ʻOku Lava ʻe he Misí ʻo Tala ki Muʻa ʻa e Kahaʻú?
KUO mahuʻingaʻia lahi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, mei he ngaahi kuonga pē ʻi muʻá ʻi he ngaahi misí. Naʻe teuteu ʻe he kau ʻIsipité ʻa e ngaahi tohi fakamatala kakato ki he fakaʻuhinga misí, pea naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻenau kau fakaʻuhinga misi. ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Kalisí naʻe anga ʻaki ʻa hono ʻai ke mohe ʻa e kakai ʻoku puké ʻi he ngaahi fale toputapu ʻo Asclepius: ke maʻu mai ai ha ngaahi fakahinohino ki he moʻui leleí ʻi heʻenau ngaahi misí. ʻI he senituli hono ua ʻo Hotau Kuongá, naʻe faʻu ai ʻe Artemidorus ha tohi ʻa ia naʻá ne fai ai ha ngaahi fakaʻuhinga ki he ngaahi fakaʻilonga fakaemisí. Talu mei ai mo hono faʻu ʻa e ngaahi tohi meimei tatau ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi heʻene tohí. Aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni, kuo fai ʻa e ngaahi feinga ke fakaʻuhinga ʻa e ngaahi misí, ka ʻoku nau ʻomai moʻoni ha fakamaama ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú?
Ke nau maʻu ha ʻuhinga ʻo e meʻa ʻi he kahaʻú, kuo pau ke tākiekina kinautolu ʻe ha mālohi māʻolunga ange. ʻOku tau ʻilo ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi, ʻa ia ʻoku tokonaki mai ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e mālohi tonu ko iá. Naʻá ne ʻoange ʻa e ngaahi misi fakaekikite ki heʻene kau sevānití pea pehē foki ki he niʻihi naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻotuaʻaki iá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku pehē ʻi he Siope 33:14-16 (PM): “Ka oku lea ae Otua . . . I he miji, i he mea ha mai oe bouli, i he to ae mohe mau ki he kakai, i he tule mohe i he mohega; oku ne toki fakaogo ae teliga oe kakai.”
Naʻe fai ʻeni ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e tokotaha ʻIsipite ko Feló ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Siosifá, ʻa ia naʻe moʻui ʻo lahi hake he taʻu ʻe 1,700 ki muʻa ʻi Hotau Kuongá. ʻOku maʻu ʻa e misi ʻa Feló ʻia Sēnesi 41:1-7, pea ʻi he veesi 25 ki he 32, ʻoku fakaʻuhingaʻi ai ia ʻe Siosifa ʻi hono tala ki muʻa ko e ngaahi taʻu ʻe fitu “ʻe mahu lahi ai ʻa Isipite katoa,” ʻo hoko atu ai ʻa e ngaahi taʻu honge ʻe fitu. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Siosifa kia Felo: “ʻOku fakaha ʻe he ʻOtua ki he ʻAfiona ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ne teu ke fai.” (Sēnesi 41:28) Naʻe tuʻu fakakikite ʻa e misí ki he meʻa ko ia naʻe hoko moʻoní.
Naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻe hokosia meimei tatau ʻe ha tuʻi ʻiloa ʻo e kau Pāpiloné. Naʻe ʻi ai ha misi ʻa Nepukanesa naʻá ne uesia lahi ia, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne manatuʻi ia. Ko ia ai, naʻá ne ui ʻene kau faimaná ke nau fakaʻilo ange kiate ia ʻa e misí mo hono ʻuhingá. Ko ha kole ʻeni ia naʻe taʻemalava ke nau fakahoko.—Tāniela 2:1-11.
Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻoange ʻa e misí ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he tuʻí, naʻá Ne ʻai ke malava ʻa e palōfita ko Tānielá ʻo fakahā ʻa e misí mo hono ʻuhingá. ʻOku pehē ʻi he Tāniela 2:19: “Naʻe toki tatala ʻa e meʻa fufu ni kia Taniela ʻi ha visone poʻuli.” Naʻe tuku ʻe Tāniela ʻa e lāngilangí ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he misi ko ʻení: “Ko e meʻa fufū ʻoku ʻeke ʻe he tuʻi, ʻe ʻikai lava ʻe he kau poto, pe ko e kau maki, pe ko e kau sikalaipe, pe ko e kau ʻasitolonome, ke fakaha ki he tuʻi; ka ʻoku ai ha ʻOtua ʻi langi ʻoku ne tatala ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fufū, pea kuo ne fakaʻilo ki he ʻafio ʻa Nepukanesa ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui.”—Tāniela 2:27, 28.
Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi he ngaahi taimi ki heʻene kakaí ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he ngaahi misi, pea ʻi he ngaahi taimi kehe naʻá ne fakapapauʻi ange ʻa e hōifua faka-ʻOtuá, pe tokoniʻi ke mahino kiate kinautolu ʻa e founga naʻá ne tokoniʻi ai kinautolú. ʻI he meʻa fekauʻaki mo Sēkopé, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene hōifuá ʻo fakafou mai ʻi ha misi.—Sēnesi 48:3, 4.
ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻiloʻi ai ʻe Siosefa, ko e tamai ohi ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe feitama ʻa Melé, naʻá ne fakakaukau ke veteʻi ia. Ka naʻá ne maʻu ha ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi ha misi ke ʻoua te ne fai pehē. ʻOku pehē ʻi he Mātiu 1:20: “Pea lolotonga ʻene fifili ki he ngāhi meʻa ni, ʻiloange naʻe ha kiate ia ha angelo ʻa e ʻEiki ʻi he misi, ʻo ne pehe, ʻE Siosefa, hako ʻo Tevita, ʻoua naʻa ke teteki ke ʻomi ʻa Mele ko ho uaifi; he ko ia kuo ne tuʻituʻia ai ʻoku mei he Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni.” Ki mui maí, naʻá ne maʻu ai ha fakatokanga ʻi ha misi: “Naʻe ha kia Siosefa ha angelo ʻa e ʻEiki ʻi ha misi, ʻo ne pehe, ʻA hake, ʻo toʻo ʻa e tamasiʻi mo ʻene faʻe, pea ke holataki ki Isipite.”—Mātiu 2:13.
Ko e Ngaahi Misi ʻOku ʻIkai mei he ʻOtuá
Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo hono failahia ʻa e fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻo e misí ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe ʻikai ko e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fakahā ai ko e ngaahi misí ʻi he tuʻunga lahi ʻe ʻikai pehē ʻoku nau fakahā ala falalaʻanga ʻa e kahaʻú. ʻI he taimi ʻo e palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá ko Selemaiá, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he kau palōfita loí: “Kuo u misi, Kuo u misi.” (Selemaia 23:25) Ko ʻenau ngaahi taumuʻá ke tākihalaʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau fakakaukau ʻoku folofola mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo fakafou ʻiate kinautolu. Fekauʻaki mo e kau misí ni, naʻe fakamānavaʻi ai ʻa Selemaia ke ne pehē: “He ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ko e ʻOtua ʻo Isileli, ʻOua naʻa takiheeʻi kimoutolu ʻe he kau palofita ʻoku nofo ʻi homou lotolotonga, mo hoʻomou kau tongafisi, pea ʻoua te mou fakaongo ki hoʻomou ngaahi misi ʻoku mou langaʻi ʻe kimoutolu. He ko e loi pe ʻa e palofisai ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia kiate kimoutolu ʻi hoku hingoa: . . . ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai.”—Selemaia 29:8, 9.
Koeʻuhi ko e kau palōfita loí ni ko e “kau tongafisi,” ko ʻenau ngaahi misí kuo pau pē naʻe tākiekina ʻe he kongakau laumālie fulikivanú ʻi he taumuʻa ke kākaaʻi ʻa e kakaí. Ko e meʻa tatau pē ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he meʻa naʻe hiki ʻi he Sākalaia 10:2: “Talaatu ne launoa pe ʻa e ngaahi telafimi, pea ko e kau tongafisi naʻa nau sio visone kākā; pea ʻoku nau tala misi loi, ko e muna pe ʻenau fakalelu.”
Ko e Tēvoló ʻa e tokotaha taki kākaá ʻa ia ʻi he laui afeʻi taʻu kuó ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e kau taki lotú ke nau taukaveʻi loi kuo folofola hifo ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he ngaahi vīsone mo e ngaahi misi, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kau palōfita loí ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Selemaia mo Sākalaiá. Fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga peheé, naʻe tohi ʻa e tokotaha-tohi Tohitapu fakamānavaʻi ko Siutasí ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí: “He kuo moulu mai ha tuʻunga tangata, ʻio ʻa kinautolu kuo loa honau tohi ki he fakamoʻua ko ia, ʻa ia ko e kau fakaʻotua mate, ʻo nau liliu ʻa e kelesi ʻa hotau ʻOtua ʻo faiʻanga pauʻu fakalielia, kaeʻumaʻā ʻoku nau fakafisingaʻi ʻa e ʻEiki Motu Taha mo hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisi.” Naʻá ne pehē ko e kau tangatá ni, ʻoku lava ke pehē naʻa nau, “fai misi.”—Siutasi 4, 8.
Sivi ʻa e Ngaahi Taukaveʻí
ʻOku lava ke taukaveʻi ʻe ha taha naʻe folofola hifo ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate ia ʻi ha misi pe ko ʻene ngaahi misi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú naʻe hoko ʻo moʻoni, neongo ia ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ʻuhinga feʻunga ia ke tui ai ki ai, pea muimui kui holo ʻiate ia. Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino naʻe hiki ki he kau ʻIsilelí, ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Teutalōnome 13:1-3, 5: “Kapau ʻe tuʻu hake ʻi ho lotolotonga ha palofita, pe tangata misi, ʻo ne tuku kiate koe ha fakaʻilonga, pe mana, pea hoko ʻa e fakaʻilonga pe ha mana, ʻa ia naʻa ne fakaha kiate koe, heʻene pehe, Tau muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehe (ʻa ia kuo ʻikai te ke ʻilo ki ai), pea tau tauhi kinautolu; ʻa, ʻe ʻikai te mou tokanga ki he lau ʻa e palofita ko ia, pe ki he tangatamisi mo ia: . . . Pea ko e palofita ko ia mo e tangatamisi ko ia, ʻe tamateʻi.” Naʻe fakangofua ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e faʻahinga peheé ke nau lea loi ko ha siviʻi ia ʻa e māteaki ʻa hono kakaí.
ʻI he ʻikai ke tui kuikui ki he ngaahi taukave ʻa e kau misi fakafaimaná, ko e ʻalunga fakapotopoto kiate kitautolú ke siviʻi ʻenau ngaahi taukavé ke kalofi ai ʻa e hoko ʻo tākihalaʻi ʻe he tokotaha taki kākā taʻehāmai, ʻokú ne “kākāʻi ʻa mamani kātoa.” (Fakahā 12:9) Ka ʻe lava fēfē ke siviʻi papau kinautolu?
Ko e Folofola tohi ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo ʻomai ko hotau tataki faka-ʻOtua ki he moʻoní. Fekauʻaki mo ia, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi: “Ko e folofola aʻau ko e moʻoni ia.” (Sione 17:17) Ko ia ʻoku enginakiʻi kitautolu ʻia 1 Sione 4:1: “Siʻi ʻofaʻanga, ʻoua te mou tui ki he laumalie fulipe, ka mou sivi pe ʻa e ngaahi laumalie, pe ʻoku mei he ʻOtua ia: he ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e kau palofita loi kuo ʻalu atu ki mamani.” ʻI hono fakafehoanaki fakalelei mo e Tohitapú, ʻe fepaki ia mo ʻenau ngaahi taukavé, ngaahi poto fakafilōsefá mo ʻenau ngaahi tōʻongá. Ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa e mafai ki he meʻa ʻoku moʻoní.
ʻOku taukaveʻi ʻe he tokotaha ko ia ʻoku misí ha ʻilo makehe, ʻo ngāueʻaki moʻoni ʻa e tongafisí pe ko ha ngaahi tōʻongafai kehe fakahaʻele faʻahikehe? Kapau ʻoku pehē, ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ia ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. “ʻE ʻikai ʻilo ʻiate koe ha taha . . . ʻoku fai meʻa tongafisi, ha taha ʻoku fai ʻa e talotalo kovi, pe ha fai tuki, pe fiemana, pe ha fai sausau, pe ha fakahaʻele faʻahikehe, pe ha maki, pe ha fakahaʻele mate. He ko e meʻa fakalielia kia Sihova ʻa ia fua pē ʻoku fai meʻa pehe: pea ko e meʻa ʻihe ngaahi fakalielia pehe, ko ia ʻoku kapusi ai kinautolu mei ho ʻao ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”—Teutalōnome 18:10-12.
Kapau ʻokú ne taukaveʻi ʻoku ʻiate ia hano soulu ʻoku ʻikai ke mate, ʻokú ne fakafepakiʻi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku fakahā mahino ai: “Ko e laumalie [“soulu,” NW] ʻoku fai angahala ko ia ia ʻe mate.” (ʻIsikeli 18:4) ʻOkú ne hakeakiʻi ia mo tohoaki ke fai ha muimui kiate ia? ʻOku fakatokanga mai ʻia Mātiu 23:12: “Ko ia te ne hakeakiʻi ia ʻe fakavaivaiʻi.” Pea ʻoku fakatokanga mai ʻi he Ngāue 20:30 ki he kau Kalisitiané: “ʻIo naʻa mo kimoutolu ʻe tupu mei ai ha kau tangata ʻoku leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻalu kehe, ke tohoakiʻaki ʻa e kau ako ke muimui kiate kinautolu.”
ʻOku fokotuʻu ʻe he tokotaha misí ha ngaahi tōʻonga fakamālohi? ʻI he Sēmisi 3:17, 18 ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ai ia: “Ka ko e poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga, ko hono anga tuʻu muʻa ko e maʻa, pea hoko ai mo ʻene melino mo ʻene anga fakaʻatūʻi, ʻo taka fakaoleole, ʻo mohu manavaʻofa, pea fuhi ai ʻa e fua lelei, pea ʻoku ʻikai ngutungutuua, ʻoku ʻikai momoleʻolunga. Pea ko eni, ko e fua ko e maʻoniʻoni, ko hono to ʻoku fai ʻi he melino ʻe kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu melino.” ʻOkú ne kumi ki ha tuʻunga mafai fakapolitikale pe taki ʻi he māmaní? ʻOku talatalaakiʻi mamafa ia ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko ia ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻoku loto ke takaua mo mamani ko e fakafili ia ki he ʻOtua.” Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakaeʻa ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e meʻa ʻoku loí.—Sēmisi 4:4.
Kapau ʻoku misi ha taha ʻo kau ki he mate ʻa ha mēmipa ʻi he fāmilí pe ko ha kaumeʻa, mahalo pē ʻoku hoko iá koeʻuhi he naʻá ne hohaʻa ʻo kau ki he tokotaha ko ʻení. Ko e mate nai ʻa e tokotaha ko iá ʻi he pō tonu pē ko ia naʻe fai ai ʻa e misí ʻoku ʻikai fakamoʻoniʻi ia ai naʻe fakaekikite ʻa e misí. He ko e misi kotoa ʻi he kalasi ko ʻení ʻoku hoko ʻo hā ko e moʻoní, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e laui teau ia ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni.
Neongo naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi misi ʻi he kuohilí ke fakahā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko fakaekikité mo tokonaki ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino lolotonga ia hono hiki ʻa ʻene Folofola tohí, ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemaʻu ia ke ne fai pehē ʻi he ʻahó ni. Ko e Folofola tohi ko iá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fakahinohino kotoa mei he ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he taimi ní, pea ko ʻene ngaahi kikité ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko lahi hake ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha afe ki he kahaʻú. (2 Tīmote 3:16, 17) Ko ia ʻoku lava ke tau falala pau ko ʻetau ngaahi misí ʻoku ʻikai ko e fakahaaʻi mai ia mei he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú, ka ko e ngaahi ngāue tefito ia ʻa e foʻi ʻutó ki hono tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga moʻui lelei ʻo hotau ʻatamaí.
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Hangē pē ko hono fakahā ʻi he misi ʻa Feló ʻa e meʻa ʻe hokó, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e fakamaama ki hotau kahaʻú