Compreensão
A verdadeira compreensão vem de Deus. Os caminhos do Senhor são mais altos que os nossos. Mas Ele nos convida a buscar entendimento — e promete iluminar quem o busca de coração.
A sabedoria de Deus
Os meus pensamentos não são os vossos pensamentos. A incompreensibilidade de Deus nos leva à humildade e adoração.
He ʻoku hangē ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻae ngaahi langi mei he māmani,
ʻoku pehē hono māʻolunga ʻo hoku ngaahi hala,
pea mo ʻeku mahalo ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi mahalo.
ʻE malaʻia ia ʻaia ʻoku fekuki mo hono Tupuʻanga!
Tuku ke fai ʻe he konga ipu maumau mo e ngaahi konga ipu maumau ʻoe kelekele.
ʻE pehē ʻe he ʻumea kiate ia ʻoku ne fakafuofua ia, "Ko e hā kuo ke ngaohi?"
Pe ko hoʻo ngāue, "ʻOku ʻikai hano nima?"
"ʻIkai naʻa ke ʻilo?
ʻIkai naʻa ke fanongo,
ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua taʻengata ia,
ko e Tupuʻanga ʻoe ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, ʻoku ʻikai pongia ia,
pea ʻoku ʻikai vaivai?
ʻOku taʻefaʻaʻiloʻi ʻa ʻene ʻilo.
ʻOku lahi ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku ngali ke faʻa fakamālō kiate ia;
pea ko hono lahi ʻoku taʻefaʻaʻiloʻi.
ʻI he teʻeki ai fakatupu ʻae ngaahi moʻunga,
pea teʻeki ai te ke ngaohi ʻae fonua mo māmani,
ʻio, talu mei muʻa ʻo aʻu ʻo taʻengata, ko koe pe ko e ʻOtua.
He ʻoku tatau ʻi ho ʻao ʻae taʻu ʻe afe mo e ʻaneafi ʻi hono hili ange ia,
pea mo e leʻo ʻi he pō.
ʻOiauē! Hono loloto ʻoe koloaʻia ʻae poto mo e ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua! ʻOku taʻefaʻaʻeke ʻa ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, pea taʻefaʻaʻiloa mo hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga!
Buscar entendimento
Clama a mim e responder-te-ei. A sabedoria é a coisa principal — busque o entendimento com todo o coração.
‘Ui kiate au, pea te u talia koe, pea te u fakahā kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi, mo e ngaahi meʻa fufū, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻiloʻi.’
Ko e poto ko e meʻa ʻoku fungani hake ia;
ko ia ke ke maʻu ʻae poto:
pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke maʻu, ke ke maʻu mo e ʻilo.
ʻOku poto lahi ia ʻaia ʻoku fakatuotuai ʻene ʻita:
ka ko ia ʻoku ʻoho vave hono loto ʻoku fakahikihiki ʻe ia ʻae vale.
ʻOku lahi ʻae filioʻi ʻi he loto ʻoe tangata;
ka e tuʻumaʻu pē ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sihova.
ʻOku matamata totonu ʻae hala kotoa pē ʻoe tangata ki hono mata ʻoʻona:
ka ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻae loto.
Koeʻuhi ke tuku kiate kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ko e Tamai ʻoe nāunau, ʻae laumālie ʻoe poto mo e fakahā ʻi he faʻa ʻiloʻi ia;
Kae tupulekina ʻi he ʻofa, pea mo e ʻilo ki hotau ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi. Ke ʻiate ia ni ʻae ongoongolelei pea taʻengata. ʻEmeni.
Iluminação divina
A entrada da tua Palavra dá luz e entendimento. Deus revela verdades ocultas e transforma nossa visão da realidade.
Ko e hū loto ʻa hoʻo ngaahi folofola ʻoku foaki ai ʻae maama;
ʻoku ʻomi ʻe ia ʻae poto ki he taʻekākā.
Ko au te u fakapotoʻi koe mo akonakiʻi koe ʻi he hala ʻaia te ke ʻalu ai:
te u fakahinohino koe ʻaki hoku mata.
ʻO hangē ko hoʻo taʻeʻilo ki he anga ʻoe laumālie, mo e tupu ʻoe hui ʻi he manāva ʻoʻona ʻoku feitama:
ʻoku pehē, ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ʻae ngāue ʻae ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ne ngaohi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.
Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate ia, "Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate koe, Kapau ʻe ʻikai fanauʻi foʻou ha tangata, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito mamata ia ki he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua."
Pea vakai ʻe Sisu, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, "ʻOku ʻikai faʻa fai eni ʻe he tangata; ka ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae meʻa kotoa pē."
Pea nofo hifo ia, ʻo ne ui ʻae toko hongofulu ma toko ua, ʻo pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, "Kapau ʻoku holi ha tangata ke muʻomuʻa, ʻe ki mui ia ʻiate kimoutolu kotoa pē, mo e tamaioʻeiki ʻamoutolu kotoa pē."
Pea ʻoku ʻikai ai ha Siu pe Kiliki, ʻoku ʻikai ha pōpula pe ha tauʻatāina, ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata pe ha fefine: ka ʻoku mou taha pe kotoa pē ʻia Kalaisi Sisu. Pea kapau ʻoku ʻa Kalaisi ʻakimoutolu, pea ta koe hako ʻo ʻEpalahame ʻakimoutolu, pea koe fānau hoko ʻo fakatatau mo e talaʻofa.
ʻAhiʻahiʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē puke ke maʻu ʻaia ʻoku lelei. Taʻofi ʻakimoutolu mei he matamata kovi kotoa pē.
He neongo ʻoku mau ʻaʻeva ʻi he kakano, ka ʻoku ʻikai te mau tau fakakakano:
Kae ʻikai ʻi he ʻemau siofia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai: he ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ʻoku ʻosingofua; ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai, ʻoku taʻengata ia.
Ke ʻoua naʻa pehē ʻe ha taha ʻoka ʻahiʻahi koviʻi ia, Kuo ʻahiʻahi koviʻi au ʻe he ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻae ʻOtua ʻe he kovi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻahiʻahikoviʻi ʻe ia ha tokotaha: