Aupuni & Lawelawe i loko o ka mua Church (pt2)

3. Deacton, A iʻole ke kauwā (διακονος – na diakono)

3.1 Ka hana o ke kauwa

ʻAʻole ʻike mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo 'diakono’ ma Oihana, oiai ua ike pinepine ia ma na Episetole. ʻO kona manaʻo nui ʻo ia ka 'kauwa.’ He mea paʻakikī kēia i ka wehewehe ʻana i kona ʻano aupuni me ka maopopo, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe a pau i manaʻo e alakaʻi i ka ʻekalesia mua, pono lākou e lilo i poʻe lawelawe (Mt 20:26, 23:11, Mk 9:35, 10:45). Pela i pili ai o Paulo i ka olelo ia Iesu (Rom 15:8), iā ia iho (2 Cor 3:6,6:4,11:23, Eph 3:7, Col 1:23,25), Apolo (1 Cor 3:5), Kaukaukau (1 Thess 3:2), Tikikus (Eph 6:21), Epapera (Col 1:7) a me Phebe (Rom 16:1).

Eia naʻe, pauku e like me Phil 1:1 a oi loa aku 1 Tim 3:8-13 e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo e kuhikuhi i kahi kūlana kūikawā i ka hale pule.

3.2 Ko lakou ehiku

Aia ka ʻike mua ʻana o kahi papa ʻelua kūlana Acts 6:1-8, i ka wa i kohoia ai na ehiku e malama i na wahinekanemake. He mea mau no ka lawe ana i na makana no ka haawi ana i na haumana “i na lunaolelo’ ʻEhā wāwae” (Acts 4:35,37, 5:2). Eia naʻe, o ka ohumu ana i ka poe Hebera ma ke ano nui (Acts 6:1), aole o na lunaolelo, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻōlelo a Peter 'ʻaʻole kūpono ke haʻalele i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, a lawelawe i na papaaina’ (Acts 6:2) hōʻike ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻole ʻia kēlā mau kuleana no kekahi manawa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua koho ʻia lākou e 'lawelawe (διακονεω) papaʻaina ', e manao ana ua manaoia lakou he mau diakono.

3.3 ʻO nā diakono ʻē aʻe

E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai, ma kekahi ano he mau diakono na luna ekalesia a pau, ʻaʻole wale no Kristo a me ka ʻeuanelio, aka, no ka ekalesia (CF Ka cf. Col 1:23,25). E waiho ana i kekahi mau kuhikuhi pohihihi, akā naʻe, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ʻelua mau diakono i nā ʻekalesia kikoʻī:

Phebe, he diakono no ka ekalesia ma Kenekarea (Rom 16:1),

Epapera, he diakono no ka ekalesia Kolosa (Col 1:7, 4:12).

ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kūlana pololei o Tukiko lāua ʻo Timoteo.

3.4 Hana a me nā kūlana o nā deacons

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana ʻia e Paulo e wehewehe iā Phebe ma Rom 16:2 ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ke kū i mua,’ a hiki ke unuhi ʻia ma ke ʻano he 'kōkua’ a me ka mea hoomalu.’ Ua wehewehe ʻia ʻo Epapera ʻo 'e hoʻoikaika mau ana no ʻoe i ka pule, i ku pono ai oukou i ka makemake a pau o ke Akua’ a me he mea la he 'hooikaika nui no oukou’ (Col 4:12-3). Maopopo, he kahu hipa loa keia kanaka.

Ua hopohopo nui nā ʻehiku i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono waiwai o nā wahine kāne make a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia i hoʻohana i kekahi mana ma mua o kā lākou ʻae ʻia.. Eia naʻe, ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻo Stephen e hōʻike ana ua hāʻawi ʻia kāna hana i ka manawa e lawelawe ai ma ka pae akua i ka poʻe nona ke kuleana a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻeuanelio i ka poʻe hoʻohewa. (Acts 6:6-8).

I 1 Tim 3:13 Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo ʻo ka poʻe i lawelawe maikaʻi (he mau diakono) e loaʻa iā lākou ke kūlana maikaʻi loa a me ka hilinaʻi nui i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo iā Kristo Iesu.’ Pela no, ʻoiai ʻo ka hana a ke diakono ka mea nui o ke kauā; ʻAʻole pono e ʻike ʻia he palena wale nō ia i ka ʻoihana ma nā mea waiwai.

ʻO nā pono i kau ʻia no nā diakono a me ko lākou mau ʻohana e Paulo ma 1 Tim 3:8-12 ʻaneʻane like me nā mea no nā luna ma nā pauku mua (1 Tim 3:2-7). ʻO ka mea nui, akaka ko lakou manaoio, pono lākou a me kā lākou mau wahine i ke ʻano pono ʻole a pono e hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ko lākou ola ʻohana.

Hoʻomaha ʻia kekahi mau koi no nā luna, akā naʻe. ʻAʻole hiki i nā luna ke hoʻololi hou (1 Tim 3:6): hiki ke koho ia na diakono mahope o ka hooiaio ana (1 Tim 3:10). Pono nā luna e aʻo (1 Tim 3:2): Ua koi ʻia nā diakono i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo wale nō, ka hoomaopopo ana i ko lakou manaoio (1 Tim 3:9). Ua manaʻo ʻia nā luna e hōʻike i ka hoʻokipa (1 Tim 3:2): Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole paha i mākaukau ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo liʻiliʻi no ka hoʻouka ʻana i ko lākou hauʻoli home?

E hoʻomaopopo i kēlā, ʻoiai ka hapa nui o nā unuhi o 1 Tim 3:8-12 He kane mau ka diakono, He wahine ʻo Phebe (Rom 16:1). ʻO ka huaʻōlelo i unuhi ʻia ʻo 'wahine’ i loko 1 Tim 3:11&12 ʻo ke ʻano o ka 'wahine’ (i ka AV, ʻo kahi laʻana, ua unuhiia he wahine’ 92 manawa a 'wahine’ 129 mau manawa). ʻO ke ʻano o kēia, mai ka posesive 'lakou’ ʻAʻole i loaʻa maoli ma ka Helene, o na olelo wehe a 1 Tim 3:11 hiki ke haawi like, 'O nā wāhine like …'! He mea hoihoi ia e ʻike ʻaʻohe manaʻo like ʻole i nā pauku ma mua e pili ana i nā 'nā luna’ (1 Tim 3:2-7 – ike 5.6). ʻO ka mea ʻoi aku paha: ʻO ka hana a ka wahine diakono e ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o Paulo ma mua o ko ka luna, a i ʻole ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i kēia manaʻo no kona noʻonoʻo ʻana i kekahi mau lede diakona, e like me Phebe?

4. NA Elele APOSETOLO

Aia kekahi pūʻulu o nā kāne i paʻakikī e hoʻokaʻawale i nā lunaʻōlelo, lunakahiko a diakono paha. Ua koho ʻia lākou e ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo e hana i nā hana kūikawā i ka mālama ʻana i kekahi o nā ʻekalesia hou, pinepine no ka manawa kaupalena.

4.1 ʻO Barnabus

I Acts 11:19-26 ke heluhelu nei kakou no ka hoouna ana o Barenabo mai Ierusalema aku i ka ekalesia hou ma Anetioka. ʻAʻole maopopo i kona kūlana kūlana i kēia manawa; no ka mea, ʻaʻohe ona wahi i kapa ʻia ʻo ia he lunakahiko a he luna, ʻAʻole hoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo ia he lunaʻōlelo a hiki i ka wā i hoʻouna ʻia ai lāua me Paulo i kā lāua huakaʻi mikionali mua mai Anetioka.. Eia naʻe, ua maopopo ua hele pu oia me ka poe lunaolelo’ i hāʻawi ʻia i ka mana a ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana alakaʻi ma ka hale pule mai kona wā i hiki mai ai.

4.2 ʻO Iuda a me Silas

ʻO Iuda a me Silas, Ua wehewehe ʻia ʻo ia ʻo nā kānaka alakaʻi i waena o nā hoahānau’ (Acts 15:22) ua hoounaia mai e na lunaolelo e hooiaio i ka lakou olelo hooholo no ke okipoepoe (Acts 15:25-7). He mau kāula lāua (Acts 15:32). ʻO kā lākou misionari he manawa pōkole wale nō; aka, ua manao o Sila ma kona manao iho e noho ma Anetioka (Acts 15:34 – ʻoiai ua nalowale kēia pauku mai kekahi mau palapala).

