ʻOku Nau Hanganaki ʻAʻeva ʻi he Moʻoní
ʻOku Nau Hanganaki ʻAʻeva ʻi he Moʻoní
“Oku ikai haaku fiefia e lahi hake, ka ko eku fanogo oku aeva eku fānau i he mooni.”—3 SIONE 4, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahanga tefito ki ai ʻa e “mooni oe ogoogolelei”?
ʻOKU hōifua ʻa Sihova ki he faʻahinga pē ko ia ʻoku nau lotu kiate ia “ʻi he laumalie moe mooni.” (Sione 4:24, PM) ʻOku nau talangofua ki he moʻoní, ʻo tali ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi akonaki faka-Kalisitiane ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e “mooni oe ogoogolelei” ko ení ʻoku fakahanga tefito ia kia Sīsū Kalaisi pea mo hono fakatonuhiaʻi ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová fakafou ʻi he Puleʻangá. (Kaletia 2:14, PM) ʻOku fakaʻatā ʻe he ʻOtuá “ha feinga fakahē” ke ʻalu ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau saiʻia ange ʻi he loí, ka ko e fakamoʻuí ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi hono maʻu ʻa e tui ki he ongoongo leleí pea ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní.—2 Tesalonaika 2:9-12; Efeso 1:13, 14.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe mātuʻaki houngaʻia ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné, pea ko e hā ʻa e natula ʻo hono vahaʻangatae mo Keió?
2 Ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá ko e “kaungāngaue . . . ki he moʻoni.” Hangē ko e ʻapositolo ko Sioné mo hono kaumeʻa ko Keió, naʻá na piki maʻu ki he moʻoní peá na ʻaʻeva ai. ʻI heʻene fakakaukau atu kia Keió, naʻe tohi ai ʻe Sione: “Oku ikai haaku fiefia e lahi hake, ka ko eku fanogo oku aeva eku fānau i he mooni.” (3 Sione 3-8, PM) Neongo kapau naʻe ʻikai ke fakafeʻiloaki ʻe he taʻumotuʻa ko Sioné ʻa Keio ki he moʻoní, ko e taʻumotuʻa ʻo e ʻapositoló, tuʻunga matuʻotuʻa faka-Kalisitiané, mo ʻene ʻofa fakatamaí naʻá ne ʻai ke feʻungamālie ke vakai ai ki he tangata naʻe mahino ʻene kei siʻi ange ko ení ko e taha ʻo e fānau fakalaumālie ʻa Sioné.
Ko e Moʻoní mo e Lotu Faka-Kalisitiané
3. Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa mo e ʻaonga ʻo e ngaahi fakataha naʻe fai ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané?
3 Ke ako ʻa e moʻoní, naʻe fakataha ai ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻi he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga, ʻo faʻa fai ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi tāutaha. (Loma 16:3-5) Ne nau maʻu leva ai ʻa e fakalototoʻa pea mo e fefakaʻaiʻaiʻaki ki he ʻofa mo e ngaahi ngāue lelei. (Hepelu 10:24, 25) Fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiane naʻe taku ʻo e ngaahi taimi ki muí, naʻe tohi ʻe Tetuliane (155 n.–hili ʻa e 220 T.S.): “ʻOku mau fakataha ke lau ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻa e ʻOtuá . . . Mei he ngaahi lea māʻoniʻoni ko iá ʻoku mau fafanga ai ʻemau tuí, ʻoku mau hiki hake ai ʻemau ʻamanakí, ʻoku mau fakapapauʻi ai ʻemau falalá.”— Apology, vahe 39.
4. Ko e hivá ʻokú ne fakahoko ʻa e ngafa fē ʻi he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané?
4 ʻOku ngalingali ko e hivá naʻe hoko ko ha konga ia ʻo e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané. (Efeso 5:19; Kolose 3:16) ʻOku tohi ʻe Palōfesa Henry Chadwick naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he tokotaha fakaanga ʻi he senituli hono uá ko Selisasi ko e ngaahi hiva hā mālie naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiane naʻe takú naʻe “fuʻu mālie ʻaupito ʻo ne mātuʻaki loto-mamahi ai ʻi heʻenau fakaueʻilotó.” ʻOku toe pehē ʻe Chadwick: “Ko Kelemeni ʻo ʻAlekisanituliá ko e muʻaki faʻu-tohi Kalisitiane ia ke lāulea ki he faʻahinga mūsika ʻoku feʻungamālie ke ngāueʻaki faka-Kalisitiané. ʻOkú ne fakahinohino ʻoku ʻikai totonu ko ha faʻahinga fasi ia ʻoku felāveʻi mo e fasi hula fakalanga fehokotaki fakasinó. (The Early Church, peesi 274-5) Hangē pē ko ia ʻoku hā mahinó naʻe hiva ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi he taimi naʻa nau fakatahataha fakataha aí, ko ia ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau faʻa hiva ʻa e ngaahi hiva makatuʻunga faka-Tohitapu ʻoku kau ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻanitema mālohi ʻoku fakahīkihikiʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e Puleʻangá.
5. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokonaki ʻa e fakahinohino fakalaumālié ki he ngaahi muʻaki fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané? (e) Kuo anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa Sīsū ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Mātiu 23:8, 9?
5 ʻI he muʻaki ngaahi fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, naʻe akoʻi ʻe he kau ʻovasiá ʻa e moʻoní, pea tokoniʻi ʻe he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻa e kaungātuí ʻi he ngaahi founga kehekehe. (Filipai 1:1, NW) Ko ha kulupu pule ʻa ia naʻe falala ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e laumālie māʻoniʻoní naʻá ne tokonaki ʻa e tataki fakalaumālié. (Ngāue 15:6, 23-31) Ko e ngaahi hingoa lakanga fakalotú naʻe ʻikai ke ngāueʻaki ia koeʻuhí naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻene kau ākongá: “Ka ko kimoutolu ʻoua naʻa ui ko Lapai: he ʻoku taha pe hoʻomou Faiako, ka ko kimoutolu ko e ngāhi tokoua kotoa pe. Pea ʻoua naʻa ui ha toko taha ʻi mamani ko hoʻomou tamai: he ʻoku taha pe hoʻomou Tamai, ko e Tamai Fakalangi.” (Mātiu 23:8, 9) ʻI he ngaahi meʻá ni mo e ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe lahi, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
Fakatangaʻi ko Hono Malangaʻi ʻo e Moʻoní
6, 7. Neongo ʻoku nau talaki ha pōpoaki melino, kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e tōʻongafai ki he kau Kalisitiané?
6 Neongo naʻa nau talaki ʻa e pōpoaki melino ʻo e Puleʻangá, ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe fakatangaʻi, ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻe hoko kia Sīsuú. (Sione 15:20; 17:14) Naʻe ui ʻe he faihisitōlia ko John L. von Mosheim ʻa e kau Kalisitiane he ʻuluaki senitulí “ko ha kulupu ʻo e kau tangata anga taʻefakatupu maumau mo taʻefakatupu kovi tahá, ʻa ia heʻikai ʻaupito te nau tuku tauhi ʻi honau ʻatamaí ha holi pe fakakaukau fakafili ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e puleʻangá.” Naʻe fakahā ʻe Toketā Mosheim ko e meʻa “naʻá ne fakaʻitaʻi ʻa e kau Lomá fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiané, ko e tuʻunga faingofua ʻo ʻenau lotú, ʻa ia naʻe halaʻatā haʻane faitatau ʻe taha mo e ngaahi ouau toputapu ʻo ha toe kakai kehe.” Naʻá ne toe pehē: “Naʻe ʻikai haʻanau ngaahi feilaulau, ngaahi temipale, ngaahi ʻīmisi, ngaahi potu toputapu, pe ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu fakataulaʻeiki; pea naʻe feʻunga eni ke ʻomi ai kia kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi manuki ʻo ha fuʻu kakai lahi taʻeʻilo, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakakaukau heʻikai lava ke ʻi ai ha lotu taʻekau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni. Ko ia ai, naʻe fai ʻa e vakai kia kinautolu ko ha faʻahinga ia ʻo e kau fakaʻikaiʻi-ʻotuá; pea ʻi he ngaahi lao ʻa Lomá, ko kinautolu ko ia naʻe ala tukuakiʻi ʻaki ʻa e fakaʻikaiʻi-ʻotuá naʻe talaki ia ko e ngaahi manu maumau ki he sōsaieti fakaetangatá.”
