San Girolamo, Hemolele o ka lā no 30 Kepakemapa
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ʻO ka moʻolelo o San Girolamo
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o nā haipule no kekahi ʻano koikoi a haipule paha a lākou e hana ai, akā hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻia ʻo Jerome no kona ʻano maikaʻi ʻole. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kona huhū huhū a hiki ke hoʻohana i kahi peni vitriolic, akā ʻo kona aloha i ke Akua a me kāna keiki ʻo Iesū Kristo nui loa; ʻo ka mea i aʻo i ka hemahema he ʻenemi ia na ke Akua a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a alualu ʻo St. Jerome iā ia me kāna peni mana a me kekahi mau manawa ʻino.
He haumana ʻo ia no ka Palapala Hemolele, ka unuhi ʻana i ka hapa nui o ke Kauoha Kahiko mai ka Hebera. Ua kākau pū ʻo Jerome i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopuka he kumu waiwai nui ia na ka paipala Hemolele no mākou i kēia lā. He haumana ikaika ʻo ia, he haumana akeakamai, he mea kākau kākau o nā leka, a he kākāʻōlelo no nā mōneka, nā bihopa a me nā pope. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saint Augustine nona: "ʻO ka mea naʻaupō ʻo Jerome, ʻaʻohe mea make i ʻike."
He mea nui ʻo St. Jerome no ka unuhi ʻana o ka Baibala i kapa ʻia ʻo Vulgate. ʻAʻole ia ka paʻi koʻikoʻi loa o ka Baibala, akā ua pōmaikaʻi kona ʻae ʻana e ka Ekalesia. E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a kekahi kanaka ʻepekema o kēia wā, "ʻAʻohe kanaka ma mua o Jerome a i waena paha o kona mau makahiki a me nā kāne he kakaikahi wale nō no nā kenekulia he nui ma hope o ka mākaukau loa e hana i ka hana." Ua noi ka ʻaha kūkā o Trent i kahi mana hou a pololei o ka Vulgate a hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo maoli e hoʻohana ʻia ai i ka hale pule.
I mea e hana ai i kēlā ʻoihana, hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻo Jerome iā ia iho. He kumu ʻo ia no ka Lākina, Helene, Hebera a me Kaledea. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna aʻo ʻana i kona kauhale Stridon ma Dalmatia. Ma hope o kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua ʻana, ua hele ʻo ia i Roma, ke kikowaena o ke aʻo ʻana i kēlā manawa, a mai laila aku a Trier, Kelemania, kahi a ka haumāna akeakamai i hōʻike nui ai. Ua hala he mau makahiki i kēlā me kēia wahi, me ka hoʻāʻo mau e loaʻa nā kumu maikaʻi loa. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo pilikino ʻo Pope Damasus.
Ma hope o kēia mau hoʻomākaukau hoʻomākaukau, huakaʻi nui ʻo ia i Palesetina, e māka ana i kēlā me kēia wahi o ko Kristo ola me kahi puka o ka hoʻomana. ʻO Mystical ʻoiai, noho ʻo ia i ʻelima mau makahiki i ka wao nahele ʻo Chalcis e hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho i ka pule, ka penitenia a me ke aʻo ʻana. Ma ka hopena, noho ʻo ia ma Betelehema, kahi i noho ai ʻo ia i ke ana i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kahi hānau o Kristo. Ua make ʻo Jerome ma Betelehema a ʻo nā koena o kona kino i waiho ʻia i kanu ʻia i ka Basilica o Santa Maria Maggiore ma Roma.
Hōʻikeʻike
He kanaka ikaika a pololei ʻo Jerome. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano maikaʻi a me nā hua ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka hōʻino wiwo ʻole a me nā pilikia maʻamau o ke kāne. ʻAʻole ʻo ia, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kekahi, he mea mahalo i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ma ka pono a kūʻē i ka ʻino. Ua mākaukau ʻo ia no ka huhū, akā mākaukau hoʻi e kaumaha i ke kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi i kāna mau hewa ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua ʻike kekahi pope, i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi kiʻi o Jerome e kuʻi ana iā ia iho i ka umauma me ka pōhaku, "Ua pono ʻoe e hāpai i kēlā pōhaku, no ka mea, inā ʻaʻole me ia ʻaʻole loa e hoʻokonokono ʻia ʻoe e ka hale pule."