ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite Fepueli 1, 2021

I will not let You go unless You bless me

‘E ‘ikai te u tukuange koe, kae‘oua ke ke tāpuaki au.

Senesi 32 (Genesis 32)

(v. 26) And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”

But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

(v. 26) Pea ne folofola, Tuku ange au ke u ‘alu, he ‘oku ‘alu hake ‘a e pongipongi. Pea ne tali, ‘E ‘ikai te u tukuange koe, kae‘oua ke ke tāpuaki au.

*Commentary: Matthew Poole*

And he said, Let me go: he saith this, partly to show the prevailing power of his prayer with God, and partly to quicken and encourage Jacob to persist in his conflict. Compare Exod. 32: 10; Deut. 9: 14. The day breaketh, and I am not willing that there should be any spectators or witnesses of these things. Except thou bless me with the blessings which thou hast promised to Abraham and to me, among which one is protection in this hour of my danger. For Jacob now began to think that it was no man, nor ordinary angel, that was with him, but God himself, as he saith, ver. 30.

*Tohi Vete: Matiu Pulu*

Tuku ange au ke u ‘alu. Naʻa ne foaki ‘a e lea´ ni ke fakahaaʻi ‘a e malohi ‘o ‘ene lotu´ mo fakaʻaiʻai ia ke tutui atu ‘i he fepaki´. Fakafehoanaki ‘a e lea´ ni mo ‘Ekisoto 32:10 mo Teutalonome 9:14. Kuo mafoa ‘a e ata´ pea naʻe ‘ikai loto ‘a e ‘Angelo´ ke mamata ha taha ki he fefaʻuhi ko ʻeni´. Kae‘oua ke ke tāpuaki au ‘aki ‘a e palomesi maʻa ke fai kia ‘Epalahame pea kiate au foki, ‘o kau ai hoʻo malauʻi au mei he faingataʻa hangē ko e houa ni. Pea kuo kamata ke fakakaukau ‘a Sekope ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha tangata eni, pe ko ha ‘angelo anga maheni, ka kiate ia, ko e ‘Otua´ tonu eni (v.30).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

In Christ

Similarly, Paul brings out the Trinitarian focus of salvation in the first chapter of Ephesians. The works of God toward us are grounded in the Father's eternal love toward us in Christ, in which he elects us (Eph. 1:3-6). The Son becomes incarnate, and we are saved by his work for us in our stead (v. 7). And the Holy Spirit applies the work of Christ to us, endowing us with all spiritual blessings in Christ (vv. 13-14).

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

‘Ia Kalaisi

‘I he founga tatau, ‘oku ‘omi ‘e Paula ‘a e fengaueʻaki ‘a e Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua´ ‘i he ngaue ‘o e fakamoʻui´ ‘i he vahe ‘uluaki ‘o e tohi ki ‘Efesō. Ko e ngaue mai ‘a e ‘Otua´ kiate kitautolu´ ‘oku makatuʻunga ‘i heʻene ‘ofa taʻengata kiate kitautolu ‘ia Kalaisi, ‘a ē naʻa ne fili ai kitautolu´ (‘Efesō 1:3-6). Hoko ‘a e ‘Alo´ ‘o kakano, pea tau moʻui fou ‘i heʻene ngaue´, ‘a ē naʻa´ ne fetongi tuʻunga ai mo kitautolu´ (v.7). Pea ‘omi ‘e he Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni´ ‘a e ngaue ko ia´ ‘o fakateungaʻaki kitautolu, pea ne toe fakafonu kitautolu ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi tapuaki fakalaumālie ‘ia Kalaisi (v. 13-14).