Ko e Fokotuʻutuʻu Anga-ʻOfa ʻa Sihova ki he Fāmili
“Koeʻuhiā ko e meʻa ko ia, ko ia ʻoku ou peluki hoku tui ki he Tamai, ʻa ia ʻoku tauhingoa ki ai ʻa e ngaahi famili kotoa pe ʻi langi mo mamani.”—EFESO 3:14, 15.
1, 2. (a) Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e faʻunga ʻo e fāmilí ki he taumuʻa fē? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻoku totonu ke fakahoko ʻe he fāmili ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihová?
KO SIHOVA naʻá ne fakatupu ʻa e faʻunga ʻo e fāmilí. Koeʻuhi ko e meʻá ni, naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene fakafiemālieʻi ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke ʻi ai hano kaungānofo, kau poupou, pe ha taha ke fekoekoeʻi mo ia. (Sēnesi 2:18) Ko e fāmili ko e founga ia kuo fakahoko mai ai ʻa e tūkunga ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakakakai ʻa e māmaní. Naʻá ne folofola ki he ʻuluaki ongo meʻa malí: “Mo fakatupu, mo fakatokolahi, mo fakafonu ʻa mamani, pea ikuna ia.” (Sēnesi 1:28) Ko e ʻātakai lelei mo māfana ʻo e fāmilí ʻe ʻaonga ki he tokolahi ʻo e fānau ʻe fanauʻi ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi mo honau ngaahi hakó.
2 Kaekehe, naʻe fili ʻa e ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá ki he ʻalunga ʻo e talangataʻa—ʻo taulōfuʻu ʻa e meʻa naʻe iku kiate kinaua pea mo hona hakó. (Loma 5:12) Ko ia ai, ko e moʻui ʻa e fāmilí ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku ʻalu kehe ia mei he meʻa naʻe finangalo ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka, ʻoku kei hokohoko atu pē ʻa e fāmilí ke maʻu ha tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihová, ʻo hoko ai ko ha faʻunga tefito ia ʻo e sōsaieti Kalisitiané. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha lau ʻeni ke fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e ngāue lelei kuo fai ʻe he tokolahi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi hotau lotolotongá ʻoku ʻikai ke malí. Ka, ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e tokoni lahi ʻoku toe fai ʻe he ngaahi fāmilí ki he moʻui lelei fakalaumālie ʻa e kautaha Kalisitiané fakalūkufua. Ko e ngaahi fāmili mālohí ʻe maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga mālohi. Ka ʻe malava fēfē ke kei lakalakaimonū ho fāmilí ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e ʻaho ní? Ke maʻu ʻa e tali ki aí, tau sivisiviʻi pe ko e hā ʻa e lau ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e fāmilí.
Ko e Fāmili ʻi he Taimi ʻo e Tohitapú
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ngafa ʻo e husepānití mo e uaifí naʻe fakahoko ʻi he fāmili fakapēteliaké?
3 Naʻe fakasīkakaʻi fakatouʻosi ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tuʻunga-ʻulú. Ka ko e kau tangata ʻo e tuí, hangē ko Noa, ʻĒpalahame, ʻAisake, Sēkope, mo Siope, naʻa nau fakahoko honau ngaahi tuʻunga ko e ngaahi ʻulu ʻo e fāmilí. (Hepelū 7:4) Ko e fāmili fakapēteliaké naʻe hangē ia ha kiʻi puleʻanga siʻisiʻi, ʻo ngāue ʻa e tamaí ko e taki lotu, tokotaha fakahinohino, mo e fakamaau. (Sēnesi 8:20; 18:19) Ko e ngaahi uaifí foki naʻe ʻi ai honau ngafa mahuʻinga, ʻo ngāue ʻo ʻikai ko e kau pōpula ka ko e kau tokoni pule ki he fāmilí.
4. ʻI he founga fē naʻe liliu ai ʻa e moʻui fakafāmilí ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Lao ʻia Mōsesé, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngafa naʻe hokohoko atu ʻe he ongo mātuʻá ke fai?
4 ʻI he hoko ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ko ha puleʻanga ʻi he 1513 K.M., naʻe hoko ʻo fika ua ʻa e lao ki he fāmilí ʻi he lao ki he puleʻangá ʻa ia naʻe fakafou mai ʻia Mōsesé. (ʻEkisoto 24:3-8) Ko e mafai ke fili, kau ki ai mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo kau ki he moʻui-mo e-maté, ne ʻoange ia ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ki he kau fakamaau kuo filiʻi. (ʻEkisoto 18:13-26) Naʻe fai leva ʻe he tuʻunga fakataulaʻeiki ʻo e kau Līvaí ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki faifeilaulau fekauʻaki mo e lotú. (Livitikō 1:2-5) Ka neongo ia, naʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻa hono fai ʻe he tamaí ʻa e ngafa mahuʻinga. Naʻe enginaki ʻe Mōsese ki he ngaahi tamaí: “Pea ko e ngaahi foʻi folofola ko eni ʻoku ou kouna atu he ʻaho ni ʻe fuesia ʻe ho loto: pea te ke uhuʻi ki hoʻo fanau, pea te ke lea ki ai ʻi hoʻo nofo ʻi ho fale, pea ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ʻi he hala, pea ʻi hoʻo tokoto hifo, pea ʻi hoʻo tuʻu hake.” (Teutalōnome 6:6, 7) Naʻe lahi ʻa e tākiekina naʻe fai ʻe he ngaahi faʻeé. Naʻe fekauʻi mai ki he fānaú ʻia Palōvepi 1:8, PM: “E hoku foha, fanogo ki he akonaki a hoo tamai, bea oua naa ke liaki ae fekau a hoo faʻe.” ʻIo, ʻi he malumalu ʻo e mafai ʻa hono husepānití, ko e uaifi Hepeluú naʻá ne malava ke ʻai—mo fakamālohiʻi—ʻa e lao ʻa e fāmilí. Naʻe fiemaʻu ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻiaʻi ia ʻe heʻene fānaú neongo kuó ne aʻu ʻo taʻumotuʻa.—Palōvepi 23:22.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala ʻa e Lao ʻia Mōsesé ki he tuʻunga ʻo e fānaú ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu fakafāmilí?
5 Naʻe toe fakamaʻalaʻala foki ʻe he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e fānaú. Naʻe pehē ʻe he Teutalōnome 5:16: “Fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe, ʻo hange ko e tuʻutuʻuni koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: koeʻuhi ke lahi ho ngaahi ʻaho, pea koeʻuhi ke ke tuʻumalie ʻi he kelekele ʻoku foaki kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.” Ko e ʻikai ke fakaʻapaʻapa ha taha ki he ongo mātuʻá ko e hia mātuʻaki mamafa ia ʻi he Lao ʻia Mōsesé. (ʻEkisoto 21:15, 17) “He ko ia ʻoku ne kapeʻi ʻene tamai pe ko ʻene faʻe ʻe mate tamateʻi,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Laó. (Livitikō 20:9) Ko e angatuʻu ʻa ha taha ki he ongo mātuʻá naʻe tatau ia mo e angatuʻu ki he ʻOtuá tonu.
Ko e Ngafa ʻo e Ngaahi Husepāniti Kalisitiané
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe hā ngali kehe mo foʻou ai ki he kau lau tohi ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paula ʻia ʻEfesō 5:23-29?
6 Naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe he lotu faka-Kalisitiané ha ngaahi fakamatala lahi ange ʻo kau ki he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e fāmilí, tautefito ki he ngafa ʻo e husepānití. ʻI tuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, naʻe anga-maheni ki he ngaahi husepānití ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ke nau fefeka, mo fakafeʻātungia ki honau ngaahi uaifí. Naʻe taʻofi mei he kakai fefiné ha ngaahi totonu tefito pea mo e tuʻunga ngeia. ʻOku pehē ʻe he The Expositor’s Bible: “Naʻe angaʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisí ke maʻu uaifi pē ke fakatupu ha fānau. Naʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe he totonu ʻa e uaifí ʻa e holi fehokotaki fakasino ʻa e husepānití. Naʻe ʻikai ke kau ʻa e ʻofá ki he alea pau ki he fai ʻo ha nofo mali . . . Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha ngaahi totonu ʻa e fefine pōpulá. Ko hono sinó ko e meʻa ia ke fai tuʻutuʻuni ki ai ʻe he tokotaha ʻoku haʻaná.”
7 ʻI he tuʻunga ʻātakai peheé naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ia ʻoku hā ʻia ʻEfesō 5:23-29: “Ko e husepaniti ko e ʻulu ʻo e uaifi, ʻo hange foki ko Kalaisi ko e ʻulu ʻo e Siasi; ʻio ko ia ia ko e fakamoʻui ʻo e sino. . . . ʻA e kau tangata, mou ʻofa ki homou ngaahi uaifi, ʻo hange foki ko Kalaisi ne ne ofaʻi ʻa e Siasi, ʻo ne liʻoa ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio koeʻuhi ko ia . . . ʻOku totonu ke pehe foki ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ngaahi husepaniti ki siʻonau ngaahi uaifi, he ko siʻonau sino kinautolu. Ko ia ʻoku ne ʻofa ki hono uaifi ʻoku ne ʻofa kiate ia. Seuke, ʻanefē ia ʻa e fehiʻa ʻa ha taha ki hono kakano oʻona; kaekehe ʻoku ne fafanga mo tauhi ia.” Naʻe mātuʻaki kehe mo foʻou ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ení kiate kinautolu he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau lau ia. ʻOku pehē ʻe he The Expositor’s Bible: “ʻOku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa naʻe hā mai mei he lotu faka-Kalisitiané naʻe foʻou pea toe fefeka ange, ʻi hono fakafehoanaki ki he ʻulungaanga anga-tākatuʻu ʻo e taimi ko iá, ka ko e anga ʻo e vakai faka-Kalisitiané ki he nofo malí. . . . Naʻe fakaava [ʻe he meʻá ni] ʻa e kuonga foʻou ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.”
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau ʻikai lelei ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau tangatá tokolahi ki he kakai fefiné, pea ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke talitekeʻi ʻe he kau tangata Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ko iá?
8 Ko e akonaki ʻa e Tohitapú ki he ngaahi husepānití ʻoku toe ngali kehe mo foʻou ia ʻi he ʻahó ni. Neongo ʻa e felāuaki mo e feinga ʻa e kakai fefiné ke māʻolunga hanau tuʻungá, ʻoku kei sio pē ʻa e kau tangata tokolahi ki he kau fefiné ko e ngaahi meʻa pē ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻaki ʻa e holi ke fehokotaki fakasinó. ʻI he tui ki he fananga ʻoku pehē ko e kau fefiné ʻoku nau saiʻia ʻi hono tataki, puleʻi, pe fakamālohiʻí, ʻoku tokolahi ai ʻa e kau tangata ʻoku nau ngaohikoviʻi fakasino mo fakaeongo honau ngaahi uaifí. Ko e toki meʻa fakamā ē ki ha tangata Kalisitiane ke ne hehema ki he ngaahi fakakaukau fakamāmaní ʻo ne ngaohikoviʻi hono uaifí! Ko e lau ʻeni ʻa ha fefine Kalisitiane ʻe taha: “Naʻe hoko ʻa hoku husepānití ko ha sevāniti pea naʻá ne faʻa fai ʻa e ngaahi malanga fakahāhā.” Ka, naʻá ne fakahā: “Ko e taha au ʻo e uaifi naʻe taaʻi.” ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe ʻikai ke fehoanaki ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga peheé mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai ke faʻa hoko ha meʻa pehē ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he tangata ko ʻení; naʻe fiemaʻu kiate ia ke ne feinga ki ha tokoni ke ne malava ʻo puleʻi ʻene tōlilí kapau ʻokú ne ʻamanaki ke maʻu ʻa e hōifua mei he ʻOtuá.—Kalētia 5:19-21.
9 ʻOku fekauʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi husepānití ke nau ʻofa ki honau ngaahi uaifí ʻo hangē ko honau sino pē ʻonautolu. Ko e fakafisi ke fai peheé ko e angatuʻu ia ki he fokotuʻutuʻu tonu ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻe malava ai ke vaivai ʻa hoto vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku mahino ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “Pehe foki mo kimoutolu tangata, ko hoʻomou nonofo mo e fefine [homou uaifi] ke fai fakakaukauʻi, he ko e hama vaivai; ʻo mou tuʻutuʻuni hanau fakaʻapaʻapa, . . . koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa taʻofi hoʻomou ngaahi lotu.” (1 Pita 3:7) Ko hono fai ʻo e anga mālohí ki hoto uaifí ʻe malava foki ke maumauʻi ai hono tuʻunga fakalaumālié pea toe pehē ki he tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo e fānaú.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe malava ai ʻe he ngaahi husepānití ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e tuʻunga-ʻulú ʻi he founga faka-Kalaisí?
10 Ngaahi husepāniti, ʻe lakalakaimonū ho fāmilí ʻi he malumalu ho tuʻunga-ʻulú kapau te ke ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he founga faka-Kalaisí. Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke anga-mālohi pe lea kovi ʻa Kalaisi. Ko hono kehe ʻaupitó, naʻá ne malava ke lea ʻo pehē: “Mou ako iate au; he oku ou agavaivai mo agamalu: bea te mou ilo ai ae fiemalie ki ho mou laumalie.” (Mātiu 11:29, PM) ʻE lava ho fāmilí ke nau lea ʻokú ke pehē? Naʻe sio ʻa Kalaisi ki heʻene kau ākongá ko hono ngaahi kaumeʻa peá ne falala kiate kinautolu. (Sione 15:15) ʻOkú ke ʻai ho uaifí ki he ngeia tatau? ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo e “uaifi fita”: “ʻOku falala kiate ia ʻa e loto ʻo hono husepaniti.” (Palōvepi 31:10, 11) Ko hono ʻuhingá ko hono fakangofua ke ne tauʻatāina ʻi he fai ʻo ʻene ngaahi filí, ʻo ʻikai ke fakangatangata ia ʻaki ha ngaahi fakataputapui taʻeʻuhinga. ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene kau ākongá ke nau fakahā ʻenau ongoʻí mo ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú. (Mātiu 9:28; 16:13-15) ʻOkú ke fai pehē ki ho uaifí? Pe ʻokú ke sio ki he ngaahi taʻefelotoi loto-totonú ko hono poleʻi ia ho mafaí? ʻI hoʻo fakakaukauʻi ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa ho uaifí kae ʻikai te ke hanga ʻo talitekeʻi iá, ko hoʻo langa hake moʻoni ia ʻene ʻapasia ki ho tuʻunga-ʻulú.
11. (a) ʻE malava fēfē ke tokanga ʻa e ngaahi tamaí ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālie ʻa ʻenau fānaú? (e) Ko e hā kuo pau ai ki he kau mātuʻá mo e kau sevānití ke nau fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi hono tokangaʻi honau ngaahi fāmilí?
11 Kapau ko e tamai koe, ʻoku toe fiemaʻu foki ke ke takimuʻa ʻi he tokanga ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālie, mo e fakaeongo, mo e fakamatelie ʻo hoʻo fānaú. ʻOku kau ki ai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu lelei ke fakahoko maʻu pē ha meʻa fakalaumālie ki ho fāmilí: ko e ngāue fakataha mo kinautolu ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, fai ha ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapi, mo e fetalanoaʻaki ʻi he potutohi fakaʻahó. Ko e meʻa fakatupu tokangá, ʻoku fakahā ʻe he Tohitapú ko ha taha ko e mātuʻá pe ko ha sevāniti ʻoku totonu “ko e toko taha ʻoku pule lelei ki hono fale oʻona.” Ko ia ko e kau tangata ʻoku nau ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga peheé ʻoku totonu ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he hoko ko e ʻulu ʻo e fāmilí. Neongo ʻoku nau fua ha kavenga lahi ko e ngaahi fatongia ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, kuo pau ke nau fakamuʻomuʻa honau ngaahi fāmilí tonu. Naʻe fakahā ʻe Paula hono ʻuhingá: “Ka ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai lava ʻe ha tangata ke pule ki hono fale oʻona, pea fefe haʻane tauhi ʻa e Siasi ʻa e ʻOtua?”—1 Tīmote 3:4, 5, 12.
Ngaahi Uaifi Kalisitiané ʻOku Fai Poupou
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngafa ʻo e uaifí ʻokú ne fai ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Kalisitiané?
12 Ko ha uaifi Kalisitiane koe? Tā kuo pau ke ke fakahoko foki ha konga mahuʻinga ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ki he fāmilí. ʻOku enginaki ki he ngaahi uaifi Kalisitiané “ke nau ʻofa ki honau ngaahi husepaniti, pea ʻofa ki heʻenau fānau, ke nau angafakapotopoto, ke nau angamaʻa, ke nau ngāue ʻi ʻapi, ke nau angalelei, ke nau anganofo ki honau ngaahi husepaniti.” (Taitusi 2:4, 5) Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke ke feinga ke hoko ko e uaifi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei, ʻo tauhi maʻu ke maʻa mo lelei ʻa e ʻapí ki ho fāmilí. ʻE hoko ʻo fakafiu nai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻi ʻapí ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa ia ke fakamāʻulaloʻi ai koe pe mahuʻinga siʻisiʻi pē. ʻI he hoko ko ha uaifi, ʻokú ke “tauhi ae fale” pea te ke maʻu nai ha tuʻunga tauʻatāina fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ni. (1 Tīmote 5:14, PM) Ko e fakatātā, ko e “uaifi fita,” naʻá ne fakatau mai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e apí, fakatau mai ha konga ʻapi, pea naʻa mo ʻene kamata ke fai ha kiʻi pisinisi siʻisiʻi ke ʻi ai ha paʻanga hū mai ʻa e fāmilí. Tā neʻineʻi ke ne maʻu ʻa e fakamālō ʻa hono husepānití! (Palōvepi, vahe 31) Ko hono moʻoni, naʻá ne fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tākiekina ʻoku fai ange ki ai ʻe hono husepānití ko hono ʻulú.
13. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻe faingataʻa ai ki ha kau fefine ʻe niʻihi ʻa e fakamoʻulaloá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lelei ai ki he kau fefine Kalisitiané ke nau moʻulaloa ki honau ngaahi husepānití?
13 Kaekehe, ʻe ʻikai ke faingofua maʻu pē ʻa hono fakamoʻulaloaʻi koe ki ho husepānití. ʻOku ʻikai ke tuha mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ke maʻu ʻa e ʻapasia. Pea mahalo ʻokú ke malava ke ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa e paʻangá, ko hono fai ha ngaahi palani, mo ʻai ke maau ʻa e ngaahi meʻa. ʻOku ʻi ai nai haʻo ngāue fakamāmani pea ʻokú ke fai ha ngaahi tokoni moʻoni ki he paʻanga hū mai ʻa e fāmilí. Pe kuo hoko nai ha mamahi kiate koe ʻi ha founga-pule fakamālohi mei ha tangata ʻi he kuo hilí pea faingataʻa nai ai ke ke moʻulaloa ki ha tangata. Ka neongo ia, ko e fakahā “ʻo e ʻapasia loloto,” pe “manavahe,” ki ho husepānití ʻokú ne fakahāhā ai hoʻo ʻapasia ki he tuʻunga-ʻulu ʻa e ʻOtuá. (ʻEfesō 5:33, Kingdom Interlinear; 1 Kolinitō 11:3) ʻOku toe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga foki ʻa e fakamoʻulaloá ki he lavameʻa ʻa e fāmilí; ʻe tokoni ia kiate koe ke taʻofi ke ʻoua ʻe ʻai ʻa hoʻomo nofo malí ki he ngaahi mafasia mo e ngaahi kulukia ʻikai ke fiemaʻu.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe fai nai ʻe he uaifí ʻi he ʻikai te ne loto-tatau mo e fili ʻoku fai ʻe hono husepānití?
14 Ka ʻe ʻuhinga leva ʻení kuo pau ke ke fakalongolongo ʻi haʻo ongoʻi ʻoku fai ʻe ho husepānití ha fili ʻa ia ʻoku fepaki ia mo e meʻa lelei taha ki ho fāmilí? ʻOku ʻikai ke tonu ke pehē. Ko Sela ko e uaifi ʻo ʻĒpalahamé naʻe ʻikai te ne longo ʻi heʻene ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ha kovi ʻoku maluʻaki ki he tuʻunga lelei ʻo ʻene tama tangata ko ʻAisaké. (Sēnesi 21:8-10) ʻOku faitatau ia, mo hoʻo ongoʻi kuo pau ke ke fakahā ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukaú ʻi ha ngaahi taimi. Kapau ʻe fai ʻeni ʻi ha founga fakaʻapaʻapa ʻi he “taimi totonu,” ʻe fanongo ki ai ʻa e tangata Kalisitiane anga-fakaʻotuá. (Palōvepi 25:11, NW) Ka ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai fai ki hoʻo fokotuʻú pea ʻoku ʻikai ke maumauʻi ai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻikai ʻe taʻeʻaonga kiate koe ʻa e ʻikai ke fai ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa ho husepānití? Manatuʻi, “oku laga hake hono fale e he fefine kotoabe oku boto: ka oku holoki hifo ia e he vale aki hono nima.” (Palōvepi 14:1, PM) Ko e founga ʻe taha ke langa hake ai ho falé ko hoʻo hoko ko e tokotaha poupou ki he tuʻunga-ʻulu ho husepānití, ʻo fakamālōʻiaʻi ʻene ngaahi ngāue kuo lavá pea fiemālie pē ʻi heʻene ngaahi tō nounoú ʻo ʻoua ʻe loto-mamahi ai.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe malava ke kau ai ʻa e uaifí ki hono akonakiʻi mo hono akoʻi ʻo ʻene fānaú?
15 Ko e founga ʻe taha ke langa hake ai ho falé ko hoʻo kau fakataha ʻi hono akonakiʻi mo hono akoʻi hoʻomo fānaú. Ko e fakatātā, te ke lava ʻo fai ho ngafa ke ʻai ke fai maʻu pē mo fakatupu langa hake ʻa e ako fakafāmili ʻo e Tohitapú. “ʻOua taʻofi ho nima” ʻi he fekauʻaki mo hono talaki ʻa e moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hoʻo fānaú ʻi he faingamālie kotoa pē—ʻi hoʻomou fononga fakataha pe ko e ʻalu pē ki he fale koloá mo kinautolu. (Koheleti 11:6) Tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau teuteu ha ngaahi poupou ki he ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngaahi konga ki he Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí. Fai ha tokanga lahi fekauʻaki mo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. (1 Kolinitō 15:33) ʻI he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga akonaki fakaeʻotuá, ʻai ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he fānaú ʻokú ke fāʻūtaha mo ho husepānití. ʻOua te ke fai ha meʻa ke hā ai ki he fānaú ʻoku ʻikai te mo kau fakataha koeʻuhi te nau maʻu faingamālie ai ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau fiemaʻú.
16. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻoku fakahā mai ʻe he Tohitapú ko e fakalototoʻa ia kiate kinautolu ko e ngaahi mātuʻa taʻehoá mo kinautolu kuo mali mo e kau taʻetuí? (e) ʻE fēfē ha tokoni nai ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ki he faʻahinga peheé?
16 Kapau ko ha mātuʻa taʻehoa koe pe ko ho hoa malí ʻoku ʻikai ke tui, ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke ke tataki ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. ʻE hoko nai ʻeni ʻo faingataʻa pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi taimi ʻe fakaloto-siʻi. Kaeʻoua ʻe hoko ia ko ha meʻa ke tuku ai hano fai ha feinga. Naʻe lavameʻa ʻa ʻIunisi ko e faʻē ʻa Tīmoté ʻi hono akoʻi ʻa Tīmote ki he ngaahi folofola māʻoniʻoní talu mei he kei “valevale,” neongo naʻe mali ʻa ʻIunisi mo e tokotaha naʻe ʻikai ke tui. (2 Tīmote 1:5; 3:15) Pea ʻoku tokolahi ʻi hotau lotolotongá ni ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi he faʻahinga lavameʻa tatau. Kapau ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ha tokoni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, tala hoʻo ngaahi fiemaʻú ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá. Te nau malava nai ke fokotuʻutuʻu ki ha taha ke tokoni kiate koe ke ʻave koe ki he ngaahi fakatahá pea ke ke kau ki he ngāue fakamalangá. Te nau fakalototoʻaʻi nai ha niʻihi ke nau fakakau ho fāmilí ʻi ha ngaahi ʻeveʻeva mālōlō. Pe te nau fokotuʻutuʻu nai ke ʻi ai ha tokotaha malanga taukei ke tokoniʻi koe ke kamata ha ako Tohitapu fakafāmili.
Fānau ʻOku Nau Houngaʻiá
17. (a) ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoni ʻa e kau talavoú ki he lelei ʻa e fāmilí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni?
17 ʻE malava ʻo tokoni ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiané ki he lelei ʻa e fāmilí ʻaki ʻenau muimui ki he akonaki ʻoku fakahā ʻia ʻEfesō 6:1-3: “ʻA e fanau, mou talangofua i he ʻEiki ki hoʻomou matuʻa: he ko hono totonu ia. “Fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe”, (ko e ʻuluaki fekau ia ʻoku ʻi ai hano talaʻofa,) “ka ke monuʻia, pea ke nofo fuoloa ʻi mamani.”” ʻI he ngāue fakataha mo hoʻo ongo mātuʻá, ʻokú ke fakahāhā ai hoʻo ʻapasia kia Sihova. Naʻe haohaoa ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi pea naʻe mei faingofua kiate ia ke ne sio ʻe toe māʻulalo hono ngeiá ke moʻulaloa ki heʻene ongo mātuʻa naʻe ʻikai te na haohaoa. Ka, “naʻa ne ʻi ai ʻo anganofo kiate kinaua. . . . Pea naʻe lalaka atu ʻa Sīsū ʻi he poto, mo e lahi ʻo hono sino, pea mo hono ʻofeina ʻe he ʻOtua mo e tangata.”—Luke 2:51, 52.
18, 19. (a) Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ke fakaʻapaʻapa ki heʻete ongo mātuʻá? (e) ʻE fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e ʻapí ko ha fakaongoʻimālohiʻanga?
18 ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke ke fakaʻapaʻapa pehē ki hoʻo ongo mātuʻá? ʻOku ʻuhinga heni ʻa e “fakaʻapaʻapa” ko e ʻiloʻi totonu ʻo e mafai kuo fokotuʻu. (Fehoanaki mo 1 Pita 2:17.) ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi tahá ko e fakaʻapaʻapa peheé ʻoku totonu ke fai ia ki heʻete ongo mātuʻá neongo ʻoku ʻikai te na tui pe ʻoku ʻikai te na fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei. ʻOku totonu ke ke fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ʻo toe lahi ange kapau ʻokú na hoko ko ha Kalisitiane faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei. Manatuʻi foki, ko e akonaki mo e tataki ʻoku fai ʻe hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ʻoku ʻikai ko e taumuʻá ke fuʻu hulu hono fakataputapuiʻi koé. Ka, ko ʻena fai ke maluʻi koe koeʻuhi ke ke malava ʻo “hokohoko atu ʻi he moʻui.”—Palōvepi 7:1, 2, NW.
19 Ko ia ko ha toki fokotuʻutuʻu anga-ʻofa ē, ko e fāmilí! ʻI he muimui ʻa e ngaahi husepānití, ngaahi uaifí, mo e fānaú ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he moʻui fakafāmilí, ʻe hoko leva ʻa e ʻapí ko ha mālōlōʻanga ū, ko ha feituʻu fakaongoʻimālohi. Ka neongo ia, ʻe tupu hake nai ha ngaahi palopalema fekauʻaki mo e fetuʻutakí pea mo hono akoʻi ʻo e fānaú. ʻE lāulea ʻa ʻetau kupu hoko maí ki he founga ʻe lava ke fakaleleiʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi palopalema ko iá.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e sīpinga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ngaahi husepāniti, ngaahi uaifi, mo e fānau manavahē-ʻOtua ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohitapú?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e maama naʻe fakahā mai ʻe he lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻo kau ki he fatongia ʻo e husepānití?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngafa ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he uaifí ʻi he fāmili Kalisitiané?
◻ ʻE fēfē ha tokoni ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiané ki he lelei ʻa e fāmilí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
“ʻOku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa naʻe hā mai mei he lotu faka-Kalisitiané naʻe foʻou pea toe fefeka ange, ʻi hono fakafehoanaki ki he ʻulungaanga anga-tākatuʻu ʻo e taimi ko iá, ka ko e anga ʻo e vakai faka-Kalisitiané ki he nofo malí . . . . Naʻe fakaava [ʻe he meʻá ni] ʻa e kuonga foʻou ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá”
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe he ngaahi husepāniti Kalisitiané ʻa honau ngaahi uaifí ke fakahā mai ʻenau fakakaukaú, pea fakakaukauʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ko iá