Toʻutupu—ʻE ʻIkai Fakangaloʻi ʻe Sihova Hoʻomou Ngāué!
“Talaʻehai ʻoku fai taʻetotonu ʻa e ʻOtua ke ne fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou tokoni ki he kakai lotu, ʻa ia foki ʻoku mou kei fai.”—HEPELU 6:10.
1. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he ongo tohi Tohitapu ʻa Hepelū mo Malakaí ʻoku fakahoungaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo ngāué?
KUÓ KE fai ʻi ha taimi ha ngāue ʻofa ki ha kaumeʻa pea ʻikai leva maʻu ha fakahaaʻi ʻo ha fakamālō? ʻE lava ke fakatupu mamahi lahi ʻa e taimi ʻoku fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ai ha ngāue loto fiefoaki, pe ko e kovi angé, ko haʻane ngalo fakaʻaufuli. Neongo ia, he kehe ē ko e taimi ʻoku tau fai ai ʻa e ngāue ʻaufuatō kia Sihová! ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Talaʻehai ʻoku fai taʻetotonu ʻa e ʻOtua ke ne fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou tokoni ki he kakai lotu, ʻa ia foki ʻoku mou kei fai.” (Hepelu 6:10) Fakakaukau atu ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e meʻa ko iá. ʻE vakai moʻoni ki ai ʻa Sihova ko ha tōʻonga taʻemāʻoniʻoni ia ʻi heʻene tafaʻakí—ko ha angahala—kapau te ne fakangaloʻi ʻa e meʻa kuó ke faí mo e meʻa ʻokú ke hokohoko atu ke fai ʻi heʻene ngāué. Ko ha ʻOtua loto-hounga moʻoni ia!—Malakai 3:10.
2. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ʻai ke makehe moʻoni ʻa e tauhi kia Sihová?
2 ʻOkú ke maʻu ha faingamālie makehe ke lotu mo tauhi ki he ʻOtua houngaʻia ko ení. Koeʻuhi ko e toko ono miliona pē nai ho kaungātuí ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he kakai ʻe toko ono piliona nai ʻoku ʻi māmani lahí, ko ho monuú ko ha monū hāhāmolofia moʻoni ia. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo hoʻo fanongo pea tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ongoongo leleí ʻoku hā mahino ai ʻoku mahuʻingaʻia fakafoʻituitui ʻa Sihova ʻiate koe. He ko ē, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ke haʻu kiate au, ka ʻi he tohoaki ia ʻe he Tamai naʻa ne fekau mai au.” (Sione 6:44) ʻIo, ʻoku tokoniʻi tāutaha ʻe Sihova ʻa e kakaí ke nau ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e feilaulau ʻa Kalaisí.
Houngaʻia ʻi Ho Monū Maʻongoʻongá
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo Kolá ʻa e houngaʻia ki he monū ʻo e tauhi kia Sihová?
3 Hangē ko ia naʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu ki muʻá, ʻokú ke ʻi ha tuʻunga makehe ke ʻai ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová ke fiefia. (Palovepi 27:11) Ko e meʻa eni ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua ʻaupito te ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻí. ʻI he taha ʻo ʻenau ngaahi saame fakamānavaʻí, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo Kolá ʻenau houngaʻia ki he monū ʻo e tauhi kia Sihová. ʻOku tau lau ai: “Ko ha foʻi ʻaho ʻi ho lotoʻā ʻoku lelei hake ʻi ha afeʻi ʻaho ʻi ha potu ange. Te u fili muʻa ke u leʻo matapa ʻi he fale ʻo hoku ʻOtua, ʻi haʻaku nofo ʻi he ngaahi teniti ʻo e angahala.”—Sāme 84:10.
4. (a) Ko e hā nai ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e niʻihi ke nau vakai ʻoku fakangatangata ʻa e lotu kia Sihová? (e) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻokú ne vēkeveke ke fakatokangaʻi pea fakapaleʻi ʻa ʻene kau sevānití?
4 ʻOku pehē ʻa hoʻo ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo ho monū ke tauhi ʻa hoʻo Tamai fakahēvaní? Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻe hā ngali ʻoku fakangatangata ʻe he lotu kia Sihová ʻa hoʻo tauʻatāiná. ʻOku moʻoni ko e moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ha tuʻunga ʻo e feilaulauʻi-kita. Neongo ia, ʻi hono taupotú, ko ha meʻa pē ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova meiate koe ko e lelei pē ia maʻau. (Sāme 1:1-3) Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo ngaahi feingá pea fakahāhā ʻene houngaʻia ʻi hoʻo loto-tōnungá. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ko Sihová ʻokú ne “hanga ʻo totongi kiate kinautolu ʻoku kumi hākili kiate ia.” (Hepelu 11:6) ʻOku kumi ʻe Sihova ha ngaahi faingamālie ke fai ai eni. Naʻe pehē ʻe ha palōfita māʻoniʻoni ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “Ko e ongo foʻi fofonga ʻo e ʻEiki ʻoku feleleaki ʻi mamani katoa, ke taukapoʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku haohaoa loto kiate ia.”—2 Kalonikali 16:9.
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga lelei taha ʻe lava ke ke fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku haohaoa ho lotó kia Sihová? (e) Ko e hā nai ʻe hā faingataʻa ai ʻa e talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí?
5 Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga lelei taha ʻe lava ke ke fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku haohaoa ho lotó kia Sihová ko e talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia. Kuó ke maʻu ʻi ha taimi ʻa e faingamālie ke lea ai ki ha niʻihi ʻo ho kaungāakó ʻo fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí? Ko hono fai ení ʻe hā ngali fakalotosiʻi ʻi he ʻuluaki taimí, pea ko e foʻi fakakaukaú tonu te ne fakatupunga nai ha kiʻi manavahē. ‘Fēfē kapau te nau kataʻi au?’ ko haʻo fehuʻi nai ia. ‘Fēfē kapau te nau fakakaukau ʻoku ngalikehe ʻeku lotú?’ Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻe ʻikai ke fanongo ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Sione 15:20) Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga eni iá, kuo pau ke ke ʻi ha moʻui ʻo e manuki mo e talitekeʻi. ʻI hono kehé, kuo maʻu ʻe he kau talavou Fakamoʻoni tokolahi ha taha fiefanongo pea aʻu ʻo nau maʻu ʻa e tokaʻi lahi ange mei honau ngaahi toʻumeʻá ʻi heʻenau tuʻu maʻa ʻenau tuí.
“ʻE Tokoniʻi Koe ʻe Sihova”
6, 7. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e malava ke faifakamoʻoni ha taʻahine taʻu 17 ʻe taha ki hono kaungākalasí? (e) Ko e hā kuó ke ako mei he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Jennifer?
6 Ka ʻe lava fēfē ke ke maʻu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke lea fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí? Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te ke fakapapauʻi ai ke faitotonu pea lea hangatonu ʻi he taimi ʻoku fehuʻi atu ai ʻa e kakaí kia koe fekauʻaki mo hoʻo lotú? Vakai angé ki he meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe he taʻu 17 ko Jennifer. “Naʻá ku ʻi he taimi kai hoʻatā ʻi he ʻapiakó. Ko e tamaiki fefine ʻi heʻeku tēpilé naʻe fai ʻenau fetalanoaʻaki ki he lotú, pea naʻe ʻeke mai ʻe he taha ʻo e tamaiki fefiné kia au pe ʻoku ou kau ki he lotu fē,” ko ʻene leá ia. Naʻe ilifia ʻa Jennifer fekauʻaki mo hono fai ha tali? “ʻIo,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia, “koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai te u fakapapauʻi pe ko e faʻahinga tali fēfē ʻe fai mai kia aú.” Ko ia, ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Jennifer? “Naʻá ku tala ange ki he tamaiki fefiné ko e taha au ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová,” ko ʻene hokó atu ia. “Naʻa nau ʻuluaki hā ngali ʻohovale. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kakai faikehe. Naʻe ueʻi ʻe he meʻá ni kinautolu ke nau ʻeke mai kia au ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi, pea naʻe malava ke u fakamaʻalaʻala ʻa e maʻuhala naʻa nau maʻú. Naʻa mo e hili ʻa e ʻaho ko iá, naʻe fakaofiofi mai kia au ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e tamaiki fefiné ʻi he taimi ki he taimi mo ha fehuʻi.”
7 Naʻe fakaʻiseʻisa ʻa Jennifer ʻi heʻene ngāueʻaki ʻa e faingamālié ke lea ai fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngaahi tuí? ʻIkai ʻaupito! “Naʻá ku ongoʻi lelei ʻaupito fekauʻaki mo ia ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻosi ai ʻa e vahaʻa taimi kai hoʻataá,” ko ʻene leá ia. “ʻOku maʻu ʻe he tamaiki fefine ko iá he taimí ni ha fakakaukau lelei ange ki he tuʻunga moʻoni ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.” Ko e faleʻi ʻa Jennifer he taimi ní ʻoku faingofua: “Kapau ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku faingataʻa ke faifakamoʻoni ki he kaungā kalasí pe kau faiakó, leaʻaki ha lotu vave. ʻE tokoniʻi koe ʻe Sihova. Te ke fiefia ʻi hoʻo ngāueleleiʻaki ʻa ho faingamālie ke fai ha fakamoʻoní.”—1 Pita 3:15.
8. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tokoni ʻa e lotú kia Nehemaia ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fehangahangai ai mo ha tuʻunga taʻeʻamanekiná? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻapiakó te ke fiemaʻu nai ai ke fai ha lotu nounou fakalongolongo kia Sihová?
8 Fakatokangaʻi ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻe Jennifer ke “leaʻaki ha lotu vave” kia Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ha faingamālie ke fai ha fakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí. Ko e meʻa tofu pē eni naʻe fai ʻe Nehemaia, ko e tokotaha ngaohi inu ʻa e tuʻi Pēsia ko ʻAtaseasé, ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fehangahangai ai mo ha tuʻunga taʻeʻamanekiná. Naʻe hā mamahi ʻa Nehemaia koeʻuhi naʻe fakahaaʻi ange ki ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e kau Siú peá ne ʻiloʻi naʻe maumau ʻa e ʻā mo e ngaahi matapā ʻo Selusalemá. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe he tuʻí naʻe hā ngali loto-moʻua ʻa Nehemaia, ko ia ai, naʻá ne ʻeke kia Nehemaia pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hokó. Ki muʻa ke fai ha talí, naʻe lotu ʻa Nehemaia ki ha tataki. Peá ne toki kole loto-toʻa leva ha ngofua ke ne foki ki Selusalema ʻo tokoni ki hono toe langa ʻa e kolo kuo holó. Naʻe tali ʻe ʻAtasease ʻa e kole ʻa Nehemaiá. (Nehemaia 2:1-8) Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoní? Kapau ʻokú ke ongoʻi ilifia ʻi he taimi ʻoku malanga hake ai ha faingamālie ke fai ha fakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo hoʻo tuí, ʻoua ʻe liʻaki ho faingamālie ke fai ai ha lotu fakalongolongó. “Mou li atu ā hono kotoa ʻo hoʻomou lotomoʻua [kia Sihova],” ko e tohi ia ʻa Pitá, “he ʻoku ne mamahiʻi kimoutolu.”—1 Pita 5:7; Sāme 55:22.
“Mateuteu . . . ke Fai ha Taukapo”
9. Naʻe malava fēfē ke tufa ʻe he taʻu 13 ko Leah ʻa e tatau ʻe 23 ʻo e tohi Young People Ask?
9 Fakakaukau ki ha toe meʻa ʻe taha naʻe hokosia. Ko Leah, taʻu 13, naʻá ne lau ʻa e tohi Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Worka lolotonga ʻa e mālōlō hoʻatā ʻi he akó. “Naʻe siofi au ʻe he niʻihi kehé,” ko ʻene leá ia, “pea ʻikai fuoloa kuo tuʻu ha tokolahi ʻi hoku tuʻá. Naʻe kamata ke nau ʻeke pe ko e tohí ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e hā.” ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻahó, naʻe kole ai ʻe he tamaiki fefine ʻe toko fā kia Leah ha tatau ʻo e tohi Young People Ask. Naʻe fevahevaheʻaki leva ʻa e tamaiki fefiné ni ʻi he tohí mo e niʻihi kehé, pea naʻa nau fiemaʻu leva ʻe kinautolu foki ha tatau. ʻI he ngaahi uike siʻi hoko maí, naʻe tufa ai ʻe Leah ha tatau ʻe 23 ʻo e tohi Young People Ask ki hono kaungāakó mo honau ngaahi kaumeʻá. Naʻe faingofua kia Leah ke ne lea ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻuluaki fakaʻekeʻeke ai ʻe he niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo e tohi naʻá ne laú? ʻIkai ʻaupito! “ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí, naʻá ku manavasiʻi,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia. “Kae kehe, naʻá ku lotu, pea naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻe kau ʻa Sihova mo au.”
10, 11. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e malava ʻa ha kiʻi taʻahine ʻIsileli ke tokoniʻi ha ʻeiki tau Sīlia ke ako fekauʻaki mo Sihova, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu naʻá ne fai ʻi he hili iá?
10 Ko e meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Leah te ne fakamanatu nai atu ai kiate koe ha tuʻunga meimei tatau naʻe fehangahangai mo ha kiʻi taʻahine ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻe ʻave pōpula ki Sīlia. Ko Neamani, ko ha ʻeiki tau Sīlia ia, naʻá ne kilia. Mahalo pē naʻe kamata ʻe hono uaifí ʻa e fetalanoaʻaki naʻe ueʻi ai ʻa e kiʻi taʻahiné ni ke ne lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻene tuí. “Taumaiā naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻo e palofita ʻoku ʻi Samelia ʻa e tangataʻeiki!” ko ʻene leá ia. “Te ne fakamaʻa ia mei heʻene kilia.”—2 Tuʻi 5:1-3.
11 Tupu mei he loto-toʻa ʻa e kiʻi taʻahine ko ení, naʻe hoko ai ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe Neamani “ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻotua ʻi mamani katoa, ka ʻi Isileli pe.” Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne fakapapau ‘he ʻikai te ne toe fai feilaulau ki ha ʻotua kehe, ka kia Sihova pe.’ (2 Tuʻi 5:15, 17) Naʻe tāpuakiʻi moʻoni ʻe Sihova ʻa e loto-toʻa ʻa e kiʻi taʻahine ko iá. ʻOkú ne malava pea te ne fai ʻa e meʻa tatau ki he fānau ʻi he ʻaho ní. Naʻe hoko moʻoni ia ʻia Leah. ʻI ha taimi, naʻe fakaofiofi ai kiate ia ha niʻihi ʻo hono kaungāakó ʻo tala ange naʻe tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe he tohi Young People Ask ʻi honau ʻulungāngá. “Naʻá ku fiefia,” ko e lea ia ʻa Leah, “koeʻuhi naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻá ku tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ako lahi ange fekauʻaki mo Sihova pea tokoniʻi kinautolu ke liliu ʻenau moʻuí.”
12. ʻE lava fēfē ke fakaivimālohiʻi koe ke ke taukapoʻi ʻa hoʻo tuí?
12 ʻE lava ke ke hokosia ʻa e meʻa tatau mo ia naʻe hoko kia Jennifer mo Leah. Muimui ʻi he ekinaki ʻa Pitá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi ʻo pehē ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha Kalisitiané ʻoku totonu maʻu pē ke ke “mateuteu . . . ke fai ha taukapo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e tokotaha kotoa te ne ʻekea koe fekauʻaki mo ha ʻuhinga ki he ʻamanaki ʻoku ʻiate koé, kae fai ia fakataha mo ha loto anga-vaivai mo e ʻapasia loloto.” (1 Pita 3:15, NW) ʻE lava fēfē ke ke fai ia? Faʻifaʻitaki ki he ʻalunga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa ia naʻa nau lotu kia Sihova ke ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau malanga “malohi.” (Ngāue 4:29, PM) Loto-toʻa leva ʻi he talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo fekauʻaki mo hoʻo ngaahi tuí. Te ke ʻohovale nai ʻi he olá. ʻIkai ngata aí, te ke ʻai ai ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová ke fiefia.
Ngaahi Foʻi Vitioó mo e Ngaahi Ngāue Makehé
13. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe he toʻutupu ʻe niʻihi ke fai ai ha fakamoʻoní? (Sio ki he ongo puha ʻi he peesi 20 mo e 21.)
13 Kuo fakamatalaʻi ʻe he toʻutupu tokolahi ʻa ʻenau tuí ki he ngaahi kaungāakó pe ko e kau faiakó ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi foʻi vitioó. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi kuo toe fakaʻatā ai ʻa e faingamālie ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakaakó ke ʻoatu ai ʻa e fakahīkihiki kia Sihova. Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha ongo tamaiki tangata taʻu 15, ko e ongo Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova fakatouʻosi, naʻá na maʻu ha ngāue ke fai ko e konga ia ʻo ʻena kalasi ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e māmaní ke na hiki ha fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e taha ʻo e ngaahi lotu ʻi he māmaní. Naʻe ngāue fakataha ʻa e ongo tamaikí ni ke hiki ʻa ʻena fakamatala ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e tohi Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom ko ʻena maʻuʻanga fakamatalá ia.b Naʻe toe pau ke na fai ha fakamatala tala ngutu miniti ʻe nima. Hili iá, naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻa e faiakó mo e kau akó ʻo ʻi muʻa ai ʻa e ongo tamaikí ʻi he kalasí ʻi ha toe miniti ʻe 20 kehe. ʻI he ʻosi mei ai ha ngaahi uike, naʻe hokohoko atu hono ʻeke ʻe heʻena kalasí ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová!
14, 15. (a) Ko e hā ko ha tauhele ai ʻa e manavahē tangatá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ke ongoʻi falala fekauʻaki mo hono vahevahe atu hoʻo ngaahi tuí ki he niʻihi kehé?
14 Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hokosia ki muʻá, ʻoku lava ke hokosia ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki lahi ʻi he talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo hoʻo ngaahi tuí mo e fakakaukaú ʻi he tuʻunga ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. ʻOua ʻe tuku ʻa e manavahē tangatá ke ne toʻo meia koe ʻa e monū mo e fiefia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihová. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Ko e ilifia ki ha tangata, ʻoku te moʻua ai ʻi ha tauhele: ka ko ia ʻoku tuʻu ʻene falala kia Sihova, ʻe maluʻi.”—Palovepi 29:25.
15 Manatuʻi, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha talavou Kalisitiané ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu ʻe ho ngaahi toʻumeʻá—ko e founga lelei taha ʻo e moʻuí he taimí ni pea mo e talaʻofa ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ki he kahaʻú. (1 Timote 4:8) Ko e meʻa ʻoku fakatupu tokangá, ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté—ʻa ia te ke fakakaukau nai ai ko e kakaí fakalūkufua ʻoku nau loto-noa pe fakakaukau fakamāmaní—naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻi ha savea ʻe taha ko e vaeua mālie ʻo e toʻutupú ʻoku nau fakakaukau fakamātoato ʻaupito fekauʻaki mo e lotú, pea ʻoku pehē ʻe ha vahe tolu ʻe taha ko e tui fakalotú ʻa e “tākiekina mahuʻinga taha” ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. ʻOku ngalingali ko e tuʻungá ʻoku meimei tatau ia ʻi he ngaahi tapa lahi kehe ʻo e māmaní. ʻOku mātuʻaki ngalingali leva, ko ho ngaahi toʻumeʻa ʻi he akó te nau fiefia ke fanongo ki he meʻa te ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e Tohitapú.
ʻI he Tuʻunga ko ha Talavou, ʻUnuʻunu Ofi kia Sihova
16. Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki hono fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihová tuku kehe ʻa e talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo fekauʻaki mo iá?
16 Ko e moʻoni, ko hono ʻai ke fiefia ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he talanoa pē ʻo fekauʻaki mo iá. ʻOku toe fiemaʻu ke ʻai ke tatau ho ʻulungāngá mo ʻene ngaahi tuʻungá. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné: “Ko eni ia ʻa e ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ʻa ʻetau tauhi ki heʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni. Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamafasia ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.” (1 Sione 5:3, 4a) Te ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku moʻoni eni kapau ʻokú ke ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke fai ia?
17. ʻE lava fēfē ke ke ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova?
17 Vaheʻi ha taimi ke lau ai ʻa e Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú. Ko e lahi ange hoʻo ako fekauʻaki mo Sihová, ko e faingofua ange ia ke talangofua kiate ia pea ke talanoa fekauʻaki mo ia ki he niʻihi kehé. “Ko e tangata lelei ʻoku fisi kituʻa ai ʻa e lelei mei he koloa lelei kuo faʻo ki hono loto,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú, “he ko e talanoa ʻa e ngutu ʻoku mei he meʻa ʻi he loto ʻoku hulu atu.” (Luke 6:45) Ko ia, fakafonu ho lotó ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fokotuʻu ai ha ngaahi taumuʻa ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni? Mahalo pē ʻe lava ke ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa hoʻo teuteu ki he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻi he uike ko eni ka hoko maí. Ko hoʻo taumuʻa hokó ke kau ʻi hono fai ha tali nounou kae mei he lotó. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke ke toe ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke akó.—Filipai 4:9.
18. Neongo kapau te ke fuesia ha fakafepaki, ko e hā ʻe lava ke ke falala ki aí?
18 Ko e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku hoko mai ʻi he tauhi kia Sihová ʻoku tuʻuloa—ʻo taʻengata moʻoni. Ko e moʻoni, ʻokú ke hokosia nai ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ha tuʻunga ʻo e fakafepaki pe manuki ʻi he hoko ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Kae fakakaukau kia Mōsese. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú “naʻa ne sio fakamamaʻu atu ki he totongi.” (Hepelu 11:24-26) Ko koe foki ʻe lava ke ke falala ʻe fakapaleʻi koe ʻe Sihova ʻi he ngaahi feinga ʻokú ke fai ke ako fekauʻaki mo iá pea talanoa fekauʻaki mo iá. Ko e moʻoni, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne “fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu.”—Hepelu 6:10.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
b Pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoʻo ngāué?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻo e faifakamoʻoni ʻi he akó kuo ʻiloʻi ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku lavameʻa?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke fakaivimālohiʻi koe ke faifakamoʻoni ki hoʻo kalasí?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke ke ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihova?
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Naʻa mo e Faʻahinga Mātuʻaki Kei Siʻí ʻOku Nau Fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova!
Naʻa mo e fānau siʻi hifo he taʻu 13 kuo malava ke nau fai ha fakamoʻoni ʻi he ʻapiakó. Vakai angé ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hokosia ko ení.
Ko e kalasi nima ʻa e taʻu hongofulu ko Amber naʻa nau lautohi ʻi ha tohi ʻo kau ki hono ngaohikoviʻi ʻe he kau Nasí ʻa e kau Siú lolotonga ʻa e Tau II ʻa Māmaní. Naʻe fili ʻa Amber ke ʻomai ʻa e foʻi vitiō Purple Triangles ki heʻene faiakó. Naʻe ʻohovale ʻa e faiakó ke ʻiloʻi naʻe toe fakatangaʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule faka-Nasí. Naʻe huluʻi ʻe he faiakó ʻa e foʻi vitioó ki he kalasí kotoa.
ʻI hono taʻu valú, naʻe fai ai ʻe Alexa ha tohi ki heʻene kalasí ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻe ʻikai lava ai ke ne kau ʻi heʻenau kātoangaʻi ʻa e Kilisimasí. Naʻe maongo ʻaupito ia ki heʻene faiakó ʻo ne ʻai ai ʻa Alexa ke ne lau leʻo-lahi ʻa e tohí ki heʻene kalasí tonu pea pehē foki ki ha ongo kalasi kehe ʻe ua! “Kuo akoʻi au ke u fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻa ia ʻoku kehe ʻenau ngaahi tuí mei haʻakú,” ko ʻene leá ia ʻi he fakaofiofi ki he fakamulitukú, “pea ʻoku ou fakamālō atu ʻi hoʻomou tokaʻi ʻeku fili ke ʻoua ʻe kātoangaʻi ʻa e Kilisimasí.”
Taimi nounou hili ʻene kamata ʻi he kalasi tahá, naʻe ʻave ai ʻe Eric ʻa e Ko ʻEku Tohi ʻo e Ngaahi Talanoa Faka-Tohitapú ki he akó pea kole ki ha ngofua ke fakahāhā ia ki hono kaungā kalasí. “ʻOku ʻi ai ʻeku fakakaukau lelei ange,” ko e lea ia ʻa ʻene faiakó. “Fēfē ke ke lau ha foʻi talanoa ʻe taha ki he kalasí?” Naʻe fai ia ʻe Eric. Hili iá, naʻá ne fakaafeʻi ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa naʻa nau fiemaʻu ha tatau ʻo e tohí ke hiki hake honau nimá. Ko e toko 18—ʻo kau ai ʻa e faiakó—naʻa nau hikí! ʻOku ongoʻi he taimí ni ʻe Eric ʻokú ne maʻu haʻane feituʻu faifakamoʻoni makehe pē ʻaʻana.
ʻOku houngaʻia ʻa e taʻu hiva ko Whitney ʻi he polosiua Jehovah’s Witnesses and Education.c “ʻOku faʻa ʻave ʻe heʻeku faʻeé ʻa e polosiua ko ení ki heʻeku kau faiakó ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ka ʻi he taʻu ní naʻá ku fai tonu ia ʻe au. ʻI he tokoni ʻa e polosiua ko iá, naʻe fili ai au ʻe heʻeku faiakó ko e ‘tokotaha ako ʻo e uiké.’”
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c Ko e ʻū tohi kotoa ʻoku lave ki aí ʻoku faʻu ia ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
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Ngaahi Tuʻunga Kuo Ngāueʻaki ʻe he Niʻihi ke Lea Ai Fekauʻaki mo ʻEnau Tuí
ʻI hono vaheʻi ange ha fakamatala pe ngāue fakaakó, kuo fili ʻe he niʻihi ha tuʻunga-lea ʻoku fakaʻatā ai kinautolu ke nau fai ha fakamoʻoní
Kuo ʻave ʻe he toʻutupu tokolahi ki heʻenau faiakó ha foʻi vitiō pe ko ha tohi ʻoku kau ki ha tuʻunga-lea ʻoku lāulea ki ai ʻi he kalasí
Ko e toʻutupu ʻe niʻihi ʻi heʻenau lau ʻa e Tohitapú pe ko ha tohi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú lolotonga ʻa e taimi mālōloó kuo fakaofiofi ki ai ʻa e toʻutupu kehe ʻa ia kuo nau ʻeke ha ngaahi fehuʻí
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ʻOku lava ke tokoni ʻa e faʻahinga taukeí ke akoʻi ʻa e toʻutupú ke nau tauhi kia Sihova