Kau Talavou, ʻOku Mou Tokateu ki he Kahaʻú?
“ʻOku ou ʻilo pe ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻoku ou fakakaukau kiate kimoutolu . . . ko e ngaahi fakakaukau lelei, ʻo ʻikai sio kovi, ke ʻange kiate kimoutolu ha ʻamui mo ha ʻamanaki.”—SELEMAIA 29:11.
1, 2. ʻI he ngaahi founga kehekehe fē ʻe lava ke vakai ai ki he ngaahi taʻu ʻo e vahaʻa taimi talavoú?
KO E tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai lalahí ʻoku nau fakakaukau ki he vahaʻa taimi talavoú ko ha taimi fisifisimuʻa ia ʻo e moʻuí. ʻOku nau manatuʻi ʻa e ivi mo e loto-māfana naʻa nau maʻu ʻi he taimi naʻa nau kei siʻi aí. ʻOku nau sio ki mui mo ha manatu ʻofa ki ha taimi ʻa ia naʻa nau maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mātuʻaki siʻisiʻi ange, ko ha taimi ʻa ia naʻa nau maʻu ai ha fakaoli lahi pea toka mei muʻa kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi faingamālie ʻi he kotoa ʻo e moʻuí.
2 Ko e faʻahinga ʻo kimoutolu ʻa ia ʻoku kei siʻí ʻoku kehe nai hoʻomou sio ʻa kimoutolu ki he ngaahi meʻá. ʻOku mou palopalemaʻia nai ʻi he ngāue ki he ngaahi liliu fakaeongo mo fakaesino ʻo e taimi talavoú. ʻI he ʻapiakó, ʻoku mou fehangahangai nai ai mo e tenge mālohi ʻa e toʻumeʻá. Kuo pau nai ke mou fakapapauʻi ke fai ha feinga ke talitekeʻi ʻa e ngāuekoviʻaki ʻo e faitoʻo kona tapú, ʻolokaholó, mo e ʻulungāanga taʻetāú. Ko e tokolahi ʻo kimoutolú ʻoku mou toe fehangahangai mo e ʻīsiu ʻo e tuʻu-ʻataá pe ngaahi ʻīsiu kehe ʻoku fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí. ʻIo, ko e vahaʻa taimi talavoú ʻoku malava ke hoko ia ko ha taimi faingataʻa. Kae kehe, ko e taimi ia ʻo e faingamālie. Ko e fehuʻí, ʻE anga-fēfē hoʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ko iá?
Fiefia ʻi Ho Taimi Talavoú
3. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki mo e fakatokanga naʻe fai ʻe Solomone ki he kau talavoú?
3 ʻE tala atu kiate koe ʻe he kakai taʻumotuʻa angé ko e taimi talavoú ʻoku ʻikai ke tolonga ia ʻo fuoloa, pea ʻoku nau tonu ai. ʻI ha ngaahi taʻu siʻi pē, ʻe ʻikai ke ke kei talavou. Ko ia ke ke fiefia ʻi hoʻo kei maʻu iá! Ko e akonaki ia ʻa Tuʻi Solomoné, ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi: “Tama, ke ke fiefia ʻi hoʻo toki tupu; pea fakafiefiaʻi koe ʻe ho loto ʻi ho taimi talavou, pea ke fou ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoku sio ki ai ho loto, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku sio ki ai ʻe ho mata.” Kae kehe, naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Solomone ki he kau talavoú: “Huʻi ʻa e hohaʻa mei ho loto, pea ʻave ʻa e kovi mei ho kakano.” ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e siʻi mo e fatutangata ko e muna pe.”—Koheleti 12:1 (11:9, 10, PM).
4, 5. Ko e hā ʻoku fakapotopoto ai ki he kau talavoú ke nau teuteu ki he kahaʻú? Fakatātaaʻi.
4 ʻOkú ke mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Solomoné? Ke fakatātaaʻi, fakakaukau atu ki ha kiʻi talavou ʻokú ne maʻu ha fuʻu meʻaʻofa lahi, ko ha paʻanga nai. Ko e hā te ne fai ʻaki iá? ʻE lava ke ne toloveka ʻaki kotoa ia ʻi hono fakafiefiaʻi iá—ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e foha maumau-koloa ʻi he pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú. (Luke 15:11-23) Ka ko e hā ʻe hokó ʻi he taimi ʻe ʻosi ai ʻa e paʻangá? Ko e moʻoni te ne fakaʻiseʻisa ʻi heʻene mātuʻaki fakavaʻivaʻingá! ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, pehē pē ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻaʻofá ke tokateu ʻaki ki he kahaʻú, ʻo fakapotopoto ʻi hono fakahū nai ʻa e konga lahi taha ʻo iá. Faifai atu pē, ʻi he taimi te ne maʻu ʻaonga ai mei heʻene tupú, ʻokú ke fakakaukau atu te ne fakaʻiseʻisa ʻi he ʻikai ke toloveka ʻaki kotoa ʻene paʻangá ʻi hono fakafiefiaʻi ia ʻi hono taimi talavoú? Ko hono moʻoní heʻikai!
5 Fakakaukau atu ki ho ngaahi taʻu fakatalavoú ko ha meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ko hono moʻoní ia. ʻE anga-fēfē hoʻo ngāueʻaki iá? ʻE lava ke ke fakamoleki ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ivi mo e loto-māfana ko iá ʻi he fakatōliʻa-kitá, ʻi he hiki pē mei he fakafiefia ki he fakafiefia taʻeʻiai ha fakakaukau ki he kahaʻú. Ko ia kapau ʻokú ke fai pehē, ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi moʻoni ai ʻi ho tuʻungá ko e “siʻi mo e fatutangata” ʻoku hoko ia ko e “muna.” He lelei lahi ange ē ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ho taimi talavoú ke teuteu ai ki he kahaʻú!
6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻa Solomone ʻokú ne tokonaki mai ʻa e tataki ki he kau talavoú? (e) Ko e hā ʻe saiʻia ʻa Sihova ke fai maʻá e toʻutupú, pea ʻe malava fēfē ke maʻu ʻaonga ha kiʻi talavou mei he meʻá ni?
6 Naʻe fakahā ʻe Solomone ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻe malava ke ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke ngāue fakapotopotoʻaki ai ho taimi talavoú. Naʻá ne pehē: “Manatu ki he ʻAfifio naʻe ngaohi koe lolotonga hoʻo talavou.” (Koheleti 12:2 [12:1, PM]) Ko e kī ia ki he lavameʻá—fanongo kia Sihova pea fai hono finangaló. Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki he kau ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne loto ke ne fai maʻanautolú: “ʻOku ou ʻilo pe ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻoku ou fakakaukau kiate kimoutolu . . . ko e ngaahi fakakaukau lelei, ʻo ʻikai sio kovi, ke ʻange kiate kimoutolu ha ʻamui mo ha ʻamanaki.” (Selemaia 29:11) ʻE saiʻia foki ʻa Sihova ke ʻoatu kiate koe “ha ʻamui mo ha ʻamanaki.” Kapau ʻokú ke manatuʻi ia ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ngāué, ngaahi fakakaukaú, mo e ngaahi fili ʻokú ke faí, ʻe lelei ʻa e kahaʻu mo e ʻamanaki ko iá.—Fakahā 7:16, 17; 21:3, 4.
“ʻUnuʻunu Atu ki he ʻOtua”
7, 8. ʻE lava fēfē ha kiʻi talavou ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá?
7 Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sēmisi kitautolu ke tau manatuʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene enginaki mai kiate kitautolu: “ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu.” (Semisi 4:8) Ko Sihova ʻa e Tokotaha-Fakatupú, ʻa e Hau fakahēvaní, ʻoku tuha mo ia ʻa e lotu mo e fakahīkihiki kotoa pē. (Fakahā 4:11) Ka, ʻo kapau ʻoku tau ʻunuʻunu ofi kiate ia, te ne ʻunuʻunu ofi mai kiate kitautolu. ʻIkai ʻoku fakamāfanaʻi ho lotó ʻe he mahuʻingaʻia ʻofa peheé?—Mātiu 22:37.
8 ʻOku tau ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova ʻi ha ngaahi founga lahi. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Fai mau be ae lotu, bea leo i ai mo fakafetai.” (Kolose 4:2 [Kol 4:1], PM) ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, fakatupulekina ʻa e tōʻongaʻaki ʻo e lotú. ʻOua ʻe fiemālie ʻi he leaʻaki pē ʻa e “ʻēmeni” ʻi he hili hano fakafofongaʻi koe ʻe hoʻo tamaí pe ko ha kaungā Kalisitiane ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻi he lotú. Kuó ke huaʻi atu ho lotó ʻi ha taimi kia Sihova pea tala ange kiate ia ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke fakakaukau ki aí, ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke manavahē ki aí, mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻokú ke fehangahangai mo iá? Kuó ke tala kiate ia ʻi ha taimi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa te ke mā ke lāulea ki ai mo ha tahá? Ko e ngaahi lotu faitotonu mo fakamātoató ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e ongoʻi nonga. (Filipai 4:6, 7) ʻOku nau tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova pea ke ongoʻi ʻokú ne ʻunuʻunu ofi mai kiate kitautolu.
9. ʻE malava fēfē ki ha talavou ke ne fanongo kia Sihova?
9 ʻOku tau sio ki he toe founga ʻe taha ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ai kia Sihová ʻi he ngaahi lea fakamānavaʻí ni: “Tokanga ki ho faleʻi, pea tali akonaki: koeʻuhi ke ke poto ʻi ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui.” (Palovepi 19:20) ʻIo, kapau ʻokú ke fanongo kia Sihova pea talangofua kiate ia, ʻokú ke tokateu ai ki he kahaʻú. ʻE malava fēfē ke ke fakahāhaaʻi ʻokú ke fanongo kia Sihova? ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻokú ke maʻu tuʻumaʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané pea fanongo ki he ngaahi konga ʻo e polokalamá. Pehē foki, ʻokú ke “fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe” ʻaki hono maʻu ʻa e ako Tohi Tapu fakafāmilí. (Efeso 6:1, 2; Hepelu 10:24, 25) Ko e meʻa lelei ia. Neongo ia, ʻi he tānaki atu ki aí, ʻokú ke ‘fakatau mai ʻa e taimi’ ke ke teuteu ai ki he ngaahi fakatahá, ke lau tuʻumaʻu ʻa e Tohi Tapú, pea fai ha fekumi? ʻOkú ke feinga ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke laú, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻaʻeva ai ko ha ‘tokotaha fakapotopoto’? (Efeso 5:15-17, NW; Sāme 1:1-3) Kapau ʻokú ke fai ia, ʻokú ke ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova.
10, 11. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga lalahi ʻoku maʻu ʻe he toʻutupú ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau fanongo ai kia Sihová?
10 ʻI he ngaahi lea kamata ʻo e tohi ʻa Palovepí, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi fakamānavaʻí ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e tohi Tohi Tapu ko iá. Ko e taumuʻá, ʻokú ne pehē, “ke ilo ai ae boto moe akonaki; bea ogoʻi ae gaahi lea oe faa ilo; Ke maʻu ae akonaki oe boto, moe agatonu, moe fakamau, bea moe fai totonu; Ke foaki ae iloilo ki he tae boto, bea ki he tagata talavou ae ilo moe faa fakakaukau.” (Palovepi 1:1-4, PM) Ko ia ai, ʻi hoʻo lau mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Palovepí—pea pehē ki he toenga ʻo e Tohi Tapú—te ke fakatupulekina ai ʻa e anga-tonú mo e faitotonú, pea ʻe fiefia ʻa Sihova ke ʻai koe ke ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ange kiate ia. (Sāme 15:1-5) Ko e lahi ange hoʻo fakatupulekina ʻa e fakamāú, ʻiloʻiló, ʻiló, mo e faʻa fakakaukaú, ko e lelei ange ia hoʻo ngaahi fili ʻe faí.
11 ʻOku taʻefakaʻatuʻi ke ʻamanekina ha tokotaha kei talavou ke ne ngāue fakapotopoto ʻi he foungá ni? ʻIkai, he ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiane ʻoku nau fai pehē. Ko hono olá, ʻoku tokaʻi kinautolu ʻe he niʻihi kehé pea ‘ʻoku ʻikai fai ha sio lalo ki honau tuʻunga talavoú.’ (1 Timote 4:12, NW) ʻOku totonu ʻa e pōlepoleʻaki kinautolu ʻe heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá, pea ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoku nau ʻai hono lotó ke fiefia. (Palovepi 27:11) Neongo ʻoku nau kei siʻi, ʻoku malava ke nau loto-maʻu ʻoku kaungatonu ʻa e ngaahi lea fakamānavaʻí ni kiate kinautolu: “Vakai ki he tagata haohaoa, mo tokaga ki he agatonu: he koe gataaga oe tagata koia koe melino.”—Sāme 37:37, PM.
Fai ha Ngaahi Fili Lelei
12. Ko e hā ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi fili mahuʻinga ʻoku fai ʻe he toʻutupú, pea ko e hā ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he fili ko iá ha ngaahi nunuʻa taimi-lōloá?
12 Ko e vahaʻa taimi talavoú ko ha taimi ia ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili, ʻa ia ko e niʻihi ʻoku ʻi ai hono ngaahi nunuʻa tuʻuloa. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fili ʻokú ke fai he taimi ní te ne uesia koe ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi ka hoko maí. ʻOku tokoni ʻa e ngaahi fili fakapotopotó ki ha moʻui fiefia mo lavameʻa. Ko e ngaahi fili taʻefakapotopotó ʻoku malava ke ne fakameleʻi ʻa e kotoa ʻo e moʻuí. Fakakaukau atu ki he hoko moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ko iá ʻi ha ongo fili ʻe ua kuo pau ke ke fai. ʻUluakí: Ko hai ʻokú ke fili ke ke feohi mo iá? Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai iá? Sai, ʻoku pehē ʻe he palōveepi fakamānavaʻí: “Koia oku aeva fakataha moe kakai boto e boto ai ia: ka e fakaauha ia oku kaumea moe kakai vale.” (Palovepi 13:20, PM) ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻe faai atu pē ʻo tau hoko ʻo hangē ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku tau feohi mo iá—ko e poto pē pe ko e vale. Ko fē ai te ke fie hoko ki aí?
13, 14. (a) Tuku kehe ʻa e fetuʻutaki hangatonu mo e kakaí, ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he feohí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fehālaaki ʻoku totonu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai ʻa e kau talavoú?
13 ʻI hoʻo fakakaukau atu ki he feohí, te ke fakakaukau nai ki he feohi mo e kakaí. ʻOku tonu ia, ka ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. ʻI haʻo mamata ʻi ha polokalama televīsone, fanongo ki ha ngaahi fasi, lau ha tohi, ʻalu ʻo sio faiva, pe ngāueʻaki ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga fakamatala pau ʻi he ʻInitanetí, ʻokú ke fai ai ha feohi. Kapau ʻoku tokoni ʻa e feohi ko iá ki hono fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e fakamālohí mo e ngaahi hehema taʻetāú pe fakaʻaiʻai hono ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú, konaá, pe ko ha meʻa kehe pē ʻoku fepaki mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻokú ke toutou feohi ai mo e ‘valé,’ ʻa ia ʻokú ne ngāue ʻo hangē ne ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha Sihova iá.—Sāme 14:1.
14 Mahalo pē ʻokú ke fakakaukau koeʻuhi ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané mo longomoʻui ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, ʻokú ke mālohi feʻunga ke ʻikai uesia koe ʻe ha foʻi faiva fakamālohi pe ko ha ʻalapama hiva ʻoku fasi mālie ka ʻoku fehuʻia hono leá. ʻOkú ke fakakaukau nai ʻe ʻikai ha ngaahi ola kovi ia kapau te ke kiʻi sio fakavave pē ʻi ha tuʻuʻanga Uepi fakalielia ʻi he ʻInitanetí. ʻOku tala atu ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá kiate koe ʻokú ke hala! ʻOkú ne pehē: “Ko e ngaahi feohi koví ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga leleí.” (1 Kolinito 15:33, NW) Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e kau talavou Kalisitiane tokolahi ne ngalingali te nau hoko ʻo lavameʻá, kuo maumauʻi honau ngaahi ʻulungāanga leleí ʻe he ngaahi feohi taʻefakapotopotó. Ko ia, fakapapauʻi ke fakamamaʻo mei he ngaahi feohi peheé. Kapau te ke fai pehē, te ke muimui ai ʻi he akonaki ʻa Paulá: “ʻOua naʻa mou tuku ke fakaangatatau kimoutolu ki he maama ko eni: kae tuku ke fai ai pe homou liliu, he fakafoʻou ʻo homou ʻatamai, ke mou sivi ʻo ʻilo pe ko e ha ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku lelei, ʻa e meʻa te ne hōifua ai, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku haohaoa.”—Loma 12:2.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e fili hono ua kuo pau ke fai ʻe he toʻutupú, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tenge ʻoku faʻa hoko he taimi ʻe niʻihi kiate kinautolu ʻi he meʻá ni?
15 Ko ha fili ʻeni hono ua ʻokú ke fehangahangai mo ia. ʻE hoko mai ha taimi ʻa ia kuo pau ke ke fili ai pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke loto ke fai ʻi he ʻosi hoʻo akó. Kapau ʻokú ke nofo ʻi ha feituʻu ʻoku siʻisiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ki he ngāué, te ke ongoʻi nai ʻoku tenge koe ke fai mo ke maʻu ʻa e ngāue lelei tahá. Kapau ʻokú ke nofo ʻi ha fonua tuʻumālie, ʻoku lahi nai ʻa e ngaahi fili ia ke fai aí, ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku mātuʻaki fakatauele. ʻAki ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa lelei, ʻe fakaʻaiʻai nai koe ʻe hoʻo kau faiakó pe ko hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ke ke tuli ki ha ngāue tuʻumaʻu ʻe maʻu ai ha maluʻanga fakaepaʻangá, naʻa mo ha tuʻumālie nai. Kae kehe, ko e ako ki he ngāue tuʻumaʻu peheé te ne mātuʻaki fakangatangata nai ʻe ia ʻa e taimi ʻoku malava ke ke ngāueʻaki ʻi he tauhi kia Sihová.
16, 17. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e anga ʻo e tokoni ʻa ha ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu kehekehe ki ha tokotaha kei siʻi ke ne maʻu ha vakai mafamafatatau ki he ngāué.
16 Manatuʻi ke vakai ki he Tohi Tapú ki muʻa ke fai ha filí. ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ke tau ngāue ki hono tauhi ʻetau moʻuí, ʻo fakahaaʻi mai ʻoku tau fatongiaʻaki ki hono tauhi kitautolú. (2 Tesalonaika 3:10-12) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kehe ʻoku kau ki ai. ʻOku mau fakalototoʻaʻi koe ke ke lau ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu hokó pea fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻe lava ke nau tokoniʻi ai ha tokotaha kei siʻi ke ne mafamafatatau ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo hono fili ha ngāue tuʻumaʻú: Palovepi 30:8, 9; Koheleti 7:11, 12; Mātiu 6:33; 1 Kolinito 7:31; 1 Timote 6:9, 10. ʻI he hili hono lau ʻa e ngaahi veesi ko iá, ʻokú ke sio ki he vakai ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa ko iá?
17 Ko e ngāue fakamāmaní ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito totonu ke hoko ia ʻo mahuʻinga fau ʻo kāsia ai ʻetau ngāue kia Sihová. Kapau ʻoku lava ke ke taau ki ha ngāue feʻunga ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaako ʻi he akoʻanga māʻolungá pē, lelei. Kapau ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ha ako fakalahi ʻi he hili ʻa e akoʻanga māʻolungá, ko e meʻa ia ke ke lāulea ki ai mo hoʻo ongo mātuʻá. Kae kehe, ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa mole hoʻo vakai ki he “ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei lahi”—ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. (Filipai 1:9, 10) ʻOua ʻe fai ʻa e fehālaaki naʻe fai ʻe Palukí, ko e sikalaipe ʻa Selemaiá. Naʻe mole meiate ia ʻa e houngaʻia ki hono monū ʻi he ngāué peá ne ʻalu ʻo ‘kumi koā maʻana ha ngaahi meʻa lalahi.’ (Selemaia 45:5) Ne ngalo ʻiate ia ʻi ha foʻi mōmeniti ʻoku ʻikai ha ‘meʻa lahi’ ʻi he māmani ko ʻení te ne ʻomai ia ke ofi ange kia Sihova pe tokoniʻi ia ke ne hao moʻui atu ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá. Ko e meʻa meimei tatau pē ʻoku malava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo kitautolu he ʻaho ní.
Houngaʻia ʻi he Ngaahi Meʻa Fakalaumālié
18, 19. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku faingataʻaʻia ai ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē hoʻo ongoʻi kiate kinautolú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke ongoʻi fiekaia fakalaumālie ai ʻa e tokolahi?
18 Kuó ke sio ʻi he ngaahi tā ʻi he mītiá ʻo e fānau ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku tō ai ʻa e hongé? Kapau kuó ke sio ai, kuo pau pē ne ke ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia ʻiate kinautolu. ʻOkú ke ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia ʻi ha founga meimei tatau ki he kakai ʻi ho kaungāʻapí? Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ke ongoʻi peheé? Koeʻuhi ʻoku hōngea foki ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolú. ʻOku nau faingataʻaʻia mei he honge naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe ʻĒmosí: “ʻOku ʻunu mai ha taimi—ko Atonai Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—ʻa ia te u fekau atu ai ha honge ki he fonua; ʻo ʻikai ko ha honge meʻakai, pe ko e honge meʻainu, ka ko e honge ʻi he fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.”—Emosi 8:11.
19 Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku faingataʻaʻia ʻi he hōngea fakalaumālie ko ʻení ʻoku ʻikai te nau “ʻiloʻi ʻa ʻenau fiemaʻu fakalaumālié.” (Mātiu 5:3, NW) ʻOku ʻikai ke ongoʻi fiekaia fakalaumālie ʻa e tokolahi. ʻOku aʻu ʻo ongoʻi nai ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku nau mākona. Ka ʻo kapau ʻoku nau ongoʻi pehē, ʻoku hoko iá koeʻuhi ʻoku nau kai mei he “poto [taʻeʻaonga] ʻo mamani,” ʻa ia ʻoku kau ai ʻa e tuli ki he fakamatelié, fakamahalo fakasaienisí, ngaahi fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungāangá, mo e ngaahi meʻa kehe pehē. ʻOku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi ko e “poto” fakaeonopōní ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke ʻosi hono taimí. Kae kehe, “naʻe ʻikai laveʻi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻe mamani ʻaki ʻenau poto.” ʻE ʻikai tokoniʻi koe ʻe he poto ʻo e māmaní ke ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa ka ko e “koto vale ia ʻi he vakai ʻa e ʻOtua.”—1 Kolinito 1:20, 21; 3:19.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fakapotopoto ai ke loto ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he kakai ʻoku ʻikai te nau lotu kia Sihová?
20 ʻI hoʻo sio ʻi he ngaahi tā ko ia ʻo e fānau fiekaiá, ʻoku faifai angé peá ke loto ke ke hangē ko kinautolú? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻe ʻikai! Neongo ia, ko e kau talavou ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ngaahi fāmili Kalisitiané kuo nau fakahāhā ha holi ke hangē ko e kakai hōngea fakalaumālie takatakai ʻiate kinautolú. Ngalingali, ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e toʻutupu peheé ia ko e kau talavou ʻi he māmaní ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa te nau hohaʻa ki ai, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi he moʻuí. ʻOku ngalo ʻiate kinautolu ko e kau talavou ia ko iá ʻoku nau mavahe meia Sihova. (Efeso 4:17, 18) ʻOku toe ngalo ʻiate kinautolu foki ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻo e hōngea fakalaumālié. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni ko e ngaahi feitama ʻikai fiemaʻu ʻi he taʻu hongofulu tupú mo e ngaahi nunuʻa fakaesino mo fakaeongo ʻo e ʻulungāanga taʻetāú, ifi tapaká, konaá, mo e ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú. ʻOku fakatupunga ʻe he hōngea fakalaumālié ha laumālie angatuʻu, ko ha ʻikai ʻi ai taʻetoeveiveiua ha ʻamanaki, mo ha masiva tataki ʻi he moʻuí.
21. ʻE malava fēfē ke tau maluʻi kitautolu mei hono ohi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau hala ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau lotu kia Sihová?
21 Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke ʻi he ʻapiakó ai ʻo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kaungā lotu kia Sihová, ʻoua ʻe hoko ʻo puleʻi ʻe heʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú. (2 Kolinito 4:18) Ko e niʻihi te nau lea paetaku ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻe ʻomai ʻe he mītiá ʻa e fakamatala fakangalilelei olopoto, ʻo fakahuʻunga mai ʻoku lelei pē ke fakahoko ʻa e ʻulungāanga taʻetāú, ke konā, pe ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e lea ʻulí. Tauʻi ʻa e tākiekina ko iá. Hokohoko atu ke feohi tuʻumaʻu mo e kakai ko ia ʻoku nau “puke maʻu ʻa e tui, kaeʻumaʻā ʻa e konisenisi ʻataʻatā.” ʻAi ke hoko maʻu pē ʻo “tupulekina maʻu ai pe ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki.” (1 Timote 1:19; 1 Kolinito 15:58) Hanganaki femoʻuekina ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá pea ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo ho ngaahi taʻu akó, kau maʻu pē ki he ngāue tāimuʻa tokoní. Fakaivimālohiʻi hoʻo vakai fakalaumālié ʻi he founga ko ʻení, pea ʻe ʻikai ke mole ai meiate koe hoʻo mafamafatataú.—2 Timote 4:5.
22, 23. (a) Ko e hā ʻe faʻa fai ai ʻe ha Kalisitiane kei siʻi ha ngaahi fili ʻe ʻikai mahino ia ki he niʻihi kehé? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ki he kau talavoú ke nau faí?
22 Ko ha vakai fakalaumālie ki he ngaahi meʻá te ne taki nai koe ki hono fai ha ngaahi fili ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai mahinoʻi ʻe he niʻihi kehé. Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha kiʻi tangata Kalisitiane ʻe taha naʻá ne talēniti ʻaki ʻa e mūsiká pea ko ha tokotaha ako tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he lēsoni kotoa pē ʻi he ʻapiakó. ʻI he ʻosi ʻene akó, naʻá ne kau fakataha mo ʻene tamaí ʻi ha pisinisi fufulu matapā-sioʻata koeʻuhi kae malava ke ne tuli ki heʻene ngāue naʻá ne filí ko ha tokotaha ʻevangeliō taimi-kakato, pe tāimuʻa. Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke mahino ki heʻene kau faiakó ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ki heʻene filí, ka ʻo kapau kuó ke ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova, ʻoku mau ʻilo pau te ke mahinoʻi.
23 ʻI hoʻo fakakaukau atu ki he founga ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e ngaahi mataʻikoloa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻo ho taimi talavoú, ‘faʻoaki ai maʻau ha tuʻunga lelei ki he ʻamuí, koeʻuhi ke ke puke ki he moʻui moʻoní.’ (1 Timote 6:19) Fakapapauʻi ke ke ‘manatu ki he ʻAfifió naʻá ne ngaohi koé’ ʻi ho taimi talavoú—pea ʻi he toenga kotoa ʻo hoʻo moʻuí. Ko e founga pē ia ʻe taha ke langa ai ha kahaʻu lavameʻá, ko ha kahaʻu ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ngata.
Ko e Hā Hoʻo Fakamulitukú?
• Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki fakamānavaʻi ʻoku tokoni ki he toʻutupú ʻi heʻenau palani ki he kahaʻú?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia ʻe malava ai ha talavou ke “ʻunuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua”?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fai ʻe ha tokotaha kei siʻi ʻe uesia ai hono kahaʻú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15]
Te ke fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fai fakafoʻituituí ke ne toʻo atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ho iví mo e loto-māfana fakatalavoú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16, 17]
ʻOku hanganaki tauhi ʻe he kau Kalisitiane poto kei siʻí ke māʻalaʻala ʻenau vīsone fakalaumālié