Hardships & Suffering 困难与困扰

Let us start this topic with a prayer.

让我们以祈祷开始这个话题。 Tatou ka tiimata tenei kaupapa ma te inoi.

Heavenly Father, we give thanks to You for taking care of us and of our needs.

We give thanks to you Lord for the many blessings that You have showered upon us. We give thanks to You for all the opportunities that You have open up for us.

But, Lord, more than ever, we give thanks to You for all the hardships and sufferings we have been through along the ways in which You teach us and You mold us into the golden witness of Your greatness. Continue to show us Your path and Your way and to lead us to lives that are truly meaningful to our societies, to our communities and to the very image of You. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

天父，我们感谢您照顾我们和我们的需要。我们感谢您，主赐予我们许多的祝福。我们感谢您为我们打开的所有的机会门。
E te Matua i te Ao, ka whakawhetai atu matou ki a koe mo te manaaki i a maatau me o maatau hiahia.
Ka whakawhetai atu matou ki a koe mo te tini o nga manaakitanga kua ringihia e koe ki runga ki a matou.                                          
Ka whakawhetai atu matou ki a koe mo nga mea angitu katoa i whakatuwherahia e koe mo matou.

但是，主啊，我们比以往任何时候都更感谢您在我们教给我们的过程中所经历的所有艰辛和苦难，并使我们成为祢的伟大黄金见证人。继续向我们展示您的道路和方式，并带领我们过对我们的社会，我们的社区和您的真实形象真正有意义的生活。我们奉耶稣的名祈祷。阿们。
Tena ra, e te Ariki, nui atu i nga wa katoa, ka whakawhetai atu matou ki a koe mo nga taumahatanga katoa me nga mamae kua pa ki a matou i nga huarahi e whakaakona ai koe e matou, me te tohu i a koe hei kaiwhakaatu koura mo to nui. Haere tonu ki te whakaatu mai i o maatau ara me to huarahi, kia arahina matou ki nga oranga e whai kiko ana ki o taatau hapori, ki o taatau hapori, ki te ahua ano o koe. Na roto i te ingoa o Ihu, ka inoi tatou. Amene.

Why? Humanity is plagued with the terrible suffering of every kind — starvation, disease, poverty, war, natural disasters. Why does God allow pain? If God is all-powerful and loves all humans, why does He not stop the terrible agony billions endure? https://youtu.be/dqr3Dwz6wTE https://youtu.be/dqr3Dwz6wTE whara te taangata ki nga mamae nui o nga momo - te hiakai, te mate, te rawakore, te pakanga, nga parekura taiao.

He aha te Atua ka whakaaetia ai te mamae? Mena he Atua te kaha o te Atua, e aroha ana ki nga taangata katoa, he aha i kore ai e mutu i a ia te maha o nga mamae piriona?   为什么？饱受饥饿，疾病，贫穷，战争，自然灾害等各种苦难困扰着人类。为什么上帝允许痛苦？如果上帝是万能的，并且爱所有人类，为什么他不阻止数十亿人遭受的可怕痛苦？

Having been living a life that witnesses the ‘ups’ and the ‘downs’ on more occasions than most of my friends, my answer to the question “Why allow hardships and sufferings?” takes the following five main points. But, before disclosing that, I like to share a song from my Church visit yesterday (Sunday, 3rd November 2019)

I te wa e noho ora ana koe ki te whakaatu i nga korero o te ‘piki ake’ me nga ‘heke’ mo etahi atu o oku hoa, ko taku whakautu ki te patai “He aha te tuku i nga uaua me nga mamae?” e rima nga tohu matua e whai ake nei. Engari, i mua i te whakapuaki i tenei, ka hiahia ahau ki te tiri i tetahi waiata mai i taku haerenga o te Haahi i te nanahi (Rātapu, 3 o Whiringa-a-rangi 2019)

我的生活比大多数朋友更多地见证了“起伏”和“跌落”，我对“为什么在世界上要允许苦难和苦难？”这一问题的回答是有以下五个要点。但是，在公开这要点之前，我想分享我昨天（2019年11月3日，星期日）教会中的一首歌。

