A fé vem pelo ouvir
A fé vem pelo ouvir, e o ouvir pela Palavra de Cristo. Quando a Palavra é proclamada, a fé nasce nos corações. Ouvir a Deus é o primeiro passo para crer e seguir.
A fé vem pelo ouvir
A fé vem pelo ouvir, e o ouvir pela Palavra de Cristo. Quem ouve a Palavra crê e obtém a salvação eterna.
He ʻoku ʻikai ha fai kehekehe ki he Siu mo e Kiliki: he ko e ʻEiki pe ko ia ʻoe kakai kotoa pē ʻoku mohu angalelei ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ui kiate ia. "He ko ia ia ʻe ui ki he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki, ʻe fakamoʻui ia." Kae fēfē ʻenau ui kiate ia naʻe ʻikai te nau tui ki ai? Pea fēfē ʻenau tui kiate ia naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo ki ai? Pea fēfē ʻenau fanongo taʻehataha ʻe malanga? Pea fēfē ʻenau malanga, ʻoka ʻikai fekau atu ʻakinautolu? ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, "Hono ʻikai fakaʻofoʻofa ʻae vaʻe ʻokinautolu ʻoku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ʻoe melino, pea ʻomi ʻae ongoongo fiefia ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lelei!" Ka kuo ʻikai te nau talangofua kotoa pē ki he ongoongolelei. He ʻoku pehē ʻe ʻIsaia, "ʻEiki, Ko hai kuo tui ki heʻemau ongoongoa?" Ko ia, ʻoku mei he fanongo ʻae tui, mo e fanongo mei he folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
Ko e meʻa ni pe ʻoku ou fie ʻilo ʻiate kimoutolu, naʻa mou maʻu ʻae Laumālie ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻoe fono, pe ʻi he fanongo ʻi he tui?
Mo kimoutolu foki, ʻi he hili hoʻomou fanongo ki he folofola ʻoe moʻoni, ko e ongoongolelei ʻo homou fakamoʻui: ʻaia foki ʻi hoʻomou tui, naʻe fakaʻilonga ʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ʻoe talaʻofa, ʻAia ko e fakamoʻoni ia ʻo hotau tofiʻa, kaeʻoua ke huhuʻi ʻae tofiʻa kuo fakatau, ke fakaongolelei ai ʻene angalelei.
"Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, Ko ia ʻoku fanongo ki heʻeku lea, ʻo tui kiate ia naʻa ne fekau au, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae moʻui taʻengata, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamalaʻia ia; ka kuo hao mei he mate ki he moʻui.
Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, ʻOku haʻu ʻae ʻaho, pea ko eni ia, ʻe fanongo ai ʻae mate ki he leʻo ʻoe ʻAlo ʻoe ʻOtua; pea ko kinautolu ʻe fanongo te nau moʻui.
ʻE ʻikai ha tangata ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate au, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai tohoaki ia ʻe he Tamai ʻaia naʻa ne fekauʻi au: pea te u fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻaho fakamui. Kuo tohi ʻi he kau palōfita, ‘Pea ʻe akonekina ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he ʻOtua.’ Ko ia ko e tangata kotoa pē kuo fanongo, pea kuo akonekina ʻi he Tamai, ʻoku haʻu ia kiate au. ʻOku ʻikai ha tangata kuo ne mamata ki he Tamai: ka ko ia pe ʻoku mei he ʻOtua, kuo mamata ia ki he Tamai. Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, Ko ia ʻoku tui kiate au, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae moʻui taʻengata.
Ouvir e obedecer
Felizes os que ouvem a Palavra de Deus e a praticam. Quem tem ouvidos ouça o que o Espírito diz.
Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ia, "ʻIo, ka ʻoku monūʻia lahi hake ʻakinautolu ʻoku nau fanongo ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua, pea fai ki ai."
Ko e tangata ko ia ʻoku telinga ongo, ke ongoʻi ia."
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, "Mou ʻalu ki māmani kotoa pē, ʻo malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ki he kakai fulipē.
Pea kuo fakamoʻoni ʻiate kinautolu ʻae lea ʻa ʻIsaia, ʻoku pehē,
‘Te mou fakaongoongo pea fanongo,
kae ʻikai ongoʻi;
pea te mou siofia ʻo mamata,
kae ʻikai ʻiloʻi:
He kuo fakaongonoa ʻae loto ʻoe kakai ni,
pea kuo tuli honau telinga,
pea kuo nau fakamohe honau mata:
telia naʻa ʻiloange kuo mamata honau mata,
pea ongoʻi honau telinga, pea ʻilo ʻe honau loto,
pea liliu ai,
pea te u fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu.’
"Ka ʻoku monūʻia homou mata, he ʻoku nau mamata: mo homou telinga, he ʻoku nau ongoʻi.
Pea ui ia ki he kakai, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, "Fanongo, pea tokanga:
Fakatokangaʻi homou telinga, pea haʻu kiate au fanongo,
pea ʻe moʻui homou laumālie,
pea te u fai ʻae fuakava taʻengata mo kimoutolu, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi ʻaloʻofa tuʻumaʻu kia Tevita.
Pea naʻa ne pehē, "ʻAlu, pea tala ki he kakai ni,
ʻOku mou fanongo moʻoni,
kae ʻikai ongoʻi;
pea ʻoku mou mamata pau,
kae ʻikai ʻiloʻi.
Ngaohi ke fangapesi ʻae loto ʻoe kakai ni,
pea ngaohi ke mamafa honau telinga,
pea tāpuni honau mata;
telia naʻa nau mamata ʻaki honau mata,
pea fanongo ʻaki honau telinga,
pea ʻilo ʻaki honau loto,
pea liliu, pea hoko ʻo moʻui."
Pea lotua ʻakimautolu foki, koeʻuhi ke toʻo kiate kimautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae matapā ʻoe lea, ke lea ʻaki ʻae meʻa fakalilolilo ʻa Kalaisi, ʻaia kuo haʻisia ai au: