ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi ʻa Sēmisí mo e Tohi ʻa Pitá
ʻI HE meimei taʻu ʻe 30 hili ʻa e Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., ʻoku fai ai ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí—ko ha tokoua faʻē-taha ʻo Sīsū—ha tohi ki he “matakali ʻe hongofulu ma ua” ʻo ʻIsileli fakalaumālié. (Sem. 1:1) Ko ʻene taumuʻá: ke ekinaki kiate kinautolu ke nau tuʻu mālohi ʻi he tuí pea ke fakahāhā ʻa e kātakí ʻi heʻenau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí. ʻOkú ne toe fai ʻa e akonaki ke fakatonutonu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakahohaʻa kuo kamata ke ʻasi ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻangá.
Ki muʻa pē ʻi he feingangāue fakatanga ʻa ʻEmipola Nelo ʻo Lomá ʻi he 64 T.S., ʻoku fai ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tohí ʻo fai ki he kau Kalisitiané, ʻo fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ke nau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tuí. ʻI heʻene tohi hono uá, naʻe hiki ʻi ha taimi nounou pē hili ʻa e ʻuluaki tohí, ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻe Pita ʻa hono kaungātuí ke nau tokanga ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea fakatokanga kia kinautolu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová. Ko e moʻoni, ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ʻaonga mei he tokanga ki he ngaahi pōpoaki ʻo e tohi ʻa Sēmisí pea mo e tohi ʻa Pitá.—Hep. 4:12.
FOAKI POTO ʻA E ʻOTUÁ KI HE FAʻAHINGA ʻOKU “KOLE TUI PE”
“Monuʻiaā ka ko e tangata ʻoku ne kataki ha ʻahiʻahi,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Sēmisí, “he ʻo ka ʻosi hono sivi, te ne maʻu ai ʻa e kalauni ʻo e moʻui.” Ki he faʻahinga ʻoku “kole tui pe,” ʻoku ʻoange ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e poto ʻoku fiemaʻu ke kātakiʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí.—Sem. 1:5-8, 12.
ʻOku toe fiemaʻu ʻa e tuí mo e potó ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau hoko ko e kau “akonaki” ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Hili hono fakahaaʻi ko e ʻeleló ko ha “kupu siʻi” ʻoku malava ke ne ‘fakameleʻi ʻa e sinó kotoa,’ ʻoku fakatokanga ʻa Sēmisi fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi hehema fakamāmani ʻa ia ʻoku lava ke ne maumauʻi ʻa hoto vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. ʻOkú ne toe fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi sitepu ʻoku totonu ke fou ai ha taha pē ʻoku puke fakalaumālie kae lava ke ne fakaakeake.—Sem. 3:1, 5, 6; 5:14, 15.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
2:13 (PM)—ʻI he founga fē ʻoku ‘fiefia ai ae ofá ki he fakamāú’? ʻI heʻene hoko mai ki hono fai ha fakamatala maʻatautolu ki he ʻOtuá, ʻokú ne fakakaukau ki he meesi kuo tau fakahāhā ki he niʻihi kehé pea fakamolemoleʻi kitautolu makatuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa hono ʻAló. (Loma 14:12) ʻIkai ko e ʻuhinga eni ʻe taha ke ʻai ai ʻa e mēsí ko ha ʻulungāanga tefito ia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí?
4:5—Ko e hā e konga Tohi Tapu ʻoku lave ki ai heni ʻa Sēmisí? ʻOku ʻikai lave ʻa Sēmisi ia heni ki ha foʻi veesi pau. Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi foʻi lea fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua ko ení ʻoku ngalingali naʻe fakatefito ia ʻi he fakakaukau fakalūkufua ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi he ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu hangē ko e Senesi 6:5; 8:21; Palovepi 21:10; mo e Kaletia 5:17.
5:20—“Ko ia kuo ne fakafoki mai ha angahala mei heʻene ʻalu he,” te ne fakahaofi ʻa e laumālie ʻo hai mei he maté? Ko ha Kalisitiane ʻokú ne fakatafoki ha tokotaha faihala mei ha ʻalunga angahalaʻiá ʻokú ne fakahaofi nai ai ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tokotaha fakatomalá mei he mate fakalaumālié pea mei he fakaʻauha taʻengatá. Ko e tokotaha ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e tokotaha faiangahalá ʻi he founga ko ení te ne toe “ʻufiʻufi ha fufuʻunga angahala” ʻa e tokotaha ko iá.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:14, 15. ʻOku kamata ʻa e angahalá ʻi he holi taʻetotonú. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau ohi ʻa e ngaahi holi fehālaakí ʻaki ʻetau nōfoʻi fakakaukau ki ai. ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau hokohoko “tokanga” ki he ngaahi meʻa fakatupu langa haké pea fakafonu ʻaki ia hotau ʻatamaí mo e lotó.—Fili. 4:8.
2:8, 9. Ko e fakahāhā ʻo e “filifilimanako” ʻoku fehangahangai ia mo e “lao fakatuʻi” ʻo e ʻofá. Ko ia ai, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakahāhā ʻa e filifilimānakó.
2:14-26. ʻOku tau ‘moʻui ko e meʻa ʻi he tuí,’ ʻo “ʻikai tupu mei ha ngaahi ngaue” ʻa e Lao ʻa Mōsesé pe ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané. Ko ʻetau tuí ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he pehē pē ʻoku tau tui ki he ʻOtuá. (Ef. 2:8, 9; Sione 3:16) ʻOku totonu ke ne tohoakiʻi kitautolu ki he tōʻonga fakaʻotuá.
3:13-17. “Ko e poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga” ko e moʻoni ʻoku māʻolunga ange ia ʻi he poto ‘fakaemamaní, fakaʻatamaí mo fakatevoló’! ʻOku totonu ke tau ‘hakule ki he poto fakaʻotuá ʻo hange ko e fai ki ha koloa fufuú.’—Pal. 2:1-5.
3:18. Ko e tenga ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ‘to ʻi he melino ʻe kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu melinó.’ ʻOku mahuʻinga ke tau hoko ko e kau fakamelino ʻo ʻikai ke hīkisia, faʻa kē, pe fakamoveuveu.
“TUʻU MAʻUMAʻULUTA HE TUI”
ʻOku fakamanatu ʻe Pita ki hono kaungātuí ʻa ʻenau “ʻamanaki ʻoku moʻui” ki ha tofiʻa ʻi hēvani. “Ko kimoutolu ‘ko e haʻa fili, ko e tuʻunga taulaʻeiki fakatuʻi, ko e kakai tapu,’” ko e tala ange ia ʻe Pitá. Hili hono fai ha akonaki hangatonu fekauʻaki mo e moʻulaloá, ʻokú ne ekinaki ki he tokotaha kotoa ke ‘uouanga taha, ke tauʻaki kaungāmamahi, ke feʻofaʻaki fakalotu, ke manavaʻofa, ke angavaivai.’—1 Pita 1:3, 4; 2:9; 3:8.
Koeʻuhi “kuo panaki ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e [fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú],” ʻoku akonaki ʻa Pita ki he fanga tokouá ke nau ‘fakamaʻumaʻu muʻa, ʻo moʻui fakaʻehiʻehi mo faʻa lotu.’ ʻOkú ne tala kia kinautolu: “Mou laka fakaʻehiʻehi, mou ʻā. . . . Mou talitekeʻi [ʻa Sētane], he tuʻu maʻumaʻuluta he tui.”—1 Pita 4:7; 5:8, 9.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
3:20-22—ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakamoʻui kitautolu ʻe he papitaisó? Ko e papitaisó ko ha fiemaʻu ia ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kumi ki he fakamoʻuí. Kae kehe, ko e papitaisó ʻiate ia pē ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakamoʻui kitautolu. Ko e fakamoʻuí ko hono moʻoní ʻoku fakafou ia “ʻi he toetuʻu ʻa Sisu Kalaisi.” Ko e tokotaha teu papitaisó kuo pau ke ne maʻu ʻa e tui ko e fakamoʻuí ʻoku toki malavá pē ia ʻi he pekia fakaefeilaulau ʻa Sīsuú, mo ʻene toetuʻú, pea “ʻoku ne ʻafio mei he toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtua,” ʻo ne maʻu ʻa e mafai ki he kau moʻuí mo e kau maté. Ko e papitaiso makatuʻunga ʻi he tui ko iá ʻoku fehoanaki ia mo e ‘toko valu, naʻe fakamoʻui ʻi he vaí.’
4:6 (PM)—Ko hai ʻa e faʻahinga kuo “mate” ʻa ia “nae malaga aki [ki] ai ae ogoogolelei”? Ko e faʻahinga eni naʻa nau ‘mate ʻi heʻenau ngaahi talangataʻá mo e angahalá,’ pe naʻa nau mate fakalaumālie, ki muʻa ke nau fanongo ki he ongoongo leleí. (Ef. 2:1) Kae kehe, hili e tui ki he ongoongo leleí, naʻe kamata ke nau “moʻui” fakalaumālie.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:7. Ke mahuʻinga lahi ʻetau tuí, kuo pau ke fakamoʻoniʻi, pe siviʻi ʻa hono tuʻungá. Ko e tui mālohi peheé ko e moʻoni ʻoku ‘fakamoui ai ae laumalié.’ (Hep. 10:39, PM) Kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau holomui mei hono sivi ʻa ʻetau tuí.
1:10-12. ʻOku holi ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ke fakasio ʻo mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa loloto fakalaumālie ʻa ia naʻe tohi ʻe he kau palōfita ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní. Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi meʻá ni naʻe toki hoko pē ʻo mahino ʻi he taimi naʻe kamata feangainga ai ʻa Sihova mo e fakatahaʻangá. (Ef. 3:10) ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke tau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ʻo feinga ke kumi ki he “gaahi mea loloto i he Otua”?—1 Kol. 2:10, PM.
2:21. ʻI he faʻifaʻitaki ki hotau Faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻoku totonu ke tau loto-lelei ke faingataʻaʻia ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻo e maté koeʻuhi ke pouaki ʻa e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová.
5:6, 7. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau lī ai ʻetau loto-moʻuá kia Sihová, ʻokú ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke hanganaki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e lotu moʻoní ʻi heʻetau moʻuí kae ʻoua ʻe hoko ʻo hohaʻa tōtuʻa fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻe hoko mai nai ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó.—Mt. 6:33, 34.
‘ʻE HOKO MAI ʻA E ʻAHO ʻO SIHOVÁ’
“Kuo teʻeki siʻi ke ʻomeia ha palofisai ʻi he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e tangata,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Pitá, “ka naʻe lea mei he ʻOtua ha kau tangata ʻi he takina kinautolu ʻe he Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni.” Ko e tokanga ki he folofola fakaekikité ʻe lava ke ne maluʻi kitautolu mei he “kau akonaki loi” mo e faʻahinga kākā kehé.—2 Pita 1:21; 2:1-3.
“ʻE hoko ʻi he taimi fakamui ha faʻahinga ʻoku matuʻaki manuki,” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa Pitá. Ka “ʻe hoko mai pe ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki ʻo hange ha kaihaʻa.” ʻOku fakaʻosi ʻe Pita ʻa ʻene tohí ʻaki ʻa e faleʻi lelei ki he faʻahinga ʻoku ‘nofoʻaki tali ki he hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ko iá.’—2 Pita 3:3, 10-12.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
1:19—Ko hai ʻa e “fetuʻuʻaho,” ko fē taimi ʻokú ne hopo aí, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻetau ʻiloʻi kuo hoko ení? Ko e “fetuʻuʻaho” ko Sīsū Kalaisi ia ʻi he mafai ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Fkh. 22:16) ʻI he 1914, naʻe hopo hake ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻao ʻo e meʻa fakatupu kotoa pē ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e Tuʻi faka-Mīsaiá, ʻo fanongonongo ʻa e mafoa e ata ʻo ha ʻaho foʻou. Ko e fakasinokehé naʻe ʻomai ai ha tomuʻa fakaʻali fakaevīsone ʻo e lāngilangi ʻo Sīsuú mo e mafai ʻo e Puleʻangá, ʻo fakamamafaʻi ai ʻa e alafalalaʻanga ʻo e folofola fakaekikite ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e tokanga ki he folofola ko iá ʻoku fakamaama ai hotau lotó, pea ʻoku ʻai ai ke tau lāuʻilo kuo hopo ʻa e Fetuʻu ʻAhó.
2:4 (NW)—Ko e hā ʻa ‘Tātalusi,’ pea naʻe lī fakakū ki ai ʻa e kau ʻāngelo angatuʻú? Ko Tātalusí ko ha tuʻunga ia hangē ha pilīsoné ʻa ia ko e ngaahi meʻamoʻui laumālié pē—ʻo ʻikai ko e tangatá—ʻoku ʻave ki aí. Ko ha tuʻunga ia ʻo e fakapoʻuli matolu fakaʻatamai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taumuʻa mataʻāʻā ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻi Tātalusí ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau ʻamanaki ki he kahaʻú. Naʻe lī ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻāngelo talangataʻá ki Tātalusi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá, pea te nau ʻi he tuʻunga ololalo ai pē ko iá kae ʻoua ke fakaʻauha kinautolu.
3:17—Naʻe ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa Pita ʻi heʻene lave ki he “sinaki ʻilo”? Naʻe ʻuhinga ʻa Pitá ki he sinaki ʻilo, pe tomuʻa ʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻi he kahaʻú, ʻi hono ʻoange fakamānavaʻi kiate ia mo e kau hiki Tohi Tapu kehé. Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ko ha ʻilo taʻefakangatangata eni, ko hono maʻu iá naʻe ʻikai hoko ai ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki kotoa pē ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he kahaʻú. Naʻa nau hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi pē ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakalūkufua ʻo e meʻa naʻe lava ke ʻamanekiná.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:2, 5-7. Tānaki atu ki hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau tupulekina ʻi he “ʻilo kanokano ki he ʻOtua, mo Sisu,” ko ʻetau fai ʻa e feinga fakamātoato ke fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga hangē ko e tuí, kātakí mo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá ʻoku lava ke ne ʻai ke “ʻikai ai te [tau] fakapikopiko pe taʻefua” ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ʻilo ko iá.—2 Pita 1:8.
1:12-15 (PM). Ke hanganaki “tuu mau i he mooni,” ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ʻa e toutou fakamanatu, hangē ko ia ʻoku tau maʻu fakafou ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, ako fakafoʻituituí mo e lau Tohi Tapú.
2:2. ʻOku totonu ke tau tokanga ke ʻoua naʻa fakamaaʻi ʻa Sihova mo ʻene kautahá ʻi hotau ʻulungāangá.—Loma 2:24.
2:4-9. ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻa kuó ne fai ʻi he kuohilí, ʻe lava ke tau fakapapauʻi “ʻoku poto pe ʻa e ʻEiki ke hamusi ʻa e kakai lotumoʻoni mei he ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tauhi tautea ʻa e kau fai taʻetotonu, ʻo aʻu ki he fakamāu.”
2:10-13. Lolotonga ko e “faʻahinga langilangiʻia,” ʻa ia ko e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi fehālaaki pea nau faihala nai ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa tau leakovi kia kinautolu.—Hep. 13:7, 17.
3:1-4, 12 (3:2-4, 12, PM). Ko e tokanga ki he “ngaahi lea naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he kau Palofita tapu, mo e fekau ʻa e ʻEiki mo Fakamoʻui” ʻe tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau hanganaki tokangataha ki he ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová.
3:11-14 (PM). ʻI he tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga ʻoku “amanaki mo holi atu ki he hoko mai oe aho oe Otua,” kuo pau ke tau (1) “i he ulugaaga maonioni,” ʻo tauhi ke maʻa fakaesino, fakaʻatamai, fakaeʻulungāanga mo fakalaumālie; (2) fonu ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e “aga [līʻoa] faka-Otua,” hangē ko ia ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá mo e ngāue ngaohi-ākongá; (3) tauhi hotau ʻulungāangá mo e angaʻitangatá ke “tae ha ila,” ʻo ʻikai ʻuliʻi ʻe he māmaní; (4) hoko ʻo “taehalaia,” ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē fakataha mo ha taumuʻa ʻoku maʻa; pea (5) ke ʻi he “melino”—ʻo melino mo e ʻOtuá, mo hotau fanga tokoua Kalisitiané pea mo e kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.