“Indlela yoMnqophiso Evuyisayo,” Liyahona, EyoMdumba 2026.
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Indlela yoMnqophiso Evuyisayo
Ummangaliso nobukhulu bamalungu osapho abotshelelwe kunye kubukho boYise noNyana kuzisa ukumangaliswa okungaphaya novuyo olukhulu emphefumlweni wam kwaye kundizalisa ngomoya wombulelo.
UMdala uPatrick Kearon nenkosikazi yakhe, uJennifer
Xa uIsrael noElizabeth Haven Barlow beshiya iNauvoo, eIllinois, besiya kwiNtlambo yeSalt Lake ngo-1848, bashiya emva kwabo umntwana oyinkwenkwe owayengcwatywe kwinkundla encinane yamangcwaba eNauvoo. UJames Nathaniel Barlow omncinci, umntwana wabo wokuqala, wasweleka kungekudala emva kokuzalwa kwakhe kuCanzibe 1841.
Xa babesuka besiya kwiNtlambo yeSalt Lake, kusenokwenzeka ukuba uIsrael noElizabeth abazange balindele ukuba baphinde bakhe babone ingcwaba lonyana wabo. Kodwa xa uIsrael wabizelwa kwimishini eNgilane kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, wadlula eNauvoo njengoko wayesiya empuma. Ngokwesicelo sikaElizabeth, wema ukuze afumane ingcwaba lonyana wabo aze ahambise amathambo akhe aye kumangcwaba aphambili, empuma yesixeko.
Emva kosuku lonke lokukhangela okungazisanga ziphumo, uIsrael wafuna uncedo kumgcini wendawo. Ngosuku olulandelayo, balifumana ingcwaba, kufutshane nomzala kaJames uMary. Ngelishwa, iibhokisi zomngcwabo zazibolile kwaye zonakele. Kwincwadi awayibhala kumfazi wakhe, uIsrael wabhala wathi, “Ngoko ke ndajika ndagqiba kwelokuba ndibashiye apho de kube lixesha elizayo.”
Wayengakahambi mgama ungakanani esuka engcwabeni xa weva ilizwi. Ekhumbula loo meko, wabhala wathi, “Alizange livakale ngeendlebe, kodwa lalicacile engqondweni yam kangangokuba andizange ndikwazi ukuliphikisa: ‘Tata, musa ukundishiya apha.’” UIsrael wabuyela engcwabeni, wagqiba kwelokuba ekugqibeleni amsuse unyana wakhe omncinci. “Ndava ukuzola okungaqhelekanga nokuxola kwengqondo endingazange ndikuve ngaphambili. … Oku ndiyakutsho: andizange ndakhe ndazi ngakumbi ngawo nawuphi na umsebenzi endiwenzileyo ebomini bam.”
Ngomhla we-2 EyoMsintsi 1853, uIsrael Barlow nomgcini bahambisa imizimba kaJames noMary baya kumangcwaba aphambili aseNauvoo, bephawula indawo “ngamatye entloko nasezinyaweni zamangcwaba.”
UIsrael waxelela uElizabeth ukuba njengoko wayesahleli ecaleni kwengcwaba, “Ndaziva ndinomnqweno wokuzinikezela mna nako konke endinokukubiza ngokwam ezandleni zeNkosi, ukuze ndibalwe njengofanelekileyo ukuvuka kunye no[James] kusasa loVuko lokuQala.”
Ukuzinikela kukaIsrael kwivangeli kaYesu Krestu, kudityaniswe nokuhlonipha iminqophiso engcwele, kuvumela uKrestu ukuba enze ubomi obungunaphakade—eyona ntsikelelo inkulu kunazo zonke—enokwenzeka kuye, kookhokho bakhe, nakwinzala yakhe.
Kunjalo nakuthi sonke.
Ifoto nguJerry Garns, inokukopishwa kuphela ukusetyenziswa liBandla
Iminqophiso Engcwele
UBawo wethu waseZulwini noNyana waKhe, uYesu Krestu, basithanda sonke ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na into esinokuyicinga. Akukho ndawo apho uthando lwaBo lubonakala ngakumbi kunangeentsikelelo ezithembisiweyo ezinxulumene neminqophiso esiyinikwayo ekubhaptizweni naseNdlwini yeNkosi.
“Enye yezona ngcinga zibalulekileyo zonqulo olutyhilweyo yile yomnqophiso ongcwele,” wafundisa uMongameli uRussell M. Nelson (1924–2025). “Ngolwimi olusemthethweni, umnqophiso ngokubanzi ubonisa isivumelwano phakathi kwamaqela amabini okanye angaphezulu. Kodwa kumxholo wonqulo, umnqophiso ubaluleke ngakumbi kakhulu. Ngumnqophiso ongcwele noThixo.”
Wonke umnqophiso ongcwele esiwenzayo size siwugcine uyasisikelela. UBawo waseZulwini noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu bafuna sisondele kuBo. Bafuna ukusinceda sifunde kwaye sikhule elukholweni nasekuqondeni. Bafuna ukusinika amandla asezulwini. Bafuna sifumane ukuphiliswa noxolo kwihlabathi apho ezo ntsikelelo zisoloko zibonakala zingafikeleleki. Bafuna sifumane uvuyo kobu bomi nakubomi obuzayo. Kuphuma kolu thando lugqibeleleyo, Bona basinika ithuba lokungena kubudlelwane bomnqophiso kunye naBo. Sinentsikelelo yokuphinda sizibophezele kuloo minqophiso veki nganye ngexesha lentlanganiso yomthendeleko.
Sithatha umthendeleko ngomoya wombulelo kuba sinentsikelelo yovuyo yokuthabathela phezu kwethu igama likaYesu Krestu, simkhumbula Yena nothando lwaKhe ngathi olubonakaliswe ngesipho seNtlawulelo yaKhe—ukuba Yena wabandezeleka, wopha igazi, waza wafela thina. Umthendeleko usisikelela kananjalo ngethuba leveki lokubonisa ukuzimisela kwethu ukugcina imithetho yaKhe, ukuhlaziya iminqophiso yethu, nokwenza umnqophiso omtsha (bona IMfundiso neMinqophiso 20:77,79).
“Rhoqo, ndiva kusithiwa sithatha umthendeleko ukuze sihlaziye iminqophiso eyenziwa kubhaptizo. Nangona oko kuyinyani, kungaphezulu koko,” watsho uMongameli uNelson. “Ndenze umnqophiso omtsha. Nenze iminqophiso emitsha. … Ngoku ngokubuyisela, [iNkosi] yenza isithembiso sokuba siya kuhlala sinoMoya waYo kunye nathi. Eyona ntsikelelo!”
Xa siguquka size sithathe umthendeleko ngentliziyo enyulu, sifumana uMoya oyiNgcwele size “sihlambuluke esonweni ngokungathi siphinde sabhaptizwa kwakhona. Eli lithemba nenceba uYesu anikela ngazo ngamnye kuthi.”
Kuvuyo olukhulu kangakanani ukuguquka nokuxolelwa ngothando lukaKrestu lokuhlangula!
Ifoto yeTempile yaseNauvoo Illinois nguJennifer Rose Maddy
Indlu yaKhe yoVuyo
Emva kokuba nguMongameli weBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela, uMongameli uNelson wathetha rhoqo ngendlela yomnqophiso, eqala ngomyalezo wakhe wokuqala kawonke-wonke njengoMongameli weBandla. Singena kuloo ndlela “ngokuguquka nokubhaptizwa ngamanzi” (2 Nifayi 31:17), watsho kwesinye isihlandlo, size “emva koko singene kuyo ngokupheleleyo ngakumbi etempileni.”
Njengokuba ukuthatha umthendeleko kusikhumbuza ngeminqophiso yethu neentsikelelo ezinxulumene nawo, kunjalo nokwenza umsebenzi wokumelwa etempileni. Njengoko senza imimiselo yokumela abo bangasekhoyo, sikhumbula iminqophiso engcwele esayenzayo neentsikelelo ezithembisiweyo esiza kuzifumana.
Ngendlela yomnqophiso, siba ziindlalifa zazo zonke iintsikelelo ezathembiswayo kuAbraham, uIsake, uYakobi, nenzala yabo Nangona ezo ntsikelelo zazithenjisiwe, uAbraham, uIsake noYakobi abazange baphile ubomi obulula, nathi asibuphili ubomi obulula. Njengabo, sijongana nobunzima, ukohlwaywa, nelahleko njengoko “sivavanywa kuzo zonke izinto” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 136:31; bona kananjalo 101:4–5). Kodwa njengabaprofeti nabangcwele abalungileyo bakudala, siyazi ukuba ngubani esinokumthemba (bona 2 Nifayi 4:19).
Ubomi bethu basemhlabeni bungumzuzwana nje kubukho bethu, kodwa loo mzuzwana—ngamanye amaxesha unzima kakhulu—ubaluleke ngonaphakade. Ewe, uBawo wethu waseZulwini ufuna sifunde kwaye sikhule. Kwaye, ewe, oko kukhula ngamanye amaxesha kubandakanya ukudana nokubandezeleka. Kodwa Yena ufuna ubomi bethu bube buhle kwaye bube nethemba. Ngenxa yoko, nangenjongo yokwenza lula uhambo lwethu lokubuyela kuKe, usinike uMsindisi, “ongumqinisekisi” weminqophiso yethu noYise. NgeNtlawulelo kaYesu Krestu, uBawo uzalisekisa izithembiso ezenziwe kubantwana baKhe etempileni.
Ngothando lwakhe kunye nedini lakhe lokuhlawulela, uMsindisi wethu uye wajongana waza waphilisa yonke into esiza kudibana nayo ebomini. Kwaye ngenxa yendlu yaKhe engcwele—indlu yaKhe yoVuyo—konke kuya kulunga nangona kukho ubunzima. Ibhalsam yokugcina iminqophiso iyawasusa usizi, intlungu, usizi olunzulu, nokudana. Asifanelanga sixhalabe okanye soyike. Endaweni yoko, singavuya kuba ixabiso lokuhlangulwa kwethu sele lihlawulwe (bona KwabaseKorinte I 6:20) kwaye indlela yomnqophiso eya kubomi obungunaphakade sele ibekiwe.
Indlela yomnqophiso ngokwenene yindlela yothando lokuhlangula. Njengoko sihlonipha iminqophiso esiyenzayo etempileni, sifumana iintsikelelo zamandla amakhulu, uthando olukhulu, inceba enkulu, ukuqonda okukhulu, nethemba elikhulu. Ummangaliso nobukhulu bokutywinwa kwetempile—kwamalungu osapho abotshelelwe ngothando ngonaphakade—kuzisa ukumangaliswa okungaphaya novuyo olukhulu emphefumlweni wam kwaye kundizalisa ngomoya wombulelo.
“Nanini na xa kusenzeka naluphi na uququzelelo okanye ukuphazamiseka ebomini bakho, indawo ekhuselekileyo kakhulu ngokwasemoyeni kukuphila ngaphakathi kwiminqophiso yakho yetempile!” UMongameli uNelson wacebisa. Ndiyazi ngokwam, kumava am asemhlabeni amnandi ngamanye amaxesha abuhlungu, ubunyani baloo mazwi.
UJames Nathaniel Barlow, umntwana wokuqala kaIsrael noElizabeth Barlow, wasweleka kungekudala emva kokuzalwa kwakhe ngoCanzibe 1841. Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, watywinwa ngokumelwa kubazali bakhe eTempileni yaseLogan Utah.
Umzobo nguAllen Garns
Baqokelele Babuyiselwe Ekhaya
Emva kokuba uIsrael Barlow evalelise okokugqibela kunyana wakhe omncinci, wabhalela umkakhe, esithi:i, “Iingcinga zokuzikhupha ndihambe kude, ndingaze ndibuye ebomini bam engcwabeni lika [James], zatsala umtya wokugqibela wothando endandinalo de waphuka ziinyembezi engcwabeni lakhe.”
Ndicinga ukuba kwaphalazwa iinyembezi ezingakumbi—iinyembezi zovuyo ngelixesha—EyoMnga 4, 1889. Ngaloo mini, uJames Nathaniel Barlow omncinci watywinwa kubazali bakhe eTempileni yaseLogan Utah. Ngelo xesha, uIsrael wayesele eswelekile, ngoko abanye bema njengabameli bakhe noJames.
Mna noDade Kearon sinovakalelo olukhethekileyo nenceba enkulu ngoIsrael noElizabeth. Umntwana wethu wokuqala, inkwenkwe egama linguSean, wasweleka ngexesha lotyando lwentliziyo xa wayeneminyaka emithathu nje yeeveki. Le yayiyilahleko eyothusayo neyatyumzayo kuthi. Ngelo xesha, sazibuza ukuba singakwazi na ukusinda. Samngcwaba engcwabeni elincinci kakhulu nelibuhlungu eNgilane. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu kamva, usapho lwethu lwacelwa ukuba lusuke kwikhaya lethu eUnited Kingdom luyokukhonza ngokupheleleyo eBandleni, yaye salishiya ngasemva elo ngcwaba lincinci.
Asizange silahlekelwe ngumntwana wethu kuhambo lokuya entshona, kwaye asizange sibandezeleke kwiintlungu ezingaqondakaliyo abajongana nazo ooBarlow, kodwa sinesiqalo sokuqonda oko badlula kuko Ingcwaba lomntwana wethu likude kakhulu, kodwa njengooBarlow, sinokholo oluzinzileyo kuVuko lukaYesu Krestu nakwindalo engunaphakade yosapho lwethu ngomnqophiso ongcwele wotywino.
Sonke sinookhokho nabanye abantu esibathandayo ngaphaya kwengcwaba abathi kuthi, “Musani ukundishiya apha.” Ngenxa yeminqophiso yetempile, akukho mntu ofanele ashiywe ngasemva. Ubizo lwethu kukubathanda, ukubakhonza, nokubanceda ukuba baqokelelwe babuyiselwe ekhaya.
UBawo wethu waseZulwini uyasithanda, wena nam. Yena usinike iitempile ukuze “nantoni na [esiyibophelelayo] emhlabeni ibophelelwe nasezulwini” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 128:8; bona kananjalo Mateyu 18:18). Yena wathumela uNyana waKhe ukuba aqhawule imitya yokufa, elungiselela indlela yobudlelwane obungunaphakade nokudibana kwakhona kosapho ngonaphakade.
Yiyo loo nto sinemimiselo. Yiyo loo nto senza iminqophiso. Yiyo loo nto sakha iitempile. Yiyo loo nto sizinikela emsebenzini nasebuqaqawulini bukaThixo (bona uMoses 1:39). Kwaye yiyo loo nto sikhala iinyembezi zovuyo, sisazi ukuba ukudibana kwakhona ngonaphakade kusilindile thina nabathandekayo bethu phambi koYise noNyana.
Yanga singafumana uvuyo noxolo njengoko sigcina iminqophiso yethu kwaye sizimanye neNkosi emsebenzini waYo wokusindisa ozukileyo.
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