Ngaahi Feituʻu ʻo e Fakatamaki mo e Ngaahi Feitu‘u ‘o e Tāpuaki

Ko e Fuakava Foʻou ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻOmi Tāpuaki, ʻOku maʻu ʻi he Siasi ʻo e ʻOtua.

ʻI he taimi ‘a ʻIsileli’ ‘ia Ekisōto, naʻe tō ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki ki ʻIsipite, kae ʻikai ki he kau ʻIsileli. Ko e faikehekehe pē ʻeni ʻi ha feituʻu naʻe ʻi ai e fuakava ʻa e ʻOtua mo ha feituʻu naʻe ʻikai. Kuo fai ʻe he ʻOtua ha talaʻofa lahi, ʻi ha feituʻu pē ʻoku tauhi ai ʻEne fekau—ʻa e Pāsova ʻo e fuakava foʻou—ʻe tāpuekina Hono kakai ʻi heʻenau hū mai mo e hū atu, pea te Ne fakamāʻolungaʻi kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻo māmani.

Ko e Fuakava Foʻou: Palomesi ʻa e ‘Otua ‘oku haʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtua mo e Tangata ko e Mātuʻa mo e Fānau.

ʻOku fakamoʻoni ʻa e palofita ko ʻAisea, Sefanaia, mo Pita ʻe hoko ha fakatamaki afi lahi ki māmani, ko e ʻuhi koe ‘ikai tauhi ʻa e fuakava foʻou, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ʻAho Sapate ʻo e ʻOtua mo e Pāsova. ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he Tohitapu, ʻi he tauhi pē ʻo e fuakava ʻa e ʻOtua ʻe hoko ai ʻa e tangata ko e fānau ʻa e Tamai Kalaisi ʻAhnsahnghong mo e ʻOtua ko e Faʻē, pea maʻu ʻa e maluʻi ʻa e ʻOtua mei he fakatamaki kotoa.

PEA ‘e hoko ‘o pehē, kapau te ke mātu‘aki fakaongo ki he le‘o ‘o Sihova ko ho ‘Otua, mo tokanga ke fai ‘ene ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni kotoa, ‘a ia ‘oku ou feia atu he ‘aho ni, pea ‘e toki ‘ai koe ‘e Sihova ko ho ‘Otua ke ke mā‘olunga taha ‘i he kakai kotoa pē ‘o māmani: pea ‘e toki toupili mai kiate koe ‘a e ngaahi monū ni ko eni, pea te nau ma‘u koe, ‘o kapau te ke fakaongo ki he le‘o ‘o Sihova ko ho ‘Otua. . . . Te ke monū‘ia ‘i ho‘o hū mai, pea te ke monū‘ia ‘i ho‘o hū atu. Teutalōnome 28:1–6

Pea ‘i he taimi ko ia, hili ho‘o fakahā ki he kakai ni ‘a e ngaahi fu‘u me‘a ko eni, pea te nau pehē atu, Koe‘uhi ko e hā kuo folofola‘aki pehē ‘e Sihova ‘a e ngaahi fu‘u kovi ni kiate kimautolu? Pea ko e hā ‘emau kovi? Mo e hā ‘emau angahala kuo mau fai kia Sihova ko homau ‘Otua? ...Koe‘uhi na‘e li‘aki au ‘e ho‘omou ngaahi kui–ko Sihova ia mei he Ta‘ehāmai–pea nau muimui ‘otua kehe mo tauhi ia, mo lotu ki ai, ka nau li‘aki au, pea ko ‘eku lao na‘e ‘ikai te nau tauhia; Selemaia 16:10–11