ʻOku Fakalato ʻe he Lotú ʻa e Ngaahi Fie Maʻu Kiate Koé?
KO E ʻeá, vaí, meʻakaí, mo e maluʻangá—ʻoku ʻiloʻi fakalūkufua ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻoku fie maʻu ki he kakaí. Ko e ʻikai ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻokú ke hanga atu ki he ʻikai maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tefito ki he moʻuí pea mo e mate. Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi fuoloá ki muʻa, ko e taki ʻo e kakai ʻIsilelí ko Mōsese naʻá ne fakahanga ʻa e tokangá ki he toe fie maʻu ʻe taha ki he kakaí, ko e meʻa ko iá ʻoku mahuʻinga ange ia ʻi he vaí mo e meʻakaí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese: “ʻOku ʻikai moʻui ʻa e tangata ʻi he ma pe, ka ko e meʻa kehekehe ʻoku hu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihova ʻa ia ʻoku moʻui ai ʻa e tangata.”—Teutalōnome 8:3.
ʻI he ngaahi lea loloto ko ení, naʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻe Mōsese ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakalato ʻo ʻetau ngaahi fie maʻu fakalotú pe fakalaumālié. Naʻá ne fakahā ko ʻetau moʻuí tonu ʻoku fakatuʻunga ʻi hono fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu ko iá! ʻI he lolotonga ʻenau fononga holo ʻi he toafa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40, ko e kakai ʻIsilelí naʻa nau moʻuiʻaki moʻoni ʻa e ‘ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihová.’ Naʻa nau fakahaofi ʻenau moʻuí mei ha tuʻunga naʻe mei iku ki he mate. ʻI he fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe tō hifo ʻi ha mana mei he langí ha meʻakai naʻe ui ko e mana. Naʻe puna mai ʻa e vai mei he maká ke fakahauhau ʻenau fieinuá. Ka naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ia ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻo ʻikai ko ʻene tokangaʻi pē ʻenau ngaahi fie maʻu fakaesinó. Naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese: “ʻOku hange ko e kinisi ʻe ha motuʻa hono foha ʻa e kinisi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”—Teutalōnome 8:4, 5; ʻEkisoto 16:31, 32; 17:5, 6.
Naʻe ʻikai ke tuku ange pē ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻo taʻe ʻi ai ha tokoni ke nau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú pe hala, fakaʻulungāangá pe fakalotú. Naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e tataki mei he ʻOtuá tonu. Naʻá ne ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e Lao ʻia Mōsesé, ko ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaelao ʻa ia naʻe fakahinohino mai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻakai fakatupu-moʻuileleí, ko ha ngaahi lao fefeka ki he fakamaʻá, mo e ngaahi lao lelei fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungāangá mo e lotú. Ko ia, naʻe poupouʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e lelei ʻo e moʻui fakaesino mo fakalaumālie ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻa nau moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ‘ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihová.’
Ko ia naʻe mātuʻaki ʻilonga ʻa e mavahe ʻa ʻIsileli mei he ngaahi fonua kehé. ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Mōsesé naʻe pule ai ʻa ʻIsipite ko ha mafai fakamāmani tuʻu-ki-muʻa. Ko ha fonua lotu foki. ʻOku pehē ʻe he World Book Encyclopedia: “Ko e kau ʻIsipite ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻa nau tui naʻe tākiekina ʻe he ngaahi ʻotua kehekehe (mo e ngaahi ʻotua fefine) ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo natulá mo e ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko ia ai, naʻa nau lotu foki ki he ngaahi ʻotua tokolahi. . . . ʻI he ngaahi kolo lalahi mo e ngaahi kolo kehe ʻo ʻIsipité, naʻe lotu ʻa e kakaí ki honau ngaahi ʻotua makehe pē ʻo kinautolu ʻo tānaki atu ki he ngaahi ʻotua tefitó.”
Naʻe fakalato nai ʻe he lotu ki he ngaahi ʻotua tokolahí ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalaumālie ki he kau ʻIsipité? ʻIkai. Naʻe lōmekina ʻa e fonua ko ia ko ʻIsipité ʻe he manavahē taʻe ʻuhinga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa taʻe hā maí mo e ngaahi ngāue ololalo fakaefehokotaki fakasino. ʻI he ʻikai pē ke tokoniʻi ʻe he founga moʻui ʻa e kau ʻIsipité ʻa e moʻuí mo e moʻui lelei fakasinó naʻe iku atu ia ki he “ngaahi mahaki kovi.” (Teutalōnome 7:15) Tā neʻineʻi, ke lea paetaku ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻo kau ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻo e kau ʻIsipité, ʻo ui kinautolu ko e “ngaahi ʻaitoli [“fakalielia,” NW].”—ʻIsikeli 20:7, 8.
Ko e tuʻunga meimei tatau pē ia ʻoku ʻi he ʻaho ní. Ko e lahi taha ʻo e kakaí ʻoku nau maʻu ha faʻahinga tui fakalotu; ko e tokosiʻi pē te nau pehē ko e kau fakaʻotuamate kinautolu. Ka, ʻoku hā mahino, ko e ngaahi lotú fakalūkufua kuo ʻikai pē ke nau malava ʻo fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalaumālie ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻE ʻi ai nai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi palōpalema ko e taú, lau lanú, honge meʻakaí, mo e masiva taʻe fakavaivaí ʻo kapau naʻe moʻuiʻaki ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ngaahi “meʻa kehekehe ʻoku hu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihova”? ʻIkai ʻaupito! Ka neongo ia, ko e tokosiʻi pē te nau fakakaukau ke liliu ʻa e lotu ʻoku nau kau ki aí. Ko e niʻihi kehe ʻoku ʻikai pē te nau loto ke fetalanoaʻaki ʻo kau ki he lotú pe tokanga ki he ngaahi fakakaukau fakalotu foʻoú!
Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha tangata ʻe taha ʻi Kāna, ʻi ʻAfelika Hihifo, naʻá ne tala ange ki ha faifekau Kalisitiane: “ʻOku ou tui kuo fakahā mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ia tonu kiate kimautolu ko e kau ʻAfeliká ʻo fakafou mai ʻi heʻemau kau taulaʻeiki tangata mo e kau taulaʻeiki fefine maʻu mālohi lahí, ʻo hangē pē ko ʻene fakahā ia ki he kau Siú ʻo fakafou ʻi honau kau palōfitá. Ka ko e meʻa pangó ko e niʻihi ʻo kimautolu ko e kau ʻAfeliká ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakatokangaʻi ʻemau kau taulaʻeikí ka nau talanoa pē ʻo kau kia Sīsū, Mahōmeti, pe ko e niʻihi kehe.”
ʻI he ngaahi anga ʻo e nofo ʻo e kakai ʻAfeliká, ʻoku nau sio ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiané ko e lotu pē ia naʻe ʻomai tautefito pē ki he kakai hinehiná—ko e fokotuʻutuʻu naʻe fakahū mai ʻo ne fakahoko mai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku kovi ange ʻi he meʻa ʻoku leleí. Ka ʻe hoko nai ʻa e taʻe fie fakakaukau ki ha ngaahi fakakaukau kehé ko e tokoni pe ko e taʻofi ia ʻo hoʻo feinga ke fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalaumālie kiate koé? ʻOku pehē ʻe ha palōvepi ʻAfelika: “He ʻikai te ke unu ho ongo nimá fakatouʻosi ki ha poulu meʻakai koeʻuhi pē ko hoʻo fiekaiá.” Ko e angafai pehē ʻi he kaí ʻoku taʻe fakaʻapaʻapa pea mo fakatuʻutāmaki foki—tautautefito kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻoku ʻi he poulú! Ka, ko e tokolahi ʻoku nau fili ʻa e lotu ʻoku nau kau ki aí ʻo ʻikai fakatuʻunga ʻi hono sivisiviʻi mo fakakaukauʻi, ka ʻoku fakatuʻunga pē ia ʻi he anga ʻo e ongó pe ko e lotu kuo nau tupu hake aí.
Ko e lotu ʻokú ne fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalaumālie kiate koé ʻoku totonu ke hoko ko ha “ngāue toputapu ʻaki hoʻo mafai fakaefakakaukaú.” (Loma 12:1, NW) ʻOku totonu ke fai ʻa e filí ʻo fakatuʻunga ʻi he ʻilo mo e fakapotopoto. Ko ia ai, te tau sivisiviʻi ʻa e pole ko ʻeni pe ko ʻete fai ha fili ʻo kau ki he lotu te te kau ki aí mei he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e kau ʻAfeliká. Kae kehe, ʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko atu ki aí ko e meʻa fakatupu tokanga ia ki he kau lau tohi ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē.
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Naʻe fakaeʻa ʻe Mōsese ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalaumālie kiate kitautolú
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Ko e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi ʻAfelika ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e kau misinale ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané kuó ne tāpuni ai pē ʻa e ʻatamai ʻo e niʻihi mei he Tohi Tapú