Tupulekina Maʻu Pē ʻi he Ngāué
1 Ko e kakai ʻa Sihová ko e kakai femoʻuekina. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ngafa lahi fekauʻaki mo hotau ngaahi fāmilí, ngāué, mo e akó. Kae hiliō aí, ʻoku tau “tupulekina maʻu pe ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki.” (1 Kol. 15:58) ʻOku pau ke tau teuteu pea kau ki he ngaahi fakataha fakauike ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ke tau kau ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he uike taki taha. Kuo pau ke vaheʻi maʻu pē ʻa e taimi ki he ako Tohi Tapu fakafāmili mo e fakafoʻituitui. Ko e kau mātuʻá mo e kau sevānití ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fatongia lahi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku ʻi ai nai ha ngaahi taimi ʻe kole mai ai kiate kitautolu ke tau fai ha tokoni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ha tokoní.
2 Ko ia ʻi he taimi ki he taimi, ko e niʻihi ʻiate kitautolu ʻoku nau ongoʻi nai ʻoku lōmekina kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi ʻū meʻa kuo pau ke nau faí. Ka, ko e niʻihi ʻoku moʻumoʻua lahi tahá ʻoku malava ke nau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku fiefia lahi angé kapau ʻe tauhi maʻu ʻenau fakakaukau mafamafatatau mo totonú.—Koh. 3:12, 13.
3 Ko e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ko e tokotaha ia naʻe tupulekina maʻu pē ʻi he ngāué. ʻI he lolotonga ʻene tokanga ki heʻene ngaahi fiemaʻu fakafoʻituitui ʻaki ʻene ngāue ko ha tokotaha ngaohi tēniti, naʻá ne ngāue ʻo hulu atu ʻi he kau ʻaposetolo kehé. Naʻá ne ngāue taʻetuku ko ha tokotaha ʻevangeliō, ʻo ngāue fakamalanga mei he fale ki he fale, lolotonga ia naʻe ʻikai te ne liʻaki hono ngaahi fatongia ko ha tokotaha tauhi ʻo e fanga sipí. (Ng. 20:20, 21, 31, 34, 35) Neongo ʻa e moʻumoʻua ʻene taimi-tēpilé, naʻe loto-lelei maʻu pē ʻa Paula ke ngāue lahi ange ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová.—Fakafehoanaki mo Loma 1:13-15.
4 Naʻe tauhi maʻu ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene fakakaukau mafamafatatau mo ha loto ʻoku fiefiá ʻaki ʻene falala kia Sihova ki ha mālohi. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e hoko ʻene ngāue fakamalangá ko e fakakoloa mo e fakafiemālie. (Fili. 4:13) Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi heʻikai ke fakangaloʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene ngāué. (Hep. 6:10) Ko e fiefia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ʻilo ʻa Sihová naʻá ne hanga ʻo fakaivia ia. (1 Tes. 2:19, 20) Ko e fakapapauʻi ʻo hono ʻiloʻi ʻo ʻene ʻamanaki makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohi Tapú naʻe ueʻi ai ia ke hokohoko atu pē ʻene ngāué.—Hep. 6:11.
5 ʻOku totonu foki ke tau fakakaukau atu ki he lelei ko ia ʻoku maʻu mei heʻetau ngāué. Ko ʻetau ʻi ai mo kau ki he ngaahi fakataha fakauiké ʻoku langa hake ai mo fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Hep. 10:24, 25) Ko ʻetau feinga tōtōivi ke aʻu ki he tokotaha kotoa pē mo e ongoongo leleí ʻoku tokoni ia ki he laka ki muʻa ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga foʻou ʻoku nau kau fakataha mo kitautolu. (Sione 15:8) Ko hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ha tokoní ʻoku poupouʻi ai ʻa e laumālie ʻo e fāʻūtaha hangē ha fāmilí ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. (Sēm. 1:27) ʻIkai ko ia pē, hangē ko Paulá, ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ko ʻetau femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ʻaongá ʻoku hōifua lelei mai ki ai ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau lau ia ko ha monū maʻongoʻonga ke tauhi kiate ia. Ko kitautolú, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha founga moʻui lelei ange!
6 Ko e tupulekina ʻi he ngāué ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻoku tānaki mai ki ai. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau femoʻuekina maʻu ai pē ʻi he tulimui ki he founga tuʻumaʻu ʻo e moʻui lelei fakalaumālié, ʻoku hā ʻoku vave ange ʻa e ʻalu ʻa e taimí. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ko e hili atu ʻa e ʻaho taki taha ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ʻoku tau fuʻu ofi ange ki he māmani foʻoú, ʻoku tau fiefia ke femoʻuekina pea mohu taumuʻa ʻa e moʻui ʻoku tau ʻi ai he taimi ní. ʻOku tau toe lāuʻilo foki ki he fakapotopoto ʻo e feinga maʻu pē ke femoʻuekiná, koeʻuhi ʻoku siʻisiʻi ange ai ʻa e taimi ke kau ai ʻi he fekumi ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻikai ke siaʻa ʻa e māmaní.—ʻEf. 5:15, 16.
7 ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku lahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ke fai ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí. Ka, ʻoku lava ke tau fiefia maʻu pē ʻo kapau te tau hokohoko atu ke falala kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia ʻokú na fakaongoʻimālohi mo fakapaleʻi ʻetau ngāué.—Mt. 11:28-30; 1 Sione 5:3.