Tākanga ʻe Taha, Tauhi ʻe Taha
“Ko kimoutolu kuo mou muimui ʻiate au ʻe fakanofo kimoutolu foki ki ha taloni ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo mou fakamāu ʻa e matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli.”—MT. 19:28.
1. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fakafeangai ʻa Sihova ki he hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé, pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ai eni naʻá ne liʻaki fakaʻaufuli ʻa e kakai kehé kotoa?
NAʻE ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻia ʻĒpalahame, ko ia naʻá Ne fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ʻofa mateaki ki he hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé. Laka hake ʻi he senituli ʻe 15, naʻá ne vakai ki he puleʻanga ʻIsilelí, ʻa ia naʻa nau tupu meia ʻĒpalahamé, ko ʻene kakai fili, ko ʻene “koloa kanokato” pe makehe. (Lau ʻa e Teutalonome 7:6.) Naʻe ʻuhinga iá naʻe liʻaki fakaʻaufuli ʻe Sihova ia ʻa e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga kehé? ʻIkai. Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá, ko e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e ʻIsileli naʻa nau holi ke lotu kia Sihová naʻe fakaʻatā ke nau kau atu ki he puleʻanga makehe ko ení. Ko e kau liliu, pe ului Siu ko ení, naʻe vakai kia kinautolu ko e konga ʻo e puleʻangá. Naʻe pau ke tōʻongafai kia kinautolu ko e fanga tokoua. (Liv. 19:33, 34) Pea naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau talangofua ki he lao kotoa ʻa Sihová.—Liv. 24:22.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e fanongonongo fakaʻohovale naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú, ʻo iku ia ki he fehuʻi ko e hā?
2 Kae kehe, naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fanongonongo fakaʻohovale ki he kau Siu ʻi hono taimí: “ʻE toʻo meiate kimoutolu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua, pea ʻe tuku ki ha kakai ʻoku fua ʻo tāu mo ia.” (Mt. 21:43) Ko hai ʻe faʻuʻaki ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē kaunga kia kitautolu he ʻaho ní ʻa e liliu ko ení?
Puleʻanga Foʻou
3, 4. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení? (e) Ko hai ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení?
3 Naʻe fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení. Naʻá ne tohi eni ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané: “Ko kimoutolu ko e haʻa fili, ko e tuʻunga taulaʻeiki fakatuʻi, ko e kakai tapu, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku maʻane meʻa tonu, koeʻuhiā ke mou ongoongoa atu ʻa e ngaahi lelei ʻo ʻEne ʻAfio, ʻa ia naʻa ne ui mai kimoutolu mei he poʻuli ki he maama fakaofo aʻana.” (1 Pita 2:9) Hangē ko ia ne tomuʻa talá, ko e kau Siu tonu naʻa nau tali ʻa Sīsū ko e Mīsaiá ʻa e ʻuluaki kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga foʻou ko iá. (Tan. 9:27a; Mt. 10:6) Ki mui ai, naʻe toe fakakau atu ki he puleʻanga ko ení ʻa e faʻahinga tokolahi ʻikai ko e ʻIsileli, he naʻe hoko atu ʻa Pita ʻo pehē: “ʻA kimoutolu ʻa ia ko e ʻataʻi kakai ʻi muʻa, ka ko eni ko e kakai ʻa e ʻOtua.”—1 Pita 2:10.
4 Naʻe lea heni ʻa Pitá kia hai? ʻI he kamataʻanga ʻo ʻene tohí, ʻokú ne pehē: “[Ko e ʻOtuá] naʻa ne fakatupufoʻou kitautolu ke maʻu ha ʻamanaki ʻoku moʻui, ko e meʻa ʻi he toetuʻu ʻa Sisu mei he pekia; ʻio ke maʻu ha tofiʻa ʻoku taʻeʻauha mo taʻemele mo taʻemae, ʻa ia kuo taʻofia ʻi hevani moʻomoutolu.” (1 Pita 1:3, 4) Ko ia ko e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení ʻoku faʻuʻaki ia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane pani, ʻa ia ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki fakahēvaní. Ko kinautolu ʻa e “Isileli oe Otua.” (Kal. 6:16, PM) ʻI ha vīsone, naʻe mamata ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ko e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālie ko ení ko e toko 144,000. Ko kinautolú “naʻe fakatau mei he kakai, ko e fuatapu maʻa e ʻOtua mo e Lami” ke nau ngāue ko e “kau taulaeiki” pea ke nau “bule mo [Sīsū] i he taʻu e taha afe.”—Fkh. 5:10; 7:4; 14:1, 4; 20:6, PM; Sem. 1:18.
ʻOku Toe Kau Ai ha Niʻihi Kehe?
5. (a) ʻOku ʻuhinga kia hai ʻa e kupuʻi lea “Isileli oe Otua”? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fakangatangata maʻu ai pē ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi lea “Isileli”?
5 ʻOku hā mahino leva, ko e kupuʻi lea “Isileli oe Otua” ʻi he Kaletia 6:16 (PM) ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻataʻatā pē ia ki he kau Kalisitiane paní. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e puleʻanga ʻIsilelí ko ha fakatātā, pe talanoa fakatātā, ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kehe mei he kau paní? ʻOku lava ke maʻu ʻa e talí ʻi he lea ko eni ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ʻapositolo faitōnungá: “ʻOku ou fai ha fuakava mo kimoutolu, hangē tofu pē ko e fuakava kuo fai ʻe heʻeku Tamaí mo au, ki ha puleʻanga, ke mou lava ke kai mo inu ʻi heʻeku tēpilé ʻi hoku puleʻangá, pea nofo ki he ngaahi taloni ke fakamāuʻi ʻa e ngaahi matakali ʻe taha-ua ʻo ʻIsilelí.” (Luke 22:28-30, NW) ʻE fakahoko eni lolotonga “ʻa e Fakatupu foʻou,” pe ko e taimi ʻo e toe fakafoʻou, lolotonga ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisí.—Lau ʻa e Mātiu 19:28.
6, 7. Ko hai ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e kupuʻi lea “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli” ʻi he potutohi ʻo e Mātiu 19:28 mo e Luke 22:30?
6 ʻE ngāue ʻa e toko 144,000 ko e ngaahi tuʻi, kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau fakamaau lolotonga ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afé. (Fkh. 20:4) Ko hai te nau fakamāuʻí, pea te nau pule mai kia hai? ʻI he Mātiu 19:28 mo e Luke 22:30, ʻoku tala mai ai te nau fakamāuʻi ʻa e “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli.” Ko hai ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli” ʻi he potutohi ko ení? ʻOku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ʻamanaki fakaemāmaní—ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku tui ki he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ka ʻoku ʻikai fakakau ʻi he kalasi taulaʻeiki fakatuʻí. (Ko e matakali Līvaí naʻe ʻikai fakakau kinautolu ʻi he fakahokohoko ʻo e matakali tonu ʻe 12 ʻo ʻIsilelí.) Ko e faʻahinga naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻi he potutohi ko ení ʻe he matakali ʻe 12 ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻa e faʻahinga te nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga fakalaumālie mei he ngāue fakataulaʻeiki ʻa e toko 144,000. Ko e kau maʻu ʻaonga ko eni ʻoku ʻikai te nau taulaʻeikí ko e toe kakai foki ia ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻokú ne ʻofaʻi mo tali kinautolu. ʻOku feʻungamālie ʻa hono fakatatau kinautolu ki hono kakai ʻi he kuonga muʻá.
7 ʻI heʻene feʻungamālié, hili ʻa e mamata ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ki he kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālie ʻe toko 144,000 ʻi hono silaʻi tuʻuloa kinautolu ki muʻa ʻi he mamahi lahí, naʻá ne toe mamata ki ha “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻikai lava ʻo lau ʻa ia ʻoku nau haʻu “mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē.” (Fkh. 7:9) Ko e faʻahingá ni te nau hao atu ʻi he mamahi lahí ki he Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisí. Te nau kau fakataha ai mo e laui piliona ʻo e faʻahinga ʻe toetuʻú. (Sione 5:28, 29; Fkh. 20:13) Ko e faʻahingá ni kotoa ʻe faʻuʻaki kinautolu ʻa e “matakali [fakaefakatātā] ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli,” ʻa ia ʻe fakamāuʻi ʻe Sīsū mo hono kaungāpule ʻe toko 144,000.—Ng. 17:31; 24:15; Fkh. 20:12.
8. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻe he meʻa naʻe fai ʻi he ʻAho Fakaleleí ʻa e vahaʻangatae ʻo e toko 144,000 mo e toenga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
8 Ko e vahaʻangatae ko eni ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e toko 144,000 mo e toenga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá naʻe tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ia ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻi he ʻAho Fakalelei fakataʻú. (Liv. 16:6-10) Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻa e taulaʻeiki lahí, ʻuluakí, ke ne feilaulauʻi ha pulu ko ha feilaulau angahala “koeʻuhi ko ia mo hono fale.” Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻuluaki ngāueʻaki ʻa e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kau ʻi he taulaʻeiki tokoní, ʻa e faʻahinga te nau ngāue fakataha mo ia ʻi hēvaní. Pehē foki ʻi he ʻAho Fakalelei he kuonga muʻá, naʻe tokonaki mai ai ʻa e kosi ʻe ua maʻá e angahala ʻa e kau ʻIsileli kehé. ʻI he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení, ʻa ia ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ai ʻe he matakali taulaʻeikí ʻa e toko 144,000, ko e toenga ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻoku nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ʻamanaki ki he māmaní. Ko hono ngāueʻaki ko ení ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e foʻi lea “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli” ʻi he Mātiu 19:28 ʻoku ʻuhinga iá, ʻo ʻikai ki he kau taulaʻeiki tokoni fanauʻi ʻe he laumālie ʻa Sīsuú, ka ki he faʻahinga kehe kotoa pē ʻoku nau tui ki he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú.a
9. Ko hai ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻi he vīsone temipale ʻa ʻIsikelí, pea ko hai ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he kau ʻIsileli ʻikai taulaʻeikí?
9 Fakakaukau ki ha toe fakatātā ʻe taha. Naʻe ʻoange ki he palōfita ko ʻIsikelí ha vīsone fakalahi ʻo e temipale ʻo Sihová. (Isi., vahe 40-48) ʻI he vīsone ko iá, naʻe ngāue ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí ʻi he temipalé, ʻi hono tokonaki ʻa e fakahinohinó mo hono tali ʻa e faleʻi mo e fakatonutonu ʻa Sihová. (Isi. 44:23-31) ʻI he vīsone tatau, naʻe haʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e matakali kehekehe ke lotu mo fai feilaulau. (Isi. 45:16, 17) ʻI he potutohi leva ko ení, ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he kau taulaʻeikí ʻa e kau paní, lolotonga ia ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he kau ʻIsileli mei he ngaahi matakali ʻikai taulaʻeikí ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ki he māmaní. ʻOku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he vīsoné ko e ongo kulupú ʻokú na ngāue feongoongoi, ʻo takimuʻa ʻa e kalasi taulaʻeikí ʻi he lotu maʻá.
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā e fakahoko fakatuimālohi ʻo e lea ʻa Sīsuú kuo tau sio ki aí?i (e) Ko e hā e fehuʻi ʻoku malanga hake fekauʻaki mo e fanga sipi kehé?
10 Naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū ʻo kau ki he “fanga sipi kehe,” ʻa ia heʻikai te nau ʻi he “takanga” ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “fanga sipi toko siʻi” ʻo hono kau muimui paní. (Sione 10:16; Luke 12:32) Naʻá ne pehē: “Kuo pau ke u taki ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia foki: pea te nau tokanga ki hoku leʻo; pea te nau hoko ko e takanga pe taha, pea taha pe ʻa e tauhi.” He fakatuimālohi moʻoni ke sio ki he fakahoko ʻo e lea ko iá! Kuo fakatahaʻi ha kulupu ʻe ua ʻo e kakaí—ko e kulupu tokosiʻi ʻo e kau paní mo e fuʻu kakai lahi ʻo e fanga sipi kehé. (Lau ʻa e Sakalaia 8:23.) Neongo ko e fanga sipi kehé ʻoku ʻikai te nau ngāue fakaefakatātā ʻi he lotoʻā ʻi loto ʻo e temipale fakalaumālié, ʻoku nau ngāue moʻoni ʻi tuʻa ʻi he lotoʻā ʻo e temipale ko iá.
11 Ka ʻo kapau ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ʻikai ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ke fakatātaaʻi ʻaki ʻa e fanga sipi kehe ko ení, ʻoku totonu ke toe maʻu ʻinasi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki fakaemāmaní ʻi he mā mo e uaine Fakamanatú? Te tau vakai he taimí ni ki he tali ki he fehuʻi ko ení.
Fuakava Foʻou
12. Ko e hā ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sihová?
12 Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sihova ha fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou ki hono kakaí ʻi heʻene pehē: “E hoko mai ae gaahi aho, teu fai ai ae fuakava foou moe fale o Isileli . . . Teu ai eku fono ki ho nau loto, bea teu tohi ia i ho nau laumalie; bea teu hoko ko ho nau Otua, bea e hoko akinautolu ko hoku kakai.” (Sel. 31:31-33, PM) Fakafou ʻi he fuakava foʻou ko ení, ko e talaʻofa ʻa Sihova kia ʻĒpalahamé naʻe pau ke fakahoko lāngilangiʻia mo tuʻuloa.—Lau ʻa e Senesi 22:18.
13, 14. (a) Ko hai ʻoku kau ʻi he fuakava foʻoú? (e) Ko hai ʻa e kau maʻu ʻaongá, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻenau “puke maʻu” ki he fuakava foʻou ko ení?
13 Naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū ki he fuakava foʻou ko ení ʻi he pō ki muʻa ke ne pekiá ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko e ipu ni ko e fuakava foʻou ia ʻoku faiʻaki hoku toto, ʻa ia ʻoku lilingi koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu.” (Luke 22:20; 1 Kol. 11:25) ʻOku kau ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻi he fuakava foʻou ko ení? ʻIkai. Ko e niʻihi, hangē ko e kau ʻapositoló ʻa ia naʻa nau inu ʻi he ipú he efiafi ko iá, ʻoku nau kau ʻi he fuakava foʻoú.b Naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ha toe fuakava mo kinautolu ke nau pule fakataha mo ia ʻi hono Puleʻangá. (Luke 22:28-30) Te nau kau fakataha mo Sīsū ʻi hono Puleʻangá.—Luke 22:15, 16.
14 Fēfē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻa ia te nau moʻui ʻi he māmaní ʻi he malumalu ʻo hono Puleʻangá? Ko e kau maʻu ʻaonga kinautolu ʻo e fuakava foʻoú. (Kal. 3:8, 9) Neongo ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau, ʻoku nau “puke maʻu” ʻa e fuakava ko ení ʻaki ʻa e fakamoʻulaloa ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ki aí, hangē tofu pē ko ia ne tomuʻa tala ʻe he palōfita ko ʻAiseá: “[Ko e] gaahi foha oe muli, oku fakahoko akinautolu kia Jihova, ke tauhi ia, bea ke ofa ki he huafa o Jihova, ke hoko ko eku kau tamaioeiki, ko kinautolu kotoabe oku tauhi ae aho tabu kae ikai fakauli ia, bea oku buke mau ki he eku fuakava; Io ko kinautolu teu omi ki hoku mouga tabu, bea teu fakafiefiaʻi akinautolu i hoku fale lotu.” ʻOku hoko atu leva ʻa Sihova ʻo pehē: “E ui hoku fale koe fale lotu ki he kakai fulibe.”—Ai. 56:6, 7, PM.
Ko Hai ʻOku Totonu ke Maʻu ʻInasí?
15, 16. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakafehokotaki ki ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fuakava foʻoú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke maʻu ʻinasi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakaemāmaní ʻi he mā mo e uaine ʻo e Fakamanatú?
15 Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻi he fuakava foʻoú ʻoku nau ‘maʻu ʻa e loto-lahi ke hu ki he Potu Toputapú.’ (Lau ʻa e Hepelu 10:15-20.) Ko e faʻahinga eni kuo pau ke nau “maʻu ha puleʻanga, ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai faʻa lūlūʻi.” (Hep. 12:28) Ko ia ai, ko e faʻahinga pē te nau hoko ko e ngaahi tuʻi mo e kau taulaʻeiki ʻi hēvani fakataha mo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻoku totonu ke nau inu mei he “ipu” ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e fuakava foʻoú. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku kau ʻi he fuakava foʻoú ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe talaʻofa ke nau mali mo e Lamí. (2 Kol. 11:2; Fkh. 21:2, 9) Ko e faʻahinga kehe kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e Fakamanatu fakataʻú ko e kau mamata anga-fakaʻapaʻapa kinautolu, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he maá mo e uainé.
16 ʻOku toe tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Paula ke tau mahinoʻi ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakaemāmaní ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he mā mo e uaine ʻo e Fakamanatú. Naʻá ne pehē ki he kau Kalisitiane paní: “ʻIlonga haʻamou kai ʻa e ma ni mo inu ʻi he ipu, ʻoku mou fakaha ʻa e pekia ʻa e ʻEiki kaeʻoua ke ne hoko mai.” (1 Kol. 11:26) ʻOku “hoko mai” fakakū ʻa e ʻEikí? ʻI heʻene haʻu ke ʻave ʻa e fakamuimui taha ʻo ʻene kalasi taʻahine mali paní ki honau ʻapi fakahēvaní. (Sione 14:2, 3) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e kātoanga fakataʻu ʻo e Kai Efiafi ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku ʻikai pau ke hokohoko taʻetuku ia. Ko “hono toe” ʻo e hako ʻo e fefiné ʻi he māmaní ʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he kai ko ení kae ʻoua kuo nau maʻu kotoa ʻa honau pale fakahēvaní. (Fkh. 12:17) Ko ia ai, kapau ko e faʻahinga ko ia te nau moʻui taʻengata ʻi he māmaní naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e totonu ke maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he maá mo e uainé, tā ko e kai Fakamanatú ʻe fiemaʻu ia ke hokohoko atu ʻo taʻengata.
Te “Nau Hoko ko Hoku Kakai”
17, 18. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e kikite naʻe hiki ʻi he Isikeli 37:26, 27?
17 Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sihova ʻa e fāʻūtaha ʻa hono kakaí ʻi he ngaahi leá ni: “Teu fai foki ha fuakava fakamelino mo kinautolu; koe fuakava ia mo kinautolu ke taegata; bea teu fakanofo akinautolu, mo fakatokolahiʻi akinautolu, bea teu fokotuu a hoku fale tabu [pe potu toputapú] i ho nau lotolotoga ke lauikuoga. E iate kinautolu foki a hoku fale fehikitaki: io, teu i ai ko ho nau Otua au, bea ko hoku kakai akinautolu.”—Isi. 37:26, 27, PM.
18 Ki he kakai kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ha monū ia ke nau maʻu ʻaonga mei he fakahoko ʻo e talaʻofa fakaofo ko ení, ʻa e fuakava ko eni ki he melino faka-Kalisitiané. ʻIo, kuo fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e melino ki he kotoa ʻo ʻene kau sevāniti talangofuá. Ko e fua ʻo hono laumālié ʻoku hā mahino ia ʻi honau lotolotongá. Ko hono potu toputapú, ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ai heni ʻoku ʻi honau lotolotongá ʻa e lotu maʻa faka-Kalisitiané. Kuo nau hoko moʻoni ko hono kakai, he kuo nau liʻaki ʻa e founga kotoa pē ʻo e tauhi-ʻaitolí pea kuo nau ʻai ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua pē taha ʻoku nau lotu ki aí.
19, 20. Ko hai ʻoku kau ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku ui ʻe Sihova “ko hoku kakai,” pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻai ke malava ʻi he fuakava foʻoú?
19 He fakalotomāfana moʻoni ē ko e siotonu ʻi hono fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻa e ongo kulupu ko ení ʻi hotau taimí! Neongo ko e fuʻu kakai tokolahi tupu fakautuutú ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki fakahēvaní, ʻoku nau laukauʻaki ʻa e feohi mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu iá. Kuo nau muimui ofi ki he ʻIsileli ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI hono fai ení, ʻoku fakakau ai kinautolu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku ui ʻe Sihova “ko hoku kakai.” ʻOku tau maʻu ʻia kinautolu ʻa e fakahoko ʻo e kikité ni: “ʻE lahi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga te nau luva kinautolu kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, pea te nau hoko ko hoku kakai: pea te u nofo ʻi ho lotolotonga.”—Sak. 2:11; 8:21; lau ʻa e Aisea 65:22; Fakahā 21:3, 4.
20 Fakafou ʻi he fuakava foʻoú, kuo ʻai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko ení ke malava. Ko e laui miliona ʻo e kau muli fakalaumālié kuo nau hoko ko e konga ʻo e puleʻanga ʻoku hōifua ki ai ʻa Sihová. (Mai. 4:1-5) ʻOku nau fakapapauʻi ke hokohoko atu ʻa e puke maʻu ʻo e fuakava ko iá ʻaki hono tali ʻa e tokonaki ki aí pea talangofua ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu aí. (Ai. 56:6, 7) ʻI he fai peheé, ʻoku nau maʻu fakataha ai mo e ʻIsileli ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e tāpuaki lahi ʻo e melino hokohoko. Fakatauange ko e meʻa ia kuó ke hokosiá—ʻi he taimí ni pea ʻi he taimi kotoa he kahaʻú!
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ʻoku lau tautefito ki he kau paní ko e “fakatahaʻanga.” (Hep. 12:23, NW) Kae kehe, ko e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻoku lava ke ʻi ai hono ʻuhinga ʻe taha ki he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻoku nau maʻú.—Sio ki he Taua Leʻo ʻo ʻEpeleli 15, 2007, peesi 21-23.
b Ko Sīsū ʻa e Fakalaloa ʻo e fuakava ko iá, ʻo ʻikai te ne kau ki ai. ʻI hono tuʻunga ko e Fakalaloá, ʻoku hā mahino naʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he maá mo e uainé.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko hai ʻa e “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo Isileli” ʻe fakamāuʻi ʻe he toko 144,000?
• Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻangatae ʻo e kau paní mo e fanga sipi kehé fekauʻaki mo e fuakava foʻoú?
• ʻOku totonu ke maʻu ʻinasi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻi he mā mo e uaine ʻo e Fakamanatú?
• Ko e hā ʻa e fāʻūtaha naʻe tomuʻa tala ki hotau taimí?
[Saati/Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 25]
(Sio ki he tohi ki he fakamatala kakato)
ʻOku ngāue fakataha ʻa e tokolahi he taimí ni mo e ʻIsileli ʻa e ʻOtuá
1950 | 373,430
1970 | 1,483,430
1990 | 4,017,213
2009 | 7,313,173