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Ofim Ikitreke Ndifime
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Ofim Ikitreke Ndifime

Nnyin imikeme ediŋwam mbon efen ndikɔri ke usuŋ-isaŋ mmɔ man ebɔ edidiɔŋ Abasi.

Ke 2015, ke iduŋ Pernambuco, Brazil, mbon Ŋka Mbet J. Reuben Clark Ata-ye-iba ekediana ye Itie-utom Ukpe-ikpe eke iduŋ ndiduŋɔre mfina ikpe mme andiduŋ ke mme nsio-nsio ufɔk ekpeme-mbio-udɔŋɔ inaŋ. Ke hour ition ke usen Saturday kiet, mme ekpe-ikpe emi ema esobo ye mme andiduŋ Ikie-iba ke idem owo, emi mbon ŋka oro ema ekefre.

Kini edisobo mmɔ, mmɔ edikut ediwak ubiat-ibet emi ekenamde ye ikpɔ owo emi oruk nte edisisin, idiɔk-ukama, ye mme udia okuk. Akpa utom eke ŋka emi edi edise mme ubuene ye mbon unana enyin. Ke ufaŋ ɔfiɔŋ iba efen, ekpe-ikpe ama okot mme enyene-ubiɔŋ oro ikpe.

Uŋwam mmɔ edi eti uwutŋkpɔ eke ukpepŋkpɔ Edidem Benjamin “ete ke ini mbufo edude ke utom owo ke mbufo edu ke utom Abasi mbufo.”

Owo kiet eke ami ŋkesobode kini utom mfɔn oro ekedi enyene-ima akani aŋwan isua 93 ekerede Lúcia. Ke enemde esit ye utom nnyin, enye ke mbre ete, “Dɔ mi!”

Ke mkpaidem, ami mbɔrɔ nte: Menere enyin fo se ediye ŋkaiferi oro! Enye edi ŋwan mi ye ekpe-ikpe iduŋ.”

Enye ke usɔp obup ete: “Oro ɔwɔrɔ nso? Enye edi ekpri-eyen, eye, ndien ekeme edifiak ndɔ ndɔ. Kpukpru se ami nnyenede edi afo!”

Mme nti andiduŋ emi ikinyeneke ibɔrɔ inɔ ofuri mfina mmɔ ke usen oro. Mmɔ ema eka iso ndikut ukut ke ini ke ini ukem nte mbon Jared ke ubom mmɔ ke mfina usuŋ isaŋ ndika isɔŋ eŋwɔŋɔ, “ebukde mmɔ ke esit inyaŋ-ibom, otode ke oyobio mmɔŋ-obot emi ɔkɔbɔŋɔde odoro mmɔ ke idem.”

Edi ke Saturday oro, mme andiduŋ ufɔk udɔŋɔ oro ema ediɔŋɔ ete ke misehe mmɔ edinana enyiŋ ke isɔŋ, ke edima Ete Heaven ɔdiɔŋɔ mmɔ, Enye emi ɔbɔrɔde ekesim kpa ata ekpri akam.

Etubom eke mme etubom anam “ɔkpɔsɔŋ ofim” ofime mbon Jared ekesim mme edidiɔŋ emi ekeŋwɔŋɔde. Ukem ntre, nnyin imikeme edibiere ndinam-utom nte suŋ-suŋ mbumede ofim ke ubɔk Abasi. Ukem nte, ofim emi mikitreke ndifime mbon Jared ŋkesim isɔŋ eŋwɔŋɔ, nnyin imikeme ndiŋwam mbon efen ndikɔri ke isaŋ man ekebɔ edidiɔŋ Abasi.

Ediwak isua emi ekebede, kini ekesobode Chris, edima ŋwan mi, ye ami ebaŋa ikoot mi nte bishop, stake president nnyin ɔdɔhɔ mi mbɔŋ-akam ŋkere-mbaŋa mbon eke ami ndisiode nte mme ɔnɔitem. Ke okopde mme enyiŋ eke ami ŋkenɔde, enye ete ke ami nnyene ndidiɔŋɔ esisit ŋkpɔ kabaŋa kiet kotu nditɔ-ete oro.

Akpa, eyeneka eren emi ikemeke edikot ŋwed. Udiana, enye iknyeneke moto emi enye edidade ikise mbon ufɔk Abasi. Ɔyɔhɔ ita, enye ke ofuri ini—ofuri ini—esisine umɔnɔ-enyin ke ufɔk Abasi. Kesioho eti ekikere eke president oro, ami nehede ke akpana ami nnyime enye nte ɔnɔitem mi ndien, stake president ama enyime ɔnɔ mi.

Ke Sunday emi ekenyimede mi ye mme ɔnɔitem mi ke esop udia-ɔbɔŋ, mkpaidem ama odu ke ɔkpɔiso eke mbon ufɔk Abasi. Edima eyeneka erenowo emi akasaŋa suŋ-suŋ aka enyɔŋ-mbot, ke ebiet emi uŋwana ikaŋ ayamade ɔtɔ ke umɔnɔ-enyin esie.

Nte enye etiede ke ŋkaŋ mi, ami mbup enye nte, “Eyeneka, nte afo emenyene mfina ye edikut usuŋ?”

Enye ete, “Iŋ-iŋ.”

“Ndien nsidi ntak emi afo esisinede umɔnɔ-enyin ke ufɔk Abasi?” Ami mma mbup. “Ufan mi, mbon ufɔk Abasi enyene ndikut enyin fo, ndien ana afo ekeme ndikut mmɔ ɔfɔn ŋko.“

Ke ndo-ndo oro, enye ama osio umɔnɔ-enyin esie efep inyuŋ isinede mmɔ aba ke ufɔk Abasi.

Edima eyeneka erenowo emi ama anam-utom ye ami tutu ediyak mi nte bishop. Mfin emi, enye ke aka-iso ndinehede ŋwam-utom ke Ufɔk Abasi onyuŋ edi uwutŋkpɔ nsin ifik ye nsin-idem nnɔ Ɔbɔŋ Jesus Christ. Ndien edi, ediwak isua ke edem, enye ekedi esine umɔnɔ-enyin eke owo mifiɔkke etiede nte efefre ke mkpɔ-itie ufɔk Abasi. Ami mmesiwak edikere, “Ibat nti nditɔ-eka irenowo ye iban etie nte efefre kotu nnyin mfin emi?”

Mme enehede-efiɔk nnyin mme efefre, idomo eyedi etiene nnyin owo kiet kiet. Nte nnyin iwɔŋɔre itiene Andinyaŋa, Enye ekeme “edidiɔŋ ukut [nnyin] enim ɔnɔ udori [nnyin]” onyuŋ aŋwam nnyin ndiyɔ idomo nnyin ke usuŋ emi ediŋwamde ŋkɔri sprit nnyin. Mme eke andiduŋ ufɔk mbon-udɔŋɔ, owo Ufɔk Abasi emi ebiopde ikpe ke ukwaŋ, mme owo ekededi, nnyin imikeme ndidi “ofim [emi] miditreke ndifime,” ndinɔ idorenyin nyuŋ ŋwam mbon efen ke usuŋ ediomi.

Edima Prophet nnyin President Russell M. Nelson, akanam inem ye eti ikoot ɔnɔ iwaad ete: Ami mfiak nsɔŋɔ nte ke Abasi oyom ofuri eti, enyene-ukeme akparawa ete ebeŋe-idem ɔnɔ onyuŋ aka mission. Utom ukwɔrɔ-ikɔ edi ubiɔŋ utom itie oku eke mkparawa Ufɔk Abasi. … Mbufo ŋkaiferi emi enyenede ukeme, edika mission ŋko enyene odudu, edi nte amade, eti ifet.”

Ofuri usen, ediwak tɔsin mkparawa iren ye iban ebɔrɔ ikoot eke prophet Abasi ke edikinam utom nte mme ɔkwɔrɔ-ikɔ . Afo emenyene-ibuot, ndien nte President Russell M. Nelson eketiŋde , afo “emenyene ufɔn ke ererimbot akan emana andikibe!” Nte ededi, oro iwɔrɔke ke afo edidi mfɔn-ŋkan ndaha eke idem fo ke idaha emi afo edepde ikpat ke missionary training center.

Ntre, afo emekeme edikere nte Nephi, “emi Spirit akadade usuŋ, ikibemke iso ifiɔk mme ŋkpɔ akanade nte [afo] anam. Edi [afo] aka iso.”

Ndusuk afo ekere ke ukemke nte Jeremiah akanamde ndien oyom editiŋ ete: “Ami ŋkemeke nditiŋ ikɔ: koro ami ndide eyen-ɔwɔŋ.”

Afo emekeme edikut mmemidem fo ndien oyom editua eyet nte Moses akanamde ete: “Mbɔk, Ɔbɔŋ mi, ami ndige owo udɔn-ikɔ … : koro ami ndibide inua, nyuŋ ndibide edeme.”

Edieke owo mbufo ndomokiet ndima ye ɔsɔŋɔ mkparawa iren ye iban enyenede ekikere ntem ata idahaemi, eti ke Abasi ɔkɔbɔrɔ ete, “Kudɔhɔ ete, Ami ndi eyen-ɔwɔŋ: koro afo eyeka kpukpru utom eke ndidɔŋde fi.” Ndien Enye ɔŋwɔŋɔ ete, “Mmɔdo eka, ndien Ami nyedi inua fo, nyuŋ mkpep fi ke se editiŋde.”

Edikpuhɔ fo mkpɔŋ owo-obot ŋka ndaha spirit editibe “ewuhɔ ke ewuhɔ, item ke item” nte afo enehede odomo ndinam-utom nnɔ Jesus Christ ke aŋwa mission oto ke ofuri usen erikabare esit, mbuɔtidem, ata ŋkopitem, ye eti utom man “okut ke ofuri ini, ekpep erikabare esit, ndien enim mbufa owo baptism.”

Okposuk nte afo adianade idiɔŋɔ enyiŋ, ke ubakini afo emekere ke owo ifiɔkke mme ke efefre fi. Nte ededi, afo akpana ɔdiɔŋɔ ke afo emenyene mfɔn-mma Ete Heaven, emi ɔfiɔkde fi ke idem, ye Andinyaŋa, emi amade fi. Afo eyenyene mme adausuŋ ke mission emi, kesioho mmemidem mmɔ, eyeŋwam fi “nte ofim [emi] mitreke ndifime” ke edida fi usuŋ ke isaŋ ŋkabare esit fo.

Ke “isɔŋ emi ɔfiɔrɔde ye mmɔŋ-eba ye aran-ɔkwɔk” ke afo edi-nam utom ke mission fo, afo eyefiak amana ke spirit onyuŋ edi anyan-ini mbet Jesus Christ ke nte afo asaŋade ekpere Enye. Afo eyekeme edidiɔŋɔ ke akananam owo ifreke fi.

Okposuk ke nduusuk eyebet “ke anyan ini” eyom uŋwam, koro mmɔ “inyeneke owo” emi ediŋwamde kaŋa, Ɔbɔŋ Jesus Christ ekekpe nnyin ete akananam ke iduhe owo ndomokiet emi Enye efrede. Ke ndaha efen, Enye edi mfɔn-mma uwutŋkpɔ eke ediyom owo ke ofuri ndaha eke utom unwam Esie ke isɔŋ.

Nnyin owo kiet-kiet, ye mbɔhiduŋ nnyin,—imikut mme oyobio eneni ye ofim idomo emi ofukde nnyin ke kpukpru usen. Edi “ofim [idi] treke ndifim nnyin ŋkesim isɔŋ eŋwɔŋɔ … ; ndien ke ntre [eyewat nnyin] eka kiso ofim.”

Nnyin owo kiet-kiet imikeme ndidi ubak ofim emi—ukem ofim emi eke ɔdiɔŋde mbon Jared ke usuŋ isaŋ mmɔ ye ukem ofim emi, ye uŋwam nnyin, eyediɔŋ mbon eke owo mifiɔkke ye eke efrede man ekesim isɔŋ eŋwɔŋɔ mmɔ.

Jesus Christ edi Etie-ubiɔŋ nnyin ye Ete. Enye edi odu-uwem Abasi onyuŋ anam-ŋkpɔ nte ɔkpɔsɔŋ ofim emi edidade nnyin usuŋ ke usuŋ ediomi ke ofuri ini. Ke enyiŋ Jesus Christ, amen.

Mkpri ŋwed

  1. The J. Reuben Clark Law Society is a nonprofit association formed by lawyers and law students and organized into more than 100 chapters through the world. It was named in honor of Joshua Reuben Clark Jr., who served for many years as a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  2. Mosiah 2:17.

  3. Pro bono is the reduced form of the phrase in Latin pro bono publico, which means “for the public good” or “for the benefit of the public.” This is a form of voluntary work that, unlike traditional volunteering, requires professional qualifications, although it is unpaid.

  4. Ether 6:6.

  5. Ether 6:5.

  6. See 2 Nephi 2:14, 16.

  7. Ether 6:8.

  8. See Doctrine and Covenants 84:106.

  9. See Abraham 3:25.

  10. 2 Nephi 2:2; see also Doctrine and Covenants 122:7.

  11. Russell M. Nelson, “Preaching the Gospel of Peace,” Liahona, May 2022, 6.

  12. Russel M. Nelson, “Hope of Israel” (worldwide youth devotional, June 3, 2018), Gospel Library.

  13. 1 Nephi 4:6–7.

  14. Jeremiah 1:6.

  15. Exodus 4:10.

  16. Jeremiah 1:7.

  17. Exodus 4:12.

  18. Se Mosiah 3:19.

  19. 2 Nephi 28:30.

  20. Se Alma 26:22.

  21. Neil L. Andersen, “The Faith to Find and Baptize Converts” (address given at the seminar for new mission presidents, June 25, 2016), 6.

  22. Se Deuteronomy 11:8–9.

  23. See “Becoming Lifelong Disciples of Jesus Christ,” Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2023), 76–100.

  24. John 5:6–7.

  25. See Luke 10:29.

  26. Ether 6:8.

  27. President Dallin H. Oaks mentioned a painting by Maynard Dixon titled Forgotten Man, which hangs in his office in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City: “You see the sun shining on his head. His Heavenly Father knows he’s there. He is forgotten by the passing crowd, but in his struggles, his Heavenly Father knows he’s there. … I have been with that painting for close to 40 years, and it speaks to me and reminds me of things that I need to remember” (in Sarah Jane Weaver, “What I Learned from President Oaks about the ‘Forgotten Man,’” Church News, Sept. 18, 2022, thechurchnews.com).