Tuku ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá Ke Ne Fakamaama Ho Halá
“Ko hoʻo folofola ko e . . . maama ki hoku hala.”—SĀME 119:105.
1, 2. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga fē ʻe fakamaama ai ʻe he folofola ʻa Sihová hotau halá?
ʻE FAKAMAAMA ʻe he folofola ʻa Sihová hotau halá kapau te tau fakaʻatā ia ke hoko. Ke maʻu ʻa e maama fakalaumālie peheé, kuo pau ke tau hoko ko e kau ako tōtōivi ʻo e Folofola tohi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ngāueʻaki ʻene akonakí. ʻI he toki lava ʻa e meʻa ko iá ʻe malava leva ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ko hoʻo folofola ko e tuhulu ki heʻeku laka, mo e maama ki hoku hala.”—Sāme 119:105.
2 Tau lāulea ange he taimí ni ki he Sāme 119:89-176. Ko ha fakamatala lahi fau ē ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngaahi vēsí ni, ʻo fokotuʻutuʻu ʻi he ngaahi veesi fakaehiva ʻe 11! ʻOku malava ʻe he ngaahi vēsí ni ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau nofo maʻu ʻi he hala ki he moʻui taʻengatá.—Mātiu 7:13, 14.
Ko e Hā ke Fiefia Ai ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he Sāme 119:89, 90 ʻoku malava ke tau fakafalala ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3 Ko e fiefia ʻi he folofola ʻa Sihová ʻoku iku ai ki he tuʻumaʻu fakalaumālie. (Sāme 119:89-96) Naʻe hiva ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Kuo fakapapau ʻi langi, ʻe Sihova, hoʻo folofola ke taʻengata. . . . kuo ke faʻu ʻa mamani, pea ʻoku maʻumaʻuluta.” (Sāme 119:89, 90) ʻI he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá—ko ʻene “ngaahi lao ʻo e langi”—ʻa e ngaahi naunau fakalangí ʻoku nau ngaʻunu taʻemele ai ʻi heʻenau ngaahi vilo takaí pea ʻoku fokotuʻu maʻu ai ʻa e māmaní ʻo taʻengata. (Siope 38:31-33; Sāme 104:5) ʻOku lava ke tau fakafalala ki he foʻi folofola kotoa pē ʻoku ʻalu atu mei he fofonga ʻo Sihová; ko e meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻe pau ke “lavaʻi” ʻi he fakahoko ʻo ʻene taumuʻá.—Aisea 55:8-11, PM.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku hanga ʻe he fiefia ʻi he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo fai maʻa ʻene kau sevāniti ko ia ʻoku nau tofanga ʻi he faingataʻá?
4 Naʻe mei hoko ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻo ‘ʻauha ʻi hono fakamoʻulaloá [pe faingataʻaʻiá] ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻa e hoko ʻa e lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ko hono fiefiaʻangá.’ (Sāme 119:92) Naʻe ʻikai ke fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ia ʻe ha kau muli; ko e kau maumau-lao ʻIsilelí ia naʻa nau fehiʻa ʻiate iá. (Livitiko 19:17) Ka naʻe ʻikai ke lōmekina ia ʻe he meʻá ni, he naʻá ne ʻofa ʻi he lao faitokonia ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI Kolinitō, naʻe tofanga ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá “i he tuutamaki i he kaiga loi,” ʻo kau nai ai ʻa e “fugani abosetolo lahi” naʻa nau feinga ki hano tukuakiʻi iá. (2 Kolinito 11:5, 12-14, 26, PM) Neongo ia, naʻe hao fakalaumālie ʻa Paula koeʻuhi naʻá ne fiefia ʻi he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau fiefia ʻi he Folofola tohi ʻa Sihová mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki aí, ʻoku tau ʻofa ʻi hotau fanga tokouá. (1 Sione 3:15) Naʻa mo e tāufehiʻa ʻa e māmaní ʻoku ʻikai ke ne ʻai ʻe ia kitautolu ke tau fakangaloʻi ha taha ʻo e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau hanganaki fai hono finangaló ʻi he fāʻūtaha ʻofa mo hotau fanga tokouá ʻi heʻetau hanga atu ki ha ngāue fiefia laui ʻitāniti kia Sihova.—Sāme 119:93.
5. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e haʻao ʻa Tuʻi ʻAsa kia Sihová?
5 ʻI hono fakahaaʻi ʻetau līʻoa kia Sihová, ʻoku tau lotu nai: “ʻOku oʻou au, ke ke fakahaofi; he kuo u haʻao hoʻo ngaahi enginaki.” (Sāme 119:94) Naʻe haʻao ʻa Tuʻi ʻAsa ki he ʻOtuá peá ne fakangata ʻa e tafoki mei he moʻoní ʻi Siuta. ʻI ha fakataha-lahi ʻi he taʻu hono 15 ʻo e pule ʻa ʻAsá (963 K.M.), naʻe hanga ai ʻe he kau nofo ʻi Siutá ʻo “fokotuʻu ha fuakava ke kumi kia Sihova.” Naʻe hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo “tuku ke nau ʻilo ia” pea hoko atu ke “fakanonga kinautolu . . . mei he potu takatakai.” (2 Kalonikali 15:10-15) ʻOku totonu ke hanga ʻe he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ko ʻení ʻo fakaʻaiʻai ha toe kumi foʻou ki he ʻOtuá ʻa ha taha pē kuó ne tēkina mamaʻo mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Te ne tāpuekina mo maluʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau toe foki ʻo feohi longomoʻui mo ʻene kakaí.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻalunga te ne maluʻi kitautolu mei he maumau fakalaumālié?
6 ʻOku foaki mai ʻe he folofola ʻa Sihová ʻa e poto ʻoku malava ke ne maluʻi kitautolu mei he maumau fakalaumālié. (Sāme 119:97-104) ʻOku hanga ʻe he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ʻai kitautolu ke tau poto ange ʻi hotau ngaahi filí. Ko e talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi fakamanatú ʻoku ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakamaama, pea ko hono ‘tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekaú [pe enginakí] ʻokú ne fakaivia kitautolu ke lahi ange ʻetau ʻilomeʻá ʻi he kau mātuʻá.’ (Sāme 119:98-100) Kapau ko e ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihová ʻoku ‘hua melie lahi ki hotau ifó, io, oku melie lahi i he honi ki hotau gutú,’ te tau fehiʻa mo fakaʻehiʻehi mei he “hala kotoabe oe loi.” (Sāme 119:103, 104, PM) ʻE hoko ʻa e meʻá ni ko ha maluʻi mei he maumau fakalaumālié ʻi heʻetau fetaulaki mo e kakai anga-hiki, anga-kakaha mo anga-taʻefakaʻotua ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni.—2 Timote 3:1-5.
Ko ha Tūhulu ki Heʻetau Laká
7, 8. ʻI he talangofua ki he Sāme 119:105, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau faí?
7 Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ha matavai ʻo e maama fakalaumālie alafalalaʻanga. (Sāme 119:105-112) Pe ko e kau Kalisitiane pani kitautolu pe ko honau ngaahi takanga kitautolu ko e “fanga sipi kehe,” ʻoku tau fanongonongo: “Ko hoʻo folofola ko e tuhulu ki heʻeku laka, mo e maama ki hoku hala.” (Sione 10:16; Sāme 119:105) ʻOku hangē ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ha tūhulu ʻokú ne fakamaama hotau halá, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tau tūkia ʻo tō fakalaumālie. (Palovepi 6:23) Neongo ia, kuo pau ke tau fakaʻatā fakatāutaha ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ke hoko ko ha tūhulu ki heʻetau laká.
8 ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau tuʻumaʻu ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha-faʻu ʻo e Sāme 119. Naʻá ne fakapapauʻi ke ʻoua te ne afe mei he ngaahi enginaki ʻa e ʻOtuá. “Kuou fuakava,” ko ʻene leá ia, “bea teu fai ki ai, keu fai ki hoo [Sihova] gaahi fakamāu maonioni [pe tuʻutuʻuní].” (Sāme 119:106, PM) ʻAi ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau fakafuofuahalaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ako Tohi Tapu tuʻumaʻú mo e kau ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané.
9, 10. ʻOku tau ʻilo fēfē ko e faʻahinga tāutaha kuo ʻosi fakatapui kia Sihová ʻe lava ke nau ‘he mei heʻene ngaahi enginakí,’ ka ʻoku malava fēfē ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he meʻá ni?
9 Ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé naʻe ʻikai te ne ‘he mei he ngaahi enginaki ʻa e ʻOtuá,’ ka ʻoku malava ke hoko ia ki ha taha ʻosi fakatapui kia Sihova. (Sāme 119:110) Naʻe hē ʻa Tuʻi Solomone, neongo ko ha mēmipa ia ʻo ha puleʻanga naʻe fakatapui kia Sihova pea naʻe ngāue ʻi he kamataʻangá ʻo fehoanaki mo e poto naʻe foaki ange ʻe he ʻOtuá. “Naʻa mo ia ka naʻe fakaangahalaʻi ʻe he kau fefine muli” ʻaki hono fakataueleʻi ia ke ne lotu ki he ngaahi ʻotua loí.—Nehemaia 13:26; 1 Tuʻi 11:1-6.
10 ʻOku fokotuʻu mai ʻe he “tagata tauhele,” ko Sētane, ʻa e ngaahi tauhele lahi. (Sāme 91:3, PM) Hangē ko ʻení, ʻe feinga nai ha tokotaha lotu ki muʻa ke ne fakataueleʻi kitautolu ke tau hē mei he hala ʻo e maama fakalaumālié ki he fakapoʻuli ʻo e tafoki mei he moʻoní. ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Taiatailá, naʻe ʻi ai “ʻa e fefine ko Sisipeli,” ko ha kulupu nai ʻo e kau fefine naʻa nau akoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ʻa e tono mo e feʻauaki. Naʻe ʻikai ke kātakiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi kovi peheé, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau pehē pē mo kitautolu. (Fakahā 2:18-22; Siutasi 3, 4) Ko ia ai, tau lotu ʻo kole ʻa e tokoni ʻa Sihová koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te tau hē mei heʻene ngaahi enginakí ka tau nofo maʻu ʻi he maama fakaʻotuá.—Sāme 119:111, 112.
Tokoniʻi ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá
11. Fakatatau ki he Sāme 119:119, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he fulikivanú?
11 Kapau heʻikai ʻaupito ke tau hē mei heʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní, ʻe tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá. (Sāme 119:113-120) ʻOku ʻikai ke tau tali ʻa e “kakai ʻoku lotolotoua,” naʻa mo Sīsū ʻoku ʻikai te ne tali ʻa e kau Kalisitiane māmāfana lau pē he ʻaho ní. (Sāme 119:113; Fakahā 3:16) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau tauhi ʻaufuatō ʻa Sihova, ʻokú ne hoko ‘ko hotau toitoiʻanga’ pea te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu. Te ne ‘malaki hifo akinautolu kotoabe oku he mei heʻene gaahi tuutuuní’ ʻaki ʻa e fakafalala ki he kākaá mo e loí. (Sāme 119:114, 117, 118, PM; Palovepi 3:32) ʻOkú ne vakai mai ki he faʻahinga fulikivanu peheé ko e “efe”—ko e ngaahi ʻuli naʻe fakamavaheʻi mei he ngaahi mētale mahuʻinga hangē ko e silivá mo e koulá. (Sāme 119:119; Palovepi 17:3) ʻOfa ke tau fakahāhā maʻu pē ʻa e ʻofa ki he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e ʻOtuá, he ʻoku ʻikai te tau loto ke kau fakataha mo e fulikivanú ʻi he fuʻu fokotuʻunga kinohaʻa ko ia ʻo e fakaʻauhá!
12. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻa e manavahē kia Sihová?
12 “Oku tetetete hoku kakano koe mea i he eku manavahe kiate koe [Sihova],” ko e lea ia ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. (Sāme 119:120, PM) Ko ʻetau maʻu ha manavahē totonu ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ia ʻe he fakaʻehiʻehi mei he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke ne talí, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia kapau ko e taumuʻá ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene kau sevāniti. Ko e manavahē anga-ʻapasia kia Sihová naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻa Siope ke ne moʻui ʻi ha moʻui māʻoniʻoní. (Siope 1:1; 23:15) ʻOku malava ʻe he manavahē ʻOtuá ke ne fakaivia kitautolu ke tau kītaki ʻi ha ʻalunga fakahōifua fakaʻotua ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā kuo pau ke tau kātekiná. Ko ia, ko e kātakí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e ngaahi lotu tōtōivi ʻoku leaʻaki ʻi he tui.—Semisi 5:15.
Lotu ʻi he Tui
13-15. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau tui ʻe tali mai ʻetau ngaahi lotú? (e) Ko e hā ʻe malava ke hokó kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ke leaʻaki ʻi he lotú? (f) Fakatātaaʻi ʻa e anga ʻo e fekauʻaki ʻa e Sāme 119:121-128 mo ʻetau ‘ngaahi toʻe ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakamatalaʻi’ ʻi he lotú.
13 ʻOku malava ke tau lotu ʻi he tui ʻe ngāue mai ʻa e ʻOtuá maʻatautolu. (Sāme 119:121-128) ʻI he hangē ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé, ʻoku tau fakapapauʻi ʻe tali ʻetau ngaahi lotú. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻofa ʻi he ngaahi fekau fakaʻotuá “ʻo lahi ʻi he koula, ʻio, ʻi he koula fungani.” ʻIkai ngata aí, ‘ʻoku tau lau ʻa e ngaahi enginaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe ko e totonu matematé.’—Sāme 119:127, 128.
14 ʻOku fanongo mai ʻa Sihova ki heʻetau ngaahi kolé koeʻuhi ʻoku tau lotu ʻi he tui pea tau toe mātuʻaki talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi enginakí. (Sāme 65:2) Kae fēfē kapau ʻoku tau maʻu he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi palopalema fakapuputuʻu ko iá ʻo ʻikai ai ke tau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ke leaʻaki ʻi he lotú? “Ko e Laumalie [leva] ʻoku ne hufekina ʻe ia kitaua, ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi toʻe ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakamatala.” (Loma 8:26, 27) ʻI he ngaahi taimi peheé, ʻoku tali ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi fakalea ʻoku maʻu ʻi heʻene Folofolá ko e ngaahi lotu ia ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻú.
15 ʻOku fonu ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi he ngaahi lotu mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻoku fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ‘ngaahi toʻe ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakamatalaʻí.’ Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau angé ki he Sāme 119:121-128. Ko e founga ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá hení ʻoku feʻunga nai ia mo hotau ngaahi tuʻungá. Hangē ko ʻení, kapau ʻoku tau manavahē ki hano kākaaʻi kitautolu, ʻe lava ke tau kole ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he founga naʻe fai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. (Sā 119 Veesi 121-123) Mahalo pē ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fai ha fili mātuʻaki faingataʻa. ʻE lava ke tau lotu leva ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ke tau manatuʻi pea ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakamanatú. (Sā 119 Veesi 124, 125) Neongo ʻoku tau ‘fehia ki he hala kotoabe oe loí,’ ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ke tau kole ki he ʻOtuá ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tau tō ki ha fakatauele ke maumauʻi ʻene laó. (Sā 119 Veesi 126-128) Kapau te tau lau fakaʻaho ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻe haʻu nai ki he ʻatamaí ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala ʻaonga peheé ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau kole ai kia Sihová.
Tokoniʻi ʻe he Ngaahi Fakamanatu ʻa Sihová
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau vakai kiate kinautolú? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē nai ʻa e vakai mai ʻa e niʻihi kehé kiate kitautolú, ka ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga moʻoní?
16 Ke fanongoa ʻetau lotú pea ke maʻu ʻa e hōifua fakaʻotuá, kuo pau ke tau tokanga ki he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 119:129-136) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau loto-ngalongalo, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová ʻa ē ʻokú ne fakafoki mai ʻa ʻene fakahinohinó mo ʻene ngaahi fekaú ki hotau ʻatamaí. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻi he maama fakalaumālie ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he mahino foʻou kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 119:129, 130) ʻOku tau toe houngaʻia kuo hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘ʻai ke malama mai hono fofongá kiate kitautolu’ ʻi he hōifua, neongo ‘ʻoku tafe hotau loʻimatá hange ha vaitafé’ koeʻuhi ko hono maumauʻi ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻene laó.—Sāme 119:135, 136; Nomipa 6:25.
17 ʻOku tau ʻilo pau te tau maʻu ʻa e hōifua hokohoko ʻa e ʻOtuá kapau te tau talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi fakamanatu māʻoniʻoní. (Sāme 119:137-144) ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau lāuʻilo ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e totonu ke ne ʻomai ʻene ngaahi fakamanatu māʻoniʻoní ke tau tokanga ki ai pea fokotuʻu kinautolu ʻiate kitautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi fekau ia ʻoku totonu ke tau talangofua ki aí. (Sāme 119:138) Koeʻuhi naʻe talangofua ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e hā naʻá ne pehē ai: “Ko e siʻi au mo e taʻetokaʻi”? (Sāme 119:141) Ngalingali, naʻá ne lave ki he founga naʻe vakai ange ʻaki kiate ia ʻe hono ngaahi filí. Kapau ʻoku tau tauhi maʻu ha tuʻunga taʻefakangaloku maʻá e māʻoniʻoní, ʻe siolalo mai nai ʻa e niʻihi kehé kiate kitautolu. Neongo ia, ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga moʻoní ko e hāngaifofonga hōifua mai ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolu koeʻuhi ko ʻetau moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo ʻene ngaahi fakamanatu māʻoniʻoní.
Malu mo Nonga
18, 19. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ola ʻoku tau maʻu mei hono tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e ʻOtuá?
18 Ko hono tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻai ai kitautolu ke tau hanganaki ofi kiate ia. (Sāme 119:145-152) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau tokanga ki he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau ongoʻi tauʻatāina ke ui kiate ia ʻaki hotau lotó kotoa, pea ʻoku malava ke tau ʻamanekina ʻe fanongoa kitautolu. ʻOku tau ʻā hake nai “ʻi he teʻeki mafoa ʻa e ata” ʻo ui ki ha tokoni. Ko ha taimi lelei ē ke lotu ai! (Sāme 119:145-147) ʻOku toe ofi ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu koeʻuhi ʻoku tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ʻulungāanga tākatuʻú pea vakai ki heʻene folofolá ko e moʻoní ia, hangē pē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú. (Sāme 119:150, 151; Sione 17:17) ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe hotau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová ʻi he māmani puputuʻu ko ʻení pea te ne fakahaofi atu kitautolu ʻi heʻene tau lahi ʻo ʻĀmaketoné.—Fakahā 7:9, 14; 16:13-16.
19 Koeʻuhi ko ʻetau houngaʻia loloto ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e malu moʻoni. (Sāme 119:153-160) ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e fulikivanú, ‘kuo ʻikai ke tau afe mei he ngaahi fakamoʻoni [pe ngaahi fakamanatu] ʻa Sihová.’ ʻOku tau ʻofa ʻi he ngaahi enginaki ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ko ia ai ʻoku tau malu ʻi heʻene ʻaloʻofá. (Sāme 119:157-159) ʻOku hanga ʻe he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová ʻo ueʻi ʻetau manatú koeʻuhi ke tau manatuʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne fiemaʻu meiate kitautolú ʻi ha ngaahi tuʻunga pau. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku fai ʻe he ngaahi enginaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e tataki, pea ʻoku tau lāuʻilo lelei ki he totonu ʻa hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ke ne tataki kitautolú. ʻI he lāuʻilo ko e ‘tanaki ʻo e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko hono olá ko e moʻoni ʻataá’ pea ʻoku ʻikai te tau malava ke tataki tauʻatāina ʻetau ngaahi laká, ʻoku tau tali fiefia ʻa e tataki fakaʻotuá.—Sāme 119:160; Selemaia 10:23.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ‘nonga lahí’?
20 ʻOku hanga ʻe heʻetau ʻofa ki he lao ʻa Sihová ʻo ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e nonga lahi fau. (Sāme 119:161-168) ʻOku ʻikai ke hanga ʻe he fakatangá ʻo toʻo meiate kitautolu ʻa e “nonga [taʻealafakatataua] ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Filipai 4:6, 7) ʻI heʻetau houngaʻia lahi fau ʻi he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaefakamaau ʻa Sihová ʻoku tau faʻa fakafetaʻi ai kiate ia koeʻuhi ko kinautolu—“tuʻo fitu ʻi he ʻaho.” (Sāme 119:161-164) “ʻOku lahi ʻa e nonga ʻa e kakai kuo ʻofa ki hoʻo lao,” ko e hiva ia ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé, “pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tukiaʻanga ʻi honau loto.” (Sāme 119:165) Kapau ʻoku tau ʻofa mo tauhi ʻa e lao ʻa Sihová ʻi hotau tuʻunga fakatāutahá, ʻe ʻikai te tau tūkia fakalaumālie ʻi ha meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe ha taha kehe pe ko ha faʻahinga meʻa kehe pē.
21. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakatātā Fakatohitapu ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke tau tūkia kapau ʻoku malanga hake ha ngaahi faingataʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
21 ʻOku tokolahi ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻi he lēkooti ʻa e Tohi Tapú naʻe ʻikai te nau fakaʻatā ha meʻa ke hoko ko ha tūkiaʻanga tuʻuloa ia kiate kinautolu. Hangē ko ʻení, ko e tangata Kalisitiane ko Keió naʻe ʻikai te ne tūkia ka naʻe ‘laka ʻi he moʻoní’ neongo ʻa e ʻulungāanga taʻefakaʻotua ʻa Taiotifí. (3 Sione 1-3, 9, 10) Naʻe enginaki ʻa Paula ki he ongo fefine Kalisitiane ko ʻIuotia mo Siniteké “ke na loto taha ʻi he ʻEiki,” koeʻuhi nai ko e ngaahi faingataʻa naʻe malanga hake ʻi hona vaá. ʻOku ngalingali, naʻe tokoniʻi kinaua ke na fakaleleiʻi ʻena palopalemá, pea naʻá na hokohoko atu ʻa e tauhi faitōnunga kia Sihová. (Filipai 4:2, 3) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke tau tūkia kapau ʻoku malanga hake ha ngaahi faingataʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Tau tokangataha ki hono tauhi ʻo e ngaahi enginaki ʻa Sihová, ʻo manatuʻi ko ‘hotau ngaahi ʻalungá kotoa ʻoku feʻao mo ia.’ (Sāme 119:168; Palovepi 15:3) Heʻikai leva ha meʻa te ne toʻo ʻosi atu meiate kitautolu ʻetau ‘nonga lahí.’
22. (a) Kapau te tau talangofua ki he ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻa e monū ʻe malava ke tau maʻú? (e) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau vakai ki he niʻihi ko ia kuo nau ʻalu hē mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané?
22 Kapau te tau talangofua maʻu pē kia Sihova, te tau maʻu ʻa e monū ko e hanganaki fakafetaʻi kiate ia. (Sāme 119:169-176) ʻI he moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻa e malu fakalaumālié ka ‘ʻe puʻaki ʻe hotau loungutú ʻa e fakafetaʻia ʻo Sihová.’ (Sāme 119:169-171, 174) Ko e monū lahi taha ʻeni ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni. Naʻe loto ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ke moʻui atu ai pē mo fakafetaʻi kia Sihova, ka ʻi ha founga ʻoku ʻikai fakahaaʻi mai, naʻá ne ‘ʻalu he hange ha sipi tuʻutamakí.’ (Sāme 119:175, 176) Ko e niʻihi ko ia kuo nau ʻalu hē mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ʻoku nau kei ʻofa nai ki he ʻOtuá pea kei loto nai ke fakafetaʻi kiate ia. Ko ia ai, tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa te tau malavá ke tokoniʻi kinautolu koeʻuhi ke nau toe lava nai ke maʻu ʻa e malu fakalaumālié pea hokosia ʻa e fiefia ʻo e fakafetaʻi kia Sihova fakataha mo ʻene kakaí.—Hepelu 13:15; 1 Pita 5:6, 7.
Maama Tuʻuloa ki Hotau Halá
23, 24. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga kuó ke maʻu mei he Sāme 119?
23 ʻOku malava ke ʻaonga kiate kitautolu ʻa e Sāme 119 ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku malava ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau falala lahi ange ki he ʻOtuá, he ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi mai ko e fiefia moʻoní ʻoku tupu ia mei he “fou ʻi he lao ʻa Sihova.” (Sāme 119:1) ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé kiate kitautolu ko e ‘tanaki ʻo e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e moʻoni ʻatā.’ (Sāme 119:160) Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku totonu ke hanga ʻe he meʻá ni ʻo fakalahi ʻetau houngaʻia ki he Folofola tohi fakakātoa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku totonu ke hanga ʻe he fakalaulauloto ki he Sāme 119 ʻo ueʻi kitautolu ke tau ako tōtōivi ʻa e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe toutou kole ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ki he ʻOtuá: “Ako kiate au hoo gaahi tuutuuni.” (Sāme 119:12, 68, 135, PM) Naʻá ne toe kōlenga: “Ke ke ako kiate au ae fakamau lelei moe faa ilo: he oku ou tui ki hoo gaahi fekau.” (Sāme 119:66, PM) ʻOku totonu ke tau lotu ʻi ha founga meimei tatau.
24 ʻOku ʻai ʻe he ako fakaʻotuá ke malava ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo Sihova. ʻOku toutou ui ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻa ia tonu ko e sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻokú ne lea kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea maongo: “ʻOku oʻou au.” (Sāme 119:17, 65, 94, 122, 125; Loma 14:8) Ko ha monū lahi ē ke tauhi mo fakafetaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ko e taha ʻo ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoní! (Sāme 119:7) ʻOkú ke tauhi fiefia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá? Kapau ko ia, fakapapauʻi ʻe hokohoko atu ʻa Sihova ʻi hono tokoniʻi mo tāpuakiʻi koe ʻi he ngāue fakamonūʻia ko ʻení kapau te ke falala maʻu pē ki heʻene folofolá pea fakaʻatā ia ke ne fakamaama ho halá.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau fiefia ʻi he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
• ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová?
• Ko e hā ʻoku malu ai mo nonga ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ha matavai ʻo e maama fakalaumālie
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
Kapau te tau ʻofa ʻi he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Sihová, heʻikai ʻaupito te ne lau kitautolu ko e “efe”
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Kapau te tau lau fakaʻaho ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻe haʻu lelei nai ki he ʻatamaí ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala ʻaonga ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lotu aí