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LĒSONI 56

ʻOfa ʻa Siosaia ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá

ʻOfa ʻa Siosaia ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá

Naʻe hoko ʻa Siosaia ko e tuʻi ʻi Siuta ʻi heʻene taʻu valú. ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá, naʻe fai ʻe he kakaí ʻa e tōʻonga fakafaimana pea nau lotu ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí. ʻI he taʻu 16 ʻa Siosaiá, naʻá ne feinga ke ako ki he founga ke lotu ai kia Sihova ʻi he founga totonú. ʻI heʻene taʻu 20, naʻe kamata ke ne fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi ʻaitoli mo e ʻōlita ʻi he fonuá kotoa. Pea ʻi he taʻu 26 ʻa Siosaiá, naʻá ne fokotuʻutuʻu ai ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihová.

ʻI he temipalé, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahi ko Hilikaiá ʻa e takainga tohi ʻo e Lao ʻa Sihová​—ko e takainga tohi nai ia naʻe hiki ʻe Mōsesé. Naʻe ʻave ʻe Sāfani ko e sekelitali ʻa e tuʻí ʻa e takainga tohí kia Siosaia pea naʻe kamata ke ne lau leʻo-lahi ʻa e Laó. ʻI he fanongo ki ai ʻa Siosaiá, naʻá ne ʻiloʻi naʻe talangataʻa ʻa e kakaí kia Sihova ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi. Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Tuʻi Siosaia kia Hilikaia: ‘ʻOku ʻita lahi ʻa Sihova ʻiate kitautolu. ʻAlu ʻo lea kiate ia. ʻE tala mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke tau faí.’ Naʻe fai mai ʻe Sihova ha tali ʻi he palōfita fefine ko Hūlita: ‘Kuo liʻaki au ʻe he kakai ʻo Siutá. ʻE tautea kinautolu ka heʻikai fai ia lolotonga ʻa e tuʻi ʻa Siosaiá, he naʻá ne anga-fakatōkilalo.’

ʻI he fanongo ʻa Tuʻi Siosaia ki he meʻa naʻe tala maí, naʻá ne ʻalu ki he temipalé peá ne ui ʻa e kakai ʻo Siutá ke nau fakatahataha mai. Naʻá ne lau leʻo-lahi leva ʻa e Lao ʻa Sihová ki he puleʻangá kotoa. Naʻe palōmesi ʻa Siosaia mo e kakaí te nau talangofua kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo honau lotó.

Naʻe ʻikai ke kātoangaʻi ʻe he puleʻanga ʻo Siutá ʻa e Pāsová ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi. Ka ʻi hono lau ʻe Siosaia ʻi he Laó ʻoku totonu ke kātoangaʻi ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻa e Pāsová, naʻá ne tala ki he kakaí: ‘Te tau fai ha Pāsova kia Sihova.’ Naʻe teuteu leva ʻa Siosaia ke fai ha ngaahi feilaulau lahi pea fokotuʻutuʻu ke ʻi ai ha fuʻu kau hiva ʻi he temipalé. Pea naʻe fai ʻe he puleʻangá ʻa e Pāsová, ʻo hoko atu ai ʻa e Kātoanga Mā Taʻelēvaní, ʻa ia naʻe feʻunga mo e ʻaho ʻe fitu. Naʻe ʻikai ha Pāsova ʻe hangē ko iá talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sāmiuelá. Naʻe ʻofa moʻoni ʻa Siosaia ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOkú ke fiefia ʻi he ako fekauʻaki mo Sihová?

“Ko hoʻo folofolá ko ha tūhulu ki hoku vaʻé, mo ha maama ki hoku halá.”​—Saame 119:105