JW Library˙ and look for
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Life Stories of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Study Article 5: March 27–April 2 26 (For English.)
Wetin the Love Wey Jesus Show Us ˙ You fit still check Watchtower ONLINE
De Move You to Do? LIBRARY or Watchtower Library and look
for “Life Stories of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
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