Fanongo ki he Meʻa ʻOku Folofolaʻaki ʻe he Laumālié!
“Ko ia ʻoku telinga, ke ne fakafanongo ki he meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he Laumalie ki he ngaahi siasi.”—FAKAHĀ 3:22.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻoku toe leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi pōpoaki ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitu ʻoku tala hingoa ʻi he Fakahaá?
KO E kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová kuo pau ke nau tokanga ki he ngaahi lea tataki fakalaumālie ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitu naʻe tala hingoa ʻi he tohi faka-Tohitapu ʻa Fakahaá. Ko e moʻoni, ko e ngaahi pōpoaki taki taha ko ení ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e akonaki ko ení: “Ko ia ʻoku telinga ke ne fakafanongo ki he meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he Laumalie ki he ngaahi siasi.”—Fakahā 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22.
2 Kuo tau ʻosi lāulea ki he ngaahi pōpoaki ʻa Sīsū ki he kau ʻāngelo, pe kau ʻovasia, ʻo ʻEfesō, Sīmana, mo Peakamosí. ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻaonga mei he meʻa naʻá ne leaʻaki fou ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kehe ʻe faá?
Ki he ʻĀngelo ʻi Taiatailá
3. Naʻe tuʻu ʻi fē ʻa Taiataila, pea ko e hā ʻa e koloa naʻe tautefito ʻene ʻiloa aí?
3 Ko e “ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua” ʻokú ne ʻomai fakatouʻosi ʻa e fakaongoongolelei mo e valoki ki he fakatahaʻanga Taiatailá. (Lau ʻa e Fakahā 2:18-29.) Ko Taiatailá (ko ʻĀkisa he taimí ni) naʻe langa ia ʻi ha veʻe vaitafe siʻi ʻo e Vaitafe Kētisí (Heamasi motuʻa) ʻi he fakahihifo ʻo ʻĒsia Mainá. Ko e koló naʻe ʻiloa ia ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakameaʻa kehekehe. Ko hono kau ngaohi fakalanú naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e akaʻi metá (madder) ko ha maʻuʻanga lanu ki heʻenau lanu kula ʻahoʻaho pe fisiʻifekika ʻiloá. Ko Litia, ʻa ia naʻe hoko ko ha Kalisitiane lolotonga ʻa e ʻaʻahi ʻa Paula ki Filipai ʻi Kalisí, ko e “fefine naʻe fai fakatau tupenu kula mei he kolo ko Taiataila.”—Ngāue 16:12-15.
4. Ko e hā naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Taiatailá?
4 ʻOku fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Taiatailá ʻi heʻene ngaahi ngāue leleí, ʻofá, tuí, kātakí, mo e ngāue ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe ‘lahi hake ʻenau ngāue ki muí ʻi heʻenau ngāue ki muʻá.’ Kae kehe, neongo kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ha lēkooti lelei, kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito te tau taʻetokanga fekauʻaki mo hotau ngaahi ʻulungāngá.
5-7. (a) Ko hai ʻa e “fefine ko Sisipeli,” pea ko e hā naʻe teu ke fai fekauʻaki mo ʻene tākiekiná? (e) Ko e pōpoaki ʻa Kalaisi ki he fakatahaʻanga Taiatailá ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e kau fefine fakaʻotuá ke nau fai ʻa e hā?
5 Ko e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Taiatailá naʻa nau kātakiʻi pē ʻa e lotu ʻaitolí, akonaki loí, mo e ʻulungaanga fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú. ʻI honau haʻohaʻongá naʻe ʻi ai “ʻa e fefine ko Sisipeli”—mahalo ko ha kulupu ʻo e kau fefine mo honau anga hangē ko Kuini Sisipeli anga-kovi ʻo e Puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí. ʻOku pehē ʻe he kau mataotao ʻe niʻihi ko e ‘kau palōfita fefine’ ʻo Taiatailá naʻa nau feinga ke fakataueleʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke lotu ki he ngaahi ʻotua tangata mo fefine ʻo e fefakatauʻakí pea ke kau ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga felāveʻi mo e meʻakai naʻe feilaulauʻaki ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí. ʻOua naʻa fakaʻatā ha palōfita fefine fokotuʻu fakaeia ke ne kumi ke kākaaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehe ʻi he fakatahaʻanga faka-Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní!
6 Ko Kalaisí ‘te ne li ʻa Sisipeli mo kinautolu ʻoku kau mo ia ʻi he feʻauakí ki ha mamahi lahi, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te nau fakatomala ʻo tafoki mei he ngaahi ngāue aʻaná.’ ʻOku totonu ke ʻoua ʻaupito ʻe fakavaivai ʻa e kau ʻovasiá ki he akonaki mo e tākiekina fulikivanu peheé, pea ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ki ha Kalisitiane ke ne fai ha feʻauaki fakalaumālie mo fakaesino pe ke kau ʻi he lotu ʻaitolí koeʻuhi ke ʻiloʻi ai ko e “ngaahi [meʻa] loloto ʻo Setane” ʻoku fulikivanu fakaʻaufuli. Kapau te tau fai ki he fakatokanga ʻa Sīsuú, ‘te tau kuku ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau maʻú,’ pea ko e angahalá heʻikai te ne puleʻi kitautolu. Koeʻuhi naʻa nau talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga, ngaahi holi, mo e ngaahi taumuʻa taʻefakaʻotuá, ko kinautolu kau pani ʻoku toetuʻú ʻoku nau maʻu “ʻa e pule ki he ngaahi kakai” pea te nau kau fakataha mo Kalaisi ʻi hono laiki kinautolu ke havehavé. Ko e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga he lolotonga ní ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fetuʻu fakaefakatātā, ka ʻi he toetuʻu fakahēvaní, ʻe foaki ange ʻa e “Fetuʻu Ngingila, ko e Fetuʻu Pongipongi,” ko e Tangata Taʻané, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻi he taimi te nau toetuʻu ai ki hēvaní.—Fakahā 22:16.
7 Naʻe fakatokanga ki he fakatahaʻanga Taiatailá ke ʻoua ʻe kātakiʻi ʻa e tākiekina kovi ʻa e kau fefine ʻoku nau fai ʻa e fakatafoki mei he moʻoní. Ko e pōpoaki fakamānavaʻi ʻe he laumālié ʻa Kalaisi ki he fakatahaʻangá ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e kau fefine fakaʻotuá ke tauhi ki honau tuʻunga kuo vaheʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní. ʻOku ʻikai ke nau feinga ke fai ʻa e pule ki he kau tangatá pea ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakataueleʻi ha fanga tokoua ki he feʻauaki fakalaumālié pe fakaesinó. (1 Timote 2:12) Ko hono kehé, ko e kau fefine peheé ʻoku nau fokotuʻu ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he ngaahi ngāue leleí mo e ngāue ki he fakahīkihikiʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 68:11; 1 Pita 3:1-6) Kapau ʻe leʻohi ʻe he fakatahaʻangá ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne maʻú—ʻa e tokāteline mo e ʻulungaanga maʻá pea koloaʻaki ʻa e ngāue ʻo e Puleʻangá—ʻe haʻu ʻa Kalaisi mo e ngaahi pale fakafiefia, ʻikai ko e fakaʻauha.
Ki he ʻĀngelo ʻi Sātisí
8. (a) Naʻe tuʻu ʻi fē ʻa Sātisi, pea ko e hā ha ngaahi fakaikiiki fekauʻaki mo ia? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ai ʻe he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sātisí ha tokoní?
8 Ko e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sātisí naʻe fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e tokoni fakavavevave koeʻuhí he naʻe mate fakalaumālie. (Lau ʻa e Fakahā 3:1-6.) ʻI heʻene tuʻu fakafuofua ki he kilomita ʻe 50 ki he fakatonga ʻo Taiatailá, ko Sātisí ko ha kolo lakalakaimonū ia. Ko e fefakatauʻakí, ko e mahutafea ʻo e feituʻú, pea mo hono ngaohi mei ai ʻo e vala mo e kāpeti fulufuluʻi manú naʻe tokoni ia ke ʻai ko e kolo tuʻumālie ʻa ia naʻe nofo ai he taimi ʻe taha ha kakai nai ʻe toko 50,000. Fakatatau ki he faihisitōlia ko Siosifasí, ko Sātisí naʻe ʻi ai ha fuʻu nofoʻanga faka-Siu ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí K.M. ʻOku kau ʻi he toetoenga ʻo e koló ha sinakoke mo ha temipale ʻo e ʻotua fefine ʻEfesō ko ia ko ʻĀtemisi.
9. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke faí kapau ko ʻetau ngaahi ngāue ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku fai fakafatongia pē?
9 Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ki he ʻāngelo ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Sātisí: “ʻOku ou ʻilo pē hoʻo ngaahi ngāue, ʻio ʻoku ke hingoa ko e moʻui ka ʻoku ke mate pē.” Fēfē kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ongoongo ʻoku tau ʻāʻā fakalaumālie ka ʻoku tau meimei fakamohemohe pē kitautolu ki he ngaahi monū faka-Kalisitiané pea ko ʻetau fai ʻo e ngaahi ngāué ʻoku fai fakafatongia pē mo “mei mate” fakalaumālie? Tā ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ‘tau manatu ki he anga ʻo ʻetau maʻu mo fanongo’ ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau ngaahi feinga ko ia ʻi he ngāue toputapú. ʻOku totonu moʻoni ke tau kamata ke kau ʻaufuatō ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané. (Hepelu 10:24, 25) Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Kalaisi ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sātisí: “Kapau ʻe ʻikai te ke ʻa, te u ʻalu atu hangē ha kaihaʻa, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ke ʻilo pe fakakū haʻaku hoko hifo kiate koe.” Fēfē hotau ʻahó ni? Kuo vavé ni ke tau fai ha fakamatala.
10. Naʻa mo e ʻi ha tuʻunga hangē ko e taha ko ia ʻi Sātisí, ko e hā ʻe moʻoni nai fekauʻaki mo ha kau Kalisitiane tokosiʻi?
10 Naʻa mo e ʻi ha tuʻunga hangē ko e taha ko ia ʻi Sātisí, ʻe ʻi ai pē nai ha tokosiʻi ‘ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻuliʻi honau kofú pea lava ke nau haʻele mo Kalaisi kuo kofu hinehina: he ʻoku nau tāu.’ ʻOku nau tauhi maʻu honau fakaʻilonga faka-Kalisitiané, ʻo nofo maʻu taʻeʻuliʻi, ʻo ʻikai ha ʻila fakaeʻulungaanga mo fakalotu mei he māmani ko ení. (Semisi 1:27) Ko ia ai, ko Sīsuú ‘ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne tamateʻi honau hingoá mei he tohi ʻo e moʻuí, pea te ne fakamoʻoni honau hingoá ʻi he ʻao o ʻene Tamaí mo e kau ʻangeló.’ ʻI he fakahā kuo nau taau ke ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisí, ko ʻene kalasi taʻahine mali ʻo e faʻahinga paní te nau ʻai teunga līneni ngingila, maʻa, mo lelei ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue māʻoniʻoni ʻo e faʻahinga tapu ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Fakahā 19:8) Ko e ngaahi monū fakafiefia ʻo e ngāue ʻoku fakatatali mai kia kinautolu ʻi hēvaní ʻokú ne fakaʻaiʻai kinautolu ke ikunaʻi ʻa e māmani ko ení. ʻOku toe fokotuʻu mai mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻi he ʻao ʻo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻi he tuʻunga ki he moʻui taʻengata fakaemāmaní. Ko honau hingoá foki ʻoku toe hiki mo ia ʻi he tohi ʻo e moʻuí.
11. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí kapau ʻoku tau hoko ʻo tulemohe fakalaumālie?
11 ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻo kitautolu ʻe loto ke aʻu ki he tuʻunga fakamamahi fakalaumālie ʻo e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sātisí. Ka ʻe fēfē kapau ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau hoko ʻo tulemohe fakalaumālie? ʻOku totonu ke tau fai vave leva ha meʻa ki he lelei pē maʻatautolu. Tau pehē kuo tohoakiʻi kitautolu ki he ngaahi founga taʻefakaʻotuá pe kuo tau hoko ʻo fakavaivai ʻi he maʻu fakatahá pe ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú. Tau kumi ki he tokoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he lotu fakamātoato. (Filipai 4:6, 7, 13) Ko e lau Tohitapu fakaʻahó mo e ako ʻo e ngaahi Konga Tohitapú mo e ngaahi tohi ʻa e “setuata anga-tonú” ʻe tokoni ia ki heʻetau ʻāʻā fakalaumālié. (Luke 12:42-44, NW) Te tau hangē leva ai ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻi Sātisi naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Kalaisí, pea te tau hoko ai ko ha tāpuaki ki he ngaahi kaungātuí.
Ki he ʻĀngelo ʻi Filatelifiá
12. ʻE anga-fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga fakalotu ʻi Filatelifia ʻo e kuonga muʻá?
12 Naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Filatelifiá. (Lau ʻa e Fakahā 3:7-13.) Ko Filatelifiá (ko ʻAlasehē he taimí ni) ko ha senitā lakalakaimonū ia ʻo ha feituʻu ngaohiʻanga uaine ʻi he fakahihifo ʻo ʻĒsia Mainá. Ko hono moʻoní, ko hono ʻotua tefitó ko Taionisesi, ko e ʻotua ʻo e uainé. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e kau Siu ʻi Filatelifiá naʻa nau feinga taʻelavameʻa ke fakalotoʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Siu ʻi aí ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé pe toe foki ki ai.
13. Kuo anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e ‘kī ʻa Tevitá’?
13 Ko Kalaisi “ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa e kī ʻa Tevita,” pea ko ia ai, kuo tuku kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻo e Puleʻangá pea mo e pule ki he fale ʻo e tuí. (Aisea 22:22; Luke 1:32) Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kī ko iá ke fakaavaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie mo e ngaahi monū ʻo e Puleʻangá ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Filatelifia ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo ha toe feituʻu pē. Talu mei he 1919 mo ʻene fokotuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e “setuata anga-tonú” “ha matapa lahi” ʻoku taki atu ki he malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻa ia heʻikai lava ʻe ha taha fakafepaki ke tāpuniʻi. (1 Kolinito 16:9; Kolose 4:2-4) Ko e moʻoni, ko e matapā ki he ngaahi monū ʻo e Puleʻangá kuo tāpuniʻi ia ki he faʻahinga ʻo e “sinakoke ʻo Setane,” he ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālie kinautolu.
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e talaʻofa naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Filatelifiá? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke maluʻi kitautolu mei he tō lolotonga ʻa e ‘taimi ʻahiʻahí’?
14 Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Filatelifia ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻa e talaʻofa ko ení: “Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo tauhi ʻa e tala ke ke fai ʻa e kātaki aʻaku, ko au foki te u tauhi koe mei he taimi ʻahiʻahi ʻoku ene ke hoko ki mamani kātoa.” ʻOku fiemaʻu ki he malangá ʻa e faʻahinga kātaki naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sīsuú. Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne fakavaivai ki he filí ka naʻá ne hanganaki fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí. Ko ia ai, naʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻa Kalaisi ki he moʻui taʻefaʻamate fakahēvaní. Kapau te tau piki maʻu ki heʻetau fili ko ia ke lotu kia Sihová pea tau poupouʻi ʻa e Puleʻangá ʻaki hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí, ʻe maluʻi ai kitautolu mei he tō lolotonga ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ʻo e ʻahiʻahi lolotongá, ʻa e “taimi ʻahiʻahi.” Te tau ‘kuku maʻu ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau maʻu’ meia Kalaisí ʻaki ʻa e feinga ke fakalahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko hono fai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻe iku ia ki ha kalauni taʻefakatataua fakahēvani ki he faʻahinga paní mo e moʻui taʻengata fakaemāmani maʻa honau kaungāmeʻa mateakí.
15. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu mei he faʻahinga ko ia te nau hoko ko e ‘ngaahi pou ʻi he temipale ʻo e ʻOtuá’?
15 ʻOku tānaki mai ʻe Kalaisi: “Ko ia ia te ne ikuna, te u ngaohi ia ko e pou ʻi he Temipale ʻo hoku ʻOtua, . . . pea te u tohi ki ai ʻa e huafa ʻo hoku ʻOtua, mo e hingoa ʻo e kolo ʻo hoku ʻOtua, ʻa Selusalema Foʻou ʻa ia ʻoku ʻalu hifo mei he langi mei hoku ʻOtua, pea mo e hingoa oʻoku, ʻa hoku hingoa foʻou.” Ko e kau ʻovasia paní kuo pau ke nau poupouʻi ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Kuo pau ke nau nofo ai pē ʻi he tuʻunga ko e mēmipa ʻi he “Selusalema Foʻou” ʻaki ʻa e malanga fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá pea hanganaki maʻa fakalaumālie. ʻOku mahuʻinga eni kapau ʻoku nau loto ke hoko ko e ngaahi pou ʻi he temipale lāngilangiʻia fakahēvaní pea kapau ʻoku nau fataki ʻa e hingoa ʻo e kolo ʻo e ʻOtuá ko hono kakai fakahēvaní pea kau ʻi he hingoa ʻo Kalaisí ko ʻene taʻahine malí. Pea ko e moʻoni, kuo pau ke nau maʻu ha telinga ʻoku “fakafanongo ki he meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he Laumalie ki he ngaahi siasi.”
Ki he ʻĀngelo ʻi Leotisiá
16. Ko e hā ha ngaahi moʻoni fekauʻaki mo Leotisia?
16 Naʻe valokiʻi ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e fakatahaʻanga fakataʻetaʻehohaʻa ʻi Leotisiá. (Lau ʻa e Fakahā 3:14-22.) ʻI he kilomita nai ʻe 150 ki he hahake ʻo ʻEfesoó pea tuʻu ʻi he fetaulakiʻanga ʻo e ngaahi hala lalahi fefakatauʻakí ʻi he teleʻa mahu ʻo Vaitafe Līkasí, ko Leotisiá naʻe hoko ia ko ha kolo ngaohiʻanga koloa mātuʻaki lakalakaimonū mo ha senitā fakapangikē. Ko e ngaahi vala naʻe ngaohi mei he fulufuluʻi manu lanu ʻuliʻuli ʻo e feituʻú naʻe ʻiloa lahi ia. ʻI he hoko ko e tuʻuʻanga ia ʻo ha ʻapiako fakafaitoʻo ʻiloa, ngalingali ko Leotisia naʻá ne ngaohi ʻa e faitoʻo mata ko ia naʻe ʻiloa ko e efuefu Filisiá. Ko ʻAsikelipiase, ko ha ʻotua ʻo e faitoʻó, ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi ʻotua tefito ʻo e koló. ʻOku hā ko Leotisiá naʻe ʻi ai ha kau Siu tokolahi ʻaupito, ko e niʻihi ai ʻoku hā naʻa nau mātuʻaki koloaʻia.
17. Ko e hā naʻe valokiʻi ai ʻa e kau Leotisiá?
17 ʻI heʻene lea ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻi Leotisiá fakafou ʻi hono ‘angeló,’ ʻoku lea ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he mafai ko e “Fakamoʻoni Falalaʻanga mo Moʻoni, ko e Kamataʻanga ʻo e Fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua.” (Kolose 1:13-16) Naʻe valokiʻi ʻa e kau Leotisiá koeʻuhi ko e ‘ʻikai ke momoko pe mafana’ fakalaumālié. Koeʻuhi naʻa nau māmāfana, naʻe teu ai ʻa Kalaisi ke puʻaki kinautolu mei hono ngutú. Naʻe ʻikai totonu ke faingataʻa kia kinautolu ke mahinoʻi ʻa e poini ko iá. Ofi mai ʻi Hailapoli naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi matavai vela, pea naʻe ʻi Kolose ha vai momoko. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi naʻe pau ke taki mai ʻa e vaí ki Leotisia ʻi ha fuʻu vaha mamaʻo, ngalingali naʻe māmāfana ʻa e vaí ʻi heʻene aʻu mai ki he koló. Ko e konga ʻo e fakatafé, naʻe fakaaʻu ia ʻe ha fakatafenga vai. ʻI heʻene ofi ange ki Leotisiá, naʻe lele ia fou ʻi ha ngaahi kupuʻi maka kuo fakaava pea simaʻi fakataha.
18, 19. ʻE anga-fēfē nai hano tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ko ia he ʻahó ni ʻoku hangē ko e faʻahinga ʻi Leotisiá?
18 Ko e niʻihi tāutaha ʻi he ʻahó ni hangē ha Leotisiá ʻoku hala ke nau mafana fakatupu langa hake pe mokomoko fakatupu ivi foʻou. Hangē ko e vai māmāfaná, ʻoku puʻaki ia ki tuʻa! ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu kinautolu ʻe Sīsū ko ʻene tangata-lea, ko e ‘kau fakafofonga [pani] ʻo Kalaisi.’ (2 Kolinito 5:20) Ka ʻikai te nau fakatomala, ʻe mole honau monū ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá. Naʻe kumi ʻa e kau Leotisiá ki he ngaahi tuʻumālie fakamāmaní ʻo ‘ʻikai te nau ʻilo ko kinautolu ia ʻa e malaʻia taha, mo e tuʻutamaki taha, pea masiva mo kui mo telefua.’ Ke toʻo ʻenau masiva, kui, mo telefua fakalaumālié, ko ha taha pē ʻoku hangē ko kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau fakatau meia Kalaisi ʻa e ‘koula kuo haka’ ʻo e tui kuo ʻahiʻahiʻi, “ngaahi kofu hinehina” ʻo e māʻoniʻoni, mo e “tuluʻi mata” ke fakaleleiʻi ʻaki ʻa e sio fakalaumālié. ʻOku fiefia ʻa e kau ʻovasia Kalisitiané ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻenau fiemaʻu fakalaumālié koeʻuhi ke nau hoko ʻo “koloaʻia ʻi he tui.” (Semisi 2:5; Mātiu 5:3) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e kau ʻovasiá ke nau tokoniʻi kinautolu ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e “tuluʻi mata” fakalaumālié—ke tali mo fai ki he faiako, akonaki, faʻifaʻitakiʻanga, mo e fakakaukau fakaʻatamai ʻa Sīsuú. Ko ha faitoʻo fakamoʻui eni ki he “holi ʻo e kakano, mo e holi ʻo e mata, mo e ʻafungi ʻo e moʻui.”—1 Sione 2:15-17.
19 ʻOku valokiʻi mo akonakiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻokú ne ʻofa ki aí. Ko e kau ʻovasia ʻi hono malumalú kuo pau ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he fakaalaala. (Ngāue 20:28, 29) Naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Leotisiá ke “fai manavakavakava, pea fei mo fakatomala,” ʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu ʻi heʻenau fakakaukaú mo ʻenau founga moʻuí. Sai, kuo hoko nai ha niʻihi ʻo kitautolu ʻo alāanga mo e founga moʻui ʻokú ne holoki ʻetau ngāue toputapu ki he ʻOtuá ki ha tuʻunga siʻisiʻi ʻi he moʻuí? Peʻi tau fakatau ‘ae mea tuluʻi mata meia Sīsuú’ koeʻuhi ke tau lava ʻo sio ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e fuofua kumi faivelenga ki he Puleʻangá.—Mātiu 6:33.
20, 21. Ko hai ʻoku nau fai ʻa e tali totonu ki he “tukituki” ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻaho ní, pea ko e hā ʻenau ngaahi ʻamanakí?
20 “Ko eni,” ko e lea ia ʻa Sīsuú, “ʻoku ou tuʻu ki he matapa, ʻo tukituki. Kapau ʻe fanongo ʻe ha taha ki hoku leʻo, ʻo ne toʻo ʻa e matapa, pea te u hu kiate ia, pea te u kai ʻohomohe mo ia, pea te ne kai ʻohomohe mo au.” ʻOku faʻa ʻomai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fakahinohino fakalaumālie ʻi heʻene maʻu ʻinasi ʻi he ngaahi houa kaí. (Luke 5:29-39; 7:36-50; 14:1-24) ʻOkú ne tukituki he taimí ni ʻi he matapā ʻo e faʻahinga fakatahaʻanga hangē ko Leotisiá. ʻE tali nai ʻe hono kau mēmipá ʻa ʻene tukitukí, ʻo fakaake ʻenau ʻofa kiate iá, ʻo talitali lelei ia ki honau haʻohaʻongá, pea fakaʻatā ia ke ne akoʻi kinautolu? Kapau ko ia,ʻe keinanga ʻa Kalaisi mo kinautolu ki he lelei lahi fakalaumālie pē maʻanautolu.
21 Ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fakaʻatā fakaefakatātā ʻa Sīsū ke hū ange, pea ko e tōʻonga peheé ʻoku taki atu ia ki he moʻui taʻengatá. (Sione 10:16; Mātiu 25:34-40, 46) Ki he tokotaha pani ikuna taki taha, ʻe foaki ki ai ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e monū ʻo e ‘nofo mo ia ʻi hono taloní ʻo hangē ko ʻene ikuna mo ia, ʻo ne nofo mo ʻene ʻEikí ʻi hono taloni oʻoná.’ ʻIo, ki he kau pani ikuná, ʻoku talaʻofa ʻe Sīsū ʻa e pale maʻongoʻonga ʻo ha taloni, fakataha mo ia ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo ʻene Tamaí ʻi hēvani. Pea ko e fanga sipi kehe ikuná ʻoku nau hanga atu ki ha feituʻu fakafiefia ʻi māmani ʻi he malumalu ʻo e pule ʻa e Puleʻangá.
Lēsoni Maʻatautolu Hono Kotoa
22, 23. (a) ʻE lava fēfē ke maʻu ʻaonga ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē mei he ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Sīsū ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ko ʻetau fakapapaú iá?
22 ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻe lava ke nau maʻu ʻaonga lahi mei he ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Sīsū ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitu ʻi ʻĒsia Mainá. Hangē ko ení, ʻi hono fakatokangaʻi naʻe ʻoatu ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e fakaongoongolelei feʻungamālié, ʻoku ueʻi ai ʻa e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiane ʻofá ke fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻa e niʻihi tāutaha pea mo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻoku nau fai lelei fakalaumālié. ʻI he taimi ʻoku ʻi ai ai ha ngaahi vaivaiʻangá, ʻoku tokoniʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e kaungātuí ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakaleleiʻanga Fakatohitapú. Ko e kotoa ʻo kitautolú ʻe lava ke tau hokohoko atu ke maʻu ʻaonga mei he ngaahi tafaʻaki kehekehe ʻo e akonaki ʻa Kalaisi naʻe ʻoange ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻe fitú, ʻo kapau pē ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ia fou he lotu pea ʻikai tautoloi.a
23 Ko e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ko ení ʻoku ʻikai ko ha taimi ia ki he fakataʻetaʻehohaʻa, ʻofa ki he meʻa fakamatelié, pe ko ha toe meʻa kehe te ne ngali fakatupunga nai kitautolu ke fai fakafatongia pē ʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ʻofa ke hanganaki ulo ngingila atu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kotoa pē ko e ngaahi tuʻunga maama ʻoku hanga ʻe Sīsū ʻo tauhi maʻu ʻi honau tuʻuʻangá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane faitōnungá, ʻofa ke tau fakapapau maʻu pē ke tokanga ʻi he taimi ʻoku lea ai ʻa Kalaisí pea fanongo ki he meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he laumālié. Te tau maʻu leva ai ʻa e fiefia tuʻuloa ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tapua atu ʻo e māmá ki he lāngilangi ʻo Sihová.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ko e Fakahā 2:1–3:22 ʻoku toe fai ʻa e lāulea ki ai ʻi he vahe 7 ki he 13 ʻo e tohi Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand!, ko e pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko hai ʻa e “fefine ko Sisipeli,” pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke faʻifaʻitaki ai ki ai ʻa e kau fefine fakaʻotuá?
• Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi Sātisí, pea ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau fai ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei ha hoko ʻo hangē ko e kau Kalisitiane tokolahi naʻe nofo aí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi talaʻofa naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sīsū ki he fakatahaʻanga Filatelifiá, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he ʻaho ní?
• Ko e hā naʻe valokiʻi ai ʻa e kau Leotisiá, ka ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kau Kalisitiane faivelengá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
Ko e ngaahi founga kovi ʻa e “fefine ko Sisipeli” kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Kuo fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ʻi he ʻao hono kau muimuí “ha matapa lahi” ʻa ia ʻoku taki atu ki he ngaahi monū ʻo e Puleʻangá
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 20]
ʻOkú ke talitali lelei ʻa Sīsū pea fanongo kiate ia?