ʻAi ke Mālohi ʻEtau Loto-Falala ki he Tuʻunga Māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá
“Koeʻuhia ke tuʻu hoʻo [loto-falala] kia Sihova; ko ia ai kuo u fakaʻilo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ni kiate koe.”—PALOVEPI 22:19.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e loto-falala kia Sihová? (Palovepi 22:19) (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he faʻahinga tāutaha ʻe niʻihi ke ʻai ke mālohi ʻenau loto-falala kia Sihová?
ʻOKU tāpuekinaʻaki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e ʻilo totonu fekauʻaki mo Sihová pea fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá. ʻOku tokonaki anga-ʻofa mai ʻe he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” kiate kinautolu ʻa e “mea kai [fakalaumālie] i hono taimi totonu.” (Mātiu 24:45, PM) Ko e ʻilo ʻoku nau maʻú ʻokú ne tokonaki kiate kinautolu ha makatuʻunga fefeka ke fakatuʻunga mei ai ʻenau loto-falala ki he ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kulupú, ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e loto-falala makehe kia Sihova pea ʻi hono tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní.
2 Kae kehe, ʻoku hā ʻi he tuʻunga fakatāutahá, ʻe fiemaʻu nai ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe niʻihi ke ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e loto-falala peheé. ʻOku maʻu ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ʻe he Sōsaietí ʻa e ngaahi faitohi ʻoku fakahā ai ʻa e veiveiua fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakamatala ʻoku ʻoatu ʻi heʻene ngaahi tohí. Ko e ngaahi veiveiua ko ʻení ko ha tali nai ia ki ha ngaahi fakatonutonu ʻi he mahinó, pe ʻoku lāulea nai ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne uesia ʻa e tokotaha fehuʻí, tautefito ʻi ha founga fakaeongo.—Fakafehoanaki mo Sione 6:60, 61.
3. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke hoko ʻo aʻu pē ki he kau sevāniti anga-tonu ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
3 Naʻa mo e kau sevāniti moʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau aʻusia ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e Koheleti 9:11: “Foki au, ʻo u vakai ʻi he lalo laʻa, ta ko e pue ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻa e veʻevave pe, pea ko e tau ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻa e kau mafi pe; pehe foki ko e meʻakai ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻa e poto pe, mo e koloa ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻa e maʻu ʻatamai pe, kaeʻumaʻa ʻa e tokangaʻekina ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻa e kakai ʻilomeʻa pe; he ʻoku hokonoa ki he faʻahinga kotoa pe ʻa e faingamalie mo e tuʻutamaki.” ʻE fakamoʻoniʻi fēfē nai ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi ha ʻuhinga lahi ange, pe fakalaumālie? Kuo tau ʻiloʻi nai ha kau Kalisitiane ʻa ia naʻa nau fakavave fekauʻaki mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa e Tohitapú, mālohi ʻi hono taukapoʻi ʻo e moʻoní, poto ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú, pea faivelenga ʻi he kumi ki he ʻilo totonú. Ka koeʻuhi ko e “hokonoa . . . ʻa e faingamalie mo e tuʻutamaki,” ʻoku sio nai ai ʻa e niʻihi kiate kinautolu kuo fakangatangata koeʻuhi ko e nunuʻa ʻo ha fakatuʻutāmaki pe ko e taʻumotuʻá. ʻOku nau fifili nai pe te nau hū ki he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ʻikai ʻaupito toe fou ʻi he maté.
4, 5. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ha ʻuhinga ke mole mei he kau Kalisitiané ʻa ʻenau loto-falala ki he tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová?
4 ʻI he taimi ʻoku mole atu ai ha hoa mali ʻo ha Kalisitiane, ko e mamahí mo e ongoʻi tuēnoá ʻoku maongo moʻoni. Kuó na ngāue fakataha nai kia Sihova, ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu pe naʻa mo ha laui hongofuluʻi taʻu. ʻOku ʻiloʻi ʻe he hoa mali ʻoku kei moʻuí ʻoku hanga ʻe he maté ʻo vete ʻa e haʻi ʻo e nofo malí.a (1 Kolinito 7:39) Ka, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa matoʻo ʻa ʻene loto-falalá, kuo pau ke ne hanganaki mapuleʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi ongó.—Fakafehoanaki mo Maake 16:8.
5 He meʻa fakapotopoto moʻoni ke vakai ki he mate ʻa ha hoa mali, mātuʻa, tama, pe ko ha kaumeʻa ofi Kalisitiane ko ha faingamālie ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e loto-falala ki he tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová! Naʻa mo e ʻi he fehangahangai mo e mole fakafoʻituituí, ʻoku lava ke tau loto-falala ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova. ʻOku lava ke tau loto-falala ko e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá—tatau ai pē pe ko e fakafou ʻi he hao moʻui pe ʻi he toetuʻú—ʻe fiefia. Fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “ʻOku ke folahi ho nima, pea ke fakamakona ʻa e holi ʻa e meʻa moʻui kotoa. Ko e fai [māʻoniʻoni] ʻa Sihova ʻi hono ʻalunga kotoa, pea ʻi heʻene ngaue kotoa pe ʻoku ne fai ʻofa. ʻOku ofi leva ʻa Sihova ki he kakai kotoa ʻoku tautapa kiate ia; ʻakinautolu ʻoku fai moʻoni ʻenau tautapa. Ko e holi ʻa e kakai ʻoku ʻapasia kiate ia ʻoku ne fakaai; pea ʻoku ongo kiate ia ʻenau kaila, ʻo ne fakamoʻui.”—Sāme 145:16-19.
Ngaahi Ongoʻi ʻo e Faingataʻaʻia Taʻetotonu
6, 7. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku maʻu ai he taimí ni ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa ia naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia he kuohilí ha mahino kehé? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau fakakaukau ʻoku taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene fakangofua ha faingataʻaʻia pehē ʻi he kuohilí?
6 ʻI he kuohilí, kuo faingataʻaʻia ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe niʻihi ʻi heʻenau fakafisi ko ia ke kau ʻi ha ngāue ʻe fakaʻatā nai ia ʻi he taimí ni ʻe honau konisēnisí. Ko e fakatātaá, mahalo pē ko ʻenau fili ia he ngaahi taʻu kuohilí fekauʻaki mo ha faʻahinga ngāue fakasiviliane ʻe niʻihi. ʻE ongoʻi nai ʻe ha tokoua ia he taimí ni ʻe lava ke ne fai ia ʻo fakatatau ki hono konisēnisí ʻo ʻikai lākahala ai mei heʻene tuʻu ʻatā faka-Kalisitiane fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotongá.
7 Ko ha taʻemāʻoniʻoni ia ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa Sihová ʻi hono fakaʻatā ia ke faingataʻaʻia ʻi heʻene talitekeʻi ʻa e meʻa te ne fai nai he taimí ni ʻo ʻikai hano ngaahi nunuʻá? Ko e tokolahi taha kuo nau hokosia iá ʻe ʻikai te nau fakakaukau pehē. Ka, ʻoku nau fiefia he naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e faingamālie ʻo hono fakahāhaaʻi fakahāhā mo maʻalaʻala naʻa nau fakapapau ke tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻīsiu fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga-hau fakalevelevá. (Fakafehoanaki mo Siope 27:5.) Ko e hā ha ʻuhinga ʻe lava ke maʻu ʻe ha taha ke fakaʻiseʻisa ai mei he muimui ki hono konisēnisí ʻi hono fai ha tuʻumaʻu maʻa Sihova? ʻI hono poupouʻi mateaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Kalisitiané ʻo hangē ko ʻenau mahinoʻi kinautolú pe ko hono tali ʻa e tā mai ʻo e konisēnisí, naʻa nau fakamoʻoniʻi ai naʻa nau taau ke kaumeʻa mo Sihova. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ha ʻalunga ʻa ia te ne uesia ai ha konisēnisi ʻo ha taha pe ngalingali te ne fakatupunga nai ke hoko ʻo tūkia ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé. ʻE lava ke tau fakakaukau ʻi he tuʻunga ko ení ʻo fekauʻaki mo e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá.—1 Kolinito 8:12, 13; 10:31-33.
8. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ha ʻuhinga ki he kau Kalisitiane Siu, ʻa ia naʻa nau piki ki muʻa ki he Laó, ke fehuʻia ʻa e tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová?
8 Koeʻuhi ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova, naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Siú ke nau talangofua ki he Fekau ʻe Hongofulú pea pehē ki he ngaahi toe lao kehekehe lahi ʻe 600 nai. Ki mui mai, ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Kalisitiané, ko e talangofua pehē ki he ngaahi lao ko ʻení naʻe ʻikai kei hoko ia ko ha fiemaʻu ʻi hono tauhi ʻa Sihová, ʻo aʻu ai pē ki he kau Siu fakaekakanó. Ko e ngaahi lao ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke kei fai ha talangofua ki aí ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku felāveʻi mo e kamú, tauhi ʻo e Sāpaté, fai ʻo e ngaahi feilaulau monumanú, mo hono tauhi ʻo e ngaahi fakangatangata pau ʻi he meʻakaí. (1 Kolinito 7:19; 10:25; Kolose 2:16, 17; Hepelu 10:1, 11-14) Ko e kau Siú—kau ai ʻa e kau ʻapositoló—ʻa ia naʻa nau hoko ko e kau Kalisitiané naʻe fakaʻatā kinautolu mei he ngafa ko ia ʻo hono tauhi ʻa e ngaahi lao naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau talangofua ki ai ʻi he taimi naʻa nau ʻi he malumalu ai ʻo e fuakava Laó. Naʻa nau lāunga ʻoku taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fiemaʻu ki muʻa meiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai ke kei fiemaʻú? ʻIkai, naʻa nau fiefia ʻi he maʻu ʻo e mahino lahi ange ki he ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sihová.—Ngāue 16:4, 5.
9. Ko e hā kuo hoko ʻo moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe niʻihi, ka ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ha ʻuhinga ke nau fakaʻiseʻisá?
9 ʻI he kuongá ni, kuo ʻi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fuʻu fefeka ʻi heʻenau fakakaukau ki he meʻa te nau fai pe ʻikai ke faí. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko iá naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia ai ʻo lahi ange ʻi he niʻihi kehé. Ki mui mai, kuo tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻi he tupulaki ʻo e ʻiló ke fakalahi atu ʻenau vakai ki he ngaahi meʻá. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻuhinga ia ke nau fakaʻiseʻisa ai ʻi heʻenau fai ki muʻa ange ʻo fehoanaki mo honau konisēnisí, naʻa mo e taimi naʻe ngalingali ʻe ʻomai ai ʻe he meʻá ni ha faingataʻaʻia lahi angé. Ko e moʻoni ʻoku taau ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa ʻenau fakahāhaaʻi ʻenau loto-lelei ke faingataʻaʻia ʻi heʻenau anga-tonu kia Sihová, ke “fai behe ni koeuhi koe ogoogolelei.” ʻOku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua peheé. (1 Kolinito 9:23, PM; Hepelu 6:10) Naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá fakataha mo e ʻiloʻilo: “Kapau ʻoku mou fai lelei kae ngaohikovia, ʻo mou ʻukuma pe, seuke, ko e meʻa ko ia ʻoku fakafetaʻia mei he ʻOtua.”—1 Pita 2:20.
Ako Meia Siona
10, 11. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Siona ʻa e taʻelotofalala kia Sihová (a) ʻi hono ʻoange ʻa e vāhenga-ngāue ke ʻalu ki Ninivé? (e) ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻauha ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau Ninivé?
10 ʻI hono fakahinohino ke ʻalu ki Ninivé, naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Siona ʻa e taʻehoungaʻia ki he loto-falala naʻe tuku ange ʻe Sihova kiate iá. Hili ʻene hokosia ha meʻa fakalilifu ne hoko mai ʻi heʻene fakatoupīkoi pē ʻaʻana ke talangofuá, naʻe fakakaukau lelei ʻa Siona, ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa ʻene fehālaakí, tali ʻa hono vāhenga-ngāue mulí, pea fakatokanga ki he kau Ninivé fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻauha ʻoku ene ke hokó. Naʻe hoko mai leva ʻa e meʻa naʻe taʻeʻamanekiná: Koeʻuhi ko e fakakaukau fakatomala ʻa e kau Ninivé, naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ke tuku honau fakaʻauhá.—Siona 1:1–3:10.
11 Ko e hā e ongoʻi ʻa Sioná? ʻI he loto-ʻingoʻingo, naʻá ne lāunga ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he lotu. Ko e tefito ʻo ʻene lāungá naʻe peheni: ‘Naʻá ku sioloto atu pē au ʻe peheni ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. Ko hono ʻuhinga ia naʻe ʻikai te u fie haʻu ai ki Ninive ʻi he kamatá. Kae, hili ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko eni kuó u fouá, ʻo kau ai ʻa e manavahē mo e ongoʻi mā ʻi hono folo ʻe ha fuʻu ika, pea hili ia ʻeku ngāue mālohi ʻi he fakatokanga ki he kau Ninivé fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻauha ʻoku tuʻunuku maí, ko e meʻá ni! Kuo mole taʻeʻaonga kotoa pē ʻeku ngāué mo ʻeku faingataʻaʻiá! ʻOku lelei ange kiate au ke u mate!’—Siona 4:1-3.
12. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ako mei he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Sioná?
12 Naʻe ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga lelei ʻa Siona ke lāunga ai? Naʻe taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi hono fakalahi atu ʻa e meesi ki he kau faihala fakatomalá? Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe totonu ke fiefia ʻa Siona; ko e laui mano ē ʻa e kakai naʻe pau ke fakahaofi mei hono fakaʻauhá! (Siona 4:11) Ka ko ʻene fakakaukau taʻefakaʻapaʻapa mo lāungá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahāhā ʻa e falala loloto ki he tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa kiate ia pea fuʻu siʻisiʻi fekauʻaki mo e niʻihi kehé. Tau ako meia Siona ʻaki hono hanganaki tuku ki mui kitautolu mo ʻetau ngaahi ongoʻi fakafoʻituituí. Tau hoko ʻo tuipau ko e talangofua kia Sihová, ʻo muimui ʻi he tataki ʻoku ʻomai fakafou ʻi heʻene kautahá pea tali ʻa ʻene ngaahi filí, ko e meʻa totonu ia ke faí. ʻOku tau tuipau “kuo pau ke lelei ha taha ʻoku ʻapasia kia Elohimi.”—Koheleti 8:12.
Ko e Taimi ʻEni ke ʻAi Ai ke Mālohi ʻEtau Loto-Falalá!
13. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ʻai kotoa ke mālohi ʻa ʻetau loto-falala kia Sihová?
13 Ko hono ʻai ke mālohi ʻa ʻetau loto-falala kia Sihová ko e ʻalunga ia ʻo e potó. (Palovepi 3:5-8) Ko e moʻoni, kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he lotu pē ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke hoko ʻo loto-falala lahi angé. Ko e tupu ʻa e loto-falalá ʻoku makatuʻunga ia ʻi he ʻilo totonu, ko ia kuo pau ke tau fai ha ako Tohitapu fakafoʻituitui, ʻo lau fakatouʻosi ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi fakamatalaʻi ʻo e Tohitapú, ko e konga ia ʻo ʻetau polokalama tuʻumaʻu fakaʻahó. Ko e maʻu maʻu pē ʻo e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga, ʻo tatau pē mo e teuteu leleí mo e kau atu ki ai ʻi he lahi taha ʻe ala lavá. Ko hono angaʻaki ko ia ʻa hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú ki he niʻihi kehé, ʻo ikuʻi fakapotopoto ʻa e ngaahi fakafepakí, ʻokú ne toe ʻai ke lahi ange ai ʻa ʻetau loto-falala kia Sihova pea ki heʻene Folofolá. ʻOku tau hoko ai ʻo felāveʻi lahi ange mo ia ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaʻaho.
14. Ko e hā ʻe vavé ni ai hono fiemaʻu ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakahāhā ʻenau loto-falala ʻoku teʻeki ʻaupito pehē ki muʻa kia Sihová?
