Ko e Tauhi kia Sihova ʻAki ʻa e Loto ke Moʻui Līʻoa
Ko e Tauhi kia Sihova ʻAki ʻa e Loto ke Moʻui Līʻoa
“Kabau e muimui ha taha iate au, tuku ke ne liaki eia ia, bea too hake ene akau mafajia o muimui iate au.”—MĀTIU 16:24, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunuku mai ʻo ʻene pekiá?
NAʻE aʻusia ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻi heʻene moʻuí ofi ki he Moʻunga Heamoní ʻa ia naʻe sinou ʻa hono tumutumú. Naʻe siʻi hifo ʻi he taʻu ʻe tahá ʻa e toenga taimi ke ne moʻui aí. Naʻá ne ʻilo ki ai; ka naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ia ʻe heʻene kau ākongá. Ka naʻe hoko mai ʻa e taimi ke nau ʻilo ai ki ai. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū ki muʻa ki he tuʻunuku mai ʻo ʻene pekiá, ka ko e ʻuluaki taimi ʻeni kuó ne lea fakapatonu ʻaki ai ia. (Mātiu 9:15; 12:40) ʻOku pehē ʻi he fakamatala ʻa Mātiú: “Naʻe kamata mei he taimi ko ia ʻa e fakaha ʻe Sisu ki heʻene kau ako, ʻa e pau ke ne ʻalu atu ki Selusalema, pea ke lahi hono fakamamahiʻi ʻe he kau matuʻa mo e houʻeiki taulaʻeiki mo e kau sikalaipe, pea ke tamateʻi, pea ke fokotuʻu hake ʻi hono ʻaho tolu.”—Mātiu 16:21; Maʻake 8:31, 32.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e tali ʻa Pita ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunuku mai ʻo ʻEne mamahí, pea ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e tali ki ai ʻa Sīsuú?
2 Naʻe toe pē ʻa e taimi siʻi pea pekia ʻa Sīsū ia. Ka, naʻe fisiʻia ʻa Pita ki ha fakakaukau ngali fakalilifu peheé. Naʻe ʻikai pē te ne lava ke tui ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa e Mīsaiá. Ko ia ai, naʻe fakatoʻotoʻa ʻa Pita ke ne valokiʻi ʻa hono ʻEikí. ʻI hono ueʻi ia ʻe he taumuʻa lelei tahá, naʻá ne loto-ʻoho ʻo naʻinaʻi: “Mole ke mamaʻo, ʻEiki. ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito hoko ha meʻa pehe kiate koe.” Ka naʻe talitekeʻi leva ʻe Sīsū ʻa e anga-ʻofa hala ʻa Pitá, ʻo hangē ko ʻete fakapapauʻi ke laiki ʻa e ʻulu ʻo ha ngata huhu koná. “Tuʻu ki mui, Setane: ko hoku tūkiaʻanga koe: he ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngāhi meʻa fakaeʻotua ʻoku sio ki ai ho loto, ka ko e ngāhi meʻa fakaetangata.”—Mātiu 16:22, 23.
3. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono ʻai taʻe ʻilo pē ʻe Pita ia ko e fakafofonga ʻo Sētané? (e) Ko e hā naʻe hoko ai ʻa Pita ko ha tūkiaʻanga ki ha moʻui līʻoa?
3 Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ʻe Pita ia kuó ne ʻai pē ʻe ia ia ko e fakafofonga ʻo Sētane. Naʻe tali vave mo fakapapau ange ʻe Sīsū ʻo hangē pē ko ʻene tali kia Sētane ʻi he toafá. Naʻe feinga ai ʻa e Tēvoló ke ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa Sīsū ʻaki ʻa e moʻui fiemālié, ko ha tuʻunga-tuʻi ʻo ʻikai kau ai ha faingataʻaʻia. (Mātiu 4:1-10) Ko e feinga ʻeni ʻa Pita ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa Sīsū ke ne fiemālie pē ʻo ʻoua ʻe fuʻu hohaʻa. Naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sīsū ia ʻoku ʻikai ko e finangalo ʻeni ʻo ʻene Tamaí. Ko ʻene moʻuí kuo pau ko e moʻui līʻoa, kae ʻikai ko e fakafiemālieʻi kita. (Mātiu 20:28) Naʻe hoko ʻa Pita ko ha tūkiaʻanga ki ha ʻalunga moʻui pehē; naʻe hoko ko ha tauhele ʻa ʻene kaungāongoʻi taumuʻa lelei pē ko ení. a Ka naʻe mahino lelei kia Sīsū kapau ʻe ʻikai te ne moʻui līʻoa, ʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hano puke ia ʻe he tauhele fakasētane ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ki he moʻuí.
4. Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai ke fie maʻu ai kia Sīsū mo hono kau muimuí ha moʻui fakapelepelé?
4 Ko ia ai, naʻe fie maʻu ke fakatonutonu ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa Pitá. Naʻe hā mei heʻene ngaahi lea kia Sīsuú ʻa e fakakaukau fakaetangata, kae ʻikai ko e ʻOtuá. Naʻe ʻikai ke fie maʻu ʻe Sīsū pea naʻe ʻikai totonu ke fou ʻa hono kau muimuí ʻi ha founga moʻui fakapelepele, ha founga faingofua pē ke hao ai mei he faingataʻá, he naʻe hoko atu ʻa e pehē ʻe Sīsū kia Pita mo e toenga ʻo e kau ākongá: “Kabau e muimui ha taha iate au, tuku ke ne liaki eia ia, bea too hake ene akau mafajia o muimui iate au.”—Mātiu 16:24, PM.
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e pole ʻo e moʻui ʻaki ʻa e founga moʻui faka-Kalisitiané? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe tolu ʻoku ʻikai ala tuku kuo pau ke loto-lelei ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke ne fai?
5 Naʻe toutou ngāueʻaki ʻe Sīsū ʻa e kaveinga mahuʻinga tefito ko ʻení: ko e moʻui ʻaki ʻa e founga moʻui faka-Kalisitiané ko e pole. Ke hoko ko e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū, kuo pau ke ngāue ʻa e kau Kalisitiané kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoa, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko honau Takí. (Mātiu 10:37-39) Ko ia ai, ʻokú ne fakahokohoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe tolu ʻoku ʻikai ala tuku ka kuo pau ke loto-lelei ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke ne fai: (1) tuku ke ne liʻaki ʻe ia ia, (2) toʻo hake ʻene ʻakau mafasia, pea (3) muimui maʻu ai pē ʻiate Ia.
“Kabau E Muimui ha Taha Iate Au”
6. (a) ʻI he founga fē ke liʻaki ai ʻe ha toko taha ʻa ia pē? (e) Ko hai kuo pau ke tau fakafiemālieʻi ʻo lahi ange ia ʻiate kita?
6 Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ki he liʻaki kitá? ʻOku ʻuhingá ki ha toko taha ʻokú ne mātuʻaki taʻofi pē ʻe ia ia, hangē ha mate kiate kita. Ko e ʻuhinga tefito ʻo e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu ko e “liʻaki” ko e “pehē ʻikai”; ʻoku ʻuhingá “ke mātuʻaki taʻofi.” Ko ia ai, kapau ʻokú ke tali ʻa e pole ko e founga moʻui faka-Kalisitiané, ʻokú ke loto-lelei ke tuku ange ʻa hoʻo ngaahi taumuʻá, fiemālié, ngaahi manakó, fiefiá, mo e fakafiefiá. Ko hono ʻelitó, ʻokú ke foaki atu ʻa hoʻo moʻuí kotoa mo e meʻa hono kotoa pē ʻoku kaunga ki aí kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Ke liʻaki kitá ʻoku lahi ange ʻa hono ʻuhingá ʻi hono taʻofi pē kita mei he ngaahi fakafiefia ʻe niʻihi ʻi he taimi ki he taimi. Ka, ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e toko taha ko iá kuo pau ke ne tuku atu kia Sihova ʻa e pule kiate iá. (1 Kolinitō 6:19, 20) Ko ha toko taha kuó ne liʻaki ʻe ia ia, ʻokú ne moʻui ke fakafiemālie ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai kiate ia tonu. (Loma 14:8; 15:3) ʻOku ʻuhinga ení ko e momeniti kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻuí, ʻokú ne taʻofi ai ʻa e ngaahi holi siokitá kae fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakahōifua kia Sihová.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻakau mafasia ʻa e Kalisitiané, pea ʻokú ne fua fēfē ia?
