Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 543
9.9.6.6.6.4.
1.
Si’i meimei loto leva ke tui,
Si’i meimei lave fakamo’ui,
Na’a ‘oku ke pehē,
“Si’i Laumālie ē,
Haʻu ‘i ha ‘aho kehe,
Kau tui atu.”
2.
‘Oku pehē nai si’i toko taha,
“Oku kei vovo me’a fakamaama,
‘Oua ke ‘osi fai
Si’i ngaahi feinga ni,
Pea u tafoki ai,
‘O kumi atu.
3.
“Te u kumi atu, ka ‘oua si’i,
‘Oku kei toe lahi ‘a taimi,
‘Oku kei ho’atā,
‘Oua ke toe taha:
Ka meimei tō ‘a e la’ā,
Te u hanga atu.”
4.
Meimei mo’ui, ‘oua toloi,
Si’i meimei tui, hoko he pō ni.
Ko hono taimi ē,
Ofi ‘a e Laumālie,
Kau ‘a e me’a fulipē
Ke tokoni’i.
5.
Ha’u he ‘aho ni, kei tali hū
Sīsū kei lami, te’eki liliu.
Naʻa ko e faka’osi
Na’a kuo fiu he o’i
“Tā ko e ta’emangoi,
Tuku pe ā”.
6.
Koe ‘uma’ā ke meimei mo’ui
Koe ‘uma’ā ke ofi ke tui
Ta’e a’usi ho tatae
Ko e ta’elava pē.
Meimei mo’ui - kae
Mate ‘aupito. *
"In service of the people of Tonga"
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Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 613
M.N.N.
(Ko Hepelu 10:4)
1.
Lahi ‘a e fanga manu
Na’e tamate’i ‘i mu’a,
‘O ‘atu ko e feilaulau
Ke fakahōifua.
2.
Kae ‘ikai si’i ‘aonga
‘A e toto na’e malingi
Ke ‘ave hia, mo fakanonga
‘A e konisēnisi.
3.
Ka ko e ta’ata’a
‘O Sīsū na’e tafea
‘E ma’a ai ‘a e angahala,
‘O mole ‘a e tautea.
4.
Si’i feilaulau ko ia
‘Oku fu’u hulu noa;
Fe’unga hono mahu’inga
Mo e kakai kotoa.
5.
Ko hoku laumālie
‘Oku fu’u ngaūe ai
‘O u fakasio tui pē
Ki Ho kalusefai.
6.
Na’e hilifaki ē
Ki si’o ‘ulu na
‘A e hia ‘a hoku laumālie,
‘O u ‘ilo na’a Ke fua.
7.
Talu ai ‘eku maʻu
Ha koto fiefia;
‘A e nonga, mo e ‘ilopau
Kuo mole ‘eku hia. *
"In service of the people of Tonga"
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 481
1.
Faingofua ke lotu
‘Oka toko lahi;
Ko hou’eiki ke poupou,
He Tu’i ke hapai.
Ke ke Tāniela,
To’o ho matapā,
Hanga ki Selusalema,
Lotu toko taha.
2.
Fono kia Tāniela
Tapu ke ne lotu;
Ka ne punou hifo leva
‘O fai ke tu’o tolu.
Ke ke Tāniela, etc
3.
Hono ‘ikai naʻe pehē
‘A e kau to’a ‘i mu’a;
Na’a nau tu’u pē he malele,
Taukave ma’a e ‘Otua.
Ke ke Tāniela, etc.
4.
‘Oku tu’u honau hingoa
Tohi he moʻui:
Siosiua, Kēlepi, mo Noa,
Na’e ma’u pe ‘enau tui.
Ke ke Tāniela, etc.
5.
‘Ā, ‘e mate nai ‘afē
Honau ongoongo!
‘Enau tu’u ta’emanavahē,
Mo ‘enau lototō?
Ke ke Tāniela,
To’o ho matapā,
Hanga ki Selusalema,
Lotu toko taha. *
"In service of the people of Tonga"
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
You can listen to to this hymn on YouTube
Himi 545
7.6.7.6. loua
(Ko Hapakuke 3:17)
1.
Kalisitiani, ‘oua,
‘Oua, ‘e lotosi’i,
Neongo ho’ mo’ua
He fu’u mamahi ni.
Tauhi ho’ lotolahi,
Tuku ho’ ilifia:
Kei Sātai pe ‘a Sātai;
Teʻeki liua Ia.
2.
Tangata fakamaama
‘Oku ne ‘ilo pē
‘Inasi he tangata
Ke tangi pē mo to’e.
Pea ‘oku ne ‘ūkuma,
Mo fakama’uma’u;
‘O tali ki he houa
‘E hoko ai ‘a e malu.
3.
Kae huanoa kitaua
‘Oku ta ma’u ‘i langi
Si’ata Pāletu’a
Ke ta falala ai.
Ta’etaau ke ta hanu,
Pe fakatu’a kovi;
‘E ‘ikai tō ha manu
Ta’e te Ne ‘afio’i.
4.
‘Oku Ne fakateunga
‘A e lile ‘o e vao;
Me’akai he manupuna
‘Oku ‘ikai ke ngalo;
‘Inasi ‘ene tufa
‘A e lango mo e he’e,
Kae huanoa kitaua
Si’ene fanga pele.
5.
Neongo pē ‘e maumau
He ta’u he ngoue’anga,
Mate ‘a e fanga manu,
Mole falala’anga;
Ko au te u loto lahi,
Ko au te u fiefia:
Kei Sātai pē ‘a Sātai;
Te’eki liua Ia.*
"In service of the people of Tonga"
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 447
(Ko e taha ‘eni ‘i he ng himi ‘a e
mu’aki Siasi: pea ‘oku fai’aki ‘i
māmani kotoa ’i he ‘Aho ‘o e
Laumālie.)
8 laui 6
1.
‘E Laumālie Māfimafi,
Ha’u ‘o a’ahi ho kakai.
Ko Koe pē naʻe tupu ai
‘A homau ngaahi ‘atamai;
Haʻu mo ha ivi mei he Langi,
‘O tufa ke mau fonu ai.
2.
Ko Koe ‘a e Taukapo ia,
Taupotu ‘i he mahu’inga;
Ko e foaki ‘a e Tamai,
Me’a ‘ofa ia ne fungani;
Si’i Fauniteni he mo’ui,
He Maama ta’emafu’ifu’i.
3.
Si’ipani fakalangi ē,
He lolo fakalaumālie,
Lōfitu pē ho’ fu’u mafai,
He nima tonu he Tamai;
‘A ia pē ne tala’ofa
Ke haʻu ‘o fakalea ‘a e noa.
4.
Hā’ele mai ‘o fakamaama
‘A homau ngaahi ongo’anga;
Ha’u ‘o lilingi pe ho’ ‘ofa
‘I homau ‘atamai kotoa;
‘O ngaohi ke mālohi pē
‘A e vaivai homau laumālie.
5.
Teke’i ‘a e fili ke mama’o,
‘O tuku pe ke tau fe’ao.
Ka takimu’a ‘a e ‘Afiona,
‘E ‘ikai hē homau fononga;
Ka te mau hao mei he kovi,
‘O tō ai ha lelei moʻoni.
6.
ʻĒ, faka’ilo kia au
‘A e Toko Tolu Toputapu;
Kae ‘atu pe ‘a e fakamālō
He Tamai pea mo e ‘Alo;
Mo Koe foki, Laumālie,
‘I he kuonga fulipē.*
In service of the people of Tonga
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
This hymn can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYGFlRWhoJ4
Himi 418
M.L. mo e tau
1.
‘E Sīsū, ko ho ta’ata’a,
Ho’ mate maʻa e angahala,
Ho’ kikitaki pē ke fai,
‘A e finangalo he Tamai -
He me’a ia te u kofu’aki.
Ka fakamaau ‘a māmani;
He toki kofu kuo ma’a,
‘O puli ai ‘a e angahala.
2.
Ka hoko mai ‘a e ‘Aho Lahi,
Ko hai ‘e talatalaaki?
Te u nonga pē ‘o ‘ikai mā
He kofu ‘i ho ta’ata’a.
He ko e Lami ‘a e ‘Otua
Kuo ne to’o pe ‘a e mo’ua;
Kuo ne ‘asinga’i ‘a e hia;
Kuo ne hanga ‘o pekia.
3.
Si’i toto ne luluku’aki
‘A e Potu Tapu ‘o e langi
‘Oku ne hūfekina ē
‘A e angahala fulipē
Fakafeta’i! Tā kuo pau
‘Oku ne hūfekina au.
Oku ou tui pē ki ai;
Hoku huhu’i kuo fai.
4.
Ka ne tatau pē ‘a e kakai
Mo ‘one’one ‘o e tahi,
Kei lahi pē ‘a ho’ pekia
Ke ‘ufi’ufi ‘enau hia.
Ka hoko mai ‘a e ‘Aho Lahi
Ko eni pē te u tu’unganaki
“Ko Sīsū kuo ne pekia,
‘O ‘ave ai ‘a ‘eku hia.” *
In service of the people of Tonga
This hymn can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9wg_kmTBk8
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 400
M.NG..& tau
(“Ka tā ko ‘Ela Koe ‘oku ke
fai fūfūnaki, si’i ‘Otua ‘o
‘Isileli, si’i fai fakamo’ui -
‘Aisea 45:15)
1.
‘Oku fai fūfūnaki pē
‘A e pule ‘a e ‘Otua;
Ko e fu’u misiteli ia
Talu mei mu’a ‘i mu’a.
‘Oku ne kofu ‘aki Ia
Ha ‘ao po’uli fau;
Pea ne heka he afā
Mo hala he peau.
2.
‘Oku ne ‘ave ‘a e lelei,
Kae tuku pe ‘a e kovi:
Ko tonu ‘oku lusa pē,
Kaukaua pē ‘a loi.
Ko Taivasi ta’elotu ē,
Kai katoanga ia:
Papala fu’u ‘a Lasalosi,
Mo nofo fiekaia.
3.
Vakai he ngāhi laumālie
‘O e kau Ma’ata.
Ko futu ‘enau tangi ē
‘I lalo ‘olita.
“’Ei, ‘e sāuni nai ‘afē
‘A homau toto ni?”
Kae tuku pe ta’efakamaau
‘A honau fakapoongi.
4.
‘E, ‘oua na’a tau fakaanga
‘A e ngāue ‘a e ‘Otua.
‘Oua ‘e fai mamata pē,
Ka e fakatui mu’a.
Ko e matamata houhou ē
Ko ‘ene ‘ai pulonga;
Ka ‘oku malimali pē
ʻA si’ono fofonga.
5.
Ka malu’aki mai ha ‘ao.
‘Oua ‘e tu’atamaki:
Kuo pau ke faifai pea tō,
Ko e koto tāpuaki.
Ha kovi nai ‘a e talamuka,
Mahi ‘a e lau, mo kona;
‘Oua ke fisi pē, mo fua,
Ka e faka’ofo’ofa.
6.
Ko e tufunga ‘a e ‘Otua:
Ko hotau ngaohi ‘eni.
‘Oku tuai ‘a e ngāue ia
Ko e ‘ai ke fu’u lelei.
Oku ha fakakonga pē
Koe’uhi ke tau tui:
Ko hono ‘ā’ālonga pē,
‘E hā kotoa ‘amui. *
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This hymn can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3pSBsA6-0
Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 375
M.L.
1.
Kau ka manatu he ‘Akau,
Mo Ia ne tukifa’o ai;
‘Oku mo’u tafu’ua pē
‘A e loto mo e ‘atamai.
2.
‘Oku ‘ikai te u kei toka’i
Ha ongoongo, ha koloa;
Ko Sīsū ne kalusefai,
Ko Sīsū pē te u manakoa.
3.
‘Oiau! He tafe hifo ē
‘A e toto mahuʻinga fau!
He ta’ata’a he ‘Otua,
Lilingi ke huhu’i au!
4.
‘Oi! He pani ta’ata’a
‘A si’ono fofonga ē!
Toto ‘a e ongo nima ia,
Tutulu pe ‘a e ongo va’e.
5.
‘Ofa ‘e fakahā ‘e hai!
‘Ofa ka ko ha ‘ofa ē!
‘Ikai feʻunga pē mo Ia
‘A e ‘univeesi fulipē.
6.
Ka ne ‘a’aku pē kotoa,
Ko e totongi si’i pē ia.
Ta’etaau mo ‘ene ‘ofa fau,
Ta’etaau he fu’u mamahi’ia.
7.
Taau ke ‘atu pe kotoa
ʻA hoku laumālie ni;
ʻA e loto mo e ‘atamai
ʻI taimi mo ‘itāniti.*
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