ʻOku Ofí Ni ʻa e ʻAho Fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová
“Nae tohi i hono ao ae tohi fakamanatu, onautolu nae manavahe kia Jihova, mo nau faa fakalaulauloto ki hono huafa.”—MALAKAI 3:16, PM.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻaho fakamanavahē naʻe sinaki fakatokanga ʻa Malakai ʻo kau ki aí?
FAKAMANAVAHĒ! ʻI he mafoa hake ʻa e ata ʻo ʻAokosi 6, 1945, naʻe ʻauha ai ha fuʻu kolo lahi ʻi he lau mōmeniti pē. ʻOku fakafuofua ko e toko 80,000 naʻe maté! Laui mano naʻe lavelavea lalahi ʻo nau mate ai! Vela lahi! Ko e foʻi pomu ʻātomi naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e fakaʻauhá ni. Naʻe fēfē ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová he lolotonga ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ko iá? Ko e tokotaha Fakamoʻoni pē ʻe taha naʻe ʻi Hiroshima—naʻe tuku pōpulaʻi ai ʻi he pilīsone malu koeʻuhi ko ʻene angatonu faka-Kalisitiané. Naʻe holo ʻo momomomo ʻa e pilīsoné, ka naʻe ʻikai lavea ai ʻa hotau tokouá. Hangē ko ia naʻá ne leaʻakí, naʻe pomuʻi hake ia mei he pilīsoné—mahalo ko e meʻa lelei pē ia naʻe fakahoko ʻe he foʻi pomú.
2 Ko e fakamanavahē ʻa e pā ʻa e foʻi pomu ko iá, ʻoku hoko pē ia ko ha kiʻi momoʻi meʻa ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he “aho lahi mo fakamanavahe o Jihova” ʻoku tuʻunuku maí. (Malakai 4:5, PM) Ko e moʻoni ia, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho fakamanavahē ʻi he kuo hilí, ka ʻe lakasi kotoa kinautolu ia ʻe he ʻaho ko eni ʻo Sihová.—Maʻake 13:19.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e faikehekehe ke fakatokangaʻi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e “kakano kotoa pe” mo e fāmili ʻo Noá ʻi he iku atu ki he Lōmakí?
3 ʻI he taimi ʻo Noá naʻe “fakakaʻanga ʻe he kakano kotoa pe hono ʻalunga ʻi mamani,” pea naʻe fanongonongo ai ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu kuo opeope ʻi he fonua ʻa e fakamalohi; pea ko eni, te u fakaʻauha kinautolu fakataha mo e fonua.” (Sēnesi 6:12, 13) Hangē ko ia naʻe hiki ʻi he Mātiu 24:39, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ko e kakaí “naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaloʻiloa kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e Lomaki, ʻo ʻave kinautolu fulipe.” Ka ko e tokotaha angatonu ko Noá, “ʻa ia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻa e maʻoniʻoni,” naʻe fakahaofi ʻi he fuʻu Lōmaki ko iá fakataha mo hono fāmili manavahē-ʻOtuá.—2 Pita 2:5.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fakatokanga ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Sōtoma mo Komolá?
4 ʻOku pehē ʻe he Siutasi 7: “Ko Sotoma foki mo Komola, mo e ngaahi kolo naʻe tuʻu takai ki ai, ʻa ia naʻa nau tuli ki he feʻauaki . . . ʻo nau afe ki ha faʻahinga kakano kehe, ko ia kuo fokotuʻu kinautolu ko e taipe, honau moʻua he tautea totonu, ko e afi taʻengata.” Naʻe fakaʻauha ʻa e kakai anga-fakaʻotuamate ko iá koeʻuhi ko ʻenau founga moʻui fakalieliá. Tuku ke fai ai pē ʻa e fakatokanga ki he ngaahi kolo tokangataha-fakaefehokotaki-fakasino ʻo e māmani ʻi onopooní! Kae kehe, fakatokangaʻi naʻe fakahaofi moʻui ʻa e tokotaha manavahē-ʻOtua ko Lote mo hono ongo ʻofefiné he lolotonga ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ko iá, ʻe pehē pē ʻa hono maluʻi ʻo e kau lotu ʻa Sihová he lolotonga ʻa e mamahi lahi ʻoku tuʻunuku maí ni.—2 Pita 2:6-9.
5. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau ako mei he ngaahi fakamaau naʻe fakahoko ki Selusalemá?
5 Fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e fakatokanga naʻe fai ʻi he taimi naʻe ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau tau ke nau ʻohofi ʻo fakaʻauha ʻa Selusalemá, ʻa e fuʻu kolo lāngilangiʻia naʻe hoko he taimi ʻe taha “ko e fakaholomamataʻanga ʻo mamani katoa.” (Sāme 48:2) Naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahí ni, ʻuluakí ʻi he 607 K.M. pea toe pehē pē ʻi he 70 T.S., koeʻuhi naʻe hanga ʻe he kakai naʻe taku ko e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo liʻaki ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Ko e meʻa ʻoku fakafiefiá, naʻe fakahaofi ʻa e kau sevāniti mateaki ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e 70 T.S. (ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá) ʻoku fakamatalaʻi “ko e koto mamahi; teʻeki ai hano tatau talu mei he kamata ngaohi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa māmani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni.” Naʻá ne toʻo tātuʻotaha atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu angatuʻu ʻa e kau Siú, pea naʻe pau mei he tafaʻaki ko iá “ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai” ia. (Maʻake 13:19) Ka naʻa mo hono fakahoko ko eni ʻo e fakamaau mei he ʻOtuá ko ha ʻata pē ia ʻo e “mamahi lahi” ʻoku fakamanamana mai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fakakātoa ko eni ʻo e māmaní.—Fakahā 7:14.
6. Ko e hā ʻoku fakaʻatā ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi fakatāmakí?
6 Ko e hā ne fakaʻatā ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki fakalilifu peheé, ʻo mole ai ʻa e moʻui lahi fau? ʻI he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻia Noa, ko Sōtoma mo Komola, pea mo Selusalemá, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakamaau ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau maumauʻi honau ʻalunga ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakameleʻi ʻa e palanite fakaʻofoʻofa ko ení ʻaki hono ʻuliʻi pea mo e ʻulungaanga māʻulalo, pea nau tafoki pe siʻaki ʻa e lotu moʻoní. ʻI he ʻahó ni ʻoku tau tuʻu ʻi he ngutungutu ʻo ha fakamaau fakalūkufua ʻe fakahoko ʻa ia te ne lōmekina ʻa e māmaní fakakātoa.—2 Tesalonaika 1:6-9.
“ʻI he Taimi Fakamui”
7. (a) Ko e hā naʻe tuʻu fakaekikite ki ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he kuonga muʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki lāngilangiʻia ʻoku toka mai mei muʻá?
7 Ko e ngaahi fakaʻauha ko ia ʻi he kuonga muʻá naʻa nau tuʻu fakaekikite mai ki he fuʻu mamahi lahi fakamanavahē naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he 2 Pita 3:3-13. ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻaposetoló: “ʻO mou ʻilo muʻa ʻa e meʻa ni, tokua ʻe hoko ʻi he taimi fakamui ha faʻahinga ʻoku matuʻaki manuki, ʻo nau fou ʻi he ngaahi holi ʻanautolu.” ʻI hono fakahanga ʻa e tokangá ki he taimi ʻo Noá, ʻoku tohi ʻe Pita: “Naʻe lomaki vai ai ʻa e maama ʻo onoʻaho, ʻo ʻauha: ka ko e ngaahi langi mo e fonua ʻo onopōni kuo tauhi ʻaki ʻa e folofola ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio, ʻo taʻofi ki he afi, ʻo ka toki hoko ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e fakamāuʻi mo e fakaʻauha ʻo e kakai fakaʻotuamate.” ʻI he hili ʻa e mamahi lahi taha ʻi he ngaahi mamahi kotoa pē, ʻe hoko mai leva ʻa e pule ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e Mīsaiá naʻe tatali fuoloa ki aí mo ha fōtunga foʻou—“ngaahi langi foʻou mo ha fonua foʻou, ʻa ia ʻoku nofoʻanga ai ʻa maʻoniʻoni.” Ko ha ʻamanaki fakafiefia ē!
8. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ngaʻunu atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi he māmaní ki ha tumutumu?
8 ʻI he lolotonga hotau senituli hono 20, kuo ngaʻunu hokohoko atu ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi he māmaní ke aʻu ki ha tumutumu. Neongo ko e fakaʻauha ia ʻo Hiroshima naʻe ʻikai ko e ʻaho ia ʻo e ʻaʻahi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku lava ke kau ia ʻi he “ngaahi fuʻu meʻa fakailifia” naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Sīsū ki he taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá. (Luke 21:11) Naʻá ne kamata ha fakamanamana fakaniukilia ʻoku kei maluʻaki hifo ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko ia, ko ha ʻuluʻi-tohi ʻi he New York Times ʻo Nōvema 29, 1993, ʻoku pehē hono laú: “Kuo Ākenga-Motua Nai ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻafaná ka ʻOku Maau ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻatau Fakaniukiliá Ia ke Ngāueʻaki.” Lolotonga iá, ʻoku kei hokohoko atu ʻa hono ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi tau fakavahaʻapuleʻangá, fakaefaʻahingá, mo fakaematakalí ʻa e ngaahi fua fakalilifu. ʻI he ngaahi tau ki muʻá ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau lavea pe mate aí naʻe hoko ʻi he kau sōtiá. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e peseti ʻe 80 ʻo e kau lavea pe mate ʻi he taú ʻoku lipooti mai ko e kakai ʻoku ʻikai ke sōtiá, kaeʻumaʻā ʻa e laui miliona ʻoku nau hola mei honau ngaahi fonuá ko e kau kumi hūfanga.
9. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he kau taki lotú ʻa e takaua mo e māmaní?
9 Kuo faʻa fakahāhaaʻi mo hokohoko atu hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau taki lotú, ʻa e “takaua mo mamani” ʻaki ʻene kau longomoʻui ʻi he ngaahi tau mo e ngaahi liukava fetotoʻi. (Sēmisi 4:4) Kuo fengāueʻaki ʻa e niʻihi mo e kau tangata tuʻumālie mānumanu ʻo e māmani fakakomēsialé ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi kautaha faʻu naunau tau mo e ngaahi kautaha faitoʻo kona tapú. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa hono fakapoongi fakapulipuli ʻo ha taki ʻi ha kautaha faitoʻo kona tapu ʻi ʻAmelika Tonga, naʻe pehē ʻe he New York Times: “ʻI hono fūfuuʻi ʻa ʻene tila faitoʻo kona tapú ʻi ha ngaahi taukaveʻi ʻokú ne tuʻumālie pē ʻi ha pisinisi ʻoku fakalao pea mo ʻene hā ngali ko ha tokotaha ʻofa mo tokoni lahí, naʻá ne totongi haʻane polokalama letiō pē ʻaʻana pea naʻe faʻa poupouʻi ʻe he kau pātele Katolika Loma.” Naʻe lipooti mai ʻe he Wall Street Journal ʻo pehē, tānaki atu ki hono maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi moʻui ʻa e laui miliona naʻe maʻu ʻe he faitoʻo kona tapú, naʻe taki ʻa e tokotaha taki kautaha faitoʻo kona tapu ko ení ʻi hono fakapoongi ʻo e laui afe. Naʻe pehē ʻe he Times ʻo Lonitoní: “ʻOku faʻa totongiʻi ʻe he kau tāmaté ke fai ha ngaahi Misa makehe ke fai ha ngaahi fakamālō . . . ʻi he taimi tatau pē ʻoku fai ai ʻa e misa ʻo e putu ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe tāmateʻí ʻi ha feituʻu kehe ia.” Ko ha anga-fulikivanu lahi ē!
10. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau vakai ki he fakaʻau ke kovi ange ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e māmaní?
10 Ko hai ia ʻokú ne ʻilo ʻa hono lahi ʻo e maumau ʻoku kei toe ke fai ʻe he kau tangata kuo tākiekina fakatēmenioó ni ki he māmani ko ení? Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻe he 1 Sione 5:19, “ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili,” ko Sētane ko e Tēvoló. ʻI he ʻahó ni ʻoku “ʻoiaue ʻa e fonua mo e tahi! He kuo hoko hifo ʻa e Tevolo kiate kimoua, ʻoku ne ʻita lahi, ko ʻene ʻilo, ʻoku toesiʻi pe hono taimi.” (Fakahā 12:12) Ka neongo ia, ko e meʻa ʻoku fakafiefiá, ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Loma 10:13 kiate kitautolu ʻo pehē “ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻe tautapa ki he huafa ʻo e ʻEiki [“Sihova,” NW] ʻe fakamoʻui.”
ʻOku Fakaofiofi Mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke Faifakamaau
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsileli naʻa nau fakatupunga ʻa e kikite ʻa Malakaí?
11 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e kahaʻu vave maí ni ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku fakamahino ʻe he kikite ʻa Malakaí ʻa e meʻa ʻoku teu ke hokó. ʻOku fakamuimui ʻa Malakai ʻi he fakahokohoko lōloa ʻo e kau palōfita Hepelū ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Naʻe hokosia ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalema ʻi he 607 K.M. Ka ʻi he taʻu ʻe 70 mei ai naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene meesi angaʻofá ʻi hono toe fakafoki mai ʻa e puleʻanga ko iá ki hono fonuá. Kae kehe, ʻi loto ʻi he taʻu ʻe teau, naʻe toe tō pē ʻa ʻIsileli ki he tafoki mei he moʻoní mo e anga-fulikivanú. Naʻe ʻikai ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻe he kakaí ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová, taʻetokanga ki heʻene ngaahi lao māʻoniʻoní, pea fakaʻuliʻi hono temipalé ʻaki hono ʻomai ki ai ʻa e fanga manu naʻe kui, heke, mo mahamahaki ke faiʻaki ʻa e feilaulaú. Naʻa nau veteʻi honau ngaahi uaifi ʻo ʻenau kei talavoú koeʻuhi kae lava ke nau mali mo e kau fefine muli.—Malakai 1:6-8; 2:13-16.
12, 13. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue fakamaʻa kuo feʻungamālie hono fai ki he kalasi ʻo e kau taulaʻeiki paní? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e toe ʻaonga ʻo e ngāue fakamaʻá ki he fuʻu kakai lahí?
12 Naʻe fiemaʻu ha ngāue fakamaʻa. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ia ʻi he Malakai 3:1-4. Hangē pē ko ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi onopooní ke fakamaʻa kinautolu, ko ia ko e ngāue fakamaʻa naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Malakaí ʻoku lava ke kaunga ia kiate kinautolu. ʻI he ofi ke ʻosi ʻa e ʻuluaki tau ʻa e māmaní, ko e niʻihi ʻo e kau Ako Tohitapú, ʻa ia naʻe toki ui ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní, naʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tuʻu ʻatā mei he ngaahi meʻa fakamāmaní. ʻI he 1918, naʻe fekau mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻEne “Angelo ʻo e Kovinanite,” ko Kalaisi Sīsū, ki Heʻene fokotuʻutuʻu ko e temipale fakalaumālié ke fakamaʻa ʻa e kiʻi faʻahinga tokosiʻi ʻo ʻEne kau lotú mei he ngaahi mele fakamāmaní. ʻI he tuʻunga fakaekikité, naʻe ʻeke ʻe Sihova: “Ko hai te ne matuʻuaki ʻa e ʻaho o ʻene haʻele mai [ʻa e talafekaú]? pea ko hai te ne matuʻu ʻo ka ha mai ia? he ʻoku ne hange ko e afi ʻo e sivi siliva, pe hange ko e sopu ʻa e fōkofu. Pea te ne nofo ko e sivi mo fakamaʻa siliva tofu pe, pea te ne fakamaʻa ʻa haʻa Livai [kau taulaʻeiki paní], pea te ne toʻo mei ai ʻa e ʻuli, hange ko e koula mo e siliva; pea te nau toki hoko ko e kau ʻatu feilaulau kia Sihova ʻi he maʻoniʻoni.” Kuo nau fai pehē tofu pē ʻi honau tuʻunga ko e kakai kuo ʻosi fakamaʻá!
13 ʻOku toko 144,000 pē ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kau taulaʻeiki pani ko iá. (Fakahā 7:4-8; 14:1, 3) ʻOku fēfē leva ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kehe ʻosi fakatapui he ʻaho ní? ʻOku nau tupulaki he taimí ni ʻo aʻu ki he laui miliona, ko kinautolu eni “ko e fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻa ia kuo pau ke fakamaʻa mei he ngaahi founga fakamāmaní, ‘ʻo fō honau kofu, ʻo fakahinehina ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e Lami.’ (Fakahā 7:9, 14) Ko ia, ʻi hono ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa e Lamí, ko Kalaisi Sīsū, ʻoku nau malava ai ke nau tauhi maʻu ha tuʻunga maʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová. ʻOku talaʻofa kiate kinautolu te nau hao moʻui atu ʻi he fuʻu mamahi lahí fakalūkufua, ko e ʻaho fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová.—Sēfanaia 2:2, 3.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku totonu ke tokanga ki ai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻi heʻenau hokohoko atu ʻa hono fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻulungaanga foʻoú?
14 Ko e toenga ʻo e kau taulaʻeikí fakataha mo e fuʻu kakai lahí, kuo pau ke nau tokanga ki he toe ngaahi folofola ko eni ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Te u fakaofiofi kiate kimoutolu ke fai ʻa e fakamaau; pea te u hopo vave mo e kau faituki, mo e kau tonoʻunoho, mo e kau fuakava loi; mo kinautolu ʻoku angakoviʻi ʻa e totongi ʻa e ngaue no, ʻoku nau fakamalohia ʻa e uitou, mo e tamaimate, mo pikoʻi ʻa e totonu ʻa e ʻaunofo, ʻo ʻikai te nau manavahe kiate Au . . . He ko Sihova au, ʻoku ʻikai te u liliu.” (Malakai 3:5, 6) ʻIkai, ʻoku ʻikai liliu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa Sihová, ko ia ʻi he manavahē kia Sihová, kuo pau ai ki heʻene kakai he ʻaho ní ke nau mavahe mei he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo e tauhi ʻaitolí pea lea moʻoni, faitotonu, mo nima-homo ʻi heʻenau hokohoko atu ke fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻulungaanga faka-Kalisitiané.—Kolose 3:9-14.
15. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakaafe mohu meesi ʻoku fakahoko mai ʻe Sihová? (e) Te tau lava ke fakaʻehiʻehi fēfē mei hono “kākāʻi” ʻo Sihová?
15 ʻOku fakahoko mai ʻe Sihova ha fakaafe ki ha taha pē kuó ne tafoki nai mei heʻene ngaahi founga māʻoniʻoní, ʻo pehē: “Foki mai kiate au, pea te u foki kiate kimoutolu.” Kapau ʻe ʻeke ʻe he faʻahingá ni: “Ko ʻemau foki ʻi he ha?” ʻokú ne tali mai: “Ko kimoutolu ʻoku mou kākāʻi au.” Pea ʻi he tali ki he toe fehuʻi: “Ko ʻemau kākāʻi ʻa e ʻAfiona ʻi he ha?” ʻoku fakahā ai ʻe Sihova kuo nau kākaaʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai te nau ʻomai ʻenau meʻa lelei tahá ʻi heʻenau ngaahi foaki ki he ngāue ʻi hono temipalé. (Malakai 3:7, 8) ʻI he hoko ko ha konga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku totonu ke tau loto-moʻoni ke tau līʻoa atu ʻa e lelei taha ʻo hotau iví, ngaahi malavá, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ki he ngāue ʻa Sihová. Ko ia, ʻi he ʻikai ke kākaaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, tau hanganaki ‘kumi muʻa ki he puleʻangá mo ʻene maʻoniʻoni aʻaná.’—Mātiu 6:33.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e fakalototoʻa ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Malakai 3:10-12?
16 ʻOku ʻi ai ha pale fisifisimuʻa maʻá e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau talitekeʻi ʻa e ngāue pē ki he lelei ʻaʻatá, ngaahi founga tulimui ʻa e māmaní ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻi he Malakai 3:10-12: “Mou sivi au muʻa ʻaki ʻa e meʻa ko ia—ko Sihova Sapaoti ia—pe ʻikai te u tangaki maʻamoutolu ʻa e ngaahi katupa ʻo e langi, ʻo vakili ʻa e tapuaki kiate kimoutolu, kaeʻoua ke ʻikai hao.” ʻOku talaʻofa ʻe Sihova ki he kau loto-houngaʻia kotoa pē ha tuʻumālie fakalaumālie mo e fua lahi. ʻOkú ne tānaki atu: “Ko e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa te nau lau kimoutolu ko e monuʻia: talaatu te mou hoko ko e fonua manaʻia.” ʻIkai kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e laui miliona ʻo e kakai loto-hounga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi māmani kotoa he ʻahó ni?
Kau Tauhi Angatonu ʻOku ʻi he Tohi ʻo e Moʻuí
17-19. (a) Kuo uesia fēfē ʻe he maveuveu ʻi Lauanitā ʻa hotau ngaahi tokoua ʻi aí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tui pau ʻoku ngaʻunu atu mo e kau angatonú ni kotoa?
17 ʻI he meʻá ni, te tau fakamatala nai ki he angatonu ʻa hotau ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine Lauanitaá. Kuo nau ʻomai maʻu pē ʻa e lelei taha ʻo ʻenau ngaahi foaki fakalaumālié ki he fale fakalaumālie ʻo e lotu kia Sihová. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi heʻenau Fakatahalahi Fakavahe “Ngaahi Meʻa ʻOku Akoʻi mei he ʻOtuá” naʻe fai ʻi Tīsema 1993, naʻe aʻusia ʻe heʻenau toko 2,080 ʻo ʻenau kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá ha kau maʻu fakataha ʻe toko 4,075 fakakātoa. Naʻe papitaiso ai ha Kau Fakamoʻoni foʻou ʻe toko 230, pea mei he faʻahingá ni, naʻe meimei toko 150 ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau kau ki he ngāue tāimuʻa tokoní ʻi he māhina hono hokó.
18 ʻI he hoko ʻa e fetāufehiʻaʻaki fakamatakali ʻi ʻEpeleli 1994, naʻe ʻikai siʻi hifo ʻi he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe toko 180, kau ai ʻa e ʻovasia fakakolo ʻi Kigali, ko e kolomuʻá, pea mo hono fāmilí fakakātoa, naʻe tāmateʻi. Ko e kau liliu lea ʻe toko ono ʻi he ʻōfisi ʻo e Sōsaieti Taua Leʻó ʻi Kigali, ko e toko fā ʻo kinautolu ko e kau Hutu pea ko e toko ua ko e ongo Tutsi, naʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau ngāué ʻi ha ngaahi uike siʻi mo e fakatuʻatamaki lahi ʻaupito, ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻe pau ai ki he ongo Tutsi ke na hola, ʻo iku pē ki hono tāmateʻi ʻi ha faiʻanga-leʻo. Fakaʻosí, ko e toko fā leva naʻe kei toé, naʻa nau toʻo ʻenau toenga nāunau komipiuta pea nau hola ki Goma, ʻi Saile, ʻa ia naʻa nau hokohoko mateaki atu ai ʻa hono liliu ʻo e Taua Leʻo ki he lea faka-Kiniauanitā.—ʻAisea 54:17.
19 Neongo ʻa e ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakamanavaheé ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni kumi hūfanga ko ení, naʻa nau kole maʻu pē ki he meʻakai fakalaumālié ʻo muʻomuʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi tokonaki fakamatelié. ʻI he anga-fakafeilaulau lahi, naʻe malava ai ʻa e ngaahi tokoua angaʻofa mei he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi ke fakaaʻu atu ʻa e ngaahi tokoní kiate kinautolu. ʻAki ʻa e lea ʻa e ngutú pea mo ʻenau maau ʻi he tuʻunga fakamafasiá, kuo fai ai ʻe he kau kumi hūfangá ni ha fakamoʻoni fakaofo. Kuo nau hokohoko moʻoni atu ʻa hono ʻomai ʻenau lelei tahá ki he lotu ʻa Sihová. Kuo nau fakahāhā ha tui pau ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Paula ʻi he Loma 14:8: “Kapau ʻoku tau moʻui, ʻoku tau moʻui maʻa e ʻEiki; pea kapau ʻoku tau pekia, ʻoku tau pekia maʻa e ʻEiki, pe ʻoku tau moʻui, pe ʻoku tau pekia, ko e meʻa ʻa e ʻEiki pe ʻa kitautolu.”
20, 21. (a) Ko e ngaahi hingoa ʻo hai ʻoku ʻikai ke tohi ʻi he tohi ʻo e manatu ʻa Sihová? (e) Ko e ngaahi hingoa ʻo hai ʻoku hā ʻi he tohí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
20 ʻOku tauhi ʻe Sihova ha lēkooti ʻo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau tauhi ia ʻi he angatonú. ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e kikite ʻa Malakaí: “Toki fealeleaʻaki ʻa kinautolu naʻe ʻapasia kia Sihova: pea naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa Sihova, ʻo ne fakafanongo, pea naʻe fai ʻa e tohi fakamanatu ke feʻao mo ia, koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻoku ʻapasia kia Sihova, mo tokaʻi hono huafa.”—Malakai 3:16.
21 Ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga lahi ē he ʻahó ni ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e manavahē ki he ʻOtuá ʻi hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová! ʻI hono fai iá, ʻe ʻikai te tau tofanga ai ʻi he fakamaau fakatupu-faingataʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻe hoko ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau poupou loto-lelei ki he founga ʻa e māmani ko ení. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Fakahā 17:8 “kuo ʻikai tohi honau hingoa ʻi he tohi ʻo e moʻui.” Hangē pē ko hono anga totonú, ko e hingoa māʻolunga taha kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Sihova ki he moʻuí ko e hingoa ʻo e Fakafofonga Pule ʻo e moʻuí, ko e ʻAlo tonu ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻOku fanongonongo ʻe he Mātiu 12:21: “Pea ʻe falala ʻa e Senitaile ki hono huafa.” Ko e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú ko e fakapapauʻiʻanga ia ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí. Ko ha monū lahi ē ka ko hono tānaki atu hotau hingoa tāutahá ki he huafa ʻo Sīsuú ʻi he tohi ko iá!
22. Ko e hā ʻa e faikehekehe ʻe hā mahino ʻi he taimi ʻe fakahoko ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakamaaú?
22 ʻE fēfē ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fakamaaú? ʻOku tali ʻe Sihova ʻi he Malakai 3:17, 18: “Te u maemaeʻekina kinautolu hange ko e maemaeʻekina ʻe ha tangata hono foha ʻoku ngaue kiate ia. Pea te mou toe sio ki he 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.” ʻE hā mahino ʻa e vahevahé ki he faʻahinga kotoa: ko e kau faikoví, ʻoku fakamavaheʻi ki he tautea taʻengata, pea ko e kau māʻoniʻoní, ke nau maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengata ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Mātiu 25:31-46) Ko ia ko ha fuʻu kakai lahi ʻo e faʻahinga hangē ha sipí te nau hao moʻui atu ʻi he ʻaho lahi mo fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sihova ʻi he kuonga ʻo e Tohitapú?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e fehoanaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e ʻaho ní mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e kuonga muʻá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue fakamaʻa kuo fai ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e kikite ʻa Malakaí?
◻ Ko e ngaahi hingoa ʻo hai ʻoku tohi ʻi he tohi ʻo e manatu ʻa e ʻOtuá?