Ko Sihová ʻOkú Ne ʻOfa ʻi he Fakamaau Totonú
“Ko au ko Jihova oku ou ofa ki he fakamaau [totonú].”—AISEA 61:8, PM.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ongo foʻi lea ko e “fakamaau totonu” mo e “fakamaau taʻetotonu”? (e) Ko e hā e lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo Sihova mo hono ʻulungāanga fakamaau totonú?
KO E fakamaau totonú kuo fakamatalaʻi ia ‘ko e tuʻunga ʻo e taʻefilifilimānako, faitotonu mo e ngāue ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa ʻoku totonu mo lelei fakamōlalé.’ Ko e fakamaau taʻetotonú ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e taʻefaitotonu, tomuʻa fehiʻa, kovi, fakahoko tuʻungaʻa ʻa e maumau ki he niʻihi kehé.
2 ʻI he meimei taʻu ʻe 3,500 kuohilí, naʻe tohi ai ʻa Mōsese ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Hau Fakalevelevá, ʻa Sihova: “Ko ʻene ngaahi foungá kotoa ʻoku fakamaau totonu. Ko ha ʻOtua ʻo e faitōnunga, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻiate ia.” (Teutalonome 32:4, NW) Laka hake he senituli ʻe fitu ki mui ai, naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻAisea ke ne hiki ʻa e ngaahi leá ni: “Ko au ko Jihova oku ou ofa ki he fakamāu [totonú].” (Aisea 61:8, PM) ʻI he ʻuluaki senitulí leva, naʻe kalanga ai ʻa Paula: “Oku i he Otua ae taeagatonu [pe fakamaau taʻetotonu]? Ikai aubito.” (Loma 9:14, PM) Pea ʻi he senituli tatau, naʻe talaki ai ʻe Pita: “ʻOku ʻikai ke filifilimanako ʻa e ʻOtua: ka neongo pē ko e fēʻia ʻa e kakai, ka ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻoku ʻapasia kiate ia, pea ngāue fai ki he totonu, ʻoku ngofua ke ne aʻu mai kiate ia.” (Ngāue 10:34, 35) ʻIo, “oku ofa a Jihova ki he fakamāu [totonú].”—Sāme 37:28, PM; Malakai 3:6.
Failahia ʻa e Fakamaau Taʻetotonú
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tupu ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻi he māmaní?
3 Ko e fakamaau totonú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tuʻunga ia ʻoku failahia he ʻahó ni. ʻE lava ke tau hoko ko e kau faingataʻaʻianoa ʻi he ngaahi ngāue taʻetotonú ʻi he ngaahi lēvolo kotoa pē ʻo e sōsaietí—ʻi heʻetau ngāueʻangá, ʻi he ʻapiakó, ʻi heʻetau feangainga mo e kau maʻu mafaí, pea ʻi he ngaahi founga kehe—naʻa mo e ʻi he siakale fakafāmilí. Ko e moʻoni, ko e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu peheé ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa foʻou ia. Naʻe hoko mai ia ki he fāmili ʻo e tangatá ʻi he taimi naʻe angatuʻu ai pea hoko ʻo maumau-lao ʻetau ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá, ʻi hono fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he meʻamoʻui laumālie angatuʻu ko ia naʻe hoko ko Sētane ko e Tēvoló. Naʻe taʻetotonu moʻoni kia ʻĀtama, ʻIvi, mo Sētane ke nau ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e meʻaʻofa fungani ʻo e tauʻatāina ke fili naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kia kinautolú. Ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāue halá ʻe iku ia ki he faingataʻaʻia lahi mo e mate ki he fāmili fakakātoa ʻo e tangatá.—Senesi 3:1-6; Loma 5:12; Hepelu 2:14.
4. Ko e hā hono fuoloa ʻo e hoko ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú ko e konga ʻo e hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá?
4 Kuo hoko ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 6,000 talu mei he angatuʻu ʻi ʻĪtení ko e konga ia ʻo e sōsaieti fakaetangatá. Naʻe lava moʻoni ke ʻamanekina eni koeʻuhí ko Sētane ʻa e ʻotua ʻo e māmani ko ení. (2 Kolinito 4:4) Ko ha tokotaha loi ia pea ko e tamai ia ʻa e loí, ko ha tokotaha lauʻikovi loi pea ko ha tokotaha-talitekeʻi ia ʻo Sihova. (Sione 8:44) Kuó ne fakahoko maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu mafatukituki. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi hano konga koeʻuhi ko e tākiekina kovi ʻa Sētane ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmaki ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá, naʻe ʻafio ai ʻa e ʻOtuá “kuo fakautuutu ʻa e kovi ʻa e tangata ʻi mamani, pea ʻoku kovi ʻatā ʻa e filioʻi kotoa pe ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa hono loto maʻuaipe.” (Senesi 6:5) Ko e tuʻunga ko iá naʻe kei failahia pē ʻi he taimi ʻo Sīsuú. Naʻá ne pehē: “ʻOku lahi pe ki he ʻaho ni ʻa hono kovi oʻona,” ʻo ʻuhingá ki he ngaahi palopalema fakalotomamahi, hangē ko e fakamaau taʻetotonú. (Mātiu 6:34) ʻOku tonu moʻoni ai e lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú: “ʻOku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo langā ʻa Natula katoa.”—Loma 8:22.
5. Ko e hā ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú ʻi hotau taimí ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻá?
5 Ko ia ai, ko e ngaahi meʻa kovi ʻoku iku ki he ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu mafatukitukí kuo hoko ia ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá. ʻI he taimi ní ʻoku toe kovi ange ʻa e tuʻungá ʻi ha toe taimi. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko e fokotuʻutuʻu taʻefakaʻotua ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotongá kuo ʻi hono “kuonga fakamui” ʻi he laui hongofuluʻi taʻu, ʻo ne hokosia ha “ngaahi taimi faingataʻa” ʻi heʻene fakaofiofi ki hono ngataʻangá. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko eni ʻi he hisitōliá, ʻe hoko ai ʻa e kakaí ʻo “ʻofa kiate kinautolu pe, te nau ʻofa ki he paʻanga, te nau fielahi, te nau angataʻetokaʻi, te nau lea fieʻotua, . . . ko e kau taʻehounga, ko e kau angataʻemolumalu, ko e kau taeʻofa-ki-hoʻota, ko e kau taʻe fakamolemole, ko e kau fakakovi, ko e kau taʻefakamaʻumaʻu, ko e kau angafakamanu, ko e kau taeʻofa ki he lelei, ko e kau lavaki, ko e kau ʻohonoa, ko e kau loto ʻaoʻaofia ʻi he ʻafungi.” (2 Timote 3:1-5) Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga kovi hangē ko ení ʻoku taki atu ia ki he ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu kehekehe.
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu fakamaau taʻetotonu kuó ne fakamamahiʻi ʻa e fāmili ʻo e tangatá ʻi onopōní?
6 ʻI he taʻu ʻe teau fakamuimuí kuo aʻu ai ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú ki ha tuʻunga naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito hoko ki muʻa. He ko e taha e meʻa, ko e ngaahi taʻu eni kuo lahi taha ai ʻa e taú. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku fakafuofua ʻe he kau faihisitōlia ʻe niʻihi ʻo pehē ʻi he Tau II ʻa Māmaní pē, naʻe fakatahaʻi ai ʻa e kau maté ki he toko 50 miliona ki he 60 miliona nai, ko e tokolahi taha aí ko e kau siviliane—ko e kakai tangata, kakai fefine mo e fānau tonuhia. Talu mei he ʻosi ʻa e tau ko iá, kuo tāmateʻi ai ʻa e laui miliona lahi ange ʻi he ngaahi fepaki kehekehe, ko e toe tokolahí ai pē ko e kau siviliane. ʻOku pouaki ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu peheé koeʻuhí ʻokú ne ʻita lahi, ʻi heʻene ʻiloʻi kuo vavé ni ke ikunaʻi fakaʻaufuli ia ʻe Sihova. ʻOku peheni hono fakahaaʻi ia ʻe he kikite ʻa e Tohi Tapú: “Kuo hoko hifo ʻa e Tevolo kiate kimoua, ʻoku ne ʻita lahi, ko ʻene ʻilo, ʻoku toesiʻi pe hono taimi.”—Fakahā 12:12.
7 Ko e fakamole he taimí ni ʻi māmani lahi ki he naunau taú ʻi he taʻu taki taha ʻoku ʻi he tola ʻAmelika nai ia ʻe tiliona. Ko e kakai ʻe laui teau miliona ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he moʻuí, ko ia fakakaukau atu ki he lelei naʻe mei lava ke fai ʻe he paʻanga kotoa ko iá ʻo kapau naʻe fakamoleki ia ki ha ngaahi ngāue ʻoku melinó. Ko e kakai nai ʻe toko taha piliona ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ha meʻakai feʻunga, lolotonga ia ʻoku mahu ʻa e niʻihi kehé ia. Fakatatau ki ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá, ko e fānau ʻe toko nima miliona nai ʻoku nau mate tupu mei he fiekaiá ʻi he taʻu taki taha. He taʻetotonu moʻoni ē ko ia! Toe fakakaukau atu foki ki he fuʻu kau tonuhia tokolahi ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻi he fakatōtamá. Ko e fakafuofuá ʻoku mei he toko 40 miliona ki he 60 miliona ʻi māmani lahi ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē! Ko ha fakamaau taʻetotonu fakalilifu moʻoni ē!
8. ʻE toki lava fēfē pē ke fakahoko mai ʻa e fakamaau totonu moʻoní ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
8 Ko e kau pule fakaetangatá ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ha ngaahi fakaleleiʻanga ki he ngaahi fuʻu palopalema ʻokú ne fakamamahiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he ʻaho ní; pea heʻikai lelei ange ʻa e tuʻungá koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi feinga fakaetangatá. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau taimí “ko e kakai kovi mo fakahekeheke te nau fakaaʻau atu mei he kovi ki he kovi, heʻenau kākāʻi ʻa e kakai kehe, pea kākāʻi mo kinautolu.” (2 Timote 3:13) Kuo hoko ʻaupito ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú ko ha konga ia ʻo e faʻunga ʻo e moʻui fakaʻahó ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai lava ke toʻo ʻe he tangatá. Ko e ʻOtua pē ʻo e fakamaau totonú ʻe lava ke ne toʻo iá. Ko ia pē ʻe lava ke ne toʻo ʻa Sētane, ko e kau tēmenioó mo e faʻahinga kovi ʻo e tangatá.—Selemaia 10:23, 24.
Mahinongofua ʻa e Hohaʻá
9, 10. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ai ʻo ongoʻi siva ʻa ʻĒsafé?
9 ʻI he kuohilí, naʻa mo e kau tohi Tohi Tapu ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fifili ki he ʻuhinga kuo ʻikai ke fai mo kau mai ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangatá pea ʻomai ʻa e fakamaau totonu moʻoní mo e māʻoniʻoní. Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha tangata ʻe taha ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Ko e fakamatala ʻi ʻolunga ki he Sāme 73 ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e hingoa ʻo ʻĒsafé, ʻo ʻuhinga iá ki ha faihiva Līvai tuʻu-ki-muʻa lolotonga ʻa e pule ʻa Tuʻi Tēvitá pe ki he kau faihiva ʻi he fale ʻa ia naʻe ʻulumotuʻa ai ʻa ʻĒsafé. Ko ʻĒsafe mo hono hakó naʻa nau faʻu ʻa e ngaahi taʻanga hiva lahi ʻa ia naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he lotu ʻa e kakaí. Neongo ia, ʻi he taimi ʻe taha ʻi heʻene moʻuí, naʻe hoko ai ʻa e tokotaha tohi ʻo e saame ko ení ʻo ongoʻi siva fakalaumālie. Naʻá ne mamata ki he tuʻumālie fakamatelie ʻa e kakai fulikivanú, pea naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ne nau faʻa hā fiemālie ʻi heʻenau moʻuí, ʻo ʻikai te nau hokosia ha ngaahi nunuʻa kovi.
10 ʻOku tau lau: “Naʻa ku meheka ki he kau fakamalohi, ʻeku sio ki he tuʻumalie ʻa e haʻa fai kovi. He hange ʻoku ʻikai ke haʻisia kinautolu: Pea ʻoku fefeka ai pe honau ngu. ʻOku ʻikai te nau moʻua ʻi he ongosia ʻo haʻa vaivai; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke teʻia kinautolu ʻo hange ko haʻa malohi.” (Sāme 73:2-8) Ka ʻi he faai pē ʻa e taimí naʻe toki fakatokangaʻi ai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi Tohi Tapu ko iá ko ha vakai tamaki pehē naʻe hala ia. (Sāme 73:15, 16) Naʻe feinga ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ke feʻunuʻaki ʻene fakakaukaú, ka naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e ʻuhinga ne hā ai ʻoku hao ʻa e fulikivanú ʻi heʻenau faihalá lolotonga ia ʻoku faʻa faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kakai ʻoku hehema totonú.
11. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻo mahinoʻi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-saame ko ʻĒsafé?
11 Faifai atu pē, ko e tangata faitōnunga ko ia ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻá ne hoko ʻo mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tuku tauhi mai ki he fulikivanú—ʻe fakatonutonu aofangatuku ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. (Sāme 73:17-19) Naʻe tohi ʻe Tēvita: “Tatali kia Sihova, pea tauhi hono ʻalunga, pea te ne hakeakiʻi koe ke maʻu ʻa e fonua: Ka hoko ʻa e motuhi ʻo haʻa faikovi te ke mātā ia.”—Sāme 37:9, 11, 34.
12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e fulikivanú pea mo e fakamaau taʻetotonú? (e) ʻOku fēfē hoʻo ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e fakaleleiʻanga ko ia ki he palopalema ʻo e fakamaau taʻetotonú?
12 ʻOku pau moʻoni, ko e taumuʻa ia ʻa Sihová ke fakangata ʻosi ʻa e fulikivanú mo e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻoku feʻao mo iá mei he māmani ko ení ʻi heʻene taimi kotofa pē ʻaʻana. Ko e meʻa ia naʻa mo e kau Kalisitiane mateakí ʻoku totonu ke nau fakamanatuʻi maʻu pē kiate kinautolu. ʻE toʻo ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakafepaki ki hono finangaló, pea te ne fakapaleʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo iá. “ʻOku vakaiʻi ʻe hono foʻi fofonga, ʻoku sivi ʻe hono lauʻifofonga ʻa e hakoʻi tangata. ʻOku sivi ʻe Sihova ʻa e maʻoniʻoni: Ka ko e angakovi, mo e ʻofa ki he fakamalohi, ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻene moʻui. Ke ne fakaʻuha muʻa ki he angakovi ʻa e malaʻi afi mo e sulifa; ko e ʻinasi ʻo ʻenau ipu ko matangi vela. He ko e faitotonu ʻa Sihova; ko e meʻa totonu ʻoku ne manakoa.”—Sāme 11:4-7.
Ko ha Māmani Foʻou ʻo e Fakamaau Totonu
13, 14. Ko e hā ʻe failahia ai ʻa e faitotonú mo e fakamaau totonú ʻi he māmani foʻoú?
13 ʻI hono fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa taʻetotonu ko eni ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Sētané, te Ne ʻomai ai ha māmani foʻou lāngilangiʻia. ʻE puleʻi ia ʻe he Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa hono kau muimuí ke nau lotu ke hoko maí. Ko e fulikivanú mo e fakamaau taʻetotonú ʻe fetongi ia ʻe he māʻoniʻoní mo e fakamaau totonú, ʻa ia ʻe toki tali ai ʻa e lotú ʻi he ʻuhinga kakato tahá: “Ke hoko hoʻo Pule, ke fai ho Finangalo, hange ko ia ʻi he langi ke pehe foki ʻi māmani.”—Mātiu 6:10.
14 ʻOku tala mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kia kitautolu ʻa e faʻahinga pule ʻoku lava ke tau ʻamanekiná, ʻa e pule ʻoku fakaʻamu ki ai he taimí ni ʻa e kau loto-totonu kotoa pē. ʻE toki fakahoko ai ʻa e Sāme 145:16 ʻi hono ʻuhinga kakato tahá: “ʻOku ke [Sihova ko e ʻOtuá] folahi ho nima, pea ke fakamakona ʻa e holi ʻa e meʻa moʻui kotoa.” ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Aisea 32:1: “Vakai ʻe pule maʻoniʻoni ha tuʻi [Kalaisi Sīsū ʻi hēvani]; pea ko e meʻa ki he houʻeiki [kau fakafofonga fakaemāmani ʻo Kalaisí] te nau fai ʻenau pule ʻo tāu mo e konisitutone” pe fakamaau totonu. Fekauʻaki mo e Tuʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku tomuʻa tala ʻe he Aisea 9:7 (9:6, PM): “ʻE ʻikai fakangatangata ʻa e tupu o ʻene pule mo e melino, ʻEne ʻafio ʻi he taloni ʻo Tevita, mo ʻene pule ki hono puleʻanga, ke fokotuʻu ia, pea ke pouʻaki ʻa e fakakonisitutone [pe fakamaau totonú] mo e faitotonu, mei he taimi ni ʻo fai atu ki he taʻengata. Ko e fuaʻa ʻo Sihova Sapaoti te ne fai ʻa e meʻa ko ia.” ʻOku lava ke ke sio atu ki haʻo moʻui ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule faitotonu ko iá?
15. Ko e hā ʻe fai ʻe Sihova maʻá e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he māmani foʻoú?
15 ʻI he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá, heʻikai ke tau kei maʻu ai ʻa e ʻuhinga ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Koheleti 4:1: “Pea u foki ai ʻo vakai ʻa e ngaahi fakamalohi kehekehe ʻoku fai ʻi he lalo laʻa: pea vakai, ko e loʻimata é ʻo siʻi fakamalohia, kae ʻikai ha taha ke fakafiemalie kiate kinautolu; ʻio, ʻi he feituʻu ʻa fakamalohi naʻe ai ha fefeka, kae ʻikai ha taha ke fai ha fakafiemalie ki he faʻahinga ko é.” Ko e moʻoni, ʻi hotau ʻatamai taʻehaohaoá, ʻoku faingataʻa ke fakaʻuta atu ki he fakaofo moʻoni ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ko iá. Heʻikai kei ʻi ai ha kovi; ʻi hono kehé ʻe fakafonuʻaki ʻa e ʻaho kotoa pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei. ʻIo, ʻe fakatonutonu ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻa ia ʻoku halá, ʻo fai ia ʻi ha founga ʻoku mahulu mamaʻo atu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau ʻamanekiná. He feʻungamālie moʻoni ʻa hono fakamānavaʻi ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ke ne tohi: “ʻI he funga ʻo e talaʻofa ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ki ha ngaahi langi foʻou mo ha fonua foʻou, ʻa ia ʻoku nofoʻanga ai ʻa maʻoniʻoni”!—2 Pita 3:13.
16. Kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu fēfē ʻa e “langi foʻou,” pea ʻi he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku teuʻi ai he ʻahó ni ʻa e “fonua foʻou”?
16 Ko e moʻoni, ko e “ngaahi langi foʻou,” ʻa e founga-pule fakahēvani ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he nima ʻo Kalaisí, kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu ia. Ko kinautolu ʻa ia ʻe faʻuʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga tefito ʻo e “fonua foʻou,” ko ha sōsaieti fakaemāmani foʻou ʻo e kakai ʻoku hehema totonú, ʻoku fakatahatahaʻi kinautolu lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ko ení. ʻOku ʻosi ofi honau tokolahí ʻi he toko fitu miliona, ʻi he fonua ʻikai siʻi hifo ʻi he 235 pea ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga nai ʻe 100,000. Ko e laui milioná ni kuo nau ako ʻa e ngaahi founga māʻoniʻoni mo totonu ʻa Sihová, pea ko hono olá, ʻoku nau maʻu ʻi māmani lahi ha fāʻūtaha ʻa ia ʻoku fakamaʻu ʻe he ʻofa faka-Kalisitiané. Ko ʻenau fāʻūtahá ko e meʻa ʻilonga taha ia mo tuʻuloa taha ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e māmaní, ko ha fāʻūtaha ʻoku fakalaka ia ʻi ha meʻa pē kuo hokosia ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku pule ki ai ʻa Sētané. Ko e ʻofa mo e fāʻūtaha peheé ko e tomuʻa fakaʻali ia ʻo e taimi fakaofo ʻe hoko mai ʻi he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻe puleʻi ʻi he māʻoniʻoni mo e fakamaau totonu.—Aisea 2:2-4; Sione 13:34, 35; Kolose 3:14.
ʻIkai Lavameʻa ʻa e ʻOho ʻa Sētané
17. Ko e hā ʻoku pau ai ke taʻelavameʻa ʻa e ʻoho fakaʻosi ʻa Sētane ki he kakai ʻa Sihová?
17 Kuo vavé ni ke ʻohofi ʻe Sētane mo hono kau muimuí ʻa e kau lotu ʻa Sihová ʻi ha feinga ke fakaʻauha ʻosi kinautolu. (Isikeli 38:14-23) ʻE hoko ia ko e konga ʻo e meʻa naʻe ui ʻe Sīsū ko e “mamahi lahi, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki hano tatau mei he kamataʻanga ʻo mamani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni, ʻoi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai.” (Mātiu 24:21) ʻE lavameʻa ʻa e ʻoho ʻa Sētané? ʻIkai. ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Oku ofa a Jihova ki he fakamāu [totonú], bea oku ikai te ne liaki hono kakai maonioni; kuo fakamoui mau ai be akinautolu: ka e motuhi ae hako oe agakovi. E maʻu e he maonioni ae fonua, bea te nau nofo ai o taegata.”—Sāme 37:28, 29, PM.
18. ʻE fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ʻohofi ka hoko mai ʻe Sētane ʻa Hono kakaí? (e) Ko e hā kuo lelei ai ke ke fakamanatu ʻa e fakamatala makatuʻunga ko eni ʻi he Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e ikuna ʻa e fakamaau totonú?
18 Ko e ʻohofi ʻe Sētane mo ʻene kau taú ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻe hoko ko e fakatupu houhau fakaʻosí ia. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sihova fakafou ʻia Sakalaia: “Ko ia ʻoku ne ala kiate kimoutolu ʻoku ne ala ki he tamaʻimata ʻo ʻene ʻAfio.” (Sakalaia 2:8) ʻOku hangē ia hano tuhuʻi ʻe ha taha ʻa e tamaʻimata ʻo Sihová. Te ne tali ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻo toʻo atu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai iá. Ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ko e kakai ʻofa, fāʻūtaha, fakamelino mo tauhi-lao taha ʻi he māmaní. Ko ia ai ko honau ʻohofi ko iá, ʻe mātuʻaki taʻetuha ia mo taʻetotonu. Ko e tokotaha “ʻofa [lahi] ki he fakamāu [totonú]” heʻikai ke ne makātakiʻi ia. Ko ʻene ngāue maʻanautolú ʻe iku ia ki he fakaʻauha taʻengata ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻo hono kakaí, ʻi he ikuna ʻa e fakamaau totonú, pea ʻi he fakamoʻui ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau lotu ki he ʻOtua moʻoni pē tahá. He meʻa fakaofo mo fakafiefia moʻoni ē ʻoku ʻi muʻa tonu ʻia kitautolú!—Palovepi 2:21, 22.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fuʻu failahia ai ʻa e fakamaau taʻetotonú?
• ʻE anga-fēfē hono solova ʻe Sihova ʻa e palopalema ʻo e fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻi he māmaní?
• Ko e hā kuo maongo kiate koe ʻi he ako ko eni fekauʻaki mo e ikuna ʻa e fakamaau totonú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Naʻe hulu fau ʻa e koví ki muʻa ʻi he Lōmakí, pea ʻoku fonu ia ʻi he “kuonga fakamui” ko ení
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24, 25]
ʻI he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe fetongi ai ʻe he fakamaau totonú mo e māʻoniʻoní ʻa e fulikivanú