ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Fepueli 17, 2021 

God who has been my shepherd all my life long

ko e ‘Otua kuo ne tauhi au talu ‘eku ‘i ai

Senesi 48 (Genesis 48)

(v. 15-16) 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

(v. 15-16) 15 Pea na‘a ne tāpuaki‘i ‘a Siosifa, ‘o ne pehē, Ko e ‘Otua, ‘a ia na‘e taka ‘i hono ‘ao ‘a ‘eku mātu‘a ko ‘Epalahame mo ‘Aisake; ko e ‘Otua kuo ne tauhi au talu ‘eku ‘i ai, ‘o a‘u ki he ‘aho ni; 16 ko e ‘Āngelo kuo ne huhu‘i au mei he kovi kotoa pē, ‘ofa ke ne tāpuaki‘i ‘a e ongo tama ni; pea ke ui‘aki ‘a kinaua hoku hingoa, mo e hingoa ‘o ‘eku mātu‘a ko ‘Epalahame mo ‘Aisake: pea ke na tupu hangē ko e ika, ‘o opeope ‘i he fonua.

*Commentary: David Guzik Study notes on Genesis*

And he blessed Joseph: Israel gave the same blessing to both sons, but the son of the right hand received a greater proportion of the blessing.

This was fulfilled in Israel’s history. Both tribes were blessed, but Ephraim was greater as a tribe, even to the point where the name Ephraim was used to refer to the whole northern nation of Israel (see examples in Isaiah 7:8, 7:17, and 11:13).

The phrase, “the God who has fed me” is literally “The God who has shepherded me.” This is the first mention in the Bible of God as a shepherd to His people.

*Tohi Vete: Ngaahi lesoni ako ‘a Tevita Kuisaki ‘i he Tohi Senesi*

Pea na‘a ne tāpuaki‘i ‘a Siosifa. Naʻe foaki ‘e ‘Isileli ‘a e tapuaki tatau ki he ongo foha ‘o Siosifa´, ka ko e foha naʻe hili ki ai hono nima toʻomataʻu´ naʻa ne maʻu ‘a e ‘inasi lahi´. Pea naʻe fakahoko pe ia ‘i he hisitolia ‘o ‘Isileli´. Naʻe tapuakiʻi loua pe kinaua, ka naʻe lahi ange pe ‘a e ‘inasi ‘o e hako ‘o ‘Ifalemi´, ‘o aʻu pe ki hono ui ‘a e Puleʻanga ki he Noate´ ‘aki ‘a e hingoa ‘o ‘Ifalemi´ (vakai ki he fakatātā ‘ia ‘Aisea 7:8, 7:17, and 11:13).

Ko e ‘Otua kuo ne tauhi au; Ko e ‘Otua kuo fafanga au. Ko e fuofua hā eni ‘a e kupuʻi lea ko eni fekauʻaki mo e hoko ‘a e ‘Otua´ ko e tauhi (tauhi sipi) ki hono kakai´.

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

Augustine asserts that every attribute is identical with God's essence and to that extent with every other attribute as well:

For God to be is the same as to be strong or to be just or to be wise, and to be whatever else you may say of that simple multiplicity or that multiple simplicity, whereby his substance is signified.... That which is justice is also itself goodness, and that which is goodness is also itself blessedness.

2        KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU LAULOTAHA

            Tokāteline

Naʻe pehē ‘e ‘Aokositaine, ko e ngaahi ‘ulungaanga kotoa pe ‘o e ‘Otua´ ‘oku nau tuʻunga tatau mo e uho ‘o e ‘Otua´, pea ‘oku pehē kotoa ‘enau felālāveʻi´:

He ko e ‘i ai ‘a e ‘Otua´, ‘oku tatau pe ia mo ‘etau pehē ‘oku mafimafi, pe fai totonu, pe poto, pe ko ha meʻa pe te tau lau kau ki he laulōtaha ‘o ha ngaahi meʻa lahi, pe lahi ‘o ha laulōtaha, ‘a ē ‘oku tau lau ki ai ‘a hono natula´...ko e meʻa ko ē ‘oku totonu´, ‘oku toe lelei pe mo ia, pea ko e meʻa ‘oku lelei´, ‘oku fonu tāpuaki foki mo ia.