Mahalo iaʻu i ka maʻalahi o ka hiki iā mākou ke lawe i kahi manaʻo i loaʻa iā mākou a hana hewa ʻole i ka ʻōlelo ʻana o nā palapala hemolele e kākoʻo iā ia. ʻO kahi laʻana, i kēia pule ʻO Kekemapa ma ka pauku 18 ua loaʻa kēia ʻōlelo.
"Me ke kōkua o ke Akua, hiki iā mākou ke like me Noa koa, kahi" haʻi haʻi ʻōlelo no ka pono "wiwo ʻole i" kahi honua o ka poʻe haipule ʻole "e luku ʻia ana i kahi kai a Kahinaliʻi ākea." (w12 01/15 p. 11, par. 18)
ʻO kā mākou paio ia a Noa i haʻi aku ai i ka honua i kona manawa, i hoʻomaopopo pono ʻia ai lākou no ka luku e hiki mai ana ma luna o lākou. ʻO kēia hana ma ka puka o Noa e hōʻike mua i ka hana a mākou e hana nei i kēia lā. Inā ʻoe e heluhelu nei i kēia paukū me ka nānā ʻole ʻana i ka puanaʻī a me ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe e ʻike i ka manaʻo a Noa i haʻi aku ai i ka honua o ka poʻe haipule ʻole o kona wā?
Eia nō naʻe, kū mai kahi kiʻi ʻokoʻa ke heluhelu ʻoe i ka paukū i helu ʻia o 2 Pet. 2: 4,5. Heluhelu ka ʻāpana pili, "… a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kāohi i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka honua kahiko, akā mālama ʻo Noa, he haʻi ʻōlelo o ka pono, me nā mea ʻehiku i kona wā i lawe mai ai i ke kai a Kahinaliʻi ma luna o ka honua o ka poʻe haipule ʻole ..."
ʻAe, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka pono, ʻaʻole naʻe i ka honua i kona lā. Manaʻo wau ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā manawa kūpono āpau i hōʻike ʻia iā ia ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻomau ana i ka holo ʻana i kāna mahi mahiʻai i mea e ola ai kona ʻohana a kūkulu i ka pahu, kahi hana nui. Akā e noʻonoʻo ua hele ʻo ia i loko o ka honua e haʻi e like me mākou e hana nei. Ua puni nā kānaka ma kahi o 1,600 mau makahiki i kēlā manawa. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā ola lōʻihi a me ka likelihood i noho momona nā wahine ma mua o ko kā mākou lā, he maʻalahi ka matematika e piʻi me kahi heluna lehulehu o ka honua i nā haneli miliona, a ʻoi mau biliona. ʻOiai inā lākou i ola 70 a 80 paha mau makahiki a momona wale nā wahine no 30 o kēlā mau makahiki-e like me ka hana i kēia lā - hiki i kekahi ke hōʻea i kahi heluna miliona o nā miliona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou ka mea i hele i kēlā manawa. Hoʻokahi kaukani a me ka haneli mau makahiki o ka mōʻaukala kanaka i uhi ʻia i nā mokuna pōkole ʻeono o ka Baibala. Nui paha nā kaua a make nā miliona. Eia nō naʻe, aia nā hōʻike no ka noho ʻana o nā kānaka ma ʻAmelika Hema i nā wā ma mua o ke kai a Kahinaliʻi. Ma mua o ke kai a Kahinaliʻi, inā he mau alahaka ʻāina, no laila he mea nui kēlā hiʻohiʻona.
Eia nō naʻe, inā mākou e nānā ʻole i kēlā mau mea ma ke ʻano he wānana maʻemaʻe wale nō, koe nō ka mea i hōʻike ʻole ʻia e ka Baibala ua aʻo ʻo Noa i ko ke ao nei o kāna lā, aia wale nō i kāna wā e haʻi aku ai, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka pono. No laila, no ke aha mākou e hoʻonohonoho ai i kā mākou mau ʻōlelo Baibala i kahi ala e paipai ai i kahi hopena hewa?
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