Vahe 11
“Tuku ke Lāngilangiʻia ʻa e Nofo Malí”
“Maʻu fiefia mei ho uaifi fakatalavou.”—PALOVEPI 5:18.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi te tau lāulea ki aí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
KUÓ KE mali? Kapau ko ia, ʻoku hoko ʻa hoʻo nofo malí ko ha matavai ia ʻo e fiefiá, pe ʻokú ke hokosia ha ngaahi palopalema fakaemali mafatukituki? Kuo fakaʻau ke ke vāmamaʻo mo ho hoá? ʻOkú ke kātaki ʻi he nofo malí ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke maʻu ai ha fiefia? Kapau ko ia, ngalingali ʻokú ke ongoʻi mamahi ʻi he momoko ʻa e haʻi fakaemali māfana naʻá ke fiefia ai ki muʻá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha Kalisitiané, ʻoku pau pē ʻokú ke saiʻia ke ʻoatu ʻe hoʻo nofo malí ʻa e lāngilangi kia Sihova, ʻa e ʻOtua ʻokú ke ʻofa ki aí. Ko ia ai, ko ho ngaahi tuʻunga lolotongá ʻoku hoko nai ia ko ha tupuʻanga ʻo e hohaʻa mo e loto-mamahi kiate koe. Naʻa mo ia, kātaki ʻo ʻoua ʻe fakamulitukuʻaki kuo ʻikai ha toe ʻamanaki ki ho tuʻungá.
2 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi hoa mali Kalisitiane lelei ʻa ia ki muʻá naʻe mālō pē ʻene kei lele mai, naʻe ʻikai mālohi. Neongo ia, naʻa nau maʻu ha founga ke ʻai ai ke mālohi ia. Ko koe foki ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ʻa e fiemālie lahi ange ʻi hoʻo nofo malí. Anga-fēfē?
ʻUNUʻUNU KE OFI ANGE KI HE ʻOTUÁ PEA KI HO HOÁ
3, 4. Ko e hā ʻe ʻunuʻunu ai ʻa e ngaahi hoa malí ke vāofi ange kapau ʻoku nau feinga ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá? Fakatātaaʻi.
3 Ko koe mo ho hoá te mo ʻunuʻunu ke toe vāofi ange kapau ʻokú mo feinga ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Fakakaukau angé ki ha fakatātā: Sioloto atu ki ha moʻunga ʻoku tumuʻaki tōtao—ʻo fālahi ki lalo pea fāsiʻi ki ʻolunga. ʻOku tuʻu ha tangata ʻi he veʻe tahake fakatokelaú lolotonga ia ʻoku tuʻu ha fefine ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻi he veʻe tahake fakatongá. ʻOkú na fakatou kamata ke kaka. ʻI heʻena kei ofi ki he tefito ʻo e moʻungá, ʻokú na vāmamaʻo lahi. Ka, ʻi heʻena taki taha kaka ʻo fakaʻau ke māʻolunga ange ki he tumutumu fāsiʻí, ʻoku fakaʻau ange ai pē ke na vāofi. ʻOkú ke sio ki he lēsoni papau ʻi he fakatātā ko ení?
4 Ko e feinga ʻokú ke fai ke tauhi kakato kia Sihová ʻoku lava ke fakahoa ia ki he feinga ʻoku fai ke kaka ʻi ha moʻungá. Koeʻuhi ʻokú ke ʻofa kia Sihova, kuó ke ʻosi feinga mālohi koe ke kaka, hangē ko e laú. Kae kehe, kapau kuó ke vāmamaʻo mo ho hoá, ʻokú mo kaka nai ʻi he ongo tafaʻaki fehangahangai ʻo e moʻunga ko iá. Kae kehe, ko e hā ʻoku hoko ʻi hoʻomo hokohoko atu ʻa e kaká? Ko e moʻoni, ʻokú mo vāmamaʻo lahi nai ʻi he kamatá. Neongo ia, ko e lahi ange ʻa e feinga ʻokú ke fai ʻi he ʻunuʻunu ke ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá—ʻi he kaka māʻolunga angé—ko hoʻo vāofi ange ia mo ho hoá. Ko e moʻoni, ko e ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e kī ki he ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ki ho hoá. Ka ʻe lava fēfē ke ke fai moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ko iá?
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻe taha ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ai kia Sihova pea ki hoto hoa malí? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Sihova ki he nofo malí?
5 Ko e founga kaka mahuʻinga ʻe taha, hangē ko e laú, ko hoʻo tokanga mo ho hoá ki he akonaki fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí hangē ko ia ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 25:4; Aisea 48:17, 18) Ko ia fakakaukau angé ki ha poini papau ʻo e akonakí naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá. Naʻá ne pehē: “Tuku ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa e nofo malí ki he tokotaha kotoa pē.” (Hepelu 13:4, NW) Ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá? Ko e foʻi lea “lāngilangiʻia” ʻoku fakahuʻunga ia ki he meʻa ʻoku hakeakiʻi pea ʻoku mahuʻinga. Pea ko e anga tofu pē ia ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihova ki he nofo malí—ʻokú ne hakeakiʻi ia ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga.
KO HOʻO FAKAUEʻILOTÓ —KO E ʻOFA LOTO-MOʻONI KIA SIHOVÁ
6. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he potutohi ʻo e akonaki ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí, pea ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ia ke tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú?
6 Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ongo sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko koe mo ho malí ʻokú mo ʻosi ʻiloʻi ko e nofo malí ʻoku mahuʻinga mo toputapu foki. Ko Sihova tonu naʻá ne kamata ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ki he nofo malí. (Mātiu 19:4-6) Kae kehe, kapau ʻokú ke lolotonga hokosia ha ngaahi palopalema fakaemali, ko hono ʻiloʻi ko ia ko e malí ko e meʻa ʻoku lāngilangiʻiá heʻikai nai feʻunga ia ke ne ueʻi koe mo ho hoá ke mo feʻofaʻaki mo fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki. Ko e hā leva te ne ueʻi koe ke ke fai peheé? Fakatokangaʻi lelei ʻa e anga ʻo e lea mai ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ʻo hono fakahāhā ʻa e fakalāngilangí. Naʻe ʻikai te ne pehē, “ko e nofo malí ʻoku lāngilangiʻia”; ka, naʻá ne pehē, “tuku ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa e nofo malí.” Naʻe ʻikai ko hono fai pē ʻe Paula ia ha fakamatala; ko ʻene ʻomai ʻe ia ha ekinaki.a Ko hono tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e faikehekehe ko iá ʻe tokoniʻi nai ai koe ke ke maʻu ha fakaueʻiloto lahi ange ke fakalahi ʻa hono hakeakiʻi ʻa ho hoá. Ko e hā ko e tuʻungá ai iá?
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fekau Fakatohitapu ʻoku tau fakahokó, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ola lelei ʻoku maʻu mei he talangofuá?
7 Fakakaukau angé ʻi ha mōmeniti ki he anga hoʻo vakai ki he ngaahi fekau kehe Fakatohitapú, hangē ko e fekau ke ngaohi ākongá pe ko e ekinaki ke fakataha ki he lotú. (Mātiu 28:19; Hepelu 10:24, 25) Ko hono moʻoní, ko hono fakahoko ʻo e ongo fekau ko iá ʻe hoko nai ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko ha pole. Ko e kakai ʻokú ke malanga ki aí ʻe ʻikai nai te nau tali lelei, pe ko e ngāue paʻanga ʻokú ke faí te ke hoko nai ai ʻo ongoʻi ongosia lahi ʻo mātuʻaki faingataʻa ai ʻa hono maʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. Naʻa mo ia, ʻokú ke hanganaki malangaʻi pē ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá, pea ʻokú ke hanganaki maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. ʻOku ʻikai lava ke taʻofi koe ʻe ha taha—naʻa mo Sētane! Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ʻofa loto-moʻoni kia Sihová ʻokú ne ueʻi koe ke ke talangofua ai ki heʻene ngaahi fekaú. (1 Sione 5:3) Pea ko e hā hono ngaahi ola leleí? Ko e kau ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá mo hono maʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakatahá ʻokú ne ʻoatu kiate koe ʻa e nonga ʻi loto mo e fiefia loto-moʻoni koeʻuhi ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ʻokú ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Pea ko e ongoʻi ko iá, ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻokú ne fakafoʻou ho mālohí. (Nehemaia 8:10) Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni hení?
8, 9. (a) Ko e hā nai te ne ueʻi kitautolu ke talangofua ki he ekinaki ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e nofo malí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo poini te tau lāulea ki ai he taimi ní?
