Iuni 12, 2014

Faitauga

Le Tusi Muamua a Tupu 18: 41-46

18:41	And Elijah said to Ahab “Ascend; eat and drink. For there is the sound of an abundance of rain.”
18:42	Ahab ascended, ina ia 'ai ma inu. But Elijah ascended to the top of Carmel, and bending down to the ground, he placed his face between his knees.
18:43	And he said to his servant, “A’e i luga, and gaze out toward the sea.” And when he had ascended, and had contemplated, o lana tala lea, “There is nothing.” And again, sa ia fai atu ia te ia, “Return seven times.”
18:44	And at the seventh time, faauta, a little cloud ascended from the sea like the footstep of a man. Ona fai mai lea o ia: “A’e i luga, and say to Ahab, ‘Yoke your chariot, and descend; a leai, the rain may prevent you.’ ”
18:45	And as he was turning himself this way and that, faauta, the heavens were darkened, and there were clouds and wind, and a great rainstorm occurred. And so Ahab, alu i luga, went away to Jezreel.
18:46	And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. And cinching his waist, he ran before Ahab, until he arrived at Jezreel.

Tala Lelei

O le Tala Lelei a Mataio 5: 20-26

5:20	Aua ou te fai atu ia te outou, afai e le sili atu lo outou amiotonu i le au tusiupu ma le au faresaio tou te le sao lava i le malo o le lagi..
5:21	Ua outou faalogo na fai mai i tagata anamua: ‘Aua e te fasioti tagata; so o se tasi e fia fasioti tagata e nofo sala i le faamasinoga.’
5:22	Ae ou te fai atu ia te outou, o se tasi e ita i lona uso e nofo sala i le faamasinoga. Ae o ai lava na te valaauina lona uso, ‘Faavalevalea,' e tatau ona noatia i le aufono. Ona, ai se na te valaau ia te ia, ‘Leai se aoga,’ e nofo sala i le afi o Seoli.
5:23	O lea la, pe afai e te avatu lau taulaga i le fata faitaulaga, ona e manatua ai lea ua i ai se mea e faasagatau mai ai lou uso ia te oe,
5:24	tuu lau meaalofa iina, i luma o le fata faitaulaga, ma alu muamua e faalelei ma lou uso, ona e faalatalata atu lea ma ofo atu lau meaalofa.
5:25	Ia vave ona faalelei ma lou fili, a o ‘outou i le ala fa‘atasi ma ia, ina ne'i tuuina atu outou e le ua ita mai i le faamasino, ‘ona tu‘uina atu lea e le fa‘amasino ‘iā te oe i le ‘au‘auna, ma o le a lafoina oe i le falepuipui.
5:26	Amene ou te fai atu ia te outou, ‘ia ‘outou lē ō ‘ese ai i lea mea, seia e toe totogi le kuata mulimuli.