Te Ke Muimui ʻi he Tataki Anga-ʻofa ʻa Sihová?
“Oku ou fehia ki he hala kotoabe oe loi.”—SĀME 119:128, PM.
1, 2. (a) ʻI he kumi ki ha tataki ke aʻu ai ki ha feituʻu ʻokú ke fononga ki aí, ko e hā nai ha faʻahinga fakatokanga te ke houngaʻia ai, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā e ngaahi faʻahinga fakatokanga ʻoku ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi kiate iá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
FAKAKAUKAU ATU ki he meʻá ni: ʻOkú ke fiemaʻu ke fononga ki ha feituʻu ʻe taha. Ki ha tataki, ʻokú ke ʻalu ai ki ha kaumeʻa falalaʻanga ʻokú ne ʻilo e halá. ʻI heʻene ʻoatu ha fakahinohino fakaikiiki, te ne tala atu nai ha meʻa peheni: “Tokanga fekauʻaki mo e foʻi afe hokó. ʻOku hala e fakaʻilongá. ʻOku muimui e kakai tokolahi ki ai pea nau iku hē.” Te ke houngaʻia heʻene tokangá pea talangofua ki he fakatokangá? ʻI he ʻū founga ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku hangē ʻa Sihova ko e kaumeʻa ko iá. ʻOkú ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu e ngaahi fakahinohino lelei fekauʻaki mo e founga ke aʻu ai ki he feituʻu ʻoku tau fononga ki aí moʻui taʻengatá, ka ʻokú ne toe fakatokanga mai kia kitautolu fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tākiekina kovi ʻe lava ke ne fakatupunga kitautolu ke tau ʻalu ʻi ha hala ʻoku ʻikai totonu.—Teu. 5:32; Ai. 30:21.
2 ʻI he kupu ko ení mo e hoko maí, te tau lāulea ai ki he tākiekina ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia ʻoku fakatokanga mai ai kia kitautolu hotau Kaumeʻá, ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Tau manatuʻi ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Sihova e ngaahi fakatokanga peheé ko ʻene tokangá mo ʻene ʻofá. ʻOkú ne loto ke tau aʻu ki he feituʻu ʻoku tau fononga ki aí. ʻOku fakalotomamahi kiate ia ke sio ki he ʻunua e kakaí ki he ngaahi tākiekina koví pea hē ai mei honau ʻalungá. (Isi. 33:11) ʻI he kupu ko ení, te tau lāulea ai ki he ngaahi tākiekina kovi ʻe tolu. Ko e ʻuluakí ko ha mālohi mei tuʻa, ko e uá ko ha mālohi ʻi loto. Ko e tolú ʻoku ʻikai pē ke moʻoni ia; ka neongo ia, ʻoku fuʻu mātuʻaki fakatuʻutāmaki. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻilo ko e hā e ngaahi tākiekina ko ení mo e founga hono akoʻi kitautolu ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ke fakafepakiʻi kinautolú. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha tokotaha-tohi-saame fakamānavaʻi ʻe taha kia Sihova: “Oku ou fehia ki he hala kotoabe o e loi.” (Sāme 119:128, PM) ʻOkú ke ongoʻi pehē? Tau sio angé pe te tau lava fēfē ʻo fakalahi e ngaahi ongoʻi peheé pea fai ha ngāue ki ai.
ʻOua ʻe Muimui “ki he Toko Lahí”
3. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻe fakatuʻutāmaki ai ke muimui ki he kau fononga kehé he taimi ʻoku tau taʻepauʻia ai fekauʻaki mo e hala ke ʻalu aí? (e) Ko e hā e tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Ekisoto 23:2?
3 ʻI hono fai ha fononga lōloa, ko e hā te ke faí kapau naʻá ke ongoʻi taʻepauʻia fekauʻaki mo e hala ke ʻalu aí? Te ke ongoʻi nai kuo fakataueleʻi koe ke muimui he kau fononga kehé—tautefito kapau naʻá ke sio ki ha fuʻu tokolahi ʻoku nau fai e fili tatau. Ko ha ʻalunga pehē ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ia. He ko ē, ko e kau fononga ko iá ʻoku ʻikai nai ke nau huʻu kinautolu ki he feituʻu ʻokú ke fononga ki aí, pe ʻoku nau hē foki nai mo kinautolu. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, fakakaukau ki ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku fakatefito ai e taha ʻo e ngaahi lao naʻe ʻoange ki he kau ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Ko e faʻahinga naʻa nau ngāue ko e kau fakamaau pe kau fakamoʻoni ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakaefakamāú naʻe fakatokanga kia kinautolu fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e “muimui ki he toko lahi.” (Lau ʻa e Ekisoto 23:2, “PM.”) ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ʻoku faingofua fau ki he faʻahinga angahalaʻia ʻo e tangatá ke ʻunua ki he tenge mei he toʻumeʻá, ʻo pikoʻi ai e fakamaau totonú. Kae kehe, ʻoku fakangatangata pē tefitoʻi moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e ʻikai muimui ki he tokolahí ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaefakamāú? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
4, 5. Naʻe fēfē hono tenge ʻo Siosiua mo Kēlepi ke muimui ki he tokolahí, ka ko e hā naʻá ne fakamafeia kinaua ke fakafepakiʻí?
4 Ko e moʻoni, ko e tenge ke “muimui ki he toko lahi” ʻe lava ke ne uesia kitautolu meimei ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi pē. ʻE malanga fakafokifā hake nai, pea ʻe lava ke fuʻu faingataʻa ke fakafepakiʻi. Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau angé ki he tenge mei he toʻumeʻá naʻe fehangahangai ki muʻa mo Siosiua mo Kēlepí. Ko e konga kinaua ʻo ha kulupu ʻo e kau tangata ʻe toko 12 ʻa ia naʻa nau ʻalu atu ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá ke asiasi. ʻI heʻenau foki maí, ko e toko hongofulu ʻo e kau tangatá naʻa nau ʻomai ha līpooti mātuʻaki tamaki mo fakalotosiʻi. Naʻe aʻu ʻo nau taukaveʻi ko e niʻihi e kakai ʻo e fonuá ko e kau saianiti ko e tukuʻau mai mei he kakai lalahi pe Nefilimi, ko e hako e kau ʻāngelo angatuʻu mo e kakai fefine. (Sen. 6:4) Ko ia ai, ko e taukaveʻi ko iá naʻe ngali vale. Ko e ngaahi hako fekolosiʻaki fulikivanu ko iá kuo tafiʻi ʻosi atu kinautolu ʻi he Lōvai ʻi he laui senituli lahi ki muʻa, ʻo ʻikai ha foʻi toko taha ʻo e hako ko iá ʻe toe. Ka naʻa mo e fakakaukau lahi taʻemakatuʻungá ʻe lava ke ne ʻoatu e mālohi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku vaivai ʻenau tuí. Ko e ngaahi līpooti tamaki mei he kau asiasi ko ia ʻe toko hongofulú naʻá ne fakamafola vave e manavahē mo e tailiili he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e kakaí. ʻIkai fuoloa, naʻe tuipau e tokolahi ko ha fakavalevale ia ke hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá ʻo hangē ko ia kuo fakahinohino ʻe Sihová. ʻI he tuʻunga maliuliungofua ko iá, ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Siosiua mo Kēlepí?—Nom. 13:25-33.
5 Naʻe ʻikai ke na “muimui ki he toko lahi.” Neongo naʻe fehi tokolahi ke fanongo ki ai, ko e ongo tangata ko iá naʻá na tala e moʻoní pea naʻá na piki maʻu ki ai—naʻa mo e taimi naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ʻaki ai mate ʻi hano tolomakaʻi! Naʻá na maʻu mei fē loto-toʻá? ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko ha konga lahi ʻo ia naʻe maʻu mei heʻena tuí. Ko e kakai ʻoku tuí ʻoku nau sio māʻalaʻala ki he faikehekehe he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi taukaveʻi taʻehano makatuʻunga tangatá pea mo e ngaahi talaʻofa toputapu ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakahāhaaʻi fakatouʻosi ʻe he ongo tangatá ki mui anga ʻena ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e lēkooti ʻa Sihova ʻi hono fakahoko ʻene talaʻofa kotoa pē. (Lau ʻa e Siosiua 14:6, 8; 23:2, 14.) Ko Siosiua mo Kēlepi naʻá na pīkitai ki hona ʻOtua faitōnungá, pea naʻe ʻikai haʻana teitei fakakaukau atu ke fakalotomamahiʻi ia koeʻuhi ko haʻana muimui ki ha tokolahi taʻetui. Ko ia naʻá na tuʻu mālohi, ʻo fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fisifisimuʻa maʻa kitautolu he ʻaho ní.—Nom. 14:1-10.
6. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē te tau ongoʻi nai ai kuo tenge kitautolu ke muimui ki he tokolahí?
6 ʻOku faifai ange peá ke ongoʻi ʻoku tenge koe ke muimui ki he tokolahí? Ko e kakai ko ia ʻoku nau mavahe meia Sihová pea nau luma ki heʻene ngaahi tuʻunga fakaeʻulungaangá ʻoku nau faʻu moʻoni ha fuʻu tokolahi he ʻahó ni. ʻI heʻene haʻu ki he fakafiefiá mo e mālōloó, ʻoku faʻa pouaki ʻe he tokolahi ko iá e ngaahi fakakaukau taʻehano makatuʻungá. Te nau fakamatematē nai ko e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú, fakamālohí, mo e ngāue fakafaʻahikehé ʻa ia ʻoku mafolalahia he ngaahi polokalama televīsoné, faivá, mo e keimi vitiō ʻoku ʻikai haʻane fakatupu maumau. (2 Tim. 3:1-5) ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke fili ai fakafiefia pe mālōlō maʻau pe ko ho fāmilí, ʻokú ke fakaʻatā e ngaahi konisēnisi fakataʻetaʻetokanga ʻo e niʻihi kehé ke ne tākiekina hoʻo ngaahi filí pea fakafuo ho konisēnisí? ʻIkai ʻe iku leva eni, ki he “muimui ki he toko lahi”?
7, 8. (a) ʻOku fēfē hono akoʻi hotau “ngaahi mafai ʻiloʻiló,” pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻaonga lahi ange ai ha ako pehē ʻi he muimui ki ha ʻotu tuʻutuʻuni fefeka? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ke ʻilo ai ʻoku fakamāfana faʻifaʻitakiʻanga e kau talavou Kalisitiane tokolahi?
7 Kuo ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ha meʻaʻofa mahuʻinga ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fai ʻetau ngaahi filí—ʻetau “ngaahi mafai ʻiloʻiló.” Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi mafai ko ení ʻoku fiemaʻu ke akoʻi “fakafou ʻi hono ngāueʻaki iá.” (Hep. 5:14, NW) Ko e muimui ki he tokolahí ʻe ʻikai akoʻi ai hotau ngaahi mafai ʻiloʻiló; pea pehē, ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ki ha ʻotu tuʻutuʻuni fefeka fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e konisēnisí. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻoange ai ki he kakai ʻa Sihová ha lisi ʻo e ʻū filimi, ʻū tohi, mo e ʻū saiti ʻInitaneti ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai. Koeʻuhi ʻoku mātuʻaki maliuliu vave e māmani ko ení, ʻe ʻolokuonga vave ha lisi pehē ia hili pē hono faʻú. (1 Kol. 7:31) Ko e kovi angé, te ne taʻofi ai kitautolu mei he ngāue mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko ia ko hono fua tautau fakalelei mo faʻa lotu ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú pea toki fai leva e ngaahi filí ʻo makatuʻunga he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá.—Ef. 5:10.
8 Ko e moʻoni, ko ʻetau ngaahi fili makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻe lava ke ne ʻai kitautolu he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke tau taʻemanakoa. Ko e kau talavou Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻapiakó te nau fehangahangai nai mo ha tenge mālohi mei he tokolahí ke sio mo fai meʻa ʻoku sio mo fai ʻe he niʻihi kehe kotoa pē. (1 Pita 4:4) Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa ke sio ki he kau Kalisitiane iiki mo e lalahi ʻoku faʻifaʻitaki ki he tui ʻa Siosiua mo Kēlepí, ʻo fakafisi ke muimui ki he tokolahí.
ʻOua ʻe Muimui ki “Ho Mou Loto, bea mo Ho Mou Mata”
9. (a) ʻI he ʻalunga ʻo ha fononga, ko e hā ʻe hoko nai ai ʻo fakatuʻutāmaki ke muimui pē ki heʻetau ngaahi holí mo ʻetau ngaahi ongó? (e) Ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga ai lao ʻoku ʻi he Nomipa 15:37-39 ki he kakai ʻa Sihova he kuohilí?
9 Ko e tākiekina fakatuʻutāmaki hono ua te tau lāulea ki aí ko ha tākiekina ʻi loto. Te tau fakatātaaʻi nai ia ʻi he foungá ni: Kapau ʻokú ke fai ha fononga ki ha feituʻu pau, ʻe lava ke ke fakaʻuta atu ʻokú ke fili ʻe koe ke siʻaki hoʻo mapé kae muimui pē ki hoʻo ngaahi ongó—mahalo ko hoʻo afe he hala kotoa pē ʻoku ngali hā mei ai ha ngaahi ʻata fakaʻofoʻofa? ʻOku hā mahino, ko e ʻunua ki he ngaahi ongo peheé te ne taʻofi ai koe mei he aʻu ki hoʻo taumuʻá. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, fakakaukau atu ki ha toe taha ʻo e ngaahi lao ʻa Sihova ki ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Ko e tokolahi ʻi he ʻahó ni te nau ʻilo nai ʻoku faingataʻa ke mahinoʻi ha lao fekauʻaki mo e ʻai ha ngaahi pao mo ha ngaahi afo lanu pulū ki honau kofú. (Lau ʻa e Nomipa 15:37-39, “PM.”) ʻOkú ke sio nai ki hono mahuʻingá? Ko e talangofua ki ha lao pehē naʻe tokoniʻi ai e kakai ʻOtuá ke tauhi kinautolu ke makehe mo mavahe mei he fonua pangani takatakai kia kinautolú. Naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia kapau naʻa nau fiemaʻu ke maʻu mo tauhi maʻu e hōifua ʻa Sihová. (Liv. 18:24, 25) Kae kehe, ʻoku toe fakaeʻa ʻe he lao ko iá ha tākiekina fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi loto ʻa ia te ne taki atu nai kitautolu ke mamaʻo mei he feituʻu ʻoku tau fononga ki aí moʻui taʻengatá. ʻO fēfē?
10. Kuo fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Sihova e vavanga ki he natula ʻo e tangatá?
10 Fakatokangaʻi e meʻa naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki hono kakaí ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku tuʻu mei mui he lao ko ení: “Oua te mou muimui ki ho mou loto, bea mo ho mou mata, aia naa mou muimui ki ai o feauaki.” ʻOku maʻu ʻe Sihova ha vavanga loloto ki he natula ʻo e tangatá. ʻOkú ne ʻiloʻi lelei ʻoku kākaaʻingofua hotau lotó, pe tangata ʻi lotó, ʻe he meʻa ʻoku tau fakahū ki loto fakafou ʻi hotau matá. ʻOku fakatokanga mai ai e Tohi Tapú: “Ko e fungani ʻi he meʻa kākā ka ko e loto, pea ʻoku hilio hono kovi: ko hai te ne lava ke ʻilo ia? (Sel. 17:9) ʻOkú ke sio leva, ki he feʻungamālie moʻoni e fakatokanga ʻa Sihova ki he kau ʻIsilelí? Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi lelei te nau hehema ke sio ki he kakai pangani takatakai kia kinautolú pea ʻe fakataueleʻi kinautolu ʻe he meʻa naʻa nau sio ki aí. ʻE fakataueleʻi kinautolu ke nau hā hangē ko e kau taʻetui ko iá pea nau hoko leva ʻo fakakaukau, ongo, mo tōʻonga hangē ko kinautolú.—Pal. 13:20.
11. ʻI he founga fē ʻe fakataueleʻi nai ai kitautolu ʻe hotau ngaahi ongoʻanga fakaesinó?
11 ʻI hotau ʻahó tonu, ʻoku toe faingofua ange ke fakataueleʻi hotau loto-kākaá ʻaki hotau ngaahi ongoʻanga fakaesinó. ʻOku tau moʻui ʻi ha māmani ʻoku fakataumuʻa ia ke fakamānako ki he ngaahi hehema fakakakanó. Ko ia ʻe lava fēfē ke tau ngāueʻaki e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi he Nomipa 15:39? Fakakaukau angé: Kapau ko e faʻahinga ʻoku takatakai kia koe ʻi he ʻapiakó, ngāueʻangá, pe ʻi ho koló ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke fakatauele ange ʻenau ʻai valá, ʻe uesia nai koe? ʻE fakataueleʻi nai koe ke ‘muimui ki ho lotó mo ho matá’ ʻo hoko ai ʻo fakataueleʻi ʻe he meʻa ʻokú ke sio ki aí? ʻE fakataueleʻi leva nai ai koe ke tuku hifo ho ngaahi tuʻungá tonu ʻaki e ʻai vala ʻi ha founga pehē?—Loma 12:1, 2.
12, 13. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí kapau ʻoku hehema hotau matá ke sio takai holo ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke sio ki aí? (e) Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he hoko ko ha matavai ʻo e fakatauele ki he niʻihi kehé?
12 ʻOku fiemaʻu leva kia kitautolu ke fakatupulekina e mapuleʻi-kitá. Kapau ʻoku hehema hotau matá ke sio takai holo ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke sio ki aí, tau manatuʻi e fakapapau mālohi tokotaha faitōnunga ko Siopé, ʻa ia naʻá ne fai ha aleapau fakamātoato mo hono matá tonu—ko ha fili papau ke ʻoua naʻa fai ha tokanga fakaemanako ki ha fefine ʻoku ʻikai ko hono uaifí tonu. (Siope 31:1) Pehē foki, naʻe fakapapau ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita: “E ikai teu tuku ha mea kovi i hoku ao [‘matá,’ NW].” (Sāme 101:3, PM) Ko e hā pē ha meʻa te ne maumauʻi nai hotau konisēnisi maʻá pea mo hotau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová, ko ha “mea kovi” ia. ʻE kau ai ha faʻahinga fakatauele pē ʻoku fakamānako ki hotau matá mo fakamanamana ke fakataueleʻi hotau lotó ki he faihala.
13 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te tau loto ke hoko, ʻi ha faʻahinga ʻuhinga, ko ha “mea kovi” ki he niʻihi kehé ʻaki hono fakataueleʻi kinautolu ke nau fakakaukau ki he faihalá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku tau tokanga fakamātoato ki he faleʻi fakamānavaʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke ʻai e vala ʻoku ngali pea anga-mā pe fakanānā. (1 Tim. 2:9) Ko e fakanānaá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau fakaʻuhingaʻi pē ʻi ha founga ʻoku feʻunga mo kitautolú. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi konisēnisi mo e ongo faʻahinga takatakai kia kitautolú, ʻo tuku ke muʻomu nonga honau ʻatamaí mo ʻenau leleí ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau saiʻia ange aí. (Loma 15:1, 2) ʻOku tāpuekina fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ʻaki e kau talavou ʻe laui afe ʻa ia ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ha ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fisifisimuʻa ʻi he tuʻunga ko ení. He fiefia ē ko kitautolu ʻia kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fakafisi ke ‘muimui ki honau lotó mo honau matá,’ kae fili ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa ʻoku nau faí—naʻa mo e founga ʻenau ʻai valá!
ʻOua ʻe Muimui ki he ‘Ngaahi Ngeʻesi Meʻá’
14. Ko e hā fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e tuli ki he ‘ngaahi ngeʻesi meʻá’ naʻe tala ʻe Sāmiuelá?
14 Sioloto atu ko hoʻo fonongá naʻe ʻave ai koe ke kolosi ʻi ha fuʻu toafa faufaua. Ko e hā ʻe hokó kapau naʻá ke afe mei he halá ʻo tuli ki ha meʻa ko ha kite loi? Ko e tuli ki he ʻata loi ko iá ʻe lava ke mole ai hoʻo moʻuí! ʻOku ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Sihova e fakatuʻutāmaki ko iá. Fakakaukau angé ki ha fakatātā. Naʻe loto e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau hangē ko e ngaahi puleʻanga takatakai kia kinautolú, ʻa ē naʻe puleʻi kinautolu ʻe ha ngaahi tuʻi fakaetangata. Ko e fakaʻamu ko iá, ko hono moʻoní, ko ha angahala mamafa, he naʻe iku ia ki hano talitekeʻi ʻo Sihova ko honau Tuʻí. Neongo naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova kinautolu ke maʻu ha tuʻi fakaetangata, kuó ne ʻosi fekauʻi ʻe ia ʻene palōfita ko Sāmiuelá ke tala ha fakatokanga mahino fekauʻaki mo e tuli ki he ‘ngaahi ngeʻesi meʻá’ pe ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoní.—Lau ʻa e 1 Samiuela 12:21.
15. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē naʻe tuli ai e kau ʻIsilelí ki he ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoni?
15 Naʻe fakakaukau nai e kakai ko iá ʻe hoko ʻo moʻoni ange, alafalalaʻanga ange, tuʻi fakaetangatá ʻi ha founga, ʻia Sihova? Kapau ko ia, naʻa nau tuli moʻoni ki ha meʻa taʻemoʻoni! Pea naʻa nau ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ai ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi ʻata loi kehe lahi fakasētane. ʻE takingofua kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi fakaetangatá ki he tauhi ʻaitolí. Naʻe hala ai e kau tauhi ʻaitolí ʻi heʻenau fakakaukau ko e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié—ngaahi ʻotua ngaohi mei he ʻakaú pe maká—ʻoku nau moʻoni ange, alafalalaʻanga ange, ʻi ha founga, ʻi he ʻOtua taʻehāmaí, ʻa Sihova, ʻa ē naʻá ne fakatupu meʻa kotoa pē. Kae hangē ko ia naʻe hiki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ko e ngaahi ʻaitolí ko e “mea noabe.” (1 Kol. 8:4, PM) ʻOku ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo sio, fanongo, lea, pe ngāue. ʻE lava nai ke ke sio mo ala kia kinautolu, ka ʻo kapau te ke lotu ki ha ʻaitoli, ko e moʻoni, te ke tuli ai ki ha meʻa ʻoku taʻemoʻoni—ko ha ʻata loi te ne ʻomai pē fakatamaki.—Sāme 115:4-8.
16. (a) ʻOku fēfē hono fakataueleʻi ʻe Sētane tokolahi he ʻahó ni ke tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoní? (e) Ko e hā ʻe lava ai ke tau pehē ko e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ko e ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoni, tautefito ʻi hono fakahoa kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá?
16 ʻOku kei pāteʻi pē ʻa Sētane ʻi hono fakalotoʻi e kakaí ke tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoní. Hangē ko ení, kuó ne fakataueleʻi kakai ʻe taʻefaʻalaua ke nau hanga ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ke tokonaki mai maluʻanga. Ko e paʻangá, koloá, mo e ngaahi ngāue totongi leleí ʻe hā nai ʻoku nau fai ha ngaahi fakamoʻui lelei lahi. Kae kehe, ko e hā fakamoʻui ʻoku fai ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ʻi he taimi ʻoku hōloa ai e moʻuí, taimi ʻoku holafa ai e ʻekonōmiká, pe taimi ʻoku tō ai ha fakatamaki fakanatula? Ko e hā fakamoʻui ʻoku nau fai ʻi he taimi ʻoku loto-mamahi ai e kakaí, fiemaʻu ha taumuʻa, tataki, mo e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi loloto ange ʻi he moʻuí? Ko e hā e fakafiemālie ʻe lava ke nau fai ko e fakamoʻui ʻi he fehangahangai mo e maté? Kapau te tau hanga ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ke feau ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālié, ʻe siva ʻetau ʻamanakí. Ko e ngaahi koloa fakamatelié ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ha fakamoʻui; ko e ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoni kinautolu. ʻI he lele lōloá, ʻe ʻikai foki te nau lava ʻo tokonaki ha maluʻanga fakamatelie, he ʻe ʻikai hanau ola tuʻuloa ʻi he tuʻunga fuonounou lolotonga ʻo e moʻui tangatá pe ko e ala hoko ko ia puké mo e maté. (Pal. 23:4, 5) He mātuʻaki moʻoni lahi ange ē, ka ko hotau ʻOtuá, ʻa Sihova! ʻE toki lava pē ʻo maʻu maluʻanga moʻoní ʻi ha vahaʻangatae mālohi mo ia. He tāpuaki mahuʻinga ē ko ia! ʻOua ʻaupito naʻa tau siʻaki ia kae tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoní.
17. Ko e hā hoʻo fakapapau fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tākiekina kovi kuo tau lāulea ki aí?
17 ʻIkai ko hotau tāpuaki ia ke maʻu ʻa Sihova ko hotau Kaumeʻa mo hotau Tataki he fononga ʻo e moʻuí? Kapau ʻoku tau hokohoko atu ke tokanga ki heʻene ngaahi fakatokanga anga-ʻofa fekauʻaki mo e tākiekina kovi ʻe tolú—ko e tokolahí, ko hotau lotó tonu, mo e ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻoní—ʻe mātuʻaki ngalingali ange te tau aʻu ki he feituʻu ʻoku tau fononga ki aí moʻui taʻengatá. ʻI he kupu hokó, te tau lāulea ai ki ha toe fakatokanga ʻe tolu ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fehiʻa pea fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi ʻalunga ʻoku hala ʻokú ne takiheeʻi fuʻu tokolahi.—Sāme 119:128.
Ko e Hā Hoʻo Fakakaukaú?
ʻE lava fēfē ke ke ngāueʻaki fakafoʻituitui e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku fakaeʻa ʻi he ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu ko ení?
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ʻOku faifai ange pea fakataueleʻi koe ke muimui ki he tokolahí?
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Ko e hā ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ai ke muimui ki ha foʻi ongo?
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ʻOkú ke tuli ki ha faʻahinga meʻa taʻemoʻoni?