Ua mālamaʻo ia iā ia

Ua nānā ʻo iaʻO ka hapa nui o mākou e heluhelu heluhelu nei i ka Baibala, pinepine no mau makahiki. Maikaʻi ka heluhelu ʻana i nā puke maʻamau a ʻili pono iā ʻoe iā lākou me he mea lā he kapa pale lā. Hiki iā ia ke hiki i ko mākou ʻike maʻamau e nānā i nā mea. Inā mākou e heluhelu heluhelu iā lākou me nā maka ākea ākea a mai kahi kūlana hou, hiki i ka ʻUhane Hemolele ke kōkua iā mākou e ʻike hou a hiki paha ke hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea a mākou e poina ai.

I koʻu heluhelu hou ʻana i ka puke o Acts, ma ka mokuna 13, paukū 18, ua ʻike wau i kahi paukū i heluhelu ʻia e ka hapa nui o mākou me ka nānā ʻole ʻana iā ia: "A no nā makahiki he kanahā ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia ma ka wao akua" (Luther 1984 ). Ma ka Baibala Lutera o 1912 ua ʻōlelo ʻia: "ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia i kona ʻaoʻao" a unuhi ʻia mai kahi King James Version kahiko i ka ʻōlelo Kelemania ʻo ia hoʻi "ua ʻeha ʻo ia i kāna ʻano".

No laila, e like me kaʻu e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ua heluhelu mau au i kēia paukū - a ua lohe au - pono ke Akua e hoʻomanawanui i ka uē a me ke kanikau ʻana o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela me he mea lā ua lilo lākou i mea kaumaha nui nona. Akā, ua heluhelu au i ka reference in 5. Puka 1,31: "A laila, ua ʻike ʻoe ua lawe ʻo Iēhova kou Akua iā ʻoe e like me ke kanaka e hali ana i kāna keiki, ma ke ala a pau āu i hele ai a hiki i kēia wahi." Ma ka unuhi hou o ka Baibala ua kapa ʻia ʻo Luther 2017: "A no ka He kanaha makahiki kana i lawe ai ia ia ma ka waonahele" (Acts 13,18:). Ua ʻōlelo ka MacDonald Commentary "ua mālama ʻo ia i ko lākou pono".

Ua ʻike au i kahi kukui. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua mālama ʻo ia iā lākou - ua ʻai lākou i ka meaʻai, ka wai a me nā kāmaʻa ʻaʻole i ulana ʻia. ʻOiai ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole e pōloli ke Akua iā lākou, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i ka pili o ka pili a me ka pili o kona ola i ko lākou ola. Paipai i ka heluhelu ʻana i ke Akua i lawe i kāna poʻe kānaka e like me ka makuakāne e lawe i kāna keiki. ʻAʻole wau e hoʻomanaʻo i ka heluhelu ʻana i kēlā!

I kekahi manawa hiki iā mākou keʻike i hiki ke hoʻoluhi ke Akua iā mākou a ua minamina ia e mālama i kā mākou mau pilikia. ʻIa like a kā mākou pule i ka manawa like a hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe i kā mākou mau hewa. ʻOiai mākou e minamina a hana i nā kānaka hewa ʻole, e mālama mau ana ke Akua iā mākou, no ka nui o kā mākou eʻai ai; ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē, maopopo wau ua makemake ʻo ia iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia ma mua o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana.

ʻO nā Karistiano, ma ka ʻoihana manawa piha a ma waho (ʻoiai ua kāhea ʻia nā Karistiano āpau e lawelawe ma kekahi ʻano), hiki ke luhi a pau. Hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaka e ʻike i kona mau kaikaina he mau ʻIseraʻela hiki ʻole ke hoʻāʻo, e hoʻowalewale i kekahi e lawe i kā lākou mau pilikia "hoʻonāukiuki" a pilikia ma o lākou. ʻO ka hoʻomanawanui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻae ʻana i kahi mea āu e makemake ʻole ai a ʻae paha i kahi mea ʻino. Akā, ʻaʻole ʻike mai ke Akua iā mākou pēlā!

He poʻe keiki mākou a pau a ke Akua a pono e mālama i ka mālama aloha, lokomaikaʻi a me ke aloha. Me ke aloha o ke Akua e kahe ana ma waena o mākou, hiki iā mākou ke aloha i ko mākou mau hoalauna ma mua o ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana iā lākou. Inā pono, hiki iā mākou ke lawe i kekahi i ko kona ikaika ʻaʻole lawa i ke ala. E hoʻomanaʻo kāua ʻaʻole mālama wale ke Akua i kona poʻe kanaka ma ka wao nahele, akā ua halihali iā lākou ma kāna mau lima aloha. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iā mākou a ma hope, ʻaʻole mau loa i ke aloha a mālama iā mākou a pau a hoʻopiʻi mākou a poina hoʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi.

na Tammy Tkach