Tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻAki ha Laumālie Loto-Lelei
“TEU loto fiefia lahi ke gaue, bea atu mo eku moui koeuhi ko ho mou laumalie,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá. (2 Kolinito 12:15, PM) Ko e hā ʻoku tala atu kiate koe ʻe he ngaahi leá ni fekauʻaki mo e vakai pea mo e fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke feinga ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ke nau fakatupulekiná? Fakatatau ki ha mataotao Tohitapu ʻe taha, ko e taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó, naʻá ne pehē: “ʻOku ou loto-lelei ke fakamoleki ʻa hoku mālohingá, mo e taimí, mo e moʻuí, pea mo e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ou maʻú ki haʻamou lelei, ʻo hangē ko e fai loto-vēkeveke ʻa ha tamai ki heʻene fānaú.” Naʻe teuteu ʻa Paula ke ‘atu ʻene moʻuí,’ pe ke “hoko ʻo helaʻia mo ongosia,” kapau ko e meʻa ia ʻe fiemaʻu ke fakahokoʻaki ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané.
ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko ení ʻi he “fiefia lahi.” Naʻá ne “loto-lelei kakato” ke fai pehē, ko e lau ia ʻa e The Jerusalem Bible. Fēfē koe? ʻOkú ke loto-lelei ke fakamoleki ho taimí, iví, ngaahi malavá, mo e ngaahi koloá ʻi hono tauhi ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e niʻihi kehé, neongo kapau ko e fai peheé ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ke hoko ai ʻo “helaʻia mo ongosia” ʻi ha ngaahi taimi? Pea te ke fai eni ʻi he “fiefia lahi”?
ʻOku Nau Fakafisi ke Fai ha Tauhi
Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga tāutahá ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻenau toumoua ke tauhi ki he ʻOtuá ka ʻoku nau fakafisi fakaʻaufuli ke fai pehē. Ko honau laumālié ko e taha ia ʻoku taʻehoungaʻia, faʻifaʻiteliha siokita, naʻa mo e angatuʻu. Naʻe fakataueleʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ki ha founga fakakaukau pehē. Naʻá ne tala ange taʻetotonu te na ‘hoko ke hange ko e ʻOtuá, heʻena ʻilo ʻa e leleí mo e koví’—ʻo malava ke na fili ai maʻa kinaua ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tonú mo e meʻa ʻoku halá. (Senesi 3:1-5) Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie tatau he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke nau maʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina kakato ke fai ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ʻoku nau holi ki aí ʻo ʻikai ha fatongia ʻe taha ki he ʻOtuá pe ko haʻane kau mai ki haʻanau meʻa. (Sāme 81:11, 12) ʻOku nau loto ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku nau maʻú ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakafoʻituitui pē ʻanautolu.—Palovepi 18:1.
Mahalo pē ʻoku ʻikai te ke kau ʻi he fakakaukau fuʻu tōtuʻa ko ení. Ngalingali ʻokú ke houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi he meʻaʻofa ʻo e moʻuí ʻokú ke fiefia ai he taimi ní pea mo e toe ʻamanaki fakaofo ange ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha māmani palataisí. (Sāme 37:10, 11; Fakahā 21:1-4) Te ke fakamālō lahi nai kia Sihova ʻi heʻene anga-lelei kiate koé. Ka ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻāʻā ki he fakatuʻutāmaki ko ia ʻo e lava ke mioʻi ʻe Sētane ʻetau fakakaukaú ʻi ha faʻahinga founga ke hoko moʻoni nai ai ʻetau ngāué ʻo taʻefakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá. (2 Kolinito 11:3) ʻE anga-fēfē nai ha hoko ʻa e meʻá ni?
Fiemaʻu ʻa e Ngāue Loto-Lelei
ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngāue loto-lelei, līʻoa. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito te ne fakamālohiʻi kitautolu ke fai ʻa hono finangaló. Ko Sētane ia te ne fai ha meʻa pē ke tenge pe fakataueleʻi ʻaki ʻa e kakaí ki hono fai ʻa hono lotó. ʻI he felāveʻi mo hono tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku lau ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fatongia, ngaahi fekau, ngaahi fiemaʻu, mo e hā fua. (Koheleti 12:13; Luke 1:6) Neongo ia, ko ʻetau fakaueʻiloto tefito ki hono tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻetau ʻofa kiate iá.—Ekisoto 35:21; Teutalonome 11:1.
Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hono lahi naʻe fakamoleki ʻe Paula tonu ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻe ʻikai hano ʻaonga ʻe taha ʻo e meʻá ni ‘ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻofá.’ (1 Kolinito 13:1-3) ʻI he taimi ʻoku lave ai ʻa e kau tohi Tohitapú ki he kau Kalisitiané ko e kau pōpula ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻuhingá ki he ngāue hopoate māʻulalo makatuʻunga ʻi ha fakamālohiʻi. (Loma 12:11; Kolose 3:24) Ko e meʻa ʻoku ʻuhinga ki aí ko e moʻulaloa loto-lelei makatuʻunga ʻi he ʻofa ongoʻi loloto fakamātoato ki he ʻOtuá mo hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi.—Mātiu 22:37; 2 Kolinito 5:14; 1 Sione 4:10, 11.
Ko ʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá kuo pau ke toe tapua mei ai ha ʻofa loloto ki he kakaí. “Naʻa mau ʻi homou lotolotonga ʻo angalelei pe; hange tofu pe ha fefine toutama ʻa ia ʻoku ne [ʻofaʻi] siʻene fanau aʻana,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paula ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Tesalonaiká. (1 Tesalonaika 2:7) ʻI he ngaahi fonua lahi ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he ngaahi faʻeé ha fatongia fakalao ke tokangaʻi ʻa ʻenau fānaú. Ka ko e moʻoni ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e ngaahi faʻeé ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ení koeʻuhi pē ke talangofua ki he laó, ʻoku nau fai pehē? ʻIkai. ʻOku nau fai iá koeʻuhi ʻoku nau ʻofaʻi ʻenau fānaú! He ko ē, ko ha faʻē toutama ʻokú ne fai fiefia ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau lahi maʻa ʻene fānaú. Koeʻuhi naʻe maʻu ʻe Paula ʻa e “tokaga ofa” ki he faʻahinga naʻá ne malanga ki aí, naʻá ne “loto” (“loto-lelei,” King James Version; “manako,” New International Version) ke ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻene moʻuí tonu ʻi hono tokoniʻi kinautolú. (1 Tesalonaika 2:8, PM) ʻOku ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻofá ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Paulá.—Mātiu 22:39.
Fēfē ʻa e Ngāue Toumouá?
Ko e moʻoni, kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau tuku ʻa e ʻofa kiate kitá ke fakalaka ia ʻi he ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo e kakaí. He kapau ʻe ʻikai, ʻoku ʻi ai ha fakatuʻutāmaki moʻoni he te tau fai pē nai ʻa e ngāue fakapāpākū, mo toumoua. ʻE aʻu ʻo lava ke tau kamata ke fakatupu ha fehiʻa, ʻo ongoʻi loto-mamahi ʻi he ʻikai lava ke tau moʻui kakato ʻo fakatatau ki heʻetau ngaahi holi ʻatautolú. Naʻe hoko eni ki he kau ʻIsileli ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia ne mole ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ka nau kei fai pē ha ngāue kiate ia ʻi he ongoʻi ko ha fatongia. Ko e hā hono olá? Naʻe hoko ai ʻa e tauhi ʻo e ʻOtuá ko ha “mea fakafiu” kiate kinautolu.—Malakai 1:13, PM.
Ko ha foaki pē ʻoku fai ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu maʻu pē ke “lelei,” ʻo ʻikai hano mele, ko e “lelei taha” ia ʻoku ala maʻú. (Livitiko 22:17-20, NW; Ekisoto 23:19, NW) Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻikai foaki kia Sihova ʻa e lelei taha ʻo ʻenau fanga monumanú, ko e kakai ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Malakaí naʻa nau kamata ke foaki ʻa e fanga monumanu ko ia naʻe ʻikai moʻoni te nau fiemaʻú. Ko e hā ʻa e tali ki ai ʻa Sihová? Naʻá ne tala ange ki he kau taulaʻeikí: “Ka mou ka ʻatu ki he feilaulau ha manu ʻoku kui, [ʻoku mou pehē] tokua ʻoku ʻikai ke kovi! Pea kapau ʻoku mou ʻatu ʻa e ketu, pe ko e mahakiʻia, tokua ʻoku ʻikai hano kovi! ʻA, ʻave ia ki ho kovana; te ne hoifua ai kiate koe? pe tali hoʻo meʻa? . . . pea kuo mou ʻomi ʻa e meʻa kuo faʻao, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ketu, mo e meʻa ʻoku mahaki, ʻo mou feilaulauʻaki ia: te u tali koā ha meʻa pehe mei homou nima?”—Malakai 1:8, 13.
ʻE anga-fēfē nai ha hoko ʻa e meʻá ni ki ha taha pē ʻo kitautolu? ʻE hoko nai ʻetau ngaahi feilaulaú ko ha “fakafiu” kiate kitautolu kapau ʻoku ʻikai hatau loto mo ha laumālie loto-lelei moʻoni. (Ekisoto 35:5, 21, 22; Livitiko 1:3; Sāme 54:6; Hepelu 13:15, 16) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi toetoenga ʻo hotau taimí?
ʻE lava ke fakakaukau fakamātoato ha taha ne mei fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá kapau naʻe fakamālohiʻi ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻe ha Līvai faivelenga ha ʻIsileli naʻe ʻikai ke loto-lelei ke ne fili ʻa ʻene monumanu lelei tahá ki he feilaulaú ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻikai te ne loto-moʻoni ai ke foaki iá? (Aisea 29:13; Mātiu 15:7, 8) Naʻe talitekeʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau peheé pea faifai atu pē ʻo iku ki he kakai naʻa nau foaki iá.—Hosea 4:6; Mātiu 21:43.
Manako ke Fai ʻa e Finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá
Ke foaki ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngāue te ne talí, kuo pau ke tau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. “ʻOku ʻikai te u tuli ki he loto oʻoku,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ka ki he finangalo ʻo ia naʻa ne fekau mai au.” (Sione 5:30) Naʻe maʻu ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi hono tauhi loto-lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi lea fakaekikite ʻa Tēvitá: “ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku ou manako ke u fai hoʻou finangalo.”—Sāme 40:8.
Neongo naʻe manako ʻa Sīsū ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová, naʻe ʻikai ke faingofua maʻu pē eni. Fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ki muʻa pē ʻi hono puké, fakamāuʻí, mo fakahoko hono tauteá. Lolotonga ʻene ʻi he ngoue ko Ketisemaní, naʻe “mamahi fuʻu” ʻa Sīsū pea hoko ki he “mamahi lahi.” Naʻe mātuʻaki lahi ʻa e faingataʻa fakaeongó ʻo hoko ai, ʻi heʻene lotú, “ko ene tautaa koe taataa nae to i he tulutaa lalahi ki he kelekele.”—Mātiu 26:38; Luke 22:44, PM.
Ko e hā naʻe hokosia ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e mamahi lahi peheé? ʻOku ʻikai moʻoni koeʻuhi ko e mahuʻingaʻia fakaekita pe ko ha toumoua pē ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne teuteu ke pekia, ʻo aʻu ki heʻene tali fefeka ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Pitá: “Ke mamao ia iate koe, Eiki: e ikai hoko eni kiate koe.” (Mātiu 16:21-23, PM) Ko e meʻa naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa Sīsuú ko e founga naʻe mei uesia ai ʻe heʻene pekia ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha faihia fehiʻanekiná ʻa Sihova mo Hono huafa māʻoniʻoní. Naʻe lāuʻilo ʻa Sīsū ʻe mamahi lahi ʻa ʻene Tamaí ke sio ki he tōʻongafai ki hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻangá ʻi ha sīpinga fakapāpeliane pehē.
Naʻe toe mahinoʻi ʻe Sīsū naʻá ne fakaofi ki ha taimi mahuʻinga ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e taumuʻa ʻa Sihová. Ko e pipiki loto-tōnunga ki he ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe fakahāhaaʻi taʻetoeveiveiua ai ne mei lava ʻe ʻĀtama ʻo fai ʻa e fili tatau. Ko e loto-tōnunga ʻa Sīsuú ʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻi he tuʻunga kakato ʻa e fakahaaʻi loi ʻe Sētane ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ʻahiʻahí ʻe ʻikai te nau tauhi loto-lelei mo loto-tōnunga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Fakafou ʻia Sīsū, ʻe faifai pē ʻo laiki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa Sētane pea toʻo ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo ʻene angatuʻú.—Senesi 3:15.
He toki fatongia lahi ē naʻe hilifaki ki he ongo uma ʻo Sīsuú! Ko e huafa ʻo ʻene Tamaí, melino fakalūkufuá, pea mo e fakamoʻui ʻo e fāmili ʻo e tangatá naʻe fakatuʻunga kotoa ia ʻi he loto-tōnunga ʻa Sīsuú. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ení, naʻá ne lotu: “ʻAla Tamai, kapau ʻe lava, tuku ke tolona ʻa e ipu ni meiate au: kae kehe ke ʻoua naʻa fai ki hoku loto, ka ki hoʻou pe.” (Mātiu 26:39) Naʻa mo e ʻi he faingataʻa lahi tahá, naʻe ʻikai tō ʻa Sīsū ʻi heʻene loto-lelei ke moʻulaloa ki he finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí.
‘ʻOku Loto Pe ʻa Laumalie ke Fai, ka ʻOku Vaivai ʻa Kakano.’
Koeʻuhi ko e fuesia ʻe Sīsū ʻa e mafasia fakaeongo lahi ʻi heʻene tauhi ʻa Sihová, ʻoku lava ke tau ʻamanekina ʻe fakahoko ʻe Sētane ha tenge kiate kitautolu ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sione 15:20; 1 Pita 5:8) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku tau taʻehaohaoa. Ko ia, neongo kapau ʻoku tau loto-lelei ke tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe ʻikai faingofua kiate kitautolu ke fai pehē. Naʻe sio ʻa Sīsū ki he founga ʻo e fāinga ʻa ʻene kau ʻapositoló ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻá ne kole kiate kinautolu ke nau faí. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻá ne pehē ai: “ʻOku loto pe ʻa laumalie ke fai, ka ʻoku vaivai ʻa kakano.” (Mātiu 26:41) Naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe vaivai fakaenatula ʻi hono kakano haohaoa fakaetangatá. Kae kehe, naʻá ne manatuʻi ʻa e tuʻunga vaivai ʻo e kakano ʻo ʻene kau ākongá, ʻa e taʻehaohaoa naʻa nau maʻu tukufakaholo meia ʻĀtama taʻehaohaoá. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sīsū koeʻuhi ko e taʻehaohaoa tukufakaholó pea iku ai ki he ngaahi fakangatangata fakaetangatá, te nau fāinga ai ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻa nau loto ke fai ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová.
Ko ia ai, te tau ongoʻi nai ʻo hangē ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻe faingataʻaʻia lahi ʻi hono taʻofi ʻe he taʻehaohaoá ʻa ʻene malava ke tauhi kakato ki he ʻOtuá. “ʻOku tolotui mai ʻa e fie fai lelei,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paulá, “ka ko hono fai, ʻoku ʻikai.” (Loma 7:18) Ko kitautolu foki ʻoku tau ʻilo heʻikai lava ke tau fakahoko kakato ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻoku tau fakaʻamu ke faí. (Loma 7:19) ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga eni ia koeʻuhi ko ha toumoua ʻi heʻetau tafaʻakí. ʻOku tupu pē eni ia koeʻuhi ko e tuʻunga vaivai ʻo hotau kakanó ʻokú ne taʻofi ai naʻa mo ʻetau ngaahi feinga lelei tahá.
ʻOua te tau fakatuʻatamaki. Kapau ʻoku tau mateuteu loto-moʻoni ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku tau malavá, ʻe tali moʻoni ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻetau ngāué. (2 Kolinito 8:12) ʻOfa ke tau ‘fai ʻetau lelei tahá’ ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he laumālie ʻo Kalaisí ko e moʻulaloa kakato ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. (2 Timote 2:15, NW; Filipai 2:5-7; 1 Pita 4:1, 2) ʻE fakapaleʻi ʻe Sihova mo poupouʻi ha laumālie loto-lelei pehē. Te ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu “ʻa e makehe atu ʻo e mafai” ke huhuʻi ʻaki hotau ngaahi vaivaiʻangá. (2 Kolinito 4:7-10) ʻI he tokoni ʻa Sihová, ko kitautolu hangē ko Paulá, te tau ‘loto fiefia lahi ke gaue, bea atu mo ʻetau mouí’ ʻi Heʻene ngāue mahuʻingá.
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Naʻe tauhi loto-lelei ʻe Paula ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lelei taha ʻo ʻene malavá
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Naʻa mo e ʻi he malumalu ʻo e faingataʻa lahi tahá, naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí