E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kou haʻahaʻa a hilinaʻi

E ka Haku, ʻaʻole oʻu pono e hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe i loko o koʻu hale; e ʻōlelo wale ʻoe a e hoʻōla ʻia kuʻu kauā. "Mataio 8: 8

ʻ repeatedlelo ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo maʻamau i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e mākaukau ai e hele i ke kahua Hemolele. He hōʻike kēia i ka haʻahaʻa a me ka hilinaʻi o ka luna Roma kahi i noi iā Iesū e ho'ōla i kāna kauwā mai kahi mamao aku.

Ua pīhoihoi ʻo Iesū i ka hilinaʻi o kēia kanaka e hōʻoia nei "ʻaʻole i loko o kekahi o ka ʻIseraʻela i loaʻa ai kēia ʻano manaʻoʻiʻo". He mea kūpono ia e noʻonoʻo i ka hilinaʻi o kēia kāne ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike no ko mākou hilinaʻi ponoʻī.

ʻO ka mea mua, e nānā i kona haʻahaʻa. Hoʻomaopopo ka luna haneri ʻaʻole ʻo ia "kūpono" e kiʻi iā Iesū i kona home. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia. ʻAʻohe o mākou e kūpono i kahi lokomaikaʻi nui. ʻO ka hale e pili nei i ka ʻuhane ko mākou ʻuhane. ʻAʻole kūpono mākou i ka hele ʻana mai o Iesū i loko o ko mākou ʻuhane e noho ai i laila. I ka wā mua hiki i kēia mea paʻakikī ke ʻae. ʻAʻole kūpono maoli mākou i kēia? ʻĀ, ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole mākou. ʻO kēia wale nō ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.

He mea nui e ʻike ʻo kēia ka hihia i hiki ai, i kēia ʻike haʻahaʻa, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike ua koho ʻo Iesū e hele mai iā mākou. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ko mākou kūpono ʻole e hoʻopiha wale iā mākou me ka mahalo nui e hele mai ʻo Iesū iā mākou i kēia kūlana haʻahaʻa. Ua kūpono kēia kāne i ke ʻano o ka ninini ʻana o ke Akua i kona lokomaikaʻi ma luna ona no kona haʻahaʻa.

Iʻike pū kekahi iā Iesū, a ʻo ka ʻike o ka lunahaneri he ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo ia no ka lokomaikaʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa loa ʻia i kona hilinaʻi. He laʻa no ia ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ʻaʻole pono, akā ua ʻike pū ʻo ia, makemake hou ʻo Iesu iā ia a ua makemake hoʻi e hele mai iā ia e hoʻōla i kāna kauwā.

Hōʻike kēia iā mākou ʻaʻole pono o ko mākou hilinaʻi iā Iesū a i ʻole a i ʻole ke kuleana ma mua o kona hele ʻana i ke ola, akā, e hōʻike ʻia ana iā mākou ko kā mākou hilinaʻi ma luna o ka ʻike o kāna aloha a me kāna aloha aloha. Ke ʻike kākou i kēlā aloha a me ke aloha, hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi. Eia hou, ʻaʻole mākou e hana no ka mea pono iā mākou; aka, e hana no kakou ke makemake ia e Iesu. Makemake ʻo ia e ʻimi mākou i kāna aloha a me ko mākou pono ʻole.

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kou haʻahaʻa a me kou hilinaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke pule i kēia pule me ka manaʻoʻiʻo me ka luna haneri? E ʻae mai ʻoe iaʻu e lilo i kumu hoʻohālike nāu i nā manawa āpau āu e hoʻomākaukau ai e loaʻa iā Iesū "ma lalo o kou kaupaku" i ka laʻa ʻana i ka laʻa.

E ka Haku, ʻaʻole au e pono iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole wau kūpono kūpono e hoʻokipa ai iā ʻoe i ka launa ʻana Hemolele. Kōkua iaʻu e ʻike haʻahaʻa i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo, a, i kēlā hoʻohaʻahaʻa, e kōkua iaʻu e ʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo āu e makemake ai e hele mai iaʻu. E Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.