‘Mou Ō, ʻo Ngaohi Ākonga, ʻi he Papitaiso Kinautolu’
‘Mou Ō, ʻo Ngaohi Ākonga, ʻi he Papitaiso Kinautolu’
“Ko ia ke mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu . . . , mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.”—MĀTIU 28:19, 20.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e fili naʻe fai ʻe he puleʻanga ʻIsilelí ʻi he veʻe Moʻunga Sainaí?
FAKAFUOFUA ki he taʻu ʻe 3,500 kuo maliu atú, naʻe fai ai ʻe ha puleʻanga fakalūkufua ha fuakava ki he ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻenau fakatahataha he veʻe Moʻunga Sainaí, naʻe talaki fakahāhā ai ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí: “Ko e meʻa kotoa kuo folofolaʻaki mai ʻe Sihova te mau fai.” Mei he mōmeniti ko iá ʻo faai mai ai, naʻe hoko ai ʻa ʻIsileli ko ha kakai fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá, ko ʻene “koloa kanokato.” (Ekisoto 19:5, 8; 24:3) Naʻa nau fakatuʻotuʻa ki hono maʻu ʻa ʻene maluʻí pea moʻui ʻi he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata ʻi ha fonua “ʻoku mahutafea ʻi he huʻakau mo e honi.”—Livitiko 20:24.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá ʻoku lava ke maʻu ʻe he kakaí ʻi he ʻahó ni?
2 Kae kehe, hangē ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-saame ko ʻĒsafé, ko e kau ʻIsilelí “naʻe ʻikai te nau tauhi ʻa e kovinanite ʻo e ʻOtua, pea ko ʻene lao naʻe ʻikai te nau fie foua.” (Sāme 78:10) Naʻe ʻikai te nau malava ke tauhi ʻa e fuakava naʻe fai ʻe heʻenau fanga kuí kia Sihová. Faifai atu pē, naʻe mole mei he puleʻangá ʻa e vahaʻangatae makehe ko ia mo e ʻOtuá. (Koheleti 5:4; Mātiu 23:37, 38) Ko ia ai, ko e ʻOtuá naʻá ne “aahi . . . ki he kakai Jenitaile, ke ne maʻu iate kinautolu ha kakai koeuhi ko hono huafa.” (Ngāue 15:14, PM) Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ko ení, ʻokú ne tātānaki fakataha ai ha “fuʻu kakai lahi, ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha hono lau, ko ha kakai mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi matakali, mo e ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e ngaahi lea,” ʻa ia ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi fiefia: “Ko hotau fakamoʻui ʻoku mei hotau ʻOtua, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloni, pea mei he Lami.”—Fakahā 7:9, 10.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lākanga kuo pau ke te foua ke maʻu ai ha vahaʻangatae fakafoʻituitui mo e ʻOtuá?
3 Ke kau ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e vahaʻangatae maʻongoʻonga ko ia mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke te fai ha fakatapui kia Sihova pea fakaʻilongaʻi fakahāhā ia ʻaki ʻa e papitaiso ʻi he vaí. Ko e meʻá ni ko e talangofua ia ki he tuʻutuʻuni fakahangatonu ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Ko ia ke mou ō, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e ngāhi kakai kotoa pe ko ʻeku kau ako, ʻi he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ʻo e Tamai mo e ʻAlo mo e Laumalie Maʻoniʻoni, mo e akoʻi kinautolu ke tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuo u tuʻutuʻuni atu.” (Mātiu 28:19, 20) Naʻe fanongo ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki hano lau ʻo e “tohi ʻo e fuakava.” (Ekisoto 24:3, 7, 8) Ko ia ai, naʻa nau mahinoʻi ai ʻa honau ngaahi fatongia kia Sihová. Tatau pē mo e ʻahó ni, ko ha ʻilo totonu ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá hangē ko ia ʻoku maʻu ʻi heʻene Folofolá, ʻa e Tohi Tapú, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia ki muʻa ke te foua ʻa e lākanga ko e papitaisó.
4. Ko e hā kuo pau ke fai ʻe ha taha ke taau ai ki he papitaisó? (Fakakau ai ʻa e puha ʻi ʻolungá.)
4 ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá ke nau maʻu ha makatuʻunga fefeka ki heʻenau tuí ki muʻa ke nau hoko ʻo papitaisó. Naʻá ne fakahinohino ki hono kau muimuí ke ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻenau ngaohi ākongá kae toe pehē foki ke akoʻi kinautolu ‘ke nau tauhi ʻa e ngāhi meʻa kotoa pe kuó ne tuʻutuʻuni maí.’ (Mātiu 7:24, 25; Efeso 3:17-19) Ko ia ai, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku taau ki he papitaisó kuo nau angaʻaki hono ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi he ngaahi māhina pe naʻa mo ha taʻu ʻe taha pe ua, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai ke fakavave pe ʻikai ai ke taʻefeʻunga ʻa e taimi ʻo ʻenau fakakaukau ki heʻenau fili ʻoku faí. ʻI he papitaisó tonu, ʻoku tali ʻio ai ʻa e kau teu papitaisó ki he ongo foʻi fehuʻi tefito ʻe ua. Koeʻuhi naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻo pehē ko ‘ʻetau ʻIó, ke ʻIo, ko ʻetau ʻIkaí, ke ʻIkai’ ʻe tokoni lahi kiate kitautolu hono kotoa ke fakamanatu fakalelei ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ongo foʻi fehuʻi papitaiso ʻe ua ko ení.—Mātiu 5:37.
Fakatomala mo e Fakatapui
5. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo lākanga tefito ʻe ua ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he ʻuluaki foʻi fehuʻi papitaisó?
5 Ko e ʻuluaki foʻi fehuʻi papitaisó ʻoku ʻeke ai ki he tokotaha teu papitaisó pe kuó ne fakatomalaʻi ʻa ʻene ʻalunga moʻui ki muʻá pea fakatapui ʻa ʻene moʻuí kia Sihova ke fai ʻa hono finangaló. ʻOku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he foʻi fehuʻi ko ení ʻa e ongo lākanga mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻe ua kuo pau ke foua ki muʻa ke papitaisó, ʻa ia ko e fakatomala mo e fakatapui.
6, 7. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e fakatomalá ki he kau teu papitaisó kotoa? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu kuo pau ke fai hili ʻete fakatomalá?
6 Ko e hā kuo pau ai ki he tokotahá ke fakatomala ki muʻa ke ne hoko ʻo papitaisó? ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Naa tau fai fakataha ai kotoabe i muʻa, i he gaahi holi kovi a ho tau kakano.” (Efeso 2:3, PM) Ki muʻa ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, naʻa tau moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e māmaní, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní mo e ngaahi tuʻungá. Ko ʻetau ʻalunga moʻuí naʻe ʻi he malumalu ia ʻo e pule ʻa e ʻotua ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení, ʻa Sētane. (2 Kolinito 4:4) Kae kehe, ʻi he hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻoku tau fakapapau ai ke moʻui ʻo ‘ʻoua te tau toe moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi holi ʻa e tangatá, ka ko e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá.’—1 Pita 4:2.
7 Ko e ʻalunga moʻui foʻoú ni ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi pale lahi. Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, ʻokú ne fakaʻatā ʻa e hala ki ha vahaʻangatae maʻongoʻonga mo Sihova, ʻa ia naʻe fakahoa ʻe Tēvita ki ha fakaafe ke hū ki he “teniti” mo e “moʻunga tapu” ʻo e ʻOtuá—ʻa ia ko ha monū maʻongoʻonga moʻoni. (Sāme 15:1) ʻI he ʻuhinga lelei, ʻe fakaafeʻi ʻe Sihova ʻo ʻikai ko ha faʻahinga taha pē ka ko e faʻahinga pē ko ia ʻoku “foua ʻa e haohaoa, mo feia ʻa e totonu, pea ko e moʻoni ʻo [honau] loto ʻoku [nau] aʻau.” (Sāme 15:2) Fakatuʻunga ʻi hotau ngaahi tuʻunga ki muʻa ke tau ako ʻa e moʻoní, ko e aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ko ení ʻe ʻuhinga nai iá kuo pau ke tau fai ha ngaahi liliu pau—fakatouʻosi ʻi he ʻulungāangá pea mo e angaʻitangatá. (1 Kolinito 6:9-11; Kolose 3:5-10) Ko e fakaueʻiloto ki he ngaahi liliu ko iá ko e fakatomalá—ʻa e fakaʻiseʻisa lahi ʻi heʻetau ʻalunga moʻui ki muʻá mo ha fakapapauʻi mālohi ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova. ʻOku iku eni ki ha liliu fakaʻaufuli—ʻo liʻaki ha founga moʻui siokita mo fakamāmani pea tuli ki ha ʻalunga ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá.—Ngāue 3:19.
8. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau fai ʻetau fakatapuí, pea ko e hā ʻene felāveʻi mo e papitaisó?
8 Ko e konga hono ua ʻo e ʻuluaki foʻi fehuʻi papitaisó ʻoku ʻeke ai ki he kau teu papitaisó pe kuo nau fakatapui kinautolu kia Sihova ke fai hono finangaló. Ko e fakatapuí ko ha lākanga mātuʻaki fiemaʻu ia ʻa ia kuo pau ke muʻomuʻa ʻi he papitaisó. ʻOku fai ia ʻi he lotu, ʻa ia ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e holi ke foaki ʻetau moʻuí kia Sihova fakafou ʻia Kalaisi. (Loma 14:7, 8; 2 Kolinito 5:15) ʻOku hoko leva ai ʻa Sihova ko hotau Pule mo e Tokotaha ʻOku ʻAʻana kitautolu, pea ʻi he hangē ko Sīsuú ʻoku tau fiefia ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Sāme 40:8; Efeso 6:6) Ko e palōmesi molumalu ko eni kia Sihová ʻoku fai tuʻo taha pē ia. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ʻoku tau fai fakafoʻituitui ʻetau fakatapuí, ko hano fakahaaʻi fakahāhā ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e papitaisó ʻoku ʻiloʻi ai ʻe he tokotaha kotoa kuo tau fai ʻa e fakatapui molumalu ko ení ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní.—Loma 10:10.
9, 10. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e aʻu ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau ʻōfisa Nasí ʻa ʻetau fakatapuí?
9 Ko e hā ʻoku kau ki he muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsū ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá? Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Kabau e muimui ha taha iate au, tuku ke ne liaki eia ia, bea too hake ene akau mafajia o muimui [maʻu pē] iate au.” (Mātiu 16:24, PM) Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi papau heni ʻa e meʻa ʻe tolu kuo pau ke tau fai. ʻUluakí, ʻoku tau “liaki” kitautolu. ʻI hono toe fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻoku tau lea ʻikai ki heʻetau ngaahi hehema siokita mo taʻehaohaoá pea ʻio ki he akonaki mo e tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko hono uá, ʻoku tau ‘too hake ʻetau akau mafajiá.’ ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Sīsuú ko ha ʻakau mafasia ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e mā mo e mamahi. ʻI he hoko ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku tau tali ai ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ko ʻetau mamahi koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo leleí. (2 Timote 1:8) Neongo ʻe manukiʻi pe fakaangaʻi kitautolu ʻe he māmaní, ʻi he hangē ko Kalaisí ʻoku tau “taetokaga ki he fakama,” ʻo fiefia ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau fakahōifuaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 12:2, PM) Fakaʻosí, ʻoku tau muimui “maʻu pe” kia Sīsū.—Sāme 73:26; 119:44; 145:2.
10 ʻOku fakatupu tokangá, naʻa mo e niʻihi ʻo e kau fakafepakí ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e fakatapui kuo fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he ʻOtuá ke nau tauhi maʻataʻatā pē kiate iá. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he kemi fakamamahi Buchenwald ʻo Siamane Nasí, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni naʻa nau fakafisi ke tukuange ʻenau tuí naʻe fiemaʻu ai ke nau fakamoʻoni ʻi he fakamatala ko eni naʻe pulusi: “ʻOku ou kei hoko pē ko ha tokotaha Ako Tohi Tapu ʻosi tukupā pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te u maumauʻi ʻa e fuakava kuó u fai kia Sihová.” Ko e moʻoni ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e kau sevāniti fakatapui mo faitōnunga kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá!—Ngāue 5:32.
Fakahaaʻi ko e Taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová
11. Ko e hā ʻa e monū ʻoku hoko ki he tokotaha ʻoku papitaisó?
11 Ko e foʻi fehuʻi hono uá ʻoku ʻeke ai ki he tokotaha teu papitaisó, ʻuluakí, pe ʻokú ne mahinoʻi ko ʻene papitaisó ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ia ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Hili ʻene papitaisó, ʻokú ne hoko ai ko ha faifekau fakanofo ʻokú ne fataki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová. Ko ha monū lahi mo ha fatongia mafatukituki fakatouʻosi eni. ʻOkú ne toe ʻai ʻa e tokotaha papitaisó ke ʻamanaki atu ai ki he fakamoʻui taʻengatá, ʻo fakatuʻunga ʻi heʻene hanganaki faitōnunga kia Sihová.—Mātiu 24:13.
12. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻoku haʻu fakataha mo e lāngilangi ʻo hono fataki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová?
12 Ko e moʻoni, ko ha lāngilangi makehe ia ke fataki ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻOtua māfimafi-aoniú, ʻa Sihova. Naʻe pehē ʻe he palōfita ko Maiká: “He ko e ngaahi kakai katoa ʻoku nau ʻaluʻaki taki taha ʻa e huafa ʻo hono ʻotua, pea ko kitautolu te tau ʻalu ʻaki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua, ʻo lauikuonga pea taʻengata.” (Maika 4:5) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku haʻu fakataha ʻa e lāngilangí ni mo ha fatongia. Kuo pau ke tau feinga ke moʻuiʻaki ʻetau moʻuí ʻi ha founga ʻoku ʻoatu ai ʻa e lāngilangí ki he huafa ʻoku tau fatakí. Hangē ko ia naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Lomá, kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke te fai ki he meʻa ʻokú te malangaʻí, ʻoku “lauʻikovi” ai ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá, pe hoko ʻo fakaongoongokoviʻi.—Loma 2:21-24.
13. Ko e hā ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he kau sevāniti fakatapui ʻa Sihová ʻa e fatongia ke faifakamoʻoni ʻo fekauʻaki mo honau ʻOtuá?
13 ʻI he taimi ʻoku hoko ai ha tokotaha ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻokú ne toe tali ai ʻa e fatongia ke faifakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo hono ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakaafeʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e puleʻanga fakatapui ʻo ʻIsilelí ke nau hoko ko ʻene kau fakamoʻoni koeʻuhi ke nau fakamoʻoni ki hono tuʻunga ʻOtua taʻengatá. (Aisea 43:10-12, 21) Ka naʻe ʻikai lava ke fakahoko ʻe he puleʻangá ʻa e fatongiá ni, pea naʻe faifai pē ʻo mole fakaʻaufuli ai meia kinautolu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku laukauʻaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke maʻu ʻa e monū ʻo e faifakamoʻoni kia Sihová. ʻOku tau fai peheé koeʻuhi ʻoku tau ʻofa kiate ia pea fakaʻamu ke fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa hono huafá. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau sīlongo lolotonga ia ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e moʻoni fekauʻaki mo ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní mo ʻene taumuʻá? ʻOku tau ongoʻi ʻo hangē ko e ongoʻi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi heʻene pehē: “Kuo tuku tonu ia kiate au; io, e malaia au, o kabau e ikai teu malaga aki ae ogoogolelei!”—1 Kolinito 9:16, PM.
14, 15. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngafa ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he kautaha ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻetau tupulaki fakalaumālié? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki ʻoku ala maʻu ke tokoniʻi fakalaumālie ʻaki kitautolú?
14 Ko e foʻi fehuʻi hono uá ʻoku toe fakamanatu ai ki he tokotaha teu papitaisó fekauʻaki mo hono fatongia ke ngāue fakataha mo e kautaha ʻoku tataki ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau fakamavaheʻi kitautolu ʻi he tauhi ki he ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ʻa e tokoni, poupou mo e fakalototoʻa ʻa e “feohiʻanga fakakātoa ʻo e fanga tokouá.” (1 Pita 2:17, NW; 1 Kolinito 12:12, 13) Ko e kautaha ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne fakahoko ha ngafa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻi heʻetau tupu fakalaumālié. ʻOkú ne tokonaki mai ha ʻū tohi Fakatohitapu lahi fau ʻa ia ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tupulaki ʻi he ʻilo totonú, ke fai fakapotopoto ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fetaulaki ai mo e ngaahi palopalemá, pea ke fakatupulekina ha vahaʻangatae vāofi mo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he hangē ha faʻē ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi ʻoku fafangaʻi lelei mo tokangaʻi ʻa ʻene tamá, ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ʻokú ne tokonaki mai ha meʻakai fakalaumālie taimi totonu lahi fau ki heʻetau laka ki muʻa fakalaumālié.—Mātiu 24:45-47, PM; 1 Tesalonaika 2:7, 8.
15 ʻI he ngaahi fakataha fakauiké, ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e akoʻi mo e fakalototoʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke hoko ai ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni faitōnunga ʻa Sihová. (Hepelu 10:24, 25) Ko e Ako Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí ʻoku akoʻi ai kitautolu ke lea ʻi he feituʻu kakaí, pea ko e Fakataha Ngāué ʻoku akoʻi ai kitautolu ke tau fakahoko ola lelei ʻetau pōpoakí. Fakatouʻosi ʻi heʻetau ngaahi fakatahá pea fakafou ʻi heʻetau ako fakafoʻituitui ʻa e ʻū tohi Fakatohitapú, ʻoku lava ke tau sio ai ki he ngāue ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová, ʻi hono tataki ʻa ʻene kautahá. Fakafou ʻi he ngaahi tokonaki tuʻumaʻu ko ení, ʻoku fakatokanga ai kia kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmakí, akoʻi kitautolu ke hoko ko e kau faifekau ola lelei, pea tokoniʻi kitautolu ke hanganaki ʻāʻā fakalaumālie.—Sāme 19:7, 8, 11; 1 Tesalonaika 5:6, 11; 1 Timote 4:13.
Ko e Fakaueʻiloto ki he Fili ʻOku Faí
16. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau fakatapui kia Sihová?
16 Ko e ongo foʻi fehuʻi papitaisó ʻoku fakamanatu ai ki he kau teu papitaisó ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e papitaiso ʻi he vaí mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻokú ne ʻomaí. Ko e hā leva ʻoku totonu ke ne ueʻi kinautolu ke fai ʻa e fili ke papitaisó? ʻOku tau hoko ko e kau ākonga papitaisó, ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí ʻoku fakamālohiʻi kitautolu ʻe ha taha, ka koeʻuhí ʻoku “tohoaki” kitautolu ʻe Sihova. (Sione 6:44) Koeʻuhi “ko e ʻOtua ko e ʻOfa,” ʻokú ne puleʻi ʻa e ʻunivēsí ʻaki ʻa e ʻofá, ʻo ʻikai ʻaki ʻa e fakamālohi. (1 Sione 4:8) ʻOku tohoakiʻi kitautolu kia Sihova ʻe hono ngaahi ʻulungāanga leleí pea ʻi he founga ʻo ʻene feangainga mo kitautolú. Naʻe foaki ʻe Sihova ʻa hono ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupú maʻatautolu, pea ʻomai kia kitautolu ʻa e kahaʻu lelei taha ʻe ala maʻú. (Sione 3:16) Ko ia ai, ʻoku ueʻi kitautolu ke tau foaki kiate ia—ke fakatapui kiate ia—ʻa ʻetau moʻuí.—Palovepi 3:9; 2 Kolinito 5:14, 15.
17. Ko e hā kuo ʻikai ke tau fakatapui kitautolu ki aí?
17 ʻOku tau fakatapui kitautolú, ʻo ʻikai ki ha tefitoʻi moʻoni pe ki ha ngāue, ka kia Sihova tonu. Ko e ngāue ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki hono kakaí ʻe liliu ia, ka ko ʻenau fakatapui kiate iá ʻe kei tatau ai pē ia. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e meʻa naʻá ne tala kia ʻĒpalahame ke ne faí naʻe kehe ʻaupito ia mei he meʻa naʻá ne tala kia Selemaia ke ne faí. (Senesi 13:17, 18; Selemaia 1:6, 7) Neongo ia, ko kinaua fakatouʻosi naʻá na fakahoko ʻa e ngafa makehe naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá kia kinaua ke na faí koeʻuhí naʻá na ʻofa kia Sihova pea holi ke fai ʻa hono finangaló ʻi he faitōnunga. Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko eni ʻo e ngataʻangá, ʻoku feinga kotoa ai ʻa e kau muimui papitaiso ʻo Kalaisí ke fakahoko ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Kalaisi ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ke ngaohi ākongá. (Mātiu 24:14; 28:19, 20) Ko hono fai ʻaufuatō ʻa e ngāue ko iá ko ha founga lelei ia ke fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku tau ʻofa ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní pea koeʻuhi ʻoku tau fakatapui moʻoni kiate ia.—1 Sione 5:3.
18, 19. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala fakahāhā ʻoku tau fai fakafou ʻi heʻetau papitaisó? (e) Ko e hā ʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
18 ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko e papitaisó ʻoku fakaʻatā mai ai ʻa e hala ki he ngaahi tāpuaki lahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko ha lākanga ia ke fakamaʻamaʻaʻi. (Luke 14:26-33) ʻOku fakahaaʻi ai ha fakapapau ke fakamuʻomuʻa ia ʻi he fatongia kehe kotoa pē. (Luke 9:62) ʻI heʻetau hoko ʻo papitaisó, ʻoku tau fai moʻoni ai ʻa e fakamatala fakahāhā: “Koe Otua ni ko ho tau Otua o lauikuoga bea taegata: te ne tauhi akitautolu o aʻu ki he mate.”—Sāme 48:14, PM.
19 Ko e kupu hoko maí ʻe sivisiviʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi lahi ange ʻe malanga hake nai ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e papitaiso ʻi he vaí. ʻOku ʻi ai nai ha ngaahi ʻuhinga totonu ke taʻotaʻofi ai ia ʻe ha tokotaha mei he papitaisó? ʻOku totonu ke hoko ko ha meʻa tefito ʻa e taʻumotuʻá? ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoni ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ki he molumalu ʻo e taimi papitaisó?
ʻE Lava Ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ki he Kalisitiane taki taha ke fakatomala ki muʻa ke papitaisó?
• Ko e hā ʻoku kau ʻi he fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻoku haʻu fakataha mo e lāngilangi ʻo hono fataki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová?
• Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke fai ʻa e fili ke papitaisó?
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Ko e Ongo Foʻi Fehuʻi Papitaisó
Makatuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, kuó ke fakatomalaʻi ʻa hoʻo ngaahi angahalá pea fakatapui koe kia Sihova ke fai hono finangaló?
ʻOkú ke mahinoʻi ko hoʻo fakatapuí mo e papitaisó ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ai koe ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he feohi mo e kautaha ʻoku tataki ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá?
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Ko e fakatapuí ko ha palōmesi molumalu ia ʻoku fai kia Sihova ʻi he lotu
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ʻOku fakahāhaaʻi ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá ʻa ʻetau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá