Dharmiyon ke liye, Bada Din ka Arth hai Sab Theek Ho Jaaega
2022 First Presidency ke Bada Din Sabha
Raviwaar, December 4,, 2022
Aaj raat baat karne ke visheshaadhikaar ke liye main President Nelson aur First Presidency ko dhanyevaad deta hoon. Hamare parivaar ne Bada Din ki parampara hamare apne desh aur France, Germany, aur Brazil mein manaee hai. Ham jaha bhi rahte hai, ham sabhi ke liye jo Ishu Masih mein vishwaas karte hai aur Uska anusaran karte hai, ek sundar sachaai wahi rahta hai: ham aanandit hote hai ki Woh jise shuroo se bulaaya gaya tha, Woh jise sadiyon se pratyaashit kiya gaya tha, Woh jo Pita ka Ek Lauta tha , Woh aaya—samay ke madhyaahn mein, sabse vinamr paristhitiyon me—Woh aaya. Aur kyunki Woh aaya tha, arbon(biliyano) log jo is prithwi par rah chuke hai phir se jeeenge aur ho sakta hai, yadi weh chahe to anant jiwan praapt kar sakte hai, jo Parmeshwar ke sabhi uphaaron me sabse bada hai.
Bada Din me Unke janm ki sundar kahani ke bheetar, ham kai sabak seekh sakte hai.
Yaha woh paath hai jo main aaj raat aapke saath saajha karoonga: un sabhi chintaon aur anishchitataon, kathinaiyon aur pareshaaniyon ke saath jo hamare nashvar jiwan mein hamara picha karti hai, unke liye jo dharmee hai—jinke paas Prabhu mein vishwaas aur bharosa hai—anth me, sab kuch achcha hoga.
In sundar udhaaranon ke baare me sochiye.
Elisabeth naam kee ek dharmee stree aur uska pati, Zacharias, ab apne budaape ke dino mein, is baat se dukhi the ki unhen bachchon ka aashirvaad nahin mila tha. Is par bhi weh vishvaasayogy the aur Prabhu par bharosa rakhte the.
Haalaanki dharamshaastr yah darj nahin karte hai ki Zacharias aur Elisabeth ne kya mehsoos kiya hoga aur ek-dusre se kaha hoga, myusikal draama Savior of the World hamen yah darshaane me madad karta hai ki unke dilon me kya ho sakta hai. Zacharias Elisabeth se kaheta hai: “Hamen bachche paida karne ke liye nahin chuna gaya hai. Lekin ham abhi bhi Prabhu par bharosa karte hai.” Aur phir weh gaate hai: “Main Parmeshwar ko sada ke liye doonga, parantu apni ichcha poori karne ke liye nahin. … Yadi aisa nahin hai, Use hamesha ke liye dene ka arth hai ki main prateeksha karunga aur dekhta rahunga aur dekhunga. Main … Use meri aguwaai karne dunga … mere ghanton tak, mere dinon tak, mere varshon ke samaapt hone tak.”1
Phir ek chamatkaar hua. Dharamshaastr rikord karte hai ki mandir me, Gabriel swargdoot Zacharias ko dikhai diya. Swargdoot ne ghoshna ki: “Elisabeth tere liye ek putr utpann karegi, aur tuh uska naam John rakhna. … Aur woh … Prabhu ke liye ek praja taiyaar karega.”2
Zacharias ne uttar diya, “Main to boodha hoon, aur meree patni boodhee ho gai hai.”3
Gabriel ne uttar diya, “Is kaaran ki tuh ne meree baaton par vishwaas nahin kiya,” “tuh goonga rahega, aur us din tak bol na sakega, jab tak ki yeh baaten … pooree na ho jaen.”4
Un bhaavanaon ke baare mein sochiye jo Elisabeth aur Zacharias ke mann me aaee hongi. Saalon se unhonne bachchon ke liye praathna ki, lekin koi nahin aaya. Weh aagyaon ka paalan karte rahe aur Prabhu par bharosa karte rahe. Phir, Zacharias ko ek swargdoot dikhai diya, lekin baad me, woh bol nahin saka. Ho sakta hai Usne Prabhu ke saamne apni sthiti ke baare me socha ho. Lekin samay rahte bachche ka janm ho gaya. Zacharias phir se bol sakta tha. Aur bachcha John prophet ban gaya, jisne Rakshak ke liye maarg taeyaar kiya. Sabhi anishchitata aur kathinai ke saath, dharmee ke liye, anth me sab theek hai.
Iske baad, Bada Din ki kahani me, ham pyaari Mary se milte hai, jise Parmeshwar ke Putr ki maa hone ke liye chuna gaya hai. Aur phir bhi uske jiwan me chinta aur anishchitata hai. Gabriel ne Mary ko apni nek kolling ke baare me bataya. Mary ne pucha, “Yah kaise ho sakta hai, main to purush ko nahin jaanti?”5 Gabriel ne samjhaya ki Pavitr Aatma ki shakti us par utregee, aur Sarvochch kee shakti us par chha jaegee, aur woh Parmeshwar ke putr ko garbh dhaaran karegi, aur Uska naam Ishu hoga.
Sochiye ki Parmeshwar ke ek swargdoot ke aane se use kitna anand aur khushi mehsoos hui hogi. Kitni deenta ki baat hai ki usne lambe samay se prateekshit Masiha ki maa hone ka vichaar kiya. Aur phir bhi, Joseph ko batane me, sab theek nahin hua. Joseph sirf ek vyakti tha aur woh Mary ki beizati nahin karna chahata tha, lekin woh anusaran karne ke liye sahi maarg ke baare me anishchit tha. Uski pareshaani aur anishchitata me, ek swargdoot uske paas sapne me aaya: “Joseph, … apni patni Mary ko apne paas le jaane se mat daro, kyunki jo uske garbh me hai woh Pavitr Aatma ki or se hai. Aur woh ek putr ko janam dengi, aur tuh uska naam Ishu rakhna; kyunki woh apne logon ko paapon se bachaega.”6
Nishchit roop se ham Mary ke pareshaan aur anishchit hone ko samajh sakte hai, soch rahe hai ki yah sabse aashcharyejanak aasheesh kaise hogi. Joseph bhi chintit aur ashaant tha. Phir bhi ab yah spasht ho gaya tha ki unhein is raaste ko ek saath lena hai. Mary ko yah jaankar kitni khushi hui hogi ki Joseph ko ek swargdoot dikhai diya tha. Joseph ko yah jaankar kitni prasannta hui hogi ki yah Parmeshwar ki ichcha thee. Anishchitata aur kathinai ke saath, dharmee ke liye, anth me sab theek hai.
Lekin jaisa ki ham jaante hai, abhi bhi kathinai thee; hamesha hota hai. Jaise hi Mary ko bachcha paeda karne ka samay nikat aaya, Romans ne Joseph se Bethlehem shahar lautne ki maang ki. Mary aur Joseph ne nishchay kiya ki weh saath-saath chalenge. Ham sabhi ko Bada Din ki khoobsurat kahani bahut pasand hai. Bethlehem me pahunchne par saraay me jagah nahin thee. Joseph ne kitni chinta mehsoos ki hogi. Yeh kaise ho sakta tha? Mary, sabhi mahilaaon me se chuni gayi, ek astabal ki shuruaat me Sarvochch ke Putr ko kyon janm dena chahiye? Kya janm bina pareshaani ya jatilataon ke hoga?
Yah itna aashcharyejanak, itna anyaayepoorn lag sakta tha. Lekin bachcha paida hua; Woh swasth tha. Jaisa ki sundar Bada Din geet varnan karta hai, “Dur ek charnee me, uske bistar ke liye koi palna nahin, chote Prabhu Ishu ne apna pyaara sir rakh diya.”7
Raat hone se pahle, maidaan mein charwaahon ko ek swargdoot dikhai diya, jo bade aanand ka shubh samaachaar lekar aaya. Aur swargdoot gaaya, “Ki aakaash me Parmeshwar ki Mahima, aur dharti par jin manushyon me woh prasann hai shaanti ho.”8
Charwaahe bachche Ishu ko khojne ke liye Bethlehem gaye. Aur jab unhonne Masih ke bachche ko paaya, toh Joseph aur Mary ne kitna aaraam aur aashvaasan mehsoos kiya hoga jab unhein ehsaas hua ki unke aas-paas ki kathinai me uddeshy tha. Swargduton ne Unke aane aur Unke nek mishan ki ghoshna ki thee. Anishchitata aur kathinai ke saath, dharmee ke liye, anth me sab theek hai.
Naye sansaar me, pareshaaniyaan, anishchitataen, aur chintaen dharmiyon ke saath bhi thee. Prophet Samuel ne bhavishyavaani ki thee ki Rakshak ka janm bhavishye mei paanch saal hoga aur yah ki ek poori raat andhere ke bina hogi. Jaise-jaise din nazdeek aaya, yojanaon me akalpaneey tha. “Avishwaaasiyon ke dwara ek din [nirdhaarit kiya gaya tha], [jinhonne ghoshit kiya ki samay beet chuka tha] ki weh sab jo vishwaas karte the [ki Rakshak aaega] maut ke ghaat utaar diye jaenge, sivaye iske ki chinh ghatit ho.”9 Avishwaasiyon ne vishwaasiyon ka upahaas udaaya, “Is baat mein tumhara aanand aur tumhara vishwaas vyarth hai.”10 Dharmi logon ki bechainee aur chinta ki kalpana keejiye. Dharamshaastr kehte hai ki Nephi ne “apne aap ko prithvee par giraaya, aur apne logon ke liye apne Parmeshwar ko zor se pukara ”11 Aur jab Nephi prathna kar raha tha, “Prabhu ki vaani use yah kehte hue sunai dee: apna sir uthao aur khush raho: kyunki dekho, samay nikat hai, aur isee raat ko chinh diya jaaega, aur dusre din main jagat mein aaunga.”12
Dharamshaastr ghoshna karte hai, “Nephi ke paas jo shabd aaye the weh poore hue, … kyunki dekho, surye ke ast hone par koi andhera nahin tha. … [Aur] sabhi log … itne atyaadhik chakit hue ki weh dharti par gir pade. [Aur] us poori raat me koi andhakaar nahin tha, parantu aisa ujaala tha maano dophar ka samay ho. … Aur weh jaante the ki yah woh din hai jis din Prabhu ka janm hona chahiye.”13
Sabhi kathinaiyon aur anishchitataon ke saath, dharmiyon ke liye—un logon ke liye jo Parmeshwar par bharosa karte hai—ant me, chaahe is jiwan me ya jab ham unke charanon me ghutne tekenge, sab achcha hoga.14.
Rakshak ke janm ke pavitr samay ke baare me sochte hue, Nephi ko yah bataane ke liye ki woh agle din paida hoga, Prabhu aakhiree raat tak intazaar kyon karenge? Woh use haphton ya maheenon pahale bata sakta tha. Usne yah pushti karne se pahele Elisabeth aur Zacharias ko bina bachchon ke boodha kyon hone diya ki prophet John unke liye paida hoga? Aur isse pahele ki Mary aur Joseph sabhi kahaniyon ki kahani me apni jagah par sawal uthaen, unhen is baare me sochne ki zaroorat kyon thee? Ghatnaon ke hone tak ek prabandhak aur charavaahon aur swargdooton ki bhoomika agyaat kyon hogi?
Aur iske sahare hum unko parkhenge,yah dekhne ke liye ki kya weh wah sab karenge jo unke Prabhu unhein karne ki aagya denge.”15 Aur Proverbs mein se: “Prabhu par apne pure dil se bharosa kijiye; aur apni samajh par nirbhar mat rahiye. Aapne pure dil se usko maana taki woh aapko sahi rasta dikha sake.”16
Hamare anishchitata ke samay me, hamare sankat aur kathinai ke dinon me, hamare sangharshon me, aaiye hum vishwaasayogy bane rahein. Us pavitr raat mein Ishu aaye. Woh duniya ka Rakshak, Shaanti ka Raajkumaar, Raajaon ka Raaja hai. Woh raheta hai, aur “aaj raat [usmen] sabhi varshon ki aashaen aur bhay milte hai.”17 Main gawahi deta hoon ki jaise ham dharmee hai, hamare dukh, kathinai, aur anishchitata ke sabhi aansoo Parmeshwar ke priye Putr, usmen mile aur theek ho jaenge. “Duniya ki khushi, Prabhu aa gaye.”18 Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.