Iesu Kristo—Ara Uea n Raoi
Man te maroro 2013 n Taromauri n te Kiritimati.
Te rau e kona n roko nakoia nikabane ake a nanomwaaka n ukoukora Uean te Raoi.
Christ Calls Two Disciples, iroun Gary E. Smith
Ni kabotoan ara iango iaon te Uea ao te maiu are akea tokina e kona ni buokiira rinanon kanganga ni kabane n te maiu ae mamate. Aomata aika aki kororaoi a tibwa aia buraneti ae te aonaaba ma aomata tabeman aika aki kororaoi. Ara aonaaba e uruanaki n te taarau ae korakora, buaka, buaka aika ririki n te aonaaba, aoraki ao te mate.
A roko kakaewenako ni kaineti nakoim. Baikoraki ake a karika te raraoma, ngaira n tatabemaniira ti tangiria ni karekea te rau n nano.
Au rongorongo e irekereke nakon are ti boboto n te koaua ao te rau ae akea tokina, Iesu Kristo—ara Uea n Raoi.1
E taku Iesu, “Kanakoamaia ataei akana uarereke, ao tai tuki nakoia nakoiu; ba bon aia bwai uean te Atua.2
E kona n uota te rau nakoia ake a uruaki maiuia man ana urubwai te buaka. Utu ake a uruaki man ana mwakuri te taanga ni buaka a uota uringan te buaka, are n au iango a unikaki n tain ana Buaka Korea.
Buaka n taai aikai a rang n raka aroia ni kona n taonaki mwiia n te iti ma a teimatoa n urubwai nakoia utu. Naake a korakai a kona n rairaki nakon te Uea. Ana rongorongo ni karaunano bon rongorongon te rau iaon te aba ao te raoi nakoia aomata.3
Te rau e kona n roko irouia naake a aki marurung. Rabwata tabeua a ikoaki. Tabemana maraki n tamneia ibukina bwa a bua naake a tangiriia ke tabeman a uruaki nanoia. Tariu ao mwaneu, te rau e roko nakon tamneim ngkai ko unika te onimakin inanon te Uea n Raoi.
“Iai ibuakomi ae aoraki? Uotia mai. Iai ibuakomi ae mwauku, ke e mataki, ke e ikoaki, ke e aki konabwai, ke e rebera, ke e rai ke aika a bonotaninga, ke a karawawataki n aekaia nako? Kairiia mai ao N na katoka aorakiia.”4
“Bwa I nooria bwa e bon tau am onimaki bwa N na katoki aorakimi.”5
Te rau e kona n roko nakoia ake a rootaki n te nanokawaki. Ngkana te rawawata e roko man te kairua ke te bure, man nikabane te Uea e ti kainnanoa te rairannano. Koroboki aika a tabu e kaungaira bwa ti na “kararoaira [man] kaibwabwaru ni kairake: … [ao] wetea te Uea man te nano ae itiaki.”6 Ngkanne Ana kabira are “b’am i Kireata” e kona ni kamarurunga te nano ae aoraki n te bure.7
Iangoa te bitaki iroun John Newton, bungiaki i London n 1725. E raira nanona man maiuna ae bure ngke e riki bwa te tia kabonakoia toro n riki bwa te minita n te aro ae te Anglican. Ma te bitaki n nano ae korakora, John e korea taekan te kuna ae “Amazing Grace.”
Te Akoi Ae Kamimi! (Ai tamaroara tangina)
Ae kamaiua te aomata ae rangin ni buakaka n aekakiu!
I a tia ni bua n te taina, ma ngkai I a manga oki;
I mataki ngkoa, ma ngkai I a noraba.8
“Ba e na maiti riki te kimareirei iai i bukin te aomata ae buakaka ae ti temanna ae raira nanona.”9
E kona n roko te rau nakoia naake a rawawata uotaia:
“Bane mai nako Iu ngkami akana kam kua ao kam rawawata ao N na motiki rawami.
“Amoa amou i aomi, ao reirei i Rou, bwa I nimamanei ao I nanorinano, ao e na reke i roumi iai motikan rawaia tamneimi.
“Bwa e aoraoi amou ao e bebete uotau”10
E kona n roko te rau nakoia ake a nanokawaki. E taku te Uea, “A kabwaia akana nanokawaki, ba a na kabebeteaki nanoia.”11 Ngkana ti teimatoa inanon buaia naake ti tangiriia, ti kona ni kaonaki ma ana rau te Uea rinanon ana wirikiriki te Tamnei.
Naake a mate ibukin arau a na bon aki mate, bwa e na bon kakukurei irouia.12
“I katuka te rau i roumi, I anganingkami au rau: I aki anganingkami n ai aron te aba, ngkana e anga. A na tai rawawata nanomi, ao a na tai maaku.”13
“Boni Ngai te manga-uti, ao te maiu, ane onimakinai, ngkana tao e boni mate, ao e na boni manga maiu:
“Ao ane maiu ma n onimakinai ao e na bon aki mate” (Ioane 11:25–26).14
Te rau e kona n roko nakoia ni kabane ake a nanomatoa n ukoukora Uean te Raoi. Ana rongorongo ae kareke n te kamaiu are a uouotia ara mitinare nakon tabo nako n te aonaaba. A tataekina ana euangkerio Iesu Kristo are e kaokaki irouna rinanon te Burabeti Iotebwa Timiti. Mitinare a reirei taeka aika a bita te maiu aika ana taeka te Uea: “Ngkana kam tangirai, ao kam na tou mwin au tua.”15
Te rau e kona n roko nakoia ni kabane ake a rineia n nakonako n ana kawai te Mwatita. Ana kakao e kaotaki inanon taeka n tangira aika teniua: “Nakomai, irirai.”16
Ti na bane n anene ni wewete nakon Uean te Raoi,17 bwa E na manga bon oki. Imwina “e na kaotaki neboakin Iehova, ao a na bane aomata n uaia n nooria.”18 Ngkai bon te Mesia n te ngaa n ririki, E na toka iaon te baunuea bwa Aia King king ao aia Uea uea.19
Ngkana ti iriira Iesu Kristo, E na kairiira ni maeka ma Ngaia ao Tamara are i Karawa, ma ara utu. Rinanon kakaewenako aika a mwaiti n te maiu n rabwata, gkana ti teimatoa ni kakaonimaki nakon ara berita ake ti karaoi, ngkana ti teimatoa n ua te toki, ti na tau ibukin bwaintangira aika a korakora ni bwain tangira ni kabane mai iroun te Atua, maiu ae akea tokina.20 Inanon rokona ae mimitong, ara utu a na ikotaki n aki toki.
E na kakabwaiai ngkami te Atua, tariu ao mwaneu aika tangiraki. E na mena iroum ao naake kam tangiriia ni kukurei n aki toki n ana kakabwaia ni kabane ara Uea—ae Uean te Raoi.