Lou atalii, afai e faaseseina oe e tagata agasala, aua e te malie. Afai latou te fai mai, Sau faatasi ma i matou, ia tatou lamalama i le toto, ‘ia tatou lamalama fa‘alilolilo mo ē ‘ua lē sala: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse (Faataoto 1:10-14)
O le uiga o le Faataoto 1:10-14
I le Faataoto 1:10-14 the father warns the son for the temptations of sinners, who live without God and have the devil as father. The father warns his son that if sinners entice him, he should not consent.
The son should resist the temptation and keep himself and abstain from the path of the wicked. Because if the son goes along with them, he shall leave the path of God and enter the path of the sinner.
Turn away from evil and don’t enter the path of the sinner
This path of the sinner and of unrighteousness leads to sin and death and not to righteousness and eternal life.
The path of the sinner is evil. O tagata uma, who walk upon this path tempt and deceive others and do evil and/or even kill others.
Don’t be tempted by sinners to follow their example.
Don’t pursuit riches and don’t hurt others and enter the path of unrighteousness, because it will cost you your integrity.
E fia taimi, do people commit fraud in business corporations, foundations, charity organizations, ma e oo lava i totonu o ekalesia, due to their love for money?
How many people have become victims of scammers and their love for money?
And how many people work illegally or think of creative ways to avoid paying their taxes? All because of their love for money and their greed for more.
They dupe others and enrich themselves with other people’s money and possessions.
The love for money and longing for more
Scam, taufaasese, pepelo, solaese mai lafoga, gaoi, fasioti tagata, ma isi e toetoe lava o taimi uma e taamilo i tupe ma moomoo mo nisi mea.
Ua lapataiina e le Tama le atalii ina ia taofia o ia mai le ala o tagata agasala, ma aua le faatali mo le toto, ‘aua fo‘i ‘e te lafi fa‘alilolilo mo lē ‘ua lē sala, ona o mea taua.
Aua neʻi faʻatumu lou fale i mea leaga, ua e gaoia pe maua faasolitulafono, auā e te amoina le agasala i ou luga. E pule aoao le Atua, Na te silafia mea uma!
Aua le faaosoosoina ae savali i le amio sa’o!
Ia avea oe ma se tagata faamaoni. Pe a savalia e tagata o loo siomia oe i ala pi’opi’o, aua le alu i le itu e tasi. Aua le auai faatasi ma i latou; ‘aua ne‘i fai mea valea ma ‘aua fo‘i le leaga i isi.
Aua le faaosoosoina i folafolaga matagofie, ‘aua ne‘i faaosoosoina i ni auala faasolitulafono e maua ai nisi tupe. But always stay obedient to the Word of God and the instructions of the Father and restrain yourself from all the things that could lead you to sin.
Guard your integrity and let nothing and no one steal that from you!
‘Ia fai ma masima o le lalolagi’
