“Kumi ki he Melino, ʻIo, ʻo Tuli ki Ai”
“Ke ogoogolelei a Jihova, aia oku fiemalie i he monuia [melino, “NW”] a ene tamaioeiki.”—SĀME 35:27, “PM.”
1. Ko e hā ʻa e melino ʻoku tau maʻu he ʻahó ni?
KO HA fiefia lahi ē ke maʻu ʻa e melinó ʻi he māmani moveteveté ni! Ko ha toki meʻa fakatupu-fiefia ē ke lotu kia Sihova, ko e “Otua oe melino,” pea kau ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo ʻene “kovinanite melino”! Ko ha fakatupuongo-mālohi ē, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi tenge ʻo e moʻuí, ke ʻilo ʻa e “melino oe Otua, aia oku lahi hake aubito i he faa iloa” pea ke hokosia ʻa e “noʻo ko e melino” ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá tatau ai pē pe ko e hā honau puleʻanga, lea, matakali, pe tuʻunga fakasōsiale!—1 Tesalonaika 5:23, PM; ʻIsikeli 37:26; Filipai 4:7, PM; ʻEfesō 4:3.
2, 3. (a) Neongo ʻe kātaki ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e hā nai ʻe hoko ki ha Kalisitiane taautaha? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ʻe he Tohitapú kiate kitautolu ke tau faí?
2 Ko kitautolu ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau koloaʻaki ʻa e melino ko ʻení. Kaekehe, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau tukunoaʻi ia. ʻOku ʻikai ke hokonoa mai pē ʻa hono tauhimaʻu ʻa e melinó koeʻuhi ko ʻetau feohi mo ha fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane pe hoko ko ha konga ʻo ha fāmili Kalisitiane. Neongo ʻe kātaki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻangá ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní mo honau tākanga ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻi he tuʻunga ko e tākanga pē ʻe tahá, ka ʻe mole nai mei he niʻihi taautaha ʻenau melinó pea nau mavahe atu.—Sione 10:16; Mātiu 24:13; Loma 11:22; 1 Kolinitō 10:12.
3 Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi hono ʻahó: “Ko ia mou vakai, ʻe kainga, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe ai ʻi hamou toko taha ha loto kovi he taʻetui, ʻa ia ʻoku hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui.” (Hepelū 3:12) ʻOku toe kaunga foki ʻa e fakatokanga ko ʻení ki he fuʻu kakai lahí. Ko ia ʻoku naʻinaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ki he kau Kalisitiané: “Kumi ki he melino, ʻio, ʻo tuli ki ai. He ko e ongo foʻi fofonga ʻo e ʻEiki ʻoku na siofi ʻa e maʻoniʻoni; pea ko hono ongo telinga ʻoku fakafanongo ki haʻanau lotu: Ka ko e fōtunga ʻo e ʻEiki, ʻoku ne hanga ki he kau faikovi.”—1 Pita 3:10-12; Sāme 34:14, 15.
“Ko e Feinga ʻa e Kakano”
4. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke ne maumauʻi ʻa ʻetau melino mo e ʻOtuá?
4 Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne fakatutaʻi ʻa ʻetau tulitāupau ki he melinó? ʻOku lave ʻa Paula ki he meʻa ʻe taha ʻi heʻene pehē: “Pea ko e feinga ʻa e kakano ko e koto mate ia: ka ko e feinga ʻa e laumalie ko e koto moʻui mo melino. Koeʻuhi ko e feinga ʻa e kakano ko e koto fakafili ki he ʻOtua.” (Loma 8:6, 7) Ko e “kakano,” ko e lave ʻa Paula ki hotau tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata taʻehaohaoa mo e ngaahi hehema angahalaʻia tukufakaholo. ʻE fakaʻauha ʻa ʻetau melinó ʻi heʻetau ʻunua ki he ngaahi hehema ʻa hotau kakano angahalaʻiá. Kapau ʻoku fai taʻe fakatomala ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻa e ʻulungaanga taʻetaaú, loi, kaihaʻa, ngāueʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú, pe ʻi ha toe founga kehe ʻokú ne maumauʻi ai ʻa e lao fakaeʻotuá, ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa e melino mo Sihová ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻú. (Palōvepi 15:8, 29; 1 Kolinitō 6:9, 10; Fakahā 21:8) ʻIkai ko ia pē, kapau te ne tuku ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ke hoko ia ko e meʻa mahuʻinga ange ia kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié, ʻoku ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa ʻene melino mo e ʻOtuá.—Mātiu 6:24; 1 Sione 2:15-17.
5. Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he tulimui ki he melinó?
5 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko e feinga ʻa e laumalie ko e koto moʻui mo melino.” Ko e melinó ko e konga ia ʻo e fua ʻo e laumālié, pea kapau te tau akoʻi hotau lotó ke houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié, ʻo lotu ke maʻu ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ke tokoni kiate kitautolu ʻi he meʻa ko ʻení, pea te tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he “feinga ʻa e kakano.” (Kalētia 5:22-24) ʻI he 1 Pita 3:10-12, ʻoku fekauʻaki ai ʻa e melinó mo e tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní. (Loma 5:1) ʻOku pehē ʻe Pita ko e tulimui ki he melinó ʻoku kau ki ai mo e ‘tafoki mei he koví pea fai ʻa ia ʻoku leleí.’ ʻE lava ke tokoni ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ke “tuli ki he maonioni” pea ko ia ʻe tolonga ai ʻa ʻetau melino mo e ʻOtuá.—1 Tīmote 6:11, 12, PM.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e kau mātuʻá ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e melino ʻa e fakatahaʻangá?
6 Ko e tulimui ki he melinó ko e meʻa ʻoku tokanga lahi ʻaupito ki ai ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Ko e fakatātā, ka feinga ha taha ke kamata ha ngaahi tōʻonga ʻuli, ko e fatongia ʻo e kau mātuʻá ke maluʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻaki ʻa ʻenau feinga ke valokiʻi ʻa e tokotaha ko iá. Kapau te ne tali ʻa e valokiʻí, te ne toe maʻu ʻa ʻene melinó. (Hepelū 12:11) Kapau ʻe ʻikai, ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke kapusi ia ki tuʻa koeʻuhi ke kei fakatolonga ʻa e vā melino ʻo e fakatahaʻangá mo Sihova.—1 Kolinitō 5:1-5.
Melino mo Hotau Ngaahi Tokouá
7. Ko e hā ʻa e fakahāhā ʻo e ‘feinga ʻa e kakanó’ ʻoku fakatokanga ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia?
7 Ko e ‘feinga ʻa e kakanó’ ʻe lava ke ne fakaʻauha ʻo ʻikai ko ʻetau melino pē mo e ʻOtuá ka ko hotau vā lelei foki mo e kau Kalisitiane kehé. Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó: “He ʻoku mou kei fakakakano. Seuke, he kapau leva ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa e meheka mo e fetuʻusi, ʻikai ʻoku mou fakakakano, pea laka fakaetangata pe?” (1 Kolinitō 3:2, 3) Ko e meʻa mātuʻaki fehangahangai ki he melinó ʻa e meheká mo e fetuʻusí.
8. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻe hoko ki ha taha ʻokú ne fakatupunga ʻa e meheká mo e fetuʻusí ʻi he fakatahaʻangá? (e) ʻOku fakatuʻunga ʻi he hā ʻa ʻetau melino mo e ʻOtuá?
8 Ko e meʻa mātuʻaki māfatukituki ʻa hono uesia ʻa e melino ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻaki hono fakatupu ʻo e meheká mo e fetuʻusí. ʻI he lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻo kau ki he ʻulungaanga ko e fua ʻo e laumālié ka ʻoku felāveʻi mo e melinó, naʻá ne fakatokanga: “Kapau ʻe pehe ʻe ha taha, ʻOku ou ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ʻosi ʻoku ne fehiʻa ki hono tokoua, ko e loi ia: he ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻofa ki hono tokoua, ʻa ia kuo ne mātaʻi, talaʻehai ʻoku ne lava ke ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki ke ne mātaʻi?” (1 Sione 4:20) ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, kapau ʻe ʻi ai ha tokotaha te ne fakatupu ha meheka pe fetuʻusi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi tokouá, ʻe lava moʻoni ke ne melino mo e ʻOtuá? Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai! Kuo naʻinaʻi mai kiate kitautolu: “Mou fiefia pe, mou fakamaʻopoʻopo kimoutolu, tali ʻeku fakafiemalie, mou loto taha, mou nonofo melino; pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo e ʻofa mo e melino te ne toki kau mo kimoutolu.” (2 Kolinitō 13:11) ʻIo, kapau te tau hokohoko atu ke moʻui femelinoʻaki, ʻe kau leva ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo e ʻofá mo e melinó mo kitautolu.
9. ʻOku tau ʻilo fēfē ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi taʻefemahinoʻaki mo e ngaahi loto-kehekehe?
9 ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ʻeni ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke ʻi ai ha ngaahi taʻefemahinoʻaki ʻi he kau Kalisitiané. ʻI he ngaahi uike he hili ʻa e Penitekosí, naʻe ʻi ai ha loto-kehekehe ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane foʻou ʻo kau ki he tufotufa fakaʻaho ʻo e meʻakaí. (Ngāue 6:1) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha ko ha loto-kehekehe ʻia Paula mo Panepasa ne aʻu ki ha “kē.” (Ngāue 15:39) Naʻe fiemaʻu kia Paula ke ne akonakiʻi ʻa ʻIuotia mo Siniteke, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e ongo tuofefine lelei mo faivelenga ke na “loto taha ʻi he ʻEiki.” (Filipai 4:2) Tā neʻineʻi ke fai ʻe Sīsū ha fakahinohino fakaikiiki ʻo e anga ʻo hono fakaleleiʻi ha uesia ʻo e melino ʻi he kau Kalisitiané pea naʻá ne fakaeʻa ʻa e fiemaʻu ke fai fakavavevave ha ngāue ki he ngaahi palopalema peheé! (Mātiu 5:23-25; 18:15-17) Naʻe ʻikai te ne mei fai ha akonaki pehē ʻo kapau naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻamanekina ʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hono kau muimuí.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe malanga hake ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, pea ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu kotoa ʻoku kau ki ai?
10 Ko ia, ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻe loto-mamahi nai ha taha ʻi ha lea fakavalevale pe ongoʻi taʻetokaʻi mei he kaungā-Kalisitiané. Ko ha tōʻonga ʻi ha tokotaha ʻe mātuʻaki fakatupu ʻita nai ia ki ha tokotaha kehe. ʻE fepaki nai ʻa e ngaahi angaʻitangata kehekehe. ʻE mātuʻaki mālohi nai ʻa e ʻikai ke loto-tatau ha tokotaha ki ha fili ʻa e kau mātuʻá. ʻI he kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá tonu, ko ha tokotaha ʻo e kau mātuʻa ʻoku vilitaki nai peá ne feinga ke ne ikuʻi ʻaki ia ʻa e kau mātuʻa kehé. Neongo ʻoku hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé ʻoku kei totonu pē ke tau kumi ki he melinó mo tuli ki ai. Ko e polé ko hono fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ko ʻení ʻi he founga faka-Kalisitiané ke fakatolonga ʻa e “noʻo ko e melino.”—ʻEfesō 4:3.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo tokonaki kuo fai ʻe Sihova ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau tulimui ki he femelinoʻaki?
11 ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Ke ogoogolelei a Jihova, aia oku fiemalie i he monuia [melino, NW] a ene tamaioeiki.” (Sāme 35:27, PM) ʻIo, ʻoku fiemaʻu kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau melino. Ko ia, kuó ne fai ha tokonaki tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻe ua ke tokoni kiate kitautolu ke fakatolonga ʻa e melinó ʻi hotau lotolotongá pea mo ia. Ko e taha ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ʻa ia ko e melinó ko hono fua ia ʻe taha, kau ki ai mo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakamelino, ʻo hangē ko e kātaki fuoloa, mo e anga-ʻofa, mo e anga-malū, mo e mapuleʻi kita. (Kalētia 5:22, 23) Ko e tokonaki ʻe taha ko e poto fakaʻotua, ʻa ia ʻoku tau lau ʻo kau ki ai: “Ka ko e poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga, ko hono anga tuʻu muʻa ko e maʻa, pea hoko ai mo ʻene melino mo ʻene anga fakaʻatūʻi, ʻo taka fakaoleole, ʻo mohu manavaʻofa, pea fuhi ai ʻa e fua lelei.”—Sēmisi 3:17, 18.
12. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ʻo kapau kuo uesia ʻa ʻetau melino mo hotau ngaahi tokouá?
12 Ko ia ai, ʻi he uesia ʻa ʻetau melino mo e niʻihi kehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau lotu ke maʻu ʻa e poto mei ʻolungá ke fakahā kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa ke faí, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau kole ke maʻu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke fakatupu-mālohi kiate kitautolu ke fai ʻa ia ʻoku totonú. (Luke 11:13; Sēmisi 1:5; 1 Sione 3:22) Ke fetāiaki mo ʻetau lotú, ʻe lava ke tau hanga ki he matavai ʻo e poto fakaʻotuá, ko e Tohitapú ki ha tataki, pea pehē ki hono vakaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapu ʻoku ala maʻú ki he akonaki ki he anga ʻo hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Tohitapú. (2 Tīmote 3:16) Te tau toe loto nai ke kumi faleʻi mei he kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Pea ko e lākanga fakaʻosí ke muimui ki he tataki kuo maʻú. ʻOku pehē ʻe ʻAisea 54:13: “Pea ko hoʻo fanau fuape ko e kau ako ʻa Sihova; pea lahi ʻa e fiemalie [melino, NW] ʻi hoʻo fanau.” ʻOku fakahuʻuhuʻu mai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻe fakatuʻunga ʻetau melinó ʻi haʻatau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku akoʻi mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolú.
“Fiefia Ka Ko Kinautolu ʻOku Fakatupu Melino”
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahuʻuhuʻu ki ai ʻa e lea ʻa Sīsū ko e “fakatupu melino”? (e) ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau hoko ko e kau fakatupu-melino?
13 Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻi heʻene Malanga ʻi he Moʻungá: “Monūʻiaā [fiefia, NW] ka ko kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu melino: he ʻe ui ʻa kinautolu ko e ngāhi foha ʻo e ʻOtua.” (Mātiu 5:9) ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ʻa e tokotaha fakatupu melinó ki ha taha ʻoku anga loto-nonga pē. Ko e tokotaha fakatupu-melinó kuó ne pōtoʻi ʻi hono toe fakafoki ʻa e melinó ʻi hano fakaleluʻi. Ka neongo ia, ko e meʻa mahuʻinga lahi angé, ʻoku feinga ʻa e tokotaha fakatupu-melinó ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei hano uesia ʻa e melinó. ‘ʻOku pule ʻa e melino ʻi hono loto.’ (Kolose 3:15, PM) Kapau ʻe feinga ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke hoko ko e kau fakatupu-melino, ʻe siʻisiʻi ange leva ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻi honau lotolotongá.
14 ʻOku kau ki he hoko ko ha tokotaha fakatupu-melino ʻa hono ʻiloʻi ʻa hotau ngaahi vaivaiʻanga ʻotautolú. Ko e fakatātā, ʻoku ʻi ai ha tokotaha Kalisitiane ʻokú ne ʻita vave pe mamahingofua pe ʻitangofua. ʻI heʻene fehangahangai mo e ngaahi palopalemá, ʻe ʻai nai ʻe heʻene ngaahi ongó ke ngalo ʻiate ia ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú. ʻOku ʻikai ke taʻe ʻamanekina ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he faʻahinga angahalaʻia ʻo e tangatá. (Loma 7:21-23) Ka neongo ia, ko e fetāufehiʻaʻakí, ko e fetuʻusí, mo e feʻiteʻitaní kuo fakahokohoko ia ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e kakanó. (Kalētia 5:19-21) Kapau ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi hehema ko ʻení ʻiate kitautolu, pe kapau ʻoku fakatokangaʻi mai ʻe he niʻihi kehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau lotu fakamātoato maʻu pē ke maʻu ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová ke ne fakatupu ʻiate kitautolu ha mapuleʻi kita mo e anga-malū. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku totonu ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ke ne feinga ke fakautuutu ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga peheé ke hoko ko e konga ia ʻo hono angaʻitangata foʻoú.—ʻEfesō 4:23, 24; Kolose 3:10, 15.
15. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e fepaki ʻa e poto mei ʻolungá mo e loto-taʻeʻunua taʻeʻuhingá?
15 ʻI ha taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku uesia ha fakatahaʻanga pe kulupu ʻo ha kau mātuʻa ʻe ha tokotaha ʻoku loto-taʻeʻunua, ʻokú ne vili maʻu pē ʻi he founga pē ia ʻaʻana. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku totonu ki ha tokotaha Kalisitiane ke fakakaukau-mālohi, pea aʻu ʻo ʻikai ke ngaofengofua ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lao fakaeʻotuá. Pea kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻate fakakaukau lelei ʻe lava ke ʻaonga ki he niʻihi kehé, ʻoku ʻikai ke hala ia ke te fakamatala loto-totonu atu ia, pea fakahā mo ʻete ngaahi ʻuhingá. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu ke te hangē ko kinautolu ʻi he māmaní “ʻo ʻikai ke fie loto-tatau.” (2 Tīmote 3:1-4, NW) Ko e poto mei ʻolungá ʻoku fakatupu-melino mo fakaʻatuʻi. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ko ʻenau ngaahi foungá ʻoku loto-taʻeʻunua mo ʻikai ke ngaofengofuá ʻoku totonu ke nau tokanga ki he akonaki ʻa Paula ki he kau Filipaí ke ‘ʻoua ʻe fai ha meʻa ko e fakafekākeʻi.’—Filipai 2:3.
16. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tokoni kiate kitautolu ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paula ʻi he tohi ki he kau Filipaí ke tau ikuʻi ʻa e fakafekākeʻí?
16 ʻOku naʻinaʻi ʻe Paula ʻi he tohi tatau pē ʻoku totonu ke tau ‘loto taʻehiki,’ ʻo ‘lau ʻoku lelei hake ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻiate kitautolu.’ ʻOku mātuʻaki fehangahangai ʻeni ia mo e fakafekākeʻí. ʻE ʻikai ke fakakaukau ha tokotaha matuʻotuʻa faka-Kalisitiane ke ne fakamālohiʻi atu ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakakaukau pē ʻaʻaná, pe fakangalilelei pē, pe maluʻi hono tuʻunga mo e mafai pē ʻoʻoná. ʻE fepaki ʻeni ia mo e akonaki ʻa Paula ke ‘ʻoua ʻe tokanga ki he meʻa pe ʻaʻata ka ke tokanga foki ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e niʻihi kehe.’—Filipai 2:4; 1 Pita 5:2, 3, 6.
Ngaahi Lea Fakatupu-Melino
17. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāuehalaʻaki ʻo e ʻeleló ʻoku malava ke ne uesia ʻa e melino ʻa e fakatahaʻangá?
17 Ko ha tokotaha ʻokú ne tulimui ki he melinó ʻokú ne mātuʻaki tokanga ki heʻene ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻeleló. ʻOku fakatokanga mai ʻa Sēmisi: “Ko e ʻelelo ko e kupu siʻi, pea ʻoku lau meʻa lalahi. Vakai, hono ʻuke ʻa e meʻi afi ʻoku vela ai ʻa e fuʻu vao!” (Sēmisi 3:5) Ko e ngutu lau anga-pauʻú, mo e fakaangaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau sītuʻa aí, mo e ngaahi lea taʻeʻofa mo fakamamahi, ko e muhumuhu mo lāunga, pea pehē ki he fakalai taʻetotonu koeʻuhi ko ha lelei fakaekita pē, ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení ko e ngaahi ngāue ia ʻa e kakanó ʻa ia ʻoku nau uesia ʻa e melino ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.—1 Kolinitō 10:10; 2 Kolinitō 12:20; 1 Tīmote 5:13; Siutasi 16.
18. (a) ʻI he meʻa fekauʻaki mo ha matavalea ʻo ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e ʻeleló, ko e hā ʻa e ʻalunga totonu ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku kau ki aí? (e) ʻI he fakatupunga ʻe he ʻitá ha taha ke ne leaʻaki ha ngaahi lea fakamamahi, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ki ai ha faʻahinga ʻoku matuʻotuʻa faka-Kalisitiane?
18 Ko e moʻoni, naʻe pehē ʻe Sēmisi: “Ka ko e ʻelelo kuo teʻeki mafakalalata ʻe he tangata.” (Sēmisi 3:8) Naʻa mo e faʻahinga matuʻotuʻa faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau mātuʻaki fakaʻiseʻisa ai ki mui. Ko e kotoa ʻo kitautolú ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ʻe fakamolemoleʻi kitautolu ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻi he ngaahi hala pehē ʻo hangē ko ʻetau fakamolemoleʻi kinautolú. (Mātiu 6:12) ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko ha hoko ha ʻita lahi ʻoku hoko nai ai mo e ngaahi lea fakamamahi. ʻI he taimi ko iá, ʻe manatuʻi ʻe he tokotaha fakatupu-melinó ko e “tali malū ʻoku lolou ai ʻa e houhau: Ka ko e lea masila ʻoku ne langaʻi ʻa e ʻita.” (Palōvepi 15:1) ʻE faʻa lelei ke ne fakamaʻumaʻu pea ʻoua ʻe tali ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻitá ʻaki ha lea ʻita. Hili iá, ʻi he mokomoko hifo ʻa e ʻitá, ko e tokotaha fakatupu-melinó ʻokú ne ʻilo ʻa e founga ʻo hono fakangaloʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ʻitá. Pea ko ha tokotaha Kalisitiane anga-fakatōkilalo te ne ʻilo ʻa e founga ʻo e kole fakamolemolé pea feinga ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo hoko ko ʻene fakatupungá. Ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e mālohi fakaeʻulungaanga ke malava ke moʻoni hoʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou kole fakamolemole atu.”
19. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako meia Paula mo Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻo hono fai ʻa e akonakí?
19 ʻE fiemaʻu nai ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻelelo ke akonakiʻi ha niʻihi kehe. Naʻe valokiʻi fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻa Pita ʻi heʻene ngāue taʻetotonu ʻi ʻAniteoke. Naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ha akonaki mālohi ʻi heʻene pōpoaki ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitú. (Kalētia 2:11-14; Fakahā, vahe 2, 3) Kapau te tau ako ki he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení, te tau ʻilo mei ai ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu ke fuʻu vaivai ʻa e akonakí he ʻe mole ai ʻa hono taumuʻá. Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai ke anga-fefeka mo anga-fakamamahi ʻa Sīsū mo Paula. Ko ʻena akonakí naʻe ʻikai ko hano fakahā ia ʻo haʻana ngaahi ongoʻi feifeitamaki pē ʻa kinaua. Naʻá na feinga moʻoni ke tokoni ki hona ngaahi tokouá. Kapau ʻoku ongoʻi ʻe he tokotaha ʻokú ne fai ʻa e akonakí ʻoku ʻikai te ne mapuleʻi kakato hono ʻeleló, te ne fili nai ke ne kiʻi longo ke kiʻi mokomoko hifo ki muʻa ke ne toe leaʻaki ha meʻa. Kapau ʻe ʻikai, te ne leaʻaki nai ha ngaahi lea fakamamahi pea fakatupunga ha palopalema kovi ange ia ʻi he palopalema ʻokú ne feinga ke fakaleleiʻí.—Palōvepi 12:18.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke ne puleʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tau leaʻaki ki hotau ngaahi tokouá mo e ngaahi tuofāfiné pe leaʻaki ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolú?
20 ʻOku hangē ko ia kuo ʻosi lave ki aí, ʻoku felāveʻi ofi ʻa e melinó mo e ʻofá ʻi he hoko ko e ongo fua ʻo e laumālié. Kapau ko e meʻa ʻoku tau leaʻaki ki hotau ngaahi tokouá, pe ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolú ʻokú ne fakahā maʻu pē ʻa ʻetau ʻofa kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe hoko ia ke ne fakatupu ʻa e melino ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. (Sione 15:12, 13) Kuo pau ke “fakaifo ʻaki ha masima” ʻa ʻetau ngaahi leá. (Kolose 4:6) ʻOku totonu ke ifo, ke fakamānako ki he lotó. Naʻe akonaki mai ʻe Sīsū: “Maʻu be ae masima kiate kimoutolu, bea mou melino be akimoutolu.”—Maʻake 9:50, PM.
“Fai Feinga”
21. Ko e hā ʻoku hā mahino ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakataha fakauiké pea mo e lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngaahi fakataha lalahi angé?
21 Naʻe tohi ʻe he tangata-tohi-sāmé: “Vakai, hono ʻikai lelei, pea hono ʻikai sai ke nonofo ha kainga, ʻo fakataha foki!” (Sāme 133:1) Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku tau fiefia ke tau fakataha mo hotau ngaahi tokouá, tautefito ʻi heʻetau ngaahi fakataha fakauiké mo e lolotonga ʻa ʻetau ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngaahi fakataha lalahi angé. Ko e ngaahi taimi peheé ʻoku hā mahino ai ʻa ʻetau melinó ʻo aʻu ki he kakai ʻo tuʻaʻā.
22. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e melino loi ʻe vavé ni ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻoku nau maʻu, pea ʻe iku atu ia ki he hā? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e melino moʻoni ʻe iku atu ki ai ʻa e kovinanite melino ʻa e ʻOtuá?
22 ʻOku vavé ni ke fakakaukau ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e melinó ʻo ʻikai ke kau ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻe lolotonga ʻa ʻenau pehē, “Melino mo malu,” ʻe hoko fakafokifā mai ʻa e fakaʻauhá kiate kinautolu hono kotoa pē ʻoku ʻikai ke melino mo e ʻOtuá. (1 Tesalonaika 5:3, NW) ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e meʻa ko iá, ʻe kamata ʻa e Pilinisi lahi ʻo e Melinó ke ne fakamoʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he ngaahi nunuʻa fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e ʻuluaki mole mei he tangatá ʻa e melino mo e ʻOtuá. (ʻAisea 9:6, 7 [9:5, 6, PM]; Fakahā 22:1, 2) ʻI he taimi ko iá, ʻe iku ʻa e kovinanite melino ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he nonga ʻi māmani lahi. Naʻa mo e fanga manu ʻo e vaó te nau hokosia ʻa e mālōlō mei he fakafilí.—Sāme 37:10, 11; 72:3-7; ʻAisea 11:1-9; Fakahā 21:3, 4.
23. Kapau ʻoku tau tukulotoa ʻa e ʻamanaki ki he māmani foʻou melino, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fai he taimí ni?
23 Ko ha taimi lāngilangiʻia ē ʻe hoko! ʻOkú ke vēkeveke hanga atu ki ai? Kapau ko ia, “tuli ke mou melino mo e kakai kotoa pe.” Kumi ke melino ʻi he taimí ni mo ho ngaahi tokouá, kae fakatautefito kia Sihova. ʻIo, “ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou ʻamanaki ki ha ngaahi meʻa pehe, mou fai feinga ke ʻiloa kimoutolu kuo mou lelei [melino, NW], kuo mou taʻe ha ʻila, pea taʻe ha mele ʻi heʻene vakai aʻana.”—Hepelū 12:14; 2 Pita 3:14.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke ne maumauʻi ʻa ʻetau melino mo Sihová?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e ngaahi taʻefemahinoʻakí ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ke fakaleleiʻi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e tokonaki kuo fai ʻe Sihova ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau kumi ki he melinó, ʻo tuli ki ai?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fakakakano ʻoku malava ke nau uesia ʻa e melino ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e malava ke tau fepaki mo kinautolu?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 17]
ʻOku lahi ʻaupito ʻa e melino ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku akoʻi ʻe Sihová
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Hono ʻikai fakafiefia ʻa e melino ʻa e ngaahi tokoua ʻoku nau ngāue ʻi he fāʻūtahá!