ʻO KA ʻEPISETOLE HOʻOLAHA ʻALUA A PETERO 1:8 - Ka Baibala Hemolele
8 Inā i loko o ʻoukou kēia mau mea, a i māhuahua hoʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoukou e lilo i poʻe hoʻopalaleha, a i poʻe hua ʻole, ma ka ʻike aku i ko kākou Haku iā Iesū Kristo.
“ʻO ka mea i lūlū ʻia ma kahi kākalaioa, ʻo ia ka mea i lohe i ka ʻōlelo; a na ka manaʻo ʻana i nā mea o kēia ao, a me ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana o ka waiwai e kinai iho ka ʻōlelo, a lilo ia i mea hua ʻole.
“A i ka hora ʻumikumamākahi, hele akula ia i waho, ʻike akula i kekahi poʻe e kū hana ʻole ana, ʻī akula ʻo ia iā lākou, ‘He aha kā ʻoukou e kū hana ʻole nei a pau ka lā?’
“ʻŌlelo akula kona haku iā ia, ʻī akula, ‘E ke kauā loko ʻino, hana ʻole, ua ʻike anei ʻoe e ʻoki ana au ma kahi aʻu i lūlū ʻole aku ai; a e ʻohi ana au ma kahi aʻu i kānana ʻole ʻia?
No ia mea, e nā hoahānau, e kūpaʻa ʻoukou, me ka nāueue ʻole, me ka hoʻomau i kā ʻoukou hana nui ʻana i ka hana a ka Haku; no ka mea, ua ʻike nō ʻoukou, ʻaʻole i makehewa kā ʻoukou hana ʻana ma ka Haku.
E hoʻāʻo ʻoukou iā ʻoukou iho, aia ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo paha ʻoukou; e huli ʻoukou iā ʻoukou iho i pono; ʻaʻole anei ʻoukou i ʻike iā ʻoukou iho, aia nō Iesū Kristo i loko o ʻoukou, ke ʻāhewa ʻole iā ʻoukou?
iā lākou i hoʻāʻo nui ʻia mai ai i ka hōʻino, māhuahua ihola ko lākou ʻoliʻoli, a i ko lākou ʻilihune loa, māhuahua ihola ko lākou manawaleʻa ʻana aku.
No ia hoʻi, no ko ʻoukou māhuahua ʻana i nā mea a pau, i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, i ka ʻōlelo, i ka ʻike, i ka ikaika a pau, a me ko ʻoukou aloha mai iā mākou; i māhuahua hoʻi ʻoukou i kēia lokomaikaʻi ʻana aku.
ʻOiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ke manaʻo nei au i nā mea a pau, he mea pohō ia i loaʻa mai ai ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike iā Kristo Iesū i kuʻu Haku; nona au i hoʻolei ai i nā mea a pau, a ke manaʻo nei au, he ʻōpala wale nō ia i loaʻa ai iaʻu ʻo Kristo,
i hele ʻoukou ma ka pono o ka Haku, i nā mea a pau i ʻoluʻolu ʻia mai ai, e hua mai ana i ka hua ma nā hana maikaʻi a pau, me ka māhuahua ʻana aʻe o ka ʻike ʻana i ke Akua.
i hoʻokumu ʻia, a i hoʻokūkulu ʻia i loko ona, a me ka hoʻomau ʻia i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i hōʻike ʻia mai iā ʻoukou, a ma laila e hoʻomāhuahua aʻe ia me ka hoʻomaikaʻi aku.
A e noho lako mai ka ʻōlelo a Kristo i loko o ʻoukou, me ka naʻauao loa; e aʻo ana a e hoʻonaʻauao ana hoʻi kekahi i kekahi i nā halelū, a me nā hīmeni, a me nā mele ma ka ʻUhane, e ʻoli ana i ka Haku me ka maikaʻi i loko o ko ʻoukou naʻau.
¶ Eia hou nēia, e nā hoahānau, ke nonoi aku nei mākou me ka hoʻoikaika aku iā ʻoukou ma o Iesū Kristo lā, e like me ka pono a ʻoukou i lohe mai ai iā mākou e hele ai ʻoukou, a e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ke Akua, pēlā hoʻi ʻoukou e hoʻomāhuahua mau aku ai.
¶ E pono nō mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi mau aku i ke Akua no ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau; he mea maikaʻi nō ia, no ka ulu nui ʻana o ko ʻoukou paulele, a ʻo ke aloha o ʻoukou a pau loa, ua māhuahua aʻe ia i kekahi i kekahi.
A ua lilo hoʻi lākou ma ka palaualelo, e lalau ana ma ia hale aku a ia hale aku; ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo ka palaualelo wale nō, ʻo ka holoholo ʻōlelo kekahi, me he poʻe hana lapuwale lā, e ʻōlelo ana i nā mea ʻaʻole e pono ke ʻōlelo.
e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana mai o kona mana Akua i nā mea a pau no kākou, e ola ai, a e haipule ai, ma ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka Mea nāna kākou i wae mai ma ka nani a me ka pono.
No ka mea, inā lākou i haʻalele i ka paumāʻele o ke ao nei, no ka ʻike ʻana i ka Haku a me ka Hoʻōla, ʻo Iesū Kristo, a ma hope iho, hihia hou, a lilo i laila, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ko lākou hope, i ko ka mua.
E hoʻoikaika ʻoukou, i māhuahua ke aloha ʻia mai, a me ko ʻoukou ʻike ʻana aku i ko kākou Haku a Hoʻōla hoʻi iā Iesū Kristo. Iā ia nō ka hoʻonani ʻia aku, ʻānō nō, a mau loa aku. ʻĀmene.