Kya Gilead me Koi Marham Nahi?

Apan mission ke thoda samay baad, jab hum Brigham Young University me padhta raha, hamme hamaar pita phone se sampark karis. Pitaji hamme batais ki uske pancreatic cancer ho gaya hai aur bhale uske bachne ke bahut sambhaona nahi hai, uh mangta raha theek howe aur apan zindagi ke aam gatividhiyon me laute. Uh phone call hamaar liye ek gambheer pal raha. Hamaar pita hamaar bishop raha, hamaar dost, aur hamme salaah dewe la. Jab hamaar maa, hamaar bhaai bahan, aur hum apan bhavishye ke baare me socha, uh dhundla lagis. Hamaar chota bhaai, Dave, New York me mission pe raha aur utna door-se ih mushkil pariwaarik ghatnaaon me bhaag leta raha.

Uh samay ke daactaro ne cancer ko faelne se rokne aur kam karne ke liye surgery ka sujhaao diya. Hum log parivaar ke log imaandaari se upwaas karis aur chamatkaar ke liye praathna karis. Hamme laga ki hum log ke paas paryaapt vishwaas hai ki hamaar pita theek sakta raha howe. Surgery se ekdam pehle, hamaar bada bhaai, Norm, aur hum pitaji ke ek ashirwaad diya. Pura vishwaas se jon hum log jutaae sakta raha, hum logon ne praathna kiya ki woh theek ho jaae.

Surgery kayi ghanto tak chalne waali thi, lekin kuch hi der baad, daactar hum log se mile aais waiting room me. Usne hamein bataya ki jaise hi unhonne surgery shuru ki, woh dekh sakte the ki cancer mere pita ke pure shareer me fael gaya hai. Unhonne jo dekha uske aadhaar pe, mere pita ke paas jeene ke liye kuch hi mahine the. Hum toh tabaah ho gaye the.

Jaise hi mere pita surgery se jaage, woh yeh jaanne ke liye utsuk the ki kya prakriya safal rahi. Humne unke saath gambheer khabar sheyar ki.

Hum upwaas karte raha aur chamatkaar ke liye praathna karte raha. Jaise hi hamaar pita ke swaasth jaldi se bigadte ge, hum log praathna karne lage ki woh dard se mukt ho sake. Aakhri me, jaise jaise uske haalat bigadte ge, hum log Prabhu se vinti kara ki woh use le jaa sakte hai. Surgery ke kuch hi mahine baad, jaisa ki surgeon ne bhavishyevaani ki thi, mere pita ki mrityu ho gayi.

Ward ke sadasyon aur pariwaar ke doston dwara hum log ke parivaar pe bahut pyaar aur dekhbhaal ki gayi. Hum ne ek sundar antim sanskaar kiya jisse mere pita ke jiwan ko sammaanit kiya. Lekin jaise jaise samay beette ge, hum log apan pita ke nahi rahe ke dard ke anubhao kara, hamme ashcharye howe laga ki hamaar pita theek kaae nahi hois. Hum soche laga ki kya hamaar vishwaas utna mazboot nahi raha. Kaae kuch parivaaro ko chamatkaar mila, lekin hum log ke parivaar ke nahi? Hum apan mission pe seekha raha jawaab ke liye dharamshaastr me dekho, isliye hum shaastron ke padhe laga.

Puraana Niyam ek mahakdaar jadibuti ya malham ki shiksha dewe hai jiske ghaawon ke theek kare me istemaal kara jaawe jise Gilead me ugne waali jhaadi se banaya gaya tha. Puraane Niyam ke zamaane me, uh jadi buti ke “Gilead ka marham”¹naam se jaana jaata raha. Prophet Jeremiah apan logon ke beech ke peedaaon ke baare me batais aur aasha karis uh log theek ho jaae. Jeremiah sawaal karis, “Kya Gilead me koi marham nahi; kya koi vaed nahi?”² Literature, sangeet, aur kala ke maadhyam se Rakshak Ishu Masih ko aksar Gilead ka Marham kaha gaya hai Uske itne achche changaai ki shakti ke kaaran. Jeremiah ke rakam, hum soche laga raha, “Kya Gilead me koi marham nahi hai Nielson pariwaar ke liye?”

Nawa Niyam ke Mark chapter 2 me, hum log dekhta Rakshak Capernaum me hai. Rakshak ke changaai ke shakti ke baat pura desh me fael ge raha, aur dher jan Capernaum safar kar ke ge Rakshak se changaai paae ke liye. Jon ghar me Rakshak raha uske aas-paas itne log jama the ki un sabhi ko bheetar bulaawe ke liye Uske paas jagah nahi raha. Chaar admi log ek lakwa se peedit admi ke Rakshak se changa karaae ke liye le ke ge. Uh log bheed me se nahi jaa paae, aur isliye woh us ghar ke chat ko khole aur peedit ko niche utaara Rakshak se milwaane ke liye.

Jab hum ih kahani padha, toh hamme ashcharye hois ki Rakshak uh peedit se mil ke konchi bolis: “Beta, tumhaare paapo ko chama kiya jaae.”³ Hum sohca ki agar hum uh chaar aadmiyon me ek rehta jon ih aadmi ke le ke giya raha, toh hum shaayad Rakshak se kehta, “Hum log iske yahan sach me changa kare ke liye laaya raha.” Hamme lage hai Rakshak aise jawaab deta, “Hum uske changa kar diya.” Kya yeh mumkin raha ki hum achcha se samjha nahi raha—ki Rakshak ke changa kare la shakti khali hum log ke shareer ke theek kare la Uske chamta nahi raha lekin, shaayad usse bhi zaroori, hum log ke dilon aur mere parivaar ke tute dilon ko achcha mehsoos karwana?

Rakshak ek zaroori seekh dees apan anubhao ke zariye jab Uh anth me uh aadmi ke shareerik rup se changa karis raha. Hamaar liye spasht hoi ge raha ki Uske sandesh raha ki Uh sakta raha andha long ke aankhi chuwe, aur uh log dekhe lage. Uh sakta raha bhaira long ke kaan chuwe, aur uh log sune lag jaae. Uh sakta raha apahij long ke godh chuwe, aur uh log chale lagta raha. Uh sake hum log ke aankhi aur kaan aur godh ke theek kare, lekin sabse zaroori hai, Uh sake hum log ke dilo ke theek kare jab hum log ke paap se mukt kare aur hum log ke kathin mushkilon me madad kare.

Jab Mormon Dharamshaastr ke logon ke saamne Rakshak pragat hois Apan Punahsthaapna ke baad, Uh phir se Apan changa kare la shakti ke baat karis. Nephites Uske awaaz aasmaan se aate sunis, “Kya tum ab mere paas nahi lautoge, aur apne paapon se chama maangoge, aur samarpit hoge, ki mai tumhe changaai doon?”⁴ Baad me, Rakshak sikhaawe, “Kaae ki tum nahi jaante kab woh laut aaye aur chama maang le, aur mere paas saaf hirday se aaye, aur mai unhe changaai dunga⁵ Rakshak shareer ke changaai ki baat nahi karta raha par unke hridayon ki dhaarmik changaai ki.

Moroni hamein aur gyaan deta hai hai apne pita, Mormon, ke shabdon se. Chamatkaaron pe baat kare ke baad, Mormon kehta hai, “Aur Masih ne kaha tha: Agar tum mujh mein vishwaas karoge tab mere nimit jo avashyak hoga use karne mein tum samarth hoge.”⁶ Hum seekha ki hamaar vishwaas ka vishay Ishu Masih hona chahiye aur ki jab hum Uspe vishwaas kara toh hamme Uske apnaae ke zaroorat raha jon Uske liye uchit raha. Ab hum samajhta hai ki hamaar pita ke guzar jaana uchit raha Parmeshwar ke yojna ke liye. Ab, jab hum apan haath koi ke uppar rakhta uske ashirwaad dewe ke liye, Ishu Masih me hamaar vishwaas rahe, aur hum ih samajh leta ki ek insaan sake aur zaroor se sharirik rup se changa hoe agar woh Masih ke liye uchit hai.

Rakshak ke Praeshchit, jon duno Uske mukti aur yogye banae la shakti uplabdh karae hai, uh aakhri ashirwaad hai jon Ishu Masih sab ke dewe hai. Jab hum log dil se pashchataap karta, Rakshak hum log ke paap se shudh kare hai. Jab hum khushi se apni ichcha Pita ko dete hai, bahut kathin paristhitiyon me bhi, Rakshak hamare bojh ko uthaaega aur unhe halka banaega.⁷

Lekin yahan woh badhiya paath hai jo maine seekha hai. Hum galti se vishwaas kar liya raha ki Rakshak ke changaai de la shakti hamaar parivaar ke liye nahi kaam karis raha. Ab jab hum aur anubhavi nazariya aur anubhav se dekhta, hamme dekhaawe hai ki Rakshak ke changa kare la shakti hamaar parivaar ke har sadasye ke jiwan me raha. Hum etna zyaada gaor kar liya raha ek sharirik changaai pe ki hum uh chamatkaaron ke nahi dekh paaya jon ghatis raha. Prabhu ih kathin musibat ke dwara hamaar maa ke uski chamta se pare mazboot karis aur aage badhaais, aur uh ek lamba aur laabhkaari jiwan jees. Uske ladkan aur pote-potiyon pe kamaal ka prabhaao padis raha. Prabhu hamme aur hamaar bhaai bahano ke pyaar, ekta, vishwaas, aur lacheelapan ke ashirwaad dees wahi hum log ke zindagi ke ek mahatwapurn hissa ban ge aur aaj bhi maojood hai.

Lekin hamaar pitaji ka kya? Jaisa ki sab pashchataap karne waalo ke saath hota hai, woh dhaarmik rup se changa hua tha kyunki usne Rakshak ke Praeshchit ke kaaran uplabdh ashishon ko khoja aur praapt kiya. Uh apan paap se chama paais aur ab Punarjiwan ke chamatkaar ke intazaar kare. Devdut Paul sikhaais, “Aur jaise Adam mein sab marte hai, waisa hi Maseeh mein sab jilaye jayege.”⁸ Yaad karo, hum Rakshak se bolta raha, “Hum log apan pita ke Aapke paas changa kare ke liye laaya raha,” aur ab hum achcha se samajh giya hai ki Rakshak hi ske changa karis. Gilead ka marham Nielson parivaar ke liye faedemand raha—uh rakam se nahi jaise hum log socha raha, balki usse bhi zyaada mahatwapurn tarika se jisse hum log ke zindagi ke ashirwaad mila aur ab bhi hai.

Nawa Niyam ke John chapter 6 me, Rakshak ek sabse dilchasp chamatkaar karis. Khali thoda se machri aur thoda se roti se, Rakshak 5,000 jan ke khaana khawaais. Hum ih kahani ke dher dafa padha hai, lekin ih anubhao ke ek bhaag hai jispe hum gaor nahi kara aur jiske mulye ab hamaar liye bahut hai. Jab Rakshak 5,000 ke bhojan khawaae dees raha, Uh Apan chela long ke batais bacha kucha sab batoro, jisse 12 tokriyaan bhar gayi. Hum socha hai kaae Rakshak samay nikaalis ih kare ke liye. Ih hamme samajh me aai ge hai ki uh kahani se hum ek baat seekhe sakta hai: Uh sakta raha 5,000 ke khawaae aur usme se bhi bach ge raha. “Hamaar kripa sab insaan ke liye paryaapt hai.”⁹ Rakshak ke mukti dewe aur changa kare la shakti koi bhi paap, ghaao, ya musibat ke theek kare sake—chaahe kitna hi bada ya mushkil ho—aur ashirwaad(bache-kuche) uske baad bhi rahenge. Unki kripa hi paryaapt hai.

Ih gyaan ke saathe, hum log vishwaas ke saath aage badhe sakta hai, yeh jaante huwe ki jab kathin samay aai—aur woh zaroor aaenge—ya jab paap hamare zindagiyon ke gher lee, toh Rakshak “apan pankho me changaai liye,”¹⁰ khada hoga, hamein Apne paas aawe ke liye amantrit karega.

Hum aapke Gilead ke Marham, Rakshak Ishu Masih, hamare Muktidaata, aur Uski adbhud changaai ke shakti ke gawahi deta hai. Hum aapke kare ke Uske ichcha ke gawahi deta hai. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.