Tokonaki 2 Tisema, 2017

Siosiua 21:1-8; 14:1; Nom 35:2-3 

Siosiua 21:1-8

"1PEA ‘unu‘unu mai ‘a e hou‘eiki ‘ulumotu‘a ‘o ha‘a Līvai kia ‘Eliesa ko e taula‘eiki, pea kia Siosiua ko e foha ‘o Nuni, mo e hou‘eiki ‘ulumotu‘a ‘o e ngaahi matakali ‘o ha‘a ‘Isileli; 2pea nau lea kiate kinautolu ‘i Sailo, ‘i he fonua ko Kēnani, ‘o pehē, Na‘e tu‘utu‘uni ‘e he ‘Eiki ‘ia Mōsese, ke ‘omi hamau ngaahi kolo nofo‘anga, mo e ngaahi ‘api takai ma‘a ‘emau monumanu 3Ko ia na‘e foaki ‘e ha‘a ‘Isileli ki he kau Līvai mei honau ngaahi tofi‘a ‘a e ngaahi kolo ko eni, mo e ngaahi ‘api takatakai, ‘o hangē koe folofola ‘a Sihova. 4Pea fai ‘a e talotalo ma‘a e ngaahi fāmili ‘o ha‘a Kōhate; pea na‘e tō ki he hako ‘o ‘Ēlone ko e taula‘eiki ‘a ia ko e fa‘ahinga Līvai, ‘a e kolo ‘e hongofulu mā tolu mei he matakali ‘o Siuta, mo e matakali ‘o Simione, mo e matakali ‘o Penisimani. 5Pea na‘e tō ki hono toe ‘o ha‘a Kōhate ha kolo ‘e hongofulu mei he ngaahi fāmili ‘o e matakali ‘o ‘Ifalemi, mo e matakali ‘o Tani, mo e vaeua ‘o e matakali ‘o Manase. 6Pea na‘e tō ki ha‘a Kēsoni ha kolo ‘e hongofulu mā tolu mei he ngaahi vahe ‘o e matakali ‘o ‘Īsaka, mo ‘Āseli, mo Nafitalai, mo e vaeua ‘o e matakali ‘o Manase ‘i Pēsani. 7Na‘e tō ki ha‘a Mēlali mo honau ngaahi fāmili ha kolo ‘e hongofulu mā ua mei he matakali ‘o Lūpeni mo Kata, mo Sepulone. 8Pea na‘e foaki ‘e ha‘a ‘Isileli ki he kau Līvai ‘a e ngaahi kolo ko eni, mo e ngaahi ‘api takatakai, ‘o hangē ko e tu‘utu‘uni ‘a Sihova kia Mōsese. Na‘a nau talotalo ki ai."

Sios 21:1 “Pea ʻunuʻunu mai ʻa e houʻeiki ʻulumotuʻa ʻo haʻa Livaí kia ʻEliesa ko e taulaʻeiki pea kia Siosiua ko e foha ʻo Nuni mo e houʻeiki ʻulumotuʻa ʻo e ngaahi matakali ʻo ʻIsilelí. Ko e kau Livaí ʻoku nau tokanga he ʻoku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e kotoa ʻo e kakaí he naʻa nau tatali pe, kaeʻoua kuo maau ʻa e fakanofonofo ʻo e ngaahi matakali ʻo ʻIsilelí ki honau tofiʻa, kae kimuʻa ʻa e fai ʻenau kolé kia Siosiuá, naʻe ʻikai ke kau ʻa e haʻa Livaí ia, ʻi he maʻu tofiʻa ʻi he fonuá ʻi he lotolotonga honau fanga tokouá. Ko e kau Livaí, naʻe ʻi ai ʻenau totonu ke nau maʻu ʻa e vahe hongofulu, pea mo e polopolo, pea kuo nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kolo ʻe fāngofulu mā valu, ko honau nofoʻanga. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke nau talotalo ke teuteu maʻae kotoa ʻo e kau maʻoniʻoni, ko e tuʻunga taulaʻeiki fakatuʻi. Ko e kakai tapu ko e faʻahinga ko iá naʻá ke meʻa tonu (1 Pita 2:9) pea kuopau ke nau ʻinasi ʻaki ia. Naʻa nau langa ʻenau ʻeke ko ení ʻi ha makatuʻunga lelei, naʻe ʻikai ko haʻanau lelei, pe ko e ngāue ʻanautolu, ka ko e fakakaukau faka-ʻOtuá. Ko e fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻi he nima ia ʻa Mosese, ke ʻoange haʻanau ngaahi kolo. Ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli naʻá ne fehuʻi eni, pea ko e kau Livai, kuopau ke nau teuteu lelei ki ai. Ko hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū, ko e tuʻi ia ʻo e siasi fakakalisitiane naʻá ne fakanofo mo ne pehē, “Naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻEikí kiate kinautolu ʻoku Malanga ʻaki ʻa e Kosipelí, ke nau maʻu honau tauhí mei he kosipeli”. (1 Kol 9:14). Ko e konga ʻe ua ke tau tokanga ʻi he veesí ni. 1) Ko e siasi, kuopau ke ne poupou ki heʻene kau ngāue, he ko e fatongia ia ʻo e siasí, peá ne fai ʻi he leleitahá mo e totonu. 2) Ko e kau ngāué kalisitiane, ke ʻoua ʻe fakaholomui ʻa e kosipelí ʻi heʻenau tokanga ki he tokoni ʻoku fai kia kinautolu, he ʻoku faingofua pe hono mioʻi honau ʻulungaangá ʻe he ngaahi meʻa ʻo māmaní, pea nau kui ai, pea taʻeʻaonga ’a e ngāue naʻe faí.