Amizade
A amizade é um dos dons mais preciosos da vida. A Bíblia celebra amizades profundas — Davi e Jônatas, Rute e Noemi, Paulo e Timóteo — modelos de lealdade, fé e amor.
Valor da amizade
Há amigo mais chegado do que um irmão. Em todo tempo ama o amigo. A amizade verdadeira permanece nas tempestades.
Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;
tērā anō ia te hoa aroha, nui atu i tō te tuakana, i tō te teina, tōna piri mai.
Ko te tangata tini ngā hoa aroha e whai ana i te hē mōna;
tērā anō ia te hoa aroha, nui atu i tō te tuakana, i tō te teina, tōna piri mai.
E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa;
nā, ko te teina, ko te tuakana, i whānau tērā mō ngā aituā.
E aroha ana te hoa i ngā wā katoa;
nā, ko te teina, ko te tuakana, i whānau tērā mō ngā aituā.
Ko te tangata e hīpoki ana i te hē, e whai ana i te aroha;
tēnā ko te tangata kōrerorero, e wehewehe ana i ngā hoa tupu.
Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino;
waihoki ko te tangata anō hei whakakoi i te mata o tōna hoa.
Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino;
waihoki ko te tangata anō hei whakakoi i te mata o tōna hoa.
He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara;
he pērā anō ngā āhuareka o tō te tangata hoa aroha
i ahu mai i ngā tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tōna ngākau.
He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara;
he pērā anō ngā āhuareka o tō te tangata hoa aroha
i ahu mai i ngā tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tōna ngākau.
Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea;
kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tōu tuakana i te rā e mate ai koe.
He pai kē hoki te hoa e tata ana
i te tuakana i tawhiti.
Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea;
kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tōu tuakana i te rā e mate ai koe.
He pai kē hoki te hoa e tata ana
i te tuakana i tawhiti.
He pai kē te riri matanui
i te aroha huna.
Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono;
ko ngā kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa.
Haere i te taha o te hunga whakaaro nui, ā, ka whai whakaaro koe;
ko te takahoa ia o ngā kūware, ka mamae.
Ko tā te tangata whanokē he tītaritari i te raruraru;
ko tā te tangata kawekawe kōrero he wehewehe i ngā hoa tupu.
Kaua e whakahoa ki te tangata pukuriri;
kei haere tahi hoki koe i te tangata āritarita;
kei ākona e koe ōna ara,
ā, ka riro i a koe he māhanga mō tōu wairua.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
Kāhore he aroha o tētahi i rahi ake i tēnei, arā, kia tuku te tangata i a ia anō kia mate mō ōna hoa.
Kāhore he aroha o tētahi i rahi ake i tēnei, arā, kia tuku te tangata i a ia anō kia mate mō ōna hoa.
Heoi anō tāku meatanga he pononga koutou; e kore hoki te pononga e mōhio ki tā tōna ariki e mea ai; engari, kua oti koutou te hua e ahau he hoa; ko āku mea katoa hoki i rongo ai ahau ki tōku Matua, kua oti te whakakite e ahau ki a koutou.
Ko tāku ture tēnei, kia aroha koutou tētahi ki tētahi, me ahau hoki kua aroha nei ki a koutou.
Ka aroha ki ngā tēina, kia tino pono te aroha tētahi ki tētahi; ka whakahōnore, kia nui tā tētahi i tētahi.
Nui atu hoki tōku hiahia kia kite i a koutou, kia whakawhiwhi ai ahau i a koutou ki tētahi mea hōmai, he mea wairua, kia whakaūngia ai koutou; arā, kia ora ngātahi ō tātou ngākau, tōku i tō koutou whakapono, ō koutou i tōku.
E ngā hoa aroha, kia aroha tātou tētahi ki tētahi, nō te Atua hoki te aroha; ko te hunga katoa hoki e aroha ana, kua whānau i te Atua, e mātau ana hoki ki te Atua.
E ngā hoa aroha, ki te mea i pēnei te aroha o te Atua ki a tātou, he tika anō hoki kia aroha tātou tētahi ki tētahi. Kāhore he wā i kite ai tētahi i te Atua. Ki te aroha tātou tētahi ki tētahi, e noho ana te Atua i roto i a tātou, kua rite pū anō tōna aroha i roto i a tātou.
Kei a tātou anō hoki tēnei ture, he mea nāna, "Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te Atua, kia aroha hoki ki tōna teina."
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
Ā, ka mutu tāna kōrero ki a Haora, nā, piri tonu te wairua o Honatana ki te wairua o Rāwiri, ā, aroha ana a Honatana ki a ia me te mea ko tōna wairua ake. Nā, ka mau a Haora ki a ia i taua rā, kīhai hoki ia i tukua kia hoki ki te whare o tōna pāpā. I whakarite kawenata anō a Honatana rāua ko Rāwiri; i arohaina hoki ia e ia, me te mea ko tōna wairua ake.
I whakarite kawenata anō a Honatana rāua ko Rāwiri; i arohaina hoki ia e ia, me te mea ko tōna wairua ake.
Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "Kāhore rānei he mōrehu ināianei o te whare o Haora, kia puta ai tōku aroha ki a ia, he mea hoki nāku ki a Honatana?"
Nā, ka mea a Rutu, "Kaua rā e tohe ki ahau kia whakarērea koe, kia hoki atu i te whai i a koe! Tā te mea ka haere ahau ki tāu wāhi e haere ai, ka noho hoki ki tāu wāhi e noho ai; ko tōu iwi hei iwi mōku, ko tōu Atua hei Atua mōku. Ka mate ahau ki te wāhi e mate ai koe – ka tanumia hoki ki reira. Kia meatia tēnei e Ihowā ki ahau, ētahi atu mea anō hoki, inā, ko te mate anake hei wehe i a tāua."
Ā, i rite anō tā te karaipiture e mea nei, "I whakapono a Āperahama ki te Atua, ā, ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika," ka huaina anō hoki ia, "Ko te hoa o te Atua."
"Ko te tangata e ngoikore ana te ngākau
kia puta mai te aroha o tōna hoa ki a ia,
ahakoa kua mahue i a ia te wehi i te Kaha Rawa.
E ngā tāngata pūremu, e ngā wāhine pūremu, kāhore ianei koutou e mātau ko te aroha o te ao he hoariritanga ki te Atua? Nā, ko te tangata e hiahia ana kia meinga hei hoa aroha mō te ao, e mea ana i a ia hei hoariri ki te Atua.
Companheirismo
Dois são melhores do que um. Quão bom e suave é que os irmãos vivam em união! A amizade fortalece e edifica.
Erangi te tokorua i te kotahi;
nō te mea ka whiwhi rāua ki te utu pai i tā rāua mahi.
Ki te hinga hoki tētahi, mā tōna hoa ia e whakaara;
auē te mate mō te kotahi, ina hinga,
ki te kāhore te whakatokorua hei whakaara i a ia!
Ki te hinga hoki tētahi, mā tōna hoa ia e whakaara;
auē te mate mō te kotahi, ina hinga,
ki te kāhore te whakatokorua hei whakaara i a ia!
Ki te kaha tētahi i a ia kotahi nei,
ka māia te tokorua ki a ia.
E kore hoki te aho takitoru e motu wawe.
Erangi te tokorua i te kotahi;
nō te mea ka whiwhi rāua ki te utu pai i tā rāua mahi.
Nā, anō te pai, anō te āhuareka
o te nohoanga o ngā tēina, o ngā tuākana
i runga i te whakaaro kotahi!
Nā, anō te pai, anō te āhuareka
o te nohoanga o ngā tēina, o ngā tuākana
i runga i te whakaaro kotahi!
Tōna rite kei te hinu utu nui i runga i te upoko,
i heke iho nei ki te pāhau,
āe, ki te pāhau o Ārona,
i heke iho nei ki te remu o ōna kākahu.
Kei te tōmairangi anō o Heremona,
kei tērā i heke iho ki ngā maunga o Hiona.
I whakahaua iho hoki e Ihowā te manaaki mō reira,
te ora mō ake tonu atu.
E whakanohoia ana e te Atua te mokemoke ki te whare,
e whakaputaina ana e ia ngā herehere ki te ora;
ko te hunga tutū ia e noho i te wāhi waikore.
Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea; me tēnei; kia aroha ki tōu hoa tata ānō ko koe."
Kei whakapōhēhētia koutou: "Ki te kino ngā hoa, ka heke ki te kino ngā tikanga pai."
Kei whakapōhēhētia koutou: "Ki te kino ngā hoa, ka heke ki te kino ngā tikanga pai."