14 ʻI he kahaʻu vave maí, ʻe hoko fakafokifā ai ʻa e taimi ʻo e fakamamahi lahi taha kuó ne taaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (Mātiu 24:21) ʻI heʻene hokó, ʻe fiemaʻu ai ʻo lahi ange ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa ki he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakahāhā ʻa e loto-falala ki he tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová pea ʻi he tataki kuo tokonaki mai ʻe heʻene kautahá. ʻI ha founga fakaefakaʻilonga, te nau talangofua loto-falala leva ki he ekinaki ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Haʻu ange, siʻoku kakai, hu ki ho ngaahi loki, ʻo tapuni ʻa e matapa kiate koe: toi ko e foʻi kemo pe, kae ʻoua ke laka atu ʻa e tautea.” (Aisea 26:20) Kuo nau ʻosi hū ki ha ʻatimosifia malu ʻa ia ko e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga laka hake he 85,000 ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe 232. Ko e hā pē nai ʻe tānaki atu ʻo fakakau ki he ekinaki ke “hu ki ho ngaahi loki,” ʻoku lava ke tau loto-falala ʻe tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke fakahoko ia.
15. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakamamafaʻi ʻa e meʻa fekauʻaki mo e loto-falalá lolotonga ʻa e 1998, pea ko e hā ʻoku tonu ai iá?
15 ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻai ke mālohi ʻetau loto-falalá he taimí ni. ʻI he ʻikai ha loto-falala ki hotau fanga tokoua Kalisitiané, ki he kautaha ʻa Sihová, pea hiliō ʻi he meʻa kotoa, kia Sihova tonu, ʻe ʻikai malava ha hao. Ko ia he feʻungamālie ē ko ia ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e 1998, kuo toutou fakamanatu ai ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he māmaní kotoa, ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻi heʻenau potu tohi ki he taʻú, “ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻe fakamoʻui”! (Loma 10:13, NW) ʻI he meʻa ko iá kuo pau ke hokohoko atu ʻa ʻetau loto-falalá. Kapau ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi naʻa mo ha kiʻi veiveiua siʻisiʻi ki he loto-falala ko ʻení, ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāue ke fakatonutonu ia he taimí ni, ʻio, ʻi he ʻahó ni.
ʻE Māʻoniʻoni ʻa e Fakamaau ʻa Sihová
16. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke hoko ki he loto-falalá kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupulekina, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau taʻofi ʻeni mei haʻane hoko?
16 ʻI he Hepelu 3:14, ʻoku fakatokanga ai ki he kau Kalisitiane paní: “Kuo tau hoko ko e kau ʻinasi ʻia Kalaisi, ʻo kapauā ʻoku tau kuku maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻa e [loto-falala] naʻa tau kamata ʻaki.” ʻI he tefitoʻi moʻoní, ko e ngaahi leá ni ʻoku toe ngāueʻaki ia ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakaemāmaní. ʻE lava ke mole ʻa e loto-falala ki muʻá kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupulekina. He mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ē ke tau hokohoko atu ʻa e tuli ki he ʻilo totonú, ʻo ʻai ai ke mālohi ʻa e makatuʻunga ko ia ʻoku fakatuʻunga mei ai ʻa ʻetau loto-falalá!
17. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau loto-falala, fekauʻaki mo e haó ʻe fakamaau totonu ʻa Sīsū?
17 ʻE vavé ni ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻe Kalaisi koeʻuhi ke lava ke ne ‘vaheʻi ʻa e kakaí, ʻo hange ʻoku vaheʻi ʻe ha tauhisipi ʻa e fanga sipí mei he fanga kosí.’ (Mātiu 25:31-33) ʻOku lava ke tau loto-falala ʻe māʻoniʻoni ʻa Kalaisi ʻi hono fakamāuʻi pe ko hai ʻoku taau ke haó. Kuo ʻoange kiate ia ʻe Sihova ʻa e poto, ʻiloʻilo, mo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga kehe ʻoku fiemaʻú ke ne “fakamāu maonioni ai a mamani.” (Ngāue 17:30, 31, PM) Tuku ke hoko ʻetau tuipaú ʻo hangē ko ia ko ʻĒpalahamé, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē: “Mole ke mamaʻo ʻa e fai ʻe he ʻAfiona [Sihova] ha meʻa pehe, ʻa e tamateʻi ʻa e maʻoniʻoni fakataha mo e angahala, ʻio, ke fakatatau ʻa e maʻoniʻoni mo e angahala: mole ke mamaʻo haʻo fai pehe: ʻo ʻikai fai totonu koā ʻa e Tuʻi Fakamāu ʻo mamani katoa?”—Senesi 18:25.
18. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua te tau hoko ʻo hohaʻa tōtuʻa fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai nai ke tau ʻilo ʻi he lolotonga ní?
18 ʻAki ʻa e loto-falala kakato ki he tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke tau hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo hono maʻu ha tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi hangē ko ʻení: ‘ʻE fakamāuʻi fēfē ʻa e fanga kiʻi pēpeé mo e fānau īkí? ʻE teʻeki ai nai ke aʻu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ia ki he fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa ʻĀmaketoné? Fēfē ʻa e kau puke fakaʻatamaí? Fēfē ʻa e . . . ?’ Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai nai ke tau ʻilo he lolotongá ni ʻa e founga ʻe fakaleleiʻiʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi ʻīsiu ko ʻení. Kae kehe, te ne fai ia, ʻi ha founga māʻoniʻoni mo mohu meesi. ʻOku totonu ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau veiveiua ki ai. Ko hono moʻoní, te tau fakatumutumu nai mo fiefia ke vakai kiate ia ʻi heʻene fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi ha founga naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke tau fakakaukau ki ai.—Fakafehoanaki mo Siope 42:3; Sāme 78:11-16; 136:4-9; Mātiu 15:31; Luke 2:47.
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai hala ai ke ʻeke ha ngaahi fehuʻi ʻuhinga lelei? (e) Ko fē ʻa e taimi ʻe tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi tali ʻoku fiemaʻú?
19 ʻOku ʻikai ke fakalotosiʻi ʻe he kautaha ʻa Sihová ia ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi loto-moʻoni mo taimi totonu, ʻo hangē ko e taukaveʻi hala ʻa e kau fakafepaki ʻe niʻihi. (1 Pita 1:10-12) Kae kehe, ʻoku akonaki mai ʻa e Tohitapú ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi fehuʻi launoa mo fakamahaló. (Taitusi 3:9) Ko hono ʻeke ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻuhinga leleí mo e fekumi ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e ngaahi tohi faka-Kalisitiané ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tali faka-Tohitapú ʻe lava ke tupulaki ai ʻetau ʻilo totonú pea ʻe lava ai ke ʻai ke mālohi ʻetau loto-falala kia Sihová. ʻOku muimui ʻa e kautahá ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsuú. Naʻá ne fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻa ia naʻe teʻeki aʻu ki he taimi totonu ki hono talí. Naʻá ne fakamatala: “ʻOku kei toe lahi ʻeku meʻa ke lea ki ai kiate kimoutolu, ka ʻoku ʻikai te mou faʻa kataki ʻi he taimi ni.” (Sione 16:12) Naʻá ne toe fakahaaʻi naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻe ia tonu ʻi he tuʻunga ko iá.—Mātiu 24:36.
20 ʻOku kei toe lahi ʻa e meʻa ke fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihová. He fakapotopoto ē ke tatali kiate ia, ʻo loto-falala ko e taimi tonu ko ia ʻo ʻene fakahāhā ʻa ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá ʻe feʻunga tonu pē ia ki hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻi he taimi ko iá. ʻOku lava ke tau loto-falala ko ʻene hoko mai pē ʻa e taimi kotofa ʻa Sihová, te tau fiefia leva ʻi hono maʻu ʻa e ʻilo lahi ange ki heʻene ngaahi foungá. ʻIo, ʻe fakapaleʻi kitautolu, kapau pē ʻoku tau ngāueʻi ʻa e loto-falala kakato kia Sihova pea mo e kautaha ʻokú ne ngāueʻakí. ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Palovepi 14:26 kiate kitautolu: “ʻOku ō mo e ʻapasia kia Sihova ʻa e [loto-falala] malohi: pea ko e fanau ʻa ha taha pehe, ʻoku ai hanau paletuʻa.”
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Sio ki he The Watchtower, ʻOkatopa 15, 1967, peesi 638; Ko e Taua Leʻo ʻo Tīsema 1, 1987, peesi 30.
Ko e Hā Hoʻo Fakakaukaú?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku taʻefakapotopoto ai ke fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi ongó ke ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻetau loto-falala kia Sihová?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ako mei he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Sioná?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai ʻa e ako Tohitapú mo e maʻu fakatahá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Naʻa mo e fehangahangai mo e mole fakafoʻituituí, ʻoku lava ke tau loto-falala ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
ʻOkú ke fakapapauʻi ko hoʻo loto-falalá ʻoku ʻia Sihova?