Neʼe mole tuai pea fakaōvi age Miliame kia te ia, ʼo ina fehuʼi age: ‘ ʼE ke loto ke ʼau ʼalu ʼo kumi mai he fafine Hepeleo ke ina fafaga te tamasiʼi maʼa koe?’ Maʼa ʼihi ʼe mata faikehe te meʼa ʼaenī neʼe hoko. Ko te tokolua ʼo Moisese ʼe mole fakalogo kia Falaone ʼaē neʼe ina fakatuʼutuʼu mo tana kau fai tokoni ke nātou fai he “fakatuʼutuʼu poto” ʼo ʼuhiga mo te kau Hepeleo. Pea neʼe hoki hāo ia Moisese ʼi te kua tali e te taʼahine ʼaliki te kole ʼa Miliame. Neʼe tali age e te ʼofafine ʼo Falaone, “ ʼAlu!” pea neʼe foimo ʼalu atu aipe ia Miliame ʼo kumi mai tana faʼe. Ko he meʼa fakaofoofo he neʼe pusiaki fakafūfū e Sokepete tana kiʼi toe ʼaki te tokoni ʼa te taʼahine ʼaliki.—Ekesote 2:5-9.

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Te ʼu Gāue ʼa Te ʼu Fafine Tauhi Fānau

ʼI te agamāhani ʼe fafaga e te ʼu faʼe tanatou ʼu tamaliki. Kae ʼe ʼui e te tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ko Brevard Childs ʼi te Journal of Biblical Literature: “ ʼI te tahi ʼu ʼaluʼaga, ko te ʼu famili maʼu meʼa [ʼi te Potu Esite] ʼe nātou totogi te fafine tauhi fānau. Ko te fakatuʼutuʼu ʼaia neʼe toe fai mo kapau ʼe mole lava fafaga e te faʼe tana tamasiʼi peʼe ko he tamasiʼi ʼe mole hana faʼe. Neʼe tonu ki te fafine tauhi fānau ʼaia ke ina pusiaki te tamasiʼi ʼo toe feiā aipe ki tona fafaga ʼo mulimuli pe ki te temi ʼaē neʼe kua fakatotonu kiai.” ʼE lahi te ʼu tohi ʼo te temi ʼāfea neʼe talanoa ki te ʼu kotala ʼa te ʼu fafine tauhi fānau mai te Potu Esite ʼāfea. ʼE fakamoʼoni e te ʼu pepa ʼaia te aga neʼe lahi tona fai mai te temi ʼo te kau Sumériens ki te fakaʼosi ʼo te temi ʼo te kau Keleka ʼi Esipito. Ko te ʼu meʼa ʼaē ʼe teitei tatau ʼi te ʼu pepa ʼaia, ko te ʼu fakamaʼua kia nātou ʼaē ʼe nātou fai te gāue ʼaia, ohage la ʼe tuʼu ai te loaloaga ʼo te gāue, te ʼu ʼaluʼaga ʼo te gāue, te ʼu fakatotonu ʼo ʼuhiga mo te meʼa kai, pea mo te totogi mo kapau ʼe fakatuʼu te gāue ʼaia, te ʼu totogi, pea mo te faʼahiga fai ʼo te totogi ʼaia. ʼI te agamāhani, ʼe fakamahino e Childs “ko te tauhi fānau ʼe fai ia taʼu e lua peʼe tolu. Ko te fafine tauhi fānau ʼe ina pusiaki te tamasiʼi ʼi tona ʼapi, kae ʼi ʼihi temi neʼe tonu ke fakaliliu te tamasiʼi ki tanā ʼu mātuʼa ke vakaʼi peʼe feafeaʼi te tamasiʼi.”