TATALO ma PESE LOTU

PRAYERS and HYMNS

TATALO ma PESE LOTU
PRAYERS and HYMNS

Tatalo mō mea‘ai
Prayer for food

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

Mālie pule le Tamā
‘Ua matou maua ai mea lelei
‘O ‘oe ‘ua matou fiafia ‘i ai
‘Ā tūmau le ola nei
‘Āmene.

Fa‘afetai Iēsū, fōa‘i mai mea‘ai ‘e tausi ai ‘i mātou le fānau.
‘Āmene.

ola – life
fa‘afetai – thank you
fānau – children
fiafia – happy
fōa‘i – give
tatalo – prayer
tausi – care

PESE LOTU
HYMNS

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

Fa‘afetai ‘i le Atua
Fa‘afetai ‘i le Atua
Lē na tātou tupu ai
‘Ina ‘ua na alofa fua
Iā te‘i tātou ‘uma nei

Fa‘afetai ‘i lona Alo
Lē na afio mai lugā
Lē ‘ua fai ma fa‘apaolo
‘Ai le puapuagā

Fa‘afetai ‘i le Agaga
Lē fesoasoani mai
Lē manuia ai talosaga
‘Ātoa ‘uma mea ‘e fai.

Lō tā nu‘u
Lō tā nu‘u, ‘ua ‘ou fānau ai
Lālelei ‘oe ‘i le vasa
‘Ua ‘ē maua mai ‘i lugā
‘O le tofi aogā

Ē ‘ua lālelei Sāmoa
Lona valevalenoa
‘Ia mo‘omia ai ou fanua
Tama Sāmoa, ala mai

‘Ua ‘ē sui lou tautai
Lou mamalu, ‘ia mau ai
Tuputupu pea mai
Talu nu‘u ‘ua feagai ai

Nu‘u mamao ‘ua ‘ē maua ai
Mea lelei ‘e atia‘e ai
Lou mamalu ‘ia mautū
Matā‘upu, tau Iēsū

‘Ia fai ‘oe ma nu‘u tūmau
Olaola lau fānau
‘Ia vī‘ia ‘e fa‘avavau
Lē ‘ua pule aoao

Tali:
‘Ia pepese, ‘ia pepese
‘Aleluia fa‘afetai
‘Ia pepese ‘ia pepese
‘Aleluia fa‘afetai

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Tali:
Sāmoana, Sāmoana
Ala mai, ala mai
Fai ai nei, fai ai nei
Le fa‘afetai, le fa‘afetai
‘I le pule, ‘ua mau ai
‘O lou nu‘u ‘i le vasa

Atua – God
afio – to come; be present
Agaga – Spirit
ala – be awake; awaken
Alo – Son
alofa – love
atia‘e – develop
fa‘apaolo – to shelter
fanua – land
fesoasoani – help
lālelei – beautiful
lugā – above
manuia – blessing;
mo‘omia – need
nu‘u – village
pepese – sing (pl)
puapuagā – pain; distress
talosaga – prayer
tofi – appoint; assign
tupu – grow
valevalenoa – beautiful