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Saserdote Alinsunod sa Banal na Orden

Alma 13:1–2

Ang Panginoon ay nagordena ng mga saserdote alinsunod sa Anak ng Diyos upang malaman ng mga tao kung paano aasa tungo sa pagtubos.

And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order, which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto the people. And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption.

Alma 13:3

Ang mga saserdote ay inordenan mula pa sa pagkakatatag ng daigdig, at tinawag dahil sa kanilang pananampalataya at kabutihan matapos na hayaang makapamili.

And this is the manner after which they were ordained— being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such.

Alma 13:4

Ang iba ay tinanggihan ang Espiritu ng Diyos at pinatigas ang kanilang mga puso, sa gayon ay naging hindi karapat-dapat sa parehong katawagang ito.

And thus they have been called to this holy calling on account of their faith, while others would reject the Spirit of God on account of the hardness of their hearts and blindness of their minds, while, if it had not been for this they might have had as great privilege as their brethren.

Alma 13:5

Ang bawat isa ay nagsimula sa parehong katayuan, subalit tanging ang mga yaon na hindi pinatigas ang kanilang mga puso at namuhay sa pamamagitan ng pagbabayad-sala ang tinawag.

Or in fine, in the first place they were on the same standing with their brethren; thus this holy calling being prepared from the foundation of the world for such as would not harden their hearts, being in and through the atonement of the Only Begotten Son, who was prepared—

Alma 13:6

Sila na mga inordenan ay tinawag upang magturo ng mga kautusan sa mga tao, upang sila ay makapasok sa kapahingahan ng Diyos.

And thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the children of men, that they also might enter into his rest—

Alma 13:7

Ang mataas na pagkasaserdote ay alinsunod sa orden ng Anak ng Diyos, at inihanda ayon sa walang hanggang kaalaman ng Diyos.

This high priesthood being after the order of his Son, which order was from the foundation of the world; or in other words, being without beginning of days or end of years, being prepared from eternity to all eternity, according to his foreknowledge of all things—

Alma 13:8

Ang mga saserdote ay tinawag at inordenan sa pamamagitan ng isang banal na ordinansa, kung gayon ay dinadala sa kanilang mga sarili ang walang hanggang pagkasaserdote.

Now they were ordained after this manner— being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order, which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end—

Alma 13:9

Sa pamamagitan ng ordinansang ito, sila ay naging mga mataas na saserdote magpakailanman, alinsunod sa orden ng walang hanggang Anak ng Diyos, na puspos ng biyaya, katarungan, at katotohanan.

Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, who is without beginning of days or end of years, who is full of grace, equity, and truth. And thus it is. Amen.

Alma 13:10

Ang pananampalataya, pagsisisi, at katuwiran ay ibinibilang sa mga yaong inordenan na maging matataas na saserdote ng diyos.

Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish;

Alma 13:11

Ang mga saserdote ay tinawag, pinabanal, at pinadalisay.

Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified, and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb.

Alma 13:12

Bilang mga napabanal at napadalisay, kinasusuklaman ng mga saserdote ang kasalanan at pumapasok sa kapahingahan ng Panginoon.

Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence; and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.