ʻOku Fakapaleʻi ʻa e Kātakí
1 “ʻI hoʻomou kītaki te mou maʻu mai homou laumālie.” (Luke 21:19) Ko e ngaahi lea ko iá, ʻa ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e konga ʻo e kikite ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e “fakaʻosi ʻo e kuonga,” ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ai kuo pau ke tau mateuteu ke fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi lahi ʻi heʻetau tauhi maʻu ʻetau anga-tonú. Ka ʻi he mālohi ʻo Sihová, ʻe lava ʻe kitautolu taki taha ʻo ‘kataki ke aʻu ki he ngataʻangá’ pea “moui.”—Mt. 24:3, 13; Fili. 4:13.
2 Ko e fakatangá, ngaahi palopalema fakaemoʻui leleí, ngaahi faingataʻa fakapaʻangá mo e faingataʻaʻia fakaeongó ʻe lava ke ne ʻai ke faingataʻa ʻaupito ai ʻa e ʻaho taki taha. Kae kehe, kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ngalo ʻiate kitautolu, ʻoku feinga ʻa Sētane ke maumauʻi ʻetau anga-tonu kia Sihová. Ko e ʻaho taki taha ʻoku tau mateaki tuʻumaʻu ai ki heʻetau Tamaí ko e toe ʻaho ia kuo tau kau ai ʻi hono ʻoatu ha tali ki he pole ʻa e Tokotaha-Manukí. He fakafiemālie ē ke ʻilo ko hotau ngaahi “loʻimata” ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ʻahiʻahí ʻoku ʻikai ke fakangaloʻi! ʻOku nau mahuʻinga kia Sihova, pea ko ʻetau anga-tonú ʻoku fakafiefiaʻi ai ʻa hono lotó!—Sāme 56:8; Pal. 27:11.
3 Siviʻi ʻe he Ngaahi ʻAhiʻahi: ʻOku lava ke fakahaaʻi ʻe he faingataʻá ha vaivaiʻanga ʻo e tuí pe ko ha mele fakafoʻituitui, hangē ko e pōlepolé pe taʻekātakí. ʻI he ʻikai ke tau kumi ke hola pe fakangata ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻaki ha ngaahi founga taʻefakatohitapú, kuo pau ke tau tokanga ki he faleʻi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke “tuku ke fai ʻe kataki ʻene ngaue ke haohaoa.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he ko hono kātakiʻi faitōnunga ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke hoko ʻo “haohaoa, mo tuʻu kakato.” (Sem. 1:2-4) ʻOku lava ʻe he kātakí ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke fakatupulekina ha ngaahi ʻulungāanga mahuʻinga, hangē ko e anga-fakaʻatuʻí, kaungāongoʻí mo e faimēsí.—Loma 12:15.
4 ʻAhiʻahiʻi ʻa e Tuí: ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau kātakiʻi ai ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ai ʻetau tuí ʻa ē ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi ʻi he ʻafio mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (1 Pita 1:6, 7) ʻOku teuʻi ʻe he tui peheé kitautolu ke hanganaki tuʻumaʻu he lolotonga ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi he kahaʻú. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻe lava ai ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi ai heni ʻetau ʻamanakí, ʻo ʻai ia ke moʻoni ange kiate kitautolu.—Loma 5:3-5.
5 Ko e pale tefito ʻo e kātakí ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ia ʻi he Semisi 1:12, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē: “Monuʻiaā ka ko e tangata ʻoku ne kataki ha ʻahiʻahi: he ʻo ka ʻosi hono sivi, te ne maʻu ai ʻa e kalauni ʻo e moʻui.” Ko ia ai, ʻofa ke tau hanganaki tuʻumaʻu ʻi heʻetau līʻoa kia Sihová, ʻo falala pau te ne fakapaleʻi lahi ʻa “kinautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia.”