Ngaahi Palopalema ʻa e Faʻahinga ʻo e Tangatá ʻOku Vavé Ni ke Ngata!
“KO E tokoni fakaetangatá ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga fakangatangata ia kapau ʻoku ʻikai ko ha konga ia ʻo ha fokotuʻutuʻu lahi ange mo ha poupou fakapolitikale ʻa ia ʻoku fakataumuʻa ki hono solova ʻa e ngaahi tupuʻanga tefito ʻo e fepakí. Kuo toutou fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa kuo hokosiá ko e tokoni fakaetangatá ʻataʻatā pē ʻoku ʻikai malava ke ne solova ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻa ia ʻoku fakapolitikale ʻa hono natula tefitó.”—The State of the World’s Refugees 2000.
Neongo ʻa e tokoni lahi fakaetangatá, ko e ngaahi palopalema ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻoku tupu taʻemālōlō ia. Ko e hā ha faingamālie ʻoku ʻi ai ki ha fakaleleiʻanga fakapolitikale tuʻuloa? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku siʻi ʻaupito. Ka ko fē te tau toe hanga ki aí? ʻI ha konga mohu ʻuhinga ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo ʻene tohi ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi ʻEfesoó, ʻoku fakamatala ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he founga ʻe fakangata ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi palopalema kotoa pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne fakahā ʻa e fakafofonga ʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ke fakahoko ení—ko ha fakafofonga te ne solova ʻa e tupuʻanga tefito ʻo e ngaahi palopalema kotoa pē ʻokú ne fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi kitautolu he ʻaho ní. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai vakaiʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe Paulá? ʻOku maʻu ʻa e konga ko iá ʻi he Efeso 1:3-10.
“Ke Toe Fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻa Kotoa Pē ʻia Kalaisi”
Ko e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e lau ia ʻa e ʻapositoló, ki ha meʻa ʻokú ne ui “ko ha founga puleʻi [pe fakalele ʻo e ngaahi meʻá] ʻi he kakato ʻo e taimi kuo kotofá.” Ko e ʻuhinga ení ki he hā? ʻOku ʻuhinga iá kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taimi ʻa ia te ne ngāue ai ʻi ha founga “ke toe fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻia Kalaisi, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi hēvani mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi māmani.” (Efeso 1:10, NW) ʻIo, kuo kamata ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ha fokotuʻutuʻu ke ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hēvani pea ʻi māmani ke toe fetāiaki lelei ʻi he malumalu ʻo ʻene pule fakahangatonú. ʻOku fakatupu tokangá, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e foʻi lea ʻoku ngāueʻaki heni “ke toe fakatahatahaʻi,” ʻoku fakahā ʻe he mataotao Tohitapu ko J. H. Thayer: “Toe fakatahatahaʻi maʻana . . . ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mo e meʻamoʻui kotoa pē (kuo taʻefakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni ʻe he angahalá) ki ha foʻi tuʻunga kakato ʻe taha ʻo e feohi ʻia Kalaisí.”
ʻOku tuhu ʻa e meʻa ko iá ki he fiemaʻu ko ia ki he ʻOtuá ke ne fai eni ʻi he vakai atu ki he founga ʻo e fuofua ʻasi ʻa e taʻefāʻūtahá. Ki muʻa, ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá, ko ʻetau ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá, ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi naʻá na muimui ʻia Sētane ko e Tēvoló ʻi he angatuʻu ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻá na fiemaʻu ha tauʻatāina ʻi he faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e totonú ke fili maʻa kinaua ʻa e meʻa naʻe leleí mo e meʻa naʻe koví. (Senesi 3:1-5) ʻI he fehoanaki mo e fakamaau totonu fakaʻotuá, naʻe kapusi kinaua mei he fāmili ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mole mo hona tuʻunga ko e feohi mo iá. Naʻá na tuku ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he taʻehaohaoa fakataha mo e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi nunuʻa fakamanavahē ʻoku tau aʻusia he ʻaho ní.—Loma 5:12.
Fakaʻatā Fakataimi ʻo e Koví
‘Ko e hā naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke na fai iá?’ ʻe ʻeke nai ʻe ha niʻihi. ‘Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te ne ngāueʻaki ai pē ʻa hono mafai taupotú pea fakamālohiʻi ʻa hono finangaló, ʻo taʻofi ai ʻa e mamahi mo e faingataʻaʻia kotoa ʻoku tau aʻusia he taimi ní?’ ʻE fakanatula nai ke fakakaukau pehē. Ka ko e hā ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi moʻoni ʻe hano ngāueʻaki pehē ʻo e mafai lahí? ʻOkú ke saiʻia pe leleiʻia ʻi ha taha, ʻa ia ʻi he ʻuluaki fakahaaʻi pē ʻo e taʻelotó, ʻokú ne mātuʻaki laiki ʻa e fakafepaki kotoa pē koeʻuhi ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e mafai ke fai pehē? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
Ko e kau angatuʻu ko iá naʻe ʻikai te nau poleʻi moʻoni ʻa e mafai aoniu ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻa nau poleʻi tautefito lahi ange ʻa e totonu mo e taau ʻo ʻene founga-pulé. Ke fakaleleiʻi tuʻuloa ʻa e ngaahi ʻīsiu tefito naʻe malanga haké, kuo fakaʻatā ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene meʻa fakatupú ke nau fakalele ʻenau meʻa pē ʻa kinautolu ʻo taʻekau ai ʻa ʻene pule fakahangatonú ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi fakangatangata. (Koheleti 3:1; Luke 21:24) ʻI he ngata ʻa e taimi ko iá, te ne kau mai leva ke toe puleʻi kakato ʻa e foʻi māmaní. ʻI he taimi ko iá ʻe mātuʻaki māʻalaʻala ai, ko ʻene founga-pulé ʻa e founga pē ʻe taha ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi mai ʻa e melino, fiefia mo e lakalakaimonū tuʻuloa ki he kau nofoʻi ʻo e māmaní. ʻE toki toʻo leva ʻa e kau fakafeʻātungia kotoa ʻo e māmaní ʻo taʻengata.—Sāme 72:12-14; Taniela 2:44.
“ʻI he Teʻeki ke Tanupou ʻa Mamani”
Naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻe Sihova ke fai kotoa ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi ha taimi fuoloa ki muʻa. ʻOku pehē ʻe Paula “ʻi he teʻeki ke tanupou ʻa mamani.” (Efeso 1:4) Naʻe ʻikai ki muʻa eni ʻi he fakatupu ʻo e māmaní pe ko ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi. Ko e māmani ko iá naʻe “lelei ʻaupito,” pea naʻe teʻeki ke fakahoko ʻa e angatuʻú ia. (Senesi 1:31) Ko e hā leva ʻa e “mamani” naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá? Ko e māmani ʻo e fānau ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví—ko ha māmani angahalaʻia mo taʻehaohaoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakataha mo e ʻamanaki ke huhuʻi. Ki muʻa ke fāʻeleʻi ha fānaú, naʻe ʻosi ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e founga te ne fakaleleiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ke tokonaki mai ai ha fakafiemālie maʻá e ngaahi hako ʻoku ala huhuʻi ʻo ʻĀtamá.—Loma 8:20.
Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ke fokotuʻu mai heni, kuo pau ki he Hau ʻo e ʻunivēsí ke ne fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻo hangē ko e fai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻe malanga hake nai ha tuʻunga fakatuʻupakeé, ʻoku nau palani ha ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu fakaikiiki kehekehe ke fakaleleiʻiʻaki. ʻI hono kehé, ko e ʻOtua māfimafi-aoniú ʻokú ne fokotuʻu mai pē ʻa ʻene taumuʻá pea fakahoko ia. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e founga ʻoku fakapapauʻi ai ʻe Sihova ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá koeʻuhi ke ʻomai ai ha fakafiemālie tuʻuloa ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ko iá?
Ko Hai Te Ne ʻOmi ʻa e Fakafiemālié?
ʻOku fakamatala ʻe Paula, ko e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisi kuo pani ʻe he laumālié ʻoku nau maʻu ha ngafa makehe ʻi hono toʻo ʻa e maumau naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he angahala ʻa ʻĀtamá. Ko Sihova naʻá ne “fili kitautolu ʻia [Kalaisi],” ko e lau ia ʻa Paulá, ke pule mo Sīsū ʻi hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi lahi ange ʻo e meʻá ni, ʻoku pehē ʻe Paula naʻe ‘toka tuʻutuʻuni kitautolu [ʻe Sihova] ke ohi ʻia Sisu Kalaisi ko e ngaahi foha ki he ʻEne ʻAfió.’ (Efeso 1:4, 5) Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ʻikai ke fili, pe tomuʻa fakanofo ʻe Sihova kinautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga tāutaha. Kae kehe, naʻá ne tomuʻa fakanofo ha kulupu ko e kakai loto-tōnunga mo līʻoa ʻa ia te nau kau mo Kalaisi ʻi hono toʻo ʻa e maumau naʻe tuku mai ʻe Sētane ko e Tēvoló, fakataha mo ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi, ki he fāmili fakaetangatá.—Luke 12:32; Hepelu 2:14-18.
He meʻa fakaofo ē! ʻI heʻene fuofua poleʻi ʻa e tuʻunga-hau ʻo e ʻOtuá, naʻe fakahuʻunga ʻe Sētane kuo fakameleʻi ʻa e fakatupu fakaetangata ʻa e ʻOtuá—ʻa ia ʻi he taimi ʻe ʻi he malumalu ai ʻo e tengé pe fakaʻaiʻaí, te nau angatuʻu kotoa ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Siope 1:7-12; 2:2-5) ʻI ha fakahāhā fakaofo ʻo “ʻene ʻofa maʻataʻatā lāngilangiʻiá,” naʻe tomuʻa fakahā ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene falala ki heʻene meʻa fakatupu fakaemāmaní ʻaki hono ohi ha niʻihi mei he fāmili angahalaʻia ʻo ʻĀtamá ke nau hoko ko ʻene fānau fakalaumālie. Ko e faʻahinga ʻi he kiʻi kulupu ko ení ʻe ʻave kinautolu ke nau ngāue ʻi hēvani. Ki he taumuʻa ko e hā?—Efeso 1:3-6, NW; Sione 14:2, 3; 1 Tesalonaika 4:15-17; 1 Pita 1:3, 4.
Ko e ngaahi foha ohi ko eni ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko e lau ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻoku nau hoko ko e kau “kaungā-ea mo Kalaisi” ʻi hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. (Loma 8:14-17) ʻI he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi tuʻi mo e kau taulaʻeikí, te nau kau ʻi hono fakatauʻatāina ʻa e fāmili fakaetangatá mei he mamahi mo e faingataʻaʻia ʻoku nau lolotonga hokosiá. (Fakahā 5:10) Ko e moʻoni, ‘ʻoku kei fai ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo e langā ʻa e meʻa fakatupu kotoa pē.’ Kae kehe, kuo vavé ni ki he ngaahi foha makehe kuo fili ko eni ʻo e ʻOtuá ke nau muimui ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi ki ha ngāue, pea ko e faʻahinga talangofua kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻe toe “fakaʻataʻatā mei heʻene popula ki he ʻauha, kae fakahoko ia ki he tauʻataina fakalangi ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua.”—Loma 8:18-22.
“Fakatauʻatāina ʻi he Huhuʻí”
Ko e kotoa ʻo e meʻá ni kuo malava ke fakahoko ia fakafou ʻi he meʻa ʻoku pau ko e fakahāhā fakaueʻiloto mo lāngilangiʻia taha ia ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he māmani ala huhuʻi ko eni ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá—ko e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku tohi ʻe Paula: “Fakafou ʻia [ Sīsū Kalaisi] ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e fakatauʻatāina ʻi he huhuʻí fakafou ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e tokotaha ko iá, ʻio, ko e fakamolemole ʻo ʻetau ngaahi angahalá, ʻo fakatatau ki he mohu meʻa ʻo ʻene ʻofa maʻataʻataá.”—Efeso 1:7, NW.
Ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e tokotaha tefito ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 2:10) Ko ʻene feilaulau huhuʻí ʻokú ne tokonaki ʻa e makatuʻunga fakalao kia Sihova ke ne ohi ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi hako ʻo ʻĀtamá ki hono fāmili fakahēvaní pea ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e angahala ʻa ʻĀtamá, ʻo ʻikai fakahōloaʻi ai ʻa e falala ki Heʻene ngaahi laó mo ʻene ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní. (Mātiu 20:28; 1 Timote 2:6) Kuo fai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi ha founga ʻa ia ʻokú ne pouaki ai ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoní mo fakalato ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he fakamaau totonu haohaoá.—Loma 3:22-26.
“Fakalilolilo Toputapu” ʻa e ʻOtuá
ʻI he laui afeʻi taʻu, naʻe ʻikai fakahaaʻi pau ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e founga te ne fakahoko ai ʻa ʻene taumuʻa ki he māmaní. ʻI he ʻuluaki senituli T.S., “naʻá ne fakaʻilo ki he [kau Kalisitiané] ʻa e fakalilolilo toputapu ʻo hono finangaló.” (Efeso 1:9, NW) Ko Paula mo hono ngaahi kaungā Kalisitiane paní naʻe mahino maʻalaʻala kia kinautolu ʻa e ngafa fakangeingeia kuo tuku kia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe toe kamata ke mahino kia kinautolu ʻa honau ngafa makehe ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau kaungāʻea mo Kalaisi ʻi hono Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. (Efeso 3:5, 6, 8-11) ʻIo, ko e founga-pule ʻa e Puleʻangá ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi mo hono kau kaungāpulé ʻa e fakafofonga ʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ʻomi ʻa e melino tuʻuloá ʻo ʻikai ki he langí pē kae toe pehē foki ki he māmaní. (Mātiu 6:9, 10) Fakafou ai, ʻe toe fakafoki ʻe Sihova ʻa e māmani ko ení ki he tuʻunga naʻá ne ʻuluaki fakataumuʻa ki aí.—Aisea 45:18; 65:21-23; Ngāue 3:21.
Ko ʻene taimi kotofa ki heʻene ngāue fakahangatonu hifo ke toʻo mei he māmaní ʻa e fakafeʻātungia mo e fakamaau taʻetotonu kotoa pē ʻoku ofí ni mai ia. Ka ko hono moʻoní, naʻe kamata ʻe Sihova ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e toe fakafokí ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S. Anga-fēfē? ʻAki hono kamata fakatahatahaʻi ʻi he taimi ko iá “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi hēvani,” ʻa e faʻahinga te nau pule mo Kalaisi ʻi hēvaní. ʻOku kau ʻi he faʻahingá ni ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻEfesoó. (Efeso 2:4-7) Ki muí ni ʻaupito mai, ʻi hotau taimí, kuo fakatahatahaʻi ai ʻe Sihova “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi māmaní.” (Efeso 1:10, NW) Fakafou ʻi ha feingangāue fakamalanga ʻi māmani lahi, ʻokú ne fakaʻilo ai ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻa e ongoongo lelei fekauʻaki mo e founga-pule ʻo hono Puleʻangá ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tali iá ʻoku lolotonga fakatahatahaʻi kinautolu naʻa mo e taimí ni ki ha potu ʻo e malu mo e fakamoʻui fakalaumālie. (Sione 10:16) ʻI ha māmani palataisi maʻa kuo vavé ni mai, te nau hokosia ai ʻa e tauʻatāina kakato mei he fakamaau taʻetotonu pea mo e faingataʻaʻia kotoa pē.—2 Pita 3:13; Fakahā 11:18.
Kuo fakahoko ʻa e “laka ki muʻa fakaofo lahi” ʻi he ngaahi feinga fakaetangata ke tokoni ki he tangata kuo fakafeʻātungiaʻí. (The State of the World’s Children 2000) Ka, ko e laka ki muʻa fakaofo tahá ʻa e hoko vavé ni mai ko ia ʻa Kalaisi Sīsū mo hono kau kaungāpulé ʻi he founga-pule fakahēvani ʻo e Puleʻangá. Te nau solova fakaʻaufuli ʻa e ngaahi tupuʻanga tefito kotoa pē ʻo e taú mo e ngaahi kovi kehe kotoa ʻokú ne fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi kitautolú. Te nau fakangata ʻa e ngaahi palopalema kotoa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.—Fakahā 21:1-4.
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Ko e ngaahi tokoni fakaetangatá kuo ʻikai te ne solova ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá
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Ko e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Kalaisí kuó ne tokonaki ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ha fakafiemālie mei he angahala ʻa ʻĀtamá
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ʻOku malava ke maʻu ʻa e maluʻi mo e fakamoʻui fakalaumālie he ʻahó ni
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Kuo vavé ni, fakafou ʻi he Puleʻanga faka-Mīsaiá, ke hoko mai ha fakafiemālie kakato ki he ngaahi palopalemá