Hoko Ko e Kau Ngāue Utu-Taʻu Fiefia!
“Ko e utu-taʻú ʻoku lahi, ka ko e kau ngāué ʻoku tokosiʻi. Ko ia ai, kole ki he ʻEiki ʻo e utu-taʻú ke ne fekau mai ha kau ngāue ki heʻene utu-taʻú.”—MĀTIU 9:37, 38, NW.
1. Ko e hā ʻokú ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau kītaki ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá?
ʻI HEʻETAU manatu ki he ʻaho ʻo hotau papitaiso ke hoko ko e taha ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, pe naʻe hoko ia ʻi he ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuo maliu atú pe ngaahi taʻu lahi, ʻoku hangē naʻe toki hoko pē ia ʻaneafí. Ko hono fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihová naʻe hoko ia ko e poini tefito ʻo ʻetau moʻui fakatapuí. ʻI heʻetau fakatau mai ʻa e taimi faingamālie ke tokoniʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fanongo mo lava ke tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá, ko e ngāue fiefia kia Sihová naʻa tau tokanga lahi ki aí. (Efeso 5:15, 16) ʻI he aʻu mai ki he ʻaho ní, ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e ʻalu vave ʻaupito ʻa e taimí ʻi heʻetau femoʻuekina, “ʻi he maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ke fai ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí.” (1 Kolinito 15:58, NW) Neongo ʻoku tau fetaulaki mo e ngaahi palopalema, ko ʻetau fiefia ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová te ne fakaʻaiʻai kitautolú.—Nehemaia 8:10.
2. Ko e hā ʻoku tokoni ki he fiefia ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻu fakaefakatātaá?
2 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku tau kau ʻi ha ngāue utu-taʻu fakaefakatātā. Naʻe fakatatau ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa hono tānaki mai ʻo e faʻahinga tāutaha ki he moʻui taʻengatá ki ha utu-taʻu. (Sione 4:35-38) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau kau ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻu peheé, ʻe hoko ko e fakalototoʻa ʻa hono sivisiviʻi ʻa e fiefia ʻa e muʻaki kau ngāue utu-taʻu faka-Kalisitiané. Te tau toe vakai ki he ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe tolu ʻoku tokoni ki he fiefia ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻu ʻi he ʻaho ní. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni (1) ko ʻetau pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí, (2) ko e lavameʻa ʻo ʻetau fekumí, pea (3) mo ʻetau fakakaukau faka-melino ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻú.
Fekau Atu ko e Kau Ngāue Utu-Taʻu
3. ʻI he tafaʻaki fē naʻe hokosia ai ʻe he muʻaki kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ʻa e fiefiá?
3 He toki liliu lahi ē ko e moʻui ʻa e muʻaki kau ngāue utu-taʻú—tautautefito ki he kau ʻapositolo loto-tōnunga ʻe toko 11 ʻa Sīsuú—ʻi he ʻaho ʻi he 33 T.S. ʻi he taimi naʻa nau ō ai ki ha moʻunga ʻi Kāleli ke fetaulaki ai mo Kalaisi kuo toetuʻú! (Mātiu 28:16) Ko e “kainga lotu [“fanga tokoua,” NW] ʻe toko nimangeau tupu” ne nau ʻi ai nai ʻi he taimi ko iá. (1 Kolinito 15:6) Ko e fekau naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū kiate kinautolú naʻe fakamanatu hokohoko ai kiate kinautolu. Naʻá ne tala kiate kinautolu: “Mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni, mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Neongo ʻa e fakatanga fakamamahí, naʻa nau hokosia ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻú ʻi heʻenau sio ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Kalaisí ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, ko e ‘kosipelí ne malangaʻaki ki he meʻa moʻui kotoa pe ʻi he lalo langí.’—Kolose 1:23; Ngāue 1:8; 16:5.
4. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e tuʻunga fē naʻe fekauʻi atu ai ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisí?
4 ʻI he kamakamata mai pē ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Kālelí, naʻe ui ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko 12 pea fekau atu kinautolu tautefito ke nau talaki: “Kuo ofi ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Hevani.” (Mātiu 10:1-7) Ko ia tonu naʻá ne “foli . . . ʻa e ngāhi kolo [Kālelí] mo e ngāhi vilisi, ʻo ne faiako ʻi honau ngāhi falelotu, mo ne malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli ʻo e Puleʻanga: pea neongo pe ko e hā ha alangamahaki, pe ha mahamahaki naʻa ne [fakamoʻui] ia.” Naʻe langa ʻa e fatu ʻo Sīsuú ʻi he ʻofa ki he fuʻu kakaí “he naʻa nau nofo ongosia mo tukuhausia, ʻo hange ko ha fanga sipi taʻe hanau tauhi.” (Mātiu 9:35, 36) ʻI hono ueʻi lolotó, naʻá ne tala leva ki heʻene kau ākongá: “ʻIo, ko e utu-taʻú ʻoku lahi, ka ko e kau ngāué ʻoku tokosiʻi. Ko ia ai, kole ki he ʻEiki ʻo e utu-taʻú [Sihova ko e ʻOtuá] ke ne fekau mai ha kau ngāue ki heʻene utu-taʻú.” (Mātiu 9:37, 38, NW) Ko e fakafuofua ʻa Sīsū ki he fiemaʻu ʻo e kau ngāue utu-taʻú naʻe tatau mo ia ʻi Siuteá ʻi he toe pē ʻa e māhina ʻe ono ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he māmaní. (Luke 10:2) ʻI he ongo taimí fakatouʻosi, naʻá ne fekau atu ai hono kau muimuí ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻu.—Mātiu 10:5; Luke 10:3.
Ko ʻEtau Pōpoaki ʻo e ʻAmanakí
5. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga pōpoaki ʻoku tau talakí?
5 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihova ʻi he lolotonga ní, ʻoku tau tali fiefia ai ki he ui ki ha kau ngāue utu-taʻu. Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku tokoni lahi ki heʻetau fiefiá ko ʻetau ʻoatu ha pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí ki he kau loto-mamahí mo e loto-mafasiá. Hangē pē ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ko ha monū lahi ē ʻoku tau maʻu ke talaki ʻa e ongoongo leleí—ko ha pōpoaki moʻoni ʻo e ʻamanakí—ki he faʻahinga “ongosia mo tukuhāusia, ʻo hange ko ha fanga sipi taʻe hanau tauhi”!
6. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe femoʻuekina ai ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí?
6 ʻI he aʻu mai ki he vaeuaʻanga ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe femoʻuekina ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Pea ko ʻene ngāue utu-taʻú naʻe ola lelei moʻoni, he ʻi heʻene tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó ʻi he 55 T.S. nai, naʻá ne pehē: “Kainga, ʻoku ou fakapapau atu ʻa e Kosipeli naʻa ku malangaʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ʻa ia naʻa mou tali foki, ʻio, pea ʻoku mou tuʻu ai foki.” (1 Kolinito 15:1) Ko e kau ʻapositoló mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiane kehé naʻa nau hoko ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻu mālohi. Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke tala mai ʻe he Tohitapú ia kiate kitautolu pe ko e kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko fiha naʻe hao moʻui ʻi he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga naʻe hoko ʻo ngata ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalema ʻi he 70 T.S., ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻe kitautolu naʻe kei malanga ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻi he taʻu ʻe 25 nai ki mui ai.—Fakahā 1:9.
7, 8. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí kuo talaki ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻo fakavavevave ange ia he taimí ni ʻi ha toe taimi?
7 Naʻe hoko mai leva ʻa e laui senituli ʻo e pule ʻa e haʻa faifekau ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻa e “tangata ko Malakilao” tafoki mei he moʻoní. (2 Tesalonaika 2:3) Kae kehe, ʻi he ofi ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e senituli hono 19, ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau feinga ke moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e fuofua lotu faka-Kalisitiané, naʻa nau fataki ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí, ʻo fanongonongo ʻa e Puleʻangá. Ko hono moʻoní, talu mei hono ʻuluaki ʻīsiu (Siulai 1879), ko e ʻuluʻitohi ʻo e makasini ko ʻení kuo kau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi foʻi lea ko e “Talaki ʻa e ʻI Ai ʻa Kalaisí,” “Talaki ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Kalaisí” pe “ʻOku Fanongonongo Ai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Sihová.”
8 Ko e Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he 1914, pea ʻoku tau lolotonga fanongonongo ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí ʻo toe fakavavevave ange ia ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e pule ʻa e Puleʻangá ʻoku kau ai ʻa e tuʻunuku mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu lolotongá. (Taniela 2:44) Ko e hā ha toe pōpoaki ʻe lelei ange ai? Pea ko e hā ha fiefia lahi ange naʻe mei lava ke tau maʻu ka ko e kau ʻi hono fanongonongo ʻa e Puleʻangá ki muʻa ke hoko mai ʻa e fuʻu “mamahi lahi”?—Mātiu 24:21; Maake 13:10.
Ko ha Fekumi Lavameʻa
9. Ko e hā ʻa e fakahinohino naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e kakaí ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá?
9 Ko e toe moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku tokoni ki heʻetau fiefia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻú ko e lavameʻa ʻo ʻetau fekumi ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau hoko ko e kau ākonga pea kau fakataha mo kitautolu ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻú. ʻI he 31-32 T.S., naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ai ʻe Sīsū ʻene kau ākongá: “Ka mou ka aʻu ki ha kolo, pe ha vilisi, ʻeke pe ko hai ha taha ʻoku tāu.” (Mātiu 10:11) Naʻe ʻikai ke taau ʻa e tokotaha tāutaha kotoa pē, hangē pē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe heʻenau tali ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ka neongo ia, naʻe malangaʻi faivelenga ʻe he kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi ha feituʻu pē naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai.
10. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hokohoko atu ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene kumi ki he faʻahinga tāú?
10 ʻI he hili ʻa e pekia mo e toetuʻu ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe hokohoko longomoʻui atu ai pē ʻa e kumi ki he faʻahinga tāú. Naʻe fakaʻuhinga ʻa Paula mo e kau Siú ʻi honau sinakoké pea mo e kakai naʻe ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu faiʻanga fakatau ʻi ʻAtenisí. ʻI heʻene fai ha fakamoʻoni ʻi he ʻAleopeikó ʻi he kolo Kalisi ko iá, “nae bikitai ae kau tagata niihi kiate ia, bea nau tui: bea nae i ai a Taionisio oe Aleobeiko, bea koe fefine nae higoa ko Temalisi, bea moe niihi foki mo kinautolu.” Ko ha feituʻu pē naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻa Paula, naʻá ne toe hoko ʻo ala faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he malanga “ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kakai, pea ʻi he fale taki taha.”—Ngāue 17:17, 34, PM; Ngāue 20:20.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ki hono fakahoko ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he ngaahi taʻu kuo maliu atú?
11 ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu fakaʻosi ʻo e senituli hono 19, naʻe kau loto-toʻa ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻi he kumi ki he faʻahinga tāú. ʻI ha kupu naʻe fakakaveinga ko e “Pani ke Malangá,” naʻe pehē ai ʻe he Zion’s Watch Tower ʻo Siulai/ʻAokosi 1881: “Ko e malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí . . . ʻoku hoko atu ia ‘ki he kau anga-vaivaí’—ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau loto-lelei mo malava ke fanongo, koeʻuhi ke fakatupulekina mei he lotolotonga ʻo kinautolú ʻa e sino ʻo Kalaisí, ko e ngaahi kaungāʻeá.” Naʻe faʻa fetaulaki ʻa e kau ngāue utu-taʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e kakaí ʻi he mavahe mai ʻa e faʻahingá ni mei he ngaahi houa lotú pea ʻoange kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi tuleki naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki Fakatohitapu naʻe faʻufaʻu ke ne fakatupunga ha tali lelei mei he faʻahinga tāú. ʻI he hili ha fakakaukau fakalelei ki he tuʻunga ola lelei ʻo e founga faifakamoʻoni ko ʻení, naʻe uki ai ʻe he Watch Tower ʻo Mē 15, 1903, ʻa e kau ngāue utu-taʻú ke nau tufaki ʻa e ngaahi tulekí “mei he fale ki he fale, ʻi he ngaahi pongipongi Sāpaté.”
12. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻetau fakalahi ʻa e tuʻunga ola lelei ʻo ʻetau ngāue fakamalangá? Fakatātaaʻi.
12 ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki muí ni maí, kuo tau fakalahi ai ʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻaki ʻa e fetuʻutaki ki he kakaí ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehe ia mei honau ngaahi ʻapí. Kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e mātuʻaki ola lelei ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he ngaahi fonua ko ia ʻoku hanga ai ʻe he ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻekonōmiká mo e tuli ki he ngaahi taimi fakafiefiá ʻo fakamavaheʻi ʻa e kakaí mei honau ngaahi ʻapí ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻoku tau faʻa ʻaʻahi atu aí. ʻI hono fakatokangaʻi ʻe ha Fakamoʻoni ʻi ʻIngilani mo hono hoa ngāué ʻa e kau ʻaʻahi naʻa nau ʻalu maʻu pē ʻi ha pasi ʻi he hili ʻenau maʻu ha taimi fiefia ʻi ha foʻi ʻaho ʻi he matātahí, naʻá na feinga lahi ke na loto-toʻa ke heka ki he ngaahi pasí pea ʻoatu ha ngaahi tatau ʻo e Taua Leʻo mo e ʻĀ Hake! ki he kau pāsesé. ʻI he māhina ʻe taha, naʻá na tufaki ai ʻa e ngaahi tatau ʻe 229. ʻOkú na fakamatala: “ʻOku ʻikai te ma manavahē ʻi he faifakamoʻoni ʻi he matātahí, feituʻu pisinisí, pe ki ha toe faingataʻa kehe te ma fetaulaki nai mo ia koeʻuhi ʻokú ma ʻiloʻi ʻoku kau maʻu pē ʻa Sihova mo kimaua.” Naʻá na fokotuʻu ha tufaʻanga makasini pau, kamata ha ako Tohitapu, pea ko kinaua fakatouʻosi kuó na kau ʻi he ngāue tāimuʻa tokoní.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e feʻunuʻaki ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻoku lolotonga fiemaʻu ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻe niʻihi?
13 ʻI he hokohoko atu ʻa e kumi ki he faʻahinga tāú, ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ke toe fai ha fakakaukau fakalelei ki heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻe niʻihi. Neongo kuo anga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi ia ki he kau ʻi he malanga fale ki he falé ʻi he ngaahi pongipongi Sāpaté, ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ia ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ai ʻe kinautolu ko e ngaahi ʻaʻahi pongipongia ki he ngaahi ʻapi ʻo e kakaí ʻoku ʻikai ke loko ola lelei koeʻuhi ʻoku kei mohe nai ʻa e kau nofo aí. ʻI hono feʻunuʻaki ʻenau taimi-tēpilé, ʻoku fai ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi he ʻahó ni ʻenau kumí ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e ʻahó, ʻi he hili nai ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. Pea kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku fua lelei moʻoni ʻa e kumi ko ʻení. ʻI he taʻu kuo ʻosí naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi māmani lahí ʻaki ʻa e peseti ʻe 2.3. ʻOku fakalāngilangiʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e ʻEiki ʻo e utu-taʻú pea ʻomai ai ʻa e fiefia ki hotau lotó.
Tauhi Maʻu ʻa e Melinó ʻi he Ngāue Utu-Taʻú
14. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau ke tau ʻoatu ʻaki ʻetau pōpoakí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
14 Ko e toe ʻuhinga ʻe taha ki heʻetau fiefiá ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo e fakakaukau faka-melino ʻoku tau fakahāhā ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻú. “ʻI hoʻomou hū ki he falé,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú, “talamonū ki he falé; pea kapau ʻoku taau ʻa e falé, tuku ʻa e melino ʻokú ke fakaʻamu ki aí ke hoko ki ai.” (Mātiu 10:12, 13, NW) Ko e talamonū faka-Hepeluú pea mo e foʻi lea fehoanaki mo ia ʻi he faka-Kalisi faka-Tohitapú ʻokú na fakatou fakahoko ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ko e ‘ʻOfa ke lelei e meʻa kotoa ʻiate koe.’ ʻOku tataki ʻe he foʻi fakakaukaú ni ʻetau fakaofiofi ki he kakaí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau malangaʻi ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Ko ʻetau ʻamanakí ke nau fai ha tali lelei ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tali leleí, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e fefakaleleiʻaki mo e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻenau fakatomalaʻi ʻenau ngaahi angahalá, tafoki, pea fai hono finangaló. Ko hono olá, ko e melino mo e ʻOtuá ʻe iku ia ki he moʻui taʻengatá.—Sione 17:3; Ngāue 3:19; 13:38, 48; 2 Kolinito 5:18-20.
15. ʻE malava fēfē ke tau tauhi maʻu ha fakakaukau fakamelino ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fetaulaki ai mo ha tali ʻoku ʻikai lelei ki heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá?
15 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau melinó ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke lelei ai ʻa e tali ʻoku tau fetaulaki mo iá? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Kapau [ko e falé] ʻoku ʻikai tāu, tuku ke foki mai kiate kimoutolu ʻa e melino naʻe ʻalu atu meiate kimoutolú.” (Mātiu 10:13, NW) Ko e fakamatala ʻa Luke ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono fekauʻi atu ʻo e kau ākonga ʻe toko 70 ʻoku kau ai ʻa e lea ʻa Sīsuú: “Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha kaumeʻa ʻo e melinó ai, ʻe toka ai hoʻomou melinó. Ka ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai, ʻe foki mai pē ia kiate kimoutolu.” (Luke 10:6, NW) ʻI heʻetau fakaofiofi atu ki he kakaí mo e ongoongo leleí, ʻoku feʻungamālie ke tau fai ia ʻaki ha anga ʻoku fakamānako pea ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakamelinó. Ko ha tali loto-noa, ko ha lāunga, pe ko ha lea taʻeʻofa mai ʻa ha tokotaha-ʻapi ʻoku hoko pē ia ke ne ʻai ai ʻa ʻetau pōpoaki fakamelinó ke ‘foki mai kiate kitautolu.’ Ka ʻoku halaʻatā ha meʻa heni te ne toʻo atu ʻa e melinó meiate kitautolu, ko ha fua ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová.—Kaletia 5:22, 23.
Ko ha Taumuʻa Lelei ki he Kau Ngāue Utu-Taʻú
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻetau taumuʻa ʻi hono fai ʻo e ngaahi toe ʻaʻahí? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ha ngaahi fehuʻi faka-Tohitapú?
16 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻú ʻoku tau fiefia ke kau ʻi hono tānaki mai ʻo e kakaí ki he moʻui taʻengatá. Pea ko ha fiefia lahi ē te tau hokosia ʻi he taimi ʻoku tali lelei ai ʻe ha tokotaha ʻa ia ʻoku tau malanga ki aí, ʻo ne loto ke ne ako lahi ange, pea fakamoʻoniʻi ʻene hoko “ko ha kaumeʻa ʻo e melinó”! Mahalo pē ʻokú ne maʻu ha ngaahi fehuʻi faka-Tohitapu lahi pea ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku taʻemalava ke tali kotoa kinautolu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e foʻi ʻaʻahi pē ʻe taha. Koeʻuhi ko ha nofo fuoloa atu ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaʻahí ʻoku taʻefeʻunga nai ia, ko e hā ʻe lava ke faí? ʻOku lava ke tau maʻu ha taumuʻa ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fokotuʻu mai ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 60 kuo maliu atú.
17 “Ko e kotoa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku totonu ke nau teuteu ke fai ha ngaahi founga ako ʻi he Tohitapú.” Naʻe hā ʻa e fakamatala ko iá ʻi hono fika tolu ʻi he hokohoko ʻo e kiʻi tohi fakahinohino ko e Model Study naʻe pulusi mei he 1937 ki he 1941. Naʻe hoko atu ai ʻo pehē: “Ko e kotoa ʻo e kau malanga ʻo e [Puleʻangá] ʻoku totonu ke nau tōtōivi ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻi he founga kotoa pē ʻoku ala lavá ʻa e kakai ko ia ʻoku nau loto-lelei ʻo fakahāhā ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. ʻOku totonu ke fai ʻa e ngaahi toe foki [ngaahi toe ʻaʻahi] ki he faʻahingá ni, ʻo tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi kehekehe . . . , pea kamata leva ha founga ako . . . ʻi he vave taha te ke ala lavá.” ʻIo, ko ʻetau taumuʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi toe ʻaʻahí ke kamata ha ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapi pea fai tuʻumaʻu ia.a Ko ha fakakaukau anga-fakakaumeʻa mo e tokanga ʻofa ki he tokotaha mahuʻingaʻiá ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau teuteu lelei mo fakahoko ola lelei ai ʻa e akó.
18. ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga foʻoú ke nau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi?
18 ʻAki ʻa e tokoni ʻa e tohi ʻIlo ʻA Ia ʻOku Taki Atu ki he Moʻui Taʻengatá mo e ngaahi polosiua hangē ko ia, Ko e Hā ʻOku Fiemaʻu Mai ʻe he ʻOtuá Meiate Kitautolú?, ʻoku malava ke tau fakahoko ai ha ngaahi ako Tohitapu ola lelei ʻi ʻapi pea lava ʻo kau ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kau mahuʻingaʻia foʻoú ke nau hoko ko e kau ākonga. ʻI heʻetau feinga ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he Faiako Lahí, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ngalingali ʻe toe ako ai ʻa e kau ako Tohitapu peheé mei heʻetau fakamelinó, tōʻonga fiefiá, ko ʻetau loto-moʻoní, pea mo ʻetau tokaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga mo e ngaahi tataki ʻa Sihová. ʻI heʻetau tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga foʻoú ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tali ki heʻenau ngaahi fehuʻí, tau toe fai foki ʻa e meʻa te tau malavá ke akoʻi kinautolu ki he founga ʻe lava ke nau tali ai ki he faʻahinga te nau fehuʻi kiate kinautolú. (2 Timote 2:1, 2; 1 Pita 2:21) ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻu fakaefakatātaá, ko hono moʻoní ʻoku malava ke tau fiefia ʻi he ʻavalisi ko e ngaahi ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapi ʻe 4,766,631 naʻe fakahoko ʻi māmani lahi ʻi he taʻu fakangāue ko ʻeni kuo maliu atú. ʻOku tau fiefia tautefito kapau ʻoku tau ʻi ai fakafoʻituitui ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau ngāue utu-taʻu ko ia ʻoku nau kau ʻi he ngāue ako Tohitapu ʻi ʻapí.
Hanganaki Fiefia ʻi he Utu-Taʻú
19. Ko e hā naʻe ʻi ai ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei ki he fiefia ʻi he utu-taʻú he lolotonga ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Sīsuú pea mo e hili atu ha taimi siʻi pē mei aí?
19 Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei ki he fiefia ʻi he utu-taʻu he lolotonga ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Sīsuú mo e hili atu ha taimi siʻi pē mei aí. Naʻe tali lelei ʻe he tokolahi ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Naʻe tautefito ʻa e lahi ʻa e fiefiá ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., koeʻuhi naʻe tali ʻe he toko 3,000 nai ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e tataki ʻa Pitá, ʻo nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová, pea hoko ko e konga ʻo e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālie ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe hanganaki tupulekina honau tokolahí, pea lahi fau ʻenau fiefiá ʻi he “hokohoko atu ʻe Sihova hono fakakau fakaʻaho atu kiate kinautolu ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fakamoʻuí.”—Ngāue 2:37-41, 46, 47, NW; Kaletia 6:16; 1 Pita 2:9.
20. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi heʻetau ngāue utu-taʻú?
20 ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e kikite ʻa ʻAiseá: “ʻOku ke [Sihova] fakatokolahi ʻa e puleʻanga, ʻoku ke fakalahi ʻenau fiefia: ʻoku nau fiefia ʻi ho ʻao ʻo hange ko e fiefia ʻi he ututaʻu, hange ko e tomeʻe ʻi he tufa vete.” (Aisea 9:3) Neongo ʻoku tau sio he taimí ni ko e ‘puleʻanga fakatokolahi’ ʻo e kau paní ʻoku mei kakato, ʻoku lahi fau ʻetau fiefiá ʻi heʻetau sio ki he tokolahi ʻo e kau ngāue utu-taʻu kehé ʻoku tupu ʻi he taʻu ki he taʻu.—Sāme 4:7; Sakalaia 8:23; Sione 10:16.
21. Ko e hā te tau lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
21 ʻOku tau maʻu moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga totonu ke tau hanganaki fiefia ai ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻú. Ko ʻetau pōpoaki ʻo e ʻamanakí, ko ʻetau kumi ki he faʻahinga tāú, pea mo ʻetau fakakaukau fakamelinó—ʻoku ʻomai kotoa ʻe he ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻá ni kiate kitautolu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ngāue utu-taʻú. Neongo ia, ʻoku nau langaʻi ha tali fakafili mei he tokolahi. Naʻe hokosia ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻa e meʻá ni. Naʻe tukupōpula ia ʻi he motu ko Pātimosí “koeʻuhi ko e lea fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá pea mo e fai fakamoʻoni kia Sīsuú.” (Fakahā 1:9, NW) ʻE malava fēfē leva ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau fiefiá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e fakatangá pea mo e fakafepakí? Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e fakakaukau mālohi ʻa e tokolahi ko ia ʻoku tau lolotonga malanga ki aí? ʻOku ʻomai ʻe heʻetau kupu hoko maí ʻa e tokoni Fakatohitapu ki hono tali ʻa e ongo fehuʻí ni.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Naʻe ʻuluaki fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi akó ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻa ia naʻe lava ke tānaki mei ai ha ngaahi kulupu ʻo e kakai mahuʻingaʻiá. Kae kehe, naʻe vave ʻa hono toe fai ʻo e ngaahi ako mo e faʻahinga tāutaha, pea mo e ngaahi fāmili.—Sio ki he Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, peesi 574, naʻe pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue utu-taʻu fakaefakatātaá?
• Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga pōpoaki ʻoku tau talakí?
• Ko e hā ʻoku lavameʻa ai ʻetau kumi ki he kau ākongá?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau tauhi maʻu ʻa e melinó ʻi he ngāue utu-taʻú?
• Ko e hā ʻoku tau hanganaki fiefia ai ʻi he utu-taʻú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 12, 13]
Ngāue fakamalanga ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí mo e senituli hono 20
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 13]
ʻI he hangē ko Paulá, ʻoku feinga ʻa e kau ngāue utu-taʻu he lolotonga ní ke aʻu ki he kakai ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 13]
Fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻaki ha anga ʻoku fakamānako