ANARU.
Ko Anaru tonu tetahi o nga akonga tuatahi a te Karaiti, ko tona hoa i am ai i a te Karaiti, kaore te ingoa i whakaaturia, engari kite whakaaro ko Hoani ( Hoani i. 40.) He akonga raua na Hoani te Kai-iriiri. I rongo raua ki nga whakaakoranga, me nga korero a Hoani mo te Mihaia. Na reira rongo pu ana ano raua ki to raua kai-whakaako e mea ana; “Na te Reme ate Atua,” kaore o raua ngakau i whiriwhiri, engari hohoro tonu te aru ia te Karaiti —ki a matau, i hohoro tonu kaore i whakaroa, i ngakau rua. 7. Te tohu 0 te ivhakapono ova. I te kitenga o Anaru i te Mihaia, i tona mohiotanga ki a la, i pehea ia ? I hone ranei mo rana anake ko Hoani te Kai-whakaora ? Kaore ranei i whakaatu ki etahi i te Mihaia, i wareware ranei ki ona whanaunga ? Kaore! Engari, i to raua kitenga ano i a Ihu, tere tonu to raua haere kite tiki i o raua whanaunga. I mauria mai e Anaru tona tuakana a Haimona Pita ki ate Karaiti. ( Hoani 1. 42.) Ko tenei tetahi o nga tino tohu o te whakapono ora, ara ko te whai ki a ora hold etahi atu. Mehemea he korero nui kei tetahi tangata i whakaritea mai mo te ao katoa, ka he taua tangata kite hunaia eiaki aia anake. Mehemea he taonga nui ate Karaiti kite tangata e kore e hapa tona whakaatu i a la ki etahi atu, me tona korero hoki mo tana i aroha ai, “na te purenatanga hoki o te ngakau ka puaki te mangai.” Te tangata whutupooro kei te whutupooro anake te nuinga o ana korero. Otira he tinihanga te korero ate tangata mo te Karaiti mehemea kei ona ngutu anake, engari kia pupu ake i te ngakau ka tika. Koia nei tetahi he o nga Karaitiana Maori, o nga kai-karakia, me nga minita, kaore ratou e kaha kite ata korero kite tangata kia tapae atu i a ratou kite Atua. Ka mutu te karakia heoi ano, kaore e korero ra-wahi kite tangata. He maha nga tangata i korero takitahitia ete Karaiti. E whitu i tuhituhia e Hoani; ko Natanahira (ko Patoromu), ko Nikorima, ko te wahine o Hamaria, ko te turoro, ko te tangata hara, ko te matapo, me Raharuhi (Hoani 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 ). I muri iho ite merekara o te whangainga i te 5000, ka mutu te hihiko o te Karaiti kite kauwhau kite mano, engari ka kaha tana ako i te Tekau-ma-rua, mo te tae rawa ake kite ra e hoki ai la ki tona Matua, ka mahue iho ko ana akonga hei mahi i te mahi i timataria e la. Mehemea na te iti o te whakapono o te tangata i kore ai
ia e whai i etahi atu kia uru hoki kite rangi, tera pea i te iti rawa o tona whakapono e kore a ia ake e uru atu kite rangi. 2. Nga hua 0 ta Anaru. Kaore i nui rawa nga whakahuatanga i te ingoa o Anaru i te Kawenata Hou. I mahi ia mo tona tuakana i te tuatahi ( Hoani 1. 41.) He timatanga mo te whakapono o te tangata hei tona ake kainga. E hoa ma, kei te tohe ranei koutou ki o koutou whanaunga kia haere mai ki a Ihu ? I mahi ia mo tona ake iwi i muri mai (Hoani 6, 8--—9). E hoa ma, kei te tohe ranei koutou ki to koutou iwi ki a hapai i te whakapono ? I mahi ia mo nga tauiwi i muri rawa (Hoani 12. 21, 22.). E hoa ma kua rongo koutou i te Rongopai, kei pohehe koutou ki a koutou anake. He mano, he mano, te tangata kei te ao nei, kahore ano ki a rongo noa ki tenei ingoa ki a Ihu. He aha ta tatou mo te tuku i te Rongopai ki a ratou ? Ehara a Anaru i te apotoro ingoa nui pera me Pita, otira nana a Pita i mohio ai ki a te Karaiti. I te ra o te Petekoha e 3000 nga tangata i ripeneta i te kauwhau kotahi a Pita. Titiro ki nga hua o te kakama o Anaru kite kawe i a Pita ki a Ihu. Kia pera hoki tatou, kia whiwhi hoa ai mo te taenga ki te rangi, kei haere mokemoke. 3. Me aha tatou. Me pera me Anaru, me haere kia te Karaiti i te tuatahi. Kia pa ki a la, ka haere kite tiki i etahi, kia tika ai ta tatou kupu “ Haere mai ki a kite,” he he kite mea “ Haere kia kite.” Mana tatou e whakaki ki Tona Wairua Tapu, hei whakato i te aroha ki o tatou ngakau, hei homai i te mohiotanga kite korero kite tangata, ki a rata mai ai kei oho. “ He whakaaro nui ano te tangata hopu wairua.” ( Whakatauki n. 30). Ehara tenei mahi i te mea ma nga minita anake, engari ma nga Karaitiana katoa. I mea a Akipihopa Penehana o Kanatipere : “ Te mahi tuatahi ma te Karaitiana he mea kia Karaitiana etahi atu tangata. ” 4. He aha nga utu ? Ehara i te mea ma te utu rawa ki a whakaaria ka mahi ai te Karaitiana, engari ma tona aroha ki a te Karaiti ia e akiaki ( 2 Kor. 5. 14 ), “ Kite aroha koutou ki a au, kia mau ki aku ture (whakahaunga) ” Otira tera ano he kororia nui mo te tangata e whakatahuri ana i tetahi kite pai. “ Na, te hunga e whai whakaaro ana, to ratou kanapatanga koia ano kei te kanapatanga o te kikorangi, te hunga ano hoki i anga ai nga tangata tokomaha kite tika, ka rite ratou ki nga whetu, a ake ake ake.” (Raniera 12. 3.) “ Kia matau ia, na,
te tangata i tahuri ai te tangata hara i te he o tona ara, e ora i a ia he wairua kei mate, a he tini nga hara ka hipokina e ia.” (Hemi 5. 20.) ‘ Kite mea atu Ahau kite tangata kino, ko te mate kau mou, a ka kore koe e whakatupato i a ia, ka kore e korero, e whakatupato i taua tangata kino ki tona ara kino kia ora ai ia; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tona he, a ka rapua e Ahau he utu mo ona toto i tou ringaringa. Kite whakatupato ia koe i taua tangata kino, a ka kore ia e tahuri mai i tona kino, i tona ara kino, ka mate ia i runga i tona he ; ka ora mai ano ia i a koe tou wairua.” ( Ehek. 3. 18-—19.).
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 21, 1 November 1899, Page 8
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