Sapate 8 'Okatopa, 2017

Siosiua 9:3-6; 5:10; 10:2

Siosiua 9:3-6

"3Ka ‘i he fanongo ‘e he kakai Kipione ki he me‘a kuo fai ‘e Siosiua ki Sielikō mo ‘Ai, 4na‘e hanga ai ‘e kinautolu foki, ‘o nau fai fakaoloolo, ‘o nau ‘alu ‘o hangē ko ha kau fakafofonga, ‘o nau fakaheka ki he‘enau fanga ‘asi ha ngaahi tangai kuo motu‘a, mo e ngaahi ‘ainga uaine leta kuo motu‘a mo mahaehae mo no‘ono‘o; 5pea nau ‘ai ‘a e ngaahi sū kuo motu‘a, mo ‘oposi, ‘o nau tui ‘a e ngaahi kofu kuo motu‘a; pea ko e mā kotoa ‘o honau ‘oho kuo mōmoa, pea tu‘unga-fulufulua. 6Pea na‘a nau ‘alu kia Siosiua ki he ‘apitanga ‘i Kilikali, pea na‘a nau lea kiate ia mo e kau ‘Isileli, ‘o pehē, Ko ‘emau omi e mei ha fonua mama‘o; pea ko eni ke tau talite mu‘a."

Sios 9:3 “Ka ʻi he fanongo ʻe he kakai Kipioné ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe Siosiua ki Seliko mo Aí..” Ko e ongoongo ʻo e ikuna kuo fai ʻe ʻIsilelí naʻe mafola lahi atu ia ki he ngahi kakai ʻo e fonua ko Kenaní. Naʻe aʻusia ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e fakafepakí ʻi ha fotunga ʻe ua: ko e fakafepaki naʻe haʻu hangatonu pe ki ʻIsilelí, ko e ngaahi tuʻí ia, ʻa ʻenau kamata fakatahataha ke nau ʻohofi ʻa ʻIsilelí. Pea fakafepaki hono ua eni naʻe haʻu taʻehangatonu (9) mai ki ʻIsileli. Ko e kau Kipione eni naʻa nau fakapoto ʻenau kākaá. ʻOku lava pē ke tau ʻamanaki ki ha fakafepaki tatau mo eni, ʻo hangē pe ʻoku tau talangofua ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá, he ko e meʻa ia ʻo e ʻahó. Ke maluʻi mo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakafepaki pehē ní. Kuopau ke tau falala ki he ʻOtuá mo fetuʻutaki fakamomeniti mo Ia. Pea te ne ʻomi ʻa e mālohi ke tau muia ʻa e fakafepaki ʻoku haʻu hangatonu mo e haʻu taʻehangatonu, pea ne ʻomai mo e poto, ke tau sio ʻaki ki he kākā ʻoku fai maí. Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e founga naʻa nau ngāueʻakí. He naʻa nau ʻilo ko e kotoa ʻo e kakai ʻoku nau nofo ʻi he fonua ʻo Kenaní, ʻe tafiʻi kotoa kinautolu. Pea kuo hanga ʻe he ongoongo ko iá ʻo ngaohi kinautolu ʻo ʻikai haʻanau toe ʻamanaki ki haʻanau moʻui mei he heletā ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, kaeʻoua kuo nau hanga ʻo ʻai ʻa Siosiua ke ne tui, naʻa nau haʻu mei he fonua mamaʻo, koeʻuhí ke ʻoua te ne fekau ʻa ʻIsileli ke tauʻi kinautolu pe tapui ke nau melino mo kinautolu (Teut 20:10,15) He nau haʻu ʻi he ʻulungaanga ʻo hangē ha kau ʻamipasitoa mei ha fonua mulí. Naʻa nau fakangalingali kuo nau helaʻia ʻi he fononga lōloa mo mamaʻo, pea naʻe ʻi ai honau ʻoho. Kuo maumau ia he ko ʻenau ʻai pe ke pehē. Ko e faʻahinga natula ē ʻo e māmani angahala ko hono fakakaukauʻi ha haoʻanga fakaetangata pē ʻo taʻe ʻi ai ha ʻOtua ia, he naʻa tau tatau pe mo e kau Kenaní ʻi he tauhi ʻotua hitení. Ka e fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua moʻui, ʻi heʻene ʻomi ʻa e maama fakakosipelí ʻo tau monūʻia ai ʻi hotau ʻEiki Huhuʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí. Fakapapau ʻa Kalaisi, kuo ke moʻui ai.