‘ʻE ʻOtua, Hakule Au’
“E Otua, afioʻi [“hakule,” NW] au, bea ke iloʻi hoku loto. . . . tataki au i he hala taegata.”—SĀME 139:23, 24, PM.
1. ʻOku fēfē ʻa e feangainga ʻa Sihova mo ʻene kau sevānití?
ʻOKU tau saiʻia kotoa ke feangainga mo ha taha ʻoku fakaʻatuʻi, ha taha ʻokú ne fakakaukau mai ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí, ha taha ʻe tokoni ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fai hala aí, ha taha ʻoku ʻikai te ne kouna meiate kitautolu ʻo lahi ange ʻi he meʻa ʻoku malava ke tau faí. ʻOku feangainga ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo ʻene kau sevānití ʻi he founga ko iá. ʻOku pehē ʻi he Sāme 103:14: “He ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻe ia hota anga; ʻoku ne manatu ai pe ko e efu pe kitaua.” Pea ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi haohaoa mai ʻa ʻene Tamaí, ʻokú ne fai mai ʻa e fakaafe loto-māfana ko ení: “Haʻu kiate au, ʻa kimoutolu kotoa pe ʻoku fakaongosia mo māfasia, pea te u fakamālōlō kimoutolu. ʻAi ʻeku ioke kiate kimoutolu, [pe, “ʻAi ke ta kaungātoʻo ʻeku ʻioké,” NW, fakamatala ʻi lalo] pea mou ako ʻiate au: he ʻoku ou faʻa kataki mo angafākatuʻa, pea te mou ʻilo ha mālōlō ʻi homou laumalie. He ko e ioke aʻaku ʻoku molū, pea ko e kavenga aʻaku ʻoku maʻamaʻa.”—Mātiu 11:28-30.
2. Fakahā ʻa e kehekehe ʻo e vakai mai ʻa Sihová pea mo e vakai ʻa e tangatá ʻi he fekauʻaki (a) mo Sīsū Kalaisi, pea (e) mo e kau muimui ʻo Kalaisí.
2 ʻOku faʻa kehe ʻaupito ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihova ki heʻene kau sevānití mei he anga ʻo e vakai ki ai ʻa e tangatá. ʻOkú ne vakai mai ki ha ngaahi meʻa mei ha tafaʻaki kehe ia peá ne fakakaukau ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ʻilo ki ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé. ʻI he ʻi māmani ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻe hoko ia ʻo “taʻetokaʻi, mo eʻehi mei ai ʻa e kakai.” Ko e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai te nau tui kiate ia ko e Mīsaiá naʻe “taʻe mahuʻinga kiate [kinautolu]” ʻa Sīsū. (ʻAisea 53:3; Luke 23:18-21) Ka, ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko ia ko e “ʻAlo Pele [ʻo e ʻOtua],” ko e toko taha ia naʻe pehē ki ai ʻe he Tamaí: “Ko koe kuo u hōifua ai.” (Luke 3:22; 1 Pita 2:4) ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ko e kakai ʻoku fai ʻa e sio lalo ki ai koeʻuhi ʻoku nau masiva fakamatelie pea ʻoku nau kātekina ʻa e faingataʻa lahi. Ka neongo iá, ʻi he vakai mai ʻa Sihova pea mo hono ʻAló, ʻoku koloaʻia nai ʻa e faʻahingá ni ia. (Loma 8:35-39; Fakahā 2:9) Ko e hā ʻoku kehe ai ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai mai ia ko ení?
3. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku faʻa kehe ʻaupito ai ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai mai ʻa Sihova ki he kakaí mei he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e tangatá ki he kakaí? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai kiate kitautolu ke tau siviʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó?
3 ʻOku tali mai ʻi he Selemaia 11:20: “Ko Sihova . . . ʻoku sivi ʻa e kofuua mo e loto.” ʻOkú ne sio mai ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo ʻetau tōʻongá ʻoku ʻikai ʻasi ia ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻI heʻene sivi ʻoku faí, ʻokú ne fai ʻa e fakamamafa tefitó ki he ngaahi ʻulungāanga mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ko ia ʻoku mātuʻaki fie maʻu kae maʻu ha vahaʻangatae lelei mo iá, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku ʻaonga tuʻuloa taha kiate kitautolú. ʻOku fakatupu fakanonga ʻa ʻetau ʻilo ki he meʻa ko iá; pea ʻokú ne toe ʻai ke tau fakakaukau fakamātoato. Koeʻuhi ʻoku tokanga mai ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó, ʻoku mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu ke tau sivisiviʻi pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó ʻo kapau te tau hoko ko e faʻahinga kakai kitautolu ʻokú ne fie maʻu ke ʻi heʻene māmani foʻoú. ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe heʻene Folofolá ke tau fai ha sivisiviʻi pehē.—Hepelū 4:12, 13.
He Meʻa Mahuʻinga Lahi ē ka ko e Ngaahi Fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá!
4. (a) Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa e tangata tohi sāmé ke ne fakahā naʻe mahuʻinga kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke mahuʻinga ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ko iá kiate kitautolu?
4 ʻI he hili ʻa e fakalaulauloto ki hono lahi mo hono loloto ʻo e ʻilo ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻene kau sevānití, pea pehē ki he taha kehe atu ʻo e malava ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tokonaki mai ha tokoni pē ʻoku fie maʻu nai kiate kinautolú, naʻe tohi ʻa e tangata tohi sāme ko Tēvitá ʻo pehē: “Hono ikai mahuiga a hoo gaahi fakakaukau kiate au!” (Sāme 139:17a, PM) Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau ko iá, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahā ʻi heʻene Folofola tohí, ʻoku māʻolunga mamaʻo ange ia ʻi ha meʻa pē mei he tangatá, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hono lahi ʻo e hā fisifisimuʻa nai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e tangatá. (ʻAisea 55:8, 9) ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakahanga ʻetau tokangá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻi he moʻuí pea ke tau faivelenga ʻi heʻene ngāué. (Filipai 1:9-11) ʻOku nau fakahāhā mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e founga ke tau vakai ai ki ha ngaahi meʻa ʻi he founga ʻo e vakai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku nau tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fakahā moʻoni kiate kitautolu pē ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó. ʻOkú ke loto-lelei ke fai ia?
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ke tau maluʻi ʻo lahi ange ia “ʻi he meʻa kotoa”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻaonga kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakamatala ʻa e Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo Keiní? (f) Neongo ʻoku ʻikai te tau moʻulaloa ki he Lao ʻia Mōsesé, ʻoku fēfē ʻa ʻene tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau maʻu ʻa e mahino ki he meʻa ʻoku fakahōifua kia Sihová?
5 ʻOku hehema ʻa e tangatá ke fakamamafa ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ʻi he fōtunga hā maí, ka ʻoku akonaki mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “ʻI he meʻa kotoa ʻoku ke tauhi, muʻomuʻa ʻa e lama ʻo ho loto.” (Palōvepi 4:23) ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi akonaki mo e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ke tau fai ia. ʻOkú ne fakahā mai kiate kitautolu naʻe fai fakafatongia pē ʻe Keini ʻa ʻene feilaulau ki he ʻOtuá lolotonga iá naʻe lili ʻi hono lotó ʻa ʻene loto-mamahi, ʻo aʻu ʻo ne fehiʻa ki hono tokoua ko ʻĒpelí. Pea ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ke ʻoua naʻa tau hangē ko Keiní. (Sēnesi 4:3-5; 1 Sione 3:11, 12) ʻOkú ne fakamatala mai ʻa e fie maʻu ʻi he Lao ʻia Mōsesé ke talangofuá. Ka ʻokú ne toe fakamamafaʻi ko e fie maʻu muʻomuʻa taha ʻi he Laó ki he faʻahinga ʻoku lotu kia Sihová kuo pau ke nau ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo honau lotó, ʻenau fakakaukaú, ʻenau soulú, mo honau mālohí kotoa; pea ʻokú ne toe fakahā mai ko e meʻa mahuʻinga hono hokó ko e fekau ko ia ke nau ʻofa ki honau kaungāʻapí ʻo hangē pē ko ʻenau ʻofa kiate kinautolú.—Teutalōnome 5:32, 33; Maʻake 12:28-31.
6. ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Palōvepi 3:1, ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolú?
6 ʻOku naʻinaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻi he Palōvepi 3:1 ke ʻoua ʻe ngata pē ʻi heʻetau tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ka ke tau fakapapauʻi ko e talangofuá ko ha fakahāhā ia ʻo e meʻa moʻoni ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó. ʻOku fie maʻu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu tāutaha, ‘ʻOku moʻoni ia ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ʻeku talangofua ki he ngaahi fie maʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá?’ Kapau ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi hifo ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻoku taʻe feʻunga ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne ueʻi hotau lotó pe ko ʻetau fakakaukaú—pea ʻoku hala ʻatā ha taha ʻiate kitautolu ʻe lava ke ne pehē ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻane hala—ʻoku fie maʻu leva ke tau ʻeke hifo, ‘Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ou fai ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ko iá?’—Palōvepi 20:9; 1 Sione 1:8.
7. (a) ʻE fēfē nai ʻa hono hanga ʻe he talatalaakiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kau Fālesí ʻa ia ʻoku hā ʻi he Mātiu 15:3-9 ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau tauhi ʻo lama hotau lotó? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe fie maʻu nai ai kiate kitautolu ke tau feinga mālohi ke mapuleʻi hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó?
7 ʻI he fakangalingali ʻa e kau Fālesi Siú ke pehē ʻoku nau fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá lolotonga iá naʻa nau poupouʻi olopoto ha faʻahinga tōʻonga ko e tupu mei he tokanga ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻaonga kiate kinautolú pē, naʻe talatalaakiʻi kinautolu ʻe Sīsū ʻo pehē ko e kau mālualoi pea fakahaaʻi ko ʻenau lotú ko e koto kulanoa pē. (Mātiu 15:3-9) Naʻe toe fakatokanga ʻa Sīsū ʻo pehē, ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne sio ki he lotó, ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga pē ke hā ngali moʻui taau, ka ʻi he taimi tatau pē koeʻuhi ke maʻu ʻa e fiefia fakaesinó, ʻoku tau fakakaukau maʻu pē foki ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku taʻe taau. ʻOku fie maʻu nai ke tau ngāue mālohi ke mapuleʻi hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó. (Palōvepi 23:12; Mātiu 5:27-29) ʻOku toe fie maʻu ʻa e mapuleʻi pehē ʻo kapau koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngāue fakamāmaní, ʻetau ngaahi taumuʻa ʻi he akó, pe ko ʻetau fili ki he fakafiefiá ʻoku tau hoko ai ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki ki he māmaní, ʻo fakaʻatā ia ke ne fakafuo kitautolu ʻo fakatatau ki hono ngaahi tuʻungá. ʻOfa ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻoku pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí ko e “koto tono tangata” ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau pehē ʻoku nau kau ki he ʻOtuá ka ʻoku nau fie maʻu ke nau kaumeʻa mo e māmaní. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi “ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili.”—Sēmisi 4:4; 1 Sione 2:15-17; 5:19.
8. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau faí kae maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga kakato mei he ngaahi fakakaukau mahuʻinga ʻa e ʻOtuá?
8 Ke maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga kakato mei he ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi meʻá ni mo e toe ngaahi meʻa kehe, ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau vaheʻi ha taimi ke tau lau ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ko iá pe fanongo ki ai. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau ako kinautolu, talanoa ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolu, pea fakalaulauloto kiate kinautolu. Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau lau ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻó ʻoku nau maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku fetalanoaʻaki ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Tohi Tapú. ʻOku nau lamalama ke maʻu mai ha taimi mei he ngaahi meʻa kehé koeʻuhi ka nau kau ki he ngaahi fakatahá. (ʻEfesō 5:15-17) Pea ko e meʻa ʻoku nau maʻu mei aí ʻoku mahuʻinga mamaʻo ange ia ʻi ha koloa fakamatelie. ʻIkai ʻoku pehē ʻa hoʻo fakakaukaú?
9. Ko e hā ʻoku fakalakalaka vave ange ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané ʻi he niʻihi kehe?
9 Kae kehe, ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ko ʻení ʻoku nau fakalakalaka fakalaumālie vave ange kinautolu ʻi ha niʻihi kehe. ʻOku nau ngāue lahi ange ʻaki ʻa e moʻoní ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. Ko e hā ʻoku tuʻunga ai ʻa e meʻá ni? ʻOku faʻa hoko ko e meʻa tefitó ʻa ʻenau tōtōivi ʻi he ako fakafoʻituituí. ʻOku nau ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai te tau moʻui ʻi he mā pē; ʻoku mahuʻinga tatau pē ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē pea mo ʻetau kai maʻu pē ʻa e meʻakai moʻoní. (Mātiu 4:4; Hepelū 5:14) Ko ia ʻoku nau feinga ke fakamoleki ha kiʻi taimi ʻi he ʻaho taki taha ke lau ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú pe ko e ngaahi tohi ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi iá. ʻOku nau teuteu ki he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, ʻo nau ako ʻa e ngaahi lesoní ki muʻa pea lau foki mo e ngaahi konga Tohi Tapú. ʻOku nau fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻo ʻikai ko hono lau pē ʻo e fakamatalá; ʻoku nau fakalaulauloto ki ai. ʻOku kau ki heʻenau founga akó ʻa ʻenau fakakaukau fakamātoato ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ola ʻoku totonu ke hā mei heʻenau moʻuí tonu tupu mei he meʻa ʻoku nau akó. ʻI heʻenau tupu fakalaumālié, ʻoku nau hoko ʻo ongoʻi ʻo hangē ko ia ko e tangata tohi sāmé naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOi ʻeku ʻofa ki hoʻo lao na! . . . ʻOku fakaofo hoʻo ʻu fakamoʻoni.”—Sāme 1:1-3; 119:97, 129.
10. (a) Ko e hā hono fuoloa ʻoku lelei ke hokohoko atu ai ʻa hono ako ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) ʻOku fēfē ʻa hono fakahā ʻeni ʻi he Tohi Tapú?
10 Tatau ai pē pe kuo tau ako ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha, taʻu ʻe 5, pe taʻu ʻe 50, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito hoko ia ko hano toutou ako pē ʻa e meʻa tatau—ʻe ʻikai pehē ia kapau ʻoku mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá. Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hono lahi kuo ako ʻe ha taha ʻo kitautolu mei he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku kei lahi ange ʻa e meʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻiló. Naʻe pehē ʻe Tēvita: “E Otua, . . . oku fefe nai hono lahi oia! Kabau teu lau ia, oku lahi hake hono lau i he oneone.” ʻOku mahulu atu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ia ʻa e ʻOtuá mei heʻetau malava ke lau iá. Kapau te tau fakalau ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha ʻaho kakato pea aʻu ʻo tau mohe ʻi hono fai iá, ʻi heʻetau mālanga hake ʻi he pongipongí, ʻe kei toe lahi ʻaupito ʻa e meʻa ke fakakaukau atu ki aí. Ko ia, naʻe tohi ʻe Tēvita: “O kau ka a hake oku ou kei iate koe.” (Sāme 139:17, 18, PM) ʻE fai atu pē ʻo aʻu ʻo taʻe ngata ʻe kei lahi ange pē ʻa e meʻa ke tau ako ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sihova mo ʻene ngaahi foungá. ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito te tau aʻu ki ha tuʻunga kuo tau ʻilo kotoa ai ia.—Loma 11:33.
Ko e Fehiʻa ʻi he Meʻa ʻOku Fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihová
11. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke ʻoua ʻe ngata pē ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ka ke toe maʻu foki ʻa e faʻahinga ongoʻi tatau pē mo ia?
11 Ko ʻetau ako ʻa e Folofolá ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha taumuʻa pē ke fakafonu ʻaki hotau ʻulú ha ngaahi meʻa. ʻI heʻetau fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke hū hifo ki hotau lotó, te tau kamata leva ai ke tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga ongoʻi tatau pē mo ia ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá. He toki meʻa mahuʻinga lahi ia! Kapau he ʻikai te tau fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi peheé, ko e hā nai ʻe hokó? Neongo ʻe malava nai ke tau fakahā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tala mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú, ka neongo ia, te tau holi nai ki he meʻa ia ʻoku tapuí, pe te tau ongoʻi nai ko ha mafasia ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu maí. ʻOku moʻoni, naʻa mo ʻetau fehiʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku halá, te tau fāinga nai mo ia koeʻuhi ko ʻetau taʻe haohaoá. (Loma 7:15) Ka ʻo kapau he ʻikai te tau feinga tōtōivi ke ʻai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi hotau lotó ke fetāiaki mo e meʻa ʻoku totonú, ʻe lava ke tau ʻamanekina atu ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova, “ko e [toko taha] sivi loto”?—Palōvepi 17:3.
12. Ko e hā ʻa hono mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻofa fakaʻotuá mo e fehiʻa fakaʻotuá?
12 Ko e fehiʻa fakaʻotuá ko ha maluʻanga mālohi ia kiate kita mei hono fai ha meʻa ʻoku hala, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko hono ʻai ʻe he ʻofa fakaʻotuá ke maʻu ha fiefia ʻi hono fai ʻo e meʻa ʻoku totonú. (1 Sione 5:3) ʻOku toutou naʻinaʻi mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ke tau fakatupulekina fakatouʻosi ʻa e ʻofa mo e fehiʻa. “Fehiʻa ki he kovi, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku ʻofa kia Sihova.” (Sāme 97:10) “Fehiʻaʻia ki he kovi; pikitai ki he lelei.” (Loma 12:9) ʻOku tau fai ia?
13. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e lotu ʻa Tēvita ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono fakaʻauha ʻo e kau fulikivanú ʻoku tau loto-tatau fakaʻaufuli ki ai? (e) Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻi he lotu ʻa Tēvitá, ko hai ʻa e kau fulikivanu naʻá ne lotu ki he ʻOtuá ke fakaʻauhá?
13 Kuo fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene taumuʻa ke fakaʻauha ʻa e kau anga-fulikivanú mei he māmaní pea ke fakahoko mai ha māmani foʻou ʻa ia ʻe nofoʻanga ai ʻa māʻoniʻoni. (Sāme 37:10, 11; 2 Pita 3:13) ʻOku fakaʻamu ʻa e kau ʻofa ki he māʻoniʻoní ke hoko mai ʻa e taimi ko iá. ʻOku nau loto-tatau fakaʻaufuli mo e tangata tohi sāme ko Tēvitá, ʻa ia naʻá ne lotu: “E Otua, koe mooni te ke tamateʻi ae agahala: koia mou alu iate au, akimoutolu ae kau tagata bani toto. He oku nau lea kovi i he agatuu kiate koe, bea ko ho gaahi fili oku nau takua noa ho huafa.” (Sāme 139:19, 20, PM) Naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻamu ʻa Tēvita tonu ke ne fakaʻauha ʻa e kau faihala peheé. Naʻá ne lotu ke hoko mai ʻa e tautea meia Sihová. (Teutalōnome 32:35; Hepelū 10:30) Naʻe ʻikai ko ha kakai ʻeni ia naʻa nau fakalotomamahiʻi pē ʻa Tēvita. Naʻa nau talahalaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo nau takuanoa hono huafá. (ʻEkisoto 20:7) Naʻa nau taʻe faitotonu ʻo nau taku ʻoku nau tauhi kiate ia, ka naʻa nau ngāueʻaki hono huafá ke poupouʻi ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi filioʻi pē ʻanautolu. Naʻe ʻikai ʻofa ʻa Tēvita ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau fili ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi fili ʻo e ʻOtuá.
14. ʻOku ʻi ai ha kakai fulikivanu ʻoku malava ke tokoniʻi? Kapau ko ia, ʻe anga-fēfē?
14 ʻOku laui piliona ʻa e kakai ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻa Sihova. Ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku nau fai ʻi he taʻe ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku koví. Kapau te nau kei kīvoi ai pē ʻi he ʻalunga ko ʻení, te nau kau ʻi he faʻahinga ʻe fakaʻauha ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e mamahi lahí. Ka, ʻoku ʻikai fiefia ʻa Sihova ʻi he mate ʻa e kau fulikivanú, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau pehē mo kitautolu. (ʻIsikeli 33:11) ʻI he kei toe ʻa e taimí, ʻoku tau feinga ke tokoni ki he kakai peheé ke nau ako mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻa Sihová. Kae fēfē kapau ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe ha kakai ia ʻe niʻihi ha fehiʻa ʻaupito kia Sihova?
15. (a) Ko hai ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe vakai ki ai ʻa e tangata tohi sāmé ko hono “ngaahi fili”? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ʻe kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ke tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau “fehiʻa” ki he faʻahinga ʻoku angatuʻu kia Sihová?
15 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo kinautolú, naʻe pehē ʻe he tangata tohi sāmé: “E Jihova, ikai oku ou fehia kiate kinautolu oku nau fehia kiate koe? bea ikai oku ou mamahi [“fakaliliʻa,” NW] iate kinautolu oku nau tuu hake o agatuu kiate koe? Oku ou fehia kiate kinautolu aki ae fehia aubito: oku ou lau akinautolu ko hoku gaahi fili.” (Sāme 139:21, 22, PM) Naʻe tāufehiʻa ʻa Tēvita kiate kinautolu koeʻuhi naʻa nau fehiʻa ʻaupito kia Sihova. ʻOku kau ʻa e kau tafoki mei he moʻoní ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻenau fehiʻa kia Sihova ʻaki ʻenau angatuʻu kiate ia. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e tafoki mei he moʻoní ko ha angatuʻu ia kia Sihova. ʻOku pehē ʻe he faʻahinga ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tafoki mei he moʻoní ʻoku nau ʻilo mo tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku nau siʻaki ʻa e ngaahi akonaki pe ngaahi fie maʻu ʻoku fakahā mai ʻi heʻene Folofolá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku nau tui ki he Tohi Tapú, ka ʻoku nau siʻaki ʻa e kautaha ʻa Sihová pea ʻoku nau feinga mālohi ke fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ʻa e ngāue ʻa e kautahá. ʻI heʻenau loto-lelei ke fili ki he tuʻunga kovi peheé hili ia ʻenau ʻilo ki he meʻa ʻoku totonú, ʻi he hoko ʻa e koví ʻo tongiloto ai pea hoko ko ha konga ʻoku taʻe ala fakamavaheʻi meiate kinautolú, kuo pau leva ke fehiʻa (ʻi he ʻuhinga faka-Tohitapu) ʻa e Kalisitiané ki he faʻahinga kuo nau piki maʻu ʻo taʻe ala mavahe mei he koví. ʻOku maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ki he kau tafoki pehē mei he moʻoní; ʻoku ʻikai fie ʻilo ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e kau tafoki mei he moʻoní. ʻI hono kehe ʻaupitó, ʻoku nau “ongoʻi fakaliliʻa” ʻi he faʻahinga kuo nau ʻai kinautolu ko e ngaahi fili ʻo e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku nau tuku pē kia Sihova ke ne toki fai ʻa e sauní.—Siope 13:16; Loma 12:19; 2 Sione 9, 10.
ʻI Hono Hakule Kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá
16. (a) Ko e hā naʻe loto ai ʻa Tēvita ke hakule ia ʻe Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa fekauʻaki mo hotau lotó ʻoku totonu ai ke tau kole ki he ʻOtuá ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻilo ki aí?
16 Naʻe ʻikai loto ʻa Tēvita ke ne hangē ko e kau anga-fulikivanú ʻi ha faʻahinga founga pē. ʻOku feinga ʻa e kakai tokolahi ke fūfuuʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi honau lotó, ka naʻe anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa Tēvita ʻo ne lotu: “E Otua, afioʻi [“hakule,” NW] au, bea ke iloʻi hoku loto: ahiahiʻi au, mo ke iloʻi eku gaahi mahalo: [“fakahohaʻasi,” NW] Bea ke vakai be oku ai ha hala kovi iate au, bea ke tataki au i he hala taegata.” (Sāme 139:23, 24, PM) ʻI he lave ko ʻeni ʻa Tēvita ki hono lotó, naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻuhingá ki hono ʻōkani ko hono mafú. ʻI he fetāiaki mo e ʻuhinga fakaefakatātā ʻo e kupuʻi leá ni, naʻá ne ʻuhingá ki he meʻa naʻe ʻi loto ʻiate iá, ko e tangata-ʻi-lotó. ʻOku totonu foki kiate kitautolu ke tau fie maʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ne hakule hotau loto peá ne ʻiloʻi ai pe ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi holi, ngaahi ongoʻi, ngaahi taumuʻa, ngaahi fakakaukau, pe ngaahi meʻa fakaueʻiloto taʻe totonu ʻi ai. (Sāme 26:2) ʻOku fakaafeʻi mai kitautolu ʻe Sihova: “Tama, tuku mai ho loto, pea ke fakaʻofoʻofaʻia ʻi hoku ngaahi ʻalunga.”—Palōvepi 23:26.
17. (a) ʻI he lelei ange ke ʻoua ʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻetau ngaahi mahalo fakahohaʻasí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí? (e) ʻOku totonu ke tau ʻohovale ʻo kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ha ngaahi hehema hala ʻi hotau lotó, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fai fekauʻaki mo kinautolú?
17 Kapau ʻoku fūfuuʻi ʻi loto ʻiate kitautolu ha ngaahi fakakaukau loto-mamahi mo fakahohaʻasi koeʻuhi ko ha ngaahi holi taʻe totonu pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa fakaueʻiloto ʻoku hala pe koeʻuhi ko haʻatau faihala, tā ʻoku pau ʻoku tau fie maʻu ʻa Sihova ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fakatonutonu ʻa e meʻa ko iá. ʻI he ʻikai ke fakalea ʻo pehē, “ha hala kovi,” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he liliu lea ʻa Moffatt ʻa e kupuʻi lea “ko ha ʻalunga hala”; ʻoku pehē ʻe he The New English Bible: “Ha faʻahinga ʻalunga pē ʻokú ne fakalotomamahiʻi koe [ʻa ia ko e ʻOtua].” ʻOku ʻikai nai ke tau maʻu ha mahino lelei ki heʻetau ngaahi fakakaukau fakahohaʻasí pea ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe ʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahā ʻetau palōpalemá ki he ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku mahino kiate ia ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí. (Loma 8:26, 27) ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke hoko ko ha meʻa fakaʻohovale kiate kitautolu kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi hehema kovi ʻi hotau lotó; ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau kalofanga ʻaki ia. (Sēnesi 8:21) ʻOku totonu ke tau kumi ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ke toʻo fakaʻaufuli atu ʻa e ngaahi hehema ko iá. Kapau ʻoku tau ʻofa moʻoni kia Sihova mo ʻene ngaahi foungá, ʻoku lava ke fakaofi kiate ia ki ha tokoni pehē ʻi he tui pau “ʻoku lahi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi hotau loto, pea ʻoku ne meaʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe.”—1 Sione 3:19-21.
18. (a) ʻOku fēfē ʻa hono taki kitautolu ʻe Sihova ʻi he hala taʻe ngatá? (e) Kapau te tau hokohoko atu ke muimui ʻi he tataki ʻa Sihová, ko e hā ʻa e fakaongoongolelei fakalotomāfana ʻoku malava ke tau ʻamanekina te tau maʻú?
18 ʻI he fehoanaki mo e lotu ʻa e tangata tohi sāmé ʻo pehē ke taki ia ʻe Sihova ʻi he hala taʻe ngatá, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku taki ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau sevāniti anga-fakatōkilalo mo talangofuá. ʻOkú ne taki kinautolu ʻo ʻikai ʻi he hala pē ʻoku lava ke iku atu ki he moʻui fuoloa tupu mei he ʻikai ke tāmateʻi kinautolu koeʻuhi kuo ʻikai haʻanau faihala, ka ʻokú ne toe taki kinautolu ʻi he hala ʻoku iku atu ki he moʻui taʻe ngatá. ʻOkú ne ʻai ke tau ongoʻi ʻa hono fie maʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e feilaulau fakamolemole angahala ʻa Sīsuú. Fakafou mai ʻi heʻene Folofolá mo ʻene kautahá, ʻokú ne tokonaki mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakahinohino mātuʻaki mahuʻinga koeʻuhi ke tau malava ke fai hono finangaló. ʻOkú ne fakamamafaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono tali ʻa ʻene tokoní mo fai ha meʻa koeʻuhi ke tau hoko ʻi loto ko e faʻahinga pē ia ʻoku tau fakahāhā atu ki tuʻá. (Sāme 86:11) Pea ʻokú ne fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e ʻamanaki ko e moʻui lelei haohaoa ʻi ha māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni fakataha mo e moʻui taʻe ngata ke ngāueʻaki ʻi hono tauhi iá, ko e ʻOtua moʻoni pē taha. Kapau te tau hokohoko atu ke tau tali mateaki ʻa ʻene tatakí, ko hono olá, te ne lea mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne fai ki hono ʻAló: “Ko koe kuo u hōifua ai.”—Luke 3:22; Sione 6:27; Sēmisi 1:12.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Fakamatala?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku faʻa kehe ai ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai mai ʻa Sihova ki heʻene kau sevānití pea mei he anga ʻo e vakai ki ai ʻa e tangatá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku sio ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne sivi ai hotau lotó?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ako ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke ako ʻo ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻá pea tauhi ʻo lama hotau lotó?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke ʻoua ʻe ngata pē ʻi heʻetau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tala mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ka ke tau toe maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga ongoʻi tatau pē mo ia?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau lotu fakafoʻituitui ʻo pehē: “E Otua, [hakule] au, bea ke iloʻi hoku loto”?
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ʻI he taimi ʻokú te ako aí, feinga ke ʻai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻete meʻa tonu
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa Sihová “oku lahi hake hono lau i he oneone”
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
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