“AmaZoramayithi,” Book of Mormon Stories (2023)
AmaZoramayithi
Ukukhulisa ukholo lwabo kuYesu Krestu
Iqela labantu lamaNifayithi ekuthiwa ngamaZoramayithi babengayigcini imiyalelo kaThixo. Oku kwenza umprofeti u-Alma ukuba abebuhlungu. Wayeyazi eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokubanceda yayikukubafundisa ilizwi likaThixo. Wahamba kunye no-Amyuleki nabanye ukuyobafundisa.
AmaZoramayithi ayesazi ngoThixo kodwa ayezitshintshile iimfundiso zaKhe. Ayenqula izithixo. Ayecinga ukuba angcono kunabanye abantu. Ayekrwada ebantwini ababengena mali.
Alma 31:1, 8–12, 24–25; 32:2–3
AmaZoramayithi akhe indawo ephakamileyo yokuma embindini weecawe zawo. Ngamnye ngamnye bema phezu kwayo bathandaza. Babethandaza besebenzisa amagama afanayo. Emthandazweni, bathi uThixo akanawo umzimba kwaye uYesu Krestu wayengeyonyani. Babesithi ngabo bodwa abantu abazokusindiswa nguThixo.
U-Alma waye wathanda amaZoramayithi kwaye efuna alandele uThixo noYesu. Wathandaza wacela uThixo ukuba amncede kwaye nabanye abaze naye ukuba bafundise amaZoramayithi. U-Alma kwaye nabo babenaye babegcwele nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Bahamba ke baya kufundisa ngamandla kaThixo.
Amanye amaZoramayithi ayebuhlungu. Ayengavunyelwa ukuba angene ezicaweni kuba ayengenazo iimpahla ezintle. Ayefuna ukunqula uThixo kodwa ayengazi ukuba ayokwenzeka njani ukuba ayengekwazi ukuya ezicaweni. Abuza u-Alma ukuba enzeni na. U-Alma wawafundisa ukuba uThixo uyayiva imithandazo yawo nokuba aphi na.
U-Alma wathi uThixo ufuna abantu babenokholo. Wathelekisa iimfundiso zikaThixo kwimbewu. Ukuba abantu bangatyala iimfundiso zikaThixo ezintliziyweni zabo, loo mbewu ingakhula kwaye bangayazi ukuba iimfundiso zikaThixo ziyinyani Uthe kufuneka babe nomnqweno wokukholelwa ukuze baqale ukusebenzisa ukholo lwabo.
U-Amyuleki wafundisa abantu ngecebo likaThixo labantwana baKhe. Wabaxelela ukuba ngenxa kaYesu bangaxoleleka bonke kwizono zabo. Wabafundisa ukuthandaza kuThixo kwaye wathi ukuba uThixo angabanceda kwaye abakhusele.
AmaZoramayithi amaninzi angamahlwempu ayekholelwa kwinto ababeyifundiswa ngu-Alma no-Amyuleki. Kodwa iinkokeli zamaZoramayithi zazinomsindo. Zanyanzela onke amakholwa ukuba aphume kwisixeko.
Amakholwa ahamba ayokuphila nama-Antayi-Nifayi-Lihayi. Ama-Anti-Nifayi-Lihayi alungiselela kuwo, okanye babakhonza, ngokubapha ukutya, iimpahla, nomhlaba.