ʻOku Nau Fiefia ke Fai ʻa e Finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá
NAʻE fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ki he kotoa ʻo e kau Kalisitiané ʻaki ʻene lotu ki heʻene Tamaí: “Ke ʻoua naʻa fai hoku loto ka ko hoʻou pē.” (Luke 22:42) Ko e fakahaaʻi fakatōkilalo ko ia ʻo e fakamoʻulaloa kia Sihová ʻoku tapua atu ia ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻe he laui miliona ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku kau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo kinautolú ʻa e kau ako ʻe toko 52 ʻo e kalasi hono 120 ʻo e Akoʻanga Tohi Tapu Taua Leʻo ko Kiliatí. ʻI Maʻasi 11, 2006, naʻe fiefia ai ʻa e kalasi maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ʻi he ʻamanaki ki hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi fonua kehekehe, naʻa mo e fehangahangai mo e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻá.
Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako ko ʻení ke nau ʻai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová ke ne tataki ʻenau moʻuí? Ko Chris mo Leslie, ko ha ongo meʻa naʻe vaheʻi ke na ngāue ko ha ongo misinale ʻi Polivia, naʻá na pehē: “Koeʻuhi kuó ma siʻaki kimaua tonu, ʻokú ma loto ke fakafaingamālieʻi kimaua ke fai ha meʻa pē ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e kautaha ʻa Sihová.” (Maake 8:34) Ko Jason mo Chere, naʻe vaheʻi ki ʻAlipēnia, ʻokú na tānaki mai: “Ko e ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē ʻoku tau maʻu mei he kautaha ʻa Sihová ʻoku ʻi ai hono ngaahi faingataʻa. Kae kehe, kuó ma ʻilo ʻoku tuha moʻoni mo Sihova ke tau falala kakato ki ai.”
Fakalototoʻa ke Fakamoʻulaloa ki he Finangalo ʻo Sihová
Ko George Smith, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e fāmili Pētelí ʻokú ne ngāue ʻi he Potungāue ʻĀtí, naʻá ne kamata ʻa e polokalama maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ʻaki ha lotu. Naʻe talitali lelei ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe haʻu ki aí ʻe Stephen Lett, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Kulupu Pule ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová pea ko e sea ia ʻo e polokalama maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó. Ko e kau fakaafe mei he ngaahi fonua kehekehe ʻe 23 naʻa nau fononga mai ki he Senitā Fakaeako ʻa e Taua Leʻó ʻi Patterson, New York, ke maʻu ʻa e kātoanga fakafiefia ko ʻení. Naʻe tala ange ʻe Tokoua Lett ki he kalasi maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó te nau lavaʻi ha “meʻa mālohi lahi.” Naʻá ne fakahanga ʻa e tokangá ki he “gaahi kolo malohi,” hangē ko e ngaahi tokāteline loí, ʻe malava ʻe he kau misinale foʻoú ke nau holoki ʻaki ʻa e mālohi ʻo e Tohi Tapú. (2 Kolinito 10:4, 5, PM) Naʻá ne fakaʻosiʻaki: “Ko ha fiefia lahi ē te mou maʻu ʻi hono ngāueʻaki kimoutolu ʻe Sihova ke holoki ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kolo mālohi ʻoku ʻi he kakai loto-totonu ʻi homou ngaahi vāhenga-ngāué!”
Ko Harold Jackson, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e kau ngāue ʻa e ʻuluʻi ʻapitangá, naʻá ne lea ʻi he kaveinga “Ko ha Ngaahi Meʻa Siʻi ke Manatuʻi.” Naʻá ne pehē ʻoku totonu ki he kau misinale foʻoú ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ngalo ʻiate kinautolu ke ‘fuofua kumi ae buleagá mo e maonioni ʻa e ʻOtuá.’ (Mātiu 6:33, PM) ʻOku totonu ke nau manatuʻi ko e “ʻofa ko e meʻa langa hake” pea ko ha kī taʻealaliliu ia ki he lavameʻá. (1 Kolinito 8:1) Naʻá ne pehē: “ʻAi ke hoko ʻa e ʻofá ko e tākiekina ia ki hoʻo ngaahi feangainga mo e niʻihi kehé.”
Ko hono hokó, ko Geoffery Jackson, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Kulupu Pulé naʻe ngāue ko ha misinale mei he 1979 ʻo aʻu mai ki he 2003, naʻá ne ʻeke ki he kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó, “ʻOkú Ke Fua Fatongia?” Naʻá ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ke maʻu ha vakai mafamafatatau kiate kita pea mo e ngāue fakamalangá. ʻOku fatongiaʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ke ngāue mālohi ʻi hono tō mo fuʻifuʻi ʻa e ngaahi tenga ʻo e moʻoní. Kae kehe, ko hono ʻomai ʻa e tupu fakalaumālié ko e fatongia ia ʻo Sihova, koeʻuhi “ko ia pe ʻoku fakatupu, ʻa ia ko e ʻOtua.” (1 Kolinito 3:6-9) Naʻe tānaki atu ʻe Tokoua Jackson: “ʻOkú ke fatongiaʻaki kia Sihova ke ke mālohi fakalaumālie. Ka ko e hā ho fatongia lahi tahá? Ke ʻofa kia Sihova pea ke ʻofa ʻi he kakai ko ia te ke ngāue ki aí.”
Naʻe lāulea ʻa e faiako Kiliati ko Lawrence Bowen ki he kaveinga “Ke Ke ʻIlo ʻa e Anga ʻOku Totonu ke Faiʻaki.” Naʻá ne fakamanatu ki he kau akó naʻe tataki mo maluʻi fakaemana ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá. (Ekisoto 13:21, 22) ʻI hono konga, ʻokú ne tataki mo maluʻi kitautolu he ʻahó ni fakafou ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane paní, “ko e pou mo e tuʻunga ʻo e moʻoni.” (1 Timote 3:14, 15) ʻOku fiemaʻu ke pouaki ʻe he kau misinale foʻoú ʻa e moʻoní, ʻa ia ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e tataki mo e maluʻi ki he faʻahinga anga-fakatōkilaló.
Ko Wallace Liverance, ko ha faiako Kiliati ʻe taha, naʻá ne enginaki ki he kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ke ʻoua ʻe ngalo ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mei honau “tuʻa.” ʻOku ʻi hotau tuʻá ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻuhinga naʻe kakato ʻa e Tohi Tapú ia ʻi he laui senituli kuo maliu atú. ʻI he hangē ha tauhi-sipi ʻoku ui mei he tuʻa ʻo ha tākanga sipí, ʻoku mei he tuʻa ʻo ʻene kakaí ʻa Sihova, ʻo ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e tataki fakafou ʻi he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto.” (Aisea 30:21; Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Naʻe tokoniʻi ʻe he Akoʻanga Kiliatí ʻa e kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ke nau tupulekina ʻi he houngaʻia ki he kalasi tamaioʻeiki ko iá. Naʻe aʻu ʻo tokonaki mai ʻe he “tamaioeiki” ʻa e New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe he tokotaha-malangá ʻa e kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó: “Toʻo ʻa e koloa ʻo e fakamatala ko ʻení kuo tuku tauhí, pea ngāueʻaki ia ke akoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé.”—Mātiu 13:52.
Ko Hono Fai ʻa e Finangalo ʻo Sihová ʻi he Ngāue Fakamalangá
ʻI he konga ʻo e polokalamá ko e “Loto-Vēkeveke ke Malangaʻaki ʻa e Ongoongo Leleí,” naʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻe he faiako Kiliati ko Mark Noumair ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi hokosia naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ʻi he ngāue fakamalanga ki he kakaí he lolotonga ʻenau ʻi he Akoʻanga Kiliatí. (Loma 1:15) Naʻe hā mei he ngaahi fakaʻekeʻeke ʻo e kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó naʻa nau fakahaaʻi moʻoni ʻa e loto-vēkeveke fisifisimuʻa ke malanga ʻi he taimi kotoa pē.
Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ha toe fakalototoʻa fakafou ʻi hano fakaʻekeʻeke ʻe Kenneth Flodin ha kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻaki ʻe toko tolu ʻa ia ʻoku nau lolotonga ngāue ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté. Ko Richard Keller mo Alejandro Lacayo, ʻa ia naʻá na ngāue ʻi he kuohilí ʻi ʻAmelika Tonga mo ʻAmelika Lotoloto, naʻá na fakamatala ki he founga naʻá na fekuki ai fakataha mo hona ongo uaifí mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe peá na lave ai ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tāpuaki naʻa nau maʻu he lolotonga ʻenau ngāue ko e kau misinalé. Naʻe fakamatala ʻa Moacir Felisbino ki he ako naʻá ne maʻu he lolotonga ʻene ngāue vāofi mo e kau misinale ʻi Pelēsilá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tupu hake aí.
Ko e kau misinale taukei ʻe toko tolu, ko Robert Jones, Woodworth Mills, mo Christopher Slay, naʻe fakaʻekeʻeke kinautolu ʻe David Schafer. Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻe toko tolú ki he founga naʻa nau ako ai ke ngāue fakataha mo e loto-falala kia Sihova ʻi he taimi naʻa nau hokosia ai ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá. Naʻa nau fakapapauʻi ki he kalasí ko e ako ko ia naʻa nau maʻu mei he kautaha ʻa Sihová naʻe teuʻi lelei ai kinautolu ki heʻenau ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue fakamisinalé. Naʻe peheni hono toʻotoʻo konga lalahi ʻe Tokoua Mills: “Naʻe ʻikai ko e tafaʻaki fakaeako fakaʻatamai ʻa Kiliatí naʻá ne tokoniʻi lahi taha aú, ka ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe akoʻi kiate au ʻe he akoʻangá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e anga-fakatōkilaló mo e ʻofá.”
Ko e mēmipa ʻo e Kulupu Pulé ko Guy Pierce naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e malanga tefitó, naʻe fakakaveinga “ʻE ʻIkai ʻAupito ke Taʻelavameʻa ʻa Sihova.” Naʻe taʻelavameʻa ʻa ʻĀtama, ka naʻe ʻuhinga iá naʻe taʻelavameʻa ai ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻa e ʻOtuá? Naʻe taʻelavameʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakatupu haohaoa ʻa ʻĀtama, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa e kakai ʻe niʻihi? ʻIkai ʻaupito, he “nae gaohi ae tagata e he Otua i he agatonu.” (Koheleti 7:29, PM) Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he ʻalunga anga-tonu ʻo Sīsū ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ʻahiʻahi lahi taha ʻi he māmaní naʻe “ʻikai ha kalofanga, ʻikai ha ʻuhinga kia ʻĀtama ke ne taʻelavameʻa ai,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e tokotaha-malangá. Ko e ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo e talangofua ʻa ʻĀtamá ʻi he ngoue ko ʻĪtení naʻe siʻisiʻi fau ange ia ʻi he ʻahiʻahi naʻe fekuki lavameʻa mo Sīsuú. Kae kehe, naʻe taʻelavameʻa ʻa ʻĀtama. Ka neongo ia, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke taʻelavameʻa ʻa Sihova ia. Kuo pau ke fakahoko ʻene taumuʻá. (Aisea 55:11) Naʻe tala ange ʻe Tokoua Pierce ki he kau misinale foʻoú: “ʻOku mou maʻu ʻa e monū ko hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki homou laumālie feilaulauʻi-kitá. ʻOfa ke ʻiate kimoutolu taki taha ʻa Sihova ʻi ha feituʻu pē te mou tauhi ai kiate ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau misinalé.”
ʻI he hili hono fakahoko atu ʻa e ngaahi talamonū mei he ngaahi ʻōfisi vaʻa kehekehe ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, naʻe ʻoatu ʻe he tokotaha-seá, ko Tokoua Lett ki he kau maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó honau ngaahi tipilomá mo ʻenau ngaahi vāhenga-ngāué. Ko Vernon Wisegarver, ko ha mēmipa fuoloa ʻo e fāmili Pētelí, naʻá ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e kau fanongó ʻi ha lotu tuku.
Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he toko 6,872 naʻe ʻi aí naʻe hanga ʻe he polokalama maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ʻo fakafoʻou ʻenau vēkeveke ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 40:8) Naʻe pehē ʻe he ongo maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako ko Andrew mo Anna: “Naʻá ma fakatapui ʻema moʻuí kia Sihova. Naʻá ma fai ha palōmesi kia Sihova te ma fai ha meʻa pē te ne kole mai kiate kimaua. Kuo toki hokó ni ʻa e kole mai ʻa Sihova ke ma ō ki Kameluni, ʻAfilika.” Ko kinaua pea mo e kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e kalasi maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni akó ʻoku nau loto-vēkeveke ke kamata ʻi ha ngāue ʻa ia te ne ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e lavameʻa mo e fiemālie. ʻIo, ʻoku nau fiefia ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.
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ʻŪ FIKA ʻO E KALASÍ
Lahi ʻo e ngaahi fonua naʻe fakafofongaʻí: 6
Lahi ʻo e ngaahi fonua naʻe vaheʻi ki aí: 20
Tokolahi fakakātoa ʻo e kau akó: 52
ʻAvalisi ʻo e taʻumotuʻá: 35.7
ʻAvalisi ʻo e taʻu ʻi he moʻoní: 18.3
ʻAvalisi ʻo e taʻu ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató: 14.5
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Kalasi Maʻu Tohi Fakamoʻoni Ako Hono 120 ʻa e Akoʻanga Tohi Tapu Taua Leʻo ko Kiliatí
ʻI he lisi ʻi laló, ko e ngaahi ʻotú ʻoku fakafika ia mei muʻa ki mui, pea ko e ngaahi hingoá ʻoku fakahokohoko ia mei he toʻohemá ki he toʻomataʻú ʻi he ʻotu taki taha.
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