“ʻUnuʻunu Atu ki he ʻOtua”
“ʻUnuʻunu Atu ki he ʻOtua”
“ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu.”—SEMISI 4:8.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e taukaveʻi ʻoku faʻa fai ʻe he tangatá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e enginaki naʻe fai ʻe Sēmisí, pea ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu aí?
“ʻOKU ʻia kitautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá.” Kuo teuteuʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga fakafonuá pea naʻa mo e ngaahi teunga ʻo e kau sōtiá. Kuo tongi ʻa e “ʻOku ʻi he ʻOtuá ʻemau falalá” ʻi he ngaahi koini mo e lauʻi paʻanga lahi taʻefaʻalaua ʻi he paʻanga fakaeonopōní. ʻOku anga-maheniʻaki ki he tangatá ke taukaveʻi ʻoku nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ʻikai te ke loto-tatau, ko hono maʻu moʻoni ha vahaʻangatae pehē ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi mamaʻo ange ia ʻi he talanoa pē fekauʻaki mo ia pe ko hono fakahāhā ia ʻi ha ngaahi foʻi lea kuo tohi?
2 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ʻoku malava ke maʻu ha vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e feinga ia. Naʻa mo e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻe fiemaʻu ke ʻai ke mālohi honau vahaʻangatae mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Ko e ʻovasia Kalisitiane ko Sēmisí naʻe pau ke ne fakatokanga ki he niʻihi fekauʻaki mo ʻenau ngaahi hehema fakakakanó mo e mole honau tuʻunga maʻa fakalaumālié. ʻI he akonaki ko iá, naʻá ne ʻomai ai ʻa e enginaki mālohi ko ení: “ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu.” (Semisi 4:1-12) Ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Sēmisi ki he “ʻunuʻunu atu”?
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā nai naʻe fakamanatu ki he niʻihi ʻo e kau lautohi ʻa Sēmisi ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ʻi he fakalea “ʻunuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua”? (e) Ko e hā ʻe fakapapauʻi mai nai ai kia kitautolu ʻoku malava ʻa e fakaofiofi ki he ʻOtuá?
3 Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sēmisi ha fakalea naʻe maheni mo e tokolahi ʻo ʻene kau lautohí. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he Lao ʻa Mōsesé ki he kau taulaʻeikí ʻa e fakahinohino pau ki he founga ke “haʻu o ofi,” pe fakaofiofi ai kia Sihova maʻa hono kakaí. (Ekisoto 19:22, PM) Ko ia, naʻe fakamanatu nai ai ki he kau lautohi ʻa Sēmisí ko e fakaofiofi kia Sihová ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa ia ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻi. Ko Sihova ʻoku ngeia lahi taha ʻi he ʻunivēsí.
4 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, hangē ko e fakamatala ʻa e mataotao Tohitapu ʻe taha, “ko e enginaki ko eni [ʻi he Semisi 4:8] ʻoku fakaeʻa mai ai ha fakatuʻamelie mālohi.” Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sēmisi ʻoku fakaafeʻi anga-ʻofa maʻu pē ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ke nau ʻunuʻunu ofi kiate Ia. (2 Kalonikali 15:2) Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻi he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e hala ʻo e fakaofiofi kia Sihová ʻi ha ʻuhinga kakato ange. (Efeso 3:11, 12) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e founga ʻo e fakaofiofi ki he ʻOtuá kuo ʻatā ia ki he laui miliona! Ko ia ai, ʻe anga-fēfē nai haʻatau ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻa e faingamālie fakaofo ko ení? Te tau lāulea nounou ki he founga ʻe tolu ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau ʻunuʻunu ofi ai kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
Hokohoko Atu ʻa e “Fai ke ʻIlo” ʻa e ʻOtuá
5, 6. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakatātaaʻi ʻe he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa e talavou ko Sāmiuelá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku kau ki he “fai ke ʻilo” ʻa e ʻOtuá?
5 Fakatatau ki he Sione 17:3, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko eni ia ʻa e moʻui taʻengata, ke nau fai ke ʻilo koe ko e Otua moʻonia pe taha, pea mo Sisu ne ke fekau mai ko e Misaia.” Ko e ngaahi liliu lahi ʻo e foʻi veesi ko ení ʻoku kiʻi kehe ia mei he New World Translation. ʻI he ʻikai pehē “fai ke ʻilo” ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku nau liliu pē ʻa e foʻi veapé ko e “ke ʻilo” ʻa e ʻOtuá pe “ʻiloʻi” ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ko e kau mataotao tokolahi ʻoku nau fakatokangaʻi ko e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi lea naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he muʻaki lea faka-Kalisí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange—ko ha ngāue hokohoko, ko e taha ʻa ia ʻe aʻu ʻo iku nai ai ki ha maheni fekoekoeʻi mo ha tokotaha ʻe taha.
6 Ko e hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi fekoekoeʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻikai ko ha foʻi fakakaukau foʻou ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sīsuú. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú, ʻoku tau lau ai ʻi he taimi naʻe kei tamasiʻi ai ʻa Sāmiuelá, naʻe “teʻeki ai te ne hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihova.” (1 Samiuela 3:7) Naʻe ʻuhinga ení naʻe siʻi ʻaupito ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sāmiuela fekauʻaki mo hono ʻOtuá? ʻIkai. Ko ʻene ongo mātuʻá mo e kau taulaʻeikí kuo pau pē naʻa nau akoʻi kiate ia ʻa e meʻa lahi. Kae kehe, ko e foʻi lea Hepelū naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he veesi ko iá, fakatatau ki ha mataotao ʻe taha, ʻe lava ke “ngāueʻaki ia ki he maheni fekoekoeʻi tahá.” Naʻe teʻeki ai ke hoko ʻa Sāmiuela ʻo ʻiloʻi fekoekoeʻi ʻa Sihova, hangē ko ia naʻá ne ʻi ai ki mui ange ʻi heʻene ngāue ko e tangata-lea ʻa Sihová. ʻI he hokohoko atu ʻa e tupu hake ʻa Sāmiuelá, naʻá ne hoko moʻoni ai ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa Sihova, ʻi hono maʻu ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui vāofi mo ia.—1 Samiuela 3:19, 20.
7, 8. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ʻoua te tau loto-siʻi ʻi he ngaahi akonaki faka-Tohitapu loloto angé? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni loloto ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku lelei ke tau akó?
7 ʻOkú ke fai ke ʻilo ʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ke hoko ai ʻo maheni fekoekoeʻi mo ia? Ke fai iá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke “[fakatupu ha] holi” ki he meʻakai fakalaumālie ʻoku tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá. (1 Pita 2:2) ʻOua ʻe fiemālie pē ʻi he ngaahi meʻa tefitó. Feinga ke maʻu ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi akonaki loloto ange ʻa e Tohitapú. (Hepelu 5:12-14) ʻOkú ke loto-siʻi ʻi he ngaahi akonaki peheé, ʻo fakahuʻunga ʻoku nau fuʻu faingataʻa? Kapau ko ia, manatuʻi ko Sihova ʻa e “Faiako Maʻongoʻonga.” (Aisea 30:20, NW) ʻOkú ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e founga ke fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni lolotó ki he ʻatamai ʻo e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá. Pea ʻe lava ke ne tāpuakiʻi hoʻo ngaahi feinga loto-moʻoni ke mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne akoʻi kiate koé.—Sāme 25:4.
8 Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke sivisiviʻi ai ʻa koe tonu fekauʻaki mo e niʻihi ʻo e “ngaahi [meʻa] loloto ʻo e ʻOtua”? (1 Kolinito 2:10) ʻOku ʻikai ko ha ngaahi tuʻunga-lea taʻefakamānako eni hangē ko ia ʻe fakakikihiʻi nai ʻe he kau teolosiá mo e haʻa faifekaú. Ko e ngaahi tokāteline moʻui ia ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e fakamaama fakatoʻoaloto ki he ʻatamai mo e loto ʻo ʻetau Tamai ʻofá. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e huhuʻí, ʻa e “fakalilolilo toputapú,” pea mo e ngaahi fuakava kehekehe kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ke tāpuakiʻi ʻa hono kakaí pea fakahoko ʻa ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá—ko e ngaahi kaveingá ni mo e kaveinga lahi hangē ko iá ko e ngaahi tuʻunga-lea fakafiefia pea fakafiemālie ia ki he fekumi mo e ako fakafoʻituituí.—1 Kolinito 2:7, NW.
9, 10. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ai ʻa e hīkisiá, pea ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei aí? (e) ʻI he hoko mai ki he ʻiloʻi ʻo Sihová, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau feinga ke anga-fakatōkilaló?
9 ʻI hoʻomou tupulaki ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻo e ngaahi moʻoni fakalaumālie loloto angé, tokanga fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻe hoko mai nai fakataha mo e ʻiló—ko e hīkisiá. (1 Kolinito 8:1) Ko e hīkisiá ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki, he ʻokú ne fakamavaheʻi ʻa e tangatá mei he ʻOtuá. (Palovepi 16:5; Semisi 4:6) Manatuʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻuhinga ki ha tangata ke pōlepole ai ʻi heʻene ʻiló. Ke fakatātaaʻi, fakakaukau angé ki he ngaahi leá ni mei he talateu ʻo ha tohi ʻokú ne fakafuofua ʻa e ngaahi fakalakalaka fakasaienisi fakamuimui tahá: “Ko e lahi ange ʻetau hoko ʻo ʻiló, ko e lahi ange ia ʻetau ʻiloʻi ʻa e siʻi ʻo ʻetau ʻiló. . . . Ko e meʻa kotoa kuo tau akó ko e noa pē ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he meʻa ʻoku teʻeki ke tau akó.” Ko e anga-fakatōkilalo peheé ʻoku fakaivifoʻou. Sai, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e sino lahi taha ʻo e ʻiló—ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá—ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻuhinga lahi ange ai ke anga-fakatōkilalo maʻu pē. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
10 Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala faka-Tohitapu fekauʻaki mo Sihová. “ʻOku loloto ʻaupito hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukau na.” (Sāme 92:5) ‘Ko e ʻilo [ʻa Sihová] ʻoku taʻemalaua.’ (Sāme 147:5) ‘ʻOku taʻemahakulea ʻa e fakakaukau [ʻa Sihová].’ (Aisea 40:28) “ʻOiau! ʻene kilukilua ʻa e koloa mo e poto mo e ʻilomeʻa ʻa e ʻOtua!” (Loma 11:33) ʻOku hā mahino, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa ke ʻilo ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sihová. (Koheleti 3:11) Kuó ne akoʻi kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo lahi, ka neongo ia te tau maʻu maʻu pē ʻi hotau ʻaó ha ʻilo lahi taʻefakangatangata ʻa ia te tau ako mei ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. ʻIkai ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku fakatou fakafiefia mo fakatupu loto fakatōkilalo ia? ʻI heʻetau akó leva, tau ngāueʻaki maʻu pē ʻetau ʻiló ko ha makatuʻunga ia ki he ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihová pea ki hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke fai pehē—ʻo ʻikai ʻaupito ko ha founga ia ke hakeakiʻi hake ai kitautolu ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he niʻihi kehé.—Mātiu 23:12; Luke 9:48.
Fakahāhā ʻa Hoʻo ʻOfa kia Sihová
11, 12. (a) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē hono ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻilo ʻoku tau maʻu fekauʻaki mo Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku moʻoni ha ʻofa ʻa ha taha ki he ʻOtuá?
11 ʻI heʻene feʻungamālié, naʻe hanga ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻo fakafehokotaki ʻa e ʻiló mo e ʻofá. Naʻá ne tohi: “Ko ʻeku lotu ʻeni; ke to e tupulekina ʻo lahi hake ʻaupito hoʻomou ʻofa, heʻene maʻu ʻa e ʻilo kanokano mo e ongoʻi ʻo e totonu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe.” (Filipai 1:9) ʻI he ʻikai ke tau fakafuofuolahi ʻi he hīkisiá, ko e moʻoni mahuʻinga kotoa pē ʻoku tau ako fekauʻaki mo Sihova mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻá ʻoku totonu ke ne fakatupulekina ʻetau ʻofa ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní.
12 Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokolahi ʻoku nau taukaveʻi ʻoku nau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ka ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai. ʻOku nau loto-moʻoni nai fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ongoʻi mālohi ʻoku fonu ʻi honau lotó. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻi peheé ʻoku lelei, pea aʻu ʻo fakaongoongoleleiʻi, ʻi he taimi ʻoku fehoanaki ai mo e ʻilo totonú. Ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau hoko ʻiate kinautolu ʻo tatau mo e ʻofa moʻoni ki he ʻOtuá. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai aí? Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e anga ʻo hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻofa ko iá: “Ko eni ia ʻa e ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ʻa ʻetau tauhi ki heʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni.” (1 Sione 5:3) Ko e ʻofa leva kia Sihová ʻoku toki moʻoni pē ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakahāhā ai ia ʻi he ngaahi ngāue talangofuá.
13. ʻE tokoniʻi fēfē kitautolu ʻe he manavahē fakaʻotuá ke fakahāhā ʻa ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová?
13 ʻE tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he manavahē fakaʻotuá ke talangofua kia Sihova. Ko e manavahē loloto mo e ʻapasia loloto kia Sihová ʻoku hoko mai ia mei he fai ke ʻiloʻi iá, ako fekauʻaki mo ʻene māʻoniʻoní, lāngilangí, mālohí, fakamaau totonú, potó, mo e ʻofa taʻefakangatangatá. ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa e manavahē peheé ki he ʻunuʻunu ke ofi kiate iá. Ko hono moʻoní, fakatokangaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Sāme 25:14 (PM): “Koe finagalo fufu o [“fekoekoeʻi mo,” NW] Jihova oku iate kinautolu oku manavahe kiate ia.” Ko ia, kapau ʻoku tau maʻu ha manavahē lelei ki hono taʻefakahōifuaʻi ʻetau Tamai fakahēvani ʻofeiná, ʻe lava ke tau ʻunuʻunu ofi ai kiate ia. Ko e manavahē fakaʻotuá te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tokanga ki he akonaki fakapotopoto ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Palovepi 3:6: “Ke ke fakaongo kiate ia ʻi ho hala kotoa pe, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ʻe ia ho ngaahi ʻalunga.” ʻOku ʻuhinga ia ki he hā?
14, 15. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fili ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo ia ʻi he moʻui fakaʻahó? (e) ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau fai ʻa e ngaahi filí ʻi ha founga ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻetau manavahē fakaʻotuá?
14 Kuo pau ke ke fai ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, fakatouʻosi ʻa e fili lalahi mo e iiki. Hangē ko ení, ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga talanoa te ke fai mo ho ngaahi kaungāngāué, kaungāakó, mo e kaungāʻapí? (Luke 6:45) Te ke ngāue mālohi ki he ngaahi ngāue ʻoku tuku atu kiate koé, pe te ke kumi ha ngaahi founga ke ʻosi ai ʻa e ngāué ʻi ha feinga siʻisiʻi? (Kolose 3:23) Te ke ʻunuʻunu ʻo ofi ange ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa siʻisiʻi pe ʻikai ha ʻofa kia Sihová, pe te ke feinga ke ʻai ke mālohi ho ngaahi vahaʻangatae mo e kakai fakalaumālié? (Palovepi 13:20) Ko e hā te ke faí, naʻa mo e ʻi ha ngaahi founga iiki, ke pouaki ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá? (Mātiu 6:33) Kapau ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapu peheé hangē ko ia ʻoku hā atu hení ʻokú ne tataki hoʻo ngaahi fili ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, tā ʻokú ke fakaongo moʻoni kia Sihova “ʻi ho hala kotoa pe.”
15 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻi he fili taki taha ʻoku tau faí, ʻoku totonu ke tataki kitautolu ʻe he fakakaukau ko ení: ‘Ko e hā ʻe fiemaʻu mai ʻe Sihova ke u faí? Ko e hā ʻa e ʻalunga te ne fakafiefiaʻi lahi taha iá?’ (Palovepi 27:11) Ko hono fakahāhā ʻa e manavahē fakaʻotuá ʻi he founga ko ení ko ha founga lelei taha ia ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e ʻofa kia Sihová. Ko e manavahē fakaʻotuá te ne toe ueʻi kitautolu ke hanganaki maʻa—fakalaumālie, fakaeʻulungaanga, mo fakaesino. Manatuʻi, ʻi he veesi tatau ʻa ia ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ai ʻe Sēmisi ki he kau Kalisitiané ke “ʻunuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua,” ʻokú ne toe enginaki ai: “Fakamaʻa homou nima, ʻa kau angahala; pea fakatapu ʻa homou loto, ʻa kau siosio ua.”—Semisi 4:8.
16. ʻI he foaki kia Sihová, ko e hā ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito lava ke tau fakahokó, neongo ia ko e hā nai te tau lavameʻa maʻu pē ʻi hono faí?
16 Ko e moʻoni, ko hono fakahāhā ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi mamaʻo ange ia ʻi he fakaʻehiʻehi pē mei he meʻa ʻoku koví. ʻOku toe ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻofá ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú. Hangē ko ení, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻetau tali ki he nima-homo lahi fakaʻulia ʻa Sihová? Naʻe tohi ʻe Sēmisi: “ʻIlonga ha foaki lelei, pea ʻilonga ha meʻaʻofa haohaoa, ko e ʻalu hifo pe ia mei he Tamai ʻa e ngaahi maama.” (Semisi 1:17) Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau foaki ai kia Sihova ʻa ʻetau koloá, ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fakakoloaʻi ai ia. ʻOkú ne ʻosi maʻu ʻe ia ʻa e nāunau mo e koloa kotoa pē. (Sāme 50:12) Pea ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau foaki ai kia Sihova hotau taimí mo e iví, ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakahoko ai ha fiemaʻu ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ne fakaaʻu. Naʻa mo ʻetau fakafisi ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻe lava ke ne ʻai ʻa e ngaahi maká ke nau kalanga! Ko e hā leva ke foaki ai kia Sihova ʻa ʻetau koloá, taimí, mo e iví? Ko e muʻomuʻá, koeʻuhí ʻoku tau fakahāhā ai ʻetau ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo hotau lotó, moʻuí, ʻatamaí mo e mālohí.—Maake 12:29, 30.
17. Ko e hā ʻe lava ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke foaki fiefia kia Sihová?
17 ʻI heʻetau foaki kia Sihová, ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ia ʻi he fiefia, “he oku ofa ae Otua ki ha foaki fiefia.” (2 Kolinito 9:7, PM) Ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Teutalonome 16:17 ʻe lava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke foaki fiefia: “ʻE taki taha ʻene meaʻofa ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ne maʻu, ʻo tau mo e tapuaki ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kuo ʻatu kiate koe.” ʻI heʻetau fakakaukauloto atu ki he nima-homo ʻa Sihova kia kitautolú, ʻoku tau ongoʻi ai ha holi ke foaki tauʻatāina kiate ia. Ko e foaki peheé ʻokú ne ʻai hono lotó ke fiefia, ʻo tatau mo e anga ʻo hono fakafiefiaʻi ʻe ha meʻaʻofa siʻisiʻi mei ha kiʻi tama ʻofeina haʻane mātuʻa. Ko hono fakahāhā ʻetau ʻofá ʻi he founga ko ení te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ai kia Sihova.
Langa Hake ʻa e Fekoekoeʻí Fakafou ʻi he Lotu
18. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻaonga ai ke fakakaukau ki he founga ke fakaleleiʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo ʻetau ngaahi lotú?
18 Ko hotau ngaahi mōmeniti ʻo e lotu tāutahá ʻoku ʻomai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e faingamālie taʻehanotatau—ko e ngaahi taimi ia ki he talanoa fakapulipuli, fekoekoeʻi ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. (Filipai 4:6) Koeʻuhi ko e lotú ko e founga mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia fekauʻaki mo e ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku ʻaonga ke kiʻi tuʻu ʻo fakakaukau ki he tuʻunga ʻo ʻetau ngaahi lotú. ʻOku ʻikai pau ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi sīpinga ʻo e pōtoʻi mo e fokotuʻutuʻu maau, ka ʻoku totonu ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi fakahāhā loto-moʻoni ia ʻoku haʻu mei he lotó. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakaleleiʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo ʻetau ngaahi lotú?
19, 20. Ko e hā ke fakalaulauloto ai ki muʻa ke tau lotú, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kaveinga feʻungamālie ke fakalaulauloto peheé?
19 Te tau ʻahiʻahiʻi nai ʻa e fakalaulauloto ki muʻa ke tau lotú. Kapau te tau fakalaulauloto ʻi ha taimi ki muʻa, ʻe lava ke tau ʻai ai ʻetau ngaahi lotú ke fakahangatonu mo mohu ʻuhinga, ʻo fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei he tōʻonga ʻo hono toutou leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea anga-maheni ʻoku manatuʻi vavé. (Palovepi 15:28, 29) Mahalo pē ko e fakalaulauloto ki he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kaveinga naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi heʻene sīpinga lotú pea toki fakakaukau leva ki he founga ʻe tokoni nai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi he felāveʻi mo hotau ngaahi tuʻungá tonu. (Mātiu 6:9-13) Ko e fakatātaá, te tau ʻeke hifo nai kia kitautolu pe ko e hā ʻa e konga siʻisiʻi ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ke fakahoko ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová ʻi heni ʻi he māmaní. Te tau fakahāhā nai kia Sihova ʻetau holi ke hoko ʻo ʻaonga kiate ia ʻi heʻetau malavá pea kole ʻa ʻene tokoní ki hono fakahoko ha ngaahi ngāue pē kuó ne ʻomai kia kitautolu? ʻOku tau mafasia ʻi he ngaahi hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo ʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelié? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e fakamolemolé, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau faʻa fakamolemole lahi ange kia hai? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻokú ne fakahohaʻasi kitautolú, pea ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi nai ʻoku tau fiemaʻu fakavavevave ʻa e maluʻi ʻa Sihová ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ko iá?
20 Tānaki atu ki ai, te tau fakakaukau nai fekauʻaki mo e kakai ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku tautefito ʻenau fiemaʻu ʻa e tokoni ʻa Sihová. (2 Kolinito 1:11) Ko ia ai, ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻa e meʻa fekauʻaki mo hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fakamāloó. Kapau te tau tuʻu hifo ʻo fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo ia, ko e moʻoni te tau fakakaukau ai fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻuhinga ke fakamālō ai kia Sihova pea fakahīkihikiʻi ia ʻi he ʻaho taki taha ki heʻene ngaahi lelei lahi faú. (Teutalonome 8:10; Luke 10:21) Ko hono fai iá ʻoku ʻi ai hono ʻaonga lahi ange—ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau maʻu ha fakakaukau pau mo e houngaʻia lahi ange ki he moʻuí.
21. Ko hono ako ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga Fakatohitapu fē ʻe tokoniʻi nai ai kitautolu ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakaofiofi ai kia Sihova ʻi he lotú?
21 Ko e akó foki ʻe lava ke toe fakaleleiʻi ʻetau ngaahi lotú. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi lotu tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻa e kau tangata mo e kau fefine loto-tōnunga ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Hangē ko ení, kapau ʻoku maluʻaki mai ʻi muʻa ʻia kitautolu ha palopalema faingataʻa, ʻo fakatupunga ai ʻia kitautolu ha loto-hohaʻa pea aʻu ʻo tau manavahē fekauʻaki mo ʻetau tuʻunga moʻuí pe ko e moʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku tau ʻofa aí, te tau lau nai ʻa e lotu ʻa Sēkope fekauʻaki mo ʻene teu feʻiloaki mo hono tokoua kumi sāuni, ko ʻĪsoá. (Senesi 32:9-12) Pe te tau ako nai ʻa e lotu naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Tuʻi ʻAsa ʻi he taimi naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ai ʻe ha kau tau ʻItiopea ʻe toko taha miliona nai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (2 Kalonikali 14:11, 12) Kapau ʻoku fakahohaʻasi kitautolu ʻe ha palopalema ʻokú ne fakamanaʻi ke ʻomai ʻa e luma ki he huafa lelei ʻo Sihová, ʻoku taau leva ke fakakaukau ki he lotu ʻa ʻIlaisiā ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kau lotu Pēalí ʻi Moʻunga Kāmelí, hangē ko ia ko e lotu ʻa Nehemaia fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga ololalo ʻo Selusalemá. (1 Tuʻi 18:36, 37; Nehemaia 1:4-11) Ko e lau mo e fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi lotu peheé ʻe lava ke ne ʻai ke mālohi ʻetau tuí pea ʻomai kia kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ki he founga lelei taha ke fakaofiofi ai kia Sihova mo e ngaahi loto-hohaʻa ʻokú ne fakamafasiaʻi kitautolú.
22. Ko e hā ʻa e konga tohi fakataʻu ki he 2003, pea ko e hā nai te tau ʻeke hifo kia kitautolu ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ʻi he kotoa ʻo e taʻú?
22 ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻikai ha lāngilangi ʻe lahi ange, ʻikai ha taumuʻa ʻe toe lelei ange, ʻi he tokanga ki he akonaki ʻa Sēmisi ke “ʻunuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua.” (Semisi 4:8) ʻOfa ke tau fai ia ʻaki ʻetau fakalakalaka ʻi heʻetau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻaki ʻa e feinga ke fakahāhā ʻetau ʻofa kiate iá ʻo toe lahi ange, pea ʻi he fakatupulekina ʻa e fekoekoeʻi mo ia ʻi heʻetau ngaahi lotú. ʻI he kotoa ʻo e taʻu 2003, lolotonga ʻetau manatuʻi ʻa e Semisi 4:8 ʻi he tuʻunga ko e konga tohi fakataʻú, tau hokohoko atu ke sivisiviʻi kitautolu, pe ʻoku tau ʻunuʻunu ofi moʻoni kia Sihova. Fēfē leva ʻa e konga ki mui ʻo e fakamatala ko iá? ʻI he founga fē ʻe “ʻunuʻunu mai [ai] ia [ʻa Sihova] kiate kimoutolu,” ʻo ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ko e hā? Ko e kupu hoko maí ʻe lāulea ai ki he meʻa ko ení.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke fakakaukau fakamātoato ki he ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihová?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻe niʻihi te tau fokotuʻu nai ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e fai ke ʻilo ʻa Sihová?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni kia Sihová?
• ʻI he ngaahi founga fē te tau langa hake nai ai ʻa e fekoekoeʻi lahi ange mo Sihova ʻi he lotú?
[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]
[Fakamatala ʻi he peesi 12]
Ko e konga tohi fakataʻu ki he 2003 ko e: “ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu.” —Semisi 4:8.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 8, 9]
ʻI heʻene tupu haké, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Sāmiuela ʻo ʻiloʻi fekoekoeʻi ʻa Sihova
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Ko e lotu naʻe leaʻaki ʻe ʻIlaisiā ʻi Moʻunga Kāmelí ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ia kia kitautolu