ʻAi ʻa e “Melino oe Otua” ke Ne Maluʻi Ho Lotó
“Ke hangai fofonga mai ʻa Sihova kiate koe, mo ne ʻatu ʻa e melino.”—NOMIPA 6:26.
1. Ki muʻa siʻi pē pea mate ʻa Paulá, ko e hā naʻá ne tohi kia Tīmoté, pea fakahā ai ʻa e hā?
ʻI HE taʻu 65 T.S., naʻe nofo pōpula ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi Loma. Neongo naʻe vave ke ne mate fakamamahi ʻi he nima ʻo e kau tāmate fakalao Lomá, ka naʻe melino pē ʻa Paula ia. ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻeni mei he ngaahi lea naʻá ne tohi ki hono kaumeʻa kei siʻi ange ko Tīmoté, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Kuo u tau ʻa e tau lelei, kuo u lavaʻi ʻa e fakapuepue, kuo u tauhi mai ʻa e tui totonu. Hili ʻeni kuo tuku tauhi maʻaku ʻa e pale ʻo e maʻoniʻoni, ʻa ia ʻe toki ʻomi kiate au ʻi he ʻaho ko é ʻe he ʻEiki ko e fakamāu totonu.”—2 Tīmote 4:7, 8.
2. Ko e hā naʻá ne maluʻi ʻa e loto ʻo Paulá ʻi he faai mai ʻa ʻene moʻui fonu he ngāué, ʻo aʻu mai ki heʻene mate?
2 Naʻe malava fēfē ʻa Paula ke nonga pē ʻi he fehangahangai mo e maté? Koeʻuhi ko e “melino oe Otua, aia oku lahi hake aubito i he faa iloa” naʻá ne maluʻi hono lotó. (Filipai 4:7, PM) Ko e melino tatau pē ʻeni naʻá ne maluʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi taʻu kotoa fonu he ngāué talu mei heʻene liliu ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiané. Naʻe poupouʻi ia ʻe he melinó ni ʻi he ngaahi ʻohofi tokolahi, ngaahi nofo pilīsone, ngaahi taaʻi, mo e tolomakaʻi. Naʻe fakatupu-mālohi ia kiate ia ʻi heʻene faitau mo e tafoki mei he moʻoní mo e ngaahi tākiekina faka-Siú. Pea naʻe tokoni kiate ia ke fekuki mo e ngaahi konga kau tēmeniō taʻe hā mai. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe fakatupu-mālohi ʻa e melinó kiate ia ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.—2 Kolinitō 10:4, 5; 11:21-27; ʻEfesō 6:11, 12.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku langaʻi hake ʻo fekauʻaki mo e melino ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3 Ko ha mālohi lahi ē naʻe toki ʻilo ʻe Paula ko e melino ko ení! ʻE lava ʻa kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ke ako ke ʻilo pe ko e hā ia? ʻE tokoni kiate kitautolu ke maluʻi hotau ngaahi lotó pea fakatupu-mālohi kiate kitautolu ʻi heʻetau “tau ʻa e tau lelei ʻo e tui” ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e taimi ko ʻeni, ʻa e “ngaahi taimi faingataʻa”?—1 Tīmote 6:12; 2 Tīmote 3:1.
Melino mo e ʻOtuá—Founga Naʻe Mole Ai Iá
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻe niʻihi ʻo e foʻi lea ko e “melino” ʻi he Tohitapú?
4 ʻI he Tohitapú ʻoku lahi ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ki he foʻi lea ko e “melino.” Ko ha niʻihi ʻeni ʻo hangē ko hono fakahokohoko ʻi he The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology: “ʻI he F[uakava] M[otuʻa], ko e [sha·lohmʹ] (melino) ʻokú ne lave ki he tuʻunga lelei ʻi he ʻuhinga fakalūkufua ʻo e foʻi leá (Fakamaau 19:20); lakalakaimonū (Sāme 73:3), naʻa mo ʻene lave ki he faʻahinga fakaʻotuamate; ko e moʻui lelei fakaesino (ʻAisea 57:18[, 19]; Sāme 38:3); fiemālie . . . (Sēnesi 15:15 etc.); ko e vā lelei ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga mo e kau tangata ( . . . Fakamaau 4:17; 1 Kalonikali 12:17, 18); ko e fakamoʻui ( . . . Selemaia 29:11; fehoanaki mo Selemaia 14:13).” Ko e mahuʻinga lahi tahá ko e vā melino mo Sihova, pea ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ia, ko ha melino kehe mei ai ʻoku fakataimi mo fakangatangata pē.—2 Kolinitō 13:11.
5. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono uesia ʻi he kamataʻangá ʻa e melino ʻa e ngaahi fakatupu ʻa e ʻOtuá?
5 ʻI he kamataʻangá, naʻe melino kakato pe mo Sihova ʻa e fakatupú hono kātoa. Pea ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei naʻe fakahā ai ʻe he ʻOtuá naʻe mātuʻaki lelei ʻaupito ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻene ngaahi ngāue fakaefakatupú. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe kalanga fiefia ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ʻi hēvani ʻi heʻenau mamata ki aí. (Sēnesi 1:31; Siope 38:4-7) Kaekehe ko e meʻa pangó, naʻe ʻikai ke tuʻuloa ʻa e melino fakaeʻuniveesi ko iá. Naʻe maumauʻi ia ʻi hono kākaaʻi ʻe he meʻamoʻui laumālie kuo ʻiloa ʻi he taimí ni ko Sētané ʻa e meʻamoʻui poto mo foʻofoʻou taha ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko ʻIvi, mei heʻene talangofua ki he ʻOtuá. Ko e husepāniti ʻo ʻIví, ko ʻĀtama, naʻá ne muimui ʻiate ia, pea ʻi he ʻi ai ʻa e kau angatuʻu ʻe toko tolú ni, naʻe ʻi ai leva ʻa e moveuveu ʻi he ʻuniveesí.—Sēnesi 3:1-6.
6. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ko e ola ia ʻo e mole ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
6 Naʻe fakatuʻutāmaki kia ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e mole ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá, pea naʻá na fakaʻaʻau māmālie ke kovi ange fakaesino ʻo ngata ʻi heʻena mate. ʻI he ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe ʻĀtama ʻa e melino ʻi Palataisí, naʻe pau ke ne fekuki mo e kelekele tokatāmaki ʻi tuʻa ʻĪtení ke fafanga ʻa hono fāmili kuo tupú. ʻI he ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe ʻIvi ʻa e fiemālie ʻi he hoko ko ha faʻē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata haohaoá, naʻe fakatupu mai ʻe ʻIvi ha hako taʻehaohaoa ʻi he mamahi mo e faingataʻaʻia. Naʻe iku ʻa e mole ʻa e melino mei he ʻOtuá ki he meheka mo e fakamālohi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe Keini ʻa hono tokoua ko ʻĒpelí, pea ʻi he taimi ʻo e Lōmakí, naʻe fonu ʻa e māmaní hono kotoa ʻi he fakamālohi. (Sēnesi 3:7–4:16; 5:5; 6:11, 12) ʻI he mate ʻa ʻetau ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá, ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai te na ʻalu fiemālie ki hona faʻitoká, pe ʻi he “melino,” ʻo hangē ko ia ko ʻĒpalahamé ʻi he ʻosi ha ngaahi taʻu ʻe laui teau ki mui mai ai.—Sēnesi 15:15, NW.
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e kikite naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo kau ki ai ʻa ia naʻe tuhu ki hono toe fakafoki mai ʻa e melino kakato? (e) Naʻe hoko ʻo lahi fēfē ʻa e tākiekina ʻa e fili ʻo e ʻOtuá ko Sētane?
7 ʻI he hili ʻa e mole ʻa e melinó meia ʻĀtama mo ʻIví, ʻoku tau sio leva ki he ʻuluaki lave ʻi he Tohitapú ki he tāufehiʻá. Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Sētane ʻo pehē: “Te u ʻai ke mo fetāufehiʻa ʻaki, ʻa koe mo e fefine, pea ko ho hako mo hono hako; ʻe laiki ʻe ia ho ʻulu, pea te ke laiki ʻe koe ʻa hono muivaʻe.” (Sēnesi 3:15) ʻI he faai atu pē ʻa e taimí, naʻe tupulekina ʻa e tākiekina ʻa Sētané ki ha tuʻunga naʻe malava ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ke ne pehē: “Ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e fili.” (1 Sione 5:19) Ko ha mamani ʻi he malumalu ʻo Sētané ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai ke melino ia mo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia, naʻe feʻungamālie ʻa hono fakatokanga ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sēmisí ki he kau Kalisitiané: “ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko e takaua mo mamani ko e fakafili ia ki he ʻOtua?”—Sēmisi 4:4.
