Tūsite, Sepitema 2
ʻOku hakule ʻa e laumālié ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, naʻa mo e ngaahi meʻa loloto ʻa e ʻOtuá.—1 Kol. 2:10.
Kapau ʻokú ke ʻi ha fakatahaʻanga tokolahi pea ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai faʻa fakatokangaʻi ʻa e taimi ʻokú ke hiki nima aí, ʻe fakataueleʻi nai koe ke ke foʻi. Kae ʻoua ʻe tuku ʻa e feinga ke fai ha talí. Teuteu ke lahi ʻa e ngaahi tali ki he fakataha taki taha. Pea kapau leva ʻoku ʻikai fili koe ke ke tali ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo e akó, ʻe kei lahi pē ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ke ke tali ʻi he toenga ʻo e fakatahá. ʻI he teuteu ki he Ako Taua Leʻo, fakakaukau ki he felāveʻi ʻa e palakalafi taki taha mo e kaveinga ʻo e kupú. Kapau te ke fai ia, ʻoku ngalingali te ke maʻu ha tali ʻi he kotoa ʻo e lēsoní. ʻIkai ko ia pē, te ke teuteu nai ke tali ʻi he ngaahi palakalafi ʻoku lāulea ai ki he ngaahi moʻoni loloto angé ʻa ia ʻoku faingataʻa ange ke fakamatalaʻí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí ʻe tokosiʻi ange nai ʻa e niʻihi te nau pole ke tali lolotonga ʻa e konga ko ia ʻo e lēsoní. Kae fēfē, kapau ʻoku ʻikai pē ke maʻu hao faingamālie ke tali ʻi he hili atu ha ngaahi fakataha? Tala ange ki he faiakó ki muʻa ʻi he fakatahá ʻa e fehuʻi te ke saiʻia ke talí. w23.04 21-22 ¶9-10
Pulelulu, Sepitema 3
[Ko] Siosifa . . . [naʻá ne] fai ʻo hangē ko ia ko e fakahinohino kiate ia ʻa e ʻāngelo ʻa Sihová, peá ne ʻave ʻa hono uaifí ki hono ʻapí.—Māt. 1:24.
Naʻe ngāueʻaki loto-lelei ʻe Siosifa ʻa e tataki ʻa Sihová, pea naʻe ʻai ai ke ne hoko ko ha husepāniti lelei ange. Naʻe aʻu ʻo tuʻo tolu ʻene maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino mei he ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo hono fāmilí. ʻI he taimi taki taha, naʻá ne talangofua leva, naʻa mo e ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻuhinga iá ko hono fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu lahi. (Māt. 1:20; 2:13-15, 19-21) ʻI he muimui ki he tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe maluʻi ʻe Siosifa ʻa Mele, poupouʻi ia, pea tokonaki maʻana. Sioloto atu ki hono ʻai ʻe he ngaahi tōʻonga ʻa Siosifá ʻa Mele ke ne ʻofa mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahi ia! Ngaahi husepāniti, ʻe lava ke mou faʻifaʻitaki kia Siosifa ʻaki ʻa e kumi ki he faleʻi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohi Tapú ki hono tokangaʻi ho fāmilí. ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e faleʻi ko ení, neongo kapau ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ko hono fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu, ʻokú ke fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofa ki ho uaifí pea ʻokú ke fakaivimālohiʻi ai hoʻo nofo malí. Ko ha tuofefine ʻi Vanuatu, ʻa ia kuó ne mali ʻi he taʻu ʻe 20 tupu ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻI he taimi ʻoku kumi ai ʻa hoku husepānití ki he tataki ʻa Sihová pea ngāueʻaki iá, ʻoku ou fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahi ange ai ia. ʻOku ou ongoʻi malu, pea ʻoku ou falala pau ki heʻene ngaahi filí.” w23.05 21 ¶5
Tuʻapulelulu, Sepitema 4
ʻE ʻi ai ha hala lahi, ʻio, ko ha hala ʻoku ui ko e Hala ʻo e Māʻoniʻoní.—ʻAi. 35:8.
Ko e kau Siu naʻe foki mei Pāpiloné naʻe pau ke nau hoko “ko ha kakai māʻoniʻoni” ki honau ʻOtuá. (Teu. 7:6) Neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai ʻuhinga iá naʻe ʻikai toe fiemaʻu ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu koeʻuhi ke nau fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova. Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Siu naʻe fanauʻi ʻi Pāpiloné ʻoku ngalingali naʻa nau anga ki he ngaahi fakakaukau mo e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻa e kau Pāpiloné. ʻI he laui hongofuluʻi taʻu hili ʻa e toe foki ʻa e fuofua kau Siú ki ʻIsilelí, naʻe ʻohovale ʻa Kōvana Nehemaia ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ko e fānau naʻe fanauʻi ʻi ʻIsilelí naʻe ʻikai ke nau poto ʻi he lea ʻa e kau Siú. (Teu. 6:6, 7; Nehe. 13:23, 24) ʻE lava fēfē ke ako ʻa e fānau ko iá ke ʻofa mo lotu kia Sihova kapau naʻe ʻikai lava ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e lea faka-Hepeluú—ʻa e lea tefito naʻe hiki ai ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá? (ʻĒsela 10:3, 44) Ko ia ko e kau Siu ko iá naʻe pau ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu lahi, ka ʻe faingofua ange kiate kinautolu ke fai ʻa e ngaahi liliu ko iá ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻa ia naʻe kamata māmālie ke fakafoki ki ai ʻa e lotu maʻá.—Nehe. 8:8, 9. w23.05 15 ¶6-7