Ko e Founga ke Maʻu Ai ʻa e Fiefia Moʻoní
KE MAʻU ha meʻakai lelei ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ha founga ngaohi kai lelei mo ha tokotaha feimeʻatokoni lelei! ʻI ha tuʻunga, ʻoku meimei tatau ia mo e fiefiá. ʻOku ʻikai ko e tupu ia mei ha meʻa tefito pē ʻe taha, ka ʻoku fakatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻi he moʻuí ke maʻu ai ʻa e fiefiá. ʻOku kau ki he ngaahi meʻá ni ʻa e ngāue, vaʻinga, taimi ʻo e feohi mo e fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá pea mo e ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālié. Ka ʻoku toe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ange ʻoku ʻikai ke fuʻu eʻa, hangē ko e ngaahi tōʻongá, ngaahi holí mo e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻi he moʻuí.
ʻOku fakafiefiá, he ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke tau fakakaukauʻi ʻa e founga ke maʻu ai ʻa e fiefia moʻoní ʻia kitautolu pē. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he kuo ʻosi foaki mai ʻe hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú kia kitautolu ha tohi fakahinohino fakaofo, ko e Tohi Tapú, ʻa ia ʻoku ala maʻu kakato he taimí ni pe ko hano konga ʻi he ngaahi lea mo e lea fakafeituʻu ʻe 2,377, ʻo lahi mamaʻo ange ia ʻi ha toe tohi kehe pē ʻi he māmaní!
Ko e lahi ko eni hono tufakí ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e tokanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he fiefia mo e lelei fakalaumālie ʻa e kakai kotoa pē. (Ngāue 10:34, 35; 17:26, 27) “Ko au . . . , ʻoku ou ako koe ke fai meʻa ʻaonga,” ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kapau ʻoku tau tokanga ki heʻene ngaahi fekaú, ʻokú ne talaʻofa mai leva kia kitautolu ʻa e nonga mo e fiemālie, ʻo “hange ha vaitafe.”—Aisea 48:17, 18.
Ko e talaʻofa ko iá ʻoku fakamanatu mai ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻa ia naʻe hiki ʻi he kupu ki muʻá: “Monūʻiaā ka ko kinautolu ʻoku ongoʻi masiva honau laumalie.” (Mātiu 5:3) Ko e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻoku lave ki ai hení ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fakangalingali lotu ia ʻi tuʻa. ʻI hono kehé, ʻokú ne tākiekina ʻe ia ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau moʻuí. ʻOku tapua atu ai ʻetau loto-lelei ke fanongo mo hoko ʻo akoʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻokú ne ʻafioʻi lelei ange kitautolu ʻi heʻetau ʻiloʻi kitautolú. “Ko e meʻa ʻokú ne fakatuipauʻi lahi ange au ʻi ha toe meʻa kehe ko e Tohi Tapú ʻoku mei he ʻOtuá,” ko e lau ia ʻa Errol, ko ha tokotaha ako Tohi Tapu ʻo laka hake he taʻu ʻe 50, “ko e taimi ko ia ʻokú ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻene ngaahi akonakí, ʻoku ola lelei!” Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau angé ki he akonaki lelei ʻaupito ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hangē ko e tuli ki he koloá mo e ngaahi mālié.
Tataki Fakapotopoto Fekauʻaki mo e Paʻangá
Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Koe moui ae tagata oku ikai i hono lahi oe gaahi mea oku ne maʻu.” (Luke 12:15, PM) ʻIo, ko ho mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tokotahá, tautefito ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku ʻikai ha kaunga ia ʻe taha ki ai ʻa e lahi hoʻo paʻanga he pangikeé. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e tuli ki he koloá ʻoku faʻa fakalahi ai ʻa e loto-moʻuá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne toʻo atu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he moʻuí pea kaihaʻasi ʻa e taimí mei he ngaahi ngāue ʻoku mahuʻinga angé.—Maake 10:25; 1 Timote 6:10.
Fakatatau ki he lau ʻa Richard Ryan, ko ha palōfesa ʻi he ʻatamaí ʻi ʻAmelika, ko e lahi ange ʻa e kumi ʻa e kakaí ki he fiemālie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ko e siʻi ange ia ʻo ʻenau maʻu ia ʻi aí. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi peheni ia ʻe he tokotaha tohi Tohi Tapu ko Solomoné: “Ko e tangata ʻoku ʻofa ʻi he paʻangá ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito lava ke ne topono ai, pea ko e tangata ʻoku ʻofa ʻi he koloa lahí ʻoku ʻikai te ne maʻu ha meʻa mei ai.” (Koheleti 5:10, The New English Bible) ʻE lava ke fakahoa ʻa e tuʻungá ki he veli ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he uʻu ʻa e namú—ko e lahi ange hoʻo vaku iá, ko e lahi ange ia ʻene velí, ʻo aʻu ki heʻene hoko ko ha mataʻipala.
ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tohi Tapú ke tau ngāue mālohi pea ke fiefia ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻo ʻetau ngāué. (Koheleti 3:12, 13) ʻI he fai peheé, ʻoku tau fakalahi ai ʻetau tokaʻi-kitá, ko ha toe meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ki he fiefiá. Te tau toe malava nai ke hokosia ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakafiefia lelei ʻi he moʻuí. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻi ai ha faikehekehe ʻi he fiefia ʻi he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻoku lava ke ʻomai ʻe he paʻangá mo hono ʻai ʻa e tuli ki he koloá ko e meʻa tefito ia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.
Ko e Ngaahi Mālié ʻOku ʻi Ai Pē Honau Tuʻunga Totonu
Ko ha vakai fakalaumālie ki he moʻuí ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga lahi taha mei he vaʻingá, fakafiefiá, mo e ngaahi mālie kehé. Naʻe maʻu ʻe Sīsū ha ngaahi taimi fakafiefia ʻa ia naʻe kau ki ai ʻa e meʻakai mo e inu. (Luke 5:29; Sione 2:1-10) Ka ko e ngaahi meʻá ni naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ko e tupuʻanga tefito ia ʻo ʻene fiefia ʻi he moʻuí. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fiefia lahi tahá ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālié, ʻa ia naʻe kau ki ai ʻa hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ako fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá pea mo ʻene taumuʻa ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.—Sione 4:34.
Naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe Tuʻi Solomone ʻa e ngaahi mālié ke sio pe ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fakapulipuli ki he fiefiá. “Te u tūʻulu ki he ngaahi mālié ʻo fiefia ai,” ko ʻene leá ia. Ko e tuʻi koloaʻiá ni naʻe ʻikai te ne toumoua mo fakatoupīkoi ʻi he tuli ki aí. ʻIo, naʻá ne tūʻulu ki he ngaahi mālié! Kae kehe, naʻá ne ongoʻi fēfē ʻi he hili iá? “Ko e koto ngeʻesi mo eni foki,” ko ʻene tohí ia.—Koheleti 2:1, New English Bible.
Ko e ngeʻesi mo e taʻelavameʻa, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku faʻa ongoʻi ʻe he kau tuli ki he mālié. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻi he taimi naʻe fakahoa ai ʻe he kau fakatotoló ʻa e tuli ki he ngaahi mālié mo e ngaahi meʻa hangē ko e ngāue mohu ʻuhinga, ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālie, mo e ngāue fakataha mo e fāmilí, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ko e tuli ki he mālié ko e meʻa fakamuimui taha ia ʻi he fiefia fakalūkufua ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe fai ki ai ʻa e fakatotoló.
Nima-Homo mo Fakafetaʻi
ʻI he ʻikai siokitá, ko e kakai fiefiá ʻoku nau hehema ke nima-homo mo mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he niʻihi kehé. “ʻOku te monuʻia lahi ʻi he fai ha foaki atu, ʻi heʻete maʻu ha foaki mai,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú. (Ngāue 20:35) Tuku kehe ʻa e foaki fakamatelié, ʻe lava ke tau foaki ʻa hotau taimí mo e iví, ʻa ia ʻoku toe fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ange ia ʻo tautefito ʻi he fāmilí. Ko e husepānití mo e uaifí ʻoku fiemaʻu ke na fakamoleki ʻa e taimi fakataha ke tauhi ai ʻena nofo malí ke mālohi mo fakafiefia, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he ngaahi mātuʻá ke nau vaheʻi ha taimi feʻunga ki heʻenau fānaú, ʻo talanoa mo kinautolu, fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa kia kinautolu mo akoʻi kinautolu. ʻI he taimi ʻoku foaki ai ʻi he founga ko ení ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí, ʻoku nau longomoʻui pea ʻoku hoko ai honau ʻapí ko ha taulangaū ʻo e fiefiá.
ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻi he taimi ʻoku foaki atu ai kia koe ʻa e niʻihi kehé—pe ko honau iví pe ʻi ha founga kehe, ʻokú ke hoko ko e ‘tokotaha fai fakafetaʻi’? (Kolose 3:15) Ko e moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he foʻi lea ʻe tolu ko ení ʻe lava ke kaunga lelei ia ki hotau vahaʻangatae mo e niʻihi kehé pea ʻe lava ke tokoni lahi ia ki heʻetau feifiá tonu. ʻI he taimi ʻoku fakahaaʻi atu ai ʻe ha taha kiate koe ha houngaʻia loto-moʻoní, ʻikai ʻoku fiefia ai ho lotó?
Ko hono fakahaaʻi ʻa e houngaʻiá ʻoku toe langaʻi ai ʻetau ʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻoku hoko kia kitautolú. ʻI ha founga sivi fakasaienisi, naʻe kole ai ha tokotaha fakatotolo ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Kalefōniá ʻi Riverside, ʻAmelika, ki he faʻahinga naʻe fai ki ai ʻene fakatotoló ke nau tauhi ha “pepa ʻo e houngaʻiá,” ko ha tohi noa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻa ia naʻa nau fakafetaʻiá. Naʻe ʻikai fakaʻohovale ʻi he laka hake he vahaʻa taimi ko e uike ʻe onó, naʻe hā mahino ko e faʻahinga naʻe fai ki ai ʻa e fakatotoló naʻa nau fiemālie ange ʻi he moʻuí.
Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoní? Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ho tuʻungá, ako ke lau ho ngaahi tāpuakí. Ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ekinaki atu ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke ke fai ia, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Fiefia maʻu ai pe. . . . Fakafetaʻi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe.” (1 Tesalonaika 5:16, 18) Ko e moʻoni, ke fai ʻa e meʻa ko iá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fai ha feinga fakamākukanga ke manatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei kuo tau hokosiá. ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke ke ʻai ia ko hoʻo taumuʻa fakafoʻituituí?
ʻOfá mo e ʻAmanakí—Fiemaʻu Ia ki he Fiefiá
Kuo lea moʻoni ʻaki ʻo pehē mei he fāʻeleʻí ʻo aʻu ki he maté, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he tangatá ʻa e ʻofá. ʻI he ʻikai ʻa e ʻofá, ʻoku fakaʻauʻausino ʻa e kakaí. Ka ko e hā koā ʻa e ʻofa? Neongo ʻoku matalahi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi leá ni ʻi he ngaahi ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi lelei ia ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Ko ʻOfa ʻoku ne angamokomoko, mo angalelei,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia. “Ko ʻOfa ʻoku ʻikai, te ne meheka, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fai pe ke ongoongoa, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakafuofuolahi, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fai taʻetāu, ʻoku ʻikai te ne kumi ʻene lelei aʻana, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakaʻita, ʻoku ʻikai te ne lau ʻa e kovi, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fiefia ʻi he taʻetotonu, ka ʻoku ne kaungā-fiefia mo e Moʻoni. ʻOku ne ʻukuma ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe, ʻoku ne tui ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe, ʻoku ne ʻamanaki ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe, ʻoku ne kataki ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe.”—1 Kolinito 13:4-8.
He taʻesiokita ē ko e ʻofa moʻoní! Koeʻuhí “ʻoku ʻikai te ne kumi ʻene lelei aʻana,” ʻokú ne fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e fiefia ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi haʻaná. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e ʻofa peheé ʻoku ʻalu pē taimí ia mo e fakautuutu ʻene hāhāmolofiá. Ko e moʻoni, ʻi heʻene kikite mahuʻinga ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lolotongá, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Sīsū “ʻe fakaaʻau ʻo momoko ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e tokolahi.”—Mātiu 24:3, 12; 2 Timote 3:1-5.
Kae kehe, ko e tuʻungá ni, ʻe ʻikai ke hokohoko atu ai pē ia ʻo taʻengata, he ʻe hoko ia ko ha paetaku ki he Tokotaha-Fakatupú, ʻa e fakasino tonu ʻo e ʻofá! (1 Sione 4:8) Kuo vavé ni ke toʻo ʻe he ʻOtuá mei he māmaní ʻa e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku nau fonu ʻi he tāufehiʻá pe puleʻi kinautolu ʻe he mānumanú. Te ne fakahaofi moʻui pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau feinga ke fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻofa naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi ʻolungá. Ko hono olá, ʻe hokosia ʻe he tokotaha kotoa ʻa e nonga mo e fiefia ʻi māmani lahi. Ko e talaʻofa ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻoku pau ke fakahoko: “ʻIo ʻoku toe siʻi pea mole ʻa ia ʻoku faikovi; ʻio te ke hakule ʻa e potu naʻe ʻi ai, ka ʻoku ʻikai. Ka ʻe maʻu ʻa e fonua ʻe he faʻa kataki; pea te nau fefiefiaʻi ʻi he melino lahi.”—Sāme 37:10, 11.
Fakaʻuta atu ki he fonu ʻa e ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he ‘fiefiá’! ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ia ʻi he pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “ʻI he fai ʻo hoʻomou ʻamanaki, mou fiefia”! (Loma 12:12) Te ke saiʻia ke ako lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e ʻamanaki fakaofo ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he faʻahinga talangofua ʻo e tangatá? Peʻi kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e kupu hoko maí.
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“ʻOku te monuʻia lahi ʻi he fai ha foaki atu, ʻi heʻete maʻu ha foaki mai.”—Ngāue 20:35
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Ngaahi Talanoa ki he Lavameʻá—ʻOku Moʻoni Nai?
ʻOku tau fanongo ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ki he ngaahi fakamatala taʻealafalalaʻanga fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga tāutaha naʻa nau tupu hake ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi palopalemaʻia ka naʻa nau fāinga pē mo e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻá pea nau hoko ai ʻo koloaʻia ʻaupito. “Ko e ngaahi talanoa peheé ʻoku faʻa lave ki ai he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko e fakamoʻoni ia naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ʻenau lelei tahá neongo ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kovi naʻa nau tupu hake aí ʻo iku lavameʻa,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa ha līpooti ʻo kau ki he fiefiá ʻi he pepa San Francisco Chronicle. “Ko e palopalema ʻi he fakamatala ko ení, fakatatau ki he fakatotoló, naʻe ʻikai nai te nau iku kinautolu ʻo fuʻu lavameʻa. Naʻa nau hoko pē ʻo koloaʻia.”
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Pouaki ʻe he Fiefiá ʻa e Moʻui Lelei
Ko ha faitoʻo lelei ʻa e ʻulungāanga fiefiá. “Ko e fiefiá pe ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻatamai felāveʻi mo iá hangē ko e ʻamanakí, fakatuʻamelié mo e fiemālié ʻoku hā ʻokú ne fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmakí pe taʻotaʻofi ʻa e tuʻunga mafatukituki ʻo e mahaki ʻi he halanga totó, mahaki ʻi he maʻamaʻá, suká, toto māʻolungá, fakamokosiá mo e ngaahi mahaki ʻi he halanga mānavá,” ko e lau ia ʻa ha līpooti ʻi he makasini Time. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko ha fakatotolo ʻi Hōlani ki he kau mahaki taʻumotuʻá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai laka hake he vahaʻa taimi ko e taʻu ʻe hiva, ko ha ʻulungāanga fiefia mo fakakaukau paú naʻe fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e maté ʻaki ha peseti fakaofo ʻe 50!
Ko e anga hono uesia ʻe he ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻatamaí ʻa e sinó ʻoku kei taʻemahino ia. Kae kehe, kuo fakahaaʻi ʻi he fakatotoló ko e kakai fakakaukau pau mo fakatuʻamelié ʻoku māʻulalo ange ai ʻa e ngaahi lēvolo ʻo e hōmone ʻi he loto-mafasiá ko e kōtisolo, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻiloa ʻokú ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e sisitemi maluʻí.
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Hangē ko e lava ke maʻu ha meʻakai ifo ʻi he muimui ʻi ha founga ngaohi kai leleí, ʻoku pehē pē ʻa e lava ko ia ke iku atu ki he fiefiá ʻa e muimui ʻi he tataki fakaʻotuá