2010-2019
Yeh Koram: Sambaddh ka Sthaan
April 2019 Maha Sammelan


Yeh Koram: Sambaddh ka Sthaan

Prabhu chahaataa ki tum long ek sthir korum sthaapit karo. Jaise Prabhu Apne batcho ko ikattha karta hai, u long ke zaroorat hai ek jagah ke jaha u long shaamil mehsoos kare aur badh sake.

2010 me Andre Sebako ek jawaan aadmi sachai ke talaash me raha. Haalaaki woh kabhi hirdhay se pratna nahi karis raha woh nirnay liya ki woh koshish kari. Sheeghr hee baad me, woh missionary long ke milis. Weh unko ek paas-along card jis meh Mormon ke Pustak ka chitr raha de dis. Andre kutch mehsoos karis aur missionary se sawaal karis ki kya weh yeh pustak ko unhe bech dai. Weh unse batais ki woh yeh pustak mukt me praapt kari agar woh Girja ai.1

Andre tab phir, haal hee mein banaya gaya, Mochudi Branch jo Bosnia, Africa me hai, jaane laga akele, Yeh branch ek pyaar se bhara, 40 sadasye baareekee se judha hua samooh raha.2 Weh Andre ko khule haath se svaagat karis. Woh missionaries se shikshah lees aur baptisma praapt karis. Ye adbhut raha!.

Par iske baad kya? Kaise Andre abh sakee activ rahe? Koun uske madat kari aaghe badhe ke aur vaada padh par raheke? Ek jawaab u sawaal ke hai, uske pristhud korum!3

Har ek pristhud rakne wale, jo koi bhi sthiti me ho, se phaayada uthave ye shaktishaali korum se. Mere jawaan bhaiyon jiske pass Aaronic Pristhud hai, Prabhu chahaataa ki tum long ek sthir korum sthaapit karo, jahan har ek jawaan aadmi apnepan ka jagah maane, jahan Prabhu ki Pavitr Aatma ke upasthit rahe, jahan sab korum ke membraan ka swaagat rahe aur useh mahatv mileh. Jaise Prabhu Apne batcho ko ikattha karta hai, u long ke zaroorat hai ek jagah ke jaha u long shaamil mehsoos kare aur badh sake.

Tum long ke pratyek korum adhyakshta sadasyon aage raasta banata hai jaise weh prerna ke khoj karta4 aur prem our bhaeechaara ko bhadhay sab korum sadasyon meh. Tum khaas dhyaan un naya sadasyon par deta, jo kam-activ, ya jisse khaas zaroorat hai.5 Pristhud ke shakti se, tum long ek shaktishaali korum banata hai.6 Aur ek shaktishaali, sanghatit korum sabh phark padhe hai is jawaan aadmi ke jeevan meh.

Jab Girja ghoshna karis raha naya ghar-kendrit, susamaachaar seekhna,7 kai log sochne lage Andre jaise sadhasyon ke baareh me, aur sawaal karne lage, “Sab jawaan long jo us pariwaar se aata hai jaha susamachaar nahi sikae jae, jahan susamachaar nahi adhyayan kara jae aur jahan vaataavaran atcha nahi hai susamachaar seekhane aur rahene ke lie, unke baareh meh kya hai? Kya weh peeche chodh diya jai?”

Nahi! Koi bhi peeche nahi chodha jai! Prabhu pratyak jawaan aadmi aur jawaan aurat se prem kare. Hum long pristhud rakhne waale Prabhu ke haath hai. Hum long Ghirja ke samarthan hai ghar-kendrit prayaaso meh. Jab ghar par seemit samarthan hoe, pristhud koram aur any maargdarshako aur doston dekhe aur samarthan kare prati vayakti aur pariwaar ke jaise zarooraten padhe.

Maine dekha hai ye kaam hona. Hum anubhav kara hai. Jab hum chhah warsh ke raha, hamaare mata-pita ke talaak ho gais raha aur hamaare pita chodh dis raha maa ko paanch chote batche ke saath. Hamaaare maa shuru kiya kaam karna hum long ke parvarish karne ke liye. Useh doosra kaam ke zaroorat raha samay kee avadhi, saath hee atirikt shiksha. Us ke bahut kam samay raha paalan-porshan karna. Par hamaar nana-nani, mousi-mousa, bishop, aur ghar ki shikskak long aage badhis hammar devadoot jaisi maa ko madat karne.

Aur hamaar pass ek parishad raha. Hum bahut abhaagi hai apan doston ke liye—hammar bhaiyon ke liye—joh pyaar aur samarthan diya. Hammar pristhud, sambaddh ka sthaan raha. Kai long shayad sochis raha hameh ek lamba shot aur ek dalit vyakti, hammaar pariwaar ke stithi ke karan. Shayad hum raha hoga. Par pristhud korum un baadhaon ko badal dis raha. Hamaar korum meri chaaro taraf railey ki aur hamaar jeevan ko aseem roop se dhanye banaaya.

Yahaan lamba shot aur dalit vyakti hamaare chaaro taraf hai. Shayad hum sab hai ek tarah se ya any. Par hum meh se har ek ke paas korum hai, ek jagah jahan hum sabh dono shakti praapt karta aur shakti deta. Korum hai “ek ke lie sab aur sab ke lie ek.”8 Woh ek jagah jahan hum long padhaate hai ek doosre ko, doosar ke seva, aur ekata ke nirmaan karta aur bhaeechaara rakte hai jaise hum Parmeshwar ke sewa karta.9 Woh ek jagah jahan chamatkaar hoe.

Mein batana chaahoonga woh sab jon chamatkaar jo hua Andre ke korum, Mochudi meh. Jaise hum ye udhaaran baatathe hai, dekhna u siddhaant jo shaktishaali banae sab pristhud korum ke jo koi uspar prayog kare.

Andre jab baptisma praapt kar lis raha, woh missionaies ke saath jaata raha, jab weh chaar any jawaan aadmiyon ko seekhata raha, jisseh baptisma bhi diya ge. Ab yahan paanch jawaan aadmiyon theh. Weh shuroovaat karis ek doosre ke shaktishaali banae ke aur branch ke bhi.

Chhatha jawaan aadmi, Thuso, bhi baptais hua. Thuso susamaachaar teen doston se baanta, aur jald hee wahan nau hogae.

Ishu Masih ke chele bhi aiseh ikattha karta raha—ek baar meh kutch, jaise amantran kiya jaata raha doston ke dwara. Pracheenakaal mein, jab Andrew ke Muktidata mila, woh jaldi seh gaya apan bhai Simon ke pass aur “unhe Ishu ke pass laya.”10 Yahi rakam, jab Philip jab Masih ke peeche chalneh laga, woh apan dost Nathanael ko amantrit karis “aao aur dekho.”11

Mochudi meh, dasvaah jawaan aadmi sheeghr Ghirja meh shaamil hois. Missionaries gyaarahavaah ko paya. Aur baravah jawaan aadmi baptisma praapt karis jab woh dekha susamaachaar ke asar apan doston meh.

Mochudi Branch ke sadhasya uttejit hue. Yeh jawaan aadmiyon “Prabhu meh parivartit hois, aur … ghirja ke saath ekajut ho gais. raha.”12

Mormon Pustak ek mahatvapoorn bhoomika nibhais unka parivartan meh.13 Thuso yaad karis,“ Mein Mormon ke Pustak shuru kiya padhne … har waqt mein ghar par, paadhshaala meh, sabhi jagah jaiseh hameh mouka milta raha.”14

Oratile susamachaar ke kareeb ais apan doston ki udaaharan ke dwara. Woh samjaya,“Weh aisa badla jaise ek ungalee ka snap seh. … Hum sotcha ho na ho … ye us chhoteh … pustak se talukaat rakeh jo un logo ne chaaron or le jaate rahe … padhshaala. Hum sakta raha dekhe kitna atcha aadmi weh ban gaya raha. [Hum] bhi mangta raha badaleh.“15

Tasveer
Mochidi Branch

Sabh baarah jawaan aadmio ikatha bhais aur ek doosre ke do saal ke bheech me baptisma praapt karis. Pratyek sirf apan pariwaar meh, Girja ke sadhasya raha. Par weh Ghirja ke pariwaar se samarthan praapt karta raha, aur Pradhaan Rakwela se,16 unka Branch ke pradhaan,Elder aur Sister Taylor,17 badha missionary couple aur anye branch ke sadhyasio se.

Bhai Junior,18 ek korum ke agua, yeh javaan aadmio ko apan ghar par amantrit karis Ravivaar ke saanj ke aur uneh salaah dees. Ye javaan aadmio susamachaar ko saathe adhyayan karis aur niyamit tour se home evening karte rahe.

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Membraan ko mulakaat karna

Bhai Junior le jaat raha, ee long ke sadhasyon ko mulaakat kare ke, u long ke jiske missionary long padhata raha, aur any long ke jiske mulaakat karna zaroori raha. Sab barah javaan aadmio Bhai Junior ke truk meh peeche baith ke jaata raha. Woh unko do do kar ke ya teen kar ke gharon ke pass uttaarta raha aur phir baad meh wahan se unhe pik kar leta raha.

Bhale hee ye javaan aadmio abhi sirf seekhta raha susamaachaar ke baare meh aur weh mehsoos karte raha ki weh sab kutch nahi jaanta raha, Bhai Junior unko bataya ki ek ya do cheez jo weh jaante hai, usko baate in logon se. Yeh javaan pristhud rakne waale seekhais, pratna karis, aur madat karis Ghirja par pehra dees.19 Unhone poora karis apan pristhud ke zimmedaari aur khushi anubhav karis, seva kare meh.

Tasveer
Band of Brothers

Andre ne kaha. “Hum long saathe khela, saathe hassa, saathe roya, aur ban gaya bhaeechaara.”20 Asal meh, weh apneh ko bulaate hai “the Band of Brothers”

Saath saath weh ek lakshy nirdhaarit karis ki weh mission par jaaenge. Weh akel aapan pariwaar me seh memraan raha, un ke bahut kadhanai raha jiseh door kare ke raha, par weh ek doosre ke madat karis un sabh ke maadhyam se.

Ek ek kar ke ye javaan aadmi apan mission kol praapt karis. Jo pahele gais u long chitti bhejat raha u long ke paas jon abhi bhi tayaar karta raha jaeke, apan anubhav ko batata raha aur uthsahit karta raha ek doosre ke. In meh se gyaara aadmi mission meh seva karis.

Yeh jawaan aadmi apan pariwaar se susamaachaar baatis. Maatae, bahanon, bhaiyon,aur doston, saath hee saath u sabh long jisseh mission meh yeh long seekhais, badal gais aur baptisma praapt karis. Chamatkaar hois aur kai jeevan dhanye ho gaya.

Hum sakta suneh kai log sotche ki ye rakam ke chamatkaar sirf Africa meh hoy sakeh, upajjaoo maidaan meh jahan Israel ki ikatthaa jaldabaajee hai. Haalaanki, Hum bayaan deta ki siddhaant jo yaha Mochudi Branch meh lagoo kiya gaya hai, woh satch hai kahin bhi lagoo kiya jae sake. Jaha kahi hai tum, tumhaar parishad sake badhe, activ rahe se aur susamaachaar ke baate se. Jab ek chela doston tak pahunche, ek sake do bane. Do sake chaar. Chaar sake aath. Aur aath sake baarah. Branches sake wards banjae

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Mochudi Ward

Muktidaata seekhais, “Jahan do ya teen [ya zyaada] ikattha hai saath saath me, hamaare naam se, … dhyaan se dekho, wahan mein unke beech mein rahega.”21 Swarg ke Pita tayaar kareh mann aur dil un logo mein jo hamareh aas paas meh hai. Hum sakta hai prerna kareh, haath bhadaae our sangath de, satch ko baate, nimantran kare any log ko Mormon ke Pustak padhe ke, aur pyaar aur unka samarthan kare jaise ki weh Udhaarkarta ke jaane lage.

10 saal ho chukeh Mochudi Band of Brothers shuruvaat karis raha apan yatra saathe, aur weh abhi bhi band of brothers hai.

Katlego bolis. “Hum long shayad doory se alag hai, par hum phir bhi yahan hai ek doosre ke liye.”22

Yeh hamara pratna hai ki hum long sweekaar karega Prabhu ke nimantran ekajut hona hamaare pristhud korum meh, taki pratyek parishad sakeh ek sambaddh ke jagah rahe, ek ikattha hone ki jagah rahe, ek jagah jahan hum aage badhe sakta.

Ishu Masih hamaare Mukti daata hai, aur ye Uska kariye hai. Main gawahi deta Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

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  1. Dekho Mark and Shirley Taylor, comp., The Band of Brothers (Mochidi Branch conv ersion stories and testimonies, 2012–13), 4 Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  2. Personal correspondence, Letanang Andre Sebako, Band of Brothers resources files, 2011-19, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  3. Pradhaan Boyd K. Packer bolis: “Jab ek aadmi pristhud leta hai woh us cheez ke antarghat aata hai, jo usse bhi bhadha hai U cheez jo usseh bahar hai jiseh woh pooran pratigya kare sake” (“The Circle of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov. 1980, 109–10).

  4. Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson samajhais kaise prakat hone ki kriya ko dhoonde aur phir bola,“Jaiseh tum doharaata hai yeh prakriya din-ba-din, maheene-dar-maheene, varsh baad varsh, tum ‘badhega us sidhaant ka prakat hone ki kriya meh’” (“Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives,” Liahona, May.2018, 95; isseh bhi dekho Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith 2007],132).

  5. Dekhiye Handbook 2: Administering the Church 2010), 8.3.2.

  6. Anye log bhi madat kare, bishopric, sadhasiye aur salaahakaaron. Elder Ronald A. Rasband not karis ki Melchizedek Purohiti punarghatan, joh ghoshna kee gai March 31, 2018 seh ek laabh raha, “bishop ko maoka dete hai elders korum aur Sahayak Sanstha pradhaano ko aur zyaada jimedhaari dewe taaki bishop aur uske salaahakaar apan sabse mukhye kaaryon par dhyaan de sakeh—khaaskar javaan mahilaaon, aur javaan purush jon Aaronik Pristhud rakkhe pe adhyaksh kare.” (“Dhyaan se dekho! A Royal Army,” Liahona, May 2018, 59). Swargdoot bhi madat kari. Aaronik Prishud rakne waale swargdooton ki dekh rekh waale chaabhi pakade hai (dekho Doctrine and Covenant 13:1; yeh bhi dekho Dale G. Renlund and Ruth Lybbert Renlund, The Melchizedek Priesthood [2018], 26). Elder Jeffrey R. Holland bolis: “Aamtaur par [dekh rekh wale swargdoot] deekhai nahi padhta. Kabhi kabhi deekata hai. Par deekhata, ya nahi deekhata weh harwaqt nazdeek rahe. Kabhi kabhi unka saupa gaya kaam bahut badha rahe aur bahut mahatva rahe sansaar ke liye. Kabhi kabhi sandesh bahut nijee rahe. Kabhi na kabhi unka vajah rahe chetaavaanee dena. Par sabase adhik baar, yeh araam karneh ke liye kahe, daya ki dhyaan de, maargdharshan dikae kathin samay par” (“The Ministry of Angels,” Liahona, Nov. 2008, 29). Agar aap ke itchcha hai is madat ke, aap sakta “maange, aur tumeh dia jaega” (John 16:24)

  7. Russell M. Nelson, “Opening Remarks,” Liahona, Nov. 2018, 7–8.

  8. Dekhiye Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers (1844).

  9. Dekhiye Handbook 2, 8.1.2.

  10. Dekhiye John 1:40–42

  11. Dekhiye John 1:43–46

  12. 3 Nephi 28:23

  13. Dekhiye D. Todd Christofferson, “The Power of the Book of Mormon” (address given at seminar for new mission presidents, June 27, 2017).

  14. Thuso Molefe, in Taylor, The Band of Brothers, 22.

  15. Oratile Molosankwa, in Taylor, The Band Brothers, 31–32.

  16. Lucas Rakwela, Mochudi, Botswana.

  17. Mark and Shirley Taylor, Idaho, USA.

  18. Cilvester Junior Kgosiemang, Mochudi, Botswana.

  19. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 20:46—47, 53, 54

  20. Personal correspondence, Letanang Andre Sebasko, Band of Brothers resource files.

  21. Doctrine and Covenants 6:32

  22. Katlego Mongole, in “Band of Brothers 2nd Generation” (unpublished compilation), 21.