‘Tali Ia’
1 ʻI heʻene fetalanoaʻaki he taimi ʻe taha mo ʻene kau ākongá fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí, naʻe lave ai ʻa Sīsū ki he tuʻunga taʻehoá ko ha meʻa kuo ‘tuku mai [“meʻaʻofa,” NW].’ Pea naʻá ne pehē: “Ko ia ʻoku ne mafai ke tali, ke ne tali.” (Mt. 19:10-12) ʻI ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui, naʻe tohi ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e tuʻunga taʻehoá pea fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke muimui ʻi heʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he nofo taʻemalí. (1 Kol. 7:7, 38) Ko e tokolahi ʻi he ʻahó ni kuo nau ‘tali’ ʻa e tuʻunga taʻehoá pea ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaongá. Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni?
2 Ngāue “Taefetohoaki”: Naʻe mahinoʻi ʻe Paula ko e tuʻunga taʻehoá naʻe ʻoange ai kiate ia ʻa e faingamālie ke ngāue kia Sihova ʻo “taefetohoaki.” ʻOku tatau pē ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻe lava ke kakapa atu ha tokoua taʻehoa ki he Akoʻanga Ako Fakafaifekaú, pea ʻoku ʻatā lahi ange ha tokotaha taʻehoa ke kau ki he ngāue tāimuʻá, ako ha toe lea kehe, hiki ki he feituʻu ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e fiemaʻú, ngāue ʻi Pēteli, pe hoko ʻo faingamālie ki he ngaahi monū makehe ʻo e ngāué. Te ne maʻu nai ʻa e taimi mo e ngaahi faingamālie lahi ange ke kau ʻi he ako loloto fakafoʻituituí mo e fakalaulaulotó pea ke fetuʻutaki mo Sihova ʻi he lotu fakamātoato. Ko e tokotaha taʻemalí ʻokú ne faʻa maʻu ʻa e taimi lahi ange ke foaki atu ai ia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Ko e ngaahi ngāue kotoa ko iá ʻe “aoga” ia ki he tokotahá.—1 Kol. 7:32-35, PM; Ng. 20:35.
3 Ko e ngāue ʻikai fetōhoaki pehē ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e ngaahi pale lahi. Hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe 27 ʻi Keniā, naʻe tohi ha tuofefine taʻehoa: “Naʻe tokolahi ʻaupito ʻa e ngaahi kaumeʻá pea ko ha ngāue lahi ia! Naʻa mau fai fakataha ʻa e ngaahi meʻá [pea] feʻaʻahiʻaki. . . . Naʻá ku malava ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e tauʻatāina lahi ange mo e ʻatā ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he tuʻunga taʻehoá ke hanganaki femoʻuekina ai ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea kuo ʻomai ʻe he meʻá ni kiate au ʻa e fiefia lahi.” Naʻá ne tānaki mai: “ʻI he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú naʻe loloto ange ai ʻa hoku vahaʻangatae mo Sihová.”
4 Ko Hono Tali Iá: Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ko e taumuʻa ki hono fakatupulekina ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻo e tuʻunga taʻehoá ʻoku totonu “koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻanga ʻo Hevani.” (Mt. 19:12) Hangē ko ia ʻi ha meʻaʻofa pē, ko e tuʻunga taʻehoá kuo pau ke ngāueʻaki totonu ia ke ʻomai ai ʻa e fiefia mo e ngaahi ʻaonga. ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he tuʻunga taʻehoá pea ʻi he falala kia Sihova ki ha poto mo ha mālohí, kuo hoko ai ʻa e kakai taʻemali tokolahi ʻo mahinoʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono tali ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻo e tuʻunga taʻehoá.