ʻO Ioane Bapetite

ʻO kā ka ʻōlelo a John Bapetite i mea hoʻonā. ʻO kāna ʻano me ke ʻano hōpilikia. Ua hoʻohua ʻo ia i nā kānaka ma lalo o ka wai. ʻO kāna ʻano i lilo i ʻāpana o kāna inoa - ʻo Ioane Bapetite. Akā, ʻaʻole ia ka bapetizo nā mea i hōʻino ʻia. ʻO ka bapetizo he hana maʻamau i ka manawa ma mua o ka puka ʻana o Johannes. He aha kupanaha, nāna ia i bapetizo. ʻO ka bapetizo kekahi o nā mea e pono ai no ka poʻe loea paganiki e lilo i Iudaio, me ka ʻoki poepoe a me nā mohai pule, a me nā mea e pono ai kekahi.

Akā ʻaʻole ʻo Ioane i kāhea wale i ka poʻe proselyte pagan i kahi bapetizo, akā i ka poʻe i wae ʻia, ʻo nā Iudaio. Ua wehewehe kēia ʻano kino i ka kipa i hana ʻia e ka hui o nā kāhuna, nā Levi a me nā Parisaio i ka wao nahele. Aia ʻo Ioane ma loko o ka moʻolelo o nā kāula kahiko. Kāhea aku ʻo ia i ka poʻe i kahi kaʻaahi. Ua ʻāhewa ʻo ia i ka hala o nā alakaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka ʻaha e hele mai ana, a e wānana ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Mesia.

ʻO ka māhele ʻāina, ua noho ʻo John Bapetite ma nā moʻohelu o ke kaiāulu. Aia kā kāna hana ma ka waonahele ma waena o Ierusalema a me ke Kai make, he wahi paʻa, a maikaʻi ka poʻe, akā ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe i hele e lohe i kāna haʻi. Ma kekahi lima, ua like ka ʻōlelo o nā ʻelele like me nā kāula kahiko, akā ma ka lima ʻē aʻe he nane ia - ua kau ʻia ka Mesia e hoʻohiki nei i kona ala e hele koke ana ma laila! Ua haʻi aku ʻo John i ka poʻe Parisaio i nīnau ʻole i kona mana, ʻaʻole i hele mai kāna mana - he ʻelele wale nō ia e hoʻomākaukau i ke ala e hoʻolaha ai ua hele ke aliʻi.

ʻAʻole hana ʻo Johannes i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ia iho - ua haʻi ʻo ia i kāna hana wale nō e bapetizo ai no ka mea e hele mai ana a ʻo ia ka mea e kū iā ia. ʻO kāna hana wale nō e hoʻomākaukau ai i ke ʻano no ke ʻano o Iesū. A laila, ʻikea ʻia ʻo Iesū, ʻī maila ʻo Ioane, "Eia hoʻi ke Keikihipa a ke Akua e lawe nei i ka hewa i ko ke ao nei." ʻAʻole i lawe ʻia kā mākou hewa i ka wai a i ʻole ka hana ʻana iā mākou iho i nā hana maikaʻi. Lawe ʻia lākou e Iesu. ʻIke mākou i ke mea a mākou e huli nei mai nā kaʻa. Akā ʻo ka nīnau nui ke ʻano o kā mākou pahi kaua.

I ʻōlelo mai ʻo Ioane ua hoʻouna aku ke Akua iā ia e bapetizo me ka wai - he hōʻailona no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kā kākou mau hewa a ke haʻalele nei mākou mai ka hewa a me ka make. Akā, he mau bapetizo hou, wahi a Johannes. ʻO ka mea e hele mai ana ma hope ona - ʻo Iesū, e bapetizo me ka ʻUhane Hemolele, kahi hōʻailona no ka ola hou i loko o Kristo i loaʻa i nā mea manaʻoʻiʻo ma o ka ʻUhane Hemolele.

na Joseph Tkach


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