Ko e ʻAho ʻOku “Ulo Hange ha Ngotoʻumu”
“Vakai, ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e aho ko é ʻoku ne ulo hange ha ngotoʻumu.”—MALAKAI 4:1.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku malanga hake ʻo fekauʻaki mo Malakai 4:1?
ʻI HE lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni, ʻoku fiefia ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fili ʻe Sihova honau hingoá ke tohi ʻi heʻene tohi ʻo e manatú. Kae fēfē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau taau ki he monū ko iá? Pe ko ha kau pule pe kakai lāuvale pē kinautolu, te nau taau fēfē kapau ʻoku nau taʻetokaʻi ʻa e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá mo ʻenau pōpoakí? ʻOku lea ʻa Malakai ʻo kau ki ha ʻaho ʻo e tufa totongi. ʻI he Mal vahe 4, veesi 1, ʻoku tau lau ai: “He vakai, ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e aho ko é ʻoku ne ulo hange ha ngotoʻumu: pea ʻiloange ko e kau pauʻu, mo e kau nofo ke faikovi, te nau hoko ko e veve, pea tutu kinautolu ʻe he ʻaho ʻoku haʻu—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova Sapaoti. Seuke, ʻe ʻikai te ne tuku kiate kinautolu ha aka pe ha vaʻa.”
2. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala maeʻeeʻa lelei ʻoku ʻomai ʻe ʻIsikeli ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakamaau ʻa Sihová?
2 ʻOku toe fakahoa ʻe he kau palōfita kehe ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihova ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ki he vela kakaha ʻo ha ngotoʻumu. He meʻa feʻungamālie moʻoni ko e lave ʻi he ʻIsikeli 22:19-22 ki he fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi vaʻa ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane tafoki mei he moʻoní! ʻOku pehē hono laú: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Atonai Sihova: Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou hoko kotoa ko e efe, ko ia ko au ʻeni ʻoku ou tanaki kimoutolu . . . Hange ko e tanaki ha siliva mo e kapa mo e aione mo e pulu mo e tini, ʻo tuku ʻi he loto kulo ke ifi ʻa e afi ki ai ke fakavai; ʻe pehe ʻeku tanaki kimoutolu ʻi heʻeku ʻita mo ʻeku kakaha, pea te u tuku kimoutolu ki ai, ʻo fakavai. ʻIo, te u fakatefua mai kimoutolu, pea te u ifi kiate kimoutolu ʻaki ʻa e afi o ʻeku houhau, pea ʻe fakavai kimoutolu ʻi loto kolo. Hange ʻoku fakavai ha siliva ʻi ha kulo, ʻe pehe ʻa e fakavai kimoutolu ʻi loto kolo; pea te mou ʻilo ko au Sihova kuo u lilingi ʻeku houhau kiate kimoutolu.”
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e taukaveʻi mālualoi kuo fai ʻe he haʻa faifekaú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti kovi ʻaupito ʻo e lotú?
3 Ko ha fakatātā mālohi ē! Ko e haʻa faifekau kuo ʻikai te nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová, pea aʻu ʻo nau lea taʻefakaʻapaʻapa ki he huafa māʻoniʻoni ko iá, kuo pau ke nau fehangahangai mo e ʻaho ʻo e fai fakamatalá. ʻOku nau fiematamuʻa ʻo taukaveʻi te nau hanga mo ʻenau ngaahi faʻahi fakapolitikalé ʻo fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní, pe ko hono ʻai pē ʻo e māmaní ke hoko ko ha feituʻu feʻungamālie ki he Puleʻangá.
4 Kuo kau ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane tafoki mei he moʻoní fakataha mo e kau taki fakapolitikalé ʻi he ngaahi tau fakalilifu. ʻOku lēkooti ʻi he hisitōliá ʻa e ngaahi tau Kaluseti ʻo e kuonga lotolotó, ko e ngaahi fakatafoki fakamālohi ʻa e Fakaʻekeʻeke Anga-Fakamamahi faka-Katolika naʻe fai ʻi Sipeiní, ko e Tau Taʻu ʻe Tolungofulu naʻá ne fakaʻauha ʻa e tokolahi ʻo ʻIulope ʻi he senituli hono 17, mo e Tau Fakalotofonua ʻa Sipeini ʻi he 1930 tupú, ʻa hono tauʻi ke fakapapauʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e Siasi Katoliká ʻi Sipeiní. Ko e lingi toto lahi tahá naʻe hoko ia ʻi he ongo tau ʻa e māmaní ʻi hotau senitulí, ʻi he taimi naʻe kau ai ʻa e kau Katoliká mo e kau Palotisaní ʻi hono tāmateʻi tavale ʻo e kaungātuí pea pehē ki he kakai ʻo e ngaahi lotu kehé. Ki muí ni mai, naʻe hoko ai ha tau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Katoliká mo e kau Palotisaní ʻi ʻAilani, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi mavahevahe fakalotu ʻi ʻInitiá, pea pehē ki he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi kulupu lotu ʻi ʻIukosilāvia ki muʻá. ʻOku toe pani toto ʻa e ngaahi peesi ʻo e hisitōlia fakalotú ʻi he mate māʻata ʻa e laui afe ʻo e kau fakamoʻoni angatonu ʻa Sihová.—Fakahā 6:9, 10.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamaau ʻoku fakatatali ki he lotu loí?
5 ʻOku tau houngaʻia ʻi he fakamaau totonu ko e fakaʻauha ʻa Sihová ʻoku tuʻunuku ki Pāpilone ko e Lahi, ko e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmani lahi, fakataha mo hono kau poupoú. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻa e fakaʻauha ko ʻení ʻi he Fakahā 18:21, 24: “Naʻe hanga ʻe ha toko taha, ko e angelo mālohi, ʻo ne hiki ha fuʻu maka hangē ha maka momosi, ʻo ne li ki tahi, ʻo ne pehē, ʻE pehē foki ʻa e makamu hifo ʻa e fuʻu kolo ko Papilone ʻi hono li hifo, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻiloa. Kaeʻumaʻā naʻe ʻilo ʻiate ia ʻa e toto ʻo e kau palofita mo e kakai lotu; mo kinautolu kotoa pē kuo mate tamateʻi ʻi mamani.”
6. (a) Ko hai kuo pau ke hoko ʻo hangē ko e veve, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakapapauʻi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku manavahē kia Sihová?
6 ʻE faifai atu, ko e ngaahi fili kotoa pē ʻo e māʻoniʻoní, mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau pīkitai kiate kinautolú, “te nau hoko ko e veve.” ʻE ulo ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ʻo hangē ha ngotoʻumú. “ʻE ʻikai te ne tuku kiate kinautolu ha aka pe ha vaʻa.” ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻo e fai fakamatalá, ko e fānau iikí, pe ngaahi vaʻá, ʻe fai ʻa e fakafeangai kiate kinautolú ʻo fakatatau tofu pē ki he fakafuofua atu ʻa Sihova ki honau ngaahi aká, ko ʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá, ʻa ia naʻa nau tokangaʻi ʻa e fānaú ni. Ko e ngaahi mātuʻa faikoví ʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai hanau hako ke fakatolonga atu ai ʻenau ngaahi founga koví. Ka ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻe ʻikai ueʻi. Ko ia ai ʻoku enginaki mai ʻi he Hepelū 12:28, 29 (PM): “Ke tau kuku mau moe ofa, aia ke tau tauhi aki ae Otua ke aoga, i he fakaabaaba moe manavahe: He koe afi fakaauha a ho tau Otua.”
Ko ha ʻOtua Anga-Fakamamahi ʻa Sihova?
7. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻene fakamaaú?
7 ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻení ko ha ʻOtua anga-fakamamahi, mo anga-sāuni ʻa Sihova? ʻIkai ʻaupito! ʻI he 1 Sione 4:8, ʻoku fakahā ai ʻe he ʻaposetoló ha moʻoni tefito: “Ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻofa.” Pea, ʻi he 1Si 4 veesi 16 ʻokú ne toe fakamamafaʻi mai ai, ʻo pehē: “Ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻofa: pea ko ia ʻoku nofo maʻu ʻi he ʻofa, ʻoku ne nofo maʻu ʻi he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku nofo maʻu ʻa e ʻOtua ʻiate ia.” ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa Sihova ke ne fakamaʻa ʻa e fulikivanu kotoa pē mei he māmaní koeʻuhi ko ʻene ʻofa ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku fanongonongo mai ʻe hotau ʻOtua ʻofa mo mohu meesí: “Hage oku ou moui, oku ikai teu fiemalie i he mate ae agahala; ka i he tafoki ae agahala mei hono hala ke ne moui: tafoki mai, tafoki mai mei ho mou hala kovi: he koeha te mou fie mate ai?”—ʻIsikeli 33:11, PM.
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakamamafaʻi ʻe Sione ʻa e ʻofá, pea pehē ki heʻene toe fakahaaʻi ʻa ia tonu ʻi he taimi tatau pē ko e Foha ʻo Fatulisi?
8 ʻOku lave ʻa Sione ki he a·gaʹpe, ko e ʻofa tefitó, ʻo tuʻo lahi ange ia ʻi hono fakatahaʻi ʻo e kau tohi Kōsipeli ʻe toko tolu kehé, ka ʻi he Maʻake 3:17, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa Sione ko ha “foha ʻo Fatulisi.” ʻI hono fakamānavaʻi meia Sihová naʻe tohi ai ʻe he Foha ko eni ʻo Fatulisí ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakaekikite ʻo e tohi fakamuimui ʻo e Tohitapú, ko Fakahā, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻokú ne fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau totonu. ʻOku fonu ʻa e tohí ni ʻi he ngaahi kupuʻi lea fakaefakamaau, ʻo hangē ko e “tataʻonga kalepi ʻo e houhau ʻo e ʻOtua,” “ngaahi ipu ʻe fitu ʻo e houhau ʻo e ʻOtua,” mo e “tuputamaki ʻa e ʻOtua Aoniu.”—Fakahā 14:19; 16:1; 19:15.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ki he ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihová, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko ʻa ʻene ngaahi kikité?
9 Ko hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia “ko e Imisi ia ʻo e ʻOtua ko e Taʻehamai,” naʻá ne fanongonongo loto-toʻa ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihová he lolotonga ʻo ʻene ʻi māmaní. (Kolose 1:15) Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e mala ʻe fitu ʻi he Mātiu vahe 23 naʻá ne lea hangatonu ʻaki ki he kau mālualoi fakalotu ʻo hono taimí. Naʻá ne fakaʻosiʻaki ʻa e fakahalaia fakaefakamaau ko iá ʻa e ngaahi leá ni: “ʻA Selusalema! ʻa Selusalema! ʻa e kolo ʻoku fakapōngi ʻa e kau palofita, mo tolongi ʻa e kakai ʻoku talafekau ki ai! hono tuʻo taha ʻeku loto ke tanaki hoʻo fanau, ʻo hange ko e tanaki ʻe he motuʻa moa hono fānganga oʻona ki hono lalo kapakau, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou loto ki ai! Ko eni kuo motuhi atu kiate kimoutolu ʻa homou fale kuo liʻaki.” Hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe tolu fitu mei ai, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e fakamaau ʻe he kau tau Lomá ʻi he taki ʻa Seniale Taitusi. Ko ha ʻaho fakamanavahē ia, ʻo ne tuʻu fakaekikite mai ki he meʻa ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ko e ʻaho fakamanavahē lahi taha ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē kuo hokosia ʻe he tangatá—ko e ʻaho ʻo Sihová, ʻoku vavé ni ke hoko mai.
ʻE Hopo “ʻa e Laʻa”
10. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono ʻomai ʻe he “laʻa ʻo e totonu” ʻa e fiefia ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
10 ʻOku ʻai ʻe Sihova ke ʻilo ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau hao moʻui atu ʻi hono ʻahó. ʻOkú ne lave ki he faʻahingá ni ʻi he Malakai 4:2, ʻo pehē: “ʻE hopo ʻa e Laʻa ʻo e Totonu kiate kimoutolu ʻoku ʻapasia ki hoku hingoa, pea ʻoku ai ha faitoʻo ʻi hono ngaahi huelo.” Ko e laʻā ko ia ʻo e totonú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toe taha kehe ia ka ko Sīsū Kalaisi pē. Ko ia ʻa e “maama ʻo māmani” ʻi he tuʻunga fakalaumālié. (Sione 8:12) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene hopo haké? ʻOkú ne ʻalu hake mo e faitoʻo ʻi hono kapakaú—ʻuluakí ko e faitoʻo fakalaumālie, ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke tau aʻusia ia naʻa mo e ʻahó ni, pea hili iá, ʻi he māmani foʻou ʻe hoko maí, ʻe fakamoʻui fakaesino ai ʻa e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa. (Mātiu 4:23; Fakahā 22:1, 2) ʻI he ʻuhinga fakaefakatātaá, hangē ko ia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Malakaí, ko e faʻahinga kuo faitoʻó te nau “ʻalu atu . . . ʻo hopo fano, ʻo hange ko e pulu mui” ne toki tukuange mai mei he ʻā fafangá. Ko ha fiefia lahi ē ʻe toe maʻu ʻe he kau toetuʻú ʻa ia ʻoku fokotuʻu hake mo e ʻamanaki ke maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga haohaoa ʻo e tangatá!
11, 12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e nunuʻa ʻoku fakatatali ki he kau faikoví? (e) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku hanga ai ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo “malaki ʻa e kau angahala”?
11 Kae kehe, ʻoku fēfē ʻa e kau faikoví ia? ʻI he Malakai 4:3, ʻoku tau lau ai: “Te mou malaki ʻa e kau angahala: seuke, te nau hoko ko e efuefu pe ʻi homou lalo vaʻe, ʻi he ʻaho ʻoku ou kotofa—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova Sapaoti.” ʻI hono maluʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻofa kiate iá, ʻe tafiʻi atu ʻe hotau ʻOtua-Faitaú ke maʻa mei he māmaní ʻa e ngaahi fili anga-kakahá, ʻo fakaʻauha ʻosiʻosingamālie kinautolu. ʻE ʻosi taʻofi ʻa Sētane mo ʻene kau tēmenioó.—Sāme 145:20; Fakahā 20:1-3.
12 ʻOku ʻikai kau ʻa e kakai ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻo e kau faikoví. Ko ia, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻenau “malaki ʻa e kau angahala”? ʻOku nau fai fakaefakatātā ʻa e meʻá ni ʻaki ʻenau kau ʻi ha kātoanga fakafiefia ʻo ha ikuna lahi. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ʻEkisoto 15:1-21 ha kātoanga fakafiefia pehē. Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he hili ʻa e ʻauha ʻa Felo mo ʻene kau taú ʻi he Tahi Kulokulá. ʻI hono fakahoko ʻo e ʻAisea 25:3-9, ʻa hono toʻo atu “ʻa e kau fakamalohi” ʻoku hoko mai ai ha kātoangaʻi ʻo e ikuna ʻoku fehokotaki mo e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Te ne folofua ʻa mate ʻo taʻengata; pea ko Atonai Sihova te ne holoholo ʻa e loʻimata mei he mata fuape; pea te ne ʻave ʻa e manukiaʻanga ʻo hono kakai mei he funga ʻo mamani katoa: he kuo folofola ki ai ʻa Sihova. Pea ʻi he taimi ko ia ʻe lau ʻo pehe, Vakai, ko hotau ʻOtua eni; . . . Ko Sihova eni naʻa tau tatali ki ai; Tau tomeʻe ʻo fiefia, ʻi he fakamoʻui ʻoku ne fai.” ʻI he fiefia ko ení, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fiefia ʻi he anga-sāuni pe fiefia ʻi ha meʻa ʻoku kovi pe fakamamahi kuo fai, ka ko e hākahaka ʻi he sio kuo fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová pea mo hono fakamaʻa ʻa e māmaní ʻe ha faʻahinga fāʻūtaha ʻo e tangatá ʻo hoko ko ha nofoʻanga nonga.
Ko ha Polokalama Ako Fisifisimuʻa
13. Ko e hā ʻa e ako ʻe fai ʻi he “fonua foʻou”?
13 ʻI he Malakai 4:4, naʻe akonakiʻi ai ʻa e kau Siú ke nau “manatu ki he lao ʻa Mosese.” Ko ia ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau muimui ki he “lao ʻa Kalaisi,” ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he Kalētia 6:2. ʻE ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ʻa hono tokonaki ha toe ngaahi fakahinohino ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he meʻá ni ki he kau hao atu ʻi ʻĀmaketoné, pea ʻe malava nai ke tohi ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he “ngaahi tohi” ʻo e Fakahā 20:12 ʻa ia ʻe fakaava ʻi he taimi ʻo e toetuʻú. Ko ha ʻaho fisifisimuʻa ē ʻe hoko ʻi hono akoʻi ʻa e kau toetuʻu mei he maté ke nau muimui ki he founga moʻui ʻo e “fonua foʻou”!—Fakahā 21:1.
14, 15. (a) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku ʻilo fakapapauʻi ai ʻa ʻIlaisiā ʻo onopooní? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he kalasi ʻIlaisiaá?
14 ʻE hoko ia ko hano fakalahi ʻo e ngāue fakaeako naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sihová, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hiki ʻi he Malakai 4:5: “Ko au eni ʻoku ou te u fekau atu ʻa e palofita ko Ilaisia ʻi he teʻeki ke hoko ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihova, ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu.” Ko hai ʻa ʻIlaisiā ʻo onopooní? Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻi he Mātiu 16:27, 28, ʻi he lave ai ki heʻene “haʻele fakapuleʻanga mai,” naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku nānāfaki haʻele mai ʻae Fanautama ʻa Tangata, kuo ne ʻai ʻa e nāunau o ʻene ʻEiki, pea haʻofia ia ʻe heʻene kau angelo: pea te ne toki ʻange ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngāhi ngaue.” ʻI he ʻaho ʻe ono mei ai, ʻi ha moʻunga fakataha mo Pita, Sēmisi, mo Sione, “naʻe fakakehe hono anga ʻi honau ʻao, pea naʻe malama hono fōtunga ʻo hange ko e laʻa, pea ko hono ngāhi kofu naʻe hinaekiaki mai ʻo hange ko e maama.” Naʻá ne hā toko taha mai pē ʻi he vīsoné ni? ʻIkai, he “ta naʻe ha kiate kinautolu ʻa Mosese mo Ilaisia ʻoku nau talanoa mo ia.”—Mātiu 17:2, 3.
15 Naʻe ʻuhinga ʻeni ki he hā? Naʻe ʻuhinga ia kia Sīsū ʻi hono tuʻunga naʻe kikiteʻi ko Mōsese Lahiange ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻene hāʻele mai ke fai ʻa e fakamaaú. (Teutalōnome 18:18, 19; Ngāue 3:19-23) Te ne kau leva mo ha ʻIlaisiā ʻi onopooni koeʻuhi ke fakahoko ha ngāue mātuʻaki mahuʻinga, ʻa ia ko hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ko eni ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi māmani kātoa ki muʻa pea toki hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová. ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngāue ʻa e “Ilaisia” ko ení, ʻoku fakahā ʻe he Malakai 4:6: “Te ne fakafoki mai ʻa e loto ʻo e matuʻa ki he fanau, mo e loto ʻo e fanau ki heʻenau matuʻa; naʻa ʻiloange te u haʻu, ʻo taaʻi ʻa e fonua ʻaki ʻa e mala.” Ko ia ko “Ilaisia” ʻoku ʻilo fakapapauʻi ko e kalasi tamaioʻeiki angatonu mo poto ia ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia kuo tuku ki ai ʻe honau ʻEikí, ko Sīsū, ʻa ʻEne ngaahi meʻá kotoa. ʻOku kau ʻi he meʻá ni ʻa hono tokonaki ki he fale ʻo e tuí ʻa e “mea kai [fakalaumālie ʻoku fiemaʻu] i hono taimi totonu.”—Mātiu 24:45, 46, PM.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ola fakafiefia kuo maʻu mei he ngāue ʻa e kalasi ʻIlaisiaá?
16 ʻI māmani lahi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku lava ke tau sio ki he ngaahi ola fakafiefia ʻo e polokalama fafanga ko iá. Ko e makasini ko e Taua Leʻo, ʻa ia ʻoku 16,100,000 ʻa hono pulusi taki taha ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 120, ko e 97 ai ʻoku pulusi taimi tatau, ʻoku nau fakafonu ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e “ongoongolelei ko eni ʻo e puleʻanga.” (Mātiu 24:14) ʻOku ʻi ai mo e ngaahi tohi kehe ʻi he ngaahi lea lahi ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki kehekehe ʻo e ngāue fakamalanga mo fakafaiako ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e kalasi ʻIlaisiaá, ʻa e tamaioʻeiki angatonu mo potó, ʻoku nau tokanga ke tokonaki mai ke lahi fau maʻa “kinautolu ʻoku ongoʻi masiva honau laumālie.” (Mātiu 5:3) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tali ʻa e ʻamanaki ko eni ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ngāue ki aí ʻoku nau kau ki ha fāʻūtaha fakaofo ʻi māmani lahi. ʻOku fālute ai ʻa e fuʻu kakai lahi “mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea.” (Fakahā 7:9) ʻI hono fakahoko ʻa e ngāué ni ki he lahi ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihová, ʻe toki hoko mai leva ʻa e ngataʻangá ʻi hono ʻaho lahi mo fakamanavaheé.
17. Ko ʻafē ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa e ʻaho fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová?
17 Ko ʻafē koā ʻe hoko fakafokifā mai ai ʻa e ʻaho fakamanavahē ko iá? ʻOku tali ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Ko e hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki ʻoku hange ko e haʻu ʻa e kaihaʻa ʻi he po. Tokaange ha taimi ʻoku nau pehe [ʻi ha founga makehe nai], ʻOku tau lelei mo tuʻumalie, fakafokifā ʻoku tuʻu mai ʻa mala, ʻo hange ko e langā ki he fefine feitama: pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te nau hao.”—1 Tesalonaika 5:2, 3.
18, 19. (a) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku talaki ai ʻa e “lelei mo tuʻumalie”? (e) ʻE maʻu fakakū ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e nongá?
18 Ko hai ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e “nau” ʻi he kikite ko ʻení? Ko e kau taki fakapolitikale ia ʻa ia ʻoku nau taukaveʻi ʻo pehē te nau malava ʻo fokotuʻu ha fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou fāʻūtaha ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kupu movetevete ʻo e māmani fakamālohi ko ení. Kuo ʻikai lavameʻa ʻa e meʻa kuo nau faʻu ʻa ia ko e Kautaha ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻangá mo e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá. Hangē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe he palōfita ʻa Sihová, naʻa mo e taimí ni ʻoku nau “pehe, ʻE lelei pe, ʻe lelei pe; ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei.”—Selemaia 6:14; 8:11; 14:13-16.
19 ʻI he taimi tatau pē, ʻoku kātekina ai ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi fakamafasia mo e ngaahi fakatanga ʻa e māmani anga-taʻefakaʻotuá ni. Ka ʻoku vavé ni, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hā ʻi he 2 Tesalonaika 1:7, 8, ke nau maʻu ʻa e nonga “ʻo ka fakapū mai ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sisu mei he langi ʻi ha uloafi, pea haʻofia ʻe hono lahi ko e kau angelo, heʻene fai sauni ki he kau taʻeʻilo ʻOtua, pea ki he kau taʻetalangofua ki he Kosipeli ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu.”
20. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e kikite ʻa Sēfanaia mo Hapakuke ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻaho ʻoku “ulo hange ha ngotoʻumu”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki mo e fakalototoʻa ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ongo kikité ni?
20 Ko e hā ʻa hono vave ʻo e hoko mai ʻa e meʻa ko iá? Ko e tokolahi ʻo kitautolu kuo tau tatali ʻi ha taimi fuoloa. Lolotonga iá, ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau angamaluú ʻa ia te nau haó ʻoku nau tali ʻa e ui ʻoku hā ʻi he Sēfanaia 2:2, 3 (PM): “Kumi kia Jihova . . . kumi ki he maonioni, kumi ki he agamalu: hei ilo e fufu akimoutolu i he aho oe houhau o Jihova.” Pea, ʻoku hā ʻi he Sēfanaia 3:8 ʻa e akonakí ni: “Ko ia, mou tatali kiate au—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—tatali ki he ʻaho o ʻeku tuʻu hake ke fai ha vete: he ko hoku totonu ke fakatefua ʻani kakai, ke tanaki ʻani puleʻanga, ke lilingi kiate kinautolu ʻeku houhau, ʻa e kakaha kotoa o ʻeku ʻita; he keina ʻa mamani katoa ʻe he afi o ʻeku fuaʻa.” ʻOku ofi ʻa e ngataʻangá! ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ʻaho mo e houa ko iá pea ʻe ʻikai liliu ʻa ʻene taimi-tēpilé. ʻAi ke tau anga-kātaki. “He ʻoku sio ʻa e visone ki ha taimi atu kuo tuʻutuʻuni, pea ʻoku holi ia ke aʻu, pea ʻe ʻikai loi: kapau ʻoku ngali tuai, piki pe ki ai; he kuo pau te ne haʻu: ʻe ʻikai tuai.” (Hapakuke 2:3) ʻOku fakavave ʻo toe ofi ange mai ʻa e ʻaho fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová. Manatuʻi, ʻe ʻikai tuai mai ʻa e ʻaho ko iá!
Ko e Fakamanatu:
◻ ʻE fēfē ʻa e kau pulé mo kinautolu ʻoku nau puleʻí ʻi he ʻaho fakamanavahē ʻo Sihová?
◻ Ko e ʻOtua fēfē ʻa Sihova?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ako ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻoku fai mai ʻe he kau palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu koeʻuhi ko e ofi ʻa e ngataʻangá?
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