Ko Sihová ko ha ʻOtua Houngaʻia
“Talaʻehai ʻoku fai taʻetotonu ʻa e ʻOtua ke ne fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu.”—HEPELU 6:10.
1. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Sihova ʻene houngaʻia ʻi he fefine Mōape ko Luté?
ʻOKU houngaʻia loloto ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngaahi feinga ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau kumi loto-moʻoni ke fai hono finangaló, pea ʻokú ne fakapaleʻi lahi kinautolu. (Hepelu 11:6) Ko e tangata faitōnunga ko Pōasí naʻe maheni ia mo e tafaʻaki fakaʻofoʻofa ko eni ʻo e ʻulungāanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, he naʻá ne pehē ki he fefine Mōape ko Luté, ʻa ia naʻá ne tokangaʻi anga-ʻofa ʻene faʻē ʻi he fono kuo uitoú: “ʻOfa ke fakaai hoʻo ngaue ʻe he ʻEiki, pea ke maʻu kakato hoʻo totongi meia Sihova.” (Lute 2:12) Naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Lute? ʻAupito! He ko ena kuo hiki hono talanoá ʻi he Tohi Tapú! ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻá ne mali mo Pōasi pea hoko ko e kui fefine fakatouʻosi kia Tuʻi Tēvita mo Sīsū Kalaisi. (Lute 4:13, 17; Mātiu 1:5, 6, 16) Ko e taha pē ena ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā lahi ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻa e houngaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene kau sevānití.
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne ʻai ke kehe atu ʻa e ngaahi fakahāhā ko ia ʻe Sihova ʻene houngaʻiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ʻe Sihova ke ne fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻia moʻoní? Fakatātaaʻi.
2 ʻE lau ʻe Sihova ko ha fai taʻetotonu ia ʻi heʻene tafaʻakí kapau te ne fakahāhā ha taʻehoungaʻia. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Hepelu 6:10: “Talaʻehai ʻoku fai taʻetotonu ʻa e ʻOtua ke ne fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou tokoni ki he kakai lotu, ʻa ia foki ʻoku mou kei fai.” Ko e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻai ke kehe atu ʻa e fakamatala ko ení ko hono fakahāhā ko ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e houngaʻia ki he kakai anga-līʻoá neongo ko e kau angahala mo e kau taʻemaaʻusia hono lāngilangí.—Loma 3:23.
3 Koeʻuhi ko ʻetau taʻehaohaoá, te tau ongoʻi nai ko ʻetau ngaahi ngāue ʻo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá ʻoku ʻikai loko mahuʻinga ia pea ʻikai tuha mo e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá. Neongo ia, ʻoku mahinoʻi kakato ʻe Sihova ʻa e huʻunga hotau lotó pea mo hotau ngaahi tuʻungá, pea ʻokú ne fakamahuʻingaʻi moʻoni ʻetau ngāue ʻaufuatoó. (Mātiu 22:37) Ke fakatātaaʻi: ʻE ʻilo nai ʻe ha faʻē ha meʻaʻofa—ko ha kahoa ʻikai loko mahuʻinga—ʻi heʻene funga tēpilé. Te ne vakai nai ki he meʻaʻofá ʻoku ʻikai loko mahuʻinga peá ne lī ia. Kae kehe, ko e kiʻi kaati ʻoku ʻomi fakataha mo iá ʻoku fakahā mai ai ko e meʻaʻofa mei heʻene kiʻi taʻahiné, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakatau mai ʻaki ʻene kiʻi sēniti kotoa naʻá ne tātānakí. ʻOku kehe leva ʻa e vakai ʻa e faʻeé he taimí ni ki he meʻaʻofá. Fakataha mo e tō loʻimata nai, ʻokú ne fāʻofua ki heʻene kiʻi tamá mo fakahāhā ʻene houngaʻia loloto.
4, 5. Naʻe anga-fēfē faʻifaʻitaki ʻa Sīsū kia Sihova ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻiá?
4 ʻI he lāuʻilo kakato ki he huʻunga hotau lotó mo hotau ngaahi fakangatangatá, ʻoku houngaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ʻoatu ai kiate ia ʻetau lelei tahá, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku siʻi pe lahi. ʻI he tuʻunga ko ení, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Sīsū ko ha tapua haohaoa mai ia ʻo ʻene Tamaí. Manatu ki he talanoa Fakatohitapu fekauʻaki mo e kiʻi paʻanga kapa ʻa e fefine uitoú. “ʻI [he] hanga hake [ʻa Sīsuú] naʻa ne sio kiate kinautolu naʻe li ʻenau ngaahi meʻaʻofa ki he seifi, ko e kau koloaʻia. Pea ne sio ki ha fefine uitou masiva ʻoku ne li ai ha ongo kiʻi paʻanga kapa. Pea pehē ʻe ia, ʻOku ou tala moʻoni atu, ko e uitou ni, ʻa siʻi masiva ni, ne hulu atu ʻene li ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pe: he ko kinautolu fulipe naʻa nau li mei he paʻanga hulu ʻo ʻenau koloa ki he fokotuʻunga meʻaʻofa na: ka ka fusimoʻomo ʻa siʻi fefine ni, ka ne li hono kotoa ʻo e meʻa naʻa ne maʻu ke tauhi ʻaki siʻene moʻui.”—Luke 21:1-4.
5 ʻIo, ko hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e fefiné—ʻa ʻene uitou pea masivá—naʻe mahino ai kia Sīsū ʻa e mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻo ʻene meʻaʻofá, pea naʻá ne ongoʻi houngaʻia lahi. ʻOku pehē pē mo Sihova. (Sione 14:9) ʻIkai ko e meʻa fakalototoʻa ia ke ʻilo ko e hā pē ho ngaahi tuʻungá, ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa hotau ʻOtua houngaʻiá pea pehē ki hono ʻAló?
ʻOku Fakapaleʻi ʻe Sihova ha ʻItiopea Manavahē-ʻOtua
6, 7. Ko e hā naʻe fakahāhā ai ʻe Sihova ʻene houngaʻia kia ʻEpeti-melekí, pea naʻe anga-fēfē?
6 ʻOku toutou fakahāhā ʻi he Tohi Tapú ko Sihová ʻokú ne fakahā ʻa e houngaʻia ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai hono finangaló. Fakakaukau atu ki heʻene feangainga mo e ʻItiopea manavahē-ʻOtua ko ʻEpeti-meleki, ko ha toʻumeʻa ʻo Selemaia pea ko ha sevāniti ʻi he fale ʻo Tuʻi Setekaia taʻefaitōnunga ʻo Siutá. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe ʻEpeti-meleki naʻe tukuakiʻi hala ʻe he kau pilinisi ʻo Siutá ʻa e palōfita ko Selemaiá ki he fakatupu angatuʻu pea naʻe lī ia ki ha lepa ke mate fiekaia ai. (Selemaia 38:1-7) ʻI heʻene ʻilo naʻe fehiʻanekinaʻi lahi ʻa Selemaia koeʻuhí ko e pōpoaki naʻá ne malangaʻí, naʻe tuku ai ʻe ʻEpeti-meleki ʻene moʻuí ki ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo ne tautapa ki he tuʻí. ʻI he loto-toʻa, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻItiopeá: “ʻEī ʻa e ʻafiona, ko e ngaue kovi ʻa e kau tangata na, ʻa e fuʻu meʻa kuo nau fai kia Selemaia ko e palofita, ʻa ʻenau tuku ia ki he lepa; pea te ne mate ʻi he potu ko ia koeʻuhi ko e honge.” ʻI he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e tuʻí, naʻe ʻave ai ʻe ʻEpeti-meleki ha kau tangata ʻe toko 30 ʻo fakahaofi mai ʻa e palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Selemaia 38:8-13.
7 Naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sihova naʻe fai ia ʻe ʻEpeti-meleki ʻi he tui, ʻa ia naʻe tokoniʻi ai ia ke ikuʻi ha faʻahinga manavahē pē nai naʻá ne maʻu. Ko ia ai, naʻe fakahā ʻe Sihova ʻene houngaʻiá peá ne folofola kia ʻEpeti-meleki fakafou ʻia Selemaia: “Ko au eni te u fakaai ʻeku ngaahi lea ki he kolo ni, ke kovi ʻo ʻikai ke lelei . . . Ka te u fakahaofi koe ʻi he ʻaho ko ia . . . pea ʻe ʻikai tuku koe ki he nima ʻo e kau tangata ʻoku ke teki ki ai. Talaatu, te u hamusi koe . . . , ka te ke ʻave hoʻo moʻui moʻao vete, koeʻuhi naʻa ke tui kiate au.” (Selemaia 39:16-18) ʻIo, naʻe fakahaofi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻEpeti-meleki pea pehē kia Selemaia mei he kau pilinisi kovi ʻo Siutá, pea ki mui ai, mei he kau Pāpiloné, ʻa ia naʻa nau haveki ʻa Selusalemá. “[Ko Sihova] ʻoku ne tauhi ʻa e moʻui ʻa hono ʻofaʻanga; ʻoku ne hamusi kinautolu mei he nima ʻo e kau angahala,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Sāme 97:10.
“Ko Hoʻo Tamai, ʻa Ia ʻOku Ne ʻAfioʻi ʻa e Lilo, Te Ne Totongi Kiate Koe”
8, 9. Hangē ko ia naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sīsuú, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga lotu ʻoku houngaʻia ai ʻa Sihová?
8 Ko e toe fakamoʻoni ʻe taha ʻoku houngaʻia ʻa Sihova mo fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻetau ngaahi fakahāhā ko ia ʻa e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá ʻoku lava ke tau sio ki ai ʻi he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e lotú. “Ko e lotu ʻani faitotonu ko [e] mamana ia [ʻo e ʻOtuá],” ko e lau ia ʻa e potó. (Palovepi 15:8) ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Sīsuú naʻe tokolahi ʻa e kau taki lotu naʻa nau lotu fakahāhā, ʻo ʻikai ʻaki ʻa e anga-līʻoa moʻoni, ka ko e holi pē ke maongo ki he tangatá. “Ko hono ngata ia o ʻenau totongi kuo nau maʻu,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú. “O ka ke ka lotu,” ko ʻene fakahinohino ia ki hono kau muimuí, “hū ki ho loki, pea tapuni ho matapā, pea fai hoʻo hū ki hoʻo Tamai ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he lilo: pea ko hoʻo Tamai, ʻa ia ʻoku ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e lilo, te ne totongi kiate koe.”—Mātiu 6:5, 6.
9 Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ʻikai ke fakahalaki ʻe Sīsū ia ʻa e lotu fakahāhaá, he naʻá ne lotu fakahāhā ʻe ia ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi. (Luke 9:16) ʻOku houngaʻia lahi ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lotu ai kiate ia mei ha loto ʻoku fai moʻoni, ʻo ʻikai ha fakakaukau ke maongo ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko ʻetau ngaahi lotu liló, ko e moʻoni, ko ha fakaʻilonga lelei ia ʻo e loloto ʻo ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo ʻetau falala kiate iá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he faʻa kumi ʻa Sīsū ki ha ngaahi potu lilo ke lotu ai. Tuʻo taha, naʻá ne fai eni “ofi ki he ʻaho, kae kei fakapoʻuli ʻaupito.” ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, “naʻa ne ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga [fakaeia] pe ke lotu.” Pea ki muʻa ke ne fili ʻene kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko 12, naʻe fakamoleki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e pō kakato toko taha pē ʻi he lotu.—Maake 1:35; Mātiu 14:23; Luke 6:12, 13.
10. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tapua ai mei heʻetau ngaahi lotú ʻa e loto-moʻoni mo e ongoʻi loloto, ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau fakapapauʻí?
10 Fakaʻuta atu ki he fakafanongo lelei kuo pau naʻe fai mai ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi lea loto-moʻoni ange ʻa hono ʻAló! Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe lotu ai ʻa Sīsū “ʻo ne fai ʻaki ʻa e fuʻu kalanga, mo e tangi loʻimata: pea naʻe tali ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai fakaongoongo.” (Hepelu 5:7; Luke 22:41-44) ʻI he taimi ʻoku tapua ai mei heʻetau ngaahi lotú ha loto-moʻoni mo e ongoʻi loloto peheé, ʻoku lava ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻoku fanongo lelei mai pea houngaʻia ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. ʻIo, “ʻoku ofi leva ʻa Sihova ki he kakai kotoa . . . ʻoku fai moʻoni ʻenau tautapa.”—Sāme 145:18.
11. ʻOku anga-fēfē ongoʻi ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku tau fai ʻi he liló?
11 Kapau ʻoku houngaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lotu ai kiate ia ʻi he liló, huanoa ange ʻene houngaʻia ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau talangofua ai kiate ia ʻi he liló! ʻIo, ʻoku lāuʻilo ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa ʻoku tau fai ʻi he liló. (1 Pita 3:12) Ko e moʻoni, ko ʻetau faitōnunga pea talangofua ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ʻi he liló aí ko ha fakaʻilonga lelei ia ʻoku tau maʻu ha “loto haohaoa” kia Sihova, ʻa e loto ʻoku maʻa ʻene fakahuʻungá pea ʻoku tuʻu maʻu ki he meʻa ʻoku totonú. (1 Kalonikali 28:9) He fakafiefiaʻi moʻoni ē ʻe he tōʻonga peheé ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová!—Palovepi 27:11; 1 Sione 3:22.
12, 13. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau leʻohi hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó pea tau hangē ai ko e ākonga faitōnunga ko Nātanielá?
12 ʻI heʻene peheé, ʻoku leʻohi ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane faitōnungá kinautolu mei he ngaahi angahala ʻi he liló ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakameleʻi ʻa e ʻatamaí mo e lotó, hangē ko ia ko e mamata ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā fakalieliá mo e fakamālohí. Lolotonga ʻoku puli ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻe niʻihi mei he tangatá, ʻoku tau ʻilo “ʻoku telefua mo tokaimaʻananga ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ki he fofonga ʻo ia ʻoku tau fakamāu ki ai.” (Hepelu 4:13; Luke 8:17) ʻI he feinga ke kalofi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku taʻefakahōifua kia Sihová, ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha konisēnisi maʻa pea fiefia ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻIo, ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻoku houngaʻia moʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he tokotaha “ʻoku ne foua ʻa e haohaoa, mo feia ʻa e totonu, pea ko e moʻoni ʻo hono loto ʻoku ne aʻau.”—Sāme 15:1, 2.
13 ʻE anga-fēfē leva malava ke tau leʻohi hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó ʻi ha māmani kuo pito ʻi he koví? (Palovepi 4:23; Efeso 2:2) Tānaki mai ki heʻetau ngāue kakato ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki fakalaumālie kotoa pē, kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa e feinga kotoa pē ke talitekeʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku koví pea fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leleí, pea fakavave hono faí telia naʻa tuʻituʻia ʻa e ngaahi holi taʻetotonu ko iá pea fanauʻi ai ha angahala. (Semisi 1:14, 15) Fakakaukau ki he fiefia te ke maʻú kapau naʻe pehē atu ʻa Sīsū hangē ko ia ko ʻene lea fekauʻaki mo Nātanielá: “Vakai, [ko ha tangata ena] ʻoku ʻikai ha kākā ʻiate ia!” (Sione 1:48 [Sione 1:47, PM]) Ko Nātaniela, ʻa ia naʻe toe ui ko Pātolomiú, naʻá ne maʻu ki mui ʻa e monū ko e hoko ko e taha ʻo e kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko 12 ʻa Sīsuú.—Maake 3:16-19.
“Ko ha Taulaʻeiki-Lahi ʻOku ʻOfangofua mo Lototō”
14. Naʻe fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa Sīsū ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Melé ʻi hono fakahoa ki he tali ʻa e niʻihi kehé?
14 ʻI he hoko ko e “Imisi ia ʻo e ʻOtua ko e Taʻehamai,” ʻa Sihova, ʻoku faʻifaʻitaki haohaoa maʻu pē ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene Tamaí ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻia ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi ki he ʻOtuá mei ha loto-maʻa. (Kolose 1:15) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe nima ki muʻa ke luva atu ʻene moʻuí, naʻe fakaafeʻi ai ʻa Sīsū mo ha niʻihi ʻo ʻene kau ākongá ki he ʻapi ʻo Saimone ʻo Pētaní. Lolotonga ʻa e efiafi ko iá, ko Mele, ʻa e tuofefine ʻo Lāsalosí mo e tokoua ʻo Māʻatá, naʻá ne ‘toʻo ha pauni lolo tākai, ko e naati moʻoni pea mahuʻinga lahi’ (tatau nai mo e vāhenga ʻi he taʻu), ʻo ne lilingi ʻi he ʻulu mo e vaʻe ʻo Sīsuú. (Sione 12:3) “Ko e maumau meʻa pehe koeʻumaʻā?” ko e lea ia ʻa e niʻihi. Ka ko Sīsū, naʻe sio ia ki he ngāue ʻa Melé mei ha tafaʻaki kehe ʻaupito. Naʻe vakai ia ki ai ko ha ngāue ʻo e loto-fiefoaki lahi mo mahuʻinga lahi ʻi he vakai atu ki he tuʻunuku ʻene pekiá mo hono telió. Ko ia ai, ʻi he ʻikai te ne fakaangaʻi ʻa Melé, naʻe fakalāngilangiʻi ia ʻe Sīsū. “ʻIlonga ha potu ʻi mamani katoa ʻe malangaʻaki ai ʻa e Kosipeli ni,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ʻe leaʻaki ai foki ʻa e meʻa ne fai ʻe siʻi fefine ni, ko e fakamanatu kiate ia.”—Mātiu 26:6-13.
15, 16. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻaonga fēfē mei he ʻosi moʻui ko ia mo tauhi ʻa Sīsū ki he ʻOtuá ko ha tangatá?
15 He monūʻia ē ko kitautolu ʻi hono maʻu ha tokotaha houngaʻia pehē hangē ko hotau Takimuʻa ko Sīsuú! Ko hono moʻoní, ko e moʻui ʻa Sīsū ko ha tangatá naʻe teuʻi ai ia ki he ngāue naʻe tuku tauhi ki ai ʻe Sihová—ke ngāue ko e Taulaʻeiki Lahi mo e Tuʻi, ʻuluakí ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau paní pea toki hoko ki he māmaní.—Kolose 1:13; Hepelu 7:26; Fakahā 11:15.
16 Ki muʻa ke ne haʻu ki māmaní, ne ʻosi maʻu ʻe Sīsū ia ha mahuʻingaʻia lahi mo ha ʻofa makehe ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (Palovepi 8:31) ʻI heʻene moʻui ko ha tangatá, naʻá ne hoko ai ʻo mahinoʻi kakato ange ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻoku tau hokosia ʻi heʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá. “Naʻe pau ke fakatatau ai [ʻa Sīsū] mo hono ngaahi tokoua ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “koeʻuhi ke ne hoko ko ha taulaʻeiki-lahi ʻoku ʻofangofua mo lototō . . . He ko e meʻa kuo ne mamahi ai ʻe ia ʻi hono ʻahiʻahiʻi, ʻoku ne lava ke tokoni ai kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi.” ʻOku malava ʻa Sīsū ke “[kaungāongoʻi] ʻi hotau ngaahi vaivaiʻanga” koeʻuhi “kuo ʻosi ʻahiʻahi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe, hange ko kitautolu, kae ʻikai haʻane angahala.”—Hepelu 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16.
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitu ʻi ʻĒsia Mainá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lahi ʻo e mahino ʻa Sīsuú? (e) Naʻe teuteuʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane pani ko iá ki he hā?
17 Ko hono mahinoʻi lahi ange ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻo hono kau muimuí naʻe hā mahino ia ʻi he hili ʻene toetuʻú. Fakakaukau ki heʻene ngaahi tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitu ʻi ʻĒsia Mainá, ʻa ia ne hiki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné. Ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sīmaná, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku ou ʻilo pe hoʻo mamahiʻia, mo hoʻo masiva.” ʻI hení, ko hono moʻoní, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: ‘ʻOku ou mahinoʻi kakato hoʻo ngaahi palopalemá; ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi moʻoni ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke fouá.’ Pea ʻi he manavaʻofa fakatouʻosi mo e mafai naʻá ne maʻu mei heʻene faingataʻaʻia tonu ʻo aʻu ki he maté, naʻe tānaki mai ʻe Sīsū: “Pikitai kiate au, ʻo aʻu ki he mate, pea te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻa e kalauni ʻo e moʻui.”—Fakahā 2:8-10.
18 Ko e ngaahi tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitú ʻoku fonu ʻi he ngaahi fakahāhā ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e lāuʻilo kakato ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi faingataʻaʻia ʻo ʻene kau ākongá mo ʻene houngaʻia moʻoni ʻi heʻenau moʻui anga-tonú. (Fakahā 2:1–3:22) Manatuʻi ko e faʻahinga naʻe lea ki ai ʻa Sīsuú ko e kau Kalisitiane pani naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ke pule fakataha mo ia ʻi hēvani. ʻI he molomolo muivaʻe ʻi honau ʻEikí, naʻe teuteuʻi ai kinautolu ki honau ngafa fungani ko e tokoni ke fakahoko atu ʻaki ʻa e manavaʻofa tahá ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Kalaisí ki he faʻahinga mahamahaki ko ia ʻo e tangatá.—Fakahā 5:9, 10; 22:1-5.
19, 20. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku faʻu ʻaki ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻenau houngaʻia kia Sihova mo hono ʻAló?
19 Ko e moʻoni, ko e ʻofa ʻa Sīsū ki hono kau muimui paní ʻoku toe fakaaʻu ia ki heʻene “fanga sipi kehe” mateakí, ʻa ia ko e laui miliona ʻo kinautolu ʻoku faʻuʻaki he taimí ni ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi . . . mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē,” ʻa ia te nau hao moʻui ʻi he “mamahi lahi” ka hoko maí. (Sione 10:16; Fakahā 7:9, 14) Ko e faʻahingá ni ʻoku nau ʻaukolo ki he tafaʻaki ʻo Sīsuú ʻi he houngaʻia ki heʻene feilaulau huhuʻí pea ki heʻenau ʻamanaki ki he moʻui taʻengatá. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻenau fakahāhā ʻenau houngaʻiá? ʻOku nau fai ia ʻaki ʻenau “tauhi [ki he ʻOtuá] ʻi he ʻaho mo e po.”—Fakahā 7:15-17.
20 Ko e līpooti ʻi māmani lahi ki he taʻu fakangāue 2006 ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he peesi 27 ki he 30, ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni māʻalaʻala ko e kau faifekau faitōnunga ko ení ʻoku nau fai moʻoni kia Sihova ʻa e ‘tauhi ʻi he ʻaho mo e po.’ Ko hono moʻoní, lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ʻe taha ko iá, ko kinautolu fakataha mo e kulupu mātuʻaki tokosiʻi ʻo e toenga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní naʻa nau līʻoa ʻa e houa fakakātoa ʻe 1,333,966,199 ki he ngāue fakafaifekau ki he kakaí—ko e tatau ia ʻo e taʻu ʻe 150,000 tupu lahi!
Hokohoko Atu ke Fakahāhā ʻa e Houngaʻiá!
21, 22. (a) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo hono fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻiá, ko e hā kuo pau ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau tokanga tautefito ki he ʻahó ni? (e) Ko e hā te tau lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
21 ʻI he feangainga mo e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá, kuo fakahāhā ʻe Sihova mo hono ʻAló ha houngaʻia loloto ʻoku hulu fau. Neongo ia, ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau loko fakakaukau ʻanautolu ki he ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku nau tokanga taha kinautolu ki he ngaahi meʻa pē ʻoku nau hohaʻa ki aí. ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku moʻui ʻi he “kuonga fakamui,” naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Ko hono kakai te nau ʻofa kiate kinautolu pe, te nau ʻofa ki he paʻanga . . . ko e kau taʻehounga.” (2 Timote 3:1-5) He faikehekehe moʻoni ē ko e faʻahinga peheé mo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní, ʻa ia fakafou ʻi he lotu loto-moʻoni, talangofua loto-fiefai mo e ngāue ʻaufuatō, ʻoku nau fakahāhā ai ʻenau houngaʻia ki he meʻa kotoa kuo fai ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻa kinautolú!—Sāme 62:8; Maake 12:30; 1 Sione 5:3.
22 ʻI he kupu hoko maí, te tau toe vakai ai ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tokonaki lahi fakalaumālie kuo fakaaʻu anga-ʻofa mai ʻe Sihova kia kitautolú. ʻI heʻetau fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi “foaki lelei” ko ení, ʻofa ke fakaʻau ʻo toe loloto ange ʻetau houngaʻiá.—Semisi 1:17.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Sihova ko ha ʻOtua houngaʻia ia?
• ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau nofo lilo aí, ʻe lava fēfē ke tau ʻai ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová ke fiefia?
• ʻI he ngaahi founga fē naʻe fakahāhā ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e houngaʻiá?
• Naʻe tokoniʻi fēfē ʻa Sīsū ʻe heʻene moʻui ko ha tangatá ke hoko ko ha pule ʻoku manavaʻofa mo houngaʻia?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
Hangē ko e ʻofa ʻa ha faʻē ki ha kiʻi meʻaʻofa maʻamaʻa haʻane kiʻi tama, ʻoku houngaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ʻoatu ai kiate ia ʻetau lelei tahá