Iuni 2, 2015

Faitauga

Tobit 2: 9- 14

9 But Tobit, fearing God more than the king, stole away the bodies of the slain and concealed them in his house, and in the middle of the night, he buried them.

2:10 But it happened one day, being tired from burying the dead, he came into his house, and he threw himself down next to the wall, ona moe ai lea o ia.

2:11 Ma, as he was sleeping, warm droppings from a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.

2:12 And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him, in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, which is even like that of holy Job.

2:13 Mo, even from his infancy, he had always feared God and kept his commandments, so he was not discouraged before God because of the scourge of blindness that had befallen him.

2:14 But he remained immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.

Tala Lelei

O le Tala Lelei a Mareko 12: 13-17

12:13	‘Ona ‘a‘auina atu lea e i latou o nisi o le ‘au faresaio ma Herotiano ‘iā te ia, ina ia latou maileia o ia i upu.
12:14	Ma o nei, taunuu mai, fai atu ia te ia: “Faia'oga, matou te iloa e te faamaoni ma e te lē alofa i se tasi; aua e te le vaai i foliga o tagata, a ‘ua ‘outou a‘oa‘o atu i le ala o le Atua ma le fa‘amaoni. E tusa ea i le tulafono ona avatu le taulaga ia Kaisara?, pe le tatau ona tatou tuuina atu?”
12:15	Ma le iloaina o lo latou tomai i le taufaasese, na ia fai atu ia te i latou: “Aisea ua e tofotofoina ai aʻu?? Aumai ia te au se tenari, ina ia ou vaai i ai.”
12:16	Ona latou aumaia lea ia te ia. Ona fai atu lea o ia ia te i latou, “O ai e ona le ata ma le tusitusiga lenei?” Sa latou fai mai ia te ia, “O Kaisara.”
12:17	O lea e tali atu ai, Ua fetalai atu Iesu ia i latou, “Ona avatu ai lea ia Kaisara, o mea a Kaisara; ma i le Atua, o mea a le Atua.” Ona latou ofo ai lea ia te ia.