Fapem Pa mma Ndaamba
Mfe a ɔreba no mu no, nkyɛ yɛama kwan ma mpontu a wɔreyɛ wɔ Salt Lake Temple mu no epuhim hɛn na woekenyan hɛn.
Salt Lake Temple n’Abakɔsɛm
Hom mma yɛnsan ekyir nkɔ ewiaber ketee bɛyɛ 2:00 p.m., [ndɔn ebien] wɔ Ayɛwoho 24, [da a ɔtɔdo ebien] afe 1847 mu. Brigham Young, dɛm aber no Asomafo Duebien no hɔn Quorum ne President no, a ɔnye Asɔrmba 148 [ɔha eduonan awɔtwe], a wɔkã kuw a wodzii kan a wosii mu kɔɔr boka no, hɛɛn Salt Lake Bɔnsa no mu, a nna woetwa akwantu dzen nda 111 [ɔha dubiako], ma bepuw do papu akye no ma ɔyar ma ɔayɛ mberɛw.
Nda ebien ekyir no, ber a ogu do retse apɔw no, Brigham Young dzii Asomafo Duebien no hɔn Quorum mu mba pii na binom so enyim ma wonkyinii kɔhwɛɛ asaase no do. William Clayton kyerɛɛw dɛ, “ɔka krakra ma yetwa akwansin kor wɔ asese n’etsifi afamu no, yeboduur asaase petee fɛɛfɛw, a osian kumabaa kɔ boka.”1
Ber a ɔnye kuw no rohwɛ aporow wɔ dɛm bea no, Brigham Young gyinaa awerɛfir mu na ɔdze n’abaa no hyɛɛ famu, retsẽa mu dɛ, “Ha na hɛn Nyame ne Temple no besi.” Nna n’adamfo no kor nye Elder Wilford Woodruff, a ɔkãa dɛ asɛm yi “[e]hwiroom [no] mu dɛ enyinam,” na ɔdze nkorbata hyɛɛ bea no a President Young n’abaa no hyɛe no. Woyii acre eduonan maa temple no, na wɔbɔɔ pɔw dɛ kuropɔn no wɔdɛ ɔda “square pɛpɛɛpɛr Etsifi & Anaafo, anee & boka” a temple no si ne finimfin.2
Wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi wɔ afe 1847 mu no, Asɔrmba no toow amba dɛ hɔn nyina ma tsipia wɔ asɛm no dɛ wonsi temple “mma Ewuradze ne dzin.”3 Mfe ebien ekyir no, wɔ Kwakwar 14, afe 1853 mu no, Heber C. Kimball tuu bea no hyɛɛ Nyame nsa wɔ baguado ayɛdze mu a Ahotseweefo mpempem na wɔwɔ hɔ, na wotutuu daadze no a wɔbɔtow Salt Lake Temple ne fapem no. Abosoom kakra ekyir no, wɔ Ebɔbira 6 no wɔtoow temple no kotowdo bo akɛse no na wotui hyɛɛ Nyame nsa wɔ guado adzeyɛ sɔkyee mu a mfrankaa aweɔmfo na ayer na santsen a Asɔr baanodzifo no towee fii ntamadan dadaw mu dze kɔr temple daadze hɔ, bea a wɔkasae na wɔbɔɔ mpaa wɔ kotowdo bo anan no kor biara ho.4
Asaasetutu ayɛdze ase no, President Young kae dɛ ohun enyido-adzehu bi ahyɛse no a ɔdze n’anan sii asaase hɔ ber a worikyin rohwɛ bɔnsa no do no, ɔkãa dɛ, “Nna minyim [dɛm ber no], tse dɛ ma minyim no sesei, dɛ iyi nye asaase a yebesi temple no—nna ɔda m’enyi do.”5
Mfe du ekyir no, Brigham Young maa nkɔnhyɛ nhunmu a odzi do yi wɔ wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi ase wɔ Ɔbɛsɛ afe 1863 mu: “Mepɛ dɛ muhu dɛ temple no woesi no kwan a obetsim edua mfe apem no mu. Iyi nnkɛyɛ temple nko a yebesi; aha pii na wobesisi na woetu ahyɛ Ewuradze nsa. Temple yi bɛyɛ atsenkã dɛ temple a odzi kan a Latter-Day Saintfo sii no wɔ mbepɔw yi do. … Mepɛ dɛ temple yi … gyina dɛ nkaadze mapã wɔ Nyame N’ahotseweefo no hɔn gyedzi, penkyɛr na edwumayɛ wɔ mbepɔw yinom mu.”6
Morodwendwen abakɔsɛm tsiaba yi mu nsɛm, no hyɛ me ahobow wɔ Brigham Young n’adzehu ho—odzi kan, dɛ ɔrohwɛ ne yie dɛ, mbrɛ wobotum na, ɔdze adansi ho nyimdzee a ɔwɔ hɔ dɛm mber no na bea no, dɛ wobesi Salt Lake Temple wɔ kwan a obetsim edua Millennuim ber no mu na, otsĩa ebien, no nkɔnhyɛ wɔ ndaamba temple a ɔbɔdɔɔ sõ ho wɔ wiadze nyina mu a, na ɔakan no dodow mpo bɛyɛ aha pii.
Salt Lake Temple Nsiesie
Tse dɛ Brigham Young no, hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi a ɔwɔ hɔ ndɛ no dze ahwɛyie hwɛ Salt Lake Temple na temple nkaa no do. Mfe a wɔabɛsen no, President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo, ofi ber to ber no, nye Bishopfo Banodzifo na N’apamfo faa apem mbrɛ wɔbɔhwɛ ma Salt Lake Temple ne fapem no etsim. Ber a mosoom wɔ Bishopfo banodzifo na n’apamfo mu no, yɛyɛɛ Salt Lake Temple dan no nyina nhwehwɛmu, a abaɛfo mpontu a ɔwɔ asaase-wosow bambɔ nhyehyɛɛ na dansi ho nyimdzee kã ho.
Nyehwɛhwɛmu no mu kakra wɔdze maa President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo dɛm aber no: “Salt Lake Temple no ho nhyehyɛɛ na dansi no, abemfo ara yie, dwumayɛfo a wɔawea, na ndzɛmba a wɔdze si dan, na nsiesie mu ndzɛmba apapa, a nsa bɛkã no dɛm ber no na wɔdze sii. Fitsi afe 1893 a wotui hyɛɛ Nyame nsa no, temple no egyina tsim na ɔasom dɛ gyedzi nkaabɔ gya [na] enyidado na dɛ kandzea dze ama nkorɔfo no. Wɔayɛ ahwɛyie dze edzi dwuma wɔ mu, esiesie mu, na wɔahwɛ temple no ma ne gyinabew ye. Noho abo na ne nsamdo na abo mpuna ne nyina wɔ gyinabew pa mu. Nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛe nnkyeree si no pi dɛ bea a Brigham Young saan mu yi no wɔ asaase pa a ɔnnhom koraa nnkɔ ase.”7
Nhwehwɛ mu no wiei dɛ nsiesie a wɔtaa yɛ no nkɔ do na oekehia mpontu dɛ wɔsakyer na wopegyaw temple no, a n’abowano famu mbea, nkandzea na nsu ho ndzɛmba a apa ho, na enuma mbea no kã ho. Naaso, wosusuu asaase-wosow ho bambɔ ne mpegyaw ara yie a, wɔbɛhyɛ ase efi temple no ne fapem dze akɔ no sor dɛ edwuma fofor a wɔakamfo.
Temple no ne Fapem
Dɛ mbrɛ hom bɛkaa no, President Brigham Young nankasa dze noho hyɛɛ ahyɛse temple fapem no no ntowee mu ara yie, a ɔasom temple no fitsi ber a wowiei mfe 127 [ɔha eduonu esuon] a wɔabɛsen yi. Asaase-wosow ho bambɔ mpegyaw ho nhyehyɛɛ ma temple no a woesusu ho no dze abaefo base isolation bɛyɛ a, ber no a worisi no wonnkotum adwen ho mpo no. Iyi na ɔyɛ abaefo asaase-wosow bambɔ ho edwindze a ɔawea ara yie.
Edwindze yi, a ɔnnkyeree na wɔdze bɔɔ adze no, hyɛ ase wɔ temple no ne fapem ankasa, na ɔma bambɔ a no mu yɛ dzen fi asaase wosow ho. Ne nyina nye dɛ, ɔhyɛ temple no dzen ma otum gyina hɔ pintsinn, ber mpo a asaase no na dza ɔbɔ aporow nyina rowosow no.
