Taʻemalí—Ko ha Matapā ki he Ngāue Taʻefehākaaki
“[Ke] fakafeʻao lelei ki he ʻEiki taʻe ha fehākaaki.”—1 KOLINITŌ 7:35.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e ongoongo fakatupu hohaʻa naʻe aʻu kia Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó?
NAʻE tokanga ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono ngaahi tokoua Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitō, ʻi Kalisí. ʻI he taʻu nai ʻe nima ki muʻá, naʻá ne fokotuʻu ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi he kolo tuʻumālie ko ia naʻe ongoongoa ʻi he ʻulungaanga taʻetāú. Ka ʻi he taimi ko ʻení, ʻi he 55 T.S. nai, lolotonga ʻene ʻi ʻEfesoó, ʻi ʻĒsia Maina, naʻá ne maʻu ai ha ngaahi fakamatala fakatupu hohaʻa mei Kolinitō ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakafaʻafaʻahi ʻo muimui he kau tangatá pea mo hono kātakiʻi pē ʻo ha keisi kovi ʻo e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe maʻu ʻe Paula ha tohi mei he kau Kalisitiane Kolinitoó ko e kole ha tataki ki he fehokotaki fakasinó, taʻemalí, malí, māvaé, mo e toe malí.
2. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono uesia nai ʻe he ʻulungaanga taʻetaau naʻe lahi fau ʻi Kolinitoó ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he kolo ko iá?
2 Ko e ʻulungaanga taʻetaau mafatukituki naʻe lahi fau ʻi Kolinitoó ʻoku hā ngali naʻá ne uesia ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi he feituʻu ko iá ʻi he founga ʻe ua. Naʻe ʻulutukua ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ki he ʻatimosifia ʻo e fakavaivai fakaeʻulungaangá, pea naʻa nau kātakiʻi pē ʻa e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú. (1 Kolinitō 5:1; 6:15-17) Ko e niʻihi kehe nai, ʻi he anga ʻo ʻenau vakai atu ki he ngaahi fiefia ʻi he fehokotaki fakasino ko ia naʻe mafola noa pē ʻi he koló, naʻe fuʻu tōtuʻa ʻenau fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e fakamaʻumaʻu mei he fehokotaki fakasino kotoa pē, ʻo aʻu pē ki he ngaahi hoa malí.—1 Kolinitō 7:5.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe tomuʻa lave ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene ʻuluaki tohi ki he kau Kolinitoó?
3 ʻI he tohi lōloa naʻe fai ʻe Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó, naʻá ne ʻuluaki lave ai ki he palopalema ʻo e taʻefāʻūtahá. (1 Kolinitō, vahe 1-4) Naʻá ne enginaki ai kiate kinautolu ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he muimui ki he kau tangatá, ʻa ia ʻe taki atu ai pē ki he ngaahi māvahevahe fakatupu maumau. Naʻe totonu ke nau fāʻūtaha ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “kaungāngaue” ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne toki ʻoange leva kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fakahangatonu ki hono tauhi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ke maʻa fakaeʻulungaangá. (Vahe 5, 6) Naʻe hoko atu leva ʻa e ʻaposetoló ki heʻenau tohi naʻe fai maí.
Fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e Taʻemalí
4. Ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene pehē ko ia “ʻoku lelei ki ha tangata ke ʻoua ʻe ala ki ha fefine”?
4 Naʻá ne kamata: “Ka koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻa mou tohi ki ai—ʻoku lelei ki ha tangata ke ʻoua ʻe ala ki ha fefine.” (1 Kolinitō 7:1) Ko e kupuʻi lea ko ʻeni ko e “ʻoua ʻe ala ki ha fefine,” ʻoku ʻuhingá ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fetuʻutaki fakasino mo ha fefine ki ha fakafiemālie fakaefehokotaki fakasino. Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻosi fakahalaiaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e feʻauakí, naʻá ne lave ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ki he ngaahi fehokotaki fakasino ʻi loto ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e nofo malí. Ko ia ai, naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ʻa e tuʻunga taʻemalí. (1 Kolinitō 6:9, 16, 18; fakafehoanaki mo Sēnesi 20:6; Palōvepi 6:29.) Taimi siʻi mei ai, naʻá ne tohi: “Pea ko ʻeku lea e ki he kau taʻemali mo e kau fefine uitou: ʻOku lelei kiate kinautolu ke nau nofo pe ʻo hange ko au.” (1 Kolinitō 7:8) Naʻe taʻemali ʻa Paula, ko ha tangata uitou nai.—1 Kolinitō 9:5.
5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku hā mahino ai naʻe ʻikai ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ia ha founga-moʻui fakamonasitelioó? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e taʻemalí?
5 ʻOku hangehangē naʻe hoko ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó ʻo ʻilo ki he fakakaukau fakafilōsefa faka-Kalisí, ʻa ia naʻe fakahīkihikiʻi ai ʻe he kau ako ʻe niʻihi ʻa e founga-moʻui mātuʻaki līʻoá, pe liʻaki-kitá. Mahalo ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe ʻeke ai ʻe he kau Kolinitoó kia Paula pe ʻe “lelei” ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fehokotaki fakasino kotoa pē? Naʻe ʻikai ke hā mei he tali ʻa Paulá ha fakakaukau fakafilōsefa faka-Kalisi. (Kolose 2:8) ʻI he ʻikai ke hangē ko e kau lotukalafi Katoliká, naʻe halaʻatā ke ne fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe ia ha moʻui līʻoa taʻemali ʻi ha monasiteliō pe nofoʻanga tāupoʻou, ʻo hangē naʻe mātuʻaki māʻoniʻoni ʻa e faʻahinga taʻemalí ia pea ʻe lava ke tokoni ʻenau founga moʻuí mo ʻenau ngaahi lotú ki hono fakamoʻui kinautolú tonu.
6 Naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e taʻemalí “ko e meʻa ʻi he faingataʻa ʻoku lolotonga ni.” (1 Kolinitō 7:26) Naʻá ne lave nai heni ki he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa naʻe fou ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ʻa ia ʻe lava ke toe fakalahi atu ʻe he malí. (1 Kolinitō 7:28) Ko ʻene akonaki ʻeni naʻe fai ki he kau Kalisitiane taʻemalí: “ʻOku lelei kiate kinautolu ke nau nofo pe ʻo hange ko au.” Ki he kau tangata uitoú, naʻá ne tānaki atu: “ʻOku ke ʻataʻatā mei ha fefine, ʻoua te ke kumi ha uaifi.” Fekauʻaki mo ha Kalisitiane uitou, naʻá ne tohi: “Ko hono monuʻia lahi e, ʻo kapau te ne nofo ai pe. Ko haʻakú ia fakakaukau: pea ʻoku te pehe ʻoku ʻiate kita foki ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtua.”—1 Kolinitō 7:8, 27, 40.
ʻIkai Kounaʻi ke Nofo Taʻemali
7, 8. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi naʻe ʻikai ke kouna ʻe Paula ia ha Kalisitiane ke nofo taʻemali?
7 ʻOku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe tataki ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová ʻa Paula ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fai ai ʻa e akonaki ko ʻení. Ko ʻene fakamalanga fakakātoa fekauʻaki mo e taʻemalí pea mo e malí ʻoku hā mei ai ʻa e fakakaukau mafamafatatau mo e faʻa mataʻofi. ʻOku ʻikai te ne ʻai ia ko ha meʻa ʻoku anga-tonu pe taʻeangatonu. Ka, ko ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo e fili tauʻatāina, fakataha mo hono fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e taʻemalí ki he faʻahinga ʻoku malava ke nau kei nofo anga-maʻa ʻi he tuʻunga ko iá.
8 ʻI he hili pē ʻa hono fakahā “ʻoku lelei ki ha tangata ke ʻoua ʻe ala ki ha fefine,” naʻe tānaki atu ʻe Paula: “Ka ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo e feʻauaki, ke taki taha maʻu hano uaifi oʻona, pea maʻu taki taha foki ʻe he fefine hono husepaniti totonu.” (1 Kolinitō 7:1, 2) ʻI he hili ʻa hono faleʻi ʻo e faʻahinga taʻemalí mo e kau uitoú ke nau “nofo pe ʻo hange ko au,” naʻe vave ʻa ʻene tānaki atu: “Ka ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te nau makātaki, tuku ke nau mali, he ʻoku lelei hake ʻa e mali ʻi he ʻene ʻi ai ʻa e afi.” (1 Kolinitō 7:8, 9) Ko ʻene toe akonaki ʻeni naʻe fai ki he kau tangata uitoú: “ʻOua te ke kumi ha uaifi. Ka neongo ia, ka ʻo kapau te ke mali, talaʻehai ko hoʻo angahala.” (1 Kolinitō 7:27, 28) ʻOku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he akonaki mafamafatataú ni ʻa e tauʻatāina ke filí.
9. Fakatatau kia Sīsū mo Paula, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ko ha meʻaʻofa fakatouʻosi mei he ʻOtuá ʻa e malí mo e taʻemalí?
9 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Paula ko e meʻaʻofa fakatouʻosi mei he ʻOtuá ʻa e malí mo e taʻemalí. “He oku amujiaage eau kuo tatau mo au ae tagata kotoabe. Ka oku maʻu taki taha kotoabe ene mea foaki totonu mei he Otua, koe taha ki he aga ko eni, moe taha ki he aga ko ena.” (1 Kolinitō 7:7, PM) ʻOku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú ʻa e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsuú. ʻI he hili ʻa hono fakahaaʻi ko e malí naʻe tupu mei he ʻOtuá, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e loto-lelei ke taʻemali koeʻuhi ko e ngāue maʻá e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá ko ha meʻaʻofa makehe ia: “Oku ikai faa maʻu ae tala ni e he tagata kotoabe, ka ko kinautolu kuo foaki ia ki ai. He oku ai ae niihi oku iunoke, i he e nau fanauʻi mei he manāva o e nau faʻe: bea oku ai ae iunoke niihi, kuo gaohi ke iunoke e he tagata: bea oku ai ae iunoke niihi, kuo nau gaohi akinautolu ke iunoke, koeuhi koe buleaga oe lagi. Ko ia oku ne faa maʻu ia, ke maʻu be eia.”—Mātiu 19:4-6, 11, 12, PM.
Ko Hono Tali ʻa e Meʻaʻofa ko e Taʻemalí
10. ʻE lava fēfē ke “tali” ʻe ha taha ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e taʻemalí?
10 Neongo naʻe fakatou lea ʻa Sīsū mo Paula ki he taʻemalí ʻo pehē ko ha ‘meʻa foaki,’ naʻe ʻikai ke pehē ʻe ha taha ia ʻo kinaua ko ha meʻaʻofa fakaemana ia ʻoku maʻu pē ʻe he niʻihi. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ‘ʻe ʻikai tali ʻe he kakai kotoa pe’ ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko iá, pea naʻá ne enginaki ki he faʻahinga ʻoku malava ke nau fai peheé ke nau “tali” ia, ʻa ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū mo Paulá. ʻOku moʻoni, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “ʻOku lelei hake ʻa e mali ʻi heʻene ʻi ai ʻa e afi,” ka naʻá ne lea fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga ʻa ia “ʻoku ʻikai te nau makātaki.” (1 Kolinitō 7:9) ʻI heʻene ngaahi tohi ki muʻá, naʻe fakahāhā ai ʻe Paula ʻoku malava ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he hoko ʻo ʻafu ʻi he holí. (Kalētia 5:16, 22-24) Ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he laumālié ʻoku ʻuhingá ke ʻai ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová ke ne tataki ʻetau laka kotoa pē. ʻE lava ke fai ʻeni ʻe he kau Kalisitiane kei talavoú? ʻIo, ʻo kapau ʻoku nau muimui ofi ʻi he Folofola ʻa Sihová. Naʻe tohi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “ʻE fakamaʻa ʻe ha talavou [pe finemui] hono hala ʻi he ha? Heʻene tauhi ia ke hoa mo hoʻo folofola.”—Sāme 119:9.
11. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e ‘muimui ki he laumalié’?
11 ʻOku kau ki he meʻá ni ʻa hono maluʻi kita mei he ngaahi fakakaukau faʻifaʻiteliha ʻoku fakamafola ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he ngaahi polokalama TV lahi, ngaahi faiva, ngaahi kupu ʻi he makasini, ngaahi tohi, mo e lea ʻo e ngaahi hivá. ʻOku tupu fakakakano ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau peheé. Ko ha Kalisitiane kei talavou ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko ha fefine pe tangata ʻa ia ʻokú ne loto ke ne tali ʻa e taʻemalí ʻoku totonu ke “ikai ke muimui ki he kakano, ka ki he laumalie. He ko kinautolu oku oe kakano, oku nau tokaga ki he gaahi mea oe kakano; ka ko kinautolu oku oe laumalie, [ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻenau fakakaukaú] ki he gaahi mea oe laumalie.” (Loma 8:4, 5, PM, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) Ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e laumālié ko e māʻoniʻoni, anga-maʻa, mo anga-ʻofa, anga-lelei. Kau Kalisitiane, taʻu siʻi mo e taʻumotuʻa, ʻoku totonu “ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ke mou tokanga ki ai.”—Filipai 4:8, 9.
12. Ko e hā ʻoku kaunga lahi ki hono tali ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e taʻemalí?
12 Ko hono tali ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko e taʻemalí ʻoku meimei ko e meʻa lahí pē ko hono fokotuʻu hoto lotó ʻi he taumuʻa ko iá pea lotu kia Sihova ki ha tokoni ke muia ai ia. (Filipai 4:6, 7) Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “ʻO ka ʻi ai ha taha ʻokú ne fokotuʻu maʻu ʻi hono lotó, ʻo ʻikai ko ha fiemaʻu pau kiate ia, ka kuó ne maʻu ha mafai ki hono loto ʻoʻoná pea kuó ne fai ʻa e fili ko ʻení ʻi hono lotó tonu, ke tauhi hono tuʻunga-tāupoʻoú, ʻe lelei ʻene fai peheé. Pehē foki, ko ia ʻokú ne foaki atu hono tuʻunga-tāupoʻoú ʻi he malí ʻoku lelei ʻene fai iá, ka ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te ne foaki atu ia ʻi he malí ʻe lelei ange ia.”—1 Kolinitō 7:37, 38, NW.
Taʻemali Fakataha mo ha Taumuʻa
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakahoa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Kalisitiane taʻemalí mo ʻosi malí? (e) ʻI he founga fē pē ʻoku malava ai ke “lelei ange” ha tokotaha Kalisitiane taʻemali ʻi he faʻahinga kuo malí?
13 ʻOku ʻikai taau ke fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e taʻemalí ʻiate ia pē. Ko ia, ʻi he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku lava ai ke “lelei ange” iá? ʻOku fakatuʻunga moʻoni pē ia ʻi he founga ʻo hono ngāueʻaki ʻe ha taha ʻa e tauʻatāina ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he meʻa ko iá. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Pea ko siʻeku feinga ke ʻoua te mou lotomoʻua. ʻOku moʻua ʻa e loto ʻo e tangata taʻe maʻu uaifi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEiki, heʻene feinga ke hohóʻia ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEiki: ka ko e tangata fakauaifi ʻoku moʻua hono loto ʻi he meʻa ʻo mamani, heʻene feinga ke hohóʻia hono uaifi; pea fetohoaki ai hono loto. Pea ko e fefine taʻemali, pe ko e finemui, ʻoku moʻua hono loto ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEiki, koeʻuhi ke maʻoniʻoni hono sino mo hono laumalie fakatouʻosi: ka ko e fefine kuo mali ʻoku moʻua hono loto ʻi he meʻa ʻo mamani, heʻene feinga ke hohóʻia hono husepaniti. Ka ʻoku ou lea pehe ko e tala moʻou; ʻoku ʻikai ko haʻaku lafo ha tauhele kiate kimoutolu, ka koeʻuhi ke lava ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tāu mo e fakafeʻao lelei ki he ʻEiki taʻe ha fehākaaki.”—1 Kolinitō 7:32-35.
14 Ko ha tokotaha Kalisitiane taʻemali ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ʻa hono tuʻunga taʻemalí ke tuli ai ki ha ngaahi taumuʻa siokita, ʻoku ʻikai ke “lelei ange” ia ʻi he kau Kalisitiane kuo ʻosi malí. ʻOkú ne kei taʻemalí, ʻo ʻikai “koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻanga,” ka ʻi he ngaahi ʻuhinga fakafoʻituitui. (Mātiu 19:12) Ko e tangata pe ko e fefine taʻemalí ʻoku totonu ke ‘moʻua hono lotó ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEikí,’ hoko ʻo loto-moʻua ke “hohóʻia ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEiki,” pea hoko ʻo “fakafeʻao lelei ki he ʻEiki taʻe ha fehākaaki.” ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻení ko hono līʻoa atu ʻa e tokanga tāfataha ke tauhi ʻa Sihova mo Kalaisi Sīsū. Ko e fai peheé pē ʻoku “lelei ange” ai ʻa e kau tangata pe ko e kau fefine Kalisitiane taʻemalí ʻi he kau Kalisitiane kuo ʻosi malí.
Ngāue Taʻefehākaaki
15. Ko e hā ʻa e tefitoʻi ʻuhinga ʻo e fakamatala ʻa Paula ʻi he 1 Kolinitō vahe 7?
15 Ko e ʻuhinga fakalūkufua ʻeni ʻa Paulá ʻi he vahé ni: Neongo ʻoku totonu ʻa e malí, pea ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku fakapotopoto ia ki he niʻihi, ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ala fakaʻikaiʻi ʻa e lelei ʻa e taʻemalí ki he tangata pe ko e fefine Kalisitiane ko ia ʻokú ne fiemaʻu ke tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ʻoku siʻi taha ai ʻa e fehākaaki takai holó. Koeʻuhi ko e tokotaha kuo ʻosi malí ʻoku “fetohoaki ai hono loto,” ko e tokotaha Kalisitiane taʻemalí ʻoku ʻataʻatā ke tokanga tāfataha ki he “ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEiki.”
16, 17. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku malava ai ki ha tokotaha Kalisitiane taʻemali ke ne tokanga taha lelei ange ki he “ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEiki”?
16 Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku ʻataʻatā ange ai ha tokotaha Kalisitiane taʻemali ia ʻi he kakai kuo ʻosi malí ke tokanga ki ai? ʻI he potutohi ʻe taha, naʻe lea ai ʻa Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e “ngāhi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtua”—ngaahi meʻa ko ia heʻikai ke hanga ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻo ʻoange kia Sisa. (Mātiu 22:21) Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻoku kaunga pau ia ki he moʻui, founga-lotu, mo e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa ha Kalisitiane.—Mātiu 4:10; Loma 14:8; 2 Kolinitō 2:17; 3:5, 6; 4:1.
17 ʻOku faʻa ʻataʻatā lahi ange ʻa e faʻahinga taʻemalí ke vaheʻi ʻa e taimi ki he ngāue ʻa Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke ʻaonga ia ki honau tuʻunga fakalaumālié pea mo hono fakalahi ʻo ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻOku malava ke nau fakamoleki ʻa e taimi lahi ange ki he ako fakafoʻituituí mo e fakalaulaulotó. ʻOku malava ke faʻa feʻungamālie ʻa hono ʻai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane taʻemalí ʻa ʻenau lau Tohitapú ki heʻenau taimi-tēpilé ʻo faingofua ange ia ʻi hono ʻai ʻe he faʻahinga kuo ʻosi malí. ʻOku nau mateuteu lelei ange nai ki he ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngāue fakamalangá. Ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni ke “aoga” pē kiate kinautolu.—1 Kolinitō 7:35, PM.
18. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku malava ai ʻe he ngaahi tokoua tokolahi ʻoku taʻemalí ke nau fakahāhā ʻoku nau loto ke tauhi ʻa Sihova “taʻe ha fehākaaki”?
18 Ko e ngaahi tokoua tokolahi ʻoku taʻemalí ʻa ia kuo nau ʻosi ngāue ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku nau ʻataʻatā ke nau lea kia Sihova: “Ko au eni; fekau au.” (ʻAisea 6:8) ʻOku lava ke nau tohi kole ke kau ki he Akoʻanga Ako Fakafaifekaú, ʻa ia ʻoku taʻofi maʻá e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau mo e kau mātuʻa ʻoku taʻemalí ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻataʻatā ke ngāue ʻi ha feituʻu ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e fiemaʻú. Naʻa mo e ngaahi tokoua ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻataʻatā ke mavahe mei heʻenau fakatahaʻangá ʻoku malava ke nau ʻai kinautolu ke nau ʻatā ke ngāue ki honau ngaahi tokouá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau pe kau mātuʻa.—Filipai 2:20-23.
19. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tāpuakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuofāfine tokolahi ʻoku taʻemalí, pea ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻe taha ʻa ia ʻoku malava ai ke nau hoko ko ha tāpuaki ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá?
19 Ko e ngaahi tuofāfine taʻemalí, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻulu fakaetangata ke kumi faleʻi mo falala ki aí, ʻoku nau taau ange nai ke ‘li ʻenau kavengá kia Sihova.’ (Sāme 55:22; 1 Kolinitō 11:3) ʻOku tautefito ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻa e meʻá ni ki he ngaahi tuofāfine ʻa ia ko ʻenau ʻofa kia Sihová ʻoku nau kei taʻemali aí. Ka aʻu atu ki ha taimi ʻo nau mali ai, ʻe hoko pē ia “i he Eiki be,” ʻa ia, ki he tokotaha pē kuo fakatapui kia Sihova. (1 Kolinitō 7:39, PM) ʻOku fakamālō ʻa e kau mātuʻá ʻi hono maʻu ha ngaahi tuofāfine taʻemali ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakatahaʻangá; ʻoku faʻa ʻaʻahi mo tokoni ʻa e faʻahingá ni ki he kau puké mo e kau taʻumotuʻá. ʻOku fakahoko mai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e fiefia ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku kau ki aí.—Ngāue 20:35.
20. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he kau Kalisitiane tokolahi ʻoku nau “fakafeʻao lelei ki he ʻEiki taʻe ha fehākaaki”?
20 ʻOku tokolahi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kei talavou kuo nau fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa ʻenau ngaahi meʻá kae lava ke “fakafeʻao lelei ki he ʻEiki taʻe ha fehākaaki.” (1 Kolinitō 7:35) ʻOku nau tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau faifekau tāimuʻa taimi-kakato, kau misinale, pe ʻi he taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻa e Sōsaieti Taua Leʻó. Pea ko ha kulupu fiefia lahi ē ka ko kinautolu! He fakatupu ongoʻi foʻou lahi ē ko ʻenau ʻi aí! Tā neʻineʻi, ʻi he ʻafio mai ʻa Sihova mo Sīsuú, ʻoku nau “hange ko e . . . hahau.”—Sāme 110:3.
ʻIkai ha Fuakava ʻo e Taʻemali Taʻengata
21. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku hā mahino ai naʻe ʻikai ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Paula ke fai ha fuakava ʻo e taʻemali? (e) Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻuhinga ki ai ʻi heʻene lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo e “tauhili mei he tuʻunga ko e talavoú”?
21 Ko ha poini tefito ʻi he akonaki ʻa Paulá ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻe “lelei” ke nau tali ʻi heʻenau moʻuí ke nau taʻemali. (1 Kolinitō 7:1, 8, 26, 37) Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ko haʻane fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke nau fai ha fuakava ʻo e taʻemali. ʻI hono kehe ʻaupitó, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻO kapau ʻoku fakakaukau ha taha ia ʻokú ne fai taʻengali ki hono tuʻunga-tāupoʻoú, kapau kuo tauhili mei he tuʻunga ko e talavoú, pea ko e founga ʻeni ʻoku totonu ke faí, tuku ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne loto ki aí; ʻoku ʻikai te ne angahala ai. Tuku ke nau mali.” (1 Kolinitō 7:36, NW) Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻe taha (hy·peʹra·kmos) naʻe liliu lea ko e “tauhili mei he tuʻunga ko e talavoú” ʻoku ʻuhinga fakafoʻilea ki he “mahili atu mei he tuʻunga māʻolunga tahá” pea ʻoku felāveʻi mo e mahili atu mei he tumutumu ʻo e tupulekina ʻa e holi fakaefehokotaki fakasinó. Ko ia ko e faʻahinga kuo nau fakamoleki ha ngaahi taʻu ʻi he tuʻunga taʻemalí pea faai mai ʻo nau ongoʻi ʻoku totonu ke nau malí ʻoku nau ʻataʻatā fakaʻaufuli ke mali mo ha kaungā-tui.—2 Kolinitō 6:14.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku lelei ai mei he anga ʻo e vakai kotoa pē ki ha Kalisitiane ke ʻoua ʻe mali ʻoku fuʻu kei siʻí?
22 Ko e ngaahi taʻu ko ia ʻoku fakamoleki ʻe ha tokotaha Kalisitiane kei talavou ke tauhi ai ʻa Sihova ʻo ʻikai ha fehākaakí ko ha ngāue fakapotopoto ia. ʻOku fakaʻatā ai kiate ia ke ne maʻu ʻa e poto ʻoku ʻaongá, taukei, mo e mahino. (Palōvepi 1:3, 4) Ko ha taha kuó ne nofo taʻemali koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻangá ʻokú ne ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei ʻaupito ange ai, kapau te ne toki fili ʻamui, ke fua ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e moʻui nofo malí mo e tuʻunga ko ha mātuʻa tauhi-fānau nai.
23. Ko e hā nai ʻoku ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi ko ia ʻoku fakakaukau atu ke malí, ka ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi ʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he ongo kupu hono hoko maí?
23 Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi kuo nau tauhi taimi-kakato ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ʻi he tuʻunga taʻemalí ʻoku nau fili lelei honau hoa ki he kahaʻú ʻi he taumuʻa ke hokohoko atu ʻi he founga ʻo e ngāue taimi-kakató. ʻOku pau ko e meʻa ʻeni ʻoku taau ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi lahi tahá. ʻOku aʻu ʻo sio loto atu nai ʻa e niʻihi ki he malí mo e fakakaukau ke ʻoua ʻe tuku ʻa e malí ke ne fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ʻenau ngāué ʻi ha faʻahinga founga. Ka ʻoku totonu ki ha Kalisitiane ʻosi mali ke ne ongoʻi ʻoku ʻataʻatā ia ke tokangataha ki heʻene ngāue kia Sihová ʻo hangē ko e taimi naʻá ne kei taʻemali aí? ʻE lāulea ki he fehuʻí ni ʻi he ongo kupu hono hoko maí.
Ko e Fakamanatu
◻ Ko e hā naʻe ongoʻi ai ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Kolinitoó?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ai naʻe ʻikai ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ha founga-moʻui fakamonasitelioó?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē malava ʻe ha taha ke ne “tali” ʻa e taʻemalí?
◻ ʻOku malava fēfē ke maʻu ʻe he ngaahi tuofāfine taʻemalí ha ʻaonga mei honau tuʻunga taʻemalí?
◻ ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku malava ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ai ʻe he ngaahi tokoua taʻemalí ʻenau tauʻatāiná ke tauhi ʻa Sihova “taʻe ha fehākaaki”?