Kau ʻOvasia mo e Kau Sevāniti Fakafaifekau Kuo Fakanofo Fakateokalati
“Tokanga kiate kimoutolu pea ki he kotoa ʻo e tākangá, ʻa ia kuo fakanofo kimoutolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ko e kau ʻovasia ʻi honau lotolotongá.”—NGĀUE 20:28, NW.
1, 2. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e Aisea 60:22?
NAʻE tomuʻa tala fuoloa ʻe Sihova ʻe hoko ha meʻa fakaofo ʻi he taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá. Fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko ʻAiseá, naʻe fakahā ai: “Ko e kiʻi siʻi ʻe hoko ko e toko afe, pea ko e momoʻi meʻa ko e puleʻanga malohi: ko au Sihova te u fakavave ia ʻi hono taimi.”—Aisea 60:22.
2 ʻOku ʻi ai ha fakamoʻoni ʻoku lolotonga fakahoko ʻa e kikite ko ʻení ʻi he ʻahó ni? ʻIo, ko e moʻoni ia! ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e 1870 tupú, ko e fakatahaʻanga pē ʻe taha ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi Allegheny, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Mei ha kiʻi kamataʻanga siʻisiʻi pehē, kuo mapuna hake mei ai mo lakalakaimonū ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe laui mano ʻi māmani lahi. Ko e laui miliona ʻo e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá—ko ha puleʻanga mālohi—ʻoku nau lolotonga feohi mo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga laka hake he 91,000 ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻe 235 takatakai ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia, ʻoku fakapapauʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻoku fakavaveʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hono fakatahatahaʻi ʻo e kau lotu moʻoní ki muʻa ke mapuna hake ʻa e “mamahi lahi,” ʻoku mātuʻaki ofi he taimi ní.—Mātiu 24:21; Fakahā 7:9-14.
3. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e pehē ke papitaiso ‘ʻi he huafa ʻo e Tamai, ʻo e ʻAlo, pea mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoní’?
3 ʻI he hili ʻa hono fai ha fakatapui fakafoʻituitui kia Sihova, pea ʻi he fehoanaki mo e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa e laui miliona ko ʻení “ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni.” (Mātiu 28:19) ʻI he hoko ʻo papitaiso “ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai” ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ko e faʻahinga fakatapui tāutaha ko ʻení ʻoku nau lāuʻilo kia Sihova ko ʻenau Tamai fakahēvani pea ko e Tokotaha Foaki-Moʻuí ia pea anganofo ki hono tuʻunga-haú. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he papitaiso ‘ʻi he huafa ʻo e ʻAló’ ʻoku nau fakamoʻoniʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa honau Tokotaha-Huhuʻí, Takí, mo honau Tuʻí. ʻOku nau toe ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngafa ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá, pe ivi ngāué, ʻi heʻene tataki ʻenau moʻuí. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni kuo nau papitaiso ‘ʻi he huafa ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.’
4. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakanofo ʻo e kau faifekau Kalisitiané?
4 ʻI heʻenau papitaisó, ʻoku fakanofo ai ʻa e kau ākonga foʻoú ko e kau faifekau ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Ko hai ʻokú ne fakanofo kinautolú? ʻI hono tefitó, ʻoku kaunga kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he 2 Kolinito 3:5: “Ko homau feungaʻanga [ko e kau faifekaú] ʻoku mei he ʻOtua.” Naʻe ʻikai mo ha toe lāngilangi lahi ange ke nau fakaʻamu ki ai ka ko hono fakanofo ʻe Sihova tonu ko e ʻOtuá! ʻI he hili ʻenau papitaisó, te nau hokohoko atu ke tupulaki fakalaumālie ko e kau faifekau ʻo e “ongoongolelei” lolotonga ʻenau tali ʻa e ngaahi tataki ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá pea hokohoko atu hono ngāueʻaki ʻene Folofolá.—Mātiu 24:14; Ngāue 9:31.
Fakanofo—Fakateokalati—ʻIkai Fakatemokalati
5. ʻOku fili fakatemokalati ʻa e kau ʻovasia mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau Kalisitiané? Fakamatalaʻi.
5 Ko e tokangaʻi matuʻotuʻa ʻoku fai ʻe he kau ʻovasia tāú pea mo e tokoni feʻunga ʻa e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku fiemaʻu ia ki hono tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaumālie ʻa e tokolahi fakautuutu ʻo e kau faifekau longomoʻuí. (Filipai 1:1) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakanofo ʻa e kau tangata peheé? ʻOku ʻikai fai ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi founga hangē ko ia ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku ʻikai ke filiʻi fakatemokalati ʻa e kau ʻovasia Kalisitiané, ʻa ia ko hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi pāloti ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai ʻoku feohi mo ha fakatahaʻanga. Ka, ʻoku fai fakateokalati ʻa e ngaahi fakanofo ia ko ʻení. ʻOku ʻuhinga iá ki he hā?
6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e teokalati moʻoní? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku fakateokalati ai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú?
6 ʻI hono ʻai mahinó pē, ko ha teokalati moʻoni ʻoku puleʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá. ʻOku anganofo loto-tauʻatāina ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki hono tuʻunga-pulé pea ngāue fakataha koeʻuhi ke fai ʻa e finangalo fakaʻotuá. (Sāme 143:10; Mātiu 6:9, 10) Ko e ngaahi fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasia Kalisitiané, pe kau mātuʻá, mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku fakateokalati koeʻuhi ko e foʻi ngāue ko ia ʻo hono fakaongoongoleleiʻi mo hono fakanofo ʻa e kau tangata alafalalaʻanga peheé ʻoku fakahoko ia ʻo fakatatau ki he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá hangē ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Māʻoniʻoní. Pea ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “ulu ki he mea kotoabe,” ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e totonu ke ne fakapapauʻi ʻa e founga ʻe ngāue ai ʻa ʻene kautaha hāmaí.—1 Kalonikali 29:11; Sāme 97:9.
7. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono puleʻi ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
7 ʻI hono kehe ʻaupito mei he ngaahi kulupu lotu lahi ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻoku ʻikai ke fili pē ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ia ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e faʻahinga faʻunga fakalaumālie ʻoku fakaleleʻaki kinautolú. ʻOku feinga ʻa e kau Kalisitiane loto-moʻoni ko ʻení ke pipiki ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa Sihová. ʻOku ʻikai fokotuʻu ʻa e kau ʻovasia ʻi honau lotolotongá ki honau tuʻungá ʻe ha founga-pule fakalotu fakaefakatahaʻanga, fakaetuʻunga fakafaifekau, pe fakapelesipeteliane. Kapau ʻoku feinga ha ngaahi kupu ʻo e māmaní ke kaunoa ʻi he ngaahi fakanofo ko ʻení, ʻoku fakafisi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ia ke fai ha fakangaloku ki ai. ʻOku nau tuʻumaʻu ʻo tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi lelei ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻi heʻenau pehē: “ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata.” (Ngāue 5:29) Ko ia, ʻoku fakamoʻulaloaʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoní kinautolu ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē. (Hepelu 12:9; Semisi 4:7) Ko e muimui ʻi he founga fakateokalatí ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e hōifua fakaʻotuá.
8. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e faikehekehe ʻa e ngaahi founga fakatemokalatí mo e fakateokalatí?
8 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e Tokotaha Teokalati Lahi, ko Sihová, ʻoku lelei ke tau manatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi founga fakatemokalatí mo e fakateokalatí. Ko e ngaahi founga fakatemokalatí ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e vahevahe tatau ʻo e fakafofongá pea ʻoku faʻa fai ia ʻaki ʻa e kemipeini ki he lakangá pea ko e filí ʻoku fai ʻaki ia ʻa e pāloti ʻa e tokolahí. ʻOku ʻikai kau ʻa e ngaahi founga peheé ia ʻi he ngaahi fakanofo fakateokalatí. ʻOku ʻikai ke haʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ia mei he tangatá; pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau haʻu kinautolu mei ha kautaha fakalao. ʻI he lave mahino ki hono fakanofo tonu ia ʻe Sīsū mo Sihova ko ha “aposetolo ʻo e Senitaile,” naʻe tala ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalētiá “naʻe ʻikai tupu [hono] lakanga mei ha tuʻunga tangata, ʻumaʻā hano ʻomi ʻe ha tangata, ka naʻe ʻomi ʻe Sisu Kalaisi, pea mo e ʻOtua ko e Tamai, ʻa ia naʻa ne fokotuʻu ia mei he pekia.”—Loma 11:13; Kaletia 1:1.
Fakanofo ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní
9. Ko e hā ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Ngāue 20:28 ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasia Kalisitiané?
9 Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Paula ki he kau ʻovasia naʻe nofo ʻi ʻEfesoó naʻe fakanofo kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá fakafou ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Naʻá ne pehē: “Tokanga kiate kimoutolu pea ki he kotoa ʻo e tākangá, ʻa ia kuo fakanofo kimoutolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ko e kau ʻovasia ʻi honau lotolotongá, ke tauhi ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakatau ʻaki ʻa e taʻataʻa ʻo hono ʻAló tonu.” (Ngāue 20:28, NW) Naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau ʻovasia Kalisitiane ko iá ke hokohoko atu hono tataki kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻi heʻenau fakahoko honau ngaahi fatongia ko e kau tauhi-sipi ʻo e tākanga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha tangata ʻoku ngāue ʻi ha lakanga fakanofo ʻoku ʻikai te ne kei aʻusia ʻa e tuʻunga fakaʻotuá, ʻi he faai atu ʻa e taimí ʻe ngāue ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke fakamavaheʻi ia mei hono tuʻungá.
10. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ha ngafa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻi he ngaahi fakanofo fakateokalatí?
10 ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ha ngafa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga peheé? ʻUluakí, ko e lēkooti ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ki he tokangaʻi fakalaumālié naʻe fakamānavaʻi ia ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní. ʻI heʻene ngaahi tohi kia Tīmote mo Taitusí, naʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ke aʻusia ʻe he kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. ʻI hono fakakātoá, naʻá ne lave ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu kehekehe nai ʻe 16. Hangē ko ʻení, ko e kau ʻovasiá ke ʻikai ala valokiʻi, anga-fakanānā ʻi he ngaahi tōʻongá, fakakaukau fakapotopoto, maau, anga-talitali kakai, taau ke faiako, pea alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi ʻuluʻi fāmilí. Kuo pau ke nau mafamafatatau ʻi he ngāueʻaki ʻo e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholó, ʻe ʻikai te nau hoko ko e kau ʻofa ki he paʻangá, pea kuo pau ke nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, naʻe fokotuʻu ha ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga ki he kau tangata ʻoku nau kakapa atu ki hono fakanofo ke nau hoko ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú.—1 Timote 3:1-10, 12, 13; Taitusi 1:5-9.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga taau kuo pau ke aʻusia ʻe he kau tangata ʻoku kakapa atu ki he fatongia fakaefakatahaʻangá?
11 Ko ha fakamanatu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga taau ko ʻení ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau takimuʻa ʻi he lotu ʻa Sihová kuo pau ke nau alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he ʻulungaanga faka-Kalisitiané. Ko e kau tangata ʻoku nau kakapa atu ki he fatongia fakaefakatahaʻangá kuo pau ke nau ʻomai ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻoku ngāue ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻiate kinautolu. (2 Timote 1:14) Kuo pau ke hā mahino ko e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne fakatupu ʻi he kau tangatá ni ʻa e fua ko e “ʻofa, fiefia, melino, kātaki-fuoloa, anga-ʻofa, anga-lelei, tui, anga-malū, mo e mapuleʻi-kita.” (Kaletia 5:22, 23, NW) ʻE hā ʻa e fua peheé ʻi heʻenau ngaahi feangainga mo e kaungātuí pea mo e niʻihi kehé. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku lelei ange nai ʻa e niʻihi ʻi hono fakahāhā ha ngaahi fua ʻe niʻihi ʻo e laumālié, lolotonga iá ʻoku aʻusia nai ʻe he niʻihi kehe ia ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga taau kehe ki he kau ʻovasiá ʻo aʻu ki ha tuʻunga māʻolunga ange. Kae kehe, ʻi heʻenau sīpinga moʻuí fakalūkufua, ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau ʻamanaki ke fakanofo ko e kau ʻovasiá pe kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku totonu ke nau fakahāhā ko e kau tangata fakalaumālie kinautolu, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
12. Ko hai ʻoku lava ke pehē nai ʻoku fakanofo ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní?
12 ʻI hono akonakiʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki kiate iá, naʻe malava ke ne fai ia ʻaki ʻa e tauʻatāina ʻi he leá koeʻuhi ko ia tonu naʻá ne faʻifaʻitaki kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻá ne ‘tuku mai ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kiate kitautolu, ke tau muimui ofi, ʻo topuvaʻe taha mo ia.’ (1 Pita 2:21; 1 Kolinito 11:1) Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu Fakatohitapú ʻi he taimi ʻo honau fakanofo ko e kau ʻovasia pe kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku lava ke pehē nai ai kuo fakanofo kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní.
13. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tokoni ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻo e kau tangata ke ngāue ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
13 ʻOku toe ʻi ai ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe taha ʻokú ne fakahā ʻa e founga ʻo e ngāue ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻi he fakaongoongoleleiʻi mo e fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ko e ‘Tamai ʻi he langí ʻokú ne foaki ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní kiate kinautolu ʻoku kole kiate iá.’ (Luke 11:13) Ko ia, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakataha ai ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻo e fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e kau tangata ki he fatongia fakaefakatahaʻangá, ʻoku nau lotu ʻo kole ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ne tataki kinautolu. ʻOku nau fakatuʻunga ʻenau ngaahi fakaongoongoleleí ʻi he meʻa ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku fakaivia kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke nau ʻiloʻilo pe ʻoku aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu Fakatohitapú ʻe ha taha ʻoku fai ha lāulea ki ai ke fakanofo. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi fakaongoongoleleí ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tākiekina tōtuʻa kinautolu ʻe he fōtunga hāmai ʻi tuʻá, ngaahi pōtoʻi fakaeakó, pe ngaahi malava fakaenatulá. Kuo pau ke nau tokangataha tefito ke sio pe ko e tokotaha ko iá ko ha tangata fakalaumālie, ko e tokotaha ʻa ia ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ʻe ʻikai te nau toumoua ke fakaofiofi ki ai ki ha akonaki fakalaumālie.
14. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he Ngāue 6:1-3?
14 Lolotonga ʻoku kau fakataha ʻa e ngaahi kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá mo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí ʻi hono fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e fanga tokoua ke ngāue ko e kau mātuʻa mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú, ko hono fakahoko moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi fakanofó ʻoku fai ia ʻo fakatatau ki he sīpinga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, naʻe malanga hake ai ha fiemaʻu ki ha kau tangata taau fakalaumālie ke nau tokangaʻi ha ngafa mahuʻinga. Naʻe ʻomai mei he kulupu pulé ʻa e tataki ko ʻení: “Mou fili ha toko fitu meiate kimoutolu, ha kau tangata kuo fakaongolelei mai, ʻo mātuʻaki fakalaumālie mo poto, pea te mau fakanofo kinautolu ki he ngaue ko ia.” (Ngāue 6:1-3) Lolotonga ʻa hono fai ʻe he kau tangata naʻe ngāue ki aí ʻa e ngaahi fakaongoongoleleí, naʻe fai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofó ia ʻe he kau tangata kuo tuku ki ai ʻa e fatongiá ʻi Selusalema. Ko ha sīpinga meimei tatau ʻoku muimui ki ai he ʻaho ní.
15. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ʻa e Kulupu Pulé ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo hono fakanofo ha kau tangata?
15 ʻOku fakanofo fakahangatonu ʻe he Kulupu Pule ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e kau mēmipa kotoa ʻo e ngaahi Kōmiti Vaʻá. ʻI hono fakapapauʻi pe ko hai ʻe lava ke ne maʻu ha fatongia mamafa peheé, ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e Kulupu Pulé ki he fakamatala ʻa Sīsuú: “Ko ia kuo foaki ki ai ha meʻa lahi, ʻe fiemaʻu mei ai ha meʻa lahi: pehē foki, ka tuku ʻe he kakai ha fuʻu meʻa ki ha taha ke tauhi, pea hulu atu mo e meʻa ʻe ʻeke kiate ia.” (Luke 12:48) Tānaki atu ki hono fakanofo ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kōmiti Vaʻá, ʻoku fakanofo ʻe he Kulupu Pulé ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻi Pētelí mo e kau ʻovasia fefonongaʻakí. Kae kehe, ʻoku nau fekauʻi ʻa e fanga tokoua alafalalaʻangá ke nau fakafofongaʻi kinautolu ʻi hono fai ha ngaahi fakanofo kehe. ʻOku ʻi ai foki ha meʻa naʻe hoko ki muʻa Fakatohitapu ki he meʻá ni.
‘Fai ʻa e Ngaahi Fakanofo, ʻo Hange ko ʻEku Tuʻutuʻuni Atú’
16. Ko e hā naʻe tuku ai ʻe Paula ʻa Taitusi ʻi Kēlití, pea ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakanofo fakateokalati ʻi he ʻaho ní?
16 Naʻe tala ʻe Paula ki hono kaungāngāue ko Taitusí: “Ko hono ʻuhinga ʻeni o ʻeku tuku koe ʻi Keliti, koeʻuhi ke ke fai atu ʻa e fakatonutonu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe toe, ʻo fakanofo faifekau ʻi he kolo hokohoko ʻo hange ko ʻeku tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Taitusi 1:5) Naʻe fakaeʻa leva ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga taau naʻe pau ke fakasio ʻe Taitusi ʻi he kau tangata ko ia te nau taau ki he ngaahi fakanofo peheé. Ko ia ai, ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakanofo ʻe he Kulupu Pulé ʻa e fanga tokoua taau ʻi he ngaahi vaʻá ke nau fakafofongaʻi ia ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofo ʻo e kau mātuʻá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. ʻOku fai ʻa e tokanga ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ngāue fakaefakafofonga maʻá e Kulupu Pulé ke nau mahinoʻi lelei pea muimui ʻi he ngaahi tataki Fakatohitapú ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofo peheé. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tataki ʻa e Kulupu Pulé ʻa hono fakanofo ʻo e kau tangata taau ke ngāue ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi māmani lahi.
17. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ngāue ʻa ha ʻōfisi vaʻa ki he ngaahi fakaongoongolelei ki he fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú?
17 ʻI hono ʻoatu ʻa e ngaahi fakaongoongolelei ki he fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasia mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ki ha ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻo e Sōsaieti Taua Leʻó, ʻoku falala ʻa e kau tangata taukeí ki he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ki ha tataki ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofó. ʻOku ongoʻi ʻe he kau tangatá ni ʻa e pau ke nau fai ha fakamatalá, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa nau hilifaki vave honau nimá ki ha tangata, telia naʻa nau kau ʻi heʻene ngaahi angahalá.—1 Timote 5:22.
18, 19. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ha ngaahi fakanofo ʻe niʻihi? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e foʻi ngāue kakato ʻo e fakaongoongoleleí mo e fakanofó?
18 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakanofo ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakahoko pē nai ʻi ha tohi ʻoku taaʻi ai ha sitapa fakaʻofisiale mei ha kautaha fakalao. ʻOku lava ke ngāueʻaki nai ha tohi pehē ki hono fakanofo ha fanga tokoua tokolahi ange ʻi he fakatahaʻangá.
19 Ko e ngaahi fakanofo fakateokalatí ʻoku haʻu ia meia Sihova fakafou mai ʻi hono ʻAló pea mo e fetuʻutakiʻanga hāmai fakaemāmani ʻa e ʻOtuá, “ae tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” pea mo hono Kulupu Pulé. (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Ko e foʻi ngāue fakakātoa ʻo e fakaongoongolelei mo e fakanofo peheé ʻoku fakahinohino, pe tataki, ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku peheé koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻunga taau ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku fakamānavaʻi ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, pea mo e tokotaha kuo fakanofó ʻoku nau ʻomai ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻo hono fakatupu ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālie ko iá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fai ʻa e vakai ki he ngaahi fakanofó ko e fai ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Hangē pē ko hono fakanofo fakateokalati ʻa e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, ʻoku hoko pehē pē ia ʻi he ʻahó ni.
Houngaʻia ki he Tataki ʻa Sihová
20. Ko e hā ʻoku tau kau fakataha ai mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa Tēvita ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Sāme 133:1?
20 ʻI he taimi ko ʻeni ʻo e lakalakaimonū fakalaumālie mo e tupulekina fakateokalati ʻi he ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá, ʻoku tau fakamālō ʻi he faifatongia tefito ʻa Sihova ʻi hono fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. ʻOku tokoni ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu Fakatohitapú ni ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau lotolotongá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e laumālie faka-Kalisitiane mo e ngaahi feinga tōtōivi ʻa e kau tangatá ni ʻoku tokoni lahi ia ki heʻetau melino mo e fāʻūtaha fakaofo ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. Hangē ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāme ko Tēvitá, ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau kalanga: “Vakai! Hono ʻikai lelei pea hono ʻikai sai ki he fanga tokouá ke nofo fakataha ʻi he fāʻūtaha!”—Sāme 133:1, NW.
21. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e Aisea 60:17?
21 He houngaʻia lahi ē ko kitautolu ki he tataki ʻa Sihova ʻo fakafou mai ʻi heʻene Folofolá mo e laumālie māʻoniʻoní! Pea ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku mohu ʻuhinga ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Aisea 60:17 (NW): “Te u ʻomi koula ko e fetongi ʻo e kopá, pea te u ʻomi siliva ko e fetongi ʻo e ʻaioné, pea ko e kopá ko e fetongi ʻo e ʻakaú, pea ko e ʻaioné ko e fetongi ʻo e maká; pea te u fokotuʻu ʻa e melinó ko ho kau ʻovasia pea ko e māʻoniʻoní ko ho kau vahe fatongia.” ʻI he hoko ʻo fakalakalaka ʻa hono fakahoko kakato ange ʻa e ngaahi founga fakateokalatí ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, kuo tau hokosia ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga faitāpuekina ʻi he kotoa ʻo e kautaha fakaemāmani ʻa e ʻOtuá.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku tau houngaʻia totonu ki aí, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke faí?
22 ʻOku tau houngaʻia loloto ʻi he ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu fakateokalati ʻoku fakahoko ʻi hotau lotolotongá. Pea ʻoku tau houngaʻia lahi ʻi he ngāue mālohi kae fakafiemālie ʻoku fai ʻe he kau ʻovasia mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau kuo fakanofo fakateokalatí. ʻOku tau fakahīkihikiʻi loto-moʻoni ʻetau Tamai fakahēvani anga-ʻofá, ʻa ia kuó ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e lakalakaimonū fakalaumālié pea kuó ne tāpuakiʻi lahi ʻaupito kitautolu. (Palovepi 10:22) Ko ia ai, tau fakapapauʻi ke laka fakataha mo e kautaha ʻa Sihová. Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻai ke tau hokohoko atu ke ngāue fāʻūtaha fakataha ki he lāngilangi, fakahīkihiki, mo e kolōlia ʻo e huafa lahi mo māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sihová.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau pehē ko e fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku fakateokalati, kae ʻikai ke fakatemokalatí?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakanofo ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻa e kau tangata Kalisitiane alafalalaʻangá?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ʻa e Kulupu Pulé ʻi he fakanofo ʻo e kau ʻovasiá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú?
• ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakanofo fakateokalatí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau houngaʻia kia Sihová?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15]
ʻOku maʻu ʻe he kau mātuʻá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻa e monū ke ngāué ʻi hono fakanofo fakateokalati