Naʻe akoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa Siosefa Sāmita fekauʻaki mo e Hinga ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví pea mo e tauʻatāina ke filí lolotonga ʻene ngāue ki he liliu fakalaumālie ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 29, ʻa e huhuʻi mei he Hinga ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví ʻo fakafou ʻi he Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e lēsoni ko ʻení ke tokoni ke mahino lelei ange ki he kau akó ʻa ʻetau tauʻatāina ke filí ʻa ia naʻe foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá pea mo e huhuʻi naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí.
Ngaahi ʻEkitivitī Ako ʻOku Ala Fakahokó
Ko hono fakahoko ʻo ha ngaahi filí
ʻOku tau fakahoko ʻi he houa kotoa pē ʻo e ʻahó ha ngaahi fili ki ha meʻa ke fai pe ʻikai ke fai. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai ke mahuʻinga, pea niʻihi ʻoku fuʻu mahuʻinga ange. He ʻikai mahuʻinga ʻa e niʻihi ki he taʻengatá, ka ʻe fuʻu mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e niʻihi. (Thomas S. Monson, “Ko e Konga ʻe Tolu ʻo e Filí,” Liahona, Nōvema 2010, 67)
Ko e hā ha ngaahi fili taukakapa kuó ke fai, pe te ke fai, ʻe lava ke ne liliu lahi ho vā fetuʻutaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní?
Ko e hā ha fili naʻa tau fakahoko kotoa kimuʻa ʻi he moʻui ko ʻení?
Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ‘e ‘Eletā Lōpeti•D. Heili (1932–2017) ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ʻa e ngaahi ola taukakapa ʻo e fili naʻa tau fai ʻi he maama fakalaumālié.
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Koeʻuhí ko e angatuʻu ʻa Lusifaá, naʻe tupu ai ha fefusiaki fakalaumālie. Naʻe lava ʻa e fānau ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e tauʻatāina naʻe foaki ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní maʻanautolú. Naʻa tau fili ke tui ki he Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí—ke haʻu kiate Ia, muimui ʻiate Ia, pea tali ʻa e palani ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní naʻe ʻomi maʻatautolú. Ka ko e vahe tolu ʻe taha ʻo e fānau ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní naʻe ʻikai tui ke muimui ki he Fakamoʻuí ka naʻa nau fili ke muimui kia Lusifā, pe ko Sētane.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, “Ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi he angatuʻu ʻa Sētane kiate aú, ʻo ne feinga ke fakaʻauha ʻa e tauʻatāina ke fili ʻa e tangatá, ʻa ia ko au ko e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtuá, kuó u foaki kiate iá, … pea naʻá ku pule ke kapusi hifo ia ki lalo” [Mōsese 4:3]. (Robert D. Hales, “Tauʻatāina ke Filí: Mahuʻinga ki he Palani ʻo e Moʻuí,” Liahona, Nōvema 2010, 24)
Fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e kupuʻi lea tauʻatāina ke filí ʻi he veesi 36.
Te ke fakamatalaʻi fēfē nai ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e kupuʻi lea tauʻatāina ke filí?
Ko e foʻi moʻoni ʻe taha ʻe lava ke tau ako mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení koeʻuhí kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ʻa e tauʻatāina ke filí, te tau lava ʻo fili ke muimui pe fakafisingaʻi Ia.
ʻOku fakahaaʻi fēfē nai ʻe hono ʻomi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e malava ke tau filí ʻa ʻEne ʻofa kiate kitautolú?
Ko e Hingá mo ʻetau tauʻatāina ke filí
Ko hono fili ʻo e huhuʻí ʻo fakafou ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí
Kuo fai ʻe ha finemui ko Malia ha ngaahi fili ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi ʻoku hala. ʻOkú ne ongoʻi fakaʻiseʻisa mo mamaʻo mei he ʻOtuá mo fifili pe ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻamanaki lelei maʻana.
ʻI hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e meʻa naʻá ke ako ʻi he ʻahó ni fekauʻaki mo e tauʻatāina ke filí mo e huhuʻi ʻo fakafou ʻia Kalaisí, hiki ha tali te ke lava ʻo vahevahe mo Malia ʻa ia ʻokú ne poupouʻi ia ke ngāue ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei mo e tui neongo naʻá ne fakahoko ha ngaahi fili hala ʻi hono kuohilí.
Lau ʻa e lea ko ʻeni meia Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni (1927–2018), ʻo kumi ʻa e fili te ke lava ʻo poupouʻi ʻa Malia ke ne faí.
ʻI heʻetau fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi fili ʻoku tau fai fakaʻaho ʻi heʻetau moʻuí—tatau ai pē pe ko e fili ko ʻení pe ko e fili ko ʻeé—kapau te tau fili ʻa Kalaisi, ta kuo tonu ʻetau filí. (Thomas S. Monson, “Ngaahi Filí,” Liahona, ʻEpeleli 2016, 86)
Te u fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he uiké ni ʻa ʻeku tauʻatāina ke filí, ke fili ʻa Kalaisi ʻaki …