Kau Talavou—Ko e Hā ʻOku Mou Tulitāupau ki Aí?
“Ka ko e ngaahi holi fakatalavou ke ke hola mei ai; ka ke tuli ki he maʻoniʻoni, ki he tui; ki he ʻofa, pea ki he feʻofoʻofani mo e kakai ʻoku lotu ki he ʻEiki mei he loto maʻa.”—2 TIMOTE 2:22.
1. Ko e hā ʻa ʻetau ʻamanaki ki he kau talavou ʻi hotau lotolotongá?
NAʻE fakahā ʻe he nusipepa faka-Penitekosi ʻi Suēteni ko e Dagen (Ko e ʻAho): “Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kulupu ia ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau memipa foʻoú ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē pea ʻoku tokolahi taha ʻa honau kau talavoú.” Mahalo pē ko ha toko taha koe ʻo e fuʻu tokolahi ko ʻeni ʻo e kau talavou maʻa mo manavahē ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe tauhi hake nai koe ʻi he founga faka-Kalisitiané talu mei hoʻo kei valevalé, pe naʻá ke fanongo nai mo ke tali pē ʻe koe ʻa e pōpoaki fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá. Ka ʻi ha taha pē ʻo e ongo tuʻungá ni, ʻoku mau fiefia ke ke ʻi homau lotolotongá. Pea ko ʻemau ʻamanakí ia ke ke tulitāupau ki he ʻalunga ʻo e māʻoniʻoní, ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he kau talavou mateaki Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi lelei nai koe ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Sioné: “Kuo mou kaukaua, pea ʻoku nofo maʻu ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtua ʻiate kimoutolu, pea kuo mou ikuna ʻa e Fili.”—1 Sione 2:14.
2. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e “tuʻunga talavou,” ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe lava ke ne ʻai ʻa e tulitāupau ki he ʻalunga ʻo e māʻoniʻoní ke faingataʻá?
2 Ko e tokolahi—ʻio ko e tokolahi taha—ʻo e kau talavou Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻoku nau tuʻu mālohi neongo ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e māmaní. Ka, te ke ʻilo nai ʻoku ʻikai ke faingofua ʻa hono tauhi maʻu ʻo ha ʻalunga pehē. ʻI hoʻo kei ʻi he “tuʻunga talavou,” ʻe lōmekina nai koe ʻe he ngaahi ongoʻi foʻou mo mātuʻaki mālohi. (1 Kolinitō 7:36, NW) ʻI he taimi tatau pē, kuó ke fakatokangaʻi nai ʻa e fakautuutu ke lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻi he ʻapi akó, ʻi he ʻapí, pea pehē ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻa mo Sētane ko e Tēvoló ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fakaʻaiʻai meiate ia tonu pē. ʻI heʻene loto-ʻalovili ke takihalaʻi ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻe malavá, ʻokú ne ʻohofi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ngali ʻe ʻohofingofuá—ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻá ne fai ʻi he ngoue ko ʻĪtení. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahanga ʻene fakaoloolo kākaá ki he toko taha matuʻotuʻa mo ʻilo lahi ange ko ʻĀtamá, ka ki he fefine ko ʻIví ʻa ia naʻe siʻi ange hono taʻú mo ʻikai ke fuʻu loko lahi ʻa ʻene taukeí. (Sēnesi 3:1-5) ʻI he ngaahi senituli ki mui mai, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi founga meimei tatau pē ki he fakatahaʻanga foʻou ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitoó. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Pea ʻoku te manavahē tuʻu naʻa ʻiloange ʻe leʻei hoʻomou tokanga, ʻo mou hiki mei hoʻomou toka taha mo nofo molumalu kia Kalaisi; ʻo hange ne kākāʻi ʻa Ivi ʻe he Ngata ʻaki ʻene olo.”—2 Kolinitō 11:3.
3, 4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue ʻe niʻihi ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ko e Tēvoló ki hono takiheeʻi ʻa e kau talavoú, pea ʻe iku nai ki he hā?
3 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku pehē pē ʻa e loto-hohaʻa ʻa hoʻo ongo mātuʻa Kalisitiané ʻo fekauʻaki mo koe. ʻOku ʻikai ke pehē te na fakakaukau ʻokú ke hehema ki he anga-fulikivanú, ka ʻokú na ʻilo mei he meʻa naʻá na hokosiá ʻoku tautefito ki he kau talavoú ʻenau tōngofua ki he “ngaahi ngāue olopoto” ʻa Sētané. (ʻEfesō 6:11, NW, fakamatala ʻi lalo) ʻOku ʻai ke hā fakamānako ʻa e ngaahi tauhele ʻa Sētané, kae ʻikai ke fakahā tamaki ia. ʻOku mātuʻaki fakapoto ʻaupito ʻa hono fakahā ʻi he televīsoné ʻa e holi ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ko hono fakahā fakapatonu mai ʻa e fehokotaki fakasinó, maeʻeeʻa lelei ʻa e fakamālohí, mo e fakahaʻele faʻahikehé ko e meʻa fakafiefia. ʻE fakafonu ʻaki nai ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻatamai ʻo e kau talavoú ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke ‘moʻoni, taau ke tokanga ki ai, māʻoniʻoni, meʻa ʻoku maʻa, pea mo taau ke ʻofaʻi.’ (Filipai 4:8) Ko e fakaʻaiʻai mei he toʻu meʻá ko ha toe meʻangāue mātuʻaki mālohi ia ʻe taha ʻa Sētane. ʻOku mātuʻaki fakaʻaiʻai nai koe ʻe he ngaahi toʻu meʻá ke ke ʻai hoʻo founga moʻuí, ʻa e valá mo e teuteú ke tatau mo kinautolu. (1 Pita 4:3, 4) Naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe he fai ongoongo ʻi ha nusipepa ko William Brown ʻa ia ʻoku hā maʻu pē ʻene fakamatalá: “Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻOtua fakamāmani ʻe taha pē ki he toʻu tupú ko e ʻOtua ia ʻo e fai fakatataú. . . . Ki he toʻu tupú ko e hā kehe mei hoto toʻu meʻá ko ha meʻa ʻoku kovi ange ia ʻi he maté.” Naʻe fakahā lea moʻoni ʻe ha taʻahine Fakamoʻoni ʻi ʻĪtali: “Naʻá ku mā ke ʻai ke ʻilo ʻe hoku kaungāakó ko ha toko taha Fakamoʻoni au. Pea naʻá ku loto-mamahi mo loto-taʻotaʻomia koeʻuhi he naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke fiemālie ʻa Sihova kiate au.”
4 Ko ia ʻoua ʻe kākaaʻi koe—ko e loto ʻo Sētané ke ne taki atu koe ki he tuʻutāmakí. Ko e kau talavou tokolahi ʻi he māmaní ʻe mole ʻa ʻenau moʻuí lolotonga ʻa e mamahi lahí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fakaʻatā kinautolu ke takiheeʻí. (ʻIsikeli 9:6) Ko e founga pē ʻe taha ke hao moʻui atu aí ko e tulitāupau ki he meʻa ʻoku totonú.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Kaungāmeʻa Koví
5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi pole naʻe fehangahangai mo e talavou ko Tīmoté lolotonga ʻa ʻene nofo ʻi ʻEfesoó? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula kia Tīmoté?
5 Ko e ʻelito ia ʻo e fakahinohino ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá naʻe fai ki he talavou ko Tīmoté. Naʻe ʻalu fakataha ʻa Tīmote mo e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻi heʻene ngaahi fononga fakamisinalé ʻo lahi hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu. ʻI he taimi naʻe ngāue fakafaifekau ai ʻa Tīmote ʻi he kolo pangani ko ʻEfesoó, naʻe nofo ʻa Paula ʻi ha pilīsone ʻa e kau Lomá ʻo talitali ai ki hono tāmateʻi fakalao. ʻI he fakaofi mai ʻa e taimi ʻo ʻene maté, naʻe ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe loto-hohaʻa ʻa Paula pe ʻe fēfē ʻa Tīmote. Ko ʻEfesoó ko e kolo naʻe ongoongoa ʻi he koloaʻiá, ʻulungāanga taʻe taaú, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakafiefia ololalo, pea ʻe ʻikai ke kei maʻu ai ʻe Tīmote ʻa e poupou ʻa e toko taha fai fakahinohino ʻofeina naʻá ne falala ki aí.
6 Ko ia ai, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ʻa e meʻá ni ki hono “foha ʻofaʻanga”: “Ka ʻilonga ha fale lahi, ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻi he ngaahi ipu koula mo siliva, ka ʻoku ʻi ai foki mo e ngaahi ipu ʻakau mo ʻumea, pea ko e niʻihi ke kinokinoifie, ka ko e niʻihi ke palakū. Pea ka ai ha taha te ne fakamaʻa ia ke matanga mei he faʻahinga ko ia, te ne hoko ko e ipu ke kinokinoifie, ko e ipu kuo fakatapu, ko e ipu ʻoku ʻaonga ki he Tangataʻeiki, kuo teu ki he ngaue lelei kotoa pē. Ka ko e ngaahi holi fakatalavou ke ke hola mei ai; ka ke tuli ki he maʻoniʻoni, ki he tui, ki he ʻofa, pea ki he feʻofoʻofani mo e kakai ʻoku lotu ki he ʻEiki mei he loto maʻa.”—2 Tīmote 1:2; 2:20-22.
7. (a) Ko hai ʻa e ‘ngaahi ipu ʻoku ʻikai ke kinokinoifia’ naʻe fai fakatokanga ʻa Paula ʻo kau ki ai? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻe he kau talavou ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá?
7 Ko ia naʻe fai fakatokanga ʻa Paula kia Tīmote ʻo pehē naʻa mo e lotolotonga ʻo e kaungā-Kalisitiané naʻe ʻi ai nai ha ‘ngaahi ipu ʻoku ʻikai ke kinokinoifia,’ ko e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ke taau ʻenau tōʻongá. Kapau naʻe malava ke fakatuʻutāmaki kia Tīmote ʻa e feohi mo ha kau Kalisitiane pani ʻe niʻihi, huanoa hake ai ʻa e toe fakatuʻutāmaki ange ki ha talavou Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻahó ni ke feohi mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamāmaní! (1 Kolinitō 15:33) ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ʻeni ia ke ʻoua te ke anga-fakakaumeʻa ki ho kaungāakó. Ka ʻoku totonu ke ke tokanga ke ʻoua te ke feohi ʻo fuʻu hulu mo kinautolu, neongo te ke hā ngali tuēnoa ai he taimi ʻe niʻihi. ʻOku mātuʻaki faingataʻa ʻaupito ʻeni. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha taʻahine Pelēsila: “ʻOku faingataʻa. ʻOku fakaafeʻi maʻu ai pē au ʻe hoku ngaahi kaungāakó ke mau ʻalu ki he ngaahi paati mo e ngaahi feituʻu ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ke lelei ia ki he kau talavou Kalisitiané. ʻOku nau pehē: ‘Ko e hā! ʻE ʻikai te ke ʻalu koe? Ko ha fili fakavalevale ē ʻokú ke faí!’”
8, 9. (a) ʻOku lava fēfē ke fakatuʻutāmaki ki ha Kalisitiane ʻa e feohí, naʻa mo kinautolu ʻoku hā ngali lelei ka ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamāmaní? (e) Te ke maʻu ʻi fē ʻa e ngaahi kaumeʻa leleí?
8 ʻOku ngali sai nai ʻa e kau talavou ʻe niʻihi ia ʻi he māmaní koeʻuhi pē he ʻoku ʻikai te nau ifi tapaka, ngāueʻaki ʻa e lea koví, pe kau ki he fehokotaki fakasino taʻe taaú. Ka, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te nau tulitāupau ki he māʻoniʻoní, ʻe faingofua ke ke pihia ʻi heʻenau fakakaukau fakaekakanó. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e hā hano lahi haʻo meʻa-taha mo e kau taʻe tuí? (2 Kolinitō 6:14-16) Koeʻuhi, he ko e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié ʻoku mahuʻinga kiate koé ko e “koto vale ia” kiate kinautolu! (1 Kolinitō 2:14) Te ke malava ke feohi ai pē mo kinautolu ʻo ʻikai te ke fakangaloku ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻokú ke tui ki aí?
9 Ko ia fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke leleí. Fakangatangata pē ʻa hoʻo feohí kiate kinautolu ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau fakalaumālié ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻofa moʻoni kia Sihová. Naʻa mo e kau talavou ʻi loto ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻoku nau fakakaukau taʻe pau pe faʻa fakaangá ke ke tokanga ʻaupito ki ai. ʻI hoʻo tupu fakalaumālié, ʻoku ngalingali ʻe liliu ʻa hoʻo saiʻia ki he faʻahinga kaumeʻa te ke feohi mo iá. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui Fakamoʻoni ʻe taha: “Kuo u ʻai hoku ngaahi kaumeʻa foʻou ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kehekehe. Kuo ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke u fakatokangaʻi ai ʻoku ʻikai ke fie maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kaumeʻa fakamāmaní.”
Ko e Hola mei he Ngaahi Holi Koví
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e pehē “ka ko e ngaahi holi fakatalavou ke ke hola mei ai”? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ha toko taha ke “hola pe mei he fai feʻauaki”?
10 Naʻe toe naʻinaʻi foki ʻa Paula kia Tīmote: “Ka ko e ngaahi holi fakatalavou ke ke hola mei ai.” ʻI hoʻo kei talavoú, ʻoku fuʻu mālohi ʻa e holi ke manakoa kitá, ke maʻu ha fiefia, pe ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e ngaahi holi fakaefehokotaki fakasinó. Ka ʻikai ke mapuleʻi, ʻe taki koe ʻe he faʻahinga holi peheé ki he angahala. Ko ia ai, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula ke hola mei he ngaahi holi fakatuʻutāmakí—ke lele telia naʻa mole ʻete moʻuí.a
11 Ko e fakatātā, ko e holi fakaefehokotaki fakasinó, kuo iku ai ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiane tokolahi ki he fakatuʻutāmaki lahi fakalaumālie. Ko ia, ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei ʻa e fakahā mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu ke tau “hola pe mei he fai feʻauaki.” (1 Kolinitō 6:18) Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha tamasiʻi mo ha taʻahine ʻokú na fai sō, ʻe lava ke na ngāueʻaki ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ʻaki ʻa ʻena fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe fakataueleʻi ai kinaua—ʻo hangē ko e nofo toko ua pē ʻi ha loki pe ko ha meʻa lele ʻoku tuʻu pē. ʻOku ngali fakaonoʻaho ke ʻalu fakataha mo ha fakafeʻao, ka ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha maluʻi moʻoni. Pea neongo ʻa e ngaahi lea mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻoku feʻunga pē nai ia ki hono fakahā ʻa e ʻofá, ka kuo pau ke fokotuʻu ha ngaahi fakangatangata faituʻunga koeʻuhi ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei he ʻulungāanga taʻe maʻá. (1 Tesalonaika 4:7) ʻOku fakakau atu foki ki he hola mei he feʻauakí ʻa e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi faiva pe ngaahi polokalama ʻi he TV ʻe langaʻi nai ai ʻa e holi koví. (Sēmisi 1:14, 15) Kapau ʻe ākenoa hake ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau taʻe taaú ʻi hoʻo fakakaukaú, liliu ʻa hoʻo fakakaukaú ki ha meʻa kehe. ʻAlu ʻo ʻeva; fai haʻo lau tohi; fai ha ngāue fakaʻapi. Ko e lotú ko ha tokoni mātuʻaki mālohi ʻaupito ia ki he meʻa ko ʻení.—Sāme 62:8.b
12. ʻOku lava fēfē ke ke ako ke fehiʻa ki he koví? Fakamahino ʻaki ha fakatātā.
12 Sinoemeʻa, kuo pau ke ke ako ke fehiʻa, fakaliliʻa, mo tāufehiʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku koví. (Sāme 97:10) ʻOku lava fēfē ke ke fehiʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻuluaki hā ko e maʻuʻanga ʻo e fiefia? ʻAki ha fakakaukau atu ā ki hono ngaahi nunuʻá! “ʻOua naʻa tuku ke fakahalaʻi kimoutolu: talaʻehai ʻoku ala pāʻusiʻi ʻa e ʻOtua; he ʻilonga pe meʻa ʻoku to ʻe ha tangata, ko ia ia te ne utu foki. He ko ia ʻoku ne to ʻi hono kakano, te ne utu mei he kakano ʻa e ʻauha.” (Kalētia 6:7, 8) ʻI he fakataueleʻi kita ke ʻunua ki he holí, fakakaukau atu ki he nunuʻa lahi angé—ko e hoko ia ke loto-mamahi ai ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. (Fakafehoanaki mo Sāme 78:41.) Fakakaukau atu foki ki he malava ke ke feitama ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke loto ki ai pe ko e maʻu ha mahaki, ʻo hangē ko e ʻEITISÍ. Fakakaukau atu ki he faingataʻaʻia fakaeongo mo e mole ʻo ʻete ongoʻi lelei ʻo kau kiate kitá. ʻE ʻi ai nai mo ha ngaahi nunuʻa ʻe feʻao fuoloa mo kita. Naʻe fakahā moʻoni ʻe ha fefine Kalisitiane: “Ko hoku husepānití mo au naʻá ma fai ʻa e fehokotaki fakasino mo ha niʻihi kehe ki muʻa pea ma toki malí. Neongo ʻokú ma fakatou Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻahó ni, ka ko e tafaʻaki fakaefehokotaki fakasino ʻo ʻema moʻuí ʻi he kuo hilí ko ha tupuʻanga ia ʻo e fekīhiaki mo e fuaʻa ʻi heʻema nofo malí.” Ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻa e malava ke mole ʻa ho ngaahi monū fakateokalatí pe ko hono kapusi mei he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané! (1 Kolinitō 5:9-13) ʻOku mahuʻinga lahi pehē fau ha faʻahinga fiefia ʻoku lau momeniti pē?
Tulitāupau ki ha Vahaʻangatae Vāofi mo Sihova
13, 14. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke feʻunga ai ʻa e hola pē mei he meʻa ʻoku koví? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ki ha toko taha ke ne “tuli ki he ʻilo ʻo Sihova”?
13 Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke feʻunga pē ʻa e hola mei he meʻa ʻoku koví. Naʻe toe ekinakiʻi foki ʻa Tīmote ke ne “tuli ki he maʻoniʻoni, ki he tui, ki he ʻofa, pea ki he feʻofoʻofani.” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení ʻa e ngāue longomoʻui. Naʻe fai ʻe he palōfita ko Hōseá ʻa e kole meimei tatau ki he puleʻanga ʻIsileli taʻe anga-tonú: “Haʻu ā, ka tau foki kia Sihova . . . ke tau tuli ki he ʻilo ʻo Sihova.” (Hōsea 6:1-3) Kuó ke fai ʻe koe ha tulitāupau pehē? ʻOku lahi ange ʻa e meʻa ʻoku kaunga ki aí ʻi hoʻo ʻalu pē ki he ngaahi fakatahá pea mo ʻalu fakataha mo hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. Naʻe fakahā moʻoni ʻe ha fefine Kalisitiane: “Naʻe tauhi hake au ʻe heʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻi he moʻoní, pea naʻá ku papitaiso kei taʻu siʻi. . . . Naʻe tātātaha ʻeku liʻaki ha fakataha pea naʻe ʻikai ke u liʻaki ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá ʻi ha māhina, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke u fakatupulekina ha vahaʻangatae vāofi ʻoʻoku mo Sihova.”
14 Naʻe fakahā moʻoni ʻe ha toe finemui ʻe taha naʻe ʻikai te ne hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihova ko ha Kaumeʻa mo ha Tamai, ka naʻá ne vakai ki ai ko ha Laumālie ʻilongataʻa ʻaupito. Naʻá ne tō ki he ʻulungāanga taʻe taau ʻo ne hoko ai ʻo fāʻele tuʻutāmaki ʻi hono taʻu 18. ʻOua te ke tō ki he faihala tatau ko iá! “Tuli ki he ʻilo ʻo Sihova,” ʻo hangē ko e naʻinaʻi ʻa Hōseá. ʻI he lotu mo ʻaʻeva ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē mo Sihova, ʻe hoko ai ia ko hao kaumeʻa mamae. (Fakafehoanaki mo Maika 6:8; Selemaia 3:4.) “Ka talāʻehai ʻoku ne mamaʻo mei hatau toko taha” ʻo kapau te tau kumi kiate ia. (Ngāue 17:27) Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ala tuku ʻa e polokalama tuʻumaʻu ʻo e ako Tohi Tapu fakafoʻituituí. ʻOku ʻikai fie maʻu ke fakaʻāuliliki pe fihi ʻa e founga tuʻumaʻu ko ení. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui ko Melotī: “ʻI he ʻaho taki taha ʻoku ou lau ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi ha miniti nai ʻe 15.” Vaheʻi ha taimi ke lau ʻa e tatau taki taha ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻo mo e Awake! ʻAi ke mateuteu ki he ngaahi fakataha Kalisitiané koeʻuhi ke “fefakaʻaiʻaiʻaki ʻa kitautolu ki he feʻofaʻaki mo e ngaue lelei.”—Hepelū 10:24, 25.
Fakahā Ho Lotó ki Hoʻo Ongo Mātuʻá
15. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku faingataʻa ai ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke talangofua ki heʻete ongo mātuʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e talangofuá ʻo kei ʻaonga pē ki ha talavou?
15 ʻE lava ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻa manavahē ki he ʻOtuá ko ha matavai ia ʻo e tokoni mo e poupou moʻoni. Ka ke fakatokangaʻi ʻa e konga kuo pau ke ke faí: “ʻA e fanau, mou talangofua ʻi he ʻEiki ki hoʻomou matuʻa: he ko hono totonu ia. “Fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻe”, (ko e ʻuluaki fekau ia ʻoku ʻi ai hano talaʻofa,) “ka ke monuʻia, pea ke nofo fuoloa ʻi mamani.” (ʻEfesō 6:1-3) Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku fakaʻau ke ke tupu ʻo lahi pea te ke fie maʻu nai ke lahi ange ʻa hoʻo tauʻatāiná. ʻOku toe fakaʻau ke lahi ange nai ʻa hoʻo fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻa hoʻo ongo mātuʻá. Naʻe fakahā moʻoni ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Ko ʻetau ngaahi tamai fakamāmaní naʻa nau fai pē ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau fakakaukau ʻoku lelei tahá.” (Hepelū 12:10, The Jerusalem Bible) Ka neongo ia, ʻi he vakai ki he ngaahi ʻaonga fakalūkufuá, ʻoku kei ʻaonga pē kiate koe ke ke talangofua kiate kinaua. ʻOku ʻofa ʻa hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ʻiate koe pea ʻokú na ʻilo lelei ange koe ʻi ha toe toko taha kehe. Neongo ʻe ʻikai te ke loto-tatau maʻu ai pē mo kinaua, ka ʻokú na loto ke ke maʻu ʻa e lelei tahá pē. Ko e hā ʻokú ke talitekeʻi ai ʻa ʻena ngaahi feinga ke tauhi hake koe “ʻi he akonaki mo e fakatonutonu fakaʻatamai ʻa Sihova”? (ʻEfesō 6:4, NW) Ko hono moʻoní, ko e valé pē ʻokú ne “taʻetokaʻi ʻa e akonaki fakapoto ʻa ʻene tamai.” (Palōvepi 15:5) Ko ha talavou fakapotopoto te ne lāuʻilo ki he mafai ʻoku ʻi heʻene ongo mātuʻá pea te ne fakaongo ki ai.—Palōvepi 1:8.
16. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku taʻe fakapotopoto ai ki he kau talavoú ke nau fūfuuʻi ʻa e ngaahi palōpalemá mei heʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻe fai nai ʻe he kau talavoú ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e fetuʻutaki mo ʻenau ngaahi mātuʻá?
16 ʻOku kau ki ai ʻa e lea moʻoni ki hoʻo ongo mātuʻá, fakahā ke na ʻilo kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo ngaahi palōpalema, ʻo hangē ko ha ngaahi veiveiua fakafiu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e moʻoní pe ko e tō ki ha ʻulungāanga ʻoku ngalingalikehe. (ʻEfesō 4:25) Ko hano fūfuuʻi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakahohaʻa peheé mei he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻokú ne fakatupu ke toe lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi palōpalemá. (Sāme 26:4) ʻOku moʻoni, ko e ngaahi mātuʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau feinga siʻisiʻi pē ke fai ha fetuʻutaki. Naʻe lāunga ha finemui: “Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke tangutu hifo ʻa ʻeku faʻeé ʻo talanoa mo au. Naʻe ʻikai pē ke u maʻu ha loto-toʻa feʻunga ke u leaʻaki ʻa e anga ʻo ʻeku ongoʻí koeʻuhi he naʻá ku manavasiʻi he te ne fakaangaʻi au.” Kapau ʻokú ke ʻi ha tuʻunga meimei tatau, fili fakapotopoto ha taimi totonu ke ke fakahā ai ki hoʻo ongo mātuʻá ke na ʻiloʻi ʻa e anga ʻo hoʻo fakakaukaú. “Tama, tuku mai ho loto,” ko e naʻinaʻi ia ʻi he Palōvepi 23:26. Feinga ke ke fai tuʻumaʻu ha fetalanoaʻaki mo kinaua ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke loto-hohaʻa ki aí, ki muʻa ke hoko ha ngaahi palōpalema mamafá.
Tulitāupau Ai Pē ki he Māʻoniʻoní!
17, 18. Ko e hā ʻe tokoni ki ha talavou ke hoko atu ʻi heʻene tulitāupau ki he māʻoniʻoní?
17 ʻI he ofi ke fakaʻosi ʻa ʻene tohi hono uá, naʻe ekinaki ʻa Paula kia Tīmote: “Ka ko koe, ke ke nofo ʻi he ngaahi meʻa naʻa ke ako ai, ʻa ia naʻe fakamahino atu.” (2 Tīmote 3:14) Kuo pau ke ke fai pehē. ʻOua naʻá ke tuku ha toko taha pe ko ha meʻa ke ne tohoaki koe mei hoʻo tulitāupau ki he māʻoniʻoní. Ko e māmani ʻo Sētané—neongo ʻene ngali fuʻu fakaʻofoʻofá—ʻoku fonu ia ʻi he fulikivanú. ʻOku vavé ni ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻosiʻosingamālie ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané mo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau kau ki aí. (Sāme 92:7) ʻAi ke ke loto-ʻalovili ke ʻoua te ke ʻauha fakataha mo e kakai ʻa Sētané.
18 ʻI hono maʻu ʻa e taumuʻa ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo fakakaukaú, kuo pau ke ke toutou sivisiviʻi ʻa hoʻo ngaahi taumuʻá, ngaahi holí, mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke mahuʻingaʻia aí. ʻEke hifo kiate koe, ‘ʻOku ou tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e leá mo e ʻulungāangá ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke sio mai ai ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá mo e ngaahi memipa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá? Ko e faʻahinga kaumeʻa fēfē ʻoku ou fili ki aí? ʻOku fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he ngaahi toʻu meʻa fakamāmaní ʻa e vala mo e teuteu ʻoku ou ʻaí? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kolo kuo u fokotuʻu ke u aʻu ki aí? ʻOku ou holi mālohi ke kau ki he ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakató—pe ko ha ngāue tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻeni ʻa Sētané kuo mei ʻauhá?’
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke ongoʻi lōmekina ʻe ha talavou ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki ʻe lava ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻe he kau talavoú?
19 Mahalo pē ʻokú ke sio ki ha fie maʻu kiate koe ke fai ha ngaahi fakatonutonu ʻi he anga ʻo hoʻo fakakaukaú. (2 Kolinitō 13:11) ʻOua te ke ongoʻi lōmekina. Manatuʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻamanekina taʻe faituʻunga ʻe Sihova ha meʻa lahi ange ʻi he meʻa te ke lava ke faí. Naʻe ʻeke ʻe he palōfita ko Maiká: “ʻIo, ko e ha ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻeke ʻe Sihova kiate koe? Ka ko e fai fakalao, mo e manako ki he mēsi, pea ke taka angavaivai ʻi hoʻo feangai mo ho ʻOtua.” (Maika 6:8) ʻOku ʻikai ke fuʻu faingataʻa ʻeni ia ʻo kapau te ke ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki ʻa Sihova ke tokoni kiate koé. ʻAi ke ke fekoekoeʻi fakaeongo mo e fakaeʻatamai mo hoʻo ongo mātuʻá. Feohi tuʻumaʻu ai pē mo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Mātuʻaki feinga mālohi ke ke maheni mo e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku nau tokanga ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lelei pē maʻau pea ʻe lava ke nau hoko ko ha matavai ia ʻo e poupou mo e fakafiemālie. (ʻAisea 32:2) Sinoemeʻa, fakatupulekina ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo māfana mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Te ne ʻoatu kiate koe ʻa e mālohi mo e loto-ʻalovili ke tulitāupau ki he meʻa ʻoku totonú!
20 Ka ko e kau talavou ʻe niʻihi, kuo ūmia ʻenau ngaahi feinga ke tupu fakalaumālié koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fanongo ki he musika fakatupu-koví. ʻI he kupu hono hoko maí ʻe fai ai ha tokanga makehe ki he kaveingá ni.
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a Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ki he “holá” ʻoku toe ngāueʻaki foki ʻi he Mātiu 2:13, ʻa ia naʻe tala ai kia Mele mo Siosefa ke “holataki ki Isipite” ke hao ai mei he faʻufaʻu fakapō ʻa Hēlotá.—Fakafehoanaki mo Mātiu 10:23.
b Te ke maʻu ha ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe hoko ko ha tokoni ki hono mapuleʻi ʻa e holi fakaefehokotaki fakasinó ʻi he vahe 26 ʻo e tohi ko e Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, ʻoku pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tautefito ai ki he kau talavoú ʻa e tōngofua ki he “ngaahi ngāue olopoto” ʻa Sētané?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ai ʻa e feohi vāofi mo e kau talavou anga-fakamāmaní?
◻ ʻE lava fēfē nai haʻo hola mei he ʻulungāanga taʻe taau fakaefehokotaki fakasinó?
◻ ʻE lava fēfē haʻo tulitāupau ki ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo Sihova?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke fetuʻutaki mo hoʻo ongo mātuʻá?
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ʻOku fakapotopoto ki ha ongo meʻa fai sō ke na hoko ʻo femaheniʻaki ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ai ha kakai kehe