ʻO wai ʻo Saint Mareta o Betania, ke kaikuahine o Lazaro lāua ʻo Maria?

Honolulu hānau ʻia i Betania, kokoke Ierusalema. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia iā mākou mai ka Palapala Hemolele ma ke ʻano he kaikuahine ʻo Lazaro lāua ʻo Maria.

He konohiki hana a mālama ʻo ia i ka hale ma kahi mai la o Iesu Ua kū ʻo ia me ka hauʻoli e hoʻomaha iki i ka haʻi ʻōlelo ʻana ʻoiai ʻo ia ma Iudea. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Mareta i ka ʻeuanelio i ka manawa o kahi kipa ʻana a Iesū i ko lākou home.

38 A i ko lakou hele ana, komo aku la ia iloko o kekahi kauhale; a o kekahi wahine, o Mareta kona inoa, i hookipa ia ia i kona hale. 39 A he kaikaina kona i kapa ʻia ʻo Maria, e noho ana ma nā wāwae o Iesū, a hoʻolohe i kāna ʻōlelo. 40 ʻO Marta, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua hana piha ʻia me nā lawelawe he nui. No laila, i mua e neʻe nei i mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "E ka Haku, ʻaʻohe ou manaʻo no ka haʻalele ʻana o koʻu kaikuahine iaʻu e lawelawe?" E haʻi iā ia e kōkua iaʻu ». 41 ʻ answeredlelo maila ʻo Iesū iā ia, E Mareta, e Mareta, ua hopohopo ʻoe, a pīhoihoi ʻoe i nā mea he nui loa. 42 Hoʻokahi wale nō mea e pono ai. Ua kohoʻo Mary i ka mea maikaʻi loa, ʻaʻole ia e lawe iā ia ». Luka 10, 38-42.

He mea mahalo nui ko Mareta hoʻokipa iā Iesū akā ua aʻo ʻo Iesū iā ia ʻaʻole e nalowale i loko o ia mea akā e ʻike pehea e loaʻa ai ka manawa e hoʻolohe ai i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua. Hoʻokomo ʻia ke Akua i ka hana.

ʻOi aku ka mahalo o ko Mareta manaʻoʻiʻo i ka Haku: "ʻAe, e ka Haku, ke manaʻo paʻa nei wau ʻo ʻoe ka Mesia, ke Keiki a ke Akua i hele mai i ka honua", e like me kā ka mea haʻiʻōlelo a Ioane i hoʻomanaʻo mai ai iā mākou. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha, no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā Karistiano e hoʻomana iā Mareta ma ke ʻano he haipule ma hope koke iho o kona make ʻana.