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Ko e Meʻaʻofa Haohaoá
ʻOku ou saiʻia ʻi he taimi makehe ko ʻeni ʻo e taʻú. ʻOku ou saiʻia ʻi he feohi lahi ange mo hotau ngaahi fāmilí, pea lahi ange ʻa e tokanga taha ki he fetauhiʻakí, pea mo hono fakamamafaʻi ʻo e foaki atú kae ʻikai ko e maʻu maí. Ka ko e taupotu tahá, ʻoku ou saiʻia ʻi he tuku ʻa e tokanga ʻa e māmaní ki he Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he Kilisimasí, kae pehē ki Hono ʻAloʻí.
ʻOku foaki meʻaʻofa ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē. ʻOku tau ʻilo mei he Fuakava Foʻoú ko e taimi ko ia naʻe ongona ai ʻe he kau Tangata Potó ʻa hono ʻaloʻi ʻo e Mīsaiá, ʻa ia naʻe kikiteʻi fuoloá, naʻa nau fononga mamaʻo ʻaupito ke ʻaʻahi ki he valevale ko Sīsuú. Naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi heʻenau fononga ʻi he lau taʻu ke mamata kiate Iá, ka naʻa nau toe ʻomi foki mo ha ʻū meʻaʻofa mahuʻinga mo ʻuhingamālie. Naʻa nau foaki ʻa e lelei taha naʻa nau malava ke foakí. ʻI heʻetau fakaofi atu ki he taimi toputapu ko ʻeni hono fakamanatuá, ʻoku ou fakakaukau pe ko e hā ha faʻahinga meʻaʻofa te u lava ke ʻomi ki he Fakamoʻuí.
Ko e Tokotaha Foaki Meʻaʻofa Lelei Tahá
Ko e tokotaha foaki meʻaʻofa lelei tahá, ko e ʻOtuá ko ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi ʻetau fiemaʻú kimuʻa pea tau toki kolé. Naʻá Ne teuteuʻi ʻa e palani lahi ʻo e fiefiá maʻatautolu pea foaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ko ha meʻaʻofa ke Ne fakahoko ia.
Lolotonga ʻa e ʻi māmani ʻa Kalaisí, naʻá Ne akoʻi mai kiate kitautolu fekauʻaki mo e tokotaha foaki meʻaʻofa lelei taha ko ʻení. Naʻá Ne fai ʻa e fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi he Mātiu 7: “…ko e tangata fē ʻiate kimoutolu, kapau ʻe kole mā ʻe hono fohá, te ne [ʻoange] ki ai ha maka?” (Mātiu 7:9). Naʻe toki fakamatalaʻi leva ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e ʻulungaanga ʻo e tokotaha foaki meʻaʻofá ʻa ia ko ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní: “Ko ia kapau ʻoku mou ʻilo, ka ko e angakovi, ke foaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei ki hoʻomou fānaú, ʻe fēfē hono lahi hake ʻo e fie foaki ʻa e ngaahi leleí ʻe hoʻomou Tamai ʻoku ʻi he langí kiate kinautolu ʻoku kole kiate iá?” (Mātiu 7:11).
Ko e Meʻaʻofa Haohaoá
Ko e hā ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻoku foaki ʻe he tokotaha foaki meʻaʻofa lelei tahá? Ko hono moʻoní, te ne foaki ha meʻaʻofa ʻoku fuʻu fiemaʻu moʻoni ʻa ia ko ha meʻaʻofa he ʻikai ke tau teitei maʻu ʻiate kitautolu pē. “He naʻe ʻofa pehē ʻa e ʻOtuá ki māmani, naʻá ne foaki hono ʻAlo pē taha naʻe fakatupú, koeʻuhi ko ia kotoa pē ʻe tui kiate iá ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha, kae maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá” (Sione 3:16). Ko e meʻaʻofa taʻe-mafakatataua ko ʻení maʻá e taha kotoa pē kuo haʻu ki he māmaní, pea ʻoku mahino moʻoni ʻa hono fiemaʻu ʻe he taha kotoa pē ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko ʻeni ʻa Kalaisí.
ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he toetuʻu fakaemāmani lahi ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻo e moʻui-taʻe-faʻa-maté ki he taha kotoa pē, kae ʻomai ʻe Heʻene Fakalelei taʻe-fakangatangatá kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻaʻofa ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá mo e hakeakiʻí. ʻOku hanga ʻe he meʻaʻofa ʻa Kalaisí ʻo ʻai ke tau lava ʻo moʻui taʻengata mo hotau ngaahi fāmilí, ʻi hono fakahoko mo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakava toputapú.
Ko ha meʻaʻofa ʻi ha totongi mātuʻaki mahuʻinga
Neongo ʻoku maʻu taʻe totongi ia ʻe he taha kotoa pē mei he Ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsuú, ka naʻe maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ko ʻení ʻi ha totongi ʻoku ʻikai malava ke mafakakaukaua. ʻOku tau laukonga fekauʻaki mo e fuʻu totongi lahi naʻe fai ʻe he Lami haohaoa ʻa e ʻOtua ʻi he kolosi ʻi Kolokotá pea mo e Ngoue ko Ketisemaní.
ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e fuʻu totongi lahi ko ʻení ʻi Heʻene lea pē ʻaʻana: “ʻa ia ko e mamahi naʻe langaki ai ʻa ʻeku tetetete ʻaʻaku, ʻa ia ko e ʻOtuá, ko e tokotaha ʻoku mālohi tahá, koeʻuhí ko e mamahí, pea mo e tafe ʻa e totó ʻi he ava kotoa ʻo hoku kilí, mo e mamahiʻia ʻi he sinó mo e laumālié fakatouʻosi…” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 19:18).
ʻI heʻetau fakakaukau ki he tokotaha foaki meʻaʻofá, mo e natula ʻo ʻEne meʻaʻofá pea mo e totongi mātuʻaki mahuʻinga naʻe fai ki aí, ʻoku fakanatula pē ʻetau fakakaukau ki he faʻahinga meʻaʻofa te tau lava ke ʻomi ki he Fakamoʻuí.
Tau fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e Meʻaʻofa ʻa Kalaisí
ʻOku ʻi ai ha tatau ʻi homau ʻapí ʻo e moto mei he sila ʻo e kolo ko Pelefasí, ʻi he Fakatokelau ʻo ʻAilaní:
Pro tanto quid retribuamus
“Koeʻuhí ko e fuʻu meʻa lahi kuo fai maí, ko e hā leva te tau totongí?”
Toʻo mei he Saame 116:12: “Ko e hā te u ʻatu ki [he ʻEikí] koeʻuhí ko ʻene ngaahi meʻaʻofa kotoa pē kiate aú”, ʻoku ou ongoʻi ʻoku hanga ʻe he kupuʻi lea ko ʻení ʻo fakamatala ʻa e anga ʻeku ongo ki he Fakamoʻuí pea mo e meʻa kuó Ne faí, meʻa ʻokú Ne faí pea mo ia ʻoku ʻamanaki ke Ne fai maʻakú.
ʻOku ou lotua ʻi he faʻahitaʻu femoʻuekina ko ʻení, ke tau tuku kotoa ha kiʻi taimi ke nofo ʻo fakakaukau ʻi he loto-houngaʻia ki he meʻaʻofa ʻa Kalaisí, naʻe foaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻe heʻetau Tamai Hēvani ʻofá, koeʻuhí ke tau lava ʻo toe foki kiate Ia.
Naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe ʻEletā Petuliki Kealoni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, “ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e palani ʻa e Tamaí… ke ʻomi ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki ʻapi.” Tau ʻeke ange pē kiate kitautolú, “Koeʻuhí ko e fuʻu meʻa lahi kuo fai maí, ko e hā leva te tau totongí”?
ʻI hono tukutaha ʻetau tokangá ki he ngaahi ouau ʻo e sākalamēnití pea mo e temipalé, tuku muʻa ke tau tauhi faivelenga ange ʻetau ngaahi fuakavá, pea foaki ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko ʻení ki he Fakamoʻuí ʻi he Kilisimasi ko ʻení.