Ko ʻEtau Leʻó ʻOku Toe Fakavavevave Ange
“Ko ia ke mou [hanganaki] leʻo; he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo pe ko e ʻaho fē ʻe hoko mei ai ʻa homou ʻEiki.”—MĀTIU 24:42.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení?
“ʻOKU hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻa hono fakafōtunga ʻa e senituli hono uofulú ʻe he taú,” ko e lau ia ʻa e faʻu-tohi ko Bill Emmott. Lolotonga hono fakahaaʻi kuo hokosia ʻi he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi vahaʻa taimi ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá ʻa e mafasia ʻi he ngaahi taú mo e fakamālohí, ʻokú ne tānaki mai: “Naʻe ʻikai toe kehe mei ai ʻa e senituli hono uofulú ia, naʻe kehe ia ʻi hono lahí. Ko e fuofua senituli ia ne fakaeʻa ai ha fepaki moʻoni ʻi he tuʻunga fakamāmani lahí . . . Pea, kapau ʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻa e poiní, naʻá ne fakaeʻa ʻo ʻikai ko ha fepaki pē ʻe taha ʻi māmani lahi, ka ko e ua.”
2 Ko e ngaahi tau ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ‘tuʻu ha kakai ki ha kakai mo ha puleʻanga ki ha puleʻangá’ naʻe tomuʻa tala ia ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi. Kae kehe, ko e tafaʻaki pē ia ʻe taha ʻo e ‘fakaʻilonga ʻo e ha mai pe ʻi ai ʻa Kalaisí mo e fakaʻosi ʻo e kuongá.’ ʻI he kikite lahi ko ʻení, naʻe toe lave ai ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi honge, ngaahi mahaki fakaʻauha, mo e ngaahi mofuike. (Mātiu 24:3, 7, 8; Luke 21:6, 7, 10, 11) ʻI he ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi, ko e ngaahi tuʻutāmaki peheé kuo tupulekina ia ʻi hono lahí mo e mafatukitukí. Ko e tuʻunga kovi ʻo e tangatá ʻoku lahi fau, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku mātā ʻi heʻene fakakaukau atu ki he ʻOtuá mo e kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko e tōlalo fakaeʻulungāngá mo e tupulekina ʻi he faihiá mo e fakamālohí ʻoku hā mahino ia. Kuo hoko ʻa e tangatá ko e kau ʻofa ki he paʻangá kae ʻikai ko e kau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo nōfoʻi ai ʻi he mālié. ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi kotoa heni ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he “ngaahi taimi faingataʻa.”—2 Timote 3:1-5.
3. ʻOku totonu ke kaunga fēfē kiate kitautolu ʻa e “ngaahi fakaʻilonga [ʻo e] kuonga”?
3 ʻOku anga-fēfē hoʻo vakai ki he ʻalunga fakaʻau ki he kovi ange ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangatá? ʻOku loto-noa ʻa e tokolahi, ʻo aʻu ʻo loto-fefeka, ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalotomamahi ʻoku lolotonga hokó. Ko e kau tangata faitākiekina mo poto ʻo e māmaní ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e “ngaahi fakaʻilonga [ʻo e] kuonga”; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻomai ʻe he kau taki lotú ʻa e tataki totonu ʻi he meʻá ni. (Mātiu 16:1-3) Ka naʻe enginaki ʻa Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí: “Ko ia ke mou [hanganaki] leʻo; he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo pe ko e ʻaho fē ʻe hoko mei ai ʻa homou ʻEiki.” (Mātiu 24:42) ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi mai heni ʻe Sīsū kitautolu ʻo ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi he pehē ke leʻó ka ke hanganaki “leʻo.” Ke hanganaki leʻó, kuo pau ke tau nofoʻaki ʻāʻā mo faʻa vakavakai. ʻOku fiemaʻu heni ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ʻi hono ʻiloʻi pē ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí, ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi hono fakatokangaʻi pē ʻoku faingataʻa ʻa e ngaahi ʻahó. Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e tuipau fefeka “kuo panaki ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e meʻa kotoa pe.” (1 Pita 4:7) Ko e meʻa pē ia te tau toki maʻu ai ha ongoʻi ʻo e fakavavevave ʻi heʻetau tuʻunga faʻa leʻó. Ko ia ai, ko e fehuʻi leva ʻeni kuo pau ke tau fakakaukau ki aí: ‘Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau tuipau ʻoku ofi ʻa e ngataʻangá?’
4, 5. (a) Ko e hā te ne fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau tuipau ko e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanú ni ʻoku ofí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau ʻe taha ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá mo e hoko mai pe ʻi ai ʻa e Fanautama ʻa Tangatá?
4 Fakakaukau ange ki he ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe hoko lahi ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ki muʻa pē ʻi he meʻa naʻe hoko makehe ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá—ʻa e fuʻu Lōvai ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá. Naʻe angakovi ʻaupito ʻa e kakaí ʻo ongoʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e “fakamamahi ʻi hono finangalo.” Naʻá ne talaki: “Te u tafi mei he funga ʻo mamani ʻa e tangata kuo u fakatupu.” (Senesi 6:6, 7) Pea naʻá ne fai ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ko iá. ʻI he fakamatala ki he ngaahi faitatau ʻi he taimi ko iá mo e taimi ní, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Hange ko e taimi ʻo Noa, ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻae Fanautama ʻa Tangata.”—Mātiu 24:37.
5 ʻOku ʻuhinga lelei ke fakakaukau atu ko e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e māmani lolotonga ní ʻoku hangē pē ko ʻene ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e māmani ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí. Koeʻuhi naʻá ne ʻomai ha ngataʻanga ki he māmani anga taʻefakaʻotua ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá, kuo pau te ne fakaʻauha ʻa e māmani fulikivanu ʻo e ʻaho ní. Ko hono maʻu ha mahino māʻalaʻala ki he ngaahi faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e taimi ko iá mo hotau ʻahó ʻoku totonu ke ne fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau tuipau ko e ngataʻanga ʻo e māmani lolotongá ʻoku ofi. Ko e hā leva ʻa e ngaahi faitataú? ʻOku ʻikai toe siʻi hifo ʻi he nimá. Ko e ʻuluakí ko ha fakatokanga ʻo e fakaʻauha ʻoku tuʻunuku maí ʻoku fakahaaʻi fakapapauʻi mai.
Fakatokanga Fekauʻaki mo e “Ngaahi Meʻa Kuo Teʻeki Hamai”
6. Ko e hā naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ke fai ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá?
6 ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Noá, naʻe talaki ai ʻe Sihova: “ʻE ʻikai nofo maʻuaipe hoku Laumalie mo e tangata, ke fiu hono oʻi, he ko e kakano foki mo ia: ka ko hono fuoloa ko e taʻu ʻe teau mo e taʻu ʻe uofulu.” (Senesi 6:3) Ko hono ʻomai ʻo e tuʻutuʻuni fakaʻotua ko ʻení ʻi he 2490 K.M. naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi ai ʻa e kamataʻanga ʻo e ngataʻanga ki he māmani anga taʻefakaʻotua ko iá. Kiʻi fakakaukau atu angé ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e tuʻutuʻuni ko iá ki he faʻahinga naʻe moʻui ʻi he taimi ko iá! Ko e taʻu pē ʻe 120 pea ʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ʻomai “ʻa e lomaki, ko e fuʻu vai ke ʻufiʻufi ʻa e fonua, ke fakaʻauha ʻa e kakano kotoa pe ʻi he lalo langi ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ai ha manava moʻui.”—Senesi 6:17.
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tali ʻa Noa ki he fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e Lōmakí? (e) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau tali ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení?
7 Naʻe maʻu ʻe Noa ʻa e fakatokanga ʻo e tuʻutāmaki naʻe tuʻunuku maí ʻi ha ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu ki muʻa, pea naʻá ne ngāue fakapotopoto ʻaki ʻa e taimí ke mateuteu ai ki he hao moʻui. “ʻI hono valokia ki ha ngaahi meʻa kuo teʻeki hamai,” ko e lea ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “pea ʻi heʻene manavahe ki ai [ʻa Noa], naʻa ne faʻu ʻa e Aake moʻo fakamoʻui hono ʻapi.” (Hepelu 11:7) Fēfē kitautolu? Kuo ʻosi atu ʻa e taʻu nai ʻe 90 talu mei he kamata ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení ʻi he 1914. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tau ʻi he “taimi fakamui.” (Taniela 12:4) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau tali ki he ngaahi fakatokanga kuo ʻomai kiate kitautolú? “Ko ia ʻoku ne fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻoku ne nofo maʻu ʻo taʻengata,” ko e fakahā ia ʻe he Tohitapú. (1 Sione 2:17) Ko ia ai, ko e taimi leva ʻeni ke fai ai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová ʻaki ha ongoʻi vēkeveke ʻo e fakavavevavé.
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakatokanga kuo ʻomai ʻi onopōní, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē hono talaki ʻení?
8 ʻI he ngaahi taimi ʻi onopōní, kuo ʻiloʻi ai ʻe he kau ako loto-totonu ʻo e Tohitapú mei he ngaahi Konga Tohitapu fakamānavaʻí ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení ʻoku tūʻulu atu ia ki he fakaʻauha. ʻOku tau tui ki ai? Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí: “ʻE toki hoko ai ha mamahi lahi, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki hano tatau mei he kamataʻanga ʻo mamani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni, ʻoi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai.” (Mātiu 24:21) Naʻe toe pehē ʻe Sīsū te ne hoko mai ko e Fakamaau fakanofo ʻa e ʻOtuá pea te ne fakamavaheʻi ʻa e kakaí ʻo hangē ko hono fakamavaheʻi ʻe ha tauhi-sipi ʻa e fanga sipí mei he fanga kosí. Ko e faʻahinga ʻe ʻiloʻi ʻoku nau taʻetāú ʻe “ʻalu atu ʻa kinautolu ni ki he tautea taʻengata: ka ko e fai lelei ki he moʻui taʻengata.”—Mātiu 25:31-33, 46.
9 Kuo fakahanga ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokanga ʻa ʻene kakaí ki he ngaahi fakatokangá ni fakafou ʻi he ngaahi fakamanatu taimi totonu ʻoku fou mai ʻi he meʻakai fakalaumālie kuo tokonaki mai ʻe he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto.” (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e ngaahi puleʻanga, matakali, mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku fai ʻa e ui ki ai ke nau “manavahē ki he ʻOtua, pea tuku kololia kiate ia; he kuo hokosia ʻa e taimi oʻene fakamāu.” (Fakahā 14:6, 7) Ko ha konga tefito ʻo e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku malangaʻi ʻi māmani lahi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e fakatokanga ko ia kuo vavé ni ke toʻo atu ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e tuʻunga-pule fakaetangatá. (Taniela 2:44) ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e fakatokangá ni. Ko e ʻOtua māfimafi-aoniú ʻokú ne fai maʻu pē ki heʻene leá. (Aisea 55:10, 11) Naʻá ne fai pehē ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá, pea te ne fai pehē ʻi hotau ʻahó.—2 Pita 3:3-7.
Kuo Hoko ʻo Mafolalahia ʻa e Anga-Mousaʻa Fakaefehokotaki Fakasinó
10. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e anga-mousaʻa fakaefehokotaki fakasino ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá?
10 ʻOku fehoanaki hotau taimí mo e ʻaho ʻo Noá ʻi ha toe tafaʻaki ʻe taha. Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova ki he ʻuluaki tangatá mo e ʻuluaki fefiné ke na “fakafonu ʻa mamani” ʻaki hona faʻahingá, ʻo ngāueʻaki hona ngaahi mafai fakaefehokotaki fakasino kuo foaki ange ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi ha tuʻunga taau ʻi loto ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí. (Senesi 1:28) ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Noá, naʻe ʻuliʻi ai ʻe he kau ʻāngelo talangataʻá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻaki ʻa e fehokotaki fakasino taʻefakanatula. Naʻa nau hifo ki he māmaní, liliu ki he ngaahi sino fakamatelie, pea nonofo mo e kau fefine hoihoifua, ʻo maʻu ai ha fānau naʻe konga tangata, konga tēmeniō—ko e kau Nefilimi. (Senesi 6:2, 4) Ko e angahala ʻa e kau ʻāngelo holi fakakakano ko ʻení ʻoku fakatatau ia ki he ngaahi tōʻonga faikehe ʻa Sōtoma mo Komolá. (Siutasi 6, 7) Ko ia ai, naʻe mafolalahia ʻa e anga-mousaʻa fakaefehokotaki fakasinó ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga fakaeʻulungaanga ʻokú ne ʻai hotau taimí ke meimei tatau mo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá?
11 Fēfē ʻa e tuʻunga fakaeʻulungaanga ʻo e ʻaho ní? ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni, ko e moʻui ʻa e tokolahi ʻoku takatakai ia ʻi he fehokotaki fakasinó. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi maeʻeeʻa lelei ʻe Paula ʻa e faʻahinga peheé ʻoku nau “ongonoa”; kuo hanga ʻe he tokolahi ʻo tukuange atu kinautolu “ki he pauʻu, ke fai ʻa e angaʻuli kotoa pe ʻi he havala.” (Efeso 4:19) Ko e naunau fakalieliá, fehokotaki fakasino ki muʻa ke malí, pāʻusiʻi ʻo e fānaú, mo e faka-Sōtomá ʻoku failahia ia. Ko e niʻihi kuo nau ʻosi ‘maʻu ʻi he sino ʻonautolú ʻa e totongi [kakato]’ ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e ngaahi mahaki ʻoku fetuku holo ʻi he fehokotaki fakasinó, motuhia ʻa e moʻui fakafāmilí, mo e ngaahi palopalema fakasōsiale kehe.—Loma 1:26, 27.
12. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau fakatupulekina ha fehiʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku koví?
12 ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Noá, naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fuʻu Lōvai lahi pea ʻomai mo e ngataʻanga ki he māmani holi vale ki he fehokotaki fakasinó. Kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito ʻe ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e ngaahi ʻahó ni ko e moʻoni ʻoku hangē tofu pē ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá. Ko e “mamahi lahi” ʻoku tuʻunuku maí te ne fakamaʻa mei he māmaní ʻa e ‘kau feʻauakí, kau tonó, kau moʻui fakapelepelé, mo e kau faka-Sōtomá.’ (Mātiu 24:21; 1 Kolinito 6:9, 10; Fakahā 21:8) He fakavavevave ē ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tau fakatupulekina ha fehiʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku koví pea ʻatā mei he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku malava ke taki atu ki he ʻulungaanga taʻetāú!—Sāme 97:10; 1 Kolinito 6:18.
Hoko ʻa e Māmaní ʻo ‘Opeope ʻi he Fakamalohí’
13. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Noá, ko e hā naʻe ‘opeope ai ʻi he fonuá ʻa e fakamalohí’?
