Mudzimai weMazuva Ekupedzisira, Chikamu Chechipiri

Chidzidzo 3
kumeso, asi zvino ruoko rwangu rwakasimudzwa nesimba raMwari,
uye ndikataura nawo maIndia iwayo mururimi rwavo. Vakaregera
mabhiza nengoro, vese vakamira pamberi pangu ndichitaura kwavari
nesimba raMwari. Vakakotamisa misoro yavo vakapindura ‘Hongu,’
nemunzira yakaita kuti ndizive zvavaireva.
“Kasikana kadiki naBaba Tanner vakatarisa vasina remuromo.
Ndakaziva mamiriro edu; zano ravo rakanga riri rekuuraya Baba
Tanner, vopisa ngoro, votora isu vakadzi sevasungwa. Izvi zvakaratidzwa
pachena kwandiri. Pandakamira kutaura vakabatana maoko
nesu vatatu tese vakadzorera zvese zvavakanga vatora kubva kuna
Baba Tanner, avo vakadzosera kwavari hengechefu, ini ndikavapa
mabheri nemakokisis. Panguva iyoyo vamwe vakadzi vaviri vakasvika,
tikabva takurumidza kuenda kumba.
“Ishe vakandipa chidimbu chedudziro yezvandakanga ndataura, zvakanga
zviri sezvinotevera:
“ ‘Ndine chokwadi chekuti imi varwi vemaIndia munofunga kuti muri
kuzotiuraya? Hamuzivi here kuti Mweya Mukuru wakakutarisai uye
unoziva zvose zviri mumwoyo menyu? Tauya pano kuzotora umwe
wemuchero wababa vedu. Hatina kuuya kuzokukuvadzai; mukatikanganisa
kana kukuvadza kavhudzi kamwechete kemisoro yedu,
Mweya Mukuru uchakuroverai pasi, uye hamuchazove nesimba rekufema
mumwe mweya. Takamanikidzwa kubva kumisha yedu, uye
nemiwo; tauya pano kuzokuitirai zvakanaka, kwete kuzokukuvadzai.
Tiri vanhu vaIshe uye nemiwo; asi munofanira kuregera kuuraya kwenyu
neuipi hwenyu; Ishe havafadzwe nazvo uye havazokupfumisai
mukaramba muchizviita. Munofunga nyika yese iyi ndeyenyu, miti iyi,
mvura iyi, nemabhiza ese. Sei, hapana kana chimwechete chenyu
panyika, kunyange kana mweya wamunofema—zvese ndezve Mweya
Mukuru’ ” (“Ndakataura kumaIndia Iwayo muRurimi Rwavo,” mu
Leon Hartshorn, comp., Remarkable Stories from the Latter-day Saint
Women, 1:26–28).
■ Ndezvipi zvipo zviviri zvakapiwa kuna sista Grover? Akaita chii
kuti awane zvipo izvi? Akanzwa sei paakazvigashira?
Sista Antonia Flores veku Peru vakataura chiitiko ichi:
“Imwe nguva makore mashoma akapfuura, mutungamiri webazi akandibvunzurudza
kuti andidaidze semutungamiri weBato reMadzimai.
Ndakatya zvikuru kuva mutungamiri weBato reMadzimai. Handina
kuona makwanisiro andaizoita kubata basa rakadai ndikatya kumuudza
kuti hongi. Pavapaye zuva iroro, ndakayeuka mutemo wekutsanya
nekunamata. Ndaka tsanya nekunamata pamusoro pekutambira
chigaro ichi chandaitya zvakadaro.
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