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Pukōt E kōn Aolepān Būruwōm̧i

Eļan̄n̄e Jisōs Kraist ekar kappukot iien elūr n̄an kōm̧m̧ao ippān Anij im maron̄ bōk kōkajoor jān E, enaaj kar menin māletlet n̄an kōj n̄an kōm̧m̧an ejja in wōt.

Jejjo iiō ko remootļok, kōrā eo pāleeō im n̄a kar jerbal āinwōt ritōl ro an mijen ilo Tokyo, Japan. Ilo kar juon lotok n̄an mijen eo am jān Elder Russell M. Nelson, juon iaan mijenede ro ekar kajjitōk ippān elmen leļo̧k uwaak eo em̧m̧antata n̄e juon armej ej ba n̄an er bwe elukkuun boub n̄an ron̄jake er. Kōn jidik āliklik, Elder Nelson ekar ba, “Inaaj kar kajjitōk eļan̄n̄e rekar lukkuun poub n̄an m̧ōn̄ā in rālep raan n̄e innām katakin er bwe ewōr aer jim̧or juon ānbwin im juon jetōb, innām āinwōt ānbwinnier enaaj mej eļan̄n̄e jab naajdik, barāinwōt jetōb eo aer eļan̄n̄e ejjab naajdik jān em̧m̧an eo an naan in Anij.”

Ekaitoktok limo n̄an jeļā bwe naan in Japan eo n̄an “boub,” isogashii, is made up of a ej ejaak in juon character ewōr ruo symbol ie (). Eo juon ilo anmiin̄ meļeļein ej “menono” ak “jetōb,” im eo juon ioon anm̧ooņ meļeļein ej “mej”—ej kwaļo̧k bōlen, āinwōt an Būreejtōn Nelson kar katakin, bwe kōn an boub jān ad naajdik jetōb ko ad emaron̄ tōlļo̧k kōj n̄an mej ilo jetōb.

Irooj ekar jeļā—ilo an laļ in m̧ōkaj an oktak obrak kōn mennin kōm̧ad ko im ilo limotak—bwe kōm̧m̧an iien ko raorōk Ippān enaaj erom̧ juon iaan apan̄ ko reļļap ilo raan kein ad. Kōnono kōn rikanaan Aiseia, Eaar letok naan in kapilōk kein im kakkōļ ko, remaron̄ keidi n̄an raan ko reko̧uwaron̄ron̄, ko jej mour ie:

“Ilo jepļaak im kakkije naaj lọmọọremi; ilo tōt im ilo lōke ami kajoor: im koṃ ar jab kōṇaan.

“A koṃ ar ba, ‘Jaab, bwe kōmnaaj ko ioon kidia ko; Kōn men in koṃ naaj ko: im, Kōmnaaj uwe ioon kidu ko re ṃōkaj; innām ro rej lukwarkware koṃ renaaj ṃōkaj.”

Ilo jet bar naan, aaet men̄e lo̧mo̧o̧r eo ad ej pedped ioon jepļaak n̄an E emakijkij im kakkije jān wōj waan ko an laļ, jejjab. Im men̄e ad lōke enaaj itok jān juon kajoor ekar ejaak ilo iien ko retōt jijet ippān Irooj ilo kōḷmānḷọkjeṇ im kejōkļo̧kjeņ, jejjab. Etke ejjab? Kōnke jej ba, “Jaab, kōm̧ij boub kōn men ko jet”—ko ioon kidia ko waad, innām n̄an kōnono. Kōn menin, jenaaj kattoļo̧k im kattoļo̧k kōj jān Anij, jenaaj m̧akoko im etal m̧ōkajļo̧k im m̧ōkajļo̧k, im ilo an m̧ōkajļok ad etal, em̧ōkaj an Setan naaj ļoore ilo jipadek.

Bōlen en̄in ej etke Būreejtōn Nelson ekar bar akweļap n̄an kōm̧m̧an iien n̄an Irooj—“kajjojo im aolep raan.” Ej kakeememej kōj bwe “Iien in elur ej iien ekwojarjar—iien eo me enaaj kōjekiik revelesōn eo an juon make im ineem̧m̧an wōt.” Ak n̄an ron̄jake ainikien eo emera an Irooj, ekar kapilōk, “kwoj aikuj in ineem̧m̧an wōt!.”

Ineem̧m̧an wōt, ijoke, ej aikuj eļapļo̧k jān baj kōm̧m̧an iien n̄an Irooj—ej aikuji ad kōtļo̧k an pere ko im ļōmņak in mijak ko ad im likūt būruwōd im ad ļōmņak ilo E. Āinwōt an Elder David A. Bednar kar katakin, “Ij tōmak bwe naan in rōjan̄ eo an Irooj n̄an ‘pād wōt’ ej kōmeļeļeiki eļapļo̧k jān jab baj kōnono ak jab em̧m̧akūtkūt.” N̄an pād wōt, ekar rōjan̄, “emaron̄ erom̧ juon wāween kakeememej kōj n̄an mije wōt Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ilo ejjeļo̧k likjab.”

Pād wōt ej juon m̧akūtkūt in tōmak im ej aikuji kijejeto. Ekkatak ko kōn Tōmak ej ba, “N̄e juon em̧m̧aan ej jerbal kōn tōmak ej jerbal kōn kijejeto in kōlmenļo̧kjen.” Būreejtōn Nelson ekar ba, “Ad ejekiiik rej aikuj dim ilo Rilo̧mo̧o̧r im gospel eo An. Menin ej ejim̧we ilo kōļmenļo̧kjeņ n̄an reilo̧k n̄an E ilo aolep ļōmņak. Ak n̄e jej kōm̧m̧ane menin, pere ko ad im mijak ko ad rej jako.” Kōnono kōn aikuj in n̄an likūt wōt ilo kōļmenļo̧kjeņ ko ad, Būreejtōn David O. McKay ekar ba: “Ij ļōmņak edik ad leļo̧k ad n̄an aorōk in kejōkļo̧kjeņ, juon pedped in wūjlepļo̧k. … Kejōkļo̧kjeņ ej juon iaan … kōjem̧ ko rekwojarjar tata ko jej kijooni n̄an deļo̧n̄ ļo̧k im̧aan mejān Irooj.”

Ewōr juon naan in kajin Japan, mui, menin, n̄an n̄a, ej dāpij menin eļapļo̧k an kobrak tōmak, ej kwaļo̧k en̄jake an ta meļeļein n̄an pād wōt. Ej meļeļein ruo character ko (無為). Eo juon ilo anmiin̄ ej meļeļein “ejjeļo̧k” ak “lukkuun ejjeļo̧k,” im eo juon ilo tuanm̧ooņ “n̄an kōm̧m̧ane.” Ippān doon meļeļeir ej “jab kōm̧m̧ane.” Bōke n̄an kōjerbale, naan eo emaron̄ in bōk ukōte n̄an meļeļe in “n̄an kōm̧m̧an ejjeļo̧k” ilo ejja wāween in “n̄an pād wōt” emaron̄ bōd ukōte āinwōt “jab kōnono ak m̧akūtkūt.” Ijoke, āinwōt naan in “n̄an ineem̧m̧an wōt,” ewōr juon meļeļein euteejļo̧k; n̄an n̄a ej juon kakeememej n̄an kadikdikļo̧k im n̄an mour kōn eļapļo̧k kōn kakkōļ an jetōb.

Tōre eo ij jerbal ilo Asia North Area Presidency ippān Elder Takashi Wada, ikar ekkatak bwe kōrā eo pāleen, Sister Naomi Wada, ej juon rijin̄a. Ikar kajjitōk ippān Sister Wada eļan̄n̄e emaron̄ jin̄a n̄an n̄a jeje in Japan kein n̄an naan eo mui. Ikōņaan katotoiki leta in jeje in Japan eo ilo ribin m̧weo imō āinwōt juon kakeememej n̄an ineem̧m̧an wōt im n̄an ļōmņak wōt kōn Rilo̧mo̧o̧r. Ikar ilbōk ke ekar jab pojak in errā n̄an kajjitōk jidikdik in.

Raan eo juon, jeļā bwe āinwōt ikar jab meļeļe an jānliklik jān kajjitōk eo, Elder Wada ekar kōmeļeļeiki bwe jeje ilo character ko renaaj aikuji juon kijejeto eļap. Enaaj aikuj in kōļmenļo̧kjeņ im kejōkļo̧kjeņ kōn meļeļe eo im character ko m̧ae iien ej meļeļe meļeļe eo em̧wilaļ ilo jetōb eo an im maron̄ leļo̧k meļeļe n̄an en̄jake in bōro kein n̄an kareel in en̄jake ko ippān kajjojo bwidejdej in būraj in leta jeje ko eo an. Ikar āliklik bwe ikar kajju kajjitōk ippān n̄an juon men eo eļap aikuji. Ikar kajjitōk ippān ļeo pāleen bwe en joļo̧k aō bōd n̄an e kōn jajeļo̧kjeņ eo aō im ba n̄an e bwe en jeļā bwe ikar bōjrak jān kajjitōk eo aō.

Japanese character ko ilo opiij eo an Budge.

Komaron̄ pijaik ilo kōļmenļo̧kjeņ aō ļo̧kjenaō im kam̧oolol kōn em̧m̧akūt eo aō jān Japan, Sister Wada ilo ejjeļo̧k mālim, kar letok menin letok n̄an n̄a m̧ottan in eaiboojoj an leta jeje in ej leta in jeje in Japan ko n̄an naan eo mui Kiiō ej etoto ilo dipin opiij eo aō, ej kakeememej eō n̄an pād wōt im kappukot Irooj aolep raan kōn aolepān būruwō, maron̄, im ļōmņak im kajoor. Ekar pijaiki, ilo kōm̧m̧an ejjab ālikin jepjep in, meļeļe eo an mui, ak ineem̧m̧an wōt, em̧m̧anļo̧k jān jabdewōt naan emaron̄. Ijjelo̧kin jab kōļmenļo̧kjeņ im pokake pijaiki character ko, ekar kōm̧m̧ane leta jeje ko kōn jibadbad eļap an bōro im lukkuun kōttōbar.

Ilo ejja wāween in wōt, Anij ekōņaan bwe jen kōm̧m̧ane iien eo ad Ippān kōn ejja kain en̄jake in bōro in ewūjlepļo̧k. N̄e jej kōm̧m̧an āindein, ad kabun̄jar ej erom̧ juon en̄jake ej kwaļo̧k ad iakwe n̄an E.

Ej jan̄inwuaade ad kōm̧m̧ao Ippān. Ilo juon iien, ālkin aō kar kōm̧m̧ane jar in kōppeļļo̧k eo ilo juon kweilo̧k an Būreejtōnji eo Kein Kajuon, Būreejtōn Nelson ekar oktaktok n̄an n̄a im ba, “Ilo iien eo kwoj jar, ikar ļōmņak kōn ewi jon̄an an Anij aikuj kam̧m̧oolol n̄e jej bōk iien jān jikejuuļ ko ad reboub n̄an kile E.” Ekar juon kakeememej eo eļam waan im kajoor kōn ewi jon̄an an aorōk n̄an Jemedwōj Ilan̄ n̄e jej bōjrak im kōnono Ippān.

Mekarta elap An kōņaan bwe jen elļo̧k n̄an E, E ej jāmin kipel kōj n̄an Itok n̄an E. N̄an riNipai ro, Irooj eo em̧ōj an jerkakpeje ekar ba, “Ewi lōn̄ in Aō naaj kar kakwelo̧ktok kom̧ āinwōt lo̧lo̧ eo ej kakwelo̧ktok jojo ko nejin, im kom̧ kar jab kōņaan.” Ekar ļoore menin kōn karuwainenein me ej barāinwōt jerbal n̄an kōj rainin: “Ewi lōn̄ in Aō naaj kar kakwelo̧ktok kom̧ āinwōt lo̧lo̧ ej kakwelo̧ktok jojo ko nejin ium̧win pā ko pein, eļan̄n̄e kom̧ naaj ukeļo̧k im ro̧o̧l tok n̄an eō kōn aolep tūm̧laļ in būruōmi.”

Gospel eo an Jisōs Kraist ej letok n̄an kōj iien ko rem̧m̧an n̄an emakijkij jepļaak n̄an E. Iien kein rem̧m̧an rekitbuuj jar aolep iien, riiti jeje ko rekwojarjar aolep iien, kain̄i an kwojkwoj eo, raan in Jabōt, im kabun̄jar ilo tampeļ. Ta eo eļan̄n̄e jekar itōn joļo̧k iien kein rekwojarjar jān laajrak in n̄an kōm̧m̧ani ko ad im likūt er ilo laajrak in “jab kōm̧m̧ani” ko ad—meļeļein kōm̧m̧an kōn ejja kōļmenļo̧kjeņ im mijōk wōt eo Sister Wada ekar kōm̧m̧ane n̄an leta jeje ko an?

Komaron̄ ļōmņak, “Ejjeļo̧k aō iien n̄an men ņe.” Emakijkij aō en̄jake ejja wāween in. Ak kōtļo̧k bwe in ba bwe ta eo jemaron̄ in aikuji ejjab menin aikuj eļapļo̧k iien ak eļapļo̧k kakkōļ kōn im mijōk wōt Anij ilo iien ko em̧ōj ad kadede kōjenolo̧k n̄an E.

N̄an waanjon̄ak, n̄e jej jar, ta eo eļan̄n̄e jekar joļo̧k edik iien kōnono im eļapļo̧k iien baj pād ippān Anij; im n̄e jekar kōnono, n̄an leļo̧k eļapļo̧k en̄jake in bōro im en̄jake ko kwaļo̧k kajjojo kōn kam̧m̧oolol im iakwe?

Būreejtōn Nelson ekar kapilōk bwe jejjab baj riiti jeje ko rekwojarjar ak jen ekkatak kaki. Ta oktak eo enaaj kōm̧m̧ane eļan̄n̄e jen kar jidik wōt ad riit im ļapļo̧k ad ekkatak jāni?

Ta eo eļan̄n̄e jen kar kōm̧m̧an eļapļo̧k n̄an kōpooje kōļmenļo̧kjeņ ad n̄an bōk m̧ōttan kwojkwoj eo im lan̄lōn̄ kejōkļo̧kjeņ kōn kōjeraam̧m̧an ko an Pinmuur eo an Jisōs Kraist ilo kain̄i in ekwojarjar?

Ilo Jabōt, eo ilo Hibru ej meļeļein “kakkije,” ta eo eļan̄n̄e jen kar kakkije jān kōjparok ko jet im n̄an bōk iien n̄an jijet ippān Irooj n̄an jar kōn wūjlepļo̧k ko ad n̄an E?

Ilo kabun̄jar eo ad ilo tampeļ, ta eo eļan̄n̄e, jekar tōn kōm̧m̧ane juon kauwe eļapļo̧k n̄an jerbal in kijejeto n̄an leļo̧k ad ak pād jidik iien eaitokļo̧k ilo ruum̧ in celestial eo ilo wāween elūr?

N̄e jibadbad ko ad n̄e rej jidik wōt ilo kōm̧m̧an im eļapļo̧k ilo kōkajoorļo̧k bujen ko ad ekkejelļo̧k ippān Jemedwōj Ilan̄ im Jisōs Kraist, ij kam̧ool bwe kajjojo iaan iien kein rekwojarjar renaaj eļļap, im jenaaj bōk tōl eo emenin aikuj ilo mour ko ad make. Kōj, āinwōt Marta ilo bok in Luk, ekkā wōt aer “inepata im abṇōṇō kōn elōñ men.” Ijoke, ilo ad kōm̧m̧ao ippān Irooj kajjojo raan, E enaaj jipan̄ kōj n̄an jeļā men eo eļapļo̧k an menin aikuj.

Aaet men̄e Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ekar bōk iien jān jerbal in kwaļo̧k eo An n̄an An maron̄ ineem̧m̧an wōt. Jeje ko rekwojarjar rej obrak kōn waanjon̄ak ko kōn an Irooj etal n̄an juon jikin emakeļo̧k—juon toļ, āne jam̧dān, juon jikin āne jam̧dān ak etal “ilo̧k jidikļo̧k jān er”—n̄an jar n̄an Jemān. Eļan̄n̄e Jisōs Kraist ekar kappukot iien elūr n̄an kōm̧m̧ao ippān Anij im maron̄ bōk kōkajoor jān E, enaaj kar menin māletlet n̄an kōj n̄an kōm̧m̧an ejja in wōt.

Ilo ad kōm̧m̧an būruwōd im ļōmņak ko ad ren iookļo̧k wōt Jemedwōj Ilan̄ im Jisōs Kraist im ron̄jake ainikien edik, mera an Jetōb Kwojarjar eo, jenaaj bōk eļapļo̧k meļeļe kōn ta eo eļapļo̧k an aikuj, ejaake tūriamo̧ eo em̧wilaļļo̧k, im pukot kakkije im kajoor ilo E. Ilo juon wāween āinwōt epen, jipan̄ Anij kōm̧ōkajļo̧k jerbal in lo̧mo̧o̧r eo An im mour ijo eutiejtata ej aikuj bwe jen jab m̧ōkaj. Pād aolep iien ilo an waļo̧k emaron̄ kobaļo̧k n̄an “limotak” ilo mour ko ad im bōbrae kōj jān aenōm̧m̧an eo jej pukote.

Ij kam̧ool bwe ilo ad emakijkij jepļaak n̄an Irooj kōn aolepen m̧wilaļ in bōro, jenaaj pād ilo tōt im lōke itok n̄an jeļā E im en̄jake bujen in iakwe eo An eļap n̄an kōj.

Irooj ekar kallim̧ur:

“Kom̧in kepaaktok Eō im Inaaj kepaakwaj kom̧; niknik kappukot Eō im kom̧ naaj lo Eō;.”

“Im koṃ naaj pukot Eō im lo Eō n̄e koṃnaaj pukot Eō kōn aolepen būruōmi.”

Ij kam̧ool bwe kallim̧ur in ej m̧ool. Ilo etan Jisōs Kraist, amen.

Kakeememej ko

  1. Lale Ether 2:14–15.

  2. Aiseia 30:15–16; eoon ko kobaiktok.

  3. 2 Nipai 10:24 ej karuwainene kōj n̄an kōl-laaj-rak ad n̄an ankilaan Anij. “Re” meļeļein “bar juon alen,” “con” meļeļe “ippān,” im “cile” ej juon jea in turoon. N̄an kōllaajrak ad ippān Anij emaron̄ meļeļe n̄an ilo m̧ool jijet ippān bar juon alen.

  4. Russell M. Nelson, “Kōm̧m̧an Iien n̄an Irooj,” Liaona, Nob. 2021, 120.

  5. Russell M. Nelson, “Ta eo Jej Ekkatak im Jej Jāmin Meļo̧kļo̧ke,” Liaona, Māe 2021, 80.

  6. Russell M. Nelson, “Ta eo Jej Ekkatak im Jej Jāmin Meļo̧kļo̧ke,” 80.

  7. David A. Bednar, “Pād Wōt, im Jeļā bwe N̄a Anij,” Liaona, Māe 2024, 28.

  8. Lale Hibru 11:6.

  9. Lectures on Faith (1985), 72.

  10. Russell M. Nelson, “Bōktok Kajoor eo an Jisōs Kraist ilo Mour ko Ad,” Liaona, Māe 2017, 41.

  11. David O. McKay, “Consciousness of God: Supreme Goal of Life,” Improvement Era, June 1967, 80.

  12. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 4:2.

  13. Lale Mosaia 7:33; Ether 2:14.

  14. “A healthy, functioning heart is central to the health and well-being of each of us. However, what I have learned as a servant and witness of Jesus Christ is that a healthy physical heart is only half of our challenge. I take seriously the injunction to love God with all our hearts, because loving Him is what keeps us vibrant” (Russell M. Nelson, The Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me [2023], 8; emphasis added).

  15. Lale Sam Ko 14:2; Revelesōn 3:20.

  16. 3 Nipai 10:5; eoon ko kobaiktok.

  17. Elder Dale G. Renlund taught: “Changing our behavior and returning to the ‘right road’ are part of repentance, but only part. Real repentance also includes a turning of our heart and will to God and a renunciation of sin” (“Repentance: A Joyful Choice,” Liahona, Nov. 2016, 121; emphasis added).

  18. 3 Nipai 10:6; eoon ko kobaitok.

  19. Elder Neal A. Maxwell taught, “Increased consecration is not so much a demand for more hours of Church work as it is for more awareness of whose work this really is!” (“Settle This in Your Hearts,” Ensign, Nov. 1992, 67).

  20. Commenting on how his prayers have evolved over time, Desmond Tutu stated: “I think [I am] trying to grow, in just being there. Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter, you are just there in front of the fire, and you don’t have to be smart or anything. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you” (“Desmond Tutu, Insisting We Are ‘Made for Goodness’” [NPR interview by Renee Montagne, Mar. 11, 2010], npr.org).

  21. Lale Russell M. Nelson, “Ļōmņak kōn Selestial!,” Liaona, Nob. 2023, 117–19.

  22. Lale Russell M. Nelson, “Living by Scriptural Guidance,” Liahona, Jan. 2001, 19–22; bar lale Russell M. Nelson, “Uwaak eo Ej Aolep Iien Jisōs Kraist,” Liaona, Māe 2023, 127–28.

  23. Lale 3 Nipai 17:3. Būreejtōn David O. McKay ekar kwaļo̧k:

    “I believe the short period of administering the sacrament is one of the best opportunities we have for such meditation, and there should be nothing during that sacred period to distract our attention from the purpose of that ordinance. …

    “I strongly urge that this sacred ordinance be surrounded with more reverence, with perfect order; that each one who comes to the house of God may meditate upon and silently and prayerfully express appreciation for God’s goodness. … Let the sacrament hour be one experience of the day in which the worshiper tries at least to realize within himself that it is possible for him to commune with his God” (“Consciousness of God: Supreme Goal of Life,” Improvement Era, June 1967, 80–81).

  24. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 59:10.

  25. “N̄e kwoj bōktok peba in mālim eo n̄an deļo̧n̄e tampeļ eo am̧, juon bōro erub, im juon ļōmņak ej kappukot m̧weo im̧ōn ekkatak an Irooj, E enaaj katakin eok” (Russell M. Nelson, “Tampeļ Eo im Pedped Eo Am Ilo Jetōb,” Liaona, Nob. 2021, 95).

  26. “Enaaj tōl im jineete eok ilo mour eo am̧ make eļan̄n̄e kom̧ naaj kōm̧m̧an iien n̄an E ilo mour eo am̧—kajjojo raan im aolep raan” (Russell M. Nelson, “Kōm̧m̧an Iien n̄an Irooj,” 121).

  27. Lale Luke10:40–42.

  28. 3 Nipai 19:19; bar lale Josep Smith Ukok, Matu 4:1 (ilo Matu 4:1, footnote a); Matu 5:1; 14:13, 23; Mark 1:35; 6:46; Luk 5:16; 6:12.

  29. Lale 3 Nipai 21:29.

  30. Katak im Bujen Ko 88:63.

  31. Jeremaia 29:13; bar lale Liaajlo̧ļ 3:25.