Leaʻaki ʻa e Lea Maʻá pea Moʻui Taʻengata!
“Vivili kia Sihova, . . . Vivili ki he faitotonu [māʻoniʻoni, “NW”], mou vivili ki he anga vaivai: Heiʻilo ʻe fufū kimoutolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova.”—SEFANAIA 2:3.
1. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo founga ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau akó ke ako ai ʻi ha lea foʻou? (e) Ko e hā ke leaʻaki ai ʻa e lea maʻá?
ʻOKU ako nai ʻe he kau akó ha lea foʻou ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e founga fakakalama pe founga hono leaʻaki ʻa e leá. ʻI he founga fakakalamá, ʻoku nau faʻa ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tohi ke ako ki he ngaahi lao fakakalamá. ʻI he founga leaʻaki ʻo e leá, ʻoku nau faʻifaʻitaki ki he ngaahi ongo mo e ngaahi sīpinga puʻakilea ʻa ʻenau faiakó. Kuo ngāueʻaki fakatouʻosi ʻa e ongo foungá ni ki he ako ki he “lea maa.” Pea ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea ko ʻení kapau ʻoku tau ʻamanaki atu ke “fufū [kitautolu] ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova.”—Sēfanaia 2:1-3; 3:8, 9, PM.
2. ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau ako ki he meʻa ko ia ʻoku ui nai ko e lao ki he kalama ʻo e lea maʻá?
2 Ko e tohi tefito kuo ngāueʻaki ki he ako ki he lea maʻá ko e Tohitapú. Ko e ako fakamātoato ki aí mo e ngaahi tohi kuo pulusi makatuʻunga mei he Tohitapú ʻoku akoʻi ai koe ki he meʻa ʻoku ui nai ko e ngaahi lao ki he kalama ʻo e lea maʻá. Ko ha kamataʻanga lelei ko ha ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapi ʻoku fai ʻe ha tokotaha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. ʻOku ʻikai ke ala tuku ʻa e ako fakamātoato maʻu pē ʻo e Tohitapú ʻe kinautolu kuo ʻosi fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi founga lavameʻa tefito ke ako ai ki he lea maʻá? Pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ko e ola ʻo hono leaʻaki iá?
Founga ke Ako Ai ki he Lea Maʻá
3. Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻe taha ke ako ai ki he lea maʻá?
3 Ko e founga ʻe taha ke ako ai ki he lea maʻá ko e fakafehokotaki ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻokú ke akó mo e ngaahi poini kuó ke ʻosi ʻiló, ʻo hangē tofu pē ʻoku fakafehokotaki fakalakalaka ʻa e ngaahi lao kehekehe fakakalamá ʻe ha tokotaha ako ki he leá. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻi he taimi ʻe taha kuó ke ʻilo nai ko Sīsū Kalaisi ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ka naʻe siʻi hoʻo ʻilo ki hono ngaahi fatongiá. Talu mei ai, kuo akoʻi nai koe ʻe he ako ʻo e Tohitapú ʻoku pule ʻa Kalaisi ʻi he taimí ni ko ha Tuʻi fakahēvani pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene Pule Taʻu Taha Afé, ʻe hiki hake ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata talangofuá ki he tuʻunga haohaoa. (Fakahā 20:5, 6) ʻIo, ʻoku fakalakalaka hoʻo maʻu ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi hono fakafehokotaki ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau foʻoú mo ia kuó ke ʻosi ʻiló.
4. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e toe founga ʻe taha ke ako ai ki he ‘ngaahi lao fakakalama’ ʻo e lea maʻá, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú ʻoku ngāueʻaki ke fakatātā ʻaki ʻa e meʻá ni? (e) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Kitione mo ʻene kau tangata ʻe toko tolu ngeaú? (f) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke ako mei he fakamatala ʻo fekauʻaki mo Kitioné?
4 Ko e founga ʻe taha ke ako ai ki he ‘ngaahi lao fakakalama’ ʻo e lea maʻá ko e sio loto ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻi he Tohitapú. Ko e fakatātā: Feinga ke ke ‘sio mo fanongo’ ki he fakamatala kuo hiki ʻi he Fakamaau 7:15-23, PM. Vakai! Ko e fakamaau ʻIsileli ko Kitioné kuó ne vahevahe ʻene kau taú ki he ngaahi konga ʻe tolu ʻo taki toko teau ʻa e kau tangata. ʻI he fakapoʻulí, ʻoku nau hifo fakaoloolo mei he Moʻunga Kilipoá, ʻo ʻātakaiʻi ʻa e ʻapitanga ʻo e kau Mitiane kuo maʻu mohé. ʻOku fakamahafu lahi ʻa e kau tangata ko ʻeni ʻe toko tolungeaú? ʻIkai ʻi he tuʻunga fakakautaú. Kapau ʻe sio ʻa e kau tau loto-mahikihikí kiate kinautolu te nau kata manuki! Ko e tangata taki taha ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene meʻa-fakalea, ko ha fuʻu siā vai lahi, mo ha tūhulu ʻi he loto siaá pē. Ka ke fanongo ā! ʻI ha fakaʻilonga naʻe fai, ʻoku ifi ʻe he kau tangata ʻe toko teau ʻa Kitioné ʻa ʻenau ngaahi meʻa-fakaleá pea haveʻi mo ʻenau ngaahi siā vaí. Pea pehē mo e toko uangeau ko ē. ʻI he hiki kotoa ʻa ʻenau ngaahi tūhulú ki ʻolungá, ʻokú ke fanongo ki heʻenau kaila: “Koe heleta a Jihova, bea mo Kitione”! Ko ha fakamanavaheeʻi lahi ē ki he kau Mitiané! ʻOku nau taufā holo pē mei honau ngaahi tēnití, ʻi heʻenau ʻā velemohe ʻi he ilifia ʻi he sio ki he ulo mai ʻo e ngaahi tūhulu ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakaeʻa ʻa e ngaahi fōtungá pea fakatupunga ai ha ilifia. ʻI he kamata ke feholaki ʻa e kau Mitiané, ʻoku hokohoko atu pē ʻe he kau tangata ʻa Kitioné hono ifi ʻa ʻenau ngaahi meʻa-fakaleá, pea hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo ʻai honau ngaahi filí ke nau fetauʻaki pē. Ko ha lēsoni mālohi ē ʻi he lea maʻá! ʻOku malava ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne fakahaofi ʻa ʻene kau sevānití ʻo ʻikai ke kau ki ai ha mālohi fakakautau. ʻIkai ko ia pē, “E ikai liaki e Jihova a hono kakai koeuhi ko hono huafa lahi.”—1 Sāmiuela 12:22, PM.
5. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tokoni ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané ke fakaleleiʻi ʻetau leá?
5 ʻI he taimi ʻoku akoʻi ai ha kau ako ki ha lea muli ʻo fakafou ʻi he founga leaʻaki ʻo e lea ko iá, ʻoku nau feinga ke angimui totonu ki he ngaahi ongo mo e sīpinga lea ʻa ʻenau faiakó. Ko ha ngaahi faingamālie lelei ē ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi he ngaahi fakataha Kalisitiané! ʻOku tau fanongo ai ki he niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau lea ʻi he lea ko ia ʻo e moʻoni faka-Tohitapú, pea te tau maʻu nai ha monū ke tau fakamatala mo kitautolu. ʻOku tau manavahē naʻa tau leaʻaki ha meʻa ʻoku hala? ʻAi ke ʻoua ʻe hoko ia ko e meʻa ʻoku tokanga lahi taha ki ai, he ko ha hala ʻe fakatonutonu anga-ʻofa ia ʻe he tokotaha ʻo e kau mātuʻa ʻokú ne tataki ʻa e fakataha ko iá ʻo hangē ko e Ako Taua Leʻo fakauiké ʻe lava ke fakaleleiʻi ai ʻa ʻetau leá. Ko ia ai, maʻu mo kau ki he ngaahi fakataha Kalisitiané maʻu pē.—Hepelū 10:24, 25.
Hū Fakapulipuli ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻa Taʻemaʻa
6. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻi ai ai ha faikehekehe lahi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová pea mo e ngaahi kautaha lotu ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané?
6 Ko kinautolu ʻoku nau fanongonongo ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová mo hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoni. ʻOku nau fakaʻilo atu hono huafá mo tauhi kiate ia “uma ki he uma,” pe loto-taha pē. (Sēfanaia 3:9, NW) Neongo ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ngaahi lotu ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻoku ʻikai te nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá pe ui ʻi he tui ki he huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sioeli 2:32) ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻanau pōpoaki feongoongoi makatuʻunga mei he Tohitapú. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi he ʻoku nau ʻai ʻa e ngaahi talatukufakaholo fakalotú, mo e ngaahi poto fakaemāmaní, mo e ngaahi mateaki fakapolitikalé ke māʻolunga ia ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ʻenau ngaahi taumuʻá, mo e ngaahi ʻamanakí, mo e ngaahi foungá ʻoku ʻa e māmani fulikivanu ia ko ʻení.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mo e ngaahi lotu loí ʻoku fakahā ʻia 1 Sione 4:4-6?
7 Ko hono moʻoní, ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, pea mo e ʻemipaea fakakātoa fakaemāmani ʻo e lotu loí, ʻoku ʻikai te nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea tatau mo ia ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e meʻa fakatupu tokangá, naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá: “ʻOku mei he ʻOtua a kimoutolu, pea kuo mou ikuna ʻa kinautolu: koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku maʻolunga ʻiate ia ʻoku ʻi mamani. Ko kinautolu ko e tupu mei mamani: ko hono ʻuhinga ia ʻoku fakaemamani ʻenau lea, pea ʻoku tokanga ʻe mamani kiate kinautolu. Ko kimautolu ko e tupu mei he ʻOtua: ko ia ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku ne tokanga kiate kimautolu; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai mei he ʻOtua ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokanga kiate kimautolu.” (1 Sione 4:4-6) Kuo ikunaʻi ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻa e kau faiako loí koeʻuhi ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku kau mo ʻene kakaí, “ʻoku maʻolunga [ʻi he Tēvolo ʻa ia] ʻoku ʻi mamani,” ʻa e sōsaieti taʻeangatonu ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Koeʻuhi ko e kau tafoki mei he moʻoní ʻoku nau “tupu mei mamani” pea maʻu mo hono laumālie fulikivanú, “ʻoku fakaemamani ʻenau lea, pea ʻoku tokanga ʻe mamani kiate kinautolu.” Ka ʻoku fanongo ʻa e faʻahinga hangē ha sipí ki he kakai ʻoku tupu mei he ʻOtuá, ʻo nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e lea maʻa ʻo e moʻoni faka-Tohitapu kuo tokonaki ʻo fakafou mai ʻi heʻene kautahá.
8. Ko hai ko e tangata ʻo e maumau laó?
8 Naʻe kikiteʻi ʻa e fuʻu tafoki mei he moʻoní, pea naʻe ʻosi kamata ʻa e ‘misiteli ʻo e maumaulao’ ʻi he ʻuluaki senituli T.S. ʻI he faai atu ʻa e taimí, ko ha kau tangata naʻa nau tali pe faʻao ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga faiako ʻi he fakatahaʻangá naʻa nau akoʻi ha ngaahi tokāteline loi lahi. Naʻe mamaʻo mei he tuʻunga maʻá ʻa ʻenau leá. Ko ia naʻe tupu hake ai ʻa e “tangata ʻo e maumaulao,” faʻu fetuiaki, ko e haʻa faifekau ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻa ia naʻe haʻisia ki he ngaahi talatukufakaholo loi fakalotu, mo e poto fakaemāmani, mo e ngaahi akonaki taʻe faka-Tohitapu.—2 Tesalonaika 2:3, 7, NW.
Fanongoa ʻa e Lea Maʻá ʻi Māmani Lahi
9. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lotú ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e senituli 19?
9 Ko ha kiʻi tokosiʻi pē ko e kakai manavahē-ʻOtuá ʻoku ‘nau fekuki fakamatoato koeuhi koe tui nae atu i muʻa ki he kaiga maonioni.’ (Siutasi 3, PM) Naʻe ʻilo ʻi fē ʻa e kau tui peheé? Naʻe puke ʻe he lotu loí ʻa e kakai tokolahi ʻi he fakapoʻuli fakalaumālie ʻi he ngaahi senituli lahi, ka naʻe ʻiloʻi pē ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tokosiʻi ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa ʻene hōifuá. (2 Tīmote 2:19) Pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi liliu fakakomēsiale, fakangāueʻanga, mo fakasōsiale ʻo e senituli hono 19, naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi leʻo naʻe tuʻu hake mei he ngaahi maveuveu fakalotu loí. Naʻe feinga ha fanga kiʻi kulupu ke sio ki he ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻo e taimí mo kikiteʻi ʻa e hoko mai hono ua ʻa Sīsuú, ka naʻe ʻikai ke lea ʻaki ʻe he faʻahingá ni kotoa ʻa e lea maʻá.
10. Ko fē ʻa e kulupu naʻe lave ki he “hoko mai hono ua,” naʻe fili ʻe he ʻOtuá ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá, pea ko e hā ʻoku hā mahino ai kuo ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e nima ʻo Sihová?
10 Kaekehe, ʻi he 1879, naʻe hoko ʻo hā mahino pe ko e leʻo ʻo e kulupu fē naʻe lave ki he “hoko mai hono ua,” kuo fili ʻe Sihova ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoní. ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe fakataha ʻi Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. ha kiʻi kulupu ako-Tohitapu naʻe taki ʻe Charles Taze Russell. Naʻa nau hoko ʻo tui pau ko e hoko mai hono ua ʻa Sīsuú ko e kamata ia ʻo ʻene ʻi ai taʻe hā maí, pea ʻe hoko ha taimi ʻo e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e māmaní, pea ʻe hoko mai ai mo e Pule Taʻu Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisi ʻa ia te ne toe fakafoki mai ʻa e Palataisí ki he māmaní mo e moʻui taʻengata ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangata talangofuá. ʻI Siulai 1879 naʻe kamata ʻa e Kau Ako Tohitapu ko ʻení ke pulusi ʻa e makasini kuo ʻiloa ʻi he taimí ni Ko e Taua Leʻo. Ko e tatau pē ʻe 6,000 naʻe tufaki ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻīsiú. Ka ko e “nima ʻo Sihova” naʻe kau mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ko iá, he ko e makasini ko ʻení ʻoku pulusi ia ʻi he taimí ni ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 111, pea ko e ʻavalisi ʻo e tatau ʻoku pulusí ʻoku lahi hake ʻi he 15,000,000 ʻi he ʻīsiu taki taha.—Fehoanaki mo Ngāue 11:19-21.
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni faka-Tohitapu ʻe niʻihi ʻoku mahino ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá?
11 Kuo hoko ʻo ʻiloa ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi māmani lahi ʻo fakafou ʻi he Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi kuo pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, pea tautefito ʻi hono fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻe he kau Kalisitiane faivelenga ko ʻení. Pea ko ha ngaahi ʻaonga maʻongoʻonga ē kuo maʻu ʻe kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki iá! ʻOku ʻikai te nau pehē ko e ‘ʻOtua ʻoku ʻOtua, ko Kalaisi ʻoku ʻOtua, pea mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ʻoku ʻOtua’ ʻi he lea fakamisiteli ʻo e tokāteline Tolu-tahaʻi-ʻotuá. Ka ʻoku nau loto-tatau mo e tuʻunga ʻa e Tohitapú ʻa ia ko Sihova ko e Fungani Māʻolunga ia, ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻoku siʻi ange pea ko Hono ʻAló ia, pea ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ko e ivi ngāue fakaofo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sēnesi 1:2; Sāme 83:18; Mātiu 3:16, 17) Ko kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻoku nau ʻilo naʻe ʻikai ke tupu mo liliu māmālie hake ʻa e tangatá mei ha tuʻunga māʻulalo ʻo e moʻuí ka naʻe fakatupu ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻofa. (Sēnesi 1:27; 2:7) ʻOku nau ʻilo ko e soulú ʻoku ngata pē ia ʻi he maté—ko ha moʻoniʻi meʻa ia ʻokú ne toʻo atu ʻa e manavahē ki he kau maté. (Koheleti 9:5, 10; ʻIsikeli 18:4) Kuo mahino ko helí ko e faʻitoka pē ia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻo ʻikai ko ha feituʻu fakamamahi ko e faʻu ʻe ha ʻotua fakatēvolo. (Siope 14:13) ʻOku nau toe ʻilo ko e toetuʻú ko e ʻamanaki foaki mei he ʻOtuá ki he kau maté.—Sione 5:28, 29; 11:25; Ngāue 24:15.
12 ʻOku ʻapasia ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ki he totó mo e moʻuí. (Sēnesi 9:3, 4; Ngāue 15:28, 29) ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi ko e moʻui fakaemāmani ʻa Kalaisí ko e totongi huhuʻi kuo totongi maʻá e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata talangofuá. (Mātiu 20:28; 1 Sione 2:1, 2) ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito pē ke nau lotu ki ha “kau sangato,” he ʻoku nau ʻilo ko ʻenau ngaahi lotú kuo pau ke fai pē ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻo fakafou ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi. (Sione 14:6, 13, 14) Koeʻuhi he ʻoku fakahalaʻi ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e lotu tamapuá, ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻīmisí ʻi heʻenau lotú. (ʻEkisoto 20:4-6; 1 Kolinitō 10:14) Pea ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi tuʻutāmaki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakatēvoló koeʻuhi ʻoku nau talitekeʻi ʻa e fakahāʻele faʻahikehé, ʻa ia ʻoku toe fakahalaʻi foki ʻe he Tohitapú.—Teutalōnome 18:10-12; Kalētia 5:19-21.
13. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke puputuʻu ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá?
13 Ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá, ʻoku ʻikai te nau puputuʻu ʻo kau ki he taimi ʻoku nau ʻi aí. Kuo akoʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke nau ʻilo ʻoku nau ʻi he “kuoga oe gataaga,” pea ʻoku ʻi ai taʻe hā mai ʻa Sīsū ko ha tokotaha laumālie lāngilangiʻia. (Tāniela 12:4, PM; Mātiu 24:3-14; 2 Tīmote 3:1-5; 1 Pita 3:18) Kuo mei fai ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e tau ke fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tuʻu ko ʻení pea ʻoku poupouʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi konga kau mālohi fakahēvani. (Tāniela 2:44; Fakahā 16:14, 16; 18:1-8; 19:11-21) ʻIo, ko kinautolu ʻoku leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻoku nau femoʻuekina ʻi hono fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻoku vavé ni ke ʻomai ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻia Kalaisi ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki maʻongoʻonga ki he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata talangofuá ʻi ha māmani palataisi. (ʻAisea 9:6, 7 [9:5, 6, PM]; Tāniela 7:13, 14; Mātiu 6:9, 10; 24:14; Luke 23:43) Ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko iá ko ha kiʻi konga siʻi pē ia kuo tau lave ki ai! Ko e moʻoni, ko e lea maʻá ko e lea fakakoloaʻia lahi taha mo e lea mahuʻinga lahi taha ia ʻi he māmaní!
14. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga kehe ʻoku maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá?
14 ʻOku kau mo e “melino oe Otua” ʻa ia ʻokú ne maluʻi ʻa e ngaahi loto mo e ngaahi mafai fakaefakakaukaú ʻi he ngaahi ʻaonga kuo maʻu ʻe kinautolu ʻoku leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá. (Filipai 4:6, 7, PM) ʻOku nau talangofua ki he ngaahi lao ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakatupu ʻa e moʻui lelei, fiefia, mo e fiemālie ʻoku hoko mei he fakahōifua kia Sihová. (1 Kolinitō 6:9, 10) ʻIo, pea ko e kau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ko e moʻui taʻengata ʻi he māmani foʻou naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá.—2 Pita 3:13.
Ngāueʻaki Ia pe ʻE Mole Atu Ia
15. ʻE anga-fēfē haʻo maʻu ha ʻaonga mei hano maʻu ʻa e mahino lelei ki he lea maʻá?
15 Kapau te ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻi he māmani foʻoú, kuo pau ke ke ʻilo lelei lahi ki ai pea ʻe hoko ia ko e lea ʻokú ke fakakaukauʻakí. ʻI he taimi ʻoku ako ai ha tokotaha ki ha lea, ʻokú ne ʻuluaki fakakaukau ʻi heʻene lea ʻaʻaná peá ne toki liliu ʻene ngaahi fakakaukaú ki he lea foʻoú. Ka ʻi heʻene hoko ʻo pōtoʻi ange ʻi he lea foʻoú, ʻokú ne kamata ke fakakaukauʻaki ia kae ʻikai ke toe fai hano liliu lea. ʻOku meimei tatau pē, fakafou ʻi he ako fakamākukangá, ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ʻa e mahino lelei pehē fau ki he lea maʻá pea te ke ʻilo ai ki he anga ʻo hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lao mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e Tohitapú ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi palopalemá pea kei nofo pē ʻi he “hala ki he moʻui.”—Sāme 16:11.
16. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke hoko ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ʻa e lea maʻá?
16 Kuo pau ke ke ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ʻa e lea maʻá, pe ʻe mole atu ʻa e malava ke ke lea lelei ʻaki iá. Ke fakatātaaʻi ʻa e meʻá ni: ʻI he ngaahi taʻu kuo maliu atú, ko ha niʻihi ʻiate kitautolu naʻa nau ako ki ha lea muli. ʻOku tau kei manatuʻi nai ha ngaahi lea ʻe niʻihi ʻi he lea ko iá ka kuo ngalingali mole atu ʻa ʻetau leaʻaki iá koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te tau ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ia. Ko e meʻa tatau pē ʻe lava ke hoko ki he lea maʻá. Kapau ʻe ʻikai te tau ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ia, ʻe lava ke mole ʻa hono malava ke ngāueʻaki iá, pea ʻe iku ki he fakatuʻutāmaki fakamamahi fakalaumālie. Ko ia ai, ke tau leaʻaki maʻu pē ia ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngāue fakamalanga faka-Kalisitiané. Ko e ngaahi ngāue ko ʻení, fakataha mo e ako fakafoʻituituí, te nau tokoniʻi kitautolu ke lea totonu ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he lea maʻá. Pea ko e meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga lahi ē!
17. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻoku malava ʻa e leá ke fakahaofimoʻui pe fakatupumate?
17 ʻE lava ke fakahaofimoʻui pe fakatupumate ʻa e leá. Naʻe hā ʻeni lolotonga ʻa e fepaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e matakali ʻo ʻIfalemi ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí pea mo Fakamaau Sēfita ʻo Kiliatí. Ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e kau ʻIfalemi naʻa nau feinga ke hola ʻo kolosi ʻi he Vaitafe Sioataní, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau Kiliatí ha lea fakaʻilonga ko e “Siipoleti,” ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ongo ʻo e “ii” ʻi he kamataʻanga. Naʻe fakaeʻa pē ʻe he kau tangata ʻIfalemí ʻa kinautolu ki he kau leʻo Kiliati ʻi he ngaahi ʻahanga ʻo Sioataní ʻaki ʻa ʻenau pehē “Sipoleti” kae ʻikai ko e “Siipoleti,” ko hono puʻaki hala ʻo e muʻaki ongo ʻo e foʻi leá. Ko hono olá ē, naʻe tāmateʻi ai ʻa e kau ʻIfalemi ʻe toko 42,000! (Fakamaau 12:5, 6) ʻOku meimei tatau pē, ko e meʻa ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he haʻa-faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku ngali ongo ofi nai ki he lea maʻá kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai te nau maheni mo e moʻoni ʻo e Tohitapú. Ka ko e lea ʻi ha founga fakalotu loí ʻe iku ki he meʻa fakatupumate ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová.
Tau Nofo Maʻu ʻo Fāʻūtaha
18, 19. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e Sēfanaia 3:1-5?
18 ʻI he lave ki Selusalema taʻeangatonu ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo hono hoa ʻi onopooní, ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻoku pehē ʻia Sēfanaia 3:1-5: “ʻOiaue ʻa e kolo pauʻu, ʻa e kolo kuo ʻuliʻi, ʻa e kolo fai fakaehaua! Kuo ʻikai te ne fakaongo ki he leʻo; kuo ʻikai te ne tali ʻa e fakatonutonu; kuo ʻikai te ne tui kia Sihova; kuo ʻikai te ne ʻunuʻunu ki hono ʻOtua. Ko hono houʻeiki ko e fanga laione ʻoku kalou ʻi loto kolo; ko ʻene kau fakamāu ko e fanga ulofi ʻo e efiafi; ʻoku ʻikai te nau tuku ha meʻa ke toki ngungu pongipongi. Ko ʻene kau palofita ʻoku mafanangofua, ko e tuʻunga meʻa ʻoku koto kākā; ko ʻene kau taulaʻeiki ʻoku nau vaʻingaʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tapu, ʻoku nau fakamalohia ʻa e lao. Ko Sihova faitotonu ʻoku ʻi loto kolo; talaʻehai te ne fai ha kovi: ʻI he pongipongi kotoa pe ʻoku ne tuku ʻene fakalao ke fuʻu eʻa: Talaʻehai ʻoku ne taʻe fai hono ngafa; ka ko e tangata kovi ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻa e ma.” Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi lea ko ʻení?
19 Kuo angatuʻu fakatouʻosi kia Sihova ʻa Selusalema ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻaho ní pea kuó na ʻuliʻi kinaua ʻaki ʻa e lotu loí. Ko e ola ʻo e faihala ʻa hona kau takí ko e fakafeʻātungia. Neongo ʻa e ngaahi toutou fakatokanga ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻikai te na tokanga ki ai pea ʻunuʻunu ke ofi ki ai. Ko hona kau pilinisí kuo nau hangē ha ngaahi laione faʻao-meʻá, ʻo fieʻeiki pea liʻaki ʻa e tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní. Ko hona kau fakamaaú kuo nau toʻo ʻa e fakamaau totonú ʻo haluhalu, ʻo hangē ha fanga ulofi fekaí. Ko hona kau taulaʻeikí kuo nau ‘vaʻingaʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tapu mo fakamalohia ʻa e lao’ ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ʻoku ʻamanaki ʻa Sihova ke ‘fakatefua ʻa e ngaahi kakai, ke tanaki ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga, ke lilingi kiate kinautolu ʻene houhau, ʻa e kakaha kotoa ʻo ʻene ʻita.’—Sēfanaia 3:8.
20. (a) Ko e hā kuo pau ke fai kae hao moʻui atu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová? (e) ʻOku malava fēfē ke ke ʻamanaki ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki taʻengata mei he ʻOtuá?
20 ʻOku vavé ni mai ʻa e hoko ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová. Ko ia ai, ke hao moʻui atu ki he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá, ako mo leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá pea ʻoua ʻe toe toloi. Ko hoʻo toki fai pehē pē ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ai ha maluʻi mei he ʻauha fakalaumālie ʻi he taimi ní pea mo e fakatuʻutāmaki fakalūkufua ki he māmaní ʻoku fakaofi vave maí ni. ʻOku fanongonongo ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová mo e pōpoaki fakafiefia ʻo kau ki hono Puleʻangá. Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ē kiate kinautolu ke nau talanoa ʻo kau ki he lāngilangi ʻo hono tuʻunga-tuʻí! (Sāme 145:10-13) Ke ke hoko ʻo fāʻūtaha mo kinautolu, pea ʻe lava ke ke ʻamanaki ke maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengata mo e ngaahi tāpuaki kehe mei he Tupuʻanga ʻo e lea maʻá, ko e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová.
ʻE Fēfē Hoʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ke ako ai ki he lea maʻá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku ʻaonga ai ke leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke hoko ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ʻa e lea maʻá?
◻ ʻOku malava fēfē ke hao moʻui atu ha taha ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová pea maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki taʻengatá?
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ʻOku ifi ʻe Kitione mo ʻene kau tangatá ʻa ʻenau ngaahi meʻa-fakaleá mo hiki hake ʻenau ngaahi tūhulú
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Talu mei he 1879 ʻo faai mai naʻe hoko ʻo hā mahino ai naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Charles Taze Russell mo hono kaungā-feohí ke poupouʻi ʻa e lea maʻá
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ʻOkú ke fāʻūtaha mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi hono leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá?