ʻE Tauʻatāina ʻa e Tokotaha Kotoa Pē
“ʻOku te pehe, ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻo e taimi ni ʻoku ʻikai kākunga ke tatau mo e langilangi ʻoku ene ke fakaeʻa mai, ʻo ʻai kiate kitautolu. ʻIo, ko e ʻamanakituʻu ʻa Natula [“meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ʻoku ne nofoʻaki tali ki he fakaeʻa ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua. He naʻe fakamoʻulaloa ʻa Natula [“meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ki he muna: ka talaʻehai ko hono loto, ka koeʻuhi pe ko ia naʻa ne fai ʻa e fakamoʻulaloa: ka naʻe tuku ke ne ʻamanaki pe, ʻo pehe, Naʻa mo ia, ʻa Natula [“meʻa fakatupú,” NW], ʻe faifai pea fakaʻataʻatā mei heʻene popula ki he ʻauha, kae fakahoko ia ki he tauʻataina [“lāngilangiʻia,” NW] ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua. Seuke, ʻoku tau lāuʻilo pe, ʻoku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo langā ʻa Natula [“meʻa fakatupu,” NW] katoa.”—LOMA 8:18-22.
ʻI HE konga ko ʻeni ʻo ʻene tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Lomá, ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ha fakamatala fakanounou tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻo e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai ai ha tauʻatāina moʻoni ʻi he moʻuí pea faʻa fakaʻilongaʻiʻaki ʻa e taʻelatá mo e mamahí. ʻOkú ne toe fakamatala ki he founga ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e tauʻatāina moʻoní.
“Ko e Ngaahi Mamahi ʻo e Taimi Ni”
ʻOku ʻikai ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e “ngaahi mamahi ʻo e taimi ni” ʻi heʻene pehē ʻoku “ʻikai ke kākunga ke tatau mo e langilangi ʻoku ene ke fakaeʻa mai, ʻo ʻai kiate kitautolu.” Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo Paulá pea pehē ki mui ai, naʻe faingataʻaʻia lahi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi he malumalu ʻo e founga pule fefeka tāfataha naʻe fai ʻe he kau maʻu mafai Lomá, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau loko tokanga fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi totonu ʻa e tangatá. ʻI he hoko pē ʻo tui ʻa Loma ko e kau Kalisitiané ko e ngaahi fili ʻo e Puleʻangá, naʻá ne fakamoʻulaloaʻi leva kinautolu ʻo lōmia anga-fakamanu. ʻOku pehē ʻe he faihisitōlia ko J. M. Roberts: “Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he kolomuʻa [Lomá] ʻoku papau ʻenau ʻauha fakalilifu ʻi he malaʻe vaʻingá pe naʻe tutu moʻui kinautolu.” (Shorter History of the World) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e kau maʻukovia ko ʻeni ʻi he fakatanga ʻa Neló, ʻoku pehē ʻe he toe fakamatala ʻe taha: “Naʻe kalusefai ʻa e niʻihi, ko e niʻihi naʻe tuitui ki ai ʻa e kili ʻo e fanga manú pea tuku ke tuli kinautolu ʻe he fanga kulií, ko e niʻihi naʻe vali kotoa ʻaki ʻa e valitaá pea tutu ke hoko ko e ngaahi tūhulu moʻui ʻi he hoko mai ʻa e poʻulí.”—New Testament History, ʻa F. F. Bruce.
ʻOku pau pē naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiane ko iá ʻa e tauʻatāina mei he fakafeʻātungia peheé, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau loto ke maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí kae maʻu ia. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻa nau hanganaki tuʻuʻatā fakaʻaufuli ʻi he fefāingaʻaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e pule ʻa e kau maʻu mafai Lomá mo e kau faitau Siu ki he tauʻatāiná hangē ko e kau Sēlotí. (Sione 17:16; 18:36) Ki he kau Sēlotí, ko e “talanoa ʻo kau ki he tatali ki he taimi kotofa ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻikai ko e meʻa ia naʻe fiemaʻu ki he faingataʻa lolotongá.” Naʻa nau pehē, ko e meʻa naʻe fiemaʻú ia, ko e ngāue “fakafepaki fakamālohi ki he filí,” ʻa Loma. (New Testament History) Naʻe kehe ʻa e fakakaukau ia ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané. Kiate kinautolu ko ʻenau fili moʻoní pē ko e “tatali ki he taimi kotofa ʻa e ʻOtuá.” Naʻa nau tuipau ʻoku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa ka ko e kau mai ʻa e ʻOtuá te ne fakangata tuʻuloa ʻa e “ngaahi mamahi ʻo e taimi ni” pea ʻomai ʻa e tauʻatāina moʻoni, mo tuʻuloá. (Maika 7:7; Hapakuke 2:3) Ka, ki muʻa ke tau lāulea pe ʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e meʻa ko iá, tau ʻuluaki sivisiviʻi angé ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe ʻuluaki ‘fakamoʻulaloa ai ʻa e meʻa fakatupú ki he muná.’
