ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi Fakahaá—I
LOLOTONGA hono tuku pilīsone ʻi he motu ko Pātimosí, ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he ʻapositolo taʻumotuʻa ko Sioné ha vīsone hokohoko ʻe 16. ʻOkú ne mamata ai ki he meʻa ʻoku fakahoko ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisi lolotonga ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí—ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ʻoku lele mei hono fokotuʻu ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he 1914 ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisí. Ko e tohi Fakahaá, ʻa ia naʻe hiki ʻe Sione fakafuofua ki he taʻu 96 T.S, ko ha fakamatala fakatoʻoaloto ia ʻo e ngaahi vīsone ko ení.
Tau lāulea angé ki he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻi he Fakahā 1:1–12:17, ʻoku kāpui ai ʻa e ʻuluaki vīsone ʻe fitu naʻe maʻu ʻe Sioné. Ko e ngaahi vīsoné ni ʻoku mahuʻinga ia kia kitautolu koeʻuhí ʻoku kaunga ia ki he meʻa ʻoku lolotonga hoko ʻi he māmaní pea ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e founga ʻe ngāue mai ai ʻa Sihova ʻi he kahaʻu vave maí ni. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau lau mo tui ki he fakamatala ʻo e ngaahi vīsoné ni ʻoku fakafiemālieʻi mo fakalototoʻaʻi moʻoni ai kinautolu.—Hep. 4:12.
FAKAAVA ʻE HE “LAMI” ʻA E SILA HONO ONO MEI HE SILA ʻE FITÚ
ʻUluakí, ʻoku mamata ʻa Sione kia Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakalāngilangiʻí pea ʻokú ne maʻu ha pōpoaki hokohoko ʻa ia te ne “tohi ʻi ha tohi, pea ʻave ki he siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] ʻe fitu.” (Fkh. 1:10, 11) ʻOku hoko atu ki ai ha vīsone ʻo ha taloni ʻoku tuʻu ʻi hēvani. ʻOku ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e Tokotaha ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloní ha takainga tohi ʻoku silaʻi ʻaki ha sila ʻe fitu. Ko e tokotaha ne vakai ki ai ʻoku “tāu ke [ne] folahi ʻa e tohi” ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toe taha ka ko e “Laione ʻoku mei he matakali ʻo Siuta,” pe ko “ha kiʻi Lami . . . ʻoku ne nifo fitu mo mata fitu.”—Fkh. 4:2; 5:1, 2, 5, 6.
Ko e vīsone hono tolú ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi hono fakaava tahataha ʻe he “Lami” ʻa e ʻuluaki sila ʻe onó. ʻI hono fakaava ʻa e sila hono onó, ʻoku hoko ha fuʻu mofuike pea ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho lahi ʻo e houhaú. (Fkh. 6:1, 12, 17) Ka ko e vīsone hono hokó ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ‘ʻangelo ʻe toko fa ʻoku nau puke ʻa e matangi ʻe fa ʻo mamaní’ kae ʻoua kuo kakato hono silaʻi ʻa e toko 144,000. ʻOku mātā ha “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai silaʻí ʻoku nau “tutuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e taloni pea ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Lami.”—Fkh. 7:1, 9.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6—Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he kupuʻi lea ‘Laumalie ʻe Fitú’? Ko e fika fitú ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga kakato mei he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ko e pōpoaki ki he ‘fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitú’ ʻoku faai mai pē ʻo ngāueʻaki ia ki he kotoa ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau fakatahataha fakataha ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga laka hake ʻi he 100,000 takatakai he māmaní. (Fkh. 1:11, 20) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tokonaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻo fakatatau ki he ngāue ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ke fakahokó, ko e kupuʻi lea ‘Laumalie ʻe Fitú’ ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga kakato ʻi heʻene ngāué ʻi hono tokonaki e mahino mo ʻomi e tāpuaki ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tokanga ki he kikité. Ko e tohi Fakahaá ʻoku hā ngali muimui ʻi ha sīpinga ʻo e lāulea ki he tefitoʻi fakakaukau ʻe fitu. Ko e fika fitú heni ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga kakato, pea ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku felāveʻi ʻa e tohí mo hono “fakakakato” pe fakaʻosi ʻa e “misiteli fakaʻotua.”—Fkh. 10:7.
1:8, 17—ʻOku ʻuhinga kia hai ʻa e hingoa fakalakanga “Alifa mo e Omeka” pea mo e “ʻUluaki mo e kimui”? Ko e hingoa fakalakanga “Alifa mo e Omeka” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia kia Sihova, ʻo fakamamafaʻi ai naʻe ʻikai ha ʻOtua Māfimafi-Aoniu ʻi muʻa ʻiate ia pea heʻikai toe ʻi ai ha taha hili iá. Ko ia ʻa e “Kamataʻanga mo e Ngataʻanga.” (Fkh. 21:6; 22:13) Neongo ʻa e lave kia Sihova ko e “ʻUluaki mo e kimui” ʻi he Fakahā 22:13, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ki muʻa pe hili iá, ko e potutohi ʻi he ʻuluaki vahe ʻo e Fakahaá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e hingoa fakalakanga “ʻUluaki mo e kimui” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia kia Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko ia ʻa e ʻuluaki tangata ke fokotuʻu hake ki he moʻui laumālie taʻefaʻamaté pea ko e tokotaha fakamuimui ia ke fokotuʻu hake tonu ʻe Sihová.—Kol. 1:18.
2:7—Ko e hā ʻa e “Palataisi ʻo e ʻOtua”? Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi leá ni ʻoku fakataumuʻa ia ki he kau Kalisitiane paní, ko e palataisi hení ʻoku pau pē ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he tuʻunga-palataisi ʻi hēvaní—ʻa e ʻafioʻanga tonu ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko e kau pani faitōnungá ʻe fakapaleʻi ʻaki ʻenau kai ʻa e “ʻakau ʻo e moʻui.” Te nau taʻefaʻamate.—1 Kol. 15:53.
3:7—Naʻe maʻu ʻanefē ʻe Sīsū ʻa e “kī ʻa Tēvita,” pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻene ngāueʻaki ʻa e kī ko iá? ʻI hono papitaiso ʻi he 29 T.S., naʻe hoko ai ʻa Sīsū ko e Tuʻi-Fakanofo ʻi he laine ʻo Tēvitá. Kae kehe, naʻe toki maʻu pē ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kī ʻa Tēvitá ʻi he 33 T.S. ʻa ia naʻe hakeakiʻi ai ia ki he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi hēvani. ʻI aí naʻá ne maʻu tukufakaholo ai ʻa e ngaahi totonu kotoa ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo Tēvitá. Talu mei ai, kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kií ke fakaavaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie mo e ngaahi monū felāveʻi mo e Puleʻangá. ʻI he 1919, naʻe tuku ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e “ki ʻo e fale ʻo Tevita” ki he uma ʻo e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ʻaki hono fakanofo ʻa e kalasi tamaioʻeiki ko iá “ke ne buleʻi ene mea kotoabe.”—Ai. 22:22; Mt. 24:45, 47, PM.
3:12—Ko e hā ʻa e “hingoa foʻou” ʻo Sīsuú? Ko e hingoa ko ení ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo e lakanga mo e ngaahi monū foʻou ʻo Sīsuú. (Fili. 2:9-11) Lolotonga ʻoku ʻikai ha toe taha ʻokú ne ʻilo ʻa e hingoa ko iá ʻo hangē ko Sīsuú, ʻoku tohi ia ʻe Sīsū ʻi hono fanga tokoua faitōnungá ʻi hēvani, ʻo ʻai ai ke nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo ia. (Fkh. 19:12) ʻOku aʻu ʻo ne vahevahe hono ngaahi monuú mo kinautolu.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:3. Koeʻuhi “kuo panaki hono taimi [ke fakamāuʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e māmani ʻo Sētané]” ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu fakavavevave ke mahinoʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e tohi Fakahaá pea ke ngāue ki ai.
3:17, 18 (PM). Ke koloaʻia fakalaumālié, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakatau meia Sīsū ʻa e “koula kuo ahiahi i he afi.” ʻA ia ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga ke koloaʻia ʻi he ngaahi ngāue leleí. (1 Tim. 6:17-19) ʻOku toe fiemaʻu foki ke tau ʻai ʻa e “kofu hinehina,” ʻa ia ʻoku talaki atu ai hotau tuʻunga ko e kau muimui ʻo Kalaisí, pea ngāueʻaki ʻa e “mea tuluʻi mata,” hangē ko e akonaki kuo pulusi ʻi he makasini Taua Leʻo, ke maʻu ai ʻa e ʻiloʻilo fakalaumālie.—Fkh. 19:8.
7:13, 14. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻe toko 24 ʻa e toko 144,000 ʻi honau tuʻunga lāngilangi fakahēvaní, ʻa ia ʻoku nau ngāue ai ʻo ʻikai ko e ngaahi tuʻi pē ka ko e kau taulaʻeiki foki. Naʻe fakatātaaʻi kinautolu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe Tuʻi Tēvita ʻi he vāhenga ʻe 24. Ko e taha ʻo e kau mātuʻá ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi kia Sione ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahí. Ko ia ai, ko e toetuʻu ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻoku pau pē naʻe kamata ia ʻi ha taimi ki muʻa ʻi he 1935. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ʻi he taʻu ko iá naʻe ʻai ai ʻo mahino ki he kau sevāniti pani ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní, ʻa e tuʻunga totonu ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahí.—Luke 22:28-30; Fkh. 4:4; 7:9.
KO HONO FAKAAVA KO IA ʻA E SILA HONO FITÚ ʻOKU TAKI ATU AI KI HE ONGONA ʻA E TALUPITE ʻE FITU
ʻOku fakaava ʻe he Lamí ʻa e sila hono fitú. ʻOku ʻoange ki he kau ʻāngelo ʻe fitu ʻa e talupite ʻe fitu. Ko e toko ono ʻo e kau ʻāngeló ʻoku nau ifi ʻenau talupité, ʻo fanongonongo ʻa e pōpoaki fakaefakamaau ki he “vahetolu” ʻe taha ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá—ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. (Fkh. 8:1, 2, 7-12; 9:15, 18) Ko e meʻa eni ʻoku mamata ki ai ʻa Sione ʻi he vīsone hono nimá. ʻI heʻene kau ʻi he vīsone hono hokó, ʻoku kai ai ʻe Sione ʻa e kiʻi tohí peá ne fua ʻa e temipalé. Hili hono ifi ʻa e talupite hono fitú, ʻoku fanongonongo ʻe he ngaahi leʻo lalahi ʻo pehē: “Ko e puleʻanga ʻo mamani kuo hoko ko e puleʻanga ʻo hotau ʻEiki, mo ʻEne Kalaisi.”—Fkh. 10:10; 11:1, 15.
ʻOku fakaikiiki mai ʻe he vīsone hono fitú ʻa e meʻa naʻe hā ʻi he Fakahā 11:15, 17. ʻOku mātā ha fakaʻilonga lahi ʻi hēvani. Ko e fefine fakahēvaní ʻokú ne fāʻeleʻi ha tama tangata. ʻOku lī hifo ʻa e Tēvoló mei hēvani. ʻI heʻene ʻita ʻi he fefine fakahēvaní, ʻokú ne ʻalu atu ke “fai tau mo hono toe ʻo e hako ʻo e fefine.”—Fkh. 12:1, 5, 9, 17.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
8:1-5 (PM)—Ko e hā naʻe fakalongo ai ʻa hēvaní, pea hili iá ko e hā naʻe lī hifo ki he māmaní? Naʻe hoko ha fakalongo fakaefakatātā ʻi hēvani koeʻuhí kae lava ke fanongoa ʻa e “lotu oe kakai maonioni” ʻi māmaní. Naʻe hoko eni ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e tau ʻuluaki ʻa māmaní. Naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hake ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ki hēvani ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e Kuonga ʻo e Senitailé, ʻo hangē ko e meʻa naʻe ʻamanekina ʻe he tokolahi. Naʻa nau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa lolotonga ʻa e taú. Ko ia ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻa nau lotu tōtōivi ki ha tataki. ʻI he tali ki heʻenau ngaahi lotú, naʻe lī hifo ʻe he ʻāngeló ki he māmaní ha afi fakaefakatātā ʻa ia naʻá ne tutu fakalaumālie ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní. Neongo ʻenau tokosiʻí, naʻa nau kamata ha feingangāue fakamalanga takatakai he māmaní ʻa ia naʻe ʻai ai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ko ha ʻīsiu vela, ʻo tutu ai ha afi ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Ko e ngaahi fakatokanga mei he Tohi Tapú hangē ha maná naʻe fakaongo atu ia, naʻe ʻai ai ʻo ʻiloa ʻa e ulo ʻo e moʻoni Fakatohitapú, pea ko e nofoʻanga ko ia ʻo e lotu loí naʻe luluʻi ia ʻo aʻu ki hono tefitó, hangē pē ko hono luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi falé ʻe ha mofuike.
8:6-12; 9:1, 13; 11:15—Naʻe teuteu ʻanefē ʻa e kau ʻāngelo ʻe toko fitú ke ifi ʻenau talupité, pea ʻanefē mo anga-fēfē hono fakaongo atu ʻa e leʻo ʻo e talupité? Ko e teuteu ki hono ifi ʻa e talupite ʻe fitú naʻe kau ai hono ʻoatu ʻa e fakahinohino ki he ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e kalasi Sione ne toe fakaake ʻi he māmaní mei he 1919 ki he 1922. Ko e faʻahinga pani ko iá naʻa nau femoʻuekina ʻi hono toe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ki he kakaí pea mo hono langa ʻa e ngaahi fale pulusí. (Fkh. 12:13, 14) Ko e fakaongo atu ʻa e talupité ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa hono fanongonongo taʻemanavahē ʻo e fakamaau ʻa Sihová ki he māmani ʻo Sētané ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fāitaha mo e kau ʻāngeló. ʻOku taau ke fakatokangaʻi, naʻe kamataʻaki eni ʻa e fakataha-lahi ʻi Cedar Point, Ohio ʻi he 1922 pea lele ai pē ʻo aʻu ki he fuʻu mamahi lahí.
8:13; 9:12; 11:14—ʻI he founga fē ʻoku hoko ai ko e “mala” ʻa e leʻo ʻo e ngaahi talupite fakamuimui ʻe tolú? Neongo ko e leʻo ʻo e ʻuluaki talupite ʻe faá ko e ngaahi fanongonongo ia ʻoku fakaeʻa ai ʻa e tuʻunga mate fakalaumālie ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ko e talupite fakaʻosi leva ʻe tolú ko e ngaahi mala ia ʻoku felāveʻi mo e ngaahi meʻa pau ʻe hoko. Ko e leʻo hono nimá ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo hono tukuange ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he “Luo Taʻehanotakele” ʻo e taʻengāue ʻi he 1919 pea ki heʻenau ngāue faifakamoʻoni taʻetukú, ʻa ia naʻe hoko ʻo hangē ha mala lahi ki he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. (Fkh. 9:1) Ko e leʻo hono onó ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo e ʻohofi tau heka hoosi lahi taha ʻi he hisitōliá pea mo e feingangāue fakamalanga ʻi māmani lahi naʻe kamata ʻi he 1922. Ko e leʻo fakaʻosí ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
9:10, 19. Ko e ngaahi fakamatala alafalalaʻanga makatuʻunga Fakatohitapu ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻa e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ʻoku ʻi ai ha pōpoaki ʻoku huhu mamahi. (Mt. 24:45, PM) Ko e pōpoaki ko ení ʻoku fehoanakimālie ia mo e hiku ʻo e fanga heʻe ʻa ia ʻoku ‘huhu hangē ko e fanga sikopió’ pea mo e fanga hoosi ʻa ha fuʻu kau tau, ʻa ia “ko honau iku naʻe hangē ko e fanga ngata.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi tohí ni ʻoku fakatokanga ai ʻo kau ki he “taimi sauni” ʻa Sihova. (Ai. 61:1 [ʻAi 61:2, PM]) Fakatauange ke tau loto-toʻa mo faivelenga ʻi hono tufaki kinautolú.
9:20, 21. Ko e kakai anga-vaivai tokolahi ʻoku nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku taku ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fonua Kalisitiané kuo nau tali lelei ʻa e pōpoaki ʻoku tau talakí. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻamanekina ha tafoki tokolahi mai ʻa e kakai mei tuʻa ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻa ia ʻoku lave kia kinautolu “ko hono toe ʻo e kakai.” Neongo ia, ʻoku tau kītaki pē ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú.
12:15, 16. Ko e “kelekele”—ʻa e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻi loto he fokotuʻutuʻu tonu ʻa Sētané, pe ngaahi mafai pule ʻi he ngaahi fonua kehekehe—ʻoku nau pouaki ʻa e tauʻatāina ʻo e lotú. Kamata ʻi he 1940 tupú, ko e ngaahi mālohi ko iá naʻa nau “inumia ʻa e vaitafe [ʻo e fakatanga] naʻe puʻaki ʻe he Ngata.” Ko e moʻoni, ʻe lava ke tākiekina ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi mafai fakapuleʻangá ke nau fakahoko hono finangaló ʻi he taimi te ne fili ai ke fai peheé. ʻOku feʻungamālie ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakamatala ʻi he Palovepi 21:1: “Ko e koto vaitaki ʻa e loto ʻo e tuʻi he ala ki ai ʻa Sihova: ʻOku ne fakatafe [ia] ki he meʻa kotoa ʻoku ne finangalo ki ai.” ʻOku totonu ke fakaivimālohiʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻetau tui ki he ʻOtuá.