Iotebwa te Tia Mamata

Tera nanon te tia mamata nakon te kairake ni burabeti ao nakoia tabeman raoraona? Iotebwa e ikawairake n te utu ae a wawareka te Baibara, are e tataekina te tia mamata. N 1 Tamuera, ibukin te katoto, e kabwarabwara te tia korea te boki: “Te arongkoa ibuakoia Iteraera aei, ngkana e nako te aomata n titirakina te Atua, ao e kangai, Kaaraki, ao ti na nako n te tia matairiki: ba ane e atongaki ngkai ba te Burabeti ao e atongaki ngkoa ba te tia matairiki” (1 Tamuera 9:9).

E taekinaki naba n te Baibara bwa aomata ake a karekea kakoaua n te tamnei man bwaai aika rabwata n aron taian kai biti,³ bwatua aika buraati iaoni kaina (are e riki bwa te kanikina ae tabangaki n te rabakau ni bwainaoraki),⁴ te ebota (mwakoron aia kunnikai iboonga ake iai inanona uoua atibu aika kakawaki),⁵ ao taian Urim ao taian Tummim.⁶

“Taraakin” ao “tia matairiki” bon mwakoron kateia kaain Amerika ao te utu are e ikawai rake iai Iotebwa Timiti. E anaaki nanona ae korakora n taeka man te Baibara ao katei aika kakaokoro aika roko mai England ao aaba riki tabeua aika uotaki irouia taan mwananga nako Amerika Meang, tabeman aomata ni moan te ka 19 n tienture a kakoaua bwa e kona n riki ibukiia aika bwaintangiraaki n tatabemaniia nako n “noora,” ke ni karekea te kakoaua n tamnei, rinanon bwaai aika kakawaki n aron atibu ni matairiki.⁷

E kariai katei n te onimaki Iotebwa Timiti te tei n raonaki ma te iango are kaboonganakin atibu ni matairiki n noori bwaai ake a bua ke ni karabaaki. Man tain karaki man te Baibara e kaotia te Atua ni kaboonganai bwaai aika a kona n atai aia onimaki aomata ke n reitaki n te tamnei n taai ake rimoa, Iotebwa ao tabeman a taku n aia iango bwa e kona n riki naba n aia tai. Ana karo Iotebwa, Iotebwa Timiti te Ikawai ao Lucy Mack Smith, a kaungaia utu bwa ana ira te katei aei ao kaboonganakin bwaai aikai irouia n te kawai aei, kaain te kaawa i Palmyra ao Manchester, New York, ike a maeka iai ana utu Timiti, a bairea bwa e na kakaai bwaai aika bua Iotebwa imwaain are e mwaing nako nako Pennsylvania 1827.⁸

Ibukia naake akea otaia bwa a kanga aomata n te ka 19 n tienture n ana tabo Iotebwa ni maiuakina aia aro, atibu ni matairiki a kona n aki ataaki, ao taan rabwakau a tia ni kauntaekaa te tai inanon maiuna. Teutana bwa mwiin te tai man te nuka n te ka 17 n tienture nakon kabanean te ka 18 n tienture ike iango ao bukina e anaa nanon ae korakora te tautaeka, te aro, ao te reirei ibuakoia aomata iaon Europe, te tai are e katuruturuaki iai taekan te tiaienti ao te aonaaba ae tarataraaki iaon bwaai n tamnei, a mwaiti n ana tai Iotebwa aika a namakinna bwa kaboonganakin bwaai n aron atibu ke kaibiti a bon anti ke aki raoiroi ibukin kantaninga n te aro.

Ririki imwiina, ngke e taekina ana karaki ae kamimi Iotebwa, e kamataata riki noraabana ao ana atatai n tamnei tabeua.⁹ Ni kaitaraana, tabeman raoraona ake imwaina a kabanea aia iango iaon kaboonganakin atibu ni matairiki irouna ni kataia n urua aron taraakina n te aonaaba are e rikirake n totokoi katei aikanne. Inanon aia tai ae korakora ni kaekae, Iotebwa ao tabeman moan membwa a rineia bwa ana aki kabanea aia iango iaon te kairoro n te katei ae tabangaki, ibukina bwa a mwaiti aika rairaki aika a rinanon te bitaki bwa a kanga n iangoa te aro n te Roro n iai Bukina. Tera ae karika kinakin kaotioti, e ngae n anne, e teimatoa Iotebwa n reireiakina te atibu ni matairiki ao bwaai ni mwakuri riki tabeua aika kaboonganaaki irouia taan matairiki, n raonaki ma te konabwai ni mwakuri, a kakawaki ao bwaintangira aika tabu mairoun te Atua.¹⁰

A kaoti naba atibu ni matairiki n rongorongo ni kawai ni kabwarabwara Iotebwa Timiti ao rairan Ana Boki Moomon. Rongorongon Iotebwa aika bwainaki, are e moanna n taui mwiia n 1838, e kabwarabwara rokon te anera, ae Moronaai, are e tuanga taekan bwatua koora aika taunaki n te katabuki ae uakaan. E uringa Iotebwa anne ngke e taetae ma te anera, “e kaotaki nakoina te mi” [iroun te Uea] imwina e matata n ana iango bwa e “ata te tabo” (Iotebwa Timiti—Rongorongona 1:42).

Tamnei

Joseph Smith depicted kneeling on the Hill Cumorah as the angel Moroni stands above him. The angel Moroni appears dressed in white and surrounded by intense light as he is holding the gold plates. The event took place on September 22, 1827. Painting number 2 of the 23 paintings in the "Mormon Panorama" series.

Te Anera Moronaai e Anga Baatua nakon Iotebwa Timiti, iroun C. C. A. Christensen

N te rongorongo Iotebwa e moana ana koroboki n te 1838, e kauringnga Moronaai ae na “kataia Tatan ni kariria (ibukin kainnanoia ana utu tamau), n anai bwatua ibukin te kantaninga ni kani kaubwai.” E aki kariaia te anera bwa e na karaoa aei, e kabwarabwara Iotebwa, n taekinna bwa ngkana [Iotebwa] iai riki ana iango nakon katean abanuean te Atua, e na aki kona ni karekei bwaatua (Iotebwa Timiti—Rongorongona 1:46). N rongorongona ni moan 1832, e kabwarabwara Iotebwa, “I … ukoukori Bwaatua bwa iaonga ni karekea kaubwaiu ao I aki kawakina te tu[a] ae I riai ni katuka au iango ti nakon Mimitongin te Atua.”¹¹ N tokina, e tangiraki bwa e na oki nakon te tabuki ni katoa ririki inanon aua te ririki ni karokoa ae tauraoi ni karekei bwatua (taraa Iotebwa Timiti—Rongorongona 1:53–54).

E kabotaua anne Iotebwa ngke n tokina e karekei bwaatua ma iroun Moronaai n te 1827, e karekei naba uoua atibu bwa e na kaboonganaki bwa rairairi iai. Ngaia ao raoraona aika e rangin n tena ma ngaia a taui mwiin rongorongon atibu aikai, ni kabwarabwarai bwa a mainaina ke n itiaki n tarakiia, ni katukaki inanon ke imataniwiin boora ke kanga ai aron kiraati ni wareware, ao n reitaki ma te otanga ae bubura.¹² N aron are e kabwarabwaraki iai, te bwai ni kamatairiki aei e na tia ni kaman bubura. E taku tinan Iotebwa Timiti bwa e na kanakoi atibu man te otanga ibukin kabebeteana n aia tai ni kaboonganai.¹³

E atongaki atibu aikai n Ana Boki Moomon bwa “taan raitaeka” ao e kabwarabwara bwa “a katauraoaki bwaai aikai man moan rikin bwaai, ao ni buti man te roro teuana nakon teuana, ibukin rairan taian taetae,” n “kawakinaki ao taurabwaki inanon bain te Uea” (Motiaea 28:14‒15, 20).

E taekinaki naba n te boki bwa e kanga te Uea n anga “uoua atibu” nakon tarin Iareta, ma te berita bwa ana buokia te roro n taai aika ana roko ni manga karekei Ana taeka. “Koroi bwaai aikai ao kabaei,” e tuangnga te Uea, “ao n na kaoti n oin au tai nakoia natiia aomata.” Atibu aikai, e kabwarabwara te Uea, “a na kaoti nakon mataia aomata bwaai ake e na koroi” (Ita 3:24, 27).

Tamnei

Detail from a page of the original Book of Mormon manuscript containing the departure of Lehi’s family from Jerusalem in what is today 1 Nephi 2.

Ana mwamwannano te Raiburari Ibukin Rongorongon te Ekaretia; KATAMAROAN TAMNEI IBUKIN TE KAMATAATA

Man te tai are e manga tuoa mwiin ana rairairi n Ana Boki Moomon bwa e na koreaki i nukan-1829, nanon te taeka ae tia matairiki e a tia ni kamatataaki riki n te boki. Iai inanon ana Boki Moomon taetae ni burabeti aika iangoaki bwa e na anganaki Iotebwa ae kain Aikubita ae katanoata bwa temanna maibuakoia ana kariki—e matata bwa Iotebwa Timiti—e na riki bwa “te tia mamata ae rineaki” ni uotia ana kariki ake tabeman “nakon ana atatai ni berita aika tabu” are e karaoi te Atua ma aia bakatibu (2 Nibwaai 3:6, 7).

N te rongorongo teuana Ana Boki Moomon, Aramwa te Kairake n ataei e anga taan rairairi nakon natina te mwaane Ereman. “Kamanoia taan rairairi aikai,” E reireinna Aramwa, n okirii atibu ake uoua inanon nneia ae te tirewa. Ma Aramwa e taekina naba te taeka ni burabeti are e taraa ni kaineti nakon te atibu ae ti teuana: “Ao e taku te Uea: N na katauraoa nakon a toro ae Katerem, te atibu, ae e na raneanea ni kaotaa te roo” (Aramwa 37:21, 23).

Te katoto ae kakawaki, e ngae ngke e kanakoaki n te taeka ae taan “rairairi” (e raka iaon temanna), te taetae ni burabeti aei e taekina anganakin te toro n taai aika ana roko ae arana Katerem “te atibu” (ti teuana) ae kona ni bita te roo nakon te oota.”¹⁴ Moan Aomata aika Itiaki ni boong aika Kaitira a kakoaua te taetae ni burabeti aei bwa te toro bon Iotebwa Timiti.¹⁵

Ni koauana, te bwai ni kakoaua n rongorongo ni kawai e kaotia bwa irarikin atibu ni matairiki ake uoua ae a ataaki bwa taan “rairairi,” Iotebwa Timiti e kaboongana te atibu ni matairiki are teuana n raira Ana Boki Moomon, ni katuka te atibu ni matairiki are teuana n tainako inanon te bwara bwa e na kamanoa te atibu man te ota ngkana e tabe n taraia Iotebwa. Ni kaineti ma aomata ake a irekereke ma Iotebwa, e karaoa aei bwa e aonga ni kona n noori raoi taeka ake iaon te atibu.¹⁶

Man 1833, Iotebwa Timiti ao raoraona a moanna ni kaboongana te taeka n te baibara “Urim ao taian Tummim” ni kaineti nakon atibu aika aki toki ni karekei kaotioti mai ieta, n raonaki ma aia taan rairairi Nibwaite ao te atibu ni matairiki ae teuana.¹⁷ Aki etin raoi te taeka aei e a tia ni karika te kanganga ni kataia ni kakaea etin raoi te kawai are e raira iai Ana Boki Moomon Iotebwa Timiti. Irarikin kaboonganakiia taan rairairi, ni kaineti ma Martin Harris, e kaboongana naba Iotebwa teuana mai ibuakon ana atibu ni mamata ibukin riaina n tain rairan Ana Boki Moomon. Bwaai tabeua e buoka Iotebwa n bitii bwaai n rairairi are e kaboongana.¹⁸

Imwiin boretiakin Ana Boki Moomon inanon Maati 1830, Iotebwa Timiti ao ana kiraaka a moana aia mwakuri iaon te bwai ae atongaki bwa Ana Rairairi Iotebwa Timiti n te Baibara, te mwakuri ni burabeti n rinanon te King James Version n imatang.¹⁹ E koreia Iotebwa, bwa kaboonganakia aia taan rairairi Nibwaite ibukin te rairairi aei bon tiaki raoi te kawai ibukina bwa akea irouna.

Rongorongon Iotebwa e kabwarabwara bwa man wanawanan te Atua, bwatua ao taan rairairi a teimatoa ni kamanoaki inanon baina ni karokoa ae e a tia ni kakoroa nanon are e tangiraki bwa e na karaoaki rinanon kaboonganakiia. Ngke, ni kaineti ma taian babaire, te tia uarongorongo [te anera Moronaai] e baireia bwa bwatua ao taan rairairi a na oki, Iotebwa e kanakoia nakoina. Ao ngaia [Moronaai] a boni mena naba irouna ni karokoa te boong aei” (Iotebwa Timiti—Rongorongona 1:60).

E kabwarabwara anne Beretitenti Brigham Young (1801–77), “Iotebwa e katuka te U[rim ao] tenaan T[hummim] n oki ma bwaatua ngke e bane ana rairairi.”²⁰

Tamnei

Bust portrait of Joseph Smith. He is depicted wearing a dark suit, white shirt with a high collar and white tie.

Iotebwa Timiti, e bwaintangiraki nakon David Rogers, ana mwamwannano Ana Bootaki Ana Raiburari-Akaiwiti te Ekaretia, Missouri

Iai ana atibu ni mamata ake tabeua Iotebwa, ma n ana taeka Unimwaane Orson Pratt (1811–81), te membwa n te Kooram n te Tengaun ma Uoman n Abotoro ao imwiina te Tia Kororongorongo n te Ekaretia, e a tia naba Iotebwa n ikawai n te tai aei n otana n tamnei. N te boowi n Tuun 28, 1874, ae iraki iroun Beretitenti Brigham Young ao Mataniwi ni Kabuta, Unimwaane Pratt e tuangia ana taan mataku iaon “rokona n te tai ae mwaiti” ngke Iotebwa Timiti “e raira te Nu Tetemanti.” Ngke e noria bwa akea bwaai ni mwakuri n rawerawe ae a kaboonganaki, e mimi bwa bukin tera Iotebwa e aki kaboongana te Urim ao taian Tummim, n rairan Ana Boki Moomon.”

Ngke Unimwaane Pratt e matakuakina te Burabeti n rairairi, “Iotebwa, ae kanga e wareki ana iango Unimwaane Pratt, e tararake man ana mwakuri (n rairairi) ao e kabwarabwara ae te Uea e anganna te Urim ao taian Tummim ngke e tuai ata raoi Tamnein te kairi mai ieta. Ma ngkai e a rangin ni mataata raoi are e ata kamwakuran te Tamnei anne, ao e aki kainnanoa ana ibuobuoki te bwai ni mwakuri anne.”²¹

Brigham Young e tuanga te kurubu n aomata riki teuana te bwai ae iangoia ibukin karekean te atibu ni mamata. “I aki [ko]au[a] iai bwa I a tia ni karekea te nano n tangira teuana te atibu ni mamata,” e taetae irouna (ma te iango).²² Ana rongorongo Brigham e kaota otana bwa atibu ni mamata aki kakawaki ngkana ko na riki bwa te tia mamata.

N Okitobwa 25, 1831, Iotebwa Timiti e ira te maungatabu i Orange, Ohio. N tain te maungatabu, tarina ae ikawai riki Hyrum e taku “e iangoia bwa e tamaroa riki bwa te rongorongo n rokon ana Boki Moomon e na kanakoaki iroun Iotebwa nakoia Unimwaane ake a roko bwa aonga n ataia (bwa e kanga n roko Ana Boki Moomon) bon ibukiia.” Ni kaineti ma minitin te boowi, Iotebwa “e taekinna bwa e aki nanonaki bwa e na tuangaki te aonaaba taekan ni kabane rokon ana Boki Moomon” ao “bwa e aki kakawaki ibukina bwa e na taekin bwaai aikai.”²³ Ngkai e a bon tau n tabena ae te tia mamata, ao ni kakoaua bwa atibu ni mamata aki kakawaki nakon te kaotioti, tao e raraoma bwa rimwi aomata a tii kabanea aia tai ae bati iaon ae kangaa n reke te boki ao n rangi ni uarereke iaon te boki irouna.

Te bwai ae rangin ni kakawaki ae karaoia Iotebwa Timiti iaon rairan Ana Boki Moomon bwa e karaoia “man bwai n tuturaraoi ma mwaakan te Atua.”²⁴ Te boki bon irouna, e reireiniia taan kairiiri n te Ekaretia, “bwa te kabanea n eti ni Boki iaon te aonaaba & ao atibun te maninganinga n ara aro,” ao man te ongotaeka nakon ana reirei, taan warekia ana “kaan riki nakon te [A]tua … nakon booki [riki] tabeua.”²⁵