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Bōk Iood Etan Jisōs Kraist
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Bōk Iood Etan Jisōs Kraist

An ļapļo̧k wōt ad kile kōj kōn im keememej Jisōs Kraist, eļapļo̧k ad kōņaan eromļo̧k āinwōt E.

Ilo 2018 eo, ilo University eo an Utah, juon special professorship kar ejaake ņa etan “Dr. Russell M. Nelson im Dantzel W. Nelson Presidential Chair ilo Cardiothoracic Surgery”—cardio, meļeļe in “menono,” im thoracic, meļeļe in “ob.” Ekar nebar jerbal eo aorōk an Būreejtōn Nelson āinwōt juon rim̧wijm̧wij menono im jipan̄ eo ekar bōk jān lio emej kar pāleen, Dantzel Professorship in kar kōļļāik juon jāān in jipan̄ kar ejaake bwe en pād n̄an ilju im jekļaj. Ro kajjojo kāālet er n̄an kain taib in professorship in ebun̄bun̄ ej bōk kile, jipan̄ ilo wōņāān, im jāān in jipan̄ research.

Dr. Selzman ippān Būreejtōn Nelson

Rim̧wijm̧wij eo m̧oktata kar kāālete n̄an kabwijer professorship eo ekar Dr. Craig H. Selzman, juon rim̧wijm̧wij menono ekapeel me ekar jab juon uwaan kabun̄ in ad. Ilo iien leļo̧k nebar in an professorship eo n̄an Dr. Selzman, elōn̄ rilotok ro raorōk raar pād, ekoba Būreejtōn Nelson im lio pāleen Sister Wendy W. Nelson. Ilo kweilo̧k eo, Būreejtōn Nelson kōnono ilo ettā kōn an kar jerbal in m̧wijm̧wij.

Innām Dr. Selzman ekar kwaļo̧k jon̄an aorōk in n̄an e ke em̧ōj kāālete n̄an professorship in. Ekar kwaļo̧k bwe emen raan ko m̧oktaļo̧k, ālkin juon raan aitok ilo ruum̧ in m̧wijm̧wij eo, ekar lo bwe juon iaan rinan̄inmej ro an kar aikuj in bar ro̧o̧l in m̧wijm̧wij. Ekar m̧ōk im inepata, jeļā bwe ekar bar aikuj in joļo̧k juon bon̄ ilo aujpitōļ eo.

Dr. Selzman ippān Sister im Būreejtōn Nelson

Joteen in, Dr. Selzman kōnono ippān make kōn juon men ekar ukōt mour eo an. Ilo iien eo, ekar ļōmņak: “Ilo Bōļaide, naaj kappeik eō n̄an juon professorship eo ej bōk etan Dr. Nelson. Kar jeļā kake āinwōt juon eo ej dāpij en̄jake ko an, kautiej aolep, im jan̄in kwaļo̧k an illu. Kiiō āt eo eta enaaj ekkejelļo̧k ippān etan, ij aikuj kajjion̄ in ainļo̧k wōt e.” Dr. Selzman ekar kadede juon rim̧wijm̧wij eo lukkuun lo̧ļe. Bōtaab ear kōņaan em̧m̧anļo̧k wōt.

Kar m̧okta, kumi in m̧wijm̧wiji eo an emaron̄ kar kile an m̧ōk im inepata kōnke emaron̄ kar kwaļo̧ke ilo paotokin im ainikien an kōnono. Bōtaab ilo ruum̧ in m̧wijm̧wij eo jotten jab eo, Dr. Selzman ekar kōm̧m̧ane juon kijejeto eo ejetjet n̄an jipan̄ im meļeļe kōn kumi eo an. Ekar en̄jake ekar kōm̧m̧ane juon oktak im jōk ippān n̄an wōnm̧aanļo̧k in kajjion̄ n̄an erom āinļo̧k wōt Dr. Nelson.

Dr. Selzman ej kōņak RMN pin eo

Ļalem iiō tok ālik, Būreejtōn Nelson ekar liļo̧k professional peba ko an n̄an University of Utah. Ro routiej jān univeristy of Utah raar itok in kam̧m̧oolol Būreejtōn Nelson. Ilo iien in, Dr. Selzman ekar bar kōnono. Ekar kōnono kōn leta ko ilo jino in etan Būreejtōn Nelson, RMN, ekar ba, “Ewōr juon m̧wil ņa etan ‘RMN’ kōmij ļoore ilo Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery ilo University of Utah.”

Ilo jekjek ko ewōr dikāāļāļ ie, Dr Selzman ekar kōmeļeļeik: “Ij kōm̧m̧ane ta eo kōmij kiiō katakin rikaminene ro ad n̄an kōm̧m̧ane—kalimjōk wōt, bōjrak inepata kake, im kōm̧m̧ane ijo em̧m̧an tata kwomaron̄e. M̧wil in ej mour ilo kōm aolep raan. Kōmij liļo̧k lapel pin ko n̄an aolep ro uwaan division eo im n̄an kajjojo rikaminene kāāl. Ilo tulaļ in pin eo rej leta ko ‘RMN.’ M̧wil eo ņa etan RMN ej pedped in ekkatak eo am, kōmij katakin aolep kake.” Dr Selzman ekar ļōmņak wōt in kōm̧anm̧anļo̧k m̧wil im ikdeelel ko an m̧oktaļo̧k kōnke etan ej kiiō ekkeijelo̧k ippān etan Būreejtōn Nelson.

Men kein raar waļo̧k n̄an Dr Selzman ekar kōm̧m̧an bwe in kajjitkin eō make? “Ilo wāween ta em̧ōj aō oktak jān ke iar ekkeijelļo̧k eta n̄an etan Jisōs Kraist? Ikar ke bōk juon m̧wil an Kraist āinwōt juon tōprak? Ikar ke m̧ool in kajjion̄ erom em̧m̧anļo̧k im āinļo̧k wōt E?”

Ilo en̄jake Eo an Dr. Selzman, jemaron̄ lo ļalem wāween ko me jekjek in ej ainļo̧k wōt eo me jej bōk iood make etan Jisōs Kraist. Jekdo̧o̧ņ men̄e jekjek jab in ej ijjino kōn peptaij, ejjab dedeļo̧k m̧ae iien jej erreoļo̧k im kwojajrar im m̧ōj ad eromļo̧k āinwōt E.

Wāween eo im̧aan tata ej kadkadid Ejjitōn̄ eo an Dr Selzman n̄an Nelson professorship eo ear ekkeijelo̧k etan n̄an etan Būreejtōn Nelson, im Dr. Selzman ekar jino watōk e āinļo̧k wōt Būreejtōn Nelson. N̄e jej bōk iood make etan Jisōs Kraist, jej kōkkejel etad ippān Etan. Jej kile kōj Ippān. Jej m̧ōņōņō in ņa etad Rikūrijtin. Jej kile Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo im jej peran ilo kwaļo̧k n̄an armej jej uwaan Kabun̄ eo An.

Lukkuun epaakeļo̧k kile ej bar juon wāween—keememej. Ke Dr. Selzman ej etal n̄an opiij eo an, mejān ej kajju kalimjōk medal eo ekar bōke ke kar jitōn̄e n̄an Nelson professorship eo. Medal in ej kakeememej e raan otemjej kōn m̧wil eo an RMN. N̄an kōj, bōk m̧ōttan kwojkwoj eo kajjojo wiik ej jipan̄ kōj keememej Jisōs Kraist ilo aolepān wiik eo. Ilo ad bōk m̧ōttan kwojkwoj eo, jej kōm̧m̧ane ilo keememej wōņāān eo E ekar kōļļāik n̄an lo̧mo̧o̧ren kōj. Jej bar kōkāāl bujen eo n̄an keememej E, kile wōj eo An, im kam̧m̧oolol kōn em̧m̧an eo An. Jej kile im bar kile bwe ej men eo de in im kōn jouj eo An jej mour jān mej in kanniōk im jetōb.

Keememej ej meļeļe in bwe jej ļoor kapilōk eo kar letok jān rikanaan eo Bok in Mormon, Alma. Jej “kōtļo̧k bwe aolep kōm̧m̧an ko [ad] ren n̄an Irooj, im jabdewōt ijo [jej etal ie] en ilo Irooj; … [jej] kōtļo̧k aolep [ad] ļōmņak bwe ren n̄an Irooj; … [im jej] kōtļo̧k bwe iakwe ko an [būruōd] bwe ren pād ioon Irooj indeeo.” Jekdo̧o̧n men̄e jej obrak kōn men ko jet, jej dim wōt ilo keememej E, ejja āinwōt ad keememej etad make, jekdo̧o̧n ta men ko jet jej kalimjōki.

Eddōkļo̧k eo kōn keememej ta eo Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo ekar kōm̧m̧ane n̄an kōj ej wāween eo kein kajilu—ari Dr. Selzman ekar jino arin Būreejtōn Nelson im m̧wil eo an RMN. Ij tōmak bwe m̧wil eo an Būreejtōn Nelson ej juon tōprak in an juon rikaļoor an Jisōs Kraist ilo aolepān mour eo an. N̄an kōj, an ļapļo̧k wōt ad kile kōn im keememej Jisōs Kraist, eļapļo̧k ad kōņaan eromļo̧k āinwōt E. Āinwōt rikaļoor ro An, jej oktak n̄an em̧m̧anļo̧k eo n̄e jej kalimjōk E, eļapļo̧k jān n̄e jej kalimjōk kōj make. Jej kajjion̄ erom āinwōt E im pukot n̄an jeraam̧m̧an kōn paotok ko An. Emakijkij ad jar n̄an obrak kōn iakwe eo em̧o̧ol, iakwe eo erreo an Kraist.

Āinwōt an Būreejtōn Nelson kar katakin ilo Eprōļ eo: “Ilo an iakwe-em̧ool m̧ōttan mour eo ad, jenaaj joļo̧k kōnanaik ro jet. Enaaj bōjrak aō ekajete ro jet. Jenaaj bōk iakwe-em̧ool n̄an aolep armej. Iakwe-em̧ool n̄an aolep l … armej ej aorōk n̄an eddōkļo̧k eo ad. Iakwe-em̧ool ej peded in m̧wil in anij.” Ippānļo̧k iakwe-em̧ool, jej pukot, “kōpooj, … im kōdepakpakļo̧k” menin letok ko jet an jetōb jān Rilo̧mo̧o̧r, ekoba wānōk, m̧ool, kijenmej, ettā bōro, im niknik.

Arin Jisōs Kraist ej tōlļo̧k kōj n̄an wāween eo kein kemen— kajetjet ippān jibadbad ko An. Jej koba Ippān ilo jerbal eo An. Āinwōt juon rim̧wijm̧wij, Dr. Nelson kar jeļā kajjien āinwōt juon rūkaki, juon rikōmour, im juon researcher. Lapel pin eo kar kōjerbale ilo ra eo an Dr. Selzman ej kōmejajaik jibadbad kein, waļo̧k ilo naan ko katakin; kemour, im kappukot. N̄an kōj, bōk iood make etan Jisōs Kraist ekitbuuj m̧ōņōņō, ļōmņak wōt in, im lo̧udin̄din̄ ilo kajetjet kōttōpar ko ad ippān ko An. N̄e jej koba Ippān ilo jerbal eo An jej “ iakwe, kwaļo̧k, im karuwainene.” N̄e jej koba Ippān ilo jerbal eo An n̄e jej jerbal in karejar n̄an ro jet, eļap tata ro rejerematmat n̄an kakkure im ro me kar ikinejnej, jepepļo̧k, ak kakkure jān en̄jake ko aer ilo mour in.

Eļapļo̧k ad bōk iood make etan Jisōs Kraist kōn ba kajjien, keememej, ari, im kajetjet. Kōm̧m̧ane men kein emen ej tōlļo̧k kōj n̄an wāween eo kein kōļalem—kōkajoor. Jej bōk kajoor eo im kōjeraam̧m̧an ko an Anij ilo mour ko ad. Nelson professorship eo ej leļo̧k n̄an Dr. Selzman kile im jāān in jipan̄ ko bwe en kōjerbali n̄an ukōt m̧anit eo ilo division eo an. Ej kōjerbal “jāān in kōkajoor” in n̄an jipan̄ ro jet. Ilo ejja wāween in wōt, n̄e jej bōk iood make etan Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo, Jemādwōj Ilan̄ ej kōjeraam̧m̧an kōj kōn kajoor eo An n̄an jipan̄ kōj kakūrm̧ool mijen eo an ilo mour in.

Ilo ad kōm̧m̧ani bujen ko jet ippān Anij, eļapļo̧k ad bōk iood make etan Jisōs Kraist. Kōn menin, Anij ej kōjeraam̧m̧an kōj kōn eļapļo̧k An kajoor. Āinwōt an Būreejtōn Nelson kar katakin: “Kajjojo armej eo ej kōm̧m̧ani bujen ko ilo dānin peptaij im ilo tampeļ ko—im kōjparoki—ekar kōļapļo̧k ad maron̄ bōk kajoor eo an Jisōs Kraist. Nōbar eo kōn kōjparok bujen ko ippān Anij ej kajoor in lan̄ … me ej kōkajoor kōj n̄an jutak ņae apan̄ ko ad, kapo ko, im būrom̧ōj ko em̧m̧alo̧k.”

Eļapļo̧k ad bōk men ko an jetōb. Eļapļo̧k peran eo ad n̄an jum̧ae jekjek ko me āinwōt reppen. Jej kajoorļo̧k ilo kijejeto eo ad n̄an ļoor Jisōs Kraist. Em̧ōkaj ļo̧k ad ukweļok im bar ro̧o̧l n̄an E n̄e jej bōd. Em̧m̧anļo̧k ad karuwainene ilo kwaļo̧k gospel eo An kōn kajoor im mālim eo An. Jej jipan̄ ro rej pād ilo aikuj ilo an dikļo̧k ad ekajet, kanooj dikļo̧k ekajet. Jej bōk juon jeorļo̧k bōd in jerawiwi ko ad. Eļapļo̧k ad aenōm̧m̧an, im eļapļo̧k ad m̧ōņōņō kōnke jemaron̄ aolep iien lem̧ōņōņō. An aiboojoj en jepooļe kōm, im enjeļ ro Am̧ enaaj wōr aer eddo ioom̧.

Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo ej karuwaineneik kōj, “om̧in maron̄ itok n̄an Jemān ilo eta, im ilo iien eo ejim̧we bōk tarlep eo an.” Ij libjerjere kom̧ n̄an kōm̧m̧ane menin. Itok n̄an Jemādwōj Ilan̄. Bōk ioom̧ make etan Jisōs Kraist. Kile kom̧ Ippān. Keememej E iien otemjeļo̧k. Kajjion̄ in erom āiniwōt E. Koba Ippān ilo Jerbal eo An. Bōk kajoor eo im kōjeraam̧m̧an ko An ilo mour eo ami. Je Etan ilo būruōmi, ilo m̧ōņōņō im kōttōpar. Menin ej lewaj n̄an eok juon “nebar” im̧aan Anij im ej kōkarbōb eok n̄an jojomar eo an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ilo etam̧. Kwonaaj erom juon ribōk mour ijo eutiej tata ilo aelōn̄ eo an Jemād ilo Lan̄, juon rijolet ippān M̧aanje eo Nejin, ad Rilo̧mo̧o̧r jitōnbōro im Ripinmuur.

E emour. Ilukkuun jeļā. E ej iakwe eok. E ekar leļo̧k mour eo An kōn kwe. E ej akweļap ippam̧ n̄an itok n̄an Jemān kōn E. Ilo etan Jisōs Kraist, amen.

Kakeememej ko

  1. Jāān in rej ņa etan juon mennin letok.

  2. Juon tōprak eļap ej jerbal eo an Būreejtōn Nelson lo an kar ejaake mechine in heart-lung bypass eo im̧aan tata kar kōjerbale n̄an m̧wijm̧wij menono.

  3. Būreejtōn Nelson ekar riboote bwe ilo iien surgical internship, juon rim̧wijm̧wij ilo ruum̧ in m̧wijm̧wij eo ekar jab dāpij illu eo an im kar kadkad kōn juon bakbōk in m̧wijm̧wij me ekar jok ilo pein Būreejtōn Nelson. Būreejtōn Nelson ekar ba, “Menin ekar waļo̧k ekar lukkuun jelet eō. Ilo awa eo wōt, ikar kallim̧uri eō make bwe jekdo̧o̧n ta ewaļo̧k ilo ruum̧ in m̧wijm̧wij eo aō, ijjamin luuj kantōrool n̄an en̄jake ko aō. Ikar barāinwōt kallim̧ur ilo raan eo n̄an jamin kadkad kōn jabdewōt men ilo illu—men̄e bakbōk in m̧wijm̧wij ko ak naan ko” (“Rikōm̧m̧an Aenōm̧m̧an Ej Aikuj,” Liaona, Māe 2023, 98).

  4. Menin leļo̧k eo ekar kitbuuj elōn̄ļo̧k jān 7,000 riboot in operation ko, ippānļo̧k peba in research ko im professional writing ko me kar kobaik ippān doon ilo iien jerbal in taktō eo ejej uwaan an Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson.

  5. Jejjo armej raar kōnono kōn Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson, ekoba būreejtōn eo an University of Utah, Būreejtōn Taylor R. Randall, eo kar kōnono kōn Būreejtōņ Nelson āinwōt kar rijikuuļ eo eļap an jenolo̧k an Univeristy eo an Utah.

  6. Naan eo ethos ej kōmeļeļeik “m̧wil eo ejenolo̧k, paotok eo, piktok in kannōk, ak tōmak ko tōl an juon armej, kumi, ak institution” (Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, “ethos”).

  7. Ilo 2018 eo, lio pāleō, Ruth, im n̄a kar maron̄ pād ilo iien ceremony eo me Dr. Selzman kar jitōn̄e n̄an Nelson professorship eo. Ilo 2023 eo, ikar maron̄ pād iien eo ke Būreejtōn Nelson ekar leļo̧k professional peba ko an n̄an University of Utah.

  8. Lale Moronai 7:48.

  9. Naan in Hibru eo kar ukōte āinwōt “bōk” ilo eoon eo “bōk ioon etan Kraist” ej meļeļe in n̄an “kotak ļōn̄ļo̧k” ak “ineek,”āinwōt juon en kar n̄an banner eo me ej kwaļo̧k kadkad juon make ippān juon ak kumi (see James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible [1984], Hebrew dictionary section, page 80, number 5375).

  10. Lale 2 Nipai 10:24; Moronai 10:32–33; Katak im Bujen Ko 76:69.

  11. Alma 37:36

  12. Dr. Selzman ekar ba: “Jabdewōt iien kwoj jino kōnono kōn health care ippān [Būreejtōn Nelson], ej jino em̧ōņōņō turin mejān. … Ej kabwilōn̄lōn̄ n̄an lo ewi wāmourur an [bōke] n̄an kōnono kōn aolep men kein” (in Sydney Walker, “As President Nelson Turns 100, His Family and Associates Reflect on His Life and Legacy,” Church News, Sept. 7, 2024, thechurchnews.com). N̄a make emōj aō lo “m̧ōņōņō eo kōn kōnono kōn health care” ilo turin mejān Būreejtōn Russell M. Nelson, bōtaab ejjeļo̧k keidi n̄an m̧ōņōņō eo ekar bōke ke ekar kōnono kōn Jisōs Kraist.

  13. Lale Moronai 7:47–48.

  14. Russell M. Nelson, “Peran ilo Im̧aan Mejān Anij,” Liaona, Māe 2025, 128.

  15. Lale 1 Korint 12:31; Katak im Bujen Ko 46:8.

  16. Russell M. Nelson, “An Sister ro Bōk Koņaer ilo Aiintok Israel,” Liaona, Nob. 2018, 69.

  17. Lale Kwaļo̧k Gospel Eo Aō: Juon Unin Tōl n̄an Kajeeded Gospel eo an Jisōs Kraist (2023), 123–38.

  18. Lale Moses 1:39. Unin Tōl eo an Doulul eo an Aronic Priesthood ej ijjino: N̄a ij juon ļaddik ejitōn bōro nejin Anij, im ewōr juon An jerbal ij aikuj kōm̧m̧ane” (Gospel Library). Unin Tōl eo an Doulul eo an Jiron̄ ro ej ba: ““Āinwōt juon rikaļoor an Jisōs Kraist, Ij kajjieon̄ n̄an eromļo̧k āinwōt E. Ij kappukōt im jerbale kean̄ ko im kwaļo̧k n̄an ro jet ilo āt eo ekwojarjar Etan” (Gospel Library).

  19. Lale Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Jerbal In Mijenede: Kwaļo̧k Ta eo Kwoj Lukkuun Tōmak im En̄jake,” Liaona, Māe 2019, 16–18; Gary E. Stevenson, “Iakwe, Kwaļo̧k, Karuwainene,” Liaona, Māe 2022, 84–87.

  20. Ilo jino in tata jerbal in karejar eo An ilo mour in, Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo ekar kōmeļeļeik jibadbad eo An n̄an kōj kōn kōnono jān Aiseia “Jetōb eo an Irooj ej pād ippa, kōnke emōj an kapiti eō n̄an kwaļo̧k gospel eo an n̄an ro ri jeramōl; ar jilkinļo̧k n̄a bwe in ten kōm̧our ro erub būruweer kanekwoj ro rikamakoko, im kōm̧our mejen ro re bilo, im kanemkwoj ro rej kakkure” (Luk 4:18–19).

  21. Jekdo̧o̧n jar ko ad n̄an Jemādwōj Ilan̄ naaj oktak. Āinwōt an kar ba ilo Bible Dictionary entry eo “Jar”: “Rikūrijin ro kar katakin er n̄an jar ilo etan Kraist. N̄e jej jar ilo etan Kraist n̄e ļōmņak ko ad ej ļōmņak eo an Kraist, im ad kōņaan rej kōņaan ko an Kraist—n̄e naan ko An rej pād ilo kōj. Innām jej kajjitōk kōn men ko rekkar bwe Anij en litok. Elōn̄ jar ko rej pād wōt jab uwaak kōnke rej jab pād ilo etan Kraist; rej jab bōk jikin ļōmņak eo An ak rej waļo̧k in būruwōn arōk an armej.”

  22. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 109:26.

  23. Russell M. Nelson, “Anjo̧ Ioon laļ n̄an Lo Ami Kakkije,” Liaona, Nob. 2022, 96; eoon ko raorōk kobaitok.

  24. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 109:21–22. Eoon eo “Iien eo armej ro am̧ rej bōd, jabdewōt iaer” ej kōjerbal naan eo “iien eo,” jab “eļan̄n̄e.” Menin ej elmakote bwe Rilo̧mo̧o̧r ej kile bwe jenaaj aolep bōd, kōm̧m̧ani bōd ko, im jeraiwiw. Ak karōk eo ej bwe jej “m̧ōkaj in ukweļo̧k” n̄an “bar ro̧o̧lļo̧k n̄an kōjeraam̧m̧an ko” kar kallim̧uri kōj kaki.

  25. Lale Jon 16:33; Mosaia 4:11; 18:26; Alma 36:2, 28–29; Ether 7:27; Moronai 9:25.

  26. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 109:22.

  27. Katak im Bujen Ko 93:19.

  28. Mormon ekar kōmeļeļeik ta eo ekar waļo̧k n̄an armej ro doon ke Kraist ekar jab pād ilo mour ko aer. Armej ro an “rekar juon alen juon armej ekarbōb, im rekar bōk Kraist aer seperd; aaet, kar tōl er em̧ool jān Anij Jemān. A kiiō, lo, rej bōk tōl jān Setan, em̧ool āinwōt kilin wūt eo uukļo̧k im̧aan kōto, a āinwōt wa eo kinōōrto-kinōōrtak ioon ņo ko, eo ejjeļo̧k an wōjļā im emjak, ak ejjeļo̧k jabdewōt men eo ej kajebwābweiki; im em̧ool āinwōt wa in, āindein er” (Mormon 5:17–18). Kōn an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r eo pād ilo mour ko ad, jej jeraam̧m̧an kōn kajoor, dim, im tōl.

  29. Katak im Bujen Ko 109:24.

  30. Lale Katak im Bujen Ko 45:3–5.

  31. Lale Rom 8:17.