‘ʻOfa ki he Moʻoní mo e Melinó’!
“Pea naʻe hoko ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihova Sapaoti kiate au, ʻo pehe, . . . ʻOfa ki he fai moʻoni mo e fai melino.”—SĀKALAIA 8:18, 19.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti ʻo kau ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e melinó? (e) Ko e hā ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ai ke sio ʻa e māmani lolotonga ní ia ki he melino moʻoní?
“KO E māmaní kuo ʻikai pē ke ʻi ai ʻa e melinó. ʻI ha feituʻu pē—pea ʻoku faʻa hoko ʻi he taimi tatau ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi—kuo ʻi ai maʻu ai pē ʻa e tau.” Ko e lea ia ʻa Palōfesa Milton Mayer ʻo e ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Massachusetts, U.S.A. Ko ha fakamatala fakamamahi ē ʻo kau ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá! Ko e moʻoni, kuo fiemaʻu ʻe he tangatá ʻa e melinó. Kuo feinga ʻa e kau fale-aleá ʻi he faʻahinga founga kotoa pē ke tauhi ʻa e melinó, mei he Pax Romana ʻi he taimi ʻo Lomá ki he founga ngāue ʻo e “Fakapapau Fefakaʻauhaʻaki” lolotonga ʻa e Vāvātaú. Faifai atu pē, naʻe ʻikai lava ʻa ʻenau ngaahi feingá hono kotoa. Hangē ko ia naʻe tala ʻe ʻAisea ʻi he ngaahi senituli lahi ʻi he kuo hilí, “ʻoku tangi mamahi ʻa kinautolu naʻe ʻalu ke alea melino.” (ʻAisea 33:7) Ko e hā ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e meʻá ni?
2 Koeʻuhi he ko e melino tuʻuloá kuo pau ke tupu ia mei he ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha tāufehiʻa mo e mānumanu; kuo pau ke makatuʻunga ia ʻi he moʻoní. ʻOku ʻikai lava ke makatuʻunga ʻa e melinó ʻi he ngaahi loí. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe Sihova ʻi heʻene talaʻofa ki ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻa honau toe fakafokí pea mo e melinó: “Teu tuku ae melino kiate ia o hage koe vaitafe, bea koe nāunāu oe Jenitaile o hage koe vaitafe laulahi.” (ʻAisea 66:12, PM) Ko e ʻotua ʻo e tuʻu ko ʻení, ʻa Sētane ko e Tēvoló, ko ha “tamate-tangata,” ko ha fakapō ia, pea ‘ko e loi ia, pea mo e tamai ʻo iá.’ (Sione 8:44; 2 Kolinitō 4:4) ʻOku lava fēfē ke ʻi ai ʻa e melinó ʻi ha māmani ʻoku pehē ʻa hono ʻotuá?
3. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻaʻofa fakaofo kuo ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kakaí, neongo ʻa ʻenau moʻui ʻi ha māmani faingataʻaʻiá?
3 Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fakaofó ʻoku ʻoange ʻe Sihova ia ʻa e melinó ki heʻene kakaí neongo ʻoku nau lolotonga nofo ʻi he māmani ʻo Sētané ʻa ia kuo maumau ʻi he taú. (Sione 17:16) ʻI he senituli hono ono M.H.K. (Ki Muʻa Hotau Kuongá), naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa ʻene talaʻofa naʻe fakafou mai ʻia Selemaiá pea naʻá ne ʻoange ʻa e “fiemālie [“melino,” NW] mo e moʻoni” ki hono puleʻanga makehé ʻi heʻene toe fakafoki kinautolu ki honau fonua totonú. (Selemaia 33:6) Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni, kuó ne ʻoange ʻa e ‘melinó mo e moʻoní’ ki heʻene kakaí ʻi honau “fonua,” pe tofiʻa fakalaumālie ʻi māmaní, neongo kuo nau moʻui mai ʻi he taimi kovi taha ʻo e faingataʻa kuo aʻusia ʻe he māmaní ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni. (ʻAisea 66:8; Mātiu 24:7-13; Fakahā 6:1-8) ʻI heʻetau hoko atu ʻa ʻetau fetalanoaʻaki ʻi he Sākalaia vahe 8, te tau maʻu ai ha houngaʻia loloto ange ki he melino mo e moʻoni ko ʻeni ʻoku foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá pea vakai pe ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke fakatolonga ʻa ʻetau kau ki aí.
‘Ke Ala Malohi Homou Nimá’
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sākalaia ʻa ʻIsileli ke nau faí kae maʻu ʻa e melinó?
4 Ko hono tuʻo ono ʻi he Sākalaia vahe 8, ʻoku tau fanongo ai ki ha fanongonongo fakatupu-fiefia meia Sihova: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, Mou nimenima, ʻa kimoutolu ʻoku mou ongona ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ni ʻa e ngaahi tala ko eni mei he ngutu ʻo e kau palofita, ʻa ia naʻa nau ʻi he taimi naʻe tanupou ai ʻa e fale ʻo Sihova Sapaoti, tokua ko e temipale é ke langa. He ʻi he teʻeki ke hoko ʻa e taimi koé, naʻe ʻikai ha ngaue ke no ʻe ha tangata, pea ʻikai ha no ki ha fanga manu, pea ne ʻikai maʻu ha fiemalie ʻe ia naʻe hu atu mo ia naʻe hu mai, koeʻuhi ko ia naʻe fakamamahi; he naʻa ku tukuange ʻa e tangata kotoa pe ke fepaki ʻa e taha mo e taha.”—Sākalaia 8:9, 10.
5, 6. (a) Koeʻuhi ko e loto-siʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻe fēfē ʻa e tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsilelí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e liliu naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sihova ki ʻIsilelí kapau te ne fakamuʻomuʻa ʻene lotú?
5 Naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sākalaia ʻa e ngaahi leá ni lolotonga ia ʻa hono toe langa ʻo e temipalé ʻi Selusalemá. Ki muʻá, ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻa nau foki mei Pāpiloné naʻa nau hoko ʻo loto-siʻi pea tuku ʻa e ngāue ko hono langa ʻo e temipalé. Koeʻuhi naʻe hanga ʻa ʻenau tokangá ki he fiemālie pē ʻa kinautolú, naʻe ʻikai ai te nau maʻu ʻa e tāpuakí pea ʻikai maʻu ʻa e melino meia Sihová. Neongo naʻa nau ngoueʻi ʻa honau ngaahi kelekelé mo tauhi ʻa ʻenau ngaahi ngoue vainé, naʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻumālie. (Hākeai 1:3-6) Naʻe hangē naʻa nau fai ha ngāue kae ʻikai ha “no [“vāhenga,” NW].”
6 ʻI hono toe langa ko ia ʻo e temipalé, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sākalaia ʻa e kau Siú ke nau “malohi,” loto-toʻa ʻo fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e lotu ʻa Sihová. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe hokó kapau naʻa nau fai ia? “Ko ʻeku fakafeangai ki he toenga kakai ni ʻoku ʻikai hangē ko e taimi muʻa—ko e Sihova Sapaoti ia mei he Taʻehamai. He ko e taʻu ʻo e melino—ʻa e vaine—te ne ʻatu hono fua, ʻio ʻe ʻatu ʻe he kelekele hono tupu, mo e ʻatā hono hahau; pea te u ʻai ke maʻu ʻe he toenga kakai ni ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa. Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehe, siʻi fale ʻo Siuta mo siʻi fale ʻo Isileli: hange naʻa mou nofo ko e meʻa ke kape ki ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga, pehe te u fakahaofi kimoutolu, pea te mou hoko ko e monuʻiaʻanga: ʻoua te mou manavahe; ala malohi homou nima.” (Sākalaia 8:11-13) Kapau naʻe ngāue loto-ʻalovili ʻa ʻIsileli, naʻá ne tuʻumālie. Ki muʻa atú, ʻi he loto ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ke lave ki ha fakatātā ʻo e fakamalaʻiaʻí, naʻe lava ke nau tuhu ki ʻIsileli. Ka naʻe hoko ʻeni ʻa ʻIsileli ko ha fakatātā ʻo e tāpuaki. Ko ha ʻuhinga lelei taha ē ke ‘ala malohi honau nimá’!
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu fakatupu-fiefia kuo hokosia ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová, ʻo tumutumuʻaki ʻi he taʻu fakangāue 1995? (e) ʻI he sio ki he lipooti fakataʻú ʻi he makasini ko e Watchtower faka-Pilitānia ʻo Sanuali 1, 1996, ko fē ʻa e ngaahi fonua ʻokú ke sio ʻoku fakaofo ʻa e lipooti ki heʻenau kau malangá, kau tāimuʻá, mo e ʻavalisi ʻo e houá?
7 ʻOku fēfē ʻa e ʻahó ni? Sai, ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki muʻa ʻi he 1919, ko e kakai ʻa Sihová naʻe ʻikai ke nau loko faivelenga. Naʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻuʻatā kakato ʻi he ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa māmaní, pea naʻa nau hehema ke muimui ki ha tangata kae ʻikai ko honau Tuʻí, ko Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko hono olá, naʻe loto-siʻi ha niʻihi ʻi he fakafepaki mei loto pea mo tuʻa ki he kautahá. Ko ia, ʻi he 1919, ʻi he tokoni meia Sihová naʻa nau ʻai honau nimá ke mālohi. (Sākalaia 4:6) Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e melinó, pea naʻa nau tuʻumālie lahi ʻaupito. ʻOku hā ʻeni ʻi honau lēkooti ʻi he taʻu ʻe 75 kuo hilí, ko hono tumutumú ko e taʻu fakangāue 1995. ʻI honau tuʻunga ko e kakaí, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he mateakiʻi fonuá, lau matakalí, tomuʻa fehiʻá, pea mo e ngaahi tupuʻanga kotoa pē ʻo e tāufehiʻá. (1 Sione 3:14-18) ʻOku nau tauhi ʻa Sihova mo e faivelenga moʻoni ʻi hono temipale fakalaumālié. (Hepelū 13:15; Fakahā 7:15) ʻI he taʻu kuo ʻosí ʻataʻatā pē, naʻa nau fakamoleki ʻa e houa lahi hake he taha pilioná ʻi he talanoa mo e niʻihi kehé ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻenau Tamai fakahēvaní! ʻI he māhina taki taha, naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngaahi ako Tohitapu ʻe 4,865,060. ʻOku fakaʻavalisi ko e toko 663,521 naʻa nau kau ʻi he ngāue tāimuʻá ʻi he māhina taki taha. ʻI he loto ʻa e kau faifekau ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ke ʻoatu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo ha kakai ʻoku nau loto-māfana moʻoni ʻi heʻenau lotú, ʻoku nau faʻa tuhu ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
8. ʻOku lava fēfē ke maʻu ha ʻaonga ʻe he Kalisitiane taki taha mei he “taʻu ʻo e melino”?
8 Koeʻuhi ko ʻenau faivelengá, ko Sihova ʻokú ne ʻoange ki heʻene kakaí ʻa e “taʻu ʻo e melino.” Ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻokú ne fakatupulekina ʻa e tenga ko iá te ne sio ki he tupu ʻa e melinó ʻi hono lotó mo ʻene moʻuí. Ko e Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻoku tui ʻa ia ʻokú ne tuli ki he melino mo Sihova mo e kaungā-Kalisitiané, ʻoku kau ʻi he moʻoni mo e melino ʻa e kakai ʻoku uiʻaki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová. (1 Pita 3:11; fakafehoanaki mo Sēmisi 3:18.) ʻIkai ʻoku fakaofo ia?
“ʻOua Te Mou Manavahe”
9. Ko e hā ʻa e liliu ʻi heʻene ngaahi feangainga mo hono kakaí naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sihová?
9 ʻOku tau lau ʻeni ʻa e fanongonongo hono fitu meia Sihová. Ko e hā ia? “He ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti: Hange naʻa ku fakakaukau ke fai ha kovi kiate kimoutolu, ʻi he fakatupu o ʻeku houhau ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova Sapaoti—ʻo ʻikai te u lolou; pehe kuo u toe fakakaukau ʻi he taimi ko eni ke fai lelei ki Selusalema, pea ki he fale ʻo Siuta: ʻoua te mou manavahe.”—Sākalaia 8:14, 15.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku hā ai kuo ʻikai te nau manavahē?
10 Neongo ʻi he ʻuhinga fakalaumālié naʻe movete ai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa e māmaní ʻi honau lotó naʻa nau loto ke fai ʻa e meʻa totonú. Ko ia ai, ʻi he hili hono fakahoko ha akonaki ʻe Sihova, naʻá ne liliu ʻa e founga ʻo ʻene feangainga mo kinautolú. (Malakai 3:2-4) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tau sio ki he kuohilí mo fakamālō loto-māfana kiate ia ki he meʻa kuó ne faí. Ko e moʻoni, kuo tau hoko ʻo “fehiʻanekina ʻe he ngāhi kakai kehekehe.” (Mātiu 24:9) Tokolahi kuo tuku pilīsone, pea mo e niʻihi kuo nau mate koeʻuhi ko ʻenau tuí. ʻOku tau faʻa fetaulaki mo e loto-momoko pe fakafili. Ka ʻoku ʻikai te tau ilifia. ʻOku tau ʻilo ʻoku mālohi ange ʻa Sihova ia ʻi ha fakafepaki tuʻu pē, hā mai pe taʻehāmai. (ʻAisea 40:15; ʻEfesō 6:10-13) ʻE ʻikai te tau tuku ʻa ʻetau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi leá ni: “Amanaki lelei kia Jihova: bea ke loto toʻa, bea te ne fakamalohi ho loto.”—Sāme 27:14, PM.
“Lea Moʻoni ʻa e Taha mo e Taha”
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu kiate kitautolu tāutaha ke tau manatuʻi kapau ʻoku tau loto ke kau kakato ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa Sihova ʻokú ne ʻoange ki heʻene kakaí?
11 Ke kau kakato ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki meia Sihová, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻi. ʻOku pehē ʻe Sākalaia: “Ko eni ʻa e ngaahi meʻa te mou fai; Lea moʻoni ʻa e taha mo e taha; feia ʻa e moʻoni mo e fakamaau ʻoku iku ki he melino ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi faiʻanga fakamau: pea ke ʻoua naʻa ai ha taha te ne fakakaukauʻi ha kovi ʻi hono loto ke fai ki hono kaungaʻapi; pea ko e fuakava loi ʻoua te mou manako ki ai; he ko e alá meʻa pehe ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai.”—Sākalaia 8:16, 17.
12 ʻOku enginakiʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau lea moʻoni. (ʻEfesō 4:15, 25) ʻOku ʻikai te ne fanongo ki he ngaahi lotu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau faʻufaʻu fakafufū ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻutāmakí, fūfuuʻi ʻa e moʻoní ki he lelei fakaekita pē, pe fai ha ngaahi fuakava loi. (Palōvepi 28:9) Koeʻuhi ʻokú ne fehiʻa ʻi he tafoki mei he moʻoní, ʻokú ne fiemaʻu kitautolu ke tau pipiki ki he moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú. (Sāme 25:5; 2 Sione 9-11) ʻIkai ko ia pē, hangē ko e kau tangata matuʻotuʻa ange ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻo e kolo ʻi ʻIsilelí, ʻoku totonu ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoku nau kau ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakaefakamaaú ke makatuʻunga ʻa ʻenau akonakí mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní ʻi he moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú, ʻikai ʻi he fakakaukau fakafoʻituituí. (Sione 17:17) ʻOku fiemaʻu kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke nau kumi ki ha “fakamaau ʻoku iku ki he melino,” ʻo feinga ʻi honau tuʻunga ko e kau tauhi-sipi Kalisitiané, ke toe fakafoki ʻa e melino ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi faʻahi ʻoku fekīhiakí pea mo tokoni ki he kau angahala ʻoku fakatōmalá ke toe maʻu mai ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá. (Sēmisi 5:14, 15; Siutasi 23) ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻoku nau maluʻi ʻa e melino ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, ʻo kapusi loto-toʻa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau veuki ʻa e melino ko iá ʻaki ʻa e kīvoi loto-lelei ʻi he faihalá.—1 Kolinitō 6:9, 10.
“Koto Mavava mo e Koto Fiefia”
13. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e liliu fekauʻaki mo e ʻaukaí naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Sākalaiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻaukai naʻe tauhi ʻi ʻIsilelí?
13 ʻOku tau fanongo ʻeni ki he fanongonongo molumalu hono valú: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti: Ko e ʻaukai ʻi hono fa ʻo e mahina, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono nima, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono fitu, mo e ʻaukai ʻi hono hongofulu ʻo e mahina, ʻe hoko ia ko e koto mavava mo e koto fiefia, mo e ngaahi katoanga lelei ki he fale ʻo Siuta: kae kehe ke mou ʻofa ki he fai moʻoni mo e fai melino.” (Sākalaia 8:19) ʻI he malumalu ʻo e Lao ʻia Mōsesé, naʻe ʻaukai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he ʻAho ʻo e Fakaleleí ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e loto-mamahí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ngaahi angahalá. (Livitikō 16:29-31) Ko e ʻaukai ʻe fā naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sākalaiá ʻoku ngalingali naʻe faí ke tengihia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ikunaʻi mo hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá. (2 Tuʻi 25:1-4, 8, 9, 22-26) Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻosi hono toe langa ko ia ʻo e temipalé naʻe toe nofoʻi ʻa Selusalema. Naʻe liliu ʻa e tengihiá ki he loto-fiefia, pea ko e ngaahi ʻaukaí naʻe hoko ko e ngaahi taimi kātoanga.
14, 15. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e kātoanga Fakamanatú ko ha fakatupunga lahi ki he fiefiá, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fakamanatu ʻe he meʻá ni kiate kitautolú? (e) Hangē ko ia ʻoku ʻi he lipooti fakataʻú, ko fē ʻa e ngaahi fonua naʻe fakaofo ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e haʻu ki he Fakamanatú?
14 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku ʻikai te tau tauhi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaukai naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sākalaiá pe ko e ʻaukai naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he Laó. ʻI he foaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene moʻuí koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngaahi angahalá, ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo ha ʻAho ʻo e Fakalelei lahi angé. ʻOku ʻufiʻufi ai ʻa ʻetau ngaahi angahalá, ʻo ʻikai fakakonga pē, ka ko e fakaʻaufuli. (Hepelū 9:6-14) ʻI he muimui ki he fekau ʻa e Taulaʻeiki Lahi fakahēvaní, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻoku tau tauhi ai ʻa e Fakamanatu ʻo ʻene pekiá ko e kātoanga molumalu pē ia ʻe taha ʻoku ʻi he tohimāhina ʻa e kau Kalisitiané. (Luke 22:19, 20) ʻIkai ʻoku tau hokosia ʻa e “koto mavava mo e koto fiefia” ʻi heʻetau fakatahataha ʻi he taʻu taki taha ki he kātoanga ko iá?
15 ʻI he taʻu kuo ʻosí, ko e toko 13,147,201 naʻa nau fakatahataha ke kātoangaʻi ʻa e Fakamanatú, ko e tokolahiʻaki ia ʻa e toko 858,284 ʻi he 1994. Ko ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi ē! Fakakaukau ki he fiefia ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe 78,620 ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻaukolo atu ʻa e kakai tokolahi ʻaupito ki honau ngaahi Fale Fakatahaʻangá ki he kātoangá. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ueʻi kotoa ʻa kinautolu naʻa nau ʻi aí ke ‘ʻofa ki he moʻoní mo e fai melinó’ ʻi heʻenau manatuʻi ʻa e pekia ʻa e Tokotaha ʻa ia ko ia ʻa e “hala, pea mo e moʻoni mo e moʻui” pea kuó ne pule he taimí ni ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “ʻEiki ʻo e Melino” lahi ʻa Sihová! (Sione 14:6; ʻAisea 9:6) Ko e kātoanga ko iá naʻe ʻi ai ʻa hono ʻuhinga makehe kiate kinautolu naʻa nau tauhi ia ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku nau mamahi lahi ai koeʻuhi ko e maveuveú mo e taú. Ko e niʻihi ʻo hotau ngaahi tokouá naʻa nau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalilifu taʻealafakamatalaʻi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e 1995. Ka neongo ia, “ko e 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 4:7, PM.
‘Tau Fakahoifua ʻa e Fofonga ʻo Sihová’
16, 17. ʻOku lava fēfē ʻe he kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻo “fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova”?
16 Ka neongo ia, ko e haʻu mei fē ʻa e laui miliona kotoa naʻa nau haʻu ki he Fakamanatú? ʻOku fakamatala ʻe he meʻa hono hiva naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihová: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ʻE faifai pea hoko ʻa e haʻu ʻani kakai, ʻio ko e nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo lahi: pea ʻe ʻalu ʻa e nofo ʻi he kolo ʻe taha ki ha kolo ʻe taha, heʻenau pehe, Tau ō, ʻo ʻalu ke fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova, ʻio, ke vivili kia Sihova Sapaoti. Te u ʻalu mo au foki. ʻIo ʻe omi ʻani kakai lahi mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kaukaua ko e kumi kia Sihova Sapaoti ʻi Selusalema, pea ke fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova.”—Sākalaia 8:20-22.
17 Ko e kakai naʻa nau haʻu ki he Fakamanatú naʻa nau loto ke “kumi kia Sihova Sapaoti.” Ko e tokolahi ʻo e faʻahinga ko ʻení, ko ʻene kau sevāniti ʻosi fakatapui mo papitaisó. Ko e laui miliona kehe naʻa nau ʻi aí naʻe teʻeki ai ke nau aʻusia ʻa e tuʻunga ko iá. ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi ko e kau maʻu Fakamanatú naʻe liunga fā pe nima ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko e kau mahuʻingaʻia tokolahi ko ʻení ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ha tokoni ke hokohoko atu ʻa e fakalakalaká. Tau akoʻi kinautolu ke nau fiefia ʻi he ʻilo naʻe pekia ʻa Sīsū koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngaahi angahalá pea ʻokú ne lolotonga pule ʻi he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (1 Kolinitō 5:7, 8; Fakahā 11:15) Pea ke tau fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ke nau fakatapui kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea anganofo ki heʻene Tuʻi kuo ʻosi fakanofó. ʻI he founga ko ʻení te nau “fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova.”—Sāme 116:18, 19; Filipai 2:12, 13.
“Tangata ʻe Toko Hongofulu, mei he Ngaahi Lea Kehekehe ʻo e Ngaahi Puleʻanga”
18, 19. (a) ʻI he fakahoko ʻo e Sākalaia 8:23, ko hai ʻi he ʻahó ni ko ha “Siu”? (e) Ko hai ʻi he ʻahó ni ko e “tangata ʻe toko hongofulu” ʻa ia ʻoku “nau puke ki he kapaʻi kofu ʻo ha tangata Siu”?
18 Ko e taimi fakaʻosí ʻeni ʻi he vahe hono valu ʻo Sākalaiá, ʻoku tau lau: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti.” Ko e hā ʻa e fanongonongo fakaʻosi ʻa Sihová? “ʻI he taimi ko ia tokua, ʻe puke ʻe ha tuʻunga tangata ʻe toko hongofulu, mei he ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻio te nau puke ki he kapaʻi kofu ʻo ha tangata Siu, heʻenau pehe, Te tau ō mo kimoutolu; he kuo mau fanongo ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Sākalaia 8:23) ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Sākalaiá, ko ʻIsileli totonu naʻe hoko ko e kakai fili ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe talitekeʻi ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e Mīsaia ʻa Sihová. Ko ia ai, naʻe fili ʻe he ʻOtuá “ha Siu”—ha ʻIsileli foʻou—ko ʻene kakai makehe, ko e “Isileli oe Otua” ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e kau Siu fakalaumālié. (Kalētia 6:16, PM; Sione 1:11; Loma 2:28, 29) Ko e tokolahi fakakātoa ʻo e faʻahinga ko ʻení ko e toko 144,000, naʻe fili mei he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke pule mo Sīsū ʻi hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní.—Fakahā 14:1, 4.
19 Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e toko 144,000 ko ʻení kuo nau ʻosi mate anga-tonu pea kuo nau ʻalu ki honau pale fakahēvaní. (1 Kolinitō 15:51, 52; Fakahā 6:9-11) Ko e tokosiʻi ʻoku kei toe ʻi māmaní pea ʻoku fiefia ʻa e faʻahinga ko ʻení ke sio ko e “tangata ʻe toko hongofulu” ʻa ia ʻoku nau fili ke ō mo e “Siu” ko hono moʻoní ko e “fuʻu kakai lahi . . . mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea.”—Fakahā 7:9; ʻAisea 2:2, 3; 60:4-10, 22.
20, 21. ʻI he fakaofi ange mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e māmani ko ʻení, ʻe anga-fēfē nai ke tau nofo melino mo Sihova?
20 ʻI he pau ʻa e fakaofi mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e māmani ko ʻení, ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku hangē ia ko Selusalema ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Selemaiá: “ʻOku mau ʻamanaki ki ha tuʻumalie [“melino,” NW], ka ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei; pea ʻoku mau ʻamanaki ki ha taimi faitoʻo, pea ta ko e fakalilifu.” (Selemaia 14:19) Ko e fakalilifu ko iá ʻe aʻu ki ha tumutumu ʻi he tafoki hake ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ki he lotu loí pea fakangata fakamālohi ia. ʻI he hili ia ʻo taimi siʻi, ʻe hokosia ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻi he tau fakaʻosi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko ʻĀmaketone. (Mātiu 24:29, 30; Fakahā 16:14, 16; 17:16-18; 19:11-21) Ko ha taimi uatau ē ka ko ia!
21 ʻI he meʻa ko iá kotoa, ʻe maluʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he moʻoní mo fakatupulekina ʻa e “taʻu ʻo e melino.” (Sākalaia 8:12; Sēfanaia 2:3) Ko ia, tau nofo malu ʻi he fonua ʻo ʻene kakaí, fakahīkihikiʻi fakahāhā mo faivelenga ia pea tokoniʻi ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻoku malavá ke nau “fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova.” Kapau te tau fai pehē, te tau maʻu maʻu ai pē ʻa e melino ʻa Sihová. ʻIo, “ko Sihova te ne foaki ivi ki hono kakai; ko Sihova te ne ʻatu ki hono kakai ʻa e melino monau tapuaki.”—Sāme 29:11.
ʻE Lava ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ ʻI he founga fē naʻe ʻai ai ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ‘ala malohi honau nimá’ ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sākalaiá? ʻI he ʻahó ni?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa ʻetau tali ki he fakatangá, fakafilí, mo e loto-momokó?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki heʻetau ‘lea moʻoni ʻa e taha ki he taha’?
◻ ʻOku lava fēfē ʻe ha tangata ke “fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fakatupunga lahi ki he fiefiá ʻoku hā ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e Sākalaia 8:23?
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Taʻu kuo ʻosí, naʻe fakamoleki ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e houa ʻe 1,150,353,444 ʻi he talanoa mo e kakaí ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá