Ke Fakahīkihikiʻi ʻe he Fakatahaʻangá ʻa Sihova
“Te u fakahā ho huafá ki hoku ngaahi tokouá; ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakatahaʻangá te u fakahīkihikiʻi koe.”—HEPELU 2:12, NW.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻaonga ai ʻa e fakatahaʻangá, pea ko e hā ʻa hono ngafa tefitó?
ʻI HE kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá, kuo maʻu ai ʻe he niʻihi tāutaha ʻa e kaungāmeʻa mo e maluʻanga ʻi loto ʻi he faʻunga tefito fakafāmilí. Kae kehe, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ha toe faʻunga ʻe taha ʻoku maʻu ai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻe he niʻihi tāutaha taʻefaʻalaua takatakai ʻi he foʻi kolopé, ʻa e kaungāmeʻa mo e maluʻanga makehe. Ko e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané ia. Pe ʻokú ke kau ki ha fāmili vāofi mo fepoupouaki pe ʻikai, te ke lava pea ʻoku totonu ke ke houngaʻia ʻi he meʻa kuo tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo fakafou ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Ko e moʻoni, kapau kuó ke ʻosi feohi mo ha fakatahaʻanga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻoku ngalingali te ke lava ʻo fakamoʻoni ki he feohi māfana ʻokú ke maʻu aí mo e ongoʻi malu ʻokú ke maʻú.
2 Ko e fakatahaʻangá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kulupu fakasōsiale noa pē. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha feohiʻanga fakakolo pe ko ha kalapu ʻoku fakatahataha ki ai ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau maʻu ha puipuituʻa tatau pe mahuʻingaʻia tatau ʻi ha sipoti pe ʻi ha vaʻinga. ʻI hono kehé, ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻoku tautefito ia ki hono fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Kuo fuoloa ʻene pehē mai, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻi he tohi Sāmé. ʻI he Sāme 35:18, ʻoku tau lau ai: “Kau fakafetaʻi atu ʻi he fakataha[ʻanga] lahi: te u fakamālō ki he ʻAfiona ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ha fuʻu kakai.” ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi mai kitautolu ʻe he Sāme 107:31, 32: “ʻE, ke nau fakafetaʻi kia Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻene ʻaloʻofa, mo ʻene ngaahi ngaue fakaofo maʻa e hakoʻi tangata! Pea ke nau fakahikihikiʻi ia ʻi he fakataha[ʻanga] ʻa e kakai.”
3. Fakatatau kia Paula, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe he fakatahaʻangá?
3 Naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe he ʻapositolo Kalisitiane ko Paulá ʻa e toe ngafa mahuʻinga ʻe taha ʻo e fakatahaʻangá ʻi heʻene lave ki he “Fale ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻa ia ko e Fakataha[ʻanga] tonu ʻa e ʻOtua Moʻui, ko e pou mo e tuʻunga ʻo e Moʻoni.” (1 Timote 3:15) Ko e fakatahaʻanga fē naʻe lea ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo iá? ʻI he ngaahi founga fē ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga”? Pea ko e hā ʻene kaunga ki heʻetau moʻuí mo ʻetau ngaahi ʻamanakí? Ke ʻilo iá, tau ʻuluaki sivisiviʻi angé hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
4. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono faʻa ngāueʻaki ʻo e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Hepeluú?
4 Ko e foʻi lea faka-Hepelū ʻoku faʻa liliu ko e “fakatahaʻanga,” ko e haʻu ia mei ha ʻuhinga tefito ko e “ui kotoa mai” pe “fakatahataha mai.” (Teutalonome 4:10; 9:10) Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻa e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻāngelo ʻi hēvaní, pea ʻe lava ke ngāueʻaki ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha kulupu ʻo e kau tangata faikovi. (Sāme 26:5; 89:5-7) Kae kehe, ʻoku faʻa ngāueʻaki lahi taha ia ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Hepeluú ki he kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Sēkope te ne “hoko ko e koto kakai [pe fakatahaʻanga],” pea naʻe hoko ia. (Senesi 28:3; 35:11; 48:4) Naʻe ui pe fili ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau hoko ko e “fakataha[ʻanga] ʻa Sihova,” ko e “fakataha[ʻanga] ʻo Elohimi.”—Nomipa 20:4; Nehemaia 13:1; Siosiua 8:35; 1 Samiuela 17:47; Maika 2:5.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku faʻa liliu ko e “fakatahaʻanga,” pea ʻoku lava fēfē ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻi lea ko ení?
