Dinheiro
O dinheiro é ferramenta que pode ser usada para o bem ou para o mal. A Bíblia nos ensina a administrar recursos com sabedoria, generosidade e temor ao Senhor.
Perspectiva bíblica
Guardai-vos da avareza. A vida não consiste na abundância de bens. O dinheiro é servo, nunca senhor.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, "Tokanga pea vakai, telia ʻae manumanu: he ko e moʻui ʻae tangata ʻoku ʻikai ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ne maʻu."
He ko e potu ʻoku ʻi ai hoʻomou koloa, pea ʻe ʻi ai foki mo homou loto.
Pea pehēange ʻe heʻene ʻeiki kiate ia, ‘Mālō, ko e tamaioʻeiki lelei mo angatonu: kuo ke fai totonu ʻi he meʻa siʻi, te u fakanofo koe ke ke pule ki he meʻa lahi: hū koe ki he fiefiaʻanga ʻo hoʻo ʻeiki.’
He te ke sio fakamamaʻu ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai?
He ko e moʻoni ʻoku ngaohi ʻe he koloa hono kapakau; ʻoku puna atu ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ki he langi.
ʻOua naʻa fai feinga ke ke koloaʻia:
pea ʻoua naʻa falala ki ho poto ʻoʻou.
Ko ia ʻoku manako ki he siliva ʻe ʻikai ke ne fiemālie ʻi he siliva; pe ko ia ʻoku manako ki he koloa ʻi he tupulaki ʻo ʻene meʻa: ko e vaʻinga foki eni.
Administrar com sabedoria
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. O sábio administra seus recursos com prudência e visão de eternidade.
Fakaʻapaʻapa kia Sihova ʻaki hoʻo koloa,
pea mo e ʻuluaki fua ʻo hoʻo meʻa kotoa pē kuo tupu:
Ko e tāpuaki meia Sihova, ʻoku ne fakamaʻumeʻaʻi,
pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻomi mo ia ha mamahi.
ʻOku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻae koloa ʻoe angahala ka ʻoku fakamoʻui mei he mate ʻe he māʻoniʻoni.
Ko e koloa ʻoku maʻu ʻi he vikiviki ʻe fakaʻaʻau ia ke ʻosi:
ka ʻe fakalahi ia kiate ia ʻoku tānaki ʻi he faʻa ngāue.
He ʻikai ʻoku lelei hake ʻae maʻu ʻoe poto ʻi he maʻu ʻoe koula?
Pea ʻikai ʻoku lelei hake ʻae maʻu ʻae faʻa ʻilo ʻi he fili ki he siliva?
ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fili ki he hingoa ʻoku ongolelei ʻi he fili ki he koloa lahi,
pea lelei hake ke ʻofeina ʻi he maʻu ʻae siliva mo e koula.
ʻOku lelei lahi hake ʻae meʻa siʻi mo e manavahē kia Sihova,
ʻi he koloa lahi ʻoku maʻu mo e kovi.
ʻOku holi ʻae tangata ke ne angalelei:
pea ʻoku lelei hake ʻae tangata masiva ʻi he tangata ʻoku loi.
Hiki ke mamaʻo ʻiate au ʻae vaʻinga mo e loi:
pea ʻoua naʻaku masiva pe koloaʻia:
fafanga ʻaki au ʻae meʻakai ʻoku taau pe mo au:
Perigos e armadilhas
Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação. Fuja do amor ao dinheiro e busque contentamento no Senhor.
Ka ko kinautolu ʻoku holi ke koloaʻia, ʻoku nau tō ki he ʻahiʻahi mo e tauhele, mo e ngaahi holi vale lahi mo fakamamahi, ʻaia ʻoku lōmakiʻi ʻae kakai ki he malaʻia mo e mate fakaʻauha.
Fekau kiate kinautolu ʻoku koloaʻia ʻi māmani, ke ʻoua naʻa nau loto viki, pe falala ki he koloa tolu ke tau fiemālie ai;
Ke taʻemanumanu hoʻomou ʻulungāanga; pea mou fiemālie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mou maʻu: he kuo pehē mai ʻe ia, "E ʻikai te u liʻaki koe, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu ʻiate koe."
ʻOku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻae koloa ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe houhau:
ka ʻoku fakahaofi mei he mate ʻae māʻoniʻoni.
Ko e kolo mālohi ʻae tangata koloaʻia ko ʻene koloa,
pea ʻoku tatau ia ʻi heʻene mahalo ʻaʻana mo e fuʻu ʻā māʻolunga.
Tudo vem de Deus
De ti vem tudo, e das tuas mãos to damos. Os tributos são devidos — dai a César o que é de César e a Deus o que é de Deus.
Ka ko hai au, pea ko hai ʻa hoku kakai, ke pehē ke mau faʻa ʻatu meʻa pehē ni ʻi he fiefie fai? He ʻoku meiate koe ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo mau ʻatu pe kiate koe mei he meʻa ʻoku ʻoʻou.
Ko ia ke ʻatu ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku totonu: ʻae tukuhau kiate ia ʻoku totonu ki ai ʻae tukuhau; ko e totongi kiate ia ʻoku ʻaʻana totonu ʻae totongi; ko e manavahē kiate ia ʻoku ʻaʻana totonu ʻae manavahē; mo e fakaʻapaʻapa kiate ia ʻoku ʻaʻana totonu ʻae fakaʻapaʻapa.
Ko e meʻa ko ia ke mou ʻatu ai ʻae tukuhau foki: he ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae ʻOtua ʻakinautolu, ʻoku tokanga ʻo fai maʻu ki he meʻa ni pē.
ʻOku lelei lahi hake ʻae meʻa siʻi ʻoku ʻi he tangata māʻoniʻoni
ʻi he koloa ʻoe tokolahi ʻoku angahala.
Koeʻuhi ʻe fesiʻi ʻae nima ʻoe kau angahala:
ka ʻoku poupou ʻe Sihova ʻae māʻoniʻoni.
Naʻaku fiefia ʻi hono ʻalunga ʻo hoʻo ngaahi fakamoʻoni,
ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi koloa kotoa pē.