Ko e ʻUhinga ʻOku Lelei Ange Ai ʻa e Lotu Kalisitiané
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga Mei He Tohi ki he Kau Hepeluú
NAʻE fakahā ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki lelei ange ʻo e lotú ʻi heʻene fekau mai hono ʻAló, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ki he māmaní. Naʻe pehē foki koeʻuhi he ko Sīsū, ko e Tokotaha-fokotuʻu ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiané, ʻoku lelei ange ia ʻi he kau ʻāngeló mo e palōfita ko Mōsesé. Ko e tuʻunga taulaʻeiki ʻo Kalaisí ʻoku fuʻu lelei lahi ange ia ʻi hano fakafehoanaki mo ia ʻo e kau Līvai ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Pea ko e feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku lelei mamaʻo ange ia ʻi he ngaahi feilaulau fanga monumanu naʻe fai ʻi he malumalu ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé.
ʻOku ʻai ke mahino ʻa e ngaahi poini ko ʻení ʻi he tohi ki he kau Hepeluú. ʻOku ngalingali naʻe tohi ia ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi Loma ʻo fakafuofua ki he 61 T.S. pea ʻave ia ki he kau tui the Hepelū ʻi Siuteá. ʻI he ngaahi kuonga ki muʻá, naʻe pehē ʻe he kau Kalisitiane Kalisí mo faka-ʻĒsiá ko Paula naʻá ne fai ʻa e tohí, pea ʻoku poupouʻi ʻeni fakatouʻosi ʻe heʻene fakafelāveʻi fakaikiiki mo e Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú mo ʻene ngāueʻaki ha fakahokohoko fakakaukau lelei, ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga founga ia ʻa e ʻapositoló. Naʻe ʻikai te ne fakahā hono hingoá nai koeʻuhi ko e fehiʻa ʻa e kau Siú kiate iá pea koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻiloa ia ko e “ʻapositolo ʻo e Senitaile.” (Loma 11:13) Tau vakai ofi ange ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki lelei ange ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiané, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo fakahā ʻi he tohi ʻa Paula ki he kau Hepeluú.
ʻOku Lelei Ange ʻa Kalaisi ʻi he Kau ʻĀngeló mo Mōsese
ʻOku uluaki fakahā ʻoku lelei ange ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá. (1:1–3:6) ʻOku fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa e kau ʻāngeló kiate ia, pea ko ʻene pule fakatuʻí ʻoku makatuʻunga ia mei he ʻOtuá. Ko ia ʻoku totonu ke hulu ange ʻetau tokanga ki he meʻa kuo leaʻaki ʻe he ʻAló. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ka ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻi neongo ko e tangata ko Sīsuú naʻe māʻulalo ange ʻi he kau ʻāngeló, ka kuo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻiate kinautolu pea kuo ʻoange ke pule ki he māmani nofoʻi ka hoko maí.
ʻOku toe lelei ange ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻia Mōsese. ʻOku anga-fēfē ia? Ko Mōsesé ko ha matāpule pē ia ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he kau ʻIsilelí. Kaekehe, kuo tuku ʻe Sihova kia Sīsū ʻa e fale kotoa ko iá, pe fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.
ʻOku Hū ʻa e Kau Kalisitiané ki he Mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá
ʻOku hoko atu hono fakahā ʻe he ʻapositoló ʻa e malava ke hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (3:7–4:13) Ko e kau ʻIsileli naʻe tukuange mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité naʻe ʻikai ke malava ke nau hū ki ai koeʻuhi ko ʻenau talangataʻa mo taʻetuí. Ka ʻe malava ke tau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ko iá ʻo kapau te tau tui ki he ʻOtuá mo muimui talangofua kia Kalaisi. Te tau fiefia ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he tāpuaki lelei ange ʻo e mālōlō mei he ngaahi ngāue siokita kotoa pē, kae ʻikai ko e tauhi pē ʻo ha Sāpate fakauike.
Ko e hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e taha ia ʻo e talaʻofa ʻo ʻene folofolá, ʻa ia ʻoku “masila ange ʻi he heleta fakatoumata fuape; ʻo ne ʻasi atu ʻo māioioʻi ʻa e loto [soulu, NW] mo e laumalie.” ʻOku fai pehē ia ʻo ne hū atu ke ʻiloʻilo ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa mo e ngaahi fakakaukau, ke vaheʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fakakakanó mo e anga fakaeʻatamaí. (Fehoanaki mo Loma 7:25) Kapau ko hotau “soulu,” pe moʻui fakafoʻituituí, kuo kaunga mo e “laumalie,” pe angafakaʻotuá, ʻe lava ke tau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.
Tuʻunga Taulaʻeiki mo e Fuakava Lelei Ange
ʻOku hoko atu hono fakahā ʻe Paula ʻa e lelei ange ʻo e tuʻunga fakataulaʻeiki ʻo Kalaisí mo e fuakava foʻoú. (4:14–10:31) Ko Sīsū Kalaisi taʻeangahalaʻiá ʻokú ne kaungāongoʻi mo e kakai angahalaʻiá koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻosi ʻahiʻahi ia ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo hangē ko kitautolú. ʻIkai ko ia pē, kuo fakanofo ia ʻe he ʻOtuá “ko e taulaʻeiki . . . ʻo laui ʻitaniti ʻi he ʻalunga ʻo Melikiseteki.” Kehe ia mei he kau taulaʻeiki lahi faka-Līvaí, ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sīsū ia ʻa e moʻui ʻoku taʻealafakaʻauha pea ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai toe fiemaʻu ai hano kau fetongi ʻi heʻene ngāue fakahaofí. ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke ne fai ha ngaahi feilaulau monumanu, he kuó ne foaki hono sino taʻeangahala lelei lahi angé pea kuó ne hū atu ki hēvani mo e mahuʻinga ʻo hono taʻataʻá.
Ko e fuakava foʻou, ʻa ia naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻaki ʻa e taʻataʻa ʻo Sīsuú, ʻoku lelei ange ia ʻi he fuakava ʻo e Laó. Ko kinautolu ʻi he fuakava foʻoú kuo nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi honau ngaahi lotó mo nau maʻu ʻa e fakamolemole ʻo e ngaahi angahalá. (Selemaia 31:31-34) Ko e loto-hounga ki he meʻá ni ʻokú ne ueʻi kinautolu ke fakahā fakahāhā ʻa ʻenau ʻamanakí pea ke fakataha mo e kaungā-tuí. Kehe meiate kinautolú, ko e kau fai angahala loto-fiefaí ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha feilaulau ki heʻenau ngaahi angahalá.
Ko e Tuí ʻOku Mātuʻaki Mahuʻinga!
Ke maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he fuakava foʻou lelei angé, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e tuí. (10:32–12:29) ʻOku toe fiemaʻu foki kiate kitautolu ʻa e kātakí ka tau maʻu ʻa ia kuo talaʻofa ʻe Sihová. Ko ha fakalototoʻa ke kātakí, ʻoku tau maʻu ha kau fakamoʻoni ʻoku ‘fuʻu pehē fau’ ko e kau fakamoʻoni ʻi muʻa he kau Kalisitiané ʻoku takatakai ʻiate kitautolu. Kaekehe, tautefito ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ofi ki he ʻalunga taʻemele ʻo Sīsuú he lolotonga ʻa e faingataʻá. Ko ha faingataʻa pē kuo fakangofua ʻe he ʻOtuá ke hoko kiate kitautolu ʻe lava ke fakakaukau ki ai ʻi ha ʻuhinga ʻe taha ko ha akonaki ʻe lava ke hoko mai ai ʻa e fua melino ʻo e māʻoniʻoní. Ko e falalaʻanga ʻo e ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa Sihová ʻoku totonu ke ne fakalahi ʻa ʻetau holi ke fai ʻa e ngāue tapu kiate iá “mo e fakaʻapaʻapa mo e manavahe.”
ʻOku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Paula ha ngaahi enginaki. (13:1-25) ʻOku totonu ke ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he tuí ke fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa fakatokouá, ke talitali kakai, manatuʻi ʻa e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kaungā-tuí, ke lauʻi lelei ʻa e nofo malí, pea ke “fiemalie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau maʻu ni.” ʻOku totonu ke tau faʻifaʻitaki ki he tui ʻa kinautolu ʻoku takimuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá pea ʻoku totonu ke tau talangofua kiate kinautolu. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku pau ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he tafoki mei he tuí, fua ʻa e luma naʻe lavaʻi ʻe Sīsuú, “ʻatu ʻiate ia pe, maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu,” pea hokohoko atu ʻa e fai leleí. Ko e faʻahinga ʻulungaanga peheé ʻoku kau ia foki ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki lelei ange ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní.
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Ngaahi Papitaiso Kehekehe: Ko e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e lotu ʻi he tāpanekale ʻi ʻIsilelí naʻe kaunga pē ia mo e “ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ō pe mo e ngaahi toʻonga kai mo inu, mo e ngaahi papitaiso kehekehe.” (Hepelū 9:9, 10) Ko e ngaahi papitaiso ko ʻení ko e ngaahi ouau fakamaʻa ia naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he Lao ʻa Mōsesé. Ko e ngaahi ipu naʻe hoko ʻo taʻemaʻá naʻe fufulu, pea ko e fakamaʻa fakaeouaú naʻe kau ki ai mo e fō ʻa e ngaahi kofú mo ʻete kaukau. (Livitikō 11:32; 14:8, 9; 15:5) Naʻe kaukau ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí, pea ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau tutú naʻe unu ʻi he vaí. (ʻEkisoto 29:4; 30:17-21; Livitikō 1:13; 2 Kalonikali 4:6) Ka ko e “ngaahi papitaiso kehekehe” naʻe ʻikai ke kau ki ai ʻa e ouau ʻo e ‘papitaiso ʻo e ngaahi ipu, ngaahi meʻafua, mo e ngaahi ipu kopa’ naʻe kei fai ʻe ha kau Siu ʻo aʻu ki he taimi naʻe aʻu mai ai ʻa e Mīsaiá; pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e lave ʻa e Hepelū 9:10 ia ki he fakauku ʻi he vai naʻe fai ʻe Sione ko e papitaisó pe ko e papitaiso ʻo kinautolu ʻoku fakahāhā ʻenau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he hoko ko e kau Kalisitiané.—Mātiu 28:19, 20; Maʻake 7:4; Luke 3:3.