ʻOkú Ke Faitōnunga ʻi he Meʻa Kotoa Pē?
“Ko ia ʻoku ne lototō ʻi he meʻa ʻoku siʻi, te ne lototō foki ʻi he meʻa ʻoku lahi.”—LUKE 16:10.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku faitōnunga ai ʻa Sihová?
ʻI HE ʻalu atu ʻa e ʻahó, kuó ke fakatokangaʻi ʻi ha taimi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hoko ki he ʻata ʻo ha fuʻu ʻakau ʻi he kelekelé? ʻĀua, he feliliuaki ē ko e lahi ʻo e ʻatá mo e tafaʻaki ʻoku huʻu ki aí! Ko e ngaahi feinga mo e palōmesi ʻa e tangatá ʻoku faʻa toutou feliliuaki ia ʻo hangē pē ko ha ʻatá. Ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku ʻikai ke liliu ia fakataha mo e taimí. ʻI he lave kiate ia ko e “Tamai oe gaahi māma,” ʻoku pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí: “ʻOku ikai i ai ha fetooaki, be ko e ata oe feliliuaki.” (Semisi 1:17, PM) ʻOku tuʻumaʻu mo alafalalaʻanga ʻa Sihova, ʻo aʻu ki he fanga kiʻi fakaikiiki valevale tahá. Ko iá “‘ko ha ʻOtua ʻo e faitōnunga.”—Teutalonome 32:4, NW.
2. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau sivisiviʻi kitautolu ke fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku tau faitōnungá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e faitōnungá te tau lāulea ki aí?
2 ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he alafalalaʻanga ko ia ʻa ʻene kau lotú? ʻI he founga tatau mo ia naʻe fai ʻe Tēvitá, naʻá ne pehē ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolu: “E jio mau hoku mata ki he kakai agatonu [pe faitōnunga] i he fonua, koeuhi ke mau nonofo mo au: ko ia oku eveeva i he hala haohaoa, ko ia ia e tauhi au.” (Sāme 101:6, PM) ʻIo, ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e fiefia ʻi he faitōnunga ʻa ʻene kau sevānití. ʻI ha ʻuhinga lelei, naʻe tohi ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Oku amanaki ki he kau tauhi, ke nau fai totonu.” (1 Kolinito 4:2, PM) Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he hoko ʻo faitōnungá? ʻI he ngaahi tafaʻaki fē ʻo e moʻuí ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāue ai ʻi he tuʻunga faitōnungá? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e “eveeva i he hala haohaoa”?
ʻUhinga ʻo e Hoko ʻo Faitōnungá
3. Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku tau faitōnungá?
3 “Ko Mōsesé ko ha tokotaha tauhi ia naʻe faitōnunga,” ko e lau ia ʻa Hepelu 3:5 (NW). Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻai ʻa e palōfita ko Mōsesé ke faitōnungá? ʻI he langa pea mo hono fokotuʻu ʻo e tāpanekalé, naʻe “fai ia e Mosese: o hage koe mea kotoabe nae fekau e Jihova kiate ia, nae behe ene fai.” (Ekisoto 40:16, PM) ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau lotu ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau fakahāhā ʻa e faitōnungá ʻaki ʻa e tauhi talangofua kiate ia. ʻOku kau moʻoni ki heni ʻa e nofoʻaki mateaki kia Sihova lolotonga ʻa e fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi faingataʻá pe ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kakahá. Kae kehe, ko e lavameʻa ʻi he feangainga mo ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi lahí ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa tefito pē ia ʻe taha ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi ʻetau faitōnungá. “Ko ia ʻoku ne lototō ʻi he meʻa ʻoku siʻi, te ne lototō foki ʻi he meʻa ʻoku lahi,” ko e lau ia ʻa Sīsuú, “pea ko ia ʻoku ne kākā ʻi he meʻa ʻoku siʻi, te ne kākā foki ʻi he meʻa ʻoku lahi.” (Luke 16:10) Kuo pau ke tau nofoʻaki lototō pe faitōnunga naʻa mo e aʻu ki he fanga kiʻi meʻa ʻoku hā ngali siʻisiʻí.
4, 5. Ko e hā ʻoku fakaeʻa ʻi heʻetau faitōnunga ko ia ʻi he “meʻa ʻoku siʻi”?
4 Ko e talangofua he ʻaho taki taha ʻi he “meʻa ʻoku siʻi” ʻoku mahuʻinga ia ʻi he ʻuhinga ʻe ua. ʻUluakí, ʻokú ne fakaeʻa ʻa e anga ʻo ʻetau ongoʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová. Fakakaukau atu ki he ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo e mateakí naʻe tuku ki he ʻuluaki ongo meʻa fakaetangatá, ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi. Ko ha fiemaʻu ia naʻe halaʻatā haʻane faingataʻa kiate kinaua ke fakahoko. Lolotonga ʻa e lava ke na maʻu ʻa e kalasi kehekehe kotoa ʻo e meʻakaí ʻi he ngoue ko ʻĪtení, naʻe fiemaʻu pē ke na fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono kai ʻa e fua ʻo ha fuʻu ʻakau pē ʻe taha—ʻa e “ʻAkau ʻo e ʻIlo-ʻo-e-lelei-mo-e-kovi.” (Senesi 2:16, 17) Ko ʻena faitōnunga ʻi he talangofua ki he fekau faingofua ko iá naʻe mei fakahāhaaʻi ai ko e ongo meʻa fakaetangatá naʻá na poupou ki he tuʻunga-pule ʻa Sihová. ʻI he muimui ki he ngaahi fakahinohino ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻetau moʻui fakaʻahó ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku tau ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová.
5 Ko hono uá, ko hotau ʻulungāanga ʻi he “meʻa ʻoku siʻí” ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene kaunga ki he founga te tau fakafeangai ai ‘foki ʻi he meʻa ʻoku lahí,’ ʻa ia ko e taimi ko ia te tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻīsiu lalahi ange ʻi he moʻuí. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo ʻení, fakakaukau angé ki he meʻa naʻe hoko kia Taniela mo hono kaungāmeʻa faitōnunga Hepelū ʻe toko tolú—ʻa ʻAnanaia, Misaeli mo ʻAsalaia. Naʻe fakaheeʻi kinautolu ki Pāpilone ʻi he 617 K.M. Lolotonga ʻenau kei siʻí, ngalingali pē ʻi honau taʻu hongofulu tupú, naʻe ʻave ai ʻa e toko fā ko ʻení ki he fakamaauʻanga fakatuʻi ʻo Tuʻi Nepukanesá. ʻI aí, naʻe “vahe maʻanautolu ʻe he tuʻi hanau ʻoho ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pe mei he ʻinasi [pe meʻakai vovo] ʻo e tuʻi, pea mei he kava naʻa ne inu, ke tauhiʻaki kinautolu ʻo tolu taʻu; pea hili ia ke nau tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e tuʻi.”—Taniela 1:3-5.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻahiʻahi naʻe fehangahangai mo Taniela mo hono kaungāmeʻa Hepelū ʻe toko tolú?
6 Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi tokonaki ʻa e Tuʻi Pāpiloné, naʻá ne ʻomi ha pole ki he kau talavou Hepelū ʻe toko faá. Ko e ngaahi meʻakai naʻe tapui ʻe he Lao ʻa Mōsesé ʻoku ngalingali naʻe kau ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻakai vovo ʻa e tuʻí. (Teutalonome 14:3-20) Ko e fanga manu naʻe tāmateʻí mahalo pē naʻe ʻikai ke fakatafe fakalelei ʻa e totó, pea ʻi he kau atu ʻi hono kai ʻa e faʻahinga kakanoʻi manu peheé naʻe mei maumauʻi ai ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Teutalonome 12:23-25) Ko e meʻakaí naʻe hoko nai ia ko ha feilaulau ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí, hangē ko ia naʻe tōʻongaʻaki ʻe he kau lotu Pāpiloné ki muʻa ke nau kau ʻi ha kai fakataha.
7. Ko e hā naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he talangofua ʻa Taniela mo hono ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻe toko tolú?
7 Ko e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻi he meʻa ke kaí ʻoku taʻetoeveiveiua naʻe ʻikai ke fuʻu loko mahuʻinga ia ki he faʻahinga naʻe ʻi he nofoʻanga fakatuʻi ʻo e tuʻi Pāpiloné. Kae kehe, naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe Taniela mo hono ngaahi kaumeʻá ʻi honau lotó ke ʻoua te nau ʻuliʻi kinautolu ʻaki hano kai ʻa e meʻakai naʻe tapui ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ʻIsilelí. Ko ha ʻīsiu eni naʻe kau ki heʻenau mateaki mo faitōnunga ko ia ki he ʻOtuá. Ko ia naʻa nau kole ai ki ha meʻatokoni ʻo e vesitapolo mo e vai, pea naʻe ʻoange ia kiate kinautolu. (Taniela 1:9-14) Ki he kakai ʻe niʻihi he ʻahó ni, ko e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kau tangata ʻe toko fā ko iá ʻe hā ngali taʻemahuʻinga ia. Kae kehe, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe heʻenau talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻa honau tuʻunga ʻi he ʻīsiu ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová.
8. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻahiʻahi faingataʻa ʻo e mateakí naʻe fehangahangai mo e toko tolu Hepeluú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ola ʻo e ʻahiʻahí, pea ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahāʻí?
8 Ko e fakamoʻoni ki he faitōnunga ʻi he meʻa ʻoku hā ʻoku ngali mahuʻinga siʻí, naʻe teuʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻe toko tolu ʻo Tanielá ke nau fekuki mo ha ʻahiʻahi lahi ange. Huke ki he Ta vahe 3 ʻo e tohi Tohi Tapu ʻa Tanielá, pea lau pē ʻiate koe ʻa e founga naʻe fehangahangai ai ʻa e toko tolu Hepeluú mo ha tautea mate ʻi he fakafisi ke lotu ki he ʻīmisi koula naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Tuʻi Nepukanesá. ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻomi ai kinautolu ki he tuʻí, naʻa nau fakahaaʻi ʻenau fili ʻosi fakapapauʻí ʻaki ʻa e loto-maʻu: “Kapau ko hono anga ia, ko e ʻOtua ʻoku mau tauhi ki ai te ne lava ke fakahaofi kimautolu mei he fonise afi kakaha, pea te ne fakahaofi mei he nima ʻo e ʻafiona. Pea ka ʻikai; ke meaʻi ʻe he ʻafiona, ʻe ʻikai te mau momoʻi tauhi ho ngaahi ʻotua, pe lotu ki he imisi koula kuo ke fokotuʻu.” (Taniela 3:17, 18) Naʻe fakahaofi kinautolu ʻe Sihova? Ko e kau kaʻate naʻa nau lī ʻa e kau talavoú ki he fōnise afí naʻa nau ʻauha, ka ko e toko tolu Hepelū faitōnungá naʻa nau hū moʻui mai ki tuʻa—pea naʻe ʻikai naʻa mo ha māngia ʻi he vela ʻa e fōnisé! Ko ʻenau sīpinga faitōnunga kuo fokotuʻu leleí naʻá ne tokoniʻi ai kinautolu ke tokateu ke hoko ʻo faitōnunga lolotonga ʻa e ʻahiʻahi faingataʻa ko iá. ʻIkai ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e hoko ʻo faitōnunga ʻi he fanga kiʻi meʻa īkí?
Faitōnunga ʻi he Fekauʻaki mo e “Koloa Kākā”
9. Ko e hā ʻa e potutohi ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū naʻe hiki ʻia Luke 16:10?
9 Ki muʻa ke fakahaaʻi ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e tokotaha ʻa ia ʻoku faitōnunga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā ngali siʻisiʻí ʻoku toe faitōnunga pē ʻi he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻingá, naʻe akonaki ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau fanongó: “Mou ngāue ʻaki ʻa e koloa kākā ke tupu ai ha kakai ʻe ʻofa mai; koeʻuhi ʻo ka ʻunu ia, pea nau fiemaʻu kimoutolu ki he ngaahi teniti taʻengata.” Naʻá ne hoko leva ki he fakamatala ʻo fekauʻaki mo e faitōnunga ko ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku siʻí. Ko ia naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻIo, pea kapau kuo ʻikai te mou lototō [pe faitōnunga], ʻi he fai ki he koloa kākā, ko hai te ne falala kiate kimoutolu ʻo ʻatu ʻa e koloa moʻoni? . . . ʻOku ʻikai ke lava ʻe ha tamaioʻeiki ke ʻeikiʻaki ha ʻeiki ʻe toko ua: he te ne fehiʻa ki he taha, kae ʻofaʻi ʻa e taha; pea te ne piki ki he taha, kae taʻetokaʻi ʻa e taha. ʻOku ʻikai te mou lava ke ʻeikiʻaki ʻa e ʻOtua pea mo Koloa, fakatouʻosi.”—Luke 16:9-13.
10. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e faitōnungá ʻi heʻetau ngāueʻaki ko ia ʻa e “koloa kākā”?
10 Fakatatau ki he potutohí, ko e muʻaki ngāueʻaki ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Luke 16:10 ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e “koloa kākā,” ʻa ʻetau ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié pe koloá. ʻOku ui kinautolu ko e kākaá koeʻuhi ko e tuʻumālie fakamatelié—tautautefito ki he paʻangá—ʻoku ʻi he malumalu ia ʻo e pule ʻa e faʻahinga angahalaʻia ʻo e tangatá. ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e holi ke maʻu ʻa e tuʻumālié ʻe lava ʻo taki atu ia ki he ngaahi ngāue kākā. ʻOku tau fakahaaʻi ʻa e faitōnungá ʻaki hono ngāueʻi ʻa e potó ʻi he founga ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ai ʻetau ngaahi koloa fakamatelié. ʻI he ʻikai ngāueʻaki kinautolu ki ha ngaahi taumuʻa siokitá, ʻoku tau loto ke ngāueʻaki kinautolu ʻi hono pouaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku masivá. ʻI he hoko ʻo faitōnunga ʻi he founga ko ʻení, ʻoku tau hoko ai ʻo kaumeʻa mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea mo Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa e toko ua ʻoku ʻanaua ʻa e “ngaahi teniti taʻengata.” Te na talitali kitautolu ki he ngaahi feituʻu ko ʻení, ʻo foaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e moʻui taʻengata ʻi hēvani pe ʻi he Palataisí ʻi māmani.
11. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua te tau holomui mei hono fakamatalaʻi ki he ngaahi ʻapí ʻoku tau tali ha ngaahi tokoni ki he ngāue fakamāmani lahi ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
11 Toe fakakaukau angé ki he meʻa ʻoku tau fakaaʻu ki he kakai ʻa ia ʻoku tau tuku ai ʻa e ngaahi Tohi Tapu pe ʻū tohi Fakatohitapú ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fanongonongo ai ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá mo fakamatalaʻi kiate kinautolu ʻoku tau tali ʻa e ngaahi tokoni ki he ngāue fakamāmani lahi ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová. ʻIkai ʻoku tau fakaaʻu ai kiate kinautolu ha faingamālie ke nau ngāue fakapotopotoʻaki ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié? Neongo ko e muʻaki ngāueʻaki ʻo e Luke 16:10 ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e ngāueʻaki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku fakahaaʻi aí ʻoku toe ngāueʻaki foki ia ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki kehekehe ʻo e moʻuí.
ʻOku Mahuʻinga ʻa e Faitotonú
12, 13. ʻI he ngaahi tafaʻaki fē ʻe lava ke tau fakahāhā ai ʻa e faitotonú?
12 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻOku mau falala ʻoku mau maʻu ha konisēnisi faitotonu, ʻi heʻemau fakaʻamu ke mau tōʻonga faitotonu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.” (Hepelu 13:18, NW) ʻOku kau papau ki he “meʻa kotoa pē” ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻoku kau ki hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e paʻangá. ʻOku tau totongi taimi totonu mo faitotonu ʻa ʻetau ngaahi moʻuá mo e tukuhaú. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? ʻOku tau fai peheé koeʻuhi ko hotau konisēnisí pea tautautefito koeʻuhí ko e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá pea mo e talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi fakahinohinó. (Loma 13:5, 6) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau fakafeangaí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ko haʻatau meʻá? ʻOku tau kumi ke fakafoki ia ki he tokotaha totonu ʻoku ʻaʻaná. He faifakamoʻoni lelei ē ʻe hoko aí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakamatala ai ki he meʻa naʻá ne ueʻi kitautolu ke fakafoki ai ʻa e koloa ʻo e taha ʻoku ʻaʻaná!
13 Ko e hoko ʻo faitōnunga mo faitotonu ʻi he meʻa kotoa peé ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e faitotonu ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku tau ngāue aí. Ko e faitotonu ʻi heʻetau ngaahi tōʻonga ngāué ʻokú ne tohoaki ai ʻa e tokangá ki he faʻahinga ʻOtua ʻoku tau fakafofongaʻí. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau “kaihaʻa” taimi ʻi he hoko ʻo fakapikopikó. ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku tau ngāue mālohi, ʻo hangē pē ko e fai kia Sihová. (Efeso 4:28; Kolose 3:23) ʻOku fakafuofua ʻi ha fonua ʻIulope ʻe taha, ko e vahe tolu ʻe taha ʻo e kau ngāue ʻa ia ʻoku nau kole ki ha tohi ʻa e toketaá ke fakaʻatā kinautolu ke nofo he ngāué he ʻoku nau puké ʻoku fai ia ʻi he founga kākā. Ko e kau sevāniti moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ke nau faʻufaʻu ha ngaahi kalofanga ke ʻoua e ʻalu ai ki he ngāué. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku foaki ai ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi hikihiki lakanga koeʻuhi ko hono siofi ʻe he kau pule ngāué ʻa ʻenau faitotonú mo e ngāue mālohí.—Palovepi 10:4.
Faitōnunga ʻi he ʻEtau Ngāue Fakafaifekau Faka-Kalisitiané
14, 15. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻe lava ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ai kitautolu ʻoku tau faitōnunga ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané?
14 ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau fakahāhā ʻa e faitōnungá ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau kuo tuku mai kiate kitautolú? “Ke tau ʻatu ʻiate ia pe, maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú, “ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa.” (Hepelu 13:15) Ko e founga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e faitōnungá ʻi he malaʻe fakafaifekaú ko e kau tuʻumaʻu atu ki ai. Ko e hā ʻoku tau toe fakaʻatā ai ha māhina ke paasi atu ʻo ʻikai ha faifakamoʻoni ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sihova mo ʻene taumuʻá? Ko ha kau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻoku toe tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke fakaleleiʻi ʻetau ngaahi pōtoʻí mo ʻetau ngaahi tuʻunga ola leleí.
15 Ko ha toe founga ʻe taha ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e faitōnunga ʻi he malaʻe ngāué ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fokotuʻu ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Taua Leʻo mo ʻEtau Ngāue Fakafaifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau teuteu ai mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻuaki kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu maí pe ngaahi tuʻuaki kehe ʻoku feʻungamālié, ʻikai ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku fua lahi ange ai ʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú? ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fetaulaki ai mo ha taha ʻokú ne fakahāhā ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá, ʻoku tau toe foki vave ki ai ke fakatupulekina ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia ko iá? Pea fēfē ʻa e ngaahi ako Tohi Tapu ʻi ʻapi ʻoku tau kamata nai mo ha kakai mahuʻingaʻiá? ʻOku tau alafalalaʻanga mo faitōnunga ʻi hono tokangaʻi kinautolú? Ko ʻetau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku tau faitōnunga ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻe lava ke taki atu ai kitautolu ki he moʻuí pea pehē ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fanongo mai kiate kitautolú.—1 Timote 4:15, 16.
Hanganaki Mavahe mei he Māmaní
16, 17. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻe lava ke tau fakahāhā ai ʻoku tau mavahe mei he māmaní?
16 ʻI he lotu ki he ʻOtuá, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono kau muimuí: “Kuo u tuku kiate kinautolu hoʻo folofola; pea ko māmāni naʻa ne fehiʻa kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni, ʻo hange ko au, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻo māmāni. ʻOku ʻikai te u pehē, ke ke toʻo kinautolu mei māmani, ka ke ke taʻofi kinautolu mei he Fili. ʻOku ʻikai te nau ʻo māmāni, hange ko au, ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻo māmāni.” (Sione 17:14-16) ʻE lava nai ke tau tuʻumaʻu pea fakapapauʻi ke hanganaki mavahe mei he māmaní ʻi he ngaahi ʻīsiu lalahí, ʻo hangē ko e tuʻunga ʻo e tuʻu-ʻataá, ngaahi ʻaho mālōlō fakalotu mo e ngaahi tōʻonga fakafonuá pea mo e ʻulungāanga taʻetāú. Kae fēfē nai, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa iiki angé? ʻE lava naʻa mo hono ʻikai ʻiloʻi iá, ʻo tākiekina nai ai kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi founga ʻa e māmaní? Hangē ko ʻení, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke tau tokanga, he faingofua ē hono ʻai ʻe heʻetau tōʻonga ʻai valá ke tau hoko ai ʻo taʻemolumalu mo taʻefeʻungá! Ko e hoko ʻo faitōnungá ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e “agavaivai [pe anga-fakanānā] moe aga fakabotoboto” ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ʻai valá pea mo e teuteú. (1 Timote 2:9, 10, PM) ʻIo, ‘ʻoku tau tokanga ke ʻoua naʻa ai ha tūkiaʻanga ʻe tupu ʻi haʻatau meʻa, naʻa lauʻi ʻa e lakangá. Kae kehe ʻoku tau fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tāu mo e kau sevaniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ke faí.’—2 Kolinito 6:3, 4.
17 Koeʻuhi ko e holi ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau ʻai vala ai ʻi he founga molumalu ki heʻetau ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku hoko ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakataha tokolahi ai ʻi heʻetau ngaahi ʻasemipilií mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahí. Ko hotau valá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke taau mo maau. ʻOku hoko eni ko ha fakamoʻoni ki he niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau siofi kitautolú. Naʻa mo e kau ʻāngeló ʻoku nau tokanga mai ki heʻetau ngaahi ngāué, ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻa nau fai kia Paula pea mo hono kau feohi Kalisitiané. (1 Kolinito 4:9) Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku totonu ke taau maʻu pē ʻa hotau valá. Ki he niʻihi, ko e faitōnunga ʻi hono fili ʻa e vala ke tuí ʻe hā ngali ko ha meʻa siʻisiʻi ia, ka ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku mahuʻinga ia.
Ngaahi Tāpuaki ʻo e Faitōnungá
18, 19. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e hoko ʻo faitōnungá?
18 ʻOku lau fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ko e “kau setuata lelei ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe fakahāhā ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe.” ʻI he tuʻunga ko iá, ʻoku nau “fakafalala ki he mālohi ko ia ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá.” (1 Pita 4:10, 11, NW) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau setuatá, ʻoku tuku mai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ko haʻatau meʻa fakafoʻituituí—ʻa e ngaahi fakahāhā ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻI hono fakamoʻoniʻi ko e kau setuata lelei kitautolú, ʻoku tau fakafalala ki he mālohi ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá, “ʻa e makehe atu ʻo e mafai.” (2 Kolinito 4:7) He ako lelei ē ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke fehangahangai mo ha faʻahinga ʻahiʻahi pē ʻi he kahaʻú!
19 Naʻe hivaʻaki ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “ʻE, mou ʻofa kia Sihova, ʻene kau lotu na: ʻoku lehilehiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻene kau [fai] tonunga.” (Sāme 31:23) Tuku ke tau fakapapau ke fakamoʻoniʻi kitautolu ʻoku tau faitōnunga, ʻo maʻu ʻa e falala kakato ko Sihová “ko e Fakamoʻui ʻo e kakai kotoa pe, kae lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku [faitōnungá].”—1 Timote 4:10.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau faitōnunga pe “lototo ʻi he meʻa ʻoku siʻi”?
• ʻE anga-fēfē ʻetau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku tau faitōnunga
ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e faitotonú?
ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú?
ʻi he hanganaki mavahe mei he māmaní?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 26]
Faitōnunga he meʻa ʻoku siʻí, toe faitōnunga ai pē he meʻa ʻoku lahí
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 29]
‘Mou faitotonu ʻi hoʻomou tōʻonga kotoa pē’
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 29]
Ko ha founga lelei ki hono fakahāhā ʻa e faitōnungá ko e teuteu lelei ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 30]
Hoko ʻo fakanānā ʻi he ʻai valá mo e teuteú