E hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe ʻē aʻe

574 i hoopomaikai no kekahiʻ speakslelo wale ʻia ka Baibala i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma nā wahi he 400. Eia kekahi, aia i nā mea hou aku i hana pololei ʻole iā ia. ʻAʻohe mea makemake i ka Kristiano e hoʻohana i kēia huaʻōlelo ma ko lākou ola me ke Akua. I loko o kā mākou pule, noi mākou i ke Akua e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i kā mākou keiki, mau moʻopuna, nā kāne, nā mākua, nā hoaloha, nā hoa aloha, nā hoa hana a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ma luna o kā mākou kāleka aloha e kākau mākou "E hoʻomaikaʻi ke Akua iā ʻoe" a hoʻohana i nā ʻōlelo like "Habakkuk a lā hoʻopōmaikaʻi." ʻAʻohe huaʻōlelo maikaʻi e wehewehe i ka maikaʻi o ke Akua iā mākou, a ke lana nei ko mākou mahalo iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā. Manaʻo wau he mea nui loa ia he hoʻomaikaʻi i kekahi.

I ko ke Akua noi ʻana iā ʻAberahama e haʻalele i kona ʻāina hānau, haʻi ʻo ia iā ia i kāna mea i manaʻo ai e hana: "E hoʻolilo au iā ʻoe i lāhui kanaka nui a e hoʻomaikaʻi aku au iā ʻoe a e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i inoa nui, a e lilo ʻoe i hoʻomaikaʻi" (1. Mose 12,1-2). 'Ōlelo ka puke Baibala New Life: "Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe". Noho nui kēia palapala hemolele iaʻu a nīnau pinepine wau iaʻu iho i ka nīnau: "He hoʻomaikaʻi anei au i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe?"

Ua ʻike mākou he ʻoi aku ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana (Acts 20,35). Ua ʻike nō hoʻi mākou he pono mākou e hāʻawi i kā mākou mau pōmaikaʻi me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi nui ka pōmaikaʻi i ka hauʻoli a me ka maikaʻi a i ʻole he makana mai ka lani mai. Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kānaka a i ʻole ka pōmaikaʻi i ko mākou alo? A i ʻole e ʻoi aku paha ʻoe me kahi ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi i ke ola?

Ma ke ano he poe Kristiano e lilo kakou i malamalama o ke ao nei (Mat 5,14-16). ʻAʻole kā mākou hana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia o ke ao nei, akā ʻo ka mālamalama e like me ka mālamalama i ka pouli. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe e holo wikiwiki ana ka māmā ma mua o ke kani? E hoʻomālamalama anei ko mākou hele ʻana i ka honua o ka poʻe a mākou e hālāwai ai? ʻO kēia ke ʻano he pōmaikaʻi mākou no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe?

ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole ia e hilinaʻi i nā mea āpau e holo mālie i ko mākou ola. I ka wā i noho ai ʻo Paulo lāua ʻo Sila i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ua hoʻoholo lāua e hōʻino i ko lāua kūlana. Hoʻomaikaʻi lākou i ke Akua. ʻO kāna hiʻohiʻona he pōmaikaʻi ia i nā pio ʻē aʻe a me nā luna hale paʻahao (Acts 1 Kor6,25-31). I kekahi manawa hiki i kā mākou hana i nā manawa paʻakikī ke lilo i mea maikaʻi no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike. Ke hāʻawi mākou iā mākou iho i ke Akua, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā mea kupanaha ma o mākou me ka ʻike ʻole.

ʻO wai ka mea e maopopo i ka nui o nā poʻe e hele mai ʻo ia e hui me ia? Wahi ʻia e hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopilikia i ka 10.000 mau kānaka i ka wā o ko lākou ola. ʻAʻole anei he mea kupanaha inā hiki iā mākou ke lilo i hoʻomaikaʻi no kēlā me kēia kanaka, inā liʻiliʻi ka liʻiliʻi? He hiki nō. Mango wale nō mākou e nīnau: "E ka Haku, e ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi iaʻu i mea hoʻomaikaʻi no nā poʻe!"

ʻO kahi manaʻo ma ka hopena. E lilo ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku inā hoʻokomo mākou iā John Wesley i ke ola o ka ola:

"Hana nui e like me ka hiki
me nā mea āpau o kāu hoʻopoina
ma nā ʻano a pau loa
i kēlā me kēia manawa a kahi āu e hiki ai
i nā kānaka āpau a me
aia nō a hiki. »
(John Wesley)

e Barbara Dahlgren