Mudzimai weMazuva Ekupedzisira, Chikamu Chechipiri

Chidzidzo 13
Mutungamiri Harold B. Lee vakati: “Kana muchida kuziva kuti Ishe
vanei zvevanhu vano panguva ino, ndinokurairai kuti muwane nekuverenga
nhauro dzataurwa pagungano rino rekereke [rese]; nekuti zvataurwa
nevarume ava nesimba reMweya Mutsvene ipfungwa yalshe, kuda
kwalshe, izwi ralshe, nesimba raMwari kuruponeso” (mu Conference
Report, Kubvumbi 1973, p. 176; kana Ensign, Chikunguru 1973, p. 121).
Vaporofita vanotida uye vane hanya nesu. Vanoziva kuti tinokwanisa
kuwana ruvudiriro ruzere nerufaro chete nekutevera rairo inopiwa
kwatiri nalshe. Vaporofita vedu vanopa gwara munzvimbo dzese dzeupenyu
hwedu. Semuenzaniso, Mutungamiri Gordon B. Hinckley
vakatikurudzira kutaura zvinetsitsi kumunhu wese nekuva vavakidzani
vakanaka. Vakatikumbira kuparidza vhangeri kumba nekumhiri
nekupa rubatsiro kune avo vanoshaya. Vakatikurudzira kuwedzera
basa ririkuitwa mumatemberi, kuchengeta zuva reSabata riri dzvene,
kuteerera Izwi reUchenjeri nekubhadhara chegumi chedu zvakatendeka.
Vakatikurudzira kusimbisa mhuri dzedu nekunzvenga kushusha
kwerudzi rwupi zvarwo. Mutungamiri Hinckley vakayambira
kuti “tanyanya kupinda mukati mekutambira pfungwa dzenyika.”
Vakaenderera mberi kuti mushonga wematambudziko enyika “urinyore
uye unoshanda zvinoshamisa. Rudo. Rudo nerukudzo zviripachena,
zvirinyore, mazuva ese.” Vakatikurudzira kufambira mberi
nerutendo. (Onai Conference Report, Gumiguru 1997, pp. 92–94; kana
Ensign, Mbudzi 1997, pp. 68–69.)
Tine Basa reKuwana Uchapupu hweZvakazarurwa zvalshe
kuVaporofita Vavo
■ Ndekupi kwatinga verenge kana kunzwa mashoko emuporofita
neVatungamiri Vakuru nhasi?
■ Sei kuziva kuti muporofita ndiye mutauri waMwari nhasi zvichitikurudzira
kuteerera kurairo yake?
■ Ratidza mufananidzo 13-a, “Muporofita Joseph Smith.”
Mumazuva ekutanga ekudzorerwa kweKereke, vanhu vazhinji vakatarisira
zvikuru kuona Muporofita Joseph Smith. Pavakamuona, vazhinji
vakaratidzwa nemweya wakasimbisa kwavari kuti akanga ari muranda
walshe akasarudzwa. Sista Emmeline B. Wells vakataura nezve zviitiko
zviviri zvakawedzera uchapupu hwavo hwemaporofita—chekutanga
chakaitika pavakaona Muporofita Joseph Smith. Gare-gare; mushure
mekupondwa kwaJoseph Smith vakaona kufanana kwechinguva chidiki
kwe Mutungamiri Brigham Young kuMuporofita Joseph Smith.
■ Itai imwe nhengo yekirasi iverenge nyaya inotevera:
“Ndinonzwa kuti ndine uchapupu hwekupa, hwandakachengeta
kubva zuva iroro randakapinda muGuta reNauvoo ndikaona
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