7 Ko ia ai, ʻoku mafatukituki ʻa hono toʻo hake hoʻo ʻakau mafasiá. Ko e toʻo ʻo e ʻakau mafasiá ko ha kavenga mo e fakaʻilonga ʻo e mate. ʻOku loto-lelei ʻa e Kalisitiané ke faingataʻaʻia kapau ʻe fie maʻu, pe fakamaaʻi pe fakamamahiʻi pea naʻa mo tāmateʻi ia koeʻuhi ko ʻene hoko ko ha toko taha muimui ia ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Bea ko ia oku ikai too hake ene akau māfajia o muimui iate au, oku ikai tāu mo ia ke ne maʻu au.” (Mātiu 10:38, PM) ʻOku ʻikai ke toʻo ʻa e ʻakau mafasiá ʻe kinautolu hono kotoa pē ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá. ʻOku lahi ʻa e “ngaahi mamahi” ʻa e kau anga-fulikivanú ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau toʻo ha ʻakau mafasia. (Sāme 32:10) Kae kehe, ko e moʻui ʻa e Kalisitiané ko e moʻui ʻoku toʻo ai ʻa e ʻakau mafasia ko e ngāue ʻo e moʻui līʻoa kia Sihova.
8. Ko e hā ʻa e sīpinga moʻui naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí?
8 Ko e tuʻunga fakaʻosi naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sīsuú ko ʻetau muimui maʻu ai pē ʻiate ia. ʻOku ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi he fie maʻu ʻe Sīsū ke tau tali mo tui pē ki he meʻa naʻá ne akoʻí, ka ke tau hokohoko atu ai pē foki ʻa ʻetau muimui ki he sīpinga kuó ne fokotuʻú ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻetau kei moʻuí. Pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tuʻu-ki-muʻa kuo hā mei he sīpinga ʻo ʻene moʻuí? ʻI heʻene vaheʻi ki hono kau muimuí ʻa ʻenau ngāue fakaʻosí, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko ia ke mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, . . . mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Naʻe malangaʻi mo akoʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe fai pehē ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki kau ākongá, mo e kotoa ʻo e muʻaki fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané. Naʻe fakahoko mai ʻe he ngāue faivelenga ko ʻení fakataha mo e ʻikai te nau ʻo e māmaní ʻa e fehiʻanekina mo e fakafepaki tuʻu ʻa e māmaní kiate kinautolu, ʻa ia naʻe iku ʻo toe mamafa ange ai ʻa ʻenau ʻakau mafasiá ki hono toʻó.—Sione 15:19, 20; Ngāue 8:4.
9. Ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e feangainga ʻa Sīsū mo e niʻihi kehé?
9 Ko e toe sīpinga tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻe taha ʻi he moʻui ʻa Sīsuú ko e anga ʻo ʻene feangainga mo e kakai kehé. Naʻá ne anga-ʻofa mo “faʻa kataki mo angafākatuʻa.” Ko ia ai, naʻe ongoʻi fakafoʻou ʻe heʻene kau fanongó pea naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ʻi heʻene ʻi aí. (Mātiu 11:29) Naʻe ʻikai te ne fakamanaʻi kinautolu ke nau muimui kiate ia pe fokotuʻu ha ngaahi lao lahi ki he anga ʻo ʻenau fai iá; pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻai ke nau ongoʻi halaia ke fakamālohiʻi ai kinautolu ke hoko ko ʻene kau ākonga. Naʻe tapua mai meiate kinautolu ʻa e fiefia moʻoni, neongo ʻa ʻenau moʻui līʻoá. Ko ha meʻa mātuʻaki ʻilonga ē ʻa hono kehe ʻaupito mei he faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e loto fakaemāmani ke moʻui fakapelepelé ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e “kuonga fakamui”!—2 Tīmote 3:1-4.
Fakatupulekina mo Tauhi Maʻu ʻa e Loto ke Moʻui Līʻoa Hangē ko Sīsuú
10. (a) Fakatatau ki he tohi Filipai 2:5-8, naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono liʻaki pē ʻe Kalaisi ʻa ia tonu? (e) Kapau ko e kau muimui kitautolu ʻo Kalaisi, ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau kuo pau ke tau fakahāhaá?
10 Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e liʻaki kitá. Naʻá ne toʻo ʻa ʻene ʻakau mafasiá ʻo fua maʻu ai pē ʻaki ʻa ʻene fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí. Naʻe tohi ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Filipaí: “Ke iate kimoutolu ae loto ni, aia foki nae ia Kalaisi Jisu: Koia, i he ene i he tatau moe Otua, nae ikai behe eia ko ha faaoa ke na taha moe Otua: Ka naa ne fakamajivejivai eia ia o ne too kiate ia ae tatau moe tamaioeiki, bea fanauʻi ia i he tatau oe tagata: Bea kuo ilo ia i he tatau oe tagata, naa ne fakamoulaloaʻi ia, bea talagofua ki he mate, io, ae mate i he akau.” (Filipai 2:5-8, PM) Ko hai ʻe lava ke ne liʻaki ʻe ia ia ʻo lahi ange ʻi he meʻa ko iá? Kapau ʻoku ʻo Kalaisi Sīsū koe pea ko e toko taha koe ʻo hono kau muimuí, kuo pau ke ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau tatau ko ʻení.
11. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e moʻui līʻoá ki he moʻui ʻaki hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo hai?
11 Ko e toe ʻaposetolo ʻe taha, ko Pita, ʻokú ne fakahā kiate kitautolu ʻo pehē koeʻuhi naʻe faingataʻaʻia mo mate ʻa Sīsuú maʻatautolu, ʻoku totonu ke ʻai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e kofu-tau, ʻo hangē ko ha kau sōtia ʻosi mateuteu lelei, ʻaki ʻa e fakakaukau tatau pē mo ia naʻe maʻu ʻe Kalaisí. Naʻá ne tohi: “Pea ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi he kataki mamahi ʻe Kalaisi ʻi hono angakakano, ko ia ke mou ʻai ʻe kimoutolu foki moʻomou kofutau ʻa e fakakaukau pe ko ia, ʻo pehe, Ko ia kuo ne kataki mamahi ʻi he kakano kuo fakaʻataʻatā mei he angahala; koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te mou toe moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi holi ʻa e tangata, ka ko hono toe ʻo homou taimi ʻi he kakano ke mou moʻuiʻaki ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtua.” (1 Pita 3:18; 4:1, 2) ʻOku fakahā mahino mei he ʻalunga ʻo e moʻui līʻoa ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e anga ʻo ʻene ongoʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe huʻufataha pē ʻa ʻene mateakí, ʻo fakamuʻomuʻa maʻu ai pē ʻa e finangalo ʻo ʻene Tamaí ʻi hono loto ʻoʻoná, ʻo aʻu ki ha mate fakamā.—Mātiu 6:10; Luke 22:42.
12. Naʻe taukovi kia Sīsū ʻa e moʻui līʻoá? Fakamatalaʻi.
12 Neongo ʻa e loto ʻaki ʻe Sīsū ke moʻui līʻoá ko ha pole mo ha founga faingataʻa kiate ia ke muimui ki ai, ka naʻe ʻikai taukovi ia ki ai. Naʻe fiefia ʻa Sīsū ke ne anganofo ki he finangalo fakaʻotuá. Ko hono fai ʻa e ngāue ʻa ʻene Tamaí naʻe hangē ia ko e meʻakaí kiate ia. Naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fiemālie moʻoni mei ai, ʻo hangē ko hano maʻu ia ʻe ha toko taha mei ha meʻakai lelei. (Mātiu 4:4; Sione 4:34) Ko ia ai, kapau ʻokú ke fie ongoʻi ʻoku fakalato moʻoni hoʻo moʻuí, ʻoku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa lelei ange ke fai ka ko e muimui ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsuú ʻaki hono fakatupulekina ʻa e anga ʻo ʻene fakakaukaú.
13. ʻI he founga fē ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e ʻofá ko e mālohi ia ʻokú ne ueʻi ke fakatupu ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá?
13 Ko hono moʻoní, ko e hā ʻa e mālohi ʻokú ne ueʻi ke fakatupu ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá? ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻi lea pē ʻe taha, ko e ʻofá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ke ke ofa kia Jihova ko ho Otua aki ho laumalie kotoa, mo hoo moui kotoa, mo ho loto kotoa. Koe uluaki bea koe lahi ia oe fekau. Bea ko hono ua oku tatau mo ia, Ke ke ofa ki ho kaugaabi o hage be ko koe.” (Mātiu 22:37-39, PM) ʻOku ʻikai lava ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke siokita pea mo talangofua ki he ngaahi lea ko ʻení ʻi he taimi tatau pē. Kuo pau ke mātuʻaki puleʻi ʻe heʻene ʻofa kia Sihová pea mo ʻene ʻofa ki hono kaungāʻapí ʻa ʻene fiefiá mo e meʻa ʻokú ne mahuʻingaʻia ki aí. Ko e founga moʻui ia ʻa Sīsuú, pea ko meʻa ia ʻokú ne ʻamanekina mei hono kau muimuí.
14. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Hepelū 13:15, 16? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ke malangaʻi faivelenga ʻa e ongoongo leleí?
14 Naʻe mahino ki he ʻaposetolo ko Paulá ʻa e lao ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻofá. Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻAua, ko ia ke tau ʻatu ʻiate ia pe, maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa. Kaeʻumaʻā, ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻa e fai ʻofa mo e fai tokoni: he ko e alā feilaulau pehe ʻoku hohóʻia ai ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Hepelū 13:15, 16) ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻoatu ʻe he kau Kalisitiané kia Sihova ha ngaahi feilaulau ʻo e ngaahi monumanu pe ha meʻa pehē; ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai ke fie maʻu kiate kinautolu ha kau taulaʻeiki ʻi ha temipale fakamatelie ke taki ʻi heʻenau lotú. ʻOku fai ʻetau feilaulau fakafetaʻí ʻo fakafou ʻia Kalaisi Sīsū. Pea ʻoku fakafou fakatefito pē ʻi he feilaulau fakafetaʻi ko iá, ko hono fanongonongo fakahāhā ʻo hono huafá, ʻa ʻetau fakahā ai ʻa e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku tautautefito ki heʻetau loto taʻesiokita ʻoku fakatuʻunga ʻi he ʻofá, ʻokú ne fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ke tau malangaʻi faivelenga ʻa e ongoongo leleí, ʻo feinga maʻu ai pē ke ʻoatu ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e fua ʻo hotau loungutú. ʻI he founga ko ʻení ʻoku tau fakahā ai foki ʻa e ʻofa ki he kaungāʻapí.
ʻOku Iku ʻa e Moʻui Līʻoá ki he Mohu Tāpuaki
15. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku nau ʻai ke tau vakai fakaʻāuliliki ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e moʻui līʻoá ʻe lava ke tau ʻeke hifo kiate kitautolu?
15 Kiʻi fakakaukau ange ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení: ʻOku hā mei he sīpinga ʻo ʻeku moʻui lolotongá ʻa e moʻui līʻoá? ʻOku huʻu ʻa ʻeku ngaahi taumuʻá ki ha moʻui pehē? ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ngaahi memipa ʻo hoku fāmilí ha ngaahi ola lelei fakalaumālie mei heʻeku faʻifaʻitakiʻangá? (Fakafehoanaki mo 1 Tīmote 5:8) Fēfē ʻa e kau paeá mo e kau uitoú? ʻOku nau toe maʻu ha ʻaonga mei heʻeku loto ke moʻui līʻoá? (Sēmisi 1:27) ʻE lava ke u toe fakalahi atu ʻa e taimi ʻoku fai ai ʻa ʻeku feilaulau fakafetaʻi fakahāhaá? ʻOku ou lava ke kakapa atu ki he monū ko e ngāue tāimuʻá, ngāue ʻi Pēteli, pe ngāue fakamisinalé, pe ʻe lava ke u hiki ʻo ngāue ʻi ha feituʻu ʻa ia ʻoku lahi ange ai ʻa hono fie maʻu ʻa e kau fanongonongo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá?
16. ʻE tokoni fēfē ʻa e kiʻi fakatonutonu kiate kitautolu ke moʻui līʻoá?
16 ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fie maʻu ha kiʻi fakatonutonu pē kae aʻu ki heʻetau malava kakato ʻi he ngāue kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá. Ko e fakatātā, ko Sēneti, ko ha tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu ʻi ʻEkuatoa, naʻá ne ngāue taimi-kakato fakaemāmani. Naʻe fuoloa siʻi pē, pea naʻe fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ia ʻe heʻene taimi ngāué ʻo ʻikai te ne kei maʻu ʻa e ngaahi houa ʻoku fie maʻu ʻi he tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻú ʻaki ʻa e loto-fiefiá. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ke ne fakamatala ʻa e palōpalemá ki he toko taha ʻokú ne ngāue ki aí pea mo kole ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e houa ngāué. Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ke loto-lelei ʻa e toko taha ko iá ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e taimi ngāue ʻa Sēnetí, naʻe toe ʻalu atu ʻa Sēneti mo Malia, ʻa ia naʻá ne kumi ki ha ngāue fakataimi pē kae lava ke ne tāimuʻa. Naʻá na fakatou fakahā te na loto ke na taki taha ngāue taki konga ʻaho pē ʻi he ʻaho ngāué kakato. Naʻe loto ʻa e toko taha naʻe ngāue ki ai ʻa e tuofefiné ki he fokotuʻú ni. ʻOku fakatou ngāue tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu ʻa e ongo tuofāfiné ni ʻi he taimí ni. Ko Kafa, naʻá ne helaʻia mo ia foki ʻi he ngāue taimi-kakato ki he kautaha tatau pea mo ʻene fāinga ke toe ngāue tāimuʻa pē, ka ʻi heʻene sio ki he ola lelei ʻo e meʻa naʻe hokó, naʻá ne ʻalu mo Makali ʻo fai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu tatau pē. Naʻe tali lelei mo ia foki. Ko ia, ko e ngaahi tuofāfine ʻe toko fā ʻoku nau malava ke tāimuʻa, kae ʻikai ko e toko ua naʻá na ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo hono mei tuku ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakató. Naʻe iku ki he ola ʻaonga ʻa e kiʻi fakatonutonu mo e tomuʻa fai ʻe kinautolu ha meʻa ke fakaleleiʻi honau tuʻungá.
17-21. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono toe vakaiʻi ʻe ha ongo meʻa mali ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo ʻena taumuʻa ʻi he moʻuí, pea ko e hā hono olá?
17 ʻIkai ko ia pē, fakatokangaʻi ʻa e founga ʻo e moʻui līʻoa naʻe fou ai ʻa ʻĪvoni lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ʻe hongofulu kuo maliu atú. Naʻá ne tohi ʻeni ki he Watch Tower Society ʻi Mē 1991:
18 “ʻI ʻOkatopa 1982, ko au mo hoku fāmilí naʻa mau ʻalu ʻo ʻaʻahi ki he Pēteli ʻi Brooklyn. Pea naʻe hoko ia ke u loto ai ke pole ke u ngāue ʻi ai. Naʻá ku lau ʻa e tohi kolé, pea naʻe ʻi ai ha fehuʻi fakatupu tokanga ʻe taha, ‘Ko e hā ʻa e ʻavalisi ʻo hoʻo ngaahi houa ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he māhina ʻe ono kuo toki ʻosí? Kapau ʻoku ʻi lalo hifo ʻi he houa ʻe hongofulú, fakamatalaʻi pe ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá.’ Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻaku ʻuhinga lelei ʻe maʻu ki he tōlalo ʻo ʻeku ngaahi houá, ko ia naʻá ku fokotuʻu ha kolo pea naʻá ku lavaʻi ia ʻi he māhina ʻe nima.
19 “Neongo naʻe lava pē ke u fakakaukau ki ha ngaahi kalofanga ke ʻoua te u kau ki he ngāue tāimuʻá, ka ʻi heʻeku lau ʻa e 1983 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, naʻá ku tui pau ai naʻe lavaʻi ʻe he faʻahinga kehé ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻaʻiaʻanga lahi ange ia ʻi haʻakú koeʻuhi pē ka nau tāimuʻa. Ko ia, ʻi ʻEpeleli 1, 1983, naʻá ku liʻaki ai ʻa ʻeku ngāue taimi-kakato totongi lelei pea u hoko ko e tāimuʻa fakataimi, pea u kau ki he ngāue tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻú ʻi Sēpitema 1, 1983.
20 “Ko ha meʻa fakafiefia kiate au ʻeku mali mo ha sevāniti ʻi ʻEpeleli 1985. ʻI he ʻosi ha taʻu ʻe tolu mei ai, naʻe fai ha malanga ʻi ha fakataha fakavahe ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngāue tāimuʻá ʻo ueʻi ai ʻa hoku husepānití ke fafana mai kiate au ʻo ne pehē, ‘ʻOkú ke ʻilo ha ʻuhinga ʻe ʻikai totonu ai ke u kamata ngāue tāimuʻa ʻi Sēpitema 1?’ Naʻá ne kau mo au ʻi he ngāue ko ʻení ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua hono hoko maí.
21 “Naʻe pole foki ʻa hoku husepānití ke fai ha ngaahi ngāue langa ʻi Pēteli ʻi Brooklyn ʻi he uike ʻe ua peá ne kole ke kau ki he Polokalama Langa Fakavahaʻa-Puleʻangá. Ko ia ʻi Mē 1989 naʻá ma ʻalu ai ki Naisīlia ʻo tokoni ki he langa ʻi he vaʻá ʻi ha māhina ʻe taha. Ko ʻapongipongi te ma fononga ki Siamane, ʻe fai ai ʻa e ngāue ki heʻema ngofua ke ma ʻalu ki Pōlani. ʻOku toʻoa homa lotó ke kau ki he ngāue langa mahuʻinga mo taau ke manatuʻi ko ení pea mo e hoko ʻo kau ki he konga foʻou ko ʻeni ʻo e ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakató.”
22. (a) ʻE anga-fēfē nai ʻetau hoko taʻe fakakaukauʻi ko e tūkiaʻanga ʻo hangē ko Pitá? (e) ʻOku ʻikai ke fakatuʻunga ʻa e ngāue kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá ʻi he hā?
22 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke lava koe ʻo tāimuʻa, ʻe lava ke ke fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau kau ki he ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakató ke nau piki ki honau monū ko iá pea ke ke tokoni nai kiate kinautolu ke nau fai pehē? Pe te ke hangē ko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi memipa ʻo e fāmilí pe ngaahi kaungāmeʻa, ʻoku nau hangē ko Pitá, ʻo nau tala nai ʻi he taumuʻa lelei pē ki ha sevāniti ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakato ke kiʻi mālōlō mo fiemālie ā, ʻo ʻikai ke fakatokangaʻi ʻe hoko nai ia ko ha tūkiaʻanga? Ko e moʻoni, kapau ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa e moʻui lelei fakasino ʻa ha tāimuʻa pe ʻokú ne liʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fatongia faka-Kalisitiané, te ne tuku nai ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga taimi-kakató ʻi ha kiʻi vahaʻa taimi pē. Ko e ngāue kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatuʻunga ia ʻi ha hingoa fakalakanga hangē ko e tāimuʻa, ko ha toko taha ngāue ʻi Pēteli, pe ko ha hingoa fakalakanga kehe. Ka ʻoku fakatuʻunga pē ia pe ko e faʻahinga fēfē ʻa kitautolu—ʻa e anga ʻo ʻetau fakakaukaú, ko e meʻa ʻoku tau faí, ʻa e anga ʻo ʻetau feangainga mo e niʻihi kehé, mo e anga ʻo ʻetau moʻuiʻaki ʻetau moʻuí.
23. (a) ʻE lava fēfē ke hokohoko atu ʻa ʻetau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e kaungāngāue mo e ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakapapau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he Hepelū 6:10-12?
23 Kapau ʻoku tau maʻu moʻoni ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá, te tau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he hoko ko e kau kaungāngāue mo e ʻOtuá. (1 Kolinitō 3:9) Te tau maʻu ʻa e fiemālie ʻi he ʻilo ʻoku tau ʻai ke fiefia ʻa e loto ʻo Sihová. (Palōvepi 27:11) Pea ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e fakapapau ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke ngalo ʻia Sihova ʻa kitautolu pea he ʻikai te ne liʻaki kitautolu ʻo ka tau tauhi ai pē ʻetau anga-tonú kiate ia.—Hepelū 6:10-12.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a ʻI he lea faka-Kalisí ko e “tūkiaʻanga” (σκάνδαλον, skanʹda·lon) naʻe ʻuluaki ʻuhinga ki he “hingoa ʻo e konga ʻo ha tauhele ʻa ia ʻoku fakapipiki ki ai ʻa e mounú, ko ia ai, ko e tauhele pē ia.”—Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words.
Ko e Hā Haʻo Fakakaukau?
◻ Naʻe fēfē ʻa e hoko taʻe fakakaukauʻi ʻa Pita ko ha tūkiaʻanga ki ha ʻalunga ʻo e moʻui līʻoá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ki he liʻaki kitá?
◻ ʻI he founga fē ʻoku fua ai ʻe ha Kalisitiane ʻene ʻakau mafasiá?
◻ Te tau fakatupulekina mo tauhi maʻu fēfē ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e mālohi ʻokú ne ueʻi ke fakatupu ʻa e loto ke moʻui līʻoá?
[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 77]
ʻOkú ke loto-lelei ke ke liʻaki koe, toʻo hake hoʻo ʻakau mafasiá, pea muimui ai pē ʻia Sīsū?