ʻIkai ha Melino Maʻá e Kau Talafekau Loí!
“Ko e kau taʻefai totonu ʻe tuʻusi ia . . . Ka ʻe maʻu ʻa e fonua ʻe he faʻa kataki; pea te nau fefiefiaʻi ʻi he melino lahi.”—SĀME 37:9, 11.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau ʻamanekina ʻe ʻilo ʻa e kau talafekau, moʻoni mo loí fakatouʻosi, ʻi he “taimi fakamui”?
KAU TALAFEKAU—moʻoni pe loi? Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ongo kalasí fakatouʻosi ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohitapú. Kae fēfē hotau taimí? ʻI he Taniela 12:9, 10, ʻoku tau lau ai naʻe tala ʻe ha talafekau fakahēvani ki he palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Kuo tapuni mo silaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi fakamui. Ko e tokolahi te nau fakamaʻa kinautolu, mo fakahinehina, mo nau sivi ke aʻu; ka ʻe fai angahala ʻa e kau angahala; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻuhinga ki ha taha ʻo e kau angahala, ka ko e kau fakapotopoto ʻe ʻuhinga ki ai.” ʻOku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he “taimi fakamui” ko iá. ʻOku tau sio ʻi ha faikehekehe mahino ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e “kau angahala” mo e “kau fakapotopoto”? ʻOku pau ʻoku pehē!
2. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e Aisea 57:20, 21?
2 ʻI he vahe 57, veesi 20 mo e 21, ʻoku tau lau ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻAiseá: “Ko e kau angahala ʻoku hange ko e tahi hou: he ʻoku ʻikai ke manonga, pea ʻoku taʻaki hake ʻe hono ngaahi peau ʻa e kele mo e pela. ʻOku ʻikai ha fiemalie ki he kau angahala—ko e folofola ia ʻa hoku ʻOtua.” He feʻungamālie ē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ngaahi leá ni ʻa e māmani ko ʻení ʻi heʻene fakaofiofi atu ki he senituli hono 21! ʻOku aʻu ʻo ʻeke ʻe he niʻihi, ‘Te tau aʻu koā ki he senituli ko iá?’ Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe talamai kiate kitautolu ʻe he kau talafekau fakapotopotó?
3. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e faikehekehe ʻoku maʻu ʻi he 1 Sione 5:19? (e) ʻOku fakamatalaʻi fēfē ʻa e “kau fakapotopoto” ʻi he Fakahā vahe 7?
3 Naʻe maʻu ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Sioné ʻa e fakapotopoto naʻe fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua. ʻI he 1 Sione 5:19, ʻoku fakamatala ai: “ʻOku tau lāuʻilo ko e tupu mei he ʻOtua ʻa kitautolu, pea ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili.” ʻI he faikehekehe mo e māmani ko ʻení ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e toko 144,000 ko e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālie, ʻa ia ko e toenga kuo hoholo ʻo motuʻa ʻo kinautolú ʻoku nau kei ʻi heni mo kitautolu. ʻOku kau atu ki he faʻahingá ni ʻi he ʻahó ni ha “fuʻu kakai lahi . . . mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea,” ʻa ia ʻoku lahi hake honau tokolahí ʻi he taimí ni he nima milioná, ʻoku nau toe maʻu foki ʻa e fakapotopotó. “Ko eni ia ʻakinautolu ʻoku haʻu mei he mamahi lahi.” Pea ko e hā ʻoku fakapaleʻi ai kinautolú? Koeʻuhí he ko kinautolu foki “naʻa nau fō honau kofu, ʻo fakahinehina ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e Lami” ʻaki ʻenau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau talafekau ʻo e maamá, ko kinautolu foki “ʻoku nau tauhi [ki he ʻOtuá] ʻi hono temipale ʻi he ʻaho mo e po.”—Fakahā 7:4, 9, 14, 15.
ʻOku Taku ko e Kau Talafekau ʻo e Melinó
4. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakaiku ai pē ki he taʻemalava ʻa e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó ʻoku taku ʻi he māmani ʻo Sētané? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē hano ngāueʻaki ʻa e Efeso 4:18, 19 ʻi he ʻahó ni?
4 Kae fēfē leva, ʻa e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó ʻoku taku ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu fakaemāmani ʻa Sētané? ʻI he Aisea vahe 33, veesi 7, ʻoku tau lau: “Vakai, ko e kau loto fakalaione ʻoku nau tangi fakapō ʻi tuʻa: ʻoku tangi mamahi ʻakinautolu naʻe ʻalu ke alea melino [“kau talafekau ʻo e melinó,” NW].” He moʻoni ē ko e meʻá ni ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku nau felēleaki takai holo mei he kolomuʻa ʻe taha ʻo e māmaní ki he kolomuʻa ʻe taha ʻi he feinga ke ʻomai ʻa e melinó! He meʻa taʻeʻaonga ē! Ko e hā ʻoku pehē aí? Koeʻuhi ʻoku nau fai ʻa e meʻa ki he ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻo e ngaahi faingataʻaʻia ʻa e māmaní kae ʻikai fetakai mo e ngaahi tupuʻanga tefitó. ʻUluakí, ʻoku nau taʻeʻilo ki he ʻi ai ʻa Sētané, ʻa ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ko e “ʻotua ʻo e tuʻu ko eni.” (2 Kolinito 4:4) Kuo tō ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi tenga ʻo e fulikivanú ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, fakataha mo e ola ko e tokolahi tahá, kau ai ʻa e kau pule tokolahi, ʻoku feʻungamālie ʻi he taimí ni mo e fakamatala ʻi he Efeso 4:18, 19: “Kuo fakapoʻuli honau ʻatamai, kuo nau motu mei he moʻui ʻa e ʻOtua, ko e meʻa ʻi he vale ʻoku nofoʻia kinautolu, ko e meʻa ʻi he fakafefeka honau loto: ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ongonoa, pea nau liʻoa kinautolu ki he pauʻu, ke fai ʻa e angaʻuli kotoa pe ʻi he havala.”
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku taʻemalava ke hoko ai ko e kau fakamelino ʻa e ngaahi fakafofonga fakaetangatá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki fakafiemālie ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he Sāme 37?
5 ʻOku ʻikai malava ʻe ha fakafofonga ʻo e tangata taʻehaohaoá ʻo taʻaki fuʻu hake mei he loto ʻo e tangatá ʻa e mānumanú, ko e siokitá, mo e tāufehiʻá ʻa ē ʻoku hulu fau ʻi he ʻaho ní. Ko hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú pē, ʻa e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová, ʻoku lava ke ne fai iá! ʻIkai ngata ai, ko e kau anga-vaivaí pē, ko ha tokosiʻi pē ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku nau loto-lelei ke moʻulaloa ki heʻene tatakí. Ko e ikuʻanga ki he faʻahingá ni pea ki he kau faikovi ʻo e māmaní ʻoku fakafaikehekeheʻi ia ʻi he Sāme 37:9-11: “Ko e kau taʻe fai totonu ʻe tuʻusi ia: ka ko haʻa matatali kia Sihova ko kinautolu ʻe to ki ai ʻa e fonua. ʻIo ʻoku toe siʻi pea mole ʻa ia ʻoku faikovi . . . Ka ʻe maʻu ʻa e fonua ʻe he faʻa kataki; pea te nau fefiefiaʻi ʻi he melino lahi.”
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi lotu ʻo e māmaní ʻoku hā ai kuo nau taʻemalava ke ngāue ko e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó?
6 ʻE malava ʻi he taimí ni ke maʻu ʻa e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi lotu ʻa e māmani mahamahaki ko ʻení? Sai, ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni ʻo e lotú? ʻOku fakahā ʻe he hisitōliá kuo kau ʻa e lotú, ʻio, naʻa mo ʻene hoko ko e fakatupunga ʻo e lahi ʻa e lingi toto ʻi he ngaahi senitulí kotoa. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e līpooti ʻa e Christian Century ʻo e uike ʻo ʻAokosi 30, 1995, ki he maveuveu ʻi he muʻaki ʻIukosilāviá, naʻe pehē ai: “ʻI Sēpia ʻa ia ʻoku puleʻi ʻe Posiniá, ʻoku nofo ʻotu muʻa ʻa e kau pātelé ʻi he falealea faʻu pē ʻe kinautolu, pea ʻoku nau toe ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu faiʻanga taú, ʻa ia ʻoku nau tāpuakiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi kongakaú ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi nāunau taú ki muʻa ʻi he ngaahi feingataú.”
7 Kuo ʻikai ke ʻomai ha ola lelei ange, ʻi he senituli ko ia ʻo e ngāue fakamisinale ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻi Afiliká, hangē ko ia naʻe fakatātaaʻi lelei ʻi Luanitaá, ko ha fonua ʻoku taku ko e pēseti ʻe 80 ko e Katolika. Naʻe līpooti ʻi he The New York Times ʻo Siulai 7, 1995: “ʻOku palani ʻe he Golias, ko ha makasini tauʻatāina ʻa e kakai taʻemaʻu lakanga Katoliká ʻa ia ʻoku pulusi ʻi Lyons [Falanisē], ke tala hingoa ha toe kau pātele Luanitā ʻe toko 27 mo e kau tāupoʻou ʻe toko 4 ʻa ia ʻokú ne pehē naʻa nau tāmateʻi pe fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e ngaahi tāmate ʻi Luanitā he taʻu kuo ʻosí.” Ko e Ngaahi Totonu Faka-ʻAfiliká, ko ha kautaha ia ʻi Lonitoni maʻá e ngaahi totonu ʻa e tangatá, naʻá ne fai ʻa e fakamatalá ni: “ʻI he hulu atu ʻi heʻenau fakalongo peé, kuo pau ke fai ʻe he ngaahi siasí ha tali ki he kau longomoʻui atu ʻa e niʻihi ʻo hono kau pātelé, kau faifekaú mo e kau tāupoʻoú ʻi he tāmate fakamatakalí.” ʻOku tatau ʻa e meʻá ni mo e tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsilelí ʻi he taimi naʻe fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe he talafekau moʻoni ʻa Sihova ko Selemaiá ʻa e “ma” ʻa ʻIsileli, fakataha mo hono kau pulé, ko hono kau taulaʻeikí, mo hono kau palōfitá, ʻi heʻene tānaki atu: “Ko e ngaahi tapa ʻo ho kofu foki ʻoku ʻilonga ai ʻa e toto ʻo e ngaahi laumalie ʻo siʻi masiva taʻehalaia.”—Selemaia 2:26, 34.
8. Ko e hā nai naʻe pehē ai ko Selemaiá ko ha talafekau ia ʻo e melinó?
8 Kuo faʻa ui ʻa Selemaia ko ha palōfita ʻo e mala, ka ʻoku toe malava pē ke ui ia ko e talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he melinó. Naʻá ne toutou lave ki he melinó ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻe fai ki muʻa ʻiate ia ʻe ʻAiseá. Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa Selemaia ke ne fakahā ʻa e fakamaau ki Selusalemá, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Talu ʻa e taimi naʻa nau langa ia, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, mo e nofo mai ʻa e kolo ni ko e meʻa ke langa ai ʻeku ʻita mo hono kakaha; ko hono ʻalonga ai pe ko ʻeku hiki kinautolu mei he feʻao kovi mo au. Ko e ʻatunga ia ʻo e fuʻu kovi ʻa haʻa ʻIsileli mo haʻa Siuta, ʻa ia kuo nau fai ke fakaʻita ʻaki au, ʻe kinautolu, ʻa honau ngaahi tuʻi, ʻa honau houʻeiki, ʻa honau kau taulaʻeiki, mo honau kau palofita, mo e tangata Siuta fuape, mo e nofo Selusalema.” (Selemaia 32:31, 32) ʻOku tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihova ki he kau pule mo e haʻa faifekau ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní. Ke ikuna ʻa e melino moʻoní, kuo pau ke toʻo atu ʻa e kau fakatupunga ko ʻeni ʻo e koví mo e fakamālohí! ʻOku ʻikai moʻoni ko e kau talafekau kinautolu ʻo e melinó.
Ko e UN ko ha Fakamelino?
9. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e taukaveʻi ʻe he UN ko ha talafekau ia ʻo e melinó?
9 ʻE ʻikai nai lava ke hoko ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá ko ha talafekau ʻo e melinó? Koeʻuhi, ko e talateu ki hono tohi tuʻutuʻuní, naʻe tuku atu ia ʻi Sune 1945, ko e ʻaho pē ia ʻe 41 ki muʻa pea fakaʻauha ʻa Hiroshima ʻe he pomu ʻātomí, naʻe fakamatala ai ko ʻene taumuʻá: “ke fakahaofi ʻa e toʻutangata hono hokó mei he fakamamahi ʻo e taú.” Ko e kau mēmipa ʻamanaki hoko ʻe toko 50 ʻo e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá naʻe pau “ke fakafāʻūtahaʻi [honau] mālohí ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e melino mo e maluʻanga fakavahaʻapuleʻangá.” ʻI he ʻahó ni ʻoku maʻu ʻe he UN ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga mēmipa ʻe 185, ʻoku totonu kotoa ke nau fakatapui ki he tefitoʻi moʻoni tatau.
10, 11. (a) Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau taki lotú ʻenau poupouʻi ʻa e UN? (e) ʻI he founga fē kuo talahalaʻi ai ʻe he kau tuʻitapú ʻa e “Ongoongo Lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá”?
10 Tautefito ki he kau taki lotú, kuo nau fakahīkihikiʻi leʻo-lahi ʻa e UN, ʻi he ngaahi taʻú kotoa. ʻI ʻEpeleli 11, 1963, naʻe fakamoʻoni hingoa ai ʻa Tuʻitapu Sione XXIII ʻi heʻene tohi ki he siasí naʻe fakakaveinga ko e “Pacem in Terris” (Melino ki Māmani) ʻa ia naʻá ne fakamatala ai: “Ko ʻetau fakaʻamu fakamātoató ia ko e kautaha ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá—ʻi hono faʻungá pea ʻi heʻene ngaahi koloa talifakí—ʻe hoko ʻo toe lahi ange ke tuha mo e lahi mo e fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻo hono ngaahi fatongiá.” Ki mui ai, ʻi Sune 1965, naʻe kātoangaʻi ai ʻi San Francisco ʻe he kau taki lotu naʻe pehē ʻoku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e vaeua ʻo e tokolahi ʻo e māmaní, ʻa e taʻu 20 ʻo e UN. Pehē foki ʻi he 1965, ʻi ha ʻaʻahi ʻa Tuʻitapu Paulo VI ki he UN naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ia ko e “ʻamanaki fakaʻosi ki he loto-tahá mo e melinó.” ʻI he 1986, naʻe kau fakataha atu ʻa Tuʻitapu Sione Paulo II ʻi hono pouaki ʻa e Taʻu Fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ʻo e Melino ʻa e UN.
11 ʻI he lolotonga ʻo ʻene ʻaʻahi ʻi ʻOkatopa 1995, naʻe toe talaki ai ʻe he tuʻitapú: “ʻOku tau kātoangaʻi ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e Ongoongo Lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ka ko ia moʻoni ʻa e talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá? ʻI he lau ki he ngaahi palopalema ʻi he māmaní naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē: “ʻI heʻetau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi pole kāfakafa ko ʻení, ko e hā ka tau taʻemalava ai ke ʻilo ʻa e ngafa ʻo e Kautaha Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá?” Ko e fili ʻa e tuʻitapú ko e UN, kae ʻikai ko e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.
Ngaahi ʻUhinga ki he ‘Tangi Mamahí’
12, 13. (a) Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e ngāue ʻa e UN ʻi he founga naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Selemaia 6:14? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakakau ai ʻa e tuʻunga taki ʻi he UN ʻi he fakamatala ʻia Aisea 33:7?
12 Naʻe taʻemalava ke fakaeʻa ʻi he kātoanga ʻo e fakamanatu fakataʻu ʻo e taʻu 50 ʻo e UN ha ʻamanaki moʻoni ʻo ha “melino ki he māmaní.” Ko ha ʻuhinga ʻe taha naʻe fakamatalaʻi ia ʻe ha fatu tohi ʻi he The Toronto Star ʻo Kānatá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi: “Ko e U.N. ko ha laione taʻenifo, ʻa ia ʻoku ngungulu ʻi he taimi ʻoku fehangahangai ai mo e anga-fakamanu fakaetangatá, ka kuo pau ke ne tatali ki hono kau mēmipá ke nau fakatui hono nifo loí ki muʻa ka ne toki lava ʻo uʻú.” Kuo faʻa hoko ʻo fuʻu siʻisiʻi mo fuʻu tōmui ʻa e uʻu ko iá. Ko e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ʻo e māmaní, pea tautefito ki he faʻahinga ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, kuo nau fakaongo atu ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻia Selemaia 6:14 (NW): “Kuo nau naniviʻi ʻenau faitoʻo ʻa e maumau ʻo hoku kakai, heʻenau pehē, ‘ʻOku melino pē! ʻOku melino pē!’ ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai ha melino.”
13 Kuo ngāue mālohi ʻa e kau sēkelitali-seniale hokohoko ʻo e UN, ʻo ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻi he loto-totonu , ke ʻai ke lavameʻa ʻa e UN. Ka kuo taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki ki he lavameʻá ʻi he fekeʻikeʻi tuʻumaʻu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻo hono fakangatangata ʻo e taú, founga palaní, mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e paʻangá, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau mēmipa taumuʻa kehekehe ʻe 185. ʻI heʻene līpooti fakataʻu ki he 1995, naʻe tohi ʻa e sēkelitali-seniale ʻi he taimi ko iá ki he hōloa ʻa e “tailiili ki he fakaʻauha fakaniukilia ʻo e foʻi kolopé” ʻokú ne fakaʻatā ai ʻa e hala ki he “ngaahi puleʻangá ke ngāue fakataha ki he fakalakalaka fakaʻikonōmika mo fakasōsiale maʻá e kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.” Ka naʻá ne tānaki atu ki ai: “ʻOku fakamamahí, he ko e lēkooti ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he māmaní ʻi he ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuohilí kuó ne fakafehālaakiʻi lahi ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki lelei ko iá.” Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ‘tangi mamahi’ ʻa e kau taku ko e kau talafekau ʻo e melinó.
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ʻoku fakatou masiva fakapaʻanga mo fakaʻulungaanga ʻa e UN? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻo Selemaia 8:15?
14 Ko ha ʻuluʻi tohi ʻi he The Orange County Register ʻo Kalefōniá ʻoku pehē ai: “Ko e U.N. ʻOku Masiva Fakapaʻanga mo Fakaʻulungaanga.” Naʻe fakamatala ʻi he kupú, naʻe laka hake ʻi he tau ʻe 80, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e 1945 mo e 1990, ne toʻo ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻui lahi hake ʻi he 30 milioná. Naʻá ne lave ki ha fatu tohi ki he ʻīsiu ʻi he Reader’s Digest ʻo ʻOkatopa 1995 ʻa ē ʻokú ne “fakamatalaʻi ko e ngaahi ngāue fakakautau ʻa e U.N. ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ʻaki ia ʻa e ‘kau komanitā taʻetāu, kau sōtia taʻeakonekina, kaungākau mo e kau fakalanga taú, taʻemalava ke taʻofi ʻa e anga-fakalilifú pea ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku aʻu ʻo toe tokoni pē ia ki he fakalilifú.’ ʻIkai ngata aí, ‘ko e lahi ʻo e fakamolé, kākaá, mo e taʻefaitotonú ʻoku fuʻu hulu.’” ʻI ha konga naʻe fakakaveinga ko e “U.N. ʻi he 50,” naʻe fakakau ai ʻe he The New York Times ʻa e ʻuluʻi ongoongo ko e “Keina ʻe he Tuʻunga-Pulekoví mo e Fakamolé ʻa e Ngaahi Taumuʻa Lelei Taha ʻa e U.N.” Naʻe ʻuluʻitohi ʻaki ʻe ha kupu ʻi he The Times ʻo Lonitoní, ʻIngilani, ʻa e ngaahi leá ni “Ngāvaivai ʻi he Nimangofulú—ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he UN ha polokalama fakamālohisino ke toe foki ʻo sino mālohi ai.” Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku hangē ia ko e meʻa ʻoku tau lau ʻi he Selemaia vahe 8, veesi 15: “Naʻa tau ʻamanaki ki ha tuʻumalie [“melino,” NW], ka ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei; ki ha taimi faitoʻo, ka ta ko e fakalilifu e.” Pea ko e fakamanamana ʻo e fakaʻauha fakaniukiliá, ʻokú ne kei fakamanamanaʻi pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e UN ʻoku ʻikai ko e talafekau ia ʻo e melino ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
15. Kuo fakamoʻoniʻi fēfē ʻoku fakatou fakaefakaʻauha mo fakavaleʻi ʻatamai ʻa Pāpilone ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo hono hako fakalotú?
15 Ko e hā ʻe hoko ko e nunuʻa ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ko ʻení? ʻOku ʻikai ha toe fakaveiveiua ʻi he Folofola fakaekikite ʻa Sihová. Ko e ʻuluakí, ko e hā ʻoku tuʻu mei muʻa ki he ngaahi lotu loi ʻi he māmaní ʻa ia kuo nau faʻa fuʻu kaungāmeʻa mo e UN? Ko e hako kinautolu ʻo e tupuʻanga tauhi ʻaitoli ʻe taha, ko Pāpilone ʻo e kuonga muʻá. ʻOku feʻungamālie hono fakamatalaʻi kinautolu ʻi he Fakahā 17:5 ko “Fuʻu Papilone, ko e faʻe ʻa e kau feʻauaki mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ʻo māmani.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Selemaia ʻa e mala ʻo e kautaha tuifio mālualoi ko ʻení. ʻI he hangē ha feʻauakí, kuo nau fakataueleʻi ʻa e kau politiki ʻi he māmaní, fakahekehekeʻi ʻa e UN pea faʻu ʻa e ngaahi vahaʻangatae taʻefakalao mo e ngaahi mafai fakapolitikale ʻo hono kau mēmipá. Ko kinautolu kuo kau lahi taha ʻi he ngaahi tau ʻi he hisitōliá. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha tangata fai līpooti ʻe taha fekauʻaki mo e tau fakalotu ʻi ʻInitiá: “Naʻe lave ʻa Kala Mākisi ki he lotú ko e ʻopiamu ia ʻa e kakai tokolahi. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito lava ke fuʻu loko moʻoni ʻa e fakamatala ko iá koeʻuhi ko e ʻopiamú ko ha faitoʻo kona tapu fakatupu vaivai ia, ʻokú ne fakanongaʻi ʻo fakavaleʻi ʻa e ʻatamai ʻo e kakaí. ʻIkai, ko e lotú ʻoku mei hangē ange ia ko e faitoʻo kona tapu kōkeiní. ʻOkú ne tuku ange mai ʻa e fuʻu fakamālohi lahi pea ko ha fuʻu mālohi fakaefakaʻauha ia.” ʻOku ʻikai foki loko moʻoni mo e tangata fatu tohi ko iá. Ko e lotu loí ʻoku fakatou fakavale ʻatamai mo fakaefakaʻauha.
16. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke hola ai ʻa e kakai loto-totonú he taimí ni mei Pāpilone ko e Lahí? (Toe sio ki he Fakahā 18:4, 5.)
16 Ko e hā leva ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he kakai loto-totonú? ʻOku ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e talí ʻe he talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ko Selemaiá: “Mou hola mei he lotolotonga ʻo Papilone, pea fakahaofi taki taha ʻene moʻui; . . . he ko e taimi sauni ia ʻa Sihova.” Fiefia ē ko kitautolu he kuo hola ʻa e laui miliona mei he ngaahi pilīsone ʻo Pāpilone ko e Lahí, ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmaní. Ko ha taha koe ʻi he faʻahingá ni? Tā ʻoku lava leva ke mahino lelei kiate koe ʻa e founga ʻo hono uesia ʻe Pāpilone ko e Lahi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e māmaní: “Kuo inu ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga mei hono uaine; ʻAeā ʻoku valelau ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga.”—Selemaia 51:6, 7.
17. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamaau ʻoku teu fakahoko ki Pāpilone ko e Lahí, pea ko e hā ʻoku hoko mai ʻi he ngāue ko iá?
17 ʻOku vavé ni, ke tataki ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau mēmipa “valelau” ʻo e UN ke nau ʻohofi ʻa e lotu loí, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Fakahā 17:16: “Te nau fehiʻa ki he fefine feʻauaki, pea te nau ngaohi ia ko e liʻekina mo e telefua; pea te nau keina hono kakano, pea te nau tutu ia ʻaki ʻa e afi.” ʻE fakaʻilongaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e kamata ʻo e fuʻu mamahi lahí ʻa ia ʻoku lave ki ai ʻia Mātiu 24:21 pea ko hono tumutumú ē ʻe ʻi ʻĀmaketoné, ʻa e tau ʻo e ʻaho lahi ʻo e ʻOtua ko e Māfimafi-Aoniú. Hangē ko Pāpilone ʻi he kuonga muʻá, ʻe fetaulaki ʻa Pāpilone ko e Lahi mo e fakamaau naʻe fanongonongo ʻi he Selemaia 51:13, 25: “Siʻi nofo ki he ngaahi vai lahi, Mohu fokotuʻunga koloa, Kuo hoko mai ho ngataʻanga, Kuo ke aʻu ki he fua ʻo hoʻo faʻao koloa. ʻA e Moʻunga Fakaʻauha, ko au eni ko ho fili—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—ʻa koe ʻoku ke fakaʻauha ʻa mamani katoa: pea te u mafao atu hoku nima kiate koe, pea te u fakateka hifo koe mei he taukakapa, pea te u ngaohi koe ko e moʻunga ʻohua.” ʻE muimui ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga fakameleʻi, mo fakalanga taú ʻi he lotu loí ki he fakaʻauha ʻi he aʻu atu ko ia kiate kinautolu foki ʻa e ʻaho fai sāuni ʻo Sihová.
18. ʻI he taimi fē mo anga-fēfē hano toki fakahoko ʻo Aisea 48:22?
18 ʻI he 1 Tesalonaika 5:3, naʻe pehē ai fekauʻaki mo e fulikivanú: “Tokaange ha taimi ʻoku nau pehe, ʻOku tau lelei [“melino,” NW] mo tuʻumalie, fakafokifā ʻoku tuʻu mai ʻa mala, ʻo hange ko e langā ki he fefine feitama: pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te nau hao.” Ko e faʻahinga ʻeni naʻe lea ki ai ʻa ʻAiseá: “Vakai, . . . ʻoku tangi mamahi kinautolu naʻe ʻalu ke alea melino.” (Aisea 33:7) Ko e moʻoni, hangē ko ia ʻoku tau lau ʻi he Aisea 48:22, “ʻoku ʻikai ha fiemalie [“melino,” NW] ki he kau angahala—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova.” Ka ko e hā ʻa e kahaʻu ʻoku fakatatali ki he kau talafekau moʻoni ʻo e melino fakaʻotuá? ʻE talamai ia ʻi heʻetau kupu hono hokó.
Ngaahi Fehuʻi ki he Fakamanatú
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lea fefeka kuo fakaeʻa ʻaki ʻe he kau palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e kau talafekau loí?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku taʻemalava ai ʻa e ngaahi fakafofonga fakaetangatá ʻi he feinga ke ʻomai ʻa e melino tuʻuloá?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e faikehekehe ʻa e kau talafekau moʻoni ʻo e melinó mo e kau poupou ʻo e UN?
◻ Ko e hā kuo pau ke fai ʻe he anga-vaivaí koeʻuhi ke fiefia ʻi he melino kuo talaʻofa ʻe Sihová?
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“Ko hono kotoa ʻo e mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili.”—Ko e ʻaposetolo ia ko Sioné
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“Kuo fakapoʻuli honau ʻatamai.”—Ko e ʻaposetolo ia ko Paulá