Whakaarohia i tenei ra mo to hiahia ki te whai i a Ihu

Ka mea atu tetahi, "Ka whai ahau i a koe, e te Ariki, engari me tuku ahau kia poroporoaki ki taku whanau i te kaainga." Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou, Ki te pa te ringa o tetahi ki te parau, a ka titiro ki te toenga, e kore e tau mo te rangatiratanga o te Atua. Ruka 9: 61-62

Ko te karanga o Ihu he tino. Ka karanga ana ia ki a maatau, me whakautu taatau ki te tuku i o taatau hiahia me te tino manaaki.

I roto i te karaipiture i runga ake nei, i mea te Atua kia whai wawe ia ki te whai i a Ihu, engari ka ruarua te tangata e kii ana kei te hiahia ia ki te haere ki te oha tuatahi ki tona whanau. He rite ki te tono whaitake. Inara kua akamarama a Iesu e kua kapikiia aia kia aru iaia uaorai e kare e feaa.

Kaore i te tino mohio kaare he he o te poroporoaki i tona whanau. Ko te tumanako o te whanau ka penei ana. Engari ka whakamahi a Ihu i tenei mea angitu ki te whakaatu mai ki a taatau ko te mea nui hei whakahoki i tana piiraa, i a ia e karanga ana, me pehea tana karanga me te aha e karanga ai ia. I roto i te piiraa faahiahia e te peapea atoa ia pee i te Mesia, e mea ti'a ia tatou ia ineine i te pahono ma te feaa ore.

Whakaarohia mena he rereke tetahi o nga tangata o tenei korero. A feruri na ki te haere tetahi o ratou ki a Ihu ka mea, "E te Ariki, ka whai ahau i a koe, a ka rite ahau, ka hiahia ahau ki te whai i a koe inaianei tonu kaore he tohu." He pai tenei. Ae ra, he kiko noa te whakaaro.

I roto i to taatau koiora, kaore pea tatou e whiwhi i te piiraa totika kia waiho nga mea katoa i muri tonu ka haere ki te mahi ki a te Karaiti i roto i etahi momo ahuatanga hou. Engari ko te mea nui ko to maatau waatea! Kei te hiahia koe?

Mena kei te hiahia koe, ka tiimata ki te mohio kei te karanga a Ihu ki a koe ia ra ki te whakatutuki i tana kaupapa. Ana ki te hiahia koe, ka kite koe i nga ra katoa he miiharo tona miihana me te whai hua kore. Ko te korero noa "Ae" me te kore ruarua me te kore whakaroa.

Whakaarohia i tenei ra to hiahia ki te whai i a Ihu. Whakauru atu ki tenei karaipiture me te whakaaro me pehea koe e whakahoki atu ai ki a Ihu. Ka kite pea koe ka ruarua. Ana ki te kite koe i te ruarua o to ngakau, ngana ki te tuku kia rite ai koe ki nga mea katoa e whakaaro ana te Ariki mo koe.

E te Ariki, kei te aroha ahau ki a koe ka hiahia ki te whai i a koe. Awhinahia ahau ki te wikitoria i nga feaa katoa i roto i taku koiora me te kii "Ae" Ki To hiahia tapu. Awhinahia ahau ki te mohio ki to reo, kia tauawhi i nga mea katoa e korero ana koe ia ra. Ihu whakapono ahau ki a koe.