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LĒSONI 13

Fakamelino ʻa Sēkope mo ʻĪsoa

Fakamelino ʻa Sēkope mo ʻĪsoa

Naʻe palōmesi ʻa Sihova kia Sēkope te ne maluʻi ia ʻo hangē pē ko ʻene maluʻi ʻa ʻĒpalahame mo ʻAisaké. Naʻe nofo ʻa Sēkope ʻi ha feituʻu ko Hālani, ʻa ia naʻá ne mali ai, maʻu ha fāmili tokolahi, peá ne hoko ʻo koloaʻia ʻaupito.

Faifai atu pē naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kia Sēkope: ‘Foki ki ho fonuá.’ Ko ia naʻe kamata ʻa e fononga lōloa ʻa Sēkope mo hono fāmilí ʻo nau foki. Naʻe haʻu ha kakai ʻi he halá kia Sēkope ʻo nau pehē ange: ‘Ko ho tokoua ena ko ʻĪsoá ʻokú ne haʻu, pea ʻokú ne haʻu mo ha kau tangata ʻe toko 400!’ Naʻe ilifia ʻa Sēkope naʻa ʻoku loto ʻa ʻĪsoa ke fai ha kovi kiate ia mo hono fāmilí. Naʻá ne lotu kia Sihova: ‘Fakahaofi muʻa au mei hoku tokouá.’ ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó naʻe ʻoatu ai ʻe Sēkope kia ʻĪsoa ha meʻaʻofa ko e fanga sipi, fanga kosi, fanga pulu, fanga kāmeli, mo e fanga ʻasi tokolahi.

ʻI he pō ko iá lolotonga ʻa e nofo toko taha ʻa Sēkopé, naʻá ne sio ki ha ʻāngelo! Naʻe kamata ke ne fangatua mo e ʻāngeló. Naʻá na fangatua pē ʻo aʻu ki he pongipongí. Neongo naʻe mamahiʻia ʻa Sēkope, naʻe ʻikai te ne foʻi. Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he ʻāngeló: ‘Tuku ange au.’ Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Sēkope: ‘ʻIkai, ʻe ʻikai kae ʻoua kuó ke tāpuakiʻi au.’

Naʻe faifai pē ʻo tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻāngeló ʻa Sēkope. Naʻe ʻiloʻi leva ʻe Sēkope heʻikai tuku ʻe Sihova ke fai ʻe ʻĪsoa ha kovi kiate ia.

ʻI he pongipongi ko iá naʻe hanga atu ʻa Sēkope ki he mamaʻó ʻo ne sio kia ʻĪsoa mo e kau tangata ʻe toko 400. Naʻe muʻomuʻa atu ʻa Sēkope ʻi hono fāmilí ʻo ne punou tuʻo fitu ʻi muʻa ʻi hono tokouá. Naʻe lele mai ʻa ʻĪsoa kia Sēkope ʻo ne fāʻofua ʻiate ia. Naʻe fetāngihi ʻa e ongo tautehiná peá na fakamelino. ʻOkú ke pehē naʻe fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Sēkope ʻi he tuʻunga ko ení?

Ki mui ai naʻe foki ʻa ʻĪsoa ki hono ʻapí, pea ʻalu ʻa Sēkope ki hono ʻapí. Naʻe maʻu ʻe Sēkope ha foha fakakātoa ʻe toko 12. Ko honau hingoá ko Lūpeni, Simione, Līvai, Siuta, Tani, Nafitalai, Kata, ʻĀseli, ʻĪsaka, Sepuloni, Siosifa, pea mo Penisimani. Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi foha ko iá​—ʻa Siosifa—​naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ke ne fakahaofi ʻa Hono kakaí. ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi pe naʻe anga-fēfē? Tau sio angé ki aí.

“Hokohoko atu hoʻomou ʻofa ki homou ngaahi filí pea lotu maʻanautolu ʻoku nau fakatangaʻi kimoutolú, koeʻuhí ke mou fakamoʻoniʻi ai ko e fānau kimoutolu ʻa hoʻomou Tamai ʻoku ʻi hēvaní.”​—Mātiu 5:44, 45