ʻOua ʻAupito Naʻa Tuʻu ʻa e Tupulaki Hoʻo Houngaʻiá
“Hono ʻikai mahuʻinga . . . hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukau, Ela e! Ko hono tanaki hono ʻikai felefele!”—SĀME 139:17.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau houngaʻia ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakalea ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻa ʻene houngaʻiá?
KO HA meʻa fakaʻohovale ia ne ʻiló. Lolotonga hono fai ʻa e ngaahi monomono ʻo e temipale ʻo Sihova ʻi Selusalemá, naʻe ʻilo ai ʻe he Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko Hilikaiá “ʻa e Tohi ʻo e Lao ʻa Sihova naʻe fakafai ʻia Mosese,” ʻo ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e muʻaki tatau ia ne kakato ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 800 ki muʻa! ʻE lava ke ke fakaʻuta atu ki he ongoʻi ʻa e tuʻi manavahē-ʻOtua ko Siosaiá ʻi he taimi naʻe tuku atu ai ʻa e tohí ʻi hono ʻaó? Ko e moʻoni, naʻá ne fakamahuʻingaʻi ia peá ne fekau leva ʻa Sāfani, ko e sekelitalí, ke ne lau leʻo-lahi ia.—2 Kalonikali 34:14-18.
2 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, kakato pe ko hano konga, ʻoku lava ke lau ia ʻe he laui piliona. Ka ʻoku ʻai ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke siʻi ai hono ʻaongá, ʻo siʻi hono mahuʻingá? ʻIkai ʻaupito! Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻi loto ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau tonu ʻa e Māfimafi-Aoniú, naʻe hiki ke tau maʻu ʻaonga mei ai. (2 Timote 3:16) ʻI hono fakahāhā ʻene ngaahi ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe tohi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-saame ko Tēvitá: “Hono ʻikai mahuʻinga kiate au hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukau, Ela e! Ko hono tanaki hono ʻikai felefele!”—Sāme 139:17.
3. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ko Tēvitá ko ha tangata mātuʻaki fakalaumālie?
3 Ko e houngaʻia ʻa Tēvita kia Sihová, ko ʻene Folofolá pea ʻi heʻene fokotuʻutuʻu ki he lotu moʻoní naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito mōlia atu. Ko e ngaahi saame mālie lahi naʻe faʻu ʻe Tēvitá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e anga ʻo ʻene ongoʻí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he Sāme 27:4 (PM), naʻá ne tohi ai: “Koe mea e taha kuou kole kia Jihova, aia teu kumi ki ai; koeuhi keu nofo mau i he fale o Jihova i he aho kotoabe o eku moui, ke mamata ki he lelei o Jihova, mo fehui [pe sio ʻi he houngaʻia] i hono fale tabu.” ʻI he muʻaki lea faka-Hepeluú, ko e kupuʻi lea “sio ʻi he houngaʻia” ʻoku ʻuhingá ke nofoʻaki fakakaukau, ke sivisiviʻi, ke sio ʻi he mālieʻia, fiefia pea ʻi he manumanumelieʻia. ʻOku hā mahino, ko Tēvitá ko ha tangata mātuʻaki fakalaumālie ʻa ia naʻá ne houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi tokonaki fakalaumālie ʻa Sihová pea naʻá ne ifoʻia ʻi he momo kotoa pē ʻo e moʻoni fakalaumālie naʻe fakaeʻa ʻe he ʻOtuá. Ko ʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e houngaʻiá ʻoku taau ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai.—Sāme 19:7-11.
Houngaʻia ʻi he Monū ko Hono ʻIloʻi ʻa e Moʻoni Fakatohitapú
4. Ko e hā naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻa Sīsū ke ne “hakailangitau ʻi he Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni”?
4 Ko hono maʻu ʻa e vavanga ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he ʻatamaiʻia pe ako fakamāmani, ʻa ia ʻoku hehema ke pouaki ʻa e hīkisiá. Ka, ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa Sihová, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakaaʻu ki he kakai anga-fakatōkilalo mo loto-totonu ʻoku nau lāuʻilo ki heʻenau fiemaʻu fakalaumālié. (Mātiu 5:3; 1 Sione 5:20) ʻI he taimi naʻe fakalaulauloto ai ʻa Sīsū ki he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻa hono tohi ʻi hēvani ʻa e hingoa ʻo e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻe niʻihi ʻo e tangatá, “naʻa ne hakailangitau ʻi he Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni, ʻo ne pehē, ʻOku ou fakatonuhiaʻia koe, ʻe Tamai, ko e ʻEiki ʻo e langi mo mamani, ʻi hoʻo fufū ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pehē mei ha kakai ʻoku poto mo ʻiloʻilo, ka ke tatala ki ha kau tamaiki.”—Luke 10:17-21.
5. Ko e hā naʻe pau ai ke ʻoua ʻe fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻe he kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Puleʻangá kuo tatala kia kinautolú?
5 Hili hono leaʻaki ʻa e lotu fakamātoato ko iá, naʻe hanga hake ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ʻo ne pehē: “Monuʻiaā ʻa e ngaahi mata ʻoku sio ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mo u sioa. Seuke, ʻoku ou tala atu, kuo tokolahi ʻa e kau palōfita, mo e ngaahi tuʻi, naʻa nau feinga ke mamata ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mo u sioa, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau māta; pea ke fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mo u fanongo ki ai, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongoa.” ʻIo, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa hono kau muimui faitōnungá ke ʻoua te nau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻa ia kuo tatala kia kinautolú. Ko e ngaahi moʻoni ko ení kuo ʻikai tatala ia ki he ngaahi toʻutangata ki muʻa ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe ʻikai moʻoni fakaeʻa ia ki he “kakai ʻoku poto mo ʻiloʻilo” ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Sīsuú!—Luke 10:23, 24.
6, 7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻoku tau maʻu ke houngaʻia ai ʻi he moʻoni fakaʻotuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faikehekehe ʻoku tau sio ai he ʻahó ni ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lotu moʻoní mo e lotu loí?
6 ʻI hotau ʻahó, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e toe ngaahi ʻuhinga lahi ange ke houngaʻia ai ʻi he moʻoni fakaʻotuá, he ko Sihova, fakafou ʻi he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto,” kuó ne ʻoange ki heʻene kakaí ʻa e toe vavanga loloto ange ki heʻene Folofolá. (Mātiu 24:45, PM; Taniela 12:10) Fekauʻaki mo e taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá, naʻe tohi ʻe he palōfita ko Tanielá: “ʻE lele holo ha tokolahi, pea ʻe fakautuutu ʻa e ʻilo.” (Taniela 12:4) ʻIkai ʻokú ke loto-tatau ko e ʻahó ni ko e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá kuo “fakautuutu” pea ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku fafangaʻi lelei fakalaumālie kinautolu?
7 He faikehekehe moʻoni ē ʻoku tau sio ai ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lakalakaimonū fakalaumālie ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo e puputuʻu fakalotu ʻa Pāpilone ko e Lahí! Ko hono olá, ko e tokolahi ʻa ia ʻoku siva ʻenau ʻamanakí pe fakaliliʻa ʻi he lotu loí ʻoku nau tafoki ki he lotu moʻoní. Ko e faʻahinga kinautolu hangē ha sipí ʻoku ʻikai te nau loto ke “kau [mo Pāpilone ko e Lahi] ʻi heʻene hia” pe “ʻinasi ʻi hono tautea.” ʻOku fakaafeʻi ʻe Sihova mo ʻene kau sevānití ʻa e faʻahinga pehē kotoa pē ki he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane moʻoní.—Fakahā 18:2-4; 22:17.
ʻAukolo ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e Kau Houngaʻiá
8, 9. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Hakeai 2:7?
8 Fekauʻaki mo hono fale fakalaumālie ʻo e lotú, naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sihova: “Te u luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea ʻe hū mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoá mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē; pea te u fakafonu ʻa e falé ni ʻaki ʻa e lāngilangi.” (Hakeai 2:7, NW) Ko e kikite fakaofo ko ení naʻe ʻi ai hono fakahoko ʻi he taimi ʻo Hākeaí ʻi hono toe langa ʻe he toenga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe toe fokí ʻa e temipale ʻi Selusalemá. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Hākeaí ʻoku toe fakahoko lahi ange ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e temipale lahi fakalaumālie ʻo Sihová.
9 Kuo ʻosi ʻaukolo ʻa e laui miliona ki he temipale fakaefakatātaá koeʻuhi ke nau lotu ki he ʻOtuá ʻo “fai ʻi laumālie pea fai ʻi moʻoni,” pea ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa e holo ki ai ʻa e laui kilu ʻo e “ngaahi meʻa manakoá mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē.” (Sione 4:23, 24) Ko e fakatātaá, ko e līpooti ʻi māmani lahi ki he taʻu fakangāue 2006 ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai naʻe papitaiso ʻa e toko 248,327 ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻenau fakatapui kia Sihová. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he meʻa ko iá ha ʻavalisi ʻo e faʻahinga foʻou ʻe toko 680 ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē! Ko ʻenau ʻofa ki he moʻoní mo ʻenau holi ke tauhi kia Sihova ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku ʻoatu ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni kuo tohoakiʻi moʻoni kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá.—Sione 6:44, 65.
10, 11. Fakamatalaʻi ha hokosia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai pe kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻo houngaʻia ʻa e kakaí ʻi he moʻoni ʻo e Tohi Tapú.
10 Ko e tokolahi ʻo e faʻahinga loto-totonu ko ení naʻe tohoakiʻi kinautolu ki he moʻoní koeʻuhi naʻa nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e “fai kehe kehe ʻa e maʻoniʻoni mo e angahala, ʻa e faikehekehe ʻa e taha ʻoku ngaue ki he ʻOtua mo ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ngaue ki ai.” (Malakai 3:18) Fakakaukau ki he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Wayne mo Virginia, ko ha ongo meʻa mali naʻá na kau ki ha siasi Palotisani ka naʻá na maʻu ha ngaahi fehuʻi naʻe ʻikai maʻu ha tali ki ai. Naʻá na fehiʻa ʻi he taú pea naʻá na puputuʻu mo hohaʻa ʻi heʻena sio ki hono tāpuakiʻi ʻe he haʻa faifekaú ʻa e kau sōtiá mo e ngaahi naunau taú. ʻI he fakaʻau ke motuʻa ange ʻa e ongo meʻá, naʻá na ongoʻi ne liʻekina kinaua ʻe he niʻihi kehe ʻi he siasí, neongo naʻe faiako ʻa Virginia ʻi he lautohi fakasāpaté ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi. “Ne ʻikai ha taha ʻe ʻaʻahi mai kia kimaua pe fakahāhā ha mahuʻingaʻia ʻi homa tuʻunga fakalaumālié,” ko ʻena leá ia. “Ko e meʻa pē naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he siasí ko ʻema paʻangá. Naʻá ma ongoʻi hēhētuʻu.” Naʻá na hoko ʻo toe puputuʻu lahi ange ʻi hono kamata ke tali ko ia ʻe hona siasí ʻa e fakakaukau ke fakangofua ʻa e faka-Sōtomá.
11 ʻI he lolotongá ni, ko e mokopuna fefine ʻo Wayne mo Virginia, pea hoko atu ai mo hona ʻofefiné, kuó na hoko ko e Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova. Neongo naʻe muʻaki loto-mamahi ʻa Wayne mo Virginia ʻi he meʻá ni, naʻe liliu ʻena fakakaukaú ki mui ʻo na tali ha ako Tohi Tapu. “ʻI he māhina pē ʻe tolu,” ko e lau ia ʻa Wayne, “naʻá ma ako ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e Tohi Tapú ʻi he meʻa naʻá ma ako ʻi he taʻu ʻe 70 ki muʻá! Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ma ʻilo ko e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá ko Sihova, pea naʻe ʻikai haʻama ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá pea mo e māmani Palataisí.” Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo kamata ke maʻu ʻe he ongo meʻa loto-moʻoni ko ení ʻa e ngaahi fakataha Kalisitiané pea kau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. “ʻOkú ma loto ke talanoa ki he tokotaha kotoa fekauʻaki mo e moʻoní,” ko e lau ia ʻa Virginia. ʻI hona taʻu 80 tupú fakatouʻosi, naʻá na papitaiso ai ʻi he 2005. “Kuó ma maʻu ha ʻapi Kalisitiane moʻoni,” ko ʻena laú ia.
Houngaʻia he Hoko ʻo “ʻOsi Sāuni ki he Ngāue Lelei Fulipe”
12. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tokonaki maʻu pē ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kau sevānití, pea ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke maʻu ʻaonga ai mei aí?
12 ʻOku tokoniʻi maʻu pē ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau sevānití ke nau fai hono finangaló. Ko e fakatātaá, ko Noa, naʻá ne maʻu ha ngaahi fakahinohino māʻalaʻala mo mahino ki hono foʻu ʻo e ʻaʻaké—ko ha ngāue naʻe pau ke mātuʻaki tonu ʻi hono fuofua taimí! Pea naʻe pehē. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko Noa “ʻilonga ha meʻa naʻe tuʻutuʻuni kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua, naʻa ne fai ia.” (Senesi 6:14-22) ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, ʻoku sāuni pe teuʻi kakato ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau sevānití ke nau fai ʻa hono finangaló. Ko e moʻoni, ko ʻetau ngāue tefitó ko e malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá kuo fokotuʻú pea tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga tāú ke nau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. Pea hangē ko ia ne hoko ʻia Noá, ko ʻetau lavameʻá ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he talangofuá. Kuo pau ke tau muimui talangofua ʻi he tataki ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova fakafou heʻene Folofolá mo ʻene kautahá.—Mātiu 24:14; 28:19, 20.
13. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ha ako maʻa kitautolú?
13 Ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāue ko iá, kuo pau ke tau ako ke “tofa totonu” ʻetau meʻangāue tefitó—ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá—ʻa ia ʻoku “ʻaonga foki ki he akonaki, ki he fakaʻilo hala, ki he fakatonutonu, ki he ngaohia ke maʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhiā ke tuʻu kakato ʻa e tangata fakaʻotua, kuo ʻosi sāuni ki he ngāue lelei fulipe.” (2 Timote 2:15; 3:16, 17) Hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Sihova kia kitautolu ha ako mahuʻinga fakafou ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he fakatahaʻanga ʻe 99,770 ʻi māmani lahí, ʻoku fai fakauike ai ʻa e Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí mo e Fakataha Ngāué ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻOkú ke fakahā ʻa hoʻo houngaʻia ki he ongo fakataha mahuʻinga ko ení ʻaki hono maʻu maʻu pē pea ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke akó?—Hepelu 10:24, 25.
14. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻenau houngaʻia ki he monū ʻo e tauhi ki he ʻOtuá? (Fakakau ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala ʻi he saati ʻi he peesi 27-30.)
14 ʻI heʻenau tōtōivi ʻi ngāue fakafaifekaú, ko e laui miliona ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá takatakai ʻi he māmaní ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻenau houngaʻia ki he ako ʻoku nau maʻú. Ko e fakatātaá, lolotonga ʻa e taʻu fakangāue 2006, naʻe fakamoleki ai ʻe he kau malanga ʻe toko 6,741,444 ʻo e Puleʻangá ha houa fakakātoa ʻe 1,333,966,199 ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa ʻo e ngāué, ʻa ia naʻe kau ai hono fai ʻo e ngaahi ako Tohi Tapu ʻi ʻapi ʻe 6,286,618. Ko e niʻihi pē eni ʻo e ngaahi fakaikiiki fakalototoʻa naʻe hiki ʻi he līpooti ʻi māmani lahí. ʻOku mau fakaafeʻi koe ke ke sio fakalelei ki he līpooti ko ení pea maʻu mei ai ha fakalototoʻa, hangē pē ko e taʻetoeveiveiua ko hono maʻu ʻe hotau fanga tokoua ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa e loto-toʻa lahi mei he ngaahi līpooti fekauʻaki mo e tupu ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá ʻi honau taimí.—Ngāue 1:15; 2:5-11, 41, 47; 4:4; 6:7.
15. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua ʻe ongoʻi loto-siʻi ha taha fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngāue ʻaufuatō kia Sihová?
15 Ko e fuʻu kaila fakahīkihiki ʻoku ʻohake ʻi he taʻu taki taha ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku tapua atu mei ai ʻa e houngaʻia loloto ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻi he monū ʻo hono ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihova mo faifakamoʻoni kiate iá. (Aisea 43:10) Ko e moʻoni, ko e feilaulau fakahīkihiki ʻoku fai ʻe he niʻihi ʻo hotau fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine taʻumotuʻá, mahamahakí, pe vaivaí ʻoku lava ke fakahoa ia ki he kiʻi paʻanga kapa ʻa e fefine uitoú. Kae ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻia kitautolu ko Sihova pea mo hono ʻAló ʻokú na houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau tauhi ʻaufuatō ki he ʻOtuá, ʻi heʻenau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku nau malavá.—Luke 21:1-4; Kaletia 6:4.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue fakafaiako kuo tokonaki mai ki muí ni ʻe he ʻOtuá?
16 Tuku kehe hono akoʻi kitautolu ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú, ko Sihova, fakafou heʻene kautahá, ʻokú ne teuʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue fakafaiako lelei ʻaupito. ʻI he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu ki muí, kuo kau ki heni ʻa e ngaahi tohi Ko e Moʻoni ʻA Ia ʻOku Fakatau ki he Moʻui Taʻengata, Te Ke Malava ʻo Moʻui Taʻengata he Palataisi ʻi he Māmaní, ʻIlo ʻA Ia ʻOku Taki Atu ki he Moʻui Taʻengatá pea lolotongá ni, Ko e Hā ʻOku Akoʻi Moʻoni ʻe he Tohi Tapú? Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi tokonaki ko ení ʻoku nau ngāueleleiʻaki ia ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú.
Ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa e Tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú
17, 18. (a) Ko fē ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻokú ke saiʻia ke fakamamafaʻi ʻi hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú? (e) Ko e hā e meʻa naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe ha ʻovasia sēketi ʻe taha fekauʻaki mo e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú?
17 Ko hono ngaahi vahe ʻe 19, ʻapenitiki fakaikiiki mo e lea mahino mo faingofua ʻo e tohi Ko e Hā ʻOku Akoʻi Moʻoni ʻe he Tohi Tapú? ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ko ha tāpuaki ia ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e vahe 12 ʻoku lāulea ia ki he kaveinga “Moʻui ʻi ha Founga ʻOku Fakahōifuaʻi Ai ʻa e ʻOtuá.” ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ai heni ki he tokotaha akó ʻa e founga ʻe lava ke ne hoko ai ko ha kaumeʻa ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko ha meʻa ia kuo ʻikai teitei vakai pe fakakaukau ki ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻoku malava. (Semisi 2:23) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ki he tohi tokoni ako Tohi Tapu ko ení?
18 ʻOku līpooti ʻe ha ʻovasia sēketi ʻi ʻAositelēlia ʻo pehē ko e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻoku “fakamānako he taimi pē ko iá ʻo ne tohoakiʻi vave ʻa e faʻahinga ʻi he ʻapí ki ha fetalanoaʻaki.” ʻOkú ne toe pehē ko e tohí ʻoku faingofua ʻaupito ke ngāueʻaki he “kuó ne ʻoange ki he kau malanga tokolahi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻa e tuipau mo e fiefia foʻou ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Tā neʻineʻi ke ui ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e tohí ko e Konga Koula!”
19-21. Fakamatalaʻi ha ngaahi hokosia ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú.
19 “Kuo pau pē ko e fekauʻi mai koe ʻe he ʻOtuá,” ko e lea ia ʻa ha fefine ʻi Kiana ki he tāimuʻa ʻi hono matapaá. Ko e hoa ʻo e fefiné kuó ne toki liʻaki ia mo ʻena ongo kiʻi fānau ʻe toko ua. Naʻe fakaava ʻe he tāimuʻá ʻa e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ki he vahe 1 ʻo lau leʻo-lahi ʻa e palakalafi 11, ʻi lalo ʻi he kaveinga tokoni “ʻOku Anga-Fēfē Ongoʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he Fakamaau Taʻetotonu ʻOku Tau Fehangahangai mo Iá?” “Naʻe maongo lahi kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi poiní,” ko e lau ia ʻa e tāimuʻá. “He ko e moʻoni, naʻe pau ke ne tuʻu hake, lue ki mui ʻi hono falekoloá, ʻo tangi loʻimata ai.” Naʻe tali ʻe he fefiné ni ʻa e tuʻuaki ange ʻo ha ako Tohi Tapu tuʻumaʻu mo ha tuofefine ʻi he feituʻú pea ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻene fakalakalaká.
20 Ko José, ʻa ia ʻoku nofo ʻi Sipeini, naʻe mole atu hono uaifí ʻi ha fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi he halá. Naʻá ne kumi fakafiemālie ki he faitoʻo kona tapú, pea naʻá ne toe maʻu mo ha tokoni fakapalōfesinale. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai lava ʻe he kau toketā ʻatamaí ʻo tali ʻa e fehuʻi naʻá ne fakahohaʻasi lahi taha ʻa José: “Ko e hā ne fakaʻatā ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke mate ʻa hoku uaifí?” ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha naʻe fetaulaki ai ʻa José mo Francesc, ʻa ia naʻá ne ngāue ki he kautaha tatau. Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe Francesc ke na lāulea ki he vahe 11 ʻo e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku fakakaveinga “Ko e Hā ʻOku Fakaʻatā Ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e Faingataʻá?” Ko e fakamatala Fakatohitapu mo e talanoa fakatātā ʻo ha faiako mo ha tokotaha akó naʻe maongo lahi kia José. Naʻe kamata ke ne ako fakamātoato, maʻu ha ʻasemipilī fakasēketi, pea ʻokú ne maʻu he taimí ni ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻanga ʻi he feituʻú.
21 Ko Roman, ko ha tangata pisinisi taʻu 40 ʻi Pōlani, kuó ne ʻapasia maʻu pē ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka koeʻuhi naʻá ne fuʻu femoʻuekina lahi ʻi heʻene ngāué, naʻá ne fakalakalaka ai pē ki ha kiʻi tuʻunga ʻi heʻene ako Tohi Tapú. Neongo ia, naʻá ne maʻu ha fakataha-lahi fakavahe pea maʻu ai ha tatau ʻo e tohi Akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú. Talu mei ai, mo ʻene fai ha laka ki muʻa makehe. “ʻI he tohí ni,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ko e ngaahi akonaki tefito kotoa ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻoku hangē ʻoku nau fakatahataha mai ʻo hoko ko ha fakatātā kakató, hangē ha fokotuʻutuʻu pāsoló.” ʻOku lolotonga ako Tohi Tapu tuʻumaʻu he taimí ni ʻa Roman pea ʻokú ne fai ha fakalakalaka lelei.
Hokohoko Atu ke Tupu ʻi he Houngaʻiá
22, 23. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau hokohoko atu hono fakahāhā ʻetau houngaʻia ki he ʻamanaki ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻi muʻa ʻia kitautolú?
22 Hangē ko ia ne fakamatalaʻi ʻi he ngaahi Fakataha-Lahi Fakavahe fakaueʻiloto “ʻOku Ofi ʻa e Fakahaofí!” ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau hoholi ki he “fakahaofi taʻengata” naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá pea ʻai ke malava ia ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ne lilingí. ʻOku ʻikai ha toe founga lelei ange ke fakahāhā ai ʻetau houngaʻia loto-moʻoni ki he ʻamanaki mahuʻinga ko ení ka ko e hokohoko atu ke fakamaʻa “mei he ngaahi ngaue mate, ke tau tauhi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku Moʻui.”—Hepelu 9:12, 14.
23 ʻIo, ko e kātaki faitōnunga ko ia ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá laka hake ʻi he ono milioná ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e tenge lahi taha ke tauhi pē kia kitá ko ha mana moʻoni ia. Ko e toe fakamoʻoni ia ʻoku houngaʻia lahi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻi he lāngilangi ʻo e tauhi ki he ʻOtuá, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ‘ko e meʻa ki he ʻEikí, ko ʻenau fakaongosiá ʻoku ʻikai ko e laufanō ia.’ ʻOfa ke ʻoua naʻa ngata ʻa e tupulaki ʻa e houngaʻia ko iá!—1 Kolinito 15:58; Sāme 110:3.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi kia kitautolu ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé fekauʻaki mo e houngaʻia ki he ʻOtuá mo ʻene ngaahi tokonaki fakalaumālié?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Hakeai 2:7?
• Kuo anga-fēfē hono teuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻene kau sevānití ke nau tauhi ola lelei kiate iá?
• Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ke fai ke fakahaaʻi ai hoʻo houngaʻia ki he lelei ʻa Sihová?
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ʻOku teuʻi kakato kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke fai hono finangaló