Tuku ʻa e Mālohi ʻo e Tōʻongá ke Ngāue ki Haʻo Lelei
NAʻE nofo ʻa e tangatá ʻi ha kolo ʻuta ʻo ʻAtenisi ʻo feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe 12. ʻI he ʻaho kotoa pē, naʻá ne foki ai ki ʻapi mei he ngāué ʻi he hala tatau. Naʻá ne toki hiki leva ki ha kolo ʻuta ʻe taha ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e koló. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha hili ʻa e ngāué, naʻá ne ʻalu atu ai ki ʻapi. Naʻá ne toki ʻiloʻi pē ʻi he taimi naʻá ne hanga hake ai ʻokú ne ʻi hono feituʻu kaungāʻapi motuʻá naʻá ne ʻalu ʻi he hala kehe. ʻI he mālohi ʻo e tōʻongá, naʻe tataki ai ia ki hono ʻapi ki muʻá!
ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi hono ui ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e tōʻongá ko e natula hono uá, ko ha tākiekina ʻa ia ʻokú ne uesia ʻetau moʻuí ʻi he ngaahi founga mālohi. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ení, ʻoku lava ke fakatatau ai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻongá ki he afí. ʻOku lava ke hoko ha afi ko ha maama talitali kakai ʻi he fakapoʻulí, pea ʻe lava ke ne fakamāfanaʻi hotau sinó mo fakamafana ʻetau meʻakaí. Neongo ia, ʻoku toe lava ke hoko ʻa e afí ko ha fili anga-kakaha ʻokú ne fakaʻauha ʻa e moʻuí pea mo e koloá. ʻOku hoko ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he ngaahi tōʻongá. ʻI hono tokangaʻi totonú, ʻoku nau ʻaonga lahi. Ka ʻoku lava ke nau toe hoko ʻo fakatupu ʻauha.
ʻI he tuʻunga ʻo e tangata naʻe lave ki ai ʻi he kamatá, ko e mālohi ʻo e tōʻongá naʻá ne fakamoleki ai ha taimi ʻi he fihia he fihi ʻa e meʻalele ʻi he koló. ʻI heʻene hoko mai ki he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga angé, ʻoku lava ʻe he ngaahi tōʻongá ke ne fakapaleʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e lavameʻa pe tataki kitautolu ki ha fakatamaki. Fakakaukau angé ki ha niʻihi siʻi ʻo e ngaahi fakatātā moʻoni ʻi he moʻuí ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa ia ʻoku fakahā ai ʻa e anga ʻo e lava ke tokoni pe taʻofi ʻe he ngaahi tōʻongá ʻa ʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá pea mo hotau vahaʻangatae mo iá.
Ngaahi Fakatātā ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo e Ngaahi Tōʻonga Leleí mo e Koví
Ko Noa, Siope, mo Taniela naʻe tāpuakiʻi kotoa kinautolu ʻaki ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakahīkihikiʻi kinautolu ʻe he Tohitapú koeʻuhi ko “ʻenau faitotonu.” (Isikeli 14:14) ʻOku mahuʻingá, he ko e ʻalunga moʻui ʻa e kau tangata kotoa ʻe toko tolú naʻe fakahaaʻi ai naʻa nau fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei.
Naʻe tala kia Noa ke ne langa ha ʻaʻake, ko ha vaka naʻe lōloa ange ia ʻi ha malaʻe ʻakapulu pea māʻolunga ange ia ʻi ha fale fungavaka nima. Ko ha ngāue langa lahi fakaʻulia pehē naʻá ne mei lōmekina ha tokotaha foʻu vaka ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Ko Noa mo e kau mēmipa ʻe toko fitu ʻo hono fāmilí naʻa nau langa ʻa e ʻaʻaké ʻo taʻekau ai ha tokoni ʻa e meʻangāue fakaeonopōní. Tānaki atu ki ai, naʻe hanganaki malanga ʻa Noa ki hono toʻutangatá. ʻOku lava ke tau fakapapauʻi naʻá ne toe tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālie mo fakaesino ʻa hono fāmilí. (2 Pita 2:5) Ke fakahoko ʻa e meʻá ni kotoa, kuo pau pē naʻe maʻu ʻe Noa ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga fakaengāue lelei. ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe hiki ʻa Noa ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e Tohitapú ko e tokotaha ʻa ia naʻá ne “aeva . . . moe Otua . . . Nae fai behe e Noa; o hage koia kotoabe nae fekau kiate ia e he Otua.” (Senesi 6:9, 22 PM; Senesi 7:5) Koeʻuhi naʻe fakahaaʻi ia ʻi he Tohitapú ʻokú ne “agatonu,” kuo pau pē naʻá ne hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá hili ʻa e fuʻu Lōvaí pea naʻa mo e hili ʻa e mapuna hake ʻa e angatuʻu kia Sihova ʻi Pēpelí. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe hanganaki ʻaʻeva ʻa Noa mo e ʻOtuá ʻo aʻu ai pē ki heʻene toki mate ʻi hono taʻu 950.—Senesi 9:29.
Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei ʻa Siopé naʻe tokoni ki hono ʻai ia ke ne hoko ko ha tangata “haohaoa mo angatonu.” (Siope 1:1, 8; 2:3) Naʻá ne angaʻaki, pe tōʻongaʻaki, ʻa e ngāue ko e taulaʻeiki ʻa e fāmilí ʻi hono ʻoatu ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau koeʻuhi ko ʻene fānaú ʻi he hili ʻenau ngaahi kātoanga kai taki taha, koeʻuhi naʻa kuo nau ‘angahala, ʻo nau tafuli loto mei he ʻOtua. Naʻe pehe ʻa e fai ʻa Siopé ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá kotoa.’ (Siope 1:5, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) ʻI he fāmili ʻo Siopé, ko e ngaahi anga fakafonua naʻe fakatefito ʻi he lotu kia Sihová naʻe ʻiloa taʻetoeveiveiua ia.
Naʻe tauhi ʻe Taniela ʻa Sihova ʻo “taʻemaliliu” ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻene moʻui fuoloá. (Taniela 6:16, 20) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei fakalaumālie naʻe maʻu ʻe Tanielá? Ko e meʻa ʻe taha, naʻá ne lotu maʻu pē kia Sihova. Neongo ha tuʻutuʻuni fakatuʻi ʻo taʻofi ʻa hono fai ení, “naa ne tomabee o tuulutui o liuga tolu i he aho, bea ne lotu mo fakafetai i he ao o hono Otua, o hage ko ene faa fai.” (Taniela 6:10, PM, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) Naʻe ʻikai te ne lava ʻo tukuange ʻa ʻene tōʻonga ko e lotu ki he ʻOtuá, neongo ʻa e fakamoʻoniʻi ʻo hono fakamanaʻi ʻa ʻene moʻuí ʻe he meʻa ko iá. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe he tōʻonga ko ení ʻa Taniela ʻi ha ʻalunga moʻui ʻo e anga-tonu taʻetoefehuʻia ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku ngalingali, naʻe toe maʻu ʻe Taniela ʻa e tōʻonga lelei ʻo e ako mo e fakalaulauloto lahi ki he ngaahi talaʻofa fakafiefia ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Selemaia 25:11, 12; Taniela 9:2) Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei ko ení naʻá ne tokoniʻi moʻoni ia ke ne kātaki ai pē ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻangá, ʻo ne lele faitōnunga ai ʻi he lova ki he moʻuí ki hono ngataʻangá tonu.
ʻI hono kehé, naʻe hoko ʻa e nunuʻa fakamamahi kia Taina koeʻuhi ko ha tōʻonga kovi. Naʻá ne “angaʻaki ʻa e ʻalu ke sio ki he kau fefine ʻo e fonuá,” ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ko e kau lotu ʻa Sihová. (Senesi 34:1, NW) Ko e tōʻonga ʻikai ke hā ngali fakatupu maumau ko ení naʻe iku ia ki he faingataʻa. ʻUluakí, naʻe fakamālohiʻi ia ʻe Sīkemi, ko ha talavou naʻe vakai ki ai “nae tuʻu kimuʻa ia i he fale kotoabe o ene tamai.” Ko e tali sāuni leva ki ai ʻa e toko ua ʻo hono fanga tuongaʻané naʻe taki atu ai kinaua ke na tāmateʻi ʻa e kotoa ʻo e kakai tangata ʻi he koló kotoa. Ko ha ikuʻanga fakalilifu moʻoni ē!—Senesi 34:19, 25-29, PM.
ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻe ʻaonga ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá kiate kitautolu pea ʻikai te ne fakatupu maumau kiate kitautolu?
Fakahoko ʻa e Ngaahi Tōʻongá
“Ko e ngaahi tōʻongá ko e tufakanga,” ko e tohi ia ʻa ha filōsefa ʻe taha. Ka ʻoku ʻikai pau ia ke nau hoko ʻo pehē. ʻOku fakahaaʻi mātuʻaki māʻalaʻala ʻe he Tohitapú ʻe lava ke tau fili ke liliu ʻetau ngaahi tōʻonga koví pea fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.
ʻI he ngaahi tōʻonga leleí, ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e founga moʻui faka-Kalisitiané ʻo toe ola lelei ange mo faingofua ange ke tauhi. Ko Alex, ko ha Kalisitiane mei Kalisi, ʻokú ne pehē: “Ko e tōʻonga ʻo e pipiki ki ha taimi-tēpile ki hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi ngāue kehekehé ʻoku fakahaofi ai ʻa hoku taimi mahuʻingá.” Ko Theophilus, ko ha tokotaha-mātuʻa Kalisitiane, ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ko e palaní ko ha tōʻonga ia naʻá ne tokoniʻi ia ke ne hoko ai ʻo lavameʻá. ʻOkú ne pehē: “ʻOku ou tuipau kakato ʻe ʻikai te u malava ke fakahoko lavameʻa ʻa hoku ngaahi fatongia faka-Kalisitiané ʻo taʻekau ai ʻa e tōʻonga ʻo e palani leleí.”
ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai kitautolu ke tau “hokohoko ʻaʻeva maau ʻi he founga-tuʻumaʻu tatau ko ení.” (Filipai 3:16, NW) Ko ha founga-tuʻumaʻu ʻoku kau ki ai ha “tōʻongaʻaki . . . hono fakahoko ʻo ha founga kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu.” Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei peheé ʻoku ʻaonga ia kiate kitautolu koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke tau fakamoleki ʻa e taimí ʻi he fakakaukau ki he sitepu taki taha—kuo tau ʻosi fokotuʻu ha sīpinga lelei ʻoku tau muimui ki ai koeʻuhi ko ʻetau tōʻongá ia. Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga mālohí ʻoku hoko meimei fakanatula mai pē ia. Hangē pē ko e tataki ʻe he ngaahi tōʻonga fakaʻuli leleí ha tokotaha fakaʻuli ke ne fai ha ngaahi fili vave fakaefakahaofi moʻui ʻi heʻene fehangahangai mo e ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi he halá, ko e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí ʻoku lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fai ha ngaahi fili vave feʻungamālie ʻi heʻetau ʻaʻeva ʻi hotau ʻalunga faka-Kalisitiané.
Hangē ko ia ko hono fakalea ʻe he tokotaha faʻu-tohi Pilitānia ko Jeremy Taylor: “Ko e ngaahi tōʻongá ʻa e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo e ngāué.” Kapau ʻoku lelei ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá, ʻe lava ke tau fakahoko ʻo ʻikai loko faingataʻa ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa leleí. Ko e fakatātaá, kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau faifekau Kalisitiané ʻa e tōʻonga ʻo e kau maʻu pē ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, ʻoku faingofua ange ai mo fakafiefia ange ke ʻalu ʻi he malaʻe malangá. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻapositoló, ʻoku tau lau “nae ikai tuku e nau ako moe nau malaga aki a Jisu Kalaisi, i he aho kotoabe, i he fale lotu lahi, bea moe fale kotoabe.” (Ngāue 5:42, PM; Ngāue 17:2, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, kapau ʻoku tau kau tātātaha pē he ngāue fakafaifekaú, te tau ongoʻi loto-moʻua nai, ʻi he fiemaʻu ʻa e taimi lahi ange ke hoko ai ʻo ongoʻi fiemālie ki muʻa ke tau ongoʻi falala pau ki he ngāue faka-Kalisitiane mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko ení.
Ko e meʻa moʻoni tatau pē ʻoku hoko ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe ʻo ʻetau founga-tuʻumaʻu faka-Kalisitiané. ʻOku lava ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi tōʻonga leleí ke tau tuʻumaʻu ʻi hono ‘lau ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō.’ (Siosiua 1:8, NW; Sāme 1:2) Ko ha Kalisitiane ʻe taha ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e tōʻonga ʻo hono lau ʻa e Tohitapú ʻi he miniti ʻe 20 ki he 30 ki muʻa ke ne mohé. Naʻa mo e taimi ʻokú ne helaʻia ʻaupito aí, ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi kapau te ne ʻalu ʻo mohe ʻo ʻikai fai ha lautohi, ʻe ʻikai lava ke ne mohe lelei. Naʻe pau ke ne tuʻu hake ʻo tokangaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu fakalaumālie ko iá. Ko e tōʻonga lelei ko ení kuó ne toe tokoniʻi ia ke ne lau ʻa e Tohitapú kotoa ʻo tuʻo taha ʻi he taʻu ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi.
Ko hotau Faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e tōʻonga ko hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa ia naʻe lāulea ai ki he Tohitapú. “Hange ko ʻene faʻa fai, naʻa ne hū ki he falelotu ʻi he ʻaho Sapate, ʻo ne tuʻu hake ke lau folofola.” (Luke 4:16) Kia Joe, ko ha tokotaha mātuʻa fakataha mo ha fāmili tokolahi ʻa ia ʻokú ne ngāue ʻi ha ngaahi houa lōloa, kuo tokoniʻi ia ʻe he tōʻongá ke fakatupu ʻiate ia ha fiemaʻu mo ha holi ke maʻu tuʻumaʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá. ʻOkú ne pehē: “ʻOku ʻai au ʻe he tōʻongá ni ke u hokohoko atu, ʻi hono tokonaki mai ʻa e mālohi fakalaumālie ʻoku fiemaʻu lahí koeʻuhi ke u lava ai ʻo fehangahangai lavameʻa mo e ngaahi faingataʻá pea mo e ngaahi palopalemá.”—Hepelu 10:24, 25.
ʻOku ʻikai ke ala tuku ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga peheé ʻi he lova ʻa e Kalisitiané ki he moʻuí. Ko ha līpooti mei ha fonua ʻa ia naʻe fakatangaʻi ai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová naʻe pehē ai: “Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei fakalaumālié pea mo ha houngaʻia loloto ki he moʻoní naʻe ʻikai haʻanau palopalema ʻi he pikimaʻu he taimi naʻe aʻu mai ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ka ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻi he ‘faingamālié’ naʻa nau liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá, ʻoku nau tōmokosi ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá pea fakangaloku ʻi he fanga kiʻi ʻīsiu īkí ʻoku nau faʻa tō ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻi he malumalu ai ʻo ha ʻahiʻahi ‘kakahá.’”—2 Timote 4:2.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Ngaahi Tōʻonga Koví, Ngāueʻaki ʻa e Ngaahi Tōʻonga Leleí
Kuo leaʻaki ʻo pehē ‘ʻoku totonu ke tō pē ʻe ha tangata ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ē ʻokú ne loto-lelei ke ne puleʻi iá.’ Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga koví ko ha pule fakafeʻātungia moʻoni ia. Neongo ia, ʻe lava pē ke taʻofi kinautolu.
Ko Stella naʻe hoko ia ko ha tokotaha mamata TV maʻunimā ʻi ha taimi. ʻOkú ne fakahā: “ʻI mui ʻi he tōʻonga kovi kotoa pē naʻá ku hehema ki aí, ʻoku faʻa ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga ʻo pehē ʻoku ‘ʻikai hano maumau.’” Ko e tuʻungá eni ʻi heʻene tōʻongaʻaki ʻa e mamata TV tōtuʻá. Naʻá ne pehē pē ʻiate ia te ne mamata pē ko “ha kiʻi taimi mālōlō” pe ko “ha fetongi ʻo e meʻa ʻoku faí.” Ka naʻe taʻemapuleʻi ai ʻa ʻene tōʻongá, ʻo ʻai ai ia ke ne ʻi muʻa ʻi he televīsoné ʻi he ngaahi houa lōloa. “ʻI ha tuʻunga, naʻe hanga ʻe he tōʻonga kovi ko ení ʻo toloiʻi ʻa ʻeku fakalakalaka fakalaumālié,” ko ʻene leá ia. ʻI ha feinga ʻosi fakapapauʻi, naʻe faifai atu pē ʻo ne fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e taimi naʻá ne fakamoleki ʻi he mamata TV peá ne hoko ai ʻo filifili lahi ange. “ʻOku ou feinga maʻu pē ke manatuʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻá ku loto ai ke taʻofi ʻa e tōʻonga ko ení,” ko e lau ia ʻa Stella, “pea ʻoku ou falala kia Sihova ki hono tauhi ʻa ʻeku fakapapaú.”
Ko ha Kalisitiane ko hono hingoá ko Charalambos naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ha tōʻonga kovi ʻa ia naʻe taʻofi ai ia mei hono fai ʻa e laka ki muʻa fakalaumālié—ko e tolotoloí. “ʻI heʻeku ʻiloʻi ko e tōʻonga ʻo e toloi meʻá naʻe fakatupu maumaú, naʻá ku kamata ngāue leva ke liliu ʻa ʻeku moʻuí. ʻI hono fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻá, naʻá ku palani papau ʻa e taimi mo e founga ke ngāue ai kia kinautolú. Ko e tuʻumaʻu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa ʻeku ngaahi filí mo e ngaahi palaní ʻa e fakaleleiʻangá, pea ʻoku kei hoko ai pē ia ko ha tōʻonga lelei ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni.” Ko e moʻoni, ko e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí ʻa e fetongi lelei taha ki he ngaahi tōʻonga koví.
Ko hotau kaungā feohí ʻe toe lava ke ne fakatupunga kitautolu ke fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga, lelei pe kovi. ʻOku pipihi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí, hangē pē ko e pehē ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga koví. Hangē pē ko e ‘maumauʻi ʻe he ngaahi feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga leleí,’ ko e ngaahi feohi leleí te ne ʻomai nai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai. (1 Kolinito 15:33, NW) Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, ʻoku lava ʻe he ngaahi tōʻongá ke ʻai ke mālohi pe fakavaivaiʻi hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku pehē ʻe Stella: “Kapau ʻoku lelei ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá, ʻoku nau ʻai ke faingofua ange ai ʻetau fāinga ke tauhi ʻa Sihová. Kapau ʻoku nau fakatupu maumau, ʻoku nau taʻofi ʻetau ngaahi feingá.”
Fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí, pea tuku ke nau tataki koe. Te nau hoko ko ha ivi mālohi, mo ʻaonga ʻi hoʻo moʻuí.
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ʻI he hangē ko e afí, ʻe lava ʻa e ngaahi tōʻongá ke ʻaonga pe fakatupu ʻauha
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Naʻe angaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ke ʻi he sinakoké ʻi he ʻaho Sāpaté ki hono lau ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá
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Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei fakalaumālié ʻoku nau ʻai ke mālohi hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá