Fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe Paula ʻa e Ngaahi Tokoni ki he Faʻahinga Tapú
KO E ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié ʻoku mahuʻinga muʻomuʻa ia ki he kau kalisitiane moʻoní. Ka neongo ia, ko e tokanga ki he lelei fakaesino ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻoku toe mahuʻinga foki ia kiate kinautolu. ʻOku nau faʻa tokonaki ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau hokosia ha tuʻunga faingataʻá. ʻOku ueʻi ʻe he ʻofa fakatokouá ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke nau tokoniʻi ʻa e kaungātui ko ia ʻoku nau masivá.—Sione 13:34, 35.
Ko e ʻofa ki hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine fakalaumālié naʻá ne ueʻi ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ke ne fokotuʻutuʻu ha tānaki tokoni ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻi ʻĀkeia, Kalētia, Masitōnia, pea mo e vahefonua ʻo ʻĒsiá. Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻai ke fiemaʻu ai ení? Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e polokalama tokoní? Ko e hā ʻa e tali ki aí? Pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he meʻa naʻe hokó?
Tuʻunga ʻo e Fakatahaʻanga Selusalemá
Hili ʻa e Penitekosi 33 T.S., ko e kau Siu mo e kau ului-Siu mei he feituʻu kehe ʻa ia naʻa nau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻi he Penitekosí naʻa nau nofo pē ʻi ha taimi ʻi Selusalema ke ako lahi ange ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tui moʻoní. ʻI hono fiemaʻú, naʻe tokoni fiefia ai ʻa e kaungālotú ke fua ʻa e kavenga ʻo e fakalahi pehē ko ia ʻo e nofó. (Ngāue 2:7-11, 41-44; 4:32-37) Ko e taʻemanonga ʻa e kakaí naʻe iku nai ia ki he masiva lahi ange ʻi hono fakatupunga ʻe he kau Siu mamahiʻi fonuá ʻa e angatuʻu mo e faifakamālohi ʻa e fuʻu kakaí. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua ʻe fiekaia ha tokotaha muimui ʻo Kalaisi, naʻe fai ai ʻa e tufa fakaʻaho ki he kau uitou masivá. (Ngāue 6:1-6) Naʻe fakatangaʻi fefeka ʻe Hēlota ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, pea ʻi he vaeuʻanga ʻo e 40 T.S. tupú, naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻe ha honge ʻa Siutea. Ko e meʻa naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú, he ko e meʻá ni kotoa ʻe iku nai ia ki he meʻa naʻe ui ʻe Paula ko e “gaahi mamahi,” “gaahi fakamamahi,” mo e “maumau o [ʻenau] koloa.”—Hepelu 10:32-34, PM; Ngāue 11:27–12:1, PM.
ʻI he 49 T.S. nai, naʻe kei mafatukituki pē ʻa e tuʻungá. Ko ia ai, ʻi he hili ʻa e felotoi ke tokangataha ʻa Paula ki he kau Senitailé ʻi heʻene malangá, naʻe naʻinaʻi kiate ia ʻa Pita, Sēmisi, pea mo Sione ke ne “manatua ʻa e kau masiva.” Ko e meʻa ia naʻe feinga mālohi ʻa Paula ke faí.—Kaletia 2:7-10.
Fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e Tānaki Tokoní
Naʻe tokangaʻi ʻe Paula ha paʻanga maʻá e kau Kalisitiane masiva ʻi Siuteá. ʻI he 55 T.S. nai, naʻá ne tala ki he kau Kolinitoó: “Ko e meʻa ki he tanaki tokoni maʻa e kainga lotu [“faʻahinga tapú,” NW] hange ko ia naʻa ku tuʻutuʻuni ki he ngaahi siasi ʻi Kaletia, ke pehe pe hoʻomou fai ʻe kimoutolu. ʻI he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo e uike kotoa pe, ke taki taha taʻofi ʻi ʻapi, ʻo tauhi, ha meʻa kuo hulu atu ʻi heʻene koloa: . . . [Pea] ʻilonga ha niʻihi te mou fili ki ai, te u fekau atu kinautolu mo e ngaahi tohi, ke ʻave hoʻomou ʻofa ki Selusalema.” (1 Kolinito 16:1-3) ʻI ha taʻu ʻe taha ki mui ai naʻe pehē ʻe Paula naʻe kau ʻa Masitōnia mo ʻĀkeia ʻi he tokoní. Pea ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻave ai ʻa e ngaahi tokoní ki Selusalemá, ko e ʻi ai ʻa e kau fakafofonga mei he vahefonua ʻo ʻĒsiá ʻoku hā ngali fakahaaʻi ai naʻe tokoni mo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻi he feituʻu ko iá foki.—Ngāue 20:4; 2 Kolinito 8:1-4; 9:1, 2.
Naʻe ʻikai ke uki ha taha ke ne foaki ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi he meʻa naʻá ne malava ke foakí. ʻI hono kehé, ko ha meʻa ia fekauʻaki mo e fakafeʻunga koeʻuhi ko ha meʻa pē ʻe hulu atu ke ne ʻai nai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke feʻunga ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga tapu ʻi Selusalema mo Siuteá. (2 Kolinito 8:13-15) “Ke taki taha fai ki he meʻa kuo ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻi hono loto,” ko e lea ia ʻa Paulá, “pea ʻoua ʻe fai ʻi he mamahi, pe ko e puʻia; he ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua ki ha taha ʻoku vekeveke foaki.”—2 Kolinito 9:7.
Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻapositoló ki he kau Kolinitoó ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei ke nau nima-homo ai. Ko Sīsū ‘ne hoko ia ko e masiva, koeʻuhi ke nau hoko ai ʻo koloaʻia’ fakalaumālie. (2 Kolinito 8:9) Ko e moʻoni te nau loto ke faʻifaʻitaki ki heʻene laumālie foakí. ʻIkai ngata aí, koeʻuhi naʻe fakakoloa kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá “ki he faa foaki lahi,” naʻe feʻungamālie ke nau tokoni ke tokonaki ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e faʻahinga tapú.—2 Kolinito 9:10-12, PM.
Fakakaukau ʻa e Faʻahinga Naʻe Kaú
ʻOku lava ke tau ako ʻa e meʻa lahi fekauʻaki mo e foaki loto-fiefoakí ʻi he fakakaukauloto atu ki he fakakaukau ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe kau ʻi he polokalama tokoni ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ki he faʻahinga tapú. Ko e tānaki tokoní naʻe fakalaka atu ia ʻi he tokanga pē ki he masiva ʻa e kaungālotu kia Sihová. Naʻe fakahuʻunga ai naʻe ʻi ai ha haʻi ʻo e fetokouaʻakí ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Kalisitiane Siú mo e kau Kalisitiane Senitailé. Ko hono foaki mo hono tali ʻa e ngaahi tokoní ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ai ʻa e fāʻūtaha mo e anga-fakakaumeʻa ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Senitailé pea mo e kau Siú. Ko ʻenau fevahevaheʻakí naʻe fakamatelie pea pehē foki ki he fakalaumālie.—Loma 15:26, 27.
Naʻe ʻikai nai ke tomuʻa fakaafeʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Masitōniá ke nau kau—he naʻa nau masiva ʻangoʻango mo kinautolu foki. Kae kehe, naʻa nau ‘kole fakamatoato ke nau kau ʻi he foakí.’ He ko ē, neongo naʻa nau hokosia ʻa e “ahiahi lahi i he mea mamahi,” naʻa nau foaki fiefia “o lahi hake i he e nau faa fai”! (2 Kolinito 8:1-4, PM) ʻOku hā mahino ko honau ʻahiʻahiʻi lahí naʻe kau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi tukuakiʻi naʻa nau fai ha lotu naʻe taʻefakalao ki he kau Lomá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku mahinongofua ʻe ʻi ai ʻenau kaungāongoʻi ki honau fanga tokoua Siuteá, ʻa ē naʻa nau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi faingataʻa meimei tatau.—Ngāue 16:20, 21; 17:5-9; 1 Tesalonaika 2:14.
Neongo naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e muʻaki faivelenga ʻa e kau Kolinitoó ki he tānaki tokoní ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻaki ʻa e kau Masitōniá, naʻe hōloa ʻa e loto-māfana ʻi Kolinitoó. ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe lave ai ʻa e ʻapositoló ki he nima-homo ʻa e kau Masitōniá ke ueʻiʻaki ʻa e kau Kolinitoó. Naʻá ne ʻilo naʻe fiemaʻu ke fakamanatu kiate kinautolu kuo taimi ke fakaʻosi ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau kamata ʻi ha taʻu ki muʻa angé. Ko e hā naʻe hokó?—2 Kolinito 8:10, 11; 9:1-5.
Naʻe kamata ʻe Taitusi ʻa e tānaki tokoni ʻi Kolinitoó, ka naʻe malanga hake ha ngaahi palopalema ʻa ia ʻoku ngalingali naʻá ne taʻofi ʻa ʻene ngaahi feingá. Hili ha fetalanoaʻaki mo Paula ʻi Masitōnia, naʻe toe foki ai ʻa Taitusi mo e toko ua kehe ke poupouʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Kolinitoó pea fakaʻosi ʻa e tānaki tokoní. Naʻe fakahuʻunga nai ʻe he niʻihi naʻe feinga ʻa Paula ke ne ngāueʻaki taʻetotonu ʻa e kau Kolinitoó. Ngalingali ko e ʻuhinga eni naʻá ne fekau ai ha kau tangata ʻe toko tolu ke nau fakakakato ʻa e tānaki tokoní peá ne fai ha ngaahi fakaongoongolelei maʻa kinautolu taki taha. “Ko ʻemau fakaʻehiʻehi pehe, naʻa lauʻi kimautolu ʻe ha taha ʻi he fuʻu koloa ni kuo tuku kiate kimautolu hono tauhi,” ko e lea ia ʻa Paulá. “He ko ʻemau anga ke tomuʻa fakakaukauʻi ʻemau ngaahi meʻa ke ha lelei, ʻo ʻikai ki he ʻOtua pe, ka ki he tangata foki.”—2 Kolinito 8:6, 18-23; 12:18.
ʻAve ʻa e Tokoní
ʻI he aʻu mai ki he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 56 T.S., naʻe maau ai ʻa e paʻanga foakí ke ʻave ki Selusalema. Naʻe pau ai ke ʻalu ʻa Paula mo e kau fakafofonga naʻe fili ʻe he faʻahinga naʻa nau fai ʻa e tokoní. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Ngāue 20:4: “Naʻe feʻao mo ia ʻi he fononga ʻa Sopeta ko e tangata Pelea, ko e foha ʻo Pulo, pea mei he kakai foha ʻo Pulo; pea mei he kakai Tesalonaika ʻa Alisitako mo Sekunio; mo Keio ko e tangata Teape, mo Timote; kaeʻumaʻā ʻa e ongo meʻa mei Esia ko Tikiko mo Talofima.” ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe ʻi ai foki ʻi honau haʻohaʻongá ʻa Luke, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakafofongaʻi nai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Filipaí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi hifo ʻi he kau tangata ʻe toko hiva naʻa nau ʻalu ʻi he ngāue ko ení.
“Ko e lahi fakakātoa ʻo e meʻa naʻe fakatahaʻi ki he tānaki tokoní kuo pau pē naʻe fuʻu lahi,” ko e lau ia ʻa e mataotao ko Dieter Georgi, “koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi feinga fakaʻosí, naʻe kau ai ʻa Paula mo e fuʻu kau fakafofonga tokolahi, naʻe ʻikai mei ʻaonga ke toe fai ha hohaʻa mo ha fakamole ki ai.” Naʻe ngāue ʻa e kulupú ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ke fakapapauʻi ʻa e maluʻangá kae toe pehē foki ke maluʻi ʻa Paula mei ha tukuakiʻi pē ki ha taʻefaitotonu. Ko e faʻahinga naʻe fekauʻí naʻa nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga Senitailé ʻi he ʻao ʻo e faʻahinga tapu ʻi Selusalemá.
ʻI he folau mei Kolinitō ki Sīliá, naʻe pau ke aʻu ai ʻa e kau fakafofongá ki Selusalema ʻi he taimi Pāsová. Kae kehe, ko hono tala atu ha faʻufaʻu ke tāmateʻi ʻa Paulá naʻe iku ai ki ha liliu ʻo e ngaahi palaní. (Ngāue 20:3) Mahalo pē naʻe taumuʻa ʻa hono ngaahi filí ke tāmateʻi ia ʻi tahi.
Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kehe naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa Paula. Ki muʻa ke ne mavahé, naʻá ne tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Lomá ke nau lotu ‘koeʻuhi ke ne hao meiate kinautolu ʻi Siutea ʻoku talangataʻá; pea ke tali lelei ʻe he [faʻahinga tapú] ʻa ʻene ngaue ʻoku ʻave ki Selusalemá.’ (Loma 15:30, 31) Neongo naʻe pau ke maʻu taʻetoeveiveiua ʻe he faʻahinga tapú ʻa e ngaahi tokoní fakataha mo e houngaʻia loloto, naʻe tokanga nai ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e faingataʻa ʻe fakatupunga ʻi heʻene aʻu atú ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e kau Siú fakalūkufua.
Naʻe fakakaukau moʻoni ʻa e ʻapositoló ki he kau masivá. Lolotonga ʻoku ʻikai ke lau ʻa e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ki he taimi naʻe ʻoatu ai ʻa e tokoní, ko hono ʻavé naʻe pouaki ai ʻa e fāʻūtaha pea fakamafeia ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Senitailé ke nau fakahāhā ki honau kaungātui Siuteá ʻa e houngaʻia ki he ngaahi koloa fakalaumālie naʻa nau maʻu meiate kinautolú. Ko e ʻasi ʻa Paula ʻi he temipalé ʻo ʻikai fuoloa mei he hili ʻene aʻu ki Selusalemá naʻe fakatupunga ai ha moveuveu pea fakahoko ai ʻa hono puke ia. Ka naʻe iku ʻo ʻoange ai ʻe he meʻá ni kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ke faifakamoʻoni ai ki he kau kōvana pea mo e ngaahi tuʻi.—Ngāue 9:15; 21:17-36; 23:11; 24:1–26:32.
Ko ʻEtau Tokoni ʻi he ʻAho Ní
Talu mei he ʻuluaki senitulí, mo e liliu ʻa e meʻa lahi—ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni tefitó. ʻOku fakahaaʻi totonu ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngahi fiemaʻu fakapaʻangá. Ko ha ngaahi tokoni pē ʻoku nau fai ki he faʻahinga ʻoku masivá ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻi he loto-fiefoaki, ʻoku ueʻi ʻe he ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá pea ki he kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.—Maake 12:28-31.
Ko e lahi ʻo e tokoni naʻe fai maʻá e faʻahinga tapú ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi tokoni peheé kuo pau ke fokotuʻutuʻu lelei pea fakahoko ʻi ha founga faitotonu fakamākukanga. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku lāuʻilo ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ki he ngahi fiemaʻú, pea ʻokú ne fai ʻa e tokonaki ki heʻene kau sevānití koeʻuhi ke nau lava ʻo hokohoko atu ʻa hono vahevahe ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá ki he niʻihi kehé neongo ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá. (Mātiu 6:25-34) Ka, ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku lava ke tau fai ʻetau tafaʻakí, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hotau tuʻunga fakaʻekonōmiká. ʻI he founga ko iá, ‘ko ia naa ne tanaki o lahí, ʻe ikai hano toe; bea ko ia nae tanaki o jií, ʻe ikai haane majiva.’—2 Kolinito 8:15, PM.