Recompensa
Deus recompensa os que o buscam com fé. A Bíblia está repleta de promessas de recompensa para os fiéis, os generosos, os perseverantes e os que servem ao Senhor de todo coração.
Deus recompensa a fé
Sem fé é impossível agradar a Deus, porque quem dele se aproxima precisa crer que Ele existe e recompensa os que o buscam diligentemente.
Ka ʻi he taʻemaʻu ʻae tui ʻoku ʻikai mafai hono fakafiemālieʻi: he ko ia ʻoku haʻu ki he ʻOtua, ʻoku totonu ke ne tui ʻoku ai ia, pea ʻoku ne totongi kiate kinautolu ʻoku kumi lahi kiate ia.
ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻoku ne kātaki ʻae ʻahiʻahi: he ʻoka ʻilo ia ʻoku lelei, ʻe maʻu ʻe ia ʻae pale ʻoe moʻui, ʻaia kuo talaʻofa ki ai ʻae ʻEiki kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia.
Ka ai hamou taha ʻoku masiva ʻi he poto, ke kole ʻe ia ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki lahi ki he kakai kotoa pē, pea ʻoku ʻikai valokiʻi; pea ʻe foaki ia kiate ia.
Ka ko eni, kapau te ke kumi mei ai ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, te ke ʻilo ia, kapau ʻoku ke kumi ia ʻaki ho loto kotoa mo ho laumālie kotoa.
"Kole, pea ʻe foaki ia kiate kimoutolu; kumi, pea te mou ʻilo; tukituki, pea ʻe toʻo ia kiate kimoutolu:
Ko ia ʻoku ou pehē ai kiate kimoutolu, Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku mou holi ki ai, ʻoka mou ka lotu, tui ʻoku mou maʻu ia, pea te mou maʻu.
Recompensa pelo serviço
O Senhor vê cada ato de fidelidade e promete galardão aos que servem com dedicação. O servo bom e fiel será honrado.
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.’
Pea ʻilonga ʻaia ʻoku mou fai, fai loto lelei, ʻo hangē ki he ʻEiki, kae ʻikai ki he tangata: ʻI hoʻomou ʻilo temou maʻu mei he ʻEiki ʻae totongi ko e tofiʻa: he ʻoku mou tauhi ʻae ʻEiki ko Kalaisi.
Ko ia, ko hoku kāinga ʻofeina, ke tupulekina maʻuaipē ʻi he ngāue ʻae ʻEiki, he ʻoku mou ʻilo ko hoʻomou ngāue ʻi he ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻikai taʻeʻaonga ia.
Pea ke ʻoua naʻa tau fiu ʻi he fai lelei: he te tau utu ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu totonu, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te tau vaivai.
Ka ko e tokolahi ʻoku muʻomuʻa te nau muimui; pea ko e muimui ʻe muʻomuʻa.
ʻAia te ne ʻatu ai ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi ngāue:
Generosidade e provisão
Quem dá com generosidade receberá em abundância. Deus supre todas as necessidades segundo as suas riquezas em glória.
Foaki, pea ʻe foaki ia kiate kimoutolu; ko e fua lahi, kuo faʻo lolo hifo, ʻo lulu fakataha, pea fonu mahuohua, ʻe ʻatu ki homou fatafata. He ko e fuofua ko ia te mou fua ʻaki, ʻe toe fua ʻaki ia kiate kimoutolu."
Pea kapau ʻoku mou fai lelei kiate kinautolu pe ʻoku fai lelei kiate kimoutolu, ko e hā ʻae fakafetaʻi ʻoku mou maʻu? He ʻoku fai pehē ʻe he kau angahala.
Fakamoʻui ʻae mahaki, fakamaʻa ʻae kilia, fokotuʻu ʻae mate, kapusi ʻae kau tēvolo: kuo mou maʻu taʻetotongi, pea ʻoatu taʻetotongi.
Pea ʻoku mafai ʻe he ʻOtua ke fakatupulekina ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei kotoa pē kiate kimoutolu; koeʻuhi ʻi he mahu lahi maʻuaipē ʻakimoutolu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ke mou faʻa fai ʻae ngāue lelei kotoa pē:
ʻOku fai ʻe he angahala ʻae ngāue fakakākaaʻi:
ka ʻe maʻu ʻae totongi moʻoni ʻe ia ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻae māʻoniʻoni.
Ko e totongi ʻoe angavaivai mo e manavahē kia Sihova ko e koloa,
mo e ongoongolelei, mo e moʻui.
Ke ʻoua naʻa mahuʻi ʻiate koe ʻae manavaʻofa mo e moʻoni:
nonoʻo ia ki ho kia;
tohi ia ki he kakano ʻo ho loto:
Ko ia te ke ʻilo ai ʻae lelei,
pea ʻe tāpuekina koe ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua mo e tangata.
ʻOku fakaʻataʻatā ʻae hala ʻoe tangata ʻoku faʻa foaki,
pea ʻoku ʻomi ai ia ki he ʻao ʻoe houʻeiki.
O que Deus reservou para os seus
Olhos não viram, ouvidos não ouviram o que Deus preparou para os que o amam. Suas recompensas eternas superam toda imaginação.
Kae hangē ko ia kuo tohi, "ʻOku teʻeki ai mamata ʻe ha mata, pe fanongo ʻe ha telinga, Pea ʻoku teʻeki ai hū ki he loto ʻo ha tangata, ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻaia ʻoku teuteu ʻe he ʻOtua maʻanautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia."
ʻI he fakamaama ʻae mata ʻo homou loto; koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ai, pe ko e hā ʻae ʻamanaki lelei ʻo ʻene ui, pea ko e hā ʻae koloa ʻoe lelei ʻo hono tofiʻa ʻi he kāinga māʻoniʻoni,
ʻO fakatatau ki he foaki kiate kitautolu ʻe heʻene mālohi fakaʻotua ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ki he moʻui mo e angafakaʻotua, ʻi he ʻilo kiate ia kuo ne uiuiʻi ʻakitautolu ki he hakeʻaki mo e māʻoniʻoni:
Pea ʻoku ʻikai fakamā ʻe he ʻamanaki lelei; he koeʻuhi kuo lilingi ʻae ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua ki hotau loto ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻaia kuo foaki kiate kitautolu.
Ko ia ia naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki hono ʻAlo ʻoʻona, ka ne tukuange ia koeʻuhi ko kitautolu kotoa pē, pea fēfē, ʻe ʻikai te ne foaki fiemālie foki mo ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kiate kitautolu?
Ka ko ia ʻe inu ʻi he vai te u foaki kiate ia, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe fieinu ia; ka ko e vai te u foaki kiate ia ʻe ʻiate ia ko e matavai mapunopuna hake ki he moʻui taʻengata."
ʻOku teʻeki ai te mou kole ha meʻa ʻi hoku huafa: kole, pea te mou maʻu, koeʻuhi ke kakato ai hoʻomou fiefia.
Ka ʻoku ou tala ʻae moʻoni kiate kimoutolu, ʻoku ʻaonga kiate kimoutolu ʻeku ʻalu: he kapau ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu, ʻe ʻikai haʻu kiate kimoutolu ʻae Fakafiemālie; ka ʻi heʻeku ʻalu, te u fekau ia kiate kimoutolu.
ʻOku ou mafao atu ki he fakaʻilonga, ko e koloa ʻoe ui māʻolunga ʻae ʻOtua ʻia Kalaisi Sisu.
Buscar, pedir, perseverar
Jesus ensinou: pedi e recebereis, buscai e achareis. Deus se alegra em dar boas dádivas aos seus filhos que pedem com fé.
"ʻOku monūʻia ʻakinautolu ʻoku fiekaia mo fieinua ki he māʻoniʻoni:
he te nau fonu ai.
"Ko ia ʻoka ke ka fai ha foaki, ʻoua naʻa ke ifi ʻae meʻa lea ʻi ho ʻao, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he mālualoi ʻi he ngaahi falelotu mo e hala, koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu ʻae fakamālō ʻae kakai. Ko ʻeku tala moʻoni kiate kimoutolu, Kuo nau maʻu ʻenau totongi.
Ka ko koe, ʻoka ke ka lotu, hū ki hoʻo potu lilo, pea kuo tāpuni ho matapā, lotu ki hoʻo Tamai ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he lilo; pea ko hoʻo Tamai ʻaia ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻi he lilo, ʻe totongi fakahā ʻe ia kiate koe.
Kumi ʻae lelei, kae ʻikai ko e kovi,
koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui:
ko ia, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi, te ne ʻiate kimoutolu,
ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou lea.
ʻOku ou mafao atu hoku nima kiate koe:
ʻoku holi ʻa hoku laumālie kiate koe,
ʻo hangē ko e fonua fieinua. Sila.
Contentamento e eternidade
A verdadeira recompensa está na vida que Deus dá. O presente do trabalho, a satisfação no labor e a alegria no Senhor são dádivas de Deus.
ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei ʻi ai, ka koeʻuhi ke fiefia ʻae tangata, pea ke fai lelei ʻi heʻene moʻui. Pea ko e kai mo e inu ʻae tangata kotoa pē, mo e fiefia ʻi he lelei ʻo ʻene ngāue kotoa pē, ko e foaki ia ʻae ʻOtua.
Vakai ki he meʻa kuo u mamata ki ai: ʻoku lelei mo totonu ki he tangata ke kai mo inu, pea ke fiefia ʻi he lelei kotoa pē ʻo ʻene ngāue, ʻaia ʻoku ne fai ʻi he lalo laʻā, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻui, ʻaia kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia; he ko hono ʻinasi ia.
Pea ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku foaki ki ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae maʻumeʻa mo e koloa lahi, pea mo e mālohi ke ne kai mei ai, pea ke maʻu hono ʻinasi, pea ke fiefia ʻi heʻene ngāue; ko e foaki ia ʻae ʻOtua.
Te mou ʻalu ʻi he ngaahi hala kotoa pē ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, pea mou lelei, pea ke mou fakatolonga homou ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fonua te mou maʻu.
Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te mau vaivai: ka ʻi he fakaʻaʻau ʻo mole homau tangata ʻituʻa, ʻoku fakafoʻou ʻae loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
Ko ia ke fakavaivai ʻakimoutolu ʻi he lalo nima māfimafi ʻoe ʻOtua, ka ne hakeakiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻaho totonu:
Fakavaivaiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki, pea ʻe hakeakiʻi ʻe ia ʻakimoutolu.
He ko e totongi ʻoe angahala ko e mate; ka ko e moʻui taʻengata ko e foaki ʻofa ia ʻae ʻOtua ʻia Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki.
Ka ʻoku nofoʻia ʻakimoutolu ʻe he pani ʻoku mou maʻu meiate ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ke akonakiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe ha taha: kae hangē ʻoku akonakiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe he pani ko ia ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku moʻoni ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e loi, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko ʻene akonekina ʻakimoutolu, ke mou nofo pehē kiate ia.
Pea ko ʻene kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimautolu ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni; pea mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni foki, ʻaia kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kinautolu ʻoku talangofua kiate ia."
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, "ʻAlu hake koe kiate au ʻi he moʻunga, pea nofo ai: pea te u tuku kiate koe ʻae maka lafalafa ʻe ua, pea mo e fono, mo e ngaahi fekau kuo u tohi; koeʻuhi ke ke ako ʻaki ia."