Monday, 31 August 2026
Upu Faamalosi
Gagana Samoa
“A o i latou o fa'atalitali iā Ieova, e fa'afouina lo latou malosi; latou te fefe'e a'e i luga ma apa'au e pei o aeto; latou te tamo'e ae lē vaivai.”
Isaia 40:31
English (NIV)
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary.”
Isaiah 40:31
Manatu Taua
O le fa'atalitali i le Atua e lē o se taimi maumau — o le fa'afouga lea o le malosi. — Waiting on God is not wasted time — it is where strength is renewed.
Na tusia le Isaia 40 mo tagata Isaraelu o lo'o i le nofo pologa i Papelonia — o tagata na aveesea mai lo latou lava atunu'u. E le'i ta'ua e le perofeta se aso e toe fo'i ai, ae na ia fa'amanatu ia i latou po'o ai le Atua o lo'o fa'atalitali i ai. O le upu 'fa'atalitali' e fa'auigaina foi o le 'ta'ita'i fa'atasi' — e pei o le vili o se maea.
Isaiah 40 was written to Israelites in exile in Babylon — a people carried away from their own land. The prophet does not name a date for their return; he reminds them who the God is that they are waiting on. The Hebrew word for 'wait' also means 'to twist together', like the strands of a rope.
E tele tagata Samoa i fafo o lo'o fa'atalitali — mo pepa nofoia, mo se galuega, mo se aiga e toe fa'atasi. E faigatā le fa'atalitali pe a leai se aso mautinoa. Ae o le fa'amoemoe fa'aleTusi Pa'ia e lē o se mana'o vale, ae o le mautinoa e fa'avae i le uiga o le Atua. Tatalo i lenei aso mo le onosa'i, ae le mo le vave.
Many Samoans overseas are waiting — for residency papers, for work, for a family to be reunited. Waiting is hard when no date is certain. But biblical hope is not wishful thinking; it is confidence grounded in the character of God. Pray today for patience rather than for speed.
Upu o le Aso
Fa'amoemoe
[fah-ah-moh-eh-moh-eh] · fa-'a-mo-e-mo-e
Mai le 'moe' (moe, fa'atali) fa'aluaina, ma le fa'amuamua 'fa'a-'.
From a reduplication of 'moe' (to rest or lie in wait) with the prefix 'fa'a-' — to rest one's expectation on something.
Bible cross-references
Roma 15:13 · Eperu 11:1 · Salamo 130:5
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