Ko ʻEtau Taumuʻá ke Fakaului

Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e ako mo e akoʻi kotoa pē ʻo e ongoongoleleí ko hono fakaloloto ʻetau uluí pea tokoniʻi ke tau hoko ʻo hangē ko Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ʻení, ko e taimi ʻoku tau ako ai e ongoongoleleí, ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻetau fekumi ki ha ngaahi fakamatala foʻoú; ka ʻoku tau fie hoko ko ha kau “fakatupu foʻou” (vakai, 2 Kolinitō 5:17). ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ke tau fakafalala ki he Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ke Na liliu hotau lotó, ngaahi fakakaukaú, angafaí, mo hotau natula moʻoní.

Ka ʻoku ʻikai hoko fakaʻangataha pē ʻa e faʻahinga ako ki he ongoongoleleí ʻokú ne fakamālohia ʻetau tuí pea fakatau ki he liliu fakaofo ʻo e fakauluí. ʻOku ope atu ia mei he loki akó ki he loto mo e ʻapi ʻo e fakafoʻituituí. ʻOku fie maʻu ki ai ʻa e ngāue maʻu pē he ʻaho kotoa pē kae lava ke mahino mo moʻui ʻaki e ongoongoleleí. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻa e ivi tākiekina ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ki he ului moʻoní.

ʻOku tataki kitautolu ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ki he moʻoní pea fakamoʻoniʻi mai ʻa e moʻoni ko iá (vakai, Sione 16:13). ʻOkú Ne fakamaama hotau ʻatamaí, fakaake ʻetau mahinó, mo tākiekina e ongo hotau lotó ʻaki e fakahā mei he ʻOtuá, ko e tupuʻanga ʻo e moʻoni kotoa pē. ʻOku fakamaʻa ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní hotau ngaahi lotó. ʻOkú Ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau holi ke moʻui ʻaki ʻa e moʻoní, pea ʻokú Ne fanafana mai ʻa e ngaahi founga ke tau fai ai ʻení. Ko hono moʻoní, “ko e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní … te Ne akoʻi ʻa [kitautolu] ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē” (Sione 14:26).

ʻI he ngaahi ʻuhinga ko ʻení, ʻi heʻetau feinga ke moʻui ʻaki, ako mo akoʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí, ʻoku totonu ke tau tomuʻa fekumi ki he takaua ʻa e Laumālié. ʻOku totonu ke puleʻi ʻe he ngaahi taumuʻa ko ʻení ʻa ʻetau ngaahi filí mo tākiekina ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú mo e ngāué. ʻOku totonu ke tau fekumi ki he meʻa ʻokú ne fakaafeʻi ʻa e ivi tākiekina ʻo e Laumālié pea tafoki mei he meʻa ʻokú ne tuli ʻa e ivi tākiekina ko iá—he ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi kapau ʻoku tau taau ke maʻu e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, te tau lava foki ʻo taau ke nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Tamai Hēvaní mo hono ʻAlo, ko Sīsū Kalaisí.