ʻOkú Ke Fakahoko Ho Ngafa Kotoa ki he ʻOtuá?
“He ʻomi ʻe Elohimi ʻa e ngaue kotoa ki he fakamaau, kaeʻumaʻa ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku fufū, pe ʻoku lelei ia pe kovi.”—KOHELETI 12:14.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki kuo fai ʻe Sihova maʻa hono kakaí?
ʻOKU poupouʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau hanganaki manatuʻi ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko honau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. ʻOku ʻoange ʻe heʻene Folofola fakamānavaʻí kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻilo ʻoku fiemaʻu ki hono fakahōifuaʻi kakato iá. ʻOku tataki kinautolu ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo faka-ʻOtuá pea ʻi he fakatupu “fua lahi i he gaue lelei kotoabe.” (Kolose 1:9, 10, PM) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie mo e tataki fakateokalati fakafou mai ʻi he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto.” (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Ko ia, ʻi he ngaahi founga lahi, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e tāpuaki fakahēvani ʻi heʻenau tauhi ʻa Sihova mo fakahoko ʻa e ngāue mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá.—Maake 13:10.
2. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngāue kia Sihová, ko e hā nai ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku malanga haké?
2 ʻOku fiefia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke moʻumoʻua ʻi he ngāue toputapu kia Sihová. Neongo ia, ʻoku loto-siʻi nai ʻa e niʻihi mo fakakaukau ʻoku taʻeʻuhinga ʻenau ngaahi feingá. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻi he taimi lahi, ʻoku fifili nai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi fakatapuí pe ʻoku mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻenau ngaahi feinga loto-tōnungá. ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he ako fakafāmilí mo e ngaahi ngāue kehé, ʻoku ʻalu hake nai ʻi he ʻatamai ʻo ha ʻuluʻi fāmili ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi hangē ko ʻení: ‘ʻOku hōifua moʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he meʻa ʻoku mau faí? ʻOku mau fakahoko homau ngafa kotoa ki he ʻOtuá?’ ʻOku lava ke tokoni ʻa e ngaahi lea poto ʻa e tokotaha fakatahatahaʻí ke tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi peheé.
ʻOku Muna ʻa e Meʻa Kotoa Pē?
3. ʻI he fehoanaki mo e Koheleti 12:8, ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga taupotu ʻo e muná?
3 ʻOku fakakaukau nai ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke fakalototoʻa ʻa e ngaahi lea ia ʻa e tangata potó ki ha taha pē—taʻu siʻi pe taʻumotuʻa. “Muna ʻo e muna!—ko e lea ia ʻa Koheleti [“tokotaha fakatahatahaʻi,” NW]—ko e muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe.” (Koheleti 12:8) Ko hono moʻoní, ko e tuʻunga taupotu ʻo e muná ko hono tukunoaʻi ʻa e Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá ʻi he kei talavoú, ke tupu hake ʻo motuʻa ʻo ʻikai ha tauhi kiate ia, pea ko e meʻa pē kuo fakahāhā ʻi he moʻuí kotoa ko e taʻumotuʻa. Kuo muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa, pe noa pē, ki he tokotaha peheé, neongo kapau ʻokú ne mate fakataha mo e koloa mo e ongoongoa ʻi he māmani ko ʻeni ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he mafai ʻo e tokotaha kovi, ko Sētane ko e Tēvoló.—1 Sione 5:19.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ʻoku ʻikai ke muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē?
4 ʻOku ʻikai ke muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau faʻoaki koloa ʻi hēvani ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti anga-tonu ʻa Sihová. (Mātiu 6:19, 20) ʻOku lahi ʻaupito ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ke nau fai ʻi he ngāue fakapaleʻi ʻa e ʻEikí, pea ʻoku pau ʻoku ʻikai ko e muna ʻa e ngaahi ngāue peheé. (1 Kolinito 15:58) Ka ʻo kapau ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi fakatapui kitautolu, ʻoku tau hanganaki femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue kuo vaheʻi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni? (2 Timote 3:1) Pe kuo tau ohi ha founga-moʻui ʻoku kiʻi kehe ia mei hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí fakalūkufua? ʻOku nau feohi nai mo e ngaahi lotu kehekehe pea mātuʻaki līʻoa nai, ʻi he ʻalu maʻu pē ki honau ngaahi falelotú pea feinga ke fakahoko ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe heʻenau founga lotú meiate kinautolú. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau fanongonongo kinautolu ia ʻo e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. ʻOku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ko ia ko e “taimi fakamui” ʻeni pea ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau ongoʻi ʻa e fakavavevave fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻaho ko eni ʻoku tau moʻui aí.—Taniela 12:4.
5. Kapau kuo hoko ʻa e ngaahi tuli anga-maheni ʻi he moʻuí ko e meʻa ia ʻoku tau tokanga tefito ki aí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí?
5 Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo hotau taimi tauhaʻá ni: “Kae hange ko e taimi ʻo Noa, ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻae Fanautama ʻa Tangata. He hange naʻe nofo ʻa e kakai ʻi he kuonga ʻo e Lomaki, ʻo nau kai mo inu, ʻo nau maʻu uaifi mo maʻu husepaniti, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ko ia naʻe hu ai ʻa Noa ki he aake; pea naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaloʻiloa kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻa e Lomaki, ʻo ʻave kinautolu fulipe: ʻe pehe foki ʻa e hoko mai ʻa e Fanautama ʻa Tangata.” (Mātiu 24:37-39) ʻI he ʻai fakafeʻungá, ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe hala ʻi he kaí mo e inú, pea mo e malí ko ha fokotuʻutuʻu ia naʻe tupu mei he ʻOtuá tonu. (Senesi 2:20-24) Ka, ʻo kapau ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi kuo hoko ʻa e ngaahi tuli anga-maheni ʻi he moʻuí ko e meʻa ia ʻoku tau tokanga tefito ki aí, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai lotu ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni? ʻOku malava ʻe Sihova ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hanganaki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá, fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú, pea fakahoko hotau ngafa kiate iá.—Mātiu 6:33; Loma 12:12; 2 Kolinito 13:7.
Fakatapuí mo Hotau Ngafa ki he ʻOtuá
6. Ko e hā ʻa e founga mahuʻinga ʻoku ʻikai fakahoko ai ʻe he faʻahinga tāutaha ʻosi papitaiso ʻe niʻihi ʻa honau ngafa ki he ʻOtuá?
6 ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻosi papitaiso ʻe niʻihi ke nau lotu tōtōivi koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ki he ngaahi ngafa fakafaifekau ko ia naʻa nau ngāue ki ai ʻi he taimi naʻa nau fai ai ha fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI he taʻu taki taha, kuo laka hake ʻi he toko 300,000 kuo papitaiso ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu he taimí ni, ka ko e fakakātoa ʻo e tokolahi ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻoku longomoʻuí kuo ʻikai laka tatau mo ia. Ko e niʻihi naʻa nau hoko ko e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻangá kuo nau tuku ʻe kinautolu hono fanongonongo ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Neongo ia, kuo pau ke kau mohu ʻuhinga ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané ki muʻa ke nau papitaisó. Ko ia, ʻoku nau lāuʻilo ki he fekau naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki he kotoa ʻo hono kau muimuí: “Mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni, mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Ko e faʻahinga tāutaha ʻosi papitaiso ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau kei hoko ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni longomoʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Kalaisí ʻoku ʻikai te nau kei fai honau ngafa kakato ki hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá, tuku kehe pē kapau ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata taha kehe atu lahi taha koeʻuhi ko e moʻuí pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa kehe ʻoku mahulu atu ia mei heʻenau mapuleʻí.—Aisea 43:10-12.
7. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau fakataha fakatahataha maʻu pē ki he lotú?
7 Ko ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ko ha puleʻanga naʻe fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá, pea ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fuakava Laó, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe hono kakaí ha ngaahi ngafa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová. Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe pau ki he kakai tangata kotoa pē ke nau fakatahataha ki he ngaahi kātoanga ʻe tolu fakataʻú, pea ko ha tangata naʻá ne fai fakakaukauʻi pē ʻa e ʻikai te ne tauhi ʻa e Pāsová naʻe “tuʻusi” ia ʻi he mate. (Nomipa 9:13; Livitiko 23:1-43; Teutalonome 16:16) Ke fakahoko honau ngafa ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene kakai fakatapuí, naʻe pau ki he kau ʻIsilelí ke nau fakataha ki he lotú. (Teutalonome 31:10-13) Naʻe halaʻatā ke pehē ia ʻi he Laó, ‘Fai ʻeni kapau ʻoku faingamālie ke fai pehē.’ Ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakatapui he taimí ni kia Sihová, ko hono moʻoní ʻoku toe taʻotaʻo atu ʻa e meʻá ni ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá: “Ke tau fetokangaʻaki, ke fefakaʻaiʻaiʻaki ʻa kitautolu ki he feʻofaʻaki mo e ngaue lelei: ʻo ʻoua naʻa tau liʻaki ʻetau ngaahi fakataha, ʻo hange ko e anga ʻo e niʻihi; ka mou feenginakiʻaki, pea ʻasili he ʻoku mou sio ki he fakaofiofi mai ʻa e ʻaho.” (Hepelu 10:24, 25) ʻIo, ko e fakatahataha maʻu pē mo e kaungātuí ko ha konga ia ʻo e ngafa ʻo ha Kalisitiane fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá.
Fakakaukauʻi Fakalelei Hoʻo Ngaahi Filí!
8. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ki ha tokotaha kei talavou ʻosi fakatapui ke ne fai ha fakakaukau faʻa lotu ki heʻene ngāue toputapú?
8 Mahalo pē ko ha talavou fakatapui koe kia Sihova. Te ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki lahi kapau te ke hanganaki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi he moʻuí. (Palovepi 10:22) ʻI he lotu mo e palani fakaleleí, te ke malava nai ai ke fakaʻaongaʻi ho ngaahi taʻu kei talavou angé ʻi ha tafaʻaki ʻo e ngāue taimi-kakató—ko ha founga lelei ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻokú ke manatuʻi ho Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. He ka ʻikai ia, ʻe kamata nai ke fakamoʻuaʻi ʻe he ngaahi mahuʻingaʻia fakamatelié ʻa e konga lahi taha ʻo ho taimí mo hoʻo tokangá. Hangē pē ko e kakaí fakalūkufua, ʻokú ke mali kei siʻi nai pea tō atu ai ʻo moʻua ki hono maʻu mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié. ʻE toʻo nai ʻe ha ngāue fakatupu-paʻanga ʻa e konga lahi ʻo ho taimí mo ho iví. Kapau ʻokú ke maʻu fānau, kuo pau ke ke fua ʻa e ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí ʻi he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu. (1 Timote 5:8) Kuo ʻikai nai ke ngalo ʻiate koe ho Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá, ka ʻoku fakapotopoto ke fakatokangaʻi ko hoʻo palani tōmuʻá, pe ko e ʻikai ke fai iá, ʻoku fokotuʻu nai ai ʻa e ʻalunga ki hoʻo moʻui ko e tokotaha lahí. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki muí, te ke toe sio mai nai ai ki muʻa mo fakaʻamu ke pehē ange mai naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi kakato ange hoʻo kei talavoú ʻi he ngāue toputapu ki hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke fai ai ha fakakaukau faʻa lotu ki hoʻo ngaahi ʻamanakí he taimí ni, koeʻuhi ke ke maʻu ha fiemālie ʻi hoʻo ngāue toputapu kia Sihová ʻi ho ngaahi taʻu kei talavou angé?
9. Ko e hā ʻoku malava nai ke hoko ki ha tokotaha kuo tupu ʻo motuʻa ange pea naʻá ne fua ha fatongia mamafa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻi ha taimi ʻe taha?
9 Fakakaukau ange ki ha toe ngaahi tuʻunga—ʻa ia ko ha tangata naʻá ne hoko ʻi ha taimi ko ha tauhi-sipi ʻo e “fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtua.” (1 Pita 5:2, 3) ʻI ha ʻuhinga, naʻá ne loto-lelei ai ke tuku atu ʻa e ngaahi monū peheé. Ko e moʻoni, kuó ne tupu hake ʻo motuʻa ange he taimí ni, pea ʻoku faingataʻa ange nai kiate ia ke hoko atu ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻe malava ke ne toe kakapa atu ki he ngaahi monū fakateokalatí? He ngaahi tāpuaki lahi ē ʻoku ʻomai nai ʻe ha tangata pehē ki he niʻihi kehé kapau ʻokú ne malava ke fua ʻa e fatongia lahi ange ʻi he fakatahaʻangá! Pea koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku moʻui kiate ia tokotaha pē, ʻe fiefia ʻa e ngaahi kaumeʻá mo e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻofa aí kapau ʻokú ne malava ke fakalahi ʻene ngāué, ki he lāngilangi ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Loma 14:7, 8) ʻOku hiliō ai, ʻe ʻikai ngalo ʻia Sihova ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe ha taha ʻi heʻene ngāué. (Hepelu 6:10-12) Ko ia, ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tokoni kiate kitautolu ke tau manatuʻi hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá?
Ngaahi Tokoni ke Manatuʻi Hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá
10. Ko e hā naʻe ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei ʻaupito ai ʻa e tokotaha fakatahatahaʻí ke ne tokonaki mai ʻa e ngaahi tataki ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo hono manatuʻi ʻa hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá?
10 Naʻe ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei ʻaupito ʻa e tokotaha fakatahatahaʻí ki hono tokonaki mai ʻa e ngaahi tataki ki heʻetau manatuʻi hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. Naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene ngaahi lotu fakamātoató ʻaki hono ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e poto makehe. (1 Tuʻi 3:6-12) Naʻe fai ʻe Solomone hano fakatotolo fakaʻāuliliki ʻo e tafaʻaki fakakātoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakaetangatá. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua ia ke ne tohi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻá ne ʻiló koeʻuhi ke ʻaonga ki he niʻihi kehé. Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku toe pe ke fakaha ko e poto ʻa Koheleti [“tokotaha fakatahatahaʻi,” NW], ko ia naʻa ne kei fai atu ʻene ako ʻa e kakai ʻi he ʻilo meʻa, ʻo ne fifili mo fakatotolo meʻa. Naʻa ne faʻu ha ngaahi palovepi lahi. Naʻe haʻao ʻe Koheleti ke maʻu ha ngaahi lea vovo, mo e meʻa kuo tohi totonu, ko e ngaahi lea ʻe ala falala ki ai.”—Koheleti 12:9, 10.
11. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau tali ʻa e akonaki fakapotopoto ʻa Solomoné?
11 ʻOku fakalea ʻe he Septuagint faka-Kalisí ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ʻo pehē: “Pea ʻikai ko ia pē, koeʻuhi naʻe poto ʻa e tangata malangá, koeʻuhi naʻá ne akoʻi ʻa e potó ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá; ke maʻu nai ʻe he telingá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tāú mei he ngaahi pealapelí, naʻe fai ʻe he tangata malangá ha fakatotolo fakamākukanga ke maʻu ha ngaahi foʻi lea lelei mo ha meʻa kuo tohi ʻi he faitotonu—ko e ngaahi lea ʻo e moʻoní.” (The Septuagint Bible, naʻe liliu ʻe Charles Thomson) Naʻe feinga ʻa Solomone ke aʻu ki he loto ʻo ʻene kau fanongó ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea mālie ʻaupito mo e ngaahi tuʻunga-lea fakamānako mo mahuʻinga. Koeʻuhi ko ʻene ngaahi lea ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ko e tupu ia mei he fakamānavaʻi ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ʻoku malava ke tau tali ʻo ʻikai toe tuku ʻene ngaahi ʻiló mo ʻene akonaki fakapotopotó.—2 Timote 3:16, 17.
12. ʻI hoʻo lea pē ʻaʻau, ʻe anga-fēfē haʻo fakahā ʻa e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Solomone ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Koheleti 12:11, 12?
12 Neongo naʻe ʻikai ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi founga faipulusi ʻi onopōní, naʻe lahi ʻaupito ʻa e ngaahi tohi ia naʻe ala maʻu ʻi he taimi ʻo Solomoné. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ki he ʻū tohi peheé? Naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau poto ʻoku hange ia koni tao fakateka pulu; pea ko e ngaahi meʻa pehe ʻoku kau ʻi ha kaunga [“faʻahinga ʻoku kau fiefia ʻi he ngaahi tātānaki ʻo e ngaahi sētesí,” NW] ʻoku hange koni faʻo kuo fakamaʻu—ʻoku ʻomi kotoa mei ha tauhi pe taha. Pea ka ko ha meʻa atu—tama, kau faleʻi koe: ʻoku ʻikai hano ngataʻanga ʻo e faʻu tohi ke lahi, pea ko e faʻa lautohi [“līʻoa lahi ki aí,” NW] ko e meʻa fakaongosia kakano.”—Koheleti 12:11, 12.
13. ʻOku malava fēfē ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku hangē ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e poto fakaʻotuá ha ngaahi tao fakateka pulú, pea ko hai ʻoku hangē ko e “koni faʻo kuo fakamaʻu”?
13 Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e poto fakaʻotuá ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku hangē ha ngaahi tao fakateka pulú. Anga-fēfē? ʻOku nau ueʻi ʻa e kau lautohí pe kau fanongó ke nau fai ha laka ki muʻa ʻo fehoanaki mo e ngaahi lea poto ʻoku lau pe fanongoá. ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau nōfoʻi kinautolu ʻi he “ngaahi tātānaki ʻo e ngaahi sētesí,” pe ngaahi lea poto moʻoni mo mahuʻingá, ʻoku nau hangē ha “faʻo kuo fakamaʻu,” pe tuʻumaʻu fefeká. ʻOku hoko nai iá koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi lea lelei ʻa e faʻahinga tāutaha peheé ʻoku tapua mai ai ʻa e poto ʻo Sihová pea ʻoku malava ai ke fakatuʻumaʻu mo poupouʻi ʻa e kau lautohí pe kau fanongó. Kapau ko ha mātuʻa manavahē-ʻOtua koe, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke ke fai ʻa e feinga kotoa ke fakahūhū ʻa e poto peheé ki he ʻatamai mo e loto ʻo hoʻo kiʻi tamá?—Teutalonome 6:4-9.
14. (a) Ko e ngaahi tohi ʻo e faʻahinga fē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ke fai ha “līʻoa lahi ki aí”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tohi ʻoku totonu ke tau fakakaukau tefito ki aí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
14 Ko ia, ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ai ʻe Solomone ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne fai fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tohí? Sai, ʻi hono fakafehoanaki mo e Folofola ʻa Sihová, ko e ngaahi voliume taʻefaʻalaua ʻa e māmani ko ʻení ko e ngaahi fakakaukau fakaetangata pē ia ʻoku ʻi aí. Ko e konga lahi ʻo e fakakaukau ko ʻení ʻoku tapua mai ai ʻa e ʻatamai ʻo Sētane ko e Tēvoló. (2 Kolinito 4:4) Ko ia ai, ko e “līʻoa lahi” ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamāmani peheé ʻokú ne ʻomai ha kiʻi ʻaonga tuʻuloa siʻisiʻi pē. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e konga lahi ʻo iá ʻoku malava ke fakatupu-kovi fakalaumālie. Hangē pē ko Solomoné, ʻai ke tau fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e moʻuí. ʻE ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke mālohi ʻetau tuí pea tohoaki kitautolu ke ofi ange ai kia Sihova. Ko e tokanga ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ki he ngaahi tohi kehé pe ngaahi matavai kehe ʻo e fakahinohinó ʻoku malava ke ne fakaongosiaʻi kitautolu. Tautefito kapau ko e ngaahi tohi peheé ko e tupu mei ha fakakaukau fakamāmani ʻa ia ʻoku fepaki mo e poto fakaʻotuá ʻoku taʻefeʻunga ia pea ʻokú ne fakaʻauha ʻa e tui ki he ʻOtuá mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá. Ko ia ai, ʻai ke tau manatuʻi ko e ngaahi tohi ʻaonga lahi taha ʻo e taimi ʻo Solomoné pea mo kitautolú ko e ngaahi tohi ko ia ʻoku tapua mai ai ʻa e poto ʻo e “tauhi pe taha,” ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Kuó ne tokonaki mai ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻe 66 ʻo e ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Māʻoniʻoní, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ki ai ʻa e tokanga taupotu tahá. ʻOku fakaivia kitautolu ʻe he Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi ʻaonga lahi ʻa e ‘tamaioeiki agatonú’ ke tau maʻu “ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtua.”—Palovepi 2:1-6.
Ko Hotau Ngafa Kotoa ki he ʻOtuá
15. (a) ʻE anga-fēfē hoʻo fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Solomone fekauʻaki mo e ngafa “kotoa ʻo e tangata”? (e) Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau faí ka tau fakahoko hotau ngafa ki he ʻOtuá?
15 ʻI hono tānaki fakataha ʻa e fakakātoa ʻo ʻene fakatotoló, ʻoku pehē ʻe he tokotaha fakatahatahaʻí, ʻe Solomone: “Ko e ngataʻanga ʻeni ʻo e meʻa: kuo aʻau hono kotoa. Ke ke ʻapasia kia Elohimi, ʻo tauhi ʻene ngahi fekau; he ko e kotoa ʻo e tangata ia. He ʻomi ʻe Elohimi ʻa e ngaue kotoa ki he fakamaau, kaeʻumaʻa ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku fufū, pe ʻoku lelei ia pe kovi.” (Koheleti 12:13, 14) Ko ha manavahē totonu, pe tokaʻi anga-ʻapasia ʻo hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá te ne maluʻi kitautolu, pea ʻoku fakatuʻamelie atu ʻe pehē pē ki hotau ngaahi fāmilí, mei he tuli ki ha ʻalunga fakasesele ʻo e moʻuí ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke ne ʻomai ʻa e faingataʻa mo e mamahi taʻefaʻalaua kiate kitautolu pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku tau ʻofa aí. Ko e manavahē totonu ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku maʻa pea ko e kamataʻanga ia ʻo e potó mo e ʻiló. (Sāme 19:9; Palovepi 1:7) Kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e maama ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻene akonakí ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, te tau fakahoko ai hotau ‘ngafa kotoa’ ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha meʻa ʻeni ia ko hono ʻai ha fakahokohoko ʻo e ngaahi ngafá. Ka, ko e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻú ia ko ʻetau hanga ki he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ʻi he taimi ʻoku solova ai ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻo e moʻuí, pea fai maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi he founga ʻa e ʻOtuá.
16. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e fakamāú, ko e hā ʻe fai ʻe Sihová?
16 ʻOku totonu ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku halaʻatā ha meʻa ʻe taʻeʻafioʻi ʻe hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. (Palovepi 15:3) Te ne ‘ʻomi ʻa e ngaue kotoa ki he fakamaau.’ ʻIo, ʻe fakamāuʻi ʻe he Fungani Māʻolungá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fufū mei he ngaahi mata fakaetangatá. Ko e lāuʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa tefito peheé ʻoku lava ke hoko ia ko ha fakaueʻiloto ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku totonu ko e fakaueʻiloto lahi tahá ko e ʻofa ki heʻetau Tamai hēvaní, he 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, 4) Pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku faʻufaʻu ia ke tokoni ki he lelei tuʻuloa kiate kitautolú, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene totonú ka ʻoku toe fakapotopoto moʻoni ke tau tauhi kinautolu. ʻOku ʻikai fakamafasia ʻeni ia ki he kau ʻofa ki he Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. ʻOku nau loto ke fakahoko honau ngafa kiate iá.
Fakahoko Ho Ngafá Kotoa
17. Ko e hā te tau faí kapau ʻoku tau fiemaʻu moʻoni ke fakahoko hotau ngafa kotoa ki he ʻOtuá?
17 Kapau ʻoku tau poto mo holi moʻoni ke fakahoko hotau ngafa kotoa ki he ʻOtuá, tuku kehe ʻa hono tauhi ʻa ʻene ngaahi fekaú, te tau maʻu ha manavahē anga-ʻapasia ki hano taʻefakahōifuaʻi ia. Ko e moʻoni, “ko e kamataʻanga ʻo e poto ko e ʻapasia kia Sihova,” pea ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi ʻa ʻene ngaahi fekaú ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e “fakakaukau poto.” (Sāme 111:10; Palovepi 1:7) Ko ia ai, ʻai ke tau ngāue fakapotopoto mo talangofua kia Sihova ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē. ʻOku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e meʻá ni tautefito ki he taimí ni, he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e Tuʻí ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, pea ko e ʻaho ʻo e fakamaau te ne fai ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Fakamaau fakanofo ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ofi.—Mātiu 24:3; 25:31, 32.
18. Ko e hā ʻe hoko ko e ola ia kiate kitautolu kapau te tau fakahoko hotau ngafa kotoa kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá?
18 Ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻo kitautolu ʻoku lolotonga fai hono sivi fakalautelau fakaʻotua he taimí ni. ʻOku tau hehema fakalaumālie, pe kuo fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi tākiekina fakamāmaní ia ke ne fakavaivaiʻi hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá? (1 Kolinito 2:10-16; 1 Sione 2:15-17) Pe ʻoku tau kei siʻi pe taʻumotuʻa, ʻai ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa te tau malavá ke fakahōifuaʻi hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá. Kapau ʻoku tau talangofua kia Sihova pea tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekaú, te tau talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa muna ʻo e māmani motuʻa ʻoku fakaʻau ke mole atú. Pea ʻe lava leva ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengata ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou kuo talaʻofa mai ʻe he ʻOtuá. (2 Pita 3:13) He ngaahi ʻamanaki maʻongoʻonga ē ko ʻeni ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku nau fakahoko honau ngafa kotoa ki he ʻOtuá!
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ Ko e hā te ke pehē ai ʻoku ʻikai muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ki ha Kalisitiane kei talavou ke ne fai ha fakakaukau faʻa lotu ki heʻene ngāue toputapú?
◻ Ko e ngaahi tohi ʻo e faʻahinga fē ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ke fai ha “līʻoa lahi ki aí”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ‘ngafa kotoa ʻo e tangatá’?
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ʻOku ʻikai muna ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi ʻa Sihová
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ʻOku fakaivifoʻou mo ʻaonga ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo ʻikai hangē ko e ngaahi tohi lahi ʻo e māmani ko ʻení