Pehea ko Saint Jerome alo ʻana i kona huhū nui loa

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Saint Jerome e hōʻino i nā poʻe a kuha i nā ʻōlelo huhū, akā na kona mihi i hoʻopakele iā ia.
He huhū ka huhū a ʻaʻole hewa ʻo ia iho. Hiki paha i ka huhū ke hoʻoulu iā mākou e hana i kekahi mea heroic a kū i luna no ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻau ʻia.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka waiho ʻana o ka huhū iā mākou, a no laila ʻaʻole hōʻike hou kā mākou ʻōlelo i ko mākou hoʻomana Karistiano.

Ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻo St. Jerome i kēia, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no kona huhū nui loa. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i haʻaheo i kona huhū a minamina pinepine i kāna mau huaʻōlelo ma hope koke o ka ʻōlelo ʻana.

Hiki i nā hana a ka poʻe ke hoʻonāukiuki iā ia, a ʻaʻole maikaʻi kāna mau kūkākūkā ʻana me nā mea ʻepekema ʻē aʻe.

No ke aha i koho ʻia ai ʻo Saint Jerome ma ke ʻano he haipule inā he kanaka huhū ʻo ia, ʻike nui ʻia no kāna mau ʻōlelo hōʻeha?

Ua hala ʻo Pope Sixtus V i mua o kahi pena pena o St. Jerome e paʻa ana i kahi pōhaku a ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Pono ʻoe e hāpai i kēlā pōhaku, no ka mea inā ʻaʻole ia ʻaʻole e kanikoni ʻia ʻoe e ka hale pule".

E ʻōlelo ana ʻo Sixtus i kahi hana a St. Jerome o ke kuʻi ʻana iā ia iho me ka pōhaku ke hoʻowalewale ʻia ʻo ia, a i ʻole no ka uku ʻana no kāna mau hewa. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hemolele a hoʻokē ʻai ʻo ia, pule, a kāhea pinepine i ke Akua no ke aloha.

Ke ʻike nei iaʻu iho, me he mea lā, ua haʻalele ʻia i ka mana o kēia ʻenemi, hoʻolei wau iaʻu iho i ka ʻuhane ma nā wāwae o Iesū, me ka ʻauʻau ʻana iā lākou me koʻu waimaka, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa au i koʻu ʻiʻo ma ka hoʻokēʻai ʻana no nā pule. ʻAʻole wau hilahila e hōʻike i kaʻu mau hoʻāʻo, akā ʻehaʻeha wau ʻaʻole wau i ʻoi hou aku. Hoʻohui pinepine wau i nā pō āpau me nā lā, uē, uē a kuʻi i koʻu umauma a hoʻi ka mālie makemake. Ua makaʻu wau i ke keʻena kahi aʻu e noho ai, no ka mea, ua ʻike maka ia i nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole o kuʻu ʻenemi: kahi o kaʻu pule, ma laila wau i hoʻolei ai i kēia ʻeke ʻino o kuʻu kino.

Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau hana ʻeha kino āna i hoʻokau ai iā ia iho, ua hāʻawi pū ʻo ia iā ia iho i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hebera, e kinai ai i nā hoʻowalewale he nui e hōʻino iā ia.

I ke ahi o koʻu ʻuhane me nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole, i mea e hoʻokahuli ai i kuʻu ʻiʻo, ua lilo wau i haumana na ka mōneka Iudaio, e aʻo i ka pīʻāpā Hebera mai ona aku.

Ua hakakā ʻo St. Jerome me ka huhū no ke koena o kona ola, akā i ka manawa e hāʻule ʻo ia, e hea aku ʻo ia i ke Akua a hana i nā mea āpau e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i kāna ʻōlelo.

Hiki iā mākou ke aʻo mai ka laʻana a St. Jerome a nānā i ko mākou ola, keu hoʻi inā maʻalahi mākou i ka huhū. Minamina anei mākou i kēia huhū i hōʻeha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe? A i ʻole haʻaheo mākou, makemake ʻole e ʻae ua hana hewa mākou?

ʻO ka mea hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou mai ka poʻe haipule, ʻaʻole ia nā hewa a mākou, akā ʻo ko mākou hiki ke noi i ke Akua a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kala mai. Inā mākou e hana i kēlā, ʻoi aku kā mākou mea like me ka poʻe haipule ma mua o kā mākou e manaʻo ai