ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate Fepueli 7, 2021

She has been more righteous than I

‘Oku ne tonuhia ange ‘iate au

Senesi 38 (Genesis 38)

(v. 26) So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again.

(v. 26) Pea ‘ilo ia ‘e Siuta, ‘o ne pehē, ‘Oku ne tonuhia ange ‘iate au, koe‘uhi ā na‘e ‘ikai te u ‘ange ia ki hoku foha ko Sela. Ka na‘e ‘ikai te ne toe fe‘iloaki mo ia.

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

more righteous than I. Though she played on Judah's vice, Tamar is commended for her daring ruse to redress Judah's wrong and build up her family. Thus she becomes a heroine in Israel (Ruth 4:12 – “and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah…”).

*Tohi Vete: Tohitapu Ako ‘o e Fakalelei-Lotu´*

tonuhia ange ‘iate au. Neongo naʻa ne tauheleʻi ‘a Siuta ‘i heʻene faihala´, ka ‘oku fakaongoongoleleiʻi ‘a Tema ko ‘ene fakatonutonu ‘a e ngaue hala ‘a Siuta´ pea ne langa hake ai hono fāmili´. Kuo ne hoko ko e tuʻukimuʻa ki ‘Isileli ( Lute 4:12 – “pea ke hoko ho fale ke hangē ko e fale ‘o Felesi, ‘a ia na‘e fā‘ele‘i ‘e Tema kia Siuta...”).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

Application

The Father loves us, though he is in himself all-sufficient. He is eternally and infinitely happy with his own glorious excellencies. He receives the love of the Son and the Spirit. Indeed, as Owen notes, "He had his Son, also, his eternal Wisdom, to rejoice and delight himself in from all eternity." So we respond to this love with our own love for the Father, who has always loved us and who shows his love for us by giving us his Son to redeem us.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Ko ‘ene fekauʻaki mo kitautolu´

‘Oku ‘ofaʻi kitautolu ‘e he Tamai´, neongo ‘oku ne kakato mo haohaoa ‘iate Ia tokotaha pe. ‘Oku taʻengata mo lauʻitāniti ‘ene fiefia´ ‘o makatuʻunga ‘i he langilangi mo e naunau pe ‘aʻana´. ‘Oku´ ne tali ‘a e ‘ofa ‘a e ‘Alo´ mo e Laumālie´. ‘Io, hangē ko e lau ‘a ‘Oueni´; “Naʻa´ ne ‘osi maʻu pe ‘a hono ‘Alo´, ‘a ia ko Poto taʻengata ia´, ke ne fiefia ai mo huʻu ki ai ‘ene mamana´ mei he kilukilua´.” Ko ia ai, ‘oku tau tali ‘a e ‘ofa ko eni´, ‘aki pe ‘a ‘etau ‘ofa ki he Tamai´, he naʻa ne tomuʻa ‘ofaʻi kitautolu ‘i heʻene foaki mai hono ‘Alo´ ke huhuʻi kitautolu.

*Lesoni mei he Taukapo´ 

Siope 38:1 – 7; 26:7; Ho 6:7; Sa 104:7; Palo 8:29      

Siope 38:2       “Ko hai tu hena ‘oku ‘ai ke ha fakaʻuliʻulilatai ‘a e tuʻutuʻuni ‘Aki ‘ene ngaahi lea taʻepoto?”

Ko e ui ‘a e ‘Otua kia Siope ke ne tali.  Ko Siope mo hono ngaahi kaumeʻa´ kuo nau tangi ki he ‘Eiki, mo ‘enau fakaʻamua Ia, ke Ne fai mai aa ha tali ki he‘enau fekihiaki.  Ko Siope´ kuo ne fakalongolongo pë he kuo ‘ikai ke ne maʻu ha fakalotolahi mei hono ngaahi kaumeʻa.  Ko e ‘Otua lahi ‘oku Ne palani ‘i he lea ko ‘eni ke fakavaivaiʻi ‘a Siope, pea mo ‘oange ki ai ke fakatömalaʻi ‘a ‘ene ‘ita-vave, ‘o ne fakamatalaʻi ‘a e ‘ofa mo e tauhi ‘oku Ne fai maiʻ, ‘a ë ‘oku fefaʻuhi mo ia, pea ‘i heni´ naʻe ui ‘a e ‘Otua kia Siope ke ne fakafehoanaki ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o ‘itaniti´ mo hono taimi ‘oʻona, ko e ‘Otua ‘oku Ne tokaimaʻananga, ko hoʻona ko e muna pë, pea ko e ‘Otua ‘oku Mafimafi Hono ivi, ka ko hoʻona ivi ko e vaivai.

Ko e ‘Eiki ko Sihova´ ‘oku Ne folofola ‘o ‘ikai ko ha angelo naʻe fakatupu ka ko e Folofola taʻengata ko Kalaisi ia, ko e Pesona hono ua ‘i he Tolu-Tahaʻi ‘Otua he ko Ia naʻa Ne kau ‘i hono ngaohi ‘o e mämani he naʻe ‘ikai ha taha kehe ka ko e ‘Alo pë ‘o e ‘Otua.  Naʻa Ne folofola mai kia Siope mei he lotolotonga ‘o ha fuʻu tuʻoni matangi! Ko e meʻa naʻe fakaʻohovaleʻ naʻe ‘ikai ke ne tali ‘e ia ha foʻi fehuʻi ‘e taha ‘a Siope, he ko e ngaahi fehuʻi ia ‘a Siope, naʻe ‘ikai ko ha fuʻu poini ia ki he meʻa ko eni ‘oku lolotonga hoko ki aiʻ, ka naʻe ngaueʻaki ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a ‘ene taʻetokaʻI ‘a e ngaahi meʻa fakatupuʻ mo natula ke Ne fakaha ai kia Siope ‘a ‘ene taʻetokaʻi ‘a e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu hokohoko lelei kuo Ne fai ki he mamani ko eniʻ talu mei heʻene fakatupu ‘a e mamaniʻ. Kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke mahino eni ia kia Siope, ‘a e meʻa fakatupu mo e e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu kuo fai ki ai ‘e he ‘Otuaʻ, ‘e anga fefe leva haʻane hanga ‘o mahinoʻi ‘a e fuʻu ‘Otua pea mo ‘Ene fakakaukauʻ mo Hono ‘ulungaanga? ‘Oku ‘ikai ha faʻahinga tuʻunga maʻolunga ia mo e makatuʻunga ke fakaangaʻI ‘e toe maʻolunga ange ‘i he ‘Otuaʻ. Ko e ‘Otuaʻ ko Ia ia ‘a e tuʻunga maʻolunga taha ‘i he mamani ko eni. Ko ia ai, ko ‘etau foʻi filiʻ ‘oku taha mate pe, ke tau tukulolo kakato ki he mafai ‘o e ‘Otua pea tau malolo mo fiemalie ‘I heʻEne tauhi mo e ‘ofa ‘oku lolotonga fai mai maʻa taua.