7 Ko e kau taulaʻeikí, kau nima-meaʻá, pea mo e niʻihi kehe ko ia naʻa nau maʻu moʻui mei he lotu ʻaitolí naʻa nau fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e kakaí ke nau fakafepakiʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te nau kau atu ʻi he lotu ʻaitolí. (Ngāue 19:23-40; 1 Kolinito 10:14) Naʻe tohi ʻe Tetuliane: “Naʻa nau tui ko e kau Kalisitiané ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻo e maumau kotoa pē ki he Puleʻangá, mo e kovi kotoa pē ki he kakaí. Ka aʻu hake ʻa Tipa ki he ʻaá, kapau ʻe ʻikai aʻu ʻa Naila ki he ngaahi ngoueʻangá, kapau ʻoku ʻikai ngaue ʻa e langí pe ʻoku pehē ʻa e māmaní ia, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha honge, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha mahaki fakaʻauha, ko e kalangá leva ia: ‘Ko e kau Kalisitiané ki he laioné!’” Neongo pe ko e hā ʻa e ikuʻangá, ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku nau ‘taʻofi kinautolu mei he tauhi ʻaitolí.’—1 Sione 5:21.
Ko e Moʻoní mo e Ngaahi Kātoanga Fakalotú
8. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai kātoangaʻi ai ʻa e Kilisimasí ʻe kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní?
8 Ko kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní ʻoku nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi kātoanga taʻefakatohitapú koeʻuhi ʻoku ‘ʻikai feohi ʻa e māmá mo e poʻulí.’ (2 Kolinito 6:14-18) Hangē ko ení, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau kātoangaʻi ʻa e Kilisimasí, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahoko ʻi Tīsema 25. “ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ha taha ʻa e ʻaho ʻaloʻi totonu ʻo Kalaisí,” ko e fakahā ia ʻa e The World Book Encyclopedia. ʻOku pehē ʻe he The Encyclopedia Americana (Pulusinga 1956): “Ko e Sātunaliá, ko ha kātoanga kai faka-Loma ia ʻoku kātoangaʻi ʻi he kongaloto ʻo Tīsemá, naʻá ne tokonaki mai ʻa e sīpinga ki he ngaahi tōʻonga fakafiefia lahi ʻo e Kilisimasí.” ʻOku pehē ʻe he Cyclopædia ʻa M’Clintock mo Strong: “Ko e kātoangaʻi ʻo e Kilisimasí ʻoku ʻikai ko e fekauʻi fakaʻotua ia, pea ʻikai ko ha tupu ia mei he F[uakava] F[oʻoú].” Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe he tohi Daily Life in the Time of Jesus: “Ko e ngaahi tākangá . . . naʻa nau fakamalumalu ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momokó; pea mei he meʻá ni ʻataʻatā pē ʻe lava ke ʻilo ai ko e ʻaho talatukufakaholo ki he Kilisimasí, ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momokó, ʻoku taʻengali ke tonu ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku pehē ʻe he Kōsipelí ko e kau tauhi-sipí naʻa nau ʻi he ngaahi manafá.”—Luke 2:8-11.
9. Ko e hā kuo fakaʻehiʻehi ai ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihova ʻi he kuohilí mo e lolotonga ní mei he ngaahi kātoanga Toetuʻú?
9 Ko e Toetuʻú (Easter) ʻoku taku ia ko e fakamanatu ʻo e toetuʻu ʻa Kalaisí, ka ʻoku fakafehokotaki ia ʻe ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala falalaʻanga ki he lotu loí. ʻOku pehē ʻe he The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible ko e Toetuʻú naʻe “kamata ia ko e kātoanga faʻahitaʻu failau ko e fakalāngilangiʻi ʻo e ʻotua fefine faka-Tiutoni ki he māmá mo e faʻahitaʻu failaú naʻe ʻiloa ʻi ʻEngikolō-Sekisoni ko e Eastre,” pe Eostre. Kae kehe, ʻoku fakahā ʻe he Encyclopædia Britannica (Pulusinga hono 11): “ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fakamatala ia ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú naʻe fakamanatu ʻa e kātoanga Toetuʻú.” Ko e Toetuʻú naʻe ʻikai ko ha kātoanga ia ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané pea ʻoku ʻikai ke kātoangaʻi ia ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní.
10. Ko e hā ʻa e kātoanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsuú, pea ko hai kuó ne tauhi totonu iá?
10 Naʻe ʻikai ke fekauʻi ʻe Sīsū ia hono kau muimuí ke fakamanatu hono ʻaho ʻaloʻí pe ko ʻene toetuʻú, ka naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa e Fakamanatu ʻo ʻene pekia fakaefeilaulaú. (Loma 5:8) Ko e moʻoni, ko e meʻa pē eni ʻe taha naʻá ne fekauʻi ki heʻene kau ākongá ke nau kātoangaʻí. (Luke 22:19, 20) ʻOku toe ui foki ko e Kai Efiafi ʻa e ʻEikí, ko e kātoanga fakataʻu ko ení ʻoku kei kātoangaʻi pē ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.—1 Kolinito 11:20-26.
Ko e Moʻoni Naʻe Talaki ki he Kotoa ʻo e Māmaní
11, 12. Kuo anga-fēfē hono poupouʻi maʻu pē ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní ʻenau ngāue fakamalangá?
11 Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻa e moʻoní ʻoku nau lau ko ha monū ia ke līʻoa honau taimí, mālohí mo ʻenau ngaahi koloa kehé ki he ngāue ʻo hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí. (Maake 13:10) Ko e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe tokoniʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi tokoni loto-fiefoaki. (2 Kolinito 8:12; 9:7) Naʻe tohi ʻe Tetuliane: “Neongo kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha faʻahinga puha paʻanga, ʻoku ʻikai tānaki ai ha paʻanga ia ko ha totongi-hū he matapaá, ʻo hangē ai ʻa e lotú ha alea fakapisinisí. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he tangata taki taha tuʻo taha he māhina ha kiʻi paʻanga—pe ʻi ha taimi pē ʻokú ne loto ki ai, pea kapau pē ʻokú ne loto ki ai, pea kapau ʻokú ne malava; he ʻoku ʻikai fakamālohiʻi ha taha; ko e foaki loto-fiefoakí ia.”— Apology, vahe 39.
12 Ko e ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻi he kolopé ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku toe tokoniʻi mo ia ʻe he ngaahi tokoni loto-fiefoaki. Tuku kehe ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní, ʻoku lau ʻe he kakai mahuʻingaʻia ʻoku nau houngaʻiá ko ha monū ia ke poupou ki he ngāue ko ení ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi tokoni fakapaʻanga. ʻI hení foki, ʻoku toe ʻi ai ʻa e faitatau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ʻuluaki kau Kalisitiané mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
Ko e Moʻoní mo e ʻUlungaanga Fakafoʻituituí
13. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo honau ʻulungāngá, ko e hā ʻa e akonaki ʻa Pita ʻoku tokanga ki ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
13 Koeʻuhi ko e faʻahinga kinautolu naʻe ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní, ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané naʻa nau talangofua ki he akonaki ko ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “‘Mou ʻai ke tāu hoʻomou fakafeangai [“ʻulungaanga,” NW] ki he Senitaile; koeʻuhi, ʻi he meʻa ʻoku nau lauʻikovi ai kimoutolu, tokua ko e faikovi, ke nau mamata ki hoʻomou ngaahi ngaue lelei, pea langaʻi ai ʻenau fakahikihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e aʻahi.” (1 Pita 2:12) ʻOku tali fakamātoato ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e vakai faka-Kalisitiane ki he fakafiefia taʻetāú?
14 Naʻa mo e hili ʻa e ʻosi hū mai ʻa e tafoki mei he moʻoní, naʻe fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane lau peé mei he ngaahi tōʻonga taʻetāú. Ko W. D. Killen, ko e palōfesa ʻo e hisitōlia fakaʻēkelesiá, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻI he senituli hono uá mo hono tolú ko e fale faiva ʻi he kolo lahi kotoa pē ko ha senitā ia ʻo e tokangá; pea lolotonga ko e kau ʻeti faivá naʻe meimei ko e faʻahinga ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻulungaanga taʻetaau, ko ʻenau ngaahi fakahoko faivá naʻá ne fakatōliʻa maʻu pē ʻa e holi mousaʻa ʻo e kuongá. . . . Naʻe fakaliliʻa ʻa e kau Kalisitiane kotoa pē ʻi he fale faivá. . . . Naʻa nau holomui mei heʻene fakalieliá; pea ko ʻene toutou tautapa ki he ngaahi ʻotua mo e ngaahi ʻotua fefine ʻo e tui fakahītení naʻá ne maumauʻi ʻenau ngaahi tuipau fakalotú.” (The Ancient Church, peesi 318-19) ʻOku toe fakaʻehiʻehi foki mo e kau muimui moʻoni ʻo Sīsū ʻi he ʻaho ní mei he ngaahi founga fakafiefia ʻoku fakalielia mo ololalo fakaeʻulungāngá.—Efeso 5:1-4 (Efeso 5:3-5, PM).
Ko e Moʻoní mo e ‘Ngaahi Pule ʻOku Māʻolungá’
15, 16. Ko hai ʻa e “ngaahi pule ʻoku maʻolunga,” pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ki ai ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní?
15 Neongo ʻa e ʻulungaanga lelei ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau ʻemipola Lomá naʻa nau fakamaauhalaʻi kinautolu. ʻOku pehē ʻe he faihisitōlia ko E. G. Hardy ko e kau ʻemipolá naʻa nau vakai kia kinautolu “ko ha kau faivelenga fehiʻanekinaʻi.” Ko e fetohiʻaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Kōvana Pilini ko e Siʻi ʻo Pitiniá mo ʻEmipola Talāsení ʻoku hā ai ko e ngaahi kalasi pulé fakalūkufua naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e natula moʻoni ʻo e lotu faka-Kalisitiané. ʻOku anga-fēfē vakai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he Puleʻangá?
16 Hangē pē ko e muʻaki kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau anganofo fakangatangata pē ki he “ngaahi pule ʻoku maʻolunga” fakapuleʻangá. (Loma 13:1-7) Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha fepaki ʻi he fiemaʻu fakaetangatá mo e finangalo fakaʻotuá, te nau tuʻu ki he tafaʻaki: “ʻOku totonu pe ke fai ki he pule ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he pule ʻa e tangata.” (Ngāue 5:29) ʻOku pehē ʻe he tohi After Jesus—The Triumph of Christianity: “Lolotonga ko e kau Kalisitiané ne ʻikai haʻanau teitei kau nai ʻi he lotu ki he ʻemipolá, naʻe ʻikai ko ha kau fakamoveuveu kinautolu, pea ko ʻenau lotú, lolotonga naʻe kehe pea fakatupu ʻita ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi mei he anga ʻo e vakai fakapanganí, naʻe ʻikai ke tuʻu ngali fakamanamana ia ki he ʻemipaeá.”
17. (a) Ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ko e kau poupou ia ʻo e puleʻanga fē? (e) Kuo anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau muimui moʻoni ʻo Kalaisí ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e Aisea 2:4 ʻi heʻenau moʻuí?
17 Ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ko e kau poupou kinautolu ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē pē ko e ngāueʻi ʻe he kau pēteliake ko ʻĒpalahame, ʻAisake, mo Sēkopé ʻenau tui ki he talaʻofa ko ia ʻo e ‘kolo gaohi e he Otuá.’ (Hepelu 11:8-10, PM) Hangē pē ko honau Pulé, ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú naʻe “ʻikai te nau ʻo māmani.” (Sione 17:14-16) Pea ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tau mo e fekeʻikeʻi fakaetangatá, naʻa nau tuli kinautolu ki he melinó ʻaki ʻenau ‘tuki huo ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi heletaá.’ (Aisea 2:4) ʻI hono fakatokangaʻi ha faitatau mālie, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Geoffrey F. Nuttall, ko ha tokotaha lea fekauʻaki mo e hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí: “Ko e fakakaukau ʻa e muʻaki Kalisitiané ki he taú naʻe hangē ange ia ko e fakakaukau ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau ui kinautolu ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻetau fiemālie ko ia ke tali pe ʻoku pehē.”
18. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ai ʻe ha puleʻanga ha faʻahinga ʻuhinga ke manavahē ai ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
18 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e faʻahinga naʻe tuʻu-ʻatā ʻi he anganofo ki he ‘ngaahi pule ʻoku māʻolungá,’ ko e ʻuluaki kau Kalisitiané naʻe ʻikai ko ha fakamanamana kinautolu ki ha faʻahinga mafai fakapolitikale pē, pea ʻoku ʻikai pehē mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. “ʻOku fiemaʻu ha fakakaukau taʻeʻunua mo taʻefalala ke tui ai ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau ʻomai ha faʻahinga fakamanamana ki ha faʻahinga faʻahi fakapolitikale pē,” ko e tohi ia ʻa ha ʻētita ʻi ʻAmelika Tokelau. “ʻOku nau taʻefakamoveuveu mo fakamelino ʻo tuha mo ha kulupu lotu.” Ko e ngaahi mafai kuo fakamāmaʻí ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai tonu ke fai ha manavahē ki he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
19. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tukuhaú, ko e hā ʻoku lava ke leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané pea mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
19 Ko e taha e founga naʻe fakahā ai ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻenau ʻapasia ki he ‘ngaahi pule ʻoku māʻolungá’ ko ʻenau totongi ʻenau ngaahi tukuhaú. ʻI heʻene tohi ki he ʻEmipola Loma ko ʻAnitoninu Piu (138-161 T.S.), naʻe pehē ʻe Sasitini Maʻata ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku nau totongi ʻenau tukuhaú “ʻo fai fiefai ʻo hulu atu ʻi he tangata kotoa pē.” (First Apology, vahe 17) Pea naʻe tala ange ʻe Tetuliane ki he kau pule Lomá ʻoku moʻuaʻaki ʻe heʻenau kau tānaki tukuhaú “ha moʻua ʻo e houngaʻia ki he kau Kalisitiané” ʻi heʻenau totongi totonu ʻenau ngaahi tukuhaú. (Apology, vahe 42) Naʻe maʻu ʻaonga ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he Pax Romana, pe Melino Faka-Lomá, fakataha mo ʻene ngaahi laó mo e māú, ngaahi hala lelei, pea mo e folau tahi mātuʻaki malu. ʻI heʻenau ʻilo honau moʻua ki he sōsaietí, naʻa nau muimui ai ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū: “ʻAnge kia Sisa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sisa, pea ki he ʻOtua ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Maake 12:17) Ko e kakai ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau muimui ʻi he akonaki ko ení pea kuo fakahīkihikiʻi ai kinautolu ʻi heʻenau faitotonú, hangē ko hono totongi ʻo e ngaahi tukuhaú.—Hepelu 13:18.
Ko e Moʻoní—Ko ha Haʻi Fakafāʻūtahaʻi
20, 21. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo ha fetokouaʻaki melino, ko e hā kuo fakatou moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané mo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihova ʻi onopōní?
20 Koeʻuhi naʻa nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní, naʻe haʻi fakataha ai ʻa e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ʻi ha fetokouaʻaki melino, ʻo hangē pē ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní. (Ngāue 10:34, 35) Naʻe pehē ʻe ha tohi naʻe pulusi ʻi he The Moscow Times: “Ko e [Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau] ʻiloa ko e kakai mātuʻaki anga-fakakaumeʻa, anga-lelei, pea anga-vaivai ʻa ia ʻoku nau mātuʻaki angangofua ke feangainga mo ia, ʻo ʻikai ʻaupito te nau tenge ʻa e kakai kehé pea ʻoku nau kumi maʻu pē ki he melino ʻi honau vahaʻangatae mo e niʻihi kehé . . . ʻOku ʻikai ha kau tali totongi-fufū, kau konā pe ha kau maʻukovia ʻe he faitoʻo kona tapú ʻi honau haʻohaʻongá, pea ko e ʻuhingá ʻoku mātuʻaki mahinongofua: ʻOku nau feinga pē ke tataki kinautolu ʻe heʻenau ngaahi tuipau makatuʻunga faka-Tohitapú ʻi he meʻa kotoa ʻoku nau faí pe leaʻakí. Kapau pe ā ʻe feinga ʻa e kakai kotoa pē he māmaní ke moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he Tohitapú ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ko hotau māmani anga-kovi ko ení ʻe mātuʻaki kehe ia.”
21 ʻOku fakahā ʻe he Encyclopedia of Early Christianity: “Naʻe vakai ʻa e muʻaki siasí kiate ia ko ha faʻahinga foʻou ʻe taha ʻo e tangatá ʻa ia ko ha ongo kulupu fakafili ki muʻa, kau Siú mo e kau Senitailé, kuó na malava ʻo nofo fakataha ʻi ha kulupu melino ʻe taha.” Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni foki ʻa Sihová ko ha toe fetokouaʻaki melino fakavahaʻapuleʻanga mo kinautolu—ko e moʻoni ko ha sōsaieti ʻo ha māmani foʻou. (Efeso 2:11-18; 1 Pita 5:9; 2 Pita 3:13) ʻI he taimi naʻe sio ai ʻa e ʻōfisa pule maluʻi ʻo e Malaʻe Vaʻinga Pulītōlia ʻi ʻAfilika Tongá ki he anga ʻo e fakataha melino ai ʻa e kau Fakamoʻoni ʻo e matakali kehekehe ko e kau fakafofonga ʻo e fakataha-lahí, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e tokotaha kotoa pē naʻe pea ʻoku anga-lelei, ʻoku lea lelei ʻa e kakaí ki he tokotaha taki taha, ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga fakakaukau ia naʻe fakahāhaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho siʻi kuo maliu atú—ko e fakamoʻoni kotoa pē ia ki he tuʻunga ʻulungaanga ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo homou sōsaietí, pea ʻoku nau nofo fakataha kotoa hangē ha foʻi fāmili fiefia pē tahá.”
Tāpuekina ko Hono Akoʻi ʻo e Moʻoní
22. Ko e hā kuo hoko koeʻuhi ko hono fakaeʻa ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e moʻoní?
22 ʻI honau ʻulungāngá mo ʻenau ngāue fakamalangá, naʻe ‘fakaeʻa ai ʻa e moʻoní’ ʻe Paula mo e kau Kalisitiane kehé. (2 Kolinito 4:2) ʻIkai ʻokú ke loto-tatau ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau pea ʻoku nau akoʻi ʻa e puleʻanga kotoa pē ki he moʻoní? Ko e kakai ʻi he māmaní kotoa ʻoku nau tali lelei ʻa e lotu moʻoní pea ʻoku nau ʻaukolo ki he ‘moʻunga ʻo e fale ʻo Sihová’ ʻi ha fuʻu tokolahi fakautuutu. (Aisea 2:2, 3) ʻI he taʻu kotoa pē, ʻoku papitaiso ai ʻa e laui afe ʻi he fakahāhā ʻenau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo iku ai ki hono fokotuʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga foʻou lahi.
23. ʻOku anga-fēfē hoʻo vakai ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau akoʻi ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻa e moʻoní?
23 Neongo ko e tupu hake ʻi he ngaahi ʻātakai kehekehe, ko e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau fāʻūtaha ʻi he lotu moʻoní. Ko e ʻofa ʻoku nau fakahāhaá ʻoku ʻiloʻi pau ai kinautolu ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū. (Sione 13:35) ʻOku lava ke ke sio “Koe mooni oku iate kinautolu ae Otua”? (1 Kolinito 14:25, PM) Kuó ke tuʻu ki he tafaʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau akoʻi ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻa e moʻoní? Kapau ko ia, ʻofa ke ke fakahāhā ʻa e houngaʻia tuʻuloa ki he moʻoní pea maʻu ʻa e monū ke ʻaʻeva ai ʻo taʻengata.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• ʻI he anga ʻo e lotú, ko e hā ʻa e faitatau ʻoku ʻi ai ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?
• Ko e hā ʻa e kātoanga fakalotu pē taha ʻoku tauhi ʻe he faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní?
• Ko hai ʻa e “ngaahi pule maʻolunga,” pea ʻoku anga-fēfē vakai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané kia kinautolú?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hoko ʻa e moʻoní ko ha haʻi fakafāʻūtahaʻi?
[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 21]
Ko e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané kuo hoko maʻu pē ia ko ha tāpuaki ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he moʻoní
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Sīsū hono kau muimuí ke nau kātoangaʻi ʻa e Fakamanatu ʻo ʻene pekia fakaefeilaulaú
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
Hangē ko e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻa e ʻapasia ki he “ngaahi pule maʻolunga”