Kaitito Kaore i Momo
TE WANANGA O NGA ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, ME RAPHAEL
Tuhinga o mua
FEAR he maha nga ahuatanga: ko nga kare-a-roto, ko te kore ahuru i roto i nga taonga a tetahi, he whakaroa, he kore whakapono, he tumanako, he horo te aroha. Ko tenei mataku, ka marenatia ki te hinengaro, ka whanau he tamaiti. Ko te ingoa ko Manawareka.
Kei te hiahia ahau ki te tohatoha i tetahi reta hohonu i tae mai ki ahau i tera ra:
Kua kite ahau (ina koa ki ahau anō, engari ki ētahi atu anō hoki) i tētahi wairua o te Whakamarie e pā ana ki te hunga kāore e mataku. Mō te tini o tātou (ina koa i ēnei rā), te āhua nei kua roa tātou e moe ana, ā, nō nā tata nei tātou i ara ake ai, kua tata te pakanga ki te katoa! Nā tēnei, me te "pukumahi" hoki o ō tātou oranga, kei te noho pōhēhē tātou.
Nō reira, kāore tātou i te mōhio ko tēhea pakanga hei tīmata mā tātou (te pikitia pono, te waranga tarukino, te tukino tamariki, te hē o te hapori, te pirau tōrangapū, me ētahi atu), me pēhea rānei te tīmata ki te whawhai. I tēnei wā, kei te kite ahau e pau ana te KATOA o ōku kaha ki te pupuri i tōku ake oranga kia ma i te hara, me te whakapakari i tōku ake whānau i roto i te Ariki. E mōhio ana ahau ehara tēnei i te whakamārama, ā, e kore e taea e au te tuku, engari kua tino pouri ahau i ngā rā tata nei!
Te āhua nei kei te pōhēhē tātou i ngā rā maha mō ngā mea kāore i te tino hira. Ko te mea ka tīmata mārama i te ata, ka memeha haere hei kohu i te roanga o te rā. I ēnei rā, ka kitea ahau e hīkoi haere ana i te hinengaro me te tinana ki te rapu i ngā whakaaro me ngā mahi kāore anō kia oti. Ki taku whakaaro kei te mahi ētahi mea hei whakahē i a tātou i konei — ngā mea a te hoariri, me ngā mea hoki a te tangata. Tērā pea ko te āhua o te urupare a ō tātou roro ki ngā parahanga katoa, ngā ngaru reo irirangi me ngā tohu amiorangi e kī ana i te hau; tērā pea he mea anō — kāore au i te mōhio. Engari e mōhio ana ahau ki tētahi mea — kua hoha ahau ki te kite i ngā mea katoa e hē ana i roto i tō tātou ao i ēnei rā, engari kāore au i te kaha ki te mahi i tetahi mea mōna.
TE WHAKAPUTA I TE MATAKU
Patua te pakiaka, ā, ka mate te rākau katoa. Ka rewa te wehi, ā, ka piki te ngākau māhaki hei paoa. He maha ngā huarahi hei whakatupu i te maia—ka taea e koe te pānui Nga Wahanga I a II o tēnei raupapa i ngā wā maha, hei tīmatanga. Engari kotahi anake te huarahi e mōhiotia ana e au hei whakakore i te wehi:
Ka peia e te aroha tino pai te wehi. (1 Ioane 4:18)
Ko te aroha te mura e whakarewa ana i te wehi. Kāore e ranea te whakaae hinengaro ki te oranga me te atuatanga o te Karaiti. E ai ki te Karaipiture, e whakapono ana te rewera ki te Atua. Me mahi tātou i te mea nui atu i te whakaaro noa ki te Atua; me kia rite ki a Ia. Ā, ko Aroha tōna ingoa.
Kaua e titiro noa tetahi ki tetahi ki ona ake mea, engari me titiro ano tetahi ki tetahi. Kia mau ki tenei whakaaro i roto i a koutou, ko tera i roto i a Karaiti Ihu… (Philipi 2:4-5)
Me mau i a tātou te hinengaro o te Karaiti. Mō tēnā, Part II he "whakataki" noa iho tēnei ki tēnei whakaaroaro.
He aha Tōna hinengaro? Me whakautu tātou i tēnei i roto i te horopaki o te reta i runga ake nei kua tohaina e au ki a koutou, i roto i ngā mea e tupu ana i te ao i te mea ka nui haere te ngangau, me ngā whakatūpato mō ngā whiunga, ngā whakatoi rānei kei te heke mai (tirohia Kariri Whakatupato!).
TE MĀRA O TE MAMAE
He reinga hinengaro te Māra o Kehemane mō te Karaiti. Tērā pea ko tana whakamātautau nui rawa atu i tūtaki ai ia ki te tahuri me te oma atu. Te wehi, me tana tamaiti pōriro Manawareka, e karanga ana ki te Ariki kia haere atu:
"He aha te painga? Kei te piki haere te kino. Kāore he tangata e whakarongo ana. Kua moe te hunga e tata ana ki a koe. Ko koe anake. Kāore e taea e koe te hanga rerekētanga. Kāore e taea e koe te whakaora i te ao katoa. Ko ēnei mamae katoa, ko ēnei mahi, ko ēnei patunga tapu… hei aha? Haere atu. Hoki mai ki ngā maunga i haereere ai kōrua ko te Matua i roto i ngā rengarenga me ngā awa…"
Āe, hoki mai ki Maunga Pai o Ngā Rā Tawhito, ki Maunga Whakamarie, me Maunga Ātaahua.
Ā, ki te kore ko ngā tihi maunga, he maha ngā ana hei huna. Ae, huna, inoi, inoi, inoi.
Āe, huna, mawhiti atu i tēnei ao whakarihariha, kua hinga, kua ngaro. Taria ō rā i runga i te rangimārie, i te ata noho.
Engari ehara tēnei i te hinengaro o te Karaiti.
TE ARA
Tērā tētahi kīwaha whakamiharo:
KO TE ATUA TE TUATAHI
TŌKU HOA HOA TUARUA
KO AU TE TUATORU
I riro tēnei hei inoi a te Karaiti i Kehemane, ahakoa i kōrerotia e ia i tētahi atu ara:
…kaua e meatia taku e pai ai, engari tau.Luka 22:42)
Ā, i te mutunga o tēnā, ka totoro atu te ringa o te Karaiti, ka whakatakotoria te Kapu o te Aroha ki ōna ngutu, ka tīmata te inu i te waina o te mamae—te mamae mō tōna hoa noho, te mamae mōu, mōku, me te hunga katoa e whakararuraru ana i a koe. Nā te anahera (pea ko Mikaera, ko Kapariera rānei, engari ki taku whakaaro ko Rapaera) i hiki ake a Ihu ki runga, ā, e ai ki taku i tuhituhi ai i roto i Wahanga I, ka tīmata te aroha ki te wikitoria kotahi te wairua i te wā kotahi.
Kāore ngā kaituhi o te Rongopai i whakahua i tēnei, engari ki taku whakaaro ka titiro whakamuri a te Karaiti ki a koe me ahau, i a ia e amo ana i tana ripeka, ā, ka hāhā mā roto i ngā ngutu toto, "Arumia ahau."
… Ia i mea ia i a ia anō kia takoto kau, ka mau ki te āhua o te pononga, ka whānau mai i roto i te āhua o te tangata; ā, ka kitea i roto i te āhua o te tangata, ka whakaiti ia i a ia anō, ka meinga kia ngohengohe ki te mate, ara ki te mate i runga i te ripeka. (Philipi 2: 7-8)
TE WIKITŌRIA
Nā, anei koe me te hinengaro pōrearea, e pōhēhē ana, e kore e tino mōhio ki hea e haere ai, ki te aha e mahi ai, ki te aha e kōrero ai. Tirohia te taha o tōu taha… kei te mōhio koe ki te Māra ināianei? Kei te kite koe i ō waewae i ngā pata werawera me te toto i taka iho i te rae o te Karaiti? Ā, kei reira—kei reira: te kapu kotahi e karangatia nei koe e te Karaiti kia inu. Ko te Kapu o aroha.
He tino māmā noa iho te mea e tonoa ana e te Karaiti i a koe ināianei. Kotahi te taahiraa i ia wā, kotahi te wairua i ia wā: tīmata ki te aroha.
Ko taku ture tēnei, kia aroha koutou tetahi ki tetahi, me taku aroha ki a koutou. Kāore he aroha nui atu i tēnei, arā, ko te tuku i a ia anō kia mate mō ōna hoa. (Hoani 15:12-13)
Me ngā hoariri hoki.
Arohaina ō koutou hoariri, meatia te pai ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koutou, manaakitia te hunga e kanga ana i a koutou, inoi mo te hunga e tukino ana i a koutou. Ki te aroha hoki koutou ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a koutou, he aha te whakawhetai ki a koutou? E aroha ana hoki te hunga hara ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a ratou. Engari kia aroha ki o koutou hoariri, kia pai hoki te mahi ki a ratou. (Luka 6:28, 32-33)
Ehara i te mea ko te tuku i ngā kupu o te Paipera kua maumaharatia ki ngā waewae o ngā tauiwi te mea Karaitiana. I ētahi wā, āe, he mea tika tēnei. Engari i whakamāramahia e Ihu te aroha i roto i
Ko ngā kupu tino whakamiharo: "te tuku i tōu ora." Ko te mahi ki tētahi atu i mua i a koe anō. Ko te manawanui me te atawhai. Ko tōna tikanga kia kaua e hae ki ngā manaakitanga a tētahi atu, kia kaua hoki e whakapehapeha, e whakakake, e whanoke rānei. Kāore te aroha e tohe ki tana ake ara, ā, kāore e riri, e mauahara rānei, e pupuri ana i te mauahara, e kore hoki e muru hara. Ā, ina tupu te aroha, he rangimārie, he atawhai, he harikoa, he pai, he atawhai, he pono, he ngawari, he whai mana.
Kua kite kē ahau i taku ake whakaata pōuri i roto i te Kapu. Āue, te tawhiti kua ngaro i ahau te Aroha! Heoi anō, kua whakaratohia tonutia e te Karaiti he ara hei tāpiri atu ki tēnei Kapu. E mea ana a Hato Paora,
Tenei ahau te hari nei ki oku mamae mo koutou, e whakakī ana hoki i roto i toku kikokiko nga mate o te Karaiti kahore nei i toe, hei whakakī mo tona tinana, ara mo te Hahi… (Korohia 1:24)
He aha tāu, tāku rānei e tāpiri atu ai ki ngā mamae o te Karaiti? Ki te mea kāore tātou i mahi ki ētahi atu, ki te mea kāore tātou i horoi i ngā waewae o te whānau, ki te mea kāore tātou i manawanui, i ngāwari, i aroha (kāore ianei a te Karaiti i hinga i ngā wā e toru?), me tāpiri e tātou te patunga tapu anake ka taea e tātou:
Ko te patunga tapu e manakohia ana e te Atua he wairua maru: e kore koe e whakahawea ki te ngakau maru, ki te ngakau iro, e te Atua. (Salamo 51:17)
Ko tēnei ara o te aroha ka taea anake te haere i roto i te wairua whakawhirinaki me te tuku noa: whakawhirinaki i roto i te aroha me te atawhai o te Atua ki a koe ake, ā tuku Ki a Ia te mea ngoikore, te mea kore e tika, me te mea whati. Me whakawātea i a koe anō, pērā i a te Karaiti i whakawātea i a ia anō i ia hikoinga o Te Ara… kia rere rā anō te werawera o te ngākau mahaki i tō rae, kia whakakī i ō kanohi. Koinei te wā ka tīmata ai koe ki te haere i runga i te whakapono, ehara i te mea i runga i te tirohanga.
Ko te wikitoria e wikitoria ana i te ao ko to tatou whakapono. (1 Ioane 5: 4)
Ka rongo koe i te mano e riri ana, ka kite koe i ngā titiro whakahāwea, ka rongo hoki i te whiu rerekē o tētahi kupu nanakia… i a koe e mahi ana, e mahi ana, ā, e mahi tonu ana.
Ko te wikitoria e wikitoria ai te ao, ko tō whakapono.
Kua tangohia te ingoa pai, kua karaunatia ki te whakama, kua whaohia ki te mārama kore, ka huri te werawera hei toto. Ka werohia tō ngākau e te hoari o tō ngoikore. Inaianei ka pōuri te whakapono, ka pōuri pērā i te urupā. Ā, ka rongo anō koe i ngā kupu e tangi ana i roto i tōu ake wairua… "He aha te whakamahinga…?"
Ko te wikitoria e wikitoria ai te ao, ko tō whakapono.
Koinei te wāhi me u tonu koe. Ahakoa kāore pea koe e mōhio, ko te mea kua mate i roto i a koe (te hiahia whaiaro, te aro ki a koe anō, te hiahia whaiaro me ētahi atu) kei te pāngia e te Tuhinga o mua (ngā mahi atawhai, ngā ngākau atawhai, ngā tikanga whakahaere i a koe anō, me ērā atu). Ā, ko te wāhi i aroha ai koe, kua whakatōkia e koe ngā purapura.
E mōhio ana tātou ki te Keneturiona, ki te Tahae, ki ngā wāhine tangi i whakaohokia ki te ripeneta e te aroha o te Karaiti. Engari me pēhea rā ērā atu wairua i te taha o te Ma te Dolorosa i hoki ki te kāinga, i tauhiuhia ki te toto o te Aroha, aua purapura tapu i ruia ki ō rātou ngākau me ō rātou hinengaro? I whakamakukuhia rānei rātou i ngā wiki i muri mai e te Wairua Tapu me Pita i te Petekoha? I roto rānei aua wairua i te 3000 i whakaorangia i taua rā?
KAUA E MATUTU!
Kua kapi te Ara i ngā wairua ka whakahē, ka kino rānei ki a koe. Kei te kaha haere te karanga a te hunga reo i tawhiti, "Ripekatia ia! Ripekatia ia!" Engari i a tātou e wehe atu ana i tō tātou ake Māra o Kehemane, ka haere atu tātou me te Āngera Rahera hei whakamarie, engari me te Rongo Pai a Kapariera i ō tātou ngutu me te hoari a Mikaera hei tiaki i ō tātou wairua. Kei a tātou ngā hikoinga pono o te Karaiti hei hikoi, te tauira o ngā mātire hei whakakaha i a tātou, me ngā inoi a te hunga tapu hei whakatenatena.
Ko tāu mahi i tēnei hāora, i te torengitanga o te rā i tēnei wā, ehara i te huna, engari me haere i Te Ara me te māia, te maia, me te aroha nui. Kāore he mea i rerekē, nā te mea kei te tomo pea tātou ki te mamae whakamutunga o te Hāhi. Ko te whakaaturanga nui rawa atu o te aroha o te Karaiti ehara i te Kauwhau i runga i te Maunga, i te Maunga o te Hurihanga Ahua rānei, engari i runga i Maunga Karawari. Waihoki, ko te hāora o te kauwhau nui rawa atu a te Hāhi, kāore pea i roto i ngā kupu o āna Kaunihera, o āna tuhinga whakapono rānei…
Mena kaore te kupu i huri, ka huri te toto. —POPE JOHN PAULI II, mai i te whiti, "Stanislaw"
Kua pararutiki hoki te ao i te wehi, ā, ko tōu aroha tēnei-Ko te aroha o te Karaiti e mahi ana i roto i a koe—e karanga atu ana ki a rātou, "Whakatika, tangohia ake tō moenga, haere ki te kāinga" (Mk 2:11).
Ā, ka titiro koe ki tua atu i tō pakihiwi ka hāhā: "Whāia mai ahau."
Ka peia e te aroha tino pai te wehi. (1 Ioane 5:4)
I te ahiahi o te ora,
ka whakawakia tātou i runga i te aroha anake. —Hāto Hoani o te Ripeka
