ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Akosi 1, 2017

“Not I”

Fehu‘i #1

Ko e hā ‘etau ‘amanaki pe taha ‘i he mo‘uí mo e maté?

(What is our only hope in life and death?) 

‘Oku ‘ikai ‘o kitautolu ‘a kitautolu, ka ‘oku fakatou ma‘u hotau sinoʹ mo e laumalié ‘e he ‘Otuá mo hotau Fakamo‘ui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ‘o tatau pe ‘i he mo‘ui mo e mate.

(That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ)

** Koeʻuhiʹ ko ‘ene taha pe ‘etau veesi ki he uikeʹ, pea ‘oku taau leva ke tau ako ai pe ke tau maʻu loto fakataha mo e fehuʻi ‘o e uikeʹ.

** Kuoʹ ke fakatokangaʻi ha tapa hoʻo moʻuiʹ kuo ke ‘oange ki he ‘Eikiʹ he uike ni ke pule ai? Naʻe faingataʻa? Kapau ‘oku ‘i ai ha ‘elia ‘oku ‘ikai te ke loto ke ‘oange ki he ‘Eiki, ko e hā nai hono ‘uhinga? Foki ki heʻetau veesi tefitoʹ ‘o faiʻaki haʻo lotu.

Komeniteli ‘a Sione Kalavini - hoko atu

Commentary - John Calvin - cont.

Ko ha toki toʻutangata monūʻia moʻoni, ka ko kinautolu kuo nau ako ke ‘ilo ‘oku ‘IKAI ‘aʻana ia, pea kuoʹ ne toʻo ‘a e mafai mo ‘ene fie pule pe kiate iaʹ, ‘o ne tukulolo kakato ki he pule ‘a e ‘Otua! He ko ‘etau tuku ki hotau kitaʹ ke puleʹ, ko e mahaki fakatuʻutāmaki ia ‘oku iku ki hotau fakaʻauhaʹ. Ko e taulanga ū ‘o hotau fakamoʻuiʹ, ko ‘etau siʻaki hotau poto fakaetangataʹ, pea tukuange hotau mafai ke pule ki heʻetau ‘uuni meʻaʹ, kae muimui ki he tataki ‘a e ‘Otuaʹ tokotaha pe!

O, how much has that men profited who, having been taught that he is not his own, has taken away dominion and rule from his own reason that he may yield it to God! For, as consulting our self-interest is the pestilence that most effectively leads to our destruction, so the sole haven of salvation is to be wise in nothing and to will nothing through ourselves but to follow the leading of the Lord alone.