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“Whakakitea mai ki ahau me te whenua e noho manene nei koe i te ahua pai i whakakitea e ahau ki a koe” (1. Mohi 21,23).
Me pehea te mahi a te whenua ki ona tangata ke? Ko te mea nui atu, me pehea to tatou whanonga ina he tauhou tatou ki whenua kee? Ki 1. I roto i te Genese 21, ua ora o Aberahama i Gerara. E au ra e ua hamani-maitai-hia oia noa ’tu te haavare ta Aberahama i rave i nia ia Abimeleka arii o Gerara. Ua parau o Aberahama ia ’na i te parau mau no nia i ta ’na vahine ra o Sara no te paruru ia ’na iho ia ore e haapohehia. Ei faahopearaa, ua fatata Abimeleka i te faaturi ia Sara. Otiia kihai a Apimereke i utu kino ki te kino, heoi whakahokia ana e ia a Hara, te wahine a Aperahama, ki a ia. A ka mea a Apimereke, Nana, kei tou aroaro toku whenua; noho ki te wahi e pai ana ki to titiro!” 1. Na tenei i hoatu e ia ki a Aperahama te huarahi kore utu puta noa i te rangatiratanga. Ua horo'a atoa oia ia'na hoê tausani sekela ario (irava 20,15).
Mea nafea to Aberahama pahonoraa? Na ka inoi ia mo te whanau me te whare o Apimereke kia whakakorea te kanga mo te wahinetanga. Ua mana‘o noa râ Abimeleka. Peneia‘e ua hi‘o oia ia Aberahama mai te hoê mana e tia ia mana‘ohia. No reira Apimereke i haamana‘o ai ia Aberahama i to ’na hamani maitai e to ’na huiraatira ia ’na. Ka whakarite kawenata nga tangata tokorua, i pirangi raua ki te noho tahi ki te whenua kaore he riri, he mauahara. Ua tǎpǔ o Aberahama e eita o ’na e rave faahou i te haavare. 1. Mohi 21,23 me te whakaatu mai i te maioha mo te atawhai.
I muri mai, ka korero a Ihu i roto i te Luke 6,31 “E o ta outou i hinaaro ia rave te taata ia outou, e na reira atoa outou ia ratou.” O te auraa ïa o ta Abimeleka i parau ia Aberahama. Anei he akoranga mo tatou katoa: ahakoa he tangata whenua, he tangata ke ranei, me atawhai me te atawhai tetahi ki tetahi.
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E te tama aroha, tena koa awhina mai kia hoa aroha mai tetahi ki tetahi. I roto i te ingoa o Ihu Amene!
na James Henderson
