Fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e Nofo Malí ko ha Meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá
“Ko ia ʻe tukuange ʻe he tangata ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻe, kae pikitai ki hono uaifi: pea te na hoko ko e kakano pe taha.”—SEN. 2:24.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku tuha ai ʻa Sihova mo ʻetau fakaʻapaʻapá?
KO SIHOVA ko e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e nofo malí, ʻokú ne tuha moʻoni mo ʻetau fakaʻapaʻapá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu, Hau, mo e Tamai fakahēvaní, ʻoku totonu hono fakamatalaʻi ia ko e Tokotaha-Foaki ʻo e ‘foaki lelei, mo e meʻaʻofa haohaoa’ kotoa pē. (Sem. 1:17; Fkh. 4:11) Ko ha fakahāhā eni ʻo ʻene ʻofa lahí. (1 Sione 4:8) Ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne akoʻi mai kia kitautolú, meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne fiemaʻu meia kitautolú, meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne ʻomai kia kitautolú ko e lelei mo e ʻaonga pē ia kia kitautolu.—Ai. 48:17.
2. Ko e hā e ngaahi fakahinohino naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he ʻuluaki ongo meʻa malí?
2 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko e nofo malí ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei ko eni mei he ʻOtuá. ʻI he taimi naʻá ne fai ai ʻa e ʻuluaki malí, naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he ongo meʻá, ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi, ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino pau ki he founga ke na lavameʻa aí. (Lau ʻa e Mātiu 19:4-6.) Kapau naʻá na muimui ki he fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻá na mei maʻu ʻa e fiefia tuʻuloa. Kae kehe, naʻá na taʻetokaʻi fakavalevale ʻa e fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá pea tofanga ai ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻaupito.—Sen. 3:6-13, 16-19, 23.
3, 4. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono taʻefakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻe he tokolahi he ʻahó ni fakatouʻosi ʻa e nofo malí mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā e ngaahi fakatātā te tau lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu ko ení?
3 ʻI he hangē ko e ʻuluaki ongo meʻa ko iá, ko e kakai tokolahi ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻi he malí ʻo siʻi pe ʻikai haʻanau tokaʻi ʻa e fakahinohino ʻa Sihová. ʻOku nonofo ʻa e niʻihi ʻo taʻetokaʻi fakaʻaufuli ʻa e nofo malí, lolotonga ia ʻoku feinga ʻa e niʻihi ke fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻa e nofo malí ʻo fakatatau ki he holi pē ʻanautolú. (Loma 1:24-32; 2 Tim. 3:1-5) ʻOku nau tukunoaʻi ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e nofo malí ko ha meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá, pea ʻi he taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ki he meʻaʻofa ko iá, ʻoku nau toe taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ai ki he Tokotaha-Foakí, ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
4 ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻa mo e niʻihi ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku mole meiate kinautolu ʻa e vakai maʻalaʻala ki he fakakaukau ʻa Sihova ki he nofo malí. ʻOku fili ʻa e ngaahi hoa Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ke māvae, pe ʻoku nau vete ʻo ʻikai ha ngaahi makatuʻunga Fakatohitapu ke fai pehē. ʻE lava fēfē ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he meʻá ni? ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi ʻe he fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he Senesi 2:24 ʻa e kau Kalisitiane malí ke ʻai ke mālohi ʻenau nofo malí? Pea ʻe lava fēfē ke teuteu ki ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakakaukau ke malí? Tau sio angé ki he nofo mali lavameʻa ʻe tolu ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohi Tapú ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ai ʻa e anga ʻo e hoko ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa kia Sihová ko ha kī mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki ha nofo mali tuʻuloa.
Fakatupulekina ʻa e Mateakí
5, 6. Ko e hā e tuʻunga naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi nai ai ʻa Sākalaia mo ʻIlisapesí, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakapaleʻi ʻa ʻena mateakí?
5 Naʻe fai ʻe Sākalaia mo ʻIlisapesi ʻa e ngaahi fili lelei. Naʻá na taki taha fili ha hoa mali naʻe tokanga fakalaumālie. Naʻe fakahoko faitōnunga ʻe Sākalaia ʻa hono ngaahi fatongia fakataulaʻeikí, pea ko kinaua fakatouʻosi naʻá na tauhi ki he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lelei taha ʻo ʻena malavá. Naʻe lahi moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ke na fakamālōʻiaʻí. Ka, ʻo kapau naʻá ke ʻaʻahi ki hona ʻapí ʻi Siuta, naʻe mei vave hoʻo fakatokangaʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe puli mei ai. Naʻe ʻikai haʻana fānau. Naʻe paʻa ʻa ʻIlisapesi, pea ko kinaua fakatouʻosi naʻá na taʻumotuʻa.—Luke 1:5-7.
6 ʻI ʻIsileli he kuonga muʻá, ko e maʻu fānaú naʻe fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi, pea naʻe faʻa tokolahi ʻa e ngaahi fāmilí. (1 Sam. 1:2, 6, 10; Sāme 128:3, 4) Ko ha tangata ʻIsileli ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻá ne veteʻi nai ʻi he founga kākā ʻa hono uaifí kapau naʻe ʻikai te ne fanau. Neongo ia, ko Sākalaiá naʻá ne nofoʻaki mateaki kia ʻIlisapesi. Naʻe ʻikai te ne kumi kalofanga ke ʻatā ai mei he nofo malí, pea naʻe pehē pē mo hono uaifí. Neongo naʻe fakalotomamahi kia kinaua ʻa e ʻikai ha fānaú, naʻá na hokohoko atu ʻa e tauhi faitōnunga fakataha kia Sihová. ʻI ha founga fakaemana, naʻe faifai pē ʻo fakapaleʻi lahi kinaua ʻe Sihova ʻaki hono fanauʻi ha foha ʻi heʻena taʻumotuʻá.—Luke 1:8-14.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e founga kehe naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻe ʻIlisapesi ʻa ʻene mateaki ki hono husepānití?
7 Naʻe fakahāhā ʻe ʻIlisapesi ʻa e mateaki ʻoku taau ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻi ha toe founga ʻe taha. ʻI he taimi naʻe fanauʻi ai ʻa hono foha ko Sioné, naʻe ʻikai lava ke lea ʻa Sākalaia koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻai ia ke ne noa ʻi heʻene fehuʻia ʻa e ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka, kuo pau pē naʻe fetuʻutaki ʻa Sākalaia ki hono uaifí ʻi ha founga ʻo pehē naʻe tala ange kiate ia ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa Sihová ke fakahingoa ʻa e tamasiʻí ko “Sione.” Naʻe loto ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapí mo e kāingá ke ui ʻa e tamasiʻí ki heʻene tamaí. Ka naʻe poupouʻi mateaki ʻe ʻIlisapesi ʻa e fakahinohino ʻa hono husepānití kiate iá. Naʻá ne pehē: “ʻOua, ka ʻe hingoa ko Sione.”—Luke 1:59-63.
8, 9. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ʻai ʻe he mateakí ke mālohi ha nofo mali? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga pau ʻe lava ai ha husepāniti mo e uaifi ke fakahāhā ʻa e mateakí?
8 ʻI he hangē ko Sākalaia mo ʻIlisapesí, ko e ngaahi hoa mali he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi loto-mamahi mo e ngaahi pole kehe. Ko ha nofo mali ʻoku ʻikai ha mateakí heʻikai ke lakalakaimonū. Ko e fakamalingá, ʻata fakalieliá, tonó, mo e ngaahi fakamanamana kehe ki ha nofo mali lelei ʻe lava ke ne fakaʻauha ʻo ʻikai toe ala fakaleleiʻi ʻa e fefalalaʻaki ʻi he nofo malí. Pea ʻi he taimi ʻoku hōloa ai ʻa e falalá ʻi ha nofo mali, ʻoku kamata ke vaivai ʻa e ʻofá. ʻI he ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi, ko e mateakí ʻoku hangē ia ko ha ʻā maluʻi takatakai ʻi he ʻapi ʻo e fāmilí ʻokú ne taʻofi ʻi tuʻa ʻa e kau ʻaʻahi mo e ngaahi fakamanamana ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻú, pea ʻomai ha tuʻunga ʻo e maluʻanga ki he faʻahinga ʻi loto ʻi he ʻapí. Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi ʻoku femateakiʻaki ai ha husepāniti mo ha uaifi, ʻe lava ke na nofo malu fakataha pea fefakahāhāʻaki ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo hona lotó, ʻo fakaʻatā ke tupulaki ʻa ʻena ʻofá. ʻIo, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e mateakí.
9 Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kia ʻĀtama: “ʻE tukuange ʻe he tangata ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻe, kae pikitai ki hono uaifi.” (Sen. 2:24) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki aí? Ko e ngaahi haʻi vāofi ki muʻa mo e ngaahi kaumeʻá mo e kāingá kuo pau ke feʻunuʻaki. Ko e hoa taki taha kuo pau ke ne ʻuluaki ʻoange hono taimí mo e tokangá ki he tokotaha ʻe tahá. Ko e ngaahi kaumeʻá mo e kāingá heʻikai kei lava ke fakamuʻomuʻa ia ʻo liʻaki ʻa e fāmili foʻoú; pea ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke fakaʻatā ʻe he ongo meʻá ʻa e ongo mātuʻá ke na kaunoa ʻi he ngaahi fili pe ngaahi taʻefelotoi ʻi he fāmilí. Ko e ongo meʻá kuo pau ke na pīkitai kia kinaua taki taha. Ko e fakahinohino ia ʻa e ʻOtuá.
10. Ko e hā ʻe tokoni ki he ngaahi hoa malí ke nau fakatupulekina ʻa e mateakí?
10 Naʻa mo e ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi māvahevahe fakalotú, ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻe he mateakí ʻa e ngaahi pale. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tuofefine ʻo ha hoa taʻetui: “ʻOku ou fakamālō lahi kia Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻene akoʻi au ki he founga ke anganofo ai ki hoku husepānití pea fakaʻapaʻapa lahi kiate ia. Ko e nofoʻaki mateakí kuo iku ia ki he taʻu ʻe 47 ʻo e ʻofa mo e fakaʻapaʻapa taʻemamotu.” (1 Kol. 7:10, 11; 1 Pita 3:1, 2) Ko ia ngāue mālohi ke ʻai ho hoa malí ke ne ongoʻi malu. ʻI hoʻo leá mo e ngāué, kumi ki ha ngaahi founga ke toe fakapapauʻi ai ki ho hoá, kiate koé, ko ia ʻa e tokotaha mahuʻinga taha ʻi he māmaní. Ke aʻu ki he tuʻunga ko iá ʻoku fakatuʻunga pē ʻia koe, ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ha toe taha pe ko ha meʻa pē ke tuʻu vahaʻa ʻia koe mo ho hoá. (Lau ʻa e Palovepi 5:15-20.) Ko Ron mo Jeannette, kuó na nofo mali fiefia ʻo laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 35, ʻokú na pehē, “Koeʻuhi ko ʻema fai mateaki ki he meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá meiate kimauá, ʻokú ma maʻu ai ha nofo mali fiefia mo lavameʻa.”
Fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe he Fāʻūtahá ʻa e Nofo Malí
11, 12. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ngāue fāitaha ʻa ʻAkuila mo Pīsila (a) ʻi ʻapi, (e) ʻi heʻena ngāue fakamāmaní, pea (f) ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané?
11 ʻI he taimi naʻe lea ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá fekauʻaki mo hono ongo kaumeʻa ofi ko ʻAkuila mo Pīsilá, naʻe ʻikai te ne lave ki ha taha kae tuku ʻa e taha. Ko e fāʻūtaha ʻa e ongo meʻa ko ení ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ia ʻo e meʻa naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene pehē ko ha husepāniti mo ha uaifi ʻoku totonu ke na hoko ko e “kakano pe taha.” (Sen. 2:24) Naʻá na ngāue fakataha maʻu pē ʻi hona ʻapí, ʻi heʻena ngāue fakamāmaní, pea ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻuluaki tūʻuta ai ʻa Paula ʻi Kolinitoó, naʻe fakaafeʻi anga-ʻofa ia ʻe ʻAkuila mo Pīsila ke ne nofo ʻi hona ʻapí, ʻa ia ʻi he hili iá ʻoku ngalingali naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻi ha taimi ko ha feituʻu tefito ki heʻene ngaahi ngāué. Ki mui ai, ʻi ʻEfesō, naʻá na ngāueʻaki hona ʻapí ke fai ai ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá pea ngāue fakataha ke tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga foʻoú, hangē ko ʻApolosí, ke nau tupu fakalaumālie. (Ng. 18:2, 18-26) Ko e ongo meʻa faivelenga ko ení naʻá na ʻalu leva ki Loma, ʻa ia naʻá na toe fakaʻatā ai hona ʻapí ki he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Ki mui ai, naʻá na toe foki ki ʻEfesō, ʻo fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa e fanga tokouá.—Loma 16:3-5.
12 ʻI ha taimi, ko ʻAkuila mo Pīsilá naʻá na toe ngāue fakataha mo Paula ʻi honau faiva anga-mahení, ko e tuitui tēniti. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku tau ʻilo naʻe taha holo pē ʻa e ongo meʻá, ʻo ngāue fāitaha ʻo ʻikai feʻauʻauhi pe fekīhiaki. (Ng. 18:3) Neongo ia, ko e moʻoni, ko e taimi ko ia naʻá na fakamoleki fakataha ʻi he ngaahi ngāue faka-Kalisitiané naʻe tauhi ai ʻena nofo malí ke ʻi ha tuʻunga fakalaumālie māʻolunga. Pe ʻi Kolinitō, ʻEfesō, pe Loma, naʻe hoko ʻo ʻilolahia ai kinaua ko e ‘kaungāngaue ʻia Kalaisi Sisu.’ (Loma 16:3) Naʻá na ngāue fakataha ʻo ʻai ke laka ki muʻa ʻa e ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi ha feituʻu pē naʻá na ngāue ai.
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe lava ke veuki ai ʻa e fāʻūtaha ʻi ha nofo mali? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻe lava ke fai ʻe he ongo meʻa malí ke ʻai ke mālohi ai ʻa hona haʻi ko e “kakano pe taha”?
13 Ko e moʻoni, ko e fāʻūtaha ʻi he ngaahi taumuʻá mo e ngaahi ngāué ʻoku ʻai ai ke mālohi ha nofo mali. (Koh. 4:9, 10) Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e ngaahi hoa mali tokolahi he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fakamoleki fakataha ha kiʻi taimi siʻisiʻi. ʻOku nau ngāue ʻi he ngaahi houa lōloa ʻi heʻenau ngaahi ngāueʻanga kehekehe. Ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau fononga mamaʻo ki heʻenau ngāue fakamāmaní pe hiki toko taha ki muli ke ngāue ʻo tā paʻanga mai ki ʻapi. Naʻa mo e ʻi ʻapí, ko e ngaahi hoa mali ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau fakamavaheʻi kinautolu mei he hoa ʻe tahá koeʻuhi ko e taimi ʻoku nau fakamoleki ʻi he televīsoné, meʻa ʻoku manako hono faí, sipotí, keimi vitioó, pe ko e ʻInitanetí. ʻOku hoko eni ʻi ho ʻapí? Kapau ko ia, ʻe lava ke ke feʻunuʻaki ho ngaahi tuʻungá ke mo fakamoleki fakataha ha taimi lahi ange? Fēfē ʻa e kau fakataha ʻi he ngaahi ngāue anga-maheni hangē ko hono teuteu ha ngaahi houa kai, fufulu ipu, pe ngaahi ngoue? ʻE lava ke mo ngāue fakataha ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻa e fānaú pe tokoni ki hoʻomo ongo mātuʻa taʻumotuʻá?
14 Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, ko e fakamoleki fakataha maʻu pē ʻa e taimi ʻi he ngaahi ngāue felāveʻi mo e lotu kia Sihová. Ko e lāulea fakataha ki he konga tohi fakaʻahó pea kau fakataha ʻi he lotu fakafāmilí ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie lelei ʻaupito ke tauhi ke fāʻūtaha ʻa e fakakaukau mo e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa homo fāmilí. ʻIkai ko ia pē, kau fakataha ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Kapau ʻe malava, ʻahiʻahi tāimuʻa fakataha, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe homo ngaahi tuʻungá ke fai ia ʻi ha māhina pē ʻe taha pe taʻu ʻe taha. (Lau ʻa e 1 Kolinito 15:58.) ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tuofefine naʻe tāimuʻa fakataha mo hono husepānití: “Ko e ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku lava ai ke ma fakamoleki fakataha ʻa e taimi pea lava moʻoni ai ke ma pōtalanoa. Koeʻuhi ko ʻema fakatou maʻu ʻa e taumuʻa tatau ko hono tokoniʻi fakalaumālie ʻa e niʻihi kehé, naʻá ku ongoʻi ai ko ha timi moʻoni kimaua. Naʻá ku ongoʻi ofi ange ai kiate ia ʻo ʻikai ʻi he tuʻunga pē ko ha husepānití kae toe pehē foki ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kaumeʻa lelei.” ʻI hoʻomo ngāue fakataha ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻaongá, ʻe faai atu pē ʻo mo feongoongoi ai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻokú mo mahuʻingaʻia aí, ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakamuʻomuʻá, mo e ngaahi tōʻongá, kae ʻoua kuó mo hoko ʻo hangē ko ʻAkuila mo Pīsilá, ʻo fakautuutu ai ʻa hoʻomo fakakaukau, ongoʻi, mo e ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “kakano pe taha.”
Tuku ke Tataki Koe ʻe he Tuʻunga Fakalaumālié
15. Ko e hā ʻa e kī ki ha nofo mali lavameʻa? Fakamatalaʻi.
15 Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he nofo malí. Naʻá ne sio ki hono fai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ʻuluaki malí. Naʻá ne sio ki he fiefia ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi lolotonga ʻena muimui ki he fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻá ne siotonu ʻi he faingataʻa naʻe iku ki ai ʻi he taimi naʻá na tukunoaʻi ai iá. Ko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe akoʻi ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e niʻihi kehé, naʻá ne fakaongo atu ai ʻa e fakahinohino ʻa ʻene Tamaí ʻa ia ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Senesi 2:24. Naʻá ne toe tānaki atu ki he fakakaukau ko ení: “Ko e meʻa kuo fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtua, ke ʻoua naʻa fakamavae ʻe ha tangata.” (Mt. 19:6) Ko ia ai, ko e fakaʻapaʻapa lahi kia Sihová, ʻoku kei hoko pē ia ko ha kī ki ha nofo mali fiefia mo lavameʻa. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ko e ongo mātuʻa ʻa Sīsū ʻi he māmaní, ʻa Siosefa mo Mele, naʻá na fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa.
16. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Siosefa mo Mele ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻi heʻena moʻui fakafāmilí?
16 Ko Siosefá naʻe anga-lelei mo fakaʻapaʻapa kia Mele. ʻI heʻene ʻuluaki ʻiloʻi naʻá ne feitamá, naʻá ne loto ke fakafeangai mohu meesi kiate ia, naʻa mo e ʻi he ki muʻa ke fakamatalaʻi ange ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻa kuo hoko kia Melé. (Mt. 1:18-20) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha ongo meʻá, naʻá na talangofua ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sisá peá na toe muimui ofi ki he Lao ʻa Mōsesé. (Luke 2:1-5, 21, 22) Pea neongo ko e kakai tangatá pē naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga lalahi fakalotu ʻi Selusalemá, ko Siosefa mo Melé, fakataha mo e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo hona fāmilí, naʻa nau maʻu ia ʻi he taʻu taki taha. (Teu. 16:16; Luke 2:41) ʻI he meʻá ni mo e ngaahi founga kehe, ko e ongo meʻa anga-fakaʻotua ko ení naʻá na feinga ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova pea fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa lahi ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. Tāneʻineʻi ke fili kinaua ʻe Sihova ke na tokangaʻi ʻa hono ʻAló lolotonga ʻa e ʻuluaki konga ʻo e moʻui ʻa Sīsū ʻi he māmaní.
17, 18. (a) ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻe lava ke fakamuʻomuʻa ai ʻe ha ongo meʻa ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻi hona fāmilí? (e) ʻE anga-fēfē ʻena maʻu ʻaonga ʻi he meʻá ni?
17 ʻOku pehē ʻa hono tataki ʻe he tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻa hoʻomo moʻui fakafāmilí? Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he taimi ʻokú mo fai ai ha ngaahi fili mahuʻinga, ʻokú mo ʻuluaki fekumi ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú, lotu fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ko iá, pea kumi faleʻi leva mei ha Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa? Pe ʻokú mo hehema ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi palopalemá ʻaki ʻa e muimui ki hoʻomo ngaahi ongoʻí tonu pe ko e ongoʻi ʻa e fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaumeʻá? ʻOkú mo feinga mālohi ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fokotuʻu ʻaonga lahi kuo pulusi ʻe he tamaioʻeiki anga-tonú fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí mo e moʻui fakafāmilí? Pe ʻokú mo muimui pē kimoua ia ki he ngaahi tōʻonga ʻi he feituʻú pe ko ha faleʻi fakamāmani manakoa? ʻOkú mo lotu maʻu pē mo ako fakataha, fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa fakalaumālie, pea talanoa fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakamuʻomuʻa ʻi homo fāmilí?
