ʻOua ʻE Tuku ha Taha ke Ne Maumauʻi ʻa Hoʻo Ngaahi Tōʻonga Leleí
“ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.”—1 KOLINITO 15:33, NW.
1, 2. (a) Naʻe fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo e ongoʻi ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻe tautefito ʻa ʻetau lave ki aí?
KO HA toki ongo mālohi ē ka ko e ʻofa fakaemātuʻá! ʻOkú ne ueʻi ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ke feilaulau maʻá e fānau ʻanautolú, ke akoʻi mo faleʻi kinautolu. Naʻe ʻikai ko ha tamai moʻoni ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá, ka naʻá ne tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó: “He neongo e toko mano hoʻomou kau faiako ʻi he moʻui faka-Kalaisi, ka talaʻehai ʻoku tokolahi hoʻomou ngaahi tamai: pea ko au ia naʻa ku fakatupu kimoutolu ʻi he moʻui faka-Sisu-Kalaisi ʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli.”—1 Kolinitō 4:15.
2 Ki muʻa aí, naʻe fononga ʻa Paula ki Kolinitō, ʻa ia naʻá ne malanga ai ki he kau Siu mo e kau Kalisi. Naʻá ne tokoni ki hono fokotuʻu ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Kolinitoó. ʻI ha toe tohi ʻe taha naʻe fakatatauʻi ai ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene tokangá ki ha faʻē toutama, ka naʻá ne hangē ha tamaí ki he kau Kolinitoó. (1 Tesalonaika 2:7) Naʻe enginakiʻi ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene fānau fakalaumālié, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe ha tamai moʻoni ʻoku anga-ʻofa. Te ke malava ke maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei heʻene akonaki fakaetamai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó: “ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.” (1 Kolinitō 15:33, NW) Ko e hā naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e meʻá ni ki he kau Kolinitoó? ʻI he founga fē ʻoku malava ai ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e faleʻi ko ení?
Akonaki Kiate Kinautolu mo Kitautolu
3, 4. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻo fekauʻaki mo Kolinitō ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí pea mo e kakai naʻe nofo aí?
3 ʻI he ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe tohi ʻa e toko taha siokālafi Kalisi ko Strabo, ʻo ne pehē: “ʻOku pehē ʻoku ‘koloaʻia’ ʻa Kolinitō koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi meʻa fakapisinisí, he ʻoku tuʻu ʻa e koló ʻi he Kavelemotú pea ʻokú ne puleʻi ʻa e taulanga ʻe ua, ko e taha ʻoku fou hangatonu ki ʻĒsia, pea mo e taha ki ʻĪtali; pea ʻoku ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke faingofua ʻa e fetongi ʻo e ngaahi koloa mei he ongo fonuá fakatouʻosi.” Naʻe fai fakataʻuua ʻa e Vaʻinga Kolinitō ʻiloa pea naʻe haʻu ai ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ki Kolinitō.
4 Naʻe fēfē ʻa e kakai naʻe nofo ʻi he kolo ko ení ko e tefito ʻo e mafai fakapuleʻangá pea mo e lotu fakaefehokotaki fakasino kia ʻAfolotité? Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe palōfesa T. S. Evans: “ʻOku fakafuofua naʻe toko 400,000 ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kakaí. Naʻe tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻa e anga-fakafonuá, ka naʻe māʻulalo pea aʻu ʻo ololalo ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungāangá . . . . Naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e kakai Kalisi nofo ʻĀkeiá ʻaki ʻa e taʻe manonga fakaefakakaukau pea mo holi ki he meʻa foʻou maʻu pē. . . . Naʻe faingofua ʻa hono langaʻi ʻe heʻenau siokitá ʻa e fakavahavahaʻá.”
5. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki naʻe fehangahangai mo e ngaahi tokoua ʻi Kolinitoó?
5 ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí naʻa mo e fakatahaʻangá naʻe fakamavahevaheʻi ia ʻe he niʻihi naʻa nau kei hehema ki he fakakaukau fakamahalo loto-mahikihikí. (1 Kolinitō 1:10-31; 3:2-9) Ko e palōpalema tefitó ko e pehē ʻe he niʻihi: “ʻOku ʻikai ke toetuʻu ʻa e pekia.” (1 Kolinitō 15:12; 2 Tīmote 2:16-18) Tatau ai pē pe naʻe fēfē ʻenau tuí (pe tui maʻu halá), naʻe pau kia Paula ke ne fakatonutonu kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e fakamoʻoni hā mahino “kuo fokotuʻu ʻa Kalaisi mei he pekia.” Ko ia ai, naʻe malava ke falala ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ko e ʻOtuá te ne ‘tuku mai ke nau ikuna ʻi honau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.’ (1 Kolinitō 15:20, 51-57) Kapau naʻá ke ʻi ai, naʻe mei uesia koe ʻe he loto ke fakafaʻafaʻahí?
6. Naʻe kaunga tonu tautefito kia hai ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paula ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33?
6 ʻI he lolotonga ʻo hono fakahā ʻe Paula ʻa e fakamoʻoni mālohi ki he pau ke toe tuʻu ʻa e kau maté, naʻá ne pehē kiate kinautolu: “ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.” Naʻe fekauʻaki ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e akonaki ko ení mo kinautolu naʻe feohi mo e fakatahaʻangá ka naʻe ʻikai te nau felotoi ki he tokāteline ʻo kau ki he toe tuʻú. Naʻa nau veiveiua pē ʻo kau ki ha meʻa naʻe ʻikai ke mahino kiate kinautolu? (Fakafehoanaki mo Luke 24:38.) ʻIkai. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ʻo pehē ʻoku “lau ʻa homou niʻihi, tokua ʻoku ʻikai ke toetuʻu ʻa e pekia” (fakaʻītali ʻamautolu,) ko ia ko e faʻahinga ko eni naʻe kau ki aí naʻa nau fakahā ʻenau taʻe felotoi, ʻo nau hehema ki he tafoki mei he moʻoní. Naʻe ʻilo lelei ʻe Paula ʻe malava ke nau maumauʻi ʻa e tōʻonga mo e fakakaukau lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé.—Ngāue 20:30; 2 Pita 2:1.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻe taha te tau ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33?
7 Ko e hā ʻa e kaunga kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki he feohí? Naʻe ʻikai ko ʻene ʻuhingá te tau fakafisi mei hono fai ha tokoni ki ha taha ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻoku faingataʻa kiate ia ke ne maʻu ʻa e mahino ʻo kau ki ha veesi pe akonaki ʻi he Tohi Tapú. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻi he tohi Siutasi 22, 23 ke fai meesi ʻo tokoni ki he kakai loto-totonu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau veiveiuá. (Sēmisi 5:19, 20) Kae kehe, ʻoku totonu ke kaunga tonu ʻa e akonaki fakaetamai ʻa Paulá kapau ʻe toutou tālafili ha taha ki he meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo ko e moʻoni mei he Tohi Tapú pe ʻokú ne leaʻaki maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakahā ai ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau taʻe tui pe taʻe pau. ʻOku totonu ke tau tokanga ke ʻoua ʻe feohi mo ha taha pehē. Ko hono moʻoní, kapau ʻe hoko ʻo pau ʻa e tafoki ha taha mei he moʻoní, kuo pau ke ngāue ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi fakalaumālié ke maluʻi ʻa e takangá.—2 Tīmote 2:16-18; Taitusi 3:10, 11.
8. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻiloʻilo ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau fakahā ʻi he ʻikai ke loto-tatau ha taha ʻo kau ki ha akonaki mei he Tohi Tapú?
8 ʻE toe malava ke tau muimui ki he ngaahi lea fakaetamai ʻa Paula ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33 ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e kakai ʻi tuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻoku nau pouaki ʻa e ngaahi akonaki loí. ʻI he founga fē nai ʻe tohoaki ai kitautolu ke feohi mo kinautolu? ʻE lava ke hoko eni ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te tau fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻe tokoniʻi nai ke ako ki he moʻoní pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakakikihi pē ke pouaki ha akonaki loi. Hangē ko ení, ʻi heʻetau kau ki he ngāue fakamoʻoní, te tau fetaulaki nai mo ha taha ʻoku ʻikai te ne loto-tatau ʻi ha meʻa ka ʻokú ne loto-lelei ke pō talanoa lahi ange ʻo kau ki ai. (Ngāue 17:32-34) ʻOku ʻikai ko ha palōpalema ʻa e meʻá ni, he ʻoku tau fiefia ke fakamatala ʻa e moʻoni mei he Tohi Tapú ki ha taha pē ʻokú ne loto-moʻoni ʻo ne fie ʻilo ʻa e meʻá ni, pea te tau toe ʻaʻahi ke fakahā ʻa e fakamoʻoni fakatupu-tuipau. (1 Pita 3:15) Ka, ʻoku ʻi ai ha niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai te nau fie ʻilo moʻoni ki he moʻoni mei he Tohi Tapú.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ʻi hono poleʻi ʻa kitautolu ʻo kau ki he meʻa ʻoku tau tui ki aí?
9 ʻOku tokolahi ʻa e kakai te nau fakakikihi ʻi he ngaahi houa lahi ʻi he uike ki he uike, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai pehē ko ʻenau fekumi ki he moʻoní. ʻOku nau loto pē ke fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e tui ʻa ha taha kehe lolotonga ia ʻoku nau futaʻaki ʻenau ako ki he lea faka-Hepelū, faka-Kalisi, pe saienisi makatuʻunga ʻi he tuputupu māmālié. ʻI he fetaulaki mo e kakai peheé, ʻoku ʻi ai ha Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe niʻihi kuo nau fakakaukau kuo poleʻi kinautolu pea ko hono olá kuo nau fai ai ha feohi fuoloa ʻa ia ʻoku fakatefito ia ʻi he tui fakalotu loí, tui fakafilōsefá, pe fehālaaki fakasaienisí. ʻOku taau ke tokangaʻi naʻe ʻikai ke tuku ʻe Sīsū ke hoko ha meʻa pehē kiate ia, neongo naʻe mei malava ke ne ikuʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakikihi mo e kau taki lotú ʻa ia naʻe ako ki he lea faka-Hepeluú mo e faka-Kalisí. ʻI hono poleʻi ʻa Sīsuú, naʻá ne fai ha tali nounou peá ne toe fakahanga ʻene tokangá ki he kakai anga-fakatōkilalo, ko e fanga sipi moʻoní.—Mātiu 22:41-46; 1 Kolinitō 1:23–2:2.
10. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tokanga ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau komipiutá pea ʻe lava ke nau fetuʻutaki ki he ngaahi electronic bulletin boards?
10 Kuo fakaʻatā ʻe he ngaahi komipiuta ʻi onopooní ʻa e toe ngaahi ʻalunga ki he feohi ʻoku koví. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi kautaha pisinisi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ʻai ke malava ha taha ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ha komipiuta mo ha telefoni ke ne fakahoko ha pōpoaki ki he meʻa ʻoku ui ko e electronic bulletin board pea ʻoku ʻatā ia ke lau ʻe he kakai kotoa ʻoku nau maʻu ha komipiuta mo ha telefoni. Kuo iku eni ki he ngaahi fakakikihi fou ʻi he komipiutá ʻo kau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalotu. ʻE tohoaki nai ha Kalisitiane ki he ngaahi fakakikihi peheé pea te ne fakamoleki nai ha ngaahi houa lahi mo ha toko taha ʻoku fepaki ʻene fakakaukaú ki he moʻoní ʻa ia naʻe tuʻusi nai mei he fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he tataki ʻi he 2 Sione 9-11 ʻa e akonaki fakaetamai ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki he fakaʻehiʻehi mei he feohi koví.a
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei Hono Kākaaʻi Kitá
11. Ko e hā ʻa e faingamālie naʻe maʻu tupu mei he tuʻunga fakapisinisi ʻi Kolinitoó?
11 ʻOku hangē ko ia naʻe lave ki ai ki muʻá, naʻe hoko ʻa Kolinitō ko e kolo tefito ki he pisinisí, pea naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi fale koloa mo e ngaahi pisinisi ai. (1 Kolinitō 10:25) Ko e tokolahi naʻe haʻu ki he Vaʻinga ʻi Kolinitoó naʻa nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi tēniti, pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e meʻá ni naʻe fai fakatau ʻa e kau tangata fakataú mei he ngaahi palepale pe ngaahi tēpile naʻe ʻufiʻufi. (Fakafehoanaki mo Ngāue 18:1-3.) Naʻe ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke malava ke maʻu ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngāue ʻi ai ko e tuitui tēniti. Pea naʻe malava ke ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngāueʻangá ni ke fakamafola ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻOku tohi ʻe palōfesa J. Murphy-O’Connor ʻo ne pehē: “Mei he fale koloa ʻi he māketi naʻe fuʻu moʻua . . . naʻe tuʻu ia ʻo fehangahangai mo e hala ʻoku tokolahi ai ʻa e kakaí, naʻe malava ke sio ai ʻa Paula ʻo ʻikai ki hono kaungāngāué mo e kakai fie fakataú pē, ka ki he kakai tokolahi ʻaupito foki ʻi tuʻa. ʻI he taimi naʻe siʻi ange ai ʻa hono fai ʻa e ngāue fakapisinisí naʻe malava ke tuʻu ʻa Paula ʻi he matapaá ʻo taʻofi ʻa e kakai naʻá ne fakakaukau te nau fanongo nai . . . ʻOku faingofua ke fakakaukau naʻe ʻai ʻe hono anga ivimoʻuí mo ʻene tui pau mātuʻaki mālohí ke vave ʻa ʻene hoko ko e toko taha tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he feituʻú ni, pea ʻoku pau naʻe tohoaki ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e kakai naʻe faʻa fie ʻiló, ʻo ʻikai ko e kau nofo noaʻiá pē kae pehē foki ki he kakai naʻa nau kumi moʻoni ki ha fakamatalá. . . . Ko e kau fefine malí pea mo honau kau fakafeʻao ʻa ia naʻa nau fanongo ʻo kau kia Paulá, naʻe malava ke nau ʻaʻahi mai ki ai ʻo kalofanga ʻaki ʻenau omi ko e fie fai fakataú. ʻI he ngaahi taimi faingataʻá, ʻi he hā ngali ʻe hoko ha fakatanga pe fakahohaʻasi, naʻe malava ke haʻu ʻa e kau tuí ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau fakatau kinautolu. Naʻá ne toe feangai mo e kau ngāue fakakoló ʻi heʻene ngāueʻangá ni.”
12, 13. Ko e hā ʻa e kaunga feʻunga mālie ʻa e 1 Kolinitō 15:33 ki he ngāueʻangá?
12 Ka, ʻoku pau naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e malava ke ʻi ai ʻa e “feohi kovi” ʻi he ngāueʻangá. ʻOku totonu ke pehē mo kitautolu foki. ʻOku taau ke fakatokangaʻi, naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he anga ʻo e fakakaukau naʻe ʻi he niʻihi: “ʻE, tau kai mo inu e, he ʻoku apongipongi ʻetau mate.” (1 Kolinitō 15:32) Naʻá ne hoko atu leva mo ʻene akonaki fakaetamai: “ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.” ʻI he founga fē ʻe fakafekauʻaki nai ai ʻa e ngāueʻangá pea mo e fekumi ki he fiefiá ki he malava ke hoko ai ha fakatuʻutāmakí?
13 ʻOku loto ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke anga-fakakaumeʻa ki he kaungāngāué, pea ʻoku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi meʻa lahi kuo hokosiá ʻe lava ke ola lelei eni ki hono fakaʻatā ʻa e founga ke fai fakamoʻoni ai. Kae kehe, ʻe maʻu hala nai ʻe ha kaungāngāue ʻa e anga-fakakaumeʻá, ʻo ne pehē ko e fakaafe ia ke feohi fakataha ke maʻu ʻa e fiefia. ʻE fai ʻe he kaungāngāué ha fakaafe nai ke kai hoʻatā, ke ʻalu ʻo inu taimi nounou ha inu ʻolokaholo ʻi he ʻosi ʻa e ngāué, pe ke kau ki ha faʻahinga fakafiefia ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uiké. ʻE hā ngali anga-lelei mo ʻulungāanga lelei ʻa e toko tahá ni, pea ʻe hā ngali ʻikai ke kovi ʻa e fakaafé. Ka, ʻoku faleʻi mai ʻe Paula kiate kitautolu: “ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu.”
14. ʻI he founga fē kuo kākaaʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he feohí?
14 Kuo kākaaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi. Naʻe faifai atu pē pea naʻe fakangaloku ʻa e anga ʻo ʻenau fakakaukau ki he feohi mo e kaungāngāué. Naʻe tupu nai ia mei heʻenau manako tatau ʻi he sipotí pe meʻa ke fai ʻi ha taimi mālōlō. Pe naʻe makehe atu ʻa e anga-lelei mo e fakaʻatuʻi ʻa ha toko taha ʻi he ngāueʻangá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha Kalisitiane, pea naʻe iku atu ʻa e meʻá ni ki hono fakamoleki ha taimi lahi ange mo ia, ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻo saiʻia ange ia ke feohi mo e toko taha taʻe tui ko ení ʻi heʻene feohi mo e niʻihi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻE iku nai ʻa e feohí ki hono liʻaki ha fakataha pē ʻe taha. ʻE iku nai ki he ʻalu ʻo ʻeva he taimi poʻulí pea ʻikai ke kau ki he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he pongipongi hono hokó. ʻE iku nai ia ki he sio ki ha filimi pe vitiō ʻa ia ʻe faʻa fakafisi ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke ne sio ki ai. Te tau fakakaukau nai, ‘ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito ke hoko ha meʻa pehē kiate au.’ Ka naʻe fuofua tali pehē nai ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolu kuo kākaaʻí. ʻOku fie maʻu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu, ‘Ko e hā hono lahi ʻo ʻeku loto-ʻalovili ke muimui ki he akonaki ʻa Paulá?’
15. Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau mafamafatatau ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻu ʻo kau ki he ngaahi kaungāʻapí?
15 Ko e meʻa kuo tau toki lave ki ai ʻo kau ki he ngāueʻangá ʻoku toe kaunga tonu ia ki he feohi mo e kaungāʻapí. ʻOku pau naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitō ʻo e kuonga muʻá. ʻI he ngaahi feituʻu ʻe niʻihi ʻoku angaʻaki ʻa e anga-fakakaumeʻa mo e fie tokoni ki he ngaahi kaungāʻapí. ʻI he ngaahi feituʻu ʻi ʻutá, ʻe fefalalaʻaki nai ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻe niʻihi koeʻuhi ko e nofo mavahé. ʻI he ngaahi anga-fakafonua ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku tautefito ai ʻa hono mālohi ʻa e ngaahi fekāingaʻaki fakafāmilí, ʻo iku ai ki he ngaahi fakaafe lahi ke kai fakataha. ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku mahuʻinga ke mafamafatatau ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukaú, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsuú. (Luke 8:20, 21; Sione 2:12) ʻI heʻetau feangainga mo e ngaahi kaungāʻapí mo e kāingá, ʻoku tau hokohoko atu ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa tatau tofu pē mo ia naʻa tau fai ki muʻa pea tau toki hoko ko e kau Kalisitiané? Ka, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau sivisiviʻi ʻa e feangainga peheé pea fakapapauʻi pe ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻoku feʻunga mālie ke fokotuʻú?
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Mātiu 13:3, 4?
16 ʻI he taimi ʻe taha naʻe fakatatauʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e folofola ʻo e Puleʻangá ki he ngaahi tenga “naʻe ngangana . . . ʻi he veʻehala, pea puna mai ʻa e fanga manupuna, ʻo nau kai ʻo ʻosi ia.” (Mātiu 13:3, 4, 19) ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe hoko ʻo fefeka ʻa e kelekele ʻi he halá ʻi he feʻaluʻaki ai ʻa e kakaí. ʻOku pehē pē mo e kakai tokolahi. ʻOku fonu ʻa ʻenau moʻuí ʻi he ngaahi kaungāʻapi, ngaahi kāinga, mo e niʻihi kehe ʻoku feʻaluʻaki, ʻo fakafemoʻuekina ai kinautolu. ʻOku hangē ʻoku malaki ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e kelekele ʻo honau lotó, ʻo ʻai ia ke faingataʻa ke tō ai ʻa e tenga ʻo e moʻoní. ʻE lava ke hoko ha faʻahinga tuʻunga fakafefeka pehē ʻi loto ʻi ha taha kuó ne ʻosi hoko ko ha Kalisitiane.
17. ʻI he founga fē ʻe lava ke uesia ai kitautolu ʻe he feohi mo e ngaahi kaungāʻapí mo e niʻihi kehé?
17 ʻE anga-fakakaumeʻa mo fie tokoni nai ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapi mo e ngaahi kāinga fakamāmani ʻe niʻihi, neongo kuo nau toutou fakahā ʻoku ʻikai te nau mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻofa ki he māʻoniʻoní. (Maʻake 10:21, 22; 2 Kolinitō 6:14) ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke tau hoko ʻo taʻe anga-fakakaumeʻa pe ʻikai ko e kaungāʻapi lelei ʻi heʻetau hoko ko e kau Kalisitiané. Naʻe akonaki mai ʻa Sīsū kiate kitautolu ke tau fakahā ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia moʻoni ʻi he niʻihi kehé. (Luke 10:29-37) Ka ʻoku toe fakamānavaʻi mo mātuʻaki fie maʻu ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paula ke tokanga ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e feohí. ʻI heʻetau ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa Sīsuú, kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻe ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá. ʻE malava ke uesia ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá ʻo kapau he ʻikai te tau manatuʻi ʻa e ongo tefitoʻi moʻoní fakatouʻosi. ʻOku fēfē ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tōʻongá ʻi hono fakafehoanaki ia ki he meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe ho ngaahi kaungāʻapí pe kāingá ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e faitotonu pe ko e talangofua ki he lao ʻa Sisá? Ko e fakatātā, ʻoku nau fakakaukau nai ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ʻi he taimi fakamatala tukuhaú ke ʻoua ʻe tohi ʻa e paʻanga pe tupu kotoa pē ʻoku maʻu mei he pisinisí, pea ʻoku fie maʻu ke fai pehē kae malava ke kei hoko atu. Te nau lea fakatupu fakalotoʻi nai ʻo kau ki heʻenau fakakaukaú ʻi he tangutu ʻo inu kofi, pe ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻenau ʻaʻahi taimi nounou mai. ʻI he founga fē ʻe malava ke uesia ai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e anga ʻo hoʻo fakakaukaú mo e ngaahi tōʻonga faitotonú? (Maʻake 12:17; Loma 12:2) “ʻOua ʻe kākaaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he feohi koví ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga leleí.”
Ngaahi Tōʻonga ʻa e Kau Talavoú Foki
18. Ko e hā ʻoku toe kaunga tonu ai ʻa e 1 Kolinitō 15:33 ki he kau talavoú?
18 ʻOku tautefito ʻa hono uesia ʻa e kau talavoú ʻe he meʻa ʻoku nau sio mo fanongo ki aí. ʻIkai kuó ke fakatokangaʻi ʻa e fānaú ʻoku meimei tatau ʻa ʻenau tōʻongá pe ngaue ʻo e sinó mo e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá pe ngaahi tokouá? Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau ʻohovale ʻi hono tākiekina lahi ʻa e fānaú ʻe honau kaungāvaʻingá pe kaungāakó. (Fakafehoanaki mo Mātiu 11:16, 17.) Kapau ʻe feohi ho fohá pe ʻofefiné mo e kau talavou ʻoku nau lea taʻe fakaʻapaʻapa ʻo kau ki heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá, ko e hā te ke fakakaukau ai ʻe ʻikai ke uesia ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa hoʻo fānaú? Fēfē kapau te nau faʻa fanongo ki he kau talavou kehé ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e lea taʻe taaú? Fēfē kapau ko honau toʻu ʻi he ʻapi akó pe feituʻu ʻoku mou nofo aí ʻoku nau toʻoa ʻo kau ki ha sitaila foʻou ʻi he sū pe ko e ākenga foʻou ʻi he vesá mo e haú? ʻOku totonu ke tau pehē ʻe hūngataʻa ki he fakakaukau ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiané ʻa e faʻahinga tākiekina peheé? Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula ʻoku kaunga tonu ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33 ki he faʻahinga pē kuo nau aʻu ki ha taʻumotuʻa pau?
19. Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke feinga ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ke fokotuʻu ʻi heʻenau fānau?
19 Kapau ko ha mātuʻa koe, ʻokú ke fakakaukau maʻu pē ki he akonaki ko ení ʻi hoʻo feinga ke fakatupu-fakakaukau lelei ʻi hoʻo fānaú pea ʻi hoʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻo kau ki hoʻo fānaú? ʻE tokoni nai ʻo kapau te ke tali ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ení ʻoku kovi ʻa e kau talavou kehe kotoa ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku mou nofo aí pe ʻi he ʻapi akó. Ko e niʻihi nai ʻo kinautolu ʻoku anga-lelei mo moʻui taau, ʻo hangē tofu pē ʻoku pehē ʻa e niʻihi ʻo ho ngaahi kaungāʻapí, ngaahi kāingá, mo e kaungāngāué. ʻAi ke ke feinga ke tokoniʻi ʻa hoʻo fānaú ke nau ʻilo ʻa e meʻá ni pea ke nau makupusi ʻokú ke anga-mafamafatatau ʻi hoʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki fakapotopoto fakaetamai ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó. ʻI heʻenau fakatokangaʻi ʻa hoʻo tuʻunga mafamafatataú, ʻe lava ke tokoni ia kiate kinautolu ke nau faʻifaʻitaki kiate koe.—Luke 6:40; 2 Tīmote 2:22.
20. Kau talavou, ko e hā ʻa e pole ʻokú ke fekuki mo iá?
20 Ko kimoutolu ʻoku kei talavoú, mou feinga ke ʻilo ʻa e founga ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá, ʻi hoʻo ʻiloʻi ko e meʻa mahuʻinga eni ki he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē, ko e kau talavou mo e faʻahinga motuʻa angé. ʻE fie maʻu heni ke ke fai ha feinga lahi pea ke ke loto-ʻalovili, kae fēfē ke ke fekuki mo e polé ni? ʻAi ke ke fakatokangaʻi, ko hoʻo ʻiloʻi pē ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kau talavou kehe ko iá talu mei hoʻo kei siʻí ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ia he ʻikai malava ke nau uesia ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tōʻongá, pe ʻikai malava ke nau maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻokú ke fakatupulekina ʻi he hoko ko e talavou Kalisitiané.—Palōvepi 2:1, 10-15.
Ngaahi Meʻa Pau ke Maluʻi ʻEtau Ngaahi Tōʻongá
21. (a) Ko e hā ʻa ʻetau fie maʻú ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e feohí? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau ʻilo pau ai ʻe lava ke fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa e feohi ʻe niʻihi?
21 ʻOku fie maʻu kiate kitautolu kātoa ʻa e feohi. Ka kuo pau ke tau fakatokangaʻi ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe lava ke uesia kitautolu ʻe heʻetau feohí, ʻi he founga lelei pe kovi. Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku moʻoni eni ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ʻĀtama pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻi he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi senituli talu mei aí. Ko e fakatātā, ko Sihosafate, ko e tuʻi lelei ʻo Siuta, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua mo e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová. Ka ʻi he hili ʻene fakaʻatā ʻa hono fohá ke mali mo e ʻofefine ʻo Tuʻi ʻĒhapi ʻo ʻIsilelí, naʻe kamata ke feohi ʻa Sihosafate mo ʻĒhapi. Naʻe mei mole ʻa e moʻui ʻa Sihosafaté ʻi heʻene feohi peheé. (2 Tuʻi 8:16-18; 2 Kalonikali 18:1-3, 29-31) ʻE lava ke hoko ha fakatuʻutāmaki pehē ʻo kapau te tau fai ha fili taʻe fakapotopoto ʻo kau ki heʻetau feohí.
22. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke tau fakamātoatoʻí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
22 Ko ia ai, ʻai ke tau fakamātoatoʻi ʻa e akonaki anga-ʻofa ʻoku fai mai ʻe Paula kiate kitautolu ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33. ʻOku ʻikai ko e ngaahi foʻi lea pē eni ʻa ia kuo tau faʻa fanongo ai pea ʻe lava ke tau fakalau kinautolu koeʻuhi kuo tau ako maʻu loto. ʻOku nau fakahā mai ʻa e anga-ʻofa fakaetamai ʻa Paula ki hono ngaahi tokoua mo e ngaahi tuofāfine ʻi Kolinitoó, pea pehē foki ʻene ʻofa mai kiate kitautolu. Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ko e akonaki ia ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní koeʻuhi ʻokú ne loto ke lavameʻa ʻa ʻetau ngaahi feingá.—1 Kolinitō 15:58.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ko e toe fakatuʻutāmaki ʻe taha ʻi he ngaahi bulletin boards peheé, ko e fakatauele ke hiki ha tatau ki he komipiutá ʻo e ngaahi polokalama pe ngaahi tohi ʻoku copyright ʻo ʻikai ke maʻu ʻa e ngofua mei he faʻahinga naʻa nau tohi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni pe ʻoku ʻanautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, pea ko e meʻa eni ʻoku maumauʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi lao fakavahaʻa-puleʻanga ki he copyright.—Loma 13:1.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga tefito naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e 1 Kolinitō 15:33?
◻ ʻI he founga fē ʻe lava ke tau ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paulá ʻi he ngāueʻangá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau mafamafatatau ʻo kau ki he ngaahi kaungāʻapí ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻu?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tautefito ai ʻa e feʻunga mālie ki he kau talavoú ʻa e akonaki ʻi he 1 Kolinitō 15:33?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e ngāueʻangá ke fakamafola ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
ʻE lava ke maumauʻi ʻe he kau talavou kehé ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tōʻonga faka-Kalisitiané