Te Maiu Are Akea Tokina Rinanon Iesu Kristo
N ataakin te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ngaiira ao ni kabane aomata ti na riai ni butimwaiia A na toro.
Tao e kaan 2,000 te ririki n nako, te rorobuaka ae kaubwai e titiraki n te titiraki ae moan te kakawaki nakon te Tia Kamaiu: “Te Tia Reirei, tera te bwai ae raoiroi ae N na karaoia, bwa e aonga n reke irou te maiu are akea tokina?” (Mataio 19:16). Ngke e a tia n “ongo” a na kaetieti te Tia Kamaiu ao A na kakao ae kangai “nako mai irirai” (Mataio 19:21), te rorobuaka ae kaubwai aei “e nako ma rawawatan nanona: bwa a bati a na bwai” (Mataio 19:22).
N aron ae ataaki, ao mirion aomata n te aonnaba aei aika nang ni kamoamoaki ao man tia n rinea “kaubwain aon te aba” nakon are “kaubwain te maiu are aki totoki” (tara D&C 38:39), n aki ataaia ke ni bwanin ootau iai bwa “bon ngaia ae maiuna are akea tokina ae kaubwai” (D&C 6:7; ao e kamatataaki riki), ao te maiu are akea tokina bon a na bwai n tituaraoi ae kakannato te Atua nakoiia aomata (tara D&C 14:7). Ni karaua ni kamatataa, bwa te maiu are akea tokina bon te maiu n aki totoki ni utu i matan te Atua (tara D&C 132: 19-20, 24, 55).
Inanon A na tataro korakora ibukiia tabeman, te Tia Kamaiu e anganiia ni kabane aomata te kiing ni karekean te maiu are akea tokina, “Ao te maiu are akea tokina aio, are a na bane n ataiko ae te Atua ae ti temanna ae koaua, ao Iesu Kristo, are ko kanakomaia.” (Ioane 17:3).
Ma ana kanga aomata n ataia ae iai te Atua ae koaua?
E kaeka te Tia Kamaiu: “Bon ngai te kawai, te koaua, ao te maiu: akea ane nako n te Tama, ba ti i Rou” (Ioane 14:6).
I kakoaua bwa te kawai are ti konaa iai ma aomata n nako, n roko nakon Tamara are i Karawa ao n A ataia, ao ni karekea te maiu are akea tokina, bon te roko nako matan te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ao n A ataia.
Ma antai Iesu Kristo, are ti na roko nako Ina ao n A ataia? I aki ataa riki ae mwaaka ao ni kamimi arona ni kiina a na mwakuri te Uea are Iesu Kristo nakon te katanoata man te Moan Beretitentii n aia Kooram ake Tengaun ma Uoman, ae atuunaki “Te Kristo ae Maiu: Aia koaua Abotoro,” man are I rineia n aika a tia ni koreaki:
“[Iesu Kristo] bon Iehova ae Kakannato man te O Tetemanti, te Messia n te Nu Tetemanti. Iaan A na kairiiri Tamana, bon Ngaia te tia karikibwai iaon te aba… .
“… E anga maiuna ni kamaiuia aomata ni kabane man aia bure… .
“… A na Moannati te Tama, are te Riki Temanna, ao te Tia Kaboiia kaain aonnaba.
“Ma E a bon tia ni kautaki Kristo mai buakoia mate, ae te moa ni uaa i buakoia aika matu’ (1 I-Korinto 15:20) Ao ngkai Ngaia te Uea ae E a tia ni manga uti, E … a manga waakina a na mwakuri i buakoiia A na ‘tibu ake temwangiina’ (Ioane 10:16) i Amerika… . Ngaia ma Tamana a kaoti nakon teteinimwane ae Iotebwa Timiti, ni kaota te kawai n te berita ae maan “ni koro raoi bongina” (I-Ebeto 1:10)… .
“… Nakoananibonga ao A na Ekaretia a tia ni manga kaokaki nako aon te aba—‘ao kam kateaki i aon taiani boua ake … taan tuatua ma burabeti, ao Iesu Kristo naba te atibu are bouan te maninganinga are moan te kakannato’ (I-Ebeto 2:20).
“… Ao inanon tabebong ao E na manga oki nako aon te aba … [ ao] n tautaeka bwa aia King King, ao ni uea bwa aia Uea Uea … . Ao a na bane ni motikaki taekara Irouna… .
“… E katabuaki nakon nakoana ae te Abotoro [ni kaoti koaua] bwa Iesu bon te Kristo ae Maiu, Natin te Atua ae aki mamate. Bon ngaia King Emanueta ae kakannato… . Bon ngaia te oota, te maiu, ao te kantaninga ibukin te aonnaba” (Riaona, Eberi 2000, 2–3).
Moan te kakukurei, ao ni kakawaki, n ataia bwa antai te Uea are Iesu Kristo.
Ma n okiria riki kaua, I kakoaua bwa te kawai ate ti konaa iai ma aomata ni kabane n nako, n roko nakon Tamara are i Karawa ao n A ataia, ao ni karekea te maiu are akea tokina, bon te roko nako matan te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ao n A ataia.
Tera nanon ae ataan te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ao ti na kanga n A ataia?
E kaeka te Tia Kamaiu: “Titureti bon te mataroa, ao te kawai ae irariki are kairiko nakon te karietataki ao reitakinakon maiuia, tabeman ake a na kunea, ibukina bwa e aki butimwaeai nakon te aonnaba ke n atai. Ma ngkana kam butimwaeai nakon te aonnaba, ao ane kam na atai” (tara D&C 132:22–23).
Kam konaa ni kakoaua ao ni kinaai raoi A na taeka? “Ngkana kam butimwaeai”—Iehova ae Kakannato, te Messia, te Tia Karikibwai iaon te aba, te Tia Kamaiu ao te Tia Kabooa te aonnaba, Natin te Atua ae aki mamate— “Ngkana kam butimwaeai … , ao ngkanne kam na bon atai” (tara D&C 132:23, kamatataa riki).
N ataa te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ngaiira ao ni kabane aomata nako ti na riai ni butimwaia. Ao ni butimwaia, ao ti na riai ni butimwaia A na toro (tara Mataio 10:40; D&C 1:38; 68:8–9; 84:36; 112:20).
Ni butimwaea Rokona, ao ti na riai ni butimwaea bwanin A na euangkerio, A na berita aika tabu ae akea tokiia, ni ikotaki ni kabane ma koaua ke tua, berita aika tabu, ao taian otenanti aika kainnanoaki ibukiia aomata nako ake a na oki rikaki nako matan te Atua (tara D&C 39:11; 45:9; 66:2; 76:40–43; 132:12; 133:57).
Ni butimwaea Rokona, natin te Atua mwane aika kakaonimaki a na riai ni butimwaea Nakoananibonga, ao ni katamaroai weteakiia (tara D&C 84:33–35).
Ma n tokina, ao ni butimwaeakina ao A ataakina, ao ngaiira ma ni kabane aomata nako ti na riai, ngke Moroni e kaungaia aomata, “nako mai nakon te Kristo, ni kakororaoaki Irouna” (Moroni 10:32; kamatataa riki). N taeka riki tabeua, ti na riai n roko i matan te Kristo ao ni kakorakoraiira n “riki” bwa ai arona (tara Taarin H. Oukiti, “The Challenge to Become,” Riaona, Tianuare 2001, 40–43).
E taku te Uea are e a tia ni Mangautu: “Tera aron kateia ae riai mwane akanne? E koaua e koaua ae I a tuang ngkami, N arou ngkai” (3 Nibwaai 27: 27). Nanon te taeka ae riai, are kabogana n A na titiraki, “Tera aron kateia ae riai mwane akanne?” e karekea te mwaaka ni bairea ataakin A na kaeka, “N arou ngkai.” Te taeka ae riai e nanonaki n ae, “e bon riai” ke “n tauaki ke ni kabaeaki n te beku ao te berita ae karaoaki n te boraraoi” (Noah Webster’s First Edition of an American Dictionary of the English Language, 7th ed. [1993], e “riai”; tara naba Ruka 24:26), katautau—ao koroboki aika tabu aika kakannato, ngkekei ao ngaki, a kamatatoaki—bwa e “e bon riai,” n te aro are tia “kabaeaki,” man berita aika tabu, “n aron,” are E katanoata, “N arou ngkai” (3 Nibwaai 27:27; tara naba 3 Nibwaai 12:48; Mataio 5:48; 1 Ioane 3:2; Moronaai 7:48).
Bon au tataro bwa te tai e na waekoa n roko “e na roko ngkana ataakin te Tia Kamaiu e na butanako nakon aaba, reeti, neewe, ao aomata nako” (Motiaea 3:20; tara naba Moote 7:62; Itaia 11:9), ao nakoiia ni kabane ake A na karekea irouia, n aron te Uea are Iesu Kristo, ao n A taia, n te aro are A na roko iroun Tamara are i Karawa, ao n A taia, ao ni karekea te maiu are akea tokina, n aran Iesu Kristo, amen.