5 Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi fehoanakimālie mo iá ko e ek·kle·siʹa, mei he foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻe ua ko hona ʻuhingá ko e “atu” mo e “ui.” ʻOku lava ke ngāueʻaki ia ki ha kulupu fakaemāmani, hangē ko e “fakataha[ʻanga]” naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Temetelio ke fakafepakiʻi ʻa Paula ʻi ʻEfesoó. (Ngāue 19:32, 39, 41) Ka ʻoku ngāueʻaki lahi ia ʻe he Tohi Tapú ki he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. ʻOku fakalea ʻe he ngaahi liliu ʻe niʻihi ʻa e foʻi leá ni ko e “siasi,” ka ʻoku fakamatala mai ʻa e Imperial Bible-Dictionary ko e foʻi leá “ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito . . . ʻuhinga ia ki he fale tonu naʻe fakatahataha ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he lotu fakahāhaá.” Kae kehe, ko e meʻa mālié, ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané, ʻoku tau ʻilo ai ko e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻo ʻikai siʻi hifo ʻi he founga kehekehe ʻe fā.
Ko e Fakatahaʻanga Pani ʻa e ʻOtuá
6. Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Tēvita mo Sīsū ʻi he fakatahaʻangá?
6 ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Tēvita ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Sāme 22:22 kia Sīsuú, naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Te u fakaha ho huafa ki hoku ngaahi tokoua; te u hivaʻaki koe i he lotolotonga ʻo e fakataha[ʻangá]. Ko ia ai naʻe pau ke fakatatau ai [ʻa Sīsū] mo hono ngaahi tokoua ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe, koeʻuhi ke ne hoko ko ha taulaʻeiki-lahi ʻoku ʻofangofua mo lototō, ke ne tokanga ki heʻenau ngaahi meʻa mo e ʻOtua.” (Hepelu 2:12, 17) Naʻe fakahīkihiki ʻe Tēvita ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakatahaʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. (Sāme 40:9) Kae kehe, ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene pehē naʻe fakahīkihikiʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ʻOtuá “ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakatahaʻangá”? Ko e fakatahaʻanga fē?
7. ʻI he ʻuhinga tefito fē ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané ʻa e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga”?
7 Ko e meʻa ʻoku tau lau ʻi he Hepelu 2:12, 17 ʻoku mahuʻinga. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ai ʻi ha ʻuhinga fakalūkufua, ko Kalaisí ko ha mēmipa ia ʻo ha fakatahaʻanga ʻa ia naʻá ne talaki ai ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá ki hono ngaahi tokouá. Ko hai ʻa e ngaahi tokoua ko iá? Ko e faʻahinga ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e konga ʻo e “hako ʻo Epalahame,” ko e fanga tokoua ʻo Kalaisi kuo pani ʻe he laumālié, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku “kau ʻi ha ui mei langi.” (Hepelu 2:16–3:1; Mātiu 25:40) ʻIo, ko e ʻuhinga tefito ʻo e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané ko e kulupu tuifio ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Kalaisi kuo pani ʻe he laumālié. Ko e faʻahinga kuo pani ko eni ʻe toko 144,000 ʻoku faʻuʻaki kinautolu ʻa e “fakataha[ʻanga] ʻo e ngaahi ʻuluaki foha kuo tohi ʻi langi.”—Hepelu 12:23.
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tomuʻa fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻa hono fokotuʻu ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané?
8 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e “fakatahaʻanga” Kalisitiane ko ení kuo pau ke fokotuʻu. Feʻunga mo ha taʻu nai ʻe taha ki muʻa ʻi heʻene pekiá, naʻá ne tala ange ai ki ha ʻapositolo ʻe taha: “Ko Pita (pe Maka) koe; pea ʻi he fuga maka ni te u langa ai hoku Siasi [pe fakatahaʻangá]; pea ʻe ʻikai malohi ki ai ʻa e ngāhi matapa ʻo Hetesi.” (Mātiu 16:18) Ko Pita mo Paula fakatouʻosi naʻá na mahinoʻi lelei ko Sīsū tonu ʻa e funga maka naʻe tomuʻa talá. Naʻe tohi ʻe Pita ko e faʻahinga ʻoku langa ko e “koto maka moʻui” ʻo ha fale fakalaumālie ʻi he funga maká, ʻa Kalaisi, ko ha “faʻahinga ʻoku maʻane meʻa tonu, koeʻuhiā ke [nau] ongoongoa atu ʻa e ngaahi lelei” ʻo e Tokotaha ʻa ia naʻá ne ui kinautolú.—1 Pita 2:4-9; Sāme 118:22; Aisea 8:14; 1 Kolinito 10:1-4.
9. Naʻe kamata ke fokotuʻu ʻanefē ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá?
9 Naʻe kamata ʻanefē ke fokotuʻu ʻa e “faʻahinga ʻoku maʻane meʻa tonu” ko ení ke hoko ko e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané? Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S., ʻi he taimi naʻe huaʻi hifo ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he kau ākonga naʻa nau fakatahataha ʻi Selusalemá. Ki mui ʻi he ʻaho ko iá, naʻe fai ai ʻe Pita ha malanga maongo moʻoni ki ha kulupu ʻo e kau Siu mo e kau ului Siu. Ko e tokolahi naʻe hūkia honau lotó ʻi he pekia ʻa Sīsuú; naʻa nau fakatomala pea papitaiso. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻi he fakamatala hisitōlia ko ení naʻe fai pehē mo e toko tolu afe ʻi he hili pē iá, ʻo nau hoko ai ko e konga ʻo e fakatahaʻanga foʻou mo fakautuutu ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Ngāue 2:1-4, 14, 37-47) Naʻe fakautuutu ia koeʻuhi naʻe tali ʻe he kau Siu mo e kau ului Siu tokolahi ange ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko e kau ʻIsileli fakakakanó naʻe ʻikai kei hoko ia ko e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI hono kehé, ko e kau Kalisitiane pani kuo faʻuʻaki ʻa e “Isileli [fakalaumālie] oe Otua” kuo hoko ia ko e fakatahaʻanga moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Kaletia 6:16, PM; Ngāue 20:28.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻangatae ʻo Sīsū mo e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá?
10 ʻOku faʻa fai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ha fakafaikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sīsū mo e kau paní, hangē ko ia ʻi he kupuʻi sētesi “Kalaisi mo e Siasi [pe fakatahaʻangá].” Ko Sīsū ʻa e ʻUlu ʻo e fakatahaʻanga ko eni ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻe he laumālié. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula ʻo pehē ko e ʻOtuá naʻá ne “foaki [ʻa Sīsū] ke ʻulu ki he Siasi [pe fakatahaʻangá] ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe; ʻa ia ko hono sino tofu pe ia.” (Fakaʻītali ʻamautolu; Efeso 1:22, 23; 5:23, 32; Kolose 1:18, 24) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku kei toe ʻi he māmaní ha kiʻi toenga ʻo e kau mēmipa pani ʻo e fakatahaʻanga ko ení. Ko ia ai, ʻoku pau moʻoni ko honau ʻUlú, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻokú ne ʻofaʻi kinautolu. Ko ʻene ngaahi ongoʻi kia kinautolú ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ia ʻi he Efeso 5:25: “Ko Kalaisi ne ne ofaʻi ʻa e Siasi [pe fakatahaʻangá], ʻo ne liʻoa ʻa ʻEne ʻAfio koeʻuhi ko ia.” ʻOkú ne ʻofaʻi kinautolu koeʻuhi ʻoku nau ʻoatu longomoʻui “ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa,” ʻo hangē ko ia ne fai ʻe Sīsū ʻi heʻene ʻi māmaní.—Hepelu 13:15.
“Fakatahaʻanga”—ʻI he Ngaahi ʻUhinga Kehe
11. ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻe he Ngaahi Konga Tohi Tapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané ʻa e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi he founga hono ua ko e hā?
11 ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi ha ʻuhinga fakangatangata pe mahino ange, ʻo ʻikai ngāueʻaki ia ki he kulupu fakakātoa ʻo e kau pani ʻe toko 144,000 ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e ‘siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] ʻa e ʻOtuá.’ Hangē ko ení, naʻe tohi ʻa Paula ki ha kulupu ʻe taha ʻo e kau Kalisitiané: “Ke taʻemelengatāmaki [pe ʻoua ʻe fakatupu tūkia] hoʻomou toʻonga ki he Siu mo e Kalisi fakatouʻosi, pea ki he siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] foki ʻa e ʻOtua.” (1 Kolinito 10:32) ʻOku hā mahino, kapau naʻe fai taʻetotonu ha Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitō ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻe hoko nai ia ko ha fakatupu tūkia ki he niʻihi. Kae kehe, ʻe malava nai ke ne fakatūkia ha taha pe kotoa ʻo e kau Kalisí, Siú, pe kau paní mei he taimi ko iá ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni? ʻIkai ʻaupito. Ko ia ʻoku hā ngali ʻi he veesi ko ení ‘ko e fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá’ ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻoku nau moʻui ʻi ha taimi pau. Fakatatau ki ai, ʻe lava ke pehē ʻe ha taha ko e tataki, tokoni, pe tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he fakatahaʻangá, ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻi ha foʻi taimi pau, ʻi ha feituʻu pē ʻoku nau nofo ai. Pe ko e lava ke tau pehē ko e fiefia mo e melino ʻoku toka ʻi he fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní, ʻo ʻuhinga ia ki he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e fetokouaʻaki faka-Kalisitiané kotoa.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga hono tolu ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi he Tohi Tapú?
12 Ko ha founga hono tolu ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ki he kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻi ha feituʻu fakasiokālafi. ʻOku tau lau: “Naʻe mālōlō ʻa e Siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] ʻi Siutea kotoa, mo Kaleli, mo Samēlia.” (Ngāue 9:31) Naʻe laka hake he tahá ʻa e kulupu ʻo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he fuʻu feituʻu lahi ko iá, ka ko kinautolu kotoa ʻi Siutea, Kāleli mo Samēliá naʻe lave kia kinautolu ko e “fakatahaʻanga.” ʻI he vakai atu ki he tokolahi naʻe papitaiso ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S. mo e hili pē iá, naʻe lahi ange nai ʻi he kulupu ʻe tahá ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe fakatahataha maʻu pē ʻi Selusalemá. (Ngāue 2:41, 46, 47; 4:4; 6:1, 7) Naʻe pule ʻa Hēlota ʻAkilipa I ʻi Siutea ʻo aʻu ki heʻene toki pekia ʻi he 44 T.S., pea ʻoku mahino mei he 1 Tesalonaika 2:14, ko ʻene aʻu mai ko ia ki he 50 T.S. naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻi Siuteá. Ko ia ai, ʻi heʻetau lau ko ia naʻe ‘ngaohikoviʻi ʻe Hēlota ha niʻihi ʻi he Siasí’ pe fakatahaʻangá, ko e lave nai eni ki he kulupu lahi hake he tahá naʻe fakatahataha ʻi Selusalema.—Ngāue 12:1.
13. Ko e hā ha founga hono fā mo anga-maheni ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e “fakatahaʻanga”?
13 Ko hono faá, ko hano ngāueʻaki ʻo toe fakangatangata mo anga-maheni ange ʻo e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga” ʻoku lave ia ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻoku faʻuʻaki ha fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua ʻe taha, hangē ko ia ʻi ha ʻapi. Naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he “ngaahi siasi [pe ngaahi fakatahaʻanga] ʻi Kaletia.” Naʻe lahi hake ʻi he tahá ʻa e fakatahaʻanga pehē ʻi he fuʻu vahefonua Loma ko iá. Naʻe tuʻo ua hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e palulali ko e “ngaahi siasi [pe ngaahi fakatahaʻanga]” ʻi he fekauʻaki mo Kalētiá, ʻa ia naʻe kau ai ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻi ʻAniteoke, Teape, Līsita mo ʻAikoniumé. Naʻe fakanofo ʻa e kau mātuʻa pe ʻovasia taau ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua ko ení. (1 Kolinito 16:1; Kaletia 1:2; Ngāue 14:19-23) Fakatatau ki he Tohi Tapú, ko e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kotoa ko iá “ko e ngaahi siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] ʻa e ʻOtua.”—1 Kolinito 11:16; 2 Tesalonaika 1:4.
14. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau fakaʻosiʻaki mei hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e “fakatahaʻanga” ʻi ha ngaahi konga tohi siʻi?
14 ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi, ko e ngaahi kulupu ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané kuo pau pē naʻe tokosiʻi, ʻo malava ke hao ʻi ha ʻapi fakatāutaha. Neongo ia, ko e lea “fakatahaʻanga” naʻe ngāueʻaki ia ki he fanga kiʻi kulupu peheé. Ko e ngaahi kulupu pehē ʻoku tau ʻilo ki aí ko e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻi he fale ʻo ʻAkuila mo Pīsilá, Nimifa, pea mo Filimone. (Loma 16:3-5; Kolose 4:15; Filimone 2) ʻOku totonu ke hoko eni ko ha matavai ʻo e fakalototoʻa ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua he ʻahó ni ʻoku mātuʻaki tokosiʻí pea ʻoku aʻu nai ʻo nau fakataha maʻu pē ʻi ha ʻapi fakatāutaha. Naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻa e fanga kiʻi fakatahaʻanga pehē ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻene fai pehē ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻo ne tāpuakiʻi kinautolu fakafou ʻi hono laumālié.
Fakahīkihikiʻi ʻe he Ngaahi Fakatahaʻangá ʻa Sihova
15. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻa e ngāue ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻi he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi muʻaki fakatahaʻangá?
15 Naʻa tau lave ko hono fakahoko ʻo e Sāme 22:22, naʻe fakahīkihikiʻi ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakatahaʻangá. (Hepelu 2:12) Ko hono kau muimui faitōnungá naʻe pau ke nau fai pehē. ʻI he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻi hono pani ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá pea hoko ai ko e fanga tokoua ʻo Kalaisí, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he niʻihi ha toe ngāue mai mo makehe ange ʻa e laumālié. Naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa fakaemana ʻa e laumālié. Ko e ngaahi fakahāhā ʻe niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa peheé ko e lea makehe ʻo e potó pe ʻiló, ko e mafai ke faifakamoʻui pe kikité, pe ko e aʻu ʻo malava ke nau leaʻaki ha ngaahi lea naʻe taʻeʻiloa kia kinautolu.—1 Kolinito 12:4-11.
16. Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻe taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa fakaemana ʻa e laumālié?
16 Fekauʻaki mo e lea kehekehé, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Te te hivaʻaki hoto laumalie, pea te te hivaʻaki hoto atamai foki.” (1 Kolinito 14:15) Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono mahinoʻi ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻene ngaahi leá pea fakahinohinoʻi ai kinautolu. Ko e taumuʻa ia ʻa Paulá ke fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻá ne ekinaki ki he niʻihi kehe ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻo e laumālié: “Mou feinga ke mou hulu atu ai koeʻuhiā ke langa hake ai ʻa e siasi [pe fakatahaʻangá],” ʻo ʻuhingá ki he fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua ko ia ne nau fakahāhā ai ʻa e meʻaʻofá. (1 Kolinito 14:4, 5, 12, 23) ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe mahuʻingaʻia ʻa Paula ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ko e fakatahaʻanga taki taha, ʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ke fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá.
17. Fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua he ʻaho ní, ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau fakapapauʻí?
17 ʻOku hokohoko atu hono ngāueʻaki mo poupouʻi ʻe Sihova ʻene fakatahaʻangá. ʻOkú ne tāpuekina ʻa e kulupu tuifio ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi he māmaní he ʻaho ní. ʻOku lava ke hā eni mei he fuʻu feleoko ʻo e meʻakai fakalaumālie ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Luke 12:42) ʻOkú ne tāpuekina ʻa e fetokouaʻaki fakakātoa ʻi māmani lahí. Pea ʻokú ne tāpuekina ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá, ʻa ē ʻoku tau fakahīkihikiʻi ai hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ʻaki ʻetau ngaahi ngāué mo e ngaahi tali fakalaumālie ʻoku fakatupu langa haké. ʻOku tau maʻu ai ʻa e ako mo e fakahinohino koeʻuhi ke tau lava ai ʻo fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi taimi kehe, ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻi ai tonu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ʻetau fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá.
18, 19. Ko e hā ʻoku loto ʻa e kau Kalisitiane anga-līʻoa ʻi ha fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua pē ke nau faí?
18 Manatuʻi naʻe ekinaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonua ʻi Filipai, Masitōniá: “Ko ʻeku lotu ʻeni ke [mou] fonu ngutungutu ʻi he fua ʻo e maʻoniʻoni, ʻa ia ʻoku fou mai ʻia Sisu Kalaisi ke langilangiʻia mo fakamaloʻia ai ʻa e ʻOtua.” ʻE kau ai ʻenau lea ki he niʻihi kehé, ki he faʻahinga ʻi tuʻá, fekauʻaki mo ʻenau tui kia Sīsuú pea mo ʻenau ʻamanaki fakaofó. (Filipai 1:9-11; 3:8-11) Ko ia ai, naʻe ekinaki ʻa Paula ki he kaungā Kalisitiané: “Ke tau ʻatu [ʻia Sīsū], maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa.”—Hepelu 13:15.
19 ʻOkú ke maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi hono fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá “i he lotolotonga ʻo e fakataha[ʻangá],” ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú, pea ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ho loungutú ke fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻao ʻo e faʻahinga kuo teʻeki ke nau hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi pea fakahīkihikiʻi iá? (Hepelu 2:12; Loma 15:9-11) ʻI ha kiʻi tuʻunga, ko ʻetau tali fakafoʻituituí ʻe fakatuʻunga nai ia ʻi he anga ʻo ʻetau ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e ngafa ʻo ʻetau fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá ʻi he taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he kupu hoko maí, tau lāulea ai ki he anga hono tataki mo ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻetau fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá mo e ngafa ʻoku totonu ke ne fakahoko ʻi heʻetau moʻuí he ʻaho ní.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko mai ʻa e “siasi [pe fakatahaʻanga] ʻa e ʻOtua” ʻa ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní?
• Ko e hā ʻa e toe ngaahi founga ʻe tolu ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e foʻi lea “fakatahaʻanga”?
• Fekauʻaki mo e fakatahaʻangá, ko e hā naʻe loto ʻa Tēvita, Sīsū, mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ke faí, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e meʻá ni kia kitautolú?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 21]
Ko Sīsū ʻa e makatuʻunga ʻo e fakatahaʻanga fē?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Naʻe fakataha ʻa e ngaahi kulupu fakalotofonua ʻo e kau Kalisitiané ko e “ngaahi [fakatahaʻanga] ʻa e ʻOtua”
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
Hangē ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Peniní, ʻe lava ke tau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fuʻu fakatahá