After Jesus had been preaching for about a year and a half, he had an important decision to make. Whom would he choose to work closely with him? Whom would he train to take the lead in the Christian congregation? To make these decisions, Jesus wanted Jehovah’s direction. So he went to a mountain where he could be by himself, and he prayed all night long. In the morning, Jesus called some of his disciples together and chose his 12 apostles. Which of their names do you remember? Their names were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot.

The Twelve would travel along with him. After he trained them, they were sent out to preach on their own. Jehovah gave them power to expel demons and to heal sick people.

Jesus called the Twelve his friends, and he trusted them. The Pharisees thought that the apostles were uneducated and  ordinary. But Jesus gave them training for their work. They would be with Jesus at the most important times in his life, such as before his death and after his resurrection. Like Jesus, most of the Twelve were from Galilee. Some of them were married.

The apostles were imperfect men who made mistakes. Sometimes they spoke before thinking and made bad decisions. At times they were impatient. They even argued over who was more important. But they were good people who loved Jehovah. They would be the foundation of the Christian congregation after Jesus was gone.

Vbe ọ ghi rre ukpo ọkpa vbe ukhiọnmwẹ ne Jesu ke kporhu, ọ na gha mwẹ atamuolọyan ne kpataki nọ khẹke ne ọ ru. De emwa ne irẹn khian zẹ nọ khian deba re winna? De emwa ne irẹn gha maa re emwi, ne iran gha su vbuwe iko ọghe Ivbiotu e Kristi? Jesu keghi gualọ adia ọghe Jehova ọ ke sẹtin ru atamuolọyan na. Rhunmwuda ọni, irẹn ọkpa na gha rrie uhunmwu oke, ọ na ya na erhunmwu ne ẹdẹ gbe. Vbe ẹdẹ ghi gbe, Jesu keghi si erhuanegbe ẹre hia koko, ẹre ọ na ghi zẹ ukọ 12 vbọ. Uwẹ rẹn eni avbe ukọ na ra? Eni iran ọre Pita, Andru, e Jems, e Jọn, e Filip, e Batolomiu, e Tọmọs, e Matiu, e Jems ne ovbi Alfiọs, e Tadiọs, e Saimọn, kevbe Judas Iskariọt.

Te iran Iweva na, ghaa mu okhian lelẹe yo ehe ne ọ rhirhi yo. Vbe ọ ghi maa iran emwi nẹ, ọ na gie iran ne iran ya kporhu. E Jehova keghi rhie ẹtin ne iran, ne iran ya gha khulo orhiọn dan kevbe ne iran ya gha mu emwa egbe rran.

Te Jesu ghaa ghee iran Iweva na, zẹvbe ọse ne irẹn gba ẹko ẹre. Ivbi e Farisi na gha ghee avbe ukọ na zẹvbe emwa kẹkan ni ma yo  owebe. Sokpan Jesu ma ya aro vberriọ ghee iran. Ọ keghi maa iran re vbene iran khian ya ru iwinna nọ mu ne iran. Te avbe ukọ na khian wa rhikhan mu e Jesu, ya sẹ ẹdẹ uwu. Ọ gha vbe rhiọkpaegbe, te iran khian ye gha lelẹe khian. Ẹvbo na tiẹre Galili ẹre irẹn vbe ni bun sẹ vbe ukọ re ke rre. Eso vbọ vbe ru orọnmwẹ.

Emwa ni ma gba, ni vbe ru abakuru ẹre avbe ukọ na ghaa khin. Ọ ghaa mwẹ ẹghẹ eso ne iran ma ya gha roro ẹmwẹ iran ke tae, iran vbe gha ru atamuolọyan nẹi maan. Ọ wa vbe mwẹ ẹghẹ eso ne iran ma ya gha mwẹ izinegbe. Iran vbe gha muan ẹmwẹ vbekpa ọmwa nọ kpọlọ sẹ vbuwe ẹbu iran. Sokpan emwa esi, ni hoẹmwẹ e Jehova ẹre iran ghaa khin. Iran ẹre ọ khian gha re ẹyotọ ọghe iko ọghe Ivbiotu e Kristi vbe Jesu gha kpa nẹ.