Tauhi Maʻu ha Vakai Mafamafatatau ki Hono Ngāueʻaki ʻo e ʻOlokaholó
“Koe mea manuki ae kava [pe uaine], bea koe mea fakatubu lili ae kava malohi: bea ko ia kuo kākāʻi aki ia oku tae boto.”—PALOVEPI 20:1, PM.
1. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻene houngaʻia ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei meia Sihová?
“ʻILONGA ha foaki lelei, pea ʻilonga ha meʻaʻofa haohaoa, ko e ʻalu hifo pe ia mei he Tamai ʻa e ngaahi maama,” ko e tohi ia ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí. (Semisi 1:17) ʻI hono ueʻi ʻe he houngaʻia ki he ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei lahi fau ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe hiva ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Oku fakatubu eia ae mohuku ma ae faga manu, moe akau ke aoga ki he tagata: koeuhi ke ne omi ae mea kai mei he kelekele; Moe uaine aia oku fakafiefiaʻi ae loto oe tagata, moe lolo ke fakagigila hono mata, moe ma ke fakamalohi ae loto oe tagata.” (Sāme 104:14, 15, PM) Ko e uainé mo e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholo kehé, hangē pē ko e ʻakaú, maá mo e loló, ko e ngaahi tokonaki lelei ia mei he ʻOtuá. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau ngāueʻaki kinautolú?
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi te tau lāulea ki ai fekauʻaki mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
2 ʻOku lelei pē ha meʻaʻofa fakafiefia ʻi hono ngāueʻaki totonú. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e honé “oku lelei,” ka “ko e kai [hone] lahi ʻoku ʻikai lelei.” (Palovepi 24:13; 25:27) Neongo ko hono inu ha “meʻi uaine” ʻoku lelei nai, ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻa e ʻolokaholó ko ha palopalema mafatukituki ia. (1 Timote 5:23) “Koe mea manuki ae kava [pe uainé],” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú, “koe mea fakatubu lili ae kava malohi: bea ko ia kuo kākāʻi aki ia oku tae boto.” (Palovepi 20:1, PM) Kae kehe, ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he hoko ʻo “kākāʻi” ʻe he ʻolokaholó?a Ko e hā hono lahi ʻo e fuʻu lahí? Ko e hā ha vakai mafamafatatau ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni?
“Kākāʻi” ʻe he ʻOlokaholó—Anga-Fēfē?
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ko e inu ki he tuʻunga ʻo e konaá ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ia ʻi he Tohi Tapú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻo e konaá?
3 ʻI ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, naʻe pau ke tolomakaʻi ai ke mate ha foha naʻe hoko ko ha tokotaha kai fakaputa mo konā taʻefakatomala. (Teutalonome 21:18-21) Naʻe enginaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiané: “Ka ai ha toko taha ʻi he kau lotu ʻoku feʻauaki, pe manumanu, pe lotu ki he aitoli, pe kapekape, pe faʻa konā, pe fai fakamalohi, ke ʻoua te mou feʻiloaki mo ha toko taha pehe, ʻio, pea ʻoua naʻa keinanga mo ia.” ʻOku hā mahino, ko e inu ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻo e konaá ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ia ʻi he Tohi Tapú.—1 Kolinito 5:11; 6:9, 10.
4 ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻo e konaá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “ʻOua te ke sio ki he uaine heʻene fakakulokula mai, ʻene hoʻata mei he ipu, siʻene momole hifo: ko hono ikuʻanga ʻoku ne uʻu hange ha ngata, pea huhu hange ha kelasa. ʻE sio ho mata ki he ngaahi meʻa kehe, pea ʻe aʻau ʻe ho loto ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakaʻulia.” (Palovepi 23:31-33) Ko e inu ʻo tōtuʻá ʻoku uʻu ia hangē ha ngata koná, ʻokú ne fakatupunga ʻa e puke, puputuʻu fakaʻatamai, naʻa mo e ʻikai toe ʻilo ha meʻa. ʻE sio nai ha taha konā ki ha “ngaahi meʻa kehe” ʻo ne maʻu ai e ongo-hala pe fakaʻānaua. Te ne toe hoko ʻo ʻikai faʻa mataʻofi nai ʻi hono fakahaaʻi ha ngaahi fakakaukau mo e ngaahi holi taʻetotonu ʻa ia ʻoku mapuleʻi anga-mahení.
5. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku fakatupu maumau ai ʻa e maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulu ʻa e ʻolokaholó?
5 Fēfē kapau ʻoku maʻu ʻe ha taha ʻa e ʻolokaholó ka ʻokú ne tokanga ke ʻoua ʻe inu ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻoku hā mahino mai ʻokú ne konā? ʻOku hā mei he faʻahinga tāutaha ʻe niʻihi ʻa e fakaʻilonga mātuʻaki siʻisiʻi ʻo e konaá naʻa mo e hili hono maʻu ha ngaahi inu lahi. Kae kehe, ko e fakakaukau ʻoku ʻikai hano maumau ʻo e tōʻonga peheé ko e kākaaʻi-kita moʻoni ia. (Selemaia 17:9) ʻE māmālie, ʻo fakalahilahi nai hono fakatupulekina ʻe ha taha ha fakafalala ki he ʻolokaholó pea hoko ai ʻo “popula ki he inu kava [pe uaine] lahi.” (Taitusi 2:3) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e hoko ko ha ʻolokahōliká, ʻoku pehē ʻe he faʻu-tohi ko Caroline Knapp: “ʻOku hoko māmālie, fakalalahi, fakapulipuli mo ʻilongataʻa ia.” Ko ha tauhele fakamate ē ka ko hono maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulu ʻa e ʻolokaholó!
6. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke fakaʻehiʻehi ha taha mei he maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulu ʻa e ʻolokaholó pea pehē ki he meʻakaí?
6 Toe fakakaukau angé ki he fakatokanga ʻa Sīsuú: “Mou lamasi kimoutolu, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe mafatukituki homou loto, ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa kai, mo e faʻa inu, mo e faʻa lotomoʻua ki he moʻui ni, pea lapasi kimoutolu ʻe he ʻaho ko ia ʻo hangē ko ha hele puna: he te ne hoko ki he kakai kotoa pe ʻi heʻenau nofo pe ʻi he funga ʻo māmani kotoa.” (Luke 21:34, 35) ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke aʻu ʻa e inú ia ki he tuʻunga ʻo e konaá ki muʻa ke ne ʻai ha taha ke fetūleaki mo fakapikopiko—fakaesino pea pehē ki he fakalaumālie. Fēfē ka hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ʻo maʻu ia ʻi ha tuʻunga pehē?
Meʻa ʻOku Malava ke Iku ki Ai ʻa e Ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻOlokaholó
7. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fehoanakimālie ai ʻa e ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó mo e fakahinohino ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he 2 Kolinito 6:19 (2Ko 7:1, PM)?
7 Ko hono ngāueʻaki taʻefakafuofua ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻokú ne fakaeʻa atu ai kita ki he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki lahi—fakaesino mo fakalaumālie fakatouʻosi. ʻOku ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi mahaki ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻa e maumau ʻo e ʻaté, hepataitisi ʻolokahōlika, mo e ngaahi maumau ʻi he neavé hangē ko e tetetete mo valelau. Ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki fuoloa ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻoku malava ke toe iku ia ki he kanisā, suka, mo e ngaahi mahaki ʻe niʻihi ʻi he mafú mo e keté. Ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻoku hā mahino ʻa e ʻikai ke fehoanakimālie mo e fakahinohino Fakatohitapu: “Tau fakamaʻa kitautolu mei he ʻuli kotoa pe ʻo e kakano mo e loto, ʻo tau fakakakato ʻetau maʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻapasia ki he ʻOtua.”—2 Kolinito 6:19 (2Ko 7:1, PM).
8. Fakatatau ki he Palovepi 23:20, 21, ko e hā ʻe lava ke tupu mei hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
8 Ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻoku toe ʻuhinga iá ki hono fakamoleki noaʻia ʻo e paʻanga hū maí, naʻa mo e mole ʻo e ngāué. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Tuʻi Solomone ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “ʻOua te ke ului ki he kau kai kava; ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku hulu ʻenau kai kanomate.” Ko e hā e ʻuhingá? Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi: “ʻE hoko ko e fusimoʻomo ʻa e inu mo e kai fakaputa. Pea ʻe iku ki he kofu mahaehae ʻa e faʻa mohe.”—Palovepi 23:20, 21.
9. Ko e hā ʻoku fakapotopoto ai ki ha tokotaha ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono inu ʻa e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó kapau te ne fakaʻuli ʻi ha meʻalele?
9 ʻI hono fakahaaʻi ha toe fakatuʻutāmaki ʻe taha, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Encyclopedia of Alcoholism: “Kuo fakahaaʻi ʻe ha ngaahi fakatotolo ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he ʻolokaholó ʻa e hōloa ʻi he ngaahi pōtoʻi fakaefakaʻulí, kau ai ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngāue ki ha meʻa, ngāue fakatahá, tokangá, mata ʻiloʻiló mo e fakakaukau leleí.” Ko e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e fakaʻuli konaá ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki. ʻI he ʻIunaite Seteté ʻataʻatā pē, ʻoku laui mano ʻa e maté pea laui kilu ʻa e laveá ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi he halá tupu mei he ʻolokaholó. ʻOku tautefito ki he kau talavoú ʻa ʻenau tōngofua ki he fakatuʻutāmaki ko ʻení, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau loko taukei ʻi he fakaʻulí pea pehē ki he inú. ʻE lava ha taha ʻo fakaʻuli hili ia ʻene maʻu ha ngaahi inu ʻolokaholo lahi pea taukaveʻi ʻi he taimi tatau pē ʻokú ne tokaʻi ʻa e moʻuí ko ha meʻaʻofa meia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá? (Sāme 36:9) ʻI he vakai atu ki he toputapu ʻo e moʻuí, ʻoku lelei taha ki ha taha ke ʻoua ʻaupito ʻe inu ha ngaahi inu ʻolokaholo lolotonga ia kuo pau ke ne fakaʻuli.
10. ʻE lava fēfē ke uesia ʻe he ʻolokaholó hotau ʻatamaí, pea ko e hā ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ai iá?
10 Ko e inu taʻefakafuofuá ʻokú ne uesia ʻa e kakaí ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he fakaesinó ka ʻoku toe pehē foki ki he fakalaumālié. “[Ko e] uaine, kaeʻumaʻa ʻa e uaine foʻou, ʻoku mole ai ʻa e loto,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Hosea 4:11) ʻOku uesia ʻe he ʻolokaholó ʻa e ʻatamaí. “ʻI he taimi ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe ha taha ha inu,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa ha tohi ʻa e Akoʻanga Fakafonua U.S. ki Hono Ngāuekoviʻaki ʻa e Faitoʻo Kona Tapú, “ʻoku mimisi atu ʻa e ʻolokaholó fakafou ʻi he sisitemi fakamolū-meʻakaí ki he halanga totó pea aʻu vave ki he foʻi ʻutó. ʻOku kamata leva ke ne fakamāmālieʻi ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo e foʻi ʻutó ʻokú ne puleʻi ʻa e fakakaukaú mo e ongoʻí. ʻOku ongoʻi ʻe he tokotahá ʻoku ʻikai ke ne kei faʻa mapuleʻi-kita, ʻoku tauʻatāina lahi ange.” ʻI ha tuʻunga pehē, ʻoku tau meimei hoko lahi ange ai ʻo ‘kākāʻi,’ ke fai ha ngaahi tōʻonga taʻefeʻunga, pea hoko ʻo eʻa atu ai ki he ngaahi fakatauele lahi.—Palovepi 20:1, PM.
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻa e maumau fakalaumālie ʻe lava ke hoko mei hono ngāueʻaki taʻefakafuofua ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
11 ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku tuʻutuʻuni mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú: “Pe ko hoʻomou kai, pe ko hoʻomou inu, pe ko hoʻomou fai ha meʻa, mou fai kotoa pe ke ongoongolelei ai ʻa e ʻOtua.” (1 Kolinito 10:31) Ko hono maʻu ha ngaahi inu ʻolokaholo lahí ʻoku faifai ange pea ne ʻomai ha ongoongolelei ki he ʻOtuá? Kuo pau ke loto ha Kalisitiane ke ne fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono maʻu ha ongoongo ko ha tokotaha inu lahi iá. ʻE ʻomai ʻe he faʻahinga ongoongo peheé ʻa e manuki, ʻikai ko e ongoongolelei, ki he huafa ʻo Sihová.
12 Fēfē kapau ʻoku hanga ʻe he taʻefakafuofua ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻene inú ʻo fakatūkiaʻi ha kaungātui, ko ha ākonga foʻou nai? (Loma 14:21) “Ka ai ha tangata te ne fakatūkia ha taha ʻi siʻi tamaiki ni ʻoku tui kiate au,” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa Sīsuú, “ʻe oli ange ki he tangata ko ia ʻo ka ne tautau ha fuʻu maka fale ʻi hono kia, ʻo lomakiʻi ʻi he moana hauhau.” (Mātiu 18:6) ʻOku malava ke toe iku ʻa e inu tōtuʻá ki he mole ʻa e ngaahi monū ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. (1 Timote 3:1-3, 8) ʻOua naʻa ngalo ʻa e fepaki ʻoku malava ke fakatupunga ʻe he ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻi he fāmilí.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Ngaahi Fakatuʻutāmakí—Anga-Fēfē?
13. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻi he fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
13 Ko ha kī ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ko hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e faikehekehé, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulú mo e konaá, ka ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e fakafuofuá mo e maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulú. Ko hai ʻe lava ke ne fakapapauʻi ʻa e meʻa ke ke ngata aí? Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa lahi ʻoku kau ki aí, ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ʻi ai ha tuʻutuʻuni fefeka fekauʻaki mo e lahi ʻo e inú ʻoku fuʻu lahí. Ko e tokotaha taki taha kuo pau ke ne ʻiloʻi tonu hono ngataʻangá pea nofo maʻu ʻi loto ʻi he ngataʻanga ko iá! Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke fakapapauʻi ai ʻa hono lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻoku pehē ʻoku fuʻu lahi kiate koé? ʻOku ʻi ai ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa ia ʻe malava ke hoko ko ha tataki?
14. Ko e hā ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni tataki te ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e fakafuofuá mo e maʻu ʻo fuʻu hulú?
14 ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Tauhi ke mau ae boto mooni moe iloilo. Bea e hoko ai ia koe moui ki ho laumalie, moe teuga lelei ki ho kia.” (Palovepi 3:21, 22, PM) Ko ia ai, ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni tataki ke muimui aí, ko ʻeni: Ko ha faʻahinga lahi pē ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻokú ne fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi lahi hoʻo fakakaukau leleí pea ne fakatuaiʻi hoʻo malava fakaefakakaukaú ʻoku fuʻu lahi ia kiate koe tonu. Ka kuo pau ke ke faitotonu kiate koe ʻi hono fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngataʻanga fakafoʻituitui tonu ko iá!
