2016
N aron te Aine ae mate buuna mai Tarebata: Te Kakai n te Angabwai n Aki Mamatam
July 2016


N aron te Aine ae mate buuna mai Tarebata: Kakai n te Angabwai n Aki Mamatam

Taan koro karaki a maeka i Utah, USA.

Ngkana ti iagoia n anga te angabwai n aki mamatam ae bati ma n tituaraoi, ti uringnga bwa aomata ake a anga karea nakon te Uea, E kakabwaiaiia n ae bati riki nakon mwaitin te berena are ti teutana are a anga.

Tamnei
the-widow-of-zarephath

Kamataata n te tamnei iroun Rose Datoc Dall

A mwaiti utu ni kabuta te aonaaba aika a rootaki ma iai aia kangaanga n te mwane, riki n taai ni kangaanga ni kaubwain te aba.1 Te kangaanga anne e namakinaki n ara uoote tabeua te ririki n nako, ngkai ti nooria utu tabeua ni kainnanoa te ibuobuoki n te mwane. Ni moan te ririki anne, e tibwaua te kakao te bitiobi mairoun ara beretitenti n te titeiki bwa ti na anga ara angabwai ibukin te aki mamatam ni buokiia aika a kainnano.

E ngae ngke a tuangira ara tia kairiiri n tarai arora n tatabemanira nako ao n iangoia ngkana ti kona n anga ae mwaiti riki n ara angabwai n aki mamatam n tituaraoi, n aki taekinna bwa iraua ae ti riai n anga. E ngae n anne, e kauringiira te Tamnei n te reirei are e anga Beretitenti Marion G. Romney (1897–1988), te Moan Kauntira n te Moan Beretitentii. E taku: “Ngai te tia onimaki ae matoatoa are ko aki kona n angan te Ekaretia ao nakon katean abanuean te Atua ao n riki n rarikin n te mwane. … Ngkana e karaoa ana angabwai nakon te Uea, E kakabwaiaia n ae bati riki nakon are a anga. Anne bon te bwai ae I a tia n rinanona. Ngkana ana kataboroi aia angabwai n aki mamatam kaain te Ekaretia, rikiraken te maiu n tamnei n te Ekaretia e na taboro. Ti riai n uringa anne n ara iango ao n anga ara birimwane ma te tangira.”2

Ti ataia bwa e na riki bwa te karea ibukiia ara utu ni karikirakea ara angabwai n aki mamatam, ma ti iangoa ana reirei ao ana berita Beretitenti Romney ma te karaurau. N ara utu, ao ti a tia ni kakabwaiaki n ae korakora ao ti namakina te nano ae korakora bwa ti na kabatia ara angabwai n aki mamatam.

Irarikin aei, ti tangiria ara utu bwa a na tokanikai iaon te bwai ae te tatauti. Ibukina bwa ti maeka ma aomata aika a kabanea aia iango iaon tangirakin bwaai ao ni karekei oin nanora, ti tabeaianga iai bwa a na kona ara ataei ni bwaina te tatauti ngkana a ikawai. Ma iai ara kantaninga n ana taeka Beretitenti Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “Ngke ti karaoa nanon te tua n aki mamatam, ao ti na karekei korakorara ni kona n tokanikai iaon tangiran te bwai ao te tatauti.”3

Inanon te moan teniua n namwakaina ao anne te tai n anga ara angabwai n aki mamatam ae bati, ti moanna n noori kakabwaia aika mwaiti. Ti a kona ni kauarerekea ara kabanemwane iaon bwain te auti, ao bwaan ara kaa e taraa n ae e a tiku n onrake ni maan riki. A titiraki ara ataei ibukin bwaai tabeua, ao te tatauti inanon mweengara e moanna n toki.

Te katooto, ngkana ti angamwane nakon te tabo ni kabo amwarake, ara ataei a moanna ni kaungaira bwa ti na anga riki. Ngke ti warebwaia karara n te ririki, ti kunea bwa iai karara ibukin uoua te ririki maanna. Irarikin anne, n taai aika a nako ti na kabanea ti teuana te namwakaina ni maiuakina te 50-n rawawata (22.7 kg) te baeki n raiti. Ngkai ti na kabanea te aekaki ni baeki n raiti anne inanon uoua te namwakaina. E taraa n ae e a raka riki mwaitin karara.

Tamnei
the-widow-of-zarephath

Ti kauringaki ni karakinan te aine ae mate buuna mai Tarebata. N tain te rongo, te burabeti ae Eria e wetea te aine ae mate buna, are akea ana anga ni kamwarakea, n anganna te ran ao te berena. “E taku neirei nakoina, Ngkai iai Iehova ae Atuam, ao bon akea au berena teutana, ba ti te abutana te barau i nanon te baketi, ao ti teutana te b’a ae te oriwa i nanon te batoro: ao noria, I kume n tabeki aia aika uaai, ba N na rin ni karaoia ba kanau ma natiu, ba ti na kanna, ao rimwi ti na mate.” (1 Uea 17:12).

E berita te burabeti nakon neirei bwa “e na aki kenako kanoan te baketi ni baraua, ao e na aki bane naba kanoan te bwatoro ni b’a. …

“Ao e nako neierei ni kakairi n ana taeka Eria: ao neierei, ma teuarei, ma kaain ana auti neierei, a amamarake ni bong aika bati” (1 Uea 17:14–15). Ana baraua, are e tau ti ibukin teuana te tai n amwarake ibukin ana utu, e kabatiaaki bwa aonga ana utu ao tabeman n amwarake ni boong aika mwaiti. Te aeka ni kakai aei—e boboto iaon oin ara angabwai—e riki inanon ara utu.

N tain te kangaanga n te mwane, kabwakaan te angabwai n aki mamatam n tangira ao n ibuobuoki n tararuaia aika kainnano e kona ni kangaanga, riki ngkana ti kainnano n aron te aine ae e mate buna mai Tarebata. Te anga te mwane n aki mamatam n tangira, n aki tabe ma te mwaiti, e tangira te onimaki iroun te Uea ao n Ana berita are e na tabeakiniira. Ma e kakoroa nanon Ana berita te Uea, ao aia taneiai kaain ara utu e reireiniira bwa ngkana e korakora nanora ni kan ibuobuoki, ao ti na kakabwaiaki riki.

N aron are e taekinna Beretitenti Romney: “Tai anga ti ibukin kabwaiakiia aika a rarikin, ma anga ibukin mweraoim. Anga ae tau bwa ko aonga ni kona n anga ngkoe nakon abanuean te Atua rinanon are ko anga man am bwai ao am tai.”4 Te anga te angabwai n aki mamatam n tangira e buoka ara utu ni ukeukera te kimwareirei n tabeakiniia rarikin ao te korakora ni mweraoira n tamnei.

Tamnei
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Berena ao Ika, iroun Rose Datoc Dall

Nanora ae korakora n anga te karea ae uarereke (bwa ara angabwai) e a tia n anganira taai aika mwaiti n aron kakabwaia aika mwaiti mai iai. Nanora n anga angabwai n aki mamatam n te mwaiti ae riaon taboron karara. Ni koauana, mwaakan te Uea ni kamwaita nimaua te berena ao uoman te ika ni kamwarakeia 5,000 mwaane, irarikiia aine ao ataei, ma n ikoti nikirani kanaia ni kaoni 12 te baene iai (taraa Mataio 14:16–21), bon te mwaaka naba anne are e kaona te barau ibukin te aine are mate buna i Tarebata ao e a kamwaita riki karara. Ni bon arona, kabwaiara ae korakora e aki reke ni mwaitin karara ma ni kauarerekean te tatauti ao rikiraken te tamnei inanon mwengara.

Bon ara kakoaua bwa ngkana ti bwakamwane nakon mwanen te angabwai n aki mamatam n te Ekaretia ma te tangira, ao ngkana a aki tau kaubwaira, te Uea e na kakorakorai ara mwakuri ao ni kakabwaiaira iaon are ti kantaningaia.

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

  1. Taraia, ibukin te katooto, Henry B. Eyring, “Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?” Riaona, Meei 2015, 22–25.

  2. Marion G. Romney, Welfare Agricultural Meeting, Eberi 3, 1971, 1.

  3. Spencer W. Kimball, “Becoming the Pure in Heart,” Ensign, Meei 1978, 80.

  4. Marion G. Romney, “The Blessings of the Fast,” Ensign, Turai 1982, 4.

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