Ngaahi Fehuʻi mei he Kau Lau Tohí
◼ ʻOku taau ki ha fefine Kalisitiane ke ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kahoa, vesa, mama mo e hau, pe meʻa vali-matá, mo fakalanu hono ʻulú, pe ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi teuteu meimei tatau pehē?
ʻI he kuo hilí mo hotau ʻahó ni, kuo tupulaki ha faʻahinga fakakaukau mālohi ka ʻoku mātuʻaki kehekehe ʻo fekauʻaki mo e teuteú ʻi he faʻahinga ʻe niʻihi kuo nau taku ʻoku nau muimui ki he Tohitapú.a
ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e kakai fefine ʻoku nau kau ki he ngaahi siasi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku mātuʻaki fakaʻehiʻehi fakaʻaufuli ai mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e meʻa vali-matá pe kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú. Hangē ko ení, ʻoku fakamatala ʻa e tohi ko e The Amish People ʻo pehē ʻoku nau “fakangatangata ʻa honau fōtunga fakatuʻasinó koeʻuhi ʻoku nau fakakaukau ko ha mēmipa pē kuó ne mātuʻaki mahuʻingaʻia lahi ki he hā ki tuʻa fakamāmaní te ne fehangahangai ai mo ha kovi, koeʻuhi ko e mahuʻingaʻia ko iá ʻoku totonu ke fakahangataha pē ia ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié kae ʻikai ki he fakaesinó. Ko e niʻihi . . . te nau lave ki he Tohitapú.”
Ko e konga Tohitapu leva kuo nau lave ki aí ko e 1 Sāmiuela 16:7, PM: “Ka nae behe e Jihova kia Samiuela, Oua naa ke mamata ki hono mata, bea ki he maoluga o hono jino . . . He oku jio ae tagata ki he aga oku ha itua, ka oku afioʻi e Jihova ae loto.” Kaekehe, naʻe lave ʻa e konga tohi ko iá ki he māʻolunga ʻo e tokoua ʻo Tēvita ko ʻEliapi. ʻOku hā mahino mei he potutohí naʻe ʻikai lave ʻa e ʻOtuá ia heni ki he ngaahi teuteu ʻoku angaʻaki, ʻo hangē ko hano ngāueʻaki ʻe Tēvita pe ko hono ngaahi tokouá ʻa hono teuteuʻi honau ʻulú pe ko hano ngāueʻaki ha ngaahi meʻa teuteu ki honau ngaahi kofú.—Sēnesi 38:18; 2 Sāmiuela 14:25, 26; Luke 15:22.
ʻOku fakahāhā ʻe he meʻá ni ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau taukaveʻi ʻoku totonu ki he kau Kalisitiané ke hā mahino ʻoku ʻikai te nau teuteuʻaki ʻa e meʻa vali-matá pe kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú, ʻoku nau fekumi ki hano poupouʻi ʻaki hono fakaʻuhingahalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohitapú. Ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai ʻomai ʻe he Tohitapú ia ha ngaahi fakamatala fakaikiiki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e teuteú; pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakaʻatā mai ʻe ia ha faʻahinga meʻa vali-mata ʻe niʻihi kae tapui ha niʻihi kehe. Ko e meʻa pē ʻokú ne ʻomaí ko ha ngaahi fakahinohino ʻoku ʻuhinga totonu. Tau fakakaukau ange ki he ngaahi fakahinohinó ni pea tau sio pe ʻe anga-fēfē ke ngāueʻaki kinautolu ʻi he ʻahó ni.
Naʻe ʻomai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fakahinohino fakamānavaʻi ko ʻeni: “Ko hoku loto ki he kau fefine, ke nau teuʻaki kinautolu ʻa e kofu ʻoku ngali ke ʻai, pea ō mo e angamā [anga-fakanānā, NW] mo e angafakamaʻumaʻu [fakakaukau lelei, NW]: ʻo ʻoua ʻe fai ʻaki ʻa e fafatu ʻo e louʻulu, pe ko e koula mo e mataʻitofe mo e kofu mahuʻinga.” (1 Tīmote 2:9) Naʻe tohi ʻe Pita ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau: “Pea ko e teu ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia ke ʻoua naʻa ko e teu ʻi tuʻa—ko e fi ʻo e ʻulu mo e ʻai ʻo e koula mo e tui ʻo e ngaahi kofu—ka ke nau teu ʻaki ʻa e tangata fufū ʻo e loto, ʻio, ʻaki ʻa e meʻa taʻe ʻauha ko e angavaivai mo e angamalū, ʻa ia ko e meʻa mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻi he ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua.”—1 Pita 3:3, 4.
Ko e ngaahi foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe ngāueʻaki heni ki he “teuʻaki”, “ngali ke ʻai”, mo e “teu” ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ia ʻo e koʹsmos, ʻa ia naʻe toe tupu mei ai ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “cosmetic,” ʻa ia ʻoku ʻuhinga “ko hono ʻai ke hā fakaʻofoʻofa tautefito ki he lanu fakanatula ʻo e kili ʻo e fofongá.” Ko ia ʻoku tokoni ʻa e ongo konga tohi ko iá ke tau tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa vali-mata, kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú, pea mo e ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe ʻo fekauʻaki mo e teuteu fakaefefiné.
Naʻe ʻuhinga ʻa Paula mo Pita ʻo pehē kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei hono fī honau ʻulú, mo hono tui ʻa e ngaahi kahoa, vesa, mama mo e hau mataʻitofe mo e koula, pe, ʻi hono toe fakalahi atu ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa vali-matá? ʻIkai. Ke taukaveʻi ʻo pehē ko ʻena ʻuhingá ia ʻe fiemaʻu leva ia ai ki he ngaahi tuofāfine Kalisitiané ke nau toe fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono ‘tui ʻo e ngaahi kofu tuʻa.’ Ka ko Toakase, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Pita mei he maté, naʻe ʻofaʻi koeʻuhi he naʻá ne ngaohi ʻa e “ngaahi kofu tuʻa” maʻá e ngaahi tuofāfine kehé. (Ngāue 9:39) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ʻa e 1 Tīmote 2:9 mo e 1 Pita 3:3, 4 ia ke pehē kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e ngaahi tuofāfiné mei hono fī ʻo e ʻulú, mei he ngaahi mataʻitofe, mei he ngaahi kofu tuʻa, pea mo e ngaahi alā meʻa pehē. Ka, naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Paula ia ʻa e fiemaʻu ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e anga-fakanānā mo e fakakaukau lelei ki he teuteu fakaefefiné. Naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Pita ʻoku totonu ki he kakai fefiné ke nau fai ha tokanga lahi ange ki honau lotó koeʻuhi ke nau ikuʻi mai ai honau ngaahi husepāniti taʻetuí, kae ʻikai ko hono fakamamafaʻi ʻa e fōtunga fakatuʻasinó pe ngaahi meʻa vali-matá.
Ko hono ʻai mahinó pē, ʻoku ʻikai tapui ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e ngaahi feinga kotoa pē ke fakalelei ange pe fakasanisani ʻa e anga ʻo ʻete hā ki tuʻá. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá, fakatouʻosi pē ʻa e kakai tangata mo e kakai fefine, naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e kahoa, vesa, mama mo e hau. (Sēnesi 41:42; ʻEkisoto 32:2, 3; Tāniela 5:29) Naʻe loto-fiemālie ʻa e tokotaha angatonu ko ʻĒsetá ki ha founga tuʻumaʻu ke teu ke fakaʻofoʻofa ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lolo mo e ngaahi meʻa namukakala pea pehē mo e fotofotá. (ʻĒseta 2:7, 12, 15; fehoanaki mo Tāniela 1:3-8) Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá naʻá ne hanga ʻo teuʻi fakaefakatātā ʻa ʻIsileli ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi vesa, ha kahoa, ha mama ki he ihu, mo e ngaahi hau. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ia naʻe tokoni ki heʻene hoko ʻo “hoihoifua ʻaupito.”—ʻIsikeli 16:11-13.
Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he fakamatala ʻia ʻIsikelí ha lēsoni ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai ke ʻoua te tau fakahangataha ʻa ʻetau tokangá ki he fōtunga hā ki tuʻá. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Ka naʻa ke falala ki ho hoihoifua, pea naʻa ke tuʻunganakiʻaki ho ongoongo ke fai feʻauaki, pea naʻa ke humaki ho sino kiate ia fuape naʻe laka ange.” (ʻIsikeli 16:15; ʻAisea 3:16, 19) Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻe ʻIsikeli 16:11-15 ʻa e fakapotopoto ʻo e akonaki ki mui ʻa Paula mo Pita ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻoua ʻe fakamamafa ki he fōtunga hā ki tuʻá. Kapau ʻoku fili ha fefine ke teuteuʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kahoa, vesa, mama mo e hau, ko hono lahí mo e founga ʻo hono ʻai iá ʻoku totonu ke ō fakataha mo e anga-fakanānā, ʻo ʻoua ʻe ʻai ke fuʻu hulu, fuʻu ngingila pe fuʻu mataʻāʻā.—Sēmisi 2:2.
Fēfē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe ha fefine Kalisitiane ʻa e ngaahi meʻa valivali ki he matá, ʻo hangē ko e lipisitiki, meʻa valivali kulokula ki he kouʻahé, pe meʻa valivali fakalanu ki he laumatá mo e meʻa vali-mata ʻuliʻuli? Kuo maʻu ʻe ha kau keli fakatotolo ʻi ʻIsileli mo e ngaahi feituʻu ofi aí ha ngaahi faʻoʻanga meʻa valivali mata, pea pehē ki he ngaahi meʻangāue valivali mata mo e ngaahi sioʻata teuteu. ʻIo, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kakai fefine ʻi ʻĒsia fakahahake ʻi he kuonga muʻá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa valivali mata ʻa ia ko e tupu mei ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻi he ʻaho ní. Ko e hingoa ʻo e ʻofefine ʻo Siope ko Keleni-hapuka naʻe ʻuhinga nai ko e “Ipu ʻo e Meʻa Vali ʻUliʻuli (ki he Mata),” pe ko ha faʻoʻanga ʻo e meʻa vali-mata.—Siope 42:13-15.
Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi ʻIsileli ʻa e ngaahi meʻa vali-mata ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe he ngaahi fakatātā ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo hono ʻai ia ʻo fuʻu hulú. ʻI he hili ʻa e ngaahi taʻu mei he hoko ʻa Sisipeli ko e kuini ʻo ʻIsilelí, naʻá ne ‘vali hono matá ʻaki ʻa e meʻa vali mata lanu ʻuliʻuli peá ne teuʻi fakaʻofoʻofa mo hono ʻulú.’ (2 Tuʻi 9:30) ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ki mui ʻa e anga ʻo e feinga ʻa ʻIsileli ke maʻu ʻa e tokanga taʻetaau ʻa e ngaahi fonua panganí, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he ʻOtuá naʻe hanga ʻe ʻIsileli ʻo ‘teuʻaki ʻa e ngaahi teunga koula, mo vali fakamatolu honau matá ʻaki ʻa e meʻa vali-mata lanu ʻuliʻuli, pea ʻai ia ke ne hā matamatalelei.’ (Selemaia 4:30; ʻIsikeli 23:41 [ʻIs 23:40, PM]) ʻOku ʻikai ke pehē ʻe he ngaahi veesí ni pe ko ha ngaahi veesi kehe ʻoku hala ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo faʻu ki hono fakaleleiʻi ange ʻa hoto fōtunga hā ki tuʻá. Ka, ʻoku hā mei he talanoa ʻo kau kia Sisipelí naʻá ne ʻai ʻo fuʻu lahi fau ʻa e meʻa vali mata lanu ʻuliʻuli ʻi hono matá naʻe fakatokangaʻi ia mei he mamaʻo, pea aʻu kia Sehu ʻa ia naʻe ʻi tuʻa mei he palasí. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei hení? ʻOua ʻe ʻai ʻa e meʻa vali-matá ke fuʻu hulu, ʻi ha founga fakalahi.b
ʻOku moʻoni, heʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fefine ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú pe meʻa vali-matá te ne pehē ʻoku ʻikai ke taau ʻa ʻene founga ngāueʻaki iá pea mo hono lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻaí. Ka, ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua, koeʻuhi ko ʻene lotolotouá, pe ko hono tākiekina ʻe he ngaahi tuʻuaki ke ngāueʻakí, ʻoku malava ke tupulaki ai ʻi ha fefine ʻa e anga ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa vali-matá ʻo fuʻu hulu. Te ne hoko nai ʻo fuʻu alāanga ki he fōtunga hā ki tuʻá ʻi he ʻosi hono valivali hono matá pea ʻikai ai te ne malava ke fakatokangaʻi ʻoku fepaki ia mo e ‘anga-fakanānā mo e fakakaukau lelei’ ʻoku fakahā ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau fefine Kalisitiané.—Sio kia Sēmisi 1:23, 24.
Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku kehekehe pē ʻa e anga ʻo e saiʻiá; ko e kakai fefine ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ngāue siʻisiʻi ʻaki pē ia pe ʻoku ʻikai te nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻa vali-matá pe ngaahi kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú, ka ʻoku ngāueʻaki lahi ange ia ʻe he niʻihi kehe. Ko ia ʻoku fakapotopoto ke ʻoua ʻe fakamaauʻi ha taha ʻokú ne ngāueʻaki ha tuʻunga lahi kehekehe ʻo e meʻa vali-matá pe ko e kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú. Ko e toe meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku kau ki he meʻá ni ko e anga-fakafonuá. Koeʻuhi pē ko e ngaahi founga fakaeteuteu ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tali ia ʻi he fonua ʻe taha (pe naʻe ngāuelahiʻaki ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e kuonga muʻá) ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ko e meʻa lelei ke ngāueʻaki fakalotofonua ia he ʻahó ni.
Ko ha fefine Kalisitiane fakapotopoto te ne toutou fakafuofua ʻa e anga ʻo ʻene teuteú, peá ne ʻeke hifo kiate ia ʻi he faitotonu: ‘ʻOku ou faʻa tui ʻa e kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú pe meʻa vali-matá ʻo lahi ange (pe mataʻāʻā ange) ia ʻi he tokolahi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku ou ʻi aí? ʻOku ou fakafounga ʻa ʻeku teuteú ʻo faʻifaʻitaki ki he kakai ʻa ia ʻoku fuʻu hulu ʻa e manako kiate kinautolu pē pe faʻifaʻitaki ki he founga teuteu ʻa e kau fai faivá, pe ʻoku ou muimui tefito ʻi he faleʻi ko ia ʻia 1 Tīmote 2:9 mo e 1 Pita 3:3, 4? ʻIo, ʻoku anga-fakanānā moʻoni ʻa ʻeku teuteú, ʻo fakahāhā ʻa e tokaʻi moʻoni ʻo e fakakaukau pea mo e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé?’—Palōvepi 31:30.
Ko e kakai fefine ʻoku ʻi ai honau ngaahi husepāniti Kalisitiané ʻoku malava ke nau ʻeke kiate kinautolu pe ko e hā haʻanau lau pe ko haʻanau akonaki. ʻIkai ke ngata ai, ʻi hono fai ha fekumi loto-totonu, ʻe maʻu nai ha faleʻi mātuʻaki tokoni mei he ngaahi tuofāfine kehé. Ka ʻi he lelei ange ke ʻoua ʻe hanga pē ʻo kumi tokoni ki ha kaungāmeʻa ʻa ia ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e saiʻia meimei tatau pē, ʻoku lelei ange nai ke fakalea ki he ngaahi tuofāfine matuʻotuʻa ange ʻa ia ʻoku tokaʻi ʻa ʻenau fakakaukau mafamafatataú mo ʻenau fakapotopotó. (Fehoanaki mo 1 Tuʻi 12:6-8.) ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú ko e kakai fefine ʻoku ʻapasiaʻi mo matuʻotuʻa angé te nau “ako ki he kau finemui ke aga fakabotoboto, . . . ke nau fai boto, mo agatonu . . . ke oua naa lauikovi ae folofola ae Otua.” (Taitusi 2:2-5, PM) Heʻikai ke saiʻia ʻe ha tokotaha matuʻotuʻa faka-Kalisitiane ke ne ngāue taʻefakafuofua ʻaki ʻa e kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú pe ko e meʻa vali-matá ke fakatupunga ai hano “lauikovi” ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pe ko hono kakaí.
ʻOku fakahāhā ʻe he fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo Temá ʻoku malava ʻe he teuteu ʻa ha fefine ke ne fakahaaʻi atu ia, pe ko ha tokotaha fēfē ia. (Sēnesi 38:14, 15) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakahāhā atu ʻe ha founga ngaohi ʻulu ʻo ha fefine Kalisitiane pea mo e lanu ʻo e louʻulú (kapau ʻoku vali) pe ko ʻene ngāueʻaki ʻo e kahoá, vesá, mamá mo e haú pea mo e ngaahi meʻa vali-matá? ʻOkú ne fakahoko atu ʻa e meʻá ni: Ko ha sevāniti maʻa mo anga-fakanānā mo fakakaukau lelei ia ʻa e ʻOtuá?
Ko ha tokotaha ʻokú ne sio ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, pe ko ʻene haʻu ki heʻetau ngaahi fakatahá ʻoku totonu ke maongo kiate ia ʻi he tuʻunga lelei. Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku faʻa hoko ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau faʻa mātā kitautolú. Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai fefine Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakatupunga ha taha mei tuʻa ke ne fakaʻosiʻaki ʻo pehē, ʻoku nau hā feifeiʻavale ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha, pea ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha, ʻoku hulu fau ai ʻa ʻenau teú; ka ʻoku nau teuʻi kinautolu ʻi he “meʻa ʻoku tāu mo e kau fefine ʻoku nau lavutu ke tauhi ki he ʻOtua.”—1 Tīmote 2:10.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a ʻI he senituli hono tolu T.S., naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe Tētuliane ʻo pehē ko e kakai fefine “ʻa ia ʻoku nau milimili ʻaki honau kilí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakafaitoʻo, pea valiʻaki honau kouʻahé ʻa e pauta kula ki he fōtungá, mo ʻai ki honau matá ʻa e faʻahinga meʻa [ʻuliʻuli] ko e antimony, ʻoku nau angahala ai ki he ʻOtuá.” Naʻá ne toe fakaangaʻi foki ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau fakalanu honau ʻulú. ʻI hono fakaʻuhingahalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻia Mātiu 5:36, naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe Tētuliane: “ʻOku nau fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa e ʻEikí! ‘Vakai!’ ʻoku nau pehē, ‘ʻi he ʻikai ke kei hinehina pe ʻuliʻuli pē hotau louʻulú, ʻoku tau ʻai [hotau louʻulú] ke lanu kelokelo.’” Naʻá ne toe tānaki atu: “ʻOku malava ke ke toe ʻilo foki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻa ia ʻoku nau ongoʻi mā ʻi he pehē ʻoku nau taʻu motuʻá, pea ʻoku nau feinga ke fetongi ʻa e ʻulu hinaá ke lanu ʻuliʻuli.” Ko e foʻi fakakaukau fakafoʻituitui pē ia ʻa Tētuliane. Ka naʻá ne mioʻi ʻe ia ʻa e meʻá ni, he ko ʻene fakamatalá naʻe fakatuʻunga pē ia ʻi he anga ʻo ʻene vakai ʻo pehē ko e kakai fefiné ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻo e malaʻia ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ko ia ʻoku totonu ke nau ‘ʻaʻeva ʻo hangē pē ko ʻIví, ʻi he mamahi mo e fakatomala’ koeʻuhi ko e ‘fakatupumāʻanga ʻo e ʻuluaki angahala.’ Ka ʻoku ʻikai ha lau ia ʻa e Tohitapú ki ha ngaahi meʻa pehé ni; ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá ko ʻĀtama ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e angahalaʻia ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.—Loma 5:12-14; 1 Tīmote 2:13, 14.
b ʻIkai ke fuʻu fuoloa atu mei heni naʻe hanga ai ʻe he founga fetuʻutaki ongoongo ʻa e ʻIunaite Seteté ʻo fakahāhā ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluʻi ongoongo ha lau kovi ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha tokotaha malanga fakaʻevangeliō he TV, pea ʻi he taimi tatau naʻe tohoakiʻi ʻe hono uaifí ʻa e meimei tokanga tatau. Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ʻa e ongoongó, naʻe tupu hake ʻa e fefiné ni ʻo ne tui ko e angahala ʻa e “meʻa vali-matá mo e faivá fakatouʻosi,” ka ki mui naʻe liliu ai ʻa ʻene fakakaukaú peá ne hoko ʻo ʻiloa ʻi hono “vali ʻaki hono matá ʻa e meʻa vali mata ʻo matolu fau ʻo hā hangē ha fakatātā maka.”