Kweilo̧k Eo Eļap
Karuwainene Mennin Letok in Ukweļo̧k an Irooj
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Karuwainene Mennin Letok in Ukweļo̧k an Irooj

Jen jab kōttar bwe men ko ren penļo̧k m̧okta jān ad liļo̧k n̄an Anij. Jen jab kōttar mae iien jem̧ļo̧kin mour ko ad im lukkuun ukweļo̧k.

Ij kam̧ool kōn juon Jemed Ilan̄ eo ej iakwe. Ilo kweilo̧k eo eļap an Eprōļ 2019, jidik iien ālkin kar rejetak eō n̄an eddo eo aō ekāāl āinwōt juon Ritōl Eutiej, kuwaer eo ekar al kōn “Ij Ļo̧kjenaō” men in ekar kalel būruō im aō.

Ej ļakjenaō bwe Ear wanlaļtak jentron eo An ekwojarjar.

In lomor aō eo ej jumae im juwa,

Ij bwilōn̄ bwe ej wujlep an yokwe n̄ōn iō,

Ebwe n̄an bōke, n̄an pinmuur, im n̄an kam̧oole.”

Ke iaar ron̄ naan kein, ekar ļo̧kjenaō. Ikar en̄jake ke mekarta m̧ōjņo im likjab ko aō, Irooj eaar kōjeraam̧m̧an eō bwe in jeļā ke “ilo kajoor eo an imaron̄ kōm̧m̧an aolep men.”

En̄jake ko rekkā an m̧ōjņo ban, ak jab erreo ej juon men me jet iien elōn̄ iaad ej en̄taan kake. Ij en̄taan wōt kake men in; ikar en̄jake iien eo kar kūr eō. Elōn̄ katten aō en̄jake, im ij en̄jake wot kiiō ke ij kōnono n̄an kom̧. Ijoke, em̧ōj aō katak bwe ijjab make iaō kōn en̄jake kein. Ilo m̧ool, ewōr elōn̄ bwebwenato ko ilo jeje ko rekwojarjar kōn ro me rekar bar en̄jake ejja en̄jake kein. N̄an waanjon̄ak, jej keememej Nipai āinwōt rikarejar Irooj etiljek im peran. Ilo iien ko, men̄e ekar en̄taan kōn en̄jake ko in jab erreo, m̧ōjņo̧, im jab maron̄ jelm̧ae wāween ilo mour.

Ekar ba, “Mekarta em̧m̧an eo eļap an Irooj, ilo kwaļo̧k n̄an eō jerbal ko reļļap im kabwilōn̄lōn̄ An, buruō ej lam̧ōj: O n̄a armej in en̄taan! Aaet, buruō ej būrom̧ōj kōn kanniōkū; aō ej liaajlo̧ļ kōn nana ko aō.”

Rikanan Josep Smith emakijkij an kar ba ej en̄jake “kaje,” ke ej jodikdik, “kōn [an] m̧ōjņo̧ eo im jab weeppān.” Ak en̄jake in m̧ōjņo inepata ko an Josep raar m̧ōttan ta eo ekar tōl e n̄an lin̄ūri, katak, im jar. Ilo am̧ maron̄ keememej, ekar tal in jar ilo bukwin wōjke ko epaake m̧weom̧ōn n̄an kappukot m̧ool, aenōm̧m̧an, im jeorļo̧k bōd. Ekar ron̄ an Irooj ba: “Josep, nejū m̧aan, aolep jero̧wiwi ko am̧ em̧ōj jeorļo̧k jān eok. Ilo̧k, etetal im̧aaō, im kōjparok kien ko aō. Lo, N̄a Irooj in Aiboojoj. Iaar dōbwāāl kōn laļ bwe aolep ro rej tōmak ilo eta maron̄ bōk mour indeeo.”

Ikdeelel eo em̧ool an Josep n̄an ukweļo̧k im kappukot lo̧mo̧o̧r an jetōb eo an ekar jipan̄ e itok n̄an Jisōs Kraist im bōk jeorļo̧k bōd jān jerawiwi ko an. Kijejeto in ekar wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt im kōppeļļo̧k kōjem̧ eo n̄an wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt Jepļaaktok eo an gospel eo an Jisōs Kraist.

En̄jake in ekabwilōn̄lōn̄ an Rikanaan Josep Smith ej kwaļo̧k ekōjkan an en̄jake in ban im m̧ōjmo maron̄ jipan̄ kōj kile jekjek in ad ewōtlo̧k. Eļan̄n̄e jej ettā, ankilaan in enaaj jipan̄ kōj kile ad pedped wōt ioon Jisōs Kraist im kairuj ilo būruōd juon ikdeelel em̧ool n̄an reilo̧k n̄an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r im ukweļo̧k jān jerawiwi ko ad.

Ro m̧ōtta, ukweļo̧k ej lan̄lōn̄! Ukweļo̧k eo em̧ool ej m̧ōttan juon jerbal kajjojo raan me, ļain ioon ļain, jidik kōn jidik,” Irooj ej katakin kōj n̄an mour juon mour ej pedped ilo katak ko An. Āinwōt Josep im Nipai, jemaron̄ “kūr n̄an e kōn tūriam̧o; bwe E ekajoor n̄an lo̧mo̧o̧ren.” E maron̄ kakūrm̧ool jabdewōt ikdeelel ko rerreo ak kōņaan, im maron̄ kamo jabdewōt kinej ilo mour ko ad.

Ilo Bok in Mormon eo: Bar Juon Kallim̧ur an Jisōs Kraist, kwe im n̄a maron̄ loi bwebwenato ko rellōn̄ an kajjojo armej ro rekar ekkatak kōn wāween itok n̄an Kraist kōn ukweļo̧k eo em̧ool.

Ikōņaan kwaļo̧k n̄an kom̧ juon waanjon̄ak in tūriam̧o̧ ko rejouj an Irooj jān juon en̄jake me ekar waļo̧k ilo kapijuknen eo aō āneen Puerto Rico.

Ikar pād ilo bukwōn eo aō ilo Ponce, ke juon sister ilo Kabun̄ in, Célia Cruz Ayala, ekar kāālet bwe en tōn kar leļo̧k juon Bok in Mormon n̄an juon m̧ōttan. Ekar kitmi im bōkļo̧ke mennin leļo̧k in, eļapļo̧k an aorōk ippān jān diamond im ruby ko, ekar ba. Ilo iaļ eo an ļo̧k, juon rikoot ej kepaaktoke, kar kanōk iep eo an, im ko kōn mennin letok eo ilowaan.

Ke ekar kwaļo̧k bwebwenato in ilo m̧ōn jar eo, eo m̧ōttan ekar ba, “Wōn ejeļā? Bōlen iien eo am̧ kwaļo̧k gospel in!”

Ekwe, jejjo raan tokālik, kojeļā ke ta eo eaar waļo̧k? Célia ekar bōk juon leta. Ij jibwe leta in, eo Célia ekar kwaļo̧k ippa, ilo peiū rainin. Ej ba:

“Mrs. Cruz:

“Jeorļo̧k aō bōd, jeorļo̧k aō bōd. Kojamin jeļā ewi jon̄an aō būrōm̧ōj kōn aō kar an̄ur eok. Ak kōn menin, mour e aō em̧ōj an oktak im naaj wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt in oktak.

“Bok eo [Bok in Mormon] ekar jipan̄ eō ilo mour e aō. Etōņak eo an em̧m̧aan in Anij eo ekar kōm̧akūt eō. … N̄aij kōrool waj ļalem [tala], e am̧ bwe ijjab maron̄ kōjerbali. Ikōņaan bwe kwon jeļā ke āinwōt ewōr meram ipeļaakūm̧. Meram eo āinwōt ekar kōbajrak eō [jān kakure eok, innem] iaar ko.

“Ikōņaan bwe kwon jeļā ke konaaj bar lo eō, ak n̄e kwonaaj, koban kile eō, bwe inaaj am̧ būratōr. … Ijin, ij jokwe ie, iaikuj pukot Irooj im etal n̄an m̧ōn jar eo kwoj uwaan.

“Enaan eo kwaar je ilo bok eo ekar boktok kemjaļaaļ n̄an meja. Jān bon̄ in Wenje eo ejan̄in bōjrak jān aō riiti. Em̧ōj aō jar im kajjitōk bwe Anij en jeorļo̧k aō bōd [im] ij kajjitōk bwe kwōn jeorļo̧k aō bōd. … Ibawōt ke in kar wia kake mennin letok eo kwaar kitimi. [Bōtaap,] em̧ōj an kōm̧m̧an bwe in kōņaan ukōt mour e aō. … Jeorļo̧k aō bōd, jeorļo̧k aō bōd, ij akweļap n̄an eok.

“Eo m̧ōttam̧ ejako.”

Ro jeiū im jatū, meram eo an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r emaron̄ tōpar kōj, jekdoon ta jekjek ko ad. “Ejjab pidodo n̄an kwe bwe kwon maron̄ wanlaļļo̧k jān meram in Pinmuur eo an Kraist ej rom̧aak,” Būreejtōn Jeffrey R. Holland ekar ba.

Āinwōt n̄an ribōk mennin letok eo an Célia, Bok in Mormon eo, brother eo ekar etal wōt im kam̧ool eļapļo̧k kōn tūriamo̧ eo an Irooj. Mekarta ebōk iien an brother in jeorļo̧k an make bōd, ekar lo lan̄lōn̄ ilo ukweļo̧k. Ekar juon kabwilōn̄lōn̄! Juon sister etiljek, juon Bok in Mormon, ukweļo̧k eo em̧ool, kajoor eo an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ekar tōl n̄an lan̄lōn̄ eo kōn likio in kōjeraam̧m̧an ko an gospel eo im bujen ko rekwojarjar ilo m̧weo im̧ōn Irooj. Ro jet uwaan baam̧le eo rekar ļoore im bōk eddo ko rekwojarjar ilo jikin kallib an Irooj, ekoba jerbal in jipan̄ an mijenede ro rej jerbal aolep raan.

Ilo ad itok n̄an Jisōs Kraist, iaļ in ukweļo̧k eo ad em̧ool enaaj tōl kōj n̄an tampeļ eo ekwojarjar an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r.

Ej juon m̧wil ewāppen n̄an kajjieon̄ maron̄ erreo—n̄an maron̄ erreo in bōk aolepen kōjeraam̧m̧an ko letok jān Jemedwōj Ilan̄ im Nejin ilo bujen ko rekwojarjar an tampeļ Jerbal aolep iien ilo m̧weo im̧ōn Irooj im kajjieon̄ kōjpārok bujen kwojarjar ko jekar kōm̧m̧ani ijo enaaj kōļapļo̧k ikdeelel eo ad im maron̄ eo ad jimor n̄an en̄jake oktak in bōro, maron̄, kōļmenļo̧kjen, im jetōb me eaorōk n̄an kōj bwe jen erom̧ļo̧k Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo ad. Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson ekar kam̧ool: “Ejjeļo̧k men enaaj kōpeļļo̧k lan̄ ko eļapļo̧k [jān kabun̄jar ilo tampeļ eo]. Ejjeļo̧k!”

Ro m̧ōtta jitōnbōro, komij ke en̄jake m̧ōjņo? Komij ke en̄jake jab erreo? Kwoj ke pere eok make? Bōlen komaron̄ inepata im kajjitōk: Ikarbab ke? Erum̧ij ke n̄an eō? Etke ij likjab wōt n̄e ij kajjieon̄ kōn aolep aō maron̄?

Ro jeiū im jatū, m̧ool jenaaj kōm̧m̧an bōd ilo mour ko ad ilo iaļ eo ļo̧k. Ak keememej bwe, āinwōt an Elder Gerrit W. Gong kar katakin: “Pinmuur eo an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo ad eļap im ej n̄an indeeo. Kajjojo iaad jej jebwābwe im likjab. Jemaron̄, ilo juon iien, jebwābwe jān iaļ eo ad. Io̧kwe eo an Anij ej jiron̄ kōj, jekdoon ia eo jej pād ie ak ta ko jekar kōm̧m̧ani, ejjeļo̧k un bwe jān jab bar jepļaak. Ej kōttar im pojak n̄an atbo̧kwōj kōj.”

Āinwōt kōrā eo pāleeō ejitōn bōro, Cari Lu, ekar barāinwōt katakin eō, kōj aolep aikuj in ukweļo̧k, bar ro̧o̧llikļo̧k, im kajim̧we awa eo n̄an “jiro o’clock” aolep raan.

Bōbrae ko renaaj itok. Jen jab kōttar bwe men ko ren penļo̧k m̧okta jān ad liļo̧k n̄an Anij. Jen jab kōttar mae iien jem̧ļo̧kin mour ko ad im lukkuun ukweļo̧k. Ijjelo̧kin, jen kiiō, mekarta m̧ōttan ta eo ilo iaļan bujen eo jepād ie in, mije kajoor in lo̧mo̧o̧r an Jisōs Kraist im ilo ikdeelel eo an Jemedwōj Ilan̄ n̄an jepļaakļo̧k n̄an Ippān.

