ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sepitema 15, 2017

Ko e Fekau ‘e Hongofulu

The Ten commandments

Fehuʻi #8

Ko e hā ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otuá  ‘oku hiki ‘i he Fekau ‘e Hongofulú?

(What is the law of God stated in the Ten Commandments?)

‘Oua na‘a ai hao ‘Otua kehe, ‘o ua ‘aki au. ‘Oua te ke ngaohi ma‘au ha tamapua, pe ha momo‘i fakatātā ‘o ha me‘a ‘o e langi ‘i ‘olunga na, pe ‘o māmani ‘i lalo ni, pe ‘o e tahi ‘i lolofonua. ‘Oua te ke hū ki ai, pea ‘oua te ke tauhi ki ai. ‘Oua te ke takuanoa ‘a e huafa ‘o Sihova ko ho ‘Otua. Manatu ‘a e ‘aho Sāpate ke tauhi ia ke tapu. Faka‘apa‘apa ki ho‘o tamai mo ho‘o fa‘ē. ‘Oua na‘a ke fakapō. ‘Oua na‘a ke tono ‘unoho. ‘Oua na‘a ke kaiha‘a. ‘Oua na‘a ke tu‘u ko e fakamo‘oni loi. ‘Oua te ke manumanu.

(You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below – you shall not bow down to them or worship them. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You shall not covet.)

‘Ekisoto 20:3

‘Oua na‘a ai hao ‘Otua kehe, ‘o ua ‘aki Au.

Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before Me.

Komeniteli ‘a Sione Puniani

Commentary – John Bunyan

Ko e ha‘aha‘a ‘e tō mai kiate kitá  ‘oku ‘ikai makatu‘unga ia ‘i ha‘ate maumau‘i ha fo‘i taha pe ua ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú , ka ko ha‘ate maumau‘i ha taha pe ‘o e hongufulú . Tau pehē, tokua ko ha tu‘i kuo ne tuku mai ha ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni pe lao ‘e hongofulu ke talangofua ki ai hono kakaí́, pea ka ‘ikai, ko honau tauteá  ko e mate; ko ia, ka ‘i ai ha taha te ne maumau‘i ha taha pe ‘o e ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni ko ení, kuo ne halaia ‘i he hia ko e angatu‘u (fakafetau) ki he pule‘angá , ‘o tatau pe ia mo ha‘ane maumau‘i kotoa ‘a e ngaahi laó, pea ‘oku tuha mo ia ke fakahoko kiate ia ‘a e tautea kakato ‘o tatau pe ia mo ha‘ane maumau‘i kotoa ‘a e ngaahi lao ‘e hongofulu ko ení.

The danger doth not lie in the breaking of one or two of these ten only, but it doth lie even in the transgression of any one of them. As you know, if a king should give forth ten particular commands, to be obeyed by his subjects upon pain of death; now, if any man doth transgress against any one of these ten, he doth commit treason, as if he had broke them all, and lieth liable to have the sentence of the law as certainly passed on him, as if he had broken every particular of them…