Ko e Hā ʻOku Lea ʻaki ʻe he Tohitapu ʻo Kau ki he Mātuʻaki Puleʻi Kita (Temperance)? — Lotu mo e Fakalaumālie · Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu ʻi he KJV mo hono ngaahi Fika ʻa Strong

ʻI he ʻaho ni, ʻi he teʻeki ke ʻave koe ʻe he ʻaho ki he potu ʻoku loto ki ai, toʻo ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻuluaki: pule ki ho laumālie ʻoʻou. Ko ia ko e mālohi lahi taha ʻoku foaki ki ha tangata — ʻoku lahi ange ia ʻi hono lavaʻi ʻo ha kolo. Te ke fetaulaki mo ha meʻa fakalao ʻoku loto ke pule kiate koe, mo ha meʻa taʻefakalao ʻoku loto ke fakatau atu koe; pea ʻoku pehē ʻe he tangata mapule ki heʻene loto, "ʻIkai," ki he ongo meʻa fakatouʻosi. Ke tō. Ke le'o. Puke ke mapule ho sino, pea ʻoua naʻa foaki ha faingamālie ki he kakano. ʻOku ʻikai fiema'u ke ke mālohi ʻi hoʻo pē, koeʻuhi ko e fuaʻi maʻa ʻe taha ʻo e Laumālie ʻa e mapule ki he loto — ʻoku tupu ia ʻi hono vaine, kae ʻikai ko ho vaine ʻoʻou. Fili ʻi ho loto ʻi he teʻeki ke hokosia ʻa e houa ʻo e ʻahiʻahi, hangē ko e fili ʻa Tāniela ʻi he teʻeki ke tuku ʻa e meʻakai ʻa e tuʻi ʻi hono ʻao; pea ʻi he puke ʻe he angahala ho vala, lele, hangē ko e lele ʻa Siosefa. Ko e meʻa ʻoku ke tukuange koeʻuhi ko ia ko ha konga vala; ka ko e meʻa ʻoku ke tauhi ko koe tonu ia. ʻOku akoʻi koe ʻe he ʻofa faifai maʻu ke ke pehē "ʻIkai" ki he taʻefaʻa-Ōtua, pea ʻoku lele ʻa e tangata mapule ki heʻene loto ki ha kalauni ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito mae. Kumi kiai.

Eiki, ko koe ko e ʻOtua ʻoku ke foaki ʻae Laumālie, pea ko e fua ʻoe Laumālie ko e mapule‘i-kita; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ke u kole ha mālohi ʻaʻaku, ka ko ho ʻaʻau. Ako mai kiate au he ʻaho ni ke mapule‘i hoku loto ʻoʻoku, ʻaia ʻoku lahi hake ia ʻi hono lavaʻi ʻo ha kolo; fakahoko au ke tuai ʻae ʻita, mo fakapotopoto, mo lea‘aa, koeʻuhi ʻoku feheholaki hoku fili ʻo hangē ha laione. Puke ʻa hoku sino ke moʻoni ki hono mapule‘i, pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ha meʻa fakalao ke hoko ko hoku ʻeiki; ʻoua naʻaku foaki ha potu ki he kakano, ke fakafiemālieʻi hono ngaahi holi. Fokotuʻu ʻae taumuʻa ʻi hoku loto ʻi he teʻeki ai ke hoko mai ʻae feilaulau, ʻo hangē ko e taʻofi kimuʻa ʻa Taniela; pea ka puke au ʻe he angahala, foaki mai kiate au ʻae vaʻe ʻo Siosefa, ke lele mo tauhi au ke maʻa. Pea koeʻuhi ʻe fakamomoko ʻae ʻofa ʻae tokolahi, foaki mai kiate au ʻae mapule‘i-kita ke u kuku maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga pea ʻoua naʻaku fakalīlī; tauhi au ke fai fekuki ʻo fakatatau mo e ngaahi lao, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa u fakataʻe-taau, kae maʻu ʻae kalauni ʻoku ʻikai mole. Ko ia ako mai kiate au, ʻi ho ʻaloʻofa, ke u fakaʻikaiʻi ʻae taʻe-ʻapasia mo e ngaahi holi fakamāmani, pea ke moʻui fakapotopoto, angatonu, mo angafakaʻotua, ʻo tuʻu ʻo tatali ki he ʻamanaki lelei ko ia. ʻĒmeni.