Rev. Iosefa Lale Peteru

18/06/2026

LĀUGA – THE TRUMPET SOUNDS.
A*O SA: 14/06/2026
Rev. Lale Peteru.

Scripture: OT: Isaiah 10:1–4
NT: 1 Corinthians 14:1 – 12.

Text: 1 Korinito 14:6 – 8.
6A o lenei, le ‘au uso e, ‘āfai ‘ou te alu atu iā te ‘outou ma tautala i gagana ‘ese’ese, se a ‘ea so‘u aogā iā te ‘outou, pe ‘āfai ‘ou te lē tautala atu iā te ‘outou i le fa’aaliga, po o le poto, po o le perofeta ane, po o le a‘oa‘o atu?
7O mea fo’i e lē ola ‘ua ta’alili mai leo, po o le fagufagu, po o le kitara, a lē fefatifatia’i leo, e iloa ‘ea fa’apefea le mea ‘ua ilia mai, po o le mea ‘ua tāia mai?
8Auā fo’i a fa’alētonu le leo o le pu, o ai ‘ea se na te sāuni e tau!

FA’APU’UPUINA O LE MATUA:
*1 Korinito 14:8, ‘Auā fo’i a fa’alētonu le leo o le pu, o ai ‘ea se na te sāuni e tau!
*1 Corinthians 14:8 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

WEEK’S IBRA: THE TRUMPET SOUNDS. ‘UA ILIA LE PU.

IBRA TODAY: THEM, NOT US. O lātou, e lē o tātou.

INTRODUCTION.
‘Ua fa’asi’usi’u mata māfaufauga i Tusiga Pa’ia o le Vaia*o, i le “Ilia o le pu, po o le leo o le pu. The trumpet sounds.”
O le fuaitau fa’auiga lua. ‘Ua fa’atusa ai le vala’au a le Atua, i le leo o le pu. An Idiomatic expression.
‘Ae tātou māfaufau muamua i le manatu ‘autū o le A*o Sa le nei. ‘Ua fa’apea mai; “O lātou, e lē o tātou. Them, not us.”

O AI E FA’ASINO I AI LE ‘UPU- “O Lātou?
E fōliga tusitusi lima le ‘autū. ‘Ae leai.
‘Ae ‘ina ‘ia lē mōlia tātou i le tusitusi lima, e tatau ai ‘ona tātou su’esu’e lelei i le Tusi a Isaia, po o ai tonu lea e fa’asino i ai le soa-nauna, “O “lātou. Them. Not us.”

TALA’AGA O LE PEROFETA O ISAIA.
Na soifua Isaia i Ierusalema i le tau fa’ai’uga o le Senituri e 8BC (800 tausaga, a’o le’i fānau mai Iēsu).
‘Ua ta’ua e le perofeta o Isaia, tagata o lo o fa’asino tonu i ai le ‘autū. “Them, not us.”
*Isaia 1:1O le fa’aaliga iā Isaia le atali’i o ‘Āmota, na ia va’aia iā Iuta ma Ierusalema, i ona po o Usia, o Iotama, o ‘A’asa, ma Esekia, o tupu o Iuta.
O lātou na, o lo o fa’asino tonu i ai le ‘autū, “o lātou.” O Tupu ma Ta’ita’i o le nu’u o le Atua.

‘AISEĀ? Why, them?
‘Ua fa’atōina e Isaia, Tupu ma Fa’amasino o Isarā’elu ma Iuta.
‘Ona ‘ua lātou toe tūsia Tūlafono, ‘ua tāotāomia ai tagata vāivāi ma mātitiva, o fafine ‘ua oti a lātou tane, ma e ‘ua aumatuā.

1. Isaia 10:1, O i tālofa i e p**e i p**ega leaga, o e tusi fo’i i tusi fa’asāuā; ‘ina ‘ia liliu ‘ese le fīnauga a e ‘ua mātitiva.
*Isaiah 10:1 – "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees..."
E ui ‘ina faia pea fa’amasinoga, (Justice process) ‘ae ‘ua mautinoa lava le I’uga, e olopala lava tagata vāivāi.

2. Isaia 10:2, ma ‘ia fāoa le fa’amasinoga o e mātitiva i lo‘u nu’u;
*Isaiah 10:2 – "To turn aside the needy from judgment..."
‘Ua lē maua se sulufa’iga o tagata mātitiva i le Fa’amasinoga. O le Feagaiga a Ieova ma Isarā’elu, e aofia ‘uma ai tagata. A’o sāuaga ‘ua faia i tagata vāivāi, o le fa’ailoga lea o le tete’e i le Atua.
E o’o i le ola fa’ale-tapua’iga, ‘ua matuā leaga lava.

‘Ua feagai tonu le perofetaga a Isaia, ma le tupu a’e o le mālosi o le Mālō o Asuria i Mātū (Iraq). O le va’ai a Isaia, o se mala ‘ua fa’aolioli mai i le nu’u o le Atua.

THE END OF ISRAEL.
O le 722BCE, na fa’ato’ilalo ai loa e Asuria le Mālō o Isarā’elu i Mātū. O le I’uga fo’i lea o Isarā’elu i Mātū.
*The northern Kingdom of Israel, Never returned.

A’o le fa’ali’ali’a fo’i lea mo le Mālō o Iuta, i le itū i Saute. I le va’ai a Isaia, ‘ua mana’omia e le nu’u o le Atua, se “Leo mai le Lagi.”
Fa’ato’ā fa’ato’ilaloina Iuta e Papelonia i le 586BC, ma ‘ave ai i le Tāfeaga i Papelonia.

*O LE FA’AMASINOGA A LE ATUA:
O le va’ai a Isaia, o le taunu’uga lea o le amio leaga a ta’ita’i o le nu’u. O le Fa’amasinoga Amiotonu lea a le Atua.
*A savali i ala o le Atua, e tau i manū.
*A’o le amio fa’api’opi’o, o le tete’e lava lea i le Atua. E i’u i mala.
O le I’uga lea o filifiliga leaga a tagata.
O le fa’amaualuga ma le fa’asāusili, o le matapeʻapeʻa ma le fa’a’aimamago i ‘oloa, e lē finagalo ai le Atua.

THE TRUMPET SOUNDS.
I le Tusi a Korinito sa faitauina, ‘ua tautala mālosi le Aposetolo o Paulo i le Ekalesia i Korinito e uiga i meaalofa a le Agaga ‘ua lātou maua. O le tautala i Gagana ‘ese ma le Perofeta atu. O ‘au’upega a le Agaga Pa’ia, ‘ina ‘ia fa’amāfanafanaina ai tagata.
Peita’i, ‘ua lē lagona e tagata le leo o le Agaga Pa’ia. ‘Ua fa’amaualuga loto. ‘Ua fa’aaogā sese meaalofa a le Agaga Pa’ia.
‘Ua fa’aaogā fo’i e Paulo le fa’atusa lea sa māsani ai Isarā’elu i le Feagaiga Tuai. “O le Leo o le Pu - Trumpet.”

*THE SHOFAR: – Sofao. O le Pu e gaosi i le seu o le Mamoe Po’a. (A ram’s horn).
The Shofar is a powerful symbol within both Jewish and Christian traditions. It represents spiritual awakening, divine presence, and communal unity.

O LE SOFAO, E VALA’AU I TAIMI O TAUA.
1. E fa’alāga’i ai le vaegā’au i taua. (to summon the soldiers).
2. E fa’atonu ai le savali e tau (to animate them in their march).
3. O le vala’au ‘ia tau loa. (to call them forth to battle).
4. O le leo fo’i ‘ia solomuli e toe fuata’i. Pe a ‘ua fasia le Itū Taua. (to sound a retreat).

‘Ua tauloto e Isarā’elu leo ‘ese’ese pe a ilia mai le Sofao. ‘Auā ‘ua fa’aleo mai e le Sofao, le gagana a le Atua i le Lagi.
The Shofar, employed a "language" which was intelligible to the people of God.

PE A FA’ALĒTONU LE LEO O LE PU.
1 Korinito 14: 8 ‘Auā fo’i a fa’alētonu le leo o le pu, o ai ‘ea se na te sāuni e tau!
‘Ua fa’amanatu e Paulo, iā Korinito; le fa’alētonu ‘ua tupu, ‘ona ‘ua lē fa’alogo i le leo o le Pu a le Agaga Pa’ia. ‘Ua ili mo le vi’iga o le tagata lava ia.

APPLICATION.
‘Oute manatua pea le ‘upu a se tasi o Ta’ita’ifono o le Fono Tele a le EFKS i tausaga ‘ua mavae.
E fai loa se Pālota i se matā’upu, ‘ae mālō se finagalo, e lē tusa ma le Fa’avae o le EFKS, po o a’oa’oga fa’ale-agaga, fai mai Sāpolu; “Tātou o sesē ai ia fa’apea.”

Lona uiga, ‘ua tātou usita’i i le leo o le Pu ‘ua pā’ulua. O leo na fa’apolokiki, na fano ai le nu’u o le Atua. ‘Auā ‘ua fai i le mea e mana’o ai Tupu. ‘Aemaise mea e maua ai o lātou manuia. Po o leo e taui masui ma fa’a’umatia ai tagata ‘ua vāivāi.

TAUNU’UGA O ASURIA.
E le’i tūmau ai pea le Mālosi o Asuria. Na tūla’i mai Metai ma Peresia ma fa’ato’ilalo Asuria i le 612BC.
The Assyrian Empire fell due to a combination of,
>internal strife.
>external pressures.
>economic challenges.
O le fa’amāoniga lea, e lē tumau se P**e i le lalolagi. O Ieova fo’i, na te p**ea le ga*ologa o mea ‘uma o le lalolagi. ‘Ua na o Ieova, e fa’avavau lona Mālō.

O IĒSU MA LE LEO O LE SOFAO.
E le’i sesē lava le leo o Iēsu a’o i ai i le lalolagi. I ona fa’aosoosoga, na mānumālō ai.

I le toe taimi fo’i i le mauga o Olive, na tatalo ai; ‘ua mamafa ona tīgā, ‘ae na i’u lava lana tatalo; “Lo’u Tamā e, ‘aua le faia lo’u loto, a’o lou finagalo.”

E lē fuaina le ilia o le Pu a le Atua, i le mea e loto i ai pe fiafia i ai le tagata. E fua i le Amiotonu a le Atua. ‘Ia fa’aalia ai le alofa o le Atua, i mea e manuia tutusa ai tagata ‘uma.

‘Ona o Iēsu, Amene.

Rev. Iosefa Lale Peteru.

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11/06/2026

MANA’O O LE TAGATA MŌLIMAU.
A*O TOFI: 11/06/2026
Rev. Lale Peteru.

'Ua tātou mātauina le tele o fa'alavelave tutupu mai Sāmoa. O Fa'amasinoga 'ua lē maua le tonu, ‘ona o tagata mōlimau. E fa’apea fo’i i Fa’amasinoga a le Lalolagi.

FEAGAIGA TUAI.
O lo o ta’oto i le Tusi Pa’ia, i le Tūlafono na tu’u ifo iā Mose, le finagalo o le Atua.
*Esoto 20:16 ‘Aua e te molimau pepelo i lē lua te tuā’oi.
*Exodus 20:16, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

FEAGAIGA FOU:
E fa’apea fo’i a’oa’oga i le Feagaiga Fou, i mea na tupu iā Iēsu ma ona So’o.

*Mataio 26:14 – 16.
14 ‘Ona alu ai lea o le tasi o le to’asefulu ma le to’alua, e igoa iā Iuta le Sēkara, i le ‘au faitaulaga sili, 15 ‘ua fa’apea atu, “Se a le mea tou te ‘aumai ma‘u, ‘ou te fa’alataina ai o ia iā te ‘outou?” ‘Ona lātou ‘avane ai lea iā te ia o tupe e tolugafulu. 16Talu ai lea a*o, ‘ua lamalama e ia se itū-a*o e faigōfie ai ‘ona fa’alataina o ia.

*Matthew 26:14-16
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus.
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.

1.O LE FA'AMASINOGA.
O le Fa’amasinoga, o le ‘auala lea a le Lalolagi, e sa’ili ai le Amiotonu.
A ‘ia manatua lelei, ‘ua na o le Atua, e amiotonu. E lē fa’aitū’au. E alofa le Atua i tagata ‘uma. ‘Auā o le tagata na fai i lona fa’atusa Pa’ia.
E ui ‘ina ta’oto ‘aulape o Tūlafono, ‘ae vāivāi lava le tagata e faia le fa’amasinoga.

2.O LE TAGATA MŌLIMAU.
E fua le I'uga Amiotonu, i le Molimau:
I le Feagaiga Tuai, e fa’amāonia le mōlimau a tagata e to'alua.

Teuteronome 19:15 ‘Aua ne‘i tūla’i atu se mōlimau e to’atasi e mōlimau i se amioletonu a se tagata, po o se agasala, i agasala ‘uma lava e agasala ai o ia; a o mau a e mōlimau e to’alua, po o mau a e mōlimau e to’atolu e fa’amāoni ai le mea.

*Deuteronomy 19:15: Law concerning Witnesses:
15 “A single witness shall not suffice to convict a person of any crime or wrongdoing in connection with any offense that may be committed. Only on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be sustained.

LAGOLAGO E IUTA LE MŌLIMAU PEPELO.
Na iloa e Iuta le mana’o o Ta’ita’i o Iutaia. Lo lātou tete’e ma le fia fasioti ia Iēsu. ‘Ua o gatasi le futia ma le ‘umele; i lona tu’inanau.
O lea na alu ai, ma fesili atu i Ta’ita’i o le Lotu Iutaia:

*Matthew 26:15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.

O le taunu’uga o Iuta, na ia toe lagona le sesē o le mea ‘ua na fai. Na toe alu ai, fa’afo’i tupe i le Malumalu.
A ‘ua lē kea mai Ta’ita’i o le Lotu Iutaia. E leai se mōlimau e fa’amāonia ai, na fa'aoso ia e Faresaio ma Ta'ita'i o Iutaia (Conspiracy).

O LE TAGATA MŌLIMAU PEPELO.
Na liliu ane Iuta, sisi lona ua. ‘Ua p**e i lona ola.
‘Ai lava na lagona e Iuta, o lona fa’alataina o Iēsu, o le lagolago atu lava lea i mōlimau pepelo, ‘ua fasiotia ai Iēsu. O le fasioti tagata lava lea.
Na ia manatua fo’i le I’uga na faia e le Atua iā Kaino, ‘ina ‘ua ia fasioti lona uso o Apelu, ma nanā i le fanua.

*Kenese 4:10 ‘Ua fetalai atu Ieova iā Kaino, “Se a le mea ‘ua e faia? O lo’o alaga mai iā te a’u mai le ‘ele’ele le leo o le toto o lou uso. 11O lenei, ‘ua malaia ‘oe mai le ‘ele’ele, ‘ua fa’amaga mai lona gutu e tali a‘i le toto o lou uso mai lou lima. 12A ē galue i le ‘ele’ele, e lē toe fua lelei mai ona fua iā te ‘oe; e ‘avea ‘oe ma maumausolo ma fa’asevasevaloaina i le lalolagi.”
‘Ua taunu’u le isi fetalaiga a Iēsu; “Se a le aogā e maua le lalolagi ‘uma, ‘ae māumāu le ola.”
O le taunu’uga lea o le tagata molimau pepelo ma fa’alata. ‘Ua māumāu le ola.

E maua le mana’o. ‘Ae lē maua ai se Olaga lelei.

Manuia le a*o.
Rev. Lale Peteru.

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08/06/2026

FA’ATĀUAINA O LE GAGANA SĀMOA.
A*O GAFUA: 08/06/2026.
Rev. Lale Peteru.

O le tasi itū o le fa’atāuaina o le Vaia*o o le Gagana Sāmoa, o le a’oa’oina lea o fānau i ‘upu ‘ua ta’oto i la tātou Gagana.
O se fa’anoanoaga, ‘ona o ‘upu ‘ua sui fa’alēiloga e nisi.

FA'ATA'ITA'IGA:
*Kirikiti - Not Kilikiti.

*Soalaup**e – Not Soalep**e.

O le ‘upu “Kirikiti,” o se tasi o ‘upu na nonō mai le 'Upu o le Gagana Peretania, Cricket. E fa’aleo ai le Mata’itusi o le “K”.

‘Ia silafia lelei, talu mai le 1830, na tūsia ai e Misionare o le LMS la tātou Gagana Sāmoa. O le meaalofa a le Agaga Pa'ia, mo Samoa.

Na talia ma fa’atūlafonoina ai le fa’aopoopo o Mata’itusi – H, K, R, i le Gagana Sāmoa. O lo o i totonu o le Pi Tautau o le Gagana Sāmoa.
The Samoan Alphabet.

Na faia lea fa’atatau, ‘ona o le tele o ‘Upu fou fa’aliliu mai le Tusi Pa’ia, e fa’aaogā ai Mata’itusi ia.

O tātou toe fa’atāua le Gagana Sāmoa, “O le alolofa lava lea, fa’aaloalo ma amana’ia le Galuega na faia e Misionare ma Tua’ā na lātou ulua’i fatuina ‘Upu o le Gagana, mai le 1830.
‘Ua toe o se aga, ‘ona ‘ātoa lea o le 200 tausaga le mātutua, talu ‘ona nonō mai ia ‘upu.

‘Oute manatu, e lē afaina se ‘upu fou ‘ua fatu e le tagata lava ia. A’o ‘upu ‘ua ta’oto pei o Alao’o, e tatau lava ‘ona fa’aaloalo i ‘upu ‘ua leva na sitiseni i la tātou Gagana. E mātutua mamao atu i o tātou tupulaga.

‘Aemaise lava o nei a*o, ‘ua televave ma mālosi le a’oa’oga a le Social Media.
O le tele o tagata, ‘ua a’oa’o mai la lātou gagana i le Social Media.

O le fai so’o o le mea sesē, e i’u lava ‘ina ‘avea ma mea sa’o. ‘Aemaise tupulaga lalovaoa.

Fai mai le muāgagana a Sāmoa – “E mamae le tava’e i ona fulu.”
E alofa ma fa'apelepele le manulele o le tava'e (bird) i ona fulu.

‘Ia tātou fa’apelepele i la tātou Gagana Sāmoa.
'Auā o le Gagana, tātou te fa'alelefulu ai. E talatala ma teu ai ila o tātou Gafa & Fa'asinomaga.

Ma le fa’aaloalo lava.

Rev. Iosefa Lale Peteru.

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