“Kuo Mou Fanongo ki he Kataki ʻa Siope”
“Kuo mou fanongo ki he kataki ʻa Siope; mou vakai foki hono ikuʻanga mei he ʻEiki: ta ʻoku ʻofa uʻuuʻu ʻa e ʻEiki, mo ʻofangofua.”—SEMISI 5:11.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻahiʻahi naʻe fehangahangai mo ha ongo meʻa mali ʻi Pōlani?
NAʻE hoko ʻa Harald Abt ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻo siʻi hifo ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha ʻi he taimi naʻe puleʻi ai ʻe he kau tau ʻa Hitilaá ʻa Danzig (Gdańsk he taimí ni) ʻi he fakatokelau ʻo Pōlaní. Naʻe hoko ʻa e tuʻungá ʻo faingataʻa, ʻo fakatuʻutāmaki moʻoni ki he kau Kalisitiane moʻoni ʻi aí. Naʻe feinga ʻa e Kesitapó ke fakamālohiʻi ʻa Harald ke fakamoʻoni ʻi ha tohi ke tukuange ʻene tuí, ka naʻá ne fakafisi mei ai. ʻI he hili ha ngaahi uike ʻi he pilīsoné, naʻe ʻave ʻa Harald ki he kemi fakamamahi ko Sachsenhausen, ʻa ia naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ai ia mo haha. Naʻe tuhu ha ʻōfisa ki he siminī ʻo e fale fakamomofí peá ne tala ange kia Harald, “Te ke ʻalu hake hē ki hoʻo Sihová ʻi loto ʻi he ʻaho ʻe 14 kapau te ke kei pīkitai ai pē ki hoʻo tuí.”
2 ʻI he taimi naʻe puke ai ʻa Harald, naʻe kei toutama ʻa hono uaifí, ko Elsa, ʻi heʻena kiʻi pēpē fefine māhina-hongofulu. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke tukunoaʻi ʻe he Kesitapó ʻa Elsa. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa, naʻe ʻave ʻene pēpeé meiate ia, pea naʻe ʻave leva ʻa Elsa ki he kemi fakaʻauha ʻi Auschwitz. Neongo ia, naʻá ne malava ke hao moʻui ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi, ʻo hangē pē ko Harald. ʻI he The Watchtower ʻo ʻEpeleli 15, 1980, ʻe lava ke ke lau ai fekauʻaki mo e founga naʻá na kātaki aí. Naʻe tohi ʻa Harald: “ʻI hono fakakātoá, naʻe feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe 14 ʻa ʻeku ʻi he ngaahi kemi fakamamahí mo e ngaahi pilīsoné koeʻuhi ko ʻeku tui ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe ʻeke mai kiate au: ‘Naʻe hoko ho uaifí ko ha tokoni kiate koe ʻi hono kātakiʻi ʻa e kotoa ʻo e meʻá ni?’ Naʻe tokoni moʻoni ia! Naʻá ku ʻilo mei he kamataʻangá heʻikai ʻaupito te ne fakangaloku ʻene tuí, pea naʻe tokoni lahi ʻa e ʻilo ko iá kiate au. Naʻá ku ʻilo ʻe lelei ange kiate ia ke ne sio mai ʻoku ou mate atu ʻi he meʻa fata maté ʻi haʻane ʻilo naʻe tukuange au koeʻuhi ko haʻaku fakangaloku ʻeku tuí. . . . Naʻe kātakiʻi ʻe Elsa ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa lahi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo hono ngaahi taʻu ʻi he ngaahi kemi fakamamahi Siamané.”
3, 4. (a) Ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa hai ʻe lava ke ne fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke nau kātakí? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ke tau sivisiviʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé?
3 Hangē ko ia ʻoku lava ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi, ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni ke faingofua ʻa e tofanga ʻi ha meʻa ʻoku kovi. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ʻení, ʻoku akonaki mai ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ki he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē: “Tokaga ki he kau balofita, kuo nau lea i he huafa oe Eiki, koe faifaitakiaga oe kataki oe mamahi, moe faa ukuma.” (Semisi 5:10, PM) ʻI he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá, naʻe fakatangaʻi taʻehanoʻuhinga ai ʻa e kau sevāniti tokolahi ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he fuʻu “ʻao kau fakamoʻoni” ko ʻení ʻoku malava ke ne fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ke tau hanganaki lele mo kātaki ʻi heʻetau lova faka-Kalisitiané.—Hepelu 11:32-38; 12:1.
4 ʻI he lēkooti ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻoku tuʻu-ki-muʻa ai ʻa Siope ʻi he hoko ko ha sīpinga ʻo e kātakí. Naʻe tohi ʻe Sēmisi: “Vakai ʻoku mau lau ko e monuʻia ʻa kinautolu kuo kataki. Kuo mou fanongo ki he kataki ʻa Siope; mou vakai foki hono ikuʻanga mei he ʻEiki: ta ʻoku ʻofa uʻuuʻu ʻa e ʻEiki, mo ʻofangofua.” (Semisi 5:11) ʻOku maʻalifekina mai mei he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé ʻa e pale ʻoku fakatatali mai ki he kau faitōnungá, ʻa ia ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova. Ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga angé, ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻe ʻaonga kiate kitautolu ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taimi ʻo e faingataʻá. ʻOku tokoni ʻa e tohi Siopé kiate kitautolu ki hono tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení: ʻI he malumalu ʻo e ʻahiʻahí, ko e hā kuo pau ai ke tau feinga ke mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻīsiu tefito ʻoku kau ki aí? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi anga mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻe tokoni kiate kitautolu ke tau kātakí? ʻI he founga fē ʻe malava ke tau fakaivimālohiʻi ai hotau ngaahi kaungā Kalisitiane ko ia ʻoku nau tofanga ʻi he mamahí?
Ko Hono Mahinoʻi ʻa e Tuʻungá Fakalūkufua
5. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻīsiu tefito ke tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí pe ngaahi fakatauelé?
5 Ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e mafamafatatau fakalaumālié ʻi he fehangahangai mo e faingataʻá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau mahinoʻi ʻa e tuʻungá fakalūkufua. He ka ʻikai, ʻe kāsia nai ʻe he ngaahi palopalema fakafoʻituituí ʻetau vakai fakalaumālié. ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e ʻīsiu fekauʻaki mo e mateaki ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku fai mai ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ha kōlenga ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau tukulotoʻi fakafoʻituitui: “E hoku foha, ke ke boto koe, bea ke fakafiefiaʻi hoku loto, koeuhi keu faa tali ia aia oku manuki kiate au.” (Palovepi 27:11, PM) Ko ha monū makehe ē ko ia! Neongo ʻetau ngaahi vaivaí mo ʻetau ngaahi taʻehaohaoá, ʻe lava ke tau ʻai hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ke fiefia. ʻOku tau fai ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakamafeia ai kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová ke tau matuʻuaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e ngaahi fakatauelé. Ko e ʻofa faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻokú ne kātaki ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito ke kaʻanga ia.—1 Kolinito 13:7, 8.
6. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono manukiʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku aʻu ki aí?
6 ʻOku fakahaaʻi mahino mai ʻe he tohi Siopé ko Sētane ʻa e tokotaha ʻokú ne manukiʻi ʻa Sihová. ʻOkú ne toe fakahaaʻi mai ʻa e ʻulungāanga kovi ʻo e fili taʻehāmai ko ʻení pea mo ʻene holi ke fakaʻauha hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo Siopé, ʻoku tukuakiʻi tefito ʻe Sētane ʻa e kau sevāniti kotoa ʻa Sihová ki he ngaahi taumuʻa siokita mo ne feinga ke fakamoʻoniʻi ko ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻe lava ke momoko hifo. Kuo laui afeʻi taʻu ʻene manukiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taimi naʻe lī hifo ai ʻa Sētane mei hēvaní, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ia ʻe ha leʻo mei hēvani ʻo pehē ko e tokotaha “tukuaki ʻo hotau kainga” mo pehē ʻokú ne fai ʻa e ngaahi tukuakiʻi peheé “ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻOtua, ʻi he ʻaho mo e po.” (Fakahā 12:10) ʻI heʻetau kātaki faitōnungá, ʻe lava ke tau fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku taʻemoʻoni ʻene ngaahi tukuakiʻí.
7. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakafepakiʻi ʻa e vaivai fakaesinó?
7 Kuo pau ke tau manatuʻi ʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he Tēvoló ha faʻahinga mamahi pē ʻoku tau fehangahangai nai mo ia koeʻuhi ke feingaʻi ke fakamavaheʻi ʻaki kitautolu meia Sihova. Ko fē ʻa e taimi naʻá ne fakataueleʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú? Naʻe fai ia ʻi he taimi naʻe fiekaia ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he hili ʻene ʻaukai ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho lahi. (Luke 4:1-3) Kae kehe, naʻe hanga ʻe he mālohi fakalaumālie ʻo Sīsuú ʻo fakamafeia ia ke ne talitekeʻi fefeka ʻa e ngaahi fakatauele ʻa e Tēvoló. He mahuʻinga ē ke fakafepakiʻi ha faʻahinga vaivai fakaesino pē ʻoku fakatupunga nai ʻe he puké pe taʻumotuʻá ʻaki ʻa e mālohi fakalaumālié! Neongo ‘ʻoku ʻauʻauha hotau ngeʻesi tangatá ni,’ ʻoku ʻikai ke tau foʻi koeʻuhí ‘ʻoku fai ai pe ʻa e fakafoʻou ʻo hotau tangata ʻi lotó, ʻo hokohoko ʻaho pe.’—2 Kolinito 4:16.
8. (a) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku malava ai ke ʻi ai ha ola fakatupu vaivai ʻo e ngaahi ongoʻi mafasiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau naʻe maʻu ʻe Sīsuú?
8 Tānaki atu ki ai, ko e ngaahi ongoʻi mafasiá ʻoku malava ke iku atu ʻo ne maumauʻi fakalaumālie ha taha. ‘Ko e hā ʻoku fakaʻatā ai ʻeni ʻe Sihová?’ ko e fifili nai ia ʻa ha taha. ‘ʻE lava fēfē ki ha tokoua ke ne fai pehē mai kiate au?’ ʻe ʻeke nai ia ʻe ha taha ʻi he hili ha fakafeangai taʻeʻofa ange ki ai. ʻE hanga nai ʻe he ngaahi ongoʻi peheé ʻo fakatupunga kitautolu ke tau tukunoaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻīsiu tefitó pea tokangataha fakaʻaufuli ki he ngaahi tuʻunga fakafoʻituituí. ʻOku hā ngali naʻe hanga ʻe he ongoʻi feifeitamaki ʻa Siope ʻi hono ngaahi takanga tākiekina hala ʻe toko tolú ʻo fai ʻa e maumau fakaeongo kiate ia ʻo lahi tatau pē mo e maumau fakaesino naʻe fai kiate ia ʻe hono hangatāmakí. (Siope 16:20; 19:2) ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ko e ʻita fuoloá ʻoku malava ke ne “tuku ha ava [pe ko ha faingamālie] ki he Tevolo.” (Efeso 4:26, 27) ʻI he ʻikai ke fakahaaʻi ha ongoʻi feifeitamaki pe ʻita ʻi ha faʻahinga taautaha pe tokangataha tōtuʻa ki ha tuʻunga fakamaau taʻetotonu, ʻoku lelei ange ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau faʻifaʻitaki kia Sīsū ʻi hono “tuku [kinautolu] kiate ia ʻoku fakamāu totonu,” ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. (1 Pita 2:21-23) Ko hono maʻu ʻa e “fakakaukau” ʻa Sīsuú ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha maluʻi lahi mei he ngaahi ʻoho ʻa Sētané.—1 Pita 4:1.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e fakapapau ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi kavenga kuo pau ke tau kātekiná pe ngaahi fakatauele ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo iá?
9 Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau sio ki he ngaahi palopalemá ko ha fakamoʻoni pau ia ʻo e taʻehōifua mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ha maʻuhala pehē naʻá ne fakalotomamahiʻi ʻa Siope ʻi ha taimi ʻa ia naʻá ne tofanga ai ʻi he ngaahi lea fefeka ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe totonu ke nau hoko ko hono kau fakafiemālié. (Siope 19:21, 22) ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi leá ni: “Ko e ʻOtua ʻoku ʻikai maʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe he kovi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻahiʻahiʻi ha taha ʻe he ʻEne ʻAfio.” (Semisi 1:13) ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku talaʻofa mai ʻa Sihova te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau kātakiʻi ha kavenga pē ʻoku tō mai kiate kitautolu pea mo tokonaki mai ha haoʻanga mei ha faʻahinga fakatauele pē ʻoku tuʻunuku mai kiate kitautolu. (Sāme 55:22; 1 Kolinito 10:13) ʻI he ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e faingataʻá, ʻe lava ke tau fokotuʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi honau tuʻunga totonú pea fakafepakiʻi lavameʻa ai ʻa e Tēvoló.—Semisi 4:7, 8.
Ngaahi Tokoni ki he Kātakí
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā naʻe tokoni kia Siope ke ne kātakí? (e) ʻI he founga fē naʻe tokoni ai kia Siope ʻa hono maʻu ha konisēnisi leleí?
10 Neongo ʻa e tuʻunga faingataʻaʻia ʻo Siopé, ʻo kau ai ʻa e lau kovi mei hono ‘kau fakafiemalié’ pea mo ʻene puputuʻu ʻaʻana tonu fekauʻaki mo e tupuʻanga moʻoni ʻo ʻene faingataʻaʻiá, naʻe kei tauhi pē ʻe Siope ʻene anga-tonú. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ako mei heʻene kātakí? ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko e ʻuhinga tefito ki heʻene lavameʻá ko ʻene faitōnunga kia Sihová. ‘Naʻá ne ʻapasia ki he ʻOtuá mo afe mei he koví.’ (Siope 1:1) Ko ʻene founga moʻuí ia. Naʻe fakafisi ʻa Siope ke sītuʻa meia Sihova, naʻa mo e taimi naʻe ʻikai te ne mahinoʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe fehālaaki ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. Naʻe tui ʻa Siope ʻoku totonu ke tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he faingamālie mo e faingatāmaki.—Siope 1:21; 2:10.
11 Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e toe fakafiemālie kia Siope ʻa hono maʻu ha konisēnisi leleí. ʻI he taimi naʻe hā ngali ʻe mate ai ʻa Siopé, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fiemālie mei hono ʻiloʻi naʻá ne fai hono lelei tahá ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé, naʻá ne pikimaʻu ki he ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihová, pea naʻá ne fakaʻehiʻehi mei ha faʻahinga founga pē ʻo e lotu loí.—Siope 31:4-11.
12. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa Siope ki he tokoni naʻá ne maʻu meia ʻIlaiuú?
12 Ko ia ai, ko e moʻoni, naʻe fiemaʻu kia Siope ʻa e tokoni ke fakatonutonu ʻene fakakaukaú ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻe niʻihi. Pea naʻá ne tali anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa e tokoni ko iá, ko ha toe kī ia ʻe taha ki heʻene kātaki lavameʻá. Naʻe fanongo anga-fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa Siope ki he akonaki fakapotopoto ʻa ʻIlaiuú, pea naʻá ne tali lelei ʻa e fakatonutonu ʻa Sihová. “Ko au ia, ʻeku aʻau ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai te u aʻusia,” ko ʻene lea totonú ia. “ʻOku ou fakaliliʻa kiate au, ʻo u fakatomala ʻi he funga efu mo e efuefu.” (Siope 42:3, 6) Neongo ʻa e mahaki naʻá ne kei fakamamahiʻi iá, naʻe fiefia ʻa Siope ʻi hono hanga ʻe he fakatonutonu ko ʻeni ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú ʻo tohoaki ia ʻo toe ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Siope: “ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ke [Sihova] mafai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe.” (Siope 42:1 [Sop 42:2, PM]) ʻI he tokoni ʻa e fakamatala ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo Hono ngeiá, naʻe mahinoʻi māʻalaʻala lahi ange ai ʻe Siope ʻa hono tuʻunga ʻoʻoná ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he Tokotaha-Fakatupú.
13. ʻI he founga fē naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e ʻaonga kia Siope ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻa e mēsí?
13 Fakaʻosí, ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻa Siope ʻi he mēsí. Naʻe fakalotomamahiʻi lahi ia ʻe hono kau fakafiemālie loí, ka ʻi he taimi naʻe kole ange ai ʻa Sihova kia Siope ke lotu maʻanautolú, naʻá ne fai ia. ʻI he hili iá, naʻe toe fakafoki ange ʻe Sihova ʻa e moʻui lelei ʻa Siopé. (Siope 42:8, 10) ʻOku hā mahino, ʻe ʻikai ke tokoni ʻa e loto-ʻitá kiate kitautolu ke tau kātaki ai, ka ʻe fai ia ʻe he ʻofá mo e mēsí. ʻOku fakafoʻou fakalaumālie kitautolu ʻi he ʻikai ke hoko ʻo loto-mamahí, pea ko ha ʻalunga ia ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova.—Maake 11:25.
Kau Faleʻi Fakapotopoto ʻOku Nau Tokoniʻi Kitautolu Ke Tau Kātaki
14, 15. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi anga ʻe lava ke ne fakamafeia ha tokotaha faleʻi ke ne fakamoʻui ʻa e niʻihi kehé? (e) Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe lavameʻa ai ʻa ʻIlaiū ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa Siopé.
14 Ko ha toe lēsoni ʻe taha ʻe lava ke tau ako mei he fakamatala ʻa Siopé ko e mahuʻinga ʻo e kau faleʻi fakapotopotó. Ko e faʻahinga ko iá ko e fanga tokoua “naʻe fanauʻi maʻa ha faingataʻa.” (Palovepi 17:17) Kae kehe, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e kau faleʻi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakatupu loto-mamahi kae ʻikai ke fakamoʻui. ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he tokotaha faleʻi leleí ke ne fakahāhā ʻa e kaungāongoʻi, tokaʻi mo e anga-ʻofa, hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe ʻIlaiuú. Kuo pau nai ki he kau mātuʻá mo e kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa kehé ke nau tākiekina ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻoku mafasia ʻi he ngaahi palopalemá, pea ʻi hono fai iá, ʻe lava ke ako ʻe he kau faleʻi peheé ʻa e meʻa lahi mei he tohi ʻa Siopé.—Kaletia 6:1; Hepelu 12:12, 13.
15 ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni ʻi he founga naʻe fakaleleiʻi ai ʻe ʻIlaiū ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. Naʻá ne fanongo ʻi ha taimi lōloa ki muʻa ke ne fai ha tali ki he ngaahi fakamatala hala ʻa e ngaahi takanga ʻe toko tolu ʻo Siopé. (Siope 32:11; Palovepi 18:13) Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe ʻIlaiū ʻa e hingoa ʻo Siopé pea kōlenga kiate ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kaumeʻa. (Siope 33:1) ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e kau fakafiemālie loi ʻe toko tolú, naʻe ʻikai fakakaukau hifo ʻa ʻIlaiū ia kiate ia ʻokú ne māʻolunga ange ʻia Siope. “Kuo gaohi foki au mei he umea,” ko ʻene leá ia. Naʻe ʻikai te ne loto ke fakalahi atu ʻa e faingataʻaʻia ʻa Siopé ʻaki ha ngaahi lea taʻefakakaukauʻi. (Siope 33:6, 7, PM; Palovepi 12:18) ʻI he ʻikai ke ne fakaangaʻi ʻa e ʻulungāanga ki muʻa ʻo Siopé, naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ia ʻe ʻIlaiū ʻi heʻene māʻoniʻoní. (Siope 33:32) Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, naʻe vakai ʻa ʻIlaiū ki he ngaahi meʻá mei he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻá ne tokoniʻi ʻa Siope ke tokangataha ki he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke taʻefaitotonu ʻa Sihova. (Siope 34:10-12) Naʻá ne fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa Siope ke tatali kia Sihova, kae ʻoua ʻe feinga ke fakahāhā ʻene māʻoniʻoni pē ʻaʻaná. (Siope 35:2; 37:14, 23) ʻOku malava moʻoni ke maʻu ʻaonga ʻa e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané mo e niʻihi kehé mei he ngaahi lēsoni ko iá.
16. ʻI he founga fē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kau fakafiemālie loi ʻe toko tolu ʻo Siopé ko e ngaahi meʻangāue ʻa Sētané?
16 ʻOku kehe ʻaupito ʻa e akonaki fakapotopoto ia ʻa ʻIlaiuú mei he ngaahi lea fakalotomamahi ʻa ʻElifasi, Pilitati mo Sofaʻaá. Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu: “ʻOku ʻikai totonu hoʻomou fakaʻuhinga au.” (Siope 42:7) Neongo kapau naʻa nau taukaveʻi naʻa nau maʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa lelei, naʻa nau hoko kinautolu ko e ngaahi meʻangāue ʻa Sētane kae ʻikai ko ha ngaahi takanga faitōnunga. Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa e toko tolú ni kotoa ʻi he kamataʻangá ke tukuakiʻi pē ʻa Siope ki heʻene ngaahi faingatāmakí. (Siope 4:7, 8; 8:6; 20:22, 29) Fakatatau kia ʻElifasi, ʻoku ʻikai ha falala ʻa e ʻOtuá ia ki heʻene kau sevānití, pea ʻoku ʻikai mahuʻinga ia kiate Ia pe te tau māʻoniʻoni pe ʻikai. (Siope 15:15; 22:2, 3) Naʻe aʻu ʻo tukuakiʻi ʻe ʻElifasi ʻa Siope ki he ngaahi hala naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahoko. (Siope 22:5, 9) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe tokoni fakalaumālie ʻa ʻIlaiū ia kia Siope, ʻa ia ko e taumuʻa maʻu pē ia ʻa ha tokotaha faleʻi ʻofa.
17. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakakaukau ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau tofanga ai ʻi ha ʻahiʻahí?
17 ʻOku toe ʻi ai ʻa e lēsoni fekauʻaki mo e kātakí ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu mei he tohi Siopé. ʻOku vakai mai ʻa hotau ʻOtua anga-ʻofá ki hotau tuʻungá pea ʻokú ne finangalo pea mo malava ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe. Naʻa tau lau ki muʻa ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Elsa Abt. Fakakaukau atu ki he fakamulituku naʻá ne aʻu ki aí: “Ki muʻa ke puke aú, naʻá ku lau ha tohi mei ha tuofefine naʻe pehē ai, ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ʻahiʻahi kakahá ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ha nonga ke haʻu kiate koe. Naʻá ku fakakaukau naʻá ne fai ha kiʻi fakalahiʻi heni. Ka ʻi he taimi ne u foua ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻiate au peé, naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻe moʻoni ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne leaʻakí. Naʻe hoko moʻoni pehē ia. ʻOku faingataʻa ke fakakaukau atu ki ai, kapau kuo teʻeki ke ke hokosia ia. Ka naʻe hoko moʻoni ia kiate au. ʻOku tokoni mai ʻa Sihova.” Naʻe ʻikai lea ʻa Elsa ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe malava ʻe Sihova ke ne fai pe naʻá ne fai ʻi he laui afeʻi taʻu kuo maliu atú ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Siopé. Naʻá ne lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo hotau taimí. ʻIo, “ʻoku tokoni mai ʻa Sihova”!
Fiefia ka ko e Tangata ʻOku Kātakí
18. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga naʻe maʻu ʻe Siope mei he kātakí?
18 Ko ha tokosiʻi ʻo kitautolu te nau fehangahangai mo e mamahí ʻo mamafa tatau mo ia naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé. Kae tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻe fakahoko mai nai kiate kitautolu ʻe he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga totonu ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau anga-tonú, hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Siopé. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe fakakoloa ʻe he kātakí ʻa e moʻui ʻa Siopé. Naʻá ne fakahaohaoa ia, ʻo ʻai ia ke ne tuʻu kakato. (Semisi 1:2-4) Naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe he kātakí ʻa hono vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. “Ne u fanongo kiate koe ʻaki ʻa e fanongo ʻa e telinga; ka ko eni kuo mātāʻi koe ʻe hoku mata,” ko e fakamatematē ia ʻa Siopé. (Siope 42:5) Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa Sētane ko e tokotaha loi ko e ʻikai ko ia ke ne malava ke fakaʻauha ʻa e anga-tonu ʻa Siopé. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ʻe laui teau ki mui mai ai, naʻe kei lave pē ʻa Sihova ki heʻene sevāniti ko Siopé ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e māʻoniʻoní. (Isikeli 14:14) Ko hono lēkooti ʻi heʻene anga-tonú mo e kātakí ʻoku ueʻi ai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻa mo e ʻahó ni.
19. Ko e hā ʻokú ke ongoʻi ai ʻoku ʻaonga ʻa e kātakí?
19 ʻI he faitohi ʻa Sēmisi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he taimi ʻo e kau ʻapositoló ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kātakí, naʻá ne lave ki he fiemālie ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he kātakí. Pea naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Siopé ke fakamanatu kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakapaleʻi lahi ʻe Sihova ʻene kau sevāniti faitōnungá. (Semisi 5:11) ʻOku tau lau ʻi he Siope 42:12: “Ko ia naʻe fai tapuekina hake meia Sihova ʻa e taimi ki mui ʻo Siope ʻi he taimi muʻa.” Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Siope ʻo liunga ua ʻa e meʻa naʻe mole meiate iá, pea naʻá ne moʻui fuoloa mo fiefia. (Siope 42:16, 17) ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻilonga ha faʻahinga langa, faingataʻaʻia pe loto-mamahi ʻoku tau kātakiʻi nai ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení ʻe mole atu ia pea ngalo ʻi he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Aisea 65:17; Fakahā 21:4) Kuo tau fanongo ki he kātaki ʻa Siopé, pea ʻoku tau fakapapauʻi, ʻi he tokoni ʻa Sihová, ke tau faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Siopé. ʻOku talaʻofa mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Monuʻiaā [pe fiefia] ka ko e tangata ʻoku ne kataki ha ʻahiʻahi: he ʻo ka ʻosi hono sivi, te ne maʻu ai ʻa e kalauni ʻo e moʻui, ʻa ia kuo ne talaʻofa kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia.”—Semisi 1:12.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ʻai ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová ke fiefia?
• Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau fakaʻosiʻaki ʻo pehē ko ʻetau ngaahi palopalemá ko e fakamoʻoni ia ʻo e taʻehōifua mai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe tokoni kia Siope ke ne kātakí?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau faʻifaʻitaki kia ʻIlaiū ʻi hono fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa e ngaahi kaungā-tuí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 28]
Ko ha tokotaha faleʻi lelei ʻokú ne fakahāhā ʻa e kaungāongoʻi, tokaʻi mo e anga-ʻofa
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 29]
Ko Elsa mo Harald Abt