2019
Onimakina te Uea
Okitobwa 2019


Onimakina te Uea

Ara katan ni koaua n onimakinan te Uea ao Ana tangira nakoia Natina.

Tariu ao mwaneu aika kam tangiraki, te reta are I karekea n taai aika nako ao e kabwarabwara atuun au marooro. Te tia kororeta e kantaninga ana mare n te tembora ma te mwaane ae ea tia ni mate buuna ibukin te maiu ae na roko. E bon kona n riki bwa te kauaei. E titiraki ni kangai: e na kona n reke oin ana auti n te maiu ae na roko, ke e na maeka ma buuna ao ana moannei? I tii tuangnga bwa e na Onimakina te Uea.

I teimatoa n rinanon baike i a tia n ongo mai iroun te aomata ae e onimakinaki, are I a tibwauaia man ana kariaia. Imwiin buan buuna ae e tangiraki ao tinaia natina, te buu te mwaane e a manga mare ma temanna. Tabeman natiia ake a ikawai a rangin n totokoa te mare kaua ao ni ukoukorii taeka n reirei mai iroun aia koraki ae te mataniwii ae onimakinaki n te Ekaretia. Imwiin ongoraeakinan bukin aia totoko, are e boboto iaon kangaanga ao te irekereke n te aonaaba n tamnei ke n te aba n Uea are e na kairiia nakon te Kabanea ni Moti, e taku te tia kairiiri aei: “Kam raoraomaeakina te bwai ae e kairua. Kam riai n raoraoma ibukin rokomi naba n taabo akekei. Iangoa raoi te bwai anne. Ngkana kam roko ikekei, bwaai ni kabane a na tamaroa riki nakon are kam kantaningaia.”

Aio bon te reirei ae rangin ni karaunano! Onimakina te Uea!

Man reeta ake I karekei, I ataia bwa tabeman a reke aia kangaanga man titiraki ibukin te aonaaba n tamnei ibukin bwaai ake tina karekei imwiin te mate ao imwain te manga uti . Tabeman a taku bwa te aonaaba n tamnei e na teimatoa n tira iai kangaangan te maiu n rabwata ake ti rinanoi ni maiura ae mamate aio. Tera raoi ae ti ataia ni bwaai aika a riki n te aonaaba n tamnei? I kakoaua ana taeka temanna te burobetia n taekan te aro mai BYU iaon aio bwa e kakoaua: “Ngkana ti titirakinira te bwai ae tia ataia ibukin te aonaaba n tamnei man booki aika a kariaiakaki, te reke iai e ‘karako n aron are ti iaiangoia.’”1

Ngaia anne, ti ataia man koroboki aika tabu bwa imwiin matera ao ti teimatoa ni maeka bwa tamnei n te aonaaba n tamnei. E reirei naba koroboki aika tabu bwa te aonaaba n tamnei aei e kamaenakoaki imarenaia naake a raoiroi ke aki inanon te maiu aio ao naake a tia ni buakaka. A kabwarabwara naba bwa a kanga tamnei aika a kakaonimaki ni kabuta te euangkerio nakoia naake a buakaka ke aki ongotaeka (taraa 1 Betero 3:19; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:19–20, 29, 32, 37). Te kabanea ni kakaawaki, kaotioti n taai aikai a kaotaki iai bwa te mwakuri ni kamaiu e reitinako n te aonaaba n tamnei (taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:30–34, 58), kaumakaki bwa ti na aki tautaua ara tai n rairannano n te aonaaba ae mamate aei (taraa Aramwa 13:27), ti reireinaki bwa tabeua rairannano a kona ni karaoaki ikekei (taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:58).

Te mwakuri ni kamaiu n te aonaaba n tamnei e irekereke ma kainaomatakiia tamnei n aron are kabwarabwaraaki ni Koroboki aika tabu bwa te “tautoronaki.” Ni kabane ake n te aonaaba n tamnei a mena iaan te tautoronaki. Ana kaotioti Beretitenti Joseph F. Smith ae tamaroa, a karinaki inanon tiekition 138 n Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu, taekinaki bwa aika a raoiroi a mate, ake a mena n te aba n “rau” (Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:22) ngkai a kantaninga te Mangauti (taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:16), “a tara buan tamneia n te tai ae maan man rabwataia bwa te tautoronaki” (Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:50).

Ake a buakaka a rotaki naba n te tautoronaki ae e raka. Ibukin te aki rairannano man taian bure, ao a mena inanon te “nne ni kaikain” ake tamnei (1 Betero 3:19; taraa naba Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:42). Tamnei aikai a kabwarabwaraaki bwa a kabaeaki” ke a “tautoronaki”(Doctrine and Covenants 138:31, 42) ke n “teweaki nakon te a rootongitong ” ma te “tang, te tatakarua, ma te kangenge wii” n tataninga te manga uti ao te moti (Aramwa 40:13–14).

Te manga uti irouia kaain te aonaaba n tamnei e a tia ni kakoauaaki man manga utin Iesu Kristo (taraa 1 I-Korinto 15:22), e ngae ngke e riki n te tai ae e kaokoro ibukiia kurubu aika a kakaokoro. Ni karokoa te tai are e a tia ni koteaki, koroboki aika tabu a tuangiira bwa te waaki ni kakukurei n te aonaaba n tamnei e irekereke ma te mwakuri ni kamaiu. Bwaai aika uarereke a kaoti. Te Euangkerio e tibwauaaki nakoia ake a ribaaki, taan aki rairannano, ao taan aki ongotaeka a kona ni kamaiuaki man te tautoronaki ao n teimatoa nakon taian kakabwaia ake a anganaki iroun Tamara are I Karawa ae tangiraki.

Te tautoronaki are tamnei aika raoiroi ake a rairaki n te Aonaaba n Tamnei a na tataninga—ao ni kona ni kariaiakaki ni—karaoi otenanti are a na karaoaki ibukiia n te aonaaba bwa aonga ni bwabetitoaki ao ni kukurei n ana kakabwaia te Tamnei ae Raoiroi (taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:30–37, 57–58).2 Onomwi ni karaoi otenanti aikai a kakorakoraia ni waaki rake iaan ana kariaia te nakoanibonga ni kakorakora aia taanga ni buaka aika raoiroi aika a kona n tataekina te euangkerio nakon tamnei n te ne ni kaikain.

Irarikin reirei aikai, ara atatai iaon Koroboki aika a Tabu e nang uarereke ibukin te aonaaba n tamnei are e rimwiaki n te mate ao n irianaki ma kaotan te Kabanea ni Moti.3 Tera riki baika ti atai ibukin te aonaaba n tamnei? A mwaiti kaain te Ekaretia aika a tia ni karekei mii ke kairi tabeua ni kaongoia aron mwakurin bwaai ke ni barongaaki n te aonaaba n tamnei, ma taneiai n tamnei aikai a na aki kamataataki ke n riki bwa ana reirei te Ekaretia. Eng, te koaua, a mwaiti rongorongo mai irouia kaain te Ekaretia ao tabeman inanon booki aika a tia ni boretiaki n aron booki n atatai iaon te kaan-ma te mate.4

Man taian iango aikai, te kauring iroun Unimwaane D. Todd Christofferson ao Neil L. Andersen n aia rongorongo ni maungatabu ni kabuta aika nako a kakawaki bwa ana ururingaki. Unimwaane Christofferson e reirei: “E riai n uringaki bwa tiaki ni kabane rongorongo aika karaoaki irouia taan kairiri n te Ekaretia, n te tai are ngkoa ao ngkai, are a na tau ni karinaki bwa te reirei. E bon rangi n ataaki inanon te Ekaretia bwa te rongorongo ae karaoaki iroun temanna te tia kairiri n te tai ae tii teuana e kaonoti. ibon ibukin ana iango ae tamaroa, e aki kantaningaki bwa e na riki ke ni kamatoaki ibukin te Ekaretia ae bwanin.”5

N te maungatabu are imwiina, Unimwaane Andersen e reirei iaon te reirei n aio: “Te reirei e kanakoaki irouia 15 kaain te Moan Beretitentii ao te Kooram n te Tengaun ma uoman. E aki karabaaki inanon te barakarabe n teuana te marooro.”6 Te katanoata n te Utu, are e tiainaaki irouia 15 burabeti, taan mamata, ao taan kaotioti, bon te kamataata ae tamaroa ibukin te reirei anne.

Riaon te bwai teuana ae bwainaki n aron te katanoata nakon te utu, aia reirei ni burabeti Beretitenti n te Ekaretia, e kamatoaki irouia tabeman burabeti ao abotoro, bon katooto naba n te bwai aei. Taekinan bwaai aika a riki n te aonaaba n tamnei, te Burabeti Iotebwa Timiti e anga uoua reirei ngke e a kaan toki ana mwakuri ake a tia n tataekinaki irouia ana aomata ake imwiina. Teuana mai ibuakona bon ana angareirei n te King Follett are kaain te utu aika a raoiroi a na bon kaitibooaki n te aonaaba n tamnei.7 Teuana riki bon te taeka n te taunimate n ana kabanea n ririki ni maiun: “Tamneia ake a raoiroi a na karietataaki nakon te kabanea n mimitong ni mwakuri … [n] te aonaaba n tamnei. … Aki raroa mai iroura, a atai ao a oota n ara iango, namakin, ao ara mwakuri, ao a aki toki ni maraki ibukin bwaai aikai.”8

Ao, e kanga aron te titiraki are I taekinna mai imwaaina ibukin te tabo ae maeka iai te tamnei? Ngkana e tara ni boou te titiraki anne ke e aki kakawaki iroum, iangoi oin am titiraki aika mwaiti, ke ake ko a tia ni kataia ni kaekai iaon bwaai aika ko ongo mai iroun te aomata temanna n taai aika nako. Ibukin titiraki ni kabane iaon te aonaaba n tamnei, I kataui uoua rekeia. Temoan, uringnga bwa te Atua e tangiriia Natina ao e na bon karaoa te kabanea n tamaroa ibukira. Tekauoua, uringa te reirei ae ataaki man te Baibara aei, are e a tia n riki bwa te kaeka ae rangin n ibuobuoki nakoiu nakon kaekaan titiraki aika a mwaiti aika a tuai kaekaaki:

“Ko na onimakina Iehova n nanom ni kabanea; ao tai mwiokoa oin am ataibwai.

“Ko na ataia n nakonakom ni kabane, ao E na kaeti kawaim” (Taekan Rabakau 3:5–6).

N arona naba, Nibwaai e karina riki temanna te tia kakoaua ngke e kangai, “O te Uea, I a tia n onimakiniko, ao N na onimakinako n aki toki. N na aki katoka au onimaki iaon te iriko” (2 Nibwaai 4:34).

Ti kona ni iangoi bwaai aika a riki n te aonaaba n tamnei ke ni marooroakinii bwaai aikai ke titiraki ake a tuai kaekaaki n te utu ke n taabo riki aika kaan. Ma ti riai n aki reirei ke ni kabonganai reirei aika matoa ake a aki irekereke ma reirei aika a kariaiakaki. Karaoakina e na bon aki kona n reitinakoa ana mwakuri te Uea ao n aki kaungaia naba aomata man ukoukoran oin mwengaraoia ke reireiaia rinanon oin aia kaotioti are e a tia te Uea ni katauraoa te baire ibukira. Ongoraeakinan reirei mai irouin temana ke taian karioiango a kona ni kararoaira man iangoan te reirei ao te mwakuri are e na karababai ara atatai ao ni buokiira n teimatoa n ira kawain te berita ae tabu.

Onimakinan te Uea bon te reirei ae e taabangaki ao ae koaua n Ana Ekaretia Iesu Kristo ibukiia Aika Itiaki ni Boong Aika Kaitira. Anne ana reirei Iotebwa Timiti ngke Aika Itiaki n taai akekei a rinanon te karawawataki ae korakora ao n taraa n rangin ni kangaanga arona.9 Anne e teimatoa n riki bwa te reirei ae moan te tamaroa ae ti kona ni kabongana ngkana ara kekeiaki n reirei ke ara kekeiaki ni kakaea te rau ae karekea te tutuki ni bwaai ake a tuai kaoti ke ni kariaiakaki bwa ana riki bwa ana reirei te Ekaretia.

Te aeka n reirei anne e kaineti nakon titiraki aika tuai kaekaaki iaon te kabaebae n te maiu are imwiina ke bitaki aika tangiraki ibukin te bwai ae riki ke buure n te aonaaba ae mamate. A mwaiti baike tiaki ataia ma are ti kakoaua bon ti Onimakina te Uea ao Ana tangira nakoia Natina.

Kabaneana, tera are ti ataia ibukin te aonaaba n tamnei bon ana mwakuri ni kamaiu te Tama ma Natina a reitinako ikekei. Ara Tia Kamaiu e kabwarabwara te mwakuri ibukin taetaekinan te tokanikai nakoia ake a tautoronaki (taraa 1 Peter 3:18–19; 4:6; Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:6–11, 18–21, 28–37),ao e reitinako te mwakuri anne bwa taan uarongorongo aika tau ma ni konabwai a reitinakoa tataekinan te euangkerio, n raonaki ma te rairannano, nakoia ake a teimatoa ni kan kaitiakaki (taraa Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:57). Te kantaninga ibukin bwaai aikanne ni kabane e kabwarabwaraaki n ana reirei ae bwainaki te Ekaretia, ake a kaokaki n te kaotioti n taai aikai.

“Maate ake a rairi nanoia a na kabooaki, rinanon te ongeaba nakon otenanti n ana auti te Atua,

“Ao i mwin ae a tia ni kabwakaa tuaaia ibukin riaoan te tua irouia, ao a tebokaki ni kaitiakaki, a na karekea te kaniwanga ni kaineti ma aia mwakuri, bwa bon ngaiia taan bwaibwai n te kamaiuaki” (Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 138:58–59).

Tabera n tatabemaniira nako bwa tina tibwaua te reirei iaon kaokan te euangkerio, kawakinan tuua, te tangira ao te ibuobuoki ao karaoan te mwakuri ni kamaiu inanon tembora aika tabu.

I kakoauai baike I a tia n taekin ikai ao koaua ake a na taekinaki ao n reiakinaki n te maungatabu aio. A bane ni kona ni karaoaki aikai ibukin Ana Mwakuri ni Kamaiu Iesu Kristo. N aron ae ti ataia man te kaotioti n taai aikai, E “kamimitonga te Tama, ao e kamanoi mwakuri ni kabane inanon baina” (Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 76:43; e kairaki ma katuruturuana). N aran Iesu Kristo, amen.

Bwaai aika a na taraaki

  1. “What’s on the Other Side? Te marooro ma Brent L. Top n te Aba n Tamnei,” Religious Educator, waorium 14, nambwa 2 (2013), 43, 48.

  2. Taraa Ana Reirei te Burabeti Iotebwa Timiti, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith (1976), 309–10; Joseph Smith, “Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2,” p. 246, The Joseph Smith Papers, josephsmithpapers.org.

  3. Te kaotioti nakon Iotebwa Timiti e aki toki n taekina te aonaaba n tamnei ni kangai, “Ao te iwawaki anne are e riki i buakora ikai e na riki i buakora ikekei” (Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 130:2). Aio e na kabwarabwara te Aba ni Uea ae mimitong nakon ae te aonaaba n tamnei, ngkai e teimatoa, “Ma e na tii raonaki ma te mimitong ae akea tokina, are te mimitong ae ti aki rinanona ngkai” (te kibu 2).

  4. Te katooto, George G. Ritchie, Return from Tomorrow (2007) ao Raymond Moody, Life after Life (1975).

  5. D. Todd Christofferson, “The Doctrine of Christ,” Liahona, May 2012, 88; taraa naba Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. (1939), 42. Taraa, te katooto, te kabwarabwara inanon Reirei ao Berita aika Tabu 74:5 iaon ana reirei te Abotoro Baurol.

  6. Neil L. Andersen, “Trial of Your Faith,” Liahona, Nov. 2012, 41.

  7. Taraa Reirei mairouia Beretitenti n te Ekaretiaac: Iotebwa Timit (2007), 175.

  8. Rongorongon te Ekaretia, 6:52; e karinaki inanon Ana Reirei te Burabeti Iotebwa Timiti, 326; e tataekinaki n tainako, iroun Henry B. Eyring, To Draw Closer to God (1997), 122; taraa naba Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young (1997), mwakoro 38, “Te Aonaaba n Tamnei.”

  9. Taraa Teachings: Joseph Smith, 231–33.