ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Epeleli 11, 2018

‘Oku ne fekau‘i kitautolu ke tau lotu

(He commands for us to pray…so we pray )

Fehu‘i #41

Ko e hā ‘a e lotu ‘a e ‘Eikí ?

Ko ‘emau Tamai ‘oku ‘i Hevani, ke tāpuhā ho huafa, ke hoko mai ho‘o pule, ke fai ho finangalo. Hangē ko ia ‘i he langí, ke pehē foki ‘i mamani. Foaki mai he ‘aho ni ha‘amau me‘akai ki ‘anai. Pea fakamolemole ‘emau ngaahi mo‘uá, ‘o hangē ko ‘emau fakamolemole ‘a kinautolu ‘oku mo‘ua mai.  Pea ‘oua na‘a fakahū kimautolu ki he ‘ahi‘ahi kae fakahaofi kimautolu mei he filí.

What is the Lord's Prayer?

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily your bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

MATIU 6:9

Ko ia ke peheni ha‘amoutolu lotu: “Ko ‘emau Tamai ‘oku ‘i Hēvani, ke tāpuhā ho Huafa…”

MATTHEW 6:9

Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name..."

Commentary - MARTIN LUTHER

Do you, however, feel weak and timid? for flesh and blood always hinder faith, as if you were not worthy or fit and in earnest to pray; or do you doubt whether God has heard you, because you are a sinner? then cling to the word and say: Though I am a sinner and unworthy, yet I have the command of God, that tells me to pray, and his promise that he will graciously hear me, not because of my worthiness, but for the sake of the Lord Christ.

‘Oku ke ongo‘i vaivai mo loto fo‘i? he ‘oku fakafe‘atungia ma‘u pe ‘a e kakanó mo e totó  ki he tuí, ‘o taku ‘oku ‘ikai te ke taau pe fe‘unga ke lotu mo‘oni; pe, ‘oku ke tāla‘a pe ‘e tali lotu mai ‘a e ‘Otuá  he ko e angahala koe? Pikitai ki he Folofolá pea ke pehē: Neongo ko e angahala au pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha‘aku taau, ‘oku ou ma‘u ‘a e fekau ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘oku ne talamai ke u lotu, pea mo ‘ene palomesí, te ne ongona au, ‘o ‘ikai makatu‘unga ‘i ha‘aku taau, ka koe‘uhí pe ko e ‘Eiki ko  Sisu Kalaisí.