‘Malohi Koe Beá Ke Loto Toʻa!’
“Mou loto toʻa pe; kuo u ikuna ʻa mamani ʻe au.”—SIONE 16:33.
1. ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻa naʻe fakatatali mai ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi Kēnaní, ko e hā ʻa e fakalototoʻa naʻa nau maʻú?
ʻI HE taimi naʻe teu ke kolosi ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he Vaitafe Sioataní ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá, naʻe tala ʻe Mōsese kia kinautolu: “Ke ke malohi koe bea ke loto toʻa, oua naa ke lilika, bea oua naa ke manavahe kiate kinautolu: he ko Jihova ko ho Otua, koia ia oku mo o mo koe.” Naʻe ui leva ʻe Mōsese ʻa Siosiua, ʻa ia te ne taki ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki Kēnaní, peá ne toe leaʻaki hangatonu kiate ia ʻa e akonaki ke loto-toʻá. (Teutalonome 31:5-7 [Teu. 31:6, 7, PM]) Ki mui ai, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sihova tonu ʻa Siosiua ʻo pehē: “Ke ke malohi mo ke loto toʻa; . . . Kae kehe ke malohi be akoe mo ke loto toʻa aubito.” (Siosiua 1:6, 7, 9, PM) Naʻe taimi tonu ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá. ʻE fiemaʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ha loto-toʻa ke fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi fili mālohi naʻe fakatatali mai kia kinautolu ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioataní.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku tau ʻi ai ʻi he ʻaho ní, pea ko e hā ʻoku tau fiemaʻú?
2 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní kuo vavé ni ke nau kolosi atu ki he māmani foʻou kuo talaʻofá, pea hangē ko Siosiuá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau loto-toʻa. (2 Pita 3:13; Fakahā 7:14) Kae kehe, ko hotau tuʻungá ʻo kitautolu ʻoku kehe ia mei he tuʻunga ʻo Siosiuá. Naʻe tau ʻa Siosiua ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi heletā mo e tao. ʻOku tau tau kitautolu ʻi he tau fakalaumālie pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke tau toʻo meʻatau fakamatelie. (Aisea 2:2-4; Efeso 6:11-17) ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe pau kia Siosiua ke ne faitau ʻi he ngaahi tau faingataʻa lahi ʻo aʻu pē ki he hili ʻene hū atu ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. Ka ʻoku tau hokosia ʻe kitautolu ʻetau faitau faingataʻa tahá ʻi he taimí ni—ki muʻa ke tau kolosi atu ki he māmani foʻoú. Tau vakai angé ki ha ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e loto-toʻá.
Ko e Hā Kuo Pau Ai Ke Tau Faitaú?
3. Ko e hā ʻoku fakaeʻa ʻe he Tohitapú fekauʻaki mo hotau tokotaha fakafepaki lahí?
3 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné: “ʻOku tau lāuʻilo ko e tupu mei he ʻOtua ʻa kitautolu, pea ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili.” (1 Sione 5:19) ʻOku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi lea ko iá ha ʻuhinga tefito kuo pau ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau faitau ke tauhi maʻu ʻenau tuí. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tauhi ai ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻene anga-tonú, ʻoku hoko ia ko ha kiʻi tuʻunga ʻo ha ikunaʻi ʻo Sētane ko e Tēvoló. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻalu holo ʻa Sētane hangē “ha laione ngungulu” ʻi heʻene feinga ke fakailifiaʻi mo keina ʻa e kau Kalisitiane faitōnungá. (1 Pita 5:8) Ko e moʻoni, ʻokú ne fakahoko ʻa e tau ki he kau Kalisitiane paní mo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. (Fakahā 12:17) ʻI he faitau ko ení, ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e tangatá ʻoku nau fakahoko ʻi he ʻilo pau pe taʻeʻilopau ʻa ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá. ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke tuʻu mālohi ai kia Sētane mo e kotoa hono kau fakafofongá.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe ʻomai ʻe Sīsuú, ka ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungaanga kuo fakahāhā ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní?
4 Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sīsū ʻe fakafepakiʻi fefeka ʻe Sētane mo hono kau fakafofongá ʻa e ongoongo leleí, naʻá Ne fakatokanga ki hono kau muimuí: “Te nau tukuange kimoutolu ki he fakamamahi, pea te nau tamateʻi kimoutolu: pea te mou fehiʻanekina ʻe he ngāhi kakai kehekehe, ko e meʻa ʻi he hingoa oʻoku.” (Mātiu 24:9) Naʻe moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, pea ʻoku moʻoni ia ʻi he ʻahó ni. Ko e moʻoni, ko e fakatanga kuo kātekina ʻe he niʻihi ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi onopōní kuo fefeka pē ia ʻo tatau mo ha toe fakatanga ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá. Kae kehe, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau loto-toʻa ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi tenge peheé. ʻOku nau ʻilo ko e “ilifia ki ha tangata, ʻoku te moʻua ai ʻi ha tauhele,” pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau loto ke maʻu kinautolu ʻi ha tauhele.—Palovepi 29:25.
5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e loto-toʻá mei heʻetau tafaʻakí? (e) ʻOku fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane faitōnungá ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ai ʻenau loto-toʻá?
5 ʻOku ʻi ai mo e ngaahi pole kehe tuku kehe ʻa e fakatangá ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e loto-toʻa mei heʻetau tafaʻakí. Ki he niʻihi, ko e talanoa ki he kau solá fekauʻaki mo e ongoongo leleí ko ha pole ia. Ko e loto-toʻa ʻo e fānau ako ʻe niʻihi ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke nau angimui ki ha tukupā ʻo ha mateaki ki he fonuá pe ko e fuká. Koeʻuhi ko ha tukupā pehē ʻoku meimei ko ha laulau fakalotu ia, ko e fānau Kalisitiané kuo nau fakapapauʻi loto-toʻa ke fai ki he founga ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá, pea ko honau lēkooti leleí kuo fakalotomāfana ʻaupito.
6 ʻOku tau toe fiemaʻu ʻa e loto-toʻá ʻi he taimi ʻoku ofeʻi ai ʻe he kau fakafepakí ʻa e mītiá ke fakamafola ʻa e ngaahi līpooti kovi fekauʻaki mo e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá pe ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau feinga ai ke taʻofi ʻa e lotu moʻoní ʻaki hono faʻufaʻu “ae bauu aki ae fono.” (Sāme 94:20, PM) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau ongoʻí ʻi he taimi ʻoku mioʻi ai pe loi fakahangatonu ʻa e līpooti ʻa e nusipepá, letioó, pe televīsoné fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová? ʻOku totonu ke tau ʻohovale? ʻIkai. ʻOku tau ʻamanekina ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé. (Sāme 109:2) Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻohovale ʻi he taimi ʻoku tui ai ʻa e niʻihi ki he ngaahi loi mo e ngaahi mioʻi kuo pulusí, koeʻuhi “oku tui e he tae boto ki he lea kotoabe.” (Palovepi 14:15, PM) Kae kehe, ʻoku fakafisi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane mateakí ke tui ki ha faʻahinga fakamatala pē ʻoku fai fekauʻaki mo honau fanga tokouá, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito te nau fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala koví ke ne fakatupunga kinautolu ke liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, ke fakatoupīkoi ai ʻi he malaʻe fakafaifekaú, pe ke vaivai ai ʻenau tuí. Ko hono kehé, ʻoku nau “fakaogolelei atu [kinautolu] i he gaahi mea kotoabe, o tāu moe kau faifekau ae Otua, . . . I he fakaabaaba moe taefakaabaaba, i he ogokovi moe ogolelei: o hage [fakatatau ki he kau fakafepaki] koe kau kākā, ka [ko hono moʻoní] oku mooni.”—2 Kolinito 6:4, 8, PM.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi vakili ʻe lava ke tau ʻeke kia kitautolú?
7 Ko Paula, ʻi heʻene tohi kia Tīmoté, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e Laumalie naʻe foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kitaua, naʻe ʻikai ko e Laumalie angafoʻi, ka ko e angamalohi, . . . Ko ia ʻoua te ke māʻi ʻa e fakaha ʻo hotau ʻEiki.” (2 Timote 1:7, 8; Maake 8:38) Hili hono lau ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá, ʻe lava ke tau ʻeke hifo kia kitautolu: ‘ʻOku ou maaʻi ʻeku tuí, pe ʻoku ou loto-toʻa? ʻI he feituʻu ʻoku ou ngāue aí (pe ʻoku ou ako aí), ʻoku ou ʻai ke ʻilo ʻe he faʻahinga takatakai ʻiate aú ko e Fakamoʻoni au ʻa Sihova, pe ʻoku ou feinga au ke fūfuuʻi ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko iá? ʻOku ou mā ʻi heʻeku kehe mei he niʻihi kehé, pe ʻoku ou laukauʻaki ʻeku makehé koeʻuhi ko hoku vahaʻangatae mo Sihová?’ Kapau ʻoku maʻu ʻe ha taha ha ngaahi fakakaukau taʻepau fekauʻaki mo hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí pe maʻu ha tui taʻemanakoa, tuku ke ne manatuʻi ʻa e faleʻi ʻa Sihova kia Siosiuá: “Malohi koe bea ke loto toʻa.” ʻOua naʻa ngalo, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fakakaukau ʻa hotau kaungāngāué pe ko hotau kaungāakó ʻoku laú ka ko e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihova mo Sīsū Kalaisí.—Kaletia 1:10.
Anga Hono Fakatupulekina ʻa e Loto-Toʻá
8, 9. (a) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, naʻe anga-fēfē hono ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e loto-toʻa ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e feangainga ʻa Pita mo Sione ʻi heʻena fehangahangai mo e ngaahi fakamanamaná, pea ko e hā naʻá na hokosia mo hona fanga tokouá?
8 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e faʻahinga loto-toʻa ko ia te ne fakamafeia kitautolu ke tauhi maʻu ʻetau anga-tonú lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taimi faingataʻa ko ení? Sai, naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakatupulekina ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa e loto-toʻá? Fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he taimi naʻe tala ai ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki lahí mo e kau tangata matuʻotuʻa ʻi Selusalemá kia Pita mo Sione ke tuku ʻena malanga ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú. Naʻe fakafisi ʻa e ongo ākongá pea naʻe fakamanamanaʻi pea tukuange kinaua. Ko ia ai, naʻá na toe fakataha mo e fanga tokouá, pea naʻa nau lotu fakataha, ʻo pehē: “Eiki, ke ke tokaga ki he e nau lea fakamana: bea ke tuku ki hoo kau tamaioeiki, ke nau lea malohi [“loto-toʻa,” NW] aki hoo folofola.” (Ngāue 4:13-29, PM) Ko hono talí, naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe Sihova kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní, pea hangē ko ia naʻe fakamoʻoni ki mui ki ai ʻa e kau taki Siú, kuo nau “fakafonu ʻa Selusalema” ʻaki ʻenau akonakí.—Ngāue 5:28.
9 Tau sivisiviʻi angé ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he taimi ko iá. ʻI he taimi naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ai ʻa e kau ākongá ʻe he kau taki Siú, naʻe ʻikai haʻanau fakakaukau ke tukulolo ki hono tenge kinautolú. Ka, naʻe lotu ʻa e kau ākongá ki ha loto-toʻa ke hokohoko atu ʻa e malangá. Naʻa nau ngāue leva ʻo fehoanaki mo ʻenau lotú, pea naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ʻaki hono laumālié. ʻOku fakahā ʻe heʻenau hokosiá ko e meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui ai ʻi ha potutohi kehe ia, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakatangaʻi ai kinautolú. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻOku ou mafeia ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ʻiate ia ʻoku ne fakakaukaua au.”—Filipai 4:13.
10. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tokoni ʻa e hokosia ʻa Selemaiá ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau natula loto-siʻí?
10 Tau pehē pē ko ha tokotaha ʻoku natula loto-siʻi. Te ne kei malava pē neongo ʻa e meʻa ko iá ke tauhi loto-toʻa kia Sihova ʻi he fehangahangai mo e fakafepakí? ʻAupito! Manatuʻi ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa Selemaia ʻi he taimi naʻe fakanofo ai ia ko ha palōfitá. Naʻe pehē ʻe he kiʻi talavoú: “Ko e tamasiʻi pe au.” ʻOku hā mahino, naʻá ne ongoʻi taʻefeʻunga. Kae kehe, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ia ʻe Sihova ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ení: “ʻOua te ke pehe ko e tamasiʻi koe: he te ke ʻalu kiate kinautolu kotoa ʻoku ou tuku atu koe ki ai, pea ko e meʻa kotoa te u fekauʻi ai koe, te ke leaʻaki. ʻOua te ke manavahe ʻi honau ʻao: he ʻoku ou ʻiate koe ke fai ho fakahaofi.” (Selemaia 1:6-10) Naʻe maʻu ʻe Selemaia ʻa e falala pau kia Sihova, pea ko hono olá, ʻi he mālohi ʻo Sihová naʻá ne ikuʻi ai ʻa ʻene toumouá peá ne hoko ko ha fakamoʻoni mātuʻaki loto-toʻa ʻi ʻIsileli.
11. Ko e hā ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní ke hangē ko Selemaiá?
11 Ko e kau Kalisitiane pani he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau maʻu ha fekau hangē ko ia ko Selemaiá, pea ʻi he poupou ki ai ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe,” ʻoku nau hokohoko atu ke talaki ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sihová naʻa mo e ʻi he fehangahangai mo e taʻemahuʻingaʻiá, manukí, mo e fakatangá. (Fakahā 7:9; Sione 10:16) ʻOku nau maʻu ha loto-lahi mei he ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Sihova kia Selemaiá: “ʻOua te ke manavahe.” ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻia kinautolu kuo fekauʻi kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá pea ʻoku nau malangaʻi ʻene pōpoakí.—2 Kolinito 2:17.
Ngaahi Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e Loto-toʻa ʻOku Taau ke Faʻifaʻitaki ki Ai
12. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei lahi ʻo e loto-toʻá naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe Sīsuú, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻene fakalototoʻaʻi hono kau muimuí?
12 ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi heʻetau ngaahi feinga ko ia ke fakatupulekina ha loto-toʻá kapau te tau fakakaukauloto ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e niʻihi kehé, ʻa ia hangē ko Selemaiá, kuo nau ngāue loto-toʻa. (Sāme 77:12) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi heʻetau sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Sīsuú, ʻoku maongo kia kitautolu ʻa ʻene loto-toʻa ʻi he taimi naʻe fakataueleʻi ai ia ʻe Sētané pea mo e taimi naʻá ne fehangahangai ai mo e fakafepaki pau ʻa e kau taki Siú. (Luke 4:1-13; 20:19-47) ʻI he mālohi ʻo Sihová, naʻe taʻemauea ʻa Sīsū, pea taimi nounou ki muʻa ʻi heʻene pekiá, naʻá ne pehē ki heʻene kau ākongá: “ʻI māmani ʻoku mou maʻu fakamamahi: ka mou loto toʻa pe; kuo u ikuna ʻa mamani ʻe au.” (Sione 16:33; 17:16) Kapau naʻe muimui ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ʻi heʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, te nau toe hoko foki mo kinautolu ko e kau ikuna. (1 Sione 2:6; Fakahā 2:7, 11, 26) Ka ʻe fiemaʻu ke nau “loto toʻa.”
13. Ko e hā ʻa e fakalototoʻa naʻe tokonaki ʻe Paula ki he kau Filipaí?
13 Hili ha ngaahi taʻu mei he pekia ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe lī ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ki he pilīsone ʻi Filipaí. Ki mui ai, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatahaʻanga Filipaí ke hanganaki “tuʻu maʻu, ʻo laumalie taha, ʻo [nau] loto uouangataha pe he fakafitefitaʻa maʻa e lotu faka-kosipeli; pea ʻoku ʻikai te [nau] ilifia ʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku fai ʻe [honau] ngaahi fili.” Ke fakalotolahiʻi kinautolu ʻi he meʻá ni, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko e toʻonga ko ia [hono fakatangaʻi ʻo e kau Kalisitiané] ko e fakaʻilonga malaʻia [ki he kau fakatangá], ka ko e fakaʻilonga ia ʻo homou fakamoʻui: pea ko e fakaʻilonga foki mei he ʻOtua; he ko e meʻaʻofa kuo ne ʻatu kiate kimoutolu—ʻa e ngaue ke fai maʻa Kalaisi—ʻoku ʻikai ko e tui pe kiate ia pea ngata ai, ka ko e kataki mamahi foki koeʻuhi ko ia.”—Filipai 1:27-29.
14. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi Loma ʻi he loto-toʻa ʻa Paulá?
14 ʻI he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻa Paula ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Filipaí, naʻá ne toe ʻi pilīsone ai, ʻi he taimi ko ení ʻi Loma. Neongo ia, naʻá ne hokohoko atu ke malanga loto-toʻa ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko e hā hono olá? Naʻá ne tohi: “Kuo ʻiloa ai hoku ngaahi haʻi ʻi he ʻapitangatau kotoa, pea ki he kakai kotoa pe, ʻo hā ko e tupu ʻi heʻeku kau kia Kalaisi. Kaeʻumaʻā ko e tokolahi ʻo e kainga lotu, kuo langa hake ʻenau falala ki he ʻEiki ʻe hoku ngaahi haʻi, pea kuo fakautuutu ai ʻenau toʻa ʻi he leaʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo taʻemanavahe.”—Filipai 1:13, 14.
15. Ko fē ʻe lava ke tau maʻu mei ai ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻo e tui ko ia te ne fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau fakapapau ke hoko ʻo loto-toʻá?
15 ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Paulá. Pea pehē ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei kuo tokonaki mai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ko ia ʻi onopooni kuo nau kātekina ʻa e fakatangá ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku puleʻi fakatikitató pe puleʻi ʻe he haʻa faifekaú. Ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi talanoa ʻo e meʻá ni kuo hiki ia ʻi he ngaahi makasini Taua Leʻo mo e ʻĀ Hake! pea ʻi he Yearbooks of Jehovah’s Witnesses. ʻI hoʻo lau ʻa e ngaahi hisitōlia ko iá, manatuʻi ko e niʻihi tāutaha ko ia ʻoku fakahā honau talanoá ko e kakai pē naʻe hangē ko kitautolú; ka ʻi he taimi naʻa nau ʻi ha ngaahi tuʻunga mātuʻaki faingataʻa aí, naʻe ʻoange kia kinautolu ʻe Sihova ʻa e mālohi mahulu atu ʻi he anga-mahení pea naʻa nau kātekina ai. ʻE lava ke tau fakapapauʻi te ne fai ʻa e meʻa tatau maʻa kitautolu ʻo ka faifai ange kuo fiemaʻu ia ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku hokó.
Ko ʻEtau Tuʻu Loto-Toʻá ʻOkú Ne Fakahōifuaʻi mo Fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihova
16, 17. ʻE lava fēfē ʻe kitautolu he ʻaho ní ke fakatupulekina ha fakakaukau loto-toʻa?
16 Kapau ʻe tuʻu mālohi ha taha maʻá e moʻoní mo e māʻoniʻoní, ko e loto-toʻá ia. Kapau ʻoku fai pehē ha taha neongo ʻa e ongoʻi manavahē ʻi lotó, ʻoku toe loto-toʻa ange ia. Ko e moʻoni, ʻe lava ke loto-toʻa ha Kalisitiane pē kapau ʻokú ne loto-moʻoni ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová, kapau ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi ke nofoʻaki faitōnunga, kapau ʻokú ne falala maʻu pē ki he ʻOtuá, pea kapau ʻokú ne manatuʻi maʻu pē kuo fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻi muʻa ʻa e faʻahinga taʻefaʻalaua hangē ko iá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi ai ko ʻetau tuʻu loto-toʻá ʻokú ne fakahōifuaʻi mo fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihova, te tau toe loto ʻalovili ange ai ke ʻoua ʻe fakavaivai. ʻOku tau mateuteu ke kātekina ʻa e lumá pe ha meʻa kovi ange koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻofa loloto kiate ia.—1 Sione 2:5; 4:18.
17 ʻOua naʻa ngalo ko e taimi ʻoku tau faingataʻaʻia ai koeʻuhi ko ʻetau tuí, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ai ia kuo tau fai ha meʻa ʻoku hala. (1 Pita 3:17) ʻOku tau faingataʻaʻiá koeʻuhi ko hono pouaki ʻa e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová, koeʻuhi ko e fai leleí, pea koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai ʻo māmaní. ʻI he tuʻunga ko ení, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “Kapau ʻoku mou fai lelei kae ngaohikovia, ʻo mou ʻukuma pe, seuke, ko e meʻa ko ia ʻoku fakafetaʻia mei he ʻOtua.” ʻOku toe pehē ʻe Pita: “Ko kinautolu foki ʻoku moʻua ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ʻi he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtua, ke nau tuku honau laumalie ʻi he failelei ki he Tupuʻi-ʻOtua ʻa ia ko e Toko Taha ʻoku fai ki heʻene lea.” (1 Pita 2:20; 4:19) ʻIo, ko ʻetau tuí ʻokú ne fakahōifuaʻi hotau ʻOtua ʻofa ko Sihová, pea ʻomai ʻa e fakalāngilangi kiate ia. He ʻuhinga mālohi moʻoni ē ke loto-toʻa ai!
Lea ki he Kau Maʻu Mafaí
18, 19. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fai ai ha tuʻu loto-toʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo ha fakamaau, ko hono ikuʻangá, ko e pōpoaki ʻa hai ʻoku tau fakahoko atú?
18 ʻI he taimi naʻe tala ai ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí ʻe fakatangaʻi kinautolú, naʻá ne toe pehē: “[Ko e kakaí] te nau fakaʻilo kimoutolu ki he ngāhi fakamāuʻanga, pea te nau haha kimoutolu ʻi honau ngāhi falelotu: ʻio, ʻe ʻave kimoutolu ki he ngāhi kovana, mo e ngāhi tuʻi, koeʻuhi ko au, ke ai ha fakamatala kiate kinautolu Siu pea mo e kau Senitaile.” (Mātiu 10:17, 18) Ke hā ʻi he ʻao ʻo ha fakamaau pe ko ha pule koeʻuhi ko ha ngaahi tukuakiʻi loi ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e loto-toʻa. Neongo ia, ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki loto-toʻa ai ʻa e ngaahi taimi peheé ke faifakamoʻoni ki he faʻahinga tāutaha ko iá, ʻoku tau fulihi ai ha tuʻunga faingataʻa ki ha faingamālie ke fakahoko ai ha meʻa mahuʻinga. Ko hono ikuʻangá, ʻoku tau ʻoatu ai ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakamāuʻi kitautolú ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sihova ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Sāme vahe hono 2: “Ko eni, ʻa e ngaahi tuʻi, mou poto muʻa; tali akonaki, ʻa e kau fakamāu ʻo e fonua. Tauhi ʻa Sihova mo e manavahe.” (Sāme 2:10, 11) ʻOku faʻa hoko, ʻi he taimi kuo tukuakiʻi loi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he fakamaauʻangá, kuo poupouʻi ʻe he kau fakamāú ʻa e tauʻatāina ʻo e lotú, pea ʻoku tau houngaʻia ai. Kae kehe, ko e kau fakamaau ʻe niʻihi, kuo nau fakaʻatā kinautolu ke tākiekina ʻe he kau fakafepakí. Ki he faʻahinga peheé, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Konga Tohitapú: “Mou poto muʻa.”
19 ʻOku totonu ke ʻilo ʻe he kau fakamāú ko e lao ʻoku māʻolunga tahá ko e lao ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. ʻOku totonu ke nau manatuʻi ko e tangata kotoa pē, kau ai ʻa e kau fakamāú, te nau fai ha tali kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea mo Sīsū Kalaisi. (Loma 14:10) Ka ko kitautolu, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau maʻu ha fakamaau totonu ʻi he nima ʻo ha fakamaau fakaetangata pe ʻikai, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga kotoa pē ke loto-toʻa ai koeʻuhí ʻoku poupouʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Monuʻia ka ko e kakai kuo hufanga kiate ia.”—Sāme 2:12.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau fiefia kapau te tau kātekina ʻa e fakatangá mo e lauʻikovi loí?
20 ʻI he Malanga ʻi he Moʻungá, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Monūʻiaā ka ko kimoutolu, ʻo ka manukia kimoutolu, mo fakatangaʻi, mo lohiʻekina ʻi he kovi kehekehe, koeʻuhi ko au. Mou fiefia mo hakailangitau: he lahi hoʻomou totongi ʻi Hevani; he naʻe pehe ʻenau fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau palofita, ʻa ia naʻe holomuʻa ʻiate kimoutolu.” (Mātiu 5:11, 12) Ko e moʻoni, ko e fakatangá ʻiate ia pē ʻoku ʻikai ke fakafiefia, ka ko ʻetau tuʻu mālohi neongo ʻa e fakatangá, kau ai ʻa e ngaahi līpooti lauʻikovi loi ʻi he mītiá, ko ha meʻa ia ke fiefia ai. ʻOku ʻuhinga iá ʻoku tau fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova pea te tau maʻu ai ha pale. Ko ʻetau tuʻu loto-toʻá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku tau maʻu ha tui moʻoni pea fakapapauʻi ai kia kitautolu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku tau maʻu ha falala kakato kia Sihova. Ko e falala peheé ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki ha Kalisitiane, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻe fakahā ʻe he kupu hono hokó.
Ko e Hā Naʻá Ke Akó
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga he ʻahó ni ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e loto-toʻá?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e loto-toʻá?
• Ko hai ia ʻa e kau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻe niʻihi ʻo e loto-toʻá?
• Ko e hā ʻoku tau holi ai ke ngāue ʻi he loto-toʻá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 9]
Simone Arnold (Liebster he taimí ni) ʻi Siamane, Widdas Madona ʻi Malauī, mo Lydia mo Oleksii Kurdas ʻi ʻIukalaine naʻa nau fakahāhā ʻa e loto-toʻa mo talitekeʻi ʻa e tokotaha koví
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ʻOku ʻikai ke tau maaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí
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Ko e loto-toʻa ʻa Paula ʻi he pilīsoné naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e meʻa lahi maʻá e ongoongo leleí
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Kapau te tau fakamatalaʻi loto-toʻa hotau tuʻunga Fakatohitapú ki ha fakamaau, ʻoku tau fakahoko atu ai ha pōpoaki mahuʻinga