E hoʻomaka i ka lā me ke Akua

Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi ke hoʻomaka i ka lā me ke Akua. Hoʻomaka wau i kekahi mau lā ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana "Aloha kakahiaka e ke Akua!" I kekahi poʻe, ʻōlelo wau, "E ka haku maikaʻi ʻo ka lā ʻapōpō!" ʻAe, ʻike wau he mea kahiko kēia, akā hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo ua like koʻu manaʻo i kekahi manawa.

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo ka wahine aʻu i kaʻana aku i ka lumi me kahi hālāwai ma nā hālāwai kūkā no nā mea kākau. He mea paha i ka manawa i hele ai mākou e hiamoe, pau ia i ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi hola e pule ai a i ʻole aʻo i ka Baibala ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kona lā. ʻEhā, ʻelima a ʻeono paha - ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mālama! ʻIke au iā mākaʻikaʻi me kēia wahine a ʻo ia nō hoʻi ka mea maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. Hōʻaʻaʻo ia ʻo ia ma ia - ʻaʻohe mea ma kahi o ke ao, ʻaʻohe mea nui o kāna ʻāpana i kāna lā. He kanaka kūikawā ʻo ia i kaʻu mea i mahalo nui ai. Ua aneane wau i ka hewa i ka wā i ʻōlelo ai au iā ia ʻaʻole e hopohopo e pili ana i ke kukui heluhelu i ke ala me ka hiki ke hiamoe i ka mālamalama.

E ʻoluʻolu, mai kuhi hewa iaʻu! Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi ke hoʻomaka i kou lā me ke Akua. ʻO ka manawa me ke Akua i ke kakahiaka e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ikaika e hoʻokō i nā hana o ka lā, kōkua iā mākou e loaʻa ka maluhia i waena o nā hopohopo. Hiki iā mākou ke nānā aku i ke Akua a ʻaʻole i kā mākou mau mea liʻiliʻi hoʻonāukiuki a mākou e hana nui ai ma mua o ko lākou maoli. Kōkua ia iā mākou e hoʻopaʻa i ko mākou mau manaʻo a ʻōlelo i nā ʻōlelo maikaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. No laila, hoʻoikaika au i ka pule kakahiaka a me ka heluhelu Baibala i nā manawa lōʻihi. Ke hoʻoikaika nei au no ia mea, akā ʻaʻole wau i kūleʻa mau. I kekahi manawa makemake ko'u uhane, aka, ua nawaliwali ko'u kino. Ma ka liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia kaʻu kumu kumu Baibala6,41). Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike pū me ia.

Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole nalowale nā ​​​​mea a pau. ʻAʻohe kumu e manaʻo ai ua pōʻino ko mākou lā no ia mea. Hiki iā mākou ke kūpaʻa a hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ke Akua i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka i ka wā e ala ai mākou - ʻoiai mākou e noho ana i ko mākou mau moena mahana. He mea hoihoi loa ia i ka pōkole "Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka hiamoe maikaʻi o ka pō!" hiki ke hana iā mākou inā mākou e hoʻohana ia mea e hoʻomaopopo iā mākou iho i ke alo o ke Akua. Inā ʻaʻole mākou i hiamoe maikaʻi, e ʻōlelo paha mākou i kekahi mea penei, "ʻAʻole wau i hiamoe maikaʻi i ka pō nei, e ka Haku, a makemake wau i kāu kōkua e ola maikaʻi i ke ao. ʻIke wau ua hana ʻoe i kēia lā. E kōkua mai iaʻu e leʻaleʻa iā ia.” Inā ua hiamoe nui mākou, e ʻōlelo paha mākou i kekahi mea penei, “ʻAe. Ua lohi. Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka hiamoe keu. E ʻoluʻolu e kōkua mai iaʻu e hoʻomaka a nānā iā ʻoe!” Hiki iā mākou ke kono i ke Akua e hauʻoli i ke kīʻaha kofe me mākou. Hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio me ia ke hoʻokele mākou i ka hana. Hiki iā mākou ke hōʻike iā ia e aloha mākou iā ia a mahalo iā ia no kona aloha kūpaʻa ʻole iā mākou. Manaʻo ... ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻomaka i ko mākou lā me ke Akua no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻo ia a no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia iā mākou inā ʻaʻole mākou. Hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me ke Akua ma ke ʻano he makana liʻiliʻi iā mākou iho. Pono mākou e hopohopo e ola no ke Akua i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa pehea e hiki ai inā ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻomaka i ka lā me ia.

e Barbara Dahlgren


PDFE hoʻomaka i ka lā me ke Akua