Ko ha Tofiʻa ʻe Lava Ke Ke Falala ki Ai
“KAPAU te ke maʻu ha fakatokanga ʻi he meilí mei ha ‘tokotaha’ ʻo pehē mai ai ʻoku ʻi ai ha tofiʻa ʻoku ʻikai fai ha tala ʻapi ki ai ʻe tatali mai kiate koe, tokanga. ʻE lava ke ke hoko ko ha tāketi ʻa ha tokotaha kākā olopoto.”
Ko ha fakatokanga ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he Ngāue Sivi Meili ʻa e ʻIunaite Seteté ʻi heʻene tuʻuʻanga Uepí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻe laui afe ha fakatokanga ʻi he meilí naʻe pehē mai ai, ‘Kuo mate hao kāinga pea kuó ne tuku kiate koe ha tofiʻa.’ Ko hono olá, naʻe meiliʻi ʻe he tokolahi ha totongi ko e $30 pe lahi ange ai ki ha ‘līpooti kelekele’ ʻe fakamatalaʻi mai ai tokua ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku tuʻu ai ʻa e tofiʻá mo e founga ʻe lava ke tala ʻapi ai ki aí. Naʻe siva fakamamahi ʻa ʻenau ʻamanakí. Ko e faʻahinga kotoa naʻa nau talí naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e fakamatala tatau—pea ko e faingamālie ki hono maʻu ʻe ha taha ha meʻá naʻe halaʻatā moʻoni.
Ko e ngaahi faʻufaʻu peheé naʻe hā fakamānako ia ki he holi fakanatula ʻa e kakaí ke maʻu ha tofiʻá. Neongo ia, ʻoku lau ʻi he tuʻunga lelei ʻa e Tohi Tapú ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻomai ha tofiʻá ʻi heʻene pehē: “Oku tuku ae tofia e he tagata agalelei ki he fānau a ene fānau.” (Palovepi 13:22, PM) Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toe taha ka ko Sīsū Kalaisi tonu naʻá ne fai ʻa e fakamatala ʻiloa mo koloaʻaki ko ení ʻi heʻene Malanga he Moʻungá: “Monūʻiaā ka ko e anga-vaivaí: he te nau maʻu ʻa e māmaní.”—Mātiu 5:5, King James Version.
ʻOku fakamanatu mai ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ke ne tohi ʻi he ngaahi senituli ki muʻá: “ʻE maʻu ʻe he anga-vaivaí ʻa e māmaní; pea te nau fiefia ʻi he lahi ʻo e melinó.”—Sāme 37:11, KJ.
‘Maʻu ʻa e māmaní’—ko ha ʻamanaki fakalotomāfana moʻoni! Ka ʻe lava ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻikai ko ha toe filioʻi kākā pē eni ʻe taha ʻoku faʻufaʻu ke toʻo ai mei he kakaí ha meʻa? ʻIo, te tau lava. Koeʻuhi ko e māmaní ko e konga ia ʻo e fakatupu fakaofo ʻa Sihová, ko ia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha-Ngaohi mo e Tokotaha-ʻOku-ʻOʻona ʻa e totonu fakalao ke foaki ia ko ha tofiʻa ki ha taha pē ʻokú ne fili. Fakafou ʻia Tuʻi Tēvita, naʻe fai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e talaʻofa fakaekikite ko ení ki Hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻangá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi: “Kole mai pea u ʻatu moʻo tofiʻa ʻa e ngaahi kakai, mo e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo mamani moʻo ʻinasi.” (Sāme 2:8) ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ení, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa Sīsū ko e tokotaha naʻe “tuʻutuʻuni [ʻe he ʻOtuá] ko e ʻea ʻe oʻona ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe.” (Hepelu 1:2) Ko ia ai, ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ʻa e falala kakato ko e taimi ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe Sīsū ko e anga-vaivaí te nau ‘maʻu ʻa e māmaní,’ naʻá ne fai ia ʻi he taumuʻa lelei, pea ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e mafai totonu ke fakahoko ʻa ʻene talaʻofá.—Mātiu 28:18.
Ko ia, ko e fehuʻi mahuʻingá eni, ʻE anga-fēfē ha hoko moʻoni ʻa e talaʻofa ko iá? Ko e feituʻu kotoa pē ʻoku tau sio ki ai he ʻaho ní, ʻoku hā ngali ko e fakaaoaó mo e anga-hikí ʻoku lavameʻa tahá pea ʻokú na fai ha meʻa pē ʻokú na fiemaʻú. Ko e hā leva ʻe toe maʻá e anga-vaivaí? Tānaki atu ki ai, ʻoku fakameleʻi ʻa e māmaní ʻe he ngaahi palopalema mafatukituki fakataha mo hono ʻuliʻi, pea ko hono ngaahi koloá ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ʻe he kau mānumanú mo e kau sio nounoú. ʻE faifai ange pea ʻi ai ha māmani ʻe taau ke maʻu? ʻOku mau fakaafeʻi atu kimoutolu ke mou lau ʻa e kupu hoko maí ke maʻu ai ʻa e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻí ni mo e ngaahi fehuʻi mahuʻinga kehe.
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