Morning to Night: (Mandarin with English subtitles) https://youtu.be/QvfB1-FpfWk

词：郑懋柔 Tiffany M. Cheng
曲：游智婷 Sandy Yu
早晨我睁开眼睛
渴望聆听祢声音
心中思想祢的好
更多与祢来亲近
夜晚我仍要歌唱
向祢阐明我心意
敬拜化成一首歌
单单要唱给祢听
从早晨到夜晚
从旷野到高山
亲爱主 我要称颂祢美名
从早晨到夜晚
祢爱永不止息
亲爱主 一生紧紧跟随祢
我的主 我爱祢
我要夸祢的爱无止尽
我的主 我爱祢
我要夸祢的爱无止尽

I opened my eyes in the morning. Eager to listen to the sound Good thoughts in my heart More close to you I still have to sing at night. Train my mind Worship into a song Just sing to listen From morning to night From the wilderness to the mountains Dear Lord, I want to praise the name. From morning to night Love never stops Dear Lord, follow your life closely. My Lord, I love you. I want to exaggerate that love is endless My Lord, I love you. I want to exaggerate the love is endless

I huaki oku kanohi i te ata.
Kaare te whakarongo ki te oro
Nga whakaaro pai i roto i toku ngakau
Pata atu i a koe
He himene tonu ahau.
Whakaakohia taku hinengaro
A koropiko ki te waiata
Waiata noa ki te whakarongo
Mai i te ata ki te po
Mai i te koraha ki te maunga
E te Ariki, pai taku whakamoemiti ki te ingoa.
Mai i te ata ki te po
E kore e mutu te aroha
E te Ariki, whaia te ora.
E toku Ariki, aroha ahau ki a koe.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakarahi i te aroha he mutunga
E toku Ariki, aroha ahau ki a koe.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakarahi i te aroha he mutunga

Point # 1: Without the experience of hardships and suffering, how can we learn to be compassionate?

Pure gold has to be tested and molded by high degree flames. Birds learned to fly by being dropped from high grounds with the watchful eyes of their mothers’ to ensure that their free-falls would not be on fall on hard surfaces. In fear, the young birds would begin to spread their wings, and then to fly.

So there the world goes, up and down, round and round - hardships and suffering alternating with pleasantness and enjoyable happenings. We learned from the mistakes we made. We learned empathy from the hardships we suffered. We only know how others feel when they are depressed after we ourselves have experienced downturns.

We remember God when we are in a depression. We call God for help, praying that He can come to our rescue. But, He appears not to be answering our prayers. Well, He is molding us to be in His image. He is saying to us “You are being trained. The answer to your prayer will come in My time. Just wait.”

NOTE: The Chinese and the Maori versions from Point # 1 onwards will appear after the English texts. 注意：从第1点开始的中文版本和毛利语版本将出现在英文文本之后。 FAKATOKANGA: Ko nga waahanga Hainamana me nga Maori mai i te Point # 1 ki runga ake ka puta ake i muri i nga tuhinga Ingarihi.

Point # 2: Consider the suffering of Jesus on earth.

Yes, Jesus died for us, for our sins, at the Cross. He was totally pure and blameless. He was in His heavenly kingdom but He chose to come to earth to bear the sins of mankind. Just think about this event. Jesus lived on earth for thirty-three years and on earth. He had no peace while He was here. He suffered without complaint. Just recall the fact that the innocent Jesus being nailed to the cross.

Do not believe that three nails (one punched at each of His outstretched hands and one punched on His two feet folded together would hold Him on the wooden cross. Gravity and His body weight would make Him fell to the ground, His hands torn. So, in order to have HIm properly nailed on the cross and paraded on the streets, Jesus’s backbone had to be hooked into the vertical frame of the cross. Imagine how painful this could be. Yes, He bore such pain and suffering for us. Compared to such pain and the constant beating by the Roman soldiers, our hardships and suffering are totally insignificant.

Point # 3: Our loving God’s answer to our problems is simply this “I shall never leave you all alone.” He has a plan for every single one of us.

Then there was Cowan, Mrs. Charles Cowan, who inspired us with her ‘Streams in the Desert’ book. Read about her here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettie_Cowman She had the difficult task of evangelism in Japan during the early 1900s.

Then there was Watchman Nee, a Chinese church leader who worked in China also in the same period of the early 1900s. https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNSBuyhgxvUyUt24ChnN4WfJdM59Hg%3A1573075434377&ei=6jnDXYDNFsHez7sPppKPwA4&q=watchman+nee&oq=watchman+nee&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39j0l9.15932.17776..18577…0.0..0.344.3336.0j9j6j1……0….1..gws-wiz…….0i22i10i30._fpz5_gS6cg&ved=0ahUKEwiA6uHTwtblAhVB73MBHSbJA-gQ4dUDCAo&uact=5 He was constantly prosecuted for his Christian belief. Even when bedridden, he continued the Lord’s work through the most tiring and difficult times in the Peoples’ Republic of China. Today there are heaps of Chinese who are Christians through the inspired works of Watchman Nee and his key follower, Witness Lee.

The point to be made here is that hardship, suffering, stress and sickness are constantly present in our lives. We need to think of these as just minor bumps in our lives’ journeys and look forward to the happy days that are bound to come our way.

Point # 4: Living on Earth is just a temporary refuge as our permanent place of residence is in Heaven.

What if the hardship, the suffering, the stress and the pain still persist throughout oour lives. My wife, who had a persistent backache and a persistent headache, has now adopted the following small prayer that I can recommend to you: “I thank you Lord for your continued blessings. I ask Lord for your guidance in my life. Show me the way, the path that You want me to follow. In Jesus name, I pray.” She now focusses her attention on other pursuits telling herself that those backaches and headaches are but temporary occurences until the day when she will be welcomed into the Lord’s mansion. She now watches Chinese dramas on YouTube, reads fictions borrowed from the Library, visits our children and keeps up his cutlinary skills.

Point # 5: The Story of Job.

How do we trust God even when our lives are not fair and we suffer for no good reason? Job’s story invites us to consider what it means that God runs the world by wisdom, and how this truth can bring peace in dark times. https://www.holyspiritspeaks.org/testimonies/biblical-story-of-job/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-4nuBRCnARIsAHwyuPqIRTU-Th50qdp5QG6s0mcvcO7CJiSGmQyOxk1Oo1N1MzlT-9f6x3AaAr9ZEALw_wcB

What is the key lesson for us in the book of Job? https://youtu.be/GswSg2ohqmA

Job was a person who feared God and led a very pious life, obeying God’s commands. He was also a very rich man - with a large and nice family. He had extensive flocks and was an upright man. He was always careful not to do any evil. But Satan argued with God that Job was faithful to Him because he had everything - wealth, loving family, land and flocks. Satan argued that if these possessions were taken away from him, he would surely be the first to turn and curse God.

God took away Job’s wealth, but Job continued to praise God. God then made Job’s faminly members deserted him, but still Job continued to praise God and to pray to God for His forgiveness. His friends left him, accusing him wrongly of having sinned against God. Yet Job remained faithful to God. Then God allowed Satan to afflict Job with diseases on his body. And yet, Job still sang praises to God.

Eventually, God restored Job to his original status and showered him with more of His blessings.

So, when we meet with hardship and sufferings inflicted upon us, God might just be letting Satan to do these to us. We need to be patient and allow God to do what He needs to do in His time.

約伯為何遭遇苦難-我會像約伯一樣嗎? https://youtu.be/bNIMmTOi8ZM

要点1：如果没有苦难和磨难，我们怎么能变得富有同情心？
第2点：考虑耶稣在世上的痛苦。
第3点：我们爱上帝对我们问题的答案仅仅是“我永远不会让你们一个人”。他为我们每个人都有一个计划。
第4点：地球上的生活只是暂时的避难所，因为我们永久的居住地在天堂。
第5点：Job 的故事。
即使我们的生活不公平且无缘无故地遭受痛苦，我们又如何信任上帝？约伯的故事邀请我们思考上帝借着智慧统治世界的含义，以及这个真理如何在黑暗时期带来和平。

要点1:  纯金必须经过高度火焰测试和成型。鸟类通过在母亲的注意下从高处坠落而学会飞行，以确保其自由落体不会掉落在坚硬的表面上。害怕时，幼鸟会开始张开翅膀，然后飞翔。
因此，世界在上下徘徊，艰辛和痛苦与愉悦和有趣的事情交替发生。我们从犯的错误中学到了东西。我们从经历的苦难中学到了同理心。我们只有在别人经历了低迷之后才知道别人感到沮丧时的感受。
在萧条时期，我们会记得上帝。我们呼吁上帝寻求帮助，祈祷他可以来救我们。但是，他似乎没有回答我们的祈祷。好吧，他正在塑造我们以他的形象。他对我们说：“您正在接受训练。祷告的答案将在我的时代出现。请稍候。”
第2点:   是的，耶稣在十字架上为我们，为我们的罪而死。他完全是纯洁无罪的。他在天堂里，但是他选择来到世上来承担人类的罪过。想想这个事件。耶稣在地上生活了三十三年。他在这里时没有和平。他无怨无悔地受了苦。只要回想一下无辜的耶稣被钉在十字架上的事实。
不要相信三个钉子（一个在他伸出的手上各打一个钉子，一个在两个脚合在一起的双脚上打钉子）会把他钉在木十字架上。重力和他的体重会使他摔倒在地，他的手被撕裂。 ，为了使HIm正确地钉在十字架上并在街道上游行，耶稣的脊椎必须钩在十字架的垂直框架中，想象一下这会是多么痛苦。是的，他为我们承受了如此痛苦和痛苦。面对如此痛苦和罗马士兵的不断殴打，我们的困苦和苦难是微不足道的.
第3点:    然后是科恩（Cowan）查尔斯·科恩（Charles Cowan）夫人，她的《沙漠中的溪流》一书启发了我们。在这里阅读有关她的信息：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettie_Cowman在1900年代初，她在日本从事传福音工作很艰巨。
然后是中国教会领袖倪守望，他在1900年代初期也曾在中国工作。 https://www.google.com/search吗？ j9j6j1 ...... 0 .... 1..gws-wiz ....... 0i22i10i30._fpz5_gS6cg＆ved = 0ahUKEwiA6uHTwtblAhVB73MBHSbJA-gQ4dUDCAo＆uact = 5他因自己的基督教信仰而被不断起诉。即使卧床不起，他仍然在中华人民共和国最艰苦，最艰难的时期中继续主的工作。如今，通过倪Watch声及其主要追随者李目击者的启发性著作，一大堆中国基督徒成为基督徒。
这里要指出的是，苦难，痛苦，压力和疾病一直存在于我们的生活中。我们需要将这些视为人生旅途中的小障碍，并期待着必将有幸福的日子。
第4点:  如果艰苦，痛苦，压力和痛苦在您的一生中仍然持续存在，该怎么办？我的妻子患有持续的背痛和持续的头痛，现在采取了以下小祷告，我可以向您推荐：“我感谢主给您的持续祝福。我请主为您提供一生的指导。方式，你要我走的路。我奉耶稣的名祈祷。”现在，她将注意力集中在其他活动上，告诉自己，这些腰酸和头痛只是暂时的情况，直到她将被欢迎进入主府的那一天为止。现在，她在YouTube上观看中国话剧，阅读从图书馆借来的小说，探访我们的孩子，并保持他的笔墨技巧。  
第5点:    即使我们的生活不公平且无缘无故地遭受痛苦，我们又如何信任上帝？约伯的故事邀请我们思考上帝借着智慧统治世界的含义，以及这个真理如何在黑暗时期带来和平。 https://www.holyspiritspeaks.org/testimonies/biblical-story-of-job/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-4nuBRCnARIsAHwyuPqIRTU-Th50qdp5QG6s0mcvcO7CJiSGmQyOxk1Oo1N1MzlT-9f6x3Az

What is Prayer? https://youtu.be/ijp_HG81u5g

Streams in the Desert 荒漠甘泉 https://youtu.be/31p1u1jpB0o

Tohu # 1: Ki te kore he wheako o nga uauatanga me nga mamae, me pehea e ako ai tatou kia atawhai?
Tohu # 2: Whakaarohia nga mamae o Ihu i te whenua.
Tohu # 3: Ko te whakautu a to tatou Atua aroha ki o tatou raru ko tenei noa iho "E kore rawa ahau e whakarere i a koutou katoa." Kei a ia he mahere mo tatou katoa.
Tohu # 4: Ko te noho i te whenua he taaparinga poto noa kei te Rangi to tatou nohoanga pumau.
Tohu # 5: Te Maarama o Job.

Tohu # 1: Me whakamatauria te koura parakore ka hangaia e nga mura tiketike. I ako nga manu ki te rere ma te maturuturu mai i nga waahi tiketike me nga kanohi mataaratanga o o raatau whaea 'kia pai ai kia kore a ratau rerenga koreutu i runga i te papa uaua. Na te wehi, ka tiimata nga manu taitamariki ki te hora i o raatau parirau, katahi ka rere.
Na reira kei te haere te ao, piki whakararo, huri noa, huri noa - he raru me nga mamae e huri ana i te ahuareka me nga mea whakahihiri. I ako mai ratau i nga mahi he i mahia e matou. I ako matou i te tohungatanga mai i nga uaua o ta maatau. E mohio ana anake maatau te ahua o etahi ina pouri te ngakau i muri i a matou ano i te paheketanga.
E haamana‘o ana mâua i te Atua a tâp we ai tatou. Ka karanga matou ki te Atua mo te awhina, ma te inoi kia taea e ia te whakaora mai. Engari, Kaore e puta ana tana whakautu ki a tatou inoi. Ana, kei te tohe ia ia tatou kia rite ki tana ahua. Te karanga nei ia ki a maatau "Kei te whakangunguhia koe. Ko te whakautu ki taau inoi ka tae mai ki taku waa. Tatari noa."

Tohu # 2: Ae, kua mate a Ihu mo tatou, mo o tatou hara, i te ripeka. I tino ma, kaore rawa he he. Tei roto i To'na basileia i te ra'i ra ua ma'iti Oia ia haere mai i te ao nei no te amo i te mau hara a te taata. Me whakaaro noa mo tenei huihuinga. E toru tekau ma toru nga tau a Ihu i te ao me te i te whenua. Kaore ia i te ata i a ia i konei. I mamae ia me te kore amuamu. A haamana'o noa i te meka i whiua a Ihu harakore ki te ripeka.
Kaua e whakapono e toru whao (kotahi i whia mai i Ia ringa e totoro ana kotahi ka pa i runga i ona waewae e rua kia piri ana kia mau ia i runga i te raau rakau. , kia hiki ai a Hm i ripekatia tika i runga i te ripeka ka takahia i nga tiriti, me whakapiri te tuara o Ihu ki roto i te anga o te ripeka. ki nga mamae pera me nga patu tonu a nga hoia Roma, he iti rawa nga maangatanga me o tatou mamae.

Tohu # 3: Ana ko Cowan, ko Mrs Charles Cowan, nana i whakahihiko i a tatou me tana pukapuka 'Streams in the Desert'. Pānuihia tana korero ki konei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettie_Cowman Kei a ia te mahi uaua o te rongopai i Hapani i te timatanga o te 1900.
I reira ko Watchman Nee, he kaiarahi haahi Hainamana e mahi ana i Haina i te wa ano o nga tau 1900.
Ko ia tonu i whakawakia mo tana whakapono Karaitiana. Ahakoa tona moenga, i haere tonu tana mahi a te Ariki i roto i nga wa tino uaua me nga uaua i roto i nga Peehi 'Republic o Haina. I tenei ra kei reira nga puranga o Haina he Karaitiana na roto i nga mahi whakahihiri a Watchman Nee me tana akonga matua, ko Saksi Lee.

Tohu # 4: Ka ahatia mena ka mau tonu nga mamae, nga mamae, nga taumahatanga me nga mamae i nga wa katoa o te ao. Ko taku wahine, i te mea e tu ke ana te mamae me te mamae o te ngakau, kua whakauruhia e ia nga inoi iti e whai ake nei ka taea e ahau te taunaki ki a koe: "Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe mo te manaakitanga tonu o te Ariki. ara, te ara e hiahia ana koe ki ahau kia whai. I a Ihu ingoa, ko ahau. " Ka aro ia ki tana titiro ki etahi atu mahi e kii ana ki a ia ano ko era tuutuu me te mahunga he mahi noa noa ra tae noa ki te ra ka whakamanahia ai ia ki te whare o te Ariki. Ka titiro ia ki nga whakaari a Haina i runga i te YouTube, ka panui i nga pepeha kua tarewa mai i te Whare Pukapuka, ka toro atu ki a maatau tamariki, me te pupuri i ana pukenga tarai.
Tohu # 5: Me pehea e ti'aturi ai tatou ki te Atua ahakoa kaore nga mahi o te ao me te mamae kaore o raatau take? Ko nga korero a Ioba e awhina ana ki a maatau ki te whakaaro he aha te tikanga e whakahaere ana te Atua i te ao ma te whakaaro nui, me te pehea o tenei pono ki te kawe mai i te rangimarie i nga wa pouri.
Ko Hopa te tangata e wehi ana ki te Atua, a he tino tangata whakapono, e pupuri ana i nga whakahau a te Atua. He tangata taonga nui hoki ia - he hapu nui, he ataahua. He nui ana hipi, he tangata tika hoki ia. He mea tupato tonu ia kia kaua e mahi i tetahi kino. Engari ka tautohetohe a Hatana ki te Atua ko Ioba te pono ki a ia na te mea he taonga katoa, he whanau, he whanau aroha, whenua me nga hipi. I kii a Hatana, ki te tangohia atu enei taonga mai i a ia, ko ia tonu te tangata tuatahi ka tahuri ki te kanga ki te Atua.
I whakakahoretia e te Atua nga taonga o Hopa, otira ka whakamoemiti tonu a Hopa ki te Atua. Na te Atua i whakarere i nga mema poari o Ioba, engari ka whakakororia tonu a Hopa i te Atua me te inoi ki te Atua mo tana murunga. Kua whakarerea ia e ona hoa, he whakapae kaore i he ki te Atua. Heoi i piri tonu a Hopa ki te Atua. Na ka tukua e te Atua a Hatana kia whiua a Hopa ki nga mate i runga i tona tinana. I tenei ano hoki, i waiata a Hopa i nga whakamoemiti ki te Atua.
I te mutunga ake, ka whakahokia mai e te Atua a Hopa ki tona mana taketake me te maha o ana manaakitanga.
Na, ka tutaki tatou ki nga uaua me nga mamae kua pa ki a tatou, ma te Atua pea e tuku a Hatana kia mahia enei mea ki a tatou. E ti'a ia tatou ia faaoromai e ia vaiiho i te Atua ia rave i te mea Ta'na e ti'a ia rave i roto i To'na tau.

For Language Learners, please contact me for a small exercise about this article, aimed at improving the Chinese and the Maori vocabularies. I have done this exercise myself and thus I know its usefulness. God Bless You.

语言学习者，请与我联系以进行有关本文的小练习，以提高中文和毛利语的词汇量。我自己做了此练习，因此知道它的用处。但愿上帝祝福你们。
Mo nga Kaiako o te Reo, Tena koa whakapā mai ki au mo te mahi iti mo tenei tuhinga, e pai ana kia pai ake nga reo Hainamana me nga Maori. Kua mahia e au tenei mahi, no reira ka mohio ahau ki tona painga. Ma te Atua koutou e manaaki.

Te Atua : When we are sad, we sing this Waiata: https://youtu.be/vTWsmq9hTko