ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Sepitema 9, 2017

Ko e va‘a hono ua ‘o e ma‘oni‘oni ‘a e kalisitiané

“the 2^nd great branch in Christian righteousness”

Fehuʻi #7

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ‘oku tu‘utu‘uni ‘e he lao ‘a e ‘Otuá ?

(What does the law of God require?)

Ke tau talangofua kakato mo haohao ‘o fai ma‘u pe; ke tau ‘ofa ki he ‘Otuá ‘aki ‘a e kotoa hotau lotó , laumālié, ‘atamaí , mo e iví ; pea ke tau ‘ofa ki hotau kaungā‘apí  ‘o hangē ko kitautolú . Ko e me‘a ‘oku ne tapuí  ke tapu ma‘u pe hono faí , pea ko e me‘a ‘oku ne tu‘utu‘uni ke tau faí , ko e me‘a ia ke fai ma‘u pe.

(Personal, perfect and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbour as ourselves. What God forbits should never be done done and what God commands should always be done).

Mātiu 22:37-40

Pea ne pehē ki ai, Te ke ‘ofa ki he ‘Eiki ko ho ‘Otua, ‘o fai‘aki ‘a e kotoa ‘o ho loto, mo e kotoa ‘o ho laumālie, mo e kotoa ‘o ho ‘atamai. Ko eni ia ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku mamafa taha mo tu‘ukimu‘a. Pea ‘oku fa‘ahinga mo ia ‘a hono ua, Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe. Ko e ongo tu‘utu‘uni ko eni ‘e ua ‘oku tautau ki ai ‘a e Lao kotoa mo e Tohi Palōfita.

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Komeniteli (tohi vete) ‘a Sione Uesilē (hoko atu)

Commentary – John Wesley (cont…)

The fekau hono uá , ko e va‘a lahi hono ua ia ‘o e ma‘oni‘oni ‘a e kalisitiané , pea ‘oku vāofi ‘aupito pea ha‘i ki he fekau ‘uluakí . “Ofa ki ho kaungā‘apí hangē pe ko koé ” ‘Ofa – pikitai ‘i he angavaivai mo e tokanga mo‘oni, ko e ongo‘i vivili fakamātoato, ko e ake loto ke te malu‘i mo teke‘i ‘a e koví kae ‘ohake ‘a e leleí . Ko ho kaungā‘api – ‘ikai ko ho kaungāme‘á pe, pe familí mo e kāingá , pe maheni ́ ; ‘ikai ko kinautolu pe ‘oku nau faka‘apa‘apa‘i mo fai lelei kiate koé , ka ko e tokotaha kotoa, ‘o a‘u ki he fa‘ahinga kuo te‘eki ke mou fe‘iloaki pe ‘ilo honau hingoá ; a‘u ai pe ki he fa‘ahinga kakai kovi ‘oku nau lau‘i koe mo fai kovi kiate koe. ‘Io, ko e fa‘ahinga eni ke ke fai lelei ki ai hangē pe ko koé . Ngaue‘aki e tokanga tatau ke malu‘i kinautolu mei ha kovi ‘e uesia ai honau sino matelié pe ko honau laumālié . Ko e ‘ofá  ia.

The second commandment, the second great branch of Christian righteousness, is closely and inseparably connected with the first: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love – embrace with the most tender goodwill, the most earnest and cordial affection, the most inflamed desires of preventing or removing all evil and bringing every possible good. Your neighbor – not only your friends, kinfolk, or acquaintances; not only the virtuous ones who regard you, who extend or return your kindness, but every person, not excluding those you have never seen or known by name; not excluding those you know to be evil and unthankful, those who despitefully use you. Even those you shall love as yourself with the same invariable thirst after their happiness. Use the same unwearied care to screen them from whatever might grieve or hurt either their soul or body. This is love.