Fai ha Vakai Fakatuʻamelie ki ha Nofo Mali Faingataʻaʻia
“Ki he kakai ʻosi malí ʻoku ou ʻoatu ki ai ha ngaahi fakahinohino, neongo ia ʻoku ʻikai ko au ka ko e ʻEikí.”—1 KOL. 7:10.
ʻE LAVA KE KE FAKAMATALAʻI?
ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe haʻi fakatahaʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ongo meʻa malí?
ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi palopalema fakaemalí?
ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau vakai ki he nofo malí?
1. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē vakai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he nofo malí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
ʻI HE taimi ʻoku mali ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku nau fai ha fuakava ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá—ko ha fatongia ke ʻoua naʻa fakamaʻamaʻaʻi. (Koh. 5:4-6, PM) Koeʻuhí ko ia ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí, kuo “haʻi fakatahaʻi” ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻi he nofo malí. (Mk. 10:9) Ko e haʻi ko ení ʻoku hoko ia ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá neongo ai ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻokú ne fakaʻatā ʻa e malí. ʻOku totonu ke vakai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ki he nofo malí ko ha fokotuʻutuʻu tuʻuloa ia ʻo tatau ai pē pe naʻa nau hoko ko ʻene kau lotu ʻi he taimi naʻa nau mali aí pe ʻikai.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻe fai ʻa e lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu ko ení?
2 ʻE lava ke iku ha nofo mali lavameʻa ki he fiefia lahi. Ka ko e hā ʻe lava ke faí kapau ko e haʻi ʻo e nofo malí kuo faingataʻaʻia? ʻE lava ha nofo mali kuo vaivai ke ʻai ke mālohi? Ko e hā ʻa e tokoni ʻoku ʻi ai ki he faʻahinga ko ia ko ʻenau nofo mali melinó kuo fakamanamanaʻi?
ʻE HOKO IA KO HA FIEFIA PE KO HA MAMAHI?
3, 4. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke hokó kapau ʻoku fai ʻe ha taha ha fili taʻefakapotopoto ʻi he taimi ʻoku fili ai ha hoa malí?
3 ʻI he taimi ʻoku lavameʻa ai ha nofo mali ʻa ha Kalisitiane, ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ia pea ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e lāngilangi kia Sihova. Kapau ʻoku taʻelavameʻa, ko ha mamahi ia tatau ai pē pe ko e hā. Ko ha Kalisitiane taʻemali ʻokú ne fakalaulauloto ki he nofo malí ʻokú ne ʻi ha tuʻunga ke kamata ʻa e nofo malí ʻi ha kamata lelei ʻaki ʻene muimui ki he tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko ha taha ʻokú ne fai ha fili taʻefakapotopoto ʻi hano fili ha husepāniti pe ko ha uaifi ʻe lava ke ne hokosia ʻa e taʻefiemālie mo e mamahi. Hangē ko ení, ʻoku kamata ʻa e toʻutupu ʻe niʻihi ke faialea ʻi he taimi ʻoku teʻeki ai ke nau mateuteu ki he ngaahi fatongia ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e moʻui fakaemalí. ʻOku maʻu ʻe he niʻihi tāutaha ha hoa ki he kahaʻú ʻi he ʻInitanetí pea nau fakavave ki he meʻa ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻene hoko ko ha nofo mali mātuʻaki taʻefiefia. ʻOku fai ʻe he niʻihi ha angahala mamafa lolotonga ʻa e faisoó pea kei mali pē, ka ʻe kamata nai ʻenau nofo malí ʻaki ha kiʻi fetokaʻiʻaki siʻi pē ʻiate kinautolu.
4 ʻOku ʻikai ke mali ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi “ʻi he ʻEikí pē” pea kuo nau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa fakamamahi ʻoku faʻa hoko ʻi ha fale ʻoku māvahevahe fakalotu. (1 Kol. 7:39) Kapau ko e meʻa ia ʻokú ke hokosiá, lotu ki he fakamolemole mo e tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai te ne toʻo atu ʻa e ngaahi ola ʻo ha ngaahi fehālaaki ʻa ha taha ʻi he kuohilí, ka ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakatomalá ke nau fekuki mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí. (Saame 130:1-4) Tuku ho lotó ki hono fakahōifuaʻi ia he taimí ni pea taʻengata, pea ‘koe fiefia a Jihová ʻe hoko ko ho mou malohi.’—Nehe. 8:10, PM.
TAIMI ʻOKU FAKAMANAMANAʻI AI ʻA E NGAAHI HAʻI ʻO E NOFO MALÍ
5. Fekauʻaki mo ha nofo mali taʻefiefia, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei aí?
5 Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau hokosia ʻa e mamahi ʻi he vā fakaemalí te nau fifili nai: ‘Ko ʻeku nofo mali taʻefiefiá ʻoku taau moʻoni ke fakahaofi? Pehē ange mai ʻoku lava ke u toe fakafoki ʻa e taimí pea toe kamata foʻou mo ha hoa mali ʻe taha!’ Te na fakaʻamua nai ke motuhi ʻa e haʻí—‘ʻOiauē, he toe tauʻatāina ē! Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fai ai mo veté? Neongo kapau heʻikai lava ke maʻu ha vete Fakatohitapu, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke māvae ai ʻo toe fiefia ʻi he moʻuí?’ ʻI he ʻikai fakakaukau ki he ngaahi ʻuhinga ko iá pe fakaʻānaua pehē ange mai ʻoku pehē, ʻoku totonu ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku nau lolotonga ʻi aí ke kumi ai ki he tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá pea muimui ki ai.
6. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū, ʻa ia ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Mātiu 19:9.
6 Kapau ʻoku teu vete ha Kalisitiane, mahalo ʻoku ʻatā ia pe ʻikai ʻatā Fakatohitapu ke toe mali. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu ʻilonga ʻa ia te ne veteʻi hono uaifí, tuku kehe pē ʻi he ʻuhinga ko e feʻauakí, peá ne mali mo ha taha kehe, ʻokú ne tono ai.” (Māt. 19:9) ʻI hení, ko e “feʻauakí” ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e tono mo e ngaahi angahala fakaefehokotaki fakaesino mafatukituki kehe. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke fuatautau ʻi he faʻa lotu ha faʻahinga fakakaukau pē fekauʻaki mo e veté ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai halaia ai ha taha ʻi he ongo meʻa malí ʻi he ʻulungaanga taʻetaau fakaefehokotaki fakasinó.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau nai ʻa e kau mamatá kapau ʻoku taʻelavameʻa ha nofo mali ʻa ha Kalisitiane?
7 Ko ha nofo mali taʻelavameʻa ʻe lava ke fehuʻia ai e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo ha taha. Naʻe ʻohake ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fehuʻi mafatukituki ko ení: “Kapau moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻe ha tangata ʻa e founga ke mapuleʻi ai ʻa hono falé tonu, ʻe anga-fēfē ai haʻane tokangaʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá?” (1 Tīm. 3:5) Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he taimi ʻoku taukaveʻi fakatouʻosi ai ʻe ha ongo meʻa ko e ongo Kalisitiane kinaua ka ko ʻena nofo malí ʻoku taʻelavameʻa, ʻe fakakaukau nai ʻa e kau mamatá ko e ongo meʻa peheé ʻoku ʻikai ke na ngāueʻaki moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ʻokú na malangaʻí.—Loma 2:21-24.
8. Ko e hā kuo pau ko e fehālaaki ia kapau ʻoku fili ha ongo meʻa Kalisitiane ke na taki taha maʻana?
8 ʻI he taimi ʻoku palani ai ha ongo meʻa mali ʻosi papitaiso ke na māvae pe vete ʻi he ngaahi ʻuhinga taʻefakatohitapu, ʻoku ʻi ai moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fehālaaki fakalaumālie ʻi heʻena moʻuí. ʻOku ngalingali ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāueʻaki ia ʻe ha hoa ʻe taha pe fakatouʻosi nai ʻe he ongo meʻá. Kapau naʻá na ‘falala moʻoni kia Jihova aki ho na lotó kotoa,’ naʻe mei siʻi pē ha ʻuhinga ke tui ai naʻe ʻikai malava ke na kalofi ha nofo mali taʻelavameʻa.—Lau ʻa e Palōveepi 3:5, 6, PM.
9. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakapaleʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻi heʻenau ngaahi feinga anga-kātaki fekauʻaki mo ʻenau nofo malí?
9 Ko e ngaahi nofo mali lahi ne hā ngali kuo huʻu atu ki he taʻelavameʻá kuo faai pē ʻo iku ʻo mātuʻaki lavameʻa. Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau fakafisi ke foʻi vave ʻi ha nofo mali faingataʻaʻiá ʻoku nau faʻa maʻu ha pale lelei. Fakakaukau ki he meʻa ʻe lava ke hoko ʻi ha fale māvahevahe fakalotu. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Ko kimoutolu ngaahi uaifi, mou anganofo ki homou ngaahi husepānití tonu, koeʻuhí, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau talangofua ki he folofolá, ʻe lava ke ikunaʻi mai kinautolu ʻo ʻikai ʻaki ha lea kae fakafou ʻi he ʻulungaanga ʻa honau ngaahi uaifí, koeʻuhí ko ʻenau hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni sio tonu ʻi hoʻomou ʻulungaanga maʻá fakataha mo e fakaʻapaʻapa lolotó.” (1 Pita 3:1, 2) ʻIo, koeʻuhi ko e ʻulungaanga lelei ʻa hono uaifí, ʻe tali nai ʻe ha tokotaha taʻetui ʻa e tui moʻoní! Ko ha nofo mali pehē kuo haofakiʻi ʻokú ne fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha tāpuaki lahi ki he husepānití, ko e uaifí, pea mo ha fānau ʻokú na maʻu nai.
10, 11. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi palopalema taʻeʻamanekina ʻe malanga hake nai ʻi ha nofo mali, ka ko e hā nai ʻe ʻilo pau ʻe ha Kalisitiane?
10 ʻI ha holi ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihová, ʻoku fili ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane taʻemali tokolahi tahá ʻa e ngaahi kaungātui ʻosi fakatapuí ko e ngaahi hoa mali. Kae kehe, naʻa mo e taimi ko iá, ʻe mafuli taʻeʻamanekina nai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻungá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he ngaahi taimi hāhāmolofia, ʻe fakatupulekina nai ʻe ha hoa mali ha ngaahi palopalema fakaeongo mafatukituki. Pe ko ha taimi hili ʻa e malí, ʻe hoko nai ha hoa mali ko ha tokotaha malanga ʻikai longomoʻui. Ke fakatātaaʻi: Ko Linitā,a ko ha Kalisitiane faivelenga mo ha faʻē anga-līʻoa, naʻá ne mamata pē ʻo ʻikai toe lava ha meʻa ʻi he taimi naʻe kamata taʻefakatomala ai ʻa hono husepāniti ʻosi papitaisó ke fou ʻi ha ʻalunga taʻefakatohitapu pea naʻe tuʻusi ia. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe ha Kalisitiane kapau ko e haʻi ʻo ʻene nofo malí ʻoku hā ngali hōloa ʻo ʻikai ha toe ʻamanaki ʻi ha ʻuhinga pehē?
11 ‘Te u hokohoko atu pē ʻa e feinga ke haofaki ʻeku nofo malí ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻe hokó?’ ko hoʻo ʻeké nai ia. Heʻikai lava pe totonu ki ha taha ke ne fai ha fili pehē maʻau. Neongo ia, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei ke ʻoua ʻe foʻi koeʻuhi ko ha haʻi fakaemali ʻoku fakaʻau ke vaivai. Ko e tangata pe fefine fakaʻotuá ʻokú ne kātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻo ha nofo mali faingataʻaʻia koeʻuhi ko e konisēnisí ʻoku mahuʻinga ki he ʻOtuá. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 2:19, 20.) Fakafou ʻi heʻene Folofolá mo hono laumālié, ʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe Sihova ha Kalisitiane ʻokú ne fai ha ngaahi feinga fakamātoato ke fakaivimālohiʻi ha nofo mali faingataʻaʻia.
ʻOKU NAU MATEUTEU KE TOKONI
12. ʻE anga-fēfē vakai mai ʻa e kau mātuʻá kia kitautolu kapau ʻoku tau kumi ki heʻenau tokoní?
12 Kapau ʻokú ke fehangahangai mo ha palopalema fakaemali, ʻoua ʻe toumoua ke kumi ʻa e tokoni fakalaumālie ʻa e kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻá. ʻOku ngāue ʻa e kau mātuʻá ko e kau tauhi-sipi ʻo e tākangá pea te nau fakahanga fiefia ʻa e tokangá ki he akonaki fakamānavaʻi ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Folofolá. (Ngā. 20:28; Sēm. 5:14, 15) ʻOua ʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ko koe mo ho hoa malí ʻe mole mei ai ʻa e tokaʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻá kapau te mo kumi tokoni fakalaumālie ki ai pea lāulea ki ha palopalema fakaemali mo kinautolu. Ko ʻenau tokaʻi anga-ʻofa koé ʻe tupulekina ia ʻi heʻenau sio ʻokú ke holi fakamātoato ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻoku maʻu ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 7:10-16?
13 ʻI he taimi ʻoku kole tokoni ai ha kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale māvahevahe fakalotu, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi: “Ki he kakai ʻosi malí ʻoku ou ʻoatu ki ai ha ngaahi fakahinohino, neongo ia ʻoku ʻikai ko au ka ko e ʻEikí, ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa māvae ha uaifi mo hono husepānití; ka ʻo kapau te ne mavahe moʻoni, tuku ke ne nofo taʻemali ai pē, pea ka hala aí ko haʻane toe fakalelei mo hono husepānití; pea ko ha husepāniti ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ne liʻaki hono uaifí. . . . He ko koe, uaifi, te ke ʻilo fēfē pe te ke fakahaofi ho husepānití? Pe ko koe, husepāniti, te ke ʻilo fēfē pe te ke fakahaofi ho uaifí?” (1 Kol. 7:10-16) Ko ha tāpuaki moʻoni ē ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku ikunaʻi mai ai ha hoa taʻetui ki he lotu moʻoní!
14, 15. Ko e taimi fē nai ʻe fakakaukau ai ha hoa mali Kalisitiane ke mavahe moʻoní, ka ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻa e fakakaukau faʻa lotu mo faitotonú?
14 ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga fē ʻe malava ai ha uaifi Kalisitiane ke ne “mavahe moʻoni”? Ko e niʻihi kuo nau fili ke māvae koeʻuhí ko ha mātuʻaki taʻefietauhi pē ʻa ha hoa. Ko e niʻihi kuo nau fai pehē koeʻuhí ko e ngaohikoviʻi tōtuʻa fakaesinó.
15 Tatau ai pē pe ko ha mavahe pe ʻikai ko ha fili fakafoʻituitui ia. Neongo ia, ko e hoa ʻosi papitaisó ʻoku totonu ke ne fakakaukau faʻa lotu mo faitotonu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻá ni. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe tukuakiʻi fakaʻaufuli ki he tokotaha taʻetuí ʻa e ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālié, pe kuo fakaliʻeliʻaki ʻe he Kalisitiané ia ʻa hono ako ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ʻikai maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e fakatahá, pea tōmokosi ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú?
16. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke ne taʻofi ha Kalisitiane mei hono fai ha ngaahi fili fakavave ʻo fekauʻaki mo e veté?
16 Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻoku tau koloaʻaki hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá pea ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻi heʻene meʻaʻofa ʻo e nofo malí ʻoku totonu ke ne taʻofi kitautolu mei hono fai ha ngaahi fili fakavave fekauʻaki mo e veté. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau tokanga fekauʻaki mo hono fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa hono huafa māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku totonu leva, ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau faʻufaʻu ke tukuange ha nofo mali lolotonga ia ʻoku palani hotau lotó ʻo kitautolu ki ha toe nofo mali ʻe taha.—Sel. 17:9; Mal. 2:13-16.
17. ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga fē ʻe lava ke pehē ai ʻoku ui ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi malí ki he melinó?
17 Ko ha Kalisitiane ʻoku mali ki ha tokotaha taʻetui kuo pau ke ne feinga fakamātoato ke tauhi ʻa e haʻi ʻo e nofo malí ke taʻeueʻia. Neongo ia, ko ha Kalisitiane ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ne ongoʻi halaia neongo kapau ʻoku fakafisi pē ʻa e hoa taʻetuí ia ke nofo mo e hoa tuí neongo ʻene feinga loto-moʻoni ke fakatolonga ʻa ʻena fāʻūtahá. “Kapau ʻoku fili ʻa e tokotaha taʻetuí ke mavahe, tuku ke ne mavahe,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paulá. “Ko ha tokoua pe ko ha tuofefine ʻoku ʻikai ke kei haʻisia ia ki he ngaahi tuʻunga peheé, ka kuo ui kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he melino.”—1 Kol. 7:15.b
ʻAMANAKI LELEI KIA SIHOVA
18. Neongo kapau ʻe ʻikai malava ke fakahaofi ha nofo mali, ko e hā nai ha lelei ʻe iku mei he fai ha ngaahi feinga ke fai peheé?
18 ʻI he feangainga mo ha faʻahinga palopalema fakaemali pē, hanga kia Sihova ki ha loto-toʻa pea ʻamanaki lelei maʻu pē kiate ia. (Lau ʻa e Saame 27:14.) Fakakaukau kia Linitā, ʻa ia naʻe lave ki ai ki muʻá. Naʻe faifai atu pē ʻene nofo malí ʻo iku ki he vete, neongo kuó ne feinga ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi ke fakahaofi ia. Naʻá ne fakakaukau nai naʻá ne fakamoleki noa hono taimí? “ʻIkai ʻaupito,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Ko ʻeku ngaahi feingá naʻá ne ʻoange ha fakamoʻoni lelei ki he kau mamatá. ʻOku ou maʻu ha konisēnisi ʻataʻatā. Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ko e ngaahi taʻu ko iá naʻe tokoni ia ki homa ʻofefiné ke ne tuʻu mālohi ai pē ʻi he moʻoní. Naʻá ne tupu hake ai ʻo hoko ko ha tokotaha Fakamoʻoni ʻosi fakatapui faivelenga ʻa Sihova.”
19. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke hoko kapau ʻe fai ha ngaahi feinga ke fakahaofi ha nofo mali?
19 Ko ha fefine Kalisitiane ko hono hingoá ko Malina ʻokú ne fiefia he naʻá ne falala ki he ʻOtuá peá ne toe fai ha feinga ke fakahaofi ʻene nofo malí. “Naʻe fakataueleʻi au ke u māvae mo hoku husepānití koeʻuhí ko e ʻikai poupou fakapaʻangá pea mo ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki fakalaumālié,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Neongo ia, naʻe ngāue hoku husepānití ko ha mātuʻa ki muʻa ke ne kau ʻi he ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu fakapisinisi taʻefakapotopoto. Naʻá ne kamata ke liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá, pea tuʻu ai pē ʻema fetuʻutaki. Naʻá ku ilifia lahi ʻaupito ʻi ha ʻohofi fakaetautoitoi ʻi homau koló ʻo u mavahe ai ʻo nofo toko taha pē. Naʻá ku toki fakatokangaʻi hake leva naʻe toe hala pē mo au. Naʻá ma toe kamata fetuʻutaki, toe hoko atu ʻema ako fakafāmilí, pea kamata ke ma hoko ʻo maʻu tuʻumaʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá. Naʻe anga-ʻofa mo fuʻu tokoni lahi ʻaupito ʻa e kau mātuʻá. Naʻe toe talamuka ʻema nofo malí. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, naʻe toe taau ai hoku husepānití ke maʻu ha ngaahi monū ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Ko ha lēsoni faingataʻa ia ka naʻe ʻomi ai ha ola fakafiefia.”
20, 21. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke faí?
20 Tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau taʻemali pe mali, tau ngāue loto-toʻa maʻu pē pea ʻamanaki lelei kia Sihova. Kapau ʻoku tau fetaulaki mo ha ngaahi faingataʻa fakaemali, ʻoku totonu ke tau kumi vēkeveke ke fakaleleiʻi ia, ʻo manatuʻi ko e faʻahinga ʻoku haʻi ʻi he nofo malí ʻoku ʻikai “te na kei toko ua, ka ko e kakano pē taha.” (Māt. 19:6) Pea ʻai ke tau manatuʻi kapau te tau kītaki ʻi ha fale māvahevahe neongo ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá, te tau hokosia ai ʻa e fiefia ʻi hano ikunaʻi mai ai ha hoa ki he lotu moʻoní.
21 Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hotau ngaahi tuʻungá, ʻofa ke tau fakapapau ai pē ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he tokanga koeʻuhí ke ʻoatu ai ha fakamoʻoni lelei ki he kau mamata mei tuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Kapau ʻoku fakamanamanaʻi ʻa ʻetau nofo malí, tau lotu tōtōivi, sivisiviʻi faitotonu ʻetau ngaahi fakaueʻilotó, fakakaukau fakalelei ki he Folofolá, pea kumi ki he tokoni fakalaumālie ʻa e kau mātuʻá. Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻofa ke tau fakapapauʻi ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē pea fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi heʻene meʻaʻofa tōtō atu ʻo e nofo malí.
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a Kuo liliu ʻa e ngaahi hingoá.
b Sio ki he Tauhi Kimoutolu ʻi he ʻOfa ʻa e ʻOtuá, peesi 219-221; The Watchtower ʻo Nōvema 1, 1988, peesi 26-27; Sepitema 15, 1975, peesi 575.
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Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku ʻikai ke nau foʻi vave ʻi ha nofo mali faingataʻaʻia ʻoku nau faʻa fiefia ʻi ha pale lelei
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ʻAmanaki lelei maʻu pē kia Sihova pea hanga kiate ia ki ha loto-toʻa
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ʻOku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi hoa mali Kalisitiane ʻoku nau fai ha ngaahi feinga ke fakaivimālohiʻi ha nofo mali faingataʻaʻia
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Ko e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ʻoku lava ke hoko ia ko ha matavai ʻo e fakafiemālie mo e tokoni fakalaumālie