Na St. John Chrysostom
A mahope iho o ka make ana o Tera, olelo mai la o Iehova ia Aberama, E hele aku oe mai kou aina aku, a mai kou ohana aku, a mai ka hale o kou makuakane aku, a e hele aku oe i ka aina a'u e hoike aku ai ia oe. A e hoolilo au ia oe i olelo nui, a e hoomaikai aku au ia oe, a e hoonui au i kou inoa, a e hoomaikaiia oe. A e hoopomaikai aku au i ka mea e hoomaikai aku ia oe, a e hoino aku au i ka mea hoohiki aku ia oe: a e hoopomaikaiia na ohana a pau o ka honua nou (Gen. XII, 1, 2, 3). E noʻonoʻo pono kākou i kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo i ʻike ai i ka ʻuhane aloha Akua o ka makua kāne.
Mai hoole kakou i keia mau olelo, aka, e noonoo kakou i ka paakiki o keia kauoha. E hele aku oe, mai kou aina aku, a mai kou poe hoahanau aku, a mai ka hale aku o kou makuakane, a e hele aku i ka aina a'u e hoike aku ai ia oe. E haʻalele, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, i ka mea i ʻike ʻia a hilinaʻi, a makemake i ka mea ʻike ʻole a ʻike ʻole ʻia. E ʻike i ke aʻo ʻana i ke kanaka pono mai kinohi mai e makemake i ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia a me ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā mea i loko o kona lima. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kauoha ʻia e hana i kekahi mea nui ʻole; (kauohaia) e haalele i ka aina ana i noho loihi ai, e haalele i kona ohana a pau a me ka hale a pau o kona makuakane, a e hele i kahi ana i ike ole ai. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo (ke Akua) i ka ʻāina āna i makemake ai e hoʻonoho hou iā ia, akā me ka maopopo ʻole o kāna kauoha ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i ka haipule o ka makua kāne: e hele ʻoe i ka ʻāina, a naʻu e hōʻike aku iā ʻoe. E noʻonoʻo, e nā mea aloha, he ʻuhane hoʻokiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kekahi kuko a i ʻole maʻamau, i koi ʻia e hoʻokō i kēia kauoha. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, inā i kēia manawa, i ka wā i laha mua ai ka manaʻo haipule, nui ka poʻe i pili paʻa i ka maʻamau a makemake lākou e hoʻoholo e hoʻololi i nā mea āpau ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana, ʻoiai inā pono, kahi a lākou i noho ai a hiki i kēia wā. , ʻaʻole me ka poʻe maʻamau wale nō, akā me ka poʻe i haʻalele i ka walaʻau o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā a ua koho i ke ola monastic - a laila, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kēia kanaka pono e huhū ʻia e kēlā kauoha a ke kānalua i ka hoʻokō ʻana. ia. E hele aku oe, wahi ana, e haalele i kou poe hoahanau, a me ka hale o kou makuakane, a e hele aku i ka aina a'u e hoike aku ai ia oe. ʻO wai ka mea e huikau ʻole i ia mau ʻōlelo? Me ka haʻi ʻole aku iā ia i kahi a i ʻole kahi ʻāina, e hoʻāʻo (ke Akua) i ka ʻuhane o ka poʻe pono me ka maopopo ʻole. Ina i haawi ia keia kauoha i kekahi mea e, he kanaka ma'amau, ina ua olelo ia: pela no; ke kauoha mai nei oe ia'u e haalele i ka aina a'u e noho nei, ko'u pilikana, ka hale o ko'u makuakane; aka, no ke aha la oe i hai ole mai ai ia'u i kahi a'u e hele ai, i ike au i ka loihi o ka mamao? Pehea wau e ʻike ai e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā ʻāina a ʻoi aku ka hua ma mua o kēia ʻāina aʻu e haʻalele ai? Akā, ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo a noʻonoʻo paha ke kanaka pono i kekahi mea e like me ia, a i ka nānā ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kauoha, makemake ʻo ia i ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ka mea i loko o kona lima. Eia kekahi, inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ka ʻuhane hoʻokiʻekiʻe a me ka noʻonoʻo naʻauao, inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ke akamai e hoʻolohe i ke Akua ma nā mea a pau, inā ua loaʻa iā ia kahi keʻakeʻa nui ʻē aʻe - ʻo ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne. Ua ʻike ʻoe i ka nui o ka poʻe, no nā pahu kupapaʻu o ko lākou ʻohana, i makemake e make ma nā wahi a ko lākou mau mākua i hoʻopau ai i ko lākou ola.
4. Nolaila, no keia kanaka pono, ina aole oia i aloha i ke Akua, he mea pono no hoi ke noonoo iho i keia, o ko'u makuakane, no ke aloha ia'u, haalele iho la ia i kona aina hanau, haalele i kona mau maa kahiko, a lanakila i ka lanakila. 'o nā mea a pau, hiki mai i 'ane'i, a aneane hiki i kekahi ke 'ōlelo, no'u, ua make 'o ia ma ka 'āina 'ē; a ma hope o kona make ʻana, ʻaʻole au e hoʻāʻo e uku iā ia ma ke ʻano, akā e hoʻomaha, a waiho pū me ka ʻohana o koʻu makuakāne, i kāna pahu? Akā naʻe, ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke hoʻōki i kona manaʻo paʻa; ʻO ke aloha i ke Akua i mea maʻalahi a me ka ʻoluʻolu iā ia.
No laila, e nā mea aloha, ua nui loa ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua i ka makua kāne! ʻO ka poʻe, wahi āna, e hoʻomaikaʻi aku au i ka poʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe; A e hōʻino aku au i ka poʻe hōʻino iā ʻoe, a nou e pōmaikaʻi ai nā ʻohana a pau o ka honua. Eia kekahi makana! ʻO nā mea a pau, wahi āna, e hoʻāʻo nā ʻohana o ka honua e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ma kou inoa, a e kau lākou i ko lākou hanohano maikaʻi loa i ka lawe ʻana i kou inoa.
ʻIke ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka makahiki a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa iā ia i ke ola home i lilo i mea keakea iā ia; aka, ua lanakila ke aloha i ke Akua i na mea a pau. No laila, i ka wā e ʻoliʻoli ai ka ʻuhane a me ka nānā pono, lanakila ʻo ia i nā pilikia āpau, holo wikiwiki nā mea a pau i kāna mea punahele, a ʻo nā pilikia e hiki mai ana iā ia iho, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia e lākou, akā holo nā mea āpau a pau ʻole ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i kāna mea. makemake. ʻO ia ke kumu o kēia kanaka pono, ʻoiai ua hiki iā ia ke kāohi ʻia e ka ʻelemakule a me nā mea keʻakeʻa ʻē aʻe he nui, akā naʻe, ua uhaʻi ʻo ia i kona mau mea paʻa a pau, a e like me ke kanaka ʻōpio, ikaika a ʻaʻole hoʻi i keakea ʻia e kekahi mea, wikiwiki ʻo ia a wikiwiki e hoʻokō i ke kauoha a ka Haku. A ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea i hoʻoholo e hana i kahi mea hanohano a me ka wiwo ʻole ke hana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā ia iho ma mua o nā mea āpau e hiki ke keakea i kēlā ʻoihana. Ua ike pono ke kanaka pono i keia, a haalele i na mea a pau me ka nana ole aku, me ka noonoo ole i ka maa, a me ka pilihua, a me ka hale o kona makuakane, a me kona (makuakane) pahu kupapau, a me kona elemakule, ua kuhikuhi wale aku oia i kona manao a pau, me he mea la. ia ia e hooko i ke kauoha a ka Haku. A laila, hōʻike ʻia maila kekahi mea kupanaha, ʻo ke kanaka ʻelemakule loa, me kāna wahine, ʻelemakule, a me nā kauā he nui, e neʻe ana me ka ʻike ʻole i kahi e pau ai kona auwana ʻana. A inā noʻonoʻo ʻoe i ka paʻakikī o nā alanui i kēlā manawa (a laila ʻaʻole hiki, e like me kēia manawa, ke hoʻopilikia wale i kekahi, a pēlā e hana ai i ka huakaʻi me ka maʻalahi, no ka mea, aia nā mana like ʻole ma nā wahi āpau, a pono e hoʻouna ʻia nā huakaʻi. mai kekahi mea nona a i kekahi a kokoke i na la a pau e nee ana mai kekahi aupuni aku a i kekahi aupuni), alaila, ua lawa keia kulana i keakea no ka poe pono ina aole ona aloha nui (i ke Akua) a me ka makaukau e hooko i kana kauoha. Akā, ua haehaeʻo ia i kēia mau pilikia a pau e like me ka punawelewele, a ... ua hoʻoikaikaʻo ia i kona manaʻo me ka manaʻoʻiʻo a ua hāʻawi i ka mana nui o ka mea nāna i hoʻohiki, a laila hele akula i kāna huakaʻi.
Ke ʻike nei ʻoe ʻaʻole pili ka pono a me ka hewa i ke ʻano, akā i ko mākou makemake kūʻokoʻa?
A laila, i ʻike kākou i ke ʻano o kēia ʻāina, ʻī maila ʻo ia, Ua noho ko Kanaʻana ma ka honua ia manawa. ʻO Mose Pōmaikaʻi i ʻōlelo i kēia ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ia he kumu ʻole, akā, i ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻuhane naʻauao o ka makua kāne, a no ka mea, ua noho ʻia kēia mau wahi e ko Kanaʻana, pono ʻo ia e noho me he kanaka auwana lā, e like me kekahi. kanaka ʻilihune i hoʻokuke ʻia, e like me kona pono, ʻaʻohe ona malu. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i ʻōhumu no kēia, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻōlelo: he aha kēia? ʻO wau, ka mea i noho me ka hanohano a me ka mahalo ma Harran, pono i kēia manawa, e like me ke aʻa ʻole, e like me ka mea auwana a me ka malihini, e noho ma ʻaneʻi a ma ʻaneʻi me ke aloha, e ʻimi i ka maluhia noʻu iho i kahi puʻuhonua ʻilihune - ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa i kēia, akā ua koi ʻia au e noho i nā hale lole a me nā hale noho a hoʻomanawanui i nā pōʻino ʻē aʻe!
7. Aka, o hoomau kakou i ke ao ana, e hooki kakou maanei a e hoopau i ka olelo, me ke noi aku i ko oukou aloha e hoohalike oukou i ka manao o keia kanaka pono. Oiaio, he mea kupanaha loa, ke hoike mai keia kanaka pono, i kaheaia mai kona aina mai a i ka aina (no kekahi), aole nae o ka elemakule, a me na pilikia e ae a kakou i helu ai, a me na pilikia o ka (ia manawa) ka manawa, a me na pilikia e ae e hiki ai ke hoopau iaia, aole i hiki iaia ke hoopaa iaia mai ka hoolohe ana, aka, i ka hemo ana i na mea paa a pau, holo aku la oia a holo wikiwiki, e like me ka opio hauoli, me kana wahine, keiki a me na kauwa, ke kauoha a ke Akua, ʻaʻole mākou i hea ʻia mai ka honua a i ka honua, akā mai ka honua a i ka lani, ʻaʻole mākou e hōʻike i ka ikaika like i ka hoʻolohe ʻana e like me ka poʻe pono, akā e hōʻike mākou i nā kumu ʻole a me nā kumu ʻole, ʻaʻole e lawe ʻia e ka nui o nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki (a ke Akua) a i ʻole ka waiwai ʻole o nā mea i ʻike ʻia, e like me ka honua a me ka manawa pōkole, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka hanohano o ka mea Kāhea, - akā, e ʻike mākou i ka manaʻo ʻole a makemake mākou i ka manawa pōkole. ka mea mau, ka honua i ka lani, a e waiho mākou i ka mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau ma lalo o ka mea lele ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana.
Puna: St. John Chrysostom. Kamailio ma ka Buke o Genesis.
Kamailio XXXI. Haawi mai la o Tera i ka wai na Aberama laua o Nahora kana mau keiki, a ia Lota ke keiki a Arrana kana keiki, a me Sarai kana hunonawahine, ka wahine a Aberama kana keiki: a lawe mai au ia ia mai ka aina o ko Kaledea mai, hele i ka aina o Kanaana, a hiki i Harana, a noho malaila (Gen. XI, 31)
Kiʻi hoʻohālike: He ʻōlelo Hebera Kauoha Kahiko.
