Parmeshwar ki Mahima
Elder Ronald A. Rasband dwara
Sattar ke Adhyakshta ke
Bada Din Shubh ho, mere pyaare bhaaiyon aur bahanon. Main Pratham Adhyakshta ko is khaas aosar par pavitra Bada Din ke samay aur Prabhu ke janam aur Uddhaarkarta, Ishu Masih ke ehsaas ko prakat karne ke liye dhanyewaad deta hoon.
Main Bada Din ke sandeshon ko sunne mein hamesha taeyaar rehta hoon jo Bethlehem Judea mein paeda hue bachche Ishu se shuruwaat hua tha.
Isaiah ne 700 saalon pehle se bhi zyaada ke baare mein batlaya hai: “Suno ek kuwari garvwati hogi aur putra janegi, aur uska naam Immanuel rakhegi.” 1
Raaja Benjamin ne bhavishyevaani kiya, “Aur wah Parmeshwar ka Putra, swarg aur prithivi ka Pita, aarambh se sabhi vastuwon ka rachyita Ishu Masih kahalaaega, aur uski maa Mary kahalaaegi.” 2
Bhavishyevakta Nephi ne ek awaaz sunni kehte, “Subha ko main prithivi par jaaunga.” 3
Dusre din, dur samundar se, Masih paeda hua. Viwash se Unki maa, Mary, ne ashcharye se apne naye paeda hue shishu ko dekha, Pita ke Eklaute ne shareer paaya.
Judea ke pahaadon par Bethlehem ke ird-gird, Luke ne hume batlaya woh apne charaane ke maedaan mein raha kar pahara dete the. 4 Yeh sadhaaran bhediye nahi the parantu “achche aur pavitra log” jinhonne bachche Masih ki gawahi diya tha. 5
“Aur, Prabhu ka ek dut unke paas ah khada hua; aur Prabhu ka tez unke chaaron or chamka, aur weh bahut dar gaye.
“Tab swargdut ne unse kaha, mat daro; kyunki dekho main tumhe bade anand ka susamachaar sunata hoon jo sab logon ke liye hoga.
Ki aaj David ke nagar mein tumhare liye ek Uddhaarkarta janma hai, aur yahi Masih Prabhu hai.”
Tab ekaek us swargdut ke saath swargduton ka dal Parmeshwar ki stuthi karte hue aur yah kehate dikhaai diya,
“Akaash mein Parmeshwar ki Mahima aur prithivi par un manushyon mein jinhe wah pasand hai aachaai ho.” 6
Judea ke us drishye ko socho-baadal mein chamakte hue taarein aur swarg se geet gaye ja rahe the is khaas aosar par. Aur unhonne “turant jaakar” 7 charni mein us baalak ko pada dekha. Unhonne wah baat jo is” baalak ke vishay mein unse kahi gayi thi” 8 prakat ki.
Har saal Bada Din par hum apne gawahi ko unke saath jodhte hai ki Ishu Masih, Jiwit Parmeshwar ka Putra hai, jo dhaarti par aaya jise hum Pavitra dharti kahatein hai.
Weh astable ki or chale gaye Raajaon ke Raaja ki bhakti karne ke liye. Hum kis tarah is samay Uski bhakti karenge? Khaareedaari karne se karenge? Uski bhakti chotiyon aur ghar ko vyest rup se sajane mein lagakar kar saktein hai? Kya hum is tarah humare Uddharakarta ki uphar karenge? Ya hum musibaton se mare hridayon ko shaanti de saktein hai, unko dayaluta aur kaarye ke ehsaas ko dena jinhe Uske divye prabhaao ki zaroorat ho, Parmeshwar ki mahima karein wah karne se jo wah chahata hai hum karein? Ishu ne sadhaaran se kaha: “Aakar, [aur] mere piche ho lo.” 9
Ishu Masih ke susamachaar, jo Bhavishyevakta Joseph Smith ke dwara punaharsthapit hua tha, ne duniya bhar ke vishwaasiyon ke upar achcha asar kiya tha. Maine khud se gawahi diya hai ki jinhone Uske pavitra shabd par puri tarah se vishwaas kiya aur swikaar kiya hai jo samundar ke dwipon ke niwaasi hai Russia ke bade desh se.
Kuch unke purwajon ke haal hi ke Santon the jo Zion mein ikattha hue the. Ek mahila, Hannah Last Cornaby, Spanish Fork, Utah mein bas gayi. Un musibaton ke samay Bada Din ko anmol narangi rang se ya lakdi se bana hua khilaone se pehchana jaata tha, ya ek khilauna jo puraane kapde se bani hui thi—magar humesha nahi. Hannah ne December 25, 1856 par likha:
“Bada Din aaya aur mere anmol bachchon ke saath, jo bachchon ke vishwaas se bana hua tha, apne moze ko taang dete taaki [weh] shaayad taufe ke saath [bhar jaaye]. Gam ke saath,chupakar rakha, mainne unhe yaad dilaya ki unko uphaar dena ko bhulaya nahi jayega; aur weh khushi se subha ki intazaar mein so jaatey.
“Mere paas kuch bhi shakkar nahi tha, aur main nahi jaanti thi ki mai kya karun. Unhein, kisi bhi tarah dukh nahi dena tha. Phir maine ghar par jo kuch sharbat ko banaya tha ke baare mein socha aur us mein se nikala, jo, kuch ghante par pakne par, meeta sharbat ban jaata. Is ke saath, aur thodi masale ke saath, maine adrakh ke bane hue aate ko taeyaaar kiya, jo, sabhi tarah ke achche rup mein kaata ja sakta tha, aur aag par pakaya (kyunki mere paas koi chulaha nahi tha), unke moze ko bhar diya aur unko itna khush kiya jitney weh achche cheezon ke baare mein soch saktein the.” 10
Main is kahani ko batla sakta hoon jaha us maa ke paas us raat bhar uski madad ke liye chulaha nahi tha. Phirbhi wah apne bachchon ko khushi de saki, unke vishwaas ko badhaane ke liye, unke gharon ko badhaane ke liye, “Khushi ka din, Sabhi kuch achcha hai!” 11Kya yah Bada Din ka Sandesh nahi hai?
Pradhaan Monson sikhlaatein hai: “Hamare khudh ke liye aosaron ko nikaalna kam hota hai, magar weh aosarein humesha ke liye nahi hoti hai. Humein dusro ki madad karni chahiye khushi mehsoos karne ke liye. Hume dusron se daya bhare shabdon ko kahana chahiye. Humein dusron ko uphaar dena chahiye.” 12
Jab hum sabhi Prabhu ke saath kaam kartey hai—uski aagyaon ka paalan kartey hue jo wah chahata hai, aur jo humare ird-gird hai ko prerna detein hai—hum yah gawahi detein hai ki Wah jiwit hai aur Wah humein prem karta hai, chahe kuch bhi musibatein ho is jiwan mein.
Ek aur bahut achcha Girjaghar ka itihaas Scottish mein badla hua John Menzies Macfarlane tha. Usne apni widwa maa aur bhaai ke saath Girjaghar mein shaamil hua, aur aur weh teeno 1852 mein Salt Lake pahunche.Wah 18 saal ka tha. Uske jiwan mein, wah sarweyar, nirmata, ek jile ka jajh ban gaya tha, magar log usse uske sangeet se jaantey the.
Usne apna pehla gaayakmandali ko Cedar Shahar mein sangathit kiya aur apne gaayakmandali ko dakshin Utah ke ird-gird le gaya. St, George mein ek kaarye ke baad, Elder Erastus Snow, ek Devdut aur us sthaan ka neta ne, use protsaahit kiya uske sthaan par prastaao karne ke liye aur uske parivaar aur sangeet ko saath laane mein.
1869 mein jiwan bahut hi mushkil the, aur Elder Snow ne Bhaai Macfarlane se kaha ki wah ek Bada Din ka kaaryekaram pesh kare jo logon ko madad kare khushi praapt karne mein. Bhaai Macfarlane ek naya aur dilchasp sangeet chahta tha us din ke liye. Kitna bhi zor usne lagaya par wah kuch soch nahi paaya. Usne prerna ke liye baar baar prarthna kiya. Phir, ek raat, usne apni patni ko jagaya aur chillaya, “mujhe geet ke liye shabd mil chukein hai, aur main sochta hoon ki mere paas sangeet bhi hai!” Wah apne chote se baethak mein keyboard ke organ ke paas turant gaya aur dhun ko bajaya, likhtey hue jabki uski patni ne uske saamne ek dhaali mein chamakti hui roshni ko ek chote se kapde mein aag lagakar grease mein taeraya. Yah weh shabd the jo usko asaani se praapt hue the:
Dur Judea ke maedaan mein,
Purane samay ke charwahaon ne khushi ke shabdon ko sunna;
Parmeshwar ki Mahima,
Parmeshwar ki Mahima,
Akaash mein Parmeshwar ki Mahima;
Prithvi par un manushyon mein jinse Wah pasand hai, achchaai ho;
Prithivi par un manushyon mein jinse Wah pasand hai, achchaai ho. 13
Bhaai Macfarlane kabhi Judea gaya hi nahi tha yah dekhne ke liye ki maedaan patharon ke pahaadon ki tarah bana hua tha, magar is geet ke prerit sandesh ne uske andar ke gawahi ko batla diya tha Uddharkarta ke janam ko Judea Bethlehem mein lekar, ek shuruwaat jo duniya ko sabhi samay ke liye badal dega. 14
Main gawahi deta hoon ki humare Anant Pita jiwit hai. Uske khushiyon ki yojna sabhi peediyon ke Uske bachchon ke jiwan mein ashirwaad deta hai. Main jaanta hoon ki Uska Eklauta Putra, Ishu Masih, Bethlehem mein paeda hua tha, duniya ka Uddhaarkarta aur Muktidaata hai aur priye Pradhaan Thomas S. Monson Uska aaj ka is dharti par Bhavishyevakta. Yeh gungaan ke shabd mein mujhe sachchaai dikhtein hai. “Akaash mein Parmeshwar ki Mahimaa aur prithivi par un manushyon mein jinse Wah pasand hai, achaai ho.” 15
Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.