Ke Anga-ʻOfa mo Manavaʻofa
“Mou ai . . . ae manavaofa moe agalelei.”—KOLOSE 3:12, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu lahi ai ʻa e manavaʻofá ʻi he ʻaho ní?
KUO ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha taimi pehē ki muʻa ʻi he hisitōliá ke ʻi ai ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ʻa e tokoni manavaʻofá. ʻI he fehangahangai mo e mahamahakí, fiekaiá, ʻikai ke maʻu ha ngāué, faihiá, ngaahi taú, maumau-laó, mo e ngaahi fakatamaki fakaenatulá, ko e laui miliona ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ha tokoni. Ka ʻoku ʻi ai ha palopalema ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ange ia, ko e faingatāmaki ʻaupito ʻo e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku ʻilo ʻe Sētane ʻa e toe siʻi ʻa hono taimí, “ʻoku ne kākāʻi ʻa mamani kātoa.” (Fakahā 12:9, 12) Ko ia ai, ʻe tautefito kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau ʻi ha fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e mole ʻa ʻenau moʻuí, pea ʻoku ʻikai fakakau ʻe he Tohi Tapú ha toe ʻamanaki kiate kinautolu ʻe fakaʻauha ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ʻaho fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku tuʻunuku maí.—Mātiu 25:31-33, 41, 46; 2 Tesalonaika 1:6-9.
2. Ko e hā ʻoku fakatuotuai ai ʻa Sihova mei hono fakaʻauha ʻa e kau anga-fulikivanú?
2 Ka, ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ke fakahā ʻa e kātaki mo e manavaʻofa ki he kau taʻehoungá mo e anga-fulikivanú, ʻo aʻu mai ki he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ʻaho fakaʻosí. (Mātiu 5:45; Luke 6:35, 36) Kuó ne fai ʻeni ʻi he ʻuhinga tatau pē naʻá ne fakatuotuai ai ʻa hono tautea ʻa e kakai taʻetui ʻo ʻIsilelí. “Ko Atonai Sihova ʻeni mei he Taʻehamai, Tangi ʻeku moʻui haʻaku fiefia ʻi he pekia ʻa e angahala; ka ʻi he tafoki ʻa e angahala mei hono ʻalunga ke ne moʻui. Tafoki, tafoki mei homou ngaahi ʻalunga kovi; he koeʻumaʻa hoʻomou mate, siʻi fale ʻo Isileli?”—ʻIsikeli 33:11.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatātā ʻo e manavaʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ko ʻene kakaí, pea ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he meʻá ni?
3 Naʻe toe fakalahi atu ʻa e manavaʻofa ʻa Sihová ki he kau Ninive anga-fulikivanú. Naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene palōfita ko Sioná ke fakatokanga kiate kinautolu ʻo kau ki he fakaʻauha naʻe ʻamanaki ke hokó. Naʻe papau ʻa ʻenau tali ʻa e malanga ʻa Sioná ʻo nau fakatomala. Naʻe ueʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua manavaʻofá, ke ʻoua te ne fakaʻauha ʻa e koló ʻi he taimi ko iá. (Siona 3:10; 4:11) Kapau naʻe fakaʻofaʻia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he kakai ʻo Ninivé, ʻa ia te nau malava nai ke toetuʻú, huanoa ai ʻa e pau ke ne ongoʻi manavaʻofa lahi ange ki he kakai ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻa ia ʻoku nau tuʻunuku atu ki he fakaʻauha taʻengatá!—Luke 11:32.
Ko e Ngāue ʻIkai Hano Tatau ʻa e Manavaʻofá
4. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahā ʻe Sihova ʻa e manavaʻofá ki he kakai ʻi he ʻaho ní?
4 ʻI he fetāiaki mo hono ʻulungaanga manavaʻofá, kuo fekau atu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoní ke nau hanganaki ʻaʻahi ki honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí mo e “ongoongolelei ko eni ʻo e puleʻanga.” (Mātiu 24:14) Pea ʻi he tali ʻe he kakaí mo houngaʻia ʻi he ngāue fakahaofi moʻui ko ʻení, ʻoku fakaava ai ʻe Sihova ʻa honau ngaahi lotó ke nau maʻu ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Mātiu 11:25; Ngāue 16:14) ʻI he faʻifaʻitaki ki honau ʻOtuá, ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e manavaʻofá ʻaki ʻa ʻenau toe ʻaʻahi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku fiefanongó, ʻo tokoniʻi kinautolu, ʻo ka malava, ʻo fakafou ʻi he ako Tohi Tapú. Ko ia, ʻi he 1993, naʻe laka hake ʻi he toko fā mo e konga miliona ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe 231, naʻa nau fakamoleki ai ʻa e ngaahi houa lahi hake ʻi he taha pilioná ʻi he malanga mei he fale ki he fale mo ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú mo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí. Ko e faʻahinga fiefanongo foʻou ko ʻení, ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e faingamālie ʻo e fakatapui ʻa ʻenau moʻuí kia Sihova mo kau ki heʻene Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻosi papitaisó. Ko ia, ʻoku nau fatongiaʻaki foki ʻa e ngāue ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai hano tatau ko ʻeni ʻo e manavaʻofá koeʻuhi ko ha toe kau ākonga ʻoku ʻamanekina ka ʻoku nau kei fihia ʻi he māmani ʻa Sētane ʻoku pau ki he maté.—Mātiu 28:19, 20; Sione 14:12.
5. ʻI he aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e manavaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻe hoko ki he lotu ʻokú ne fakamatalahalaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá?
5 ʻOku vavé ni ke ngāue ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko ha “pateʻitau.” (ʻEkisoto 15:3) ʻI he manavaʻofa ki hono huafá mo ʻene kakaí, te ne toʻo atu ai ʻa e anga-fulikivanú pea fokotuʻu ʻa e māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoní. (2 Pita 3:13) Ko e ʻuluaki faʻahinga te nau moʻua ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e ngaahi siasi ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Naʻe ʻikai ke mamaeʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa hono temipale tonu ʻi Selusalemá mei he nima ʻo e tuʻi ʻo Papiloné, ko ia ai ʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he ngaahi kautaha fakalotu ʻoku nau fakamatalahalaʻi iá. ʻE ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he loto ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá ke nau fakaʻauha ʻa e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané mo e ngaahi founga kehe kotoa pē ʻo e lotu loí. (Fakahā 17:16, 17) ʻOku fakahā ʻe Sihova: “Ko ia naʻa mo au ʻe ʻikai mamae hoku mata, pea ʻe ʻikai haʻaku ʻofa ʻe fai; te u tuku honau ʻalunga ke to ki honau tumuʻaki.”—ʻIsikeli 9:5, 10.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga kuo ueʻi ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke nau fakahāhā ʻa e manavaʻofá?
6 Lolotonga ʻoku kei taimi pē, ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ke fakahā ʻa e manavaʻofá ki honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí ʻaki hono malangaʻi faivelenga ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e fakamoʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kapau ʻoku malava, ʻoku nau toe tokoni foki ki he kakai ʻoku nau masivá. Neongo ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení, ko honau ʻuluaki fatongiá ke tokanga ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa ofi ʻo e fāmilí mo kinautolu ʻoku nau felāveʻi ʻi he tuí. (Kalētia 6:10; 1 Tīmote 5:4, 8) Ko e ngaahi ngāue tokoni lahi kuo fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová koeʻuhi ko honau kaungātuí ʻa ē naʻa nau moʻua ʻi he ngaahi fakatamaki kehekehé kuo hoko ia ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga hā mahino ʻo e manavaʻofá. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻikai ke talitali pē ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki ha taimi faingataʻa pea toki fakahāhā ai ʻa e manavaʻofá. ʻOku nau fakahāhā vave ʻa e ʻulungaanga ko ʻení ʻi he feangainga mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei pe kovi ʻi he moʻui fakaʻahó.
Ko e Konga ʻo e Angaʻitangata Foʻoú
7. (a) ʻI he Kolose 3:8-13, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e fekauʻaki ʻa e manavaʻofá mo e angaʻitangata foʻoú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻai ʻe he ongoʻi feʻofaʻakí ke faingofua ange ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau faí?
7 Ko e moʻoni ko hotau natula angahalaʻiá mo e tākiekina kovi ʻa e māmani ʻo Sētané ko e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ia ki heʻetau manavaʻofá. Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku naʻinaʻi mai ai ʻi he Tohi Tapú ke tuku “ae ita, moe lili, moe fakafajifaji, moe kabekabe, moe lea uli.” Ka kuo akonakiʻi kitautolu ke ‘tau ʻai ʻa e tangata foʻou’—ʻa e angaʻitangata ʻo fakatatau ki he ʻīmisi ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko e ʻuluaki ʻi he meʻa kotoa, kuo fekau mai kiate kitautolu ke tau kofuʻaki “ae manavaofa, moe agalelei, moe loto agavaivai, moe agamalu, moe kataki fuoloa.” Pea ʻoku fakahā mai kiate kitautolu ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e founga ʻe ʻaonga ai ke fakahāhā ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ko ʻení. “O fetoutou fekatakiaki be, mo fefakamolemoleaki be, o kabau oku ai ha taha oku koviia ia ki ha taha: o hage koe fakamolemole e [Sihova] akimoutolu, ke behe be akimoutolu.” ʻOku faingofua ange ke faʻa fakamolemole kapau ʻoku tau fakatupulekina ʻa e ‘ongoʻi femanavaʻofaʻaki’ ki hotau ngaahi tokouá.—Kolose 3:8-13, PM.
8. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke maʻu ha loto faʻa fakamolemolé?
8 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e ʻikai ke fakahāhā ʻa e faʻa fakamolemole manavaʻofá ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ia ki hotau vā fekoekoeʻi mo Sihová. Naʻe fakahāhā mālohi ʻeni ʻe Sīsū ʻaki ʻa ʻene talanoa fakatātā ki he tamaioʻeiki naʻe ʻikai ke faʻa fakamolemolé, naʻe tuku pōpula ia ʻe heʻene ʻeikí “kae oua ke totongi ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻa ne moʻua ki ai.” Naʻe tuha pē ʻeni mo e tamaioʻeikí he koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahā ʻa e manavaʻofá ki ha kaungātamaioʻeiki naʻá ne kole ki ha meesi. Naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e talanoa fakatātaá ʻo ne pehē: “ʻE pehe foki mo e fai ʻa ʻeku Tamai fakalangi kiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakamolemole taki taha hono tokoua, ʻo fai ʻaki homou loto.”—Mātiu 18:34, 35.
9. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e felāveʻi ʻa e manavaʻofá ki he tafaʻaki mahuʻinga lahi taha ʻo e angaʻitangata foʻoú?
9 Ko e manavaʻofá ko e tafaʻaki mahuʻinga ia ʻo e ʻofá. Pea ko e ʻofá ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻe ʻilo ai ʻa e lotu Kalisitiane moʻoní. (Sione 13:35) Ko ia ai, ko e fakamatala ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo e angaʻitangata foʻoú ʻoku fakaʻosiʻaki: “Pea mou kofutuʻaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia kotoa ʻa e ʻofa, ʻa ia ko e fakamaʻu ʻo e haohaoa.”—Kolose 3:14.
Ko e Meheká—Ko ha Faingataʻaʻiaʻanga ki he Manavaʻofá
10. (a) Ko e hā te ne ʻai nai ʻa e meheká ke faiaka ʻi hotau ngaahi lotó? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ola kovi ʻe hoko mei he meheká?
10 Koeʻuhi ko hotau natula angahalaʻia fakaetangatá, ʻe lava ke faiaka faingofua ʻa e ongoʻi meheká ʻi hotau ngaahi lotó. Ko ha tokoua pe tuofefine ʻe monūʻia nai ʻi ha ngaahi lavameʻa pe ngaahi faingamālie fakamatelie naʻe tupu pē mo ia ka ʻoku ʻikai te tau maʻu nai. Pe ko ha taha nai kuó ne maʻu ha ngaahi tāpuaki mo ha ngaahi monū makehe fakalaumālie. Kapau te tau meheka ki he faʻahinga ko iá, te tau malava ke fakafeangai manavaʻofa mo kinautolu? Ngalingali ʻe ʻikai. Ka, ko e ngaahi ongoʻi meheká ʻe faifai atu pē pea ʻe hā ia ʻi he talanoa fakaanga pe ngaahi tōʻonga taʻeʻofa, he naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá: “He ko e talanoa ʻa e ngutu ʻoku mei he meʻa ʻi he loto ʻoku hulu atu.” (Luke 6:45) ʻE kau nai ha niʻihi ki he ngaahi fakaanga peheé. Ko ia ai ko e melino ʻo ha fāmili pe ko ha fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtua ʻe lava ke maumau ai.
11. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻikai ha feituʻu ki he manavaʻofá ʻi he ngaahi loto ʻo e ngaahi tokoua ʻe toko hongofulu ʻo Siosifá, pea ko e hā hono olá?
11 Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi ha fāmili tokolahi ʻe taha. Naʻe meheka ʻa e ngaahi foha lalahi ʻe toko hongofulu ʻo Sēkopé ʻi honau tehina siʻisiʻi ko Siosifá koeʻuhí he ko e pele ia ʻa ʻenau tamaí. Ko hono olá, “naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa lea ʻofa ange” ki ai. Ki mui mai ai, naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻa Siosifa ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi misi mei he ʻOtuá, ʻo fakamoʻoniʻi ai naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová. Ko hono ngaahi tokouá “naʻe ʻasili ai ʻenau fehiʻa kiate ia.” Koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻikai te nau toʻo ʻa e meheká mei honau ngaahi lotó, naʻe ʻikai toe ʻi ai ha manavaʻofa pea iku atu ai ki he angahala mamafa.—Sēnesi 37:4, 5, 11.
12, 13. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ʻi he hū ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi meheká ki hotau lotó?
12 Ko e founga taʻeʻofá ia ʻa ʻenau fakatau atu ʻa Siosifa ke nofo pōpula. ʻI heʻenau feinga ke fakapuliki ʻa ʻenau faihalá, naʻa nau kākaaʻi ʻa ʻenau tamaí ʻo ne fakakaukau ai naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa Siosifa ʻe ha manu fekai. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui mai aí naʻe ʻilo ʻa ʻenau faihalá pea koeʻuhi ko e hongé naʻe pau ai ke nau ʻalu hifo ki ʻIsipite ʻo fakatau meʻakaí. Ko e tokotaha pule ki he meʻakaí, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiló ko Siosifa ia, naʻá ne tukuakiʻi kinautolu ko e kau mataki mo ne tala kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa nau toe kumi tokoni kiate ia kaeʻoua ke nau ʻomi ʻa honau tokoua siʻisiʻi tahá, ko Penisimani. ʻI he taimi ko ʻení naʻe hoko ʻa Penisimani ko e pele ia ʻa ʻenau tamaí, pea naʻa nau ʻilo ʻe ʻikai ke loto ʻa Sēkope ia ke tuku ange ke nau ō mo ia.
13 Ko ia ʻi he lolotonga ʻenau tutuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Siosifá, naʻe ueʻi ai kinautolu ʻe honau konisēnisí ke nau fakahā: “Kuo tau hia moʻoni ʻi hotau tehina [Siosifa], ʻi heʻetau sio ki he mamahi ʻo hono loto, ʻi heʻene kolenga kiate kitautolu kae ʻikai te tau tokanga; ko hono ō ia kuo hoko ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e mamahi ko eni.” (Sēnesi 42:21) ʻI heʻene ngaahi feangainga manavaʻofa mo tuʻu maʻú, naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe Siosifa ʻa hono ngaahi tokouá ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e moʻoni ʻo ʻenau fakatomalá. Pea ne fakahā ia kiate kinautolu mo ne loto-lelei ʻo fakamolemoleʻi kinautolu. Naʻe toe maʻu ʻa e fāʻūtaha ʻa e fāmilí. (Sēnesi 45:4-8) ʻI hotau tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku totonu ke tau ako ha lēsoni mei he meʻa ko ʻení. ʻI he ʻilo ki he ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻo e meheká, ʻoku totonu ke tau lotu kia Sihova ki ha tokoni ki hono fetongi ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi meheká ʻaki ʻa e ‘ongoʻi ʻo e manavaʻofá.’
Ngaahi Faingataʻaʻiaʻanga Kehe ki he Manavaʻofá
14. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he kau taʻetotonu ʻi he fakamālohí?
14 Ko e faingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻe taha ki heʻetau manavaʻofá ʻoku lava ke hoko ia mei heʻetau kau taʻetotonu ki he fakamālohí. Ko e ngaahi sipoti mo e fakafiefia ʻokú ne fakaeʻa ʻa e fakamālohí ʻokú ne poupouʻi ʻa e holi mālohi ki he fakamālohí ko ha founga ia ke fiefia ai. ʻI he kuonga ʻo e Tohi Tapú, naʻe mamata maʻu pē ʻa e kau panganí ki he ngaahi feʻauhi ko e tau pē ki he mate mo e ngaahi founga kehe ʻo e fakamamahiʻi ʻo e tangatá ʻi he ngaahi malaʻe ʻo e ʻEmipaea Lomá. Fakatatau ki ha faihisitōlia ʻe taha, ko e fakafiefia peheé, naʻá ne “toʻo ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi manavaʻofa ki he faingataʻá ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he fanga monumanú.” Ko e fakafiefia lahi ʻo e māmani ʻi onopooní ʻoku nau fakatupu ʻa e uesia tatau pē. Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau feinga ke manavaʻofá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau mātuʻaki filifili ʻaupito ʻi heʻenau fili ʻa e meʻa ke laú, ngaahi heleʻuhilá, mo e ngaahi polokalama TV. ʻOku fakapotopoto ke nau manatuʻi maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Sāme 11:5: “ʻOfa ki he fakamalohi, ʻoku fehiʻa [ʻa Sihova] ki ai.”
15. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē nai hano fakahāhā ʻe ha taha ʻa e mātuʻaki ʻikai ke manavaʻofá? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e kaungātuí mo e ngaahi kaungāʻapí?
15 Ko ha tokotaha ʻafungi ʻoku ngalingali foki ʻoku ʻikai manavaʻofa ia. ʻOku māfatukituki ʻa e meʻá ni, ʻo hangē ko e fakamatala ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Sioné: “Ka ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻa e meʻa ʻo mamani, mo ne sio ki hono tokoua ʻoku ne masiva, ka ne taʻofi hono fatu meiate ia, pea ʻoku nofo fēfē ʻi he toko taha ko ia ʻa e ʻofa ki he ʻOtua?” (1 Sione 3:17) Ko e ʻikai manavaʻofa meimei tatau naʻe fakahā ʻe he taulaʻeiki mo e Līvai fiemāʻoniʻoni ʻi he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsū ki he Samaletane anga-fakakaungāʻapí. ʻI heʻena sio ki he faingataʻaʻia ʻa hona tokoua Siu naʻe meimei maté, naʻá na ʻalu ki he kauhala ʻe tahá ʻo hoko atu ai ʻa ʻena fonongá. (Luke 10:31, 32) Ko hono faikehekehe ʻaupitó, ko e kau Kalisitiane manavaʻofá ʻoku nau fai leva ha tali ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelie mo fakalaumālie ʻa honau ngaahi tokouá. Pea hangē ko e Samaletane ʻi he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsuú, kuo nau toe tokanga foki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e kau solá. Ko ia ʻoku nau foaki fiefia ʻa honau taimí, iví, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamātelié ke tokoni ki he ngāue ngaohi ākongá. ʻI he founga ko ʻení ʻoku nau tokoni ai ki hono fakamoʻui ʻo e laui miliona.—1 Tīmote 4:16.
Manavaʻofa ki he Mahakí
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻoku tau fetaulaki mo ia ʻi he fekuki mo e ngaahi mahamahakí?
16 Ko e mahamahakí ko e ʻinasi ia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata angahalaʻia mo fakaʻau ki he maté. ʻOku ʻikai ke makehe atu ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ia, pea ko e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kau palōfesinale fakafaitoʻo, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau lava ʻo fai ha ngaahi mana ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he niʻihi ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa ia naʻa nau maʻu ha mālohi pehē meia Kalaisi mo ʻene kau ʻaposetoló. ʻI he mate ʻa e kau ʻaposetolo ʻa Kalaisí mo honau ngaahi takanga tautonú, ko e ngaahi mālohi fakaemana peheé naʻe ʻosi atu ai pē ia. Ko ia ai, ko ʻetau malava ke tokoni ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau moʻua ʻi he mahamahaki fakasinó, kau ki ai ʻa e maumau ʻo e ʻatamaí mo e ngaahi ʻāvea ʻa e fakakaukaú, ʻoku fakangatangata pē ia.—Ngāue 8:13, 18; 1 Kolinitō 13:8.
17. Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni ʻoku tau ako mei he founga fakafeangai naʻe fai ki he tangata mahaki mo faingataʻaʻia ko Siopé?
17 Ko e loto-mafasiá ʻoku faʻa hoko fakataha ia mo e mahakí. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e tokotaha manavahē ʻOtua ko Siopé naʻe loto-mafasia ʻaupito koeʻuhi ko e mahaki kovi mo e ngaahi faingataʻaʻia naʻe ʻai ʻe Sētane kiate iá. (Siope 1:18, 19; 2:7; 3:3, 11-13) Naʻe fiemaʻu kiate ia ha ngaahi kaumeʻa te nau feangai manavaʻofa mo ia pea te nau lea “fakafiemalie.” (1 Tesalonaika 5:14, PM) Ka, naʻe ʻaʻahi kiate ia ha kau fakafiemālie koā ʻe toko tolu ʻo nau tafoki pē ʻo fai ha ngaahi fakamulituku kovi. Naʻa nau fakalahi ange ʻa e mamahi ʻo e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Siopé ʻaki ʻa ʻenau pehē ko hono ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá ko e tupu pē ia mei he kovi pē ʻaʻaná. Ke hoko ʻo manavaʻofa, ʻe fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he hoko ʻo fai ʻa e hala meimei tatau ʻi ha puke pe loto-mafasia ʻa e kaungātuí. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ko e meʻa tefito pē ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he faʻahinga peheé ko ha ngaahi ʻaʻahi anga-ʻofa mei he kau mātuʻá pe kau Kalisitiane mātuʻotuʻa kehé ʻa ia te nau fakafanongo mo manavaʻofá, fakahā ʻa e femahinoʻakí, mo ʻoatu ha akonaki anga-ʻofa mei he Tohi Tapú.—Loma 12:15; Sēmisi 1:19.
Manavaʻofa ki he Vaivaiʻangá
18, 19. (a) ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa e feangainga ʻa e kau mātuʻá mo e faʻahinga vaivai mo faihalá? (e) Neongo kapau ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fokotuʻu ha kōmiti fakaefakamaau, ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ki he kau mātuʻá ke nau manavaʻofa ʻi he feangai mo e faʻahinga faihalá?
18 ʻOku tautautefito ki he kau mātuʻá ʻa e pau ke nau manavaʻofá. (Ngāue 20:29, 35) “Ko kitaua ʻoku ta makalohi, ko hota fatongia ke fua ʻa e ngaahi vaivaiʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻoku ʻikai ke malohi,” ko e fekau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Loma 15:1) ʻOku tau faihala hono kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko e taʻehaohaoá. (Sēmisi 3:2) ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻa e anga-ʻofá ʻi he feangainga ʻi hono “puke nima ha taha lolotonga ʻene fai ha kovi” ki muʻa ke ne ʻilo iá. (Kalētia 6:1) Ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa hangē ʻa e kau mātuʻá ko e kau Fālesi fiemāʻoniʻoní ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau fakaʻatuʻi ʻi heʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá.
19 ʻI hono faikehekehé, ʻoku muimui ʻa e kau mātuʻá ia ʻi he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e manavaʻofa ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko ʻenau ngāue tefitó ko hono fafanga, fakalototoʻaʻi, mo fakaongoʻimālohi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá. (ʻAisea 32:1, 2) ʻI he ʻikai ke feinga ke puleʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻaki ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni lahi, ʻoku nau poupouʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni lelei ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ko e ngāue ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke langa hake, ke ʻomi ʻa e fiefia mo e houngaʻia ki he ngaahi lelei ʻa Sihová ki he ngaahi loto ʻo honau ngaahi tokouá. Kapau ʻe fai ʻe ha kaungātui ha kiʻi hala siʻisiʻi, ʻe faʻa fakaʻehiʻehi ha tokotaha ʻo e kau mātuʻá mei hano fakatonutonu ia ʻo fanongo ki ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Kapau ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fai ha talanoa ki ai, ʻe ueʻi ʻe he ngaahi ongoʻi manavaʻofá ʻa e tokotaha ʻo e kau mātuʻá ke ne ʻave ʻa e tokotaha ko iá ʻo na fetalanoaʻaki ki he palopalemá kaeʻoua ʻe fanongo ki ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Fakafehoanaki mo Mātiu 18:15.) Tatau ai pē pe ʻoku fēfē ʻa hono faingataʻa nai ke ngāue mo ha taha, ʻoku totonu ke kei kātaki mo tokoni pē ʻa e kau mātuʻá. Ke ʻoua ʻaupito te ne loto ke kumi ha kalofanga ke tuʻusi ai ha taha pehē mei he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻa mo e hoko ʻo ha kōmiti fakaefakamaau, ʻe kei fakahā pē ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e manavaʻofá ʻi heʻenau feangainga mo e tokotaha naʻe kau ki he faihala mamafá. Ko e anga-fakaalaala ʻa e kau mātuʻá ʻe tokoni nai ia ki he tokotaha ko iá ke ne fakatomala.—2 Tīmote 2:24-26.
20. Ko e taimi fē ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke fakahā ʻa e manavaʻofá, pea ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá?
20 Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai lava ke fakahā ʻa e manavaʻofá ia ʻe ha sevāniti ʻa Sihova. (Fakafehoanaki mo Teutalōnome 13:6-9.) Ki ha Kalisitiane ko e “ʻoua te mou feʻiloaki” mo ha kaumeʻa ofi pe kāinga kuo ʻosi tuʻusí ʻe hoko ia ko ha ʻahiʻahi moʻoni. ʻI ha tuʻunga pehē, ʻoku mahuʻinga ke ʻoua ʻe ʻulutukua ki he ngaahi ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻiá. (1 Kolinitō 5:11-13) Ko e tuʻu maʻu peheé ʻe fakalototoʻa nai ia ki he tokotaha faihalá ke ne fakatomala. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻi he feangainga mo e tangatá pe ko e fefiné, kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei hono fakahā taʻetotonu ʻa e manavaʻofá he ʻe lava ke iku atu ia ki he fehokotaki fakasino taʻetaaú.
21. Ko e hā ʻa e toe ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakahā ai ʻa e manavaʻofá, pea ko e hā ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaongá?
21 ʻOku ʻikai lava ke tau fetalanoaʻaki ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi kotoa pē ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e manavaʻofá—ʻi he feangainga mo e kau taʻumotuʻá, faingataʻaʻiá, faʻahinga ʻoku fakatangaʻi ʻe honau ngaahi hoa ʻoku ʻikai ke tuí. ʻOku totonu ke feangainga manavaʻofa mo e kau mātuʻa ngāue mālohí. (1 Tīmote 5:17) ʻApasia mo poupouʻi kinautolu. (Hepelū 13:7, 17) Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Pitá: “Ke mou manavaʻofa.” (1 Pita 3:8) ʻI hono fai ʻo e ʻulungaanga ko ʻení ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga kotoa pē ʻoku fiemaʻu aí, ʻoku tau fakatupu ai ʻa e fāʻūtaha mo e fiefia ʻi he fakatahaʻangá mo tohoaki mai ai ʻa e kakai mei tuʻá ki he moʻoní. Sinoemeʻa, ʻoku tau fakahīkihikiʻi ai ʻa ʻetau Tamai manavaʻofa ko Sihová.
Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakamanatu
◻ ʻOku fakahā fēfē ʻe Sihova ʻa e manavaʻofá ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangata angahalaʻiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke manavaʻofá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻo ʻetau manavaʻofá?
◻ ʻOku totonu ke anga-fēfē ʻa ʻetau feangainga mo e kau mahamahakí mo e kau loto-mafasiá?
◻ ʻOku tautautefito kia hai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke manavaʻofá, pea ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá?
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ʻIKAI KE MANAVAʻOFA ʻA E KAU FĀLESÍ
KO E mālōlō ʻo e ʻaho Sāpaté naʻe ʻuhingá ko ha tāpuaki fakalaumālie mo fakamatelie ia ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ko e kau takilotu Siú, naʻa nau ʻai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni lahi ʻo ongoongo-kovi ai ʻa e lao ʻo e Sāpate ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hoko ia ko ha fakakavenga ki he kakaí. Ko e fakatātaá, kapau naʻe hoko ha fakatuʻutāmaki ki ha taha pe moʻua ʻi ha mahaki, naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne maʻu ha tokoni ʻi he Sāpaté tuku kehe ka toki ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa ʻene moʻuí.
Ko ha kulupu ʻe taha ʻa e kau Fālesí naʻe fuʻu fefeka ʻaupito ʻa ʻenau fakalea ʻa e lao ʻo e Sāpaté naʻe pehē: “ʻE ʻikai ha taha ʻe fakafiemālie ki he kau mamahí, pe ʻaʻahi ha taha ki he kau mahakí ʻi he Sāpaté.” Naʻe fakaʻatā pē ʻe he kau takilotu kehé ʻa e ngaahi ʻaʻahi peheé ʻi he Sāpaté ka naʻe pau ke: “ʻOua ʻe fai ha tangi.”
Ko ia ai, naʻe tonu ʻa hono fakahalaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kau takilotu Siú ʻi heʻenau liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu mahuʻinga ange ʻa e Laó, ʻo hangē ko e fakamaau totonú, ʻofá, mo e manavaʻofá. ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo he naʻá ne pehē ki he kau Fālesí: “ʻOku mou tuku pe ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻo mou puke ki he talatupuʻa ʻa e tangata”!—Maʻake 7:8, 13; Mātiu 23:23; Luke 11:42.
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ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe 231 ʻoku fai ai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngāue ʻikai hano tatau ʻo e manavaʻofá ʻi he ngaahi ʻapí, ʻi he ngaahi halá, naʻa mo e ngaahi pilīsoné
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Ko e kau taʻetotonu ʻi he fakamālohí, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he TV, ʻokú ne fakavaivaiʻi ai ʻa e manavaʻofá