• “Hard for Hem Story Witim Olketa and No Iusim Tokpiksa”
    Wastaoa—2002 | September 1

    • 14. Long parabol abaotem kaenfala Samaritan, why nao wei wea Jesus iusim datfala road “from Jerusalem for go long Jericho” hem important for strongim point bilong hem?

      14 Mek-tu, tingim datfala parabol abaotem kaenfala Samaritan. Jesus hem sei: “Wanfala man hem go daon from Jerusalem for go long Jericho and olketa man for steal kasholem hem, aotem evri kaleko bilong hem and killim hem, and olketa go and leavim hem haf dead long road.” (Luke 10:30) Interesting samting, Jesus iusim datfala road “from Jerusalem for go long Jericho” for strongim point bilong hem. Taem hem storyim disfala parabol hem long Judea, klosap long Jerusalem; so olketa wea lisin savve long datfala road. Datfala road hem barava danger tumas, especially for man gogo seleva long hem. Hem bend olabaot thru long area wea no staka pipol stap and garem planti ples wea olketa man for steal savve haed.

      15. Why nao no eniwan savve mekem excuse for wei wea datfala priest and Levite long tokpiksa abaotem kaenfala Samaritan barava no willing for help?

      15 Narafala samting tu hem important abaotem wei wea Jesus storyim datfala road wea go “daon from Jerusalem for go long Jericho.” Long datfala parabol, firstaem wanfala priest and then wanfala Levite gogo tu long datfala road—bat tufala evriwan no stop for helpem datfala man wea garekil. (Luke 10:31, 32) Olketa priest serve long temple long Jerusalem, and olketa Levite helpem olketa. Planti priest and Levite stap long Jericho taem olketa no waka long temple bikos Jericho hem 23 kilometer nomoa from Jerusalem. Dastawe, olketa mas gogo olowe long datfala road. Lukim tu hao datfala priest and Levite gogo long datfala road “from Jerusalem,” wea minim olketa gogo awe from datfala temple.b So no eniwan savve mekem excuse for olketa man hia and sei, ‘Tufala stap klia from datfala man wea garekil bikos luk olsem hem dae finis, and for tasim wanfala dead body bae mekem olketa no fit for serve long temple long datfala taem.’ (Leviticus 21:1; Numbers 19:11, 16) Hem klia tumas hao olketa tokpiksa bilong Jesus storyim olketa samting wea pipol savve abaotem.