ʻE Lava Ke Ke “Laka Mai ki Masitonia”?
1. Ko e hā naʻá ne fakatupunga ʻa Paula mo hono kaungāmeʻá ke ʻalu ki Masitōniá?
1 ʻI he taʻu 49 T.S. nai, naʻe mavahe ai e ʻapositolo ko Paulá mei Sīlia ʻAniteoke ki heʻene fononga fakamisinale hono uá. Ko ʻene taumuʻá ke ʻaʻahi ki ʻEfesō mo e ngaahi kolo kehe ʻi ʻĒsia Mainá. Kae kehe, naʻá ne maʻu ha fakaafe ko e tataki ʻe he laumālié ke “laka mai ki Masitonia.” Ko ia mo hono kaungāmeʻá naʻa nau tali fiefia ia, pea naʻa nau maʻu e monū ke fokotuʻu ʻa e ʻuluaki fakatahaʻanga ʻi he feituʻu ko iá. (Ng. 16:9, 10; 17:1, 2, 4) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e tafaʻaki ʻe niʻihi ʻo e ngoue ko māmani lahí ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu moʻoni ki ha kau ngāue utu-taʻu lahi ange. (Mt. 9:37, 38) ʻOkú ke ʻi ha tuʻunga ke tokoni?
2. Ko e hā kuo teʻeki fakakaukau e niʻihi ke hiki ki ha fonua mulí?
2 Mahalo ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e laumālie fakamisinale ʻa Paulá ka kuo teʻeki ke ke fakakaukau fakamātoato ke hiki ki ha fonua muli. Ko e fakatātaá, mahalo ʻoku ʻikai ala malava ʻa e ako ʻi Kiliatí maʻau koeʻuhi ko ho taʻú pe koeʻuhi ko ha tuofefine taʻemali koe pe ʻoku ʻi ai hoʻo fānau iiki. Mahalo kuo teʻeki ke ke fakakaukau ke hiki ki ha fonua muli koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai haʻo tuipau te ke lava ʻo ako ha toe lea. Pe ko ha nofo hili nai koe ʻokú ke lolotonga nofo ʻi he fonua he taimi ní ko ha ngaahi ʻuhinga fakaʻikonōmika pea ʻokú ke toumoua ai ke toe hiki. Kae kehe, hili ha fakakaukau faʻa lotu, te ke ʻilo nai ko e ngaahi tuʻunga peheé ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke taʻofi ai koe mei he hiki ki ha fonua muli ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻú.
3. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fiemaʻu ai ʻa e ako fakamisinalé ke malanga lavameʻa ai ʻi ha fonua muli?
3 Ko ha Fiemaʻu ʻa e Ako Fakamisinalé? Ko e hā naʻá ne fakamafeia ʻa Paula mo hono kaungāmeʻá ke lavameʻá? Naʻa nau falala kia Sihova mo hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (2 Kol. 3:1-5) Ko ia ai, neongo kapau ko ho ngaahi tuʻungá ʻoku ʻikai fakaʻatā ai koe ke maʻu ha ako makehe, te ke kei lava pē ke ke malanga lavameʻa ʻi ha fonua muli. Manatuʻi foki, ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e ako hokohoko fakafou ʻi he Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí mo e Fakataha Ngāué. Pea kapau ʻokú ke taumuʻa ke hū ki Kiliati pe ko ha akoʻanga pehē, ko hoʻo hiki ki ha fonua kehe ke ʻahiʻahiʻi hoʻo ngāue fakamisinalé ʻe ʻoatu ai kia koe ha taukei mahuʻinga ʻa ia te ke lava ke ngāueʻaki ʻamui kapau ʻe tali koe ki ha toe ako lahi ange.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ki he kau matuʻotuʻa angé ke ʻoua te nau tukunoaʻi e foʻi fakakaukau ke nau malanga ʻi ha fonua mulí?
4 Kau Matuʻotuʻa Angé: Ko e kau matuʻotuʻa ange fakalaumālie ʻoku nau ʻi ha tuʻunga moʻui lelei feʻungá ʻe lava ke nau hoko ko ha koloa mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku ʻi ai haʻanau fiemaʻú. Kuó ke mālōlō mei hoʻo ngāue paʻanga? Ko e niʻihi ʻoku nau maʻu naʻa ha kiʻi vāhenga mālōloó ʻoku nau malava ke mātuʻaki tokangaʻi lelei kinautolu ʻi ha fonua langalanga hake ʻa ia ko ʻenau ngaahi fakamolé, kau ai ʻa e totongi ʻo e tokangaʻi fakafaitoʻo leleí, ʻoku mātuʻaki maʻulalo ange ia ʻi honau fonua tupuʻangá.
5. Fakamatala ki ha hokosia ʻa ha tokoua vāhenga mālōlō naʻá ne hiki ki ha fonua muli.
5 Ko ha tokoua vāhenga mālōlō mei ha fonua lea faka-Pilitānia, ʻa ia ko ha tokotaha mātuʻa mo tāimuʻa, naʻe hiki ki ha feituʻu manakoaʻi ʻe he folau ʻeveʻevá ʻi ʻĒsia Tonga-hahake ke tokoni ki ha kulupu lea faka-Pilitānia ʻo e kau malanga ʻe toko hiva. Naʻe malanga ʻa e kulupú ki he kau muli ʻe toko 30,000 naʻa nau nofo ʻi he feituʻú. ʻI loto ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua naʻe maʻu fakataha ai ʻa e toko 50. Naʻe tohi ʻa e tokouá: “Ko e hiki ki hení kuó ne ʻomi kia au e ngaahi tāpuaki fakafiefia taha kuo faifai ange peá u maʻú. Kuó u hokosia ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki fakafiefia lahi!”
6. Fakamatala ki ha hokosia ʻa ha tuofefine taʻemali naʻe hiki ki ha fonua naʻe lahi ange ai e fiemaʻú.
6 Fanga Tuofāfine Taʻemalí: Kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova e fanga tuofāfiné ʻi ha founga mālohi ke fakamafola e ongoongo leleí ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa e fiemaʻú. (Sāme 68:11) Ko ha kiʻi tuofefine taʻemali ʻe taha naʻá ne maʻu ha taumuʻa ke fakalahi ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi ha fonua muli, ka naʻe mātuʻaki hohaʻa ʻene ongo mātuʻá ke ne malu. Ko ia naʻá ne fili ha fonua naʻe tuʻumaʻu fakapolitikale mo fakaʻekonōmika, tohi ki he ʻōfisi vaʻá, pea maʻu ʻa e fakamatala ʻaonga mo pau. Lolotonga e taʻu ʻe ono ʻene nofo he fonua ko iá, naʻá ne maʻu e ngaahi tāpuaki lahi. ʻOkú ne pehē: “ʻI ʻapí naʻá ku mei maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie siʻi ki he ngaahi ako Tohi Tapú. Ka ʻi heʻeku ngāue he feituʻu naʻe lahi ange ai e fiemaʻú naʻe fakamafeia ai au ke fai e ngaahi ako lahi pea fakatupulekina moʻoni ʻeku malava fakafaiakó.
7. Fakamatala ki ha hokosia ʻa ha fāmili naʻe hiki ki ha fonua muli.
7 Ngaahi Fāmilí: Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo fānau, ʻoku mātuʻaki taʻofi ʻe he meʻá ni koe mei he hiki ki ha fonua muli ke fakalahi atu ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí? Ko ha fāmili ʻe taha mo ha fānau ʻe toko ua, taʻu valu mo e hongofulu, naʻa nau fili ke ʻahiʻahiʻi ia. ʻOku tohi ʻa e faʻeé fekauʻaki mo ʻenau hokosiá: “ʻOkú ma houngaʻia he kuó ma lava ke ʻohake ʻema fānaú heni, koeʻuhi kuó na feohi mo e kau tāimuʻa makehé mo e kau misinalé. Kuo fakakoloa ʻema moʻuí koeʻuhi ko e ngāue ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku lahi ange ai e fiemaʻú.”
8. ʻOku malava ke ngāue ʻi ha fonua muli ʻo taʻeako ha lea kehe? Fakamatalaʻi.
8 Ngaahi Hohaʻa ki he Leá: ʻOku taʻofi koe ʻe he fakakaukau ke ako ha lea mulí mei hoʻo hiki ki ha fonua kehe? ʻOku ngalingali ko hoʻo leá ʻoku leaʻaki ia ʻe he ngaahi fonua kehe ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau fiemaʻu ki ha kau malanga tokolahi ange ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko ha ongo meʻa mali lea faka-Pilitānia ʻe taha naʻá na hiki ki ha fonua lea faka-Sipeini ʻoku tokolahi ʻaupito ai e kau nofo hili lea faka-Pilitāniá. Hili hono maʻu e fakamatala mei he ʻōfisi vaʻá ʻo kau ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga lea faka-Pilitānia naʻe ʻi ai ha fiemaʻú, naʻá na fili ha taha pea ʻaʻahi tuʻo ua ki ai. Naʻá na foki ki ʻapi, fakasiʻisiʻi ʻena ngaahi fakamole fakamāhiná, pea tānaki e paʻanga ki ha taʻu ʻe taha. ʻI heʻena mateuteu ke hikí, naʻe tokoni e fanga tokoua he feituʻu ko iá kia kinaua ke kumi ha nofoʻanga maʻamaʻa.
9, 10. Ko e hā nai e meʻa ke fakakaukau ki ai e faʻahinga ʻoku nau hiki mei honau fonua tupuʻangá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
9 Kau Nofo Hilí: Naʻá ke hiki mei ho fonua tupuʻangá, mahalo ki muʻa ke ke ako ʻa e moʻoni? ʻOku ʻi ai nai ha fuʻu fiemaʻu ki ha kau ngāue utu-taʻu ʻi ho fonua tupuʻangá. ʻE lava ke ke fakakaukau ke foki koeʻuhí ke tokoni? Ngalingali ʻe faingofua ange kia koe ke maʻu ha ngāue mo ha ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻi ha taha ʻoku mei ha fonua kehe. ʻOku pau pē kuó ke poto ʻi he lea fakafonuá. Tānaki atu ki aí, ʻe loto-lelei ange nai e kakaí ke fanongo ki he pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi hoʻo faí ʻi ha taha ʻoku nau vakai ki ai ko ha muli.
10 Naʻe hiki ha tangata ʻe taha mei ʻAlipēnia ki ʻĪtali ko ha kumi hūfanga, maʻu ha ngāue lelei, pea ʻave paʻanga ki hono fāmilí ʻi ʻAlipēnia. Hili ʻene haʻu ki he moʻoní, naʻe kamata ke ne akoʻi ʻa e lea faka-ʻAlipēniá ki ha kulupu ʻo e kau tāimuʻa makehe ʻĪtali naʻa nau hiki ki ai ke ngāue he feituʻu naʻe lahi ange ai e fiemaʻú. ʻOku tohi ʻa e tokouá: “Naʻa nau huʻu atu ki he feituʻu ngāue kuó u mavahe mei aí. Naʻe ʻikai ke nau ʻilo ʻa e leá ka naʻa nau fiefia ke ʻalu. Ko ʻeku leá mo e anga-fakafonuá ko e ʻAlipēnia. Ko e hā ʻeku meʻa ʻaku ʻoku fai ʻi ʻĪtalí?” Naʻe fili ʻa e tokouá ke foki ki ʻAlipēnia ke tokoni ki hono fakamafola ʻa e ongoongo leleí. ʻOkú ne pehē: “ʻOku ou fakaʻiseʻisa ʻi hono tukuange e ngāue mo e paʻanga ʻi ʻĪtalí? Halaʻatā! Naʻá ku maʻu e ngāue moʻoni ʻi ʻAlipēnia. Ko e meʻa pē ʻoku ou tokanga au ki aí, ko e ngāue ʻoku mahuʻinga pea ʻomi ai e fiefia tuʻuloá ko e tauhi kia Sihova ʻaki e meʻa kotoa ʻokú ke maʻú!”
11, 12. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku fakakaukau ke hiki ki ha fonua mulí ʻoku totonu ke nau fai e hā?
11 Founga ke Fai Ai Iá: Ki muʻa ke ō ki Masitōniá, naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa Paula mo hono kaungāmeʻá ke fononga fakahihifo, ka “naʻe taʻofi ʻe he Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni” kinautolu, ko ia naʻa nau foki fakatokelau. (Ng. 16:6) ʻI heʻenau ofi ki Pitiniá, naʻe taʻofi kinautolu ʻe Sīsū. (Ng. 16:7) Ko Sihova, fakafou ʻia Sīsū, ʻokú ne hokohoko atu ke tokangaʻi ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá. (Mt. 28:20) Ko ia ai, kapau ʻokú ke fakakaukau ke hiki ki ha fonua muli, kumi ʻi he faʻa lotu ki he tataki ʻa Sihová.—Luke 14:28-30; Sem. 1:5; sio ki he puha “Founga ke ʻIlo Ai Kapau ʻOku ʻi Ai ha Fiemaʻu ʻi ha Fonua ʻOkú Ke Fakakaukau ki Ai.”
12 Kole ki ha fakamatala totonu mei ho kau mātuʻa mo e kau Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa kehé. (Pal. 11:14; 15:22) Lau e ngaahi fakamatala kuo mau pulusi fekauʻaki mo e ngāue ʻi ha fonua mulí, pea fai foki e fekumi ki ha ngaahi fonua pē ʻokú ke fakakaukau ki ai. ʻE lava ke ke ʻaʻahi ki he fonua ʻokú ke mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he hiki ki aí, mahalo ʻo laka hake ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi pē? Kapau ko hoʻo fakamātoato fekauʻaki mo e hiki ki ha fonua kehé, ʻe lava ke ke tohi ki he ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻo e fonua ko iá ki ha fakamatala lahi ange, ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e tuʻasila ʻi he Yearbook lolotongá. Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻikai ʻave fakahangatonu hoʻo tohí ki he ʻōfisi vaʻá, ʻave ia ki he kau mātuʻa ʻi ho fakatahaʻangá, ʻa ia te nau tānaki ki ai ʻenau ngaahi fakamatalá ki muʻa ke nau ʻave atu iá.—Sio ki he Fokotuʻutuʻu Maau ke Fai ʻa e Finangalo ʻo Sihová, peesi 111-112.
13. ʻE fēfē tokoni ʻa e ʻōfisi vaʻá kia koé, ka ko e hā te ke fai ʻe koé?
13 ʻE ʻomai kia koe ʻe he ʻōfisi vaʻá ha fakamatala ʻaonga fekauʻaki mo e fonuá ke tokoniʻi koe ke fai ha ngaahi fili, ka ke ne ʻi ha tuʻunga ke ʻomai ha ngaahi tohi siponisā pe ke ʻomai ha nofoʻanga, visa, pe ngaahi foomu fakalao kehe pe kumi ha ngaahi nofoʻanga maʻau. Ko e ngaahi meʻa fakafoʻituitui eni ʻe fiemaʻu ke ke vakaiʻi fakalelei ki muʻa ke ke hikí. Tānaki atu ki aí, ko koe ia te ke fai e ngaahi fetuʻutaki ki he ngaahi ʻamipasitoa pe ngaahi konisela ke maʻu e fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu visa mo e ngaahi ngofua ngāué. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau hikí ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻi ha tuʻunga ke tokangaʻi ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakafoʻituituí mo e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalaó.—Kal. 6:5.
14. Ko e hā e ngaahi fakatokanga ʻoku ʻomai ki he taimi ʻoku fai ai ha ʻaʻahi pe hiki ki ha fonua ʻoku fakangatangata ai e ngāué?
14 Ngaahi Fonua ʻOku Fakangatangata Ai e Ngāué: ʻI he fonua ʻe niʻihi kuo pau ki he fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine fakalotofonuá ke nau mātuʻaki fakapotopoto ʻi heʻenau lotú. (Mt. 10:16) Ko e kau malanga ʻoku ʻaʻahi pe hiki ki aí ʻe lava ke nau tohoaki taʻeʻilo mai ʻa e tokanga ʻikai fiemaʻu ki heʻetau ngāué pea tuku ki he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa e malu ʻo e fanga tokoua fakalotofonuá. Kapau ʻokú ke fakakaukau ke hiki ki ha fonua pehē, kātaki ʻo tohi ki ho ʻōfisi vaʻa fakafeituʻú fakafou ʻi ho kulupu ʻo e kau mātuʻá ki muʻa ke hoko atú.
15. ʻE lava fēfē ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu e ngaahi tuʻunga ke hikí ke fakalahi fakalotofonua ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
15 Kapau Heʻikai Lava Ke Ke Hiki: Kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻi ha tuʻunga ke hiki ki ha toe fonua ʻe taha, ʻoua ʻe tuʻatamakí. Mahalo ʻoku ʻi ai “ha [toe] matapā lahi ʻoku huʻu atu ki he ngāué,” ʻoku fakaava mai kia koe. (1 Kol. 16:8, 9, NW) ʻE ʻilo nai ʻe hoʻo ʻovasia sēketí e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻe lava ke ke fakaʻuli ki ai mei ho ʻapí. Mahalo ʻe lava ke ke tokoni ki ha fakatahaʻanga pe kulupu lea muli ofi mai. Pe ʻe malava nai ke ke fakalahi hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi ho fakatahaʻanga lolotongá. Neongo pe ko e hā ho ngaahi tuʻungá, ko e meʻa mahuʻingá ko hoʻo ngāue fie ngāue pe ʻaufuatō ʻi hoʻo lotú.—Kol. 3:23.
16. ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau tali ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fie hiki ki ha fonua mulí?
16 ʻOkú ke ʻilo ha Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻa fakalaumālie ʻokú ne maʻu e taumuʻa ke ngāue ʻi ha fonua muli? Peʻi fai ha poupou mo ha fakalototoʻa kiate ia! ʻI he mavahe ʻa Paula mei he Sīlia ʻAniteoké, ko e kolo lahi taha fika tolu ia ʻi he ʻEmipaea Lomá (hili ʻa Loma mo ʻAlekisanitulia). ʻI ha fuʻu feituʻu ngāue lahi pehē, ngalingali naʻe ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu ʻa e fakatahaʻanga ʻAniteoké ki he tokoni ʻa Paulá pea te nau mātuʻaki ongoʻi kapau te ne mavahe. Neongo ia, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko e fanga tokoua aí naʻa nau taʻofi ʻa Paula mei heʻene mavahé. ʻOku hā ʻi he ʻikai te nau maʻu ha vakai nounoú, naʻa nau manatuʻi “ko e ngoue ko māmani.”—Mt. 13:38.
17. Ko e hā e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻi ai ke fakakaukau ai ki he “laka mai ki Masitonia”?
17 Ko Paula mo hono kaungāmeʻá naʻe tāpuekina lahi ko ʻenau tali e fakaafe ke laka mai ki he Masitōniá. Lolotonga ʻenau ʻi he kolo Masitōnia ko Filipaí, naʻa nau ʻilo ʻa Litia, pea “naʻe tangaki ʻe he ʻEiki hono loto ke tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Paula.” (Ng. 16:14) Sioloto atu ki he fiefia ʻa Paula mo hono kaungāmeʻa misinalé ʻi he papitaiso ʻa Litia mo hono falé kotoa! ʻI he ngaahi fonua lahi, ʻoku ʻi ai e kau loto-totonu hangē ko Litiá kuo teʻeki ke fetuʻutaki mo e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Kapau te ke “laka mai ki Masitonia,” ʻe lava ke ke hokosia ai ʻa e fiefia hono ʻiloʻi pea tokoniʻi kinautolú.
[Puha ʻi he peesi 7]
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