Ko e Lao Koulá—ʻOku ʻAonga Ia
Lolotonga ʻoku vakai ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí ki he Lao Koulá ko ha akonaki fakaeʻulungaanga naʻe fanongonongo ʻe Sīsū, ko ia tonu naʻá ne pehē: “Ko eku akonaki oku ikai aaku, ka oku aana naa ne fekau au.”—Sione 7:16, PM.
ʻIO, ko e Tupuʻanga ʻo e meʻa naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsuú, ʻo kau ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻo ʻiloa ko e Lao Koulá, ko e tokotaha ko ia naʻá ne fekau mai ʻa Sīsuú, ʻa ia ko e Tokotaha-Fakatupu, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
Naʻe ʻuluaki fakataumuʻa ʻe he ʻOtuá ke fefaiʻaki ʻe he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa e meʻa te nau saiʻia ke fai kiate kinautolú. Naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei taha ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e tokanga ki he lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi he founga ʻo ʻene fakatupu ʻa e tangatá: “Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e tangata ʻi he imisi oʻona, ʻio i he imisi ʻo e ʻOtua naʻa ne fakatupu ia; naʻa ne fakatupu ʻakinaua ko e tangata mo e fefine.” (Senesi 1:27) ʻOku ʻuhinga ení naʻe tokonaki anga-ʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he tangatá ha tuʻunga ʻo hono ngaahi ʻulungaanga tuʻu-ki-muʻá tonu koeʻuhi ke nau lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e moʻuí ʻi he melino, fiefia mo e feongoongoi—ʻo malava ke aʻu ʻo taʻengata. Ko honau konisēnisi kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá, ʻi hono akoʻi totonú, te ne tataki kinautolu ke nau fai ki he niʻihi kehé ʻa e founga te nau saiʻia ke fai tonu ange kiate kinautolú.
Pule ʻa e Siokitá
Koeʻuhi naʻe maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ha kamataʻanga fakaofo pehē, ko e hā naʻe hokó? ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi mahinó, kuo kamata ke ʻasi ʻa e tuʻunga kovi ʻo e siokitá. ʻOku alāanga ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí mo e fakamatala faka-Tohitapu ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻuluaki ongo meʻa fakaetangatá, hangē ko ia ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Senesi vahe 3. ʻI hono fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Sētane, ko ha tokotaha fakafepaki ki he ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe talitekeʻi siokita ai ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e tuʻunga-pule ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fili ki he faʻitelihá mo e fakapapauʻi fakaekitá. Ko ʻena tōʻonga siokita mo angatuʻú naʻe iku ia ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he mole lahi kiate kinaua tonu kae toe pehē foki ki he ngaahi nunuʻa fakamamahi ki he kotoa ʻo ʻena fānau ʻi he kahaʻú. Ko ha fakahāhā mahino ia ʻo e ola fakalilifu ʻo hono tukunoaʻi ʻa e akonaki naʻe hoko ʻo ʻiloa ko e Lao Koulá. Fakatatau ki ai, “nae hoko mai ae agahala ki mamani, moe mate mei he agahala, i he tagata be taha; bea nae behe ae hoko oe mate ki he kakai kotoabe, he kuo agahala kotoabe.”—Loma 5:12, PM.
Neongo ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakalūkufua naʻa nau tafoki mei he ngaahi founga ʻofa ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻikai te ne liʻaki kinautolu. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻa ʻene Laó ke ne tataki kinautolu. Naʻá ne akoʻi kinautolu ke nau fai ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo hangē ko ʻenau loto ke fai ange kiate kinautolú. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he Laó ʻa e fakahinohino ki he meʻa ke fai ki he kau pōpulá, fānau tamai-maté mo e kau uitoú. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ke fai ki he ngaohikoviá, puke fakamālohí mo e kaihaʻá. Ko e ngaahi lao ki he fakamaʻá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e tokanga ki he moʻuilelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Naʻe ʻi ai naʻa mo e ngaahi lao ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaefehokotaki fakasinó. Naʻe fakanounouʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene Laó ʻaki hono tala ki he kakaí: “Te ke ʻofa ki ho kaungaʻapi, ʻo hange ko hoʻo ʻofa kiate koe,” ko ha fakamatala ʻa ia naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sīsū ki mui. (Livitiko 19:18; Mātiu 22:39, 40) Naʻe toe ʻi he Laó ʻa e meʻa ke fai ki he kau nofo muli ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e Laó: “Ko e muli ʻe ʻikai te ke fai fakamamahi ki ai: he ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻe kimoutolu ʻa e anga ʻo e lotoʻi muli, he naʻa mou nofo muli ʻi he fonua ko Isipite.” ʻI hono toe fakalea ʻe tahá, naʻe pau ke fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e kaungāongoʻi anga-ʻofa ki he māʻulaló.—Ekisoto 23:9; Livitiko 19:34; Teutalonome 10:19.
ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e muimui loto-tōnunga ʻa ʻIsileli ki he Laó, naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e puleʻangá. ʻI he malumalu ʻa e pule ʻa Tēvita mo Solomoné, naʻe lakalakaimonū ʻa e puleʻangá pea naʻe fiefia mo fiemālie ʻa e kakaí. ʻOku tala mai kiate kitautolu ʻe ha fakamatala fakahisitōlia: “Naʻe tokolahi ʻa Siuta mo Isileli, ʻo hange ko e ʻoneʻone ʻi he matatahi, ʻo nau kai mo inu mo fakafiefia. Toki nofo fiemalie [“malu,” NW] ʻa Siuta mo Isileli taki taha ʻi hono lolo vaine mo lolo fiki.”—1 Tuʻi 4:20, 25.
Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, naʻe ʻikai ke tolonga ʻa e melino mo e malu ʻa e puleʻangá. Neongo hono maʻu ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻikai ke tauhi ia ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí; naʻa nau fakaʻatā ʻa e tuʻunga siokitá ke ne kāsia ʻenau tokanga ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko e meʻá ni, fakataha mo e tafoki mei he moʻoní, naʻe iku ia ki ha faingataʻa kiate kinautolu tāutaha pea ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha puleʻangá. Faifai atu pē, ʻi he taʻu 607 K.M., naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau Pāpiloné ke nau fakaʻauha ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo Siutá, ko e kolo ko Selusalemá pea naʻa mo e temipale fisifisimuʻa ʻi aí. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhingá? “Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai te mou fakaongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea, ko au eni ʻoku ou fekau atu ke maʻu mai ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pe ʻo e tokelau—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—pea ki heʻeku sevaniti ko Nepukanesa ko e Tuʻi Papilone, ke u ʻomi kinautolu ki he fonua ni, pea ki he kakai ʻoku nofo ai, pea ki he ngaahi puleʻanga takatakai; ke u moifua kinautolu, pea ke u ngaohi kinautolu ko e meʻa ke fai ai ha ofo, mo ha fakaʻiseʻisa, ʻio ko e koto kaʻanga taʻengata.” (Selemaia 25:8, 9) Ko ha totongi ē ke fai ʻi hono liʻaki ʻa e lotu maʻa ʻa Sihová!
Ko ha Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ke Faʻifaʻitaki ki Ai
ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene akoʻi ʻa e Lao Koulá ka naʻá ne toe fokotuʻu ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei taha ʻi he muimui ki aí. Naʻá ne tokanga moʻoni ki he lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Mātiu 9:36; 14:14; Luke 5:12, 13) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, ofi ki he kolo ko Neiní, naʻe sio ai ʻa Sīsū ki ha uitou loto-mamahi ʻi ha fata mai ʻo ha putu ko ʻene tamasiʻí pē ia ʻe taha. ʻOku pehē ʻe he fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú: “ʻI he mamata ʻe Sisu ki he fefine, naʻe langa hono fatu ʻi he ʻofa ki ai.” (Luke 7:11-15) Ko e kupuʻi lea “langa hono fatu ʻi he ʻofa,” fakatatau ki he Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, ʻoku ʻuhingá “ko e hoko ʻo ueʻi ʻa e loto ʻo e tokotahá.” Naʻá ne ongoʻi ʻa ʻene loto-mamahí, pea naʻe ueʻi ai ia ke ne fou ʻi ha ngaahi sitepu pau ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa ʻene mamahí. Ko ha fiefia ē naʻe ʻomai ki he uitou ko iá ʻi he taimi naʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e tamasiʻí ʻo ‘tuku ia ki heʻene faʻeé’!
Fakaʻosí, ʻi he fehoanaki mo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe loto-lelei ʻa Sīsū ke faingataʻaʻia pea foaki ʻa ʻene moʻuí ko ha huhuʻi koeʻuhí ke lava ʻo fakatauʻatāinaʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he pōpula ki he angahalá mo e maté. Ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga taupotu eni ʻo e moʻuiʻaki ʻa e Lao Koulá.—Mātiu 20:28; Sione 15:13; Hepelu 4:15.
Kakai ʻOku Nau Ngāueʻaki ʻa e Lao Koulá
ʻOku ʻi ai ha kakai ʻi hotau taimí ʻoku nau moʻui moʻoni ʻaki ʻa e Lao Koulá? ʻIo, pea ʻikai ʻi he taimi pē ko ia ʻoku faingamālie aí. Ko e fakatātaá, lolotonga ʻa e Tau II ʻa Māmaní ʻi Siamane Nasi, naʻe tauhi maʻu ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻenau tui ki he ʻOtuá mo e ʻofa ki he kaungāʻapí pea nau fakafisi ke fakangaloku ʻa e Lao Koulá. Lolotonga hono fakamālohiʻi ʻe he Puleʻangá ha feingatau ʻo e fehiʻa mo e filifilimānako ki he Siu kotoa pē, naʻe kei hokohoko atu ʻa e muimui ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻi he Lao Koulá. Naʻa mo e ʻi he ngaahi kemi fakamamahí, naʻa nau hokohoko atu ai ʻa e tokanga ki he kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, vahevahe ʻenau meʻakaí, neongo ʻa ʻene tāiʻí ʻo tatau pē ki he kau Siu mo e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e Siu naʻe fiekaiá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, neongo hono fekauʻi ʻe he Puleʻangá ke nau toʻo meʻatau ʻo tāmateʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé, naʻa nau fakafisi ke fai ia, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e ʻikai te nau loto ke tāmateʻi kinautolu ʻe he niʻihi kehé. ʻE lava fēfē ke nau tāmateʻi ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe pau ke nau ʻofa ki ai ʻo hangē pē ko kinautolú? ʻI heʻenau fakafisí, naʻe fekauʻi ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ki he ngaahi kemi fakamamahí ka ke nau mate.—Mātiu 5:43-48.
ʻI hoʻo lau ʻa e kupu ko ení, ʻokú ke maʻu ʻaonga ai mei ha toe faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻe taha ʻo e ngāue ʻa e Lao Koulá. ʻOku ʻiloʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku faingataʻaʻia taʻehaʻamanaki mo taʻehamaluʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi ʻi he ʻahó ni. Koeʻuhi ko e meʻá ni, ʻoku fai loto-lelei ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻa e ngāue pau ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ako fekauʻaki mo e ʻamanaki pea mo e fakahinohino ʻaonga ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tohitapú. Ko e konga kotoa ia ʻo ha ngāue fakaeako ʻi māmani lahi ʻoku fai he taimí ni ʻi ha tuʻunga taʻehanotatau ki muʻa. Ko e olá? Hangē ko ia ne kikiteʻi ʻi he Aisea 2:2-4, ko e “ngaahi kakai lahi,” ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku laka hake ʻi he toko ono milioná ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻi he māmaní takatakai, kuo ʻakoʻi ki he ngaahi ʻalunga ʻo Sihová pea ʻoku nau fou ʻi hono ngaahi foungá.’ ʻI he tuʻunga fakaefakatātaá, kuo nau ako ke “tuki huo ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi heleta, mo e ngaahi hele ʻauhani ʻaki honau ngaahi tao.” Kuo nau maʻu ʻa e melino mo e maluʻanga ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa ko ení.
Fēfē Koe?
Fakakaukau atu ʻi ha mōmeniti ki he mamahi mo e faingataʻa kuo ʻomai ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻe he taʻetokanga ki he Lao Koulá talu mei he angatuʻu ʻi ʻĪtení, ʻa ia naʻe langaʻi ʻe Sētane ko e Tēvoló. ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻe Sihova ke fakafoki vavé ni ʻa e tuʻunga ko iá. Anga-fēfē? “Ko hono ʻuhinga ia naʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua, koeʻuhi ke ne holoki ʻa e ngaahi ngaue ʻa e Tevolo.” (1 Sione 3:8) ʻE hoko eni ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻi he nima poto mo lavameʻa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa e tokotaha ʻa ia naʻá ne akoʻi pea moʻuiʻaki ʻa e Lao Koulá.—Sāme 37:9-11; Taniela 2:44.
Ko Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻá ne pehē: “Naaku talavou, bea kuou motua; ka oku teeki teu ilo ae maonioni kuo liaki, be ko hono hako oku kole ma. Oku agaofa mau ai be ia, bea faa atu; bea oku monuia hono hako.” (Sāme 37:25, 26, PM) ʻIkai te ke loto-tatau ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau ʻave meʻa mo toʻo taʻetotonu kae ʻikai ke ‘agaofa bea faa atu’? ʻOku hā mahino, ko e muimui ki he Lao Koulá ʻoku lava ke iku ia ki he melino mo e malu moʻoni koeʻuhi ʻokú ne ʻai ai ha taha ke malava ʻo ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki he taimí ni pea ʻi he kahaʻú ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻE toʻo atu ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e kotoa ʻo e siokitá pea mo e fulikivanu ʻi he māmaní pea fetongi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ʻo e pule fakameleʻi faʻu ʻe he tangatá ʻaki ha fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou ʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá. ʻE toki fiefia leva ʻa e kakaí kotoa ʻi he moʻuiʻaki ʻa e Lao Koulá.—Sāme 29:11; 2 Pita 3:13.
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Naʻe ʻikai ke akoʻi pē ʻe Sīsū ʻa e Lao Koulá kae toe fokotuʻu foki ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei taha ʻi hono fai iá
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Ko e muimui ʻi he Lao Koulá ʻoku lava ke iku ia ki he melino mo e malu moʻoni