Ko Siopé—Ko ha Tangata ʻo e Kātaki mo e Anga-Tonu
“Kuo ke tokangaʻi ʻa ʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Siope? ʻa e ʻikai ha taha ʻi mamani ʻoku tatau mo ia? he ko e tangata haohaoa mo angatonu, ʻoku ʻapasia ki he ʻOtua mo afe mei he kovi.”—SIOPE 1:8.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé? (e) Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e moʻui ʻa Siopé ʻi he ki muʻa ke ne tofanga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakamamahí.
NAʻE ʻi ai ha tangata naʻe hā ngali naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē, ʻa e koloa, tuʻunga, moʻuilelei, mo ha moʻui fakafāmili fiefia. Pea naʻá ne tofanga tuʻo tolu ʻi ha meʻa fakamamahi ʻo taulōfuʻu. Fakafokifā, ne mole ʻene koloá. Ko hono hokó, ne toʻo atu ʻe ha afā anga-kehe ʻa e moʻui ʻa ʻene fānaú kotoa. Taimi siʻi pē mei ai, ne ʻohofia ia ʻe ha mahaki fakaʻauʻausino ʻo kāpui ai hono sinó kotoa ʻe he ngaahi hangatāmaki langa lahi. Mahalo pē ʻokú ke fakatokangaʻi ko e tangata ko iá ko Siope, ko ha tokotaha tefito ʻi he tohi ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻoku uiʻaki hono hingoá.—Siope, vahe 1 mo e 2.
2 Naʻá ne tautoʻe: “Taumaiā ke u hange ko e ngaahi mahina muʻa.” (Siope 3:3; 29:2) ʻI he hoko ʻa e fakatamakí, ko hai ia ʻe taʻefakaʻamu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e kuohilí? ʻI he fekauʻaki mo Siopé, naʻá ne moʻui ʻi ha moʻui taau, ʻo hā ngali naʻá ne malu ai mei he tuʻutāmakí. Naʻe tokaʻi ia ʻe he kakai ʻiloá mo nau kumi ki heʻene faleʻí. (Siope 29:5-11) Naʻá ne koloaʻia, ka naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau totonu ki he paʻangá. (Siope 31:24, 25, 28) ʻI he taimi naʻá ne fetaulaki ai mo e kau uitou pe kau paea masivá, naʻá ne tokoniʻi kinautolu. (Siope 29:12-16) Pea naʻá ne nofo faitōnunga ki hono uaifí.—Siope 31:1, 9, 11.
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Sihova kia Siopé?
3 Naʻe taki ʻa Siope ʻi he moʻui taʻemelé koeʻuhí naʻá ne lotu ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova: “ʻA e ʻikai ha taha ʻi mamani ʻoku tatau mo ia? he ko e tangata haohaoa mo angatonu, ʻoku ʻapasia ki he ʻOtua mo afe mei he kovi.” (Siope 1:1, 8) Ka neongo ʻa e anga-tonu fakaeʻulungāanga ʻa Siopé, ne fakaʻauha ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakamamahí ʻene founga moʻui fiemālié. Naʻe mole atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa naʻá ne ngāueʻí, pea ko ʻene loto-toʻa moʻoní ne ʻahiʻahiʻi ia ʻe he langa, loto-mamahi mo e ongoʻi feifeitamaki.
4. Ko e hā ʻe ʻaonga ai ke fakakaukau atu ki he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo Siopé?
4 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ko Siope pē ʻa e sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo tofanga fakafoʻituitui ʻi ha tuʻutāmakí. ʻOku tokolahi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku malava noa pē ke nau lave ki heʻenau ngaahi hokosia meimei tatau mo ia naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ʻení, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻe ua ʻoku taau ke tau fakakaukau ki ai: ʻE malava fēfē ʻe he manatuʻi ʻo e ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo Siopé ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo ha meʻa fakamamahí? Pea ʻi he founga fē ʻe malava ai ʻe he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo Siopé ke ne akoʻi kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo kaungāongoʻi lahi ange ki he faʻahinga kehe ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá?
Ko ha ʻĪsiu Fekauʻaki mo e Mateakí mo ha ʻAhiʻahiʻi ʻo e Anga-Tonú
5. Fakatatau kia Sētane, ko e hā naʻe tauhi ai ʻe Siope ʻa e ʻOtuá?
5 Naʻe kehe ʻa e meʻa ia fekauʻaki mo Siopé. Naʻe fehuʻia ʻe he Tēvoló ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo hono tauhi ʻe Siope ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ʻikai ke ʻilo ki ai ʻa Siope ia. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo ha fakatahataha ʻi hēvani, naʻe fakahanga ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokangá ki he ngaahi ʻulungāanga lelei ʻo Siopé, naʻe tali ʻe Sētane: “ʻIkai kuo ke ʻaʻi takai ia mo hono fale, mo e meʻa kotoa ʻoku ne maʻu?” Naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe Sētane naʻe ueʻi ʻa Siope ʻe he siokita, pea fakahuʻuhuʻu pehē ki he kau sevāniti kehe kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sētane kia Sihova: “Ala atu muʻa ki heʻene ngaahi meʻa; pea talaatu te ne matuʻaki tafuli meiate koe.”—Siope 1:8-11.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻīsiu mahuʻinga naʻe langaʻi hake ʻe Sētané?
6 Ko ha ʻīsiu mahuʻinga ia. Naʻe poleʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa e founga ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa hono tuʻunga-haú. ʻOku malava moʻoni ki he ʻOtuá ke ne puleʻi ʻa e ʻunivēsí ʻi he ʻofa? Pe hangē ko ia naʻe fakahuʻuhuʻu ki ai ʻa Sētané, ʻe ʻosi angé ʻe ikuna maʻu pē ʻa e siokitá ia? Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova ʻa e Tēvoló ke ne ʻai ʻa Siope ko ha siviʻanga ia, ʻi he loto-falala ki he anga-tonu mo e mateaki ʻa ʻEne sevānití. Ko ia, ko Sētane tonu naʻá ne fakahoko mai ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki naʻe tofanga ai ʻa Siopé ʻo taulōfuʻú. ʻI he taʻelavameʻa ʻa Sētane ʻi heʻene ngaahi ʻuluaki ʻohó, naʻá ne fakamamahiʻi leva ʻa Siope ʻaki ha mahaki langa lahi. “Ko e kili pe ia telia ha kili: ʻio, ʻe ʻatu ʻe ha tangata ʻene meʻa kotoa telia ʻene moʻui,” ko e taukaveʻi ia ʻe he Tēvoló.—Siope 2:4.
7. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku tō ai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ní ki he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi meimei tatau mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻo Siopé?
7 Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke faingataʻaʻia ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ia ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Siopé, ʻoku fakamamahiʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi faʻahinga mamahi kehekehe. Kuo mate ʻa e niʻihi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau tuí. ʻOku fehangahangai ʻa e tokolahi mo e fakatanga pe ngaahi palopalema fakafāmili. ʻOku malava ke fakatupu lōmekina ʻa e faingataʻaʻia fakaʻekonōmiká mo e mahamahakí. Kuo mate ʻa e niʻihi koeʻuhi ko ʻenau tuí. Ko ia ai, kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau fakamahalo ko Sētane tonu ʻokú ne fakatupunga ʻa e meʻa fakamamahi taki taha ʻoku tau tofanga aí. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku malava ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ia ʻe niʻihi mei heʻetau ngaahi fehālaaki pē ia ʻa kitautolu pe tupu mei ha tuʻunga tukufakaholo. (Kaletia 6:7) Pea ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku tau tō ki he ngaahi haʻahaʻa ʻo e taʻumotuʻá pea mo e ngaahi fakatamaki fakanatulá. ʻOku fakamahino mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻo pehē ko e lolotonga ní ʻoku ʻikai ke maluʻi fakaemana ai ʻe Sihova ʻene kau sevānití mei he ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi ko ʻení.—Koheleti 9:11.
8. ʻI he founga fē nai ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi mamahi ʻoku tau tofanga aí?
8 Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ngāueʻaki nai ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi mamahi ʻoku tau tofanga aí ke fakavaivaiʻi ai ʻetau tuí. Naʻe lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki heʻene hoko ʻo faingataʻaʻia ʻi ha “tolounua i he kakano, koe mea fekau a Setan[e],” naʻe hanganaki “tukiʻi” ia ʻe he meʻa ko iá. (2 Kolinito 12:7, PM) Tatau ai pē pe ko ha palopalema fakaesino ʻeni, hangē ko e kovi ʻa e sió, pe ko ha meʻa kehe, naʻe mahinoʻi ʻe Paula naʻe malava ʻe Sētane ke ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e palopalema ko iá pea mo e ongoʻi feifeitamaki naʻe tupu mei aí ke toʻo atu ʻaki meia Paula ʻene fiefiá mo ʻene anga-tonú. (Palovepi 24:10) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai nai ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí, ngaahi kaungā akó, pe naʻa mo e ngaahi puleʻanga fakaaoaó ke nau fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha founga.
9. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau fuʻu ʻohovale tōtuʻa ʻi he faingataʻá pe fakatangá?
9 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau lavameʻa ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi palopalemá ni? ʻAki ʻetau vakai kiate kinautolu ko ha faingamālie ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻoku ʻikai ke feliliuaki ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová mo ʻetau moʻulaloa ki hono tuʻunga-haú. (Semisi 1:2-4) Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo ʻetau faingataʻaʻiá, ko hono mahinoʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e mateaki ki he ʻOtuá te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau mafamafatatau fakalaumālié. Naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ki he kau Kalisitiané: “Siʻi ʻofaʻanga, ʻoua te mou ofo ʻi he vela kuo hoko kiate kimoutolu moʻomou ʻahiʻahiʻi, ʻo hange ko ha meʻa foʻou ia kuo hoko noa atu.” (1 Pita 4:12) Pea naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Paula: “Ko kinautolu kotoa pe ʻoku loto ke moʻui lotu moʻoni ʻia Kalaisi Sisu ʻe fakatanga kinautolu foki.” (2 Timote 3:12) ʻOku kei poleʻi pē ʻe Sētane ʻa e anga-tonu ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne fai ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo Siopé. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kuo fakalahi ʻe Sētane ʻene ʻohofi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni.—Fakahā 12:9, 17.
Ko ha Maʻuhala mo e Faleʻi Kovi
10. Ko e hā ʻa e taʻeʻilo naʻe tofanga ai ʻa Siopé?
10 Naʻe tofanga ʻa Siope ʻi ha taʻeʻilo, ko ha taʻeʻilo ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke tau hokosia. Naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe hoko ai ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá kiate iá. Naʻe fakamulituku hala ʻa Siope ʻo pehē “ko Sihova naʻa ne foaki, pea ko Sihova kuo ne toʻo atu.” (Siope 1:21) Naʻe feinga tōtōivi nai ʻa Sētane ke ne ʻai ʻa Siope ke fakakaukau ko e ʻOtuá naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻene faingataʻaʻiá.
11. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e tali ʻa Siope ki he ngaahi fakatamaki naʻá ne maʻú.
11 Naʻe hoko ʻa Siope ʻo mātuʻaki loto-siʻi, neongo naʻá ne fakafisi ke leakovi ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ange ʻe hono uaifí ke ne faí. (Siope 2:9, 10) ‘ʻOku hā ngali ʻoku ʻi he tuʻunga lelei ʻaupito ange ʻa e kau angahalá ia ʻiate au,’ ko ʻene leá ia. (Siope 21:7-9) ‘Ko e hā ʻoku tauteaʻi ai au ʻe he ʻOtuá?’ kuo pau pē ko ʻene fifilí ia. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi taimi naʻá ne fiemaʻu ai ʻe ia ke ne mate. “Taumaiā ke ke faʻo au ʻi Hetesi! ʻO ke fufū au kaeʻoua ke lolou hoʻo houhau na!” ko ʻene kalangá ia.—Siope 14:13.
12, 13. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono hanga ʻe he ngaahi fakamatala ʻa e ngaahi takanga ʻe toko tolu ʻo Siopé ʻo uesia iá?
12 Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi takanga ʻo Siope ʻe toko tolu naʻa nau ʻaʻahi kiate ia, ʻa ia ko e taumuʻá ke “mamahi mo ia mo nau fakafiemalieʻi ia.” (Siope 2:11, PM) Kae kehe, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ko e “kau fakafiemalie fakamamahi” kinautolu. (Siope 16:2, PM) Naʻe mei maʻu ʻaonga nai ʻa Siope mei he ngaahi kaumeʻa ko ia te ne malava ke vahevahe atu ki ai hono ngaahi palopalemá, ka naʻe toe fakalahi atu ʻe he toko tolú ni ia ʻa e puputuʻu ʻa Siopé mo ʻene ngaahi ongoʻi feifeitamakí.—Siope 19:2; 26:2.
13 ʻOku ʻuhingamālie ke pehē naʻe ʻeke hifo nai ʻe Siope kiate ia tonu: ‘Ko e hā ʻoku hoko mai ai kiate aú? Ko e hā kuó u fai ʻo iku hoko mai ai ʻa e ngaahi fakatamakí ni kotoa kiate aú?’ Naʻe ʻoange ʻe hono ngaahi takangá ha ngaahi fakamatala naʻe mātuʻaki takihalaʻi. Naʻa nau fakamahalo naʻe fakahoko mai pē ʻe Siope kiate ia tonu ʻa ʻene faingataʻaʻiá ʻi heʻene fakahoko ha angahala mamafa. “Ko hai kuo ʻauha taʻehalaia?” ko e fehuʻi ia ʻa ʻElifasí. “Ko ʻeku vakai ʻaku, ko kinautolu ʻoku ngoueʻaki ʻa e kovi, mo kinautolu ʻoku to ʻa e fakamamahi, ko kinautolu ʻoku utu ʻa e meʻa ko ia.”—Siope 4:7, 8.
14. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau tafoki hake pē ʻo fakafehokotaki ha faingataʻaʻia ki ha ʻulungāanga taʻetotonú?
14 Ko e moʻoni, ʻe malanga hake nai ha ngaahi palopalema kapau ʻoku tau tūtuuʻi ʻi he kakanó kae ʻikai ʻi he laumālié. (Kaletia 6:7, 8) Kae kehe, ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení, ʻoku malava ke malanga hake ʻa e faingataʻá ia tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hotau ʻulungāangá. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito malava ke pehē ia ʻoku hao ʻa e tonuhiá mei he fakatamaki kotoa pē. Ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻá ne ‘taʻemele; ʻo mavahe mei he kakai angahalá,’ naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia ʻi ha pekia langa lahi ʻi ha ʻakau fakamamahi, pea naʻe faingataʻaʻia mo e ʻapositolo ko Sēmisí ʻi ha mate fakamaʻata. (Hepelu 7:26; Ngāue 12:1, 2) Naʻe hanga ʻe he fakaʻuhinga hala ʻa ʻElifasi mo hono ongo takangá ʻo ueʻi ʻa Siope ke ne taukapoʻi hono ongoongó pea vilitaki ʻi heʻene tonuhiá. Pehē foki, naʻe hanga ʻe heʻenau ngaahi fakamatematē tuʻukāivi ʻo pehē naʻe tuha pē ʻa Siope ia mo ʻene faingataʻaʻiá ʻo tākiekina nai ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Siope ki he fakamaau totonu ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Siope 34:5; 35:2.
Ko Hono Maʻu ʻa e Tokoní ʻi he Fehangahangai mo e Mamahí
15. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau ʻe tokoni kiate kitautolu ʻi he fehangahangai mo e faingataʻá?
15 ʻOku ʻi ai ha lēsoni heni kiate kitautolu? ʻOku hā ngali mātuʻaki taʻetotonu nai ʻa e hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahí, mahamahakí pe fakatangá. ʻOku hā ngali ʻoku hao ʻa e kakai kehé ia mei he konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi palopalema peheé. (Sāme 73:3-12) ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, kuo pau nai ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu ʻa e ongo fehuʻi tefito ko ʻení: ‘ʻOku hanga ʻe heʻeku ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻo ueʻi au ke u tauhi Ia tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ha meʻa ʻe hoko? ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ke u ʻave kia Sihova ha “tali kiate ia oku manuki kiate Iá?”’ (Palovepi 27:11, PM; Mātiu 22:37) Kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa tau fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala taʻefakakaukauʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau veiveiua fekauʻaki mo ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. Ko ha Kalisitiane faitōnunga ʻa ia naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia ʻi ha mahaki tauhi ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi naʻe tuʻo taha ʻene pehē: “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ko ha meʻa pē ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova, te u lava pē ke kātakiʻi. ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi te ne ʻomai kiate au ʻa e mālohi ʻoku fiemaʻú. Kuó ne fai pehē maʻu pē.”
16. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku tokonaki mai ai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e tokoni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻá?
16 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi founga ʻa Sētané, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻe kitautolu ha mahino ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ia ʻe Siope. “Talaʻehai ʻoku ʻufikaua ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi faliunga ʻa e toko taha ko ia” pe ko ʻene ngaahi filioʻi koví. (2 Kolinito 2:11) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku tau maʻu ha tokonaki lahi fau ʻo e poto ʻaonga ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke tau hanga ki ai. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e kau tangata mo e kau fefine faitōnunga naʻa nau kātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga faingataʻa kotoa pē. Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia lahi ange ia ʻi he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Kalisitiané, naʻá ne tohi: “Koe gaahi mea kotoabe nae tohi i muʻa, nae tohi ko ho tau akonaki, koeuhi koe mea i he faa kataki moe fakafiemalie oe gaahi tohi, ke tau maʻu ai ae amanaki lelei.” (Loma 15:4, PM) Ko ha Fakamoʻoni ʻe taha ʻi ʻIulope naʻe tuku pilīsone koeʻuhi ko ʻene tuí ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e tau hono uá naʻá ne fakafetongi ʻene meʻakai ki he ʻaho ʻe tolú ʻaki ha Tohi Tapu. “He fakakoloa lahi ē ko e foʻi fakafetongi ko iá!” ko ʻene leá ia. “Neongo ʻeku fiekaia moʻoní, naʻá ku maʻu ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie naʻá ne tokoniʻi au pea pehē ki he niʻihi kehé ʻi homau ngaahi ʻahiʻahi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi taimi faingataʻa ko iá. Kuó u tauhi ʻa e Tohi Tapu ko iá ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni.”
17. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki fakaʻotua ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau kātakí?
17 Tuku kehe ʻa e fakafiemālie mei he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku tau maʻu ha ngaahi tokoni lahi ki hono ako ʻo e Tohi Tapú ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e tataki ʻaonga ke fekuki ʻaki mo e ngaahi palopalemá. Kapau te ke kumi ki he Watch Tower Publications Index, te ke maʻu nai ai ha meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe ha kaungā Kalisitiane ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ha ʻahiʻahi meimei tatau mo ho ʻahiʻahí. (1 Pita 5:9) ʻE toe ʻaonga nai ke ke lāulea ki ho ngaahi tuʻungá pea mo ha kau mātuʻa pe ko ha kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa kehe ʻoku nau kaungāongoʻi. Hiliō ai, fakafou ʻi he lotú, ʻe lava ke ke fakafalala ki he tokoni meia Sihova mo hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono talitekeʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e ‘tuki’ ʻa Sētané? ʻI he ako ke falala ki he mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá. (2 Kolinito 12:9, 10) Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku ou mafeia ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ʻiate ia ʻoku ne fakakaukaua au.”—Filipai 4:13.
18. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku malava ai ʻe ha ngaahi kaungā Kalisitiane ke fai ha fakalototoʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga?
18 Ko ia ai, ʻoku ala maʻu ʻa e tokoní, pea ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua ʻaupito te ke toumoua ke kumi ki ai. “Naʻa ke vaivai koā ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e faingataʻa, ta ʻoku fakangatangata pe ho ivi,” ko e lau ia ʻa e palōvēpí. (Palovepi 24:10) Hangē pē ko e malava ʻe he ʻumeʻumeá ke ne keina ha fuʻu pou ukameá, ʻoku malava ʻe he loto-siʻí ke ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e anga-tonu ʻa ha Kalisitiane. Ke fakafepakiʻi ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ko ʻení, ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻa e poupou fakafou mai ʻi hotau kaungā sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe hā ha ʻāngelo kia Sīsū ʻo ne fakaivimālohiʻi ia ʻi he pō naʻe puke ai iá. (Luke 22:43) ʻI he lolotonga ʻene fononga ki Loma ko ha pōpulá, naʻe fai ai ʻe Paula ha “fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, mo ne maʻu ai ha toʻa” ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fetaulaki ai mo e fanga tokouá ʻi he Faiʻanga Fakatau ʻo ʻApiai Folo mo Faletolú. (Ngāue 28:15) ʻOku kei manatuʻi ʻe ha Fakamoʻoni Siamane ʻa e tokoni naʻá ne maʻu ʻi heʻene aʻu atu ki he kemi fakamamahi ko Ravensbrück ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha taʻu hongofulu tupu tailiili. “Ne ʻiloʻi au ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻe ha kaungā Kalisitiane peá ne talitali loto-māfana au,” ko ʻene manatuʻí ia. “Naʻe tokoniʻi au ʻe he tuofefine faitōnunga ʻe taha, pea naʻá ne hoko ʻo hangē ha faʻē fakalaumālie kiate aú.”
“Ke Fai Agatonu Be”
19. Ko e hā naʻá ne tokoniʻi ʻa Siope ke ne talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa Sētané?
19 Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Siope ko ha tangata naʻá ne “kuku mau be ene agatonu.” (Siope 2:3, PM) Neongo ʻa e ongoʻi loto-siʻi mo ʻikai mahinoʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia aí, naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke fakaveiveiua ʻa Siope ʻi he ʻīsiu tefito fekauʻaki mo e mateakí. Naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻikaiʻi ʻe Siope ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko ia naʻe pau ke ne moʻui mai aí. Naʻá ne vilitaki: “Teu mate be ka e ikai teu tukuage eku agatonu meiate au.”—Siope 27:5, PM.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻa e kātakí?
20 Ko ha fakapapauʻi meimei tatau te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau anga-tonú ʻi he malumalu ʻo ha faʻahinga tuʻunga pē, ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi fakatauelé, fakafepakí, pe ko ha meʻa fakamamahi. “Oua naa ke manavahe ki ha mea i he gaahi mea koia te ke mamahi ai,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsū ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sīmaná. “Vakai, e li e he tevolo a ho mou niihi ki he fale fakabobula, ko ho mou ahiahiʻi, bea te mou moua i he mamahi [faingataʻa, loto-mamahi, pe fakafeʻātungia] i he aho e hogofulu: ka ke fai agatonu be o aʻu ki he mate, bea teu foaki kiate koe ae bale oe moui.”—Fakahā 2:10, PM.
21, 22. ʻI hono kātakiʻi ʻa e mamahí, ko e hā ʻa e ʻilo ʻe lava ke ne fakafiemālieʻi kitautolú?
21 ʻI he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻeni ʻoku puleʻi ʻe Sētané, ʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ai ʻetau kātakí mo ʻetau anga-tonú. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe Sīsū kiate kitautolu ʻi heʻetau hanga atu ki he kahaʻú, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻuhinga ke tau manavahē ai. Ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻingá ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku tau anga-tonu. Ko e ‘mamahí oku ojigofua,’ ko e lea ia ʻa Paulá, lolotonga iá ko e “lelei” pe pale ʻoku talaʻofa mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolú “oku lahi hake fakamanavahe aubito aubito bea mamafa mo taegata.” (2 Kolinito 4:17, 18, PM) Naʻa mo e mamahi ʻo Siopé naʻe fakataimi pē ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he ngaahi taʻu lahi fakafiefia naʻá ne maʻu ki muʻa pea mo e hili ʻa hono ʻahiʻahiʻí.—Siope 42:16.
22 Ka, ʻoku ʻi ai nai ha ngaahi taimi ʻi heʻetau moʻuí ʻoku hā ngali taʻetoengata ai hotau ngaahi ʻahiʻahí pea hā ngali meimei taʻealakātakiʻi nai ʻetau faingataʻaʻiá. ʻI he kupu hoko maí, te tau lāulea ai ki he founga ʻoku malava ke akoʻi mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻe he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Siopé ha toe ngaahi lēsoni ʻi he kātakí. Te tau toe sio ai ki he ngaahi founga ʻa ia ʻe malava ke tau fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e faingataʻá.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ʻīsiu tefito naʻe langaʻi hake ʻe Sētane ʻo fekauʻaki mo e anga-tonu ʻa Siopé?
• Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau fuʻu ʻohovale tōtuʻa ʻi he faingataʻá?
• ʻI he founga fē ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ʻe Sihova ke tau kātakí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Ko e fekumí, talanoa mo e kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻá, mo hono huaʻi atu hotau lotó ʻi he lotú ʻe malava ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau kātaki