Eria

“Eria ngaia temanna te burabeti ae korakora mairouia burabeti, ao te Uea e anganna te mwaaka ni kabaebae.”¹—President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972)

Tamnei

The Old Testament prophet Elijah standing next to an altar. Elijah has his arms extended as he commands fire from heaven to consume the altar.

Ngai ae Eria ngkai te burabeti i Meangin te Tautaeka n Uea n Iteraera.² Ni kaineti ma aia bong ni buakaka Iteraera’, I kabaea karawa ni kaitara te karau, ni karika te rongo iaon te aba. Inanon tain te rongo, I momoi man te karanga ao reben a ana kakaamarakeai, ao imwiina e mau nanon te karanga.³

E tua te Uea nakoiu bwa n na kawara te aine ae e mate buna are maeka i Tarebata, bwa e na anganai te amarake. I nooria ni boboti kaai ibukin te kabanea n amarake are e katauraoia ibukina ma natina te mwaane. I tuangnga bwa ngkana e anganai te amarake moa, ao “[e na aki] kenako kanoan te baketi ni baraua, ke tao [e na] bon aki tare naba kanoan te batoro ni ba, ni karokoa te bong ae E na kanakomaia te ran iai Iehova nako aon te aba.”⁴ E kamwakura ana onimaki, ao te Uea e kakoroa nanon Ana berita.

Inanon tiku ni maeka ma ana utu, te aine ae akea buna e mate natina te mwaane. I korakai n tataro, “Iehova ae Atuau, I butiko bwa ko na kaoka tamnein te tei aei nako nanona.”⁵ Te Uea e ongo banau, ao natin te aine aei e a manga maiu.⁶

Imwiina, I kaota mwakan te Uea nakoia aomata ake Iteraera ni kaewenakoia burabeti ake a maeka i Aaba n te kabo. Burabeti a wetea aran Baara man te ingabong ni karokoa te tairiki ni kanakoa te ai, ma bon akea te ai ae kaoti. I karaoa te baonikarea ao atibu aika tebwi ma uoua, n ai aroni maitin aia baronga natin Iakoba, ao ni kena te rua irarikin te baonikarea. Imwiina e a reke te baonikarea ma te baonikareanikabuokaki are e roto n te 12 te baketi n ran, are ranga nako te ran ni kaona te rua. I wetea aran te Uea, ao E kanakoa te ai are e a kabuoka te kareanikabuokaki, te baonikarea, ao te ran. Imwiina, I tataro nakon te Uea, ao E kauka karawa ni kabwaka te karau.⁷

N tokin maiu, I aki mate ma I aerake nako karawa ma aoti aika ai⁸. Inanon ana tai Kristo n rereirei iaon te aba, I kaoti iaon te Maunga man onikaki ao n anga kiingin te nakoanibonga nakon Betero, Iakobo ao Ioane.⁹

I kaoti naba ni bong aika katira “ni karairaki nanoia kaaro nakoia naati, ao naati nakoia kaaro,” n roko nakon te Kirtland Tembora n Eberi 3, 1836, ao ni kaokii kiingin te mwaka ni kabaebae nakon Iotebwa Timiti ao Oliver Cowdery.¹⁰