Adaha ye Unwana

Etop otode Elder Alexander Dushku

Eke Seventy

Nnyin ŋko imikeme edinyene adaha uŋwana eke idem nnyin—mbukpɔŋ kiet kini kiet.

Etop mi ebine mbon oro efinade ebanga iko-ntiense mmo koro mmo minyeneke akwa nkpo-ntibe spirit. Ami mbeŋe yak ami nkeme edinɔ usuk emem ye nsɔŋɔ-nda.

Edifiak-mmen-ndi gospel Jesus Christ okotongo ye editop-nworo unwana ye akpaniko! Ekpri eyen ke enyɔŋ-obio New York, ye uke-uke enyiŋ, Joseph Smith, okoduk ekpɔŋ ikot aka ndibɔŋ akam. Enye akafina abanga ukpɔŋ esie ye ndaha esie ke iso Abasi. Enye oyom mfen-nno ke ndudue esie. Enye ikodiongoke ewe ufɔk Abasi enye okpodukde. Enye oyom akpaniko ye emem— enye oyom unwana ye ifiok.

Nte Joseph otongde edong ndibong akam man “emen udong esit esie owut Abasi,” ndodobi ekim ofuk enye. Andidiok, emi efikde, onyung asangade anwana nditre enye—ndibop edme esie man enye okuting iko. Odudu ekim oro ama osong tutu Joseph ekere ke imo imongi ikpa. Edi enye “osio ofuri odudu esie okot Abasi edinyanga [imo] osio ke odudu asua [emi] okomumde [enye].” Ndien, “ke atta ini [enye] oyomde ndiduok idorenyin nyung nyak [idem] esie nno nsobo,” ke ini enye midiongoke mme enye eyesong eyire aka iso, ediye uyama oyoho ebiet oro, asuan ekim ye asua ukpong esie.

“Adaha unwana” ayamade akan utin osuhore sung-sung edifuk enye. Mbiet owo kiet oworo ada, ndien efen. “Uyama ye uyai mmo owo ikemeke nditing nte etiede.” Akpa oro, Ete nnyin ke Heaven, eting enying esie, “anyande ubok owut enye eken—[Joseph!] Emi edi Edima Eyen mi. Kop Enye!”

Ndien oto ke editop-nworo unwana ye akpaniko oro, Edifiak-nda-ndi ama ɔtɔŋɔ. Udim edisana ediyarade ye edidiong omong edi: obufa ŋwed-Abasi, edifiak nda ndi mme ukpɔhɔde itie-oku, mme apostle ye prophet, ewuho ye enwongo, ye edifiak ntongo akpaniko ye odu-uwem Ufɔk Abasi Jesus Christ ye edifiak nda ndi gospel Esie.

Kpukpru oro, ye ekese efen, okotongo ye nnen-nnen akam eyen-eren ye adaha unwana.

Nnyin nko imenyene nnen-nnen unana nnyin. Nnyin imoyom ndiworo ufin unana iwuk ke spirit ye ekim ererimbot. Nnyin imoyom ndifioj ke idem nnyin. Oro edi ntak kiet President Russell M. Nelson okotde nnyin “inyini [idem nnyin] ke ndondot unwana Edifiak-nda-ndi .”

Akamba akpaniko asangade ye Edifiak-nda-ndi edi ke heaven eberede—man nnyin itiene ibo unwana ye ifiok ito enyong. Ami mmetie ntiense nte ke edi akpaniko.

Edi ana nnyin ikpeme idem ke affia spirit. Ndusuk ini nti ikot Ufok-Abasi esikop mmem idem enyung esik-eda ke ntak emi mmo minyeneke oyoho nwud-idem spirit—koro mmo mikwe ekemmo adaha unwana. President Spencer W. Kimball eteme ete “Ke ndiyom akwa-nkpo kpukpru ini, ediwak eyenana ofuri nka-iso udim ediyarade etop.”

President Joseph F. Smith ukem oro eti ke, “Jehovah ama edip mi mme utibe-nkpo [ini nkedide ekpri], onyung owut mi akpaniko, udim ke udim, item ke item, esisit mmi ye esisit ko.”

Atta usung-edinam Abasi edi oro, irenye iban. Ndutu ke Enye ono nnyin adaha unwana, Jehovah eyeno nnyin mbukpong unwana, onyung adian efen, ye efen.

Mme mbukpong unwana oro ke eka-iso eduok nnyin. Ŋwed Abasi ekpep ke Jesus Christ “edi unwana ye … uwem ererimbot,” ke “Spirit Esie ono unwana esok kpukpru eren [ye nnwan] emi edide ererimbot,” ndien ke unwana Esie “eye[yoho] akwa ufang,” ndino “kpukpru nkpo uwem.” Unwana Christ ke akpanikɔ akan nnyin okuk.

Edieke nnyin ima ikɔbɔ enɔ Edisana Spirit inyuŋ inyene mbuɔtidem, ikabade esit, inyuŋ inim ediomi nnyin, ndien nnyin imodot ndibɔ ndisana mbukpɔŋ emi ofuri ini. Ke iko ibuot eke Elder David A. Bednar, “nnyin ‘iduŋ ke ediyarade.’”

Edi kpukpru nnyin idi nsio-nsio. Iduhe owo iba emi ekutde unwana ye akpaniko Abasi ke ukem usung. Da ini kere banga nte afo okokutde unwana ye Spirit Abasi.

Afo emekem ndinyene ifiok emi ediyoho unwana ye iko-ntinse nte “emem [eketingde] eno ekikere mbufo kabanga [nkpo] kiet” emi akafinade fi.

Mme nte ntuk—sung-sung ekpri uyo—odop ana “ke ekikere fo ye ke esit fo” onyung odoho fi anam eti nkpo, nkpo nte ndinwam owo.

Ndusuk afo okodu ke ubet ukpep-nkpo ke ufok-Abasi—mme ke ebiet mkparawa—onyung okop okposong udong nditiene Jesus Christ nyung nnam akpaniko. Ekeme ndidi afo ama ada onyung abuana iko-ntiense emi afo ekekerede ke edi akpaniko ndien edidiongo ke ama edi.

Mme okobong akam, ekem okop inem ndongesit ke Abasi amama fi.

Mme afo ama okop nte owo onode iko-ntiense abanga Jesus Christ, ndien enye otuk esit fo onyung ɔnɔ fi idorenyin.

Ndusuk afo okokot Nwed Mormon ndien udim kiet eting iko ono ukpɔŋ fo, nte ke Abasi ekesin iko oro do ono fi—ndien afo edifiɔk ke Enye ama anam oro.

Ekeme ndidi afo okut ima Abasi enyenede ono mbon efen nte afo akanamde utom ye mmo.

Mme idihe afo akanwana ndinyene spirit ke ndaha oro oto ntak mfuho ye nyomo-nsia edi enyene nsɔŋurua enɔ ndise edem nyung nti akani “eti mfon Abasi”

Iko mi edi ke edu ediwak usung edade ebo mbu- kpong unwana heaven. Nte ededi, odu ata esisit mi: Mmo ekeme nditie nte nkpo ŋyɔ, edi kpukpru mmo edi ubak ikɔ-ntiense nnyin.

Ndito-eka irenowo ye iban, akanam ami nkwe adaha unwana, edi, nte mbufo, ami mmokut ediwak mbukpɔŋ unwana. Ke ediwak isua, mmenem esit mbanga uto ifiok oro. Mmokut ke ami nte nnamde, mmokut nyung nti kpa ata ediwak mmo. Ndusuk uwutnkpo ke uwem mi edi emi. Mmo idinehekede iye ndusuk owo, edi mmo edi ediye nkpo eno mi.

Ami mmeti ke nkedi anam- uyom eyenonwong ke ini nkoduokde mmong. Ke ini esop okoyomde nditongo, mma nkop Spirit odohode mi ntetie nyung nkubi inua. Mma ntetie nyung nnamke uyom tutu esop asuana.

Mbemiso nka mission, nkekere ke iko-ntiense mi isongke. Iduhe owo ndomokiet ke ufɔkemana mi ekmi akakade mission, ndien ami nkidiɔŋɔke mme ami nyenam oro. Mmeti nte mkpepde nkpo nyung mbongde akam ofuri ini man mbo okposong iko-ntiense mbanga Jesus Christ. Usen kiet, nte nkebengede Ete Heaven, mma nkop akamba ntuk unwana ye inem. Ndien mma ndiongo. Mma ndiongo idaha oro .

Mmeti nte nkedemede okoneyo kiet ye ekikere “ata ikike” odohode mi ke eyekot mi esin ke elders quorum. Urua iba ke iso ema ekot mi.

Mmeti akwa mbono kiet emi edima owo kiet odude ke eboho mme Apostle duopeba eketingde ukem iko ke iko-ntiense emi nketingde nno ufan kiet emi nkerede ke eyekop.

Mmeti nkotongde edong ye ediwak ndito ete eda ebong akam eno edima ufan akanade ke ufok-ibok, emi ekesinede ke ventilator, ke ekpri, anyan-usung ufok-ibok, enye ama eketre ndikot ibifik. Nte ikadiande esit nnyin ida ibenge iyom uwem esie, enye ama edemede onyung oduri ventilator osio ke itong esie. Enye edi stake president mfin emi.

Mfiak nti nte nkedemede ye okposong ntuk spirit mma nkadaba mbanga edima ufan kiet, ye andikpep mi emi akabakde akpa, onyung okpongde akamba ufang ke uwem mi. Enye okoyoho ye imam ye inemesit. Mma ndiongo ke ofon ye enye.

Ndusuk mbukpong mi edi emi. Mbufo emenyung enyene ifiɔk-ukpep mbufo—uyɔhɔ uŋwana editat ikɔ-ntiense mbufo. Nte nnyin ikutde, itide, inyung ibonde idiɔŋɔ oro “oto-kiet ke kiet,” utibede ye enyene-odudu nkpo otongo nditibe. “Unwana eyire ye unwana”—“akpaniko anwanga akpaniko.” Akpaniko ye odudu mbukpong iko-ntiense kiet eyire onyung adiana ye enye eken, ndien enye eken, ye enye eken. Udim ke udim, ibet ke ibet, mmi mbukpong ye ko mbukpong—ekpri ediye ini spirit kiet ke ini—kokori ke esit idem nnyin, owong ifiok spirit, emi unwana oyohode. Ekeme ndidi mbukpɔŋ ndomokiet isɔŋke idem inyuŋ iyamake ikem ndinam oyoho iko-ntiense edi ema ediana kiet, mmo ekeme edi-di unwana emi ekim eyihe mikemeke ndikan.

“O ndien, nte emi idige akpanikɔ?” Alma ekebup. “Ndoho mbufo nte, Edi ntre, koro enye edide unwana.”

“Se ededi emi edide eke Abasi edi unwana,” Jesus ekpep nnyin, “ndien owo eke obode unwana, onyung akade-iso ke Abasi, eyebo akamba unwana; ndien unwana oro eyeyama atara onyung atara tutu esim usen mfon-mma.”

Nditɔ-eka irenowo ye iban, oro ɔwɔrɔ ke ini ye otode “akwa ntim-nnam,” nnyin nko imekeme ndinyene adaha unwana nnyin—mbukpɔŋ kiet ke ini kiet. Ndien ke ufot adaha oro, nnyin nko iyekut edima Ete Heaven okotde nnyin ke enying, anyande nnyin owut Andinyanga Jesus Christ, onyung odohode nnyin “Ekop Enye!”

Mmetie ntiense nno Jesus Christ, ke Enye edi unwana ye uwem ofuri ererimbot—ye eke ererimbot fo ye ekim.

Mmonno iko-ntiense nte ke Enye edi nnen-nnen ye odu-uwem Eyen nnen-nnen ye odu-uwerm Abasi ndien ke Enye ada ke ibuot nnen-nnen ye odu-uwem Ufok-Abasi emi, emi mme odu-uwem prophet ye apostle etemede enyuŋ envde ndausuŋ.

Yak nnyin idiɔŋɔ inyuŋ ibɔ odot-ukpono unwana Esie inyuŋ imek Enye ikpong ke ekim ererimbot—ke ofuri ini ye ke nsinsi. Ke enyiŋ Jesus Christ, amen.

Mkpri nwed

1. See Joseph Smith—History 1:10–13.

2. See Joseph Smith—History 1:14–16.

3. See Joseph Smith, Journal, Nov. 9–11, 1835, 24, josephsmithpapers.org.

4. Joseph Smith—History 1:17

5. Se Joseph Smith—History 1:20 When Joseph Smith returned home after the First Vision, his mother asked if he was OK. He replied, “I am well enough off. … I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true” (emphasis added).

6. Russell M. Nelson, “Item Usuana,” Liahona, Nov. 2019, 122.

7. Spencer W. Kimball, in Conference Report, Munich Germany Area Conference, 1973, 77; quoted in Graham W. Doxey, “The Voice Is Still Small,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 25.

8. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith (1998), 201: “When I as a boy first started out in the ministry, I would frequently go out and ask the Lord to show me some marvelous thing, in order that I might receive a testimony. But the Lord withheld marvels from me, and showed me the truth, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, until he made me to know the truth from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, and until doubt and fear had been absolutely purged from me. He did not have to send an angel from the heavens to do this, nor did he have to speak with the trump of an archangel. By the whisperings of the still small voice of the Spirit of the living God, he gave to me the testimony I possess. And by this principle and power he will give to all the children of men a knowledge of the truth that will stay with them, and it will make them to know the truth, as God knows it, and to do the will of the Father as Christ does it.”

9. Mosiah 16:9.

10. Doctrine and Covenants 84:46; see also John 1:9.

11. Doctrine and Covenants 88:12–13.

12. David A. Bednar, The Spirit of Revelation (2021), 7.

13. Doctrine ye Covenants 19:23.

14. Doctrine and Covenants 8:2; see also Helaman 5:30.

15. See Mosiah 5:2; Doctrine and Covenants 11:12.

16. See 2 Nephi 4:21; Helaman 5:44.

17. The Lord has identified the ability to believe on the testimony of others as a spiritual gift (see Doctrine and Covenants 46:13–14).

18. Modern revelation teaches that the words of scripture “are given by my Spirit unto you, … and save it were by my power you could not have them; wherefore, you can testify that you have heard my voice, and know my words” (Doctrine and Covenants 18:35–36).

19. See Mosiah 2:17; Moroni 7:45–48.

20. 1 Nephi 1:20. Elder Gerrit W. Gong has spoken of “look[ing] with eyes to see and rejoic[ing] in the Lord’s many tender mercies in our lives” (“Ministering,” Liahona, May 2023, 18) and of how “the Lord’s hand in our lives is often clearest in hindsight” (“Always Remember Him,” Liahona, May 2016, 108). The gift of gratefully recognizing and acknowledging the hand of the Lord in our lives, even if we didn’t recognize it or feel it in the moment, is powerful. The scriptures speak often of the spiritual power of remembering (see Helaman 5:9–12; Doctrine and Covenants 20:77, 79), which can be a precursor to revelation (see Moroni 10:3–4).

21. Joseph Smith taught, “A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 132).

22. Ephesians 1:10.

23. Doctrine and Covenants 88:40: “For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light.”

24. Alma 32:35 Alma emphasized that these light-filled experiences, although often small, are real in every sense. Their reality becomes even more powerful when they are combined together to form a powerful whole.

25. Doctrine ye Covenants 50:24.

26. Alma 32:41.