“ʻOua e Hoko ʻo ʻi ha ʻIoke Taʻefeʻungamālie”
HANGĒ ko ia ʻoku lava ke ke sio ai hení, ko e kāmeli mo e pulu ʻa ia ʻokú na toho palau fakatahá ʻoku hā mātuʻaki taʻefakafiemālie. Ko e ʻioke ʻokú ne fakafehokotaki fakataha kinauá—ʻa ia naʻe fakataumuʻa ki he ongo monumanu ʻokú na lahi tatau mo mālohi tataú—ʻokú ne ʻai fakatouʻosi ʻa e ongo monumanú ke na faingataʻaʻia. ʻI he tokanga fekauʻaki mo e lelei ʻa e fanga monumanu ngāue peheé, naʻe tala ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he kau ʻIsilelí: “ʻE ʻikai te ke noʻotaki ki he palau ha pulu mo ha asi fakataha.” (Teutalonome 22:10) ʻE ngāueʻaki ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni tatau ki ha pulu mo ha kāmeli.
ʻI he tuʻunga mahení, ʻe ʻikai hilifaki ʻe ha tokotaha faama ha tuʻunga faingataʻa pehē ki heʻene fanga monumanú. Ka ʻo kapau naʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ha ongo pulu, te ne ʻai fakataha nai ki he ʻioké ʻa e ongo monumanu ʻe ua naʻá ne ala maʻú. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e meʻa eni naʻe fili ke fai ʻe he tokotaha faama ʻi he fakatātaá ʻi he senituli hono 19. Koeʻuhi ko e kehekehe ʻi hona lahí mo e mamafá, ko e monumanu vaivai angé ʻe pau ke ne fāinga ke tauhi maʻu ki he vave ʻo e ngaʻunú, pea ko e monumanu mālohi angé te ne maʻu ha kavenga lahi ange ke fua.
Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fakatātā ʻo ha ʻioke taʻefeʻungamālié ke ne akoʻi kia kitautolu ha lēsoni mahuʻinga. “ʻOua e hoko ʻo ʻi ha ʻioke taʻefeʻungamālie mo e kau taʻetuí,” ko ʻene tohí ia. “He ʻoku feohi fēfē ʻa e māʻoniʻoní mo e maumau-laó? Pe ʻoku kau fakataha fēfē ʻa e māmá mo e fakapoʻulí?” (2 Kolinito 6:14, NW) ʻE lava fēfē ke hoko ha Kalisitiane ʻo ʻi ha ʻioke taʻefeʻungamālie?
Ko e founga ʻe taha ʻe hoko ia kapau naʻe fili ʻe ha Kalisitiane ha hoa mali ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ke kau fakataha ʻi heʻene ngaahi tuí. Ko ha nofo fakataha pehē ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa ʻene faingataʻa ki he ongo faʻahí fakatouʻosi, ko e ongo meʻá ʻokú na taʻefelotoi ʻi he ngaahi ʻīsiu tefitó.
ʻI he taimi naʻe kamataʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e nofo malí, naʻá ne ʻoange ki he uaifí ʻa e ngafa “ko ha fakakakato,” pe “hoatatau.” (Senesi 2:18, NW; fakamatala ʻi lalo) ʻI he founga tatau, fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko Malakaí, naʻe lave ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ha uaifi ko ha “hoa.” (Malakai 2:14, NW) ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ʻa e ngaahi hoa malí ke nau ngāue fakataha ʻi he tataki fakalaumālie tatau, ʻo vahevahe ʻa e ngaahi kavengá pea utu ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga tatau.
Ko e mali “i he Eiki be,” ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻa e ʻapasia ki he akonaki ʻa ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. (1 Kolinito 7:39, PM) ʻOku fakatoka heni ha makatuʻunga ki ha nofo mali fāʻūtaha, ʻa ia ʻe lava ke ne ʻoatu ʻa e fakahīkihiki mo e lāngilangi ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he fakatou tauhi ʻa e ongo meʻa malí kiate ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ‘kaungā ngāue ʻioke moʻoni’ ʻi ha ʻuhinga makehe.—Filipai 4:3, NW.
[Maʻuʻanga tā ʻi he peesi 32]
Kāmeli mo e pulu: From the book La Tierra Santa, Volume 1, 1830