“Mou Noʻo Kotoa Pē ʻAki ʻa e Fakakaukau Fakatōkilaló”
“ʻOku talitekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻafungí, ka ʻokú ne foaki ʻofa maʻataʻatā ki he faʻahinga anga-fakatōkilaló.”—1 PITA 5:5, NW.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo ʻulungaanga fakaʻatamai fehangahangai ʻe ua ʻoku kaunga loloto ki he tōʻonga fakaetangatá?
ʻI HE lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakaeʻatamai ko ia ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻetau tokangá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ongo ʻulungaanga fehangahangai ai ʻe ua. ʻOkú na fakatou kaunga loloto ki he tōʻonga fakaetangatá. Ko e taha ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ia ko e “fakakaukau fakatōkilalo.” (1 Pita 5:5, NW) ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe ha tikisinale ʻa e “fakatōkilaló” ko e hoko ʻo “anga-fakatōkilalo ʻi he anga pe laumālie: ʻatā mei he loto-mahikihiki fakamatemateé.” Ko e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló ʻoku meimei tatau ia mo e anga-fakatōkilaló, pea mei he vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko ha ʻulungaanga mātuʻaki fakamānako ia.
2 Ko e fehangahangaí ko e loto-mahikihikí. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻeni ko e “futaʻaki-kita fuʻu tōtuʻa,” hoko ʻo “fakamāhiki.” ʻOku siokita ia, pea ʻoku kumi ia ki he ngaahi lelei fakamatelie, fakaekita, mo e ngaahi lelei kehe ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻe hoko ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e ikuʻanga ʻe taha: “Naʻe pule ai ha tangata ki he kakai ke nau kovi ai.” ʻOku lāulea fekauʻaki mo e “koto meheka pe ia ʻa e taha ki he taha” ko e “kai matangi” koeʻuhi ʻi he maté ʻe ‘ʻikai te ne maʻu ha momoʻi meʻa ke toʻo ʻo ʻalu mo ia.’ Ko e loto-mahikihiki peheé ʻoku taʻefakamānako ʻaupito ia ʻi he vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Koheleti 4:4; 5:15; 8:9.
Ko e Laumālie Anga-Maheni ʻo e Māmaní
3. Ko e hā ʻa e laumālie anga-maheni ʻo e māmaní?
3 Ko fē ʻi he ongo ʻulungaanga fakaeʻatamai ko ʻeni ʻe uá ʻoku tōʻongaʻaki ʻe he māmaní he ʻaho ní? Ko e hā ʻa e laumālie anga-maheni ʻo e māmaní? ʻOku pehē ʻe he World Military and Social Expenditures 1996: “ʻOku ʻikai ha toe senituli ia ʻe lēkooti tatau mo e senituli hono 20 ʻi he taʻefakasivilaise . . . ʻa e fakamālohí.” Ko e feʻauʻauhi ki he mafai fakapolitikalé mo e fakaʻikonōmiká—pea pehē ki he ngaahi fakavahavahaʻa fakapuleʻangá, fakalotú, fakamatakalí, mo e fakaefaʻahingá—kuo mate ai ʻa e kakai laka hake he toko 100 miliona he senituli ko ʻení. Kuo toe tupulaki foki ʻa e tōʻonga siokitá ʻi he tuʻunga fakatāutahá. Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Chicago Tribune: “Ko e mahaki fakasōsaietí ʻoku kau ai ʻa e fakamālohi taʻefakakaukau, ngaohikoviʻi ʻo e fānaú, vete-malí, konaá, ʻEitisí, taonakita ʻa e taʻu hongofulu tupú, ngaahi faitoʻo kona tapú, kau kengi ʻi he hala puleʻangá, tohotohó, fānau tuʻutāmakí, fakatōtamá, naunau fakalieliá, . . . ko e loí, kākaá, taʻefaitotonu fakapolitikalé . . . Ko e tonú mo e halá ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fakaʻulungāngá kuo tāmateʻi ia.” Ko ia, naʻe fakatokanga mai ʻa e UN Chronicle: “ʻOku ʻauʻauha atu ʻa e ngaahi sōsaietí.”
4, 5. Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakamatalaʻi totonu ʻo e laumālie ʻo e māmaní ʻi he kikite ʻa e Tohitapú ki hotau taimí?
4 ʻOku hoko ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ia ko ʻení. ʻOku hangē tofu pē ko ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he kikite ʻa e Tohitapú ki hotau taimí: “Ka hokosia ʻa e kuonga fakamui, ʻe ai ha ngaahi taimi faingataʻa. He ko hono kakai te nau ʻofa kiate kinautolu pe, te nau ʻofa ki he paʻanga, te nau fielahi, te nau angataʻetokaʻi, te nau lea fieʻotua, te nau talangataʻa ki he matuʻa; ko e kau taʻehounga, ko e kau angataʻemolumalu, ko e kau taeʻofa-ki-hoʻota, ko e kau taʻefakamolemole, ko e kau fakakovi, ko e kau taʻefakamaʻumaʻu, ko e kau angafakamanu, ko e kau taeʻofa ki he lelei, ko e kau lavaki, ko e kau ʻohonoa, ko e kau loto ʻaoʻaofia ʻi he ʻafungi.”—2 Timote 3:1-4.
5 Ko ha fakamatala totonu ia ʻo e laumālie anga-maheni ʻo e māmani ko ʻení. Ko ha fakakaukau siokita ʻo e fakamuʻomuʻa-pē-kitá. Ko e fakavahavahaʻa ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻoku tapua mai ia ʻi he fakavahavahaʻa ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga tāutahá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he ngaahi sipoti feʻauʻauhí, ʻoku holi ʻa e kau sipoti tokolahi ke fika ʻuluaki tatau ai pē pe ʻe anga-fēfē hono uesia fakaeongo pe naʻa mo e fakaesino ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Ko e laumālie siokita ko ʻení ʻoku poupouʻi ia ʻi he fānaú pea ʻoku hokohoko atu ia ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi ʻo e moʻui ʻa e kakai lalahí. ʻOku iku ia ki he “fetāufehiʻaʻaki, ko e fetuʻusi, ko e meheka, ko e feʻiteʻitani, ko e fakafelaulauhi, ko e fakavahavahaʻa.”—Kaletia 5:19-21.
6. Ko hai ʻokú ne pouaki ʻa e siokitá, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e faʻunga fakakaukau ko ʻení?
6 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ko e laumālie siokita ʻo e māmani ko ʻení ʻoku tapua mai ai “ʻa e toko taha ʻoku ui ko e Tevolo mo Setane, ʻa e toko taha ʻoku ne kākāʻi ʻa mamani kātoa.” ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e tākiekina ʻa Sētane ʻi he kakai ʻoku moʻui ʻi he kuonga fakamui faingataʻa ko ʻení, ʻoku tomuʻa tala mai ʻe he Tohitapú: “ʻOiaue ʻa e fonua . . . He kuo hoko hifo ʻa e Tevolo kiate kimoua, ʻoku ne ʻita lahi, ko ʻene ʻilo ʻoku toesiʻi pe hono taimi.” (Fakahā 12:9-12) Ko ia ai, ko ia mo hono kaungā tēmenioó kuo nau fakamālohiʻi ange ʻenau ngaahi feinga ke poupouʻi ha faʻunga siokita ʻo e fakakaukaú ʻi he fāmili fakaetangatá. Pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo ha fakakaukau pehē? ʻOku pehē ʻe heʻene Folofolá: “ʻOku fakaliliʻa ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu fua pe ʻoku loto afungi.”—Palovepi 16:5.
ʻOku Kau ʻa Sihova mo e Faʻahinga ʻOku Fakatōkilaló
7. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Sihova ki he kau anga-fakatōkilaló, pea ko e hā ʻokú ne akoʻi kiate kinautolú?
7 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. ʻI he hiva kia Sihova, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Tuʻi Tēvita: “Te ke fakamoʻui ʻa e kakai anga-fakatōkilaló; ka ʻe hanga ho fofongá ki he kau anga-hikí, te ke fakatōkilaloʻi nai kinautolu.” (2 Samiuela 22:1, 28, NW) Ko ia ai, ʻoku akonaki mai ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Vivili kia Sihova, ʻa e kau vaivai ʻo e fonua, . . . Mou vivili ki he faitotonu, mou vivili ki he anga vaivai: Heiʻilo ʻe fufū kimoutolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova.” (Sefanaia 2:3) Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau kumi anga-fakatōkilalo kia Sihová ʻokú ne akoʻi kinautolu ke nau fakatupu ha laumālie ʻoku mātuʻaki kehe ia mei he laumālie ʻo e māmani ko ʻení. “Ko e angavaivai te ne ako ki ai hono hala oʻona.” (Sāme 25:9; Aisea 54:13) Ko e hala ko iá ko e hala ʻo e ʻofá. ʻOku makatuʻunga ia ʻi hono fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tonú ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Fakatatau ki he Tohitapú, ko e ʻofa fakaetefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení “ʻoku ʻikai te ne fai pe ke ongoongoa, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakafuofuolahi, . . . ʻoku ʻikai te ne kumi ʻene lelei aʻana.” (1 Kolinito 13:1-8) ʻOku toe fakahāhā ia ʻi he fakakaukau fakatōkilaló.
8, 9. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e ʻofa fakaetefitoʻi moʻoní? (e) ʻOku mahuʻinga fēfē ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he ʻofa mo e anga-fakatōkilalo ko ia naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sīsuú?
8 Naʻe ako ʻe Paula mo e kau Kalisitiane kehe ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa e faʻahinga ʻofa ko ʻení mei he ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sīsuú. Pea naʻe ako ia ʻe Sīsū mei heʻene Tamaí, ko Sihova, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú fekauʻaki mo ia: “Ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻOfa.” (1 Sione 4:8) Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e finangalo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá kiate ia ke ne moʻui ʻaki ʻa e lao ʻo e ʻofá, pea naʻá ne fai ia. (Sione 6:38) Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻá ne manavaʻofa ai ki he kau ngaohikoviá, ko e masivá, ko e kau angahalá. (Mātiu 9:36) Naʻá ne tala ange kiate kinautolu: “Haʻu kiate au, ʻa kimoutolu kotoa pe ʻoku fakaongosia mo māfasia, pea te u fakamālōlō kimoutolu. ʻAi ʻeku ioke kiate kimoutolu, pea mou ako ʻiate au: he ʻoku ou faʻa kataki mo angafākatuʻa.”—Mātiu 11:28, 29, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.
9 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e faʻifaʻitaki ki heʻene ʻofá mo ʻene anga-fakatōkilaló ʻi heʻene tala kiate kinautolu: “Ko e meʻa kó é ʻe ʻilo ai ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ko e kau ako kimoutolu aʻaku, ʻo kapau ʻe ai haʻamou feʻofaʻaki.” (Sione 13:35) Te nau tuʻu ai ʻo mavahe mei he māmani siokita ko ʻení. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe malava ai ʻe Sīsū ke ne pehē ki hono kau muimuí: “ʻOku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni.” (Sione 17:14) ʻIkai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau faʻifaʻitaki ki he māmani laumālie loto-mahikihiki, mo siokita ʻo Sētané. Ka, ʻoku nau faʻifaʻitaki ki he laumālie ʻo e ʻofa mo e anga-fakatōkilalo naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sīsuú.
10. Ko e hā ʻoku fai ʻe Sihova ki he faʻahinga ʻoku fakatōkilaló ʻi hotau taimí?
10 Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo pehē ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí, ʻe fakatahatahaʻi fakataha ai ʻa e kau anga-fakatōkilaló ʻi ha sōsaieti ʻi māmani lahi ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he ʻofa mo e anga-fakatōkilalo. Ko ia, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ha māmani ʻoku hoko ʻo toe loto-mahikihiki lahi angé, ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe he kakai ia ʻa Sihová ʻa e fakakaukau fehangahangai mo ia—ko e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. ʻOku pehē ʻe he faʻahinga peheé: “Haʻuā, ke tau ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga ʻo Sihova [ko ʻene lotu moʻoni kuo hiki haké], . . . pea te ne ako kiate kitautolu hano ngaahi ʻalunga, pea te tau fou ʻi hono ngaahi founga.” (Aisea 2:2, 3) ʻOku faʻuʻaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e sōsaieti ko ʻeni ʻi māmani lahi ʻoku nau fou ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakakau ʻiate kinautolu ha “fuʻu kakai lahi, ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha hono lau, ko ha kakai mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea” ʻoku tupulekina. (Fakahā 7:9) Ko e fuʻu kakai lahi ko ʻení ʻoku lolotonga faʻu ʻaki ia ʻa e kakai ʻe laui miliona. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono akoʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke nau anga-fakatōkilaló?
Ko e Ako ke Hoko ʻo Fakakaukau Fakatōkilalo
11, 12. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló?
11 ʻOku ngāue ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene kakai loto-leleí ʻo fakaivia kinautolu ke nau ako ke ikuʻi ʻa e laumālie kovi ʻo e māmaní pea fakahāhā leva ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku hā ʻeni ʻiate ia pē ʻi he “ʻofa, fiefia, melino, kātaki-fuoloa, anga-ʻofa, anga-lelei, tui, anga-malū, mapuleʻi-kita.” (Kaletia 5:22, 23, NW) Ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ko ʻení, ʻoku akonakiʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ʻoua ʻe hoko ʻo “fieongoongo, ʻo fepolepolei mo femehekaʻaki.” (Kaletia 5:26) ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “He ko ʻeku lea ʻeni kiate kimoutolu tāutaha, . . . ke ʻoua naʻa hulu atu ʻene fakakaukau kiate ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku totonu: ka ke huʻu hono loto ki he fakakaukau ʻoku ngali poto.”—Loma 12:3.
12 ʻOku tala ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke “ʻoua ʻe feinga ki ha meʻa ko e fakafekākeʻi, pe ko e fieongoongoa; ka ʻi hoʻomou loto taʻehiki [“fakakaukau fakatōkilalo,” NW] mou taki taha lau ʻoku lelei hake ʻa hono kainga [ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá] ʻiate ia: pea ʻoua naʻa taki taha tokanga ki heʻene meʻa aʻana pe, ka ki he meʻa ʻa e kakai kehe foki.” (Filipai 2:3, 4) “Ke ʻoua naʻa kumi ʻe ha taha ʻene lelei aʻana, ka ko e lelei ʻa e taha.” (1 Kolinito 10:24) ʻIo, “ko e ʻofa ko e meʻa langa hake” ʻo e niʻihi kehé ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea mo e ngaahi ngāue taʻesiokita. (1 Kolinito 8:1) ʻOkú ne pouaki ʻa e ngāue fakatahá, ʻikai ko e feʻauʻauhí. Ko e laumālie fakamuʻomuʻa-pē-kitá ʻoku ʻikai hano feituʻu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová.
13. Ko e hā kuo pau ke ako ai ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē haʻate ako ki ai?
13 Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ko e taʻehaohaoa tukufakaholó, ʻoku ʻikai fanauʻi mai ai kitautolu mo e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. (Sāme 51:5) Ko e ʻulungaanga ʻeni ia kuo pau ke ako ki ai. Pea ʻe faingataʻa nai ʻeni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai akoʻi ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻa Sihová mei he kei siʻí ka ʻoku nau toki tali ia ki mui ʻi he moʻuí. Kuo nau ʻosi fokotuʻu ʻe kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi angaʻitangata naʻe makatuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e māmani motuʻa ko ʻení. Ko ia kuo pau ke nau ako ke “liliu [ʻenau] toʻonga muʻa, ʻo huʻihuʻi ʻa e motuʻa tangata” pea ke “kofuʻaki ʻa e tangata foʻou, ʻa ia naʻe ngaohi ke hoko ki he ʻOtua ʻi he angatonu mo e maʻoniʻoni ʻa moʻoni.” (Efeso 4:22, 24) ʻAki ʻa e tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe lava ai ʻa e faʻahinga loto-moʻoní ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne kole mai kiate kinautolú: “Mou ʻai; ʻa e fatu ʻoku langa ʻi he fai meesi mo e angaʻofa mo e fakaʻakiʻakimui mo e angakataki [“fakakaukau fakatōkilalo,” NW] mo e angamokomoko mo e kataki fuoloa.”—Kolose 3:12.
14. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e lea ʻa Sīsū ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e loto ke fakamāʻolungaʻi kitá?
14 Naʻe pau ke ako ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ki he meʻa ko iá. Ko e kakai lalahi kinautolu ʻi he taimi naʻa nau hoko ai ko ʻene kau ākongá pea naʻa nau maʻu ha laumālie fakamāmani ko e fakavahavahaʻa ʻiate kinautolu. ʻI he feinga ʻa ha faʻē ʻa ha toko ua ʻo kinautolu ki ha tuʻunga tuʻu-ki-muʻa maʻa hono ongo fohá, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku mou ʻilo pe, ko kinautolu ʻoku pule ki he Senitaile ʻoku nau fakafieʻeiki ki he kakai, pea ko honau kau maʻolunga ʻoku nau fakamoʻulaloaʻi ʻa e kakai. Ka ʻe ʻikai pehe ʻiate kimoutolu: ka ko ia ʻoku ne holi ke hoko ko e lahi ʻiate kimoutolu te ne nofo ko homou sevaniti; pea ko ia ʻoku ne holi ke tuʻukimuʻa ʻiate kimoutolu te ne nofo ko hoʻomou tamaioʻeiki: ʻo hange foki ko e Fanautama ʻa Tangata naʻe ʻikai te ne haʻu ke maʻu sevaniti, ka ke sevaniti pe ʻe ia, pea ke tuku ʻene moʻui ke huhuʻiʻaki ha tokolahi, heʻene fetongi kinautolu.” (Mātiu 20:20-28) ʻI hono tala ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ke ʻoua te nau ʻai ha ngaahi hingoa fakalakanga ʻi he feinga ke fakamāʻolunga ʻaki kinautolú, naʻá ne tānaki atu: “Ko kimoutolu ko e ngāhi tokoua kotoa pe.”—Mātiu 23:8.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau feinga ki he lakanga ko e ʻovasiá?
15 Ko ha tokotaha muimui moʻoni ʻo Sīsū ko ha sevāniti, ʻio, ko ha tamaioʻeiki ki he kaungā Kalisitiané. (Kaletia 5:13) ʻOku tautefito ʻa e hoko ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku nau loto ke taau ke ʻovasia ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito totonu ke nau feʻauhi ki he tuʻunga tuʻu-ki-muʻa pe ko e mafai; ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke nau ‘fakafieʻeiki ki he faʻahinga ko e tofiʻa ʻo e ʻOtuá ka ke hoko ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kiate kinautolu.’ (1 Pita 5:3, NW) Ko e moʻoni, ko ha laumālie siokita ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga ki he ʻovasiá. ʻE hoko ha tokotaha pehē ia ko e fakatupu maumau ki he fakatahaʻangá. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku totonu ke ‘feinga ke maʻu ʻa e lakanga ʻo e faifekau pulé [“ʻovasia,” NW]’ ka ʻoku totonu ke tupu ʻeni mei ha holi ke tauhi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kehé. Ko e lakanga ko ʻení ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tuʻunga tuʻu-ki-muʻa pe mafai, he ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻovasiá ʻoku totonu ke ʻi he lotolotonga ia ʻo e faʻahinga fakakaukau fakatōkilalo lahi taha ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—1 Timote 3:1, 6.
16. Ko e hā naʻe fakahalaiaʻi ai ʻa Taiotifi ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
16 ʻOku fakahanga ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻetau tokangá ki ha tokotaha naʻá ne maʻu ha fakakaukau hala, ʻi hono fakahā mai: “Naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻa ku tohi atu ki he siasi na: ka ko ia ʻoku ne fie tāfataha ʻiate kinautolu, ʻa Taiotifi, ʻoku ʻikai te ne tali kimautolu.” Naʻe feangainga taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ʻa e tangatá ni mo e niʻihi kehé ʻi he feinga ke laka ki muʻa ʻa hono tuʻunga ʻoʻoná. Ka, naʻe ueʻi ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa Sione ke ne fakakau ʻi he Tohitapú ha fakahalaiaʻi fakahāhā ʻo Taiotifi koeʻuhi ko ʻene fakakaukau ke fakamuʻomuʻa-pē-kitá.—3 Sione 9, 10.
Ko e Fakakaukau Totonú
17. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló ʻe Pita, Paula, mo Panepasá?
17 ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo e fakakaukau totonú, ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. ʻI he hū ʻa Pita ki he ʻapi ʻo Koliniusí, ko e tangata ko iá “ne hinga atu ki [he] vaʻe [ʻo Pitá] ʻo hu” kiate ia. Ka ʻi he ʻikai te ne tali ʻa e fakahīkihikí, naʻe “langaʻi hake ia ʻe Pita, ʻo ne pehē, Tuʻu pē, he ko e tangata foki mo au.” (Ngāue 10:25, 26) ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻi Līsita ai ʻa Paula mo Panepasá, naʻe fakamoʻui ai ʻe Paula ha tangata naʻe heke pē mei hono fanauʻí. Ko hono olá, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he fuʻu kakaí ko e ongo ʻapositoló ni ko e ongo ʻotua. Kae kehe, naʻe hanga ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ʻo “hae hifo hona kofu, ʻo na ʻoho atu mei he fale ki he kakai, ʻo na kalanga, ʻo pehē, ʻA Matāpule, ko e ha ʻoku mou fai pehē ai? He ʻoku ma alāanga mo kimoutolu, ko e ongo tangata pē.” (Ngāue 14:8-15) Ne ʻikai tali ʻe he ongo Kalisitiane anga-fakatōkilalo ko ʻení ʻa e fakalāngilangi mei he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
18. ʻI heʻene anga-fakatōkilaló, ko e hā naʻe tala ʻe ha ʻāngelo mālohi kia Sioné?
18 ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻoange ai ki he ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻa e “meʻa fakaha ʻe Sisu Kalaisi,” naʻe fakahoko mai ia ʻe ha ʻāngelo. (Fakahā 1:1) Koeʻuhi ko e mafai ʻo ha ʻāngelo, ʻoku lava ke tau mahinoʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe manavahē ai ʻa Sioné, he naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻe toko taha pē ʻa e kau ʻAsīlia ʻe toko 185,000 ʻi he pō pē ʻe taha. (2 Tuʻi 19:35) ʻOku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe Sione: “ʻI heʻeku fanongo leva mo mamata, naʻa ku mapeʻe ai ki lalo ke hu ʻi he vaʻe ʻo e angelo naʻe fakaha mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia. Ka ka pehē mai ʻe ia, ʻE, ʻoua: ʻoku ou kaungā-tamaioʻeiki mo koe, pea moho ngaahi tokoua . . . Hu ki he ʻOtua pē.” (Fakahā 22:8, 9) He fakakaukau fakatōkilalo ē mei he tafaʻaki ʻa e ʻāngelo mālohi ko ʻení!
19, 20. Fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e ʻafungi ʻa e kau seniale ikuna ʻo Lomá mo e fakakaukau fakatōkilalo ʻa Sīsuú.
19 Ko Sīsū ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei taha ʻo e tokotaha naʻe fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. Ko ia ʻa e ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupu ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Tuʻi he kahaʻú ʻo e Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taimi naʻá ne hā atu ai ki he kakaí ʻi he tuʻunga ko iá, naʻe ʻikai te ne fai ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he kau seniale ikuna ʻo e ngaahi taimi ʻo Lomá. Naʻe fai kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu fakatē—ngaahi laka—pea nau heka ʻi he ngaahi saliote naʻe teuteuʻi ʻaki ʻa e koula mo e lei, ʻo toho ʻe he fanga hoosi hinehina, pe naʻa mo e fanga ʻelefānite, fanga laione, pe fanga taika. ʻI he ngaahi laká naʻe hiva ai ʻa e kau tāmeʻaleá ʻi he ngaahi hiva ʻo e ikuná, fakataha mo e ngaahi saliote naʻe uta ai ʻa e ngaahi koloa vete mo e ngaahi fuʻu folouti ʻo fakatātaaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo e taú. Naʻe toe ʻi ai mo e ngaahi tuʻi, kau pilinisi, mo e kau seniale ko e kau pōpula fakataha mo honau ngaahi fāmilí, naʻe faʻa fakatelefuaʻi ko hono fakamaaʻi kinautolu. Naʻe makatuʻunga mālohi moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi he loto-mahikihiki, mo e ʻafungi.
20 ʻOku kehe ʻaupito ia mei he founga naʻe foaki atu ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa ia tonú. Naʻá ne loto-lelei ke fakamoʻulaloaʻi ia ʻi he anga-fakatōkilalo ke fakahoko ʻa e kikite fekauʻaki mo iá, ʻa ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ai: “Vakai, oku haʻu ho tuʻi kiate koe, oku agalelei ia, bea oku iate ia ae fakamoui; oku ne agavaivai, bea oku heka ki he asi.” Naʻá ne anga-fakatōkilalo ʻo heka ʻi ha monumanu ʻo e kavenga, ʻikai ʻi ha saliote naʻe toho ʻaki ha fuʻu fanga manu fakangeingeia. (Sakalaia 9:9, PM; Mātiu 21:4, 5) He fiefia ē ko e kakai anga-fakatōkilaló he ko Sīsū ʻe hoko ko e Tuʻi fakanofo ʻa Sihova ki he foʻi māmaní kotoa ʻi he māmani foʻoú, ʻa e tokotaha ʻoku fakakaukau fakatōkilalo moʻoni, anga-fakatōkilalo, ʻofa, manavaʻofa, mo faimeesi!—Aisea 9:6, 7; Filipai 2:5-8.
21. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke fakahāhaaʻi ʻe he fakakaukau fakatōkilaló?
21 Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko Sīsū, Pita, Paula, mo e kau tangata mo e kau fefine kehe ʻo e tuí ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e Tohitapú naʻa nau fakakaukau fakatōkilaló ʻokú ne kapusi atu leva ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ko ia ko e anga-fakatōkilaló ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga vaivai. Ka, ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e ʻulungaanga ko iá, he ko e faʻahingá ni naʻa nau loto-toʻa mo faivelenga. ʻI he mālohi lahi fakaʻatamai mo e fakaeʻulungaanga, naʻa nau kātakiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kakahá. (Hepelu, vahe 11) Pea ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakakaukau fakatōkilalo ai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, ʻoku nau maʻu ai ʻa e mālohi meimei tatau koeʻuhi ʻoku poupouʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakatōkilaló ʻaki hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni mālohí. Ko ia, ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai kiate kitautolu: “Mou noʻo kotoa pē ʻaki ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló ʻiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ʻoku talitekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻafungí, ka ʻokú ne foaki ʻofa maʻataʻatā ki he faʻahinga anga-fakatōkilaló. Ko ia ai, mou fakatōkilaloʻi kimoutolu ʻi he malumalu ʻo e toʻukupu māfimafi ʻo e ʻOtuá, heiʻilo te ne hakeakiʻi kimoutolu ʻi he taimi kuo kotofa.”—1 Pita 5:5, 6, NW; 2 Kolinito 4:7.
22. Ko e hā ʻe fai ha lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
22 ʻOku toe ʻi ai ʻa e tafaʻaki pau ʻe taha ʻo e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e taha ia ʻoku tokoni lahi ki hono langa hake ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻofá mo e ngāue fakatahá ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá. Ko e moʻoni, ko ha konga mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ʻo e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló. ʻE fai ha lāulea ki he meʻá ni ʻi he kupu hoko maí.
Ko e Fakamanatu
◻ Fakamatalaʻi ange ʻa e laumālie anga-maheni ʻo e māmani ko ʻení.
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihova ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakakaukau fakatōkilaló?
◻ Ko e hā kuo pau ke ako ai ki he fakakaukau fakatōkilaló?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻe niʻihi ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo e faʻahinga tāutaha naʻa nau fakahāhā ʻa e fakakaukau fakatōkilaló?
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Naʻe tala ange ʻe he ʻāngeló kia Sione: “ʻOua: ʻoku ou kaungā-tamaioʻeiki mo koe”