Maʻu ʻAonga mei he “Koane ʻo Langi”
TAIMI nounou pē hili honau fakatauʻatāinaʻi fakaemana mei ʻIsipité, naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ha taʻetui fakamātoato ki honau Tokotaha-Faifakahaofí, ʻa Sihova. Ko hono ikuʻangá, naʻe tuku kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke nau hēhē holo ʻi he toafa ʻo Sainaí ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40. Lolotonga ʻa e taimi kotoa ko iá, ko e kau ʻIsilelí pea mo e “koto faʻahinga kakai” ʻo e kau muli ʻa ia naʻa nau kau fakataha mo kinautolú naʻa nau kai mo inu ki he “makona.” (Ekisoto 12:37, 38) ʻOku tala mai kiate kitautolu ʻe he Sāme 78:23-25 ki he founga naʻe malava ai ení: “Pea ne fai tuʻutuʻuni [ʻa Sihova] ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻi ʻolunga, pea ko e ngaahi matapa ʻo langi naʻa ne fakaava; pea ne fakaʻuha hifo kiate kinautolu ʻa e mana maʻanau kai, ʻio, naʻa ne ʻange maʻanautolu ʻa e koane ʻo langi. Ko e ma ʻa haʻa maʻolunga naʻa nau kai kotoa: naʻa ne ʻange haʻanau meʻakai ke makona.”
ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he maná, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Mōsese ʻa e meʻakai makehe ko ení. Naʻá ne tohi ʻo pehē ʻi he pongipongí, hili ʻa e “alu hake ae hahau . . . nae i ai i he fuga toafa ae mea jii botoboto, o hage koe hahau fefeka i he kelekele. Bea i he mamata ki ai ae fānau a Isileli, naa nau febeheaki, Koeha ia?” pe ko e ʻuhinga fakafoʻilea ʻi he faka-Hepeluú, ko e “man huʼ?” Ko e kupuʻi lea ko ení ngalingali naʻe tupu moʻoni mei ai ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “maná,” ʻa e hingoa naʻe uiʻaki ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e meʻakai ko iá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese: “Nae hinehina ia o hage koe tegaʻi kolianita; bea ko hono ifo nae hage ha ma kuo gaohi aki ae honi.”—Ekisoto 16:13-15, 31, PM.
Ko e maná naʻe ʻikai ko ha meʻakai ia naʻe hoko fakaenatula mai, ʻo hangē ko e kikihi ʻa e niʻihi. Ko ha mālohi makehe atu ia mei natula naʻe kau ʻi hono tokonaki mai iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ko hono ala maʻú naʻe ʻikai ke fakangatangata pē ia ki ha feituʻu pe faʻahitaʻu. Kapau naʻe tauhi lolotonga ʻa e poʻulí, naʻe ʻuangahia ia pea kamata ke nanamu; ka, ko e ʻinasi lōua naʻe tānaki ʻe he fāmili taki taha ʻi he ʻaho ki muʻa ʻi he Sāpate fakauiké naʻe ʻikai ke kovi ia ʻi he poʻulí, ko ia naʻe lava ke kai ia ʻi he Sāpaté—ʻa e ʻaho ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ke hā ai ha maná. Ko e moʻoni, ko e maná ko ha tokonaki fakaemana ia.—Ekisoto 16:19-30.
Ko e lave ki he “haʻa maʻolunga,” pe “kau ʻāngelo,” ʻi he Sāme 78 ʻoku fakahā mai ai naʻe ngāueʻaki nai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau ʻāngelo ke nau tokonaki mai ʻa e maná. (Sāme 78:25, fakamatala ʻi laló) Ko e hā pē meʻa naʻe hokó, ko e kakaí naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei ke fakamālō ai ki he ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene anga-ʻofá. Kae kehe, ko e tokolahi tahá naʻa nau fakahāhā ʻa e fakakaukau taʻehoungaʻia ki he Tokotaha tofu pē ko ia naʻá ne fakahaofi kinautolu mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité. Ko kitautolu foki te tau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi nai ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki ʻa Sihová pe naʻa mo e hoko ʻo taʻehoungaʻia kapau ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakalaulauloto ki heʻene ʻaloʻofá. Ko ia ʻoku lava ke tau fakamālō ʻi hono fakakau ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakamatala ʻo hono fakahaofi ʻo ʻIsilelí pea mo e ngaahi meʻa hokohoko mai aí maʻa hotau “akonekina.”—Loma 15:4.
Ko ha Lēsoni Maʻa ʻIsileli ʻOku ʻAonga ki he Kau Kalisitiané
ʻI he taimi naʻe tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e maná, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú ʻi hono fakafiemālieʻi pē ʻo e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaesino ʻa e kau ʻIsileli nai ʻe toko tolu milioná. Naʻá ne loto ke “ne fakavaivaiʻi kinautolu, pea ke ne sivi kinautolu” koeʻuhi ke fakamaʻa mo akonakiʻi kinautolu maʻá e lelei pē maʻanautolu. (Teutalonome 8:16; Aisea 48:17) Kapau naʻa nau tali ʻa e sivi mo e akonaki ko iá, ʻe fiefia ai ʻa Sihova ke ‘fai lelei kiate kinautolu ʻi honau ikuʻangá’ ʻaki hono ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e melino, tuʻumālie, mo e fiefia ʻi he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá.
Ko e meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻe taha naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau akó “ʻoku ʻikai moʻui ʻa e tangata ʻi he ma pe, ka ko e meʻa kehekehe ʻoku hu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihova ʻa ia ʻoku moʻui ai ʻa e tangata.” (Teutalonome 8:3) Ka ne ʻikai tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e maná, ne mei fiekaia ʻa e kakaí—ko ha foʻi moʻoni naʻa nau ʻosi fakahaaʻi. (Ekisoto 16:3, 4) Ko e kau ʻIsileli houngaʻiá naʻe fakamanatuʻi fakaʻaho kinautolu fekauʻaki mo ʻenau fakafalala kakato kia Sihová pea fakangāvaivaiʻi ai kinautolu. Ko ʻenau aʻu pē ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá mo hono mahu fakamatelié, ʻe siʻi ange nai ke ngalo ʻiate kinautolu ʻa Sihova pea mo ʻenau fakafalala kiate iá.
Hangē ko e kau ʻIsilelí, kuo pau ke manatuʻi maʻu ai pē foki ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻenau fakafalala ki he ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he moʻuí—fakaesino mo fakalaumālie. (Mātiu 5:3; 6:31-33) ʻI he tali ki he taha ʻo e ngaahi fakatauele ʻa e Tēvoló, naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Mōsese hangē ko ia ʻoku ʻi he Teutalonome 8:3, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē: “Kuo tohi, Oku ikai moʻui ʻa e tangata ʻi he ma pe, ka ʻi he ngāhi folofola kotoa pe ʻoku ʻalu atu mei he fofonga ʻo e ʻOtua.” (Mātiu 4:4) ʻIo, ko e kau lotu moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fafangaʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻa hono lau ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻa Sihova ʻoku ʻi heʻene Folofolá. Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi ʻenau tuí ʻi heʻenau hokosia ko ia ʻa e ngaahi ola ʻaonga ʻo e ngaahi kupuʻi leá ni ʻi heʻenau moʻuí ʻi heʻenau ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá pea fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻo hono Puleʻangá.
ʻE lava ke mole mei he faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ʻenau houngaʻia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko ko ha konga tuʻumaʻu ia ʻo e moʻuí—neongo kapau ko e ngaahi meʻá ni ko ha tapua mai ia ʻo e tokanga anga-ʻofa ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e foaki makehe atu mei natula ʻo e maná naʻe fakatou fakaofo mo fakafiemālie ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he kamatá, ka ʻi he faai mai ʻa e taimí naʻe lāunga ʻa e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu. “Oku mau fehia ki he ma bahabahagi ni,” ko ʻenau lāunga taʻefakaʻapaʻapá ia—ko ha fakahaaʻi ia naʻa nau kamata ke ‘hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻuí.’ (Nomipa 11:6; 21:5, PM; Hepelu 3:12) Ko ia ai, ko ʻenau faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, ʻoku hoko ia “moʻota naʻinaʻi, ʻa kitaua kuo ta fenapasi mo e aofangatuku ʻo e ngaahi kuonga.”—1 Kolinito 10:11.
ʻE lava fēfē ke tau tokanga ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fakaefakatokanga ko ení? Ko e founga ʻe taha ko e ʻikai ʻaupito fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Tohitapú pe ko e ngaahi tokonaki ʻoku tau maʻu fakafou ʻi he kalasi tamaioʻeiki anga-tonu mo potó ke hoko ko ha meʻa noa pē, pe anga-maheni. (Mātiu 24:45) ʻI he taimi pē ʻoku tau kamata ai ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻa Sihová pe hoko ʻo pipikoʻia ʻiate kinautolú, ʻoku kamata leva ke momoko hotau vahaʻangatae mo iá.
ʻI ha ʻuhinga lelei, ʻoku ʻikai ke nafuiʻaki kitautolu ʻe Sihova hano huaʻi hokohoko mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa foʻou fakalotomāfaná. Ka, ʻokú ne tuku māmālie mai mo fakalakalaka ʻa e maama fakautuutu ʻo ʻene Folofolá. (Palovepi 4:18) ʻOku fakaʻatā ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa hono kakaí ke nau puke pea ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau akó. Naʻe muimui ʻa Sīsū ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa ʻene Tamaí ʻi he taimi naʻá ne akoʻi ai ʻa ʻene muʻaki kau ākongá. Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu “ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau mafai ke fanongo,” pe “mahinoʻí,” ʻo hangē ko hono fakalea ia ʻe he ngaahi liliu ʻe niʻihi.—Maake 4:33; fakafehoanaki mo Sione 16:12.
ʻAi ke Mālohi ʻa Hoʻo Houngaʻia ki he Ngaahi Tokonaki ʻa e ʻOtuá
Naʻe toe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa hono toutou leaʻaki. Ko e moʻoni, ko e ʻatamaí, kuó ne ʻosi mahinoʻi nai ha poini pau—ko e fakatātaá, ko ha tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapu—ka ko hono ʻai ia ki he lotó pea mo hono ʻai ia ko ha konga ʻo e “tangata foʻou” Kalisitiané ʻe fiemaʻu nai ki ai ha kiʻi taimi lōloa ange, tautefito kapau ko e ngaahi founga mo e fakakaukau motuʻa fakaemāmaní kuo tongi loloto ia. (Efeso 4:22-24) Ko e tuʻunga moʻoni ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ʻi he taimi naʻe fiemaʻu ai ke ikuʻi ʻa e hīkisiá pea fakatupulekina ʻa e anga-fakatōkilaló. Naʻe pau ke akoʻi ʻe Sīsū kinautolu fekauʻaki mo e anga-fakatōkilaló ʻi ha ngaahi taimi, pea ko e taimi taki taha naʻe ʻoatu ai pē ʻa e poini tefito tatau mei ha tafaʻaki kehe koeʻuhi ke maongo, ʻa ia naʻe faifai pē ʻo pehē.—Mātiu 18:1-4; 23:11, 12; Luke 14:7-11; Sione 13:5, 12-17.
ʻI onopooni, ʻoku muimui ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané mo e ngaahi tohi ʻa e Taua Leʻó ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsū ʻi hono ngāueʻaki fakakaukauʻi lelei ʻo e toutou leaʻakí. Ko ia, tau fakahoungaʻi eni ko ha fakahāhā ia ʻo e tokanga anga-ʻofa mai ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu pea ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa hoko ʻo pāhia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku tau maʻú, ʻo hangē ko e pāhia ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻi he maná. Ko e moʻoni, ʻi heʻetau anga-kātaki ʻo tuku atu kitautolu ke tau puke ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu tuʻumaʻu ʻa Sihová, te tau sio ai ki ha fua lelei ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. (2 Pita 3:1) Ko ha fakakaukau houngaʻia pehē ʻoku fakahaaʻi moʻoni ai ʻoku “tau” ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hotau lotó pea pehē ki hotau ʻatamaí. (Mātiu 13:15, 19, 23) Fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ʻoku tau maʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he tokotaha-tohi-sāme ko Tēvitá, ʻa ia, neongo naʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie kehekehe ʻoku tau maʻu he ʻaho ní, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa Sihová ʻoku “melie ange ʻi he honi, ʻio ʻa e honi ʻoku toʻi noa mai”!—Sāme 19:10.
Ko e “Mana” ʻOkú Ne ʻOmai ʻa e Moʻui Taʻengatá
“Ko au pē ko e ma ʻo e moʻui,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsū ki he kau Siú. “Ko ʻamou ngaahi kui naʻa nau kai ʻi he Toafa ʻa e mana, pea nau mate pē. . . . Ko au pe ko e Mā ʻoku Moʻui, ʻa ia ne ʻalu hifo mei he langi: kapau ʻe kai ʻe ha taha mei he mā ko eni te ne moʻui pe ʻo taʻengata . . . ko e mā foki te u ʻatu ko hoku kakano ia, koeʻuhiā ko e moʻui ʻa māmani.” (Sione 6:48-51) Ko e mā moʻoní pe maná naʻe ʻikai pea ʻe ʻikai lava ke ne ʻomai ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá. Ka ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú ʻe faai atu pē ʻo nau fiefia ʻi he tāpuaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá.—Mātiu 20:28.
Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau maʻu ʻaonga mei he huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú te nau fiefia ʻi he moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha māmani palataisi. “Ko e fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e faʻahingá ni—naʻe tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻe he “koto faʻahinga kakai” ko e kau muli ʻa ia naʻa nau kau fakataha mo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi heʻenau ʻEkisoto mei ʻIsipité—te nau hao ʻi he “mamahi lahi” ʻe hoko maí ʻa ia te ne toʻo atu mei he foʻi māmaní ʻa e fulikivanú kotoa pē. (Fakahā 7:9, 10, 14; Ekisoto 12:38) Ko ha toe pale lahi ange ia ʻoku fiefia ai ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí tonu. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e faʻahingá ni, ʻa ia ko e toko 144,000, ʻo pehē ʻoku faʻuʻaki ia ʻa e ʻIsileli fakalaumālie ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko honau pale ʻi he maté ko ha toetuʻu ki he moʻuí ʻi hēvani. (Kaletia 6:16; Hepelu 3:1; Fakahā 14:1) ʻE ʻoange ai ʻe Sīsū kiate kinautolu ha faʻahinga mana makehe.
Ko e ʻUhinga ʻo e “Mana Ne Fufū”
“Ko ia ia te ne ikuna, te u ʻatu kiate ia ʻa e mana ne fufū,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsū kuo toetuʻú ki ʻIsileli fakalaumālie. (Fakahā 2:17) Ko e mana fufū fakaefakatātā ko ení ʻoku fakamanatu mai ai ʻa e mana naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Mōsese ke ne tauhi ʻi ha siā koula ʻi loto ʻi he ʻaʻake toputapu ʻo e kovinānité. Ko e ʻAʻaké naʻe tauhi ia ʻi he Potu Toputapu ʻo e tāpanekalé. Naʻe tuku ia ai ʻo ʻikai fai ha sio ki ai, ʻo hangē kuo fufuú. ʻI hono tauhi ko ha fakamanatú, ko e sīpinga ʻo e meʻi mana ko ení naʻe ʻikai ke ʻauha ia lolotonga ʻene nofo ʻi he ʻAʻaké, ko ia naʻe hoko ia ko ha fakatātā feʻungamālie ʻo ha tokonaki meʻakai taʻealaʻauha. (Ekisoto 16:32; Hepelu 9:3, 4, 23, 24) ʻI hono ʻoange ki he toko 144,000 ʻa e mana fufuú, ʻoku fakapapauʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻenau maʻu ʻa e taʻefaʻamaté mo e taʻefaʻaʻauhá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi foha fakalaumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá.—Sione 6:51; 1 Kolinito 15:54.
“He ko e matavai ʻo e moʻui ʻoku ʻi he ʻAfiona [ʻa Sihova],” ko e lea ia ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. (Sāme 36:9) He lelei moʻoni ko e tokonaki ʻo e mana—moʻoní mo e fakatātaá fakatouʻosi—ʻokú na toe fakapapauʻi ʻa e moʻoni tefito ko iá! Ko e mana naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá ki ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ko e mana fakaefakatātā naʻá ne tokonaki ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e kakano ʻo Sīsū naʻe foaki maʻatautolú, pea mo e mana fufū fakaefakatātā naʻá ne ʻoange fakafou ʻia Sīsū ki he toko 144,000 ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kiate kitautolu kotoa fekauʻaki mo ʻetau fakafalala fakaʻaufuli ki he ʻOtuá ki he moʻuí. (Sāme 39:5, 7) Tau ʻiloʻi ā ʻi he anga-fakatōkilalo, anga-taau, mo tuʻumaʻu ʻa e fakafalala ko ení. Ko hono olá, ʻe ‘fai lelei kiate kitautolu ʻi hotau ikuʻangá,’ ʻa Sihova.—Teutalonome 8:16.
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Ke maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá, ʻoku fakafalala ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻi he “Mā ʻoku Moʻui, ʻa ia ne ʻalu hifo mei he langi”
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Ko e maʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané kotoa ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻetau houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová