Lī Atu Hono Kotoa ʻo Hoʻomou Loto-Moʻuá kia Sihova
“Mou fakavaivaiʻi kimoutolu ʻi he lalo nima mafimafi ʻo e ʻOtua, koeʻuhi ke ne hakeakiʻi kimouotolu ʻo ka hoko hono taimi: ʻo mou li atu ā hono kotoa ʻo hoʻomou lotomoʻua ki he ʻEne ʻAfio; he ʻoku ne mamahiʻi kimoutolu.”—1 PITA 5:6, 7.
1. ʻOku uesia fēfē kitautolu ʻe he loto-moʻuá, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke fakatātaaʻi ʻeni?
ʻOKU malava ʻe he loto-moʻuá ke ne uesia lahi ʻaupito ʻetau moʻuí. ʻOku lava ke fakahoa ia ki he ongo palalā ʻokú ne maumauʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ha foʻi fasi mālie ʻoku tau fanongo ai ʻi he letioó. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fakaheleleu ʻi he ngaahi peau fakaletioó, ʻe lava ke fakafiefia mo fakatupu fakanonga ʻa e ngaahi fasi ʻoku ongo mālié. Kae kehe, naʻa mo e fasi mālie tahá ʻoku malava ʻe he pākakihi longoaʻa ʻo e ongo palalaá ke ne maumauʻi ia, ʻo ʻai ai kitautolu ke tau ongoʻi ʻita mo matalili. ʻOku lava ʻe he loto-moʻuá ke ne fai ha uesia meimei tatau ki hotau tuʻunga nonga ʻaupitó. ʻOku lava ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau ongoʻi māfatukituki lahi ʻaupito ʻo ʻikai malava ai ke tau tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻingá. Ko e moʻoni, ka “hu ʻa e hohaʻa ki he loto ʻo ha tangata, ʻoku ne pelukiʻi ia.”—Palōvepi 12:25.
2. Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo kau ki he “lotomoʻua ki he moʻui ni”?
2 Naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e hoko ʻo tohoaki kita ʻe he loto-moʻua ʻo fuʻu hulú. ʻI heʻene kikite ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí, naʻá ne naʻinaʻi mai: “Ka mou lamasi kimoutolu, naʻa ʻiloange ʻe mafatukituki homou loto, ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa kai, mo e faʻa inu, mo e faʻa lotomoʻua ki he moʻui ni, pea lapasi kimoutolu ʻe he ʻaho ko ia ʻo hangē ko ha hele puna: he te ne hoko ki he kakai kotoa pe ʻi heʻenau nofo pe ʻi he funga ʻo māmani kotoa. Ka mou ʻā pe, mo lotu ʻi he taimi kotoa pe, koeʻuhi ke mou lava ke hao mei he ngāhi meʻa ko ia fulipe ʻoku ene ke hoko; pea ke tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Fanautama ʻa Tangata.” (Luke 21:34-36) Hangē tofu pē ko hono fakatupu ʻe he kai ʻo fuʻu lahí mo e inu lahí ʻa kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo tōʻohi fakaefakakaukaú, ko ia ko e hoko ʻo māfatukituki ʻi he “faʻa lotomoua ki he moʻui ni,” ʻoku malava ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke mole atu ʻa e malava fakaefakakaukau leleí, pea fakahoko mai ʻa e ngaahi ola fakatupu mamahi.
Ko e Loto-Moʻuá
3. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e “loto-moʻua,” pea ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne fakatupunga iá?
3 ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻa e “loto-moʻua” ʻo pehē ko ha “fakakaukau taʻemanonga ʻoku fakatupu loto-mamahi mo tailiili ʻo kau ki ha fakatamaki ʻoku tuʻunuku pe maluʻaki mai.” Ko ha “hohaʻa pe tokanga ʻi he manavahē” pea pehē ki he “ongoʻi ngalikehe mo māfatukituki ʻo e tailiili mo e manavahē ʻoku faʻa fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi fakaʻilonga fakaesino (hangē ko e tautaʻa, loto-hohaʻa, mo e vave ʻa e tā ʻa e mafú), ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he tokanga tailiili fekauʻaki mo e moʻoni pea mo e natula ʻo e meʻa ʻoku maluʻaki maí, pea ʻoku faʻa fakahaaʻi ʻe heʻete manavasiʻi ʻaʻata ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻete malava ke fekuki mo iá.” (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary) Ko ia ko e loto-moʻuá ʻoku lava ke hoko ia ko ha palopalema ʻoku fihi. ʻOku kau ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻoku fakatupunga iá ʻa e puke, hoholo vave ke motuʻá, manavahē ʻi he faihiá, nofo mei he ngāué, mo e tokanga ki ha lelei maʻa hoto fāmilí.
4. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku lelei ke manatuʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakaí pea mo ʻenau ngaahi loto-moʻuá? (e) Kapau ʻoku tau loto-moʻua, ko e hā ʻoku malava ke faí?
4 ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kehekehe ʻo e loto-moʻuá, ʻo hangē pē foki ko e ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kehekehe ʻoku nau fakatupunga iá. ʻOku ʻikai ke tatau pē ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ki ha meʻa ʻoku hoko. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻilo naʻa mo e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupu hohaʻa ia kiate kitautolú, ʻokú ne fakatupunga nai ʻe ia ha loto-moʻua lahi ʻaupito ʻa e niʻihi ʻo hotau kaungālotu kia Sihová. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku malava ke fai ʻo kapau ʻoku aʻu ʻa e loto-moʻuá ki ha tuʻunga ʻo ʻikai malava ai ke tau nōfoʻi ki he ngaahi moʻoni fehoanakimālie mo fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? Fēfē kapau ʻoku tau hoko ʻo mātuʻaki loto-moʻua ʻo ʻikai ai ke tau malava ke fakahangataha ʻetau tokangá ki he ngaahi poleʻi ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová pea mo e tauhi anga-tonu ʻa e Kalisitiané? Heʻikai nai malava ke tau liliu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí. Ka, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau vakai ki ha ngaahi poini faka-Tohitapu ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e loto-moʻua lahi fau naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi palopalema iiki ʻo e moʻuí.
Tokoni ʻOku Alamaʻu
5. ʻE anga-fēfē ke tau ngāue ʻo fehoanaki mo e Sāme 55:22?
5 ʻI he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ha tokoni fakalaumālie ki he kau Kalisitiané pea ʻoku nau mafasia ʻi ha ngaahi loto-moʻuá, ʻoku malava ke nau maʻu ha fakafiemālie mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tokonaki mai ai ha tataki alafalalaʻanga pea ʻoku malava ke ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ha ngaahi fakapapau lahi ʻoku ʻikai te tau tuʻu tokotaha pē ʻi heʻetau hoko ko e kau sevāniti mateaki ʻa Sihová. Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe hiva ʻa e tangata tohi sāme ko Tēvitá: “Li hoʻo kavenga kia Sihova, he te ne poupou koe ʻe ia: ʻe ʻikai te ne tuku ʻa e maʻoniʻoni ke ueʻia ʻo taʻengata.” (Sāme 55:22) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ngāue ʻo fehoanaki mo e ngaahi leá ni? ʻAki ʻetau lī atu ʻetau ngaahi loto-moʻuá kotoa, ngaahi hohaʻá, ngaahi manavaheé, mo e ngaahi loto-mamahí ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvani anga-ʻofá. ʻE tokoni ʻa e meʻá ni ki hono ʻomai kiate kitautolu ha ongoʻi ʻo e malu mo e nonga ʻi he lotó.
6. Fakatatau ki he Filipai 4:6, 7, ko e hā ʻoku malava ke fai maʻatautolu ʻe he lotú?
6 Ke lī atu ʻetau kavengá, ʻo kau ai ʻetau loto-moʻuá kotoa, kia Sihova, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e lotu maʻu pē ʻoku haʻu mei he lotó. ʻE fakahoko mai ʻe he meʻá ni kiate kitautolu ʻa e nonga ʻi loto, he naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá: “Neongo pe ko e ha ʻa e meʻa, ʻoua te mou lotomoʻua ai; ka ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe tuku ke ha ki he ʻOtua hoʻomou ngaahi kole, ʻi he lotu mo e hufia, pea fai mo e fakafetaʻi. Pea ko e nonga ʻa e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku mamaʻo ʻi he tatae ʻa e ʻatamai kotoa pe, te ne maluʻi homou loto mo hoʻomou ngaahi fakakaukau ʻia Kalaisi Sisu.” (Filipai 4:6, 7) Ko e “nonga ʻa e ʻOtua” ʻa ia ʻoku taʻefakatatauá ko ha nonga angakehe ia ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻosi fakatapui ʻa Sihová neongo ʻa e ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga māfatukituki lahi tahá. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e nonga ko iá tupu mei hotau vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui vāofi mo e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻetau lotu ʻo kole hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní pea fakaʻatā ia ke ne tataki kitautolú, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻatā ai mei he ngaahi palopalema kotoa ʻo e moʻuí, ka ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e fua ʻo e laumālié ko e melino. (Luke 11:13; Kalētia 5:22, 23) ʻOku ʻikai ke lōmekina kitautolu ʻe he loto-moʻuá, he ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku ʻai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kakai loto-tōnungá kotoa ke nau “nofo nonga” pea heʻikai te ne fakaʻatā ke hoko mai ha meʻa te ne uesia kovi kitautolu ʻo tuʻuloa.—Sāme 4:8.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻoku lava ke ngāue ki ai ʻa e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané ʻi hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e loto-moʻuá?
7 Ka, ʻe fēfē kapau ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ai pē ʻetau loto-moʻua ʻatautolú, neongo ʻoku tau fakalaulauloto ki he Tohi Tapú mo kīvoi ʻi he lotú? (Loma 12:12) Ko e kau mātuʻa kuo fakanofo ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ko ha toe tokonaki kinautolu ʻa Sihova ke tokoniʻi fakalaumālie kitautolu. ʻOku malava ke nau fakafiemālieʻi mo tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻaki ʻenau lotu fakataha mo kitautolu pea lotu maʻatautolu. (Sēmisi 5:13-16) Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Pitá ki hono kaungā-mātuʻá ke nau tauhi ʻa e tākanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he loto-lelei, mo loto-vēkeveke, pea fai ʻi ha founga alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei. (1 Pita 5:1-4) Ko e kau tangatá ni ʻoku nau mahuʻingaʻia moʻoni ke tau ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei pea ʻoku nau fie hoko ko ha tokoni. Ko e moʻoni, ke maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga kakato mei he tokoni ʻa e kau mātuʻá pea ke maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga lelei fakalaumālie ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, ko kitautolu hono kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa Pitá: “Pehe foki mo kimoutolu ʻa e kau fakaongo, mou anganofo ki he kau faifekau. ʻIo, mou noʻo kotoa pe ʻaki ʻa e fefakavaivaiʻaki: he ʻoku tali tekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa e ʻafungi, ka ʻoku ne foaki kelesi ki he angavaivai.”—1 Pita 5:5.
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻa e fakafiemālie ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu mei he 1 Pita 5:6-11?
8 Naʻe tānaki atu ʻe Pita: “Ko ia mou fakavaivaiʻi kimoutolu ʻi he lalo nima mafimafi ʻo e ʻOtua, koeʻuhi ke ne hakeakiʻi kimoutolu ʻo ka hoko hono taimi: ʻo mou li atu ā hono kotoa ʻo hoʻomou lotomoʻua ki he ʻEne ʻAfio; he ʻoku ne mamahiʻi kimoutolu. Mou laka fakaʻehiʻehi, mou ʻā: ko hoʻomou fili ko e Tevolo ʻoku ne ʻalu fano ʻo hange ko ha laione ngungulu, heʻene kumi ha taha ke ne matuʻaki folo. ʻA ia ke mou talitekeʻi, he tuʻu maʻumaʻuluta he tui; mo mou ʻilo ʻoku tatau ʻaupito mo e ngaahi mamahi na ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku moʻua ai homou faʻahinga ʻi mamani. Ka ko e ʻOtua ʻa ia ʻoku aʻana ʻa e kelesi kotoa pe, ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio kuo ne ui ange kimoutolu ʻia Kalaisi Sisu ki he langilangi taʻengata oʻona, ʻo ka hili hoʻomou kataki mamahi ʻo fuonounou te ne fakakakato kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEne ʻAfio, te ne poupou, te ne fakakaukaua, te ne pulusi ki he tuʻunga. Ke ʻo ʻEne ʻAfio ʻa e mafimafi ʻo lauikuonga pea taʻengata. Emeni.”—1 Pita 5:6-11.
9 Ko ha fakafiemālie lahi ē ke ʻilo ʻoku malava ke tau ‘lī atu hotau loto-moʻuá kotoa ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi he ʻokú ne mamahiʻi kitautolu’! Pea kapau ko e niʻihi hotau loto-moʻuá ko e tupu ia mei he ngaahi feinga ʻa e Tēvoló ke fakaʻauha hotau vahaʻangatae mo Sihová ʻaki ʻene fakahoko mai ʻa e fakatanga mo e ngaahi faingataʻa kehe kiate kitautolu, ʻikai ko ha meʻa fakaofo ia ke ʻilo ʻe iku ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻo lelei ki he kau tauhi anga-tonú? ʻIo, ʻi he hili haʻatau faingataʻaʻia ʻo taimi nounou pē, ko e ʻOtua ʻo e ʻofa maʻataʻataá kotoa te ne fakakakato hotau akoʻí pea ʻai kitautolu ke tau tuʻumaʻu mo mālohi.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻe tolu ʻoku lave ki ai ʻa e 1 Pita 5:6, 7 ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke tokoni kiate kitautolu ki hono fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e loto-moʻuá?
10 ʻOku lave ʻa e 1 Pita 5:6, 7 ki he ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻe tolu ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki ai mo e loto-moʻuá. Ko e taha ko e anga-vaivai, pe “anga-fakatōkilalo ʻi he fakakaukau.” ʻOku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe he veesi 6 ʻa e kupuʻi lea ko e “hoko hono taimi,” ʻo ne fokotuʻu mai ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke kātaki. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he veesi 7 ʻo pehē ʻoku malava ke tau lī atu ʻi he anga-falala ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau loto-moʻuá ki he ʻOtuá ‘koeʻuhi he ʻokú ne mamahiʻi kitautolu,’ pea ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi lea ko iá ʻa e falala kakato kia Sihova. Ko ia tau sio ange ki he founga ʻe malava ai ʻa e anga-vaivaí, kātakí, mo e falala kakato ki he ʻOtuá ke tokoni ki hono fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e loto-moʻuá.
Founga ʻOku Malava ke Tokoni Ai ʻa e Anga-Vaivaí
11. ʻOku anga-fēfē nai ʻa e tokoni ʻa e anga-vaivaí kiate kitautolu ke tau fekuki ai mo e loto-moʻuá?
11 Kapau ʻoku tau anga-vaivai, te tau fakahā ko e moʻoni ʻoku māʻolunga mamaʻo ange ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi haʻatautolú. (ʻAisea 55:8, 9) ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he anga-vaivaí ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku ngata ai ʻa ʻetau malava fakaefakakaukaú ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he fakakaukau fakalūkufua ʻa Sihová. ʻOkú ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo ki aí, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hā ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e tangata anga-tonu ko Siopé. (Siope 1:7-12; 2:1-6) ʻI heʻetau fakavaivaiʻi kitautolu “ʻi he lalo nima mafimafi ʻo e ʻOtua,” ʻoku tau lāuʻilo ai ki he tuʻunga māʻulalo ʻoku tau ʻi aí ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he Hau Fakalevelevá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku tokoniʻi ʻe he meʻá ni kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻokú ne fakaʻataá. ʻOku fakaʻamu nai hotau lotó ke maʻu ā ha fiemālie, ka koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻo Sihová ʻoku mafamafatatau haohaoa, ʻokú ne ʻafioʻi tonu matematē ʻa e taimi mo e founga ke ne ngāue mai ai maʻatautolú. Ko ia ai, ke tau hangē ha fānau iikí, ʻo tau anga-fakatōkilalo ʻo pikimaʻu ki he nima māfimafi ʻo Sihová, ʻi he tuipau te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo ʻetau ngaahi loto-moʻuá.—ʻAisea 41:8-13.
12. ʻOku uesia fēfē nai ʻa e loto-moʻua ʻo kau ki he maʻumeʻa fakamatelié ʻo kapau ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻi he Hepelū 13:5?
12 ʻOku kau ki he anga-vaivaí ʻa e loto-lelei ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke ne faʻa fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e loto-moʻuá. Ko e fakatātaá, kapau ko ʻetau loto-moʻuá kuo tupu ia mei he kau lahi ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié, ʻe lelei kiate kitautolu ke tau fakakaukau ki he akonaki ʻa Paulá: “Ke taʻemanumanu hoʻomou toʻonga; pea mou fiemalie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mou maʻu ni: he kuo folofola mai ʻe he [ʻOtuá], ʻE ʻikai siʻi te u mahuʻi meiate koe, kaeʻumaʻā haʻaku momoʻi liʻaki koe.” (Hepelū 13:5) ʻI he anga-vaivai ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonakí ni, kuo fakaʻataʻatā ai ʻe he tokolahi ʻa kinautolu mei he loto-moʻua lahi ʻo kau ki ha maʻumeʻa fakamatelié. Neongo kuo ʻikai ke lelei honau tuʻunga fakapaʻangá, ʻoku ʻikai hoko ʻa e meʻa ko iá ke ne puleʻi ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú ke fakatupunga ai haʻanau ʻi ha tuʻunga kovi fakalaumālie.
Ko e Ngāue ʻa e Kātakí
13, 14. (a) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e anga-kātakí, ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe he tangata ko Siopé? (e) ʻOku malava ʻe he tatali anga-kātaki kia Sihová ke ne fai ʻa e hā maʻatautolu?
13 Ko e kupuʻi lea ʻi he 1 Pita 5:6 ko e “hoko hono taimi” ʻokú ne fokotuʻu mai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke anga-kātaki. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ai pē ha palopalema ia ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi lōloa, pea ʻoku malava ke ne fakatupulekina ʻa e loto-moʻuá. ʻOku tautefito ki he tuʻunga peheé ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tau tuku atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ki he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí: “Vakai ʻoku mau lau ko e monuʻia ʻa kinautolu kuo kataki. Kuo mou fanongo ki he kataki ʻa Siope; mou vakai foki hono ikuʻanga mei he ʻEiki: ta ʻoku ʻofa uʻuuʻu ʻa e ʻEiki, mo ʻofangofua.” (Sēmisi 5:11) Naʻe tofanga ʻa Siope ʻi he faingataʻaʻia fakaʻikonōmika, mole atu ʻi he maté ʻa ʻene fānau ʻe toko hongofulú, faingataʻaʻia mei ha mahaki fakalielia ʻaupito, pea naʻe fakahalaiaʻi hala ia ʻe he kau fakafiemālie loí. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻe totonu pē nai ʻa e loto-moʻua ia ʻi ha ngaahi tuʻunga pehē.
14 Kae kehe, naʻe hoko ʻa Siope ʻo alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he anga-kātakí. Kapau ʻoku tau tofanga ʻi ha ʻahiʻahiʻi kakaha ʻo e tuí, te tau tatali nai ki ha fakafiemālie, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne faí. Ka naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha meʻa maʻana, ʻo faifai atu ʻo ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻa Siope mei heʻene faingataʻaʻiá peá ne fakapaleʻi ia ʻo lahi ʻaupito. (Siope 42:10-17) ʻI he tatali anga-kātaki kia Sihová ʻoku fakatupulekina ai ʻa ʻetau kātakí pea fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e loloto ʻo ʻetau anga-līʻoa kiate iá.—Sēmisi 1:2-4.
Falala kia Sihova
15. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau falala kakato kia Sihová?
15 Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Pita ki hono kaungātuí ke nau ‘lī atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻenau loto-moʻuá ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi he ʻokú ne mamahiʻi kinautolu.’ (1 Pita 5:7) Ko ia ai ʻoku malava pea ʻoku totonu ke tau falala kakato kia Sihova. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Palōvepi 3:5, 6 (PM): “Falala kia Jihova aki ho loto kotoa; bea oua naa ke faaki ki ho boto oou. Ke ke fakaogoogo kiate ia i ho hala kotoabe, bea e fakatonutonu eia ho gaahi aluaga.” Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hokosia ʻi he kuo hilí, ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau fonu ʻi he loto-moʻuá ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻoku faingataʻa ke falala ki ha niʻihi kehe ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ka ʻoku tau maʻu pau ʻa e ʻuhinga ke tau falala ai ki hotau Tokotaha Fakatupú, ko ia tofu pē ʻa e Matavai mo e Poupou ʻo e moʻuí. Neongo ka ʻikai te tau falala ki ha meʻa ʻoku fai pē ʻe kitautolu ʻi ha faʻahinga tuʻunga, ʻoku malava ke tau falala maʻu pē kia Sihova ke ne fakahaofi kitautolu mei hotau ngaahi tuʻutāmakí.—Sāme 34:18, 19; 36:9; 56:3, 4.
16. Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo kau ki he loto-moʻua ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié?
16 Ko e falala ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e talangofua ki hono ʻAló, ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia naʻá ne akoʻi mai ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne ako mei heʻene Tamaí. (Sione 7:16) Naʻe naʻinaʻi ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ke nau ‘faʻoaki koloa maʻanautolu ʻi hēvani’ ʻaki ʻenau tauhi ʻa Sihova. Kae fēfē ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu pau fakamatelie ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻakaí, valá, mo e nofoʻangá? “ʻOua naʻa mou lotomoʻua,” ko e akonaki ia ʻa Sīsuú. Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi mai ʻoku fafangaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e fanga manupuná. ʻOkú ne fakakofu ʻa e ngaahi matalaʻiʻakaú ʻo fakaʻofoʻofa. ʻIkai ʻoku mahuʻinga ange ʻa e kau sevāniti fakaetangata ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi meʻá ni? Ko hono moʻoní ʻoku nau pehē. Ko ia ai, naʻe naʻinaʻi mai ʻa Sīsū: “Ka mou kumi muʻa ki hono puleʻanga, mo e maʻoniʻoni [ʻa e ʻOtuá], pea ʻe ʻatu mo ia foki ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa.” Naʻe hoko atu ʻe Sīsū: “Ko ia ʻoua te mou lotomoʻua koeʻuhi ko e ʻapongipongi, he ʻe moʻua ʻa e ʻapongipongi ʻi he meʻa ko ia.” (Mātiu 6:20, 25-34) ʻIo, ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻakai, inu, vala, mo e nofoʻanga, ka ʻo kapau ʻoku tau falala kia Sihova, heʻikai te tau loto-moʻua ʻo fuʻu hulu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻá ni.
17. ʻE anga-fēfē nai ke tau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ke fuofua kumi ki he Puleʻangá?
17 Ke fuofua kumi ki he Puleʻangá, kuo pau ke tau falala ki he ʻOtuá pea ʻai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻá ʻi hono fakahokohoko totonú. Ko ha taha uku ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻane meʻa mānava te ne uku hifo nai ki lalo ʻi he fukahi tahí ʻi haʻane kumi ki ha foʻi tofe ʻoku ʻi ai ha mataʻitofe ʻi loto. Ko ʻene founga tokonaki fakapaʻanga ia ki hono fāmilí. Ko e moʻoni, ko ha meʻa māʻolunga ia ʻoku fakamuʻomuʻa! Ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi angé? Ko e ʻeá! Kuo pau ke ne ʻalu hake maʻu pē ki he fukahi tahí ke toe fakafonu ʻa hono maʻamaʻá. Ko e ʻeá ko e meʻa māʻolunga ange ia ke fakamuʻomuʻá. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, te tau kau nai ʻi ha faʻahinga founga ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e tuʻu ko ʻení ke maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu pau ki he moʻuí. Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié kuo pau ke fakamuʻomuʻá koeʻuhi ko e moʻui tonu ʻa hotau fāmilí ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻá ni. Ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he loto-moʻua ʻo fuʻu lahi ʻo kau ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelié, kuo pau ke tau falala kakato ki he ʻOtuá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ‘ko e femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki,’ ʻe tokoni nai ia ki hono fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e loto-moʻuá koeʻuhi “ko e fiefia ʻi he ʻEiki [“Sihova,” NW]” ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku hoko ia ko hotau mālohinga.—1 Kolinitō 15:58; Nehemaia 8:10.
Hanganaki Lī Atu Hoʻo Loto-Moʻuá kia Sihova
18. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni ki he malava ke tokoni moʻoni kiate kitautolu ʻa hono lī atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau loto-moʻuá kia Sihova?
18 Ke tau tokanga taha maʻu ai pē ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié, kuo pau ke tau hanganaki lī atu ʻetau loto-moʻuá kotoa kia Sihova. Manatuʻi maʻu pē ʻokú ne tokanga moʻoni mai ki heʻene kau sevānití. Ko e fakatātaá: Koeʻuhi ko ha taʻeangatonu ʻa e husepāniti ʻo ha fefine Kalisitiane, naʻe tupulaki ai ʻa ʻene loto-moʻuá ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻe ʻikai malava ai ke ne mohe. (Fakafehoanaki mo Sāme 119:28.) Kae kehe, ʻi he mohengá, naʻá ne lī atu ai ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻene loto-moʻuá kia Sihova. Naʻá ne fakahā ʻa ʻene ngaahi ongoʻi ʻi lotó ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo tala kiate ia ʻa e mamahi naʻá ne tofanga aí pea mo ʻene ongo kiʻi tamaiki fefiné. ʻI he hili ʻa ʻene tangi ki ha fakafiemālie ʻo fai ʻi heʻene lotu tōtōivi, naʻe malava maʻu ai pē ke ne mohe, koeʻuhi he naʻá ne falala ʻe tokanga mai ʻa Sihova kiate ia pea mo ʻene fānaú. Naʻe Fakatohitapu ʻa hono veteʻi ʻe he fefiné ni ʻa hono malí pea ʻokú ne lolotonga nofo mali fiefia mo ha tokotaha mātuʻa.
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi te tau fekuki nai ai mo e loto-moʻuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau hanganaki fai ki heʻetau loto-moʻuá kotoa?
19 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kakai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau maʻu ha ngaahi founga kehekehe ke fekuki ai mo e loto-moʻuá. ʻOku mātuʻaki tokoni tautautefito ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie lahi ʻaupito ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto,” ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi kupu ʻoku tokoni lahi mo fakatupu ongoʻi foʻou ʻa ia ʻoku pulusi ʻi he Taua Leʻo mo e Awake! (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e tokoni ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻaonga lahi kiate kitautolu ʻa e lotu tuʻumaʻu mo tōtōivi. ʻOku mateuteu ʻa e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiane kuo fakanofó pea ʻoku nau loto-lelei ke tokonaki mai ʻa e tokoni mo e fakafiemālie fakalaumālie.
20 Ko ʻetau anga-vaivaí pea mo ʻetau anga-kātakí ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻaonga lahi ia ʻi he fekuki mo e loto-moʻua ʻokú ne kāpui nai kitautolú. ʻOku mahuʻinga tautautefito ke tau falala kakato kia Sihova, he ʻoku langa hake ʻa ʻetau tuí ʻi heʻetau aʻusia ʻa ʻene tokoní mo ʻene tatakí. Ko ia ai, ko e tui ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku malava ke ne maluʻi kitautolu mei haʻatau hoko ʻo hohaʻa ʻo fuʻu hulu. (Sione 14:1) ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he tuí ke tau fuofua kumi ki he Puleʻangá pea ʻai kitautolu ke tau femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue fakafiefia ʻa e ʻEikí, ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau fekuki mo e loto-moʻuá. Ko e ngāue peheé ʻokú ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau ongoʻi malu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga te nau hiva fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtuá ʻo aʻu ki ʻitāniti. (Sāme 104:33) Ko ia ai tau hanganaki lī atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau loto-moʻuá kia Sihova.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Tali?
◻ ʻOku fēfē nai ʻa hono fakamatalaʻi ʻo e loto-moʻuá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe niʻihi ʻoku lava ke tau fekuki ai mo e loto-moʻuá?
◻ ʻOku lava fēfē ke tokoni ʻa e anga-vaivaí mo e anga-kātakí ki hono fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e loto-moʻuá?
◻ ʻI he fekuki mo e loto-moʻuá, ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai ke falala kakato kia Sihová?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau hanganaki lī atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻetau loto-moʻuá kia Sihova?