Tu'apulelulu 8 Fepueli, 2018

Fakamaau9:16-21; 2 Samiuela 20:14; ‘Aisea 8:6; Filipai 3:3

Fakamaau 9:16-21

"16Pea ko eni, kapau kuo mou fai mo‘oni mo totonu ‘i ho‘omou fakanofo ‘a ‘Apimeleki ke tu‘i, pea kapau kuo mou fai lelei kia Selupeali mo hono fale, pea kapau kuo mou fai kiate ia ‘o taau mo e ngāue na‘a ne feia– 17(He na‘e tau ma‘amoutolu ‘e he‘eku tamai, ‘o ne li‘aki ‘ene mo‘ui, ‘o ne fakahaofi kimoutolu mei he nima ‘o Mitiani; 18ka kuo mou tu‘u he ‘aho ni ki he fale ‘o ‘eku tamai, pea kuo mou tāmate‘i hono ngaahi foha, ko e tu‘unga me‘a ‘e toko fitungofulu, ‘i ha maka pē taha, pea kuo mou fakanofo ‘a ‘Apimeleki ko e tama ‘a ‘ene kaunanga ke tu‘i ki he kakai Sikemi, koe‘uhi ko homou tokoua ia.) 19Ko ia kapau kuo mou fai mo‘oni mo totonu kia Selupeali mo hono fale he ‘aho ni, pea mou fiefia ‘ia ‘Apimeleki, pea ke fiefia mo ia ‘iate kimoutolu. 20Pea ka ‘ikai, ke pā atu ‘a e afi meia ‘Apimeleki, ‘o keina ‘a e kakai Sikemi, mo kinautolu ‘o e fale taua; pea ke pā mai ‘a e afi mei he kakai Sikemi mo e fale taua, ‘o keina ‘a ‘Apimeleki. 21Pea lele ‘a Siotame, ‘o hola; ‘o ne ‘alu ki Pea, ‘o ne nofo ai telia ‘a ‘Apimeleki ko hono tokoua."

Fakamaau 9:16 “Pea ko eni kapau kuo mou fai moʻoni mo totonu ʻi hoʻomou fakanofo ʻa ʻApimeleki ke tui”. ʻOku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu maʻu pe ʻa e meʻa ko e moʻoni mo e totonu ʻi he ʻao hotau ʻOtuá he ko e ʻOtuá ʻo e moʻoni mo e totonu. He ʻoku fakatokanga ki ai ʻa Tevita “ʻOua te ke haʻaki hohaʻa koeʻuhi ko e kau faihala. ʻOua te ke meheka koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻoku ngāue kaka. He vave honau tuʻusi hangē ko e musie. Pea hangē ko e mohuku maʻa ʻenau maé” (Sa 37:1,2). ʻOku ʻikai nai ko e meʻa eni ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e mate vave ʻa e niʻihi? Pea ʻe tuha pe ia mo e kau taʻeʻilo ʻOtuá, ka ko kitaua kuo ta ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku totonu mo kitaua, ʻoku totonu ke ta fai maʻa mo maʻoniʻoni he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá he meʻa kotoa pē. Ko ia ʻa e tala fakatātā naʻe fai ʻe Siotamé ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻApimelekí. he ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai ia ʻo e ngaahi ʻakaú ke nau fili ha tuʻi, he ko e kotoa ʻo e ʻakaú ʻoku ʻa e ʻEikí, he naʻá ne to kinautolu (Sa 104:16) pea ko ia ʻokú ne maluʻi. Pea pehē foki, ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai ia maʻa ʻIsileli ke talanoaʻi ʻa e ʻai ha tuʻi maʻa kinautolu he ko e ʻEikí honau tuʻí, ka ʻi he taimi ʻe fili ai ʻe he ʻakaú ha tuʻí he ʻikai ke ʻoatu ki he puleʻangá ki he tuʻunga ʻo e sitá pe ko e painí, ʻa ē ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga, ka ko hono tuʻusi pe ki lalo, ʻo kehe ia mei he ʻakau fuá ʻo hangē ko e vainé mo e ʻolivé. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe Siotame ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa ʻApimeleki ʻoku fakahoa ia ki he ʻakau taʻeʻaonga ʻo tuʻu pe ʻo lau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻakaú mo e taʻeʻaonga mo taʻefua mo fai ʻa e meʻa fehalaaki, ʻo kamata ʻa e malaʻiá, pea fakaʻosi ki hono tutu ʻaki ʻa e afí. Pea ko e taha ai ko ʻApimeleki kuo fili ki he puleʻanga ʻe he ngaahi ʻakaú. Pea ʻoua naʻa tau fakakaukau ko e meʻa foʻou, kapau ʻoku tau sio ki he vale ʻoku nofo ʻi he potu maʻolunga lahi (Koheleti 10:6). Pea takanoa ʻa e kakai hiá. ʻOka hakeakiʻi ʻi he kakai ʻa e koto fakalielia (Sa 12:8) pea ko e kakaí ʻoku nau kui ki honau manakó, ʻi hono fili honau takí pea ʻoku kui ʻa e kakai ʻi he lakangá, pea mo e tuʻungá. ʻĀʻā ki he ʻEikí mo ʻene fakamaamá pea heʻikai kapu koe he kuihi ʻe he kakanó mo e māmaní. Ko e fakahoko naʻe fai ʻe Siotamé naʻe tofiʻa ki he moʻoní mo mahino pea naʻá ne fakamanatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi ngāue lelei ʻa ʻene tamaí naʻe fai maʻa kinautolu, kaeʻumaʻā ʻa ʻenau taʻeofa ki he fāmili ʻo ʻene tamaí naʻe ʻikai ke nau fai kiate ia, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau hao ʻi hono nimá. Ka naʻe tuku kotoa ia ke toki fakapapauʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa ki he toʻukupu ʻofa fakapalovitenisi ʻo e ʻOtuá.