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Te Ekaretia i Brazil: Te Tai Ae Na Roko N Tokina E a Roko
Turai 2014


Taian Bwaeoniia ni Katoai Aba

Te Ekaretia i Brazil Te Tai Ae Na Roko N Tokina E A Roko

Tamnei
A Brazilian family standing outside of the Recife Brazil Temple which is in the background.

Ni buburan tiaitina ma mwaitin kaaina, Brazil bon te kanimaua ni kabanea ni bubura n aba n te aonaaba. Ma 100 te ririki n nako, e karako mwaitin kaaina, ao ti tabeman aomata aika a karekei kabwaia man kaubwain aona: te aba ae kabuebue mani kaubwai, ao kaubwaina n te minero ao te ran.

Max ao Amalie Zapf a anaaki nanoia ma Brazil ao ni baireia bwa a na maeka i Brazil. A tia ni kaaina te Ekaretia i Tiaman n 1908 ao ni kitanna n nako Brazil inanon Maati 1913. Ngkai ngaia te moan ni membwa n te Ekaretia ae ataaki ae maeka Brazil, a rangin n ingainga nanoia ni kan roko n te aba ma te kantaninga ae bati. E ngae n anne ao akea te Ekaretia i Amerika Maiaki, ao Max ma Amalie a waekoa n namakina te ururing n akean te tai ni kaea te taromauri ao n reitaki ma membwa ake tabeman.1

Imwiin te 10 te ririki i Brazil, Max ao Amalie Zapf a ongo taekan temanna te membwa n te Ekaretia ae kakaonimaki, Augusta Lippelt, are e a tia ni kitana abana n 1923 mai Tiaman ma aman natina ao kainabana ae tiaki te membwa nakon aban Brazil i maiakin Santa Catarina. Te utu ae te Zapf a mwaing nako Santa Catarina bwa a na kania ana utu Lippelt.

Uoua te ririki imwiina ao e kaukaki te South American Mition i Buenos Aires, Argentina. Te kauoman ni beretitenti n te mition, K. B. Reinhold Stoof, mai i Tiaman naba, e kaungaki bwa e na katea te Ekaretia ibuakoia ana aomata Tiaman ae korakora i Brazil maiaki. N te 1928 e mwiokoia uoman mitinare, William Fred Heinz ao Emil A. J. Schindler, bwa a na nako Joinville, te kaawa ma angiin kaaina kaain Tiaman aika birinako. N te 1930, ao Beretitenti Stoof e kawaria ana utu Zapf ao Lippelt ao e katea te mwaanga, ike a kona iai utu aika uoua aikai ni kaea te taromauri ao n taua te toa.

Tera te kaokoro are e a tia n riki inanon 100 te ririki. Imwain rokon ana utu Zapf n te 1913, akea aia membwa kain Brazil, akea mitinare, ao akea te Ekaretia. N te bong aei e raka iaon te mirion membwa aika maeka i Brazil, are e a karikia bwa te katenua n aba ae te kabanea ni bubura iai kaain te Ekaretia (imwiin te United States ao Mexico). Iai ngkai n te Ekaretia bootaki n taromauri ni kabuta aban Brazil ao kawana aika bubura. Ana kariki Max ao Amalie a kakatonga n reken te Ekaretia ae matoatoa ao ni birimwaaka ma rongorongona ae onoti ao ni kamimi.

Rikirake Kanga te Oke

Te taeka ni burabeti are e taekinaki i Argentina n 1926 iroun Unimwaane Melvin J. Ballard (1873–1939) man te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman e katautaua bwa e na uarereke te rikirake n te tabo anne ma anne e na korakora n te taina. E taetae ni burabetia: “Te mwakuri ibukin te Uea e na karaurau n rikirake man uaan te oke. E na aki waekoa n rikirake n te bongina n aron te sunflower are e waekoa n rikirake ao imwiina e mate.”2

Tabeman a kaaina te Ekaretia ni moan ririkin te Brazil Mition, are e kaukaki n 1935. E wakinaki te Ekaretia n te taetae n Tiaman ni karokoa 1940, ngke e bitaki nakon te taetae ni Portugal, ana taetae te aba ae kinaki. A beku mitinare ni kaawa aika mwaiti ni kabuta te aba ni karokoa are a tangiraki bwa a na kitana te aba n tain te ka Uoua ni Buaka n te Aonaaba. A oki mitinare imwiin te buaka, ao e a manga moanaki te mwakuri.

