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Mai ka Euanelio a Iesū Kristo ma muli o Ioane 5,1-16.
He lā hauʻoli no nā Iudaio a piʻi akula ʻo Iesū i Ierusalema.
Aia ma Ierusalema, kokoke i ka puka o ka hipa, he loko wai, kāhea ʻia ma ka Hebera Betzaetà, me nā ʻāpana elima,
malalo o ua waiho ana ka nui o na mea mai, na makapo, na oopaa, a me ka lolo.
ʻOiai ua ʻānō kahi ʻānela i kekahi manawa i loko o ka wai a kākele i ka wai; ka mea mua e komo ana ma hope iho o ke kuli o ka wai i ho'ōla mai nā maʻi āpau i loaʻa iā ia.
Aia kekahi kanaka i maʻi i kanakolu makahiki a ʻewalu makahiki.
ʻIke ʻo ia e moe ana a ʻike iā ia nō nā manawa he nui kēia, ʻī akula ʻo ia iā ia: "makemake ʻoe e ola pono?"
ʻ repliedlelo aku ke kanaka maʻi: "E kuʻu haku, ʻaʻohe mea e hōloi iaʻu i loko o ka loko ʻauʻau ke kū ka wai. ʻOiai ma kēia manawa wau e hele nei i laila, aia kekahi mau mea e iho i mua o koʻu ».
ʻLelo maila ʻo Iesū iā ia, "E kū aʻe, e lawe i kou moemoe a hele."
Ala koke ae la ua kanaka la, a lawe aku la i kona wahi moe, a hele aku la. Akā he lā Pāpā lā kēia lā.
No laila ʻōlelo aku nā Iudaio i ke kanaka hoʻōla: "ʻO Pōʻaono kēia ʻaʻole pono ke lawe i kou wahi moe."
I mai la oia ia lakou, "O ka mea i hoola mai iaʻu, i mai la iaʻu, E lawe i kou wahi moe a hele."
Ninau aku la lakou ia ia, "Owai ka mea i olelo aku ia oe, E lawe i kou moena a hele?"
O ka mea e hoolaia, aole ia i ike ia ia; ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hele aku ʻo Iesū, he lehulehu ka poʻe ma kēlā wahi.
Mahope koke iho ua ike o Iesu ia ia iloko o ka luakini ma i aku la ia ia: «Eia oe ua hoola; mai hana hewa hou aʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia ka hewa iā ʻoe ».
Hele aku ia kanaka a haʻi i ka poʻe Iudaio, ua hoʻōla ʻo Iesū iā ia.
ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe Iudaio e hōʻʻau iā Iesu, no ka mea, ua hana ʻo ia i ia mau mea i ka lā Sābati.

St. Ephrem Syrus (ca 306-373)
diakona ma Suria, ke kauka o ka Ekalesia

Himeni 5 no Epifania
Hāʻawi ka wai bapetizo iā mākou i ka ho'ōla
E na hoahanau, e iho oukou ilalo i ka wai o ka bapetizo ana, a e hookomo i ka Uhane Hemolele; e hui pu me na uhane e malama nei i ko kakou Akua.

Pōmaikaʻi ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka bapetizo no ke kala ʻana i nā keiki a ʻAdamu!

ʻO kēia wai ke ahi huna e hōʻailona ai i kāna ʻohana me ka sila.
me nā inoa ʻuhane ʻekolu e makaʻu ai i ka ʻino (e ʻike iā Rev 3,12:XNUMX)…

Hōʻike ʻo Ioane e pili ana i ko kākou Hoʻōla: "E bapetizo ʻo ia iā ʻoe i ka ʻUhane Hemolele a me ke ahi" (Mt 3,11:XNUMX).
Aia hoi, o keia ahi ka Uhane, e na hoahanau, i ka bapetizo oiaio.

He oiaio, ua oi aku ka mana o ka bapetizo ana mamua o Ioredane, kela kahawai uuku;
Holoi ia i ka hewa o na kanaka a pau ma kona mau kahawai wai a me ka aila.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ʻElisai i ʻehiku mau manawa, hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā Naʻamana i ka lepera (2 R 5,10);
mai na hewa huna iloko o ka uhane, hoomaemae ka bapetizo ia kakou.

Ua bapetizo ʻo Mose i nā kānaka i loko o ke kai (1 Cor 10,2: XNUMX)
ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke holoi i loko o kona puʻuwai.
haumia e ka hewa.

Aia hoʻi ke kahuna e like me Mose, nāna i hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻuhane i kona mau huna.
a me ka aila, e sila i na keikihipa hou no ke Aupuni...

Me ka wai i kahe mai ka pohaku mai, ua pau ka makewai o na kanaka (Ex 17,1:XNUMX);
aia hoi, me Kristo a me kona punawai, ua pau ka makewai o na aina. (…)

Aia hoi, kahe mai ka punawai ola mai ko Kristo aoao mai (Jn 19,34:XNUMX);
Ua inu ka poe makewai ia mea, a ua poina lakou i ko lakou eha.

E ninini mai i kou hau maluna o ko'u nawaliwali, e ka Haku;
me kou koko, e kala mai i ko'u hewa.
E huiia au me kou mau haipule, ma kou lima akau.