Elders ka Korum
Ward me ek Melchizedek Pristhud ka korum hone se pristhud rakhnewaale ekta me bandh jaate hai uddhaar ke kaam ke sabhi pehlu ke pura kare me.
Is antim yug me Girjaghar ke ayojit hone ke bahut din huwe the, jab Prabhu ne ek praktikaran me kaha, “Aur aapke biswaas ke praathna se aapke hamaar kaanoon mili, ki aap jaanega kaise hamaar girjaghar sanchaalan karo aur sab cheez hamaar liye sahi karo.”1 Girjaghar me yahi aadarsh pe chala jaawe hai—aur Prabhu u vaada ke sammaan karis hai—u taaim se. Pristhud sanstha ke tarikein aur sewa samay samay par prakat kara ge hai, Profat Joseph Smith se shuru hokar jab pristhud office aur korum hamare samay me ayojit huwe the. Pradhaan Brigham Young, John Taylor, aur Spencer W. Kimball, anye kuch ke saath jab shaasan me the tab avashyak sudhaar prakat huwe aur amal me laaye gaye the jo Barah Devduton ke Korum, Sattar, high prieston, aur anye office aur korums jo donon Melchizedek aur Aaronic Pristhud long me hai se taaluk rakhta tha.2 Ab, Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ne ek aur thoda zaroori badlaao ka itihaasik ghoshna kiya hai, kuch hi chano pehle.
Agar hamein uske ghoshna me kuch dohraawe ke maoka mili:“Aaj raat, hum hamare Melchizedek Pristhud korum me pariwartan laane ki ghoshna karenge Prabhu ke kaarye ko aur achchi tarah pura karne ke liye. Har ek ward me, high priests aur elders ab ek elders korum me laaye jaaenge … [aur] [stake ke high prieston] ke korum abhi haal ke pristhud kolling pe adhaarit hoi ke aayojit kara jaai.”
Pradhaan Nelson ne aur kaha:
In pariwartanon par kayi mahino se adhyan ho raha tha. Hame laga tha bahut zaroorat hai hamare sadasyon ke dekhbhaal kare la tarika badle ke. … Aysa aur behtar dhang se kare ke kostin, hum long ke chaahi apan pristhud ke korum ke mazboot karo taaki woh jaada nirdeshan de sake pyaar aur sahara de sake dekhrekh ko jo ki Prabhu Apne Santon ke liye chahata hai.
Yeh pariwartan Prabhu ke prerna anusaar huwe hai. Jab hum unhe laagu karenge, hum pehle se aur zyaada prabhaoshaali ho jaaenge.”3
Pratham Adhyakshta ke nirdeshan me, Elder Ronald A. Rasband aur mai kuch aur bataenge jiske zariye hum bharosa karte hai shaayad aapke kuch sawaalon ke jawaab mil jaaye.
Elders aur High Priests ke Korum
Pehla, mai dohraata hoon, ward me high priests aur elders ke korum me kaun se pariwartan aayenge? Wards me, elders korums aur high priests ke dal ab ek hi Melchizedek Pristhud korum me sangathit honge jiska sirf ek hi korum adhyakshta hoga. Yeh korum, sankhya aur ekta me badhkar, “elders korum” bulaya jaai. High priests dalein ab nahin rahenge. Elders korum ab shaamil rahenge sab elders aur jo elder banne waale hai ward me tatha high priests jo bishopric, stake adhyakshta, high council, ya petriak ke padhwi me abhi nahin sewa pradaan kare hai. Stake ka high priests ka korum ab un high prieston ka hoga jon abhi stake adhyakshta, bishoprik, high council, aur petriak ke padwi me hai.
Elders ke Korum ka Adhyakshta
Elders ke korum ka adhyakshta kaise aayojit hoga? Stake adhyakshta har ek ward me high priests grup netaaon aur elders korum adhyakshtaaon ko mukt karenge aur ek naya elders korum pradhaan aur salaahkaaron ko koll karenge. Naya elders korum adhyakshta me shaayad elders aur high priests, alag alag umra aur anubhav ke, saath milkar sewa karenge ek korum adhyakshta me. Ek elder ya ek high priest shaayad korum pradhaan hoga ya ek salaahkaar us adhyakshta me. Aysa nahin hai ki high priests ke korum elders korum ka adhikaar “le lenge.” Hum chahate hai elders aur high priests korum adhyakshta ke koi bhi rakam sangathan me korum adhyakshta aur korum sewa me saath mil kar kaam kare. Korum me i sab pariwartan suvidha purwak jitni bhi jaldi ho sake laagu kiye jaane chahiye.
Elders Korum ke Pristhud Offices
Korum ke aakar me i pariwartan se kya korum sadasyon ka pristhud office badlega? Nahin, is kriya se koi pristhud office nahin radh hoga jisme kisi korum sadasye ko pehle ordain kiya hua hoga. Jaise aap janta hai, ek admi apne jiwan me alag alag pristhud office me ordain(niyukt) howe sake hai, aur u ek naya niyukti paawe la taaim usse pehle diya gaya niyukti khoe nahi hai.Jabki kuch stithiyon me ek pristhud rakhnewaala shaayad ek se zyaada office me ek samay pe sewa karega, jaise ki jab ek high priest ek petriak ya ek bishop ki padhwi par bhi sewa karta hai, woh sabhi pristhud office me ek ek samay pe nahi kaam karta. Uddharan ke liye, Bishops aur Sattar mukt ya emeritus(sewa mukt) hone ke baad active(sakriye) rup se un offices me nahin sewa karte. Isliye, chaahe jo bhi anye pristhud office ya offices ek admi ke paas ho, jabki woh elders korum ke sadasye hai, u ek elder ke rakam sewa kari.
Saalon pehle, Pradhaan Boyd K. Packer dekhis raha ki “pristhud apne kisi bhi office se mahaan hai. … Pristhud ko alag nahin kiya jaa sakta hai. Ek elder ek Devdut ke hi jaisa pristhud rakhta hai (Dekhiye D&C 20:38.) Jab ek admi [ke uppar pristhud dewa jaaye], uske u sab mile hai. Haalaanki, pristhud ke andar hi offices hai—adhikaar aur zimmedaari ke alag alag office. … Kabhi kabhi ek office ko dusre office ‘se uncha than’ ya ‘usse nicha’ kaha jaata hai. ‘Uncha’ ya ‘nicha’ ke badle, Melchizedek Pristhud me offices sewa ke alag alag chetra hai.”4 Bhaaiyon, humme bahut aasha hai ki hum long ab ayse nahin bolega ki Melchizedek Pristhud ke ek aur office me “advance(pragati)” hoi giya.
Elders long ke abhi bhi high priest ordain kara jaai jab u long ke ek stake adhyakshta, high council, ya bishoprik me koll kara jaai—ya aur sab taaim pe jaise stake pradhaan maange hai praathnasheel vichaar aur prerna ke zariye. Jab ek stake adhyakshta, high council, ya bishoprik ke sewa ka samay khatm hota hai, high priests apne ward ke elders korum me fir se chale jaaenge.
Elders Korum Pradhaan ke Liye Aguwaai
Elders quorum pradhaan ka kaam kaun aguwaai karta hai? Stake pradhaan apne stake me Melchizedek Pristhud par adhyaksh karta hai. Isliye, stake pradhaan sidha elders korum pradhaan ki zimmedaari leta hai, jise woh training aur maargdarshan pradaan karta hai stake adhyakshta aur high council ke zariye. Bishop, ward ka adhyaksh karne waala high priest hone ke naate, elders korum pradhaan se bhi lagataar milta rehta hai. Bishop uske saath salaah karta hai aur use ward sadasyon ki kaise sabse behtar sewa karne ki aur unhe ashish dene ke liye sahi disha dikhlata hai, ward ke sabhi sansthaaon ke saath milkar kaam karke.5
In Sabhi Badlaao ka Lakshye
Melchizedek Pristhud Korums me pariwartan ka kya lakshye hai? Ward me ek Melchizedek Pristhud ka korum hone se pristhud rakhnewaale ekta me bandh jaate hai uddhaar ke kaam ke sabhi pehlu ke pura kare me, jisme shaamil hai mandir aur parivaar itihaas kaarye jo pehle high priest grup nirdesh karta tha. Isse korum ke sabhi umra aur haalaat ke sadasyon ko ek dusre ke nazariye aur anubhav se faeda uthaane ka maoka milta hai aur unse jo jiwan ke alag alag pehlu me hai. Isse aur maoke milte hai anubhavi pristhud rakhnewaalo ko anye pristhud ko updesh dene ko, jisme elders ordain hone waale hai, naye sadasye, jawaan baalig, aur woh jo Girjaghar laot rahein hai. Hum achcha se nahin sakta batae hum ketna uttejit hai dekhe ke kostin ki elders korum long bhavishye me kitna badha zaroori bhumika pura kari. Woh gyaan, anubhav, chamta, aur taaqat jo in korum me paaya jaaega ek naya roz aur ek naya starr banaega Girjaghar bhar me pristhud sewa ka.
Maha sammelan me bees(20) saal pehle, hum ek kahani bataya raha jon pehle Sattar ke Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone batais raha jiske humme chaahi phir batao.
1918 me Bhaai George Goates ek kisaan tha jo sugar beets(chukandar) bota tha Lehi, Utah me. Barf ka mausam u saal jaldi aaege raha aur dharti me hi uske beet ke fasal jam gaya tha. George aur uske jawaan beta Francis ke liye, katai karna dhire aur kathin tha. Is beech, sardi(influenza epidemic) ke ek rog ka prakop logon par padne laga tha. Is jaan lewa beemaari ne George ke beta Charles aur Charles ke teen chota ladkan—dwi ladki aur ek ladka—ke jaan le lis raha. Sirf che dinon ke andar, ek shokaart George Goates teen alag safar karis Ogden, Utah tak taaki woh laashon ko ghar la sake dafnaane ke liye. Is mushkil ghadi ke ant me, George aur Francis ne apna wegan laada aur beet ke khet ki or laute.
“[Raaste par] u long dher wegan bhar bhar ke beet dekhis factary ke taraf jaate aur aas-paas ke kisaan le jaa rahe the. Jab u long i long ke bagal se ge, har ek wegan chalane waala haath hila ke kuch kehta: ‘Uncle George, kaise ho,’ ‘Bahut afsos hai, George,’ ‘Ketna bura hua na, George,’ ‘Tumhare paas bahut dost hai, George.’
“Aakhri wegan me … chaiyan-bhare-chehre(freckled-faced) waala Jasper Rolfe tha. U khushi se haath hilaae ke salaam karis aur bolis: ‘Etne sab raha, Uncle George.’
“[Bhaai Goates] Francis ke taraf ghumis aur bolis: ‘Hum wish karta u sab hum long ke raha.’
“Jab u long apan khet ke geit tak pahunchis, Francis bada laal beet laade la wegan se nichche kudis aur [apan pita] ke kostin geit kholis ki u long sake khet me jaawe. [George] lagaam ghich ke, ghoda long ke rokis, … aur pura khet dekhis. … Pura khet me ekko sugar beet nahin raha. Tab uske samajh me aais Jasper Rolfe ke baat ke matlab konchi raha:‘Etna sab raha, Uncle George!’
“[George] wegan se nichche utris, ek muthi apan pasandida bharpur, bhura(braaun) rang ke mitti apan haath me uthaais, aur phir … ek beet ke top, aur thoda deri u apan mehnat ke i nishaani ke dekhte rahis, jaise ki uske apan aakhi pe biswaas nahin raha.
“Tab [u] beet ke top ke ek kuda pe baeith geis—i admi jon che roz mein apan chaar priyejan long ke ghare laais raha dafnaawe ke kostin; kaasket banais, kabra khodis, aur dafnaae la kapda bhi banwaae me madad karis—i achcha admi jon kabhi kamzor nahi padis, na to hichkichaais, na piche hatis apan etna dukhdaayi samay me—ab beet ke top ke kuda pe baeith ke ladkan ke rakam khub rois.
“Fir u uthis, aankhi pochis, … aasmaan ke taraf dekhis, aur bolis: ‘Dhanyevaad, Pita, hamare ward ke elders ke kostin.’”6
Haan, Parmeshwar ko dhanyevaad pristhud la admi long ke kostin aur jon sewa u long ke kare ke hai logon aur parivaaron ke uncha star dewe me aur Zion ayojit kare me.
Pratham Adhyakshta, Barah Devduton ke Korum, aur Sattar ke Adhyakshta bahut din se i sab pariwartan ke baare me sochta raha. Bahut praathna, saodhaani se pristhud korums ke dhaarmik buniyaadon ke adhyan se, aur swikriti paae ke ki i Prabhu ki ichcha hai, hum long ekta me aage badhta hai isme jon ki Punahsthaapna ke sachchaai ke or ek aur kadam hai. Prabhu ka aguwaai prakat hoi ge, aur hum isme anandit hota hai, jaise hum Uske, Uske pristhud, aur aap long ke pristhud niyukti(ordinashan) ke gawahi deta hai, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.