3 Nīfai 1

“Naʻe Kamata ke Fakahoko ʻa e Ngaahi Kikite ʻa e Kau Palōfitá”

Naʻe fēfē nai ʻa e tatali mo e sio ki he fetuʻu naʻá ne fanongonongo ʻa e ʻaloʻi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí? Naʻe fakasio ʻe he kau Nīfai tuí ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Samuela ko e tangata Leimaná ʻe hoko maí (vakai, Hilamani 14), ka naʻe fakamanamana ʻa e kau taʻetuí ke tāmateʻi kinautolu kapau he ʻikai ke ʻasi mai ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilongá. ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ke tokoniʻi koe ke ke ongoʻi ha loto-falala lahi ange ʻe fakahoko ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi folofola kotoa pē ʻokú Ne folofola ʻaki ʻo fakafou mai ʻi Heʻene kau palōfitá.

Fakamālohia ʻe he tuí

• ʻI ha meʻafua ʻo e taha ki he nima, pea ko e nimá ʻa e mālohi tahá, te ke fakafuofuaʻi fēfē ho tuʻunga tuí pe loto-falala ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa ʻEne kau palōfitá? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?

ʻI he haʻu ʻa Samuela ko e tangata Leimaná ki he kau Nīfaí, naʻá ne kikite ʻo pehē “ʻoku toe ʻa e taʻu ʻe nima, pea vakai, ʻe hāʻele mai leva ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá” (Hilamani 14:2). Kuo kikiteʻi ʻe he kau palōfitá ʻa e hāʻele mai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi ha taʻu ʻe lau afe, pea kuo hokosia ʻa e taimi naʻe hanganaki mai ai ki Hono ʻaloʻí. ʻOku kamata ʻa e tohi 3 Nīfaí ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e taʻu ʻe nima ko iá.

• Kapau ko e taha koe ʻo kinautolu naʻe tui kia Samuelá, ʻokú ke pehē ko e hā naʻá ke mei ongoʻi ʻi he taimi ko ʻení?

ʻI hoʻo akó, kumi e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku faitatau ai e ngaahi tūkunga ʻi he 3 Nīfai 1 mo e ngaahi tūkunga ʻi hotau kuongá ni. Mahalo te ke fie fakaʻilongaʻi ha ngaahi foʻi lea mo ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea mahuʻinga ʻokú ne fakamālohia hoʻo falala ki he ʻOtuá mo e ngaahi lea ʻa ʻEne kau palōfitá.

Ko e kau Nīfai tuí

ʻOku tau ako ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo e 3 Nīfai 1, kuo mavahe ʻa Nīfai, ko e foha ʻo Hilamaní, mei he fonuá pea kuo hoko hono foha ko Nīfaí he taimí ni ko e palōfita ʻi he kau Nīfaí.

Lau ʻa e 3 Nīfai 1:4–9, pea kumi ha ngaahi faingataʻa naʻe fepaki mo e kau Nīfai tuí ʻi he taimi ko ʻení.

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe malava ai ʻe ha niʻihi ke “sio fakamamaʻu” (veesi 8) neongo ʻa e fakamanamana ʻo e maté?

Lau ʻa e 3 Nīfai 1:10–14 ke ʻilo ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokó.

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā e ongo ʻa Nīfaí ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo e ʻEikí?

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā e meʻa naʻe finangalo e ʻEikí ke mahino kia Nīfai mo e kakaí?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi moʻoni te ke lava ʻo maʻu mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení?

ʻE fakahoko e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau palōfitá

ʻOku tau ako ʻi he ngaahi moʻoni lahi ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení, ʻe fakahoko ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi folofola kotoa pē kuó Ne folofola ki Heʻene kau palōfitá. ʻE lava ke ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ʻi he veesi 13.

Lau ʻa e 3 Nīfai 1:15–22, ʻo kumi ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kakaí ʻi he taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kikité.

1. Tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ‘ení:

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe fuʻu kehekehe ai e tali ʻa e kakaí?

• Naʻe fakamālohia fēfē ʻa e kakai tuí lolotonga e aʻusia ko ʻení?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻe lava ke fakatupulaki ai ʻe he aʻusia ko ʻení hoʻo falala moʻoni ki he palani ʻa e ʻEikí ki hoʻo moʻuí?

Ko Hoʻo Aʻusiá

Hangē ko e kau Nīfai ʻi he 3 Nīfai 1, ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi ha ngaahi taimi ʻoku ngali fuʻu taʻepau ʻa e kahaʻú. Te tau maʻu fēfē ha loto-falala ki he ʻEikí mo ʻEne folofola ʻoku fakafou mai ʻi Heʻene kau palōfitá?

Naʻe akonaki ʻa ʻEletā Tēvita A. Petinā ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo pehē:

Ko e tui faivelengá ʻoku ʻikai ke fakavalevale pe fuʻu tōtuʻa ia. Ka ko hano tokaʻi mo hano tuku ia ʻo ʻetau falalá ki hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ki Hono huafá, mo ʻEne ngaahi talaʻofá. ʻI heʻetau “vivili atu ki muʻa ʻi he tui mālohi kia Kalaisi, pea maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻoku mālohi haohaoa, mo ha ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo e kakai fulipē,” [2 Nīfai 31:20], ʻoku tāpuekina ʻaki kitautolu ha fakakaukau taʻengata mo ha vīsone ʻoku taukakapa mei he meʻa ʻoku tau malava fakamatelié. Te tau lava leva ke “kātoa fakataha, pea tuʻu ʻi he ngaahi potu toputapú” [Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 101:22] pea “ʻoua ʻe hiki mei ai kae ʻoua ke hokosia ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí.” [Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 87:8]. (David A. Bednar, “Te Tau Siviʻi ʻA Kinautolu,” Liahona, Nōvema. 2020, 11)

Fakakaukau ki he ʻuhinga te ke faingataʻaʻia ai ʻi he tui ki he ʻOtuá mo ongoʻi taʻepauʻia pe manavasiʻi ki hoʻo moʻuí. ʻOku fakataautaha ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ko ʻení ki he tokotaha fakafoʻituitui takitaha ka ʻe lava ke kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni:

• Manukiʻi pe ʻohofi koeʻuhí ko hoʻo tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí

• ʻI ai ha faingataʻa ʻi he ngaahi vā fetuʻutaki fakafāmilí, kau ai e ngaahi mātuʻa ʻoku māvahevahe ʻi he vete malí

• Aʻusia ʻo e loto-hohaʻá pe loto-mafasiá

• Hohaʻa ki he ngaahi ʻofaʻanga ʻoku nau foua e fetokangaʻaki ʻa e tangata mo e tangata pe fefine mo e fefiné

• Faingataʻaʻia ʻi he maʻunimaá pe fāifeinga ke ikunaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga fakatupu maumaú

• Ko e manavasiʻi he ʻikai lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí

• Ongoʻi taʻetaau pe ʻikai fakamolemoleʻi

Naʻe folofola ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he Sione 16:33, ʻo pehē, “Te mou maʻu ʻa e mamahí ʻi māmani: ka mou loto-toʻa; kuó u ikuʻi ʻa māmani.”

2. Tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku felāveʻi mo ha taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lisi atu ko ʻení:

• Ko e hā kuo fakahā ʻe he kau palōfitá fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisi te ne lava ʻo ueʻi koe ke ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e tui kiate Iá? (Mahalo te ke loto ke lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 7:11–13; ʻEta 12:27; ʻĪsaia 25:8–9.) ʻOkú ke pehē te Ne tokoniʻi fēfē koe ʻi ho ngaahi tūkungá?

• Ko e fē ha taimi kuo fakamālohia ai koe pe ko ha taha ʻokú ke ʻilo ʻi ha taimi faingataʻa pe tailiili ʻaki ʻa e falala ki he ʻEikí pe ngaahi lea ʻa ʻEne kau palōfitá? ʻE tokoni fēfē hono manatuʻi e aʻusia ko ʻení ke ke fakatokangaʻi ai ʻEne tokoni ʻi hoʻo moʻuí?

Mahalo te ke fie hiki hoʻo ngaahi ongo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa kuó ke ako he ʻaho ní. Te ke lava ʻo fakakau ai ha ngaahi ngāue naʻá ke ongoʻi naʻe ueʻi koe ke ke fai pe ko e founga ʻoku fakamālohia ai koe ʻe he ʻilo ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi folofola ʻokú Ne folofola ʻaki ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene kau palōfitá.

Fili Pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?

Ko e hā te u lava ʻo fai ke u kei tuʻu mālohi ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakafepakiʻi ai ʻeku tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Pīsope Lisiate C. ʻEsilī, Tokoni ʻUluaki mālōlō ʻi he Kau Pīsopeliki Pulé ʻo pehē:

Koeʻuhí ko e fepakipaki mo e faingataʻa ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo iá, ʻoku ou fokotuʻu atu ha fili ʻe taha—ko ha fili ki he nongá mo e malú, ko ha fili ʻoku feʻunga maʻatautolu. Ko e fili ko iá ʻa e tuí. … Fili ʻa e tuí kae ʻikai ko e veiveiuá, fili ʻa e tuí kae ʻikai ko e ilifiá, fili ʻa e tuí kae ʻikai ko e meʻa ʻoku taʻeʻiloá mo ʻikai mātaá; pea fili ʻa e tuí kae ʻikai ko e fakatuʻatamakí. …

ʻI he fehangahangai ʻa e [fakaʻuhingá] mo e fakakaukau leleí pe poto fakatāutahá, ngaahi akonaki toputapú mo e tokāteliné, pe ʻohofia hoʻo tuí ʻe he ngaahi pōpoaki ʻokú na fehangahangaí… , fili ke ʻoua naʻá ke liʻaki ia ʻi hoʻo taʻetuí [vakai, ʻAlamā 32:28]. Manatu he ʻikai ke tau maʻu ha fakamoʻoni kae hili hono ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻetau tuí (vakai, ʻEta 12:6). (Richard C. Edgley, “Tuí—ko e Fili Ia ʻa ʻAu,” Liahona, Nōvema 2010, 31, 32–33)

3 Nīfai 1:14. ʻOku fakahoko fakatouʻosi fēfē ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e finangalo ʻo e Tamaí mo e ʻAló?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ʻEletā Pulusi R. Makongikī (1915–85) ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá:

ʻOku mahino ko [Sīsū Kalaisi] ʻa e ʻAló koeʻuhí ko e kakanó, ko hono ʻuhingá naʻe ʻaloʻi ia ki he māmaní ʻo hangē ko e kakai fakamatelie kehé. Naʻá Ne maʻu ha sino naʻe fakatupu mo lehilehiʻi ʻi he manava ʻo ha fefine matelie. ʻOku faingataʻa ange ke tau sioloto ki heʻene hoko ko e Tamaí koeʻuhí ko ia. ʻE toki lava pē ke tonu ʻeni ʻi he ʻuhinga naʻá Ne hoko [ʻa e Fakamoʻuí] ko e Tamaí koeʻuhí he naʻá Ne maʻu ʻa e mālohi ʻo e Tamaí; pea fālute ʻa hono finangaló ʻe he finangalo ʻo e Tamaí; koeʻuhí naʻá Ne lava ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko Hono tofiʻa mei he Tokotaha Fungani Māʻolunga ko iá. …

Ko Kalaisi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻokú Ne hāʻele mai ke huhuʻi Hono kakaí. Ko Ia ʻa e ʻAló he naʻe ʻaloʻi mai Ia ki he moʻui fakamatelié. Ko e Tamaí Ia koeʻuhí ʻokú Ne maʻu mei heʻene Tamaí ʻa e mālohi kotoa ʻo e māfimafí, pea ʻoku hoko ʻa e meʻa ʻokú Ne folofola ʻaki mo fakahokó ko ha ngaahi folofola mo e ngāue ʻo Ia ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻa e huafa ʻokú Ne ʻai kiate Iá. (Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah: The First Coming of Christ [1978], 371–73)

3 Nīfai 1:22. Te u fakaʻehiʻehi fēfē mei he tō ki he ngaahi loi ʻoku fakamafola holo ʻe Sētane ‘i he kuonga ní?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Tieta F. ʻUkitofa, ʻi heʻene kei ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻo pehē:

ʻOku loto hotau fili ko Sētané ke tau hinga. ʻOkú ne fakamafola e loí ko e konga ʻene feinga ke fakaʻauha ʻetau tuí. ʻOkú ne fokotuʻu fakaoloolo mai ʻoku tōtōatu mo poto e tokotaha lotoveiveiua mo hūhūmamá, kae tala leva ko kinautolu ʻoku tui ki he ʻOtuá mo ʻEne ngaahi maná, ʻoku nau tui noaʻia, kui mo ʻatamai kovi. Te ne taukapoʻi foki ʻoku lelei ʻaupito pē ke ongoʻi veiveiua he ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālié mo e akonaki ʻa e kau palōfita moʻoní.

Pehēange mai ne u lava ʻo tokoni ke mahino ki he taha kotoa ʻa e foʻi moʻoni faingofua ko ʻení: ʻoku tau tui ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻi hotau lotó mo e ʻatamaí kae ʻikai koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻiloʻí. ʻOku faʻa toputapu ʻetau ngaahi aʻusia fakalaumālié he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke fakamatalaʻi ʻaki ha lea fakaemāmani, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ʻoku loi. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “ʻOua Naʻá ke Manavahē, Ka ke Tui Pē,” Liahona, Nōvema 2015, 78)