Hoʻopili mākou i ke Akua, ka maikaʻi maoli wale nō

Ma hea ka puʻuwai o ke kanaka, ma laila pū kahi waiwai. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hōʻole pinepine ka Haku i ka makana maikaʻi i ka poʻe e pule iā ia.
No laila, ʻoiai maikaʻi ka Haku a keu hoʻi no ka poʻe e kali hoʻomanawanui iā ia, pili mākou iā ia, ʻo mākou pū me ia me ko mākou ʻuhane āpau, me ko mākou naʻau āpau, me ka ikaika āpau, e noho i kona mālamalama, e ʻike i kona. hanohano a hauʻoli i ka lokomaikaʻi o ka hauʻoli kiʻekiʻe loa. No laila e hāpai aʻe i ka ʻuhane i kēlā Maikaʻi, e noho mau kākou i loko ona, e pili pono iā ia; i kēlā Maikaʻi, ma luna aʻe o kā mākou manaʻo a me nā noʻonoʻo āpau a hāʻawi i ka maluhia a me ka maluhia me ka ʻole, kahi maluhia ma mua o ko mākou ʻike a me nā manaʻo āpau.
ʻO kēia ka Maikaʻi e laha i nā mea āpau, a noho mākou āpau a pili iā ia, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea ma luna ona, akā he akua ia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi akā ʻo ke Akua wale nō: no laila na akua nā mea maikaʻi āpau a maikaʻi nā mea akua a pau, no laila ʻōlelo ʻia: "Wehe ʻoe i kou lima, māʻona lākou i ka maikaʻi" (Sal 103, 28 ); pololei, i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua hāʻawi ʻia mai iā mākou nā mea maikaʻi āpau no ka mea ʻaʻohe hewa e hui pū ʻia me lākou.
Ua hoʻohiki ka Palapala Hemolele i kēia mau waiwai i ka ʻōlelo pono: "E ʻai ʻoe i nā hua o ka honua" (Is 1:19).
Ua make pū mākou me Kristo; E lawe mau i nā mea a pau i ka make ʻana o Kristo i loko o ko mākou kino, i hōʻike ʻia hoʻi i ke ola o Kristo i loko o mākou. No laila, i kēia manawa ʻaʻole mākou e noho hou i ko mākou ola, akā ʻo ke ola o Kristo, kahi ola o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ka maʻalahi a me nā ʻano maikaʻi āpau. Ua ala mākou me Kristo, no laila noho mākou i loko ona, piʻi mākou i ona lā i ʻole e loaʻa ka nahesa i ko mākou kuʻekuʻe e nahu ma ka honua.
E hele kāua i waho. ʻOiai inā paʻa ʻoe i ke kino, hiki iā ʻoe ke pakele me ka ʻuhane, hiki iā ʻoe ma aneʻi a noho pū me ka Haku inā pili kou ʻuhane iā ia, inā ʻoe e hele ma hope ona me kou mau manaʻo, inā ʻoe e hāhai i kāna ʻaoʻao i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i ka hihiʻo, inā ʻoe e hilinaʻi iā ia; no ka mea a Dāvida i ʻōlelo ai: Ma ou lā wau i hilinaʻi ai a ʻaʻole wau i hoʻopunipuni ʻia (cf. Sal 76: 3 volg.).
No laila, ʻoiai he puʻuhonua ke Akua, a aia ke Akua i ka lani a ma luna o ka lani, a laila pono mākou e ʻauheʻe mai aneʻi a i laila kahi e noho maluhia ai, hoʻomaha i ka luhi, kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai mākou i ka Pōʻaono nui, e like me kā Mose i ʻōlelo ai: e hana i ka wā o kona hoʻomaha ʻana e lilo ia i mea hānai nāu "(Lv 25, 6). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻomaha i ke Akua a ʻike i kāna mau leʻaleʻa e like me ka noho ʻana i ka papa ʻaina a piha i ka hauʻoli a me ka maluhia.
E ʻauheʻe hoʻi kākou e like me dia i ka wai puna, ke make wai nei hoʻi ko kākou mau ʻuhane no ka mea a Dāvida i makemake ai. He aha kēlā kumu? E hoʻolohe iā ia e ʻōlelo nei: "Aia ke kumu o ke ola i loko ou" (Sal 35:10): ʻōlelo koʻu ʻuhane i kēia kumu: Āhea wau e hele mai ai a ʻike i kou alo? (cf. Sal 41: 3). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke kumu ke Akua.