Ko e Hā ʻa e Kahaʻu ki Hotau Foʻi Māmaní?
“ʻOku ʻikai ha toe senituli ʻi he lēkōtí ʻe tatau mo hono 20 ʻi he taʻefakasivilaise ʻa e fakamālohi fai ʻe he kakaí, ʻi he ngaahi vāvākovi naʻe hokó, ko e fuʻu kau kumi hūfanga naʻá ne fakatupungá, ko e laui miliona ʻo e kakai naʻe tāmateʻi ʻi he ngaahi taú, pea mo e ngaahi fakamole kāfakafa ki he ‘maluʻí,’” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e World Military and Social Expenditures 1996. ʻE faifai pea liliu ʻa e tuʻunga ko ʻení?
Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ki he kau Kalisitiané ha talaʻofa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi senituli ki muʻá: “Ka ʻi he funga ʻo e talaʻofa [ʻa e ʻOtuá] ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ki ha ngaahi langi foʻou mo ha fonua foʻou, ʻa ia ʻoku nofoʻanga ai ʻa maʻoniʻoni.” (2 Pita 3:13) Ko e ngaahi lea ko iá ko e muʻaki konga ia ʻo e kikite ʻa ʻAisea. (Aisea 65:17; 66:22) Naʻe hokosia ʻe ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá hano fuofua fakahoko ʻi he taimi naʻe fakafoki ai ʻa e puleʻangá ki hono fonua ʻo e talaʻofá hili hono tuku pōpula ʻi Pāpilone ʻi he taʻu ʻe 70. ʻI he toe lea ki he talaʻofa fekauʻaki mo e “langi foʻou mo ha fonua foʻou,” naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Pita ʻe toe fakahoko ʻa e kikité naʻa mo e ʻi ha tuʻunga lahi ange—ʻi māmani lahi!
Ko hono fokotuʻu ʻo ha ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻi he māmaní kotoa ko e finangalo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá, pea ʻe fakahoko mai ia ʻe hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní fakataha mo Kalaisi ko e Tuʻí. “ʻE ʻikai ofa heleta ha puleʻanga ki ha puleʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai kei fai ha akotau.” (Aisea 2:4) Ko e melino mo e malu fakaʻaufuli pehē ʻi he foʻi māmaní naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí ke ʻamanekina pea ke lotu ki ai ʻi he meʻa ʻoku maheniʻaki hono ui ko e Ko ʻEmau Tamaí, pe Lotu ʻa e ʻEikí, ʻo pehē: “Ke hoko hoʻo Pule, ke fai ho Finangalo, hange ko ia ʻi he langi ke pehe foki ʻi māmani.”—Mātiu 6:9, 10.
Te ke fiefia ke moʻui ʻi ha māmani ʻa ia ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻo hangē ko hēvaní? Ko e ʻamanaki ʻeni ʻoku tuku mai ʻe he Tohitapú ki he taha kotoa ʻoku kumi loto-ʻaufuatō ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi founga māʻoniʻoní.