ʻOku Huʻufataha Ho Matá?
1. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa hono maʻu ha ‘mata huʻufatahá’?
1 Ko e meʻa ʻoku fakahangataha ki ai hotau matá ʻokú ne tākiekina ʻa ʻetau meʻa ʻoku faí. He feʻungamālie moʻoni ko e lea ʻa Sīsū: “Ko ia kapau ʻoku huʻufataha ʻa e sio ʻa ho mata, ʻe māma pe ho sino kotoa”! (Mt. 6:22) ʻI he taimi ʻoku “huʻufataha” fakalaumālie ai ʻa hotau matá, ʻoku fakahangataha ia ki ha taumuʻa ʻe taha—ko hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e Puleʻangá pea ʻikai fakahohaʻasi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelie ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻú pe ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku fakaheleleu ki heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú.
2. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne mioʻi ʻa ʻetau fakakaukaú, ka ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolú?
2 Fiemaʻu ʻa e Sivisiviʻi-Kita: Ko ʻetau fakakaukaú ʻe lava ke mioʻi ia ʻe he meʻa ʻoku tala mai ʻe he tuʻuaki ʻi he mītiá ʻoku tau fiemaʻú pe ko e meʻa ʻoku maʻu ʻe he niʻihi kehé. Ki muʻa ke tuli ki ha ngāue pe ko ha meʻa ke fakatau ʻa ia ʻe fiemaʻu ki ai ha taimi, paʻanga pe ivi lahí, ʻe lelei ke “fatu hono totongi” ʻaki ʻa e ʻeke hifo kia kitautolu, ‘ʻE fakaleleiʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa ʻeku ngāue kia Sihová pe taʻofi ia?’ (Luke 14:28; Fili. 1:9-11) ʻOku toe fakapotopoto foki ke fakakaukau ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ki he founga ʻe lava ke tau fakafaingofuaʻi ange ai ʻa ʻetau moʻuí koeʻuhi ke fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú.—2 Kol. 13:5; Ef. 5:10.
3. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he tuofefine naʻá ne fai ʻa e ngaahi feʻunuʻaki ke fakafaingofuaʻi ʻa ʻene moʻuí?
3 ʻI he taimi naʻe kamata tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu ai ha tuofefine, naʻá ne fili ke hokohoko atu pē ʻa ʻene ngāue paʻanga taimi-kakató neongo ko e ngāue konga taimí naʻe mei maʻu pē ai ʻa e paʻanga feʻunga ke tokangaʻi ʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi fiemaʻú. Naʻe faifai pē ʻo ne fakaʻosiʻaki: “ʻOku ʻikai lava ke tamaioʻeiki ha taha ki ha pule ʻe toko ua. Naʻe pau ke u feilaulauʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻá ku loto ke maʻú ke tokangaʻi ʻaki ʻeku ngaahi fiemaʻú. Naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ko e meʻa fakamatelié ʻe motuʻa ʻo ʻikai te u toe mahuʻingaʻia ai pea te u ongosia ʻi he feinga ke maʻu iá.” Ko hono ngaahi tuʻungá naʻe fakaʻatā ai ke ne fai ha feʻunuʻaki ke fakafaingofuaʻi ʻa ʻene moʻuí pea ke fetongi ʻa ʻene ngāué, ʻo ne ʻatā ai ke hokohoko atu ʻi he ngāue tāimuʻá.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu fakavavevave ai ke tau tauhi maʻu ha mata huʻufataha he taimi ní?
4 Ko e fakavavevave ʻa hotau taimí ʻokú ne ʻai ia ke toe mahuʻinga ange ke tau tauhi maʻu ha mata huʻufataha. Ko e ʻaho taki taha ʻoku mahili atú ʻoku tau ofi ange ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení pea mo e kamata ʻo e māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá. (1 Kol. 7:29, 31) ʻI he tokangataha ki he ngāue fakamalangá, ʻe lava ke tau fakamoʻui ai fakatouʻosi ʻa kitautolu mo e faʻahinga ʻoku fanongo mai kia kitautolú.—1 Tim. 4:16.