ʻE Lava Fēfē ke Tau Tānaki Mai ʻa e ʻUlungāanga Leleí ki Heʻetau Tuí?
“Ke lava ʻi hoʻomou maʻu tui na ʻa e ʻulungaanga lelei.”—2 PITA 1:5.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau ʻamanaki ʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí?
ʻOKU ngāueʻaki maʻu ai pē ʻe Sihova ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. ʻOkú ne fai ʻa ia ʻoku anga-tonu mo leleí. Ko ia ai, naʻe malava ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Pitá ke ne lea ʻo kau ki he ʻOtuá ko e toko taha naʻá ne ui ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ‘fakafou ʻi Hono lāngilangi mo e ʻulungāanga lelei.’ Naʻe fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻe he ʻilo kānokano ʻo kau ki heʻenau Tamai fakahēvani ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa e meʻa ko ia naʻe fie maʻu kae tulitāupau ki he moʻui anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua moʻoní.—2 Pita 1:2, 3.
2 ʻOku naʻinaʻi mai ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiané ke “hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki ki he ʻOtua, ʻo tāu mo e fanau kuo ʻofeina.” (ʻEfesō 4:32; [5:1, PM]) ʻOku totonu ki he kau lotu kia Sihová ke nau fai ʻa ia ʻoku leleí ʻi ha faʻahinga tuʻunga pē ʻo hangē ko ʻenau Tamai fakahēvaní. Ka ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí?
Ko e ʻUlungāanga Leleí
3. Kuo fēfē ʻa hono fakamatalaʻi ʻo e “ʻulungāanga lelei”?
3 ʻOku fakamatala ʻe he ngaahi tikisinale ʻi onopooní ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e “ʻulungāanga lelei” ko e “tuʻunga mātuʻaki lelei ʻaupito fakaeʻulungāanga; anga-lelei.” Ko e “ngāue mo e fakakaukau totonu; ko e anga ʻoku lelei.” Ko ha toko taha ʻulungāanga lelei ʻoku anga-tonu. Kuo toe fakamatalaʻi foki ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ko e “fai ha meʻa ʻo fakatatau ki ha tuʻunga ʻoku totonu.” Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku fili ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e “tuʻunga ʻoku totonu” pea ʻoku fakahā mahino ia ʻi heʻene Folofola Toputapú, ko e Tohi Tapú.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he 2 Pita 1:5-7 kuo pau ke ngāue mālohi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke fakatupulekina?
4 ʻOku ngāue ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tuʻunga anga-tonu ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku nau tali ʻa ʻene ngaahi talaʻofa maʻongoʻongá ʻaki ʻa ʻenau tui ki ai. ʻOku nau toe tokanga foki ki he akonaki ʻa Pitá: “Ke fai ʻe kimoutolu foki homou tukuingata ke lava ʻi hoʻomou maʻu tui na ʻa e ʻulungaanga lelei; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e ʻulungaanga lelei, ke lava ʻa e mafai ke ʻilo; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e mafai ke ʻilo, ke lava ʻa e anga fakamaʻumaʻu [“mapuleʻi kita,” NW]; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e anga fakamaʻumaʻu, ke lava ʻa e kataki; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e kataki, ke lava ʻa e nofo ki he ʻOtua [“anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua,” NW]; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e nofo ki he ʻOtua ke lava ʻa e feʻofaʻaki fakalotu [“feʻofaʻaki fakatokoua,” NW]; pea ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e feʻofaʻaki fakalotu, ke lava ʻa e ʻofa.” (2 Pita 1:5-7) Kuo pau ke ngāue mālohi ha Kalisitiane ke ne fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga ko ʻení. ʻOku ʻikai ke fai ʻeni ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho pe ngaahi taʻu ʻe niʻihi pē ka ʻoku fie maʻu ke toutou feinga ai pē ʻo aʻu ki he maté. Seuke, naʻa mo hono tānaki mai pē ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ki heʻetau tuí ko ha meʻa ia ʻoku fie maʻu ha feinga lahi ki ai!
5. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi he anga ʻo e vakai mei he Tohi Tapú?
5 ʻOku fakahā ʻe ha tangata faʻu tikisinale ko M. R. Vincent ʻo pehē ko e tupuʻi ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku ʻai ko e “ʻulungāanga leleí” naʻe ʻuhingá ko e “faʻahinga tuʻunga mātuʻaki lelei.” Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Pita ʻi hono tuʻunga palulalí ʻi heʻene pehē naʻe fie maʻu ke fanongonongo atu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e “ngaahi lelei,” pe ngaahi ʻulungāanga lelei, ʻo e ʻOtuá. (1 Pita 2:9) ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi he anga ʻo e vakai mei he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa taʻe ngaue ka ko e “mālohi fakaeʻulungāanga, ivi fakaeʻulungāanga, ivimoʻui ʻo e soulú.” ʻI he lave ʻa Pita ki he ʻulungāanga leleí, naʻá ne fakakaukau ki he tuʻunga fakaeʻulungāanga mātuʻaki lelei ʻoku ʻamanekina mei he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau fakahāhā mo tauhi maʻu ia. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ʻoku tau taʻe haohaoa, ʻe malava ke tau fai moʻoni ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá?
Taʻe Haohaoa kae ʻUlungāanga Lelei
6. Ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai ʻe lava ke tau fai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, neongo ʻoku tau taʻe haohaoa?
6 Kuo tau maʻu tukufakaholo ʻa e taʻe haohaoá mo e angahalá, ko ia te tau fifili nai ki he anga ʻo ʻetau fai moʻoni ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Loma 5:12) ʻOku pau ʻoku fie maʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e tokoni meia Sihová ka tau maʻu ʻa e loto maʻá, ʻa ia ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau, ngaahi lea, mo e ngaahi ngāue lelei. (Fakafehoanaki mo Luke 6:45.) Naʻe kole ʻa e tangata tohi-sāme ko Tēvitá ʻi he hili ʻene fai angahala mo Patisepá: “Fakatupu ʻiate au ha loto maʻa, ʻe ʻOtua; ʻo toe langaʻi ʻi loto ha laumalie totonua.” (Sāme 51:10) Naʻe maʻu ʻe Tēvita ʻa e fakamolemole mei he ʻOtuá pea mo e tokoni naʻe fie maʻu kae tulitāupau ki he ʻulungāanga leleí. Ko ia ai, kapau kuo tau faihala mamafa ka kuo tau tali ʻi he fakatomalá ʻa e tokoni mei he ʻOtuá mo e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, ʻe lava ke tau toe foki ki he ʻulungāanga leleí pea nofo ai pē.—Sāme 103:1-3, 10-14; Sēmisi 5:13-15.
7, 8. (a) Ke tau ʻulungāanga lelei ai pē, ko e hā ʻoku fie maʻú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tokoni ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻi heʻenau fakahā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí?
7 Koeʻuhi ko e angahala kuo tau fanauʻi mai pē mo iá, kuo pau ke tau hanganaki fai ʻa e tau fakalotosino ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí meiate kitautolú. Ke tau ʻulungāanga lelei ai pē, ʻoua ʻaupito ʻe ʻai kitautolu ke hoko ko e kau pōpula ki he angahalá. Ka, kuo pau ke tau hoko ko e kau pōpula “kia Maʻoniʻoni,” ʻo fakakaukau, lea, mo ngāueʻaki maʻu ai pē ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. (Loma 6:16-23) Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku mālohi ʻa ʻetau ngaahi holi fakakakanó mo e ngaahi hehema angahalaʻiá, pea ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo ha fepaki ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení mo e ʻulungāanga lelei ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá meiate kitautolú. Ko ia ai, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ke faí?
8 Ko e meʻa ʻe tahá, ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau muimui ki he tataki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní pe ivi ngāue ʻo Sihová. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke tau tokaʻi ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá: “Mou fou ʻi he Laumalie, pea ʻe ʻikai ai te mou momoʻi fakaai ʻa e holi ʻa Kakano. He ʻoku holituʻu ʻa Kakano ʻo fakafepaki ki he Laumalie; pea pehe mo e Laumalie kia Kakano: he ʻoku na fetaʻofiʻaki ʻa e ongo mea ko ia, koeʻuhi ka ai ha meʻa ʻoku mou loto ke fai, pea ʻoua te mou fai ia.” (Kalētia 5:16, 17) ʻIo, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e mālohi ki he māʻoniʻoní, pea ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa ʻene Folofolá ko e tataki ki he ʻulungāanga totonú. ʻOku tau maʻu foki mo e tokoni anga-ʻofa ʻa e kautaha ʻa Sihová mo e akonaki ʻa e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto.” (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Ko ia ai, ʻoku lava ke tau fai ʻa e faitau lavameʻa mo e ngaahi hehema angahalaʻiá. (Loma 7:15-25) Ko e moʻoni, kapau ʻe hū ha fakakaukau taʻe maʻa ki heʻetau fakakaukaú, kuo pau ke tau tuku ange leva ia mo lotu ke maʻu ʻa e tokoni mei he ʻOtuá ke talitekeʻi ha fakatauele pē ke fai ha meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí.—Mātiu 6:13.
Ko e ʻUlungāanga Leleí mo ʻEtau Ngaahi Fakakaukaú
9. ʻOku fie maʻu ki he ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau fē?
9 ʻOku fakatupunga ʻe he anga ʻo e fakakaukau ʻa ha toko taha ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. Kuo pau ke tau fakakaukau ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku anga-tonu, lelei, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí, kae maʻu ʻa e hōifua mei he ʻOtuá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko ʻeku lea fakaʻosi, kainga. ʻIlonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku moʻoni. ʻilonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tāu, ʻilonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku totonu, ʻilonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku maʻa, ʻilonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa, ʻilonga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ongoongolelei, ʻio, ka ai ha ʻulungaanga lelei, pea ka ai ha meʻa ʻoku fakamaloʻia, ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ke mou tokanga ki ai.” (Filipai 4:8) ʻOku fie maʻu ke fakahanga ʻa ʻetau fakakaukaú ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku anga-tonu mo maʻá, pea ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa fakamānako kiate kitautolu ha meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. Naʻe malava ke pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻIo, ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻa mou ako, mo maʻu, mo fanongoa, mo mamata, ʻiate au, ko e meʻa ko ia ke mou fai.” Kapau te tau hangē ko Paulá—ʻe hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí mei heʻetau fakakaukaú, leá, mo e ngāué—te tau hoko ko e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa lelei mo e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he founga moʻui Kalisitiané, pea ʻe ‘ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻa e melinó.’—Filipai 4:9.
10. ʻE tokoni fēfē kiate kitautolu ʻa ʻetau ngāueʻaki fakafoʻituitui ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hā ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 14:20 ke tau ʻulungāanga lelei ai pē?
10 Kapau ʻoku tau loto ke ʻulungāanga lelei ai pē ʻi he fakakaukaú pea fakahōifua ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní, ʻoku fie maʻu kiate kitautolu ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá: “Siʻi kainga, ʻoua te mou hoko ko e kau tamaiki iki ʻi he fakakaukau: ʻe, ʻi he kovi ke mou hange ha kau valevale, ka ʻi he fakakaukau ke mou fakamotuʻatangata.” (1 Kolinitō 14:20) ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻení ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai te tau kumi ke maʻu ʻa e ʻilo ke kau ki he fulikivanú. ʻI he lelei ange ke ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ke maumauʻi ʻetau fakakaukaú ʻi he founga ko ʻení, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke tau loto ke ʻoua ʻe maheni mo ia pea hoko ʻo taʻe halaia ʻo hangē ko e kau valevalé ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e fulikivanú. ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻoku mahino fakaʻaufuli kiate kitautolu ko e angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová ʻa e ʻulungāanga taʻe taau fakafehokotaki fakasinó pea mo e fai angahalá. ʻE ʻaonga kiate kitautolu ha holi tupu mei he lotó ke fakahōifua kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí, he te ne ueʻi kitautolu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi faʻahinga meʻa fakafiefia ʻoku taʻe maʻá pea mo e ngaahi tākiekina fakatupunga maumau fakaefakakaukau kehe ʻo e māmani ko ʻení ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo Sētané.—1 Sione 5:19.
Ko e ʻUlungāanga Leleí mo ʻEtau Leá
11. ʻOku fie maʻu ki he ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa e faʻahinga lea fēfē, pea ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻoku tau maʻu meia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he meʻá ni?
11 Kapau ʻoku lelei ʻa ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú, ʻoku totonu ke ne mātuʻaki ueʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau leaʻakí. Ke tau ʻulungāanga lelei ʻoku fie maʻu ʻa e lea ʻoku maʻa, totonu, moʻoni, mo fakatupu langa hake. (2 Kolinitō 6:3, 4, 7) Ko Sihová ko e “Otua oe mooni.” (Sāme 31:5, PM) ʻOkú ne anga-tonu ʻi heʻene ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻokú ne faí, pea ʻoku papau ʻa ʻene ngaahi talaʻofá koeʻuhi he ʻoku ʻikai malava ke ne loi. (Nōmipa 23:19; 1 Sāmiuela 15:29; Taitusi 1:2) Ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻoku “fonu i he aloofa moe mooni.” ʻI he lolotonga ʻo ʻene kei ʻi māmaní, naʻá ne leaʻaki maʻu ai pē ʻa e moʻoní ʻo tatau tofu pē mo ia naʻá ne maʻu mei heʻene Tamaí. (Sione 1:14, PM; 8:40) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko Sīsū “naʻe ʻikai te ne momoʻi fai ha angahala, pe ne ʻilo ha kākā ʻi hono fofonga.” (1 Pita 2:22) Kapau ko e kau sevāniti moʻoni kitautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Kalaisi, te tau leaʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku moʻoní mo ʻulungāanga totonu, ʻo hangē “kuo nonoʻo ʻaki homou kongaloto ʻa e fai moʻoni.”—ʻEfesō 5:9; 6:14.
12. Ke tau ʻulungāanga lelei, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga lea kuo pau ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei aí?
12 Kapau te tau ʻulungāanga lelei, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga lea te tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai. ʻE puleʻi kitautolu ʻe he akonaki ʻa Paulá: “Ko e fakamahū kotoa pe mo e lili mo e ʻita mo e feʻiohoʻaki mo e lauʻikovi, tuku ke hiki ia meiate kimoutolu, ʻio mo e lotokovi kotoa.” “Ka ko e meʻa ki he feʻauaki mo e angaʻuli kotoa pe, ʻumaʻā ʻa e manumanu, naʻa mo e lau ki ai ke mou fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai, telia ʻa e tāu ʻo e feangai ʻa e kakai lotu; kaeʻumaʻā ʻa e angamousaʻa, mo e lau fakasesele pe ko e fiengutuhua, ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ngali; ka ʻoku tāu muʻa ha fakafetaʻi.” (ʻEfesō 4:31; 5:1-3 [5:3, 4, PM]) ʻE ongoʻi fakafoʻou ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau feohi mo kitautolu koeʻuhi he ʻoku ueʻi kitautolu ʻe hotau ngaahi loto anga-tonú ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he lea taʻe faka-Kalisitiané.
13. Ko e hā kuo pau ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau mapuleʻi ʻa e ʻeleló?
13 Ko ha holi ke fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá mo leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻe tokoni ia kiate kitautolu ke mapuleʻi ʻa e ʻeleló. Koeʻuhi ko e hehema angahalaʻiá, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tau tūkia kotoa pē ʻi he lea. Ka, ʻoku pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí “kapau te tau ʻai piti ki he ngutu ʻo e fanga hoosi,” ʻoku nau talangofua ʻo ʻalu ki he feituʻu ʻoku tau angi ki aí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāue mālohi ke mapuleʻi ʻa e ʻeleló pea feinga ke ngāueʻaki pē ia ki he ngaahi founga ʻe hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. Ko ha ʻelelo ʻoku ʻikai ke mapuleʻi ʻokú ne ʻi ha “univēsi angahala.” (Sēmisi 3:1-7) ʻOku fakakau ʻa e faʻahinga kovi kotoa pē ʻo e māmani ko ʻení ʻa ia ʻoku taʻe tokaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ha ʻelelo ʻoku ʻikai ke mafakalalata. Ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakatupunga maumau ʻo hangē ko e fakamoʻoni loi, lea kovi, mo e lauʻikovi loi. (ʻAisea 5:20; Mātiu 15:18-20) Pea ʻi hono fai ʻe ha ʻelelo ʻoku ʻikai ke mapuleʻí ha ngaahi lea kovi, ngaahi lea fakatupu-mamahi, pe lauʻikovi loi, ʻokú ne fonu ʻi he meʻa kona fakatupu-mate.—Sāme 140:3; Loma 3:13; Sēmisi 3:8.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga kehekehe ʻe ua ʻi he leá kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané?
14 ʻOku hangē pē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻe Sēmisí, ʻe huʻufakehekehe ke “fakamālō” atu kia Sihova ʻaki hono fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea hili iá pea ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e ʻeleló ke “tutukuʻi” ʻa e kakaí ʻaki ha lau kovi kiate kinautolu. Ko ha angahala lahi ē ke hivaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakahīkihiki ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá pea hili ia pea ʻalu ʻo lau kovi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kaungātuí! ʻE ʻikai ke fakatou haʻu mei ha matavai pē ʻe taha ʻa e vai melié mo e vai koná. Kapau ʻoku tau tauhi kia Sihova, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e totonu ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ʻamanekina meiate kitautolu te tau leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí kae ʻikai ko e leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku taukoví. Ko ia ai, tau liʻaki ʻa e lea ʻoku koví pea feinga ke leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe ʻaonga kiate kinautolu ʻoku tau feohi mo iá pea mo langa hake fakalaumālie ai kinautolu.—Sēmisi 3:9-12.
Ko e ʻUlungāanga Leleí mo ʻEtau Ngaahi Ngāué
15. Ko e hā ʻoku fuʻu mahuʻinga ai ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi founga kākaá?
15 Koeʻuhi kuo pau ke hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí mei he fakakaukau mo e lea faka-Kalisitiané, fēfē ʻa ʻetau ngaahi ngāué? Ko e ʻulungāanga leleí ko e founga pē ia ke maʻu ai ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai pē ke lava ʻe ha sevāniti ʻa Sihova ke liʻaki ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí, ka ne hanga ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku anga-pikopiko mo kākaá, pea ke ne maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau ʻo pehē ʻe tali pē ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé. ʻOku pehē ʻi he Palōvepi 3:32: “He ko e tangata angapiko ʻoku fakaliliʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova: ka ko e kau angatonu ʻoku nau talanoa fafale mo ia.” Kapau ʻoku tau fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa hotau vahaʻangatae mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, ʻoku totonu ke taʻofi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi lea fakatupu-fakakaukau ko ení mei he faʻufaʻu ke fakatupu ha maumau pe ko hono fai ʻo ha meʻa kākaá. Seuke, ko e taha ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻe fitu ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihová “ko e loto ʻoku faʻu fakakaukau kovi”! (Palōvepi 6:16-19) Ko ia ai, ʻai ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi ngāue peheé pea ke tau fai ʻa ia ʻoku leleí, ke ʻaonga ki hotau kaungātangatá pea ke fakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻa ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní.
16. Ko e hā kuo pau ai ke ʻoua ʻe kau ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki ha faʻahinga tōʻonga mālualoí?
16 Ko e fakahāhā ʻo e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻoku fie maʻu ai ke tau faitotonu. (Hepelū 13:18) Ko ha toko taha mālualoi, ʻa ia ko ʻene ngaahi ngāué ʻoku ʻikai ke hoa ia mo ʻene ngaahi leá, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻulungāanga lelei ia. Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku fakalea ko e “mālualoí” (hy·po·kri·tesʹ) ʻoku ʻuhinga ki he “toko taha ʻokú ne fai ha tali” pea ʻoku toe ʻuhinga ki he toko taha faiva ʻi he siteisí. Koeʻuhi ko e kau faiva mei Kalisi mo Lomá naʻa nau tui ʻa e ngaahi pūloa, ne faifai atu pē pea ngāueʻaki fakaefakatātā ʻa e foʻi lea ko ʻení ki ha taha ʻokú ne ʻai ke fakangalingali pē. Ko e kau mālualoí ko e “kau taʻe anga-tonu.” (Fakafehoanaki mo Luke 12:46, NW mo e Mātiu 24:50, 51.) ʻOku toe ʻuhinga ʻa e mālualoí (hy·poʹkri·sis) ki he anga-fulikivanu mo e olopoto. (Mātiu 22:18; Maʻake 12:15; Luke 20:23) Ko ha meʻa fakamamahi ē ko hano kākaaʻi ʻo ha toko taha anga-falala ʻaki ʻa e faʻa malimali, fakahekeheke, mo e ngaahi ngāue ko e fakangalingali pē! ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá ʻoku fakalotomāfana ke ʻilo ʻoku tau feangainga mo e kau Kalisitiane falalaʻanga. Pea ʻoku tāpuakiʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ʻulungāanga leleí mo ʻikai ke tau mālualoí. Ko ʻene hōifuá ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻa e “ofa taeloi oe kaiga” pea maʻu mo e “tui taemalualoi.”—1 Pita 1:22, PM; 1 Tīmote 1:5, PM.
ʻUlungāanga Leleí ko e Anga-Lelei ʻOku Longomoʻui
17, 18. ʻI heʻetau fakahāhā ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālié ko e anga-leleí, ʻe fēfē ʻa ʻetau feangainga mo e niʻihi kehé?
17 Kapau te tau tānaki mai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ki heʻetau tuí, te tau feinga ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakakaukau, leaʻaki, mo hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ko hono fakahāhā ʻa e ʻulungāanga lelei faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku toe fie maʻu ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e anga-lelei ʻoku longomoʻui. Ko hono moʻoní, kuo fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ko e anga-lelei. Pea ko e anga-leleí ko e fua ia ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová, ʻo ʻikai ko e fua ia ʻe maʻu mei ha feinga ʻa e tangatá. (Kalētia 5:22, 23) ʻI heʻetau fakahāhā ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālié ko e anga-leleí, ʻe ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau lelei pē ʻo kau ki he niʻihi kehé pea mo fakaongoongoleleiʻi kinautolu ʻi honau ngaahi ʻulungāanga leleí neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi fehālaaki. Kuo nau tauhi anga-tonu kia Sihova ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi? Pea ʻoku totonu leva ke tau fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻapasia pea ke leaʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku lelei fekauʻaki mo kinautolú pea mo ʻenau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku manatuʻi ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ʻa ʻenau ʻofa kuo nau fakahā ki hono huafá pea mo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue lelei ʻo e tuí, pea ʻoku totonu leva ke tau fai pehē mo kitautolu.—Nehemaia 13:30 [13:31e, PM]; Hepelū 6:10.
18 ʻOku ʻai kitautolu ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí ke tau faʻa kātaki, fakaʻatuʻi, mo kaungāongoʻi. Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha kaungālotu kia Sihova ʻoku faingataʻaʻia ʻi he loto-hohaʻa pe loto-mafasia, te tau lea fakafiemālie ki ai mo feinga ke ʻai ke fakanonga ia, ʻo hangē ko hono fakanonga kitautolu ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. (2 Kolinitō 1:3, 4; 1 Tesalonaika 5:14) ʻOku tau kaungāongoʻi mo kinautolu ʻoku mamahi, koeʻuhi nai ko e mole atu ʻi he maté ha taha ʻoku ʻofa ai. Kapau te tau malava ke fai ha meʻa ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e faingataʻaʻiá, te tau fai ia, he ʻoku ueʻi ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí ke fai ʻa e ngāue anga-ʻofá.
19. ʻOku ngalingali ʻe fēfē ʻa e feangainga ʻa e niʻihi kehé kiate kitautolu ʻo kapau ʻoku hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi heʻetau fakakaukaú, leá, mo e ngāué?
19 ʻOku hangē pē ko ʻetau fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ʻa ʻetau fakaongoongoleleiʻi iá, ʻe ngalingali ʻe fakalāngilangiʻi kitautolu ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻo kapau ʻe hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi heʻetau fakakaukaú, leá, mo e ngāué. (Sāme 145:10) ʻOku fakapotopoto ʻa e pehē ʻi he Palōvepí: “Ko e ngaahi tapuaki ʻa e faitotonu ʻoku to pe ki hoʻona tumuʻaki: ka ko e ngutu ʻo e angahala ʻoku tapuni ʻe heʻenau fakamalohi.” (Palōvepi 10:6) ʻOku ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe ha toko taha anga-fulikivanu mo anga-mālohi ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa ia ʻe fakatupu ai ʻa e ʻofa mei he niʻihi kehé kiate iá. ʻOkú ne utu ʻa ia naʻá ne toó, koeʻuhi he ʻikai lava ke fakalāngilangiʻi loto-moʻoni ia ʻe he kakaí ʻaki haʻanau fakaongoongoleleiʻi ia. (Kalētia 6:7) Ko ha meʻa lelei lahi ange ē kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau fakakaukau, lea, mo ngāue ʻaki ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ʻi honau tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová! ʻOku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa, falala, mo e ʻapasia mei he niʻihi kehé, ʻa ia kuo ueʻi kinautolu ke nau fakalāngilangiʻi mo fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku iku ʻa ʻenau ʻulungāanga lelei fakaeʻotuá ki he tāpuaki mahuʻinga taʻe fakatataua meia Sihova.—Palōvepi 10:22.
20. Ko e hā ʻa hano ola ki ha fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau, lea, mo e ngāue ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí?
20 ʻOku pau ʻe ʻaonga ki ha fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e fakakaukau, lea, mo e ngāue ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí. ʻI hono maʻu ʻe he kaungātuí ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau feangaʻofaʻaki mo feveitokaiʻakí, ʻe tupu maʻuiʻui ʻa e feʻofaʻaki fakatokouá ʻi honau lotolotongá. (Sione 13:34, 35) Ko e lea leleí, kau ki ai mo e fakaongoongolelei mo e fakalototoʻa ʻoku fai ʻi he loto-moʻoní, ʻokú ne fakahoko ai ʻa e ongoʻi māfana ʻo e fetokoniʻaki mo e fāʻūtaha. (Sāme 133:1-3) Pea ʻoku ueʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻe he ngaahi ngāue lelei fakatupu fiefiá ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau pē. Sinoemeʻa, ko e ola ʻo hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻulungāanga lelei faka-Kalisitiané ko hono maʻu ʻa e hōifua mo e tāpuaki mei heʻetau Tamai fakahēvani ʻulungāanga lelei ko Sihová. Ko ia ai, ʻofa ke tau ʻai ia ko ʻetau taumuʻa ke tau tali ʻa e ngaahi talaʻofa maʻongoʻonga ʻa hotau ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa ʻetau tui ki ai. Pea ko e meʻa mātuʻaki lelei ke tau fai ha feinga fakamātoato ke tau tānaki mai ʻa e ʻulungāanga leleí ki heʻetau tuí.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ ʻE fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e “ʻulungāanga lelei,” pea ko e hā ʻe lava ai ke ʻulungāanga lelei ʻa e kakai taʻe haohaoá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga fakakaukau ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí?
◻ ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa hono ueʻi ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa ʻetau leá?
◻ ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa hono ueʻi ʻe he ʻulungāanga leleí ʻa ʻetau ngaahi ngāué?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e hoko ʻo ʻulungāanga leleí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 31]
Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai lava ke fakatou haʻu ʻa e vai melié mo e vai koná mei ha matavai pē ʻe taha, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e totonu ke ʻamanekina ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻe leaʻaki pē ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku leleí