Fakalakalaka Fakalaumālie ʻAki ʻa e Muimui he Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Paulá
“Kuo u tau ʻa e tau lelei, kuo u lavaʻi ʻa e fakapuepue, kuo u tauhi mai ʻa e tui totonu.” —2 TIM. 4:7.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu naʻe fai ʻe Saula ʻo Tāsusí ʻi heʻene moʻuí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga naʻá ne faí?
NAʻE ʻi ai ha tangata naʻe ʻatamaiʻia mo loto-papau. Kae kehe, naʻá ne ‘moʻui ʻaki ʻa e fai ki he ngaahi holi ʻo hono kakanó.’ (Ef. 2:3) Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ia ki mui ko ha tokotaha “laukovi ki he ʻOtua ʻi muʻa, mo fakatanga mo pauʻu.” (1 Tim. 1:13) Ko e tangata ko iá ko Saula ʻo Tāsusí.
2 Faai atu pē, naʻe fai ʻe Saula ʻa e ngaahi liliu lahi ʻi heʻene moʻuí. Naʻá ne siʻaki ʻa hono ngaahi ʻalunga ki muʻá pea ngāue mālohi ke ‘ʻikai te ne kumi ʻa e lelei ʻaʻaná, ka ko e lelei ʻa e tokolahí.’ (1 Kol.1Ko 10:33) Naʻá ne anga-malū pea fakahāhā ʻa e manavaʻofa fakaalaala ki he faʻahinga naʻe maʻukovia kinautolu ʻe heʻene loto-tāufehiʻa ki muʻá. (Lau ʻa e 1 Tesalonaika 2:7, 8.) “Nae fakanofo au koe faifekau,” ko ʻene tohí ia, peá ne tānaki mai: “Koe jii hifo taha be au i he kaiga maonioni kotoabe oku jii, ka kuo foaki ae ofa ni kiate au, koeuhi keu malaga aki ki he gaahi Jenitaile ae koloa tae faa hakule a Kalaisi.”—Ef. 3:7, 8, PM.
3. ʻI he founga fē ʻe lava ai ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe hono ako ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻa Paulá pea mo e lēkooti ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú?
3 Ko Saula, ʻa ia naʻe toe ʻiloa ko Paulá, naʻá ne fai ha fakalakalaka fakalaumālie fisifisimuʻa. (Ng. 13:9) Ko e founga pau ʻe taha ke fakavaveʻi ʻaki ʻetau laka ki muʻa fakafoʻituitui ʻi he moʻoní ko hono ako ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻa Paulá pea mo e lēkooti ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú pea faʻifaʻitaki leva ki heʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e tuí. (Lau ʻa e 1 Kolinito 11:1; Hepelu 13:7.) Tau sio angé ki he founga ʻe ueʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he fai peheé ke tau fakatupulekina ha founga-tuʻumaʻu ʻo e ako fakafoʻituituí, ke fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni ki he kakaí, pea ke maʻu ha vakai totonu kiate kitautolu.
Founga-Tuʻumaʻu ʻo e Ako ʻa Paulá
4, 5. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻaonga kia Paula ʻa e ako fakafoʻituituí?
4 ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha Fālesi naʻe ako “ʻi he vaʻe ʻo Kamelieli, ʻo [ne] ako ke mamafa ki he ngaahi mingingiʻi meʻa ʻo e lao,” naʻe ʻosi ʻi ai ʻa e fakaʻileʻila ʻa Paula ia ki he Tohi Tapú. (Ng. 22:1-3; Fili. 3:4-6) ʻI he hili pē ʻene papitaisó, naʻá ne “ʻalu pe mei he potu ko ia ki Alepea”—ki he Toafa Sīliá pe mahalo pē ki ha feituʻu lōngonoa ʻi he Muitolotolo ʻAlepeá ʻa ia naʻe feʻungamālie ki he fakalaulaulotó. (Kal. 1:17) ʻOku pau pē naʻe loto ʻa Paula ke fakakaukauloto ki he ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ko Sīsū ʻa e Mīsaiá. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe loto ʻa Paula ke teuteu ki he ngāue naʻe toka mei muʻá. (Lau ʻa e Ngāue 9:15, 16, 20, 22.) Naʻe vaheʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e taimi ke fakalaulauloto ai ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié.
5 Ko e ʻilo ki he Tohi Tapú mo e fakamaama naʻe maʻu ʻe Paula mei he ako fakafoʻituituí naʻe ʻai ai ke ne malava ʻo akoʻi ola lelei ʻa e moʻoní. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he sinakoké ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻo Pisitiá, naʻe ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi lea fakahangatonu ʻe nima pe lahi ange mei he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Hepeluú ke fakamoʻoniʻiʻaki ko Sīsū ʻa e Mīsaiá. Naʻe toe lave ʻa Paula ki he ngaahi tohi māʻoniʻoní ʻi he ngaahi taimi lahi. Ko ʻene ngaahi fakaʻuhinga Fakatohitapú naʻe fakatupu tuipau ʻaupito ʻa ia ko e “tokolahi ʻo e kakai Siu, mo e kakai kuo ului ki heʻenau lotu, naʻa nau muimui kia Paula mo Panepasa” koeʻuhí ke nau ako lahi ange. (Ng. 13:14-44) ʻI he taimi naʻe haʻu ai ha kulupu ʻo e kau Siu ʻi Lomá ki hono nofoʻangá ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui ai, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe Paula kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi meʻa ʻaki hono “fakamatala mo talatonu kiate kinautolu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻo ne ʻahiʻahi fakatuiʻi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku kau kia Sisū, ʻo tefito ʻene lea ki he Lao ʻa Mosese mo e Tohi Palōfita fakatouʻosi.”—Ng. 28:17, 22, 23.
6. Ko e hā naʻá ne tokoniʻi ʻa Paula ke ne kei mālohi fakalaumālie ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí?
6 ʻI he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, naʻe hoko atu ʻa Paula ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú pea maʻu ʻa e mālohi mei he pōpoaki fakamānavaʻi ʻi aí. (Hep. 4:12) Lolotonga ʻene nofo pōpula ʻi Loma ki muʻa hono fakapōngí, naʻe kole ʻe Paula kia Tīmote ke ne ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e “ngaahi tohi” mo e “ngaahi tohi kiliʻimanu.” (2 Tim. 4:13) Ko e ngaahi tohi ko ʻení ʻoku ngalingali pē ko e ngaahi konga ia ʻo e Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Hepeluú ʻa ia naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene ako fakaʻāulilikí. Ko hono maʻu ʻa e ʻilo ki he Tohi Tapú ʻaki hono fai ha founga-tuʻumaʻu ʻo e ako Tohi Tapú naʻe fiemaʻu tefito ia kia Paula kae lava ke ne kei tuʻu fakamakatuʻu.
7. Lave angé ki he ngaahi ʻaonga ʻe lava ke ke maʻu mei hono ako tuʻumaʻu ʻa e Tohi Tapú.
7 Ko e ako tuʻumaʻu ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ʻo ō fakataha mo e fakalaulauloto mohu taumuʻá, te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fakalakalaka fakalaumālie. (Hep. 5:12-14) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e mahuʻinga ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe hiva ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “ʻOku lelei lahi kiate au ʻa e lao ne to mei ho fofonga ʻi ha ngaahi afeʻi koula mo siliva. ʻOku ou poto ʻi hoku ngaahi fili ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo ʻu tuʻutuʻuni na; he ʻoku ʻiate au maʻuaipe ia. Kuo u taʻofi hoku vaʻe mei he hala kovi kotoa; koeʻuhi ke u tauhi hoʻo folofola.” (Sāme 119:72, 98, 101) ʻOku ʻi ai haʻo founga-tuʻumaʻu ki he ako Tohi Tapu fakafoʻituituí? ʻOkú ke teuteu ki he ngaahi konga ki he kahaʻú ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki hono lau fakaʻaho ʻa e Tohi Tapú pea fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa ʻokú ke laú?
Naʻe Ako ʻa Saula ke ʻOfa ʻi he Kakaí
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tōʻongafai ʻa Saula ki he faʻahinga ʻi tuʻa ʻi he lotu faka-Siú?
8 Ki muʻa ke hoko ko ha Kalisitiané, naʻe faivelenga ʻa Saula ʻi he lotu naʻá ne kau ki aí, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne loko tokanga ki he kakai ʻi tuʻa ʻi he lotu faka-Siú. (Ng. 26:4, 5) Naʻá ne sio pē ʻo leleiʻia ʻi hono tolomakaʻi ʻe he kau Siu ʻe niʻihi ʻa Sitīvení. ʻOku pau pē naʻe ongoʻi fie tangata ʻaki ʻe Saula ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne sio ki aí, ʻo mahalo pē naʻá ne vakai ki hono fakapoongi ʻo Sitīvení ko ha tautea pē naʻe tuha mo ia. (Ng. 6:8-14; 7:54–8:1) ʻOku pehē ʻe he fakamatala fakamānavaʻí: “Ko Saula naʻa ne haveʻi ʻa e siasi, heʻene fehūfaki ʻi he ngaahi tuʻu fale, mo ne fetoho ʻa e tangata mo e fefine fakatouʻosi, ʻo fakahū ki he pilisone.” (Ng. 8:3) Naʻá ne “fakafeʻātungia ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi kolo muli foki.”—Ng. 26:11.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Saula ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻai ai ia ke ne toe sivisiviʻi ʻa e anga ʻene tōʻongafai ki he kakaí?
9 Naʻe fononga atu ʻa Saula ki Tāmasikusi ke fakafeʻātungiaʻi ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisí ʻa ia naʻe ʻi aí ʻi he taimi naʻe hā ai kiate ia ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsuú. Naʻe hanga ʻe he ngingila mahulu hake ʻi natula ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻo fakakuihi ʻa Saula pea ʻai ia ke ne fakafalala ki he tokoni ʻa e niʻihi kehé. ʻI he taimi naʻe ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻAnanaia ke ne toe fakafoki ʻa e sio ʻa Saulá, naʻe liliu taʻengata ai ʻa e tōʻonga ʻa Saula ki he kakaí. (Ng. 9:1-30) Hili ʻene hoko ko e muimui ʻo Kalaisí, naʻá ne ngāue mālohi ke feangainga mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú. Naʻe ʻuhinga ʻeni ko hono tuku ʻa e fakamālohí pea hoko ʻo “nofo melino pe mo e kakai kotoa pe.”—Lau ʻa e Loma 12:17-21.
10, 11. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni ki he kakaí?
10 Naʻe ʻikai ke fiemālie pē ʻa Paula ʻi he nofo melino mo e niʻihi kehé. Naʻá ne loto ke fakahāhā kia kinautolu ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni, pea naʻe ʻoange kiate ia ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané ʻa e faingamālie ko iá. ʻI heʻene ʻuluaki fononga fakamisinalé, naʻá ne malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi ʻĒsia Maina. Neongo ʻa e fakafepaki kakahá, naʻe tokangataha ʻa Paula mo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá ki hono tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga anga-vaivaí ke nau hoko ko e kau Kalisitiane. Naʻa nau toe ʻaʻahi ki Līsita mo ʻAikoniume, neongo naʻe ʻosi feinga ʻa e kau fakafepaki ʻi he ongo kolo ko iá ke tāmateʻi ʻa Paula.—Ng. 13:1-3; 14:1-7, 19-23.
11 Ki mui ai, naʻe kumi ʻa Paula mo ʻene kulupú ki ha kakai loto-totonu ʻi he kolo Masitōnia ko Filipaí. Naʻe fanongo ha tokotaha ului Siu ko Litia ki he ongoongo leleí peá ne hoko ko ha Kalisitiane. Naʻe haha ʻe he kau māʻolunga ʻi he koló ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi vaʻakau pea lī kinaua ki pilīsone. Kae kehe, naʻe malanga ʻa Paula ki he selá, pea ko e olá naʻá ne papitaiso ai mo hono fāmilí pea nau hoko ko e kau lotu kia Sihova.—Ng. 16:11-34.
12. Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Saula taʻemīngao ke ne hoko ko ha ʻapositolo anga-ʻofa ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí?
12 Ko e hā naʻe tali lelei ai ʻe he tokotaha fakatanga ki muʻa ko Saulá ʻa e tui ʻa e faʻahinga naʻá ne ngaohikoviʻí? Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa e tangata taʻemīngao ko iá ke ne hoko ko ha ʻapositolo anga-lelei mo anga-ʻofá, ʻa ia naʻá ne loto-lelei ke tuku ki ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻene moʻuí kae lava ke ako ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻa e moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá mo Kalaisí? Naʻe fakamatala tonu ʻa Paula: “Ko e ʻOtua, ʻa ia naʻa ne . . . ui au ʻaki ʻene kelesi [ʻofa maʻataʻatā], ʻi he ʻiloange naʻa ne finangalo ke fakaʻilo mei he taʻehamai ʻa hono ʻAlo ʻi hoku loto.” (Kal. 1:15, 16) Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula kia Tīmote: “Naʻe fai meesi kiate au koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni, koeʻuhi ke fakaha ʻe Kalaisi Sisu ʻiate au ko e fungani angahala hono katokātoa o ʻene kataki, moʻo taipe maʻanautolu te nau tui falala kiate ia ʻamui ke maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengata.” (1 Tim. 1:16) Naʻe fakamolemoleʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Paula, pea ko hono maʻu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā mo e meesi ko iá naʻe ueʻi ai ia ke ne fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻaki hono malangaʻi kiate kinautolu ʻa e ongoongo leleí.
13. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau fai peheé?
13 ʻOku fakamolemoleʻi ʻi he founga meimei tatau ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻetau ngaahi angahalá mo e ngaahi fehālaakí. (Sāme 103:8-14) “Ka ne ke nofo, ʻe Iaa, ke lama kovi, ko hai ha taha ʻe tuʻu, Atonai?” ko e ʻeke ia ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. (Sāme 130:3) Ka ne ʻikai ʻa e meesi ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻikai mei maʻu ʻe hatau toko taha ʻa e fiefia ʻo e ngāue toputapú, pe ko ha lava ke tau fakatuʻotuʻa atu ki hono maʻu ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá. Kuo lahi ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu hono kotoa. Ko ia ai, ʻi he hangē ko Paulá, ʻoku totonu ke tau holi ke fakaaʻu ʻa e ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻaki ʻa e malanga kiate kinautolu mo akoʻi kia kinautolu ʻa e moʻoní pea mo fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa hotau kaungātuí.—Lau ʻa e Ngāue 14:21-23.
14. ʻE malava fēfē nai ke tau fakalahi ʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
14 Naʻe loto ʻa Paula ke fakalakalaka ʻi he tuʻunga ko e faifekau ʻo e ongoongo leleí, pea naʻe maongo ki hono lotó ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsuú. ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi founga naʻe fakahāhā ai ʻe he ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻofa taʻefakatataua ki he kakaí ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ki he kakaí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Kuo lahi ʻa e taʻu kuo motuʻu, ka ʻoku kaungatamaki ʻa e kau ngaue; ko ia mou kole ki he ʻEiki ʻoku aʻana ʻa e taʻu, ke ne kouna atu mo ha kau ngaue ke utu ʻene taʻu.” (Mt. 9:35-38) Naʻe ngāue ʻa Paula ʻo fehoanaki mo ha kole pē naʻá ne fai ki ha kau ngāue tokolahi ange ʻaki ʻene hoko ko ha tokotaha ngāue faivelenga. Fēfē nai koe? ʻE lava ke ke ʻai ke lelei ange ʻa e tuʻunga ʻa hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú? Pe ʻe lava ke ke fakalahi ʻa hoʻo kau atu ki he ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá, ʻo aʻu nai ʻo ke fakaʻataʻatā ʻa hoʻo moʻuí ki he ngāue tāimuʻá? Tau fakahāhā muʻa ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni ki he niʻihi kehé ʻaki e tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau “pīkitai he folofola fakamoʻuí.”—Fili. 2:16, Ko e Taulua.
Vakai ʻa Paula Kiate Iá
15. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Paula kiate ia ʻi hono fakahoa ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané?
15 ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha faifekau Kalisitiané, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa kiate kitautolu ʻi ha toe tuʻunga ʻe taha. Neongo naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi monū lahi ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Paula naʻe ʻikai ke ne tuha mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ko iá pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne maʻu ia koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi malavá. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e ngaahi tāpuaki naʻá ne aʻusiá ko e fakahāhā ia ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe Paula naʻe toe hoko foki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kehé ko e kau faifekau ola lelei ʻo e ongoongo leleí. Neongo ʻa hono tuʻunga ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻá ne hanganaki fakatōkilalo pē.—Lau ʻa e 1 Kolinito 15:9-11.
16. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻa e anga-fakatōkilaló mo e anga-fakanānaá ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ʻīsiu ʻo e kamú?
16 Fakakaukau atu ki he anga hono ikuʻi ʻe Paula ha palopalema naʻe malanga hake ʻi he kolo Sīlia ko ʻAniteoké. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e māvahevahe ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane ʻi aí ʻi he ʻīsiu ʻo e kamú. (Ng. 14:26–15:2) Koeʻuhi ko hono fili ʻa Paula ke ne takimuʻa ʻi he malanga ki he kau Senitaile taʻekamú, naʻá ne fakakaukau nai kiate ia ko ha mataotao ʻi he fekuki mo e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e Siú pea ʻokú ne tuha moʻoni ai ke ne fakaleleiʻi ʻa e palopalemá. (Lau ʻa e Kaletia 2:8, 9.) Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi naʻe hā ngali ʻikai fakaleleiʻi ai ʻe heʻene ngaahi feingá ʻa e ʻīsiú, ʻi he anga-fakatōkilaló mo e anga-fakanānaá, naʻá ne muimui ʻi he ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ke fakahā ia ki he kulupu pule ʻi Selusalemá ke talanoaʻi ʻa e tuʻungá. Naʻá ne ngāue fāitaha kakato mo hono kau mēmipá ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he meʻa kuo hokó, fai ha fili, pea vaheʻi ia ko e taha ʻo ʻenau kau talafekaú. (Ng. 15:22-31) Ko ia ai, ko Paula naʻá ne ‘tāimuʻa ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa’ ki hono kaungā tamaioʻeikí.—Loma 12:10e.
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongoʻi naʻe fakatupulekina ʻe Paula ki he faʻahinga ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻo fekauʻaki mo Paulá ʻi he anga ʻo e fakafeangai ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻEfesoó ʻi heʻene mavahé?
17 Naʻe ʻikai ke fakamakehekehe ʻa Paula naʻe anga-fakatōkilaló mei hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne vāofi mo kinautolu. ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo ʻene tohi ki he kau Lomá, naʻá ne tala hono ʻofa ki he kakai laka hake he toko 20 ʻo ngāueʻaki honau hingoá. Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolú ʻoku ʻikai fai ha lave ki ai ʻi ha toe feituʻu ʻi he Tohi Tapú, pea naʻe maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻe niʻihi ai ha ngaahi monū makehe. Ka ko e kau sevāniti mateaki kinautolu ʻa Sihova, pea naʻe ʻofa ʻaupito ʻa Paula ʻiate kinautolu.—Loma 16:1-16.
18 Naʻe langa hake ʻe he anga-fakatōkilalo mo e anga-fakakaumeʻa ʻa Paulá ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻangá. Hili ʻene feʻiloaki fakaʻosi mo e kau mātuʻa mei ʻEfesoó, naʻa nau “taupe ʻi he uʻa ʻo Paula, ʻo nau toutou ʻuma lolomi kiate ia: pea lahi taha ʻenau mamahi koeʻuhi ko e lea kuo ne toki fai, tokua ʻe ʻikai te nau toe siofia siʻi fofonga oʻona.” Naʻe ʻikai ke nau mei pehē kinautolu ia, kapau ko e mavahe ʻa ha tangata naʻe hīkisia mo fakamakehekehe.—Ng. 20:37, 38.
19. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e “loto taʻehiki” ʻi heʻetau feangainga mo hotau kaungā Kalisitiané?
19 Ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ke fakalakalaka fakalaumālié kuo pau ke nau fakahāhā ha laumālie fakatōkilalo ʻo hangē ko ia ko Paulá. Naʻá ne ekinaki ki he kaungā Kalisitiané ke “ʻoua ʻe feinga ki ha meʻa ko e fakafekākeʻi, pe ko e fieongoongoa; ka ʻi hoʻomou loto taʻehiki mou taki taha lau ʻoku lelei hake ʻa hono kainga ʻiate ia.” (Fili. 2:3) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau muimui ki he akonaki ko iá? Ko e founga ʻe taha ko e ngāue fāitaha mo e kau mātuʻa ʻi heʻetau fakatahaʻangá, ʻo muimui ʻi heʻenau tatakí pea tali ʻa e ngaahi fili fakaefakamaau ʻoku nau faí. (Lau ʻa e Hepelu 13:17.) Ko ha toe founga ʻe taha ko hono fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa hotau fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine kotoa ʻi he tuí. Ko e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻoku faʻa faʻuʻaki ia ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻo e ngaahi puipuituʻa fakapuleʻanga, fakafonua, fakamatakali mo e fakafaʻahinga kehekehe. Ko ia ai, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau ako ke tōʻongafai taʻefilifilimānako mo manavaʻofa ki he tokotaha kotoa, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Paulá? (Ng. 17:26; Loma 12:10a) ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi mai kitautolu ke tau “fetalitalileleiʻaki, ʻo hangē foki ko e talitali lelei kitautolu ʻe Kalaisí, fakataha mo e fakakaukau ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá.”—Loma 15:7, NW.
“Kitaki Atu ʻEtau Lele” he Lova ki he Moʻuí
20, 21. Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau lavameʻa ʻi he lele ʻi he lova ki he moʻuí?
20 Ko e moʻui ʻa ha Kalisitiane ʻe lava ke fakatatau ia ki ha lele ʻi ha lova lōloa. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Kuo u lavaʻi ʻa e fakapuepue, kuo u tauhi mai ʻa e tui totonu. Hili ʻeni kuo tuku tauhi maʻaku ʻa e pale ʻo e maʻoniʻoni, ʻa ia ʻe toki ʻomi kiate au ʻi he ʻaho ko é ʻe he ʻEiki ko e Fakamāu totonu; ʻo ʻikai kiate au pe, ka kiate kinautolu kotoa pe foki kuo ʻofa ki haʻane hamai.”—2 Tim. 4:7, 8.
21 Ko e muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Paulá te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau lavameʻa ʻi he lele ʻi he lova ki he moʻui taʻengatá. (Hep. 12:1) Kae mahulu hake aí, tau hokohoko atu ke fakalakalaka fakalaumālie ʻaki hono fakatupulekina ha founga-tuʻumaʻu lelei ʻo e ako fakafoʻituituí, ʻaki hono fakatupulekina ʻa e ʻofa loloto ki he kakaí, pea mo hono tauhi maʻu ha fakakaukau fakatōkilalo.
[ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?]
• Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e maʻu ʻaonga ʻa Paula mei hono ako fakafoʻituitui tuʻumaʻu ʻa e Tohi Tapú?
• Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ki he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e ʻofa loloto ki he kakaí?
• Ko hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi ai koe ke ke tōʻongafai taʻefilifilimānako ki he niʻihi kehé?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Paulá ke ke ngāue fāitaha mo e kau mātuʻa ʻi hoʻo fakatahaʻangá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Maʻu ʻa e mālohi mei he Tohi Tapú, ʻo hangē ko Paulá
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
Fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa ʻaki hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 25]
ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻofeina ai ʻa Paula ʻe hono fanga tokouá?