“ʻI he Taimi Ní ko e Kakai Kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtuá”
“Naʻe ʻikai te mou hoko ko ha kakai, ka ʻi he taimi ní ko e kakai kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtuá.”—1 PITA 2:10.
ʻE LAVA KE KE TALI?
Ko hai naʻe hoko ko e kakai foʻou ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí?
ʻI he founga fē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoni ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ko ha kakai maʻá e huafa ʻo Sihová?
Ko hai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní? Ko e hā kuo pau ke fai ʻe he “fanga sipi kehe” ke hoko ʻo malu lolotonga ʻa e “fuʻu mamahi lahi”?
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e liliu naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e taʻu 33? Ko hai naʻe hoko ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga foʻou ʻa Sihová? (Sio ki he ʻuluaki fakatātā ʻi he kupú ni.)
ʻI HE Penitekosi ʻo e taʻu 33, naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ha liliu fakahisitōlia. Naʻá ne faʻu ha puleʻanga foʻou ʻo ui ko e “ʻIsileli ʻa e ʻOtuá,” pe ʻIsileli fakalaumālie. (Kal. 6:16) Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke fili ʻa e mēmipa taki taha ʻo e puleʻanga ko ení. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ko e faʻahinga ʻi he puleʻanga foʻou ko ení ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke kamu ʻo hangē ko e hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé. ʻI hono kehé, ko kinautolu “ko e kamu ʻo e lotó” ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní.—Loma 2:29.
2 Ko e ʻuluaki kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e kau ʻapositoló mo e kau ākonga kehe ʻa Kalaisi laka hake he teaú ʻa ia naʻa nau fakatahataha fakataha ʻi ha loki ʻi ʻolunga ʻi Selusalema. (Ngā. 1:12-15) Naʻe huaʻi hifo ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní kia kinautolu, pea nau hoko ko e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Loma 8:15, 16; 2 Kol. 1:21) Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi heni naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻa e feilaulau ʻa Kalaisí pea fetongi ʻa e fuakava Laó ʻaki ha fuakava foʻou. (Luke 22:20; lau ʻa e Hepelū 9:15.) Ko e kau ākonga pani ko ení naʻa nau hoko ko e puleʻanga pe kakai foʻou ʻa Sihova. Naʻe ʻoange kia kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻa e malava ke lea mo mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea lahi pea ke akoʻi ʻa e “ngaahi meʻa fisifisimuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá.”—Ngā. 2:1-11.
KO E KAKAI FOʻOU ʻA E ʻOTUÁ
3-5. (a) Ko e hā naʻe tala ʻe Pita ki he kau Siú ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosí? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē tupu ʻa e puleʻanga foʻoú lolotonga hono ngaahi taʻu kamatá?
3 Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ke fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau Siu mo e kau ului Siú ke hoko ko e kau mēmipa ʻo Hono puleʻanga foʻoú, ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosí, naʻe tala loto-toʻa ʻe Pita ki he kau Siu naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻa Sīsuú naʻe fiemaʻu he taimí ni ke nau tali ia ko honau “ʻEiki mo e Kalaisi.” ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻeke ange ai ʻe he fuʻu kakaí pe ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke nau faí, naʻe tala ange ʻe Pita: “Fakatomala, pea tuku ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo kimoutolu ke papitaiso ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ki he fakamolemole ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi angahalá, pea te mou maʻu ʻa e meʻaʻofa taʻetotongi ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoní.” (Ngā. 2:22, 23, 36-38) ʻI he ʻaho ko iá, ko e kakai ʻe toko 3,000 nai naʻa nau hoko ko e konga ʻo e puleʻanga foʻou ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié. (Ngā. 2:41) Hili iá, naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ke malanga fakataha ʻi he faivelenga, pea naʻe tali ʻe he kakai tokolahi ange ʻa e moʻoní. (Ngā. 6:7) Naʻe tupulaki ʻa e puleʻanga foʻoú.
4 Ki mui ai, naʻe kamata ke malanga ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ki he kau Samēliá. Naʻe tali ʻe he tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻa e moʻoní pea papitaiso, ka naʻe ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he kulupu pule ʻi Selusalemá ʻa Pita mo Sione ke ʻaʻahi ki he fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine Samēlia foʻou ko ení. Naʻe hilifaki ʻe he ongo ʻapositolo ko ení hona nimá ʻia kinautolu, “pea naʻe kamata ke nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní.” (Ngā. 8:5, 6, 14-17) ʻI he founga ko ení, naʻe pani ai ʻa e kau Samēliá pea nau hoko ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié.
5 ʻI he taʻu 36, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Pita ke ne fakaafeʻi ha kulupu ʻe taha ki he puleʻanga foʻou ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié. Naʻe hoko eni ʻi he taimi naʻe malanga ai ʻa Pita ki he ʻōfisa fakakautau Loma ko Koliniusí mo hono ngaahi kāingá mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. (Ngā. 10:22, 24, 34, 35) ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú lolotonga ʻa e lea ʻa Pitá, naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻikai Siu naʻe fanongó. “Ko e kau tui ko ia kuo kamú ʻa ia naʻa nau omi mo Pitá naʻa nau ofoofo, koeʻuhi ko e meʻaʻofa taʻetotongi ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoní naʻe toe lilingi hifo ia ki he kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá.” (Ngā. 10:44, 45) Mei he taimi ko iá ʻo faai mai, naʻe fakaafeʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻikai Siu taʻekamú ke nau hoko ko ha konga ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié.
“KAKAI MAʻA HONO HUAFÁ”
6, 7. Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga foʻoú ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kakai maʻá e huafa ʻo Sihová?
6 ʻI ha fakataha ʻa e kulupu pulé ʻi he taʻu 49, naʻe pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí: “Kuo fakamatala fakaʻāuliliki ʻa Simioni [Pita] ki he anga hono fakahanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene tokangá ʻi he ʻuluaki taimí ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ke toʻo mai meiate kinautolu ha kakai maʻa hono huafá.” (Ngā. 15:14) Ko e ‘kakai foʻou eni maʻa hono huafá’ ʻo kau ai ʻa e kau Siu mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻikai Siú ʻa ia naʻe faʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki ha puleʻanga ʻe taha. (Loma 11:25, 26a) Ki mui ai, naʻe tohi ʻe Pita: “Ki muʻá naʻe ʻikai te mou hoko ko ha kakai, ka ʻi he taimi ní ko e kakai kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtuá.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e puleʻanga foʻou ko ení ʻaki ʻene pehē: “Ko kimoutolú ‘ko ha matakali kuo fili, ko ha tuʻunga taulaʻeiki fakatuʻi, ko ha puleʻanga māʻoniʻoni, ko ha kakai ke hoko ko ha koloa makehe, koeʻuhi ke mou talaki atu ʻa e ngaahi lelei’ ʻo e tokotaha naʻá ne ui kimoutolu mei he fakapoʻulí ki he maama fakaofo ʻaʻaná.” (1 Pita 2:9, 10) Naʻe pau ke nau faifakamoʻoni loto-toʻa fekauʻaki mo Sihova pea fakahīkihikiʻi fakahāhā ia ko e Hau Fakalevelevá.
7 Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova he taimi ko ení ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié pea lava ke ui kinautolu “ko e kakai kuo u ngaohi maʻaku, te nau aʻau hoku fakamalo.” (ʻAi. 43:21) Naʻa nau tala loto-toʻa ki he kakaí ko Sihova ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoni pē tahá pea ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi ʻotua kehé naʻe loi. (1 Tes. 1:9) Naʻa nau hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova mo Sīsū “ʻi Selusalema, ʻi he kotoa ʻo Siuteá mo Samēlia, pea ki he feituʻu taupotu taha ʻo e māmaní.”—Ngā. 1:8; Kol. 1:23.
8. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe fai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí?
8 Ko Paulá ko ha fakamoʻoni loto-toʻa kia Sihova pea taukapoʻi ia ko e ʻOtua moʻoni pē tahá, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi naʻá ne lea ai ki he kau filōsefa panganí. Naʻá ne fakaʻuhinga ko Sihova “naʻá ne ngaohi ʻa e māmaní mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻi aí” pea ko ia ʻa e “ʻEiki ʻo langi mo māmaní.” (Ngā. 17:18, 23-25) Naʻe toe fakatokanga ʻa Paula ki he fakatahaʻangá: “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ko e hili ko ia ʻeku ʻalú ʻe hū mai ha fanga ulofi fekai ki homou haʻohaʻongá pea ʻe ʻikai te nau faimanavaʻofa ki he tākangá, pea mei homou haʻohaʻongá tonu ʻe ʻalu hake mei ai ha kau tangata pea te nau leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo mioʻi ke tohoakiʻi atu ai ʻa e kau ākongá ke muimui ʻiate kinautolu.” (Ngā. 20:29, 30) Ka ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe ʻosi tokolahi ʻa e kau tafoki ʻo fakafepaki ki he moʻoní.—1 Sio. 2:18, 19.
9. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá hili ʻa e mate ʻa e kau ʻapositoló?
9 Hili ʻa e mate ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, naʻe mafola holo ʻa e kau tafoki ʻo fakafepaki ki he moʻoní ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá pea fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi siasi ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. ʻI he ʻikai hoko ko ha kakai maʻá e huafa ʻo Sihová, ko e kau Kalisitiane loi ko ení kuo nau toʻo ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá mei heʻenau ngaahi liliu Tohi Tapu lahi. Kuo nau toe taʻefakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi founga lahi kehe. Kuo nau muimui ki he ngaahi ouau fakapangani pea akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi tokāteline ʻoku ʻikai mei he Tohi Tapú. Kuo nau fai ʻa e ngaahi tau tokua ko e ngaahi tau māʻoniʻoni pea taukaveʻi ko ʻenau tau maʻá e ʻOtuá. Kuo nau tōʻonga fakameleʻi mo ʻulungaanga taʻetaau fakaefehokotaki fakasino. ʻI he laui teau taʻu hili ʻa e kamata ʻa e tafoki ʻo fakafepaki ki he moʻoní, naʻe tokosiʻi pē ʻa e kau lotu faitōnunga ʻa Sihova ʻi he māmaní pea ʻikai ha kulupu fokotuʻutuʻu maau ʻa ia ko ha “kakai maʻa hono huafá.”
TOE FANAUʻI ʻO E KAKAI ʻA E ʻOTUÁ
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e “uité” mo e “teá”? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú hili ʻa e 1914?
10 Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻene pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e uité mo e teá ke tomuʻa tala ko e tafoki ʻo fakafepaki ki he moʻoní te ne ʻai ke faingataʻa ʻaupito ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Naʻá ne pehē “lolotonga ʻa e mohe ʻa e kau tangatá,” ʻe tō ʻe he Tēvoló ʻa e teá ʻi he ngoue ʻa ia naʻe tūtuuʻi ai ʻe he Foha ʻo e tangatá ʻa e ngaahi tengaʻi uité. Ko e uité mo e teá te na tupu fakataha kae ʻoua ke aʻu ki he “fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ko e “tenga leleí” ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he ‘ngaahi foha ʻo e Puleʻangá’ pea “ko e teá” ko e “ngaahi foha ia ʻo e tokotaha fulikivanú.” Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá, ko e Foha ʻo e tangatá te ne fekauʻi mai ha kau ʻāngelo ke fakamavaheʻi ʻa e teá mei he uité. Pea ʻe tānaki leva ʻe he kau ʻāngeló ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Māt. 13:24-30, 36-43) Naʻe anga-fēfē hoko ení? Naʻe anga-fēfē hono ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke malava ke toe maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ha kulupu fokotuʻutuʻu maau ʻo ʻene kau lotu ʻi he māmaní?
11 Ko e “fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá” naʻe kamata ia ʻi he 1914. ʻI he taimi ko iá, ko e laui afe siʻi pē ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻi he māmaní. Lolotonga ʻa e tau naʻe kamata ʻi he taʻu ko iá, ko e ‘ngaahi foha pani ko eni ʻo e Puleʻangá’ naʻa nau kei pōpula pē ki Pāpilone ko e Lahi. Ka ʻi he 1919, naʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova, pea ko e faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoni ko ení mo e kau Kalisitiane loí naʻe hoko ʻo māʻalaʻala ʻaupito. Naʻá ne fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e ‘ngaahi foha ʻo e Puleʻangá’ ke hoko ko ha kakai fokotuʻutuʻu maau, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe ʻAiseá: “ʻOku faʻeleʻi koā ha fonua kotoa ʻi ha ʻaho pe taha? ʻIo, ʻoku fanauʻi ha puleʻanga ʻi ha feinga pe taha? He kuo langā ʻa Saione, kuo ne faʻeleʻi foki ʻene fanau.” (ʻAi. 66:8) ʻI he potutohi ko ení, ko Saioné ko e kautaha ia ʻo e kau ʻāngelo ʻa Sihová. Naʻe ‘faʻele’ ʻa Saione ʻo fokotuʻu ai ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ngaahi foha pani ʻi he māmaní.
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē hoko ʻa e kau paní ko ha kakai maʻá e huafa ʻo Sihová?
12 Hangē ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ko e ‘ngaahi foha pani ʻo e Puleʻangá’ he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fakamoʻoni maʻa Sihova. (Lau ʻa e ʻAisea 43:1, 10, 11.) ʻOku nau makehe koeʻuhí ko ʻenau tōʻonga lelei faka-Kalisitiané pea koeʻuhí ʻoku nau malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá “ko ha fakamoʻoni ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.” (Māt. 24:14; Fil. 2:15) ʻI he foungá ni, kuo nau tokoniʻi ai ʻa e laui miliona ke nau fakatupulekina hanau vahaʻangatae vāofi mo Sihova.—Lau ʻa e Taniela 12:3.
“TE TAU Ō MO KIMOUTOLU”
13, 14. Ko e hā kuo pau ke fai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kau paní kae tali ʻenau lotu kia Sihová? Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tomuʻa tala eni ʻi he Tohi Tapú?
13 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻi he kupu ki muʻá ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻa e lotu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he taimi naʻa nau lotu fakataha ai mo ʻene kakaí. (1 Tuʻi 8:41-43) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kau paní kuo pau ke nau lotu kia Sihova fakataha mo ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoni paní.
14 ʻI he taimi fuoloa ki muʻá, naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he kau palōfitá ko e tokolahi te nau lotu kia Sihova fakataha mo ʻene kakaí ʻi he taimi ko eni ʻo e ngataʻangá. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe ʻAisea: “ʻE ōange ʻa e ngaahi kakai lahi, pea te nau pehe, Haʻuā, ke tau ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga ʻo Sihova, ki he fale ʻo e ʻOtua ʻo Sekope; pea te ne ako kiate kitautolu hano ngaahi ʻalunga, pea te tau fou ʻi hono ngaahi founga: he ko Saione ʻe ʻalu mei ai ʻa e fakahinohino, mo e folofola ʻa Sihova mei Selusalema.” (ʻAi. 2:2, 3) Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sākalaia “ʻe ʻomi ʻani kakai lahi mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kaukaua ko e kumi kia Sihova Sapaoti ʻi Selusalema, pea ke fakahoifua ʻa e fofonga ʻo Sihova.” Ko e kulupu ko ení te nau haʻu mei he “ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga.” Te nau lotu ki he ʻOtuá fakataha mo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié ʻo pehē: “Te tau ō mo kimoutolu; he kuo mau fanongo ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtua.”—Sāk. 8:20-23.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e “ō” ʻa e “fanga sipi kehe” mo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié?
15 Ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻoku nau “ō” mo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié ʻaki hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Mk. 13:10) ʻOku nau hoko ko ha konga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko kinautolu mo e kau paní ʻoku nau hoko “ko e tākanga ʻe taha” ʻi he malumalu ʻo e “tauhi-sipi leleí,” ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi.—Lau ʻa e Sione 10:14-16.
MALU FAKATAHA MO E KAKAI ʻA SIHOVÁ
16. Ko e hā ʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻa ia ʻe taki atu ai ki ʻĀmaketone?
16 Hili hono fakaʻauha ʻa Pāpilone ko e Lahí, ʻe ʻohofi fakaʻaufuli ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Te tau fiemaʻu ʻa e maluʻi ʻa Sihová ke tau hao. ʻI heʻene taimi kotofá, ʻe tataki ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia ʻe taki atu ai ki hono ʻohofi ʻene kakaí. ʻE kamataʻi heni ʻa e konga fakaʻosi ʻo e “fuʻu mamahi lahi,” ʻa ʻĀmaketone. (Māt. 24:21; ʻIsi. 38:2-4) Ko ia ʻe ʻohofi ʻe Koki ʻa e “kakai kuo tanaki mei he ngaahi puleʻanga.” (ʻIsi. 38:10-12) ʻI he hoko ʻa e meʻa ko iá, ʻe kau mai leva ʻa Sihova ke fakahaofi ʻene kakaí pea faitau mo Koki mo ʻene kau taú. ʻE ʻai ʻe Sihova ke lahi hono tuʻunga-haú pea fakatāpuhaaʻi hono huafá. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Te u ʻai ke u ha lahi mo tapuha; ʻio, te u ʻai ke u ʻilonga ʻi he vakai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga lahi; pea te nau ʻilo ko Sihova au.”—ʻIsi. 38:18-23.
17, 18. (a) ʻI he taimi ʻe ʻohofi ai ʻe Koki ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kia kinautolú? (e) Kapau ʻoku tau loto ke hoko ʻo maluʻi ʻe Sihova, ko e hā kuo pau ke tau faí?
17 ʻI he taimi ʻe kamata ai ʻe Koki ʻa e ʻohofí, ʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kau sevānití: “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.” (ʻAi. 26:20) Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá, ʻe ʻomai ʻe Sihova kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fai ka tau malu aí. Ko e “ngaahi loki” ʻe lava ke fekauʻaki ia mo ʻetau ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá.
18 Kapau ʻoku tau loto ke hoko ʻo malu lolotonga ʻa e fuʻu mamahi lahí, kuo pau ke tau tali ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene kakai ʻi he māmaní ʻi he ʻahó ni pea kuó ne fokotuʻutuʻu maau kinautolu ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga. Kuo pau ke tau kau ki he tafaʻaki ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová pea nofo ofi ki heʻetau fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá. Hangē pē ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé, ʻofa ke tau leaʻaki ʻa e kotoa hotau lotó: “Oku ia Jihova ae fakamoui: Ko hoo tabuaki oku i hoo kakai.”—Saame 3:8, PM.
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Naʻe malanga ʻa Pita kia Koliniusi mo hono ngaahi kāingá mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá (Sio ki he palakalafi 5)
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Lolotonga ʻa e “fuʻu mamahi lahi,” kuo pau ke tau nofo ofi ki heʻetau fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá (Sio ki he palakalafi 16-18)