Ko e Mālohi ʻo e Lotú
ʻOku tō ʻa e laʻaá ʻi he kolo ko Nēhoa ʻi he Hahake Lotolotó. ʻOku aʻu atu ki ai ha tangata Sīlia ko ʻEliesa mo ha ʻotu kāmeli ʻe hongofulu, ʻi ha vaitupu ʻi tuʻa ʻi he koló. Neongo ʻa e ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻa ʻene helaʻia mo fieinuá, ʻoku hohaʻa lahi ange ʻa ʻEliesa ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Kuó ne fononga mai mei ha fonua muli ke kumi ha uaifi maʻá e foha ʻo hono ʻeikí. ʻIkai ngata aí, kuo pau ke ne kumi ʻa e uaifi ko ení mei he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e ngaahi kāinga ʻo hono ʻeikí. ʻE anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene fakahoko ʻa e fatongia faingataʻa ko ení?
ʻOKU tui ʻa ʻEliesa ki he mālohi ʻo e lotú. ʻAki ʻa e tui ʻoku taau ke tokangaʻi, hangē ha tamasiʻí, ʻokú ne fai ai ʻa e kole anga-fakatōkilalo ko ení: “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku ʻeiki ko Epalahame, ke ke fakataʻimalieʻi au he ʻaho ni, mo ke fai ʻofa ki heʻeku ʻeiki ko Epalahame. Ko eni ʻoku ou tuʻu ʻi he ngutu vai, pea ʻe haʻu ʻa e fanau fefine ʻo e kakai ʻo e kolo ke ʻutu vai: pea ʻilonga ʻa e taʻahine te u pehe ki ai, ʻE, matule mai hoʻo siā ke u inu; pea ka tali mai ʻe ia, Inu pe, pea te u fakainu foki mo hoʻo fanga kameli: ʻofa ko e fefine ia kuo ke tuʻutuʻuni maʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko Aisake: pea u ʻilo ai kuo ke fai ʻofa ki heʻeku ʻeiki.”—Senesi 24:12-14.
Ko e tuipau ʻa ʻEliesa ki he mālohi ʻo e lotú ʻoku ʻikai ke kulanoa. He ko ē, ko e ʻuluaki fefine moʻoni ʻoku haʻu ki he vaitupú ko e mokopuna ia ʻo e tokoua ʻo ʻĒpalahamé! Ko hono hingoá ko Lepeka, pea ʻokú ne taʻemali, ʻulungaanga maʻa, mo hoihoifua. ʻOku taau ke tokangaʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene ʻoange kia ʻEliesa ha inú ka ʻokú ne fokotuʻu anga-ʻofa ange ke ne fakahauhau ʻa e fieinua ʻa ʻene fanga kāmelí kotoa. Ki mui ai, hili ha fakataha fakafāmili, ʻoku tali loto-lelei ʻe Lepeka ke foki mo ʻEliesa ki ha fonua mamaʻo ke ne hoko ko e uaifi ʻo e foha ʻo ʻĒpalahame ko ʻAisaké. Ko ha tali mataʻāʻā mo mahino ē ki he lotu ʻa ʻEliesá ʻi ha taimi naʻe tātātaha ai ʻa e kau fakaemana mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokó!
ʻOku lava ke tau ako ʻa e meʻa lahi mei he lotu ʻa ʻEliesá. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa ʻene tui, anga-fakatōkilalo, mo e tokanga taʻesiokita tuʻu-ki-muʻa ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Naʻe toe hā ʻi he lotu ʻa ʻEliesá ʻa ʻene moʻulaloa ki he founga ʻo e feangainga ʻa Sihova mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻá ne lāuʻilo ki he pīkitai makehe ʻa e ʻOtuá kia ʻĒpalahamé pea pehē ki Heʻene talaʻofa ʻe hoko mai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻi he kahaʻú ki he kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakafou ʻia ʻĒpalahamé. (Senesi 12:3) Ko ia ai, naʻe kamata ʻe ʻEliesa ʻa ʻene lotú ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi leá ni: “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku ʻeiki ko Epalahame.”
Ko Sīsū Kalaisí ko e hako ia ʻo ʻĒpalahame ʻa ia ʻe hoko ko e fouʻanga ia ki he tāpuaki ʻo e faʻahinga talangofua kotoa ʻo e tangatá. (Senesi 22:18) Kapau ʻoku tau loto ke tali mai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻetau ngaahi lotú, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻiloʻi anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa e founga ʻo e feangainga ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakafou ʻi hono ʻAló. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi: “Kapau te mou nofo maʻu ʻiate au, pea kapau ʻe nofo maʻu ʻeku ngaahi lea ʻiate kimoutolu, pea neongo pe ko e hā te mou loto ki ai, mou kole, pea ʻe fai kiate kimoutolu.”—Sione 15:7.
Ko ha tokotaha muimui ʻo Kalaisi ʻa ia naʻá ne hokosia ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi lea ko eni ʻa Sīsuú ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá. Ko ʻene tui ki he mālohi ʻo e lotú naʻe ʻikai moʻoni ke kulanoa. Naʻá ne fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kaungā Kalisitiané ke ʻave ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻenau ngaahi loto-moʻuá ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he lotu pea fakamoʻoniʻi: “ʻOku ou mafeia ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ʻiate ia ʻoku ne fakakaukaua au.” (Filipai 4:6, 7, 13) ʻOku ʻuhinga ení ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi kole ʻa Paula ʻi he lotu ki he ʻOtuá naʻe fakahoko? Tau sio angé.
ʻIkai ke Fakahoko ʻa e Ngaahi Kole Kotoa Pē
ʻI heʻene ngāue fakafaifekau taʻesiokitá, naʻe faingataʻaʻia ai ʻa Paula ʻi he meʻa naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ko ‘ha foto ʻi he kakanó.’ (2 Kolinito 12:7) Naʻe lava ke hoko nai eni ko e mafasia fakaeʻatamai mo fakaeongo naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he kau fakafepakí mo e “fanga tokoua loí.” (2 Kolinito 11:26, NW; Kaletia 2:4) Pe ko e tupu nai ʻi ha taʻefiemālie fakaesino ʻi ha mahaki tauhi ʻo e matá. (Kaletia 4:15) Ko e hā pē ʻa e tuʻungá, ko e ‘foto [ko eni] ʻi he kakanó’ naʻá ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa Paula. “Naʻe tuʻo tolu ʻeku kole ki he ʻEiki ʻi he toko taha ko ia, ke ne hiki meiate au,” ko ʻene tohí ia. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ke fakahoko ʻa e kole ʻa Paulá. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi kia Paula ko e ngaahi ʻaonga fakalaumālie kuó ne ʻosi maʻu mei he ʻOtuá, hangē ko e mālohi ke kātekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, naʻe feʻunga ia. ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: ‘ʻOku toki ha hoku iví kotoa he tuʻu ʻi he vaivaí.’—2 Kolinito 12:8, 9.
Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he ongo fakatātā ʻia ʻEliesa mo Paulá? ʻOku fanongo moʻoni ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi lotu ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau kumi anga-fakatōkilalo ke tauhi kiate iá. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga eni ia ʻokú ne fakahoko maʻu pē ʻenau ngaahi kolé koeʻuhi he ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ha vakai mamaʻo ki he ngaahi meʻá. ʻOkú ne ʻafioʻi lelei ange ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei taha kiate kitautolú. Ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi angé, ʻokú ne ngāue maʻu pē ʻo fehoanaki mo ʻene taumuʻa kuo ʻosi fakahaá hangē ko ia ʻoku hiki ʻi he Tohitapú.
Ko ha Taimi ki he Fakamoʻui Fakalaumālié
ʻOku talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ne fakamoʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he kotoa ʻo e mahaki fakaesino, fakaeʻatamai, mo fakaeongó ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa hono ʻAló ki he māmaní. (Fakahā 20:1-3; 21:3-5) ʻOku tatali loto-vēkeveke ʻa e kau Kalisitiane loto-moʻoní ki he talaʻofa ko eni ki he kahaʻú, fakataha mo e tui kakato ki he mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ne ʻai ia ke hoko ko ha meʻa moʻoni. Lolotonga ʻa e ʻikai ke ʻamanekina ha fakamoʻui fakaemana pehē he taimí ni, ʻoku nau lotu ki he ʻOtuá ki heʻene fakafiemālié mo e mālohí ke fekuki ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí. (Sāme 55:22) ʻI he taimi ʻoku nau puke aí, ʻoku nau toe lotu foki ki he tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono maʻu ʻa e faitoʻo lelei tahá ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi malava fakaʻikonōmiká.
ʻOku fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he ngaahi lotu ʻe niʻihi ʻa e kau puké ke nau lotu ke fakamoʻui kinautolu he taimí ni, ʻo tuhu ki he ngaahi fakamoʻui fakaemana naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū mo ʻene kau ʻapositoló. Ka ko e ngaahi mana peheé naʻe fai ia ki ha taumuʻa makehe. Naʻa nau ngāue ke fakamoʻoniʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e Mīsaia moʻoní pea ke fakahaaʻi kuo hiki ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he puleʻanga faka-Siú ki he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane foʻoú. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe fiemaʻu ai a e ngaahi meʻaʻofa fakaemaná ke fakaivimālohiʻiʻaki ʻa e tui ʻa e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane naʻe toki fokotuʻu foʻoú. ʻI he taimi naʻe tuʻu fakaveʻeua ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga foʻoú, hangē ko e laú, pea hoko ʻo matuʻotuʻá, naʻe “hoko ʻo taʻeʻaonga” ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa fakaemaná.—1 Kolinito 13:8, 11.
ʻI he taimi mahuʻinga ko ení, ʻoku tataki ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene kau lotú ʻi he ngāue mahuʻinga lahi ange ko e fakamoʻui fakalaumālié. Lolotonga ʻoku kei ʻi ai honau taimí, ʻoku fiemaʻu fakavavevave ʻa e kakaí ke nau tali ʻa e kole ko ení: “Vivili ki he ʻEiki lolotonga ʻoku ala maʻu, ui kiate ia lolotonga ʻene kei ofi: Ke liʻaki ʻe he angahala hono ʻalunga, mo e tangata kovi ʻene ngaahi fakakaukau: pea ke ne foki ki he ʻEiki, pea te ne ʻaloʻofa kiate ia; ʻio, ki hotau ʻOtua, he lolahi ʻene fakamolemole.”—Aisea 55:6, 7 (Isaia, PM).
Ko e fakamoʻui fakalaumālie ko eni ʻo e kau angahala fakatomalá ʻoku fakahoko ia fakafou ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Mātiu 24:14) ʻI hono fakaivia ʻo ʻene kau sevānití ke nau fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakahaofi moʻui ko ení, ʻoku tokoniʻi ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e kakai ʻe laui miliona mei he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ke nau fakatomala mei heʻenau ngaahi angahalá pea hoko mai ki ha vahaʻangatae fakahōifua mo ia ki muʻa ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ení. Ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau lotu loto-moʻoni ki he fakamoʻui fakalaumālie peheé mo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau lotu ki ha tokoni ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakaefakamoʻui ko ení ʻoku tali moʻoni ʻenau ngaahi lotú.
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