ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite 4 Sanuali 2021

Seth...for God has appointed another seed

Seti . . kuo tu‘utu‘uni ma‘aku ‘e he ‘Otua ha hako ‘e taha

Senesi 4 (Genesis 4)

(v. 25) And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.

(v. 25) Pea toe fe‘iloaki ‘a ‘Ātama mo hono uaifi; pea ne fā‘ele‘i ha tama, ‘o ne fakahingoa ia ko Seti [ko Tu‘utu‘uni]; he‘ene pehē, Kuo tu‘utu‘uni ma‘aku ‘e he ‘Otua ha hako ‘e taha ke fetongi ‘a ‘Ēpeli, ‘a ia ne tāmate‘i ‘e Keini.

*Commentary: The Reformation Bible*

Seth. His name, derived from the Hebrew verb translated "appointed," expresses Eve's faith that God will continue the covenant family in spite of death (3:15).

Seti. Ko hono hingoa´, ko e maʻu mei he veape faka-Hepelū ‘oku ‘uhinga, “ ko tuʻutuʻuni”, ‘a ia ‘oku ne fakahaaʻi ‘a e tui ‘a ‘Ivi ‘e hokohoko atu hono tauhi ‘e he ‘Otua´ ‘a e kovinānite ‘o e famili´ neongo ‘a e mate´ (3:15).

* study on the Attributes of God/ ako ki he natula (ngaahi 'ulungaanga) ‘o e ‘Otua *

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

Knowing God

For us today, these “manifestations" are summed up in God's Word, which dictates what we must say about him. We must affirm only what God has said about himself, which includes deducing truths about God by good and necessary consequence. In this life, we may not understand all that the Bible tells us about God, but we must aim to believe and communicate as much as we can about him. We must press on to know the Lord (Hos. 6:3), a difficult but rewarding task (Heb. 11:6). Worship without knowledge is idolatry.

‘I heʻene felāveʻi mo hotau kuonga´, ko e ngaahi “fakahāhā meʻa” ko eni´ ‘oku fakamāʻopoʻopo kotoa ‘i he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua´, ‘a ia ‘oku fai tuʻutuʻuni ki he meʻa kuopau te tau fakahoko (leaʻaki) fekauʻaki mo ‘ene ‘Afio´. Kuopau ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ‘a e ngaahi meʻa pē kuo tala ‘e he ‘Otua´ fekauʻaki mo Iaa´, ‘o kau ai ‘etau tohoaki mai ‘a e ngaahi moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otua´, ‘o ngaueʻaki ‘a e ngaahi founga lelei mo totonu. ‘I he moʻui ko eni´, ‘e ‘ikai te tau mahinoʻi kotoa ‘a e ngaahi meʻa ‘oku tala ‘e he Tohitapu´ fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otua´, ka kuopau ke tau feinga ke tui mo malangaʻi ‘a e lahi taha ‘oku tau ala lava´ fekauʻaki mo ‘ene ‘Afio´. Kuopau ke tau tulikaki ke ‘ilo ‘a Sihova (Hosea 6:3), ko ha ngafa faingataʻa fau, ka ko ha ngaue fakakoloa moʻoni (Hepelu 11:6). Ko e lotu ‘oku ‘ikai ō fakataha mo e ‘ilo´, ko e lotu ‘aitoli ia.