4.3 Kaukaukau, Titus et al.

Ua haʻalele pinepine ʻo Paulo i nā kāne i koho ʻia no ka manawa pōkole e mālama i nā hale pule hou a ulu (Acts 17:14-5 & 18:5, 18:19-9, 19:21-2). 1 Timoteo a me Tito (Eʻike ma lalo nei) ua hōʻike ʻia lāua ʻelua ua hāʻawi ʻia i kēia mau kāne ke kuleana e hoʻokō i ka mana ma nā hale pule kūloko, a hiki i ke koho ʻana i nā lunakahiko. Eia naʻe, ʻAʻole lākou i kapa ʻia he lunaʻōlelo a he lunakahiko.

5. KAHIKO (πρεσβυτερος)

5.1 Ia Ierusalema

Acts 9:32 hōʻike ʻo Peter i ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Ma hope koke iho o kona hoʻi ʻana mai (Acts 11:1) ʻike mākou i ka kuhikuhi mua loa i nā 'kahiko’ ma ka halepule ma Acts 11:30; kahi i hoounaia'i na kokua wi i na lunakahiko o Ierusalema mai Anetioka mai. ʻAʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo ma Acts 11:30 e pili ana i keia hihia hooponopono wale; oiai ua ikeia mai Acts 12:1-25 aia paha o Petero a me Iakobo ke kaikaina o Iesu ma Ierusalema ia manawa. (N.B. ʻoiai Acts 11:30 ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mua loa i nā lunakahiko, he mea hoopaapaa ia Gal 1:18-9 ʻaʻole ia he kuhikuhi no kēia kipa ʻana; aka i ko Paulo hele mua ana ma Acts 9:26-31. ʻO kēia ka manaʻo ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo James he lunaʻōlelo a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lunakahiko i ka wā ʻole o ka ʻumikūmālua.)

I ko Paulo a me Barenabus kipa ana ia Ierusalema e pili ana i ke okipoepoe ana (Acts 15:1-31), he mea hoihoi ke ike i ke komo ana o ka ekalesia holookoa. He hookipa mua ia e ka ekalesia, kahi i hāpai mua ʻia ai ka hihia e ka poʻe Parisaio i huli mai (Acts 15:4-5). Ua hooholoia ma ka halawai o na lunaolelo a me na lunakahiko (Acts 15:6-21), e like me ka mea a ka ekalesia Anetioka i manao maopopo ai (Acts 15:2). Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ua ʻae ʻia e ka ʻekalesia holoʻokoʻa (Acts 15:22). He mea kūpono hoʻi e ʻike i ka ʻae ʻole ikaika i ka leka i loaʻa mai ka poʻe, me he mea la me ka ike ole ia o ka oihana kumu (Acts 15:1), ua ao aku i ka pono o ke okipoepoe me ka mana ole mai ke alakai (Acts 15:24).

I ka hoʻi ʻana o Paulo i Ierusalema i ka manawa i hopu ʻia ai ʻo ia i mua o Iakobo a me nā lunakahiko (Acts 21:18); ka poe i ikeia i keia manawa ke kuleana o na hana o ka ekalesia Ierusalema. These men were greatly concerned with avoiding offence to those Jewish believers who remained ‘zealous of the law’ (Acts 21:20). Paul, akā naʻe, was by no means indifferent to Jewish observances himself (Acts 16:1-3, 18:18,21), and apparently raised no objection to their proposed solution (Acts 21:23-6). The plan of appeasement backfired: but there is no way of knowing if things would have gone any better had they acted otherwise.

5.2 I Antioch

Despite there being a number of detailed references to the manner in which the Antioch church was organised and decisions taken (Acts 11:20-30, 13:1-3, 15:1-3,30-40) there is no mention of elders.

It appears from Acts 11:20-30 that Barnabus was originally appointed by the apostles to oversee the work at Antioch; and that he subsequently called upon Paul to assist him in teaching the church.

I Acts 13:1-3 ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana e hoʻouna iā Paulo lāua ʻo Barenabus mai ʻAnetioka e hōʻike ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana ma Anetioka, aia nā kāula a me nā kumu.. Malia paha o Lukio no Kurene (v1) oia kekahi o na paionia mua o keia ekalesia (CF Ka cf. Acts 11:20).

I Acts 15:2 ʻO Paulo lāua ʻo Barenabus ke kuleana nui i ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i nā malihini i aʻo i ke ʻoki poepoe: aka, o ka manao e hoouna ia lakou i Ierusalema, he mea hui. I ko lakou hoi ana mai, hoike aku lakou i ka ekalesia holookoa, pu me na elele lunaolelo o Iuda laua me Sila. Mahope iho, Ua hoomau o Paulo laua me Barenabus i ke ao ana a me ka haiolelo ana ma Anetioka, me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui (Acts 15:35).

ʻO ke alakaʻi ʻana o ʻAnetioka no laila ua manaʻo nui ʻia i ke aʻo ʻana a me nā ʻoihana wānana. He mea ʻē ka nele o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā lunakahiko, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike maopopo ʻana o Paulo i ka ʻelemakule ma nā ʻekalesia āna i paionia ai (Eʻike ma lalo nei): akā ʻo ka wehewehe ʻoi loa o kēia mau alakaʻi i lilo i mau lunakahiko de facto.

5.3 ʻO nā halepule āpau

Ua maopopo ua komo ʻo Paulo lāua ʻo Barenabus i ka manaʻo o ka ʻelemakule, i ko makou ike ana ia lakou e koho ana i na lunakahiko ma na ekalesia a pau a lakou i kukulu ai mamua o ko lakou hoi ana i Anetioka (Acts 14:23).

I Acts 20:17-38 ʻŌlelo ʻo Paulo i nā lunakahiko mai ʻEpeso. Ua koho ʻia kēia mau mea i kekahi manawa ma mua, a me ka palapala mua a Paulo ia Timoteo, i waihoia ma Epeso i ko Paulo hele hou ana i Makedonia (1 Tim 1:3, CF Ka cf. Acts 20:1-3), Loaʻa i nā aʻo kikoʻī e pili ana i nā pono no nā luna a me nā diakono (1 Tim 3:1-13). Ua ʻike ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Timoteo e Paulo e aʻo i ka ʻekalesia (1 Tim 1:3, 4:11-2, 5:19-21) a kau lima ma luna o nā mea ʻē aʻe inā pono (1 Tim 5:22). No laila he mea kūpono ke hoʻoholo ua koho ʻia nā lunakahiko o ʻEpesia ma ia manawa.

Hōʻike hou ʻo Paulo i kona manaʻoʻiʻo i ka ʻelemakule i ko lākou noho ʻana no kekahi manawa ma Kerete, ma ke ala i Roma (Acts 27:7-13). I ko lākou holo ʻana, haʻalele ʻo ia iā Tito e 'hoʻonoho i nā lunakahiko ma kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale’ (Tit 1:5). Ua like loa kana palapala ia Tito 1 Kaukaukau, a pela no ke ao ana i na koi no ka elemakule (Tit 1:5-9).

5.4 ʻO nā luna'ōlelo e like me nā lunakahiko

I 1 Pet 5:1 Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter i nā lunakahiko ʻo ia iho he 'hoa-lunakahiko.’ Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John iā ia iho he ʻelemakule ma 2 John 1:1 a 3 John 1:1. E like me ka mea ma mua, Ua wehewehe ʻia ʻo Iakobo ke kaikaina o Iesū e Paulo he lunaʻōlelo: akā, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he lunakahiko, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kapa ʻia pēlā, ʻoiai ʻo kāna ʻoihana e pili ana i ke alakaʻi kūloko o ka hale pule Ierusalema. ʻAʻole maopopo inā pili kēia manaʻo i nā lunaʻōlelo; ʻoiai e manaʻo ʻia ana kēlā, e like me ka pono o na lunaolelo a pau i poe kauwa ('nā diakono') ʻo ka mea mua loa, ina ua makaukau kekahi lunaolelo e lawelawe ma keia kulana.

5.5 Hana a nā lunakahiko

I Titus 1:7 Ua wehewehe ʻia nā lunakahiko he 'puʻukū a ke Akua', e hooikaika ana i ko lakou kuleana i ka Haku no ka poe malalo o ko lakou malama ana. ʻO ka ʻōlelo a Paulo i nā lunakahiko mai ʻEpeso ma Acts 20:17-38 Hōʻike ʻo Paulo i nā lunakahiko he 'nā luna’ (επισκοπος), nona ka hana he kahuhipa (ποιμαινω) ka ekalesia o ke Akua..’ (Acts 20:28).

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo 'overseer’ (NO 'bishop', akā ʻo ka 'over-watcher' maoli) hoʻohana like ʻia me ka ʻelemakule’ i loko Tit 1:5-7 a okoa mai na diakono’ i loko Phil 1:1. I 1 Tim 3:1-7 Ua wehewehe ʻo Paul i nā pono no nā 'nā luna', hahai aku 1 Tim 3:8-13 na ka poe no na 'diakono'. Hoʻohana ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa e pili ana iā Iesū ma 1 Pet 2:25 ʻaʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo i loaʻa ʻo 'oversight’ (CF Ka cf. 1 Tim 3:1) puka mai ma Acts 1:20, kahi i pili ai i ka lunaolelo haule o Iuda: akā naʻe, ʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo mai ka Septuagint version of Psalm 109:8 a no laila ʻaʻole pono e lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele no N.T. huaʻōlelo. No laila he mea kūpono ke hoʻoholo i nā huaʻōlelo 'ʻelemakule’ a ʻo ka luna hoʻomalu’ ua like like me ka N.T.

Hiki ke nānā i nā ʻano like ʻole. I Acts 20:29-30 Ua ʻōlelo ʻia lākou e makaʻala i ka poʻe hoʻopunipuni a / a i ʻole e ʻimi nei e huki i nā kāne ma hope o lākou,. I 1 Tim 3:5 ua wehewehe ʻia lākou he 'mālama ʻana’ ka ekalesia a ma 1 Tim 5:17 ma ke ʻano he 'hoʻomalu'.

ʻO ka manaʻo o ka 'holo hipa’ (ποιμαινω) helu nui i ka hōʻailona o ke kauoha kahiko a me ka hou. Eia naʻe, ka inoa o ke kahuhipa’ (aiʻole 'ke kahunapule’ – ποιμην) Hoʻokahi wale nō hoʻohana ʻia o nā alakaʻi pule, i loko Eph 4:11, kahi ʻaʻohe wehewehe maopopo o ka huaʻōlelo a i kāna hana (ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa inā pono e unuhi ʻia ʻo ia ʻo 'nā kahu a me nā kumu’ a i ʻole 'nā kahu-kumu').

He liʻiliʻi nā kuhikuhi pololei i ka 'holo hipa’ hana a na alakai ekalesia. I Acts 20:28-35 Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo iā lākou ma hope mai e lilo lākou i mau kōkua no ka poʻe nāwaliwali a hāʻawi aku ma mua o ka loaʻa (Acts 20:35). Hoʻoikaika ʻo Peter i ka mea nui o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka lawelawe manawaleʻa e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke hoʻohālike 1 Pet 5:2-3. Naʻe folofola ʻa Sīsū kia Pita, ʻo pehē ‘e tauhi ʻeku fanga sipi’ i loko John 21:16: akā i loko John 21:15 & 17 Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kahu hipa like me kekahi huaʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka manaʻo maoli o ka 'hānai.’ 1 Cor 9:7 ke kuhikuhi nei i ke kahuhipa e loaʻa i kekahi mea mai kāna ʻohana.

Eia naʻe, ʻO ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka pōʻaiapili ākea e hōʻike iā mākou e alakaʻi ke kahu hipa i ka ʻohana, e hoʻonoho i kumu hoʻohālike no lākou e hahai ai; a no keia hana, pono e ike ka hipa i kona alakai (John 10:3-4). E hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ola ponoʻī e pale aku i nā hipa mai ka pilikia (John 10:11-15). Hoʻākoakoa ʻo ia i nā hipa (John 10:16) a mālama iā lākou mai hele hewa (Mt 18:12, Ez 34:12-3), hanai a wai ia lakou (Ez 34:13-15, Rev 7:17) a malama i ka poe mai a eha (Ez 34:16, CF Ka cf. Jas 5:14-5). E hana paʻa nō ʻo ia inā pono e pale aku i ka pilikia a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i loko o ka ʻohana (Ez 34:16-22 & Rev 2:27, 12:5, 19:15 – kahuhipa’ me ke kookoo hao).

No laila ke manaʻo nei mākou e komo nā hana a nā lunakahiko i kēia mau ʻano āpau: alakaʻi ma ka laʻana, ke kiaʻi ʻana i nā pilikia aʻoaʻo a pilikino, kūkulu i ka lokahi a me ka manaʻo alakaʻi, e hōʻoia i ka poʻe i aʻo pono ʻia a piha i ka ʻuhane (a me ka hoolako pono ana i na mea waiwai) a me ka ho'ōla ʻana i nā nāwaliwali o ka naʻau a me ke kino.

E hoʻomanaʻo naʻe ke ʻōlelo ʻia nā lunakahiko, ʻaneʻane mau ma ka plural. ʻO nā ʻōlelo a Paulo ma Acts 20:18-38 ua ʻōlelo ʻia i ka ʻEpeso ma ke ʻano he hui. ʻAʻole pono mākou e manaʻo e hoʻokō ʻia nā hana āpau i luna e kēlā me kēia lunakahiko: akā, e manaʻo mākou e uhi pono ʻia lākou e nā lunakahiko kūloko holoʻokoʻa.

E hoʻomaopopo hoʻi e pili ana nā lunakahiko me nā hale pule ma nā wahi kikoʻī (Acts 14:23, 20:17, Tit 1:5), koe wale no ka poe lunaolelo e hoakaka ana ia lakou iho he mau lunakahiko.

5.6 Nā inoa no ka luna kānāwai

Ua wehewehe ʻia nā koi no nā lunakahiko ma 1 Tim 3:1-7 and Tit 1:5-9. E like me ka mea i kūkākūkā mua ʻia me nā diakono, akaka ko lakou manaoio, pono lākou a me kā lākou mau wahine i ke ʻano pono ʻole a pono e hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ko lākou ola ʻohana. Ua manaʻo ʻia he kāne male ka poʻe kahiko (1 Tim 3:2,4, Tit 1:6) – ʻIke ʻia ka manaʻo Iudaio ʻaʻole i lawa ka ʻike o nā kāne male ʻole i ke 'ola maoli’ – ʻoiai hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano he koi e pale aku i ka polygamy a i ʻole ke kūlike ʻole ma ka home ma mua o ke koi ʻana i ka male.. (E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma luna, pela no na koi no na diakono: aka, hookahi diakona he wahine.)

E like me ke poʻo inoa 'kahiko’ hōʻike, aia ka manaʻo nui i ke oʻo ʻana i ka hopena i hiki ʻole i kahi lunakahiko ke hoʻohuli hou (1 Tim 3:6). Pono e hoʻomaopopo pono i kēia, ʻOiai. Me he mea lā kekahi o nā lunakahiko i koho ʻia e Paulo ma Acts 14:21-23 he poe huli hou paha: ʻoiai Gal 2:1 ʻike ʻia e waiho i kekahi mau makahiki ma waena Acts 12:25 & 15:4, ʻaʻole maopopo ka lōʻihi o kona noho ʻana ma kēlā me kēia wahi.

Pono nā lunakahiko i ke aʻo ʻana a hiki ke kūʻē i ke aʻo wahaheʻe (1 Tim 3:2, Tit 1:9). Ua mahalo nui ʻia ka poʻe loea i kēia ʻāpana (1 Tim 5:17).

ʻO kekahi kūlana kūikawā, okoa ko na diakono, ua manaoia lakou e hookipa (1 Tim3:2, Tit 1:8). ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me nā kānaka he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hana: no laila ʻo ka poʻe i hoʻokipa maoli i kēia mea hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he kūpono.

ʻO ka pīhoihoi, ma ka nana aku i ka aoao aupuni o ko lakou kuleana, ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua kūikawā o ke kūpono ma kēia ʻano, ma waho aʻe o ke koi ʻana e lilo ka lunakahiko i mea e hoʻoponopono pono ai i kona hale ponoʻī’ (1 Tim 3:4-5, Tit 1:6): aka, aole keia i oi aku mamua o ka pono o na diakono kekahi (1 Tim 3:12).

ʻO ka pae maʻamau o ka hoʻonaʻauao kumu i koi ʻia ma kēia mau ʻāpana ʻelua i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kākoʻo liʻiliʻi i ka manaʻo he pono ke akamai o kahi ʻelemakule i ka lawelawe ʻana a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā kānaka.; ʻoiai ʻo ia mau mākau he mea waiwai nui ia ma kekahi ʻoihana kahiko. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻano ʻano like ʻole nā ​​ʻelemakule, akā, ua koho ʻia ka haku ʻana o nā lunakahiko kūloko e hiki ai i waena o lākou ke uhi i nā hana pastoral pono a pau. E wehewehe kēia i ka ʻōlelo a Paulo iā Timoteo, 'E pono e hoʻonui pālua ʻia nā lunakahiko e hoʻoponopono pono ana, o ka poe hooikaika ma ka olelo a me ke ao ana.’ (1 Tim 5:17). ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa kekahi mau lunakahiko i kā lākou hana: aka, e hooikaika ana i ka waiwai o kekahi mau oihana.

(E hoʻi i nā ʻike / E hoomau heluhelu)