Mahalo nui iā ʻoukou, e oʻu mau hoa. I koʻu hoʻolohe ʻana iā Ralph Abernathy a me kāna ʻōlelo hoʻolauna ʻoluʻolu a lokomaikaʻi a laila noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, noʻonoʻo wau ʻo wai kāna e kamaʻilio nei. He mea maikaʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu hoaaloha pili loa a me kou hoa pili e haʻi i kahi mea maikaʻi e pili ana iā ʻoe. A ʻo Ralph Abernathy ka hoaaloha maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iaʻu ma ka honua. Hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana iā ʻoukou pākahi a pau ma ʻaneʻi i kēia pō me ka ʻōlelo ʻino. Hōʻike ʻoe ua paʻa ʻoe e hele i kēlā me kēia ʻano.
Ke hana nei kekahi mea ma Memphis; ke hana nei kekahi mea i ko kakou ao. A ua ʻike ʻoe, inā wau e kū nei i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka manawa, me ka hiki ke lawe i kahi ʻano ʻike ākea a panoramic o ka mōʻaukala kanaka holoʻokoʻa a hiki i kēia manawa, a ʻōlelo mai ka Mea Mana Loa iaʻu, "Martin Luther King, ʻo kēlā makahiki. makemake ʻoe e noho i loko?” E lawe au i ko'u naau ma Aigupita a e nana au i na keiki a ke Akua i ko lakou hele kupanaha ana mai na halepaahao pouli o Aigupita, a ma kela aoao o ke Kaiula, ma ka waonahele a hiki i ka aina i olelo mua ia. A i loko o kona nani, ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E neʻe au ma Helene a lawe i koʻu manaʻo i ka mauna ʻo Olympus. A e ʻike au iā Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Euripides a me Aristophanes e ʻākoakoa ana a puni ka Parthenon. A e nānā au iā lākou a puni ka Parthenon i ko lākou kūkākūkā ʻana i nā pilikia nui a mau loa o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E hele ana au a hiki i ka la nui o ke aupuni Roma. A e ʻike wau i nā hanana a puni ma laila, ma o nā emepera a me nā alakaʻi like ʻole. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E piʻi ana au i ka lā o ka Renaissance, a loaʻa i kahi kiʻi wikiwiki o nā mea a pau a ka Renaissance i hana ai no ke ola moʻomeheu a me ka nani o ke kanaka. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E hele ana au ma ke ala i noho ai ke kanaka i kapa ʻia ai au. A e nānā au iā Martin Luther i kāna kau ʻana i kāna mau theses he kanaiwakumamālima ma ka puka o ka hale pule o Wittenberg. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E piʻi au a hiki i ka makahiki 1863, a e nānā i kahi Peresidena e haʻalulu ana ma ka inoa ʻo ʻAberahama Lincoln i ka hopena i ka hopena e pono ʻo ia e pūlima i ka Hoʻolaha Emancipation. Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
E piʻi ana au a hiki i ka makahiki kanakolu, a ʻike i ke kanaka e hakakā nei me nā pilikia o ka banekorupa o kona lāhui. A hele mai me ka leo leo leo ia ʻAʻohe mea e makaʻu ai akā "makaʻu iā ia iho." Akā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki ma laila.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, huli au i ka Mea Mana Loa, a ʻōlelo aku, "Inā ʻoe e ʻae iaʻu e ola i kekahi mau makahiki i ka hapa ʻelua o ke kenekulia 20, e hauʻoli wau."
He ʻōlelo ʻano ʻē kēlā e ʻōlelo ai, no ka mea, ua huikau ka honua. Ua maʻi ka lāhui. Pilikia ka aina; huikau a puni. He ʻōlelo ʻē kēlā. Akā, ʻike wau, i kekahi mea, aia wale nō i ka wā pōʻeleʻele hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōkū. A ke ʻike nei au i ke Akua e hana nei i kēia manawa o ke kenekulia iwakālua ma ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o nā kāne, ma kekahi ʻano ʻē.
Ke hana nei kekahi mea i ko mākou honua. Ke piʻi nei ka lehulehu o nā kānaka. A ma na wahi a pau a lakou i akoakoa ai i keia la, ina paha ma Johannesburg, Aferika Hema; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; Nuioka; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Misisipi; a i ʻole Memphis, Tennessee - ua like mau ka leo: "Makemake mākou e kūʻokoʻa."
A ʻo kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe i hauʻoli ai au i ka noho ʻana i kēia wā, ʻo ia ka mea i koi ʻia mākou i kahi e hele ai mākou e hakakā me nā pilikia a nā kāne e hoʻāʻo nei e hakakā me ka mōʻaukala, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā koi. e koi aku iā lākou e hana. Pono ke ola e hakakā mākou me lākou. ʻO nā kāne, no nā makahiki i kēia manawa, ke kamaʻilio nei e pili ana i ke kaua a me ka maluhia. Akā i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kamaʻilio wale. ʻAʻole ia he koho hou ma waena o ka hana ʻino a me ka nonviolence ma kēia ao; ʻaʻole hoʻomāinoino a ʻaʻole ola. Ma laila mākou i kēia lā.
A i loko nō hoʻi o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā pono kanaka, inā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia kekahi mea, a hana wikiwiki ʻia, e lawe mai i nā lāhui kala o ka honua mai loko mai o ko lākou mau makahiki lōʻihi o ka ʻilihune, ko lākou mau makahiki lōʻihi o ka ʻeha a me ka mālama ʻole ʻana, ua make ke ao holoʻokoʻa. . I kēia manawa, hauʻoli wau i ka ʻae ʻana o ke Akua iaʻu e noho i kēia manawa e ʻike i nā mea e hiki mai ana. A hauʻoli wau i kona ʻae ʻana iaʻu e noho i Memphis.
Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo - hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā e hele wale ana nā Negro e like me kā Ralph i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ka ʻakaʻaka pinepine ʻana ma kahi ʻaʻole lākou i ʻona, a ʻakaʻaka i ka wā ʻaʻole naʻe. Akā ua pau kēlā lā. He ʻoihana mākou i kēia manawa, a ua paʻa mākou e loaʻa ko mākou wahi kūpono i ko ke Akua honua.
A ʻo ia ka mea a pau e pili ana. ʻAʻole mākou e komo i nā kūʻē kūʻē a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa maikaʻi ʻole me kekahi. Ke ʻōlelo nei mākou ua paʻa mākou e lilo i kāne. Ua paʻa mākou i ka poʻe. Ke olelo nei makou — Ke olelo nei makou he poe keiki makou na ke Akua. A he mau keiki kākou na ke Akua, ʻaʻole pono kākou e ola e like me ke koi ʻia e ola.
Ano, heaha ke ano o keia mau mea a pau i keia au nui o ka moolelo? ʻO ia hoʻi, pono mākou e noho pū. Pono mākou e noho pū a mālama i ka lokahi. Ua ʻike ʻoe, i nā manawa a pau e makemake ai ʻo Paraʻo e hoʻolōʻihi i ka wā hoʻoluhi ma ʻAigupita, loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano punahele punahele no ka hana ʻana. He aha kēlā? Ua mālama ʻo ia i ka hakakā ʻana o nā kauā. Akā, i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai nā kauā, hiki mai kekahi mea ma ka hale o Paraʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kauā. I ka hui ʻana o nā kauā, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka puka ʻana mai ke kauā. Ano, e malama kakou i ka lokahi.
ʻO ka lua, e mālama kākou i nā pilikia ma kahi o lākou. ʻO ka hihia ka pono ʻole. ʻO ka hihia ka hōʻole ʻana o Memphis i ka pololei a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna hana ʻana me kāna poʻe lawelawe aupuni, he poʻe hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe. I kēia manawa, pono mākou e mālama i kēlā. ʻO ia ka pilikia me ka hana ʻino. Ua ʻike ʻoe i ka mea i hana ʻia i kēlā lā aʻe, a ʻo ka mea paʻi wale nō i pili i ka haki ʻana i ka puka makani. Heluhelu au i nā ʻatikala. He kakaikahi loa lakou e hai aku i ka hookiekie ana o na limahana hoomaemae hookahi tausani, ekolu haneri, a he pono ole o Memphis ia lakou, a ua nele loa ka Meia Loeb i kauka. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike i kēlā.
I kēia manawa e hele hou ana mākou, a pono mākou e hele hou, i mea e kau ai i ka hihia ma kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai - a koi aku i nā mea a pau e ʻike he ʻumikumamākolu haneli o nā keiki a ke Akua ma ʻaneʻi e ʻeha ana, i kekahi manawa e pōloli ana. , e hele ana i loko o nā pō pōʻeleʻele me ka noʻonoʻo pehea e puka mai ai kēia mea. ʻO ia ka pilikia. A pono mākou e ʻōlelo i ka lāhui: Ua ʻike mākou pehea e puka mai ai. No ka mea, i ka wa e paa ai na kanaka i ka pono, a makemake lakou e mohai aku no ia mea, aohe wahi hooki o ka lanakila.
ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae i kekahi mace e kāohi iā mākou. He poʻe haku mākou i kā mākou neʻe ʻana i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā pūʻali koa makai; ʻAʻole maopopo iā lākou ka mea e hana ai. Ua ʻike pinepine au iā lākou. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ma Birmingham, Alabama, i ko mākou wā i loko o kēlā hakakā hanohano ma laila, e neʻe mākou i waho o ka Halepule Baptist 16th Street Baptist i kēlā me kēia lā; ma nā haneli a mākou e neʻe aku ai. A olelo aku o Bull Connor ia lakou e hoouna aku i na ilio, a hele mai lakou; akā, hele wale mākou ma mua o ka hīmeni ʻana o nā ʻīlio, "ʻAʻole e hoʻokuʻu i kekahi e hoʻohuli iaʻu."
E ʻōlelo mai ʻo Bull Connor, "E hoʻā i nā puʻu ahi." A e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai iā ʻoe i kekahi pō, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻo Bull Connor i ka mōʻaukala. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi ʻano physics i pili ʻole i ka transphysics a mākou i ʻike ai. A ʻo ia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi ʻano ahi i hiki ʻole i ka wai ke pio. A hele mākou i mua o nā puʻu ahi; Ua ʻike mākou i ka wai. Inā he Bapetite mākou a i ʻole kekahi mau hoʻomana ʻē aʻe, ua bapetizo ʻia mākou. Ina he Metodista makou, a me kekahi poe e ae, ua pipiia makou, aka, ua ike makou i ka wai. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻōki iā mākou.
A hele wale mākou i mua o nā ʻīlio a nānā mākou iā lākou; a hele mākou i mua o nā paipu wai a nānā mākou iā ia, a hoʻomau mākou i ke mele "Ma luna o koʻu poʻo ʻike wau i ke kūʻokoʻa i ka lewa." A laila, hoʻolei ʻia mākou i loko o nā kaʻa paddy, a i kekahi manawa ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou i laila e like me nā sardine i loko o ke kini. A hoʻolei lākou iā mākou i loko, a ʻōlelo ka ʻelemakule Bull, "E wehe iā lākou," a hana lākou; a e hele wale mākou ma ka paddy wagon me ka hīmeni ʻana, "We Shall Overcome." A i kēlā me kēia manawa, komo mākou i loko o ka hale paʻahao, a ʻike mākou i nā luna hale paʻahao e nānā ana ma nā puka makani e hoʻoneʻe ʻia e kā mākou pule, a e hoʻoneʻe ʻia e kā mākou ʻōlelo a me kā mākou mele. A aia kekahi mana i hiki ʻole iā Bull Connor ke hoʻololi; a no laila ua hoʻopau mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Bull i hoʻokele, a lanakila mākou i kā mākou hakakā ma Birmingham. I kēia manawa pono mākou e hele i Memphis e like me kēlā. Ke kāhea aku nei au iā ʻoe e noho pū me mākou ke hele mākou i waho i ka Pōʻakahi.
I kēia manawa e pili ana i nā kauoha: Loaʻa iā mākou kahi kauoha a ke hele nei mākou i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo i ke kakahiaka ʻapōpō e hakakā i kēia kauoha kūʻē i ke kumukānāwai. ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e ʻōlelo ai iā ʻAmelika, "E ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāu ʻōlelo ma ka pepa." Inā wau i noho ma Kina a i ʻole ʻo Rūsia, a i ʻole kekahi ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, malia paha hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i kekahi o kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kānāwai. Malia paha hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ka hōʻole ʻana i kekahi mau pono hoʻololi mua, no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻokō iā lākou iho ma laila. Akā ma kekahi wahi aʻu i heluhelu ai i ke kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻaha kanaka. Heluhelu au i ke kuokoa o ka olelo. Ma kekahi wahi a'u i heluhelu ai i ke kuokoa o ka nupepa. Ma kekahi wahi a'u i heluhelu ai o ka nui o Amerika ka pono e ku e no ka pono. A no laila e like me kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae i nā ʻīlio a i ʻole nā ʻili wai e hoʻohuli iā mākou, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae i kekahi kauoha e hoʻohuli iā mākou. Ke hele nei mākou.
Pono mākou iā ʻoukou a pau. A ua ʻike ʻoe i ka mea nani iaʻu ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau kuhina a pau o ka ʻEuanelio. He kiʻi kupanaha. ʻO wai ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e haʻi aku i ka ʻiʻini a me ka makemake o ka poʻe ma mua o ka haʻi? ʻO ke ʻano o ke kahuna pule he ʻano ahi i paʻa i loko o kona mau iwi. A i nā manawa a puni ka hewa, haʻi ʻo ia. He Amosa paha ka mea haiolelo, a olelo mai ke Akua, owai la ka mea hiki ole ke wanana? Eia hou me Amosa, "E kahe ka pono me he wai la, a me ka pono e like me ke kahawai nui." Pono e ʻōlelo ka mea haʻi me Iesū, "Ma luna oʻu ka ʻUhane o ka Haku, no ka mea, ua poni mai ʻo ia iaʻu," a ua poni ʻo ia iaʻu e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia o ka poʻe ʻilihune.
A ke makemake nei au e mahalo aku i ka poe haiolelo, malalo o ke alakai ana a keia mau kanaka hanohano: James Lawson, ka mea i noho ma keia paio ana no na makahiki he nui; ua paʻa ʻo ia i ka hale paʻahao no ka hakakā ʻana; ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia mai ke Kulanui ʻo Vanderbilt no kēia paio, akā ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia e hakakā no ka pono o kona poʻe. ʻO Reverend Ralph Jackson, Billy Kiles; Hiki iaʻu ke hele pololei ma lalo o ka papa inoa, akā ʻaʻole e ʻae ka manawa. Akā makemake wau e mahalo iā lākou a pau. A makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā lākou, no ka mea pinepine, ʻaʻohe hopohopo o ka poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo iā lākou iho. A hauʻoli mau wau i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻoihana kūpono.
He mea pono ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā "ʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo lōʻihi ma ʻō," ma kāna mau hōʻailona āpau. Akā, makemake ka poʻe i nā lole a me nā kāmaʻa e komo i lalo ma ʻaneʻi! He mea pono ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā "alanui e kahe ana i ka waiū a me ka meli," akā ua kauoha ke Akua iā mākou e hopohopo no nā wahi moe ma lalo nei, a me kāna mau keiki hiki ʻole ke ʻai i ʻekolu pāʻina ʻai i ka lā. He mea pono ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka Ierusalema hou, akā i kekahi lā, pono e kamaʻilio ke kahuna pule a ke Akua no New York hou, Atlanta hou, Philadelphia hou, Los Angeles hou, Memphis hou, Tennessee. ʻO kēia kā mākou e hana ai.
ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ia kēia: E hoʻopaʻa mau i kā mākou hana pololei o waho me ka mana o ka hoʻihoʻi kālā. I kēia manawa, he poʻe ʻilihune mākou. ʻO kēlā me kēia, ʻilihune mākou ke hoʻohālikelike ʻoe iā mākou me ka hui keʻokeʻo ma ʻAmelika. He ʻilihune mākou. Mai ho'ōki a poina i kēlā hui - ʻo ia hoʻi mākou a pau - ʻoi aku ka waiwai o mākou ma mua o nā lāhui āpau o ka honua, koe wale nō ʻeiwa. Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i kēlā? Ma hope o kou haʻalele ʻana iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Soviet Russia, Great Britain, West Germany, Farani, a hiki iaʻu ke inoa i nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka waiwai o ka American Negro ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā lāhui o ka honua. Loaʻa iā mākou ka loaʻa kālā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o kanakolu biliona kālā i ka makahiki, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o nā mea i lawe ʻia aku i waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻoi aku hoʻi ma mua o ka waihona kālā aupuni o Kanada. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kēlā? ʻO ia ka mana ma laila, inā ʻike mākou pehea e hoʻohui ai.
