Te Aro n Tau Bon Tiaki ae A Na Akea Barekam

Mairoun Bradley R. Wilcox

Te Kauoman ni Kauntira n te Beretitentii ni Kabuta n te Bootaki n Ataeinimwaane

Ngkana ko namakinna bwa ko kabwaka n taai aika mwaiti n am kekeiaki, uringa Ana Mwakuri ni Kamaiu Kristo ao ana akoi a karikia bwa ko bon konabwai.

I kanakoa n te taina au rongorongo nakon natiu te aine ao buuna ni bwanaau iaon au tareboon. I taku, “Ei ngkami uoman. I rang n tangiri ngkami.” A karekea, “I ribai ngkami uoman. I riai n tangiri ngkami.” E aki kamimi beebeten te rongorongo ae ko kan taekinna ni kona ni kairiruaaki? Aio te bwai ae ririki n tabetai ma ana rongorongo te Atua iaon te rairannano ao arom n tau.

Tabeman a kairua ni karekea bwa te rairannano ao te bitaki aki kakaawaki. Ana rongorongo te Atua a bon kakaawaki.¹ Ma tiaki te Atua e tangiriira n aki tarai kabwakara? Eng! E tangiriira n te aro ae kororaoi. I tangiriia tibu, aika aki kororaoi, ma ti aki nanona bwa I aki tangiriia bwa a na rikirake ao ni karekei aroia ni kabane ake a kona ni karekei. Te Atua e tangiriira n ae boni ngaira, ma E rangi ni korakora ana tangiriira ibukira bwa E na katikuira n te aro aei.² Te rikirake inanon te Uea bon anne ae e nanonaki n te maiu ae mamate.³ Te bitaki bon anne aan ni kabane ana Mwakuri ni Kamaiu Kristo. Kristo e aki ti kona ni kautiko, kaitiakaki, karaunano, ao ni kamarurungiira, ma rinanon aikai ni kabane, E kona ni bitiira bwa ti na riki n Ai Arona.⁴

Tabeman a karekea te rongorongo bwa te rairannano bon te bwai ae karaoaki tii tetaina. Ana rongorongo te Atua, bon are e a tia n reiakina Beretitenti Russell M. Nelson, “Te rairannano … bon te bwai ae na reitinako karaoana.”⁵ Te rairannano e na anaa te tai ae maan ao te kekeiaki ae teimatoa,⁶ ngaia are kiitanan te bure⁷ ao karekean “te aro are akea te nano ni kan karaoa ae buakaka, ma n teimatoa ni karaoa ae raoiroi”⁸ bon baika ti uaiakin inanon maiura.⁹

Te maiu kanga ai aron te mwananga ae abwabwaki. Ti aki kona n roko n tokin kawaira iaon ti teuana te tangke ni bwaa. Ti riai ni kakanoa te tangke n taainako. Anaakin te toa bon aekakin te tei n te tabo ni bwaa. Ngkai ti rairi nanora ao ni kaboui ara berita aika a tabu, ti berita ma nanora bwa tina kawakin tua, ao te Atua ao Kristo a na kakabwaiaira ma te Tamnei ae Raoiroi.¹⁰ Ni kauarerekeana, ti berita bwa ti na waaki nako iaon kawaira, ao te Atua ao Kristo a berita bwa a na kakamwarakei tamneira.

Tabeman a kairua ni karekea te rongorongo are a aki tau n irii waakin nako te euangkerio ibukina bwa a tuai ni kabanei ni kanakoi anua aika a buakaka. Ana rongorongo te Atua bwa te kororaoi bon tiaki ae a na akea barekam.¹¹ Te kororaoi bon kakaraoan te kokoaua ao te kekeiaki. Ti riai ni kokoaua ma te Atua, taan kairiiri n te nakoanibonga, ao tabeman ake a tangiriira,¹² ao ti riai ni kataia ni kawakin ana tua te Atua ao n aki bwarannano ibukina bwa ti karaoi buure.¹³ Unimwaane Bruce C. Hafen e taku bwa karikirakean anuan Kristo “e kainnanoa te taotaonaki n nano ao te teimatoa riki nakon are e kainnanoia ae a na akea barekam.”¹⁴ E a tia n taekinna te Uea bwa te bwaintangira n te Tamnei e anganako “ibukin kabwaiaia naake a tangirai ao a kawakini au tua ni kabane, ao naake a ukoukoria ni karaoia.”¹⁵

Temanna te ataeinimwane are I a aranna bwa Damon e koroboki: “Ngke I rikirake, iai au kangaanga ni matakuakinan tamnei aika buakaka. N tainako I namakina te mama n te aro are I aki kona n ataa arou ae riai.” Ni katoa te tai are e kairua iai Damon, e namakina korakoran te bwarannano, n te aro are e motika taekana bwa e aki tau ibukin te nanoangaaki, kabwaraaki ana bure, ke n anganaki riki ana tai mairoun te Atua. E taku: “I baireia bwa I a bon butimwaea te namakin ae aki raoiroi ni katoa tai. Irou e a riribai te Atua ibukina bwa I aki tangiria ni mwakuri korakora n tokanikai iaon te kataaki aei n aki manga okiria. I kona ni waaki inano wiiki ao n tabetai inanon namwakaina, ma ngkanne I a manga kabwaka ao n iango, ‘I bon aki kona n tau, ngaia are tera bonganan ae N na kataia?’”

N te tai teuana ngke e bwara nanon, e taku Damon nakon ana tia kairiiri n te nakoanibonga: “Tao n nang aki manga roko n te taromauri. I a kua n riki bwa te bwaretaio.”

Ana tia kairiiri e kaeka: “Tiaki ngkoe te bwaretaio ibukina bwa iai anuam aika a buakaka aika ko kataia ni katoki karaoaia. Ko bwaretaio ngkana ko karabai, kewe ibukina, ke ko kataia n tuangko bwa te Ekaretia iai ana kangaanga ibukin kateimatoan te kainibaire ae rietata. Arom ni kokoaua ibukin am mwakuri ao n toua te mwaneka ni waaki nako tiaki te bwaritaio. Bon te riki bwa ana reirei.”¹⁶ Te tia kairiiri aei e taekin ana taeka Unimwaane Richard G. Scott, are e reirei: “Te Uea e tara te mamaara n ae kaokoro ma are E nooria n te kakaitara. … Ngkana e taekina te uea te mamaara, e airi n tainako ma te nanoanga.”¹⁷

Te taratara anne e angan Damon te ungannano. E a ataia bwa te Atua e aki mena ikekei ni kangai, “Damon e a manga kabwaka naba.” Irarikin anne, E bae ni kangai, “Taraia bwa tera ae e a tia ni karaoia Damon ibukin nakoraoin maiuna.” Te ataeinimwane aei n tokina e katoka tebobaraaki ma te mama ke ni kakaai aanga ni kamanoa ao ni kakataunaari. E tararake ibukin buokana mai karawa, ao e karekea.¹⁸

E taku Damon, “Ti teuana te tai ae I rairaki iai nakon te Atua n taai aika a nako bwa I bubuti kabwaraan au bure, ma ngkai I bubuti naba ibukin ana nanoanga— ‘Mwaakana ni kamarurung.’[Bible Dictionary, “Grace”]. I tuai kakaraoa anne mai imwaina. N te tai aei, I a aki kabanea au tai n riribai ibukin te bwai are I a tia ni karaoia ma iaon riki tangiran Iesu ibukin te bwai are e a tia ni karaoia.”

Ni iangoana bwa ai maanra Damon ni korakai, e aki rangi n ibuobuoki ao n riai irouia kaaro ao taan kairiiri ake a buokia ni kangai, “tai manga karaoia riki” n rangi ni waekoa ke ni katei kainibaire ake a na iangoaki bwa a “tau.” Irarikina, a waaki ma kouru aika uarereke, aika a kakai koro bukiia. A kakeai bwaai ake e kabwaka iai te aomata ao a taraa riki aron te rikirake ae teimatoa, are e a kona iai Damon ni kateitei iaon bwaai aika e nakoraoi iai ma tiaki kabwakana.¹⁹ Ngaia, n ai aroia ana aomata Rimwaai ake a tautoronaki, a reiakinna bwa a kona n “rikirake teutana imwiin teutana.”²⁰

Unimwaane D. Todd Christofferson e reirei: “Ni kaitaraan bwaai aika a [rang] bubura, ti riai ni mwakuriia n ae uarereke, teutana ni katoabongiia. … Kai irekerekean anua aika a boou ke te tokanikai iaon anua aika bubuaka ke anua aika kareke [n angiin te tai] e nanonaki bwa te kekeiaki n te bong aei n rimwiaki n teuana riki ningabong ao are imwiina, tao ibukin boong aika a mwaiti, ao bon namwakaina ma ririki. … Ma ti kona ni karaoia ibukina bwa ti kona ni bubuti nakon te Atua … ibukin te ibuobuoki are ti kainnanoia ni katoa bong.”²¹

N te tai aei, tariu ao mwaneu, te butinaoraki n te COVID-19 tiaki te bwai ae beebete irouia aomata nako, ma te kaokoroaki n irekereke ma matoan te tauraroa e a tia n rang kangaanga ni maiuia naake a ininimaki ma anua aika buakaka. Uringnga e kona n reke te bitaki, te rairannano bon te mwakuri ae reitinako, ao te kororaoi tiaki ae a na akea barekam. Ae kakaawaki riki, uringnga bwa te Atua ao Kristo a rang tatauraoi n buokiira n te tai ae waekoa.²²

Tabeman a kairua ni karekean te rongorongo are te Atua e tataninga ni ibuobuoki imwiin are ti rairi nanora. Ana rongorongo te Atua bwa E na buokiira ngkai ti rairi nanora. Ana akoi e tauraoi ibukira ni kabane “n aki taraia bwa ti mena iaa ni kawain te ongeaba.”²³ Unimwaane Dieter F. Uchtdorf e taekinna: “Te Atua e aki kainnanoia aomata aika akea barekaia. E ukoukoriia naake a anga ‘nanoia ao aia ingo ae tatauraoi’ [Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 64:34], ao E na ‘kakororaoia inanon Kristo’ [Moronaai 10:32–33].”²⁴

A rang mwaiti aika a tia ni maraki man uruakin ao kaiangatoa n aia reitaki are e a kangaanga irouia bwa a na kakoaua ana nanoanga te Atua ao ana taotaonakinnano. Iai aia kanganga n noora te Atua n arona—ae te Karo ae tangira are e katoki kainnanora²⁵ ao e ata aron te “anga bwaai aika a raoiroi nakoia ake a bubutiia.”²⁶ Ana akoi tiaki te kanuanga ibukiia aika a tau. Bon te “ibuobuoki mai karawa” ae E anga are e na buokiira ni kona n tau. Bon tiaki te kanuanga nakoia aika raraoi. Bon te “korakoran n te entaumente” are E anga are e buokiira ni kona n raoiroi.²⁷ Ti aki ti nakonako ni kaineta te Atua ao Kristo. Ti nakonako ma Ngaiia.²⁸

Ni kabuta te Ekaretia, aomata aika kairake a tataekina aia Botoniango Ataeinnaine ao te Kooram n te Nakoanibonga ae te Aaron. Mai New Zealand nako Spain nako Ethiopia nako Japan, ataeinnaine a kangai, “I kawakina te bwaintituaraoi ibukin te rairannano.” Mai Chile nako Guatemala nako Moroni, Utah, ataeinimwaane a kangai, “Ngkai I kekeiaki ni beku, ni kamwakura te onimaki, n rairannano, ao n rikirake ni katoa bong, N na kona n tau ni karekei kakabwaia n te tembora ao te kimwareirei n teimatoa n te euangkerio.”

I berita bwa kakabwaia ao kimwareirei akanne a koaua e kona n reke irouia naake a kawakin tuua ni kabane ao “naake a ukoukoria ni karaoia.”²⁹ Ngkana ko namakinna bwa ko kabwaka n taai aika mwaiti n am kekeiaki, uringa Ana Mwakuri ni Kamaiu Kristo ao ana akoi a karikia bwa ko bon konabwai.³⁰ “Baina ao [ana] nanoanga a aroraki nako imi.”^{” 31} Kam tangiraki—n te bong aei, inanon 20 te ririki, ao n aki toki. N aran Iesu Kristo, amen.

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

1. Taraa Ioane 3:3–6; Motiaea 27:25.

2. Taraa Neal A. Maxwell, “I Will Arise and Go to My Father,” Ensign, Tebetembwa 1993, 65–68.

3. Taraa Ereman 3:21.

4. Taraa 2 I-Korinto 5:17; Motiaea 3:19.

5. Russell M. Nelson, “Ti kona ni Karaoa ae Tamaroa ao ni Katamaroaki Riki,” Riaona, Meei 2019, 67.

6. Taraa Motiaea 26:30; Moronaai 6:8; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 1:31–32.

7. Taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 58:43.

8. Motiaea 5:2.

9. Taraa Iakobwa 6:11; Aramwa 15:17.

10. Taraa 2 Nibwaai 31:20; Motiaea 18:10; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 20:77.

11. Taraa Ruka 15:11–32; I-Rom 3:23–25. Unimwaane Gerrit W. Gong e taku, “Te riki n tau e aki nanonaki bwa kona kororaoi” (“Always Remember Him,” Liahona, Meei 2016, 109). Ni maroro nakoia ataein te reirei n te Brigham Young University, Beretitenti Cecil O. Samuelson e kabwarabwara: “Temanna e kona n tau n ae bwanin [ni] wakin te euangkerio ma e bon teimatoa n rikirake ngkai e kaitarai arona n aki kororaoi. … Te aro n tau e kakaawaki, ma e aki katiteboaki ma te kororaoi” (“Be Ye Therefore Perfect” [Brigham Young University devotional, Sept. 6, 2011], 1, 5, speeches.byu.edu). Unimwaane Marvin J. Ashton e taku: “Te aro n tau bon te mwakuri, ao te kororaoi bon te mwananga ae akea tokina. Ti kona n tau ni karekei tibwanga aika kakaokoro n arora n aki kororaoi” (“On Being Worthy,” Ensign, Meei 1989, 20).

12. Unimwaane Neil L. Andersen e a tia ni wewete ibukin “te kokoaua ae teimatoa” ao e reirei, “Te kokoaua bon boton te maiu n tamnei ao e riai ni boboto mai iai te rairannano ni koaua ao n reitinako” (The Divine Gift of Forgiveness [2019], 193, 48).

13. Unimwaane Neil L. Andersen e koreia, “Tina tibanako n tai tabetai, ma tina waekoa n oki ma te nanorinano ni katorobubua ao ni manga waaki nako n te kawai ae eti” (The Divine Gift of Forgiveness, 208).

14. Bruce C. Hafen, The Broken Heart (1989), 186.

15. Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 46:9; e kairaki ma katuruturuana.

16. Taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 10:67.

17. Richard G. Scott, “Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ,” Liahona, Nobembwa 2013, 83.

18. Taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 6:35–37.

19. Beretitenti Russell M. Nelson, e taekinna: “Te Uea e aki kantaninga te kororaoi mairoura n te tai aei inanon rikirakera ae akea tokina. Ma E kantaningaira bwa tina rikirake ni waekoa n itiaki” (“Ti Kona ni Katamaroa ao n Tamaroa Riki,” 68 e kairaki ma katuruturuana).

20. Motiaea 21:16.

21. D. Todd Christofferson, “Kinaakin Bain te Atua n Ara Kakabwaia ni Katoabong,” Riaona, Tianuare 2012, 28–29; taraa naba D. Todd Christofferson, “Te Bwaintangira mai Karawa n te Rairannano,” Riaona, Nobembwa 2011, 38–41.

22. Taraa Iotua 1:5, 9; Itaia 41:10; Mataio 11:28–30; 2 Nibwaai 28:32; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 24:8.

23. D. Todd Christofferson, “Free Forever, to Act for Themselves,” Liahona, Nobembwa 2014, 19.

24. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Five Messages All of God’s Children Need to Hear” (Brigham Young University devotional, Aug. 17, 2021), 3, speeches.byu.edu.

25. Taraa Ita 1:42–43.

26. 3 Nibwaai 14:11.

27. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace,” Liahona, Meei 2015, 107; taraa naba 2 Nibwaai 2:3; Iakobwa 4:7. Beretitenti Russell M. Nelson e taku, “Te Uea e aki kantaninga te onimaki ae kororaoi mairoura ni karekean Mwaakana ae kororaoi” (“Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains,” Liahona, Meei 2021, 102).

28. Taraa Te Tua-Kaua 2:7; Mataio 1:23; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 100:12. Unimwaane Robert E. Wells e koreia: “Tamara are i Karawa tiaki te Atua ae bua, ke Iesu ae mate. A kaineti nakon te bong aei n akea aekakina mai imwaina” (The Mount and the Master [1991], 26).

29. Reirei ao Berita aika a Tabu 46:9.

30. Taraa Sheri Dew, Amazed by Grace (2015), 4.

31. 3 Nibwaai 9:14.