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553 pilina alohaHe leʻaleʻa ka hauʻoli, kahi manawa mālama a hauʻoli i kahi pilina mahana. Noho nui ma kēlā me kēia, e leʻaleʻa i kahi pāʻina ʻaina a ma ka manawa like ke kanu nei i nā pilina aloha i ka wā o ke kamaʻilio ʻana. ʻO ka lehulehu kanaka i ke kiʻi ma ke kiʻi ma ka mua ka mea e hoʻoikaika nui ai iaʻu. Hoʻololi nā keiki a me nā moʻopuna i nā poʻe ʻōpio me kā lākou ʻakaʻaka a lilo i nā hola maʻalahi a ʻoliʻoli pū.

Ua makemake ʻoe i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi hanana hoʻoikaika ʻia? Malia paha makemake ʻoe e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka wā ma mua a i ʻole kahi malihini āu e mālama nui ai a makemake ʻoe e hoʻonui i kou pilina me ia.

Ke kaʻana wau me ʻoe ka moʻolelo kaulana a Zacchaeus. He kanaka waiwai nui ʻo ia, ʻo ka luna pule ma luna o Ieriko a he pokole. No laila piʻi ʻo ia i kahi lāʻau mulberry e hōʻoia e ʻike ʻo Iesū e hele ana. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia i ka poʻe e pāpā i kona manaʻo iā Iesū.
Lalo ae o Iesu i ka laau, nana aku la ia a kahea aku la: "Zakaia, e iho koke ʻoe i lalo! He mea hiki iaʻu ke lilo i malihini i kou hale i kēia lā. ”Ma ka wikiwiki ua hiki ʻo Zacchaeus i lalo mai ka lāʻau a hauʻoli me ka hauʻoli iā Iesu i kona home. Nui wale ka poʻe i ka ʻike i kēlā. "Pehea lā e hiki ai iā ia ke kono ʻia e kēlā lawehala!"

Aka, hele aku la o Zakaio imua o ka Haku, i aku la, E ka Haku, e haawi aku au i ka hapalua o ko'u waiwai na ka poe ilihune; A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū: "Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i ke ola i kēia hale, no ka mea, he keiki nō hoʻi kēia kanaka na ʻAberahama" (mai Luke 19:1-9).

Na mākou e wehe i ko mākou naʻau i mea e ulu ai i kahi pilina mehana, e pili iā Iesu, i ko mākou hoanoho a iā mākou iho paha. ʻO ka nīnau: He aloha wau, hoʻokipa a i ʻole he malihini nānā a mahalo. I kekahi hihia, ʻaʻa wau e mālama i kahi pilina mehana. A hōʻike pololei koʻu ʻano inā e ʻae wau i ke aloha e alakaʻi iaʻu. ʻAʻole wale ke aloha i kahi manawa hele, akā ke ʻano wehewehe o ke Akua a me kāna mau keiki. No laila i kou ʻano ma ke ʻano he kaikaina a he kaikuahine paha ʻo Iesū Kristo, inā hewa hou kekahi mea i kāu pilina, e iho i lalo mai ka lāʻau a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāu pilina paʻa. Hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano he malihini kipa e ʻae i ke aloha, e like me ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai i ka mea hoʻokipa e hāʻawi i ke aloha i ka malihini.

No ka hālāwai e hiki mai ana me nā hoaaloha a ʻohana paha, makemake wau iā ʻoe i ka ʻoliʻoli a me nā manawa hauʻoli.

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