ʻOku Malava Moʻoni ʻa e Moʻui Taʻengatá?
“Tangataʻeiki, ko e ha ha ngaue lelei ke u fai, kau maʻu ai ʻa e moʻui taʻengata?”—MĀTIU 19:16.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo hotau vahaʻa taimi nounou ʻo e moʻui fakaetangatá?
KO E tuʻi Pēsia ko Sease I, ʻoku ʻiloa he Tohitapú ko ʻEhasiveló, naʻá ne ʻaʻahi ʻa ʻene kau taú ki muʻa ʻi ha tau ʻi he taʻu 480 K.M. (Eseta 1:1, 2) Fakatatau ki he faihisitōlia Kalisi ko Helotōtasí, naʻe tutulu ʻa e tuʻí ʻi heʻene vakai atu ki heʻene kau tangatá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? “ʻOku fakalotomamahi kiate au,” ko e lea ia ʻa Seasé, “ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou fakakaukauloto atu ai ki he vahaʻa taimi nounou ʻo e moʻui ʻa e tangatá. He ko e kau tangatá ni kotoa, heʻikai ha taha ai ʻe moʻui ʻi ha taʻu ʻe teau mei he taimí ni.” Ko koe foki ngalingali kuó ke fakatokangaʻi ʻa e fakamamahi ʻa e nounou ʻo e moʻuí pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻe fie tupu ʻo motuʻa, hoko ʻo puke, pea mate. ʻOi, pehēange mai ʻe lava ke tau fiefia ʻi he moʻuí ʻi he moʻui lelei mo e fiefia fakatalavoú!—Siope 14:1, 2.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻoku maʻu ʻe he tokolahi, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
2 ʻOku mahuʻingá, naʻe tuʻuaki ʻi he The New York Times Magazine ʻo Sepitema 28, 1997, ʻa e kupu ko e “ʻOku Nau Loto ke Moʻui.” Naʻe lave ai ki ha tokotaha fekumi ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahā: “ʻOku ou tui moʻoni ʻe lava ke tau hoko ko e ʻuluaki toʻutangata ia ʻe moʻui taʻengatá”! Mahalo pē ʻokú ke tui mo koe foki ʻoku malava ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá. ʻOkú ke fakakaukau pehē nai koeʻuhi he ʻoku talaʻofa ʻa e Tohitapú ʻe lava ke tau moʻui taʻengata ʻi heni he māmaní. (Sāme 37:29; Fakahā 21:3, 4) Neongo ia, ʻoku tui ʻa e kakai ia ʻe niʻihi ʻoku malava ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá ʻi he ngaahi ʻuhinga kehe ia mei he meʻa ko ia ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tohitapú. ʻI he lāulea ki ha ongo ʻuhinga ʻi he ngaahi ʻuhingá ni te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke mahino ʻoku malava moʻoni ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá.
Faʻufaʻu ke Moʻui Taʻengata
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku tui ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku totonu ke tau malava ʻo moʻui taʻengatá? (e) Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Tēvita fekauʻaki mo hono faʻú?
3 Ko e ʻuhinga ʻe taha ʻoku tui ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻoku totonu ke malava ʻa e tangatá ʻo moʻui taʻengatá ʻoku kaunga ia ki he founga fakaofo ko ia naʻe ngaohi ai kitautolú. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku fakaemana moʻoni ʻa e anga ʻo hotau faʻu ʻi loto ʻi he manava ʻo ʻetau faʻeé. Naʻe tohi ʻe ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he taʻumotuʻá: “Hili hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi mana naʻá ne ʻave kitautolu mei he tuʻituʻiá ki he fanauʻí pea hoko leva ki he matuʻotuʻa ki he fehokotaki fakasinó mo e tuʻunga kakai lalahí, naʻe fili ʻa natula ke ʻoua ʻe fakakaukauʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe hā ngali hoko ko ha founga faingofua ange te ne tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi mana ko iá ʻo taʻengata.” ʻIo, ʻi he vakai ki hotau faʻunga fakaemaná, ʻoku kei tuʻu pē ʻa e fehuʻí, Ko e hā ʻoku pau ai ke tau maté?
4 ʻI he laui afeʻi taʻu kuo maliu atú naʻe fakalaulauloto ai ʻa e tokotaha-tohi Tohitapu ko Tēvitá ki he ngaahi mana tonu ko iá, neongo naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne sio moʻoni ki loto ki he manavá hangē ko ia ʻoku lava he ʻahó ni ʻe he kau faisaienisí. Naʻe fifili ʻa Tēvita fekauʻaki mo hono faʻu ʻoʻoná, ʻi he taimi, hangē ko ia naʻá ne tohi, naʻe ‘maluʻi ai ia ʻi he kete ʻo ʻene faʻeé.’ ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻá ne pehē, ‘naʻe ʻosi faʻu hono kofuuá.’ Naʻá ne toe fakamatala foki ki he faʻu ʻo hono “ngaahi huí” ʻi he taimi, naʻá ne pehē ai, “naʻe ngaohi fakafufū aú.” Naʻe lea leva ʻa Tēvita fekauʻaki mo “ʻene kei tamasiʻi ʻi manavá” pea fakatokangaʻi ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e tamasiʻi ko ia ʻi loto ʻi he manava ʻo ʻene faʻeé: “Ko e kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi kupú naʻe ʻosi tohi.”—Sāme 139:13-16, NW.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi mana ʻoku kau ʻi hotau faʻu ʻi manavá?
5 ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe ʻikai ha muʻaki fakamatalaʻi tohinima moʻoni ki he faʻu ʻo Tēvita ʻi loto he manava ʻo ʻene faʻeé. Ka ʻi he fakalaulauloto ʻa Tēvita ki hono ngaohi ʻo hono “kofuuá,” ko hono “ngaahi huí,” pea mo e ngaahi kupu kehe ʻo hono sinó, naʻe hangē ia kiate iá ko e hokohoko ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni naʻe fakatatau ia ki ha palani—ko e meʻa kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai, hangē ko iá, ʻo “ʻosi tohi.” Naʻe hangē ia ko e kiʻi sela kuo fua ʻi loto ʻi heʻene faʻeé naʻe ʻi ai haʻane fuʻu loki lahi kuo fonu he ngaahi tohí fakataha mo e ngaahi fakahinohino fakaikiiki ʻi he anga ʻo hono faʻu ha pēpē fakaetangatá pea ko e ngaahi fakahinohino fihi ko ení naʻe ʻoatu ia ki he kiʻi sela foʻou taki taha. Ko ia, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he makasini Science World ʻa e lea fakatātā ko e ‘kiʻi sela taki taha ʻi ha tamasiʻi ʻoku kei tupu ʻi manavá ʻokú ne maʻu ha kōpate kakato ʻo e ngaahi muʻaki fakamatalá.’
6. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻoku ʻi ai ko kitautolú, hangē ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe Tēvitá, ‘naʻe fakaofo hotau ngaohí’?
6 Kuó ke teitei fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e ngāue fakaemana ʻa hotau ngaahi sinó? Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e faipaiolosī ko Jared Diamond: “ʻOku tau fetongi ʻa e fanga kiʻi sela ʻoku nau ʻaofi hotau ngākaú ʻo tuʻo taha ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho siʻi kotoa pē, ko e fanga kiʻi sela ko ia ʻoku nau ʻaofi ʻa e tangai vaí ʻo tuʻo taha he māhina ʻe ua kotoa pē, pea ko hotau fanga kiʻi sela toto kulokulá ʻo tuʻo taha ʻi he māhina ʻe fā kotoa pē.” Naʻá ne fakaʻosiʻaki: “ʻOku fakamovete kitautolu mo fakafoki ʻo fakatahaʻi ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻe natula.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo iá? ʻOku ʻuhingá ʻe tatau ai pē pe ko e ngaahi taʻu ʻe fiha ʻe lava nai ke tau moʻui aí—pe ko e 8, 80, pe naʻa mo e 800—ʻoku nofoʻaki mātuʻaki kei siʻi ai pē hotau sino fakamatelié. Naʻe fakafuofua ʻi he taimi ʻe taha ʻe ha faisaienisi: “ʻOku fakafuofua ʻi he taʻú ko e peseti ʻe 98 ʻo e fanga kiʻi ʻātomi ʻiate kitautolu he taimi ní ʻe fetongi ia ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻātomi kehe ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi hotau ʻeá, meʻakaí, mo e inú.” Ko e moʻoni, hangē ko ia naʻe fakavīkivikiʻi ʻe Tēvitá, ko kitautolú ʻoku ‘fakaofo hotau ngaohí.’—Sāme 139:14.
7. Makatuʻunga ʻi he faʻufaʻu ʻo hotau ngaahi sino fakamatelié, ko e hā kuo fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe he niʻihi?
7 Makatuʻunga he faʻufaʻu ʻo hotau ngaahi sino fakamatelié, naʻe pehē ʻe ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e taʻumotuʻá: “ʻOku ʻikai hā mahino ʻa e ʻuhinga ke hoko ai ʻa e taʻumotuʻá.” ʻOku hā ngali ʻoku totonu moʻoni ke tau moʻui taʻengata. Pea ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku feinga ai ʻa e tangatá ke maʻu ʻa e taumuʻa ko ení fakafou ʻi heʻenau tekinolosiá. ʻIkai fuʻu fuoloa he kuohilí, naʻe falala pau ai ʻo tohi ʻe Dr. Alvin Silverstein ʻi heʻene tohi ko e Conquest of Death: “Te tau veteki ʻa e tefito ʻo e moʻuí. ʻE mahino kiate kitautolu . . . ʻa e anga ʻo e hoholo ha taha ke motuʻá.” Pea ko e hā hono olá? Naʻá ne tala ki muʻa: “ʻE ʻikai toe ʻi ai ha kakai ‘taʻumotuʻa,’ he ko e ʻilo te ne fakaʻatā ʻa e ikunaʻi ʻo e maté te ne toe ʻomai foki ʻa e talavou taʻengatá.” ʻI he vakai ki he fakatotolo fakasaienisi ʻi onopooni ki he faʻunga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku ongo mātuʻaki ngali kehe ʻa e fakakaukau ki he moʻui taʻengatá? ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e toe ʻuhinga mālohi ange ʻe taha ki he tui ʻoku malava ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá.
Ko e Holi ke Moʻui Taʻengatá
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻa e holi fakaenatula kuo maʻu ʻe he kakaí ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá?
8 Kuo faifai peá ke fakatokangaʻi ko e moʻui taʻengatá ko ha holi fakaenatula fakaetangata ia? Naʻe tohi ʻe ha toketā ʻi ha nusipepa Siamane: “Hangehangē ko e misi ki he moʻui taʻengatá ʻoku motuʻa tatau pē ia mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.” ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tui ʻa e kau ʻIulope ʻe niʻihi he kuonga muʻá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he The New Encyclopædia Britannica: “Ko e kakai tāú te nau moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha holo ngingila ʻato ʻaki ʻa e koulá.” Pea, ʻoi, he kakai hokohoko feinga ē ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e holi tefito ko ia ki he moʻui taʻengatá!
9 ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e The Encyclopedia Americana ʻo pehē ko Siaina laka hake he taʻu ʻe 2,000 kuohilí, “ko e kau ʻemipolá tatau pē mo e kakai [lāuvalé], ʻi he malumalu ʻo e taki ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki Taó, naʻa nau liʻaki ʻenau ngāue maʻuʻanga moʻuí ke kumi ki he meʻa fakatolonga ʻo e moʻuí”—ʻoku taku ko ha fauniteni ʻo e talavoú. Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá, kuo tui ai ʻa e kakaí ko hono maʻu ʻo ha ngaahi meʻa huʻi kehekehe, pe naʻa mo e inu ʻo ha vai pau, ʻe lava ke nau kei siʻi ai.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e feinga ʻi onopooni kuo hoko ke ʻai ke ala maʻu ʻa e moʻui fuoloá?
10 Ko e ngaahi faifeinga ʻi onopooni ʻi he feinga ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e holi naʻe tupu mo e tangatá ki he moʻui taʻengatá ʻoku nau ʻi ha tuʻunga meimei tatau. Ko ha fakatātā ʻiloa ko e tōʻongafai ko ia ʻo hono tuku ʻaisi ha tangata ʻa ia naʻe mate ʻi ha mahaki. Kuo fai eni ʻi he ngaahi ʻamanaki ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa e moʻuí ʻi ha taimi he kahaʻú ʻi hano faʻu ha faitoʻo ki he mahakí. Ko ha tokotaha poupou ki he tōʻongafai ko ení, ʻa ia ʻoku ui ko e sailōnikí, naʻá ne tohi: “Kapau ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku totonu ʻetau fakatuʻamelié pea ʻoku ʻilo ʻa e founga ke faitoʻoʻaki pe monomono ʻa e maumaú kotoa—kau ai ʻa e tuʻunga vaivai ʻo e taʻumotuʻá—ko e faʻahinga leva ʻoku nau ‘mate’ he taimi ní te nau maʻu ha moʻui lōloa taʻefakangatangata ʻi he kahaʻú.”
11. Ko e hā ʻoku holi ai ʻa e kakaí ke moʻui taʻengatá?
11 Te ke ʻeke nai, ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki nōfoʻi ai ʻi heʻetau fakakaukaú ʻa e holi ko eni ki he moʻui taʻengatá? ʻOku peheé koeʻuhi “kuo ʻai [ʻe he ʻOtuá] ʻa ʻitāniti ki he ʻatamai ʻo e tangatá”? (Koheleti 3:11, Revised Standard Version) Ko ha meʻa eni ke fakakaukauloto mafatukituki ki ai! Fakakaukau pē: Ko e hā te tau maʻu ai ʻa e holi naʻa tau tupu mo ia ke moʻui taʻehanongataʻanga—taʻengata—kapau naʻe ʻikai ko e taumuʻa ia ʻa hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e holi ko ení? Pea ko ha anga-ʻofa ia ke ne fakatupu kitautolu fakataha mo e holi ki he moʻui taʻengatá pea toki fakasivaʻi ʻetau ʻamanakí ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ʻaupito fakaʻatā kitautolu ke fakahoko ʻa e holi ko iá?—Sāme 145:16.
Ko Hai ʻOku Totonu ke Tau Falala ki Aí?
12. Ko e hā ʻa e falala pau ʻoku maʻu ʻe he niʻihi, ka ʻokú ke tui ʻoku makatuʻunga lelei ia?
12 Ko fē, pe ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tuku ki ai ʻetau falala ki hono maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá? ʻI he tekinolosia ʻa e tangatá ʻi he senituli hono 20 pe senituli hono 21? Ko e kupu ʻi he The New York Times Magazine ko e “ʻOku Nau Loto ke Moʻui” naʻe lau ai fekauʻaki mo e “tekinolosia: fakaʻotua” pea fekauʻaki mo e “ngaahi loto-māfana fekauʻaki mo e malava fakatekinolosiá.” Naʻe aʻu ʻo pehē ko e tokotaha fekumi ʻe taha naʻe “loto-falala taʻehohaʻa . . . ko e ngaahi founga puleʻi fakakēnisí ʻe hoko ʻo ala maʻu ia ʻi he faai atu ʻa e taimí ke fakahaofi [kitautolu] ʻaki hono taʻofi ʻo e taʻumotuʻá, ʻo fakafoki nai ia.” Neongo ia, ko e moʻoni, kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e ʻikai ola lelei fakakātoa ʻa e ngaahi feinga fakaetangatá ʻi hono taʻofi ʻo e hoholo ke motuʻá pe ʻi hono ikunaʻi ʻa e maté.
13. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he faʻunga ʻo hotau foʻi ʻutó naʻe fakataumuʻá ke tau moʻui taʻengata?
13 ʻOku ʻuhinga ení ʻoku ʻikai ha founga ia ke maʻu ai ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá? ʻIkai ʻaupito! ʻOku ʻi ai ha founga! Ko e faʻunga ʻo hotau foʻi ʻuto fakaofó, mo ʻene malava meimei taʻefakangatangata ki he akó, ʻoku totonu ke ne fakatuipau kitautolu fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni. Ko e faipaiolosī molekula ko James Watson naʻá ne ui hotau ʻutó “ko e meʻa fihi taha kuo tau toki maʻu ʻi hotau ʻunivēsí.” Pea ko e tokotaha mataotao ʻi he neavé ko Richard Restak naʻá ne pehē: “ʻOku ʻikai ha feituʻu ʻi he ʻuniveesi ʻiloá ʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa ʻe kiʻi meimei tatau mo ia.” Ko e hā te tau maʻu ai ha foʻi ʻuto fakataha mo e malava ki hono faʻoaki mo fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e meimei fakamatala taʻefakangatangatá mo ha sino ʻa ia kuo faʻufaʻu ke ngāue ʻo taʻengata kapau naʻe ʻikai fakataumuʻa kiate kitautolu ke maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá?
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakamulituku fekauʻaki mo e moʻui fakaetangatá ʻoku tuhu ki ai ʻa e kau tohi Tohitapú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau tuku ʻetau falalá ʻi he ʻOtuá ʻo ʻikai ʻi he tangatá?
14 Ko e hā leva ʻa e fakamulituku ʻuhinga lelei mo moʻoni pē taha ʻa ia kuo pau ke tau hoko ki aí? ʻIkai koeʻuhi naʻe faʻufaʻu mo fakatupu kitautolu ʻe ha Tokotaha-Faʻu mālohi-aoniu, mo poto koeʻuhi ke tau lava ʻo moʻui taʻengata? (Siope 10:8; Sāme 36:9; 100:3; Malakai 2:10; Ngāue 17:24, 25) Ko ia ai, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga fakapotopoto ki he fekau fakamānavaʻi ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāme ʻo e Tohitapú: “ʻOua ʻe tuʻu hoʻomou falala kia houʻeiki, ki ha hakoʻi tangata ʻoku ʻikai ai ha tokoni”? Ko e hā ke ʻoua ʻe falala ai ki he tangatá? Koeʻuhi, hangē ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé, “ʻoku mole ʻene manava, ʻoku ne foki ki hono kelekele; ko e ʻaho pe ko ia ko ʻene ngaahi fakakaukau ʻoku mate.” Ko e moʻoni, neongo ʻa e malava ke moʻui taʻengatá, ʻoku ʻikai ha maluʻi ki he tangatá ʻi he fehangahangai mo e maté. ʻOku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Monuʻiaā ka ko ia . . . ʻoku tuʻu ʻene falala kia Sihova ko Sihova ko hono ʻOtua.”—Sāme 146:3-5.
Ko e Taumuʻa Moʻoni Ia ʻa e ʻOtuá?
15. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ko e taumuʻa ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tau moʻui taʻengata?
15 Ka te ke ʻeke nai, ko e taumuʻa moʻoni ia ʻa Sihová ke tau fiefia ʻi he moʻui taʻengatá? ʻIo, ko ia! ʻOku talaʻofa tuʻo lahi ia ʻe heʻene Folofolá. “Ko e meaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua ko e moʻui taʻengata,” ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Tohitapú kiate kitautolu. Naʻe tohi ʻe he sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ko Sioné: “Ko eni ia ʻa e meʻa naʻa ne talaʻofaʻaki ʻe he ʻEne ʻAfio [ʻOtuá] kiate kitautolu, ko e moʻui taʻengata.” ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he ʻeke ʻe ha talavou kia Sīsū: “Tangataʻeiki, ko e ha ha ngaue lelei ke u fai, kau maʻu ai ʻa e moʻui taʻengata?” (Loma 6:23; 1 Sione 2:25; Mātiu 19:16) Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá fekauʻaki mo e “ʻamanaki ki he moʻui taʻengata, ʻa ia ne talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtua taʻefaʻa loi mei he ngaahi kuonga ʻo itaniti.”—Taitusi 1:2.
16. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe talaʻofa nai ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e moʻui taʻengata “mei he ngaahi kuonga ʻo itaniti”?
16 Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e pehē naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá “mei he ngaahi kuonga ʻo itaniti”? ʻOku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi naʻe ʻuhinga ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ko e ki muʻa ʻi hono fakatupu, ʻa e ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá, ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi, naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu ke moʻui taʻengata ʻa e tangatá. Kae kehe, kapau naʻe ʻuhinga ʻa Paulá ki ha poini hili hono fakatupu ʻo e tangatá pea mo e taimi naʻe fakamatala ai ʻa Sihova ki heʻene taumuʻá, ʻoku kei hā mahino ko e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻe kau ai ʻa e moʻui taʻengata ki he tangatá.
17. Ko e hā naʻe tuku ai ki tuʻa ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi mei he ngoue ʻo ʻĪtení, pea ko e hā naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻa e kau selupimi ʻi he hūʻangá?
17 ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ʻi he ngoue ʻo ʻĪtení, “naʻe fakatupu ʻe Sihova Elohimi mei he kelekele . . . ʻa e ʻAkau ʻo e Moʻui.” Ko e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻomai ki hono tuku ki tuʻa ʻa ʻĀtama mei he ngoué koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻá ne lava ʻo “toli foki mei he ʻAkau ʻo e Moʻui, ʻo ne kai, ʻo ne moʻui”—ʻio, ʻo taʻengata! Hili hono kapusi ʻo ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi mei he ngoue ʻo ʻĪtení, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova “ʻa e Selupimi, mo ha heleta ulo naʻe tavilovilo, mo leʻohi ʻa e hala ki he ʻAkau ʻo e Moʻui.”—Senesi 2:9; 3:22-24.
18. (a) Naʻe ʻuhinga ki he hā kia ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa hono kai ʻo e ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he kai mei he ʻakau ko iá?
18 Kapau naʻe fakangofua ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ke na kai mei he ʻakau ko ia ʻo e moʻuí, ko e hā naʻe mei ʻuhinga kiate kinauá? Tā, ko e monū ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ʻi Palataisí! Naʻe pehē ʻe ha mataotao Tohitapu ʻe taha: “Ko e ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí kuo pau pē naʻe ʻi ai hono mālohi ʻa ia naʻe hanganaki tauhi ai ʻa e sino fakaetangatá ke ʻatā mei he tuʻunga vaivai ʻo e taʻumotuʻá, pe ko e ʻauʻaunga ʻoku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻi he maté.” Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne taukaveʻi “naʻe ʻi ai ha ʻakau ʻaonga ʻi palataisi naʻe malava ke ne fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa” ʻo e taʻumotuʻá. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ko e ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí ʻiate ia pē ʻoku ʻi ai hano ngaahi anga foaki-moʻui. Ka, ʻoku fakafofongaʻi pē ʻe he ʻakaú ia ʻa e fakapapauʻiʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e moʻui taʻengata ki he tokotaha ʻa ia ʻe fakaʻatā ke ne kai ʻa hono fuá.—Fakahā 2:7.
Taʻeliliu ʻa e Taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá
19. Ko e hā naʻe mate ai ʻa ʻĀtamá, pea ko e hā ʻoku tau toe mate ai mo kitautolu ko ʻene fānaú?
19 ʻI he taimi naʻe angahala ai ʻa ʻĀtamá, naʻe mole ai meiate ia ʻa e totonu ki he moʻui taʻengatá maʻana, pea ki he kotoa ʻo ʻene fānau ne teʻeki ai fanauʻí. (Senesi 2:17) ʻI heʻene hoko ko e angahala koeʻuhi ko ʻene talangataʻá, naʻá ne hoko ai ʻo mele, taʻehaohaoa. Mei he taimi ko iá ʻo faai mai ai, naʻe hangē, naʻe hoko ai ʻa e sino ʻo ʻĀtamá, ʻo fakapolokalamaʻi ki he maté. Hangē ko ia ko e lau ʻa e Tohitapú, “ko e tokonaki ʻa Angahala ko e mate.” (Loma 6:23) ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe toe hoko ai ʻo fakapolokalamaʻi ʻa e fānau taʻehaohaoa ʻa ʻĀtamá ki he mate, kae ʻikai ki he moʻui taʻengatá. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú: “Mo e hoko ʻa e angahala ki mamani, ʻi he tangata pe taha [ʻĀtama]; mo e hoko ʻa e mate ʻi he angahala; mo ʻene aʻusia pehe ʻa e kakai kotoa pe ʻe he mate, koeʻuhi ne angahala kotoa pe.”—Loma 5:12.
20. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi naʻe ʻuhinga ki he tangatá ke moʻui taʻengata ʻi he māmaní?
20 Kae fēfē kapau naʻe ʻikai ke faiangahala ʻa ʻĀtama? Fēfē kapau naʻe ʻikai te ne talangataʻa ki he ʻOtuá pea tuku kiate ia ke ne kai mei he ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí? Ko fē naʻá ne mei fiefia ai ʻi he meʻaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e moʻui taʻengatá? ʻI hēvani? ʻIkai! Naʻe ʻikai leaʻaki ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻe he ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo hano ʻave ʻo ʻĀtama ki hēvani. Ko ʻene vāhenga-ngāué naʻe ʻi heni ʻi māmani. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú “naʻe fakatupu ʻe Sihova Elohimi mei he kelekele ʻa e ʻakau kehekehe naʻe ha fakaʻofoʻofa, pea lelei ki he kai,” pea ʻokú ne pehē: “Naʻe ʻave ʻa e tangata ʻe Sihova Elohimi, ʻo ne tuku ia ʻi he ngouetapu ʻo Iteni ke ngoueʻi mo tauhi ia.” (Senesi 2:9, 15) Hili hono fakatupu ʻa ʻIvi ko ha hoa kia ʻĀtamá, naʻe ʻoange ki he toko uá ʻo tānaki atu ha ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue ki heni ʻi māmani. Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinaua: “Mo fakatupu, mo fakatokolahi, mo fakafonu ʻa mamani, pea ikuna ia: pea mo pule ki he ika ʻo e tahi, mo e manupuna ʻo e langi, pea mo e meʻa moʻui kotoa pe ʻoku totolo ʻi he fonua.”—Senesi 1:28.
21. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki fakaofo naʻe fiefia ai ʻa e ʻuluaki tangatá?
21 Fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi ʻamanaki fakaofo fakaemāmani naʻe fakaava ʻe he ngaahi fakahinohino ko ia mei he ʻOtuá kia ʻĀtama mo ʻIví! Naʻe pau ke na ʻohake ʻa e ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine moʻui lelei haohaoa ʻi he Palataisi fakaemāmaní. ʻI he tupu ʻo motuʻa ange ʻena fānau ʻofeiná, ʻe kau ʻa e faʻahingá ni fakataha mo kinaua ʻi he fakatupu pea ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngāue ngoue fakafiefia ke tauhi maʻu ai ʻa e Palataisi ko iá. ʻI he anga-nofo ʻa e kotoa ʻo e fanga manú kiate kinauá, ʻe mātuʻaki nonga ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Fakakaukau atu ki he fiefia ʻi hono fakalahi atu ʻa e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e ngoue ʻo ʻĪtení koeʻuhi ke faifai atu pē pea hoko ʻa e māmaní fakakātoa ko ha palataisi! Te ke fiefia ʻi he moʻuí fakataha mo e fānau haohaoa ʻi ha ʻapi fakaemāmani fakaʻofoʻofa pehē, ʻo ʻikai ha hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo e tupu ʻo motuʻa pea maté? Tuku ki he ngaahi hehema fakaenatula ʻo ho lotó ke ne tali ʻa e fehuʻi ko iá.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau fakapapauʻi naʻe ʻikai liliu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene taumuʻa ki he māmaní?
22 Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi naʻe talangataʻa ai ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi pea tuku ki tuʻa mei he ngoue ʻo ʻĪtení, naʻe liliu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene taumuʻa ki he tangatá ke moʻui taʻengata ʻi Palataisi ʻi he māmaní? ʻIkai ʻaupito! Ke fai ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa ʻene foʻi ʻi heʻene malava ke fakahoko ʻa ʻene muʻaki taumuʻá. ʻE lava ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻoku fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he meʻa ʻokú ne talaʻofá, ʻi heʻene fanongonongo ʻe ia tonu: “ʻE pehe pe mo ʻeku lea ʻoku ʻalu atu mei hoku ngutu: ʻe ʻikai foki ngeʻesi mai, kaeʻoua ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa ne u loto ki ai, mo fakaaʻu ʻa e meʻa ne u fekau atu ai ia.”—Aisea 55:11.
23. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne toe fakapapauʻi ko e taumuʻa ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ke moʻui taʻengata ʻi māmani ʻa e hehema ki he māʻoniʻoní? (e) Ko e hā te tau lāulea hono hoko ki aí?
23 ʻOku fakahā mahino ʻi he Tohitapú, ʻa ia ʻoku talaʻofa ai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he māmaní kuo ʻikai ke liliu: “Ko haʻa fai totonu te nau maʻu ʻa e fonua, pea te nau nofo ai ʻo tuputupuʻa.” Naʻa mo Sīsū Kalaisi naʻá ne pehē ʻi heʻene Malanga ʻi he Moʻungá ʻe maʻu ʻe he anga-malū ʻa e māmaní. (Sāme 37:29; Mātiu 5:5) Ka, ʻe lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá, pea ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke fiefia ai ʻi ha moʻui pehē? ʻE lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tui ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻoku malava ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke ne fakatuipauʻi kitautolu naʻe ʻuhingá ke tau moʻui taʻengata?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e muʻaki taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e māmaní?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻe fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene muʻaki taumuʻá?