15. Ko fē ʻa e taimi ʻoku fuʻu lahi nai ai naʻa mo e inu pē ʻe tahá?
15 ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, naʻa mo e inu pē ʻe tahá ʻoku fuʻu lahi nai ia. ʻI he vakai atu ki he fakatuʻutāmaki ki he pēpē ʻi manavá, ʻe fili nai ha fefine feitama ke ʻoua ʻaupito te ne inu. Pea ʻikai ko ha anga-ʻofa ia ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he inú ʻi he ʻi ai tonu ʻa ha taha ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ha palopalema fekauʻaki mo e inu ʻolokaholo tōtuʻá pe ko ia ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ʻe hono konisēnisí ʻa e inú? Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi ngafa fakataulaʻeikí ʻi he tāpanekalé: “ʻOua ʻe inu ha uaine pe ha kava malohi . . . ʻoka mou ka hu ki he Teniti Feʻiloakiʻanga, telia naʻa mou mate.” (Livitiko 10:8, 9) Ko ia ai, fakaʻehiʻehi mei he inu ʻo e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó ʻi he ki muʻa ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, ʻi he kau ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea ʻi he taimi ʻo hono tokangaʻi ha ngaahi fatongia fakalaumālie kehe. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻa ia ʻoku tapui ai ʻa hono maʻu ʻo e ʻolokaholó pe ʻoku toki fakangofua pē ki he faʻahinga ʻoku laka hake ʻi ha faʻahinga taʻumotuʻa pau, ʻoku totonu ke fai hano tokaʻi totonu ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻo e fonuá.—Loma 13:1.
16. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hoʻo fili ʻa e meʻa ke faí ʻi he taimi ʻoku fokotuʻu atu ai ʻi muʻa ʻiate koe ha inu ʻolokaholo?
16 ʻI hono ʻoatu ha inu ʻolokaholo pe ko hono fokotuʻu atu ia ʻi muʻa ʻiate koe, ko e ʻuluaki fehuʻi ke ʻeké ko ʻeni: ‘ʻOku totonu ke u inu?’ Kapau ʻokú ke fili ke ke inu, ʻai ke māʻalaʻala ʻi ho ʻatamaí ho ngataʻanga fakafoʻituituí, pea ʻoua ʻe toe laka atu ʻi he ngataʻanga ko iá. ʻOua ʻe fakaʻatā ha tokotaha talitali kakai loto-fiefoaki ke ne tākiekina koe. Pea ke tokanga ki he ngaahi inu taʻetotongi ʻoku ʻomai taʻefakangatangata ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko hangē ko ha kātoanga mali. ʻI he ngaahi feituʻu lahi, ʻoku fakaʻatā fakalao ai ʻa e fānaú ke nau maʻu ʻa e ʻolokaholó. Ko e fatongia ia ʻo e ongo mātuʻá ke fakahinohinoʻi ʻenau fānaú ʻi he fekauʻaki mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó pea ke tokangaʻi ʻenau ngaahi tōʻongá ʻi he meʻá ni.—Palovepi 22:6.
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Fekuki mo e Palopalemá
17. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke ʻiloʻilo ai pe ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo palopalema ʻi hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
17 Ko ha palopalema kiate koe ʻa hono ngāuehalaʻaki ʻo e uainé mo e kava mālohí? ʻAi ke ke fakapapauʻi, kapau ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻoku hoko ia ko ha angahala fufū, ʻe faai atu pē ʻo maʻu ai koe. Ko ia, fai ha sio lōloa mo faitotonu kiate koe. ʻEke hifo ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi fakatotoloʻi-kita hangē ko ʻení: ‘ʻOku faʻa lahi ange ʻeku inú ʻi he meʻa naʻá ku anga ki aí? ʻOku toe mālohi ange ʻa ʻeku ngaahi inú? ʻOku ou ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻolokaholó ke ne toʻo atu ʻa e loto-hohaʻá, loto-mafasiá, pe ngaahi palopalemá? ʻOku ʻi ai ha mēmipa ʻi he fāmilí pe ko ha kaumeʻa ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ha hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo ʻeku inú? Kuo fakatupunga ʻe heʻeku inú ha ngaahi palopalema ʻi hoku fāmilí? ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ʻoku faingataʻa ke fakamamaʻo mei he ʻolokaholó ʻi ha uike, ʻi ha māhina, pe ʻi ha ngaahi māhina? ʻOku ou fūfuuʻi mei he niʻihi kehé ʻa e lahi ʻo e uaine pe kava mālohi ʻoku ou inú?’ Fēfē kapau ko e tali ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fehuʻí ni ko e ʻio? ʻOua ʻe hangē ko ha tangata ʻa ia ʻokú ne ‘fakasio ki he fōtunga naʻe tupu mo iá ʻi ha sioʻata pea ngalo leva pe ko e ha hono angá.’ (Semisi 1:22-24) Fai ha ngaahi laka ke fakatonutonu ʻa e palopalemá. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ke faí?
