Founga ke Tali ai ʻi he Loto-toʻa Faka-Kalaisí

Fai ʻe ʻEletā Robert D. Hales

ʻO e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá

Mei ha lea ʻi he konifelenisi lahi ʻo ʻOkatopa 2008.

ʻOku hoko mai e taha ʻo e ngaahi sivi lalahi taha ʻo e moʻuí ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakaangaʻi pe fehuʻia ai ʻetau tuí. ʻOku tau fie tali fefeka he taimi peheé—ke “tau teuteu ke fakakikihi.” Ka ʻi heʻetau tali ki hotau kau tukuakiʻí ʻo hangē ko e Fakamoʻuí, ʻe ʻikai ngata ʻi heʻetau anga faka-Kalaisi angé, ka ʻoku tau fakaafeʻi ai mo e niʻihi kehé ke nau ongoʻi ʻEne ʻofá mo muimui foki ʻiate Ia.

ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau ākonga moʻoní, kuo pau ke tau ʻuluaki tokanga ki he lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé, kae ʻikai ko hono fakamoʻoniʻi ʻetau totonú. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he ngaahi fehuʻí mo e fakaangá ha faingamālie ke tau tokoni ai ki he niʻihi kehé mo fakahā ʻoku nau mahuʻinga ki heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní pea kiate kitautolu. Ko ʻetau taumuʻá ke tokoni ke mahino ʻa e moʻoní kiate kinautolu, kae ʻikai ko ha maluʻi hotau ongoongó pe mālohi ʻi ha tipeiti fakalotu. Ko e fakamoʻoni ʻoku haʻu mei hotau lotó ʻa e tali mālohi taha ʻe lava ke fai kiate kinautolu ʻoku tukuakiʻi kitautolú. Pea ko e ngaahi fakamoʻoni peheé ʻoku toki lava pē ke fai ʻi he ʻofa mo e angamalū. ʻOku totonu ke tau hangē ko ʻEtuate Patilisí, ʻa ia ne folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo kau ki ai ʻo pehē, “He ʻoku maʻa hono lotó ʻi hoku ʻaó, he ʻokú ne tatau mo Nataniela ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻiate ia ha kākā”(T&F 41:11). Ko e taʻe ʻi ai ha kākaá, ko e loto maʻa ia ʻo hangē ha kiʻi tamasiʻí, ʻo tuai ki he ʻitá kae vave ki he fakamolemolé.

Kiate kinautolu kotoa ʻoku fekumi ki he founga totonu ke tali ʻaki ki hotau tukuakiʻí, ʻoku ou pehē ke tau ʻofa ʻiate kinautolu. Kapau te tau muimui ʻia Kalaisi pea fakahā ʻEne loto-toʻá, kuo pau ke tau ʻofa ʻiate kinautolu ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā honau matakalí, tuí, lotú, pe tui fakapolitikalé. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau ongoʻi ʻoku tau lelei ange ʻiate kinautolu. Fakataha mo ʻetau ʻofá ʻoku tau loto ke fakahā kiate kinautolu ha founga lelei ange—ʻa e founga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku fou atu ʻene foungá ʻi he matapā ʻo e papitaisó, ʻi he hala fāsiʻi mo lausiʻi ʻo e moʻui angamāʻoniʻoní, mo e temipale ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko Ia ʻa e “halá, mo e moʻoní, pea mo e moʻuí” (Sione 14:6). Ko Ia toko taha pē ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ai mo hotau kāingá ʻa e meʻaʻofa mahuʻinga taha ʻoku lava ke tau maʻú—ʻa e moʻui mo e fiefia taʻengatá. ʻOku ʻikai maʻá e vaivaí ke tokoniʻi kinautolu mo hoko ko honau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga. Ko e meʻa ia ʻa e mālohí. Ko e meʻa ia ʻataua ʻokú ta totongi e fie maʻu ʻo e hoko ko ha ākongá, ke tau tali ʻi he loto-toʻa faka-Kalaisí ki hotau kau tukuakiʻí.