Maʻuʻanga Fakamatala ki he Polokalama Ngāue ki he Fakataha Moʻuí mo e Ngāue Fakafaifekaú
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KOLOA MEI HE FOLOFOLA ʻA E ʻOTUÁ | 2 KOLINITŌ 4-6
“ʻOku ʻIkai . . . Ke Mau Foʻi”
(2 Kolinitō 4:16) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai te tau foʻi, ka neongo kapau ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke mole atu hotau tangata ʻi tuʻá, ko e moʻoni ko hotau tangata ʻi lotó ʻoku fakafoʻou ia ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho.
Helaʻia kae ʻIkai Helaʻia ʻOsi
16 Ko hono moʻoní, ko hono tokangaʻi ʻetau moʻui lelei fakalaumālié ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha vahaʻangatae fekoekoeʻi mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, te tau helaʻia fakaesino nai, kae ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau helaʻia ʻi he lotu kiate iá. Ko Sihova ʻa e tokotaha “ʻoku ne ʻatu ngu ki he vaivai; pea ko ia ʻoku ʻikai hano ivi ʻoku ne fakalahi hono malohi.” (Aisea 40:28, 29) Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne hokosia fakafoʻituitui ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi leá ni, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku ʻikai te mau foʻi, ka neongo ʻoku ʻauʻauha homau ngeʻesi tangata ni, ka ʻoku fai ai pe ʻa e fakafoʻou ʻo homau tangata ʻi loto, ʻo hokohoko ʻaho pe.”—2 Kolinito 4:16.
17 Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e kupuʻi lea “hokohoko ʻaho pe.” ʻOku fakahuʻunga mai ʻe he meʻá ni ke tau fakafaingamālieʻi kitautolu ki he ngaahi tokonaki ʻa Sihová ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaʻaho. Ko ha misinale ʻa ia naʻá ne ngāue faitōnunga ʻi he taʻu ʻe 43 naʻá ne fehangahangai mo e ngaahi vahaʻa taimi ʻo e helaʻia fakaesino mo e loto-siʻi. Ka naʻe ʻikai te ne helaʻia ʻosi. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Kuó u ʻai ke u tōʻongaʻaki ʻa e mālanga pongipongia hake koeʻuhi ki muʻa ke kamata ha ngāué, ʻoku malava ke u fakamoleki ha taimi ʻi he lotu kia Sihova mo lau ʻene Folofolá. Kuo tokoniʻi au ʻe he founga-tuʻumaʻu fakaʻaho ko ʻení ke u kātaki mai ai ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni.” ʻOku malava moʻoni ke tau falala ki he mālohi fakaetokoni ʻo Sihová kapau ʻoku tau lotu tuʻumaʻu, ʻio ʻo “hokohoko ʻaho” kiate ia mo fakalaulauloto ki hono ngaahi ʻulungāanga māʻolungá mo ʻene ngaahi talaʻofá.
(2 Kolinitō 4:17) He neongo ko e mamahí ʻoku fakataimi pē mo maʻamaʻa, ʻokú ne fakatupu mai ʻe ia maʻatautolu ha lāngilangi ʻa ia ʻoku mātuʻaki lahi faufaua ange pea ʻoku taʻengata;
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Kātaki
ʻOku toe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau tukunoaʻi ʻa e ʻamanaki faka-Kalisitiané, moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha tuʻunga haohaoa. Naʻa mo e mate ʻi he nima ʻo e kau fakatangá heʻikai lava ke ne toʻo ʻa e ʻamanaki ko ení. (Loma 5:4, 5; 1 Tes. 1:3; Fkh. 2:10) Ko e faingataʻaʻia lolotongá ʻoku siʻi ia ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki hono fakahoko ʻo e ʻamanaki maʻongoʻonga ko iá. (Loma 8:18-25) ʻI heʻetau fakakaukau atu ki ʻitānití, ko ha faʻahinga faingataʻaʻia pē, neongo ʻa ʻene taulōfuʻu ʻi ha ngaahi taimi, ka “ʻoku fakataimi pē mo maʻamaʻa.” (2 Kol. 4:16-18) Ko hano manatua ʻe ha taha ʻa e natula fakataimi ʻo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo puke maʻu ki he ngaahi ʻamanaki faka-Kalisitiané ʻe lava ke maluʻi ai ia mei he foʻi mo e hoko ʻo taʻefaitōnunga kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
(2 Kolinitō 4:18) lolotonga ia ʻetau hanganaki fakahangataha hotau matá, ʻo ʻikai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hā maí, ka ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku taʻehāmaí. He ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hā maí ʻoku fakataimi pē, ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku taʻehāmaí ʻoku taʻengata.
