Fakamaʻa ko ha Kakai ki he Ngaahi Ngāue Lelei
“Ke tau fakamaa akitautolu mei he uli kotoabe oe kakano moe laumalie, o fakahaohaoa ae maonioni i he manavahe ki he Otua.”—2 Kolinito 6:19 (2 Kolinito 7:1, PM).
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova mei he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku lotu kiate iá?
“KO HAI ʻe hake ki he moʻunga ʻo Sihova? ʻIo, ko hai ʻe tuʻu ʻi hono potu tapu na?” Ko Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻá ne langaʻi hake ʻa e fehuʻi fakatupunga fakakaukau ko ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lotu ʻoku fakahōifua kia Sihová. Naʻá ne toki ʻomai leva ʻa e talí: “Ko ia ʻoku nima maʻa mo loto ʻataʻatā; kuo ʻikai te ne tuku [Hoku] laumalie ki he muna, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne fuakava ki he kākā.” (Sāme 24:3, 4) Ke hoko ʻo fakahōifua kia Sihová, ʻa ia ko e uho ia ʻo e māʻoniʻoní, kuo pau ke te maʻa mo māʻoniʻoni. Ki muʻá, naʻe fakamanatu ai ʻe Sihova ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí: “Mou fakatapuʻi kimoutolu, pea mou maʻoniʻoni, he ʻoku ou maʻoniʻoni.”—Livitiko 11:44, 45; 19:2.
2. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakamamafaʻi ʻe Paula mo Sēmisi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e maʻá ʻi he lotu moʻoní?
2 ʻI he laui senituli ki mui ai, naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kaungā Kalisitiane ʻi he kolo fakaholomui ko Kolinitoó: “E kaiga ofeina, i he e tau maʻu ae gaahi talaofa ni, ke tau fakamaa akitautolu mei he uli kotoabe oe kakano moe laumalie, o fakahaohaoa ae maonioni i he manavahe ki he Otua.” (2 Kolinito 6:19 [2 Kolinito 7:1, PM]) ʻOku toe fakamamafaʻi mai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e poini ko ia ke maʻu ha vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá pea ke maʻu ʻene ngaahi tāpuaki kuo talaʻofaʻaki maí, kuo pau ke te maʻa mo ʻataʻatā mei he ʻuli fakasinó mo fakalaumālié pea mo e taʻeangatonú. Pehē foki, ʻi he tohi fekauʻaki mo e lotu ko ia ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá, naʻe pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí: “Ko eni ia ʻa e toʻonga lotu ʻoku maʻa mo taʻe hano ʻuli ʻi he ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai, ʻa ʻete aʻahi ki he faʻahinga matuʻamate mo e kau uitou ʻi heʻenau mamahi, ʻa ʻete tauhi kita mei mamani ke taʻe hato ʻila.”—Semisi 1:27.
3. Ke hoko ʻetau lotú ʻo fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo pau ke tau tokanga fakamātoato ki aí?
3 Koeʻuhi ko e hoko ʻo maʻá, māʻoniʻoní, mo e taʻeʻuliʻí ko e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ia ʻi he lotu moʻoní, ko ha taha pē ʻoku holi ke ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu ke ne tokanga fakamātoato ke ne aʻusia ʻa e tuʻunga ko ʻení. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ko e kakai he ʻaho ní ʻoku mātuʻaki kehekehe ʻenau ngaahi tuʻunga mo e ngaahi fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e maʻá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau mahinoʻi pea fai ki he meʻa ʻoku lau ʻe Sihova ʻoku maʻa mo fakahōifuá. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu mai ʻe he ʻOtuá mei heʻene kau lotú ʻi he meʻá ni pea mo e meʻa kuó ne fai ke tokoniʻi ʻaki kinautolu ke nau hoko pea mo nofo maʻa mo fakahōifua ai pē kiate iá.—Sāme 119:9; Taniela 12:10.
Maʻa ki he Lotu Moʻoní
4. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau faka-Tohitapu ki he maʻá.
4 Ki he tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí, ko e hoko ʻo maʻá ʻoku ʻuhinga pē ia ke ʻataʻatā mei he ʻulí pe hoko ʻo fakaʻuliʻí. Kae kehe, ʻi he Tohitapú, ko e foʻi fakakaukau ki he hoko ʻo maʻá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ia ʻe ha ngaahi foʻi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e maʻá ʻo ʻikai ʻi he ʻuhinga fakaesinó pē, ka ʻoku faʻa lahi ange ki he ʻuhinga fakaeʻulungaanga mo e fakalaumālie. Ko ia ai, ʻoku pehē ʻe ha ʻenisaikolopētia Tohitapu ʻe taha: “Ko e ‘maʻá’ mo e ‘taʻemaʻá’ ko e ongo foʻi lea ʻoku tātātaha haʻana fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻīsiu pē ki he haisiní, ka ʻoku fakatefito ia ki he ngaahi fakakaukau fakalotú. Fakatatau ki he tuʻunga peheé ʻoku kaunga ai ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ‘maʻá’ ki he meimei tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo e moʻuí.”
5. Ko e hā hono lahi naʻe aʻu ki ai ʻa hono puleʻi ʻe he Lao ʻa Mōsesé ʻa e maʻá ʻi he moʻui ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí?
5 Ko e moʻoni, naʻe kau ʻi he Lao ʻa Mōsesé ʻa e ngaahi lao mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he meimei tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo e moʻui ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, ʻo fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe maʻa mo fakahōifuá mo e meʻa naʻe ʻikaí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he Livitiko vahe 11 ki he 15, ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fakaikiiki ʻoku felāveʻi mo e maʻá pea mo e taʻemaʻá. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga monumanu pau naʻe taʻemaʻa, pea naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke kai ia ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he fāʻelé ha fefine ke ne taʻemaʻa ʻi ha foʻi vahaʻa taimi pau. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi mahaki kili pau, tautefito ki he kiliá, pea ko e meʻa ʻoku tukuange mai ʻi he ʻōkani fakafanau ʻo e tangatá mo e fefiné te ne fakatupunga foki ai ha taha ke hoko ʻo taʻemaʻa. Naʻe toe fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Laó ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e taʻemaʻá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he Nomipa 5:2, ʻoku tau lau ai: “Fekau ki haʻa Isileli ke nau kapusi mei he ʻapitanga ʻakinautolu ʻoku kilia, mo ia fuape ʻoku ʻau, mo ia ʻoku taʻemaʻa ko ha pekia.”
6. Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa naʻe ʻomai ai ʻa e ngaahi lao ki he maʻá?
6 ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko ʻeni mo e ngaahi lao kehe meia Sihová ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fakafaitoʻo mo fakasaienisi ki he moʻui fakasinó naʻe tōmuʻa ʻaupito ia ʻi hono ʻiloʻí, pea naʻe maʻu ʻaonga mei ai ʻa e kakaí ʻi heʻenau muimui ki aí. Neongo ia, ko e ngaahi laó ni naʻe ʻikai foaki mai pē ia ko ha lao ki he moʻui leleí pe ke hoko ko ha ngaahi tataki fakafaitoʻo pē. Naʻa nau hoko ko ha konga ʻo e lotu moʻoní. Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻenau kaunga ki he moʻui fakaʻaho ʻa e kakaí—ʻa e kaí, ʻa e fāʻelé, ngaahi fehokotaki fakaemalí, mo e alā meʻa peheé—ʻoku fakamamafaʻi mai ai pē ʻa e poini ko ia ʻi hono tuʻunga ko honau ʻOtuá, naʻe maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e totonu ke ne fakapapauʻi kiate kinautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻe totonú pea mo e meʻa naʻe taʻetotonu ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo ʻenau moʻuí, ʻa ia naʻe fakatapui maʻataʻatā kia Sihová.—Teutalonome 7:6; Sāme 135:4.
