Kya Hume Uske Mahaan Kaarye me Shaamil Nahi Hona Chahiye?
Girjaghar ko sthaapit karane ke liye hamen kaee any vaphaadaar purushon, mahilaon aur bachchon ke saath Joseph aur Hyrum Smith dvaara bhugataan kee gai kimat ko hamesha yaad rakhana chaahiye.
Itne shaanadaar udghaatan ke liye, Pradhaan mahoday, aapaka bahut-bahut dhanyavaad. Bhaaiyo aur bahanon, 215 saal pahele, Joseph aur Lucy Mack Smith ke ek chota ladka Vermont me paida hua tha purvuttar sanyukt raajy United States me New England ke rup me jaana jaane vaala kshetr.
Joseph aur Lucy Mack Ishu Masih me vishvaas karte the, pavitr shaastron ka adhyayan karte the, imaanadaari se prarthana karte the, aur Parmeshwaar me vishvaas ke saath chalte the.
Unhonne apne nae bachche ka naam Joseph Smith Juniyaar rakha.
Smith parivaar me se, Brigham Young ne kaha: “Prabhu ki nazar [Joseph Smith] par thi, aur uske pita par, aur uske pita ke pita par, aur unke purvajon par Abraham ko vaapas, aur Abraham se baadh tak, saaph kar diya, Enoch aur Enoch se Adam tak baadh. Usne us parivaar aur us khoon ko dekha hai kyunki usne apne phavvaare ka khoon se us admi ke janm tak parichaalit kiya hai. [Joseph Smith] ko swarg jiwan me se pahele niyukt kar diya gaya a tha.”1
Parivaar mein sabse pyara, Joseph Jr. apne bade bhai Hyrum ke saath vishesh roop se kareeb the, jo Joseph ke janm ke samay lagabhag chhah varsh ka tha.
Pichle Aktabar ko, main choolha ke paas baitha tha jo Sharon, Vermont ke chote Smith ghar me tha, jahaan Joseph ka janm hua tha. Mainne Joseph ke liye Hyrum ke pyaar ko mehsoos kiya aur uske baare me socha ki wah apne nanhe bhai ko apni baahon me pakarte hue hai aur use chalna sikhaati hai.
Pita aur Maata Smith ne vyaktigat asafalataon ka anubhav kiya, unhen New England par dene se pahale kai baar apne parivaar ko sthaanaantarit karne ke liye majboor kiya aur New York State me pashchim ki or badhne ka saahasi nirnay liya.
Kyunki parivaar ekajut tha, weh in chunaotiyon se bache aur saath me Manchester me Palmyra, New York ke paas(0.4 km2) ke jangal me phir se shuru karne ke kathin kaam ka saamna kiya.
Mujhe yakeen nahin hai ki hum me se bahut se log bhautik aur bhaavanaatmak chunautiyon ka ehasaas karte hain, jo Smith parivaar ko prastut karna shuru karte hain - bhoomi ko saaph karna, baagon aur kheton ko ropan karna, ek chhote se log ghar aur any khet sanrachanaon ka nirmaan karna, din ke majaduron ke rup me kaam par rakhna aur ghar ka saamaan banaana shahar me bechane ke liye.
Jab tak parivaar pashchimi New York me pahunche, tab tak is kshetr me bahut dhaarmik utsaah tha - jisse Dusra Mahan Jagarti me jaana jaata tha.
Dhaarmik samuh ke beech bahas aur sangharsh ke is samay ke dauraan, Joseph ne ek adbhut drshti ka anubhav kiya jise aaj First Vision ke naam se jaana jaata hai. Hamen chaar praathamik khaate hain, jinse main aakarshit hunga.2
Joseph ne lika: “Mahaan [dhaarmik] utsaah ke is samay ke dauraan, mere mann ko gambhir pratibimb aur mahaan bechainee tak kaha jaata tha; lekin yadyapi meri bhaavanaen ghaere aur aksar maarmik thi, phir bhi mainne khud ko in sabhi paartiyon se alag rakha, haalaanki mainne unki kai baithakon me bhaag liya, jaise ki is avasar par. … [Lekini] mahaan log vibhinn sampradaayon ke beech bhram aur sangharsh the, ki yah ek yuva vyakti ke liye asambhav tha jaisa ki main tha, aur isliye purushon aur cheejon ke saath behichak, jo bhi nishchit nishkarsh par aana jo sahi tha aur jo galat tha.”3
Joseph Baibal se jawaab khoja aur pada: James 1:5: “Par yadi tum me se kisi ko bhudi ki ghati ho to Parmeshwaar se maange, jo binna ulaahana diye sab ko udartaa se deta hai, aur usko di jaayegi.”4
Joseph ne yaad kiya: “Kabhi dharamshaastra ke kisi bhi paarit hone aayaadhik shakti ke saath aadmi ke dil ko is se khadan ke is samay me kiya tha. Yaha mahan shakti pravesh karne ke liye lag raha tha mere dil ki har bhavna me. Main us par phir se aur phir se parilchit hota hai.”5
Joseph ko pata chala ki Baibal me jeevan ke prashnon ke sabhi uttar nahin the; balki, isne purushon aur mahilaon ko sikhaaya ki weh kaise praarthana ke maadhyam se Parmeshwaar se sidhe sanvaad karke apne savaalon ke jawaab pa sakte hain.
Usne or kaha: “Isiliye, iske anusaar, mera nishchay Ishwar se puchne ka, main van mein gaya koshish karne ke liye. Yah athaarah sau bees ke vasant me ek sundar, spasht din ki subah thi.”6
Uske baad jald hi, Joseph ne kaha ki “[jab ujala] mere upar chamak gaya tab maine do shreshth purush dekhe, jinka chamak aur jalwa saare varnan se alag the, woh hawaa mein upar khade the. Un me se ek humse bolis, hamein hamar naam se bulaye ke, dusre ke taraf ishaara karke —[Joseph,] Ye Mera Iklauta Putra Hai. Uske Suno!”7
Tab Uddhaarakarta bola, “Joseph, mere bete, tumhaare paapon ko tumhen maaf kar diya gaya hai. Apna raasta jao, meri vidhiyon me chalo, aur meri aagyaon ko maano. Nihaarna, main mahima ka Prabhu hoon. Mujhe duniya ke liye kroos par chadhaaya gaya tha, ki mere naam par vishwaas karne vaale sabhi logon ke paas anant jeevan ho sakta hai.”8
Joseph ne kaha, “Jaldi nahin, isliye, mainne khud par kabja kar liya hai, isalie bolane mein saksham hone ke bajaay, mainne un vyaktiyon se pucha, joPrakaash me mere upar khade the, sabhi sampradaayon me se kaun sa sahi tha.”9
Unhonne yaad kiya: ““Unhonne mujhe bataaya ki sabhi dhaarmik sampradaay galat siddhaanton par vishvaas kar rahe the, aur yah ki unamen se koi bhi Parmeshwaar ko apane Girjaghar aur raajy ke roop mein swikaar nahin karata tha. Aur … usi samay [main] ne praapt [kiya] ek vaada ki kuchh samay mein susamaachaar kee sampoornata mujhe gyaat hona chaahiye.”10
Joseph ne yah bhi kaha, “Mainne is drshti se kai swargduton ko dekha.”11
Is shaanadaar drshti ke baad, Joseph ne likha: “Meri aatma pyaar se bhara tha, aur bahut dinon tak main bade aanand ke saath aanand mana sakta tha. … Prabhu mere saath the.”12
Woh Sacred Grove se Parmeshwaar ke profat banane ki taeyaare shuru karne ke liye ubhara.
Joseph ne yah bhi sikhna shuru kiya ki praacheen bhavishyavaktaon ne kya anubhav kiya tha - asveekrti, virodh aur utpeedan. Joseph ne un mantriyon ko yaad karte hue saajha kiya jo unhonne dekha aur suna tha, jo dhaarmik punaruddhaar me sakriy the:
“Mujhe unke vyavahaar par bahut aashchary hua; unhonne mere sanchaar ko na keval halke dhang se, balki badhi avamaanana ke saath, yah kahate hue ki yah sab shaitaan hai, in dinon me darshan ya rahasyodghaatan jaise koi cheez nahin the; ki preriton ke saath aisi saare baaten band ho gai thi, aur yah ki unamen se koi bhi kabhi nahin hoga.
Main jald hi mil gaya, haalaanki, ki meri kahani ne dharm ke prophesaron ke beech mere khilaaph puvaagrah ka ek bada kaaran uttejit kiya tha, aur mahaan utpedan ka kaaran tha, jo lagaataar badhta raha; aur yah sabhi sampradaayon ke beech aam tha - sabhi mujhe ekajut karne ke liye ekajut hue.”13
Teen saal baad, 1823 me, antim dinon me Ishu Masih ke susamaachaar ki nirantar Punahsthaapit ke hisse ke rup me swarg phir se khul gaya. Joseph ne likha ki Moroni naam ke ek devadoot, ne use darshan diye aur kaha ki “Parmeshwaar ke paas mere liye ek kaam tha [aur vah] ek kitaab jama thi, jo sone ki pleton par likhi gai thi” jisme “hamesha ki Susmaachaar ki paripurnta” nihit the Uddhaarakarta dvwaara praacheen nivaasiyon ke liye diya gaya [Amerika ka].”14
Ant me, Joseph ne praacheen rikord praapt kiya, anuvaad kiya aur prakaashit kiya, jise aaj Mormon ka Kitaab (Book of Mormon)ke roop me jaana jata hai.
Unke bhaai Hyrum, jo unke nirantar samarthak the, vishesh roop se 1813 me unke dardanaak aur jeevan-dhamakaane vaale pair ke opareshan ke baad, sone ki pleton ke gavaahon me se ek the. Woh 1830 me aayojit hone par Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar ke chah sadasyon me se ek the.
Apne jeevan ke dauraan, Joseph aur Hyrum ne ek saath bheed aur utpeedan ka saamna kiya. Udaaharan ke liye, 1838-39 ki thand ke dauraan paanch mahine tak unhonne Missouri ki Liberty Jail me sabse kharaab paristhitiyon ka saamna kiya.
April 1839 mein, Joseph ne apni patni Emma ko Liberty Jel mein unki sthiti ka varnan karate hue likha:Mera vishwaas hai ki yah ab lagbhag paanch mahine aur chah din ka hai, jab se main ek raat aur din me, ek raat ke andhere me, ek gande aur gande lohe ke jel ki deevaaron ke darvaaje, jhanjhari aur jhulaate lohe ke darvaajon ke niche raha hoon. Hum kisi bhi dar par is [jagah] se chale jaenge aur hamen is baat ki khushi hai. Hum ek badatar chhed me nahin ja sakte to yah hai. Clay County Missouri me Liberty ke baad hum kabhi bhi nahin chaahenge ki ve vaapas laut saken. Hamaare paas ise hamesha ke lyie chalane ke liye paryaapt hai.”15
Virodh ki sthiti me, Hyrum ne Prabhu ke vaadon par vishvaas pradarshit kiya, jismen unke shatruon se bachane ki gaaranti bhi shaamil hai yadi unhonne aisa chuna. Joseph Smith ke haathon 1835 me praapt ek aashirvaad Hyrum me, Prabhu ne unse vaada kiya, “Tu shatruon ke haathon se bachne ki shakti rakhta hai. Tera jeevan nishkalank utsaah ke saath maanga jaega, lekin tu bach jaega. Aagar yaha aap par, krypa karen, Parmeshwaar ko mahima dene ke liye aapko apne jeevan ko rakhne ke liye svecha se shakti chahiye.”16
June 1844 me, Hyrum ko Parmeshwar ko mahimaamandit karne ke liye apne jeevan ko jeene ke liye ya “apne rakt ke saath apni gavahi ko sil karne”—ke liye apne priye bhaai Joseph ke saath ek saath rahne ke liye chuna gaya tha.17
Carthage ki yaatra se ek hafte pahle jahaan weh kaayaron ki ek sashastr bhid dwaara thande khoon me hatya kar di gai thi, jinhonne pata lagane se bachne ke liye apne chehare ko rang diya tha,Joseph ne likha ki “mainne apne bhaai Hyrum ko aagle steamboat par apne parivaar ko le jaane aur jaane ki salaah di Cincinnati par.”
Hyrum ke uttar ko yaad karte hue mujhe abhi bhi bahut bhaavukta mehsoos hoti hai: “Joseph, main tumhen chhod nahin sakta.’’18
Isliye Joseph aur Hyrum Carthage gae, jahaan weh Masih ke kaaran aur naam ke liye shaheed ho gae.
Shaheed ki aadhikaarik ghoshna me nimnalikhit kaha gaya hai:“Joseph Smith, Profat aur Devdut Prabhu ke, ne Mormon ki Pustak ko saamne laaya hai, jisse unhonne Parmeshwaar ke uphaar aur shakti dwaara anuvaadit kiya hai, aur do mahaadveepon par ise prakaashit karne ka maadhyam raha hai; hamesha ke liye susmaachaar ki paripurnata bheja hai, jo ise prithvee ke chaar kotar me samaahit karta hai; siddhaanton aur vaachaon ki is pustak ki rachna karne vaale khulaase aur aagyaon ko saamne laaya hai, aur kai any buddhimaan dastaavej aur purushon ke bachchon ke laabh ke liye nirdesh; Antim-dino Sant ke kai hajaaron ikattha kiye, ek mahaan shahar ki sthaapna ki, aur ek prasiddhi aur naam chhod diya jo maare nahin ja sakte. Aur praachin kaal me Prabhu ke abhishek ki tarah, [Joseph] ne apne mishan aur apne kaamon ko apne khoon se sincha hai; aur isi tarah uska bhaai Hyrum bhi hai.. Is jeevan me weh vibhaajit nahin the, aur mrityu me weh alag nahin hue the!”19
Shahaadat(martyrdom) ke baad, Joseph aur Hyrum ke shavon(bodies) ko Nauvoo me lautaaya gaya, dhoya gaya aur kapde pahanae gae, taaki Smith parivaar apne priyajanon ko dekh sake. Unki pyaari maa ne yaad kiya: “Mainne lambe samay tak har nas ko latkaaya tha, meri aatma ki har oorja ko rulaaya, aur Parmeshwaar se mujhe majboot karne ka aahvaan kiya; lekin jab mainne kamre me pravesh kiya, aur dekha ki mere hatyaare beton ne meri aankhon ke saamne ek baar donon ko badhaaya, aur apne parivaar aur apne patniyon, bachchon, bhaaiyon aur bahanon ke hothon se rone ki aavaaj suni. Main apani aatma ki tadap me, Prabhu se rota hua bola, ‘Mere Parmeshwar! Mere Parmeshwar! Tu ne is parivaar ko kyon tyaag diya?’”20
Duhkh aur pareshan ke us samay me, usne unhen yaad karte hue kaha, “Maa, hamare liye rona nahin, hamne pyaar se duniya ko paar kar liya hai.”21
Weh vaastav me duniya se dur ho gae the. Joseph aur Hyrum Smith, jaise Revelaishan ki Kitaab me varnit un vaphaadaar santon ki tarah, “bade klesh se baahar aae, aur unke vastr dhoe hain, aur unhen memne ke rakt me safed kar diya hai [aur] Parmeshwaar ke sinhaasan se pahle hain aur uske mandir me din-raat uski sewa karen: aur vah jo sinhaasan par viraajamaan hai, unke beech vaas karega.
Weh na hi adhik bhukhe honge, na hi kisi aur ki pyaas; na to un par suraj ki roshni padti hai, na hi koi garmi.
“Kyunki Memna jo singhasan ke beech me hai hamari rakhwaali karega, aur hame jiwan rupi jal ke sote ke paas le jaaega: aur Parmeshwar hamare aankhon se sab aansu poch daalega.”22
Aisa ki hum is khushi ke mauke ko mante hain, First Vision ki 200th veen varshagaanth, hamein hamesha Joseph aur Hyrum Smith ki kimat yaad rakhni chaahiye, Girjaghar sthaapit karne ke liye itne saare vaphaadaar purushon, mahilaon, aur bachchon ke saath aap aur main aaj hamaare paas maujood kai aashirvaadon aur in sab sachchaiyon ka aanand le sakte hain. Unki vaphaadaari ko kabhi nahin bhulna chaahyie!
Mainne aksar socha hai ki Joseph aur Hyrum aur unke parivaaron ko itna kasht kyon uthaana pada. Ho sakta hai ki weh apne dukh se Parmeshwaar ko jaante the maadhyam se jo iske bina nahin ho sakte the. Iske maadhyam se, unhonne Gethsemane aur Uddhaarakarta ke kros ko pratibimbit kiya. Jaisa ki Paul ne kaha, “Aapke liye yah Masih ki or se diya gaya hai, na kewal us par vishwaas karne ke liye, balki uski khaatir peedit hone ke liye bhi.”23
1844 me apni mrtyu se pahale, Joseph ne Santo ko ek utsaahee patr likha tha. Yah kuch karne ke liye uttejana, jo aaj Girjaghat me jaaree hai:
“Bhaaio [aur bahanon], kya hume uske mahaan kaarye me shaamil nahi hona chahiye? Aage badho aur piche nahi. Himmat karo, bhaiyon [aur bahanon]; aur, jeet haasil karo! …
“… Isliye, girjaghar aur logon ke rup me, aur Antim-dino Santo ke rup me, hum Prabhu ko ek dharm ke liye arpan karte hain.”24
Jaisa ki hum is saptaah ke ant me 200th veen varshagaanth ke utsav ke dauraan aatma ko sunte hain, vichaar kare ki aane vaale dinon me aap dhaarmikta me Prabhu ko kya bhent karenge. Himmat bano-jis par aap bharosa karte hain, uske saath saajha karen aur sabse mahatvapurn baat, krpya ise karne ke liye samay nikaalen!
Mujhe pata hai ki Uddhaarkarta prasann hota hai jab hum use apne dilon se dhaarmikata ki bhent chadhaate hain, theek usi tarah jaise vah un asadharan bhaiyon, Joseph aur Hyrum Smith aur any sabhi vaphaadaar Santon ki vaphaadaar bhent se prasann tha. In pavitra se mai gawahi deta hoon Prabhu Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se, amen.