Ko e Ngaahi Tāpuaki ʻo e Ngāue Fakafaifekau Tāimuʻá
“Ko e tapuaki ʻa Sihova, ko ia ia ʻoku fakakoloa: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻatu mo ia ha mamahi.”—PALOVEPI 10:22.
1, 2. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he tāimuʻa ʻe taha ʻa e ʻene ngaahi ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga ai ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ke hokosia kakato ange ʻa e fiefia ʻi he ngaohi-ākongá?
“ʻE LAVA ke toe ʻi ai ha fiefia ʻe lahi ange ʻi he sio ki ha taha naʻá ke ako mo ia ʻoku hoko ko ha tokotaha fakahīkihikiʻi longomoʻui ʻo Sihova? ʻOku fakafiefia mo fakatuimālohi ke sio ki he anga ʻo e mālohi ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene ueʻi ʻa e kakaí ke fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu ʻi heʻenau moʻuí koeʻuhi ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova.” Ko e tohi ia ʻa ha tāimuʻa mei Kānata ʻa ia kuo ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ʻo laka hake he taʻu ʻe 32. Fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau tāimuʻá, ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻOku ʻikai lava ke u fakaʻuta atu au ki hano fai ha toe meʻa kehe. ʻOku ʻikai lava moʻoni ke u fakaʻuta atu au ki ha toe meʻa te ne ʻomai ʻa e fiefia tatau.”
2 ʻOkú ke loto-tatau ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi he kau ki hono tokoniʻi ha taha ʻi he hala ki he moʻuí? Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau tāimuʻá pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau aʻusia ʻa e fiefia peheé. Ko e kotoa ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fekau ke ‘ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko e kau akó,’ pea ʻoku nau feinga ke fai ia. (Mātiu 28:19) Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ko e malava ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ke fakamoleki ʻa e ngaahi houa lahi ʻi he māhina taki taha ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, ʻoku nau faʻa ʻi ha tuʻunga ai ke aʻusia kakato ange ʻa e fiefia ʻi he ngaohi ākongá. Ka ʻoku ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi pale kehe ʻo e tāimuʻá. Talanoa mo e kau tāimuʻá, pea te nau tala atu ko e tāimuʻá ko ha founga fakaofo ia ke aʻusia ai ʻa e ‘tapuaki ʻa Sihová, ko ia ia ʻokú ne fakakoloa ha taha.’—Palovepi 10:22.
3. Ko e hā nai ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ʻi heʻetau hokohoko atu ʻa e tauhi kia Sihová?
3 Ki muí ni, naʻe kole ai ki he kau tāimuʻa mei he tapa kehekehe ʻo e māmaní ke fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kuo nau aʻusia ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató. Tau vakai angé ki he meʻa naʻa nau leaʻakí. Neongo ia, ʻoua ʻe loto-siʻi, kapau ʻoku fakangatangata ʻa hoʻo ngāué koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai ke moʻui lelei, taʻumotuʻa, pe ko ha ngaahi tuʻunga kehe. Manatuʻi, ko e meʻa mahuʻingá ko e tauhi ʻaufuatō kia Sihova, ko e hā pē ʻa e malavá. Ka neongo ia, ʻi he fanongo ki he fakamatala ʻa e kau tāimuʻa ʻe niʻihi, ʻe tupulekina nai ai ʻa hoʻo mahuʻingaʻia ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngāue fakapaleʻi ko ʻení kapau ʻe ala lava.
Ongoʻi Loloto ʻo e Fiemālie mo e Fiefia
4, 5. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku hoko ai ko ha meʻa fakafiemālie ʻa hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e kau tāimuʻá fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató?
4 “ʻOku te monuʻia lahi ʻi he fai ha foaki atu, ʻi heʻete maʻu ha foaki mai,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú. (Ngāue 20:35) ʻIo, ko e foaki taʻesiokitá ʻoku ʻi ai hono ngaahi pale tonu. (Palovepi 11:25) ʻOku tautefito ʻa e moʻoni ʻo ʻení ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ke vahevahe atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko e moʻoni, ko e hā ha toe meʻaʻofa lahi ange ʻe lava ke tau foaki ki ha kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi hono tokoniʻi ia ke maʻu ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku taki atu ki he moʻui taʻengatá?—Sione 17:3.
5 ʻOku ʻikai fakaʻohovale, ʻa e faʻa fakamatala ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku kau taimi-kakato ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú ki he fiefia mo e ongoʻi loloto ʻo e fiemālie ʻoku nau maʻu mei heʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú. “ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha toe ngāue kehe naʻá ne mei malava ke ʻomai kiate au ʻa e fiemālie ko ia kuo hoko mai ʻi hono vahevahe atu ʻa e moʻoní ki he niʻihi kehé,” ko e lea ia ʻa ha tāimuʻa taʻu 64 mei Pilitānia. Naʻe fakamatala ha uitou mei Sāie ki hono ʻuhinga kiate ia ʻo e tāimuʻá: “Ko e ngāue tāimuʻá ko ha fakafiemālie moʻoni ia kiate au ʻi he hili ʻa e mole ʻo hoku husepāniti ʻofaʻangá. Ko e lahi ange ʻo ʻeku ʻalu ʻi he ngāué ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé, ko e siʻi ange ia ʻo ʻeku ongoʻi ʻa e mole fakamamahí. ʻOku ou hilifaki ʻeku tuí ʻi he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa Sihová pea māʻunga fakakaukau ki he founga ʻe lava ke u tokoniʻiʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ou ako mo iá ke fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e ʻaho taki taha ʻoku ifo ʻeku mohé, pea fonu ʻi he fiefia ʻa hoku lotó.”
6. Ko e hā ʻa e fiefia makehe kuo aʻusia ʻe he kau tāimuʻa ʻe niʻihi?
6 Kuo maʻu ʻa e fiefia makehe ʻe he niʻihi kuo nau tāimuʻa ʻi he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu lahi ʻi he ngāue he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻó, ʻi hono fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga, ʻa ia ʻoku faifai atu pē ʻene tupú ʻo hoko ko e ngaahi sēketi. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi Abashiri, Hokkaido (ko e motu tokelau mamaʻo taha ʻo Siapaní), ʻoku ʻi ai ha tuofefine kuo tāimuʻa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 33. ʻOku ake ʻene manatú ki heʻene ʻuluaki fakataha fakafeituʻú—ki he kotoa ʻo Hokkaido—naʻe haʻu ki ai ʻa e toko 70 pē. Pea ʻi he taimi ní? ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e sēketi ʻe 12 ʻi he motu ko iá, fakataha mo ha kau malanga ʻoku laka hake he 12,000 fakakātoa. Fakaʻuta atu angé ki he fonu mahuohua ʻa hono lotó ʻi he fiefia ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻasemipilií mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahí fakataha mo e fuʻu tokolahi ʻo e kaungā fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi he motu ko iá!
7, 8. Ko e hā ʻa e fiefia kuo aʻusia ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau tāimuʻa taimi fuoloá?
7 Kuo maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻa e kau tāimuʻa taimi fuoloa kehe, ʻi he sio ki he papitaiso ʻa e kau ako Tohitapú pea kakapa atu leva ki he ngaahi monū lahi ange ʻo e ngāué. ʻI Siapani ko ha tuofefine ʻa ia naʻe ngāue ʻi ha vāhenga-ngāue tāimuʻa kehekehe ʻe hiva talu mei he 1957 ʻoku ake ʻene manatú ki heʻene tuku ha makasini Awake! ki ha finemui naʻe ngāue ʻi ha pangikē. ʻI he māhina pē ʻe hiva, naʻe papitaiso ʻa e finemuí. Ki mui ai naʻá ne mali, pea ko ia mo hono husepānití naʻá na hoko ko e ongo tāimuʻa makehe. Ko ha fiefia ē naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e tuofefine tāimuʻá, ʻi heʻene vāhenga-ngāue hono tolú, naʻe ʻaʻahi atu ai ki heʻene fakatahaʻangá ʻa e ʻovasia fakafeituʻu foʻoú mo hono uaifí—ko ʻene tokotaha ako Tohitapu ia ki muʻá!
