TALANOA KI HE MOʻUÍ
Ko e Falala kia Sihová Kuo Hoko ko e Fakakoloa
Fakamatala fai ʻe Malcolm Allen
ʻOku ʻikai malava ke ma ʻiloʻi tofu pē ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi heʻema moʻuí. ʻE lava ke hoko ʻo taʻepau ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi pe aʻu ʻo mātuʻaki faingataʻa. Ka ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau falala kiate iá, kae ʻikai ko e poto pē ʻonautolú. Ko e meʻa eni naʻá ku ʻiloʻi mo hoku uaifí lolotonga ʻema moʻui fuoloa mo fakakoloá. Ko ha kiʻi konga eni homa hisitōliá.
NAʻE fetaulaki ʻeku tangataʻeikí mo ʻeku fineʻeikí ʻi he 1919 ʻi he fakataha-lahi ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapu Fakavahaʻapuleʻangá ʻi Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A. Naʻá na mali ki mui ʻi he taʻu pē ko iá. Naʻe fāʻeleʻi au ʻi he 1922, pea ko hoku tokouá, ʻa Paul, naʻe fāʻeleʻi ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua ki mui ai. Ko hoku uaifí, ʻa Grace, naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻi he 1930. Ko ʻene ongo mātuʻá, ʻa Roy mo Ruth Howell, naʻe ʻohake kinaua ko ha Kau Ako Tohi Tapu, pea ko ʻene ongo kuí ko e Kau Ako Tohi Tapu foki mo kinaua mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻo Tokoua Charles Taze Russell.
Naʻá ku fetaulaki mo Grace ʻi he 1947, pea naʻá ma mali ʻi Siulai 16, 1949. Ki muʻa ke ma malí, naʻá ma talanoa faitotonu fekauʻaki mo homa kahaʻú. Naʻá ma fili ke ma ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakato fakataha pea ʻoua ʻe maʻu ha fānau. ʻI ʻOkatopa 1, 1950, naʻá ma kamata ngāue tāimuʻa ai. Pea ʻi he 1952 leva, naʻe fakaafeʻi kimaua ke ngāue fakasēketi.
NGĀUE FEFONONGAʻAKÍ MO E AKO KILIATÍ
Naʻá ma ongoʻi fakatouʻosi naʻá ma fiemaʻu ha tokoni lahi ke lavameʻa ai ʻi heʻema vāhenga-ngāue foʻoú. Lolotonga ʻeku ako mei he fanga tokoua matuʻotuʻá, naʻá ku loto foki ke maʻu ʻe Grace ha akoʻi lelei. Naʻá ku talanoa mo Marvin Holien, ʻa ia ko ha kaumeʻa homau fāmilí pea ko ha ʻovasia fefonongaʻaki taukei, peá u ʻeke ange: “ʻOku kei siʻi mo ʻikai loko taukei ʻa Grace. ʻE lava ke ke fokotuʻu mai ha taha ke ngāue mo ia ʻi ha kiʻi taimi ke akoʻi ai ia?” Naʻá ne pehē ko Edna Winkle ko ha tāimuʻa taukei ʻe lava ke ne tokoni lahi kiate ia. Ki mui ai, naʻe pehē ʻe Grace naʻe ʻai ia ʻe Edna ke ne ongoʻi fiemālie ʻi he lea ki he kakai ʻi he ngaahi matapaá, ʻiloʻi ʻa e founga ke tali ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakafepaki ai ʻa e kakaí, pea akoʻi ia ki he founga ke fanongo tokanga pea fili ʻa e tali lelei tahá. Naʻe toe pehē ʻe Grace, “Ko ia ʻa e tokotaha tofu pē naʻá ku fiemaʻú!”
Naʻá ma ngāue mo Grace ʻi he sēketi ʻe ua ʻi he siteiti ʻo Iowa. Naʻe toe kau ʻi he sēketí ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo e siteiti ʻo Minnesota mo South Dakota. Pea naʻe vaheʻi leva kimaua ki he Sēketi 1 ʻo Niu ʻIoké, ʻa ia ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo Brooklyn mo Queens. Heʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻia kimaua ʻa ʻema ongoʻi taʻetaukeí. Naʻe kau ʻi he sēketí ʻa e fakatahaʻanga Brooklyn Heights, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakataha ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻanga ʻi he Pētelí pea naʻe ʻi ai mo e kau mēmipa taukei tokolahi ʻo e fāmili Pētelí. Hili ʻeku fai ʻeku ʻuluaki malanga ngāué ki he fakatahaʻanga ko iá, naʻe haʻu ʻa Tokoua Nathan Knorr kiate au ʻo ne pehē: “Malcolm, naʻá ke ʻomai ha akonaki ke mau ngāue ki ai, pea naʻe feʻungamālie ia. ʻOua naʻa ngalo, kapau heʻikai ke ke tokoniʻi kimautolu ʻaki hono ʻomai ha akonaki anga-ʻofa, ʻe siʻi ho mahuʻinga ki he kautahá. Hokohoko atu ʻa e ngāue leleí.” Hili ʻa e fakatahá, naʻá ku tala ange eni kia Grace. Ki mui ai, naʻá ma kaka ki ʻolunga ki homa loki ʻi he Pētelí. Naʻá ma fuʻu helaʻia mei he kotoa ʻema loto-hohaʻá ʻo ma tangi.
