“Iakwe n̄an Ekkatak, Iakwe n̄an Kwaļo̧ke,” N̄an Kōkajoorļo̧k Jodikdik ro, Juļae 2024.
Iakwe n̄an Ekkatak, Iakwe n̄an Kwaļo̧ke
Jān Liam N. jān Denmark, gospel eo ej m̧ōttan wōt juon mour ekam̧ōņōņō im kūrm̧ool.
Pija ko jān Ashlee Larsen
Jerbal n̄an ro jet emaron̄ āinwōt elōn̄ men ko roktak. Juon wāween Liam em̧m̧an ippān n̄an jerbal ej kōjan̄jan̄ al n̄an ro jet.
Jikuuļ ak men ko rem̧m̧an ekkā kōm̧m̧ani? Jerbal ak kam̧ōņōņō? Bōlen ewōr juon kajjitōk em̧m̧anļo̧k. Etke uwaake juon kajjitōk? N̄e emaron̄, 14 iiō rūtto in Liam N. jān Denmark ej kajjieon̄ in pukōt juon bāļan eo ejejjet.
“Em̧m̧an ippa kōjan̄jan̄ al,” ej ba. “Ij kōjan̄jan̄ kūta, tūram̧, bāāj, piano, im uklele. Ij ļōmņak kōjan̄jan̄ al ej juon wāween eo em̧m̧an n̄an kwaļo̧k aō en̄jake. Ebarāinwōt em̧m̧an ippa ikkure n̄an ro jet n̄an kōm̧m̧an bwe ren m̧ōņōņō.”
N̄e ejjab kōm̧m̧an m̧ōņōņō im kōjan̄jan̄, komaron̄ loe Liam ej ikkure soccer, basketball, ak chess ippān ro m̧ōttan. “Ebarāinwōt em̧m̧an ippān science im astronomy,” ej ba. “Elukkuun em̧m̧an n̄an loe ewi wāween an aolep men ekkejel ippān doon. Anij ekar kōm̧anm̧an men otemjej, im elukkuun em̧m̧an.”
Ilo kakkobaba n̄an men ko em̧m̧an ippān ekkā an kōm̧m̧ani, Liam ej lo an iien n̄an buuļ jerbal, men̄e ej būkļo̧k nuujpeba ko ilo peļaakin jukukinpād eo an ak ekkatak n̄an jikuuļ.
Liam ej ekkatak n̄an baļane men otemjej ej aikuji im ekōņaan kōm̧m̧ani. Emaron̄ boub, ak ewōr juon men ej kōm̧m̧an an iien n̄ane aolep raan—gospel eo an Jisōs Kraist.
Liam ej jokwe ilo Denmark ippān jinen im jemān im ruo iaan ajri ro reddikļo̧k jatin, Filippa im Max.
Ļalem Minit Kōttōbar
“Ij kab kalikkare bwe inaaj riiti diktata juon jebta jān Bok in Mormon eo—baj juon jebta—aolep raan,” Liam ej ba. “Ebōk bōlen aō ļalem minit. Ak ej letok n̄an n̄a eļapļo̧k kajoor, kōn menin ij m̧ōņōņō in jelm̧ae kōttōbar in.”
Riiti jeje ko rekwojarjar aolep raan ekar jipan̄ Liam eļapļo̧k jān jon̄an eo ekar ļōmņak emaron̄ kar. “Jet iien n̄e raan eo aō ejjab em̧m̧an, riit jet iien ej kaenōm̧m̧an emaron̄ bar juon alen ļōn̄aj lōn̄ļo̧k eō. Ak eļan̄n̄e ekar juon raan em̧m̧an, emaron̄ barāinwōt kakeememej eō bwe in kam̧m̧oolol bwe men otemjej rej etal ilo aer em̧m̧an. Ij m̧ōņōņō bwe ikar maron̄ dāpij wōt kōttōbar eo aō.”
Liam eboub kōn elōn̄ men ko rem̧m̧an ippān ekkā an kōm̧m̧ani im eddo ko. Ak kōm̧m̧an iien aolep raan n̄an riiti Bok in Mormon ekar kōjeraam̧m̧an mour eo an.
“Wōn Ejjab Kōņaan Lan̄lōn̄?”
Liam ej kam̧m̧oolol kōn jipan̄ ilo an kajjieon̄ kōm̧m̧an iien n̄an gospel eo. “Ajri ro jatū im jeiū kōm̧ij membōr ro wōt an Kabun̄ eo an Jisōs Kraist im Armej ro Rekwojarjar Ilo Raan Ko Āliktata ilo jikuuļ eo am, kōn menin elōn̄ wōt iaan ajri ro m̧ōtta rejjab membōr. Ak ij ļōmņak ewōr juon lukkuun jukjukinpād em̧m̧an ilo Kabun̄ in ilo Denmark. Aolep rejeļā kajjeen doon mekarta jidik wōt, im em̧m̧an n̄e kōm̧ij aolep koba ippān doon.”
An lōn̄ m̧ōttad kōn elōn̄ jon̄ak ko roktak emaron̄ pen jet iien. “Denmark ej juon laļ eo ijo elōn̄ wōt jodikdik ro rej kadōk jān iiō ko reddik,” Liam ej kōmeļeļe. “Emaron̄ pen āinwōt juon jodikdik n̄an ba jaab n̄an kain men rot in.” Ak Liam ej kajjieon̄ jab kattoļo̧k e kōn ta ko ej tōmak ro jet remaron̄ in em̧m̧anļo̧k aer meļeļe kōn kāālet ko an.
Jerbal n̄an ro jet emaron̄ āinwōt elōn̄ men ko roktak. Juon wāween Liam em̧m̧an ippān n̄an jerbal ej kōjan̄jan̄ al n̄an ro jet.
“Jet iien ilo jikuuļ n̄e ewōr am kūlaaj kōn Kabun̄, rūkaki ro ak ro m̧ōtta rekar kajjitōk ippa kōn tōmak eo aō. Ikar kajjieon̄ kōmeļeļeiki jon̄an wōt aō maron̄,”Liam ej ba “Iaar barāinwōt karuwaineneik ro m̧ōtta rem̧m̧an n̄an peptaij eo aō. Ikar leļo̧k n̄an e im jinen juon Bok in Mormon im kar kōnono ippāer kōn jet iaan men ko ij tōmaki. Ej aer pepe n̄an kāālet ta eo rej kōm̧m̧an kake. Ikar en̄jake bwe ikar kōm̧m̧ane men eo ejim̧we n̄an karuwaineneik ro jet n̄an en̄jake ejja lan̄lōn̄ eo ij loe, kōnke wōn ejjab kōņaan lan̄lōn̄?”
Liam im jeimjān jeimjati ro an rej membōr ro wōt an Kabun̄ in ilo jikuuļ eo aer. Elukkuun ļap aer iien ko rem̧m̧an n̄an erom̧ waanjon̄ak ko rem̧m̧an an rikaļoor ro an Kraist.
Jinoe kōn Jem̧jerā
Liam ejeļā bwe kōmeļeļeik ta eo ej tōmake ak leļo̧k n̄an juon m̧ōttan juon Bok in Mormon ejjab wōt iaļ eo n̄an erom̧ juon rikaļoor an Jisōs Kraist. Jet iien karuwaineneik ro jet n̄an en̄jake lan̄lōn̄ eo an gospel eo ejjab baj ijjino kōn juon jem̧jerā ejouj im iakwe.
“Elukkuun em̧m̧an ippa bwebwenato in Ammōn ilo Bok in Mormon,” Liam ej ba. “Ij ļōmņak ekabwilōn̄lōn̄ bwe ejjab kajju wanlōn̄ļo̧k n̄an Kiin̄ Lamonai im ba, ‘Kwoj aikuj ron̄jake ta eo ij tōmake,’ ak baj erom̧ m̧ōttā ippān ilo jekjek eo me kiin̄ eo ej kajjitōk ippān Ammōn, ‘Elmen am maron̄ erom̧ em̧m̧an rot in?’”
“Jemaron̄ ejaake jem̧jerā ko ippān ro jet,” Liam ej ba. “Bōlen renaaj itok n̄an ippād im kajjitōk ta eo ej letok n̄an kōj eļapļo̧k kajoor.”
Juon Kōjeraam̧m̧an n̄an Mour
Liam ej lukkuun en̄jake āinwōt mour kōn gospel eo ekar leļo̧k n̄an e eļapļo̧k kajoor. Ekar kōjeraam̧m̧an mour eo an aaet eļapļo̧k jān jōkab, al, ikkure, ak jabdewōt men ko jet rem̧m̧an ej joļo̧k an iien kaki.
Ij kam̧m̧oolol kōn gospel eo ilo mour eo aō kōnke ijjab ļōmņak inaaj maron̄ erom̧ armej eo eļan̄n̄e en kar jab e” ej ba, “Ij en̄jake bwe Irooj eļapļo̧k an jeļā kajjeeō jān aō jeļā kajjeeō make. Ijeļā bwe Anij im Kraist rej mour. Rej kwaļo̧k n̄an kōj iaļ eo jej aikuj in etal ie n̄an jipan̄ kōj em̧m̧anļo̧k.”