ʻI he Taimi ʻOku ʻI Ai Ai ha Fiemaʻu ki ha “Fakatonutonu”

 8. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku fiemaʻu kotoa ai kiate kitautolu ʻi ha ngaahi taimi ke fakatonutonú?

⁸ ʻUluakí, ko e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻoku tokonaki mai ia “mo ha fakakaukau ki hono fakatonutonu ʻo e faʻahinga tapú,” ko e lea ia ʻa Paulá. (Efeso 4:​12, NW) Ko e foʻi nauna faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu ko e “fakatonutonu” ʻoku ʻuhingá ki hono ʻai ha meʻa “ke laine-taha totonu.” ʻI he tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu kotoa ke tau fakatonutonu kitautolu ʻi he taimi ki he taimi​—ke ʻomai ʻetau fakakaukaú, vakaí, pe ʻulungāngá “ke laine-taha totonu” mo e fakakaukau mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Kuo tokonaki anga-ʻofa mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ke ʻai ʻa e ngaahi fakatonutonu ʻoku fiemaʻú. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻenau fai ʻení?

 9. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke fai ʻe ha tokotaha mātuʻa ke fakatonutonu ha sipi kuo faihala?

⁹ ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻe fiemaʻu nai ai ha tokotaha mātuʻa ke tokoni ki ha sipi kuo faihala, ʻa ia mahalo kuó ne ‘fai ha laka hala ki muʻa ke ne fakatokangaʻi iá.’ ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoni ai ha tokotaha mātuʻa? “Feinga ke fakatonutonu ha tangata pehē ʻi ha laumālie ʻo e anga-mokomoko,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Kaletia 6:​1 (NW). Ko ia ai, ʻi hono fai ha akonaki, ʻe ʻikai tafuluʻi ai ʻe ha tokotaha mātuʻa ia ʻa e tokotaha faihalá, ʻo ngāueʻaki ha ngaahi lea fefeka. ʻOku totonu ke fakalototoʻa ʻa e akonakí, ʻikai ko e “fakailifiaʻi,” ʻa e tokotaha ʻoku fai ki ai iá. (2 Kolinito 10:9; fakafehoanaki mo Siope 33:7.) Kuo ʻosi ongoʻi mā nai ʻa e tokotahá ia, ko ia ʻe fakaʻehiʻehi ha tokotaha mātuʻa anga-ʻofa mei hono laiki ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tokotaha ko iá. ʻI hono fai ʻa e akonakí, naʻa mo e valoki mālohí, ʻo hā mahino ʻoku ueʻi mo fai ia ʻi he ʻofá, ʻoku hangē ia hano toe fakalaine-tahaʻi ʻa e fakakaukau pe ʻulungaanga ʻo e tokotaha faihalá, ʻo toe fakafoki mai ia.​—2 Timote 4:2.

10. Ko e hā ʻoku kau ʻi hono fakatonutonu ʻa e niʻihi kehé?

¹⁰ ʻI hono tokonaki mai ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ki hotau fakatonutonú, naʻe ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa Sihová ʻe hoko ʻa e kau mātuʻá ko e fakaivifoʻou fakalaumālie pea nau taau ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai ʻa ʻene kakaí. (1 Kolinito 16:​17, 18; Filipai 3:17) ʻOku kau ʻi hono fakatonutonu ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻa e ʻikai ko hono fakatonutonu pē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻalu ʻi ha ʻalunga halá ka ko hono toe tokoniʻi ʻa e kau anga-tonú ke nau pipiki ki he ʻalunga totonú.a ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he lahi fau ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻoku fakatupu fakalotomamahí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he tokolahi ʻa e fakalototoʻá ke nau tuʻumaʻu. ʻOku fiemaʻu nai ki he niʻihi ʻa e tokoni fakaalaala ke laine-taha ʻenau fakakaukaú mo e fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku fāinga ʻa e kau Kalisitiane anga-tonu ʻe niʻihi mo e ngaahi ongoʻi loloto ʻo e taʻefeʻungá pe ʻikai tāú. ʻOku ongoʻi nai ʻe he “kau loto-mafasia” peheé ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke ʻofa ʻa Sihova ia ʻiate kinautolu pea naʻa mo ʻenau ngaahi feinga lelei taha ke tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá heʻikai ʻaupito ke lava ʻo fakahōifua ia kiate ia. (1 Tesalonaika 5:​14, NW) Ka ko e founga fakakaukau ia ko ʻení ʻoku ʻikai ke laine-taha ia mo e anga ʻo e ongoʻi moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo ʻene kau lotú.

11. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke fai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ke tokoni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fāinga mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻo e taʻetāú?

¹¹ Kau mātuʻa, ko e hā ʻe lava ke mou fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga peheé? Vahevahe anga-ʻofa kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakamoʻoni Fakatohitapu ʻoku tokanga mai ʻa Sihova ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo ʻene kau sevānití, pea toe fakapapauʻi kiate kinautolu ko e ngaahi konga Tohitapú ni ʻoku kaunga ia kiate kinautolu fakafoʻituitui. (Luke 12:​6, 7, 24) Tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau sio kuo hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo “tohoaki” mai kinautolu ke nau tauhi kiate ia, ko ia kuo pau pē ʻokú ne vakai mai ʻoku ʻi ai honau mahuʻinga. (Sione 6:44) Fakapapauʻi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ko kinautolu pē​—kuo tokolahi ʻa e kau sevāniti anga-tonu ʻa Sihova naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi meimei tatau. Ko e palōfita ko ʻIlaisiaá naʻe tuʻo taha ʻene mātuʻaki loto-mafasia loloto peá ne loto ke ne mate. (1 Tuʻi 19:​1-4) Ko e niʻihi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau ongoʻi ‘ne fakahalaia’ kinautolu ʻe honau lotó. (1 Sione 3:20) ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e fakafiemālie ʻi he ʻiloʻi ko e kau anga-tonu ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e Tohitapú naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e “ngaahi ongoʻi tatau mo kitautolu.” (Semisi 5:​17, NW) ʻE lava ke mou toe fakamanatuʻi mo e faʻahinga ʻoku loto-mamahí ʻa e ngaahi kupu fakalototoʻa ʻi he Taua Leʻo mo e Awake! Ko hoʻomou ngaahi feinga anga-ʻofa ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa e loto-maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga peheé ʻe ʻikai ke taʻeʻafioʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ia kuó ne foaki atu kimoutolu ko e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá.”​—Hepelu 6:10.

“Langa Hake” ʻa e Tākangá

12. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he kupuʻi lea ko e “langa hake ʻa e sino ʻo Kalaisi,” pea ko e hā ʻa e kī ki hono langa hake ʻa e tākangá?

¹² Ko hono uá, ko e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá” ʻoku foaki mai mo ha fakakaukau ki hono “langa hake ʻa e sino ʻo Kalaisi.” (Efeso 4:12) ʻOku ngāueʻaki heni ʻe Paula ʻa e lea fakatātā. ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe he “langa hake” ʻa e ngāue langá, pea ʻoku ʻuhinga “ʻa e sino ʻo Kalaisi” ki he kakaí​—ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane paní. (1 Kolinito 12:27; Efeso 5:​23, 29, 30) ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he kau mātuʻá ke nau tokoniʻi honau fanga tokouá ke nau tupu mālohi fakalaumālie. Ko ʻenau taumuʻá ‘ke langa hake ʻo ʻikai ko e holoki’ ʻa e tākangá. (2 Kolinito 10:8) Ko e kī ki hono langa hake ʻa e tākangá ko e ʻofa, he ko e “ʻofa ko e meʻa langa hake.”​—1 Kolinito 8:1.

13. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e pehē ke kaungāongoʻí, pea ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ki he kau mātuʻá ke nau fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e kaungāongoʻí?

¹³ Ko e tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e ʻofá ʻa ia ʻoku tokoni ki he kau mātuʻá ki hono langa hake ʻa e tākangá ko e kaungāongoʻi. Ke kaungāongoʻi ʻoku ʻuhingá ke ongoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé​—ke taha mo ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú mo e ngaahi ongoʻí, ʻo fakaʻatuʻi honau ngaahi ngataʻangá. (1 Pita 3:8) Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ki he kau mātuʻá ke maʻu ʻa e kaungāongoʻí? Sinoemeʻa koeʻuhi ko Sihová​—ʻa e tokotaha ʻokú ne foaki ʻa e “ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻi he kau tangatá”​—ko ha ʻOtua ʻo e kaungāongoʻi. ʻI he taimi ʻoku faingataʻaʻia ai pe mamahi ʻa ʻene kau sevānití, ʻokú ne ongoʻi kinautolu. (Ekisoto 3:7; Aisea 63:9) ʻOkú ne fakaʻatuʻi honau ngaahi ngataʻangá. (Sāme 103:14) Ko ia, ʻe anga-fēfē leva hano fakahāhaaʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e kaungāongoʻí?

14. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻe lava ke fakahāhaaʻi ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e kaungāongoʻí ki he niʻihi kehé?

¹⁴ ʻI he taimi ʻoku haʻu ai kiate kinautolu ha tokotaha loto-siʻi, ʻoku nau fanongo, ʻo tali ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa e tokotaha ko iá. ʻOku nau feinga ke mahino ʻa e ʻātakai, angaʻitangata, mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo honau fanga tokouá. Pea ʻi he taimi ʻoku fai ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ha tokoni Fakatohitapu fakatupu langa haké, ʻe ʻilo ʻe he fanga sipí ʻoku faingofua ke tali ia koeʻuhi ʻoku haʻu ia mei he kau tauhi-sipi ʻoku nau mahinoʻi pea mo tokanga moʻoni fekauʻaki mo kinautolu. (Palovepi 16:23) ʻOku toe ueʻi ʻe he kaungāongoʻí ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau fakaʻatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e niʻihi kehé pea mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻoku iku nai mei aí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku ongoʻi halaia nai ha kau Kalisitiane loto-tōnunga ʻe niʻihi koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai malava ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he tauhi ʻo e ʻOtuá, mahalo pē koeʻuhi ko e taʻumotuʻá pe ko e mahamahakí. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku fiemaʻu nai ʻa e fakalototoʻá ki he niʻihi ke fakaleleiʻi ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú. (Hepelu 5:12; 6:1) ʻE ueʻi ʻe he kaungāongoʻí ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau kumi ki he “ngaahi lea vovo” ko ia ʻe langa hake ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Koheleti 12:10) ʻI he taimi ʻoku langa hake ai mo fakaueʻiloto ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa Sihová, ʻe ueʻi ai kinautolu ʻe heʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa te nau malavá ʻi he tauhi kiate iá!