Hanganaki Langa Hake ʻa e Fakatahaʻangá
“Ke mou [hanganaki] fefakafiemalieaki akimoutolu, o felagaaki hake akimoutolu.” —1 TES. 5:11, PM.
1. Ko e hā e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku hoko ʻi he kau ki he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ka ko e hā nai e ngaahi palopalema ʻe kei ʻi aí?
KO E hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ko ha tāpuaki lahi moʻoni ia. ʻOkú ke maʻu ha vahaʻangatae lelei mo Sihova. Ko hoʻo falala ki heʻene Folofolá ko ha tatakí ʻoku maluʻi ai koe mei he ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻo ha founga moʻui taʻefakakalisitiane. ʻOku tokolahi ho ngaahi kaumeʻa moʻoni ʻoku nau loto ke ke hoko ko ha tokotaha lelei. ʻIo, ʻoku lahi ʻa e ngaahi tāpuakí. Kae kehe, ʻoku fāinga ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Kalisitiané mo e ngaahi palopalema kehekehe. ʻOku fiemaʻu nai ʻe he niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ʻa e tokoni ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa loloto ange ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku puke pe loto-mafasia ʻa e niʻihi, pe ʻoku nau fuesia nai ʻa e nunuʻa ʻo ha ngaahi fili taʻefakapotopoto. Pea kuo pau ke tau moʻui kotoa ʻi ha māmani anga-taʻefakaʻotua.
2. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau fakafeangai ki he faingataʻaʻia ʻa hotau fanga tokouá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
2 ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻia kitautolu ʻe saiʻia ke sio ʻoku faingataʻaʻia pe fāinga ʻa e kaungā Kalisitiané. Naʻe fakatatau ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ki he sinó peá ne pehē “ka mamahi ha kupu ʻe taha, pea ʻoku kaungā mamahi mo ia ʻa e kupu kotoa pe.” (1 Kol. 12:12, 26) ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga ko iá, ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga ke poupou ki hotau fanga tokouá mo e fanga tuofāfiné. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala Fakatohitapu ʻa ia naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe he ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ʻa e niʻihi ke nau fakafepakiʻi pea ikuʻi ʻa e ngaahi palopalemá. ʻI heʻetau vakai ki he ngaahi fakamatala ko iá, fakakaukau ki he founga ʻe lava nai ai ke ke fai ha tokoni ʻi he ngaahi founga meimei tatau mo ia naʻe fakamatala ki aí. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke tokoniʻi fakalaumālie ʻa ho fanga tokouá pea langa hake ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa Sihová?
‘Naʻá Na Fakaafeʻi Ia ʻo Nau Ō’
3, 4. ʻI he founga fē naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe ʻAkuila mo Pīsila ʻa ʻApolosí?
3 ʻI he taimi naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻApolosi ʻi ʻEfesoó, naʻe ʻosi hoko ia ko ha ʻevangeliō faivelenga. ʻI heʻene “loto mafana,” ko e lau ia ʻa e fakamatala ʻi he tohi Ngāué, “naʻa ne leaʻaki mo ako-totonu ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe kau kia Sisu, neongo ko e papitaiso pe ʻa Sione naʻa ne ʻilo ki ai.” Ko ʻApolosi ʻi he ʻikai te ne ʻilo ki he papitaiso ʻi he “Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni” ʻoku ngalingali ko hono ʻuhingá he naʻe faifakamoʻoni kiate ia ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sione Papitaisó pe ko e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ki muʻa ʻi he Penitekosi he 33 T.S. Neongo naʻe faivelenga ʻa ʻApolosi, naʻe ʻi ai e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga naʻe ʻikai te ne mahinoʻi. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi ia ʻi heʻene feohi mo e kaungātuí?—Ng. 1:4, 5; 18:25; Mt. 28:19.
4 Naʻe fanongo ʻa e ongo meʻa Kalisitiane ko ʻAkuila mo Pīsila ki he malanga loto-toʻa ʻa ʻApolosi ʻi he sinakoké, peá na fakaafeʻi ia ʻo nau ō, ʻo na akoʻi kiate ia ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. (Lau ʻa e Ngāue 18:24-26.) Ko ha anga-ʻofa eni naʻe faí. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe fakaofiofi ʻa ʻAkuila mo Pīsila kia ʻApolosi ʻi ha founga fakapotopoto mo fietokoni, ʻo ʻikai ʻai ke ne ongoʻi naʻe fakaangaʻi ia. Ko e meʻa naʻe hokó ne ʻikai pē te ne ʻilo ki he hisitōlia ʻo e muʻaki fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe houngaʻia ʻa ʻApolosi ʻi hono ongo kaungāmeʻa foʻoú ʻi heʻena vahevahe ange kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki mahuʻingá ni. ʻI heʻene ʻiloʻi ʻa e fakamatala ko ení, naʻe “tokoni lahi” ʻa ʻApolosi ki hono fanga tokoua ʻi ʻĀkeiá pea fai ha fakamoʻoni mālohi.—Ng. 18:27, 28, PM.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e tokoni anga-ʻofa ʻoku fai ʻe he laui afe ʻo e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá, pea ko e hā hono olá?
5 Ko e tokolahi ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau houngaʻia lahi ʻi he faʻahinga naʻa nau tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú. Kuo fokotuʻu ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa tuʻuloa tokolahi fau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau akó mo ʻenau kau faiakó. ʻI he tuʻunga lahi tahá, ko hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e moʻoní ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa hono fakataimitēpileʻi ke fai maʻu pē ha fetalanoaʻaki mo kinautolu ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ʻo e ngaahi māhina. Kae kehe, ʻoku loto-lelei ʻa e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá ke fai ʻa e feilaulau ko iá koeʻuhi ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e moʻui mo e mate. (Sione 17:3) Pea ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ia ke sio ki hono mahinoʻi ʻe he kakaí ʻa e moʻoní, moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki ai, pea ngāueʻaki ʻenau moʻuí ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová!
‘Nae Fakaogoogolelei Ia’
6, 7. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fili ai ʻe Paula ʻa Tīmote ko hano kaungā fonongá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakalakalaka naʻe tokoniʻi ʻa Tīmote ke ne aʻu ki aí?
6 ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻaʻahi ai ʻa e ongo ʻapositolo ko Paula mo Sailosí ki Līsita lolotonga ʻa ʻena fononga fakamisinale hono uá, naʻá na ʻiloʻi ai ha talavou ko Tīmote, naʻá ne ʻi hono taʻu hongofulu tupu lahí nai pe ʻi hono taʻu 20 tupu siʻí. ‘Nae fakaogoogolelei ia e he kaiga i Lisita mo Ikoniumé.’ Ko e faʻē ʻa Tīmote ko ʻIunisí, mo ʻene kui-fefine ko Loisí ko e ongo Kalisitiane fakatapui kinaua, ka ko ʻene tamaí naʻe ʻikai kau ʻi he tuí. (2 Tim. 1:5) Naʻe hoko nai ʻo maheni ʻa Paula mo e fāmilí ni ʻi heʻene ʻuluaki ʻaʻahi ki he feituʻú ʻi ha taʻu ʻe ua ki muʻa. Ka naʻe fakahāhā he taimi ko ení ʻe he ʻapositoló ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia tautefito ʻia Tīmote koeʻuhi ne hā ngali ko ha talavou ia naʻe makehe. Ko ia ai, ʻi he tali ʻe he kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻa he feituʻú, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Tīmote ko ha tokoni kia Paula ʻi he ngāue fakamisinalé.—Lau ʻa e Ngāue 16:1-3, “PM.”
7 Naʻe lahi ʻa e meʻa ke ako ʻe Tīmote mei hono kaumeʻa taʻumotuʻa angé. Ka naʻá ne ako ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga, naʻe faai atu pē ʻo lava ke fekauʻi ʻe Paula ʻi he falala pau ʻa Tīmote ke ne ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá ʻo ngāue ko hono fakafofonga. ʻI he taʻu ʻe 15 pe ofi ki ai naʻe maʻu ʻe Tīmote ʻi heʻene feohi mo Paulá, ko e talavou taʻetaukei mo maá nai naʻá ne fakalakalaka ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ko ʻene hoko ko ha ʻovasia lelei ʻaupito.—Fili. 2:19-22; 1 Tim. 1:3.
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke fai ʻe he ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau talavoú? ʻOmai ha fakatātā.
8 Ko e kau talavou mo e kau finemui tokolahi ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e malava lahi. Kapau ʻe fakalototoʻaʻi pea tokangaʻi ʻe he kaungāmeʻa ʻoku tokanga ki he meʻa fakalaumālié, ʻe lava ke kakapa atu ai ʻa e kau talavou ko ení ʻo tali ʻa e ngaahi fatongia lahi ange ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová. Sio takai holo ʻi hoʻo fakatahaʻangá! ʻOkú ke sio ai ki ha kau talavou tāutaha ʻe lava ke nau fakafaingamālieʻi kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Tīmoté? ʻI hoʻo tokoní mo e fakalototoʻá, te nau hoko nai ai ko e kau tāimuʻa, kau Pēteli, kau misinale, pe ko e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻaki. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ke fai ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau kakapa atu ki he ngaahi taumuʻa ko iá?
9 Ko Martin, ʻa ia ko ha mēmipa ia ʻo e fāmili Pētelí ʻi he taʻu ʻe 20, ʻokú ne manatuʻi ʻa e houngaʻia mo e mahuʻingaʻia naʻe fakahāhā kiate ia ʻe ha ʻovasia sēketi ʻi he taʻu ʻe 30 kuohilí lolotonga ʻena ngāue fakataha ʻi he malangá. Naʻe talanoa ʻi he loto-māfana ʻa e ʻovasiá fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngāue tonu ʻi he Pētelí ʻi heʻene kei talavoú. Naʻá ne fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa Martin ke ne fakakaukau ki he malava ko ia ke ne fakafaingamālieʻi ia ki he kautaha ʻa Sihová ʻi he founga tatau. ʻOku ongoʻi ʻe Martin ko e fetalanoaʻaki fakangalongataʻa ko ení naʻe ueʻi lahi ai ʻa e ngaahi fili naʻá ne fai ki muí. Ko hai ʻokú ne ʻilo ʻa e lelei ʻe lava ke ke fai ki he kaungāmeʻa kei talavoú ʻi he talanoa kia kinautolu fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taumuʻa fakateokalatí?
“Fakafiemalie ki he Kau Loto Foi”
10. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa ʻEpafalotaitó, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
10 Naʻe fai ʻe ʻEpafalotaito ha fononga lōloa mo fakaongosia mei Filipai ki Loma ke ʻaʻahi ki he ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻe tuku pilīsone koeʻuhi ko ʻene tuí. Naʻe ngāue ʻa e tokotaha fononga ko ení ko ha fakafofonga ʻo e kau Filipaí. Naʻe ʻikai ngata pē heʻene ʻave ʻenau meʻaʻofa ki he ʻapositoló ka naʻá ne toe palani foki ke nofo mo ia ʻo fai ha meʻa pē naʻá ne malavá ke tokoniʻi ʻa Paula ʻi hono tuʻunga faingataʻá. Kae kehe, lolotonga ʻene ʻi Lomá, naʻe puke ai ʻa ʻEpafalotaito “o mei mate.” ʻI heʻene ongoʻi naʻá ne taʻelavameʻa ʻi he fekau naʻe fai kiate iá, naʻe hoko ai ʻa ʻEpafalotaito ʻo loto-mafasia.—Fili. 2:25-27, PM.
11. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tau ʻohovale kapau ʻoku loto-mafasia ha niʻihi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Paula ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo ʻEpafalotaitó?
11 ʻOku lava ke fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi tenge kehekehe ʻa e kakaí ke nau fuesia ʻa e loto-mafasiá he ʻahó ni. Ko e fakafuofua mei he Kautaha Moʻui ʻa Māmaní ʻoku fakamatala ai ʻo pehē ʻoku aʻu ki he tokolahi ʻo e toko 1 ʻi he toko 5 ʻo e kakaí te nau fuesia nai ʻa e loto-mafasiá ʻi ha taimi ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. ʻOku ʻikai ke hao mei ai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová. Ko e palopalema ʻi he tokonaki maʻa hoto fāmilí, mahamahakí, loto-siʻi ʻi heʻete taʻelavameʻá, pe ngaahi meʻa tefito kehe ʻe tānaki atu nai ia ki ha ngaahi ongoʻi loto-foʻi. Ko e hā naʻe lava ke fai ʻe he kau Filipaí ke tokoniʻi ai ʻa ʻEpafalotaitó? Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula: “Mou tali lelei ia ʻi he ʻEiki mo e fuʻu fiefia, pea mou mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he kakai pehe: he ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki naʻa ne ofi ki he mate; he naʻa ne vaʻingaʻaki ʻene moʻui koeʻuhi ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe toe, pea haohaoa hoʻomou tokoni kiate au.”—Fili. 2:29, 30.
12. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke hoko ko ha matavai ʻo e fakafiemālie ki he kau loto-mafasiá?
12 Ko kitautolu foki ʻoku totonu ke tau fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻoku loto-siʻi pe loto-mafasiá. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻe lava ke tau leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo ʻenau ngāue kia Sihová. Mahalo pē kuo nau fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu lahi ʻi heʻenau moʻuí koeʻuhi ke hoko ai ko e kau Kalisitiané pe ke ngāue ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi feinga ko iá, pea ʻe lava ke tau fakapapauʻi kia kinautolu ʻoku pehē foki mo Sihova. Neongo kapau ʻoku taʻofi ʻe he taʻumotuʻá pe mahamahakí ha faʻahinga faitōnunga mei hono fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻe lava ke nau fai ki muʻá, ʻoku nau tuha mo e kotoa ʻo ʻetau fakaʻapaʻapá ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ʻo ʻenau ngāué. Ko e hā pē nai ʻa e tuʻungá, ko e faleʻi eni ʻa Sihova ki he kotoa ʻo ʻene faʻahinga faitōnungá: “Fakafiemalie ki he kau loto foi [pe loto-mafasiá], boubou ae vaivai, ke mou faa katakiʻi kotoabe.”—1 Tes. 5:14, PM.
“Fakamolemole Muʻa, bea Fakafiemalieʻi Ia”
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue papau naʻe fai ʻe he fakatahaʻanga Kolinitoó, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ola ʻo hono fai ʻo e tuʻusí?
13 Ko e fakatahaʻanga Kolinitō ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau fehangahangai mo e tuʻunga ʻo ha tangata naʻe fai feʻauaki taʻefakatomala. Ko hono ʻulungaangá naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga maʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá pea ko ha meʻa fakaʻohovale ia naʻa mo e ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ʻi he tuí. Ko ia ai, naʻe feʻungamālie hono fakahinohino ʻe Paula ke toʻo ʻa e tangatá mei he fakatahaʻangá.—1 Kol. 5:1, 7, 11-13.
14 Ko e akonaki ko iá naʻe ʻi ai hono ola lelei. Naʻe maluʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá mei ha tākiekina fakameleʻi, pea ko e tokotaha angahalá naʻá ne lāuʻilo ki heʻene halá pea fakatomala moʻoni. Makatuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻa e tangatá naʻe taau mo e fakatomalá, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene tohi hono ua ki he fakatahaʻanga ko iá ʻoku totonu ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa e tangatá. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ko e meʻa pē eni naʻe fiemaʻú. Naʻe toe fakahinohino ʻe Paula ki he fakatahaʻangá ke nau “fakamolemole muʻa, bea fakafiemalieʻi [ʻa e tokotaha angahala fakatomalá], telia naa fogia hifo ae toko taha koia i he mamahi lahi.”—Lau ʻa e 2 Kolinito 2:5-8, “PM.”
15. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau fakakaukau ki he kau faihala fakatomala ʻoku toe fakafoki mai ki he fakatahaʻangá?
15 Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he fakamatala ko ení? ʻOku fakalotomamahi kia kitautolu ʻa e taimi ko ia kuo pau ai ke tuʻusi ha faʻahinga tāutaha. Kuo nau ʻomai nai ʻa e fakaongoongokovi ki he huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá pea fakamaaʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Kuo aʻu nai ʻo nau faiangahala mai kia kitautolu fakafoʻituitui. Neongo ia, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakapapauʻi ai ʻe he kau mātuʻa kuo fakanofó ke vakaiʻi ʻa e keisí, ʻo fakatatau ki he tataki ʻa Sihová, ʻoku totonu ke toe fakafoki mai ha tokotaha angahala fakatomala ki he fakatahaʻangá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai kuo fakamolemoleʻi ia ʻe Sihova. (Mt. 18:17-20) ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga ke faʻifaʻitaki kiate Ia? Ko e moʻoni, ke anga-fefeka mo taʻefakamolemole ʻe ʻuhinga moʻoni iá ʻoku tau fakafepaki kia Sihova. Koeʻuhi ke tokoni ki he melino mo e fāʻūtaha ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ke maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau ‘fakamooniʻi ʻetau ofa’ ki he kau angahala ʻoku nau fakatomala moʻoni pea toe fakafoki maí?—Mt. 6:14, 15; Luke 15:7.
“ʻOku Ne ʻAonga Kiate Au”
16. Ko e hā naʻe loto-mamahi ai ʻa Paula ʻia Maʻaké?
16 Ko ha toe fakamatala Fakatohitapu ʻe taha ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau tukulotoʻi ha ongoʻi kovi ki he faʻahinga kuo nau fakalotomamahiʻi kitautolú. Ko e fakatātaá, ko Sione Maʻaké naʻá ne fakalotomamahiʻi lahi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá. ʻO anga-fēfē? ʻI he taimi naʻe kamata ai ʻe Paula mo Panepasa ʻa ʻena ʻuluaki fononga fakamisinalé, naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Maʻake ke tokoni kia kinaua. Ka ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻi heʻenau fonongá pea ʻi ha ʻuhinga naʻe ʻikai fakahaaʻi pau, naʻe liʻaki ai ʻe Sione Maʻake ʻa hono ongo kaungāmeʻá pea foki ki ʻapi. Naʻe loto-mamahi lahi ʻa Paula ʻi he fili ko ení he ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻo e palani ki ha fononga hono ua, naʻá ne taʻefelotoi ai mo Panepasa pe ʻoku totonu koā ke toe ʻalu fakataha ʻa Maʻake mo kinaua. ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻuluaki fonongá, naʻe ʻikai loto ai ʻa Paula ke ʻalu ʻa Maʻake mo kinaua.—Lau ʻa e Ngāue 13:1-5, 13; 15:37, 38.
17, 18. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau ʻiloʻi naʻe fakaleleiʻi ʻa e palopalema ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Paula mo Maʻaké, pea ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau ako mei hení?
17 ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻe Maʻake ke ne hoko ʻo loto-siʻi tōtuʻa ʻi he ʻikai tali ia ʻe Paulá, he naʻá ne hokohoko atu ʻi heʻene ngāue fakamisinalé ʻi ha feituʻu ngāue kehe fakataha mo Panepasa. (Ng. 15:39) Ko e fakamoʻoniʻi naʻá ne faitōnunga mo alafalalaʻangá ʻoku hā ia ʻi he meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe Paula fekauʻaki mo ia ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui ai. Ko ha pōpula ʻa Paula ʻi Loma ʻi he taimi ko ení, naʻá ne fekauʻi ʻa Tīmote ke haʻu ʻi haʻane faitohi. ʻI he tohi tatau, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Paula: “Fakaheka ʻa Maʻake ʻo mo ōmi mo koe: he ʻoku ne ʻaonga kiate au ke tokoni ʻi he Ngaue.” (2 Tim. 4:11) ʻIo, naʻe tui ʻa Paula kuo fakalakalaka ʻa Maʻake.
18 ʻOku ʻi ai ha lēsoni ke ako mei heni foki. Naʻe fakatupulekina ʻe Maʻake ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻo ha misinale lelei. Naʻe ʻikai te ne tūkia ʻi he ʻikai ke ʻuluaki tali ia ʻe Paulá. Ko ia mo Paula fakatouʻosi ko e ongo tangata fakalaumālie, pea naʻe ʻikai ha fakafili tuʻuloa ʻi hona vahaʻá. ʻI hono kehé, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Paula ki mui ko Maʻaké ko ha tokoni mahuʻinga ia. Ko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe malona hifo ai ʻa e faingataʻá mo e palopalemá, ko e meʻa totonu ke faí ko e laka ki muʻa ʻo hokohoko atu hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fai ha fakalakalaka fakalaumālie. Ko e lāuʻilo ki he lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻoku langa hake ai ʻa e fakatahaʻangá.
Fakatahaʻangá mo Koe
19. Ko e hā ʻa e tokoni ʻe lava ke fefaiʻaki ʻe he mēmipa kotoa pē ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané?
19 ʻI he “ngaahi taimi faingataʻa” ko ení, ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ai ʻa e tokoni ʻa ho fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, pea ʻoku nau fiemaʻu hoʻo tokoní. (2 Tim. 3:1) Heʻikai nai ʻiloʻi maʻu pē ʻe he kau Kalisitiané tāutaha ʻa e ʻalunga ke fou ai koeʻuhi ke fakaleleiʻi lavameʻa ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo iá, ka ʻoku ʻafioʻi ia ʻe Sihova. Pea ʻoku lava ke ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi mēmipa kehekehe ʻo e fakatahaʻangá—ʻo kau ai mo koe—ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau muimui ʻi he ʻalunga totonú. (Ai. 30:20, 21; 32:1, 2) ʻI he meʻa kotoa, tokanga leva ki he ekinaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá! Hanganaki “fefakafiemalieaki akimoutolu, o felagaaki hake akimoutolu, o hage foki koia oku mou fai.”—1 Tes. 5:11, PM.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e felangahakeʻakí ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané?
• Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga faingataʻa ʻe lava nai ke ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ikuʻí?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai kia kitautolu ʻa e tokoni ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻi heʻetau fakatahaʻangá?
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ʻI he taimi ʻoku fāinga ai ha kaungā Kalisitiane ʻi ha tuʻunga faingataʻa, ʻe lava ke tau fai ha tokoni
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Ko e kau talavou mo e kau finemui tokolahi ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e malava lahi