1-3. (a) Ko e ha ko Iosua e fakafifitakiaga mitaki he taha ne taute e fifiliaga hako he moui? (e) Ko e heigoa kua lata ke tokaloto e tautolu ka fehagai mo e tau fifiliaga?

KUA malolō lahi e kupu “fifili.” Ko e tagata ne fai fifiliaga mo e fai pule ke he takitakiaga ke he moui haana ka taute. Ke fakatai: Manamanatu la ko e tagata ne fano he puhalatū mo e amanaki ni ti ua e la hala. La hala fe ka fano a ia ki ai? Ka fai matakavi e tagata ne amanaki ke hoko ki ai, ti liga taha la hala ka uta fakatata lahi a ia ke he foliaga haana ka ko e taha la hala to uta mamao a ia mai i ai.

² Ha ha i loto he Tohi Tapu e tau fakafifitakiaga loga he tau tagata ne fehagai mo e tuaga pihia. Ma e fakatai, ne lata ia Kaino ke fifili ke fakakite e ita haana po ke tautaofi ai. (Kene. 4:6, 7) Ne maeke ia Iosua ke fifili ke fekafekau e Atua mooli po ke tapuaki e tau atua fakavai. (Iosua 24:15) Ko e foliaga ha Iosua ke nofo fakatata ki a Iehova; ti fifili e ia e puhala ne takitaki a ia ki ai. Nakai ha ha ia Kaino e foliaga pihia, ti fifili e ia e puhala ne takitaki kehe a ia mai ia Iehova.

³ He falu mogo, liga fehagai a tautolu mo e fifiliaga aoga ke taute. Ka tupu e mena ia, kia tokaloto e matakavi, po ke foliaga haau​—ke fakaheke a Iehova ke he tau mena oti kua taute e koe mo e kalo kehe he tau mena ka fakatupu a koe ke tafea kehe mai ia ia. (Totou Heperu 3:12.) He vala tala nei mo e vala tala ka mui mai, to kumikumi e tautolu ke he fitu e faahi he moui kua lata ia tautolu ke nakai fakaatā ha mena ke fakamamao a tautolu mai ia Iehova.

4. Ko e ha ne aoga e gahua tupe?

⁴ Kua fakalago ke he tau Kerisiano ke lalago a lautolu mo e tau magafaoa ha lautolu. Fakakite he Tohi Tapu ka nakai manako ha tagata ke leveki haana magafaoa, kua mua haana kelea ki a ia ne nakai tua. (2 Tesa. 3:10;  1 Timo. 5:8) Maaliali ai, ko e gahua tupe ko e vala aoga he moui, ka e kaeke nakai mataala a koe to fakamamao he gahua tupe a koe mai ia Iehova. Fēfē?

5. Ko e heigoa e tau puhala aoga ke manamanatu a tautolu ke he gahua ka tuku mai?

⁵ Amanaki ko koe ha ne kumi gahua. Ka nofo a koe he motu ne gahoa e gahua, liga kamatamata a koe ke talia e gahua fakamua ne atu ki a koe​—ha gahua noa ni​—ne atu ki a koe. Ka e kua ka nakai lagotatai e gahua mo e tau matapatu fakaakoaga he Tohi Tapu? Ka e kua ka fakalavelave e setulu po ke fano fenoga haau e matagahua faka-Kerisiano po ke fakamamao a koe mai he magafaoa haau? Lata kia ia koe ke talia e gahua ne atu ki a koe, he manatu kua lauka e gahua nakai lata ke he ai fai gahua? Manatu, ko e fifili e puhala hepe ka fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova. (Hepe. 2:1) He kumi gahua a koe po ke fa e fatifati e koe e gahua haau mogonei, maeke fēfē a koe ke taute e tau fifiliaga pulotu?

6, 7. (a) Ko e heigoa e tau foliaga ka moua he tagata hagaao ke he gahua tupe? (e) Ko e foliaga fe ka tamai fakatata lahi a koe ki a Iehova, ti ko e ha?

