Loto-Toʻa ʻOku Fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe he ʻOfá
“Nae ikai foaki e he Otua kiate kitautolu ae laumalie oe manavajii; ka koe malohi, moe ofa, moe loto fakabotoboto.”—2 TIMOTE 1:7, PM.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ʻe he ʻofá ke ne ueʻi ha taha ke ne faí? (e) Ko e hā naʻe anga-kehe ai ʻa e loto-toʻa ʻa Sīsuú?
NAʻE uku mānava kasa ha ongo meʻa toki mali foʻou ofi ki ha kolo ʻi he matāfonua fakahahake ʻo ʻAositelēliá. ʻI heʻena fakaaʻuaʻu hake ki he fukahi tahí naʻe hangatonu mai ha fuʻu ʻanga hinehina ki he fefiné. ʻI ha foʻi ngāue loto-toʻa, naʻe tekeʻi ʻe he tangatá hono uaifí ki he tafaʻakí ʻo ne tuku ke maʻu ia ʻe he ʻangá. “Naʻá ne foaki ʻene moʻuí koeʻuhi ko au,” ko e lea ia ʻa e uitoú ʻi he fai ʻo e putú.
2 ʻIo, ʻoku lava ʻe he ʻofá ke ne ueʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke nau fakahāhā ʻa e loto-toʻa fisifisimuʻa. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi tonu: “Talaʻehai ʻoku ai ha ʻofa ʻa ha taha ʻe lahi ʻi he ʻofa ko é, ke ne liʻaki ʻene moʻui koeʻuhi ko hono ngaahi kaumeʻa.” (Sione 15:13) Siʻi hifo ʻi he houa ʻe 24 hili ʻa e leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi leá ni, naʻá ne foaki ʻene moʻuí tonu, ʻo ʻikai maʻa ha tokotaha pē, ka maʻá e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (Mātiu 20:28) ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe ʻikai ke foaki ʻe Sīsū ʻene moʻuí ʻi ha foʻi ngāue loto-toʻa ākenoa hake pē. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ki muʻa ʻe lumaʻi ia mo ngaohikoviʻi, tautea taʻetotonu, pea tāmateʻi ʻi ha ʻakau fakamamahi. Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne teuʻi ʻene kau ākongá ki he meʻá ni, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko eni, ʻoku tau ʻalu hake ki Selusalema; pea ʻe tuku atu ʻa e Fanautama ʻa Tangata ki he houʻeiki taulaʻeiki mo e kau sikalaipe; pea te nau fakamāumatea ia; pea te nau tuku atu ia ki he kakai Senitaile: ʻa ia te nau taukaea ia, mo ʻanuhia, mo haha ia, mo tāmateʻi ia; pea hili ʻa e ʻaho ʻe tolu te ne toetuʻu.”—Maake 10:33, 34.
3. Ko e hā naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻa e loto-toʻa lahi ʻa Sīsuú?
3 Ko e hā naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻa e loto-toʻa anga-kehe ʻa Sīsuú? Naʻe kaunga lahi ki ai ʻa e tuí mo e manavahē ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 5:7; 12:2) Kae kehe, hiliō he meʻa kotoa, naʻe tupu ʻa e loto-toʻa ʻa Sīsuú mei heʻene ʻofa, fakatouʻosi ki he ʻOtuá pea ki hono kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (1 Sione 3:16) Kapau te tau fakatupulekina ʻa e faʻahinga ʻofa ko iá ʻo tānaki atu ki he tuí mo e manavahē ʻOtuá, te tau malava mo kitautolu foki ke fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e loto-toʻa hangē ko Kalaisí. (Efeso 4:33 [Ef 5:2, PM]) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻofa peheé? ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau lāuʻilo ki he Tupuʻanga ʻo e ʻofá.
“Ko ʻOfa ko e Tupu mei he ʻOtua”
4. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ko Sihova ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e ʻofá?
