Tuʻu Kakato Fakataha mo e Tuipau Mālohi
“[ʻOkú ne] fakafitefitaʻa maʻu pē maʻamoutolu ʻi heʻene ngaahi lotú, koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo faifai pea mou tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.”—KOLOSE 4:12, NW.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe he faʻahinga ʻi tuʻá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tapua mei he tohi Kolosé ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia anga-ʻofá?
NAʻE mahuʻingaʻia lahi ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ʻi he kaungālotú. Ko Tetuliane (ʻa e tokotaha tohi ʻo e senituli hono uá mo hono tolú T.S.) naʻá ne fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e anga-ʻofa naʻa nau fakahaaʻi ki he kau paeá, ko e kau masivá, mo e kau taʻumotuʻá. Ko e ngaahi fakamoʻoni ko ia ʻo e ngāue ʻa e ʻofá naʻe maongo lahi ia ki he kau taʻetuí ʻo pehē ai ʻe he niʻihi fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiané, ‘Sio atu ki he anga ʻo ʻenau feʻofaʻakí.’
2 Ko e tohi Kolosé ʻoku tapua mei ai ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia anga-ʻofa pehē naʻe fai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá mo hono kaumeʻa ko ʻEpafasí ki he fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi Kolosé. Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula kiate kinautolu: Ko ʻEpafasí ʻoku “fakafitefitaʻa maʻu pē maʻamoutolu ʻi heʻene ngaahi lotú, koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo faifai pea mou tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Lolotonga ʻa e 2001, ʻe maʻu ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko ʻenau konga tohi ia ki he taʻú ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Kolose 4:12: “Tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.”
3. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe ua naʻe lotu ki ai ʻa ʻEpafasí?
3 ʻOku lava ke ke sio ko e ngaahi lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi maʻá e faʻahinga naʻá ne ʻofa aí naʻe ʻi ai hono tafaʻaki ʻe ua: (1) ke ‘faifai pea nau tuʻu kakato’ pea (2) ke nau tuʻu “fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko e fakamatala ko ení naʻe fakakau ia ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ki haʻatau lelei. Ko ia, ʻeke hifo kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu fakafoʻituitui ke u fai ke faifai peá u tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he kotoa ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá? Pea ʻi heʻeku fai iá, ko e hā ʻe iku ki aí?’ Tau sio angé.
Feinga ke “Tuʻu Kakato”
4. Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻa e kau Kolosé ke nau hoko ʻo “kakato” ʻi he ʻuhinga fē?
4 Naʻe holi vēkeveke ʻa ʻEpafasi ke ‘faifai pea tuʻu kakato’ ʻa hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine fakalaumālie ʻi Kolosé. Ko e foʻi lea naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paulá, naʻe fakalea heni ko e “kakato,” ʻoku lava ke ne maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga ko e haohaoa, fuʻu lahi, pe matuʻotuʻa. (Mātiu 19:21; Hepelu 5:14; Semisi 1:4, 25) Ngalingali ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ko ha taha ʻi heʻene hoko ko ha Fakamoʻoni ʻosi papitaiso ʻa Sihová ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga leva ia ai ko ha Kalisitiane fuʻu lahi ia. Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula ki he kau ʻEfesō naʻe nofo ʻi he hihifo ʻo Kolosé, ʻo pehē ʻoku feinga ʻa e kau tauhi-sipí mo e kau faiakó ke tokoni “ke tau aʻusia kotoa pe ʻa e tui taha mo e ʻilo taha ki he ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua, ke aʻusia [“ʻa e tangata lahi,” NW], ke aʻusia ʻa e fua, ko e lahi ʻo e kakato ʻa Kalaisi.” ʻI ha feituʻu kehe naʻe enginaki ai ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau hoko ʻo “fuʻu lahi ʻi he ngaahi mālohi ʻo e mahinó.”—Efeso 4:8-13; 1 Kolinito 14:20, NW.
5. ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau ʻai ʻa e tuʻunga kakató ko ha taumuʻa tefito ia?
5 Kapau naʻe teʻeki ai ke fuʻu lahi fakalaumālie, pe matuʻotuʻa ha niʻihi ʻi Kolose, naʻe fiemaʻu ke hoko ia ko ʻenau taumuʻá. ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke hoko moʻoni ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he ʻahó ni? Tatau ai pē pe naʻa tau papitaiso ʻi he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu kuohilí pe ki muí ni, ʻoku lava ke tau sio ʻoku hā mahino ʻetau fakalakalaká ʻi heʻetau malava fakaefakaʻuhingá mo e ngaahi fakakaukaú? ʻOku tau fakakaukau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻi he Tohitapú ki muʻa ke tau fai ʻa e ngaahi filí? ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ngaahi meʻa felāveʻi mo e ʻOtuá pea mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaefakatahaʻangá ha ngafa lahi ange ʻi heʻetau moʻuí, ʻo ʻikai ko haʻane hoko fāinoa pē? ʻOku ʻikai te tau lava heni ke fakatātaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi founga kotoa ʻa ia te tau tapua atu nai ai ha tupu pehē ki he tuʻunga kakató, kae fakakaukau angé ki ha ongo fakatātā ʻe ua.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻa ia ʻe malava ai ha taha ke fakalakalaka atu ki he hoko ʻo haohaoa, ʻo hangē ko Sihová?
6 Ko e fakatātā ʻuluakí: Tau pehē pē ʻoku tau tupu hake ʻi ha ʻātakai ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻiʻaki ʻa e tomuʻa fehiʻá pe fakafili ki he kakai ʻo ha toe matakali, fonua, pe feituʻu ʻe taha. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi he taimí ni ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ke filifilimānako pea ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau pehē. (Ngāue 10:14, 15, 34, 35) ʻI heʻetau fakatahaʻangá pe sēketí, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha mei he ʻātakai ko ia ʻe tahá, ko ia ai, ʻoku tau nofo takatakai ʻiate kinautolu. Neongo ia, ko e hā hano lahi ʻo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻoku kovi pe ngaahi huʻuhuʻu ʻoku tau tauhi ʻi loto ki he kakai ʻo e ʻātakai ko iá? ʻOku tau maʻu ha ‘fakakaukau fepolepolei,’ ʻo vave ke fakakaukau ki ha meʻa ʻoku kovi kapau ʻe faihala pe kiʻi taʻetokanga mai ha taha mei he ʻātakai ko iá kiate kitautolu ʻi ha kiʻi founga siʻisiʻi? ʻEke hifo kiate koe, ‘ʻOku fiemaʻu ke u fai ha fakalakalaka lahi ange ki hono maʻu ʻo e fakakaukau taʻefilifilimānakó?’
7. Ko e hoko ʻo kakato ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha Kalisitiané ʻe kau nai ki ai ʻa hono maʻu ʻa e vakai fēfē ki he niʻihi kehé?
7 Fakatātā hono uá: Fakatatau ki he Filipai 2:3, ʻoku totonu kiate kitautolu ke “ʻoua ʻe feinga ki ha meʻa ko e fakafekakeʻi, pe ko e fieongoongoa; ka ʻi hoʻomou loto taʻehiki mou taki taha lau ʻoku lelei hake ʻa hono kainga ʻiate ia.” ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau fakalakalaka ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni? ʻOku maʻu ʻe he tokotaha taki taha ʻa e ngaahi vaivaiʻanga mo e ngaahi mālohinga. Kapau naʻa tau vave ʻi he kuohilí ke fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki vaivai ʻa e niʻihi kehé, kuo tau fakalakalaka, ʻo ʻikai kei ʻamanekina meiate kinautolu ke nau hoko ʻo meimei “haohaoa”? (Semisi 3:2) ʻI he taimí ni, ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa, ʻoku malava ke tau sio—naʻa mo e fakasio—ki he ngaahi founga ʻoku lelei ange ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé? ‘Kuo pau ke u fakahaaʻi ʻoku lelei ange ʻa e tuofefiné ni ʻiate au ʻi he kātakí.’ ‘ʻOku tapua mai ʻe he tokotaha ko iá ha tui ʻoku mālohi lahi ange.’ ‘Ko hono moʻoní, ko ha faiako lelei ange ia ʻiate au.’ ‘ʻOku lelei ange ia ʻi heʻene mapuleʻi ʻa ʻene ʻitá.’ Mahalo pē naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Kolose ʻe niʻihi ke nau fakalakalaka ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni. ʻOku tau pehē?
8, 9. (a) ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe lotu ai ʻa ʻEpafasi ke “tuʻu” kakato ʻa e kau Kolosé? (e) ‘Ko e tuʻu kakató’ ʻoku fakahuʻunga ai ʻa e hā fekauʻaki mo e kahaʻú?
8 Naʻe lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi ke “tuʻu kakato” ʻa e kau Kolosé. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi ki he ʻOtuá ke aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻe hoko ai ʻo kakato, matuʻotuʻa, kau Kalisitiane lalahi ai ʻa e kau Kolosé, ke nau “tuʻu,” pe hokohoko atu ai pē.
9 ʻOku ʻikai lava ke tau pehē ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻoku hoko ko ha Kalisitiané, naʻa mo ha tokotaha matuʻotuʻa, ʻe kīvoi ai pē ʻi he peheé. Naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo ha foha fakaeʻāngelo ʻo e ʻOtuá “naʻe ʻikai te ne tuʻu maʻu ʻi he moʻoní.” (Sione 8:44, NW) Pea naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó fekauʻaki mo e niʻihi ʻi he kuohilí ʻa ia naʻa nau tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻi ha taimi ka naʻa nau toe tō. Naʻá ne fakatokanga ki he fanga tokoua pani ʻe he laumālié: “ʻIlonga ʻa ia ʻoku ne pehe kuo ne tuʻu, ke vakavakai naʻa ne hinga.” (1 Kolinito 10:12) ʻOku tānaki mai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e mālohi ki he lotu ko ia ke ‘faifai pea tuʻu kakato’ ʻa e kau Kolosé. ʻI he taimi pē naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo kakato, pea fuʻu lahí, naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau kīvoi, ʻo ʻoua ʻe holomui, hoko ʻo ongosia, pe tēkina mamaʻo. (Hepelu 2:1; 3:12; 6:6; 10:39; 12:25) Ko ia te nau hoko ai ʻo “kakato” ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fai ai honau siví mo e fakapapauʻi fakaʻosí.—2 Kolinito 5:10; 1 Pita 2:12.
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e sīpinga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ʻEpafasi maʻatautolu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e lotú? (e) ʻI he faitatau mo e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe ʻEpafasí, ko e hā ʻa e fakapapau te ke saiʻia ke faí?
10 Kuo tau ʻosi lāulea ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e lotu maʻá e niʻihi kehé ʻaki honau hingoá, ʻo fakahangatonu ʻi he kole kia Sihova ke ne tokoniʻi kinautolu, fakafiemālieʻi kinautolu, tāpuakiʻi kinautolu, pea ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Ko e faʻahinga lotu pehē naʻe fai ʻe ʻEpafasi maʻá e kau Kolosé. Pea te tau lava—ko hono moʻoní ʻoku totonu—ke tau maʻu ʻi he ngaahi lea ko iá ha fokotuʻu mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻohake kia Sihova ʻi he lotu fekauʻaki mo kitautolú. ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia, ʻoku totonu ke tau kole ki he tokoni ʻa Sihová ki he taumuʻa ke ‘faifai pea tau tuʻu kakato’ ai ʻa kitautolu tāutaha. ʻOku mou fai ia?
11 Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke ke lave ai ki ho tuʻungá ʻi hoʻo lotú? Talanoa ki he ʻOtuá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga ʻa ia kuó ke laka ki muʻa ai ke hoko ʻo “kakato,” fuʻu lahi, mo matuʻotuʻá. Kōlenga kiate ia ke ne tokoniʻi koe ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke tupu fakalaumālie aí. (Sāme 17:3; 139:23, 24) ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia, ʻokú ke maʻu ha ngaahi tafaʻaki pehē. Ko ia ai, ʻi he ʻikai hoko ʻo loto-siʻi ʻi he meʻa ko ení, kole mahino ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo fakahangatonu ki ha tokoni ke fakalakalaka. Fai eni ke laka he tuʻo tahá. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke ke fakapapauʻi ai ʻi he uike ko eni ka hoko maí te ke lotu ai ʻi ha tuʻunga ke ‘faifai peá ke tuʻu kakato aí.’ Pea palani ke fai ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi hoʻo fakakaukau ki he konga tohi ʻo e taʻú. ʻI hoʻo ngaahi lotú, hangataha ki he ngaahi hehema ʻa ia ʻe pau nai ai ke ke holomui, hoko ʻo ongosia, pe tēkina mamaʻo ai mei he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo e founga ʻe lava ke ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei hono fai iá.—Efeso 6:11, 13, 14, 18.
Lotu ki ha Tuipau Mālohi
12. Ko e hā naʻe tautefito ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ki he kau Kolosé ke nau “tuipau mālohí”?
12 Naʻe toe lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi ki ha toe meʻa ʻe taha naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga kapau naʻe fiemaʻu ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e kau Kolosé ʻoku faifai pea nau tuʻu fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku fiemaʻu tatau ia kiate kitautolu. Ko e hā ia? Naʻá ne lotu ke nau tuʻu “fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Naʻe takatakaiʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi filōsofia lotu hē mo paetaku, ʻa ia ko e niʻihi naʻa nau maʻu ha fōtunga kākā ʻo e lotu moʻoní. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe tenge kinautolu ke nau kātoangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho makehe ʻaki ʻa e ʻaukai pe kai fakafiefia, hangē ko ia naʻe fiemaʻu ʻi he taimi ʻe taha ʻi he lotu faka-Siú. Naʻe hangataha ʻa e kau faiako loí ki he kau ʻāngeló, ʻa e ngaahi laumālie mālohi ko ia naʻe ngāueʻaki ke nau ʻave ʻa e Laó kia Mōsesé. Fakaʻuta atu ki he hoko ʻo fakamoʻulaloa ki he faʻahinga tenge ko iá! Naʻe ʻi ai ha puputuʻu lahi ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fepakipakí.—Kaletia 3:19; Kolose 2:8, 16-18.
13. Ko hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Kolosé, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he meʻa ko iá?
13 Naʻe tali fakaʻuhinga ʻa Paula ʻaki ʻene fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. “Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou maʻu ʻa Kalaisi Sisu ko e ʻEiki, pea mou fou ʻiate ia pe: ko e kakai kuo aka ʻiate ia, pea ʻoku langa hake ʻiate ia, pea ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke kaukaua ʻi he [tuí], ʻi hono anga naʻe akonekina ai kimoutolu.” ʻIo, naʻe ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu (ʻa e kau Kolosé pea mo kitautolu) ki he tuipau kakato fekauʻaki mo e ngafa ʻo Kalaisi ʻi he taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. Naʻe fakamatala ʻa Paula: “ʻOku fale ʻi he ʻEne ʻAfio hono katokātoa ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻo nofo sino; pea kuo mou ʻosi fonu ʻi hoʻomou tuʻu ʻiate ia, ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio ʻa ia ko e ʻulu ʻo e faʻahinga pule mo maʻutuʻunga kotoa pe.”—Kolose 2:6-10.
14. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ai ʻa e ʻamanakí ko ha meʻa moʻoni ki he faʻahinga ʻi Kolosé?
14 Ko e kau Kolosé ko e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻe he laumālié. Naʻa nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki mavahe, ko e moʻui ʻi hēvani, pea naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga kotoa ke tauhi ke ngingila ʻa e ʻamanaki ko iá. (Kolose 1:5) Ko e ‘finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá’ ke nau maʻu ʻa e tuipau mālohi fekauʻaki mo e papau ʻo ʻenau ʻamanakí. ʻOku totonu ke veiveiua ha taha ʻo kinautolu ʻi he ʻamanaki ko iá? ʻIkai ʻaupito! ʻOku totonu ke kehe ʻi he ʻahó ni ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ko e moʻui ʻi he palataisi fakaemāmaní? Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai! Ko e ʻamanaki pau ko iá ʻoku hā mahino ko e konga ia ʻo e ‘finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.’ Sai fakakaukau angé ki he ongo foʻi fehuʻi ko ení: Kapau ʻokú ke feinga ke hoko ko e taha ʻo e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻa ia te nau hao ʻi he “mamahi lahi,” ʻoku moʻoni fēfē ʻa hoʻo ʻamanakí? (Fakahā 7:9, 14) Ko ha konga ia ʻo hoʻo “tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá”?
15. Ko e hā ʻa e hokohoko naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula ʻa ia naʻe kau ai ʻa e ʻamanakí?
15 ʻI he “ʻamanaki” ʻoku ʻikai ko ʻetau ʻuhingá ko ha fakaʻamu pe fakaʻānaua taʻeʻuhinga pē. ʻOku lava ke tau sio ki he meʻá ni mei he ngaahi poini hokohoko naʻe ʻoange ki muʻa ange ʻe Paula ki he kau Lomá. ʻI he hokohoko ko iá, ko e meʻa taki taha naʻe lave ki aí ʻoku fakafehokotaki ia pe taki atu ki hono hokó. Tau fai ha tokanga ki he meʻa naʻe tuku ai ʻe Paula ʻa e “ʻamanakí” ʻi heʻene fakaʻuhingá: “Ke tau hākailangitau lolotonga ʻetau ʻi he ngaahi mamahí, koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku fakatupu ʻe he mamahí ʻa e kātaki; ko e kātakí, ʻoku iku ia, ki ha tuʻunga fakahōifua; ko e tuʻunga fakahōifuá, ʻoku iku ia, ki he ʻamanakí, pea ko e ʻamanakí ʻoku ʻikai ke iku ia ki ha fakalotomamahi; koeʻuhi ko e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo lilingi mai ia ki hotau lotó fakafou ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní.”—Loma 5:3-5, NW.
16. ʻI hoʻo ako ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e Tohitapú, ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki naʻá ke maʻú?
16 ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻuluaki vahevahe ai mo koe ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú, ne puke nai ʻe ha foʻi moʻoni pau ʻa hoʻo tokangá, hangē ko e tuʻunga ʻo e maté pe ko e toetuʻú. Ki he tokolahi, ko e ʻuluaki ʻilo foʻoú ko e malava makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo e moʻui ʻi ha palataisi fakaemāmaní. Manatuʻi ʻa e taimi naʻá ke ʻuluaki fanongo ai ki he akonaki ko iá. Ko ha ʻamanaki fakaofo moʻoni ē—ʻe ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha puke mo ha taʻumotuʻa, ʻe lava ke ke moʻui atu ke fiefia ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻo hoʻo ngāué, pea ʻe ʻi ai ha melino mo e fanga manú! (Koheleti 9:5, 10; Aisea 65:17-25; Sione 5:28, 29; Fakahā 21:3, 4) Kuó ke maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakaofo!
17, 18. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e iku ki he ʻamanakí ʻa e hokohoko naʻe ʻoange ʻe Paula ki he kau Lomá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ʻamanaki ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻi he Loma 5:4, 5, pea ʻokú ke maʻu ia?
17 ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, ngalingali kuó ke fehangahangai ai mo ha fakafepaki pe fakatanga. (Mātiu 10:34-39; 24:9) Naʻa mo e ʻi he ngaahi taimi ki mui ní, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻi he ngaahi fonua kehekehe kuo kaihaʻasia honau ngaahi ʻapí pe kuo fakamālohiʻi ke nau hoko ko e kau kumi hūfanga. Kuo ngaohikovia fakaesino ʻa e niʻihi, ʻo faʻao fakamālohi ʻenau ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapú, pea kuo nau hoko ko e faʻahinga ke fai ki ai ʻa e ngaahi līpooti loi ʻi he mītiá. Ko e hā pē ha founga ʻo e fakatangá kuó ke fehangahangai nai mo ia, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa e Loma 5:3 (NW), naʻe lava ke ke hākailangitau ʻi he mamahí, pea naʻe ʻomai ai ha ola lelei. Hangē ko e tohi ʻa Paulá, naʻe fakatupu ʻe he mamahí ʻiate koe ʻa e kātakí. Naʻe taki atu leva ʻa e kātakí ki ha tuʻunga fakahōifua. Naʻá ke ʻiloʻi naʻá ke fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe tonú, ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko ia naʻá ke ongoʻi papau kuó ke maʻu ʻa ʻene hōifuá. ʻI he ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá, naʻá ke ongoʻi ʻokú ke “ʻi ha tuʻunga fakahōifua.” ʻI he hokohoko atú, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ʻo pehē “ko e tuʻunga fakahōifuá, ʻoku iku ia, ki he [fakatupu ʻa e] ʻamanakí.” ʻE hā ngali faikehe nai ia. Ko e hā naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Paula ʻa e “ʻamanakí” ʻo ʻi mui ia ʻi he fakahokohokó? ʻIkai naʻá ke maʻu fuoloa ki muʻa ʻa e ʻamanakí, ʻi he taimi naʻá ke ʻuluaki fanongo ai ki he ongoongo leleí?
18 ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ʻa Paula ia heni ki heʻetau fuofua ongoʻi ʻo e ʻamanaki ki he moʻui haohaoá. Ko e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻuhinga ki aí ʻoku fakalaka atu ia ʻi he meʻa ko iá; ʻoku toe loloto ange ia, mo fakaueʻiloto lahi ange. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau kātaki loto-tōnunga ai pea tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he meʻá ni ha ʻaonga loloto ʻi heʻene fakalahi mo fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau ʻuluaki ʻamanakí. Ko e fuofua ʻamanaki naʻa tau maʻú ʻoku hoko ia ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ʻo moʻoni ange, fefeka ange, mo toe fakafoʻituitui ange. Ko e ʻamanaki loloto ko ení ʻoku ulo ia ʻo toe ngingila ange. ʻOku hūhū ia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí, ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻetau tōʻongá. “Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke iku ʻa e ʻamanakí ki he fakalotomamahi; koeʻuhi ko e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo lilingi mai ia ki hotau lotó fakafou ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní.”
19. ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko hoʻo ʻamanakí ko e konga ʻo hoʻo ngaahi lotu tuʻumaʻú?
19 Ko e lotu fakamātoato ia ʻa ʻEpafasí ke ueʻi ai pē mo fakatuipauʻi ʻa hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi Kolosé ki he meʻa ʻoku tuku mai ʻi muʻa ʻiate kinautolú, ʻo maʻu ʻa e “tuipau kakato ki he kotoa ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.” ʻAi ke tau fakaofiofi taki taha maʻu pē ʻi he founga meimei tatau ki he ʻOtuá ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ʻamanakí. ʻI hoʻo ngaahi lotu fakaekoé, fakakau ai ʻa hoʻo ʻamanaki fekauʻaki mo e māmani foʻoú. Fakamatalaʻi kia Sihova ʻa e lahi ʻo hoʻo fakaʻamu ki aí, fakataha mo e tuipau kakato ʻe hoko mai iá. Kole kiate ia ki ha tokoni ke fakalolotoʻi mo fakalahi ʻa hoʻo tuipaú. Hangē ko e lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi ke maʻu ʻe he kau Kolosé ʻa e “tuipau kakato ki he kotoa ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá,” fai ʻa e meʻa tatau. Toutou fai ia.
20. Kapau ko ha kiʻi tokosiʻi pē ʻoku tafoki mei he founga faka-Kalisitiané, ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ai ke hoko eni ko ha fakatupunga ia ki he loto-siʻí?
20 ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke hoko ʻo fakaleluʻi pe fakalotosiʻiʻi koe ʻe he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ke tuʻu kakato ʻa e tokotaha kotoa fakataha mo e tuipau mālohí. ʻE tō nai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻe niʻihi, hoko ʻo nau tafoki, pe ko ʻenau foʻi pē. Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ofi taha kia Sīsuú, ʻa ʻene kau ʻapositoló. Ka ʻi he taimi naʻe tafoki ai ʻa Siutasi ʻo hoko ko e lavakí, naʻe māmālie hifo ai pe mavahe ʻa e kau ʻapositolo kehé? Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ʻikai! Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Pita ʻa e Sāme 109:8 ke fakahaaʻi ʻe fetongi ʻe ha toe tokotaha ʻe taha ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo Siutasí. Naʻe fili ha fetongi, pea naʻe hoko atu ʻa e faʻahinga mateaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻenau vāhenga-ngāue fakamalangá. (Ngāue 1:15-26) Naʻa nau fakapapauʻi ke nau tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi.
21, 22. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻe fakatokangaʻi ai ʻa hoʻo tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohí?
21 ʻE lava ke ke fakapapauʻi fakaʻaufuli ko hoʻo tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he kotoa ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻe ʻikai ke taʻefakatokangaʻi. ʻE siofi ia pea fakamahuʻingaʻi. ʻE hai?
22 Sai, ko ho fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine, ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi mo ʻofa ʻiate koé, te nau fakatokangaʻi ia. Neongo kapau ko e tokolahi tahá ʻoku ʻikai te nau leaʻaki ia, ko e olá ʻe meimei tatau ia mo e meʻa ʻoku tau lau ʻi he 1 Tesalonaika 1:2-6: “ʻOku mau fakafetaʻi maʻu ai pe ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu kotoa pe, ʻo mau takua kimoutolu ʻi he emau ngaahi lotu; ko e ʻikai motu ʻemau manatu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai ki he ngaue ʻo hoʻomou tui, mo e fakafitefitaʻa ʻo hoʻomou ʻofa, mo e kīkītaki ʻo hoʻomou ʻamanaki, ʻa e ʻamanaki ki hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi: . . . He talaʻehai naʻe hoko atu ʻemau Kosipeli ko e ngeʻesi lea pe, ka naʻe ō mo e malohi, pea ō mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni pea mo e loto taʻetalaʻa [“tuipau mālohi,” NW]. . . . Kaeʻumaʻā foki, naʻa mou hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki kiate kimautolu pea mo e ʻEiki.” Ko e kau Kalisitiane mateaki takatakai ʻiate koé te nau ongoʻi ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau ʻi heʻenau sio ʻokú ke “tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he kotoa ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.”—Kolose 1:23.
23. Lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ko eni ka hoko maí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke hoko ko hoʻo fakapapaú iá?
23 ʻE pau pehē pē, ʻa e ʻafio hifo ʻa hoʻo Tamai fakahēvaní pea te ne fiefia. Ke ke hoko ʻo falala ki he meʻa ko iá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻokú ke tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi “ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Naʻe tohi fakalototoʻa ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolosé ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻenau ʻaʻeva “taau mo Sihova ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻangá ko hono fakafiefiaʻi kakato ia.” (Kolose 1:10, NW) ʻIo, ʻoku malava ki he faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ke nau fakafiefiaʻi kakato ia. Naʻe fai ia ʻe ho fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine Kolosé. Ko e kau Kalisitiane takatakai ʻiate koé ʻoku nau fai ia he taimí ni. Ko koe foki ʻe lava ke ke fai ia! Ko ia ai, lolotonga ʻa e fonongaʻanga ʻo e taʻu ko eni ka hoko maí, ʻai ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻi hoʻo ngaahi lotu fakaʻahó mo hoʻo ngaahi ngāue tuʻumaʻú ʻokú ke fakapapauʻi ke “faifai pea [ke] tuʻu kakato fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi ki he finangalo kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá.”
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku kau ʻi hoʻo ‘tuʻu kakató’?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fekauʻaki mo koe ʻoku totonu ke ke fakakau ʻi hoʻo lotú?
• Hangē ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻi he Loma 5:4, 5, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ʻamanaki ʻokú ke loto ke maʻú?
• Kuo ueʻi koe ʻe heʻetau akó ke ke maʻu ʻa e taumuʻa ko e hā lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ko eni ka hoko maí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 20]
Naʻe lotu ʻa ʻEpafasi ke tuʻu kakato ʻa hono fanga tokouá, fakataha mo e tuipau mālohi fekauʻaki mo Kalaisi pea mo ʻenau ʻamanakí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Ko hoʻo ʻamanaki papaú pea mo e tuipau mālohí ʻoku kau ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻe laui miliona