Founga ke Fakatupulekina Ai ha Vakai Mafamafatatau ki he Ngāué
ʻI HE māmani tenge-mālohi he ʻahó ni ʻo e ngaahi māketi ʻi māmani lahí, tauʻaki feʻauʻauhí, mo e faʻu koloa lahí, ʻoku ʻikai fakatuʻamelie atu ʻa e kakai tokolahi ia ke ʻalu ki he ngāué ʻi he ʻaho taki taha. Neongo ia, ʻoku totonu ke tau fiefia ʻi heʻetau ngāué. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí naʻe ngaohi kitautolu ʻi he ʻīmisi ʻo e ʻOtuá—pea ʻoku fiefia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene ngāué. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he fakamanatu ʻa e meʻa kuó ne fai ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e “ngaahi ʻaho” fakaefakatupu ʻe onó, pe ngaahi vahaʻa taimi lōloá, “naʻe ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua ki he meʻa kotoa pe kuo ne ngaohi, pea tā kuo lelei ʻaupito,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e Senesi 1:31.
Ko e manako ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngāué ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e taha ia ʻo e ʻuhinga ʻoku ui ai ia ko e “ʻOtua fiefiá.” (1 Timote 1:11, NW) ʻIkai ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei leva, ko e lahi ange ʻo ʻetau faʻifaʻitaki kiate iá, ko ʻetau hoko ia ʻo fiefia angé? ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ko Tuʻi Solomone ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻa ia ko ha tokotaha langa mo fai fokotuʻutuʻu tuʻu-ki-muʻá, naʻá ne tohi: “Ko e kai mo inu ʻa e tangata kotoa pe, mo ʻene ʻilo lelei ʻi heʻene ngaahi ngaue kehekehe, ko e meʻa foaki ia ʻa e ʻOtua.”—Koheleti 3:13.
Ke fakatupulekina ha vakai mafamafatatau mo lelei ki he ngāué ʻi he ngāueʻanga feliliuaki vave ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha pole. Ka ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau tokanga ki heʻene tataki anga-ʻofá. (Sāme 119:99, 100) Ko e faʻahinga peheé ʻoku nau hoko ko e kau ngāue ʻoku fakamahuʻingaʻi mo falalaʻanga pea ko ia ʻoku siʻi ange ai ʻa e ngalingali ke mole ʻenau ngāué. ʻOku nau toe ako ke vakai ki heʻenau moʻuí mo e ngāué ʻo ʻikai mei ha tafaʻaki fakamatelie pē, ka mei ha tafaʻaki fakalaumālie. ʻOku ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke nau malava ai ʻo fai ha ngaahi fili alafalalaʻanga ʻi he moʻuí pea ke sio ko ʻenau fiefiá mo e ongoʻi malú ʻoku ʻikai fakangatangata ia ʻi heʻenau ngāué pe ʻi he māketi ngāue ʻoku faʻa taʻefalalaʻangá. (Mātiu 6:31-33; 1 Kolinito 2:14, 15) ʻOkú ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ke fakatupulekina ha anga fakaengāue mafamafatatau moʻoni.
Fakatupulekina ha Anga Fakaengāue Fakaʻotua
Ko e kakai ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ʻāvanga-ngāue, ʻo fakamuʻomuʻa ʻenau ngāué ʻi ha toe meʻa. Ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau vēkeveke tatali ki he ngata ʻa e ʻaho ngāué ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tuku ai ʻa e ngāué pea nau ʻalu ki ʻapi. Ko e hā ʻa e vakai mafamafatataú? ʻOku tali ʻe he Tohitapú: “ʻOku lelei hake ha falukunga ʻe taha mo e fiemalie ʻi ha falukunga ʻe ua ō mo e fakaongosia mo e kai matangi.” (Koheleti 4:6) Ko e ngāue ʻo fuʻu lahí pe fuʻu fuoloá, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku fakatupu palopalema—ko ha “kai matangi” taʻeʻaonga. Ko e hā ʻoku pehē aí? Koeʻuhi te tau fakalaveaʻi nai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tonu ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻetau fiefia lahi tahá: ko hotau vahaʻangatae mo e fāmilí pea mo e ngaahi kaumeʻá, ko hotau tuʻunga fakalaumālié, ko ʻetau moʻui leleí, pea naʻa mo ʻetau moʻui fuoloá. (1 Timote 6:9, 10) Ko e vakai mafamafatataú ko e fiemālie pē ʻi he meʻa fakamatelie siʻisiʻi fakataha mo ha tuʻunga feʻunga ʻo e melinó kae ʻikai ko e mafasia ʻi ha ngāue ʻe ua fakataha mo e fāinga pea mo e mamahí.
ʻI hono fakalototoʻaʻi ha vakai mafamafatatau pehē, ʻoku ʻikai tali ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e fakapikopikó. (Palovepi 20:4) ʻOku fakavaivaiʻi ʻe he fakapikopikó ʻa e tokaʻi-kitá mo e tokaʻi ʻoku maʻu nai ʻe he niʻihi kehé kia kitautolú. Ko e toe kovi angé, ʻokú ne maumauʻi hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakahaaʻi hangatonu ʻe he Tohitapú ko e tokotaha ʻoku fakafisi ke ngāué ʻoku ʻikai taau ia ke kai ʻi he fakamole ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (2 Tesalonaika 3:10) ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku totonu ke liliu ʻene ngaahi foungá pea ngāue mālohi, ʻo tokonaki lelei ai maʻana mo ʻene faʻahinga ʻoku fakafalala ange kiate iá. Fakafou ʻi he ngāue mālohí te ne malava nai ai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻi ai moʻoni ʻenau fiemaʻú—ko ha tōʻonga ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Palovepi 21:25, 26; Efeso 4:28.
Akoʻi mei he Kei Siʻí ke Fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e Ngāué
Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga lelei fakaengāué ʻoku ʻikai ke hokonoa mai pē; ʻoku ako kinautolu mei he kei siʻí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku enginaki ʻa e Tohitapú ki he ngaahi mātuʻá: “Atu ako ki ha tamasiʻi [pe taʻahine], ʻo tāu mo hono ʻalunga, talaatu ʻo ka ne ka motuʻa ʻe ʻikai te ne hiki mei ai.” (Palovepi 22:6) Tuku kehe ʻa hono fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi honau tuʻunga ko e kau ngāué, ko e ngaahi mātuʻa potó ʻoku nau kamata akoʻi ʻenau fānau īkí ʻaki hono ʻoange kia kinautolu ha ngaahi ngāue ʻi he ʻapí ʻoku feʻunga mo honau taʻumotuʻá. Neongo ʻe ʻita nai ʻa e fānaú ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻe niʻihi, te nau hoko ʻo vakai kia kinautolu ko e ngaahi mēmipa mahuʻinga ʻo e fāmilí—tautefito ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakaongoongoleleiʻi ai kinautolu ʻe he fineʻeikí mo e tangataʻeikí ʻi ha ngāue naʻe fai lelei. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e ngaahi mātuʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau meimei fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē maʻa ʻenau fānaú, mahalo pē ʻi he anga-lelei ʻoku fehālaaki. ʻOku totonu ke fakakaukau ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻa peheé ki he Palovepi 29:21 (NW), ʻa ia ʻoku pehē ai: “Ko ia ʻoku fakapelepeleʻi ʻene tamaioʻeiki [pe fānaú] mei heʻene siʻi, ʻe iku pē ki heʻene hoko ko ha tokotaha taʻehoungaʻia.”
Ko e ngaahi mātuʻa fua fatongiá ʻoku nau toe mahuʻingaʻia vēkeveke ʻi he ako ʻenau fānaú, ʻo fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ke ako pea ke ngāue mālohi lolotonga ʻenau ʻi he ʻapiakó. ʻE maʻu ʻaonga ʻamui ʻi he meʻá ni ʻa e toʻutupú ʻi he taimi ka nau maʻu ngāue ai.
Fakapotopoto ʻi Hoʻo Fili ʻa e Ngāué
Lolotonga ʻoku ʻikai tala mai kia kitautolu ʻa e faʻahinga ngāue ke tuli ki aí, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Tohitapú kia kitautolu ʻa e tataki lelei koeʻuhí ke ʻoua ʻe fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa ʻetau laka ki muʻa fakalaumālié, ngāue ki he ʻOtuá, pea mo e ngaahi fatongia mahuʻinga kehé. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Kuo fakanounou ʻa e kuonga, koeʻuhi ʻi he taimi ʻoku toe, ke ʻilonga . . . kinautolu ʻoku ngaueʻaki ʻa mamani, ke hange ʻoku ʻikai ko ʻenau meʻa ke ʻosiki: he kuo kamata liliu ʻa e anga ʻo e maama ko eni.” (1 Kolinito 7:29-31) ʻOku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe tuʻuloa pe tuʻumaʻu fakaʻaufuli ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá. Ko hono foaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo hotau taimí mo e iví ki ai ʻoku hangē ia ko hano ʻinivesi ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau paʻangá ki ha fale ʻa ia ʻoku langa ʻi ha feituʻu ʻoku faʻa hoko ai ʻa e tāfeá. Ko ha ʻinivesi fakavalevale moʻoni ē!
ʻOku fakalea ʻe he ngaahi liliu Tohitapu kehe ʻa e kupuʻi lea, “ʻikai ngāueʻaki kakato ia” ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e “ʻikai hoko ʻo nōfoʻi ai” mo e “ʻikai femoʻuekina kakato ai.” (The Jerusalem Bible; Today’s English Version) Ko e kakai potó ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito mole meia kinautolu ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e taimí ʻoku “fakanounou” ki he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá pea ko e hoko ko ia ʻo “nōfoʻi” pe “femoʻuekina kakato,” ʻi aí ʻe iku taʻealakalofi ia ki he ʻamanaki tōnoa mo e fakaʻiseʻisa.—1 Sione 2:15-17.
‘ʻE ʻIkai Liʻaki Koe ʻe he ʻOtuá’
ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻú ʻo lelei ange ia ʻia kitautolu. ʻOkú ne toe ʻafioʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa ʻene taumuʻá. Ko ia ai, ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kia kitautolu: “Ke taʻemanumanu hoʻomou toʻonga; pea mou fiemalie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mou maʻu ni: he kuo folofola mai ʻe he [ʻOtuá] ʻE ʻikai siʻi te u mahuʻi meiate koe, kaeʻumaʻā haʻaku momoʻi liʻaki koe.” (Hepelu 13:5) He fakafiemālie moʻoni ē ko e ngaahi lea ko iá! ʻI he faʻifaʻitaki ki he tokanga anga-ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻene kakaí, naʻe līʻoa ʻe Sīsū ha konga lahi ʻo ʻene Malanga ʻiloa ʻi he Moʻungá ki hono akoʻi ki heʻene kau ākongá ʻa e vakai totonu fekauʻaki mo e ngāué pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié.—Mātiu 6:19-33.
ʻOku feinga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke tokanga ki he ngaahi akonaki ko iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi hono fakaafeʻi ʻe ha pule ngāue ha Fakamoʻoni, ko ha tokotaha ngāue fakaʻuhila, ke ngāue tuʻumaʻu ʻovataimí, naʻe ʻikai tali ia ʻe he tokotaha ngāué ʻi he taimi pē ko iá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne loto ke fakahohaʻasi ʻe heʻene ngāue fakamāmaní ʻa e taimi ʻokú ne līʻoa ki hono fāmilí pea ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. Koeʻuhi ko ha tokotaha ngāue lelei ʻaupito mo falalaʻanga ia, naʻe tokaʻi ʻe hono pule ngāué ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakaʻamú. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ke iku pehē maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻá, pea ʻoku pau ke kumi ha taha ki ha ngāue kehe koeʻuhi ke tauhi maʻu ai ha sīpinga moʻui mafamafatatau. Ka neongo ia, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku tuku kakato ʻenau falalá kia Sihová ʻoku nau faʻa ʻiloʻi ko ʻenau ʻulungaanga leleí mo e anga fakaengāue leleí ʻoku nau maʻu ai ʻa e leleiʻia ʻa honau pule ngāué.—Palovepi 3:5, 6.
Taimi ʻE Fakafiemālie Ai ʻa e Ngāue Kotoa Pē
ʻI he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa taʻehaohaoa lolotongá, ko e ngāué mo e ngaahi ʻamanaki ki he ngāué ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ʻatā ia mei he ngaahi palopalemá mo e ngaahi veiveiuá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻe hoko nai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻo kovi ange ʻi he hoko ʻa e māmaní ʻo ʻikai tuʻumaʻu lahi ange pea fetōʻaki pea aʻu ʻo tō ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e ʻekonōmiká. Ka ko e tuʻungá ni ʻoku fakataimi pē. Kuo vavé ni ke ʻikai toe hala ngāue ha taha. Tuku kehe ia, ko e ngāue kotoa pē ʻe fakamānako mo fakafiemālie moʻoni. ʻOku malava fēfē ia? Ko e hā te ne fakahoko mai ha liliu peheé?
Fakafou ʻi heʻene palōfita ko ʻAiseá, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ha taimi pehē. “ʻOku ou fakatupu ha ngaahi langi foʻou mo ha fonua foʻou,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihová, “pea ʻe ʻikai manatua ʻa e ʻuluaki, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau hake ʻi he loto ʻo ha taha.” (Aisea 65:17) Naʻá ne lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha founga-pule foʻou ʻaʻana, ʻa ia ʻe hoko ai ha sōsaieti fakaetangata foʻou fakaʻaufuli mo kehe ʻa ia ko ha meʻa ʻe hoko moʻoni.—Taniela 2:44.
ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻe moʻui ai mo ngāue ʻa e kakaí ʻi he taimi ko iá, ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e kikité: “Te nau langa fale, ʻo nofo ai; pea te nau to ngouevaine, pea kai hono fua. ʻE ʻikai te nau langa, kae nofo ai ha taha kehe; ʻe ʻikai te nau to, kae kai ʻe ha taha kehe: he hange ko e fuoloa ʻo ha ʻakau ʻe pehe ʻa e fuoloa ʻa hoku kakai; pea ko ʻeku fanga pele te nau ʻosiki ʻa e ngaue ʻa honau nima. ʻE ʻikai te nau fakaongosia noa, pea ʻe ʻikai te nau fakatupu fanau ke fakapoongi; he ko e hako kinautolu ʻo e kau tapuekina meia Sihova, pea ʻe feʻao mo kinautolu ʻa honau pikilau.”—Aisea 65:21-23.
Ko ha faikehekehe moʻoni ē ko e māmani foʻou ʻe faʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá! ʻIkai ʻokú ke loto ke moʻui ʻi ha māmani pehē, ko e taha ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai te ke “fakaongosia noa” ai ka te ke fiefia ʻi he kakato tahá ʻi he “fua” ʻo hoʻo ngāué? Ko ia ai, fakatokangaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga te nau fiefia ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki ko iá: “Ko e hako kinautolu ʻo e kau tapuekina meia Sihova.” ʻE lava ke ke hoko ko e tokotaha ʻo e “kau tapuekina” ko iá ʻaki ʻa e ako fekauʻaki mo Sihova pea aʻusia ʻene ngaahi fiemaʻú. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko eni ia ʻa e moʻui taʻengata, ke nau fai ke ʻilo koe ko e Otua moʻonia pe taha, pea mo Sisu ne ke fekau mai ko e Misaia.” (Sione 17:3) ʻE fiefia ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke tokoniʻi koe ke ke maʻu ʻa e ʻilo foaki-moʻuí ʻi hano ako tuʻumaʻu ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e Tohitapú.
[Puha ʻi he peesi 6]
“FIEMAʻUA HOKOHOKO”
“ʻIlonga ha meʻa te mou fai, ngaue fie ngaue ki ai, he ko e ngaue ki he ʻEiki, ʻo ʻikai ki he kakai,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohitapú. (Kolose 3:23) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e tokotaha ʻa ia ko hono anga fakaengāué ʻoku puleʻi ʻe he tefitoʻi moʻoni lelei ko ení ʻe hoko ia ko ha tokotaha ngāue fiemaʻua. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko iá, ko J. J. Luna, ʻi heʻene tohi ko e How to Be Invisible, ʻoku faleʻi ai ki he kau pule ngāue kumi ki he kau ngāué ke nau kumi ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa longomoʻui ʻo ha ngaahi kulupu fakalotu pau, ka ʻokú ne tānaki mai ki ai: “Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku mau faʻa fili ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni [ʻa Sihová].” ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻokú ne ʻomaí ko e pehē ko ia ʻoku nau ʻiloa ʻi heʻenau faitotonú, pea ʻoku ʻai ai kinautolu ke “‘fiemaʻua hokohoko” ʻi he ngaahi faʻahinga ngāue pē.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 5]
Ko e ʻai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e ngāué mo e ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālié pea mo e fakafiefiá ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e fiemālie