Houngaʻia ʻi he “Ngaahi Meʻaʻofa ʻi he Kau Tangatá”
“Ke mou ʻilo ʻa kinautolu ʻoku fakafitefitaʻa ʻiate kimoutolu, pea . . . ke mou tokanga ʻofa ʻaupito ʻaupito kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ko siʻenau ngaue.”—1 TESALONAIKA 5:12, 13.
1. Fakatatau ki he Ngāue 20:35, ko e hā ʻa e mālohi ʻoku maʻu ʻe he foaki atú? Fakatātaaʻi.
“ʻOKU TE monuʻia [“fiefia,” NW] lahi ʻi he fai ha foaki atu, ʻi heʻete maʻu ha foaki mai.” (Ngāue 20:35) ʻOku lava ke ke manatuʻi ʻa e taimi fakamuimui naʻá ke hokosia ai ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Sīsuú? Mahalo pē ko ha meʻaʻofa naʻá ke foaki ki ha taha ʻokú ke mātuʻaki ʻofa ai. Naʻá ke filifili lelei ia, he naʻá ke fiemaʻu ke hoko ia ko e meʻa ke tauhiʻofa ʻe he tokotaha ʻokú ke ʻofa aí. Ko e fofonga fiefia mei he fofonga ʻo e tokotaha ʻokú ke ʻofa aí—he meʻa fakamāfana moʻoni ia ki ho lotó! ʻI hono fakaueʻiloto totonú, ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e foakí ko ha fakahāhaaʻi ʻo e ʻofa, pea ʻoku maʻu ʻe he fakahāhaaʻi ʻo e ʻofá ʻa e mālohi ke ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fiefia.
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ke pehē nai ai ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻe fiefia lahi ange ia ʻia Sihová, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē hono fakatupunga ʻe he tokonaki ko e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻa hono lotó ke fiefiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻe ʻikai te tau loto ke fai ʻaki ha meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá?
2 Ko hai leva ia ʻe lava ke toe fiefia ange ʻia Sihova, ko e Tokotaha-Foaki ʻo e “foaki lelei”? (Semisi 1:17; 1 Timote 1:11) Ko e meʻaʻofa kotoa pē ʻokú ne foakí ʻoku ueʻi ia ʻe he ʻofá. (1 Sione 4:8) Ko ia ai, ʻoku pehē ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e meʻaʻofa kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá fakafou ʻia Kalaisi ki he fakatahaʻangá—ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá.” (Efeso 4:8, NW) Ko hono tokonaki ʻo e kau mātuʻá ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e tākangá ko ha fakahāhā ia ʻo e ʻofa loloto ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono kakaí. Ko e kau tangatá ni ʻoku filifili lelei—kuo pau ke nau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga poto taau Fakatohitapu. (1 Timote 3:1-7; Taitusi 1:5-9) ʻOku nau ʻilo kuo pau ke nau “mamae ki he fanga sipi,” he ʻe maʻu leva ai ʻe he fanga sipí ʻa e ʻuhinga ke nau ongoʻi houngaʻia ai ki he kau tauhi-sipi anga-ʻofa peheé. (Ngāue 20:29; Sāme 100:3) ʻI he taimi ʻe vakai mai ai ʻa Sihova ʻoku maʻu ʻe heʻene fanga sipí ʻa e loto ʻoku fonu ʻi he houngaʻia peheé, ko e moʻoni kuo pau ke fiefia ai mo hono loto ʻoʻoná!—Palovepi 27:11.
3 Ko hono moʻoní, heʻikai te tau loto ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo ha meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá; pea ʻe ʻikai te tau loto ke taʻefakahoungaʻi ʻene ngaahi meʻaʻofá. ʻOku malanga hake ai ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻe ua: ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ki honau ngafa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá? Pea ʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he toenga ʻo e tākangá ʻoku nau houngaʻia ʻi he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá”?
‘Ko e Kau Tokoni Kimautolu Kiate Kimoutolu’
4, 5. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakatatau ki ai ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, pea ko e hā ko ha fakatātā feʻungamālie ai ʻení? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he fakatātā ʻa Paulá fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻoku totonu ke tau fevakaiʻaki mo feangaingaʻaki aí?
4 Kuo tuku mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” fakataha mo ha tuʻunga mafai ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai fie ngāuehalaʻaki ʻe he kau mātuʻá honau mafaí, ka ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku fuʻu faingofua ʻaupito ʻi he tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ke fai pehē. Ko ia, ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻenau vakai kiate kinautolu tonu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e toenga ʻo e tākangá? Fakakaukau atu ki he fakatātā naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá. ʻI he hili ʻa e fakamatala ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku tokonaki mai ai ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá,” naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Tau fai ʻaki ʻa e totonu ʻi he ʻofa, ʻo tau tupu hake ʻi heʻetau meʻa kotoa pe ke hokosi ʻa e toko taha ko ia, ʻa ia ko e ʻUlu, ʻa Kalaisi: ʻa ia ʻoku hokohoko lelei mei ai, mo femaʻumaʻutaki mei ai, ʻa e sino kotoa, pea fai ai pe ʻene tupu mei he ngaahi fakahokoʻanga kotoa pe ʻo e tokoni, ʻi he ngaue ʻa e foʻi meʻa taki taha ʻo tāu mo ʻene mafai, moʻo langa hake ʻo e sino ʻi he ʻofa.” (Efeso 4:15, 16) Ko ia, ʻoku fakatatau ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, ʻo kau ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá mo e kau mēmipa kehé, ki ha sino fakaetangata. Ko e hā ko ha fakatātā feʻungamālie ai ʻení?
5 ʻOku faʻu ha sino fakaetangata ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa lahi kehekehe ka ʻoku taha pē ʻa e foʻi ʻulú. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻi he sinó—ʻikai ha uoua, ʻikai ha neave, ʻikai ha kālava—ʻoku taʻeʻaonga. Ko e mēmipa taki taha ʻoku mahuʻinga mo tokoni ʻaki ha meʻa ki he moʻui lelei mo e fakaʻofoʻofa fakakātoá. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e fakatahaʻangá ʻoku faʻu ʻaki ʻa e kau mēmipa tokolahi kehekehe, ka ko e mēmipa taki taha—pe ʻoku kei siʻi pe taʻumotuʻa, mālohi pe ngāvaivai—ʻoku lava ke nau tokoni ʻaki ha meʻa ki he moʻui lelei fakalaumālie mo e fakaʻofoʻofa fakalūkufua ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. (1 Kolinito 12:14-26) ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ki ha taha ke ne ongoʻi ʻokú ne mātuʻaki hala ha mahuʻinga. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ongoʻi ʻe ha taha ʻokú ne māʻolunga ange, he ko kitautolu kotoa—ʻa e kau tauhi-sipí ʻo tatau mo e fanga sipí—ko e konga ʻo e sinó, pea ʻoku taha pē ʻa e ʻulú, ko Kalaisi. ʻOku fakahāhaaʻi mai ai ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatātā fakalotomāfana ʻo e feʻofaʻaki, fetokangaʻaki, mo e fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻú. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻení ʻoku tokoniʻi ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau maʻu ha fakakaukau fakatōkilalo mo mafamafatatau fekauʻaki mo honau ngafa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.
6. Neongo hono maʻu ʻa e mafai fakaʻapositoló, naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula ha laumālie anga-fakatōkilaló?
6 ʻOku ʻikai feinga ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangata” ko ʻení ke nau puleʻi ʻa e moʻui pe ko e tui ʻa honau kaungālotú. Ko Paula, neongo ʻene maʻu ʻa e mafai fakaʻapositoló, naʻá ne tala anga-fakatōkilalo ki he kau Kolinitoó: “ʻOku ʻikai ko ʻeku pehe ʻoku ʻamautolu ke pule ki hoʻomou tui: kae kehe ko e kau tokoni [“kaungāngāue,” NW] pe kimautolu ki he langaʻi ʻo hoʻomou fiefia. Seuke, ko e meʻa ki he tui ʻoku mou tuʻu.” (2 Kolinito 2:2 [1:24, PM]) Naʻe ʻikai fakaʻamu ʻa Paula ke ne pule ki he tui mo e founga moʻui ʻa hono fanga tokouá. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe ʻikai te ne sio ki ha fiemaʻu ke fai pehē, he naʻá ne fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e loto-falala ko kinautolú naʻa nau ʻosi hoko ko e kau tangata mo e kau fefine anga-tonu ʻa ia naʻa nau ʻi he kautaha ʻa Sihová koeʻuhi naʻa nau loto ke fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe totonú. Ko ia ai, ʻi he lea fekauʻaki mo ia tonu pea mo hono kaungāfononga ko Tīmoté, ko hono moʻoní, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: ‘Ko ʻema ngāué ia ke ngāue fakataha mo kimoutolu ke tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fiefia.’ (2 Kolinito 1:1) Ko ha laumālie anga-fakatōkilalo lahi ē!
7. Ko e hā ʻoku lāuʻilo ki ai ʻa e kau mātuʻa anga-fakatōkilaló fekauʻaki mo honau ngafa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, pea ko e hā ʻa e loto-falala ʻoku nau maʻu ki honau kaungāngāué?
7 ʻOku maʻu ʻe he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangata” ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻa e ngāue tatau. Ko kinautolú ko e ‘kau kaungāngāue ki heʻetau fiefiá.’ ʻOku lāuʻilo ʻa e kau mātuʻa anga-fakatōkilaló ʻoku ʻikai ko kinautolu ia ke nau fili pe ko e hā hono lahi ʻoku malava ke fai ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻi he ngāue ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi neongo te nau fakalototoʻaʻi nai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke fakalahi pe fakaleleiʻi ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú, ko e ngāue ia ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu ke tupu ia mei ha loto-lelei. (Fakafehoanaki mo 2 Kolinito 9:7.) ʻOku nau loto-falala kapau ʻoku fiefia honau kaungāngāué, te nau fai ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻenau malavá. Ko ʻenau holi loto-moʻoní ia ke tokoniʻi honau fanga tokouá ke “tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ʻa e fiefia.”—Sāme 100:2.
Tokoniʻi Kātoa ke Tauhi ʻAki ʻa e Fiefia
8. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia ʻoku lava ke tokoni ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ki honau fanga tokouá ke nau tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ʻa e fiefiá?
8 Kau mātuʻa, ʻe lava fēfē ke ke tokoni ki ho fanga tokouá ke nau tauhi ʻaki ʻa e fiefiá? ʻE lava ke ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻaki ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga. (1 Pita 5:3) ʻAi ke hā atu hoʻo faivelenga mo e fiefia ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea ʻe loto-toʻa nai ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke faʻifaʻitaki ki hoʻo faʻifaʻitakiʻangá. Fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi heʻenau ngaahi feinga loto-ʻaufuatoó. (Efeso 4:29) Ko e fakaongoongolelei māfana mo loto-moʻoní ʻoku tokoni ia ki he niʻihi kehé ke nau ongoʻi ʻoku nau ʻaonga mo fiemaʻu. ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa e fanga sipí ke nau loto ke fai honau lelei tahá ke tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá. Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi fakahoatamakí. (Kaletia 6:4) ʻOku hehema ʻa e ngaahi fakahoa peheé ki he fakalotosiʻi kae ʻikai ko hono ueʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ha fakaleleiʻi. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e fanga sipi ʻa Sihová ko e faʻahinga tāutaha—fakataha mo e ngaahi tuʻunga mo e ngaahi malava kehekehe. Hangē ko Paulá, fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e loto-falala ki ho fanga tokouá. Ko ʻofa “ʻoku ne tui ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe,” ko ia ʻoku lelei ke tau tui ko hotau fanga tokouá ʻoku nau ʻofa ʻi he ʻOtuá pea mo loto ke fakahōifuaʻi ia. (1 Kolinito 13:7) ʻI hoʻo fakahāhā ʻa e ‘fakaʻapaʻapa ki he niʻihi kehé,’ ʻokú ke sio pē ki he lelei taha ʻiate kinautolú. (Loma 12:10) Ke fakapapauʻi ko e taimi ko ia ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa e fanga sipí mo fakaivifoʻoú, ko e tokolahi tahá te nau fai ʻa e kotoa te nau malavá ʻi hono tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea te nau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he ngāue ko iá.—Mātiu 11:28-30.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e kaungāmātuʻá ʻe tokoni ki he tokotaha mātuʻa taki taha ke tauhi ʻaki ʻa e fiefiá?
9 ʻI hoʻo anga-fakatōkilalo ʻo vakai kiate koe ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha ‘kaungāngāué’ ʻe tokoni ia kiate koe ke ke tauhi ʻaki ʻa e fiefia pea houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi meʻaʻofa makehe ko ho kaungāmātuʻá. Ko e tokotaha mātuʻa taki taha ʻoku ʻi ai pē hono ngaahi talēniti mo ʻene ngaahi malava ʻe lava ke ne ngāueʻaki ki ha lelei maʻá e fakatahaʻangá. (1 Pita 4:10) ʻOku meʻaʻofa mai ʻaki nai ha taha ʻi he faiakó. Ko ha tokotaha fokotuʻutuʻu maau ola lelei nai ha tokotaha ʻe taha. Ka ʻoku makehe nai ʻa e fotungofua ia ʻa ha toe tokotaha koeʻuhi ko ʻene loto-māfana mo manavaʻofá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha mātuʻa ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e meʻaʻofá kotoa ʻi he tuʻunga tatau. Ko hono maʻu ko ia ha meʻaʻofa makehe—ko e fakatātaá, ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e faiakó—ʻoku ʻai ai ha tokotaha mātuʻa ia ʻe taha ʻo māʻolunga hake ia he tokotaha ko ē? ʻIkai ʻaupito! (1 Kolinito 4:7) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke meheka ki he meʻaʻofa ʻoku maʻu ʻe ha taha, pe ke ongoʻi taʻefeʻunga ʻi he taimi ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he tokotaha mātuʻa ko ē ha fakaongoongolelei mei he niʻihi kehé koeʻuhi ko ʻene malavá. Manatuʻi, ko koe tonu ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻoku vakai mai ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻiate koé. Pea ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ko iá pea ngāueʻaki kinautolu ki ha lelei maʻa ho fanga tokouá.—Filipai 4:13.
‘Mou Talagofua bea Mou Fakavaivai’
10. Ko e hā ʻoku feʻunga ai ke tau fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e houngaʻia ki he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá”?
10 ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha meʻaʻofa, ʻoku mātuʻaki feʻungamālie ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e houngaʻia. “Mou hoko ko e kau fai fakafetaʻi,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Kolose 3:15. ʻOku fēfē leva, ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá,” ʻa e meʻaʻofa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko ia kuo foaki mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolú? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tau fakafetaʻi tautefito kia Sihova, ko e Tokotaha-Foaki nima-homó. Kae fēfē ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” tonu? ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻiate kinautolu?
11. (a) ʻE anga-fēfē nai ʻetau fakahāhā ʻetau houngaʻia ʻi he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e kupuʻi lea ko e “talagofua” pea mo e “fakavaivai”?
11 ʻOku lava ke tau fakahāhā ʻetau houngaʻia ki he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻaki ʻa e vave ke tokanga ki heʻenau akonaki mo ʻenau ngaahi fili makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú. ʻOku faleʻi mai kitautolu ʻe he Tohitapú: “Mou talagofua kiate kinautolu oku fakahinohino akimoutolu, bea mou fakavaivai: he oku nau leohi ho mou laumalie, he te nau fakamatala ki ai, bea koeuhi ke nau fai ia i he fiefia, kae oua naa i he mamahi: he oku taeaoga ia kiate kimoutolu.” (Hepelu 13:17, PM) Fakatokangaʻi kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau ngata pē ʻi he “talagofua,” ka ke toe “fakavaivai” ki he faʻahinga ʻoku takimuʻá. Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ki he “fakavaivai” ʻoku ʻuhinga fakafoʻileá “ke ke hoko ʻo ʻulutukua.” ʻI he fakamatala ki he ongo kupuʻi lea ko e “mou talagofua” mo e “mou fakavaivai,” ʻoku pehē ʻe he mataotao Tohitapu ko R. C. H. Lenski: “ʻOku talangofua ʻa e tokotahá ʻi he taimi ʻoku loto-tatau ai ʻa e tokotahá ki he meʻa ʻoku tala ange ke ne faí, ʻoku fakalotoʻi ʻe he tonu mo e ʻaonga ʻo e meʻa ko iá; ʻoku ʻulutukua ʻa e tokotahá . . . ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne maʻu ai ha fakakaukau kehe ʻaupitó.” ʻI he taimi ʻoku mahino ai kiate kitautolu mo loto-tatau ki he fakahinohino ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku takimuʻá, ʻoku hoko lelei mai nai ʻa e talangofuá. Kae fēfē kapau ʻoku ʻikai mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi ha fili pau ʻoku fai?
12. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau fakavaivaí, pe ʻulutukuá, naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku ʻikai mahino kakato ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi ha fili pau ʻoku fai?
12 Ko e tafaʻaki ʻeni ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ai ke tau fakavaivaí, pe ʻulutukuá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Ko e meʻa ʻe taha, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau falala ʻoku ʻi he loto ʻo e kau tangata taau fakalaumālie ko ʻení ʻetau ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau mahuʻingaʻia lahi taha aí. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku nau ʻilo lelei kuo pau ke nau fai ha fakamatala kia Sihova koeʻuhi ko e fanga sipi naʻe tuku mai ke nau tauhí. (Semisi 3:1) Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻoku lelei ke tau manatuʻi ʻoku ʻikai nai te tau ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa fakapulipuli kotoa pē ko ia naʻe taki atu ai kinautolu ki hono fai ha fili naʻe fakahā maí.—Palovepi 18:13.
13. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fakavaivai ʻi he taimi ʻoku haʻu ai ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaefakamaau ʻa e kau mātuʻá?
13 Fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻo fakavaivai ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaefakamāú? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ke faingofua nai ʻeni, tautefito kapau ko ha tuʻutuʻuni ʻoku faí ko hono tuʻusi ha taha ʻoku tau ʻofa ai—ko ha kāinga pe ko ha kaumeʻa ofi. ʻI he meʻá ni foki, ʻoku lelei taha ke ʻulutukua ki he fakamaau ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá.” ʻOku nau ʻi ha tuʻunga ke hoko ʻo fakakaukau lelei lahi ange ʻiate kitautolu, pea ʻoku nau ʻilo lahi ange nai ki he ngaahi foʻi moʻoní. Ko e fanga tokouá ni ʻoku nau faʻa mamahi lahi kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni peheé; ko ha fatongia mafatukituki ia ke ‘fakamaau maʻa Sihova.’ (2 Kalonikali 19:6) ʻOku nau fai ʻa e feinga kotoa ke nau faimeesi, he ʻoku nau fakakaukau atu ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku “faʻa fakamolemole.” (Sāme 86:5) Ka kuo pau foki ke nau toe tauhi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ke maʻa, pea ʻoku fakahinohino mai ʻe he Tohitapú ke nau tuʻusi ʻa e kau faihala taʻefakatomalá. (1 Kolinito 5:11-13) ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi ʻoku tali pē ʻe he tokotaha faihalá ia ʻa e tuʻutuʻuní. Mahalo pē ko e akonakí ko e meʻa tofu pē ia ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate ia ke foki mai ai ʻene fakakaukaú. Kapau ko kitautolú, ʻa e faʻahinga ʻokú ne ʻofa aí, ʻoku tau fakavaivai ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ki he tuʻutuʻuní, te tau tokoni nai ai kiate ia ke ne maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he akonaki ʻoku faí.—Hepelu 12:11.
“Tokanga ʻOfa ʻAupito ʻAupito Kiate Kinautolu”
14, 15. (a) Fakatatau ki he 1 Tesalonaika 5:12, 13, ko e hā ʻoku taau ai ke tau tokanga ki he kau mātuʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau ‘fakafitefitaʻa ʻiate kitautolú’?
14 ʻOku lava ke tau toe fakahāhā ʻa ʻetau houngaʻia ʻi he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻaki hono fakahāhaaʻi kiate kinautolu ʻa e tokanga. ʻI he tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Tesalonaiká, naʻe naʻinaʻi ai ʻa Paula ki hono kau mēmipá: “Ke mou ʻilo ʻa kinautolu ʻoku fakafitefitaʻa ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoku ʻanautolu homou puleʻi ʻi he ʻEiki, mo homou tākitalaʻi. Pea tokanga ʻofa ʻaupito ʻaupito kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ko siʻenau ngaue.” (1 Tesalonaika 5:12, 13) “Fakafitefitaʻa”—ʻikai ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻa anga-līʻoa ko ia ʻoku nau foaki taʻesiokita atu kinautolu maʻatautolú? Kiʻi fakakaukau ange ʻi ha mōmeniti siʻi, ki he kavenga mamafa ʻoku fua ʻe he siʻi fanga tokouá ni.
15 ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi ko e kau tangata maʻu fāmili kinautolu ʻa ia kuo pau ke nau ngāue paʻanga koeʻuhi ke tokonaki maʻa honau ngaahi fāmilí. (1 Timote 5:8) Kapau ʻoku maʻu fānau ʻa e tokotaha mātuʻá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he fanga kiʻi tamaikí ni ʻa e taimi mo e tokanga mei heʻenau tamaí. ʻOku fiemaʻu nai ke ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻi heʻenau ngāue fakaeakó, pea pehē ki hono fakataimitēpileʻi ha taimi maʻanautolu ke fakaʻaongaʻi ai honau ivi fakatalavoú ʻi ha fakafiefia fakatupu-moʻuilelei. (Koheleti 3:1, 4) Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga lahi tahá, ʻokú ne tokanga ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālie ʻa hono fāmilí, ʻo fai maʻu pē ha ako Tohitapu fakafāmili, ngāue mo kinautolu ʻi he malaʻe malangá, pea ʻave kinautolu ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. (Teutalonome 6:4-7; Efeso 6:4) Ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ia ʻiate kitautolu ʻi he tānaki atu ki he ngaahi fatongia ko ʻeni ʻoku anga-maheni mo e tokolahi ʻo kitautolú, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e toe ngaahi fatongia ʻoku tānaki mai ki ai: ko e teuteu ki he ngaahi konga ʻi he fakatahá, fai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaʻahi fakatauhi-sipi, tokanga ki he moʻui lelei fakalaumālie ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, pea ʻi he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu aí, ko hono fai ha ngāue ki he ngaahi keisi fakaefakamāú. ʻOku fua ʻe he niʻihi ha fatongia lahi ange ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻasemipilī fakafeituʻú, ngaahi fakataha-lahi fakavahé, langa Fale Fakatahaʻangá, mo e Ngaahi Kōmiti Fetuʻutaki Fakafalemahakí. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku “fakafitefitaʻa” ʻa e fanga tokouá ni!
16. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻoku lava ke tau fakahāhā ai ʻa e tokanga ki he kau mātuʻá.
16 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e tokanga kiate kinautolu? ʻOku pehē ʻe ha palōveepi ʻi he Tohitapú: “Ko e lea ʻoku fai ʻi hono taimi totonu, hono ʻikai lelei.” (Palovepi 15:23; 25:11) Ko ia ko e ngaahi lea ʻo e houngaʻia loto-moʻoní mo e fakalototoʻá ʻoku lava ke ne fakahaaʻi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻenau ngāue mālohí. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku totonu ke tau anga-fakaʻatuʻi ʻi he meʻa ʻoku tau ʻamanekina meiate kinautolú. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku totonu ke tau ongoʻi tauʻatāina ke fakaofiofi kiate kinautolu ki ha tokoni. ʻE ʻi ai nai ha taimi ‘ʻoku tau langa loto ai’ pea ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakalototoʻa, tataki, pe akonaki Fakatohitapu mei he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau “poto ʻi he faiako” ʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 55:4; 1 Timote 3:2) ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau manatuʻi ko ha foʻi taimi fakangatangata pē ʻe malava ke ʻomai ʻe ha tokotaha mātuʻa kiate kitautolú, koeʻuhi heʻikai lava ke ne siʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki hono fāmilí tonu pe ko e niʻihi kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻI hono maʻu ha “kaungāmamahi” ki he fanga tokoua ngāue mālohí ni, ʻe ʻikai ai te tau loto ke fai ha ngaahi kouna taʻefakaʻatuʻi kiate kinautolu. (1 Pita 3:8) Ka, ke tau houngaʻia tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e taimi mo e tokanga ʻoku malava ke nau foaki fakaʻatuʻi mai kiate kitautolú.—Filipai 4:5.
17, 18. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻoku fai ʻe he ngaahi uaifi tokolahi ʻa ia ko honau ngaahi husepānití ko e kau mātuʻa, pea ʻe anga-fēfē ke tau fakahāhaaʻi ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e fanga tuofāfine anga-tonu ko ʻení?
17 Fēfē ʻa e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau mātuʻá? ʻOku toe taau mo kinautolu ke tau fakaʻatuʻi? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku nau fevahevaheʻaki mo e fakatahaʻangá honau ngaahi husepānití. ʻOku faʻa fiemaʻu heni ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻi heʻenau tafaʻakí. ʻOku faʻa hoko, ʻo pau ki he kau mātuʻá ke nau fakamoleki ʻa e ngaahi houa he poʻulí ʻi he tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻa ia naʻe mei malava ke nau fakamoleki ʻa e taimi ko iá mo honau ngaahi fāmilí. ʻI he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga lahi, ʻoku fai loto-lelei ai ʻe he kau fefine Kalisitiane anga-tonú ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau peheé koeʻuhi kae lava honau ngaahi husepānití ke tokangaʻi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa Sihová.—Fakafehoanaki mo 2 Kolinito 12:15.
18 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhaaʻi ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e fanga tuofāfine Kalisitiane anga-tonu ko ʻení? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ke fai hano kouna taʻefakaʻatuʻi honau ngaahi husepānití. Kae ʻai ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e mālohi ʻo e ngaahi lea faingofua ʻo e houngaʻiá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Palovepi 16:24: “Ko e ngaahi lea ʻofa koni honi tafe: ʻOku melie ki he loto, pea ko e faitoʻo ki hoto ngaahi hui.” Fakakaukau ange ki ha meʻa naʻe hokosia. ʻI he hili ha fakataha faka-Kalisitiane, naʻe fakaofiofi atu ha ongo meʻa mali ki ha tokotaha mātuʻa ʻo kole ke nau talanoa mo ia fekauʻaki mo hona foha taʻu hongofulu tupu. Lolotonga ʻa e talanoa ʻa e tokotaha mātuʻá mo e ongo meʻá, naʻe tatali anga-kātaki pē hono uaifí. ʻI he hili iá, naʻe fakaofi atu ʻa e faʻeé ki he uaifi ʻo e tokotaha mātuʻá peá ne pehē: “ʻOku ou fie fakamālō atu kiate koe ki he taimi ne fakamoleki mai ʻe ho husepānití ke tokoni ai ki hoku fāmilí.” Ko e ngaahi lea faingofua mo ifo pehē ʻo e houngaʻiá naʻe aʻu moʻoni ia ki he loto ʻo e uaifi ʻo e tokotaha mātuʻa ko iá.
19. (a) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kulupú, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻoku fakahoko anga-tonu ʻe he kau mātuʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻe kitautolu kotoa ke faí?
19 Ko e tokonaki ʻo e kau mātuʻá ke tokangaʻi ʻa e fanga sipí ko e taha ia ʻo e ‘ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei’ ʻa Sihová. (Semisi 1:17) ʻOku ʻikai ke haohaoa ʻa e kau tangatá ni; hangē pē ko e kotoa ʻo kitautolú, ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fehālaaki. (1 Tuʻi 8:46) Neongo ia, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kulupú, ko e kau mātuʻa ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻi māmani lahí ʻoku nau fakahoko anga-tonu ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolú—tautefito, ke fakatonutonu, langa hake, fakafāʻūtahaʻi, pea mo maluʻi ʻa e tākangá. ʻOfa ke fakapapau ʻa e tokotaha mātuʻa taki taha ke hokohoko atu hono tokangaʻi fakaalaala ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa Sihová, ʻo fakamoʻoniʻi ai ia ko ha meʻaʻofa, pe tāpuaki, ki hono fanga tokouá. Pea ʻai ke fakapapauʻi ʻe kitautolu kātoa ke fakahāhā ʻa ʻetau houngaʻia ki he “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻaki ʻa e talangofua mo fakavaivai kiate kinautolu pea ʻaki hono fakahāhā kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakaʻatuʻi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ngāue mālohí. He fakamālō lahi ē ko kitautolu ʻi hono tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova ha kau tangata, ʻa ia, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku nau pehē ki heʻene fanga sipí: ‘Ko ʻemau ngāué ke tokoniʻi kimoutolu ke mou tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa e fiefia’!
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku feʻungamālie ai hono fakahoa ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ki ha sinó?
◻ ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá honau fanga tokouá ke nau tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ʻa e fiefiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua ʻe ngata pē ʻi heʻetau talangofuá ka ke toe fakavaivai ki he faʻahinga ʻoku takimuʻá?
◻ ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku lava ai ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e tokanga ki he kau mātuʻá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Kau mātuʻá, ʻoku nau fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi heʻenau ngaahi feinga loto-ʻaufuatoó
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
ʻI heʻenau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga faivelenga ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻoku lava ke tokoniʻi ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí mo e niʻihi kehé ke tauhi ʻaki ʻa e fiefia
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
ʻOku tau houngaʻia ʻi heʻetau kau mātuʻa ngāue mālohí!