Mati 1, 2012, Faitauga

A reading from the book of Esther 3: 1-19

8:1 O le masiofo foi o Eseta, o le fefe i le mata'utia ua lata mai, sola i le Alii.
8:2 Ma ina ua ia tuu ese ona ofu tautupu, ‘ua ia tago fo‘i i ‘ofu e fetaui ma le tagi ma le fa‘anoanoa, ma nai lo o suauu eseese, na ia ufiufi lona ulu i le lefulefu mai otaota mu, ma sa ia faamaulalo lona tino i le anapogi, ma uiga uma o lona matagofie, na ia ufiufi i lona lauulu masaesae.
8:3 Ma sa ia aioi atu i le Alii le Atua o Isaraelu, fai mai, “Lo’u Alii e, o ia lava lo tatou Tupu, fesoasoani mai, o se fafine nofo toatasi, auā e leai se tasi e fesoasoani na o oe.
8:4 Ua latalata mai lo'u malaia.
8:5 Ua ou faalogo mai loʻu tamā o oe, Alii e, na filifilia Isaraelu mai nu‘u uma ma o tatou tamā i o latou tamā uma lava, e fai mo latou tofi e fa'avavau, ma ua e faia mo i latou e pei ona e fai mai ai.
8:6 We have sinned in your sight, and therefore you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,
8:7 for we have worshipped their gods. You are just, Le Alii e.
8:8 And now they are not content to oppress us with a very difficult servitude, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,
8:9 they want to alter your promises, and erase your inheritance, and close the mouths of those who praise you, and extinguish the glory of your temple and your altar,
8:10 so that they may open the mouths of the nations, and praise the strength of idols, and proclaim a worldly king in perpetuity.
8:11 Alii e, do not hand over your scepter to that which does not exist, lest they laugh at our ruin, but turn their counsel upon themselves and destroy him who has begun to rage against us.
8:12 Ia magafagafa, Alii e, ma faaali mai oe ia te i matou i ona po o lo matou puapuaga, ma tuu mai ia te au le faatuatua, Alii e, Tupu o atua ma mana uma.
8:13 Ia e tuuina mai upu talafeagai i loʻu gutu i luma o le leona, ma liua lona loto ina ia ita ai i lo tatou fili, ina ia o ia uma, ma isi o ē taupulepule ma ia, atonu e fano.
8:14 But free us by your hand, and help me, who has no other helper but you, Alii e, who holds the knowledge of all things.
8:15 And you know that I hate the glory of the wicked, and I detest the bed of the uncircumcised, and of all outsiders.
8:16 You know my necessity, that I loathe the sign of my exaltation and glory, which is on my head in the days of my exhibition, and that I detest it like a menstruous rag and do not wear it in the days of my silence,
8:17 and that I have not eaten at Haman’s table, nor has the king’s feasts pleased me, and that I have not drunk the wine of his libations,
8:18 and that your handmaid has never rejoiced, from the time that I was carried here until this very day, except in you, Alii e, Atua o Aperaamo.
8:19 Le Atua e, o lona malosi e silisili i mea uma lava, faalogo i leo o i latou ua leai se isi faamoemoe, ma faasaoloto i matou ai lima o e amioleaga, ma laveaʻi mai iā te aʻu i loʻu fefe.”

Fa'amatalaga

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