Description
My First Tongan Children's Bible Stories with English Translations
Title: My First Tongan Children's Bible Stories
Language: Tongan and English
Publisher: Gerard Aflague Collection
Content: 16 Bible Stories
Audience: Children (Bilingual Tongan and English Readers)
English Description
My First Tongan Children's Bible Stories is an engaging bilingual book featuring 16 beloved Bible stories, beautifully illustrated to capture the attention of young readers. This book aims to introduce children to the foundational tales of the Bible, while promoting the Tongan language alongside English.
Each story showcases how biblical characters come to trust God in various circumstances, providing valuable lessons of faith and hope. With its vibrant illustrations and clear bilingual translations, this book serves as an excellent resource for families, educators, and anyone wishing to inspire a love for God’s Word in the Tongan language.
Tongan Description
Ko Hoku Muimuitanga 'o e Kāʻui Kolo 'o e Tohi 'o e Kuo Nao / Kōpaki 'o e Kāʻui Kolo
Ko Hoku Muimuitanga 'o e Kāʻui Kolo 'o e Tohi 'o e Kuo Nao e tohi 'i he Tongan mo e 'Eneli, 'oku 'i ai e 16 ngaahi tohi kolo 'o e ngaahi 'aonga 'o e Tohi 'o e Kuo Nao. Ko e akau 'o e tohi ko 'eni 'oku faka'ofo'ofa ke toe 'akau ki he ngaahi tohi 'o e Kuo Nao, pea 'oku fa'u e Tongan mo e 'Eneli.
'Oku tu'u 'i he ngaahi tohi 'eni 'a e fiefia mo e lotu 'i he ngaahi tu'unga 'e kotoa, ko e ngaue 'e tu'u ke ma'u e tohi 'o e Kuo Nao 'o e loto. 'I he ngaahi totongi kehe mo e ngaahi tohi kolo, ko e tohi ko 'eni e ngaahi fa'ahinga lelei ki he ngaahi fānau, ngaahi faiako, mo e ngaahi ta'u fo'ou kotoa 'o e fiefia 'i he Tongan.
Key Features
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Bilingual Tongan and English Stories
Each story is presented in both Tongan and English, facilitating language learning and cultural pride.
Ko e konga 'o e tohi ko 'eni 'oku 'i ai e tohi 'o e Kongananga Tongan mo e 'Eneli, 'oku faka'ava ki he ngāue 'o e lea mo e ngaue'anga. -
Colorful Illustrations
Bright and engaging illustrations accompany each story, enhancing the reading experience for children.
Koe kolo ma'olunga mo e fiefia 'oku tu'u 'i he tohi kotoa, 'e vave 'o e taumu'a 'o e fānau. -
Faith-Based Lessons
Each story conveys important messages of faith, trust, and God’s love.
Koe konga kotoa 'oku faka'aonga'i e ngaahi fa'ahinga lelei o e ngaahi fa'ahinga o e lotu, te nau to'onga mo e alofa ʻo e Atua. -
Cultural and Language Learning
Perfect for families and educators who want to instill a love for the Tongan language and biblical teachings.
Ko e akau lelei ki he ngaahi fānau mo e ngaahi faiako 'o e to'onga ke ma'u e fiefia ki he Kongananga Tongan mo e ngaahi tohi kolo.
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The 16 Bible stories in this book:
- The Creation Story
- Noah’s Ark
- Jesus in the Manger
- Story of Baby Moses
- Cleansing of the Temple
- Zacchaeus, the Tax Collector
- Jesus Calms the Storm
- Jesus Walks on Water
- Jesus Heals the Blind Man
- Daniel in the Lions’ Den
- David and Goliath
- Little Children and Jesus
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Jesus’ Crucifixion
- Jesus’ Second Coming
Tongan /ˈtɒŋən/ (lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga. It has around 200,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO (verb–subject–object) language.
GERARD V. AFLAGUE (1969-) was born on the pacific island of Guam (a U.S. Territory), to Chamorro parents, and grew up in the village of Sinajana, during which time he relocated to the U.S. mainland in 2006, where he now lives with his family. With his professional career steeped in technical research and writing for the U.S. Government, he has enjoyed the art of illustrating since the age of 16, and now book publishing. His passion is to illustrate, author, and publish a variety of titles that embrace cultural themes, to entertain his readers, and to educate the young and old through children's bilingual language learning books, rhyming story books, Christian Chamorro prayer books, and short stories.
He is credited for authoring, illustrating, or publishing the following titles:
Ai Adai Guali'ek Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos; Chamorro ABCs: Animals, Plants, and Things of the Mariana Islands; Chamorro Christmas Hymns Song Book: Favorite Novena Songs of Guam and CNMI; Children of the Green Jungle: An Eco-Fable for Children and their Heirs; Counting in Chamorro 123s: Language of the People of the Marianas Islands of Guam and the CNMI; Feelings - Sinente Siha: Chamorro the Fun and Easy Way; Island Geckos Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos; Kai and Oke's Wintry Hawaii Adventure; Kulot Siha - Colors in Chamorro: Language of the Marianas Island People; Little Chamorrita, Did I Tell You?; John & Napu's Wintry Guam Adventure; Juan & Chico's Wintry Puerto Rico Adventure; Kai & Oke's Wintry Puerto Rico Adventure; Shapes - Saying it in Chamorro, Fotmasion Siha; The Twelve Days of Chamorro Christmas: With a Gayu on a Coconut Tree; Two Lover's Point, Guam - Journal; Vroom - Cars, Trucks, and other Transportation - Transpottasion Siha (Chamorro Edition); Prayers, Proverbs, and Healing Words in Chamorro and English; Tinaitai, Atpahon, Yan Fino Hinemio Siha; Chamorro Fiesta Table: One Islander's amusing journey through the well-known party table; Chamorro & English Prayers & Poetry: Tinaitai Yan Sinangan Siha; and Island Geckos Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos
Tonga (/ˈtɒŋə/ or /ˈtɒŋɡə/; Tongan: [ˈtoŋa] Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The total surface area is about 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) scattered over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 107,122 people,of whom 70% reside on the main island of Tongatapu.
Tonga stretches across approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) in a north-south line. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, Niue to the east, Kermadec (part of New Zealand) to the southwest, and New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the farther west.
Tonga became known in the West as the Friendly Islands because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. He arrived at the time of the ʻinasi festival, the yearly donation of the First Fruits to the Tuʻi Tonga (the islands' paramount chief) and so received an invitation to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, the chiefs wanted to kill Cook during the gathering but could not agree on a plan.
From 1900 to 1970, Tonga had British protected state status, with the United Kingdom looking after its foreign affairs under a Treaty of Friendship. The country never relinquished its sovereignty to any foreign power.[10] In 2010, Tonga took a decisive path towards becoming a constitutional monarchy rather than a traditional absolute kingdom, after legislative reforms passed a course for the first partial representative elections.
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