Ko e Vakai ʻa e Kau Kalisitiané ki he Kau Maʻu Mafai Māʻolunga Angé
“Ke moʻulaloa ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé: he ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai, ka ʻoku mei he ʻOtua pē; pea ko e kau maʻu mafai ʻoku ʻi ai ni kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua ki honau ngaahi tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻaki.”—LOMA 13:1, “NW.”
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ai ʻa Paula ko e pōpula ʻi Lomá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku malanga hake ʻi he tangi ʻa Paula kia Sisá?
NAʻE hiki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e ngaahi lea ko eni ʻi ʻolungá ki he kakai Lomá ʻo fakafuofua ki he 56 T.S. Pea ʻi he ngaahi taʻu siʻi mei ai, ne aʻu ʻa Paula ki Loma ko ha pōpula. Ko e hā? Naʻe ʻohofi ia ʻe ha fuʻu kakai ʻi Selusalema pea fakahaofi ia ʻe he kau sōtia Lomá. ʻI hono ʻave ki Sesaliá, naʻá ne fehangahangai ai mo hono tukuakiʻi loiʻi, ka naʻá ne malava ʻo taukapoʻi ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Filiké, ko e kōvana Loma. Naʻe ʻamanaki ʻe Filike te ne maʻu ha totongi fufū, peá ne tauhi pōpula ia ki he taʻu ʻe ua. Fakaʻosí, naʻe tangi ʻa Paula ki he kōvana naʻe hoko atú, ko Fesito, ke ʻave muʻa ia ke fakamaauʻi ʻe Sisa.—Ngāue 21:27-32; 24:1–25:12.
2 Ko e totonu eni naʻá ne maʻu ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e tangataʻifonua Loma ia. Ka naʻe totonu kia Paula ke ne tangi ki he mafai fakaʻemipaea ko ení he naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū kia Sētane ʻo pehē ko hono moʻoní ko ia “ae eiki oe mamani” pea naʻe ui ʻe Paula tonu ʻa Sētane ko e “ʻotua ʻo e tuʻu ko eni”? (Sione 14:30, PM; 2 Kolinitō 4:4) Pe naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau maʻu mafai Lomá ha ‘tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻaki’ ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻai ai ʻa Paula ke feʻungamālie ke hanga ki he tuʻunga mafai ko iá ke maluʻi ʻene ngaahi totonú? Ko hono moʻoní, ko e ngaahi lea ki muʻa ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻo pehē, “ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata,” ʻoku nau fakaʻatā ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke talangofua ki he kau pule fakaetangatá kehe pē ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻane kaunga ke talangataʻa ai ki he ʻOtuá?—Ngāue 5:29.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e vakai matuʻotuʻa ʻoku fakahā ʻe Paulá pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻene fekauʻaki mo e konisēnisí?
3 ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Paula ke tau tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi heʻene tohi ki he kakai Lomá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakahā ai ʻa e vakai matuʻotuʻa ki he tuʻunga-pule ʻa e tangatá. ʻI he Loma 13:1-7, ʻoku ʻai ʻe Paula ke hā mahino ʻa e konga kuo pau ke fai ʻe he konisēnisi ʻo e Kalisitiané ʻi hono ʻai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e talangofua kakato ki he Mafai Taupotu, ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová, mo e talangofua fakangatangata ki he “kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga ange.”
Ko Hono ʻIlo Fakapapau ʻo e Kau Maʻu Mafai Māʻolunga Angé
4. ʻI he 1962 ko e hā ʻa e fakatonutonu ʻo e anga ʻo e fakakaukaú naʻe fai ʻo malanga hake ai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi fē?
4 ʻI he ngaahi taʻu lahi, ʻo aʻu mai ki he 1962, naʻe pehē ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová mo Sīsū Kalaisi. Kaekehe, ʻo fetāiaki mo e Palōvepi 4:18, naʻe tupulekina ʻa e maamá, pea ko e anga ʻo e vakai ko ʻení naʻe fakatonutonu, ʻa ia ʻe langaʻi nai ai ha ngaahi fehuʻi ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa ha faʻahinga. ʻOku tau totonu nai he taimí ni ʻi he leaʻaki ʻo pehē ko e kau maʻu mafai ko ení ko e ngaahi tuʻi, kau palesiteni, kau palēmia, kau pule kolo, kau fakamaau, mo e niʻihi kehe ʻoku ʻi ai honau mālohi fakamāmani, fakapolitikale ʻi he māmaní pea ʻoku totonu ke tau moʻulaloa kiate kinautolu ʻi ha founga fakangatangata?
5. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he potutohi ʻia Loma 13:1 ke tau ʻilo fakapapau ai ʻa e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé, pea ʻoku fēfē hono poupouʻi ʻe he ngaahi liliu kehekehe ʻo e Tohitapú ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻeni ʻoku fakahaá?
5 Ko ʻIleneusi ko e tokotaha fatutohi ʻo e senituli hono ua T.S., naʻá ne lea ʻo fakatatau ki he niʻihi ʻi hono ʻahó, naʻe lea ʻa Paula ʻia Loma 13:1 “ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi mālohi fakaʻāngelo [pe] kau pule taʻehāmai.” Kaekehe ko ʻIleneusi tonu, naʻá ne fakakaukau ko e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ko e “moʻoni ko e kau maʻu mafai ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he potutohi ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá naʻe totonu ʻa ʻIleneusi. ʻI he ngaahi veesi fakaʻosi ʻo e tohi Loma vahe 12, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e founga totonu ke fai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻiate kinautolu ki he “kakai kotoa pe,” ʻo nau fakafeangai ki he ‘ngaahi fili’ ʻi he ʻofa mo e fakaʻatuʻi. (Loma 12:17-21) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e kupuʻi lea “kakai kotoa pe” ʻoku kaunga ki he kau tangata ʻi tuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Ko ia ko e “kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé,” ʻa ia ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e lau ki ai ʻa Paulá, kuo pau pē foki ko e faʻahinga ʻi tuʻa mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Fehoanaki mo e meʻá ni, fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi liliu kehekehe ʻo e ʻuluaki konga ʻo e tohi Loma 13:1: “Kuo pau ke talangofua ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he kau maʻu mafai ʻo e fonua” (Today’s English Version); “kuo pau ke anganofo ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he kau maʻu mafai ʻoku pule” (New International Version); “ʻoku totonu ke talangofua ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he kau maʻu mafai sivile.”—Phillips’ New Testament in Modern English.
6. ʻOku fēfē hono fakahā ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki he totongi ʻo e tukuhaú mo e totongi ʻoku ʻeké ko e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ʻoku pau ko e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní?
6 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e lea ʻa Paulá ʻo pehē ko e kau maʻu mafai ko ʻení ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ʻa e ngaahi tukuhau mo e ngaahi totongi ʻoku ʻeke. (Loma 13:6, 7) ʻOku ʻikai ke fiemaʻu ʻe he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ha ngaahi tukuhau pe totongi ʻeke; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke pehē ʻa Sihova mo Sīsū pe ko ha “kau pule taʻehamai.” (2 Kolinitō 9:7) Ko e ngaahi tukuhaú ʻoku totongi ki he kau maʻu mafai fakamāmani pē. ʻI he fetāiaki mo e meʻá ni, ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ki he “tukuhau” mo e “totongi ʻoku ʻeke” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ʻe Paula ʻi he Loma 13:7 ʻoku fakatautefito ki he paʻanga ʻoku totongi ki he Fonuá.a
7, 8. (a) ʻOku fēfē ʻa e fehoanaki ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohitapu kehekehe mo e anga ko ia ʻa e sio ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he totonu ke nau moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai fakapolitikale ʻo e māmaní? (e) Ko e fē pē taimi heʻikai ke fai ai ʻe he Kalisitiané ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e kau “maʻu mafai”?
7 ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e enginaki ʻa Paula ke moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ʻoku fetāiaki ia mo e fekau naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ke “ʻange kia Sisa ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ʻa Sisa,” ʻa ia ko “Sisa” ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní. (Mātiu 22:21) ʻOku toe fetāiaki ia mo e ngaahi lea ki mui mai ʻa Paula kia Taitusi: “Fakamanatu kiate kinautolu ke nau anganofo ki he ngaahi pule maʻolunga, mo e ngaahi tuʻunga; ke nofo talangofua pe; ke nofo teu ki he ngaue lelei kotoa pe.” (Taitusi 3:1) Ko ia, ʻi hano fekauʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá ke kau ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakakoló, ʻoku totonu ke nau fai ki ai ʻo kapau ko e ngaahi ngāue ko iá ʻoku ʻikai ke hoko ai haʻanau tukulolo pe fetongi ke fai ha ngaahi ngāue taʻefaka-Tohitapu pe ko ha ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku maumauʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku ʻasi ʻia ʻAisea 2:4.
8 Naʻe toe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Pita ʻoku totonu ke tau moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai ʻo e māmani ko ʻení ʻi heʻene pehē: “Mou fakavaivai kimoutolu ki he tuʻunga kotoa pe kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he tangata, koeʻuhi ko e ʻEiki: ki he tuʻi, he ko e maʻolunga; ki he ngaahi kovana foki, he ʻoku fou ʻiate ia honau fekau ke tautea ʻa e faikovi, kae fakamālōʻi ʻa e failelei.” (1 Pita 2:13, 14) ʻI he fetāiaki mo e meʻá ni, ʻoku totonu ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau toe tokanga ki he akonaki ʻa Paula kia Tīmoté: “Ko ia ʻoku ou fuofua enginaki ʻa e fai ʻo e ngaahi hu, mo e lotu, mo e hufekina, mo e fakafetaʻi, koeʻuhi ko e kakai kotoa pe. Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻi, mo kinautolu kotoa pe ʻoku [tuʻunga, NW] maʻolunga, koeʻuhi pe ke malu ʻetau moʻui, mo fiemalie.”b—1 Tīmote 2:1, 2.
9. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke fakasiʻisiʻi ai mei he lāngilangi ʻo Sihová ʻi he lau ʻo pehē ʻoku “māʻolunga ange” ʻa e kau mafai fakaetangatá?
9 ʻI he pehē ʻoku “māʻolunga ange” ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní, ʻoku tau fakasiʻia ai ʻa e lāngilangi ʻoku totonu kia Sihová? ʻIkai, koeʻuhi he ʻoku toe māʻolunga ange ʻa Sihova ia ʻi he lau māʻolunga ko ʻení. Ko ia “ko e ʻEiki Aoniu,” “ko e Fugani Maoluga.” (Sāme 73:28; Tāniela 7:18, 22, 25, 27, PM; Fakahā 4:11; 6:10, NW) ʻOku ʻikai ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻi ha founga ʻe taha ʻe he moʻulaloa totonu ki he kau maʻu mafai fakaetangatá ʻa ʻetau lotu ʻoku fai ki he Mafai Māʻolunga Taupotu, ko e Hau ko e ʻEiki ko Sihová. Pea ko e hā leva hono lahi ʻo e māʻolunga ange ʻa e kau maʻu mafai ko ení? Fekauʻaki pē mo e kau tangata kehé pea mo e anga ʻo e tuʻunga ʻo ʻenau ngāué. Ko honau fatongiá ke puleʻi mo maluʻi ʻa e nofo ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, pea ke fai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ki he fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo kau ki he kakai kotoa pē.
“Kuo Fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua ki Honau Tuʻunga Fakafelāveʻiʻaki”
10. (a) Ko e lea ko ia ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki hono ‘fokotuʻu’ ʻa e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e hā ʻo kau ki he mafai tonu ʻo Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo fakangofua ʻe Sihova ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono ‘fokotuʻu’ ha faʻahinga ko e kau pule, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē hono ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻene kau sevānití?
10 ʻOku fakahā ʻa e tuʻunga māʻolunga taupotu ʻo e ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻi he kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní ʻi he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko e kau maʻu mafai ko ení “kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua ki honau ngaahi tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻaki.” Kaekehe, ko e fakamatala ko ʻení ʻoku tupu hake ai ʻa e fehuʻi. Hili ha ngaahi taʻu mei he tohi ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ʻení, naʻe tukuange ʻe he ʻemipola Loma ko Neló ʻa e feingatau ʻo e fakatanga anga-kovi ʻaupito ʻo fakafepaki ki he kau Kalisitiane. Ko e ʻOtuá tonu naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa Nelo ki hono tuʻungá? ʻIkai ʻaupito! ʻOku ʻikai ke fili ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tokotaha pule taki taha ʻo ʻai ia ki hono tuʻungá ‘ʻi he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua.’ Ka ko Sētane ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻokú ne ngaohi kākaaʻi ha kau tangata anga-fītaʻa ki he tuʻunga ko e kau pulé, pea ʻoku fakangofua ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻá ni, fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻoku fakahoko mai ʻe he kau pule peheé ki heʻene kau sevāniti ʻoku nau tauhi ʻenau angatonú.—Fehoanaki mo Siope 2:2-10.
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakamatala ʻe he lekootí ʻo kau ki hono fokotuʻu pe ko hono toʻo ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní?
11 Kaekehe, kuo kau tonu ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau pulé pe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻe niʻihi koeʻuhi ke fakahoko ʻene taumuʻa māʻolungá. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻĒpalahamé naʻe fakangofua ʻa e kakai Kēnaní ke nau nofo he fonua ko Kēnaní. Kaekehe, ki mui mai, naʻe taʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa kinautolu kae ʻoange ʻa e fonuá ki he hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé. Lolotonga ʻa e ʻāunofo ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá, naʻe ʻikai ke tuku ʻe Sihova ke nau hanga ʻo ikunaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻĀmoní, Moape, mo e Moʻunga Sēiá. Ka naʻá ne fekauʻi kinautolu ke fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo Sihoni mo Okí.—Sēnesi 15:18-21; 24:37; ʻEkisoto 34:11; Teutalōnome 2:4, 5, 9, 19, 24; 3:1, 2.
12 Hili ʻa e nofo ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ʻi Kēnaní, naʻe hoko atu ʻe Sihova ke fai ha tokanga fakahangatonu ki he kau maʻu mafai naʻa nau uesia hono kakaí. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻi he faihala ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí, naʻe fakangofua ʻe Sihova ke puleʻi kinautolu ʻe he kau maʻu mafai fakapanganí. Pea ʻi heʻenau fakatomalá, naʻá ne toʻo atu ʻa e mafai ko iá mei he fonuá. (Fakamaau 2:11-23) Fakaʻosí, naʻá ne fakangofua ʻa Siuta, fakataha mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kehé, ke nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e mālohi ʻo Pāpiloné. (ʻAisea 14:28–19:17; 23:1-12; 39:5-7) ʻI he hili ʻa e ʻalu atu ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ke nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpiloné, naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e tuʻu mo e tō ʻa e ngaahi hau ʻo e māmaní ʻa ia te ne uesia hono kakaí mei he taimi ko ia ʻo Pāpiloné ʻo faai mai ki hotau ʻahó ni.—Tāniela, vahe 2, 7, 8, mo e 11.
13. (a) Fakatatau ki he hiva ʻa Mōsesé, ko e hā naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakangataʻanga ʻo e kakaí? (e) Ko e hā naʻe toe fakafoki ai ki mui ange ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ki honau fonuá?
13 Naʻe hiva ʻa Mōsese ʻo kau kia Sihova: “I he vahe atu e he Fugani Maoluga ki he gaahi buleaga a ho nau tofia, i he ene fakamovetevete ae gaahi foha o Atama, naa ne ai ae fakagataaga ki he kakai o fakatatau ki hono lau oe fānau a Isileli. He koe tofia o Jihova a hono kakai; koe afo o hono tofia a Jekope.” (Teutalōnome 32:8, 9, PM; fehoanaki mo Ngāue 17:26.) ʻIo, koeʻuhi ke fakahoko ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá, naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he ʻOtuá pe ko e fē ʻa e kau maʻu mafai ʻe tuʻú pea mo ia ʻe fakaʻauhá. ʻI he founga ko ʻení, naʻá ne vaheʻi ki he hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé ha fonua ke nau hokosi pea ki mui mai naʻe toe fakafoki kinautolu ki he fonua ko iá, koeʻuhi ke malava ke hā mei ai ʻa e Hako ne talaʻofa, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia ne ʻosi kikiteʻí.—Tāniela 9:25, 26; Maika 5:2.
14. ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi tahá, ʻi he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakaetangatá ki honau tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻakí?
14 Kaekehe, ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi tahá, ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau pulé ʻi honau ngaahi tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻakí ʻi he ʻuhinga ʻokú ne fakangofua ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke nau ʻai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e mafai ʻoku fakafelāveʻiʻaki ka ʻoku māʻulalo maʻu pē kiate ia. Ko ia, ʻi he tuʻu ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻao ʻo Ponito Pailató, naʻá ne talaange ki he pule ko iá: “ʻE ʻikai te ke momoʻi mafai ha meʻa kiate au, ʻo ka ne taeʻoua hono tuku kiate koe mei ʻolunga.” (Sione 19:11) Naʻe ʻikai ko e ʻuhinga ʻení naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa Pailato ki hono tuʻungá ʻe he ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku ʻuhingá ko ʻene mafai ki he moʻui pe ko e mate ʻa Sīsuú koeʻuhi pē ko e fakangofua ʻe he ʻOtuá.
Ko e “ʻOtua ʻo e Tuʻu Ko Eni”
15. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe Sētane ʻa e mafai ʻi he māmani ko ení?
15 Kae fēfē ʻa e lau ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo pehē ko Sētane ko e ʻotua, pe pule, ʻo e māmani ko ení? (Sione 12:31; 2 Kolinitō 4:4) Naʻe pōlepole ʻa Sētane kia Sīsū ʻi heʻene fakahā kia Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻo e māmaní peá ne pehē: “ʻA e pule ki he ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa, . . . kuo tuku ia kiate au; pea ʻilonga ha taha ʻoku ou loto ki ai ʻoku ou foaki ia ki ai.” (Luke 4:6) Naʻe ʻikai ke toe fakafepakiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e pōlepole ʻa Sētané. Pea ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Sētané ʻoku fehoanaki ia mo ia naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ki he kakai ʻEfesoó ki mui mai: “He oku ikai koe tau fagatua moe kakano moe toto, ka ki he gaahi bule, moe gaahi malohi, moe kau bule oe fakabouli oe mamani, moe kau laumalie kovi i he gaahi botu i oluga.” (ʻEfesō 6:12, PM) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku toe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he tohi Fakahā ʻa Sētane ko ha talakoni lahi ʻokú ne ʻoatu ki he manu fekai fakaefakatātā ʻo e tuʻunga fakapolitikale ʻo e māmaní “a ʻene malohi aʻana mo hono taloni, mo ʻene fuʻu pule.”—Fakahā 13:2.
16. (a) ʻOku malava fēfē ke ʻilo ko e mafai ʻo Sētané ʻoku fakangatangata? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakangofua ai ʻe Sihova ke maʻu ʻe Sētane hano mafai ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
16 Kaekehe fakatokangaʻi, ko e fakamatala ʻa Sētane kia Sīsū ʻo pehē, “ʻa e pule ki he ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa, . . . kuo tuku ia kiate au,” ʻoku fakahā ai ʻokú ne toe maʻu ʻa e mafaí ʻi hono toki fakangofua pē. Ko e hā ʻoku fakangofua ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻá ni? Ko e tuʻunga ko ʻeni ʻo Sētane ko e pule ʻo e māmaní naʻe kamata pē ia ʻi ʻĪteni ʻi heʻene tukuakiʻi fakahāhā ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo pehē ʻokú ne loi mo ngāueʻaki taʻetotonu Hono tuʻunga Hau fakalevelevá. (Sēnesi 3:1-6) Naʻe muimui ʻa ʻIvi mo ʻĀtama ʻia Sētane peá na talangataʻa ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová. ʻI he meʻá ni ne mei malava ʻe Sihova ʻi heʻene fakamaau haohaoá, ke ne fakaʻauha ai leva ʻa Sētane mo e toko ua foʻou ko ʻeni ne na muimui ʻiate iá. (Sēnesi 2:16, 17) Ka ko hono moʻoní ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Sētané ko ʻene poleʻi fakaeia pē ʻa Sihova. Ko ia ko e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene potó naʻá ne fakangofua ʻa Sētane ke moʻui mai ʻi ha taimi, pea naʻe fakangofua ʻa ʻĀtama mo Ivi ke na fanafanau ki muʻa peá na toki mate. ʻI he founga ko ʻení, naʻe tokonaki ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taimi mo e faingamālie ke fakahā ʻoku loi ʻa e pole ko ʻeni naʻe fai ʻe Sētané.—Sēnesi 3:15-19.
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau pehē ko Sētane ko e ʻotua ia ʻo e māmani ko ení? (e) ʻI he founga fē “ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai” ʻi he māmani ko ení “ka ʻoku mei he ʻOtua pē”?
17 Ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia kuo hoko talu mei ʻĪtení kuo fakahā ai ko e tukuakiʻi ko ʻeni naʻe fai ʻe Sētané ko e foʻi loi maʻataʻatā. Ko e hako ʻo ʻĀtamá kuo ʻikai te nau maʻu ha fiefia ʻi heʻenau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Sētané pe pule ʻa e tangatá. (Koheleti 8:9) Kae ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, kuo fakahā ʻe he ngaahi fakafeangai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hono kakaí tonu ʻa e lelei ange ʻo e pule fakaʻotuá. (ʻAisea 33:22) Ka koeʻuhi ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e hako ʻo ʻĀtamá ʻoku ʻikai te nau tali ʻa e tuʻunga hau ʻo Sihová, pe ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi pe ʻikai, ko Sētane ko honau ʻotua ia ʻoku nau tauhí.—Sāme 14:1; 1 Sione 5:19.
18 Kuo vavé ni ke fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi pole naʻe langaʻi hake ʻi ʻĪtení. ʻE hanga ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻo fakahoko fakaʻaufuli ʻa hono puleʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá pea ʻe tuku ʻa Sētane ki he luo taʻehanotakele. (ʻAisea 11:1-5; Fakahā 20:1-6) Kaekehe, ʻi he lolotongá ni, kuo fiemaʻu ke ʻi ai ha faʻahinga fokotuʻutuʻu, pe tuʻunga, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá koeʻuhi ke malava ʻo maau ʻa e moʻuí. Ko Sihova ko e “ʻOtua ʻoku ʻikai ko e fakatupu maveuveu, ka ko e fakatupu melino.” (1 Kolinitō 14:33) Ko ia kuó ne fakangofua ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga mafaí ke ʻi ai ʻi he ngaahi falukunga kakai naʻe tupu hake ʻi tuʻa ʻi ʻĪtení, peá ne fakangofua ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e mafai ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení. ʻI he foungá ni “ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai ka ʻoku mei he ʻOtua pē.”
Ko e Kau Maʻu Mafai Fakakaukau Totonu
19. ʻOku ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tataki fakahangatonu ʻa Sētané ʻa e kau pule kotoa pē ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
19 Talu mei ʻĪteni, kuo maʻu ʻe Sētane ʻa e tauʻatāina lahi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, pea kuó ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e tauʻatāina ko ʻení ke fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he māmaní ʻo fetāiaki mo ʻene pōlepole kia Sīsuú. (Siope 1:7; Mātiu 4:1-10) Kaekehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ʻa e meʻá ni, ko e pule kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní ʻokú ne moʻulaloa fakahangatonu ki he pule ʻa Sētané. Ko e faʻahinga—ʻo hangē ko Nelo ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí mo ʻAtolofi Hitilā ʻi hotau kuongá ni—kuó na fakahāhā ʻa e laumālie fakasētane moʻoni. Ka kuo ʻikai ke fai pehē ʻa e faʻahinga kehe ia. Ko Sēsio Paula, kōvana ʻo Saipaló, ko e “ʻeiki loto matala” naʻá ne “holi ke fanongo ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Ngāue 13:7) Ko Kalio, ko e kōvana ʻo ʻĀkeia, naʻá ne fakafisi ke uesia ia ʻe he vivili ʻa e kau Siu naʻa nau tukuakiʻi ʻa Paulá. (Ngāue 18:12-17) ʻI ha founga lelei ʻoku tokolahi mo e kau pule kehe kuo nau ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻenau tuʻunga mafaí ʻi ha founga loto-tōnunga.—Fehoanaki mo Loma 2:15.
20, 21. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he senituli 20 ni ʻoku fakahā ai ko e kau pule ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai maʻu pē ki he loto ʻo Sētané?
20 Ko e tohi Fakahā naʻá ne kikiteʻi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e “ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki,” ʻa ia naʻe kamata ʻi he 1914, ʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakaetangatá ke fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sētané. ʻOku fakamatala ʻe he tohi Fakahā ʻa e fuʻu fakatanga ʻoku haʻu meia Sētane ʻo hangē ha vaifā ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ʻa ia ʻe folo ia ʻe he “māmani.” (Fakahā 1:10; 12:16, NW) Ko e ngaahi konga ʻi heni “ʻi he mamani,” ko e faʻahinga kakai he taimí ni ʻoku nau ʻi he māmaní, te nau maluʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová mei he ngaahi fakatanga ʻa Sētané.
21 Kuo hoko moʻoni ʻa e meʻá ni? ʻIo. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi he ngaahi taʻu 1930 mo e ngaahi taʻu 1940 tupu, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté naʻa nau hokosia ʻa e ngaahi tenge lahi, ʻo mamahi ʻi he ʻohofi ʻe ha fuʻu kakai pea faʻa fai hono puke taʻetotonu. Naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e tokoni ʻi he tuku mai mei he Fakamaauʻanga Lahi ʻa e ʻIunaite Seteté ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻo lau ʻa e tuʻunga fakalao ʻo ʻenau ngāué. ʻI he ngaahi feituʻu kehe foki, ko e kau maʻu mafaí kuo nau hoko mai ke tokoni ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taʻu ʻe 40 kuo hilí ʻi ʻAilani, naʻe hanga ʻe ha fuʻu kakai ko e kau Katolika Loma ʻo ʻohofi ʻa e ongo Fakamoʻoni ʻe toko ua ʻi he fuʻu kolo ko Cork. Naʻe haʻu ʻa e tangata polisi fakalotofonua ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa e ongo Fakamoʻoní, pea hanga leva ʻe he fakamaauʻangá ʻo fai ha tuʻutuʻuni fakalao kiate kinautolu naʻa nau fai ʻa e ʻohofí. ʻI he taʻu atú ʻi Fisi, naʻe fai ʻa e fakataha ʻo fokotuʻu ai ʻe he houʻeikí ke tapui ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ka naʻe lea loto-toʻa ʻa e ʻeiki ʻe taha ʻo ne poupouʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní, pea naʻe faingofua hono ikunaʻi ʻa e fokotuʻú.
22. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻe fai ʻa e lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
22 ʻIkai, ko e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmaní ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sētané. Ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku nau malava ʻo moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé taʻe te nau moʻulaloa kia Sētane tonu. Ko hono moʻoní, te nau moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai ko ʻení ʻi he kei fakangofua ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ʻi ai ʻa e kau maʻu mafaí. Kaekehe, ko e hā leva ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e moʻulaloa ko iá? Pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe ʻamanekina ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻe fakahoko mai ʻe he kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga ange ko ení? Ko e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻe fai ʻa e lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko mai ʻe fai ai ʻa e ako ʻi he makasini ko ʻení.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ko e fakatātā, sio ki he ngāueʻaki ʻo e foʻi lea ko e “tukuhau” (phoʹros) ʻia Luke 20:22. Vakai foki ki he ngāueʻaki ʻo e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ko e teʹlos, ʻoku liliu heni ko e “totongi ʻoku ʻeke,” ʻia Mātiu 17:25, ʻa ia ʻoku liliu ai ko e ngaahi “tute.”
b Ko e nauna faka-Kalisi ʻoku liliu ko e “tuʻunga māʻolunga,” hy·pero·kheʹ, ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e foʻi veape ko e hy·pe·reʹkho. Ko e foʻi lea “māʻolunga ange” ʻi he “kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga ange” ko e toʻo ia mei he foʻi veape faka-Kalisi tatau, ʻa ia ʻoku tānaki atu ki he moʻoni ko e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ko e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmani. Ko e ngāueʻaki ko ia ʻo Loma 13:1 ʻi he The New English Bible, “Ko e tokotaha kotoa pē ke ne moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai aoniu,” ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu. Ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá “ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga maʻolunga” ʻoku ʻikai ke nau aoniu, neongo ʻoku nau māʻolunga ange ʻi ha niʻihi ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko hai ʻa e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé?
◻ ʻE fēfē ʻetau leaʻaki “ʻoku ʻikai ha mafai, ka ʻoku mei he ʻOtua pē”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku fakangofua ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e māmaní ke ʻi he malumalu ʻo e mafai ʻo Sētané?
◻ ʻI he founga fē ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau maʻu mafai fakaetangatá “ʻi honau ngaahi tuʻunga fakafelāveʻiʻaki”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 11]
Hili ʻa e tutu ʻo Lomá, naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Nelo ʻa e laumālie faka-sētane moʻoni
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 13]
Ko Sēsio Paula, ko e kōvana ʻo Saipaló, naʻá ne holi ke fanongo ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá