Tau Magafaoa, Kia Fakaheke e Atua ko e Vala he Fakapotopotoaga Hana
“To fakamonu au kia Iehova ki mua he fakapotopotoaga.”—SALAMO 26:12.
1. Ko e heigoa e vala ne mua he tapuakiaga moli he lafi atu ke he fakaakoaga mo e liogi he kaina?
KO E tapuaki ki a Iehova kua nakai putoia hokoia e liogi mo e fakaakoaga he Tohi Tapu he kaina ka ko e gahua foki ko e vala he fakapotopotoaga he Atua. Ko Isaraela he vaha i tuai kua poaki ke “fakapotopoto ai . . . e motu, ko e tau tane, mo e tau fifine, mo e tau tama ikiiki,” ke ako e matafakatufono he Atua ti o he puhala hana. (Teutaronome 31:12; Iosua 8:35) Ko e tau momotua katoa mo e ‘tau fuata mo e tau tamāfine’ kua fakamalolo ke fakaheke auloa e higoa a Iehova. (Salamo 148:12, 13) Kua pihia foki e tau fakaholoaga he fakapotopotoaga Kerisiano. He tau Fale he Kautu he lalolagi katoa, ko e tau tagata tane, tau fifine, mo e fanau kua putoia noa ke he tau fakaholoaga ne fakalataha ki ai e toloaga, mo e tokologa ne lahi e fiafia he fai vala i ai.—Heperu 10:23-25.
2. (a) Ko e ha ne eke ai e tauteuteaga mo mena aoga lahi he lagomatai e tau tama ikiiki ke fiafia ke he tau feleveiaaga? (e) Ha hai e fifitakiaga ne mua ue atu?
2 Moli, ke lagomatai e tau tama ikiiki ke fai fakatokaaga mau he gahua fakapotopotoaga kua nakai mukamuka foki ni. Kaeke kua nakai fiafia falu fanau ne fakatauo e tau matua ke he tau feleveiaaga, ko e heigoa mogoia e lekua? Moli, tokologa e fanau ne ku e magaaho fanogonogo ti kua mukamuka ke fiu. Kua lata he tauteute tuai ke lagomatai e mena nei. Ka nakai tauteute tuai, kua nakai maeke e fanau ke fai vala he tau feleveiaaga ke he puhala aoga. (Tau Fakatai 15:23) Ka nakai tauteute tuai, to uka ia lautolu ke tupu fakaagaga ko e mena ka ta mai e fiafia moli. (1 Timoteo 4:12, 15) Ko e heigoa kua lata ke taute? Fakamua, lata he tau matua ke huhu hifo ki a lautolu ni kua tauteute tuai nakai a lautolu ma e tau feleveiaaga. Ko e fakafifitakiaga ha lautolu ko e fakaohoohoaga malolo lahi. (Luka 6:40) Ko e fakatokatoka fakamitaki he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa kua eke foki mo vala aoga lahi.
Feaki Hake e Loto
3. He magahala he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa, ko e ha kua lata ke fakamakamaka ke taute e tau laliaga ke ati hake e tau loto, ti ko e heigoa ne kua lata mo e mena nei?
3 Ko e fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ko e magaaho nakai ke fakapuke hokoia e tau ulu aki e iloilo ka ke feaki hake e tau loto. Kua lata ai ke mataala ke he tau mena vihi ne fehagai mo lautolu he magafaoa mo e ke fefakaalofaaki. Ko Iehova ko e ‘kamatamata he loto.’—1 Nofoaga he Tau Patuiki 29:17.
4. (a) Ko e heigoa e kakano ke “nakai fai manamanatu”? (e) Ko e heigoa ne putoia he ‘moua e iloilo’?
4 Ko e heigoa ne kitia e Iehova he magaaho ne kamatamata e ia e tau loto he fanau ha tautolu? Tokologa ia lautolu ka talahau kua fakaalofa a lautolu ke he Atua, mo e ko e mena ke nava a ia. Ka ko ia ne fuata po kua fakaako laia hagaao ki a Iehova kua fakakaupa e mena iloa ke he tau puhala a Iehova. Ha kua nakai la mahani lahi a ia, liga “kua nakai fai manamanatu” a ia, tuga ne fakakite he Tohi Tapu. Liga kua nakai kelea oti e tau manatu hana, ka kua fai magaaho ke ta mai e loto ke he tuaga ka fakafiafia moli e Atua. Kua putoia e mena nei ke ta mai e tau manatu, tau manako, tau manako lahi, tau manamanatuaga, mo e tau foliaga he moui ke fakalautatai mo e mena ne talia he Atua, ke hoko atu ke he mena kua fahia ma e tau tagata nakai mitaki katoatoa. Ka taute he taha tagata e fakahakohakoaga pihia ke he tagata i loto ke he puhala mahani Atua, “kua moua e ia e iloilo.”—Tau Fakatai 9:4; 19:8.
5, 6. Maeke fefe he tau matua ke lagomatai e fanau ha lautolu ke ‘moua e iloilo’?
5 Maeke nakai e tau matua ke lagomatai e fanau ha lautolu ke ‘moua e iloilo’? Moli, nakai fakai he taha tagata ke fakamitaki e loto he taha tagata. Kua igatia a tautolu ke ataina ke fifili, mo e falanaki lahi ni ke he mena ne fakaata e tautolu a tautolu ke manamanatu ki ai. Ka e, ka fakalataha mo e manamanatuaga, kua fa mahani e tau matua ke futia e tama ha lautolu, iloa ai e loto mo e lagomatai ki ai. Fakaaoga e tau huhu tuga anei ‘Fefe e manatu hau ke he mena nei?’ mo e ‘Ko e heigoa ne manako moli a koe ke taute?’ Ti, fanogonogo fakaeneene. Aua neke fakafuafua. (Tau Fakatai 20:5) Ko e logonaaga he mahani totonu, maama, mo e fakaalofa kua aoga ka manako a koe ke hokotia ke he loto.
6 Ke fakamalolo e tau manatu mitaki, lata ke fakatutala tumau ke he tau fua he agaga—ke he tau fakahagaaoaga oti i ai—mo e gahua auloa ko e magafaoa ke fakagahuahua ai. (Kalatia 5:22, 23) Kia feaki hake e fakaalofa ma Iehova mo Iesu Keriso mo e nakai talahau noa kua lata a tautolu ke fakaalofa ki a laua, ka kia tutala ko e ha ne fakaalofa a tautolu ki a laua mo e puhala kua maeke ia tautolu ke fakatata e fakaalofa ia. (2 Korinito 5:14, 15) Kia fakamalolo e manako ke taute e mena hako he manamanatu ke he tau fua ka tupu mai ai. Feaki hake e manako ke fakaheu e tau manatu, vagahau, mo e mahani hepe he tutala ke he tau mena kelea ka tutupu mai he tau mena ia. (Amosa 5:15; 3 Ioane 11) Fakakite e puhala kua maeke he tau manatu, vagahau, mo e mahani—mitaki po ke kelea—ke lauia e fakafetuiaga he tagata mo Iehova.
7. Ko e heigoa kua lata ke lagomatai e fanau ke fehagai mo e tau mena vihi mo e ke taute e tau fifiliaga ka fakatumau a lautolu ke fakatata ki a Iehova?
7 Ka fai lekua mogoia e tama po ke manako ke taute e fifiliaga aoga, liga huhu a tautolu ki a ia: ‘Fefe e onoonoaga a Iehova ke he mena nei he fakalata e koe? Ko e heigoa e iloaaga hau ki a Iehova ati talahau e koe e tala ia? Kua liogi nakai a koe ki a ia hagaao ki ai?’ Kamata tuai ai, kia lagomatai e fanau hau ke feaki hake e fakaholoaga he moui ne kua fakatumau ke iloa tonu e finagalo he Atua ti taute ai. He tatatata lahi e fakafetuiaga fakatagata ha lautolu mo Iehova, to kitia e lautolu e fiafia he o fano he tau puhala hana. (Salamo 119:34, 35) To feaki hake he mena nei ia lautolu e fakaaue ma e monuina he fakalataha mo e fakapotopotoaga he Atua moli.
Tauteute Tuai ma e Tau Feleveiaaga he Fakapotopotoaga
8. (a) Ko e heigoa ka lagomatai a tautolu ke lafi ke he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa e tau mena oti ne lata ke fehagai ki ai? (e) Fefe e aoga he fakaakoaga nei?
8 Ha ha ai loga e tama lekua ne kua lata ke fakatutala he magaaho fakaako fakamagafaoa. Maeke fefe ia koe ke fehagai ke he tau mena oti ia? Kua nakai fakai ke taute e tau mena oti he magaaho taha. Ti liga lagomatai ki a koe ke tohi hifo. (Tau Fakatai 21:5) Kia fai magaaho ti liu mogoia fakaati mo e mailoga e tau mena kua latatonu ke taute. Fakamakutukutu atu ke he holo ki mua ha lautolu takitokotaha he magafaoa. Ko e fakaholoaga nei ma e fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ko e vala ne mua he fakaakoaga faka-Kerisiano, ke mautali a tautolu ma e moui he mogonei mo e tauteute a tautolu ma e moui tukulagi ka hoko mai.—1 Timoteo 4:8.
9. Ko e heigoa e tau foliaga hagaao ke he tauteute tuai ma e feleveiaaga ka liga gahua fakahaga a tautolu ki ai he magahala he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ha tautolu?
9 Putoia nakai e tauteuteaga ma e tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ha mutolu? Ha ha ai loga e tau mena taute ka fakatutala a mutolu ki ai he fakaako auloa a mutolu. Ko e falu mena nei ka liga hokotia la e taute ki ai he tau fahitapu, tau mahina, po ke he tau tau. Onoono la ke he tau foliaga nei; (1) kia igatia mai he magafaoa mo e mautali ke tali he tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga; (2) kia igatia ke lali ke tali ke he tau kupu hana ni; (3) fakalataha foki e tau kupu Tohi Tapu he tau tali; mo e (4) kumikumi ke he mena ne fakaako ki ai mo e manamanatu ke he puhala ka fakagahuahua ai. Ko e tau mena nei ka lagomatai e tau tagata takitokotaha ke taute e kupu moli ma hana ni.—Salamo 25:4, 5.
10. (a) Maeke fefe a tautolu ke mataala ke he tau feleveiaaga takitaha ha tautolu he fakapotopotoaga? (e) Ko e ha kua aoga lahi e mena nei?
10 Pete kua fakave mau e fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ha mutolu ke he fakaholoaga he Kolo Toko he fahitapu, aua neke nimo e aoga he tauteute tuai takitokotaha po ke he magafaoa ma e Fakaakoaga Tohi he Fakapotopotoaga, he Aoga Fekafekau Fakateokarasi, mo e he Feleveiaaga Fekafekau. Kua aoga foki e tau vala nei he polokalama ke fakaako a tautolu ke o he puhala a Iehova. Liga maeke ia koe he falu magaaho ke tauteute tuai ma e tau feleveiaaga ko e matakau he magafaoa. Ha ko e ha mutolu a gahua auloa, to tolomaki e puhala fakaako. Ko e fua, to lahi e mitaki ka moua mai he tau feleveiaaga ia. Ke he falu mena foki, kia tutala ke he tau fua mitaki he tauteute tumau ma e tau feleveiaaga nei mo e ke he aoga he fakatoka e magaaho tonu ma e mena ia.—Efeso 5:15-17.
11, 12. Maeke fefe e tauteuteaga ma e lologo he fakapotopotoaga ke lagomatai a tautolu, mo e liga taute fefe e mena nei?
11 He Fonoaga “Puhala Moui he Atua,” kua fakamafana mai ki a tautolu ke tauteute tuai ma e taha vala he tau feleveiaaga ha tautolu—ko e lologo. Kua taute pihia nakai e koe? Ke taute pihia ka lagomatai a tautolu ke fakamau e kupu moli he Tohi Tapu he tau manamanatuaga mo e loto ha tautolu mo e fakatolomaki e fiafia ha tautolu ke he tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga.
12 Ko e tauteute tuai ne putoia ai e totou mo e fakatutala ke he kakano he tau kupu he falu lologo ne setulu ka lagomatai a tautolu ke lologo mai he loto. I Isaraela he vaha i tuai, kua fakaaoga lahi e tau kanavaakau leo kofe he tapuakiaga. (1 Nofoaga he Tau Patuiki 25:1; Salamo 28:7) Fai tagata nakai he magafaoa hau ne ta taha kanavaakau leo kofe? Ko e ha he ta e kanavaakau ia ka tauteute tuai taha he tau lologo he Kautu ma e fahitapu, oti ti uhu e lologo ko e magafaoa. Taha puhala foki ke fakaaoga e tau lologo ne tapaki. He falu motu ne fulufuluola e tau leo lologo he tau matakainaga ha tautolu ka e nakai fai kanavaakau leo kofe. He o a lautolu he tau puhala tu po ke gahua he fonua, ne fa fiafia a lautolu ke uhu e tau lologo ne setulu ma e tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga he fahitapu ia.—Efeso 5:19.
Tauteute Tuai Fakamagafaoa ma e Fekafekauaga he Fonua
13, 14. Ko e ha ne uho lahi ai e tau fakatutalaaga fakamagafaoa ne tauteute e tau loto ha tautolu ke omaoma ma e fekafekauaga he fonua?
13 Ke fakamatala ke he falu hagaao ki a Iehova mo e hana finagalo ko e vala ne mua he tau momoui ha tautolu. (Isaia 43:10-12; Mataio 24:14) Pete he fuata po ke motua, kua olioli a tautolu ke he gahua nei mo e lahi e mena ka moua ane mai ka tauteute tuai a tautolu. Ka e maeke fefe a tautolu ke taute e mena nei he magafaoa?
14 Tatai mo e tau mena oti ne putoia ke he tapuakiaga ha tautolu, kua aoga lahi ke tauteute e tau loto ha tautolu ke omaoma. Kua lata ia tautolu ke tutala nakai ni ke he mena ka taute e tautolu ka e pihia foki ke he kakano ka taute ai e tautolu. He vaha he Patuiki ko Iehosafata, kua foaki ke he tau tagata e fakatufono faka-Atua, ka e tala mai e Tohi Tapu ki a tautolu ne “nakaila taute ai he motu ha lautolu a tau loto ke omaoma.” Ne toka ai e lautolu ha lalu tau loto ke mukamuka ke kamatamata, ko e mena ka uta kehe mai a lautolu he tapuakiaga moli. (2 Nofoaga he Tau Patuiki 20:33; 21:11) Ko e foliaga ha tautolu, nakai ni ke hokotaki e tau matahola he fekafekauaga he fonua, nakai ke tufa noa foki he tau tohi. Ko e fekafekauaga ha tautolu kua lata mo fakakiteaga he fakaalofa ha tautolu ma Iehova mo e he fakaalofa ha tautolu ma e tau tagata ne kua lata ke fifili e moui. (Heperu 13:15) Ko e gahua ne kua eke a tautolu mo ‘tau ekegahua fakalataha mo e Atua.’ (1 Korinito 3:9) Ko e monuina ha ia! He fakalataha a tautolu ke he fekafekauaga, kua kaufakalataha a tautolu mo e tau agelu tapu. (Fakakiteaga 14:6, 7) Ko e magaaho mitaki ni a ia ke ati hake e loto fakaaue he tau fakatutalaaga fakamagafaoa, pete he fakaakoaga fakafahitapu ha tautolu po ke he magaaho ka tutala ke he matapatu kupu kua lata he Examining the Scriptures Daily!
15. Mogo fe ka tauteute tuai a tautolu ma e fekafekauaga he fonua ko e magafaoa?
15 Kua fakaaoga nakai e koe taha magaaho he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa hau ke lagomatai falu he kaina ke tauteute tuai ma e fekafekauaga he fonua he fahitapu? Ko e taute pihia ka moua e aoga lahi. (2 Timoteo 2:15) Kua maeke he mena ia ke foaki e kakano mitaki mo e fakatolomaki e fekafekau ha lautolu. He falu magaaho, liga fakato e koe taha fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ma e tauteuteaga pihia. Ka ke taute mau, liga fehagai a koe mo e falu fahi he fekafekauaga he fonua he tutala fakaku he fakaotiaga he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa po ke he falu mogo he fahitapu.
16. Tutala ke he tau mena uho takitaha he tau lakaaga ne tohi he paratafa.
16 Liga lata e tau fakaakoaga he magafaoa ke mataala ke he tau lakaaga nei, tuga na ne mui mai: (1) Tauteute fakamua e fakafeleveiaaga ne kua fakafita ki ai fakalataha mo e kupu ke totou mai he Tohi Tapu ka lata mo e magaaho. (2) Kia mailoga kua igatia mo e kato gahua he fonua, Tohi Tapu, tama pepa tote, polo pene po ke penetala, tau tuleke, mo e falu tohi foki kua nakai kiva. Ko e kato he fekafekauaga kua nakai lata ke tau uka, ka ke maopoopo. (3) Tutala ke he matakavi mo e ke taute fefe e fakamatalaaga he magaaho noa. Kia muitua ke he tau lakaaga takitaha he fakaakoaga nei mo e fai magaaho ke gahua auloa he fekafekauaga he fonua. Kia foaki e tau lagomataiaga, ka e aua neke fakatonu ke he tau mena loga.
17, 18. (a) Ko e puhala fe ka tauteute tuai ai ko e magafaoa ka lagomatai ke fua loga e fekafekauaga he fonua ha tautolu? (e) Ko e heigoa e vala he tauteute tuai nei ka taute he tau fahitapu takitaha?
17 Ko e vala lahi he gahua ne kotofa e Iesu ke he hana tau tutaki ko e taute tutaki. (Mataio 28:19, 20) Ke taute tutaki kua mua atu he fakamatala. Kua lata ke fakaako. Maeke fefe he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa hau ke lagomatai a koe ke lauia mitaki e mena nei?
18 Ko e magafaoa, fakatutala ko hai kua lata ke liliu aahi atu ki ai. Falu ia lautolu ne talia e tau tohi; falu ne fanogonogo noa. Kua feleveia mo lautolu he gahua he taha fale ke he taha fale po ke he fakamatalaaga he magaaho noa he makete po ke he aoga. Kia toka e Kupu he Atua ke takitaki a koe. (Salamo 25:9; Esekielu 9:4) Fifili ko hai ka manako ia mutolu takitokotaha ke liliu ahi he fahitapu ia ni. Ko e heigoa ka tutala ki ai? Maeke he fakatutalaaga fakamagafaoa ke lagomatai takitokotaha ke tauteute tuai. Tohi hifo e tau kupu Tohi Tapu kua lata ke tutala mo lautolu ne fiafia mai pihia foki mo e tau manatu mai he porosua Ko e Heigoa e Manako he Atua ma Tautolu? po ke tohi Iloilo ne Takitaki Atu ke he Moui Tukulagi. Aua neke to lahi e tutala ke he taha ni e tagata. Toka mo e tagata he fale e huhu ka maeke ke tali he taha mogo. Lata ke eke mo vala he fakaholoaga fakamagafaoa he fahi tapu ke fakatoka ko e tagata fe ka liu taha ke aahi, ko e mogo fe ka aahi a lautolu, mo e ko e heigoa e foliaga hana. He taute pehenei ka lagomatai e magafaoa katoa ke fua loga e fekafekauaga he fonua.
Fakatumau ke Fakaako a Lautolu ke he Puhala a Iehova
19. Kaeke ke fakatumau a lautolu he magafaoa ke o he puhala a Iehova, ko e heigoa kua lata ia lautolu ke iloa, mo e ko e heigoa ne lafi ke he mena nei?
19 Ke eke mo ulu he magafaoa he lalolagi kelea nei ko e mena uka. Kua lali a Satani mo e hana tau temoni ke moumou e moui fakaagaga he tau fekafekau ha Iehova. (1 Peteru 5:8) Taha mena foki, kua ha ha ai he vaha nei loga e tau peehiaga ki a mutolu e tau matua, mua atu ki a mutolu e tau matua tokotaha. Kua uka lahi ke moua taha magaaho ke taute e tau mena oti ne manako a koe ke taute. Ka kua aoga lahi ai, pete ni ka fakagahuahua e koe taha ni e lagomataiaga he magaaho, mo e fakatolomaki fakahaga e polokalama he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa hau. He kitia a lautolu ne tata lahi mai ki a koe kua o fakamoli he puhala a Iehova ko e palepale loto mafanatia haia. Ke tomafola he o he puhala a Iehova, kua lata ia lautolu he magafaoa ke moua e fiafia he o ke he tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga mo e he fakalataha ke he fekafekauaga he fonua. Ke moli e mena ia, kua lata ke tauteute tuai—ko e tauteute tuai ne ati hake e loto mo e mautali a tautolu takitokotaha ke moua e fakalatahaaga fai kakano.
20. Ko e heigoa ka lagomatai e tau matua loga ke iloa e puhala fiafia ne fakakite he 3 Ioane 4?
20 Hagaao ki a lautolu ne lagomatai fakaagaga e ia, ne tohi he aposetolo ko Ioane: “Nakai fai fiafia au ke mua ke he mena nai, ka fanogonogo au, kua mahani e fanau haku kua lata mo e kupu moli.” (3 Ioane 4) Ko e tau fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ne takitaki mo e iloa moli e foliaga he loto mo e tau ulu magafaoa ne fehagai ke he puhala totonu mo e lagomatai e tau manako takitokotaha ha lautolu he magafaoa kua maeke ke lahi e mena ka taute ke lagomatai e magafaoa ke fakalataha ke he fiafia ia. He feaki e loto fakaaue ma e puhala moui he Atua, hane lagomatai he tau matua ha lautolu a magafaoa ke olioli e moui mitaki ue atu.—Salamo 19:7-11.
Maeke Nakai a Koe ke Fakamaama?
◻ Ko e ha ne aoga lahi e tauteute tuai ma e fanau ha tautolu?
◻ Maeke fefe he tau matua ke lagomatai ha lautolu a fanau ke ‘moua e iloilo’?
◻ Maeke fefe he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa ke lagomatai a tautolu he tauteute tuai ma e tau feleveiaaga oti?
◻ Maeke fefe he tauteute tuai auloa ko e magafaoa ma e fekafekauaga he fonua ke lagomatai a tautolu ke lauia mitaki?
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Liga putoia ke he fakaakoaga fakamagafaoa foki hau e tauteute tuai ma e tau feleveiaaga he fakapotopotoaga
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Ke tauteute tuai e tau lologo he tau feleveiaaga ka aoga