‘Fakamoʻulaloa ki he Muna’
ʻI hení, ko e foʻi lea “meʻa fakatupu,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Benjamin Wilson ʻi he The Emphatic Diaglott, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ki he “meʻa fakatupu ko e manú pea mo e meʻa taʻemoʻuí” ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa e niʻihi, ka, ko e “faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá.” (Fakafehoanaki mo Kolose 1:23.) ʻOku ʻuhinga ia ki he fāmili fakalūkufua fakaetangatá—kātoa kitautolu ʻoku tau fakaʻamu ki he tauʻatāiná. Ko kitautolú naʻe ‘fakamoʻulaloa ki he muná’ koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻa ʻetau muʻaki ongo mātuʻá. “Talaʻehai ko [hotau] loto” ʻo kitautolu pe ko ha ola ʻo ha fili fakafoʻituitui ʻa ha taha naʻe hoko ai ʻa e meʻá ni. Naʻa tau maʻu tukufakaholo mai hotau tuʻungá. Mei he anga ʻo e vakai Fakatohitapú, naʻe hala ai ʻa Rousseau ʻi heʻene pehē “naʻe fanauʻi tauʻatāina mai ʻa e tangatá.” Ko kitautolu taki taha naʻe fanauʻi mai ʻi he haʻisia ki he angahalá mo e taʻehaohaoá, ʻo pōpula, hangē ki ha fokotuʻutuʻu naʻe fonu ʻi he ongoʻi laufānō mo e muna.—Loma 3:23.
Ko e hā naʻe hoko ai ʻení? Koeʻuhi ko ʻetau muʻaki ongo mātuʻá, ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi, naʻá na fie “hange ko e ʻOtua,” ke maʻu ʻa e fakapapauʻi ʻe kita kakato, ʻo fili pē maʻanaua ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leleí mo e meʻa ʻoku koví. (Senesi 3:5) Naʻá na tukunoaʻi ʻa e meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻe taha fekauʻaki mo e tauʻatāiná. Ko e Tokotaha-Fakatupú pē ʻe taha ʻoku lava ke ne maʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina fakaʻaufulí. Ko ia ʻa e Hau Fakalevelevá. (Aisea 33:22; Fakahā 4:11) Ko e tauʻatāina fakaetangatá kuo pau ke ʻuhinga ia ko e tauʻatāina ʻi loto ʻi he ngaahi fakangatangata. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi hono taimí ke nau hoko ʻo puleʻi ʻe he “lao haohaoa, ʻa e lao tauʻataina.”—Semisi 1:25.
Naʻe totonu pē hono kapusi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi mei hono fāmili fakaeʻunivēsí, pea ko hono olá naʻá na mate. (Senesi 3:19) Kae fēfē hona hakó? ʻI he mēsí, naʻe kei fakaʻatā ai ʻe Sihova kinaua ke na fakatupu fānau, neongo te na fakahoko atu pē ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ʻa e taʻehaohaoa, angahala, mo e mate. Ko ia naʻe “aʻusia pehe ʻa e kakai kotoa pe ʻe he mate.” (Loma 5:12) ʻI he ʻuhinga ko iá naʻe hanga ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo “fakamoʻulaloa ʻa e meʻa fakatupú ki he muna.”
“Fakaeʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Foha ʻo e ʻOtua”
Naʻe fakamoʻulaloa ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa fakatupú ki he muná “ke ne ʻamanaki pe” ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻe taha ʻe toe fakafoki mai ai ʻa e tauʻatāiná ki he fāmili ʻo e tangatá fakafou ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻa e “ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua.” Ko hai ʻa e faʻahinga ko ʻeni ko e “ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua”? Ko e kau ākonga kinautolu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia, hangē pē ko e toenga ʻo e “meʻa fakatupu [ko e tangatá],” ʻoku fanauʻi mai ʻo pōpula ki he angahalá mo e taʻehaohaoá. ʻI honau fanauʻí ʻoku ʻikai hanau tuʻunga totonu ʻi he fāmili maʻa, haohaoa, fakaʻuniveesi ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku fai ʻe Sihova ha meʻa fakaofo maʻanautolu. Fakafou ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻokú Ne fakatauʻatāinaʻi ai kinautolu mei he haʻisia ki he angahala tukufakaholó pea lau kinautolu ʻoku nau “angatonu,” pe maʻa fakalaumālie. (1 Kolinito 6:11) Hili iá ʻokú ne ohi leva kinautolu ko e “ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua,” ʻo fakafoki mai kinautolu ki hono fāmili fakaʻunivēsí.—Loma 8:14-17.
ʻI he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi foha ohi ʻo Sihová, te nau maʻu ha monū lāngilangiʻia. Te nau hoko ko e “ngaahi taulaʻeiki: Pea te nau hau ʻi mamani” fakataha mo Sīsū Kalaisi ko e konga ʻo e Puleʻanga fakahēvani pe founga-pule ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Fakahā 5:9, 10; 14:1-4) Ko ha founga-pule ʻeni naʻe fokotuʻu maʻu ʻi he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e tauʻatāiná mo e fakamaau totonú—ʻikai ʻi he fakaaoao mo e pule-kakaha. (Aisea 9:6, 7; 61:1-4) ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ko e ngaahi foha ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau feohi mo Sīsū, ʻa e ‘hako ʻo ʻĒpalahame’ naʻe talaʻofa fuoloa ʻaki maí. (Kaletia 3:16, 26, 29) ʻI heʻene peheé, ʻoku nau fakahoko ha ngafa tefito ʻi hono fakahoko ha talaʻofa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki hono kaumeʻa ko ʻĒpalahamé. Ko e konga ʻo e talaʻofa ko iá ʻoku pehē fakafou ʻi he hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé (pe, fānau), “ʻe monuʻia ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo mamani.”—Senesi 22:18.
Ko e hā ʻa e tāpuaki ʻoku nau fakahoko mai ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá? ʻOku kau ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e fāmili fakaetangatá fakalūkufua mei he ngaahi nunuʻa kovi fakaʻulia ʻo e angahala ʻa ʻĀtamá pea ʻi hono toe fakafoki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he haohaoá. Ko e kakai “mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga” ʻe malava ke nau tāpuakiʻi kinautolu ʻaki hono ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí pea ʻaki ʻa e anga-nofo ki he pule angaʻofa ʻa hono Puleʻangá. (Fakahā 7:9, 14-17; 21:1-4; 22:1, 2; Mātiu 20:28; Sione 3:16) ʻI he foungá ni ʻe toe fiefia ai ʻa e “meʻa fakatupu katoa” ʻi he “tauʻataina lāngilangiʻia ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua.” ʻE ʻikai hoko ʻeni ia ko ha faʻahinga tauʻatāina fakangatangata, fakataimi, fakapolitikale, ka ko e tauʻatāina mei he meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne fakatupunga ʻa e langa mo e mamahi ki he fāmili fakaetangatá ʻo talu pē mei he talitekeʻi ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e tuʻunga-hau ʻo e ʻOtuá. Tā neʻineʻi malava ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻo pehē “ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻo e taimi ni ʻoku ʻikai ke kākunga” ke tatau mo e ngāue lāngilangiʻia ʻe fakahoko ʻe he faʻahinga anga-tonú!
ʻE kamata ʻafē ʻa e “fakaeʻa ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua”? ʻOku vavé ni ʻaupito ia, ʻi he taimi ʻe ʻai ai ʻe Sihova ke hā mahino ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻE hoko ʻeni ʻi he taimi ʻa ia ko e “ngaahi foha” ko ʻení, ʻi heʻenau toetuʻu ki he nofoʻanga laumālié, te nau kau fakataha mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi hono fakamaʻa ʻa e foʻi māmani ko ʻení mei he koví mo e fakafeʻātungiá ʻi he tau ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻĀmaketoné. (Taniela 2:44; 7:13, 14, 27; Fakahā 2:26, 27; 16:16; 17:14; 19:11-21) ʻOku tau sio takatakai ʻiate kitautolu ki he fokotuʻuna ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻoku tau lotolotoi ʻi he “kuonga fakamui,” ʻa ia ʻe ngata ai ʻa e kātakiʻi fuoloa ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e angatuʻú mo hono ikuʻanga ko e anga-fulikivanú.—2 Timote 3:1-5; Mātiu 24:3-31.
ʻIo, ʻoku moʻoni, hangē ko e lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “ʻoku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo langā ʻa e meʻa fakatupu katoa”—ka ʻe ʻikai ke fuʻu fuoloa. Ko e laui miliona ʻoku nau lolotonga moʻui he taimi ní te nau sio ki hono “fakafoʻou mai ʻo e meʻa kotoa pe, ʻa e ngaahi taimi kuo folofola ki ai ʻa e ʻEiki ʻi he fofonga o ʻene kau palofita tapu, talu mei muʻa,” ʻo kau ai ʻa hono toe fakafoki mai ʻa e melinó, tauʻatāiná, mo e fakamaau totonú ki he fāmili fakaetangatá fakalūkufua.—Ngāue 3:21.
Tauʻatāina Moʻoni Leva
Ko e hā kuo pau ke ke faí, ka ke fiefia ai ʻi he “tauʻataina fakalangi ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua” ko ení? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi: “Kapau te mou nofo maʻu ʻi heʻeku akonaki, ko ʻeku kau ako moʻoni kimoutolu; pea ʻe faifai pea mahino kiate kimoutolu ʻa e moʻoni, pea ʻe fakatauʻatāina ʻa kimoutolu ʻe he moʻoni.” (Sione 8:31, 32) Ko e kī ia ki he tauʻatāiná—ke ako pea talangofua leva ki he ngaahi fekau mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa Kalaisí. ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he meʻá ni ha tuʻunga ʻo e tauʻatāiná naʻa mo e taimí ni. ʻI he kahaʻu vavé ni maí, te ne ʻomai ʻa e tauʻatāina kakato ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Kalaisi Sīsuú. Ko e ʻalunga fakapotopotó ko e ʻai ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e “folofola” ʻa Sīsuú fakafou ʻi he ako ʻo e Tohitapú. (Sione 17:3) Hangē pē ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, feohi longomoʻui mo e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau ākonga moʻoni ʻa Kalaisí. ʻI he fai peheé, ʻe lava ai ke ke maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he ngaahi moʻoni fakatauʻatāina ʻoku ʻai ʻe Sihova ke ala maʻu fakafou mai ʻi heʻene kautahá he ʻaho ní.—Hepelu 10:24, 25.
Lolotonga ʻa e “nofoʻaki tali ki he fakaeʻa ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua,” ʻokú ke fakatupu nai ai ʻa e falala pau naʻe maʻu ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi he tokanga fakaemaluʻi mo e poupou ʻa Kalaisí, naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku hā ngali meimei taʻealakātakiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá mo e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonú. ʻI he hili ʻa e fakamatala ki he fakaeʻa mai ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻeke ʻe Paula: “Ko hai tū ha taha te ne motuhi kitautolu mei he ʻofa ʻa Kalaisi? ʻa mamahi? ʻa faingataʻa? ʻa fakatanga? ʻa honge? ʻa takape? ʻa tuʻutamaki? ʻa heleta?” (Loma 8:35) Ko hono moʻoní, ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he taimi ʻo Paulá naʻe kei “haʻisia,” ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Rousseau, ki he ngaahi kongakau fakaaoao ʻo e faʻahinga kehekehe. Naʻe ‘ʻosi atu ʻa e ʻaho mo e fai honau tamateʻi’ hangē “ko e fanga sipi pe ke tamateʻi.” (Loma 8:36) Naʻa nau fakaʻatā ia ke ne lōmekina kinautolu?
“ʻIkai,” ʻoku tohi ʻe Paula, “ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pe ʻoku tau ikuna noa pe ʻiate ia ne ne ʻofaʻi kitautolu.” (Loma 8:37) Ko e ikuna neongo ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻe pau ke kātekina ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? ʻO anga-fēfē? “ʻOku te tui,” ko ʻene lea ia ʻi heʻene talí, “ʻe ʻikai lava ʻe he mate, pe ko e moʻui, pe ko ha kau angelo, pe ko ha kau pule, pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lolotonga ni, pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa ka hoko mai, pe ko ha ngaahi malohi, pe ko ha maʻolunga, pe ko ha loloto pe ko ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻi Natula [“meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ʻe ʻikai te ne lava ke motuhi kitautolu mei he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sisu ko hotau ʻEiki.” (Loma 8:38, 39) Te ke lava mo koe ʻo “ikuna noa pe” neongo pe ko e hā ha ‘mamahi pe faingataʻa pe fakatanga’ kuo pau nai ke ke kātekina ʻi he lolotongá ni. ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku vavé ni—vavé ni ʻaupito he taimí ni—pea te tau hoko ʻo ‘fakaʻataʻatā mei he popula [kotoa pē] . . . kae fakahoko ki he tauʻataina lāngilangiʻia ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtuá.’
[Fakamatala ʻi he peesi 6]
“ʻOku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo e langā ʻa e meʻa fakatupu katoa”
[Fakamatala ʻi he peesi 7]
‘ʻE fakaʻataʻatā ʻa e meʻa fakatupú mei heʻene popula kotoa kae fakahoko ia ki he tauʻataina lāngilangiʻia ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtuá’