Nofo ʻi he Teleʻa ʻo e Maluʻi ʻa Sihová
“[ʻE] haʻele atu ʻa Sihova, ʻo tau mo e ngaahi puleʻanga ko ia, ʻo hange ko e taimi o ʻene tau ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e fepaki ofi.”—SĀK. 14:3.
ʻE LAVA KE KE FAKAMATALAʻI?
Ko e hā ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻi hono fahi-ua ʻa e “Moʻunga Olive”?
Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he “teleʻa lahi ʻaupito,” pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau nofo ai?
Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi “vai moʻui,” pea ko hai ʻe maʻu ʻaonga mei hono inu iá?
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e tau moʻoni ʻoku maluʻaki maí, pea ko e hā ʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ki he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fai ʻi he tau ko ení?
ʻI ʻOKATOPA 30, 1938, ko e laui miliona ʻo e kakai ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté naʻa nau fanongo ki ha polokalama letiō ʻiloa ʻa ia naʻe fakahoko mai ai ha talanoa fakatātā. Ko e talanoa ʻi he efiafi ko iá naʻe makatuʻunga ia ʻi he tohi talanoa-faʻu fakasaienisi ko e The War of the Worlds. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e kau faiongoongó naʻa nau fakamatalaʻi ʻa e fakatūʻuta mai ʻa ha kongakau mei Maʻasi ʻa ia te ne fakatupunga ha fakaʻauha lahi ʻi he Māmaní. Neongo kuo fanongonongo ko e polokalama letioó ko ha tulama, ko e kau fanongo tokolahi naʻa nau fakakaukau naʻe moʻoni ʻa e ʻoho ko iá pea naʻa nau hoko ʻo ilifia. Naʻe aʻu ʻo fai ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ha feinga ke maluʻi kinautolu mei he kau ʻelieni loi ko iá.
2 ʻI he ʻahó ni ʻoku ʻi ai ha tau moʻoni ʻoku maluʻaki mai. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke fai ʻe he kakaí ia ha meʻa ʻi heʻene fakaofiofi maí. Ko e tau ko ení naʻe tomuʻa tala ia, ʻo ʻikai ʻi ha tohi talanoa-faʻu fakasaienisi, ka ʻi he Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e Tohi Tapú. Ko e tau ia ʻo ʻĀmaketoné—ko e tau ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ení. (Fkh. 16:14-16) ʻI he tau ko ení, ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní ʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke nau maluʻi kinautolu mei ha kau ʻelieni mei ha palanite kehe. Ka, te nau moʻutāfuʻua ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻe hokó pea mo e fakahāhā fakamanavahē ʻo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e kikite te tau lāulea ki aí, pea ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ia kia kitautolú?
3 Ko ha kikite Fakatohitapu naʻe hiki ʻi he Sākalaia vahe 14 kuo ʻi ai hono kaunga fakahangatonu ki he tau ʻo ʻĀmaketoné. Neongo naʻe lēkooti ia ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 2,500 kuohilí, ko e kikite ko ení ʻoku kaunga ia ki heʻetau moʻuí tonu. (Loma 15:4) Ko e lahi ʻo e meʻa naʻe fakahaaʻi aí ʻoku felāveʻi fakatouʻosi ia mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻokú ne uesia ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá talu mei hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá ʻi hēvani ʻi he 1914, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaueʻiloto ʻa ia ʻe toki tatala ʻi he kahaʻu mātuʻaki ofi maí. Ko e ngaahi tafaʻaki mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻo e kikité ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ʻi ai ʻo ha “teleʻa lahi ʻaupito” pea mo e ʻalu atu ʻa ha ngaahi “vai moʻui.” (Sāk. 14:4, 8) Ko e teleʻa ko ení ʻokú ne fakahoko ha ngafa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻi hono ʻomai ʻa e maluʻi ki he kau lotu ʻa Sihová. Pea ʻi heʻetau mahinoʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi vai moʻuí, ʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻetau sio ki he fiemaʻu ke inu mei aí ka te tau toe loto foki ke inu mei ai. Ko e ʻaonga leva pē ia maʻatautolu, ke tau mātuʻaki tokanga ki he kikite ko ení.—2 Pita 1:19, 20.
KAMATA “HA ʻAHO MAʻA SIHOVA”
4. (a) Naʻe kamata ʻanefē ʻa e “ʻaho maʻa Sihova”? (e) ʻI he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu ki muʻa he 1914, ko e hā naʻe talaki ʻe he kau lotu ʻa Sihová, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ki ai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e māmaní?
4 ʻOku kamataʻaki ʻa e vahe 14 ʻo e tohi Sākalaiá ha fakamatala ki ha “ʻaho maʻa Sihova.” (Lau ʻa e Sākalaia 14:1, 2.) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻaho ko ení? Ko e “ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí” ia, ʻa ia naʻe kamata ʻi he taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa e “puleʻanga ʻo e māmaní” ko e “Puleʻanga ʻo hotau ʻEikí pea mo ʻene Kalaisí.” (Fkh. 1:10; 11:15) Naʻe kamata ʻa e ʻaho ko iá ʻi he 1914 ʻi hono fanauʻi ʻo e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá ʻi hēvani. ʻI he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu ki muʻa ʻi he 1914, naʻe talaki ai ʻe he kau lotu ʻa Sihová ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻo pehē ko e ngataʻanga ʻo e “taimi kotofa ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá” ʻe hoko mai ia ʻi he taʻu ko iá pea ʻe hū atu ʻa e māmaní ki ha vahaʻa taimi faingataʻa taʻehanotatau. (Luke 21:24) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ki ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá? ʻI he ʻikai tokanga ki he fakatokanga taimi tonu ko iá, ko e kau taki fakapolitikale mo fakalotú naʻa nau lumaʻi mo fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau ʻevangeliō pani faivelenga ko iá. ʻI he fai peheé, naʻe manukiʻi ai ʻe he kau taki ko eni ʻo e māmaní ʻa e ʻOtua Māfimafi-Aoniú tonu, he ko e kau fakafofonga pani ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa “Selusalema fakalangi”—ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá—ʻa ia ko e konga kinautolu ʻo ia.—Hep. 12:22, 28.
5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe fai ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá ki he “kolo” mo hono kau “tangataʻifonuá” ʻa ia naʻe tomuʻa talá? (e) Ko hai ʻa hono “toe ʻo e kakai”?
5 Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sākalaia ʻa e ngāue ʻe fai ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá, ʻi heʻene pehē: “ʻE hamu ʻa e kolo [Selusalema].” Ko e “kolo” ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaia ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi ia ʻi he māmaní ʻe hono kau “tangataʻifonuá,” ko e toenga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní. (Fil. 3:20) Lolotonga ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní, ko e kau mēmipa tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he konga fakaemāmani ʻo e kautaha ʻa Sihová naʻe “hamu,” pe puke, pea ʻave ki ha pilīsone ʻi Atlanta, Siōsia, U.S.A. ‘Naʻe vete ʻa e ngaahi falé’ ʻi he ʻuhinga naʻe fai lahi ki he faʻahingá ni mo e kau tauhi anga-tonu tonuhia kehé ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu mo e anga-fakamanu. Naʻe toʻo fakamālohi ʻe he kau ʻohofí ʻa e lahi ʻo e tākiekina naʻe fakahoko ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻaki hono tapui ʻenau ʻū tohí pea fakangatangata ʻenau ngaahi ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá.
6 Neongo ʻa e tokosiʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, fakamatalahalaʻi, fakafepakiʻi, pea fakatangaʻi ʻi he nima ʻo e kau ʻohofí, naʻe ʻikai lava ke laiki ʻosi ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e “toe ʻo e kakai,” ʻa ia, ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní naʻa nau fakafisi mateaki ke hoko ʻo “tuʻusi mei he kolo.”
7. Ko e ʻalunga ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni pani ʻa Sihová ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ko e hā ki he kotoa ʻo e kau lotu moʻoni he ʻaho ní?
7 Naʻe fakahoko kakato ʻa e kikite ko ení ʻi he ngata ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní? ʻIkai. Naʻe toe lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi ʻohofi naʻe teu ke fai ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá ki he toenga ʻo e kau paní mo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻa mateakí ʻa ia ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki fakamāmani. (Fkh. 12:17) Ko e Tau II ʻa Māmaní ko ha fakamoʻoni ia ʻo e meʻa ko iá. Ko e ʻalunga tauhi anga-tonu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni pani faitōnunga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní ke nau kātakiʻi ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi pē te nau fetaulaki mo ia, kau ai ʻa e fakafepaki mei he ngaahi fāmili taʻetuí, kaungāngāué, pe kaungāakó ʻa ia ʻoku manukiʻi kinautolu koeʻuhi ko ʻenau tuí. (1 Pita 1:6, 7) Tatau ai pē pe ko fē ʻoku nau nofo aí, ko e kau lotu moʻoní ʻoku nau fakapapauʻi lahi ange ʻi ha toe taimi “ke tuʻu maʻu ʻi he laumālie pē taha,” ʻo ʻikai hoko ʻo ‘manavahē ʻi honau kau fakafepakí.’ (Fil. 1:27, 28) Ka ko fē ʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e maluʻanga ʻi ha māmani ʻoku fehiʻa ʻia kinautolú?—Sione 15:17-19.
ʻAI ʻE SIHOVA KE ʻI AI HA “TELEʻA LAHI ʻAUPITO”
8. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ngaahi moʻungá ʻi he Tohi Tapú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he “Moʻunga Olive”?
8 Koeʻuhi ko Selusalema—ʻa e “kolo”—ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e Selusalema fakalangí, ko e “Moʻunga Olive, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he hangai ki Selusalema,” kuo pau pē ʻe toe tuʻu fakaefakatātā mo ia. Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he moʻunga ko iá? ʻE anga-fēfē hono ‘fahiua ia ʻi loto’ pea hoko ko e moʻunga ʻe uá? Ko e hā ʻoku lave ai ʻa Sihova kia kinaua ko “hoku ongo moʻunga”? (Lau ʻa e Sākalaia 14:3-5.) ʻI he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku lava ke fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ngaahi moʻungá ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga, pe ngaahi founga-pule. Pehē foki, ko e ngaahi tāpuakí mo e maluʻí ʻoku fakafelāveʻi ia mo e moʻunga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Saame 72:3; ʻAi. 25:6, 7) Ko ia ai, ko e moʻunga ʻōlive ki he fakahahake ʻo Selusalema ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia ʻoku tuʻu ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga-hau fakaleveleva ʻo Sihová, ʻa hono tuʻunga-pule aoniú.
9. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku fahi-ua ai ʻa e “Moʻunga Olive”?
9 Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he mavaeua ʻa e moʻunga ʻōlivé? Ko e moʻunga, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he fakahahake ʻo Selusalemá, ʻoku fahi-ua ia ʻi he ʻuhinga ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ha tuʻunga-pule ʻe taha, ko ha tuʻunga-pule tokoni. Ko e tuʻunga-pule hono ua ko ení ko e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá ia ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku folofola ai ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e ongo moʻunga ʻe ua naʻe tupu mei hono fahi-ua ʻo e “Moʻunga Olive” ko “hoku ongo moʻunga.” (Sāk. 14:4) Ko e ongo moʻungá ni fakatouʻosi ʻoku ʻaʻana ia.
10. Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he “teleʻa lahi ʻaupito” ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo moʻunga ʻe uá?
10 ʻI he fahi-ua ʻa e moʻunga fakaefakatātaá, ʻo konga ki he tokelaú pea konga ki he tongá, ʻoku tuʻu ai pē ʻa e vaʻe ʻo Sihová ʻi he ongo moʻungá fakatouʻosi. ʻOku hoko ai ʻo ʻi ai ha “teleʻa lahi ʻaupito” ʻi lalo ʻi he vaʻe ʻo Sihová. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he teleʻa fakaefakatātā ko ení ʻa e maluʻi fakaʻotuá, ʻa ia ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻa e malu ʻi he malumalu ʻo hono tuʻunga-hau fakalevelevá pea ʻi he Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaia hono ʻAló. ʻE fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tāmateʻi ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Naʻe hoko ʻanefē ʻa e mavaeua ko eni ʻa e moʻunga ʻōlivé? Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá ʻi he ngata ʻa e Kuonga ʻo e Senitailé ʻi he 1914. Naʻe kamata ʻanefē ʻa e hola ʻa e kau lotu moʻoní ki he teleʻa fakaefakatātaá?
KAMATA ʻA E HOLA KI HE TELEʻÁ!
11, 12. (a) Naʻe kamata ʻanefē ʻa e hola ki he teleʻa fakaefakatātaá? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakamoʻoniʻi ko e nima mālohi ʻo Sihová ʻoku ʻi heʻene kakaí?
11 Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí: “Te mou hoko ko e fehiʻanekina ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa koeʻuhi ko hoku hingoá.” (Māt. 24:9) Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení, talu mei he 1914, ko e fehiʻanekina ko iá kuo hoko ia ʻo toe mātuʻaki kakaha ange. Neongo ʻa e ʻohofi anga-kakaha naʻe fakahoko ki he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻe honau ngaahi filí lolotonga ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e kulupu faitōnunga ko ení naʻe ʻikai ke tāmateʻi ʻosi ai. ʻI he 1919 naʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi ai kinautolu mei he ngaahi tākiekina ʻa Pāpilone ko e Lahí—ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻi māmani ʻo e lotu loí. (Fkh. 11:11, 12)a Ko e taimi ia naʻe kamata ai ʻa e hola ki he teleʻa ʻo e ongo moʻunga ʻo Sihová.
12 Talu mei he 1919 ko e teleʻa ʻo e maluʻi fakaʻotuá ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻene maluʻi ʻa e kau lotu moʻoni ʻi māmani lahí. ʻI ha ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu ʻi he ngaahi konga lahi ʻo e māmaní, kuo ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakataputapui mo e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá pea ki he ʻū tohi Fakatohitapu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e ngaahi fakangatangata peheé ʻoku kei hokohoko atu ia ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi. Kae kehe, neongo nai ʻa e feinga ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te nau lavameʻa ʻi hono taʻofi ʻa e lotu moʻoní! Ko e nima mālohi ʻo Sihová ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa ʻene ʻi heʻene kakaí.—Teu. 11:2.
13. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau nofo ʻi he teleʻa ʻo e maluʻi ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ange ai he taimí ni ke fai pehē ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻá?
13 Kapau te tau pīkitai kia Sihova pea tuʻu maʻu ʻi he moʻoní, ko ia mo hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, te na fai ʻena tafaʻakí, pea ʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻatā ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taha pe ha meʻa ke ne ‘hamusi kitautolu mei Hono nimá.’ (Sione 10:28, 29) ʻOku mateuteu ʻa Sihova ke fakaaʻu mai ha tokoni pē ʻoku fiemaʻu koeʻuhí kae lava ai ke tau talangofua kiate ia ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e Hau Fakalevelevá pea nofoʻaki mateaki ai pē ko e kakai ʻo e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke tau nofo maʻu ʻi he teleʻa ʻo e maluʻí, he ko e teleʻa ko iá ʻe ʻi ai hono ʻuhinga lahi ange ki he kau lotu moʻoní lolotonga ʻa e fakaofiofi vave mai ʻa e mamahi lahí.
HOKO MAI ʻA E ‘TAIMI ʻO E TAÚ’
14, 15. ʻI he ‘ʻaho ʻo e tau’ ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hono ngaahi filí, ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻi tuʻa mei he teleʻá?
14 ʻI he ofi ange mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení, ʻe fakalahi ʻe Sētane ʻene ʻohofi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. ʻE hoko mai leva ʻa e ‘taimi pe ʻaho ʻo e tau’ ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hono ngaahi filí. ʻE fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻohofi ʻa Sētané ʻe hoko moʻoni ko e ʻoho fakaʻosí pē ia. ʻI he ʻaho ko iá, ko e Hau ʻo e ʻunivēsí te ne fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa ia tonu ko ha Tokotaha-Tau lāngilangiʻia ange ia ʻi ha toe “ʻaho ʻo e fepaki” ki muʻa ange.—Sāk. 14:3.
15 ʻI he ʻaho ʻo e tau ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻi tuʻa mei he “teleʻa lahi ʻaupito” ʻo e maluʻí? ʻE ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e hulungia atu kia kinautolu ʻa e ‘maama mahuʻinga’ ʻo e hōifua fakaʻotuá. ʻI he hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e fepaki ko iá ko e ‘hōsi, miuli, kameli, pea mo e asi; ʻio, mo e fanga manu kotoa pe’—ʻa ia ʻoku nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e naunau tau ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá—ʻe uesia ia. Ko e naunau ko iá ʻe “fakapoipoila” pe fefeka, ʻo ʻikai toe ngāue ʻo hangē ia naʻe poloka ʻi he momokó. ʻE toe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e mahaki fakaʻauha pea mo e “mala.” Pe ko e mahaki fakaʻauha moʻoni ia pe ʻikai, ko e malá ni te ne fakalongolongoʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakamanamana fakailifiá. ʻI he ʻaho ko iá, ‘ko honau ngaahi foʻimatá mo honau ʻeleló ʻe ʻaunga’ ʻi he ʻuhinga ko e kau ʻohofí te nau ʻoho kuikui pē pea ko ʻenau lea fakafetaú ʻe ʻikai ke toe ongo ia. (Sāk. 14:6, 7, 12, 15) ʻE ʻikai ha konga ʻo e māmaní ʻe hao mei he fakaʻauhá. Ko e ngaahi kongakau te nau tuʻu laine he tafaʻaki ʻa Sētané ʻi he taú te nau tokolahi fakamanavahē. (Fkh. 19:19-21) “ʻE fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ta ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ko ia mei he ngataʻanga ʻe taha ʻo mamani, ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga ʻe taha.”—Sel. 25:32, 33.
16. ʻI he vakai atu ki he fakaofiofi mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e tau ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku totonu ke tau fakalaulauloto ki aí, pea ko e hā ʻe fiemaʻu ke tau faí?
16 ʻOku ʻomai maʻu pē ʻe he taú ʻa e faingataʻaʻia, ʻo aʻu ki he faʻahinga ʻe faai atu ʻo nau ikuná. ʻE nounou nai ʻa e meʻatokoní. ʻE mole nai ʻa ʻete koloá. ʻE tōlalo nai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e moʻuí. ʻE fakangatangata nai ʻa e ngaahi tauʻatāina fakafoʻituituí. Kapau ʻe hoko kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa peheé, ʻe anga-fēfē haʻatau tali ki ai? Te tau manavasiʻi? Te tau liʻaki ʻetau tuí ʻi he hoko mai ʻa e tengé? ʻE mole ʻetau ʻamanakí pea hoko ai ʻo loto-mamahi? He mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ē ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e mamahi lahí ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau tui ki he mālohi fakaefakahaofi ʻa Sihová pea ke nofo maʻu ʻi he teleʻa ʻo e maluʻi ʻa Sihová!—Lau ʻa e Hapakuke 3:17, 18.
“ʻE ʻALU ATU HA VAI MOʻUI”
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi “vai moʻui”? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he “tahi hahake” mo e “tahi hihifo”? (f) ʻI hoʻo hanga atu ki muʻa ki he kahaʻú, ko e hā hoʻo fakapapaú?
17 Hili ʻa ʻĀmaketoné, ko e ngaahi “vai moʻui” ʻe hokohoko atu ʻene tafe mai mei he nofoʻanga ʻo e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá. Ko e ngaahi “vai moʻui” ko ení ko e ngaahi tokonaki ia ʻa Sihova ki he moʻuí. Ko e “tahi hahake” ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he Tahi Maté, pea ko e “tahi hihifo” ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he Tahi Metiteleniané. ʻOku fakatou ngāueʻaki ia ʻo ʻuhinga ki he kakai. Ko e Tahi Maté te ne fakafofongaʻi lelei ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he faʻitoka anga-maheni ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá kotoa. Koeʻuhi ko e Tahi Metiteleniané ʻoku fonu ʻi he moʻui, te ne fakatātaaʻi feʻungamālie ai ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e kau hao moʻui ʻi ʻĀmaketoné. (Lau ʻa e Sākalaia 14:8, 9; Fkh. 7:9-15) Ko ia ai, ʻe maʻu ʻaonga fakatouʻosi ʻa e ongo kulupú ni ʻi hono fakatauʻatāina mei hono fakahalaiaʻi ʻe he mate meia ʻĀtamá, ʻi heʻenau hanganaki fakalato ʻenau fieinuá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi vai moʻui fakaefakatātaá, pe “vaitafe ʻo e vai ʻo e moʻuí.”—Fkh. 22:1, 2.
18 ʻI he malumalu ʻo e maluʻi ʻa Sihová, te tau hao ai ʻi he ngata ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ení pea hū atu ki he māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. Neongo hono fehiʻanekinaʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa, tau fakapapauʻi ke nofoʻaki mateaki ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kakai ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo fakapapauʻi ai pē ke nofo maʻu ʻi he teleʻa ʻo e maluʻi ʻa Sihová.
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