Te Hanganga
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
I hangaia te ao mā te “Kupu”. E kī ana te Rongopai a Hoani ko taua Kupu ko Īhu tonu (Hoani 1:1-3).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Kāhore te kōrero e tīmata ki te whakawā, engari ki te hanganga i ringihia mā te aroha.
“He aha i hangaia ai e te Atua he tangata ka taea te hara? Kāhore kē rānei i pai ake te kore noa i a tātou?”
I hangaia e te Atua te ao me te tangata ehara i te ngoikoretanga, engari nā te aroha e rere ana. Ko te hanga i te tangata hei tangata e hono ana ki te Atua he aroha tonu. Ā, ko te urunga mai o te hara kāhore i waho o te mahere whakaora a te Atua (Epeha 1:4-5). Ehara te whārangi tuatahi o te Paipera i te whakawā, engari he aroha.
▸ Pānui atu
Kāhore te Paipera e tīmata ki te tautohe whakaaro, engari ki te kī: “He mea hanga nā te Atua i te tīmatanga…” Ehara te ao i te mea pohehe, engari he mahi nā tētahi Atua whaiwhakaaro.
- Te āhua o te Atua · o ngā mea ora katoa, ko te tangata anake i hangaia kia rite ki te Atua — kia mōhio ki a ia, kia tiaki i te ao.
- Okiokinga · ko te okiokinga o te rā tuawhitu e whakaatu ana kua oti katoa, kua mau te rangimārie (shalom): “he pai”.
- Erene · te ao i mua i tōna pakaru, i reira a te Atua me te tangata e haere tahi ana.
Te Hinganga
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ko te oati tuatahi o te rongopai, i homai i muri tonu o te Hinganga: ka kuru “te uri o te wahine” i te māhunga o te nākahi — ko Īhu tērā (Kenehi 3:15; Rōma 16:20; Karatia 4:4).
💛Te aroha pūmau
I te wā tonu i hara ai te tangata, ka oati te Atua i te whakaoranga i reira tonu.
“He peinga atu me te mate mō te kainga noa i te hua kotahi — kāhore rānei te Atua i tino taikaha rawa?”
Ko te peinga atu i Erene he whakawā, he atawhai anō hoki. Ko te kai i te rākau o te ora, kia ora tonu i taua āhua pakaru, motu i te Atua, he noho mau tonu i te mamae ake ake (Kenehi 3:22). Nā te tuku i te mate ka whakatuwheratia te ara hoki mai, ā, i reira tonu ka oati te Atua i tētahi Kaiwhakaora (Kenehi 3:15). I roto kē i te whakawā te aroha.
▸ Pānui atu
Mā te tūtūtanga o te hiahia kia “rite ki te Atua”, ka uru mai te hara ki te ao. Ehara te hua i te tūtūtanga ture noa, engari he here kua pakaru.
- Ngā here pakaru · ki te Atua (te huna), ki tētahi ki tētahi (te whakapae), ki te ao tūroa (ngā tātaramoa me te whakauaua).
- Mate · ka tutuki te whakatūpato “ka tino mate koe”.
- Kenehi 3:15 · heoi, i waenganui i te whakawā, ka homai tuatahi te oati o te whakaoranga. E kīia ana e ngā mātauranga ko te protoevangelium (te rongopai tuatahi).
Ngā Tūpuna
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ka tutuki te oati “ka manaakitia ngā iwi katoa” i roto i a Īhu, te uri o Āperahama (Karatia 3:16).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ka haere tuatahi te Atua ki tētahi tangata kāhore i tika, ka karanga i a ia mā tōna ingoa, ā, ka meinga hei awa manaaki.
“I kōwhiria a Āperahama nā tōna whakapono nui — kāhore rānei ngā tāngata katoa o te Paipera he toa whakaaro nui?”
