Mihslac luhn Kraist Eislah Sruhnga
Ke luhngse luhn Kraist raunweack moul lasr, fin kuht tiac insese kuht oruh ke fihlpacp, muhtweng, ac kuhlwacng.
Tamuhlwel ac tahmtahel sacohk wiyuck, ke srihkasrak luhn fokokoiyacn at se, orekma luhn at uh ahkyohkyeyuck. Sie at ma fokoko fal in fahsr sahp upac in kahsruhsr nuh finohl uh. Ke ohiyac se inge, srihkasrak luhn fokokoiyacn at se kuh in ahkkahlwemye mihsen at ma tiac fihsrwacsr in liyeyuck. Mihsen at ahkkahlwemyeyuck kuh in eis ono fal met liki yohkwelihk nuh ke elyah luhlahp.
Mas luhlahp luhn COVID-19 pa sie srihkasrak luhn fokokoiyacn facluh! Oasr ma wo ac ma koluk ke srihkasrak se inge. Ono fakfuhk ma sef ac orekma uh oreklac.1 Mwet doctor, mwet luti, mwet karihngihn, ac puhs mwet sahyac orekma insacnweacng—ac srwackna kampare. Puhs mwet ahkkahlwemye kuhlwacnsap ac kuhlwacng—ac srwackna kampare. Tuhsruhk, oasr ma suhfal ma ahkkahlwemyeyuck. Mwet suhkahsruhp tuh kweok—ac srwackna kweok. Elos suc kahsruh in ahkwoye ma suhfal inge in kaksakihnyuck ac eis kuloh.
Mas luhlahp se inge oacyacpac srihke fokokoiyacn nguhn luhn Alu luhn Leum ac mempucr la. Oasr pac ma wo ac ma koluk kac. Moul lasr tuh ahkinsewowoyeyuck sin kuhlwacnsap ke “ohiyac muhtahl ac fuhlwact,”2 mwe luti luhn Fahsruh, Fahsr Tukuk ac lutlut luhn wosasuc infulwacn lohm uh, ma ahkkweyeyuck sin Alu uh. Puhs mwet kahsruh ac ahkweye nuh ke pacl upac inge ac kampare in oruh.3
Tuhsruhk, ke kuhtuh pacl, srihkasrak luhn fokokoiyacn nguhn lasr inge ahkkahlwemye akuhkuhin ac kasrkuhsrak. Ma inge ahkkahlwemye oasr orekma lasr in muh ekuhllah insiacsr ac fahsrweni nuh sie oacna mwet tuhma lutlut pwacye luhn Mwet Lahngo. Tiac ma upac sasuc se pa inge, tuh srwackna yohk srihpac.4
Ke Mwet Lahngo El muhtwacta yurun Mwet Nephi ah, El luti, “Ac fah wacngihn akuhkuhin inmahsrlowos. … El suc oasr nguhn in lokoalok yohrohl el tiacna ma Luhk, tuhsruhk ma luhn devil, suc pa pahpah tuhmwacn lokoalok, ac el puhrakwack insiacn mwet uh in acnwuck ke kasrkuhsrak, sie nuh sin siepac.”5 Ke kuht akuhkuhin yurin sie sin sie, Satan el isrwacsr ac God inkuhsrao El tuhng.6
Satan el isrwacsr ac God El tuhng ke srihpac luo. Ma se met, akuhkuhin uh ahkmuhnahsye loh lasr nuh sin facluh luhn Jisus Kraist ac lah molwelah tuhkuh sin “ohiyac wo, … pahkotwen, ac luhng kuhlwacng” Lal.7 Mwet Lahngo fahk, “Sie masap Nga usot nuh suwos tuh kowos in insacnweacng in suk ma inge. … Kowos fin lungse sie sin sie, na mwet nu kewa ac fah etu lah kowos mwet tuma lutlut luh.”8 Ma sahyac pwacye pac—mwet nuhkwewa etuh lah kuht tiac mwet tuhma lutlut lal kuht fin tiac luhngse sie sin sie. Orekma ke lwen-sahflah Lal ahkmuhnahsyeyuck ke akuhkuhin kuh sruhnga9 oasr yurun mwet tuhma lutlut Lal.10 Ahkluo, akuhkuhin uh tiac wo nuh sin nguhn lasr oacna mwet sifacna. Pihsrapasrlah liki kuht liki mihslac, engan, monglac, ac kuh lasr in puhla Nguhn muhnahslah.
Jisus Kraist El ahkuhtweyac lah wosasuc Lal tiac pa in “puhrakwack insiacn mwet uh in acnwuck ke kasrkuhsrak, sie nuh sin sie pac; tuhsruhk pa inge mwe luti [Lal] tuh ma inge in tulokihnyucki.”11 Fin nga sa in ahngyahng kuh topuk ma siena luhn nuhnak ke fohloyak kuh nuhnuhnkuh, nga “suhfal” ke srihkasrak luhn fokokoiyacn nguhn sac. Finne suhfal ke srihkasrak se inge tiac kalmac tuh wacngihn finsrak luhk. Kalmac, tuh nga enenuh in ekuhllah. Ac ma inge wo in etuh.
Tukun muhtwacta luhn Mwet Lahngo nuh fin Acn Macrike, “mwet uh fahsrweni; wacngihn fohs fin acn ah nohfohn.”12 Kom nuhnkuh muh mwet uh masefanna lac ke srihpen elos oacna sie, kuh ke srihpen tiac ma siena liki nuhnak lalos? Nga muh tiac. Sahyac na, fohs ac sruhnga wacngihnlac ke srihpen elos sang insacnweacng lalos nuh sin Mwet Lahngo yohk liki ma nuhkwewa. Ma siena lalos srihk liki luhngse lalos nuh sin Mwet Lahngo, ac elos fahsrweni oacna “mwet in usrui tohkohsrahi luhn God.”13 Ma sikyak tuh “tiac kuh in oasr sie un mwet engan … tuh oreklac ke poun God.”14
Enenuh orekma in fahsrweni in ma se.15 Ma inge tuhkuh ke kuht ahkyohkye luhngse luhn God insiacsr16 ac kuht lohacng nuh ke moul ma pahtpaht lasr.17 Kuht fahsrweni nuh sie ke ohiyac na pwacye lasr oacna tuhlihk nuhtin God18 ac oaru lasr ke ma pwacye luhn wosasuc ma fohlohkyak. Na, luhngse lasr nuh sin God ac insacnweacng lasr nuh sin Jisus Kraist oruh kuht in luhngse mwet sahyac. Kuht sacohkkihn ma siena pucs ke ohiyac, facsin, ac talan luhn mwet sahyac.19 Fin kuht tiac kuh in sang insacnweacng lasr nuh sin Jisus Kraist yohk liki facsin ac nuhnak lasr sifacna, kuh enenuh in sulpac liye ma yohk srihpac nuh sesr ac eklac.
Sahp kuht ac fahk, “Pwacye kuht kuh in fahsrweni nuh sie—fuhnuh kom ac insese nuh sihk!” Wo liki in siyuck, “Meac nga kuh in oruh in kahsruh mwet fahsrweni nuh sie? Meac nga kuh in oruh in kahsruh mwet se inge fahsr fototoyang nuh Kraist? Meac nga kuh in oruh in ahksrihkye fohs ac muhsaheack kuhlwacng ac karihngihn ke sucu luhn Alu?”
Ke luhngse luhn Kraist raunweack moul lasr,20 kuht fototoyang nuh ke tiac insese nuhke puhsisacl, mongfihsrwacsr, ac kuhlwacng.21 Kuht elyah srihk ke nuhnak lasr ac yohk nuh sin mwet tuhlan lasr. Kuht “suk na in insese ac kahsruh mwet in fahsrweni.”22 Kuht tiac wi “akuhkuhin in ahkfohs,” sang nuhnuhnkuh nuh selos suc kuht tiac insese nuh kac, suc srihke in oruh mwet in tihkuclkucl.23 Sahyac na, kuht luhlahlfongi tuh elos suc kuht insese nuh kac oruh wo emet ma elos kuh in oruh ke moul lalos.
Ninac kiyuck orekma ke lawyer ke yac longoul. Ekihn sie lawyer, el orekma yurin mwet sahyac suc nuhnkuh in lain ma el nuhnkuh. Tuh el etwaclah in tiac insese tuh tiac akuhkuhin kuh fohlohyak. El sahp fahk nuh sin mwet suc lain, “nga kuh in liye tuh kuht tiac insese ke ma inge. Nga puhla wo sum. Nga kahlwem ke ma kom nuhnkuh. Nga finsrak tuh kom in oruh oacyacpacna nuh sihk.” Inkaiyacn pacl ma inge oruh kuht in suhnakihn sie sin sie ac akawucki finne oasr ma siena.
Finne mwet lokoalok mahtuh kuh in fahsrweni nuh sie ke oaru lalos nuh sin Mwet Lahngo.24 Ke 2006 ah, nga tuh wi kihsac luhn Tempuhl Helsinki Finland in tuh ahkfuhlwactye pahpah ac pahpah mahtuh tuhmuhk suc tuh welah alu fuhsr ke Alu acn Finland. Mwet Finland, weacng pahpah tuhmuhk, nga finsrak in oasr temple fin acn Finland ke yac puhs. Ke pacl sacn, tistrict luhn tempuhl pa acn Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, ac Russia.
Ke kihsac ah, nga etwaclah ma sasuc ahklut se. Lwen se met tempuhl ikacklah pakpucki sin mempucr Russia in oruh akwuck in tempuhl lalos. Upac in ahkuhtweyac luhpan lut ke ma se inge. Russia ac Finland tuh lain sie sin sie ke mweun ke yac puhs. Pahpah tuhmuhk suhlahlahlfongi ac tiac luhngse acn Russia ac Mwet Russia nuhkwewa. El ahkkahlwemye puhla lal yohk, ac puhla lal ma nuh sin inkaiyacn Mwet Finland suc sruhnga acn Russia. El tuh esamwack sramsram mahtuh ma ahkuhtweyac mweun inmahsrlon Mwet Finland ac Mwet Russia. Ma el puhlakihn ke World War II, ke acn Finland ac acn Russia lain sie sin sie, tiac ekuhllah ma el nuhnkuh.
Yac se met liki kihsac luhn Tempuhl Helsinki Finland, u in plwacn tempuhl kihsac, ma nwacnwack mwet Finland muhkwena, tuhkweni in sramsram plwacn nuh ke kihsac ah. Ke toeni sacn, sie mwet fahk muh Mwet Luhlahlfongi Russia ac fah fuhfahsryucsr lwen puhs in wi kihsac ac sahp finsrak in eis mwe insewowo luhn tempuhl lalos met liki elos fohlohk. Mwet kol se luhn u in plwacn tempuhl kihsac, Tamuhlwel Sven Eklund, fahk muh fin Mwet Finns kuh in muhtweng kuhtuh, Mwet Russia in pa mempucr emet in oruh akwuck in tempuhl lalos ke tempuhl. Mwet nuhkwewa ke u in plwacn tempuhl kihsac insese. Mwet Luhlahlfongi Finland tuhpan mwe insewowo luhn tempuhl lalos in kahsruh Mwet Luhlahlfongi Russia.
Prestuhn luhn Eria suc oasr ke toeni luhn u in plwacn tempuhl kihsac, Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, tuh fahk: “Nga kaksakihn na pwacye mwet Finland ke pacl sacn. Sramsram mahtuh upac luhn acn Finland ke mwet tuhlan lal … ac rahrah lalos in tuh oasr [tempuhl] ke acn selos fihliyucklac nuh sahyac. In lwelah mwet Russia in ilyak nuh tempuhl met ahkkahlwemye luhngse ac kihsackuhnlah.”25
Ke nga ahkkahlwemye kuhlwacng se inge nuh sin pahpah tuhmuhk, insiyuck ahkfihsrwacsryeyuck ac el tuhng, ma suc suhkwac sikyak ke mwet Finn fokoko sacn. Ke pacl sacn nuh ke misac lal yac tolu tohkohyang, el tilac sulpac kahskahs koluk ke acn Russia. Mokleyuck sin mwet Finn lal sahyac, pahpah tuhmuhk el sulaclah in fihliyac insacnweacng lalos nuh sin Jisus Kraist yohk liki ma nuhkwewa. Mwet Finn srwackna mwet Finn; ac Mwet Russia srwackna Mwet Russia; mwet inge kwewa tiac fuhlwelah facsin, sramsram mahtuh, kuh puhla lalos in sislah sruhnga. Elos tiacna enenuh. Sahyacna, elos tuh sulaclah insacnweacng lalos nuh sin Jisus Kraist pa sulaclah yohk emet lalos.26
Fin elos kuh in oruh, kuht kuh in oruh pac. Kuht kuh in us sramsram mahtuh, facsin, ac puhla lasr nuh Alu luhn Jisus Kraist. Samuel el tiac muhlkuhnlah facsin lal oacna Mwet Laman,27 ac Mormon el tiac pac muhlkuhnlah facsin lal oacna Mwet Nephi.28 Tuh kwewa sang insacnweacng lalos nuh sin Mwet Lahngo emet.
Kuht fin tiac fahsrweni nuh sie, kuht tiac mwet Lal.29 Mwe suli luhk pa in sang kuhiyacsr in sang luhngse lasr ke God ac insacngwacng nuh sin Mwet Lahngo yohk liki ma nuhkwewa.30 Lwelah kuht in sruok olwelah ma oasr ke moul in mwet tuhma lutlut lasr—olwelah se in fahsreni nuh sie.
Lwelah kuht in ukwe srihkasrak luhn Mwet Luhlahlfongi fin facluh nohfohn suc eklac nuh ke mwet tuhma lutlut luhn Kraist. Kuht kuh in fungyang nuh sin Jisus Kraist, suc “pa akmisye inmasrlosr, suc … eislah ma kosrwekuhtlac liki sie sin sie; tuh eislah ke [kihsackuhnlah in iwaclah] lal sruhnga uh.”31 Lohoh lasr ke Jisus Kraist nuh facluh e tuhfah ahkfokokoyeyuhk, ac kuht e fokoko na ke nguhn.32 Nga fahkwack lah fin kuht “ahkwacngihnyelah lokalok” ac eklac “nuhnka oacna Leum ke luhngse ac toeni ke luhlahlfongi,” mihsalc lal e fah ma lasr.33 Ke inen Jisus Kraist, amen.