Fakahaaʻi ʻa e Houngaʻia ki he Ngaahi Koloa Fakateokalatí
1 ʻI hono fai ʻa e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ke monomono ʻa e temipalé, naʻe fakaongoongoleleiʻi ʻe Tuʻi Siosaia ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe vaheʻi ke nau fai ʻa e ngāué, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Nae ikai ha eke e fai kiate kinautolu i he gaahi baaga nae atu ki ho nau nima, koeuhi naa nau fai agatonu be.” (2 Tuʻi 22:3-7, PM) Ko e houngaʻia naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau tangata ko iá ki he ngaahi meʻa toputapú naʻe hā mahino ia ʻi he founga ʻo ʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi koloa naʻe tuku kia kinautolú. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi heʻetau kau ki he ngāue māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku fiemaʻu tatau ke tau fakahaaʻi ʻa e anga-tonu ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi koloa ʻoku ʻomai kia kitautolú.
2 ʻI he Malaʻe Fakafaifekaú: Ko e houngaʻia ʻi he pōpoaki mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻoku ʻi heʻetau ʻū tohí mo e lāuʻilo ki he fakamole ʻoku kau ki hono ngaohi iá ʻokú ne fakatupunga ai ke tau fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ia. ʻOku ʻikai totonu ke tau tuʻuaki tavale ʻetau ʻū tohí ki he faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakahaaʻi ha houngaʻia moʻoni ki he pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú. Kapau ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe ha taha ha mahuʻingaʻia siʻisiʻi ʻi he ongoongo leleí, te tau tuʻuaki nai kiate ia ha tuleki kae ʻikai ko e ʻū tohi kehé.
3 Tufaki ʻa e ʻū tohí ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e tokanga ki hono mahuʻingá. Fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono tuku ia ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu kakai ʻa ia ʻe hoko ai ʻo movete takai holo pē. Ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono fakamoleki noaʻiá, vakaiʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke maʻu ʻi ʻapí ki muʻa ke toe ʻomai ha ʻū tohi lahi ange. Kapau ʻokú ke maʻu tuʻumaʻu ha toenga lahi ʻo e ʻīsiu taki taha ʻo e ʻū makasiní, vakaiʻi ke holoki hoʻo ʻotá.
4 ʻŪ Tohi ke Ngāueʻaki Fakafoʻituitui: ʻOku totonu ke tau ʻota pē ʻa e ʻū tohi ʻoku tau fiemaʻu moʻoní. ʻOku tautefito ʻa e totonu ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono kole ʻa e ngaahi Tohitapu takafi molū, Reference Bible, mo e ʻū tohi lalahi kehé, hangē ko e Concordance, Index, ongo voliume Insight, mo e tohi Proclaimers, ʻa ia ʻoku ngaohi kotoa ia ʻi he tuʻunga fakamole lahi.
5 ʻOkú ke manatuʻi ke tohiʻi ho hingoá mo e tuʻasilá ʻi hoʻo ngaahi tatau fakafoʻituitui ʻo e ʻū tohí? ʻOku tokoni eni ke fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ke toe maʻu ha ngaahi fetongi ki he ʻū tohi ʻoku tukuhalaʻí. Kapau ʻe mole haʻo tohi hiva, Tohitapu, pe tohi ako, te ke maʻu nai ia ʻi he ʻū meʻa mole ʻoku tānaki ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá pe feituʻu ʻasemipilií.—Luke 15:8, 9.
6 Tau feinga ke ngāue fakapotopoto ʻaki ʻetau ʻū tohí. Ko ha founga eni ke fakahāhā ai ʻetau faitotonu ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻetau ngaahi koloa ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻa ia kuo tuku mai ʻe Sihova kia kitautolú.—Luke 16:10.