Tauhi Maʻu Hotau Tuʻunga ko e “Kau Nofo Fakataimí”
“ʻOku ou fakalototoʻaʻi atu kimoutolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimí ke mou hanganaki fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakanó.”—1 PITA 2:11.
ʻE FĒFĒ HAʻO TALI?
Ko e hā e ʻuhinga ʻoku lava ai ke ui ʻa e kau paní ko e kau nofo fakataimí?
ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ko e kau nofo fakataimi ai ʻa e “fanga sipi kehe”?
Ko e hā ʻokú ke fakaʻamu atu ki aí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e kahaʻú?
1, 2. Ko hai naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Pita ʻaki ʻa e kupuʻi lea ko e “faʻahinga kuo fili,” pea ko e hā hono ʻuhinga naʻá ne ui ai kinautolu ko e “kau nofo fakataimí”?
ʻI HE taʻu ʻe 30 nai hili ʻa e hāʻele hake ʻa Sīsū ki hēvaní, naʻe fai ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ha tohi ki he “kau nofo fakataimi ʻoku movetevete holo ʻi Ponitō, Kalētia, Kapatōsia, ʻĒsia, mo Pitiniá, ki he faʻahinga kuo fili.” (1 Pita 1:1) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e kupuʻi lea “faʻahinga kuo fili,” naʻe lave ai ʻa Pita ki he faʻahinga, hangē ko iá, kuo paniʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní pea foaki kiate kinautolu “ha fanauʻi foʻou ki he ʻamanaki ʻoku moʻui” ke pule fakataha mo Kalaisi ʻi hēvani. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 1:3, 4.) Ka ko e hā hono ʻuhinga naʻá ne ui ai talu mei ai ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fili ko ení ko e “kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimí”? (1 Pita 2:11) Pea ko e hā ʻa e kaunga mai ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e meʻá ni kia kitautolu he ʻaho ní ʻi he taimi ʻoku taukaveʻi ai ʻe he toko 1 pē nai ʻi he toko 650 ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni longomoʻui ʻi he māmaní kotoa ko ha tokotaha pani ia kuo fili?
2 Naʻe feʻungamālie ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e kupuʻi lea “kau nofo fakataimí” ki he kau pani ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí. Hangē ko ia ko e toenga ʻo e kulupu ko eni ʻoku moʻui he ʻaho ní, ko ʻenau ʻi ai ʻi he māmaní naʻe ʻikai tuʻuloa. Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia tonu ko ha mēmipa pani ʻo e “fanga sipi tokosiʻi,” naʻá ne fakamatala: “Ka ko hotau tuʻunga tangataʻifonuá ʻoku ʻi he langí, pea ʻoku tau tatali vēkeveke atu ki ha tokotaha faifakahaofi mei ai, ko e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.” (Luke 12:32; Fil. 3:20) ʻI he mahino ko honau “tuʻunga tangataʻifonuá ʻoku ʻi he langí,” ʻe mavahe ai ʻa e kau paní ʻi he maté mei he ʻēlia ʻo e māmaní ki ha meʻa lelei mamaʻo ange, ko e moʻui taʻefaʻamate ʻi hēvani. (Lau ʻa e Filipai 1:21-23.) Ko ia ai, ʻi ha founga mātuʻaki moʻoni, ʻe lava ke ui kinautolu ko e ‘kau nofo fakataimi’ ʻi he māmaní ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa Sētané.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻoku malanga hake he taimi ní?
3 Kae fēfē ʻa e “fanga sipi kehe”? (Sione 10:16) ʻIkai ʻoku nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki makatuʻunga lelei Fakatohitapu ʻo e hoko ko e kau nofo tuʻuloa ʻi he māmaní? Ko e moʻoni, ʻe hoko ia ko honau ʻapí ʻo taʻengata! Ka, ʻi ha ʻuhinga ʻe lava ke toe vakai kia kinautolu ʻi he lolotongá ni ko e kau nofo fakataimi. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē?
“KO E FAKATUPÚ KOTOA ʻOKU NAU HANGANAKI TOʻE”
4. Ko e hā ʻoku taʻemalava ke taʻofi ʻe he kau taki ʻo e māmaní?
4 ʻI hono kei fakaʻatā ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻa Sētané ke ʻi aí, ko e tokotaha kotoa, kau ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e angatuʻu ʻa Sētane kia Sihová. ʻOku tau lau ʻi he Loma 8:22: “ʻOku tau ʻilo ko e fakatupú kotoa ʻoku nau hanganaki toʻe fakataha mo mamahi fakataha ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni.” Ko e kau taki, kau saienisi, mo e kau ʻofa fakaetangata ʻi he māmaní, neongo ai ʻenau loto-moʻoní, ʻoku nau taʻemalava ke taʻofi eni.
5. Talu mei he 1914, ko e hā ʻa e sitepu kuo fou ai ʻa e laui miliona, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
5 Talu mei he 1914, kuo fili leva ʻa e laui miliona ke nau hoko ko e kakai loto-lelei ʻa e Tuʻi kuo fakanofo ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa Kalaisi Sīsū. Kuo ʻikai haʻanau holi ke hoko ko ha konga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané. ʻOku nau fakafisi ke hoko ko e kau poupou ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané. Ka, ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki ʻenau moʻuí mo ʻenau ngaahi koloá ʻi hono poupouʻi ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo tauhi ʻene ngaahi meʻá.—Loma 14:7, 8.
6. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻe lava ke ui ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kau mulí?
6 ʻIo, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e kau tangataʻifonua tauhi lao ʻi he fonua ʻe 200 tupu, ka neongo ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku nau nofo aí, ʻoku nau hangē ha kau mulí. ʻOku nau tauhi maʻu ha tuʻunga ʻo e tuʻuʻatā fakaʻaufuli ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻīsiu fakapolitikale mo fakasōsiale ʻo e ʻaho ní. Naʻa mo e taimí ni, ʻoku nau vakai kia kinautolu ko e kau tangataʻifonua ʻo ha māmani foʻou, ʻa e taha ʻoku faʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá. ʻOku nau fiefia ke sio ki honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e nofo fakataimi ʻi ha fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e māmani taʻehaohaoá ʻoku fakaofi vave atu ke ngata.
7. ʻE anga-fēfē hoko ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e kau nofo tuʻuloá, pea ʻi he hā?
7 ʻE vavé ni ke ngāueʻaki ʻe Kalaisi hono mafaí ke fakaʻauha ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻa Sētané. Ko e founga-pule haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí te ne fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e māmaní mei he angahalá mo e mamahí. Te ne toʻo kotoa atu ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga hāmai mo taʻehāmai ʻo e angatuʻu ki he tuʻunga-hau totonu ʻo Sihová. Ko e kau sevāniti mateaki ʻa e ʻOtuá te nau ʻi ha tuʻunga ke hoko ko ha kau nofo tuʻuloa ʻi he māmani Palataisí. (Lau ʻa e Fakahā 21:1-5.) ʻI ha ʻuhinga kakato, ko e fakatupú ʻe ʻosi “fakatauʻatāinaʻi foki mei he pōpula ki he ʻauhá pea maʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina lāngilangiʻia ʻa e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá.”—Loma 8:21.
KO E HĀ ʻOKU ʻAMANEKINA MEI HE KAU KALISITIANE MOʻONÍ?
8, 9. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Pita ʻi he “fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakanó.”
8 ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe Pita ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻamanekina mei he kau Kalisitiané ʻi heʻene hoko atu ʻo pehē: “Siʻi faʻahinga ʻofeina, ʻoku ou fakalototoʻaʻi atu kimoutolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau muli mo e kau nofo fakataimí ke mou hanganaki fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakanó ʻa ia ʻoku faitau atu ki hoʻomou moʻuí.” (1 Pita 2:11) Ko e faleʻi ko iá naʻe ʻuluaki fai fakahangatonu ia ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ka ʻoku ʻaonga tatau pē ia ki he fanga sipi kehe ʻa Sīsuú.
9 Ko e ngaahi holi ʻe niʻihi, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakatōliʻa ai ʻi he founga ʻoku fekauʻi mai ʻe he Tokotaha-Fakatupú, ʻoku ʻikai ke hala ia ʻiate ia pē. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku tānaki atu ai ʻa e fiefia ki he moʻuí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi holi anga-maheni ke fiefia ʻi he meʻakai ifo mo e inu, ke kau ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakaivifoʻou, pea ke maʻu e fiefia ʻi he feohi lelei. Naʻa mo e holi ki he fiefia fakaefehokotaki fakasino mo hoto hoa malí ʻoku feʻungamālie ia pea ʻi hono tuʻunga totonu. (1 Kol. 7:3-5) Ko ia, naʻe fakangatangata totonu ʻe Pita ʻa e “ngaahi holi fakakakanó” ʻa ia naʻá ne leaʻaki ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau ‘faitau atu ki he moʻuí.’ Ko hono ʻai ke hā mahino ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ʻoku ʻuhinga ki aí, ʻoku lea ʻa e kau liliu Tohi Tapu ʻe niʻihi fekauʻaki mo e “ngaahi holi kovi fakakakanó” (King James Version) pe “ngaahi holi angahalaʻia” (New International Version). ʻOku hā mahino, ko ha holi fakaetangata pē ʻoku fepaki mo e taumuʻa naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihová pea ʻoku lava ke uesia kovi ha vahaʻangatae lelei ʻo ha taha mo e ʻOtuá kuo pau ke hanganaki vakaiʻi. He ka ʻikai ko ha ʻamanaki ʻa ha Kalisitiane ke tauhi ia ke moʻuí ʻe lava ke hoko ʻo mātuʻaki fakatuʻutāmaki.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ke maʻuʻaki ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke hoko ko ha konga hono māmaní?
10 Ko e taumuʻa ʻa Sētané ke fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e fakapapau ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke vakai kia kinautolu ko e ‘kau nofo fakataimi’ ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá. Ko e fakamānako ʻo e tuli ki he meʻa fakamatelié, ko e fakatauele ʻo e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú, ko e matamatalelei ʻo e tuʻu-ki-muʻá, ko e olo fakamānako ʻo e “fakamuʻomuʻa-kitá,” pea mo e fusi ʻa e mamahiʻi-fonuá—ko e kotoa eni ʻo e ngaahi tauhele ʻa Sētané pea kuo pau ke ʻiloʻi ia ʻoku pehē. ʻI heʻetau fakapapauʻi ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakano kovi ko ení, ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi mahino ai ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fiemaʻu ke hoko ko ha konga ʻo e māmani fulikivanu ʻo Sētané. ʻOku tau ʻoatu ai e fakamoʻoni ko ʻetau nofo fakataimi pē ai. Ko e meʻa ʻoku tau mātuʻaki fiemaʻu mo feinga mālohi ke maʻú ko e nofo tuʻuloa ʻi he māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.
TŌʻONGA LELEI
11, 12. ʻOku anga-fēfē vakai he taimi ʻe niʻihi ki he kau mulí, pea ko e hā ʻe lava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
11 ʻOku hoko atu ʻe Pita ʻene fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻamanekina ki ha ‘kau nofo fakataimi’ Kalisitiané, ʻi heʻene pehē ʻi he veesi 12: “Tauhi maʻu ʻa hoʻomou tōʻongá ke lelei ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá, koeʻuhi ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau tukuakiʻi ai kimoutolu ko e kau faihalá, ke nau hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni siotonu ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi ngāue leleí, pea ko hono olá, ʻe fakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻene faisiví.” Ko e kau muli, kau nofo fakataimi ʻi ha fonua ʻoku ʻikai ʻonautolú, ʻoku faʻa fakaangaʻi ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi. Koeʻuhí pē ko ʻenau kehe mei honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí, naʻa mo e taimi ʻe vakai nai kia kinautolu ko ha kau faihalá. Ko ʻenau leá, ko ʻenau ngāué, ko honau valá, mahalo naʻa mo ʻenau hā maí ʻe kiʻi kehe nai. Ka ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau fai ai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue leleí, ʻa ia ko e pehē, ʻi he taimi ʻoku lelei ai ʻenau tōʻongá, ko e ngaahi fakamatala kovi fekauʻaki mo ʻenau kehé ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku taʻemakatuʻunga.
12 ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau kehe mei he tokolahi ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa moʻoni, ʻi he fetalanoaʻakí pe fili ʻo e fakafiefiá. Ko honau valá mo ʻenau teuteú ʻoku faʻa ʻiloʻi ai kinautolu ʻoku nau kehe mei he tokolahi taha ʻi he feituʻú. Ko e ngaahi faikehekehe ko ení ʻoku faʻa taki atu ai ʻa e faʻahinga taautaha maʻuhalá ke nau tukuakiʻi kinautolu, hangē ko e laú, ko e kau faihala. Kae kehe, ko e kakai kehé te nau fakahīkihikiʻi nai kinautolu ʻi heʻenau founga moʻuí.
13, 14. ʻOku anga-fēfē “fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e māʻoniʻoni ʻa potó ʻe heʻene ngaahi ngāué”? Fakatātaaʻi.
13 ʻIo, ko e tōʻonga leleí ʻe lava ke ngāue ia ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e fakaangaʻi taʻetotonú. Naʻa mo Sīsū, ʻa e tangata pē taha kuo faifai ange pea moʻui faitōnunga haohaoa ki he ʻOtuá, naʻe tukuakiʻi loi. Naʻe ui ia ʻe he niʻihi “ko ha tangata kai fakaputa mo faʻa inu uaine lahi, ko ha kaumeʻa ʻo e kau tānaki tukuhaú mo e kau angahalá.” Ka, ko e foʻi moʻoní, ko hono ʻalunga fakapotopoto ʻi he tauhi ki he ʻOtuá naʻá ne fakahalaki ai ʻa e ngaahi taukaveʻi ko iá ko ha tokotaha faihala. “ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e māʻoniʻoni ʻa potó ʻe heʻene ngaahi ngāué,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú. (Māt. 11:19) ʻOku pehē pē foki ʻi he ʻahó ni. Ko ha fakatātā, ko e niʻihi ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapí ʻoku nau vakai ʻoku faikehe ʻa e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻoku ngāue ʻi he ʻapi Pēteli ʻi Selters, Siamané. Ka ko e pule koló naʻá ne lea ʻo taukapoʻi kinautolu, ʻo fakaʻuhinga: “Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻoku ngāue ʻi aí ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau founga moʻui pē ʻa kinautolu, ka ko e founga moʻui ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakahohaʻasi ʻa e moʻui ʻa e niʻihi ʻi he koló.”
14 Ko ha fakamulituku meimei tatau naʻe aʻu ki ai ki muí ni ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻoku nofo ʻi Mosikou, Lūsiá. Naʻe tukuakiʻi loi kinautolu ki he ngaahi ngāue hala lahi. Pea ʻi Sune 2010, ko e Fakamaauʻanga ʻIulope ki he Ngaahi Totonu ʻa e Tangatá ʻi Strasbourg, Falaniseé, naʻa nau tuʻutuʻuni: “ʻOku ʻiloʻi ʻe he Fakamaauʻangá naʻe ʻikai fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa e kaunoaʻia [ʻa Mosikou] ʻi he totonu ʻa e kau lāungá ki he tauʻatāina ʻo e lotú mo e feohí. Naʻe ʻikai ke lave ʻa e ongo fakamaauʻanga fakalotofonuá ki he ngaahi ʻuhinga ‘mahuʻinga mo feʻunga’ ke fakahaaʻi ko e kau lāungá” naʻe halaia, hangē ko ení, ko hono fakamoveteveteʻi ʻo e ngaahi fāmilí, fakaʻaiʻai ʻo e taonakitá, pe fakafisingaʻi ʻo e tokangaʻi fakafaitoʻó. Ko ia ai, “ko e tautea naʻe tala ʻe he ongo fakamaauʻanga fakalotofonuá naʻe fuʻu fefeka ʻi he vakai atu ki he siʻi ʻa e ngaofengofua ʻi he lao fakalotofonuá pea taʻehoatatau ki he hā pē ʻa e taumuʻa fakalao naʻe tuli ki aí.”
MOʻULALOA TOTONU
15. Ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoni ʻi māmani lahí ʻoku nau muimui ki he tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapu fē?
15 Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi Mosikoú—ʻi māmani lahi foki—ʻoku nau fakahoko ha fiemaʻu lahi ange ki he kau Kalisitiané hangē ko ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Pitá. Naʻá ne tohi: “Mou anganofo koeʻuhi ko e ʻEikí ki he tuʻunga kotoa pē kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he tangatá: ʻo tatau ai pē pe ki ha tuʻi ʻa ia ʻoku māʻolunga angé pe ki he kau kōvana.” (1 Pita 2:13, 14) Neongo ʻa e ʻikai hoko ko e konga ʻo e māmani fulikivanú, ʻoku loto-lelei ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke nau moʻulaloa ki he ngaahi mafai fakapuleʻangá “ki honau ngaahi tuʻunga kehekehé,” hangē ko ia naʻe fakahinohino kinautolu ki ai ʻe Paulá.—Lau ʻa e Loma 13:1, 5-7.
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fakafepaki ki he ngaahi puleʻangá? (e) Ko e hā kuo ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau taki fakapolitikale ʻe niʻihi?
16 ʻI he taimi ʻoku tōʻonga ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová hangē ha ‘kau nofo fakataimi’ ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fai pehē hangē ha konga ʻo ha fakafepaki fakalotofonua fakalongolongó; pea ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakafepakiʻi pe kaunoa ʻi he niʻihi kehé ʻi heʻenau fai ʻenau ngaahi fili fakapolitikale pe fakasōsiale pē ʻanautolú. ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e ngaahi kulupu lotu kehe ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová mei he kaunoa ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito te nau feinga ke kounaʻi atu ha ngaahi founga ngāue ki he ngaahi mafai fakalotofonuá. Ko e fakakaukau ko ia te nau feinga ke veuki ʻa e maau ʻa e kakaí pe fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e puleʻanga ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻikai hano makatuʻunga.
17 ʻI he talangofua ki he kau ʻōfisa fakapuleʻangá ʻo fakatatau ki he akonaki ʻa Pita ke “fakaʻapaʻapa ki he tuʻí,” ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e tokaʻi mo e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e kau ʻōfisa ko iá. (1 Pita 2:17) ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, kuo ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau ʻōfisá kuo ʻikai ke nau maʻu ha ʻuhinga totonu ki he hoko ʻo hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e politiki Siamane ko Steffen Reiche, ko e minisitā kapineti ki muʻa ʻi he siteiti ʻo Brandenburg pea ki mui ai ko e mēmipa ʻo e fale alea Siamané, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e tōʻonga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ngaahi kemí mo e ngaahi pilīsoné ʻoku fakasino mai ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga lelei ʻoku mātuʻaki fiemaʻu he ʻahó ni ʻo hangē ko ia ko hono fiemaʻu ʻi he kuohilí ki he ʻi ai ʻo ha siteiti fakakonisitūtone fakatemokalati: ʻa ia, ko ʻenau tuʻumaʻu ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e SS mo ʻenau manavaʻofa ki honau ngaahi kaungāpilīsoné. Ko e fakakaukau atu ki he tupulaki ʻa e anga-fakamanu ki he kau mulí pea ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau taʻeloto ki he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé pe ngaahi foʻi fakakaukau leleí, kuo pau ai ke maʻu ʻe he tangataʻifonua kotoa pē ʻo homau fonuá ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga lelei ko ení.”
FAKAHĀHAAʻI ʻA E ʻOFÁ
18. (a) Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoku fakanatula ai kia kitautolu ke ʻofa ki he haʻohaʻonga fakakātoa ʻo e fanga tokouá? (e) Ko e hā kuo fakatokangaʻi ʻe he niʻihi ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní?
18 Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “Maʻu ʻa e ʻofa ki he haʻohaʻonga fakakātoa ʻo e fanga tokouá, manavahē ki he ʻOtuá.” (1 Pita 2:17) ʻOku maʻu ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ha manavahē totonu ki hono taʻefakahōifuaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku ʻomai heni kia kinautolu ʻa e toe fakaueʻiloto ke fai hono finangaló. ʻOku nau fiefia ke tauhi kia Sihova ko e konga ʻo ha haʻohaʻonga ʻo e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine ʻi māmani lahi ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e holi tatau. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakanatula pē kia kinautolu ke “maʻu ʻa e ʻofa ki he haʻohaʻonga fakakātoa ʻo e fanga tokouá.” Ko e ʻofa fakatokoua peheé, ʻa ia ʻoku tātātaha ʻaupito ʻi he sōsaieti siokita ʻo e ʻaho ní, ʻoku hoko mai ia ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko ha meʻa fakaʻohovale ki he niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní. Ko e fakatātaá, ko ha tokotaha taki mamata ʻoku ngāue ʻi ha kautaha fefonongaʻaki ʻAmelika naʻá ne ʻohovale ʻi he ʻofa mo e tokoni naʻe fakahaaʻi ange ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoní ki he kau maʻu fakataha-lahi muli ʻi ha fakataha-lahi fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ʻi Siamane ʻi he 2009. Naʻá ne pehē ko e kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi taʻu ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha taki mamatá, naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne sio ʻi ha meʻa pehē. Ki mui ai, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoní: “Ko e meʻa kotoa naʻá ne leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo kimautolú naʻe fakahaaʻi ia ʻi ha tō fakaofo mo fakalotomāfana.” Kuó ke fanongo ʻi ha fakafeangai meimei tatau mei he kakai naʻa nau siofi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻi ha fakataha-lahi kuó ke kau ki ai?
19. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke faí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
19 ʻI he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻi ʻolungá—pea mo lahi ange—ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi ha ʻuhinga moʻoni, ko e ‘kau nofo fakataimi’ pē kinautolu ʻi he fokotuʻu lolotonga ʻa Sētané. Pea ʻoku nau fakapapauʻi fiefia ke nofoʻaki pehē ai pē. Ko ʻenau ʻamanaki ʻa ia ʻe vavé ni ke nau hoko ko e kau nofo tuʻuloa ʻi he māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku mālohi pea makatuʻunga lelei. ʻIkai ʻokú ke fakatuʻotuʻa atu ki ai?
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ʻOku ʻikai ke tau feinga ke fakahaofi ʻa e māmani ʻo Sētané
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ʻOku tau pouaki ʻa e māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá
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