Taimi ʻOku Haʻu Ai ha Kau Kaihaʻa Toʻo Meʻatau

Ko e hā leva te ke faí, kapau kuo lava ʻa e kau kaihaʻá ʻo hū mai ki ho falé ʻo fehangahangai mo koe? Manatuʻi ʻoku mahuʻinga ange hoʻo moʻuí ʻi he koloá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Kalaisi Sīsū: “ʻOua naʻa talitekeʻi ho fili; ka ʻo ka sipiʻi ʻe ha taha ho kouʻahe toʻomataʻu, hanga koe, ʻo fulihi ki ai ho toʻohema. Pea ka loto ha taha . . . ke ne maʻu ho sote; tuku kiate ia mo ho pulupulu.”​—Mātiu 5:​39, 40.

Ko e akonaki fakapotopoto eni. Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke moʻuaʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ke ʻoatu ki he kau faihiá ha fakamatala ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻenau paʻangá, ko e kau kaihaʻá te nau hoko ʻo ngali anga-fakamālohi ange kapau te nau ongoongoʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ha talitekeʻi, taʻefieʻulutukua, pe kākā. Ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu, “ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ongonoa,” ʻoku nau ʻitangofua ʻo tōʻonga fakamanu mo taʻeʻofa.​—Efeso 4:19.

ʻOku nofo ʻa Samuel ʻi ha loki ʻo ha fale nofo-totongi. Naʻe tāpuni ʻe he kau kaihaʻá ʻa e falé pea nau hiki mei he loki ki he loki, ʻo fai ʻa e kaihaʻá. Naʻe fanongo ʻa Samuel ki he toutou fana ʻa ha meʻafana, fahi ʻo e ngaahi matapā, mo e kaikaila, tangi, pea mo e tangilāulau ʻa e kakaí. Naʻe taʻemalava ha hola ia. Naʻe tala ange ʻe Samuel ki hono uaifí mo hono ngaahi foha ʻe toko tolú ke nau tūʻulutui ʻi he falikí, hiki honau nima, kuikui honau matá, pea tatali ai. ʻI he taimi naʻe fehuufi mai ai ʻa e kau kaihaʻá, naʻe lea atu ʻa Samuel mo hanga pē ki lalo, ʻi heʻene ʻiloʻi kapau ʻe sio ki honau matá, te nau fakakaukau te ne tala kinautolu ʻamui. “Mou hū mai,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Mou toʻo, ko e hā pē ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mou fiemaʻú. ʻOku mou ʻatā ke toʻo ha meʻa pē. Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni kimautolu ʻa Sihova, pea heʻikai te mau talitekeʻi kimoutolu.” Naʻe moʻutāfuʻua ʻa e kau kaihaʻá ʻi he meʻá ni. Hili ʻa e houa ʻe taha hoko maí, pe ofi ki ai, naʻe hū fakakulupu mai ha kau tangata toʻo meʻatau ʻe toko 12 fakakātoa. Neongo naʻa nau kaihaʻasi ʻa e siueli, paʻanga, mo e naunau fakaʻilekitulōnika, naʻe ʻikai ke haha pe tā helepeluʻi kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e niʻihi kehe ko ia ʻi he falé. Naʻe fakamālō ʻa e fāmili ʻo Samuel kia Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻenau moʻuí.

ʻOku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ko e taimi ʻoku fai ai ha lau ki he paʻangá mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku kaihaʻasia ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau talitekeʻí ʻe ngali fakasiʻisiʻi nai ai hano fakalaveaʻi.a