Bishops—Prabhu ke Bhedo ke Charwaaha
Bishop ke sabse mukhye kaam ek charwaaha ke hai badhti peedhi ke Ishu Masih ki or raah dikhaana.
Purohiti ke hamaar pyaare bhaaiyo, ek bahut-manpasand hymn ke sabse yaadgaar laain yeh puchta hai, “Shall the youth of Zion falter?(Kya Zion ke yuva ladkhadaenge?)”1 Uh sawaal ke jawaab me hamaar haardik aur shaandaar uddeshye hai “Nahi!”
Ih jaane ke liye ki kya yeh jawaab sahi hai, hum aaj gawahi deta hai ki asaamaanye chunaotiyon aur behkaawon ke samay me badhti peedhi ke sehyog dena, Swarg ke Pita dwara maata-pita aur bishoprics ko dewal ek zaroori zimmedaari hai.2 Hamme ek niji anubhao se ek bishopric ke mahatwa ke baare me bataawen do.
Jab hum ek deacon raha, hamaar pariwaar ek nawa ghar me ge jon ek dusra ward me raha. Hum junior high school shuru karta raha, isliye hamme ek nawa school bhi jaae ke raha. Deacons quorum me badhe achche jawaan purush ka group tha. Lagbhag sabhi ke maata-pita active(sakriye) sadasye the. Hamaar maa puri tarah sakriye thi, hamaar pita bhi badhiya the har tarah se par woh ek active sadasye nahi the.
Bishopric me jon dusra counselor(salahkaar) raha,3 Bhaai Dean Eyre, ek samarpit leader the. Jabki hum nawa ward me adjust karta raha, ek pita-putr la activity ke ghoshna hois Bear Lake pe—lagbhag 40 miles (65 km) door. Hum nahi socha raha hum apan pita ke bina jaae sakta. Lekin Bhaai Eyre ek khaas nimantran dees hamme uske sange jaawe ke. Uh hamaar pita ke baare me bahut achchi aur sammaan ki baate kahi aur ih jon maoka mila raha ke mahatwa ke baare me bataya jo mai deacons quorum ke sadasyon ke saath bitaunga. Isliye hum Bhaai Eyre ke sange jaawe ke taeyaar hoi giya, aur hamme uh anubhao pasand aais.
Bhaai Eyre yuvaaon ke khyaal rakkhe aur uh log ke poshan kare me maata-pitaaon ke sehyogi raha bishopric la apan zimmedaari pura kare me Masih jaise prem ke ek badhiya uddharan hone ke saath saath. Uh hamme ih ward me ek behtareen shuruaat dees aur hamaar liye ek updeshak(mentor) raha.
1960 me hamme mission jaae se kuch mahina pehle, Bhaai Eyre ka 39 saal ke umra me cancer ke kaaran dehaant ho gaya. Uske piche ek patni aur paanch ladkan raha jon sab 16 saal ke umra se chota raha. Uske sabse bada ladka log Richard aur Chris Eyre, se hamme pata laga ki uh log ke pita ke gaer maojudgi me, bishoprics Masih jaisa prem ke saath uh log aur uh log ke chota bhaiya aur bhaini loh ke sehyog dees aur khyaal karis, jiske liye hum bahut abhaari hai.
Maata-pitaaon ka mukhye zimmedaari hamesha apne pariwaaron pe hoga.4 Quorum presidencies bhi zaroori sehyog aur maargdarshan dete hai quorum sadasyon ke uh log ke Aaronic Purohiti ke zimmedaariyon aur shakti ke aage badhaae me madad karke apan zindagi me mukhye sthaan de ke.5
Aaj hamaar lakshye hai bishops aur uh-log ke counsellors pe gaor karo, jiske sako sahi me “Prabhu ke bhedo ke charwaaha”bolo—ubhadti peedhi ke charwaaha hone pe dhyaan de kar.6 Yeh dilchasp hai ki Devdut Peter Ishu Masih ke “hum log ke aatma ke Charwaaha aur Bishop bolis.”7
Bishop ke paanch mukhye zimmedaariyaan hai ek ward pe adhyaksh kare me:
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Woh ward ke adhyaksh kare la high priest hai.8
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Woh Aaronic Purohiti ke pradhaan hai.9
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Woh ek aam nirnayak hai.10
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Woh uddhaar aur umang jiwan ke kaam pe nigraani rakhta hai, jisme zarooratmand ki dekhbhaal karna shaamil hai.11
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Aur woh records, finances, aur sabhaghar ke istemaal ki nigraani karta hai.12
Presiding high priest ke uske bhumika me, bishop ward ka “dhaarmik leader” hai.13 Woh “Ishu Masih ke ek vishwaasi chela hai.”14
Uske alaawa, “bishop ward me uddhaar aur umang jiwan ke kaam pe dhyaan deta hai.”15 Bishop ke chaahi elders quorum aur Sahayak Sanstha presidency log ke sab roj ke zimmedaari deo susamachaar prachaar kare ke, nawa aur laute la sadasyon ke mazboot kare ke, dekhrekh ke, aur mandir aur pariwaar itihaas la kaam ke.16 Bishop ih kaam pe nigraani ward council aur ward youth council me kare hai.
Bishop ke sabse mukhye kaam ek charwaaha ke hai badhti peedhi ke raah dikhaana, jisme jawaan aviwaahit baalig shaamil hai, Ishu Masih ki or.17 Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson bishop aur uske counsellors ke ih behad mahatwapurn bhumika pe zor dees hai. Usne sikhayaa hai ki uh-log ke “pehla aur sabse zaroori zimmedaari hai [uh-log ke] ward ke jawaan purush aur jawaan mahilaaon ka khyaal rakhna.”18 Bishopric maata-pitaaon ke sahayta kare hai ward me ladkan aur yuva pe nigraani rakkhe me. Bishop aur ward ke Jawaan Mahilaaon ke pradhaan ek sange salaah-mashora kare hai. Uh-log yuvaaon ke madad kare hai For the Strength of Youth me paaye aadarsh ke jiye ke koshish kare ke, aur pawitr vachano ke banawe aur nibhaawe ke.
Aap saait puchega, “Kaae bishop ke batawa jaae yuva ke sange etna zyaada samay bitaao?” Prabhu Apan Girjaghar sthaapit karis hai bahut mahatwapurn praathmiktaaon ke pura kare ke liye. Wahi rakam, Uske Girjaghar ke sangathan ke aise banawa ge hai jisme bishop ke dohri zimmedaari hai. Uske paas ward ke liye siddhaant sambandhi zimmedaari hai, lekin priests quorum ke liye uske khaas zimmedaari bhi hai.19
Uh jawaan purush jon priests hai aur wahi umra ke jawaan mahilaaen apan jiwan aur vikaas me bahut mahatwapurn stage me hai. Thode hi pal me, uh log aisan nirnay lewe jiske prabhaao pure zindagi pe padta hai. Uh log chune ki kya uh log mandir ke liye yogye rahenge, mission pe jaaenge,20 koshish kar ke mandir me shaadi karenge, aur apan zindagi me naokri ke taeyaari kare. Ih nirnay log, ek dafe le lewa jaae, ke bhaari dhaarmik aur vyavahaarik prabhaao padhte hai baaki ke zinadagi pe. Bishops, kripya jaane rahe ki ek yuva priest, jawaan mahila, ya jawaan aviwaahit baalig ke saathe thoda deri bitaawa jaae la samay sake uh log ke madad kare samjhe ke ki Ishu Masih ke Praeshchit ke zariye uh log ke kon shakti uplabdh hai. Ih ek nirdeshan pradaan kare jiske gehra prabhaao uh-log ke pura zindagi pe sake rahe.
Ek sabse achcha uddharan jon hum dekha hai ek bishop ke jon apan yuvaaon ke ek yahi rakam drishye paae me madad karis raha uh hai Bishop Moa Mahe. Uske San Francisco Tongan Ward ke pehla bishop bane ke calling mila raha.21 Uh Vava‘u, Tonga ke raha jon yaha rehta raha. Uske ward San Francisco, California, hawaaiadda, ke paas raha, jahan uh kaam karta raha.22
Ward me dher yuva raha, zyaada karke uh pariwaaron me se jon haal hi me United States me base aais raha. Bishop Mahe uh log ke khale shabdo aur uddhaaran se nahi sikhaais kaise Ishu Masih ke imaandaar chela bano, balki uh log ke mandir, mission, shiksha, aur rozgaar ke liye taeyaar kare me uh log ke madad kare ke drishti bhi dees. Usne lagbhag aath saalo tak sewa ki, aur yuvaaon ke liye uske sapne aur ichchaaen sach hoi ge.
Lagbhag 90 pratishat Aaronic Purohiti ke quorums ke jawaan purush mission pe ge. Pandhrah jawaan purush aur mahilaaen apne pariwaaron ke pehle sadasye the college me padhaai kare ke.23 Uh ek local high school ke principal(hum log ke girja ke sadasye nahi) se milis, aur uh log ek dosti shuru karis aur ih baat karis ki kaise har ek yuva ke madad kara jaae sake laabhkaar lakshye haasil kare ke aur samasyaaon ke dur kare ke. Principal hamme batais ki Bishop Mahe uske madad karis wahan aae la sab dharm ke immigrants ke saathe kaam kare ke jon mushkil me raha. Yuva log janta raha ki bishop uh log se pyaar kare hai.
Dukh ke baat hai, Bishop Mahe bishop ke rup me sewa karte huwe mar gaye. Hum uske jazbaati aur prerna bhare antim sanskaar ke kabhi nahi bhulaega. Bhaari bheed raha. Choir 35 se zyaada yuva sadasyon se bana raha, jinhonne mission sewa kiya tha ya college jaa rahe the aur jon bishop ke samay pe yuva raha. Ek bhaashankarta apan ward me yuva aur jawaan baaligon ke or se bahut jazbaati abhaar bayaan karis. Uh shridhaanjali me Bishop Mahe ke dhanyevaad dees uh drishti ke liye jon usne unhe zindagi ke liye taeyaari karne aur dharm sewa me dees raha. Lekin sabse mahatwapurn, Bishop Mahe uh log ke apan zindagi ke buniyaad ke rup me Prabhu Ishu Masih me vishwaas banawe me madad karis raha.
Ab, bishops, jahan bhi aap sewa karta hai, apan interviews aur anye milaap me, aap uh rakam ke drishti pradaan kare sakta hai aur Ishu Masih me vishwaas banae sakta hai. Aap sakta vyavahaar ke badle, uh log ke zindagi ke liye taeyaar kare, aur uh log ke vachanbadh maarg pe rahe ke liye prerit kare ke liye shaktishaali nimantran dewe.
Iske alaawa, aap kuch yuva log ke madad kare sakta hai jon bahut maamuli baato pe apan maata-pita se jhagda kiye hai.24 Aisan samay pe jab yuva log apan maata-pita ke sange zyaada jhagda kare, jon insaan uh log ke quorum pe preside kare aur jiske uh log jawaab dewe hai girja me wahi insaan hai jiske paas uh log ke maata-pita jaawe mandir sifaarish(temple recommends) ke liye. Isse bishop ek vichitra stithi me padh jaawe duno yuva ke aur uske maata-pita ke salaah dewe me jab jhagde ke kaaran faasla ho gaya hai. Bishops sake duno ke madad kare ek anant nazariya se dekhe ke aur samasyaaon ke hal nikaale ke jon zyaada ya kam mahatwa ke hai. Hum log ke raae hai ki bishops ke koi dekhrekh la pariwaar nahi mile taaki uh log ke samay aur energy(urja) yuva aur uh log ke pariwaaron pe lagaya jaawe jon aisan stithi me hai.25
Hum ek bishop ke janta hai jon ek beta aur uske maata-pita ke beech bhaari jhagda suljhaais raha, ghar me ekta aur susamachaar ke prati zyaada vachanbadta badhaais raha. Bishop maata-pita log ke madad karis samjhe ke ki Ishu Masih ke chela bane ke koshish karna zyaada zaroori raha usse ki kaise aur kab pariwaar ke kaam pura hoe hai.
Yuva ke sange zyaada samay bitaawe ke liye, jahan kahi woh hai, jaise ki school ke events ya activities, bishoprics ke salaah dewa ge hai sahi tarah ke sabha aur salaah-mashora samay nikaale ke bade logon ke saath. Jabki bishops sake gambheer aur turant kiye jaane waale salaah ke dewe, hum log ke raae hai ki lagataar counseling shuru karaya jaae unke saath jiske puraane, kam zaroori maamlo hai jisme yogyata ke nyaaye nahi hote ko elders quorum ya Sahayak Sanstha ke sadasyon ko diya jaae—aamtaur pe presidencies ya dekhrekh kar rahe bhaaiyo aur bahane. Aatma leaders ke raah dikhaai26 sahi sadasyon ke chune ke jon sake counseling kare. Jon ke ih counseling la kaam saupa jaai revelation ke hakdaar rahi. Lekin, haan, unhe sab maamlo ko hamesha sakht rup se gupt rakhna padega.
Vichaarsheel leaders sab taaim balidaan dees hai badhti peedhi ke liye. Yahi pe bishopric ke sadasye apna zyaada Girjaghar-sewa ke samay bitaawe hai.
Ab hum yuvaaon se hi kuch baate bole mangta hai aur phir hum log ke bishops se.
Aap me se dher anmol yuva log ke paas saaf samajh nahi hoga aap kaun hai aur aap kya ban sakte ho. Phir bhi aap apan zindagi ke sabse mahatwapurn faeslo ke dehleez pe hai. Kripya apan duno maata-pita aur apan bishop se mahatwapurn chunaawon ke baare me salaah lo jo aapko leni padegi. Bishop ke apan dost aur salaah dewe la banen do.
Hum log janta hai ki aapke sab taraf se mushkilein aur behkaawe aa rahi hai. Hum log sab ke chaahi sab roj pashchataap karo, jaise Pradhaan Nelson sikhaais hai. Kripya koi bhi mushkil ke baare me apan bishop se baat karein jisme ek aam judge “mahaan kaam” ke taeyaari me Prabhu ke saath aapke zindagi sudhaare me aapke sahayta kare sake hai jo aapke liye ih antim yug me Uh dees hai.27 Jabki Pradhaan Nelson aapke amantrit karis hai, kripya apne aap ke kaabil banao Prabhu ke yuva sena ke bhaag banawe ke!28
Ab aap anmol bishops ke liye ek baat Girjaghar ke leadaron aur sadasyon ke or se. Hum aapke dil ke gehraai se apan abhaar pesh karte hai. Pyaare bishops, abhi haal ke saalo me jo badlaao laane ki aapse maang ki gayi hai, kripya yeh jaaniye hum aapse kitna pyaar karte aur khush hai. Raajye me aapke yogdaan lagbhag kehne se nahi pura hoga. Girjaghar ke duniya bhar me sewa kare la 30,900 bishops aur shaakha pradhaan hai.29 Hum log aap sab ke sammaan karta hai.
Kuch shabd aur jon pawitr calling log ke uh samjhaae hai ke lagbhag ek dhaarmik, mahaan mahatwa se bhara hai. Bishop ke calling zaroor ih shabdon ke sabse upari bhaag me hai. Ih kaam me Prabhu ke sewa karna bahut vishisht hai dher rakam se. Ek bishop ke calling, swikriti, aur setting apart ek kabhi-nahi-bhule-la-anubhao-hai. Hamaar liye, iske darja uh thoda se ghatnaaon se hai jisme dher rakam ke jazbaat mehsoos hote hai. Iske jagah aaraam se un anmol palon me hai jaise viwaah aur pita banna jiske thoda se shabdon se nahi bataya jaa sakta.30
Bishops, hum log aapke sustain karta hai! Bishops, hum log aapse pyaar karta hai! Aap log sach me Prabhu ke bhed ke charwaaha hai. Rakshak ih pawitr calling log me aap se door nahi jaai. Iske hum gawahi deta hai, Easter ke ih saptaah-anth pe, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.