Ngaahi ʻAonga mei he ʻOfa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá
“ʻOfa [ki he potó], pea te ne lehilehiʻi koe . . . Te ne fakapaleʻi koe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻofua kiate ia.”—PALOVEPI 4:6, 8.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku kau ʻi he ʻofa moʻoni ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
ʻOKU mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ki ha Kalisitiane ʻa hono lau ʻo e Tohitapú. Kae kehe, ko hono lau pē iá ʻoku ʻikai fakahaaʻi ia ai ha ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Fēfē kapau ʻoku lau ʻe ha taha ia ʻa e Tohitapú ka ʻokú ne fai pē ʻe ia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakahalaiaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú? ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻikai ʻofa ia ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he founga naʻe ʻofa ki ai ʻa e tokotaha-tohi ʻo e Sāme 119. Naʻe taki ia ʻe he ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu aí.—Sāme 119:97, 101, 105.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻoku haʻu mei he poto ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
2 Ko e moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e fakatonutonu tuʻumaʻu ʻo ʻete fakakaukaú mo e founga ʻo e moʻuí. ʻOku tapua mei he ʻalunga peheé ʻa e poto fakaʻotuá, ʻa ia ko hono ʻuhingá ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e ʻilo mo e mahino ʻoku maʻu mei hono ako ʻo e Tohitapú. “ʻOfa [ki he potó], pea te ne lehilehiʻi koe. Fakahikihikiʻi ia, pea te ne hiki koe ki ʻolunga: te ne fakapaleʻi koe, ʻo kapau te ke faʻofua kiate ia. Te ne ʻai ki ho ʻulu ha pale te ke fakaʻofoʻofa ai: Te ne hilifaki hao kalauni matamatalelei.” (Palovepi 4:6, 8, 9) Ko ha fakalototoʻa lelei lahi ē ke fakatupulekina ha ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ke ne tākiekina kita! Ko hai ia ʻoku ʻikai loto ke maluʻi, hakeakiʻi, mo fakalāngilangiʻi?
Maluʻi mei he Maumau Tuʻuloá
3. ʻI he mahulu hake he taimí ni ʻi ha toe taimi, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke maluʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, pea meia hai?
3 ʻI he founga fē ʻoku maluʻi ai ha taha ʻe he poto ʻoku maʻu mei hono ako mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? Ko e meʻa ʻe tahá, ʻoku maluʻi ai ia meia Sētane ko e Tēvoló. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa hono kau muimuí ke nau lotu ki ha fakahaofi mei he tokotaha fulikivanú, ʻa Sētane. (Mātiu 6:13) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e fiemaʻu ko ia ke fakakau ʻa e kole ko ʻení ʻi heʻetau ngaahi lotú ʻoku fakavavevave moʻoni. Naʻe tuli hifo ʻa Sētane mo ʻene kau tēmenioó mei hēvani ʻi he hili ʻa e 1914, pea ko ia ai, kuo hoko ʻa Sētane ʻo “ʻita lahi, ko ʻene ʻilo ʻoku toesiʻi pe hono taimi.” (Fakahā 12:9, 10, 12) ʻI he taimi tōmui ko ʻení, kuo pau pē ʻoku kakaha ʻene ʻitá ʻi heʻene ngaahi faitau taʻelavameʻa ki he faʻahinga “ʻoku tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtua, mo nau puke maʻu ʻenau fakamoʻoni kia Sisu.”—Fakahā 12:17.
4. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono maluʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he ngaahi fakaʻaiʻai mo e ngaahi tauhele fakasētané?
4 ʻOku hokohoko atu ʻa Sētane ʻi heʻene ʻitá ke langaʻi ʻa e faingataʻa ki he kau faifekau Kalisitiane ko ʻení pea ke fakatupu ʻa e fakatanga fakamālohi pe fakatupunga ha ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga kehe ki heʻenau ngāué. ʻOkú ne toe loto ke tohoaki ʻa e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá ke nau tokangataha ki he ngaahi meʻa hangē ko e tuʻu-ki-muʻa fakamāmaní, ko e ʻofa ki he fakafiefiemālié, ko hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi koloa fakamatelié, pea mo e tuli ki he mālié, kae ʻikai ki he ngāue fakamalanga ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko e hā ʻokú ne maluʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti anga-tonu ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he tukulolo ki he fakaʻaiʻai ʻa Sētané pe hoko ʻo fihia ʻi heʻene ngaahi tauhelé? Ko hono moʻoní, ko e lotú, ko ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui vāofi mo Sihova, pea mo e tui ki he pau ʻo ʻene ngaahi talaʻofá ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga. Ka ko e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ʻoku fakafehokotaki ia ki ha ʻilo mo ha fakapapauʻi ke tokanga ki he ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e ngaahi fakamanatu ko ʻení ʻoku fakafou mai ia ʻi hono lau ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tokoni ki he ako Tohitapú, ko hono maʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakataha Kalisitiané, ko e tokanga ki he akonaki Fakatohitapu mei ha kaungātui, pe ko e fakalaulauloto faʻa lotu pē ʻo kau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú ʻoku fakamanatu mai ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ki he ʻatamaí.—Aisea 30:21; Sione 14:26; 1 Sione 2:15-17.
5. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku maluʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he poto ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
5 Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku maluʻi kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi founga kehe. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku nau hao mei he loto-mafasia fakaeongo mo e ngaahi mahaki fakaesino ʻoku tupu mei he ngaahi meʻa hangē ko e ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú, ko e ngāueʻaki ʻo e tapaká, mo e fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú. (1 Kolinito 5:11; 2 Kolinito 7:1) ʻOku ʻikai te nau tokoni ki hono maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi vahaʻangataé ʻaki ha lau pe lea taʻeʻofa. (Efeso 4:31) ʻOku ʻikai te nau tō ʻo maʻukovia ʻe he veiveiua tupu mei he fekumi ki he ngaahi filōsofia kākā ʻa e poto ʻo e māmaní. (1 Kolinito 3:19) ʻI he ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku maluʻi ai kinautolu mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lava ke ne kaihaʻasia meiate kinautolu ʻa honau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá pea mo e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá. ʻOku nau hanganaki moʻumoʻua ʻi hono tokoniʻi honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí ke nau tui ki he ngaahi talaʻofa fakaofo ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tohitapú, ʻo ʻilo te nau ‘fakamoʻui ai kinautolu mo kinautolu foki ʻoku fanongo kiate kinautolú.’—1 Timote 4:16.
6. ʻOku malava fēfē ʻe he poto ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ne maluʻi kitautolu naʻa mo e ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻá?
6 Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokotaha kotoa—naʻa mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá—ʻoku nau moʻulaloa ki he “faingamalie mo e tuʻutamaki.” (Koheleti 9:11) Ko ha meʻa taʻealamataʻofia ia ko e niʻihi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo kitautolú te nau hokosia ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki fakanatula, ngaahi puke lahi, ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki, pe mate mutukia. Ka, ʻoku kei maluʻi pē kitautolu. ʻOku ʻikai ha fakatuʻutāmaki ia ʻe lava ke ne ʻomai ha maumau tuʻuloa ki ha taha ʻoku ʻofa moʻoni ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau hohaʻa tōtuʻa fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻe hoko mai nai ʻi he kahaʻú. ʻI he hili ʻetau fai ʻa e ngaahi tokanga ʻuhinga lelei kotoa pē, ʻoku lelei ange ke tuku ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ki he ongo toʻukupu ʻo Sihová pea ʻoua naʻa fakaʻatā ʻa e moʻui taʻemalu ʻo e ʻaho ní ke ne kaihaʻasia ʻa e melinó meiate kitautolu. (Mātiu 6:33, 34; Filipai 4:6, 7) Tuku maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e papau ʻo e ʻamanaki toetuʻú pea mo ha moʻui lelei ange ʻi he taimi ʻe hanga ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo ‘fakafoʻou ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe.’—Fakahā 21:5; Sione 11:25.
Fakamoʻoniʻi Koe ko e “Kelekele Kuo Tāu”
7. Ko e hā ʻa e talanoa fakatātā naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ki he fuʻu kakai naʻe haʻu ke fanongo kiate iá?
7 Ko e mahuʻinga ʻo hono maʻu ha vakai totonu ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe fakaeʻa ia ʻi he taha ʻo e ngaahi pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú. ʻI hono fanongonongo ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi Pālesitaine kātoá, naʻe fakatahataha mai ke fanongo kiate ia ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi. (Luke 8:1, 4) Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ke ʻofa moʻoni ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahingá ni kotoa. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, naʻe haʻu ʻa e tokolahi ke fanongo kiate iá koeʻuhi naʻa nau fiemaʻu ke nau sio ki ha ngaahi mana, pe koeʻuhi naʻa nau mālieʻia ʻi he founga fakaofo ʻo ʻene faiakó. Ko ia ai, naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ki he fuʻu kakaí ha talanoa fakatātā: “Naʻe ʻalu atu ha tangata tūtūʻi ke tūtūʻi ʻene tenga: pea ʻi heʻene tūtūʻi, ne tō ha meʻa ʻi he veʻehala; pea mala ai ʻa e kakai, pea kai ʻo ʻosi ia ʻe he fanga manupuna ʻo e ʻatā. Pea tō ha meʻa ʻe taha ki he funga maka; pea ʻi heʻene tupu naʻe mate ia ko e ʻikai mālūlū. Pea to ha meʻa ʻe taha ki he tuʻunga ʻo ha ngaahi ʻakau talatala; pea tupu fakataha mo ia ʻa e ʻakau talatala, ʻo nau kāsia ia. Pea tō ha meʻa ʻe taha ki he kelekele kuo tāu, pea ʻi heʻene tupu naʻa ne fua, ʻo fuo teau.”—Luke 8:5-8.
8. ʻI he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsuú, ko e hā ʻa e tengá?
8 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tali kehekehe ki he malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí, ʻo fakatuʻunga ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e loto ʻo e tokotaha fanongó. Ko e tenga ʻoku tūtūʻí “ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Luke 8:11) Pe, hangē ko hono fakalea ʻe he toe lēkooti ʻe taha ʻo e pealapelí, ko e tengá ko e “folofola ʻo e Puleʻanga.” (Mātiu 13:19) Naʻe lava pē ʻe Sīsū ke ne ngāueʻaki ha taha pē ʻi he ongo kupuʻi leá, koeʻuhi ko e kaveinga ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻi he malumalu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ko e Tuʻí ʻa ia ʻe ngāueʻaki ia ʻe Sihova ke fakatonuhiaʻi hono tuʻunga-haú mo fakatāpuhaaʻi hono huafá. (Mātiu 6:9, 10) Ko ia, ko hono moʻoní, ko e tengá ko e pōpoaki ia ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻoku ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e Tohitapú. ʻOku fakaeʻa ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e pōpoaki ko ʻeni ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi heʻenau tūtuuʻi ʻa e tengá ʻi he faʻifaʻitaki ki he muʻaki Tokotaha-Tūtūʻí, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko e hā ʻa e tali ʻoku nau maʻú?
9. Ko e hā ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he tenga ʻoku ngangana ʻi he (a) veʻehalá? (e) ʻi he funga maká? (f) ʻi he ʻakau talatalá?
9 Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻoku ngangana ʻa e tenga ʻe niʻihi ʻi he veʻehalá pea ʻoku tāmalaki. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ki he kakai ʻoku nau fuʻu moʻumoʻua ʻo ʻikai ke faiaka ai ʻa e tenga ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi honau lotó. Ki muʻa ke nau malava ke fakatupu ha ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku “haʻu ʻa e Tevolo, ʻo ne ʻave ʻa e folofola mei honau loto, naʻa nau tui pea moʻui.” (Luke 8:12) ʻOku ngangana ʻa e ngaahi tenga ʻe niʻihi ʻi ha funga maka. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ki he kakai ʻoku tohoakiʻi kinautolu ki he pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakaʻatā ia ke ne ueʻi honau lotó. ʻI he hoko mai ʻa e fakafepakí, pe ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau ʻilo ai ʻoku faingataʻa ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa e Tohitapú, “ʻoku nau hiki” koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai hanau aka. (Luke 8:13) ʻOku ʻi ai leva ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fanongo ki he folofolá ka ʻoku lōmekina kinautolu ʻe he “ngaahi moʻua ʻo e moʻui ni, mo hono koloa, mo hono ngaahi mālie.” ʻOku faifai atu pē, ʻo hangē ko e ʻuluʻakau ʻoku kāsia ʻe he ʻakau talatalá, ʻo “ngapulou kinautolu.”—Luke 8:14.
10, 11. (a) Ko hai ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he kelekele leleí? (e) Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke “pukenimaʻi” ai ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau lotó?
10 Fakaʻosí, ko e tenga ʻoku ngangana ʻi he kelekele leleí. ʻOku tuhu ʻeni ki he kakai ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e pōpoakí ʻaki ha “loto kuo lelei mo tāu.” ʻOku fakaenatula pē kiate kitautolu taki taha ke tui ʻokú te kau ki he kalasi ko ʻení. Kae kehe, ʻi hono ʻanalaiso fakaʻosí, ko e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ia ʻoku laú. (Palovepi 17:3; 1 Kolinito 4:4, 5) ʻOku pehē ʻe heʻene Folofolá ko ʻetau maʻu “ʻa e loto kuo lelei mo tāu” ko e meʻa ia ʻoku tau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻaki ʻa ʻetau ngaahi ngāué mei he taimí ni ʻo aʻu ki heʻetau maté, pe aʻu ki hono toki ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha ngataʻanga ki he fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi meʻá. Kapau ko ʻetau ʻuluaki tali ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku pau, ʻoku lelei ia. Kae kehe, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau loto lelei mo tāú ʻoku nau tali ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea “pukenimaʻi ia, pea nau fua heʻenau kitaki.”—Luke 8:15.
11 Ko e founga pau pē ʻe taha ke pukenimaʻi ai ʻi hotau lotó ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko hono lau pea ako ia fakatouʻosi ʻi he tuʻunga fakafoʻituitui pea ʻi he feohi mo e ngaahi kaungātuí. ʻOku kau heni ʻa hono ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie ʻoku tokonaki ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he fouʻanga kuo fokotuʻu ki hono tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga fakalaumālie ʻa e kau muimui moʻoni ʻo Sīsuú. (Mātiu 24:45-47) ʻI he ngaahi founga peheé, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau pukenimaʻi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi honau lotó ʻoku ueʻi ʻe he ʻofá ke nau “fua heʻenau kitaki.”
12. Ko e hā ʻa e fua kuo pau ke tau fakatupu ʻaki ʻa e kātakí?
12 Ko e hā ʻa e fua ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he kelekele leleí? ʻI he māmani fakaenatulá, ʻoku tupu hake ʻa e fanga kiʻi tengá ko e fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ʻoku fua ʻo ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga tatau ʻo e tengá, ʻa ia ʻe lava ke lulu ia ke toe fua mai. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e loto ʻoku lelei mo tāú, ʻoku tupu ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e tenga ʻo e folofolá, ʻo fakatupunga ai kinautolu ke nau laka ki muʻa fakalaumālie kae ʻoua kuo nau hoko ʻo malava ke tūtuuʻi ʻa e tengá ʻi he loto ʻo e niʻihi kehé. (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Pea ko ʻenau ngāue ko e tūtūʻí ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ʻaki ʻa e kātakí. Naʻe fakahāhaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e kātaki ʻi he tūtūʻí ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko ia te ne kataki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga, ko e toko taha ko ia te ne moʻui. Pea ʻe ʻoua ke fanongonongo ki mamani katoa ʻa e ongoongolelei ko eni ʻo e puleʻanga, ke ai ha fakamatala ki he ngāhi kakai kotoa pe, pea toki hoko ʻa e ngataʻanga.”—Mātiu 24:13, 14.
“Fua Lahi i he Gaue Lelei Kotoabe”
13. Ko e hā ʻa e lotu naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻoku fakafehokotaki ai ʻa e fuá mo e ʻiloʻi ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
13 Naʻe lea foki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fiemaʻu ke fakatupu fuá, pea naʻá ne fakafehokotaki ʻa e fakatupu fuá mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne lotu ke hoko hono kaungātuí ʻo “fakafonu akimoutolu aki ae ilo ki hono finagalo [ʻo e ʻOtuá] i he boto kotoabe moe ilo fakalaumalie; Bea ke mou aeva o tāu moe Eiki o fakafiemalie i he mea kotoabe, ke mou fua lahi i he gaue lelei kotoabe.”—Kolose 1:9, 10, PM; Filipai 1:9-11.
14-16. ʻI he fehoanaki mo e lotu ʻa Paulá, ko e hā ʻa e fua ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
14 ʻOku fakahaaʻi mai ai ʻe Paula ko hono maʻu ko ia ʻa e ʻilo ki he Tohitapú ʻoku ʻikai ko hono ngataʻangá pē ia. Ka, ko e ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau “aeva o tāu moe Eiki” ʻaki ʻa e hokohoko atu ke ‘fua lahi ʻi he gaue lelei kotoabe.’ Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue leleí? Ko hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá ko e vāhenga-ngāue tuʻu-ki-muʻa ia ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni. (Maake 13:10) Tānaki atu ki ai, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau fai honau lelei tahá ke fai ha poupou fakaepaʻanga tuʻumaʻu ki he ngāue ko ʻení. ʻOku nau fiefia ʻi he monū ko ʻení, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi “ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua ki ha taha ʻoku vekeveke foaki.” (2 Kolinito 9:7) ʻOku ʻalu atu ʻenau ngaahi tokoní ki hono totongi ʻa e fakamole ʻo hono fakalele ʻo e ngaahi fale Pēteli ʻoku laka hake he teaú ʻa ia ʻoku tataki mei ai ʻa e ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá pea pehē ki hono ngaohi mei honau niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi Tohitapu mo e ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapú. ʻOku toe tokoni foki ʻenau ngaahi tokoní ki hono totongi ʻa e ngaahi fakamole ki he ngaahi fuʻu fakataha-lahi faka-Kalisitiané pea ʻi hono fakafolau atu ʻo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí, kau misinalé, mo e kau ngāue fakaʻevangeliō taimi-kakato kehé.
15 Ko e ngaahi ngāue lelei kehé ʻoku kau ai ʻa hono langa mo hono tokangaʻi ʻo e ngaahi senitā ʻo e lotu moʻoní. Ko e ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa ʻene kau lotú ke nau fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke fakaliʻeliʻaki ʻa e ngaahi Holo ʻAsemipilií mo e ngaahi Fale Fakatahaʻangá. (Fakafehoanaki mo Nehemaia 10:39.) Koeʻuhi ʻoku hā ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi langa peheé, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke tauhi ʻa loto mo tuʻa ke maʻa mo fakamānako pea ko e ʻulungaanga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau lotu ʻi loto ʻi he ngaahi holo peheé ke ʻoua naʻa lauʻi. (2 Kolinito 6:3) ʻOku malava ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ke fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. ʻOku ueʻi kinautolu ʻe he ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau fononga mamaʻo koeʻuhi ke kau ʻi hono langa ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu foʻou ki he lotú ʻi he ngaahi tapa ʻo e māmaní ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu koeʻuhi ko e masivá, pe ko e ʻikai ha ngaahi pōtoʻí.—2 Kolinito 8:14.
16 Ko e “fua lahi i he gaue lelei kotoabe” ʻoku toe kau ki ai ʻa e tokanga ki he ngaahi ngafa fakafāmilí pea fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e tokanga ki he ngaahi kaungā Kalisitiané. ʻOku ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tau ongongofua ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e faʻahinga “oku i he fale oe tui” pea “fai ʻa e toʻonga totonu ki [hotau] famili.” (Kaletia 6:10, PM; 1 Timote 5:4, 8) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ko ha ngāue lelei ia ke ʻaʻahi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku puké pea fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e kau mamahí. Pea ko ha ngāue lelei lahi ē ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá mo e ngaahi Kōmiti Fetuʻutaki Faka-Falemahakí ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻa fakafaitoʻó! (Ngāue 15:29) ʻOku ʻi ai foki ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki ʻoku tupulaki—ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku fakaenatula pea ko e niʻihi ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he ngāue vale ʻa e tangatá. ʻAki ʻa e tokoni ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá, kuo maʻu ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ha lēkooti lelei ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻo e māmaní ʻi hono tokonaki ʻa e tokoni vave ki he ngaahi kaungātuí pea mo e kau maʻukovia ʻe he ngaahi fakatamakí mo e ngaahi fakatuʻutāmakí. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ko e ngaahi fua lelei ia ʻoku fakahāhaaʻi ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Ngaahi ʻAonga Lāngilangiʻia ʻi he Kahaʻú
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he tūtuuʻi ʻo e tenga ʻo e Puleʻangá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻa ia te ne luluʻi ʻa e māmaní kuo vavé ni ke sio tonu ai ʻa e kau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
17 Ko hono tūtuuʻi ʻa e tenga ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻene ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga lahi ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui ní kuo laka hake ʻi he toko 300,000 ʻa e faʻahinga ʻi he taʻu taki taha kuo nau fakaʻatā ʻa e pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú ke faiaka ʻi honau lotó ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga kuo nau fakatapui ai ʻenau moʻuí kia Sihova pea fakaʻilongaʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e papitaiso ʻi he vaí. Ko ha kahaʻu lāngilangiʻia ē ʻoku fakatatali mai kiate kinautolú!
18 ʻOku vavé ni, pea ʻilo ʻe he kau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe mālanga hake ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ke fakahīkihikiʻi hono huafá. Ko “Babilone ko e lahi,” ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻi māmani ʻo e lotu loí, ʻe fakaʻauha. (Fakahā 18:2, 8, PM) Pea, ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau fakafisi ke moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe he Tuʻí, ko Sīsū Kalaisi. (Sāme 2:9-11; Taniela 2:44) ʻI he hili iá, ʻe ʻomai leva ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e fakafiemālie tuʻuloa mei he faihiá, taú, mo e ngaahi fakatamaki kehé. ʻE ʻikai ke kei ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e kakaí koeʻuhi ko e mamahí, mahamahakí, mo e maté.—Fakahā 21:3, 4.
19, 20. Ko e hā ʻa e kahaʻu lāngilangiʻia ʻoku tuku tauhi mai maʻá e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻofa moʻoni ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
19 Ko ha ngaahi ngāue lāngilangiʻia lelei lahi ē ʻe toki fakahoko ai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá! ʻE kamata ʻaki ʻe he kau hao atu ʻi ʻĀmaketoné ʻa e ngafa fakafiefia ko hono liliu ʻa e foʻi māmani ko ʻení ke hoko ko ha palataisi. Te nau maʻu ʻa e monū fakatupu-fiefia ko hono teuteu ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá naʻe maté ʻa ia ʻoku nau toka he taimí ni ʻi he faʻitoká pea ʻoku tauhi ʻi he manatu ʻa e ʻOtuá fakataha mo e ʻamanaki ke kau ʻi he toetuʻu ʻa e kau maté. (Sione 5:28, 29) ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá, ʻe tafe mai ai ʻa e tataki haohaoa ki he kau nofo ʻi he māmaní mei he ʻEiki Aoniu, ko Sihová, ʻo fakafou ʻi hono ʻAlo kuo hakeakiʻí, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. ‘Ko e ngaahi tohi ʻe folahí,’ ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻa Sihova ki he moʻui ʻi he māmani foʻoú.—Fakahā 20:12.
20 ʻI he taimi kotofa ʻa Sihová, ʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻa e kulupu kakato ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani anga-tonú ki honau pale fakahēvani ko e “kaunga-ʻea mo Kalaisi.” (Loma 8:17) ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisí, ko e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní ʻoku ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe hiki hake ki he tuʻunga haohaoa ʻi he ʻatamaí mo e sinó. ʻI he hili ʻa hono fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e anga-tonú ʻi he malumalu ʻo ha ʻahiʻahi fakaʻosi, ʻe fakapaleʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e moʻui taʻengata pea te nau hoko ʻo fiefia ʻi he “tauʻatāina lāngilangiʻia ʻa e fānau ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Loma 8:21, NW; Fakahā 20:1-3, 7-10) Ko ha toki taimi fakaofo lahi ē ʻe hokó! Ko e moʻoni, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ha ʻamanaki fakahēvani pe fakaemāmani, ko ha ʻofa kātaki ki heʻene Folofolá pea mo ha fakapapau ke moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he poto fakaʻotuá te ne maluʻi kitautolu. Pea ʻi he kahaʻú ‘te ne fakapaleʻi kitautolu, koeʻuhi ʻoku tau faʻofua kiate ia.’—Palovepi 4:6, 8.
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ ʻE anga-fēfē hono maluʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e tenga ʻi he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsuú, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē hono tūtūʻí?
◻ ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ko e “kelekele lelei” kitautolu?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻoku lava ke fakatuʻotuʻa atu ki ai ʻa e kau ʻofa ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Ko e tenga ʻi he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsuú ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
Garo Nalbandian
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
ʻOku faʻifaʻitaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he Tokotaha-Tūtuuʻi Lahí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
ʻE fiefia ʻa e kau hao atu ʻi ʻĀmaketoné ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻo e māmaní