Hili ha ngaahi māhina siʻi, naʻá ma maʻu ha tohi ʻo fakaafeʻi kimaua ke maʻu ʻa e kalasi hono 24 ʻo e Akoʻanga Kiliatí, ʻa ia ʻe maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako ʻi Fepueli 1955. Ki muʻa ke ʻalu ki he akó, naʻe tala mai heʻikai nai ke vaheʻi kimaua ko ha ongo misinale. Ka, ko e akó ʻe tokoniʻi ai kimaua ke hoko ʻo ʻaonga lahi ange ʻi he ngāue fefonongaʻakí. Naʻe fakalata ʻa e akó, pea naʻe toe akoʻi ai kimaua ke hoko ʻo anga-fakatōkilalo.
ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e akó, naʻe vaheʻi kimaua ki he ngāue fakavahé. Naʻe kau ʻi heʻema ngāue fakavahé ʻa e siteiti ʻo Indiana, Michigan, mo Ohio. Pea ʻi Tīsema 1955 leva, naʻá ma ʻohovale ke maʻu ha tohi meia Tokoua Knorr ʻo pehē: “Tala moʻoni mai kiate au he taimí ni. Kapau te mo pehē ʻokú mo loto-lelei ke haʻu ki Pēteli pea nofo heni . . . pe kapau ʻokú mo loto-lelei ke maʻu ha vāhenga-ngāue muli hili haʻamo ʻi Pēteli ʻi ha kiʻi taimi, tala mai ke u ʻiloʻi. Kapau ʻokú mo saiʻia ange ʻi he ngāue fakavahé mo e ngāue fakasēketí, te u saiʻia ke ʻiloʻi ia.” Naʻá ma tali ange te ma fiefia ke fai pē ha meʻa naʻe vaheʻi mai ke ma fai. Naʻe tala mai leva ke ma ʻalu ange ki Pēteli!
NGAAHI TAʻU FAKAFIEFIA ʻI PĒTELÍ
Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taʻu fakafiefia ʻi Pētelí, naʻe vaheʻi au ke fai ʻa e ngaahi malanga mo faiako ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté. Naʻá ku tokoni ke akoʻi ʻa e kau talavou tokolahi ʻa ia te nau hoko ʻamui ʻo fua ha ngaahi fatongia mafatukituki ʻi he kautaha ʻa Sihová. Ki mui ai, naʻá ku ngāue ko ha sekelitali kia Tokoua Knorr ʻi he ʻōfisi ʻokú ne fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga ʻi māmani lahí.
Kiate au, ko e ngaahi taʻu naʻá ku fakamoleki ʻi he Potungāue Ngāué naʻe mātuʻaki fakafiefia. Naʻá ku ngāue ai mo T. J. (Bud) Sullivan. Ko ia ʻa e ʻovasia ʻo e potungāue ko iá ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi. Naʻá ku toe ako ʻa e meʻa lahi ange mei he niʻihi kehé. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻá ku ako lahi meia Fred Rusk, ʻa ia naʻe vaheʻi ke ne akoʻi aú. ʻOku ou manatuʻi ʻeku ʻeke ange kiate ia pe ko e hā ʻoku lahi ai ʻene fakatonutonuʻi ʻeku ngaahi faitohí. Naʻá ne kata ʻo ne pehē mai: “Malcolm, ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke leaʻaki ha meʻa, ʻe lava ke fakamatalaʻi ia ʻi ha ngaahi lea lahi ange, ka ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke tohi ai ha meʻa, tautefito ʻi heʻene ʻalu atu mei hení, kuo pau ke lelei mo ʻi he tonu taha ʻe malavá.” Naʻá ne tala mai leva kiate au: “Hoko ʻo loto-toʻa. ʻOku lelei hoʻo ngāué pea ʻi he faai atu ʻa e taimí, te ke sai pē.”
Lolotonga homa ngaahi taʻu ʻi Pētelí, naʻe fai ʻe Grace ʻa e ngaahi ngāue kehekehe, kau ai ʻa e fakamaʻa ʻa e ngaahi lokí ko ha tokotaha tauhi ʻapi. Naʻá ne fiefia ʻi he ngāué. Naʻa mo e taimí ni, ʻi he taimi ʻokú ma fetaulaki ai mo ha niʻihi ʻo e fanga tokoua naʻa nau kei talavou ʻi he taimi naʻá ma ʻi Pēteli aí, ʻoku nau tala ange mata malimali kia Grace, “Naʻá ke akoʻi moʻoni au ʻi he ngaahi mohengá, pea te u tala atu naʻe saiʻia ʻeku faʻeé ʻi he meʻa naʻá ke faí.” Naʻe toe fiefia ʻa Grace ʻi he ngāue ʻi he potungāue Makasiní, Faitohí, mo e Hiki-Tatau ʻo e Ngaahi Tepí. Ko e ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue kehekehe ko iá naʻe tokoniʻi ai ia ke ne ʻilo, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā e meʻa ʻokú ma faí pe feituʻu ʻokú ma ʻi aí, ko e ngāue ʻi he kautaha ʻa Sihová ko ha monū ia mo ha tāpuaki. Hili ʻa e ngaahi taʻu kotoa ko ení, ʻokú ne kei ongoʻi pehē pē.
NGAAHI LILIU KUÓ MA FAÍ
Fakafuofua ki he 1975, naʻe kamata ke ma ʻiloʻi ko ʻema mātuʻá naʻa nau fakaʻaʻau ke motuʻa ange pea fiemaʻu ha tokoni lahi ange. Faifai atu pē, naʻe pau ke ma fai ha fili faingataʻa. Naʻe ʻikai ke ma loto ke mavahe mei Pēteli mo e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine naʻá ma ʻofa lahi aí. Ka, naʻá ku ongoʻi ko hoku fatongia ia ke tokoni ki hono tokangaʻi ʻema mātuʻá. Ki mui ai, naʻá ma mavahe mei Pēteli, ka naʻá ma ʻamanaki ke foki ʻi he taimi ʻe liliu ai homa tuʻungá.
Ke maʻu ha paʻanga maʻa homa fāmilí, naʻá ku kamata ngāue ki ha kautaha maluʻi. Te u manatuʻi maʻu pē ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala mai ʻe he taha ʻo e kau pulé lolotonga hono akoʻi aú: “Ko e pisinisi ko ení ʻoku tefito ia ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi ʻaʻahi he efiafí. Ko e taimi ia ʻe lava ke ke sio ai ki he kakaí. ʻOku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe toe mahuʻinga ange ʻi he ʻi ai he efiafi kotoa, ʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaʻahí.” Naʻá ku tala ange kiate ia ʻoku ou tokaʻi ʻene taukeí mo e meʻa naʻá ne tala maí, ka ʻoku ou fakamuʻomuʻa maʻu pē ʻa e lotu ki he ʻOtuá ʻi heʻeku moʻuí pea heʻikai te u liliu he taimí ni. Naʻá ku loto ke fai ha ngaahi ʻaʻahi he efiafi ʻe niʻihi, ka naʻá ku tala ange ki ai ko e efiafi Tūsité mo e Tuʻapulelulú ʻoku ou fiemaʻu ke maʻu ha ngaahi fakataha mātuʻaki mahuʻinga. Kuo tāpuakiʻi moʻoni au ʻe Sihova ʻi he ʻikai ke u liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá koeʻuhi ko e ngāue fakamāmaní.
Naʻá ma ʻi ai mo ʻeku fineʻeikí ʻi he taimi naʻá ne mate aí ʻi ha ʻapi tauhiʻanga vaivai ʻi Siulai 1987. Naʻe haʻu ʻa e neesi pulé kia Grace ʻo ne pehē: “Mrs. Allen, foki ki ʻapi pea maʻu ha mālōlō. ʻOku ʻiloʻi ʻe he tokotaha kotoa naʻá ke ʻi heni ʻi he taimi kotoa ki hoʻo faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó. Maʻu ʻa e nonga ʻo e ʻatamaí pea ʻoua ʻe hohaʻa.”
