Vakai Telia ha Taʻetui
“Ko ia mou vakai, ʻe kainga, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe ai ʻi hamou toko taha ha loto kovi he taʻetui, ʻa ia ʻoku hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui.”—HEPELU 3:12.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa moʻoni fakaʻohovale ʻoku tataki ki ai ʻetau tokangá ʻe he ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú?
HE FAKAKAUKAU fakaʻohovale moʻoni ia—ke lava ʻe he kakai naʻa nau fiefia ʻi ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui ki muʻa mo Sihová ʻo fakatupulekina ha “loto kovi” pea “hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui”! Pea hono ʻikai ko ha fakatokanga moʻoni eni! Ko e ngaahi lea ko eni ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá naʻe fakahanga ia, ʻikai ki he kau taʻetuí, ka ki he kakai ʻa ia kuo nau fakatapui ʻenau moʻuí kia Sihova ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakakaukau ki aí?
2 ʻE lava fēfē ke faifai ange pea fakatupulekina ʻe ha taha ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga tāpuekina pehē “ha loto kovi he taʻetui”? Ko e moʻoni, ʻe lava fēfē ʻe ha taha kuó ne ʻosi ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e anga-ʻofa mo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ke mavahe loto-lelei meiate ia? Pea ʻe lava ke hoko eni ki ha taha ʻo kitautolu? Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau lelei moʻoni eni, pea ʻoku taau ai kiate kitautolu ke vakaiʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku taumuʻa ki ai ʻa e fakatokangá ni.—1 Kolinito 10:11.
Ko e Hā ʻOku Fefeka Pehē Ai ʻa e Akonakí?
3. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻātakai naʻá ne uesia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻi loto pea takatakai ʻi Selusalemá.
3 ʻOku hā naʻe fakahanga ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene tohí ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepelū ʻi Siuteá ʻi he 61 T.S. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe ha faihisitōlia ko e taha eni ha taimi “naʻe ʻikai ai ha melino pe ha maluʻanga ki ha tangata fakamātoato mo faitotonu, tatau pē ʻi he kolo ʻo Selusalemá pe ko ha toe feituʻu pē ʻi he kotoa ʻo e vahefonuá.” Ko ha taimi ia ʻo e maumaulao mo e fakamālohi, ʻa ia naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he tuifio ʻo e ʻi ai ʻa e kau tau fakamālohi Lomá, ko e fie pōlepole ʻa e kau Māteaki Siu fakafepaki ki Lomá, pea mo e ngaahi ngāue maumaulao ʻa e kau kaihaʻa ko ia naʻa nau ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi taimi faingataʻá. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni ke mātuʻaki faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ʻa ia naʻa nau feinga mālohi ke ʻoua naʻa nau fihia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa peheé. (1 Timote 2:1, 2) Ko hono moʻoní, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau tuʻuʻataá, naʻe vakai ai ʻa e niʻihi kiate kinautolu ko e kau taʻetuha mo e sōsialé, pea toe fakatupu angatuʻu. Naʻe faʻa ngaohikovia ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, pea naʻa nau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi mole fakafoʻituitui.—Hepelu 10:32-34.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e tenge fakaelotu naʻe tofanga ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú?
4 Ko e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú naʻa nau toe ʻi he malumalu ʻo ha tenge mālohi fakaelotu. Ko e faivelenga ʻa e kau ākonga anga-tonu ʻa Sīsuú pea mo e ola ʻo e tupu vave ʻa e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané naʻe langaʻi ai ʻa e meheka mo e ʻita ʻa e kau Siú—tautefito ki he kau taki lotú. Naʻa nau fai ha meʻa pē ke fakahohaʻasi ai mo fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.a (Ngāue 6:8-14; 21:27-30; 23:12, 13; 24:1-9) Neongo kapau naʻe hao ha kau Kalisitiane ia ʻe niʻihi mei hono fakatangaʻi fakahangatonú, naʻe pau pē hono manukiʻi ia kinautolu mo lumaʻi ʻe he kau Siú. Naʻe fehiʻanekinaʻi ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané tokua ko ha lotu toki fokotuʻu ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻa e ngeia ʻo e lotu faka-Siú, ʻi heʻene hala he temipale, hala he tuʻunga taulaʻeiki, hala he kātoanga, hala ha feilaulau tuʻumaʻu, pea mo e hā fua. Naʻa mo honau takí, ʻa Sīsū, naʻe tāmateʻi ko ha faihia kuo fakahalaiaʻi. Ke fai ʻenau lotú, naʻe pau ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau maʻu ʻa e tui, loto-toʻa, mo e kātaki.
5. Ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga ai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Siuteá ke nau kei ʻāʻā fakalaumālié?
5 Sinoemeʻa, ko e kau Kalisitiane Hepelū ʻi Siuteá naʻa nau lolotonga moʻui ʻi ha taimi faingataʻa ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e puleʻanga ko iá. Ko e ngaahi meʻa lahi naʻe tala ʻe honau ʻEikí, ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi, te ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú kuo ʻosi hoko ia. Ko e ngataʻangá ʻoku pau pē naʻe ʻikai mamaʻo. Ke haó, naʻe pau ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau ʻāʻā fakalaumālie ai pē pea mateuteu ke ‘hola ki he moʻungá.’ (Mātiu 24:6, 15, 16) Te nau maʻu nai ʻa e tui mo e kātaki fakalaumālie naʻe fiemaʻu ke ngāue leva, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakahinohino ʻe Sīsuú? Naʻe hā hangē naʻe ʻi ai ha fakaʻaloʻalongauá.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fiemaʻu fakavavevave ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Siuteá?
6 Lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ʻe hongofulu fakaʻosi ki muʻa ʻi hono fakamovete kotoa ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa faka-Siú, naʻe hā mahino ko e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú naʻa nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tenge mālohi mei loto mo tuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻe fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ha fakalototoʻa. Ka naʻe toe fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ha akonaki mo ha fakahinohino ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau sio ko e ʻalunga naʻa nau fili ki aí ko e totonú ia pea kuo ʻikai kulanoa ʻenau faingataʻaʻiá mo ʻenau kātakí. Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, naʻe tuʻu ʻa Paula ki he polé ʻo ne haʻu ke tokoniʻi kinautolu.
7. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú?
7 Ko e meʻa ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ʻoku totonu ke hoko ia ʻo mātuʻaki mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi ha taimi ʻoku faitatau mo honau taimí. ʻOku tau ongoʻi fakaʻaho ʻa e ngaahi tenge mei he māmani ko ia ʻoku ʻi he mafai ʻo Sētané. (1 Sione 5:19) ʻOku lolotonga fakahoko ʻi muʻa ʻi hotau matá ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻa Sīsū mo e kau ʻapositoló fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí mo e “fakaʻosi ʻo e kuonga.” (Mātiu 24:3-14; 2 Timote 3:1-5; 2 Pita 3:3, 4; Fakahā 6:1-8) Ko e meʻa tēpuú, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ke tau ʻāʻā fakalaumālie koeʻuhí ka tau “lava ke hao mei he ngāhi meʻa ko ia fulipe ʻoku ene ke hoko.”—Luke 21:36.
Tokotaha Lahi Ange ʻIa Mōsese
8. ʻI hono leaʻaki ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hiki ʻi he Hepelu 3:1, ko e hā naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Paula ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané ke faí?
8 ʻI he lave ki ha poini mahuʻinga, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Mou tokangaʻi ʻa e Aposetolo mo Taulaʻeiki-lahi o ʻetau lotu, ʻio ʻa Sisu.” (Hepelu 3:1) Ke “tokangaʻi” ʻoku ʻuhingá “ke ʻiloʻi lelei . . . , ke mahinoʻi kakato, fakakaukau fakalelei.” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words) Ko ia, naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Paula ʻa hono kaungātuí ke nau fai ha feinga fakamātoato ke maʻu ha houngaʻia moʻoni ki he ngafa naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū ki heʻenau tuí mo e fakamoʻuí. ʻI he fai peheé ʻe fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻenau fakapapau ko ia ke tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tuí. Ko e hā leva, ʻa e ngafa ʻo Sīsuú, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau “tokangaʻi” iá?
9. Ko e hā naʻe lave ai ʻa Paula kia Sīsū ko e “ʻAposetolo” mo e “Taulaʻeiki-lahi”?
9 Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e kupuʻi lea “Aposetolo” mo e “Taulaʻeiki-lahi” kia Sīsū. Ko ha “Aposetolo” ko ha tokotaha ia ʻoku fekauʻi atu pea ʻoku lave ia heni ki he founga ʻoku fetuʻutaki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko ha “Taulaʻeiki-lahi” ko ha tokotaha ia ʻe lava ke fakaofiofi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he ʻOtuá. Ko e ongo tokonaki ʻe ua ko ení ʻoku mahuʻinga ia ki he lotu moʻoní, pea ko Sīsū ko e fakasino ia ʻo kinaua fakatouʻosi. Ko e tokotaha ia naʻe fekauʻi mai mei hēvani ke akoʻi ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa e moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá. (Sione 1:18; 3:16; 14:6) Ko Sīsū ko e toe tokotaha ia naʻe fakanofo ko e Taulaʻeiki Lahi moʻonia ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e temipale fakalaumālie ʻo Sihova ki he fakamolemole ʻo e angahalá. (Hepelu 4:14, 15; 1 Sione 2:1, 2) Kapau te tau fakahoungaʻi moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa ia ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu fakafou ʻia Sīsuú, te tau maʻu ai ʻa e loto-toʻa mo e fakapapau ke nofo maʻu ʻi he tuí.
10. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke mahino ʻa e māʻolunga ange ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané ʻi he lotu faka-Siú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e moʻoni fakalūkufua naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Paula ke fakafefekaʻiʻaki ʻene poiní?
10 Ke fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e tui faka-Kalisitiané, naʻe fakahoa ʻe Paula ʻa Sīsū mo Mōsese, ʻa ia naʻe vakai ki ai ʻa e kau Siú ko e palōfita lahi taha ia ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo ʻenau fanga kuí. Kapau naʻe lava ʻe he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke mākupusi ʻaufuatō ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko ia ko Sīsuú ʻoku lahi ange ia ʻia Mōsese, naʻe ʻikai mei ai ha toe fakaʻaloʻalongaua ki he māʻolunga ange ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiané ʻi he lotu faka-Siú. Naʻe fakamahino mai ʻe Paula lolotonga ko Mōsesé naʻe lau ia ʻoku taau ke tuku ki ai ʻa e “fale” ʻo e ʻOtuá—ʻa e puleʻanga, pe fakatahaʻanga, ʻo ʻIsilelí—ko iá ko ha fakafeʻao anga-tonu pē, pe sevāniti. (Nomipa 12:7) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko Sīsuú ko e ʻAló ia, ko e pule ia ki he falé. (1 Kolinito 11:3; Hepelu 3:2, 3, 5) Ke fakafefekaʻi ʻa ʻene poiní, naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he moʻoni fakalūkufua ko ení: “Seuke, ʻilonga ha ʻapi, kuo pau naʻe langa ʻe ha taha; pea ko ia naʻa ne langa ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ko e ʻOtua.” (Hepelu 3:4) ʻE ʻikai toe kikihiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene lahi ange ʻi ha toe taha pē, he ko e Tokotaha-Langá ia, pe Tokotaha-Fakatupu, ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē. ʻOku ʻuhinga lelei leva, koeʻuhí ko Sīsuú naʻe hoko ia ko e kaungāngāue ʻo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau pē ʻokú ne lahi ange ʻi he fakatupu kehe kotoa pē, kau ai ʻa Mōsese.—Palovepi 8:30; Kolose 1:15-17.
11, 12. Ko e hā naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke nau “kuku maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga,” pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻene akonakí?
11 Ko e moʻoni, ko e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú naʻa nau ʻi ha tuʻunga fakahōifua lelei. Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Paula kiate kinautolu naʻa nau “kau ʻi ha ui mei langi,” ko ha monū ia ke fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻo laka hake ʻi ha toe meʻa pē ʻe maʻu mei he fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú. (Hepelu 3:1) Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá ʻoku pau pē naʻá ne ʻai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane pani ko iá ke nau ongoʻi houngaʻia he naʻa nau hanga atu ki ha tofiʻa foʻou kae ʻikai ko ha ongoʻi fakaʻiseʻisa kuo nau tuku atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fekauʻaki mo honau tofiʻa faka-Siú. (Filipai 3:8) ʻI hono fakaʻaiʻai kinautolu ke piki maʻu ki honau monuú pea ʻoua ʻe fakamaʻamaʻaʻi iá, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko e lototō ʻa Kalaisi, ko e fai ʻa ha ʻAlo ʻoku pule ki he ʻapi [ʻo e ʻOtuá]; ʻa ia ko hono ʻapi ʻa kitautolu, ʻo kapau te tau kuku maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻa ʻetau loto-lahi, mo ʻetau viki ʻi heʻetau fakatuʻamelie kuo maʻu.”—Hepelu 3:6.
12 ʻIo, kapau ʻe fie hao ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ʻi he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa faka-Siu naʻe tuʻunuku maí, naʻe fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ke nau piki maʻu ki heʻenau ʻamanaki foaki mei he ʻOtuá “ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.” Kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he ʻahó ni kapau ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ke tau hao ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení. (Mātiu 24:13) Kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa tau fakaʻatā ʻa e ngaahi loto-moʻua ʻo e moʻuí, taʻemahuʻingaʻia ʻa e kakaí, pe ko ʻetau ngaahi hehema taʻehaohaoá tonu ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke heheu ʻetau tui ko ia ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Luke 21:16-19) Ke vakai ki he founga te tau lava ai ʻo fakamālohiʻi kitautolú, tau tokanga angé ki he ngaahi toe lea ʻa Paulá.
“ʻOua Naʻa Fakafefeka Homou Loto”
13. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe ʻomi ʻe Paulá, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻene ngāueʻaki ʻa e Sāme 95?
13 Hili ʻa e lave ki he tuʻunga fakahōifua ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú, naʻe tuku mai ʻe Paula ʻa e fakatokanga ko ení: “Hange ko e folofola ʻa e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni, Ko e ʻaho ni pe—kapau te mou fanongo ki hono leʻo, ʻoua naʻa fakafefeka homou loto; ʻo hange ko ia ne fai ʻi Fakahouhau, ʻo tatau mo e ʻaho ʻo ʻAhiʻahi ʻi he Toafa.” (Hepelu 3:7, 8) Ko e toʻo eni ʻe Paula mei he Sāme hono 95, pea ko ia naʻe lava ke pehē ai “hange ko e folofola ʻa e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni.”b (Sāme 95:7, 8; Ekisoto 17:1-7) Ko e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ko e fakamānava ia ʻa e ʻOtuá fakafou ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní.—2 Timote 3:16.
14. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tali ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e meʻa kuo fai ʻe Sihova maʻa kinautolú, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
14 Hili hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité, naʻe foaki ange ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e lāngilangi lahi ko e hū atu ki ha vahaʻangatae fakaefuakava mo Sihova. (Ekisoto 19:4, 5; 24:7, 8) Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻikai fakahāhā ha houngaʻia ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻa kinautolú, naʻe vave pē ʻenau fai angatuʻú. (Nomipa 13:25–14:10) Naʻe malava fēfē ke hoko ení? Naʻe tuhu ʻa Paula ki he ʻuhingá: ko e fakafefeka honau lotó. Ka ʻoku lava fēfē ke hoko ʻo fakafefeka ʻa e ngaahi loto kuo ongongofua mo fiefanongo ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? Pea ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke taʻofiʻaki ení?
15. (a) Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono ongona ʻa e ‘leʻo tonu ʻo e ʻOtuá,’ ʻi he kuohilí mo e lolotongá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ʻeke kiate kitautolu fekauʻaki mo e ‘leʻo ʻo e ʻOtuá’?
15 Naʻe kamata ʻe Paula ʻene fakatokangá ʻaki ʻa e kupuʻi sētesi fakataimi ko e “kapau te mou fanongo ki hono leʻo.” Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono kakaí fakafou ʻia Mōsese mo e kau palōfita kehé. Naʻe toki folofola leva ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu fakafou ʻi hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. (Hepelu 1:1, 2) ʻI he ʻahó ni, kuo tau maʻu kakato ʻa e Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Tohitapu Māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku tau toe maʻu mo e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto,” ʻa ia naʻe fakanofo ʻe Sīsū ke ne tokonaki ʻa e “mea kai” fakalaumālie “i hono taimi totonu.” (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Ko ia, ʻoku kei folofola mai pē ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku tau fanongo? Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻetau tali ki he akonaki fekauʻaki mo e valá mo e teuteú pe fili ʻo e fakafiefiá mo e fasí? ʻOku tau “fanongo,” ʻa ia, ko e tokanga mo talangofua ki he meʻa ʻoku tau fanongo ki aí? Kapau ʻoku tau angaʻaki ʻa e kumi kalofangá pe tālafili ki he akonakí, ʻoku tau fakaʻatā ai kitautolu ki he faingataʻa olopoto ko ia ko e fakafefeka hotau lotó.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e founga ʻe taha ʻe lava ke hoko ai hotau lotó ʻo fakafefeka?
16 ʻE toe lava ke hoko ʻo fakafefeka hotau lotó kapau te tau kalo mei hono fai ʻo e meʻa ʻoku tau lava mo totonu ke faí. (Semisi 4:17) Neongo ʻa e meʻa kotoa naʻe fai ʻe Sihova maʻá e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻe ʻikai ke nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí, naʻa nau angatuʻu kia Mōsese, fili ke tui ki he līpooti kovi fekauʻaki mo Kēnaní, pea fakafisi ke hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. (Nomipa 14:1-4) Ko ia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ai ʻe Sihova te nau fakamoleki ʻa e taʻu ʻe 40 ʻi he toafá—ʻo fuoloa feʻunga ki he kau mēmipa taʻetui ʻo e toʻutangata ko iá ke nau ʻosi he mate. ʻI he fakaliliʻaʻia kiate kinautolu, naʻe folofola ai ʻa e ʻOtuá: “ʻOku nau he maʻu ai pe ʻi honau loto; pea naʻe ʻikai te nau aʻusia ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo hoku ngaahi ʻalunga. ʻA é ne u fuakava ai ʻi heʻeku ʻita, Ko au e, haʻanau hu ki hoku mālōlōʻanga.” (Hepelu 3:9-11) ʻOku tau sio nai ʻi heni ʻi ha lēsoni kiate kitautolu?
Ko ha Lēsoni Kiate Kitautolu
17. Neongo naʻa nau sio ʻi he ngaahi ngāue maʻongoʻonga ʻa Sihová mo fanongo ʻi heʻene ngaahi fanongonongó, ko e hā naʻe taʻetui ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí?
17 Ko e toʻutangata ko ia ʻo e kau ʻIsileli naʻe hū ki tuʻa mei ʻIsipité naʻe sio tonu honau matá mo fanongo tonu honau telingá ki he ngaahi ngāue maʻongoʻonga mo e ngaahi fanongonongo ʻa Sihová. Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai te nau tui kinautolu ʻe lava ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo tataki lelei kinautolu ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? “Naʻe ʻikai te nau aʻusia ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo hoku ngaahi ʻalunga,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihová. Naʻa nau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa naʻe folofolaʻaki mo fai ʻe Sihová, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fakatupulekina ha falala mo ha tui ki heʻene malava ko ia ke tokangaʻi kinautolú. Naʻa nau mātuʻaki fuʻu nōfoʻi ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú mo ʻenau ngaahi holi fakafoʻituituí ʻo ʻikai ai ke nau fai ha kiʻi fakakaukau ki he ngaahi founga mo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻIo, naʻa nau taʻetui ki heʻene talaʻofá.
18. Fakatatau kia Paula, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga tōʻonga ʻe iku atu ki “ha loto kovi he taʻetui”?
18 Ko e toe ngaahi lea ko eni ki he kau Hepeluú ʻoku ngāueʻaki mālohi tatau ia kiate kitautolu: “Vakai, ʻe kainga, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe ai ʻi hamou toko taha ha loto kovi he taʻetui, ʻa ia ʻoku hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui.” (Hepelu 3:12) Naʻe aʻu ʻa Paula ki he ʻelito ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ʻi heʻene tuhuʻi mai ko “ha loto kovi he taʻetui” ko e ola ia ʻo e “hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui.” ʻI muʻa ʻi he tohi ko ení, naʻá ne lea ki he “ʻauhia atu” koeʻuhi ko e taʻetokangá. (Hepelu 2:1) Kae kehe, ko e kupuʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku liliu ko e “hiki” ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e “tuʻu ʻo mamaʻo” pea ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo e foʻi lea “tafoki.” ʻOku ʻuhingá ko hano talitekeʻi faifakakaukauʻi mo ʻiloʻilopau, holomui, pea mo e taʻefeʻunga, fakataha mo e kau mai ʻo ha ongoʻi manuki.
19. ʻE anga-fēfē nai ke tākiekina atu ʻa e ʻikai fanongo ki he akonakí ki ha ngaahi nunuʻa mafatukituki? Fakatātaaʻi.
19 Ko ia ai, ko e lēsoní leva, kapau te tau angaʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ke “fanongo ki hono leʻo,” ʻo taʻetokangaʻi ʻa e akonaki meia Sihova fakafou ʻi heʻene Folofolá mo e kalasi tamaioʻeiki anga-tonú, ʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo hoko hotau ngaahi lotó ʻo patu, ʻo fakafefeka. Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha ongo meʻa teʻeki mali te na aʻu nai ʻo kiʻi fuʻu vāofi. Fēfē kapau te na mātuʻaki tukunoaʻi pē ʻa e meʻá? ʻE hoko nai ia ʻo ne taʻofi kinaua mei hono toutou fai ʻa e meʻa naʻá na faí, pe ʻe ʻai pē ai ke toe faingofua ange kiate kinaua ke toe fai ia? ʻOku pehē pē, ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻomi ai ʻe he kalasi tamaioʻeikí ha akonaki fekauʻaki mo e fiemaʻu ko ia ke tau filifili ʻi heʻetau fili ʻo e fasí mo e fakafiefiá, pea mo e hā fua, ʻoku tau tali houngaʻia ia pea fai ʻa e ngaahi fengaʻunuʻaki ko ia ʻoku fiemaʻú? Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Paula kiate kitautolu ke “ʻoua naʻa tau liʻaki ʻetau ngaahi fakataha.” (Hepelu 10:24, 25) Neongo ʻa e akonaki ia ko ení, ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe he niʻihi ia ʻa e taʻemahuʻingaʻia ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. Te nau ongoʻi nai ko hano liʻaki ha niʻihi ʻo kinautolu pe naʻa mo hano tuku fakaʻaufuli ha ngaahi fakataha pau ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fuʻu loko meʻa ia.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke tau tali ʻa e akonaki Fakatohitapú ʻi ha founga papau?
20 Kapau ʻe ʻikai te tau tali lelei ʻa e “leʻo” ʻo Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahā mahino mai ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi makatuʻunga faka-Tohitapú, ʻe vavé ni ʻetau fakatokangaʻi kuo tau “hiki mei he ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui.” Ko hono taʻetokangaʻi matanoa ʻo e akonakí ʻe malavangofua ai ke hoko ko ha taha fakasiʻisiʻia, fakaanga, mo talitekeʻi longomoʻui ʻo ia. Kapau ʻe tuku taʻefakatonutonu, ko hono olá ko “ha loto kovi he taʻetui,” pea ke ake mai mei ha faʻahinga ʻalunga pehē ʻoku faʻa mātuʻaki faingataʻa ia. (Fakafehoanaki mo Efeso 4:19.) Naʻe tohi feʻungamālie ai ʻe Selemaia: “Ko e fungani ʻi he meʻa kākā ka ko e loto, pea ʻoku hilio hono kovi: ko hai te ne lava ke ʻilo ia?” (Selemaia 17:9) ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ení, naʻe naʻinaʻi ai ʻa Paula ki hono kaungātui Hepeluú: “Ka mou feenginakiʻaki pe, ʻo hokohoko ʻaho pe, lolotonga ʻoku kei lau atu, Ko e ʻaho ni; naʻa fakafefeka hamou taha ʻi he kākā ʻa Angahala.”—Hepelu 3:13.
21. Ko e hā ʻoku enginaki mai kiate kitautolu kotoa ke faí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki ʻoku tau maʻú?
21 He fiefia ē ka ko kitautolu he ʻoku kei lea mai pē ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolu, fakafou ʻi heʻene Folofolá mo ʻene kautahá! ʻOku tau houngaʻia ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ʻoku nau kei hokohoko mai hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ke “tau kuku maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻa e lotopau naʻa tau kamata ʻaki.” (Hepelu 3:14) Ko e taimi eni kiate kitautolu ke tali ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻene fakahinohinó. ʻI heʻetau fai peheé, ʻe lava ke tau toe fiefia ai ʻi he taha ʻo e ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa Sihová—ʻa ia ko e “hu” ki hono mālōlōʻangá. (Hepelu 4:3, 10) Ko e kaveinga ia ʻe hoko ki ai ʻa e laulea ʻa Paula mo e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú, pea ko e toe meʻa ia te tau fakakaukau ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sosefusi ko e taimi nounou pē hili ʻa e mate ʻa Fesitó, naʻe hoko ʻa ʻAnanasi (ʻAnanaia) ʻo e lotu mavahe Sātusí ko e taulaʻeiki lahi. Naʻá ne ʻomi ʻa Sēmisi, ʻa e tokoua faʻē taha ʻo Sīsuú, mo e kau ākonga kehe ki he ʻao ʻo e Sanitalimí pea fakahalaiaʻi kinautolu ki he mate pea tolomakaʻi.
b Naʻe toʻo mahino ia ʻe Paula mei he Sepituakini faka-Kalisí, ʻa ia ʻokú ne liliu ʻa e faka-Hepelū ki he “Melipa” mo e “Masa” ko e “ke” mo e “ʻahiʻahi” ʻo fakafaikehekeheʻi. Sio ki he peesi 350 mo e 379 ʻi he Voliume 2 ʻo e Insight on the Scriptures, naʻe pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Te Ke Lava ʻo Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe tohi ai ʻe Paula ha akonaki mālohi pehē ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke mahino naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e meʻa lelei ange ia ʻi he moʻui ʻi he malumalu ʻo e lotu faka-Siú?
◻ ʻE anga-fēfē ke hoko ha loto ʻo ha taha ʻo fakafefeka?
◻ Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau faí ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei hano fakatupulekina “ha loto kovi he taʻetui”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
ʻOkú ke ngāueʻi hoʻo tui kia Sīsuú, ʻa e Mōsese Lahi Angé?