Maʻuʻanga Fakamatala ki he Polokalama Ngāue ki he Fakatahá Moʻui mo e Ngāue Fakafaifekaú
Tauhi ʻEtau Ngaahi Palōmesi ki he ʻOtuá
Ko ʻetau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e palōmesi mahuʻinga taha ia ʻoku lava ke tau faí. ʻI hono fakahoko ʻa e foʻi sitepu ko ení, ʻoku tau fakahāhā ai ʻoku tau loto ke tauhi kia Sihova ʻo taʻengata. Lolotonga ko e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai fakamafasia, ʻe ʻikai nai faʻa faingofua ke fai hono finangaló, koeʻuhí he ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko ení. (2 Tīmote 3:12; 1 Sione 5:3) Ka ʻi he taimi pē kuo tau ‘ala ai ke fakaʻuli ʻa e palaú’ pea hoko ko e kau sevāniti ʻosi fakatapui ʻa Sihova mo e kau ākonga ʻa hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻoku totonu leva ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau toe sio ki mui ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmaní ʻa ia kuo tau ʻosi tuku ki muí.—Luke 9:62.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau lotu ai kia Sihová, te tau ongoʻi nai kuo ueʻi kitautolu ke fai ha palōmesi kiate ia te tau faitau ke ikuʻi ha vaivaiʻanga, fakatupulekina ha ʻulungaanga faka-Kalisitiane, pe fakalahi ʻi ha tafaʻaki ʻo ʻetau ngāue fakateokalatí. Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke muiaki atu ʻi he ngaahi palōmesi ko ení?—Fakafehoanaki mo e Koheleti 5:2-5.
Ko e ngaahi palōmesi loto-moʻoní ʻoku haʻu ia mei he lotó pea pehē ki he ʻatamaí. Ko ia ai, tau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻetau ngaahi palōmesi kia Sihová ʻaki ʻetau fakaava hotau lotó kiate ia ʻi he lotu, ʻo fakamatala moʻoni ʻetau ngaahi manavaheé, ngaahi holí, mo hotau ngaahi vaivaiʻangá. Ko e lotu fekauʻaki mo ha palōmesi te ne hanga ʻo fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau fakapapau ke tauhi iá. Te tau vakai nai ki heʻetau ngaahi palōmesi ki he ʻOtuá ʻo hangē ha ngaahi moʻuá. ʻI he taimi ʻoku lahi ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻuá, kuo pau leva ke totongi fakakongokonga ia. ʻOku pehē pē, ko e ngaahi palōmesi lahi ʻoku tau fai kia Sihová ʻe tuku ha taimi ia ke fakahoko ai. Ka ʻi hono foaki maʻu pē kiate ia ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau malavá, ʻoku tau fakahā ai ʻoku tau fai ki he meʻa ʻoku tau leaʻakí, pea te ne hanga leva ʻo tāpuekina kitautolu ʻo fakatatau ki ai.
ʻE lava ke tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau fai fakamātoato ki heʻetau palōmesí ʻaki ʻetau faʻa lotu fekauʻaki mo ia, ʻo fai nai ʻi he ʻaho taki taha. ʻE fakahaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ko kitautolú ʻoku tau loto-moʻoni. ʻE toe hoko foki ia ko e fakamanatu tuʻumaʻu. Naʻe tuku mai ʻe Tēvita kiate kitautolu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he tuʻunga ko ení. ʻI ha hiva, naʻá ne tautapa ai kia Sihova: “Elohimi e, ongoʻi ʻeku tangi atu; tokangaʻi muʻa ʻeku lotu. . . . Te u hiva ʻaki ho huafa maʻu pe, ʻou fakaai ʻeku ngaahi tukumoʻui hokohoko ʻaho pe.”—Saame 61:1, 8.
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Kinautolu ʻOku Fanongo ki Ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e “kakano kotoa” te nau omi ki he tokotaha “tali lotu,” ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. (Saame 65:2; Ngā. 15:17) Naʻa mo e lolotonga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa ʻIsileli ko e “tofiʻa” ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe fuakava mo ia, ko e kau solá ʻoku lava ke nau ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova ʻi he lotu fakafou ʻi heʻenau ʻiloʻi kuo fakanofo ia ʻe he ʻOtuá fakataha mo ha temipale ʻi Selusalema ko e feituʻu kuo fili ke fai ai ʻa e feilaulaú. (Teu. 9:29; 2 Kal. 6:32, 33; fakafehoanaki mo e ʻAi. 19:22.) Hili iá, fakafou ʻi he pekia ʻa Sīsuú, ko e faikehekehe naʻe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Siú mo e Senitailé naʻe toʻo ʻaupito ia. (ʻEf. 2:11-16) ʻI he ʻapi ʻo e ʻĪtali ko Koliniusí, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻe Pita “ʻOku ʻikai ke filifilimānako ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka ʻi he puleʻanga kotoa pē, ko e tangata ko ia ʻoku manavahē kiate ia mo fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú, ʻokú ne tali ia.” (Ngā. 10:34, 35) ʻOku fakapapauʻi heni ko e meʻa tefitó ko e loto ʻo e tokotahá mo e meʻa ʻokú ne ueʻi hono lotó ia ke faí. (Saame 119:145; Tangi. 3:41) Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá mo fai ʻa e “ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakahōifua ʻi he vakai ʻaʻaná” ʻoku nau tuipau ʻokú ne “fakafanongo” kiate kinautolu.—1 Sio. 3:22; Saame 10:17; Pal. 15:8; 1 Pita 3:12.
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Ko e kau tangata mo e kau fefine kotoa pē ʻoku totonu ke nau anganofo ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau taki muʻa pea tatali kia Sihova ki ha ngāue ʻoku vaheʻi mai ke fakahoko. (Saame 75:6, 7) Hangē ko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e Līvai ko Kolá naʻa nau pehē: “Te u fili muʻa ke u leʻo matapa ʻi he fale ʻo hoku ʻOtua, ʻi haʻaku nofo ʻi he ngaahi teniti ʻo e angahala.” (Saame 84:10) Ko e anga-fakatōkilalo moʻoni ko iá ʻoku fiemaʻu ha taimi ke fakatupulekina ai. Ko e konga Tohi Tapu ko iá ʻoku lāulea ai ki he tuʻunga taau ʻo ha taha ke fakanofo ko ha ʻovasia, ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe ʻikai ke fakanofo ha tokotaha naʻe toki tafoki mai “he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e manavasiʻi naʻa fakafuofuolahi ia ʻi he hīkisia ʻo ne tō ai ki he fakamaau ʻoku fai ki he Tēvoló.”—1 Tīm. 3:6.
ʻI heʻeku ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú naʻe liliu moʻoni ʻeku vakai ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻikai ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻo e koví mo e faingataʻá pea ʻokú ne mamahi ʻi he taimi ʻoku faikovi ai ʻa e kakaí. (Sēnesi 6:6; Saame 78:40, 41) Naʻá ku fakapapauʻi ke u feinga ke ʻoua ʻaupito te u fai ha meʻa ke mamahi ai ʻa Sihova. Naʻá ku loto ke ʻai hono lotó ke fiefia. (Palōveepi 27:11) Naʻá ku tuku ʻeku inu tōtuʻá mo e ngāueʻaki ʻo e tapaká pea taʻofi mo e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú. ʻI Maʻasi 1994, naʻá ku papitaiso ai ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
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ʻOku ʻi Ai ha Ngaahi Ongoʻi ʻa Sihova?
KAPAU ko e talí ko e ʻio, ʻoku toe mālanga hake mo ha fehuʻi ʻe taha: ʻOku uesia fēfē ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá ʻa Sihova? ʻA ia, ʻoku lava ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá ʻo ʻai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fiefia pe mamahi? ʻOku pehē ʻe he kau filōsefa ʻe niʻihi, ʻikai. ʻOku nau fakakikihi, ʻoku ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ke tākiekina ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha ongoʻi pehē ia ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ia ha fakamatala kehe, ko Sihová ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻofa pea tokanga loloto ki he meʻa ʻoku tau faí. Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi lea ʻoku hā ʻi he Saame 78:40, 41, PM.
ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e Saame 78 ki he feangainga ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Hili hono fakahaofi ʻa e puleʻangá mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité, naʻe ʻoatu ʻe Sihova ha faingamālie ke nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae makehe mo ia. Naʻá ne talaʻofa kapau te nau talangofua ai pē ki heʻene laó, te nau hoko ko ʻene “koloa kanokato” pea ngāueʻaki kinautolu ʻi ha founga makehe ke fakahoko ʻene taumuʻá. Naʻe loto ki ai ʻa e kakaí pea nau kau ʻi he fuakava Laó. Naʻa nau tauhi ʻenau fuakavá?—ʻEkisoto 19:3-8.
ʻOku pehē ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Nae liuga fiha e nau fakahouhau kiate ia i he toafa, bea fakamamahiʻi ia i he botu lala!” (Veesi 40, PM) ʻOku tānaki atu ʻa e veesi hokó: “Naa nau foki kimui bea ahiahiʻi ae Otua” (Veesi 41, PM) Fakatokangaʻi hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he tokotaha hiki-tohí ʻa e tōʻonga ʻo e angatuʻú. Ko e laumālie palakū ko ení naʻe hā ia—ʻi he toafá taimi nounou mei hono fakahaofi kinautolu mei ʻIsipité. Naʻe kamata ke lāunga ʻa e kakaí fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá, ʻo fehuʻia pe ʻokú ne loto-lelei ke tokangaʻi kinautolu. (Nōmipa 14:1-4) Ko e tohi maʻuʻanga fakamatala ki he kau liliu Tohi Tapú ʻoku pehē ai ko e lea “nau fakahouhau kiate ia” ʻe “fakalea fakaefakatātā ia ko e ‘naʻe fakafefeka honau lotó ki he ʻOtuá’ pe ‘nau pehē “ʻIkai” ki he “ʻOtuá.” Neongo ia, ʻi heʻene mēsí ʻoku fakamolemoleʻi ʻe Sihova hono kakaí ʻi heʻenau fakahāhā ʻa e fakatomala. Ka, kapau te nau toe foki ki heʻenau ngaahi founga motuʻá ʻo toe angatuʻu, ʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e sīpingá.—Saame 78:10-19, 38.
ʻOku anga-fēfē ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi taki taha ʻoku angatuʻu ai ʻene kakaí? ʻOku pehē ʻi he veesi 40 “bea fakamamahiʻi ia i he botu lala!” ʻOku pehē ʻe ha liliu ʻe taha “fakatupunga ha mamahi kiate ia.” ʻOku fakamatala ʻe ha maʻu ʻanga fakamatala ki he Tohi Tapú: “Ko e ʻuhinga hení ko e tōʻonga ʻa e kau Hepeluú naʻe fakatupunga ʻa e mamahi,—hangē pe ko ha tōʻonga ʻo e talangataʻa mo e angatuʻu ʻa ha kiʻi tama.” Hangē ko e kiʻi tamá ʻoku lava ke ne fakatupunga ha mamahi ki he loto ʻene mātuʻá, ko e kau ʻIsileli angatuʻú ʻo nau ‘fakalotomamahiʻi ae Toko Taha Maonioni o Isileli.’—Veesi 41, PM.
Ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau ako mei he saame ko eni? ʻOku fakafiemālie ke sio ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e vahaʻangatae mālohi mo ʻene kau lotú pea ʻikai vave ke ne foʻi ʻiate kinautolu. ʻI he taimi tatau, ʻoku fakatupu fakakaukau ke vakai atu ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi ongo pea ko ʻetau tōʻongá ʻoku lava ke ne uesia ʻene ongoʻí. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono uesia koe ʻi hoʻo ʻiloʻi ení? ʻIkai ʻoku ueʻi nai koe ke ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú?
ʻI he ʻikai ke tuli ki ha ʻalunga angahalaʻia ʻoku ʻomai ʻa e mamahi ki he loto ʻo Sihová, ʻoku tau fili ke muimui ʻi ha ʻalunga totonu pea ʻai hono lotó ke fiefia. Pea ko e meʻa tofu pē ia ʻokú ne kole ki heʻene kau lotú: “Tama, ke ke hoko ko e poto, kae fiefia hoku loto.” (Palōveepi 27:11) ʻOku ʻikai ha toe meʻa ʻe mahuʻinga ange ke ʻoatu kia Sihova ka ko ʻetau moʻui ʻi ha founga ʻe ʻoatu ai ʻa e fiefia ki hono lotó.