Apne Padosi ko Pyaar karo
Daya Masih ka ek gun hai. Yah dusron ke prati prem se paida hota hai aur iski koi seema nahin hoti.
Aaj subah, main aapko African yaatra par mere saath shaamil hone ke liye aamantrit karta hoon Aapko koi sher, zebra ya haathee nahin dikhega, lekin shaayad, yaatra ke anth tak, aap dekhenge ki kaise Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka hazaaron sadasye Masih ki dusri mahaan aagya “apane padosi se pyaam karo” ka jawaab de rahe hai (Mark 12:31).
Ek kshan ke liye kalpana kijie, Africa ki graameen laal mitti. Aap sookhi aur anutpaadak bhoomi se dekhte hain ki kai saalon se varsha kisi bhi maapaneey maatra mein nahin hui hai. Jo kuch gaaye-baael aapke raaste mein aate hain, weh bahut duble-patle aur kuposhit hote hain,unhen ek Karamojong charavaahe dwara nirdeshit kiya ja raha hai, jo kambal se dhaka hua hai, saindal pahane pairon ke saath, vanaspati aur paani khojne ki ummeed mein chal raha hai.
Jaise hi aap maargdarshan karta hai kathin aur pathreeli sadak par, aap khoobsurat bachchon ke kai samoohon ko dekhte hain aur aashcharye karte hain ki weh skool mein kyon nahin hain. Bachche muskuraate hain aur haath hilaate hain, aur aap aansoo aur muskuraahat ke saath jawaab dete hain. Is yaatra mein aap jin sabse chote bachchon ko dekhte hain unamen se 92 pratishat(percent) ko paryaapt bhojan nahin mil paata hai, aur unke hrday mein peeda ki teevr bhaavanaen hoti hain.
Aage, aap dekhte hain ki ek maa apne sir par saaodhani santulit se lagbhag unnees litar.(19 L)paani ka ek kontainar aur dusra haath mein le ja rahi hai. Woh is kshetr ke har do gharon mein se ek ka pratinidhitv karti hai jaha mahilaaen, yuva aur bujurg, apne parivaar ke liye paani ke srot tak har din 30 minat se adhik paidal chalti hain. Aap par duhkh ki lahar daud jaati hai.
Do ghante beet jaate hain aur aap ek ekaant, chaayaadaar sthaan par pahunchte hain. Baithak sthal koi hol ya tent nahin hai balki kuch bade pedon ke niche hai jo tez dhoop se aashray pradaan karte hain. Is sthaan par, aapne dekha ki na bahata paani hai, na bijlee hai, na phlash shauchaalay hain. Aap chaaron or dekhte hain aur jaante hain ki aap un logon mein se hain jo Parmeshwar se pyaar karte hain, aur aap turant unke liye Parmeshwar ke pyaar ko mehsoos karte hain. Weh sahayata aur aasha praapt karne ke liye ikaatha hue hain, aur aap ise baatne karne ke liye aae hain.
Yeh woh yaatra hai jiska anubhav Bahan Arden aur main ne Bahan Camille Johnson, hamari General Relief Society President aur uski pati Doug aur Bahan Sharon Eubank, tatha Church Humantarian Services ki nideshak jab hamane Africa Central Area ke Girjaghar ke 47 miliyan logon ke desh Uganda mein ghuma Us din, pedon ki chaaya ke niche, hamane ek saamudaayik svaasthy pariyojana ka daura kiya jo Church Humantarian Services, UNICEF, aur Uganda sarakaar ke Ministry of Health dwara sanyukt roop se vitt poshit hai. Yeh vishvasaniye sangathan hain, jinhen yah sunishchit karne ke liye saaodhaani chuna gaya hai ki Girjaghar ke sadasyon ke daan kiye gae humantarian dhan ka vivekapurn upyog kiya jae.
Kuposhit(malnourished) bachchon aur tuberculosis, maleriya aur lagataar dast ke prabhaavon ko dekhna jitna dil dahalaane waala tha, hamen se pratyek ke man mein, jinse bhi ham mile unke liye behtar kal ki aasha badh gai.
Yeh aasha, aanshik roop se, duniya bhar ke Girjaghar sadasyon ki dayaluta se aai hai jo Girjaghar humantarian prayaas ke liye samay aur dhan daan karte hain. Jaise hi mainne bimaaron aur peediton ki madad karte aur unhen uthaate hue dekha, mainne krtagyata se apna sir jhuka liya. Us pal, mujhe behtar samajh mein aaya ki Raajaon ke raaja ka kya matlab tha, jisne kaha tha:
“Aao, Mere Pita ke joh dhanye ho, us raajye ke apnaao jo tumhare liye taeyaar kiya gaya hai … :
“Kyunki mai bhuka tha, aur tumne mujhe khaane ko diya: mai pyaasa tha, aur tum ne mujhe paani pilaya: mai pardesi tha, tum ne mujhe apne ghar mein tehraaya ”(Matthew 25:34–35).
Hamari Rakshak ki vinaati “ Usi prakaar tumhara ujiyala manushyon ke saamne chamke, ki woh tumhare bhale kaamon ko dekh kar tumhare Pita, jo swarg mein hai, ki badhaai karein.” (Matthew 5:16; aur verses 14–15 bhi dekhiye). Prithvee ke us dur-daraaj ke kone mein, aapake achche kaaryon ne jiwan ko ujjval kar diya aur behad zarooratamand logon ka bojh halka kar diya aur Parmeshwar ki mahima hui.
Us garmi aur dhool bhare din me, meri ichcha thi ki aap Parmeshwar ki stuti aur kritgyata ki Unki praathnaaen sunn paate. Weh mujhse apane mool Karamojong mein, “Alakara.” kehne ko kahenge. Aap ka dhanyevaad.
Hamari yaatra ne mujhe good Samaritan ke drshtaant ki yaad dila di, jiski yaatra use dhool bhari sadak par le gai, mainne jo kaha, usse bhinn nahin, ek sadak jo Jerusalem se Jericho tak jaati thi. Yeh dekh-rekh Samaritan hamen sikhata hai ki “ apane padosi se prem ” karne ka kya matlab hai.
Usne dekha “ek aadmi [jo] choron ke beech gir gaya, unhonne uske kapade utaar diye, aur use ghaayal kar diya, aur use aadha mara hua chodakar chale gae ”(Luke 10:30). Samaritan ko “ us par daya aaee ”(Luke 10:33).
Daya Masih ka ek gun hai. Yah dusron ke prati prem se paida hota hai aur iski koi seema nahin hoti. Ishu, duniya ke Rakshak, daya ke prateek hain. Jab ham padhate hain ki “Ishu roya ”(John 11:35) to ham, Mary aur Martha ki tarah, Uski daya ke gawah hain, jiske karan Woh pahale aatma mein karaah utha aur pareshan ho gaya (dekhiye John 11:33). Mormon Dharaamshaastra mein Masih ki karuna ka udhaaraan, Ishu ek bheed ke saamne prakat hue aur kaha:
“Tum me kya koi apahij, ya andha, ya apang, … ya bhaira, ya kisi aur tarah se peedit hai? Unhe yaha laao aur main unhe theek karunga, kyunki tum par main daya karta hoon. …
“… Aur usne unmen se har ek ko theek kiya” (3 Nephi 17:7, 9).
Hamare har koshish ke baovjood, aap aur main har kisi ko theek nahin kar paenge, lekin hamen se pratyek vyakti aisa ho sakta hai jo kisi ke jiwan mein achchai ke liye badalaav la sakta hai. Yeh sirph ek ladka tha, ek saadharan ladka, jisne paanch hazaar logon ko khilaane wali paanch rotiyaan aur do machaliyaan pesh ki. Ham apni bhent ke baare mein puch sakte hain, jaise chela Andrew ne rotiyon aur machaliyon ke baare mein kaha, “Itne saare logon ke beech we kya hain?” (John 6:9). Main aapko vishwaas dilaata hoon; yeh wah dene ya karne ke liye paryaapt hai jo aap kar sakte hain, aur phir Masih apake prayaas bhadaen.
Is baat par, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland ne hamen aamantrit kiya, “ameer ho ya gareeb, … jab dusron ko zaroorat ho to ‘ham jo kar sakte hain’ karen.” Phir unhonne gawahi di, jaisa ki main karta hoon, ki Parmeshwar “aapaki madad karenge aur shishyatv ke dayalu kaaryon mein aapaka maargdarshan karenge” (“Are We Not All Beggars?,” Liahona, Nov. 2014, 41).
Us sudur desh mein, us avismaraneey din par, main Girjaghar ke ameer aur gareeb donon sadasyon ki aatma ko jhakajhor dene waali aur jeevan badal dene waali karuna ke gawah ke roop mein tab bhi khada tha aur ab bhi khada hoon
Good Samaritan ka drshtaant jaari hai kyunki usne “us [vyakti] ke ghaaon ko baandha aur uski dekhbhaal kee ”(Luke 10:34 Hamare Church humantarian koshishen hamen praakrtik aapadaon{natural disasters} par turant pratikriya dete hain aur duniya mein bimari, bhookh,shishu mrtyu, kuposhan, visthaapan, aur hatotsaah, niraasha aur niraasha ke aksar-anadekhe ghaaon ke ghaaon par maraham lagate hain.
Tab Samaritan “ne do paise nikale, aur host ko diye, aur us se kaha, Iska dyaan rakhna ”(Luke 10:35). Ek girjaghar ke roop mein ham apne humantarian prayaason mein sahayeta ke liye anye “hosts” ya Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, aur Red Cross/Red Crescent jaise sangathanon ke saath sahayog karne ke liye aabhaari hain. Ham aapke “do pence ” ya do euros, do pesos ya do shiling ke liye samaan roop se aabhaari hain, jo us bojh ko kam kar rahe hain jise duniya bhar mein bahut se logon ko uthaana pad raha hai. Yah sambhaavana nahin hai ki aap apane samay, dolar aur paise ke praaptakartaon ko jaanate honge, lekin daya ke liye hamen unhen jaanane ki aavashyakta nahin hai, iske liye kewal hamen unse pyaar karna aavashyak hai.
President Russell M. Nelson, hamen yah yaad dilaane ke liye dhanyavaad ki “jab ham Parmeshwarko pure dil se pyaar karte hain, to Woh hamare dilon ko dusronki bhalai ki or mod deta hai” (“The Second Great CommandmentLiahonaNov. 2019, 97). Main gawahi deta hoon ki jab ham President Nelson ke aahvaan ka jawab denge to hamen se pratyek ke paas khushi, shaanti, vinamrata aur prem ki vrddhi hogi apane hrdayon ko dusron ki bhalai ki or modna aur Joseph Smith ki vinati “bhukhon ko khaana khilao, nange logon ko kapade pahanao, vidhavaon ki dekhbhaal karo, anaathon ke aansoo sukhao, [aur] peediton ko saantvana do, chaahe is Girjaghar mein, ya kisi anye, ya kisi bhi girjaghar mein, kahi bhi [ham unhen dhoondhate hain]” (“Editor’s Reply to a Letter from Richard Savary,” Times and Seasons,Mar. 15, 1842, 732).
Un sabhi mahinon pehle, hamne sukhi aur dhool bhare maidaan mein bhookhe aur peediton ko paaya aur madad ke liye unki vinatee bharee aankhon ke gawah bane. Apne tarike se, ham aatma mein karaahate the aur pareshaan the(dekhiye John 11:33),aur phir bhi un bhaavanaon ko shaant kiya gaya kyunki hamne Girjaghar ke sadasyon ki daya ko kaam mein dekha, jaise bhookhon ko khaana khilaaya gaya, vidhavaon ko pradaan kiya gaya, peediton ko saantvana mili aur unke aansoo sookh gaye.
Ham hamesha dusron ki bhalai ke liye tatpar rahen aur shabdon aur karmon se dikhaen ki ham “ek dusre ka bojh uthaane ko taeyaar hain” (Mosiah 18:8), “toote hue dilon ko jodna” (Doctrine and Covenants 138:42), aur Masih ki dusri mahan aagya “apane padosi se prem karo” ka paalan karna” (Mark 12:31). Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.