Kauwhau: Te Inoi o te Matenga

Whakataki:
Ka tukua e te Ariki tana iwi kia tae ki te wāhi o te korekore me te whakawhirinaki katoa. Engari, ina ahu mai tā tātou inoi i runga i tēnei mōhiotanga, ka kaha te aroha o te Ariki.

Kei roto ahau i tētahi āhuatanga whakama i tēnei pō nā te mea kua whiriwhiria e au tētahi taitara mō taku karere, arā, kua homai e te Atua tētahi taitara ki ahau, ā, kāore au i te tino mōhio he aha taku e kōrero ai. Tuatahi, māua ko Rutu e whakapuaki tā māua kauwhau. Tokorua ngā tāngata i atawhai ki te homai i ēnei whiti ki a mātou i ēnei rā tata nei hei kupu nā te Atua. Ka kōrerohia e mātou ngā whiti whakamutunga e whā o te Waiata 92 i roto i te NIV, hei whakaatu kāore he whakahāwea!

"Ka tupu te hunga tika, pērā i te nikau, ka tupu rātou, pērā i te hita o Repanona; i whakatōkia ki te whare o Ihowa, ka tupu rātou ki ngā marae o tō tātou Atua. Ka hua tonu rātou i te koroheketanga, ka noho hou, ka matomato, me te karanga, 'He tika a Ihowa; ko ia tōku kohatu, kāhore hoki he hē i roto i a ia.'"
Āmene! Kua hoatu kētia e au te taitara o taku karere ki a koutou. He mea rerekē tēnei, kāore au i te mōhio kua mahia tēnei e te Atua i mua. I homai e ia he taitara ki ahau, kātahi ka ngana ahau ki te rapu i tāna e hiahia ana kia kōrerotia e au. Ko te taitara ko "Te Inoi o te Whakamomori." E hiahia ana ahau ki te kōrero ki a koutou me pēhea te puta mai.

I tētahi wā poto i te United States, i whakaako ahau i tētahi raupapa o ngā karere e ono mō "Iharaira: O Mua, O Nāianei me te Ao kei te heke mai." Ko ngā karere whakamutunga e rua i tapaina ko "Ngā Tirohanga o te Ao kei te heke mai," he ngana ki te whakaatu i roto i te karaipiture i ngā mea kei mua tonu i a Iharaira i a rātou e hoki ana ki tō rātou ake whenua. Kua tae ahau ki a Hakaraia 14:1–3, koinei te mutunga, ko te hokinga mai o te Karaiti i roto i te kororia, koinei te mutunga o te hītori o Iharaira. He rārangi poropititanga tekau mā ono tāku mō Iharaira, tekau mā toru kua tutuki kē. E toru anake kei te toe hei whakatutuki, ā, ko te mea whakamutunga ko te hokinga mai o te Karaiti. Ka kōrero tonu ahau ki te tangata mēnā kua tutuki te tekau mā toru i roto i te tekau mā ono, neke atu i te waru tekau ōrau. Ehara i te mea koretake te tumanako kia tutuki te rua tekau ōrau e toe ana. Ehara mātou i te hunga whakahihi, he hunga whakaaro nui mātou. Ki taku whakaaro he koretake te kore e whakaae ki te tūponotanga ka tutuki ngā poropititanga e toru e toe ana.

Inaianei ka pānui atu ahau i a Hakaraia 14:1–3. E pā ana ēnei kupu ki Hiruharama, me mārama koe ki tēnā.

"Nana, kei te haere mai te rā o Ihowā, ā, ka wehewehea ō taonga parakete [ō taonga rānei] i roto i a koe. Ka huihuia hoki e ahau ngā iwi katoa ki te whawhai ki Hiruharama..."

I rongo koe i tēnā? Kua tata te tupu, ka taea te tupu i roto i ētahi marama i ngā wā katoa. Mēnā i whakatau te Kotahitanga o ngā Whenua o te Ao i tētahi whakatau, ka tutuki. Ki taku whakaaro he roa ake te wā i tērā engari kāore au e hiahia ki te kōrero mō ngā take mō tēnā.

"Ka huihuia hoki e ahau ngā iwi katoa ki te whawhai ki Hiruharama; ka horo te pa, ka pahuatia ngā whare, ka tāwhanatia ngā wāhine. Ka riro te haurua o te pa ki te whakarau, engari e kore te toenga o te iwi e hatepea atu i te pa. Ko reira a Ihowa ka haere atu, ka whawhai ki aua iwi, ka rite ki tana whawhai i te ra o te pakanga. A i taua ra ka tu ona waewae ki runga i Maunga Oriwa..."

I te haerenga o Ihu ki te rangi, i hea ia i haere atu ai? Te Maunga Oriwa. Tokorua ngā anahera i mea ki ngā ākonga, "Ko taua Ihu nei kua tangohia atu i a koutou ki te rangi, ka hoki mai ano ia i te ara i kite ai koutou i a ia e haere ana ki te rangi." I haere atu ia i Maunga Oriwa, i haere ia i roto i ngā kapua; kei te hoki mai ia i roto i ngā kapua, ā, ka tu ona waewae ki runga i Maunga Oriwa.

Ā, ka puta he ru nui. Ka wehea te maunga kia rua, ko te haurua ka haere ki te raki, ko te haurua ka haere ki te tonga. I pau taku tau whakamutunga o te mahi hōia i roto i tētahi hōhipera Piritana i Maunga Oriwa i tētahi wāhi e whakapono ana ahau koinei tonu te wāhi ka wehea te maunga, nā te mea he rohe rū whenua. I puta he rū whenua i reira i te tau 1923 i tino pakaru ai tētahi o ngā pourewa o te whare, ā, kāore he tangata e whakaaetia kia piki ki runga. Nō reira, ki ahau nei he tino mārama tēnei, me te mea ka kite ahau i roto i te kanohi o tōku hinengaro i a au e kōrero ana mōna.

I ētahi wā ka kōrero mai te Ariki ki ahau i a au e kōrero ana ki te iwi. I konei ahau, e kauwhau ana i tēnei karere, engari kei te haere tetahi mea i roto i tōku hinengaro, ā, koinei te āhua. Mena kei te hiahia te Ariki ki te wawao mō te iwi Hūrai me te tāone o Hiruharama, he aha ia ka tuku ai i te haurua o te tāone kia riro hei herehere? Ka pahuatia ngā whare, ka tāwharauhia ngā wāhine. He aha ia te kore ai e mahi i mua i te tupu o tēnā? Kei te haere tēnei i roto i tōku hinengaro i a au e kauwhau ana. I mahara ahau kua whiwhi ahau i te whakautu nā te mea e kore te Ariki e wawao mai kia tae rā anō tōna iwi ki te wā o te tino pouri, ina tae rātou ki te wā e mōhio ai rātou kāore he tumanako kē atu, kāore hoki he puna āwhina kē atu i te Atua me te Karaiti. Kātahi ia ka wawao mai. I kite ahau i tēnā hei mātāpono, he maha ngā wā kāore te Atua e wawao mai kia tae rā anō tātou ki te wā o te tino pouri.