“Te Ke ʻi Palataisi mo Au”
ʻI HEʻENE tautau ʻi he ʻakau ʻo e tāmate fakalaó, ʻo ne meimei mate ʻi he langa lahi, naʻe kole ange ʻe he tangata faihiá ki he tokotaha ʻi hono tafaʻakí: “Sīsū, manatuʻi au, ʻi hoʻo hoko ki ho puleʻangá.” Neongo naʻe meimei mate ʻa Sīsū ʻi he langa lahi, naʻá ne tali ange: “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala atu kiate koe ʻi he ʻahó ni, te ke ʻi Palataisi mo au.” (Luke 23:42, 43, NW) Ko e toki ʻamanaki fakafiemālie lahi ē kuo ʻoatu ki ha tangata meimei mate!
Kaekehe, naʻá ke fakatokangaʻi, ko e New World Translation, ʻa ia ko e paaki Tohitapu ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he palakalafi ki muʻá, ʻokú ne ʻai ha fakaʻilonga mālōlō ʻi he ʻosi ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “ʻahó ni” ʻi hono liliu ʻo e ngaahi lea ko eni ʻa Sīsuú? ʻOkú ne fakahoko ʻa e fakakaukau naʻa mo e ʻaho ʻo e pekia ʻa Sīsuú, naʻá ne kei malava ke talaʻofa ha moʻui ʻi he Palataisí ki he tangata faihiá. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe he Paaki Foʻoú ʻa e fakaʻilonga mālōlō ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻi he founga ko ʻení: “ʻOku ou tala atu, Ko e ʻaho ni te ke ʻi Palataisi mo au.” Ko e meimei kotoa ʻo e ngaahi liliu kehé ʻoku nau loto tatau mo e liliu ko ʻeni ko e Paaki Foʻoú, ʻo ne fakahoko ʻa e fakakaukau ko Sīsū mo e tangata faihia ne meimei maté naʻá na ʻalu ki Palataisi ʻi he ʻaho pē ko iá. Ko e hā ʻoku kehekehe aí? Pea ko e fē ʻa e fakaʻilonga mālōlō ʻoku totonú?
Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fakaʻilonga mālōlō ia ʻi he ʻuluaki hiki tohinima ʻo e Tohitapú ʻi he lea faka-Kalisí. Ko ia, ʻi hono fakahoko mai ʻa e fakaʻilonga mālōloó, ko e kau hiki mo e kau liliu ʻo e Tohitapú naʻa nau fakahū ia ʻo fakatatau ki he mahino naʻa nau maʻu ki he moʻoni ʻo e Tohitapú. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu nai hono liliu ʻoku faʻa ngāueʻakí? Naʻe ʻalu ʻa Sīsū mo e tangata faikoví ki Palataisi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻá na mate aí?
ʻIkai. Fakatatau ki he Tohitapú, naʻá na ʻalu ki he feituʻuʻokuuiʻihelea faka-Kalisí ko Haʹdes mo e faka-Hepelū ko Sheʹol, ʻa ia fakatouʻosi ʻokú na lave ki he faʻitoka ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (Luke 18:31-33; 24:46; Ngāue 2:31) ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ʻo kau ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he feituʻu ko ʻení: “Ko e kau pekia ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo ha momoʻi meʻa, . . . He ʻoku ʻikai ha ngaue, pe ha fakakaukau, pe ha ʻilo, pe ha poto ʻi lolofonua [Sheʹol, faka-Hepelū pe Haʹdes, faka-Kalisi], ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku ke fononga ki ai.” ʻIkai ʻaupito ko ha palataisi ia!—Koheleti 9:5, 10.
Naʻe toki fokotuʻu ʻa Sīsū mei Hētesi ʻi he ʻaho hono tolú. Pea ne toki fakahāhā ia ki hono kau muimuí ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehe ʻi he fonua ko Palesitainé feʻunga nai mo e ngaahi uike ʻe ono. ʻI he taha ʻo ʻene ngaahi fakahā ko ʻení, naʻe tala ai ʻe Sīsū kia Mele: “Kuo teʻeki ke u ʻalu hake ki he Tamai.” (Sione 20:17) Ko ia, ne teʻeki ai ke ne aʻu ki ha faʻahinga feituʻu ʻe lava ke ui ko palataisi.—Fakahā 2:7.
ʻI he senituli hono tolu T.S., ʻi he taimi naʻe vave ai hono fakatahaʻi ʻo e akonaki faka-Kalisitiané mo e filōsefa faka-Kalisí, naʻe lave ʻa Origen ki he lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻo pehē: “ʻI he ʻahó ni te ke ʻi he Palataisi ʻa e ʻOtuá mo au.” ʻI he senituli hono fā T.S., naʻe fakakikihi fakafepaki ai ʻa e kau fatutohi ʻo e siasí ki hono fokotuʻu ʻo e fakaʻilonga mālōloó ʻi he ʻosi ʻa e ongo foʻi lea ko e “ʻahó ni.” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he meʻá ni kuo fuoloa mai ʻa e founga kuo faʻa liliu ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú. Ka ʻoku toe fakahā ai naʻa mo e ʻi he senituli hono fā T.S., naʻe lau ʻe ha faʻahinga ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻo fakatatau ki he founga ʻoku liliu ai ia ʻi he New World Translation.
ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, neongo ʻa e lahi ʻa e kau liliu tohi ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ʻa e fakaʻilonga mālōloó ʻia Luke 23:43 ʻo fakatatau ki he talatukufakaholo ʻa e siasí, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ia ʻo hangē ko ia ko e New World Translation. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi he liliu faka-Siamane naʻe fai ʻe palōfesa Wilhelm Michaelis, ʻoku pehé ni hono lau ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú: “Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou ʻoatu kiate koe ʻa e fakapapau ko ʻení he ʻahó ni: te ke fakataha mo au (ʻi ha ʻaho) ʻi Palataisi.”
Ko ia, ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ki he tangata faikoví? Naʻá ne ʻosi fanongo nai ki he taku ko Sīsū ko e Tuʻi naʻe talaʻofá. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, naʻá ne ʻilo ki he hingoa fakalakanga ko e “tui oe kakai Jiu” ʻa ia naʻe fekau ʻe Pailato ke tohi ʻo tautau ʻi he ʻakau naʻe tutuki ki ai ʻa Sīsuú. (Luke 23:35-38, PM) Neongo ʻa e loto-fefeka ʻa e kau taki lotú ʻo nau fakataleʻi ʻa Sīsuú, ko e tangata faihia ko ʻení ne fakatomala peá ne fakahāhā ʻene tui, ʻo ne lea: “Sīsū, manatuʻi au, ʻi hoʻo hoko ki ho puleʻangá.” Naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻamanekina ke pule fakataha mai mo Sīsū, ka naʻá ne fiemaʻu ha ʻaonga mei he pule ʻa Sīsuú. Ko ia, naʻa mo e ʻi he ʻaho mātuʻaki faingataʻa ko ʻení, naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sīsū ʻo pehē ko e tangata faikovi ko iá ʻe ʻi palataisi mo ia.
Ka ko e palataisi fē? ʻI he Tohitapú, ko e ʻuluaki Palataisí ko e ngoue ko ʻĪteni naʻe hangē ha paʻaké ʻa ia naʻe mole mei heʻetau ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá. ʻOku talaʻofa mai ʻe he Tohitapú ʻe toe fakafoki mai ʻa e Palataisi ʻi he māmaní ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ko hono Tuʻí ko Sīsū. (Sāme 37:9-11; Maika 4:3, 4) Ko ia, ʻe ʻi Palataisi ʻa Sīsū mo e tangata faikovi ko iá pea pehē foki ki he faʻahinga taʻefaʻalaua ʻa kinautolu kuo maté ʻi he taimi ʻe fokotuʻu mai ai kinautolu mei he faʻitoká ke moʻui ʻi he palataisi he māmaní pea ke nau maʻu ʻa e faingamālie ke ako ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá mo moʻui taʻengata.—Sione 5:28, 29; Fakahā 20:11-13; 21:3, 4.