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“Te Iruwa Ngai”
Eberi 2016


“Te Iruwa Ngai”

Tataro n iangoia raoi bwa tera ae ko na karaoia—ni kaineti ma am tai ao tabetabem—ni kamaiuia taan birinako ao ni kitanii abaia ao ni maeka irarikimi n ami kawa.

N te bong are e kateaki iai te Bootaki n Aine, Emma Smith e katanoata: “Ti na karaoa te bwai ae akea n ai arona. … Ti kantaningai taai aika akea n ai aroia ao ni kaekai bubuti aika katawe.”1 Bubuti aika katawe ao taai aika akea n ai aroia akanne a kakaoti n tabetai—n aron ae a riki ngkai.

Teuana e roko n tain te maungatabu ni kabuta n Okitobwa 1856 ngke e katanoata Beretitenti Brigham Young nakoia kain te taromauri bwa bwaeoniia ma aia aenikaa a bae tebubua te maire raroaia. E taekinna: “Ami onimaki, n taua te aro, e na bon aki kona ni kamaiua Tamneimi n abanuean Atuara are te tiretio, ni karokoa kam karaoa ae N na reireini ngkami ngkai. Nako ao kairiia aomata iaon te tabo ae aoraoi, ao karaoi raoi bwaai akanne ake ti arani bwa e kainnanoia te rabwata, … ngkana kam aki ao ami onimaki e manrerei.”2

Ti uringnga ma te kakaitau ni mataiakinaia mwaane ake, a nako n rinanon te tino ni kamaiuia aika Itiaki ake a rootaki. Ma tera ae a karaoia aine?

“Titita [Lucy Meserve] e korea mwiina … bwa imwiin kamwanangaan Beretitenti Young, naake a roko a karaoi mwakuri. … Aine ‘[a buuti] aia kauatao [ririia are mwarairai are bon oneaia n taai akekei are e kabueeia], titaokin, ao bwaai ni kabane ake a kona n anga, bon ikekei n te Tabaenako ni [kawai], ao ni kauaota[oi] ni kanakoi nakoia aika Itiaki n te maunga.’”3

Tabeua te wiiki imwiina, Beretitenti Brigham Young e manga ikotiia riki aika Itiaki n te Tabaenako naake taan kamaiu ao kambwana n aenikaa ni kaan riki nako Salt Lake City. Ma kawaekoana ae korakora, e butiia Aomata aika Itiaki—riki aine—bwa a na tararuaia ake a rootaki ao ni kamwarakeia, e taku: “Tabeman, waeia a buraoki nakon nimoimoin waeia; tabeman a buraoki nakon bubuan waeia ao tabeman a buraoki baia. … Ti tangiria bwa kam na butimwaia n ai aroia natimi, ao ni karekea naba te namakin anne ibukiia.”4

Lucy Meserve Smith e koreia naba:

“Ti karaoi bwaai ni kabane ake ti konai, ma aia ibuobuoki mwane aika raraoi ao aine, ni kamanoia aika kainnano. … Baia ma waeia a bon rangi ni buraoki. … Ti aki kamotirawa ara mwakuri [ni]karokoa a bane ni mweengaraoi. …

“Akea riki te raunnano ao, are I kona n taekinna, kukureiu iaon mwakuri nako ake I a tia ni karaoi inanon maiu, ibukina bwa e rang korakora namakinan te katiteuanaaki. …

“Tera are e na manga roko imwiina ibukin baai aika tatauraoi?”5

Tariu aika a tangiraki, te rongorongo aei e kona ni katiteboaki nakon ara bong ao naake a rootaki ni kabuta te aonaaba. Teuana “te tai ae akea n ai arona” ae riingi nanora.

Auti ni maeka n aia kaembwa ni kamanomano
Ataei n aia kaembwa ni kamanomano
Aine n aia kaembwa ni kamanomano
Utu n aia kaembwa ni kamanomano
Taan ibuobuoki ni katobibiaki irouia ataei n aia kaembwa ni kamanomano
Butimwaeaia utu ake a birinako
Taan Ibuobuoki a rabwatiia taan birinako

E raka iaon 60 te mirion aika birinako, n ikotaki ma naake a kairoroaki, ni kabuta te aonaaba. Iteran te mwaiti bon ataei.6 “Aomata aikai a tia n rinanon kaangaanga aika korakora ao a manga moan waakina maiuia n … n aba [aika mwaiti] ao ni katei [aika mwaiti]. Ngkai n [tabetai] iai bootaki ake a buokiia n aia tabo ao bwaai aika bebete, ma te bwai ae a kainnanoia bon te rao ao te boutoka bwa a na [taneiai] nakon mweengaia ae boou, te aomata are e kona ni buokiia n reiakina te taetae, n oota n te waaki, ao n namakina te reitaki.”7

Yvette Bugingo

N te tiamwa ae e nako I kaitibo ma Titita Yvette Bugingo, ae 11 ana ririki are e birinako ni karabaraba imwiin tiringan tamana ao teniman mwanena a bua n te buaka n te aonaaba. Yvette ao nikiraia kain te utu a maiu inanon onoua ma te iterana te ririki bwa taan birinako n aba ake a uakaan ni karokoa a kona ni mwaing nakon mweengaia ae a tiku raoi iai, are a kakabwaiaki irouia taanga aika tararuaia ake a buokiia bwaeoniia, n reirei, ao bwaai riki tabeua. E taekinna neiei bwa naakai “boni ngaia kaekaan ara tataro.”8 Tinaia ae moaraoi ao tarina aika uarereke a raoniira n te tairiki aei, n anene n te kuaea. I a tia ni kan titiraki n taai aika a mwaiti mangke I kaitibo ma aine aika tamaroa aikai, “Tera ngke aia karaki bon au karaki?”

Ngkai ngaira taari e raka riki nakon iteran ana autinibwai te Uea ni buokiia Natin Tamara are i Karawa. Ana autinibwai bon tiaki tii amwarake kanoana ma bon te tai naba, tarena, konabwai, ao aroaro mai karawa. Titita Rosemary M. Wixom e a tia n reirei, “Anua mai karawa ake inanora e karikirakei nanora ni buokiia tabeman ao ni kairiira bwa ti na mwakuri.”9

Ataakin arora mai karawa, Beretitenti Russell M. Nelson e reirei:

“Ti kainnanoia aine aika a ata aron karaoan bwaai aika a kakaawaki man aia onimaki ao aika a ninikoria ni katani iango aika eti ao utu n te aonaaba ae rootaki … ; aine aika a ata aron weteakin mwaaka mai karawa ni kataniia ao ni kakorakoraia naati ao utu. …

“… Ae e tia n iein ke ae tuai, ngkami aine iai iroumi te konabwai ae akea n ai arona ao kantaninga aika onoti ake kam karekei bwa bwaintangira mai iroun te Atua. Ngaira aika mwane ti aki kona ni karakai riki aromi aika onoti akanne.”10

N ana reta te Moan Beretitentii are e kanakoa nakon te Ekaretia n Okitobwa 27, 2015, e kaota raraomaia ae korakora ao nanoangakiia mirion ake a kitani mweengaia n ukoukora te ibuobuoki man bootaki aika itabaraara ao kaangaanga tabeua. Te Moan Beretitentii e kaoia aomata nako, utu, ao bootaki n Ekaretia bwa a ibuobuoki n aron Kristo n taabo ni kamanomano ao n anga mwane ni ibuobuoki man te Ekaretia, ike a kona ni kamanenaaki iai.

Te Beretitentii ni kabuta n te Bootaki n Aine, Kairake n Ataeinnaine, ao te Buraimwari a tia n iangoa aron kaekaan ana kakao te Moan Beretitentii. Ti ataia bwa ngkami, tarira aika a tangiraki n roro nako, kam roko man nakonakomi n te maiu ao ni maiu n aro aika kakaokoro. Membwa aika n te aonaaba inanon te itaritari a karaoi berita ni bwabetito ni “karau nanoia naake a kainnanoa karauan nanoia.”11 Akea ibuakora ae e katauaki bwa e na birimwaaka riki nakon korakorana.12

Ma koaua aikai n au iango, ti a tia ni katea te mwakuri n ibuobuoki ae aranaki bwa “Te Iruwa Ngai.” Bon ara kantaninga bwa ko na tataromwaaka n ata te bwai ae kam kona ni karaoia—ni kaineti nakon ami tai ao aromi—ni buokiia naake a kitani abaia ao taan mwamwananga ni maeka irarikimi ao n taian kawa. Aio te tai ni beku imarenami, inanon taian utu, ao man bootaki n anga te iraorao, tibwatibwa, ao ibuobuoki riki tabeua n aron Kristo ao teuana mai buakon kawai aika a mwaiti ake a kona ni beku iai aine.

Inanon ara tataromwaaka ni kabane ni mwakuri, ti riai ni karaoa ana reirei ae wanawana te Uea ae Beniamina, are e anganiia ana aomata bwa a na tabeakiniia naake a kainnano: “Taraia bwa bwaai ni kabane aikai a karaoaki inanon te wanawana ao n te tangira.”13

Tariu, ti ataia bwa ngkana ti buokiia tabeman ma te tangira e tabe iai te Uea. Iangoi aikai n reirei man Koroboki aika a tabu:

“Titebo aron te iruwa ae maeka iroumi ma ae e bungiaki I abami, ao kam na tangiria n ai aron tangirami i bon iroumi.”14

“Kam na tai mwanuoka akoaia iruwa: bwa a akoaia iai anera tabemwaang ngke aki ataia.”15

Ao e bon taekinna te Tia Kamaiu:

“Bwa I baki ao kam kamwarakeai, I kani mooi, ao kam kamooai: te iruwa Ngai ao kam akoai:

“Akea kunnikaiu ao kam kunnikaiai: I aoraki, ao kam kawarai.”16

Ana anganano te aine ae mate buuna

Te Tia Kamaiu e butimwaea te aine ae mate buna ma te tangira are e anga ana bwai ti uoua te rebeta ibukina bwa e karaoa ana kabanea ni kona.17 E taekinna naba n te taetae ni kaikonaki iroun te I-Tamaria ae Raoiroi, are e kainna ni kangai, “Ko na nako, ao kakairi irouna.”18 N tabetai buokakiia bon te kaangaanga. Ma ngkana ti kaai ni mwakuri inanon te tangira ao te katiteuanaaki, ti kona ni kantaninga te buoka mai karawa.

N te bootaki n taunimate ibukim natin te Atua ae moan te tamaroa, temanna e taekinna bwa te titita aei, ngke e beretitenti n te Bootaki n Aine, e mwakuri ma tabeman n ana titeiki n anga taian rabuna bwa a na kaabueia iai aomata ake a rootaki i Kosovo n 1990. Ao n ai aron te I-Tamaria ae Raoiroi, e nako ni karaoi aika a mwaiti riki ngkai ngaia ma natina te aine a buti n aia kaa ae onrake n te rabuna mai London nako Kosovo. Ni kawaina nakon mweengana e karekea te namakin n Tamnei ae aki kona ni kairuaki are e nene inanona. Te namakin anne bon aei: “Te bwai are ko a tia ni karaoia bon moan te Tamaroa. Ngkai okira mweengam, rianna i nuukan te kawai, ao buoka are irarikim!”19

Te taunimate e kaonaki ma rongorongo riki aika riinga te nano n aron ana kakaonimaki te aine aei ni kinai ao ni kaekai wewete aika akea n ai aroia aika roroko—ao nakon naba bootaki aika riiriki—irouia naake a irekereke ma ngaia. Te katooto, e kauka mweengana ao nanona ni buokiia te roronrikirake aika iai aia kaangaanga n aoa nako—te bong ke te tairiki.

Tariu aika tangiraki, ti kona ni kakoaua ana ibuobuoki Tamara are i Karawa ngkai ti katorobubua ni bubuti ibukim ana kairiiri mai karawa ni kakabwaiaia Natina. Te Tama are i Karawa; ara Tia Kamaiu, Iesu Kristo; ao te Tamnei ae Raoiroi a tauraoi n ibuobuoki.

Beretitenti Henry B. Eyring e kaota ana koaua ae mwaaka aei nakoia aine n te Ekaretia:

“Tamara are i Karawa e ongo ao e kaekai ami tataro n onimaki ibukim kairami ao buokami n teimatoa uaa te toki n ami beku Ibukina.

“Te Tamnei ae Raoiroi e kanakoaki nakoimi ao naake kam buokiia. Kam na kakorakoraaki ao ni kaungaaki bwa kam na ata tian ao abwakin ami konabwai n ibuobuoki. Te Tamnei e na anganiko te raunnano ngkana ko titiraki, ‘E tau ae I karaoia?’”20

Ngkai ti iangoi “wewete aika roroko” irouia naake a kainnanoa ara ibuobuoki, ti na titirakiniira, “Tera ngke aia karaki a riki bwa au karaki?” Ngkanne ti na ukoukora te kairiiri, mwakuri iaon namakin are ti karekei, ao n otinako ni katiteuanaaki ni buokiia naake a kainnano ngkai ti kona ni kaungaaki bwa ti na karaoia. Tao n te tai anne e na kona n taekinaki nakoira, ngke e taekinna te Tia Kamaiu iroun te aine ae tangira ae e buokia: “E karaoa te mwakuri ae raoiroi nakoiu. … E karaoa ae e kona.”21 I arana anne bwa e raka arona! N aran Iesu Kristo, amen.

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

  1. Emma Smith, in Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society (2011), 14.

  2. Brigham Young, in Daughters in My Kingdom, 36.

  3. Daughters in My Kingdom, 36–37.

  4. Brigham Young, in James E. Faust, “Go Bring Them in from the Plains,” Riaona, Nobembwa. 1997, 7; taraa naba LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration 1856–1860 (1960), 139.

  5. Lucy Meserve Smith, in Jill Mulvay Derr and others, eds., The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History (2016), 217, 218, spelling and punctuation standardized; taraa naba Daughters in My Kingdom, 37.

  6. Taraa “Facts and Figures about Refugees,” unhcr.org.uk/about-us/key-facts-and-figures.html.

  7. 40 Ways to Help Refugees in Your Community,” Tebetembwa. 9, 2015, mormonchannel.org.

  8. Imeeri mairoun Yvette Bugingo, Maati. 12, 2016.

  9. Rosemary M. Wixom, “Discovering the Divinity Within,” Riaona, Nobembwa. 2015, 8. Emily Woodmansee, one of those rescued in 1856 in the Willie handcart company, described divine nature this way (with a slight alteration on my part):

    Nakoaia anera a anganaki aine;

    Ao aio te bwaintangira are, ngaira aine, ti karekea:

    Ni karaoan bwaai bon te akoi ao [anuan Kristo],

    To cheer and to bless in [the Savior’s] name. (“As Sisters in Zion,” Hymns, no. 309)

  10. Russell M. Nelson, “A Plea to My Sisters,”Riaona, Nobembwa. 2015, 96, 97.

  11. Motiaea 18:9.

  12. Taraa Motiaea 4:27.

  13. Motiaea 4:27.

  14. Nakoaia Ibonga 19:34.

  15. Ebera 13:2.

  16. Mataio 25:35–36.

  17. Taraa Ruka 21:1–4.

  18. Ruka 10:37.

  19. Bootaki n Taunimate ibukin Rosemary Curtis Neider, Tianuare. 2015.

  20. Henry B. Eyring, “The Caregiver,”Riaona, Nobembwa. 2012, 124.

  21. Mareko 14:6, 8.