Mweo Im̧ōn Irooj, jeje ko An rekwojarjar, rikanaan ro im rijilōk ro an rekwojarjar rej im̧we kōj n̄an ad kajjieon̄ jibadōk ekwojarjar eo ad make jān katak ko an Kraist.

Im Nipai ekar ba: “Im kiiō, lo, ro jeiū im jatū, iaļ eo in; im ejjeļo̧k bar juon iaļ ak āt letok ium̧win lan̄ bwe m̧aan [im kōrā eo] ren maron̄ lo̧mo̧o̧r ilo aelōn̄ in Anij. Im kiiō, lo, en̄in ej katak an Kraist, im katak an Jemān, im an Nejin, im an Jetōb Kwōjarjar, eo ej juon Anij, ejjeļo̧k jem̧ļo̧kin.”

Jerbal in “pin-mu-ur” eo ad ippān Anij emaron̄ kaban̄ban̄. Ak kwe im n̄a maron̄ bōjrak, ikōn̄ wōt, reilo̧k n̄an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r, im kappukot n̄an lo im kōm̧m̧ane ta eo E kōņaan bwe jen ukōte ilo kōj. N̄e jenaaj kōm̧m̧an kōn aolepen ad, jenaaj kam̧ool kōmour eo An. Im ļōm̧ņak kōn an naaj jeraam̧m̧an ro ineed ilo ad karuwainene mennin letok in ukweļo̧k an Irooj!

Masta in Potter, ekar katakin jema, eo enaaj ukōt im kōkm̧anm̧anļo̧k kōj, eo emaron̄ in pen. Mekarta, Masta in Kōmour eo barāinwōt enaaj karreoik kōj. Em̧ōj aō en̄jake im ij en̄jake wōt kajoor in kōmour in. N̄aij kam̧ool bwe ej itok jān tōmak ilo Jisōs Kraist im ukweļo̧k kajjojo raan.

O, ej aibujuij bwe jon̄an an yokwe

Ebwe ar mij kin iō!”

Ij kam̧ool kōn iakwe eo an Anij im kajoor eo eļap an Pinmuur eo an Nejin. Jemaron̄ en̄jake an kajoor ilo ad ukweļo̧k ilo m̧ool im kōn aolepen būruōd.

Ro m̧ōtta, n̄a ij juon rikam̧ool kōn Jepļaaktok eo an gospel eaiboojoj jān Josep Smith im tōl ko kiiō an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r jān rikanaan eo An, Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson. Ijeļā ke Jisōs Kraist emour im E ej Masta in Kōmour an jetōb ko ad. Ijeļā im ij kam̧ool kōn aolepen būruō kōn men kein ke rem̧ool, ilo āt eo ekwojarjar etan Jisōs Kraist, amen.

Kakeememej ko

  1. “Ij Lokjenaō,” Al ko Al in Ajri, no. 14.

  2. Alma 26:12.

  3. 2 Nipai 4:17; bar lale eoon 18–19.

  4. Josep Smith—Bwebwenato 1:29.

  5. Joseph Smith, “History, circa Summer 1832,” 3, josephsmithpapers.org; spelling and punctuation standardized.

  6. Lale Mosaia 4:11–12.

  7. Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson ekar katakin: “N̄e jej kāālet n̄an ukweļo̧k, jej kāālet n̄an oktak! Jej kōtļo̧k an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ukōt kōj n̄an juon nememe ekāāl in kōj make. Jej kāālet n̄an eddōkļo̧k ilo jetōb im bōk lan̄lōn̄—lan̄lōn̄ eo jān pinmuur ilo E. N̄e jej kāālet n̄an ukweļo̧k, jej kāālet n̄an erom̧ āinwōt Jisōs Kraist!” (“Jemaron̄ Kōm̧m̧an Em̧m̧anļo̧k im Maron̄ Em̧m̧anļo̧k,” Liaona, Māe 2019, 67).

  8. 2 Nipai 28:30.

  9. Alma 34:18.

  10. “Ro jeiū im jatū, ewi jon̄an an aiboojoj Bok in Mormon eo n̄an eok? N̄e en kar lewaj n̄an eok diamond ko ak ruby ko ak Book in Mormon, ewi wot eo konij kāālete? Ilo m̧ool, ewi wōt eo ej aorōkļo̧k n̄an eok?” (Russell M. Nelson, “Bok in Mormon eo: Eļan̄n̄e en kar Ejjeļo̧k Elmen Nej Kar Mour eo Am̧?,” Liaona, No̧b. 2017, 61.

  11. In F. Burton Howard, “Missionary Moments: ‘My Life Has Changed,’” Church News, Jan. 6, 1996, thechurchnews.com; see also Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 4, Sounded in Every Ear, 1955–2020 (2024), 472–74, 477–79.

  12. Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Laborers in the Vineyard,” Liahona, May 2012, 33.

  13. Jemaron̄ ke pōjrak juon jekōn im ļōm̧nak kōn ineed? Kōn wāween ad loļo̧kjen, jemaron̄ jab loe kiiō, ak ad kōnaan n̄an reiļo̧k n̄an Irooj kōn aolepen būruer—n̄an oktak, ukweļo̧k, im m̧ōņōņō kōn gospel eo an Jisōs Kraist—emaron̄ im̧we epepen ko! Ļōm̧nake ļo̧k mōk kakobaba in kōjeraam̧m̧an ko remaron̄ ebōļ jen juon bōro ettā, ejouj, im tōmak ilo Jisōs Kraist um̧win aaet iien ko rej jab em̧m̧an!

  14. Tipdikin kōmeļeļe kein kar bar kwaļo̧k jān Sister Célia Cruz ilo juon iien kōnono make ippān Elder Jorge M. Alvarado ilo Jeptōmba 10, 2024.

  15. Russell M. Nelson, “M̧ōņōņō kōn Menin Letok eo an Priesthood Kii ko,” Liaona, Māe 2024, 122.

  16. N̄e jej loe ad kajjitōk kain kajjitōk rōt kein, ej aorōk n̄an keememej naan ko an Rijilōk Paul:

    “Wōn enaaj kōjepel kōj jān yokwe an Kraist? Enaaj jorrāān ke, ak eñtaan, ak matōrtōr, ak ñūta, ak keelwaan, ak uwōta, ak jāje? …

    “Jaab, ilo men kein otemjej eḷap ad anjọ kōn Eo ear yokwe kōj.

    “Bwe Ij ḷōmṇak e jab mej ak mour, e jab enjeḷ raan ak jetōb ro, e jab men ko kiiō ak men ko renaaj itok, e jab kajoor ko,

    “E jab utiej ak ṃwilaḷ, ak jabdewōt bar juon men in kōṃṃan, enaaj maroñ in kōjepel kōj jān yokwe an Anij, eo ilo Kraist Jisōs ad Irooj” (Rom 8:35, 37–39).

  17. Gerrit W. Gong, “Ad Kijeek in Tōmak,” Liaona, Nob. 2018, 41.

  18. Nipai ej juon waanjon̄ak em̧m̧an kōn menin. Ekar ekwaļo̧k:

    “Kwōn ruj, aō jetōb! Jab bar m̧ad ilo jero̧wiwi. Lan̄lōn̄, O buruō, im jab bar ņa jikin rikōjdat eo an aō jetōb. …

    O Irooj, Kwōn lo̧mo̧o̧ren aō ke? Kwōn kadeor ke eō jān pein rikōjdat ro aō? Kwōn kōm̧m̧an ke bwe in wūdiddid kōn nemāmeen jero̧wiwi? (2 Nipai 4:28, 31).

  19. Būreejtōn Dallin H. Oaks ekar katakin: “N̄e juon armej emōj an etal ilo aolep ial in [ukweļo̧k] … , Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ej kōm̧m̧an eļapļo̧k jen karreoik armej eo jen jerawiwi. He also gives him or her new strength. Kajoor in eaorōk n̄an kōj n̄an kile jibadbad eo an karreo, eo ej n̄an jepļaakļo̧k n̄an Jemedwōj Ilan̄. Bwe jen maron̄ deļo̧n̄ im pād im̧aan Mejān, jej aikuj eļapļo̧k jān erreo. Jej aikuj barāinwōt oktak jān juon armej eo emōjņo̧ eo ekar jerawiwi n̄an juon armej eo erreo kōn ānbwinnin jetōb n̄an deļo̧n̄e im̧aan mejān Anij” (“The Atonement and Faith,” Ensign, Apr. 2010, 33–34).

  20. 2 Nipai 31:21.

  21. Jej kautiej baamle eo ad im Jemedwōj Ilan̄ ilo ad kautiej ukweļo̧k im waanmaanļo̧k im mour juon mour em̧m̧an.

  22. Hymns, no. 193.