ʻI Tīsema 1987, naʻá ma tohi kole ke toe ngāue ʻi Pēteli, ʻa e feituʻu ʻokú ma ʻofa aí. Kae hili pē ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi, naʻá ma ʻiloʻi ʻoku kanisā ʻa e ngākau lahi ʻo Grace. Hili ʻa e tafá mo ha fakaakeake lelei, naʻe tala mai kia kimaua kuo sai ʻa e kanisaá. Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá, naʻá ma toe maʻu ha tohi mei he Pētelí ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu mai ai ke ma hokohoko atu ke ngāue ʻi he fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá. Naʻá ma fakapapauʻi ke hokohoko ngāue mālohi ai pē kia Sihova.
Ki mui ai, naʻá ku maʻu ha ngāue ʻi Tekisisi. Naʻá ma fakakaukau ʻe lelei kia kimaua ʻa e ʻea māfana ʻi aí, pea naʻe pehē. Talu ʻema hiki mai ki heni ʻi he taʻu ʻe 25 kuohilí, kuo takatakaiʻi kimaua ʻe homa fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻofá ʻa ia kuo nau hoko ko homa ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ofi ʻaupito.
LĒSONI KUÓ MA AKÓ
ʻI he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú, kuo faingataʻaʻia ʻa Grace ʻi he kanisā ʻo e ngākau lahí, mongá mo e huhú, ka kuo teʻeki ai ʻaupito haʻane hanu fekauʻaki mo ʻene moʻuí. Kuó ne ngāue fāitaha maʻu pē mo au pea tokaʻi au ko e ʻulu ʻo e fāmilí. ʻOku faʻa ʻeke ange ʻe he kakaí kiate ia fekauʻaki mo e fakapulipuli ʻo ʻema nofo mali lavameʻá pea mo ʻema fiefiá. ʻOkú ne fakamatala ʻokú ma kaungāmeʻa lelei ʻaupito, ʻokú ma fetuʻutaki he ʻaho kotoa, ʻokú ma saiʻia ke fakamoleki ha taimi fakataha, pea heʻikai ʻaupito te ma mohe kapau ʻokú ma feʻitaʻaki. Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻokú ma fefakatupuʻitaʻaki, ka ʻokú ma fefakamolemoleʻaki maʻu pē, pea ʻoku ʻaonga moʻoni.
Lolotonga ʻa e kotoa homa ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni lelei ʻe niʻihi kuó ma ako:
(1) Falala maʻu pē kia Sihova pea tali ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne fakaʻatā ke hokó. ʻOua ʻaupito ʻe falala ki ho poto ʻoʻoú.—Pal. 3:5, 6; Sel. 17:7.
(2) Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻoku hokó, hanga maʻu pē ki he Tohi Tapú ki ha tataki. Ko e talangofua kia Sihova mo ʻene ngaahi laó ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga. Pe ʻoku tau talangofua pe ʻikai, ka heʻikai lava ke tau fai fakatouʻosi.—Loma 6:16; Hep. 4:12.
(3) Ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga taha ʻi he moʻuí, ko e hōifua ʻa Sihová. Fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa Sihová ʻi hoʻo moʻuí, ʻikai ko e paʻangá.—Pal. 28:20; Koh. 7:1; Māt. 6:33, 34.
(4) Lotu ʻo kole ha tokoni ke ngāue mālohi pea ke hoko ʻo lavameʻa ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová. Fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻe lava ke ke faí, ʻikai ko e meʻa heʻikai lava ke ke faí.—Māt. 22:37; 2 Tīm. 4:2.
(5) ʻIloʻi ʻoku ʻikai ha toe kautaha ʻoku maʻu ai ʻa e tāpuaki mo e hōifua ʻa Sihová.—Sione 6:68.
Kuó ma mali ʻi he meimei taʻu ʻe 65 he taimí ni, pea kuó ma taki taha ngāue kia Sihova laka hake ʻi he taʻu 75. Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ia ke ngāue fakataha kia Sihova ʻi ha fuʻu taimi fuoloa. ʻOkú ma ʻamanaki mo lotu ke malava foki ʻa e kotoa homa fanga tokouá mo e fanga tuofāfiné ʻo hokosia ʻa e fakakoloa ʻa e moʻuí ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke falala ai kia Sihová.
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Mei toʻohema: Nathan Knorr, Malcolm Allen, Fred Rusk, Lyle Reusch, Andrew Wagner
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“Kapau heʻikai ke ke tokoniʻi kimautolu ʻaki hono ʻomai ha akonaki anga-ʻofa, ʻe siʻi ho mahuʻinga ki he kautahá. Hokohoko atu ʻa e ngāue leleí”
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ʻOlunga: Fern mo George Couch mo Grace mo au ʻi Kiliati, 1954
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Lalo: Ngāue ʻi he Potungāue Ngāué, 1956
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“Falala maʻu pē kia Sihova pea tali ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne fakaʻataá”
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