Fai ʻe he Kau Sevāniti Fakafaifekaú ha Ngāue Mahuʻinga

KI HE fakatahaʻanga ʻi Filipaí, naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Ko au Paula mo Tīmote, ko ha ongo tamaioʻeiki ʻa Kalaisi Sīsū, ko e tohi atu ki he kotoa ʻo e kakai tapu ʻoku fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi Sīsuú ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻi Filipaí, fakataha mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú.” (Fil. 1:1) Fakatokangaʻi naʻá ne lave ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. ʻOku hā mahino ko e kau tangatá ni naʻa nau fakahoko ha ngafa mahuʻinga ʻi he tokoni ki he kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻi he taimi ko iá. ʻOku pehē pē mo hotau ʻahó ni. ʻOku fai ʻe he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻa ia ʻoku nau tokoni ai ki he kau mātuʻá mo tokoni ai ki he fokotuʻutuʻu maau ʻa e fakatahaʻangá.

² ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau ʻi ho fakatahaʻangá? ʻOkú ke lāuʻilo ki he ngāue ʻoku nau fakahoko koeʻuhi ko e lelei maʻau pea koeʻuhi ko e lelei maʻá e fakatahaʻangá kotoa? Ko e ngaahi feinga ʻa e kau tangata peheé ʻoku houngaʻia moʻoni ai ʻa Sihova. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Ko e kau tangata ʻoku nau faifatongia ʻi ha founga leleí ʻoku nau maʻu ai ha tuʻunga lelei mo ha tauʻatāina lahi ʻo e leá ʻi he tui kia Kalaisi Sīsuú.”—1 Tīm. 3:13.

³ Ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku ʻamanekina ke nau moʻui taau faka-Kalisitiane, hoko ko e kau tangata fua fatongia, pea tokangaʻi lelei ha ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue. ʻOku hā mahino eni ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakakaukau ai ki he meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Paula fekauʻaki mo honau ngaahi tuʻunga tāú ʻi heʻene tohi kia Tīmote: “Pehē foki ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku totonu ke nau anga-fakamātoato, ʻikai ngutungutu-ua, ʻikai inu uaine lahi, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau mānumanu ki ha koloa ʻoku maʻu taʻefaitotonu, ʻoku nau tauhi ʻa e fakalilolilo toputapu ʻo e tuí fakataha mo ha konisēnisi maʻa. Pehē foki, tuku ke ʻuluaki siviʻi ʻa e faʻahingá ni pe ʻoku nau taau; pea tuku ke nau ngāue ko e kau faifekau, he ʻoku nau ʻataʻatā mei hano tukuakiʻi. Tuku ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi husepāniti ʻo e uaifi ʻe taha, ʻo nau tokangaʻi lelei ʻa ʻenau fānaú mo honau falé tonu.” (1 Tīm. 3:8-10, 12) ʻI he pipiki ki he tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻoku fokotuʻu ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku maluʻi ai ʻa e fakatahaʻangá mei he ngaahi tukuakiʻi ʻe malanga hake ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau tangata ʻoku tuku ki ai ʻa e ngaahi fatongia makehé.

⁴ Pe ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku nau kei siʻi ange pe motuʻa ange, ʻoku nau longomoʻui ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he māhina taki taha. ʻI he faʻifaʻitaki kia Sīsuú, ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻa e faivelenga ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻI he faivelenga peheé, ʻoku nau tapua atu ai ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he fakamoʻui ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.—ʻAi. 9:7.

⁵ Ko e kau tangata ʻoku nau ngāue ko ha kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku nau toe faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he vala, teuteu, lea, fakakaukau mo e ʻulungaanga. ʻOku nau fakakaukau lelei, ʻa ia ʻoku nau maʻu ai ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Tānaki atu ki aí, ʻoku nau tauhi fakamātoato honau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová pea mo honau ngaahi monū ʻo e ngāue ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—Tai. 2:2, 6-8.

⁶ Ko e kau tangata ko ení kuo ʻosi ‘siviʻi pe ʻoku nau taau.’ Naʻa mo e ki muʻa ke fakanofo kinautolú, kuo nau fakamoʻoniʻi ko e kau tangata kuo fakatapui moʻoni. Kuo nau fakahāhaaʻi kuo nau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi heʻenau moʻuí pea ʻoku nau kakapa atu ki ha monū pē ʻo e ngāué ʻoku fakaava mai nai kia kinautolu. Ko e kau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga moʻoni kinautolu ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—1 Tīm. 3:10.

⁷ Ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku nau fakahoko ha ngāue ʻaonga kehekehe maʻa honau fanga tokouá mo e fanga tuofāfiné, ʻo fakaʻatā ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke vaheʻi ʻa e taimi lahi ange ke tokanga ki he fatongia fakafaiakó mo e tauhi-sipí. ʻI hono vaheʻi kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi ngāué, ʻoku fakakaukauʻi ʻe he kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá ʻenau ngaahi malava fakafoʻituituí mo e fiemaʻu ʻa e fakatahaʻangá.

⁸ Tau vakai angé ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ngāue ko ení: ʻE vahe nai ki ha sevāniti fakafaifekau ʻe taha ke ne tokangaʻi ʻa e ʻū tohí, koeʻuhi ke tau lava ʻo maʻu ia ki heʻetau ngāueʻaki fakafoʻituituí mo e ngāue fakamalangá. ʻOku vahe ʻa e niʻihi ke tauhi ʻa e paʻanga ʻa e fakatahaʻangá pe ko e ngaahi lēkooti ʻo e feituʻu ngāue fakamalangá. Ko e niʻihi ʻoku vahe kinautolu ke tokangaʻi ʻa e maiká, tokangaʻi ʻa e naunau fakaleʻolahí, hoko ko e kau fakanofonofo pea tokoni nai ki he kau mātuʻá ʻi ha ngaahi founga kehe. ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ke fakahoko ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻa e Fale Fakatahaʻangá mo hono tauhi ia ke maʻá, ko ia ʻoku faʻa kole ai ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ke tokoni ki hono tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ko ení.

⁹ ʻI he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe niʻihi, ʻe malava nai ke vaheʻi ha kau sevāniti fakafaifekau kehekehe ki he ngaahi fatongia taki taha ko ení. ʻI ha ngaahi feituʻu kehe ia, ʻe tokangaʻi nai ʻe ha sevāniti fakafaifekau pe ʻe taha ha ngaahi fatongia lahi. ʻI ha ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, ʻe tokangaʻi nai ʻe ha sevāniti fakafaifekau ʻe niʻihi ha ngāue pau. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke tokolahi feʻunga ha kau sevāniti fakafaifekau ke tokangaʻi ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fatongia ko ení, ʻe fokotuʻutuʻu nai ʻe he kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá ki ha fanga tokoua ʻosi papitaiso kehe ʻoku faʻifaʻitakiʻanga leleí ke fai ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga ko ení. Te nau maʻu ai heni ha taukei ʻe ʻaonga ʻamui ange ʻi he taimi te nau toki hoko ai ʻo taau ke fakanofo ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ala maʻu ha fanga tokoua, ko ha tuofefine faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻe lava ke kole ke tokoni ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi, neongo heʻikai ʻaupito ke fakanofo ia ko ha sevāniti fakafaifekau. Ko ha tokotaha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ko ha tokotaha ko hono ʻulungāngá mo ʻene lotú ʻoku tuha moʻoni ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai. Ko ʻene maʻu fakatahá, kau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, moʻui fakafāmilí, fili ʻo e fakafiefiá, valá mo e teuteú mo e hā fua, ʻoku faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ia ki he niʻihi kehé.

¹⁰ ʻI he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻoku tokosiʻi ʻaupito ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá, ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga leleí ʻe ngāueʻaki ke nau fakamanatu mo e faʻahinga taautaha ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ki he papitaisó ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa fakatokāteliné. ʻOku maʻu eni ʻi he Fakamatala Fakalahi “Konga 1: Ngaahi Tui Faka-Kalisitiane.” Koeʻuhí ko e “Konga 2: Moʻui Faka-Kalisitiane” ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pelepelengesi fakafoʻituitui, ʻoku totonu ke fakahoko ʻe ha mātuʻa ʻa e konga ko ení.

¹¹ ʻI he taimi ki he taimi, ʻe ʻilo nai ʻe he kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá ʻa e lelei hono fetongitongi ʻa e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻi he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi vāhenga-ngāué kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga lelei. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e lelei lahi ʻi hono tuku ʻa e fanga tokouá ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue tatau ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu ai ʻa e taukei mo e pōtoʻi.

¹² Fakatuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakalotofonuá, ʻe toe ʻi ai nai mo e ngaahi fatongia kehe ʻe lava ke vaheʻi ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekau ʻa ia ko ʻenau fakalakalaká ʻoku “hā mahino atu ki he kakai kotoa.” (1 Tīm. 4:15) Kapau ʻoku ʻikai tokolahi feʻunga ʻa e kau mātuʻá, ʻe vaheʻi nai ha sevāniti fakafaifekau ke tokoni ki ha ʻovasia kulupu pe ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, ko ha sevāniti kulupu, ʻo ngāue ʻi he malumalu hono tokangaʻi lelei ʻe he kau mātuʻá. ʻE vaheʻi nai ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ke nau fakahoko ha konga ʻi he Fakataha ki he Moʻuí mo e Ngāue Fakafaifekaú, kau ai mo e Ako Tohi Tapu ʻa e Fakatahaʻangá ʻo ka fiemaʻu pea fai ʻa e malanga maʻá e kakaí. ʻE toe fakaaʻu atu nai ha toe monū kehe ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻi ai ai ha faʻahinga fiemaʻu pea kapau kuo nau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he vāhenga-ngāue ko iá. (1 Pita 4:10) ʻI he tokoni ki he kau mātuʻá, ʻoku totonu ki he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ke nau foaki loto-lelei atu kinautolu.

¹³ Neongo ʻoku kehe ʻenau ngāué mei he kau mātuʻá, ko e toe tafaʻaki pē ia ʻe taha ʻo e ngāue toputapu ki he ʻOtuá pea ʻoku mahuʻinga ia ki he lele lelei ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí, kapau ʻe fakahoko lelei ʻe he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú honau fatongiá pea nau toe hoko ʻo taau ke ngāue ko e kau tauhi-sipi mo e kau faiako, ʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi leva kinautolu ke ngāue ko e kau mātuʻa.

¹⁴ Kapau ko ha tokoua taʻu hongofulu tupu koe pe toki papitaiso, ʻokú ke kakapa atu ke taau ke hoko ko ha sevāniti fakafaifekau? (1 Tīm. 3:1) Koeʻuhi ko e fuʻu tokolahi ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau haʻu ki he moʻoní ʻi he taʻu taki taha, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e kau tangata fakalaumālie taau ke tokangaʻi ʻa e fatongia ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻE lava ke ke kakapa atu ʻaki hono fakatupulekina ha holi ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Ko e founga ʻe taha ke fai ai ení ko e fakalaulauloto ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻa Sīsuú. (Māt. 20:28; Sione 4:6, 7; 13:4, 5) ʻE tupulaki hoʻo holí ʻi hoʻo hokosia ʻa e fiefia ʻi he foaki atu ki he niʻihi kehé. (Ngā. 20:35) Ko ia ai, pole ke fai ha tokoni ʻaonga ki he niʻihi kehé, tokoni ki hono tokangaʻi ʻo e Fale Fakatahaʻangá, pe fai ha konga ʻi he Fakataha ki he Moʻuí mo e Ngāue Fakafaifekaú. Ko e kakapa atú ʻoku toe kau ai ʻa e fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakalaumālie ʻaki hono fokotuʻu ha taimi-tēpile ako fakafoʻituitui tuʻumaʻu. (Saame 1:1, 2; Kal. 5:22, 23) Tānaki atu ki aí, ko ha tokoua ʻoku kakapa atu ʻokú ne fakahāhā ʻa e alafalalaʻanga mo e faitōnunga ʻi he taimi ʻoku vaheʻi ai kiate ia ʻa e fatongia ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—1 Kol. 4:2.

¹⁵ Ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku fakanofo ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he lelei ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. ʻE lava ke fakahāhā ʻe he faʻahinga kotoa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻa e houngaʻia ki he ngāue mālohi ʻa e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻaki ʻa e ngāue fakataha mo kinautolu ʻi heʻenau tokangaʻi ʻenau ngāue kuo vaheʻi angé. ʻI he founga ko ení, ʻe toe fakahāhā ai ʻe he fakatahaʻangá ʻa e houngaʻia ki he tokonaki ʻa Sihova ke tauhi maʻu ha fāmili ʻoku fokotuʻutuʻu maau.—Kal. 6:10.