TE MATE.
Hei te mate o te hunga tika he mate inoku, kia rite hoki toku whakamutunga hi tom. Tau. 23. 10. He aha te mate ? Ko te wehenga ote wairua i te. tinana, e mahue ai te tinana he mea tikanga kore —he oneone. Kua haere te tangata ka takoto tahanga ko te anga. E mohio ana ia tangata ia tangata tera te ra kei te tu mai e riro ai ko te mate hei rangatira mona, otira tokohia ra kei te whakaaro mo te ra e mate ai ratou ? Kahore he tangata e pai ana kia mate wawe ia, e mea ana ia ka roa rawa tona oranga i tenei ao, ko etahi o tona whakatupuranga hei mua i a ia mate ai, tena koia ka mate kaumatua. Ahakoa kore he whakapono o te tangata, kore ona whakaaro e ahu kite Atua i te wa e kaha ana ia e ora ana tona tinana, otira ite mea ka mohio ia kua whakaritea o ona ra, ka ahu ona whakaaro kite Atua he tarn whakapono te tangata e noho nei ina tata te mate. I penei a Paraama. I mohio ia he matenga pai to te hunga tika, a i hiahia ia kia pera hoki tona. He inoi na Paraama ta tatou rarangi. Kaore a Paraama i mahi i nga wa katoa i nga mea i whakahaua ete Atua; i takahia e ia te kupu ate Atua. Waihoki he tini te tangata kei te ao nei kei te mahi kite hara, he pononga he kai-mahi na te rewera, otira e mea ana ratou hei to ratou matenga me aroha mai te Atua ki a ratou, ame hari ratou kite rangi. Ki ta ratou whakaaro he tamariki te Atua, e taea e ratou te tinihanga. Tera ranei e kuare te tangata kite utu ite tangata i mahi nei ki tetahi atu tangata ke ? Ko te tangata ia nei e kore e rarua, ako te Atua kia rarua ? E .te kai-korero, kite hiahia koe kia rite he matenga mou kite matenga ote tangata tika, kia rite hoki to oranga ki to te tangata tika. Ma te ngakau maori noa tenei e whakaae ake e tika ana. He nui nga tangata a mea ana he mea pai te mate, he “ whitinga atu ite mate kite ora,” he urunga atu kite ao marama, kite ao ma-mae-kore. Ki taku whakaaro ia he mea kino rawa te mate, he mea weriweri. I kiia te mate e Paora ko te hoa-riri whakamutunga (1 Kor. 15. 26.) Ko wai te tangata e ahei te ki he mea ataahua te hoa-riri ? He taonga nui whakaharahara kite wahine tana tamaiti, e kore rawa ia e pai kia mate, e tino tupato ana ia kei pangia e te mate. Otira pangia ana e te mate, a riro atu ana, ka mahue te whaea ki muri tangi ai, aue ai, whakamomori ai; kihai rawa te mate i whakarongo ki tana tangi;
ki tana inoi Ida waiho te hua o tona kopu. E kiia ranei te mate he mea ataahua ? Kahore! He pai ranei te mate i patu mai nei i nga tamariki a te Whanau-a-Apanui, i te tangata i Inia, i Taranawaara, i a Amerika ? “Te hoa riri whakamulunga he mate.” Kite Karaitiana ia, kite tangata kua murua ona hara, he mea pai te mate, kahore ona wehi. I mohio a Paraama he mate pai to te tangata tika na reira ia i inoi ai kia pera hoki he matenga mona. Kite Karaitiana he okiokinga te mate, he haerenga kite wa kainga he haerenga kia kite i tona Matua, he kitekitenga i nga mea kua matua haere atu. (Hip. 4. 9 ; Whkite 14. 13; Hoa. 14. 2; Hip. 13. 14.) I koingo a Paora kiahohoro tona mate. “He hiahia nei toku kite haere, kia noho ai ahau ki a te Karaiti; ko te mea tino pai ravva hoki ia.” (Pirip s 1. 23.) I tono a Himiona kia tukua ia kia haere. “Katahi e te Ariki ka tukua tau pononga kia haere.” Korerotia te matenga o Tahana kerroto i tenei Naina, I a Paranihi o Ahihi ka tata te mate ka karanga, “Naumai e te tuahine e mate,” ano te mate he whanaunga aroha i ngaro a ka hoki mai a no ki te tungane. I a Tianara Awheraka e wbakahemohemo ana i tona taotutanga, ka mea, “Matakitaki ki to te Karaitiana matenga.” I te kiinga atu ki a Mihi Hawhekara e kore ia e ora, ka maranga tona mahunga, katahi ka ki, “He tino pai rawa tenei korero mo te pono.” To te Karaitiana tona matenga, he hari, he rangimarie, he wehi-kore. I hiahia noa a Paraama kia pera hoki he matenga mona. E te kai-korero ka pehea tou matenga, e kore hoki e hapa to mate a tahi ra ? Kei tomo pouri ra koe kite mate, engari kia mohiotia ano te kainga hei taunga atu. Ehara i te mea ko te rangimarie anake ta te Karaitiana i tona matenga, engari ko te whakamanamana ano hoki. I mea a Paora, “E te mate, kei hea tou wero ? E te po, kei hea tou wikitoria? (1 Kor. 15. 55.) Kahore he wero o te mate kite Karaitiana, kahore hoki ona wikitoria. I hinga te mate mete po i a te Karaiti i tona aranga mai i te mate; nona te wikitoriatanga, no te hunga hoki e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia. Ko te mate kite Karaitiana he moe (1 Teh. 4. 14.), e oho ake ai ko te oranga tonutanga, ko te kororia. (Hoa. 5. 29.) Tena ko te hunga whakaponokore, i a ratou e ora ana i tenei ao he taurekareka ratou kite wehi o te mate. (Hip. 2. 15.) He kupu whakamutunga. E te hoa, e pehea koe a te wa e mate ai koe ? E toa ranei ? Kite he to oranga, ka he to matenga
ka he to aranga. “Te wahi e hinga ai te rakau, ko reira ano ia takoto ai.” (Kai Kau. 11. 3.) Kaua e mea kei te Atua te tikanga mo te mate mo te ora ranei mou, engari kei a koe ano. Kua marama te huarahi kite ora, a kite kore koe e haere ma reira, he wahi hei tutukitanga mo tau haere kei te mutunga mai 0 ton huarahi. Heoi ano te mea e mate ai koe 1 runga i te rangimarie i te hari, ma to mohio kua murua o hara, kua houhia to rongo kite Atua i runga i te matenga o te Karaiti. Kaua e tatari kia tata koe te mate, kia kaha-kore to tinana, kia pouri o whakaaro, ka tahuri ai ki te Atua. Ehara te Atua i te Atua no te hunga mate, engari no te hunga ora. “Hokona te taima ma koutou, he kino hoki nga ra. (Eph. 5. 16.)
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 33, 1 November 1900, Page 4
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