18, 19. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke tuku ʻa hono ngāueʻaki taʻefakafuofua ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
18 Naʻe enginaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiané: “ʻOua te mou konā ʻi he uaine, he ʻoku ʻi ai ha fakalusa ʻi he fai pehe; ka ke fakafonu kimoutolu ʻaki ʻa e Laumalie.” (Efeso 5:18) Fakapapauʻi ʻa e lahi taʻefakafuofua ʻo e ʻolokaholó kiate koé, pea fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi ngataʻanga feʻungamālié. Fakapapauʻi ke ʻoua ʻe lakasi kinautolu; ngāueʻaki ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá. (Kaletia 5:22, 23) ʻOkú ke maʻu ha ngaahi takanga ʻoku nau tenge koe ke ke inu ʻo tōtuʻa? Tokanga. “Ko ia ʻoku fafale ki he kau poto, te ne hoko ko e poto,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú, “ka ko ia ʻoku kaumeʻa mo e sesele ʻe hoko ko e lusa.”—Palovepi 13:20.
19 Kapau ʻokú ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻolokaholó ke kalofi ai ha palopalema, fehangahangai hangatonu mo e palopalemá. ʻOku malava ke te fekuki mo e ngaahi palopalemá ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 119:105) ʻOua ʻe toumoua ke kumi tokoni ki ha tokotaha mātuʻa Kalisitiane falalaʻanga. Ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki ʻa Sihová ke langa hake ho tuʻunga fakalaumālié. Fakaivimālohiʻi ho vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. Lotu tuʻumaʻu kiate ia—tautefito fekauʻaki mo ho ngaahi vaivaiʻangá. Kole ki he ʻOtuá ke ne ‘sivi ʻaki ʻa e afi ho kofuuá, mo ho mafú.’ (Sāme 26:2) Hangē ko ia naʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu ki muʻá, fai hoʻo lelei tahá ke ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he hala ʻo e anga-tonú.
20. Ko e hā ha sitepu ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke ke fou ai koeʻuhi ke fekuki mo ha palopalema hokohoko ʻo e inu ʻo fuʻu hulú?
20 Fēfē kapau ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa e palopalema ʻo e inu ʻo fuʻu hulú neongo hoʻo ngaahi feingá? Kuo pau leva ke ke muimui ki he faleʻi ʻa Sīsuú: “Kapau ʻe fakatūkia koe ʻe ho nima, tuʻusi atu ia: ʻoku ngutuhuaange haʻo aʻu nima taha ki he moʻui, ʻi haʻo mole nima ua ki he Kihena.” (Maake 9:43) Ko e talí: ʻOua ʻaupito te ke inu. Ko e meʻa ia naʻe fakapapauʻi ke fai ʻe he fefine ʻa ia te tau ui ko Irene. “Hili ʻa e meimei taʻu ʻe ua mo e konga ʻo e tuku inú,” ko ʻene leá ia, “naʻá ku kamata ke fakakaukau mahalo ʻe sai pē ha kiʻi inu ʻe taha pē, ke u sio angé pe ʻe fēfē ʻeku fekuki mo iá. Ka ʻi he mōmeniti pē ko ia naʻá ku ongoʻi pehē aí, naʻá ku ʻohake ʻa e meʻá kia Sihova ʻi he lotu. ʻOku ou fakapapauʻi ke ʻoua naʻá ku toe maʻu ha inu ʻolokaholo kae ʻoua ke aʻu ki he fokotuʻutuʻu foʻoú—naʻa mo e taimi ko iá.” Ko e fakaʻehiʻehi fakaʻaufulí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fuʻu feilaulau lahi ia ke fai ke totongiʻaki ʻa e moʻui ʻi he māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.—2 Pita 3:13.
“Ke Hange ko Ia Hoʻomou Lele, Koeʻuhi Ke Mou Maʻumaʻu Lelei”
21, 22. Ko e hā ʻa e fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻe lava ke ne taʻofi kitautolu mei he aʻu ki he tepí ʻi he lova ki he moʻuí, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai?
21 ʻI hono fakatatau ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo e moʻui ʻa ha Kalisitiane ki ha lová, pe ki ha feʻauhí, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko e kakai ʻoku lele ʻi he fakapuepue ʻoku nau lele kotoa pe, ka ko e toko taha pe ʻoku maʻu ʻa e koloa? Ke hange ko ia hoʻomou lele, koeʻuhi ke mou maʻumaʻu lelei. Ka ʻilonga ha taha ʻoku kau ʻi he fakapuepue, ʻoku ne fakamaʻumaʻu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe. Pea ko e fai ʻe kinautolu foki ke maʻu ha pale ʻe mae, ka ko kitaua ha pale ʻe ʻikai mae. ʻE, ko e anga ʻeni o ʻeku lele aʻaku, ʻoku ʻikai ke hamumu; ko e anga ʻeni o ʻeku fuhu, ʻoku ʻikai te u tuki matangi. Kae kehe, ʻoku te tokeia hoto sino, mo takipopulaʻi: naʻa ʻiloange, hili ʻeku fai ʻa e angi ki he kakai kehe, pea u hoko au ko e liʻekina.”—1 Kolinito 9:24-27.
22 Ko e palé ʻoku foaki pē ia ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau fakaʻosi lavameʻa ʻa e lová. ʻI he lova ki he moʻuí, ko hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó ʻe lava ke ne taʻofi kitautolu mei he aʻu ki he tepí. Kuo pau ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá. Ko e lele mo e fakapapauʻí ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke ʻoua te tau fakahōhōʻiaʻi ʻa e “inu lahi i he uaine.” (1 Pita 4:3, PM) ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē. ʻI he haʻu ki he ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke tau “jiaki ae aga taefaka-Otua moe gaahi holi fakamama, ka tau moui aga fakabotoboto, mo maonioni, mo aga faka-Otua.”—Taitusi 2:12, PM.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Hangē ko ia ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻi he kupú ni, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻa e “ʻolokaholó” ki he piá, uainé mo e ngaahi kava mālohi kehé.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
• Ko e hā ʻa e maumau ʻoku hoko mei hono ngāuehalaʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke fekuki ha taha mo e palopalema ʻo hono ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 19]
ʻOku hanga ʻe he uainé ʻo “fakafiefiaʻi ae loto oe tagata”
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 20]
Kuo pau ke tau ʻiloʻi hotau ngataʻanga fakafoʻituituí pea nofo maʻu ai
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 21]
Fakapapauʻi ki muʻa ʻa e meʻa ke ngata aí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 22]
Lotu tuʻumaʻu kia Sihova fekauʻaki mo ho ngaahi vaivaiʻangá
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ongo mātuʻá ʻa e fatongia ke fakahinohinoʻi ʻena fānaú ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngāueʻaki ʻo e ʻolokaholó