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Te Rairaki ao te Bitaki i Chile
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Bwaeoniia ni Katoai Aba

Te Rairaki ao te Bitaki i Chile

E moan karaoaki te moan bwabetito n te 1956. N te tai aei ao iai 1 ana tembora, 9 mition, 74 ana titeiki te Ekaretia, ao e kania 600,000 membwa i Chile.

Día de Templo.  A woman and a young girl playing on a wall outside the Santiago Chile Temple.

N tain aia ka 58 n ririki n rongorongoia, a tia kaain te Ekaretia i Chile ni kaota aia konabwai ni bita aia kooti, ni karaoi bitaki aika uarereke nakon maiuia n te kawai are e taekinaki irouia burabeti. E a tia te tamnei aei n anga te rikirake ae moan te korakora nakon rikiraken te Ekaretia ikekei inanon iteran te tienture ae nako. N te bong aei, membwa i Chile e kania 600,000, ni karika 1 mai ibuakoia 30 kaain Chile bwa te kaain te Ekaretia.1

Te Abotoro e Kawara Chile

N te 1851, Unimwaane Parley P. Pratt (1807–1857) man te Kooram n te Tengaun ma Uoman e roko i Valparaíso ma te kantaninga bwa e na katea te Ekaretia. E ngae n anne, ngaia ma raoraona a kabi te taetae n Spanish, aki tau aia kareke mwane, ao akea inaomataia aaro n roko n te aba, ngaia are aki kona ni katea te Ekaretia.

E taekinna Unimwaane Pratt nakon Beretitenti Brigham Young (1801–77): “A riai Ana Boki Moomon ao tabeua beeba ni kaongora aika boraoi n rairaki nakon te taetae n Spanish ao ni boretiaki, ao ngkanne e na kona n uotaki te euangkerio nakon aaba aikai ngkana te Nakoanibonga ae maiu e raonaki n te bwai teuana ibukiia ake a na warekia —riki koroboki ake iai inanoia ana berita te Atua, aia tataro ao aia onimaki naake a maiu n taai akekei, ao mwaakan ao Tamnein te Atua ni mwakuri ma ngaia ni kaokan te bata are i Iteraera.”2

E a Kateaki Te Ekaretia

N aki ongea ana kekeiaki Unimwaane Pratt ake mai imwaina, e raka iaon 100 te ririki n nako imwain ae matoa kateakin te Ekaretia i Chile. N te 1956, Unimwaane Joseph Bentley ao Verle Allred a kanakoaki man te Argentina Mition bwa a na tataekina te euangkerio i Chile, ngkai e a karekea te kimwareirei ae korakora ni karaoan te mwakuri n te aro. I Santiago, mitinare aikai a karekea ana ibuobuoki te utu ae te Fotheringham, membwa aika a tia ni mwaing mai Panama ao a tia ni kantaningaia mitinare bwa ana roko.

photo of first baptism in Chile in 1956 First missionaries in Chile, Joseph C. Bentley and Verle M. Allred.

E karaoaki te moa ni bwabetito i Chile n Nobembwa 25, 1956, inanon te nei n te kirabu n aba i Santiago. Unimwaane Allred e uringnga, “Ti nakon te kirabu n aba imwain otin taai ao ni karaoa te mwakuri n ibuobuoki ma te tataro ao taetae aika uarereke. I rin inanon te ran ma te Tari Garcia; I bwabetitoia moa, ao waniman riki aomata ake imwiina. Aio bon te tai ae rangin n onoti. Tera ae ti bane n namakinna e bon aki kona ni mwanuokinaki. … Membwa aikai a na riki bwa bwaeoniia n te Ekaretia i Chile ao I kakoaua bwa ngaiia n tatabemaniia nako a teimatoa n onimaki ni karokoa te mate: te Garcías, te Saldaños, ao Titita Lanzarotti.”3

Weteaia Taani Kairiiri

Ni Beberuare 1959, Spencer W. Kimball (1895‒1985) man te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman e kawara Chile ao e kamatata kainnanoan karikirakean te kairiiri n te tabo. Temanna te moan tia kairiiri n te tabo bon Carlos Cifuentes, are bon te kauntira nakon te beretitenti n te mition, Robert Burton. Unimwaane Julio Jaramillo, are imwiina e riki bwa te Itingaun n te Aono ao te beretitenti n te tembora, e taekina te atatai aei: “I karekea moan kinakin te Tari Cifuentes ngke I kaoaki nakon te bootaki n nakoanibonga imwiin ae I bwabetitoaki. Ngke e moanaki te bootaki, e nakon te tabo n taetae ao te bwai ae I tii noria bon ukinibaina aika bareka, ao ni beroro. I taku n au iango, ‘E na kanga te aomata aei ni kona ni kaira te bootaki irarikin te beretitenti n te mition ngkana a bareka baina?’ Anne au iango ao ngke e a moana ana taetae ao I a mwaninga bwaai ni kabane ngke I a namakina tamneina. E kabwarabwara taekan tuua aika nano ma taeka aika bebete nakoira. Bon te mwakaeneke ae mwamwakuri ao n taainako n te Kaonobong ao e na mwakuri ni bwakanako tai, ngkanne e na kaitiaki baina, ma ibukin aki taun bwaai ni kaitiaki n ana tiaobu e aki kona ni kanakoi ni kabane mwiin baika a kiriiti. N te tai naba anne I reiakinna bwa N na aki motiki taekaia aomata man N ataa kakawakiia bwa antai ngaii.”4

Kakorakoraia te Roro ae Rikirake

Inanon ririki aika 1960 ao 1970, te Ekaretia i Chile e kakorakoraaki tiaki n tii man rikirakeia taan kairiiri n te tabo ma man burokuraem ni kateitei ao n reirei aika boou. Aio are e raonaki ma katean umwantabu n ikotaki ma katean reirein te Ekaretia, tieminari, ao intitute.

Inanon Maati 1964, ana moanrinan n reirei te Ekaretia aika uoua a kuneaki i Chile. Imwiina ao tabeua reirei a kaukaki, ao te kabaeara e raka iaon 2,600 ataein te reirei. Ma ni kabanean te ririki ae te 1970 tabun ao moan te 1980 tabun, reirei aika tau ibukin te botanaomata a rangin n tau mwaitiia, ngaia ae e a katanoata kainakin ana reirei te Ekaretia i Chile.

N taetae iaon ana burokuraem te reirei, Unimwaane Eduardo A. Lamartine, te Itingaun n te Aono mai imwaina ao te aetuwaitia n rongorongon te Ekaretia Chile, “Reirei i Chile bon reirei aika rangin n tamaroa ibukin reiakinaia ngaa kairake n aomata iaon bwain te reirei ao te tamnei, ao a ibuobuoki nakon katauraokia taan kairiiri ao mitinare inanon ririki ake imwiina.”5

Te burokuraem ibukin te tieminari ao te intitute a moanaki i Chile n te 1972. N te moan tai, ataein te reirei a ira te burokuraem ni kamatebwai n te mweenga ma kiraati ni katoa wiiki. Imwiina riki, a mwaiti riki kiraati aika a barongaaki. Burokuraem aikai a kakabwaiaia kairake n aomata n te aba ao ni buokia ni katauraoia nakon te mwakuri ni mitinare ae bwanin taina. Unimwaane Eduardo Ayala, kaain ngkoa te Itingaun, bon te moan tia reirei n te tieminari ao imwiina e mwakuri ibukin ana Bootaki n Reirein te Aro i Chile. E taku, “E rineia kairake n aomata te Uea ake a mena ikekei n te tai arei ao angiia mai buakoia bon mitinare aika a bane aia tai ao taan kairiiri aika tamaroa ma aia utu aika raraoi. … Ibukiu, te tieminari ao te intitute bon ibukin te kamaiuaki n tain te kauntaeka ae bati i abara ao I kakaitau bwa I weteaki bwa N na mwakuri ma ana bootaki n reirei te aro.”6

Group photo of fourth grade students at Church school in Santiago known as Colegio A. D. Palmer and Chilean teachers at school.  This photograph is one of a twenty-five-page photocopy of Flora Decker's photograph album containing snapshots she accumulated while serving in Chilean Mission during presidencies of Carl J. Beecroft and Robert H. Burton. Most images in album include some identifying information. Copies of twenty-seven images from album and index providing additional information about those items are also included

Te Moan Titeiki

N Nobembwa 19, 1972, Unimwaane Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008), kaain ngkoa te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman, e barongaa katean te Santiago Chile Titeiki, ma Carlos Cifuentes bwa te beretitenti.

Te katauraoi ibukin te titeiki e kaota anuaia Aomata Aika Itiaki i Chile ma nanoia ae korakora ni kan iriia burabeti. Unimwaane Hinckley e a tia n roko i Chile tabeua te namwakaina n nako ni barongaa katean te titeiki. Ma imwiin karaoan te intawiu, e a manga taonaki. N te tai anne, a mwaiti aomata aika a rinanon te kanganga n te mwane, ao tabeman membwa a kaitara ma te kanganga n ira tuan te kabwianibwai.

E kabwarabwara Unimwaane Hinckley, “I oki onoua te namwakaina imwiina, ao ngke I intawiu, I kunea rikiraken te onimaki; a manga nakonako riki tetaina ma te kokoaua imatan te Uea, e barongaaki te titeiki, ao imwiin te tai anne e a rikirake ao ni korakora.”7

Bwaeoniia iaon te Tia

N te bong aei ao iai uoua titeiki iaon Arica, te kabanea ni kaawa i meangin Chile. Karakinan Gladys ao Juan Benavidez, taan moan rairaki i Arica, e kamatata tamnein te bwaeoniia ao te kairoro mai ieta ni katean te Ekaretia rinanon Chile.

Te Tari Benavidez e kairaki nakon te Ekaretia n te 1961 ngke a ukaki beeba tabeua nakon kawaina: “Aikai a kairia nakon te iteraniba n te Reader’s Digest Selections ma taekaia kain ‘Te Moomon,’ ni kabwarabwaraaki iai maiuia ao aia koaua,” e taku.

Tabeua te tai imwiina, e kaitara ma te aoraki ae kakaiaki are e tangira karaoan aorakina i Santiago. “Ngke I mena ikekei, I kawara mwaneu ao n reiakinna bwa e a tia n riki bwa kaain te Ekaretia,” e taku. “E kaoai nakon te maungatabu ae onoti. Ngke I kakaouongo nakon te tataro ni kaukuki ao n iangoi taekana, I namakina te kukurei ni kabuta rabwatau ao n namakina ana kairoro te Tamnei ae Raoiroi. Ngke e a bane te maungatabu, a kairai mitinare bwa N na kamauri ma te mataniwi ae roko, Unimwaane Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), ngaia ngkoa kaain te Kooram n te Tengaun ma Uoman.”

E oki te Tari Benavidez nako Arica ao n tibwaua te bwai ae a tia n rinanona ma raona te aine, Gladys Aguilar, are buuna ngkai. Tabebong imwiina, e noria uoman mitinare Gladys n rirarikin ana auti. “Ti waekoa n nako ni kakaeia,” E taku te Tari Benavidez. “N Turai 1, 1961, ti bwabetitoaki, n raonaki ma ana utu kain abau. N te bong aei iai natira ao tibura n te Ekaretia. I rangin ni kakaitau nakon te Uea ibukin tangibururun te ang are e uota rongorongon te Ekaretia nako nanon baiu.”8

Te Tai Ae Kanganga

N te rinerine n te 1970, Dr. Salvador Allende e riki bwa te beretitenti ao e katea te tautaeka ni Marxist. A rootaki kaain te Ekaretia ma kanganga ibukin aki taun te amwarake ao te bwai n aoraki, teimatoan bwainikirinaia mitinare, ao aki etin aia iango taan rawe rongorongo aika aki raoiroi.

N te 1973, te kangaanga n te mwane ao ma te botan aomata e karika tauakin te tautaeka irouia tautia ao te tautaeka ae kairaki iroun te aomata ae buakaka ni karokoa 1990. E ngae ngke Chile bon te aba ae korakora n te bong aei, ririki aikana uoua aikanne bon taai aika e korakora iai te kanganga irouia membwa. Kurubu ake a kaitara aron ana waaki n tautaeka te taanga ni buaka a karei umwantabu ao membwa naba ibukina bwa a taku bwa e tei te Ekaretia ibukin te tautaeka n te United States. Unimwaane Ayala, te titeiki beretitenti n te tai anne, e taku, “Ti na kaitibo ma Mataniwi ni Kabuta, ao a na tuangira, ‘Taiaoka, karaoa ae tamaroa, tataro mwaaka, karaoi bwaai aika eti, bwa aonga membwa ni kateimatoa aron bairean te taromauri.’”9

E ngae n anne ao kanganga n te mwane ao te kaitara are e a bwenauaia ana botanaomata Chile n ni moan ririki n te 1980, te Ekaretia e tabe n rikirake. Imarenan 1970 ao 1985, mwaitia membwa i Chile e birirake man 15,728 nakon 169,361.

Ana Tembora Santiago

The Santiago Chile Temple

N te 1980, a kakabwaiaki aomata Aika Itiaki ma kakabwaia ma te katanoata bwa e na kateaki te tembora i Santiago, Chile.

Ngke e katabua te tabo are e na tei iai te tembora Beretitenti Spencer W. Kimball, e bon rangin ni mamaara; ma rokona ikekei e kaota ana tangira nakoia aomata Aika Itiaki i Amerika Maiaki, are e a tia ni mwakuri iai ni moa man te 1959. Titita Adriana Guerra de Sepúlveda, are e rairairi ibukin Titita Kimball n te taina are e riki iai anne, e taku, “Ngke I noora te burabeti, te aomata ae katuauarereke, ma moana ae kanga ai aron taraan te anera, I moanna n tang ao akea te bae N na kona n taekinna nakoina. Ai bon ti bwa te moan tai aei nakoiu bwa N na mena irarikin te burabeti ae maiu. N norakin ana taeka te Uea ikai iaon te aba ao i abau bon te bwai ae kamimi.”10

E katabuaki te tembora n te 1983, n riki bwa te kauoua i Amerika Maiaki ao te moan irouia aaba aika bwaina te taetae n Tibein.

Unimwaane Jeffrey R. Holland i Chile

N Aokati 2002, te Moan Beretitentii e mwiokoia uoman membwa n te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman bwa a na tararuai uoua aonon te Ekaretia: Unimwaane Dallin H. Oaks e kanakoaki nako Biribin, ao Unimwaane Jeffrey R. Holland nako Chile. Ana mwakuri Unimwaane Holland ao ana anainano i Chile bon akea kabotauana, ao mwiina e na teimaota ibukiia rooro.

Aan ana kamatata Unimwaane Holland aika kakawaki bon katauraoan te banna ni katoto n ana kawai te Uea. E ibuobuoki ni kataneiaia taan kairiiri aika boou ao n tararuai aron manga baireakin bwaai, katokana, ao kamaiuakin bubua ni uoote ao tatin n titeiki. Aron manga baireakin ao kataneiai a kainnanoaki ibukin birimwaakan rikiraken te Ekaretia n te aba. Ana kairiri e buoka kaungakin iunite ao ni katauraoa te Ekaretia i Chile ibukin taai aika a na roko.

Irarikin anne, e karaoi tabeua reitaki aika kakawaki Unimwaane Holland i Chile. Unimwaane Carl B. Pratt man te Itingaun, te kauntira n te Moan ni Beretitentii anne, e kabwarabwarai tabeua reitaki aika kakawaki aikai: “Unimwaane Holland e karekea te reitaki ae tamaroa ma Ricardo Lagos [ana beretitenti Chile] ao kainnabana; a kakoroi bukin tabeua karikirake n ibuobuoki. Unimwaane Holland e a kina Aborotorika Nuncio [te aobitia ae rietata n te aro ni Katorika] ao tabeman aomata aika kakawaki i Chile.”11

Onimakinan Taai Aika Ana Roko

Aia kekeiaki Unimwaanes Parley P. Pratt ao Jeffrey R. Holland, aia mwakuri n ibuobuoki moan ni mitinare aika a roko i Santiago, aia mwakuri korakora taan kairiiri n aron Carlos Cifuentes ao tabeman bwaeoniia i Chile, n reitaki ma aia onimaki ao nanoia ae korakora bubua ni ngaa aika a tia ni kaina te Ekaretia ae raka iaon te iterana te tienture aika a tia ni katea aan te Ekaretia i Chile. N te bong aei te tembora ai boni mweengan te aba nakon te tembora (ma teuana riki ae e a tia ni katanoataaki), te tienta ni kataneiai ibukiia mitinare, 9 miition, ao 74 titeiki. Akea tokin te tai ae na roko n te mwakuri n te tamnei ni kaoia aomata ni kabane nakon Kristo.

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

  1. Taraa Deseret News 2013 Church Almanac, 454.

  2. Rongorongon maiun Parley P. Pratt, ed. Scot Facer Proctor ao Maurine Jensen Proctor (2000), 504.

  3. Verle Allred, inanon Néstor Curbelo, LDS i Amerika Maiaki: Chile Sur, waorium 1 (2008), 6.

  4. Julio Jaramillo, inanon Néstor Curbelo, LDS i Amerika Maiaki: Chile, waorium 1 (2006), 4–5.

  5. Eduardo Adrian Lamartine Aguila, te tiamwari iaon te rongorongo ae kanakoaki nakon te tia korokaraki, Nobembwa 2013.

  6. Eduardo Ayala, inanon Néstor Curbelo, LDS i Amerika Maiaki: Chile, waorium 1 (2006), 44, 45.

  7. Gordon B. Hinckley, i Rodolfo Acevedo A., Alturas Sagradas: Templo de Santiago de Chile, 100.

  8. Néstor Curbelo, “Blossoming in the Desert,” Rongorongon te Ekaretia, Nobembwa 9, 1996, 8–9.

  9. Eduardo Ayala, inanon Néstor Curbelo, LDS i Amerika Maiaki: Chile, waorium 1 (2006), 33.

  10. Adriana Guerra de Sepúlveda, inanon Néstor Curbelo, LDS i Amerika Maiaki: Chile (2006), 16.

  11. Carl B. Pratt, i Néstor Curbelo, Colombia: investigación histórica, waorium 1 (2010), 16.

  12. Jorge F. Zeballos, inanon te reta ae kanakoaki nakon te tia korokaraki, Tianuare 2014.

A mwaiti tamnei man te beeba ni kaongora aei bon man a na mwamwannano ni karinerine ibukin Néstor Curbelo; maing, ieta: tamnei iroun filipefrazao/iStock/Thinkstock; inano: tamnei iroun kavram/iStock/Thinkstock

Taan reirei ao aia ataei n te reirei n aia kaaua ni koraki n ana reirei te Ekaretia-te reirei ae buokaki Colegio A. D. Palmer, te katautau tao n 1966.

Te reirei n taekan te aro i Temuco bon teuana mai ibuakoia 50 intitute i Chile.

Maing: tamnei iroun Flora Decker Donaldson; tamnein Unimwaane Melvin J. Ballard by S. W. Ecker © IRI

Beretitenti Gordon B. Hinckley e taetae nakoia 48,000 Aika Itiaki aika kaain Chile n te 1996 n tain te maungatabu i Santiago.

Ni buokan te kaangaanga n te mwaieie n 2010, kairake ao ikawai mai Chile, Baai n Ibuobuoki man te Moomon, a boboti bwaai ni mwakuri ibukin te aiitiin.

kabwarabwarakina iroun Marcelo Silva/iStock/Thinkstock