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Feʻauaki Toko Tahá—Te U Tauʻi Fēfē ʻa e Fakaʻaiʻaí?
“KO HA maʻunimā mālohi ʻaupito ia,” ko e lau ia ʻa ha talavou naʻe fāinga mo e feʻauaki toko tahá ʻo laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 15. “ʻOku lava ke hangē hono fakatupu tōʻongaʻakí ko ha faitoʻo pe inu ʻolokaholo.”
Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ke hangē ʻa ʻene ngaahi holí ko ha tokotaha pule fefeká. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku te tokeia hoto sino [ngaahi holi fakakakanó], mo takipopulaʻi.” (1 Kolinito 9:27) Naʻe fefeka ʻene angafai kiate iá! Ko ha feinga tatau te ne ʻai ai ke malava ki ha taha pē ke tauʻatāina mei he feʻauaki toko tahá.
“Teuteu Homou ʻAtamaí ki he Ngāue”
ʻOku feʻauaki toko taha ʻa e tokolahi ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e loto-hohaʻá mo e loto-moʻuá. Neongo ia, ko e feʻauaki toko tahá ko ha founga fakatamasiʻi ia ke fakafeangai ai ki he ngaahi palopalemá. (Fakafehoanaki mo e 1 Kolinito 13:11.) ʻOku lelei ange ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e “faa fakakaukau” pea ngāue ki he palopalemá tonu. (Palovepi 1:4, PM) ʻI he taimi ʻoku ngali fuʻu hulu ai ʻa e ngaahi palopalemá mo e ongoʻi feifeitamakí, “li atu ā hono kotoa ʻo hoʻomou lotomoʻua ki he [ʻOtuá].”—1 Pita 5:6, 7.
Fēfē kapau ʻoku fakafokifā haʻo sio pe fanongo ʻi ha meʻa ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ki he fehokotaki fakasinó? ʻOku fakahinohino mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Teuteu homou ʻatamaí ki he ngāue; mapuleʻi-kita.” (1 Pita 1:13, New International Version) Fakamālohituʻu ho ʻatamaí pea fakataleʻi ʻa e fakakaukau taʻetāú. ʻE vave ke mate hifo ai ʻa e holí.
Neongo ia, ʻoku tautefito ʻa e faingataʻa hono fakataleʻi ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau koví ʻi he taimi ʻoku toko taha ai ha taha ʻi he poʻulí. Ko e faleʻi eni ʻa e finemui ʻe taha: “Ko e meʻa lelei taha ke faí ke tuʻu leva mei he mohengá ʻo femoʻuekina ʻi ha faʻahinga ngāue, pe fai nai ha kiʻi kai maʻamaʻa koeʻuhi ke hanga ai ho ʻatamaí ki he ngaahi meʻa kehé.” ʻIo, fakamālohiʻi koe ke ke ‘tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tāú, totonú, maʻá, fakaʻofoʻofá mo ongoongoleleí.’—Filipai 4:8.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku faingataʻa ai ke ke mohé, feinga ke ke faʻifaʻitaki kia Tuʻi Tēvita faitōnunga ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi: “Kau ka manatu kiate koe [ʻOtua] ʻi hoku mohenga, ʻoku ʻosi ʻa e po mo ʻeku fakalaulauloto ki he ʻAfiona.” (Sāme 63:6) Ko hono fakamālohiʻi ho ʻatamaí ke fakalaulauloto ki he ʻOtuá mo hono ngaahi ʻulungāangá ʻe faʻa lava ke motuhi ai ʻa e kāveá. ʻOku toe tokoni foki kapau te ke hanganaki fakakaukau maʻu pē ki he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tōʻonga taʻemaʻá ni.—Sāme 97:10.
Ngāueʻaki ha Ngaahi Founga Taʻotaʻofi
“Ko e fakapotopoto ʻoku ne sio ki he kovi, ʻo ne toi: ka ko e hehemangofua ʻoku nau laka atu pe, ʻo moʻua ai,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e tangata poto fakamānavaʻí. (Palovepi 22:3) ʻE malava ke hā ʻa hoʻo fakapotopotó ʻi hoʻo tomuʻa fakakaukau. Ko e fakatātaá, kapau ʻokú ke ʻilo ko hono fai ʻo ha ngaahi ngāue ʻe niʻihi, tui ʻo e ngaahi vala mahaʻihaʻí, pe kai ha faʻahinga meʻakai kuó ne fakatupunga ke hoko ai ʻo fakaʻaiʻai koe ki he fehokotaki fakasinó, fakaʻehiʻehi leva mei he ngaahi meʻa ko iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó ʻe malava ke ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻa ha taha pea ʻai ai ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá ke toe faingataʻa ange. Pehē foki, mātuʻaki fakaʻehiʻehi ʻaupito mei ha faʻahinga naunau lautohi pē, ngaahi polokalama televīsone pe ngaahi faiva ko hono ngaahi kaveingá ʻoku fakatupu holi. Naʻe lotu ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Leʻei hoku mata ke ʻoua te na sio ki he muna.”—Sāme 119:37.
ʻE toe malava foki ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi founga taʻotaʻofí ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻa ia ʻoku tautefito ki ai ʻa hoʻo ala tōngofuá. ʻE ʻiloʻi nai ʻe ha finemui ʻoku hoko ʻo mālohi ange ʻene ngaahi holi fakaefehokotaki fakasinó ʻi ha ngaahi taimi pau ʻo e māhiná. Pe ʻoku hoko nai ha taha ʻo lavea fakaeongo pe loto-mafasia. “Naʻa ke vaivai koā ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e faingataʻa, ta ʻoku fakangatangata pe ho ivi,” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa e Palovepi 24:10. Ko ia, fakaʻehiʻehi mei he nofo toko taha ʻi ha ngaahi vahaʻa taimi lōloa. Palani ʻa e ngaahi ngāue fakatupu langa hake ʻa ia te ne ʻai ai ho ʻatamaí ke femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi ngāue faingataʻá, ʻo siʻi ai ʻa e faingamālie ke tohoakiʻi ki he ngaahi fakakaukau taʻetāú.
Ko ha ʻOhofi Fakalaumālie
Naʻe faifai ʻo malava ke ikuna ha tangata taʻu 27 ʻa ia naʻe fāinga mo e tōʻongá ni talu mei heʻene taʻu 11. “Ko ha meʻa ia ke ʻohofi,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia. “Naʻá ku lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻo ʻikai toe siʻi hifo he vahe ʻe uá ʻi he ʻaho taki taha ʻo ʻikai liʻaki.” Kuó ne fai eni ʻo ʻikai toe liʻaki ʻo laka hake he taʻu ʻe tolu. Ka ko e faleʻi eni ia ʻa ha Kalisitiane ʻe taha: “Ki muʻa ke ke ʻalu ʻo mohé, lau ha meʻa ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke hoko ʻa e fakakaukau fakaʻosi ʻo e ʻahó ko ha fakakaukau fakalaumālie. Ko e lotu ʻi he taimi ko ení ʻoku toe tokoni lahi ʻaupito ia.”
Ko e “tupulekina . . . ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki,” hangē ko e ngāue ʻo hono akoʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú ki he niʻihi kehé ʻoku toe tokoni foki ia. (1 Kolinito 15:58) Naʻe fakahā ʻe ha fefine naʻá ne ikuʻi ʻa e feʻauaki toko tahá: “Ko e meʻa ʻe taha ʻokú ne tokoniʻi lahi au he taimí ni ke u kalofi ʻa e tōʻongá ni, he ʻi hoku tuʻunga ko ha ʻevangeliō taimi-kakató, ko hoku ʻatamaí mo hoku iví ʻoku fakahanga kotoa ia ki hono tokoniʻi ʻo e niʻihi kehé ke nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae fakahōifua mo e ʻOtuá.”
ʻI ha lotu fakamātoato, ʻe malava foki ke ke kole ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e ‘mafai ʻoku makehe atú.’ (2 Kolinito 4:7) “Mou lilingi homou loto ʻi hono ʻao na [ʻOtua].” (Sāme 62:8) ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui ʻe taha: “Ko e lotú ko ha maʻuʻanga mālohi vave ia. Ko e lotu ʻi he taimi ʻoku malanga hake ai ʻa e holí ʻoku tokoni ʻaupito.” Pehē foki, ʻi he ʻā haké pea ʻi he ʻahó kātoa, fakamatalaʻi ʻa hoʻo fakapapaú ki he ʻOtuá pea tautapa ki hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni fakaivimālohí.—Luke 11:13.
Tokoni mei he Niʻihi Kehé
Kapau ko hoʻo ngaahi feinga fakafoʻituituí ʻoku ʻikai lavameʻa, talanoa ki ha taha ʻe lava ke ne fai ha tokoní, hangē ko ha taha ʻi he ongo mātuʻá pe ko ha mātuʻa Kalisitiane. Ki he kau finemuí ʻe hoko nai ʻo tokoni kiate kinautolu ke nau talanoa ki ha fefine Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa. (Taitusi 2:3-5) Naʻe pehē ʻe ha talavou ʻa ia naʻe ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e siva ʻa e ʻamanakí: “Naʻá ku talanoa mo ʻeku tangataʻeikí fakaekimaua pē ʻi ha efiafi ʻe taha ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia.” Naʻá ne fakahā: “Naʻe faingataʻa ʻaupito ke u fakahā ange kiate ia. Naʻá ku tangi ʻi heʻeku fakahā angé, naʻá ku mā ʻaupito. Ka heʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻiate au ʻa ʻene leá. ʻI ha malimali fakafiemālie ʻi hono matá, naʻá ne pehē mai: ‘ʻOkú ke ʻai au ke u laukauʻaki koe.’ Naʻá ne ʻilo ʻa e meʻa naʻe pau ke u fou ai ke aʻu ai ki he tuʻungá ni. Naʻe ʻikai mo ha lea naʻe mei lava ke ne hiki hake hoku laumālié mo ʻeku fakapapaú ʻi he ngaahi leá ni.
“Naʻe fakahā mai leva ʻe heʻeku tangataʻeikí ha ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu ke tokoniʻi au ke u sio naʻe ʻikai te u ‘fuʻu tō mamaʻo atu,’” ko e hoko atu ia ʻa e talavoú, “pea mo ha toe ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu lahi ange ke fakapapauʻi naʻá ku mahinoʻi ʻa e mafatukituki ʻo hoku ʻalunga halá. Naʻá ne pehē ke u ‘tauhi ai pē ʻa e tuʻunga maʻá’ ʻo aʻu ki ha taimi pau pea te ma toe talanoa leva ki ai. Naʻá ne tala mai ke ʻoua te u fuʻu loto-mamahi kapau te u toe tō ka u fakahaohao atu ʻi ha kiʻi vahaʻa taimi lōloa ange ʻi he taimi hoko maí.” Hili hono ikuʻi kakato ʻa e palopalemá, naʻe tānaki mai ʻe he talavoú ni: “Ko e meʻa naʻe ʻaonga lahi tahá ko hono ʻai ha taha ke ne ʻiloʻi ʻa ʻeku palopalemá mo tokoniʻi aú.”
Fekuki mo ha Toe Tō
ʻI he hili ʻa e feinga mālohi ha talavou ke ikuʻi ʻa e tōʻongá ni, naʻá ne toe tō pē. Naʻá ne fakahā: “Naʻe hangē ia ha fuʻu kavenga naʻá ne taʻomi aú. Naʻá ku ongoʻi taʻefeʻunga ʻaupito. Naʻá ku fakaʻuhinga leva: ‘ʻOku ou tō mamaʻo atu. Pea ʻoku ʻikai te u maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová, ko ia ko e hā ke u fuʻu fefeka ai kiate aú?’” Kae kehe, ko ha toe tō ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ia ai kuo foʻi ha taha ʻi he faitaú. Ko e manatu eni ʻa ha taʻahine taʻu 19: “ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí naʻe hoko ia ʻi he meimei pō kotoa pē, ka neongo ia naʻe kamata ke u falala lahi ange kia Sihova pea ʻi he tokoni ʻa hono laumālié, ʻoku ou tō tuʻo ono pē nai ai he taimí ni ʻi he taʻu. ʻOku ou ongoʻi kovi ʻaupito ʻi heʻene ʻosí, ka ʻi he taimi taki taha ʻoku ou tō aí, ʻi he hoko mai ʻa e fakatauele hokó ʻoku ou toe mālohi ange.” Ko ia, ʻoku ikuʻi māmālie ai ʻe he tokotahá ni ʻa ʻene faitaú.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e toe toó, vakavakaiʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne tataki atu ki aí. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui ʻe taha: “ʻOku ou fakamanamanatu ʻa e meʻa naʻá ku lau pe fakakaukau ki aí. ʻOku ou meimei tala tonu maʻu pē ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻeku hekeá. ʻI he foungá ni ʻoku malava ai ke u taʻofi hono fai iá pea fakatonutonu ia.”
Ko e Ngaahi Pale ʻo ha Faitau Mālohi
Naʻe pehē ʻe ha talavou ʻa ia naʻá ne ikuʻi ʻa e feʻauaki toko tahá: “Talu mei heʻeku ikuʻi ʻa e palopalemá ni, ʻoku malava ke u tauhi ha konisēnisi maʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová, pea ko ha meʻa ia ʻe ʻikai te u fetongiʻaki ha faʻahinga meʻa!”
ʻIo, ko ha konisēnisi lelei, ko ha ongoʻi fakamahuʻingaʻi-kita lelei ange, mālohi ange fakaeʻulungāanga pea mo ha vahaʻangatae ofi ange mo e ʻOtuá ko e ngaahi pale kotoa ia ʻo ha faitau mālohi mo e feʻauaki toko tahá. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui ʻa ia naʻe faifai ʻo ne ikuʻi ʻa e feʻauaki toko tahá: “Tui mai kiate au, ko e ikuna ko eni ʻi he tōʻongá ni ʻoku tuha moʻoni ia mo e feinga naʻe faí.”
Ngaahi Fehuʻi ki he Fetalanoaʻaki
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ai ke nōfoʻi ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fakaefehokotaki fakasinó? Ko e hā ʻe malava ke fai ʻe ha talavou pe finemui ke fakahanga ai hono ʻatamaí ki ha meʻa kehe?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi taʻotaʻofi ʻe fai nai ʻe ha talavou ke fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e fakatauele ke fakatōliʻa ʻa e feʻauaki toko tahá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tokoni ai ha ʻohofi fakalaumālié?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngafa ʻo e lotú ʻi hono ikuʻi ʻo e tōʻongá ni?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tokoni ai ke talanoa ki ha taha kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha palopalema ʻi he meʻá ni?
[Puha/Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 208, 209]
Naunau Fakalieliá—Fakatupu Tōʻongaʻaki mo Fakatuʻutāmaki!
“Ko e naunau fakalieliá ʻoku ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē: ʻokú ke luelue atu ʻi he halá—ʻoku fakaʻaliʻali fakahāhā mai ia ʻi he ngaahi fakatauʻanga nusipepá,” ko e manatu ia ʻa e taʻu 19 ko Ronald. “Ko e niʻihi ʻo ʻemau kau faiakó ʻoku nau ʻomai ia ki ʻapiako ʻo lau ʻi honau tesí lolotonga ʻa e tatali ki he kalasi hono hokó.” ʻIo, ko e kakai tokolahi ʻo e taʻumotuʻa, ʻātakai mo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaeako kehekehe ko e kau lautohi vēlevele kinautolu ʻo e ngaahi naunau fakalieliá. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha talavou ko Mark: “ʻI heʻeku lau ʻa e ngaahi makasini ʻo e kakai fefine fakatēlefuá mo sio ʻi he ngaahi fakatātaá, naʻe fakatoʻoaloto! . . . Naʻá ku fakatuʻotuʻa ki he ʻū ʻīsiu foʻou ʻo e ngaahi makasini ko ení koeʻuhi ko e toe sio ʻi he ngaahi makasini naʻá ku ʻosi sio aí naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻomai ʻa e fakatoʻoaloto tatau. ʻOku fakatupu tōʻongaʻaki.” Ka ko ha tōʻonga lelei ia?
Ko e naunau fakalieliá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene pōpoaki mālohi: ‘Ko e fehokotaki fakasinó ʻoku fakataumuʻa ʻataʻatā pē ki he fakahōhōʻia-kitá.’ Ko hono konga lahi ʻoku lahi ai ʻa e tohotohó mo e fakamālohi fakaefehokotaki fakasino anga-fakamamahí. ʻOku vave ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau mamatá ko e ngaahi founga “fakanānā angé” (ngaahi konga fakafehokotaki fakasino ʻikai fuʻu maeʻeeʻá) ʻoku ʻikai kei fakatupu holi ia, pea ko ia ʻoku nau kumi ai ki he ngaahi fakatātā pe ngaahi faiva ʻa ia ʻoku toe fakalielia lahi angé! Hangē ko e lau ʻa Ernest van den Haag, ko ha palōfesa tokoni ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti Niu ʻIoké: “ʻOku fakaafeʻi kitautolu ʻe he naunau fakalieliá ke tau sio ki he niʻihi kehé, ki honau sinó pē, ko e ngaahi meʻa ke ngāuetaʻetotonuʻaki maʻa ʻetau ngaahi ongo fakafiefiá.”
Ko e naunau fakalieliá ʻoku toe ʻomai ai ha vakai mioʻi mo ʻaitoliʻaki ʻa e fehokotaki fakasinó ʻa ia ʻoku faʻa iku ki he ngaahi palopalema ʻi he nofo malí. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha uaifi kei siʻi: “Ko hono lau ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakalieliá naʻá ne ʻai au ke u fiemaʻu mei hoku husepānití ʻa e ngaahi meʻa anga-kehe naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he ʻū tohí. Naʻe iku eni ki he ongoʻi feifeitamaki hokohoko pea mo ha loto-mamahi ʻi he fehokotaki fakasinó.” ʻI ha savea ʻo e kakai fefine ʻe laui teau ʻi he 1981 ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ola ʻo e naunau fakalieliá ʻi honau vahaʻangatae mo e kakai tangata ʻi heʻenau moʻuí ʻa ia naʻa nau lau iá. Naʻe līpooti ʻe he meimei vaeua naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻa e ngaahi palopalema mafatukituki. Naʻá ne maumauʻi moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi nofo mali pe fakamaʻu ʻe niʻihi. Ko e loto-mamahi eni ʻa ha uaifi ʻe taha: “Naʻe lava pē ke u fakamahalo mei he fiemaʻu mo e holi [ʻa hoku husepānití] ki hano fakahoko mai ʻo e fehokotaki fakasinó mei he ngaahi naunau fakalieliá, ko aú ʻoku ou taʻefeʻunga . . . ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ange ki he ʻOtuá ko ha fefine au naʻá ku malava ke fakafiemālieʻi ia ka ʻoku laka ange kiate ia ʻa e sio ki he meʻa loí mo e pepá, pea ko ʻene fiemaʻú kuó ne fakaʻauha haku konga. . . . Ko e naunau fakalieliá ʻoku . . . tuʻufili ki he ʻofá . . . ʻOku palakū, anga-fakamamahi mo fakatupu maumau.”
Kae kehe, ko e meʻa ʻoku fakahohaʻa taha ki he kau talavou Kalisitiané ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo hono fakafeʻātungiaʻi fakahangatonu ʻe he naunau fakalieliá ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa ha taha ke maʻa ʻi he ʻafio mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (2 Kolinito 6:17-19 [2Ko 6:17–7:1, PM]) ʻOku fakahā ʻe he Tohi Tapú “ko e meʻa ʻi he fakafefeka honau loto,” naʻe hoko ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻi he kuonga muʻá “ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ongonoa” pea “liʻoa kinautolu ki he pauʻu, ke fai ʻa e angaʻuli kotoa pe ʻi he havala.” (Efeso 4:18, 19) Te ke saiʻia ke hokosia ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga mele ko iá? Manatuʻi, naʻa mo hano fakatuia ʻi ha taimi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalieliá ʻe lava ke ʻi ai hono ola fakatupu patu ki he konisēnisi ʻo ha taha. Kuo taki ai ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ki he feʻauaki toko tahá, pea ko e toe kovi angé, ki he fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú. Ko ia, ko e meʻa fakapotopotó leva ke feinga mālohi ke nofo ʻatā mei he naunau fakalieliá.
“Ko e taimi lahi ʻoku tuʻu hangatonu mai ʻa e fakatātā fakalieliá ki heʻeku vakaí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Darryl. “Ko ia, ʻoku pau ai ke u ʻuluaki hila ki ai; ka ʻoku ʻikai ke u toe sio tuʻo ua ki ai.” ʻIo, fakafisi ke sio ki he feituʻu ʻoku fakaʻaliʻali fakahāhā mai aí pea fakafisi mei hano fakaʻatā ho kaungāakó ke nau fakaʻaiʻai koe ke ke sio ki ai. Hangē ko e fakaʻuhinga ʻa e taʻu 18 ko Karen: “ʻI heʻeku taʻehaohaoá, ʻoku ʻosi faingataʻa feʻunga pē ʻa e feinga ke tauhi ʻeku fakakaukaú ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku maʻa mo taau ke fakahīkihikiʻí. ʻIkai ʻe toe mātuʻaki faingataʻa ange kapau te u lau ʻilo pau pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalieliá?”
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“Ko e lotú ko ha maʻuʻanga mālohi vave ia. Ko e lotu ʻi he taimi ʻoku malanga hake ai ʻa e holí ʻoku tokoni ʻaupito”