4 Ko Sihová ko e fakasino mo e Tupuʻanga ia ʻo e ʻofá. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné: “Siʻi ʻofaʻanga, ke tau feʻofaʻaki muʻa: he ko ʻofa ko e tupu mei he ʻOtua ia; pea ko ia kotoa pe ʻoku ʻofa kuo fanauʻi ia mei he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtua. Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻofa, kuo ʻikai te ne momoʻi ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtua; he ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻOfa.” (1 Sione 4:7, 8) Ko ia ai, ko e ʻofa hangē ko e ʻOtuá, ʻoku lava ke tupulekina ia ʻi ha taha ʻi he taimi pē ʻokú ne toki ʻunuʻunu ofi ai kia Sihova fakafou ʻi he ʻilo totonu pea ngāue ki he ʻilo ko iá ʻi he talangofua mei he lotó.—Filipai 1:9; Semisi 4:8; 1 Sione 5:3.
5, 6. Ko e hā naʻá ne tokoniʻi ʻa e muʻaki kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ke nau fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻofa hangē ko Kalaisí?
5 ʻI heʻene lotu fakaʻosi mo ʻene kau ʻapositolo faitōnunga ʻe toko 11, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fekauʻaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mo e tupulekina ʻi he ʻofá, ʻo pehē: “Kuo u fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ho huafa, ʻio, pea te u fakaʻilo pē: koeʻuhi ke ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻofa kuo ke ʻofa ʻaki kiate au, pea ke u ʻiate kinautolu foki mo au.” (Sione 17:26) Naʻe tokoniʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene kau ākongá ke nau fakatupu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻofa naʻe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoʻona mo ʻene Tamaí, ʻo fakahaaʻi fakatouʻosi ʻi he lea pea ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko e ngaahi ʻulungāanga fakaofo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, naʻe malava ʻe Sīsū ke ne pehē: “Ko ia kuo ne mātā au, kuo ne mātā ʻa e Tamai.”—Sione 14:9, 10; 17:8.
6 Ko e ʻofa hangē ko Kalaisí ko ha fua ia ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Kaletia 5:22) ʻI hono maʻu ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní naʻe talaʻofaʻaki ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻenau manatuʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi naʻe akoʻi ange ʻe Sīsū kiate kinautolú ka naʻa nau toe maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga kakato ange ʻo e Tohi Tapú. ʻOku hā mahino naʻe fakatupulekina ʻe he mahino loloto ange ko ʻení ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá. (Sione 14:26; 15:26) Ko e hā hono olá? Naʻa mo e ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻenau moʻuí tonu, naʻa nau malangaʻi loto-toʻa mo faivelenga ʻa e ongoongo leleí.—Ngāue 5:28, 29.
Fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e Loto-Toʻá mo e ʻOfá
7. Ko e hā naʻe pau ke kātekina ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ʻi heʻena fononga fakamisinalé?
7 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Nae ikai foaki e he Otua kiate kitautolu ae laumalie oe manavajii; ka koe malohi, moe ofa, moe loto fakabotoboto.” (2 Timote 1:7, PM) Naʻe lea ʻa Paula mei heʻene taukei ʻaʻana tonu. Fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻá ne fou ai mo Panepasa ʻi heʻena fononga fakamisinalé. Naʻá na malanga ʻi ha ngaahi kolo lalahi, ʻo kau ai ʻa ʻAniteoke, ʻAikoniume mo Līsita. ʻI he kolo taki taha, naʻe hoko ai ha kakai ko e kau tui, ka ne hoko ʻa e niʻihi kehe ia ko e kau fakafepaki fakafili. (Ngāue 13:2, 14, 45, 50; 14:1, 5) ʻI Līsita, naʻe ʻita lahi ai ha fuʻu kakai pea aʻu ʻo nau tolomakaʻi ʻa Paula, ʻo liʻaki ai ʻi he pehē kuó ne mate! “Pea lolotonga ʻa e tuʻu takai kiate ia ʻe he kau ako, naʻa ne tuʻu hake ʻo hu ki he kolo: pea pongipongi hake naʻa na ō atu mei ai mo Panepasa ki Teape.”—Ngāue 14:6, 19, 20.
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tapua atu ʻe he loto-toʻa naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Paula mo Panepasá ʻena ʻofa loloto ki he kakaí?
8 Naʻe hanga ʻe he feinga ko ʻeni ke tāmateʻi ʻa Paulá ʻo fakailifiaʻi ia mo Panepasa ke na foʻi? ʻIkai ʻaupito! ʻI he hili hono “fakaului ha tokolahi ki he ako” ʻi Teape, naʻe “foki ki Lisita mo Aikoniume mo Aniteoke” ʻa e ongo tangatá ni. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga foʻoú ke nau kei tuʻu kalikali ai pē ʻi he tuí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula mo Panepasa: “Ko ʻetau hū ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua, kuo pau ke tau fou ʻi he ngaahi mamahi lahi.” ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe tupu ʻena loto-toʻá mei heʻena ʻofa loloto ki ‘siʻi fanga sipi’ ʻa Kalaisí. (Ngāue 14:21-23; Sione 21:15-17) ʻI he hili hono fakanofo ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga taki taha naʻe toki fokotuʻú, naʻe fai ʻe he ongo tokouá ni ha lotu peá na ‘toki tuku kinautolu kuo nau tuí kia Sihova.’
9. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e kau mātuʻa mei ʻEfesoó ki he ʻofa ʻa Paula ʻiate kinautolú?
9 Ko ha tokotaha ʻofa mo loto-toʻa ʻa Paula ʻo hoko ai ha tokolahi ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻo ʻofa loloto ʻiate ia. Manatuʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi ha fakataha naʻe fai ʻe Paula mo e kau mātuʻa mei ʻEfesoó, ʻa ia naʻá ne nofo ai ʻi ha taʻu ʻe tolu ʻo ne hokosia ai ha fakafepaki lahi. (Ngāue 20:17-31) Hili hono fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e tākanga ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo tuku kiate kinautolú, naʻe tūʻulutui hifo ʻa Paula fakataha mo kinautolu ʻo ne lotu. Pea “nau fuʻu tangi kotoa pē, ʻo nau taupe ʻi he uʻa ʻo Paula, ʻo nau toutou ʻuma lolomi kiate ia: pea lahi taha ʻenau mamahi koeʻuhi ko e lea kuo ne toki fai, tokua ʻe ʻikai te nau toe siofia siʻi fofonga oʻona.” He ʻofa lahi ē ʻa e fanga tokouá ni ʻia Paulá! Ko hono moʻoní, ʻi he hoko mai ʻa e taimi ke ne mavahe aí, naʻe pau kia Paula mo hono kaungā fonongá ke nau feinga ke ‘matanga meiate kinautolu,’ he naʻe toumoua ʻa e kau mātuʻa fakalotofonuá ke tukuange kinautolu ke nau ō.—Ngāue 20:36–21:1.
10. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahāhaaʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi onopōní ʻa e feʻofaʻaki loto-toʻá?
10 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí, kau mātuʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá, mo e tokolahi kehe ʻoku ʻofaʻi loloto kinautolu koeʻuhi ko e loto-toʻa ʻoku nau fakahāhā maʻá e fanga sipi ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku haveki ʻe he tau fakalotofonuá pe ʻoku tapui ai ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá, kuo tuku ai ʻe he kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí mo honau ngaahi uaifí ʻenau moʻuí mo ʻenau tauʻatāiná ke ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki koeʻuhi kae ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá. Pehē foki, kuo faingataʻaʻia ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi ʻi he kau pule kakahá mo honau kau muimuí koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai ke nau lavakiʻi honau kaungā Fakamoʻoní mo e ʻikai ke fakahā ʻa e feituʻu naʻa nau maʻu mei ai ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālié. Kuo fakatangaʻi ʻa e laui afe kehe mo fakamamahiʻi, pea aʻu ʻo tāmateʻi koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai ke nau tuku ʻa hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí pe tuku ʻenau feohi mo honau ngaahi kaungātuí ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. (Ngāue 5:28, 29; Hepelu 10:24, 25) ʻOfa ke tau faʻifaʻitaki ki he tui mo e ʻofa ʻa e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine loto-toʻa peheé!—1 Tesalonaika 1:6.
ʻOua ʻE Tuku ke Fakaʻaʻau ʻo Momoko Hoʻomou ʻOfá
11. ʻI he ongo founga fē ʻoku faitau ai ʻa Sētane ʻi ha tau fakalaumālie mo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻo fiemaʻu ai ʻa e hā mei heʻenau tafaʻakí?
11 ʻI hono lī hifo ʻo Sētane ki he māmaní, naʻá ne fakapapauʻi ke fakahanga ʻene ʻitá ki he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová koeʻuhi ko ʻenau “tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtua, mo nau puke maʻu ʻenau fakamoʻoni kia Sisu.” (Fakahā 12:9, 17) Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻa e Tēvoló ko e fakatangá. Kae kehe, kuo faʻa hoko ai ʻa e meʻa kehe ia koeʻuhi ʻoku tohoakiʻi ʻe he meʻa ia ko iá ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo nau toe vāofi ange ʻi he haʻi ko e ʻofa faka-Kalisitiané pea ueʻi ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ke nau faivelenga lahi ange. Ko e toe founga ʻe taha ʻa Sētane ko e ʻai ke fakamānako ʻa e ngaahi hehema fakaetangata angahalaʻiá. ʻOku fiemaʻu ha loto-toʻa makehe ki hono talitekeʻi ʻa e founga ko ʻení koeʻuhi ko ha faitau ʻeni ia ʻi loto, ʻi hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi holi taʻetotonu ʻi hotau loto ‘kākā mo koví.’—Selemaia 17:9; Semisi 1:14, 15.
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ʻa e “laumalie ʻoku ʻo mamani” ʻi heʻene feinga ke fakavaivaiʻi ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá?
12 ʻI he tukuʻanga mahafu ʻa Sētané ʻoku ʻi ai ha toe meʻatau mālohi ai—“ko e laumalie ʻoku ʻo mamani,” ʻa ia, ko e hehema pe taumuʻa tefito ʻa e māmaní, ʻa ia ʻoku fakafepaki hangatonu ki he laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá. (1 Kolinito 2:12) ʻOku pouaki ʻe he laumālie ʻo e māmaní ʻa e mānumanú mo e tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié—ʻa e “holi ʻo e mata.” (1 Sione 2:16; 1 Timote 6:9, 10) Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai hano maumau ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié mo e paʻangá ʻiate kinaua pē, kapau ʻoku fetongi ʻe heʻetau ʻofa aí ʻa ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá, tā kuo ikuna ʻa Sētane ia. Ko e mafai pe “malohi” ʻo e laumālie ʻo e māmaní ʻoku ʻi heʻene fakamānako ki he kakano angahalaʻiá, ʻi heʻene olopotó, ʻi heʻene taʻeʻunuá, pea ʻi heʻene hūhū hangē ko e ʻeá. ʻOua ʻe fakaʻatā ʻa e laumālie ʻo e māmaní ke ne uesia ho lotó!—Efeso 2:2, 3, PM; Palovepi 4:23.
13. ʻE anga-fēfē nai hano ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻetau loto-toʻa ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e maʻa fakaeʻulungāangá?
13 Kae kehe, ke talitekeʻi mo fakafisingaʻi ʻa e laumālie kovi ʻo e māmaní, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e maʻa fakaeʻulungāangá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke tuʻu hake pea hū ki tuʻa mei ha fale faiva pe ke tāmateʻi ʻa e komipiutá pe ko e TV ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻasi mai ai ha ngaahi ʻata taʻetāú. ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke te tuʻu ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e tenge fakatupu maumau ʻa e toʻumeʻá pea ke taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi feohi koví. Pehē foki, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke pouaki ʻa e ngaahi lao mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fehangahangai mo e lumá, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku haʻu mei he kaungāakó, kaungāngāué, ngaahi kaungāʻapí pe ngaahi kāingá.—1 Kolinito 15:33; 1 Sione 5:19.
14. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí kapau ʻoku uesia kitautolu ʻe he laumālie ʻo e māmaní?
14 Ko ia, he mahuʻinga lahi ē ke tau fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá pea ki hotau fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine fakalaumālié! Vaheʻi ha taimi ke ke vakaiʻi ai hoʻo ngaahi taumuʻá pea mo e founga moʻuí ke sio pe kuo uesia koe ʻi ha founga ʻe he laumālie ʻo e māmaní. Kapau kuo pehē—naʻa mo haʻane kiʻi uesia siʻisiʻi pē—lotu leva kia Sihova ki ha loto-toʻa ke taʻaki fuʻu atu ia ʻo liʻaki. Heʻikai ke tukunoaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi kole loto-moʻoni peheé. (Sāme 51:17) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku mālohi mamaʻo ange hono laumālié ʻoʻona ʻi he laumālie ʻo e māmaní.—1 Sione 4:4.
Fehangahangai Loto-Toʻa mo e Ngaahi ʻAhiʻahi Fakafoʻituituí
15, 16. ʻE malava fēfē ʻe he ʻofa hangē ko Kalaisí ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi fakafoʻituituí? ʻOmai ha fakatātā.
15 Ko e ngaahi faingataʻa kehe kuo pau ke fekuki mo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi haʻahaʻa ʻo e taʻehaohaoá mo e taʻumotuʻá, ʻoku faʻa iku ai ki he mahamahaki, faingataʻaʻia fakasino, loto-mafasia mo e ngaahi palopalema lahi kehe. (Loma 8:22) Ko e ʻofa hangē ko Kalaisí ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ni. Fakakaukau atu ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Namangolwa, ʻa ia naʻe tauhi hake ʻi ha fāmili Kalisitiane ʻi Semipia. ʻI he taimi naʻe taʻu ua ai ʻa e kiʻi taʻahiné ni, naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia fakaesino. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Naʻá ku ongoʻi mā ʻi he fakakaukau atu ʻe palakūʻia e kakaí ʻi hoku fōtungá. Ka naʻe tokoniʻi au ʻe hoku fanga tokoua fakalaumālié ke kehe ʻeku vakai ki he ngaahi meʻá. Ko hono olá, naʻá ku ikuʻi ʻeku ongoʻi maá, pea ʻi he faai mai ʻa e taimí naʻá ku papitaiso.”
16 Neongo ʻoku ʻalu saliote ʻa Namangolwa, ʻoku faʻa pau ke ne totolo ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne ʻi ha hala touʻone aí. Neongo ia, ʻokú ne kau ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tāimuʻa tokoni ʻo ʻikai toe siʻi hifo ʻi he māhina ʻe ua ʻi he taʻu taki taha. Naʻe tangi ha tokotaha-ʻapi ʻe taha ʻi he taimi naʻe faifakamoʻoni atu ai ʻa Namangolwa kiate iá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi naʻe maongo loloto kiate ia ʻa e tui mo e loto-toʻa ʻa hotau tuofefiné ni. Ko ha fakamoʻoni ʻo e tāpuaki lahi fau ʻa Sihová, ko e toko nima ʻo e kau ako Tohi Tapu ʻa Namangolwa kuo nau ʻosi papitaiso, pea ko e toko taha ʻokú ne hoko ko ha mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. “ʻOku faʻa langa lahi hoku ongo vaʻé,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ka ʻoku ʻikai te u fakaʻatā ia ke ne taʻofi au.” Ko e tuofefiné ni ko e taha pē ia ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi ʻi māmani lahi ʻoku nau ngāvaivai ʻi he sinó kae mālohi ʻi he laumālié koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo e kaungāʻapí. He manakoa lahi ē ko e faʻahinga peheé kotoa ʻi he vakai ʻa Sihová!—Hakeai 2:7.
17, 18. Ko e hā ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e tokolahi ke nau kātekina ʻa e mahamahakí mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehé? ʻOmai ha ngaahi fakatātā fakalotofonua.
17 ʻOku malava foki ʻa e mahaki tauhí ke hoko ʻo fakalotosiʻi, naʻa mo fakatupu loto-mafasia. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tokotaha mātuʻa ʻo ha fakatahaʻanga: “ʻI he kulupu ako tohi ʻoku ou ʻalu ki aí, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e tuofefine ʻe taha ʻoku faingataʻaʻia tupu mei he suká mo e maumau ʻa e kofuuá, ko e tuofefine ʻe taha ʻoku kanisā, toko ua ʻokú na maʻu ʻa e langa-hui lahi, pea ko e tuofefine ʻe taha ʻokú ne fakatou maʻu ʻa e mahaki kili mo e langa uoua. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ongoʻi loto-siʻi ai. Neongo ia, ʻoku nau toki liʻaki pē ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau puke lahi aí pe ʻi he falemahakí. ʻOku nau kau kotoa maʻu pē ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. ʻOku nau fakamanatu mai kiate au ʻa Paula, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē: ‘ʻI he taimi ʻoku ou vaivai aí, ko ʻeku toki mālohí ia.’ ʻOku ou tanganeʻia ʻi heʻenau ʻofá mo ʻenau loto-toʻá. Mahalo ʻoku ʻoange ʻe honau tuʻungá kiate kinautolu ha vakai māʻalaʻala ange ki he moʻuí mo e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga moʻoní.”—2 Kolinito 12:10.
18 Kapau ʻokú ke fāinga mo e ngāvaivaí, mahamahakí, pe ko ha palopalema kehe, “lotu taʻetuku” ki ha tokoni koeʻuhi ke ʻoua ʻe maʻukovia koe ʻe he loto-siʻí. (1 Tesalonaika 5:14, 17) Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ngalingali te ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fetōʻaki fakaeongo, kae feinga ke tokangataha pē ki he tafaʻaki leleí, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié, tautefito ki heʻetau ʻamanaki mahuʻinga ki he Puleʻangá. “Kiate au, ko e faitoʻó ko e ngāue fakamalangá,” ko e lea ia ʻa ha tuofefine ʻe taha. Ko hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé ʻoku tokoniʻi ai ia ke ne tauhi maʻu ha fakatuʻamelie.
ʻOku Tokoniʻi ʻe he ʻOfá ʻa e Kau Faihalá Ke Nau Foki kia Sihova
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻe tokoni ki he faʻahinga kuo nau tō ki he angahalá ke langaʻi ʻa e loto-toʻa ke toe foki kia Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
19 Ko e tokolahi kuo nau hoko ʻo vaivai fakalaumālie pe kuo nau faiangahalá ʻoku faingataʻa ke nau foki kia Sihova. Ka ʻe hoko mai ʻa e loto-toʻa ʻoku fiemaʻú kapau ʻoku fakatomala moʻoni ʻa e faʻahinga peheé pea toe fakafoʻou ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá. Fakakaukau ange kia Maliō,a ʻa ia ʻokú ne nofo ʻi ʻAmelika. Naʻe mavahe ʻa Maliō mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, hoko ʻo ʻolokahōlika pea maʻu ʻe he faitoʻo kona tapú, pea ʻi he hili ha taʻu ʻe 20, naʻe tuku pōpula ia. ʻOku pehē ʻe Maliō: “Naʻe kamata ke u fakakaukau lahi ʻaupito fekauʻaki mo hoku kahaʻú pea ke toe lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, naʻá ku hoko ʻo houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi ʻulungāanga ʻo Sihová, tautefito ki heʻene mēsí, ʻa ia naʻá ku faʻa lotu ki aí. ʻI he hili hono tukuange au mei he ʻapi pōpulá, naʻá ku fakamamaʻo mei hoku ngaahi takanga fuoloá, ʻalu ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, pea faai mai pē ʻo toe fakafoki mai au. ʻI hoku sinó, naʻá ku utu ai ʻa e meʻa naʻá ku toó, ka ʻi he taimí ni kuó u maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakaofo. ʻOku ou fakamālō lahi ʻaupito kia Sihova heʻene manavaʻofá mo ʻene fakamolemolé.”—Sāme 103:9-13; 130:3, 4; Kaletia 6:7, 8.
20 Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga meimei tatau mo Malioó kuo pau ke nau ngāue mālohi ke foki kia Sihova. Ka ko ʻenau ʻofa kuo toe fakafoʻoú—ko ha ola ʻo e ako ʻo e Tohi Tapú, lotú mo e fakalaulaulotó—te ne ʻoatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e loto-toʻa mo e fakapapau ʻoku fiemaʻú. Naʻe toe fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa Maliō ʻe he ʻamanaki ki he Puleʻangá. ʻIo, ʻi he ʻalu fakataha mo e ʻofá, tuí mo e manavahē ʻOtuá, ʻoku malava ke hoko ai ʻa e ʻamanakí ko ha tākiekina mālohi ki he leleí ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. ʻI he kupu hoko maí, te tau vakai ofi ange ai ki he meʻaʻofa fakalaumālie mahuʻinga ko ʻení.
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a Kuo liliu ʻa e hingoá.
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Tali?
• Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e ʻofá ki he loto-toʻa fisifisimuʻa ʻa Sīsuú?
• Naʻe anga-fēfē hono hanga ʻe he ʻofa ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ki he fanga tokouá ʻo ʻoange kiate kinaua ha loto-toʻa anga-kehé?
• ʻI he founga fē ʻoku feinga ai ʻa Sētane ke keina ʻa e ʻofa faka-Kalisitiané?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻoku malava ʻe he ʻofa kia Sihová ke ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke tau kātekiná?
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Naʻe hanga ʻe he ʻofa ʻa Paula ki he kakaí ʻo ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e loto-toʻa ke kātaki
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ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke pouaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá
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