‘Ke ʻAsili Tokanga’

“Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke ʻasili ai ʻetau fakatokanga [“tokanga,” NW] ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo ongo mai, naʻa ʻiloange te tau ʻauhia atu ʻo tovale mo ia.”—HEPELU 2:1.

 1. Fakatātaaʻi ʻa e founga ʻe malava ai ke taki atu ʻa e fakaleluʻí ki he fakatuʻutāmakí.

KO E ngaahi fakatamaki ʻi he meʻalelé ʻokú ne toʻo ʻa e moʻui ʻa ha kakai nai ʻe toko 37,000 ʻi he taʻu taki taha ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté ʻataʻatā pē. ʻOku pehē ʻe he kau mataotaó ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi mate ko ení naʻe mei lava ke kalofi kapau naʻe ʻāsili tokanga ʻa e kau fakaʻulí ki he halá. Ko e kau fakaʻuli meʻalele ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakaleluʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi fakaʻilongá mo e ngaahi papa tuʻuakí pe ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻenau telefoni selulaá. ʻOku toe ʻi ai foki mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakatōliʻa kinautolu ʻi he meʻa kuo ui ko e kai-mo-lelé​—ʻa e kai lolotonga ʻoku nau fakaʻulí. ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga kotoa ko ení, ko e fakaleluʻí ʻe lava ke taki atu ia ki he fakatuʻutāmaki.

2, 3. Ko e hā ʻa e ekinaki naʻe ʻoange ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú, pea ko e hā naʻe feʻungamālie ai ʻene akonakí?

² ʻI he meimei taʻu ʻe 2,000 ki muʻa ke fuofua faʻu ʻa e meʻalelé, naʻe fakamahino pau ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ha faʻahinga fakaleluʻi naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻene fakatuʻutāmaki ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepelū ʻe niʻihi. Naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Paula ko Sīsū Kalaisi ko ia kuo toetuʻú naʻe foaki ki ai ha tuʻunga naʻe māʻolunga ange ʻi he kau ʻāngeló kotoa, he naʻe nofo ia ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakahaaʻi leva ʻe he ʻapositoló: “Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke ʻasili ai ʻetau fakatokanga [“tokanga,” NW] ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo ongo mai, naʻa ʻiloange te tau ʻauhia atu ʻo tovale mo ia.”—Hepelu 2:1.

³ Ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ai ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke ‘ʻasili ʻenau tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo ongo mai’ fekauʻaki mo Sīsuú? Koeʻuhí ko e meimei taʻu eni ʻe 30 kuo maliu atú talu ʻa e mavahe ʻa Sīsū mei he feituʻu ʻo e māmaní. ʻI he ʻikai ʻi ai honau ʻEikí, naʻe kamata ai ke ʻauhia atu ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú mei he tui moʻoní. Naʻe fakaleluʻi kinautolu ʻe he lotu faka-Siú, ʻa ʻenau founga lotu ki muʻá.

Naʻe Fiemaʻu Ke Nau Tokanga Lahi Ange

 4. Ko e hā kuo fakataueleʻi nai ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepelū ʻe niʻihi ke toe foki ki he lotu faka-Siú?

⁴ Ko e hā naʻe fakataueleʻi nai ai ha Kalisitiane ke toe foki ki he lotu faka-Siú? Sai, ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e lotú ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻasi mai aí. Naʻe malava ʻa e kakaí ke mamata ki he kau taulaʻeikí mo nāmuʻi ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutú. Kae kehe, ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, naʻe mātuʻaki kehe ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané ia. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ha Taulaʻeiki Lahi, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ka kuo teʻeki ke mātā ia ʻi māmani feʻunga mo ha hongofuluʻi taʻu ʻe tolu. (Hepelu 4:14) Naʻe ʻi ai honau temipale, ka ko hono potu toputapú ko hēvani tonu ia. (Hepelu 9:24) ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e kamu fakaekakano ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó, ko e kamu faka-Kalisitiané “oku oe loto ia, i he laumalie.” (Loma 2:​29, PM) Ko ia ai, ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú, ko e lotu faka-Kalisitiané kuo kamata ke hangē nai ia ʻoku kiʻi taʻehāmai hono natulá.

 5. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e lotu naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsuú naʻe māʻolunga ange ia ʻi he meʻa ko ia naʻe ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó?

⁵ Naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke nau ʻiloʻi ha meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e lotu naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Kalaisí. Naʻe makatuʻunga lahi ange ia ʻi he tuí kae ʻikai ʻi he mamatá, neongo ia naʻe māʻolunga ange ia ʻi he Lao naʻe foaki mai fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko Mōsesé. “Kapauā naʻe lava ʻe he toto ʻo e fanga kosi mo e fanga pulu mo e efuefu ʻo ha pulu fefine, ʻi hono luluku ʻaki ʻa e kakai kuo taʻemaʻa—kapau naʻe lava ʻe ia ke fakamaʻa ʻa e kakano;” ko e tohi ia ʻe Paulá, “huanoa ʻa e taʻataʻa ʻo Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻa ne ʻoatu ʻe ia ia taʻe hano mele ki he ʻOtua, fai ʻe ha laumalie laui itaniti—huanoa ʻene fakamaʻa ʻe he taʻataʻa ko ia hotau konisenisi mei he ngaahi ngaue mate, ke tau tauhi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku Moʻui.” (Hepelu 9:​13, 14) ʻIo, ko e fakamolemole ko ia ʻoku ala malava fakafou he tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ʻoku māʻolunga mamaʻo ange ia ʻi he ngaahi founga lahi ʻi he meʻa ko ia naʻe tokonaki ʻe he ngaahi feilaulau naʻe ʻoatu ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Laó.​—Hepelu 7:​26-28.

6, 7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻá ne ʻai ke fakavavevave ai ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ‘ke ʻasili ʻenau tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo ongo maí’? (e) ʻI he taimi naʻe hiki ai ʻe Paula ʻene tohi ki he kau Hepeluú, ko e hā e lahi ʻo e taimi naʻe kei toe ki Selusalemá? (Sio ki he fakamatala ʻi laló.)

⁶ Naʻe toe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻe taha naʻe fiemaʻu ai ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke nau tokanga lahi ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe ongo mai fekauʻaki mo Sīsuú. Naʻá ne tomuʻa tala ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa Selusalema. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Tokaange hao taimi ʻe ʻākoloʻi koe ʻe ho ngaahi fili, pea te nau kapuʻi koe, mo punipuni mei he potu kotoa pe, pea te nau laiki koe mo hoʻo fanau foki; pea ʻe ʻikai te nau fakatoe hao maka ʻo taʻe holoki: koeʻuhiā naʻe ʻikai te ke lavea ʻa e kuonga ʻo ho aʻahi.”—Luke 19:​43, 44.

⁷ ʻE hoko eni ʻafē? Naʻe ʻikai ke fakahā ʻe Sīsū ia ʻa e ʻahó mo hono houá. Ka, naʻá ne ʻoange ʻa e fakahinohino ko ení: “Ka mou ka vakai ki he kapui ʻo Selusalema ʻe he ngaahi matatau, te mou toki ʻilo kuo ofi hono fakaʻauha. Pea ke toki hola ki he moʻunga ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ʻi Siutea; pea ko kinautolu ʻoku ʻi loto kolo ke hiki mei ai; pea ko kinautolu ʻoku ʻi ʻuta ke ʻoua te nau hu ki he kolo.” (Luke 21:​20, 21) Lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ʻe 30 hili hono leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá, naʻe mole mei he niʻihi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Selusalemá ʻenau ongoʻi fakavavevavé pea nau hoko ʻo fakaleluʻi. Naʻe toʻo honau matá mei he halá, ʻo hangē ko e laú. Kapau naʻe ʻikai fakatonutonu ʻenau fakakaukaú, ko e fakatuʻutāmaki kuo pau. Pe naʻa nau fakakaukau pehē pe ʻikai, ko e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá naʻe tuʻunuku mai!a Fakatauange pē, ko e ekinaki ʻa Paulá naʻá ne tokonaki ha fafangu fakatokanga ki he kau Kalisitiane mohe fakalaumālie ʻi Selusalemá.

Ko e ‘ʻAsili Tokanga’ ʻi he ʻAho Ní

 8. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau ‘ʻasili tokanga’ ki he ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?

⁸ Hangē ko e kau Kalisitiane he ʻuluaki senitulí, ʻoku fiemaʻu kia kitautolu ke ‘ʻasili tokanga’ ki he ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau toe fehangahangai mo kitautolu mo e fakaʻauha ʻoku tuʻunuku mai, ʻo ʻikai ʻo ha puleʻanga pē taha, ka ko ha fokotuʻutuʻu kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻá. (Fakahā 11:18; 16:​14, 16) Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo ʻa e ʻaho mo e houa tofu pē ko ia ʻe hanga ai ʻe Sihova ʻo fai ʻa e meʻá ni. (Mātiu 24:36) Neongo ia, ko e kau sio tonu kitautolu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi kikite faka-Tohitapu ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi mahino ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he “kuonga fakamui.” (2 Timote 3:​1-5) Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga fekauʻaki mo ha faʻahinga meʻa pē ʻe malava ke ne fakaleluʻi kitautolu. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau tokanga ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea tauhi maʻu ha ongoʻi mālohi ʻo e fakavavevave. Ko e toki fai peheé pē te tau “lava [ai] ke hao mei he ngāhi meʻa ko ia fulipe ʻoku ene ke hoko.”​—Luke 21:36.