Fakakaukau Lelei—Ngāue Fakapotopoto
FAKAKAUKAU angé ki he tuʻunga ko ení: ʻOku fakamatala ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻe fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi fili fakalotu ʻi Selusalemá ha fuʻu mamahi lahi kiate ia pea fakapoongi ia. Ko hono kaungāmeʻa ofi ko e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻoku ʻikai te ne tui ki ai. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻokú ne taki atu ʻa Sīsū ʻo ne valokiʻi ia. Ko e loto-totonu mo e tokanga loto-moʻoni ʻa Pitá ʻoku ʻikai fehuʻia ia. Ka ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Sīsū ki he fakakaukau ʻa Pitá? “Tuʻu ki mui, Setane,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú. “Ko hoku tūkiaʻanga koe: he ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngāhi meʻa fakaeʻotua ʻoku sio ki ai ho loto, ka ko e ngāhi meʻa fakaetangata.”—Mātiu 16:21-23.
Ko ha ʻohovale lahi ē kuo pau naʻe hoko kia Pitá! ʻI he ʻikai hoko ko ha tokoni mo ha poupoú, naʻá ne hoko ʻi he tuʻungá ni ko ha “tūkiaʻanga” ki hono ʻEiki ʻofeiná. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e meʻá ni? Naʻe tō nai ʻa Pita ki ha mele anga-maheni ʻi he fakakaukau fakaetangatá—ʻa e tui pē ki he meʻa naʻá ne loto ke tui ki aí.
ʻOua ʻe Loto-Falala Tōtuʻa
Ko ha fakamanamana ki heʻetau malava ke fakakaukau leleí ko ha hehema ke loto-falala tōtuʻa. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kaungā Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitō ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “ʻIlonga ʻa ia ʻoku ne pehe kuo ne tuʻu, ke vakavakai naʻa ne hinga.” (1 Kolinito 10:12) Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ai eni ʻe Paulá? Ngalingali koeʻuhí naʻá ne ʻilo ki he faingofua ke hoko ʻo ofeʻi ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e tangatá—naʻa mo e ʻatamai ʻo e kau Kalisitiané ke “fakahala . . . mei he agatotonu aia oku ia Kalaisi.”—2 Kolinito 11:3, PM.
Naʻe hoko eni ki ha toʻutangata kakato ʻo e fanga kui ʻa Paulá. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kia kinautolu: “Oku ikai ko hoo mou gaahi mahalo a eku mahalo, bea oku ikai ko ho mou gaahi hala a hoku gaahi hala.” (Aisea 55:8, PM) Naʻa nau hoko ʻo “poto ʻi he vakai ʻanautolu,” fakataha mo e ngaahi ola fakamamahi. (Aisea 5:21) ʻOku pau leva, ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e founga ʻe lava ke tau tauhi tonu ai ke lelei ʻetau fakakaukaú pea kalofi ai ha tuʻunga fakamamahi meimei pehē.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Fakakaukau Fakakakanó
Ko ha niʻihi ʻi Kolinitō naʻe uesia lahi kinautolu ʻe he fakakaukau fakakakanó. (1 Kolinito 3:1-3) Naʻe lahi ange ʻenau fakamamafa ki he ngaahi filōsofia fakaetangatá ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai ha tālafili ko e kau filōsefa Kalisi ʻo e ʻaho ko iá ko e kau tangata poto moʻoni. Kae kehe, ʻi he vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e kau vale kinautolu. Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Kuo tohi, Te u fakaʻauha ʻa e poto ʻo e kau poto, pea te u fakaikunoa ʻa e ʻilo ʻo e kau ʻiloʻilo. He komaʻā ʻia ʻa e tama poto fakaemaama ko eni? komaʻā ʻia hono tama Lapai? komaʻā ia hono tama filosefa? ʻIkai kuo fakaikulaunoa ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e poto ʻo mamani?” (1 Kolinito 1:19, 20) Ko e kau poto ko iá naʻe puleʻi ia ʻe he “laumalie ʻoku ʻo mamani” kae ʻikai ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá. (1 Kolinito 2:12) Ko ʻenau ngaahi filōsofiá mo e fakakaukaú naʻe ʻikai ke fehoanaki mo e fakakaukau ʻa Sihová.
Ko e matavai tefito ʻo e fakakaukau fakakakano peheé ko Sētane ko e Tēvoló, ʻa ia naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngatá ke kākaaʻi ʻa ʻIvi. (Senesi 3:1-6; 2 Kolinito 11:3) ʻOkú ne kei hoko ko ha tuʻutāmakiʻanga kia kitautolu? ʻIo! Fakatatau ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ‘kuo fakakui [ʻe Sētane] ʻa e ʻatamai’ ʻo e kakaí ʻo aʻu ki ha tuʻunga ʻokú ne lolotonga “kākāʻi ʻa mamani kātoa.” (2 Kolinito 4:4; Fakahā 12:9) He mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ē ke tokanga telia ʻene ngaahi filioʻí!—2 Kolinito 2:11.
Tokanga Telia ʻa e “Boto Kākā oe Tagata”
Naʻe toe fakatokanga foki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá fekauʻaki mo e “boto kākā oe tagata.” (Efeso 4:14, PM) Naʻá ne fetaulaki mo e “kau gaue fakakākā” ʻa ia naʻa nau fakaʻalingalelei ʻoku nau ʻomai ʻa e moʻoní ka ko hono moʻoní, naʻa nau mioʻi ia. (2 Kolinito 11:12-15, PM) Ke aʻusia ʻenau ngaahi taumuʻá, ʻe ngāueʻaki nai ʻe he kau tangata peheé ha fakamoʻoni kuo filifili, ngaahi lea fakatoʻoaloto, ngaahi moʻoni fakakonga fakahē, fakahuʻuhuʻu femamioaki, pea naʻa mo e ngaahi loi mataʻāʻā.
Ko e kau fakamafola fakamatala fakahalá ʻoku nau faʻa ngāueʻaki ha fakalea hangē ko e “lotu mavahe” ke fakaongoongokoviʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. ʻI ha faleʻi ki he Fakataha Fakafalealea ʻa e Kosilio ʻo ʻIulopé, naʻe fai ai ha fokotuʻu ki he kau ʻōfisa ʻoku nau fakatotoloʻi ʻa e ʻū kulupu lotu foʻoú “ʻe hoko ko ha faleʻi lelei ke taʻofi ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e fakalea ko ení.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ongoʻi ko e foʻi fakalea “lotu fakaeouaú” naʻe ʻuhinga kovi ʻaupito ia. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, naʻe tukuakiʻi hala ʻe he kau poto Kalisí ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ko ha “siana pālau,” pe ʻuhinga fakafoʻileá ko ha “tokotaha tufi tenga.” Naʻe ʻai eni ke fakahuʻunga ko ha tokotaha pālau noaʻia pē ia, ko ha tokotaha naʻá ne tufi pea toe fakamatalaʻi ha fanga kiʻi momoʻi ʻilo pē. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe “malangaʻaki [ʻe Paula] ʻa Sisu mo e Toetuʻu.”—Ngāue 17:18.
ʻOku ola ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻa e kau fakamafola fakamatala fakahalá? ʻIo. Kuo nau hoko ko ha tuʻunga tefito ʻi hono fakatupunga ʻa e ngaahi fetāufehiʻaʻaki fakafaʻahinga mo fakalotú ʻaki hono mioʻi ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e kakaí fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fonua pe ngaahi lotu kehé. Kuo ngāueʻaki ia ʻe he tokolahi ke tuku hifo ʻaki ki ha tuʻunga māʻulalo ʻa e ngaahi kulupu tokosiʻi taʻemanakoá. Ko Adolf Hitler naʻá ne ngāue ola lelei ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi founga ko iá ʻi heʻene fakamatalaʻi ʻa e kau Siú mo e ngaahi kulupu kehé ʻoku “fakaʻau ki he koví,” “kovi,” pea ko ha “fakamanamana” ki he Puleʻangá. ʻOua ʻaupito ʻe fakaʻatā ʻa e faʻahinga kākā ko ení ke ne fakakonahi ʻa hoʻo fakakaukaú.—Ngāue 28:19-22.
ʻOua ʻe Kākaaʻi Koe
ʻOku toe faingofua foki ke kākaaʻi kitautolu. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻe mātuʻaki faingataʻa nai ke liʻaki pe naʻa mo hono fehuʻia ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau kuo fakamahuʻingaʻi lahí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he ʻoku tau hoko ʻo felāveʻi fakaeongo mo ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú. Pea te tau kākaaʻi nai kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e fakaʻuhinga hala—ʻi hono faʻu ha ngaahi ʻuhinga ke fakatonuhiaʻi ʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻa ia ko hono moʻoní ʻoku hala pea ko e ngaahi tui fakahē.
Naʻe hoko ʻa e meʻá ni ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. Naʻa nau ʻilo ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tuku ia ke ne puleʻi ʻenau fakakaukaú. Naʻe iku ai ki heʻenau “kākaaʻi [kinautolu] ʻaki ʻa e fakaʻuhinga hala.” (Semisi 1:22, 26, NW) Ko e fakaʻilonga ʻe taha kuo tau tō nai ai ki he faʻahinga kākaaʻi kita ko ení kapau ʻoku tau hoko ʻo ʻita ʻi he taimi ʻoku poleʻi ai ʻetau tuí. ʻI he ʻikai hoko ʻo ʻitá, ʻoku fakapotopoto ke maʻu ha ʻatamai fiefanongo pea fanongo tokanga ki he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he niʻihi kehé—naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku tau ongoʻi fakapapauʻi hifo ai ʻoku tonu ʻetau fakakaukaú.—Palovepi 18:17.
Keli ki he “ʻIloʻi ʻo e ʻOtua”
Ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau fai ke kei tauhi ai ʻetau fakakaukau leleí? ʻOku lahi ʻa e tokoni ʻoku ala maʻú, ka kuo pau ke tau loto-lelei ke ngāue ki ai. Naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi poto ko Solomoné: “Tama, kapau te ke tali ʻeku ngaahi lea, ʻo tuku tauhi mo koe ʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni; ʻo ke tuku ai ho telinga ke fanongo ki he poto, mo ofeʻi ho loto kia Fakahinohino; kaeʻumaʻa, kapau te ke ui ʻa ʻilomeʻa, pea haʻaki ho leʻo kia Fakahinohino; kapau te ke haʻao ia hange ha haʻao siliva, pea hakule ki ai hange ko hoʻo fai ki ha koloa fufu: te ke toki laveʻi ʻa e ʻapasia kia Sihova, pea maʻu ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtua.” (Palovepi 2:1-5) ʻIo, kapau te tau feinga fakafoʻituitui ke fakafonu hotau ʻatamaí mo e lotó ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, te tau maʻu ai ʻa e poto, vavanga mo e ʻilo moʻoní. Ko hono moʻoní, te tau keli ai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi ange ia ʻi he silivá pe ko ha toe koloa fakamatelie pē.—Palovepi 3:13-15.
Ko e potó mo e ʻiló ko e ongo meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga moʻoni ia ki he fakakaukau leleí. “Oka hu ae boto ki ho loto, bea malie ae ilo ki ho laumalie,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, “e fakamoui koe e he faa fakakaukau, bea e tauhi koe e he boto: Ke fakamoui koe mei he hala oe tagata kovi, mei he tagata oku lea aki ae gaahi mea kovi; Aia oku liaki ae hala oe maonioni, kae alu i he gaahi hala oe fakabouli.”—Palovepi 2:10-13, PM.
ʻOku mahuʻinga tautefito ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e loto-mafasiá pe fakatamakí ke tuku ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ne tataki ʻetau fakakaukaú. Ko e ngaahi ongo mālohi hangē ko e ʻitá pe manavaheé ʻe lava ke ne ʻai ke faingataʻa ke fakakaukau lelei. “Oka fakamalohi ae tagata boto oku vale ai ia,” ko e lau ia ʻa Solomoné. (Koheleti 7:7, PM) ʻOku aʻu ʻo malava ke hoko ʻo “hanu . . . kia Sihova.” (Palovepi 19:3) Anga-fēfē? ʻAki hono tukuakiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻetau ngaahi palopalemá pea ngāueʻaki ia ke fakatonuhiaʻiʻaki ʻa hono fai ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai fehoanaki mo ʻene ngaahi laó mo e tefitoʻi moʻoní. ʻI he ʻikai fakakaukau ʻoku lelei taha maʻu pē ʻetau ʻiló, ʻofa ke tau fanongo anga-fakatōkilalo ki he kau faleʻi fakapotopoto ʻa ia ʻoku nau feinga ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú. Pea kapau ʻe fiemaʻu, tau mateuteu ke liʻaki naʻa mo e ngaahi fakakaukau kuo palotoloto ʻia kitautolú ʻi heʻene hoko ʻo hā mahino ʻoku fehālaakí.—Palovepi 1:1-5; 15:22.
Hanganaki “Kole . . . ki he Otua”
ʻOku tau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi taimi fakapuputuʻu mo fakatuʻutāmaki. Ko e lotu maʻu pē ki he tataki ʻa Sihová ʻoku fiemaʻu ia kapau ko hotau lotó ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e fakafuofua leleí pea fai fakapotopoto. “Neongo pe ko e ha ʻa e meʻa, ʻoua te mou lotomoʻua ai,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paulá, “ka ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe tuku ke ha ki he ʻOtua hoʻomou ngaahi kole, ʻi he lotu mo e hufia, pea fai mo e fakafetaʻi. Pea ko e nonga ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku mamaʻo ʻi he tatae ʻa e ʻatamai kotoa pe, te ne maluʻi homou loto mo hoʻomou ngaahi fakakaukau ʻia Kalaisi Sisu.” (Filipai 4:6, 7) Kapau ʻoku tau masiva ʻi he poto ke fakaleleiʻiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi palopalema pe ngaahi ʻahiʻahi fakapuputuʻú, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau hanganaki “kole . . . ki he Otua, aia oku ne foaki lahi ki he kakai kotoabe, bea oku ikai valokiʻi.”—Semisi 1:5-8, PM.
ʻI he ʻiloʻi naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kaungā Kalisitiané ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e potó, naʻe feinga ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ke ‘langaʻi ʻenau [mafai fakaefakakaukau leleí].’ Naʻá ne loto ke “ʻoua naʻa ngalo [ʻia kinautolu] ʻa e ngaahi lea naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he kau Palofita tapu, mo e fekau ʻa e ʻEiki mo Fakamoʻui,” ko Sīsū Kalaisí. (2 Pita 3:1, 2) Kapau te tau fai ʻa e meʻá ni pea tauhi ʻetau fakakaukaú ke fehoanaki mo e Folofola ʻa Sihová, te tau hoko ai ʻo fakakaukau lelei mo ngāue fakapotopoto.
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Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa e poto fakaʻotuá, ʻikai ko e fakaʻuhinga fakafilōsofiá, ke ne fakafuo ʻenau fakakaukaú
[Maʻuʻanga]
Kau filōsefa mei toʻohema ki toʻomataʻu: ʻEpikuliō: Photograph taken by courtesy of the British Museum; Sīselo: Reproduced from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars; Palato: Roma, Musei Capitolini
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ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e lotú mo hono ako ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá