“Kau Fefine ʻOku Nau Ngāue Mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki”
“Tala hoku ʻofa kia Talaifina mo Talaifosa, ko e kau fefine ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki.”—LOMA 16:12, NW.
1. Ko e founga fē naʻe hoko ai ko ha tāpuaki ki he kakai fefiné ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Sīsū ʻi māmaní?
KO E ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Sīsū ʻi he māmaní naʻe hoko moʻoni ia ko ha tāpuaki ki he kau fefine Siú. Ko e ngāue naʻá ne kamatá naʻe fakahoko mai ai ʻa e fiemālie mo e ʻamanaki, mo ha tuʻunga ngeia foʻou ki he kakai fefine ʻo e matakali kotoa pē. Naʻe ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he ngaahi talatukufakaholo ʻa e lotu faka-Siú ʻa ia kuo nau “fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa e lao ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Mātiu 15:6) Ko e ngaahi talatukufakaholo lahi ko iá kuo nau paetakuʻi ʻa e ngaahi totonu tefito kuo foaki mei he ʻOtuá ki he kakai fefiné.
Ko e Fakakaukau ʻa Sīsū ki he Kakai Fefiné
2. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ko e angafai ʻa Sīsū ki he kakai fefiné ko e meʻa foʻou ia ʻi he taimi ko iá?
2 Ko ha faikehekehe lahi ē naʻe ʻi he anga ʻo e fakakaukau ʻa Sīsū ki he kakai fefiné mo e fakakaukau ʻa e kau taki lotu faka-Siú! Ke lave ki he Encyclopaedia Judaica, naʻe fakakaukau ʻa e kau taki lotu faka-Siú ko e kakai fefiné ʻoku “havala, fakaongo talanoa, fakapikopiko, mo meheka.” Naʻe kovi ke fai ha fetalanoaʻaki mo ha fefine, pea “naʻe fakamā ki ha tokotaha poto mataotao ke lea ki ha fefine ʻi he hala.” (Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus, fai ʻe Joachim Jeremias; fehoanaki mo Sione 4:27.) ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe lava ke leaʻaki ʻo kau ki he fakakaukau paetaku ʻa e kau taki lotu faka-Siú ki he kakai fefiné. Ka ko e fakamatala ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi ʻolungá ʻoku feʻunga pē ia ke ne fakahā ko e angafai ʻa Sīsū ki he kakai fefiné naʻe foʻou moʻoni ia ʻi he taimi ko iá.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko lolotonga ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Sīsuú ʻo hā ai naʻá ne loto-lelei ke akoʻi ki he kakai fefiné ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni loloto fakalaumālié?
3 ʻOku fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga haohaoa ki he anga ʻo e vahaʻangatae māfana kae maʻa ʻoku malava ke ʻi he vā ʻo e kakai tangatá mo e kakai fefiné. Naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi heʻene fetalanoaʻaki mo e kakai fefiné ka naʻá ne toe akoʻi kinautolu foki ki he ngaahi moʻoni loloto fakalaumālie. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e ʻuluaki tokotaha ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahā ki ai ʻa hono tuʻunga faka-Mīsaiá ko ha fefine, pea ko ha fefine Samēlia ia. (Sione 4:7, 25, 26) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e meʻa ʻo fekauʻaki mo Māʻata mo Melé ʻokú ne ʻai ke hā mahino naʻe kehekehe ʻa Sīsū mei he kau taki lotu Siú, he naʻe ʻikai te ne fakakaukau ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu ki he kakai fefiné ke nau kiʻi tuku fakataimi pē ʻa e kuló mo e fakapakú koeʻuhi kae fakalakalaka ʻenau ʻilo fakalaumālié. ʻI he taimi ko iá, “kuo fili e Mele ae mea lelei,” ʻi hono fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. (Luke 10:38-42, PM) Ka ʻi he ngaahi māhina siʻi ki mui mai ai, ʻi he hili ʻa e mate ʻa hona tuongaʻané, ko Māʻata, kae ʻikai ko Mele, naʻá ne vēlevele ke feʻiloaki mo e ʻEikí. Ko ha fakafiefia loto ē kiate kitautolu naʻa mo e ʻahó ni ʻi heʻetau lau ki he fetalanoaʻaki fakalaumālie loloto ʻa Sīsū mo Māʻata ʻo kau ki he ʻamanaki ʻo e toetuʻú! (Sione 11:20-27) Ko ha monū lahi ia naʻe maʻu ʻe Māʻata!
Kakai Fefine Naʻa Nau Fai ʻa e Tauhi kia Sīsū
4, 5. Tukukehe ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, ko hai naʻa nau muimui ʻia Sīsū he lolotonga ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Kālelí, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻenau tauhi kiate iá?
4 Naʻe tali foki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e tali-fekau ʻa e kakai fefiné ʻi heʻene fononga takai ʻi he fonuá. ʻI he fakamatala ʻi he Kōsipelí, ʻoku lave ai ʻa Maʻake ki he “kau fefine . . . ʻa ia naʻa nau muimui kiate ia [Sīsū] ʻi heʻene ʻi Kaleli, ʻo nau tauhi ki ai.” (Maʻake 15:40, 41) Ko hai ʻa e kakai fefine ko ʻení, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa ʻenau fai ʻa e tauhi kia Sīsuú? ʻOku ʻikai te tau ʻilo ʻa honau hingoá hono kotoa, ka ʻoku fakahā ʻe Luke ʻa e niʻihi pea mo ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e founga naʻa nau tauhi ai kia Sīsuú.
5 ʻOku tohi ʻe Luke: “Pea hoko mo ia ʻene fakatotofu ʻa e kolo mo e vilisi, ʻi heʻene fanongonongo ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua, mo ne tala hono ongoongolelei. Pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa e kau hongofulumaua; mo ha tuʻunga fafine ʻa ia kuo fakamoʻui mei he ngaahi faʻahikehe, mo e ngaahi vaivaiʻanga; ko Mele ʻoku ui ko Mele mei Makitala, ʻa ia naʻe ʻalu mei ai ʻa e tevolo ʻe toko fitu, mo Sioana ko e uaifi ʻo Kusa ko e muʻa ʻa Hēlota, mo Sūsana, mo e tokolahi kehe: pea ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau tauhi kinautolu ʻaki ʻenau koloa.” (Luke 8:1-3) Naʻe loto-lelei ʻa Sīsū ke muimui kiate ia ʻa e kakai fefine ko ʻení pea ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻenau ngaahi koloá ke tauhiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelie kiate ia mo ʻene kau ʻapositoló.
6. (a) Ko hai naʻe ʻalu mo Sīsū he lolotonga ʻa ʻene fononga fakaʻosi ki Selusalemá? (e) Ko hai naʻe kau mo Sīsū ʻo aʻu ki heʻene pekiá, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakapaleʻi ʻa e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu? (f) Fakatatau ki he tuʻunga ʻo e ngaahi talatukufakaholo lotu faka-Siú, ko e hā ʻoku fakaofo ai ʻa e fakamatala ʻia Sione 20:11-18?
6 ʻI he taimi naʻe tāmateʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe tokolahi ai ha “kau fefine, ʻo nau mamata mai mei he mamaʻo; ko e faʻahinga ia naʻe muimui kia Sisu mei Kaleli ke tauhi kiate ia: ko honau niʻihi ʻa Mele mei Makitala, mo Mele ko e faʻe ʻa Semisi mo Siose.” (Mātiu 27:55, 56) Ko ia, naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai fefine mateaki naʻa nau kau mo Sīsū ʻi he taimi naʻá ne pekia aí. ʻOku toe taau foki ke tokangaʻi ko e kakai fefine ʻa e ʻuluaki kau fakamoʻoni ki heʻene toetuʻú. (Mātiu 28:1-10) Naʻe hoko ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení ko ha tā ia ki he talatukufakaholo ʻa e kau Siú, koeʻuhi he ʻi he lotu faka-Siú naʻe lau ʻoku taʻetaau ʻa e kau fefiné ke nau hoko ko ha kau fakamoʻoni fakalao. Fakakaukau ki he meʻá ni, pea ke lau ʻa e Sione 20:11-18, pea ke feinga ke ke fakakaukau loto atu ki he ongoʻi lahi naʻe maʻu ʻe Mele Makitala, ʻi he hā ange ki ai ʻa e ʻEikí kuo toetuʻu, ʻo ui ange hono hingoá, ʻo ne ngāueʻaki ia ko ha fakamoʻoni ke fakahā ki heʻene kau ākongá kuó ne moʻui moʻoni!
Kakai Fefine Mateaki Kalisitiane Hili ʻa e Penitekosí
7, 8. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ai naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kakai fefine ʻi hono huaʻi hifo ʻa e laumālié ʻi he Penitekosí? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ʻa e kakai fefine Kalisitiané ʻi hono muʻaki fakamafola atu ʻa e tui faka-Kalisitiané?
7 ʻI he hili ʻa e ʻalu hake ʻa Sīsū ki hēvaní, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kakai fefine anga-fakaʻotua mo e kau ʻapositolo mateakí ʻi he loki ʻi ʻolunga ʻi Selusalema. (Ngāue 1:12-14) ʻOku hā mahino naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kakai fefine ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo kinautolu ʻa ia naʻe huaʻi hifo ki ai ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻi he Penitekosí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻi he fakamatala ʻe Pita ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokó, naʻá ne lave ai ki he tohi Sioeli 2:28-30, ʻa ia ʻoku lave fakatefito ai ki he “ngaahi ʻofefine” mo e “kau kaunanga.” (Ngāue 2:1, 4, 14-18) Ko ia ko e kakai fefine Kalisitiane kuo pani ʻe he laumālié naʻa nau hoko ko e konga ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ʻi hono kamataʻangá.
8 Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke tuʻu-ki-muʻa, ka naʻe kau ʻa e kakai fefine ʻi he ngāue mahuʻinga ʻi hono fakamafola ʻa e tui faka-Kalisitiané. Ko Mele ko e faʻē ʻa Maʻaké pea ko e mehikitanga ʻo Panepasá, naʻá ne tuku hono fale lahi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Selusalemá. (Ngāue 12:12) Pea naʻá ne loto-lelei ke fai ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení ʻi he taimi naʻe toe kamata ai ʻa e fakatanga ki he kau Kalisitiané. (Ngāue 12:1-5) Ko e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻe toko fā ʻo e ʻevangeliō ko Filipé naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e monū ke hoko ko e kau palōfita fefine Kalisitiane.—Ngāue 21:9; 1 Kolinitō 12:4, 10.
Ko e Fakakaukau ʻa Paula ki he Kakai Fefiné
9. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai fefine Kalisitiané ʻi heʻene ʻuluaki tohi ki he kakai Kolinitoó, pea ko e hā ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni fakaʻotua naʻá ne fakalotolahiʻi ʻa e kakai fefiné ke ʻapasia ki ai?
9 ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tukuakiʻi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paula ko e tokotaha naʻe fehiʻa mo taʻefalala ki he kakai fefiné. Ko e moʻoni, ko Paula naʻá ne kouna ke tauhi ʻe he kakai fefiné honau tuʻunga totonu ʻi he loto fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. ʻI he founga anga-maheni ʻo hono fai ʻo e ngaahi meʻa, ʻe ʻikai te nau fai ʻa e faiako ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. (1 Kolinitō 14:33-35) Kapau naʻe lea ha fefine Kalisitiane ʻi ha fakataha koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha tangata Kalisitiane pe koeʻuhi ko ʻene kikite ʻi hono ueʻi ia ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, naʻe fiemaʻu ke ne ʻai ha pūlou ki hono ʻulú. Ko e pūlou ko ʻení ko e “fakaʻilonga puleʻia,” ko e fakamoʻoni fakahāhā ia kuo fakatokangaʻi ʻe he fefiné ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tuʻunga-ʻulú.—1 Kolinitō 11:3-6, 10.
10. Ko e hā kuo tukuakiʻi ki ai ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ka ko e hā kuó ne fakamoʻoniʻi ko e tukuakiʻi ko ʻení ʻoku loi?
10 ʻOku hā mahino naʻe ʻilo ʻe Paula ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fakamanatu ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakateokalati ko ʻení koeʻuhi ‘ko e meʻa kotoa pe ke fai ke tāu mo māu’ ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. (1 Kolinitō 14:40) Ka ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻení naʻe fakafili ʻa Paula ki he kakai fefiné ʻo hangē ko e taukaveʻi ʻe he niʻihi? ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito. ʻIkai ko Paula ʻa ia ʻi he fakaʻosi ʻo e vahe ʻo ʻene tohi ki he kakai Lomá naʻá ne fai ai ʻa e ngaahi talamonū ki he kakai fefine Kalisitiane ʻe toko hiva? ʻIkai naʻá ne fakahā ʻa e houngaʻia loloto kia Fīpē, mo Pīsila, mo Talaifina mo Talaifosa, ʻo ui ʻa e ongo fefine fakamuimuí ko e ongo “fefine ʻoku [na] ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki”? (Loma 16:1-4, 6, 12, 13, 15, NW) Pea ko Paula ʻi hono fakamanavaʻi iá naʻá ne tohi: “ʻIo, ʻilonga kimoutolu naʻe papitaiso kia Kalaisi, naʻa mou kofuʻaki ai ʻa Kalaisi. ʻOku ʻikai ai ha Siu pe ha Kalisi, ʻoku ʻikai ai ha popula pe ha tauʻataina, ʻoku ʻikai ai ke tangata mo fefine: he ko kimoutolu katokatoa ko e toko taha tofu pe ʻia Kalaisi Sisu.” (Kalētia 3:27, 28) ʻOku hā mahino naʻe ʻofa mo houngaʻia ʻa Paula ʻi hono ngaahi tuofāfine Kalisitiané, kau ki ai ʻa Litia, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he talitali kakai he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo e faingataʻá.—Ngāue 16:12-15, 40; Filipai 4:2, 3.
Kakai Fefine Ngāue Mālohi ʻi he ʻAhó Ni
11, 12. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko moʻoni ʻo e Sāme 68:11 ʻi he ʻahó ni? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo hotau ngaahi tuofāfiné, pea ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻetau ʻofa mo ʻetau ngaahi lotu?
11 ʻI he loto fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e kakai fefine Kalisitiane tokolahi ʻa ia ʻoku nau “ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki.” Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku hā ai ko e “kau fefine tala ongoongo lelei ko e hosite lahi,” ʻo nau hoko ko e konga lahi taha ʻo e kau tau ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻi he taimi ko ʻeni ʻo e ngataʻangá. (Sāme 68:11) Ko e kakai fefine ngāue mālohi ko ʻení kuo nau maʻu ha ongoongo lelei kiate kinautolu ʻi heʻenau feinga ke fakakakato honau ngafa ko e ngaahi uaifi, ngaahi faʻē, kau tauhiʻapi, kau ngāue totongi, pea pehē foki ko e kau faifekau Kalisitiane.
12 Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tuofāfine lelei ko ʻení ʻoku ʻikai ke tui ʻa honau ngaahi husepānití. Kuo pau ke nau fekuki mo e tuʻunga ko ʻení ʻi he houa ʻe 24 ʻi he ʻaho. Kuo fetakai ha niʻihi ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi ke hoko ko ha ngaahi uaifi lelei ʻi heʻenau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he kau sevāniti mateaki ʻa Sihová. Naʻe ʻikai ke faingofua, ka kuo nau kātekina, ʻo nau ʻamanaki maʻu pē ki honau ngaahi husepānití “ʻe maʻu mai . . . kae ʻikai ʻaki ha lea” koeʻuhi ko honau ʻulungaanga lelei faka-Kalisitiané. Pea ko ha fiefia ē kuo maʻu ʻe he fāmili fakakātoa ʻi he hoko ʻo tui ha husepāniti pehē! (1 Pita 3:1, 2) ʻI he lolotongá ni, ʻoku pau ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he ngaahi tuofāfine mateaki ko ʻení ʻa e feʻofaʻaki fakaetokouá mo e ngaahi lotu ʻa e kau mēmipa kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Hangē pē ko e hoko “ko e meʻa mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻi he ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua,” ʻa ʻenau feinga ke fakahā ʻa e “angavaivai mo e angamalū,” ko ia ko ʻenau tuʻumaʻu ʻo tauhi angatonú ʻoku toe mahuʻinga ia kiate kitautolu.—1 Pita 3:3-6.
13. Ko e hā kuo lava ai ke pehē ʻo fekauʻaki mo hotau ngaahi tuofāfine ʻoku taaimuʻá ko e “kau fefine ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki,” pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai kiate kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fakatahaʻanga taki taha?
13 Ko e ngaahi tuofāfine ʻoku nau ngāue ko e kau taaimuʻá ʻoku pau ke pehē ʻoku nau “ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki.” Ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku ʻi ai honau ʻapi, ha husepāniti, mo e fānau ke tokangaʻi, ʻo tānaki atu ia ki heʻenau ngāue fakamalangá. Ko ha niʻihi ʻoku nau ngāue fakataimi pē ke aʻusia ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelié. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni hono kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu maau, loto-pau, kītaki, mo e ngāue mālohi. ʻOku totonu ke ongoʻi ʻe he kakai fefine Kalisitiane ko ʻení ʻa e ʻofa mo e poupou ʻa kinautolu ʻa ia ko honau tuʻungá ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakaʻatā kinautolu ke nau fakamoleki ʻa e ngaahi houa fakaetaaimuʻa ʻi he ngāue fakaefakamoʻoní.
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻo e kātakí kuo lave ki ai? (e) Ko hai ʻa e kakai fefine kehe ʻoku taau ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Lave ki ha ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fakalotofonua.
14 Ko e kakai fefine Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi kuo nau fakahā ʻa e pikitai makehe ʻaupito ki he ngāue taaimuʻá. ʻI Kānata, ko Grace Lounsbury naʻá ne ʻuluaki ʻahiʻahi ngāue taaimuʻa ʻi he 1914. Naʻe pau ke ne mavahe mei he lisi ʻo e kau taaimuʻá ʻi he 1918 koeʻuhi ko ʻene puke, ka ʻi he 1924 naʻá ne toe foki ki he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakato. ʻI he taimi ʻo hono hiki ʻo e fakamatala ko ʻení, ʻokú ne kei ʻi he lisi pē ʻo e kau taaimuʻá, neongo ko hono taʻu 104 ʻeni! Ko e tokolahi ʻo e ngaahi tuofāfine ngāue fakamisinale ʻa ia naʻa nau kau ki he ngaahi muʻaki kalasi ʻi he 1940 tupu ʻa e Akoʻanga Tohitapu ʻa e Taua Leʻó ko Kiliati ʻoku nau kei ngāue mateaki pē, ʻi he ngāue fakamisinalé pe hoko ko ha kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmili Pētelí ʻi Brooklyn pe ko ha taha ʻi he ngaahi vaʻa ʻōfisi ʻo e Watch Tower Society. Ko e kakai fefine Kalisitiane kotoa ko ʻení, pea pehē foki mo e ngaahi tuofāfine hono kotoa ʻoku nau ngāue ʻi Pētelí, ʻoku nau fakahā ʻa e laumālie feilaulauʻi-kita pea ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ia. Kuo tau ʻai nai ke nau ʻilo ʻoku fakahoungaʻi kinautolu?
Ngaahi Uaifi ʻo e Kau ʻOvasia Fefonongaʻaki
15, 16. Ko e hā ʻa e kulupu ʻo e kakai fefine Kalisitiane ʻoku fakatefito ʻa ʻenau taau ki heʻetau fakaongoongoleleiʻi māfaná, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
15 Ko e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí ʻoku nau hoko ko e kulupu ʻe taha ʻo e kakai fefine Kalisitiane ʻoku taau mo ha fakaongoongo lelei māfana mo ha fakalototoʻa. Ko e siʻi ngaahi tuofāfine ko ʻení kuo nau loto-lelei ke muimui ki honau ngaahi husepānití ʻi heʻenau ʻalu mei he fakatahaʻanga ki he fakatahaʻanga, pe mei he feituʻu ki he feituʻu, koeʻuhi ke langa hake fakalaumālie honau ngaahi tokouá. Ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu kuo nau tuku ange ʻa e ongoʻi lata ʻoku ʻomai ʻi hono maʻu ha ʻapi; ʻoku nau mohe ʻi he mohenga kehekehe ʻi he uike taki taha, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko ha mohenga lelei maʻu pē. Ka ʻoku nau tali fiefia ha meʻa pē ʻe lava ke ʻoange ʻe he ngaahi tokouá. Ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei kinautolu ki honau ngaahi tokoua fakalaumālié.
16 ʻOku tokonaki foki ʻe he ngaahi tuofāfine Kalisitiane ko ʻení ʻa e poupou mahuʻinga taʻe alafakatataua ki honau husepānití, ʻo hangē ko e kakai fefine anga-fakaʻotua naʻa nau muimui ʻia Sīsū “ʻo nau tauhi ki ai.” (Maʻake 15:41) ʻOku ʻikai ke malava ke nau fakamoleki ha taimi lahi mo honau ngaahi husepānití fakaekinautolu pē, ʻa ia ‘ʻoku lahi maʻu ai pē ʻa e meʻa ia ke fai ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻEiki.’ (1 Kolinitō 15:58) Ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko Rosa Szumiga ʻi Falanisē, ʻa ia naʻá ne kau ki he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ʻi he 1948, kuo nau faʻo ʻa e ngaahi kato leta ʻa honau ngaahi husepānití mo ʻalu mo kinautolu ʻo feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe 30 pe 40. ʻOku nau loto-lelei ke fai ha ngaahi feilaulau kia Sihova mo honau ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofāfiné. ʻOku taau ke tau fakahā ʻetau houngaʻia mo ʻofa mo lotu maʻanautolu.
Ngaahi Uaifi ʻo e Kau Mātuʻá
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga kuo fiemaʻu mei he ngaahi uaifi ʻo e ngaahi tokoua kuo fakanofo ki he tuʻunga ʻo e ngāué? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau kuo loto-lelei ʻa e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau mātuʻá ke fai kia Sihova mo honau ngaahi tokouá, pea ʻoku malava fēfē ke tokoni ʻa e ngaahi uaifi kehé ki honau ngaahi husepānití?
17 ʻI hono fakahā ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he ngaahi tokoua ʻe fakanofo nai ko ha kau mātuʻa mo e kau sevānití, naʻe lave foki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kakai fefiné, ʻo ne tohi: “ʻOku totonu ke fakamātoato ʻa e kakai fefiné, ʻo ʻoua te nau lauʻikovi, mafamafatatau ʻi he ʻulungaanga, angatonu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.” (1 Tīmote 3:11, NW) ʻOku moʻoni, ko e akonaki ko ʻení ʻoku kaunga ki he kakai fefine Kalisitiane kotoa pē. Ka ʻi he vakai ki hono potutohí, ʻoku hā mahino ʻoku totonu ke muimui ki ai ʻi ha founga faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e ngaahi tokoua kuo fakanofo ki he lakanga ngāué.
18 ʻOku fakafiefiá, he ko e meʻa ia ʻoku fai ʻe he ngaahi uaifi ʻe toko laui afe ʻo e kau ʻovasia Kalisitiané. ʻOku nau mafamafatatau ʻi honau ngaahi ʻulungaangá mo honau valá, fakamātoato ʻo kau ki he moʻui faka-Kalisitiané, tokanga ʻaupito ki he meʻa ʻoku nau leaʻakí, pea ʻoku nau feinga moʻoni ke mateaki ʻi he meʻa hono kotoa pē. ʻOku nau toe loto-lelei foki ke fai ha ngaahi feilaulau, ʻo nau tali ke fakamoleki ʻe honau ngaahi husepānití ʻa e taimi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ka naʻe mei fakamoleki ia mo kinautolu. Ko e kau fefine Kalisitiane mateaki ko ʻení ʻoku nau taau ke tau ʻofa māfana mo fakalototoʻa kiate kinautolu. Mahalo ʻe lava ha ngaahi tokoua tokolahi ange ke kakapa atu ki he ngaahi monū ʻi loto ʻi heʻetau ngaahi fakatahaʻangá ʻo kapau ʻe anga-fakatōkilalo ʻo loto-lelei honau ngaahi uaifí ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau pehe ní ki he lelei ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē.
“Kau Fineʻeiki” Angatonu
19. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahoungaʻi lahi ai ʻa e “kau fineʻeiki” mateaki tokolahi ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakatahaʻangá, pea ʻoku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa ʻetau ongoʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolú?
19 Ko ʻetau toe fakamanatu ki he kakai fefine kuo lave ki ai ʻi he Tohitapú kuo malava ai kiate kitautolu ke tau ʻilo ko e taʻu motuʻá ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne lava ke taʻofi ʻa e kakai fefine ʻo e tuí mei he ngāue kia Sihová. Naʻe fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e moʻoni ko ʻení ʻi he meʻa naʻe hoko kia Sela, ʻIlisapesi, mo ʻAna. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e kakai fefine Kalisitiane kuo nau taʻu motuʻa ʻoku nau hoko ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻo e tuí mo e kātakí. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku nau toe hoko ko e poupou fakapotopoto ki he kau mātuʻá ʻaki ʻa ʻenau tokoni ki he ngaahi tuofāfine kei talavoú. Koeʻuhi ko ʻenau taukei fuoloá, ʻe lava ke nau ʻoatu ha akonaki fakapotopoto ki he kakai fefine kei talavoú, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakangofua kinautolu ʻe he Tohitapú ke nau fai. (Taitusi 2:3-5) ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke fai ha akonaki ki ha tuofefine taʻu motuʻa. Kapau ko ia, ko e tokotaha ʻo e kau mātuʻá te ne fai iá ʻoku totonu ke ne ‘fai ʻo hangē ko haʻane faʻē.’ Ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku totonu ke nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki he “kau uitou” pea kapau ʻe fiemaʻu, fokotuʻutuʻu ha tokoni fakamatelie kiate kinautolu. (1 Tīmote 5:1-3, 5, 9, 10) ʻOku totonu ke ongoʻi ʻe siʻotau ngaahi tuofāfine taʻu motuʻá ʻoku fiemaʻu mo fakahoungaʻi kinautolu.
Kau Pule mo Kalaisi
20. Ko e hā ʻa e monū māʻolunga taha kuo foaki ki he kakai fefine Kalisitiane tokolahi, pea ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke fiefia ʻa e fanga sipi kehé ʻi he meʻa ko ʻení?
20 ʻOku hā mahino mei he Tohitapú “ʻoku ʻikai ha filifilimānako ʻi he ʻOtua” ʻo fekauʻaki mo e matakali pe ko e tangata pe fefine. (Loma 2:10, 11; Kalētia 3:28) Pea ʻoku toe moʻoni foki ʻeni ʻi he founga ʻoku fili ʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa kinautolu ʻa ia te nau kaungāngāue mo hono ʻAló ʻi he founga-pule ʻo e Puleʻanga faka-Tuʻí. (Sione 6:44) Ko ha fakamālō lahi ē ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻo e fanga sipi kehé koeʻuhi ko e kakai fefine mateaki ʻo hangē ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsū, ko Mele, pea mo Mele Makitala mo Pīsila mo Talaifina mo Talaifosa mo e tokolahi kehe ʻi he muʻaki fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ʻoku nau kau ʻi he pule ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi he taimí ni, ʻo fakakoloaʻiaʻi ʻa e founga-pule ko iá ʻaki ʻenau mahino fekoekoeʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ongo mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokosia ʻe he kakai fefiné! Ko ha ʻiloʻilo ʻofa ē mo e poto ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa Sihová!—Loma 11:33-36.
21. ʻOku fēfē ʻa ʻetau ongoʻi ʻi he ʻahó ni ki he “kau fefine ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki”?
21 Ko kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku lava ke tau kau mo e ongoʻi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi heʻene lea ʻi he ʻofa mo e houngaʻia ki he kau “fafine ko ia: he naʻa [nau] kaungāfitefitaʻa mo au ʻi he Kosipeli.” (Filipai 4:3) Ko e kotoa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, kakai tangata mo e kakai fefine, ʻoku nau lau ia ko e fiefia mo ha monū ke ngāue fakataha mo e ‘fuʻu kau tau ko e kakai fefine ʻoku nau tala ʻa e ongoongo lelei,’ ʻio, ʻa e “kau fefine ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki.”—Sāme 68:11; Loma 16:12, NW.
Ngaahi Fehuʻi ke Fakamanatu
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻoku ʻikai te ne kau ia ki he tomuʻa fehiʻa ʻa e kau taki lotu Siú ki he kakai fefiné?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tauhi ʻa e kakai fefine manavahē-ʻotuá kia Sīsū, pea ko e hā ʻa e monū lahi naʻe maʻu ʻe he niʻihi ʻo kinautolu?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai fefiné ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e ngaahi tuofāfiné ʻoku taau ki ai ʻa ʻetau ongoʻi ʻofa mo e poupou makehe, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
◻ ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa ʻetau ongoʻi kiate kinautolu kotoa ʻi he ʻahó ni ko e “kau fefine ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ʻEiki”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16, 17]
Ko e kakai fefine naʻa nau tauhi kia Sīsū mo ʻene kau ʻapositoló
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Ko e feilaulauʻi-kita ʻa e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí mo e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau mātuʻá ko ha tokoni mahuʻinga ia ki he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá