‘Ko Eni Pe Taimi Matuʻaki Fakahōifuá’
“Vakai mai, Ko eni pe taimi matuʻaki tali hu [“fakahōifua,” NW]; vakai mai, Ko eni pe ʻaho fai fakamoʻui.”—2 KOL. 6:2.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ke faí ʻi ha taimi pē ʻoku ʻomai ai?
“KO E meʻa kotoa ʻoku ai hano taimi, pea mo hono ʻaho kotofa ki he feinga kotoa pe ʻi he lalo langi.” (Koh. 3:1) Naʻe tohi ʻa Solomoné ʻo fekauʻaki mo e mahuʻinga ʻo hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e taimi ʻa ia ʻoku lelei taha ki ha faʻahinga ngāue ʻaonga pē—pe ko e ngoue, folau, pisinisi, pe ko e fetuʻutaki mo e niʻihi kehé. Neongo ia, ʻoku toe fiemaʻu ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga taha kuo pau ke tau fai ʻi ha taimi pē ʻoku ʻomai ai. ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, kuo pau ke tau ʻai ke totonu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻá.
2. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau ʻiloʻi ko e taimi naʻe malanga ai ʻa Sīsuú, naʻá ne mātuʻaki lāuʻilo ki he taimi ʻa ia naʻá ne moʻui aí?
2 ʻI heʻene ʻi māmaní, naʻe mātuʻaki lāuʻilo ai ʻa Sīsū ki he taimi ʻa ia naʻá ne moʻui aí pea mo e meʻa naʻe fiemaʻu ke ne faí. ʻI hono mahinoʻi lelei ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻá ne fakamuʻomuʻá, naʻá ne ʻiloʻi kuo ofi ʻa e taimi naʻe fuoloa ʻa e tatali ke fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi kikite faka-Mīsaia lahi. (1 Pita 1:11; Fkh. 19:10) Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngāue kiate ia ke ne fai ke fakamahinoʻi ai ʻa hono tuʻunga ko e Mīsaia naʻe talaʻofá. Naʻe pau ke ne faifakamoʻoni fakaʻāuliliki ki he moʻoni ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ke fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻa ia te nau hoko ʻi he kahaʻú ʻo kaungāʻea mo ia ʻi he Puleʻangá. Pea naʻe pau ke ne fakatoka ʻa e makatuʻunga ki he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane, ʻa ia te ne fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá mo e ngaohi-ākongá ke aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní.—Mk. 1:15.
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tākiekina ʻe he lāuʻilo ʻa Sīsū ki he taimí ʻa ʻene ngaahi ngāué?
3 Ko e lāuʻilo ko iá ko ha tākiekina mālohi lelei ia ʻi he moʻui ʻa Sīsuú, ʻi hono ueʻi ia ke ne mamahiʻi ʻa hono fakahoko ʻa e finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí. Naʻá ne tala ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Kuo lahi ʻa e taʻu kuo motuʻu, ka ʻoku kaungatāmaki ʻa e kau ngāue: ko ia ke mou kole ki he ʻEiki ʻoku aʻana ʻa e taʻu, ke ne kouna atu mo ha kau ngāue ke utu ʻene taʻu.” (Luke 10:2; Mal. 4:5, 6) Naʻe ʻuluaki fili ʻe Sīsū ʻa e toko 12 pea hoko atu ki he toko 70 mei he haʻohaʻonga ʻo ʻene kau ākongá, ʻoange kia kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni papau, pea fekauʻi atu kinautolu ke nau malangaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki fakaueʻiloto: “Kuo ofi ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo Hevani.” Ka kia Sīsū tonu, ʻoku tau lau: “Kuo fakaʻosi ʻe [ia] ʻene fai tuʻutuʻuni ki he kau Hongofulumaua o ʻene ako, naʻa ne hiki mei he potu ko ia ke faiako mo malanga ʻi honau ngāhi kolo.”—Mt. 10:5-7; 11:1; Luke 10:1.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e founga naʻe faʻifaʻitaki ai ʻa Paula kia Sīsū Kalaisí?
4 Ko Sīsuú ko ha sīpinga haohaoa ia ʻo e mamahiʻi meʻá mo e līʻoá ki he kotoa ʻo hono kau muimuí. Ko e meʻa eni naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi heʻene naʻinaʻi ki hono kaungātuí: “Mou hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki kiate au, ʻo hange foki ko ʻeku faʻifaʻitaki ʻaku kia Kalaisi.” (1 Kol. 10:34 [11:1, PM]) ʻI he founga fē naʻe faʻifaʻitaki ai ʻa Paula kia Kalaisí? Ko e meʻa muʻomuʻá ko e ʻikai te ne tuku ha ivi ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻI he tohi ʻa Paula ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá, ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ko ia hangē ko ení “ʻoua te mou fakapikopiko,” ‘tauhi fakatamaioʻeiki kia Sihova,’ “mou tupulekina maʻu ai pe ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki,” mo e ‘ʻilonga ha meʻa te mou fai, ngaue fie ngaue ki ai, he ko e ngaue kia Sihova.’ (Loma 12:11; 1 Kol. 15:58; Kol. 3:23) Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻia Paula ʻa ʻene fetaulaki mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he hala ki Tāmasikusí mo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū kuo pau naʻe tala ange kiate ia ʻe he ākonga ko ʻAnanaiá: “Ko e ipu matuʻaki fili ʻeni aʻaku, ke hapai hoku hingoa ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Senitaile, mo e ngaahi tuʻi, mo haʻa Isileli foki.”—Ng. 9:15; Loma 1:1, 5; Kal. 1:16.
‘Taimi Matuʻaki Fakahōifuá’
5. Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Paula ke ne fakahoko ai ʻi he mamahiʻi meʻa ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú?
5 ʻI hono lau ʻa e tohi Ngāué, heʻikai lava ke tau taʻefakatokangaʻi ai ʻa e loto-toʻa mo e mamahiʻi meʻa naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú. (Ng. 13:9, 10; 17:16, 17; 18:5) Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e taimi ʻa ia naʻá ne moʻui aí. Naʻá ne pehē: ‘Vakai mai, Ko eni pe taimi matuʻaki fakahōifuá; vakai mai, Ko eni pe ʻaho fai fakamoʻuí.’ (2 Kol. 6:2) ʻI he 537 K.M., ko e taimi fakahōifuá ia ki he kau takiheeʻi ki Pāpiloné ke nau foki ki honau fonua tupuʻangá. (Ai. 49:8, 9) Ka ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Paula hení? ʻE tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he potutohí ke mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú.
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e monū lahi kuo ʻoange he ʻahó ni ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, pea ko hai ʻoku ngāue fakataha mo e kau paní?
6 Ki muʻa ange ʻi heʻene tohí, naʻe lea ai ʻa Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha monū lahi naʻe ʻoange kiate ia mo hono kaungā Kalisitiane paní. (Lau ʻa e 2 Kolinito 5:18-20.) Naʻá ne fakamatala naʻe ui kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki ha taumuʻa makehe, ke fakahoko ʻa e “tala ʻo e fakalelei,” ke kōlenga ki he kakaí ke nau hoko ʻo “fakalelei mo e ʻOtua.” Naʻe ʻuhinga iá ko e toe fakafoki mai ʻa e kaumeʻa pe melino mo e ʻOtuá.
7 Talu mei he angatuʻu ʻi ʻĪtení, ko e kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá kuo nau mavahe pea motu meia Sihova. (Loma 3:10, 23) Ko e mavahe ko iá kuo tūʻulu ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakalūkufua ki he fakapoʻuli fakalaumālie, ʻo iku ai ki he faingataʻaʻia mo e mate. “ʻOku tau lāuʻilo pe, ʻoku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo langā ʻa Natula katoa,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paulá. (Loma 8:22) Ka kuo fou ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha ngaahi sitepu ke fakaʻaiʻai, ko hono moʻoní ke “kōlenga” ki he kakaí ke nau foki mai, pe ke nau hoko ʻo fakalelei mo ia. Ko e ngāue fakafaifekau ia naʻe tuku kia Paula mo hono kaungā Kalisitiane pani ʻi he taimi ko iá. Ko e ‘taimi fakahōifua’ ko iá ʻe lava ke fakamoʻoniʻi ko ha “ʻaho fai fakamoʻui” ki he faʻahinga ʻoku tui kia Sīsuú. Ko e kau Kalisitiane pani kotoa pē mo honau takangá, ʻa e “fanga sipi kehe,” ʻa ia ʻoku nau ngāue fakataha mo kinautolu, ʻo hokohoko atu hono fakaafeʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau maʻu ʻaonga mei he ‘taimi fakahōifuá.’—Sione 10:16.
8. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻo e fakaleleí ke fakaofó?
8 Ko e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻo e fakaleleí ke toe fakaofo angé he neongo ko e maumaú ne tafaʻaki-taha ʻataʻatā—ko e fakatupunga ʻe he angatuʻu ʻa e tangatá ʻi ʻĪtení—naʻe tamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá tonu ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e maumaú. (1 Sione 4:10, 19) Ko e hā naʻá ne faí? Naʻe tali ʻe Paula: “Naʻe fai ai pe ʻe he ʻOtua ʻia Kalaisi ʻene fakalelei ʻa mamani mo hono finangalo, ʻo ʻoua te ne lau kiate kinautolu ʻenau ngaahi angahala; pea ne hilifaki kiate kimautolu ʻa e lea ʻo e fakalelei.”—2 Kol. 5:19; Ai. 55:6.
9. Ko e hā ne fai ʻe Paula ke fakahaaʻi ai ʻene houngaʻia ʻi he meesi ʻa e ʻOtuá?
9 ʻI hono tokonaki ʻa e feilaulau huhuʻí, kuo ʻai ai ʻe Sihova ke malava ʻo fakamolemoleʻi ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí pea ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa ʻenau kaumeʻa pe feongoongoi mo iá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻá ne fekau atu ʻa ʻene kau talafekau ke nau fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e kakai ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ke fakamelino mo ia lolotonga ʻenau kei malavá. (Lau ʻa e 1 Timote 2:3-6.) ʻI hono mahinoʻi ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá mo ʻiloʻi ʻa e taimi ʻa ia ʻoku tau moʻui aí, naʻe ngāue taʻehela ʻa Paula tonu ʻi hono “tala ʻo e fakalelei.” Kuo ʻikai liliu ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová. ʻOkú ne kei finangalo pē ʻi hotau ʻahó ni ke fakalelei mo e faʻahinga kuo mavahe meiate iá. ʻOku kei feʻungamālie pē ʻa e lea ʻa Paula, ‘Ko eni pe taimi matuʻaki fakahōifuá’ mo e “Ko eni pe ʻaho fai fakamoʻui.” Ko ha ʻOtua mohu meesi mo manavaʻofa moʻoni ē ko Sihova!—Eki. 34:6, 7.
ʻOua ʻe ‘Liʻaki ʻa Hono Taumuʻá’
10. Kuo ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e “ʻaho fai fakamoʻui” ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ʻi he kuohilí mo e lolotongá ni?
10 Ko e ʻuluaki faʻahinga ke maʻu ʻaonga mei hono fakahaaʻi ko eni ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻataá ko e faʻahinga “ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi.” (2 Kol. 5:17, 18) Kia kinautolu, ko e “ʻaho fai fakamoʻui” naʻe kamata ia ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S. Mei ai ʻo faai mai, ko e faʻahinga ko iá kuo tuku kia kinautolu ʻa e ngāue ko hono fanongonongo ʻa e “lea ʻo e fakalelei.” ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e toenga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻoku nau kei fakahoko pē ʻa e “tala ʻo e fakalelei.” ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi ko e kau ʻāngelo ʻe toko fā ʻa ia naʻe mamata ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻi ha vīsone fakaekikité ʻoku nau “puke ʻa e matangi ʻe fa ʻo mamani, ke ʻoua naʻa angi ha matangi ki he fonua.” Ko ia ai, ʻoku kei hoko ʻa e “ʻaho fai fakamoʻui” mo e ‘taimi matuʻaki fakahōifuá.’ (Fkh. 7:1-3) ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ení, talu mei he konga ki muʻa ʻo e senituli hono 20, mo hono mamahiʻi ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻa e ngāue “tala ʻo e fakalelei” ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻo ʻo e māmaní.
11, 12. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi he senituli hono 20 ʻenau lāuʻilo fekauʻaki mo e taimí? (Sio ki he fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15.)
11 Ko e fakatātaá, hangē ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻi he tohi Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo e senituli hono 20, ko “C. T. Russell mo hono kaungāngāué naʻa nau tui mālohi ʻoku nau ʻi ha taimi ʻo e utu-taʻu pea naʻe fiemaʻu ke fanongo ʻa e kakaí ki he moʻoni fakatauʻatāiná.” Ko e hā ne nau fai fekauʻaki mo ení? ʻI hono ʻiloʻi naʻa nau ʻi ha taimi ʻo e utu-taʻu, ko ha ‘taimi matuʻaki fakahōifuá,’ ko e fanga tokouá ni naʻe ʻikai te nau fiemālie ʻi hono fakaafeʻi mai pē ʻa e kakaí ke nau omi ki ha ouau fakalotu. Ko e meʻa tofu pē ia kuo fai talu mei tuai ʻe he haʻa faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. ʻI hono kehé, naʻe kamata ke kumi ʻe he kau Kalisitiane pani ko iá ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻaonga kehe ʻo hono fakamafola ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Naʻa nau ngāuefakapotopotoʻaki, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kehe, ʻa e tekinolosia fakamuimui tahá ke ʻai ke laka ki muʻa ʻenau ngāué.
12 Ke fakamafola ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá, ko e kiʻi kulupu ʻo e kau faifekau mamahiʻi meʻa ko iá naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuleki, fanga kiʻi lauʻipepa, ngaahi makasini, mo e ʻū tohi. Naʻa nau toe teuteu ʻa e ngaahi malanga mo e ngaahi kupu ʻo ʻave ke pulusi ʻi he ngaahi nusipepa ʻe laui afe. Naʻa nau fakamafola ʻa e ngaahi polokalama Fakatohitapu ʻi he ngaahi fale fakamafola lea fakafonua mo fakavahaʻapuleʻanga. Naʻa nau faʻu mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e heleʻuhila leá, naʻa mo e ki muʻa ke tukuange mai ʻe he ngaahi kautaha faivá ki he kakaí ʻa e ngaahi faiva naʻe ʻalu fakataha mo e leá. Ko e hā e ola ʻo e mamahiʻi meʻa hokohoko peheé? ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku ʻi ai nai ʻa e kakai ʻe toko fitu miliona kuo nau tali pea kau ʻi hono fanongonongo ʻa e pōpoaki: “Fai homou fakalelei mo e ʻOtua.” Ko e moʻoni, ko e muʻaki kau sevāniti ko ia ʻa Sihová ko e kau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei kinautolu ʻo e mamahiʻi meʻá neongo ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakangatangatá.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ki aí?
13 Ko e fakamatala ʻa Paula ‘vakai mai, Ko eni pe taimi matuʻaki fakahōifuá’ ʻoku kei moʻoni ia. Ko kitautolu kuo tau hokosia ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa Sihová ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻi hono ʻomai kia kitautolu ʻa e faingamālie ke fanongo ai mo tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e fakaleleí. ʻI he ʻikai ongoʻi fakataʻetaʻehohaʻá, ʻoku tau tokanga ki he ngaahi lea hono hoko ʻa Paulá: “Oku mau fakakolekole foki ke oua naa mou maʻu tonoa [“liʻaki ʻa e taumuʻa,” NW] ae ofa ae Otua.” (2 Kol. 6:1, PM) Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ke “fakalelei ʻa mamani mo hono finangalo” fakafou ʻia Kalaisi.—2 Kol. 5:19.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ʻoku ʻatā ʻi he ngaahi fonua lahi?
14 Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻi hono fakakuihi ʻe Sētané, ʻoku nau kei mavahe mei he ʻOtuá pea taʻeʻilo ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá. (2 Kol. 4:3, 4; 1 Sione 5:19) Kae kehe, ko e kovi ange ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e māmaní kuo fakatupunga ai ʻa e tokolahi ke nau tali ʻi hono fakahaaʻi ange ko e mavahe mei he ʻOtuá ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e kovi mo e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e tangatá. Naʻa mo e ngaahi fonua ʻa ia ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai aí kuo nau taʻemahuʻingaʻia ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá, ʻoku tali ai ʻi he taimí ni ʻe he tokolahi ʻa e ongoongo leleí pea ngāue ke hoko ai ʻo fakalelei mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau mahinoʻi leva ko e taimi eni kia kitautolu ke tau mamahiʻi lahi ange ai ʻa hono fakaongo atu ʻa e fakakolekole: “Fai homou fakalelei mo e ʻOtua”?
15. ʻI he ʻikai malangaʻi ha pōpoaki ke ʻai ke ongo leleí, ʻoku tau loto ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kakai ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e hā?
15 Ko ʻetau ngāué ʻoku ʻikai ko hono tala pē ki he kakaí kapau te nau tafoki ki he ʻOtuá, te ne tokoniʻi kinautolu fakataha mo e kotoa ʻo ʻenau ngaahi palopalemá pea te nau ongoʻi lelei ange ai. Ko e tokolahi ʻoku nau kumi pē ki he meʻa ko iá ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau ō ai ki he lotú, pea ʻoku vēkeveke ʻa e ngaahi lotú ke fakahoko ʻa e holi ko ení. (2 Tim. 4:3, 4) ʻOku ʻikai ko e taumuʻa ia ʻo ʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e ongoongo lelei ʻoku tau malangaʻí, ko e pehē ko Sihová ʻi heʻene ʻofá, ʻokú ne loto-lelei ke fakamolemoleʻi ʻa e angahalá fakafou ʻia Kalaisi. Ko ia ai, ʻe lava ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ke ʻatā mai mei he mavahé pea nau hoko ʻo fakalelei mo e ʻOtuá. (Loma 5:10; 8:32) Kae kehe, ‘ko e taimi matuaki fakahōifuá’ ʻoku vave ʻa ʻene ʻalu ke ngatá.
“ʻI Homou Laumalie, Mou Loto Mafana”
16. ʻI he tuʻunga ʻo Paulá, ko e hā naʻá ne tokoniʻi ia ke ne loto-toʻa mo mamahiʻi meʻá?
16 ʻE lava fēfē leva ke tau fakatupulekina pea tauhi maʻu ʻetau mamahiʻi ʻa e lotu moʻoní? ʻOku natula mā nai pe fakalongolongo ʻa e niʻihi pea ʻoku nau faingataʻaʻia nai ke fakamaheni pe fakafeohi. Kae kehe, ʻoku lelei ke manatuʻi ko e mamahiʻi meʻá ʻoku ʻikai ko hano fakahāhā pē ʻi tuʻa ʻo e ongoʻí pe fiefiá; pea ʻoku ʻikai fakatuʻunga ia ʻi hoto angaʻitangatá. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e foungá ʻi heʻene fakaʻaiʻai hono kaungā Kalisitiané: “ʻI homou laumalie, mou loto mafana.” (Loma 12:11) Naʻe fakahoko ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ha tafaʻaki tefito ʻi he loto-toʻa mo e kātaki ʻa e ʻapositoló ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. Mei he taimi naʻe ui ai ia ʻe Sīsuú ʻo aʻu ki hono tuku pilīsone fakaʻosí mo ʻene mate fakamaʻata ʻi Lomá—ko ha vahaʻa taimi laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 30—naʻe ʻikai ke hōloa ʻa e mamahiʻi meʻa ʻa Paulá. Naʻá ne hanga maʻu pē ki he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia fakafou ʻi he laumālié naʻá Ne ʻoange ai kia Paula ʻa e mālohi naʻe fiemaʻú. “ʻOku ou mafeia ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ʻiate ia ʻoku ne fakakaukaua au,” ko ʻene leá ia. (Fili. 4:13) He lava moʻoni ē ke tau maʻu ʻaonga kapau te tau ako mei heʻene faʻifaʻitakiʻangá!
17. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ‘loto mafana ʻi he laumalié’?
17 Ko e foʻi lea naʻe liliu ko e “loto mafana” ʻoku ʻuhinga fakafoʻilea iá ko e “lili.” (Kingdom Interlinear) Ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e lili ʻa ha tikatele vai, ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ha vela hokohoko ʻa e afí. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ke tau ‘loto mafana ʻi he laumalié,’ ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ha tafe hokohoko ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko e founga ke maʻu ai iá ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki kotoa ʻoku ʻai ʻe Sihova ke fakaivimālohiʻi fakalaumālie ʻaki kitautolú. ʻOku ʻuhinga iá ke fakakaukau fakamātoato ki heʻetau lotu fakafāmilí mo fakaefakatahaʻangá—ʻo tuʻu maʻu ʻi he ako fakafoʻituituí mo fakafāmilí, ʻi he lotú, pea ʻi he fakataha mo hotau kaungā Kalisitiané. ʻE tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he meʻa ko iá ke tau maʻu ʻa e “afí” ke fakatolonga ʻa e “lilí” ʻa ia te ne ʻai ke tau hanganaki ‘loto mafana ʻi he laumalié.’—Lau ʻa e Ngāue 4:20; 18:5.
18. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi fakatapuí, ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻoku totonu ke tau tokangataha ki aí?
18 Ko ha tokotaha ʻosi fakatapui ko e tokotaha ia ʻoku tokangataha fakaʻaufuli ki ha taumuʻa pea ʻoku ʻikai fakahohaʻasi ngofua pe ʻai ke ne loto-siʻi mei he tuli ki he taumuʻa ko iá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi fakatapuí, ko ʻetau taumuʻá ke fai ha meʻa pē ʻoku fiemaʻu mai ʻe Sihova ke tau fai, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú. (Hep. 10:7) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e finangalo ia ʻo Sihová ke hoko ʻo fakalelei mo ia ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻe ala lavá. Ko ia ai, tau ngāue ʻo mamahiʻi meʻa—ʻi he faʻifaʻitaki kia Sīsū mo Paula—ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga taha, ʻio, mo fakavavevave ko ení he ʻahó ni.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻa e “tala ʻo e fakalelei” naʻe tuku kia Paula mo e kau Kalisitiane pani kehé?
• Kuo anga-fēfē hono ngāueleleiʻaki ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻa e ‘taimi matuaki fakahōifuá’?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke ‘loto mafana ʻi he laumalié’ ʻa e kau faifekau Kalisitiané?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 12]
Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻia Paula ʻa ʻene fetaulaki mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí