Helaʻia kae ʻIkai Helaʻia ʻOsi
“Ko . . . Sihova, ʻa e Fakatupu ʻo e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo mamani; . . . ʻOku ne ʻatu ngu ki he vaivai; pea ko ia ʻoku ʻikai hano ivi ʻoku ne fakalahi hono malohi.”—AISEA 40:28, 29.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakaafe fakamānako ʻoku fakaaʻu mai ki he tokotaha kotoa ʻoku loto ke ne fai ʻa e lotu maʻá? (e) Ko e hā te ne langaʻi nai ha fakatuʻutāmaki mafatukituki ki hotau tuʻunga fakalaumālié?
ʻI HE tuʻunga ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú, ʻoku tau maheni lelei mo ʻene fakaafe fakamānakó: “Haʻu kiate au, ʻa kimoutolu kotoa pe ʻoku fakaongosia mo māfasia, pea te u fakamālōlō [pe fakaivifoʻou] kimoutolu. . . . He ko e ioke aʻaku ʻoku molū, pea ko e kavenga aʻaku ʻoku maʻamaʻa.” (Mātiu 11:28-30) ʻOku toe ʻoange ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ‘ngaahi kuonga ʻo e fakamānava hake [pe fakaivifoʻou] mei he fofonga ʻo e ʻEikí.’ (Ngāue 3:19) Ko hono moʻoní, kuó ke hokosia tonu ʻa e ngaahi ola fakaivifoʻou ʻo hono ako ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ko hono maʻu ha ʻamanaki fiefia ki he kahaʻú, pea mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻi hoʻo moʻuí ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa Sihová.
2 Neongo ia, ʻoku tofanga ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kau lotu ʻa Sihová ʻi ha ngaahi taimi ʻo e helaʻia fakaeongo. ʻOku nounou ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi taimi ko ʻeni ʻo e loto-siʻí. ʻI he ngaahi taimi kehe ʻoku tolonga ai ʻa e ongoʻi ongosiá ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi lōloa. ʻI he ʻalu ʻa e taimí, ʻe ongoʻi nai ʻe he niʻihi kuo hoko honau ngaahi fatongia faka-Kalisitiané ko ha fakakavenga kae ʻikai ko ha kavenga fakaivifoʻou hangē ko ia naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sīsuú. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻikai lelei peheé te ne langaʻi nai ha fakatuʻutāmaki mafatukituki ki ha vahaʻangatae ʻo ha Kalisitiane pea mo Sihova.
3. Ko e hā naʻe fai ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e akonaki ʻi he Sione 14:1?
3 ʻIkai fuoloa ki muʻa pea puke ia ʻo tāmateʻí, naʻe tala ai ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá: “ʻOua naʻa tuku ke puputuʻu homou loto: tui pikitai ki he ʻOtua, tui pikitai foki kiate au.” (Sione 14:1) Naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ʻi he teu ke fehangahangai ʻa e kau ʻapositoló mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi. ʻE hoko mai ʻi he meʻá ni ha mapuna hake ʻa e fakatangá. Naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sīsū ʻe malava ke tūkia ʻene kau ʻapositoló ʻi ha loto-siʻi fakaʻaufuli. (Sione 16:1) Kapau heʻikai mapuleʻi, ʻe malava ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi loto-mamahí ʻo fakatupunga vaivai fakalaumālie pea ʻai ai kinautolu ke mole ʻenau falala kia Sihová. ʻOku hoko moʻoni pehē pē ʻi he kau Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻaho ní. ʻOku malava ʻe he loto-siʻi fuoloá ke ne fakatupunga ʻa e mamahi lahi, pea ʻe hoko nai ai hotau lotó ʻo mafasia. (Selemaia 8:18) ʻE vaivai nai ai hotau tangata ʻi lotó. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e tenge ko ʻení, te tau hoko nai ai ʻo mamatea fakaeongo mo fakalaumālie, ʻo aʻu ʻo mole ʻetau holi ke lotu kia Sihová.
4. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau maluʻi hotau lotó mei he helaʻia ʻosí?
4 ʻOku feʻungamālie moʻoni ʻa e faleʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú: “Mahulu hake ʻi he meʻa kehe kotoa pē kuo pau ke maluʻí, maluʻi ho lotó, he ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻa e ngaahi matavai ʻo e moʻuí.” (Palovepi 4:23, NW) ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e faleʻi fakapotopoto ʻokú ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau maluʻi ai hotau lotó mei he loto-siʻi mo e helaʻia fakalaumālié. Kae kehe, ko e ʻuluakí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo ʻetau ongosiá.
ʻOku ʻIkai Fakamafasia ʻa e Lotu Faka-Kalisitiané
5. Ko e hā ʻa e fepaki ʻoku hā ngali hoko ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga-ākonga Kalisitiané?
5 Ko e moʻoni, ko e hoko ko ha Kalisitiané ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e feinga tōtōivi. (Luke 13:24) Naʻe aʻu ʻo pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko ia e ikai te ne fua ene akau māfajia, o muimui kiate au, e ikai jii hoko ia ko eku akoga.” (Luke 14:27, PM) ʻI he vakai atu pē ki he ngaahi foʻi leá ni ʻoku hā ngali fepaki ia mo e fakamatala ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo ʻene kavengá ʻoku maʻamaʻa mo fakaivifoʻoú, ka ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai ha fepaki ia.
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke pehē ko ʻetau founga lotú ʻoku ʻikai fakaongosiá?
6 Ko e feinga tōtōiví mo e ngāue mālohí, neongo ʻoku fakatupu helaʻia fakaesino, ʻoku malava ke fakafiemālie mo fakaivifoʻou ʻi he taimi ʻoku fai ai ia ʻi ha ʻuhinga leleí. (Koheleti 3:13, 22) Pea ko e hā ha toe ʻuhinga ʻe lelei ange ʻi hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni fakaofo Fakatohitapú ki hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí? Pehē foki, ko ʻetau fāinga ke moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaeʻulungāanga māʻolunga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku hoko ia ʻo maʻamaʻa ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he ngaahi ʻaonga te tau maʻu mei aí. (Palovepi 2:10-20) Naʻa mo e taimi ʻo e fakatangá, ʻoku tau vakai ki ai ko ha lāngilangi ia ke faingataʻaʻia koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.—1 Pita 4:14.
7 Ko e kavenga ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku fakaivifoʻou moʻoni, tautefito ki he taimi ʻoku fakahoa atu ai ia ki he fakapoʻuli fakalaumālie ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau kei ʻi he ʻioke ʻa e lotu loí. ʻOku ʻofa kaungāongoʻi mai ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakakounaʻi taʻeʻuhinga kitautolu. ‘ʻOku ʻikai ke fakamafasia ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni’ ʻa Sihová. (1 Sione 5:3, 4a) Ko e lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamafasia. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e founga ʻo ʻetau lotú ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupu ongosia mo fakalotosiʻi.
“Huʻihuʻi ʻa e Fakamamafa Kotoa Pe”
8. Ko e hā ʻokú ne faʻa fakatupu ʻa e helaʻia fakalaumālié?
8 Ko ha faʻahinga helaʻia fakalaumālie pē ʻoku tau hokosia ʻoku faʻa tupu ia mei ha fakamamafa naʻe toe tānaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻe he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fulikivanu ko ʻení. Koeʻuhi “ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili,” ʻoku takatakaiʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi mālohi fakafepaki ʻoku malava ke ne fakaongosiaʻi kitautolu mo ʻai ke hōloa ʻetau mafamafatatau faka-Kalisitiané. (1 Sione 5:19) Ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu paú ʻoku malava ke ne fakafihiʻi mo fakaleluʻi ʻetau founga-tuʻumaʻu faka-Kalisitiané. ʻOku fakamafasiaʻi kitautolu ʻe he toe ngaahi kavenga ko ʻení pea aʻu ʻo ne lōmekina hotau laumālié. ʻOku feʻungamālie ʻa e enginaki mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke tau “huʻihuʻi ʻa e fakamamafa kotoa pe.”—Hepelu 12:1-3.
9. ʻOku malava fēfē ke fakamafasiaʻi kitautolu ʻe he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié?
9 Ko e fakatātaá, ko e tomuʻa tokanga makehe ʻa e māmaní ki he tuʻu-ki-muʻá, paʻangá, fakafiefiá, fononga ʻo ʻeveʻevá mo e ngaahi tuli kehe ki he meʻa fakamatelié ʻoku malava ke ne tākiekina ʻetau fakakaukaú. (1 Sione 2:15-17) Ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻa ia naʻa nau tuli ki he koloaʻiá naʻe fihituʻu lahi ʻenau moʻuí. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Ko kinautolu kuo pau honau loto ke koloaʻia, ʻoku nau to ki he ʻahiʻahi, mo e tauhele, mo e ngaahi holi kehekehe, ʻa ia ʻoku fakasesele pea ko e meʻa ʻoku te lavea ai; ko e faʻahinga meʻa ʻoku nau lomekina ʻa e kakai ki he ʻauha mo e malaʻia. He ko e ʻofa ki he paʻanga ko e aka ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻa e ngaahi kovi kotoa pe, pea ko e niʻihi ʻi heʻenau ala ki he meʻa ko ia kuo nau hē mei he lotu, pea kuo nau hokohokaʻi ʻaki ʻa kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi mamahi lahi.”—1 Timote 6:9, 10.
10. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau ako fekauʻaki mo e koloaʻiá mei he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsū ki he tangata tūtūʻí?
10 ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau ongoʻi helaʻia ai mo loto-siʻi ʻi heʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku hoko iá koeʻuhi ko hono kāsia hotau tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻe he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié? ʻOku moʻoni ʻaupito ʻa e malava ke hoko ʻa e meʻá ni, hangē ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsū ki he tangata tūtūʻí. Naʻe fakatatau ʻe Sīsū ʻa e “faʻa loto moʻua ki māmani, mo e fakahekeheke ʻa koloa, pea mo e holi ki he ngāhi meʻa kehekehe” ki he ʻakau talatala “ʻoku nau hūhū mai, ʻo kāsia” ʻa e tenga ʻo e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau lotó. (Maake 4:18, 19) Ko ia ai, ʻoku akonaki mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “Ke taʻemanumanu hoʻomou toʻonga; pea mou fiemalie ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mou maʻu ni: he kuo folofola mai ʻe he ʻEne ʻAfio, ʻE ʻikai siʻi te u mahuʻi meiate koe, kaeʻumaʻā haʻaku momoʻi liʻaki koe.”—Hepelu 13:5.
11. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau tukuange ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lava ke ne fakamafasiaʻi kitautolú?
11 ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko e meʻa ʻokú ne fakafihiʻi ʻetau moʻuí, ʻoku ʻikai ko e tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi angé ka ko e meʻa ʻoku tau fai ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo tau ʻosi maʻú. ʻOku hokosia nai ʻe ha niʻihi ha ongosia fakaeongo tupu mei he ngaahi palopalema mafatukituki ʻi he moʻui leleí, ko e mole atu ʻi he maté ʻa e faʻahinga ʻofeina, pe ko ha ngaahi palopalema fakamamahi kehe. Kuo nau sio ki ha fiemaʻu ke fai ha ngaahi fakatonutonu ʻi he taimi ki he taimi. Ko ha ongo meʻa mali ʻe taha naʻá na fili ke tukuange ʻa e niʻihi ʻo ʻena ngaahi ngāue fakamānakó mo e ngaahi ngāue fakafoʻituitui ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu paú. Naʻá na sivisiviʻi moʻoni ʻena ngaahi meʻá pea tānaki leva ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi naunau naʻe fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ngāue peheé pea ʻave ia ʻo tuku. ʻI he taimi ki he taimi, ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻaonga kotoa mei hono sivisiviʻi ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau maʻú, ʻo huʻihuʻi ʻa e fakamamafa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻú koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tau hoko ʻo helaʻia pea poʻepoʻea hotau laumālié.
ʻOku Mātuʻaki Fiemaʻu ʻa e Fakaʻatuʻí mo e Fakanānaá
12. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakatokangaʻi fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ngaahi hala pē ʻa kitautolú?
12 Ko ʻetau ngaahi fehālaakí tonu, naʻa mo e ʻi he fanga kiʻi meʻa īkí, ʻe lava ke faai atu pē ʻo ne fakafihiʻi ʻetau moʻuí. He moʻoni ē ko e ngaahi lea ʻa Tēvitá: “Ko ʻeku ngaahi kovi kuo nau lomakiʻi hoku ʻulu: hange ha kavenga mamafa kuo nau taʻomi au.” (Sāme 38:4) ʻOku faʻa hoko, ko ha ngaahi fakatonutonu siʻisiʻi ʻaonga te ne fakaʻatā kitautolu mei he ngaahi kavenga mamafá.
13. ʻOku malava fēfē ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he fakaʻatuʻí ke tau maʻu ha vakai mafamafatatau ki heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú?
13 ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tohi Tapú ke tau fakatupulekina ʻa e “poto ʻaongá mo e malava fakaefakakaukaú.” (Palovepi 3:21, 22, NW) ‘Ko e poto ʻoku mei ʻolungá ʻoku anga fakaʻatūʻi,’ ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Semisi 3:17) Kuo ongoʻi ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku faingataʻa ke nau fai ʻa e ngāue lahi tatau mo ia ʻoku fai ʻe he niʻihi kehe ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau faka-Kalisitiané. Kae kehe, ʻoku faleʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “Ke taki taha sivi ʻene ngaue aʻana; pea te ne toki fakafuofuaʻaki ia pe hono polepoleʻanga, ʻo ʻikai ʻaki ha taha kehe: koeʻuhi kuo pau ke taki taha fua ʻene kavenga aʻana.” (Kaletia 6:4, 5) Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻa e kaungā Kalisitiané ʻoku malava ke fakalototoʻaʻi ai kitautolu ke tau tauhi ʻaufuatō kia Sihova, ka ko e poto ʻaongá mo e fakaʻatuʻí te na tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau fokotuʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa moʻoni ʻo fakatatau ki hotau ngaahi tuʻungá.
14, 15. ʻE malava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e poto ʻaongá ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaesinó mo fakaeongó?
14 Ko ʻetau fakaʻatuʻi naʻa mo e ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻoku hā ngali mahuʻinga siʻisiʻí ʻoku malava ke tokoni ia ki hono taʻofi ha ngaahi ongoʻi ʻo e helaʻiá. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku tau fakatupulekina ha ngaahi tōʻonga mafamafatatau ʻoku tokoni ki he moʻui lelei fakaesinó? Fakakaukau atu ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa ha ongo mātuʻa mali ʻa ia ʻokú na ngāue ʻi he taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Kuó na sio ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e poto ʻaongá ʻi hono taʻofi ʻo e ongosiá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he uaifí: “Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e lahi ʻo e ngāue ʻokú ma maʻú, ʻokú ma feinga ke ma ʻalu ʻo mohe ʻi he meimei taimi tatau pē ʻi he pō kotoa pē. ʻOkú ma toe fakamālohisino tuʻumaʻu. Kuo tokoni ʻaupito ʻeni kiate kimaua. Kuó ma ʻiloʻi homa ngaahi ngataʻangá, pea ʻokú ma fai pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻo fakatatau ki ai. ʻOkú ma feinga ke ʻoua ʻe fakahoa kimaua ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku hā ʻoku nau maʻu ha ivi taʻefakangatangatá.” ʻOku tau kai maʻu pē ha ngaahi meʻakai lelei pea maʻu mo ha mālōlō feʻunga? Ko e tokanga fakaʻatuʻi ki heʻetau moʻui leleí ʻi he tuʻunga fakalūkufuá ʻoku malava ke ne fakasiʻisiʻi hifo ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻo e ongosia fakaeongó mo fakalaumālié.
15 ʻOku maʻu ʻe he niʻihi ʻo kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu makehe. Hangē ko ʻení, ko ha tuofefine Kalisitiane ʻe taha kuo ngāue ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi-kakató ʻi he ngaahi vāhenga-ngāue faingataʻa. Kuó ne tofanga ʻi ha moʻui mahamahaki ʻaupito, ʻo kau ai ʻa e kanisaá. Ko e hā ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ia ke ne fekuki mo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakamafasia ko iá? ʻOkú ne pehē: “ʻOku mahuʻinga kiate au ke u maʻu ha taimi ʻa ia ʻe malava ai ke u toko taha pē pea lōngonoa fakaʻaufuli. Ko e lahi ange ʻo ʻeku ongoʻi ʻa e loto-mafasiá mo e tupulaki ʻa e ongosiá, ko e vave ange ia ʻa ʻeku fiemaʻu ha ngaahi mōmeniti ʻo e nofo toko taha lōngonoá ʻa ia ʻe malava ai ke u lautohi mo mālōlō.” ʻOku malava ʻe he poto ʻaongá mo e malava fakaefakakaukaú ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻiloʻi pea fakalato ʻa ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻu tāutahá pea hao ai mei he helaʻia fakalaumālié.
ʻOku Fakaivia Kitautolu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ai hono tokangaʻi ʻetau moʻui lelei fakalaumālié? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakakau ki heʻetau founga-tuʻumaʻu fakaʻahó?
16 Ko hono moʻoní, ko hono tokangaʻi ʻetau moʻui lelei fakalaumālié ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha vahaʻangatae fekoekoeʻi mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, te tau helaʻia fakaesino nai, kae ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau helaʻia ʻi he lotu kiate iá. Ko Sihova ʻa e tokotaha “ʻoku ne ʻatu ngu ki he vaivai; pea ko ia ʻoku ʻikai hano ivi ʻoku ne fakalahi hono malohi.” (Aisea 40:28, 29) Ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne hokosia fakafoʻituitui ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi leá ni, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOku ʻikai te mau foʻi, ka neongo ʻoku ʻauʻauha homau ngeʻesi tangata ni, ka ʻoku fai ai pe ʻa e fakafoʻou ʻo homau tangata ʻi loto, ʻo hokohoko ʻaho pe.”—2 Kolinito 4:16.
17 Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e kupuʻi lea “hokohoko ʻaho pe.” ʻOku fakahuʻunga mai ʻe he meʻá ni ke tau fakafaingamālieʻi kitautolu ki he ngaahi tokonaki ʻa Sihová ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaʻaho. Ko ha misinale ʻa ia naʻá ne ngāue faitōnunga ʻi he taʻu ʻe 43 naʻá ne fehangahangai mo e ngaahi vahaʻa taimi ʻo e helaʻia fakaesino mo e loto-siʻi. Ka naʻe ʻikai te ne helaʻia ʻosi. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Kuó u ʻai ke u tōʻongaʻaki ʻa e mālanga pongipongia hake koeʻuhi ki muʻa ke kamata ha ngāué, ʻoku malava ke u fakamoleki ha taimi ʻi he lotu kia Sihova mo lau ʻene Folofolá. Kuo tokoniʻi au ʻe he founga-tuʻumaʻu fakaʻaho ko ʻení ke u kātaki mai ai ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni.” ʻOku malava moʻoni ke tau falala ki he mālohi fakaetokoni ʻo Sihová kapau ʻoku tau lotu tuʻumaʻu, ʻio ʻo “hokohoko ʻaho” kiate ia mo fakalaulauloto ki hono ngaahi ʻulungāanga māʻolungá mo ʻene ngaahi talaʻofá.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e fakafiemālie ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ki he faʻahinga faitōnunga ko ia ʻoku nau taʻumotuʻá pe ʻoku nau mahamahakí?
18 ʻOku tokoni ʻa e meʻá ni tautefito ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ongoʻi loto-siʻi koeʻuhi ko e taʻumotuʻá mo e mahamahakí. ʻE hoko nai ʻa e faʻahinga peheé ʻo loto-siʻi, ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fakahoa kinautolu ki he niʻihi kehé, ka koeʻuhi ʻoku nau fakahoa kinautolu ki he meʻa naʻa nau lavaʻi ki muʻá. He fakafiemālie lahi ē ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku fakalāngilangiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau taʻumotuʻá! ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Koe ulu hina koe tatā ia oe ogoogolelei, o kabau oku ilo ia i he hala oe maonioni.” (Palovepi 16:31, PM) ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova hotau ngaahi ngataʻangá pea ʻokú ne fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ʻetau lotu ʻaufuatoó neongo ʻetau ngaahi vaivaí. Pea ko e ngaahi ngāue lelei kuo tau ʻosi faí ʻoku lēkooti taʻealatāmateʻi ia ʻi he manatu ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “Talaʻehai ʻoku fai taʻetotonu ʻa e ʻOtua ke ne fakangaloʻi hoʻomou ngaue, mo e ʻofa ki hono huafa naʻe ha ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou tokoni ki he kakai lotu, ʻa ia foki ʻoku mou kei fai.” (Hepelu 6:10) He fiefia ē ko kitautolu kotoa ke ʻi hotau lotolotongá ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻenau mateaki kia Sihová he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu lahi!
ʻOua ʻe Foʻi
19. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau maʻu ʻaonga mei he hanganaki femoʻuekina ʻi hono fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leleí?
19 ʻOku tui ʻa e tokolahi ko e ngāue tōtōivi fakaesino ʻi ha tuʻunga tuʻumaʻú ʻoku malava ke ne fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e helaʻiá. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālie tuʻumaʻú ʻoku malava ke tokoni ia ki hono fakafiemālieʻi ha faʻahinga ongoʻi pē ʻo e ongosia fakaeongó pe fakalaumālié. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “ʻOua naʻa ta fiu ʻi he failelei, he te ta utu ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te ta vaivai [pe helaʻia ʻosi]. Pea kapau ko ia, pea lolotonga ʻoku ta faingamalie ta ngaue ʻaonga ki he kakai kotoa pe: kae lahi pe kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻi he famili ʻo e lotu.” (Kaletia 6:9, 10) Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ongo kupuʻi lea “fai lelei” mo e “ngaue ʻaonga.” ʻOku fakahuʻunga mai ʻeni ki he ngāue ʻi heʻetau tafaʻakí. Ko hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei maʻá e niʻihi kehé ʻe lava moʻoni ke tokoni ia ke taʻofi ai ʻetau hoko ʻo helaʻia ʻosi ʻi heʻetau ngāue kia Sihová.
20. Ke tauʻi ʻa e loto-siʻí, ko e feohi mo hai ʻoku totonu ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei aí?
20 ʻI hono kehé, ko e feohi mo e ngāue fakataha mo e kakai ko ia ʻoku nau taʻetokaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku malava ke hoko ia ko ha kavenga fakatupu helaʻia. ʻOku fakatokanga mai ʻa e Tohi Tapú kiate kitautolu: “Oku mamafa ae maka, bea koe mea mamafa moe oneone, ka koe [fakatupuʻita] ae vale oku mamafa hake ia i ai.” (Palovepi 27:3, PM) Ke tauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻo e loto-siʻí mo e helaʻiá, ʻoku lelei ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he feohi mo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau nōfoʻi ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau taʻepaú pea ʻoku nau hehema ke lau mele mo fakaangaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé.
21. ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau hoko ko e fakalototoʻa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané?
21 Ko e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané ko ha tokonaki ia meia Sihova ʻoku malava ke ne fakahūhū kiate kitautolu ʻa e ivi fakalaumālié. ʻOku tau maʻu ai ha faingamālie lelei ʻaupito ke fefakalototoʻaʻaki ai ʻi he fakahinohino mo e feohi fakaivifoʻou. (Hepelu 10:25) ʻOku totonu ke feinga ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ke fakatupu langa hake ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau tali ai ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá pe ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau kau ai ʻi he polokalamá mei he peletifōmú. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau takimuʻa ko e kau faiakó ʻoku tautefito ʻenau fatongiaʻaki ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Aisea 32:1, 2) Naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku ʻi ai ai ha fiemaʻu ke akonakiʻi pe valokiʻi, ko e anga ʻo hono fai ʻo e akonakí ʻoku totonu ke fakaivifoʻou. (Kaletia 6:1, 2) Ko ʻetau ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé te ne tokoniʻi moʻoni kitautolu ke tau tauhi kia Sihova ʻo ʻoua ʻe helaʻia ʻosi.—Sāme 133:1; Sione 13:35.
22. Neongo hotau natula fakaetangata taʻehaohaoá, ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau loto-toʻá?
22 Ko e lotu kia Sihova ʻi he taimi ko ʻeni ʻo e ngataʻangá ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ngāue. Pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻatā ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he ngaahi mele ʻo e ongosia fakaʻatamai, langa fakaeongo mo e ngaahi tuʻunga fakamafasiá. Ko hotau natula fakaetangata taʻehaohaoá ʻoku pelepelengesi, hangē ha meʻa ngaohi mei he ʻumeá. Kae kehe, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Ko e anga oʻemau maʻu ʻa e koloa ko ia, ʻoku faʻo hina kelekele, koeʻuhi ke ʻa e ʻOtua ai pe ʻa e makehe atu ʻo e mafai, ʻo ʻikai ko e meʻa meiate kimautolu.” (2 Kolinito 4:7) ʻIo, te tau helaʻia, kae ʻofa ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau helaʻia ʻosi pe foʻi. ʻI hono kehé, tau hoko ʻo ‘malohi ai [pe loto-toʻa] ke lea ʻo pehe, Ko Sihova ko hoku tokoní.’—Hepelu 13:6.
Ko ha Fakamanatu Nounou
• Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakamamafa fakakavenga ʻe lava ke tau huʻihuʻí?
• ʻE malava fēfē ke tau kau ʻi hono fai ʻa e “ngaue ʻaonga” ki hotau kaungā Kalisitiané?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ongoʻi helaʻia ai pe loto-siʻí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e loto-siʻi fuoloá ʻe malava ke ne uesia ʻa e kau ʻapositoló
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
Kuo tukuange ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi ngāue fakamānako ʻe niʻihi mo e ngaahi ngāue fakafoʻituitui ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu paú
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 26]
Neongo hotau ngaahi ngataʻangá, ʻoku fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ʻe Sihova ʻetau lotu ʻaufuatoó