ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi Livitikó
KUO teʻeki matolo atu ha taʻu, talu ʻa hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité. ʻI hono fokotuʻutuʻu he taimi ko ení ki ha puleʻanga foʻoú, ʻoku nau fononga atu ki he fonua ko Kēnaní. Ko e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová ke ʻai ha puleʻanga māʻoniʻoni ke nofo ai. Kae kehe, ko e founga ʻo e moʻuí pea mo e ngaahi tōʻongafai fakalotu ʻa e kau Kēnaní ʻoku ololalo ʻaupito. Ko ia ʻoku ʻoange ai ʻe he ʻOtua moʻoní ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa ia te ne fakamavaheʻi ai ia ki heʻene ngāué. ʻOku lēkooti eni ʻi he tohi Tohi Tapu ʻa Livitikó. ʻI hono tohi ʻe he palōfita ko Mōsesé ʻi he toafa ʻo Sainaí, ʻi he 1512 K.M. nai, ʻoku kāpui ʻi he tohí ha māhina luna ʻe taha. (Ekisoto 40:17; Nomipa 1:1-3) ʻOku toutou ekinaki ai ʻa Sihova ki heʻene kau lotú ke nau māʻoniʻoni.—Livitiko 11:44; 19:2; 20:7, 26.
Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova he ʻaho ní ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Lao naʻe ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá fakafou ʻia Mōsesé. Ko e pekia ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí naʻe fakangata ai ʻa e Lao ko iá. (Loma 6:14; Efeso 2:11-16) Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi lao ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Livitikó ʻe lava ke ʻaonga kia kitautolu, ʻi hono akoʻi kia kitautolu ʻa e meʻa lahi fekauʻaki mo e lotu ki hotau ʻOtua ko Sihová.
NGAAHI FOAKI MĀʻONIʻONI —LOTO-FIEFOAKI MO E KOUNAʻI
Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi foaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau ʻo e Laó naʻe fai loto-fiefoaki, lolotonga ia ko e ngaahi foaki kehé naʻe kounaʻi. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e feilaulau tutú, naʻe fai loto-fiefoaki. Naʻe foaki ia ki he ʻOtuá ʻi hono tuʻunga kakató, ʻo hangē ko hono foaki loto-lelei mo kakato atu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa ʻene moʻuí ko ha feilaulau huhuʻí. Ko e feilaulau ʻofa loto-fiefoakí naʻe vahevahe ia. Ko e konga ʻe taha ʻo ia naʻe foaki ia ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻōlitá, ko e konga ʻe taha naʻe kai ia ʻe he taulaʻeikí, pea ko e taha leva naʻe kai ia ʻe he tokotaha fai feilaulaú. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ko e Fakamanatu ʻo e pekia ʻa Kalaisí ko ha kai fakataha ia.—1 Kolinito 10:16-22.
Ko e ngaahi feilaulau angahalá mo e feilaulau halaiá naʻe kounaʻi ia. Ko e ʻuluaki feilaulaú naʻe fai ai e fakalelei maʻá e ngaahi angahala naʻe fai ʻi he fehālaakí, pe taʻefakakaukauʻí. Ko hono uá naʻe fakafiemālieʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimi naʻe maumauʻi ai ʻa e totonu ʻa ha taha pe fakafoki ai ʻa e ngaahi totonu ʻe niʻihi ki he tokotaha faihala fakatomalá—pe fakatouʻosi. Naʻe ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi feilaulau meʻakai naʻe fai ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e tokonaki hulu fau ʻa Sihová. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ʻoku mahuʻinga ia kia kitautolu koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi feilaulaú naʻe fekauʻi ia ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fuakava Lao naʻe tuhu kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻene feilaulaú pe ki he ngaahi ʻaonga ʻoku maʻu mei aí.—Hepelu 8:3-6; 9:9-14; 10:5-10.
Tali ʻa e Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
2:11, 12 (PM)—Ko e hā naʻe taʻetali ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e honé “i ha feilaulau oku gaohi aki ae afi”? Ko e hone ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai hení ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ʻuhinga ia ki he hone ko ia mei he fanga honé. Neongo ne ʻikai ngofua “ʻi ha feilaulau oku gaohi aki ae afi,” naʻe kau ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e “polopolo ʻo e . . . fua kotoa ʻo e vao.” (2 Kalonikali 31:5) Ko e hone ko ení naʻe hā mahino ko e huhuʻa, pe huʻa melie ia ʻo e ngaahi fuaʻiʻakaú. Koeʻuhi ʻe lava ke fakatoka, naʻe ʻikai tali ia ko ha feilaulau ʻi he ʻōlitá.
2:13 (PM)—Ko e hā naʻe pau ai ke foaki ʻa e māsimá ʻi he “feilaulau kotoabe”? Naʻe ʻikai fai eni ke fakalelei ʻaki ʻa e ifo ʻo e ngaahi feilaulaú. Takatakai ʻi he māmaní, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e māsimá ko ha meʻa fakatolonga. ʻOku ngalingali naʻe foaki fakataha ia mo e ngaahi feilaulaú koeʻuhi naʻá ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e tauʻatāina mei he fakameleʻí mo e koví.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
3:17. Koeʻuhi naʻe vakai ki he ngakó ko e konga lelei taha pe filifili tahá ia, ko hono tapui ʻo hono kai iá naʻe maongo mahino ai ki he kau ʻIsilelí ko e konga lelei tahá naʻe ʻa Sihova ia. (Senesi 45:18) ʻOku fakamanatu ʻe he meʻá ni kia kitautolu ʻoku totonu ke tau foaki ʻetau lelei tahá kia Sihova.—Palovepi 3:9, 10; Kolose 3:23, 24.
7:26, 27. Naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke kai ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e totó. ʻI he vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he totó ʻa e moʻuí. “Ko e moʻui ʻa e kakano ʻoku ʻi he toto,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻi he Livitiko 17:11. Ko e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he totó ʻoku kei tuʻumaʻu ai pē ia ki he kau lotu moʻoni he ʻaho ní.—Ngāue 15:28, 29.
FOKOTUʻU ʻA E TUʻUNGA TAULAʻEIKI MĀʻONIʻONÍ
Ko hai naʻe ʻoange ki ai ʻa e ngafa ko hono tokangaʻi ʻo e ngaahi fatongia fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi feilaulaú mo e ngaahi foakí? Naʻe tuku ia ki he kau taulaʻeikí. Hangē ko ia naʻe fakahinohino ʻe he ʻOtuá, naʻe fai ʻe Mōsese ha kātoanga fakanofo ʻo ʻĒlone, ko e taulaʻeiki lahí, pea ki hono ngaahi foha ʻe toko fā, ʻa ia naʻe pau ke nau hoko ko e kau taulaʻeiki tokoní. ʻOku hā mahino naʻe toki ʻosi ʻa e kātoangá ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi ko e ʻaho ʻe fitu, pea naʻe kamata ngāue ʻa e tuʻunga taulaʻeikí ʻi he ʻaho hoko maí.
Tali ʻa e Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
9:9—Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo hono lilingi ʻo e toto ʻi he tefitoʻi ʻōlitá mo hono ʻai ia ki he ngaahi meʻa kehekehé? Naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he meʻá ni naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻa e totó ki ha ngaahi taumuʻa fakalelei. Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu fakaleleí kotoa naʻe makatuʻunga ia ʻi he totó. “ʻI he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e Lao ʻoku ʻikai mei ai ha meʻa ka ʻoku fakamaʻa ʻaki ʻa e toto,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “pea ka ʻikai ha lilingi toto, ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamolemole.”—Hepelu 9:22.
10:1, 2—Ko e hā nai naʻe kau ʻi he angahala ʻa e ongo foha ʻo ʻĒlone ko Nātapi mo ʻĀpiú? ʻIkai fuoloa mei he tōʻongafai taʻetotonu ʻa Nātapi mo ʻĀpiu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa hona ngaahi fatongia fakataulaʻeikí, naʻe tapui ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí mei hono inu ha uaine pe ko ha kava mālohi lolotonga ʻa e ngāue ʻi he tāpanekalé. (Livitiko 10:9) ʻOku fakahuʻunga ʻi he meʻá ni ko e ongo foha ʻo ʻĒloné naʻá na ʻi he malumalu nai ʻo e tākiekina ʻa e ʻolokaholó ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakamatalaʻi hení. Kae kehe, ko e ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo ʻena maté ko ʻena feilaulauʻaki “ha afi kehe, ko e meʻa naʻe ʻikai te ne tuʻutuʻuni [ʻe Sihova] kiate kinautolu.”
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
10:1, 2. Ko e kau sevāniti fua fatongia ʻa Sihova he ʻaho ní kuo pau ke nau fai ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaʻotuá. ʻIkai ngata aí, kuo pau ke ʻoua te nau ʻafungi ʻi heʻenau tokangaʻi ʻa honau ngaahi fatongiá.
10:9. ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke tau fakahoko ha ngaahi fatongia ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá lolotonga hono tākiekina ʻe he ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó.
KO E LOTU MĀʻONIʻONÍ ʻOKU KOUNAʻI AI ʻA E MAʻÁ
Ko e ngaahi lao meʻakai fekauʻaki mo e fanga manu maʻa mo e taʻemaʻá naʻe ʻaonga ia ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he founga ʻe ua. Ko e ngaahi laó ni naʻá ne maluʻi kinautolu mei he hoko ʻo uesia ʻe he fanga kiʻi meʻamoʻui maumaú pea fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻa e ʻā vahevahe ʻi honau vahaʻá pea mo e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga takatakaí. Ko e ngaahi lao kehé naʻe fekauʻaki ia mo e taʻemaʻa mei he ngaahi sino maté, ko e fakamaʻa ʻo e kakai fefiné ʻi heʻenau fāʻelé, ngaahi founga fekauʻaki mo e kiliá, mo e taʻemaʻa tupu mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku haʻu ki tuʻa mei he tangatá mo e fefiné ʻi he fehokotaki fakasinó. Naʻe pau ke tokangaʻi ʻe he kau taulaʻeikí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fekauʻaki mo e taʻemaʻá ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga tāutahá.
Tali ʻa e Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
12:2, 5—Ko e hā naʻe ʻai ai ha fefine ʻe he fāʻelé ke “taʻemaʻa”? Ko e ngaahi ʻōkani fakafanaú naʻe ngaohi ia ke fakahoko mai ai ʻa e moʻui haohaoa fakaetangata. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi nunuʻa tukufakaholo ʻo e angahalá, naʻe tuku atu ai ʻa e moʻui taʻehaohaoa mo angahalaʻia ki he fānaú. Ko e ngaahi vahaʻa taimi fakataimi ʻo e ‘taʻemaʻa’ ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e fāʻelé, pea pehē ki he ngaahi meʻa kehe, hangē ko e puke fakamāhiná mo e mahua mai ʻa e huhuʻá, naʻe fakamanatu ai ʻa e tuʻunga angahalaʻia tukufakaholó. (Livitiko 15:16-24; Sāme 51:5; Loma 5:12) Ko e ngaahi lao fakamaʻa naʻe fiemaʻú naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ki ha feilaulau huhuʻi ke ne ʻufiʻufi ʻa e tuʻunga angahalaʻia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá pea fakafoki mai ʻa e haohaoa fakaetangatá. Naʻe hoko ai ʻa e Laó ko honau “tiuta ʻo taki atu kia Kalaisi.”—Kaletia 3:24, NW.
15:16-18—Ko e hā ʻa e ‘mahua ʻo e huhuʻa’ ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he ngaahi veesi ko ení? ʻOku ʻuhinga mahino eni ki ha mahua ʻi he poʻulí pea pehē foki ki he fehokotaki fakasino fakaemalí.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
11:45. ʻOku māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea ʻokú ne kounaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fai ʻa e ngāue toputapu kiate iá ke nau māʻoniʻoni. Kuo pau ke nau tuli ki he māʻoniʻoní pea hanganaki maʻa fakaesino mo fakalaumālie.—2 Kolinito 6:19 (2Ko 7:1, PM); 1 Pita 1:15, 16.
12:8. Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova ʻa e masivá ke nau feilaulauʻaki ʻa e fanga manupuná kae ʻikai ko ha sipi ʻoku totongi mamafa angé ko ha foaki fakaefeilaulau. ʻOkú ne fakaʻatuʻi ʻa e masivá.
KUO PAU KE TAUHI MAʻU ʻA E MĀʻONIʻONÍ
Ko e ngaahi feilaulau mahuʻinga taha ki he angahalá naʻe fai ia ʻi he ʻAho ʻo e Fakalelei fakataʻú. Naʻe feilaulau ʻaki ai ha pulu tangata maʻá e kau taulaʻeikí mo e matakali ʻo Līvaí. Naʻe feilaulauʻi ha kosi maʻá e ngaahi matakali ʻikai taulaʻeiki ʻo ʻIsilelí. Naʻe toe tukuange moʻui ha kosi ʻe taha ʻi he toafá hili ʻa hono tuku ki ai ʻa e angahala ʻa e kakaí. Ko e ongo kosí naʻe vakai ki ai ko e feilaulau angahala ia ʻe taha. Ko e meʻá ni kotoa naʻe tuhu ia ki he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻe feilaulauʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi pea te ne ʻave ʻa e ngaahi angahalá.
Ko e ngaahi lao fekauʻaki mo e kai ʻo e kakanoʻi manú pea fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa kehé ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai kia kitautolu ʻa e fiemaʻu ke māʻoniʻoni ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lotu ai kia Sihová. ʻOku feʻungamālie ʻa e pau ke tauhi ʻe he kau taulaʻeikí kinautolu ke nau māʻoniʻoní. Ko e kātoanga fakataʻu ʻe tolú ko e ngaahi taimi ia ki he fiefia lahi pea mo hono ʻoatu ʻo e fakamālō ki he Tokotaha-Fakatupú. Naʻe toe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki hono kakaí ʻa e ngaahi lao fekauʻaki mo e ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa hono huafa māʻoniʻoní, ko e tauhi ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho Sāpaté pea mo e Siupelí, tōʻonga ki he masivá mo e tōʻongafai ki he kau pōpulá. Ko e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa ia ʻe iku ki ai ʻi he talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku kehe ia mei he ngaahi mala ʻa ia ʻe hokosia ʻi he talangataʻá. ʻOku toe ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi lao fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi foaki ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tukumoʻui mo e ngaahi mahuʻingá, ko e ʻuluaki ʻuhiki ʻo e fanga monumanú pea mo hono foaki ʻa e konga ʻo e vahe hongofulu kotoa pē ʻi he tuʻunga “oku maonioni ia kia Jihova.”—PM.
Tali ʻa e Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
16:29—ʻI he ngaahi founga fē naʻe pau ai ki he kau ʻIsilelí ke ‘nau fakamamahi kinautolú’? Ko e foungá ni, hoko atu ai ʻa e ʻaho Fakaleleí, naʻe felāveʻi ia mo e kumi ʻo e fakamolemole ki he ngaahi angahalá. Ko e ʻaukai ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻe fekauʻaki mahino ia mo e fakahaaʻi ʻo e tuʻunga angahalá. ʻOku ngalingali leva, ko e ‘fakamamahi kinautolú’ naʻe ʻuhinga ia ki he ʻaukaí.
19:27—ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e fekau ke ʻoua ʻe “kosi ke fakaseakale” pe “maumau ʻa e ngaahi tuliki” ʻo e kavá? Ko e laó ni ʻoku hā mahino naʻe foaki ia ke taʻofiʻaki ʻa e kau Siú mei hono kosikosi honau kavá pe ʻulú ʻi ha founga ʻe faʻifaʻitaki ai ki he ngaahi tōʻonga fakapangani ʻe niʻihi. (Selemaia 9:25, 26; 25:23; 49:32) Kae kehe, ko e fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito lava ke kosikosi ʻe he kau Siú honau kavá.—2 Samiuela 19:24.