Keli ki he Makakoloa Fakalaumālie
(2 Kolinitō 4:7) Kae kehe, ʻoku mau maʻu ʻa e koloá ni ʻi ha ngaahi ipu ʻumea, koeʻuhi ke ʻa e ʻOtuá ai pē ʻa e mālohi ʻoku mahulu atu ia ʻi he tuʻunga anga-mahení ʻo ʻikai meiate kimautolu.
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“ʻAi ke Fofonga Malimali ʻa Sihova”
Naʻe lāulea ʻa David Splane ʻo e Kulupu Pulé ki he kaveinga Fakatohitapu ko iá. (2 Kolinitō 4:7) Ko e hā ʻa e koloa ko iá? Ko e ʻiló pe ko e potó? Ko e tali ʻa e tokotaha malangá, “ʻIkai.” “Ko e koloa naʻe lave ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ko e ‘ngāue’ “ʻi hono ʻai ke eʻa ʻa e moʻoní.” (2 Kolinitō 4:1, 2, 5) Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Tokoua Splane ki he kau akó ko e māhina ʻe nima naʻa nau ako aí ko hono teuteuʻi ia kinautolu ki he vāhenga-ngāue makehe ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko ha vāhenga-ngāue ia ke fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi.
Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he tokotaha malangá ko e “ngaahi ipu ʻumea” ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki hotau sino fakakakanó. Naʻá ne fakahoa ʻa e ipu ngaohi mei he ʻumeá mo e ipu ngaohi mei he koulá. Ko e ipu ngaohi mei he koulá ʻoku ʻikai ke faʻa ngāueʻaki ia. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e ipu ngaohi mei he ʻumeá, ʻoku fakataumuʻa ke ngāueʻaki. Kapau ʻoku tau tuku ha koloa ʻi ha ipu koula, te tau fakamahuʻingaʻi ange ʻa e ipú ʻi he koloa ʻoku ʻi lotó. “ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu kiate kimoutolu kau ako ke tohoakiʻi ʻa e tokangá kiate kimoutolu,” ko e lea ia ʻa Tokoua Splane. “ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau misinalé, ʻokú ke loto ai ke tataki ʻa e kakaí kia Sihova. Ko kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi ipu ʻumea anga-fakanānā.
(2 Kolinitō 6:13) Ko ia ʻi he tali ki aí—ʻoku ou lea atu ʻo hangē ko ha fai ki haʻaku fānaú—mou mātuʻaki fakaava atu ʻe kimoutolu foki homou lotó.
Hanganaki Tupulekina ʻi he ʻOfa Fakatokouá
7 Fēfē kitautolu? ʻE lava fēfē ke tau “fano” atu ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa fakatokouá? Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau toʻumeʻa pe ʻi he puipuituʻa fakamatakali tataú ʻe fakanatula pē nai ʻenau feʻofaʻakí. Pea ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku tatau ʻenau saiʻia ʻi he fakafiefiá ʻoku nau faʻa feohi fakataha. Ka ʻo kapau ʻe hoko ʻo fakamavaheʻi kitautolu mei he niʻihi kehé ʻi he tatau ʻetau manakó mo ha kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau “fano” atu. ʻE fakapotopoto ke tau ʻeke hifo: ‘ʻOku tātātaha ʻeku kau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú pe feohi mo e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine kehe mei hoku kaungāmeʻa ofí? ʻI he Fale Fakatahaʻangá, ʻoku fakangatangata pē ʻeku fetuʻutaki mo e faʻahinga ne toki kau foʻou maí koeʻuhi ʻoku ou tui kuo pau ke nau fakakaumeʻa mai ʻi he faai atu e taimí? ʻOku ou fakalea ki he kau taʻumotuʻá mo e fānaú fakatouʻosi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?’
MĒ 13-19
KOLOA MEI HE FOLOFOLA ʻA E ʻOTUÁ | 2 KOLINITŌ 7-10
“Ko ʻEtau Ngāue Tokoni”
(2 Kolinitō 8:1-3) Ko ia ʻoku mau loto leva ke mou ʻilo, fanga tokoua, ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá kuó ne tuku atu ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo Masitōniá. 2 ʻI he lolotonga ko ia ʻo ha ʻahiʻahi lahi ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaohikoviá, naʻe ʻai ʻe heʻenau fiefia lahi faú mo ʻenau masiva ʻangoʻangó ʻa e lahi ʻo ʻenau nima-homó ke mahulu atu. 3 He naʻe fai ia ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa naʻa nau maʻú, ʻio, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki ai, naʻe aʻu ʻo mahulu atu ia ʻi he meʻa naʻa nau maʻú,
“ʻOku ʻOfa ʻa e ʻOtua ki ha Taha ʻOku Vekeveke Foaki”
ʻUluakí, naʻe talanoa ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau Masitōniá, ʻa ia ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻenau tali ki he feinga tokoní. “Neongo naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi kinautolu ʻaki ha fuʻu mamahi,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paulá, “naʻe opeope ʻenau fiefia: pea neongo e ʻangoʻango ʻenau masiva, ka ka mahake mei ai ha fuʻu koloa foaki.” Naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke toe uki ʻa e kau Masitōniá ia. ʻI hono kehé, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula “kuo nau fai ki he ngātanga o ʻenau mafai, ʻio, ʻo mahili atu; pea ko e langaʻi ʻe kinautolu, heʻenau kole fakamātoato ke mau ofa ʻo tuku ke nau kau ʻi he [tokoní].” Ko e vēkeveke loto-fiefoaki ʻa e kau Masitōniá ʻoku toe ngali kehe lahi ange ia ʻi heʻetau vakai atu ko kinautolú tonu naʻe “ʻangoʻango ʻenau masiva.”—2 Kolinito 8:2-4.
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Ko e Ngāue Tokoni
KO E 46 T.S. nai, naʻe tofanga ai ʻa Siutea ʻi ha fuʻu honge. Ko e kau ākonga Siu ʻa Kalasi naʻa nau nofo aí naʻa nau masiva ʻangoʻango ke fakatau ha houa kai siʻi ki ha fuʻu totongi koeʻuhi ko e nounou fakameʻatokoní. Ko honau fōtungá ʻokú ne tala mai ʻenau fiekaiá. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻamanekina ke nau hokosia ʻa e maluʻi mei he nima ʻo Sihová ʻi ha founga naʻe teʻeki ai ha ākonga ʻa Kalaisi naʻá ne aʻusia ki muʻa. Ko e hā naʻe teu ke hokó?
(2 Kolinitō 8:4) lolotonga ia ʻenau hanganaki kole fakamātoato mai ʻiate kinautolu pē ke nau maʻu ʻa e monū ʻo hono fai ha foaki ʻofa, ke kau ʻi he ngāue tokoni ki he kakai tapú.
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Ko e Ngāue Tokoni
4 ʻI he tohi hono ua ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku taumuʻa ʻe ua ʻenau ngāué. Neongo naʻe fakahangatonu ʻa e tohi ʻa Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ʻi he ʻahó ni ko ʻene ngaahi leá ʻoku toe ngāueʻaki pē ia ki he “fanga sipi kehe” ʻa Kalaisí. (Sione 10:16) Ko e taumuʻa ʻe taha ʻo ʻetau ngāué ko e “ngāue ko hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kakaí ke fakalelei mo ia [ʻOtuá],” ʻa ia, ko ʻetau ngāue fakamalangá mo e faiakó. (2 Kol. 5:18-20; 1 Tīm. 2:3-6) Ko e taumuʻa ʻe tahá naʻe kau ki ai ʻa e ngāue ʻoku tau fai maʻa hotau kaungātuí. Tautefito, ki he ‘ngāue tokoní’ naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Paulá. (2 Kol. 8:4) Hangē ko e fakalea ‘ngāue ko hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kakaí ke fakalelei mo e ʻOtuá,’ mo e ‘ngāue tokoní,’ ʻi he ongo tuʻungá fakatouʻosi ko e foʻi lea “ngāue” ko ha liliu ia ʻo e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ko e di·a·ko·niʹa. Ko e hā hono mahuʻingá?
5 ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻi lea faka-Kalisí ni ki he ongo tuʻungá, naʻe fakatahaʻi ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngāue tokoní mo e ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe ʻo e ngāue tokoní ʻi he fakatahaʻanga faka-Kalisitiané. Naʻá ne lave ki muʻa: “ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa kehekehe, ka ʻoku mei he laumālie tatau pē; pea ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue tokoni kehekehe, pea neongo ia ko e ʻEiki tatau ai pē; pea ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue kehekehe, . . . Ka ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi ngāué ni ʻoku fakahoko ia ʻe he laumālie tatau pē ko iá.” (1 Kol. 12:4-6, 11) Ko e moʻoni, naʻe fakafelāveʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻi he fakatahaʻangá mo e “ngāue toputapu.” (Loma 12:1, 6-8) Tā neʻineʻi ke ne ongoʻi ʻoku totonu ke ʻoatu ʻa e konga hono taimí “ke tokoni ki he kakai tapú.”—Loma 15:25, 26.
6 Naʻe tokoni ʻa Paula ki he kau Kolinitoó ke nau sio ki he ʻuhinga naʻe hoko ai ʻa e ngāue tokoní ko e konga ia ʻo ʻenau ngāué mo e lotu kia Sihová. Fakatokangaʻi ʻene fakaʻuhingá: Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau tokonaki ʻa e tokoní ʻoku nau fai ia koeʻuhí ʻoku nau “fakamoʻulaloa ki he ongoongo lelei ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Kalaisí.” (2 Kol. 9:13) Ko ia, ʻi hono ueʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi heʻenau holi ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa Kalaisí, naʻa nau tokoni ai ki honau kaungātuí. Ko e ngāue anga-ʻofa naʻa nau fakahoko maʻa honau fanga tokouá, ʻi hono fakahā ʻe Paulá, ko hono fakahāhā kakato ia ʻo e “lahi fau ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (2 Kol. 9:14; 1 Pita 4:10) Kae kehe, ʻi he fakamatala ki he tokoni ki hotau fanga tokoua masivá, ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ngāue tokoní, Ko e Taua Leʻo ʻo Tīsema 1, 1975, naʻe pehē: “ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke tau veiveiua ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo hono ʻAló ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻokú na fakamahuʻingaʻi moʻoni ʻa e faʻahinga ngāue ko ení.” ʻIo, ko e ngāue tokoní ko e founga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e ngāue toputapú.—Loma 12:1, 7; 2 Kol. 8:7; Hep. 13:16.
(2 Kolinitō 9:7) Tuku ki he tokotaha taki taha ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ko ia kuó ne fakapapauʻi ʻi hono lotó, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he taʻefiefoaki pe ʻi hono kounaʻi, he ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha tokotaha foaki fiefia.
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Founga Hono Fakapaʻanga ʻa e Ngāue ʻo e Puleʻangá
10 ʻUluakí, ʻoku tau fai ha foaki loto-lelei koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻofa kia Sihova pea loto ke fai ʻa e “meʻa ʻoku fakahōifua ʻi heʻene vakaí.” (1 Sione 3:22) Ko e moʻoni ʻoku fiefia ʻa Sihova ʻi ha tokotaha lotu ʻokú ne foaki mei he lotó. Tau sivisiviʻi angé ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e foaki ʻa e Kalisitiané. (Lau ʻa e 2 Kolinitō 9:7.) Ko ha Kalisitiane moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai toumoua pe fakamālohiʻi ke foaki. ʻI hono kehé, ʻokú ne foaki koeʻuhí he ʻokú ne “fakapapauʻi ʻi hono lotó” ke fai pehē. Ko ia ai, ʻokú ne foaki hili ʻene fakakaukau ki ha fiemaʻu pea mo e founga ʻe lava ke ne fakahoko aí. Ko ha tokotaha foaki pehē ʻoku ʻofa ai ʻa Sihova, he “ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha tokotaha foaki fiefia.” ʻOku pehē ʻe ha liliu ʻe taha: “ʻOku ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he kakai ʻoku nau saiʻia ke foakí.”
Keli ki he Makakoloa Fakalaumālie
(2 Kolinitō 9:15) Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ko ʻene meʻaʻofa taʻetotongi taʻealafakamatalaʻí.
Ueʻi Kitautolu ʻe he ‘Meʻaʻofa Taʻetotongi Taʻealafakamatalaʻi’ ʻa e ʻOtuá
2 Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Paula ko e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ko ha fakapapauʻiʻanga ia ʻe hoko moʻoni ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi talaʻofa fakaofo ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Lau ʻa e 2 Kolinitō 1:20.) ʻOku ʻuhinga ení ko e ‘meʻaʻofa taʻetotongi taʻealafakamatalaʻi’ ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú pea pehē ki he kotoa ʻo e lelei mo e ʻofa mateaki ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe Sihová. Ko e meʻaʻofa mahuʻinga ko iá ʻoku faingataʻa ke fakamatalaʻi ʻi ha founga ʻe lava ke tau mahinoʻi kakato. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau ongoʻi ki he meʻaʻofa makehe ko ení? Pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē hono ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he meʻaʻofa ko ení ʻi heʻetau teuteu atu ke Fakamanatu ʻa e pekia ʻa Kalaisí ʻi he Pulelulu, Maʻasi 23, 2016?
(2 Kolinitō 10:17) “Ka ko e tokotaha ko ē ʻoku pōlepolé, tuku ke ne pōlepole ʻia Sihova.”
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ʻOku Hala ke Pōlepole?
ʻI he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané, ko e foʻi veape kau·khaʹo·mai, naʻe liliu ko e “pōlepole, tangi ke vikia, hīkisia,” ʻoku ngāueʻaki fakatouʻosi ia ʻi he ʻuhinga lelei mo e kovi. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku pehē ʻe Paula, “Ka ko e tokotaha ko ē ʻoku pōlepolé, tuku ke ne pōlepole ʻia Sihova.” (Loma 5:2; 2 Kolinitō 10:17) ʻOku ʻuhinga eni ke tau pōlepole ʻia Sihova ko hotau ʻOtuá, ko ha ongoʻi ʻa ia ʻokú ne taki kitautolu ke vikia ʻa hono huafa leleí mo hono ongoongó.
MĒ 20-26
KOLOA MEI HE FOLOFOLA ʻA E ʻOTUÁ | 2 KOLINITŌ 11-13
“Ko Paula Naʻe ‘Tolounua ʻi he Kakanó’”
(2 Kolinitō 12:7) koeʻuhí pē ko hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakahā makehe peheé. Ke ʻoua naʻa hakeakiʻi tōtuʻa au, naʻe ʻomai kiate au ha tolounua ʻi he kakanó, ko ha ʻāngelo ʻa Sētane, ke ne hanganaki sipiʻi au, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa hakeakiʻi tōtuʻa au.
Mālohi Neongo ʻa e Ngaahi Vaivaiʻangá
Ko ha toe sevāniti faitōnunga ʻe taha naʻá ne kole kia Sihova ke toʻo hano “tolounua i he kakano,” ʻa ia ko ha palopalema fakahohaʻa. Naʻe kōlenga tuʻo tolu ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he ʻOtuá ke toʻo meiate ia ʻa e palopalema ko ení. Pe ko e hā ia, ʻi heʻene hangē ha tolounua fakahohaʻá, ʻoku pau pē naʻá ne toʻo meia Paula ʻa ʻene fiefia ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová. Naʻe fakatatau ʻe Paula ʻa e tolounuá ki hono toutou tuki ia. Ko e tali eni ʻa Sihová: “Ko eku tokoni e lahi maau: he kuo fakakakato eku malohi i hoo vaivai.” Naʻe ʻikai ke toʻo ʻe Sihova ʻa e tolounua ko ia ʻi he kakanó. Naʻe pau ke fāinga ʻa Paula mo ia, ka naʻá ne tānaki mai: “Kau ka vaivai oku ou toki malohi.” (2 Kol. 12:7-10, PM) Ko e ha ʻene ʻuhingá?
(2 Kolinitō 12:8, 9) Naʻe tuʻo tolu ʻeku kōlenga ki he ʻEikí ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ke mavahe atu ia meiate au. 9 Ka naʻá ne pehē mai kiate au: “Ko ʻeku ʻofa maʻataʻataá ʻoku feʻungaʻānoa ia kiate koe, he ko hoku mālohí ʻoku fakahaohaoaʻi ia ʻi hoʻo hoko ʻo vaivaí.” Ko e meʻa leva ʻoku fakafiefia tahá, te u pōlepole ʻo fekauʻaki mo hoku ngaahi vaivaiʻangá, koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻa e mālohi ʻo e Kalaisí ʻo hangē ha tēniti ʻokú ne hanganaki fakamalumalu aú.
ʻOku Foaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e “Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní Maʻá ha Taha Pē Te Ne Kole ki Ai”
17 ʻI he tali ki he ngaahi lotu ʻa Paulá, naʻe tala ange ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate ia: “ʻOku fuʻu lahi ʻeku kelesi ki hoʻo meʻa; he ʻoku toki ha hono ivi kotoa he tuʻu ʻi he vaivai.” Naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Pea ka ko ia, pea ta te u fili muʻa ke fai ʻeku pole vaivai ni, koeʻuhi ke hifo mai ʻa e ivi ʻo Kalaisi, ʻo fokotuʻu hono tapanekale ʻiate au.” (2 Kolinito 12:9; Sāme 147:5) Ko ia ai, naʻe hokosia ʻe Paula fakafou ʻia Kalaisi, ʻa e hifo mai kiate ia ʻa e maluʻi mālohi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo hangē ha tāpanekale pe tēnití. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tali mai ʻe Sihova ʻetau ngaahi lotú ʻi ha founga meimei tatau. ʻOkú ne ʻohifo ʻene maluʻí ʻo hangē ha fakamalumalu ki heʻene kau sevānití.
18 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe ha tēniti ia ʻa e ʻuhá mei heʻene tō hifó pe ko e matangí mei heʻene puhi maí, ka ʻokú ne fai ha maluʻi mei he ongo meʻa ko iá. ʻOku pehē pē, ko e maluʻanga naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe he “ivi ʻo Kalaisi” ʻoku ʻikai te ne taʻofi ʻe ia ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mei heʻenau tō mai kiate kitautolú pe ko e ngaahi faingataʻá mei heʻene hoko kiate kitautolú. Ka, ʻokú ne fai ha maluʻi fakalaumālie mei he ngaahi ʻelemēniti fakatupu maumau ʻo e māmani ko ʻení pea mo e ngaahi ʻoho mei hono pulé, ʻa Sētane. (Fakahā 7:9, 15, 16) Ko ia ai, neongo kapau ʻokú ke fekuki mo ha ʻahiʻahi ʻoku ʻikai ke ‘mahuʻi ia meite koe,’ ʻoku lava ke ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo fāinga ʻoku faí pea kuó ne fai ha tali ki ‘he ongo atu hoʻo tautapá.’ (Aisea 30:19; 2 Kolinito 1:3, 4) Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula: “Ko e ʻOtua ko e toko taha ʻoku fai ki heʻene lea, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fakangofua ke ʻahiʻahiʻi kimoutolu ʻo makehe atu ʻi hoʻomou mafai; kae kehe, te ne ngaohi fakataha mo e ʻahiʻahi hono haoʻanga foki mei ai, koeʻuhi ke lava hono katakiʻi.”—1 Kolinito 10:13; Filipai 4:6, 7.
(2 Kolinitō 12:10) Ko ia ʻoku ou fiefia ʻi hoku ngaahi vaivaiʻangá, ʻi hoku ngaahi taʻetokaʻí, ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e masivá, ʻi he ngaahi fakatangá mo e ngaahi faingataʻá, koeʻuhí pē maʻa Kalaisi. He ʻi heʻeku vaivaí, ʻoku ou toki mālohi leva.
“ʻOkú Ne Foaki ʻa e Mālohi ki he Tokotaha Helaʻiá”
8 Lau ʻa e ʻAisea 40:30. ʻOku tau maʻu nai ha ngaahi pōtoʻi lahi, ka ʻoku fakangatangata ʻa e meʻa ʻoku lava ke tau fai ʻi hotau mālohi pē ʻotautolú. Ko ha lēsoni eni kuo pau ke tau ako kotoa. Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá naʻá ne malava ke fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi, ka naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē naʻá ne loto ke faí. ʻI heʻene tala kia Sihova ʻa e anga ʻo ʻene ongoʻí, naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia: “Ko hoku mālohí ʻoku fakahaohaoaʻi ia ʻi hoʻo hoko ʻo vaivaí.” Naʻe mahinoʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova kiate iá. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻá ne pehē ai: “ʻI heʻeku vaivaí, ʻoku ou toki mālohi leva.” (2 Kol. 12:7-10) Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻuhinga ki aí?
9 Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Paula naʻe ʻi ai ha fakangatangata ʻo e meʻa naʻe lava ke ne fai ʻiate ia peé. Naʻá ne fiemaʻu ʻa e tokoni mei ha taha ʻoku mālohi lahi ange. Ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe lava ke ne ʻoange kia Paula ʻa e mālohi ʻi heʻene ongoʻi vaivaí. Pea naʻe lava ke ne fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe toe lahi ange. Naʻe toe lava ke ʻoange ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá kia Paula ʻa e mālohi ke ne fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne fai ʻi hono mālohi pē ʻoʻoná. ʻE lava ke hoko ʻa e meʻa tatau kiate kitautolu. ʻI hono ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní, te tau hoko moʻoni ai ʻo mālohi!
Keli ki he Makakoloa Fakalaumālie
(2 Kolinitō 12:2-4) ʻOku ou ʻilo ha tangata ʻoku fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi, ʻa ia, ʻi he taʻu ʻe 14 kuo maliu atú—pe naʻe ʻi he sinó pe ʻikai ʻi he sinó, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ki ai; ka ʻoku ʻafioʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá—naʻe hamusi hake ia ki he langi hono tolú. 3 ʻIo, ʻoku ou ʻilo ha tangata pehē—pe naʻe ʻi he sinó pe ʻikai ʻi he sinó, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ki ai; ka ʻoku ʻafioʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá—4 ʻa ia naʻe hamusi ʻo ʻave ki palataisi peá ne fanongo ki he ngaahi lea ʻa ia heʻikai lava ke leaʻaki pea ʻoku ʻikai ngofua ki ha tangata ke ne leaʻaki.
Fehuʻi mei he Kau Lautohí
Ko e “langi hono tolú” naʻe lave ki ai ʻi he 2 Kolinitō 12:2 ngalingali ʻoku ʻuhinga ki he Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaia ʻi he nima ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí mo e toko 144,000, ʻa e “ngaahi langi foʻou.”—2 Pita 3:13.
Ko e “langi hono tolú” ia koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻangá ʻa e founga-pule lelei taha mo māʻolunga tahá.
Ko e “palataisi” ʻa ia naʻe “hamusi hake” ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi he vīsoné ʻoku ngalingali ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he (1) māmani Palataisi ʻoku hanga mei muʻá, (2) palataisi fakalaumālie ʻe toki hokó, ʻa ia ʻe lahi mamaʻo ange ia ʻi he palataisi fakalaumālie ʻi he taimi ní, pea (3) “ko e “palataisi ʻa e ʻOtuá” ʻi hēvaní ʻa ia ʻe hoko fakataha mai mo e māmani foʻoú.
(2 Kolinitō 13:12) Mou fefaiʻaki hoʻomou feʻiloakí ʻaki ha ʻuma māʻoniʻoni.
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ʻUma
Ko e “ʻUma Māʻoniʻoni.” ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e “ʻuma māʻoniʻoni” (Loma 16:16; 1 Kol. 16:20; 2 Kol. 13:12; 1 Tes. 5:26) pe “ʻuma ʻo e ʻofa” (1 Pita 5:14), ʻa ia ʻoku fai ia ʻe ha tangata ki ha tangata pe ko ha fefine ki ha fefine. Ko e founga fakafeʻiloaki ko eni ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe mei tatau ia mo e tōʻonga faka-Hepelū ʻo e ʻuma ʻi ha feʻiloaki mo ha taha. Neongo naʻe ʻikai ʻomai ʻi he ngaahi konga Tohi Tapú ha fakaikiiki, ko e “ʻuma māʻoniʻoní” pe “ʻuma ʻo e ʻofá” ʻoku tapua ai ʻa e ʻofa anga-maʻa mo e fāʻūtaha naʻe maʻu ʻe he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané.—Sione 13:34, 35.
MĒ 27–SUNE 2
KOLOA MEI HE FOLOFOLA ʻA E ʻOTUÁ | KALĒTIA 1-3
“Naʻá Ku Talitekeʻi Ia Mata ki he Mata”
(Kalētia 2:11-13) Kae kehe, ʻi he haʻu ʻa Kīfasi ki ʻAniteoké, naʻá ku talitekeʻi ia mata ki he mata, koeʻuhi he naʻe hā mahino ʻene halá. 12 He ki muʻa ke aʻu mai ha kau tangata meia Sēmisí, naʻá ne faʻa kai fakataha mo e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá; ka ʻi heʻenau aʻu maí, naʻá ne tuku ʻa hono fai ʻo e meʻá ni peá ne fakamavaheʻi ia, ʻi heʻene manavahē ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e haʻa kamú. 13 Naʻe toe kau fakataha foki mo ia ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau Siú ʻi he fakangalingali ko ení, ko ia naʻa mo Panepasa naʻe tākiekina fakataha atu mo kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fakangalingalí.
ʻOkú Ke Maʻu ʻa e Anga ʻo e Ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ki he Fakamaau Totonú?
16 Lau ʻa e Kalētia 2:11-14. Naʻe manavahē tangata ʻa Pita. (Pal. 29:25) Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e lahi ʻo e ongoʻi ʻa Sihova ki he kau Senitailé. Neongo ia, naʻá ne manavasiʻi naʻa siolalo ange kiate ia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Siu kamu naʻe ʻaʻahi mei Selusalemá koeʻuhí ko ʻene feohi mo e kau Kalisitiane Senitaile ko iá. Naʻe tala ange ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá kia Pita naʻá ne mālualoi. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí naʻe fanongo ʻa Paula naʻe taukapoʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e kau Senitailé ʻi he fakataha ʻi Selusalema ʻi he taʻu 49. (Ngā. 15:12; Kal. 2:13) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fakafeangai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Senitaile ko ia naʻe fakalotomamahiʻi ʻe Pitá? Te nau fakaʻatā ke nau tūkia ai? ʻE mole meia Pita ʻene ngāué koeʻuhí ko ʻene fehālākí?
(Kalētia 2:14) Ka ʻi heʻeku sio naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaʻeva ʻo laka fakataha mo e moʻoni ʻo e ongoongo leleí, naʻá ku pehē kia Kīfasi ʻi he ʻao ʻo kinautolú kotoa: “Kapau ʻokú ke moʻui, neongo ko ha Siu koe, ʻo hangē ko e moʻui ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá kae ʻikai hangē ko e kau Siú, ʻe lava fēfē ke ke ʻai ʻa e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ke nau moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he tōʻonga faka-Siú?”
Ki he Faʻahinga ʻOku ʻOfa kia Sihová, “ʻOku ʻIkai ha Tukiaʻanga”
12 Naʻe manavahē ʻa Pita fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻe fakakaukau ʻa e kakai kehé fekauʻaki mo iá. Naʻá ne hanganaki mateaki kia Sīsū pea kia Sihova, ka ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe ʻai ai ia ʻe he manavaheé ke ne fai ʻa e ngaahi fehālaaki. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe tuʻo tolu ʻene fakaʻikaiʻi naʻá ne ʻilo ʻa Sīsū. (Luke 22:54-62) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, naʻá ne fakafeangai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻo hangē ia naʻa nau lelei ange ʻi he kau Kalisitiane kehé. Naʻe maʻu ʻe Pita ha fakakaukau hala, pea ko e niʻihi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá naʻa nau mei malava ke faʻifaʻitaki kiate ia. Ko ia naʻe ʻoange ʻe Paula kia Pita ha akonaki fefeka. (Kal. 2:11-14) Naʻe ʻita ʻa Pita ʻi he akonaki ko ení pea tuku ʻene lele ʻi he lova ki he moʻuí? ʻIkai. Naʻá ne fakakaukau fakamātoato fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Paulá, liliu ʻene fakakaukaú, pea nofo pē ʻi he lová.
Keli ki he Makakoloa Fakalaumālie
(Kalētia 2:20) Kuo tutuki au ki he ʻakaú fakataha mo Kalaisi. ʻOku ʻikai te u kei moʻui maʻaku, ka ʻoku ou moʻui ʻo fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi. Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻui ko ia ʻoku ou moʻui ai he taimí ni ʻi he kakanó, ʻoku ou moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he tui ki he ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻofeina au peá ne tuku atu ia koeʻuhi ko aú.
Tauhi Mateaki ki he ʻOtuá Neongo ʻa e “Ngaahi Mamahi Lahi”
20 Fēfē ʻa e ngaahi ʻoho taʻefakahangatonú? Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe lava fēfē ke tau ikuʻi ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi loto-siʻí? Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga mālohi taha ke fai pehē aí ko e fakalaulauloto ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú. Ko e meʻa ia naʻe fai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻá ne ongoʻi loto-mamahi. Ka naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e pekia ʻa Kalaisí, ʻo ʻikai ki he kakai haohaoá, ka ki he kau angahala hangē ko iá. Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku ou moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he tui ʻa ia ko e tui ki he ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻofeina au peá ne tuku atu ia koeʻuhi ko aú.” (Kal. 2:20) ʻIo, naʻe tali ʻe Paula ʻa e huhuʻí pea tui ʻoku ʻaonga ia kiate ia tonu.
21 Ko koe foki ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ʻaonga lahi kapau te ke tali ʻa e huhuʻí ko ha meʻaʻofa fakafoʻituitui meia Sihova. ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ení ʻe mole atu leva ʻa e loto-siʻí. Ko e niʻihi ʻe pau ke nau kātekina nai ʻa e loto-siʻí mei he taimi ki he taimi kae ʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e māmani foʻoú. Kae manatuʻi: Ko e palé ʻe maʻu ia ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ke nau foʻí. ʻI he ʻaho kotoa ʻoku tau toe ofi ange ki he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻene hoko mai iá, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e melino ʻi he māmaní pea ʻe hoko ʻa e kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo haohaoa. Fakapapauʻi ke hū ki he Puleʻanga ko iá, neongo kapau kuo pau ke ke fai ia ʻo fou atu ʻi he ngaahi mamahi lahi.
(Kalētia 3:1) ʻA e kau Kalētia vale ē! Ko hai kuó ne ʻomi kimoutolu ki he malumalu ʻo e tākiekina kovi ko ení, ʻa kimoutolu naʻe fakaʻaliʻali fakahāhā ʻi homou ʻaó ʻa hono tutuki ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he ʻakaú?
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Tohi ki he Kau Kalētiá
ʻOku kalanga ʻa Paula: “ʻA e kau Kalētia vale ē,” naʻe hā mahino naʻe ʻikai ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú ha faʻahinga matakali ʻo e kakai mei he feituʻu tokelau ʻo Kalētia. (Kal. 3:1) ʻI hono kehé, naʻe valokiʻi ʻe Paula ha niʻihi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻi hono fakaʻatā kinautolu ke tākiekina ʻe he kakai Siu ʻi honau lotolotongá, ʻa e kau Siu naʻa nau feinga ke fokotuʻu ʻenau māʻoniʻoní ʻo fakafou ʻi he lao ʻa Mōsesé kae tuku ʻa e “māʻoniʻoni ʻi he tui” naʻe tokonaki ʻe he fuakava foʻoú. (2:15–3:14; 4:9, 10) ʻI he tuʻunga fakamatakalí, ko e “ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo Kalētiá” (1:2) ʻa ia naʻe tohi ki ai ʻa Paulá ko e tuifio ʻo e kau Siú mo e faʻahinga ʻikai Siú, ʻa ia naʻa nau kamu pea nau hoko ko e kau ului Siu kau Senitaile taʻekamu, pea ʻikai ha veiveiua mo e niʻihi ʻo e kau tupuʻi Kalētiá. (Ngā. 13:14, 43; 16:1; Kal. 5:2) Ko e kotoa ʻo kinautolú naʻe ui ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻo Kalētia koeʻuhi ko e feituʻu naʻa nau nofo aí ko Kalētia. Ko e ʻuhinga tefito ʻa e tohi ʻa Paulá naʻá ne tohi ki he niʻihi naʻe alāanga mo e feituʻu fakatonga ʻo e kolonia ʻo Loma ko ení, ka ʻoku ʻikai ki he kau sola ʻi he tafaʻaki fakatokelaú, ʻa ia naʻe teʻeki ai ke ne ʻaʻahi ki ai.