ʻAʻole pono mākou e hoʻopaʻapaʻa me kekahi. ʻAʻole pono mākou e ʻōlelo hōʻino a hele a hana ʻino me kā mākou ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole pono mākou i nā pōhaku lepo a me nā ʻōmole. ʻAʻole pono mākou i ka molotov cocktails. Pono mākou e hele a puni i kēia mau hale kūʻai, a i kēia mau ʻoihana nui o ko mākou ʻāina, a ʻōlelo aku,
"Ua hoʻouna mai ke Akua iā mākou ma ʻaneʻi, e ʻōlelo iā ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana pono i kāna mau keiki. A ua hele mai mākou ma ʻaneʻi e noi iā ʻoe e hana i ka mea mua ma kāu papa kuhikuhi i ka mālama pono ʻana, kahi e hopohopo ai nā keiki a ke Akua. I kēia manawa, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe mākaukau e hana i kēlā, loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana e pono ai mākou e hahai. A ke kāhea nei kā mākou papahana no ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kākoʻo waiwai mai iā ʻoe. "
A no laila, ma muli o kēia, ke noi aku nei mākou iā ʻoe i kēia pō, e hele i waho a haʻi i kou mau hoalauna ʻaʻole e kūʻai i Coca-Cola ma Memphis. E hele a ʻōlelo iā lākou ʻaʻole e kūʻai i ka waiū Sealtest. E haʻi iā lākou ʻaʻole e kūʻai - he aha ka berena ʻē aʻe? — Berena Kamahao. A he aha ka hui berena ʻē aʻe, ʻo Jesse? E ʻōlelo iā lākou ʻaʻole e kūʻai i ka berena a Hart. E like me kā Jesse Jackson i ʻōlelo ai, a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpala wale nō e ʻeha nei; i kēia manawa pono mākou e puʻunaue hou i ka ʻeha. Ke koho nei mākou i kēia mau hui no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i kūpono i kā lākou mau kulekele hoʻolimalima; a ke koho nei mākou iā lākou no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaka i ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻōlelo ʻana e kākoʻo lākou i nā pono a me nā pono o kēia mau kāne e kū nei. A laila hiki iā lākou ke neʻe i ke kūlanakauhale - i ke kaona a haʻi iā Mayor Loeb e hana i ka mea kūpono.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō, pono mākou e hoʻoikaika i nā ʻoihana ʻeleʻele. Ke kāhea aku nei au iā ʻoe e lawe i kāu kālā mai nā panakō ma ke kūlanakauhale a waiho i kāu kālā ma Tri-State Bank. Makemake mākou i kahi neʻe "bank-in" ma Memphis. E hele ma ka hui mālama kālā a hōʻaiʻē. ʻAʻole wau e nīnau iā ʻoe i kahi mea a mākou e hana ʻole ai iā mākou iho ma SCLC. E haʻi aku ʻo Judge Hooks a me nā mea ʻē aʻe iā ʻoe he moʻokāki kā mākou ma ka hui mālama kālā a hōʻaiʻē mai ka ʻaha alakaʻi alakaʻi Karistiano Hema. Ke haʻi aku nei mākou iā ʻoe e hahai i kā mākou hana. E waiho i kāu kālā ma laila. He ʻeono a ʻehiku mau ʻinikua ʻeleʻele kāu ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Memphis. E lawe i kāu ʻinikua ma laila. Makemake mākou e loaʻa kahi "inikua-i."
I kēia manawa he mau mea pono kēia e hiki iā mākou ke hana. Hoʻomaka mākou i ke kaʻina hana o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kumu waiwai nui. A i ka manawa like, ke kau nei mākou i ke kaomi ma kahi e ʻeha maoli ai. Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e hahai ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻĀnō, e ʻae mai iaʻu i koʻu neʻe ʻana i kaʻu hopena e hāʻawi mākou iā mākou iho i kēia hakakā a hiki i ka hopena. ʻAʻohe mea e ʻoi aku ka pōʻino ma mua o ke kū ʻana i kēia wahi ma Memphis. Pono mākou e ʻike. A i ka wā e hele ai mākou, pono ʻoe ma laila. Inā ʻo ia ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hana, inā ʻo ia ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kula - e noho ma laila. E hopohopo no kou kaikunane. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e kūʻē. Akā, piʻi pū kāua, a i ʻole, iho pū mākou i lalo.
E hoʻomohala kākou i kahi ʻano hoʻomāinoino ʻole. I kekahi lā, hele maila kekahi kanaka iā Iesū, a makemake ʻo ia e nīnau i kekahi mau mea nui o ke ola. I kekahi mau manawa, makemake ʻo ia e hoʻopunipuni iā Iesu, a hōʻike iā ia ua ʻoi aku kona ʻike ma mua o ko Iesu ʻike ʻana a hoʻolei iā ia mai kahi kumu.
I kēia manawa ua hiki ke hoʻopau maʻalahi kēlā nīnau i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa filosofia a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Huki koke ae la o Iesu i kela ninau mai ka lewa mai, a kau aku la ia ma kahi awawa weliweli mawaena o Ierusalema a me Ieriko. A olelo mai la ia no kekahi kanaka i haule iwaena o na powa. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻoe i ka hele ʻana o ka Levi a me ke kahuna ma kēlā ʻaoʻao. ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻōki e kōkua iā ia. A i ka hope, hele mai kekahi kanaka o kekahi lāhui ʻē aʻe. Ua iho ʻo ia i lalo mai kāna holoholona mai, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e aloha ma ke koho. Akā, ua iho pū ʻo ia me ia, hāʻawi i ke kōkua mua, a kōkua i ke kanaka pilikia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū, ʻo ia ke kanaka maikaʻi, ʻo ia ke kanaka nui, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopuka i ka "I" i loko o ka "ʻoe," a me ka hopohopo no kona kaikaina.
I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻoe, hoʻohana nui mākou i ko mākou noʻonoʻo e hoʻoholo i ke kumu i hoʻōki ʻole ai ke kahuna a me ka Levi. I kekahi manawa, ʻōlelo mākou ua paʻa lākou i ka hele ʻana i kahi hālāwai pule, kahi hui ʻekalesia, a pono lākou e iho i Ierusalema i ʻole lākou e lohi i kā lākou hālāwai. I nā manawa ʻē aʻe, manaʻo mākou aia kekahi kānāwai hoʻomana "ʻaʻole e hoʻopā i ke kino o ke kanaka he iwakāluakūmāhā mau hola ma mua o ka hana." A i kēlā me kēia manawa, hoʻomaka mākou e noʻonoʻo inā ʻaʻole paha lākou e iho i Ierusalema - a i ʻole i Ieriko, ma kahi o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi "Improvement Road Improvement Association." He mea hiki. Manaʻo paha lākou he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia mai ke kumu kumu, ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana me ka hopena pilikino.
Akā e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe i ka mea a koʻu manaʻo e haʻi mai iaʻu. Makaʻu paha kēlā mau kāne. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻo ke alanui ʻo Ieriko he ala ʻino. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ko māua noho mua ʻana me Mrs. King ma Ierusalema. Ua hoʻolimalima mākou i kahi kaʻa a holo mākou mai Ierusalema a hiki i Ieriko. A i ko mākou hiki ʻana i kēlā ala, ʻōlelo wau i kaʻu wahine, "Ua hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ke kumu i hoʻohana ai ʻo Iesū i kēia ma ke ʻano o kāna ʻōlelo nane." He alanui wiliwili, ʻōniʻoniʻo. He kūpono maoli no ka hoʻohālua ʻana. Hoʻomaka ʻoe ma Ierusalema, aia ma kahi o 1200 mile - a i ʻole 1200 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka ʻilikai. A i kou iho ʻana i Ieriko, he ʻumikumamālima a i ʻole iwakālua mau minuke ma hope, aia ʻoe ma kahi o 2200 kapuaʻi ma lalo o ka ʻilikai. He alanui weliweli kēlā. I nā lā o Iesū, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Bloody Pass." A ua ʻike ʻoe, ua nānā paha ke kahuna a me ka Levi i kēlā kanaka ma ka honua a noʻonoʻo inā aia ka poʻe a puni. A i ʻole, manaʻo lākou he hoʻopunipuni wale ke kanaka ma ka honua. A ua hana ʻo ia me he mea lā i ʻaihue ʻia a ʻeha ʻia, i mea e hopu ai iā lākou ma laila, e hoʻowalewale iā lākou i laila no ka hopu wikiwiki a maʻalahi. A no laila, ʻo ka nīnau mua a ke kahuna i nīnau ai - ʻo ka nīnau mua a ka Levi i nīnau ai, "Inā e kū wau e kōkua i kēia kanaka, pehea lā iaʻu?" Akā, ua hele mai ka Samaria maikaʻi. A ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i ka nīnau: "Inā ʻaʻole wau e hoʻōki e kōkua i kēia kanaka, pehea ka hopena iā ia?"
