ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tusite 9 Ma’asi 2021

This is my God, and I will praise him

Ko hoku ‘Otua eni, pea te u fakamālō‘ia

'Ekisoto 15 (Exodus 15)

(v. 1-2) 1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

(v. 1-2) 1 Toki hiva‘aki ‘e Mōsese mo ha‘a ‘Isileli ‘a e hiva ni kia Sihova, ‘o nau pehē, Te u hiva kia Sihova, he kuo ne lāngilangi‘ia lahi; Ko e hoosi mo hono angi kuo ne laku ki tahi. 2 Ko hoku mālohinga mo ‘eku ta‘anga ‘a IAA;

Pea kuo ne hoko ko hoku fakamo‘ui‘anga, Ko hoku ‘Otua eni, pea te u fakamālō‘ia; Ko e ‘Otua ‘o ‘eku ngaahi kui, pea te u fakahīkihiki‘i ia. kuo u ‘ai ‘eku ‘umata ‘i he ngaahi ‘ao; pea ‘e hoko ia ko e faka‘ilonga fuakava ‘i he vaha‘a ‘o‘oku mo māmani.

*Commentary:  The ESV Study Bible*

15:1 the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The drowning of Pharaoh's army by the hand of the Lord is the central event celebrated by the song, and it is referred to with various images: "cast into the sea" and "sunk in the Red Sea" (v. 4); "floods covered them," and "they went down like a stone" (v. 5); "the sea covered them; they sank like lead" (v. 10); "the earth swallowed them" (v. 12).

15:2 The singular reference to my father's God echoes the Lord's words to Moses at the burning bush, which indicate that this phrase refers to the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" (3:6) and equips Israel also to say of him, "this is my God."

*Tohi Vete:  Tohitapu Ako ‘a e ESV*

Ko e hoosi mo hono angi kuo laku ki tahi.  Ko e melemo ‘a e kau tau ‘a Felo ‘i he to’ukupu ‘o Sihova, ko e kaveinga ia ‘o e hiva fakafiefia ko ‘eni, pea ‘oku ‘i ai hono ngaahi fakalea kehekehe ‘i he ta’anga ko ‘eni: (“laku ki tahi” pea mo e “pe’ehi ‘i he Tahi Kulokula” (v. 4); “’ufi’ufi kinautolu ‘i he moana,” pea mo e “’alu hifo ki he kilisitahi ‘o hange ha maka” (v. 5); “na’e ngalo hange ha pulu ‘i he ngaahi vai lalahi” (v. 10); “fongia ‘e he kelekele ‘a kinautolu” (v. 12).

Ko e fo’i fakalea, “ko e ‘Otua ‘eku ngaahi kui”, ‘oku ne fakafoki ‘a e talanoa ki he folofola ‘a Sihova kia Mosese ‘i he vao talatala’amoa, ‘a ē na’a ne pehē ai “ko e ‘Otua ‘o ‘Epalahame, ko e ‘Otua ‘o ‘Aisake, pea ko e ‘Otua ‘o Sekope (vahe 3:6) pea teu’i ai pe ‘a Ha’a ‘Isileli ke nau pehe ko hoku ‘Otua eni.”