E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i nā ala āu e ʻike ai i kaʻeuanelio
Makaʻu ʻo Herode iā Ioane, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo ia he kanaka pono a hemolele ia, a mālama iā ia i loko o kahi paʻa. I kona lohe ʻana iā ia e ʻōlelo ana, pīpīpī loa ia, akā hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā ia. Mareko 6:20
ʻO ke kūpono, ke haʻi ʻia ka ʻeuanelio a loaʻa ʻia e kekahi, ʻo ka hopena e hoʻopiha ʻia ka mea me ka ʻoliʻoli, hōʻoluʻolu, a me ka makemake e loli. Ke loli nei ka ʻeuanelio no ka poʻe e hoʻolohe a pane ʻoluʻolu. Akā, pehea e pili ana i ka poʻe e pane ʻole? Pehea e pili ai ka ʻeuanelio iā lākou? Hāʻawi kā mākouʻeuanelio i kēia lā iā mākou i kēia pane.
ʻO ka laina ma luna mai ka moʻolelo o ka ʻoki poʻo ʻana o St. John Bapetite. ʻO nā mea hana maikaʻi ʻole i loko o kēia moʻolelo ʻo Herode, ka wahine ʻāpono ʻole a Herode Herodias, a me ke kaikamahine a Herodia (i kapa ʻia ʻo Salome). Ua hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ʻo Ioane e Herode no ka mea ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ioane iā Herode: "ʻAʻole kūpono i kou lilo ʻana i ka wahine a kou kaikaina." Akā ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa e pili ana i kēia moʻolelo, ʻoiai, i loko o ka hale paʻahao, hoʻolohe ʻo Herode i ka haʻi ʻōlelo a John. Akā ma kahi o ke alakaʻi ʻana iā Herode i ka hoʻohuli ʻana, ua "kānalua" ʻo ia i ka mea a Ioane i haʻi aku ai.
ʻO ka "kānalua" ʻaʻole wale nō ka hopena o kā John haʻiʻōlelo. ʻO ka hana a Herodias kahi i inaina ʻia. Me he mea lā ua kaumaha kona naʻau i ka hoʻohewa a John i kāna "male" iā Herode, a ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ke ʻoki poʻo ʻana a John.
No laila, e aʻo mai kēia ʻeuanelio iā mākou i ʻelua mau manaʻo maʻamau ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻeuanelio hemolele ke haʻi ʻia. ʻO kekahi ka inaina a ʻo kekahi he piʻoloke (ke kānalua ʻia). ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka inaina ma mua o ka pīhoihoi. Akā ʻaʻole ka hopena kūpono i nā huaʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo.
He aha kāu pane i ka ʻeuanelio piha ke haʻi ʻia? Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o kaʻeuanelio e hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ai ʻoe? Aia kekahi mau aʻo mai ko mākou Haku e hoʻohoka iā ʻoe a alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka huhū? E nānā mua i kou puʻuwai e hoʻoholo inā paʻakikī paha ʻoe i ka hopena e like me ko Herode a me Herotia. A laila e noʻonoʻo pehea ka hopena o ka honua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kaʻeuanelio. ʻAʻole mākou e kahaha i nā mea āpau inā ʻike mākou i nā Herode a me Herodia e ola nei i kēia lā.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i nā ala āu e ʻike ai ua hōʻole ʻia ka ʻeuanelio ma kēlā me kēia pae. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia i kou puʻuwai, e mihi me kou ikaika āpau. Inā ʻoe e ʻike ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, mai waiho i ka inaina e hoʻoluliluli iā ʻoe a hopohopo paha iā ʻoe. E hoʻomau i kou noʻonoʻo a me kou puʻuwai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a kūpaʻa ʻole i ka hopena āu e hālāwai ai.
E kuʻu Haku o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, nāu wale nō kāu ʻōlelo a me kāu ʻōlelo e lawe ka lokomaikaʻi a me ke ola. E ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka lokomaikaʻi aʻu e pono ai e hoʻolohe mau i kāu Word a pane lokomaikaʻi me koʻu puʻuwai āpau. E mihi paha wau ke maopopo iaʻu e kāu ʻōlelo a hiki ke hoʻi iā ʻoe me koʻu naʻau āpau. E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka wiwo ʻole ke hōʻole kekahi i kāu ʻoiaʻiʻo a me kou naʻauao e ʻike pehea e kaʻana like ai i kēlā Huaʻōlelo me ke aloha. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.