Ngaahi Mātuʻa, Maʻu ʻa e Fiefiá ʻi Hoʻomou Fānaú
“ʻOfa ke fiefia hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe.”—PALŌVEPI 23:25.
1. Ko e hā te ne fakatupunga ke fiefia ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ʻi heʻenau fānaú?
HE MEʻA lelei ē ke sio ki ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ʻoku tupu ʻo hoko ko ha fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa mo fakamalumalu—tautefito kapau naʻá ke tō mo tokangaʻi ia! ʻOku meimei tatau ia mo e fiefia lahi ʻi he fānaú ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻa ʻoku nau tokangaʻi ʻa e fānau ʻoku tutupu hake ʻo hoko ko e kau sevāniti matuʻotuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, hangē ko ia ko e lau ʻa e palovēpi ʻi he Tohitapú: “ʻE matuʻaki tomeʻe ʻa e tamai ʻa ha tangata faitotonu: pea ko ia kuo ne fakatupu ha poto, te ne fiefia ʻiate ia. ʻOfa ke fiefia hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe, ʻio, ke tomeʻe ʻa ia naʻa ne faʻeleʻi koe.”—Palōvepi 23:24, 25.
2, 3. (a) ʻOku lava fēfē ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá mei he mamahí mo e loto-konaʻīʻií? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakatou fiemaʻu ʻe he fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú mo e fānaú koeʻuhi ke nau hoko ko ha fakatupunga fiefia?
2 Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻotomētiki pē ʻa e hoko ʻa ha kiʻi tama ia ʻo “faitotonu” mo “poto.” ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e feinga lahi ia ke taʻofiʻaki ʻa e fānaú mei he hoko ko ha tupuʻanga ʻo e “mamahi” mo e “loto-konaʻīʻī,” hangē pē ko e lava ke kau ki he ngāué ʻa hono liliu ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ke hoko ko ha fuʻu ʻakau lahi. (Palōvepi 17:21, 25, NW) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku lava ʻe he ngaahi vaʻakau poupoú ke tokoniʻi ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ke tupu ʻo hangatonu mo mālohi. Ko hano tokonaki maʻu pē ʻo e vaí ʻoku mahuʻinga, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke maluʻi ʻa e kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú mei he ʻinisēkite maumaú. Fakaʻosí, ʻoku tokoni ʻa hono ʻauhaní ke maʻu ai ha fuʻu ʻakau fakaʻofoʻofa.
3 ʻOku fakahā ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pehē hangē ko e akoʻi faka-ʻOtuá, fuʻifuʻiʻaki ʻa e vai ko e moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú, maluʻi mei he ngaahi tōʻonga kovi fakaeʻulungaangá, mo e akonaki anga-ʻofa ke ʻauhani atu ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga taʻefakamānakó. Ke fakaai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ko ʻení, ʻoku naʻinaʻi tautefito ki he ngaahi tamaí ke ʻohake ʻenau fānaú “ʻi he akonaki mo e fakatonutonu-fakaʻatamai ʻa Sihová.” (ʻEfesō 6:4, NW) Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he meʻá ni?
Fakamamafa ʻi he Ngaahi Folofola ʻa Sihová
4. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻo e ngaahi mātuʻá ki heʻenau fānaú, pea ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ki muʻa ke nau fakahoko iá?
4 Ko e “fakatonutonu-fakaʻatamai ʻa Sihová” ʻoku ʻuhingá ko hono fakatonutonu ʻetau fakakaukaú ke hoa mo e finangalo ʻo Sihová. Ko e ngaahi mātuʻá leva, kuo pau ke nau fakahūhū ki he ʻatamai ʻo ʻenau fānau iikí ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi meʻá. Pea kuo pau ke nau toe faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono ʻomai ʻa e valoki manavaʻofá, pe akonaki fakaefakatonutonú. (Sāme 103:10, 11; Palōvepi 3:11, 12) Ka ki muʻa ke lava ʻo fai ʻeni ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá, kuo pau ke ʻai ki loto ʻe kinautolu tonu ʻa e ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihová, hangē ko ia naʻe akonakiʻi ʻaki ʻe he palōfita ko Mōsesé ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “Ko e ngaahi foʻi folofola ko eni [meia Sihová] ʻoku ou kouna atu he ʻaho ni ʻe fuesia ʻe ho loto.”—Teutalōnome 6:6, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.
5. ʻI he taimi fē mo e founga fē naʻe pau ai ke fakahinohino ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻa ʻIsilelí ʻenau fānaú, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e pehē ke “uhuʻi”?
5 Ko e ako maʻu pē ʻo e Tohitapú, fakalaulauloto, mo e lotú ʻoku teuʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ke fai ʻa e meʻa hono hoko naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Mōsesé: “Te ke uhuʻi [ʻa e ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihová] ki hoʻo fanau, pea te ke lea ki ai ʻi hoʻo nofo ʻi ho fale, pea ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ʻi he hala, pea ʻi hoʻo tokoto hifo, pea ʻi hoʻo tuʻu hake.” Ko e foʻi lea faka-Hepelū naʻe liliu ko e “uhuʻi” ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e “toe ʻai,” “ke toutou leaʻaki,” “ke maongo makehe.” Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e anga hono fakamamafaʻi lahi ange ʻe Mōsese ʻa e fiemaʻu ke hanganaki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihová: “Te ke nonoʻo ia moʻo fakaʻilonga ʻi ho nima, pea te nau tuʻu moʻo failaketeli ʻi ho vahaʻa mata. Pea te ke tohi ia ki he ngaahi pou matapa ʻo ho fale, pea ki ho ngaahi matanikolo.” ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ke ʻoange maʻu pē ki heʻenau fānaú, ʻa e tokanga anga-ʻofa!—Teutalōnome 6:7-9, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.
6. Ko e hā naʻe pau ke uhuʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ki heʻenau fānaú, pea ko e hā hono ʻaongá?
6 Ko e hā ʻa e “ngaahi foʻi folofola ko eni” ʻa Sihova naʻe pau ke uhuʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ki heʻenau fānaú? Ko e toki ʻosi pē ia hono toe lau ʻe Mōsese ʻa ia naʻe ʻiloa ko e Fekau ʻe Hongofulú, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi fekau ke ʻoua ʻe fakapō, ʻoua ʻe tono, ʻoua ʻe kaihaʻa, ʻoua ʻe fakamoʻoni loi, mo e ʻoua ʻe mānumanu. Ko e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaeʻulungaanga peheé, hangē ko e fekau ke “ʻofa ki he ʻEiki ko ho ʻOtua ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo ho loto, mo e kotoa ʻo ho laumalie, mo e kotoa ʻo ho ivi,” naʻe tautefito ʻa e pau ke uhuʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻa ʻIsilelí ki heʻenau fānaú. (Teutalōnome 5:6-21; 6:1-5) ʻIkai te ke loto-tatau ki ai, ko e faʻahinga akonaki ʻeni ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he fānaú he ʻaho ní?
7. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fakahoa ki ai ʻa e fānaú ʻi he Tohitapú? (e) Ko e hā te tau sivisiviʻi he taimi ní?
7 Naʻe tala ki ha tamai ʻIsileli: “Ko ho uaifi te ne hange ha vaine fai fua ʻi ho loto fale: Ko hoʻo fanau hange ʻani huliʻi olive takatakai ho tepile.” (Sāme 128:3) Neongo ia, ke maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻi heʻenau “fānau” kae ʻikai aʻusia ha mamahí, kuo pau ke nau mahuʻingaʻia fakaʻaho fakafoʻituitui, ʻi heʻenau fānaú. (Palōvepi 10:1; 13:24; 29:15, 17) Tau siviʻi angé ʻa e founga ʻoku lava ai ke akoʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá, ʻo fuʻifuʻi fakalaumālie, maluʻi, mo akonakiʻi anga-ʻofa ʻenau fānaú ʻi ha founga ko ia te nau hoko ai ʻo maʻu ʻa e fiefia moʻoni ʻiate kinautolú.
Akoʻi mei he Kei Siʻí
8. (a) Ko hai naʻá na ngāue ko ha ongo vaʻakau poupou ako kia Tīmoté? (e) Naʻe kamata ʻa e akó ʻanefē, pea ko e hā hono olá?
8 Vakai atu kia Tīmote, ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e poupou hangē ko ia mei he ongo vaʻakau poupou ako kuo ʻosi tō fefeka—ko ʻene faʻeé mo ʻene kui fefiné. Koeʻuhi ko e tamai ʻa Tīmoté ko ha Kalisi pea ʻoku hā mahino ko ha tokotaha taʻetui, ko ʻene faʻē Siú, ʻa ʻIunisi, mo ʻene faʻē ko Loisí, naʻá na akoʻi ʻa e tamasiʻí ‘talu e kei jii, ʻi he gaahi tohi maonioní.’ (2 Tīmote 1:5; 3:15, PM, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu; Ngāue 16:1.) Ko ʻena tōtōivi ʻi hono akoʻi ʻo Tīmoté—naʻa mo e taimi naʻá ne kei pēpē aí—ʻa e “ngaahi ngaue fakaofo kuo ne [Sihova] feia” naʻe fakapaleʻi lahi. (Sāme 78:1, 3, 4) Naʻe hoko ʻa Tīmote ko ha misinale ʻi ha ngaahi fonua mamaʻo, mahalo pē ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene kei taʻu hongofulu tupú, pea naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ngafa ʻiloa ʻi hono ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e muʻaki ngaahi fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané.—Ngāue 16:2-5; 1 Kolinitō 4:17; Filipai 2:19-23.
9. ʻE lava fēfē ke ako ʻa e fanaú ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi tauhele ʻo e meʻa fakamatelié?
9 Ngaahi mātuʻa, ko e ngaahi vaʻakau poupou ako fēfē kimoutolu? Ko e fakatātaá, ʻokú ke loto ke fakatupulekina ʻe hoʻo fānaú ha vakai mafamafatatau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié? Tā kuo pau leva ke ke fokotuʻu ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga totonú ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ke tuli ki he ngaahi meʻangāue fakamuimui tahá kotoa, pe ngaahi meʻa kehe ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni ke ke fiemaʻú. Kapau ʻokú ke fili ke tuli ki he ngaahi ʻaonga fakamatelié, ʻoua ʻe ofo ʻi he taimi ʻe muimui ai kiate koe hoʻo fānaú. (Mātiu 6:24; 1 Tīmote 6:9, 10) Ko e moʻoni, kapau ʻoku ʻikai hangatonu ʻa e ngaahi vaʻakau poupou akó, ʻe lava fēfē ke tupu hangatonu ʻa e kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú?
10. Ko e tataki ʻa hai ʻoku totonu ke kumi maʻu pē ki ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke nau maʻú?
10 Ko e ngaahi mātuʻa ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi heʻenau fānaú, te nau kumi maʻu pē ki he tokoni mei he ʻOtuá ke akoʻi ʻaki kinautolu, ʻo fakakaukau maʻu pē pe ko e hā ʻoku ʻi he mahuʻingaʻia lelei taha fakalaumālie ʻa ʻenau fānaú. Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e faʻē ʻa ha toko fā: “Naʻa mo e ki muʻa ke fanauʻi ʻema fānaú, naʻá ma lotu maʻu pē kia Sihova ke tokoniʻi kimaua ke hoko ko ha ongo mātuʻa lelei, ke hoko ʻo tataki ʻe heʻene Folofolá, pea ke ngāueʻaki ia ʻi heʻema moʻuí.” Naʻá ne tānaki atu ki ai: “ʻOku fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa Sihova’ naʻe ʻikai ko ha lea failahia pē ka ko e founga ia ʻo ʻema moʻuí.”—Fakamaau 13:8.
Tokonaki Maʻu Pē ʻa e “Vai”
11. Ko e hā ʻoku fakatou fiemaʻu ʻe he fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú mo e fānaú ki heʻenau tupú?
11 ʻOku fiemaʻu maʻu pē tautefito ki he fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú ha vai, hangē ko ia ʻoku hā ʻi he moʻui lelei ʻa e ʻuluʻakau ʻoku tupu ʻi ha veʻe vaitafé. (Fakafehoanaki mo Fakahā 22:1, 2.) ʻE moʻui lelei fakalaumālie foki mo e fanga kiʻi pēpeé kapau ʻoku tokonaki maʻu pē kiate kinautolu ʻa e vai ʻo e moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú. Ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fakakaukau ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ki he lōloa ʻo e tokanga ʻa ʻenau fānaú. Mahalo pē ʻe ola lelei ange ke tuʻo lahi kae nounou ʻa e ngaahi taimi fakahinohinó ʻi ha tuʻo siʻi kae lōloá. ʻOua ʻe fakasiʻia ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ngaahi taimi nounou ange peheé. Ko hono ngāueʻaki fakataha ʻo e taimí ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki hono fakatupu ha vāofi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo mātuʻá mo ha kiʻi tama, ʻoku toutou fakalototoʻaʻi ʻi he ngaahi konga Tohitapú ha tuʻunga vāofi.—Teutalōnome 6:6-9; 11:18-21; Palōvepi 22:6.
12. Ko e hā hono mahuʻinga ʻo e lotu mo e fānaú?
12 Ko e taha ʻi he ngaahi taimi fakataha mo e fānau iikí ʻoku lava ke fai ia ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e ʻahó. ʻOku manatuʻi ʻe ha finemui ʻe taha: “Naʻe tangutu ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻi homau muiʻi mohengá he pō kotoa pē ʻo fanongo kiate kimautolu ʻi heʻemau taki taha fai ʻemau lotú.” Ko hono mahuʻinga ʻo hono fai ʻení, naʻe pehē ʻe ha toe tokotaha: “Naʻe ʻai au ʻe he meʻa ko iá ke u angaʻaki ʻa e lotu kia Sihova ʻi he pō kotoa pē ki muʻa ke u mohé.” ʻI he taimi ʻoku fanongo fakaʻaho ai ʻa e fānaú ki heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá ʻoku nau lea ʻo kau kia Sihova mo lotu kiate iá, ʻokú ne hoko ai ko ha tokotaha moʻoni kiate kinautolu. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha talavou ʻe taha: “ʻOku lava ke u kuikui hoku matá ʻi heʻeku lotu kia Sihová mo sio ko ha tokotaha hangē ha kui tangata moʻoní. Naʻe tokoniʻi au ʻe he ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ke u sio ʻoku kau ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tau faí mo leaʻakí.”
13. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke fakakau maʻu pē ʻi he ngaahi vahaʻa taimi fakahinohinó?
13 Ke tokoniʻi ʻa e fānau iikí ke nau inu ʻa e vai ʻo e moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú, ʻe lava ke fakakau ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻaonga lahi ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻoku fai maʻu pē ai ʻa e fakahinohinó. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ongo mātuʻa ʻa e ongo leka teʻeki taʻu taha tolu: “Naʻe fakatou kamata ke maʻu ʻe he ongo tamaikí ʻa hona akoʻi ke tangutu fakalongolongo ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá ʻi he ngaahi muʻaki uike siʻi pē ʻo ʻena moʻuí.” Naʻe fakamatala ʻe ha tamai ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe hono fāmilí: “Naʻa mau fokotuʻu ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi tohi ʻi he Tohitapú ʻi he fanga kiʻi kaati pea ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa hono fokotuʻutuʻu fakahokohoko lelei kinautolú, ʻo mau taufetongi kotoa. Naʻe fakatuʻamelie maʻu pē ʻa e kau leká ki he meʻá ni.” ʻOku fakakau ʻe he ngaahi fāmili lahi ha ako ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou ki muʻa pe ʻi he hili ʻa e taimi kaí. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha tamai ʻe taha: “Naʻe hoko ko ha taimi lelei kiate kimautolu ʻa e kai efiafí ke fetalanoaʻaki ai ʻi he konga Tohitapu fakaʻahó.”
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fanga kiʻi founga ako fakalaumālie ʻaonga ʻe lava nai ke fai mo e fānaú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e malava fakaeako ʻoku maʻu ʻe he fānaú?
14 ʻOku fiefia foki ʻa e fānau iikí ʻi he fanongo ki he ngaahi fakamatala faka-Tohitapu māʻalaʻala ʻi he Ko ʻEku Tohi ʻo e Ngaahi Talanoa Faka-Tohitapú.a “ʻI he kei iiki ʻa e fānaú,” naʻe fakamatala ha ongo meʻa, “naʻe fakahoko ha lēsoni ʻi he tohi ko e Ngaahi Talanoa Faka-Tohitapú, pea naʻe tui leva ʻe he fānaú ʻa e ngaahi teunga ʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi kongá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kiʻi tulama nounou. Naʻa nau manako ʻi he meʻá ni pea nau faʻa vili ki hano fai ʻo lahi hake ʻi he talanoa ʻe tahá ʻi he ako taki taha.” ʻOua ʻe tukuhifo ʻa e malava ke ako ʻa hoʻo tamá! Kuo maʻuloto ʻe he ngaahi taʻu faá ʻa e ngaahi vahe kakato ʻo e tohi ko e Ngaahi Talanoa Faka-Tohitapú pea kuo aʻu ʻo nau ako ke lau ʻa e Tohitapú! ʻOku manatuʻi ʻe ha finemui ʻe taha ʻi he taimi naʻe taʻu tolu mo e konga aí, naʻá ne toutou puʻaki halaʻi ʻa e “ngaahi fili fakaefakamāú,” ka naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ia ʻe heʻene tamaí ke hokohoko ʻahiʻahi.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lava ke fakakau atu ʻi he fetalanoaʻaki mo e fānau iikí, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻa e fetalanoaʻaki peheé?
15 ʻE lava ke toe ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakataha mo hoʻo fānau iikí ke teuteuʻi ai kinautolu ke vahevahe atu ʻa e vai ʻo e moʻoní ki he niʻihi kehé, hangē ko hono fai ʻa e tali ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá. (Hepelū 10:24, 25) “Lolotonga homau taimi ʻahiʻahí, naʻe pau ke u tali ʻi he ngaahi lea pē ʻaʻaku,” ko e manatu ia ʻa ha finemui ʻe taha. “Naʻe ʻikai fakaʻatā au ke lau pē kae ʻikai mahino.” ʻI he tānaki atu ki aí, ʻoku lava ke akoʻi ʻa e fānaú ke kau mohu ʻuhinga ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. ʻOku fakamatala ʻe ha fefine naʻe ʻohake ʻe ha ongo mātuʻa manavahē-ʻOtua: “Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ko ha kau muimui noaʻia kimautolu ʻo fakafeʻao pē ki heʻemau ongo mātuʻá ʻi heʻena ngāué. Naʻa mau ʻilo ʻoku ʻi ai homau kaunga, neongo kapau ko hano tā pē ha fafangu ʻi he matapā mo tuku ha lauʻi pepa. ʻI he teuteu lelei ki muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ngāue taki taha ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uiké, naʻa mau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa te mau leaʻakí. Naʻe ʻikai te mau teitei ʻā hake ʻi ha pongipongi Tokonaki ʻo ʻeke pe te mau ʻalu ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. Naʻa mau ʻilo te mau ʻalu.”
16. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke fai maʻu pē ha ako Tohitapu fakafāmili mo e fānaú?
16 Ko e fiemaʻu ke tokonaki maʻu pē ki he fānau iikí ʻa e moʻoni faka-Tohitapú ʻoku ʻikai lava ke pehē ia kuo feʻunga, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻuhingá ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ha ako Tohitapu fakauike ʻa e fāmilí. ʻOku taukaveʻi ʻe he tamai ʻa ha toko ua “ko ha tupuʻanga tefito ʻo hono fakaʻitaʻi ʻa e fānaú ko e feliliuakí.” (ʻEfesō 6:4) Naʻá ne pehē: “Ko au mo hoku uaifí naʻá ma fili ha ʻaho mo e taimi pea fai tōnunga ʻa e ako fakafāmilí ki he taimi-tēpile ko iá. Naʻe ʻikai ke fuoloa kuo ʻamanekina ʻe he fānaú ʻa e taimi ko iá.” ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa e ngaahi ako pehē kotoa mei he kei siʻí, ʻi he fehoanaki mo e moʻoní, ‘Ko e founga ʻo hono fakafuo ʻo e vaʻakaú, ʻe pehē tofu pē ʻa e tupu ʻa e fuʻu ʻakaú.’
17. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga tatau mo hono tokonaki ki he fānau iikí ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú?
17 ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa hono tokonaki ki he fānau iikí ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú, ka ʻoku pehē tofu pē mo e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fakaemātuʻá. ʻOku sio kiate koe ʻa e fānaú ʻokú ke ako, maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá, kau maʻu pē ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, ʻio, ʻo maʻu ʻa e fiefiá ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová? (Sāme 40:8) ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke nau sio ki ai. Ko hono mahuʻingá, naʻe pehē ʻe ha taʻahine ʻo kau ki heʻene faʻeé, ʻa ia naʻá ne kātekina ʻa e fakafepaki ʻa hono husepānití mo tauhi hake ʻa e fānau ʻe toko ono ke nau hoko ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni anga-tonu: “Ko e meʻa naʻe maongo lahi taha kiate kimautolú ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga tonu ʻa ʻemau Faʻeé—naʻe lea pē ʻa ngāue.”
Tokonaki ʻa e Maluʻanga ki he Fānau Iikí
18. (a) ʻOku lava fēfē ke tokonaki ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ki he fānaú ʻa e maluʻanga ʻoku nau fiemaʻú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakahinohino naʻe maʻu ʻe he fānau iiki ʻi ʻIsilelí ʻo kau ki he ngaahi kupu fakafanau ʻo e sinó?
18 Hangē pē ko e faʻa fiemaʻu ʻe he fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú ʻa e maluʻanga mei he ngaahi ʻinisēkite maumau fakatuʻutāmakí, ʻi he tuʻunga kovi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ní, ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻe he fānau iikí ʻa e maluʻanga mei he “kakai kovi.” (2 Tīmote 3:1-5, 13) ʻE lava fēfē ke ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻa e maluʻanga ko ʻení? ʻAki hono tokoniʻi kinautolu ke maʻu ʻa e poto faka-ʻOtuá! (Koheleti 7:12) Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sihova ki he kau ʻIsilelí—kau ai ʻenau “fānau”—ke fanongo ki hono lau ʻo ʻene Laó, ʻa ia naʻe kau ki ai ʻa hono ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻulungaanga totonu mo taʻetotonu ʻi he fehokotaki fakasinó. (Teutalōnome 31:12, PM; Livitikō 18:6-24) ʻOku toutou lave ki he ngaahi kupu fakafanau ʻo e sinó, ʻo kau ai ʻa e “tengá” mo e “ʻōkani fakatupú.” (Livitikō 15:1-3, 16, NW; 21:20; 22:24; Nōmipa 25:8, NW; Teutalōnome 23:10) Koeʻuhi ko e tōtuʻa ʻa e kovi he māmaní he ʻaho ní, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ʻilo ʻe he fānau iikí ʻa hono ngāueʻaki totonu mo taʻetotonu ʻo e ngaahi kupu pehē ʻi he sinó ʻa ia naʻe kau ʻi he fakatupu naʻe ui ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻoku “lelei ʻaupito.”—Sēnesi 1:31; 1 Kolinitō 12:21-24.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e fakahinohino totonu ke fai ki he fānau iikí ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi konga fakapulipuli ʻo honau sinó?
19 Ki ha ola lelei taha ʻoku totonu ki he ongo mātuʻá fakatouʻosi, pe tokotaha lahi tauhi taki taha, ke nau ʻai ke ʻilo ʻe he kiʻi tamá ʻa e ngaahi kupu fakapulipuli ʻo hono sinó. ʻOku totonu leva ke nau fakamatala ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke fakangofua ha taha kehe ke ala ki honau ngaahi kupu ko iá. Koeʻuhi ʻoku faʻa ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻe he kau alakoviʻi ʻo e fānaú pe ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e fānau iikí ki he ngaahi fakaoloolo kākā fakaefehokotaki fakasinó, ʻoku totonu ke akoʻi ha kiʻi tama ke ne talitekeʻi mālohi mo pehē, “Te u tala koe!” Akoʻi ki hoʻo fānaú ʻoku totonu ke nau tala maʻu pē ha taha ʻoku feinga ke ala kiate kinautolu ʻi ha founga ʻokú ne ʻai kinautolu ke nau ongoʻi taʻefiemālié, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakamanamana fakailifia kuo fai kiate kinautolú.
Foaki ʻa e Akonaki Anga-ʻOfa
20. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e hangē ʻa e akonakí ko e ʻauhaní? (e) Ko e hā ʻe ʻuluaki hoko ʻi he akonakí, ka ko e hā hono olá?
20 ʻOku maʻu ʻe he fānau iikí ʻa e ʻaonga mei he akonaki anga-ʻofá, hangē pē ko ha fuʻu ʻakau ʻi hono ʻauhaní. (Palōvepi 1:8, 9; 4:13; 13:1) ʻI he taimi ʻoku tutuʻu hifo ai ʻa e ngaahi vaʻa ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻú, ʻoku langaʻi leva ai ʻa e tupu ʻo e ngaahi vaʻa leleí. Ko ia kapau ʻoku hanga tefito ʻa hoʻo fānaú ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié pe ʻoku nau hehema ki he feohi koví pe fakafiefia ʻoku ʻikai leleí, ʻoku hangē ʻa e ngaahi hehema fehālaaki ko ʻení ko e ngaahi vaʻa ko ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tuʻusí. Kapau ʻe toʻo kinautolu, ʻe tokoniʻi leva ai hoʻo fānaú ke tupu ʻi he tataki fakalaumālié. ʻI he kamatá ʻe ʻikai nai ke hā ngali fakafiefia ha akonaki pehē, hangē pē ko e hoko ʻa e ʻauhaní ko e fakahohaʻa ki ha fuʻu ʻakau. Ka ko e ola lelei ʻo e akonakí ko e tupu foʻou ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ke tupu ai hoʻo tamá.—Hepelū 12:5-11.
21, 22. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke fakafiefia ʻa hono fai pe ko hono tali ʻa e akonakí? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua ʻe holomui ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá mei hono fai ʻa e akonakí?
21 ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi moʻoni ʻa e ʻikai fakafiefia ʻa e akonakí tatau pē ʻa hono faí pe ko hono talí. “Naʻe kiʻi lahilahi ʻa e taimi naʻe feohi ai hoku fohá mo ha talavou ʻa ia naʻe fakatokanga mai ʻa e kau mātuʻá kiate au ʻoku ʻikai ko ha feohi lelei,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa ha tamai ʻe taha. “Naʻe totonu ke u fai vave ange ʻi he meʻa naʻá ku faí. Neongo naʻe ʻikai hoko ʻo kau hoku fohá ʻi ha faihala mamafa pē, naʻe fiemaʻu ha taimi ke fakatonutonu ai ʻene fakakaukaú.” Naʻe pehē ʻe he fohá: “ʻI he taimi naʻe tuʻusi ai au mei hoku kaumeʻa lelei tahá, naʻá ku ongoʻi lōmekina.” Ka naʻá ne tānaki atu ki ai: “Ko ha fili lelei ʻeni, koeʻuhi ʻi he taimi nounou hili ʻení naʻe tuʻusi ia.”
22 “Ko e ngaahi tautea ako ko e hala ki he moʻui,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e faingataʻa ʻe ʻomai nai ʻi he akonakí, ʻoua ʻe taʻofi ia mei hoʻo fānaú. (Palōvepi 6:23; 23:13; 29:17) Te nau houngaʻia ʻi ha taimi, ʻi hoʻo fakatonutonu kinautolú. “ʻOku ou manatuʻi ʻeku hoko ʻo ʻita lahi ʻi heʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻi he taimi naʻe akonakiʻi ai aú,” ko e manatu ia ʻa ha talavou. “ʻI he taimí ni ʻe aʻu ʻou ʻita lahi ange kapau naʻe ʻikai ke fai kiate au ʻe heʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻa e akonaki ko iá.”
ʻOku Tuha ʻa e Palé mo e Feinga
23. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻa e ngaahi feinga anga-ʻofa kotoa ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻo e fānaú?
23 ʻOku ʻikai pē ke toe fehuʻia ʻa e meʻá ni ia, ko e fānau ko ē ʻoku fiefia ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá, pehē foki ki he niʻihi kehé, ko e tupu kinautolu mei he lahi ʻo e tokanga anga-ʻofa fakaʻahó. Kae kehe, ko e kotoa ʻo e feinga naʻe fai kiate kinautolú—pe te nau hoko ko e fānau fakakakano pe fānau fakalaumālie—ʻoku taau moʻoni ia mo e pale ʻe lava ke hoko ʻo fiefia aí. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻeni ʻe he ʻaposetolo taʻumotuʻa ko Sioné ʻi heʻene tohi: “ʻOku ʻikai haʻaku toe fiefia ʻoku lahi ʻi he meʻa ni, ʻa ʻeku fanongo ki heʻeku fanau, ʻoku nau laka ʻi he moʻoni.”—3 Sione 4.
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a Pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku fakatou fiemaʻu ʻe ha fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau iiki mo e fānaú koeʻuhi ke nau hoko ʻo taau ai ke fakahīkihikiʻi?
◻ ʻOku lava fēfē ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ʻo ngāue ola lelei ko e ngaahi vaʻakau poupou ako?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke fakakau ʻi he ngaahi taimi fakahinohino ʻo e fānau iikí, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke akoʻi ke nau talitekeʻí?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻaonga ki ha kiʻi tama ʻa e akonakí, ʻo hangē pē ko e ʻaonga ki ha fuʻu ʻakau ʻa hono ʻauhaní?
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