25:35-37—Naʻe hala maʻu pē ke ʻeke ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ha tupu? Kapau naʻe nō ʻa e paʻangá ki ha ngaahi taumuʻa fakapisinisi, naʻe lava ke ʻeke ʻe he tokotaha tali noó ha tupu. Kae kehe, naʻe tapui ʻe he Laó ʻa hono ʻeke ha tupu ʻi he ngaahi nō naʻe fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e masivá. Ko e maʻu tupu mei he faingatāmaki ʻa ha kaungāʻapi masiva ʻangoʻango fakaʻekonōmiká naʻe hala ia.—Ekisoto 22:25.
26:19 (PM)—ʻE lava fēfē ke ‘gaohi ʻa e lagí ke hage koe ukameá, mo e kelekelé ke hage koe balasá’? Koeʻuhi ko ha siʻi ʻa e ʻuhá, ko e ngaahi langi ʻi he fonua ko Kēnaní ʻe hoko ʻo hā hangē ia ha ukamea fefeka pea ʻikai avaavá. ʻI he ʻikai ha ʻuhá, ʻe lanu palasa ʻa e foʻi māmaní, ʻo ngingila hangē ko e mētalé.
26:26—Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ‘taʻo ʻa e maá ʻe ha hongofuluʻi fefine ʻi ha ngotoʻumu pē taha’? ʻI he anga-mahení, ko e fefine taki taha te ne fiemaʻu ha ngotoʻumu mavahe ki he taʻo meʻa kotoa pē naʻe pau ke ne faí. Ka ko e ngaahi leá ni ʻoku tuhu ia ki he tāiʻi ko ia ʻa e meʻakaí ʻo feʻunga ai ʻa e ngotoʻumu pē taha ke fai ai ʻa e taʻo meʻa kotoa ʻa ha kau fefine ʻe toko hongofulu. Ko e taha eni ʻo e ngaahi nunuʻa ne tomuʻa tala ʻi he ʻikai lava ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
20:9. Ko ha laumālie tāufehiʻa mo fulikivanu naʻe kovi tatau pē ia mo e fakapoó ʻi he vakai mai ʻa Sihová. Ko ia naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni ai ʻa e tautea tatau ki hono leakoviʻi ʻete ongo mātuʻá pea mo hono fakapoongi moʻoni kinauá. ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he meʻá ni ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa ki he kaungātuí?—1 Sione 3:14, 15.
22:32; 24:10-16, 23. Ko e huafa ʻo Sihová ke ʻoua ʻe tālalākulaku ki ai. ʻI hono kehé, kuo pau ke tau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa hono huafá pea lotu ki hono fakamāʻoniʻoniʻí.—Sāme 7:17; Mātiu 6:9.
Anga ʻo e Kaunga ʻa e Livitikó ki Heʻetau Lotú
Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova he ʻaho ní ʻoku ʻikai te nau moʻui ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó. (Kaletia 3:23-25) Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻi he Livitikó ʻokú ne ʻomai kia kitautolu ʻa e vavanga ki he vakai ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi meʻa kehekehe, ʻe lava ke kaunga ia ki heʻetau lotú.
ʻI hoʻo fai ʻa e lau Tohi Tapu fakauiké ʻi he teuteu ki he Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí, ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻe maongo kiate koe ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe hotau ʻOtuá ʻa e māʻoniʻoni mei heʻene kau sevānití. Ko e tohi Tohi Tapu ko ení ʻe toe lava ke ne ueʻi koe ke ke ʻoange ki he Fungani Māʻolungá ʻa hoʻo lelei tahá, ʻo tauhi maʻu, maʻu pē ʻa e māʻoniʻoní ke iku ai ki hono fakahīkihikiʻí.
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Ko e ngaahi feilaulau ne foaki ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó naʻe tuhu ia kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻene feilaulaú
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Ko e Kātoanga ʻo e Keke Taʻelēvaní ko ha kātoanga fakafiefia lahi ia
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Ko e ngaahi kātoanga fakataʻú, hangē ko e Kātoanga Falelouʻakaú, ko e ngaahi taimi ia ki hono fai ʻo e fakamālō kia Sihova