13 ʻI hono fakahā ʻa e toe tuʻunga ʻe taha ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Kuo kaʻanga ʻa mamani ʻi he fofonga ki ai ʻa e ʻOtua, pea kuo opeope ʻi he fonua ʻa e fakamalohi.” (Senesi 6:11) Naʻe ʻikai ko ha meʻa foʻou ʻa e fakamālohí ia. Naʻe fakapoongi ʻe he foha ʻo ʻĀtama ko Keiní hono tokoua māʻoniʻoní. (Senesi 4:8) ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he ʻulungaanga fakamālohi ʻo hono taimí, naʻe faʻu ai ʻe Lēmeki ha foʻi maau ʻo pōlepole ai fekauʻaki mo e founga naʻá ne tāmateʻi ai ha talavou, ʻi he pehē tokua ko e maluʻi-kita. (Senesi 4:23, 24) Ko e meʻa naʻe kehe ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá ko e tuʻunga ʻo e fakamālohí. ʻI he mali ʻa e ngaahi foha fakaeʻāngelo talangataʻa ʻo e ʻOtuá mo e kau fefine ʻi he māmaní pea fakatupu ai ha hakó—ʻa e kau Nefilimí—naʻe tupulekina ai ʻa e fakamālohí ki ha tuʻunga naʻe taʻeʻiloa ki muʻa. Ko e kau saiāniti anga-fakamālohi ko ʻení ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he New World Translation ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he muʻaki foʻi lea faka-Hepeluú ‘ko e Kau Fakatooki’—“ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau tō ki lalo.” (Senesi 6:4, fakamatala ʻi lalo) Ko hono olá, naʻe hoko ai ʻa e māmaní ʻo ‘opeope ʻi he fakamalohí.’ (Senesi 6:13) Sioloto atu ki he ngaahi palopalema kuo pau naʻe fehangahangai mo Noa ʻi hono tauhi hake hono fāmilí ʻi ha ʻātakai pehē! Neongo ia, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ko Noá naʻá ne ‘maonioni i hono ao i he toutagata’ ko iá.—Senesi 7:1, PM.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e lahi kuo aʻu ki ai ʻa e hoko ʻa e māmani he ʻaho ní ʻo ‘opeope ʻi he fakamalohí’?
14 Kuo feʻao mai pē ʻa e fakamālohí ia mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá. Kae hangē pē ko ia naʻe hoko moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá, kuo toe mātā tonu ia ʻi hotau taimí ʻi ha tuʻunga taʻehanotatau. ʻOku tau fanongo maʻu pē fekauʻaki mo e fakamālohi fakalotofonua, ngaahi ngāue ʻa e tautoitoí, ngaahi feingatau fakaʻauha fakafaʻahingá, ngaahi tāmate fakatokolahi ʻoku fai ʻe he kau tangata toʻo meʻafana ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito haʻanau taumuʻa pau ki ai. Tānaki atu ki ai mo e lingitoto kuo fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi taú. Kuo toe hoko ʻo fonu ʻa e māmaní ʻi he fakamālohí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Ko e hā kuó ne ʻai ke hoko ʻa e tupulekina ko iá? ʻOku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he talí ʻa e toe faitatau ʻe taha mo e ʻaho ʻo Noá.
15. (a) Ko e hā kuo tokoni ki he tupulekina ʻa e fakamālohí ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ola ʻoku malava ke tau falala ki aí?
15 ʻI hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaia ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi hēvani ʻi he 1914, ko e Tuʻi kuo fakanofo ki he taloní, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, naʻá ne fakahoko ha ngāue mahuʻinga. Naʻe tuli hifo ai ʻa Sētane ko e Tēvoló mo ʻene kau tēmenioó mei hēvani ki he feituʻu ʻo e māmaní. (Fakahā 12:9-12) Ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí, naʻe tukuange loto-lelei ai ʻe he kau ʻāngelo talangataʻá honau tuʻunga fakahēvaní; kae kehe, ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo onopōní, ne kapusi mālohi ai kinautolu. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku ʻikai malava ke nau kei liliu sino fakaetangata ʻi he māmaní koeʻuhi ke nau fiefia ʻi ha ngaahi mālie fakakakano taʻetotonu. Ko ia, ʻi he feifeitamaki, ʻita, mo e manavahē ki he fakamaau ʻoku maluʻaki maí, ʻoku nau tākiekina ai ʻa e tangatá mo e ngaahi kautahá ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga taʻeʻofa ʻo e faihiá mo e fakamālohí ʻi ha toe tuʻunga lahi ange ia mei he ʻaho ʻo Noá. Naʻe fakaʻauha ʻosi ʻe Sihova ʻa e māmani ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí ʻi he hili hono hanga ʻe he kau ʻāngelo talangataʻá mo ʻenau fānaú ʻo fakafonu ia ʻaki ʻa e koví. ʻOku lava ke ke fakapapauʻi, te ne fai ʻa e meʻa tatau pē ʻi hotau ʻahó! (Sāme 37:10) Kae kehe, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau hanganaki leʻo ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻoku ofi honau fakahaofí.
ʻOku Malangaʻi ʻa e Pōpoakí
16, 17. Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau hono fā ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá mo hotau taimí?
16 Ko e poini hono fā ʻo e faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lolotonga ní mo e māmani ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí ʻoku hā ia ʻi he ngāue naʻe tuʻutuʻuni kia Noa ke ne faí. Naʻe faʻu ʻe Noa ha fuʻu ʻaʻake. Naʻá ne toe hoko ko ha tokotaha ‘malanga.’ (2 Pita 2:5) Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki naʻá ne malangaʻí? Ko e malanga ʻa Noá ʻoku hā mahino naʻe kau ai ha fiemaʻu ki he fakatomala mo ha fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻauha ʻe hoko maí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ko e kakai ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá “naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaloʻiloa kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e Lomaki, ʻo ʻave kinautolu fulipe.”—Mātiu 24:38, 39.
17 ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻi hono fakahoko tōtōivi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e fekau kiate kinautolu ke malangá, ʻoku hoko ai ʻo fanongonongo ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he meimei tapa kotoa pē ʻo e kolopé, ʻoku malava ai ʻa e kakaí ke nau fanongo mo lau ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi heʻenau lea pē ʻa kinautolú. Ko e makasini Taua Leʻo, ʻoku fanongonongo ai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Sihová, ʻoku vilo takai ia ʻo laka hake ʻi he tatau ʻe 25,000,000 pea ʻoku pulusi ia ʻo laka hake ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 140. Ko e moʻoni, ko e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻoku lolotonga malangaʻi ia “ke ai ha fakamatala ki he ngāhi kakai kotoa pe, pea toki hoko ʻa e ngataʻanga.” ʻI he taimi ʻe kakato ai ʻa e ngāue ko iá ʻo fakatatau ki he fiemālie ʻa e ʻOtuá, kuo pau leva ke hoko mai ʻa e ngataʻangá.—Mātiu 24:14.
18. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoa ʻa e tali ʻa e tokolahi ki heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá mo e tali ko ia ʻa e kakai tokolahi taha ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá?
18 ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he taʻemahuʻingaʻia fakaʻaufuli ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié mo e fakaeʻulungāngá ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí, ʻoku ʻikai faingataʻa ke tau sioloto atu ki he ʻuhinga naʻe hoko ai ʻa e fāmili ʻo Noá ko e fakakataʻanga ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapi tuingataʻá pea hoko ko e faiʻanga ʻo e leakovi mo e lumá. Neongo ia, naʻe hoko mai ʻa e ngataʻangá. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ʻoku tokolahi fau ʻa e “faʻahinga ʻoku matuʻaki manuki” ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí. “Ka ʻe hoko mai pe ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki ʻo hange ha kaihaʻa,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohitapú. (2 Pita 3:3, 4, 10) ʻE pau ke hoko mai ia ʻi he taimi kuo kotofa. ʻE ʻikai ke tuai. (Hapakuke 2:3) He fakapotopoto ē ke tau hanganaki leʻo!
Ko ha Tokosiʻi Pē ʻe Haó
19, 20. Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e Lōmakí mo e fakaʻauha ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotongá?
19 Ko e faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá pea mo hotau ʻahó ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata pē ia ʻi he kovi ʻa e kakaí pea mo honau fakaʻauhá. Hangē pē ko e ʻi ai ʻa e kau hao moʻui ʻi he Lōmakí, ʻe ʻi ai foki ʻa e faʻahinga te nau hao moʻui ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotongá. Ko e kau hao ʻi he Lōmakí ko e faʻahinga anga-malū ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau moʻui ʻo hangē ko e moʻui ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí. Naʻa nau tokanga ki he fakatokanga fakaʻotuá pea mo hanganaki mavahe mei he māmani fulikivanu ʻo e taimi ko iá. “Ko Noa naʻe ʻilo ki ai ha hoifua ʻi he finangalo ʻo Sihova,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohitapú. “[Ko Noa] naʻa ne haohaoa pe ʻi he ngahi toʻutangata naʻe feʻunga mo ia.” (Senesi 6:8, 9) Mei he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ko e fāmili pē ʻe taha, ko “ha tokosiʻi, ko e toko valu tokua, naʻe fakamoʻui ʻaki ʻa e vai.” (1 Pita 3:20) Pea naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ha folofola fakamafai kiate kinautolu ʻo pehē: “Mou fakatupu; mou fakatokolahi, mo fakafonu ʻa e fonua.”—Senesi 9:1.
20 ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ha “fuʻu kakai lahi” te nau “haʻu mei he mamahi lahi.” (Fakahā 7:9, 14) Ko e toko fiha ʻe ʻi he fuʻu kakai lahi ko iá? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū tonu: “ʻOku fāsiʻi ʻa e matapa, pea ʻefiʻefi ʻa e hala, ʻoku fakatau ki he moʻui; pea tokosiʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku ʻilo ia.” (Mātiu 7:13, 14) Fakahoa atu ki he laui piliona ʻoku lolotonga moʻui ʻi he māmaní he taimi ní, ko e kau hao moʻui atu ʻi he fuʻu mamahi lahi ʻoku tuʻunuku maí ʻe tokosiʻi. Ka te nau maʻu nai ha faingamālie meimei tatau mo ia naʻe ʻoange ki he kau hao moʻui ʻi he Lōmakí. Ko e kau hao moʻui atú te nau malava nai ʻi ha taimi ke maʻu fānau ko ha konga ʻo e sōsaieti fakaemāmani foʻoú.—Aisea 65:23.
‘Mou Hanganaki Leʻo’
21, 22. (a) Kuo anga-fēfē ʻene ʻaonga kiate koe ʻa e lāulea ko ʻeni ki he fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e Lōmakí? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e konga tohi fakataʻu ki he 2004, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau tokanga ki he faleʻi ʻokú ne ʻomaí?
21 Neongo ʻoku hā ngali ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ʻa e Lōmakí ia ki hotau ʻahó, ʻokú ne tokonaki mahino mai ha fakatokanga kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau tukunoaʻi. (Loma 15:4) Ko e ngaahi faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá mo hotau ʻahó ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke tupulekina ʻetau tokanga ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e meʻa ʻoku hokó pea ʻai kitautolu ke tau ʻāʻā ki he hoko mai ʻa Sīsū hangē ha kaihaʻá ke fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ki he kau fulikivanú.
22 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tataki ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ha ngāue langa fakalaumālie lahi fakaʻulia. Ki he malu mo e hao moʻui ʻa e kau lotu moʻoní, ʻoku ʻi ai ha palataisi fakalaumālie hangē ha ʻaʻaké. (2 Kolinito 12:3, 4) Ke fakahaofi atu ʻi he fuʻu mamahi lahí, kuo pau ke tau nofo ʻi he palataisi ko iá. ʻOku takatakai mei tuʻa ʻi he feituʻu palataisi fakalaumālie ko iá ʻa e māmani ʻo Sētané, ʻo mateuteu ke ne folo ha taha pē ʻoku hoko ʻo tulemohe fakalaumālie. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai ke tau hanganaki “leʻo” pea fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku tau mateuteu ki he ʻaho ʻo Sihová.—Mātiu 24:42-44.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻa e enginaki naʻe ʻomai ʻe Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻene hoko maí?
• Ko e hā naʻe fakahoa ki ai ʻe Sīsū ʻene hoko maí?
• ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku meimei tatau ai hotau taimí mo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Noá?
• ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hono ueʻi ʻetau ongoʻi ʻo e fakavavevavé ʻe he fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá mo hotau ʻahó?
[Fakamatala ʻi he peesi 18]
Ko e konga tohi fakataʻu ki he 2004 ko e: “Ke mou leʻo . . . Ke toka teuteu ʻa kimoutolu.”—Mātiu 24:42, 44.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15]
Naʻe talangofua ʻa Noa ki he fakatokanga fakaʻotuá. ʻOku tau fai ha tali meimei tatau?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
“Hange ko e taimi ʻo Noa, ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻae Fanautama ʻa Tangata”