18 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e taʻu ʻe 50 ʻo ha moʻui fiefia ʻi he nofo malí, ʻoku pehē ʻe Ray, “Kuo ʻikai ʻaupito haʻama palopalema naʻe ʻikai lava ke ma ikuʻi, koeʻuhí he naʻá ma hanganaki ʻai ʻa Sihova ko e konga ʻo ʻema ‘afo tuʻo tolú.’” (Lau ʻa e Koheleti 4:12.) ʻOku loto-tatau mo ia ʻa Danny mo Trina. “ʻI heʻema tauhi fakataha ki he ʻOtuá,” ko ʻena laú ia, “ko ʻema nofo malí kuo hoko ai ʻo toe mālohi ange.” Kuó na mali fiefia ʻo laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 34. Kapau ʻokú ke fakamuʻomuʻa maʻu pē ʻa Sihova ʻi hoʻo nofo malí, te ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke lavameʻa pea te ne tāpuakiʻi lahi koe.—Sāme 127:1.
Hokohoko Atu Hono Fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e Meʻaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá
19. Ko e hā naʻe tokonaki mai ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e nofo malí?
19 Ki he tokolahi he ʻaho ní, ko e meʻa pē ʻoku mahuʻingá ko ʻenau fiefia fakafoʻituituí. Ka ʻoku kehe ʻa e vakai ia ʻa ha sevāniti ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi meʻá. ʻOkú ne ʻilo ko e ʻOtuá naʻá ne tokonaki ʻa e nofo malí ko ha meʻaʻofa ia ke pouakiʻaki ʻEne taumuʻá. (Sen. 1:26-28) Kapau naʻe fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko iá, naʻe mei hoko ai ʻa e māmaní fakalūkufua ko ha palataisi ʻoku fonu ʻi he kau sevāniti fiefia mo māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.
20, 21. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau ʻai ʻa e nofo malí ko ha meʻa toputapú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻaʻofa te tau ako ki ai ʻi he uike hoko maí?
20 Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻoku vakai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he nofo malí ko ha faingamālie ia ke ʻoatu ai ʻa e lāngilangi kia Sihova. (Lau ʻa e 1 Kolinito 10:31.) Hangē ko ia kuo tau vakai ki aí, ko e mateakí, fāʻūtahá mo e tuʻunga fakalaumālié ko e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakaʻotua ia ʻoku ʻai ke mālohi ai ha nofo mali. Ko ia pe ʻoku tau teuteu ki ai, ʻai ke mālohi, pe feinga ke haofakiʻi ʻetau nofo malí, kuo pau ke tau ʻuluaki vakai ki he nofo malí ʻi hono tuʻunga totonú: ko ha fokotuʻutuʻu fakaʻotua mo toputapu. Ko hono manatuʻi ʻa e moʻoni ko iá ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke fai ʻetau lelei tahá ke ʻai ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻi he nofo malí ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he founga ko ení ʻoku tau fakahāhā ai ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻo ʻikai ki he meʻaʻofa pē ʻo e nofo malí kae pehē foki ki he Tokotaha-Foaki ʻo e meʻaʻofa ko iá, ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
21 Ko e moʻoni, ko e nofo malí, ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻaʻofa pē ia ʻe taha kuo ʻomai ʻe Sihova kia kitautolú; pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e hala pē ia ʻe taha ki he fiefia ʻi he moʻuí. ʻI heʻetau kupu hoko maí, te tau vakai ai ki ha toe meʻaʻofa maʻongoʻonga ʻe taha mei he ʻOtuá—ko e meʻaʻofa ʻo e taʻemalí.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hono tākiekina ʻe he mateakí ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi malí?
• Ko e hā ʻoku ʻai ai ke mālohi ha nofo mali ʻi he ngāue fāʻūtahá?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻe lava ke ʻai ai ʻe he kakai ʻosi malí ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālié ke ne tataki kinautolu?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa kia Sihova, ko e Tupuʻanga ʻo e nofo malí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15]
Ko e ngāue fakatahá ʻoku tokoniʻi ai ha ongo meʻa ke na kei fāʻūtaha