Kuó Ke Hū ki he Mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá?
“Ko ia naʻa ne hu ki hono malōlōʻanga, naʻa ne mālōlō ʻe ia foki mei heʻene ngaahi ngaue.”—HEPELU 4:10.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻua pehē ai ʻa e mālōloó?
MĀLŌLŌ. He foʻi lea ifo mo fakaʻofoʻofa moʻoni ia! Ko e moʻui ʻi he māmani fakatoʻotoʻo mo fakauō ʻo e ʻaho ní, ʻe loto-tatau nai ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo kitautolu ko ha kiʻi mālōlō siʻisiʻi ʻe mātuʻaki talitali lelei moʻoni. Kei siʻi pe taʻu motuʻa, mali pe taʻemali, te tau ongoʻi faingataʻaʻia mo ongosia nai ʻi he moʻui fakaeʻahó pē. Ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku fakangatangata fakaesinó pe faingataʻaʻiá, ko e ʻaho taki taha ko ha meʻa faingataʻa ia. Hangē ko ia ko e lau ʻa e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú, “ʻoku fai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni ʻa e fetoʻeaki mo langā ʻa Natula katoa.” (Loma 8:22) Ko ha taha ʻoku mālōlō ʻoku ʻikai pehē ia ai ʻoku fakapikopiko. Ko e mālōloó ko ha fiemaʻu fakaetangata ia kuo pau ke fakahoko.
2. Kuo mālōlō ʻa Sihova talu mei ʻanefē?
2 Ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová tonu kuó ne mālōlō. ʻI he tohi ʻa Senesí ʻoku tau lau ai: “Kuo ʻosi ʻa e ngaahi langi mo mamani, mo honau ngaahi hosite. Pea naʻe fakaʻosi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi hono ʻaho fitu ʻa e ngaue naʻa ne fai; pea ne mālōlō ʻi hono ʻaho fitu mei he ngaue kehekehe naʻa ne fai.” Naʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ha mahuʻinga makehe ki he “ʻaho hono fitu,” he ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e lau ʻa e fakamatala fakamānavaʻí ke pehē: “Pea naʻe tapuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e ʻaho ko hono fitu, mo ne tapui ia.”—Senesi 2:1-3.
Naʻe Mālōlō ʻa e ʻOtuá mei Heʻene Ngāué
3. Ko e hā ʻe ʻikai lava ke hoko ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3 Ko e hā naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa e ʻOtuá “ʻi hono ʻaho fitu”? Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ʻikai te ne mālōloó ko haʻane helaʻia. ʻOku fiefia ʻa Sihova “ʻi he lahi hono ngaahi ivi” pea “ʻoku ʻikai ke vaivai ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ongosia.” (Aisea 40:26, 28) Naʻe ʻikai ko ʻene mālōloó koeʻuhi naʻá ne fiemaʻu ha mālōlō pe ko ha toloi-ngāue, he naʻe tala mai ʻe Sīsū kiate kitautolu: “Kuo ngāue ʻa ʻeku Tamai ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ni, pea ʻoku ou ngāue mo au foki.” (Sione 5:17) Kae kehe, “ko e ʻOtua ko e laumālie” pea ʻoku ʻikai haʻisia ia ʻe he ngaahi vilotakai fakaesinó mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻamoʻui fakaesinó.—Sione 4:24.
4. ʻI he founga fē naʻe kehe ai ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu” mei he ‘ngaahi ʻaho’ ʻe ono ki muʻá?
4 ʻE lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ha ʻilo ki he ʻuhinga naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa e ʻOtuá “ʻi hono ʻaho fitu”? ʻI hono fakatokangaʻi iá, neongo naʻá ne mātuʻaki fiemālie ki he meʻa kuó ne fakahoko lolotonga ʻa e vahaʻa taimi lōloa ʻo e ‘ngaahi ʻaho’ fakaefakatupu ʻe ono ki muʻá, naʻe tāpuakiʻi tautefito ʻe he ʻOtuá ia ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu” peá ne fakahā ʻoku “toputapu” ia. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Concise Oxford Dictionary ʻa e “toputapu” ko e “fakatapui fakaʻaufuli pe fakamavaheʻi (ki ha ʻotua pe ki ha taumuʻa fakalotu).” Ko ia, ko hono tāpuakiʻi ko ia ʻe Sihova ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu” pea fakahā ia ʻoku toputapú, ʻoku hā ai ko e meʻa ko iá mo ʻene “mālōlō” ʻoku pau pē ʻoku ʻi ai haʻana fehokotaki mo hono finangalo toputapú mo ʻene taumuʻá kae ʻikai ko ha ngaahi fiemaʻu ki heʻene tafaʻakí. Ko e hā ʻa e fehokotaki ko iá?
5. Ko e hā naʻe ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ngāue lolotonga ʻa e ‘ngaahi ʻaho’ fakaefakatupu ʻe onó?
5 Lolotonga ʻa e ‘ngaahi ʻaho’ fakaefakatupu ʻe ono ki muʻá, ne ʻosi ngaohi mo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ia ke ngāue ʻa e ngaahi vilotakai mo e ngaahi lao kotoa ʻokú ne puleʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e māmaní mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku takatakai ki aí. ʻOku lolotonga ako ʻe he kau saienisí he taimí ni ki he fakaofo moʻoni hono faʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni. Fakaofiofi ki he ngata ʻa “hono ʻaho ono” naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻuluaki ongo meʻa fakaetangatá pea tuku kinaua ki he “ngouetapu ʻi Iteni, ʻi hahake.” Fakaʻosí, naʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene taumuʻa fekauʻaki mo e fāmili ʻo e tangatá pea mo e māmaní ʻi he ngaahi lea fakaekikite ko ení: “Mo fakatupu, mo fakatokolahi, mo fakafonu ʻa mamani, pea ikuna ia: pea mo pule ki he ika ʻo e tahi, mo e manupuna ʻo e langi, pea mo e meʻa moʻui kotoa pe ʻoku totolo ʻi he fonua.”—Senesi 1:28, 31; 2:8.
6. (a) ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo “hono ʻaho ono,” naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo e meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne fakatupú? (e) ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku toputapu ai ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu”?
6 ʻI he ngata ʻa “hono ʻaho ono,” ʻoku tala mai ʻe he fakamatalá kiate kitautolu: “Naʻe ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua ki he meʻa kotoa pe kuo ne ngaohi, pea tā kuo lelei ʻaupito.” (Senesi 1:31) Naʻe fiemālie ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he meʻa kotoa pē kuó ne ngaohí. Ko ia naʻá ne mālōlō ai, pe ʻikai toe hoko atu, mei ha toe ngāue fakaefakatupu fekauʻaki mo e māmaní. Neongo ʻa e haohaoa mo fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa e ngoue palataisi naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he taimi ko iá, naʻá ne kāpui pē ʻe ia ha kiʻi ʻēlia siʻisiʻi, pea ko e ongo meʻamoʻui fakaetangata pē ʻe ua naʻe ʻi he māmaní. ʻE fiemaʻu ha taimi ia kae toki aʻu ʻa e māmaní mo e fāmili ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he tuʻunga naʻe taumuʻa ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ki he ʻuhinga ko ení, naʻá ne fokotuʻu ai ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu” ʻa ia ʻe fakaʻatā ai ki he meʻa kotoa kuó ne fakatupu ʻi he ‘ngaahi ʻaho’ ʻe ono ki muʻá ke tupulekina ʻo fehoanaki mo hono finangalo toputapú. (Fakafehoanaki mo Efeso 1:11.) ʻI he ngata ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu,” ʻe ʻosi hoko leva ʻa e māmaní ia ko ha palataisi fakalūkufua ʻoku nofoʻi taʻengata ʻe ha fāmili haohaoa fakaetangata. (Aisea 45:18) Ko e “ʻaho ko hono fitu” ʻoku tuku mavahe ia, pe fakatapui, ki hono fakaaʻu mo fakahoko ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo e māmaní mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko iá ʻoku “toputapu” ai ia.
7. (a) ʻI he founga fē naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi “hono ʻaho fitu”? (e) ʻE iku ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ki he hā ʻi he taimi ʻe ngata ai ʻa “hono fitu ʻo e ʻaho”?
7 Ko ia naʻe mālōlō ʻa e ʻOtuá mei heʻene ngāue fakaefakatupú ʻi “hono ʻaho fitu.” ʻOku hangē ia ko haʻane manga ki mui pea fakaʻatā ʻa e meʻa kuó ne fokotuʻú ke fakahoko ʻene ngāué. Naʻá ne falala kakato ko e ngata ʻa e “ʻaho ko hono fitu,” ʻe ʻosi hoko ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ia ʻo hangē pē ko ia kuó ne ʻosi fakataumuʻá. Neongo kapau kuo ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻia ia, kuo pau pē ʻe ʻosi ikuʻi ia. ʻE maʻu ʻaonga ʻa e faʻahinga talangofua kotoa pē ʻo e tangatá ʻi he taimi ʻe fakahoko kakato ai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. He ʻikai ha meʻa te ne taʻofi eni koeʻuhí ko e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻi he “ʻaho ko hono fitu,” pea kuó ne ʻai ia ke “toputapu.” He ʻamanaki lāngilangiʻia moʻoni ia ki he faʻahinga talangofua ʻo e tangatá!
Naʻe Taʻemalava ʻa ʻIsileli ke Hū ki he Mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá
8. Naʻe hoko ʻanefē mo anga-fēfē ʻa e tauhi ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e Sāpaté?
8 Naʻe maʻu ʻaonga ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí mei he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihova ki he ngāué mo e mālōloó. Naʻa mo e ki muʻa ʻi hono foaki ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e Laó ʻi he Moʻunga Sainaí, naʻe tala ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu fakafou ʻia Mōsese: “Vakai he kuo ʻatu ʻe Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻa e Sapate, ko ia ʻoku ne foaki ai kiate kimoutolu ʻi hono ʻaho ono ʻa e ma ʻo e ʻaho ʻe ua; mou taki taha nofo ʻi hono tangutuʻanga; ʻoua ʻe ʻalu kituʻa ha taha mei hono feituʻu ʻi he ʻaho Sapate.” Ko hono olá, “naʻe nofo ai ʻa e kakai ʻi he ʻaho Sapate.”—Ekisoto 16:22-30.
9. Ko e hā naʻe taʻefakaʻalongaua ai ʻa e hoko ʻa e lao Sāpaté ko ha liliu talitali lelei ia ki he kau ʻIsilelí?
9 Naʻe foʻou ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení ki he kau ʻIsilelí, ʻa ia naʻe toki fakatauʻatāinaʻi mai pē mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité. Neongo ko e kau ʻIsipité mo e faʻahinga kehé naʻa nau fua ʻa e taimí ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ʻo e ʻaho ʻe nima ki he hongofulu, ʻoku ngalingali ko e kau ʻIsileli hopoaté naʻe ʻikai fakaʻatā hanau ʻaho mālōlō. (Fakafehoanaki mo Ekisoto 5:1-9.) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei ai ke fakaʻosiʻaki ko e kakai ʻo ʻIsilelí naʻa nau talitali lelei ʻa e liliu ko ení. ʻI he ʻikai vakai ki he fiemaʻu ʻo e Sāpaté ko ha kavenga pe fakangatangatá, naʻe tonu ke nau fiefia ke muimui ki ai. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe toki tala ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu ko e Sāpaté ʻe hoko ia ko ha fakamanatu ʻo ʻenau nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité pea mo ʻene fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinautolú.—Teutalonome 5:15.
10, 11. (a) ʻI he hoko ʻo talangofuá, ko e hā naʻe mei hanga atu ki ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí te nau fiefia aí? (e) Ko e hā naʻe taʻemalava ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá?
10 Kapau naʻe talangofua ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ko ia naʻa nau hū ki tuʻa mei ʻIsipite mo Mōsesé, naʻa nau mei maʻu ʻa e monū ko e hū ki he “fonua ʻoku mahutafea ʻi he huʻakau mo e honi” ʻa ia naʻe talaʻofá. (Ekisoto 3:8) ʻI aí naʻa nau mei maʻu ʻa e mālōlō moʻoní, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he Sāpaté pē ka ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻenau moʻuí. (Teutalonome 12:9, 10) Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai ke pehē ia. Fekauʻaki mo kinautolú, naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “He ko hai ʻa kinautolu naʻe fanongo kae fakatupu houhau? ʻA, ʻikai ko kinautolu ia kotoa pe naʻe ʻalu atu mei Isipite ʻia Mosese? Pea ko hai naʻa ne ʻita ki ai ʻo fangofulu taʻu? ʻikai ko kinautolu ia naʻe angahala, ʻa ia naʻe mokulu honau ngaahi kupu ʻi he Toafa? Pea kohai ʻa kinautolu naʻa ne fuakava ki ai, ʻe ʻikai te nau hu ki hono mālōlōʻanga? ʻikai ko kinautolu naʻe talangataʻa? Pea ʻoku tau vakai, naʻe ʻikai te nau lava ke hu, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau taʻetui.”—Hepelu 3:16-19.
11 He lēsoni mālohi moʻoni ia kiate kitautolu! Koeʻuhí ko ʻenau taʻetui kia Sihová, naʻe ʻikai ai maʻu ʻe he toʻutangata ko iá ʻa e mālōlō naʻá ne talaʻofa kiate kinautolú. Ka, naʻa nau ʻauha ʻi he toafá. Naʻa nau taʻemalava ke mahinoʻi ko ʻenau hoko ko ia ko e hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé, naʻa nau fekauʻaki vāofi ai mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ki hono tokonaki ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻo e māmaní. (Senesi 17:7, 8; 22:18) ʻI he ʻikai ngāue ʻo fehoanaki mo e finangalo fakaʻotuá, naʻe mātuʻaki fakaleluʻi kinautolu ʻe heʻenau ngaahi holi fakaemāmani mo siokitá. ʻOfa ke ʻoua naʻa faifai ange pea tau tō ki ha ʻalunga pehē!—1 Kolinito 10:6, 10.
ʻOku Toe ha Mālōlō
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki naʻe kei ʻi ai ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, pea naʻe lava fēfē ke nau maʻu ia?
12 Hili hono fakamahino mai ko e taʻemalava ʻa ʻIsileli ke hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ko e taʻetuí, naʻe fakahanga ʻe Paula ʻa ʻene tokangá ki hono kaungātuí. Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamahino ʻe he Hepelu 4:1-5, naʻá ne fakapapauʻi kiate kinautolu “ʻoku toe pe ha palomesi ke ta hu ki hono mālōlōʻanga [ʻo e ʻOtuá].” Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Paula kiate kinautolu ke nau tui ki he “ongoongolelei,” he “ʻoku ta hu ki he mālōlōʻanga, ʻa kitaua naʻe tui.” Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻosi toʻo atu ʻa e Laó ia ʻe he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe ʻikai ai ko e lave ia ʻa Paula heni ki he mālōlō fakaesino ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe he Sāpaté. (Kolose 2:13, 14) ʻI heʻene lave ki he Senesi 2:2 mo e Sāme 95:11, naʻe naʻinaʻi ai ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke nau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.
13. ʻI he lave ki he Sāme 95, ko e hā naʻe fakahanga ai ʻe Paula ʻa e tokangá ki he foʻi lea “ʻaho ni”?
13 Ko e malava ko ia ke fai e hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe totonu ke hoko ia ko e “ongoongolelei” ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú, ʻo hangē pē ko e totonu ko ia ke hoko ʻa e mālōlō Sāpaté ko e “ongoongolelei” ki he kau ʻIsileli naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate kinautolú. Ko ia, naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Paula ki hono kaungātuí ke ʻoua te nau fai ʻa e hala tatau ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá. ʻI he lave ki he meʻa ko ia ʻoku hoko ko e Sāme 95:7, 8, ʻi he taimi ní, naʻe fakahanga ai ʻe Paula ʻa e tokangá ki he foʻi lea “ʻaho ni,” neongo kuo fuoloa ʻānoa ʻa e mālōlō ia ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he ngāue fakatupú. (Hepelu 4:6, 7) Ko e hā ʻa e poini ʻa Paulá? Koeʻuhí ko e “ʻaho ko hono fitu,” ʻa ia naʻe fakamavaheʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ke fakaʻatā ai ke fakahoko ʻa ʻene taumuʻa fekauʻaki mo e māmaní pea mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, naʻe kei hokohoko mai pē. Ko ia ai, naʻe fiemaʻu fakavavevave ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané ke ngāue fakataha mo e taumuʻa ko iá kae ʻikai ko e hoko ʻo femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi taumuʻa siokitá. Naʻá ne toe fakaongo atu ai ʻa e fakatokanga: “ʻOua naʻa fakafefeka homou loto.”
14. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahā ʻe Paula ko e “mālōlō” ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe kei hoko pē?
14 Tānaki atu ki aí, naʻe fakahā ʻe Paula ko e talaʻofa “mālōlō” naʻe ʻikai ko e nofo pē ʻi he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tataki ʻa Siosiuá. (Siosiua 21:44) “He ka ne fakamālōlō kinautolu ʻe Sisu (ʻa ia ko Siosiua),” ko e fakaʻuhinga ia ʻa Paulá, “pehe ne ʻikai te ne folofola ki mui ki ha ʻaho kehe.” ʻI he vakai ki he meʻa ko iá, naʻe tānaki mai ai ʻe Paula: “ʻOku toe pe ha mālōlō fakasapate maʻá e kakai ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Hepelu 4:8, 9) Ko e hā ʻa e “mālōlō fakasapate” ko iá?
Hū ki he Mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá
15, 16. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e kupuʻi lea “mālōlō fakasapate”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ‘mālōlō mei haʻatá ngāue’?
15 Ko e kupuʻi lea “mālōlō fakasapate” ʻoku liliu ia mei ha foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e “fakasāpate.” (Kingdom Interlinear) ʻOku pehē ʻe palōfesa William Lane: “Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kupuʻi leá ʻa ʻene kiʻi makehé mei he fakahinohino Sāpate ko ia naʻe fakatupulekina ʻi he lotu faka-Siú ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he Ekisoto 20:8-10, ʻa ia ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai ko e mālōloó mo e fakahīkihikí ʻokú na ō ua . . . [ʻOkú ne] fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga makehe ʻo e kātoangá mo e fiefiá, ʻa ia ʻoku hā ʻi he lotu mo e fakahīkihikiʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko ia ai, ko e mālōlō naʻe talaʻofá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha veteange pē mei he ngāué. Ko ha liliu ia mei he ngāue fakahela mo taʻehataumuʻá ki he ngāue fakafiefia ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá.
16 ʻOku fakatokangaʻi eni ʻi he ngaahi lea hoko mai ʻa Paulá: “He ko ia naʻa ne hu ki hono malōlōʻanga, naʻa ne mālōlō ʻe ia foki mei heʻene ngaahi ngaue, ʻo hange tofu pe ko e ʻOtua mei haʻana.” (Hepelu 4:10) Naʻe ʻikai ko e mālōlō ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho fakaefakatupu hono fitú ko haʻane helaʻia. Ka, naʻá ne mālōlō mei he ngāue fakaefakatupu fakaemāmaní koeʻuhí ke fakaʻatā ʻa e ngāue ʻa hono nimá ke tupulekina pea aʻu ki hono lāngilangi kakató, maʻa hono fakahīkihikiʻi mo fakalāngilangiʻi. ʻI he hoko ko e konga ʻo e fakatupu ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku totonu ke tau toe hao atu mo kitautolu ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko iá. ʻOku totonu ke tau ‘mālōlō mei heʻetau ngaahi ngāué,’ ʻa ia, ko e totonu ke tukuā ʻetau feinga ko ia ke fakatonuhiaʻi kitautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi ha feinga ke maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻuí. Ko hono kehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau tui ʻoku fakatefito hotau fakamoʻuí ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia ʻe fakafou ai ʻa e toe fakafoki ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē ke fehoanaki mo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Efeso 1:8-14; Kolose 1:19, 20.
Ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e Koto Mālohi
17. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻalunga naʻe tuli ki ai ʻa ʻIsileli fakaekakano kuo pau ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei aí?
17 Naʻe taʻemalava ke hū ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he mālōlōʻanga naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko ʻenau talangataʻá mo e taʻetuí. ʻI heʻene peheé, naʻe naʻinaʻi ai ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú: “Ke tau tōtōivi ke hu ki he mālōlōʻanga ko ia, naʻa ai ha taha ʻe to ki he anga talangataʻa ko ia.” (Hepelu 4:11) Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Siu ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻe ʻikai te nau tui kia Sīsū, pea ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu naʻe faingataʻaʻia lahi ʻi he taimi naʻe ngata ai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú ʻi he 70 T.S. He mahuʻinga lahi ē kiate kitautolu ke maʻu ʻa e tui ki he folofola talaʻofa ko ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ní!
18. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga naʻe ʻomai ʻe Paula ke tui ai ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e “masila ange ʻi he heleta fakatoumata fuape” ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
18 ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga mālohi ke tui ai ki he folofola ʻa Sihová. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtua, ko e koto malohi, pea masila ange ʻi he heleta fakatoumata fuape; ʻo ne ʻasi atu ʻo māioioʻi ʻa e loto mo e laumalie, ʻio, hono ngaahi hokonga mo e uho; pea ʻoku ne vavangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi holi mo e fakakaukau ʻo e loto.” (Hepelu 4:12) ʻIo, ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, pe pōpoakí, ʻoku “masila ange ʻi he heleta fakatoumata.” Naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Kalisitiane Hepeluú ke nau manatuʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ki heʻenau fanga kuí. ʻI hono taʻetokangaʻi ʻa e fakamaau ko ia ʻa Sihova te nau ʻauha ʻi he toafá, naʻa nau feinga kinautolu ke hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. Ka naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Mōsese kiate kinautolu: “Ko haʻa Amaleki mo haʻa Kenani ena ʻoku hanga mai, pea te mou to ʻi he heleta.” ʻI he taimi naʻe tutui ongongataʻa atu ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻe “ʻalu hifo ʻa haʻa Amaleki mo haʻa Kenani naʻe nofo ʻi he moʻunga ko ia, ʻo nau teʻia kinautolu mo laiki, ʻo aʻu ki Hoama.” (Nomipa 14:39-45) Ko e folofola ʻa Sihová ʻoku māsila ange ia ʻi he heletā fakatou mata fua pē, pea ka ai ha taha te ne taʻetokangaʻi fakakaukauʻi pē ia kuo pau ke ne utu hono ngaahi nunuʻá.—Kaletia 6:7-9.
19. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e mālohi ʻa e “māioioʻi” ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau ʻilo te tau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá?
19 Ko e mālohi moʻoni ia ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻoku “ne ʻasi atu ʻo māioioʻi ʻa e loto mo e laumalie, ʻio, hono ngaahi hokonga mo e uho”! ʻOkú ne hū atu ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau mo e ngaahi fakaueʻiloto ʻo e tokotaha tāutaha, ʻo ne maioioʻi fakaefakatātā ʻo aʻu atu ki he uho ʻi he konga taupotu ki loto ʻo e huí! Neongo naʻe loto-lelei ʻa e kau ʻIsileli naʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi mei he pōpula ki ʻIsipité ke tauhi ʻa e Laó, naʻe ʻafioʻi loloto ʻe Sihova ia naʻe ʻikai te nau houngaʻia kinautolu ʻi heʻene ngaahi tokonakí mo ʻene ngaahi fiemaʻú. (Sāme 95:7-11) ʻI he ʻikai ke fai ki hono finangaló, naʻa nau tokanga pē kinautolu ki hono fakafiemālieʻi ʻenau ngaahi holi fakaekakanó. Ko ia ai, naʻe ʻikai te nau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá, ka naʻa nau ʻauha ʻi he toafá. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau tukulotoʻi ʻa e meʻa ko iá, he “ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa kuo ngaohi ʻe taeʻata pe ki he [ʻOtuá]: ka ʻoku telefua mo tokaimaʻananga ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe ki he fofonga ʻo ia ʻoku tau fakamāu ki ai.” (Hepelu 4:13) Ko ia, ʻofa ke tau fakahoko hotau fakatapui kia Sihová pea ʻoua ʻe “holomui . . . ki mala.”—Hepelu 10:39.
20. Ko e hā ʻoku hanga mai mei muʻá, pea ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai he taimí ni ka tau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá?
20 Neongo ko “hono fitu ʻo e ʻaho”—ʻa e ʻaho mālōlō ʻo e ʻOtuá—ʻoku kei hokohoko mai pē, ʻokú ne tokanga pē ki hono fakakakato ʻo ʻene talaʻofa ko ia fekauʻaki mo e māmaní pea mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku vavé ni ʻaupito, ke ngāue ʻa e Tuʻi faka-Mīsaiá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ke toʻo atu mei he māmaní ʻa e kau fakafepaki kotoa pē ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, kau ai ʻa Sētane ko e Tēvoló. Lolotonga ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Afe ʻa Kalaisí, ʻe ʻomi ai ʻe Sīsū mo hono kaungāpule ʻe toko 144,000 ʻa e māmaní mo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he tuʻunga naʻe taumuʻa ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Fakahā 14:1; 20:1-6) Ko e taimi eni kiate kitautolu ke fakamoʻoniʻi ai ko ʻetau moʻuí ʻoku fakatefito takai pē ʻi he finangalo ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. ʻI he ʻikai ko e fekumi ke fakatonuhiaʻi kitautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá pea fakamuʻomuʻa ʻetau ngaahi mahuʻingaʻia pē ʻatautolú, ko e taimi eni ke tau ‘mālōlō ai mei heʻetau ngaahi ngāué’ pea ngāue ʻaufuatō ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá. ʻI heʻetau fai iá pea ʻi he nofo anga-tonu ai pē ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní, ʻa Sihova, te tau maʻu ai ʻa e monū ʻo e fiefia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e mālōlō ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimí ni pea taʻengata.
Te Ke Lava ʻo Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi “hono ʻaho fitu”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e mālōlō naʻe mei lava ke fiefia ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, ka ko e hā naʻe taʻemalava ai ke nau hū ki aí?
◻ Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau faí ka tau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e moʻui, mālohi, pea māsila ange ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he heletā fakatoumata fuapē.
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Naʻe tauhi ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e Sāpaté, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOkú ke ʻilo hono ʻuhingá?