⁶ He talahau he kamataaga, tokaloto e matakavi haau. Hūhū ki a koe, ‘Ko e matakavi fe kua manako au ke moua e gahua ke takitaki au ki ai?’ Ka onoono a koe ke he gahua tupe ko e puhala ke he fakaotiaga​—ke lalago a koe mo e magafaoa haau he fekafekauaga ki a Iehova​—to fakamonuina e Iehova e tau laliaga haau. (Mata. 6:33) To nakai hogohogo manava a Iehova ka oti a koe mo e gahua po ke amanaki ti tomo e tuaga fakatupe. (Isaia 59:1) Na “fioia he lki [Iehova] ke laveaki e tau tagata mahani Atua mai he kamatamata.”​—2 Pete. 2:9.

⁷ He taha faahi, ka e kua ko e foliaga haau ke maukoloa? Liga to kautū a koe. Ka pihia a koe, manatu ko e “monuina” po ke, “kautū” pihia to fai fakalagoaga foki​—ko e taha ka fakahagahaga kelea a koe. (Totou 1 Timoteo 6:9, 10.) Ke molea e manamanatu ke he maukoloa mo e gahua tupe to fakamamao ni a koe mai ia Iehova.

8, 9. Ko e heigoa he tau matua kua lata ke manamanatu hagaao ke he aga ha lautolu he gahua tupe? Fakamaama.

⁸ Kaeke ko e matua a koe, manamanatu ke he puhala he fakafifitakiaga haau ka lauia e tau tama haau. Ko e heigoa ka kitia e lautolu kua mua e aoga ki a koe​—ko e haau a gahua po ke haau a kapitiga mo Iehova? Ka kitia e lautolu e matahigoa, matalahi, mo e maukoloa ko e tuaga fakamua he moui haau, liga to mumui kia a lautolu ki a koe he puhala hagahaga kelea ia? To liga galo kia e lautolu e fuafuaaga he fakalilifu ki a koe ko e matua? Taha e Kerisiano fuata ne pehē: “He liu au manatu, ne lavelave lahi e matua taane haaku he gahua haana. Mogo fakamua, ne tuga kua gahua lahi a ia ha kua manako a ia ke moua he magafaoa ha mautolu e monuina. Ne manako a ia ke leveki fakamitaki a mautolu. Ka ko e tau tau e kua mole, fai mena ne hiki. Ne gahua tumau a ia, ti tamai mogoia e ia ki kaina e tau koloa tauuka ka e nakai ko e tau koloa kua aoga. Ti ko e fua, ne talahaua e magafaoa ha mautolu he loga e tupe ka e nakai ko e magafaoa ne omoomoi e falu ke he tau koloa fakaagaaga. To fiafia au ke he lalagoaga fakaagaaga he matua taane haaku he ha magaaho, nakai ko e tau tupe haana.”

⁹ Tau matua, ua fakamamao a mutolu mai ia Iehova he hagaaki lahi mahaki ke he gahua tupe ha mutolu. He fakafifitakiaga ha mutolu, fakakite ke he tau tama ha mutolu kua talitonu mooli a mutolu ko e tau koloa ne mua ka moua e tautolu ko e tau koloa fakaagaaga, nakai ko e tau koloa fakatino.​—Mata. 5:3.

10. Ko e heigoa he tagata fuata ka manamanatu ki ai ka fifili e gahua tupe?

¹⁰ Kaeke ko koe ko e tama fuata hane manamanatu ke gahua tupe, maeke fēfē a koe ke fifili e puhala hako? He fitā e fakatutala, lata ia koe ke iloa e matakavi ne takitaki ki ai e moui haau. To maeke kia he  fakamahani mo e gahua tupe he faahi ne manamanatu a koe ki ai ke fakaatā a koe ke tutuli fakalahi e tau mena he Kautu, po ke to fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova? (2 Timo. 4:10) Ko e foliaga kia haau ke fifitaki e tau puhala moui he tau tagata ne fiafia lahi he loga lahi mahaki e tupe he pege? Po ke fifili kia a koe ke fakaata e mauokafua ha Tavita, ne tohi: “Ne fuata au, ka kua motua tuai au ainei; ka e nakai kitia e au ha tagata tututonu kua tiaki, po ke hana fanau kua ole mena kai”? (Sala. 37:25) Manatu, ko e taha la hala ka fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova, ka ko e taha la hala to takitaki a koe ke he puhala moui kua mua ue atu. (Totou Tau Fakatai 10:22; Malaki 3:10.) Ko e la hala fe ka fifili e koe? *

11. Ko e heigoa ne talahau he Tohi Tapu hagaao ke he fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga, ka ko e heigoa kua lata ke tokaloto e tautolu?

¹¹ Nakai fakaheu he Tohi Tapu e fiafia, po ke onoono ke he fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga ko e mena moumou magaaho. “Kua aoga fakatote e fakamahani ke he tau mena he tino,” he tohi e Paulo ki a Timoteo. (1 Timo. 4:8) Kua talahau foki he Tohi Tapu na fai “vaha ke kata ai” mo e “vaha ke kolikoli ai,” ti fakamafana foki ke lahi e magaaho okioki. (Fakama. 3:4; 4:6) Ka nakai mataala a koe, to eke e fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga ke fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova. Fēfē? Laulahi he tau hagahaga kelea ne matapatu ke he ua e vala​—ko e vahega ne fifili e koe mo e lahi he magaaho ne fakaaoga e koe ki ai.

12. Ko e heigoa e tau vala kua lata ke manamanatu a koe hagaao ke he vahega fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga kua fifili e koe?

¹² Fakamua, manamanatu ke he vahega. Kia mailoga kua maeke ia koe ke moua e tau puhala mitaki he fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga atihake. Ka e talahau ai, ko e lahi he tau mena ne fiafia ki ai ko e tau mena ne vihiatia he Atua, putoia e favale, fakataulatua, mo e mahani feuaki velagia. Ko e mena ia, kua lata ia koe ke kumikumi e vahega fakahauhau mo e fakafiafia kua fakalataha ki ai a koe. Ko e puhala fe kua lauia ai a koe? Kua atihake kia ia koe e agaaga vale, fetotokoaki malolō, po ke papale fakamotu? (Fakatai 3:31) Kua moumou kia e tau koloa fakatupe haau? Kua fakatupetupe kia e falu? (Roma 14:21) Ko e vahega tagata fe kua fifili e koe ke matutaki mo koe he fakahauhauaga  mo e fakafiafiaaga? (Fakatai 13:20) Kua fakaohooho kia e manako haau ke taute e tau gahua hehē?​—Iako. 1:14, 15.

13, 14. Ko e heigoa kua lata ia koe ke manamanatu hagaao ke he lahi mahaki he magaaho haau ke he tau matagahua fakafiafia?

¹³ Manamanatu foki ke he lahi he magaaho ka fakaaoga e koe ke he fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga. Hūhū hifo ki a koe, ‘Lahi mahaki kia e magaaho he tau tutuliaga fakafiafia haaku ti tote maka e magaaho ne toe ma e tau matagahua fakaagaaga?’ Ka fifili e koe e magaaho lahi mahaki ke he tau fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga, to fakahauhau lahi e magaaho tote haau ka fakaaoga. Ka ko lautolu ne toka ni e fakahauhauaga ke he tuaga ni haana kua fiafia lahi ki ai. Ko e ha? Ha kua iloa e lautolu ko e tuku fakamua e lautolu e tau mena ne mua e aoga, ti nakai tokihala a lautolu he tau magaaho okioki ha lautolu.​—Totou Filipi 1:10, 11.

¹⁴ Pete ni ko e fakaaoga e magaaho lahi mahaki ke he tau gahua fakafiafia kua tuga ke mitaki, ko e fano he puhala ia ka fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova. Ko e matakainaga fifine ne 20 e tau he moui ne higoa ko Kim ne fakaako mai he mena ia ne tupu. “Na fa fano tumau au ke he tau patī oti,” he ui e ia. “He tau matahiku vahā tapu oti fai mena lahi tumau ka tupu​—Aho Faraile, Aho Faiumu, mo e Aho Tapu. Ka ko e mogonei, kua kitia e au to lahi e loga he tau mena aoga ke taute. Ma e fakatai, ko e paionia, ne ala au he hola 6 he mogo pogipogi ke lata mo e gahua he fonua, ti nakai maeke au ke fakafiafia ke hoko ke he hola taha po ke hola ua he pogipogi. Iloa e au nakai kelea oti e tau mena fakafiafia, ka e maeke ai ke fakatauhele lahi mahaki. Tuga ni e tau mena oti, kua lata ke toka he tuaga ha lautolu.”

15. Maeke fēfē he tau matua ke lagomatai e tau tama ha lautolu ke olioli e fakahauhauaga atihake?

¹⁵ Kua fakalago ke he tau matua ke leveki fakatino, fakaagaaga, mo e ke he logonaaga ha lautolu mo e tau tama ha lautolu. Putoia he mena ia e foaki he tau fakahauhauaga. Kaeke ko e matua a koe, ua moumou fiafia he eke e tau magaaho fakafiafia oti mo mena kelea. He magaaho taha, kia mataala ke he tau fakaohoohoaga kelea. (1 Kori. 5:6) He lahi e manamanatu tuai, maeke ia koe ke moua e fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga kua atihake mooli ke he magafaoa haau. * He puhala ia, to fifili e koe mo e tau tama haau e puhala ka tamai fakatata lahi a koe ki a Iehova.

16, 17. Ko e heigoa e tuaga mamahi lahi mahaki kua lauia e tau matua tokologa, ti iloa fēfē e tautolu kua maama e Iehova e mamahi ha lautolu?

¹⁶ Ko e fakafetuiaga he vahāloto he matua mo e tama kua malolō lahi ti fakaaoga e Iehova e fakafetuiaga ia ke fakakite e fakaalofa ni haana ke he tau tagata haana. (Isaia 49:15) Ko e aga pauaki mogoia ke momoko lahi mahaki ka toka he taha fakahele he magafaoa a Iehova. “Ne mamahi lahi mahaki au,” he ui he taha matakainaga fifine ne tuku ki tua e tama fifine. “Manamanatu au, ‘Ko e ha ne toka e ia a Iehova?’ Ne logona hifo e au e tokihala ti tukupau e au au.”

¹⁷ Maama e Iehova e mamahi haau. Na “mamahi foki hana finagalo” he mogo ne totoko e taha he magafaoa fakamua haana, ti fakamui laulahi he tau tagata ne momoui ato hoko e Fakapukeaga. (Kene. 6:5, 6) Liga uka ma lautolu ne nakaila tupu e mena ia ki ai ke maama e mamahi lahi mahaki he mena ia. Ka e to nakai pulotu ke fakaatā e puhala nakai tonu he tagata he magafaoa ne tuku ki tua ke fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova. Ti maeke fēfē ia koe ke fahia mai he momoko lahi mahaki ka tupu he mogo ka toka he tagata he magafaoa a Iehova?

18. Ko e ha kua lata e tau matua ke nakai tukupau a lautolu ni ka toka he tama a Iehova?

¹⁸ Ua tukupau ne koe a koe ke he mena ne  tupu. Na tuku e Iehova e fifiliaga ki mua he tau tagata, ti igatia e tagata he magafaoa ne tukulele mo e papatiso ke “fua hana ni a kavega.” (Kala. 6:5) Mua ue atu, ne fakalago ni e Iehova e tagata agahala​—nakai ko koe​—ka ke he tagata agahala ni. (Eseki. 18:20) Ti ua tukupau foki e falu. Fakalilifu e fakaholoaga ha Iehova he akonaki. Kia totoko atu ke he Tiapolo​—nakai ke he tau leveki ne gahua ke puipui e fakapotopotoaga.​—1 Pete. 5:8, 9.

19, 20. (a) Ko e heigoa he tau matua he tau tama ne tuku ki tua ka taute ke fahia mai he momoko ha lautolu? (e) Ko e heigoa e amaamanakiaga kua lata mooli he tau matua pihia ke fakafiafia?

¹⁹ He taha faahi, ka fifili e koe e puhala he ita ki a Iehova, to fakamamao e koe a koe mai ia ia. Mooli, ko e mena ne lata e tagata fakahele he magafaoa haau ke kitia ia koe ko e tuaga mauokafua haau ke tuku a Iehova ki luga he tau mena oti kana​—putoia e pipiaga he magafaoa. Ke fahia mogoia ke he tuaga, kia fakatumau e moui fakaagaaga ni haau. Ua vevehe kehe a koe mai he tau matakainaga Kerisiano fakamooli haau. (Fakatai 18:1) Liligi haau a tau logonaaga ki a Iehova he liogi. (Sala. 62:7, 8) Ua kumi mena ke piu ai ke fakalataha mo e tagata he magafaoa ne tuku ki tua, ma e fakatai, he puhala meli hila. (1 Kori. 5:11) Kia manamanatu tumau ke he tau matagahua fakaagaaga. (1 Kori. 15:58) Ko e matakainaga fifine ne fatiaki i luga ne pehē, “Iloa e au kua lata ia au ke lavelave tumau he gahua a Iehova mo e tumau au ke malolō fakaagaaga ti ka liu mai e tama fifine haaku ki a Iehova, ko au he tuaga ke lagomatai a ia.”

²⁰ Kua pehē e Tohi Tapu ko e fakaalofa kua ‘amaamanaki ke he tau mena oti.’ (1 Kori. 13:4, 7) Nakai hepe a koe ke fakafiafia e amaamanakiaga to liu mai e fakahele haau. He tau tau takitaha, tokologa e tagata hepehepe ne fakatokihala ti liliu mai ke he fakatokatokaaga ha Iehova. Nakai hogohogo manava a Iehova ke he ha lautolu a fakatokihala. Kehe ai, ko ia ne ‘mautali ke fakamagalo.’​—Sala. 86:5.

21, 22. Ko e heigoa e fifiliaga haau kua manako a koe ke taute?

²¹ Ne foaki e Iehova ke he tufugatiaaga he tagata e fifiliaga tokanoa. (Totou Teutaronome 30:19, 20.) Ka ko e tokanoaaga ia kua hau mo e matagahua lahi. Igatia e Kerisiano mo e hūhū hifo ki a ia ni: ‘Ko e la hala fe kua haia au i ai? Kua fakaatā kia e au e gahua tupe, fakahauhauaga mo e fakafiafiaaga, po ke tau fakafetuiaga magafaoa ke fakamamao au mai ia Iehova?’

²² Kua nakai maueue e fakaalofa a Iehova ma e tau tagata haana. Ko e puhala ni ke maeke ia tautolu ke fakamamao mai ia Iehova kaeke ke fifili e tautolu ke mumui ke he puhala hepe. (Roma 8:38, 39) Ka e, nakai lata ke tupu e mena ia! Kia eketaha a koe ke ua fakaatā ha mena ke fakamamao a koe mai ia Iehova. Ko e vala tala ka hau ka fakatutala ke he fā e vala ka maeke ia koe ke fakakite e fifiliaga ia.