2017
Gordon B. Hinckley: Te Burabeti n Onimaki ao ni Mamata.
January 2017


Gordon B. Hinckley:Te Burabeti n Onimaki ao ni Mamata

Ngkai ko kamatebwaia Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley n te nakoanibonga ao te Bootaki n Aine n te ririki aei, ko na reiakinna iroun te burabeti te onimaki ae akea tiana, tangira, ao te mamata.

President Gordon B. Hinckley with cane

“I riai n uniki aroka tabeua ni katoa tiburing,” E koreia n ana tienoo Beretitenti Gordon B. Hinckley ngke 82 ana ririki. “I taku bwa I a tia ni karaoa aei inanona 50 te ririki n nako. … Bon iai tamaroan te aroka E moan waaki man ae rang uarereke ao e rikirake inanon taai aika kakaokoro. E karekea te nuu man kabuebuen riringan taai. E kariki uaa aika kangkang. E karaoa te mwakuri ae kamimi ni karaoa oin kanana. … Te aroka bon teuana ana karikibwai Teuare Moan te Rietata ae rang tamaroa.”1

Beretitenti Hinckley e reitinako n uniki aroka inanon ana ka 90 n ririki. N aro aika mwaiti, tangiran te ununiki irouna e kaota ana mwakuri ngke te Abotoro ao te Beretitenti n te Ekaretia. Ngkana e ununiki, bon kaotan te onimaki, te anua are e kaota naba mwakoron ana reirei ao arona ma tabeman. E ribanai aroka nako, n aron are e karaoia nakoia aomata nako. Ao e noori taai aika a na roko, n noori uaan aroka ake ana kaotinakoi—n ai aron are e noora aia konabwai aomata nako ao uaan ana mwakuri te Atua n taai aika a na roko.

“E Mwaiti Bukina bwa Ti na Riki bwa Taan Onimaki”

President Gordon B. Hinckley at the pulpit

“Ngai bon te tia onimaki!” Beretitenti Hinckley e aki toki n tataekinna. “Au bubuti bwa tina aki ukoukora te kanganga ao tina kimwareirei riki inanon otan te ngaina.”2 Ana onimaki e nano riki nakon tii karekean nooran bwaai aika raraoi, ngkai e bon ribanaia. Korakoran ana onimaki—ngaia are e karekea te mwaaka—bon onimakinan te Atua ao ana koaua n ana baire te Atua ibukin te kakukurei ao kamaiuaia Natina.

Teuana kakoauan ana onimaki Beretitenti Hinkley bon ana koaua ae matoatoa bwa “bwaai a na bon nakoraoi.”3 Te taeka anne, e taku Unimwane Jeffrey R. Holland man te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman, “e kona n riki bwa kamatoana are e kaokiokia nakoia utu, rao, ao naake ana irekereke. ‘Teimatoa kataia,’ e na bae n taekinna. ‘Ka kakoaua. Ku kukurei. Tai bwarannano. Bwaai ana bon nakoraoi.’”4

E ngae n anne, te rongorongo aei bon tiaki tii ibukiia tabeman. “I taekina naba anne nakoiu ni katoa ingabong,” E tuangiia kain te taromauri Beretitenti Hinckley. “Ngkana ko karaoa am kabanea n tamaroa, e na bon nakoraoi te mwakuri. Kam na onimakina te Atua, ao ni waakinako ma te onimaki ao te mweengaraoi n taai aika a na roko. Te Uea e na aki kitaniira.”5

Ana onimaki Beretitenti Hinckley e kamatoa rinanon kanganga, namakinan ae aki tau, ao kanganga aika e taonaki iai. Ao e tei n raona ana koaua are “bwaai a na bon nakoraoi.” riki ngkana e rinanon taai n nanokawaki ao bwarannano, marakinnano ao maroa.

N ana onimaki, Beretitenti Hinckley e aki kauarerekea te kanganga. E kabwarabwara: “I a tia n noori mwakuri aika a tamaroa n te aonaaba aei. … I a tia n roko n taabo are e korakora iai te unra ao e korakora te kairiribai inanoia aomata. I a tia n noora te maiu ni kainnano are e taoni nako aba aika a mwaiti. … I a tia ni mataku ma te raraoma ni keerikaakin aroaro aika a raraoi irouia ara botanaomata.

“Ma e ngae n anne ao ngai bon te tia onimaki. Iai au onimaki ae bebete bwa e na tokanikai te eti ao te koaua e na tautaeka.”6

N tain te marooro ma ana tia kareke rongorongo te New York Times mai Nauvoo, Illinois, USA, Beretitenti Hinckley e butimwaea butanakon taian kakai ao kaanganga, ao imwiina e kaota ana tangira n rongorongon te Ekaretia n reirei taekan te onimaki:

“Iai bukin bwaai ni kabane bwa ko na riki bwa te tia onimaki. … Taraa Nauvoo. Noora te bwai ae a kateia ikai inanon itiua te ririki ao imwiina a kitanna. Ma tera ae a karaoia? A wene ni mate? A aki! A nako ni mwakuri! A mwananga n rinuukan te aonaaba aio ao a bita tanon te rereua ao a karikia bwa e na ue n ai aron te rooti. N aan te ekaretia aio are e a tia n rikirake bwa te bootaki ae korakora n te aonaaba e katamaroai maiuiia aomata n aba aika e raka iaon 140 mwaitiia. Ko aki kona, ko aki, katea arom man te aki onimaki ke n tii iaiangoia i bon irouia. Ko taratara ma te onimaki, mwakuri ma te onimaki, ao a na iai bwaai aika a na riki.”7

Ana onimaki Beretitenti Hinckley e roota naba anuana ni mamanikangare—ni ku-kukurei ao n onimaki, ni kakukurei ni kamatoakin ana reitaki ma tabeman. N te tai teuana e tiku irarikin ana utu te beretitenti n te titeiki are a maeka n te autinreirei are a bitia nakon te auti ni maeka. Te tairiki anne, te autinreirei e riki bwa ana tabo ni matu Beretitenti Hinckley N tain te maungatabu n te titeiki n te bong are imwiina, e taetae ni manikangare, “I [a tia] ni matu n taai aika a mwaiti inanon autinreirei mai imwaina—ma I tuai man wene n te kainiwene.”8

“Ara Tabeaianga E tiku n Tainako Irouia Raora”

N ana moan maroro n te maungatabu ni kabuta ngke e Beretitenti n te Ekaretia, Gordon B. Hinckley e rang abwabwaki ana maroro iaon rikiraken te Ekaretia. “Ti na riki bwa te botanaomata ae tamaroa ae kinaaki n te aonaaba,” e taku. Imwiina e kabwarabwara kakaawakin te reirei aei: “Nanora ao ara tabeaianga e tiku iroumi n tainako. …

“… Ti taetae ni kaineti ma te mwaiti, ma n ara mwakuri ni kabane a na boboto iaon karikirakeami n tatabemani ngkami nako.”9

Inanon ana tai n riki bwa kain te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman, e mwananga Beretitenti Hinckley nakon tabeua aono aika tionako n te aonaaba, n ikotaki ma tabo ake e boo te bubuaka iai, n reireiniia aomata. Akea te kurubu ae rang raroanako ke e rang uarereke ae e na aki mwannanoia. E reitinako n te aro aei bwa te Beretitenti n te Ekaretia, ni mwananga inanon mirion maire nakon aba aika e raka iaon 60 mwaitiia, n tabetai ni kaitibo ma kurubu aika bubura, n tabetai ma aika a bon tau mwaitiia.

President and Sister Hinckley in Hong Kong

Rongorongo mai buki © iStock/Thinkstock; maing: tamnei iroun ana tabo n Rawetamnei Busath; atai: tamnein Tiaina iroun Gerry Avant, Deseret News; mai nano n te angatai: tamnei n anganano n Ana Tabo n Tangoboki Rongorongon te Ekaretia ao Akaiwe.

Inanon te ririki 1996, Beretitenti ao Titita Hinckley a karaoa te mwananga ae 18-te bong maanna nakon waniua aban Atia ao te Betebeke. Ni moanaki mai Tiaban ao ni birina ae butimwaaka, a kaitibo ma nga n aomata ake a ibetutu n tabo nako ake a kawari. “Aikai namakin aika a korakora irou,” e koreia Beretitenti Hinckley ngke a mena i Korea. “I noori bwaai aika I tuai man noori mai imwaina ni moan rokou ikai n 1960.”10 Ni mwanangana aei e katabua naba ana Tembora Hong Kong i Tiaina.

Te kabanea ni mwananga e toki i Biribin. Imwiin ana taetae nakoia 35,000 mwaitiia kain Manila, e koreia Beretitenti Hinckley “I tei ni kateitea baiu nakoia ma te namakin ae korakora inanou. Ti kiitana te tabo ao a bwaro rannimatara.” Ni moaningabongin te bong anne n okiran te tabo are, n te 1961, e a tia n anga iai te tataro ni katabu ni moanakin te mwakuri ni mitinare iaon Biribin. “Bon ti temanna kain Biribin ae kaina te Ekaretia,” e ururing rikaaki. “Mai iroun are ti temanna kain te Ekaretia e a tia n rikirake nakon ae raka riki iaon 300,000 kaaina.”11

Ni mwanangaia n okira mweengaia, a kunea bwa te waanikiba e na tiku ni bwaa n te aba ae Saipan. E titiraki Beretitenti Hinckley ngkana iai mitinare iaon Saipan ao e tuangaki bwa iai tabeman. E ngae ngke e kakua mwiin te mwananga, e tangiria ni kaitibo ma mitinare akana tabeman akanne: “I tuatua ngkana e kona n roko te rongorongo irouia bwa ti na tiku iaon Saipan kaanga te aoa 7:00 n te tairiki ao ti na kataia n otinako ni kaitibo ma ngaiia.”

Aua ake imwiina iaon Saipan, 10 mitinare ao e nakon 60 kain te Ekaretia ake a mena ikekei a kaitibo ma Hinckley. “A rabwatiira,” e uringnga Beretitenti Hinckley. “A rang kukurei n noorira, ao ti kukurei naba n nooriia. Ti kona ni kabanea te tai ae uarereke ma ngaiia ngkai e bon uarereke te tai are e na bwaanaki iai te wanikiba. Ti katuka ara kakabwaia i aoia ao ti oki rikaaki nakon te wanikiba.”12

Teuana te katoto ae rang kinaaki iai Beretitenti Hinckley bon tabeakinaia aomata n tain te Kabo n te Orimbiki n te Winta 2002, are e karaoaki n te kaawa ae Salt Lake, Utah. E kuri ni katoabong kaitibona ma taian beretitenti, taan tei, ao aomata tabeman aika kakaawaki. N te bong teuana, teutana imwiin kaitiboona ma te beretitenti mai Tiaman, e kaitibo ma te ataeinnaine ae 13 ana ririki n tain ana rekenibong. “[Neiei] e taonaki n te aoraki ae aki bati n riiriki are karika te akea n rara, te aoraki ae rang korakora,” e koreia. “E rang kakukurei rokora. … I tuanga neiei bwa ti na ururingnga n ara tataro.”13

Beretitenti Hinckley iai ana tangira ae onoti nakoia ataei ao te roronrikirake n te Ekaretia, ao a namakina naba anne nakoina. Imwiin ongoraia irouna n taetaena i Brazil, temanna te ataeinnaine e kaotia: “E korakora namakinan Tamnein te Atua. Ni banen ana taeka Beretitenti Hinckley, e taku nakoira, ‘Kam kona ni kiitana ikai, okira mweengami, ao mwaninga bwaai ake I taekini ikai n te bong aei, ma tai mwaninga aei I tangiri ngkami.’ I aki kona ni mwaninga taeka akanne.”14

President and Sister Hinckley

Rongorongo mai buki © iStock/Thinkstock; maing: tamnei iroun ana tabo n Rawetamnei Busath; atai: tamnein Tiaina iroun Gerry Avant, Deseret News; mai nano n te angatai: tamnei n anganano n Ana Tabo n Tangoboki Rongorongon te Ekaretia ao Akaiwe.

Kainnaban Beretitenti Hinckley, Marjorie, bon raona ao te tia ibuobuoki n tibwangana nakoia aomata. E koreia: “Aomata ake e kinaia a tangiria ibukina bwa iai nanona ae koaua n akoi nakoia aomata. E tabeaianga n aia kanganga ao ni bwaai ake a kainnanoi. Ai kabwaiara ngai n reke raou ae aron aei.”15

Imwiin ikawairakeia natiia aika niiman, taangan Hinckleys a kaai ni mwamwananga, ao Titita Hinckley e kanakoa ana tangira ni kabuta te aonaaba. Ngkana e kaitibo ma mitinare, n angin te tai e na bae ni kakubanakoia aia karo n tareboniia ngkana e roko ni mweengana. E rang tarena n te reitaki ma aomata aika mwaiti. “[Marge] e ata aron taekinan bwaai ake a kakukurei ao ni buokiia aomata,” Beretitenti Hinckley e koreia imwiin te maungatabu n te tabo. “Ngaira aikai ti kabwarabwara ao ngaia e bon tii taetae ma ngaiia.”16

N te taunimate ibukin Beretitenti Hindkley, temanna ana kauntira, Beretitenti Henry B. Eyring, e taekinna ni kakimototoa tabeua tabena ake e a tia ni karaoi. Imwiina E nooria bwa man bwaai ni kabane ake e a tia ni karaoi ao iai te bwai teuana ae katiteuanaaki iai:

“N tainako a kakabwaiaia aomata ma te tibwanga. Ao n tainako e iango ibukiia ake e karako tibwangaia, aomata ake a kekeiaki n rinanon kaanganga ni maiua n te bong koraki ao kanganga ni maiuakinan ana euangkerio Iesu Kristo. Ni mwaitin te tai e kotea bwabwaau n tabonibaina ngkana I kaoti iango ni kangai, ‘Hal, ko a tia n ataa te aomata are e korakai?’”17

President Hinckley with youth

Te Kantaninga ibukin Taai aika a na Roko

N reitaki ma ana onimaki Beretitenti Hinckley ao tobwaakin kainnanon temanna bon ana kantaninga ae e tangiria bwa e na karaoaki ibukin taai aika a na roko. Ae kamimi riki, bwa te kantaninga anne e boboto iaon tembora. Otenanti n te tembora, e kamataata Beretitenti Hinckley, bwa “te bau ni kakabwaia are e kona n anga te Ekaretia.”18

Ngke e riki bwa te Beretitenti n te Ekaretia n 1995, iai 47 mwaitin tembora ake a kawaraki ni kabuta te aonaaba. Iaan ana kairiiri, teutana rakan te mwaiti n te Ekaretia nakon taboron nimaua te ririki. Ana kantaninga ni kaineti ma tembora e ninikoria ao e rang bubura, ma oina ni kabane bwa e na kakabwaiaia aomata temanna imwiin temanna.

Te ungannano ibukin te ririki ae boou ni katean tembora e roko inanon 1997 ngke Beretitenti Hinckley e nako Colonia Juárez, Mexico, ni kauringa ana ka100 n ririki te reirei are e bwainna te Ekaretia. Imwiina, inanon butina ae abwabwaki, inanon te bubu, e rang iangomwaaka. “E tabe ni kainabwaabu,” e kauringnga ana tia koroboki, Don H. Staheli. “Ao imwiina, ngke I a ota iai, e a tabe n roko te kaotioti. E a tia n iangoa taekan tembora aika uarereke mai imwaina, ma tiaki n aron are e iangoi n te tai aei.”19

Beretitenti Hinckley e kabwarabwara imwiina aron karaoana: “I moanna n titirakinai bwa tera ae e kona ni karaoaki bwa e na kona n riki aei nakoia aomata bwa e na reke aia tembora. … Ngke I tabe n iangoa aei, e roko te kantaninga n au iango bwa … ti kona ni katei ni kabane bwaai aika a kakaawaki ni bwain te tembora ni kauarerekea. … I korea tamnein aron tein iangoana. … Tamneina ae bwanin e roko n au kantaninga n rang n mataata. I kakoaua ma nanou ni kabane bwa bon te namakin ae koaua, bwa bon te kaotioti mai iroun te Uea. I okira mweengau ni maroroakinna ma au kauntira, ao a kariaia. Imwiina I uotiarake nakoia te Tengaun ma Uoman, ao a kariaia.”20

Aua namwakaina imwiina n te maungatabu ni kabuta, Beretitenti Hinckley e katanoata te bwai are e uringaki ni karokoa taai ngkai bwa te Ekaretia e na waaki ni katei tembora aika uarereke n aono ake e aki tau mwaitiia kain te aro iai ni kabotaua ma aron ake a bubura. “Ti nanomatoa … ni uota te tembora nakoia aomata ao ni karekei nakoia tibwangaia nako ibukin te kakabwai ae moan te kakaawaki are e roko man te taromauri n te tembora,” e taku.21

Inanon te maungatabu are imwiina, Beretitenti Hinckley e manga katanoata naba te bwai are e uringaki ni karokoa taai aikai, n taekinna bwa babaire a waaki nako ni katei 100 tembora imwain banen te ririki 2000. “Ti biribiri iaon te tikera are ti tuai man nonoria mai imwaina,” e taku.22 Ngke e taekina te riibooti iaon katean tembora n Eberi 1999, e kabongana te taeka are e a tia n taekinna mai imwaina: “Aio te mwakuri korakora ae karaoaki, ma te kanganga ae mwaiti, ma n aki taraa te kanganga, bwaai ni kabane a nakoraoi ao I kakoaua bwa ti na roko n ara kouru.”23

President Packer, President Hinckley, Elder Andersen at the Boston Massachusetts Temple

Rongorongo mai buki © iStock/Thinkstock; maing: tamnei iroun ana tabo n Rawetamnei Busath; atai: tamnein Tiaina iroun Gerry Avant, Deseret News; mai nano n te angatai: tamnei n anganano n Ana Tabo n Tangoboki Rongorongon te Ekaretia ao Akaiwe.

Inanon Okitobwa 2000, Beretitenti Hinckley e mwananga nako Boston, Massachusetts, USA, ni katabua ana ka-100 n tembora—teuana man te ka 21 are e katabua n te ririki anne iaon kontenanti aika aua. N tokin maiuna, 124 tembora ake a tia n tei ao 13 riki ake a katanoataaki ke a tabe ni kateaki.

Ana kantaninga Beretitenti Hinckley ibukin taai aika a na roko e kaunga bwa e na ukoukora ana kairi te Tamnei iaon kawai tabeua ni kakabwaiaia natin te Atua. E nanoangaiia naake a rootaki ao te maiu ni kainnano are e nooria, ngaia are e kaira karababaan ana mwakuri n ibuobuoki te Ekaretia, riki nakoia naake tiaki kain te Ekaretia. E katea naba te Mwane ni buoka ibukin te Reirei ae e Reitinako ni buokiia kain te Ekaretia n aba ake a bon rootaki n te kainnano. Man te mwane aei, a kona ni karekea aia tangomwane ni kabwaka boon aia reirei are a kainnanoia ni karekean aia mwakuri ae tamaroa riki, are e na buokiia n aki manga maiu ni kainnano ao n riki n toronibwai. Man te ririki 2016, e raka iaon 80,000 aomata ake a karekea tibwangaia n reirei ke ni kataneiai are e kona n reke man tangomwane man te mwane ni buoka aei.

President Hinckley in Ghana

A mwaiti riki katoto n ana taetae ni burabeti Beretitenti Hinckley, n aron “Te Utu: Te Katanoata nakon te Aonaaba” ao katean te Tienta ni Maungatabu, ake a kairaki inanon Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley.

“Au Koaua”

Tabeua te bong imwain ana ka 91 n rekenibong, e koreia Beretitenti Hinckley: “I aki riai ni manga ununiki, ma N na karaoia. Aio bon rikiau.”24 N aki taraa ana ririki, e ngae ngke te kairake ni mitinare ke te burabeti ae 97-ana ririki, bon rikiana ni kamatoa te koaua are e a tia ni kaman bwebwerake inanoia aomata ni kabuta te aonaaba. E beku inanon 20 te ririki bwa kaain te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman. Imwiinahe beku 14 te ririki bwa te kauntira n te Moan Beretitentii. Ngke e a riki bwa te Burabeti n te Ekaretia n ana ririki ae 84, e kairia ni karokoa e kaan 13 te ririki n te rikirake ae moan te korakora.

Boton maiun Beretitenti Hinckley ni beku bon maiuakinan ana koaua iroun Iesu Kristo ao Ana Euangkerio are e kaokaki rinanon te Burabeti Iotebwa Timiti. N ana maroro n te maungatabu ni kabuta are e atunaki n “Au Koaua,” e kaoti kakoaua aikai, n taekin mwakorona ibuakon rannimatana:

“Man bwaai ni kabane ake I namakina te kakaitau iai n te ingabong aei, teuana ae moamoa riki. Bon au koaua ae maiu iroun Iesu Kristo. …

“Bon Au Tia Kamaiu ao te tia Kabooa. Rinanon maiuna ake e a tia n anga inanon te maraki ao te korakai ae aki kona ni kabwarabwaraaki, E a tia ni buokai n tabekai rake ao ngaira n tatabemaniira ngaira nako ao ni kabane natin te Atua mwane ao aine mai ibuakon te roo ae akea tokina are e rimwiiaki n te mate. …

“Bon Atuau ao au Uea. Ma ngkoa ngkoa ao n aki toki, E na uea ao e na tautaeka bwa aia King King ao aia Uea Uea. N ana tai n tautaeka a na akea tokina. Ni mimitongina a na bon akea te roo. …

“Ma te kakaitau, ao te tangira ae aki keerikaaki, I kaota au kakoaua ni bwaai aikai n arana ae Mimitong”25

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

  1. Ana tienoo Gordon B. Hinckley, Maati 22, 1993.

  2. Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes (2000), 101.

  3. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley (2016), 70.

  4. Jeffrey R. Holland, “President Gordon B. Hinckley: Stalwart and Brave He Stands,” Ensign, June 1995, 4.

  5. Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 339.

  6. In Conference Report, Okitobwa 1969, 113.

  7. Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley (1997), 412.

  8. Tienoro, Nobembwa 4, 1973.

  9. Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 298–99.

  10. Tienoo, Meei 22, 1996.

  11. Tienoo, Meei 30, 1996.

  12. Tienoo, Tuun 1, 1996.

  13. Tienoo, Beberuare 22, 2002

  14. In “The Prophet Spoke to Youth,” In Memoriam: Beretitenti Gordon B. Hinckley, 1910–2008 (reitan te Ensign, Mar. 2008), 15.

  15. Tienoo, Nobembwa 23, 1974.

  16. Tieno, Meei 14, 1995.

  17. Henry B. Eyring, in Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 202.

  18. In Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 313.

  19. Don H. Staheli oral history transcript (2012), 85, Tabo n Tangoboki te Ekaretia n Rongorongon Rimoa.

  20. Tienoo, Maati 6, 1999 Te karinrin aei bon kakimototoan ana taeka n ana moan tetere ni katabu n te Tembora i Colonia Juárez i Mexico. Beretitenti Hinckley e a tia n iangoa te reirei man tembora aika uarereke n te maan ae raka iaon 20 te ririki (taraa Ana Reirei: Gordon B. Hinckley, 33, 309–10).

  21. Gordon B. Hinckley, “Some Thoughts on Temples, Retention of Converts, and Missionary Service,” Ensign, Nobembwa 1997, 50.

  22. Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 310.

  23. Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Work Moves Forward,” Ensign, May 1999, 4.

  24. Tienoo, Tuun 18, 2001.

  25. Teachings: Gordon B. Hinckley, 321–23.