Ka moʻolelo kahunapule

He malihini kiʻekiʻe a ikaika, he kanalima paha makahiki, ua hehi ʻia i loko o ka hale hoʻokipa i piha i ka lehulehu a nānā aʻela i nā ʻōpuʻu o nā kukui ʻaila lepo e hoʻopuehu wale ʻia a puni ka lumi. Honi au me Abiela ma mua o ko maua ike ana. Ua hoʻoneʻe maoli mākou i ko mākou mau kūlana ma kā mākou papaʻaina liʻiliʻi i mea e liʻiliʻi ai. Hele mai nae ka malihini i o makou nei, a ninau mai la, E hiki anei ia oukou ke haawi mai i wahi no'u?

Nana mai la o Abiela ia'u me ka ninau. ʻAʻole mākou makemake iā ia e noho ma hope o mākou. Ua like ia me ke kahuhipa a honi e like me ia. Ua piha ka hale hookipa i ka wa o ka moliaola a me ka berena hu ole. Ua koi ʻia ke kānāwai e hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia nā malihini, ʻoiai he kahu hipa lākou.

Hāʻawi ʻo ʻAbiʻela iā ia i kahi noho a me kahi inu o kā mākou hue waina. ʻO wau ʻo Natana a ʻo ʻAbiʻela kēia, wahi aʻu. No hea mai ʻoe e ka malihini? ʻO Heberona, ʻo ia, ʻo Ionatana koʻu inoa. He 30 kilomita ma ka hema o Ierusalema ʻo Heberona ma kahi i kanu ai ʻo ʻAberahama i kāna wahine ʻo Sara ma kahi o 1500 makahiki aku nei.

Hele mai au ma mua o ka ʻahaʻaina, hele ʻo Jonathan. Hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe, ua piha i nā koa a e hauʻoli nō wau ke haʻalele koke au. Ua huhū ʻo ia i ko Roma a kuha akula i ka papahele. Ua hoʻololi māua ʻo ʻAbiel i nā hiʻohiʻona. Ina oe maanei no ka moliaola, ua ike paha oe i ke olai, wahi a'u.

Pane aku la o Ionatana, ae, ua ike au ia mea ma kahi kokoke. Ua haʻi mai ka poʻe o Ierusalema iaʻu, ua wehe ʻia nā hale kupapaʻu a nui ka poʻe i make i ala mai ka make a haʻalele i ko lākou mau lua kupapaʻu. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ʻAbiʻela, ʻo ka pale kaumaha a ulana ʻia e hoʻokaʻawale ai i nā keʻena nui ʻelua o ka luakini, ua haehae ʻia mai luna a lalo, me he lima ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hoʻokaʻawale nā ​​kāhuna i nā mea a pau a hiki i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā mea ʻino.

ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo, wahi a Jonathan. ʻAʻole ʻae ka poʻe Parisaio a me ke kahu o ka luakini i ka poʻe e makemake mai iaʻu. ʻAʻole pono mākou iā lākou, ke manaʻo nei lākou he haumia mākou. E hiki anei ia'u ke ninau aku ia oe, wahi a Ionatana. Ua ike anei kekahi o oukou i ke kau ma ke kea ma Golegota? ʻO wai kēia mau mea ʻekolu? Nānā maila ʻo ʻAbiʻela iaʻu, a laila pili kokoke i ke kahu hipa. Hopu lakou i kekahi powa kipi a kaulana, o Baraba kona inoa, a me na kanaka elua mamua o ka moliaola. Aka, he Rabi kaulana kekahi i kapaia e lakou o Iesu. Ua manaʻo ka nui o mākou ʻo ia ka Mesia. Ua kolo ʻia ka maka ma kona alo. Ka Mesia, wahi a Ionatana? ʻO ia ka wehewehe ʻana i nā koa a pau āna i ʻike ai. Akā, ua make kēia Iesu i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke lilo i ka Mesia, ʻeā?

He kanaka maikaʻi ʻo ia, wahi a ʻAbiʻela me ka leo haʻahaʻa, e nānā ana a puni ka lumi me he mea lā ʻaʻole e hoʻolohe mai kekahi i kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe Parisaio, nā lunakahiko, a me nā kāhuna nui iā ia no ka ʻōlelo hōʻino. Nānā mai ʻo ʻAbiel iaʻu me he mea lā e noi ana i koʻu ʻae ʻana e ʻōlelo hou aku.

E hele a haʻi aku iā ia. He aha kāu makemake e haʻi mai iaʻu? Hawanawana ka leo o Abiela. Ua puni ka ʻōlelo inā pepehi lākou iā ia, e ola hou ʻo ia. Hm? Ua hilinaʻi ʻo Ionatana, a ʻī akula, E hele. Hele aku la o Abiela, inehinei ua loaa ka lua kupapau hamama, oiai ua pani na Roma ia ia me ka pohaku kaumaha a kiai. ʻAʻole i loko o ka lua kupapaʻu ke kino! He aha? Hoʻopili ʻo Jonathan i kona mau maka a haka pono ʻole i ka paia ma hope oʻu. I ka hope, nīnau ʻo ia, ʻO Iesū anei kēia i noho ma Ierusalema? ʻAʻole, ʻōlelo wau, mai ka ʻākau mai ia, mai Galilaia mai. ʻAʻole ʻo Iesū i ʻōlelo hōʻino e like me ka poʻe Parisaio i hoʻopiʻi ai iā ia. ʻO kāna hana wale nō, hele ʻo ia i ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā kānaka a me ka haʻi ʻana e pili ana i ke aloha a me ka lokomaikaʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lohe ʻoe iā ia, aia ma lalo o nā puʻu. Aole nae i hoolohe ke kahuhipa. Ua haka pono ʻo ia i ka pā ma hope oʻu. ʻO ka hope, ʻōlelo mālie ʻo ia, no hea ʻoe i ʻōlelo mai ai? Galilaia, hai aku au. He keiki ia na ke kamana no Nazareta. Nana mai la o Abiela ia'u, a oka ae la i kona puu, i mai la, Ua oleloia ua hiki no paha ke hanauia ma Betelehema, a he puupaa kona makuwahine. Betelehema? Ua maopopo maoli anei ia oe? Kuno ʻo ʻAbiʻela.

Luliluli mālie ʻo Ionatana i kona poʻo a ʻōhumu, i hānau ʻia ma Betelehema, he wahine puʻupaʻa. A laila, ʻo ia paha. ʻO wai paha ia? He aha kāu e kamaʻilio nei, he aha kāu e kamaʻilio nei Nānā nui ke kahu hipa i kā mākou ʻōmole waina. ʻO kēia Iesu, manaʻo wau ua ʻike wau ʻo wai ia.

He moʻolelo ʻē kaʻu e haʻi aku nei iā ʻoe. E like me ka'u i olelo ai, ua ike au i na mea ekolu i kauia ma ke kea ma Golegota. Ua make ka mea waena a ua kokoke lākou e hoʻopau i nā mea ʻelua. Uwe kekahi mau wahine ma lalo o ke keʻa. Akā, e kū ana kekahi wahine ʻē aʻe ma hope iki a ua paʻa ka lima o kekahi kanaka ʻōpio iā ia. I koʻu hala ʻana, nānā pololei ʻo ia i koʻu mau maka a ʻike wau ua ʻike mua wau iā ia. Ua lōʻihi ka manawa.

Hoʻopiha hou ʻo ʻAbiel i kā mākou mau kīʻaha a ʻōlelo mai e haʻi mai iā mākou i kāu moʻolelo. Ua inu ʻo Jonathan i ka waina, a laila lawe ʻo ia i ke kīʻaha ma nā lima ʻelua a nānā i loko o kāna kīʻaha. ʻO ia i nā lā o Herode Anetipasa, wahi āna. He keiki ʻōpio au ia manawa. He ʻilihune ko mākou ʻohana. Ua hanai makou i na hipa a ka poe waiwai. I kekahi pō, aia au ma ka mauna kokoke i Betelehema me koʻu makuakāne a me kāna mau hoaaloha ʻelua. He helu kanaka a ua manaoia e hoi na kanaka a pau i ko lakou mau home e helu ia ai i hiki i ko Roma ke ike i ka nui o na auhau a makou e uku ai. Ua hoʻoholo koʻu makuakāne, koʻu ʻanakala a me kekahi o ko mākou mau hoaaloha e noho ma nā puʻu a hiki i ka pau ʻana, no laila ua emi nā poʻo o ko Roma e helu. Ua ʻakaʻaka mākou a pau. Ua kaulana na kahuhipa no ka poe hoopunipuni. I kēlā pō, mālama mākou i nā hipa a noho mākou a puni ke ahi. Ua hoʻohenehene a haʻi moʻolelo nā ʻelemakule.

Ua hoʻomaka wau e hiamoe i ka wā i ʻālohilohi mai ai kahi kukui ʻālohilohi a puni mākou a ʻike ʻia kahi kanaka me ka ʻaʻahu ʻālohilohi mai kahi ʻole. Ua ʻā a ʻā aʻela me he ahi lā i loko. He anela, ninau ia Abiela? Kuno ʻo Jonathan. Makaʻu mākou, hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe. Aka, i mai la ka anela, Mai makau oe ia'u. Aia hoʻi, ke haʻi aku nei au iā ʻoukou i ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi o ka ʻoliʻoli nui e hiki mai ana i nā kānaka a pau. He nūhou maikaʻi ia no nā mea a pau.

Ua hōʻailona māua ʻo ʻAbiel me ke ahonui iā ia e haʻi hou aku. I mai la ka anela, i keia la, ma Betelehema, ua hanau ia oe, ka mea i poniia, ka Haku, ma ke kulanakauhale o Davida. ʻO ka Mesia, wahi a ʻAbiʻela me nā maka ākea! Kuno hou aku la o Jonathan. Ua kauoha mai ka anela ia makou e hele e ike i keia keiki, ua wahiia i na diapers a e moe ana ma kahi hanai holoholona ma Betelehema. A laila, piha ka lani a pau i nā ʻānela e mele ana, E hoʻonani ʻia ke Akua ma luna, a me ka malu ma ka honua i waena o nā kānaka i makemake ʻia.

E like me ko lākou ʻike ʻana, ua hala hou lākou. Holo wikiwiki mākou i Betelehema a loaʻa iā mākou kekahi kanaka i kapa ʻia ʻo Iosepa a me kāna wahine ʻo Maria me kā lāua keiki, ua wahī ʻia i nā diaper, i loko o ka hale hānai holoholona o ka hale hoʻokipa. Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā holoholona ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka hale paʻa a ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kekahi o nā hale papaʻa. He ʻōpio ʻo Maria, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 15, manaʻo wau. Noho ʻo ia ma ka puʻu mauʻu. Ua like loa ia me kā ka ʻānela i ʻōlelo mai ai iā mākou.

Ua haʻi koʻu makuakāne iā Iosepa e pili ana i ka ʻānela a me kāna noi ʻana iā mākou e hele i o lākou lā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iosepa ua hele lākou i Betelehema no ka helu ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe wahi no lākou ma ka hale hoʻokipa. Ua hānau koke ʻia ke keiki, no laila ua ʻae ka mea nona ka hale e hoʻohana iā ia. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Iosepa iā mākou pehea ka ʻānela i haʻi aku ai iā Maria, a ma hope aku iā ia, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i makuahine o ka Mesia a ʻoiai he wahine puʻupaʻa ʻo ia, e hāpai ʻo ia i kēia keiki kūikawā a ke Akua.

Ua hoʻopūʻiwa ʻo Maria, wahi a Iosepa, no ka mea, he wahine pono loa ʻo ia a hilinaʻi i ke Akua. Nānā ʻo Josef i kāna wahine a ʻike mākou i ke aloha a me ka mahalo i kona mau maka. Nānā wau iā Maria i ka wā e kamaʻilio ana nā kāne a kāhāhā au i kona mālie. Me he mea lā aia ke aloha o ke Akua ma luna ona. Ua luhi paha ʻo ia, akā he nani pohihihi kona. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea e wehewehe ai, akā ʻaʻole au i poina iā ia.

Nana aku la o Ionatana ia Abiela me ka manao nui, a hele aku la me ka leo paa. ʻO Maria kaʻu i ʻike ai ma ke kaulia ʻana ma Golgota. ʻO ia ka mea me ke kanaka ʻōpio nāna i hōʻoluʻolu iā ia. ʻOi aku kona ʻelemakule i kēia manawa, akā ʻike wau ʻo ia nō. No laila, hoʻomaka ʻo Iesu, ʻo ʻAbiʻela, akā, ʻoki ʻo Ionatana iā ia, me ka noʻonoʻo, ʻo ke keiki i loko o ka hānai holoholona ke ola o kona poʻe? Ua manaʻo wau ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i kauoha ai ʻo Herode i nā keikikāne a pau ma lalo o ʻelua makahiki e pepehi ʻia ma Betelehema. Ua hoʻolohe māua ʻo ʻAbiʻela me ka weliweli. Ua lohe o Herode i kekahi poe naauao mai ka Hikina mai, ua kokoke e hanau ka Mesia. Ua hele mai lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Iesu, akā ʻike ʻo Herode iā ia he mea hakakā a hoʻāʻo e pepehi iā ia. Ua pepehi ʻia kekahi o kaʻu moʻopuna i kēia luku ʻana.

Akā, ua haʻi mai ʻoe iaʻu, ʻo kēia Iesu no Nazareta, ke keiki a Iosepa a me Maria, e hele ana e hana i nā hana mana, a ua manaʻo nā kānaka ʻo ia ka Mesia. I kēia manawa ua hoʻāʻo hou nā luna e pepehi iā ia. He aha kāu ʻōlelo, ua hoʻāʻo lākou e pepehi iā ia, nīnau wau? Ua kau ʻia ʻo ia ma ke keʻa. Ua make ʻo ia, loaʻa hope! Pane aku la o Ionatana. Akā, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe i ʻōlelo ua hala ke kino? He aha kou manaʻo i ia mea? wahi a ʻAbiʻela? ʻO kēia wale nō, inā ʻo Maria ka wahine aʻu i ʻike ai a maopopo iaʻu ʻo ia nō a ʻo ke kāne a lākou i kau ai ma ke keʻa, ʻo kā lāua keiki ia, aʻu i ʻike ai i ka pō i hānau ʻia ai ʻo ia, a laila ʻaʻole i pau ma kēia keʻa. ʻAʻole ia he pō maʻamau i ka hīmeni ʻana o nā ʻānela no mākou a ʻaʻole kēia he pēpē maʻamau. Ua haʻi mai ka ʻānela iā mākou ʻo ia ka Mesia, e hele mai e hoʻōla iā mākou. I kēia manawa, ʻoiai ua kau aku kona poʻe ʻenemi iā ia ma ke keʻa a kanu iā ia, ua hala kona kino.

Inu iho la ke kahuhipa i kona kiaha, ku ae la iluna a olelo aku la mamua o kona aloha ana, he kahuhipa naaupo wale no au, heaha ka'u i ike no keia mau mea? Akā, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i kēia Iesu no ka manawa hope loa.

na John Halford