Ntsáo Áłah Aleeh
Dííshjį́
Ghą́ą́jį’ 2022 Ntsáago ́Ałah Alééh


12:1

Dííshjį́

Nihi Diyin yá yáłti’í nahasdzáán bikáa’gi Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí éí diné yitáá yiiniił. Nihí ałdó t’áá ákwíítį́į doo.

Shik’is dóó shilah, Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéígíí diwééhdi shį́į́h saad, “dííshjį́”1 bee nihich’i há’oodzííh, áko hazhó’ó na’nitin bee bił aha’díít’ą́, dóó bina’nitin hazhó’ó nihił bééhózin doo. Naat’áánii King Benjamin bidine’é neinitin, “díí jį́ shizaad bee nihichʼįʼ hadeesdzihgo [daʼdidoohtsʼį́į́ł]; … nihijaaʼ ąą ádaahłééh áko daʼdidoohtsʼį́į́ł, dóó nihijéí ałdóʼ áko akʼidadiʼdoohtį́į́ł, dóó nihíniʼ ałdóʼ áko Diyin God binaʼnitin tʼah doo bééhoozįįhígíí nihił ííshją́ą́ ádadoolnííł.”2 Nitsaa Áłah Aleeh éí ałdó’ beełt’é. Nihííkaah dóó ííniilts’ąą’ “dííshjį́” áko t’áá aníí niidlíih doo3 Diyin God dóó binahgha’ bich’į́ yiníídląą’ doo. “Dííshjį́” éí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí ádaadishdiit’ą́ éí Joseph Smith ááyiłní, “nahasdzáán bikáaʼgi aláahdi naaltsoos doo biiʼ naʼiisdziʼii átʼé.”4

Elder Rasband biNaaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí

Shilá bee Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí dahíshaał. Díi shí 1970 yaadą́ą́’ haaldzid, dóó shił yéígo ílí. Yéígo ninizaash dóó tsoosiid, ndi díí naaltsoos yéígo shił ilį́ shé’iiná dóó she’oodlą́ binahji’ shił nilį́. Yinishtą́ągo Diyin Íí’sizíinii binahji’ shił bééhózin Jesus Christ éí Diyin God biYe’ át’é,5 éí shiisdá’iiníilhii nilį́,6 díí Diyin God bizaad át’é,7 dóó binahagha’ hanáályá.8 Díí t’áá aníí át’éíi shiyídi hólǫ́. Diyin yá yáłti’í Nephi ání, “Shiyi’sizíínii Bóhólníihii biiʼ nilíinii t’áá íiyisíí yaa bił hózhǫ́.”9

Elder Rasband, bimissionjí naat’áanii dóó Elder Hanks

Nishtłahjí dóó´nishnají: Elder Ronald A. Rasband, nanitiní, President Harold Wilkinson, Eastern States Mission yinaatʼáanii; dóó Elder Marion D. Hanks, tsostsʼidiindę́ę́ʼ.

Díí nátąą náhanéí át’é. Na’nitiní ániidí nishłį́į’go, Elder Marion D. Hanks binanitiní nidíílá, éí nihaa níyá niléí Eastern States Missiondi. Ałkidą́ą́’ British Mission Yinaat’áánii niléídę́ę́’, naaki bina’nitiní éí kǫ́ǫ́ dah siké: shik’is bił naanishí, Jeffery R. Holland dóó Elder Quentin L. Cook.10 Englandi bá’nda’nitiní Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí naakidi nidéédooltą́ yidííniid nihí ałdó áko nihidííniid. Áko áádóó bik’ehgo shínishnish. Tsídá Jesus Christ dah yoodlą́ígíí saad biyaad da’idzohgo éí tsidá ałtsé yiniłtą́go. Bee ák’elchíhí łichíí bee lą’ídi biyaad da’idzohgo ííshlaah. Elder Hanks aní, Naakidigone’ yiniłt’ágo éí t’áá’at’é Diyin bina’nitinígíí dóó binahagha’ biyaadi bee’ák’ehalchihí bee ndíízoh. Bee ak’elch́hí doodlłzihígíí biyaadi nisízoh. Naakidi Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí néítą́ągo, k’ad éí łitso dóó łizhinígíí bee ak’e’elchíhí shiisełííd.11 Tóó áhayóí, biyaad nisézoh lá.

Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí biyí dahasdzoh

Tóó bik’eh nijizoh dóó yołtą́ éí biláahdi át’é. Díí ałtso Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí yiłtą́go Diyin God áyóó íínishní siĺ̨į́’. “Dííjí nihédeet’į́,” éí yéígo t’áá aniinii bee na’nitinígíí át’éíí lą’ígo baa áko níízííh. T’áá aníí, “Náánáła’ Jesus Christ baa Hane’” éí naaltsoos bee bik’ehashchį́.12 Házhó’ó yinishtą́ągo dóó diyin k’ehji’ shiłíijaan siłííh binahji’ Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí ayóó bąąh haashnííh dóó Jesus Christ yikéé’ naaghą́’í sélį́į́’.13

“Dííshjį́”, aláahdi Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí yaa hanííhígíí éí President Russell M. Nelson. T’áá ániidígo Diyin Yá Naazíiniijí bit’éékeedgo, niléí Accra Ghandadi nanitin.14 Diné bídahólnííhii, Naakai Łizhinii bikehyahdi naat’áánii, African Tribal King, bá’atah hane’. Díí Naat’áánii Diyin Binaaltsoos bił nizhóní lá. Ałtso naneesht’ąągo, Naat’ááni nahodeełkid, “Hááshą’ ánít’į́?” Preident Nelson yił hoolne’, “Diyin Jesus Christ Yá Naazíinii nishłį́.”15 Naat’áánii ánáádiní, “Há’át’į́į́h éí Jesus Christ bee náshídiníílt’eeł?”16

Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí 3 Nephi 11 wolt’áhígíí ła’ts’áadah góne’ ąą áyiilaa. T’áá ajiłah Hasda’iinííłii bizaad Nephi dine’é yee neeni’nitin: “Jó, shí éí Jesus Christ áshtʼį́, Diyin God yá halneʼii nahasdzáán yikááʼ doogááł daanínę́ę éí shí áshtʼį́. … Shí éiyá nahasdzáán be’adinídíín dóó be’iina’ nishłį́.”17

President Nelson Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí aláahjį’ naat’áanii yee’ ní’ą́, “Díí Jesus Christ bąąh hane’ígíí bee shił wíínilne’ígíí éí óola biláadi shił ílį́.”18

Diwíídiish shį́į́h nihi Diyin Yá yáłti’ii President Nelson kót’áo Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí diné yaa yiiznil. T’áá bí neeznadiin doo yiwójį́ diné Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí yaa yiiznil, Jesus Christ yaa halne’go. Diné bil yahánidaakahgo, ła’dah naat’áánii, la’dah naanishdę́ę́’ dooda yeeh náánálahjí da’oodlánígíí ła’dah Salt Lakedi dóó ła’dah t’áá hąądiishį́į́h, t’áá’áko Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí yaa yiinííł łeh. T’áá lé’i’ bił aasdisgo diné yilák’eh yidooleeł ndi doo ákót’ííh da, éí t’áá ákǫǫ bikí’ádaanígóó si’ą́ą doo, tóó áádíjíniyá bee hónííh doo. Jó ndi tsidá alaadi bił ílínii diné yaah yííniił, óola biláádi bił ílí, naat’áánii léi’ ákot’áo yaa hoolne’.

“Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí t’áá aaníinii nanitin dabiyi’ ádziil na’ałdziihi haa’ahałyą, hasht’e anáodliił, hajooba’, ałgłiz, aa áhinizin, dóó nihi ii’sizíinii yiiłhóshǫ́.”19 Niishíígo diné díí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí nihi diyin yahtį́’ii yaayiisnilígíí yéígo dah yót’ahgo nideeháá łeh. Tsidá áláádi álákeehyáhígíí át’é.

President Nelson Gambia binaat’áanii be’asdzą́ą́’ bił

T’áá ániidígo Gambia bee naat’áánii asdzání Naaltsoos Mormon Woyéhígíí ła’ bee yit’ą́. Yee ní’ą́ągo doo t’áá ákodi da. Naaltsoos ąą áyiilaahgo yiyiiltą́, doo bee’oodlą́ yee yił hoolne’, Jesus Christ nihá nina’idlá dóó t’áá ałtso ba’ałchíní ayóó’áyó’ní éí shił bééhózin yił níílá.

Nihi Diyin yá yałti’i nahasdzáán bikáa’gi Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí éí diné yitáá yiiniił.20 Ndi doo t’áá bít’éíi yah daadilkaał nihá’ąą’ííleeh da. Nihí ałdó t’áá ákwíít’íí’ doo.

Éí bik’ehgo, shí ałdó Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí diné bitaashníih doo nisin.

Elder Rasband Mozambique binaat’áanii bił

Mozambiquegóó shinaanish shá’alyaah. Díí diné bikeh yahdi, ájóóbáí, naanish ádin, niyoltsoh, dóó biwaashiidoon doo házhó’ó ahiłnidaalnish da. Bikéyah binaat’áánii Filipe Nyusi baa níyá. Shikéyah dóó shí shá sodilzin áko ákwíitsaah; bi hwééishne’ Jesus Christ Bighan Nitsaaígíí21 nikéyah bikáa’di ádeiilnééh. Ałtso álah síídlíígo Portuguese bizaadjí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí baa ní’ą́. Yaah áheenidzingo néídii’ą́, shił bééhózin díí bee há’oodzííhígíí bidine’é bá, éí diyin bizaad biyi’dí hólǫ́.22

Elder Rasband Lesotho aláahdi binaat’áanii dóó be’esdzáán bił

Lesothodi, She’esdzaan Melanie dóó shí naat’áánii King dóó Queen Letsie t’áá bighandi baa níít’aash.23 Aláadi beehaniih éí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí baa níít’ą́, dóó she’oodlą bee bił weehne’. Nát’ąą dínishíígo diyin bizaad bénaashnííh: “T’áa’át’é Shinahagha’ baa hane’ii éí nahasdzáán bikaagi baa hodooní diné baa hójoobáí dóó doo biziilígíí éí naat’áánii yidaah doo yaah dah hódoolní.”24

Elder Rasband Pandey naalchi’í bił
Sodizin bá Hooghan bindaat’áanii Patriarch Bartholomew bił

Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíi baa hooshne’ India binaalchi’í Indra Mani Pandey25 United Nationsdi dóó Patriarch Bartholomew26 Eastern Orthodox Sodizinjí dóó lą’í ałdó bich’į’ baa hwééne’. Diyin Ii’sizíinii násiinaa t’áá shí díí naaltsoos, Nihi “tsé bee niłdzilígíí oodlą́”27 dóó shi bee oodlą́ shił bééhózinii Jesus Christ éí nihitsé bee niłdzilígíí nihee’oodlą́ nihá nilį́.28

Díí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí t’áá háída diné baa diiaał, dóó nizaadgóó biniyé diinaał dah, Mozambique doodayeeh India binaat’áánii bidaahdoo díí naaltsoos bina’nitinígíí dóó baahastígo bee há’oodziihígíí baa dii’aał. Díí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí “dííshjį́” nik’is, nihi biłháínijeehígíí, bił nanniishígíí dóó jooł yee nánitinii dooda yeeh jiyaanáhaníídi diné baa dii’aał. Diyin bizaad deenizinígíí éí díí naaltsoos biyi’. Ná’ídikid bee dah hólǫ́, iiná dóó hool’ąągoo iiná yindahídoołkid. Diyin be’atiinjí baa hane’ii dóo Diyin God bee ayóó’ó’ó’ní bee bił béédahodoolzį́į́ł. T’áá ałtso Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí biyi’.

Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí diné bee yíní’ą́ągo, binitsékees dóó bijéí ąą’ádoonííł diyin bizaad yołtá’go. Doo naaltsoos tádijaah doo. Gospel Librarydóó áájí dah biyi’ nihi béesh bee hane’í biyi’di hólǫ́ éí bee bił hólne’ doo.29

Nibéésh bee haneʼí biyi’dóó nikʼis bichʼį’ ádííleeł Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí áko diyin bizaad binahjį’ bik’íhojídlíih doo. Ałdó’ tʼáá ní ne’oodlą́ baa hodíílní dóó haítʼáo neʼiiná binahjiʼ nihik’íhójidlí.

Shik’is dah nółinígíí, Diyin yikeenąągha’i nishłį́, áko Naat’áánii President Nelson nahalingo, shi ałdó’ Naatsoos Mormon Wolyéígíí nahasdzáán bikaagi lą’í diné baa hidoonił. T’áá áyisíí nidzin, áko t’áá k’ad ádiinííł. Baa naniishgo “Naanish ayóó’át’éíi nahasdzáán bikaagi éí” Israel dine’é áłah áńdoonił,30 ní diné bich’į́’ t’áá háíshį́į́ “t’áá aníihii bits’ąąh baa hóchí nt’ę́ę́’ háálá doo bił bééhózin da haadi nididoołyeeł.”31 Ni’oodlą́ dóó t’áá aaníí nił bééhózinígíí éí deenízin, dóo háít’áo Diyin bik’íiníyah, dóó bee hasht’edit’éego áníílaahígíí32 dóó “hane’ yá’át’éehii t’áá íiyisí ił hóshóonii.”33

Shił bééhózin, díí Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí t’áá ałkidą́ą́’ haasht’éíi yilyaah biniyé diné Jesus Christ yaa náhidookah dóó binahagha’ hánaalyahígíí éí “dííshjį́” biniyé. Jesus Christ bízhi’ binahjį’, amen.

Notes

  1. See Jacob 2:2–3; Mosiah 2:14, 30; 5:7; Alma 7:15; and many other verses in the Book of Mormon.

  2. Mosiah 2:9.

  3. Alma 53:20.

  4. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 64. The full statement given by Joseph Smith on November 28, 1841, in council with the Twelve Apostles: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” The key reference to “correct” can be attributed to revelation received in the book’s translation and the doctrine taught in the Book of Mormon that establishes better than any other book the “plain and precious” truths of the gospel (see 1 Nephi 13:40).

  5. See “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostlesa declaration by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, January 1, 2000: “We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son.”

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

  7. The word of God is found in the scriptures. For example, in the Book of Mormon, Laman and Lemuel questioned, “What meaneth the rod of iron?” referring to Lehi’s dream. Nephi responded, “It was the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction” (1 Nephi 15:23–24).

  8. See “The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World,” which includes the following: “We declare that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized on April 6, 1830, is Christ’s New Testament Church restored. This Church is anchored in the perfect life of its chief cornerstone, Jesus Christ, and in His infinite Atonement and literal Resurrection. Jesus Christ has once again called Apostles and has given them priesthood authority. He invites all of us to come unto Him and His Church, to receive the Holy Ghost, the ordinances of salvation, and to gain enduring joy. … We gladly declare that the promised Restoration goes forward through continuing revelation. The earth will never again be the same, as God will ‘gather together in one all things in Christ’ (Ephesians 1:10)” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

  9. 2 Nephi 4:16.

  10. See 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. Third reading, yellow: geology or geography; fourth reading, black: storyline of the Book of Mormon.

  12. “Another Testament of Jesus Christ” was added as a subtitle to all editions of the Book of Mormon. Church leaders made the name change to further emphasize the purpose of the book as stated on the title page: “And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.”

  13. Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is an expression of our love for Him. Disciples have been baptized; they take upon themselves the name of Jesus Christ; they strive to follow Him by embracing His attributes as described by the Apostle Peter: “Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity” (2 Peter 1:5–7; see also Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service [2019], 121–32).

  14. President Russell M. Nelson, an internationally known heart surgeon before his call to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984, gave a lecture at a medical school in Accra, Ghana, in 1986 on the history of heart surgery. Interviewed later by the media, he explained he was there as a ”servant of the Lord to help [the people] become better citizens, to build strong families, to gain true happiness, and prosper in the land.” He returned to Accra, Ghana, on November 16, 2001, for the groundbreaking of the Accra Ghana Temple (see “Ground Broken for First Temple in West Africa,” Church News, Nov. 24, 2001, thechurchnews.com).

  15. See General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5.1.1.1: “In our day, the Lord calls men through the President of the Church to be ordained as Apostles and to serve in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (see Doctrine and Covenants 18:26–28)” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

  16. See Russell M. Nelson, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?,” Liahona, Nov. 2017, 60.

  17. 3 Nephi 11:10–11

  18. See Russell M. Nelson, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?,” 61.

  19. Russell M. Nelson, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?,” 62.

  20. See Moses 7:62

  21. The Beira Mozambique Temple was announced on April 4, 2021, by President Russell M. Nelson. More than half a million people live in Beira, which lies on the coast of the Indian Ocean.

  22. Examples of the hope and promises found in the Book of Mormon include 2 Nephi 31:20Jacob 4:4–6Alma 13:28–2922:1634:41Ether 12:32Moroni 7:418:26

  23. Elder and Sister Rasband met with the royal family on February 10, 2020, when on assignment in Africa to dedicate the Durban South Africa Temple.

  24. Doctrine and Covenants 1:23

  25. Elder Rasband met with Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, while on assignment to the Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, on September 17, 2021.

  26. Elder Rasband met with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox Church while on assignment to the Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, on September 13, 2021.

  27. Teachings: Joseph Smith444. A keystone is a wedge-shaped piece of masonry that sits at the crown of an arch holding the other pieces in place. The Prophet Joseph described the Book of Mormon as “the keystone of our religion” because of its importance in uniting the Church through principles and ordinances. The Book of Mormon serves as a “keystone” for the lives of members, helping them stay firmly on the covenant path.

  28. See Ephesians 2:13–14 Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone of our Church, which bears His name. Just as the laying of a cornerstone at the temple is symbolic of the main stone forming the corner of the foundation of God’s house, Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of our faith and our salvation. He gave His life that we might live; there is none equal to Him in strength, in purpose, or in love.

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  30. Russell M. Nelson, “Hope of Israelworldwide youth devotional, June 3, 2018), HopeofIsrael.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. “On June 3, 2018, President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy W. Nelson, invited the youth to ‘enlist in the youth battalion of the Lord’ and take part in ‘the greatest challenge, the greatest cause, and the greatest work on earth.’ And what is the greatest challenge? 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. See 2 Nephi 4:27Mosiah 4:315:18Alma 46:12

  33. 1 Nephi 13:37