“Kau Nofo Fakataimi” ʻi ha Māmani Fulikivanu
“ʻI he tuí ko e faʻahingá ni kotoa naʻa nau . . . talaki fakahāhā ko e kau sola mo e kau nofo fakataimi kinautolu ʻi he fonuá.”—HEP. 11:13.
1. Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga ʻo hono kau muimuí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e māmaní?
“ʻOKU nau ʻi he māmaní,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo ʻene kau ākongá. Ka naʻá ne fakamatala: “ʻOku ʻikai ko ha konga kinautolu ʻo e māmaní, ʻo hangē pē ko e ʻikai ko ha konga au ʻo e māmaní.” (Sione 17:11, 14) Ko ia ai, naʻe fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe Sīsū ʻa e tuʻunga hono kau muimui moʻoní ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e “fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení,” ʻa ia ko hono ʻotuá ko Sētane. (2 Kol. 4:4) Neongo ʻa e nofo he māmani fulikivanu ko ení, heʻikai te nau hoko ko ha konga ʻo ia. Ko honau tuʻunga ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení te nau hoko ko e “kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimí.”—1 Pita 2:11.
Naʻa Nau Nofo ko e “Kau Nofo Fakataimi”
2, 3. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē ko ʻĪnoke, Noa, mo ʻĒpalahame pea mo Selá naʻa nau nofo ko e “kau sola mo e kau nofo fakataimi”?
2 Mei he muʻaki taimí, ko e kau sevāniti faitōnunga ʻa Sihová naʻa nau tuʻu ʻo kehe mei he faʻahinga ʻi he māmani anga-taʻefakaʻotua naʻa nau nofo aí. Ki muʻa he Lōmakí, ko ʻĪnoke mo Noá naʻá na “aeva . . . mo e Otua” moʻoní. (Sēn. 5:22-24; 6:9, PM) Ko kinaua fakatouʻosi ko e ongo malangaʻi loto-toʻa ʻo e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihova ki he māmani fulikivanu ʻa Sētané. (Lau ʻa e 2 Pita 2:5; Sute 14, 15.) Koeʻuhi naʻá na ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá ʻi ha māmani anga-taʻefakaʻotua, ko ʻĪnoké naʻá ne “fakahōifuaʻi lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá” pea ko Noá naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi “naʻa ne haohaoa pe ʻi he ngahi toʻutangata naʻe feʻunga mo ia.”—Hep. 11:5; Sēn. 6:9.
3 ʻI he fakaafe ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe tukuange ai ʻe ʻĒpalahame mo Sela ʻa e ngaahi fiemālie ʻo e moʻui ʻi he kolo ko ʻUa ʻo e kau Kalitiá pea tali ʻa e pole ʻo e moʻui ko e ongo meʻa hikihiki holo ʻi ha fonua muli. (Sēn. 11:27, 28; 12:1) Naʻe tohi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻI he tuí, ko ʻĒpalahame, ʻi he taimi naʻe ui ai iá, naʻá ne talangofua ʻaki ʻene ʻalu atu ki ha feituʻu ʻa ia naʻe pau ke ne maʻu ia ko hano tofiʻa; pea naʻá ne ʻalu atu, neongo ʻa e ʻikai ke ne ʻiloʻi pe ko ʻene ʻalú ki fē. ʻI he tuí naʻá ne nofo ai ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha ʻāunofo ʻi he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá ʻo hangē ko e nofo ʻi ha fonua muli, pea naʻá ne nofo ʻi ha ngaahi tēniti fakataha mo ʻAisake mo Sēkope, ʻa ia ko e ongo ʻea fakataha mo ia ki he talaʻofa tatau pē.” (Hep. 11:8, 9) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e kau sevāniti faitōnunga ʻa Sihová, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻI he tuí ko e faʻahingá ni kotoa naʻa nau mate, neongo naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi talaʻofá, ka naʻa nau sio atu ki ai mei he mamaʻó pea naʻa nau talitali lelei ia pea nau talaki fakahāhā ko e kau sola mo e kau nofo fakataimi kinautolu ʻi he fonuá.”—Hep. 11:13.
Ko ha Fakatokanga ki he Kau ʻIsilelí
4. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe ʻoange ki he kau ʻIsilelí ki muʻa ke nau hoko ko e kau nofo ʻi honau fonuá?
4 Ko e hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé, ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻa nau hoko ʻo tokolahi ʻaupito pea faifai pē ʻo fokotuʻutuʻu maau ko ha puleʻanga fakataha mo ha lao mo ha fonua. (Sēn. 48:4; Teu. 6:1) Ko e kakai ʻIsilelí naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fiemaʻu ke ngalo ʻia kinautolu ko e Tokotaha ʻOku ʻOʻona moʻoni ʻa honau fonuá ko Sihova. (Liv. 25:23) Naʻa nau hangē ha kau nofo totongi kuo fakafatongiaʻi ke nau fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻamu ʻa e Tokotaha ʻOku ʻOʻoná. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau manatuʻi “ʻoku ʻikai moʻui ʻa e tangata ʻi he ma pe”; naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke nau tuku ʻa e tuʻumālie fakamatelié ke ne fakatupunga ke nau fakangaloʻi ʻa Sihova. (Teu. 8:1-3) Ki muʻa ke nau nofo ʻi honau fonuá, naʻe ʻoange ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e fakatokanga ko ení: “Ka faifai pea fakahu koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he fonua naʻa ne fuakava ai ki ho tupuʻanga, kia Epalahame, kia Aisake, pea kia Sekope, tokua te ne foaki ia kiate koe; ko e ngaahi kolo lalahi mo lelei, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te ke langa, mo e ngaahi fale kuo fonu ʻi he ngaahi lelei fua pe, ka naʻe ʻikai ko hoʻo fakafonu, mo e ngaahi lepa ta, ka naʻe ʻikai ko hoʻo ta, ʻa e ngaahi goue-vaine mo e ngaahi fuʻu olive naʻe ʻikai te ke to, pea ke kai ai ʻo makona; pea te ke toki lamasi koe naʻa ngalo ʻa e ʻEiki.”—Teu. 6:10-12.
5. Ko e hā naʻe talitekeʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻIsilelí, pea ko e hā ʻa e puleʻanga foʻou naʻe hiki ki ai ʻene hōifuá?
5 Ko e fakatokangá ni naʻe ʻikai taʻeʻiai hano makatuʻunga. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Nehemaiá, naʻe manatu ai ʻi he mā ha kulupu ʻo e kau Līvaí ki he meʻa naʻe hoko hili hono maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. Hili e nofo ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ʻi he ngaahi fale lelei pea maʻu ha meʻakai mo e uaine lahí, “naʻa nau kai ʻo makona, ʻo nau sino ai.” Naʻa nau angatuʻu ki he ʻOtuá, aʻu ʻo tāmateʻi ʻa e kau palōfita naʻá ne fekau mai ke nau fai e fakatokanga kia kinautolú. Ko ia naʻe liʻaki atu ai ʻe Sihova kinautolu ki honau ngaahi filí. (Lau ʻa e Nehemaia 9:25-27; Hōs. 13:6-9) Ki mui ai, ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Lomá, naʻe fai ai ʻe he kau Siu taʻetuí ʻa e meʻa kovi ʻaupito ʻi hono tāmateʻi ʻa e Mīsaia naʻe talaʻofá! Naʻe talitekeʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova pea hiki ʻene hōifuá ki ha puleʻanga foʻou, ko e ʻIsileli fakalaumālie.—Māt. 21:43; Ngā. 7:51, 52; Kal. 6:16.
‘ʻIkai ko ha Konga ʻo e Māmaní’
6, 7. (a) ʻE fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga hono kau muimuí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e māmaní? (e) Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ai e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke hoko ko ha konga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sētané?
6 Hangē ko ia naʻe hā ki muʻa ʻi he kupu ko ení, ko e ʻUlu ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, naʻá ne ʻai ke mahino ko hono kau muimuí te nau mavahe mei he māmaní, ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻa Sētané. Taimi nounou ki muʻa heʻene pekiá, naʻe tala ai ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Ka ne ko ha konga kimoutolu ʻo e māmaní, ʻe leleiʻia ʻa e māmaní ʻi heʻene meʻa ʻaʻaná. Ka koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ko ha konga kimoutolu ʻo e māmaní, ka kuó u fili kimoutolu mei he māmaní, ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻa e māmaní ʻiate kimoutolú.”—Sione 15:19.
7 ʻI he mafola ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané, naʻe fiemaʻu ke tali ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e māmaní, ʻo fai ki heʻene ngaahi tōʻongá pea hoko ko ha konga ʻo ia? ʻIkai. Ko fē pē ha feituʻu naʻa nau nofo ai, naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau fakafaikehekeheʻi kinautolu mei he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sētané. ʻI he taʻu nai ʻe 30 hili e pekia ʻa Kalaisí, naʻe tohi ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá ki he kau Kalisitiane naʻe nofo he ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe ʻo e māmani ʻo Lomá: “Siʻi faʻahinga ʻofeina, ʻoku ou fakalototoʻaʻi atu kimoutolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimí ke mou hanganaki fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakanó ʻa ia ʻoku faitau atu ki hoʻomou moʻuí. Tauhi maʻu ʻa hoʻomou tōʻongá ke lelei ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá.”—1 Pita 1:1; 2:11, 12.
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he faihisitōlia ʻe taha ʻa e vahaʻangatae ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané mo e māmaní?
8 ʻI hono fakapapauʻi naʻe tōʻongaʻaki ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ko e ‘kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimi’ kinautolu ʻi he māmani ʻo Lomá, naʻe tohi ʻe he faihisitōlia ko Kenneth Scott Latourette: “Ko e taha ia ʻo e meʻa anga-maheni ʻi he hisitōliá he ʻi hono ʻuluaki senituli ʻe tolú naʻe fetaulaki ai ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané mo e fakatanga hokohoko pea faʻa kakaha . . . Naʻe kehekehe ʻa e tukuakiʻí. Koeʻuhi naʻa nau fakafisi ke kau he ngaahi kātoanga fakapanganí naʻe ui ai e kau Kalisitiané ko e kau fakaʻikaiʻi-ʻOtua. ʻI heʻenau mavahe mei he lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻi he moʻui fakakoló—ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga fakapanganí, ʻa e ngaahi fakafiefia fakahāhā ʻa ia naʻe vakai ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻoku nau fonu ʻi he tui, ngaahi tōʻonga, mo e ʻulungaanga taʻetaau fakapanganí—naʻe lumaʻi ai kinautolu ko e kau fehiʻa ki he matakali ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.”
ʻIkai Ngāueʻaki e Māmaní ke ʻOsiki
9. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní, ʻoku fēfē ʻetau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau “fehiʻa ki he matakali ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá”?
9 Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga he ʻaho ní? ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e “fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu lolotongá,” ʻoku tau tauhi maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga tatau naʻe ʻi ai e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané. (Kal. 1:4) Koeʻuhi ko e meʻá ni, ʻoku ʻikai mahinoʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he tokolahi pea aʻu ʻo fehiʻanekinaʻi ʻe he niʻihi. Neongo ia, ko kitautolú ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni ko e “kau fehiʻa ki he matakali ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.” ʻI he ʻofa ki he kaungāfaʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku tau ʻalu mei he fale ki he fale, fai ʻa e feinga kotoa pē ke fetuʻutaki mo e tokotaha taki taha ʻoku nofo aí mo e ‘ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.’ (Māt. 22:39; 24:14) ʻOku tau fai eni koeʻuhí ʻoku tau tuipau ko e founga-pule e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá he malumalu ʻo Kalaisí kuo vavé ni ke ne fakangata e tuʻunga-pule taʻehaohaoa ʻa e tangatá, ʻo fetongi ia ʻaki ha fokotuʻutuʻu foʻou māʻoniʻoni.—Tan. 2:44; 2 Pita 3:13.
