Ko Sihova ko Homau Pule!
“ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata.”—NGĀUE 5:29.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e kau ʻapositoló ʻoku ʻai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he taimi ʻoku fepaki ai ʻa e fekau ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e finangalo faka-ʻOtuá?
NAʻE fakangofua pē ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻa e kau tangata ʻe toko 12 ke ʻave ki ha fakamaauʻanga lahi. Ko e taʻu 33 T.S., pea ko e fakamaauʻangá ko e Sanetalimi ʻa e kau Siú. Ko kinautolu ke fakamaauʻí ko e kau ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Fanongo! ʻOku pehē ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahí: “Naʻa mau matuʻaki fekau kiate kimoutolu ke ʻoua te mou akoʻaki ʻa e hingoa ni, pea ko eni kuo mou fakafonu ʻa Selusalema ʻaki hoʻomou akonaki.” ʻI he meʻá ni ʻoku fakahā ʻe Pita mo e kau ʻapositoló: “ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata.” (Ngāue 5:27-29) Ko hono moʻoní, ko ʻenau leá: “Ko Sihova ko homau Pule!”
2 ʻIo, ko Sihová ko e Pule ia ʻo e kau muimui moʻoni ʻo Sīsuú. Pea ʻoku ʻai eni ke hā mahino ʻi he tohi ʻi he Tohitapú ko e Ngāue ʻa e kau ʻApositolo, ʻa ia naʻe hiki ia ʻi Loma fakafuofua ki he 61 T.S. ʻe “Luke ko siʻi faitoʻo.” (Kolose 4:14) Hangē ko e kau ʻapositoló, ko e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku nau talangofua ki honau Pule fakahēvaní ʻi he taimi ʻoku fepaki ai ʻa e fekau ʻa e tangatá mo hono finangaló. Ka ko e toe hā mo e meʻa te tau malava ke ako mei he tohi Ngāué? (ʻI he ako fakafoʻituitui, ʻoku mau fokotuʻu atu ke ke lau ʻa e ngaahi konga ko eni ʻo e tohí ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi matolú.)
ʻOku Fakamafaiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni
3. ʻI he “papitaiso ʻaki ʻa e laumalie maʻoniʻoni” ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú, ko e hā leva ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau tokanga fakamuʻomuʻa ki aí?
3 Naʻe malava ke tuʻumaʻu ʻa e kau ʻapositoló maʻá e ʻOtuá koeʻuhi he naʻe fakamālohiʻi fakalaumālie ʻa kinautolu. Naʻe pekia ʻa Kalaisi ʻi he ʻakau fakamamahí, ka naʻa nau ʻilo ne ʻosi fokotuʻu ia mei he maté. (1:1-5) Ko Sīsū “naa ne fakaha ia . . . kuo moui” peá ne akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi he sino naʻe liliu kakano ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻe 40. Naʻá ne toe tala ki heʻene kau ākongá ke nau talitali ʻi Selusalema ke papitaiso “ʻaki ʻa e laumalie maʻoniʻoni.” ʻE toki hoko leva ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá ko e meʻa te nau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻenau tokangá ki ai, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻaho ní.—Luke 24:27, 49; Sione 20:19–21:24.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe pau ke hoko ʻi he ʻalu hifo ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú?
4 ʻI he teʻeki ai ke papitaiso ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní, naʻe hala ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻi heʻenau fakakaukau ʻo kau ki haʻane pule fakamāmani ke fakangata ʻa e pule mālohi ʻa e kau Lomá ʻi heʻenau ʻeke: “ʻEiki, ko hoʻo toe fakaato ʻi he taimi ni ʻa e puleʻanga maʻa Isileli?” (1:6-8) Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe tala ange ʻe Sīsū ʻikai, he ‘naʻe ʻikai ʻanautolu ke ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga.’ ‘ʻOka hifo ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni kiate kinautolu,’ te ne fakamafaiʻi kinautolu ke nau fai fakamoʻoni ʻo kau ki he Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo ʻikai ko ha puleʻanga ʻi māmani. Te nau malanga ʻi Selusalema, Siutea, mo Samēlia, “ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.” ʻOku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ha faʻahinga ngāue pehē takatakai ʻi he kolopé ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni ʻaki ʻa e tokoni ʻa e laumālié.
5. ʻE anga-fēfē ʻa e toe foki mai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he founga tatau pē naʻá ne ʻalu hake aí?
5 Naʻe toki fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fekau ke fai ʻa e malanga ki he māmani lahí ʻi he ki muʻa ke ne ʻalu hake ki hēvaní. Ko e ʻalu hake ko ení naʻe kamata ia ʻaki ʻene mavahe hake ki ʻolunga ʻo mamaʻo atu mei heʻene kau ākongá, pea hili ia naʻe hū ʻa Sīsū ki he ʻao ʻo hono Tokotaha-pule fakahēvaní ki he ngāue ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e nofoʻanga ʻo e kau laumālié. (1:9-11) Pea ʻi he hili ʻa e fakapuliki ʻe ha konga ʻao ʻa e mamata ʻa e kau ʻapositoló kia Sīsuú, naʻá ne toe liliu mo tuku hono sino kakanó. Naʻe hā mai ʻa e ongo ʻāngelo ʻe toko ua ʻo na pehē “te ne toe haʻu; pea ʻe hangē tofu pe hono anga pea mo ʻene haʻele ki langi.” Pea kuo hoko ʻo pehē. Ko e kau ākonga pē ʻa Sīsuú naʻa nau mamata kiate ia ʻi heʻene ʻalu haké, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni pē ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau lāuʻilo ki heʻene toe foki mai taʻehāmaí.
ʻOku Fai ʻe Sihova ha Fili
6. Naʻe fēfē hono fili ha fetongi ʻo Siutasi ʻIsikalioté?
6 Naʻe foki atu ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ki Selusalema. (1:12-26) ʻI ha loki ʻi ʻolunga (mahalo pē ko e ʻapi ʻo e faʻē ʻa Maʻaké, ko Mele), ko e kau ʻapositolo angatonu ʻe toko 11 naʻa nau fakaʻutumauku ʻi he lotu mo e fanga tokoua ʻo Sīsuú pea mo ʻene kau ākonga kehé pea mo ʻene faʻeé, ko Mele. (Maʻake 6:3; Sēmisi 1:1) Ka ko hai te ne maʻu ʻa e “lakanga tauhi” ʻo Siutasí? (Sāme 109:8, NW) Naʻe aʻu ki he kau ākonga ʻe 120 naʻa nau ʻi ai ʻi he taimi naʻe fili ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha tangata ke ne fetongi ʻa Siutasi ʻa ia naʻá ne lavakiʻi ʻa Sīsuú, ke toe fakafoki ʻa e fika ʻo e kau ʻapositoló ki he toko 12. Pea naʻe pau ke fai ʻa e filí ko ha tokotaha ko ha ākonga he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Sīsuú pea ko ha fakamoʻoni ki heʻene toetuʻú. Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokotaha ko iá ke ne ʻiloʻi foki ko Sihova ko hono Pulé. Pea ʻi he hili ha lotu, naʻe fai ʻa e talotalo kia Mataiasi mo Siosefa Pasapa. Pea naʻe ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo tō ʻa e talotaló kia Mataiasi.—Palōvepi 16:33.
7. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē naʻe hanga ai ʻe Siutasi “ʻo maʻu ha ʻapi ʻaki ʻa e totongi ʻo ʻene kākā”? (e) Naʻe fēfē ʻa e mate ʻa Siutasí?
7 Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai ke lau ʻe Siutasi ʻIsikaliote ko Sihova ko hono Pulé. He, naʻá ne lavakiʻi ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá ki ha konga siliva ʻe 30! Naʻe fakafoki ʻe Siutasi ʻa e paʻanga ko ení ki he kau taulaʻeiki pulé, ka naʻe pehē ʻe Pita ko e tokotaha lavakí naʻá ne “maʻu ha ʻapi ʻaki ʻa e totongi ʻo ʻene kākā.” ʻO fēfē? Naʻá ne tokonaki ʻa e paʻangá mo e ʻuhinga ke fakatau ʻa e “Botu Fonua oe Toto,” ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe uiʻakí. Ko e konga ko ení kuo ʻiloʻi naʻe tuʻu ia ʻi he konga tokalelei ʻi he tafaʻaki fakatonga ʻo e Teleʻa ʻo Hinomí. Koeʻuhi naʻe maumau hono vahaʻangatae mo e Pule fakahēvaní, naʻe hanga ai ʻe Siutasi “ʻo noʻouʻa” ia. (Mātiu 27:3-10) Mahalo naʻe motu ʻa e maeá pe ko e vaʻa ʻo e fuʻu ʻakaú, “ʻo ne to ʻo pāfua, pea mafahi hono fatu” ʻi heʻene tō ki he ngaahi maka masilá. Ke ʻoua muʻa ʻe hoko ha taha ʻo kitautolu ko ha tokoua loi!
Fonu ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni!
8. ʻAnefē naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, pea ko e hā hono olá?
8 Naʻe fēfē ʻa e talaʻofa ʻo kau ki he papitaiso ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní? Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he ʻaho Penitekosi 33 T.S., hili ʻa e ʻaho ʻe hongofulu mei he ʻalu hake ʻa Sīsū ki hēvaní. (2:1-4) Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ē naʻe hoko ʻi he papitaiso ko ení! Fakaʻuta atu ki he meʻa naʻe hokó. Ko e toko 120 ʻa e kau ākonga naʻa nau nofo ʻi he loki ʻi ʻolungá pea ‘fakafokifā naʻe hoko mei he langi ha meʻa, ʻo hangē ko e mumuhu ʻo ha fuʻu tuʻoni matangi ʻoku tō mai, pea naʻe fāʻofale ʻi he loki naʻa nau nofo aí.’ Naʻe ʻikai ko ha matangi, ka naʻe ongo ʻo hangē ha matangí. Ko e ʻelelo “hange ha afi” naʻe haʻu ʻo nofo ʻi he kau ākongá mo e kau ʻapositoló taki taha. “Pea fāʻofale ʻiate kinautolu katokātoa ʻa e laumālie maʻoniʻoni; pea nau hanga ʻo lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe.” ʻI he hoko ʻa e papitaiso ko ení, naʻe toe fanauʻi ai kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, naʻe pani pea silaʻi ai kinautolu ʻi hono fakaʻilongaʻi ki ha tofiʻa fakalaumālie.—Sione 3:3, 5; 2 Kolinitō 1:21, 22; 1 Sione 2:20.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he kau ākonga ko ia naʻe fonu ʻi he laumālié?
9 Ko e meʻa ko ení naʻá ne uesia ʻa e kakai Siú mo e kau ului ʻi Selusalema mei he ngaahi “faʻahinga kotoa pe ʻi lalo langi.” (2:5-13) Naʻa nau ʻeke ʻi he ofo: “Pea ʻoku fakafēfē ai ʻetau fanongo ni ki heʻetau lea totonu naʻa tau taki taha tutupu ai?” Mahalo pē ko e faʻahinga lea mei he ngaahi feituʻu ʻo hangē ko Mītia (fakahahake ʻo Siutea), ko Filisia (ʻi ʻĒsia Minu), mo Loma (ʻi ʻIulope). ʻI he lea ʻa e kau ākongá ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehé ʻo kau ki he “ngaahi meʻa lalahi ʻa e ʻOtua,” naʻe tokolahi ʻa e kau fanongo naʻe ofo mo fakatumutumu, ka ko e kau manukí naʻa nau pehē ʻoku nau konā.
ʻOku Fai ʻe Pita ʻa e Fakamoʻoni Fakaueʻi-Loto
10. Ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho Penitekosi 33 T.S. ko e fakahoko ia ʻo e kikite fē, pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻa hoa tatau pehē ʻi onopooni?
10 Naʻe kamata ke fakamoʻoni ʻa Pita ʻaki ʻene fakahā ko e taimi hiva ia ʻi he pongipongí ʻe fuʻu kei pongipongia ia ki he konā. (2:14-21) Ka, ko e meʻa ko ení ko e fakahoko ia ʻo e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke huaʻi hifo ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki heʻene kakaí. Naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Pita ke ne tuhu ki hotau taimí ʻaki ʻene tānaki atu ʻa e ngaahi foʻilea “ʻi he kuonga fakamui” pea “te nau palōfisai.” (Sioeli 2:28-32) ʻE hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ʻai ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻi hēvani mo māmani ki muʻa ʻi hono ʻaho lahí, pea ko kinautolu pē te nau ui ki hono huafá ʻi he tuí ʻe fakahaofi. Kuo tokoniʻi ʻa e kau paní ʻe he huaʻi hifo meimei tatau ʻo e laumālié ke nau “palōfisai” ʻi he mālohi lahi mo lavameʻa he ʻahó ni.
11. Fekauʻaki mo Sīsū, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kakai Siú mo ia naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá?
11 Naʻe hoko atu ʻa Pita ke fakahā fakapapau ʻa e Mīsaiá. (2:22-28) Naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tuʻunga fakamīsaia ʻo Sīsuú ʻaki ʻene fakaivia ia ke ne lava ʻo fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi ngāue fakaofo, ngaahi fakaʻilonga, mo e ngaahi mana. (Hepelū 2:3, 4) Ka naʻe hanga ʻe he kau Siú ʻo tuki faʻo ia ki he ʻakau fakamamahí “aki . . . ae nima agahala,” ko e kau Loma ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau talangofua ki he lao ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko Sīsū “nae tukuage e he Otua, i he ene fakakaukau boto mo ene muaki ilo” ʻi he ʻuhinga ko e finangalo fakaʻotuá ia. Kaekehe, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Sīsū mei he maté, pea tukuange hono sino fakaetangatá ʻi ha founga ke ʻoua te ne hokosia ʻa e ʻauhá.—Sāme 16:8-11.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Tēvitá, pea ʻoku fakatuʻunga ʻa e fakamoʻuí ʻi he hā?
12 ʻI he hoko atu ʻa e lea fakamoʻoni ʻa Pitá naʻá ne toe fakamamafaʻi ai ʻa e kikite faka-Mīsaiá. (2:29-36) Naʻá ne pehē ne kikiteʻi ʻe Tēvita ʻa e toetuʻu mei he maté ʻa e ʻalo fungani māʻolunga tahá, ko Sīsū ko e Mīsaiá. Mei he tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi hēvani, naʻe huaʻi hifo ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu mei heʻene Tamaí. (Sāme 110:1) Ko e kau fanongo kia Pitá naʻa nau ‘mamata mo fanongo’ ki he ngāue ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻi heʻenau vakai ki he ngaahi ʻelelo ʻoku hangē ha afí ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he ʻulu ʻo e kau ākongá pea ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he ngaahi lea kehekehe naʻa nau leaʻakí. Naʻá ne toe fakahā ʻoku fakatuʻunga ʻa e fakamoʻuí ʻi he fakamoʻoniʻi ko Sīsū ko e ʻEiki mo e Mīsaiá.—Loma 10:9; Filipai 2:9-11.
ʻOku Foaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e Tupu ʻo Tokolahi
13. (a) Ke hoko totonu ʻa e papitaisó, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe pau ke ʻilo ki ai ʻe he kakai Siú mo kinautolu naʻe uluí? (e) Ko e toko fiha naʻe papitaisó, pea tupu mei he meʻá ni ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Selusalemá?
13 Naʻe ola lelei lahi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Pitá! (2:37-42) Naʻe hūkia ki he loto ʻo e kau fanongó koeʻuhi ko ʻenau loto-lelei ki hono tāmateʻi ʻa e Mīsaiá. Ko ia naʻá ne naʻinaʻi: “Mou fei mo fakatomala, pea taki taha papitaiso ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū ko e Misaia, ki he fakamolemole ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi angahala, pea te mou maʻu ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e laumālie maʻoniʻoni.” Naʻe ʻosi ʻiloʻi ʻe he kakai Siú mo kinautolu kau uluí ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ʻa hono laumālié. Naʻe toki fiemaʻu eni kiate kinautolu ke nau fakatomala mo tali ʻa Sīsū ko e Mīsaiá koeʻuhi ke nau papitaiso ʻi he huafa (ko hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e tuʻunga mo e ngāue) ʻo e Tamai, mo e ʻAlo, mo e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (Mātiu 28:19, 20) ʻI he fai fakamoʻoni ki he kau Siú mo e kau ului ko iá, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Pita ʻa e ʻuluaki kī fakalaumālie naʻe foaki ange ki ai ʻe Sīsū ke ne fakaava ʻa e matapā ʻo e ʻilo mo e faingamālie ki he kakai Siu tuí ke nau hū ki he Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. (Mātiu 16:19) ʻI he foʻi ʻaho ko ʻení ʻe taha, naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa e toko 3,000! Fakakaukau atu ki he tokolahi pehē ʻo e kau fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻoku nau malanga ʻi he ngaahi kauhala iiki ʻo Selusalemá!
14. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga pea ʻi he founga fē ne hoko ai ʻa e kau tuí ʻo “nau matuʻaki meʻa taha”?
14 Naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe he tokolahi mei he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻó ha meʻakai feʻunga ʻi heʻenau nofo fuoloá ka naʻa nau holi ke nau ako ke toe lahi ange ʻo kau ki heʻenau tui foʻoú pea ke nau malanga ki ha niʻihi kehe. Ko ia ko e kau ʻuluaki muimui ko ia ʻo Sīsuú naʻa nau fetokoniʻaki angaʻofa ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻaho ní. (2:43-47) Naʻe “matuʻaki meʻa taha” fakataimi pē ʻa kinautolu naʻe tuí. Naʻe fakatau ʻe he niʻihi honau ngaahi ʻapí pea naʻe tufotufa ʻa e paʻangá kiate kinautolu ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau fiemaʻú. Naʻe hoko ia ko e kamata lelei ʻa e fakatahaʻangá pea ‘fakaului atu ʻe Sihova ki heʻenau fakataha ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻa kinautolu kuo kamata fakamoʻuí.’
Ko ha Fakamoʻui mo Hono Ngaahi Ola
15. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he hū atu ʻa Pita mo Sione ki he temipalé, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kakaí?
15 Naʻe poupouʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū ʻi he “ngaahi fakaʻilonga.” (3:1-10) Ko ia, ʻi he hū atu ʻa Pita mo Sione ki he temipalé ko e 3:00 efiafí ke fakahoko ʻa e houa ʻo e lotu ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e feilaulau ʻo e efiafí, ko ha tangata naʻe heke mei hono fanauʻí naʻe nofo ofi ki he matapā Fakasanisaní ʻo kole ki ha “foaki manavaʻofa.” Pea pehē ʻe Pita, “ko e siliva mo e koula ʻoku ʻikai te u maʻu; ka ko e meʻa ʻoku ou maʻu te u ʻatu ni ia: ʻI he huafa ʻo Sisu Kalaisi mei Nasaleti, tuʻu pea haʻele.” Naʻe fakamoʻui leva ʻa e tangatá! Pea ʻi heʻene hū ki he temipalé ʻo “ne haʻele, mo hopohopo, mo tuku kolōlia ki he ʻOtua,” naʻe ‘ofo ʻa e kakaí mo fakatumutumu.’ Mahalo naʻe manatu ʻa e faʻahinga ki he ngaahi leá ni: “Toki hopo ʻa e heke hange ha tia.”—ʻAisea 35:6.
16. Ko e hā naʻe malava ai ʻe he ongo ʻapositoló ke fakamoʻui ʻa e tangata heké?
16 Naʻe fakatahataha ʻa e kakai naʻe ofo mo fakatumutumū ki he fale-hala ʻo Solomoné, ko ha fale-hala ʻi he tafaʻaki fakahahake ʻo e temipalé. Pea naʻe fai ai ʻe Pita ha fakamoʻoni. (3:11-18) Naʻá ne fakahā kuo fakamafaiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ke nau faitoʻo ʻa e tangata heké ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene Sevāniti kuo fakalangilangiʻí, ko Sīsū. (ʻAisea 52:13–53:12) Naʻe fakafisingaʻi ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e “toko taha maʻoniʻoni mo angatonu ko iá”; ka neongo ia, naʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻe Sihova mei he maté. Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ʻe he kakaí mo honau kau pulé ko e Mīsaiá ia naʻa nau tuku ki he maté, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi lea fakaekikite ʻo pehē “e mamahi ai ʻa Kalaisi.”—Tāniela 9:26.
17. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe fiemaʻu ke fai ʻe he kakai Siú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo hoko ʻi hotau ʻahó ni talu mei ‘hono fekau mai ʻo Kalaisí’?
17 Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa naʻa nau fai ki he Mīsaiá, naʻe fakahā ai ʻe Pita ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he kakai Siú. (3:19-26) Naʻe fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ke nau “fakatomala,” pe ongoʻi loto-lavea koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ngaahi angahalá, pea “tafoki,” pe ko e fakaului, ʻo fou ʻi he hala mātuʻaki kehe. Kapau te nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e tui kia Sīsū ko e Mīsaiá, pea tali ʻa e feilaulaú, ʻe hoko mai kiate kinautolu ha fakamānava hake meia Sihova ʻi heʻenau hoko ko e kakai kuo fakamolemoleʻi ʻenau ngaahi angahalá. (Loma 5:6-11) Naʻe fakamanatu ki he kakai Siú ko e fānau kinautolu ʻo e fuakava naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá mo ʻenau ngaahi kuí, ʻa ia naʻá ne tala kia ʻĒpalahame: “Pea ko ho hako ʻe monuʻia ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo mamani.” Ko ia ko e ʻuluaki fekau mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene Sevāniti faka-Mīsaiá ke fakahaofi ʻa e kakai Siu kuo fakatomalá. ʻOku fakatupu tokanga, he ko e talu hono ‘fekau mai ʻo Kalaisi’ ʻi he mafai ʻo e Puleʻanga fakahēvaní ʻi he 1914, kuo ʻi ai ha toe fokotuʻu fakamānava hake ʻo e ngaahi moʻoní mo e fokotuʻutuʻu maau fakateokalati ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.—Sēnesi 12:3; 18:18; 22:18.
Naʻe ʻIkai Te Nau Taʻofi!
18. Ko e hā ʻa e “maka” naʻe liʻaki ʻe he kau “tufunga” Siú, pea ko hai pē ʻe tuʻunga mei ai ʻa e fakamoʻuí?
18 Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻita ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki lahí mo e ʻeikitau ʻo e temipalé mo e kau Sātusí ʻi he fakahā ʻe Pita mo Sione ʻo pehē kuo toetuʻu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi mei he pekiá, naʻa nau tuku pilīsone kinaua. (4:1-12) Naʻe ʻikai ke tui ʻa e kau Sātusí ki he toetuʻu mei he maté, ka naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe tokolahi naʻa nau hoko ʻo tui, ko e kau tangatá ʻataʻatā pē naʻe aʻu ki he toko 5,000. ʻI he taimi naʻe fakafehuʻi ai ʻe he fakamaau māʻolunga ʻi Selusalemá, naʻe pehē ʻe Pita naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa e tangata heké ʻi he “huafa pe ʻo Sisu Kalaisi mei Nasaleti,” ʻa ia naʻa nau hanga ʻo tāmateʻi kae toe fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻOtuá mei he maté. Ko e “maka” ko eni naʻe liʻaki ʻe he kau “tufunga” Siú kuo hoko ia “ko e maka lahi ʻo e tuliki.” (Sāme 118:22) Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Pita, “pea ʻoku ʻikai ke tuʻu ʻi ha taha kehe ʻa e fakamoʻui.”
19. ʻI hono fekau ke taʻofi ʻa e malangá, ko e hā ʻa e tali naʻe fai ʻe he ongo ʻapositoló?
19 Naʻe fai ha feinga ke taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi lea peheé. (4:13-22) Pea ʻi he ʻi ai ʻa e tangata naʻe fakamoʻuí naʻe ʻikai malava ke nau fakaʻikaiʻi ʻa e “mana moʻoni” ko ení, ka naʻe fakahā kia Pita mo Sione ‘ke ʻoua te na momoʻi puʻaki ʻa e hingoa ʻo Sīsū ʻumaʻā ha akoʻaki.’ Ko ʻena talí? ‘Heʻikai te ma faʻa tuku ʻema lea ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻá ma sio ki ai mo fanongoa.’ Naʻá na talangofua kia Sihova ko hona Pulé!
Naʻe Tali ʻa e Ngaahi Lotu
20. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe lotu ʻa e kau ākongá ʻo fekauʻaki mo iá, pea ko e hā hono olá?
20 Hangē ko ia ʻoku lotu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá, ko ia naʻe lotu foki ʻa e kau ākongá ʻi he fakahā mai ʻe he ongo ʻapositolo kuo tukuangé ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko kiate kinauá. (4:23-31) Naʻe fakatokangaʻi naʻe fakatahataha ke fakafetau ki he Mīsaiá ʻa e kau pule ko Hēlota ʻAnitipasi mo Ponitiusi Pailato, fakataha mo e kau Loma Senitailé mo e kakai ʻIsilelí. (Sāme 2:1, 2; Luke 23:1-12) Ko e tali ki he lotú, naʻe fakafonu ʻe Sihova ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻa e kau ākongá, koeʻuhi ke nau lea taʻemāluʻia ʻaki ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe ʻikai te nau kole ki honau Pulé ke fakangata ʻa e fakatangá ka ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau malanga taʻemāluʻia neongo ʻa e fakatangá.
21. Ko hai ʻa Panepasa, pea ko e tokotaha ia naʻe ʻulungaanga fēfē?
21 Ne hoko atu ʻa e kau tuí ke nau meʻataha pē, pea naʻe ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha taha ʻe ʻi ai haʻane fiemaʻu. (4:32-37) Ko e taha ʻo kinautolu naʻe faʻa foakí ko e tokotaha Līvai ko Siosefa ʻo Saipaló. Naʻe hanga ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ʻo ui ia ʻaki ʻa e hingoa ko Panepasa, ko hono ʻuhingá, “Foha oe Fiemalie,” ngalingali koeʻuhi he naʻe lahi ʻene tokoní pea toe loto-māfana. ʻOku pau, ko kitautolu kotoa ke tau fiemaʻu ke tau hangē ko e tokotaha ko iá.—Ngāue 11:22-24.
Fakaeʻa ʻa e Kau Loí
22, 23. Ko e hā ʻa e angahala ʻa ʻĀnanaia mo Sāfailá, pea ʻoku malava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻaonga mei he meʻa naʻá na hokosiá?
22 Kaekehe, ko ʻĀnanaia mo hono uaifí, ko Sāfaila, naʻá na liʻaki ʻena fakamoʻoniʻi ko hona Pulé ʻa Sihova. (5:1-11) Naʻá na fakatau ha ʻapi pea tauhi ʻa e konga ʻo e paʻangá ka na fakangalingali ʻokú na ʻoatu kotoa ki he kau ʻapositoló. Ka naʻe tokoniʻi ʻe he ʻilo naʻe ʻoange ʻo fakafou mai he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ʻilo ʻe Pita ʻena mālualoí, ʻo fakaiku atu ki heʻena mate. Ko e fakatokanga ē kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakataueleʻi ʻe Sētane ke nau anga femamioakí!—Palōvepi 3:32; 6:16-19.
23 ʻI he hili ʻa e hoko ʻa e meʻá ni, naʻe ʻikai toe ʻi ai ha taha taumuʻa kovi ʻe loto ke kau mo e kau ākongá. Ka naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe naʻa nau hoko ʻo tui. (5:12-16) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻi he tui ki he mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e kau mahakí mo kinautolu naʻe faingataʻaʻia ʻi he kau laumālie taʻemaʻá, “naʻe faʻa fakamoʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia kotoa pē.”
Talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻIkai ko e Kau Tangatá
24, 25. Ko e hā naʻe fakatangaʻi ai ʻe he kau taki lotu Siú ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, ka ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he faʻahinga angatonu ko ení maʻá e kotoa ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová?
24 Naʻe toki feinga leva ʻa e taulaʻeiki lahí mo e kau Sātusí ke taʻofi ʻa e tupulekina fakaofo ko ení ʻaki ʻenau hanga ʻo tuku pilīsoneʻi kotoa ʻa e kau ʻapositoló. (5:17-25) Ka ʻi he pō ko iá naʻe hanga ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo tuku ange kinautolu. Pea ʻi he mafoa ʻa e atá naʻa nau faiako ʻi he temipalé! Heʻikai malava ke taʻofi ʻe he fakatangá ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová.
25 Ka, ʻi hono ʻave ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ki he Sanetalimí naʻe fakamanaʻi kinautolu. (5:26-42) Naʻe fekauʻi ke taʻofi ʻenau faiakó, ka naʻa nau pehē: “ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata.” Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he meʻá ni ha tuʻunga ki he kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú, ko e meʻa ia ke muimui ki ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻahó ni. ʻI he hili hono fai ha fakatokanga mei he tangata faiako Lao ko Kāmelielí, naʻe haha ʻe he kau takí ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, ʻo nau fekau kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua te nau toe malanga, pea toki tuku ange kinautolu.
26. ʻOku fēfē hono fakatatau ʻa e ngāue ʻa e kau ʻapositoló mo ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻaho ní?
26 Naʻe fiefia ʻa e kau ʻapositoló kuo lau kinautolu ʻoku nau tāu ke ngaohikoviʻi koeʻuhi ko e huafa ʻo Sīsuú. “Pea ko e ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻi he temipale pea ʻi ʻapi, naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻenau ako mo malangaʻaki ʻa Sisu, ko e Misaia ia.” ʻIo, ko e kau faifekau ngāue fale-ki-he-fale kinautolu. ʻOku pehē pē mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi onopooni, ʻa e faʻahinga kuo nau toe maʻu hono laumālié koeʻuhi ʻoku nau talangofua kiate ia pea nau pehē, “Ko Sihova ko homau Pule!”
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fekau kuo pau ke fakahoko ʻe he kau muimui kia Sīsuú he kuo hilí mo e ʻaho ní?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho Penitekosi 33 T.S.?
◻ Naʻe ʻanefē pea fēfē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Pita ʻa e ʻuluaki kī fakalaumālie naʻe foaki ange ʻe Sīsuú?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku malava ke tau ako mei he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe ʻĀnanaia mo Sāfailá?
◻ ʻI hono fekauʻi ke taʻofi ʻa e malangá, ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ki he kotoa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?