Temple nsiesie no a ɔdze edwindze yi bedzi dwuma no President a Odzi Kan na n’Apamfo dze too gua mfeda. Bishopfo Baanodzifo no kwankyerɛ ase no, Edwumayɛ no hyɛɛ ase abosoom kakra a ɔabɛsen no, wɔ Sanda 2020 mu. Woesusu dɛ bɛyɛ mfe anan na wobowie.
Erohwɛ no Yie dɛ Wankasa wo Fapem Tsim
Sɛ modwen Salt Lake Temple fɛɛfɛw, enyimnyam efura no, abɔsõ na ɔhyɛ hɛn ahobow ne mfe anan a ɔreba no ho a, muhu no dɛ ɔyɛ nsakyeree mber kyɛn ber a wɔdze ato mu! Ne saso no, bia yebotum ebisa hɛnho dɛ, “Osi dɛn na Salt Lake Temple ne nsakyeree kɛse no botum ekenyan hɛn ma yɛbɛyɛ hɛnankasa hɛn sunsum mu nsakyeree, yesi no bio, awoo fofor, nkenyanee, anaa nsan-ananmu?”
Yɛhwɛ hɛn ara hɛn mu a, ɔbɛkyerɛ dɛ yebotum enya mfaso efi yɛreyɛ nsiesie na hɛnho edwuma a yehia, na yepegyaw asaase-wosow ho bambɔ mpo! Yebotum ahyɛ ase ber a yeribisa dɛ:
“Me fapem tse dɛn?”
“Ebɛnadze nye kotowdo-bo n’afasu a ɔyɛ dzen, na otsim a ɔkã mankasa me fapem ho a, me dasegye da do?”
“Ebɛnadze nye mo sunsum mu na atsenkã suban ne fapem ndzepa a ɔbɛma emi na m’ebusua kwan ma yegyina pintsinn a yennhihim, ama yeetum egyina asaase-wosow na begyabegyayɛ a mbrɛ ɔbɛdan biara a ɔbɛba hɛn abrabɔ mu no?”
Iyinom osisii a, ɔtse dɛ asaase-wosow no, ɔyɛ dzen dɛ ibotum akyerɛ ber na bea a obesi na ma ne dzen bɛyɛ—enye nsɛmbisa anaa ekyingye ridzi aper, irihyia atseetsee anaa amandzehu, asɔr baanodzifo nye wo rudua wo mfom mu, asɔrmba, nkyerɛkyerɛ, anaa ahyɛdze mu. Iyinom ho bambɔ a ɔyɛ ndam no gyina hɛn sunsum mu fapemee do.
Ebɛnadze na obotum ayɛ hɛn sunsum mu kotowdo-bo dɛ ankorankor na ebusua abrabɔ? Bia ɔbɛyɛ adze kumabaa, pefee, na asɛmpa abrabɔ nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɔsombo—ebusua mpaabɔ, kyerɛwsɛm adzesũa, a Mormon Nwoma no, temple nkɔree kã ho, na asɛmpa adzesũa a yɛfa no wɔ Come, Follow Me na ewimbir fie nhyiamu mu. Gyedzi ho Nsɛmpɔw, ebusua dawurbɔ no na “Christ Ɔtseasefo no”, botum akã ndzɛmba binom a wɔbɔboa ahyɛ wo sunsum mu fapem no dzen no ho.
Emi, fapem nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɔkã mpɛnsampɛnsamu nsɛmbisa a ɔkã temple recommend ne ngyee ho no yɛ fapem tsim ma sunsum mu fapem—nkankara nsɛmbisa anan no a odzi kan no. Muhu hɔn dɛ sunsum mu kotowdo-bo ahorow.
Nokwar, yenyim nsɛmbisa yinom, dɛ mbrɛ President Russell M. Nelson kenkaan no nkorkor kyerɛɛ hɛn ndaansa wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi mu no.
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Ana ewɔ gyedzi na dasegye wɔ Nyame, Onnyiewiei Egya no; Ne Ba, Jesus Christ, na Sunsum Krɔnkrɔn no mu a?
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Ana ewɔ dasegye wɔ Jesus Christ No Werdambɔ no mu na Ne dzibew dɛ w’Agyenkwa na Pomfo?
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Ana ewɔ dasegye wɔ Jesus Christ asɛmpa ne Nsan-ananmu ho?
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Ana ema Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo no ne President no tsipia dɛ nkɔnhyɛnyi, adzehunyi, nye nyikyerɛfo na dɛ ɔno nko nye nyimpa a ɔwɔ tumdzi dɛ ɔdze asɔfodzi nsaafee no nyina dzi dwuma?8
Ana itum hu mbrɛ bia ibususu nsɛmbisa yinom dɛ ndzepa a ɔsombo wɔ wankasa wo fapem mu na ɔbɔboa wo ma atow na ahyɛ no dzen? Paul kyerɛkyerɛɛ Ephesusfo a wɔwɔ asɔr a “wɔdze hɔn esi asomfo nye nkɔnhyɛfo no fapem do a Christ Jesus nankasa nye kutuwdo-bo tsitsir, no mu na dza woesi no nyina kũakua enyim a, orinyin kɛyɛ Nyankopɔn asɔrdan krɔnkrɔn wɔ Ewuradze mu.”9
M’abrabɔ mu enyigyedze kɛsenara kor nye muruhu na mirinya nkenyan fi Asɔrmba a wɔwɔ wiadze nyina mu a wɔyɛ fasusu atseasefo wɔ Jesus Christ na N’asɛmpa no gyedzi mu. Wɔwɔ ankorankor fapem a ɔyɛ dzen a ɔma hɔn kwan ma wogyina tsĩa hɔn abrabɔ mu nkõdzen akɛse, a wɔdze ntseasee a onnhihim, hɔn akomayaw na amandzehu nyina ekyir no.
Mema mankasa moho mfatoho, ɔnnkyɛree biara mekasaa wɔ ɔyer na enã kumabaa fɛɛfɛw a ɔbɔhyew (ɔyɛ hɛn ebusua nyɛnko so) no funsie ase. Nna ɔbɔ bɔɔl akansi wɔ Ekuw 1 no mu a noho yɛ hyew papa, ber no na ohyiaa na ɔwaar no kun a ɔyɛ ɛsẽ datser nwomasũanyi no. Wonyaa basiaba fɛɛfɛw a n’adwen mu ebue. Ɔdze enyimia nye kokoram yarba dzii akõ mfe esia. Naaso atsenkã na honandua mu atseetsee na yaw a daa oduaa mu nyina ekyir no, onyaa awerɛhyɛmu wɔ no Sor Egya dɔfo no mu na ne social media akãdofo taa serɛɛ kãa n’asɛm ɔayɛ atsenkã no kyerɛwee, rese dɛ: “Nyame wɔ dza ɔrokɔ do nyina mu.”
Ne social media nkyerɛwee no kor do no ɔkyerɛɛw dɛ obi ebisa no dɛ, “Esi dɛn ne ida ho ara nya gyedzi ber a ɔhaw pii etwa woho ehyiae?” Ɔdze nsɛmfua yinom buaa no ndamyɛ mu: “Osiandɛ gyedzi na ɔdze me dua sum mber yinom mu no. Mowɔ gyedzi a, ɔnnkyerɛ dɛ biribi bɔn bi nnkesi. Mowɔ gyedzi no ma me kwan ma megye dzi dɛ kan bɛba bio. Na dɛm kandzea no bɛhyerɛn mpo osiandɛ manantsew edua sum mu. Sum dodow a mehu no mfe pii mu no, mehu kandzea a ɔbor do. Mehu anwanwadze pii. Matse abɔfo hɔn nkã. Nna minyim dɛ mo Sor Egya ama me do. Nkyɛ mirinnya no mu kor po sɛ abrabɔ mu yɛɛ mberɛw a. Bia abrabɔ yi ne ndaamba no wonnyim, mbom minyim me gyedzi. Sɛ mesan mu yi dɛ mennkenya gyedzi a nna masan mu eyi dɛ menantsew sum mu. Osiandɛ gyedzi nnyi hɔ a, sum nko nye dza aka.”10
Ne dasegye a onnhihim wɔ gyedzi wɔ Ewuradze Jesus—wɔ ne nsɛm na ne ndzeyɛɛ mu no—yɛɛ nkenyan maa binom. Nna ne nyimpadua no ayɛ mberɛw, dze, naaso opegyaaw binom ma wonyaa ahoɔdzen ara yie.
Modwen Asɔrmba beberee binom ho, akõfo tse dɛ akyerɛbaa yi, a dabiara wɔdze gyedzi nantsew, wɔbɔ mbɔdzen dɛ wɔbɛyɛ Agyenkwa Jesus Christ n’esuafo anokwafo a wɔmmpa abaw. Wosũa Christ ho nsɛm. Wɔkã Christ ho nsɛm. Wɔbɔ mbɔdzen dɛ wɔbɛyɛ dɛ Ɔno. Sɛ hɔn abrabɔ mu nda no wohyia dza otsim anaa ohihim a, wonyim dɛ hɔn fapem no yɛ dzen a onnhihim.
Iyinom nye akra woetu hɔn ho esi hɔ a, wɔtse ndwom “Fapem a ɔyɛ dzen, Ewuradze N’Ahotseweefo” no ase ankasa no na “hom a hom yɛ Jesus dze, [Agyenkwa] no ayɛ hom korabew.”11 Ɔyɛ me enyisɔ mbordo dɛ me nantsew wɔ hɔn a wɔayɛ sunsum mu ahoboaboa a ɔfata dzin Ahotseweefo no na wɔwɔ ahoɔdzen na woetsim yie a wobotum egyina abrabɔ mu nkõdzen no ano.
Minngye nndzi dɛ yebotum akã dɛm fapem yi a ho hia yi wɔ hɛn ankorankor abrabɔ mu ma wɔabor do. Hɔn mfe ahyɛse noara mpo no, wɔkyerɛ hɛn Primary mbofra ber a wɔdze nokwar yi ara tow ndwom:
Onyansafo no sii ne dan wɔ ɔbotando,
Na nsuno tɔree pipipi. …
Nsuno tɔree, na nsuyirii no baa sor,
Na dan no a ɔwɔ botando no gyinae.12
Kyerɛwsɛm no si fapem nkyerɛkyerɛ yi pi. Agyenkwa no kyerɛkyerɛɛ nkorɔfo a wɔtse America asaase tɔw no dɛ:
“Na sɛ hom yɛ dɛm ndzɛmba yi daa a nhyira akã hom, osiandɛ wɔdze hom esi mo botan do.
“Mbom hom mu biara a ɔbɛyɛ dza ɔbor iyinom do anaa dza ɔtɔ sin wɔ iyinom ho no woennsi no wɔ mo botan no do, mbom woesi wɔ anhwea do; na ber a nsu bɔtɔ, na nsuyirii bɛba, na mframa bɔbɔ ahwe no no, ɔbɔhwe ase.”13
Ɔyɛ Asɔr baanodzifo hɔn akoma mu enyidado dɛ nsiesie kɛse a ɔrokɔ do wɔ Salt Lake Temple no bɔboa ma Brigham Young ne pɛ aba mu dɛ obohu dɛ “wobesi temple no wɔ kwan a obetsim edua Millennuim ber no mu.” Mfe a ɔreba no mu no, nkyɛ yɛama kwan ma mpontu a wɔreyɛ wɔ Salt Lake Temple mu no epuhim hɛn na woekenyan hɛn, dɛ ankorankor na ebusua ebusua, ama hɛn so—abɛbu mu ara—“woeesi hɛn wɔ kwan a obetsim edua Millennuim ber no mu.”
Yɛbɛyɛ dɛm ber a yedzi Ɔsomafo Paul n’ahyɛdze do dɛ “[yɛ]mfa nhyehyɛ fapem pa nto hɔ mma [hɛnho] nsie ndaamba, ama [ye]esuo onnyiewiei nkwa mu.”14 Ɔyɛ me nkotɔserɛ mpaabɔ dɛ hɛn sunsum mu fapem no betsim na onnhihim, dɛ hɛn dasegye wɔ Jesus Christ no Werdambɔ no na Ne dzibew dɛ hɛn Agyenkwa na Pomfo no bɛyɛ hɛnankasa hɛn kotowdo-bo, Ɔno ne dzin mu na megye dase, Jesus Christ mpo, amen.