Tusite 14 Novema, 2017

Siosiua 16:5-10; 17:7-9; 18:13; Fakamaau 1:29

Siosiua 16:5-10

"5Pea ko e vahe ‘o ha‘a ‘Ifalemi mo honau ngaahi fāmili, ‘io, ko e kau‘ā ‘o honau tofi‘a na‘e kamata mei hahake, mei ‘Ataloti-‘ātali, ‘o fai atu ki Pete-holoni-‘olunga; 6pea ‘alu atu ‘a e kau‘ā ki lulunga ‘i Mikimetata, ‘o tuku ia ki he tonga; pea toki takai hake ‘a e kau‘ā ki hahake ki Ta‘anata-sailo, pea fou atu ai ki he potu hahake ‘o ‘Ianoa; 7pea hifo ai mei ‘Ianoa ki ‘Ataloti mo Na‘ala‘a, pea lave ki Sielikō, ‘o tū‘ulu ki Soatani. 8Mei Tapua na‘e ‘alu ‘a e kau‘ā ki lulunga ki Vai-kaho‘ia; pea na‘e ‘asi atu ki tahi. Ko e tofi‘a ia ‘o e matakali ‘o ha‘a ‘Ifalemi mo honau ngaahi fāmili. 9Pea ai mo e ngaahi kolo na‘e vahe‘i ‘Ifalemi ‘i he loto tofi‘a ‘o ha‘a Manase, ‘a e ngaahi kolo ko ia mo honau ngaahi vilisi. 10Ka na‘e ‘ikai te nau kapusi ‘a e kakai Kēnani na‘e nofo ‘i Kēseli, ka ka nofo ai pē ‘a e kau Kēnani ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o ‘Ifalemi, ‘o a‘u ki he ‘aho ni, ‘o nau ngāue fatongia."

Sios 16:5 “Pea ko e vahe ʻo haʻa ʻIfalemi mo honau ngaahi fāmilí”. “Ko e fakaʻilonga naʻe ʻai ki he haʻa Ifalemí, ko e ʻikai ke nau kapusi kituʻa ʻa e kau Kenani mei Keseli ko ʻenau taʻetokanga pē ko e lotofoʻi he ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e tui ki he palomesi ʻa e ʻOtuá he te ne ʻoange kia kinautolu ʻa e lavameʻa, ʻo kapau te nau feinga ke ikuna, pe ko ʻenau lotoʻaki ʻa e fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá, he te ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau kapusi ki tuʻa ʻa e kau Kenaní, pea heʻikai ha melino mo kinautolu. Naʻe nau ʻamanaki kinautolu te nau fiemalie ʻi he laó, te ne ʻomi kinautolu ke nau fakaʻapaʻapa, pea ke nau fakahaofi mei he loto manumanu, pea te nau maʻu tupu ʻi he ngāue ʻa e kau Kenaní. Ko e ʻikai ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e fakatuʻutamaki, te ne uesia kinautolu ʻe heʻenau tauhi ʻaitolí. ʻOku tua ʻilo pe ʻi he ola ʻo e talanoá naʻe mamaʻo ʻaupito ʻa ʻIsileli ia, mei hono mapuleʻi ʻo e ʻaitolí ʻi he kakai kehe, pea vave ʻaupito ʻenau tō ʻo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaitolí. Kae ʻoiauē! ʻOku fēfē ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá he taimí ni, ʻenau faingataʻaʻia ʻi honau ngaahi fili ʻoku kei toé. Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻEikí. “Kuopau pē ke ne Hau, kaeʻoua ke ne tuku ʻa e fili kotoa pē ki hono lalo vaʻé” (1 Kol 15:25) Kapusi kotoa kinautolu kituʻa, he ko koe pe te ke lavea ai, ʻo mole mei he ʻOtua moʻuí ki he loí. Naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ongoongoa naʻe ʻi he tofiʻa ko eni ʻo e matakali ʻo Ifalemí, neongo ʻoku ʻikai fai ha lave ia ki ai ʻi heni. Ko e puleʻanga fakakatoa ʻo e matakali ʻe hongofulu, ʻoku toutou hoko ai ʻi he kau palofita, tautefito kia Hosea naʻe ui ia ko Ifalemi (Hos 5:3). Ko e ngaahi fakamatala ko eni ʻo e ngaahi kauʻāfonua, ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kia kitautolu, ko hotau tuʻunga mo e teuteu ʻi he moʻui ko ení, pea ki hotau tofiʻa he kahaú, kuo fokotuʻutuʻu ia ʻaki pē ʻa e poto mo faitotonu ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau fiemalie ʻi hotau ʻinasi, he kuó ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e leleitahá maʻa kitautolu pea ko e kotoa ʻo e meʻa ʻoku tau maʻu, ʻoku lahi ʻanoa ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku taau mo kitautolu ʻo makatuʻunga ʻia Kalaisi