14. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he fakatapui ʻa e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú?

¹⁴ Ko e papitaiso ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú kuo pau foki ke muʻomuʻa ai ha fakatapui loto-ʻaufuatō ki he ʻOtuá. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he fakatapuí ha fakamavaheʻi ki ha taumuʻa toputapu. Ko e lākanga ko ʻení ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga he ʻoku totonu ke tau fakahā kia Sihova ʻi he lotu ʻetau fili ke ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e anga-līʻoa maʻataʻataá ʻo taʻengata. (Teutalonome 5:9) Ko hono moʻoní, ko ʻetau fakatapuí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fai ia ki ha ngāue pe ki ha tangata ka ki he ʻOtuá tonu.

15. Ko e hā ʻoku fou ai ʻa e kau teu papitaisó ʻi he fakaukú?

¹⁵ ʻI heʻetau fakatapui ʻa kitautolu tonu ki he ʻOtuá fakafou ʻia Kalaisí, ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi ai ha fakapapau ke ngāueʻaki ʻetau moʻuí ʻi hono fai ʻa e finangalo fakaʻotuá ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú. ʻI hono fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e fakatapui ko iá, ʻoku fou ai ʻa e kau teu papitaisó ʻi he fakauku ʻi he vaí, naʻa mo Sīsū naʻe papitaiso ia ʻi he Vaitafe Sioataní ko e fakaʻilongaʻi ʻo e foaki ʻo ia tonu ki he ʻOtuá. (Mātiu 3:13) ʻOku taau ke fakatokangaʻi naʻe lotu ʻa Sīsū ʻi he foʻi taimi mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko iá.​—Luke 3:​21, 22.

16. ʻE malava fēfē ke fakahāhaaʻi totonu ʻetau fiefiá ʻi heʻetau sio ki he papitaiso ʻo e kakaí?

¹⁶ Ko e papitaiso ʻo Sīsuú ko ha meʻa naʻe mafatukituki ka naʻe fakafiefia. ʻOku pehē pē ʻa e papitaiso faka-Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻaho ní. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau sio ai ki he kakaí ʻoku nau fakaʻilongaʻi ʻenau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi nai ʻetau fiefiá ʻaki ʻa e pasipasi anga-fakaʻapaʻapa mo e fakaongoongolelei loto-māfana. Ka ko e kaikaila fiefia, mapu, mo e ngaahi tōʻonga peheé ʻoku fai ʻa e fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai ʻi he fakakaukau ki he toputapu ʻo e fakahāhaaʻi ko ʻeni ʻo e tuí. Ko ʻetau fiefiá ʻoku fakahāhaaʻi ia ʻi ha founga fakangeingeia.

17, 18. Ko e hā ʻoku tokoni ki hono fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku taau ha faʻahinga tāutaha ki he papitaisó?

¹⁷ ʻI he ʻikai hangē ko e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau afuhi ʻa e fanga kiʻi pēpeé pe fakamālohiʻi ha fuʻu kakai taʻeʻilo Fakatohitapu ke nau papitaisó, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke kounaʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ia ha taha ke papitaiso. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai te nau papitaiso ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku ʻikai te nau taau fakalaumālié. Ki muʻa ke malava ha taha ʻo hoko ko ha tokotaha malanga teʻeki papitaiso ʻo e ongoongo leleí, ʻoku fakapapauʻi ʻe he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané ʻokú ne mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi akonaki tefito ʻa e Tohitapú, moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo kinautolu, pea ʻomai ha tali fakapapau ki ha fehuʻi hangē ko ʻení, “ʻOkú ke fie hoko moʻoni ko e taha ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová?”

¹⁸ ʻI he ngaahi tuʻunga lahi tahá, ʻi he kau mohu ʻuhinga ʻa ha faʻahinga tāutaha ʻi he ngāue fakamalanga ʻo e Puleʻangá pea fakahaaʻi ha holi ke papitaisó, ʻoku fai ʻe he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané ha ngaahi fetalanoaʻaki mo kinautolu ke fakapapauʻi ko e kau tui kinautolu kuo nau fai ha fakatapui kia Sihova pea aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaʻotua ki he papitaisó. (Ngāue 4:4; 18:8) Ko e ngaahi tali fakafoʻituitui ki he ngaahi fehuʻi laka hake ʻi he 100 ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ʻi he Tohitapú ʻokú ne tokoniʻi ʻa e kau mātuʻá ke nau fakapapauʻi pe ʻoku aʻusia ʻe he faʻahinga naʻa nau talí ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu Fakatohitapu ki he fakaukú. ʻOku ʻikai taau ʻa e niʻihi pea ko ia ai, ʻoku ʻikai tali kinautolu ki he papitaiso faka-Kalisitiané.

ʻOku ʻI Ai ha Meʻa ʻOkú Ne Taʻofi Koe?

19. ʻI he vakai ki he Sione 6:​44, ko hai ʻe kaungāʻea mo Sīsuú?

¹⁹ Ko e faʻahinga tokolahi naʻe fakamālohiʻi ke kau ʻi he ngaahi papitaiso tokolahí, naʻe tala nai kiate kinautolu te nau ō ki hēvani ʻi he maté. Ka ʻi he lave ki hono kau muimui molomolo muivaʻé, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “ʻOku ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ke haʻu kiate au, ka ʻi he tohoaki ia ʻe he Tamai naʻa ne fekau mai au.” (Sione 6:44) Kuo hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo tohoaki kia Kalaisi ʻa e toko 144,000 ʻa ia te nau kaungāʻea mo Sīsū ʻi he Puleʻanga fakahēvaní. Ko e papitaiso fakamālohiʻí kuo ʻikai ʻaupito te ne fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ha taha ki he tuʻunga lāngilangiʻia ko iá ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá.​—Loma 8:​14-17; 2 Tesalonaika 2:13; Fakahā 14:1.

20. Ko e hā ʻe tokoni nai ki he faʻahinga pau kuo teʻeki ai ke nau papitaisó?

²⁰ Tautefito talu mei he vaeuaʻanga ʻo e 1930 tupú, ko e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻoku ʻamanaki ke hao atu ʻi he fuʻu “mamahi lahi” pea moʻui taʻengata ʻi he māmaní kuo nau kau ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻa Sīsū. (Fakahā 7:​9, 14; Sione 10:16) ʻOku nau taau ki he papitaisó koeʻuhi kuo nau liliu ʻenau moʻuí ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ‘ʻa e kotoa ʻo honau lotó, laumālié, iví, mo e ʻatamaí.’ (Luke 10:​25-28) Neongo ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻe he kakai ʻe niʻihi ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku nau ‘lotu ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he laumālie mo e moʻoni,’ kuo teʻeki ai ke nau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sīsuú mo ʻomai ha fakamoʻoni fakahāhā ʻo e ʻofa moʻoni mo e anga-līʻoa maʻataʻatā kia Sihová ʻaki ʻa e hoko ʻo papitaiso. (Sione 4:​23, 24; Teutalonome 4:24; Maake 1:​9-11) Ko e lotu tōtōivi mo papau fekauʻaki mo e lākanga mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko ʻení ʻe tokonaki nai ai kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakaueʻiloto mo e loto-toʻa ke muimui kakato ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ke fai ha fakatapui taʻefakangatangata kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, pea ke papitaiso.

21, 22. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻoku taʻotaʻofi ai ʻa e niʻihi mei he fakatapuí mo e papitaisó?

²¹ ʻOku taʻotaʻofi ʻa e niʻihi mei he fakatapui mo e papitaisó koeʻuhi ʻoku nau mātuʻaki nōfoʻi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmaní, pe ʻi he tuli ki he tuʻumālié ʻo siʻi ai honau taimi ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. (Mātiu 13:22; 1 Sione 2:​15-17) He fiefia ē naʻa nau mei maʻú kapau naʻa nau liliu ʻenau ngaahi vakaí mo ʻenau ngaahi taumuʻá! Ko e ʻunuʻunu ofi kia Sihová te ne fakatuʻumālie fakalaumālie kinautolu, ʻe tokoni ia ki hono fakasiʻisiʻi ʻenau loto-moʻuá, pea te ne ʻomai kiate kinautolu ʻa e melino mo e fiemālie ʻoku hoko mai mei hono fai ʻa e finangalo fakaʻotuá.​—Sāme 16:11; 40:8; Palovepi 10:22; Filipai 4:​6, 7.

²² ʻOku pehē ʻe he niʻihi kehe ʻoku nau ʻofa kia Sihova ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau fai ha fakatapui pea hoko ʻo papitaiso koeʻuhi ʻoku nau fakakaukau te nau hao ai mei hono fai ha fakamatala. Ka ko kitautolu taki taha kuo pau ke tau fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻe hoko mai pē ʻa e fatongia ko iá kiate kitautolu ʻi he taimi naʻa tau fanongo ai ki he folofola ʻa Sihová. (Isikeli 33:​7-9; Loma 14:12) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha ‘kakai filí,’ naʻe fanauʻi mai ai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ki ha puleʻanga naʻe ʻosi fakatapui kia Sihova, pea naʻa nau maʻu ai ha fatongia ke tauhi loto-tōnunga kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní. (Teutalonome 7:​6, 11) ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ia ʻe fanauʻi mai ki ha puleʻanga pehē he ʻahó ni, ka ʻo kapau kuo tau maʻu ʻa e fakahinohino totonu Fakatohitapú, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ngāue ki ai ʻi he tui.

23, 24. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi manavahē ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua te ne taʻotaʻofi ʻa e faʻahinga tāutahá mei he papitaisó?

²³ ʻI he manavasiʻi ki he ʻikai maʻu ha ʻilo feʻungá, ʻokú ne taʻotaʻofi nai ai ʻa e niʻihi mei he papitaisó. Ka, ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku lahi ʻa e meʻa ke tau akó koeʻuhi ‘ʻoku ʻikai lava ʻe he tangatá ke mahakulea ʻa e ngaue ʻoku fai ʻe Elohimi mei he kamataʻangá ki he ngataʻangá.’ (Koheleti 3:11) Fakakaukau atu ki he ʻiunoke ʻItiopeá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha ului Siú, naʻá ne maʻu ha ʻilo ki he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú, ka naʻe ʻikai malava ke ne tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ʻi he hili ʻa e ako fekauʻaki mo e tokonaki ʻa Sihova ki he fakamoʻuí fakafou ʻi he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe foua leva ʻe he ʻiunoké ʻa e papitaiso ʻi he vaí.​—Ngāue 8:​26-28.

²⁴ ʻOku toumoua ʻa e niʻihi ke fai ha fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ʻoku nau ilifia ki ha taʻelavameʻa. ʻOku pehē ʻe Monique taʻu 17: “Kuó u taʻotaʻofi mei he papitaisó koeʻuhi ko e manavahē ki ha ʻikai malava ke u moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki heʻeku fakatapuí.” Kae kehe, kapau ʻoku tau falala kia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo hotau lotó, ‘te ne fakatonutonu ʻe ia hotau ngaahi ʻalungá.’ Te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau “laka ʻi he moʻoni” ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene kau sevāniti loto-tōnunga ʻosi fakatapui.​—Palovepi 3:​5, 6; 3 Sione 4.

25. Ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi ʻoku taau ke fakakaukau ki ai he taimi ní?

²⁵ Koeʻuhi ko e falala fakaʻaufuli kia Sihova mo e ʻofa moʻoni kiate iá, ʻoku ueʻi ai ʻa e laui afe ʻi he taʻu taki taha ke nau fai ha fakatapui pea hoko ʻo papitaiso. Pea ko hono moʻoní ko e kotoa ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻosi fakatapui ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau loto ke faitōnunga kiate ia. Ka, ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa, pea ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahiʻi kehekehe ʻo e tuí. (2 Timote 3:​1-5) Ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau faí ke tau moʻui ai ʻo fakatatau ki heʻetau fakatapui kia Sihová? Te tau lāulea ki he meʻá ni ʻi he kupu hoko maí.

Hanganaki Tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻAki ha Loto Tuʻumaʻu

“ʻOku tuʻumaʻu hoku lotó, ʻE ʻOtua, ʻoku tuʻumaʻu hoku lotó.”​—Sāme 57:​7, NW.

1. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau maʻu ʻa e tuipau hangē ko ia naʻe ʻia Tēvitá?

ʻOKU malava ʻe Sihova ke ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tui faka-Kalisitiané koeʻuhi ke tau malava ʻo pīkitai ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻene kau sevāniti ʻosi fakatapui. (Loma 14:4) Ko ia ai, ʻoku malava ke tau maʻu ʻa e tuipau hangē ko ia naʻe ʻi he tokotaha-tohi-saame ko Tēvitá, ʻa ia naʻe ueʻi ke ne hiva: “ʻOku tuʻumaʻu hoku lotó, ʻE ʻOtua.” (Sāme 108:​1, NW) Kapau ʻoku tuʻumaʻu hotau lotó, ʻe ueʻi kitautolu ke tau fakahoko ʻetau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá. Pea ʻi he hanga kiate ia ki ha tataki mo ha mālohí, ʻe malava ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ai ko kitautolú ʻoku taʻeueʻia, ʻo tau tuʻu mālohi ʻi he fakapapau mo e tui ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tauhi anga-tonu, “ʻo maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ke fai ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí.”​—1 Kolinito 15:​58, NW.

2, 3. Ko e hā ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ngaahi enginaki ʻa Paula ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he 1 Kolinito 16:13?

² ʻI he ngaahi enginaki naʻe fakahanga ki he kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ʻi Kolinitō ʻo e kuonga muʻá ka ʻoku kaungatonu ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi he lolotonga ní, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Hanganaki ʻā, tuʻu mālohi ʻi he tuí, hokohoko atu ʻo ngali tangata, tupu ʻo mālohi.” (1 Kolinito 16:​13, NW) ʻI he faka-Kalisí ko e ngaahi foʻi fekau taki taha ko ʻení ʻoku ʻi he taimi lolotongá, ʻo fakaʻaiʻai ai ʻa e ngāue hokohoko. Ko e hā ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e akonaki ko ʻení?

³ ʻOku malava ke tau “hanganaki ʻā” fakalaumālie ʻaki hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e Tēvoló pea nofo ofi ki he ʻOtuá. (Semisi 4:​7, 8) Ko e falala kia Sihová ʻokú ne fakaivia kitautolu ke tau kei fāʻūtaha ai pē pea ke ‘tuʻu mālohi ʻi he tui faka-Kalisitiané.’ Ko kitautolu​—kau ai mo e kau fefine tokolahi ʻi hotau lotolotongá​—ʻoku tau “hokohoko atu ʻo ngali tangata” ʻaki hono tauhi loto-toʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Sāme 68:11) ʻOku tau “tupu ʻo mālohi” ʻi he hokohoko hanga ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní ki ha mālohi ke fai hono finangaló.​—Filipai 4:13.

4. Ko e hā naʻe taki atu ki heʻetau papitaiso ko e kau Kalisitiané?

⁴ Kuo tau tuʻu maʻá e tui moʻoní ʻi he taimi naʻa tau fai ai ha fakatapui taʻefakangatangata kia Sihova pea fakaʻilongaʻi ia ʻaki hono foua ʻa e fakauku ʻi he vaí. Ka ko e hā naʻe taki atu ki heʻetau papitaisó? ʻUluakí naʻa tau maʻu ʻa e ʻilo totonu ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Sione 17:3) Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e tui pea ueʻi ai kitautolu ke fakatomala, ʻo fakahāhā ʻa e ongoʻi loto-mamahi moʻoni ʻi he faihala he kuohilí. (Ngāue 3:19; Hepelu 11:6) Naʻe hoko mai leva ki heʻetau liliú, he naʻa tau tafoki mei he ngaahi tōʻonga halá koeʻuhi ke tuli ki ha moʻui ʻoku fehoanaki mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Loma 12:2; Efeso 4:​23, 24) Naʻe hoko mai heni ha fakatapui loto-ʻaufuatō kia Sihova ʻi he lotu. (Mātiu 16:24; 1 Pita 2:21) Naʻa tau fai ha kole ki he ʻOtuá ki ha konisēnisi lelei pea papitaiso ʻi hono fakaʻilongaʻi ʻo ʻetau fakatapui kiate iá. (1 Pita 3:21) ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi lākanga ko ʻení ʻe tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke tau hangataha ai pē ki he fiemaʻu ke feinga hokohoko ke tau moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki heʻetau fakatapuí pea hanganaki tauhi ʻa Sihova ʻaki ha loto tuʻumaʻu.