ʻO ia ka nīnau i mua o ʻoukou i kēia pō. ʻAʻole, "Inā kū wau e kōkua i nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe, he aha ka hopena o kaʻu hana. ʻAʻole, "Inā kū wau e kōkua i nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe he aha ka hopena i nā hola āpau aʻu e hoʻohana mau ai i koʻu keʻena i kēlā me kēia lā a i kēlā me kēia pule ma ke ʻano he kahunapule?" ʻAʻole ka nīnau, "Inā kū wau e kōkua i kēia kanaka pilikia, he aha ka hopena iaʻu?" ʻO ka nīnau, "Inā ʻaʻole au e hoʻōki i ke kōkua ʻana i nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe, pehea ka hopena iā lākou?" ʻO ia ka nīnau.
E ala aʻe kākou i kēia pō me ka mākaukau nui. E ku kakou me ka manao paa. A e neʻe kākou i kēia mau lā ikaika, i kēia mau lā hoʻokūkū e hoʻolilo iā ʻAmelika i ka mea e pono ai. Loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa kūpono e hoʻolilo iā ʻAmelika i lāhui maikaʻi aʻe. A makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi hou aku i ke Akua no ka ʻae ʻana iaʻu e noho pū me ʻoe.
ʻIke ʻoe, i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, aia wau ma New York City e kākau inoa i ka puke mua aʻu i kākau ai. A i kona noho ʻana ma laila e kākau ana i nā puke, ua hele mai kekahi wahine ʻeleʻele demented. ʻO ka nīnau wale nō aʻu i lohe ai iā ia, "ʻO Martin Luther King ʻoe?" A nānā wau i lalo e kākau ana, a ʻōlelo wau, "ʻAe." A i ka minuke aʻe ua ʻike au i kekahi mea e paʻi ana ma koʻu umauma. Ma mua o koʻu ʻike ʻana, ua hou ʻia au e kēia wahine ʻino. Ua lawe ʻia au i ka Halemai Harlem. He ahiahi Poaono pouli ia. A ua hele aku kēlā maka, a ua hōʻike ʻia e nā kukui X aia ka wēlau o ka maka ma ka lihi o koʻu aorta, ke aʻa nui. A i ka wā i ʻō ʻia ai, make kou koko i loko o kou koko - ʻo ia ka hopena.
Ua puka mai ma ka New York Times i ke kakahiaka aʻe, inā wau i kihe wale, inā ua make wau. ʻAe, ma kahi o ʻehā mau lā ma hope mai, ua ʻae lākou iaʻu, ma hope o ka hana ʻana, ma hope o ka wehe ʻia ʻana o koʻu umauma, a lawe ʻia ka pahi, e neʻe a puni i ka noho huila i ka haukapila. Ua ʻae lākou iaʻu e heluhelu i kekahi o nā leka i komo mai, a mai nā mokuʻāina a me ka honua, ua komo mai nā leka maikaʻi. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mai ka Pelekikena a me ka Hope Pelekikena. Ua poina iaʻu ka ʻōlelo a kēlā mau kelepona. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kipa a me kahi leka mai ke Kiaʻāina o Nu Ioka, akā poina wau i ka ʻōlelo a kēlā leka. Akā, aia kekahi leka i loaʻa mai kahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, he kaikamahine ʻōpio i haumāna ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo White Plains. A nānā au i kēlā leka, ʻaʻole au e poina. Ua ʻōlelo maʻalahi,
“E ke Kauka King,He haumāna au ma ka papa ʻeiwa ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo White Plains."
ʻĪ maila kēlā,
"ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he mea nui, makemake wau e haʻi aku he kaikamahine keʻokeʻo wau. Heluhelu au ma ka pepa o kou poino, a me kou pilikia. A ua heluhelu au, ina ua kihe oe, ina ua make oe. A ke kākau wale nei au iā ʻoe e ʻōlelo aku ua hauʻoli loa wau ʻaʻole ʻoe i kihe ʻia."
A makemake wau e ʻōlelo i kēia pō - makemake wau e ʻōlelo i kēia pō ua hauʻoli nō wau ʻaʻole wau i kihe. No ka mea, ina au i humuhu, aole au i puni maanei i ka makahiki 1960, i ka wa i hoomaka ai na haumana o ka Hema e noho ma na papa aina awakea. A ua ʻike au i ko lākou noho ʻana, ke kū maoli nei lākou no ka maikaʻi o ka moeʻuhane ʻAmelika, a e hoʻihoʻi i ka lāhui holoʻokoʻa i kēlā mau pūnāwai nui o ke aupuni democracy i ʻeli hohonu ʻia e nā Makua Hoʻokumu i ka Hōʻike o ke Kūʻokoʻa a me ka Kumukānāwai.
Inā wau i hūhū, ʻaʻole au i puni ma ʻaneʻi i ka makahiki 1961, i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai mākou e kaʻa no ke kūʻokoʻa a hoʻopau i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka mokuʻāina.
Inā wau i hūhū, ʻaʻole wau e hele ma ʻaneʻi i ka makahiki 1962, i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ka poʻe Negro ma Albany, Georgia e hoʻopololei i ko lākou kua. A i ka wa e hoopololei ai ke kua i ke kane a me ka wahine, e hele ana lakou i kahi, no ka mea, aole e hiki i ke kanaka ke kaa i kou kua ke ole e piko.
Ina au i kihe — Ina au i kihe, aole au i hiki mai maanei i ka makahiki 1963, i ka wa i hoala mai ai na kanaka eleele o Birmingham, Alabama, i ka noonoo o keia lahui, a ua lilo i ka Bila Pono Kivila.
Inā wau i kihe, ʻaʻole loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa ma hope o ia makahiki, i ʻAukake, e hoʻāʻo e haʻi iā ʻAmelika e pili ana i kahi moeʻuhane i loaʻa iaʻu.
Ina au i kihe aku, aole au i iho i Selma, Alabama, e ike i ka Nee Nui ma laila.
Inā wau i kihe, ʻaʻole wau i Memphis e ʻike i kahi hui kaiaulu e hoʻopuni ana i kēlā mau kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine e ʻeha nei.
Hauʻoli loa wau ʻaʻole au i kihe.
A ua haʻi mai lākou iaʻu -. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea nui, i kēia manawa. He mea nui ʻole ka mea e hana nei i kēia manawa. Ua haʻalele au iā Atlanta i kēia kakahiaka, a i ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mokulele, ʻeono mākou. Ua ʻōlelo ka pailaka ma luna o ka ʻōnaehana kamaʻilio lehulehu, "E kala mai mākou no ka lohi, akā aia iā mākou ʻo Kauka Martin Luther King ma ka mokulele. A no ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ʻeke a pau, a no ka ʻike ʻole ʻaʻohe hewa o ka mokulele, pono mākou e nānā pono i nā mea āpau. A ua mālama ʻia ka mokulele a mālama ʻia i ka pō a pau.
A laila hele wau i Memphis. A hoʻomaka kekahi e ʻōlelo i nā mea hoʻoweliweli, a i ʻole e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i waho. He aha ka mea e hiki mai iaʻu mai kekahi o ko mākou mau kaikunāne keʻokeʻo maʻi?
ʻAe, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ka mea e hiki mai ana i kēia manawa. He mau lā paʻakikī ko mākou ma mua. Akā, ʻaʻohe mea nui iaʻu i kēia manawa, no ka mea, ua hele au i ka piko mauna.
A ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo.
E like me kekahi, makemake wau e ola lōʻihi. Loaʻa i ka lōʻihi kona wahi. Akā ʻaʻole wau hopohopo e pili ana i kēia manawa. Makemake au e hana i ko ke Akua makemake. A ua ʻae ʻo ia iaʻu e piʻi i ke kuahiwi. A ua nana au. A ua ʻike au i ka ʻāina i hoʻohiki ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele pū me ʻoe. Akā, makemake au e ʻike ʻoukou i kēia pō, e hiki aku kākou i ka ʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia!
A no laila hauʻoli wau, i kēia pō.
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