8 Hangē pē ko hono ueʻi koe ʻe hoʻo ʻofa lahi ki he ʻOtuá ke ke talangofua ki he ongo fekau ke malanga pea ke fakatahataha fakataha neongo ʻa e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻangá, ʻoku pehē hono lava ke ueʻi koe ʻe hoʻo ʻofa kia Sihová ke ke talangofua ki he ekinaki Fakatohitapu ke “tuku ke lāngilangiʻia [ʻa hoʻo] nofo malí,” naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku hā faingataʻa ai iá. (Hepelu 13:4, NW; Sāme 18:29; Koheleti 5:4) Tānaki atu ki ai, hangē pē ko hono ʻomai ʻa e tāpuaki lahi mei he ʻOtuá ʻi hoʻo ngaahi feinga ke kau ʻi he malangá pea ʻi he ʻalu ki he fakatahá ʻe pehē ʻa hono ʻiloʻi pea tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo ngaahi feinga ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa hoʻo nofo malí.—1 Tesalonaika 1:3; Hepelu 6:10.
9 ʻE lava fēfē leva ke ke ʻai ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa hoʻo nofo malí? ʻOku fiemaʻu ke ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he tōʻonga ʻa ia te ne maumauʻi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fakaemalí. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke fou ʻi ha ngaahi sitepu ʻa ia te ne ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e haʻi ʻo e malí.
FAKAʻEHIʻEHI MEI HE LEA MO E TŌʻONGA ʻOKU TAʻEFAKALĀNGILANGIʻI AI ʻA E NOFO MALÍ
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga ʻoku taʻefakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻa e nofo malí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e foʻi fehuʻi ʻoku totonu ke tau fakakaukau ki ai mo hotau hoá?
10 Ko ha uaifi Kalisitiane naʻá ne pehē ʻi ha taimi ki muʻa: “ʻOku ou lotu kia Sihova ki ha mālohi ke u kātaki ai.” Kātaki ʻi he hā? Naʻá ne fakamatala: “ʻOku leakoviʻi au ʻe hoku husepānití. ʻOku ʻikai nai ke ʻasi ha takatakaʻuli ʻiate au, ka ko ʻene ngaahi lea oʻo hokohoko, hangē ko ení ‘ʻOkú ke fakahela!’ mo e ‘ʻOkú ke taʻeʻaonga!’ kuo kafo ai hoku lotó.” ʻOku ʻohake ai ʻe he uaifi ko ení ha meʻa ʻoku fai ʻa e tokanga lahi ki ai—ko e lea kovi ʻi he nofo malí.
11 He fakamamahi moʻoni ko e taimi ʻoku fefaiʻaki ai ʻe he ngaahi hoa mali ʻi he ngaahi fāmili Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi lea fakamamahi, ʻo fakatupunga ai ʻa e kafo fakaeongo ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai faingofua hono faitoʻó! ʻOku hā mahino, ko ha nofo mali ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e lea fakamamahí ʻoku ʻikai ke lāngilangiʻia ia. ʻOku fēfē hoʻo nofo malí ʻi he tafaʻaki ko ení? Ko e founga ʻe taha ke ʻiloʻi aí ko hono ʻeke fakatōkilalo ki ho malí, “ʻOku ongo fēfē ʻeku ngaahi leá kiate koé?” Kapau ʻoku ongoʻi ʻe ho hoá kuo faʻa fakatupunga ʻe hoʻo ngaahi leá ʻa e ngaahi kafo fakaeongo, kuo pau ke ke loto-lelei ke liliu hoʻo tōʻongá ke lelei ange ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku hokó.—Kaletia 5:15; Efeso 4:31.
12. ʻE lava fēfē ke hoko ʻo launoa ʻa e lotu ʻa ha taha ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
12 Manatuʻi lelei ko e founga ʻo hoʻo ngāueʻaki ho ʻeleló ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene kaunga ki ho vahaʻangatae mo Sihová. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Ka ai ha taha ʻoku lau ko e lotu ia, ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻai piti hono ʻelelo, ka neongo ia ka ʻoku ne kākāʻi pe hono loto, ʻe, ko e lotu ʻa e toko taha ko ia ko e launoa.” (Semisi 1:26) Ko hoʻo leá heʻikai lava ia ke fakamavaheʻi mei hoʻo lotú. ʻOku ʻikai poupouʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ko e hā pē ha meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi ʻapi ʻoku ʻikai loko mahuʻinga ia, kehe pē ʻokú te taukaveʻi ʻokú te tauhi ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOfa mai ā ʻo ʻoua ʻe kākaaʻi koe. Ko ha meʻa mafatukituki eni. (1 Pita 3:7) ʻOku ʻi ai nai hoʻo ngaahi malava mo e faivelenga, ka ʻo kapau ʻokú ke fakalotomamahiʻi loto-lelei ʻa ho hoá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea oʻó, ʻokú ke taʻefakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí pea ʻoku lava ke vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e launoa ʻa hoʻo lotú.
13. ʻOku lava fēfē ke fakatupunga ʻe ha hoa mali ha mamahi fakaeongo?
13 Ko e ngaahi hoa malí ʻoku toe fiemaʻu ke nau tokanga ke ʻoua ʻe fakatupunga ha mamahi fakaeongo ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻoku ʻikai loko fakahangatonu. Fakakaukau angé ki he fakatātā ʻe ua: Ko ha faʻē taʻemali ʻoku toutou telefoni ki ha tangata mali Kalisitiane ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻo kole faleʻi kiate ia, pea ʻokú na talanoa lōloa; ko ha tokoua Kalisitiane taʻemali ʻokú ne fakamoleki ʻa e taimi lahi ʻi he uike taki taha ʻi he ngāue fakataha ʻi he malaʻe malangá mo ha tuofefine Kalisitiane ʻosi mali. Ko e ongo meʻa mali taki taha ʻi he ongo fakatātaá ʻoku ʻi ai nai ʻena ngaahi taumuʻa lelei; neongo ia, ʻoku anga-fēfē hono uesia ʻe heʻena tōʻongá ʻa hona mali taki taha? Ko ha uaifi naʻe fehangahangai mo ha tuʻunga pehē naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e fakatokangaʻi ʻoku tuku ʻe hoku husepānití ʻa e taimi mo e tokanga lahi ki ha tuofefine kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻokú ne fakalotomamahiʻi au. ʻOkú ne ʻai ke u ongoʻi māʻulalo.”
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia fakaemali ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻi he Senesi 2:24? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolú?
14 ʻOku mahinongofua ko e hoa mali ko ení mo e niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo ha tuʻunga meimei tatau ʻi he nofo malí ʻoku nau ongoʻi mamahi. Ko honau hoa malí ʻokú ne tukunoaʻi ʻa e fakahinohino tefito ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he nofo malí: “ʻE tukuange ʻe he tangata ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻe, kae pikitai ki hono uaifi.” (Senesi 2:24) Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku malí ʻoku nau kei fakaʻapaʻapa pē ki heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá; kae kehe, ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa honau fatongia ki honau hoa malí. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku ʻofa lahi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki honau kaungātuí; neongo ia ko honau fatongia tefitó ke fai ia ki honau hoa malí. Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakamoleki taʻetotonu ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane malí ʻa e taimi lahi pe hoko ʻo fuʻu vāofi tōtuʻa mo e kaungātuí, tautefito ʻi he vā ʻo e fefiné mo e tangatá, ʻoku nau ʻai ai ke hoko ʻa e faingataʻa ʻi he haʻi ʻo e nofo malí. Ko ha ʻuhinga nai ia ʻe taha ki he faingataʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi hoʻo nofo malí? ʻEke hifo kiate koe, ‘ʻOku ou ʻoange moʻoni ki hoku malí ʻa e taimi, tokanga, mo e ongoʻi ʻofa ʻa ia ko e meʻa totonu pē ia ʻoku ʻa hoku hoá?’
15. Fakatatau ki he Mātiu 5:28, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane malí mei he tokanga taʻetotonu ki ha taha ko ha fefine pe tangata?
15 ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e kau Kalisitiane mali ʻoku nau fai ʻa e tokanga taʻetotonu ki he tangata pe fefine ʻoku ʻikai ko honau hoá ʻoku nau malakaki atu ʻi he feituʻu fakatuʻutāmaki. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, kuo fakatupulekina ʻe he kau Kalisitiane mali ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi manako ki he faʻahinga ʻa ia kuo nau hoko ʻo fuʻu vāofi tōtuʻa mo iá. (Mātiu 5:28) Ko hono olá, ko e ngaahi haʻi fakaeongo peheé kuo iku ia ki he ʻulungāanga ʻoku toe taʻefakalāngilangiʻi ange ai ʻa e nofo malí. Fakakaukau angé ki he meʻa naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ko ení.
“KE ʻOUA NAʻA ʻULIʻI ʻA E MOHENGA ʻO E MALÍ”
16. Ko e hā ʻa e fekau ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Paula fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí?
16 ʻI he hili pē hono ʻoange ʻe Paula ʻa e ekinaki ke “tuku ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa e nofo malí,” naʻá ne tānaki mai ki ai ʻa e fakatokanga: “[Tuku] ke ʻoua naʻa ʻuliʻi ʻa e mohenga ʻo e malí, he ko e ʻOtuá te ne fakamāuʻi ʻa e kau feʻauakí mo e kau tonó.” (Hepelu 13:4, NW) Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “mohenga ʻo e malí” ʻo ʻuhingá ki he ngaahi vahaʻangatae fakaefehokotaki fakasinó. Ko e ngaahi vahaʻangatae peheé ʻoku ʻikai “ʻuliʻi,” pe ʻoku maʻa fakaeʻulungāanga, kapau ʻoku fakahoko ʻataʻatā pē ʻi loto ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku tokanga ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he ngaahi lea fakamānavaʻi: “Fiefia mei ho uaifi fakatalavou.”—Palovepi 5:18.
17. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he vakai ʻa e māmaní fekauʻaki mo e tonó? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Siopé?
17 Ko e faʻahinga kuo nau fehokotaki fakasino mo e tokotaha kehe kae ʻikai ko honau malí ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi ʻa e taʻefakaʻapaʻapa fakaʻaufuli ki he ngaahi lao fakaeʻulungāanga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokolahi he ʻahó ni ʻoku nau vakai ki he tonó ko e tōʻonga anga-maheni pē ia ʻoku ala tali. Neongo ia, ko e hā pē nai ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e kakai kehé fekauʻaki mo e tonó ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ne tākiekina ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ki ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané. ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi ko e ikuʻangá ia ʻe ʻikai ko e tangatá, ka ko e “ʻOtuá te ne fakamāuʻi ʻa e kau feʻauakí mo e kau tonó.” (Hepelu 10:31; 12:29) Ko ia ai, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau pīkitai ki he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ko ení. (Loma 12:9) Manatuʻi naʻe pehē ʻe he pēteliake ko Siopé: “Naʻa ma alea mo hoku mata, ʻo u fai tuʻutuʻuni ki ai.” (Siope 31:1) ʻIo, ke fakaʻehiʻehi naʻa mo ha foʻi sitepu ʻe taha ʻi he hala ʻe lava ke taki atu ki he tonó, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau mapuleʻi honau matá ʻo ʻikai ʻaupito sio hoholi ki ha tokotaha ko e fefine pe tangata ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ko honau hoa.—Sio ki he ʻApenitiki, peesi 219-21.
18. (a) ʻI he vakai mai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku mafatukituki fēfē ʻa e tonó? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e tonó mo e tauhi ʻaitolí?
18 ʻI he vakai mai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku mafatukituki fēfē ʻa e tonó? ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he Lao ʻa Mōsesé ke tau mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ki he meʻá ni. ʻI ʻIsileli, ko e tonó mo e tauhi ʻaitolí naʻe kau ia ʻi he ʻuuni faihala naʻe tautea maté. (Livitiko 20:2, 10) ʻOku lava ke ke sio ki ha faitatau ʻi he ongo meʻa ʻe ua ko ení? Fakakaukau ki heni, ʻoku lotu ha ʻIsileli ki ha ʻaitoli ʻo ne maumauʻi ʻa ʻene fuakava mo Sihová. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko ha ʻIsileli ʻoku tono ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa ʻene fuakava mo hono malí. ʻOkú na fakatou lavaki. (Ekisoto 19:5, 6; Teutalonome 5:9; Malakai 2:14) Ko ia ai, naʻe fakatou hala ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová, ʻa e ʻOtuá faitōnunga mo falalaʻangá.—Sāme 33:4.
19. Ko e hā nai te ne fakaivimālohi ʻete fakapapau ke talitekeʻi ʻa e tonó, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
19 Ko e moʻoni, ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé. Neongo ia, ʻi he manatuʻi ko e tonó naʻe fai ʻa e vakai ki ai ko e angahala mamafa ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻe lava ke fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi heʻenau fakapapau ke ʻoua ʻe fai ha tōʻonga peheé. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Fakakaukau angé ki he fakahoa ko ení: ʻE faifai ange peá ke hū ki ha fale lotu, ʻo tūʻulutui, pea lotu ʻi muʻa ʻi ha ʻīmisi? Te ke pehē, ‘ʻIkai ʻaupito!’ Ka ʻe fakataueleʻi koe ke ke fai pehē kapau naʻe ʻoatu kiate koe ha fuʻu paʻanga lahi? Te ke tali, ‘Mole ke mamaʻo!’ Ko e moʻoni, ko e foʻi fakakaukau pē ko ia ki hano lavakiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ʻa e lotu ki ha ʻaitolí ʻoku fakalielia ia ki ha Kalisitiane moʻoni. ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku totonu ke nau fakalieliaʻia ʻi he fakakaukau atu ki hono lavakiʻi ʻa honau ʻOtuá, ʻa Sihova, pea pehē ki honau malí ʻaki hono fai ʻa e tonó—ʻo tatau ai pē ko e hā naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ke hoko ʻa e angahalá. (Sāme 51:1, 4; Kolose 3:5) ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito te tau loto ke fai ha tōʻonga ʻa ia te ne fakatupunga ai ha fiefia ʻa Sētane kae ʻomi ai ha taʻefakalāngilangi lahi kia Sihova mo e fokotuʻutuʻu toputapu ʻo e nofo malí.
FOUNGA KE ʻAI AI KE MĀLOHI ʻA E HAʻI ʻO HOʻO NOFO MALÍ
20. Ko e hā kuo hoko ʻi he ngaahi nofo mali ʻe niʻihi? Fakatātaaʻi.
20 Tuku kehe ʻa e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ʻulungāanga ʻoku taʻefakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻa e nofo malí, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi sitepu ʻe lava ke ke fou ai ke toe tafunaki ai ʻa hoʻo fakaʻapaʻapa ki ho hoa malí? Ke talí, fakakaukau angé ki he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí ʻoku hangē ha falé. Hokó, fakakaukau ki he ngaahi lea ʻofa, ngaahi ngāue kuo fakakaukauʻi lelei mo e ngaahi fakahāhā kehe ʻo e lāngilangí ʻa ia ʻoku fefaiʻaki ʻe he ngaahi hoa malí ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi meʻa teuteu ʻoku fakalahi ai ʻa e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo ha fale. Kapau ʻokú mo ongoʻi vāofi, ʻoku hangē hoʻomo nofo malí ha fale ʻoku teuʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa teuteu ʻokú ne ʻai ia ke fakaʻofoʻofa mo māfana. Kapau ʻoku hōloa hoʻomo ʻofá, ko e ngaahi teuteu ko iá ʻe fakaʻau pē ke puli, ʻo ʻai ai hoʻomo nofo malí ke taʻeoli ʻo hangē ha fale ʻoku ʻikai hano teuteú. Koeʻuhi ʻokú ke holi ke talangofua ki he fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke “tuku ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa e nofo malí,” ʻe ueʻi ai koe ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku hokó. Ko e moʻoni, ko ha meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga mo lāngilangiʻia ʻoku taau ke fakaleleiʻi pe fakafoʻou ia. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke fai ia? ʻOku pehē ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Ko e poto pe ʻoku langa ai ha fale; pea ko e fai fakapotopoto ʻa ia ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ai: Pea ko e ʻilo ʻoku fakafonu ai ʻa e ngaahi loki ʻi he koloa kehekehe ʻoku mahuʻinga mo masani.” (Palovepi 24:3, 4) Fakakaukau ki he founga ʻe lava ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ki he nofo malí.
21. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ʻai māmālie ke mālohi ʻetau nofo malí? (Toe sio ki he puha ʻi he peesi 131.)
21 ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi meʻa “mahuʻinga” ʻoku fakafonuʻaki ha fāmili fiefia ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga hangē ko e ʻofa moʻoní, manavahē ʻOtuá mo e tui mālohí. (Palovepi 15:16, 17; 1 Pita 1:7) ʻOku fakatupu ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni ha nofo mali mālohi. Ka naʻá ke fakatokangaʻi ʻa e founga ʻoku fonu ai ʻa e ngaahi loki ʻa ia naʻe lave ki ai ʻi he palōveepi ʻi ʻolungá ʻi he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻingá? ʻI he “ʻilo.” ʻIo, ʻi hono ngāueʻakí, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻilo ʻo e Tohi Tapú ʻa e mālohi ke liliu ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e kakaí pea ke ueʻi kinautolu ke tafunaki ʻenau feʻofaʻakí. (Loma 12:2; Filipai 1:9) Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi pē ʻokú ke tangutu fakataha hifo ai mo ho malí ʻo lāulea fakalelei ki ha kupu Tohi Tapu, hangē ko e potutohi fakaʻahó, pe ko ha kupu makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻi he Taua Leʻo pe ko e ʻĀ Hake! ʻoku kau ki he nofo malí, ʻoku hangē ia haʻamo vakaiʻi ha meʻa teuteu fakaʻofoʻofa ʻoku lava ke ne ʻai ke fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa homo falé. ʻI he taimi ʻoku ueʻi ai kimoua ʻe he ʻofa kia Sihová ke mo ngāueʻaki ʻi hoʻomo nofo malí ʻa e akonaki kuó mo toki ʻosi vakaiʻí, hangē ko e laú, ʻokú mo ʻomai ai ʻa e meʻa teuteu ko iá ki he “ngaahi loki.” Ko hono olá, ʻe lava ke toe foki mai ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻofoʻofa mo e māfana naʻá mo fiefia ai ki muʻa ʻi hoʻomo nofo malí.
22. Ko e hā ʻa e fiemālie ʻe lava ke tau maʻu kapau ʻoku tau feinga ke fai ʻetau tafaʻakí ʻi hono ʻai ke mālohi ʻetau nofo malí?
22 Ko e moʻoni, ʻe fiemaʻu nai ʻa e taimi mo e feinga lahi ke toe fakafoki tahataha ʻa e ngaahi meʻa teuteú ki hono tuʻungá. Neongo ia, kapau ʻokú ke feinga lahi ke fai hoʻo tafaʻakí, te ke maʻu ai ʻa e fiemālie lahi ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻokú ke talangofua ki he fekau ʻa e Tohi Tapú: “Mou takimuʻa ʻi hono fefakahāhāʻaki ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapá.” (Loma 12:10, NW; Sāme 147:11) Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ko hoʻo ngaahi feinga tōtōivi ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa hoʻo nofo malí ʻe tauhi ai koe ʻi he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻi he potutohí ko e ekinaki ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí ko e konga ia ʻo ha ekinaki hokohoko.—Hepelu 13:1-5.
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ʻE LAVA FĒFĒ KE U FAKALELEIʻI ʻEKU NOFO MALÍ?
Tefitoʻi moʻoni: “Ko kimoutolu foki fakafoitangata —ʻe, ke taki taha ʻofa ki siʻono uaifi ʻo hange ko ʻene ʻofa kiate ia; pea ko e uaifi ke ne fakaʻapaʻapa ki hono husepaniti.”—Efeso 5:33.
Ngaahi fehuʻi ke ʻeke hifo kiate koe
▪ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga lelei ʻo hoku hoá, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke u fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻia kiate iá?—Palovepi 14:1; 31:29; 1 Pita 3:1, 6; 4:8.
▪ ʻOku ou fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa hoku malí ʻi heʻeku feinga ke mahinoʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakakaukaú mo ʻene ongoʻí?—Filipai 2:4.
▪ ʻOku ou loto-lelei ke tukunoaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōnounou ʻa hoku malí?—Mātiu 6:14, 15.
▪ Ko fē ʻa e taimi fakamuimui naʻá ku fakahāhā ai ʻa ʻeku ʻofa ki hoku malí?—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 2:9-14.
▪ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa fakalaumālie ʻokú ma ngāue ki aí?—Mātiu 6:33, 34; 1 Kolinito 9:24-27.
▪ Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuluaki sitepu ʻoku lava ke u fai ke fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa hoku hoá ke ne lau fakataha mo au ʻa e Tohi Tapú mo lāulea ki he konga tohi fakaʻahó?
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ʻI hono ngāueʻakí, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻilo Fakatohitapú ʻa e mālohi ke ʻai ke mālohi ʻa hoʻo nofo malí