Faʻa Leʻo pea Tōtōivi!

“Ko ia mou [“hanganaki,” NW] leʻo, he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo hono ʻaho, ʻumaʻā hono houa.”​—MĀTIU 25:13.

 1. Ko e hā naʻe ʻamanaki ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné?

ʻI HE fetalanoaʻaki fakamuimui taha ʻi he Tohitapú, naʻe talaʻofa ai ʻa Sīsū: “Oku ou haʻu vave.” Naʻe tali ange ʻe heʻene ʻapositolo ko Sioné: “Emeni. . . . Eiki Jisu, ke ke haele mai.” Naʻe ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻa e ʻapositoló ʻe haʻu ʻa Sīsū. Ko Sioné naʻá ne ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau ʻapositolo ko ia naʻa nau ʻeke kia Sīsū: “ʻE hoko fakakū ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakaʻilonga ʻo hoʻo ʻi aí [faka-Kalisi, pa·rou·siʹa], mo e fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ní?” ʻIo, naʻe ʻamanaki tuipau ʻa Sione ki he ʻi ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he kahaʻú.​—Fakahā 22:​20, PM; Mātiu 24:3, NW.

 2. Ki he ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú, ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻi he ngaahi siasí?

² ʻOku tātātaha ʻa e tuipau peheé ʻi he ngaahi ʻahó ni. Ko e ngaahi siasi lahi ʻoku nau maʻu ha tokāteline fakaʻofisiale fekauʻaki mo e “haʻu” ʻa Sīsuú, ka ko e tokosiʻi pē ʻo honau kau mēmipá ʻoku nau ʻamanekina moʻoni iá. ʻOku nau moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he taʻeʻamanekina ko iá. Ko e tohi The Parousia in the New Testament ʻoku fakamatala ai: “ʻOku siʻi ʻa e tākiekina mohu ʻuhinga ʻa e ʻamanaki ki he Parousia ʻi he moʻui, fakakaukau mo e ngāue ʻa e siasí. . . . Ko e fuʻu fakavavevave ko ia ʻoku totonu ke faiʻaki ʻe he siasí ʻene ngaahi ngāue ʻo e fakatomalá pea mo e fanongonongo fakamisinale ʻo e kōsipelí, kapau kuo ʻikai mole fakakātoa, ʻoku vaivai.” Kae ʻikai ki he tokotaha kotoa pē!

 3. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní fekauʻaki mo e pa·rou·siʹa? (e) Te tau lāulea tautefito ki he hā he taimí ni?

³ Ko e kau ākonga moʻoni ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku nau tatali loto-vēkeveke ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá. Lolotonga ʻo e fai pehē mateakí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau tauhi ʻa e vakai totonu ki he meʻa kotoa ʻoku kau ki he ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú pea ngāue ʻo fakatatau ki ai. Te ne ʻai ai ke tau malava ke ‘kataki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻangá, pea moʻui.’ (Mātiu 24:​13) ʻI he ʻalunga ʻo hono fai ʻo e kikite ko ia ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Mātiu vahe 24 mo e 25, naʻe tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fakahinohino fakapotopoto ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau ngāueʻaki, maʻa ʻetau lelei tuʻuloá. ʻOku ʻi he vahe 25 ʻa e ngaahi pealapeli ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi nai, ʻo kau ai ʻa e taha fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻou ʻe toko hongofulú (ʻa e kau tāupoʻou potó mo e kau tāupoʻou valé) pea mo e pealapeli ʻo e ngaahi talēnití. (Mātiu 25:​1-​30) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he ongo talanoa fakatātā ko iá?

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 4. Ko e hā ʻa e poini tefito ʻo e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻoú?

⁴ Te ke fakaʻamu nai ke toe lau ʻa e pealapeli ʻo e kau tāupoʻoú, ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Mātiu 25:​1-​13. Ko e ʻātakaí ko ha fuʻu kātoanga mali lahi faka-Siu ʻa ia ʻoku ʻalu ai ʻa e tangata taʻané ki he fale ʻo e tamai ʻa e taʻahine malí ke fakafeʻao ia ki he ʻapi ʻo e tangata taʻané (pe ki he ʻapi ʻo ʻene tamaí). Ko ha fononga pehē ʻe kau nai ki ai ʻa e kau tāmeʻalea mo e kau hiva, pea ko e taimi ʻo ʻene aʻu atú ʻe ʻikai ke ʻiloʻi tonu. ʻI he pealapelí, naʻe tatali ʻa e kau tāupoʻoú ʻi he poó ki he aʻu ange ʻa e tangata taʻané. Naʻe fakavalevale ʻa e toko nima ʻo ʻikai ʻomai ha lolo maama feʻunga pea ko ia ai naʻe pau ke nau ō ʻo toe fakatau mai. Ko e toko nima kehé naʻa nau fakapotopoto ʻo ʻomai ha lolo lahi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaiʻanga loló koeʻuhi ke nau lava ʻo toe fakafonu ʻenau ngaahi māmá ʻo kapau ʻe fiemaʻu he lolotonga ʻenau tatalí. Ko e toko nima pē ko ení naʻa nau ʻi ai mo mateuteu ʻi he taimi naʻe aʻu atu ai ʻa e tangata taʻané. Ko ia ai, ko kinautolu pē naʻe fakangofua ke nau hū ki he kātoangá. ʻI he taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa e kau tāupoʻou valé, naʻa nau mātuʻaki tōmui ke hū.

 5. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohitapu ʻoku nau fakamaama ʻa e ʻuhinga fakaefakatātā ʻo e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻoú?

⁵ ʻOku lava ke mahino ʻa e tuʻu fakaefakatātā ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi ʻo e pealapelí ni. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku lau ʻa e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú fekauʻaki mo Sīsū ko ha tangata taʻane. (Sione 3:​28-​30) Naʻe fakatatau ʻe Sīsū ʻa ia tonu ki ha foha ʻo ha tuʻi ʻa ia naʻe teuteu ki ai ha kātoanga kai ki heʻene malí. (Mātiu 22:​1-​14) Pea ʻoku fakahoa ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa Kalaisi ki ha husepāniti. (Efeso 5:​23) ʻOku mahuʻingá, lolotonga ʻoku toe fakamatalaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ko e “taʻahine” ʻa Kalaisi, ʻoku ʻikai lave ʻa e pealapelí ia ki ha taʻahine mali. (Sione 3:​29; Fakahā 19:7; 21:​2, 9) Neongo ia, ʻoku lau ia ʻo kau ki ha kau tāupoʻou ʻe toko hongofulu, pea ʻoku toe fakatatau ʻa e kau paní ki ha tāupoʻou kuo palōmesi ki ha mali mo Kalaisi.​—2 Kolinito 11:2, PM.a

 6. Ko e hā ʻa e enginaki naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ʻi heʻene fakaʻosi ʻa e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻoú?

⁶ Tuku kehe ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki peheé pea mo ha ngaahi kaunga fakaekikite pē, ʻoku ʻi ai moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni lelei ʻe lava ke tau ako mei he pealapelí ni. Hangē ko ení, fakatokangaʻi naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ia ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi lea: “Ko ia mou hanganaki leʻo, he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo hono ʻaho, ʻumaʻā hono houa.” Ko ia, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he pealapelí ʻa e fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu taki taha ke tau faʻa leʻo, ke tokanga ki he ngataʻanga ʻoku tuʻunuku mai ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ení. ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia ʻa e hoko mai ʻo e ngataʻanga ko ení, neongo ʻoku ʻikai lava ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻa e ʻahó. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, fakatokangaʻi ange ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he ongo kulupu ʻo e kau tāupoʻoú.

 7. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e vale ʻa e toko nima ʻo e kau tāupoʻou ʻi he pealapelí?

⁷ Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko honau toko nima ko e kau fai vale.” Naʻe peheé koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau tui ʻe haʻu ʻa e tangata taʻané? Naʻa nau ʻalú ke tuli ki he ngaahi mālié? Pe naʻe kākaaʻi kinautolu? Hala ha taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsuú, ko e toko nimá ni naʻa nau “ʻalu . . . ke kau ʻi [he] fakafetaulaki ʻo e ʻeiki-taʻane.” Naʻa nau ʻiloʻi naʻá ne haʻu, pea naʻa nau loto ke kau ki ai, naʻa mo e kau ki he “katoanga.” Ka, naʻa nau mateuteu feʻunga? Naʻa nau tatali kiate ia ʻi ha kiʻi taimi, ʻo aʻu ki he “tuʻuapō,” ka naʻe ʻikai te nau mateuteu ki heʻene aʻu maí ʻi ha taimi pē ʻe hoko aí​—tatau ai pē pe ko e ki muʻa pe ki mui ʻi he meʻa naʻa nau ʻuluaki ʻamanekiná.

 8. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he toko nima ʻo e kau tāupoʻou ʻi he pealapelí ʻenau fakapotopotó?

⁸ Ko e toko nima kehé​—ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe ui ʻe Sīsū ko e kau potó​—naʻa nau toe ʻalu atu mo kinautolu mo e ngaahi maama kuo tutu, ʻi he ʻamanekina ʻo e aʻu mai ʻa e tangata taʻané. Naʻe pau ke nau tatali mo kinautolu foki, ka naʻa nau “fakapotopoto.” Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu ko e “fakapotopoto” ʻoku lava ke ne ʻomai ʻa e ʻuhinga ko e “poto, ʻiloʻilo, mo e poto ʻaonga.” Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he toko nimá ni naʻa nau fakapotopotó ʻaki ʻenau ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaiʻanga loló fakataha mo e lolo lahi ange ke toe fakafonuʻaki ʻenau ngaahi māmá kapau ʻe fiemaʻu. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻa nau mātuʻaki fakataumuʻa ke hoko ʻo mateuteu ki he tangata taʻané ʻo ʻikai ai te nau toe foaki ʻenau loló. Naʻe ʻikai ke fakataumuʻa hala ʻa e faʻa leʻo peheé, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe heʻenau ʻi ai pea mateuteu kakato ʻi he taimi naʻe aʻu atu ai ʻa e tangata taʻané. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe “ʻosi ʻenau teu naʻa nau ʻalu atu mo ia ʻo hu ki he katoanga, pea tapuni ʻa e matapa.”

 9, 10. Ko e hā ʻa e poini ʻo e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻoú, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolú?

⁹ Naʻe ʻikai ko hano ʻomai ia ʻe Sīsū ha lēsoni ki he ʻulungaanga taau ʻi he malí, pe ko haʻane ʻomai ha akonaki fekauʻaki mo e fevahevaheʻakí. Ko ʻene poiní eni: “Ko ia mou hanganaki leʻo, he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo hono ʻaho, ʻumaʻā hono houa.” ʻEke hifo kiate koe, ‘ʻOku ou faʻa leʻo moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú?’ ʻOku tau tui ʻoku lolotonga pule ʻa Sīsū ʻi hēvani, ka ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻetau tokangataha ki he moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e ‘Fanautama ʻa Tangatá ʻoku hoko mai, ʻokú ne heka ki he ngāhi ʻao ʻo e langí pea haʻu mo ia ʻa e fakangeingei mo e nāunau lahí?’ (Mātiu 24:30) ʻI he “tuʻuapō,” ko e aʻu mai ʻa e tangata taʻané naʻe ofi moʻoni mai ange ia ʻi he ʻuluaki taimi naʻe ʻalu atu ai ʻa e kau tāupoʻoú ke fakafetaulaki kiate iá. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e aʻu mai ʻa e Fānautama ʻa Tangatá ke fakaʻauha ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu lolotongá ʻoku ofi ange ia ʻi he taimi naʻa tau kamata ke ʻamanaki atu ai ki heʻene haʻú. (Loma 13:​11-​14) Kuo tau tauhi maʻu ʻetau faʻa leʻó, naʻa mo e toe faʻa leʻo lahi ange ʻi he ofi ange mai ʻa e taimi ko iá?

¹⁰ Ke talangofua ki he fekau “mou hanganaki leʻo” ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e faʻa leʻo tuʻumaʻu. Naʻe tuku ʻe ha kau tāupoʻou ʻe toko nima ke ʻosi ʻenau loló pea nau ō ke toe fakatau mai. ʻE fakaleluʻi meimei tatau nai ha Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻahó ni koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te ne mateuteu kakato ki he aʻu mai ʻa Sīsū ʻoku tuʻunuku maí. Naʻe hoko ia ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. ʻE lava ke hoko ia ki he niʻihi ʻi he ʻahó ni. Ko ia tau ʻeke hifo angé kiate kitautolú, ‘ʻOku hoko ia kiate au?’​—1 Tesalonaika 5:​6-8; Hepelu 2:1; 3:​12; 12:3; Fakahā 16:15.

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11. Ko e hā ʻa e pealapeli hono hoko naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú, pea naʻe meimei tatau ia mo e hā?

¹¹ ʻI heʻene pealapeli hokó, naʻe fai ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ʻi hono uki pē hono kau muimuí ke nau faʻa leʻó. Hili e talanoa fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻou potó pea mo e kau tāupoʻou valé, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e talanoa fakatātā ki he ngaahi talēnití. (Lau ʻa e Mātiu 25:​14-​30.) ʻI he ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi ʻoku faitatau eni mo ʻene pealapeli ki muʻa fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi miná, ʻa ia, naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū koeʻuhi ko e tokolahi naʻa nau “ʻamanaki . . . ʻoku panaki ʻaupito ʻa e fakaha mai ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtua.”​—Luke 19:​11-​27.

12. Ko e hā ʻa e poini tefito ʻo e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi talēnití?

¹² ʻI he pealapeli ʻo e ngaahi talēnití, naʻe talanoa ai ʻa Sīsū ki ha tangata, ʻa ia, ki muʻa ke ne fai ha fononga ki muli, naʻá ne fekau ke haʻu ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ʻe toko tolu. Ki he tokotaha naʻá ne tuku ki ai ʻa e talēniti ʻe nima, ki he taha ko e ua, pea ki he tokotaha fakaʻosí ko e taha pē​—“ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau mafai taki taha.” Hangehangē, naʻe ʻuhinga eni ko ha talēniti siliva, ʻi ha tuʻunga ko hono lahí ko e mahuʻinga ia ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻo e meʻa ʻe ngāueʻi ʻo maʻu ʻe ha tokotaha leipa ʻi he taʻu ʻe 14​—ko ha paʻanga lahi! ʻI he taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa e tangatá, naʻá ne fekau ke fakamatala ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeikí ki he meʻa naʻa nau fai lolotonga e taimi “fuoloa” naʻá ne mamaʻo aí. Ko e ongo ʻuluaki tamaioʻeikí naʻá na ʻomai ʻo liunga ua ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e meʻa naʻe tuku ange kiate kinauá. Naʻá ne pehē ange “malo,” ʻo ne talaʻofa ange ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻa e fatongia lahi ange, pea fakaʻosiʻaki: “Hū koe ki he fiefiaʻanga ʻo hoʻo ʻEiki.” ʻI he taukaveʻi naʻe tōtuʻa ʻa e meʻa naʻe kounaʻi ʻe he ʻeikí, naʻe ʻikai fai ha ngāue fakatupu ʻaki ʻa e talēnití ʻe he tamaioʻeiki naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e talēniti ʻe tahá. Naʻá ne fufū ʻa e paʻangá, naʻa mo e ʻikai ke fakahū ia ki he kau ngāue pangikeé ke maʻu mei ai ha tupu. Naʻe ui ia ʻe he ʻeikí ko e “pauʻu mo fakapikopiko” koeʻuhi he naʻá ne ngāue fakafepaki ki he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻa hono pulé. Ko hono nunuʻá, naʻe ʻave meiate ia ʻa e talēnití, pea naʻe tuku ia ki tuʻa “ko e potu ia ʻe toki hoko ai ʻa e tangi mo e fengaiʻitaki ʻo e nifo.”

13. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene hangē ko e ʻeiki ʻi he pealapelí?

¹³ ʻI ha toe meʻa ʻe taha, ʻe lava ke mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻo e meʻá ni ʻi ha ʻuhinga fakaefakatātā. Ko e fakatātaá, ko Sīsū, naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he tangata naʻe fononga ki mulí, te ne tuku ʻa ʻene kau ākongá, kae ʻalu ki hēvani, pea tali ai ʻi ha taimi fuoloa kae ʻoua ke ne maʻu hono mafai fakatuʻí.b (Sāme 110:​1-4; Ngāue 2:​34-​36; Loma 8:​34; Hepelu 10:​12, 13) Ko ia ai, ʻoku toe lava ke tau sio ai ki ha lēsoni pe tefitoʻi moʻoni lahi ange ʻa ia ko e kotoa ʻo kitautolú ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāueʻaki ia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. Ko e hā ia?

14. Ko e hā ʻa e fiemaʻu mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻi he pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi talēnití?

¹⁴ Pe ko ʻetau ʻamanakí ko ha moʻui taʻefaʻamate ʻi hēvani pe ko ha moʻui taʻengata ʻi ha māmani palataisi, ʻoku mahino mei he pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga mālohi ʻi he ngaahi ngāue faka-Kalisitiané. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e pōpoaki ʻo e pealapeli ko ení ʻe lava ke fakanounou ia ʻi he foʻi lea: tōtōivi. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ʻa e sīpingá mei he Penitekosi 33 T.S. ʻo faai mai ai. ʻOku tau lau: “Pea naʻe lahi foki mo ʻene ngaahi lea kehekehe [ʻa Pita] naʻa ne fakamamafaʻaki, mo ne toutou enginaki kinautolu, heʻene pehē, Mou tuku kimoutolu ke fakamoʻui mei he faʻahinga angakehe ko eni.” (Ngāue 2:​40-​42) Pea he ola lelei moʻoni ia naʻá ne maʻu ʻi heʻene ngaahi feingá! ʻI he kau atu ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki he kau ʻapositoló ʻi he ngāue fakamalanga faka-Kalisitiané, naʻa nau tōtōivi mo kinautolu foki, ʻi he “ʻi mamani katoa” ʻa e ongoongo leleí.​—Kolose 1:​3-6, 23; 1 Kolinito 3:​5-9.

15. Ko e hā ʻa e founga makehe ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāueʻaki ki ai ʻa e poini tefito ʻo e pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi talēnití?

¹⁵ Tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e potutohi ʻo e pealapelí ni​—ko ha kikite fekauʻaki mo e ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e fakapapau feʻunga ko e pa·rou·siʹa ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku hoko ia pea ʻe vave ʻa ʻene aʻu ki ha tumutumú. Manatu ki he fakafelāveʻi naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ki he vahaʻa ʻo e “ngataʻanga” pea mo e ngāue ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané: “Pea ʻe ʻoua ke fanongonongo ki mamani katoa ʻa e ongoongolelei ko eni ʻo e puleʻanga, ke ai ha fakamatala ki he ngāhi kakai kotoa pe, pea toki hoko ʻa e ngataʻanga.” (Mātiu 24:14) ʻI he nofo ʻi heʻetau fakakaukaú ʻa e meʻá ni, ko e kalasi tamaioʻeiki fē ʻoku tau tatau mo iá? ʻEke hifo kiate koe: ‘ʻE ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga ke fakaʻosiʻaki ʻoku ou hangē ko e tamaioʻeiki ko ia naʻá ne fufū ʻa e meʻa naʻe tuku kiate iá, mahalo pē lolotonga ia naʻá ne tokangaʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi meʻa fakafoʻituitui pē ʻaʻaná? Pe ʻoku hā mahino ʻoku ou hangē ko e ongo meʻa ko ia naʻá na lelei mo lototoó? ʻOku ou fakapapauʻi fakaʻaufuli ke fakalahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he taimi kotoa pē?’

Faʻa Leʻo mo Tōtōivi Lolotonga ʻEne ʻI Aí

16. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki ʻoku ʻomai maʻau ʻe he ongo pealapeli ko ia kuo tau lāulea ki aí?

¹⁶ ʻIo, tuku kehe ʻa hona ʻuhinga fakaefakatātā mo fakaekikité, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he ongo pealapelí ni kiate kitautolu ha fakalototoʻa mahino ʻa ia naʻe haʻu mei he fofonga tonu ʻo Sīsuú. Ko ʻene pōpoakí ʻa eni: Faʻa leʻo; tōtōivi, tautefito ʻi he vakai atu ki he fakaʻilonga ʻo e pa·rou·siʹa ʻa Kalaisí. ʻA ia ko e taimí ni. Ko ia, ʻoku tau hoko moʻoni ʻo faʻa leʻo mo tōtōivi?

17, 18. Ko e hā ʻa e naʻinaʻi ʻa e ākonga ko Sēmisí fekauʻaki mo e ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú?

¹⁷ Ko e tokoua faʻē-taha ʻo Sīsū ko Sēmisí naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé ke fanongo ʻi he kikite ʻa Sīsuú; ka naʻá ne ʻilo ki ai ki mui, pea naʻá ne mahinoʻi lelei ʻa hono ʻuhingá. Naʻá ne tohi: “Ko ia, kainga, mou kataki pe ʻo aʻu ki he hoko mai [“ʻi ai,” NW] ʻa e ʻEiki. Vakai ʻoku nofoʻaki tali ʻa e faʻa ki he fua mahuʻinga ʻo e kelekele; pea ʻoku ne kataki hono tauhi, kaeʻoua ke to ki ai ʻa e ʻuha muʻa mo e ʻuha mui. Ke mou kataki mo kimoutolu; poupou homou loto: he kuo ofi ʻa e hoko mai [“ʻi ai,” NW] ʻa e ʻEiki.”​—Semisi 5:​7, 8, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.

¹⁸ ʻI hono ʻoange ʻa e fakapapau ʻe fakamāuʻi fakafili ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ngāuehalaʻaki ʻenau koloá, naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Sēmisi ki he kau Kalisitiané ke ʻoua te nau taʻefaʻakātaki lolotonga ʻenau tatali ki he ngāue mai ʻa Sihová. ʻE hoko nai ha Kalisitiane taʻefaʻakātaki ʻo faisāuni, ʻo hangē ia ko ia tonu kuo pau ke ne fakatonuʻi ʻa e ngaahi fehālaaki naʻe faí. Ka, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke pehē, koeʻuhi ko e taimi ʻo e fakamāú ʻoku pau ke hoko mai. Ko e fakatātā ki he faʻá ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ia, hangē ko ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sēmisí.

19. Naʻe lava ke ngāueʻi ʻe ha tokotaha faʻa ʻIsileli ʻa e faʻahinga kātaki fēfē?

¹⁹ Ko ha faʻa ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻá ne tō ʻa e tengá naʻe pau ke ne tatali, ʻuluakí ke ʻasi hake ʻa e laú, pea ki he kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú leva ke matuʻotuʻa, pea fakaʻosí ki he utu-taʻú. (Luke 8:​5-8; Sione 4:​35) ʻI he ngaahi māhina ko iá, naʻe ʻi ai ha taimi pea mahalo nai ko ha ngaahi tupuʻanga, ki ha loto-moʻua. ʻE hoko mai nai ʻa e ʻuha muʻá pea feʻunga? Fēfē ʻa e ʻuha muí? ʻE tāmateʻi nai ʻe ha fanga kiʻi ʻinisēkite pe ko ha afā ʻa e fanga kiʻi fuʻu ʻakaú? (Fakafehoanaki mo Sioeli 1:4; 2:​23-​25.) Ka neongo ia, ko hono fakalūkufuá ko ha faʻa ʻIsileli naʻe lava ke ne falala kia Sihova pea mo e ngaahi vilo takai fakanatula kuó ne fokotuʻú. (Teutalonome 11:14; Selemaia 5:​24) Ko e kātaki ʻa e faʻá ʻe lava moʻoni ke iku ia ki he ʻamanaki tuipau. ʻI he tuí naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e meʻa ko ia naʻá ne tatali ki aí ʻe hoko mai ia. ʻE hoko moʻoni ia!

20. ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e kātakí ʻi he fehoanaki mo e akonaki ʻa Sēmisí?

²⁰ Lolotonga ʻoku ʻi ai nai ha ʻilo ʻa e faʻá ki he taimi ʻe hoko ai ʻa e utu-taʻú, naʻe ʻikai lava ke fikaʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa e taimi ʻe hoko ai ʻa e ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú. Neongo ia, naʻe pau ke hoko mai ia. Naʻe tohi ʻe Sēmisi: “Kuo ofi ʻa e [“ʻi ai,” NW; faka-Kalisí, pa·rou·siʹa] ʻa e ʻEiki.” ʻI he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻe Sēmisi ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ení, ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo e ʻi ai ʻa Kalaisí ʻi ha tuʻunga lahi, pe fakakātoá, naʻe teʻeki ai fakamoʻoniʻi ia. Ka kuo hoko ia he taimí ni! Ko ia, ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau ongoʻí ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ko ení? Ko e fakaʻilongá ʻoku hā moʻoni mai ia. ʻOku tau sio ki ai. ʻOku lava ke tau leaʻaki ʻa e fakapapau, ‘ʻOku ou sio ki hono fakahoko ʻo e fakaʻilongá.’ ʻOku lava ke tau lea ʻi he tuipau, ‘Kuo ofi ʻa e ʻi ai ʻa e ʻEikí.’

21. Ko e hā ʻoku tau mātuʻaki fakapapauʻi ke faí?

²¹ Koeʻuhi ko e tuʻungá ia, ʻoku tau maʻu ai tautefito ʻa e ʻuhinga mālohi ke ʻai ki hotau lotó pea ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni tefito ʻo e ongo pealapeli ʻa Sīsū kuo tau lāulea ki aí. Naʻá ne pehē: “Ko ia mou leʻo, he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo hono ʻaho, ʻumaʻā hono houa.” (Mātiu 25:13) Ko e taimi taʻetoefehuʻia eni kiate kitautolu ke faivelenga ai ʻi heʻetau ngāue faka-Kalisitiané. Tau fakahaaʻi fakaʻaho ʻi heʻetau moʻuí ʻoku mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa e poini ʻa Sīsuú. Tau hoko ʻo faʻa leʻo! Tau hoko ʻo tōtōivi!

[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]

ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?

◻ Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki tefito kuó ke maʻu mei he pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻou potó pea mo e kau tāupoʻou valé?

◻ Fakafou ʻi he pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi talēnití, ko e hā ʻa e fakahinohino tefito ʻoku fai mai ʻe Sīsū kiate koé?

◻ ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku hoko ai ʻa hoʻo kātakí ʻi heʻene felāveʻi mo e pa·rou·siʹa ʻo hangē ko ia ko ha faʻa ʻIsilelí?

◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tautefito ai ʻa e hoko eni ko ha taimi fakalotomāfana mo mahuʻinga ke moʻui aí?

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Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni ʻokú ke ako mei he pealapeli fekauʻaki mo e kau tāupoʻoú pea mo ia fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi talēnití?