Ni kaawan Campinas, inanon aban São Paulo, tabeman ataeinimwaane ao ataeinaine a kaaina ao n teimatoa n onimaki. Temanna mai ibuakoia membwa aikanne bon Antônio Carlos Camargo. E kaaina ngke te buitabun ana ririki n 1947, e tangira ao ni mare ma kaain te Ekaretia, ao n 1954 e nakon te Brigham Young University ao imwiina a na Iuniwetiri Utah. Ngaia ma buna a oki nako Brazil n te 1963 ibukin ana mwakuri ma te kambwana ni kunikai ao a rangin ni mimi n aron rikiraken te Ekaretia. Ngke a nako inanon te 1954, iai ti tabeua mwaanga aika uarereke, ae tararuaki irouia mitinare mai i Amerika. E ngae n anne, ao n aia tai ni bua inanon ruaiwa te ririki, e kania 16,000 kain Brazil ae a tia ni kaaina te Ekaretia, n ikotaki ma utu aika ataei ake iai aia konabwai n te kairiiri ae korakora man kakaonimaki nakon tabeia. E taku Antônio, “Bon tamnei aika korakora man tamaroa are e a tia n rineia te Uea ikai i São Paulo.”3

N te 1966, 31 te ririki imwiin are e kaukaki ana Mition Brazil, e baireaki katean te moan n titeiki i Amerika Maiaki i São Paulo. Unimwaane Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), ngaia ngkoa kaain te Kooram n Abotoro n te Tengaun ma Uoman, e bairea te titeiki ma Walter Spät bwa te beretitenti ao Antônio bwa ana kauoman ni kauntira.

Ti tabeman mai ibuakoia taan kairiiri ae a tuai noora te titeiki ae nako raoi. Ma e a tia te Uea ni katauraoa Antônio, are e korakora ana atatai ma te Ekaretia n te United States ao ni kona ni buoka te beretitentii n te titeiki. Man te kairiiri n te uoote ao mwaanga man te moan titeiki ao a reke taan kairiiri ibukia titeiki ake a tibwa tei. E namakinaki aia anainano ni kabuta te aba ngke e moanaki baireakin titeiki n te mwaneka ae kamimi.

Te Tai N Rikirake

Teuana te katanoata ae aki kantaningaki e karika te rikirake ae korakora riki nakon te Ekaretia i Brazil: katean te tembora. Membwa a ata kakawakin taian tembora, ma angia a tia n nori n taian tamnei. Te kabanea ni kaan n tembora bon n te United States, ngaa kiromita raroaia. Beretitenti Kimball e kawara Brazil inanon Maati 1975 ao e katanoata n tain te maungatabu n te aono katean te tembora i São Paulo. Te ingainga ae korakora ao te anganano n te mwane e karika tiana n te 1978. A ibuobuoki membwa iaon boon katean te tembora rinanon angabwai. Angia a kaboi nako aia ka, aia bwai aika bobuaka, ao abaia ni karekei aia mwane ibukin aia angabwai.

Te katabu n te tembora inanon Okitobwa ao Nobembwa 1978 e moanaki inanon Tuun man te kaotioti n te nakoanibonga (tara Official Declaration 2). E nanonaki n te kaotioti aei bwa a kona membwa ni kabane i Brazil n ira te katabu ao kakabwaiakan te tembora.

Tamnei
Daytime shot of the Sao Paulo Brazil Temple.

Te kaotioti n te nakoanibonga ao te katabu n te tembora bon bwaai ni kaunganano ibukin teuana te mwakuri ni mitinare ae te kabanea n nakoraoi ae tuai man noraki n te Ekaretia: e raka iaon 700,000 kaain Brazil aika a kaaina te Ekaretia inanon uabwi te ririki imwiina.

Bwaai riki tabeua a kaunga te rikirake aei. Te aba e rinanon bitaki n te tautaeka ao n te botanaomata are e kabebetea te rikirake. A mwaiti kaain Brazil aika mwaing nakon nukan te kaawa ao n rangin tauraoi nakon aro aika boou. N te tai naba anne, Beretitenti Kimball e titirakinia titeiki beretitenti mai Brazil bwa a na katei kouru ni karikirakea mwaitia kairake mai Brazil bwa a na nako ni mitinare. N te tai ae waekoa e raka iaon iteraia mitinare ake a mwakuri iaon Brazil bon kaain Brazil. Mitinare aika oki aikai a riki imwiina bwa taan kairiiri n te Ekaretia.

Ma rikiraken te Ekaretia e kanikinaea te kakaewenako: aki taun aia atatai membwa. Te kakaewenako aei, e ngae ngke, iai mwiina ae tamaroa: e tangira rikiraken te onimaki ao ana kairi te tamnei imarenaia membwa. Te katoto teuana, n Nobembwa 1992 e baireaki te titeiki i Uruguaiana, n iteran Brazil are i maeao, e raroa man titeiki n te Ekaretia ake a tia ni kateaki. Ngke te membwa ae onimaki man teimaan n te Ekaretia, José Candido Ferreira dos Santos, e weteaki bwa te tamanuea n te titeiki ae tibwa kateaki, ae e tabeaianga iai. E kabwarabwara nakon te Mataniwi ni Kabuta: “I aki kona n riki bwa te tamanuea. Akea otau n te mwakuri anne. I aki kona n uringa ae I a tia ni kaitibo ma te tamanuea ao akea au kakabwaia n te tamanuea.” Te Mataniwi ni Kabuta e iangoa aron katokana. N te kaawa ae kaan ae Alegrete, te tamanuea, Ruí Antônio Dávila, e a tibwa tia naba ni weteaki ao ni mena naba n te aeka ni kangaanga aei. Tamaniuea aika uoman aikai a kainnanoia bwa a na anganaki ana kakabwaia te tamanuea.

Ngke e karekea ana kakabwaia te Tari Santos mairoun te Tari Dávila, e mimi ngke e ongo kakabwaia ake e anganaki ni kaineti ma nanona n taai akekei ao bon are irouna are e na bon aki kona n atai te tamanuea. Ngkanne e anga te kakabwaia te Tari Santos iaon atun te Tari Dávila, a bwaro riki ranin matana n aron are e a tia n rinanona mai imwaina. Mwaane ake uoman a kamoamoaki imwiina ma te ota ae nano n aron te bwai are e a tibwa tia n riki.4 N aron are e a tia ni kaungaia te Tamnei bwa a na ana aia moan kakabwaia n te tamanuea, e kaungaia te Tamnei ngke anga tebubua riki. E a tia te Uea ni katauraoi kakabwaia n te tamnei aika mwaiti n te aba are e karako iai atakin te Ekaretia.

Mwanen Reirei N Aki Toki

Akean aia reirei irouia membwa tabeman bon te kakaewenako riki teuana. N tainako, ngkana a oki mitinare nakon mwengaia, a tauraoi n tamneia ma e aki tau aia reirei ni karekea aia mwakuri. Reinaldo Barreto, te titeiki beretitenti i São Paulo, e kabwarabwara, “Bon te kakaewenako ae kakawaki ni karekean te mwakuri. A mwaiti mitinare aika bua aia kantaninga ni waaki, riki a kabua korakoraia n tamnei are a tia ni karekei n aia tai ni mitinare.” N tainako te reirei bon te kiing n tokanikai iaon te kakaewenako aei.

Ibukin aei, katean te Mwane n Reirei Nakitoki iroun Beretitenti Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) in 2001 e a tia ni kakabwaiaia ngaa mitinare aika a oki aika kaain Brazil. E angania te tai ibukin aia reirei, are e a tia ni karekea te mwakuri ae tamaroa riki. A kona membwa ni boutokaia aia utu ao n reita nako riki aia reirei. Beretitenti Barreto, are e a tia n riki bwa te tia babairea aron te burokuraem iaon te MRN i Brazil, e katereterea, “Bon te kakabwaia n noria membwa aika kairake ni kabanei aia reirei ao ni karekei aia mwakuri aika tamaroa, ma koauan raoi te tokanikai n te burokuraem bon norakin tian aia konabwai bwa e rikirake. Iai irouia te kantaninga ae korakora riki.”5

Membwa Aika A Korakora Nanoia

Korakoran te Ekaretia i Brazil tiaki tii man mwaitia membwa ma aia kakaonimaki nakon te euangkerio. Te katoto, Gelson Pizzirani, te tia tararua te tabo ni wanikiba ae a tia n ritaea, e anganaki te mwakuri ae matoatoa ma e na reke ana mwane ae mwaiti mai iai: ibuobuoki ni katea te tabo ni wanikiba ae boou i Brazil. N te tai naba anne, ngaia ma kainabana, Míriam, a weteaki bwa ana tararua te Brazil Brasília Mission. Akea te titiraki bwa tera ae a na karaoia. Man te tai are a bwabetitoaki iai ngke ngaia kairake, a tia ni kabanea maiuia nakon te Ekaretia. Imwain aia mare, te Tari Pizzirani e weteaki bwa e na riki bwa te beretitenti n te mwaanga. E weteaki bwa te beretitenti n te titeiki ngke 25 ana ririki ao ni butimwaai wewete riki ake tabeua, n ikotaki ma te ka Itingaun n te Aono. Titita Pizzirani e a tia ni beku inanon titeiki ao ni Bootaki n Aine n te uoote, Ataeinaine, ao wewete n te Moanrinan. E taekina ana namakin ni kaineti ma kakabwaia n te euangkerio: “E a tia n rangin ni kakabwaiakaki maiu bukina bwa I a tia ni kataia ni kawakin tuua. Ibukin tuua ni kabane aika I kawakin, I karekea mai iai te kakabwaia.”6

Imwiin banen aia mition i Brasília, aia babaire bwa a nang oki nakon mwengaia e mangao ma te wewete nakon te mwakuri ae uarereke taina bwa e na riki bwa te beretitenti n te Brazil Campinas Mission. Imwiin tabeua te namwakaina ni motirawa, a butimwaea te wewete n 2013 n riki bwa te beretitenti ao te tia tararua te Recife Brazil Tembora. Temanna te mitinare are e bwabetitoa te Tari Pizzirani e tibwa weteaki ma kainabana bwa a na beku n te Recife Tembora, ike ana uaia ni botaki ni mwakuri iai mitinare ao ake a rairaki.

Te katoto n an utu Pizzirani ngke a katoka aia mwakuri ao n nako ni beku ibukin te Uea e bon rangin n anai nano ma te bwai ae a aki boou iai membwa mai i Brazil aika onimaki.

Te 100 te ririki man te tai are a roko iai ana utu Zapf i Brazil a tia ni karekei bitaki aika mwaiti ma totoko naba aika aki kantaningaki. Burabeti ake a tia n roko, aki kona n ae a na aki kaota te onimaki n te aba ibukin taai aika a na roko. Taetae ni burabeti aikanne a tia ni koro bukia ngke e riki Brazil bwa te aba ae te kabanea ni bubura kaubwaina ao rikirakena n te aonaaba. Ana kariki ana utu Zapf—n rikia ni koaua ao naake a iri kawain te euangkerio—a karekei ibuobuoki man te mwakuri korakora ao te taotaonaki n nano iaon mwakuri ake a tia ni karaoaki n tibwaua te euangkerio. Te kauoua ni mwakoro n ana tatae ni burabeti Unimwaane Melvin J. Ballard are e anga n 1926 e a tia ni korobukina: “Ngaa n aomata aika ana kaaina te Ekaretia ikai. E na bwenauaki nakon ae raka riki iaon teuana te mition ao e na riki bwa teuana te kabanea ni korakora n te Ekaretia.”

Bwaai aika a na taraki

  1. Sibila Hack Nunes (natin natin Max ao Amalie Zapf te mwaane, intawiu iroun Michael Landon, Curitiba, Brazil, Turai 30, 2004, Church History Library.

  2. Melvin J. Ballard, in Bryant S. Hinckley, Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard (1949), 100.

  3. Antônio Carlos Camargo, intawiu iroun Mark L. Grover, São Paulo, Brazil, Tuun 27, 2006, Harold B. Lee Library, iteraniba 22.

  4. Jose Candido Ferreira dos Santos, intawiu iroun Mark L. Grover, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Meei 4, 2010, Harold B. Lee Library; Rui Antonio Dávila, intawiunaki iroun Mark L. Grover, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Meei 5, 2010, Harold B. Lee Library.

  5. Reinaldo de Souza Barreto, intawiu iroun Mark L. Grover, São Paulo, Brazil, Tuun 16, 2006, Harold B. Lee Library, iteraniba 14.

  6. Míriam da Silva Sulé Pizzirani, intawiu iroun Mark L. Grover, São Paulo, Brazil, Maati 21, 1982, Harold B. Lee Library, iteraniba 7.

Rikiraken te Ekaretia i Brazil

148

1935

216

1938

536

1948

1,454

1958

31,635

1968

54,410

1978

265,286

1988

703,210

1998

1,060,556

2008

1,239,166

2013