ʻAi ʻa e Akonaki Haohaoá ko Hoʻo Founga Moʻuí Ia
“Ko e lotu moʻoni ʻoku ʻaonga ki he meʻa kotoa pe.”—1 TIMOTE 4:8.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa hono lahi ʻo e fakahā ʻe he kakaí ʻa ʻenau tokanga ki heʻenau moʻui leleí, pea ko e hā ʻa hono olá?
ʻOKU loto tatau ʻa e kakai tokolahi taha ko e moʻui leleí ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga lahi taha ke maʻu ʻi he moʻuí. ʻOku nau fakamoleki ha taimi lahi ʻaupito mo e paʻanga ke tauhi kinautolu ke nau moʻui lelei fakaesino mo fakapapauʻi ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e faitoʻo totonu ʻi he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté, ko e fakamole fakataʻu ki hono tokangaʻi ʻa e moʻui leleí naʻe lahi hake ia ʻi he $900 piliona. ʻOku lahi hake ʻi he $3,000 ki he taʻu ki he tangata taki taha, fefine, mo e fānau ʻi he fonua ko iá, pea ko e fakamole ʻi he ngaahi fonua langalanga haké ʻoku ʻikai ke fuʻu kehekehe mei ai.
2 Ko e hā kuo maʻu mei he ngaahi fakamole kotoa ʻo e taimi, ivi, mo e paʻanga ko iá? ʻI hono fakakātoá, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha tokotaha ia te ne fakaʻikaiʻi, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻo lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi naunau mo e ngaahi tokonaki fakafaitoʻó ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi ha toe taimi ʻi he hisitōliá. Ka, ʻoku ʻikai ke hokonoa mai pē ʻi he meʻá ni ia ʻa e moʻui leleí. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻi ha lea ʻo fakamatala ki ha fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo ha polokalama ki he moʻui leleí ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté, naʻe fakahā ʻe he palesitení ʻo pehē ʻi hono tānaki atu ki he “fakalilifu ʻo e fakamole fekauʻaki fakamālohi ʻi he fonuá ni,” kakai ʻo e ʻIunaite Seteté “kuo lahi ange ʻa e puke ʻi he ʻEITISÍ, mo e fuʻu hulu ʻo e ifi tapaká mo e inu ʻolokaholó, ko e feitama ʻa e finemuí, mo e ngaahi pēpē ʻoku fuʻu iiki ʻaupitó” ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi ha toe fonua tuʻumālie. Ko e hā naʻá ne fakaʻosiʻakí? “Kuo pau ke tau liliu ʻa ʻetau ngaahi foungá kapau ʻoku tau fiemaʻu moʻoni ke tau hoko ko e kakai moʻui lelei.”—Kalētia 6:7, 8.
Ko Ha Founga Moʻui Haohaoa ʻo e Moʻuí
3. ʻI he vakai ki he sivilaise ʻo Kalisi ʻi he kuonga muʻá, ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paulá?
3 ʻI he ʻuluaki senitulí, naʻe ʻiloa ʻa e kau Kalisí ʻi heʻenau līʻoa ki he sivilaise fakaesinó, fakatupu-sinó, mo e ngaahi feʻauhi sipotí. ʻI he fepaki mo e tuʻunga ko ʻení, naʻe fakamānavaʻi ai ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ke tohi ki he talavou ko Tīmoté: “He ko e ngaohi ʻo e sino ʻoku ʻaonga ki ha meʻa siʻi pe, ka ko e lotu moʻoni ʻoku ʻaonga ki he meʻa kotoa pe; he ʻoku ne maʻu talaʻofa ki he moʻui ko eni, pea mo ia ka hoko mai.” (1 Tīmote 4:8) Ko ia, naʻe tuhu ʻa Paula ki he meʻa kuo hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe he kakai ʻo e ʻaho ní, hangē ko e ngaahi tokonaki fakafaitoʻó pe fakaesinó ʻoku ʻikai ke fakapapauʻi ai ha founga moʻui lelei moʻoni ʻi he moʻuí. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe Paula kiate kitautolu ko e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ala liʻakí ko hono fakatupulekina ʻa e moʻui lelei fakalaumālié mo e anga-līʻoa ki he ʻOtuá.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e anga-līʻoa ki he ʻOtuá?
4 Ko ha ʻalunga pehē ʻoku ʻaonga ki he “moʻui ni” koeʻuhi he ʻoku maʻu ai ʻa e maluʻi mei he ngaahi meʻa fakatupu-kovi kotoa pē ʻoku ʻai ʻe he kakai fakaʻotua maté kiate kinautolu, pe ko kinautolu ʻoku nau maʻu pē ʻa e “ngeʻesi [pe, fakangalingali] ʻo e lotu.” (2 Tīmote 3:5; Palōvepi 23:29, 30; Luke 15:11-16; 1 Kolinitō 6:18; 1 Tīmote 6:9, 10) Ko kinautolu kuo nau fakaʻatā ʻa e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá ke ne fakatonutonu ʻa ʻenau moʻuí ʻoku nau tokaʻi haohaoa ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻene ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne fiemaʻú, pea ʻoku ueʻi kinautolu ke nau ʻai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki haohaoa ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ʻenau founga moʻuí ia. ʻI he founga peheé ʻoku hoko mai ai kiate kinautolu ʻa e moʻui lelei fakalaumālie mo e fakaesino, fiemālie, mo e fiefia. Pea ʻoku nau “faʻoaki ai maʻanautolu ha tuʻunga lelei ki he ʻamui, koeʻuhi ke nau puke ki he moʻui moʻoni.”—1 Tīmote 6:19.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e fakahinohino naʻe fai ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene tohi hono ua kia Taitusí?
5 Koeʻuhi ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki pehē ʻi he taimí ni pea pehē ki he kahaʻú ki ha moʻui kuo tataki ʻe he ngaahi akonaki haohaoa ʻoku akoʻi mei he ʻOtuá, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ke tau ʻilo, ki he ngaahi founga ʻoku malava ke tau ʻai ai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki haohaoa ʻoku akoʻi mei he ʻOtuá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí ia. Naʻe ʻomai ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻa e tali ʻi heʻene tohi kia Taitusí. Te tau fai ha tokanga makehe ki he vahe hono ua ʻo e tohi ko iá, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahinohino ai kia Taitusi ke “leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tāu mo e akonaki haohaoa.” Ko e moʻoni ko hono kotoa ʻo kitautolú, talavou mo e mātuʻa, tangata mo e fefine, ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he “akonaki haohaoa” peheé ʻi he ʻahó ni.—Taitusi 1:4, 5; 2:1.
Akonaki ki he Mātuʻa Tangatá
6. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula ki he “matuʻa tangata,” pea ko e hā ko ha angaʻofa ai ʻa ʻene fai peheé?
6 Ko e ʻuluakí, naʻe fai ʻe Paula ha akonaki ki he mātuʻa tangata ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:2, “PM.” Ko e “mātua tagata,” ko ha kulupu, naʻe tokaʻi mo fai ʻa e hanga ki ai ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e tui mo e mateaki. (Livitikō 19:32; Palōvepi 16:31) Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ko ʻení, ʻoku fakatoupīkoi nai ʻa e niʻihi ke fai ha akonaki pe ngaahi fokotuʻu ki he mātuʻa tangatá ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke mātuʻaki mamafá. (Siope 32:6, 7; 1 Tīmote 5:1) Ko ia ai, ko e angaʻofa ia ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa Paulá ke ʻuluaki lea ki he mātuʻa tangatá, pea ʻe lelei ki he mātuʻa tangatá ke nau tali fakamātoato ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá pea nau fakapapauʻi ʻoku nau hangē pē ko Paulá, ʻo ala faʻifaʻitakiʻanga.—1 Kolinitō 11:1; Filipai 3:17.
7, 8. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he “faa tokaga”? (e) Ko e hā kuo pau ai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e “aga fakamotua” mo e “fakabotoboto”?
7 Ko e ʻuluaki ʻi he meʻa hono kotoa, ko e mātuʻa tangata Kalisitiané ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau “faa tokaga.” Neongo ko e motuʻaʻileá ʻoku lava ke lave ki he faʻa inú (“taʻekonā,” Kingdom Interlinear), ʻoku toe ʻuhinga foki ke faʻa tokanga lelei, ʻatamai-matala, fakakaukau lelei. (2 Tīmote 4:5; 1 Pita 1:13) Ko ia, tatau ai pē pe ko e inu pe fai ha ngaahi meʻa kehe, ʻoku totonu ke mafamafatatau ʻa e mātuʻa tangatá, ʻo ʻoua ʻe fuʻu hulu pe fuʻu tōtuʻa.
8 Ko hono hokó, ke nau “aga fakamotua” mo “fakabotoboto.” Ke angafakamotuʻa, pe angamolumalu, anga-fakaʻapaʻapa, mo taau ke tokaʻi, ʻoku hoko mai ia ʻi he taʻumotuʻa angé. Ka neongo ia, ko e niʻihi te nau hehema nai ke anga fakamotuʻa ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa, ʻo hoko ʻo ʻikai ala makātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi founga longomoʻui ʻo e talavoú. (Palōvepi 20:29) Ko e ʻuhinga ia ke mafamafatatau ai ʻa e “aga fakamotua” mo e “fakabotoboto.” ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he mātuʻa tangatá ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e anga fakamotuʻa ʻoku tatau mo honau taʻumotuʻá, ka ʻi he taimi tatau pē ke mafamafatatau, ʻi hono mapuleʻi kakato ʻa ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻo honau lotó.
9. Ko e hā kuo pau ai ki he mātuʻa tangatá ke nau haohaoa ʻi he tui mo e ʻofa pea tautefito ki he kātakí?
9 Fakaʻosí, ko e mātuʻa tangatá ke “haohaoa i he tui, mo e ofa mo e faa kataki.” ʻI he taimi lahi ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻa Paulá, naʻá ne fakahokohoko ai ʻa e tuí mo e ʻofá fakataha mo e ʻamanakí. (1 Kolinitō 13:13; 1 Tesalonaika 1:3; 5:8) Naʻe fetongi heni ʻe Paula ʻa e “ʻamanaki” ʻaki ʻa e “kataki.” Koeʻuhi mahalo ko e ongoʻi faingofua ʻo e fakafisí ʻoku hoko ʻi he taʻumotuʻa angé. (Koheleti 12:1) Kae kehe, ʻoku hangē ko ia naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsuú, “ka ko ia te ne kataki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga, ko e toko taha ko ia te ne moʻui.” (Mātiu 24:13) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e kau mātuʻa ʻoku nau taau ke hoko ko ha ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ki he toengá ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhi pē ko honau taʻumotuʻá pē pe ko ʻenau taukeí ka koeʻuhi ko ʻenau kaukaua ʻi he ngaahi ʻulungāanga fakalaumālié—tui, ʻofa, mo e kātaki.
Ki He Kau Finemātutuʻá
10. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula ki he “kau fine mātua” ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
10 Ko hono hokó naʻe fakahanga ʻa e tokanga ʻa Paulá ki he finemātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:3, “PM.” Ko e “kau fine mātua” ko e kau mēmipa taʻumotuʻa ange ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai fefine ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, kau ki ai mo e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e “mātua tagata” mo e ngaahi faʻeé mo e ngaahi kui fefine ʻa e kau mēmipa kehé. ʻOku nau malava ke hoko ko e tākiekina lahi ki he lelei pe ki he kovi. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe fakaʻasi ai ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene lea kamatá ʻa e “foki,” ʻoku ʻuhinga ko e “kau fine mātua” ʻoku toe ʻi ai mo honau ngaahi fatongia pau ke nau fai ki ai ke fakakakato ʻa honau ngafa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga fakamāʻoniʻoní?
11 Ko e ʻuluaki meʻá, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula, “ke nau ulugaaga fakamaonioni.” Ko e “ulugaaga,” ko e fakahāhā ia ki tuʻa ʻo e fakakaukau mo e angaʻi-tangata ʻo ha taha ʻi loto, ʻa ia ʻoku tapua mai ia fakatouʻosi ʻi he ʻulungāanga mo e fōtunga. (Mātiu 12:34, 35) Ko ia, ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau pe ʻulungāanga totonu ʻo ha fefine Kalisitiane ʻoku taʻumotuʻa? Ko e foʻi lea pē ʻe taha, “fakamaonioni.” Ko e liliu ʻeni mei he foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku ʻuhinga ko e “meʻa ʻoku taau mo ha niʻihi, ngaahi ngāue pe ngaahi meʻa kuo fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá.” Ko ha enginaki mātuʻaki feʻungamālie ʻeni koeʻuhi ko e tākiekina ʻoku nau fai ki he niʻihi kehé, tautefito ki he kau finemui ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.—1 Tīmote 2:9, 10.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāuehalaʻaki ʻo e ʻeleló ʻoku totonu ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi kotoa mei ai?
12 ʻOku hoko mai ai ʻa e ongo meʻa ke ʻoua ʻe fai: “ke oua naa koe fakakovi, be tokaga lahi ki he uaine.” ʻOku fakatupu tokanga ʻa e ʻi he kulupu fakataha ʻa e ongo meʻa ko ʻení. Naʻe pehē ʻe Palōfesa E. F. Scott: “ʻI he kuonga muʻá, ko e meʻainú pē ʻa e uainé, pea ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakafiefia inu uainé ʻoku lauʻi ai ʻe he kau finemātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí.” ʻOku faʻa tokanga ange ʻa e kakai fefiné ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakaí ʻi he kakai tangatá, ʻa ia ʻoku lelei ke pehē. Ka, ko e tokanga ko iá ʻe lava ke iku ʻo kovi ʻi he aʻu ʻo hoko ai ʻa e lau pea naʻa mo e lauʻikovi loi, tautefito ki hono taʻemapuleʻi ʻa e ʻeleló ʻi he inu uainé. (Palōvepi 23:33) Ko e moʻoni, ko kinautolu ʻoku nau tuli ki he founga moʻui lelei haohaoá, ʻa e tangata mo e fefine, ʻoku lelei ke nau tokanga ki he tōʻanga ko ʻení.
13. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe lava ke hoko ai ʻa e finemātuʻá ko e kau faiako?
13 Ko ha founga ʻaonga ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e taimi ʻoku ala maʻú, naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e finemātutuʻá “ko e kau akonaki oe mea lelei.” ʻI he feituʻu ʻe taha, naʻe fai ai ʻe Paula ha ngaahi fakahinohino mahino lelei ko e kau fefiné ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kau faiako ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. (1 Kolinitō 14:34; 1 Tīmote 2:12) Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení ia ʻa e kau fefiné mei hono fakahoko atu ʻa e ʻilo mahuʻinga ki he ʻOtuá ʻi honau ʻapí pea pehē ki he kakaí. (2 Tīmote 1:5; 3:14, 15) ʻOku lava ke nau fakahoko ha meʻa lelei lahi ʻaki haʻanau hoko ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga faka-Kalisitiane ki he kau finemui ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hā ʻi he ngaahi veesi hono hoko maí.
Ki He Kau Finemuí
14. ʻE anga-fēfē ke fakahā ʻe he kau fefine Kalisitiané ʻa e fakakaukau mafamafatatau ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻa honau ngaahi fatongiá?
14 ʻI hono fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e finemātuʻá ke nau hoko ko e kau “akonaki oe mea lelei,” naʻe lave fakatefito ai ʻa Paula ki he kau finemuí. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:4, 5, “PM.” Neongo ko e lahi ʻo e fakahinohinó ʻoku fakatefito ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaʻapí pē, ʻoku ʻikai ke fiemaʻu ʻa e kau fefine Kalisitiané ke nau fakakaukau ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ai, ʻo fakaʻatā ʻa e tokanga ki he meʻa fakamatelié ke ne puleʻi ʻa ʻenau moʻuí. Ka ʻoku totonu ke nau “fai boto, mo agatonu, . . . o agalelei,” sinoemeʻa, ke mateuteu ke poupouʻi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e tuʻunga ʻulu faka-Kalisitiané, “naa lauikovi ae folofola ae Otua.”
15. Ko e hā ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ai ʻa e kau fefine tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá?
15 Ko e tuʻunga ʻo e fāmilí ʻi he ʻaho ní kuo liliu lahi ia mei he tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he taimi ʻo Paulá. Ko e ngaahi fāmili lahi kuo mavahevahe ʻi he tui, pea ko e niʻihi ko e taha pē ʻo e ongo mātuʻá ʻoku ʻi aí. Naʻa mo e meʻa ʻoku ʻiloa ko e ngaahi fāmili totonú, ʻoku fakautuutu ai ʻa e ʻikai ke ngāue taimi kakato ʻa e uaifí pe faʻeé ʻi ʻapi. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni hono kotoa ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e mafasia lahi fakaʻulia mo e fatongia ki he kau fefine Kalisitiané, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fakaʻatā ai kinautolu ia mei honau ngaahi fatongia faka-Tohitapú. Ko ia ai, ko ha fiefia lahi ia ʻi he vakai atu ki he kau fefine mateaki tokolahi ʻoku nau ngāue mālohi ke mafamafatatau ʻa honau ngaahi fatongia lahí mo nau kei malava pē ke fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá, naʻa mo e niʻihi kuo nau kau ki he ngāue fakamalanga taimi kakató ʻi he hoko ko e kau tāimuʻa tokoni pe tuʻumaʻu. (Mātiu 6:33) Ko e moʻoni ʻoku taau ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi kinautolu!
Ki He Kau Talavoú
16. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Paula ki he kau talavoú, pea ko e hā ʻoku taimi totonu ai iá?
16 Pea naʻe hoko atu ʻa Paula ki he kau talavoú, kau ai mo Taitusi. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:6-8, “PM.” ʻI he vakai ki he ngaahi founga faʻiteliha mo e maumau-meʻa ʻa e kau talavou tokolahi ʻi he ʻaho ní—ko e ifi tapaká, ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú mo e ʻolokaholó, fehokotaki fakasino taʻefakalao, mo e tulimui ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaemāmaní, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi sipoti mo e mūsika mo e fakafiefia ololaló—ko ha fakahinohino taimi totonu moʻoni ʻeni ki he kau talavou Kalisitiane ʻoku nau loto ke muimui ʻi ha founga moʻui haohaoa mo fakafiemālié.
17. ʻE lava fēfē ke hoko ha talavou ʻo “loto fakabotoboto” mo hoko ko ha “fakailoga oe gaue lelei”?
17 ʻI hono kehekehe lahi mo e kau talavou ʻo e māmaní, ko ha talavou Kalisitiane ia ʻoku totonu ke “loto fakabotoboto” mo hoko “koe fakailoga oe gaue lelei.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Paula ko e fakakaukau fakapotopoto mo matuʻotuʻá ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ia ʻe kinautolu ʻoku nau ako pē, ka ko kinautolu “kuo ako honau ngaahi ongoʻanga ke sivi ʻa e lelei mo e kovi.” (Hepelū 5:14) Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ē ke sio ki he kau talavou ʻoku nau foaki honau taimí mo e iví ke kau kakato ki he ngaahi fatongia ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, kae ʻikai ke maumauʻi ʻa honau ivi ʻi he kei talavoú ʻi he tulimui ki he ngaahi ngāue siokita! ʻI he fai peheé, ʻo hangē ko Taitusí, ʻe lava ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e “ngaue lelei” ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané.—1 Tīmote 4:12.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ke taʻehala ʻi he akonakí, anga-fakamatuʻotuʻa ʻi he meʻa ʻoku faí, mo haohaoa ʻi he leá?
18 ʻOku fakamanatu ki he kau talavoú ke nau hoko “i he akonaki ke ha ae taehala, moe aga fakamotua moe mooni, moe lea haohaoa, aia e ikai faa talia.” Ko e akonaki ʻoku ‘ʻikai halá’ kuo pau ke makatuʻunga fefeka ia ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá; ko ia, ko e kau talavoú kuo pau ko e kau ako fakamakukanga ʻo e Tohi Tapú. ʻOku hangē pē ko e kau mātuʻa tangatá, ko e kau talavoú foki ke nau anga-fakamatuʻotuʻa. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke nau ʻiloʻi ko e hoko ko e faifekau ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko ha fatongia mamafa ia, pea ko ia ai kuo pau “ke tāu [honau] ulugaaga moe ogoogolelei.” (Filipai 1:27, PM) ʻOku pehē ki heʻenau leá kuo pau ke “haohaoa” pea ko e lea peheé ʻe “ikai faa talia” koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te nau fakatupu ha lāunga mei he kau fakafepakí.—2 Kolinitō 6:3; 1 Pita 2:12, 15.
Ki He Kau Tamaioʻeikí mo e Kau Sevānití
19, 20. ʻE anga-fēfē ke ʻai ʻe he kakai ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe ha kakai kehe “ke teungaʻia ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe ʻa e tokateline ʻa hotau ʻOtua Fakamoʻui”?
19 Fakaʻosí, naʻe tokanga ʻa Paula kiate kinautolu ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he kakaí. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:9, 10. ʻOku ʻikai ke tokolahi ʻiate kitautolu ha kau tamaioʻeiki pe kau ngāue fakasevāniti, ka ko e tokolahi ko e kau ngāue totongi ki ha tokotaha pe kau ngāue ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ki he niʻihi kehe. Ko ia, ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻe fanongonongo ʻe Paulá ʻoku feʻunga lelei pē ia ke ngāueʻaki ʻi he ʻahó ni.
20 Ke “anganofo . . . ki he ngaahi ʻeiki ʻanautolu . . . ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe” ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e kau Kalisitiane ngāue totongí kuo pau ke nau fakahā ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa moʻoni kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau ngāue totongi ki aí mo e kau pule ngāué. (Kolose 3:22) Kuo pau ke ʻiloa kinautolu ko e kau ngāue faitotonu, fai ʻa e ngāue ʻaho kakato ki he tokotaha ʻoku nau ngāue ki aí. Pea kuo pau ke nau tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e ʻulungāanga faka-Kalisitiané ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku nau ngāue aí neongo pe ko e hā ʻa e ʻulungāanga ʻo e niʻihi kehe ʻi he ngāueʻangá. Ko hono fai kotoa ʻo e meʻa ko ʻení “koeʻuhi ke teungaʻia ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe ʻa e tokateline ʻa hotau ʻOtua Fakamoʻui.” ʻOku tau faʻa fanongo ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ola fakafiefia ko hono tali ʻa e moʻoní ʻe kinautolu loto-totonu ʻoku nau fakatokanga meʻa moʻoní koeʻuhi ko e ʻulungāanga lelei ʻa ha Fakamoʻoni ko honau kaungāngāue pe ko kinautolu ia ʻoku nau ngāue totongi ki aí! Ko ha pale ia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau muimui ki heʻene akonaki haohaoá naʻa mo e ngaahi feituʻu ngāueʻangá.—ʻEfesō 6:7, 8.
Ko Ha Kakai Kuo Fakamaʻa
21. Ko e hā kuo tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e akonaki haohaoá, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻa ʻetau tali iá?
21 Ko e akonaki haohaoa naʻe fakamatala ʻe Paulá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha lao pē ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni totonú pe ngaahi fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e anga-leleí te tau feinga nai ki ai ʻi haʻatau fiemaʻu. Naʻe hoko atu ʻa Paula ʻo fakamatala ki hono taumuʻá. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:11, 12, “PM.” Ko ʻene ʻofá mo ʻene anga-ʻofa maʻataʻatā kiate kitautolú, kuo tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e akonaki haohaoá koeʻuhi ke tau ako ke moʻui ʻi ha moʻui ʻoku ʻi ai hono taumuʻá mo moʻui fiemālie ʻi he taimi faingataʻa mo fakatuʻutamaki ko ʻení. ʻOkú ke loto ke tali mo ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko hoʻo founga moʻuí ia? ʻI hoʻo fai peheé ʻe fakahaofi ai koe.
22, 23. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi hono ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí ia?
22 ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko hono ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí iá ʻoku hoko mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e monū laulōtaha ʻi he taimí ni mo e ʻamanaki fiefia ki he kahaʻú. Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e Taitusi 2:13, 14. Ko e moʻoni, ko hono ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí ʻoku fakamavaheʻi ai kitautolu mei he māmani fulikivanu mo tuʻunuku ki he maté kae hoko ko ha kakai kuo fakamaʻa. ʻOku huʻufataha ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá mo e ngaahi fakamanatu ʻa Mosese ki he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻi Sainaí: “Kuo fakapapau ʻe Sihova . . . ke ne ʻai koe ke maʻolunga taha ʻi he kakai kotoa pe kuo ne ngaohi, ʻi he fakamaloʻia, mo e ongoongoa, mo e langilangiʻia; pea koeʻuhiā ke ke hoko ko e kakai tapuha kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻo hange ko ʻene folofola.”—Teutalōnome 26:18, 19.
23 ʻOfa ke tau koloaʻaki ā ʻa e monū ko e hoko ko e kakai fakamaʻa ʻa Sihova ʻaki hono ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí ia! Tokanga maʻu ai pē ke fakafisingaʻi ha tuʻunga pē ʻo e fakaʻotuamaté mo e ngaahi holi fakaemāmaní, ʻo nofo ai pē kuo fakamaʻa mo feʻunga ke ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻi he ngāue maʻongoʻonga ʻokú ne ʻomai ke fai ʻi he ʻaho ní.—Kolose 1:10.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku ʻaonga ai ʻa e anga-līʻoa ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē?
◻ ʻE lava fēfē ke tulimui ʻa e kau tangata mātuʻá mo e finemātutuʻa Kalisitiané ki he akonaki haohaoá ke hoko ko ha founga moʻui ia?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki haohaoa naʻe fai ʻe Paula ki he kau talavou mo e finemui ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e monū mo e tāpuaki ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻo kapau te tau ʻai ʻa e akonaki haohaoá ko ʻetau founga moʻuí ia?
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Tokolahi he ʻahó ni ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻi he Taitusi 2:2-4