TE KIRIHIMETE.
EKITE etahi o matou boa i te rnanu nei i Te Pipiwharauroa i mua mai i te 25 o nga ra o Tihema, te Ra Kirihiinete, te ra i whanau ai a te Karaiti ka 1901 tau ka pahure nei, ko etahi pea hei muri o te Kirihimete, otira kotahi ano ta matou tangi ki a koutou katoa ko te inihi a te pakeha, ko te mihi i whakartroia ketia nei e te taringa e te arero Maori, ka kiia “ Meri Kirihimete !” E hoa ma, “ Meri Kirihimete ” ki a koutou katoa ki a matou ano hoki: ko tona whakamaoritanga ia “ He Kirihimete Hari!” Ae, ko to matou tino hialiia ko ta matou inoi kia mohio te Iwi Maori katoa kite Kirihimete —kia kite koutou i te hari pono e pupu ake nei i te ngakau tatu i te ngakau mahaki i te ngakau kua kite i tetahi okiokinga mona. Otira ahakoa pehea te mu o to matou hiahia o ta matou inoi kia whiwhi koutou ki tenei raea nui e kore rawa koutou e whiwhi kite kore o koutou ringaringa e totoro kite tango. Kaore pea te nuinga o te tangata i te mohio kite nui o te aroha o te Atua i runga i tana tononga mai i tana Tama kotahi kite ao—i tana kupu. I te haerenga mai o te Karaiti ki te ao ka whakarerea e ia tona kororia i te ringa matau o tona Matua, te tini o nga anahera o te rangi i mahi nei ki a ia, haere mai ana ia ki te ao, “ Heoi whakaititia ana ia e ia ano, kua man kite ahua o te pononga, kua meinga kia rite kite tangata.” ( Pirip. 2. 7.) “ I rite ia ki te tangata,” i whanau, i tupu, i hiakai, i hiainu, i ngenge, i pouri, i tangi, i hari, i whakapaetekatia e te tangata, i tukinotia, i mamae i mate. I heke iho ia i te rangi kia piki atu a tatou ki reira, i rawakore ia kia rangatira ai tatou, i tangi ia ki a kata ai tatou, i mate ia ki a ora ai tatou. I whakatangata a te Karaiti kia tata ai te Atua kite tangata, kia tata ai te tangata kite Atua. Ko ia te 1 akawaenga hei taka i waenganui i te tangata i te Atua—e
rua ona taha. (1 Tim. 2. 5.) I korerotia ete tangata te pai o te Tiuka raua ko tana hoa i to raua mauranga i te kakahu maori, kei te pehea ra tatou mo te uhinga a te Atua i te kik"kiko ki a ia ano.( Hoa. 1. 14.) Engari ano nga manu o te rangi he kohanga a ratou, nga pokiha lie rua o ratou, tena ko te Tama a te Tangata te whai walii hei takotoranga mo tona mahunga (Mat. 8. 20). I te rawakore rawa o te Karaiti riro ana ma te tangata ke e mahi he kakahu mona ( Rk. 8. 3). Ka kitea i runga i te whakatangatatanga o te Karaiti te tino nui ote tangata kite Atua, ara i noho te Atua ki roto ite tangata. Ka kitea hoki i runga i te matenga o te Karaiti te utu nui o te wairua o te tangata —kotahi ano te utu mo te wairua o te tangata ko te oranga ote Tama ate Atua (Mt. 20 28). Kaore pea te tangata ite mohio kite nui ote utunga o tona wairua e tapaea nei ki a Hatana mo te kore noa iho. He tikanga nui i whakaarohia e te Atua hei take e ora ai te tangata, heoi e te tangata, ripeneta, tahuri kite Atua, manakohia tona aroha, whakapono, whakawhirinaki ki tana Tama 1 whanau nei kite ao i mate nei hoki mou. Whakahokia te aroha kite aroha, a, e kore e wai ho ko te 25 anake 0 Tihema hei ra haringa mou, engari ka hari koe i nga ra katoa ka “ rite rite ki nga ra o te rangi i runga i te whenua.” (Tim. 11. 21.)
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 1
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671TE KIRIHIMETE. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 1
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