ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa e hōʻoluʻolu i ka naʻau

732 hoʻomaha ka naʻau i ka hoʻolauleʻaUa loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoaaloha i hōʻeha nui i kekahi i kekahi a ʻaʻole hiki a makemake ʻole paha e hana pū e hoʻoponopono i ka moku? Ke makemake nui nei paha ʻoe e hoʻokuʻikahi lākou a ke kaumaha nui nei ʻoe no ka hiki ʻole mai o kēia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo i kēia kūlana ma ka leka pōkole loa āna i kākau ai i kāna hoa ʻo Philemona, ka mea i hoʻohuli ʻia e ia. He kamaaina paha o Philemona no ke kulanakauhale o Kolosa. Ua pakele kekahi o kana mau kauwa, o Onesimo, mai ona aku la, a ua lawe pu paha i kekahi o ka waiwai o kona haku me ka hoapono ole ia. Ua hālāwai ʻo Onesimo iā Paulo ma Roma, ua hoʻohuli ʻia a lilo lāua i mau hoaaloha pili loa. No kona makemake i ke kauwa a me ka haku e hoolaulea, hoouna aku la o Paulo ia Onesimo i ka huakai pilikia e hoi i Philemona. Ua makemake ka naau o Paulo a me kekahi poe i aloha ia Philemona a me Onesimo i kalahala a me ka hoola ana. ʻAʻole hiki ke mālama ʻia ka noi ʻana a Paulo iā Philemona no ka mea, e like me kā Paulo i kuhikuhi ai ma mua o ka leka, makemake ʻo Philemona e hōʻoluʻolu i nā naʻau o kekahi. E nānā i ka ʻōlelo a Paulo i kāna hoaaloha:

"No ka mea, ua loaa ia'u ka olioli nui a me ka oluolu i kou aloha, no ka mea, ua hoomahaia na naau o ka poe haipule e oe, e ka hoahanau aloha. No laila, ʻoiai ua hiki iaʻu ke kauoha aku iā ʻoe i ka mea e hana ʻia ma loko o Kristo, no ke aloha ke noi aku nei au, e like me aʻu: ʻo Paulo, he kanaka kahiko, akā i kēia manawa he pio no Kristo Iesu." (Philemona 1 7-9).

No ka ʻAposetolo Paulo, ʻo ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā pilina ʻoki ʻia he wahi koʻikoʻi ia o ka ʻoihana o ka ʻeuanelio - no laila ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia iā Philemona i loko o Kristo ua lawa ʻo ia e koi aku ai. Ua ʻike ʻo Paulo ua hāʻawi ʻo Iesū i nā mea āpau e hoʻolauleʻa ai i waena o ke Akua a me ke kanaka, a ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo ia e hana pū mākou i nā mea āpau e hoʻokō ai i ka hoʻolauleʻa ma nā wahi a pau a mākou e noho ai. Akā, maʻaneʻi ua kohoʻo Paulo i ke ala o ke alakaʻi aloha, me kaʻike i ka mea e pili ana i kēlā me kēia kanaka.

He kauwa holo mahuka, ua waiho o Onesimo ia ia iho iloko o ka pilikia nui ma ka hoi ana ia Philemona. Wahi a ke kānāwai Roma, ʻaʻohe ona pale mai ka huhū o Philemona inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻokō i kā Paulo noi. No Philemona, ʻo ka lawe ʻana iā Onesimo a me ka haʻalele ʻana i kona kuleana iā ia, e loaʻa iā ia nā hopena pili i ka hopena i ka nalowale o ke kūlana a me ka mana i kona kaiāulu. ʻO ka mea a Paulo i noi aku ai iā lāua ʻelua, ua kūʻē i ko lāua pono ponoʻī. No ke aha e pilikia ai? No ka mea, e hoomaha ia i ko Paulo naau, a me ka naau o ke Akua. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻolauleʻa ai: hoʻomaha ka naʻau.

I kekahi manawa, ʻo ko mākou mau hoaaloha e pono ai ke hoʻolauleʻa e like paha me Onesimo lāua ʻo Philemona a pono lākou i kahi nudge. I kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole ko mākou mau hoaaloha, ʻo mākou iho ka mea e pono ai i kahi nudge. ʻO ke ala i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana ua piha i nā pilikia a koi i kahi haʻahaʻa hohonu i hiki ʻole iā mākou ke ʻohi pinepine. He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻopau wale ʻana i kahi pilina a pāʻani i ka pāʻani luhi o ka hoʻohālike ʻana ʻaʻohe pilikia.

Ma o ka Mea Hoʻolauleʻa Nui ʻo Iesū Kristo hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ka wiwo ʻole a me ka naʻauao e hana i kahi hana wiwo ʻole. Mai makaʻu ʻoe i ka ʻeha a me ka hakakā ʻana, no ka mea, ma ka hana ʻana e hōʻoluʻolu mākou i ka puʻuwai o ke Akua, ko mākou naʻau ponoʻī, a me ka naʻau o ka poʻe a puni mākou.

na Greg Williams