He totou e tala ke he tufugatiaaga he tohi a Kenese he Tohi Tapu, iloa e tautolu na tala age e Atua ke he tagata fakamua ko Atamu he pehē: “Ko e tau akau oti kana ha he kaina ke kai ai ni e koe. Ka ko e akau ke iloa ai e mitaki mo e kelea, aua neke kai ai e koe; ha ko e aho ka kai ai e koe to mate ai ni a koe.” (Kenese 2:16, 17) Fakakite fakamaaliali mo e fakamaama he talahauaga ia, ane mai omaoma a Atamu ke he poakiaga he Atua to nakai mate a ia ka e matutaki ke moui he kaina ko Etena.

Momoko ai, ne nakai fifili a Atamu ke omaoma mo e moui tukulagi, ka e fifili a ia ke fakaheu e poakiaga he Atua, ti kai e ia e fua akau fakatapu he mogo ne age he haana hoana ko Eva ki a ia. (Kenese 3:1-6) Ko e tau lauiaaga kelea he nakai omaoma ia, kua ha ha agaia mo tautolu mogonei. Fakamaama he aposetolo ko Paulo he pehē: “He hoko mai ai e hala ke he lalolagi ke he tagata tokotaha, ko e mate foki ha ko e hala, ti kua hoko mai ai e mate ke he tau tagata oti kana, ha kua hala e tau tagata oti kana.” (Roma 5:12) Ko e “tagata tokotaha” ia ko Atamu. Ka ko e heigoa e agahala, ti ko e ha ne takitaki atu ai ke he mate?

Ko e agahala ne taute e Atamu, ha kua liuliu pauaki po ke moumou e fakatufono he Atua. (1 Ioane 3:4) Ti ko e mate e fakahala he agahala, tuga ne tala age he Atua ki a Atamu. Ane mai fakatumau e omaoma ha Atamu mo e tau hologa haana ke he poakiaga he Atua, to nakai agahala a lautolu ti nakai lauia he mate. Nakai tufuga he Atua e tau tagata ke mamate ka e ke momoui ke hoko ke he tukulagi.

 Nakai fakauaua kua “hoko mai ai e mate ke he tau tagata oti kana,” tuga ne talahau he Tohi Tapu. Ka e fai vala kia a tautolu ne moui agaia ka mamate a tautolu? Tokologa ka talahau ē, na fai vala a tautolu ne fakahigoa ko e agaaga ka nakai mate. Ka kua tatai e talahauaga nei mo e pehē kua fakavai e Atua ki a Atamu. Puhala fe? Kakano ka fai vala i loto ia tautolu ne matutaki ke moui ke he taha lalolagi foki ka mamate a tautolu, nakai ko e fakahala he agahala e mate tuga ne talahau he Atua. Pehē e Tohi Tapu: “Kua nakai maeke ke pikopiko ai e Atua.” (Heperu 6:18) Ka ko e tala mooli, ko Satani ne pikopiko he tala age ki a Eva: “Nakai ni mamate a mua.”​—Kenese 3:4.

Lagā mai he mena ia e hūhū, Kaeke kua fakavē ke he pikopiko e fakaakoaga kua nakai mate e taha vala ia tautolu, ti ko e heigoa ka tupu mooli he magaaho ka mate?

Ko e tala he Kenese ke he tufugatiaaga ne pehē: “Eke ai e Iehova ko e Atua e tagata ke he efuefu he kelekele, ti fafagu ke he hana tau poko ihu e fafagu he moui; ti kua eke tuai a ia mo tagata moui.” Ko e talahauaga “tagata moui” kua fakaliliu mai he kupu Heperu ne’phesh, * ne kakano “mena moui ne fafagu.”​—Kenese 2:7.

Fakakite fakamaaliali he Tohi Tapu kua nakai tufuga e tau tagata ti igatia mo e “agaaga” ne nakai mate. Ka ko e tau tagata takitaha ko e “tagata moui.” Kakano haia ka kumi fakamakamaka a koe ke he ha Tohi Tapu to nakai moua e koe e talahauaga ne lalago e manatu kua “fai agaaga ne nakai mate.”

Ha kua nakai talahau he Tohi Tapu na fai agaaga ne nakai mate, ti ko e ha ne kehe e fakaakoaga he tau lotu? Ko e tali kua liuaki taha a tautolu ki Aikupito i tuai.

Ko Herodotus ko e tagata fakamau tala tuai  Heleni he senetenari ke limaaki F.V.N., ne pehē ko e tau Aikupito “ko e tau tagata fakamua ne lalago e fakaakoaga na fai agaaga ne nakai mate.” Taha aga fakamotu i tuai ko e tau Papelonia, ne kamata foki ke manatu na fai agaaga ne nakai mate. He hoko ke he magahala ne kautū a Alesana ne Mua ke he Lotouho he Faahi Uta he 332 F.V.N., ne fitā e tau pulotu Heleni he fakaohooho e fakaakoaga nei, nakai leva ti holofa ai ke he Pule Atu Motu Heleni.

He senetenari fakamua V.N., ua e matakau talahaua i Iutaia ko e tau Essene mo e tau Farasaio ne fakaako na fai vala i loto he tagata ne moui ka mate. He The Jewish Encyclopedia ne pehē: “Ko e taofiaga ke he fai agaaga ne nakai mate ne moua he tau Iutaia he matutaki mo e manatu faka-Heleni ti mua atu foki he fakaakoaga ha Plato.” Pihia foki, ne hagaao e tagata fakamau tala tuai Iutaia he senetenari fakamua ko Josephus ke he fakaakoaga ia kua nakai moua mai he tau Tohiaga Tapu, ka ko e “taofiaga he tau tagata Heleni,” ne onoono a ia ki ai ko e tau tala tuai he tau tagata tala fakataitai ha lautolu.

He holofa e fakaohooho he aga motu faka-Heleni, ne talia foki e lautolu ne talahau ko e tau Kerisiano e fakaakoaga pouliuli nei. Pehē e tagata fakamau tala tuai ko Jona Lendering, “Ko e talahauaga ha Plato ko e vala he tagata ne nakai mate ne kua haia he matakavi mitaki ka e haia mogonei he lalolagi kelea ti mukamuka ke fio e tau fakaakoaga ia mo e faka-Kerisiano.” Ko e fakaakoaga pouliuli na fai agaaga ne nakai mate kua hufia ke he lotu “Kerisiano” ti eke ai mo fakavēaga he tau taofiaga he lotu.

He senetenari fakamua, ne talahau he aposetolo ko Paulo e hatakiaga nei: “Kua talahau fakatonu mai he Agaga, to o kehe e falu mai he tua ke he tau aho fakamui, to fanogonogo a lautolu ke he tau agaga ke fakahehe ai, mo e tau kupu he tau temoni.” (1 Timoteo 4:1) Ti felauaki tonu e tau kupu ia! Ko e taofiaga kua fai agaaga ne nakai mate ko e taha fakatai he “tau kupu he tau temoni.” Nakai mai he Tohi Tapu e taofiaga ia, ti fakavē ai ke he tau lotu pouliuli i tuai mo e tau fakaakoaga.

Fiafia a tautolu he pehē a Iesu: “To iloa foki e mutolu e mena moli, ko e mena moli foki ke toka noa ai a mutolu.” (Ioane 8:32) He moua e iloilo tonu ke he kupu mooli he Tohi Tapu, kua tokanoa ai a tautolu mai he tau fakaakoaga mo e tau gahua ne nakai fakalilifu e Atua ka e fakaohooho he tau lotu loga he lalolagi. Lafi ki ai, ko e mena mooli he Kupu he Atua kua fakatokanoa a tautolu mai he tau līlīaga he tau aga tuai mo e tau mena fakataulatua ne putoia mo e mate.​—Kikite e puha “ Ko Fe a Lautolu ne Mamate?”

Kua nakai amanaki e Tufuga ha tautolu ke momoui e tau tagata ke he lalolagi ke 70 po ke 80 e tau, ti holo atu ke momoui tukulagi he taha matakavi ne ha ha e tau agaaga. Finagalo a ia he kamataaga ma e tau tagata ne tufugatia e ia ke momoui tukulagi he lalolagi nei ko e tau fanau omaoma haana. Ko e finagalo mua ue atu nei ko e fakaalofa he Atua ma e tau tagata, mo e to nakai galo noa ai. (Malaki 3:6) Mafanatia foki, ne omoomoi he agaaga e salamo ke talahau: “To eke ni e motu ma e tau tagata tututonu, to nonofo muatua ai a lautolu.”​—Salamo 37:29.