“Ko ha Sīpinga ki he Uouangataha ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí,” Liahona, ʻOkatopa 2024.
Ko ha Sīpinga ki he Uouangataha ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí
ʻI heʻetau fakataha ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo hangē ko e kakai ʻi he 4 Nīfaí, ʻoku fetongi ʻe heʻetau holi ke hoko ʻo tahá ʻa hotau ngaahi faikehekehé pea fakatau ai ki he fiefiá.
ʻOku tau moʻui ʻi ha kuonga ʻoku mafola ai ʻa e teke mālohi ʻo e fekeʻikeʻí mo e fakakikihí ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní. ʻI hono poupoua ʻe he tekinolosiá mo tokonia ʻe he kakai kuo momoko honau lotó, ʻoku mateuteu ʻa e ngaahi mālohi fakamoveuveu ko ʻení ke fakafonu hotau ngaahi lotó ʻaki ʻa e tāufehiʻá pea ke maumauʻi ʻetau fetuʻutakí ʻaki ʻa e fekeʻikeʻí. ʻOku maumau ʻa e ngaahi haʻi fetokaʻiʻakí. ʻOku fakalalahi ʻa e taú.
Ka ʻi he meʻá ni, ʻoku fakaʻamua ʻe he kau muimui moʻoni ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ha melino pea mo feinga mālohi ke langa ha faʻahinga sōsaieti kehe—ko ha sōsaieti ʻoku fakavaʻe ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻI he ʻuhingá ni, kuo fekauʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻEikí, “Ke mou taha pē; pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke mou taha, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻaku ʻa kimoutolu” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38:27). Ko e moʻoni, ko e uouangatahá ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e Siasi moʻoni ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.
Te tau ngāue fēfē ke fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi mālohi ʻo e māvahevahé mo e fekeʻikeʻí? Te tau lava fēfē ʻo maʻu ʻa e uouangatahá?
Meʻa mālié, ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he 4 Nīfai ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ha sīpinga. ʻOku lekooti nounou ʻe he vahe ko ʻení ʻa e anga ʻo e moʻui ʻa e kakaí hili ʻa e ʻaʻahi ange ʻa e Fakamoʻuí kiate kinautolú, akoʻi kinautolu, mo fokotuʻu Hono Siasí ʻi honau lotolotongá. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he fakamatala ko ʻení ʻa e founga ne maʻu ai ʻe he kakai ko ʻení ha uouangataha fiefia mo nonga, pea ʻokú ne ʻomi ha sīpinga te tau lava ʻo muimui ki ai ke tau maʻu ʻa e uouangataha tatau ko ʻení.
Fakauluí
ʻOku tau lau ʻi he 4 Nīfai 1:1: “Kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ha siasi ʻo Kalaisi ʻi he ngaahi fonua takatakai kotoa pē. Pea … naʻe haʻu [ʻa e kakaí] kiate kinautolu, pea nau fakatomala moʻoni mei heʻenau ngaahi angahalá.”
ʻOku tau faaitaha ʻi he ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻI he ako ʻa e tokotaha takitaha fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí, ko ʻEne ongoongoleleí, mo Hono Siasí, ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻa e moʻoní ki he loto ʻo e tokotaha takitaha. Te tau lava kotoa ʻo tali e fakaafe ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ke tui pea muimui kiate Iá ʻaki ʻetau fakatomala.
ʻOku kamata leva ai ʻa e fononga fakaului ʻa ha tokotaha fakafoʻituitui—ʻo mamaʻo mei he ngaahi holi siokita mo faiangahalá kae fakataumuʻa ki he Fakamoʻuí. Ko Ia ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo ʻetau tuí. Pea ʻi heʻetau takitaha sio kiate Ia ʻi he fakakaukau kotoa pē (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 6:36), ʻokú Ne hoko ai ko ha ivi tākiekina faaitaha ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.
Ngaahi Fuakavá
ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e lekooti ʻi he 4 Nīfaí ʻo pehē ko kinautolu naʻe haʻu ki he Siasí pea fakatomala mei heʻenau ngaahi angahalá “naʻe papitaiso ʻa kinautolu ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú; pea naʻa nau maʻu foki mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní” (4 Nīfai 1:1). Kuo nau fakahoko ha fuakava—ko ha vā fetuʻutaki makehe kuo fakamaʻu—mo e ʻOtuá.
ʻI heʻetau fakahoko mo tauhi e ngaahi fuakavá, ʻoku tau toʻo kiate kitautolu fakafoʻituitui ʻa e huafa ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku tau toʻo foki Hono huafá kiate kitautolu ko ha kakai. ʻOku hoko ʻa kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nau fai ha ngaahi fuakava mo fāifeinga ke tauhi e ngaahi fuakava ko iá ko e kakai ʻa e ʻEikí, ko ʻEne koloa mahuʻinga (vakai, ʻEkesōtosi 19:5). ʻOku pehē ʻetau fononga fakafoʻituitui mo fakalūkufua ʻi he hala ʻo e fuakavá. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe heʻetau vā fetuʻutaki fakafuakava mo e ʻOtuá ha tupuʻanga mo ha meʻa ʻoku tau faitatau ai. ʻI heʻetau haʻi kitautolu ki he ʻEikí, ʻokú Ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke “taha [hotau] lotó ʻi he uouongataha mo e feʻofoʻofani” (Mōsaia 18:21).
Totonú, Tuʻunga Tataú, mo Hono Tokoniʻi ʻo e Masivá
ʻOku hoko atu e fakamatala ʻi he 4 Nīfaí ʻo pehē: “Naʻe ʻikai ha ngaahi fekeʻikeʻi pe ngaahi fakakikihi ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe fefaitotonuʻaki ʻa e kakai kotoa pē ʻiate kinautolu.
Pea naʻa nau meʻa taha ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē; ko ia naʻe ʻikai ha maʻu meʻa mo e masiva, pe pōpula mo e tauʻatāina, ka naʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa kinautolu kotoa pē, ʻo nau ʻinasi ʻi he meʻa-foaki fakalangí” (4 Nīfai 1:2–3).
ʻI heʻetau ngaahi ngāue fakatuʻasinó, ʻoku finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke tau faitotonu mo fakamaau totonu ki he niʻihi kehé pea ʻoua naʻa tau faihala pe fengāueʻaki taʻetotonu (vakai, 1 Tesalonika 4:6). ʻI heʻetau ofi ange ki he ʻEikí, “ʻe ʻikai ke ʻi [hotau] ʻatamaí ke fefakamamahiʻaki ʻiate [kitautolu], kae nofo melino, pea fai ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau mo e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke fai kiate iá” (Mōsaia 4:13).
Kuo fekau mai foki ʻe he ʻEikí ke tau tokanga ki he masivá mo e faingataʻaʻiá. ʻOku totonu ke tau “fefoakiʻaki mei [heʻetau] ngaahi koloá” ke tokoniʻi kinautolu, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻetau malava ke fakahoko iá, ʻo ʻikai fakamaauʻi kinautolu (vakai, Mōsaia 4:21–27).
ʻOku fiemaʻu kitautolu takitaha ke tau “ʻofa … ki [hotau] tokouá ʻo hangē pē ko [kitautolú]” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38:24). Kapau ʻoku tau fie hoko ko e kakai ʻo e ʻEikí pea tau uouangataha, ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he pau ke tau feangaleleiʻakí, ka kuo pau foki ke tau vakai moʻoni ʻoku tau tuʻunga tatau pea ongoʻi ia ʻi hotau lotó—ʻo tatau ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, tatau ʻi he mahuʻinga mo e ivi malava.
Ko e Talangofuá
Ko e lēsoni hoko mei he 4 Nīfaí ʻoku ʻomi ia ʻi he lea mahinongofua ko ʻení: “[Naʻa] nau ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi fekau kuo nau maʻu mei honau ʻEiki mo honau ʻOtuá” (4 Nīfai 1:12).
Kuo akoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ki he kakaí ni ʻa ʻEne tokāteliné, ʻoange kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi fekau, pea uiuiʻi ha kau tamaioʻeiki ke tokoniʻi kinautolu. Ko e taha ʻo ʻEne ngaahi taumuʻa ʻi hono fai ʻení ke fakapapauʻi he ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fakakikihi ʻiate kinautolu (vakai, 3 Nīfai 11:28–29; 18:34).
ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻetau talangofua ki he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e ʻEikí mo ʻEne kau tamaioʻeikí ki heʻetau uouangatahá. ʻOku kau heni ʻetau tukupā ke talangofua ki he fekau ke fakatomalá ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi pē ʻoku tau tōnounou ai pea fetokoniʻaki ʻi heʻetau feinga ke fai lelei ange pea hoko ʻo lelei ange ʻi he ʻaho kotoa peé.
Fakataha Maí
Hokó, ʻoku tau ako ʻi he 4 Nīfaí “[naʻe] fai atu [ʻa e kakaí] ʻi he ʻaukai mo e lotu, pea ʻi heʻenau faʻa fakataha ke lotu mo fanongo ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEikí” (4 Nīfai 1:12).
ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fakataha. Ko ʻetau ngaahi fakataha moihū fakauiké ko ha faingamālie mahuʻinga ia ke tau maʻu ai ha mālohi, fakafoʻituitui mo fakalūkufua fakatouʻosi. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e sākalamēnití, ako, lotu, hiva fakataha, mo fepoupouaki. ʻOku tokoni foki ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga kehé ke tanumaki ha ongo ʻo e kau maí, fakakaungāmeʻá, mo e taumuʻa tataú.
ʻOfá
ʻOku ʻomi leva ʻe he lekooti ʻi he 4 Nīfaí ʻa e meʻa mahalo ko e kī mahuʻinga taha ia ki he ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa—ʻa e meʻa kapau ʻe taʻeʻoua ia, he ʻikai lava ke maʻu ʻa e uouangataha moʻoní: “Naʻe ʻikai ha fekeʻikeʻi ʻi he fonuá, koeʻuhi ko e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ia naʻe ʻi he loto ʻo e kakaí” (4 Nīfai 1:15).
ʻOku aʻusia ʻa e melino fakatāutahá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ʻofa moʻoni ai ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo. Ko e ʻuluaki pea ko e lahi ʻeni ʻo e fekaú. Ko e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻo lahi ange ʻi ha toe taha pe ha toe meʻá, ko e tuʻunga ia ʻokú ne ʻomi ʻa e nonga, fiemālie, loto-falala, mo e nēkeneka moʻoní. ʻI heʻetau fakatupulaki ha ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻe fakanatula pē ʻa e muiaki mai ʻa e ʻofa ki he fāmilí mo e kaungāʻapí.
ʻOku hoko ʻa e fiefia lahi taha te tau aʻusiá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fonu ai ʻi he ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo ʻEne fānaú kotoa pē.
Ko e manavaʻofá, ʻa e ʻofa haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí, ko e faitoʻo ia ki he fekeʻikeʻí. Ko e tefitoʻi ʻulungaanga ia ʻo ha ākonga moʻoni ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fakavaivaiʻi ai kitautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá pea lotu ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo e ivi hotau lotó, ʻe foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻofa faka-Kalaisí (vakai, Molonai 7:48).
ʻI heʻetau feinga kotoa ke nofoʻia hotau lotó ʻe he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe ngali fakanatula pē ʻa e mana ʻo e uouangatahá kiate kitautolu.
Tuʻunga Fakalangí
Fakaʻosí, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he kakai ʻi he 4 Nīfaí ha fakaʻilonga ʻo e uouangatahá ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ki aí: “Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha kau kaihaʻa, pe kau fakapō, pea naʻe ʻikai foki ke ʻi ai ha kau Leimana, pe ha faʻahinga kakai kehe ʻe taha; ka naʻa nau taha pē, ko e fānau ʻa Kalaisi, pea ko e kau ʻea hoko ki he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá” (4 Nīfai 1:17).
Ko e ngaahi fakahingohingoa naʻá ne vahevaheʻi ʻa e kakaí ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ʻe laungeaú naʻe ʻikai mahuʻinga ange ia ʻi ha tuʻunga tuʻuloa mo fakaʻeiʻeiki. Naʻa nau vakai kiate kinautolu—mo e tokotaha kotoa pē—ʻo fakatatau ki honau vā fetuʻutaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻE lava ke lelei mo mahuʻinga ʻa e faikehekehé kiate kitautolu. Ka ko hotau tuʻunga mahuʻinga tahá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fekauʻaki mo hotau tupuʻanga mo e taumuʻa fakalangí.
ʻUluaki mo mahuʻinga tahá, ko ha fānau kotoa kitautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá. Uá, ʻi heʻetau hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, ko e fānau kitautolu ʻo e fuakavá. Pea ko e tolú, ko ha ākonga kitautolu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻOku ou tapou atu kiate kitautolu kotoa ke ʻoua naʻa tau tuku ha toe meʻa kehe ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻaki kitautolu ke ne “toʻo, fetongi, pe muʻomuʻa ia ʻi he tuʻunga tuʻuloa ʻe tolu ko ʻení.”
Hoko ʻo Taha
Kuo fakaafeʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ke haʻu kiate Ia. ʻOku ʻi ai ha potu ki he taha kotoa pē. Mahalo te tau kehekehe ʻi hotau anga fakafonuá, meʻa fakapolitikalé, matakalí, meʻa ʻoku tau saiʻia aí, mo ha ngaahi founga kehekehe. Ka ʻi heʻetau fakataha ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku puli atu ʻa e faʻahinga faikehekehe peheé ʻi honau mahuʻingá pea ʻoku fetongi ia ʻe heʻetau holi moʻoni ke tau tahá—koeʻuhí ke tau lava ʻo hoko ko Hono kakai.
Moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni ʻoku akoʻi ʻi he 4 Nīfaí. ʻI heʻetau takitaha feinga ke fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi ʻelemēniti mahuʻinga ko ʻeni ʻo e uouangatahá ʻi heʻetau moʻuí, ʻe lava ke fakamatalaʻi ʻaki kitautolu ʻo hangē ko ia ne hoko kiate kinautolú, “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ʻi ai ha kakai ʻoku lahi hake ʻenau fiefiá ʻi he kakai kotoa pē kuo fakatupu ʻe he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻOtuá” (4 Nīfai 1:16).