Tɛmpol no Adwuma ne Abusua Abakɔsɛm—Baako ne Adwuma Korɔ
Adwene mu pɔ a yɛn Soro Agya wɔ wɔ ne nhyehyɛeɛ ne sɛ ɔbɛka mmusua abom wɔ saa asetena yi mu ne daa nkwa mu.
M’ani sɔ wɔ tɛmple a wɔkɔ so si si wɔ saa “awieyɛ mmrɛ yi mahyɛ mu” (Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 128:18). Efiri Asɛmpa no Sanba no mfitiaseɛ nna no mu no, Ahoteefoɔ anokwafoɔ abɔ afɔdeɛ bebree ama wɔagye tɛmple ayɛyɛdeɛ ne ahyɛmudeɛ. Wɔdii wɔn nhwɛsoɔ kɛseɛ akyi no, wɔ sikasɛm mu afɔrebɔ bebree akyi sɛ yɛbɛtu kwan afiri Mexico City no, me ne me yere dɔfoɔ, Evelia, a yɛn awofoɔ adɔfoɔ ka yɛn ho no, wɔsɔɔ yɛn ano sɛ daa okunu ne ɔyere wɔ Mesa Arizona Tɛmple mu wɔ afe 1975 mu. Saa da no, berɛ a asɔfodie tumi a ɛwɔ Awurade fie no kaa yɛn boom no, yɛnyaa ɔsoro nhyira ampa.
Tɛmpol Adwuma ne Ne Botaeɛ
Saa suahunu no ama manya anisɔ yie paa sɛdeɛ, wɔ mfeɛ mmiɛnsa adwumaden ne afɔrebɔ kɛseɛ akyi no, Ahotefoɔ a wɔwɔ Kirtland, Ohio, wiee wɔn tɛmple fɛɛfɛ no wieeɛ wɔ afe 1836 ahuhuro berɛ mu—nea ɛdi kan wɔ saa mmerɛ yi mu. Wɔ Ɔbenem bosome mu wɔ saa afe no ara mu no, nnipa bɛboro apem boaboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ asɔredan no mu ne n’apono ano yɛɛ ahosohyira som no. Nkɔmhyɛnyi Joseph Smith sɔree sɛ ɔrebɛbɔ hyira mpaebɔ, a ɔnam yikyerɛ so a ne nsa kaaɛ no (hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 109). Wɔ mu no ɔkaa nhyira soronko bebree a wɔde ma wɔn a wɔfata sɛ wɔhyɛn Awurade asɔredan mu no ho asɛm. Afei nnwomtokuo no too nwom “The Spirit of God” na asafo no gyinaa Hosanna Nteɛteɛmu no “wɔ [ahoɔden a ɛte sɛɛ] sɛ wɔrema ɛdan no atifi so afiri ɛdan no mu” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 307).
Nnawɔtwe baako akyi no, odiyifoɔ no kaa sɛnea Awurade yii ne ho adi wɔ asɔredan mu no ho asɛm, na ɔkae sɛ:
“Na hwɛ, magye saa fie yi atom; na mɛda me ho adi akyerɛ me nkorɔfoɔ wɔ mmɔborɔhunu mu wɔ saa fie yi mu.
“Na saa Efie yi Din Bɛtrɛ akɔ amananɔne; na wei yɛ nhyira mfitiaseɛ a wɔbɛhwie agu me nkurofoɔ tiri so.”(Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 110:7, 10).
Yei ne anisoadehunu foforɔ akyi no, nkɔmhyɛni Elia, a wɔde no kɔɔ soro a wanka owuo anhwɛ no, yii ne ho adi wɔ Nkɔmhyɛni Joseph Smith ne Oliver Cowdery anim na ɔkaa sɛ:
““Hwɛ, mmerɛ no awie duru, a Malakai de n’ano kaeɛ no—dii adanseɛ sɛ ɔno Elijah] no wɔbɛsoma no ansa na ɛda kɛseɛ a ɛyɛ hu no aba—
“Sɛ wɔbɛdane agyanom akoma mma mma, na mma ndane mma agyanom, anyɛ saa wɔbɛdome asase nyinaa—
“Ɛno nti, wɔde asɛmpa mmerɛ yi mu nsafoa ahyɛ mo nsa; na ɛnam yei so mobɛhunu sɛ Awurade da kɛseɛ a ɛyɛ hu no abɛn.”(Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 110:14–16).
Tɛmpol no ne Abusua Abakɔsɛm
Awurade san de nsɔano safoa no maa Joseph Smith akyi no, nkwagyeɛ adwuma a ɛwɔ nkatanim no afanu nyinaa hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ yɛn mmerɛ mu (hwɛ 1 Korintofoɔ 15:22, 29; Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 128:8–18).
President Boyd K. Packer kyerɛkyerɛɛ sɛ “saa sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so adeyɛ yi wiase no antie, nanso ɛbɛka ɔkra biara a watena ase pɛn anaa ɔbɛtena ase no nkrabea. Nneɛma hyɛɛ aseɛ sisii bɔkɔɔ. Asɔre no hyɛɛ aseɛ sisii tɛmpol.
“Wɔ wiase yi mu no, nnipa ahyehyɛdeɛ ne akuo a wɔn ani gye abusua anantuo a wɔbɛhwehwɛ mu no puei wɔ ha ne ha, wɔ ɔkwan bi so a wosusuii sɛ ɛyɛ nea ɛba ara kwa. Yei nyinaa aba firi berɛ a Elia yii ne ho adi wɔ Kirtland Tɛmpol mu. (Awurade Tɛmpol Kronkron [1980], 141).
“Efiri saa da no ara, April 3, 1836 no, mmɔfra no koma firi aseɛ dan kɔɔ wɔn agyanom so. Ɛno akyi no na ahyɛdeɛ ahodoɔ no nyɛ berɛ tiaa mu deɛ, na mmom na ɛtra hɔ daa. Na tumi a wɔde sɔ nsɔano no ka yɛn ho. Tumi biara nni hɔ a ɛboro so wɔ neboɔ mu. Saa tumi no ma ahonyadeɛ ne daa daa tenabea ma ayɛyɛdeɛ nyinaa a wɔde tumi a ɛfata yɛ ma ateasefoɔ ne awufoɔ nyinaa” (Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple [2002], 28).
Anuanom mmarima ne mmaa adɔfoɔ, asɔredan a wɔsi na wɔde di dwuma yie no ayɛ Yesu Kristo nokorɛ asɔre no ho sɛnkyerɛnne wɔ mmerɛ biara mu. Wɔhyiraa Salt Lake Temple no so wɔ afe 1893 mu akyi no, President Wilford Woodruff hyɛɛ asɔre no mufoɔ nkuran sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ wɔn nananom Twerɛto hɔ na wɔntwerɛ wɔn abusua abasɛm denam akyiri a wɔbɛkɔ akyiri sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔde din no bɛba tɛmple no mu na wɔabɔ nkwagyeɛ ne ɔmaso ho nhyehyɛe ahodoɔ ama wɔn (hwɛ Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff [2004], 174).
Abusua Abakɔsɛm ne Tɛmpol Adwuma no—Adwuma Baako
Afe baako akyi (1894), President Woodruff korɔ no ara na ɔhwɛɛ Utah Abusua Abusua Kuo no a wɔde baeɛ no Mfie ɔha akyi no, wɔ afe 1994 mu no, Elder Russell M. Nelson, a saa bere no na ɔyɛ Asomafoɔ Dumienu no mufoɔ kuo no muni kae sɛ, “Nsɛm a ɛsisii wɔ saa abakɔsɛm afe no mu no de abusua abakɔsɛm nhwehwɛmu ne tɛmple som sii hɔ sɛ adwuma baako wɔ Asɔre no mu” (“Elijah Honhom No,” Ensign, Obubuo. 1994, 85).
Abusua Abakɔsɛm Adwuma
Anuanom mmarima ne mmaa adɔfoɔ, Awurade hyɛ yɛn nkuran sɛ N’Asɔre no mufoɔ sɛ yɛnkora yɛn ankasa abusua abakɔsɛm so, yɛnsua mfiri yɛn nananom hɔ, na yɛnyɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛhia ma wɔn nsa ka asɛmpa no ayɛyɛdeɛ wɔ tɛmple mu de boa wɔn ma wɔnya nkɔsoɔ wɔ apam kwan no so, a ɛbɛhyira wɔn ama wɔanya daa abusua. Ɛno ne adeɛ titire a ɛwɔ yɛn Soro Agya nhyehyɛe no mu: abusua a yɛbɛka abom ama saa asetena yi ne daa nkwa.
Wɔ mo a monte nka sɛ monntumi nyɛ adwuma yi no, ɛsɛ sɛ mohunu sɛ ɛnyɛ mo nko ara. Yɛn nyinaa bɛtumi adan akɔ nnwinnadeɛ a Asɔre no asiesie na wɔhunu wɔ FamilySearch mmeaeɛ, a kan no na yɛnim sɛ abusua abakɔsɛm mmeaeɛ. Wɔayɛ saa FamilySearch Centers yi sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛkame ayɛ sɛ obiara, a mmoa kakraa bi na ɛwɔ hɔ no, betumi ahwehwɛ ne nananom nsɛm na wahyehyɛ no yiye sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obetumi de akɔ Awurade fie. Yɛsrɛ wo, kɔ abusua abakɔsɛm afotufoɔ a wɔwɔ wo ward anaa branch dwumadibea a wɔbɛkyerɛ wo kwan wɔ anammɔn biara a wobɛtu no nkyɛn.
Berɛ a yɛdi nkɔmhyɛfoɔ no akwankyerɛ akyi na yɛsua sɛdeɛ yɛbɛyɛ yɛn abusua abakɔsɛm na yɛyɛ tɛmple ayɛyɛdeɛ ama yɛn nananom no, yɛbɛnya anigyeɛ kɛseɛ akoduru baabi a yɛrempɛ sɛ yɛbɛgyae yɛ. Honhom no bɛhyɛ yɛn akoma mu ma, akanyan yɛn tumi a yɛde bɛyɛ, na akyerɛ yɛn kwan berɛ a yɛrehwehwɛ yɛn nananom din. Nanso momma yɛnkae sɛ abusua abakɔsɛm nyɛ din, nna, ne mmeae a wɔhwehwɛ ara kwa. Ɛyɛ mmusua a wɔbɛka abom na wɔate anigyeɛ a ɛfiri asɛmpa no ayɛyɛdeɛ a wɔtrɛ mu ma wɔn no nka.
M’ani gye yɛn nkɔmhyɛni dɔfoɔ, President Russell M. Nelson nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɔhyɛɛ yɛn sunsum mu, a waka sɛ: “Tɛmpol no da mfimfini a yɛhyɛ yɛn gyedie ne sunsum mu den esiansɛ Agyenkwa no na Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ yɛ tɛmple no akoma ankasa. Biribiara a wɔkyerɛ wɔ tɛmpol fa akwankyerɛ so ne Honhom no so, ma yɛn nteaseɛ wɔ Yesu Kristo mu dɔɔso. N’ayɛyɛdeɛ a ɛhia no nam asɔfodie apam so kyekyere yɛn fam Ne ho. Afei, berɛ a yɛdi yɛn apam so no, Ɔma yɛn N’ayaresa ahoɔden tumi” (“Asɔredan ne Wo Honhom Fapem,” Liahona, Obubuo. 2021, 93–94).
Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ, tɛmple adwuma ne abusua abakɔsɛm yɛ adwuma korɔ no ara wɔ Asɔre no mu.
Medi saa nokorɛ ahodoɔ yi ho adanseɛ. Minim sɛ yei ne Awurade Yesu Kristo Asɔre, yɛn Agyenkwa ne yɛn Gyefo, a yɛkae no na yɛsom no wɔ saa Easter bere yi mu. Menim sɛ Ɔdɔ yɛn, na sɛ yɛdi yɛn apam so na yɛde yɛn ahotosoɔ to Ne mu a, Ɔma yɛn N’ayaresa ne N’ahoɔden Wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu, amen.