10, 11. (a) ʻOku fēfē ʻetau ngāueʻaki fakangatangata ʻa e māmaní? (e) Ko e hā e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakaʻehiʻehi ai e kau Kalisitiane tokangá mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e māmaní ke ʻosikí?
10 ʻI he vakai atu ki he tuʻunuku mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá, ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻikai ko ha taimi eni ke nofo hifo ai ʻi he māmani tei maté ni. ʻOku tau tokanga ki he lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻOku ou leaʻaki eni, fanga tokoua, ko e taimi ʻoku toé ʻoku tātāiʻi. Mei he taimí ni ʻo faai atu, tuku ki he faʻahinga . . . ʻoku nau fai ʻa e fakatau maí ke hangē ko ha faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu iá, pea ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e māmaní ke hangē ko ha faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau ngāueʻaki ke ʻosiki iá; he ko e tuʻunga ʻo e māmani ko ení ʻoku feliliuaki.” (1 Kol. 7:29-31) Ka ʻoku ngāueʻaki fēfē ʻe he kau Kalisitiane he lolotonga ní ʻa e māmaní? ʻOku nau fai eni ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e tekinolosia fakaeonopōní mo e ngaahi founga fetuʻutakí ke fakamafola ʻa e ʻilo Fakatohitapú ʻi māmani lahi he lea ʻe lauingeau. ʻOku nau ngāueʻaki fakangatangata ʻa e māmaní ke maʻu ai ha moʻui. ʻOku nau fakatau e ngaahi koloa mo e sēvesi ʻoku fiemaʻú ʻa ia ʻoku fakafaingamālieʻi mai he māmaní. Kae kehe, ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e māmaní ke ʻosiki ʻi heʻenau tauhi e ngaahi koloa mo e ngāue fakamāmaní ʻi hono tuʻunga totonú.—Lau ʻa e 1 Tīmote 6:9, 10.
11 Ko e kau Kalisitiane tokangá ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e māmaní ke ʻosiki ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ako māʻolunga angé. Ko e kakai tokolahi ʻi he māmani ko ení ʻoku nau vakai ki he ako māʻolunga angé ko ha maka lakaʻanga ia ʻoku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu ki he ongoongoá mo ha moʻui tuʻumālie. Ka ko kitautolu kau Kalisitiane ʻoku tau nofo ko e kau nofo fakataimi pea tuli ki he ngaahi taumuʻa kehekehe. ʻOku tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono “fakatupulekina ha ngaahi fakakaukau māʻolunga.” (Loma 12:16; Sel. 45:5) Koeʻuhi ko e kau muimui kitautolu ʻo Sīsū, ʻoku tau tokanga ki heʻene fakatokangá: “Hanganaki ʻā homou matá mo leʻohi kimoutolu telia ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo e mānumanú, koeʻuhi naʻa mo hono maʻu ʻe ha taha ha meʻa lahi, ʻoku ʻikai fakatuʻunga ʻene moʻuí ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne maʻú.” (Luke 12:15) Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kau talavou Kalisitiané ke tuli ki he ngaahi taumuʻa fakalaumālié, ʻo maʻu pē ʻa e ako lahi feʻunga ʻoku fiemaʻú ke fakalato ai ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu tefitó lolotonga ʻa e hangataha ki hono teuteuʻi kinautolu ke tauhi kia Sihova ‘ʻaki honau lotó, moʻuí, mālohí, mo e ʻatamaí kotoa.’ (Luke 10:27) ʻI he fai peheé, ʻe lava ke nau hoko ai ʻo “koloaʻia ki he ʻOtuá.”—Luke 12:21; lau ʻa e Mātiu 6:19-21.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Lōmekina ʻe he Ngaahi Loto-Moʻua ʻi he Moʻuí
12, 13. ʻOku fēfē hono fakafaikehekeheʻi kitautolu heʻetau tokanga ki he lea ʻa Sīsū ʻoku lēkooti he Mātiu 6:31-33 mei he kakai he māmaní?
12 Ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau kehe mei he kakai ʻo e māmaní ʻi heʻenau fakakaukau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié. ʻI he meʻá ni, naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí: “ʻOua ʻaupito naʻa mou loto-moʻua ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e hā te tau kaí?’ pe, ‘Ko e hā te tau inú?’ pe, ‘Ko e hā te tau tuí?’ He ko e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻoku tuli vēkeveke ki ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá. ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe hoʻomou Tamai fakahēvaní ʻoku mou fiemaʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa. Ko ia ai, hanganaki fuofua kumi ki he Puleʻangá mo e māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻe tānaki atu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e toe ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa.” (Māt. 6:31-33) Mei he hokosia fakafoʻituituí, ko e tokolahi ʻo hotau kaungātuí kuo nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku tokonaki mai heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau fiemaʻú.
13 “Ko e anga-fakaʻotuá mo e toponó ko e koloa lahi.” (1 Tīm. 6:6, New International Version) Ko e fehangahangai tofu pē ia ʻo e fakakaukau ʻa e kakai ʻi he māmani he ʻaho ní. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he taimi ʻoku mali ai ʻa e kau talavoú, ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku nau ʻamanekina ke ‘maʻu kotoa ia’ he taimi pē ko iá—ko ha fale pe ko ha ʻapaatimeni kuo fakanaunau kakato mo teuʻi lelei, ko ha kā fakaʻofoʻofa, mo e ngaahi meʻangāue fakaʻilekitulōnika fakamuimui tahá. Kae kehe, ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau nofo ko e kau nofo fakataimí ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakaʻatā ʻenau ngaahi holí ke fakalaka ia he meʻa ʻoku ʻuhinga leleí mo nau ala maʻú. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku lava ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi hono liʻaki ʻe he tokolahi e ngaahi fiemālie fakamatelie pau koeʻuhi ke līʻoa ʻa e taimi mo e ivi lahi ange ki he ngāue ʻa Sihová he tuʻunga ko e kau malanga faivelenga ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko e niʻihi kehé ʻoku nau ngāue ko e kau tāimuʻa, ʻi he Pētelí, ʻi he ngāue fefonongaʻakí, pe ko e kau misinale. He houngaʻia lahi ē ko kitautolu kotoa he ngāue ʻaufuatō hotau ngaahi kaungālotu kia Sihová!
14. Ko e hā e lēsoni ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu mei he pealapeli ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e tokotaha tūtūʻí?
14 ʻI heʻene pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e tokotaha tūtūʻí, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Sīsū “ko e loto-moʻua fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení pea mo e mālohi kākā ʻo e koloá” ʻe lava ke ne kāsia e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau lotó pea fakatupunga ke tau hoko ʻo taʻefua. (Māt. 13:22) Ko ʻetau moʻui topono ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau nofo fakataimi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he tō ki he tauhele ko ení. ʻI hono kehé, ʻokú ne fakamafeia kitautolu ke tauhi hotau matá ke “huʻufataha,” pe “hangataha,” ʻo sio “taha kotoa” ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá pea tauhi ke muʻomuʻa ʻene ngaahi meʻá heʻetau moʻuí.—Māt. 6:22.
“ʻOku Fakaʻaʻau ke Mole Atu ʻa e Māmaní”
15. Ko e hā e lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻoku fakapapauʻi ai ʻa e vakai mo e ʻulungaanga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ki he māmani lolotongá?
15 Ko ha ʻuhinga tefito ʻoku tau vakai ai ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní kia kitautolu ko e ‘kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimi’ ʻi he māmani ko ení ko ʻetau tuipau ʻoku toe siʻi pē hono taimí. (1 Pita 2:11; 2 Pita 3:7) Ko e vakai ko ení ʻoku fakapapauʻi ai ʻetau ngaahi fili he moʻuí, ʻetau ngaahi holí, mo ʻetau ngaahi taumuʻá. Naʻe faleʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Sioné ʻa e ngaahi kaungātuí ke ʻoua te nau ʻofa ki he māmaní pe ko e ngaahi meʻa he māmaní koeʻuhí “ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke mole atu ʻa e māmaní pea pehē ki he holi ʻaʻaná, ka ko ia ʻokú ne fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne nofo maʻu ʻo taʻengata.”—1 Sio. 2:15-17.
16. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā kuo fakamavaheʻi kitautolu ko ha kakai makehe?
16 Naʻe tala ki he kau ʻIsilelí kapau te nau talangofua kia Sihova, te nau hoko ko ʻene “koloa kanokato ʻi he kakai kotoa.” (ʻEki. 19:5) ʻI heʻenau faitōnungá, naʻe kehe ai ʻa ʻIsileli mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kehé kotoa ʻi he lotú mo e founga moʻuí. ʻI he founga meimei tatau he ʻahó ni, kuo fakamavaheʻi ai ʻe Sihova maʻana ha kakai ʻoku nau mātuʻaki kehe mei he māmani ʻo Sētané. ʻOku tala mai kia kitautolu: “Talitekeʻi ʻa e anga-taʻefakaʻotuá mo e ngaahi holi fakamāmaní pea . . . moʻui ʻaki ʻa e fakakaukau leleí mo e māʻoniʻoní mo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ko ʻení, lolotonga ia ʻetau tatali ki he ʻamanaki fakafiefia mo e fakaeʻa lāngilangiʻia mai ʻa hotau ʻOtua lahí pea mo e fakaeʻa mai ʻa hotau Faifakahaofí, ʻa Kalaisi Sīsū, ʻa ia naʻá ne foaki ʻa ia tonu maʻatautolu koeʻuhi ke ne fakahaofi kitautolu mei he faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo e maumau-laó mo fakamaʻa maʻana ha kakai ʻa ia ko ʻene koloa makehe ia ʻaʻana, ʻoku nau faivelenga maʻá e ngaahi ngāue leleí.” (Tai. 2:11-14) Ko e “kakai” ko ení ʻoku faʻuʻaki ia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní mo e laui miliona ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻa Sīsuú, ʻa ia ʻoku nau tokoniʻi mo poupouʻi kinautolú.—Sione 10:16.
17. Ko e hā heʻikai ʻaupito fakaʻiseʻisa ai e kau paní mo honau ngaahi takangá he nofo ko e kau nofo fakataimi he māmani fulikivanu ko ení?
17 Ko e “ʻamanaki fakafiefia” ʻa e kau paní ko e pule fakataha ko ia mo Kalaisi ʻi hēvaní. (Fkh. 5:10) ʻI he taimi ʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengata he māmaní ki he fanga sipi kehé, heʻikai te nau kei hoko ai ko e kau nofo fakataimi ʻi ha māmani fulikivanu. Te nau maʻu e ngaahi ʻapi fakaʻofoʻofa mo ha meʻa lahi ke kai mo inu. (Saame 37:10, 11; ʻAi. 25:6; 65:21, 22) ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e kau ʻIsilelí, heʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻia kinautolu ko e meʻá ni kotoa ʻoku meia Sihova, “ko e ʻOtua ʻo mamani katoa.” (ʻAi. 54:5) Ko e kau paní pe ko e fanga sipi kehé heʻikai te nau fakaʻiseʻisa he nofo ko e kau nofo fakataimi he māmani fulikivanu ko ení.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• ʻI he founga fē naʻe nofo ai e kau tangata faitōnunga he kuonga muʻá ko e kau nofo fakataimí?
• Naʻe fēfē e tōʻonga ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e māmaní?
• ʻOku fēfē hono fakangatangata ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻenau ngāueʻaki e māmaní?
• Ko e hā heʻikai ʻaupito ai ke tau fakaʻiseʻisa he nofo ko e kau nofo fakataimi he māmani fulikivanu ko ení?
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Naʻe fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané mei he fakafiefia fakamālohi mo taʻetāú