Ko ha ‘Setuata Koe ʻo e ʻOfa Maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá’?
“ʻI he ʻofa fakatokouá, mou maʻu ʻa e ʻofa māfana ʻiate kimoutolu. Mou takimuʻa ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e fefakaʻapaʻapaʻakí.”—LOMA 12:10, NW.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakapapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá?
ʻOKU toutou fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau loto-siʻi ai pe loto-mafesí. Hangē ko ení, fakatokangaʻi ange ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafiemālie ko ení: “ʻOku poupou ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau hinga kotoa pe, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku mapelu ki lalo ʻoku ne pukepuke hake.” “Ko e lotomafesi ʻoku ne faitoʻo, pea ʻoku ne haʻihaʻi honau ngaahi kafo.” (Sāme 145:14; 147:3) ʻIkai ngata aí, ko ʻetau Tamai hēvaní tonu ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi mai: “Ko au Sihova ko ho ʻOtua te u puke ho toʻomataʻu, ʻa au ʻoku ou pehe atu, ʻOua ʻe manavahe; ko au ʻoku ou tokoniʻi koe.”—Ai. 41:13.
2. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ʻomai ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokoni ki heʻene kau sevānití?
2 Ko ia ai, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e hanga ʻe Sihova, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he langi taʻehāmaí, ʻo ‘puke hotau nimá’? ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻene ‘pukepuke hake kitautolu ʻi heʻetau mapelu ki lalo’ ʻi he loto-mafesí? Ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e tokoni ko iá ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻokú ne ʻomi ki hono kakaí ʻa e “makehe atu ʻo e mafai” fakafou ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (2 Kol. 4:7; Sione 14:16, 17) ʻOku toe ongoʻi ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e ivi fakatupu mālohi ʻa ia ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he pōpoaki ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e Tohi Tapú. (Hep. 4:12) ʻOku kei ʻi ai ha toe founga ʻe taha ʻa ia ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi ai kitautolu ʻe Sihova? ʻOku tau maʻu ha tali ʻi he tohi ʻUluaki Pitá.
“ʻOfa Maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá Kuo Fakahāhā ʻi he Ngaahi Founga Kehekehe”
3. (a) Ko e hā e fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e ʻahiʻahí ʻoku fai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku lāulea ki ai ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e ʻuluaki tohi ʻa Pitá?
3 ʻI he faitohi ki he kau tui pani ʻe he laumālié, ʻoku tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻo pehē ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei ke fiefia ai koeʻuhi ʻoku tatali mai ha pale lahi kia kinautolu. Pea naʻá ne toe pehē: “Neongo kuo fai nai ʻi he taimi ni, ʻo kapau naʻe ʻikai ala taʻofi, homou fakamamahi fuonounou, he moʻua ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe.” (1 Pita 1:1-6) Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻa e foʻi lea “kehekehe.” ʻOku fakahuʻunga mai ai ko e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻe lahi hono kalasí. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ai ʻa Pita, ʻo tuku ke fifili hono fanga tokouá pe te nau malava ke fekuki mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe ko iá. ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe Pita ʻe lava ke fakapapauʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻe tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova ke nau fekuki mo e ʻahiʻahi taki taha te nau fetaulaki mo iá, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hono natulá. Ko e fakapapauʻi mai ko iá ʻoku ʻomai ia ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e tohi ʻa Pitá, ʻa ia ʻoku lāulea ai ʻa e ʻapositoló ki he ngaahi meʻa felāveʻi mo e “ngataʻanga ʻo e meʻa kotoa pe.”—1 Pita 4:7.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku fakafiemālie ai kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e 1 Pita 4:10?
4 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe Pita: “ʻI hono vahevahe ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻaʻofa kuo maʻu ʻe he tokotaha taki taha, ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he fetauhiʻaki ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau setuata lelei ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo fakahāhā ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe.” (1 Pita 4:10, NW) ʻOku toe ngāueʻaki heni ʻe Pita ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “kehekehe.” Ko hono moʻoní ʻokú ne pehē, ‘ʻOku haʻu ʻa e ʻahiʻahí ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe, ka ko e fakahāhā ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku toe haʻu foki mo ia ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe.’ Ko e hā ʻoku fakafiemālie ai ʻa e fakamatala ko iá? ʻOku fakahuʻunga mai ai tatau ai pē pe ko e hā nai ʻa e natula ʻo hotau ʻahiʻahí, ʻe ʻi ai maʻu pē ha fakahāhā ia ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ke matuʻuaki ia. Kae kehe, naʻá ke fakatokangaʻi nai ʻi he fakamatala ʻa Pitá ʻa e founga tofu pē ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa Sihová? ʻOku fakafou mai ia ʻi he kaungā Kalisitiané.
“Fetauhiʻaki”
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he Kalisitiane taki taha? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku malanga haké?
5 ʻI heʻene lea ki he mēmipa kotoa ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ʻoku pehē ʻe Pita: “Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, mou feʻofaʻaki lahi ʻiate kimoutolu.” ʻOkú ne toe hoko atu leva: “ʻI he vahevahe ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻaʻofa kuo maʻu ʻe he tokotaha taki taha, ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he fetauhiʻaki.” (1 Pita 4:8, 10, NW) Ko ia ai, ko e toko taha taki taha ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke kau ʻi hono langa hake ʻa hono kaungā Kalisitiané. Kuo tuku mai ke tau tokangaʻi ha meʻa mahuʻinga ʻa ia ko e meʻa ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e fatongia ko hono vahevahe atu ia ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko ia ai, ko e hā kuo tuku mai kia kitautolú? ʻOku pehē ʻe Pita ko ha “meʻaʻofa” ia. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻaʻofá? ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau “ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he fetauhiʻaki”?
6. Ko e hā e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻoku tuku mai ki he kau Kalisitiané?
6 ʻOku pehē ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá: “Koe foaki lelei kotoabe moe foaki haohaoa kotoabe oku mei oluga.” (Sem. 1:17, PM) Ko e moʻoni, ko e meʻaʻofa kotoa pē ʻa ia ʻoku tuku mai ʻe Sihova ki hono kakaí ko e fakahāhā ia ʻo ʻene ʻofa maʻataʻataá. Ko e meʻaʻofa tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻe taha ʻoku tuku mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolú ko e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. Ko e meʻaʻofa ko iá ʻokú ne ʻai ai ke tau malava ʻo fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga fakaʻotua hangē ko e ʻofá, leleí mo e anga-maluú. Ko hono olá, ko e ngaahi ʻulungāanga ko iá ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau fakahāhā ki hotau kaungātuí ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni pea loto-lelei ke tokoni kia kinautolu. Ko e poto mo e ʻilo moʻoní ʻoku toe kau ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he tokoni ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (1 Kol.1Ko 2:10-16; Kal. 5:22, 23) Ko hono moʻoní, ko e kotoa ʻo hotau iví, malavá mo e talēnití ʻe vakai nai ki ai ko e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ke ngāueʻaki ke ʻoatu ai ʻa e fakahīkihiki mo e fakalāngilangi ki heʻetau Tamai hēvaní. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e fatongia kuo ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ngāueʻaki ʻetau ngaahi malavá mo e ʻulungāangá ko ha founga ia ʻo hono fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hotau kaungātuí.
“Ngāueʻaki Ia ʻi he Fetauhiʻaki”—Anga-Fēfē?
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he kupuʻi lea “ʻi he vahevahe”? (e) Ko e hā e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻeke hifo kia kitautolú, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
7 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa kuo tau maʻú, ʻoku toe pehē ʻe Pita: “ʻI he vahevahe ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻaʻofa kuo maʻu ʻe he tokotaha taki taha, ngāueʻaki ia.” Ko e pehē ko ia “ʻi he vahevahe” ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe kehekehe nai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻungá mo e malavá ʻo ʻikai ʻi he natulá pē kae pehē foki ki he lahí. Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā, ʻoku ekinaki mai ki he toko taha taki taha ke “ngāueʻaki ia [ʻa ia, ko ha faʻahinga meʻaʻofa pē kuó ne maʻu] ʻi he fetauhiʻaki.” ʻIkai ngata ʻaí, ko e kupuʻi lea “ngāueʻaki ia . . . ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau setuata lelei,” ko ha fekau ia. Ko ia ai, ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻeke hifo kia kitautolu: ‘ʻOku ou ngāueʻaki moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa kuo tuku mai kiate aú ke fakaivimālohiʻiʻaki ʻa hoku kaungātuí?’ (Fakafehoanaki mo e 1 Timote 5:9, 10.) ‘Pe ʻoku ou lahilahi ngāueʻaki ʻe au ʻa e ngaahi malava kuó u maʻu meia Sihová ʻo fakatefito ki he lelei pē ʻaʻaku—ke maʻu nai ai ha koloa pe ke maʻu ha tuʻunga fakasōsiale?’ (1 Kol.1Ko 4:7) Kapau ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa kuo tuku mai kia kitautolú “ʻi he fetauhiʻaki,” te tau fakafiefiaʻi ai ʻa Sihova.—Pal. 19:17; lau ʻa e Hepelu 13:16.
8, 9. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi kuo ngāue ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi māmani lahí maʻá e kaungātuí? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e fetokoniʻaki ʻa e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi hoʻo fakatahaʻangá?
8 ʻOku lave ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi founga kehekehe ʻa ia naʻe fetauhiʻaki ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. (Lau ʻa e Loma 15:25, 26; 2 Timote 1:16-18.) ʻI he tuʻunga tatau he ʻahó ni, ko e fekau ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻaʻofa kuo tuku mai kia kitá maʻá e kaungātuí ʻoku fakahoko ʻaufuatō ia ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní. Fakakaukau angé ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku fai ai iá.
9 ʻOku fakamoleki ʻe he fanga tokoua tokolahi ʻa e ngaahi houa ʻi he māhina taki taha ʻi hono teuteu ʻa e ngaahi konga ki he fakatahá. ʻI he ngaahi fakatahá, ʻi heʻenau tuku atu ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi makakoloa fakalaumālie kuo nau maʻu lolotonga ʻenau ako Tohi Tapú, ko ʻenau ngaahi lea fakamāmá ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ke nau kītaki. (1 Tim. 5:17) ʻOku ʻiloa ʻa e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine tokolahi ʻi heʻenau māfana mo manavaʻofa ki honau kaungātuí. (Loma 12:15) ʻOku ʻaʻahi maʻu pē ʻa e niʻihi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku loto-mafasiá pea lotu fakataha mo kinautolu. (1 Tes. 5:14) Ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau vaheʻi ʻa e taimi ke tohi ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ongoʻi loloto ʻo e fakalototoʻa ki he kaungā Kalisitiane ʻoku nau fekuki mo ha ʻahiʻahí. Lolotonga ia ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau tokoniʻi anga-ʻofa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻi ai honau ngaahi fakangatangata fakaesinó ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku kau ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe laui afe ʻi he ngāue tokoní, ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e kaungātuí ke toe langa ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi ʻa ia kuo haveki ʻe he ngaahi fakatamakí. Ko e manavaʻofa kaungāongoʻi mo e tokoni ʻaonga kuo fai ʻe he fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine tokanga peheé ko e fakahāhā kotoa ia ʻo e “ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo fakahāhā ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe.”—Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 4:11.
Ko Fē ʻOku Mahuʻinga Angé?
10. (a) Ko e hā e tafaʻaki ʻe ua naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene ngāue ki he ʻOtuá? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau faʻifaʻitaki he ʻahó ni kia Paulá?
10 ʻOku tuku ki he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he meʻaʻofa ke ngāueʻaki maʻa honau kaungātuí kae toe pehē foki ki ha pōpoaki ke vahevahe ki honau kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e ongo tafaʻaki ko eni ʻo ʻene ngāue kia Sihová. Naʻá ne tohi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi ʻEfesoó ʻo fekauʻaki mo e “tuʻunga setuata ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá” ʻa ia naʻe ʻoange kiate ia ke nau maʻu ʻaonga mei ai. (Ef. 3:2, NW) Neongo ia, naʻá ne toe pehē: “Kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻoku mau taau ke tuku mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e ongoongo leleí.” (1 Tes. 2:4, NW) ʻI he hangē ko Paulá, ʻoku tau ʻilo foki kuo tuku mai kia kitautolu ʻa e ngāue ʻo e hoko ko e kau malanga ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he kau faivelenga ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, ʻoku tau feinga ai ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene hoko ko ha tokotaha fanongonongo taʻehelaʻia ʻo e ongoongo leleí. (Ng. 20:20, 21; 1 Kol. 10:34 [1Ko 11:1, PM]) ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ko hono malangaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻe lava ke fakahaofi ai ha ngaahi moʻui. Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi tatau, ʻoku tau toe feinga ke faʻifaʻitaki kia Paula ʻaki ʻa e kumi ki ha ngaahi faingamālie ke ‘ʻatu ai ha foaki fakalaumalie’ ki he kaungātuí.—Lau ʻa e Loma 1:11, 12, “PM”; 10:13-15.
11. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau fakakaukau ki heʻetau ongo ngāue ko e malanga mo hono langa hake ʻa hotau fanga tokouá?
11 Ko fē ʻi he ongo ngāue faka-Kalisitiane ʻe ua ko ení ʻoku mahuʻinga angé? Ko hono ʻeke ha fehuʻi hangē ko iá ʻoku kiʻi meimei tatau ia mo e fehuʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha foʻi manupuna: Ko fē ʻi hono ongo kapakaú ʻoku mahuʻinga angé? ʻOku hā mahino ʻa e talí. ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe ha manupuna ke ngāueʻaki fakatouʻosi hono ongo kapakaú kae lava ʻo puna fakalelei. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau kau fakatouʻosi ʻi he ongo tafaʻaki ʻo ʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ka tau kakato ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiané. Ko ia ai, ʻi he ʻikai fakakaukau ʻoku ʻikai ha felāveʻi ʻa ʻetau ngāue ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí pea mo hono langa hake ʻa e kaungātuí, ʻoku tau vakai ki ai ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e vakai ki ai ʻa e ongo ʻapositolo ko Pita mo Paulá—ko e ongo fatongia ʻokú na ō fakataha. ʻI he founga fē?
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau hoko ko ha meʻangāue ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová?
12 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau ʻevangelioó, ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ha ngaahi pōtoʻi fakafaiako pē nai ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he feinga ke aʻu ki he loto ʻo hotau kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e pōpoaki fakaivimālohi ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he founga ko iá, ʻoku tau ʻamanaki atu ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisi. Kae kehe, ʻoku tau toe ngāueʻaki ha malava pē mo ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa kehe nai ʻoku tau maʻú ʻi he feinga ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa hotau kaungātuí ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakaivimālohi mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻaonga—ʻa ia ko e fakahāhā ia ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Pal. 3:27; 12:25) ʻI he founga ko iá, ʻoku tau ʻamanaki atu ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau nofo maʻu ai pē ko e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisi. ʻI he ongo ngāué fakatouʻosi—ʻa e malanga ki he kakaí mo e “fetauhiʻaki”—ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e monū fisifisimuʻa ʻo e hoko ko ha meʻangāue ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová.—Kal. 6:10.
“Maʻu ʻa e ʻOfa Kaungāongoʻi ʻIate Kimoutolu”
13. Ko e hā ʻe hokó kapau te tau taʻofi ʻa e “fetauhiʻaki”?
13 Naʻe ekinaki ʻa Paula ki hono kaungātuí: “ʻI he ʻofa fakatokouá, mou maʻu ʻa e ʻofa kaungāongoʻi ʻiate kimoutolu. Mou takimuʻa ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e fefakaʻapaʻapaʻakí.” (Loma 12:10, NW) Ko e moʻoni, ko hono maʻu ʻa e ʻofa ki hotau fanga tokouá ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau ngāue ʻaufuatō ko e kau setuata ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi kapau ʻe lavameʻa ʻa Sētane ʻi hono taʻofi kitautolu mei he “fetauhiʻaki,” te ne fakavaivaiʻi ai ʻetau fāʻūtahá. (Kol. 3:14) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko ha taʻefāʻūtaha ʻe taki atu ia ki ha taʻefaivelenga ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá. ʻOku ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Sētane ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ne maumauʻi ha taha pē ʻo hotau kapakaú, hangē ko e laú, koeʻuhi ka tau tō ai ki lalo.
14. Ko hai ʻoku maʻu ʻaonga mei heʻetau “fetauhiʻaki”? ʻOmai ha fakatātā.
14 Ko e “fetauhiʻaki” ʻoku maʻu ʻaonga ai ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá kae toe pehē foki ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakahāhā iá. (Pal. 11:25) Ko e fakatātaá, ko Ryan mo Roni, ko ha ongo meʻa mali ʻi ʻIlinoi, ʻAmelika. ʻI heʻena ʻiloʻi ne fakaʻauha ʻe he afā ko Katrina ʻa e ʻapi ʻe laui teau ʻo hona ngaahi kaungā Fakamoʻoní, naʻe ueʻi kinaua ʻe he ʻofa fakatokouá ke liʻaki ʻena ngāué, tukuange hona ʻapaatimení, fakatau ha taulani ʻosi ngāueʻaki, ʻo fakaleleiʻi peá na fononga ʻi he kilomita ʻe 1,400 ki Louisiana. Naʻá na nofo ai ʻo laka hake he taʻu ʻe taha lolotonga ia naʻe foaki hona taimí, iví mo e koloá ke tokoniʻiʻaki ʻa hona fanga tokouá. “Ko e kau ʻi he ngāue tokoni ko ení naʻe tohoakiʻi ai au ʻou ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá,” ko e lau ia ʻa Ryan, taʻu 29. “Naʻá ku sio ai ki he anga hono tokangaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hono kakaí.” ʻOku toe pehē ʻe Ryan: “Ko e ngāue mo e fanga tokoua taʻumotuʻá naʻe akoʻi mai ai kiate au ʻa e meʻa lahi fekauʻaki mo e founga ke tokanga ai ki he fanga tokouá. Naʻá ku toe ako ai ʻo ʻilo ʻoku lahi ʻa e meʻa ke fai ʻe kitautolu kei siʻi angé ʻi he kautaha ʻa Sihová.” Ko Roni, taʻu 25, ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻOku ou houngaʻia ʻi he malava ke u kau ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻo e niʻihi kehé. ʻOku ou ongoʻi fiefia ange ʻi ha toe taimi pē ʻi heʻeku moʻuí. ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ka hoko maí, ʻe hokohoko atu ai ʻeku utu ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga mei he hokosia fisifisimuʻa ko ení.”
15. Ko e hā e ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei ʻoku tau maʻu ke hokohoko atu ai ʻa e ngāue ko e kau setuata ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá?
15 Ko e moʻoni, ko e talangofua ki he ongo fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí pea ke langa hake ʻa e kaungātuí ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e tāpuaki ki he tokotaha kotoa. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku tau tokoniʻí ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi fakalaumālie ai kinautolu, lolotonga ia ʻoku tau hokosia ʻa e fiefia moʻoni ʻa ia ko e foaki atú pē ʻe lava ke ne ʻomaí. (Ng. 20:35) Ko e fakatahaʻangá fakalūkufua ʻoku tupulaki ʻene māfaná ʻi he mahuʻingaʻia anga-ʻofa ʻa e mēmipa taki taha ʻi he niʻihi kehé. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e ʻofa mo e kaungāongoʻi ʻoku tau fefakahāhāʻakí ʻokú ne fakaʻilongaʻi mahino ai kitautolu ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoni. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko e meʻa kó é ʻe ʻilo ai ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ko e kau ako kimoutolu aʻaku, ʻo kapau ʻe ai haʻamou feʻofaʻaki.” (Sione 13:35) Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻoku ʻalu ai ʻa e lāngilangí ki heʻetau Tamai tokangá, ʻa Sihova, he ko ʻene fakaʻamu ke fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga faingataʻaʻiá ʻoku tapua atu ia ʻi heʻene kau sevāniti ʻi he māmaní. Ko ia ai, ko ha ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei moʻoni ē ʻoku tau maʻú ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻaʻofa kuo tuku mai kia kitautolú “ʻi he fetauhiʻaki ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau setuata lelei ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá”! Te ke hokohoko atu ʻa hono fai iá?—Lau ʻa e Hepelu 6:10.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻene kau sevānití?
• Ko e hā kuo tuku mai kia kitautolú?
• Ko e hā e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau ngāue fakaetauhi ai ki hotau kaungātuí?
• Ko e hā te ne ueʻi kitautolu ke hokohoko atu hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e meʻaʻofa kuo tuku maí ʻi he “fetauhiʻaki”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 13]
ʻOkú ke ngāueʻaki ʻa hoʻo “meʻaʻofa” ke ngāue maʻá e niʻihi kehé pe ke fakahōhōʻiaʻi pē koe?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 15]
ʻOku tau malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé mo tokoniʻi ʻa e kaungā Kalisitiané
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Ko e kau ngāue tokoní ʻoku nau tuha mo e fakaongoongolelei ʻi heʻenau laumālie feilaulauʻi-kitá