“Ko e Meʻa Kotoa ʻOku Ai Hano Taimi Kotofa”
“Ko e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ai hano taimi [“kotofa,” NW], pea mo hono ʻaho kotofa ki he feinga kotoa pe ʻi he lalo langi.”—KOHELETI 3:1.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e faingataʻa ʻoku maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá, pea ko e hā kuo taki atu ki ai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻe niʻihi?
ʻOKU faʻa pehē ʻe he kakaí, “Naʻe totonu ke u fai vave ange ia.” Pe mahalo ʻi he ʻosi ʻene hokó, “Naʻe totonu ke u tatali.” Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga peheé ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e faingataʻa ʻoku maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ʻi hono fakapapauʻi ʻa e taimi totonu ke fai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pau. Ko e fakangatangata ko ení kuó ne fakatupunga ke movete ʻa e ngaahi vahaʻangataé. Kuo taki atu ia ki he siva ʻa e ʻamanakí mo e ongoʻi feifeitamaki. Pea ko e kovi tahá, kuó ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e tui ʻa e kakai ʻe niʻihi kia Sihova mo ʻene kautahá.
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ko ha ʻalunga fakapotopoto ai ʻa hono tali ʻo e fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e taimi kotofá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e vakai mafamafatatau ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻu ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono fakahoko ʻo e kikite ʻa e Tohitapú?
2 ʻI hono maʻu ʻa e poto mo e ʻiloʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe he tangatá, ʻoku malava ʻa Sihova ke ne tomuʻa ʻafioʻi, kapau ʻokú ne fiemaʻu, ʻa e ola ʻo e ngāue kotoa pē. ʻOku lava ke ne ʻafioʻi “mei he kamataʻanga ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻamui.” (Aisea 46:10) Ko ia ai, ʻoku lava ke ne fili ʻikai toe hala ʻa e taimi faingamālie taha ke fai ai ha meʻa pē ʻokú ne finangalo ke fai. Ko ia, ʻi he ʻikai falala ki heʻetau ongoʻi fehālaaki fekauʻaki mo e taimí, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke tau tali ʻa hono fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e taimi kotofá!
3 Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku tatali mateaki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻá ki he taimi kotofa ʻa Sihová ke fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi kikite pau ʻa e Tohitapú. ʻOku nau nofoʻaki femoʻuekina ʻi heʻene ngāué, lolotonga ia ʻoku nau tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e Tangilaulau 3:26: “ʻOku lelei ke te ʻamanaki mo tali fakalongope ki he fakamoʻui ʻa Sihova ka fai.” (Fakafehoanaki mo Hapakuke 3:16.) ʻI he taimi tatau, ʻoku nau tuipau ko e fanongonongo ʻe Sihova ʻa hono fakahoko ʻo e fakamāú, “kapau ʻoku ngali tuai, . . . kuo pau te ne haʻu: ʻe ʻikai tuai.”—Hapakuke 2:3.
4. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻa hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Emosi 3:7 mo Mātiu 24:45 ke tau tatali anga-kātaki kia Sihová?
4 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, kapau ʻoku ʻikai lava ke tau mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e ngaahi konga tohi faka-Tohitapu pau pe ko e ngaahi fakamatala ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻa e Taua Leʻó, ʻoku tau maʻu ha ʻuhinga ke hoko ai ʻo ʻikai kātaki? Ko e ʻalunga fakapotopotó ʻa e tatali ki he taimi kotofa ʻa Sihova ke fakamahinoʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. “Talaʻehai ʻe fai ʻe Atonai Sihova ha meʻa, ka te ne fukefuke ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palofita ʻa e meʻa kuo tuʻutuʻuni.” (Emosi 3:7) He toki talaʻofa fakaofo moʻoni ia! Ka kuo pau ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene ngaahi meʻa fakapulipulí ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne fakamāuʻi ai ʻoku feʻunga ke fai iá. ʻI he taumuʻa ko iá kuo fakamafaiʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ke tokonaki ki heʻene kakaí “ae mea kai [fakalaumālié] i hono taimi totonu.” (Mātiu 24:45, PM; fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻuhinga kiate kitautolu ke hoko ʻo hohaʻa tōtuʻa, pe aʻu ʻo mamahi, ʻi he ʻikai ke fakamatalaʻi kakato ha ngaahi meʻa pau. Ka, ʻoku lava ke tau tuipau kapau te tau tatali anga-kātaki kia Sihova, te ne tokonaki mai, fakafou ʻi he tamaioʻeiki anga-tonú, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻú “i hono taimi totonu.”
5. Ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻo ha fakakaukau ki he Koheleti 3:1-8?
5 ʻOku lea ʻa e tuʻi poto ko Solomoné fekauʻaki mo e meʻa kehekehe ʻe 28, ʻa ia ko e meʻa taki taha ai ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa hono “taimi kotofa.” (Koheleti 3:1-8) Ko hano mahinoʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga mo e ngaahi fakahuʻunga ʻo e meʻa naʻe lea ki ai ʻa Solomoné te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fakapapauʻi ʻa e taimi totonu pea mo e taimi hala ki he ngaahi ngāue pau, ʻi he vakai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 5:14) Ko ia, ʻi he meʻa ko iá, ʻe fakaʻatā ai kitautolu ke fulihi ʻetau moʻuí ʻo fakatatau ki ai.
“Ko e ʻAho ke Tangi, mo e ʻAho ke Kata”
6, 7. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakatupunga ʻa e kakai tokangá he ʻahó ni ke nau “tangi”? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e feinga ʻa e māmaní ke fakafepakiʻi ʻa e tuʻunga mafatukituki ʻa ia ʻokú ne ʻi aí tonu?
6 Neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e “ʻaho ke tangi, mo e ʻaho ke kata,” ko hai ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne saiʻia ange ʻi he meʻa ki muí ʻi he meʻa ko ia ki muʻá? (Koheleti 3:4) ʻOku fakamamahi ke leaʻaki, ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi ha māmani ʻokú ne tomuʻa ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ke tangi ai. ʻOku lahi ʻi he mītiá ʻa e ngaahi ongoongo fakalotomafasia. ʻOku tau momou ʻi he manavahē ʻi heʻetau fanongo ki he toʻutupú ʻoku nau fana honau kaungāakó ʻi he akoʻangá, ki he ngaahi mātuʻa ʻoku nau ngaohikoviʻi ʻenau fānaú, ki he kautau toitoi ʻoku nau tāmateʻi mo fakalaveaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga tonuhiá, pea mo e ngaahi fakatamaki fakanatula hangē ko e laú ʻoku nau fakaʻauha ʻa e moʻui mo e koloa ʻa e tangatá. Ko e fānau fiekaia, kuo luo honau matá mo e kau kumi hūfanga kuo toʻo mei honau fonuá ʻo nau hola, ʻoku ʻi heʻetau tokangá ia ʻi he puha televīsoné. Ki muʻa atú ko e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻikai anga-maheni hangē ko e fakamaʻa fakamatakalí, ʻEitisí, naunau tau siemú, mo e El Niño ʻoku nau fakatupunga he taimí ni ʻa e loto-moʻua ʻi hotau ʻatamaí mo e lotó—ʻo taki taha ʻi heʻene founga.
7 ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua fekauʻaki mo ia, ko e māmani ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻoku fonu ʻi he fakatamakí mo e loto-mamahí. Ka neongo ia, ke ʻikai fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mafatukituki ʻo e tuʻungá, ʻoku ʻomai ʻi ha founga-tuʻumaʻu ʻe he ngāue ki he fakafiefiá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa taʻefakakaukau, pango, ʻo faʻa taʻetaau mo fakamālohi, ʻi he faʻufaʻu ke takihalaʻi kitautolu ke tau tukunoaʻi ʻa e mamahi ʻoku fuesia ʻe he niʻihi kehé. Ka ko e laumālie taʻetokanga ʻo e fiehua fakasesele mo e kata noaʻia ʻoku fakatupu ʻi he fakafiefia peheé, ke ʻoua naʻa fetoʻoaki ia mo e fiefia moʻoní. Ko e fiefia ʻa ia ko ha fua ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e meʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai pē lava ke tokonaki mai ʻe he māmani ʻo Sētané.—Kaletia 5:22, 23; Efeso 5:3, 4.
8. ʻOku totonu ki he kau Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní ke nau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e tangí pe ko e katá? Fakamatalaʻi.
8 ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e tuʻunga fakalilifu ʻo e māmaní, ʻoku lava ke tau mahinoʻi ʻoku faingataʻa ke hoko ʻa e ʻahó ni ko e taimi ia ke fuʻu fakamahuʻingaʻi ai ʻa e katá. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha taimi eni ke moʻui pē ai ki he vaʻingá mo e fakafiefiá pe ke fakaʻatā ʻa e “maʻu ha fakaoliʻiá” ke muʻomuʻa ia ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. (Fakafehoanaki mo Koheleti 7:2-4.) “Ko kinautolu ʻoku ngaueʻaki ʻa mamani” ʻoku totonu “ke hange ʻoku ʻikai ko ʻenau meʻa ke ʻosiki,” ko e lea ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi “kuo kamata liliu ʻa e anga ʻo e mamani ko eni.” (1 Kolinito 7:31) ʻOku moʻui ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní he ʻaho taki taha ʻi he ʻiloʻi kakato ʻa e mafatukituki ʻo e ngaahi taimi ʻoku tau moʻui aí.—Filipai 4:8.
Neongo ʻa e Tangí, ko e Fiefia Moʻoni!
9. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga pango naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ki muʻa ʻi he Lōvaí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he meʻá ni kiate kitautolu he ʻaho ní?
9 Ko e kakai ko ia naʻa nau moʻui ʻi he taimi ʻo e Lōvai ʻo e foʻi kolopé naʻe ʻikai te nau vakai fakamātoato ki he moʻuí. Naʻa nau fakahoko ʻenau founga-tuʻumaʻu fakaʻahó pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tangi ʻi he “fakautuutu ʻa e kovi [ko ia] ʻa e tangata ʻi mamani,” ʻo sio taʻetokanga ki he “opeope ʻi he fonua ʻa e fakamalohi.” (Senesi 6:5, 11) Naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū ki he tuʻunga pango ko iá, pea naʻá ne tomuʻa tala ha fakakaukau meimei tatau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻi hotau taimí. Naʻá ne fakatokanga: “He hange naʻe nofo ʻa e kakai ʻi he kuonga ʻo e Lomaki, ʻo nau kai mo inu, ʻo nau maʻu uaifi mo maʻu husepaniti, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ko ia naʻe hu ai ʻa Noa ki he aake; pea naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaloʻiloa kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e Lomaki, ʻo ʻave kinautolu fulipe: ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻa e Fanautama ʻa Tangata.”—Mātiu 24:38, 39.
10. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau ʻIsileli naʻa nau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hakeaí naʻe ʻikai haʻanau houngaʻia ki he taimi kotofa ʻa Sihová?
10 ʻI ha taʻu nai ʻe 1,850 hili ʻa e Lōmakí, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hakeaí, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he kau ʻIsileli tokolahi ha taʻetokanga fakamātoato meimei tatau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. ʻI he femoʻuekina he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakafoʻituituí, naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻilo ki honau taimí ko e taimi ia ke fakamuʻomuʻa ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sihová. ʻOku tau lau: “Tokua ʻoku lau ʻe he kakai na, kuo teʻeki taimi ke mau ʻalu atu, ʻa e taimi ke langa ʻa e fale ʻo Sihova. Ko ia naʻe hoko ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihova, ʻo fakafai ʻi he palofita ko Hakeai, ʻo pehe, Sa! kuo taimi ʻapē ke mou nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo aofi, kae tuku lusa ʻa e fale ni! Pea ko eni, ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ʻai homou loto ke sivi homou ngaahi ʻalunga.”—Hakeai 1:1-5.
11. Ko e hā nai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku feʻungamālie ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolú?
11 ʻI he hoko ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová he ʻahó ni, fakataha mo e ngaahi fatongia pea mo e ngaahi monū ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová ʻo hangē ko e kau ʻIsileli ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻo Hakeaí, ʻe toe lelei ke tau ʻai hotau lotó ke sivi hotau ngaahi ʻalungá, ʻo fai kotoa ia ʻi he fakamātoato. ʻOku tau “tangi” ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e māmaní pea mo e fakamā ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni ki he huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá? ʻOku tau mamahi ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakaʻikaiʻi ai ʻe he kakaí ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá pe tukunoaʻi mālohi ʻa ʻene ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni māʻoniʻoní? ʻOku tau tōʻonga ʻo hangē ko e faʻahinga tāutaha ko ia naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi naʻe sio ki ai ʻa ʻIsikeli ʻi ha vīsone he taʻu ʻe 2,500 kuohilí? Fekauʻaki mo kinautolu ʻoku tau lau: “Pea folofola ʻa Sihova [ki he tangata mo e vaitohi ʻa e sekelitalí], Laka atu ʻi he loto kolo, ʻi loto Selusalema, ʻo [fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e] laʻe ʻo e kau tangata ʻoku mapuhoi mo toʻe koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku fai ʻi loto kolo.”—Isikeli 9:4.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku maʻu ʻe he Isikeli 9:5, 6 ki he kakai he ʻaho ní?
12 Ko e ʻuhinga ʻa e fakamatala ko ení kiate kitautolu he ʻaho ní ʻoku hoko ia ʻo hā mahino ʻi heʻetau lau ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ki he kau tangata ʻe toko ono mo e ngaahi meʻa tau ki he haveʻí: “Laka atu ʻi he kolo, ʻo muimui kiate ia, ʻo ta: ʻoua ʻe mamae ʻe homou mata, pea ʻoua te mou fai ha ʻofa. ʻA e motuʻa, ʻa e talavou, mo e finemui mo e tamaiki mo e finematuʻa, mo u haveʻi ke nau ʻauha: kae ʻikai te mou ala ki ha taha ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa e [fakaʻilongá]; pea kamata mei hoku potu tapu.” (Isikeli 9:5, 6) Ko ʻetau hao ʻi he mamahi lahi ko ia ʻoku vave ʻene hoko maí ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi heʻetau ʻiloʻi ko e ʻahó ni ko ha taimi tefito ia ke tangi ai.
13, 14. (a) Ko e faʻahinga kakai fēfē naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ʻoku nau fiefiá? (e) Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻokú ke pehē ai ko e fakamatala ko ení ʻoku feʻungamālie lelei ia mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
13 Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau “tangi” ʻi he tuʻunga moveuveu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa he māmaní ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ai ʻa ʻenau fiefiá. ʻIkai ʻaupito! Ko e moʻoni ko kinautolu ʻa e kulupu ʻo e kakai fiefia taha ʻi he māmaní. Naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e tuʻunga ki he fiefiá ʻi heʻene pehē: “Monūʻiaā ka ko kinautolu ʻoku ongoʻi masiva honau laumalie: . . . kinautolu ʻoku fakamamahi: . . . kinautolu ʻoku faʻa kataki: . . . kinautolu ʻo ka fie kai mo fie inu ki he maʻoniʻoni: . . . ʻoku manavaʻofa: . . . ʻoku maʻa honau loto: . . . ʻoku fakatupu melino: . . . kinautolu ʻoku fakatangaʻi koeʻuhi ko e failelei.” (Mātiu 5:3-10) ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni lahi ke fakahaaʻi ai ko e fakamatala ko ení ʻoku feʻungamālie ia mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová fakalūkufua, ʻo lelei ange ia ʻi heʻene hoko ʻi ha toe kautaha fakalotu kehe.
14 Tautefito talu mei hono toe fakafoki mai ʻa e lotu maʻá ʻi he 1919 mo hono maʻu ʻe he kakai fiefia ʻa Sihová ʻa e ʻuhinga ke nau “kata” ai. ʻI he tuʻunga fakalaumālié, ʻoku nau kau ai ʻi he meʻa fakafiefia ne hokosia ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau foki mai mei Pāpilone ʻi he senituli hono ono K.M.: “ʻI he liliu ʻe he ʻEiki ʻa e popula ʻa Saione, naʻa tau hange ha kakai ʻoku misi pe. Naʻe toki moʻu katā pe hotau ngutu, pea ko hotau ʻelelo naʻe hiva tuʻu: . . . ‘Kuo fai meʻa lalahi maʻatautolu ʻe Sihova.’ Pea ʻoku tau fuʻu fiefia.” (Sāme 126:1-3) Neongo ia, naʻa mo e ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kata fakalaumālié, ʻoku tauhi fakapotopoto ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻenau fakakaukaú ʻa e mafatukituki ʻo e taimí. ʻI he taimi pē ʻe hoko mai ai ko ha meʻa moʻoni ʻa e māmani foʻoú pea fai ʻe he kau nofoʻi ʻo e foʻi māmaní ha “puke ki he moʻui moʻoni,” ʻe toki hoko mai leva ʻa e taimi ʻa ia ʻe fetongi ai ʻe he katá ʻa e tangí ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻitānití.—1 Timote 6:19; Fakahā 21:3, 4.
“Ko e ʻAho ke Faʻufua, mo e ʻAho ke Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Faʻufua”
15. Ko e hā ʻoku filifili ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi hono fili honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻá?
15 ʻOku filifili ʻa e kau Kalisitiané fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau fakakau ki heʻenau kaungāmeʻá. ʻOku nau tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa Paulá: “ʻOua ʻe tuku ke takihalaʻi kimoutolu. Ko e kaungāmeʻa koví ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga leleí.” (1 Kolinito 15:33, NW) Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi poto ko Solomoné: “Ko ia ʻoku fafale ki he kau poto, te ne hoko ko e poto: ka ko ia ʻoku kaumeʻa mo e sesele ʻe hoko ko e lusa.”—Palovepi 13:20.
16, 17. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he kaumeʻá, faialeá, mo e nofo malí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
16 ʻOku fili ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ko ia ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa kia Sihova mo ʻene māʻoniʻoní ʻo hangē ko kinautolú, ko honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻa. Lolotonga ʻoku nau houngaʻia mo fiefia ʻi he feohi mo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻá, ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi fakapotopoto mei he fakakaukau fakangofua tavale, mo tauʻatāina tōtuʻa ki he faialeá ʻa ia ʻoku failahia ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi he ʻaho ní. ʻI he ʻikai ke fai ia ko e fakaoli ʻoku ʻikai hano maumaú, ʻoku nau vakai ki he faialeá ko ha sitepu mafatukituki ia ki he nofo malí ʻa ia ʻe toki fai pē ʻi heʻete mateuteu ki ai fakaesino, fakaeʻatamai, mo fakalaumālie—pehē ki he ʻatā Fakatohitapu—ke fakahoko ha hoa tuʻuloa.—1 Kolinito 7:36.
17 ʻE ongoʻi nai ʻe he niʻihi kuo ʻolo-kuonga ke fakakaukau pehē fekauʻaki mo e faialeá pea mo e nofo malí. Ka ʻoku ʻikai fakaʻatā ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e tenge mei he toʻumeʻá ke ne tākiekina ʻenau filifili ʻo e ngaahi kaumeʻá pe ko ʻenau ngaahi fili fekauʻaki mo e faialeá pea mo e nofo malí. ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi “ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa poto ʻe heʻene ngaahi ngāué.” (Mātiu 11:19, NW) ʻOku ʻafioʻi maʻu pē ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa ʻoku lelei tahá, ko ia ʻoku nau vakai fakamātoato ki heʻene akonaki ke mali “i he Eiki be.” (1 Kolinito 7:39, PM; 2 Kolinito 6:14) ʻOku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakavave ke mali fakataha mo e fakakaukau hala ko e vete malí pe māvaé ko e ongo fili ia ʻoku ala tali kapau ʻe tō ʻa e nofo malí. ʻOku nau vaheʻi honau taimí ke kumi ai ha hoa feʻungamālie, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ko hono fai pē ʻo e ngaahi fuakava he malí, ʻoku ngāueʻaki leva ki ai ʻa e lao ʻa Sihová: “Ta ʻoku ʻikai te na kei ua, ka ko e kakano pe taha. ʻAua; pea ko e meʻa kuo fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtua, ke ʻoua naʻa fakamavae ʻe ha tangata.”—Mātiu 19:6; Maake 10:9.
18. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke hoko ko ha kamataʻanga ia ki ha nofo mali fiefia?
18 Ko e nofo malí ko ha fuakava tuʻuloa ia ʻoku tuha mo e palani lelei. ʻE ʻuhinga lelei ki ha tangata ke ne ʻeke hifo kiate ia tonu, ‘Ko e tokotaha moʻoni ia ʻoku tonu kiate aú?’ Ka ʻoku toe mahuʻinga tatau, ʻa e totonu ke ne ʻeke, ‘Ko e tokotaha tonu moʻoni au kiate iá? Ko ha Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa au ʻa ia te u lava ke tokangaʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālié?’ ʻOku maʻu fakatouʻosi ʻe he ongo hoa ʻoku ʻamanekiná ha fatongia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová ke na hoko ʻo mālohi fakalaumālie, ʻo malava ke faʻu ha haʻi ʻo ha nofo mali fefeka ʻoku taau mo e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku lava ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he ngaahi hoa mali Kalisitiane ʻe laui afe ko e ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ko ha kamataʻanga lelei ʻaupito ia ki ha nofo mali fiefia koeʻuhi ko ʻene fakamamafa ki he foaki atú kae ʻikai ko e maʻu maí.
19. Ko e hā ʻoku nofo taʻemali ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi?
19 Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau “fakaʻehiʻehi mei he faʻufua” ʻaki ʻa e fili ke hanganaki nofo taʻemali koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo leleí. (Koheleti 3:5) ʻOku toloi ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e malí kae ʻoua ke nau ongoʻi ʻoku nau taau fakalaumālie ke tohoaki mai ha hoa feʻungamālie. Ka ke tau toe manatuʻi foki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane taʻemali ko ia ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ki he ngaahi fekoekoeʻi mo e ngaahi lelei ʻo e nofo malí kae ʻikai lava ke maʻu ha hoá. ʻOku lava ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻoku fiefia ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻenau fakafisi ke fakangaloku ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakaʻotuá ʻi heʻenau kumi ki he nofo malí. ʻOku toe lelei ke tau houngaʻia ʻi heʻenau mateakí pea ke ʻoatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakalototoʻa feʻungamālie ʻoku tuha mo kinautolú.
20. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku “fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei he faʻufua” naʻa mo e ngaahi hoa malí ʻi ha ngaahi taimi?
20 Naʻa mo e ngaahi hoa malí ʻoku totonu ke nau “fakaʻehiʻehi mei he faʻufua” ʻi ha taimi? ʻOku hā mahino ʻoku pehē ʻi ha tafaʻaki, he naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko ʻeku tala atu ʻeni, kainga, Kuo fakanounou ʻa e kuonga, koeʻuhi ʻi he taimi ʻoku toe, ke ʻilonga ʻa e maʻu uaifi, ke nau hange ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu.” (1 Kolinito 7:29) Fakatatau ki ai, ko e ngaahi fiefia mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e nofo malí kuo pau ke fika ua ia ʻi ha ngaahi taimi ki he ngaahi fatongia fakateokalatí. Ko ha vakai mafamafatatau fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni ʻe ʻikai te ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e nofo malí ka te ne fakaivimālohiʻi ia koeʻuhi ʻoku tokoni ia ke fakamanatu fakatouʻosi ki he ongo hoa malí kuo pau ke hoko maʻu pē ʻa Sihova ko e tokotaha tefito tuʻumaʻu ia ʻi hona vahaʻangataé.—Koheleti 4:12.
21. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau fakamāuʻi ʻa e ngaahi hoa malí ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo honau tuʻunga ko e mātuʻá?
21 Tānaki atu ki ai, kuo fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e ngaahi hoa mali ʻe niʻihi mei he maʻu fānaú koeʻuhi ke ʻatā ange ai ke fakahoko ʻenau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá. Kuo ʻuhinga ení ko e feilaulau ʻi heʻenau tafaʻakí, pea ʻe fakapaleʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ʻo fakatatau ki ai. Ko e meʻa ʻe tahá, neongo ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e nofo taʻemali koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo leleí, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fai ha fakamatala hangatonu ke nofoʻaki taʻefanau ki he ʻuhinga tatau. (Mātiu 19:10-12; 1 Kolinito 7:38; fakafehoanaki mo Mātiu 24:19 mo Luke 23:28-30.) Ko ia, ko e ngaahi hoa malí kuo pau ke nau fai ʻenau fili pē ʻanautolu ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakafoʻituituí pea mo ʻenau ngaahi ongoʻi fakakonisēnisi pē ʻanautolú. Ko e hā pē nai ʻa ʻenau filí, ʻoku ʻikai tonu ke fakaangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi hoa malí.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu ke fakapapauʻí?
22 ʻIo, “ko e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ai hano taimi kotofa, pea mo hono ʻaho kotofa ki he feinga kotoa pe ʻi he lalo langi.” ʻOku ʻi ai naʻa mo e “ʻaho ʻo e tau, mo e ʻaho ʻo e melino.” (Koheleti 3:1, 8) ʻE fakamatala ʻe he kupu hoko maí ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku mahuʻinga ai kiate kitautolu ke fakapapauʻi pe ko fē ʻi he ua ko iá ko hono taimí ení.
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai kiate kitautolu ke ʻiloʻi “ko e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ʻi ai hano taimi kotofa”?
◻ Ko e hā ko ha “ʻaho ke tangi” ai tautefito ki he ʻaho ní?
◻ Neongo ʻa e “tangi” ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ko e hā ʻoku nau fiefia moʻoni aí?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau vakai ki he lolotongá ko ha “ʻaho ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he faʻufua”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 6, 7]
Neongo ʻoku “tangi” ʻa e kau Kalisitiané koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e māmaní . . .
. . . ko e kakai fiefia moʻoni taha kinautolu ʻi he māmaní
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 8]
Ko e ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ko ha makatuʻunga lelei ʻaupito ia ki ha nofo mali fiefia