O que é bom
O que é bom vem de Deus. A Bíblia celebra a bondade divina e nos convida a discernir, praticar e desfrutar tudo o que é bom — porque toda boa dádiva vem do Pai das luzes.
Pea naʻe ʻafio ʻe he ʻOtua ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻa ne ngaohi, pea vakai, naʻe lelei ʻaupito. Pea ko e efiafi mo e pongipongi ko hono ʻaho ono ia.
ʻOku angalelei mo angatonu ʻa Sihova,
ko ia te ne akonakiʻi ai ʻae kau angahala ʻi he hala.
Ka ʻoku lelei kiate au ʻeku ʻunuʻunu ke ofi ki he ʻOtua:
kuo u falala ki he ʻEiki ko Sihova, koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ai hoʻo ngāue kotoa pē.
ʻOku lelei ke ʻatu ʻae fakafetaʻi kia Sihova,
pea ke hiva fakamālō ki ho huafa, ʻE fungani māʻolunga:
Ke fakahā atu hoʻo ʻaloʻofa ʻi he pongipongi,
mo hoʻo moʻoni ʻi he pō kotoa pē,
ʻAki ʻae meʻa faiva ʻoku hongofulu hono filo, pea mo e saliteli;
ʻaki ʻae leʻo mamafa ʻi he haʻape.
He ʻoku angalelei ʻa Sihova;
ʻoku taʻengata ʻene ʻaloʻofa;
pea ʻoku tolonga maʻuaipē ʻene moʻoni mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.
Vakai ki hono lelei pea mo hono fakafiemālie,
ʻoe nofo fakataha ʻae kāinga ʻi he feʻofoʻofani!
He ʻoku ou foaki ʻae akonaki lelei kiate kimoutolu,
pea ʻoua naʻa mou liʻaki ʻa ʻeku fono.
ʻOku maʻu ʻe he tangata ʻae fiefia ʻi he lea ʻa hono ngutu:
pea ko e lea ʻoku fai ʻi hono kuonga totonu, hono ʻikai lelei fau ia!
ʻE hoku foha, kai ʻe koe ʻae honi, koeʻuhi ʻoku lelei ia;
pea mo e ngeʻesi ʻoe hone ʻaia ʻoku melie ki ho ngutu:
ʻE pehē ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe poto ki ho laumālie:
ʻoka ke ka maʻu ia, ʻe hoko ai ʻae totongi,
pea ʻe ʻikai motuhi hoʻo ʻamanaki.
ʻOku lelei ke maʻu ʻae tofiʻa pea maʻu mo e poto, pea ʻoku ʻaonga ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku mamata ki he laʻā.
ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia,
ki he laumālie ʻoku kumi kiate ia.
ʻOku lelei ki he tangata ke ne ʻamanaki,
pea ne tatali fakatatoka foki ki he fakamoʻui meia Sihova.
Kuo ne fakahā kiate koe, ʻe tangata ʻaia ʻoku lelei;
pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻamanaki ʻe Sihova ʻiate koe, ka koeʻuhi ke ke fai totonu
mo ke loto ki he ʻofa, mo ke ʻaʻeva mo ho ʻOtua ʻi he angavaivai?
Pea ko eni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae fono, pea māʻoniʻoni, mo angatonu, mo lelei ʻae fekau.
Pea ʻoua naʻa fakatatau ʻakimoutolu ki he māmani: ka ke mātuʻaki liliu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he fakafoʻou ʻo homou ʻatamai, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo pau ʻae finangalo ko ia ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻa hono lelei, mo hono ʻaonga, mo hono haohaoa.
Ko ia ke ʻoua naʻa tuku ke lauʻikoviʻi ʻa hoʻomou lelei.
Ko ia ʻoku ou enginaki, ke fuofua fai ʻae kole, mo e ngaahi lotu, mo e hūfekina maʻu, mo e fakafetaʻi, koeʻuhi ko e kakai kotoa pē; Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻi, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku pule: koeʻuhi ke tau moʻui ʻi he moʻui fiemālie mo e melino, ʻi he angafakaʻotua mo e anga totonu kotoa pē. He ko e meʻa lelei eni, pea ʻaonga ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ko hotau Fakamoʻui;
He ʻoku lelei ʻaia kotoa pē kuo fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ke siʻaki, ʻo kapau ʻe maʻu ia ʻi he fakafetaʻi: He kuo fakangofua ia ʻe he folofola ʻae ʻOtua mo e lotu.
Ko e foaki lelei kotoa pē mo e foaki haohaoa kotoa pē ʻoku mei ʻolunga, pea ʻoku ʻalu hifo ia mei he Tamai ʻoe ngaahi maama, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha fetoʻoaki, pe ko e ʻata ʻae feliliuʻaki.
"ʻOku lelei ʻae māsima: pea kapau kuo mole ʻi he māsima hono kona, temou toe fakakona fēfeeʻi ia? "Maʻu pe ʻae māsima, kiate kimoutolu, pea mou melino pe ʻakimoutolu."