8 ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo he ko e faʻahinga ko ia kuo nau ʻai ko ʻenau ngāué ia ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau tāimuʻá ʻoku nau vakai ki ai “ko ha monū mahuʻinga ia ke koloaʻaki,” ʻo hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ia ʻe ha tāimuʻa ʻe taha ʻi he taʻu ʻe 22!
Fakamoʻoni ʻo e Tokanga ʻa Sihová
9. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha-Tokonaki Lahí, ko e hā ʻoku talaʻofaʻaki ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kau sevānití, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e meʻá ni kiate kitautolú?
9 Ko Sihova, ʻa e Tokotaha-Tokonaki Lahí, ʻokú ne talaʻofa ke poupouʻi ʻa ʻene kau sevānití, ʻo tokangaʻi kinautolu fakalaumālie mo fakamatelie. Naʻe lava lelei ke pehē ʻe Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “Naʻa ku talavou, pea kuo u motuʻa ni: ka kuo teʻeki te u mamata ki ha maʻoniʻoni kuo liʻaki, pe ko hono hako ʻoku nofo ke kole meʻakai.” (Sāme 37:25) Ko e moʻoni, ko e fakapapauʻiʻanga fakaʻotua ko ʻení ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻai ʻe ia ha kalofanga kiate kitautolu mei he ngafa ke tokonaki fakamatelie ki hotau ngaahi fāmilí, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻomai ʻe ia kiate kitautolu ha tauʻatāina ke fakafalala ki he loto-fiefoaki ʻa hotau ngaahi tokoua Kalisitiané. (1 Tesalonaika 4:11, 12; 1 Timote 5:8) Ka, ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau loto-lelei ai ke fai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻi heʻetau moʻuí koeʻuhi ke tauhi kakato ange ʻa Sihová, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne liʻaki kitautolu.—Mātiu 6:33.
10, 11. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau tāimuʻa tokolahi mei heʻenau taukeí, fekauʻaki mo e malava ʻa Sihova ke tokonaki maí?
10 ʻOku ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau tāimuʻa ʻi māmani lahí mei he meʻa kuo nau aʻusiá ʻoku tokonaki ʻa Sihova maʻa kinautolu ko ia ʻoku nau tuku atu kinautolu tonu ki hono ongo nima tokangá. Fakakaukau angé ki he meʻa fekauʻaki mo ha ongo mātuʻa tāimuʻa ʻa ia naʻá na hiki ki ha kiʻi kolo siʻisiʻi naʻe lahi ange ai ʻa hono fiemaʻu ʻo e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá. Hili pē ha ngaahi māhina siʻi, naʻe hoko ʻo tātelau pē ʻa e ngāue fakaemāmaní, pea naʻe ʻosi ʻena paʻangá. Pea naʻá na maʻu ha pila maluʻi-kā ko e US$81. “Naʻe ʻikai ha toe founga naʻe lava ke ma totongi ai ia,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e tokouá. “Naʻá ma mātuʻaki lotu lahi ʻi he pō ko iá.” ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, naʻá na maʻu ai ha kaati mei ha fāmili ʻa ia ko kinautolu tonu naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia fakapaʻanga. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he fāmilí ha paʻanga tukuhau totongi fakafoki, ko e fakamatala ia ʻi he kātí, pea koeʻuhi he naʻe lahi ange ia ʻi he meʻa naʻa nau ʻamanekiná, naʻa nau loto ke vahevahe mo e ongo mātuʻa tāimuʻá ha konga ʻo ia. Naʻe mono mai ai ha sieke ko e US$81! “ʻE ʻikai teitei ngalo ʻiate au ʻa e ʻaho ko iá—naʻe toʻoa ʻaupito ai hoku lotó!” ko e lau ia ʻa e tokoua tāimuʻá. “Naʻá ma houngaʻia lahi ʻi he loto-fiefoaki ʻa e fāmili ko ʻení.” ʻOku houngaʻia foki mo Sihova ʻi he anga-ʻofa peheé, ʻa ia ko e fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e laumālie loto-fiefoaki ʻokú ne fakaʻaiʻai ki heʻene kau sevānití.—Palovepi 19:17; Hepelu 13:16.
11 ʻOku lava ke fakamatala ʻa e kau tāimuʻa tokolahi ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hokosia meimei tatau. ʻEke kiate kinautolu, pea te nau tala atu kuo teʻeki ai ʻaupito ke “liʻaki fakaʻaufuli” kinautolu. ʻI he sio atu ki he ngaahi taʻu laka hake he 55 ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató, ʻoku pehē ʻe ha tāimuʻa taʻu 72, “Kuo ʻikai teitei liʻaki au ʻe Sihova.”—Hepelu 13:5, 6.
“Ko ha Founga Lelei ʻAupito ke Hoko ʻo Ofi Ange Ai kia Sihová”
12. Ko e hā ko ha monū mahuʻinga ai ʻa e ngāue fekauʻaki mo hono fanongonongo ʻo e ongoongo leleí?
12 Ko e kole ko ia ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolu ke fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo hono Puleʻangá ʻoku ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ha monū. ʻOkú ne vakai mai kiate kitautolu—neongo ko e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa kitautolu ʻo e tangatá—ko hono “kaungāngaue” ʻi he ngāue fakahaofi-moʻui ko ʻení. (1 Kolinito 3:9; 1 Timote 4:16) ʻI heʻetau malanga ki he niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻi heʻetau fanongonongo ʻa e ngataʻanga ki he fulikivanú, ʻi heʻetau fakamatala ki he kakaí ʻa ʻene ʻofa fisifisimuʻa ʻi hono tokonaki ʻo ha huhuʻí, ʻi heʻetau fakaava ʻa ʻene Folofola moʻuí ʻo akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻi lotó ki he kakai loto-totonú, ʻoku fakaenatula pē ʻene tohoaki ofi ange ai kitautolu ki hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu, ko Sihová.—Sāme 145:11; Sione 3:16; Hepelu 4:12.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e lau ʻa e niʻihi fekauʻaki mo e ola lelei ʻo ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekau tāimuʻá ʻi honau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová?
13 ʻOku malava ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ke fakamoleki ʻa e taimi lahi ʻi he māhina taki taha ʻi he ako ʻo ʻilo mo akoʻaki fekauʻaki mo Sihová. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻenau ongoʻi ʻoku kaunga ʻa e meʻá ni ki honau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá? “Ko e tāimuʻá ko ha founga lelei ʻaupito ia ke ʻunuʻunu ʻo ofi ange ai kia Sihová,” ko e tali ia ʻa ha tokotaha mātuʻa ʻi Falanisē kuó ne tāimuʻa ʻo laka hake he taʻu ʻe hongofulu. Ko e tāimuʻa ʻe taha ʻi he fonua ko iá, ʻa ia kuó ne fakamoleki ʻa e taʻu ʻe 18 ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató, ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻOku fakaʻatā kitautolu ʻe he ngāue tāimuʻá ke ‘ʻahiʻahiʻi pea sio ʻoku lelei ʻa Sihova,’ ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho ʻokú ne fakatupunga ha vahaʻangatae mālohi ange mo hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú.” (Sāme 34:8, NW) ʻOku ongoʻi ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau ʻe ha tuofefine ʻi Pilitānia ʻa ia kuó ne tāimuʻa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 30. “ʻI he pau ke ʻunuʻunu ki he laumālie ʻo Sihová ki ha tataki ʻi heʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻokú ne ʻomai au ke u ofi ange ai kiate ia,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Kuó u ongoʻi moʻoni ko e laumālie ia ʻo Sihová ʻi he taimi lahi naʻá ne tataki au ki ha ʻapi tefito ʻi he taimi totonu.”—Fakafehoanaki mo Ngāue 16:6-10.
14. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono maʻu ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ʻa e ʻaonga mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho ke akoʻiʻaki ʻa e niʻihi kehé?
14 ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he kau tāimuʻa tokolahi ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú ke ne fakamatalaʻi mo akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni Fakatohitapú ʻokú ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ke tupulekina ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakamatala ha tokoua taʻu 85 ʻi Sipeini ʻa ia kuó ne tāimuʻa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 31: “Kuo tokoniʻi au ʻe he tāimuʻá ke maʻu ha ʻilo loloto ʻo e Tohitapú, ko ha ʻilo kuó u ngāueʻaki ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi ke ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihova mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá.” ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tuofefine mei Pilitānia kuó ne tāimuʻa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 23: “Kuo tokoniʻi au ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ke fakatupulekina ha holi lahi ki he meʻakai fakalaumālié.” Ko hono fakamatalaʻi ki he niʻihi kehé ʻa e ‘ʻuhinga ʻo e ʻamanaki ʻokú ke maʻú’ ʻe lava ke ne fakamālohiʻi ʻa hoʻo tuipau tonu fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi tui ʻokú ke puke ki aí. (1 Pita 3:15) ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tāimuʻa mei ʻAositelēlia: “ʻOku fakaleleiʻi ʻe he tāimuʻá ʻa ʻeku tuí ʻi heʻeku fakamatalaʻi au ki he niʻihi kehé.”
15. Ko e hā kuo loto-lelei ʻa e tokolahi ke faí koeʻuhi ke hū ʻo nofo maʻu ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau tāimuʻá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
15 ʻOku hā mahino, ko e kau faifekau tāimuʻa ko ʻení ʻoku nau tuipau kuo nau fili ha founga ngāue ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki taʻefaʻalaua meia Sihova. ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he loto-lelei ʻa e tokolahi ke fai ʻa e ngaahi feʻunuʻaki ʻi heʻenau moʻuí, naʻa mo hono tuku ange ha ngāue fakaemāmani mo e ngaahi koloa fakamatelie, kae hū ki he ngāue tāimuʻá ʻo nofo maʻu ʻi ai!—Palovepi 28:20.
ʻOku Fakaʻamu Ho Lotó ke Fai ʻo Lahi Ange?
16, 17. (a) Kapau ʻokú ke fifili pe ʻe ala lava ke ke tāimuʻa, ko e hā nai te ke faí? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e niʻihi ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai malava ai ke nau tāimuʻá?
16 Hili ʻa e fakakaukau ki he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekau tāimuʻá, mahalo pē ʻokú ke fifili pe ʻoku lelei kiate koe ʻa e tāimuʻá. Kapau ʻoku pehē, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te ke talanoa ai ki ha tāimuʻa ʻa ia kuó ne lavameʻa ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató? Te ke ʻilo nai ʻoku ʻaonga ke talanoa ki ha taha ʻo e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, ko ha taha ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi koe—ho tuʻunga moʻui leleí, ho ngātangá, mo ho ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí. (Palovepi 15:22) Ko e ngaahi fakamatala moʻoni ʻa e niʻihi kehé te ne tokoniʻi nai koe ke fakafuofuaʻi fakalelei pe ʻe ala lava ke ke tāimuʻa. (Fakafehoanaki mo Luke 14:28.) Kapau ʻoku malava ke ke tāimuʻa, ko e moʻoni ʻe lahi ho ngaahi tāpuakí.—Malakai 3:10.
17 Fēfē leva ʻa e kau malanga anga-tonu tokolahi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻa ē ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻi ha tuʻunga ke tāimuʻá, neongo ʻoku nau hoholi nai ke fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú? Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau angé ki he ongoʻi ʻa e tuofefine Kalisitiane ʻe taha ʻa ia ʻoku feinga mālohi ke ʻohake ʻiate ia pē ʻa ʻene fānau ʻe toko fā. “ʻOku ou ongoʻi loto-mamahi,” ko ʻene leá ia, “koeʻuhi he naʻá ku tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu, ka ʻi he taimi ní, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku ou ʻi aí, ʻoku ʻikai te u lava ʻo ʻalu ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻo lahi tatau mo ia naʻá ku anga ki aí.” ʻOku ʻofa lahi ʻa e tuofefine ko ʻení ʻi heʻene fānaú ʻo loto ke tokonaki maʻa kinautolu. ʻI he taimi tatau, ʻokú ne fakaʻamu ke fai ʻo lahi ange ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. “ʻOku ou ʻofa ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia. ʻOku kau ʻi he ongo meimei tatau ʻa e kau Kalisitiane līʻoa kehe ʻa ia ko ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻokú ne ueʻi kinautolu ke nau fie tauhi ʻa Sihova ‘ʻaki honau lotó kotoa.’—Sāme 86:12.
18. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻamanekina ʻe Sihova meiate kitautolú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua te tau loto-siʻi kapau ʻoku fakangatangata ʻi hotau ngaahi tuʻungá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau malava ke faí?
18 Manatuʻi ko e meʻa ʻoku ʻamanekina ʻe Sihova meiate kitautolú ko e ngāue ʻaufuatō. Ko hono lahi ʻo e meʻa ko ʻení ʻe kehekehe nai ia mei he soulu ki he soulu. ʻOku malava ʻa e niʻihi ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa ʻenau ngaahi meʻá koeʻuhi pē ke ngāue ko e kau tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu. ʻOku hū ʻa e niʻihi kehe tokolahi ʻo hoko ko e kau tāimuʻa tokoni ʻi he taimi ki he taimi pe ʻi ha tuʻunga hokohoko, ʻo fakamoleki ʻa e houa ʻe 60 ʻi he māhina taki taha ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Kae kehe, ko e fuʻu tokolahi ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku nau līʻoa kinautolu ki he ngāue fakamalangá mo e fakafaiakó ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau malanga ʻaufuatō ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Ko ia kapau ʻoku fakangatangata moʻoni koe ʻe he mahamahakí, taʻumotuʻá, ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí, pe ngaahi tuʻunga kehe, ʻoua ʻe loto-siʻi. ʻOku mahuʻinga hoʻo ngāué ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá, kehe pē ʻokú ke ʻoatu ʻa hoʻo lelei tahá, ʻo hangē ko ia ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató!
ʻOku Malava Kotoa ke Fakahāhā ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e Tāimuʻá
19. Ko e hā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá?
19 Neongo ʻe ʻikai te ke malava nai ke hū ʻo hoko ko ha tāimuʻa, ʻoku malava pē ke ke fakahāhā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá. Ko e hā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá? Naʻe fakamatala ʻi he tatau ʻo ʻEtau Ngāue Fakafaifekau ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻo Siulai 1988: “ʻE lava ke fakaʻuhingaʻi ko e maʻu ʻo ha fakakaukau pau ki he fekau ke malanga mo ngaohi akonga, ke fakatapui ke fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa mo e ʻaʻafa [tokanga] fekauʻaki mo e kakai, ke feilaulauʻi fakaekita, maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he muimui ofi ʻi he ʻEiki, pea fiefia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumalie, ʻikai ko e fakamatelie.” ʻE lava fēfē ke ke fakahāhā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá?
20. ʻOku lava fēfē ke fakahāhā ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá?
20 Kapau ko ha mātuʻa koe mo haʻo fānau iiki, ʻoku lava ke ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻaufuatō kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tāimuʻá. Ko hoʻo fakakaukau pau ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú te ne ʻai nai ke maongo kiate kinautolu ʻa e fiemaʻu ke ʻai ʻa e ngāue ʻa Sihová ko e meʻa mahuʻinga taha ia ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. Te ke fakaafeʻi nai ʻa e kau tāimuʻá mo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí mo honau ngaahi uaifí ki ho ʻapí koeʻuhi ke maʻu ʻe hoʻo fānaú ʻa e ʻaonga mei he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e faʻahinga ko ē kuo nau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató. (Fakafehoanaki mo Hepelu 13:7.) Naʻa mo e ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi ʻoku mavahevahe fakalotú, ko e ngaahi mātuʻa tuí, ʻi he lea mo e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga, ʻoku lava ke nau tokoniʻi ʻenau fānaú ke nau ʻai ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ko ha taumuʻa ia ki he moʻuí.—2 Timote 1:5; 3:15.
21. (a) ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau ʻoatu kotoa ʻa e poupou ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tāimuʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke fai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻaki ʻa e kau tāimuʻá?
21 ʻI he fakatahaʻangá, ʻoku tau lava kotoa ke fai ʻa e poupou ʻaufuatō ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau malava ke tāimuʻá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe lava ke ke fai ha feinga makehe ke ngāue mo ha tāimuʻa ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, tautefito ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻoku ngāue tokotaha nai ai ʻa e tokotaha tāimuʻá? Te ke ʻiloʻi lelei nai ai ʻe ʻi ai ha “fetokoniʻaki.” (Loma 1:11, 12) Kapau ko ha tokotaha mātuʻa koe, ʻe malava ke ke fai naʻa mo e meʻa lahi ange ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau tāimuʻá. ʻI he taimi ʻoku fakataha ai ʻa e kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá, ʻoku totonu ke nau fakakaukau maʻu pē ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e kau tāimuʻá. ʻI he taimi ʻoku loto-siʻi ai ha tāimuʻa pe ʻokú ne hokosia ha ngaahi faingataʻa, ʻoua ʻe fakavave ke tala ange ʻoku taau ke ʻoua te ne toe hoko atu ʻi he tāimuʻá. Lolotonga ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ha fakamatala pehē ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, ʻoua naʻa ngalo ko e tāimuʻá ko ha monū maʻongoʻonga ia ʻe lava ke tukulotoa loloto ʻe he kau sevāniti taimi-kakató. Ko ha kiʻi fakalototoʻa mo ha faleʻi ʻaonga pe tokoni ko e meʻa kotoa nai ia ʻoku fiemaʻú. ʻOku tohi ʻa e ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻa e Sōsaietí ʻi Sipeiní: “ʻI he taimi ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e tāimuʻá, ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea tokangaʻi maʻu pē kinautolú, ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ʻa e fiefia lahi ange, ongoʻi ʻaonga, pea loto ke hokohoko atu neongo ha ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻe tupu hake nai.”
22. ʻI he taimi faingataʻa ko ʻeni ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke faí?
22 ʻOku tau moʻui ʻi ha taimi faingataʻa ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Kuo ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ha ngāue fakahaofi moʻui ke fakahoko. (Loma 10:13, 14) Tatau ai pē pe ʻoku lava ke tau kau ʻi he ngāue ko ʻení ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tāimuʻa taimi-kakato pe ʻikai, tau fakahāhā muʻa ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá. Tuku ke tau maʻu ha ongoʻi ʻo e fakavavevave mo ha laumālie ʻo e feilaulauʻi-kita. Tau fakapapauʻi ke ʻoange kia Sihova ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne kole mai kiate kitautolú—ko e ngāue ʻaufuatō. Pea ke tau manatuʻi ʻi he taimi ko ia ʻoku tau foaki atu ai ʻa e kotoa ʻoku lava ke tau foakí, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tatau mo e ongo kiʻi foʻi koini ʻa e uitoú pe lolo mahuʻinga ʻa Melé, ʻoku ʻaufuatō ʻetau ngāué, pea ʻoku tukulotoa ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻetau ngāue ʻaufuatoó!
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ʻa e ongoʻi fiemālie mo fiefiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau tāimuʻa tokolahi mei he taukeí, fekauʻaki mo e malava ʻa Sihova ke tokangaʻi ʻa ʻene kau sevānití?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ola lelei ʻoku ongoʻi ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ʻi heʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú fekauʻaki mo honau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová?
◻ ʻOku lava fēfē ke ke fakahāhā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tāimuʻá?
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ʻOku maʻu ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ʻa e fiefia lahi mei he ngaohi-ākongá
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ʻOku lava ke maʻu ʻe hoʻo fānaú ʻa e ʻaonga mei he feohi mo e kau fanongonongo taimi-kakato ʻo e Puleʻangá
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ʻOku lava ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá