Fakatahatahaʻi ʻe he “Tahaʻi Sihova” ʻEne Kakaí
‘ʻOku ou kōlenga atu ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie tahá.’—ʻEF. 4:1, 3.
ʻE FĒFĒ HAʻO FAKAMATALAʻI?
Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá?
ʻOku fēfē ʻetau “tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha”?
Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau “hoko ʻo feangaleleiʻaki”?
1, 2. Ko e hā kuo fakataumuʻa ʻe Sihova ki he māmaní mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
FĀMILI. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻomai ki hoʻo fakakaukaú ʻe he foʻi lea ko iá? Māfana? Fiefia? Ngāue fakataha atu ki ha taumuʻa anga-maheni? Ko ha taulangaū ke tupu hake ai, ako, mo fevahevaheʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau? Ngalingali ʻoku pehē kapau ko ha konga koe ʻo ha fāmili tokanga. Ko Sihova tonu ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e fāmilí. (ʻEf. 3:14, 15) Naʻá ne fakataumuʻa ko ʻene ngaahi meʻamoʻui kotoa ʻi hēvani mo māmaní ke nau maʻu ha ongoʻi malu, fefalalaʻaki, mo fāʻūtaha moʻoni.
2 Hili ʻena faiangahalá, naʻe ʻikai kei hoko ʻa e ongo meʻa fakaetangatá ko e konga ʻo e fāmili fakaeʻuniveesi ʻo e ʻOtuá, ka naʻe ʻikai ke taʻofi ai ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová. Te ne fakapapauʻi ko e māmani Palataisí ʻe nofoʻi kotoa ia ʻe he hako ʻo ʻĀtama mo ʻIví. (Sēn. 1:28; ʻAi. 45:18) Kuó ne fai ʻa e teuteu kotoa pē ke fakahoko ʻa e taumuʻa ko ení. Ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení kuo ʻomai ia ki heʻetau tokangá ʻi he tohi Fakatohitapu ʻa ʻEfesoó, ʻa ia ko hono kaveingá ko e fāʻūtahá. Tau lāulea angé ki he ngaahi veesi ʻe niʻihi mei he tohi ko iá pea sio ki he founga ʻe lava ai ke fengāueʻaki fakataha mo e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová ke fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻene fakatupú.
KO E FOKOTUʻUTUʻU ʻA E NGAAHI MEʻÁ MO ʻENE NGĀUÉ
3. Ko e hā e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he ʻEfesō 1:10, pea ko fē taimi naʻe kamata ai ʻa hono tuʻunga ʻuluaki ʻo e ngāué?
3 Naʻe tala ʻe Mōsese ki he kau ʻIsilelí: “Ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua ko e tahaʻi Sihova ia.” (Teu. 6:4) Ko e ngaahi ngāue mo e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová ʻokú na fenāpasi. Ko ia ai, “ʻi he kakato ʻo e ngaahi taimi kotofá,” naʻe kamata ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne “fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá”—ʻa ia, ko ha fokotuʻutuʻu ki hono fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻene ngaahi meʻamoʻui ʻatamaiʻia kotoa pē. (Lau ʻa e ʻEfesō 1:8-10.) Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ení ʻe fakahoko ʻene taumuʻá ʻi he tuʻunga ʻe ua. Ko e tuʻunga ʻuluakí ʻokú ne teuteu ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau paní ki he moʻui ʻi hēvani ʻi he malumalu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ko honau ʻUlu fakalaumālié. Ko e tuʻunga ko ení naʻe kamata ia ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S. ʻi he taimi naʻe kamata fakatahatahaʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga te nau pule mo Kalaisi ʻi hēvaní. (Ngā. 2:1-4) Koeʻuhi kuo lau ʻa e kau paní ʻoku nau māʻoniʻoni ki he moʻuí ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Kalaisí, ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi leva ai kuo ohi ko e ‘fānau kinautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá.’—Loma 3:23, 24; 5:1; 8:15-17.
4, 5. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue ʻa e tuʻunga hono ua ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá?
4 Ko e tuʻunga hono uá ʻoku teuteuʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga te nau nofo ʻi he Palataisi he māmaní ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaia ʻo Kalaisí. Ko e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻoku faʻuʻaki ia ʻa e konga ʻuluaki ʻo e kulupu ko ení. (Fkh. 7:9, 13-17; 21:1-5) Lolotonga ʻa e Pule Taʻu e Afé, te nau kau fakataha ai mo e laui piliona ʻo e kau toetuʻú. (Fkh. 20:12, 13) Fakaʻuta atu ki he hanga ʻe he toetuʻú ʻo fakahaaʻi lahi ange ʻetau fāʻūtahá! ʻI he ngata ʻa e taʻu ʻe afé, ko e “ngaahi meʻa ʻi he māmaní” ʻe fakamoʻulaloa ia ki ha ʻahiʻahi fakaʻosi. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻenau faitōnungá ʻe ohi kinautolu ko e “fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá” ʻi māmani.—Loma 8:21; Fkh. 20:7, 8.
5 Ko e ongo tuʻunga fakatouʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku kei fakautuutu he ʻahó ni—fakahēvani mo fakamāmani. Ka ʻi hotau tuʻunga tāutahá, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻetau fengāueʻaki fakataha he taimí ni mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá?
“TAUHI MAʻU ʻA E LAUMĀLIE TAHA”
6. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻi he Folofolá ko e kau Kalisitiané kuo pau ke nau feohi fakataha?
6 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻi he Folofolá ko e kau Kalisitiané kuo pau ke nau fakatahataha fakataha. (1 Kol. 14:23; Hep. 10:24, 25) ʻOku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ʻi he fakamoleki pē ha taimi fakataha ʻi he feituʻu tatau, hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he kakai ʻoku nau ʻalu ki ha māketi pe ki ha malaʻe sipoti. Ko e fāʻūtaha moʻoní ʻoku mahulu atu ia ai. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e fāʻūtaha peheé ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e fakahinohino ʻa Sihová pea fakaʻatā kitautolu ke fakafuo ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga “ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha”?
7 Neongo kuo lau ʻe Sihova ʻene kau paní ʻoku nau māʻoniʻoni ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi foha pea ko e fanga sipi kehé ʻoku nau māʻoniʻoni ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi kaumeʻa makatuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Kalaisí, ko e ngaahi faikehekehe fakafoʻituituí ʻe malanga hake ʻo ka kei moʻui ha taha ʻo kitautolu ʻi he māmaní ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ní. (Loma 5:9; Sēm. 2:23) He ka ʻikai ʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu ia ki ha faleʻi fakamānavaʻi kia kitautolu ke hokohoko atu ʻetau “fekātakiʻakí.” ʻOku anga-fēfē hono maʻu ʻa e fāʻūtaha mo e kaungātuí? ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e “anga-fakatōkilalo mo e anga-malū kakato.” ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku ekinaki mai ʻa Paula ke tau feinga fakamātoato “ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha ʻi he haʻi fāʻūtaha ko e melinó.” (Lau ʻa e ʻEfesō 4:1-3.) Ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ko ení ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ʻulutukua ki he tākiekina ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá pea fakaʻatā ia ke fakatupu ʻa hono fuá ʻiate kitautolu. Ko e fua ko iá ʻokú ne fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakikihi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e faʻahinga tāutaha, ʻo kehe mei he ngaahi ngāue ʻa e kakanó, ʻa ia ʻoku fakafaʻafaʻahi maʻu pē.
8. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku fakatupunga ai ʻe he ngaahi ngāue ʻa e kakanó ʻa e taʻefāʻūtahá?
8 Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e hanga ʻe he “ngaahi ngāue ʻa e kakanó” ʻo fakatupunga ʻa e taʻefāʻūtahá. (Lau ʻa e Kalētia 5:19-21.) Ko e feʻauakí ʻoku fakamavaheʻi ai ʻa e tokotaha ʻokú ne fakahoko iá meia Sihova mo e fakatahaʻangá, pea ko e tonó ʻe lava ke ne fakamavaheʻi anga-fakamamahi ʻa e fānaú mei he ongo mātuʻá pea mo e ongo hoa tonuhiá mei hona ongo hoa malí. Ko e taʻemaʻá ʻokú ne uesia ʻa e fāʻūtaha ʻa ha taha mo e ʻOtuá pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻofa kiate iá. Ko ha taha kuó ne feinga ke kuluuʻi fakataha ha ongo meʻa ʻe ua ʻokú ne ʻilo kuo pau ke maʻa ʻa e ongo tafaʻakí fakatouʻosi ki muʻa ke lava ʻo pipiki lelei ʻa e ongo meʻá. Ko e kau ʻi he ʻulungaanga taʻemīngaó ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e mātuʻaki taʻetokaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lao māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e ngaahi ngāue kehe taki taha ʻo e kakanó ʻokú ne fakamavaheʻi ʻa e kakai ko ē mei hē pea mei he ʻOtuá. Ko e tōʻonga peheé ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito fehoanaki ia mo e ʻulungaanga ʻo Sihová.
9. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau sivisiviʻi kitautolu pe ʻoku tau “feinga tōtōivi ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha”?
9 Ko ia ai, ko kitautolu taki taha ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻeke hifo: ‘ʻOku ou fakamātoato fēfē ʻi he feinga “ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha ʻi he haʻi fāʻūtaha ko e melinó”? ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻeku tali ʻi he taimi ʻoku malanga hake ai ha ngaahi palopalema? ʻOku ou fakahaaʻi ʻeku mamahí ʻi he ʻao ʻo ha fuʻu kau fanongo, ʻo ʻamanekina ke maʻu ha poupou mei ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻe niʻihi? ʻOku ou ʻamanekina ʻe kau mai ʻa e kau mātuʻá koeʻuhi ko au kae ʻikai ko ʻeku fai ha ngaahi feinga moʻoni ke fakafoki mai ha vahaʻangatae melino? ʻOku ou fakaʻehiʻehi mei he niʻihi kehé koeʻuhí ke ʻoua ʻe fakamanatu kia kinautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau ʻingoʻingo mai aí, mahalo ko e tauhi ke u mamaʻo feʻunga meia kinautolu?’ ʻE hā mei he ngaahi tōʻonga peheé ʻoku tau ngāue ʻo fehoanaki mo e taumuʻa ʻa Sihova ke toe fakatahatahaʻi fakataha kotoa ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻia Kalaisi?
10, 11. (a) ʻOku mahuʻinga fēfē ke melino mo hotau fanga tokouá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ngāue te ne fakatupunga ʻa e melinó mo e lakalakaimonū fakalaumālié?
10 Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Kapau leva ʻokú ke haʻu mo hoʻo meʻa foakí ki he ʻōlitá peá ke manatuʻi hake ai ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻa ʻoku koviʻia ai ho tokouá ʻiate koe, tuku hoʻo meʻa foakí ʻi muʻa ʻi he ʻōlitá peá ke ʻalu. ʻUluaki fakamelino mo ho tokouá, pea ʻi he hili iá, ʻi hoʻo foki maí, fai leva hoʻo foakí. Fakavave ke fakaleleiʻi leva ʻa e ngaahi meʻa.” (Māt. 5:23-25) Naʻe tohi ʻe Sēmisi ʻo pehē “ko e fua ʻo e māʻoniʻoní kuo tūtuuʻi hono tengá ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga melino ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku fakamelinó.” (Sēm. 3:17, 18) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai lava ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻa e tōʻonga māʻoniʻoní kapau ʻoku ʻikai ha melino.
11 Ke fakatātaaʻi, ʻoku fakafuofua ʻo pehē ʻi he ngaahi fonua kuo haveki ʻe he taú, ʻe lava ke ngoueʻi ʻa e toe pēseti ʻe 35 ʻo e fonuá kapau naʻe ʻikai ke hohaʻa ʻa e kakaí fekauʻaki mo e ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi maina ʻutá. ʻI he taimi ʻoku pā ai ha foʻi maina, ʻoku liʻaki ʻe he kau fāmá ʻa e ngaahi ngoué, ko e ngaahi koló ʻoku kaihaʻasia ʻenau maʻuʻanga moʻuí, pea ko e ngaahi kolo lalahí ʻoku faʻao ʻenau meʻakaí. ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, ko ʻetau tupulaki ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié ʻoku fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻatau fanga kiʻi tōʻonga fakafoʻituitui ʻa ia ʻe lava ke ne maumauʻi ʻa e melino mo hotau fanga tokouá. Ka ko e vave ke fakamolemolé pea ngāue maʻá e lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé, te tau fakatupunga ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe iku ki he lakalakaimonū moʻoni.
12. ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he kau mātuʻá ke tau hoko ʻo fāʻūtahá?
12 ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tangata” ʻe lava ke hoko ko ha mālohi moʻoni ia ki he fāʻūtahá. Kuo ʻomai kinautolú ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke “maʻu kotoa ʻa e tuʻunga taha ʻo e tuí.” (ʻEf. 4:8, 13) ʻI he ngāue fakataha ʻa e kau mātuʻá mo kitautolu ʻi he ngāue toputapú pea ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau mahino makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku nau tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau laka ki muʻa ʻi hono kofuʻaki ʻa e angaʻitangata foʻoú. (ʻEf. 4:22-24) ʻOkú ke sio ki heʻenau akonakí ki he ngaahi feinga ʻa Sihova ke teuteuʻi koe ki he moʻui ʻi he māmani foʻoú ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule hono ʻAló? Kau mātuʻa, ʻoku mou feinga ke fakatonutonu ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻaki ʻa e taumuʻa ko iá ʻi hoʻomou vakaí?—Kal. 6:1.
“HOKO ʻO FEANGALELEIʻAKI”
13. Ko e hā e ikuʻangá kapau naʻe ʻikai ke tau tokanga ki he akonaki ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ʻEfesō 4:25-32?
13 ʻOku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he ʻEfesō 4:25-29 ʻa e tōʻonga ʻoku totonu ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi ʻaupito mei ai. ʻOku kau heni ʻa e leaʻaki ʻo e loí, hoko ʻo lili pe fakapikopiko, mo hono leaʻaki ha lea kovi kae ʻikai ko e ngaahi lea ʻoku lelei mo fakatupu langa haké. Kapau ʻe taʻemalava ha taha ke tokanga ki he akonaki ko ení, te ne fakamamahiʻi ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá, he ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ko ha mālohi ia ʻokú ne pouaki ʻa e fāʻūtahá. (ʻEf. 4:30) Ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe Paula hono hokó ʻoku toe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki he melinó mo e fāʻūtahá: “Huʻi atu meiate kimoutolu ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo e loto-kona fakatupu koví, ʻitá, lilí, fekailangakí, mo e laukoví, pea pehē foki ki he meʻa fakatupu maumau kotoa pē. Kae hoko ʻo feangaleleiʻaki, manavaʻofa kaungāongoʻi, ʻo fefakamolemoleʻaki mātuʻaki loto-lelei ʻo hangē tofu pē foki ko hono fakamolemoleʻi mātuʻaki loto-lelei kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻia Kalaisí.”—ʻEf. 4:31, 32.
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e kupuʻi lea ‘hoko ʻo anga-leleí’? (e) Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo anga-leleí?
14 Ko e kupuʻi lea ‘hoko ʻo anga-leleí’ ʻoku ʻuhinga iá kuo ʻikai nai ke tau faʻa anga-lelei maʻu pē, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ke tau ako ke toe anga-lelei ange. He feʻungamālie ē ke tau akoʻi kitautolu ke tau fakakaukau ki he ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki muʻa ia ʻi hoʻotautolú! (Fil. 2:4) Mahalo ko ha meʻa ʻoku tau fakakaukau ke leaʻaki ʻe fakatupu kata pe ʻe ʻai ai kitautolu ke tau hā poto, ka ʻe hoko ia ko ha anga-lelei? Ko e tomuʻa fakakaukau ki he meʻa ko ení ʻe tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau ‘hoko ʻo anga-lelei.’
AKO KE ʻOFA MO FAKAʻAPAʻAPA ʻI HE FĀMILÍ
15. Ko e hā ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻo e ngaahi fakafeangai ʻa Kalaisi mo e fakatahaʻangá naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi he ʻEfesō 5:28?
15 ʻOku fakahoa ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e vahaʻangatae ʻo Kalaisi mo e fakatahaʻangá ki he vahaʻangatae ʻo ha husepāniti mo hono uaifí. ʻOku totonu ke fakamahinoʻi leva heni kia kitautolu ʻa e fakahinohino ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe ha husepāniti pea mo e ʻofa mo e tokanga ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ne fakahokó—pea pehē ki he anganofo ʻoku totonu ke fakahāhā ʻe he uaifí—ʻi loto ʻi he haʻi fakaemalí. (ʻEf. 5:22-33) ʻI he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻa Paula: “ʻI he foungá ni, ʻoku totonu ai ki he ngaahi husepānití ke nau ʻofa ki honau ngaahi uaifí ʻo hangē ko honau sino ʻo kinautolú,” naʻá ne lea fekauʻaki mo e ‘founga’ fē? (ʻEf. 5:28) Ko ʻene ngaahi lea ki muʻá naʻe tohoakiʻi ai ʻa e tokangá ki he founga ʻa ia “ko e Kalaisí naʻá ne ʻofaʻi foki ʻa e fakatahaʻangá peá ne foaki ʻa ia tonu koeʻuhi ko ia, . . . ʻo fakamaʻa ia ʻi hono fufulu ʻaki ʻa e vai ko e folofolá.” Ko e moʻoni, ke ngāue ʻo fehoanaki mo e taumuʻa ʻa Sihova ki hono toe fakatahatahaʻi fakataha ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he Kalaisí, ko ha husepāniti kuo pau ke ne tokanga ke fafangaʻi fakalaumālie hono fāmilí.
16. Ko e hā ʻoku iku ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakahoko ai ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá honau ngaahi fatongia Fakatohitapu ʻi ʻapí?
16 ʻOku lelei ki he ngaahi mātuʻá ke nau manatuʻi ʻoku nau fakahoko ha vāhenga-ngāue meia Sihova. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ʻi he māmani ʻo e ʻaho ní, ko e tokolahi kuo “ʻikai maʻu ʻa e ʻofa fakanatulá.” (2 Tīm. 3:1, 3) Ko e ngaahi tamai taʻefaʻalaua ʻoku nau kalo mei honau ngaahi fatongiá—pea ʻoku fakalotomamahi ia mo fakatupu maumau ki heʻenau fānaú. Ka ʻoku akonaki ʻa Paula ki he ngaahi tamai Kalisitiané: “ʻOua ʻe fakaʻitaʻi hoʻomou fānaú, kae hokohoko atu hono ʻohake kinautolú ʻi he akonaki mo e enginaki ʻa Sihová.” (ʻEf. 6:4) ʻI fē ka ko e ʻi he fāmilí ʻoku fakafuo ai ʻe he fānaú ʻenau ʻuluaki ongoʻi ʻo e ʻofá mo e mafaí? Ko e ngaahi mātuʻa kuo nau akoʻi lavameʻa ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni ko iá kuo nau ngāue fehoanaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sihová. ʻI hono ʻai hotau ngaahi ʻapí ko e taulangaū ʻo e ʻofá ʻa ia ʻoku tau huʻi atu ai ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ʻitá mo e lilí mo e laukoví, ʻoku tau akoʻi ai ki heʻetau fānaú ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni mātuʻaki mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e founga ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e ʻofá mo e founga ke tokaʻi ai ʻa e mafaí. ʻE teuʻi ai heni kinautolu ki he moʻui ʻi he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá.
17. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻú koeʻuhí ke tau talitekeʻi ʻa e Tēvoló?
17 ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻiloʻi ko e Tēvoló, ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne ʻuluaki maumauʻi ʻa e melino fakaeʻunivēsí, te ne fakafepakiʻi mālohi ʻetau ngaahi feinga ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻoku fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sētané ʻi he fakautuutu ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e veté, ko e nofo malí kuo tuku ia kae sai ange ʻa e nonofo koví, mo e mali ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau fakasōtomá ʻoku tali lelei pē ia. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau fakatatau ʻetau tōʻongá pe ngaahi fakakaukaú ki he ngaahi ākenga ʻoku tauhi ʻi he sōsaieti ʻo onopōní. Ko Kalaisi hotau faʻifaʻitakiʻangá. (ʻEf. 4:17-21) Ko ia ai, ʻoku enginaki mai ke tau “tui ʻa e teunga tau kakato mei he ʻOtuá” ke talitekeʻi lavameʻa ʻa e Tēvoló mo ʻene kau tēmenioó.—Lau ʻa e ʻEfesō 6:10-13.
“HOKOHOKO ATU ʻA E ʻAʻEVA ʻI HE ʻOFÁ”
18. Ko e hā ʻa e kī ki heʻetau fāʻūtaha faka-Kalisitiané?
18 Ko e kī moʻoni ki heʻetau fāʻūtaha faka-Kalisitiané ko e ʻofá. ʻI he loto ʻoku fonu ʻi he ʻofa ki hotau ‘ʻEiki ʻe tahá,’ ki hotau ‘ʻOtua ʻe tahá,’ pea ʻiate kitautolú, ʻoku tau fakapapauʻi ai “ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e laumālie taha ʻi he haʻi fāʻūtaha ko e melinó.” (ʻEf. 4:3-6) Naʻe lotu ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa peheé: “ʻOku ou fai ʻa e kole, ʻo ʻikai fekauʻaki mo e faʻahingá ni pē, kae toe fekauʻaki foki mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tui kiate au fakafou heʻenau leá; koeʻuhi ke nau hoko kotoa ʻo taha, ʻo hangē pē ko koé, Tamai, ʻokú ke fāʻūtaha mo au pea ʻoku ou fāʻūtaha mo koe, ke nau hoko foki mo kinautolu ʻo fāʻūtaha mo kitaua . . . Pea kuó u ʻai ke nau ʻilo ho huafá pea te u ʻai ia ke ʻiloa, koeʻuhi ke ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻofa naʻá ke ʻofa ʻaki kiate aú pea ʻoku ou fāʻūtaha mo kinautolu.”—Sione 17:20, 21, 26.
19. Ko e hā ʻokú ke fakapapauʻi ke faí?
19 Kapau ʻoku tau hokosia ha fepaki ʻi loto koeʻuhi ko e taʻehaohaoá, ʻofa ke ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻofá ke tau lotu ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Gaohi ke taha be hoku loto ke manavahe ki ho huafa.” (Saame 86:11, PM) Tau fakapapauʻi ke talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e Tēvoló ke fakamamaʻo kitautolu mei heʻetau Tamai ʻofá mo e faʻahinga ʻokú ne hōifua aí. Ngāue tōtōivi ke “hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki ki he ʻOtuá, ʻi he tuʻunga ko e fānau ʻofeina, pea hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaʻeva ʻi he ʻofá”—ʻi he fāmilí, ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—ʻEf. 5:1, 2.
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ʻI hono tuku ʻene meʻa foakí ʻi he ʻōlitá, ʻokú ne ʻalu ʻo fakamelino mo hono tokouá
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Ngaahi mātuʻa, akoʻi hoʻomou fānaú ke fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapá