ʻOku Ofi ʻa e Fakahaofí ki he Kakai Anga-Līʻoa Fakaʻotuá!
“Pea ta ʻoku poto pe ʻa e ʻEiki [Sihova] ke hamusi ʻa e kakai lotumoʻoni [anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua, NW] mei he ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tauhi tautea ʻa e kau fai taʻetotonu, ʻo aʻu ki he fakamāu.”—2 PITA 2:9.
1. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻaʻia lahi ʻoku fehangahangai mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi hotau ʻahó ni? (e) ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻa ko ʻení, ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi te tau lave ki aí?
KO E ngaahi palopalema ʻo e moʻuí ʻoku fakautuutu ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá hono kotoa. ʻOku moʻoni ʻeni tatau ai pē pe ʻoku nofo ha taha ʻi ha feituʻu ʻoku hulu ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié pe ko ha feituʻu ʻoku fusimoʻomo ai. ʻOku ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e taʻemalú. Hangē ʻoku ʻikai ke feʻungaʻanoa pē ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻikonomika taʻepaú ke fai ki ai ha tokanga, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi palopalema fakaeʻātakai mamafa ʻoku nau ʻohofi ʻa e palanite ko Māmaní, ʻa ia ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ki he moʻui kotoa pē ʻi aí. ʻOku tupu mo mafola noa pē ʻa e mahakí. ʻOku mate ʻa e tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi mahaki pipihi, ngaahi mahaki mafu, pea mo e mahaki fakaʻauha ko e kanisā. Kuo maumauʻi ʻe he ʻulungaanga taʻetaaú ʻa e ngaahi ongo ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e moʻui fakafāmilí. Tukukehe ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni hono kotoa, kuo ngoto-fuʻu ʻa e māmaní ʻi he fakamālohí. ʻI he vakai atu pē ki he meʻa ʻoku fehangahangai mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku tau ʻeke moʻoni kiate kitauolu: ʻOku ʻi ai ha makatuʻunga moʻoni ke ʻamanekina ai ha fakahaofi vave? Kapau ko ia, ʻe anga-fēfē ʻene hoko maí, pea ko hai ʻe fakahaofí?—Fehoanaki mo Hapakuke 1:2; 2:1-3.
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ai ʻe kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku fakafiemālie ʻa e meʻa kuo leaʻaki ʻia 2 Pita 2:9? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ngāue fakahaofi tefito ʻoku tuhu ki ai ʻa e Tohitapú ko ha makatuʻunga ʻo ha fakalototoʻa?
2 Ko e meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi hotau ʻaho ní ʻokú ne fakamanatu kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi taimi mahuʻinga kehe ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku ʻave ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa ʻetau tokangá ki he ngaahi ngāue fakahaofi naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi taimi ko iá peá ne toki aʻu mai ki he fakamulituku fakafiemālie ko ʻení: “Pea ta ʻoku poto pe ʻa e ʻEiki [Sihova] ke hamusi ʻa e kakai lotumoʻoni [anga-liʻoa fakaʻotua, NW] mei he ʻahiʻahi.” (2 Pita 2:9) Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e potutohi ʻo e fakamatala ko iá, ʻi he 2 Pita 2:4-10:
3 “He kapau naʻe ʻikai ke maemaeʻekina ʻe he ʻOtua ha kau angelo naʻe angahala, ka ne lolofonuaʻi, ʻo ne tuku ki he ngaahi ʻana, ʻa ia ko e koto fakapoʻuli, ke tauhi ki he fakamāu: pea kapau naʻe ʻikai te ne maemaeʻekina ʻa e maama motuʻa, ka ne tauhi pe ha toko fitu, pea valu ʻaki ʻa Noa, ʻa ia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻa e maʻoniʻoni, ʻi heʻene ʻomi ʻa e lōmaki ki he maama ʻo e kau fakaʻotuamate: mo ne tutu ke efu ʻa e ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola, mo ne fakamāu ke nofo ko e koto lusa, ʻo ne tuku ai ha taipe ki he kau fakaʻotuamate ʻo e ʻamui; mo ne hamusi ʻa Lote maʻoniʻoni, ʻa ia kuo ne mafasia ʻi he toʻonga ʻa e kau malaki lao na, ʻa ia naʻa nau moʻui ʻaki ʻa e pauʻu fakalielia; (he ko siʻi maʻoniʻoni ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene nofo ʻi honau lotolotonga, ʻo sio mo fanongo ki heʻenau meʻa, naʻa ne fakahohaʻa tuʻu hono laumalie maʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pe ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi ngaue maumau lao:)—pea ta ʻoku poto pe ʻa e ʻEiki [Sihova] ke hamusi ʻa e kakai lotumoʻoni [anga-liʻoa fakaʻotua] mei he ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tauhi tautea ʻa e kau fai taʻetotonu, ʻo aʻu ki he fakamāu: kaeʻumaʻā ʻa kinautolu ʻoku muimui ki he kakano, ʻoku nau fou ʻi he holi ʻoku fakamousaʻa kita, mo nau fakasikakaʻi ʻa houʻeiki.” Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení, ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá mo e taimi ʻo Loté ʻoku mohu ʻuhinga kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní.
Ko e Laumālie Naʻe Mālohi ʻi he ʻAho ʻo Noá
4. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Noá, ko e hā naʻe vakai ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he māmaní kuo maumauʻi? (Sāme 11:5)
4 ʻOku fakahā kiate kitautolu ʻe he fakamatala fakahisitōlia ʻia Sēnesi vahe 6 naʻe hoko ʻa e māmaní ʻo maumauʻi ʻi he vakai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohí. Naʻe ʻikai ko ha ngaahi fakamālohi mavahe pē ʻo e faihiá. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sēnesi 6:11 naʻe “opeope ʻi he fonua ʻa e fakamalohi.”
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakakaukau ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá naʻe toe fakalahi atu ki he fakamālohi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fakatokanga ki ai ʻa ʻĪnoke ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻotuamaté?
5 Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻai ia ke hoko ʻo pehē? ʻOku lave ʻa e fakamatala kuo toʻo mei he tohi 2 Pitá ki he kakai fakaʻotuamate. ʻIo, ko ha laumālie fakaʻotuamate naʻe hūhū ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Naʻe kau ki heni ʻo ʻikai ko hano liʻaki fakalūkufua pē ʻa e lao fakaʻotuá ka ko e fakakaukau luki ki he ʻOtuá tonu pē.a Pea ʻi he luki ʻa e tangatá ki he ʻOtuá, ʻe anga-fēfē ha ʻamanekina te nau feangai anga-ʻofa ki honau faʻahingá? Ki muʻa ke fanauʻi ʻa Noá, kuo ʻosi hoko ʻo hulu ʻaupito ʻa e fakaʻotuamaté pea naʻe fekau ai ʻe Sihova kia ʻĪnoke ke kikite ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻe hokó. (Siutasi 14, 15) Ko ʻenau luki ki he ʻOtuá naʻe pau ai ke fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau fakaʻotuá.
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻa ia naʻe kau ki ai ʻa e kau ʻāngeló naʻe makatuʻunga tefito mei ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kovi naʻe fakautuutu ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí?
6 Naʻe toe ʻi ai foki mo e tākiekina ʻe taha naʻe tānaki atu ki he fakamālohi ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho ko iá. ʻOku fakahanga ʻe Sēnesi 6:1, 2 ʻa e tokangá ki ai ʻi heʻene pehē: “Pea ʻi he faifai pea fakaaʻau ʻo toko lahi ʻa e kakai ʻi he funga fonua, pea ai haʻanau fuʻu fanau fefine, ta naʻe sio ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua ki he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo e tangata ʻoku nau hoihoifua; pea nau hanga ʻo mali mo ha niʻihi, ʻa ia pe naʻa nau loto ki ai.” Ko hai ʻa e ngaahi foha ko ia ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní? ʻOku ʻikai ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá pē ia. Kuo laui senituli ʻa e mamata ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ia ki he kau fefine fakaʻofoʻofá pea nau mali mo kinautolu. Ko e ngaahi foha ia ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e kau ʻāngelo ʻa ia naʻa nau liliu ʻo ʻai ha sino kakano. ʻIa Siutasi 6 kuo fakamatalaʻi ai “ko e kau angelo foki, ʻa kinautolu naʻe ʻikai te nau tauhi ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe ʻonautolu, ka nau liʻaki honau nofoʻanga totonu.”—Fehoanaki mo 1 Pita 3:19, 20.
7 Ko e hā hono ola ʻi he fai ʻa e fehokotaki fakasino mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo e tangatá ʻe he ngaahi meʻamoʻui hulu hake ko eni ʻi he tangatá ʻa ia kuo nau liliu ʻo ʻai ha sino kakanó? “Ko e taimi ko ia naʻe ʻi mamani ʻa e kakai lalahi [Nefilimi, NW], kaeʻumaʻa hili ʻa e ʻalu ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua ki he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo e tangata, pea nau fanau kiate kinautolu; ko e kau toʻa ia ʻo onoʻaho, ko e faʻahinga ongoongo.” ʻIo, ko e hako naʻe tupu mei he fehokotaki fakasino taʻefakanatula ko ʻení ko e kau Nefilimi, ko e faʻahinga mālohi naʻa nau ngāueʻaki honau ivi lahi angé ke fakaaoao ki he niʻihi kehé.—Sēnesi 6:4.
8. Naʻe fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi tuʻunga kovi ʻi he māmaní?
8 Naʻe hoko ʻo kovi fēfē ʻa e tuʻunga ko iá? Naʻe aʻu ki ha tuʻunga naʻe “ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova kuo fakautuutu ʻa e kovi ʻa e tangata ʻi mamani, pea ʻoku kovi ʻatā ʻa e filioʻi kotoa pe ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa hono loto maʻuaipe.” Naʻe fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he meʻá ni? “Pea naʻe fakatomala ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene ngaohi ʻa e tangata ʻi mamani, ʻo ne fakamamahi ʻi hono finangalo.” ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ʻeni ia naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá kuó ne fai ha fehalaaki ʻi heʻene fakatupu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ka, naʻá ne fakaʻiseʻisa ʻi he hoko ʻo fuʻu anga-fulikivanu ʻi honau ʻulungaanga ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá naʻá ne fakatupú, peá ne fatongiaʻaki ai ke fakaʻauha kinautolu.—Sēnesi 6:5-7.
Ko e ʻAlunga Naʻe Fakatau ki he Fakahaofí
9. (a) Ko e hā naʻe lelei ai ʻa e feangai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Noá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala naʻe tomuʻa ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Noá?
9 Ka ko Noa, “naʻe ʻilo ki ai ha hoifua ʻi he finangalo ʻo Sihova. . . . Ko Noa ko e tangata angatonu: naʻa ne haohaoa pe ʻi he ngahi toʻutangata naʻe feʻunga mo ia: naʻe takaua ʻa Noa mo e ʻOtua.” (Sēnesi 6:8, 9) Ko ia naʻe tomuʻa ʻoange ʻe Sihova ha fakatokanga kia Noa ke fakahā te Ne ʻomai ha fuʻu lōmaki pea naʻá Ne fakahinohino ia ke faʻu ha ʻaʻake. Ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá hono kotoa, tukukehe ʻa Noa mo hono fāmilí, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻaupito mei he māmaní. Naʻa mo e fanga manu naʻe fakatupú ʻe fakaʻauha, tukukehe pē ʻa e tokosiʻi ke fakafofongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga tefito taki taha ʻa ia naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Noa ki he ʻaʻaké.—Sēnesi 6:13, 14, 17.
10. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e teuteu naʻe pau ke fai ke maʻu ʻa e fakahaofí, pea naʻe lahi fēfē ʻa e ngāue ko iá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku taau ke tokangaʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e anga ʻo hono fai ʻe Noa ʻa e ngāue naʻe vaheʻi ange ki aí?
10 Naʻe tuku kia Noa ha fatongia mamafa ʻi heʻene tomuʻa ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení. Ko e ʻaʻaké kuo pau ke faʻu ia. Naʻe pau ke fōtunga ia ʻo hangē ha fuʻu puhá, ko hono fakakātoá ko e mita kiupiki nai ʻe 40,000. Naʻe pau ke faʻoaki ki ai ʻe Noa ʻa e meʻakai pea toki tānaki ʻa e fanga monumanu mo e fanga manupuna, “ʻio ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kakano,” ke fakahaofi. Ko ha ngāue ʻe fai ia ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Noá? “ʻIlonga ha meʻa naʻe tuʻutuʻuni kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua, naʻa ne fai ia.”—Sēnesi 6:14-16, 19-22; Hepelū 11:7.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia mātuʻaki mahuʻinga naʻe ʻia Noa ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono falé?
11 Lolotonga hono fai ʻa e ngāue ko iá, naʻe pau ke vaheʻi ʻe Noa ha taimi ke langa hake ai ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻa hono falé. Naʻe fiemaʻu ke maluʻi kinautolu mei hano tali ʻa e ngaahi founga fakamālohi mo e fakakaukau luki ʻa e kakai takatakai ʻiate kinautolú. Naʻe mahuʻinga ke ʻoua naʻa nau fuʻu femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakaʻaho ʻo e moʻuí. Kuo ʻi ai ʻa e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu ke nau fai, pea naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke nau fakafōtunga ki ai ʻenau moʻuí. ʻOku tau ʻilo naʻe tali ʻe he fāmili ʻo Noá ʻa ʻene fakahinohinó pea nau tui mo ia koeʻuhi ko Noa, ko hono malí, mo hona ngaahi fohá ʻe toko tolu, mo honau ngaahi uaifí—ko e toko valu hono fakakātoá—ʻoku lāulea lelei ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolu.—Sēnesi 6:18; 1 Pita 3:20.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia naʻe angatonu ʻa hono fakahoko ʻe Noá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hā ʻi he 2 Pita 2:5?
12 Naʻe toe ʻi ai foki mo e fatongia ʻe taha ʻo Noa—ke fai ha fakatokanga ʻo kau ki he Lōmaki ʻe hokó pea fakaʻilo atu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻe hoko mai aí. ʻOku hā mahino naʻá ne fai angatonu ʻa e fatongia ko iá, he ʻoku lave kiate ia ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo pehē “naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻa e maʻoniʻoni.”—2 Pita 2:5.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe fehangahangai mo Noa ʻi heʻene fakahoko ʻa e ngāue naʻe vaheʻi ange ʻe he ʻOtuá?
13 Kiʻi fakakaukau ange ki he ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe fai ai ʻe Noa ʻa e ngāue ko ia naʻe vaheʻi ange kiate iá. Fakaʻuta ange naʻá ke ʻi ai. Kapau ko Noa koe pe ko ha mēmipa ʻo hono fāmilí, kuo ʻātakaiʻi koe ʻe he fakamālohi naʻe fai ʻe he kau Nefilimí mo e kau tangata fakaʻotuamaté. Kuó ke fehangahangai tonu mo e tākiekina ʻa e kau ʻāngelo angatuʻú. ʻI hoʻo ngāue ʻi he ʻaʻaké, ʻe lumolumaʻi koe. Pea ʻi he taʻu ki he taʻu ʻi hoʻo fakatokanga ʻo kau ki he Lōmaki ʻe hokó, te ke ʻilo kuo fuʻu femoʻuekina ʻa e kakai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e moʻui fakaʻaho ʻo “ʻikai te nau ʻaloʻiloa [tokanga, NW]”—ʻa ia, “kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e lomaki, ʻo ʻave kinautolu fulipe.”—Mātiu 24:39; Luke 17:26, 27.
Ko e hā Hono ʻUhinga Kiate Koe ʻa e Meʻa Naʻe Hokosia ʻe Noá?
14. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke faingataʻa ai kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ke mahino ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe fehangahangai mo Noa mo hono fāmilí?
14 Ko ha faʻahinga tuʻunga pehē ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai hano faingataʻa ʻona ki he tokolahi taha ʻo ʻetau kau lautohí ke fakaʻuta atu ki ai. Ko e hā ʻoku pehē aí? Koeʻuhi he ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻi hotau ʻahó ni ʻoku mātuʻaki meimei tatau mo ia naʻe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū naʻe pau ke ʻamanekina ʻeni. ʻI heʻene kikite ʻo kau ki he taimi ʻo ʻene ʻi ai lolotonga ʻa e fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ní, naʻe kikiteʻi ai ʻe Sīsū: “Kae hange ko e taimi ʻo Noa, ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻae Fanautama ʻa tangata.”—Mātiu 24:37.
15, 16. (a) Hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene moʻoni ʻoku fonu ʻa e māmani ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻi he fakamālohí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakamālohi tefito kuo fehangahangai mo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová?
15 Kuo hoko ʻo pehē? ʻOku fonu ʻa e māmani ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻi he fakamālohí? ʻIo! Kuo lahi hake ʻi he kakai ʻe toko teau miliona kuo nau mate ʻi he ngaahi tau ʻi he senituli ko ʻení. ʻOku aʻusia fakahangatonu ʻe he niʻihi ʻo ʻetau kau lautohí ʻa e uesia ʻi he meʻa ko ʻení. Naʻa mo e tokolahi ange kuo fakamanaʻi ʻe ha kau faihia ko e taumuʻá ke maʻu ʻenau paʻangá pe ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga kehe. Pea ko e fānaú ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e fakamālohí ʻi he akoʻangá.
16 Kaekehe, ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau hokosia ʻo lahi ange ʻi he ngaahi fakaʻauha ʻo e taú mo e faihia fakamālohi fakalūkufuá. ʻOku nau toe fehangahangai foki mo e fakamālohi koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai te nau ʻo e māmaní ka nau feinga ke hoko ko e kakai ʻo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá. (2 Tīmote 3:10-12) ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko e fakamālohi peheé ko hano tekelele pe sipiʻi pē; ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku kau ki ai hono fakaʻauha ʻo e koloá, ngaahi haha anga-fulikivanu, pea aʻu ʻo tāmateʻi.—Mātiu 24:9.
17. ʻOku hulu ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e fakaʻotuamaté? Fakamatalaʻi.
17 Lolotonga ʻa e kau ki he ngaahi fakamālohi peheé, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ko e kau tangata fakaʻotuamaté kuo nau mata fefeka ke fakahā ʻenau paetaku ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI ha feituʻu ʻe taha ʻi ʻAfilika, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he polisi: “ʻOku ʻamautolu ʻa e puleʻanga. Mou ō ki he ʻOtuá, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha taha pehē, ʻo kole kiate ia ke haʻu ʻo tokoni kiate kimoutolu.” ʻI he ngaahi pilīsoné mo e ngaahi kemi fakamamahí, kuo fehangahangai ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mo e kau tangata ʻo hangē ko Baranowsky, ʻi Sachsenhausen, Siamane, ʻa ia naʻá ne luma ai: “ʻOku ou fai tau mo Sihova. Te tau sio ange pe ko hai ʻoku mālohi angé, pe ko au pe ko Sihova.” Hili ha taimi siʻi mei ai, naʻe puke ʻa Baranowsky pea mate ai; ka ʻoku kei ʻi ai pē ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e fakakaukau meimei tatau. ʻOku ʻikai ko e kau taki pē ʻoku kau ki he fakatangá ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻa e luki ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI he māmani lahí, ʻoku fanongoa ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá mo sio ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke manavahē ki he ʻOtuá ʻi honau loto ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku kau ki aí.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻoku tānaki mai ʻe he kau laumālie anga-fulikivanú ki he tuʻunga hohaʻa tuʻu ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
18 ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko ʻení, ʻa ia ʻoku meimei tatau mo e taimi ʻo Noá, ʻoku tau toe sio foki ki he kau ʻa e kau laumālie anga-fulikivanú ʻi he ngaahi meʻa. (Fakahā 12:7-9) Ko e fanga tēmeniō ko ʻení ko e kau ʻāngelo tatau pē ia naʻe liliu ʻo kakano ke hoko ʻo hangē ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo mali mo e kau fefine ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá. ʻI he hoko mai ʻa e Lōmakí, naʻe fakaʻauha ai honau ngaahi uaifí mo ʻenau fānaú, ka ko e kau ʻāngelo talangataʻá ni naʻe fakamālohiʻi kinautolu ʻe he tuʻungá ni ke nau foki ki he nofoʻanga ʻo e kau laumālié. Kuo ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai hanau kaunga ki he kautaha māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihová ka kuo tuku ke tauhi kinautolu ʻi Tātalusi, ko ha tuʻunga ʻo e fakapoʻulí, kuo tuʻusi mei he fakamaama fakaʻotuá. (2 Pita 2:4, 5) ʻI heʻenau ngāue ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Sētané, kuo nau hokohoko atu ke fetuʻutaki vāofi mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, pea neongo kuo ʻikai te nau kei malava ke liliu ʻo sino kakano, ka kuo nau kei feinga ke puleʻi ʻa e kau tangata, kau fafine, pea naʻa mo e fānaú. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení ʻoku fai ia ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga fakatēvolo. ʻOku nau toe ueʻi foki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke nau fetāmateʻaki ʻi ha ngaahi founga ʻoku fepaki tuʻu ia mo e ʻuhinga lelei fakaetangatá. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ko ia pē.
19. (a) Kia hai ʻoku fakatefito ki ai ʻe he kau tēmenioó ʻa ʻenau fehiʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku feinga ʻa e kau tēmenioó ke fakamālohiʻi kitautolu ke tau faí?
19 ʻOku fakahā ʻe he Tohitapú ʻoku faitau ʻa e kau tēmenioó mo e faʻahinga ʻa ia “ʻoku tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtua, mo nau puke maʻu ʻenau fakamoʻoni kia Sisu.” (Fakahā 12:12, 17) Ko e kau laumālie anga-fulikivanu ko ení ko e kau fakalanga tefito ia ʻo e fakatanga ki he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. (ʻEfesō 6:10-13) ʻOku nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi founga filioʻi kotoa pē ke kounaʻi pe fakatauveleʻi ʻa e faʻahinga angatonu ʻo e tangatá ke maumauʻi ʻa ʻenau tuʻunga angatonu kia Sihová pea ke tuku ʻa e fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo Sihová mo Sīsū ko e Tuʻi faka-Mīsaiá.
20. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e feinga ʻa e kau tēmenioó ke fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ʻa e kakaí mei he mavahe ʻo tauʻatāina mei heʻenau puleʻí? (Sēmisi 4:7)
20 ʻOku feinga ʻa e kau tēmenioó ke fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau ʻunaloto ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi mei heʻenau tākiekina fakamālohí. Naʻe fakamatala ha fefine fakahaʻele faʻahikehe ki muʻa ʻi Pelēsila ʻo pehē ko e taimi naʻe ʻaʻahi ange ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ki hono ʻapí, naʻe fekauʻi ia ʻe he leʻo mei he kau tēmenioó ke ʻoua naʻa fakaava ʻa e matapaá; ka naʻá ne fakaava pē ʻe ia, pea kuó ne ako ʻa e moʻoní. ʻI he ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻoku ngāueʻaki fakahangatonu ʻe he kau tēmenioó ʻa e kau fakahaʻele faʻahikehé ke feinga ke taʻofi ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi ha kolo ʻi Suriname, naʻe fetuʻutaki ʻa e kau fakafepaki ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki ha tangata fakahaʻele faʻahikehe ʻa ia naʻe ʻiloa ʻi heʻene malava ke fakahoko ha mate fakafokifā ki he kakaí ʻaki pē ʻene fakahanga atu kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻene vaʻakau faimaná. Naʻe tuʻu fakahangatonu atu ʻa e tangata fakahaʻele faʻahikehé ni ʻa ia naʻe maʻunimā ʻe he tēmenioó, mo ʻene kau fakafeʻaó ko e kau tauʻolunga mo ʻene kau tā-nafa ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Naʻá ne leaʻaki ʻene ngaahi founga faimaná peá ne fakahanga atu ʻene vaʻakaú kiate kinautolu. Naʻe ʻamanekina ʻa e kakai ʻo e koló ʻe tō ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻo mate, ka ko e tokotaha fakahaʻele faʻahikehé ia naʻe pongia pea naʻe pau ke ʻave atu ia ʻe hono kau muimuí mo e teteki.
21. Hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kakaí ki heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
21 Naʻa mo e ngaahi feituʻu ʻa ia kuo ʻikai ke failahia ai ʻa e fakahaʻele faʻahikehé mo e faimaná, kuo hokosia ʻe he Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová kotoa pē ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e feinga ke malanga ki he kakai ʻa ia ʻoku nau femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakaʻaho ʻo e moʻuí ʻa ia kuo ʻikai te nau toe loto ke fakahohaʻasí. Hangē pē ko ia naʻe ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí ‘ʻoku ʻikai te nau tokanga.’ (Mātiu 24:37-39) Ko ha niʻihi te nau mālieʻia ʻi heʻetau fāʻūtahá mo e ngaahi lavameʻá. Ka ko ʻetau ngāue langa fakalaumālié— ʻa ia ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi houa ʻo e ako fakafoʻituituí, kau maʻu pē ki he ngaahi fakatahá, mo e ngāue fakamalangá—ʻoku ngali vale kotoa ia kiate kinautolu. ʻOku nau manukiʻi ʻetau falala ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhi he ko ʻenau moʻuí ʻoku fakatefito ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié mo e ngaahi fiefia fakakakano ʻoku malava ke nau maʻu ʻi he taimi ní.
22, 23. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono maʻu mei he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá hano fakapapauʻi ʻe fakahaofi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kakai anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá mei he ʻahiʻahí?
22 ʻE fehangahangai taʻengata ai pē ʻa e kau sevāniti mateaki ʻa Sihová mo e ngaohikoviʻi mei he faʻahinga ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻanau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá? ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito! Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá? ʻI he fakahinohino mei he ʻOtuá, naʻe hū ʻa Noa mo hono fāmilí ki he ʻaʻaké. Pea, ʻi he taimi tukupau fakaʻotuá “naʻe fakapa ai ʻa e ngaahi matavai ʻo e moana lahi, pea naʻe tangaki ʻa e ngaahi katupa ʻo e langi.” Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e Lōmakí kaeʻoua ke ʻufiʻufi ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá. (Sēnesi 7:11, 17-20) Ko e kau ʻāngelo ʻa ia naʻa nau liʻaki honau nofoʻanga totonú naʻe fakamālohiʻi kinautolu ʻe he tuʻungá ni ke tukuange honau sino fakakakano naʻa nau liliu ki aí ka nau foki ki he nofoʻanga ʻo e kau laumālié. Naʻe fakaʻauha ʻa e kau Nefilimí mo e toenga kotoa ʻo e māmani ʻo e kakai fakaʻotuamaté, kau ki ai mo kinautolu naʻa nau fuʻu femouʻekina ke fai ha meʻa ki he fakatokanga ʻa Noá. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe fakahaofi ʻa Noa mo hono uaifí mo hona foha ʻe toko tolú mo e ngaahi uaifi ʻo hona ngaahi fohá. Ko ia, naʻe fakahaofi ʻe Sihova ʻa Noa mo hono falé mei he ʻahiʻahi ko ia naʻa nau kātakiʻi mateaki ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi.
23 ʻE fai tatau pehē ʻe Sihova ki he kakai anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua ʻi he ʻaho ní? ʻOku ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai hano fehuʻia ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení ia. Kuó ne ʻosi talaʻofaʻaki ia, pea ʻe ʻikai lava ke ne loi.—Taitusi 1:2; 2 Pita 3:5-7.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ko e “anomia ko e taʻetokanga ki, pe luki ki he ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá; asebeia [ko e tuʻunga nauna ia ʻo e foʻileá ʻoku liliu ko e ‘kakai fakaʻotuamate’] ko e fakakaukau tatau pē ki he ʻOtuá Tonu.”—Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, Voliume 4, peesi 170.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahā ʻe Pita ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e founga hono fakahaofi mei he ʻahiʻahí ʻa e kakai anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe tānaki atu ki he fakamālohi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻo Noa, ʻi heʻene ʻilo ʻe hoko mai ʻa e Lōmakí?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi hoa tatau ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá ʻoku tau sio ki ai ʻi hotau taimí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 12]
Ko e ngāue ʻi he taʻu lahi ʻa hono faʻu ʻo e ʻaʻaké
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 13]
Naʻe vaheʻi ʻe Noa ha taimi ke langa hake ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo hono fāmilí