Tokonaki 10 Fepueli, 2018

Fakamaau 9:30-41; Teutalonome 18:14; 1 Samiuela 10:17,23; Koheleti 9:10

Fakamaau 9:30-41

"30Pea fanongo ‘e Sēpuli ko e pule kolo ki he lau ‘a Kā‘ali ko e foha ‘o ‘Ēpeti, pea ‘ita ai. 31Pea ne tuku atu ha kau talafekau kia ‘Apimeleki ki Tāluma ke fakahā, Ko eni, ko Kā‘ali ko e foha ‘o ‘Ēpeti, pea mo hono kāinga, kuo nau ha‘u ki Sikemi, pea ko eni kuo nau fakamālohia ‘a e kolo ke tu‘u kiate koe. 32Ko ia ke ke tu‘u hake po‘uli, ‘a koe mo kinautolu ‘oku ‘iate koe, pea mou toitoi ‘i he vao: 33pea pongipongi hake ‘i he hopo ‘a e la‘ā te mou tu‘u hengihengi hake, ‘o ‘ohofia ‘a e kolo: pea ka ‘iloange te ne ‘alu atu kiate koe mo e kakai ‘oku nau kau, pea te ke fai kiate kinautolu ‘a e me‘a te ke lava.

34Pea tutu‘u po‘uli hake ‘a ‘Apimeleki mo e kakai kotoa na‘e ‘iate ia, pea nau fakatoka malumu ki Sikemi, ko e malumu ‘e fā. 35Pea hū kitu‘a ‘a Kā‘ali koe foha ‘o ‘Ēpeti, ‘o tu‘u ‘i he matanikolo: pea tu‘u ‘a ‘Apimeleki mo e kakai na‘e ‘iate ia mei honau toka‘anga malumu. 36Pea ‘i he mamata ‘a Kā‘ali ki he kakai, na‘a ne pehē kia Sēpuli; Vakai, ‘oku ai ha kakai ‘oku hifo mei he ngaahi tumutumu ‘o e mo‘unga.

Pea tali ‘a Sēpuli, Ko e ‘ata pē ‘o e mo‘unga ‘oku ke sio ki ai, ‘oku hā hangē ko ha kakai.

37Ka ka toe lea ‘a Kā‘ali, ‘o pehē; Vakai, ‘oku ‘alu hifo ha ni‘ihi mei he loto fonua, pea mo e vāhenga ‘e taha ‘oku hala mai ‘i he ‘Oke-‘o-e-kau-Tuki.

38Pea lea ai kiate ia ‘a Sēpuli, Ko e fē ‘eni ho ngutu na‘e lau, Ko hai ‘a ‘Apimeleki ke tau nofo ki ai? ‘Ikai ko ena ‘a e kakai na‘a ke fakasīkaka‘i? ‘alu atu mu‘a ‘o mou tau. 39Pea hū kitua‘ā ‘a Kāleli ‘i he ‘ao ‘o e kau Sikemi totonu, ‘o ne fai tau mo ‘Apimeleki. 40Pea tuli ia ‘e ‘Apimeleki, pea na‘a ne hola mei hono ‘ao, pea na‘e tō kafo ha tokolahi ‘o a‘u atu ki he matanikolo. 41Pea na‘e nofo ‘a ‘Apimeleki ‘i ‘Āluma: pea na‘e kapusi ‘e Sēpuli ‘a Ka‘ali mo hono kāinga ke ‘oua te nau nofo ‘i Sikemi."

Fakamaau 9:30 “Pea fanongo ʻe Sepuli ko e pulekolo ki he lau ʻa Kaali ko e foha ʻo ʻEpeti”, pea ʻita ai”. Ko e kau Sikení naʻa nau talitali ʻa e tokotaha ko Kaalí, pea nau ʻai ia, ke ne fakafepaki kia ʻApimeleki. Ko Kaalí ko e foha ia ʻo ʻEpeti. Ko e lea ʻEpetí, ʻoku ʻuhinga ia “ko ha popula”, ko ʻEpetí ko e taha ia ʻo e kau toenga ʻo e kau Kenaní, naʻá ne polepole ʻi hono tuku fakaholo meia Hemoa (Sen 34). Pea naʻe ʻai ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa Kaali ko e ʻulu ia pe taki ʻi hono fakafepakiʻi ʻo ʻApimeleki. He ko Hemoá ko e tamai ia ʻa Sikemí ʻa ia ʻoku ui ki ai ʻa e koló. Pea fai ʻe Kaali ʻa hono valokia ʻo ʻApimeleki mo Sikeni. Kaikehe, talu mei he fanongo ʻa Sepuli kia Kaali, pea ne ʻita ai ʻia Kaali, naʻá ne hoko ai pe ko e tokotaha lavaki ia ʻo Kaali, ʻo ne feingaʻi ʻa Kaali ke ne fihia ʻi ha faʻahinga meʻa pea aʻu pe ki haʻane mate. Neongo ko e fakalukufua ia ʻo e fonuá naʻe kei hokohoko atu pe kia ʻApimeleki, ka naʻe ʻikai ke nau fakafepakiʻi ʻe kinautolu ʻa Kaali mo ʻene taukave naʻá ne faí. Ko e meʻa ke tau hanga ʻo fakatokangaʻi ʻa e faingataʻa ʻa e meʻa ko e ngāue fakataha, pea mo e meʻa ko e feʻofaʻaki, he ko ia ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni foʻou naʻe haʻu mo Sīsū Kalaisi, pea heʻikai ke fai ha ofo ʻi he tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa ʻIsilelí mo kinautolu ʻi he Fuakava Motuʻá. Ko e fehuʻi ʻoku fokotuʻu atú. Kuo tau feʻofaʻakí? Ko e kakai kotoa ʻoku nau ʻatakaiʻi kitautolu ʻoku nau fiemaʻu mo fiekaia ki he ʻofá, he ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa fakaetangata ia, ka ko e meʻa pe ia ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko hono ʻuhinga ia ʻoku vātau ai ʻa e māmani ko e ʻikai ʻa ʻofa. Ko e talu ʻa e tō ʻa ʻAtama he angahalá mo e mole ʻa e ʻofa, pea ʻikai ha ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá, pea pehē ʻa e mole ʻa e ʻofa ki he tangata ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻaho ni, kaeʻoua pe kuo ke ʻuluaki maʻu ʻa Kalaisi ki hoʻo moʻui, ko e haʻu ia ʻa ʻofa, pea ʻomai leva ʻe he ʻapositoló ʻa e lea ko eni “Ke taʻeloi homou ʻofa. Fehiʻa ia ki he kovi, pikitai ki he lelei. ʻI hoʻomou ʻofa ki he kāinga lotú, fai ʻo hangē ko ha kāinga moʻoni, ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa mou taimuʻa kimoutolu (Lo 12:9,10) Ko e ʻikai ha ʻofá ko e fakaʻilonga moʻoni ia ʻoku teʻeki pe ke maʻu ʻa Kalaisi he ko Ia tokotaha pe ʻe maʻu ai ʻa e ʻofá pea hangē ko ʻene ʻofaʻi kitautolu ke pehē ʻetau feʻofaʻakí. Loto lelei ke ke faingataʻaʻia.