Te Ke Maʻu mei Fē ʻa e ʻAmanaki Moʻoní?

ʻOKU tuʻu ʻa e tā hoʻo uasí pea ʻoku hā ngali ʻoku maumau. Pea ʻi hoʻo feinga ke ngaahi iá, ʻokú ke fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi fili lahi. ʻOku lahi fau ʻa e ngaahi tuʻuaki ki hono ngaahi ha uasi, pea ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau pehē te nau lava, ka ko e niʻihi ʻoku fepakipaki ʻenau fakamatalá. Kae fēfē kapau te ke ʻiloʻi ko ho kaungāʻapí ʻa e tangata pōtoʻi naʻá ne faʻu ʻa e uasi tofu pē ko iá ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki muʻá? ʻIkai ko ia pē, ka ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ʻokú ne loto-lelei ke tokoniʻi koe, ʻo taʻetotongi. ʻE hā ngali mahino ʻa e fili te ke faí, ʻikai ko ia?

Fakahoa angé he taimí ni ʻa e uasi ko iá ki hoʻo malava ke ʻamanakí. Kapau te ke fakatokangaʻi kuo hōloa hoʻo ʻamanakí​—ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hoko ki he tokolahi ʻi he taimi faingataʻa ko ení—​te ke hanga ki fē ki ha tokoni? ʻOku tokolahi ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau pehē te nau lava ʻo fakaleleiʻi ʻa e palopalemá, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi fokotuʻú ʻoku lava ke fakapuputuʻu mo fepakipaki. Ko ia ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ke ke ʻalu ki he Tokotaha naʻá ne faʻu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e malava ke nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanakí? ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú “ʻoku ʻikai te ne mamaʻo mei ha taha ʻo kitautolu” pea ʻokú ne loto-lelei ʻaupito ke tokoni.​—Ngāue 17:27; 1 Pita 5:7.

Ko ha Fakamatala Loloto Ange ʻo e ʻAmanakí

Ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ʻamanakí ʻoku mata lahi mo loloto ange ʻi he fakakaukau anga-maheni he ʻahó ni ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau toketā sinó, kau faisaienisí mo e kau toketā fakaʻatamaí. Ko e ngaahi foʻi lea ʻi he muʻaki lea naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú ki he “ʻamanakí” ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e tatali vēkeveke mo ʻamanekina ha lelei. Ko ia ai, ko e ʻamanakí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa ʻe ua. ʻOku kaunga ki ai ʻa e holi ki ha meʻa lelei pea mo e makatuʻunga ʻo e tui ʻe hoko mai ha lelei. Ko e ʻamanaki ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻoku ʻikai ko e fakakaukau fakaʻānaua pē. ʻOku makatuʻunga mālohi ia ʻi ha moʻoniʻi meʻa mo e fakamoʻoni.

ʻI he tuʻunga ko ení, ko e ʻamanakí ʻoku hangē ia ko e tuí, ʻa ia kuo pau ke makatuʻunga ʻi ha fakamoʻoni​—ʻo ʻikai ko e tui kuikui pē. (Hepelū 11:1) Kae kehe, ʻoku fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e tuí mo e ʻamanakí.​—1 Kolinitō 13:13.

Ke fakatātaaʻí: ʻI haʻo kole ki ha kaumeʻa ʻofeina ke ne fai atu ha meʻa maʻau, te ke ʻamanaki nai te ne tokoniʻi koe. Ko hoʻo ʻamanakí ʻoku ʻikai taʻeʻiai hano makatuʻunga koeʻuhí ʻokú ke tui ki ho kaumeʻá​—ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi lelei ia, pea kuó ke sio naʻá ne ngāue anga-ʻofa mo nima-homo ʻi he kuohilí. Ko hoʻo tuí mo hoʻo ʻamanakí ʻokú na felāveʻi vāofi mo fengāueʻaki, ka ʻokú na kehekehe. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke maʻu ha ʻamanaki pehē ki he ʻOtuá?

Makatuʻunga ki he ʻAmanakí

Ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e matavai ʻo e ʻamanaki moʻoní. ʻI he taimi ʻo e Tohi Tapú naʻe ui ʻa Sihova ko e “ʻamanakiʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli.” (Selemaia 14:8) Ko ha ʻamanaki falalaʻanga pē naʻe maʻu ʻe hono kakaí naʻe haʻu ia meiate ia; ko ia, naʻá ne hoko ko honau ʻamanakiʻangá. Ko e ʻamanaki ko iá naʻe ʻikai ko e fakaʻānaua pē. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu ha makatuʻunga mālohi ʻo e ʻamanakí. ʻI he feangainga mo kinautolu ʻi he faai mai e senitulí, naʻá ne fakatupulekina ai ha lēkooti ʻo e fai maʻu pē ki heʻene ngaahi talaʻofá. Ko honau takí ʻa Siosiua naʻá ne pehē ki ʻIsileli: “ʻOku mou ʻiloʻi lelei . . . kuo ʻikai taʻefakahoko ha foʻi lea ʻe taha ʻi he ngaahi talaʻofa lelei kotoa kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtuá kiate kimoutolú.”​—Siosiua 23:14.

ʻI he laui afeʻi taʻu ki mui ai, ʻoku kei moʻoni pē ʻa e lēkooti ko iá. ʻOku fonu ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi he ngaahi talaʻofa fakaofo pea pehē ki he lēkooti fakahisitōlia tonu mātē ʻo hono fakahokó. Ko ʻene ngaahi talaʻofa fakaekikité ʻoku nau falalaʻanga ʻaupito ʻo faʻa hiki ai kinautolu ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻo hangē ia naʻe ʻosi fakahoko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe hiki aí.

Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku lava ai ke tau pehē ko e Tohi Tapú ko e tohi ʻo e ʻamanaki. ʻI hoʻo ako ʻa e ngaahi lēkooti ʻo e feangainga ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ko e ngaahi makatuʻunga ʻo hoʻo tui kiate iá ʻe tupu ʻo toe mālohi ange. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe tohi ʻi muʻá naʻe tohi ko hotau fakahinohino, koeʻuhí ke tau lava fakafou ʻi heʻetau kātakí pea fakafou ʻi he fakafiemālie mei he Folofolá ke tau maʻu ai ha ʻamanaki.”​—Loma 15:4.

Ko e Hā ʻa e ʻAmanaki ʻOku ʻOmai ʻe he ʻOtuá?

Ko fē ʻa e taimi ʻoku tau ongoʻi fiemaʻu lahi taha ai ʻa e ʻamanakí? ʻIkai ko e taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e maté? Ka, ki he tokolahi, ko e foʻi mōmeniti ko iá​—ʻi he taimi ʻoku mole ai ha ʻofaʻanga ʻi he maté—​ʻa e taimi ʻoku hā ngali faingataʻa ʻaupito ai ke manatuʻi ʻa e ʻamanakí. He ko ē, ko e hā ha meʻa ʻoku toe fakamamahi lahi ange he maté? ʻOkú ne tulimui holo ʻiate kitautolu taki taha. ʻE lava ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou pē pea ʻoku ʻikai haʻatau mālohi ke taʻofi ia. He feʻungamālie ē, hono ui ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e maté ko e “fili fakaʻosí.”​—1 Kolinitō 15:26.

ʻE lava fēfē leva, ke tau maʻu ha ʻamanaki ʻi he fehangahangai mo e maté? Ko e veesi Tohi Tapu ʻokú ne ui ʻa e maté ko e fili fakaʻosí ʻoku toe pehē ai ko e fili ko ení “ʻe toʻo ʻosi atu ia.” ʻOku mālohi ange ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻi he maté. Kuó ne ʻosi fakamoʻoniʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi taimi lahi. Anga-fēfē? ʻI hono fokotuʻu hake ʻa e maté. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e taimi kehekehe ʻe hiva naʻe ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he ʻOtuá hono mālohí ke fakafoki mai ʻa e niʻihi tāutaha mei he maté ke moʻui.

ʻI ha tuʻunga makehe ʻe taha, naʻe fakaivia ʻe Sihova hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū, ke ne fokotuʻu mai hono kaumeʻa ʻofeina ko Lāsalosí, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻosi mate ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe fā. Naʻe fakahoko eni ʻe Sīsū, ʻo ʻikai fakapulipuli, kae ʻi he ʻao ʻo ha fuʻu kakai.​—Sione 11:38-48, 53; 12:9, 10.

Te ke fifili nai, ‘Ko e hā naʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻa e kakaí? ʻIkai naʻa nau toe hoholo ʻo motuʻa pea faai atu pē ʻo nau toe mate?’ Naʻe pehē. Ka, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fakamatala alafalalaʻanga hangē ko eni ʻo e toetuʻú, ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ai ha meʻa lahi ange ʻi he holi pē ke toe moʻui mai hotau ngaahi ʻofaʻanga kuo maté; ʻoku tau maʻu ha makatuʻunga ke tui te nau toe moʻui. ʻI hono toe fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki moʻoni.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko au ʻa e toetuʻú pea mo e moʻuí.” (Sione 11:25) Ko ia ʻa e Tokotaha ʻe fakaivia ʻe Sihova ke fakahoko ʻa e toetuʻú ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaemāmani lahi. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku haʻu ʻa e houa ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻi he ngaahi fonualoto fakamanatú te nau fanongo ki hono leʻó [ʻo Sīsuú] pea te nau hū mai ki tuʻa.” (Sione 5:28, 29) ʻIo, ko kinautolu kotoa ʻoku mohe ʻi he ngaahi fonua lotó ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ke toetuʻu mai ke moʻui ʻi ha māmani palataisi.

Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he palōfita ko ʻAiseá ʻa e fakatātā fakaueʻiloto ko eni ki he toetuʻú: “ʻE moʻui ʻa hoʻo kau maté. Ko e ngaahi ʻangaʻanga ʻo hoku kakaí te nau tuʻu hake. ʻĀ hake ʻo kaila fiefia, ʻa kimoutolu kau nofo ʻi he efú! He ko ho hahaú ʻoku hangē ko e hahau ʻo e pongipongí, pea ko e kelekelé te ne tuku mai ʻa e faʻahinga kuo mole honau mālohi ʻi he maté ke nau moʻui.”​—ʻAisea 26:19.

ʻIkai ʻoku fakafiemālie ia? Ko e kau maté ʻoku nau ʻi he tuʻunga malu taha ʻe ala fakakaukau atu ki ai ha tahá, ʻo hangē ko e malu ʻa ha kiʻi tama ʻi he manava ʻo ʻene faʻeé. Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau mohe ʻi faʻitoká ʻoku nau malu ʻi he manatu taʻefakangatangata ʻa e ʻOtua Māfimafi-Aoniú. (Luke 20:37, 38) Pea ʻoku vavé ni ke fakafoki mai kinautolu ki he moʻuí, ʻo talitali lelei kinautolu ki ha māmani ʻo hangē ko hano talitali lelei ha kiʻi pēpē toki fāʻeleʻi ʻe ha fāmili ʻofa! Ko ia, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻamanaki naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e maté.

Meʻa ʻe Lava ke Fai ʻe he ʻAmanakí Maʻau

ʻOku akoʻi mai ʻe Paula kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa lahi fekauʻaki mo e mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻamanakí. Naʻá ne lave ki he ʻamanakí ko ha konga mahuʻinga ʻo ha teunga tau fakalaumālié​—ko e tataá. (1 Tesalonaika 5:8) Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻuhinga ki aí? ʻI he taimi ʻo e Tohi Tapú ko ha sōtia naʻá ne tui ha tatā mētale ki he taú, ʻi ʻolunga ʻi ha tupenu molū pe leta. He mālō mo e tataá, ko e lahi taha ʻo e fana ki he ʻulú naʻe faʻa heke ia ʻo ʻikai tāmateʻi ai ia. Ko e hā ʻa e poini ʻa Paulá? Hangē pē ko hono maluʻi ʻe he tataá ʻa e ʻulú, ko e ʻamanakí ʻokú ne maluʻi ʻa e ʻatamaí, ʻa e ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú. Kapau ʻokú ke maʻu ha ʻamanaki mālohi ʻa ia ʻoku fehoanaki mo e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, heʻikai uesia ʻa e nonga ho ʻatamaí ʻe he hohaʻa tuʻú pe mafasiá ʻi hoʻo fehangahangai ko ia mo e ngaahi faingataʻá. Ko hai ia ʻiate kitautolu ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fiemaʻu ha tatā pehē?

Naʻe toe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ha fakatātā feʻungamālie ki he fehoanaki ʻa e ʻamanakí mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanakí ni ko ha taula ia ki heʻetau moʻuí, ʻoku pau mo mālohi.” (Hepelū 6:19) Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻosi hokosia ʻe Paula ia ʻa e hao moʻui mai ʻi ha ngaahi vaka tūkia, naʻá ne ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e taulá. ʻI he fetaulaki mo ha afā, ko e kau kauvaká te nau tuku hifo ʻa e taula ʻo e vaká. Kapau ʻe ʻalu hifo ki lalo ki he kilisi tahí ʻo lave ki ha fuʻu maka, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e faingamālie ke hao atu ʻa e vaká ʻi he afaá kae ʻikai puhiʻi ia ki he matāfangá ke tūkia ʻi he ngaahi maká.

Pehē foki, kapau ko e ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolú ko ha ʻamanaki ia ʻoku “pau mo mālohi,” ko e ʻamanaki ko iá ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hao atu ʻi he ngaahi taimi afā ko ení. ʻOku talaʻofa ʻe Sihova ʻoku vavé ni ke hoko mai ha taimi ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá heʻikai ke toe lōmekina kinautolu ʻe he taú, faihiá, mamahí pe naʻa mo e maté. (Sio ki he puha ‘Ngaahi ʻUhinga ki he ʻAmanakí.’) Ko e piki maʻu ki he ʻamanaki ko iá ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fakamamaʻo mei he fakatuʻutāmakí, ʻo ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakaueʻiloto ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ke moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ko e tō ki he laumālie moveuveu mo e ʻulungaanga taʻetaau ʻoku failahia ʻi he māmaní he ʻaho ní.

Ko e ʻamanaki ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Sihová ʻoku toe kaunga fakafoʻituitui ia kiate koe. ʻOkú ne loto ke ke maʻu ʻa e moʻui naʻá ne fakataumuʻa ke ke moʻuiʻakí. ʻOkú ne holi “ke fakahaofi ʻa e faʻahinga kakai kotoa pē.” Anga-fēfē? ʻUluakí, ko e tokotaha taki taha kuo pau “ke nau aʻusia ha ʻilo totonu ki he moʻoní.” (1 Tīmote 2:4) ʻOku mau fakalototoʻaʻi koe ke ke maʻu ʻa e ʻilo foaki-moʻui fekauʻaki mo e moʻoni ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e ʻamanaki ʻe ʻoatu ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate koé ʻe mahuʻinga mamaʻo ange ia ʻi ha toe ʻamanaki pē ʻoku lava ke ke maʻu ʻi he māmani ko ení.

ʻI hoʻo maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki peheé, heʻikai ʻaupito te ke ongoʻi ʻoku siva hoʻo ʻamanakí, he ʻe lava ke ʻoatu kiate koe ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e mālohi ʻokú ke fiemaʻú ke ke aʻusia ai ha faʻahinga taumuʻa pē ʻokú ke maʻu ʻoku fehoanaki mo hono finangaló. (2 Kolinitō 4:7; Filipai 4:​13) ʻIkai ko e faʻahinga ʻamanaki ia ʻokú ke fiemaʻú? Ko ia kapau ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ha ʻamanaki pea kapau kuó ke fekumi ki ai, hoko ʻo loto-toʻa. Ko e ʻamanakí ʻoku ʻi muʻa pē ʻiate koe. ʻE lava ke ke maʻu ia!

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Ngaahi ʻUhinga ki he ʻAmanakí

ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he ngaahi fakakaukau Fakatohitapu ko ení ke langa hake hoʻo ʻamanakí:

◼ ʻOku talaʻofa mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha kahaʻu fiefia.

ʻOku pehē ʻe heʻene Folofolá ʻe hoko ʻa e māmaní ko ha palataisi fakamāmani lahi ʻo nofoʻi ʻe ha fāmili fiefia mo fāʻūtaha ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.​—Saame 37:11, 29; ʻAisea 25:8; Fakahā 21:​3, 4.

◼ ʻOku ʻikai lava ke loi ʻa e ʻOtuá.

ʻOkú ne fehiʻa ʻi he loi kotoa pē. ʻOku māʻoniʻoni pe maʻa fakaʻaufuli ʻa Sihova, ko ia ai ʻoku ʻikai malava ke ne loi.​—Palōveepi 6:​16-​19; ʻAisea 6:​2, 3; Taitusi 1:2; Hepelū 6:​18.

◼ ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e mālohi taʻefakangatangata.

Ko Sihova toko taha pē ʻa e māfimafi-aoniú. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito ha meʻa ʻi he ʻunivēsí ʻe lava ke ne taʻofi ia mei hono fakahoko ʻene ngaahi talaʻofá.​—ʻEkisoto 15:11; ʻAisea 40:25, 26.

◼ ʻOku loto ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ke moʻui taʻengata.

​—Sione 3:​16; 1 Tīmote 2:​3, 4.

◼ ʻOku vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu mo e ʻamanaki.

ʻOkú ne fili ke tokangataha, ʻo ʻikai ki hotau ngaahi tōnounoú mo e ngaahi fehālaakí, ka ki hotau ngaahi ʻulungaanga leleí mo e ngaahi feingá. (Saame 103:12-​14; 130:3; Hepelū 6:​10) ʻOkú ne ʻamanaki te tau fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tonú pea ʻokú ne fiefia ʻi heʻetau fai iá.​—Palōveepi 27:11.

◼ ʻOku talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá te ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke aʻusia hoʻo ngaahi taumuʻa fakaʻotuá.

ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito totonu ke ongoʻi liʻekina ʻene kau sevānití. ʻOku foaki nima-homo mai ʻe he ʻOtuá hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ʻa e ivi mālohi tahá, ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu.​—Filipai 4:​13.

◼ Heʻikai ʻaupito kulanoa ʻa e ʻamanaki ki he ʻOtuá.

ʻOkú ne alafalalaʻanga fakaʻaufuli, pea heʻikai ʻaupito te ne liʻaki koe.​—Saame 25:3.

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Hangē pē ko hono maluʻi ʻe he tataá ʻa e ʻulú, ko e ʻamanakí ʻokú ne maluʻi ʻa e ʻatamaí

[Fakatātā]

Hangē ko e taulá, ko e ʻamanaki ʻoku ʻi ai hono makatuʻunga mālohí ʻe lava ke ne ʻomai ʻa e nonga

[Credit Line]

Courtesy René Seindal/Su concessione del Museo Archeologico Regionale A. Salinas di Palermo