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Daswa Hissa: Swarg ki Khidkiyon ko Kholna
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Daswa Hissa: Swarg ki Khidkiyon ko Kholna

Elder Neil L. Andersen dwara

Barah Devduton ke Quorum Ke

Swarg kee khidakiyaan kaee tarah se khultee hain. Prabhu ke samay par bharosa rakho; aashirvaad hamesha aata hai.

Mere pyaare bhaaiyo aur bahanon, haali mein jab main South America me tha, tab Bhaai Roger Parra jo Venezuela ka tha ne mujhse apne anubhav ko baata.

“2019 mein Venezuela paanch dino tak bijalee gul rahane kee samasya se uspar bura asar pada.

“Sadkon par avyavastha aur hadbadi thi, aur kaee bechaare logon ke paas paryaapt bhojan nahin tha.

“Kuchh logon ne bhojan waale vyavasaayon ko lootna shuroo kar diya, unke raaste mein aane vaalee har cheez ko nasht kar diya.

“Ek chotte se bakery ke maalik hone ke taur pe, main apne vyaapaar ko lekar chintit tha. Ek parivaar ki tarah, hamne tay kiya ki saari bakery ka khaana hum zaroorat mand logo mein baat dege.

“Ek bahut andheree raat mein har jagah dange hote rahe. Meri chinta meri pyaaree patnee aur bachchon kee suraksha thee.

Bhor(dawn) mein main bakery mein gaya. Dukh kee baat hai ki aaspaas ke sabhee khaady vyavasaay ko luteron ne nasht kar diya tha, lekin mujhe bahut aashchary hua, hamaaree bekree barkaraar thee. Kuchh bhee nasht nahin hua tha. Maine vinamrataapoorvak apne Swargiye Pita ko dhanyevaad diya.

“Ghar pahuch kar, Maine ghar mein sabko bataaya Parmeshwar ke aashirvaad aur suraksha ke baare mein.

“Weh bahut abhaari the.

“Mera sabse bada beta, Rohelio, keval 12 saal ka, bola, ‘Papa!!! Main jaanta hu ki hamaara dukaan kyon surakshit hain. Aap aur maa hamesha apne tithe bharte ho.’”

Brother Parra ne kaha: “Malachi ke shabd mere dimaag mein aaya. ‘Main tere kaaran bhakshak ko daantoonga, aur vah teree bhoomi kee uppaj naash na karega.’ [Malachi 3:11]. Hamne ghutne teke aur apne Swargiye Pita ko Unke chamatkaar ke liye dhanyavaad diya.”1

Tasveer
Parra pariwaar

Iske saath mujhe abhee saabit karen

Hamaare paas jo kuchh bhee hai aur ham jo kuchh bhee hain vah Parmeshwar se aata hai. Masih ke chele ke taur se, ham apne ichcha se apne aas-paas ke logon ke saath baantte hai.

Prabhu ne hamen jo kuchh bhee diya hai, Usne hamse prithvee par hamaaree vrddhi ka 10 pratishat Unhein aur Unke raajy ko lautaane ke liye kaha hai. Usne hamse vaada kiya hai ki kyonki ham apne daswa hissa(tithe) ke prati eemaanadaar hain, vah “swarg kee khidakiyaan … khol dega, aur aasheervaad … barsaega, ki ise praapt karne ke liye paryaapt jagah nahin hogee.”2 Usne hamse vaada kiya hai ki Hamen buraiyo se bachayega.3 Ye vaade bahut nishchit hain,4 Prabhu ne kaha hai, “Ab mujhe yahaan se Siddh karo,”5 ek line jo shastra mein kaheen nahin milta.

Swarg kee khidakiyaan kaee tarah se khultee hain. Kuchh asthaayee hain lekin kaee aadhyaatmik hai. Kuch sooksham(subtle) hain lekin nazarandaaj karna aasaan hai. Prabhu ke samay par bharosa rakho; aashirvaad hamesha aata hai.

Ham un logon ke saath duhkhee hain jo jeevan kee aavashyaktaon ke liye sangharsh karte hain. Girjaghar ne haal hee mein duniya bhar mein kamjor bachchon aur maataon ko raahat pradaan karne ke liye 54 million Amerikee(US) dollar ka daan diya.6 Aur hamaare monthly upwaas bhet ke saath, hamaare achchhe bishop har haphte hazaaron logon kee madad karte hain jinhen asthaayee roop se apnee mez par bhojan, apnee peeth par kapde, aur apne sir par aashray kee aavashyakta hotee hai. Is duniya kee gareebee ka ekamaatr sthaayee samaadhaan Ishu Masih ka susamaachaar hai.7

Vishwaas ka Ek Buniyaad

Prerit Paul ne chetaavnee dee ki manushyon kee buddhi manushyon kee baaton ko to samajhtee hai, parantu Parmeshwar kee baaton ko samajhne mein use kathinaee hotee hai.8 Duniya hamaare paise ke maamle mein daswa hissa dene kee baat kartee hai, lekin daswa hissa dene ka pavitr niyam mukhy roop se hamaare vishwaas ka maamla hai. Apne daswa hissa ke daan mein eemaanadaar hona ek tareeka hai jis se ham apne jeevan mein Pabhu ko apnee chintaon aur hiton se oopar rakhne kee ichchha dikhaate hain. Main aapse vaada karta hoon ki jaise hee aap Bhagvaan par bharosa karenge, svarg ka aasheervaad aaega.

Ishu ne kaha “jo Caesar ka hai, vah Caesar ko de do; aur jo vastuen Parmeshwar kee hain ve Parmeshwar ke liye hain.”9 punarjeevit Uddhaarkarta ne Nephites se Malachi mein pae gae Unke vaadon ko apne rikord mein likhne ke liye kaha.10 Hamaare samay mein, Prabhu ne ghoshna karte hue daswa hissa dene ke divy niyam kee punah pushti kee: “Yah mere logon ke daswa hissa dene kee shuruaat hogee. Aur [ve] … apni saal ka biyaaj ka daswa hissa vaarshik rup se denge; aur yeh hamesha ke liye unka ek sthaayee kaanoon hoga.”11

Prabhu ne spasht roop se nirdeshit kiya ki tithing kaise vitarit kiya jaana chaahiye, yah kahate huwe, “Tum sab daswa hissa bhandaar mein le aao,”12 jiska arth hai daswa hissa ko Unke punarsthaapit raajy mein laana, Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka.13 Unhone nirdesh diya ki in pavitr tithes ke upyog par First Presidency kee ek parishad, Quorum ke Twelve Apostles, Presiding Bishopric, “dvaara praathnaapoorvak vichaar kiya jaega, “aur meree apanee aavaaj se, Prabhu kahate hain.”14

Prabhu kee pavitr nidhi

Ye pavitr daan Girja ke netaon kee nahin hain. Ve Prabhu ke hain. Unke sevak apne prabandhan kee pavitr prakrti ke prati parishram-poorvak jaagrook hain.

President Gordon B. Hinckley ne bachpan ka yah anubhav sunaaya: “jab main ek ladka tha to mainne apne Pita se Girja kharch ke sambandh mein ek prashn uthaaya tha. Unhonne mujhe yaad dilaaya ki mera daswa hissa aur bhent chukaana Ishvar ka diya zimmedaari hai. Phir kyon mein, [mere Pita ne kaha,] jo main deta hoon vah ab mera nahin hai. Yah us Prabhu ka hai jise main ise samarpit karta hoon.” Uske Pita ne aur kaha: “Girja ke adhikaaree iske saath kya karte hain, iskee chinta karne kee zaroorat nahin hai [tujhe, Gordon]. Ve Prabhu ke prati javaabdeh hain, jinhen unke haathon hisaab-kitaab kee aavashyakta hogee.”15

Ham “Prabhu ke prati javaabdeh” hone ke bhaar ko gehraee se mehsoos karte hain.

Aapaka udaar Daswa Hissa aur Bhent

Aapke dvaara Prabhu ko samarpit kiye gae udaart se diye daswa hissa aur bheton se, pichhle varsh jarooratmandon ko aasheervaad dene ke liye ek billion US dollars se adhik ka upyog kiya gaya tha.16

Duniya bhar mein punahsthaapit susamaachaar ko le jaane kee hamaaree mahatvapoorn zimmedaaree mein, hamaare paas 69,000 se zyaada mishanaree hain jo 414 mishanon mein seva kar rahe hain.17 Aapke daswa hissa aur bhento ke kaaran, mishanaree, apnee paarivaarik vitteey sthiti kee parvaah kiye bina, seva karne paate hai.

Duniya bhar mein bhaari sankhya mein mandir banae ja rahe hain. Vartamaan mein, 177 mandir sanchaalan mein hain, 59 vartamaan mein nirmaan ya naveenkaran ke adheen hain, aur 79 anye mandiron ke yojna aur design ban rahe hai.18 Aapka daswa hissa mandir ke aasheervaad ko un sthaanon par hone kee anumati de rahe hain jinkee keval Bhagvaan hee kalpana kar sakte hain.

195 deshon aur kshetron mein hazaaron chepal aur any suvidhaon mein 30,000 se adhik mandliyaan sthit hain.19 Aapke wafaadaar daswa hissa ke kaaran, Girja door-daraaj ke sthaanon mein sthaapit kiya jaa raha hai jahaan aap kabhee bhee dharmee Santo ke beech nahin jaa sakte hain jinke baare mein aap kabhee nahin jaante honge.

Girjar vartamaan mein uchch shiksha ke paanch sansthaaon ko praayojit karta hai.20 Ye 145,000 se adhik chhaatron ko sewa pradaan karte hain.21 Hamaare seminaries aur institutes mein pratyek saptaah ek laakh das hajaar kakshaen padhaee ja rahee hain.21

Ye aasheervaad aur bahut kuchh badee maatra mein har aarthik sthiti waale yuva aur boodhe se aate hain jo eemaanadaaree se daswa hissa dete hain.

Tithing ke diviye niyam kee aadhyaatmik shakti ko yogdaan kee gayi dhanaraashi se nahin maapa jaata hai, kyonki samrddh aur gareeb donon ko Prabhu ne apnee aay ka 10 pratishat yogdaan karne ka aadesh diya hai.22 Shakti Bhagvaan par bharosa rakhne se aatee hai.23

Aapke udaarta se diye daswa hissa ke maadhyam se bataee gayi Prabhu kee atirikt prachurta ne Girja ke bhandaar ko majboot kiya hai, jo ki hamne ab tak anubhav kiye gaye kisee bhee cheez se pare Prabhu ke kaary ko aage badhaane ke avasar pradaan kiye hain. Sab kuchh Prabhu ko pataa hai, aur samay ke saath, Ham Unke pavitr uddeshyon ko poora hote dekhenge.24

Aasheervaad kaee tareekon se Aate hain

Daswa Hissa ka aasheervaad kayi prakaar se milta hai. 1998 mein main tatkaaleen Elder Henry B. Eyring ke saath Utah(Yoota) kshetr mein ek badee Girja baithak mein gaya tha, jise ab Silicon Slopes ke naam se jaana jaata hai, teknoloji me ek mahaan navpariwartan ka samudaay. Yah badhtee samrddhi ka samay tha, aur Elder Eyring ne Santo ko unke paas jo kuchh tha uskee doosron se tulna karne aur aur adhik chaahane ke baare mein aagaah kiya. Main unke vaade ko hamesha yaad rakhoonga ki jaise hee ve eemaanadaaree se daswa hissa ka bhugtaan karenge, adhik bhautik sampatti kee unkee ichchha kam ho jaegee. Do saal ke bheetar teknoloji ka bubble phoot gaya. Kayi logon ne apnee naukriyaan kho deen, aur kampaniyon ko vitteey samaayojan ke is samay ke dauraan sangharsh karna pada. Jin logon ne President Eyring kee salaah ka paalan kiya ve dhany the.

Unke vaade ne mujhe ek aur anubhav kee yaad dila dee. 1990 mein mishan adhyaksh ke roop mein kaam karte hue meree mulaakaat 12 varsheey Charlotte Hlimi se Carcassonne, France ke paas huee. Hlimi parivaar bade vishwaasi the jo aath bachchon ke saath ek maamuli ghar me rehte the. Unke paas deevaar par Uddhaarkarta aur bhavishyevakta kee tasveer thee. Patriarchal(Kulpati) aasheervaad ke liye saakshaatkaar mein, mainne Charlotte se poochha ki kya vah eemaanadaar daswa hissa ka bhugtaan kartee hai. Usne jawaab diya, “Haa, President Andersen. Meree maa ne mujhe sikhaaya hai ki daswa hissa dene se laukik aasheervaadaur aadhyaatmik aasheervaad milte hain. Meree maa ne mujhe sikhaaya ki yadi ham hamesha apna dawa hissa dete rahenge, to hamen kuchh bhee nahin chaahiye hoga. Aur President Andersen, ham kuchh bhee nahin chaahate hain.”

Tasveer
Hlimi pariwaar.

Mujhe apnee kahaanee batane ki anumati deti hui, Charlotte, jo ab 45 varsh kee hain aur mandir mein sealed hain, ne tippanee kee: “Us samay daswa hissa dene kee meree gavaahee bahut vaastavik thee, aur ab yah aur bhee majboot hai. Main is aagya ke liye atyant aabhaaree hoon. Jaise-jaise main ise jeeta hoon, mujhe dher maatra mein aasheervaad milta rahta hai.”25

Ek din, ham mein se pratyek apnee saansaarik yaatra samaapt kar lega. Pachchees saal pahale, meree saas Martha Williams kee cancer se mrtyu hone se kuchh hee din pahale, unhein mail mein ek chhota sa chek mila tha. Usne turant daswa hissa ka bhugtaan karne ke liye meri patni, Kathy, se uskee checkbook maangee. Kyonki uskee maa itnee kamzor ho gayi thee ki vah mushkil se likh paatee thee, Kathy ne poochha ki kya vah uske liye check likh saktee hai. Uskee maa ne jawaab diya, “nahin, Kathy. Main ise khud likhna chaahati hoon.” Aur phir usne dheere se kaha, “main prabhu ke theek saamne rahna chaahatee hoon.” Kathy ne apnee maan ke liye jo aakhree kaam kiya, vah tha uska daswa hissa ka lifaafauske bishop ko saumpna.

Parmeshvar ka Mahatvapoorn Kaary

Mere bhaiyo aur bahanon, Ishu Masih ke Girjaghar antim dino ke Santo ka “andhera se baahar”26 nikal aaya hai pooree prthvee par ullekhaneey aasheeshen laakar. Aise log honge jo hamen aage badhne ke liye protsaahit karenge aur ve bhee honge jo aisa nahin karenge. Mainne buddhimaan Gamaliel ke shabdon ke baare mein socha hai, jinhone Devduton Peter aur John ke chamatkaaron ko dekh kar Jerusalem mein parishad ko chetaavanee dee thee:

“[in logon ko] akela rahne do: kyonki yadi … yah kaam manushyon ka ho, to vyarth ho jaega:

“Parantu yadi yah Bhagwaan kee or se hai, to tum ise ukhaad nahin sakte; kaheen aisa na ho ki … tum Bhagwaan ke viruddh ladnevaale thaharo.”27

Aap aur main prthvee par Parmeshwar ke mahatvapoorn kaary ka hissa hain. Yah shoony(naught) nahin hoga balki duniya bhar mein ghoomta rahega, aur Uddhaarkarta kee vaapasee ka raasta taiyaar karega. President Russell M. Nelson ne kaha hai: “Aane waale dino mein, ham Uddharkarta kee shakti kee sabse badee abhivyakti dekhenge jo duniya ne kabhi dekhee hai. Ab aur Uske lautne ke samay ke beech … , vah vaphaadaaron ko anginit visheshaadhikaar, aasheervaad aur chamatkaar pradaan karega.29

Yah mera gawahi hai. Ishu hi Masih hai. Yah Uska pawitr kaarye hai. Vah vaapas ayega. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

  1. Personal correspondence from Roger Parra, Aug. 4, 2023.

  2. Malachi 3:10.

  3. Dekhiye Malachi 3:11. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland ne kaha: “Mere jiwan mein, Uddharan ke taur pe, mainne Parmeshwar ka vaada poora hote dekha hai ki vah ‘[mere liye] bhakshak ko daantega’ [Malachi 3:11]. Buraee se suraksha ka vah aasheervaad mujh par aur mere priyajanon par kisee bhee kshamta se pare barasaaya gaya hai, jise main paryaapt roop se sveekaar kar sakta hoon. Lekin mera maanana hai ki divye suraksha, kam se kam kuchh had tak, vyaktigat roop se aur ek parivaar ke roop mein, daswa hissa dene ke hamaare drdh sankalp ke kaaran aaee hai” (“Like a Watered Garden” (“Like a Watered Garden,” Liahona, Jan. 2002, 38).

  4. “Prabhu hamaaree aavashyakata ke anusaar swarg kee khidkiyaan kholenge, hamaare laalach ke anusaar nahi. Yadi ham ameer banne ke liye daswa hissa de rahe hain, to ham galat kaaran se aisa kar rahe hain. … Dene vaale ko aasheervaad … hamesha vitteey ya bhautik laabh ke roop mein nahin ho sakta” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 657).

  5. Malachi 3:10; 3 Nephi 24:10.

  6. Dekhiye “The Church of Jesus Christ Is Helping Alleviate Global Malnutrition,” Aug. 11, 2023, newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org; see also “How the Church of Jesus Christ and UNICEF Are Keeping Mothers and Children Healthy and Safe,” Aug. 17, 2023,

  7. “Aur Prabhu ne apne logon ko Zion pukara, kyonki weh ek hi dil aur mann ke the, aur sacchai me jeeete the aur unke beech koi gareeb nahi tha” (Moses 7:18

  8. Dekhiye 1 Corinthians 2:14. Manushye ka tark sadaiv eeshvar kee buddhi se mel nahin khaata. Malachi ke dino mein, bahut se log Prabhu se door ho gaye the. Prabhu ne Apnee covenant ke logon se vinatee kee, “mere paas laut aao, aur main tumhaare paas laut aaoonga.” Is nivida nimantran ke baad ham men se pratyek ke liye ek atyant mahatvapoorn prashn hai: “Parantu tum ne kaha, ham kis or lauten?” (Malachi 3:7). Ya doosre shabdon mein, “Mein kya badalne vaala hoon? Main aapke kareeb kaise aaoon?” Prabhu daswa hissa ke mahatv ko sikhaakar uttar dete hain, na keval ek vitteey kaanoon ke roop mein, balki hamaare dilon kee ichchhaon ko Uski or modne ka ek thos tareeka.

    Ham ne ise apne parivaar mein dekha. Kathy ke maan ne 22 saal ki umra mein Girja ko join kiya. Martha aur Bernard Williams thode samay ke liye girja gaye, lekin doosre ilaake mein jaane ke baad ve kam sakriy ho gaye. Bernard ko videsh mein military deployment milee, aur Martha Tampa, Florida mein apne ghar chalee gaee, jahaan usne apnee chaachee aur chaacha ke saath rahane ka udaar nimantran sveekaar kar liya, jo Church ke virodhee the. Bahut hee vinamr paristhitiyon mein rahate hue, apne pahale bachche kee ummeed karte hue aur Church mein nahin jaane par, Martha Williams ne bishop ko apna daswa hissa ka check bhejna shuroo karne ka nirnay liya. Baad mein uske jeevan mein, jab us se poochha gaya ki kyon, usne kaha ki use kuchh yaad aaya jo missionaries ne use daswa hissa aur Parmeshwar ke aasheervaad ke baare mein sikhaaya tha: “hamen apne jeevan mein Parmeshwar ke aasheervaad kee sakht jaroorat thee, aur isalie mainne apna daswa hissa chek bishop ko bhejna shuroo kar diya.” Martha aur Bernard Williams Girja laut aae. Unka sabse bada aasheervaad—jab unke paas eeshvar mein vishvaas aur unke vaadon mein aasha ke alaava kuchh nahin tha, to unhen daswa hissa dene ke nirnay ke kaaran chhah peedhiyaan dhany ho gaeen.

  9. Matthew 22:21.

  10. Dekhiye 3 Nephi 24.

  11. Doctrine and Covenants 119:3–4. “Daswa hissa kisi ke pagaar ka woh daswa bhaag hai jo Parmeshwar ke Girja ko dete hai (dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 119:3–4; interest ka matlab pagaar maana jaata hai). Aane vaale sabhee sadasyon ko daswa hissa dena chaahiye” (General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 34.3.1, Gospel Library).

  12. Malachi 3:10.

  13. “Ham daswa hissa dete hai, jaise Uddharkarta ne sikhayaa hai, daswa hissa ko bhandaar mein laakar’ [Malachi 3:10; 3 Nephi 24:10]. Yah hamare bishop ya shaakha pradhaan se praapt hue salaah par bhi laago hota hai. Ham apne pasandeeda daan mein yogdaan dekar daswa hissa ka bhugtaan nahin karte hain. Hamen daan mein jo yogdaan dena chaahiye vah hamaare apne paiso se aana chaahiye, na ki us daswa hissa se jise hamen Prabhu ke bhandaar mein dene ka aadesh diya gaya hai” (Dallin H. Oaks, “Tithing,” Ensign, May 1994, 35).

  14. Doctrine and Covenants 120:1.

  15. Gordon B. Hinckley, “Rise to a Larger Vision of the Work,” Ensign, May 1990, 96.

  16. Dekhiye “The 2022 Report on How the Church of Jesus Christ Cared for Those in NeedMar. 22, 2023, newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

  17. Received via email from the Missionary Department, Sept. 14, 2023.

  18. Dekhiye “Temple List,” ChurchofJesusChrist.org/temples/list.

  19. Member and Statistical Records se email mila, July 28, 2023.

  20. Yeh bhi shaamil hai Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, EnsignCollege, and BYU–Pathway Worldwide.

  21. Seminaries and Institutes se email mila July 28, 2023. par.

  22. Dekhiye General Handbook, 34.3.1.

  23. President Dallin H. Oaks ne kaha ki Prabhu par bharosa karne ke baare mein yah kahaanee saajha kee: “Meree vidhava maan ne [alp] vetan par apne teen chhote bachchon ka bharan-poshan kiya. … Mainne apnee maa se poochha ki vah apne vetan ka itna daswa hissa kyon detee hai. Main uska spashteekaran kabhee nahin bhoola hoon: ‘Dallin, aise kuchh log ho sakte hain jo daswa hissa bhugtaan kiye bina saath rah sakte hain, lekin ham nahin kar sakte. Prabhu ne tumhaare Pita ko le jaane aur tumhaare bachchon ka paalan-poshan karne ke liye mujhe chhodne ka nirnay liya hai. Main Prabhu ke aasheervaad ke bina aisa nahin kar sakta, aur main eemaanadaar daswa hissa ka bhugtaan karke un aasheervaadon ko praapt karta hoon’” (“Tithing,” 33).

  24. “Mere vidhaan ke maadhyam se, aap par aane vaale klesh ke baavjood, Church svargeey duniya ke neeche any sabhee praaniyon se svatantr khada ho sakta hai” (Doctrine and Covenants 78:14).

  25. Personal correspondence from Charlotte Hlimi Martin, Aug. 30, 2023.

  26. Doctrine and Covenants 1:30.

  27. Acts 5:38–39.

  28. Russell M. Nelson, “Overcome the World and Find Rest,” Liahona, Nov. 2022, 95.