Nofo Melino ʻi ha Māmani Fakafili
8, 9. ʻI he hili ʻa e faiangahala ʻa Ātamá, naʻe malava fēfē ke hoko ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo melino mo e ʻOtuá?
8 ʻI he ʻuluaki lave ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ʻĪteni ki he lea ko e “fetāufehiʻa,” naʻá ne toe kikiteʻi foki ʻa e founga ʻa hono toe fakafoki ʻa e melino kakató ki heʻene fakatupú. Ko e hako talaʻofa ʻo e fefine ʻa e ʻOtuá te ne laiki ʻa e ʻulu ʻo e tokotaha naʻá ne ʻuluaki maumauʻi ʻa e melinó. Kamata mei ʻĪteni ʻo faai mai, ko kinautolu naʻa nau tui pīkitai ki he talaʻofa ko iá kuo nau maʻu ha vā lelei mo melino mo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakautuutu ʻeni ʻia ʻĒpalahame ʻo ne hoko ko e takanga.—2 Kalonikali 20:7; Sēmisi 2:23.
9 ʻI he taimi ʻo Mōsesé, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e fānau ʻo ʻIsilelí, ʻa e mokopuna ʻo ʻĒpalahamé, ko ha puleʻanga. Naʻá ne fie ʻoatu ʻa ʻene melinó ki he puleʻanga ko ʻení, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku tau vakai ki ai ʻi he tāpuaki naʻe fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻe ʻĒlone, ko e taulaʻeiki lahí: “Ke tapuakiʻi mai koe ʻe Sihova, mo ne tauhiʻi! Ke fakaulo mai ʻe Sihova hono fofonga kiate koe, mo ne ʻaloʻofa! Ke hangai fofonga mai ʻa Sihova kiate koe, mo ne ʻatu ʻa e melino!” (Nōmipa 6:24-26) ʻE ʻomai ʻe he melino ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi pale lahi, ka naʻe ʻoange fakatuʻunga ia.
10, 11. Naʻe fakatuʻunga ʻi he hā ʻa e melino ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻIsilelí, pea naʻe iku atu ki he hā?
10 Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki he puleʻangá: “Kapau te mou fou ʻi heʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo tauhi ʻeku ngaahi fekau ʻo fai ki ai; pea te u toki ʻatu haʻamou ʻuha ʻi hono taimi totonu, pea ʻe lakuna ʻe he kelekele hono mahu, pea ko e ngaahi ʻakau ʻo e ngoue te nau laku mai ʻenau fua. Pea te u tuku ke melino ʻa e fonua, pea te mou takoto, ʻo ʻikai fakahohaʻa ʻe ha taha: pea te u fakaʻosi ʻa e manu kovi mei he fonua, pea ʻe ʻikai fou atu ʻa e heleta ʻi homou fonua. Pea te u hāʻeleʻele ʻi homou lotolotonga, pea te u nofo ko homou ʻOtua, pea te mou nofo mai ko hoku kakai.” (Livitikō 26:3, 4, 6, 12) Naʻe lava ke maʻu ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e melino ko iá he naʻe maluʻi kinautolu mei honau ngaahi filí, naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga mahu fakamatelie, pea mo e vahaʻangatae vāofi mo Sihova. Ka ʻe fakatuʻunga pē ʻeni mei heʻenau pipiki ki he Lao ʻa Sihová.—Sāme 119:165.
11 ʻI he faai mai ʻo e hisitōlia ʻo e puleʻangá, ko e kau ʻIsileli naʻa nau feinga mateaki ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa Sihová naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e melino mo ia, pea naʻe faʻa toe hoko mai ai mo e ngaahi tāpuaki lahi kehe. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi muʻaki taʻu ʻo e pule ʻa Tuʻi Solomoné, naʻe ʻomai ʻe he melino mo e ʻOtuá ʻa e tuʻumālie fakamatelie pea pehē ki he ʻikai ke toe fai ha tau mo e ngaahi feituʻu kaungāʻapi ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí. ʻI he fakamatala ʻo kau ki he taimi ko iá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Toki nofo fiemalie ʻa Siuta mo Isileli taki taha ʻi hono lolo vaine mo lolo fiki, mei Tani ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, lolotonga ʻa e moʻui ʻa Solomone.” (1 Tuʻi 4:25) Naʻa mo e taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa e tau mo e ngaahi fonua kaungāʻapí, naʻe kei maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsileli mateakí ʻa e melino mahuʻinga, ko e melino mo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, naʻe tohi ai ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita, ko ha tangata-tau ʻiloa ʻo pehē: “Teu tokoto hifo i he fiemalie [melino, NW], o mohe: he ko koe be, E Jihova, oku ke bule keu nofo lelei.”—Sāme 4:8, PM.
Ko ha Makatuʻunga Lelei Ange ki he Melinó
12. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono talitekeʻi fakaʻosi ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá?
12 Faifai atu pē, naʻe hoko mai ʻa Sīsū, ʻa e hako ko ia te ne toe fakafoki mai ʻa e melino kakató, pea ʻi hono ʻaloʻí naʻe hiva ʻa e kau ʻāngeló: “Ko e kolōlia ki he ʻOtua ʻi langi taupotu, pea ko e melino ki māmani ki he kakai kuo hoifua ki ai.” (Luke 2:14) Naʻe hā ʻa Sīsū ʻi ʻIsileli, ka neongo ʻa ʻenau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fuakava ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe talitekeʻi ia ʻe he puleʻanga fakalūkufua ko iá pea tuku atu ia ki he kakai Lomá ke nau tāmateʻi. Taimi siʻi ki muʻa peá ne pekiá, naʻe tangi ʻa Sīsū koeʻuhi ko Selusalema, ʻo pehē: “ʻE, taumaiā ne ke lavea—keheā ho taimi ko eni—ʻio, ʻo lavea ʻe koe foki ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ai hoʻo lelei [melino, NW] ka kuo fufū ʻeni meiate koe.” (Luke 19:42; Sione 1:11) Naʻe mole ʻaupito mei ʻIsileli ʻa ʻenau melino mo e ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ko ʻenau talitekeʻi ʻa Sīsuú.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e founga foʻou naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova maʻá e tangatá ke ne maʻu ai ʻa e melino mo Ia?
13 Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai ke fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻa Sīsū mei he pekiá, pea naʻá ne ʻoatu kia Sihova ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo ʻene moʻui haohaoa naʻe huhuʻi maʻá e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata loto-totonú. (Hepelū 9:11-14) Naʻe hoko ʻa e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ko ha founga foʻou mo lelei ange ia ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻIsilelí mo e kakai Senitailé fakatouʻosi ʻa e melino ʻi honau vā mo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Lomá: “Naʻe fakalelei ʻa e ʻOtua kiate kitautolu ʻi he pekia ʻa hono ʻAlo, lolotonga ʻene filiʻaki kitautolu.” (Loma 5:10) ʻI he ʻuluaki senitulí, ko kinautolu naʻa nau fakamelino ʻi he founga ko ʻení naʻe paniʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke hoko ko e ngaahi foha ohi ʻo e ʻOtuá mo hoko ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga fakalaumālie foʻou naʻe ui ko e “Isileli oe Otua.”—Kalētia 6:16, PM; Sione 1:12, 13; 2 Kolinitō 1:21, 22; 1 Pita 2:9.
14, 15. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e melino ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea fakamatalaʻi ʻa e founga ʻo ʻene maluʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ʻoku nau hoko ai ko e tāketi ʻo e fakafili ʻa Sētané.
14 ʻE hoko ʻa e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālie foʻou ko ʻení ko e tāketi ʻo e fakafili meia Sētane mo e māmani ʻoku ʻi hono malumalú. (Sione 17:14) Kaekehe, te nau maʻu ʻa e “melino mei he ʻOtua ko e Tamai, mo Kalaisi Sisu ko hotau ʻEiki.” (2 Tīmote 1:2) Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū kiate kinautolu: “Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni kuo u tala kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke mou maʻu ʻiate au ha fiemālie [melino, NW]. ʻI māmani ʻoku mou maʻu fakamamahi: ka mou loto toʻa pe; kuo u ikuna ʻa mamani ʻe au.”—Sione 16:33.
15 Ko e melino ʻeni naʻe tokoni kia Paula mo hono kaungā-Kalisitiané ke kātaki neongo ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa naʻa nau fehangahangai mo iá. ʻOku hā mei ai ʻa e felāveʻi nonga mo feongoongoi mo e ʻOtuá ʻoku malava koeʻuhi ko e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú. ʻOkú ne ʻoange ki he tokotaha ʻokú ne maʻu iá ʻa e fakakaukau melino mo ʻāsinisini ʻi heʻene ʻilo ʻoku tokanga mai ʻa Sihova. Ko ha tama ʻoku lafi ʻi he nima ʻofa ʻo ʻene tamaí ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e ongo meimei tatau ʻo e melinó, ko e ʻilo pau taʻe fehuʻia ʻoku tokangaʻi ia ʻe ha taha ʻokú ne tokanga kiate iá. Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Filipaí: “Oua naa tokaga mamahi ki ha mea e taha; kae fakaha atu hoo mou holi i he mea kotoabe, ki he Otua, i he lotu moe lotu tāumau moe fakafetai. Bea koe melino oe Otua, aia oku lahi hake aubito i he faa iloa, te ne maluʻi ho mou laumalie mo ho mou loto ia Kalaisi Jisu.”—Filipai 4:6, 7, PM.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e kaunga ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá ki he vā ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí?
16 Ko e taha ʻo e nunuʻa ʻo e mole mei he tangatá ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá ko e tāufehiʻa mo e loto-kehekehe. Ko hono maʻu ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá naʻe iku atu ai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa e meʻa naʻe mātuʻaki kehe ia: ko e melino mo e fāʻūtaha ʻi honau lotolotongá, ʻa e meʻa naʻe ui ʻe Paula ko e “noʻo ko e melino.” (ʻEfesō 4:3) Naʻa nau ‘fakakaukau loto taha, mo nofo melino, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo e ʻofá mo e melinó naʻe ʻiate kinautolu.’ ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻa nau malangaʻi ʻa e “ongoongolelei ʻo e melino,” ʻa ia ko e ongoongo lelei ʻo e fakamoʻui ki he ‘ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻo e melino,’ ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tali ʻa e ongoongo leleí.—2 Kolinitō 13:11; Ngāue 10:36; Luke 10:5, 6, NW.
Ko ha Kovinanite Melino
17. Ko e hā kuo fai ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻa hono kakai ʻi hotau ʻahó ni?
17 ʻOku malava ke maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga melino peheé ʻi he ʻahó ni? ʻIo, ʻoku malava. Talu mei hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he 1914 ʻi he malumalu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakalāngilangiʻí, kuo fakatahatahaʻi mei he māmaní ʻe Sihova ʻa e toenga ʻo e ʻIsileli ʻo e ʻOtuá pea fai ha kovinanite melino mo kinautolu. Ko ia ai, kuó ne fakahoko ʻa ʻene talaʻofa naʻá ne fai ʻo fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko ʻIsikelí: “Pea te u fai mo kinautolu ha kovinanite melino: ʻe hoko ia ko e kovinanite taʻengata mo kinautolu: pea te u ʻai kinautolu, pea te u fakatokolahi kinautolu, pea te u tuku hoku potu tapu ʻi honau lotolotonga ʻo taʻengata.” (ʻIsikeli 37:26) Naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fuakava ko ʻení mo e kau Kalisitiane kuo ʻosi paní ʻa ia ʻoku nau tui ki he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú, ʻo hangē ko honau ngaahi tokoua ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. Kuo fakamaʻa kinautolu mei he ʻuli fakalaumālié, pea kuo nau fai ʻenau fakatapui kinautolu ki heʻenau Tamai fakahēvaní pea nau feinga ke muimui ki heʻene ngaahi fekaú. Ko e founga ʻiloa lahi taha ʻo ʻenau fai ení ko ʻenau takimuʻa ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá kuo fokotuʻú.—Mātiu 24:14.
18. Ko e hā kuo fai ʻe he niʻihi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ko e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻi he ʻIsileli ʻo e ʻOtuá?
18 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e kikité: “Pea ʻe fakamalumalu kinautolu ʻe hoku tapanekale, pea te u nofo ko honau ʻOtua, pea ko kinautolu te nau nofo mai ko hoku kakai. Pea ʻe ʻilo ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga ko Sihova au ʻoku fakatapuhaʻi ʻa Isileli.” (ʻIsikeli 37:27, 28) ʻI he fetāiaki mo e meʻa ko ʻení, ko e laui kilu, ʻio, ko e laui miliona mei he “ngaahi puleʻanga” kuo nau ʻiloʻi ko e huafa ʻo Sihová ʻoku ʻi he ʻIsileli ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sākalaia 8:23) Kuo nau fakatahataha mai mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ke tauhi kia Sihova fakataha mo e puleʻanga fakalaumālie ko iá, ʻo hoko ko e “fuʻu kakai lahi” naʻe kikiteʻi ʻi he tohi Fakahaá. Koeʻuhi kuo “nau fō honau kofu, ʻo fakahinehina ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e Lami,” te nau hao moʻui atu mei he mamahi lahí ki he māmani foʻou melino.—Fakahā 7:9, 14.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e melino ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻahó ni?
19 ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ʻIsileli ʻa e ʻOtuá fakataha mo e fuʻu kakai lahí ʻa e melino fakalaumālie ʻoku tatau mo e melino naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he malumalu ʻo Tuʻi Solomoné. Naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Maika ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolu: “Pea te nau tuki huotoho ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi heleta, mo e ngaahi hele ʻauhani ʻaki honau tao: ʻe ʻikai ofa ha heleta ʻe ha puleʻanga ki ha puleʻanga, pea ʻe ʻikai kei fai ha akotau. Ka te nau nofo taki taha ʻi hono lolo vaine, pea ʻi hono lolo fiki; ʻo ʻikai mafakahohaʻa kinautolu ʻe ha taha.” (Maika 4:3, 4; ʻAisea 2:2-4) ʻI he fetāiaki mo e meʻa ko ʻení, kuo nau tafoki mei he taú mo e fekeʻikeʻí, ʻo nau tuki fakaefakatātā ʻenau ngaahi heletā ko e ngaahi huo pea ko ʻenau ngaahi taó ko e ngaahi hele ʻauhani. Ko ia, ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi he fetokouaʻaki melino ʻi he tuʻunga fakavahaʻapuleʻanga, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā honau puleʻanga, lea, matakali, pe tuʻunga fakasōsiale. Pea ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi hono fakapapauʻi ʻa e maluʻi mo e tokangaʻi ʻoku fai ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolú. ‘ʻOku ʻikai ha taha te ne mafakahohaʻa kinautolu.’ Ko e moʻoni, ‘ko Sihova tonu kuó ne foaki ivi ki hono kakaí; ko Sihova tonu kuó ne ʻatu ki hono kakaí ʻa e melino monau tapuaki.’—Sāme 29:11.
20, 21. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga kuo pau ai ke tau ngāue ke fakatolonga ʻa ʻetau melino mo e ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau leaʻaki ʻo kau ki he ngaahi feinga ʻa Sētane ke fakaʻauha ʻa e melino ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
20 Kaekehe, ʻo hangē pē ko ia ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ko e melino ʻi he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e fakafili meia Sētane. Naʻe lī ki tuʻa mei hēvani ʻa Sētane ʻi he hili hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he 1914, pea talu mei ai mo e faitau ʻa Sētane “mo hono toe ʻo e hako ʻo e fefine.” (Fakahā 12:17) Naʻa mo e taimi ʻo Paulá naʻá ne fakatokanga: “He talaʻehai ko ʻetau milimilisino ni ko e fai mo ha toto mo kakano; kaekehe, ko e fai mo e . . . ngaahi kongakau laumalie ʻa e kovi ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻo langi.” (ʻEfesō 6:12) ʻOku fakavavevave ʻa e fakatokanga ko ʻení he ʻoku fakangatangata pē ʻa Sētane ki he foʻi māmaní.
21 Kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻokú ne malavá ʻi heʻene feinga ke fakaʻauha ʻa e melino ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka kuo ʻikai te ne lava. ʻI he 1919, naʻe ʻikai ke aʻu ki he toko 10,000 ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau feinga ke tauhi angatonu ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku lahi hake ʻi he toko fā miliona kuo nau ikuna ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa ʻenau tui. (1 Sione 5:4) Ko ha meʻa moʻoni ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá mo e femelinoʻakí ki he faʻahinga ko ʻení, neongo ʻoku nau kātakiʻi ʻa e fakafili ʻa Sētane mo hono hakó. Ka koeʻuhi ko e fakafili ko ení pea mo hotau tuʻunga angahalaʻiá tonu pea mo e ngaahi “taimi faingataʻa” ʻa ia ʻoku tau moʻui aí, kuo pau ke tau ngāue tōtōivi ke fakatolonga ʻa ʻetau melinó. (2 Tīmote 3:1) ʻI he kupu hono hoko maí, te tau sio ai ki he meʻa ʻoku kau ki aí.
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ne mole ai ʻi he kamataʻangá ʻa e melino ʻa e tangatá mo e ʻOtuá?
◻ Naʻe fakatuʻunga ʻi he hā ʻa e melino ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻIsilelí?
◻ ʻOku fakatuʻunga ʻi he hā ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻahó ni?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e “melino oe Otua” ʻa ia ʻokú ne maluʻi hotau lotó?
◻ Ko e toe hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku tau maʻu ʻo kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá?