Mantswe a Tsosoloso

Kgolegelo ya Liberty

Fa a ntse a le mo kgolegelong ya Liberty, Missouri, Joseph Smith o ne a amogela makwalo a a mo itsiseng ka seemo se se diphatsa se Baitshepi ba Matsatsi a Bofelo ba neng ba lelekwa mo kgaolong ka taelo ya molaodi. Lekwalo le le botlhoko le ne le tswa kwa mosading wa gagwe Emma. Mafoko a gagwe, le makwalo a ga Joseph a fetola, a tlhalosa dipogisego tsa bone le tumelo ya bone ka nako ya motlha ona o o thata mo ditsong tsa Kereke.

Joseph Smith le ba bangwe ba ne ba tshwerwe mo kgolegelong ena mo marigeng a 1838–39.

Lekwalo le le tswang kwa go Emma Smith go ya kwa go Joseph Smith, Mopitlo 7, 1839

Mogatsake yo o Rategang

Ka ke na le monyetla go romela ka tsala, ke leka go kwala, mme ga nkitla ke leka go kwala maikutlo a me gotlhelele, gonne seemo se o leng mo go sone, mabota, ditshipi, le diloto, dinoka tse di elelang, melapo e e elelang, dithaba tse di tlhatlogang, megogoro e e nwelang le ditshutlhanka tse di anamang tse di re kgaoganyang, le tshiamololo e e setlhogo e pele e go tsentseng mo toronkong mme e ntse e go tshwere moo, ka dilo tse dingwe tse dintsi tseo ke di akanyang, di baya maikutlo a me kgakala le tlhaloso.

Fa e ne e se ka lebaka la go tlhoka molato, le tsenelelo e e tlhamaletseng ya kutlwelobotlhoko ya selegodimo, ke netefatsa gore ke kabo nkileng ke sa kgona go itshokela ditiragalo tsa dipogisego tseo ke fetileng go tsone … ; mme ke santse ke tshela ebile ke santse ke ikemiseditse go boga go feta fa e le gore ke thato ya Legodimo le le pelonomi gore ke tshwanetse ka ntllha ya gago.

Go ne jaanong rotlhe re tsogile sentle, fa e se Fredrick yo o lwalang thata.

Alexander yo monyenyane yo jaanong a leng mo matsogong a me ke mongwe ngwana yo montle thata yo o kileng wa mmona mo botshelong jwa gago. O nonofile mo e leng gore ka thuso ya setilo o tlaa taboga go dikologa ntlwana. …

Ga go ope fa e se Modimo yo o itseng boteng jwa tlhaloganyo ya me le maikutlo a pelo ya me fa ke ne ke tloga kwa ntlong ya rona le legae la rona, le tseo tse di batlileng go nna tsotlhe tseo re neng re na le tsone ntle fela le Bana ba rona ba banyennyane, mme ka tsaya leeto la me go tswa mo kgaolong ya Missouri, ke go tlogela o tswaletswe mo toronkong eo e e bodutu. Mme kakanyo ya teng e thata go feta ka fa tlholego ya motho e tshwanetseng go go itshokela. …

… Ke solofela gore go na le malatsi a a botoka a a santseng a tlaa tla mo go rona. … [Ke] wa gago ka metlha ka lerato.

Emma Smith

Lekwalo go tswa kwa go Joseph Smith go ya kwa go Emma Smith, Moranang 4, 1839

Mosadi wa me yo o rategang—le yo o lorato.

Labone bosigo ke ne ka nna fa fatshe fa letsatsi le ntse le phirima, fa re ntse re okomela ka menyako ya toronko ena e e bodutu, go go kwalela, gore ke ka go itsise seemo sa me. Ke a dumela jaanong e ka nna dikgwedi tse tlhano le malatsi a marataro fa e sale ke nna ka fa tlase ga tshinalalo ya badisa bosigo le motshegare. Le mo teng ga mabota, mejako le mabati a tshipi a a modumo a toronko e e bodutu, e e lefifi , e e leswe. Ka maikutlo a a itsiweng ke Modimo fela ke kwala lekwalo le. Dikakanyo tsa tlhaloganyo ka fa tlase ga diemo tsena di ganana le pene, kgotsa leleme, kgotsa Baengele, go tlhalosa, kgotsa go penta, mo mothong yo o ise a keng a itemogele se re se itemogelang. … Re ikaegile ka seatla sa ga Jehofa, mme e seng ope gape, ka kgololo ya rona, mme fa a sa e dire, ga e kitla e dirwa, o ka netefalediwa, gonne go na le lenyora le legolo la madi a rona mo kgaolong ena; e seng ka gore re molato wa sepe. … Emma wa me yo o Rategang, ke akanya ka wena le bana ka gale. … Ke batla go bona Frederick yo monyennyane, Joseph, Julia, Alexander, Joana, le monna-mogolo [ntŝa ya lelwapa]. … Ke tlaa itumelela go tloga fa go tla kwa go wena ke sa rwala ditlhako, ke rotse mo tlhogong, mme ke tlhobotse halofo, go go bona le go akanya gore ke boitumelo jo bogolo, mme ke se bale e le morwalo. Ke itshokela kgatelelo yotlhe ya me ka maikutlo a a ritibetseng, jalo le ba ba nang le nna; ga go yo mongwe wa rona yo o kileng a ikgogona. Ke batla [gore] o se letle [bana ba rona] ba ntebale. Ba bolelele gore Rraabone o ba rata ka lerato le le itekanetseng, mme o dira sotlhe seo a ka se kgonang go tshaba mo segopeng gore a tle kwa go bone. … Ba bolelele gore Rraabone a re ba tshwanetse go nna bana ba ba molemo, mme ba utlwe mmabone. …

Weno,

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Dintlha

1. Letter from Emma Smith, 7 March 1839,” Letterbook 2, 37,josephsmithpapers.org; spelling, punctuation, and grammar standardized.

2. Letter to Emma Smith, 4 April 1839,” 1-3,josephsmithpapers.org; spelling, punctuation, and grammar standardized.

3. Joseph le bapati ba gagwe ba ne ba tshwarwa ka Phalane 31, 1838, mme ba ne ba tshegediwa ka fa tlase ga tebelo e e bokete bosigo le motshegare. Morago ga tsheko ya ketapele mo Richmond, Missouri, ba ne ba isiwa kwa Kgolegelong ya Liberty ka Sedimonthole 1.