Aaj ke Din

Elder Ronald A. Rasband ke dwara

Barah Devduton ke Quorum Ke

Hamara jiwit profat Mormon Dharamshaastr se prithvi par baadh laane ka apni bhumika nibha raha hai. Hamen unke netrtv ka anusaran karna chahiye.

Mere pyaare bhaiyon aur bahanon, Mormon Dharamshaastr mein “aaj ke din ”¹ vaakyaansh ka prayog salaah, vaadon aur shikshaon par dhyaan aakarshit karne ke liye baar-baar kiya jaata hai. Raaja Benjamin, ne apne antim bhaashan mein logon ko chetaaoni di, “Meri baaten sun jo main aaj ke din tujh se kahunga; … apne kaan kholo ki tum sun sako, aur apne man ko samajh sako, aur apne man ko kholo ki Parmeshwar ke bhed tumhare saamne prakat ho.”² Maha Sammelan ek samaan setting hai. Hum “aaj ke din,” ki salaah sunae ke liye aate hai, ki hum ”³ Prabhu aur Uske susmaachaar ke liye “har samay sachche” rahen. “Aaj ke din” mujh par dabaav daalna Mormon Dharamshaastr ke prati hamari pratibaddhata ko navineekrt karne ka mahatv hai, jise Joseph Smith ne “prithvi par kisi bhi pustak ka sabse sahi kaha hai.”⁴

Mere haath mein Mormon Dharamshaastr ki ek kopee hai. Yah mera 1970 ka vintej sanskaran(vintage edition) hai, aur yah mere liye kimtee hai. Apni upasthiti se yah thaka hua aur ghisa hua hai, lekin koi anye pustak mere jiwan aur meri gawahi ke liye utni mahatvpurn nahin hai jitni ki yah. Ise padhkar mainne Aatma ke dwara ek saakshi praapt ki ki Ishu Masih Parmeshwar ka Putr hai,⁵ki Woh mera Rakshak hai,⁶ki ye shaastr Parmeshwar ke shabd hain,⁷aur yah ki susmachaar punarsthaapit ho gaya hai.⁸ Woh sachchaiyon mere bheetar gahare hai. Jaisa ki bhavishyavakta Nephi ne kaha, “Meri aatma Prabhu ki baaton mein anandith hai.”⁹

Baye se daaye: Elder Ronald A. Rasband, jawaan mishanari; President Harold Wilkinson, Eastern States Mishan ka President; aur Elder Marion D. Hanks, Jenral Authority Seventy.

Yaha piche ki kahani hai. Ek yuva mishanaree ke roop mein, mainne Elder Marion D. Hanks ki salaah lee, jo Eastern States Mishan mein hamse mile the. Woh British Mishan ke purv adhyaksh the, aur unke do mishanaree is din stand par hai: mere priye Bhaaiyon Elder Jeffrey R. Holland aur Elder Quentin L. Cook.¹⁰ Jaise England mein apne mishanariyon ke saath, unhonne hamen Mormon Dharamshaastr ki ek achihnit prati ko kam se kam do baar padhne ki chunauti dee. Mainne kaaryebhaar sambhaala. Pahela padai main har us cheez ko maak ya andalain karna tha jo Ishu Masih ki or ishaara karti ya gawahi deti thee. Mainne ek laal pensil ka istemaal kiya, aur mainne kai anshon ko andalain kiya. Dusri baar, Elder Hanks ne susamaachaar ke siddhaanton aur siddhaant ko ujaagar(hailait) karne ke liye kaha, aur is baar mainne shaastron ko maak karne ke liye neele rang ka upyog kiya. Jaisa ki sujhaya gaya hai, mainne do baar Mormon Dharamshaastr padhi, aur phir do aur baar, peele aur kaale rang ka upyog karke un anshon ko maak kiya jo mere liye vishisht the.¹¹ Jaisa ki aap dekh sakte hain, mainne kai noteshan(notations) banae hai.

Mere padhne ke liye sirph shaastron ko maak karne ke alaava aur bhi bahut kuch tha. Mormon Dharamshaatra ke pratyek padai ke saath, aage se piche, main Prabhu ke liye ek gahan prem se bhar gaya. Mainne Uski shikshaon ki sachchai aur kaise weh “aaj ke din” par laagu hoti hai, ki gahari jaden mehsoos ki. Yeh pustak apne sheershak(title) par phit baithatee hai, “Ishu Masih ka Dusra Gawahi ”¹² Us adhyayan aur aadhyaatmik gawahi ke saath, main Mormon Dharamshaastr mishanari aur Ishu Masih ka shishye ban gaya.¹³

“Aaj ka din,” Mormon Dharamshaastr ke sabse mahan mishanariyon mein se ek President Russell M. Nelson, hai. Jab weh ek nae Apostal the, tab weh Accra, Ghana mein ek lekcha de rahe the.¹⁴ Upasthiti mein ek African title raaja sahit ganamaany vyakti the, jinke saath unhonne ek intapreta ke maadhyam se baat ki. Raaja Bible ko saaodhani se sikha aur wah Prabhu se prem karta hai. President Nelson ki tippani ke baad, us raaja ne unse sampark kiya, jinhonne purn Angrezi mein pucha, “Bas tum kaun ho?” President Nelson ne samjhaya ki woh Ishu Masih ka ek ordain Devdut tha.¹⁵ Raaja ke dusra sawal tha, “Tum mujhe Ishu Masih ke bare me kya sikhla sakte ho?”¹⁶

President Nelson Mormon Dharamshaastr ke aur bada aur ise 3 Nephi 11 par khola. President Nelson aur raaja ne milkar Nephites ke liye Rakshak ka updesh padha: “Dekho, main Ishu Masih hoon, jiski gawahi profats ne dee hai woh jagat mein aa jaega. … Main jagat ka jiwan aur prakaash hu.”¹⁷

President Nelson ne raaja ko Mormon Dharamshaastr ki copy di , aur raaja ne uttar diya, “Tum mujhe hire aur moti ko de sakte the, parantu mere liye Prabhu Ishu Masih ki aur jyaada gyaan ke bare me usse bhi jyaada anmol hai.”¹⁸

Yah ek alag udhaaran nahin hai ki kaise hamare priye profat Mormon Dharamshaastr ko baate. Unhonne saikadon logon ko Mormon Dharamshaastr ki pratiyaan di hai, hamesha Ishu Masih ki gawahi dete hue. Jab President Nelson mehmaanon, raashtrapatiyon, raajaon, raashtraadhyakshon, vyaapaar aur sangathanon aur vividh dharmon ke netaon se milte hai, chahe Girjaghar ke mukhyaalay mein ho ya unke apne sthaan par, weh shraddhaapurvak prakat kiye gae dharamshaatra ki is pustak ko prastut karte hai. Weh unhen riban(ribbons) mein lipte itni saari cheezen de sakta tha jo tebal ya desk par ya kaibinet mein unki yaatra ki yaad ke roop mein baith sakti hai. Iske bajaye, woh wahi deta hai jo uske liye sabse kimti hai, moti aur hire se kahi aage, jaisa ki traibal raaja ne varnan kiya hai.

Mormon Dharamshaastr ki sachchaaiyon President Nelson ne kaha “me hamare aatma ko changaai, sahanubhuti dene, waapas laane, raahat dene, mazboot karne, shaant karne, aur khushaal banane ki shaktihai.”¹⁹ Mainne dekha hai ki Mormon Dharamshaastr ki in copy ko un logon ke haathon mein pakad liya gaya hai jinhonne unhen hamare Parmeshwar ke profat se praapt kiya hai . Isse bada koi tofa nahin ho sakta.

Abhi haal hi mein unhonne Gambia kee pratham mahila se unke kaaryeaalay mein mulaakaat ki aur namrataapurvak unhen Mormon Dharamshaastr diya. Woh waha nahin ruke. Usne uske saath padhne ke liye uske peijas khole, Masih ki shiksha dena aur gawahi dena Unki praeshchit, aur Parmeshwar ki sabhi bachchon ke liye Uski prem—har jagah.

Hamara jiwit prophet Mormon Dharamshaastr se prithvi par baadh laane ke liye apni bhumika nibha raha hai.²⁰ Lekin woh akele phladget(floodgates) nahin khol sakta. Hamen unke netrtv ka anusaran karna chahiye.

Unke udhaaran se prerit hokar, main vinamr aur adhik utsaah se Mormon Dharamshaastr ko baatne ka prayaas kar raha hoon.

Haal hee mein main Mozambique mein kaarye par tha. Is khubsurat desh ke naagarik gareebi, kharaab svaasthy, berojagaari, tuphaan aur raajneetik ashaanti se jujh rahe hai. Mujhe desh ke raashtrapati Filipe Nyusi se milne ka samaan mila. Unke anurodh par, mainne unke aur unke raashtr ke liye prarthana ki; mainne unse kaha ki hum unke desh mein Ishu Masih²¹ka mandir bana rahe hai. Apni yaatra ke ant mein, mainne unhen unki mool bhaasha, Portuguese mein Mormon Dharamshaastr ki ek kopy bhent ki. Jaise hi usne pustak ko sabaar swikaar kiya, mainne uske logon ke liye aasha aur pratigya ki gawahi di, jo iske peijas par Prabhu ke vachanon mein paee jaati hai.²²

Ek anye avsar par, meri patni Melanie aur main Letsie III Lesotho ke Raaja aur unki patni se unke ghar par mile.²³ Hamare liye, hamari yaatra ka mukhye aakarshan unhen Mormon Dharamshaastr ki ek prati prastut karna aur phir meri gawahi ko baatna tha. Jab main us anubhav aur dusron ko piche mudkar dekhta hoon, to baad ke dinon ke pavitrashaastr ka ek pad dimaag mein aata hai: “Mere susmaachaar ki paripurnata kamzor aur saral logon dwara duniya ke chor tak, aur raajaon aur shaasakon ke saamne ghoshit ki ja sakti hai.”²⁴

Mainne Geneva mein United Nation mein Bhaarat ke Embesdar Pandey²⁵aur Eastern Orthodox Girjaghar aur Unki Dharamikta Patriarch Bartholomew²⁶aur kai anye logon ke saath Mormon Dharamshaastr baataa. Mainne apne saath Prabhu ki Aatma ko mehsoos kiya hai kyunki mainne vyaktigat roop se unhen yah “hamare dharm ka aadhaarshila(keystone)”²⁷diya hai aur Ishu Masih ki gawahi di hai, jo hamare vishwaas ki kone ka patthar(cornerstone) hai.²⁸

Pavitr shikshaon aur vaadon ki yah pustak kisi ko dene ke liye aapko Mozambique ya Bhaarat jaane ya raajaon aur shaasakon se milne ki zaroorat nahin hai. Main aapko aamantrit karta hoon, aaj ke din, apne mitron aur parivaar, tumhari kaam par sahayogiyon, apne soccer coach, ya apne baajaar mein utpaadan karne wali vyakti ko Mormom Dharamshaastr dene ke liye. Unhen is pustak mein pae jaane waale Prabhu ke vachanon ki aavashyakta hai. Unhen sawaalon ke jawab chahiye hardin ki zindagi aur aane waale anant jiwan ki. Unhen unke saamne rakhe gae vaachan ke maarg aur unke liye Prabhu ke sthaayee prem ke baare mein jaanne ki zaroorat hai. Yeh sab yaha Mormon Dharamshaastr mein hai.

Jab aap unhen Mormon Dharamshaastr saumpate hain, to aap unke man aur hirday ko Parmeshwar ke vachan ke liye khol rahe hote hai. Aapko pustak ki printed kopy apne saath le jaane ki aavashyakta nahin hai. Aap ise aasaani se apne mobail phon se Gospel Library aap mein ek nai sekshaan se saajha kar sakte hai.²⁹

Un sabhi ke baare me socho jinhe unke jiwan me susamachaar ka ashirwaad praapt ho sakta hai, aur phir unhe apne phone se Mormon Dharamshaastr ki ek kopee bhejein. Apni gawahi ko shaamil karna yaad rakkhein aur kaise is pustak ne aapke jiwan ko ashishit kiya hai.

Mere pyaare doston, Prabhu ke ek Devdut ke roop mein, main apne priye prophet, President Nelson ka anusaran karne ke liye, Mormon Dharamshaastr ke saath prithvi par baadh laane ke liye amantrit karta hoon. Zaroorat itni badi hai; hamen ab kaarye karne ki aavashyakta hai. Main vaada karta hoon ki aap “prithvi par sabse bade kaam” Israel ki sabha mein bhaag lenge,³⁰kyunki aap un logon tak pahunchane ke liye prerit hote hain jinhen “sachch se dur rakha gaya hai kyunki weh nahin jaante ki ise kaha khojna hai.”³¹ Unhen aapki gawahi aur is baat ki gawahi ki aavashyakta hai ki kaise is pustak ne aapke jiwan ko badal diya hai aur aapko Parmeshwar, Unki shaanti,³²aur Unke “mahan aanand ke samaachaar ke kareeb kheench liya hai.”³³

Main gawahi deta hoon ki praacheen America mein Mormon Dharamshaastr ko Parmeshwar ke vachan ki ghoshna karne ke liye taeyaar kiya gaya tha, aatmaon ko Prabhu Ishu Masih aur Unke punarsthaapit susmaachaar “aaj ke din” mein laane ke liye. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

1. Dekhiye Jacob 2:2–3; Mosiah 2:14, 30; 5:7; Alma 7:15; aur kai verses Mormon Dharamshaastr mein.

2. Mosiah 2:9

3. Alma 53:20.

4. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 64. Joseph Smith dwara November 28, 1841, ko ki parishad mein diya gaya pura bayaan: “Maine bhaaiyon se kaha ki Mormon Dharamshaastr is dharti par sabhi pustakon me se sabse sahi hai, aur humare dharm ka aadhaarshila hamare dharam ka (jaise ek arch ka mukhye patthar), aur ek aadmi Ishwar ke kareeb ja sakta hai jab uske niyamon ko paalan kare, kisi aniye kitaab ke milaan me.” “Sahi” ke mukhy sandarbh ko pustak anuwaad mein praapt revelaishan aur Mormon Dharamshaastr mein padhae gae siddhaant ke liye zimmedaar thaharaaya ja sakta hai jo kisi bhi anye pustak ki tulna mein susmaachaar ke “saade aur keemti” sachch ko sthaapit karta hai.(dekhiye 1 Nephi 13:40).

5. Dekhiye “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the ApostlesFirst Presidency aur Barah Devduton ke Quorum ka ek ghoshna, January 1, 2000: “Hum gawahi dete hai, Unke niyukt Devduton ke rup me—ki Ishu hi Jiwit Masih hai, Parmeshwar ka amar Putr. Woh mahan Raaja Immanuel hai, jo aaj Apne Pita ke daahine haath par khada hai Woh duniya ki raushni, jiwan aur aasha hai. Uski raahe woh raaste hai jo khushiya lati hai is jiwan mein aur duniya aanewali ki anant jiwan mein. Hum Parmeshwar ke dhanyewaad deta Uske Priye Putr ke uphaar ke liye” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

6. Dekhiye Isaiah 49:26; 1 Nephi 21:26; 22:12; Doctrine and Covenants 66:1.

7. Parmeshwar ka vachan shaastron mein milta hai Udhaaran ke liye, Mormon Dharamshaastr mein, Laman aur Lemuel ne prashn kiya, “lohe ki chad ka kya arth hai?” Lehi ke sapne ka jikr karte hue. “Aur Nephi ne unse kaha ki woh Parmeshwar ka shabd tha aur jo bhi Parmeshwar ke shabd ki sunega, aur use lagataar pakde rahegawoh kabhi nasht na honge; naa toh behkaawein aur shaetaan aag bhare teer unpe vijayi hoke andha kar paaenge, taaki unhe vinaash ki or le jaaen.” (1 Nephi 15:23–24).

8. Dekhiye “Ishu Masih ke Susamaachaar ka Sampurn Punahsthaapna: Ek Do Sao Saal pe Ghoshna Duniya ke Liye,” jismen ninmalikhit shaamil hain: “Ham ghoshna karte hai ki Ishu Masih ke Antim-dino Santo ka ke Girjaghar, April 6, 1830 ko aayojit, Masih ka punahsthaapit Naya Niyam ka Girjaghar hai. Yeh Girja apne mukhye kone ka patthar, Ishu Masih ke jiwan pe mazbooti se juda hai, aur Uske aseem Praeshchit aur likhe gaye Punarjiwan pe. Ishu Masih ek dafa phir Devduton ke bulaais hai aur uh log ke prithud adhikaar dees hai. Wah hum sab ko amantrit karta hai Uske paas aawe ke aur Unske Girjaghar par, aur Pavitra Aatma paawe ke, uddhaar ke dharamvidhiyaan, aur hamesha ke khushi haasil kare ke. Hum log khushi se aelaan karta hai ki jon Punahsthaapna vaada kara ge raha lagataar revelaishan ke zariye jaari hai. Dharti phir kabhi pehle ke rakam nahi rahi, kyunki Parmeshwar ‘sab cheej ek sange laai Masih me’ (Ephesians 1:10)” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org)

9. 2 Nephi 4:16.

10. Dekhiye Quentin L. Cook, “Be Not Weary in Well-DoingBrigham Young University devotional, Aug. 24, 2020), speeches.byu.edu; Eliza Smith-Driggs, “This Week on Social: How to Develop a Love for the Lord, Yourself and Others,” Church NewsJuly 17, 2020 thechurchnews.com.

11. Teesra padhna, peela: geology ya geography; chautha padhna, kaala: Mormon Dharamshaastr kee kahani.

12. Mormon Dharamashaastra ke sabhi sanskaranon mein ek upasheershak ke roop mein “Ishu Masih ka Dusra Gawahi” joda gaya tha. Girjaghar ke netaon ne sheershak prshth par batae gae pustak ke uddeshye par aur jor dene ke liye naam parivartan kiya: title page: “aur yah bhi Jew aur Gentile ke vishwaas ke liye ki Ishu Masih hai, Anant Parmeshwar, sabhi raashtron ke liye khud ko prakat karta hai.”

13. Ishu Masih ka shishye hona Unke liye hamare prem ki abhivyakti hai. Chelon ne baptisma liya hai; weh un par Ishu Masih ka naam lete hain; weh Apostal Peter dwara varnit uske gunon ko apnane ke dwara Uska anusaran karne ka prayaas karte hain: “sab parishram karte hue, aane vishwaas mein sadgun badhao; aur punye gyaan ke liye; aur gyaan sanyam aur sanyam ke liye dhairy; aur dhairy ke liye ishwariyata; aur bhak‍ti ki bhak‍ti par bhak‍ti; aur bhaeechaare ki daya daan ke liye.” (2 Peter 1:5–7; bhi dekhiye Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service [2019], 121–32).

14. President Russell M. Nelson 1984 mein Barah ki Parishad mein apne aahvaan se pahle antararaashtreey star par jaane-maane hrday sarjan ne hrday shaly chikitsa ke itihaas par 1986 mein Accra, Ghana ke ek medikal skool mein ek vyaakhyaan diya. Baad mein meediya dwara saakshaatkaar mein, unhonne samjhaya ki vah ”Prabhu ke sewak ke roop mein [logon] ko behtar naagarik banne, mazboot parivaaron ka nirmaan karne, sachchi khushi haasil karne, aur bhumi mein samrddh hone mein madad karne ke liye the.” Wah Accra, Ghana, November 16 mein, 2001,ko Accra Ghana Mandir ki neev rakhne ke liye laut aaya (dekhiye “Ground Broken for First Temple in West Africa,” Church NewsNov. 24, 2001), thechurchnews.com.

15. Dekhiye General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints5.1.1.1Hamare dino me, Prabhu purshon ko Girjaghar ke President ke zariye niyukt karta hai Devdut aur Barah Devduton ke Quorum me ordain hone ke liye (dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 18:26–28ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

16. Dekhiye Russell M. Nelson, “Mormon Dharamshaastr: Tumhaara Jiwan Uske Bina Kaesa Hota?LiahonaNov. 2017, 60.

17. 3 Nephi 11:10–11

18. Russell M. Nelson, “Mormon Dharamshaastr: Tumhara Jiwan Uske Bina Kaesa Hota?,” 61.

19. Russell M. Nelson, “Mormon Dharamshaastr: Tumhara Jiwan Uske bina Kaesa Hota,” 62.

20. Dekhiye Moses 7:62

21. Beira Mozambique Mandir ki ghoshna April 4, 2021 mein hua tha, joPresident Russell M. Nelson dwara ki gai thee. Indian Ocean ke tat par base Beira mein paanch laakh se zyaada log rahate hain.

22. Mormon Dharamshaastr mein paee jaane wali aasha aur pratigyaon ke udhaaranon mein shaamil hai 2 Nephi 31:20; Jacob 4:4–6; Alma 13:28–29; 22:16; 34:41; Ether 12:32; Moroni 7:41; 8:26.

23. Elder and Sister Rasband February 10, 2020 mein, ko shaahee parivaar se mile, jab woh Africa mein Durban Dakshin Africa Mandir ko samarpit karne ke liye niyukt hue the.

24. Doctrine and Covenants 1:23

25. Elder Rasband ne September 17, 2021 ko Bologna, Italy mein Interfaith Phoram mein asainament ke dauraan Geneva mein sanyukt Raashtr aur Anye Antarraashtreey Sangathanon mein Bhaarat ke sthaayee Embesdar, raajadoot Indra Mani Pandey se mulaakaat ki.

26. Elder Rasband ne 13 September, 2021 ko Bologna, Italy mein Interfaith phoram mein kaarye ke dauraan Eastern Orthodox Church ke Unki Saari Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew se mulaakaat ki.

27. Teachings: Joseph Smith, 64. Ek ,aadhaarshila(keystone) chinaee(masonry) ka ek wedge ke aakaar ka tukada hota hai jo ek meharaab(arch) ke mukut par baithata hai, jo anye tukadon ko saath rakhta hai. Profat Joseph ne Mormon Dharamshaastr ko “hamare dharm ka aadhaarashila” ke roop mein varnit kiya kyunki yah siddhaanton aur adhyaadeshon ke maadhyam se Girjaghar ko ekjut karne mein iske mahatv ke karan hai. Mormon Dharamshaastr sadasyon ke jiwan ke liye “aadhaarshila” ke roop mein kaarye karti hai, jisse unhen vaachan ke maarg par drdhata se bane rahane mein madad milti hai.

28. Dekhiye Ephesians 2:19–20. Ishu Masih hamare Girjaghar ka mukhye cornerstone hai, jis par Uska naam ankit hai. Jis tarah mandir mein cornerstone rakhna Parmeshwar ke ghar ki neev ke kone ko banane waale mukhye patthar ka prateek hai, Ishu Masih hamare vishwaas aur hamare uddhaar ki cornerstone hai. Usne apna jiwan diya ki ham jivit rahen; shakti mein, uddeshye mein, ya prem mein Uske samaan koi nahin hai.

29. Aap ise apne mobail phon se baat sakte hain. Ek tarika yah hai ki Gospel Library app kholkar, “Scriptures” kalekshan mein jaakar, aur phir sabse oopar “Share Now” par taip karen. Ya Mormon Dharamshaastr aap ke bheetar se, aap “Share” icon par taip kar sakte hain, jo ek dijital kod pradarshit karta hai jise ek mitr apne phon ka upyog karke aasaanee se sken kar sakta hai.

30. Russell M. Nelson, “Hope of Israelworldwide youth devotional, June 3, 2018), HopeofIsrael.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. “June 3, 2018, ko, President Russell M. Nelson aur unki patni, Wendy W. Nelson, ne yuvaon ko ‘Prabhu ki yuva bataaliyan mein bhartee hone ke liye’ aamantrit kiya aur ‘sabse bada chunauti, sabse bada kaaran, aur prithvi par sabse bada kaam.’ Aur sabse bada chunauti kya hai? The gathering of Israel” (Charlotte Larcabal, “A Call to Enlist and Gather Israel,” New Era, Mar. 2019, 24).

31. Doctrine and Covenants 123:12

32. Dekhiye 2 Nephi 4:27; Mosiah 4:3; 15:18; Alma 46:12.

33. 1 Nephi 13:37