Ua hele mai o Lazaro!

531 puka mai nō ʻo LazarusUa ʻike anei ʻoe i ka moʻolelo o Iesū nāna i hoʻōla iā Lazaro mai ka make mai? He hana kupaianaha nui loa kēlā e hōʻike mai ana iā mākou ka mana e hiki ai iā Iesu ke hoʻōla iā mākou mai ka make mai. Akā no ka mea nui aku i ka moʻolelo, a hōʻike ʻo Johannes i kekahi mau kikoʻī i loaʻa ka manaʻo hohonu no mākou i kēia lā.

E nānā i ke ʻano o ka haʻi ʻana o Ioane i kēia moʻolelo. ʻAʻole ʻo Lazaro kahi kamaʻāina i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma Iudea - ʻo ia ke kaikunāne o Mareta lāua ʻo Maria, ʻo Maria i aloha nui iā Iesu a ninini ʻo ia i ka ʻaila poni maikaʻi ma kona mau wāwae. Kahea aku la na kaikuahine ia Iesu: "E ka Haku, aia hoi, ua mai ka mea au i aloha ai" (mai Ioane 11,1-3). Me he mea lā he uē kēia noʻu, ʻaʻole i hele mai ʻo Iesū.

Manaʻo paha ʻoe i kekahi manawa e hoʻopaneʻe ana ke Akua i kāna pane? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua like kēia manaʻo iā Maria lāua ʻo Mareta, akā ʻo ka lohi ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Iesū iā lāua, akā he manaʻo ʻokoʻa kāna i ka manaʻo no ka mea hiki iā ia ke ʻike i kahi mea hiki ʻole iā lāua. A i ka manawa i hiki aku ai na elele ia Iesu, ua make mua o Lazaro, ua olelo mai o Iesu, aole e pau keia mai i ka make. Ua hewa anei ia? ʻAʻole, no ka mea, ua nānā ʻo Iesū ma mua o ka make a, i kēia hihia, ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ka make ka hopena o ka moʻolelo, ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ke kumu e hoʻonani ai i ke Akua a me kāna Keiki (v. 4). ʻOiai, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i kāna mau haumāna e manaʻo ʻaʻole e make ʻo Lazaro. Aia kekahi haʻawina ma ʻaneʻi no mākou, no ka mea, ʻaʻole maopopo mākou i ke ʻano maoli o Iesu.

ʻElua lā ma hope mai, kāhāhā ʻo Iesū i kāna mau haumāna ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana iā lākou e hoʻi i Iudea. ʻAʻole lākou i maopopo i ke kumu e makemake ai ʻo Iesū e hoʻi i kahi pōʻino, no laila ua pane ʻo Iesū me kahi ʻōlelo enigmatic e pili ana i ka hele ʻana ma ka mālamalama a me ka hiki ʻana mai o ka pouli. A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā lākou, "Ua hiamoe ʻo Lazaro ko kākou hoaaloha, akā e hele au e hoʻāla iā ia" (verse 11).

Me he mea lā ua maʻa i ke ʻano pohihihi o kekahi mau ʻōlelo a Iesu, ua ʻike nā haumāna i kahi alahele e loaʻa ai ka ʻike hou aku. Ua kuhikuhi lākou ʻaʻole kūpono ke ʻano maoli. Inā hiamoe ʻo ia, ala ʻo ia iā ia iho, no ke aha e pilikia ai ko mākou ola i ka hele ʻana i laila?

Olelo mai o Iesu, "Ua make o Lazaro," a eia hou, "Ua olioli au aole au ilaila." No ke aha mai? "I manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe". ʻOi aku ka kupanaha o ka hana ʻana o Iesū ma mua o ka pale ʻana i ka make o ke kanaka maʻi. ʻAʻole wale ka hana mana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā Lazaro i ke ola - akā ua ʻike ʻo Iesu i nā mea e hana nei ma kahi o 30 mile mai o lākou aku a me nā mea e hiki mai ana iā ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

He malamalama kona i hiki ole ia lakou ke ike - a ua hoike mai kela malamalama ia ia i kona make a me kona alahouana ma Iudea. Aia ʻo ia i ka mana piha o nā hanana. Ua hiki iā ia ke pale aku i ka hopu ʻana inā makemake ʻo ia; hiki iā ia ke hoʻōki i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana me kahi ʻōlelo, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia. Ua koho ʻo ia e hana i kāna mea i hele mai ai i ka honua e hana.

ʻO ke kanaka nāna i hāʻawi i ke ola i ka poʻe i make, ua makemake ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kona ola ponoʻī no nā kānaka, no ka mea, aia iā ia ka mana ma luna o ka make, ʻo ia hoʻi kona make ponoʻī. Ua hele mai ʻo ia i kēia honua ma ke ʻano he kanaka make i hiki ai iā ia ke make, a ʻo ke ʻano o ka ʻike he mea pōʻino i hiki mai i ko kākou ola. ʻAʻole au makemake e hoʻohālike i kēlā me kēia pōʻino e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻolālā ʻia a maikaʻi paha ke Akua, akā ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hiki i ke Akua ke lawe mai i ka maikaʻi mai nā mea ʻino a ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike.

ʻIke ʻo ia ma mua o ka make a lanakila i nā hanana ʻaʻole i emi iki ma mua o kēlā manawa - akā ʻike pinepine ʻia e mākou e like me nā haumāna. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke kiʻi nui a i kekahi manawa hāʻule mākou i ka pōʻeleʻele. Pono mākou e hilinaʻi i ke Akua e hana i nā mea ma ke ala āna i ʻike ai.

Hele akula ʻo Iesū a me kāna mau haumāna i Betania a ʻike ihola ua noho ʻo Lazaro i loko o ka hale kupapaʻu no nā lā ʻehā. Ua mālama ʻia nā haʻiʻōlelo hoʻolewa a ua lōʻihi ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻolewa - a ma hope ua hiki mai ke kauka! Naʻe pehē ʻe Māʻata, ʻi heʻenau fie maʻu mo mamahi, “ʻEiki, kapau naʻá ke ʻi ai, naʻe ʻikai ke mate hoku tokoua” (veesi 21). Ua kāhea mākou iā ʻoe i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei a inā i hele mai ʻoe i kēlā manawa, e ola ana ʻo Lazaro.

Ua hoka paha au - a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, hopohopo, huhū, hysterical, desperate - ʻaʻole anei ʻoe? No ke aha i waiho ai o Iesu i kona kaikunane e make? ʻAe no ke aha? Ke nīnau pinepine nei mākou i ka nīnau like i kēia lā - no ke aha i hoʻokuʻu ai ke Akua i kaʻu mea aloha e make? No ke aha ʻo ia i ʻae ai i kēia a i kēlā pōʻino? Inā ʻaʻohe pane, haʻalele mākou i ke Akua me ka huhū. Akā, ʻo Maria lāua ʻo Mareta, ʻoiai ua hoka, ʻeha a huhū iki, ʻaʻole i huli aʻe. Ua loaʻa iā Mareta kahi ʻālohilohi o ka manaʻolana - ʻike ʻo ia i kahi mālamalama liʻiliʻi: "Kae i kēia manawa ua ʻike au ʻo ka mea āu e noi ai i ke Akua, e hāʻawi mai ke Akua iā ʻoe" (verse 22). Ua manaʻo paha ʻo ia he ʻano wiwo ʻole ke noi ʻana i ke ala hou ʻana, akā ke kuhi nei ʻo ia. "E ola hou ana o Lazaro," i mai la o Iesu, a pane aku la o Mareta, "Ua ike au e ala hou mai no ia mai ka make mai" (akā, ua lana koke ko'u manao). I mai la o Iesu, "Ua maikai ia, aka, ua ike anei oe owau no ke alahouana a me ke ola? Ina e manaoio mai oe ia'u, aole loa oe e make. Manaʻo ʻoe i ka?"

A laila ʻōlelo ʻo Mareta i kekahi o nā ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi o ka manaʻoʻiʻo ma ka Baibala āpau, "ʻAe, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au. ʻO ʻoe ke Keiki a ke Akua" (pauku 27).

Ma loko o Kristo wale nō ke ola a me ke alahouana - akā hiki anei iā mākou ke manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea a Iesu i ʻōlelo ai i kēia lā? Ke manaʻoʻiʻo maoli nei mākou "ʻo ka mea e ola a manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole loa ia e make?" Manaʻo wau e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kēia, akā ʻike maopopo wau i ke alahouana e loaʻa ke ola hou ʻaʻole e pau.

I keia au, make kakou a pau, e like me Lazaro a me Iesu, aka na Iesu e hoala mai. Make mākou, akā ʻaʻole ia ka hopena o ka moʻolelo no mākou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i pau ka moʻolelo o Lazaro. Hele o Mareta e kii ia Maria, a hele mai o Maria io Iesu la e uwe ana. Uwe no hoi o Iesu. No ke aha la i uwe ai i kona ike mua ana e ola hou ana o Lazaro? No ke aha i kākau ai ʻo Ioane i kēia i ka wā i ʻike ai ʻo Ioane ʻo ka hauʻoli "ma kahi kokoke"? ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu - ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu o koʻu uē ʻana, ʻoiai i nā manawa hauʻoli.

Akā, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo he maikaʻi ke uē ma kahi hoʻolewa, ʻoiai ʻike mākou e hoʻāla ʻia kēlā kanaka i ke ola make ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū ʻaʻole mākou e make, akā aia nō ka make.

He ʻenemi nō ka make. He mea mau ʻo ia ma kēia ao ʻaʻole e like me ka wā mau loa. Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi manawa o ke kaumaha nui, ʻoiai ua aloha ʻo Iesū iā mākou. Ke uwe kakou, uwe pu o Iesu me kakou. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ko mākou kaumaha i kēia au e like me kāna ʻike ʻana i ka hauʻoli o ka wā e hiki mai ana.

"E lawe aku i ka pohaku," wahi a Iesu a pane aku la o Maria ia ia: "E pilau auanei, no ka mea, ua hala na la eha."

Aia kekahi mea i loko o kou ola e pilau ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e hōʻike ʻo Iesū "ma ka ʻolokaʻa ʻana i ka pōhaku?"

Aia kekahi mea like i loko o ke ola o kēlā me kēia kanaka, kahi mea a mākou e makemake ai e hūnā. I kekahi manawa he mau hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe ʻo Iesū no ka mea ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai a hiki iā mākou ke hilinaʻi iā ia. Olokaa ae la lakou i ka pohaku a pule aku la Iesu me ka hea ana, "E Lazaro, e hele mai oe iwaho!" "A hele mai ka poe make iwaho," wahi a Ioane ia kakou - aka, aole ia i make hou. hele wāwae . “E kalai ia ia,” wahi a Iesu, “a e hookuu aku ia ia e hele” (mau pauku 43–44).

Ke hele aku nei ke kahea a Iesu i ka poe make ma ka uhane i keia la a lohe kekahi o lakou i kona leo a puka mai iwaho o ko lakou mau luakupapau. Puka mai lakou mai ka pilau, mai ka manao ponoi i alakai i ka make. He aha kāu mea e pono ai? Pono lākou i mea nāna e kōkua iā lākou e wehe i ko lākou mau uhi e hoʻopau ai i nā ʻano manaʻo kahiko e pili maʻalahi iā mākou. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hana a ka ʻekalesia. Ke kokua nei makou i ka poe e olokaa aku i ka pohaku, ina paha he pilau, a ke kokua nei makou i ka poe pane aku i ke kahea a Iesu.

Ke hoʻolohe nei anei ʻoe i kā Iesu kāhea ʻana e hele mai i ona lā? ʻO ka manawa kēia e puka mai ai mai kou "kupapaʻu". Ua ʻike paha ʻoe i kekahi a Iesu e kāhea nei? ʻO ka manawa kēia e kōkua iā ia e ʻōwili i ka pōhaku. He mea kūpono ia e noʻonoʻo ai.

na Joseph Tkach