7. ʻI hono tauhi ʻa e Laó, ko e hā ʻa e tāpuaki ʻe maʻu ai ʻe he puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí?
7 Naʻe toe maluʻi ʻe he Lao fuakavá ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei he ngaahi tōʻonga ʻuli ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga takatakai ʻiate kinautolú. ʻI hono tauhi loto-tōnunga ʻa e Laó, kau ai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu kotoa ke kei maʻa ai pē ʻi he vakai mai ʻa Sihová, ʻe feʻunga ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau tauhi honau ʻOtuá pea ke maʻu ʻene tāpuakí. ʻI he meʻá ni, naʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki he puleʻangá: “Kabau te mou tuitala mooni ki hoku leʻo, o tauhi eku fuakava, te mou iate au koe koloa lelei lahi i he kakai kotoabe: he oku ooku a mamani kotoabe. Bea te mou iate au koe buleaga oe kau taulaeiki, moe kakai maonioni.”—Ekisoto 19:5, 6, PM; Teutalonome 26:19.
8. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní ke nau tokanga ki he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻi he Laó ʻo fekauʻaki mo e maʻá?
8 Koeʻuhi naʻe fakakau ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki peheé ʻi he Laó ke tataki ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he founga ke hoko ai ʻo maʻa, māʻoniʻoni, mo fakahōifua kiate iá, ʻikai ʻoku feʻungamālie mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní ke nau fakakaukau lelei ki he founga ke nau fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni? Neongo ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó, kuo pau ke nau manatuʻi, hangē ko ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Paulá, ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi he Laó “ko ha ʻata pe ʻo ha ngaahi meʻa ka hoko, ka ko e sino ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku tefito kia Kalaisi.” (Kolose 2:17; Hepelu 10:1) Kapau ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ē, ʻa ia ʻokú ne pehē “ʻoku ʻikai te u liliu,” naʻá ne vakai ki he hoko ʻo maʻá mo taʻeʻuliʻí ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga ia ʻi he lotu moʻoní ʻi he taimi ko iá, kuo pau ke tau mātuʻaki fakamātoato ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e hoko ʻo maʻa fakaesino, fakaeʻulungaanga, mo e fakalaumālié kapau ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ʻene hōifuá mo ʻene tāpuakí.—Malakai 3:6; Loma 15:4; 1 Kolinito 10:11, 31.
Fakaongoongoleleiʻi Kitautolu ʻe he Maʻa Fakasinó
9, 10. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻa e maʻa fakasinó ki ha Kalisitiane? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala ʻoku faʻa fai fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
9 ʻOku kei hoko ʻa e maʻa fakaesinó ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e lotu moʻoní? Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke hanga ʻe he maʻa fakaesinó ʻataʻatā pē ʻo ʻai kita ko ha tokotaha lotu moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku feʻungamālie moʻoni ki ha tokotaha lotu moʻoni ke maʻa fakaesino ʻo fakatatau ki he lahi ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe hono ngaahi tuʻungá. ʻOku tautefito ia ki he ʻahó ni, ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai loko tokanga ai ʻa e kakai tokolahi ki hono tauhi kinautolu, honau valá, pe honau ʻātakaí ke maʻá, ʻoku hoko leva ʻa e faʻahinga ia ʻoku nau tokangá ʻo faʻa fakatokangaʻi ʻe he kakai takatakai ʻiate kinautolú. ʻOku malava ke taki atu ʻe he meʻá ni ki he ngaahi ola lelei, hangē ko ia naʻe tala ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Kolinitoó: “Ke oua naa ai ha tūkiaaga i ha mea e taha, koeuhi ke oua naa fakaogokovi ae gaue: Ka mau fakaogolelei atu akimautolu i he gaahi mea kotoabe, o tāu moe kau faifekau ae Otua.”—2 Kolinito 6:3, 4, PM.
10 ʻOku faʻa hoko, ʻo fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻe he kau ʻōfisa fakapuleʻangá koeʻuhi ko ʻenau maʻá, māú, mo e ʻulungaanga mo e ngaahi tōʻonga fakaʻapaʻapa, ʻoku mātā tautefito ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakataha-lahi lalahí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ha fakataha-lahi naʻe fai ʻi he vahefonua Savona, ʻĪtalí, naʻe fakamatala ai ʻa e nusipepa La Stampa: “Ko e meʻa ʻoku ʻuluaki mataʻāʻā maí ʻi heʻete ʻalu atu ki he ngaahi faiʻanga fakatahá ko e maʻa mo e maau ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki kinautolú.” ʻI he hili ha fakataha-lahi Fakamoʻoni ʻi ha sitētiume ʻi São Paulo, Pelēsila, naʻe tala ange ʻe he ʻōfisa ʻo e sitētiumé ki heʻene supavaisa ʻo e timi fakamaʻá: “Mei he taimí ni ʻo faai atu ʻoku mau fiemaʻu ke fakamaʻa ʻa e sitētiumé ke tatau mo ia naʻe fai ki ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.” Naʻe pehē ʻe ha toe ʻōfisa ʻe taha ʻi he sitētiume tatau pē: “ʻI he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke nau haea ʻa e sitētiumé, ko e meʻa pē ʻoku mau tokanga ki aí ko e ngaahi ʻaho ki aí. ʻOku ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha meʻa ia ke mau hohaʻa ki ai.”
11, 12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapu ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻí ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ki he maʻa fakafoʻituituí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku malava ke ʻeke fekauʻaki mo hotau ngaahi teunga fakafoʻituituí mo ʻetau founga moʻuí?
11 Kapau ʻoku malava ke hoko ʻa e maʻa mo e maau ʻi hotau feituʻu faiʻanga lotú ko ha matavai ʻo e fakahīkihiki ki he ʻOtua ʻoku tau lotu ki aí, tā ʻoku mahuʻinga tatau pē ia mo hono fakahāhā moʻoni ʻa e ongo ʻulungāngá ni ʻi heʻetau moʻui fakafoʻituituí. Kae kehe, ʻi he tuʻunga fakapulipuli ʻo hotau ʻapí, ʻoku tau ongoʻi nai ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e totonu ke tukunoaʻi pē ia pea ke ngāue pē ʻo fakatatau ki heʻetau fiemālié. Pea ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e valá mo e teuteú, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina ke fili ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau ongoʻi ʻoku fakafiemālie mo fakamānakó! Ka neongo ia, ki ha tuʻunga lahi, ʻoku fakangatangata pē ʻa e tauʻatāina ko ʻení. Manatuʻi ʻi he lāulea fekauʻaki mo ʻete fili ke kai ha ngaahi meʻakai paú, naʻe fakatokanga ai ʻa Paula ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané: “Mou tokanga, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe hoko hoʻomou tauʻataina na, ko e tūkiaʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻoku vaivai.” Hili iá naʻá ne fakahā ha tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga: “Ko e meʻa kotoa pe ʻoku ngofua, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe: ko e meʻa kotoa pe ʻoku ngofua, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fai ʻe he meʻa kotoa pe ha langa hake.” (1 Kolinito 8:9; 10:23) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá kiate kitautolu ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e maʻá?
12 ʻOku ʻuhinga lelei ʻa e totonu ke ʻamanekina ʻe he kakaí ha faifekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke maʻa mo maau ʻi heʻene founga moʻuí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ko e hā mai ʻa hotau ʻapí mo hono ngaahi ʻātakaí ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ko ia ʻoku tau taukaveʻi fekauʻaki mo kitautolú, ʻa ia ko e kau faifekau ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakamoʻoni, pe fakaʻilonga ʻoku ʻoatu ʻe hotau ʻapí ʻo fekauʻaki mo kitautolu mo ʻetau ngaahi tuí? ʻOkú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku tau fakaʻamu moʻoni ke moʻui ʻi ha māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻoku maʻa mo maau, ʻa ia ʻoku tau fakaongoongoleleiʻi mālohi atu ki he niʻihi kehé? (2 Pita 3:13) Pehē foki, ko hotau fōtunga hāmai fakafoʻituituí—tatau ai pē pe ko e lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻataʻataá pe ko e ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú—ʻoku malava ke ne fakalahi pe fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e fakamānako ʻo e pōpoaki ʻoku tau malangaʻí. Ko e fakatātaá, fakatokangaʻi ʻa e fakamatala ko eni ʻa ha fainusipepa ʻi Mekisikou: “Ko e moʻoni, ko e toʻutupú ko ha konga lahi ia ʻo e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ko e meʻa ʻoku fisifisimuʻá ko e kosi ʻo honau ʻulú, maʻá, mo e vala tāú.” Ko ha fiefia lahi ē hono maʻu ha kau talavou pehē ʻi hotau lotolotongá!
13. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau fai ke fakapapauʻi ai ko e ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo ʻetau moʻui fakaʻahó ʻoku maʻa mo maau?
13 Ko hono moʻoní, ko hono fakapapauʻi ko hotau fōtunga hāmaí, ko ʻetau ngaahi meʻa ʻoku maʻú, pea mo hotau ʻapí ʻoku maʻa maʻu pē mo māú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa faingofua. Ko e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻú, ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ngaahi naunau pe ʻū meʻa lahi ʻoku fihi mo totongi mamafa, ka ko e palani lelei mo e feinga hokohoko. Kuo pau ke vaheʻi ʻa e taimi ia ke fakamaʻa ai hotau sinó, hotau valá, hotau ʻapí, ʻetau kaá, mo e alā meʻa peheé. Ko e hoko ʻo femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, maʻu ʻa e fakatahá, mo e ako fakafoʻituituí—ʻo tānaki atu ki he tokanga ki he ngaahi fatongia kehe ʻi he moʻui fakaʻahó—ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakaʻatā ai kitautolu mei he fiemaʻu ke kei maʻa mo fakahōifua ai pē ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e tangatá. Ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni anga-maheni ko ia “ko e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ai hano taimi” ʻoku ngāueʻaki tatau pē ia ki he konga ko ʻeni ʻo ʻetau moʻuí.—Koheleti 3:1.
Ko ha Loto ʻOku ʻIkai ʻUliʻi
14. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke pehē ko e maʻa fakaeʻulungāngá mo fakalaumālié ʻokú na mahuʻinga ange ʻi he maʻa fakaesinó?
14 Hangē ko ia ko e mahuʻinga ke fai ha tokanga ki he maʻa fakaesinó, ʻoku toe mahuʻinga ange ke tokanga ki he maʻa fakaeʻulungāngá mo e fakalaumālié. ʻOku tau aʻu mai ai ki he fakamulituku ko ʻení ʻaki hono manatuʻi ko e puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí naʻe siʻaki ʻe Sihova, ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí naʻa nau taʻemaʻa fakasino, ka koeʻuhí naʻa nau hoko ʻo fakameleʻi fakaeʻulungaanga mo fakalaumālie. Fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko ʻAiseá, naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻo pehē koeʻuhí ko ʻenau hoko ko ha “puleʻanga angahala, kakai moū ʻi he kovi,” ko ʻenau ngaahi feilaulaú, ko ʻenau tauhi ʻa e māhina foʻoú mo e sāpaté, ʻio, naʻa mo ʻenau ngaahi lotú naʻe hoko ko ha kavenga kiate ia. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke nau fai ke toe maʻu ai ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova: “Fufulu kimoutolu, ʻai ke mou maʻa; ʻave ʻa e kovi ʻo homou faianga ke ʻoua naʻa vakai ʻe hoku mata; tuku ʻa e faikovi.”—Aisea 1:4, 11-16.
15, 16. Ko e hā naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻoku ʻuli ai ha tangatá, pea ʻe malava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú?
15 Ke toe mahino ange ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e maʻa fakaeʻulungāngá mo fakalaumālié, fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻi he taimi naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe he kau Fālesí mo e kau sikalaipé naʻe taʻemaʻa ʻene kau ākongá koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau fanofano honau nimá ki muʻa pea maʻu ʻa e meʻakaí. Naʻe fakatonutonu ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻaki ʻene pehē: “ʻOku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻoku hū ki he ngutu ʻoku ʻuli ai ha tangata, ka ko ia ʻoku hu mei he ngutu, ko eni ia ʻoku ʻuli ai ʻa e tangata.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi leva ʻe Sīsū: “Ko e ngāhi meʻa ʻoku hu mei he ngutu ʻoku mei he loto; pea ko ʻena pe meʻa ʻoku ʻuli ai ʻa e tangata. He ʻoku mei he loto ʻa e ngāhi fakakaukau pango, ʻa e ngāhi fakapō, ʻa e ngāhi faikovi ʻa alafia, ʻa e ngāhi feʻauaki. ʻa e ngāhi kaihaʻa, ʻa e ngāhi tukuaki, ʻa e ngāhi laukovi ki he ʻOtua. Ko eni ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ʻoku ʻuli ai ha tangata: ka ko e kai taʻe fanofano ʻoku ʻikai ʻuli ai ʻa e tangata.”—Mātiu 15:11, 18-20.
16 Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau ako mei he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú? Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e ngaahi ngāue fulikivanu, taʻetaau, mo taʻemaʻá ʻoku muʻomuʻa ai ʻa e ngaahi hehema fulikivanu, taʻetaau, mo taʻemaʻa ʻi he lotó. Hangē ko ia ko hono fakahā ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí, “ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e tangata taki taha he tohoaki ia ʻe heʻene holi aʻana, mo taki ʻaki ha mounu.” (Semisi 1:14, 15) Ko ia, kapau ʻoku ʻikai te tau fiemaʻu ke tau tō ki he ngaahi angahala mafatukituki naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sīsuú, kuo pau ke tau taʻaki fuʻu pea toʻo fakaʻaufuli atu mei hotau lotó ha faʻahinga hehema pē ki he ngaahi meʻa peheé. ʻOku ʻuhinga iá kuo pau ke tau tokanga fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku tau laú, mamata aí, mo fanongo ki aí. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he mavahe mei he moʻoní ʻa e tokotaha ʻātí koeʻuhi ko e ola ʻoku hoko aí, ʻoku faʻu ai ʻe he ngaahi kautaha fakafiefiá mo e tuʻuakí ha ngaahi ongo mo e ngaahi ʻīmisi taʻefakangatangata ʻo tokoni ia ki he ngaahi havala ʻa e kakano kuo hingá. ʻOku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ha faʻahinga fakakaukau pehē ke faiaka ʻi hotau lotó. Ko e poini tefitó ke hoko ʻo fakahōifua mo tali ʻe he ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau tokanga maʻu pē koeʻuhi ke tauhi maʻu ha loto ʻoku maʻa mo ʻikai ʻuliʻi.—Palovepi 4:23.
Fakamaʻa ki he Ngaahi Ngāue Lelei
17. Ko e hā kuo ʻomai ai ʻe Sihova ʻene kakaí ki ha tuʻunga maʻá?
17 Ko ha tāpuaki pea ko ha maluʻanga moʻoni ia, ʻi he tokonaki ʻa Sihová, ʻoku malava ai ke tau maʻu ha tuʻunga maʻa ʻi hono ʻaó. (2 Kolinito 6:14-18) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku tau toe mahinoʻi kuo ʻomai ʻe Sihova ʻene kakaí ki ha tuʻunga maʻa ʻi ha taumuʻa pau. Naʻe tala ʻe Paula kia Taitusi ko Kalaisi Sīsuú “naʻa ne foaki ia ʻe ia koeʻuhi ko kitautolu; koeʻuhi ke ne huhuʻi kitautolu mei he maumau lao kotoa; pea fakamaʻa maʻana hano kakai tonu oʻona, ha kakai ʻoku mamahiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngaue lelei.” (Taitusi 2:14) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kakai maʻá, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku totonu ke tau mamahiʻí?
18. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau mamahiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue leleí?
18 Ko e ʻuluaki mo e muʻomuʻa tahá, ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāue mālohi ʻi hono talaki fakahāhā ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Mātiu 24:14) ʻI heʻetau fai iá, ʻoku tau ʻoatu ai ki he kakai ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha māmani ʻa ia ʻe ʻataʻatā mei ha faʻahinga ʻuli pē. (2 Pita 3:13) Ko ʻetau ngaahi ngāue leleí ʻoku toe kau ki ai ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻetau moʻui fakaʻahó, ʻo fakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. (Kaletia 5:22, 23; 1 Pita 2:12) Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he moʻoní ʻa ia kuo hoko ʻa e maumau lahi kia kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi fakatamaki fakanatula pe ngaahi fakamamahi fakaetangatá. ʻOku tau manatuʻi ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá: “Ko ia, bea i he e tau maʻu ha faigamalie, ke tau fai lelei ki he kakai kotoabe, kae ajili be kiate kinautolu oku i he fale oe tui.” (Kaletia 6:10, PM) Ko e ngaahi ngāue peheé kotoa, ʻi heʻene haʻu mei he loto maʻa pea ʻi ha taumuʻa maʻá, ʻoku fakahōifua lelei ia ki he ʻOtuá.—1 Timote 1:5.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku fakatatali mai kiate kitautolú kapau te tau hokohoko atu ke tauhi maʻu ha tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e maʻá—fakaesino, fakaeʻulungaanga, mo fakalaumālié?
19 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e Fungani Māʻolungá, ʻoku tau tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá: “E kaiga, oku ou kole ai kiate kimoutolu, koe mea i he gaahi aloofa ogogofua ae Otua, ke mou atu ho mou jino koe feilaulau moui, mo maonioni, mo lelei ki he Otua, aia koe gaue oku tau mo kimoutolu ke fai.” (Loma 12:1, PM) ʻOfa ke tau hokohoko atu ke koloaʻaki ʻa e monū ʻo e hoko ʻo fakamaʻa ʻe Sihová pea fai ʻetau lelei tahá ke tauhi maʻu ha tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e maʻa fakaesinó, fakaeʻulungāngá, mo e fakalaumālié. Ko hono fai iá te ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he tokaʻi-kitá mo e fiemālié he taimí ni kae toe pehē foki ki he ʻamanaki ʻo e sio ki he “ngaahi meʻa muʻa”—ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu mo ʻuli lolotongá—ʻoku mole atu ʻi he taimi ʻe hanga ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo ‘fakafoʻou ʻa e meʻa kotoa peé.’—Fakahā 21:4, 5.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā naʻe foaki ai ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi lao lahi ki he maʻá?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakalahi ʻe he maʻa fakaesinó ʻa e fakamānako ʻo e pōpoaki ʻoku tau malangaʻí?
• Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ange ai ʻa e maʻa fakaeʻulungāngá mo fakalaumālié ʻi he maʻa fakaesinó?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ko ha kakai kitautolu ʻoku tau “mamahiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngaue lelei”?
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ʻOku fakalahi ʻe he maʻa fakaesinó ʻa e fakamānako ʻo e pōpoaki ʻoku tau malangaʻí
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Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Sīsū ʻo pehē ko e ngaahi fakakaukau koví ʻoku taki atu ki he ngaahi ngāue fulikivanu
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ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kakai maʻá, ʻoku mamahiʻi ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi ngāue leleí