Ko ha Sīpinga Fakamānavaʻi ʻo Kau ki he Ngāue Fakamisinale Faka-Kalisitiané
“Mou hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki kiate au, ʻo hange foki ko ʻeku faʻifaʻitaki ʻaku kia Kalaisi.”—1 KOLINITO 10:34 [11:1, PM].
1. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Sīsū ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ki hono kau muimuí ke nau faʻifaʻitaki ki ai? (Filipai 2:5-9)
KO HA faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ē naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá! Naʻá ne fiefia ke tuku ange ʻa hono lāngilangi fakahēvaní kae hifo ki māmani ʻo nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai angahalaʻiá. Naʻá ne loto-lelei ke ne kātekina ʻa e faingataʻaʻia lahi koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, pea ko e meʻa mahuʻinga lahi angé, ko hono fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo ʻene Tamai fakahēvaní. (Sione 3:16; 17:4) ʻI hono fai ʻa e hopo ʻo kau ki heʻene moʻuí tonu, naʻe fakahā loto-toʻa ʻe Sīsū: “Ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe fanauʻi ai au, pea ko e meʻa ko ia kuo u haʻu ai ki māmani, koeʻuhi ke u fakahāʻi ʻa e moʻoni. Ko ia kotoa pe ʻoku ʻo e moʻoni ʻoku ne tokanga ki hoku leʻo.”—Sione 18:37.
2. Ko e hā naʻe lava ai ʻe Sīsū ʻi heʻene toetuʻú ke fekau ki heʻene kau ākongá ke hokohoko atu ʻa e ngāue naʻá ne kamatá?
2 Ki muʻa ʻi heʻene maté, naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ha ako lelei ʻaupito ki heʻene kau ākongá koeʻuhi ke lava ke nau hoko atu ʻa e ngāue ko e fai ha fakamoʻoni ʻo kau ki he moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá. (Mātiu 10:5-23; Luke 10:1-16) Ko ia, ʻi he hili ʻene toetuʻú, naʻe lava ʻe Sīsū ke ne ʻoatu ʻa e fekau: “Mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni, mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.”—Mātiu 28:19, 20.
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fakalahi ʻo e ngāue ngaohi-ākongá, pea ko e fē ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu naʻe tautefito hono fai pē ki aí?
3 Naʻe talangofua ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ki he fekau ko ʻení ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e konga naʻe hoko mai aí, ka naʻe fakangatangata pē ʻa ʻenau ngaohi ākongá ki he kau Siú, kau ului Siu, mo e kau Samēlia naʻe ʻosi kamú. Pea ʻi he 36 T.S., naʻe fakahinohino ʻe he ʻOtuá ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki ha tangata taʻekamu ko Koliniusi mo hono falé. ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e hongofuluʻi taʻu hono hokó, naʻe ʻomai ai ki he fakatahaʻangá ha kau Senitaile kehe. Kaekehe, ʻoku ngalingali ko e konga lahi ʻo e ngāué naʻe fai pē ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻo e Metiteliane hahaké.—Ngāue 10:24, 44-48; 11:19-21.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa mahuʻinga ʻoku fakafuofua naʻe hoko ʻi he 47-48 T.S.?
4 Naʻe fiemaʻu ha meʻa ke ne ueʻi pe tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke nau ngaohi ākonga mei he kau Siu mo e kau Senitaile ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻo angé. Ko ia, ʻoku fakafuofua ki he 47-48 T.S., naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻanga ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻi Sīliá ʻa e pōpoaki fakaʻotua ko ʻení: “Vaheʻi mai muʻa maʻaku ʻa Panepasa mo Saula ki he ngaue kuo u tuʻutuʻuni maʻanaua.” (Ngāue 13:2) Fakatokangaʻi naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa hono ʻuluaki hingoa ko Saulá. Fakatokangaʻi foki, naʻe fakamuʻomuʻa ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e hingoa ʻo Panepasá ʻia Paula, mahalo pē koeʻuhi ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻe fai ʻa e vakai kia Panepasa naʻe matuʻotuʻa ange ia ʻiate kinaua.
5. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi ai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻa e fakamatala ʻo kau ki he fononga fakamisinale ʻa Paula mo Panepasá?
5 ʻOku fakalototoʻa lahi ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e fakamatala fakaikiiki ʻo e fononga fakamisinale ʻa Paula mo Panepasá, tautautefito ki he kau misinale mo e kau taaimuʻa ʻa ia kuo nau hiki mei honau kolo totonú ke fai ʻa e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha fonua muli. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e toe vakai ki he Ngāue vahe 13 mo e 14 ʻoku pau te ne toe ueʻi moʻoni ha tokolahi ange ke faʻifaʻitaki kia Paula mo Panepasa pea ke fakalahi ʻa ʻenau kau ki he ngāue mahuʻinga taha ko e ngaohi ākongá.
Ko e Motu ko Saipaló
6. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ongo misinalé ʻi Saipalo?
6 Naʻe ʻikai ke toe toloi ʻe he ongo misinalé ʻa ʻena folau mei he taulanga ʻo Sīlia ko Selusiá ki he motu ko Saipaló. ʻI he hili ʻa ʻena tau ki Salamisí, naʻe ʻikai ke fakaleluʻi kinaua ʻi ha meʻa ka naʻá na kamata leva ke “malangaʻaki ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi fale lotu ʻo e kakai Siu.” ʻI heʻena faʻifaʻitaki ki he sīpinga ʻa Kalaisí, naʻe ʻikai te na fiemālie pē ke nofo ʻi he kolo ko iá ʻo talitali ki he kakai ʻi he motú ke nau ōmi kiate kinaua. Ka naʻe “ʻosi ʻa e motu” ʻi heʻena ngāue takai ai. Koeʻuhi ko Saipaló ko e motu lahi ia, ʻoku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe kau ʻi heʻena ngāué ʻa e lue lalo lahi pea mo e liliu lahi ʻo e ngaahi nofoʻangá, pea naʻá na lavaʻi ʻi heʻena fonongá ʻa e konga lahi ʻo e motú.—Ngāue 13:5, 6.
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa tuʻu-ki-muʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Pafosí? (e) ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe he fakamatala ko ʻení ke maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau fēfē?
7 ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo ʻena nofó, naʻe hokosia ʻe he ongo tangatá ha meʻa fakafiefia ʻi he kolo ko Pafosi. Ko e pule ʻo e motú ko Sesio Paula, naʻá ne fanongo ki heʻena pōpoakí “bea tui ia.” (Ngāue 13:7, 12, PM) Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ki mui mai: “He vakai ʻa e ui ʻomoutolu, kainga. Talaʻehai ko hamou tokolahi koni poto fakakakano; talaʻehai ko e tokolahi koni malohi; talaʻehai ko e tokolahi koni houʻeiki.” (1 Kolinitō 1:26) Ka neongo ia, ko e tokotaha ʻo e kau maʻu mafai naʻa nau tuí ko Sesio Paula. ʻOku totonu ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ʻe he meʻa ko ʻeni naʻe hokosiá, tautautefito ki he kau misinalé, ke nau maʻu ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau pau ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fai fakamoʻoni ki he kau maʻu lakanga māʻolunga fakapuleʻangá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ke tau fai ʻi he 1 Tīmote 2:1-4. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi kuo fai ʻe he kau tangata maʻu mafaí ha tokoni lahi ki he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Nehemaia 2:4-8.
8. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e liliu felāveʻi mo Panepasa mo Paula ʻoku hā talu mei he taimi ko iá ʻo faai mai? (e) ʻI he founga fē naʻe fokotuʻu ai ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻe Panepasa?
8 ʻI he tataki ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová naʻe lahi ʻa e kau ʻa Paula ki hono fakatafoki ʻo Sesio Paulá. (Ngāue 13:8-12) ʻOku ngalingali, naʻe takimuʻa ʻa Paula talu mei he taimi ko iá ʻo faai mai. (Fakafehoanaki ʻa Ngāue 13:7 ki he Ngāue 13:15, 16, 43.) Naʻe fehoanaki-mālie ʻeni mo e ngāue naʻe vaheʻi mei he ʻOtuá kia Paula ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻene tafokí. (Ngāue 9:15) Naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi nai ʻe he ngaahi meʻa peheé ʻa e anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa Panepasá. Kaekehe, ʻi he ʻikai ke vakai ʻa Panepasa ki he liliu ko ʻení ko ha meʻa fakatupu-ʻita kiate ia tonu, ʻoku ngalingali naʻe fakahoko ʻe Panepasa ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo hono hingoá ko e “Foha oe fiemalie,” pea naʻá ne poupouʻi mateaki ʻa Paula ʻi he toenga ʻo e fononga fakamisinalé pea ʻi he hili ia ʻi hono fehuʻia ʻe he kau Kalisitiane Siu ʻe niʻihi ʻa e totonu ʻo ʻena ngāue fakamalanga ki he kau Senitaile taʻekamú. (Ngāue 15:1, 2) Ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ē kiate kitautolu hono kotoa, kau ai mo kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi misinale mo e Pētelí! ʻOku totonu maʻu ai pē ke tau loto-lelei ke tali ʻa e ngaahi liliu fakateokalatí pea ke fai ʻa ʻetau poupou kakato kiate kinautolu kuo fakanofo ke nau fai ʻa e tataki ʻi hotau lotolotongá.—Hepelū 13:17.
Ko e Fonua Tokalelei Kae Māʻolunga ʻo ʻĒsia Minú
9. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau ako mei he loto-lelei ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ke fononga atu ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitiá?
9 Naʻe folau fakatokelau ʻa Paula mo Panepasa mei Saipalo ki he konitinēniti ko ʻĒsiá. ʻI ha ʻuhinga naʻe ʻikai ke fakahā, naʻe ʻikai ke nofo ʻa e ongo misinalé ʻi he matāfonuá ka naʻá na fai ha fononga mamaʻo mo fakatuʻutāmaki ʻoku fakafuofua ki he kilomita ʻe 180 ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitia, ʻa ia naʻe tuʻu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fonua tokalelei kae māʻolunga ʻo ʻĒsia Minú. Naʻe kau ki heni ʻa e kaka ʻi ha hala ʻi he moʻungá pea ʻalu hifo ki ha tokalelei ʻoku fakafuofua ko e mita ʻe 1,100 ʻa hono māʻolungá mei he fukahi tahí. ʻOku pehē ʻe he poto mataotao ʻi he Tohitapú ko J. S. Howson: “Naʻe ʻiloa ʻi he ngaahi konga kotoa pē ʻo e hisitōliá ʻa e ʻulungaanga maumau-lao mo e ʻalu holo ʻo kumi koloa ke kaihaʻasi ʻe he kakai naʻa nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga ko ia ʻa ia naʻa nau vaheʻi ʻa e fonua tokalelei kae māʻolungá . . . mei he tokalelei ʻi he matāfonua ki he tongá.” ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe fehangahangai ʻa e ongo misinalé mo e fakatuʻutāmaki mei he tuʻunga kovi fakaenatula. ʻOku tānaki atu ki ai ʻe Howson: “ʻOku ʻikai ha vahefonua ʻi ʻĒsia Minu ʻoku taha kehe ange ʻa e ‘tāfea ʻa e ngaahi vaí’ ka ko e vahefonua moʻungaʻia ko Pisitiá, ʻa ia ʻoku pā mai ʻa e ngaahi vaitafé ʻi lalo ʻi ha ngaahi ʻutu lalahi, pe ʻoho hifo ʻi he ngaahi teleʻa fāsiʻi mo loloto.” ʻOku tokoni kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki ko ʻení ke tau sio loto atu ki he faʻahinga fononga naʻe loto-lelei pē ʻa e ongo misinalé ke fai koeʻuhi pē ke fakamafola atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí. (2 Kolinitō 11:26) ʻOku pehē pē ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku kātakiʻi ʻe he kau sevāniti tokolahi ʻa Sihova ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga faingataʻaʻiaʻanga kehekehe koeʻuhi pē ke aʻu ki he kakaí pea vahevahe atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí kiate kinautolu.
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Paula ke kei femahuʻingaʻiaʻaki ai mo ʻene kau fanongó? (e) Ko e hā naʻe ngalingali ofo ai ʻa e kau Siu tokolahi ke fanongo ki he faingataʻaʻia ʻa e Mīsaiá? (f) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakamoʻui naʻe fakahā ʻe Paula ki heʻene kau fanongó?
10 Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻi ai ha sinakoke ʻo e kau Siú ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitia, naʻe fuofua ʻalu ki ai ʻa e ongo misinalé ke ʻoange ha faingamālie kiate kinautolu naʻa nau alāanga ange mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau tali ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻI hono fakaafeʻi ʻo Paula ke ne leá, naʻá ne tuʻu hake ʻo fai ha malanga fakahāhā naʻe fakahā ai ʻa ʻene pōtoʻi lahi ki ai. Naʻá ne faʻa lave ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻá ne femahuʻingaʻiaʻaki ai mo e kau Siú mo e kau ului naʻe fanongo ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene malangá. (Ngāue 13:13-16, 26) ʻI he ʻosi ʻa ʻene lea kamatá, naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he hisitōlia maʻongoʻonga ʻo e kau Siú, ʻo ne fakamanatu kiate kinautolu naʻe fili ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻenau ngaahi kuí peá ne fakahaofi kinautolu mei ʻIsipite, pea pehē mo ʻene tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau ikunaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻi he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. Pea naʻe fakaeʻa ʻe Paula ʻa e feangainga ʻa Sihova mo Tēvitá. Ko e fakamatala ko iá ko e meʻa naʻe tokanga lahi ki ai ʻa e kau Siu ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí koeʻuhi naʻa nau ʻamanekina ʻe fokotuʻu hake ʻe he ʻOtuá ha hako ʻo Tēvita ko ha tokotaha fakamoʻui mo ha pule taʻengata. ʻI heʻene aʻu ki he fakamatala ko ʻení, naʻe fakahā loto-toʻa ʻe Paula: “Ko e hako ʻo e toko taha ko ia [Tevita] kuo omi mei ai ʻe he ʻOtua moʻo Isileli, ʻo hange ko ʻene talaʻofa, ha toko taha ke fai fakamoʻui, ʻa ia ko Sisu.”—Ngāue 13:17-23.
11 Kaekehe, ko e faʻahinga tokotaha fakamoʻui ia naʻe tatali ki ai ʻa e kau Siu tokolahi ko ha helo fakakautau ʻa ia te ne fakahaofi kinautolu mei he pule ʻa Lomá pea ke hiki hake ʻa e puleʻanga ʻIsileli ke māʻolunga ange ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kehé. Ko ia, naʻe ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ʻa ʻenau ofo ʻi he fanongo ki he pehē ʻe Paula naʻe ʻoatu ʻa e Mīsaiá ʻo tāmateʻi ʻe heʻenau kau taki lotú tonu pē. Naʻe fakahā loto-toʻa ʻe Paula: “Ka ka fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei he pekia.” ʻI he ofi pē ki he ʻosi ʻo ʻene malangá, naʻá ne fakahā ki heʻene kau fanongó ʻe malava ke nau maʻu ha faʻahinga fakahaofi fakaofo. Naʻá ne pehē: “Ko ia ke mahino kiate kimoutolu, . . . ko e meʻa ʻi he Toko Taha ko ia ʻoku malangaʻaki ai kiate kimoutolu ʻa e fakamolemole angahala: pea ko e ngaahi angahala naʻe ʻikai lava homou fakatonuhia mei ai ʻi he fai ʻaki ʻa e Lao ʻa Mosese, ka ʻi he Toko Taha ko eni, ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻoku tui ʻoku ne maʻu ʻa e fakatonuhia mei he ngaahi meʻa ko ia kotoa pe.” Naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene malangá ʻo ne naʻinaʻi ki heʻene kau fanongó ke ʻoua naʻa nau kau kinautolu mo e faʻahinga naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá te nau liʻaki ʻa e tokonaki fakaofo ko ʻeni ko e fakamoʻuí.—Ngāue 13:30-41.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ola mei he malanga ʻa Paulá, pea ʻoku totonu ke fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení ke fai ʻa e hā?
12 Ko ha malanga lelei ē naʻe makatuʻunga mei he Tohitapú ʻa hono faí! Naʻe fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo e tali ʻa e kau fanongó? “Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kakai Siu, mo e kakai kuo ului ki heʻenau lotu, naʻa nau muimui kia Paula mo Panepasa.” (Ngāue 13:43) Ko ha fakalototoʻa ē kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní! ʻOfa ke pehē foki ʻa ʻetau fai hotau lelei tahá ke ʻoatu ola lelei ʻa e moʻoní, tatau ai pē pe ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá pe ko ʻetau ngaahi tali mo e ngaahi malanga ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá.—1 Tīmote 4:13-16.
13. Ko e hā naʻe pau ai ke mavahe ʻa e ongo misinale mei ʻAniteoke ʻi Pitisiá, pea ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku malanga hake ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau ākonga foʻoú?
13 Naʻe ʻikai lava ke fakafisi ʻa e faʻahinga mahuʻingaʻia foʻou ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitiá mei hono fanongonongo atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Ko hono olá, “ʻi he Sapate naʻe hoko, naʻe fakataha ʻa e kolo, ʻo meimei ko hono kotoa, ke fanongo ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEiki [Sihova].” Pea naʻe fakamafola vave atu ʻi tuʻa he koló ʻa e pōpoakí ni. Ko hono moʻoní, “naʻe ʻave ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻEiki ki he fonua kotoa.” (Ngāue 13:44, 49) ʻI he ʻikai ke fiefia ʻi he meʻa ko ʻení, naʻe lavameʻa ʻa e kau Siu loto-meheká ʻi hono ʻai ke tuli ʻa e ongo misinalé mei he koló. (Ngāue 13:45, 50) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono uesia ʻa e kau ākonga foʻoú ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení? Naʻa nau hoko ʻo loto-siʻi ʻo tuku ʻa e ngāué?
14. Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai lava ai ʻe he kau fakafepakí ke fakangata ʻa e ngāue naʻe kamata ʻe he ongo misinalé, pea ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he meʻa ko ʻení?
14 ʻIkai, koeʻuhi he ko e ngāue ʻeni ia ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fokotuʻu foki ʻe he ongo misinalé ʻa e makatuʻunga mālohi ʻo e tui ki he ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí kuo toe fokotuʻu mei he maté. Ko ia, ʻoku hā mahino naʻe sio ʻa e kau ākonga foʻoú kia Kalaisi ko honau Taki, kae ʻikai ko e ongo misinalé. Ko ia, ʻoku tau lau naʻe “fakafonu kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e fiefia mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.” (Ngāue 13:52) Ko e meʻa fakalototoʻa lahi ē ki he kau misinale mo e kau ngaohi ākonga kehe ʻi he ʻaho ní! Kapau te tau anga-fakatōkilalo mo faivelenga ʻi heʻetau ngāué, ʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa ʻetau ngāue fakamalangá.—1 Kolinitō 3:9.
ʻAikoniume, Līsita, mo Teape
15. Ko e hā ʻa e founga naʻe muimui ki ai ʻa e ongo misinalé ʻi ʻAikoniume, pea ko e hā hono olá?
15 Naʻe fononga atu ʻeni ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ʻo fakatonga-hahake ki he kolo hono hoko maí ko ʻAikoniume ʻo fakafuofua ki he kilomita ʻe 140. Naʻe ʻikai ke taʻofi kinaua ʻe he manavahē ki ha fakatanga mei heʻena fai pē ʻa e meʻa tatau mo ia ʻi ʻAniteoké. Ko hono olá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Ko ia naʻe tui ai ha fuʻu tokolahi ʻo e kakai Siū mo e kakai Kalisi fakatouʻosi.” (Ngāue 14:1) Naʻe toe fakalanga ha fakatanga ʻe he kau Siu naʻe ʻikai te nau tali ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Ka naʻe kātaki pē ʻa e ongo misinalé peá na nofo ʻi ʻAikoniume ʻi ha taimi feʻunga ʻo tokoni ki he kau ākonga foʻoú. Pea, ʻi heʻena ʻilo ʻe tolomakaʻi kinaua ʻe he kau Siu fakafepaki kiate kinauá, naʻe fakapotopoto ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ʻo hola ki he feituʻu hoko maí, ko “Lisita mo Teape mo e feituʻu ko ia.”—Ngāue 14:2-6.
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā naʻe hoko kia Paula ʻi Līsitá? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono ueʻi ʻo ha tangata talavou mei Līsita ʻe he feangainga ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e ʻapositoló?
16 Naʻá na loto-toʻa ke “malangaʻaki ʻa e Kosipeli” ʻi he feituʻu ko iá ko e ʻuluaki taimi ia ke fai ai ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá ki ai. (Ngāue 14:7) ʻI he fanongo ʻa e kau Siu ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitiá mo ʻAikoniumé ʻo kau ki he meʻa ko ʻení, naʻa nau fononga mai ki Līsita mo nau fakalotoʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau tolomakaʻi ʻa Paula. ʻI he ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha taimi feʻunga ke holá naʻe tolomakaʻi ai ʻa Paula, pea naʻe tui ʻa e kau fakafepaki kiate iá kuó ne mate. Naʻa nau toho ia ki he tuʻa koló.—Ngāue 14:19.
17 Te ke lava ke fakakaukau atu ki he loto-hohaʻa naʻe fakatupu ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení ki he kau ākonga foʻoú? Ka ko e ofo ē ka ko ha ofo, ʻi heʻenau tuʻu takatakai ʻia Paulá, naʻá ne tuʻu hake ia ki ʻolunga! ʻOku ʻikai ke fakahā ʻe he Tohitapú pe ko e tangata talavou ko Tīmoté ko ha toko taha ia ʻo e kau ākonga foʻou ko ʻení. ʻOku pau naʻá ne hoko ʻo ʻilo ʻo kau ki he feangainga ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Paulá pea maongo loloto ia ki hono lotó. Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene tohi hono ua kia Tīmoté: “Naʻa ke maʻu moʻao faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e faiako aʻaku, a ʻeku toʻonga, . . . ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu mamahi naʻe to kiate au ʻi Aniteoke mo Aikoniume mo Lisita, ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu fakatanga ko ia naʻa ku moʻua ai: ka naʻe hamusi au mei ai kotoa ʻe he ʻEiki.” (2 Tīmote 3:10, 11) ʻOku fakafuofua ki he taʻu ʻe taha pe ua ʻi he hili ʻa hono tolomakaʻi ʻo Paulá, naʻá ne toe foki ki Līsita ʻo ne ʻilo ai ʻa e talavou ko Tīmoté ko e Kalisitiane alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga, pea “naʻe fakaongolelei ʻe he kainga naʻe ʻi Lisita mo Aikoniume.” (Ngāue 16:1, 2) Ko ia naʻe fili ia ʻe Paula ko hono kaungā-fononga. Naʻe tokoni ʻeni kia Tīmote ke tupu ai ʻi he tuʻunga fakalaumālié, pea faifai atu pē naʻá ne taukei feʻunga ke fekau atu ia ʻe Paula ke ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kehekehe. (Filipai 2:19, 20; 1 Tīmote 1:3) ʻOku pehē pē ʻi he ʻahó ni, ko e tākiekina mātuʻaki lelei ʻa e kau sevāniti faivelenga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kau talavoú, ʻa ia ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu kuo nau tupu hake ʻo hoko ko e kau sevāniti ʻaonga ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē ko Tīmoté.
18. (a) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he ongo misinalé ʻi Teape? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faingamālie naʻe ʻatā mai kiate kinauá, ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá na fili ke fai?
18 ʻI he pongipongi hono hoko mei heʻene hao mei he mate ʻi Līsitá, naʻe mavahe ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ki Teape. Naʻe ʻikai ke muimui mai ha kau fakafepaki ʻi he taimi ko iá, pea ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ‘naʻe tokotokolahi ʻa e kau ākonga naʻe fakaului.’ (Ngāue 14:20, 21) ʻI hono fokotuʻu ha fakatahaʻanga ʻi Teapé, naʻe pau ke fai ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ha fili. Naʻe hoko atu mei Teape ki Tāsusi ha hala naʻe ngāue lahiʻaki ʻa ia naʻe ngaohi ʻe he kau Lomá. Ko ha fononga nounou mei ai ke foki ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Sīliá. ʻOku ngalingali ko e founga lelei taha ia ke fai ai ha foki, pea naʻe lava ke ongoʻi ʻe he ongo misinalé ʻoku taau ke na kiʻi mālōlō. Ka neongo ia, ʻi he faʻifaʻitaki ki hona ʻEikí, naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu lahi ange.—Maʻake 6:31-34.
Ko Hono Fakahoko Kakato ʻo e Ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tāpuaki naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he ongo misinalé ʻi heʻena toe foki ki Līsita, ʻAikoniume, mo ʻAniteoké? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tokonaki mai ke ako mei ai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní?
19 ʻI he ʻikai ke foki ki ʻapi ʻi he hala ne ofi tahá, naʻe loto-toʻa ʻa e ongo misinalé ʻo toe foki ʻo ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi kolo tonu pē ko ia naʻe ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ai ʻa ʻena moʻuí. Naʻe tāpuakiʻi kinaua ʻe Sihova ki heʻena tokanga taʻesiokita ko ʻeni ki he fanga sipi foʻoú? ʻIo, he ʻoku pehē ʻe he fakamatala naʻá na lavameʻa ʻi heʻena “poupou ʻa e loto ʻo e kau ako, ʻo na tokoni kinautolu ke nau nofo maʻu ʻi he lotu.” Naʻe feʻungamālie ʻa ʻena tala ki he kau ākonga foʻoú: “Ko ʻetau hū ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua, kuo pau ke tau fou ʻi he ngaahi mamahi lahi.” (Ngāue 14:21, 22) Naʻe toe fakamanatu ange ʻe Paula mo Panepasa kiate kinautolu ʻa honau ui ko e kaungāʻea ʻi he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻe hoko maí. ʻOku totonu ke tau fai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e fakalototoʻa meimei tatau ki he kau ākonga foʻoú. ʻOku lava ke tau fakatupu-ivimālohi kiate kinautolu ke kātekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻaki ʻetau fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ʻi māmani ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá tatau pē mo ia naʻe malangaʻi ʻe Paula mo Panepasá.
20 Naʻe tokoniʻi ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ʻa e fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá ke fokotuʻutuʻu maau ange ki muʻa peá na mavahe mei he kolo taki taha. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻá na akoʻi ha kau tangata taau pea fakanofo kinautolu ke nau fai ʻa e tauhí. (Ngāue 14:23) ʻOku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe tokoni ʻeni ki he toe fakalahi ange. ʻOku pehē pē ʻi he ʻahó ni. ʻI he ʻosi ʻa hono tokoniʻi ʻe he kau misinalé mo e niʻihi kehe ʻa e faʻahinga ʻikai ke taukeí ke fakalakalaka kaeʻoua kuo nau lava ʻo fua fatongiá, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau hiki atu kinautolu mo hoko atu ʻa ʻenau ngāue leleí ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehe ʻa ia ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e fiemaʻú.
21, 22. (a) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻosi ʻo e fononga fakamisinale ʻa Paula mo Panepasá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku langaʻi hake ʻe he meʻá ni?
21 ʻI he faifai atu pea foki ʻa e ongo misinalé ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Sīliá, naʻe lava ke na ongoʻi fiemālie moʻoni. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku pehē ʻe he fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú naʻá na “fakahoko kakato” ʻa e ngāue naʻe tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kinauá. (Ngāue 14:26, NW) ʻOku mahino, ko e lave ʻo kau ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻá na hokosiá naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻa e “matuʻaki fiefia [ʻi he] kainga kotoa.” (Ngāue 15:3) Ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá na fai hili iá? Naʻá na nofo fiemālie pē ʻi heʻena lavameʻá ʻo ʻikai ke toe fai ha feinga? ʻIkai ʻaupito. ʻI he hili ʻena ʻaʻahi ki he kulupu pule ʻi Selusalemá ke maʻu ʻa e fili naʻe fai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kamú, naʻe toe ʻalu ʻa e toko ua ko ʻení ʻi ha fononga fakamisinale. Naʻá na taki taha ʻalu ki he feituʻu kehekehe. Naʻe ʻalu ʻa Panepasa mo Sione Maʻake ki Saipalo, pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Paula hano hoa foʻou, ko Sailosi, pea naʻá na fononga ʻo fou atu ʻi Sīlia mo Silisia. (Ngāue 15:39-41) Ko e fononga ʻeni naʻá ne fili ai ʻa e talavou ko Tīmoté ke ne kau ki he fonongá.
22 ʻOku ʻikai ke fakahā ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e ola ʻo e fononga hono ua ʻa Panepasá. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo Paulá, naʻá ne hoko atu ki he ngaahi feituʻu foʻou mo fokotuʻu ai ha ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo ʻikai ke toe siʻi hifo ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻe nima—Filipai, Pēlea, Tesalonaika, Kolinitō, mo ʻEfesō. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa tefito ki he mātuʻaki lavameʻa ʻa Paulá? ʻOku ʻaonga ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni tatau ko ení ki he kau ngaohi ākonga Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní?
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ko Sīsū ai ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ke faʻifaʻitaki ki aí?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Panepasá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he malanga ʻa Paula ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitiá?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko kakato ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ʻa ʻena ngāue naʻe vaheʻi ange kiate kinauá?