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LĒSONI 35

Lotu ʻa ʻAna ʻo Kole Haʻane Tama

Lotu ʻa ʻAna ʻo Kole Haʻane Tama

Naʻe ʻi ai ha tangata ʻIsileli ko ʻElikena naʻe ʻi ai hono ongo uaifi, ko ʻAna mo Pēnina, ka naʻá ne ʻofa lahi ange ʻia ʻAna. Naʻe manukiʻi ʻe Pēnina ʻa ʻAna ʻi he taimi kotoa pē koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai ha fānau ʻa ʻAna ka naʻe tokolahi ʻa e fānau ʻa Pēniná. ʻI he taʻu taki taha, naʻe ʻave ai ʻe ʻElikena ʻa hono fāmilí ke nau lotu ʻi he tāpanekale ʻi Sailó. ʻI heʻenau ʻi ai ʻi he taimi ʻe taha, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ai ʻoku loto-mamahi ʻaupito ʻa hono ʻofaʻanga ko ʻAná. Naʻá ne pehē ange: ‘ʻOua muʻa te ke tangí ʻAna. Ko au eni. ʻOku ou ʻofa ʻiate koe.’

Ki mui ai, naʻe ʻalu toko taha ai ʻa ʻAna ke fai ʻene lotu. Naʻe ʻikai lava ke tuku ʻene tangí pea naʻá ne kole kia Sihova ke ne tokoniʻi ia. Naʻá ne palōmesi ange: ‘ʻE Sihova, kapau te ke ʻomai haʻaku tama, te u foaki atu ia maʻau, pea te ne tauhi kiate koe ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻene moʻuí.’

Naʻe sio ʻa e Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko ʻĪlaí ki he tangi mamahi ʻa ʻAná, pea naʻá ne pehē ʻe ia ʻokú ne konā. Naʻe tala ange ʻe ʻAna: ‘ʻIkai, ʻe hoku ʻeiki, ʻoku ʻikai te u konā. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻeku palopalema lahi, pea ʻoku ou talanoa kia Sihova ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia.’ Naʻe ʻiloʻi ai ʻe ʻĪlai ʻoku hala ʻene maʻú peá ne tala ange kiate ia: ‘ʻOfa ke ʻoatu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke fiemaʻú.’ Naʻe ongoʻi fiemālie ange ai ʻa ʻAna peá ne foki. Siʻi hifo ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha mei ai, naʻá ne maʻu ha tamasiʻi peá ne fakahingoa ia ko Sāmiuela. ʻE lava ke ke sioloto atu ki he fiefia kuo pau naʻe hoko kia ʻAná?

Naʻe ʻikai ke ngalo ʻia ʻAna ʻa ʻene palōmesi kia Sihová. ʻI he hili pē ʻene mavaeʻi ʻa Sāmiuelá, naʻá ne ʻave ia ke ne ngāue ʻi he tāpanekalé. Naʻá ne tala ange kia ʻĪlai: ‘Ko e tamasiʻi eni naʻá ku lotu ʻo kolé. ʻOku ou foaki ia kia Sihova, ʻi he kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi ʻahó.’ Naʻe ʻaʻahi ʻa ʻElikena mo ʻAna kia Sāmiuela ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻo ʻave kiate ia hano kiʻi kofu foʻou taʻenima. Naʻe toe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kia ʻAna ha toe tamaiki tangata ʻe toko tolu mo e ongo tamaiki fefine ʻe toko ua.

“Hanganaki kole, pea ʻe foaki atu kiate kimoutolu; hanganaki kumi, pea te mou ʻilo.”​—Mātiu 7:7