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Koaua ao te Kakaonimaki:Kaunganano man Maiun ao ana Reirei Joseph Fielding Smith
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Kokoaua ao te Kakaonimakii

Kaunganano man Maiun ao ana Reirei Joseph Fielding Smith

Bwai aika a na taraki: Tinan te tia koro rongorongo, Naomi Smith Brewster, e bungiaki n te ririki are e weteaki iai Joseph Fielding Smith nakon te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman ao bon te kauoman n nati irouia Ethel Georgina Smith, are e mareia Beretitenti Smith imwiin maten moan buuna.

“Tina bane ni kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki n tainako, ma te nano ni kan kawakin ana tua te Uea ao ni karinea ao n uringi berita aika a tabu ake ti karaoia ma Ngaia.”

Ngke Joseph Fielding Smith 33 ana ririki e rin n te Taebenako i Salt Lake n Eberi 6, 1910, bwa e na ira te maungatabu ni kabuta, e kaeka te tia bubutimwaia te koraki nakoina, “Ngaia Joseph, antai ae e nang rineaki bwa te abotoro?”

“I aki ataia,” e kaeka Joseph. “Ma bon tiaki ngkoe ao tiaki naba ngai!”1

Ngke a warekaki araia Abotoro ake Tengaun ma Uoman ibukin kamatoakiia, Joseph e waekoa n roko irouna te namakin are arana e na weteaki bwa ngaia te kooram. Bon ngaia, ao e kamatoaki bwa ngaia te katengaun ma uoman n te kooram ae karineaki.

Joseph bon te aomata ae nanorinano ao anuana e rangi ni mamanikangare e okira mwengana man te maungatabu ni kaongoia ana utu weweteana ae boou. E kamauria buuna ma te manikangare: “ao I taku tina kabonakoa te kao,” e taku. E aki ota e bon mimi ngke e e a manga taetae Joseph nakoina Ma Ana kaeka ae bebete, “Ai bon akea au tai ni buokiko ibukin te tararua!”2 Ngkai i a riki ngai bwa te abotoro are na tiku n te maan ae nakon onobwi te ririki.

Tibun Hyrum Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith bon te ka10 ni Beretitenti n ana Ekaretia Iesu Kristo Ibukiia Aika Itiaki ni Bong Aika Kaitira. E abwabwaki riki ana tai ni beku bwa te membwa n te Kooram n Abotoro are Tengaun ma Uoman imwain weteana bwa te Beretitenti n te Ekaretia nakoia Beretitenti ake tabeman n te Ekaretia. Inanon ana ka 60 n ririki ni membwa bwa te kooram bon temanna ibuakoia taan kakoaua ae onoti, e mwananga moa iaon ana aoti ao te waekon ao imwiina n te kaa ao te wanikiba ike e na reirei ma Aika Itiaki. Ana reirei ao ana koroboki aika a mwaiti e a tia ni kakabwaia te Ekaretia ao ni kabane ake a kakauongo nakon ana rongorongo aika riinga te nano.

I bon kaoaki bwa nna korea te rongorongo aei ibukin reitakiu nakon Beretitenti Joseph Fielding Smith, are I rang n tatangiria ao i araranna bwa Tibu te Unimwane. I riingaki n anuan maiuna man bungiakiu, ngke e katoka arau ao au kakabwaia n te otenanti, ni karokoa matena, ngke I mena ibuakoia tibuna mwane ake a uota bwaokina n ana tai n taunimate.

Te Burabeti are e a kaman Rineaki

N ai aroia ni kabane ana burabeti te Atua, Joseph Fielding Smith e a kaman rineaki imwain ae e ruo nako aon te aba ni kaineti ma ana kainibaire te Uea I karawa (tara Makuri 17:26). Joseph bon te kaaman n nati irouia Julina Lambson Smith. Inanon te tamnei ae nanorinano n rongorongon te tina ae Anna ae kakaonimaki n te O-Tetemanti (tara 1 Tamuera 1:11), Julina e berita bwa ngkana e anganna natina te mwane te Uea, ao e na kabanea korakorana ni buokia bwa e na riki bwa ana bwai te Uea ao nakon tamana.”3 Te Uea e aki ti kaeka ana bubuti ma e kaotia naba nakon neiei, imwain bungiakin natina te mwane, bwa te ataei aei e na riki bwa temanna Ana tia kakoaua ae onoti n te Kooram n Abotoro are Tengaun ma Uoman.4

Joseph e bungiaki n Turai 19, 1876, nakoia Joseph F. ao Julina Lambson Smith. N ana tai ni bungiaki Joseph, tamana bon te Abotoro ao te kauntira nakon Beretitenti Brigham Young. Ngke ai ruaiua ana namwakaina, e kairaki irouia ana karo nakon katabuan te St. George Utah Tembora. E tataekinna rimwii n ana maroro, “N au moan mwakuri n te ekaretia bon raonakin Brigham Young ni katabuan te St. George Tembora.”5

Ngke e karekea ana kakabwaiamai iroun te tamanuea n ana ririki ae 19, te tamanuea ae nooraba e katokai baina iaon atuun Joseph ao n taekinna: “Tibwangam bwa ko na maiu ni karokoa ko kara ao ana kantaninga te Uea bwa ko na riki bwa te aomata ae korakora ngkoe I Iteraera. … Ko na bon tei ibuakoia aomata bwa te burabeti ao te tia mamata ibukiia, bwa e kakabwaiako te Uea ao e katabuko nakon te wewete aio.”6

Maiu n Utu: Te Tangira ae Irengan ma Taian Kataaki

Nakon Joseph Fielding Smith, “te utu bon te kabanea ni kakawaki ni botaki n te tai aei ke n te maiu are imwiina.”7 E kaikawaki inanon te utu ae kairaki n te tangira, onimaki, kainibaire aika rietata, ao te anua ni mwakuri korakora, ao e kataia ni kateimatoa n uoti reirei akanne nakon oin ana utu. (Tarai mwakoro 4, 15, ao 16 n Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith.)

E mare ma Louie Emily Shurtliff n te Salt Lake Tembora n 1898. Teuana te ririki imwina e weteaki bwa e na nakon ana mition nako Great Britain ibukin uoua te ririki ao e boutokaaki ma te onimakinaki iroun kainnabana. N okina, a uaia ni maeka ma te kukurei ao a kakabwaiaki ni bungiakin natiia aine aika uoman. Te kananokawaki bwa inanon ana tai ni bikoukoua ana kateniman ao e a motirawa n ana tai n rarai.

Inanon ana tataro n nanokawaki Joseph e taku, “Buokai, I tataro Nakoim, bwa nna maeka ao nna kororaoi ni kaitibo ma ngaia n am mimitong ae akea tokina, ni manga ikotaki ma ngaia, n aki manga kamaenakoaki. … Buokai ni karikirakeia natiu aika kakawaki bwa a na teimatoa n itiaki man te bure inanon maiuia.”8

N ana bubuti nakon tamana, te karo aio ibukin natina aika uoman e bubuti ibukin buuna ao tinaia natina aika uarereke. E a tia n anganai ngkai te aine are tangiria ae Ethel Georgina Reynolds are e kaitibo ma ngaia. A mareaki n Nobembwa 1908 n te Salt Lake Tembora. Te aine ae tamaroa aei e a riki bwa tinaia ana moan nati Joseph ake uoman ao imwiina e a karikiia riki ruaman natina.

N te tai teuana, rawawatan te tina aio e roko n ana iango te Abotoro aio ngke e mwananga nakon te maungatabu n te titeiki. E korea ana reta nakoina are e kangai iai: “I iangoiko ao I bia mena irarikim n tainako ni wiiki aika ana roko, ni buokiko n tabeakiniko. Nna buokiko ni kabanea au kona, ao au kantaninga bwa ko na kona n namakinai irarikim. Tuangiia ataei bwa a na bwaina te akoi nakoim ao bon imarenaia.”9 Imwiina ao e tibwa nanona ma neiei ana namakin ae nako mai kabitoin nanona n tein te kamatenano, are e riki bwa teuana kunara n taromauri, “Does the Journey Seem Long?” (“Taran ae Abwabwaki te Mwananga?”) (no. 127).

Te kananokawaki, bwa Ethel e motirawa n 1937. Ngke e mate neiei, iai niiman natiia aika a tuai n iein ni mwengaia. Unimwane Smith e namakina ana wirikiriki te Tamnei ae Raoioi bwa e riai ni kakaea riki buuna ao raona. N 1938 e mareaki ma Jessie Evans Smith n te Salt Lake Tembora.

Temanna te aomata are e bon rangi ni kinaia naakai ngaia are koreia: “N aki tarai kaokoron aia ririki ni maiu ae uabwi ma onoua ke te aki booraoi n iango, aia baekuraun, ao n aia mwakuri ake a tia n rinanoi, Joseph Fielding ao Jessie Evans Smith a bon aitara raoi. … Te bwai are e katoma te ririki ae rangi ni kaokoro bon te tangira ae kororaoi ao te karinerine imarenaia.”10 (tarai iteraniba 6–23 n te manuo.)

Te Tia Ukeuke n Reireiaki man te Kamatebwai ao man te Onimaki naba

E tauaki Joseph Fielding Smith n te Ekaretia bwa te tia rabakau iaon koroboki aika a tabu ao te tia reirei ae bane arona n te euangkerio. Ni moan kairakena, iai nanona ae korakora n “ukoukora te rabakau, n aron naba te kamatebwai ao n te onimaki naba” (D&C 88:118). E wareka ana Boki Moomon uoua te tai imwain ae e koro 10 ana ririki. Ngkana a kakaea raraona, a na bon bae ni kunea bwa e mena i eta n autin kanaia maan ni wareki boki aika a tabu.11

E tuangiia kain te taromauri tabeua te ririki imwina bwa “man te moantai are I kona iai ni wareware, I karekea riki te kukurei ao te rau ae korakora man au kamatebwai n koroboki aika a tabu … nakon riki bwain n te aonaaba ae bwanin.”12 (See chapters 10 and 18.)

N te tai teuana ao Beretitenti Heber J. Grant (1856–1945) E kamoamoa rabakaun Beretitenti Smith n taekinna, “I iangoia bwa ngkoe te kabanea n atatai iaon koroboki aika a tabu mai irouia Mataniwiin Botaki ni Kabuta n te ekaretia iroura.”13

Nanona ni kan reiakinaki e aki kaotia bwa e aki irii takakaro ngke e ataeinimwane ao ni karokoa ae e a bon ikawai. E tatangira te takakaro n te beitiboro ao takakaro riki ma roro aika kairake n ununiki ake a kona n takakaro iai. Ngke e ikawai e riki bwa te tia takakaro n te rawebooro ao e iriiri kabo n takakaro irouia ataei aika rorona. E iriiri naba kabo n takakaro n bobotakin ana utu. I uringa au takakaro ae I tatangiria ngke tibu e orea te karo n te booro are e kare iai tibu ao e rebwe ana kainrawetamnei ai tamau are e rawetamnei man iteran te marae are te angamaing.

Te Aomata ae Tatangiria n Tei ni Katana ana Onimaki

Imwain weteakina bwa te Abotoro, Joseph Fielding Smith e kinaaki bwa te tia tei ibukin ana onimaki, are e kona ni kariki bukibuki nakoina aika kairuaa bwa te aomata ae imanono. E ngae ngke aki totoki nanona ni kokoaua nakon ana berita aika a tabu ao ni kaungaia ni kabane bwa a na kamatoa ana euangkerio Iesu Kristo are e a tia ni kaokaki, bon iai ana itera are e kinaaki irouia ana utu ao raraona. Beretitenti Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) n ana taeka: “A mwaiti taai ake ti taekinna iai bwa ngkai ake Tengauan ma Uoman a na riki bwa taan motiki taekaia kain Iteraera, temanna mai ibuakoia e na kukurei ni motikaki taekana Irouna, bwa e momotiraoi ana babaire, nanoanaga, akoi ao e mimitong”14

Beretitenti Smith e kaota ana banna ni katoto n te aro n akoi ni kaitibona ao maroroakinan te kabuanibwai are e rekereke ma ana rebwerebwe te Ekaretia. Te mwane ae e a kara ae kabuta te kaa aika uanikai iaona are ngaia are kurati ao n akean ana intuarenti ao e na kona ni karika te kabuanibwai. Imwiin tabeua te maroro, e bonnanoaki bwa te Ekaretia e na uotarake te bwai anne n te bowi n tua. E ngae n anne, Beretitenti Smith e taetae: “Eng, ti kona ni karaoa anne. Ao ngkana ti butuia ni kakorakoraira, ti na bon bae n tokanikai n ana te turaki anne mai iroun te unimwane ae kananoanga; bwa ngkana ti a tokanikai ao ana tera imwiina, e na kanga ngkanne ni karekea maiuna? E manga maroroakinaki ana tabeka anne iroun te komete ao e kai uotakirakeaki n te bowi n tua.15

I noora aia tangira aomata tabeman are a tia ni karaoia nakoina ngke I kawara Beretitenti Harold B. Lee (1899–1973) n te Tabo n Ruanimate ISalt Lake imwiin katabuan ruanimaten Beretitenti Smith. I taku nakoina, “Beretitenti Lee, ngkai ngkoe temanna kain te utu I tangiria ni kaotia nakoim aron au kakaitau ibukin te akoi are ko a tia ni karaoia nakon tibuu te mwane.” Ni kaekakiu e taraai ao e karaurau n taetae, I tatangira te aomata anne!”

Te Tia Beku ni Koaua ae Kakaonimaki

N ana tai ni beku n te euangkerio Smith e kanikinaeaki n ana ongotaeka nakon koroboki aika a tabu are e anganaki bwa e na taetaekina te rairannano (tara, ibukin te katoto, D&C 6:9; 11:9). E taku: “Bon tabeu, Ia tia n rang kaungaaki iai, I iangoia man Tamnein te Uea inanon mwamwanangau n ana titeikiTion, n taekinna nakoia aomata bwa ngkai bon te bong n rairannano ao n weteia Aika Itiaki ni Bong Aika Kaitira bwa a na uringii aia berita aika a tabu, … kaungaia bwa ana kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki ni bwaai ni kabane.”16 (Tara mwakoro 5.)

Inanon nako mwaitin ana ririki ni maiu ae 96, Beretitenti Smith e tataro bwa e na tiku ni kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki n teimatoa n ua te toki. Ni koauana, Beretitenti Boyd K. Packer, are te Beretitenti ngkai n te Kooram n Abotoro are Tengaun ma Uoman, e kakoaua: “E teimatoa n reita nako ana karuabwi ao e tataro bwa e na ‘kawakin ana berita aika a tabu ao nakoana ao n teimatoa n ua te toki.’”17

Ibukin Beretitenti Smith, “kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki” e raka riki nakon te kibu are e tataekinaki n tainako. Bon te taeka ae nako man te nano n ana onimaki nakoia aomata ni kabane—ibukiia membwa n te Ekaretia ake a tia ni karaoa aia berita ae tabu ibukiia natin Tamara are I Karawa. “Ti riai n riki bwa taian moan ao taan ririmoa” Beretitenti Smith e bubuti, “bwa abanuean te Atua ao Raoiroina ni kabane. Ti na kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki n tainako, ma te nano ae korakora ni kawakin ana tua te Uea ao ni karinea ao n uringii ana berita aika a tabu are ti a tia ni karaoia ma Ngaia. Aio au tataro n tei ibukiia Tibun Iteraera ni kabane.”18 (Tarai mwakoro 19–22.)

Ngkana ko tataro mwaka n iangoa ana reirei ae anainano, ami koaua e na kakorakoraaki riki ao kona kakabwaiaaki ni karakaaki riki otam n te koaua ae itiaki ae matata n ana euangkerio Iesu Kristo. Te kooti ni kamatebwai e na karikirakea nanom ni maiuakinna bwa kona “kokoaua ao ni kakaonimaki.”

Bwaai aika a na taraki

  1. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith (2013), 16.

  2. Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. and John J. Stewart, The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith (1972), 176.

  3. Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 1; tara naba Bruce R. McConkie, “Joseph Fielding Smith: Apostle, Prophet, Father in Israel,” Ensign, Aokati 1972, 29.

  4. Tara Bruce R. McConkie, “Joseph Fielding Smith,” 29.

  5. Joseph Fielding Smith, quoted in Smith and Stewart, The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith, 49.

  6. Quoted in Smith and Stewart, The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith, vii.

  7. Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 76.

  8. Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 275.

  9. Joseph Fielding Smith, quoted in Smith and Stewart, The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith, 188–89.

  10. Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 22, 23.

  11. Tara Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 4.

  12. Teachings: Joseph Fielding Smith, 4.

  13. Heber J. Grant, in Francis M. Gibbons, Joseph Fielding Smith: Gospel Scholar, Prophet of God (1992), 290.

  14. Spencer W. Kimball, in Bruce R. McConkie, “Joseph Fielding Smith,” Ensign, Aokati 1972, 28.

  15. Tara Lucile C. Tate, Boyd K. Packer: A Watchman on the Tower (1995), 176.

  16. Joseph Fielding Smith, in Conference Report, Okitobwa 1919, 88; emphasis added.

  17. Boyd K. Packer, “Covenants,” Ensign, Nobembwa 1990, 84.

  18. Joseph Fielding Smith, in Conference Report, Okitobwa 1912, 124–25.

Mai eta: Tamnein Joseph Fielding Smith ngke e kairake e katukaki inanon aia Baibara ana karo. Atai: Joseph e unga n takakaro n te aenibooro ma tarina David. Inano: Unimwane Smith (kauoman man te maing) ma raona ni mitinare i England, 1901. Te tamnei are e kaitara te iteraniaba e roko naba man ana tai ni mitinare. Inano, atai: Unimwane Smith (maing) ma raoan n Abotoro George Albert Smith ao Israel Smith, 1936.

Mai eta: Beretitenti Smith ma natina te mwane. Mai eta n te atai: Unimwane Smith e kamauraki iroun Beretitenti David O. McKay, 1961. Atai: Beretitenti Smith tekateka mai moa n te Salt Lake Tabernacle. Inano: Beretitenti Smith mai moa ibukin te rawetamnei n te takakaro n te baetibooro, te takakaro are e tatangiria ngke e kairake.

Tamnei man ana mwamwannano te Tabo n Tangoboki n Rongoron te Ekaretia ao ana utu Smith akaiwe.