“ʻE, Mou Fei mo Tauhi ʻa e Fanga Sipi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻOku ʻIate Kimoutolu”
“ʻE, mou fei mo tauhi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻo ʻoua naʻa fai fakakoloto hono leʻohi, ka ʻi he loto fiefai.”—1 PITA 5:2.
1. Ko e hā e ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe fehangahangai mo e kau Kalisitiané ʻi he taimi naʻe hiki ai ʻe Pita ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tohí?
ʻI HA taimi ki muʻa ke kamata ʻe Nelo ʻene fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Lomá, naʻe hiki ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tohí. Naʻá ne loto ke fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa hono kaungātuí. Ko e Tēvoló naʻá ne “ʻalu fano” holo, ʻi he kumi ke folo ʻa e kau Kalisitiané. Ke tuʻu mālohi ʻo fakafepakiʻi iá, naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau “laka fakaʻehiʻehi” pea ke ‘fakavaivaiʻi kinautolu ʻi he lalo nima mafimafi ʻo e ʻOtuá.’ (1 Pita 5:6, 8) Naʻe toe fiemaʻu ke nau nofoʻaki fāʻūtaha. Heʻikai lava ke nau “feʻuʻusi mo fekainaki,” he ʻe lava ke iku ia ki heʻenau “fetamateʻaki.”—Kal. 5:15.
2, 3. Ko hai ʻoku ʻamanekina te tau faitau mo iá, pea ko e hā te tau lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hokohoko ko ení?
2 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo ha tuʻunga meimei tatau. ʻOku kumi ʻa e Tēvoló ki ha ngaahi faingamālie ke folo ai kitautolu. (Fkh. 12:12) Pea ʻi muʻa ʻia kitautolu ʻoku maluʻaki mai ai ha “mamahi lahi, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki hano tatau mei he kamataʻanga ʻo mamani.” (Mt. 24:21) Hangē ko e pau ke maluʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí kinautolu mei he makuku ʻi honau lotolotongá, kuo pau ke tau pehē pē mo kitautolu. Ke lavaʻi ení, ʻoku tau fiemaʻu he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻa e tokoni mei he kau mātuʻa tāú.
3 Tau lāulea angé ki he founga ʻe lava ke fakalahi ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻenau houngaʻia ki he monū ʻo hono tauhi e ‘fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻiate kinautolú.’ (1 Pita 5:2) Hili iá, te tau fakakaukau ki he founga totonu ʻo hono fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakaetauhí. ʻI he kupu hoko maí, te tau sivisiviʻi ai e founga ʻe lava ai ke ‘fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa ki he faʻahinga ʻoku ngāue mālohi mo tokangaʻi’ e fanga sipí. (1 Tes. 5:12, NW) Ko ha lāulea ki he ngaahi meʻa ko ení ʻe tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau tuʻu mālohi ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa hotau Fili lahí, ʻi he ʻiloʻi ko ia e toko taha ʻoku tau milimilisino mo iá.—Ef. 6:12.
Tauhi e Fanga Sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá
4, 5. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē vakai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ki he fanga sipí? Fakatātaaʻi.
4 Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e kau faifekau pe kau mātuʻa ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ke nau maʻu ha vakai fakaʻotua ki he fanga sipi kuo tuku kia kinautolú. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 5:1, 2.) Neongo naʻe vakai kiate ia ko ha pou ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, naʻe ʻikai ke lea tuku hifo ʻa Pita ki he kau mātuʻá. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne enginaki kia kinautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kaungā mātuʻa. (Kal. 2:9) ʻI ha laumālie hangē ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻe Pitá, ko e Kulupu Pule he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau naʻinaʻi ki he kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ke nau feinga mālohi ke fakahoko e fatongia mamafa ko hono tauhi e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá.
5 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositoló ko e kau mātuʻá kuo pau ke nau ‘tauhi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻiate kinautolú.’ Naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga kia kinautolu ke nau ʻiloʻi ko e fanga sipí ʻoku ʻa Sihova mo Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko e kau mātuʻá naʻe pau ke nau fai ha fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e anga ʻo ʻenau tokangaʻi e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá. Tau pehē ʻoku kole atu ʻe hao kaumeʻa ofi ke ke tokangaʻi ʻa ʻene fānaú lolotonga haʻane mamaʻo. ʻIkai te ke tokangaʻi lelei kinautolu mo fafanga kinautolu? Kapau ʻe puke ha kiʻi tama ʻe toko taha, ʻikai te ke fakapapauʻi ʻokú ne maʻu ha tokoni fakafaitoʻo pē ʻe fiemaʻu? ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau ‘tauhi ʻa e Siasi ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakatau ʻaki ʻa e taʻataʻa’ ʻo hono ʻAlo ʻoʻoná. (Ng. 20:28) ʻOku nau manatuʻi ko e sipi taki taha naʻe fakatau mai ʻaki ʻa e taʻataʻa maʻongoʻonga ʻo Kalaisi Sīsuú. ʻI he pau ke nau fai ha fakamatalá, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau fafanga, maluʻi, mo tokangaʻi e fanga sipí.
6. Ko e hā e fatongia ʻo e kau tauhi-sipi ʻi he kuonga muʻá?
6 Fakakaukau atu ki he fatongia naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau tauhi-sipí ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe pau ke nau kātekina ʻa e vela ʻo e ʻahó mo e momoko ʻo e poʻulí koeʻuhi ke tokangaʻi ʻa e fanga sipí. (Sen. 31:40) Naʻe aʻu ʻo nau tuku ʻenau moʻuí ki he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki koeʻuhi ko e fanga sipí. Ko e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipi ko Tēvitá naʻá ne fakahaofi ʻa ʻene fanga sipí mei he fanga manu fekaí, ʻo kau ai ha laione mo ha pea. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e monumanu taki taha, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Tēvita naʻá ne “puke hono kava, ʻo taaʻi ia, ʻo tamateʻi.” (1 Sam. 17:34, 35) He toʻa moʻoni ē ko ia! He ofi moʻoni ē ko ia ki he ngutu ʻo e manu fekaí! Neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai te ne holomui mei hono fakahaofi ʻa e sipí.
7. ʻE anga-fēfē nai hano hamusi fakaefakatātā ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e sipí mei he ngutu ʻo Sētané?
7 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau leʻohi e fanga sipí mei he ngaahi ʻoho hangē ha laione ʻa e Tēvoló. ʻE kau nai ki heni ha ngāue loto-toʻa fakaefakatātā ʻo hono hamusi ʻa e sipí mei he ngutu ʻo e Tēvoló. ʻI hono puke ʻa e kava pe fulufulu ʻo e manu fekaí, hangē ko e laú, ʻe lava ke fakahaofi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e sipí. Te nau fakaʻuhinga nai mo e fanga tokoua taʻetokanga ʻoku fakataueleʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi tauhele ʻa Sētané. (Lau ʻa e Siutasi 22, 23.) Ko e moʻoni, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku ʻikai te nau lavaʻi eni taʻekau ai e tokoni ʻa Sihová. ʻOku nau puke fakaalaala ha sipi ʻoku lavea, ʻo haʻihaʻi mo ʻai ki ai ʻa e lolo fakafiemālie ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
8. Ko fē ʻoku tataki ki ai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e fanga sipí, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē?
8 Naʻe toe tataki ʻe ha tauhi-sipi ʻa e fanga sipí ki ha kaikaiʻanga feʻungamālie mo ha feituʻu vaiʻia. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau tataki ʻa e fanga sipí ki he fakatahaʻangá, ʻo fakaʻaiʻai ʻa hono maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e fakatahá koeʻuhi ke lava ai ʻo fafangaʻi lelei ʻa e fanga sipí pea nau maʻu “ʻenau meʻakai ʻi hono taimi totonu.” (Mt. 24:45) Ko e kau mātuʻá ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke nau fakamoleki e taimi lahi ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku puke fakalaumālié ke nau tali e meʻakai mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻE feinga nai ha sipi hē ke ne toe foki ki he fanga sipí. ʻI he ʻikai fakailifiaʻi honau tokouá, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau fakamatalaʻi anga-ʻofa ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú pea fakahaaʻi kiate ia ʻa e founga ʻe lava ke ne ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi heʻene moʻuí.
9, 10. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hono tokangaʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku puke fakalaumālié?
9 ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke puke aí, ko e toketā fēfē ʻokú ke saiʻia aí? Ko e toko taha ʻokú ne fakamoleki ʻa e taimi siʻisiʻi ke fanongo ai kiate koe pea tohiʻi leva ʻa e faitoʻó koeʻuhi ke ne ʻatā ai ke sio ki he mahaki hono hokó? Pe te ke saiʻia ange ke talatala ki ha toketā ʻoku fanongo kiate koe, fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa nai ʻoku fehālaaki ʻiate koé, pea fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi faitoʻo ʻoku ala maʻú?
10 ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻe lava ke nau fanongo ki he tokotaha ʻoku puke fakalaumālié pea tokoni ke faitoʻo ʻi he tuʻunga fakaefakatātā hono laveá, “ʻo tākai ʻaki ʻa e lolo ʻi he huafa ʻo e ʻEiki.” (Lau ʻa e Semisi 5:14, 15.) ʻI he hangē ko e paʻame mei Kiliatí, ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe lava ke ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e toko taha vaivaí pe puké. (Sel. 8:21 [8:22, PM]; Isi. 34:16) ʻI hono ngāueʻakí, ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi ʻa e toko taha puké ke ne toe maʻu ʻa e mafamafatatau fakalaumālié. ʻIo, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau fai ʻa e meʻa lelei lahi ʻi heʻenau fanongo pē ki he ngaahi hohaʻa ʻa e sipi ʻoku puké pea lotu fakataha mo ia.
ʻIkai Fakakoloto ka ʻi he Loto-Fiefai
11. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau tauhi loto-fiefai ki he fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá?
11 Naʻe hoko atu ʻa Pita ʻo fakamanatu ki he kau mātuʻá ʻa e founga ʻoku totonu mo ʻikai totonu ke faiʻaki ʻa e ngāue fakatauhi-sipí. Ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau tauhi e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo ‘ʻoua naʻa fai fakakoloto, ka ʻi he loto fiefai.’ Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau tauhi loto-fiefai ai ki honau fanga tokouá? Sai, ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Pita ke ne tauhi mo fafanga e fanga sipi ʻa Sīsuú? Ko ha kī ʻa ʻene ʻofa mo e manatu ʻofa ki he ʻEikí. (Sione 21:15-17) Koeʻuhi ko e ʻofá, ko e kau mātuʻá “ke oua naa nau toe moui kiate kinautolu, ka kiate ia nae bekia maa nautolu.” (2 Kol. 5:14, 15, PM) Ko e ʻofa ko ení, fakataha mo ʻenau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo honau fanga tokouá, ʻoku ueʻi ai e kau mātuʻá ke tauhi ʻa e fanga sipí, ʻo līʻoa ʻenau ngaahi feingá, koloá, mo e taimí ki hono fai iá. (Mt. 22:37-39) ʻOku nau foaki atu kinautolu, ʻo ʻikai fakakoloto ka ʻi he loto-fiefai.
12. Ko e hā hono lahi ʻo hono foaki atu ʻa ia tonu ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá?
12 Ko e hā hono lahi ʻoku totonu ke foaki atu ai kinautolu ʻe he kau mātuʻá? ʻI hono tokangaʻi ʻo e fanga sipí, ʻoku nau faʻifaʻitaki ai ki he ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻo hangē ko ʻene faʻifaʻitaki kia Sīsuú. (1 Kol. 10:34 [1Ko 11:1, PM]) ʻI hono maʻu ʻa e manavaʻofa loloto ki he fanga tokoua Tesalonaiká, ko Paula mo hono takangá naʻa nau fiefia ke tuku atu kia kinautolu ‘ʻikai ko e Kosipeli pe ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka ko siʻenau moʻuí foki.’ ʻI he fai peheé, naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo fakaalaala “hange tofu pe ha fefine toutama ʻa ia ʻoku ne tauhi siʻene fanau aʻana.” (1 Tes. 2:7, 8) Naʻe mahinoʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e anga ʻo e ongoʻi ʻa ha fefine toutama fekauʻaki mo ʻene fānaú. Te ne fai ha meʻa pē maʻanautolu, ʻo kau ai ʻa e tuʻu hake ʻi he vaeua poó ke fafanga kinautolu.
13. Ko e hā e mafamafatatau ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tauhi maʻu ʻe he kau mātuʻá?
13 ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tokanga ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke tauhi maʻu e mafamafatatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e fatongia fakatauhi-sipí mo e ngafa ki honau fāmilí tonu. (1 Tim. 5:8) Ko e taimi ʻoku fakamoleki ʻe he kau mātuʻá ki he fakatahaʻangá ko e taimi mahuʻinga ia ʻoku nau mamaʻo ai mei honau fāmilí. Ko e founga ʻe taha ke ʻai ai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e ongo fatongiá ko hono fakaafeʻi mai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi ha taimi ki heʻenau efiafi Lotu Fakafāmilí. ʻI he faai mai e ngaahi taʻú, ko Masanao, ko ha mātuʻa ʻi Siapani, naʻá ne fakaafeʻi ʻa e faʻahinga teʻeki malí mo e ngaahi fāmili tamai-mate fakalaumālié ki heʻene ako fakafāmilí. ʻI ha taimi, ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe tokoniʻí ne nau hoko mo kinautolu ko e kau mātuʻa pea naʻa nau faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻa Masanao.
Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Sio Paʻanga ʻUlí —Tauhi ʻa e Fanga Sipí ʻi he ʻOfa ki he Ngāué
14, 15. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke leʻohi ʻe he kau mātuʻá kinautolu mei he “sio paʻanga ʻuli,” pea ʻe lava fēfē ke nau faʻifaʻitaki kia Paula ʻi he meʻá ni?
14 Naʻe toe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Pita ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau tauhi ʻa e fanga sipí “ʻo ʻikai ko e sio paʻanga ʻuli, ka ʻi he ʻofa ki he ngaue.” Ko e ngāue ʻa e kau mātuʻá ʻoku kau ki ai ha taimi lahi, neongo ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻamanekina ha totongi paʻanga. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e fiemaʻu ke fakatokanga ki hono kaungā mātuʻá fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo hono tauhi ʻa e fanga sipí ʻi he “sio paʻanga ʻuli.” ʻOku hā mahino ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ko iá ʻi he moʻui fakatuʻumālie ʻoku ʻi ai e kau taki lotu ʻo “Babilone koe lahi” lolotonga ia ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi ke nau ʻi ha moʻui masiva. (Fkh. 18:2, 3, PM) Ko e kau mātuʻa he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei ke maluʻi ai kinautolu mei ha hehema pē ki he tafaʻaki ko iá.
15 Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Paula ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ki he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané. Neongo ko ha ʻapositolo ia pea naʻe mei lava ke ne hoko ko e ‘fakamajiva’ ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Tesalonaiká, naʻe ʻikai te ne “kai taetotogi ae ma a ha toko taha.” ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne “fai ae gaue mo feiga i he bo moe aho.” (2 Tes. 3:8, PM) Ko e kau mātuʻa tokolahi ʻi he lolotongá ni, kau ai ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻi he ngāue fefonongaʻakí, ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he meʻá ni. Neongo ʻoku nau tali ʻa e anga-talitali kakai mei he kaungātuí, ʻoku ʻikai te nau ‘fakamajivaʻi’ ha toko taha.—1 Tes. 2:9, PM.
16. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ke tauhi ʻa e fanga sipí ʻi he “ofa ki he ngaue”?
16 Ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku nau tauhi ʻa e fanga sipí ʻi he “ʻofa ki he ngaue.” Ko ʻenau ʻofa ki he ngāué ʻoku hā mahino ia ʻi heʻenau tōʻonga feilaulauʻi-kita ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e fanga sipí. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga iá ʻoku nau fakamālohiʻi ʻa e fanga sipí ke nau tauhi kia Sihova; pea ʻoku ʻikai fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he kau mātuʻa anga-ʻofá ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau tauhi ki he ʻOtuá ʻi ha laumālie fepolepolei. (Kal. 5:26) ʻOku mahinoʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ko e sipi taki taha ʻoku makehe. ʻOku nau ʻofa ki he ngāué ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa honau fanga tokouá ke nau tauhi fiefia kia Sihova.
ʻOua ʻe Fiepule ki he Fanga Sipí kae Hoko ko e Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā naʻe faingataʻaʻia ai ʻi ha taimi ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻi hono mahinoʻi ʻa e akonaki ʻa Sīsū ki he anga-fakatōkilaló? (e) Ko e hā e tuʻunga meimei tatau ʻoku lava ke tau ʻi aí?
17 Hangē ko ia kuo tau lāulea ki aí, ko e kau mātuʻá ʻoku totonu ke nau manatuʻi ko e fanga sipi ʻoku nau tauhí ʻoku ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo ʻikai ʻanautolu. ʻOku nau tokanga ke ʻoua ʻe ‘fiebule ki he nofoaga’ pe tofiʻa ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 5:3, “PM.”) ʻI ha ngaahi taimi, naʻe kakapa atu ai ʻa e kau ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsuú fakataha mo e taumuʻa hala. ʻI he hangē ko e faʻahinga naʻa nau puleʻi ʻa e kau Senitailé, naʻa nau loto ke maʻu ha tuʻunga tuʻu-ki-muʻa.—Lau ʻa e Maake 10:42-45.
18 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e fanga tokoua ʻoku nau ‘kakapa atu ki he fatongia ʻo e ʻovasiá’ ʻoku lelei ke nau sivisiviʻi kinautolu pe ko e hā e ʻuhinga ʻenau kakapa atú. (1 Tim. 3:1, NW) Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku mātuʻa he taimi ní ʻe fiemaʻu nai ke nau ʻeke hangatonu hifo kia kinautolu pe ʻoku nau maʻu ha holi ki he mafaí pe tuʻu-ki-muʻá ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kau ʻapositoló. Kapau naʻe faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻi he tafaʻaki ko ení, tā ʻoku lava leva ke mahinoʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau ngāue mālohi ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei ha hehema fakaemāmani pē ke maʻu ha mafai ki he niʻihi kehé.
19. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke manatuʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻi heʻenau ngāue ke maluʻi ʻa e fanga sipí?
19 Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻi ai e ngaahi taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tuʻumaʻu ʻa e kau mātuʻá, hangē ko e taimi ʻoku nau maluʻi ai ʻa e fanga sipí mei he “fanga ulofi anga malohi.” (Ng. 20:28-30) Naʻe tala ʻe Paula kia Taitusi ke hanganaki “enginaki mo valokiʻaki, ʻo fai fakapule ai pe.” (Tai. 2:15) Neongo ia, naʻa mo e pau ke fai peheé, ʻoku feinga ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke fakangeingeiaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku kau ki aí. ʻOku nau mahinoʻi ʻi he ʻikai fakaanga fefeká, ko e fakalotoʻi fakaalaalá ʻoku faʻa ola lelei ange ia ʻi he aʻu ai ki he lotó pea ʻi hono ueʻi ha taha ke ne muimui ʻi ha ʻalunga totonu.
20. ʻE lava fēfē ke faʻifaʻitaki ʻa e kau mātuʻá kia Sīsū ʻi hono fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei?
20 Ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻa Kalaisí ʻoku ueʻi ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau ʻofa ʻi he fanga sipí. (Sione 13:12-15) ʻOku māfana hotau lotó ʻi heʻetau lau ʻa e founga ʻo ʻene akoʻi ʻa ʻene kau ākongá ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá mo e ngaohi-ākongá. Ko ʻene sīpinga anga-fakatōkilaló naʻe aʻu ki he loto ʻo ʻene kau ākongá, ʻo ueʻi ai kinautolu ke nau muimui ʻi ha ʻalunga ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e ‘loto taʻehiki mo taki taha lau ʻoku lelei hake ʻa honau kaingá ʻiate kinautolu.’ (Fili. 2:3) Ko e kau mātuʻa he ʻaho ní ʻoku ueʻi tatau kinautolu ke nau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsuú, pea ko kinautolu, ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku nau loto ke hoko ko e “faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ki he fanga sipi.”
21. Ko e hā e pale ʻoku lava ke ʻamanaki atu ki ai ʻa e kau mātuʻá?
21 Naʻe fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe Pita ʻa ʻene enginaki ki he kau mātuʻá ʻaki ʻene lave ki ha talaʻofa ki he kahaʻú. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 5:4, “PM.”) Ko e kau ʻovasia paní ‘e maʻu ekinautolu ae bale oe nāunāu e ikai mae’ fakataha mo Kalaisi ʻi hēvani. Ko e kau tauhi-sipi tokoni ʻi he “fanga sipi kehe” te nau maʻu ʻa e monū ko hono tauhi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa e “Tauhi lahi.” (Sione 10:16) Ko e kupu hokó ʻe lāulea ai ki he founga ʻa ia ʻe lava ke poupouʻi ai ʻe he ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia kuo fakanofo ke nau takimuʻá.
Fakamanatu
• Ko e hā naʻe feʻungamālie ai kia Pita ke ne enginaki ki he kaungā mātuʻá ke nau tauhi e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻiate kinautolú?
• ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hono tauhi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku puke fakalaumālié?
• Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau tauhi ʻa e fanga sipi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻiate kinautolú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 21]
ʻI he hangē ko e kau tauhi-sipi ʻi he kuonga muʻá, ko e kau mātuʻa he ʻaho ní kuo pau ke nau maluʻi ʻa e “fanga sipi” ʻoku ʻiate kinautolú.