ʻOfa ke Lau ʻe Sihova ʻOku Lelei Hoʻo Fakamatalá
“E hoku Otua, ke ke manatuʻi au koeuhi koe mea ni . . . E hoku Otua, ke ke manatuʻi au, keu lelei ai.”—NEHEMAIA 13:22, 31, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku tokoni ki he faʻahinga ʻosi fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá ke nau fai ha fakamatala lelei kia Sihová?
ʻOKU maʻu ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻa e tokoni kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki hono fai hake ha fakamatala lelei kiate iá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻoku nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo e ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha konga ʻo ʻene kautaha ʻi māmaní. Kuó ne fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá, pea kuó ne ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e tokoni mo e fakamaama fakalaumālie ʻo fakafou mai ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (Sāme 51:11; 119:105; 1 Kolinitō 2:10-13) ʻI he vakai atu ki he ngaahi tuʻunga makehe ko ʻení, ʻoku fiemaʻu anga-ʻofa mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau sevāniti ʻi he māmaní ke nau fai ange ha fakamatala ʻo kinautolu tonu fakatouʻosi, pe ko e hā kinautolu pea ko e hā ʻoku nau lavaʻi ʻaki hono mālohí pea mo e tokoni ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní.
2. (a) ʻI he ngaahi founga fē naʻe fai ai ʻe Nehemaia ha fakamatala lelei ʻo ia tonu ki he ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e kole naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Nehemaia ʻa e tohi Tohitapu ʻoku uiʻaki hono hingoá?
2 Ko e tangata ʻe taha naʻá ne fai ha fakamatala lelei ʻo ia tonu ki he ʻOtuá ko Nehemaia, ko e tokotaha-toʻo-uaine ia ʻa e tuʻi Pēsia ko ʻAtasease (Longimanus). (Nehemaia 2:1) Naʻe hoko ʻa Nehemaia ko e kōvana ʻo e kau Siú peá ne toe langa ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi fakafilí mo e ngaahi fakatuʻutāmakí. ʻI he faivelenga ki he lotu moʻoní, naʻá ne ʻai ai ke mālohi ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá pea fakahāhā ʻa e tokanga ki he faʻahinga naʻe ngaohikoviʻí. (Nehemaia 5:14-19) Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Nehemaia ki he kau Līvaí ke nau fakamaʻa maʻu pē kinautolu, maluʻi ʻa e ngaahi matapaá, pea tauhi ke māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻaho Sāpaté. Ko ia ai, naʻe malava ke ne lotu: “E hoku Otua, ke ke manatuʻi au koeuhi koe mea ni foki, bea fakamoui au o fakatatau ki hono lahi o hoo agaofa.” ʻOku toe feʻungamālie foki, naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Nehemaia ʻa ʻene tohi fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotuá ʻaki ʻa e kolé ni: “E hoku Otua, ke ke manatuʻi au, keu lelei ai.”—Nehemaia 13:22, 31, PM.
3. (a) Ko e hā haʻo fakamatala ʻe fai ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha tokotaha ʻoku failelei? (e) ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he ʻalunga ʻo Nehemaiá te ne fakatupunga nai kitautolu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ko e hā?
3 Ko ha taha ʻoku fai lelei ʻoku anga-lelei mo fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue faitotonu ʻoku ʻaonga ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko ha tangata ʻa Nehemaia naʻe pehē. Naʻá ne maʻu ha manavahē anga-ʻapasia ki he ʻOtuá pea mo faivelenga lahi ki he lotu moʻoní. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻá ne fakamālōʻia ʻa hono ngaahi monū ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá pea fai ha fakamatala lelei ʻo ia tonu kia Sihova. ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki hono ʻalungá ʻe fakatupunga nai ai kitautolu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu, ‘ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻeku vakai ki hoku ngaahi monū mo e ngaahi fatongia kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá? Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakamatala ʻoku ou fai fekauʻaki mo au ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová mo Sīsū Kalaisi?’
ʻIlo ʻOkú Ne ʻAi Kitautolu ke Tau Fai ha Fakamatalá
4. Ko e hā ʻa e fekau naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí, pea ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe he faʻahinga naʻe “loto ki he moui taegata”?
4 Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí ʻa e fekaú ni: “Mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu . . . , mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Naʻe pau ke fai ʻa e ngaohi ākongá ʻaki hono akoʻi kinautolu. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe akoʻi pea nau “loto ki he moui taegata” ʻe papitaiso, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú. (Ngāue 13:48, PM; Maʻake 1:9-11) ʻE haʻu mei he lotó ʻa ʻenau holi ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻá ne fekau maí. Te nau aʻu ki he tuʻunga ko e fakatapui ʻaki hono maʻu mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻilo kānokano ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Sione 17:3.
5, 6. Ko e hā ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻu fekauʻaki mo e Sēmisi 4:17? Fakatātaaʻi ʻa hono ngāueʻakí.
5 Ko e loloto ange ʻo ʻetau ʻilo Fakatohitapú, ko e lelei ange ia ʻa e makatuʻunga ki heʻetau tuí. ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻe toe lahi ange ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku pehē ʻe Sēmisi 4:17: “Ko ia ʻoku ne ʻilo ha lelei ke fai ka ʻoku ʻikai fai, ko haʻána angahala ia.” ʻOku hā mahino ko e fakamatalá ni ko ha fakamulituku ia ki he meʻa naʻe toki leaʻaki ʻe Sēmisi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e pōlepolé kae ʻikai ke falala kakato ki he ʻOtuá. Kapau ʻoku ʻilo ʻe ha taha heʻikai malava ke ne fai ha meʻa ʻo tuʻuloa taʻekau ai ʻa e tokoni ʻa Sihová kae ʻikai te ne fai ʻo fakatatau ki ai, ko ha angahala ia. Ka ʻoku malava ke toe kaunga ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sēmisí ki he ngaahi angahala ʻo hono liʻaki ha meʻa. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻi he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fanga sipí mo e fanga kosí, ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ai ʻa e fanga kosí, ʻo ʻikai ʻi ha ngaahi ngāue kovi, ka ko hono liʻaki ʻa e tokoni ki he ngaahi tokoua ʻo Kalaisí.—Mātiu 25:41-46.
6 Ko ha tangata ʻe taha naʻá ne ako ʻa e Tohitapú mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová naʻá ne fakalakalaka fakalaumālie siʻisiʻi pē, koeʻuhi pē nai he naʻe ʻikai te ne tuku ʻa e ifi tapaká, neongo naʻá ne ʻilo ʻoku totonu ke ne tuku ia. Naʻe kole ange kiate ia ʻe ha tokotaha mātuʻa ke ne lau ʻa e Sēmisi 4:17. ʻI he hili ha fakamatala ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e konga Tohitapú ni, naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha mātuʻá: “Neongo ʻoku ʻikai te ke papitaiso, kuo pau ke ke fai ha fakamatala pea kuo pau ke ke fua ʻa e fatongia kakato ʻo hoʻo fili kuó ke faí.” Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, naʻe tali lelei ʻe he tangatá, naʻe taʻofi ʻene ifi tapaká, pea vave ʻene taau ke papitaiso ko e fakaʻilonga ia ʻo ʻene fakatapui ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová.
Fai ha Fakamatala ki Heʻetau Ngāue Fakafaifekaú
7. Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻe taha ke fakahāhā ai ʻa ʻetau houngaʻia ki he “ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtua”?
7 ʻOku totonu ko ʻetau holí ia mei he lotó ke fakahōifuaʻi hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú. Ko e founga ʻe taha ke fakahāhā ai ʻa ʻetau houngaʻia ki he “ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtua” ko hono fakahoko ʻa e fekau ke ngaohi ha kau ākonga ʻa hono ʻAló, ko Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko e toe founga ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá pea mo hotau kaungāʻapí. (Palōvepi 2:1-5; Mātiu 22:35-40) ʻIo, ʻoku ʻai kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá ke tau fai ha fakamatala kiate ia, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau vakai ki hotau kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he tuʻunga ʻe lava ke nau hoko ko ha kau ākonga.
8. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau pehē naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Paula kuo pau ke ne fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá ki heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú?
8 Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ko hono tali loto-ʻaufuatō mo talangofua ki he ongoongo leleí ʻe iku ai ki he fakamoʻuí, ka ko hono siʻaki iá ʻe hoko ai ʻa e fakaʻauha. (2 Tesalonaika 1:6-8) Ko ia ai, naʻá ne ongoʻi kuo pau ke ne fai ha fakamatala kia Sihova ki heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe mahuʻingaʻia lahi ʻaupito ʻa Paula mo hono ngaahi takangá ʻi heʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻo nau tokanga ai ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei hano ʻai ke hā ngali ʻoku nau maʻu ha paʻanga mei ai. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe ueʻi ʻe he loto ʻo Paulá ia ke ne pehē: “He neongo ʻeku malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli, talaʻehai ʻoku ou maʻu ai ha polepoleʻanga: he ko ha fatongia ia kuo hilifaki mai; ʻio, hoto ʻoiaue, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli!”—1 Kolinitō 9:11-16.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa mahuʻinga ʻoku moʻuaʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ke fakahokó?
9 Koeʻuhi ko kitautolu ko e kau sevāniti fakatapui ʻa Sihova, ‘ko e fatongia kuo hilifaki mai kiate kitautolú ko hono malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipelí.’ Ko e fekau ia kiate kitautolu ke malangaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Naʻa tau tali ʻa e fatongia ko iá ʻi he taimi naʻa tau fakatapui ai kitautolu ki he ʻOtuá. (Fakafehoanaki mo Luke 9:23, 24.) Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻa ʻoku tau moʻuaʻaki ke fakahoko. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko e tangata moʻua au ki he Kalisi mo e Papeliane fakatouʻosi, ki he ʻatamai mo e taʻeʻatamai. Pea ʻi heʻene pehe, ko e anga leva ʻo hoku loto oʻoku ke malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli kiate kimoutolu foki ʻa e kakai ʻo Loma.” (Loma 1:14, 15) Ko ha tangata moʻua ʻa Paula koeʻuhi naʻá ne ʻilo ko hono fatongia ia ke malanga kae lava ke fanongo ʻa e kakaí ki he ongoongo leleí pea fakahaofi ai kinautolu. (1 Tīmote 1:12-16; 2:3, 4) Ko ia ai, naʻá ne ngāue ke fakahoko ʻa e fekau kiate iá pea fai ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne moʻuaʻaki ki he kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku tau toe moʻuaʻaki ha meʻa ke fai. Ko hono malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá ko ha toe founga tefito ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá, ki hono ʻAló, pea ki hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí.—Luke 10:25-28.
10. ʻI hono fai ʻa e hā kuo fakalahi ai ʻe he niʻihi ʻa ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
10 Ko e founga ʻe taha ke fai ai ha fakamatala ʻoku ala tali ʻe he ʻOtuá ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻetau ngaahi malavá ke fakalahi ʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ke fakatātaaʻi: ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui ní kuo lahi ha ngaahi kakai mei he ngaahi fonua lahi kuo nau ō ʻo nofohili ki Pilitānia. Ke aʻu ki he kakai peheé mo e ongoongo leleí, ʻoku tokolahi hake ʻi he kau tāimuʻa ʻe toko 800 (kau malanga taimi-kakato ʻo e Puleʻangá) mo e laui teau ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni kehe ʻoku nau ako ki he ngaahi lea kehekehe. Kuo hoko ʻa e meʻá ni ko ha meʻa fakaueʻi-loto lelei ia ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha tokotaha tāimuʻa ʻokú ne faiako ʻi ha kalasi lea faka-Siaina: “Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito haʻaku fakakaukau te u akoʻi ʻa ʻeku lea fakafonuá ki ha Kau Fakamoʻoni kehe, ke nau vahevahe atu ai ʻa e moʻoní ʻi he foungá ni ki ha niʻihi kehe. ʻOku mātuʻaki fakafiemālie ia!” ʻE lava ke ke fakalahi atu ʻa hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi ha founga meimei tatau?
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ola ʻi ha fakamoʻoni ʻikai ʻi he founga anga-mahení ʻa ha tokotaha Kalisitiane ʻe taha?
11 ʻOku ngalingali, ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻo kitautolu te tau fai ha meʻa te tau malavá ke fakahaofi ai ha tangata ʻoku melemo. ʻOku loto-vēkeveke meimei tatau pehē ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ke ngāueʻaki ʻenau ngaahi malavá ke ngāue fakamoʻoni ʻi he faingamālie kotoa pē. Ko ha tokotaha Fakamoʻoni ki muí ni mai, naʻá ne tangutu ʻo hoko atu ki ha fefine peá ne talanoa atu kiate ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Ngaahi Konga Tohitapú. ʻI he fiefia tupu mei he meʻa naʻá ne fanongoá, naʻe ʻeke ai ʻe he fefiné ha ngaahi fehuʻi lahi. ʻI he teu ke hifo ʻa e tokotaha Fakamoʻoní mei he pasí, naʻe kōlenga ange ʻa e fefiné ke ʻalu ange muʻa ki hono ʻapí, he naʻe kei lahi ʻa ʻene ngaahi fehuʻí. Naʻe loto ki ai ʻa e tokotaha Fakamoʻoní. Ko e hā ʻa e olá? Naʻe kamata ai ha ako Tohitapu, pea ʻi he hili ʻa e māhina ʻe ono mei ai naʻe hoko ʻa e fefiné ko ha tokotaha malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá kae teʻeki papitaiso. Taimi siʻi mei ai naʻá ne fakahoko ha ngaahi ako Tohitapu ʻe ono pē ʻaʻana. Ko ha ola fakatupu fiefia ē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻete ngaahi malavá ʻi he ngāue ʻo e Puleʻangá.
12. ʻE lava fēfē ke ngāueleleiʻaki ʻi he malaʻe malangá ʻa ʻetau ngaahi malava ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau faifekaú?
12 ʻOku malava ke ngāueʻi ola lelei ʻa ʻetau ngaahi malavá ʻi he malaʻe malangá ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻo hangē ko e tohi peesi ʻe 192 ko e ʻIlo ʻA Ia ʻOku Taki Atu ki he Moʻui Taʻengatá. ʻI he aʻu mai ki ʻEpeleli ʻo e 1996, naʻe tali ai ʻe he Kōmiti Faitohi ʻa e Kulupu Pule ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke pulusi ʻa e tohi ko e ʻIlo ʻi he ngaahi lea lahi hake he 140, pea ʻi he aʻu mai ki he taimi ko iá naʻe feʻunga mo e ngaahi tatau ʻe 30,500,000 naʻe ʻosi pulusi ia ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 111. Naʻe tohi ʻa e tohí ni mo e taumuʻa ke tokoni ki he kau ako Tohitapú ke nau ako feʻunga ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá ke fai ha fakatapui kia Sihova pea papitaiso. Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai ke fai ʻe he kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá ha ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapi mo e tokotaha ako tatau pē ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi, ʻe malava ai ke nau fai ha ngaahi ako mo ha kakai tokolahi ange pe fakalahi ʻenau kau ki he ngāue fale-ki-he-falé mo ngāue ʻi he ngaahi founga kehe ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú. (Ngāue 5:42; 20:20, 21) ʻI he ʻiloʻi kuo pau ke nau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku nau fakahanga ai ʻa e tokangá ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fakaʻotuá. (ʻIsikeli 33:7-9) Ka ko ʻenau taumuʻa tefitó ko hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihova pea tokoni ki he tokolahi taha ʻe malavá ke nau ako ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ongoongo leleí ʻi he kiʻi taimi nounou ko ʻeni ʻoku kei toe ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ʻení.
Ko Hono Fai ha Fakamatala Lelei ʻi he Tuʻunga ko e Fāmilí
13. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ki he ngaahi fāmili anga-fakaʻotuá ke nau fai ha ako Tohitapu fakafāmili tuʻumaʻu?
13 Ko e tokotaha tāutaha mo e fāmili taki taha ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní, kuo pau ke nau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá pea ko ia ai ʻoku totonu ke nau “tuiaki atu ki he haohaoa [“matuʻotuʻá,” NW]” pea hoko ʻo “tuʻu maʻumaʻuluta he tui.” (Hepelū 6:1-3; 1 Pita 5:8, 9) Ko e fakatātaá, ko e faʻahinga kuo nau ako ʻa e tohi ko e ʻIlo pea kuo nau papitaisó, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau fakakakato ʻenau ʻilo Fakatohitapú ʻaki hono maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá pea pehē foki ki hono lau ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi kehe faka-Kalisitiané. Ko e ngaahi fāmili anga-fakaʻotuá ʻoku totonu ke ʻi ai foki haʻanau ako fakafāmili tuʻumaʻu he ko e founga mahuʻinga ia ki he hanganaki “leo, tuu mau i he tui, fai o gali moe tagata, mou malohi.” (1 Kolinitō 16:13, PM) Kapau ko e ʻulu koe ʻo ha fāmili, ʻoku tautefito kiate koe ʻa e fiemaʻu ke ke fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku fafangaʻi lelei fakalaumālie ho fāmilí. Hangē pē ko e tokoni ʻa e meʻakai fakamatelie fakatupu-sinó ki he moʻui lelei fakaenatulá, ʻoku pehē pē ʻa hono fiemaʻu ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie lahi ʻaupito pea ʻi he founga tuʻumaʻu kapau ko koe mo ho fāmilí ke kei “moʻui lelei ʻi he tuí.”—Taitusi 1:13, NW.
14. Ko e hā naʻe iku ki ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni naʻe fai ʻe ha kiʻi taʻahine ʻIsileli naʻe akoʻi leleí?
14 Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha fānau ʻi ho fāmilí, ʻe lau ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻoku lelei ʻa hoʻo fakamatalá ʻi hono ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakahinohino fakalaumālie totonú. ʻE ʻaonga ʻa e faiako peheé kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē pē ko ʻene ʻaonga pehē ki ha kiʻi taʻahine ʻIsileli naʻe puke ʻe he kau Sīliá ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻIlaisá. Naʻe hoko ʻa e kiʻi taʻahiné ko e kaunanga ʻa e uaifi ʻo e ʻeiki tau Sīlia naʻe kilia, ko Neamani. Neongo ko e kiʻi taʻahine kei siʻi, naʻá ne tala ange ki he fineʻeiki naʻe ngāue ki aí: “Taumaiā naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻo e palofita ʻoku ʻi Samelia ʻa e tangataʻeiki! te ne fakamaʻa ia mei heʻene kilia.” Koeʻuhi ko ʻene fakamoʻoní, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Neamani ki ʻIsileli, naʻá ne fai leva ai ki he fakahinohino ʻa ʻIlaisá ke kaukau tuʻo fitu ʻi he Vaitafe Sioataní, pea naʻe maʻa ai ʻa e kiliá. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Neamani ko e tokotaha lotu kia Sihova. Ko ha fiefia-loto lahi ē kuo pau naʻe maʻu ʻe he kiʻi taʻahiné ni!—2 Tuʻi 5:1-3, 13-19.
15. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ki he ngaahi mātuʻá ke nau fai ki heʻenau fānaú ha akoʻi fakalaumālie leleí? Fakatātaaʻi.
15 ʻOku ʻikai faingofua ke tauhi hake ha fānau manavahē-ʻOtua ʻi he māmani masiva ko ʻeni ʻi he ʻulungaanga leleí ʻa ia ʻoku tokoto ʻi he mālohi ʻo Sētané. (1 Sione 5:19) Kae kehe, mei he kei valevale ʻa Tīmoté, naʻe lava lelei ʻa hono akoʻi ia ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ʻe heʻene kui fefine ko Loisí mo ʻene faʻeé, ko ʻIunisi. (2 Tīmote 1:5; 3:14, 15) Ko hono ako ʻa e Tohitapú mo hoʻo fānaú, ko hono ʻave maʻu pē kinautolu ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, pea fai atu ʻo nau kau mo koe ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú ko e konga kotoa ia ʻo e sīpinga ʻo e ako ʻa ia kuo pau ke ke fai ai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá. Ko ha tokotaha Kalisitiane ʻe taha ʻi Uelesi, ʻokú ne ʻi he vaeua ʻo hono taʻu 80 tupú, ʻokú ne manatuʻi ko e kamataʻanga ko ia ʻo e 1920 tupú, naʻe ʻave ai ia ʻe heʻene tamaí ʻi heʻene luelue he kilomita ʻe 10 ʻo na kaka ʻi ha moʻunga (ko ha fononga takai ia he kilomita ʻe 20) ke tufaki ʻa e ngaahi tuleki faka-Tohitapú ki he kau nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻi he teleʻa hono hoko maí. “ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi luelue ko iá, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe heʻeku tamaí ʻa e moʻoní ʻi hoku lotó,” ko ʻene leaʻaki ia ʻa e loto-houngaʻia.
Fai ʻe he Kau Mātuʻá ha Fakamatala —ʻO Anga-fēfē?
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi monū naʻe fiefia ai ʻa e kau tangata taʻumotuʻa matuʻotuʻa fakalaumālie ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá? (e) Fakafehoanaki mo e tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ko e hā ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu mei he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní?
16 “Ko e ʻuluhina ko e kalauni matamatalelei ʻoku maʻu ʻi he hala ʻo e faitotonu,” ko e lea ia ʻa e tangata poto ko Solomoné. (Palōvepi 16:31) Ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e taʻumotuʻa fakaesinó pē ʻokú ne teuʻi ha tangata ki he fatongia ʻi he fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e kau tangata taʻumotuʻa matuʻotuʻa fakalaumālie ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻa nau ngāue ko e kau fakamaau mo e kau ʻōfisa ki hono ngāueʻi ʻa e fakamaau totonú pea mo hono tauhi maʻu ʻa e melinó, fokotuʻutuʻu maau leleí, mo e moʻui lelei fakalaumālié. (Teutalōnome 16:18-20) Neongo ʻoku hoko tatau pē ʻeni ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ʻoku lahi ange ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu mei he kau mātuʻá ʻi he fakaofi mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
17 Ko e kau ʻIsilelí ko ha ‘kakai fili’ ʻa ia naʻe fakahaofi ʻe he ʻOtuá mei ʻIsipite ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Koeʻuhi naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e Laó ʻo fou mai ʻi honau fakalaloá, ko Mōsese, naʻe fanauʻi hake honau ngaahi hakó ko ha kakai ʻosi fakatapui pea naʻa nau maheni mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sihová. (Teutalōnome 7:6, 11) Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku fanauʻi mai ko ha kakai ʻosi fakatapui pehē ʻi he ʻahó ni, pea ʻoku tokosiʻi ʻaupito ha tupu hake ʻi he ngaahi fāmili anga-fakaʻotuá ʻe maheni lelei mo e moʻoni Fakatohitapú. ʻOku tautefito nai ki he faʻahinga kuo nau toki kamata “laka ʻi he moʻoni” ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e fakahinohino ki he founga ke moʻui ai ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú. (3 Sione 4) Ko ia ai, ko ha fatongia ē ʻoku hilifaki ki he ngaahi uma ʻo e kau mātuʻa anga-tonú ʻi heʻenau ‘buke ke maʻu ae jino oe gaahi lea haohaoá’ pea tokoniʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová!—2 Tīmote 1:13, 14, PM.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga tokoni kuo pau ke mateuteu ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ke faí, pea ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá?
18 ʻOku humu nai mo tō ha kiʻi tama ʻoku ako ke luelue. ʻOkú ne ongoʻi taʻemalu pea fiemaʻu ʻa e tokoni mo e fakalotolahi fakaemātuʻá. ʻOku malava ke pehē pē ʻa e humu pe tō fakalaumālie ʻa ha taha naʻe fakatapui kia Sihova. Naʻa mo e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá naʻá ne ʻilo naʻe pau ke fai ʻa e faitau ia ke fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe tonu pe lelei ʻi he ʻafio mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Loma 7:21-25) Ko e kau tauhi-sipi ʻo e tākanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau fai ʻa e tokoni ʻofa ki he kau Kalisitiane ko ia naʻa nau faihala ka ʻoku nau fakatomala moʻoní. ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻaʻahi ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ki ha fefine ʻosi fakatapui ʻe taha naʻá ne fai ha faihala mamafa, naʻá ne pehē ʻi he ʻi ai ʻa hono husepāniti ʻosi fakatapuí: “ʻOku ou ʻilo te mou tuʻusi au!” Ka naʻá ne tō loʻimata ʻi hono tala ange naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he kau mātuʻá ke nau ʻilo pe ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ke toe fakafoki fakalaumālie mai ai ʻa e fāmilí. ʻI he ʻiloʻi kuo pau ke nau fai ha fakamatalá, ʻoku fiefia ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke tokoni ki ha kaungā tui ʻoku fakatomala.—Hepelū 13:17.
Hanganaki Fai ha Fakamatala Lelei
19. ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau hanganaki fai ha fakamatala lelei ʻo kitautolu tonu ki he ʻOtuá?
19 Ko e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá mo e kotoa ʻo e kau sevāniti kehe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau hanganaki fai ha fakamatala lelei ʻo kinautolu tonu kia Sihova. ʻOku malava ʻeni ʻo kapau te tau pīkitai ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea fai hono finangaló. (Palōvepi 3:5, 6; Loma 12:1, 2, 9) ʻOku fiemaʻu tautefito ke tau failelei ki he faʻahinga ʻoku fekauʻaki mo kitautolu ʻi he tuí. (Kalētia 6:10) Kae kehe, ʻoku kei lahi ʻa e utu-taʻú, pea ʻoku kei tokosiʻi ʻa e kau ngāué. (Mātiu 9:37, 38) Ko ia tau failelei ki he niʻihi kehé ʻaki hono fanongonongo tōtōivi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. ʻE lau ʻe Sihova ʻoku lelei ʻetau fakamatalá ʻo kapau ʻoku tau fakahoko ʻetau fakatapuí, fai hono finangaló, pea fanongonongo anga-tonu ʻa e ongoongo leleí.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he fakakaukau atu ki he ʻalunga ʻo Nehemaiá?
20 Ko ia ai, tau hokohoko atu ke ngāue ke lahi ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí. (1 Kolinitō 15:58) Pea ʻoku lelei ke tau fakakaukau atu kia Nehemaia, ʻa ia naʻá ne toe langa ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá, ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea poupouʻi faivelenga ʻa e founga-lotu moʻoní. Naʻá ne lotu ke manatuʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻi he lelei naʻá ne faí. ʻOfa ke ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa hoʻo līʻoa pehē kia Sihová, pea ʻofa ke ne lau ʻoku lelei ʻa hoʻo fakamatalá.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Nehemaiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku ʻai ai ʻe he ʻiló kitautolu ke tau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá?
◻ ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau fai ha fakamatala ʻoku ala tali ʻe Sihova ki heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke fai ʻe he ngaahi fāmilí ke fai ai ha fakamatala lelei ki he ʻOtuá?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ha fakamatala?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Hangē ko Paulá, ʻoku malava ke tau fai ha fakamatala lelei ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
ʻOku mālohi ʻa hoʻo fānaú ʻi he tuí ʻo hangē ko e kiʻi taʻahine ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Neamaní?