ʻOku Mālohi ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová!
“Naʻe tupu mo mālohi ai pē ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi ha founga mālohi.”—NGĀUE 19:20, “NW.”
1. Ko e hā ʻe lave ki ai ʻi he ako ko ʻeni ʻo e tohi Ngāue ʻa e Kau ʻApositoló ʻi he Tohitapú?
KO SIHOVA naʻá ne fakaava ha matapā ki he ngāué. Fakatautefito kia Paula, ko ha “ʻapositolo ʻo e Senitaile,” naʻá ne takimuʻa ʻi he ngāue ko iá. (Loma 11:13) Ko e moʻoni, ko ʻetau hokohoko atu hono ako ʻa e Ngāue ʻa e Kau Apositoló ʻoku tau ʻilo ai ʻa ʻene kau ki he ngaahi fononga fakamisinale fakaofo.—Ngāue 16:6–19:41.
2. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ko ha tokotaha hiki tohi fakamānavaʻi ʻo fakafuofua mei he 50 T.S. ki he 56 T.S.? (e) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi hono tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Paulá mo e niʻihi kehé?
2 Ko Paulá foki ko ha tokotaha hiki tohi ia naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakafuofua mei he 50 T.S. ki he 56 T.S., naʻá ne tohi ai ʻa e 1 mo e 2 Tesalonaiká mei Kolinitō, ko Kalētia mei he kolo ko iá pe mei ʻAniteoke ʻi Silia, 1 Kolinitō mei ʻEfesō, 2 Kolinitō mei Masitōnia, mo e tohi Lomá mei Kolinitō. Pea ʻi he tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Paulá mo e niʻihi kehé, “naʻe tupu mo mālohi ai pē ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi ha founga mālohi.”—Ngāue 19:20, NW.
Mei ʻĒsia ki ʻIulope
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fokotuʻu ʻe Paula mo hono kaungāngāué ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tataki fakafou mai he laumālie māʻoniʻoní?
3 Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula mo hono kaungāngāué ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi hono tali ʻa e tataki fakafou mai he laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (16:6-10) ʻI ha ngaahi fakahā nai naʻe lava ke fanongoa, ngaahi misi, pe ngaahi vīsone, naʻe taʻofi ai kinautolu ʻe he laumālié mei he malanga ʻi he vahefonua ʻo ʻĒsia mo e vahefonua ʻo Pitiniá, ʻa ia naʻe toki aʻu ki ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki mui mai. (Ngāue 18:18-21; 1 Pita 1:1, 2) Ko e hā naʻe taʻofi ai ʻe he laumālié ha hū ki ai ki muʻa atú? Naʻe tokosiʻi ʻa e kau ngāué, pea naʻe taki atu kinautolu ʻe he laumālié ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻi ʻIulope ʻoku fua lelei angé. ʻOku pehē he ʻahó ni, kapau ʻoku taʻofi ha hū ki ha vāhenga-ngāue ʻe taha, ʻe malanga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ia ʻi ha feituʻu kehe, ʻo nau ʻilo pau ʻe taki atu kinautolu ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ki he faʻahinga ʻoku hangē ha sipí.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻi he tali ki he vīsone ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki ha tangata Masitōnia naʻe kole ki ha tokoní?
4 Naʻe malava ke hoko ʻa Misia, ko ha feituʻu ʻi ʻĒsia Minu, ko ha feituʻu ke ngāue fakamisinale ki ai ka ‘naʻe fakalaka atu ai’ ʻa Paula mo hono kaungāngāué. Kaekehe, ʻi ha vīsone, naʻe sio ai ʻa Paula ki ha tangata Masitōnia ʻoku kole ki ha tokoni. Ko ia naʻe ʻalu fakavave leva ʻa e kau misinalé ki Masitōnia, ko ha feituʻu ʻi he Penisula Balkan. ʻOku meimei tatau pē mo e tokolahi ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová kuo taki ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke ngāue ʻi ha feituʻu ʻa ia ʻoku lahi ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ki he kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá.
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻe lava ai ke pehē ko e folofola ʻa Sihová naʻe mālohi ʻi Filipai? (e) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku hangē ai ko Litiá ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni tokolahi he ʻahó ni?
5 Naʻe mālohi ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi Masitōnia. (16:11-15) ʻOku ngalingali naʻe tokosiʻi ʻa e kau Siú pea ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha sinakoke ʻi Filipai, ko ha kolonia ia naʻe nofoʻi lahi taha ʻe he kakai tuʻufonua ʻo Lomá. Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ʻa e fanga tokouá ki ha ‘feituʻu faiʻanga lotu’ ʻi ha veʻe vaitafe ʻi he tuʻakoló. Naʻe kau ʻi he faʻahinga naʻe ʻi aí ʻa Litia, ko ha Siu nai naʻe ului mei Taiataila, ko ha kolo ʻi ʻĒsia Minu naʻe ʻiloa he fakalanu ʻo e tupenú. Naʻá ne fakatau atu ʻa e fakalanu vaioleti pe ngaahi tupenu pe ngaahi kofu ʻoku fakalanuʻaki ia. ʻI he hili ʻa e papitaiso ʻa Litia mo hono falé, naʻe vēkeveke fau ʻa ʻene talitali kakaí ʻo tohi ai ʻe Luke: “Pea ne puketuʻu kimautolu.” ʻOku tau houngaʻia ʻi he fanga tuofāfine pehē ʻi he ʻaho ní.
Hoko ʻo Tui ha Tokotaha Tauhi-Pilīsone
6. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e ngāue ʻa e temenioó ke tuku pilīsone ai ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ʻi Filipaí?
6 ʻOku pau naʻe fakaʻitaʻi ʻa Sētane ʻe he fakalakalaka fakalaumālie ʻi Filipaí, he ko e ngāue fakatemeniō ʻi ai naʻe hoko ai hono tuku pōpula ʻo Paula mo Sailosí. (16:16-24) Naʻe muimui kiate kinautolu ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho ha fefine naʻe “ulusino ai ha faʻahikehe tongafisi” (ko hono ʻuhingá, “ko e laumālie ʻo python”). Naʻe fakatātaaʻi nai ʻe he temeniō ʻa Pythian Apollo, ko ha ʻotua naʻá ne tāmateʻi ha ngata naʻe hingoa ko pyʹthon. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau pule ʻo e fefiné ha koloa lahi ʻaki ʻene fai kikité. Naʻá ne tala nai ki he kau ngoué ʻa e taimi ke nau tō ngoue aí, ki he kakai fefiné ʻa e taimi ke nau mali aí, mo e feituʻu ki he kau keli koulá ke nau kumi ai ki he koulá! Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻene muimui ki he fanga tokouá mo ne kalanga: “Ko e kau siana ni ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa e ʻOtua Taupotu, pea ko e faʻahinga ʻoku fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻa e hala ki he fakamoʻui.” Naʻe ʻai nai ʻe he temeniō ʻa e fefiné ni ke lea pehē ke hā ngalingali ko ʻene ngaahi kikité naʻe fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe he kau temenioó ʻa e totonu ke nau fai ha ngaahi fanongonongo ʻo kau kia Sihova mo ʻene fokotuʻutuʻu ki he fakamoʻuí. ʻI he fakafiu ʻa Paula ʻi he fakahohaʻasí ni, naʻá ne tuli ʻa e temenioó ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú. ʻI he maumau ʻenau pisinisí, naʻe hanga ʻe he kau pule ʻo e fefiné ʻo toho ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ki he māketí, ʻa ia naʻe haha ai kinaua ʻaki ha ngaahi ʻakau. (2 Kolinitō 11:25) Pea naʻe toki tuku pōpula kinaua pea fakamaʻuʻaki ʻa e ʻakau kiiʻi hona ongo vaʻé. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení naʻe lava pē ke toe fakalahi ke fakamālohiʻi ʻa e ongo vaʻé ke toe mamaʻo ange, ʻo fakatupunga ai ʻa e mamahi lahi.
7. Kia hai pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ha ngaahi tāpuaki ʻi hono tuku pilīsone ʻo Paula mo Sailosi ʻi Filipaí?
7 Naʻe iku ʻa e tuku pilīsone ko ʻení ki he ngaahi tāpuaki ki he tokotaha tauhi pilīsoné mo hono fāmilí. (16:25-40) Fakafuofua ki he vaeuapoó naʻe lotu ai ʻa Paula mo Sailosi mo hiva fakamālō ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo na ʻilo pau naʻá ne kau mo kinaua. (Sāme 42:8) Fakafokifā, naʻe hanga ʻe ha mofuike ʻo fakaava ʻa e ngaahi matapaá pea vete mo e ngaahi haʻi kotoa naʻe fakamaʻu ki he ngaahi pimí pe ngaahi holisí. Naʻe manavahē ʻaupito ʻa e tokotaha tauhi ʻo e pilīsoné ki hano tautea mate ia koeʻuhi kuo hola ʻene kau pōpulá. Naʻe kamata ke ne taonakita ka naʻe kaila atu ʻa Paula: “ʻOua te ke fai ha kovi kiate koe: he ʻoku mau kei katokatoa.” ʻI hono ʻomai ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ki tuʻá, naʻe ʻeke ʻe he tokotaha tauhi pilīsoné pe ʻe anga-fēfē ke ne maʻu ʻa e fakahaofí. Naʻe tali ange: “Tui falala ni ki he ʻEiki ko Sīsū.” ʻI he fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihová, “pea ne papitaiso leva, ʻa ia mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia.” Ko ha fiefia lahi ē naʻe hoko!
8. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kau ʻeikitau ʻi Filipaí, pea ko e hā nai naʻe mei lava ʻo kapau naʻa nau fakahā fakahāhā ʻenau halá?
8 ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, naʻe fekau mai ʻe he ongo ʻeikitaú ke tukuange ʻa Paula mo Sailosi. Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: ‘Kuo nau haha kimaua, teʻeki fakamāu, ka ko e ongo Loma kimaua, pea kuo na lī ki he pilīsone; pea ʻoku na pehē ʻeni koā ke fakamanimo homa tukuange, ʻo? kae kehe, tuku ke na ōmi ʻe kinaua ʻo taki atu kimaua.’ Kapau naʻe fakahā fakahāhā ʻe he ongo ʻeikitaú ʻena halá, te na fakatoupīkoi nai ke haha mo tuku pilīsone ha kau Kalisitiane kehe. ʻI he taʻemalava ke tuli ha tangataʻifonua Lomá, naʻe haʻu ʻa e ongo ʻeikitaú ʻo kole ki he ongo tokouá ke na ʻalu, ka naʻe toki fai pē ʻeni ia ʻi he hili ʻena fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kaungā-tuí. Ko e faʻahinga mahuʻinga pehē ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kulupu Pulé mo e kau fakafofonga fefonongaʻaki kehé ke ʻaʻahi mo fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi māmani lahi.
ʻOku Mālohi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi Tesalonaika mo Pēlea
9. Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻa ia ʻoku kei ngāueʻaki ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻi ‘hono fakamatalaʻi mo fakamoʻoniʻi’ naʻe pau ke mate mo toetuʻu mei he maté ʻa e Mīsaiá?
9 Naʻe hoko ʻo mālohi ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi Tesalonaika, ko e kolomuʻa ia ʻo Masitōniá pea ko e taulanga tefitó ia. (17:1-9) Naʻe fakaʻuhinga ai ʻa Paula mo e kau Siú, “o fakamatala mo fakamoʻoni” naʻe pau ke mate pea toetuʻu mei he maté ʻa e Mīsaiá. (Naʻe fai pehē ʻa Paula ʻaki ʻene fakahoa ʻa e ngaahi kikité mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lolotonga fakahokó, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.) Ko ia, ko e kau Siu ʻe niʻihi, ko e tokolahi naʻe ului, pea ko e niʻihi kehe naʻe hoko ko e kau tui. ʻI hono tānaki ʻe ha kau Siu meheka ʻa e fuʻu kakai ka naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa Paula mo Sailosí, naʻa nau ʻave ʻa Sesoni mo e fanga tokoua kehé ki he kau pule ʻi he koló ʻo tukuakiʻi kinautolu ki he fakatupu angatuʻu, ko ha tukuakiʻi loi ʻoku kei fai ki he kakai ʻa Sihová. Kaekehe, naʻe tukuange ʻa e fanga tokouá hili hono fai ha ‘maluʻi feʻunga.’
10. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe hanga ai ʻe he kau Siu ʻi Pēleá ʻo ‘kumi fakalelei’ ki he Tohitapú?
10 Naʻe toki ʻalu leva ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ʻi heʻena ʻalu hono hokó ki he kolo ko Pēlea. (17:10-15) ʻI aí naʻe fai ʻe he kau Siú ha ‘kumi fakalelei’ ki he Tohitapú ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e kakaí ke fai pehē ʻi he ʻaho ní. Naʻe ʻikai ke taʻetui ʻa e kau Pēleá ia kia Paula ka naʻa nau fai ha fekumi ke fakamoʻoni ko Sīsū ʻa e Mīsaiá. Ko hono olá? Ko e kau Siu tokolahi mo e kau Kalisi ʻe niʻihi (naʻe ului nai) naʻa nau hoko ko e kau tui. ʻI hono hanga ʻe he kau Siu mei Tesalonaiká ʻo veuveuki ʻa e kakaí, naʻe fakafeʻao ʻe he fanga tokouá ʻa Paula ki he matātahí, ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai nai ʻa e niʻihi ʻo ʻene kau folaú kuo nau heka ki ha vaka ki Piraeus (ko Piraiévs ia ʻi onopooní), ko e kolo mo e taulanga ia ʻo ʻAtenisí.
ʻOku Mālohi ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi ʻAtenisi
11. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fai fakamoʻoni lototoʻa ʻa Paula ʻi ʻAtenisí, pea ko hai naʻa nau fakafekiki mo iá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakahuʻuhuʻu ʻa e niʻihi kia Paula ʻi heʻenau ui ia ko e “pālau”?
11 Naʻe fai ha fakamoʻoni lototoʻa ʻi ʻAtenisi. (17:16-21) Koeʻuhi ko e lea ʻa Paula ʻo kau kia Sīsū mo e toetuʻú, naʻe fekīhiaki ai ʻa e kau filōsefá pea mo ia. Ko e niʻihi ko e kau ʻEpikuliō, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakamamafaʻi ʻa e fakafiefiá. Ko e niʻihi ko e kau Sitoiko, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakamamafaʻi ʻa e akonakiʻi pē kita ʻa kitá. Naʻe ʻeke ʻe ha niʻihi: ‘Ko e hā ʻe leaʻaki ʻe he tokotaha pālau ni?’ Ko e “pālau” (ko hono ʻuhingá, “tokotaha tufi tengaʻiʻakau”) naʻe fakahuʻuhuʻu ko Paulá naʻe hangē ha manupuna ʻokú ne tufi ha ngaahi tengaʻiʻakau mo tufa atu ha kiʻi ʻilo ka ʻoku ʻikai ke poto. Naʻe pehē ʻe he niʻihi: “ʻOku ne matamata ko e toko taha fokotuʻu ʻotua foʻou.” Naʻe fuʻu māfatukituki ʻeni, he naʻe mole ʻa e moʻui ʻa Sōkolotesí ʻi ha tukuakiʻi pehē. Naʻe vave hono ʻave ʻo Paula ki he ʻAleopeikó (Moʻunga Maʻasi), ki he feituʻu nai naʻe fakataha ai ʻa e fakamaauʻanga lahí ʻi he ʻataʻatā ʻo ofi ki ʻAkolopolisí.
12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e malanga fakahāhā lelei ʻoku hā mahino mei he malanga ʻa Paula ʻi he ʻAleopeikó? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi poini naʻe ʻai ʻe Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá, pea ko e hā hono olá?
12 Ko e malanga ʻa Paula ʻi he ʻAleopeikó ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻaupito ia ʻo e fai ha talateu ola lelei, mo fakahokohoko fakakaukau lelei, mo e fakamatala fakatupunga tui—ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku akoʻi ʻi he Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalati ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. (17:22-34) Naʻá ne pehē ʻoku fakalotu ange ʻa e kau ʻAtenisí ʻi he niʻihi kehé. Naʻe ʻi ai ha ʻōlita “Moʻo Ha ʻOtua Teʻeki ʻIloa,” ke fakaʻehiʻehi nai mei he taʻetokaʻi ha ʻotua! Naʻe lea ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki ha Tokotaha-fakatupu ʻa ia “naʻa ne ngaohi mei he tangata pē ʻe taha ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kakai kotoa pē” mo “ne fakafuofua ʻa e ngaahi kuonga naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ki heʻenau nofo, mo honau ngaahi kauʻā,” ʻo hangē ko ia ko hono fakaʻauha ʻa e kakai Kēnaní. (Sēnesi 15:13-21; Tāniela 2:21; 7:12) Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula ko e ʻOtua ko ʻení ʻe malava ke maʻu, “he ko hono hako foki ʻa kitautolu,” ʻo ne lave ki he fakatupu ʻo e tangatá ʻe Sihová peá ne lave ai ki heʻenau kau faʻu maau ko Aratus mo Cleanthes. ʻI he hoko ko e hako ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu ke tau fakakaukau ko e Tokotaha-fakatupu haohaoá ʻoku hangē ha ʻaitoli kuo ngaohi ʻe he tangata taʻehaohaoá. Naʻe fakataʻetaʻeʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi kuonga pehē ʻo e valé ka kuó ne fakahā he taimí ni ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke nau fakatomala, he kuó ne ʻosi fokotuʻu ha ʻaho ke fakamaauʻi ai ʻa e kakaí ʻe he Tokotaha kuó ne fakanofó. Koeʻuhi he naʻe “malangaʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo kau kia Sīsū,” naʻe mahino pē ia ki he kau fanongó ko ʻene ʻuhingá ʻe hoko ʻa Kalaisi ko e Fakamaau ko iá. (Ngāue 17:18; Sione 5:22, 30) Naʻe fakakina ki he kau ʻEpikulió ʻa e malanga ʻo kau ki he fakatomalá pea naʻe lava ke tali ʻe he kau filōsefa Kalisí ʻa e lau kau ki he moʻui taʻe faʻa maté kae ʻikai tali ʻa e lau ʻo kau ki he mate mo e toetuʻú. ʻOku hā ngalingali, ʻo hangē ko e tokolahi ʻoku nau taʻetokanga ki he ongoongo leleí, naʻe pehē ʻe he niʻihi: ‘Te mau toki fanongo kiate koe ʻi ha taimi kehe.’ Ka ko e fakamaau ko Taionisio mo e niʻihi kehe naʻa nau hoko ko e kau tui.
ʻOku Mālohi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi Kolinitō
13. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi pē ʻe Paula ia ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, pea ko e hā ʻa e hoatatau ʻoku tau sio ki ai ʻi onopooní?
13 Naʻe hoko atu ʻa Paula ki Kolinitō, ko e kolomuʻa ʻo e vahefonua ko ʻAkeia. (18:1-11) Naʻá ne feʻiloaki ai mo Pīsila mo ʻĀkuila, ʻa ia naʻa nau haʻu ki ai ʻi hono fekau ʻe Sisa Kaloti ki he kau Siu naʻe ʻikai ko ha tangataʻifonua Lomá ke nau mavahe mei Loma. Ke tokoniʻi ia ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, naʻe ngaohi tēniti ʻa Paula mo e ongo mātuʻa Kalisitiane ko ʻení. (1 Kolinitō 16:19; 2 Kolinitō 11:9) Ko hono tutuʻu mo tuitui ʻa e tupenu fefeka fulufuluʻi kosí ko ha ngāue naʻe faingataʻa. ʻOku meimei tatau pē, ʻoku tokonaki ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki heʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelié ʻi he ngāue fakamāmani, ka ko ʻenau ngāue mahuʻinga tefitó ko e ngāue fakamalangá.
14. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻi he taimi naʻe fehangahangai ai mo e toutou fakafepaki mei he kau Siu ʻi Kolinitoó? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakapapauʻi ʻe Paula ʻoku totonu ke ne nofo pē ʻi Kolinitō, ka ʻoku anga-fēfē hono tataki ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová he ʻaho ní?
14 Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e leakovi ʻa e kau Siu ʻi Kolinitoó ʻi he fanongonongo ai ʻe Paula ʻa e tuʻunga faka-Mīsaia ʻo Sīsuú. Ko ia naʻá ne tupeʻi hono kofú ke ne fakahaaʻi ʻe ʻeke pē kiate kinautolu honau totó peá ne kamata ke fai ha ngaahi fakataha ʻi he fale ʻo Siusitasí, ko ha tokotaha Loma nai. Ko e tokolahi (kau ai mo e ʻōfisa tauhi ki muʻa ʻo e sinakoké ko Kalisipo mo hono falé) naʻa nau tui pea mo papitaiso. Kapau naʻe hoko ʻa e fakafili ʻa e kau Siú ke fifili ai ʻa Paula ki heʻene kei nofo ʻi Kolinitoó, naʻe mole atu ia ʻi hono fakahā ki ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi ha vīsone: ‘ʻOua ʻe manavahē, ka ke lea pe: he vakai ko au ʻeni ʻoku ou kau mo koe, pea ʻe ʻikai ala ha taha kiate koe ke fai hao ngaohikoviʻi: he vakai ʻoku aʻaku ha fuʻu kakai ʻi he kolo ko ʻeni.’ Ko ia naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e faiakoʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ai, ko hono fakakātoá ko ha taʻu ʻe taha mo e māhina ʻe ono. Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke kei maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ha ngaahi vīsone ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakatou tokoni kiate kinautolu ʻa e lotú mo e tataki fakafou mai he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke nau fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopoto tatau pehē ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá.
15. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi hono ʻave ʻo Paula ki he kōvana Loma ko Kalió?
15 Naʻe taki atu ʻe he kakai Siú ʻa Paula ki he kōvana Loma ko Kalio Suniasi. (18:12-17) Naʻa nau fakahuʻuhuʻu naʻe fakaului taʻefakalao ʻe Paula—ko ha fakaʻilo loi ʻoku fai he taimí ni ʻe he kau faifekau Kalisí ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Naʻe ʻosi ʻilo pē ʻe Kalio ia ʻoku ʻikai ke halaia ʻa Paula ʻi he kākā pea ʻoku ʻikai ke tokanga ʻa e kau Siú ia ki he lelei ʻo Loma mo hono ngaahi laó, ko ia naʻá ne tuli kinautolu. ʻI he haha ʻe he kakaí ʻa Sositené, ko e pule foʻou ia ʻo e sinakoké, naʻe ʻikai ke kaunoa ai ʻa Kalio ia, ʻo ne fakakaukau nai ko e takimuʻa ʻo e kau ʻohofi ko ʻeni ʻo Paulá kuó ne maʻu ʻa e tautea totonu.
16. Ko e hā naʻe ala tali ai kia Paula ke kosi nonou hono ʻulú ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ha fuakavá?
16 Naʻe folau atu ʻa Paula mei he taulanga ʻo Senikeleá ki ʻEfesō, ko ha kolo ʻi ʻĒsia Minu. (18:18-22) Ki muʻa ke fai ʻa e folau ko iá ‘naʻa ne kosi nonou hono ʻulú, he naʻe ʻi ai ʻene fuakava.’ ʻOku ʻikai ha lave pe ko e fai ʻe Paula ʻa e fuakavá ki muʻa ke ne hoko ko e muimui ʻo Sīsuú pe ko e kamata ʻeni pe ko e ngataʻanga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ʻo e fuakavá. ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ka naʻe foaki faka-ʻOtua mo māʻoniʻoni ia, pea naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa angahala ia ʻi ha fuakava pehē. (Loma 6:14; 7:6, 12; Kalētia 5:18) Naʻe fakaʻuhinga ʻa Paula mo e kau Siu ʻi ʻEfesoó, ʻo ne talaʻofa te ne toe foki ki ai ʻo kapau ko e finangalo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Ko e talaʻofa ko iá naʻe toki fakahoko ia ki mui mai.) Ko ʻene toe foki ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Siliá ko hono ngataʻanga ia ʻo ʻene fononga fakamisinale hono uá.
ʻOku Mālohi ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi ʻEfesō
17. Fekauʻaki mo e papitaisó, ko e hā ʻa e fakahinohino naʻe fiemaʻu kia ʻApolosi mo e niʻihi kehé?
17 Naʻe toe kamata leva ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene fononga fakamisinale hono tolú (fakafuofua ki he 52-56 T.S.). (18:23–19:7) Lolotonga iá ʻi ʻEfesō, naʻe faiako ai ʻa ʻApolosi ʻo kau kia Sīsū ka naʻá ne ʻilo pē ʻo kau ki he fai papitaiso ʻa Sioné ko e fakahāhā ʻo e fakatomala ki he ngaahi angahala ki he fuakava ʻo e Laó. Ko Pīsila mo ʻĀkuila naʻá na “fakamatala kiate ia ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo e lotu ʻa e ʻOtua ke mahuʻinga malie,” ʻo fakamatala nai ko e papitaiso ʻo hangē ko Sīsū ʻoku kau ai ʻa e fakauku ʻo e tokotaha ko iá pea maʻu mo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni kuo huaʻi hifo. ʻI he hili ʻa e papitaiso ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻa ia naʻe hoko ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., ko ha tokotaha pē kuo ʻosi papitaiso ʻi he papitaiso naʻe fai ʻe Sioné naʻe fiemaʻu kiate ia ke toe papitaiso ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú. (Mātiu 3:11, 16; Ngāue 2:38) Ki mui mai ʻi ʻEfesō, ʻoku fakafuofua ki he kau tangata Siu ʻe toko 12 naʻa nau ʻosi papitaiso ʻi he fai papitaiso ʻa Sioné “naʻa nau papitaiso ki he huafa ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū,” ko e fakamatala pē ia ʻe taha ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo kau ki ha toe papitaiso. Pea ʻi hono hilifakinima kinautolu ʻe Paulá, naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní pea mo ha mana ʻe ua ko ha fakahaaʻi ia ʻo hono tali ʻi hēvaní—ko e leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea mo kikite.
18. Naʻe fai fakamoʻoni ʻi fē ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene ʻi ʻEfesoó, pea ko e hā ʻa e olá?
18 Naʻe femoʻuekina moʻoni ʻa Paula ʻi ʻEfesō, ko ha kolo ʻoku fakafuofua naʻe nofo ai ʻa e toko 300,000. (19:8-10) Ko hono temipale ki he ʻotua fefine ko ʻĀtemisi (Artemis) ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻe fitu ʻi he māmaní, pea mo hono faiʻanga faivá ʻe lava ke nofo ai ʻa e toko 25,000. ʻI he sinakoké, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e ‘fakaoloolo’ ʻaki ʻene ʻoatu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga fakaueʻiloto ka naʻá ne holomui ʻi he taimi naʻe leakoviʻi ai ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo kau ki he Hala, pe founga ʻo e moʻui ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he tui kia Kalaisí. ʻI he taʻu ʻe ua, naʻe lea ai ʻa Paula ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he holo ʻo e akoʻanga ʻa Tilanó, pea ko e “folofola” naʻe fakamafola atu ʻi he vahefonua ʻo ʻĒsiá.
19. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi ʻEfesō ʻo fakatupunga ai ʻa e ‘tupu mo mālohi ai pē ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová’?
19 Naʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene hōifua ʻi he ngāue ʻa Paulá ʻaki ʻene fakamafaiʻi ia ke ne malava ʻo fai ha ngaahi fakamoʻui mo tuli ʻa e kau temeniō. (19:11-20) Ka naʻe ʻikai ke malava ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻe toko fitu ʻo Siva ko e taulaʻeiki lahí ke tuli ha temeniō ʻaki ʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sīsuú koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻikai te nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Kalaisi. Naʻe fakalaveaʻi kinautolu ʻe he tangata naʻe ulusino ai ʻa e temeniō! Naʻe fakatupunga heni ha manavahē ki he kakaí, pea “naʻe fakahikihikiʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sisu.” Naʻe liʻaki ʻe kinautolu naʻa nau hoko ʻo tuí ʻa ʻenau ngaahi founga fakamēsikí pea naʻa nau tutu fakahāhā ʻenau ngaahi tohi ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai nai ʻa e ngaahi tuputupulefanuá mo e ngaahi founga fakamēsikí. Naʻe tohi ʻa Luke: “Ko ia naʻe tupu mo mālohi ai pē ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi ha founga mālohi.” ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, ʻoku tokoni ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e kakaí mei he fakatēmenioó.—Teutalōnome 18:10-12.
Ko e Kātakiʻingataʻa ʻa e Tui Kehe Fakalotú ʻOku ʻIkai ke Siaʻa
20. Ko e hā naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻe he kau tufunga siliva ʻo ʻEfesoó ha fakamaveuveú, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono tukú?
20 Kuo faʻa fetaulaki ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mo ha fuʻu kakai kuo nau ʻita, pea naʻe pehē mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi ʻEfesoó. (19:21-41) ʻI he hoko ʻo tokolahi ʻa e kau tuí, ko Temetelio mo e kau tufunga tuki siliva kehé naʻe siʻi ʻa ʻenau paʻanga naʻe maʻú koeʻuhi naʻe tokosiʻi ange ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau fakatau ʻenau ngaahi fale siliva ʻo e ʻotua fefine ʻo e fakatupu fanau ko ʻĀtemisi mo hono ngaahi ʻotu huhu. Naʻe ʻave ʻe he fuʻu kakai ko ia naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Temetelió ʻa e kaungāngāue ʻo Paula ko Keio mo ʻAlisitako ki he fale faiʻanga faivá, ka naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻe he kau ākongá ke ʻalu ki loto ʻa Paula. Naʻa mo e kau ʻofisa ʻe niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kātoangá mo e ngaahi vaʻingá naʻa nau kole ke ʻoua te ne hū ki he meʻa fakatuʻutāmaki ko iá. ʻI ha houa nai ʻe ua, naʻe kalanga ʻa e fuʻu kakaí: “Langilangi ā ka ko [ʻĀtemisi] ko e ʻotua ʻo tautolu Efeso!” Fakaʻosiʻaki, ko e tokotaha-tohi lekooti ʻa e koló (ʻa ia ʻokú ne taki ʻi he puleʻanga fakakoló) naʻá ne pehē ʻe lava ʻe he kau tufunga silivá ke fai ʻenau ngaahi lāungá ki ha kōvana Loma, ʻa ia naʻe fakamafaiʻi ke ne fai ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaefakamaauʻanga, pe ʻe lava ke fai ha tuʻutuʻuni ki ai ʻi he “fakataha kuo tuʻutuʻuni” ʻe he koló. Ka ʻikai ia, ʻe malava ke fakaʻilo ʻe Loma ʻa kinautolu ʻi he fakataha kehé ni ki he maumaulao. Pea ʻi he hili iá naʻá ne tukuange kinautolu.
21. Naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngāue ʻa Paulá ʻi he founga fē, pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻene tāpuakiʻi ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻaho ní?
21 Naʻe tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Paula ke fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe pea naʻá ne tāpuakiʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi feinga ke tokoni ki he kakaí ke talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi fehālaaki fakalotú kae tuʻuaki ʻa e moʻoní. (Fehoanaki mo Selemaia 1:9, 10.) Ko e fakamālō ē ka ko kitautolu ʻoku tāpuakiʻi meimei tatau ʻe heʻetau Tamai faka-hēvaní ʻetau ngāué! Ko ia, ʻi he taimí ni ʻo hangē pē ko e ʻuluaki senitulí, ‘ʻoku tupu mo mālohi ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová.’
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula ʻi hono tali ʻa e tataki fakafou mai he laumālie māʻoniʻoní?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻa ia ʻoku kei ngāueʻaki ʻe ha kau sevāniti ʻa Sihova, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ‘he fakamatala mo fakamoʻoni’ ki he ngaahi meʻa?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e hoatatau ʻi he ngaahi tali ki he malanga ʻa Paula ʻi he ʻAleopeikó mo e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi ʻe Paula ia ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, pea ko e hā ʻa e hoatatau mo ia ʻi onopooní?
◻ Hangē ko ia naʻá ne fai ki he ngāue ʻa Paula, kuo anga-fēfē hono tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 14, 15]
Naʻe mālohi ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻi
1. Filipai
2. mo e 3. ʻAtenisi
4. mo e 6. ʻEfesō
5. Loma
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