“Ongoʻi Lōmekina? Tukutaha Hoʻo Tokangá ʻia Kalaisi,” Liahona, ʻOkatopa 2022.
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Ongoʻi Lōmekina? Tukutaha Hoʻo Tokangá ʻia Kalaisi
ʻI he taimi naʻe ngali faingataʻa ai hoku ngaahi fatongia ko e mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, naʻe liliu ʻe Kalaisi hoku lotó mo tokoni ke mahino kiate au ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo ʻEne ongoongoleleí.
Kapau naʻe pau ke u tānaki e ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuo hilí ʻi ha foʻi lea pē ʻe taha, ko e ʻosiʻosingamālie. Naʻe ongoʻi naʻe lahi e meʻa kotoa pē—kau ai, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, hoku ngaahi fatongia ko e mēmipa ʻo e Siasí—ʻo faingataʻa ai ke u tala ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke u tokanga moʻoni ki aí pe founga ʻoku totonu ke u fakaʻaongaʻi ki ai hoku kiʻi iví.
Kuo faleʻi fakapotopoto kitautolu ʻe Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni ke “fakatafoki [hotau] lotó, ʻatamaí, mo e laumālié ʻo lahi ange ki heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní mo Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí”1 lolotonga e ngaahi taimi faingataʻa ko ʻení.
ʻI heʻeku feinga ke fakaʻaongaʻi e faleʻi ko ʻení ʻi heʻeku moʻuí, naʻá ku ongoʻi lōmekina ange ʻi he kamataʻangá, ʻi heʻeku fakakaukau naʻe fie maʻu ke u muimui totonu ki he fakahinohino kotoa pē ke fakahoko ha liliu. Ka naʻe fakamanatu mai ʻe he Laumālié kiate au “ʻoku ʻikai fie maʻu ke [tau] lele ʻo vave ange ʻi he mālohi ʻoku [tau] maʻú” (Mōsaia 4:27). Naʻá ku fakatokangaʻi naʻe fie maʻu ke tuku taha ʻeku tokangá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻuluaki fakatefito aí—ʻa Kalaisi.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Siosefa Sāmita, “Ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻo ʻetau tui fakalotú ko e fakamoʻoni ko ia ʻa e kau ʻAposetoló mo e kau Palōfitá ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻá Ne pekia, pea telio, pea toe tuʻu ʻi he ʻaho hono tolú, ʻo hāʻele hake ki he langí; pea ko hono toenga ʻo e ngaahi meʻa kehe kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo ʻetau tui fakalotú ko ha tānaki atu pē ki ai.”2
Kuo tokoniʻi au ʻe hono fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku ou maʻu kia Kalaisí ke langaki ʻeku fakamoʻoni ki Heʻene ngaahi tefitoʻi akonaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí, ʻa ia kuo tokoni ke mahino kiate au ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fekauʻi mo faleʻi ai kitautolu ke faí: ʻoku fakataumuʻa ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē kia Kalaisi.
Ko e Mahino kau kia Kalaisí
ʻI he talanoa fakatātā ʻo e ngaahi talēnití (vakai, Mātiu 25:14–30), naʻe foaki ʻe ha ʻeiki ki ha kau tamaioʻeiki ʻe toko tolu ha ʻinasi ʻo e ngaahi koloa kimuʻa peá ne mavahe ʻi ha fononga lōloa. ʻI heʻene foki maí, naʻe ngāueʻi ʻe he ongo tamaioʻeiki ʻe toko ua hona talēnití pea naʻe tāpuakiʻi kinaua, kae fufuuʻi ʻe he fika tolú hono talēnití pea naʻe kapusi ia ki tuʻa.
Mahalo te tau fifili pe naʻe ʻilo fēfē nai ʻe he kau tamaioʻeikí ʻa e meʻa ke fai ʻaki honau ngaahi talēnití. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he toko tolú ni kotoa ha “poto” (Mātiu 25:15) mo ʻilo e founga ke ngāueʻi aí, ka naʻe fili ʻa e fika tolú ke ʻoua naʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ʻene ʻiló. Naʻe mahino kiate ia hono fatongiá, kae mahalo naʻe ʻikai mahino kiate ia ʻa hono ʻeikí.
ʻI heʻetau maʻu ʻa e mahino lahi fekauʻaki mo Kalaisí, he ʻikai fie maʻu ia ke “fekauʻi [kitautolu] ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē” ka te tau ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa Kalaisi mo ʻEne ngaahi akonakí ke “fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi ko [ʻetau] fili tauʻatāina [ʻatautolu] pē , pea fakahoko ʻa e māʻoniʻoni lahi” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 58:26–27). Ko e lahi ange ʻetau ʻiloʻi Iá, ko e lahi ange ia hono fakahaaʻi mai ʻe heʻetau ngaahi ngāué Hono finangalo kiate kitautolú.
ʻOku ʻamanaki ʻa e ʻEikí te tau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e meʻa te tau malavá ke ako meiate Ia mo faʻifaʻitaki ki he ʻulungaanga faka-Kalaisí ʻi heʻetau moʻuí—ko hono moʻoní, ʻokú Ne ʻamanaki mai te tau hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá.3
Ako meiate Ia
Ko e ako kia Kalaisí ko ha ngāue taʻengata ia, pea ʻokú Ne poupouʻi kitautolu ʻi he foʻi laka kotoa pē. ʻI he malaʻe ʻo e akó, ʻoku ʻi ai ha fakakaukau ʻoku ʻiloa ko e scaffolding [ako fakatupulakí]. ʻOku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he kau faiakó ʻa e fakakaukau ko ʻení ke tokoniʻi e kau akó ke nau maʻu ha mahino mo ha tauʻatāina lahi ange ʻi heʻenau akó.4 Ko e meʻa tatau pē, te tau lava ʻo pehē ko Kalaisi, ko e Faiako Tuʻukimuʻá, ʻokú ne fakaʻaongaʻi e ako fakatupulakí ke tokoni ke tau fakalakalaka ʻi Heʻene ongoongoleleí mo “ako ʻiate [Ia]” (Mātiu 11:29; vakai foki, veesi 28; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 19:23).
ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻetau fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻú ki he meʻa ʻoku tau ʻiló pea tānaki atu ki he ʻilo ko iá ʻi he “ʻotu lea ki he ʻotu lea, ʻa e akonaki ki he akonaki” (2 Nīfai 28:30). ʻI heʻetau fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻu kau kia Kalaisí, ʻe lava ke Ne falala mai kiate kitautolu ʻaki ha ʻilo lahi ange, “he ko ia ia ʻokú ne talí te u foaki ʻo lahi ange kiate ia” (2 Nīfai 28:30).
Fakakaukau ki he founga ʻoku akoʻi ai kitautolu ko e fānaú. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻe he fānau īkí ha ngaahi fakamanatu maʻu pē ke tokoni ke fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku nau maʻu ki he meʻa kuo ʻosi akoʻi ʻe heʻenau mātuʻá; ʻi he malaʻe vaʻingá, mahalo ʻe fie maʻu ke fakamanatu tā tuʻo lahi ki ha kiʻi tamasiʻi kei siʻi ke ʻoua naʻá ne ʻai e kelekelé ki hono ngutú. Ka neongo ia, ʻi heʻenau tupu hake mo matuʻotuʻá, ʻoku pehē pē mo e mahino ʻoku nau maʻu ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá, pea ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe heʻenau mātuʻá ke nau ako ha meʻa foʻou.
ʻE ʻi ai ha ngaahi taimi ʻe fie maʻu ai ke tau toe akoʻi ha meʻa, ka ko e meʻa ia fekauʻaki mo e ako fakatupulakí—ʻoku tau fie maʻu kotoa e tokoni ʻa ʻetau Faiako Tuʻukimuʻá. Naʻe fakahoko ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e Fakaleleí, koeʻuhí, te tau lava ʻo tafoki kiate Ia ʻi he loto fakatōkilalo mo e tui, ʻo fakafou ʻi he fakatomalá pea toe akoʻi kitautolu.
Muimui ki Heʻene Ngaahi Fekaú
ʻOku tau maʻu ha fakahinohino fekauʻaki mo e moʻui māʻoniʻoní, ko ha konga ʻo e ako ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Kalaisi maʻatautolú. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku kau ʻi he fakahinohino ko ʻení ha ngaahi fakahinohino pau ʻoku totonu ke tau muimui ki ai. ʻE lava ke tau fakakaukau ki he ngaahi fakahinohino ko ʻení ke hoko ko ha konga ʻo e ako fakatupulaki ʻa Kalaisí—ko ha fakahinohino pau ke tokoni ke fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻu ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻoku nau fakafofongaʻí.
Hangē ko ʻení, fakakaukau ki he tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e teunga tāú. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he kiʻi tohi Ki Hono Fakamālohia ʻo e Toʻu Tupú ha fakaʻuhinga mahino mo malava ke fai ha ngāue ki he vala ʻoku taʻetāú: “Ko ha faʻahinga vala pē ʻoku mahaʻihaʻi, aata, pe fakahāhā ʻi ha toe founga kehe.”5 ʻI heʻetau muimui ki he fakahinohino ko ʻení, ʻe lava ke tokoni ia ke fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻu ki he teunga tāú—ko ha ʻulungaanga ʻo e loto fakatōkilalo, angatonu, mo e “fakalāngilangiʻi [ʻa e] ʻOtuá” (1 Kolinitō 6:20)6—kae ʻoua kuo liliu hotau lotó pea hoko ʻetau ngaahi tōʻongá ke ofi ange kia Kalaisi.
ʻI heʻeku fakakaukau ki he liliu ko ʻení ki he “ngaahi meʻa ke faí” ne u ongoʻi naʻe fie maʻu ke u fakahoko ʻi he ongoongoleleí, naʻe kamata ke liliu ʻeku ongoʻi ʻosiʻosingamālié ki he ngaahi ongo ʻo e tuí. Naʻe maʻamaʻa ange ʻeku kavengá ʻi heʻeku vakai atu ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he meʻa takitaha ʻoku fie maʻu ke faí pe fekaú. Naʻe akoʻi au ʻe he vahehongofulú fekauʻaki mo hono fakaʻaongaʻi e fono ʻo e fakatapuí ʻi heʻeku moʻuí. Naʻe hoko ʻa e maʻulotu ʻi he uike kotoa pē ke maʻu ʻa e sākalamēnití ko ha lēsoni ʻi he Fakalelei ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Fakafokifā pē kuó u ongoʻi naʻe ʻi ai ha laumālie, pea ʻikai ko ha tohi pē, ki he ngaahi fono ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻeku moʻuí.
Fakaʻatā Ia ke Liliu Hotau Lotó
ʻI he tukutaha ʻetau tokangá ki he Fakamoʻuí mo tuku Ke Ne liliu hotau lotó, ʻe “tongitongi ʻa e tatau ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi [hotau] fofongá” ( ʻAlamā 5:19). ʻOkú Ne finangalo ke ʻoua naʻa ngata pē ʻi heʻetau muimui ʻiate Iá ka ke tau hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá, ke fakakaukau mo ngāue ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá Ne mei faí, ke ʻiloʻi Ia.
ʻI he talanoa fakatātā ʻo e ngaahi talēnití (vakai, Mātiu 25:14–30), ʻe tala fēfē nai ʻe he tamaioʻeiki fakaʻosí ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi hono ʻeikí ka ʻokú ne fai e meʻa ʻoku fehangahangai mo hono finangaló? Mahalo naʻá ne ʻiloʻi fakangalingali pē hono ʻeikí, ko ha “tangata faingataʻa” (Mātiu 25:24), ka naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe he “[ongo] tamaioʻeiki lelei mo angatonú” (Mātiu 25:21) hona ʻeikí.
ʻOku fie maʻu ke tau fakamālohia ʻa e mahino ʻoku tau maʻu ki Heʻena tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí, kae lava ke tau ʻiloʻi moʻoni e uho ʻo e Tamai Hēvaní mo e Fakamoʻuí. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Kalaisi ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni tefito ko ʻení ʻi he Sione 3:3–21, kau ai ʻEne Fakaleleí mo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolú. ʻOku tataki e ngāué ni ʻe ha ongo fekau maʻongoʻonga ʻe ua ke ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá pea mo ʻofa ki hotau kaungāʻapí (vakai, Mātiu 22:37–39).
ʻE lava ke tataki kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi fekau kotoa pē mo ʻetau ngaahi fuakava mo e ngaahi uiuiʻi ʻi he ongoongoleleí ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga ko ʻení, ʻa ia ʻokú ne tataki kitautolu kia Kalaisi. Fakakaukau ki he founga ʻoku tokoni ai e ngaahi akonaki kehé ke fakamālohia e ngaahi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻi he ongoongoleleí. Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu ʻe he sākalamēnití fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate koé? Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu ʻe he ngāue fakaetauhí fekauʻaki mo hoʻo ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá?
Tukutaha hoʻo tokangá kiate Ia
ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau vakai ai ki he ngaahi fekaú mo hotau ngaahi fatongia ko e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisí ʻo hangē ha ngaahi meʻa kuo pau ke fai ka ʻoku ngali faingatāmaki, ʻe lava ke hanga ʻe heʻetau ongoʻi ʻosiʻosingamālié ʻo ʻai ke tau fehuʻia pe ʻoku mahuʻinga ke tau muimui ʻiate kinautolu. ʻI he fakakaukau ko ʻení, mahalo te tau kamata ke ongoʻi ʻita pea kamata ke tau vakai ki he ngaahi fekaú ko ha fakangatangata pea taʻe-totonu. Ka ʻoku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he mahino ʻa e palani ʻo e fiefiá mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he uho ʻo e palaní ke tau tokanga taha ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku kole mai ai ʻa e ʻEikí ke tau fai iá pea lava ke liliu hotau ngaahi fatongiá ke mahuʻingamālie (vakai, ʻAlamā 12:32).
ʻI he taimi ʻoku ongoʻi taʻe-malava ai ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahuʻingá pe ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga ki hotau kiʻi iví, tuku ke tau “ngāue ʻaki ha kihiʻi konga siʻi ʻo e tuí” (ʻAlamā 32:27) ko Kalaisi ʻa e halá pea ʻoku tataki kitautolu ʻe he hala ʻo e fuakavá kiate Ia. Tuku ke tau “ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa [ʻEne] ngaahi leá, … ʻio, kapau foki ʻoku ʻikai te [tau] lava ʻo fai ha meʻa lahi ange ʻi he holi pē ke tuí” (ʻAlamā 32:27). ʻI heʻetau fai iá, te tau lava ʻo vakai ai ki he founga ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ko e uho ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē—mahalo naʻa mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke fefaʻuhi mo ia ʻi he ongoongoleleí. Fēfē kapau ʻe fakataumuʻa kotoa kitautolu kia Kalaisi, ʻEne feilaulau fakaleleí, mo ʻEne Toetuʻú? Fēfē kapau ʻe fakataumuʻa kotoa ki Heʻene ʻofa mo e Tamai Hēvaní kiate kitautolú?
ʻI heʻeku fakatefito e fakavaʻe ʻo ʻeku fakamoʻoní ʻia Kalaisí, kuó u ongoʻi ʻa e maʻamaʻa ange ʻa e mafasia ʻo e ʻosiʻosingamālié. ʻOku ou kei ongoʻi lōmekina pē he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻoku tokoni hono tukutaha hoku lotó kiate Iá ke u ʻiloʻi ko e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga tahá ko ʻeku ngaahi ngāué, tatau pē lalahi mo e iiki, ke u toe ofi ange kiate Ia ʻi he ʻaho takitaha.