Talaki Fakahāhā ki he Fakamoʻuí
“Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻe fakamoʻui.”—LOMA 10:13, NW.
1. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e hisitōliá, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakatokanga kuo fakaongo maí?
ʻOKU fakamatalaʻi ʻe he hisitōliá ʻa e ngaahi ‘ʻaho ʻo Sihova’ kehekehe. Ko e Lōmaki ʻo e ʻaho ʻo Noá, ko e fakaʻauhamālie ʻo Sōtoma mo Komolá, pea mo e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalema ʻi he 607 K.M. mo e 70 T.S., ko e ngaahi ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ia ʻo Sihova. Ko e ngaahi ʻaho ia ʻo e fakahoko fakamaau ki he faʻahinga ko ia naʻe angatuʻu fakafepaki kia Sihová. (Malakai 4:5; Luke 21:22) Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ko iá, naʻe ʻauha ʻa e tokolahi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau anga-fulikivanú. Ka naʻe hao ʻa e niʻihi. Naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ke fakaongo atu ʻa e ngaahi fakatokanga, ʻo fakaʻilo ai ki he anga-fulikivanú ʻa e fakatamaki ʻoku tuʻunuku maí pea ʻoange ai ki he faʻahinga loto-totonú ha faingamālie ke maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻuí.
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga fakaekikite naʻe lave ki ai ʻi he Penitekosí? (e) Mei he Penitekosi 33 T.S., ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ʻi he ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová?
2 Ko ha fakatātā tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻo e meʻá ni ko hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalema ʻi he 70 T.S. ʻI hono tomuʻa tala ʻa e meʻa ko ia naʻe hokó meimei ʻi he taʻu ʻe 900 ki muʻa, naʻe tohi ʻa e palōfita ko Sioelí: “Te u ʻai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi he langi pea ʻi mamani, ko e toto, mo e afi, mo e ngaahi pou kohu. ʻE liliu ʻa e laʻa ʻo poʻuli, mo e mahina ʻo toto, ʻi he tei hoko ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihova, ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu.” ʻE lava fēfē ke hao ha taha ʻi ha taimi fakalilifu pehē? Naʻe tohi ʻa Sioeli ʻi hono fakamānavaʻí: “ʻE hoko ʻo pehe, ko ia ʻoku tautapa ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ʻe fakahaofi: he ai ha kau hao ʻi Moʻunga Saione mo Selusalema, ʻo hange ko e folofola ʻa Sihova, pea ʻe ʻi he kau toe ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ui ʻe Sihova.”—Sioeli 2:30-32.
3 ʻI he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., naʻe lea ai ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Pitá ki he fuʻu kakai ko e kau Siu mo e kau ului ʻi Selusalemá ʻo lave ai ki he kikite ʻa Sioelí, ʻo fakahaaʻi ʻe lava ke ʻamanekina ʻe heʻene kau fanongó hano fakahoko ʻi honau taimí: “Te u ʻai ha ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻi he langi ʻi ʻolunga, mo ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga ki māmani ʻi lalo, ko e toto, mo e afi, mo e ngaahi pou kohu: ʻe liliu ʻa e laʻa ʻo poʻuli, mo e māhina ʻo toto, ʻi he tei hoko ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki [“Sihová,” NW], ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo ʻilonga: pea ʻe hoko ai ʻo pehē, ko ia te ne [“ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová,” NW] ʻe fakamoʻui.” (Ngāue 2:16-21) Ko e fuʻu kakai naʻe fanongo kia Pitá naʻa nau ʻi he malumalu kotoa ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé, pea ko ia ai naʻa nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Pita, mei ai ʻo faai mai, ko e ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻe kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. Ko e tuʻunga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻo e meʻá ni, ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e papitaiso ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú, ʻa e tokotaha naʻe tāmateʻi pea toki fokotuʻu hake ki he moʻui taʻefaʻamate fakahēvaní.—Ngāue 2:37, 38.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki naʻe talaki atu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané?
4 Mei he Penitekosí ʻo faai mai, ʻoku fakamafola atu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e folofola ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sīsū ne toetuʻú. (1 Kolinito 1:23) Naʻa nau fakahaaʻi ʻe lava ʻa e tangatá ke ohi ʻo hoko ko e ngaahi foha fakalaumālie ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea hoko ko e konga ʻo ha “ʻIsileli faka-ʻOtua” foʻou, ko ha puleʻanga fakalaumālie te ne ‘ongoongoa atu ʻa e ngaahi lelei ʻo ʻEne ʻAfió [“Sihova,” NW].’ (Kaletia 6:16; 1 Pita 2:9) Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau tuʻumaʻu anga-tonu ʻo aʻu ki he maté te nau maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻefaʻamate fakahēvaní ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kaungā-ʻea fakataha mo Sīsū ʻi hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. (Mātiu 24:13; Loma 8:15, 16; 1 Kolinito 15:50-54) ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe pau ki he kau Kalisitiane ko ʻení ke nau fanongonongo ʻa e hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová. Naʻe pau ke nau fakatokanga ki he māmani faka-Siú te ne aʻusia ha mamahi ʻe lahi ange ia ʻi ha toe meʻa pē kuó ne taaʻi ʻa Selusalema mo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe laú ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ko iá. Kae kehe, ʻe ʻi ai ha kau hao. Ko hai? Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová.
“I he Gaahi Aho Fakamui”
5. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakahoko ʻo e kikité kuo hoko ʻi he ʻaho ní?
5 ʻI he ngaahi founga lahi, ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻa nau tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻa e meʻa ko ia ʻoku tau sio ki ai ʻi he ʻaho ní. Talu mei he 1914, mo e nofo ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi makehe ʻa ia naʻe lave ki ai ʻi he Tohitapú ko e “taimi fakamui,” “fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ní,” mo e “gaahi aho fakamui.” (Taniela 12:1, 4; Mātiu 24:3-8, NW; 2 Timote 3:1-5, 13, PM.) ʻI hotau senitulí, kuo ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi tau fakamamahí, fakamālohi taʻemataʻofí, mo hono maumauʻi ʻo e sōsaietí mo e ʻātakaí hano fakahoko fakaofo ʻo e kikite ʻa e Tohitapú. Ko e konga kotoa ʻeni ʻo e fakaʻilonga naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Sīsuú, ʻo fakahaaʻi ai kuo ofi ke hokosia ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa e aofangatuku, ʻosi fakapapauʻi ʻo e ʻaho fakalilifu ʻo Sihová. ʻE iku ʻa e meʻá ni ki he tau ʻo ʻĀmaketoné, ko e tumutumu ʻo ha “mamahi lahi, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki hano tatau mei he kamataʻanga ʻo mamani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni, ʻoi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai.”—Mātiu 24:21; Fakahā 16:16.
6. (a) Kuo ngāue fēfē ʻa Sihova ke fakahaofi ʻa e faʻahinga angavaivaí? (e) ʻOku tau ʻilo mei fē ʻa e akonaki ʻa Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo e founga ke hao aí?
6 ʻI he ofi ange ʻaupito mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e fakaʻauhá, ʻoku ngāue ʻa Sihova ki hono fakamoʻui ʻo e faʻahinga angavaivaí. Lolotonga ʻa e “taimi fakamui” ko ʻení, kuó ne tānaki mai ʻa e toenga ʻo e ʻIsileli faka-ʻOtua fakalaumālié pea fakahanga ʻa e tokanga ʻa e ʻene kau sevāniti fakaemāmaní, mei he 1930 ʻo faai mai, ki hono tānaki ha “fuʻu kakai lahi, ʻa ia [ʻoku] ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha hono lau, ko ha kakai mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea.” ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kulupú, ko e faʻahingá ni ʻoku nau moʻui ʻo “haʻu mei he mamahi lahi.” (Fakahā 7:9, 14) Ka ʻe lava fēfē ki he tokotaha tāutaha taki taha ke fakapapauʻi ʻa ʻene haó? ʻOku tali ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻa e fehuʻi ko iá. ʻI he Loma vahe 10, ʻokú ne ʻomai ai ʻa e faleʻi lelei ki he fakahaofí—ko e faleʻi naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi hono taimí pea ʻoku toe ngāueʻaki pē ia ʻi hoʻotautolú.
Ko ha Lotu ki he Fakamoʻuí
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ʻi he Loma 10:1, 2? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai he taimí ni ʻo maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa hono fakalahi atu ʻo hono fanongonongo ʻo e “ongoongo lelei”?
7 ʻI he hiki ʻe Paula ʻa e tohi Lomá, kuo ʻosi liʻaki ʻe Sihova ia ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e puleʻangá. Neongo ia, naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe he ʻaposetoló: “Ko e feinga, ʻa hoku loto, pea ko ʻeku kole ki he ʻOtua ʻi he faʻahinga ko ia, ke nau moʻui.” Ko ʻene ʻamanakí ke maʻu nai ʻe he kau Siú tāutaha ʻa e ʻiloʻi totonu ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo tataki atu ai ki honau fakahaofí. (Loma 10:1, 2) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻe finangalo ʻa Sihova ki ha fakamoʻui maʻá e faʻahinga ʻi he māmani kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa ē ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he Sione 3:16: “Naʻe ʻofa pehe ʻa e ʻOtua ki māmāni, ko ia naʻa ne foaki hono ʻAlo tofu-pe-taha-ne-fakatupu, koeʻuhi ko ia kotoa pe ʻoku tui pikitai kiate ia ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha, kae maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengata.” Naʻe fakaava ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e hala ki he fakamoʻui maʻongoʻonga ko iá. Hangē ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻo Noá mo e ngaahi ʻaho kehe ʻo e fakamaau naʻe hoko atu aí, naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ke fanongonongo ʻa e “ongoongo lelei,” ʻo fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e founga ʻo e fakamoʻuí.—Maake 13:10, 19, 20.
8. ʻI he faʻifaʻitaki ki he sīpinga ʻa Paulá, ko hai ʻoku fakalahi atu ki ai ʻa e poupou ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻi he ʻaho ní, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē?
8 ʻI hono fakahaaʻi ʻa ʻene loto-lelei ʻaʻana fakatouʻosi ki he Siú mo e Senitailé, naʻe malanga ʻa Paula ʻi he faingamālie kotoa pē. Naʻá ne “fakatuiʻi ha kau Siu mo ha kau Kalisi.” Naʻá ne tala ki he kau mātuʻa ʻi ʻEfesoó: “Naʻe ʻikai te u taetae ha meʻa, kau fakahā pe mo akoʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kakai, pea ʻi he fale taki taha; ʻo u talatalatonu ki he Siu mo e Kalisi fakatouʻosi ʻa e fakatomala ʻo tafoki ki he ʻOtua, mo e tui pikitai ki hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū.” (Ngāue 18:4; 20:20, 21) ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku tuku atu ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní kinautolu ʻi he malangá, ʻikai ki he kau Kalisitiane lau peé ka ki he kakai kotoa pē, naʻa mo e “ngataʻanga ʻo e māmani.”—Ngāue 1:8; 18:5.
Fakahā ʻa e “Lea oe Tui”
9. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga tui ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ʻi he Loma 10:8, 9? (e) ʻI he taimi fē pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau fakahaaʻi ʻa ʻetau tuí?
9 ʻOku fiemaʻu ha tui kītaki ki he fakamoʻuí. ʻI he lave ki he Teutalonome 30:14, naʻe talaki ʻe Paula: “Oku ofi ae lea kiate koe, i ho gutu, bea i ho loto: aia koe lea oe tui, oku mau malaga aki.” (Loma 10:8, PM) ʻI heʻetau malangaʻi ko ia ʻa e “lea oe tui,” ʻoku hoko ia ʻo maongo loloto lahi ange ʻi hotau lotó. Naʻe pehē pē mo Paula, pea ko ʻene toe ngaahi leá ʻoku lava ke ne fakaivia ʻa ʻetau fakapapauʻi ke hoko ʻo hangē ko iá ʻi heʻene vahevahe atu ʻa e tui ko iá ki he niʻihi kehé: “Kapau te ke fakaha ʻaki ho ngutu, ko e ʻEiki ʻa Sisu, pea ke tui ʻaki ho loto, kuo fokotuʻu ia ʻe he Otua mei he pekia, ʻe fakamoʻui koe.” (Loma 10:9) ʻOku ʻikai ko e fai pē ʻo e fakahā ko ʻení ki he niʻihi kehé ʻi he taimi ʻo e papitaisó ka kuo pau ke hoko ia ko ha fakahā hokohoko, ko ha fakamoʻoni fakahāhā faivelenga ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tafaʻaki maʻongoʻonga kotoa pē ʻo e moʻoní. ʻOku fakahanga ʻa e moʻoni peheé ki he huafa mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová; ki hotau Tuʻi faka-Mīsaiá mo e Tokotaha-Huhuʻí, ko e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí; pea ʻi he ngaahi talaʻofa fisifisimuʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá.
10. Fakatatau ki he Loma 10:10, 11, kuo pau ke anga-fēfē ʻa ʻetau ngāueʻaki ʻa e “lea oe tui” ko ʻení?
10 ʻOku ʻikai ha fakamoʻui ia ki ha taha pē ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne tali mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e “lea oe tui” ko ʻení, hangē ko ia ʻoku hoko atu ki ai ʻa e fakamatala ʻa e ʻaposetoló: “ʻOku fai ʻa e tui ʻaki ʻa e loto ke maʻu ʻa e fakatonuhia, ka ʻoku fai ʻa e fakaha ʻaki ʻa e ngutu ke maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻui. He ʻoku pehe ʻe he Tohi, ʻIlonga pe ʻa ia ʻe tui kiate ia, ʻe ʻikai fakamaʻi ia.” (Loma 10:10, 11) Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻiloʻi totonu ʻo kau ki he “lea oe tui” ko ʻení pea hokohoko atu hono tauhi hake ia ʻi hotau lotó koeʻuhi ke ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tala ia ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe Sīsū tonu kiate kitautolu: “Pea ka ai ha taha te ne māʻi au mo ʻeku ngaahi tala ʻi he ʻao ʻo e toʻutangata ni,—ʻa e toʻutangata alafia kae feʻauaki mo angahala ni—pea ʻe māʻi ʻa e toko taha ko ia ʻe he Fanautama ʻa Tangata, ʻo ka haʻele mai ia mo e nāunau ʻo ʻene ʻEiki, mo e haʻofia ia ʻe he kau angelo tapu.”—Maake 8:38.
11. Kuo pau ke fanongonongo ki he lahi fēfē ʻa e ongoongo leleí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
11 Hangē ko ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he palōfita ko Tanielá, ʻi he taimi fakamui ko ʻení, “ko e kau fakapotopoto” ʻoku hā ʻoku nau ngingila “hange ko e ulo ʻa e femamenite,” ʻi he fakalahi atu ʻa e faifakamoʻoni ki he Puleʻangá ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmaní. ʻOku nau “fakatafoki ʻa e toko lahi ki he maʻoniʻoni,” pea kuo hoko moʻoni ʻo hulu ʻa e ʻilo totonú, he ʻoku tuku mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e maama ulo lahi ange ki he ngaahi kikite ʻo fekauʻaki mo e taimi fakamui ko ʻení. (Taniela 12:3, 4) Ko ha pōpoaki ʻeni ʻo e fakamoʻuí, ʻa ia ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ki he fakahaofi ʻo kinautolu kotoa ʻoku ʻofa ki he moʻoní mo e māʻoniʻoní.
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e fāitaha ʻa e Loma 10:12 mo e fekau ʻa e ʻāngeló naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Fakahā 14:6?
12 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “ʻOku ʻikai ha fai kehekehe ki he Siu mo e Kalisi: he ʻoku taha ai pe ʻa e ʻEiki ʻo e kakai kotoa pe, pea mohu meʻa maʻa e kakai kotoa pe ʻoku tautapa [“ui,” NW] kiate ia.” (Loma 10:12) Ko e “ongoongo lelei” kuo pau ke malangaʻi ia ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻoku toe lahi ange ia fakalūkufua—ki he kakai kotoa pē, ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní. Ko e ʻāngelo ʻo e Fakahā 14:6 ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻene puna ʻi he loto langí, ʻo tuku mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e “Kosipeli taʻengata ke malangaʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua, pea ki he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e matakali, mo e lea, mo e faʻahinga.” ʻE ʻaonga fēfē ʻa e meʻá ni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau talí?
Ui ki he Huafa ʻo Sihová
13. (a) Ko e hā ʻetau konga tohi fakataʻu ki he 1998? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku feʻungamālie taha ai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e konga tohi fakataʻu ko ʻení?
13 ʻI he lave ki he Sioeli 2:32, ʻoku talaki ʻe Paula: “Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻe fakamoʻui.” (Loma 10:13, NW) He feʻungamālie ē ko hono fili ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá ke hoko ko e konga tohi fakataʻu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he 1998! Kuo teʻeki ai ha taimi ki muʻa ʻe mahuʻinga lahi ange ai ke ngaʻunu ki muʻa fakataha mo e falala kia Sihová, ʻo ʻai ke ʻiloa ʻa hono huafá pea mo e ngaahi taumuʻa maʻongoʻonga ʻa ia ʻoku ʻuhinga ki aí! Hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ʻoku pehē pē ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakamui ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fakameleʻi lolotongá, ʻoku fai mai ʻa e kaila leʻo-lahi: “Ke fakamoʻui mei he faʻahinga angakehe ko eni.” (Ngāue 2:40) ʻOku hangē ia ha fakaafe ʻaki ha talupité ki he kakai manavahē-ʻOtua kotoa ʻi māmani lahí ke tautapa kia Sihova ke ʻomai kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakamoʻuí pea kiate kinautolu foki ʻoku fanongo ki heʻenau talaki fakahāhā ʻa e ongoongo leleí.—1 Timote 4:16.
14. Ko e Maka fē kuo pau ke tau ui ki ai ki he fakamoʻuí?
14 Ko e hā ʻe hoko ʻi he taimi ʻe tō fakafokifā mai ai ʻa e ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová ki he māmani ko ʻení? Ko e tokolahi tahá ʻe ʻikai te nau hanga kinautolu kia Sihova ki he fakamoʻuí. Ko e tokolahi ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá te nau “lea ki he ngaahi moʻunga mo e ngaahi makatuʻu, ʻo pehē, Hinga maiā kiate kimautolu, ʻo fufū kimautolu mei he fofonga ʻo Ia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloni; pea mei he houhau ʻa e Lami.” (Fakahā 6:15, 16) Ko ʻenau ʻamanakí ʻe ʻi he ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu mo e ngaahi kautaha hangē ha moʻungá, mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení. Ko ia, he lelei lahi ange ē, kapau te nau falala ki he Maka lahi tahá, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá! (Teutalonome 32:3, 4) Naʻe lea ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita, ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia: “Ko hoku moʻunga ʻa Sihova, mo ʻeku kolo, mo hoku haoʻanga.” Ko Sihová ko “hotau makatuʻu fakamoʻuiʻanga.” (Sāme 18:2, 95:1) Ko hono huafá “ko e taua malohi,” ko e “taua” pē ia ʻe taha ʻoku mālohi feʻunga ke ne maluʻi kitautolu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e taimi faingataʻa ka hoko maí. (Palovepi 18:10) Mei hení, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke akoʻi ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻe ala lava ʻi he meimei toko ono piliona ʻo e tangatá ʻoku moʻui ʻi he ʻaho ní ke tautapa ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻi he anga-tonu mo e loto-moʻoni.
15. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Loma 10:14 ʻo kau ki he tuí?
15 ʻOku feʻungamālie ʻa e hoko atu ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻo ʻeke: “Ka te nau lava fefe ke tautapa [“ui,” NW] ki ha toko taha ʻoku teʻeki ke nau tui ki ai?” (Loma 10:14) ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e fuʻu tokolahi ʻa ia ʻe tokoniʻi nai ke nau ʻai ʻa e “lea oe tui” ko ʻenau meʻa, koeʻuhi ke nau ui kia Sihova ki he fakamoʻuí. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e tuí. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa Paula ʻi he tohi ʻe taha: “Ka ʻo ka taʻekau ʻa e tui, ʻoku ʻikai momoʻi lava haʻate fakahōifua [ʻa e ʻOtuá]: he ko ia ʻoku ʻunuʻunu ki he ʻOtua, kuo pau ʻoku ne tui ʻoku ʻi ai ia, pea te ne hanga ʻo totongi kiate kinautolu ʻoku kumi hākili kiate ia.” (Hepelu 11:6) Neongo ia, ʻe anga-fēfē ha hoko mai ha toe laui miliona ʻo tui ki he ʻOtuá? ʻI he tohi ki he kau Lomá, ʻoku ʻeke ʻe Paula: “Te nau lava fefe ke tui ki ha toko taha kuo teʻeki ke nau fanongo ki ai?” (Loma 10:14) ʻOku tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ke fanongo ki aí? Ko e moʻoni ʻokú ne fai pehē! Fanongo ki he ngaahi lea hoko atu ʻa Paulá: “Fefe haʻanau fanongo ʻoka ʻikai ha taha ke malanga?”
16. ʻI he fokotuʻutuʻu fakaʻotuá, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu tefito ai ʻa e kau malangá?
16 Mei he fakaʻuhinga ʻa Paulá ʻoku hā mahino ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e kau malanga. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻe pehē pē ʻo “aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo mamani.” (Mātiu 24:14; 28:18-20) Ko e malangá ko ha konga tefito ia ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fakaʻotua ki hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kakaí ke ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová koeʻuhi ke nau hola ʻo hao. Naʻa mo e ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai fai ha meʻa ia ʻe he tokolahi tahá ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e huafa maʻongoʻonga ʻo e ʻOtuá. Kuo fakapuputuʻuʻi ʻikai toe felave ha meʻa ʻe he tokolahi ʻa Sihova fakataha mo e ongo ʻiloʻanga kehe ʻe toko ua, ʻi ha tokāteline Tolu-Tahaʻi-ʻOtua taʻeala fakamatalaʻi. Pehē foki, kuo tō ʻa e tokolahi ki he kalasi ʻoku lau ki ai ʻi he Sāme 14:1 mo e 53:1: “Kuo pehe ʻe he vale ʻi hono loto, ‘ʻOku ʻikai ha ʻOtua [“Sihova,” NW].’” ʻOku fiemaʻu ke nau ʻilo ko Sihova ʻa e ʻOtua moʻuí, pea kuo pau ke mahino kiate kinautolu ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko ia ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai hono huafá kapau ʻoku nau loto ke hao ʻi he mamahi lahi ʻoku tuʻunukú.
Ko e “Fakaʻofoʻofa Siʻi Vaʻe” ʻo e Kau Malangá
17. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku feʻungamālie ai kia Paula ke lave ki ha kikite ʻo e toe fakafoʻoú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he ‘fakaʻofoʻofa siʻi vaʻé’?
17 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e toe fehuʻi mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻe taha ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Pea malanga fefe ha niʻihi ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai fekau atu kinautolu? ʻo hange ko ia kuo tohi, Hono ʻikai fakaʻofoʻofa siʻi vaʻe ʻo e kakai ʻoku ongoongo mai ha ngaahi meʻa lelei!” (Loma 10:15) ʻOku lave heni ʻa Paula ki he Aisea 52:7, ʻa ia ko e konga ia ʻo ha kikite ʻo e toe fakafoʻou ʻa ia kuo ngāueʻaki talu mei he 1919. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku toe fekau atu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e “ogoogolelei, aia oku fakaha ae melino; aia oku omi ae ogoogolelei oe lelei, mo ne fakaha ae fakamoui.” ʻI he talangofua, ko e “kau tagata leo” pani ʻa e ʻOtuá mo honau takangá ʻoku nau hanganaki kaila fiefia. (Aisea 52:7, 8, PM) ʻE hoko ʻo helaʻia nai ʻa e vaʻe ʻo kinautolu ko ia he ʻahó ni ʻoku nau fakahā ʻa e fakamoʻuí, ʻo aʻu ʻo efua, ʻi heʻenau luelue mei he fale ki he falé, ka he meʻa ulo ē ko honau matá ʻi he fiefiá! ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku fekauʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e melinó pea ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e faʻahinga mamahí, ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahingá ni ke ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová fakataha mo e vakai atu ki he fakamoʻuí.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e lau ʻa e Loma 10:16-18 ʻo kau ki he ola aofangatuku ʻo hono fakaongo atu ʻo e ongoongo leleí?
18 Tatau ai pē pe ko e kakaí ʻoku nau ‘tui ki he ongoongo kuo nau fanongo aí’ pe ʻoku nau fili ke talangataʻa ki ai, ʻoku ongo moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá: “Naʻa kuo ʻikai te nau fanongoa. ʻIsa, kuo ongo atu honau leʻo ki he fonua kotoa: mo ʻenau ngaahi lea ki he ngataʻanga ʻo mamani.” (Loma 10:16-18) Hangē pē “ko e ngaahi langi ʻoku nau tala ʻa e nāunauʻia ʻo e ʻOtua,” hangē ko ia kuo fakahāhā ʻi heʻene ngaahi ngāue fakaefakatupú, ʻoku pehē pē ʻa e pau ke fanongonongo ʻe heʻene kau Fakamoʻoni ʻi he māmaní “ʻa e taʻu ʻo e hoifua ʻa e ʻEiki, mo e taimi sauni ʻa hotau ʻOtua; ke fakaleluʻi ʻa kinautolu fuape ʻoku tangi.”—Sāme 19:1-4; Aisea 61:2.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e ola ki he faʻahinga ʻoku ‘ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová’ ʻi he ʻaho ní?
19 Ko e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová ʻoku ofi ʻaupito ange mai. “ʻOiau ʻa e ʻAho na! He ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihova, ʻio, ʻoku hoko mai ʻo tāu mo ha fakaʻauha meia Fakaʻauha.” (Sioeli 1:15; 2:31) Ko ʻetau lotú ia ke tali fakavavevave ʻe ha toe fuʻu tokolahi ʻa e ongoongo leleí, ʻo fakatahataha ki he kautaha ʻa Sihová. (Aisea 60:8; Hapakuke 2:3) Fakamanatu angé ki he ngaahi taimi kehe ko ia naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakaʻauha ki he fulikivanú—ʻi he taimi ʻo Noá, ʻi he taimi ʻo Loté, pea ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta tafoki mei he moʻoní. ʻOku tau tuʻu ʻi he taimí ni ʻi he ngungutu ʻo e mamahi lahi, lahi tahá, ʻi he taimi ʻe tafiʻi atu ai ʻe he afā ʻa Sihová ʻa e fulikivanú mei he funga ʻo e māmani ko ʻení, ʻo fakaʻatā ʻa e halá ki ha palataisi ʻo e melino taʻengata. Te ke hoko ko ha taha ʻoku “ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová” ʻi he tuʻunga anga-tonu? Kapau ko ia, fiefia! ʻOkú ke maʻu ʻa e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá tonu, ʻe fakahaofi koe.—Loma 10:13, NW.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa foʻou naʻe fanongonongo hili ʻa e Penitekosi he 33 T.S.?
◻ ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa e tokanga ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he “lea oe tui”?
◻ Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻo e “ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová’?
◻ ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku ‘fakaʻofoʻofa ai siʻi vaʻe’ ʻo e kau talafekau ʻo e Puleʻangá?
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