Amor próprio
O amor próprio saudável reconhece o valor que Deus nos deu. Fomos criados à imagem de Deus, maravilhosamente formados. Aceitar-se é honrar o Criador.
Te u fakamālō kiate koe;
he ʻoku fakamanavahē mo fakaofo hoku ngaohi:
ʻoku fakaofo hoʻo ngaahi ngāue;
pea ʻoku ʻilo pau ki ai ʻe hoku laumālie.
ʻE ʻOtua, hono ʻikai mahuʻinga ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukau kiate au!
ʻOku fēfē nai hono lahi ʻo ia!
Kapau te u lau ia, ʻoku lahi hake hono lau ʻi he ʻoneʻone:
ʻo kau ka ʻā hake ʻoku ou kei ʻiate koe.
ʻO kau ka fakakaukau ki ho ngaahi langi, ko e ngāue ʻo ho louhiʻi nima,
ko e māhina mo e ngaahi fetuʻu, ʻaia naʻa ke fokotuʻu;
Ko e hā ʻae tangata ʻoku ke tokanga ai kiate ia?
Pe ko e foha ʻae tangata, ʻoku ke ʻaʻahi ai kiate ia?
He kuo ke ngaohi ia ke māʻulalo siʻi ʻi he ngaahi ʻāngelo,
pea kuo ke tatāʻaki ia ʻae nāunau mo e ongoongolelei.
ʻOku ne fokotuʻu hake ʻae masiva mei he efu,
mo ne hiki hake ʻae paea mei he tuʻunga ʻotoʻota;
Koeʻuhi ke ne fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻeiki,
pea ke kautaha mo e houʻeiki ʻo hono kakai.
Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kia Samuela, "ʻOua naʻa ke mamata ki hono mata, pea ki he māʻolunga ʻo hono sino; he kuo u liʻaki ia: he ʻoku ʻikai mamata ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko e mamata ʻae tangata; he ʻoku sio ʻae tangata ki he anga ʻoku hā ʻituʻa, ka ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻae loto."
Ka ko e kakai kuo fili ʻakimoutolu, ko e kau taulaʻeiki fakaʻeiʻeiki, ko e kakai māʻoniʻoni, ko e kakai kuo fakatau; koeʻuhi ke mou fakahā ʻae ʻulungāanga lelei ʻo ia naʻa ne ui mai ʻakimoutolu mei he poʻuli ki heʻene maama lahi:
"ʻIkai ʻoku fakatau ʻae kihiʻi manupuna ʻe nima ʻaki ʻae paʻanga siʻi ʻe ua? Pea ʻoku ʻikai ngalo hanau taha ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua. Ka ko e ngaahi tuʻoni louʻulu ʻo homou ʻulu kuo lau kotoa pē. Ko ia ʻoua ʻe manavahē: he ʻoku mou mahuʻinga hake ʻi he fanga kihiʻi manu lahi.
He ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻofa kuo foaki kiate au, ʻoku ou tala atu ai ki he tangata taki taha kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, ke ʻoua naʻa lelei lahi ʻene mahalo kiate ia he mahalo ʻoku totonu; ka ke mahalo fakapotopoto, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻoe tui kuo vaheʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ki he tangata taki taha.