“Koe Jiofiaaga” Kimoutolu!
1 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Kuo gaohi akimautolu koe jiofiaaga o mamani, moe kau agelo, moe kakai.” (1 Kol. 4:9, PM) ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻení ki he hā, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻene uesia kitautolu ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekau he ʻaho ní?
2 Ki ha tokotaha Kolinitō, ko e kupuʻi lea “koe jiofiaaga” ʻoku ngalingali naʻá ne ʻomai ki heʻene fakakaukaú ʻa e feʻauhi fakaʻosi faka-Loma ko e tau ki he maté, ʻa ia ko e kakai ko ē naʻe fakahalaiaʻí naʻa nau laka ʻi he ʻao ʻo ha kau mamata ʻe laui afe ki muʻa ke tāmateʻi anga-fakamanu kinautolú. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko ha fuʻu kau mamata tokolahi—ʻo e kau tangata mo e kau ʻāngelo fakatouʻosi—naʻa nau mamata ki he ngaahi faingataʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau faifakamoʻoni ki he Puleʻangá. (Hep. 10:32, 33) Naʻe maongo ʻa honau ʻalunga tauhi anga-tonú ki he kau mamata tokolahi, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia ʻoku hoko ʻi heʻetau kātaki ʻi he malaʻe tau faka-Loma ʻi onopōní. ʻOku siofia kitautolú ʻe hai?
3 Ki he Māmaní pea ki he Tangatá: ʻOku pulusi ʻe he mītiá he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi līpooti ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová. Lolotonga ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi līpooti lelei ʻa ia ʻoku moʻoni mo totonu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ngāué, ʻoku tau toe ʻamanekina ha ngaahi līpooti kovi ʻe fakamafola ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ʻe hotau kau lauʻikoviʻí. Ka neongo ia, kuo pau ke tau hokohoko fakaongoongoleleiʻi kitautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau faifekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he “lauʻikovia mo e lauʻileleia.” (2 Kol. 6:4, 8) ʻOku hoko ai ʻo hā mahino ki he kau mamata loto-totonú ko kitautolu ʻa e kau ākonga moʻoni ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
4 Ki he Kau ʻĀngeló: ʻOku toe siofi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi meʻamoʻui laumālié. ʻOku sio mai ʻa e Tēvoló pea mo ʻene kau tēmenioó—ka ʻi he “ʻita lahi” ʻo nau kumi ke taʻofi ʻa e “fakamoʻoni kia Sisu.” (Fkh. 12:9, 12, 17) ʻOku sio mo fiefia mai ʻa e kau ʻāngelo loto-tōnunga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakatomala ai naʻa mo ha angahala ʻe toko taha. (Luke 15:10) ʻOku totonu ke fakaivimālohiʻi kitautolu ʻi hono ʻilo ʻoku vakai mai ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ki heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú ko e ngāue mātuʻaki fakavavevave mo ʻaonga taha ia ʻoku lolotonga fakahoko ʻi he māmaní he ʻaho ní!—Fkh. 14:6, 7.
5 ʻI hoʻo fetaulaki mo ha fakafepaki pe fakakaukau ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ha ngaahi ʻaonga mei hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú, manatuʻi ko e tefito koe ʻo e tokanga ʻa e māmaní. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻa e meʻa lahi ʻe hoʻo kātaki loto-tōnungá. Faifai atu pē, ko hoʻo ‘tau ʻa e tau leleí’ te ke malava ai ke ‘puke ki he moʻui taʻengatá.’—1 Tim. 6:12.