Ko e Vakai ʻa e Tohi Tapú
ʻOku Fakahaaʻi ha Siʻi ʻo e Tuí ʻi he Loto-Moʻuá?
“TAPU LOTO-MOʻUA.” ʻI he fakamatala ʻo e ʻuluʻi-kaveinga ko ení naʻe tohi ai ʻe ha faifekau ʻi he konga ki muʻa ʻo e senituli hono 20 ʻo pehē, ko e loto-moʻua ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene halá ka “ko ha angahala ia ʻoku mafatukituki lahi.” Ki muí ni mai, ko ha tokotaha faifakamatala ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ʻo hono ikunaʻi ʻa e hohaʻá mo e loto-moʻuá naʻá ne pehē, “Ko e hohaʻá ko hano fakahaaʻi ia ʻoku ʻikai ke tau falala ki he ʻOtuá.”
ʻI he ongo tuʻungá ni fakatouʻosi naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe he ongo faʻu-tohí ni ʻena fakamulitukú mei he Malanga ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Moʻungá, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē ai: “ʻOua naʻa mou lotomoʻua.” (Mātiu 6:25) Koeʻuhi ʻoku uesia ʻe he loto-moʻuá ʻa e fuʻu tokolahi he ʻahó ni, te tau ʻeke nai: ʻOku totonu ke ongoʻi halaia ha Kalisitiane fekauʻaki mo e hoko ʻo loto-moʻuá? ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi ongoʻi loto-moʻuá ha siʻi ʻo e tuí?
ʻOku Mahinoʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻEtau Ngaahi Taʻehaohaoá
ʻOku ʻikai ke akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko e siʻi ʻo e tuí ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e loto-moʻua kotoa pē. ʻI he vakai ʻoku tau moʻui lolotonga ʻa e “ngaahi taimi faingataʻa,” ʻoku ʻikai meimei malava ai ke taʻehokosia ʻa e loto-moʻuá ʻi ha tuʻunga. (2 Timote 3:1) ʻOku fekuki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane faitōnungá mo e ngaahi loto-moʻua fakaʻaho ʻa ia ʻoku fakatupunga ia ʻe he mahamahaki, taʻumotuʻa, ngaahi faingataʻa fakaʻekonōmika, fekeʻikeʻi fakafāmili, faihia mo e ngaahi palopalema kehe. Naʻa mo e ʻi he kuonga muʻá, naʻe fehangahangai ai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e ngaahi manavahē pea mo e hohaʻa.
Fakakaukau angé ki he fakamatala Fakatohitapu kia Loté. Naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne hola ki he ngaahi moʻungá ke kalofi ai ʻa hono tafiʻi atu ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻo Sōtoma mo Komolá. Kae kehe, naʻe hoko ʻa Lote ʻo loto-moʻua. Naʻá ne pehē: “ʻEī, ʻoua muʻa ʻe pehe.” ʻI he toumouá, naʻá ne hoko atu: “Pea talaʻehai te u lava ke hola ki he moʻunga, pea naʻa maʻu au ʻe he tuʻutamaki pea u mate.” Ko e hā naʻe manavahē ai ʻa Lote ki he ngaahi moʻungá? ʻOku ʻikai ke tala mai ia ʻe he Tohi Tapú. Ko e hā pē ʻa e ʻuhingá, naʻe ongoʻi ilifia lahi ʻa Lote. Naʻe anga-fēfē e tali ʻa e ʻOtuá? Naʻe valokiʻi ʻa Lote ʻi he siʻi ʻene tui pe falala ki he ʻOtuá? ʻIkai. ʻI hono kehé, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakaʻatuʻi, ʻo fakaʻatā ai ʻa Lote ke hola ki ha kolo ofi mai.—Senesi 19:18-22.
ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakatātā Fakatohitapu kehe ʻo e kau lotu faitōnunga naʻa nau hoko ʻo loto-moʻua lahi ʻi ha ngaahi taimi. Naʻe hoko ʻa e palōfita ko ʻIlaisiaá ʻo ilifia pea hola hili ha fakamanamana ke tāmateʻi ia. (1 Tuʻi 19:1-4) Ko Mōsese, ʻAna, Tēvita, Hapakuke, Paula pea mo e kau tangata mo e kau fefine kehe tui mālohí naʻa nau toe fakahāhā ʻa e loto-moʻuá. (Ekisoto 4:10; 1 Samiuela 1:6; Sāme 55:5; Hapakuke 1:2, 3; 2 Kolinito 11:28) Neongo ia, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e manavaʻofa pea hokohoko atu ʻa hono ngāueʻaki kinautolu ʻi heʻene ngāué, ʻo fakahaaʻi ai ʻa hono mahinoʻi moʻoni ʻo e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá.
Ko e “Angahala ʻOku Tau Moʻuangofua ki Ai”
Kae kehe, ko e fuoloa ʻa e loto-moʻuá, ʻe lava ke ne fakavaivaiʻi kitautolu pea iku ai ki he mole ʻa e falala ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he siʻi ʻa e tuí ko e “angahala ʻoku tau moʻuangofua ki ai.” (Hepelu 12:1) ʻI hono fakakau ai iá, ʻoku ngalingali naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene hehema tonu ke hoko ʻo “moʻuangofua” ʻi he ngaahi mōmeniti ʻo e vaivai ʻa e tuí ʻi he taimi ki he taimi.
Mahalo pē ko e tuʻunga eni ʻo Sākalaiá ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻikai te ne tui ai ki he ʻāngelo ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ange kiate ia ʻe hoko ʻo feitama ʻa hono uaifí. ʻI he taimi ʻe taha naʻe ʻikai malava ai ʻa e kau ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsuú ke fai ha fakamoʻui mahaki koeʻuhi ko ʻenau “tui vaivai.” Kae kehe, naʻe hokohoko atu hono maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga tāutahá ni ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Mātiu 17:18-20; Luke 1:18, 20, 67; Sione 17:26.
ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku toe ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa ia naʻe mole ʻenau falala ki he ʻOtuá pea nau faingataʻaʻia ʻi ha ngaahi nunuʻa mafatukituki. Hangē ko ení, ko e kau ʻIsileli tokolahi ʻa ia naʻa nau mavahe mei ʻIsipité naʻe taʻofi kinautolu mei he hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá koeʻuhi ko e siʻi ʻenau tuí. ʻI he taimi ʻe taha naʻe aʻu ʻo nau lea hangatonu ai ki he ʻOtuá ʻo pehē: ‘Ko e [h]a kuó ke ʻomi ai kimautolu mei Isipite ke mate ʻi he toafá? he ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻakai, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha vai.’ ʻI hono fakahaaʻi ʻa e taʻehōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe fekau mai ai ha fanga ngata kona ke tauteaʻi kinautolu.—Nomipa 21:5, 6.
Ko e kau nofo ʻi he kolo tupuʻanga ʻo Sīsuú, ʻa Nasaleti, naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻa e monū ʻo e sio ki hano fakahoko ʻo ha ngaahi mana lahi ange ʻi honau feituʻú koeʻuhi ko e siʻi ʻenau tuí. ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e toʻutangata fulikivanu ʻo e ʻaho ko iá naʻe fakahalaiaʻi kakaha kinautolu ʻe Sīsū koeʻuhi ko e siʻi ʻenau tuí. (Mātiu 13:58; 17:17; Hepelu 3:19) Naʻe feʻungamālie ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “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.
ʻIo, ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fuʻu tōtuʻá ko e siʻi ʻa e tuí naʻe lava ke tupu ia mei ha loto kovi. Ka naʻe ʻikai ko e tuʻunga eni ia ʻo Sākalaia mo e kau ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsuú ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā naʻe lave ki ai ki muʻá. Ko e siʻi ʻenau tuí naʻe tupu ia mei ha tuʻunga vaivai fakataimi. Ko e sīpinga fakalūkufua ʻo ʻenau moʻuí naʻe fakahaaʻi ai naʻe “maʻa honau loto.”—Mātiu 5:8.
ʻOku ʻAfioʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻEtau Ngaahi Fiemaʻú
ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tohi Tapú ke tau fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e loto-moʻua anga-mahení mei he angahala ko e siʻi ʻa e tuí. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻi fakaʻaho ʻo e loto-moʻuá pe naʻa mo ha taʻemalava fakataimi ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e tuí koeʻuhi ko e vaivaiʻanga fakaetangatá ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke fetoʻoaki ia mo e taʻefalala kakato ki he ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku ʻalu hake mei ha loto kovi mo ongongataʻa. Ko ia ai, ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ʻoua te nau mamahi ʻi he ongoʻi halaia koeʻuhi pē ko ʻenau hokosia ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ʻa e loto-moʻuá.
Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e tokanga koeʻuhí ke ʻoua ʻe tupu ʻo lōmekina mo puleʻi ʻe he loto-moʻuá ʻa ʻetau moʻuí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakapotopoto ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻi heʻene pehē: “ʻOua te mou lotomoʻua, ʻo mou pehe, Te tau kai ai e ha mo inu e ha? mo kofuʻaki ʻa e ha?” Naʻá ne hoko atu heni ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafiemālie: “ʻOku meaʻi ʻe hoʻomou Tamai Fakalangi ʻoku tāu mo kimoutolu ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa. Ka mou kumi muʻa ki hono puleʻanga, mo e maʻoniʻoni aʻana, pea ʻe ʻatu mo ia foki ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa.”—Mātiu 6:25-33.
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