Maehe 8 nga ra o nga wahine: ko te mahi a te wahine ki ta te mahere a te Atua
He mahere ataahua a te Atua mo te ahua o te ao wahine ka pai te whakahaere me te tutuki mehemea ka whai i te ngohengohe. Ko te mahere a te Atua ko te tane me te wahine, he rite te tuunga ki tona aroaro engari he mea rereke, me hono tahi. I roto i tona whakaaro nui me te manaakitanga, i hangaia e ia mo ia ake turanga.
I te orokohanganga, kua moe te Atua kia taoto te moe, a na te Atua ka mau i te riu ka hanga wahine (Genesis 2: 2 1). E horo'a tano no te rima o te Atua, na te taata e te taata (1 Korinetia 11: 9). "Kotahi te tane me te wahine i hangaia ma raatau", (Genese 1:27) ia rereke engari i uru ki te hono ki tetahi me tetahi. Ahakoa ko te wahine ka kiia ko te "kaipuke ngoikore" (1 Pita 3: 7), kaore tenei i te ngoikore. I hangaia me tetahi kaupapa i roto i te koiora ka taea e ia anake te whakakii.
Kua whakawhiwhia te wahine tetahi o nga painga nui rawa atu o te ao, ko te waihanga me te poipoi i tetahi wairua ora.
Ko tana whakaawe i a ia, ara ake i te ao o te whaea, ka awe te mana pumau o ana tamariki. Ahakoa i whakahe a Eva ki te ao me tana mahi kore, i whakaarohia e te Atua nga wahine e tika ana kia uru ki te mahere whakaoranga (Genese 3:15). "Otira ka tae mai te tino wa, ka tonoa e te Atua tana Tama, i hanga i te wahine." (Galatia 4: 4). I tukua e ia ki te whanau me te manaaki i tana Tamaiti aroha. Ko te mahi a te wahine ehara i te mea nui!
He rereketanga i waenga i nga waahanga wahine e whakaakohia ana puta noa i te Paipera. E whakaako ana a Paora mehemea he makawe te roro o te tane, he pouri ki a ia, engari mena he makawe te wahine, he mea whakakororia ia (1 Kolinito 11: 14,15). "E kore te wahine e kakahuria nga mea a te tane, e kore ano e kakahuria e te tane nga kakahu o te wahine: no te mea he whakarihariha a Ihowa, to Atua, ana mahi katoa." (Deuteronomy 22: 5). Ko o ratau mahi kaore e tika kia whakawhiti.
I roto i te kari o Erene, ka mea te Atua, "Ehara i te mea pai mo te tangata ko ia anake," a kua tohaina e ia he awhina ki te whakatau ia ia, hei hoa, hei tangata e makona ana i ana hiahia (Genese 2:18).
E whakaatu ta te Proverbs 31: 10-31 i te ahua o te awhina i te wahine. Ko te tautoko o te wahine ki te tane ka tino kitea i roto i tenei whakaahuatanga o te wahine tino pai. Ka "mahi a ia i te pai kaore i te kino". Nā tōna pono, tāraka, te viivii ore, "kei te whakapono tona tane." Na tona kaha me tana maamaa i penei ai tana titiro ki tana whanau. Ko te putake o tona maatua e kitea i te irava 30: "he wahine e wehi ana ki te Ariki." He wehi whakakitenga tenei e whai kiko ana ki tona oranga. I te wa e noho ana te Ariki i roto i tona ngakau, ko ia te wahine i kiia e ia.