Ua hele mai ʻo Iesū no nā kānaka āpau

He mea kōkua pinepine ia i ke aʻo ʻana i nā palapala hemolele. Ua hōʻike ʻo Iesū i kahi ʻōlelo hōʻike ikaika a puni i ka wā e kamaʻilio ai me Nikodemo, he kumu alakaʻi a me ke aliʻi o nā Iudaio. "No ka mea, ua aloha nui mai ke Akua i ko ke ao nei, nolaila, ua haawi mai oia i kana Keiki hiwahiwa, i ole e make ka mea manaoio ia ia, aka, e loaa ia ia ke ola mau loa." (Ioane. 3,16).

Ua hui like ʻo Iesū a me Nikodemo ma ke kaʻanuʻu like - mai ke kumu a ke kumu. ʻO kā Iesu hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana e pono ai ka hānau hānau ʻelua e komo i ke aupuni o ke Akua i hoʻohoka iā Nikodemo. He mea nui kēia kamaʻilio ʻana no ka mea ʻo Iesū, ma ke ʻano he Iudaio, e hana pū me nā Iudaio ʻē aʻe, a e like me kēia hihia, keu hoʻi me nā luna koʻikoʻi.

E ʻike kāua i ka mea e hiki mai ana. Ma hope aʻe he hālāwai me ka wahine ma ka luawai ʻo Iakoba ma Sychar. Ua male ʻia ʻo ia ʻelima mau manawa a ua mare hihi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi kāne, a lilo ia i kumuhana i kamaʻilio ʻia ma waena o nā poʻe. Hoʻohui ʻia, he Samariana ʻo ia a no laila no kekahi lāhui a ka poʻe Iudaio i makaʻu ai a pale aku ai. No ke aha ʻo Iesū, ka rabi, i kamaʻilio ai me kahi wahine o nā kānaka āpau, he mea ʻokoʻa ia, a me kahi wahine no Samaria a pau? ʻAʻole hana nā rabi hanohano kēlā.

A hala kekahi mau lā, lilo ʻo Iesū i waena o lākou e like me ke noi a ko Samaria. Hele akula ia me kāna poʻe haumāna i Kana i Galilaia. Ma laila ʻo Iesū i hoʻōla ai i ke keiki a kekahi luna aliʻi, āna i ʻōlelo ai: "E hele, e ola ana kāu keiki!" ʻO kēia luna, he aristocrat waiwai nui ia, lawelawe i loko o ka pā o ka Mōʻī Herode, a he Iudaio a i ʻole he pagan. Me kāna mau mea āpau, ʻaʻole i hiki iā ia ke hoʻopakele i kāna keiki e make ana. ʻO Iesū kāna manaolana hope loa a maikaʻi loa hoʻi.

I kona noho ʻana ma ka honua, ʻaʻole ke kaila o Iesū e hana i kahi ʻōlelo mana e pili ana i ke aloha o ke Akua no nā kānaka āpau e waiho ana ma hope. Ua hōʻike ʻia ke aloha o ka Makua i ka lehulehu ma o ke ola a me ka ʻeha o kāna Keiki hiwahiwa. Ma o nā hālāwai ʻekolu, ua hōʻike ʻo Iesū i hele mai ʻo ia no "nā kānaka āpau".

He aha hou aʻe kā mākou e aʻo mai ai iā Nikodemo? Me ka ʻae ʻana o Pilato, lawe ʻo Iosepa no Arimataia i ke kino o Iesū a hele pū ʻo Nikodemo. “A hele mai la hoi o Nikodemo, ka mea i hele io Iesu la i ka po mamua, e lawe mai ana i hookahi haneri paona mura i hui pu ia me ka aloe. Lalau iho la lakou i ke kino o Iesu, a nakii ia ia i ka lole olona me na mea ala, e like me ke kanu ana o na Iudaio." (Ioane 1.9,39-40th).

I ka hui mua ʻana ua hele mai ʻo ia i ke Keiki a ke Akua ma lalo o ka uhi o ka pouli, i kēia manawa ua hōʻike wiwo ʻole ʻo ia iā ia iho me nā poʻe haipule ʻē aʻe i mea e hoʻonohonoho ai i ke kanu ʻana o Iesū.

na Greg Williams