Malangaʻi ʻa e Ongoongo Leleí ʻAki ʻa e Tuipau Mālohi
1 Ki muʻa ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe fekauʻi ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa hono kau muimuí ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ‘ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko e kau ako.’ (Mt. 24:14; 28:19, 20) Kuo fai fakamātoato ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki heʻene fakahinohinó, ko ia ai, ʻi he aʻu mai ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e senituli hono 20, kuo tupulaki ai ʻetau fetokouaʻaki faka-Kalisitiané ki he kau ākonga laka hake ʻi he toko 5,900,000 ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe 234. Ko ha kaila lahi ē ʻo e fakahīkihikí ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní!
2 Kuo tau hū atu he taimí ni ki he senituli hono 21. Ko hotau Filí ʻokú ne feinga kākā ke kaunoa ʻi heʻetau ngāue tefito ko hono malangaʻi ʻa e Puleʻangá mo e ngaohi-ākongá. ʻOkú ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tenge mei he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ʻi ha feinga ke fakatafokiʻi ʻetau tokangá, keina hotau taimí, pea fakavaivaiʻi hotau iví ʻaki ha ngaahi loto-moʻua mo e ngaahi hohaʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke fiemaʻu. ʻI he ʻikai ke fakaʻatā ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení ke ne tala mai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻi he moʻuí, ʻoku tau fakamoʻoniʻi kiate kitautolu mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga tahá—ko hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová. (Loma 12:2) ʻOku ʻuhinga iá ko e talangofua ki he enginaki Fakatohitapu ke ‘malaga aki ae folofolá; faa fai i he faigamalie, moe tae ha faigamalie, pea fai ke kakato ʻetau gaue fakafaifekaú.’—2 Tim. 4:2, 5, PM.
3 Fakatupulekina ʻa e Tuipau Mālohi: ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he kau Kalisitiané ke “tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he kotoa ʻo e fingangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.” (Kol. 4:12, NW) Ko e foʻi lea “tuipaú” ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ia ko “ha fakalotoʻi mālohi pe tui; ko e tuʻunga ʻo e hoko ʻo tuipau.” ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané kuo pau ke tau tuipau ko e folofola fakaekikite ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku pau pea ʻoku tau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá he taimí ni. Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ha tui ʻoku mālohi ʻo hangē ko ia ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē ko e ongoongo leleí “ko e ivi ia ʻo e ʻOtua ʻoku ngaue ki he fakamoʻui ʻiate ia fulipe ʻoku tui.”—Loma 1:16.
4 ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻe he Tēvoló ʻa e kau tangata fulikivanu mo e kau tangata kākā, ʻa ia kuo takihalaʻi kinautolu, ke tākiekina mo takihalaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (2 Tim. 3:13) ʻI he tomuʻa fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ko ʻení, ʻoku tau fou ai ʻi ha ngaahi lākanga ke fakaivimālohiʻiʻaki ʻetau tuipau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e moʻoní. ʻI he ʻikai ke tuku ʻa e ngaahi loto-moʻua ʻi he moʻuí ke ne fakasiʻisiʻi ʻetau faivelengá, ʻoku tau hanganaki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Mt. 6:33, 34) Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke tau loto ke mole ʻetau vakai atu ki he fakavavevave ʻo e taimí, ʻo ongoʻi nai ʻoku kei mamaʻo ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení. ʻOku toe ofi ange ia. (1 Pita 4:7) Neongo ʻoku tau ongoʻi nai ko hono fakamafola atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻoku siʻi ʻa hono olá ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi ʻi he vakai atu ki he faifakamoʻoni kuo ʻosi fakahokó, kuo pau ke hokohoko atu pē ʻa e ngāue fakaefakatokangá.—Isi. 33:7-9.
