“Kuo Pau ke Taki Taha Fua ʻEne Kavenga Aʻana”
“Te tau taki taha fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtua maʻata.”—LOMA 14:12.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia naʻe fehangahangai mo ha kau Hepelū ʻe toko tolu?
ʻOKU fehangahangai ha kau talavou Hepelū nofo ʻi Pāpilone ʻe toko tolu mo ha fili ʻi he mate-mo-e-moʻui. Te nau punou ki ha fuʻu ʻīmisi, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he lao ʻo e fonuá? Pe te nau fakafisi ke lotu ki ai pea lī kinautolu ki ha fōnise afi kakaha? ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha taimi ia ʻo Setaleki, Mēsake mo ʻApitenikō ke kumi faleʻi ki ha taha; pea ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke nau fai pehē. ʻOku nau tala taʻetoeveiveiua: “Ke meaʻi ʻe he ʻafiona, ʻe ʻikai te mau momoʻi tauhi ho ngaahi ʻotua, pe lotu ki he imisi koula kuo ke fokotuʻu.” (Taniela 3:1-18) ʻOku fua ʻe he kau Hepelū ʻe toko tolú ʻa honau fatongia ʻo kinautolú.
2. Ko hono moʻoní, ko hai naʻá ne fai ʻa e fili ʻa Pailato fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí, pea naʻe fakaʻataʻatā ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa e kōvana Lomá mei heʻene moʻuaʻaki ke fai ha fakamatalá?
2 ʻI he senituli nai ʻe ono ki mui aí, naʻe fanongo ai ha kōvana ki he ngaahi tukuakiʻi kuo fai ki ha tangata. ʻI hono sivisiviʻi ʻa e keisí, ʻokú ne hoko ai ʻo tuipau ʻoku tonuhia ʻa e fakaʻiloá. Neongo ia, ʻoku kounaʻi ia ʻe he fuʻu kakaí ke tautea mate ia. Hili e feinga ke talitekeʻí, ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e toumoua ʻa e kōvaná ke fakahoko hono fatongiá peá ne ʻulutukua ai ki he tengé. ʻI heʻene fanofano hono nimá, ʻokú ne pehē: “Kuo u ʻataʻatā au mei he toto ʻo e tangata.” ʻOkú ne tuku atu leva ʻa e tangatá ke tutuki. ʻIo, ʻi he ʻikai ke fua hono fatongia ke fai ha fili fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku tuku ʻe Ponitō Pailato ia ki he niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ʻa ʻene filí. ʻOku ʻikai ha vai lahi ia ʻe lava ke ne fakaʻatā ia mei heʻene moʻuaʻaki ke fai ha fakamatala ki hono hilifaki ʻa e tautea taʻetotonu ko ia kia Sīsuú.—Mātiu 27:11-26; Luke 23:13-25.
3. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau tuku ki he niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fili maʻatautolú?
3 Fēfē koe? ʻI he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke ke fai ha ngaahi filí, ʻokú ke hangē ko e kau Hepelū ʻe toko tolú, pe ʻokú ke fakaʻatā ʻe koe ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ʻa e fili maʻaú? ʻOku ʻikai ke faingofua ʻa hono fai ha fili. ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e tuʻunga matuʻotuʻa ki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fili totonú. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he ngaahi mātuʻá ke nau fai ha ngaahi fili lelei maʻa ʻenau fānau īkí. Ko e moʻoni, ko hono fai ha filí ʻoku faingataʻa ʻaupito ʻi he taimi ʻoku fihi ai ʻa e tuʻungá mo ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa kehekehe kuo pau ke fakakaukauʻí. Kae kehe, ko e fatongia ki hono fai ha ngaahi filí ʻoku ʻikai ke fuʻu mamafa ia ke fakakau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e “ngaahi mafasiaʻanga” pe ngaahi meʻa fakatupu hohaʻa ko ia ʻe fua nai maʻatautolu ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku “fakalaumalie.” (Kaletia 6:1, 2) ʻI hono kehé, ko ha kavenga ia ʻa ia “te tau taki taha fai [ai] ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtua maʻata.” (Loma 14:12) “Kuo pau ke taki taha fua ʻene kavenga aʻana,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Kaletia 6:5) ʻE malava fēfē leva ke tau fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopoto ʻi he moʻuí? ʻUluakí, kuo pau ke tau ʻiloʻi hotau ngaahi ngataʻanga fakaetangatá pea ako ke ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fakafepakiʻiʻaki kinautolú.
Ko ha Fiemaʻu Tefito
4. Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni mātuʻaki mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo hono fai ha ngaahi filí ʻoku totonu ke tau ako mei he talangataʻa ʻa e ʻuluaki ongo meʻa fakaetangatá?
4 ʻI he kamata mai ʻa e hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá, naʻe fai ai ʻe he ʻuluaki ongo meʻá ha fili ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahoko mai ha ngaahi nunuʻa fakatuʻutāmaki. Naʻá na fili ke kai mei he fua ʻo e fuʻu ʻakau ʻo e ʻilo ʻo e leleí mo e koví. (Senesi 2:16, 17) Ko e hā naʻe makatuʻunga ai ʻena filí? “Naʻe vakai ʻe he fefine ko e ʻakau ia ʻoku lelei ki he kai, pea matamatalelei ki he mata, kaeʻumaʻa ko e ʻakau ke fai ki ai ha velevele,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. “Pea ne hanga ʻo toli hono fua, ʻo kai, pea ne ʻange foki ki hono husepaniti naʻe ʻiate ia; pea kai mo ia.” (Senesi 3:6) Naʻe fakatuʻunga ʻa e fili ʻa ʻIví ʻi he holi siokita. Naʻe tataki ʻe he meʻa naʻá ne faí ʻa ʻĀtama ke kau fakataha mo ia. Ko hono olá, naʻe ‘hoko ai ki he kakai kotoabe’ ʻa e angahalá mo e maté. (Loma 5:12, PM) ʻOku totonu ke hanga ʻe he talangataʻa ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví ʻo akoʻi mai kiate kitautolu ha lēsoni mātuʻaki mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e tangatá: Kapau heʻikai ke pīkitai ki he tataki fakaʻotuá, ʻe hehema pē ʻa e tangatá ia ke fai ha ngaahi fili fehālaaki.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e tataki kuo tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolú, pea ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke maʻu ʻaonga ai mei aí?
5 He fiefia ē ko kitautolu ʻi he ʻikai ke liʻaki mai kitautolu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻo taʻeʻiai ha tataki! ʻOku tala mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “ʻE fanongo ʻe ho telinga ki ha lea mei ho tuʻa, Ko eni ʻa e hala, fou ai; ka ai haʻo afe ki toʻomataʻu, pe ka ai haʻo afe ki toʻohema.” (Aisea 30:21) ʻOku folofola mai ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolu fakafou ʻi heʻene Folofola fakamānavaʻí, ko e Tohi Tapú. Kuo pau ke tau ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú pea maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ki ai. Ke fai ʻa e ngaahi fili totonú, ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻu ʻa e “meʻakai fefeká [ʻa ia] ʻoku maʻá e kakai ʻoku matuʻotuʻá.” “Fakafou ʻi hono ngāueʻakí,” ʻoku toe ‘akoʻi ai ʻetau ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú ke nau fakafaikehekeheʻi fakatouʻosi ʻa e tonú mo e halá.’ (Hepelu 5:14, NW) ʻOku malava ke tau akoʻi ʻetau ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau ako mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
6. Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu ki hotau konisēnisí kae ngāue leleí?
6 ʻOku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu ki he foʻi ngāue ko hono fai ha filí ʻa hotau tufakanga tukufakaholo ko e konisēnisí. ʻOku maʻu ʻe he tufakanga ko ʻení ʻa e malava ke fai fakamaau, pea ʻoku malava ke ne “fakahalaia, ʻio mo fakatonuhia foki” kitautolu. (Loma 2:14, 15) Kae kehe, ke ngāue lelei hotau konisēnisí, kuo pau ke fakamāmaʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e ʻilo totonu ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻai ke ongongofua ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Folofola ko iá. Ko ha konisēnisi ʻoku ʻikai fakamāmaʻi ʻoku tākiekinangofua ia ʻe he ngaahi tōʻonga mo e ngaahi ʻulungāanga fakalotofonuá. Ko hotau ngaahi ʻātakaí pea mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e kakai kehé ʻoku toe malava ke na takihalaʻi kitautolu. Ko e hā ʻe hoko ki hotau konisēnisí ʻi he taimi ʻoku toutou tukunoaʻi ai ʻene tā maí pea ʻi hono maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻotuá? ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, ʻe malava ke hoko ia ʻo patu ʻo hangē naʻe tutu “aki ae ukamea vela,” ʻo hoko ʻo hangē ha kakano kuo hunuhunu ʻoku patepaté—ʻo ongonoa pea taʻeongo. (1 Timote 4:2, PM) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko ha konisēnisi ʻoku akoʻi ʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ha tataki alafalalaʻanga ia.
7. Ko e hā ha fiemaʻu tefito ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopotó?
7 Ko ha fiemaʻu tefito leva ki hono fua ʻa e fatongia ke fai ʻa e ngaahi fili fakapotopotó ko ha ʻilo totonu ʻo e Tohi Tapú pea mo e malava ke ngāueʻaki iá. ʻI he lelei ange ke ʻoua ʻe puna loto-ʻoho ki he ngaahi fakamulitukú ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi fili ke faí, ʻoku totonu ke tau vaheʻi ha taimi ke kumi ai ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakaʻotuá pea ngāueʻaki ʻetau malava fakaefakakaukaú ʻi hono ngāueʻaki iá. Naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau fai ha fili fakavavevavé—hangē ko ia naʻe hoko kia Setaleki, Mēsake mo ʻApitenikoó—ʻoku tau mateuteu lelei kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea kuo ʻosi akoʻiʻaki ia ʻa hotau konisēnisí. Ke mahinoʻi ʻa e founga ʻoku malava ai ʻe he tutui atu ki he matuʻotuʻá ke fakamāsilaʻi ʻetau malava ke fai ha filí, tau lāulea angé ki ha ongo tafaʻaki ʻe ua ʻo e moʻuí.
Ko Hai ʻE Hoko ko Hotau Kau Feohí?
8, 9. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻokú na fakahaaʻi mai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi feohi koví? (e) ʻOku ʻuhinga pē ʻa e feohi koví ki he feohi fakahangatonu mo e kakai anga-fulikivanú? Fakamatalaʻi.
8 “ʻOua naʻa takihalaʻi koe,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá. “Ko e ngaahi feohi koví ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga leleí.” (1 Kolinito 15:33, NW) Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ki heʻene kau ākongá: “[ʻOku] ʻikai ʻo māmani ʻa kimoutolu.” (Sione 15:19) ʻI hono ako ʻa e ongo tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení, ʻoku tau mahinoʻi vave ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he feohi mo e kau feʻauakí, kau tonó, kau kaihaʻá, kau konaá mo e faʻahinga peheé. (1 Kolinito 6:9, 10) Ko ia, ʻi heʻetau fakalakalaka ʻi he ʻilo ki he moʻoni ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ko hono fakamoleki ha taimi mo e faʻahinga tāutaha peheé ʻi he mamata ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi faivá, ʻi he televīsoné pe ʻi he komipiutá pe ʻi he lau fekauʻaki mo kinautolu ʻi ha ngaahi tohi, ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki tatau pē. ʻOku malava ke leaʻaki ʻa e meʻa tatau ki he feohi ʻi he ngaahi loki talanoa ʻInitanetí mo e “faʻahinga ʻoku nau fufū honau tuʻunga totonú.”—Sāme 26:4, NW.
9 Fēfē ʻa e feohi vāofi mo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau maʻa fakaeʻulungāanga nai ka ʻoku ʻikai ke nau tui ki he ʻOtua moʻoní? ʻOku tala mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “Oku tokoto a mamani kotoabe i he toko taha kovi.” (1 Sione 5:19, PM) ʻOku tau hoko ʻo lāuʻilo ko e ngaahi feohi koví ʻoku ʻikai ke fakangatangata pē ia ki he kakai anga-fakangofua tavalé pe tōlalo fakaeʻulungāangá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e kaungāmeʻa ofi mo e faʻahinga pē ʻoku nau ʻofa kia Sihová.
10. Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fai ha ngaahi fili lelei ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ʻetau fetuʻutaki mo e māmaní?
10 Ko e fakaʻehiʻehi fakaʻaufuli mei he fetuʻutaki mo e faʻahinga ʻi he māmaní ʻoku ʻikai malava ia pea ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu. (Sione 17:15) Ko e kau ki he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané, ʻalu ki he akó, ʻalu ki he ngāué ʻoku kau kotoa ai ʻa e fetuʻutaki mo e māmaní. Ko ha Kalisitiane ʻoku mali mo ha taha taʻetui ʻokú ne feohi lahi ange ai mo e māmaní ʻi he niʻihi kehé. Kae kehe, ʻi hono akoʻi ʻetau ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú, ʻoku tau mahinoʻi ai ko e meʻa kehe ʻa e fiemaʻu pau ke fakangatangata ʻa e fetuʻutaki mo e māmaní pea ko e meʻa kehe ʻaupito ʻa hono fakatupulekina ia ʻo e ngaahi feohi vāofi mo iá. (Semisi 4:4) Ko ia, ʻoku tau malava ke fai ha ngaahi fili lelei pe te tau kau ʻi ha ngaahi ngāue kehe ʻi he ʻosi ʻa e akó, hangē ko e ngaahi sipotí mo e ngaahi hulohulá, mo e kau ki ha ngaahi paati mo e ngaahi kai ʻoku fokotuʻutuʻu ki he ngaahi kaungāngāué.
Ko Hono Fili ʻa e Ngāué
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuluaki meʻa ke fakakaukau ki ai ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi fili fekauʻaki mo e ngāué?
11 Ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi ha founga leleí ʻe tokoni ia kiate kitautolu ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻo ʻetau fakahoko hotau ngafa ke ‘[tokonaki] maʻa hotau familí.’ (1 Timote 5:8) Ko e ʻuluaki meʻa ke fakakaukau ki aí ko e natula ʻo e ngāué ʻiate ia pē—ko e hā ʻokú ne fiemaʻu mai ke tau faí. Ko hono fili ʻo ha faʻahinga ngāue ʻokú ne pouaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi fakahangatonu ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻoku hala ʻaupito ia. Ko ia ai ʻoku ʻikai ke tali ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku fekauʻaki nai mo e tauhi ʻaitolí, kaihaʻá, ngāuehalaʻaki ʻo e totó pe ngaahi tōʻonga taʻefakatohitapu kehe. Heʻikai foki ke tau loi pe kākā, neongo kapau ʻoku kounaʻi mai ʻe ha pule ngāue ke tau fai pehē.—Ngāue 15:29; Fakahā 21:8.
12, 13. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tuku kehe ʻa e ngāué ʻiate ia pē ʻoku mahuʻinga ki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fili fekauʻaki mo e ngāué?
12 Fēfē kapau ko e ngāué ʻiate ia pē ʻoku ʻikai te ne maumauʻi fakahangatonu ʻe ia ha faʻahinga fiemaʻu fakaʻotua pē? ʻI heʻetau tupulaki ʻi he ʻilo ki he moʻoní pea lelei ange mo ʻetau ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú, te tau hoko ai ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa kehe kuo pau ke tau fakakaukau ki aí. Fēfē kapau ko e ngāué te ne fakakau ai kitautolu ʻi ha tōʻonga taʻefakatohitapu, hangē ko e tali telefoni ʻi ha fale pelepaʻanga? Ko e matavai ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻa e vahé pea mo e feituʻu ʻo e ngāueʻangá ʻoku toe fiemaʻu ke tau fakakaukau ki ai. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe tala mahuʻinga ha Kalisitiane ʻa ia ko ha tokotaha ngāue fakakonituleki ki ha foʻi ngāue ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa hono vali ha taha ʻo e ngaahi fale lotu ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané pea kau ai ʻi he tokoni ke pouaki ʻa e lotu loí?—2 Kolinito 6:14-16.
13 Fēfē ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku tali ai ʻe heʻetau pule ngāué ha konituleki ke vali ha feituʻu faiʻanga lotu loi? ʻI he tuʻunga ko ʻení, ʻe fiemaʻu ke tau fakakaukau ki he ngaahi meʻa peheé ki hono lahi ʻo e mafai ʻoku tau maʻu ki he meʻa ʻoku faí pea mo e lahi ʻo ʻetau kau ki aí. Pea fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko ha ngāue totonu pē ia, hangē ko e ʻave meili ki he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻi ha komiunitī, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku pouaki ai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻoku halá? ʻIkai ʻoku kaunga ki ai ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku hā ʻi he Mātiu 5:45? Ko e meʻa ke ʻoua naʻa tukunoaʻí ko e anga ʻo ʻetau fai hokohoko ʻa e foʻi ngāué ʻe lava nai ke ne uesia ai hotau konisēnisí. (Hepelu 13:18) Ko e moʻoni, ko ʻetau fua hotau fatongia ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi fili fakamatuʻotuʻa fekauʻaki mo e ngāué ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau ʻai ke māsila ʻetau ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú pea akoʻi kakato hotau tufakanga kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ia ko e konisēnisí.
“Fakaogoogo Kiate Ia i Ho Hala Kotobe”
14. ʻI hono fai ha ngaahi fili, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku totonu maʻu pē ke fakakaukau ki aí?
14 Fēfē ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻoku tau fai fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa kehé, hangē ko e tuli ki ha ako fakamāmani pea mo hono tali pe fakataleʻi ha faʻahinga ngāue fakafaitoʻo? ʻI heʻetau fehangahangai mo ha faʻahinga fili pē ke fai, kuo pau ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapu ʻoku ala ngāueʻaki ki aí pea ngāueʻaki leva hotau ngaahi tufakanga fakaefakakaukaú ʻi hono ngāueʻaki kinautolú. “Falala kia Jihova aki ho loto kotoa; bea oua naa ke faaki ki ho boto oou,” ko e lau ia ʻa Tuʻi Solomone poto ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. “Ke ke fakaogoogo kiate ia i ho hala kotoabe, bea e fakatonutonu eia ho gaahi aluaga.”—Palovepi 3:5, 6, PM.
15. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he kau Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo hono fai ha ngaahi filí?
15 ʻOku faʻa hoko, ko e ngaahi fili ʻoku tau faí ʻoku uesia ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakakaukau ki he meʻá ni. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻe ʻikai ke nau kei ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi fakangatangata fakaemeʻakai ʻa e Lao ʻa Mōsesé. Naʻe malava ke nau fili ke kai ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga meʻakai naʻe lau ʻoku taʻemaʻa ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó pea naʻe ʻikai ke kovi ia ʻi he ngaahi founga kehé. Kae kehe, naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakano ʻo ha manu naʻe ʻi ai nai ʻene fekauʻaki mo ha temipale ʻaitoli: “Kapau ko e meʻakai pe ia ʻa ia ʻoku fakahingaki siʻoku tokoua, ʻa, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te u toe kai kakano ʻo lauikuonga, ke ʻoua naʻa ku fakahingaki siʻoku tokoua.” (1 Kolinito 8:11-13) Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ke nau fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻatuʻi ki he ngaahi konisēnisi ʻo e niʻihi kehé koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te nau fakatūkiaʻi kinautolu. Ko ʻetau ngaahi filí ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua te ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau “fakatupu tūkia.”—1 Kolinito 10:29, 32, NW.
Kumi ki he Poto Fakaʻotuá
16. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e lotú ko ha tokoni kiate kitautolu ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi filí?
16 Ko ha tokoni mahuʻinga taʻefakatataua ki hono fai ha ngaahi filí ko e lotu. “Kapau ko e poto ʻoku masiva ai ha taha,” ko e lea ia ʻa e ākonga ko Sēmisí, “ke ne kole mei he ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku ne foaki ʻataʻatā pe ki he kakai kotoa pe, ʻo ʻikai ʻatu mo e lau; pea ʻe foaki ia ki ai.” (Semisi 1:5) ʻAki ʻa e loto-falala, ʻoku malava ke tau hanga kia Sihova ʻi he lotu pea kole ki he poto ʻoku fiemaʻu ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili totonú. ʻI heʻetau talanoa ki he ʻOtua moʻoní ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ngaahi loto-hohaʻá pea kumi ki heʻene tatakí, ʻe tokoniʻi nai ai kitautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke tau mahinoʻi lelei ange ʻa e ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu ʻoku tau lolotonga fakakaukau ki aí pea fakamanatu mai ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu kuo tau taʻefakatokangaʻí nai.
17. ʻE malava fēfē ke tokoni mai ʻa e niʻihi kehé kiate kitautolu ʻi hono fai ha filí?
17 ʻE lava ke tokoni mai ʻa e niʻihi kehé kiate kitautolu ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngaahi filí? ʻIo, kuo tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha matuʻotuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. (Efeso 4:11, 12) ʻOku malava ke kumi faleʻi kiate kinautolu, tautefito kapau ko e fili ke faí ko ha fili mafatukituki. Ko e faʻahinga tāutaha ko ia ʻoku nau maʻu ha mahino fakalaumālie lolotó pea ʻoku nau taukei ʻi he moʻuí ʻe malava ke nau ʻomai ki heʻetau tokangá ha toe ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakaʻotua ʻoku ʻi ai nai ʻene kaunga ki heʻetau filí pea mo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau “sivi ʻo ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei lahi.” (Filipai 1:9, 10) Kae kehe, ko ha fakatokanga ʻeni ʻoku feʻungamālie: Kuo pau ke tau tokanga ke ʻoua ʻe tuku ki he niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi filí maʻatautolu. Ko e fatongiá ʻoku ʻatautolu ia ke fua.
Ko e Olá—ʻOku Lelei Maʻu Pē?
18. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e ola ʻo ha fili lelei?
18 ʻE iku maʻu pē ki ha ola lelei ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻoku makatuʻunga fefeka ʻi he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú pea fai fakakonisēnisí? ʻIo, ʻi he lele lōloá. Neongo ia, ʻi he taimi lahi, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe ha ola taimi-nounou ʻa e mamahi. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Setaleki, Mēsake mo ʻApitenikō te nau iku nai ki he mate ʻi heʻenau fili ko ia ke ʻoua ʻe lotu ki he fuʻu ʻīmisí. (Taniela 3:16-19) ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻi he hili hono tala ange ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ki he Sanetalimi Faka-Siú kuo pau ke nau talangofua ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ki he tangatá, naʻe haha kinautolu ki muʻa pea toki tukuangé. (Ngāue 5:27-29, 40) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e ‘hokonoa ʻa e faingamalié mo e tuʻutamakí’ ʻe uesia kovi nai ai ʻa e ola ʻo ha faʻahinga fili pē. (Koheleti 9:11) Kapau ʻoku tau faingataʻaʻia ʻi ha founga neongo hono ʻosi fai ha fili totonú, ʻoku malava ke tau loto-falala ʻe tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau kātekina pea ʻe tāpuakiʻi kitautolu ʻi he kahaʻú.—2 Kolinito 4:7.
19. ʻE malava fēfē ke tau fua loto-toʻa hotau fatongia ʻotautolú tonu ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi filí?
19 Ko ia, ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi filí, kuo pau ke tau kumi ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú pea ngāueʻaki ʻetau malava fakaefakakaukaú ke ngāueʻaki kinautolu. He houngaʻia lahi ē ko kitautolu ki he tokoni kuo tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova fakafou ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní pea mo e faʻahinga matuʻotuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá! ʻAki ʻa e tataki mo e ngaahi tokonaki peheé, tau fua loto-toʻa hotau fatongia ʻotautolú tonu ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopotó.
Ko e Hā Naʻá Ke Akó?
• Ko e hā ha fiemaʻu tefito ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili leleí?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e fakalakalaka atu ki he matuʻotuʻá ki heʻetau fili fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi feohí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻoku totonu ke tau fakakaukau ki ai ʻi heʻetau fai ha ngaahi fili fekauʻaki mo e ngāué?
• Ko e hā ʻa e tokoni ʻoku ala maʻu ki hono fai ha ngaahi filí?
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Ko e talangataʻa ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví ʻoku akoʻi mai ai kiate kitautolu ha lēsoni mātuʻaki mahuʻinga
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Ki muʻa ʻi hono fai ha fili mahuʻingá, kumi ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakaʻotuá