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“Sese Ami ndi Unwana Emi Mbufo Edimenede ke Enyɔŋ”
Akwa Mbono Ɔfiɔŋ Duop 2024


“Sese Ami ndi Unwana Emi Mbufo Edimenede ke Enyɔŋ”

Nnyin imenede unwana Jehovah ke ini nnyin imumde ɔfɔn mme ediomi nnyin ye ke ini nnyin idade ye odu-uwem prophet.

Enɔde ediwak ikɔ ntiense ke mbono emi, ami median ntiense eke apostle mi nte ke Jesus Christ edi Eyen Abasi, Ɔbɔŋ ye Andinyaŋa nnyin, Andifak kpukpru nditɔ Ete nnyin. Otode ke Uwa usio isop Esie, Jesus Christ anam emem ɔnɔ nnyin, edieke nnyin idotde, ndifiak nka ke iso Ete eke Heaven nnyin nyuŋ ndu ye ufɔkemana nnyin ke nsinsi.

Andiyaŋa inanake ke isaŋ uwem isɔŋ nnyin. Ke usen iba emi ebede nnyin imikop Enye etiŋde ikɔ otode ke mme adausuŋ emi Enye emekde emi nnyin ikemede ndisik mkpere Enye. Ini ye ini kiet efen, ye ata ima ye mbɔm Esie, Enye akama nnyin nte nnyin ikutde mbre eke uwem. Nephi etiŋ ete: “Abasi mi edi ndɔŋesit mi; Enye ada mi usuŋ kpɔsuk ke ndutuhɔre mi. … Enye ɔyɔhɔ mi ye ima esie.”

Ima edi ŋkpɔ ndiwut ke ini nnyin idade ye kiet eken ke utom Esie.

Nnyin inyime mme prophet nnyin ke akwa mbono, ye First Presidency, ye Eboho mme Apostle Duopeba, mme General Authority, ye mme Anamutom ke Ufɔk Abasi. Ndinyime ada ɔnɔ ndimenede owo efen, ke ndinɔ mmɔ mkpaŋ utɔŋ, ke ndinyene mbuɔtidem ke idorenyin mmɔ, ke ndinam ikɔ mmɔ. Mmɔ etiŋ ikɔ eto ntuk spirit eke Jehovah; mmɔ enyene ifiɔk ebaŋa ŋkpɔ emi akade iso, iduɔ eti uduot ke obio, ye nkaiso ukeme andidiɔk ke ndibiat uduak Ete. Ke ndimerede ubɔk nnyin ke enyɔŋ, nnyin iminɔ iberedem nnyin, idihe ke ini oro kpɔt edi ke kpukpru usen uwem nnyin.

Ndinyime esine ndimenede mme stake president ye mme bishop, mme adausuŋ ke quorum ye mme eboho, mme andikpep, kɔm mme adausuŋ ke camp ke mme ward ye mme stake. Ekperede ke ufɔk, nnyin imenede ŋwan nnyin ye mme ebe nnyin, mme nditɔ, mme ete ye eka, mbon ufɔk emana, ye mme mbɔhɔiduŋ. Ke ini nnyin imenede kiet eken nnyin idɔhɔ ite, “ami medu mi nnɔ fi, idihe ndimenede ubɔk kpɔt emenede mme ubɔk mbufo ke ini mmɔ ‘ekeduɔde ke isɔŋ’ edi ke ndidi ndɔŋesit ye odudu ke nkaŋ fo.”

Edinam ke ndimenede oto ke ŋwed Abasi. Ke Mmɔŋ Mormon, mme mbufa mbon Ufɔk Abasi enyime “man ebiom mbiomo kiet eken, man mmɔ efere; … [ke] ndidɔŋ mmɔ emi eyomded ndɔŋesit, ye ke ndida nte ntiense nnɔ Abasi ke kpukpru ini ye ke kpukpru ŋkpɔ, ye ke kpukpru ebiet.”

Ͻnɔde mbon Nephi, Jesus etiŋ ete: “Emenede unwana mbufo ke enyɔŋ man enye ayama ɔnɔ ererimbot. “Sese Ami ndi unwana emi mbufo edimenede ke enyɔŋ.” Nnyin imenede unwana Jehovah ke ini nnyin imumde ɔfɔn mme ediomi nnyin ye ke ini nnyin idade ye odu-uwem prophet nnyin nte enye etiŋde mme ikɔ Abasi.

President Russel M. Nelson etiŋ ete, ke ini anamde utom ke Eboho mme Apostle Duopeba, “Ndimenede ubɔk nnyin nnɔ mme prophet edi nwaidem eke idem owo ite ke nnyin iyenam ukeme nnyin ke ndinyime ndaha eke propet mmɔ.”

Ndimenede prophet edi edisana utom. Nnyin itiehe suŋ suŋ edi ke ndida ye enye, nditiene mme item esie, ndikpep mme ikɔ esie, ndibɔŋ akam nnɔ enye.

Edidem Benjamin ke Ŋwed Mormon, etiŋ ɔnɔ mme owo, “ami ntie nte mbufo, ndi ŋkpɔ nnɔ kpukpru oruk mfina ke idem ye ekikere; edi ema emek mi… nyuŋ mbɔ ndutuhɔre nto ke ubɔk Jehovah … ema enim enyuŋ ekpeme otode ke anana mbiet odudu esie, ke ndinam ŋkpɔ nnɔ mbufo ke ofuri ukeme, ekikere ye odudu emi Jehovah ɔkɔnɔde mi.”

Ndimenede mme ubɔk Moses ke enyɔŋ.

Ukem oro, ke isua 100, ema enim enyuŋ ekpeme President Nelson otode ke ubɔk Jehovah. President Harold B. Lee, ke ini ekedide owo eke First Presidency, ama etiŋ abaŋa uwut ŋkpɔ Moses adade ke enyɔŋ obot ke Raphidim. “Mme ubɔk eke [President Ufɔk Abasi] ekeme ndimem,” enye eketiŋ. “Mmɔ ekeme ndiduɔ ndusuk idaha ke ntak udop ubiɔŋutom esie; edi nte nnyin imenede mme ubɔk esie, ye nte nnyin idade usuŋ ke idak ndausuŋ esie, ke nkaŋ esie, mme inua otop hell idinyeneke unen inɔ mbufo ye Israel. Ubɔhɔ mbufo ye eke nnyin ɔkɔŋɔ mme nnyin imitiene mme itieneke mbon emi Jehovah enimde ndida ibuot ke ufɔk Abasi esie. Enye ɔfiɔk owo emi enye oyomde ada ibuot ke ufɔk Abasi emi, ndien enye idinamke ndudue ndomokiet”

President Nelson emen oto mme isua emi enye anamde utom ɔnɔ Jehovah. Ekamba ndaha, ye akamba ifiɔk ukpep, ifiɔk, ye ndikaiso ndibɔ eriyarare nehede ɔfɔn ke usen nnyin. Enye etiŋ ete: “Ufɔk Abasi Jesus Christ eke mme Ndisana owo ke Ukperedem usen ke ebeŋe enɔ usen emi isɔŋ ediyɔhɔde ye ifiɔk Jehovah’ (Isaiah 11:9). … Utom emi enyene odudu oto ke etop eke uduot Abasi emi ekenɔde ke isua ikie iba ekebede. Enye esine ikɔ itiaba kpɔt: ‘Emi edi Edima Eyen Mi. Ekop Enye!’ (Se Joseph Smith—History 1:17).”

President Nelson nko ama etiŋ: “Iduhe ini emi ke mbuk ererimbot emi ifiɔk eke Andinyaŋa enehede ɔfɔn asaŋa asaŋa onyuŋ edi akpan ɔnɔ kpukpru ukpɔŋ owo. Kere baŋa adaŋa nte ɔsɔpde mbiara mfina ke ofuri ererimbot—ye mbon oro ke uwem nnyin—ekeme nditre edieke nnyin itienede Jesus Christ inyuŋ ikop mme ukpep ŋkpɔ Esie.”

Nditɔ eka irenowo ye iban, ana nte nnyin inam ediwak ke ndimenede ye ndisuhɔre ndikuni, ediwak ke ndimenede ikɔ eke Jehovah, mme usuŋ Esie, ye prophet Esie, emi enye ɔdɔhɔde: “Kiet ke otu akamba mfina nnyin mfin edi ndibahade akpanikɔ eke Abasi nsio ke edidom eke Satan. Oro edi ntak emi Abasi ɔnɔde nnyin item ete ‘ibɔŋ akam kpukpru ini, … man [nnyin] ikan Satan, inyuŋ … ibɔhɔ mme ubɔk ikɔt Satan emi enamde utom [andidiɔk]’ [Doctrine and Covenants 10:5; edian ɔsɔŋɔ].”

Ndifiak ndiɔŋ Manti Utah Temple.

Ke April emi ekebede, Sister Rasband ye ami ima inyene ukpono ke ndisaŋa ye edima prophet nnyin ye Sister Nelson ke ndifiak ndiɔŋ Manti Utah Temple.

President Nelson ama anam kpukpru owo mkpaidem ke ini enye okodukde ubet. Ibat ibaat nnyin kpɔt ikifiɔk ke enye eyedi. Ke ndude ke iso esie, ami ke ndo ndo oro nkop unwana ye ubiɔŋ utom prophet emi enye akamade. Idara ke iso mbon oro ke ndikut prophet eyedu ye ami ke nsinsi.

Ke akam edifiak-ndiɔŋ, President Nelson abeŋe Jehovah ete ke Edisana ufɔk Esie eyedi akpan ndimenede kpukpru mbon emi edukde temple, “nte mmɔ ebɔ mme ndisana edidiɔŋ enyuŋ edot enyuŋ enyene mbuɔtidem ke ediomi mmɔ … nte emi edi ufɔk emem, ufɔk ndɔŋesit, ye ufɔk eke eriyarare eke idem owo ɔnɔ kpukpru owo emi edidukde inua otop emi ke edinen ido.”

Kpukpru nnyin iyom edimenede ke enyɔŋ otode Jehovah ke emem, ndɔŋesit, ndien ke ata akpan ye eriyarare eke idem owo ke ndikan ndik, ekim, ye enini emi ofukde ererimbot.

Mbemiso mbono ɔtɔŋɔ, nnyin ikida ke anwa ye President ye Sister Nelson ke ndise ediye ebiet. Ebuana ete ete President Nelson ke ebiet oro ama okpon. Mme ete esie 8 ekeduŋ ke nduɔ isɔŋ oro akanare temple, nte okim ekenamde. Ete ete ete mi Andrew Anderson akanam utom ye mbon ubɔp ufɔk eke akpa mbon emi ekenamde utom ke isua 11 ke ndibɔp nkure Manti Temple, ɔyɔhɔ ita ke Rocky Mountains.

Nte nnyin ikidade ye President Nelson, nnyin ima inyene unen ke ndimenede nyuŋ nda ye prophet Abasi ke usɔrɔ edifiak ndiɔŋ edisana ufɔk Jehovah. Edi usen eke ami midifreke ke nsinsi.

“Nnyin ibɔp mme temple ndikpono Jehovah,” President Nelson eketiŋ ke edisana usen oro. “Ebɔp mmɔ enɔ ndikpono Abasi, idihe ke ŋkpɔ ndise. Nnyin inam mme edisana ediomi eke nsi nsi ufɔn ke esit mme edisana ibene emi.” Nnyin ke itataŋ Israel ibok.

President Nelson ye mme prophet emi ekedude mbemiso enye ekama mme ndisana temple ke ubɔk mmɔ ɔfɔn. Mfin, ke ofuri ererimbot, nnyin inyene edisana ufɔk Jehovah 350 emi enamde utom, esiande mme edude ke ndibɔp. Nte prophet, tɔŋɔde ke 20218, President Nelson asian temple 168.

“ke ini nnyin,” enye etiŋ, “ofuri, ɔyɔhɔ, ye ediye edidiana eke kpukpru emana, ukpɔhɔde, ye mme odudu ana nte edian kiet (se Doctrine and Covenants 128:18). Ke ntak eti ufɔn emi, ndisana temple idahaemi ɔyɔhɔ ererimbot nte ntɔi. Mfiak ntiŋ nte ke ndibɔp mme temple ikemeke ndipkuhɔre uwem mbufo, edi utom mbufo ke temple ke akpan edinam.”

“Andinyaŋa ye Ukpep-ŋkpɔ Esie edi ata esit eke temple,” President etiŋ. “Everything taught in the temple, through instruction and through the Spirit, increases our understanding of Jesus Christ. Mme akpan edinam Esie edian nnyin ye Enye oto ke mme ndisana ediomi itie oku. Ndien, nte nnyin inimde mme ediomi nnyin, Enye ɔdiɔŋ nnyin ye edikɔk Esie ye, odudu Esie.

“Kpukpru mbon emi etuakde ibuot ke temple,” President Nelson eketiŋ, “nnyin iyenyene odudu Abasi ye mme angel ‘ndikpeme mmɔ’ [Doctrine and Covenants 109:22]. Didie ke enye anam idorenyin mbufo ɔkɔri ke ndifiɔk ete ke, nte ŋwan mme eren emi ɔbɔde endowment [mme iwaad emi odukde temple] enyenede odudu Abasi, unyeneke ndidu uwem ikpɔŋ? Nso uko ke enye ɔnɔ mbufo ndifiɔk ete ke mme angel eyeŋwam mbufo?”

Mme angel edide ndimenede enam anwaŋa ke ikɔ Abasi ke ini Jesus Christ ɔkɔtɔŋɔre edɔŋ ye nsuhɔre-idem ke Inwaŋ Gethsemane. Ke ntak ndutuhɔre Esie Enye ama ɔnɔ nsɔŋurua Uwa-usio-isop. “Do,” President Nelson ete, “mkpon nkan edinam ima kiet eke wetde ke kpukpru mbuk akada itie. … Do ke Gethsemane, Jehovah ‘ɔbɔ ubiak eke kpukpru owo, man kpukpru … ekeme ndikabare esit nyuŋ ndi ntiene enye’ [Doctrine and Covenants 18:11].”

“Mem cup emi sio nnɔ mi:” Jesus Christ akebeŋe, “nte ededi okudi ke uduak mi, edi yak enam, okuo.

“Ndien angel oto ke heaven ɔbiɔŋɔre ke iso esie, ndisɔŋɔ Enye idem.”

Nnyin iminyene mme angel ekande nnyin ekuk mfin. President Nelson etiŋ ete, [Ke esit temple] mbufo eyekpep ndibahare ikpehe ke ufɔt heaven ye isɔŋ, adaŋa nte edibupde mme angel Abasi ndidi mbine mbufo.”

Mme Angel eda uŋwana edi. Unwana Abasi. Ͻnɔde mme Apostle mbon Nephi Esie, Jesus ama etiŋ, “Sese Ami ndi unwana emi mbufo edimenede ke enyɔŋ.” Nte nnyin imenede ubɔk inɔ prophet nnyin, nnyin itie ntiense ite ke Andinyaŋa okokot enye, emi edide “unwana … ererimbot.”

Edima President Nelson, ke ibuot mbon ufɔk Abasi ye mme ufan Ufɔk Abasi ke ofuri ererimbot, nnyin imibɔ edidiɔŋ ke ndimenede mme ukpepŋkpɔ fo, ke ndimenede uwutŋkpɔ eke edidu Mbiet-uwem-Christ fo, ye ke ndimenede eti ikɔ ntiense fo ke Abasi ye Andinyaŋ, Andifak kpukpru nnyin.

Ami nnɔ ikɔ ntiense eke apostle mi nte ke Jesus Christ edi “unwana … ererimbot.” Yak nnyin kpukpru, nte mme mbet Esie, “imenede ke enyɔŋ” unwana Esie. Ke enyiŋ Jesus Christ, amen.

Mkpri ŋwed

  1. See Doctrine and Covenants 1:38.

  2. 2 Nephi 4:20–21.

  3. See Ronald A. Rasband, “Words Matter,” Liahona, May 2024, 70–76.

  4. Doctrine and Covenants 81:5.

  5. Mosiah 18:8–9.

  6. 3 Nephi 18:24; emphasis added.

  7. Russell M. Nelson, “Sustaining the Prophets,” Liahona, Nov. 2014, 75.

  8. Mosiah 2:11.

  9. See Doctrine and Covenants 21:6; 81:5.

  10. Harold B. Lee, in Conference Report, Oct. 1970, 153.

  11. In “The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World,” it states: “We gladly declare that the promised Restoration goes forward through continuing revelation. The earth will never again be the same, as God will ‘gather together in one all things in Christ’ (Ephesians 1:10).”

  12. Russell M. Nelson, “The Future of the Church: Preparing the World for the Savior’s Second Coming,” Liahona, Apr. 2020, 6–7.

  13. Russell M. Nelson, “Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 6.

  14. Russell M. Nelson, “The Power of Spiritual Momentum,” Liahona, May 2022, 99.

  15. Dedicatory Prayer, Manti Utah Temple, 21 April 2024,” ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

  16. In the Book of Mormon, the prophet Mormon tried to comfort his son Moroni in a letter when Moroni was alone and hunted by enemies. He wrote, “May Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death … rest in your mind forever” (Moroni 9:25).

  17. Before the dedication of the Manti Utah Temple in 1888, two other temples in Utah had already been dedicated: the St. George Utah Temple in 1877 and the Logan Utah Temple in 1884. The first temple of the Restoration was built in Kirtland, Ohio, and dedicated in 1836. Great spiritual manifestations accompanied the services, and priesthood keys were restored by Moses, Elias, and Elijah so that temple work and the gathering of Israel could begin in earnest.

    Joseph Smith recorded, “It was a Pentecost and an endowment indeed, long to be remembered, for the sound shall go forth from this place into all the world, and the occurrences of this day shall be handed down upon the pages of sacred history to all generations, as the day of Pentecost, so shall this day be numbered and celebrated as a year of Jubilee and time of rejoicing to the Saints of the Most High God” (Joseph Smith, Journal, 1835–1836, pp. 189–90, josephsmithpapers.org; spelling, capitalization, and punctuation modernized). The Nauvoo Temple was dedicated officially in May 1846, after the majority of the Saints had abandoned their homes and community. More than 6,000 Saints made temple covenants before fleeing to the West. (See Church History Topics, “Nauvoo Temple,” Gospel Library.)

  18. Russell M. Nelson, in “President Nelson Rededicates Manti Utah Temple,” Apr. 21, 2024, newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

  19. See Scott Taylor, “A By-the-Numbers Look at the 168 Temples Announced by President Nelson,” Church News, Apr. 14, 2024, thechurchnews.com.

  20. Russell M. Nelson, “The Future of the Church,” 8–9.

  21. Russell M. Nelson, “The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 93–94.

  22. Russell M. Nelson, “Rejoice in the Gift of Priesthood Keys,” Liahona, May 2024, 121.

  23. Russell M. Nelson, “The Atonement,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 35.

  24. Luke 22:42–43.

  25. Russell M. Nelson, “The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation,” 96.

  26. 3 Nephi 18:24.

  27. 3 Nephi 11:11.

  28. 3 Nephi 11:11.