‘Mou Aeva ia Kalaisi’
“Koia i hoo mou maʻu a Kalaisi Jisu koe Eiki, ke mou aeva iate ia.” —KOLOSE 2:6, PM.
1, 2. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e moʻui ngāue anga-tonu ʻa ʻĪnoke kia Sihová? (e) Kuo anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau ʻaʻeva mo iá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he Kolose 2:6, 7 (PM)?
KUÓ KE sio ki ha kiʻi tamasiʻi ʻoku ʻaʻeva fakataha mo ʻene tamaí? ʻOku faʻifaʻitaki ʻa e kiʻi tamá ki he laka kotoa ʻa ʻene tamaí, ʻokú ne fofonga fiefia; ʻoku tokoni ki ai ʻene tamaí, ʻoku tapua mei hono fofongá ʻa e ʻofa mo e loto-leleiʻia. ʻOku feʻungamālie, ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakatātā tofu pē ko iá ke fakamatalaʻiʻaki ha moʻui ʻo e ngāue anga-tonu kiate iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e tangata anga-tonu ko ʻĪnoké naʻe “takaua [“ʻaʻeva,” NW] mo e ʻOtua [moʻoní].”—Senesi 5:24; 6:9.
2 Hangē pē ko e tokoniʻi ʻe ha tamai fakaʻatuʻi ʻa hono kiʻi fohá ke ʻaʻeva fakataha mo iá, kuo ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻa e tokoni lelei taha ʻoku malavá. Naʻá ne fekauʻi hifo hono ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-naʻe-fakatupú ki he māmaní. ʻI heʻene laka kotoa pē heʻene ʻaʻeva ʻi he māmaní ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻene moʻuí, naʻe tapua haohaoa mai ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa ʻene Tamai fakahēvaní. (Sione 14:9, 10; Hepelu 1:3) Ko ia, ke ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻaʻeva mo Sīsū. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Koia i hoo mou maʻu a Kalaisi Jisu koe Eiki, ke mou aeva iate ia: Kuo aka mo laga hake iate ia, bea fakatuumau i he tui, o hage koe akonekina akimoutolu, bea ke mou tubulekina ai i he fakafetai.”—Kolose 2:6, 7, PM.
3. Fakatatau ki he Kolose 2:6, 7 (PM), ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau pehē ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ki he ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ʻo ʻikai ko e papitaisó pē?
3 Koeʻuhi ʻoku nau loto ke ʻaʻeva fakataha mo Kalaisi, ʻo feinga ke muimui ʻi heʻene ngaahi laka haohaoá, ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e kau ako Tohitapu loto-totonú ʻo papitaiso. (Luke 3:21; Hepelu 10:7-9) ʻI māmani lahi, ʻi he 1997 ʻataʻatā pē, naʻe laka hake ʻi he toko 375,000 naʻa nau laka ʻi he lākanga mātuʻaki mahuʻingá ni—ko e ʻavalisí naʻe laka hake ʻi he toko 1,000 ʻi he ʻaho taki taha. ʻOku fakatupu-fiefia ʻa e tupulaki ko ʻení! Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Paula ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Kolose 2:6, 7 ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku toe lahi ange ʻa e meʻa ʻoku kaunga ki he ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ʻo ʻikai ko e papitaisó pē. Ko e foʻi veape faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu ko e “ʻaʻeva” ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ha foʻi ngāue kuo pau ke hokohoko atu. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku tānaki atu ʻe Paula ko e ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa ʻe fā: ko e hoko ʻo faiaka ʻia Kalaisi, hoko ʻo langa hake ʻiate ia, hoko ʻo tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tuí, mo e tupulekina ʻi he fakafetaʻi. Tau vakai ki he kupuʻi lea taki taha pea sio pe ʻe anga-fēfē ʻene tokoniʻi kitautolu ke hokohoko atu ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí.
ʻOkú Ke ‘Aka Ia Kalaisi’?
4. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e hoko ʻo ‘aka ia Kalaisí’?
4 ʻUluakí, ʻoku tohi ʻe Paula, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ‘aka ia Kalaisi.’ (Fakafehoanaki mo Mātiu 13:20, 21.) ʻE lava fēfē ʻe ha taha ke ngāue atu ʻo hoko ʻo aka ʻia Kalaisi? Sai, ko e ngaahi aka ʻo ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ʻoku ʻikai lava ʻo sio ki ai, ka ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki he kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú—ʻoku ʻai ia ke tuʻumaʻu pea tokonaki mo e meʻakai ki ai. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga mo e akonaki ʻa Kalaisí ʻokú na ʻuluaki ueʻi taʻehāmai kitautolu, ʻo hoko ʻo nofoʻia ʻi hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó. ʻI aí ʻokú na fafanga ai mo fakaivimālohiʻi kitautolu. ʻI heʻetau fakaʻatā kinaua ke na puleʻi ʻetau fakakaukaú, ʻetau ngaahi ngāué, mo ʻetau ngaahi filí, ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau fakatapui ʻetau moʻuí kia Sihova.—1 Pita 2:21.
5. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakatupu ha “holi” ki he meʻakai fakalaumālié?
5 Naʻe manako ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻilo mei he ʻOtuá. Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne fakatatau ia ki he meʻakaí. (Mātiu 4:4) Tā neʻineʻi, ʻi heʻene Malanga ʻi he Moʻungá, naʻá ne fai ai ha lea ʻe 21 mei he ngaahi tohi kehekehe ʻe valu ʻo e Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú. Ke muimui ʻi heʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa ia ʻoku enginaki mai ʻe Pitá—“[“fakatupu ha,” NW] holi” ki he meʻakai fakalaumālié “hange ko e fanau toki faʻeleʻi.” (1 Pita 2:2) ʻI he taimi ʻoku holi ai ha kiʻi valevale toki fāʻeleʻi ki ha meʻakai, ʻokú ne ʻai ke mahino ʻa ʻene holi loto-vivilí. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai te tau ongoʻi pehē he taimí ni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻakai fakalaumālié, ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi mai kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa Pitá ke tau “fakatupu” ʻa e holi ko iá. Anga-fēfē? ʻOku tokoni nai ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku hā ʻi he Sāme 34:8 (PM): “Mou kamata [“ʻahiʻahi,” NW] o vakai oku lelei a Jihova.” Kapau ʻoku tau “ʻahiʻahi” maʻu pē ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová, ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻo lau nai ha konga ʻo ia ʻi he ʻaho taki taha, te tau ʻilo ai ʻa ʻene fafanga fakalaumālie mo leleí. ʻI he ʻalu ʻa e taimí, ʻe tupulaki ai ʻetau holi ki aí.
6. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke tau fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa ʻoku tau laú?
6 Kae kehe, ʻoku mahuʻinga ke fakamolū lelei ʻa e meʻakaí ʻi he ʻosi pē ʻetau kai iá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa ʻoku tau laú. (Sāme 77:11, 12) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi heʻetau lau ʻa e tohi The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, ʻe ʻaonga lahi ange ʻa e vahe taki taha kapau te tau kiʻi tuʻu pea ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu: ‘Ko e hā ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻo e ʻulungaanga ʻo Kalaisí ʻoku ou vakai ki ai ʻi he fakamatalá ni, pea ʻe malava fēfē ke u faʻifaʻitaki ki ai ʻi heʻeku moʻuí tonu?’ Ko e fakalaulauloto peheé te ne fakaivia kitautolu ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau akó. Ko ia, ʻi heʻetau fehangahangai mo ha fili ke fai, ʻe lava ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe mei fai ia ʻe Sīsuú. Kapau ʻoku tau fai ʻetau filí ʻo fakatatau pehē, ʻoku tau ʻoatu ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻo e hoko ʻo faiaka moʻoni ʻia Kalaisí.
7. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau vakai ki he meʻakai fakalaumālie mālohí?
7 ʻOku toe naʻinaʻi mai ʻa Paula ke tau maʻu ʻa e “meʻakai malohi,” ko e ngaahi moʻoni loloto ange ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 5:14) Mahalo ko ʻetau fuofua taumuʻa ʻi he meʻá ni ko hono lau ʻa e Tohitapú fakakātoa. ʻOku ʻi ai leva mo e toe ngaahi tuʻunga-lea pau ʻo e akó, hangē ko e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Kalaisí, ko e ngaahi fuakava kehekehe naʻe fai ʻe Sihova mo ʻene kakaí, pe ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi pōpoaki fakaekikite ʻi he Tohitapú. ʻOku ʻi ai ha naunau lahi fau ʻe tokoni kiate kitautolu ke tau kai mo fakamolū ʻa e meʻakai mālohi fakalaumālie peheé. Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ki hono maʻu ʻa e ʻilo peheé? ʻOku ʻikai ko hono ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ha ʻuhinga ke tau pōlepole ai, ka ke langa hake ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová pea tohoaki ai kitautolu ke tau ofi ange kiate ia. (1 Kolinito 8:1; Semisi 4:8) Kapau ʻoku tau vēkeveke maʻu ʻa e ʻilo ko ʻení, ngāueʻaki ia kiate kitautolu, pea ngāueʻaki ia ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé, te tau faʻifaʻitaki moʻoni ai kia Kalaisi. ʻE tokoni ʻa e meʻá ni kiate kitautolu ke tau faiaka totonu ʻiate ia.
ʻOkú Ke ‘Laga Hake Ia Kalaisi’?
8. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e hoko ʻo ‘laga hake ia Kalaisí’?
8 Ki he tafaʻaki hono hoko ʻo e ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí, ʻoku hiki fakavave ai ʻa Paula mei he meʻa ʻoku sioloto atu ki aí ki he meʻa ʻe taha—mei he meʻa ʻoku kau ki ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú ki he meʻa ʻoku kau ki ha langa fale. ʻI heʻetau fakakaukau atu ki ha langa ʻoku fai, ʻoku tau fakakaukau atu ʻo ʻikai ki he fakavaʻé pē ka ʻoku toe pehē ki he faʻunga lahi ko ia ʻoku hā mai mei heʻene tuʻu haké, ʻo fakafou ʻi ha ngāue mālohi. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, kuo pau ke tau fai ha ngāue lahi ke langa hake ʻa e ngaahi anga mo e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻoku hangē ko Kalaisí. ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻalu ʻa e ngāue lahi peheé ʻo taʻefakatokangaʻi, he ʻoku hangē ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe Paula kia Tīmoté: ‘Ke ha ki he kakai kotoa hoʻo laka ki muʻá.’ (1 Timote 4:15; Mātiu 5:16) Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ngāue faka-Kalisitiane ʻoku nau langa hake kitautolú?
9. (a) Ke faʻifaʻitaki kia Kalaisi ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú, ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻaonga ke tau hanga nai ʻo fokotuʻú? (e) ʻOku tau ʻilo fēfē ʻoku finangalo mai ʻa Sihova ke tau fiefia ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
9 Naʻe vaheʻi mai ʻe Sīsū kiate kitautolu ke tau malangaʻi mo akoʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí. (Mātiu 24:14; 28:19, 20) Naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga haohaoa, ʻi he faifakamoʻoni loto-toʻa mo ola lelei. Ko e moʻoni ia, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te tau fai ia ʻo lelei hangē ko ia naʻá ne faí. Kae kehe, naʻe fokotuʻu mai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa e taumuʻa ko ʻení maʻatautolu: “Mou ʻai ke tapuhā ʻa Kalaisi ʻi homou loto, ko e ʻEiki pe ia: ʻo mou ʻosi teu ai pe ke fai ha fakamatala kiate ia fuape te ne ʻeke kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ʻamanaki ʻoku mou maʻu; kae fai ʻi he angavaivai mo e tailiili.” (1 Pita 3:15) Kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi ʻokú ke “ʻosi teu ai pe ke fai ha fakamatala,” ʻoua ʻe tō e ʻamanakí. Fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa fakapotopoto ʻe tokoni kiate koe ke ke ngaʻunu ai ki he tuʻunga ko iá. ʻE ʻai nai koe ʻe he teuteu ki muʻá ke ke liliu ʻa hoʻo tuʻuakí pe fakakau ki ai ha konga Tohitapu ʻe taha pe ua. Te ke fokotuʻu nai ha taumuʻa ke tuku atu ha ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapu lahi ange, ke fai ha ngaahi toe ʻaʻahi lahi ange, pe ke kamata ha ako Tohitapu. ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke tō ʻa e fakamamafá ki he lahí—hangē ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi houá, ngaahi tohi ʻoku tufá, pe ngaahi akó—ka ʻi hono leleí. Ko hono fokotuʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa fakapotopoto pea feinga atu ke aʻusia iá ʻoku lava ke tokoni ia kiate kitautolu ke tau fiefia ʻi he foaki atu ʻo kitautolu ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu mai ʻe Sihová—kiate kitautolu ke tau tauhi ia “ʻaki ʻa e fiefia.”—Sāme 100:2; fakafehoanaki mo 2 Kolinito 9:7.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ngāue faka-Kalisitiane kehe ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakahokó, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻenau tokoni kiate kitautolú?
10 ʻOku ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku tau fakahoko ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻokú ne langa hake kitautolu ʻia Kalaisi. Ko e mahuʻinga lahi tahá ko hono fakahāhā ʻa e feʻofaʻakí, he ko e fakaʻilonga ia ʻoku ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní. (Sione 13:34, 35) Lolotonga ʻetau kei akó, ko e tokolahi ʻo kitautolu kuo hoko ʻo pipiki ki heʻetau faiakó, ʻa ia ʻoku fakaenatula pē ia. Kae kehe, ʻe lava ke tau muimui he taimí ni ki he akonaki ʻa Paula ke “fano” atu ʻaki ʻete feinga ke ʻilo ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá? (2 Kolinito 6:13) ʻOku fiemaʻu foki ki he kau mātuʻá ʻa ʻetau ʻofá mo e houngaʻiá. ʻI he ngāue fakataha mo kinautolú, ʻo kumi mo tali ʻenau akonaki Fakatohitapú, ʻoku tau ʻai ai ʻenau ngāue lahí ʻo toe faingofua ange. (Hepelu 13:17) ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻe tokoni ʻeni ki heʻetau hoko ʻo langa hake ʻia Kalaisí.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e vakai moʻoni ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ki he papitaisó?
11 Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ʻa e papitaisó! Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau ʻamanekina ʻe fakaloto-fiefia pehē ai pē ʻa e mōmeniti kotoa pē ʻo e moʻuí ʻi he hili iá. Ko ha konga lahi ʻo ʻetau hoko ʻo langa hake ʻia Kalaisí ʻoku kau ai ʻa e “fou atu ai pe ʻi he hala pe ko ia.” (Filipai 3:16) ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ko ha founga moʻui ʻoku taʻeoli, fakapipiko. ʻOku ʻuhingá pē ia ko e laka ki muʻa ʻi ha laine hangatonu—ʻi hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ko e langa hake ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga fakalaumālie lelei pea tauhi ki ai ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho, pea ʻi he ʻosi atu ʻa e taʻu kae haʻu ʻa e taʻu. Manatuʻi, “ko ia te ne kataki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga, ko e toko taha ko ia te ne moʻui.”—Mātiu 24:13.
ʻOkú Ke Hoko ʻo ‘Tuumau i he Tuí’?
12. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e hoko ʻo “fakatuumau i he tui”?
12 ʻI heʻene kupuʻi lea hono tolu ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻetau ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí, ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ai ʻa Paula kiate kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo “fakatuumau i he tui.” ʻOku fakalea ʻe he liliu ʻe taha, “fakapapauʻi fekauʻaki mo e tuí,” he ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paulá ʻoku lava ke ʻuhinga ko e “ke fakapapauʻi, maluʻi, pea ʻai ke taʻealafakafoki mai fakalao.” ʻI heʻetau tupulaki ʻi he ʻiló, ʻoku toe ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ke tau sio ko ʻetau tui kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku makatuʻunga lelei, pea ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tuʻu fakalao. Ko e olá ko ha tupulekina ʻi heʻetau tuʻumaʻú. ʻOku hoko ia ʻo fakaʻaʻau ai pē ʻa e faingataʻa ki he māmani ʻo Sētané ke ne afeʻi kitautolú. ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe he meʻá ni kiate kitautolu ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá ke “tuiaki atu ki he haohaoa [“matuʻotuʻá,” NW].” (Hepelu 6:1) ʻOku ō fakataha ʻa e matuʻotuʻá mo e tuʻumaʻú.
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakamanamana ki he tuʻumaʻu ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolose ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau fehangahangai mo iá? (e) Ko e hā naʻe hohaʻa nai ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá?
13 Naʻe fehangahangai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolose ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí mo e ngaahi fakamanamana ki heʻenau tuʻumaʻú. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Paula: “Mou vakai naʻa faifai pea ai ha taha, te ne fai ʻaki ʻene poto fiefilosefa, ʻa ia ko e koto muna mo e kākā, ʻo ne holataki kimoutolu ʻi he ʻalunga ʻo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaeonoʻaho ʻa e kakai, ʻio, ʻi he ʻalunga ʻo e ngaahi ʻelemeniti ʻo e lotu ʻa ia ʻoku fakamaama, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he ʻalunga faka-Kalaisi.” (Kolose 2:8) Naʻe ʻikai loto ʻa Paula ke hoko ʻa e kau Kolosé, ʻa ia naʻa nau hoko ko e faʻahinga ʻi he “puleʻanga ʻo hono ʻAlo ʻOfaʻanga [ʻo e ʻOtuá],” ʻo holataki, takiheeʻi mei honau tuʻunga fakalaumālie faitāpuekiná. (Kolose 1:13) Takiheeʻi ʻi he founga fē? Naʻe fakahā ʻe Paula ʻa e “poto fiefilosefa,” ko e taimi pē ʻeni ʻoku hā ai ʻa e foʻi lea ko ʻení ʻi he Tohitapú. Naʻá ne lea ʻo kau ki he kau filōsefa Kalisí, hangē ko Palato mo Sōkolotesí? Neongo naʻe langaʻi ʻe he faʻahingá ni ha fakamanamana ki he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá, ko e foʻi lea “poto fiefilosefa” naʻe ʻi ai hono ngāueʻaki lahi ange. Naʻe faʻa ʻuhinga ki he ngaahi kulupu lahi mo e ngaahi akoʻanga fakaʻatamai—naʻa mo e ngaahi akoʻanga fakalotú. Hangē ko ʻení, ko e kau Siu pehē ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí hangē ko Siosefusi mo Filó naʻá na ui ʻena lotu pē ia ʻakinauá ko ha ʻilo fakafilōsefa—mahalo ko hono tānaki atu pē ke manakoa.
14 Ko e ngaahi ʻilo fakafilōsefa ʻe niʻihi nai naʻe hohaʻa ki ai ʻa Paulá ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia naʻe natula fakalotú. ʻI he konga ki mui ʻo e vahe tatau pē ʻo ʻene tohi ki he kau Kolosé, naʻá ne lea ai ki he faʻahinga naʻe faiakó, “ʻOua ʻe ala ki ai, ʻumaʻā ha kamata, ʻio, pe momoʻi lave ki ai,” ko e lave ia ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé naʻe fakangata ʻe he pekia ʻa Kalaisí. (Loma 10:4) Tānaki atu ki he ngaahi ʻilo fakafilōsefa fakapanganí, naʻe ngāue ʻa e ngaahi tākiekiná ʻo fakamanamanaʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo e fakatahaʻangá. (Kolose 2:20-22) Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e ʻilo fakafilōsefa naʻe hoko ko e konga ʻo e “ngaahi elemeniti ʻo e lotu ʻa ia ʻoku fakamaama.” Ko e fakahinohino loi peheé naʻe tupu ia mei he tangatá.
15. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei hano afeʻi kitautolu ʻe he fakakaukau taʻefakatohitapu ʻoku tau fetaulaki mo iá?
15 Ko hono poupouʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fakaetangata ʻoku ʻikai ke makatuʻunga fefeka ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku lava ke ne fokotuʻu ha fakamanamana ki he tuʻumaʻu faka-Kalisitiané. Ko kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní kuo pau ke tau tokanga fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakamanamana peheé. Naʻe naʻinaʻi mai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné: “Siʻi ʻofaʻanga, ʻoua te mou tui ki he laumalie fulipe, ka mou sivi pe ʻa e ngaahi laumalie, pe ʻoku mei he ʻOtua ia.” (1 Sione 4:1) Ko ia kapau ʻe feinga ha kaungāako ke fakalotoʻi koe ʻo pehē ko e moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e Tohitapú ʻoku ākenga-motuʻa ia, pe ʻoku hehema ha kaungāʻapi ke tākiekina koe ke ohi ha fakakaukau mātuʻaki fakamatelie, pe ko ha kaungāngāue ʻokú ne fakaʻaiʻai fakaoloolo koe ke ke maumauʻi ho konisēnisi kuo akoʻi mei he Tohitapú, pe naʻa mo ha kaungātui ʻokú ne fai atu ha ngaahi fakamatala fakaanga, taʻefakafiemālie ʻo kau ki he niʻihi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi heʻene fakakaukau pē ʻaʻana, ʻoua ʻaupito ʻe tali ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau leaʻakí. Liʻaki atu ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai fehoanaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻetau fai peheé, te tau tauhi maʻu ai ʻetau tuʻumaʻu ʻi heʻetau ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí.
“Tubulekina Ai i he Fakafetai”
16. Ko e hā ʻa e tafaʻaki hono fā ʻo e ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí, pea ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi ʻe lava ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolú?
16 Ko e tafaʻaki hono fā ʻo e ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ʻa ia ʻoku lave ki ai ʻa Paulá ko ʻetau hoko ʻo “tubulekina ai i he fakafetai.” (Kolose 2:7, PM) ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe he foʻi lea “tubulekina” ha vaitafe ʻoku tupulekina ʻo hake ʻi hono ngaahi kauvaí. ʻOku fokotuʻu mai ʻe he meʻá ni ko kitautolu ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané, ko ʻetau fakafetaʻí ko ha meʻa ke hokohoko atu, pe tōʻongaʻaki. ʻOku lelei nai ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu taki taha, ‘ʻOku ou fai ʻa e fakafetaʻí?’
17. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ʻoku tau maʻu kotoa ʻo lahi ʻa e meʻa ke tau fai ai ʻa e fakafetaʻi, naʻa mo e lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taimi faingataʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa meia Sihova ʻa ia ʻoku tautefito ki ai ʻa hoʻo ongoʻi ke fakafetaʻí?
17 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tau maʻu kotoa ha ʻuhinga feʻunga ʻānoa ke tau tupulekina ʻi he fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē. Naʻa mo e ʻi he tauhaʻa lahi tahá, ʻoku ʻi ai nai ha fanga kiʻi meʻa faingofua ʻe niʻihi ʻoku lava ke ne ʻomai ha mōmeniti ʻo e nonga. Ko ha kaumeʻa ʻokú ne fakahāhā ʻa e kaungāongoʻi. Ko ha ʻofaʻanga ʻokú ne ala fakanonga atu. Ko ha mālōlō lelei ʻi he poʻulí ʻoku fakatupu ongoʻi foʻou. Ko ha meʻakai ifo ʻokú ne lōmia hifo ʻa e ngaahi langa mamahi ʻa e fiekaiá. Ko ha hiva ʻa ha manupuna, ko ha kata ʻa ha kiʻi tama, ko ha langi pulū fetapaki, ko ha havilivili fakatupu ongoʻi foʻou—kātoa ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni mo e toe ngaahi meʻa kehe ʻoku tau hokosia nai ʻi ha foʻi ʻaho ʻe taha. ʻOku fuʻu faingofua ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa peheé ia. ʻIkai ʻoku nau taau kotoa mo ha fakamālō-atu? ʻOku nau haʻu kotoa meia Sihova, ko e Matavai ʻo e “foaki lelei kotoabe moe foaki haohaoa kotoabe.” (Semisi 1:17, PM) Pea kuó ne foaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻokú ne ʻai ke hā siʻisiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko iá—ko e fakatātaá, ko e moʻuí tonu. (Sāme 36:9) ʻIkai ngata aí, kuó ne foaki mai kiate kitautolu ha faingamālie ke moʻui taʻengata. Ke tokonaki mai ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko ʻení, naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ha feilaulau fakaleveleva ʻaki hono fekau hifo hono ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupú, “ko hono fiefiaaga.”—Palovepi 8:30, PM; Sione 3:16.
18. ʻE anga-fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e fakafetaʻi kia Sihová?
18 Ko ia, he moʻoni ē ko e ngaahi lea ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ko e meʻa lelei ke fakafetaʻi kia Sihova.” (Sāme 92:1) ʻI ha tuʻunga meimei tatau, naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Tesalonaiká: “Fakafetaʻi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe.” (1 Tesalonaika 5:18; Efeso 5:20; Kolose 3:15) Ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻo kitautolu te tau fakapapau nai ke fakafetaʻi lahi ange. Ko ʻetau ngaahi lotú ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke nōfoʻi pē ʻi he ngaahi kole ki he ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu kiate kitautolú. ʻOku lelei ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi honau taimí. Kae sioloto atu angé ki ha kaumeʻa ʻoku toki lea atu pē kiate koe ʻi heʻene fiemaʻu ha meʻa meiate koe! Ko ia, fēfē ke lotu kia Sihova ke fai pē ha fakafetaʻi mo fakahīkihikiʻi ia? He pau lahi ē ke fakahōifua kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi lotu peheé ʻi heʻene ʻafio hifo ki he māmani taʻehoungaʻia ko ʻení! Ko e ʻaonga hono uá ʻe tokoni nai ʻa e ngaahi lotu peheé kiate kitautolu ke tau hangataha ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki pau ʻo e moʻuí, ʻo fakamanatu mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa hono lahi ʻo hono faitāpuekina moʻoni ʻo kitautolú.
19. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fokotuʻu mai ʻe he lea ʻa Paula ʻi he Kolose 2:6, 7 (PM) ke tau hokohoko kotoa atu ke laka ki muʻa ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí?
19 ʻIkai ʻoku fakaofo ʻa hono lahi ʻo e tataki fakapotopoto ʻoku lava ke tokonaki mai mei ha foʻi konga tohi pē ʻe taha ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? Ko e akonaki ʻa Paula ke hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ko ha meʻa ia ʻoku totonu kiate kitautolu taki taha ke tau loto ke tukulotoa ia. Tau fakapapau ai leva ke tau ‘aka ia Kalaisi,’ “laga hake iate ia,” “fakatuumau i he tui,” pea ‘tubulekina i he fakafetai.’ ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e akonaki ko iá tautefito ki he faʻahinga kuo toki papitaisó. Ka ʻoku toe kaunga pē ia kiate kitautolu kātoa. Fakakaukau atu ki he faai hifo ʻo toe lahi ange ʻa e ʻalu hifo ʻa ha foʻi aka-tuʻu pea pehē ki he faai hake ʻa ha fale ʻoku lolotonga langa. Ko ia ko ʻetau ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito hano ngataʻanga. ʻOku kei lahi ʻānoa ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tupú. ʻE tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova mo tāpuakiʻi kitautolu, he ʻokú ne finangalo mai ke tau hoko atu ai pē ʻa e ʻaʻeva mo iá pea mo hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻangá ʻo taʻengata.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he ʻaʻeva ʻia Kalaisí?
◻ ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e hoko ʻo ‘aka ia Kalaisí’?
◻ ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau ‘laga hake ia Kalaisi’?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai ke hoko ʻo “fakatuumau i he tui”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻoku tau maʻu ke ‘tubulekina ai i he fakafetaí’?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
ʻOku ʻikai nai ke hā mai ʻa e ngaahi aka ʻo ha fuʻu ʻakau, ka ʻoku nau tokonaki ʻa e meʻakai ki ai mo fokotuʻumaʻu ia