Hato Pita te Āpōtorothe Apostle

I haere tata a Pita me te Kaiwhakaora, ā, i kite ia i āna mahi nui. I kite ia i te Ariki e whakaara ana i te tamāhine a Hairuha, i reira ia i runga i te maunga tapu i te wā o te Whakaahuatanga, ā, i tētahi wā, nā te kupu a te Karaiti, ka haere ia i runga i te wai tae noa ki te ngoikoretanga o tōna whakapono, kātahi ka karanga ia, "E te Ariki, whakaorangia ahau," ā, ka totoro te ringa o te Ariki, ka pupuri i a ia (Matiu 14:28-31 (Matthew 14:28-31)). I te hokinga whakamuri o te tini o ngā ākonga, ka whakahoki a Pita mō te Tekau mā Rua, "E te Ariki, me haere mātou ki a wai? Kei a koe ngā kupu o te ora tonu" (Hoani 6:68 (John 6:68)).

E pupuri ana te Rongopai i tana whakaaetanga nui i Haihareia Piripai, i te wā i pātai ai te Ariki, "Ki tā koutou kī, ko wai ahau?" ā, ka whakahoki a Pita, "Ko koe te Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua ora." Ka manaakitia ia e te Ariki, me te kī atu ehara i te kikokiko, i te toto nāna i whakakite tēnei ki a ia, engari nā tōna Matua i te rangi, ā, i oati ia ki a ia i ngā kī o te rangatiratanga o te rangi (Matiu 16:13-20 (Matthew 16:13-20)).

I ētahi wā ka tūngia tana ngākau hihiko e te ngoikoretanga. I te pō o ngā mamae o te Ariki, ahakoa kua oati ia ki te mate tahi me ia, e toru ngā whakakāhoretanga a Pita i tōna Ariki, ā, i te tangihanga o te tikaokao ka mahara ia ki te kupu a te Karaiti, ka puta ki waho, ka tangi nui (Ruka 22:54-62 (Luke 22:54-62)). Heoi anō, kīhai te Karaiti i whakarere i a ia. I muri i te Aranga, i te taha o te Moana o Taipiria, e toru ngā pātai a te Ariki ki a ia, "E aroha ana koe ki ahau?" ā, e toru ngā whakahokinga i a ia, me te tuku anō ki a ia kia whāngai i āna hipi (Hoani 21:15-19 (John 21:15-19)).

I muri i te Kakenga o te Ariki me te hekenga iho o te Wairua Tapu i te Petekoha, ka tū a Pita me te māia, ka kauwhau i te Karaiti i rīpekatia, i ara anō, ā, i taua rā ka tāpiritia ki te Hāhi tata ki te toru mano wairua (Mahi 2:14-41 (Acts 2:14-41)).

E whakaatu ana ngā Mahi a ngā Āpōtoro i te Ariki e mahi tohu ana mā tana mahi minita, e whakaora ana i te tangata kopa i te Tatau Ataahua o te temepara (Mahi 3:1-8 (Acts 3:1-8)), nā reira i kawea ai te hunga māuiui ki ngā tiriti, me te tūmanako tērā e taka te atārangi o Pita ki runga i tētahi o rātou (Mahi 5:15 (Acts 5:15)). I kauwhautia anō e ia te kupu ki ngā Tauiwi, me te iriiri i a Koroniria te keneturio me tōna whare.

I tuhia e ia ngā pukapuka katorika e rua, 1 Pita (1 Peter 1:1) me 2 Pita (2 Peter 1:1), hei whakapakari i te hunga whakapono ki te whakapono, ki te tapu, me te tūmanako manawanui i waenga i ngā mamae, e tohutohu ana ki a rātou, "Maka i ā koutou māharahara katoa ki runga ki a ia; e māharahara ana hoki ia ki a koutou" (1 Pita 5:7 (1peter 5:7)).

I tana pukapuka tuarua i whakatūpato ia i a rātou ki ngā kaiwhakaako teka, ā, i whakaohooho i ō rātou hinengaro kia mahara ki ngā kupu i kōrerotia e ngā poropiti tapu me te ture a te Ariki (2 Pita 3:1-2 (2 Peter 3:1-2)).

E maumaharatia ana e te Hinakehāriama Kopitika tana matenga whakamartira ngātahi me Hato Paora i te rima o Apipi. I ngā rā o te emepara o Nero, ka mauheretia a Pita i Roma, ka whakawhiua kia rīpekatia. E kī ana te kōrero tuku iho e maumaharatia ana i te Hinakehāriama, i tono a Pita kia rīpekatia me te whakararo o tōna māhunga, i te mea i whakaaro ia kāore ia e tika kia mate i te āhua kotahi me tōna Ariki. Nā reira i whakaotia e ia tana oma, i puritia e ia te whakapono, ā, i tukua e ia tōna wairua mā ki te ringa o te Karaiti, i arohaina, i whakaaetia e ia.

Kia tau mai āna inoi ki a mātou. Āmine.