I teka, i ruarua hoki a Āperahama; he tangata tinihanga a Hākopa. Kāhore te Atua i karanga i te hunga “tika”, engari i te hunga hapa, mā te aroha noa. Ehara te take i tō rātou pai, engari ko te aroha pono o te Atua (Tiuteronomi 7:7-8).
▸ Pānui atu
Ka tīmata te Atua ki te whakatika i te raru o te tangata katoa mā te karanga i te tangata kotahi, a Āperahama. Ko te ngako ko te kawenata (te oati) — he iwi nui, he whenua, me te “manaaki mō ngā iwi katoa”.
- Whakapono · i whakapono a Āperahama ki te oati e kore e kitea, ā, i kīia he tika tērā mōna (Kenehi 15:6).
- Ihaka rāua ko Hākopa · ka tukua te oati ki muri; ko Hākopa (Īharaira) te matua o ngā iwi tekau mā rua.
- Hōhepa · i hokona e ōna tuākana engari i whakapikia ki te mana — “he pai ia tō te Atua whakaaro” (Kenehi 50:20).
Te Putanga me te Koraha
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ko te Kapenga — i reira i whakatahuri te toto o te reme i te mate — e tohu ana ki a Īhu, “tā tātou reme o te Kapenga”, i rīpekatia mō tātou (1 Koriniti 5:7).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ka rongo ia i te aue o te iwi pononga, ā, ka heke iho ia anō ki te whakaora i a rātou.
“Ehara rānei te ture (ngā ture tekau) i te whakamātautau me paahi e koe kia whakaorangia ai?”
I whakaora te Atua i a rātou i mua i te homaitanga o te ture. Ka tīmata ngā Ture Tekau ki te kī o te whakaoranga: “Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tōu Atua, nāku koe i whakaputa mai i te whenua o Īhipa” (Ekoruhe 20:2). Ehara te ture i te “pupuri kia whakaorangia”, engari he ārahi aroha mō te āhua o te noho a te iwi kua whakaorangia kē (Tiuteronomi 7:7-9). Ko te aroha noa tuatahi tonu; ko te ngohengohe te whakautu.
▸ Pānui atu
Ko te whakaoranga nui rawa o te Kawenata Tawhito. Ko Īharaira, i pononga i mua, ka whakaorangia e te kaha o te Atua, ā, ka meinga hei iwi māna.
- Te Kapenga · ka tipokahia e te mate te whare i tohua ki te toto o te reme — te tauira o ngā patunga tapu katoa o muri mai.
- Te Moana Whero · te whakaoranga i te wāhi kāhore he huarahi; ka waiho te “whitinga” hei tohu mō te tīmatanga hou.
- Te kawenata o Hinai · mā ngā Ture ka ako rātou me pēhea te noho hei iwi mā te Atua.
- Te tāpenakara · he wāhi tapu nekeneke e noho ai te Atua i waenga i tōna iwi — he matamatatanga o “Emanuera”.
- Tau 40 · nā te tūtūtanga ka pōhēhē tētahi whakatupuranga i te koraha, heoi i noho tata tonu te Atua me te mana me te pou kapua me te pou ahi.
Te Riringa me ngā Kaiwhakawā
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Mai i te whakapaparanga o Rutu ka puta a Rāwiri, ā, mai i te whakapaparanga o Rāwiri ka puta a Īhu (Matiu 1). Ahakoa te raruraru, ka haere tonu te whakapapa o te Mīhaia.
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ahakoa i tinihangatia ia tukurua, ko ia karangatanga ka tonoa e ia tētahi kaiwhakaora, ā, ka whakaarahia anō rātou.
“He patunga atawhaikore te riringa o Kanaana — nā reira he atua nanakia te Atua o te Kawenata Tawhito.”
He kaupapa uaua tēnei e kore e taea te whakatau i te rerenga kotahi. Engari e whakaatu ana te Paipera ehara i te tūkino noa, engari he whakawā i muri i ngā rautau o te manawanui ki te kino tino nui (tae atu ki te patu tamariki) (Kenehi 15:16; Tiuteronomi 9:4-5; Rewitikuha 18:24-25). He pōturi te Atua ki te whakawā, ā, i koa ia ki te manaaki i te hunga i huri ki a ia — ahakoa ngā tauiwi pērā i a Rahapa rāua ko Rutu (Hohua 6:25; Rutu 4:13-17).
▸ Pānui atu
I raro i a Hohua ka uru rātou ki te whenua i oatitia, engari i muri i te nohoanga ka wareware wawe rātou ki te Atua. Ko te pukapuka o ngā Kaiwhakawā ko taua huringa anō e tukurua ana.
- Te huringa heke · hara → tūkinotanga → karanga → ka whakaora tētahi kaiwhakawā → hara anō. Ka kino kē atu.
- Ngā kaiwhakawā · Kiriona, Hamahona, Tepora — he kaiwhakaora poto, he toa engari he tini ō rātou hapa.
- Rutu · he kōrero mārama o te pono i te wā pōuri; ka uru tētahi wahine kē ki te whakapaparanga o Rāwiri (me Īhu).
Te Kīngitanga Kotahi
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ka tutuki te “torōna mau tonu” i roto i a Īhu, te tama a Rāwiri — koia i kīia ai ko te “Tama a Rāwiri” (Ruka 1:32-33; Matiu 1:1).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Kāhore ia i whakarere i a Rāwiri kua hinga; mā runga i a ia ka oati ia i tētahi Kīngi mau tonu.
“He toa kāhore ōna hapa a Rāwiri — koia i kīia ai ‘he tangata e rite ana ki te ngākau o te Atua’.”
I puremu a Rāwiri, i kōhuru anō hoki. Ko “te tangata e rite ana ki te ngākau o te Atua” ehara i te kore hapa, engari ko te tangata kāhore i huna i tōna hara — i tino ripeneta, ā, i hoki tonu ki te Atua (Waiata 51). E kore te aroha o te Atua e whakarere i te hunga e tino hinga ana.
▸ Pānui atu
Te tihi o Īharaira, i raro i ngā kīngi tokotoru.
- Hāora · te kīngi i tonoa e te iwi; he tīmatanga pai engari i pakaru i te tūtūtanga.
- Rāwiri · “he tangata e rite ana ki te ngākau o te Atua”. Ka hinga a Koriata i a ia, ā, ka meinga a Hiruhārama hei tāone matua. Ka hara nui ia (Patehepa) engari ka ripeneta mai i te ngākau (Waiata 51).
- Te kawenata o Rāwiri (2 Hamuera 7) · ka oati te Atua kia mau tonu te whakapaparanga o Rāwiri ake ake — te pakiaka matua o te tūmanako Mīhaia.
- Horomona · i te tihi o te mōhio me te taonga ka hangaia e ia te temepara, engari i muri ka huri ki ngā whakapakoko.
Te Kīngitanga Wehe
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
I tēnei wā ka kaha ake te poropiti a ngā poropiti mō te Mīhaia e haere mai ana (Ihāia 9:6; Ihāia 53).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ki te iwi i tahuri ke, ka tonoa tonutia e ia ngā poropiti, e tangi ana, “Tēnā, hoki mai.”
“He kaimatakite ngā poropiti e matapae ana i te āpōpō / he riri anake te Atua o te Kawenata Tawhito.”
Ehara te ngākau o te poropiti i te “matapae i te āpōpō”, engari ko te tangi mamae a te Atua: “Tēnā, hoki mai.” Ahakoa ngā whakatūpato o te whakawā, ehara te whāinga i te whakangaro, engari kia huri mai te tangata, kia ora — “kāhore ōku ngākau koa ki te matenga o te tangata kino” (Ehekiera 33:11).
▸ Pānui atu
I ngā rā o te tama a Horomona ka wehe te iwi: te kīngitanga raki o Īharaira (iwi tekau, tāone matua Hamaria) me te kīngitanga tonga o Hura (iwi e rua, tāone matua Hiruhārama).
- Īharaira (raki) · ka mahi ngā kīngi katoa ki ngā whakapakoko; ka hinga ki a Ahiria i te 722 i mua i a te Karaiti.
- Hura (tonga) · ka haere tonu te whakapaparanga o Rāwiri, me ētahi kīngi pai pērā i a Hetekia me Hōhia, engari ka heke katoa.
- Ngā poropiti · ka karanga a Iraia, Amohe, Ihāia, Heremaia, “hoki mai!” I konei tino nui ai te poropiti Mīhaia (te “pononga e mamae ana” o Ihāia 53).
Te Whakaraunga
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
I te hōhonu o te pōuri ka oati a Heremaia i tētahi “kawenata hou” (Heremaia 31:31) — ko taua kawenata anō i hīritia e Īhu i te Hapa Whakamutunga.
💛Te aroha pūmau
Tae atu ki te whenua tino pōuri o te whakaraunga, i heke tahi ia me rātou, ā, ka oati i te whakahōnga.
“E whakaatu ana te whakaraunga kua tino whakarerea e te Atua a Īharaira.”
Ehara te whakaraunga i te whakarerenga, engari he whakatikatika me te whakapaipai i tētahi tamaiti aroha (Ngā Hiperu 12:6). Kāhore te Atua i wehe; i noho ia me Raniera i te puku o te whakaraunga, ā, i oati: “Kei te mōhio hoki ahau ki ngā whakaaro e whakaaro nei ahau ki a koutou… he whakaaro mō te rongo mau, ehara mō te kino, kia hoatu he tūmanako ki a koutou” (Heremaia 29:11).
▸ Pānui atu
Ka tutuki ngā whakatūpato. Ka wera te temepara, ā, ka kawea te iwi ki Papurona — ka ngaro te whenua, te kīngi, me te temepara: ko te wāhi heke rawa o ngā mea katoa.
- E rua ngā hinganga · Īharaira (Ahiria, 722 i mua i a te Karaiti) me Hura (Papurona, 586 i mua i a te Karaiti).
- Raniera · he tauira o te whakapono ahakoa i te marae etene (te rua raiona); ka kite ia i ngā kitenga o tētahi “kīngitanga mau tonu” e haere mai ana.
- He kōrara o te tūmanako · ko te kitenga a Ehekiera o ngā wheua maroke e ora ana anō (Ehekiera 37) me te “kawenata hou” a Heremaia e tohu ana ki te ao mua i te pōuri.
Te Hokinga Mai
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ko Maraki, te pukapuka whakamutunga o te Kawenata Tawhito, ka mutu mā te poropiti i tētahi karere hei whakareri i te ara o te Mīhaia: “Tēnei te ungā atu nei e ahau tāku karere” (Maraki 3:1).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ahakoa te iwi i hinga tukurua, kāhore ia i tango i tāna oati.
▸ Pānui atu
Mā te ture a Hairuha, te kīngi o Pāhia (538 i mua i a te Karaiti), ka tīmata te hokinga. I ngā ngaru e toru ka hoki mai, ka hanga anō i ngā mea i hinga.
- Herupapera · ka hanga anō i te temepara (i oti i te 516 i mua i a te Karaiti).
- Etera · ka ako anō i te Kupu, ā, ka whakaora i te whakapono.
- Nehemia · ka hanga anō i ngā taiepa o Hiruhārama i ngā rā e 52.
- Ehetere · ka whakaora i ngā Hūrai i Pāhia i te whakangaromanga — “mō tēnei wā tonu”.
- E hiakai tonu ana · e tū ana te temepara, engari kāhore he kīngi pērā i a Rāwiri. E tatari ana te iwi ki te Mīhaia.
Ngā Tau Puku
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ko tēnei “whakarite whārangi” katoa he mahi nā te Atua kia haere mai ai a Īhu i te wā tika tonu “i te tutukinga o te wā”.
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ahakoa i ngā tau puku 400, i muna, e whakareri ana ia i te ara o te whakaoranga.
“Kāhore he kupu mō ngā tau 400, nā reira kua wehe te Atua, e okioki ana rānei.”
Ehara te puku i te kore. Kāhore noa ia i kōrero, i a ia e neke ana i ngā emepaea, ngā reo, me ngā huarahi ki te whakareri i te whārangi mō te whakaoranga. I te wā tino puku, e tino mahi kaha ana te Atua, mā te aroha (Karatia 4:4).
▸ Pānui atu
Mai i a Maraki ki te Kawenata Hou, e 400 tau pea kāhore he kupu hou o te karaipiture. Heoi i muri i te hītori e whakareri ana te Atua i te ara mō te rongopai.
- Ka huri ngā emepaea · Pāhia → Kariki (Aramita, 333 i mua i a te Karaiti) → ngā Pātoremi me ngā Hēreuki → te whakaohooho Makapi (167 i mua i a te Karaiti) → Roma (63 i mua i a te Karaiti).
- Te reo Kariki · nā ngā riringa a Aramita ka noho te reo Kariki hei reo noa; ka whakamāoritia te Kawenata Tawhito ki te reo Kariki (te Hepetuaginta), e whakawātea ana i te ara kia hora wawe te rongopai.
- Ngā huarahi me te rangimārie o Roma · ka noho ngā huarahi pai me te “Pax Romana” hei ara mō te mihana.
- Ngā hīnakoka me ngā rōpū · ka mau te whakaakoranga hīnakoka; ka puta ngā Parihi me ngā Haruki; ā, ka maoa te tūmanako ki te Mīhaia.
Ka Tae Mai a Īhu
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ko te uri o te wahine (whārangi 2), te manaaki o Āperahama (3), te reme o te Kapenga (4), te kīngi mau tonu o Rāwiri (6), te kawenata hou (8) — ka tutuki katoa i te tangata kotahi, i a Īhu: tō tātou Poropiti pono, Tohunga pono, me Kīngi pono.
💛Te aroha pūmau
I a tātou anō e hara ana, ka tonoa e ia tāna Tama ki te tuku i tōna ake oranga.
“He kaiwhakaako pai noa iho a Īhu / he hinganga pōuri te rīpeka.”
I kī a Īhu ko te Atua tonu ia (Hoani 8:58), ā, ehara te rīpeka i te pohehe, i te hinganga rānei, engari he aroha i whakaritea. Kāhore ia i toia ki reira mā te kaha; i tuku ia i tōna ake oranga (Hoani 10:18). “Kāhore he aroha o tētahi i rahi ake i tēnei, arā, kia tuku te tangata i a ia anō kia mate mō ōna hoa” (Hoani 15:13).
▸ Pānui atu
Ka pakaru te puku; ka tae mai te Mea i Oatitia. Ka whakaatu ngā Rongopai e whā i te oranga, te matenga, me te aranga o Īhu mai i ngā kokonga e whā.
- Whakatangatatanga · ka noho tangata te Atua (Emanuera, “Te Atua ki a tātou”), i te wāhi iti o Petereheme.
- Minitatanga · ka ako ia i te rangatiratanga o te Atua, ka whakaora i te hunga māuiui, ka karanga i te hunga hara. “Ko ia kua kite i ahau, kua kite i te Matua.”
- Te rīpeka · ka utu ia i te utu o te hara me te mate i pā mai i te Hinganga (whārangi 2). Te reme pono o te Kapenga.
- Aranga · ka ara ake i te rā tuatoru, ka wāhi ia i te mana o te hara, o te mate, me Hātana — i te rīpeka kē ia i “pāuhua ake e ia ki raro ngā rangatiratanga me ngā mana, whakakitea nuitia ana e ia” (Korohe 2:15).
Nā reira ko Īhu tō tātou Poropiti pono (e whakaatu ana i te ara ki te Atua), tō tātou Tohunga pono (e whakamārie ana i te hara ki tōna tinana ake), me tō tātou Kīngi pono (e hinga ana i te hara, te mate, me Hātana, ā, e kīngi ana ake ake).
Ka Tīmata te Hāhi
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
E haere tonu ana tēnei kōrero. Ka mutu te Paipera mā te oati ka hoki mai a Īhu, ā, ka meinga e ia ngā mea katoa hei mea hou (Whakakitenga 21).
💛Te aroha pūmau
Ko te aroha i whiwhi mātou, ka tonoa e ia ināianei kia rere ki te ao katoa.
“He karapu o te hunga tino pai te hāhi, he whare noa rānei.”
Ehara te hāhi i te whakaminenga o te “hunga tapu kua oti”, engari o te hunga hara kua murua. Tae atu ki te āpotoro a Paora i kī ia ko ia “te tino tangata hara” (1 Timoti 1:15). I tautohe, i hinga anō hoki te hāhi tuatahi (Ngā Mahi 6:1; 1 Koriniti 1:11). Ehara i te wāhi hei whakamanamana, engari he tāngata e tuku ana i te aroha i whiwhi rātou (Hoani 13:34-35).
▸ Pānui atu
I muri i te kakenga o Īhu, ka tae mai te Wairua i oatitia i te Petekoha, ā, ka whānau te hāhi. Ka hora pahūhū te rongopai.
- Petekoha · ka huri te Wairua i ngā ākonga māharahara hei kaiwhakaatu māia.
- Pita · ka kauwhau i te rongopai ki ngā Hūrai i Hiruhārama.
- Paora · mai i te kaiwhakatoi ki te āpotoro, ka whakatō hāhi puta noa i te ao Tauiwi, ā, ka tuhi i ngā pukapuka.
- Ki ngā pito o te whenua · Hiruhārama → Hūria → Hamaria → Roma. Ka tutuki te oati ki a Āperahama mō “ngā iwi katoa”.
- Me tātou · kāhore te kōrero e mutu; e ahu tonu ana ki te hokinga mai o Īhu me te rangi hou me te whenua hou.
Te Whakahōnga
🧵E tohu ana ki a Īhu
Ka whakahōngia i te mutunga te Erene o te hanganga tuatahi hei “Hiruhārama Hou”. Ka noho te Atua me tōna iwi ake ake — te tutukinga o Emanuera (Whakakitenga 21:3; Matiu 1:23).
💛Te aroha pūmau
I te mutunga ka murua e ia ngā roimata katoa, ā, ka whakahōngia ngā mea katoa mā te aroha.
▸ Pānui atu
Kāhore te Paipera e mutu i te wā o te hāhi. Ko tōna pukapuka whakamutunga, te Whakakitenga, e whakaatu ana i a Īhu e hoki mai ana ki te whakaoti i ngā mea katoa.
- Te hokinga tuarua · ka hoki mai te kīngi i oatitia i runga i te korōria.
- Te wikitōria whakamutunga · ka hinga a Hātana me te mate ake ake, ā, ka kīngi a te Karaiti hei Kīngi o ngā kīngi (1 Koriniti 15:25-26; Whakakitenga 20:10).
- Te whakawā me te aranga · ka whakatikahia ngā hē katoa, ā, ka ara ake te hunga mate.
- He rangi hou me he whenua hou · ka ngaro ake ake te hara, te mate, ngā roimata, me te mamae (Whakakitenga 21:4).
- Te Erene kua whakahōngia · i tētahi “Hiruhārama Hou” pai ake i te tīmatanga, ka noho te Atua me tōna iwi ake ake — te wāhi e ahu atu ana te Paipera katoa.
Nā reira ko te wā tēnei o te “kua oti, engari kāore anō kia tino oti”: i roto i a Īhu kua oti te whakaoranga, engari kāore anō kia tutuki katoa.