ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 9, 2017

Tapu ‘a ē, kae fai ē

Prohibition gives way to positive action

Fehuʻi #11

Ko e ha ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he fekau hono Ono, Fitu mo e Valu ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú ?

(What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?)

Onó , ke ‘oua te tau fakalavea‘i, pe fehi‘a, pe anga ta‘etaau ki hotau kaunga‘apí, ka ke tau fa‘a kataki mo anga melino pea ke tau kumi ha founga ke ‘ofa ki hotau ngaahi fili.  Fitú , ke tau faka‘ehi‘ehi mei he holi fakakakanó  ka tau mo‘ui ma‘a mo faitotonu, tatau pe ‘i he nofo mali mo e vaa‘ihala talavoú , ‘o mo‘ui faka‘ehi‘ehi ‘i he to‘onga mo‘ui, sio, lea, fakakaukau, pe ko ha me‘a pe te ne tataki kita ke to ki he angahala.  Valu, ke ‘oua te tau ala noa ta‘e ma‘u ha ngofua, pe te tau ta‘ofi ha lelei mei ha taha ‘oku ne fiema‘u ke fai ki ai ha tokoni. 

Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor

but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love.

Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might benefit.

Loma 13:9

He ko e ngaahi lea, ‘Oua te ke tono fefine, ‘Oua te ke fakapō, ‘Oua te ke kaiha‘a, ‘Oua te ke mānumanu, mo e hā fua ha fekau ‘oku toe, ‘oku fālute ‘e he folofola ni, “Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Tohi Vete ‘a Sitīveni Ume

Na’e toe pehe foki ‘e Matini Lutelo, ko e taimi ‘oku ha ai ha ngaahi tapu ‘i he fekau ‘e hongofulu, pea ‘oku ha mai leva ha ngaahi ngofua pe ko ha ngaue lelei ke fai.  ‘I hono toe fakalea ‘e taha, ‘i hono talamai ke ‘oua te tau tamate, ‘oku ‘i ai leva ‘a e fekau ke tau ‘ofa ki he kakai kehe ‘o a’u ki hotau kaunga’api mo hotau fili.  Pea ‘i he tala ko ia ke ‘oua te tau fe’auaki, ko e ngaue lelei ‘oku totonu ke tau faí, ke tau tauhi hotau uaifi pe husepaniti ‘i he faitotonu mo e angama’a ‘o fakatatau mo e me’a’ofa lelei mo faka’ofo’ofa kuo foaki ‘e he ‘Otua.  Ko ia ai kapau ‘oku ke nofo mali, kuopau ke ke mahino’i ko e kovinanite ‘o e fetauhi’aki ‘a e tangata mo e fefine.  Pea ‘i he taimi ‘oku talamai ai ke ‘oua te tau kaiha’a, ‘oku tau ma’u ai ‘a e fekau ke tau ma’u ‘a e loto ‘ofa mo e nima foaki.

Commentary - STEPHEN UM  (Cont…)

Luther also said that when there is a negative prohibition in the Ten Commandments, a positive implication is assumed.Therefore when it says that you ought not to murder, it also means that you ought to radically love others, even neighbors and enemies. And when it says you ought not to commit adultery, the assumption is that you're supposed to be faithful to your wife or to your husband and to recognize sexuality as a beautiful gift from God. And therefore if you're in a marriage relationship, you ought to recognize that it is a covenantal commitment between a man and a woman. When it says that you ought not to steal, the understanding is that you ought to be radically generous.