Tera Ana Taeka te Baibara Ibukin te Itita?
Ana kaeka te Baibara
Te bukamaru ae te Itita e bon aki boto man te Baibara. Ma ngkana ko iangoa moan rikina, ko na ota raoi n ae nanonaki n te Itita ae taekan te katei rimoa ae irekereke ma te kakariki. Iangoi baikai.
Te ara: E taku te Encyclopædia Britannica: “E aki ataaki bwa e moan reke mai ia te ara n te taetae n Ingiriti ae Easter. E karekea te ara aei te mataniwi n te Aro i Engiran ae Venerable Bede are maiu n te ka-8 n tienture, mairoun atuaia kaain Engiran ae te aine ae atuan te abue, ae arana are ataaki naba irouia kaain Engiran ngkoa n te ara ae Eostre.” Tabeman riki a kairekerekea ma atuaia kaaini Boinike ae Astarte ae te aine ae atuan te kakariki ae titeboo ma atuaia kaaini Baburon ae Ishar.
Te rabiti: Aio te kanikina ibukin te kakariki are “e reke man te bukamaru nikawai ae aia toa beekan ae kakaraoaki n tain te abue i Eurobe ao n te Aono ni Mainiku.”—Encyclopædia Britannica.
Bunnimoa: E taekinaki n te Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, kakaaeani bunnimoa n tain te Itita aika aongkoa a uotaki iroun rabitin te Itita, “bon tiaki te bwai n takaakaro, ma e bon nako man te katei ni beekan ae irekereke ma te kakariki.” Kaain aaba tabeua a kakoaua bwa iai mwaakani bunnimoan te Itita ae katamaroaaki, ni “kona ni karekea te kukurei, te toronibwai, te marurung, ao te kamanomano.”—Traditional Festivals.
Te Onea ae Boou Ibukin te Itita: “E iangoaki i Scandinavia bwa e kamatauninga ao e uota te tekebuaka, butimwaean atuan te Abue, ke Easter, ma oneam aika aki boou.”—The Giant Book of Superstitions.
Taian Taromauri n Otin taai: A kairekerekeaki ma aia katei nikawai taan taromauria taai ae “karaoaki ngke e moan roko tain te abue ni katoa ririki ae e butimwaeaki iai otin taai ao korakorana, ae karekea te maiu ae boou ao e karikirakei kaai.”— Celebrations—The Complete Book of American Holidays.
E kabwarabwaraaki raoi ni kangai moan rikin te Itita n The American Book of Days: “Akea te nanououa bwa e butimwaei katei ni beekan te Aro n taai akekei ao e onei nakon waaki ni Kristian.”
E anga te kauring te Baibara nakoia taan taromauria te Atua bwa a na rawa nakoni waaki ke katei ake a aki kakukureia te Atua. (Mareko 7:6-8) E kangai te Kauoua n I-Korinto 6:17: “E taku Iehova . . . ‘kaokoroingkami, ao katoka ringakin te bwai ae kamwara.’” Te itita bon aia bongi n toa beekan ae a riai n rawa nako iai naake a kani kakukureia te Atua.