Kumi kia Sihova, ko e Tokotaha-Sivi ʻo e Lotó
“Kumi kiate au, ka mou moʻui.”—EMOSI 5:5 (Emosi 5:4, PM).
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku pehē ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko Sihová ʻokú ne “afioʻi . . . ae loto”?
NAʻE tala ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ki he palōfita ko Sāmiuelá: “Oku jio ae tagata ki he aga oku ha itua, ka oku afioʻi e Jihova ae loto.” (1 Samiuela 16:7, PM) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e “afioʻi e Jihova ae loto”?
2 ʻI he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku faʻa ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e lotó ke ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi loto ʻi ha taha—ʻene ngaahi holí, ʻene ngaahi fakakaukaú, ʻene ngaahi ongoʻí, pea mo hono ngaahi angá. Ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku pehē ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻoku ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he lotó, ʻoku ʻuhingá ʻokú ne ʻafio ʻo mahulu atu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā ki tuʻá pea tokangataha ki he tuʻunga moʻoni ʻoku ʻi he loto ʻo ha tokotahá.
ʻOku Siviʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻIsileli
3, 4. Fakatatau ki he Emosi 6:4-6, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe ʻi he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí?
3 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha-Sivi ʻo e lotó ʻo ne vakai hifo ki he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻĒmosí, ko e hā naʻá Ne ʻafioʻí? ʻOku lau ʻa e Emosi 6:4-6 ki he kau tangata naʻa nau ‘tokoto ʻi he ngaahi mohenga lei, ʻo fakaloloa ʻi honau ngaahi sofá.’ Naʻa nau “kai ʻa e fanga lami mei he takanga, mo e fanga pulu mui mei he ʻa fafanga.” Ko e kau tangatá ni naʻa nau “fakakaukau maʻanautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻahiva” pea mo “inu uaine mei he ngaahi pesoni.”
4 ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí, ʻe hā nai ʻa e meʻá ni ko ha tafaʻaki fakamānako. ʻI he fakafiemālie ʻa honau ngaahi ʻapi teuteuʻi leleí, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kau tuʻumālié ʻa e meʻakai mo e inu lelei tahá pea fakafiefiaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻalea fakamūsika mālie tahá. Naʻa nau toe maʻu ha “ngaahi mohenga lei.” Kuo maʻu hake ʻe he kau ʻākeolosiá ha ngaahi lei tā-tongitongi fakaʻofoʻofa ʻaupito ʻi Samēlia, ko e kolomuʻa ʻo e puleʻanga ʻIsilelí. (1 Tuʻi 10:22) ʻOku mātuʻaki hangehangē naʻe fakapipiki ʻa e konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni ki he nāunau falé pea fakafonofono ʻi he pāneli teuteu he holisí.
5. Ko e hā naʻe taʻefakahōifua ai ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻĒmosí?
5 Naʻe taʻefakahōifua kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e moʻui fiemālie ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻakai ifó, inu ʻa e uaine leleí, pea fanongo ki he ngaahi fasi mālié? ʻIkai ʻaupito! He ko hono moʻoní, ʻokú ne tokonaki lahi ʻaupito mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé ki he fiefia ʻa e tangatá. (1 Timote 6:17) Ko e meʻa naʻe taʻefakahōifua kia Sihová ko e ngaahi holi fehālaaki ʻa e kakaí, ko e tuʻunga fulikivanu ʻo honau lotó, ko ʻenau anga taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ki he ʻOtuá, pea mo e ʻikai te nau ʻofa ki honau kaungā ʻIsilelí.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo ʻĒmosí?
6 Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ‘naʻa nau fakaloloa ʻi honau ngaahi sofá, ʻo kai ʻa e fanga lami mei he takangá, inu uainé, pea fakakaukau maʻanautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻahivá’ naʻa nau ʻohovale. Naʻe ʻeke ki he kau tangata ko iá: “ʻOku mou fakamamaʻo ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e kovi”? Naʻe totonu ke nau mamahi lahi ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsilelí, ka naʻe “ʻikai te nau fai ha fakamamahi koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi lavea ʻo Siosefa.” (Emosi 6:3-6) ʻI he sio ʻo fakalaka atu mei he lakalakaimonū fakaʻekonōmika ʻa e puleʻangá, naʻe ʻafioʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ko Siosefa—pe ʻIsilelí—naʻe ʻi ha tuʻunga lavea fakalaumālie. Neongo ia, naʻe hoko atu pē ʻa e kakaí ia ʻi heʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakaʻahó ʻo ʻikai ha hohaʻa. ʻOku maʻu ʻe he kakai tokolahi he ʻahó ni ha anga meimei tatau. ʻOku nau lāuʻilo nai ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa, ka ʻi he ʻikai uesia fakafoʻituitui kinautolú, ʻoku ʻikai te nau tokanga ai fekauʻaki mo e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e niʻihi kehé pea ʻikai ke fakahāhā ha mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié.
ʻIsileli—Ko ha Puleʻanga Ololalo
7. Ko e hā ʻe hokó kapau naʻe ʻikai ke tokanga ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fakaʻotuá?
7 ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he tohi ʻa ʻĒmosí ha puleʻanga ololalo, neongo ʻene hā lelei ki tuʻá. Koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai malava ke nau tokanga ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fakaʻotuá pea fakatonutonu ʻenau fakakaukaú, ʻe liʻaki atu ai kinautolu ʻe Sihova ki honau ngaahi filí. ʻE hamusi kinautolu ʻe he kau ʻAsīliá mei honau ngaahi mohenga lei fakaʻofoʻofá pea taki fakamālohi kinautolu ki he nofo pōpulá. ʻE ʻikai toe ʻi ai ha fiemālie kiate kinautolu!
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo ʻi ha tuʻunga fakalaumālie koví?
8 Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻo ʻi ha tuʻunga peheé? Naʻe kamata ke hoko ʻa e tuʻungá ni ʻi he 997 K.M., ʻi he taimi naʻe fetongi ai ʻa Tuʻi Solomone ʻe hono foha ko Lehopoamé pea naʻe mavahe ai ʻa e matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí mei he ongo matakali ʻo Siuta mo Penisimaní. Ko e ʻuluaki tuʻi ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí ko Selopoame I, ko e “foha ʻo Nipati.” (1 Tuʻi 11:26) Naʻe fakalotoʻi ʻe Selopoame ʻa e kakai ʻi hono tofiʻá ʻo pehē naʻe fuʻu faingataʻa kiate kinautolu ke fononga ki Selusalema ke lotu ai kia Sihova. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai te ne tokanga moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e lelei ʻa e kakaí. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne feinga ke maluʻi ʻene ngaahi lelei pē ʻaʻaná. (1 Tuʻi 12:26) Naʻe ilifia ʻa Selopoame ia he kapau naʻe hokohoko atu pē ʻa e ʻalu ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he temipale ʻi Selusalemá ki he ngaahi kātoanga fakataʻu ki hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihová, ʻe faifai pē ʻo hiki ʻenau ngaahi mateakí ki he puleʻanga ʻo Siutá. ʻI he feinga ke taʻofi ʻa e meʻá ni, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Selopoame ha ongo ʻuhikiʻi pulu koula ʻe ua, ko e taha ʻi Tani pea ko e taha ʻi Pēteli. Naʻe hoko ai ʻa e lotu ki he ʻuhikiʻi pulú ko e lotu Fakapuleʻanga ia ʻi he puleʻanga ʻIsilelí.—2 Kalonikali 11:13-15.
9, 10. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga fakalotu naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe Tuʻi Selopoame I? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi kātoanga naʻe fai ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tuʻi Selopoame II?
9 Naʻe feinga ʻa Selopoame ke ʻai ʻa e lotu foʻoú ke hā moʻoni. Naʻá ne fokotuʻutuʻu ki he ngaahi kātoanga fakalotú ke ʻi he tuʻunga meimei tatau mo e ngaahi kātoanga naʻe fai ʻi Selusalemá. ʻI he 1 Tuʻi 12:32, ʻoku tau lau ai: “Pea fokotuʻu ʻe Selopoame ha katoanga ʻi hono valu ʻo e mahina, ʻi hono ʻaho hongofulu ma nima, ʻo hange ko e katoanga ʻi Siuta, ʻo ne ʻalu hake ki he olita; naʻe pehe ʻene fai ʻi Peteli.”
10 Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke hōifua ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi kātoanga fakalotu loi peheé. Naʻá ne ʻai ʻo mātuʻaki hā mahino ia fakafou ʻia ʻĒmosi ʻo laka hake ʻi ha senituli ki mui ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e pule ʻa Selopoame II, ʻa ia naʻe hoko ko e tuʻi ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻi he 844 K.M. nai. (Emosi 1:1) Fakatatau ki he Emosi 5:21-24 (PM), naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Oku ou fehia, oku ou fakalilia ki ho mou gaahi aho katoaga, bea e ikai teu nanamu ki hoo mou gaahi fakataha mamafa. Ne ogo oku mou hifo aki ae gaahi feilaulau tutu moe gaahi feilaulau meakai, e ikai teu maʻu ia: bea e ikai teu tokagaʻi ae gaahi feilaulau fakalelei o hoo mou faga manu jino. Hiki ke mamao iate au ae logoaa o hoo mou hiva; he e ikai teu fanogo ki he malie o hoo mou gaahi mea faiva. Ka e tuku ae fakamāu ke tafe hage koe vai, bea moe agatonu hage koe vaitafe malohi.”
Ngaahi Faitatau ʻi he ʻAho Ní
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faitatau ʻoku lava ke maʻu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lotu ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá pea mo ia ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané?
11 ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe sivisiviʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e loto ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe kau ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga ʻa ʻIsilelí pea talitekeʻi ʻenau ngaahi kātoangá mo e ngaahi foakí. ʻOku meimei tatau pē ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku talitekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga fakapangani ʻa e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, hangē ko e Kilisimasí mo e Toetuʻú. Ki he kau lotu ʻa Sihová, ʻoku ʻikai malava ke ʻi ai ha fekauʻaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e māʻoniʻoní mo e maumau-laó, ʻikai ha feohi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e māmá mo e poʻulí.—2 Kolinito 6:14-16.
12 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi faitatau kehe ʻoku malava ke fakatokangaʻi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lotu naʻe fai ʻe he kau ʻIsileli lotu ki he ʻuhikiʻi pulú mo ia ʻoku fai ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Neongo ʻoku tali ʻe he kau Kalisitiane lau pē ʻe niʻihi ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e lotu ʻa e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻiate ia pē ʻoku ʻikai ueʻi ia ʻe he ʻofa moʻoni ki he ʻOtuá. He kapau naʻe pehē, te ne fakamatematē ʻi he lotu kia Sihova ʻo “fai ʻi laumālie pea fai ʻi moʻoni” koeʻuhi ko e faʻahinga lotu ia ʻoku fakahōifua kiate iá. (Sione 4:24) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku ʻikai ke hanga ʻe he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ia ʻo “tuku ae fakamāu [totonú] ke tafe hage koe vai, bea moe agatonu hage koe vaitafe malohi.” ʻI hono kehé, ʻokú ne fakamatematē ʻi hono tuku hifo ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaeʻulungāanga ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOkú ne fakamolemoleʻi ʻe ia ʻa e feʻauakí mo e ngaahi angahala mamafa kehé pea aʻu ʻo tāpuakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi mali fakasōtomá!
“ʻOfa ki he Lelei”
13. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau fai ki he ngaahi lea ʻo e Emosi 5:15?
13 Ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ke lotu kia Sihova ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakahōifuá, ʻokú ne pehē mai: “Fehiʻa ki he kovi, pea ʻofa ki he lelei.” (Emosi 5:15) Ko e ʻofá mo e fehiʻá ko ha ongo mālohi ia ʻoku tupu mei he lotó. Koeʻuhi ʻoku kākā ʻa e lotó, kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻi hotau mālohí ke maluʻi ia. (Palovepi 4:23; Selemaia 17:9) Kapau ʻoku tau fakaʻatā hotau lotó ke ne ohi ha ngaahi holi fehālaaki, te tau kamata nai ai ke ʻofa ʻi he meʻa ʻoku koví pea fehiʻa ʻi he meʻa ʻoku leleí. Pea kapau te tau fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi holi peheé ʻaki hono fai ha angahala, ko e faivelenga kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní ʻe ʻikai te ne fakafoki ʻe ia kitautolu ki he hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, tau lotu ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tau “fehiʻa ki he kovi, pea ʻofa ki he lelei.”
14, 15. (a) ʻI ʻIsileli, ko hai naʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe leleí, ka naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fakafeangai ki he niʻihi ʻo kinautolú? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻi he ngāue taimi-kakató ʻi he ʻaho ní?
14 Naʻe ʻikai ke fai ʻe he kotoa ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e meʻa naʻe kovi ʻi he ʻafio ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatātaá, ko Hōsea mo ʻĒmosí naʻá na ‘ʻofa ki he leleí’ pea tauhi faitōnunga ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ongo palōfita. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fuakava ko e kau Nāsili. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ʻo ʻenau moʻui faka-Nāsilí, naʻa nau fakamamaʻo ai mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngaohi mei he vainé, tautefito ki he uainé. (Nomipa 6:1-4) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli kehé ki he ʻalunga feilaulauʻi-kita ʻa e kau fai ko ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa leleí? Ko e tali fakaʻohovale ki he fehuʻi ko iá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e lahi ʻo e ololalo fakalaumālie ʻa e puleʻangá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Emosi 2:12: “Naʻa mou fakainu uaine ʻa e kau nasili; pea naʻa mou kouna ʻa e kau palofita, ʻo mou pehe, ʻOua te mou palofisai.”
15 ʻI he sio atu ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga faitōnunga ʻa e kau Nāsilí mo e kau palōfitá, naʻe totonu ke mā ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí pea naʻe totonu ke ueʻi ai kinautolu ke liliu ʻenau ngaahi foungá. ʻI hono kehé, naʻa nau feinga taʻeʻofa ke fakalotosiʻiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga mateakí mei hono ʻave ʻa e lāngilangí ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOua ʻaupito naʻa tau enginaki ki he kaungā Kalisitiane ko ia ko e kau tāimuʻá, kau misinalé, kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí, pe kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmili Pētelí ke tuku ʻenau ngāue taimi-kakató koeʻuhi pē ke foki ki he meʻa ʻoku lau ko e moʻui anga-mahení. ʻI hono kehé, tau fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ke nau hokohoko atu ʻenau ngāue leleí!
16. Ko e hā naʻe tuʻunga fakalaumālie lelei ange ai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Mōsesé ʻiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻĒmosí?
16 Neongo naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsileli tokolahi ha moʻui fiemālie fakamatelie ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻĒmosí, naʻe “ikai [te nau] maʻumea ki he Otua.” (Luke 12:13-21, PM) Ko ʻenau fanga kuí naʻa nau kai mana pē ʻi he toafá ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40. Naʻe ʻikai te nau kai mei he fanga pulu fafangá pe fakaloloa fakapikopiko ʻi ha ngaahi mohenga lei. Kae kehe, naʻe tala totonu ʻe Mōsese kiate kinautolu: “Ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua kuo ne fakamonuʻia koe ʻi he ngaahi ngaue kehekehe kuo fai ʻe ho nima: . . . ko e taʻu eni ʻe fangofulu mo e ʻiate koe ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua; kuo ʻikai te ke masiva ʻi ha meʻa.” (Teutalonome 2:7) ʻIo, naʻe maʻu maʻu pē ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau fiemaʻu moʻoní. Ko e mahuʻinga tahá, naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa, maluʻi mo e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá!
17. Ko e hā naʻe taki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e muʻaki kau ʻIsilelí ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá?
17 Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi toʻumeʻa ʻo ʻĒmosí naʻá Ne ʻomai ʻenau fanga kuí ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá pea tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau toʻo atu mei ai honau ngaahi filí kotoa. (Emosi 2:9, 10) Ka ko e hā naʻe taki ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e muʻaki kau ʻIsileli ko iá mei ʻIsipite pea ʻomai ki he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá? Naʻe fai iá koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo nau moʻui ʻi ha moʻui tuʻumālie fakapikopiko pea siʻaki honau Tokotaha-Fakatupú? ʻIkai! ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne fai peheé ke ʻai ke nau malava ai ke lotu kiate ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kakai tauʻatāina mo maʻa fakalaumālie. Ka naʻe ʻikai fehiʻa ʻa e kau nofo ia ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí ki he meʻa naʻe koví pea ʻofa ki he meʻa naʻe leleí. ʻI hono kehé, naʻa nau ʻave ʻa e lāngilangí ki he ngaahi ʻīmisi kuo tongi, ʻo ʻikai kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. He toki meʻa fakamā ē!
ʻEke ʻe Sihova ha Fakamatala
18. Ko e hā kuo fakatauʻatāinaʻi fakalaumālie ai kitautolu ʻe Sihová?
18 Naʻe ʻikai ke tukunoaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻulungāanga fakamā ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻá ne ʻai ʻene fakakaukaú ke mahino ʻi heʻene pehē: “Te u ʻeke [ha fakamatala] kiate kimoutolu hoʻomou ngaahi kovi kotoa pe.” (Emosi 3:2) ʻOku totonu ke ʻai ʻe he ngaahi foʻi lea ko iá kitautolu ke tau fakakaukau atu ki hotau fakahaofi mei he pōpula ki ʻIsipite ʻi onopōní, ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotonga ní. Kuo ʻikai ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi fakalaumālie kitautolu ʻe Sihová koeʻuhi ke tau malava ʻo tuli ki ha ngaahi taumuʻa siokita. ʻI hono kehé, kuó ne fai ʻení koeʻuhi ke tau malava ke ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e fakahīkihiki moʻoni ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kakai tauʻatāina ʻoku nau kau ki he lotu maʻá. Pea ko kitautolu kotoa te tau fai ha fakamatala ki he founga ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ai ʻetau tauʻatāina kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá.—Loma 14:12.
19. Fakatatau ki he Emosi 4:4, 5, ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻo ʻofa ki ai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli tokolahi tahá?
19 Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e pōpoaki mālohi naʻe fakahoko ʻe ʻĒmosí naʻe tukunoaʻi pē ia ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau nofo ʻi ʻIsilelí. Naʻe fakaeʻa ʻe he palōfitá ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo honau loto mahamahaki fakalaumālié ʻi he ngaahi lea ko ʻeni naʻe lēkooti ʻi he Emosi 4:4, 5: “Haʻu ki Peteli, ʻo fai angahala ai; haʻu ki Kilikali, ʻo fakalahi angahala; . . . He ko hoʻomou manako ia, haʻa Isileli.” Naʻe ʻikai ke fakatupulekina ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi holi totonú. Naʻe ʻikai te nau maluʻi honau lotó. Ko hono olá, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolú naʻa nau hoko ʻo ʻofa ki he meʻa naʻe koví pea fehiʻa ki he meʻa naʻe leleí. Naʻe ʻikai ke liliu ʻa e kau lotu ʻuhikiʻi pulu ongongataʻa ko iá. Naʻe ʻeke ʻe Sihova ha fakamatala, pea naʻe pau ke nau mate ʻi heʻenau ngaahi angahalá!
20. ʻE lava fēfē ke tuli ha taha ki ha ʻalunga ʻoku fehoanaki mo e Emosi 5:5 (Emosi 5:4, PM)?
20 Kuo pau pē naʻe ʻikai faingofua ki ha taha naʻe moʻui ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá ke kei faitōnunga ai pē kia Sihova. Hangē ko e laú ʻoku faingataʻa ke kakau fakafepaki ki he ʻaú, pea ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní, kei siʻi mo e taʻumotuʻa, ʻoku tau lāuʻilo lelei ki ai. Ka, ko e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo ha holi ke fakahōifuaʻi iá naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻe niʻihi ke nau fai ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Naʻe fakaaʻu ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakaafe māfana ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Emosi 5:5 (Emosi 5:4, PM): “Kumi kiate au, ka mou moʻui.” ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakahāhā meimei tatau ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e meesi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakatomala pea kumi kiate ia ʻaki hono maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ki heʻene Folofolá pea fai leva hono finangaló. ʻOku ʻikai faingofua ke tuli ki he ʻalunga ko ʻení, ka ko hono fai iá ʻoku taki atu ia ki he moʻui taʻengatá.—Sione 17:3.
Lakalakaimonū Neongo ʻa e Honge Fakalaumālié
21. Ko e hā ʻa e honge ʻoku hoko ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ʻa e lotu moʻoní?
21 Ko e hā naʻe fakatatali mai ki he faʻahinga ko ia naʻe ʻikai te nau poupouʻi ʻa e lotu moʻoní? Ko e faʻahinga honge kovi tahá—ʻa e honge fakalaumālié! “ʻOku ʻunu mai ha taimi,” ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová, “ʻa ia te u fekau atu ai ha honge ki he fonua; ʻo ʻikai ko ha honge meʻakai, pe ko e honge meʻainu, ka ko e honge ʻi he fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.” (Emosi 8:11) ʻOku faingataʻaʻia ʻa e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi ha honge fakalaumālie pehē. Ka ko e faʻahinga loto-totonu ʻi hono lotolotongá ʻoku malava ke nau sio ki he lakalakaimonū ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻoku nau ʻaukolo ki he kautaha ʻa Sihová. Ko e faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e tuʻunga ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané pea mo ia ʻoku lotolotoi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ia ʻi he ngaahi foʻi folofola ʻa Sihová: “Vakai ko ʻeku kau sevaniti te nau kai, kae honge ʻa kimoutolu: vakai ko ʻeku kau sevaniti ʻe inu, kae fieinua kimoutolu: vakai ko ʻeku kau sevaniti te nau fiefia, ka ko kimoutolu ʻe ma.”—Aisea 65:13.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ʻuhinga ke fiefiá?
22 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau houngaʻia fakafoʻituitui ʻi he meʻa ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he ngaahi tokonaki mo e ngaahi tāpuaki fakalaumālié? ʻI heʻetau ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú mo e ngaahi tohi faka-Kalisitiané pea maʻu ʻetau ngaahi fakatahá, ngaahi ʻasemipilií, mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahí, ʻoku tau ongoʻi moʻoni ai ʻoku tau fie kalanga fiefia koeʻuhi ko e tuʻunga lelei ʻo e lotó. ʻOku tau fiefia ʻi he mahino māʻalaʻala ʻoku tau maʻu fekauʻaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo kau ai ʻa e kikite fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua ʻa ʻĒmosí.
23. Ko e hā ʻoku maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá?
23 ʻOku ʻi he kikite ʻa ʻĒmosí ha pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanaki ki he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo loto ke ʻave kiate ia ʻa e lāngilangí. Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hotau tuʻunga fakaʻekonōmika lolotongá pe ko e hā ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kuo pau ke tau fehangahangai mo ia ʻi he māmani faingataʻá ni, ko kitautolu ʻoku tau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki fakaʻotua mo e meʻakai fakalaumālie lelei tahá. (Palovepi 10:22; Mātiu 24:45-47) Ko ia, ko e lāngilangi kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻalu ki he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne tokonaki mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻo lahi fau ki he lelei maʻatautolu. Ko ia ai, ʻofa ke tau fakapapauʻi ke ʻave kiate ia ʻetau fakahīkihiki loto-moʻoní ʻo taʻengata. ʻE hoko ʻa e meʻa ko iá ko hotau monū fakafiefia kapau ʻoku tau kumi kia Sihova, ko e Tokotaha-Sivi ʻo e lotó.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻĒmosí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faitatau ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e honge he taimí ni naʻe tomuʻa talá, ka ko hai ʻoku ʻikai ke uesia aí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 21]
Naʻe moʻui tuʻumālie ʻa e kau ʻIsileli tokolahi ka naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ha lakalakaimonū fakalaumālie
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti taimi-kakató ke nau hokohoko atu ʻenau ngāue leleí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24, 25]
ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha honge fakalaumālie ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai fiefia ʻa Sihová