Tokonaki, Nōvema 8
Ko e ulo ʻa e ʻofá ko ha afi kakaha, ko e ulo meia Iā. Heʻikai lava ke tāmateʻi ʻa e ʻofá ʻe he ngaahi vai ʻoku tafe mālohí, pea heʻikai lava ke tafiʻi atu ia ʻe he ngaahi vaitafé.—Hiva. 8:6, 7.
He fakamatala fakaʻofoʻofa ē fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa moʻoní! Ko e ngaahi lea ko ení ʻoku maʻu ai ha moʻoni fakatupu tuipau ki he ngaahi hoa malí: ʻE lava ke mo tauʻaki fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa heʻikai kaʻangá. Ko hono maʻu ʻe ha ongo meʻa mali ʻa e ʻofa heʻikai kaʻangá lolotonga ʻena kei moʻuí ʻoku fakatuʻunga pē ʻiate kinaua. Ke fakatātaaʻí, ko ha afi ʻoku tafu ʻoku malava ke moʻui pē ʻo ʻikai ʻosiʻosi—kapau pē ʻoku tafunaki. Kapau heʻikai ke tolo maʻu pē ia, ʻe faai atu pē ʻo mate ʻa e afí. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e ʻofa ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha husepāniti mo ha uaifi ʻe lava ke mālohi ai pē ʻo ʻikai ʻosi—kapau pē te na fakaivimālohiʻi hona vahaʻangataé. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻe ongoʻi ʻe ha ongo meʻa ko ʻena ʻofá ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke momoko, tautefito ʻi he taimi ʻoku lōmekina ai kinaua ʻe ha faingataʻa fakapaʻanga, mahamahakí pe ko e ngaahi pole ʻo hono ʻohake ʻa e fānaú. Ko ia ke tauhi ke moʻui ʻa e “ulo meia Iā,” ko e husepānití mo e uaifí fakatouʻosi ʻoku totonu ke na ngāue ke maʻu ha vahaʻangatae mālohi mo Sihova. w23.05 20-21 ¶1-3
Sāpate, Nōvema 9
ʻOua naʻá ke ilifia.—Tan. 10:19.
Ke fakatupulekina ʻa e loto-toʻá, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau faí? ʻE fakaʻaiʻai nai kitautolu ʻe heʻetau mātuʻá ke tau hoko ʻo loto-toʻa, ka heʻikai lava ke nau tuku mai ʻa e ʻulungaanga ko ení kiate kitautolu ʻo hangē pē ia ko ha koloa tukufakaholo fakafāmilí. Ko hono maʻu ʻa e loto-toʻá ʻoku hangē ia ko hano ako ha pōtoʻi foʻou. Ko e founga ʻe taha ʻe lava ke ke mataotao ʻi he pōtoʻi ko iá ko hono siofi fakalelei ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e faiakó pea faʻifaʻitaki leva ki ai. ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, ʻoku tau ako ke hoko ʻo loto-toʻa ʻaki ʻa e siofi fakalelei ʻa e founga ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻa e ʻulungaanga ko ení pea faʻifaʻitaki leva ki ai. Hangē ko Tanielá, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kuo pau ke tau langa hake ha haʻi vāofi mo Sihova ʻaki ʻa e talanoa tauʻatāina maʻu pē kiate ia. Pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau falala kia Sihova, ʻo tuipau ʻoku tau maʻu ʻene tokoní. Pea ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi ai ʻetau tuí, te tau hoko ʻo loto-toʻa. Ko e kakai loto-toʻá ʻoku nau faʻa maʻu ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa e niʻihi kehé. ʻE lava foki ke nau toe tohoakiʻi ʻa e kakai loto-totonú kia Sihova. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga lelei ke fakatupulekina ai ʻa e loto-toʻá. w23.08 2 ¶2; 4 ¶8-9
Mōnite, Nōvema 10
Fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.—1 Tes. 5:21.
Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ʻoku liliu ko e “fakapapauʻi” naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻo felāveʻi mo hono siviʻi ʻa e ngaahi mētale mahuʻingá. Ko ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau siviʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau fanongo ki aí pe ko e meʻa ʻoku tau laú ke fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku moʻoni. ʻE toe mahuʻinga ange eni kiate kitautolu ʻi he fakaofi mai ko ia ʻa e fuʻu mamahi lahí. ʻI he ʻikai ke tali tavale ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he niʻihi kehé, ʻoku tau ngāueʻaki ʻetau malava fakaefakakaukaú ke fakahoa ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau laú pe ko e meʻa ʻoku tau fanongo ki aí pea mo e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú mo e kautaha ʻa Sihová. ʻI hono fai iá, heʻikai ke kākaaʻi ai kitautolu ʻe ha fakamatala fakangalilelei pe faʻufaʻu fakatēmeniō. (Pal. 14:15; 1 Tīm. 4:1) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kulupu, ko e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá te nau hao atu ʻi he fuʻu mamahi lahí. Neongo ia, ko kitautolu tāutaha ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻiloʻi pe ko e hā ʻe hoko ʻapongipongí. (Sēm. 4:14) Ka neongo ia, tatau ai pē pe te tau moʻui atu ʻi he fuʻu mamahi lahí pe mate ki muʻa ai, ʻe fakapaleʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá kapau ʻoku tau nofoʻaki faitōnunga. ʻOfa ke tau tokangataha kotoa ki heʻetau ʻamanaki fakaofó pea hanganaki mateuteu ki he ʻaho ʻo Sihová! w23.06 13 ¶15-16