Kau Kalisitiané mo e Nofo Fakaetangatá ʻi he ʻAhó Ni
“Pea te mou fehiʻanekina ʻe he ngāhi kakai kehekehe, ko e meʻa ʻi he hingoa oʻoku.”—MĀTIU 24:9.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e fakaʻilonga mahino ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiané?
KO E tuʻu mavahe mei he māmaní ko e meʻa ia naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi mahino ai ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané. ʻI he lotu ʻa Kalaisi ki heʻene Tamai fakahēvaní, ko Sihova, naʻá ne pehē ʻo kau ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Ko au kuo u tuku kiate kinautolu hoʻo folofola; pea ko māmāni naʻa ne fehiʻa kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni, ʻo hange ko au, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻo māmāni.” (Sione 17:14) Naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻi hono fekau ke tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Ponito Pailató: “Ko hoku puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai ʻo e maama ko eni.” (Sione 18:36) ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané pea mo e kau tohi-hisitōliá ʻa e tuʻu mavahe ʻa e muʻaki lotu faka-Kalisitiané.
2. (a) Naʻe totonu ke hoko ha liliu ʻi he vā ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú pea mo e māmaní ʻi he faai mai ʻa e taimí? (e) Naʻe taumuʻa ke hoko mai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Sīsuú ʻo fou mai ʻi hono fakatafokiʻi ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá?
2 Naʻe fakahā ki mui mai ʻe Sīsū ʻe hoko ha liliu ʻi he vā ʻo hono kau muimuí pea mo e māmaní pea ʻe hoko mai ʻa hono Puleʻangá ʻo fakafou ʻi hono fakatafokiʻi ʻa e māmaní ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiané? ʻIkai. ʻI he ngaahi tohi naʻe fakamānavaʻi ke tohi ʻe hono kau muimuí ʻi he hili ʻa e pekia ʻa Sīsuú naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa naʻá ne fakahā ʻe hoko ha meʻa pehē. (Sēmisi 4:4 [naʻe tohi taimi siʻi pē ia ki muʻa ʻi he 62 T.S.]; 1 Sione 2:15-17; 5:19 [ʻoku fakafuofua naʻe tohi ia ʻi he 98 T.S.]) Ko hono kehe ʻaupitó, ʻoku fakafekauʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e “ʻi ai” ʻa Sīsuú pea mo e toki “hoko mai” ʻi he mafai ʻo e Puleʻangá ki he “fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko eni,” ʻa ia ʻoku iku ai ki hono “ngataʻanga,” pe fakaʻauha. (Mātiu 24:3, 14, 29, 30, NW; Taniela 2:44; 7:13, 14) ʻI he fakaʻilonga naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻo kau ki heʻene pa·rou·siʹa, pe ʻi aí, naʻá ne pehē ʻo kau ki hono kau muimuí: “Ko e taimi ko ia 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.
Kau Kalisitiane Moʻoni ʻi he ʻAho Ní
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala ʻa ha tohi Katolika ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea meimei tatau ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová pea mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané?
3 Ko e hā ʻa e kulupu fakalotu ʻi he ʻahó ni kuo nau maʻu fou mai ʻi heʻenau ngaahi ngāué ʻa e ongoongo ʻo e nofo maʻu ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Kalisitiané pea mo e mavahe mei he māmani ko ení, pea kuo fehiʻanekina mo fakatangaʻi ʻa hono kau memipá? Ko e hā ʻa e kautaha faka-Kalisitiane ʻi māmani lahi ʻokú ne fetāiaki ʻi he tafaʻaki kotoa pē ki he fakamatala fakahisitōlia ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? ʻOku pehē ʻe he New Catholic Encyclopedia ʻo kau ki he faʻahingá ni: “Neongo naʻe ʻuluaki lau ʻa e muʻaki falukunga kakai faka-Kalisitiané ko e toe siasi fakamavahevahe pē ia ʻe taha ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ʻātakai faka-Siú, ka naʻe hoko ia ʻo laulōtaha ʻi he fekauʻaki mo hono akonaki fakalotú, pea tautefito ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e faivelenga ʻa hono kau memipá, ʻa ia naʻa nau hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni kia Kalaisi ‘ʻi Siutea kātoa, mo Samēlia, ʻio, ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani’ (Ngāue 1.8).”—Voliume 3, peesi 694.
4 Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea “naʻe ʻuluaki lau . . . ko e toe siasi fakamavahevahe pē ia ʻe taha,” “laulōtaha ʻi . . . hono akonaki,” “faivelenga . . . [ʻi he] hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni.” Pea fakatokangaʻi ange ʻa e fakamatala ʻa e tohi tatau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová: “Ko e siasi fakamavahevahe ia. . . ʻOku tui pau mālohi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻe hoko ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní ʻi he ngaahi taʻu siʻi pē mei heni. ʻOku hā ngali ko e tui mālohi ko ení ko e mālohi lahi taha ia ki heʻenau faivelenga taʻe tuku. . . . Ko e fatongia tefito ʻo e memipa taki taha ʻo e siasi fakamavahevahe ko ení ko ʻenau fai fakamoʻoni kia Sihova ʻaki ʻenau fanongonongo ʻa Hono Puleʻanga ʻoku tuʻunuku maí. . . . ʻOku nau lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú ko ʻenau maʻuʻanga pē ia ki he tuí pea mo e tohi lao ki he ʻulungāangá . . . Ke hoko ko ha Fakamoʻoni moʻoni kuo pau ke ke lea ʻo malanga ola lelei ʻi ha faʻahinga founga.”—Voliume 7, peesi 864-5.
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻoku laulōtaha ai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová? (e) ʻAi ha ngaahi fakatātā ʻoku fakahā ai ʻoku fetāiaki mo e Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi tui ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
5 ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku laulōtaha ai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová? ʻOku lave ʻa e New Catholic Encyclopedia ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi akonakí ni: “ʻOku nau [ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová] fakahā ko e tauhi ʻaitoli fakapangani ʻa e tui ki he Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtuá . . . ʻOku nau tui ko Sīsū ko e Fakamoʻoni Lahi taha ia ʻa Sihova, ‘ko ha ʻotua’ (ko e anga ia ʻo ʻenau liliu ʻa e Sione 1.1), ʻoku ʻikai māʻulalo ange ia ʻi ha taha, ngata pē ʻia Sihova. . . . Naʻe pekia ia ko e tangata pea fokotuʻu hake ko e ʻAlo laumālie taʻe faʻa mate. Ko hono Mamahí mo ʻene pekiá ko e totongi naʻá ne fai ke toe maʻu mai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa e totonu ke moʻui taʻe ngata ʻi he māmaní. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e ‘fuʻu kakai lahi’ (Ap 7.9) ko e kau Fakamoʻoni moʻoní ʻoku nau ʻamanaki ki he Palataisi fakamāmani; ko e kau anga-tonu ʻe toko 144,000 pē (Ap 7.4; 14.1, 4) te nau maʻu ʻa e lāngilangi fakahēvani fakataha mo Kalaisi. ʻE fakaʻauha fakaʻaufuli ʻa e kau fulikivanú. . . . Ko e papitaisó—ʻa ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻaki ʻa e fakauku . . . [ko e] fakaʻilonga hā mai ia ʻo ʻenau fakatapui ki he ngāue ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. . . . Kuo hoko ʻo ʻiloa ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻenau fakafisi ke tali ʻa e huhu totó . . . ʻOku mātuʻaki fefeka ʻa honau ʻulungāanga fakaemalí mo fakaefehokotaki fakasinó.” ʻOku laulōtaha nai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ngaahi meʻá ni, ka ʻoku makatuʻunga fefeka ʻa honau tuʻunga ʻi he Tohi Tapú.—Sāme 37:29; Mātiu 3:16; 6:10; Ngāue 15:28, 29; Loma 6:23; 1 Kolinitō 6:9, 10; 8:6; Fakahā 1:5.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga kuo tauhi maʻu ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
6 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e tohi Katolika Loma ko ení ʻo pehē, ʻi he 1965 (ʻa ia ʻoku ngalingali naʻe tohi ai ʻa e fakamatalá ni) “naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakakaukau ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻoku nau kau ki he anga ʻo e nofo fakamāmani ʻa ia ʻoku nau nofo aí.” ʻOku hā ngali ko e toko taha faʻu-tohi ko ení naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻo pehē ʻi he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú pea ʻi he hoko ʻo tokolahi ange ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová pea ʻi heʻenau hoko “ʻo lahi ange hangē ha siasi kae ʻikai ko ha siasi fakamavahevahé,” te nau hoko leva ʻo kau ki he māmani ko ení. Ka kuo ʻikai ke hoko ha meʻa pehē. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he ʻi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa ia ʻoku liunga fā ai honau tokolahi ʻi he 1965, kuo tauhi maʻu pē ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa ʻenau tuʻunga ʻo fekauʻaki mo e māmani ko ení. “ʻOku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni,” ʻo hangē tofu pē naʻe “ʻikai . . . ʻo māmāni” ʻa Sīsū.”—Sione 17:16.
Mavahe kae ʻIkai Fakafili
7, 8. Hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻahó ni?
7 ʻI he lave ki he taukapoʻi ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe fai ʻe Susitini Maʻata ʻi he senituli hono uá, naʻe tohi ʻe Robert M. Grant ʻi heʻene tohi ko e Early Christianity and Society: “Kapau ko e kau Kalisitiané ko e kau fai liukava te nau toitoi ke fakahoko ʻenau taumuʻá. . . . Ko e kau tokoni lelei taha kinautolu ki he ʻemipolá ʻi hono ʻai ke tolonga ʻa e melinó mo e tuʻunga maaú.” ʻI he founga tatau, ʻoku ʻiloa ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kau tangataʻifonua ʻofa ki he melinó mo e tuʻunga maaú. Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga founga-pule, ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ke nau ilifia ki ai ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
8 Naʻe tohi ʻe ha ʻetita ʻi ʻAmelika Tokelau ʻo ne pehē: “Ko ha taha ʻoku ʻikai te ne makātakiʻi ʻa e loto kehe meiate iá mo mahamahalo taʻe ʻuhingá te ne tui ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki ha founga pule fakapolitikale pē; ka ʻoku aʻu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ki he tuʻunga lahi taha ʻe lava ke aʻu ki ai ha kautaha lotu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻikai ke fakatupu-maveuveu mo e ʻofa ki he melinó.” ʻOku tohi ʻe Jean-Pierre Cattelain ʻi heʻene tohi ko e L’objection de conscience (Conscientious Objection), ʻo ne pehē: “ʻOku moʻulaloa kakato ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ki he kau maʻu mafaí pea ʻoku nau talangofua ʻi he taimi lahi taha ki he ngaahi laó; ʻoku nau totongi ʻa e ngaahi tukuhaú pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau feinga ke fehuʻia, liliu, pe fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá, koeʻuhi he ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmani ko ení.” ʻOku hoko atu ʻa Cattelain ʻo ne pehē ko e taimi pē ʻoku fakafisi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke nau talangofuá ʻo kapau ʻe pehē ʻe he Puleʻangá ko ʻenau moʻuí ko e meʻa ʻa e Puleʻangá, ka kuo nau ʻosi fakatapui kakato ʻa ʻenau moʻuí ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI he meʻa ko ení ʻoku nau mātuʻaki hangē ai ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané.—Maʻake 12:17; Ngāue 5:29.
ʻOku Maʻu Hala ʻe he Kau Pulé
9. ʻI he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e tuʻu mavahe mei he māmaní, ko e hā ʻa e faikehekehe tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané pea mo e kau Katolika ʻi onopooní?
9 Naʻe maʻu hala ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau ʻemipola Lomá ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané pea nau fakatangaʻi kinautolu. ʻI hono fakahā ʻa e ʻuhingá naʻe pehē ai ʻe he tohi ko e The Epistle to Diognetus, ʻa ia ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi naʻe tohi ʻi he senituli hono ua T.S.: “ʻOku nofo ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi he māmaní, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau kaunga ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e māmaní.” Kae kehe, ʻi he toe tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e Kosilio Vatikano Hono Uá, ʻi hono Konisitutone Fakamatemate ʻo Kau ki he Siasí, naʻá ne pehē ko e kau Katoliká ʻoku totonu ke nau “kumi ki he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻenau kau ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku kau pē ki he māmaní” pea “ngāue ke fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa e māmaní ʻi loto ʻi he māmaní pē.”
10. (a) Naʻe fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau ʻa e kau pulé ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku faʻa hoko ko e anga ia ʻo e fakakaukau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo ʻenau fakakaukau ki he meʻá ni?
10 ʻOku fakahā ʻe he tangata tohi-hisitōlia ko E. G. Hardy ʻo ne pehē naʻe fakakaukau ʻa e kau ʻemipola Lomá ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ko e “faʻahinga loto-māfana fakafehiʻanekina.” ʻOku lave ʻa e tangata tohi-hisitōlia Falanisē ko Étienne Trocmé ʻo kau ki he “paetaku ʻa e kau ngāue fakapuleʻanga anga-fakasivilaise ʻi Kalisi mo Lomá ki he meʻa naʻa nau lau ko e siasi fakamavahevahe mātuʻaki faikehe mei ʻĒsia [ko e kau Kalisitiané].” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi tohi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Pilini Siʻí, ko e kōvana Loma ʻo Pitiniá, pea mo ʻEmipola Trajan, naʻe ʻikai ke faʻa ʻilo ʻa e kau pulé ʻo kau ki he anga moʻoni ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiané. ʻI he founga meimei tatau ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku faʻa maʻu hala pea aʻu ʻo fakasīkakaʻi ʻe he kau pule ʻo e māmani ko ení ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa fakaʻohovale pe fakatupu-lotomamahi eni ki he Kau Fakamoʻoní.—Ngāue 4:13; 1 Pita 4:12, 13.
“Hono Lauʻi ʻi he Potu Kotoa Pē”
11. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, pea ko e hā kuo leaʻaki ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke kau ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé?
11 Naʻe leaʻaki eni ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané: “He ko e meʻa ki he faʻahi ko ia, ko e meʻa pe ʻoku mau ʻilo ki ai, hono lauʻi ʻi he potu kotoa pē.” (Ngāue 28:22) ʻI he senituli hono ua T.S., naʻe taukaveʻi ʻe he toko taha pangani ko Selisuse ʻo ne pehē ko e kakai māʻulalo taha pē naʻa nau saiʻia ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiané. ʻI he founga meimei tatau kuo pehē ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová: “ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi taha, ʻoku nau haʻu mei he faʻahinga kuo fakamasivaʻi ʻi hotau kakaí.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he toko taha tohi-hisitōlia fakasiasi ko Augustus Neander ʻo ne pehē “naʻe fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻo pehē ko e kau tangata mate ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e māmaní, pea taʻe ʻaonga ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻo kau ki he moʻuí; . . . pea naʻe ʻekeʻi, ʻe fēfē ʻa e moʻuí ʻo kapau ko e kakai kotoa te nau hangē ko e kau Kalisitiané?” ʻOku toe faʻa tukuakiʻi foki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻo pehē ʻoku nau taʻe ʻaonga ki he nofo fakaetangatá, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé. Ka ʻoku malava fēfē ke nau kau longomoʻui ki he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé pea ʻi he taimi tatau pē ke nau taukapoʻi ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e ʻamanakiʻanga pē ia ʻe taha ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá? ʻOku ueʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻe he lea ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Kai pe ho ʻinasi ʻi he mamahi, ʻo tāu mo e sotia lelei ʻa Kalaisi Sisu. Ka ko ha sotia ʻoku moʻua ʻi he tau, talaʻehai te ne tuku ke ne fihia ʻi he ngaahi moʻua ʻo e moʻui ni, koeʻuhi ke hohóʻia ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻeiki naʻe fokotuʻu ia ki he tau.”—2 Tīmote 2:3, 4.
12. ʻI he tafaʻaki mahuʻinga fē ʻo kau ki he tuʻu mavahé ʻoku tatau ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané?
12 Naʻe tohi ʻe palōfesa K. S. Latourette ʻi heʻene tohi ko e A History of Christianity: “Ko e meʻa ʻe taha naʻe fepaki ai ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané pea mo e māmani faka-Kalisi mo faka-Lomá ko e kau ki he taú. ʻOku ʻikai ha fakamatala faka-Kalisitiane naʻe tohi ʻi he ʻuluaki senituli ʻe tolú ʻa ia kuo hao ʻo aʻu mai ki hotau kuongá ni ʻoku hā ai naʻe fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa e kau ʻa ha Kalisitiane ʻi he taú.” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he tohi ʻa Edward Gibbon ko e The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ʻo ne pehē: “Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito malava ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau hoko ko e kau sōtia, kau fakamaau, pe ko ha pilinisi, he ʻi heʻenau fai peheé te nau fakafisingaʻi ai ha fatongia toputapu ange.” ʻOku piki maʻu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki ha tuʻunga mātuʻaki fefeka meimei tatau ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tuʻu ʻatā pea nau muimui ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku hā ʻi he ʻAisea 2:2-4 mo e Mātiu 26:52.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e tukuakiʻi ʻoku faʻa fai ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hā mei he ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa?
13 ʻOku tukuakiʻi ʻe he kau fakafili ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻo pehē ʻoku nau fakamovetevete ʻa e ngaahi fāmilí. ʻOku moʻoni ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fāmili ʻe niʻihi ʻoku mavahevahe ʻi he hoko ha toko taha pe toko ua mei ai ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻe hoko ʻa e meʻá ni. (Luke 12:51-53) Kae kehe, ʻoku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻá ʻoku siʻi ʻaupito ʻa e ngaahi nofo mali ʻoku movetevete ʻi he ʻuhinga ko ení. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi Falaniseé, ko e hoa mali ʻe taha ʻi he ngaahi hoa mali ʻe tolu, ʻoku ʻi ai ha taha ʻo e ongo meʻa malí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toko taha Fakamoʻoni. Ka, ʻoku ʻikai ke lahi ange ʻa e vete mali ʻi he ngaahi hoa mali ko eni ʻoku ʻi ai ha toko taha pē ko e Fakamoʻoní, ʻi he ʻavalisi ʻo e vete mali fakalūkufua ʻi Falaniseé. Ko e hā ʻoku pehē aí? Naʻe fai ʻe he ongo ʻaposetolo ko Paula mo Pitá ʻa e akonaki fakapotopoto mo fakamānavaʻi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻoku mali ki ha toko taha taʻe tui, pea ʻoku feinga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke muimui ki heʻena ngaahi leá ni. (1 Kolinitō 7:12-16; 1 Pita 3:1-4) Kapau ʻe movete ʻa e nofo mali ʻa ha toko taha Fakamoʻoni mo ha toko taha ʻikai ko ha Fakamoʻoni, ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi tahá ʻoku fakahoko ʻa e meʻá ni ʻe he hoa mali ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toko taha Fakamoʻoní. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku laui afe ʻa e ngaahi nofo mali kuo tuʻuloa koeʻuhi ko e ongo meʻa malí fakatouʻosi naʻá na hoko ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova peá na kamata ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mei he Tohi Tapú ʻi heʻena moʻuí.
Kau Kalisitiane, ʻIkai ko e Kau Tui Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtua
14. Ko e hā ʻa e tukuakiʻi naʻe fai ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, pea ko e hā ʻoku faikehe ai ení?
14 Ko e meʻa faikehe ʻa e tukuakiʻi ʻe taha naʻe fai ʻi he ʻEmipaea Lomá ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻo pehē ko e kau fakaʻikai ʻOtua ʻa kinautolu. ʻOku tohi ʻe Tōketā Augustus Neander: “Ko e kau fakaʻikaiʻi ʻotuá, . . . ko e hingoa naʻe lahi hono ngāueʻaki ia ʻe he kakaí ki he kau Kalisitiané.” Ko e meʻa faikehe ia, he ko e kau panganí, ʻa ia naʻa nau lotu ki he meʻa “nae ikai ko ha otua akinautolu, ka koe gaue ae nima oe tagata, koe akau moe maka,” naʻa nau ui ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ko e kau fakaʻikaiʻi ʻotua, ka ko hono moʻoní naʻe lotu ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he Toko Taha Fakatupu ʻoku moʻui kae ʻikai ko e ngaahi ʻotua.—ʻAisea 37:19, PM.
15, 16. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo leaʻaki ʻe he kau lotu ʻe niʻihi ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ka ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi ʻoku langaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne fakahā ko e kau kau Kalisitiane moʻoni ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
15 ʻOku toe faikehe foki ʻa e pehē ʻe he kau maʻu mafai ʻe niʻihi ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai ke Kalisitiane ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e hā ʻoku nau lea pehē aí? Koeʻuhi ʻoku talitekeʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻa e tui ki he Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtuá. Fakatatau ki he fakamatala fakapalataha ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, “ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau tali ʻa Kalaisi ko e ʻOtua ia.” Ko hono kehe ʻaupito mei he meʻá ni, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe ha tikisinale onopooni ʻa e foʻi nauna ko e “Kalisitiané” ko “ha toko taha ʻokú ne tui kia Sīsū Kalaisi peá ne muimui ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻá ne akoʻí,” pea ko e “lotu faka-Kalisitiané” ko “ha lotu ia ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí pea mo e tui ko e ʻalo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko hai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fehoanaki vāofi ange ki he fakamatala ko ení?
16 ʻOku tali ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e fakamatala ʻa Sīsū tonu ʻo fekauʻaki mo iá. Naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua au,” ka naʻe ʻikai te ne pehē, “Ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻAló au.” (Sione 10:36; fakafehoanaki mo Sione 20:31.) ʻOku nau tali ʻa e fakamatala fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻo kau ki he Kalaisí: “Ko ia, ʻi heʻene ʻi he tatau ʻo e ʻOtua, naʻe ʻikai lau ʻa e tuʻunga taha mo e ʻOtua ko ha meʻa ke faʻao.”a (Filipai 2:6, The New Jerusalem Bible) ʻOku pehē ʻe he tohi ko e The Paganism in Our Christianity (Ko e Meʻa Fakapangani ʻi Heʻetau Lotu Faka-Kalisitiane): “Naʻe ʻikai teitei lave ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki ha faʻahinga meʻa pehē ni [ko ha Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtua tuʻunga tatau tofu pē], pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻasi ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú ʻa e foʻi lea ko e ‘Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtua.’ Naʻe tali pē ʻa e fakakaukau ko iá ʻe he Siasí ʻi he hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe tolungeau mei he pekia ʻa hotau ʻEikí; ko e tupuʻanga ʻo e fakakaukau peheé ʻoku fakapangani fakaʻaufuli.” ʻOku tali ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e meʻa ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻo kau kia Kalaisí. Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻa kinautolu, kae ʻikai ko e kau tui Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtua.
ʻIkai ha Fehokotaki ʻi he Ngaahi Lotu
17. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāue fakataha ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mo e feinga ke fehokotaki ʻi he ngaahi lotú?
17 Ko e ongo lāunga kehe ʻoku fai ʻo kau ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e pehē ʻoku nau fakafisi ke kau ki he feinga ke fehokotaki ʻi he ngaahi lotú pea ʻoku nau kau ki he meʻa ʻoku ui ko e “fakaului fakafili.” Naʻe toe fai ʻa e ongo tukuakiʻi tatau ʻo kau ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané. ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia ʻa e kau ki he māmaní ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane, ʻa ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e lotu Katolika, Orthodox, mo e Palōtisaní. Ka, hangē ko Sīsū, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, “ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni.” (Sione 17:14) ʻOku malava fēfē ke nau fakafekauʻaki kinautolu ʻo fehokotaki ʻi he ngaahi lotu kehekehe mo e ngaahi kautaha lotu ʻa ia ʻoku nau pouaki ʻa e ʻulungāanga mo e ngaahi tui taʻe faka-Kalisitiané?
18. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke fakaangaʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻenau pehē ko kinautolu pē ʻoku nau fai ʻa e lotu moʻoní? (e) Neongo ʻoku tui ʻa e kau Katolika Lomá ko e lotu moʻoní ʻoku nau kau ki ai, ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻú?
18 Ko hai te ne lava ke fakaangaʻi totonu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻenau tuí, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia naʻe ʻi he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, ko kinautolu pē ʻoku nau fai ʻa e lotu moʻoní? Naʻa mo e Siasi Katoliká, lolotonga ʻenau mālualoi ʻo pehē ʻoku nau ngāue fakataha mo e feinga ke fehokotaki ʻa e ngaahi lotú, ʻoku nau pehē: “ʻOku mau tui ko e lotu moʻoni pē ʻe taha ko ení ʻokú ne hokohoko atu ʻi he Siasi faka-Katoliká mo faka-ʻAposetoló, ʻa ia naʻe tuku ki ai ʻe he ʻEiki ko Sīsuú ʻa e ngāue ke fakamafola ia ki he kau tangata kotoa ʻi heʻene pehē ki he kau ʻaposetoló: ‘Mou ō ʻo ngaohi ākonga ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa.’” (Kosilio II ʻa e Vatikano, “Fakahāhā ʻo kau ki he Tauʻatāina Fakalotu”) Kae kehe, ʻoku ngalingali ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga ʻa e tui peheé ke ʻai ʻa e kau Katoliká ke nau faivelenga taʻe tuku ʻi he ʻalu atu ke ngaohi ākongá.
19. (a) ʻOku loto-ʻalovili ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke nau fai ʻa e hā, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne ueʻi kinautolú? (e) Ko e hā ʻe fai ha vakai tokanga ki ai ʻi he kupu hono hokó?
19 ʻOku ʻi he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e faʻahinga faivelenga pehē. ʻOku nau loto-ʻalovili ke hokohoko atu ʻa e ngāue fakamoʻoní ʻi he kei fie maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke nau fai peheé. (Mātiu 24:14) ʻOku faivelenga ʻa ʻenau ngāue fakaefakamoʻoní ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fakafili ia. ʻOku ueʻi ʻa ʻenau ngāué ʻe he ʻofa ki he kaungāʻapí, kae ʻikai ko e fehiʻa ki he kakaí. Ko ʻenau ʻamanakí ʻe fakahaofi ʻa e tokolahi lahi taha ʻo e kakaí ʻe malavá. (1 Tīmote 4:16) ʻOku nau feinga ʻo hangē ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ke “nofo melino pe mo e kakai kotoa pe.” (Loma 12:18) ʻE fai ha lave ʻi he kupu hono hokó ki he founga ʻoku nau fai ai ʻa e meʻá ni.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ke maʻu ha fakamatala lahi ange ki he konga Tohi Tapu ko eni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tui ki he Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtuá, sio ki he kiʻi tohi ko e ʻOku Totonu Ke Ke Tui ki he Tolu-tahaʻi-ʻotua?, peesi 25, ʻa ia ʻoku pulusi ʻe he Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Ko e Fakamanatu
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, pea ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻoku meimei tatau ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová kiate kinautolu?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kau tangataʻifonua lelei ʻa kinautolu?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau pulé ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, pea ʻoku toe kehe ʻa e tuʻunga ʻi he ʻaho ní?
◻ ʻOku ueʻi ʻe he tui pau ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻo pehē ʻoku nau ʻi he lotu moʻoní ke nau fai ʻa e hā?