Ua Faahoʻihia Mai te Autahuʻaraa

Ua rave tamau noa maua i taua ohipa iritiraa ra, e i te avaʻe i muri mai (i te avaʻe Me, 1829), ua haere atura maua i roto i te hoê uru raau no te pure e no te ani i te Fatu i te ite no niʻa i te bapetizoraa ia matara te hara, o ta maua i ite i te faahitiraahia i roto i te iritiraa o te mau api. A pure ai maua ma te tiʻaoro atu i te Fatu, ua fâ maira te hoê veʻa no te raʻi mai na roto i te ata maramarama, e ua tuu maira oia i toʻna rima i niʻa iho ia maua, e ua faatoroʻa maira ia maua, i te na ôraa mai e:

Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery kneeling before John the Baptist. John the Baptist has his hands placed on the head of Joseph Smith, Jr. as he restores the Aaronic Priesthood. John is depicted wearing white. There are trees and a river in the background.

“I niʻa iho ia orua, e toʻu mau taeae tavini, i te iʻoa o te Mesia ra, te horoaʻtu nei au i te Autahuʻaraa Aarona, o tei mau i te mau taviri no te utuuturaa a te mau melahi, e no te evanelia no te tatarahapa, e no te bapetizoraa utuhi, ia matara te hara; e, e ore roa te reira e rave-faahou-hiaʻtu mai niʻaʻtu i te ao nei, e tae noaʻtu i te taime e pûpû faahou atu ai te mau tamarii tamaroa a Levi i te hoê ô i te Fatu na roto i te parau-tiʻa ra.”

Ua parau maira oia e aore to teie nei Autahuʻaraa Aarona e mana no te tuʻuraa rima no te horoʻa i te Varua Maitai, i muri aʻera râ te reira e tuʻuhia mai ai i niʻa iho ia maua; e ua faaue maira oia ia maua ia haere e ia bapetizohia, ma te faaite mai e, naʻu e bapetizo ia Oliver Cowdery, e i muri iho, naʻna e bapetizo mai iaʻu.

No reira, ua haere maua, e ua bapetizohia. Naʻu i bapetizo iaʻna na mua; e i muri iho, naʻna i bapetizo mai iaʻu. E ia oti, ua tuʻu atura vau i toʻu rima i niʻa iho i toʻna upoo, e ua faatoroʻa iaʻna i te Autahuʻaraa Aarona, e i muri iho, ua tuʻu mai oia i toʻna rima i niʻa iho iaʻu, e ua faatoroʻa mai oia iaʻu i taua iho Autahuʻaraa ra– mai te reira hoi te huru o to maua faaueraahia.

Joseph standing and reading paper; Oliver Cowdery sits in prayerful attitude at his far side. Signed.

Te veʻa o tei fâ mai ia maua i taua taime ra, e o tei tuu mai i teie nei Autahuʻaraa a Aarona i niʻa iho ia maua, ua parau oia e, o Ioane toʻna iʻoa, e o taua iho Ioane i parauhia o Ioane Bapetizo i roto i te Faufaa Apî, e ua haere mai oia i raro aʻe i te faatereraa a Petero, Iakobo, e Ioane, tei mau i te mau taviri no te Autahuʻaraa Melehizedeka, e taua autahuʻaraa ra, e tuʻu-atoa-hia mai ïa i niʻa iho ia maua i te taime tiʻa e, e parauhia vau te Peresibutero matamua no te Ekalesia, e o oia (Oliver Cowdery), o te piti ïa. I te ahuru ma pae no Me, 1829, i faatoroʻahiaʻi maua i raro aʻe i te rima o taua veʻa ra, e i bapetizo-atoa-hiaʻi maua ra.

Half-length frontal portrait of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. Joseph's head is turned to the side in a three-quarter view, right hand on hip and his left hand holds sheets of papers. He is depicted wearing a dark brown suit and a white shirt and tie.

I muri iho i to maua haereraa mai i rapae i te pape, i muri aʻe i to maua bapetizoraahia, ua tae mai i niʻa ia maua te mau haamaitairaa rahi roa e te hanahana no ô mai i to tatou Metua i te Ao ra.

I muri iho i toʻu bapetizoraa ia Oliver Cowdery ua mairi maira te Varua Maitai i niʻa iho iaʻna, e ua tiʻa oia i niʻa e ua tohu i te mau mea e rave rahi e fatata i te tupu. E i muri atoa iho i toʻu bapetizoraahia e ana ra, ua farii atoa vau i te varua tohu, e ua tiʻa ihora vau i niʻa, e ua tohu no niʻa i te tupuraa o te Ekalesia, e no niʻa atoa i te mau mea e rave rahi atu â no te Ekalesia, e no teie uʻi o te mau tamarii a te taata nei. Ua î maua i te Varua Maitai, e ua oaoa i te Atua o to maua ora.