5 Ko e ngaahi fehuʻi tefito ʻeni ʻi he ʻaho ki mui ní: ‘ʻOku ou fai fakamātoato ki he fekau ʻa Sīsū ke ngaohi-ākongá? ʻI he taimi ʻoku ou malangaʻi ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí, ʻoku ou fakahāhā ʻa e tuipau mālohi ko e Puleʻangá ʻoku moʻoni? ʻOku ou fakapapauʻi ke u kau ʻi he lahi taha ʻo ʻeku malavá ki he ngāue fakafaifekau fakahaofi moʻui ko ʻení?’ ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e mamaʻo ʻoku tau ʻi ai ʻi he taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá, kuo pau ke tau tokanga kiate kitautolu pea ki hotau fekauʻi ke malanga mo faiakó. ʻI hono fai ʻení te tau fakamoʻui fakatouʻosi ai kitautolu pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fanongo mai kiate kitautolú. (1 Tim. 4:16) ʻE lava fēfē ʻe kitautolu kotoa ke fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau tuipaú ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau faifekaú?
6 Faʻifaʻitaki ki he Kau Tesalonaiká: Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻi heʻene manatu ki he ngāue mālohi ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻi Tesalonaiká, naʻá ne lea ʻo kau kiate kinautolu: “Talaʻehai naʻe hoko atu ʻemau Kosipeli ko e ngeʻesi lea pe, ka naʻe ō mo e malohi, pea ō mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni pea mo e loto taʻetalaʻa [“tuipau mālohi,” NW]. Seuke, ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻa e anga naʻa mau angaʻaki ʻi homou lotolotonga, koeʻuhiā ko kimoutolu. Kaeʻumaʻā foki, naʻa mou hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki kiate kimautolu pea mo e ʻEiki; he neongo naʻe hoko ʻa e folofola mo e fuʻu mamahi, ka mou tali fiefia pe, ko e fiefia tupu ʻi he Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni.” (1 Tes. 1:5, 6) ʻIo, naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e kau Tesalonaiká koeʻuhí neongo ʻa e lahi ʻo e mamahí naʻa nau malanga mo e faivelenga pea mo e tuipau mālohi. Ko e hā naʻá ne fakaivia kinautolu ke nau fai ʻení? ʻI he tuʻunga lahi, ko e faivelenga mo e tuipau naʻa nau sio ai ʻi he ʻapositolo ko Paulá pea mo hono kaungāngāué naʻe ola lelei ia kiate kinautolu. ʻO anga-fēfē?
7 Ko e moʻui tonu ʻa Paula mo hono kaungā fonongá naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá pea naʻa nau tui ʻaufuatō ki he meʻa naʻa nau malangaʻí. Ki muʻa ke na haʻu ki Tesalonaiká, naʻe ngaohikoviʻi ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ʻi Filipai. ʻI he ʻikai fai hano fakamāuʻí, naʻe tā kinaua, tuku pōpula, pea kiiʻi ki ha ongo ʻakau. Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ko ʻeni naʻe hokó, naʻe ʻikai ke fakavaivaiʻi ai ʻena faivelenga ki he ongoongo leleí. Ko e tokoni fakaʻotuá naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa hona tukuangé, ʻo iku ai ki he ului ʻa e tokotaha selá pea mo hono fāmilí, pea fakaʻatā ai ʻa e founga ki he ongo tokoua ko ʻení ke hokohoko atu ʻi heʻena ngāue fakafaifekaú.—Ng. 16:19-34.
8 ʻI he mālohi ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá, naʻe haʻu ai ki Tesalonaika ʻa Paula. Naʻá ne ngāue ai ke maʻu ʻene ngaahi fiemaʻu pē ʻaʻaná peá ne kau kakato leva ʻi hono akoʻi ʻa e moʻoní ki he kau Tesalonaiká. Naʻe ʻikai te ne taʻofi ʻa hono talaki ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi he faingamālie kotoa pē. (1 Tes. 2:9) Ko e malanga ʻi he tuipau mālohi ʻa Paulá naʻe kaunga mālohi pehē ia ki he kakai ʻi he feituʻú ʻo liʻaki ai ʻe he niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ʻenau ngaahi lotu tauhi ʻaitoli ki muʻá pea nau hoko ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní, ʻa Sihova.—1 Tes. 1:8-10.
9 Naʻe ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe he fakatangá ʻa e kau tui foʻoú mei hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻI hono ueʻi ʻe heʻenau tui toki maʻu foʻoú mo e tuipau kakato ʻe ʻanautolu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki taʻengatá, naʻe ueʻi ai ʻa e kau Tesalonaiká ke fanongonongo atu ʻa e moʻoni ko ia kuo nau tali loto-māfaná. Naʻe mātuʻaki hoko ʻo longomoʻui ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ko iá he naʻe mafola atu ʻa e ongoongo ʻo ʻenau tuí mo e faivelengá ki he ngaahi konga kehe ʻo Masitōnia, pea naʻa mo ʻĀkeia. Ko ia, ʻi he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tohi ki he kau Tesalonaiká, ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāue leleí naʻe ʻosi ʻiloa ia. (1 Tes. 1:7) Ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ē!
10 Ueʻi ʻe he ʻOfa ki he ʻOtuá pea ki he Kakaí: ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau hangē ko e kau Tesalonaiká, ʻo tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuipau mālohi fakafoʻituitui ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi he ʻaho ní? Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula, ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolu: “ʻOku mau manatu taʻetuku ki hoʻomou ngāue anga-tonu mo hoʻomou ngāue mālohi tupu ʻi he ʻofá.” (1 Tes. 1:3, NW, lalo.) ʻOku hā mahino naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa loloto mo loto-moʻoni kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea ki he kakai naʻa nau malanga ki aí. Ko e ʻofa tatau ia naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Paula mo hono kaungā fonongá ke ʻoatu ki he kau Tesalonaiká “ʻo ʻikai ko e Kosipeli pe ʻa e ʻOtua, ka ko [siʻenau] moʻui foki.”—1 Tes. 2:8.
11 ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko ʻetau ʻofa loloto kia Sihová pea ki hotau kaungā tangatá ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau loto ke kau kakato ki he ngāue fakamalanga ko ia kuo tuku mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tau faí. ʻI he ʻofa peheé, ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ai ko hotau fatongia fakafoʻituitui kuo ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke fakamafola atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻI he fakalaulauloto mo houngaʻia pau ʻi he meʻa kotoa kuo fai ʻe Sihova maʻatautolu ʻi hono tataki kitautolu ki he “moʻui moʻoni,” ʻokú ne ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tala ki he niʻihi kehé ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni fakaofo tatau ʻoku tau tui kotoa ʻaki hotau lotó ki aí.—1 Tim. 6:19.
12 ʻI heʻetau femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, ko ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihova pea ki he kakaí kuo pau ke hokohoko atu ʻene tupú. Kapau ʻoku pehē, ʻe ueʻi leva kitautolu ke fakalahi ʻetau kau ki he ngāue fakafaifekau fale-ki-he-falé pea ke tuli ki he faʻahinga founga kehe kotoa pē ʻo e faifakamoʻoni ʻoku fakaava mai kiate kitautolú. Te tau ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingamālié ke faifakamoʻoni ʻikai ʻi he founga anga-mahení ki he ngaahi kāingá, ngaahi kaungāʻapí, mo e ngaahi mahení. Neongo ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí te nau talitekeʻi nai ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻoku tau ʻoatú pea ʻe feinga ha niʻihi ke taʻofi ʻa hono fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá, ʻoku tau fiefia-loto pē. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi kuo tau fai hotau lelei tahá ke faifakamoʻoni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá pea tokoni ki he kakaí ke nau maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻuí. Pea ʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻetau ngaahi feinga ke maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga loto-totonú. Naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku fakafeʻātungiaʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi tenge ʻo e moʻuí pea feinga ʻa Sētane ke toʻo ʻetau fiefiá, ʻoku malava ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau tuipau mālohí pea mo ʻetau faivelenga ʻi he faifakamoʻoni ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻI heʻetau fai kotoa ʻetau tafaʻakí, ʻe iku ʻeni ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga mālohi, mo faivelenga ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi Tesalonaiká.
13 ʻOua ʻAupito ʻe Foʻi ʻi he ʻAhiʻahí: ʻOku toe fiemaʻu ʻa e tuipaú ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe. (1 Pita 1:6, 7) Naʻe fakamahino ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá kapau te nau muimui ʻiate ia, te nau hoko ai ko e “fehiʻanekina ʻe he ngāhi kakai kehekehe.” (Mt. 24:9) Naʻe hokosia ʻeni ʻe Paula mo Sailosi ʻi heʻena ʻi Filipaí. Ko e fakamatala ʻi he Ngāue vahe 16 ʻoku pehē ai naʻe lī ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ki he pilīsoné pea kiiʻi ki ha ongo ʻakau. ʻI hono fakalūkufuá, ko e pilīsone lahí ko ha faʻahinga feituʻu ʻatā ia pe loki, ʻa ia naʻe takatakai ʻi hono ngataʻangá ʻa e fanga kiʻi loki tāutaha ʻa ia naʻe maʻu ai ʻa e māmá mo e ʻeá. Kae kehe, ko e pilīsone ʻi lotó, naʻe ʻikai ha maama ai pea fakangatangata pē ai ʻa e maʻuʻanga ʻeá. Naʻe pau ke fāinga ai ʻa Paula mo Sailosi mo e fakapoʻulí, velá, mo e namukū ʻo e feituʻu taʻefeʻunga ko ʻeni ʻo e pilīsoné. ʻOku lava ke ke fakaʻuta atu ki he mamahi kuo pau naʻá na ongoʻi he lolotonga hona kiiʻi ki he ongo ʻakaú ʻi ha ngaahi houa fakataha mo e mafohifohi mo fetotoʻi ʻa hona tuʻá mei hono hahá?
14 Neongo ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ko ʻení, naʻe kei anga-tonu ai pē ʻa Paula mo Sailosi. Naʻá na fakahāhā ʻa e tuipau lolo-moʻoni, ʻo fakaivimālohiʻi ai kinaua ke na tauhi kia Sihova neongo ʻa e ʻahiʻahí. Ko ʻena tuipaú ʻoku fakahanga ki ai ʻa e tokangá ʻi he Ngāue vahe 16 veesi 25 ʻo e vahe 16, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē ai ko Paula mo Sailosí naʻá na ‘hiva fakamalo ki he ʻOtuá mo fai ʻena lotu.’ Ko hono moʻoní, neongo naʻá na ʻi he pilīsone ʻi lotó, naʻá na mātuʻaki fakapapauʻi ʻokú na maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá peá na hiva leʻo-lahi feʻunga ke fanongo mai ki ai ʻa e kau nofo pilīsone kehé! Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e tuipau tatau ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo ʻetau tuí.
15 Ko e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻoku fakamālohiʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻe Sētané ʻoku lahi ʻaupito. Ki he niʻihi ko e fakafepaki nai mei he fāmilí. ʻOku tokolahi ʻa hotau fanga tokoua ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi palolalema fakalao. Te tau fetaulaki nai mo e fakafepaki mei he kau tafoki mei he moʻoní. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi kavenga fakapaʻanga mo e lotomoʻua ki he founga ke fai ai ha ngaahi tokonaki ki he moʻuí. ʻOku fehangahangai ʻa e kau talavoú mo e tenge mei he toʻumeʻá ʻi he ʻapiakó. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fehangahangai lavameʻa mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ko ʻení? Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻú kae fakahāhā ʻa e tuipaú?
16 Ko e ʻuluaki mo tuʻu-ki-muʻá, ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ke tauhi maʻu ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui vāofi mo Sihova. ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻi he pilīsone ai ʻi lotó ʻa Paula mo Sailosí, naʻe ʻikai te na ngāueʻaki ʻa e taimi ko iá ke lāunga fekauʻaki mo hona tuʻungá pe ke ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia ai ʻiate kinaua. Naʻá na hanga leva ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he lotu pea fakahīkihikiʻi ia ʻi he hiva. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he naʻá na maʻu ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui vāofi mo ʻena Tamai fakahēvaní. Naʻá na ʻiloʻi ko ʻena faingataʻaʻiá koeʻuhí ko e māʻoniʻoní pea ko hona fakamoʻuí naʻe fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he ongo toʻukupu ʻo Sihová.—Sāme 3:8.
17 ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻi he ʻahó ni, kuo pau foki ke tau hanga kia Sihova. ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe Paula ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané ke ‘tuku ke ha ki he ʻOtua ʻetau ngaahi kolé, pea ko e nonga ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku mamaʻo ʻi he tatae ʻa e ʻatamai kotoa pe, te ne maluʻi hotau lotó mo ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú.’ (Fili. 4:6, 7) He fakafiemālie ē ke ʻilo ʻe ʻikai ke tuku kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau fou atu ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻiate kitautolu pē! (Ai. 41:10) ʻOkú Ne ʻiate kitautolu maʻu pē kehe pē ʻoku tau tauhi kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e tuipau moʻoni.—Sāme 46:7.
18 Ko e tokoni mahuʻinga ʻe taha ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e tuipaú ko e hanganaki femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová. (1 Kol. 15:58) Naʻe lī ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ki he pilīsoné koeʻuhi he naʻá na femoʻuekina ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Naʻá na tuku ʻena malangá koeʻuhi ko hona ngaahi ʻahiʻahí? ʻIkai, naʻá na hokohoko atu ʻena malangá naʻa mo e lolotonga ʻa ʻena ʻi he pilīsoné, pea ʻi he hili hono tukuange kinauá, naʻá na fononga ki Tesalonaika pea naʻá na ʻalu ki he sinakoke ʻo e kau Siú ke ‘fakakikihi mo kinautolu mei he Tohitapú.’ (Ng. 17:1-3) ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e fakaueʻiloto mālohi pe tui kia Sihova mo tau tuipau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa te ne “lava ke motuhi kitautolu mei he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sisu ko hotau ʻEiki.”—Loma 8:35-39.
19 Ngaahi Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi Onopooni ʻo e Tuipau Mālohí: ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa lahi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻi hotau ʻahó, ʻa ia ʻi he hangē ko Paula mo Sailosí, ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻa e tuipau mālohi. Ko ha tuofefine ʻe taha ʻa ia naʻe hao mai mei he kemi fakamamahi Auschwitz ʻokú ne fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e tui pea mo e tuipau taʻeueʻia naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi aí. ʻOkú ne pehē: “He lolotonga ʻo e taimi ʻo ha fakafehuʻi, naʻe haʻu ai kiate au ha ʻōfisa ʻoku kuku mai ʻa hono ongo tuké. ‘Ko e hā te mau fai ki he kakai ko kimoutolú?’ ko ʻene kalangá mai ia. ‘Kapau te mau puke kimoutolu, ʻoku ʻikai te mou tokanga ki ai. Kapau te mau ʻave kimoutolu ki he pilīsoné, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito haʻamou tokanga ki ha meʻa ʻe taha. Kapau te mau ʻave kimoutolu ki he kemi fakamamahí, ʻoku ʻikai haʻamou hohaʻa ki ai. ʻI he taimi ʻoku mau tautea mate ai kimoutolú, ʻoku mou tuʻu pē ai ʻo ʻikai ha teki. Ko e hā te mau fai kiate kimoutolú?’” Ko ha fakatuimālohi moʻoni ē ke sio ki he tui ʻa hotau fanga tokouá ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakamamahi peheé! Naʻa nau hanga maʻu pē kia Sihova ki ha tokoni ke kātaki.
20 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tau manatuʻi ʻa e tuipau ʻa e tokolahi ʻo hotau fanga tokouá ʻi he fehangahangai mo e tāufehiʻa fakamatakali ko ia kuo fakahaaʻi tonu ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki mui ní. Neongo ʻa hono ʻiloʻi ʻo ʻenau ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmakí, ko e fanga tokoua fua fatongiá ʻoku nau fakataumuʻa ke sio ʻoku fafangaʻi fakalaumālie ʻa honau fanga tokouá mo e fanga tuofāfiné. ʻOku nau hokohoko atu kotoa pē ʻi he anga-tonu fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ko ‘ha mahafu ʻoku faʻu ke fai ʻaki ha kovi kiate kinautolú, ʻe ʻikai siaʻa.’—Ai. 54:17.
21 Ko e tokolahi ʻo hotau fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻoku ʻi ai honau ngaahi hoa taʻetuí ʻoku nau toe fakahāhā ʻa e tui mālohi mo e kātaki. Ko ha tokoua ʻe taha ʻi Kuatelupe naʻá ne fetaulaki mo ha fakafepaki mālohi mei hono uaifi taʻetuí. Ke fakalotosiʻiʻi ia pea taʻofi ʻa ʻene maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, naʻe ʻikai te ne teuteu ʻene meʻakaí pe fō, haiane, pe monomono hono valá. ʻI ha taimi fuoloa, naʻe ʻikai te ne talanoa kiate ia. Ka ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e tuipau lolo-moʻoni ʻi hono tauhi ʻa Sihova pea hanga kiate ia ʻi he lotu ki ha tokoní, naʻe malava ai ʻe he tokoua ko ʻení ke kātekina kotoa ia. Ko e hā hono fuoloá? ʻI he ngaahi taʻu nai ʻe 20—ʻa ia mei ai naʻe faifai pē ʻo liliu ʻa e loto ʻo hono uaifí. Faifai atu pē, naʻá ne malava ke fiefia moʻoni koeʻuhí naʻe tali ʻe hono uaifí ʻa e ʻamanaki fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.
22 Ko hono fakaʻosí, kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻe ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e tuipau mālohi ʻa hotau fanga kiʻi tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻoku nau kau ki he akó ʻi he ʻaho taki taha mo nau fekuki mo e tenge mei he toʻumeʻá pea mo e ngaahi pole kehé. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e tenge ke fai ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he ʻapiakó, naʻe fakahā ʻe ha kiʻi taʻahine Fakamoʻoni ʻe taha: “ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke ʻi he ʻapiakó aí, ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai maʻu pē koe ʻe he tokotaha kotoa ke ke kiʻi angatuʻu. ʻOku fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahi ange koe ʻe he tamaikí kapau ʻokú ke fai ha meʻa ʻoku kau ai ʻa e angatuʻú.” Ko ha tenge moʻoni ē ʻoku fehangahangai mo ʻetau kau talavoú! Kuo pau ke nau fakapapauʻi maʻu ʻi he ʻatamaí mo e lotó ke talitekeʻi ʻa e ʻahiʻahí.
23 ʻOku tokolahi ʻa ʻetau kau talavou ʻoku nau failelei ʻi hono tauhi maʻu ʻenau mateaki-angatonú neongo ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí. Ko e fakatātā ʻe taha ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo ha kiʻi tuofefine ʻokú ne nofo ʻi Falanisē. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha hili ʻa e kai hoʻataá, naʻe feinga ai ha tamaiki tangata ʻe niʻihi ke fakamālohiʻi ia ke ne ʻuma ange kiate kinautolu, ka naʻá ne lotu peá ne talitekeʻi mālohi, ko ia naʻe tukunoaʻi leva ia ʻe he tamaiki tangatá. Ki mui aí, naʻe foki mai ha tokotaha ʻo kinautolu ʻo talaange kiate ia naʻá ne tanganeʻia ʻiate ia ʻi heʻene loto-toʻá. Naʻá ne malava ke fai ha fakamoʻoni lelei kiate ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá, ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻa ia ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova maʻa kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ke kau ʻi heʻene ngaahi tāpuakí. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e taʻu fakaakó, naʻá ne toe fakamatalaʻi ʻene ngaahi tuí ki he kalasí kotoa.
24 Ko ha monū mahuʻinga ē ʻoku tau maʻu ke hoko ʻo lau ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku hōifua mai ki ai ʻa Sihová ke ngāueʻaki ke nau leaʻaki ʻa e tuipau mālohi ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono finangaló! (Kol. 4:12) Tānaki atu ki aí, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e faingamālie fakaofo ko hono fakamoʻoniʻi ʻetau angatonú ʻi hono ʻohofi ko ia ʻe hotau Fili hangē ha laioné, ʻa Sētane ko e Tēvoló. (1 Pita 5:8, 9) ʻOua ʻaupito ʻe ngalo ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ke ne ʻomai ʻa e fakamoʻuí fakatouʻosi kiate kitautolu ʻoku tau malangaʻi iá pea ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau fanongó. ʻOfa ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻoku tau faí pea mo ʻetau founga moʻui fakaʻahó ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e Puleʻangá. ʻAi ke tau hokohoko atu ʻa hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí ʻaki ʻa e tuipau mālohi!