Faaaliga a Iosefa Samita

I le taimi o le galuega faaperofeta a Iosefa Samita, na ia maua ai le sili atu ma le 100 faaaliga ia na faamaumauina ma taliaina ma faamaonia mulimuli ane.¹ O le tele lava na tuuina atu i le siufofoga lava o Iesu Keriso, ma o le tele o nei faaaliga o loo maua nei o ni vaega o le Mataupu Faavae ma Feagaiga. Na maua e Iosefa lana uluai faaaliga (lea ua [taua nei] o le Mataupu Faavae ma Feagaiga 3) ia Iulai 1828 ma o lana faaaliga mulimuli na faamaumauina i le pe a ma le tolu masina ae lei maliu i le 1844.² Toeitiiti o taimi uma lava, o nei faaaliga na oo mai o ni tali i tatalo, o nisi taimi pe a fai atu ni tagata ia Iosefa e fesili i le Alii ia iloa ai Lona finagalo mo i latou, ma e masani lava ao saili atu e Iosefa ni tali i fesili faaleaoaoga faavae po o le taitaiga i aiaiga ma le taitaiga o le Ekalesia. O uluai Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai na masani ona faaesea faaaliga aloaia a Iosefa mai isi ana tusitusiga e ala i le ta’ua “o faaaliga,” “o poloaiga,” po o “feagaiga.”³ O nisi o nei faaaliga e lei aofia ai i tusitusiga paia a le Ekalesia pe na lolomiina i le taimi o le soifuaga o Iosefa Samita. O loo ua maua nei i le The Joseph Smith Papers.⁴

E faaopoopo atu i nei faaaliga aloaia, na tuua foi e Iosefa Samita ni tala o faaaliga vaaia, na faia foi ni tatalo ma ni lauga musuia, ma faaliliuina le Tusi a Mamona ma le tusi a Aperaamo ma faamaeaina se “faaliliuga,” fou o le Tusi Paia e ala i faaaliga.⁵

O le tele o faaaliga na taliaina ma faamaonia ia Iosefa Samita na tuuina mai i le va o le 1828 ma le 1835, ina ua fatulagaina le faatuina o le Ekalesia. O nei faaaliga na taliina ai fesili e tele ma faataatia ai le faavae mo le malo o le Ekalesia. Mulimuli ane, na maua e Iosefa ni nai faaaliga aloaia ao faamoemoeina ia taitai o le Ekalesia, aufono, ma korama e taitaia le Ekalesia e tusa ai ma faaaliga ua tuuina mai ma ia saili nisi faaaliga i lo latou lava manatu po o faaiuga.

O Viliamu McLellin, o se tasi o tusiupu a Iosefa Samita, na faamatalaina le ala na faamaumau ai faaaliga: “E nofo le tusiupu lava ia i se kesi po o se laulau, ma se peni, vaitusi ma pepa. Ua malamalama i le mataupu e fesiligia, e fesili atu le Perofeta ma le Talifaaaliga i le Atua. Na te vaai, faalogo pe lagonaina faaleagaga, ona ia saunoa mai lea ao uunaia ai o ia e le Agaga Paia.” E faaauau e Iosefa Samita ona faalau atu, ma faatali mo le tusiupu “e tusi ma faitau leotele fuaiupu taitasi” seia oo ina faailo atu Iosefa ua uma le faaaliga i le fai atu “Amene.”⁶ O Pale P. Palate, lea na molimauina le faamaumauga o ni nai faaaliga, na taua faapea “sa leai lava se tau faatuai, toe iloilo, po o le toe foi i tua o le faitautusi, mo le faatumauina o le taamilosaga mo le mataupu.”⁷ E tusa ai ma lana talafaasolopito aloaia, na faaaoga e Iosefa le Urima ma le Tumema ina ua mauaina ni nai ana uluai faaaliga, ae na iu lava ina ia mauaina faaaliga e aunoa ma na ituaiga o fesoasoani ina ua mavae Iuni, 1829.⁸

Punaoa o le Ekalesia

“Joseph Smith as Revelator and Translator,” josephsmithpapers.org.

Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, eds., Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016).

Talaaga o le Soifuaga

O lomiga nei o loo tuuina atu ai nisi faamatalaga e uiga i lenei autu. I le faasinoina po o le faafesootaia o oe i nei punaoa, matou te le faamaonia pe faamautinoa atu le anomea po o manatu o tusitala.

Robert J. Woodford, “Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts,” i le Andrew H. Hedges, J. Spencer Fluhman, and Alonzo A. Gaskill, eds., The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008), 23–39.

Steven C. Harper, “‘That They Might Come to Understanding’: Revelation as Process,” i le Scott C. Esplin, Richard O. Cowan, and Rachel Cope, eds., You Shall Have My Word: Exploring the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants, (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2012), 19–33.

Alexander L. Baugh, “Parting the Veil: Joseph Smith’s Seventy-six Documented Visionary Experiences,” i le John W. Welch, ed., Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2005), 265–326.

Faamatalaga

1. Faatusatusa “Corresponding Section Numbers in Editions of the Doctrine and Covenants,” josephsmithpapers.org ma “Revelations and Translations,” josephsmithpapers.org. Tagai foi “Joseph Smith as Revelator and Translator,” josephsmithpapers.org.

2. “Revelation, July 1828 [DC 3],” i le Revelation Book 1, 1–2, josephsmithpapers.org; “Revelation, 14 March 1844,” i le Matthew J. Grow, Ronald K. Esplin, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, and Jeffrey D. Mahas, eds., Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846, vol. 1 of the Administrative Records series of The Joseph Smith Papers, ed. Ronald K. Esplin, Matthew J. Grow, and Matthew C. Godfrey (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2016), 48.

3. Tagai i le Autu fesootai “Book of Commandments [Tusi o Poloaiga].”

4. Mo se faataitaiga, tagai “Revelation, circa Early 1830,” i le Revelation Book 1, 30–31, josephsmithpapers.org; “Revelation, 15 May 1831,” i le Revelation Book 1, 85, josephsmithpapers.org; “Revelation, 20 March 1832,” i le Revelation Book 1, 148, josephsmithpapers.org; “Revelation, 28 April 1834,” i le Revelation Book 1, 198, josephsmithpapers.org.

5. I le faamatalaga o faaaliga a Iosefa Samita, tagai Alexander L. Baugh, “Parting the Veil: Joseph Smith’s Seventy-six Documented Visionary Experiences,” i le John W. Welch, ed., Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2005), 265–326. E lua ni taimi, na tusia ai e Iosefa Samita ni tatalo i lalo o se faaaliga musuia (tagai “Revelation, 30 October 1831 [DC 65],” i le Revelation Book 1, 112, josephsmithpapers.org; “Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [DC 109],” josephsmithpapers.org). I luga o faaliliuga musuia a Iosefa Samita, tagai i Autu fesootai “Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible [Faaliliuga a Iosefa Samita o le Tusi Paia],” “Book of Mormon Translation [Faaliliuga o le Tusi a Mamona],” ma le “Book of Abraham Translation [Faaliliuga o le Tusi a Aperaamo].” Na faaliliuina foi e Iosefa Samita se “Account of John, April 1829–C [DC 7],” i le Revelation Book 1, 13–14, josephsmithpapers.org).

6. William E. McLellin, “Revelations,” Ensign of Liberty, vol. 1, no. 7 (Aug. 1849), 98.

7. Parley P. Pratt, The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings, ed. Parley P. Pratt Jr. (New York: Russell Brothers, 1874), 66.

8. Tagai Joseph Smith, “History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834],” 10, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23, josephsmithpapers.org.