ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Okatopa 7, 2017

Fekau hono Ono - ko e loto fehi‘a ‘oku tāmate

Sixth Commandment - Hatred that kills

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

Ko e kau kalisitiané ‘oku nau mo’ua ke talangofua ki he fekau ‘e hongofulu, he ‘oku tau ma’u ‘i he fekau ‘e hongofulu ‘a e ngaahi lao ‘a e ‘Otua.  ‘Oku tau ma’u ‘i he Malanga ‘a Sisu ‘i he mo’unga ha fakatonulea ‘o e lao ‘oku toe ma’olunga ange ‘i he me’a ‘oku tau maheni mo ia.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ko e taputapui pe ‘o e fe’auaki mo e tamate mo e kaiha’a.  Ka ‘oku talamai ‘e Sisu ‘i he’ene fakatonulea’i ‘a e Fekau hono ono, kapau te ke tuku loto’i ha loto tangia, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai te ke lava ke fakamolemole’i ha taha kehe, kapau te ke lea ta’etaau ki ha tokotaha, pea kuo ke tamate’i ‘a e tokotaha ko ia ‘i ho loto. 

Commentary - STEPHEN UM

Christians are obligated to obey the Ten Commandments, because

what we find in the Ten Commandments are the laws of God. What we find in Jesus's interpretation in the Sermon on the Mount is that the standards of the law are much higher than we had assumed. It's not just not committing adultery and not murdering and nor stealing. Jesus says, in interpreting the sixth commandment, that if you harbour bitterness, if you're unable to forgive someone, if you call a person raca (that is, to consider him a nonperson), then you’ve murdered that person in your heart.