Mudzimai weMazuva Ekupedzisira, Chikamu Chechipiri

Chidzidzo 6
Mutungamiri Joseph F. Smith vakataura mateerero akaita amai vavo,
Mary Fielding Smith, murairo walshe wekubhadhara chegumi chechokwadi,
zvakaunza makomborero kumhuri yavo:
“Ndinonyatsoyeuka chimwe chinhu chakaitika mumazuva eudiki hwangu.
Amai vangu vakanga vari chirikadzi, nemhuri yakakura yekuriritira.
Imwe nguva yekupfumvura patakazarura makomba edu ematapiri,
vakaita kuti vakomana vavo vatutire mutoro wematapiri
akanakisisa vakaenda nawo kohofisi yechegumi; matapiri akanga arimashoma
mwaka iwoyo. Ndakanga ndiri kakomana kadiki panguwa
iyoyo, uye ndakatyaira chipani. Pataka svika pamasitepisi ehofisi
yechegumi, tagadzirira kuburutsa matapiri, mumwe wanamabharani
akauya kunze akati kuna amai vangu, ‘Chirikadzi Smith, zvinonyadza,
kuti munofanira kubhadhara chegumi. . . . Akashora amai vangu pakubhadhara
chegumi chavo, akavaita munhu asina kuchenjera kana kusafunga;
uye akati kune vamwe vakanga vakasimba vachikwanisa kushanda
vairiritirwa kubva kuhofisi yechegumi. Amai vangu
vakamupindura vakati. . . . Unofanira kuzvinyarira. Ungada here
kundishaisa makomborero? Ndinobhadhara chegumi changu kwete
chete nokuti murairo waMwari, asi nokuti ndinotarisira chikomborero
nekuzviita. Nekuchengeta uyu nemimwe mirairo, ndinotarisira
kupfuma, nekukwanisa kuriritira mhuri yangu.’ . . . . Vakapfuma nokuti
vakateerera mirairo yaMwari. Vakanga vaine zvakawanda zvekuchengeta
mhuri yavo. Takanga tisingashaye zvakanyanya sezvaiita vamwe
vazhinji. ... Shirikadzi yakakodzereswa kupundutso dzeimba
yaMwari. Hapana chisungo chevhangeri chavairambirwa, nokuti vakanga
vachiteerera kumirairo yaMwari” (Gospel Doctrine, bhuku rechishanu,
[1939], pp. 228–29).
■ Ndeapi makomborero akagashirwa naSista Smith? Ndechipi chikomborero
chakataurwa neMutungamiri Smith pavakati, “Shirikadzi
iyoyo yakakodzereswa kupundutso dzeimba yaMwari?”
Muenzaniso waSista Smith wakakonzera chii pamwanakomana
wavo mudiki?
Zvakakosha kuyeuka kuti “Ishe vanochengeta vimbiso dzavo.
Zvechokwadi. ... Vano dururira makomborero avo pamusoro peavo
vakatendeka vanoteerera mirairo yavo. ... Makomborero aya anogona
kuuya nenzira yemari kana nzira yezvinopfuura kana kuti anogona
kuonekwa nekudururuka kwezvemweya, kuunza simba, runyararo,
kana nyaradzo. . . Vimbiso dzalshe dzinozochengetwa” (Henry D.
Taylor, mu Confenence Report, Kubvumbi 1974, p. 158; kana Ensign,
Chivabvu 1974, p. 108).
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