Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻEikí ki Hono Kāingalotú ha ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi heʻenau teuteu ke fakahoko ha ngaahi feilaulau lahi ke tānaki fakataha ki ʻOhaioó. ʻI he fakahā naʻe foaki ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ki he Kāingalotú, naʻá Ne fakahā ai Hono ʻulungāngá pea fakaafeʻi Hono kakaí ke nau moʻui ʻo hangē ko Iá. ʻE lava ke tokoni ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ki he kau akó ke nau hoko ʻo hangē ange ko e Fakamoʻuí ʻaki ʻenau fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé mo fekumi ki he uouangatahá.
Ngaahi ʻEkitivitī Ako ʻOku Ala Fakahokó
‘Oku finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke tau hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá
ʻI Tīsema ʻo e 1830, naʻe ngāue ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi hono toe vakaiʻi fakalaumālie ʻo e Tohi Tapú peá ne maʻu ai ʻa ia ʻoku hoko ʻi he taimí ni ko e Mōsese 6–7 ʻi he Mataʻitofe Mahuʻingá. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e ngaahi vahe ko ʻení ki ha palōfita ko ʻĪnoke mo hono kakaí. Koeʻuhí ko ʻenau māʻoniʻoní mo e uouangatahá, naʻe ui ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e kakai ko ʻení ko Saione.
Naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38, kau ki he tānaki fakataha ki ʻOhaioó. Naʻá Ne akoʻi kinautolu fekauʻaki mo Hono ʻulungāngá pea fakamamafaʻi ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo hono langa hake ʻo Saioné. ʻE tokoni ʻa e talangofua ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ke teuteuʻi ʻe he Kāingalotú kinautolu ke maʻu ʻa e fono ʻa e Fakamoʻuí pea ke fakakoloaʻi ʻaki Hono mālohí (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38:32).
Ko e hā naʻá ke maʻu ʻe tokoni kiate kinautolu naʻe hiki ki ʻOhaioó ke nau fetauhiʻaki mo uouangatahá?
Ko ʻetau feinga ke fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé mo feinga ke uouangatahá
Na‘e akoʻi ‘e ʻEletā Teili G. Lenilani ‘o e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ‘Aposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ha ngaahi founga te tau lava ai ʻo uouangataha ko ha kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisi. Lau ʻa e fakamatalá pe mamata ʻi he foʻi vitiō “ʻOku Fakangata ʻe he Melino ʻa Kalaisí ʻa e Tāufehiʻá” (12:39; mamata mei he taimi 4:49 ki he 6:32) ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
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Ko e uouangatahá ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻa e ngāué. ʻOku tupulaki ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau tanumaki ai ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hotau lotó mo tukutaha ʻetau tokangá ki hotau ikuʻanga taʻengatá. ʻOku fakatahaʻi kitautolu ʻe hotau tuʻunga ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo ʻetau loto ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí. ʻOku fakatupu ʻe heʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo hotau tuʻunga fakaākonga ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí ha tokanga moʻoni ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻOku tau fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e tuifio ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungāngá, fakakaukaú, mo e talēniti ʻo e kakai kehé. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke tau tuku hotau tuʻunga fakaākonga ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí ke muʻomuʻa ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakataautaha ʻoku tau tokanga ki aí mo ʻetau fakakaukaú, pea tā ʻoku totonu ke tau toe vakavakaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻá pea liliu.
Mahalo te ta fakahehema ke pehē, “ʻIo, te ta lava ʻo uouangataha—kapau te ke loto tatau mo au!” Ko ha founga ʻoku lelei angé ke te fehuʻi, “Ko e hā te u lava ʻo fai ke tanumaki ʻa e uouangatahá? Ko e hā te u lava ʻo fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e tokotahá ni ke ne ofi ange kia Kalaisí? Ko e hā te u lava ʻo fai ke fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e fakakikihí mo langaki ha komiunitī loto-ʻofa mo loto-tokanga ʻo e Siasí?”
Ko e taimi ʻoku ʻōʻōfaki ai ʻetau moʻuí ʻe he ʻofa ʻa Kalaisí, te tau fakaleleiʻi ʻa e taʻe-felotoí ʻaki ʻa e angamaluú, faʻa kātakí, mo e angaʻofá. ʻE siʻi ange haʻatau hohaʻa ki he meʻa ʻoku pelepelengesi kiate kitautolú kae lahi ange ki hotau kaungāʻapí. ʻOku tau “feinga ke fakaleleiʻi mo uouangataha” [Dallin H. Oaks, “Ko Hono Maluʻi ʻEtau Konisitūtone Ueʻi Fakalangí,” Liahona, Mē 2021, 107]. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau kau ʻi ha ngaahi “fakakikihi taʻeʻaonga,” fakamāuʻi ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai felotoi mo kitautolú, pe feinga ke nau tūkia [vakai, Loma 14:1–3, 13, 21]. Ka, ʻoku tau pehē pē ko kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai felotoi mo kitautolú ʻoku nau fai pē ʻa e lelei taha ʻoku nau lavá ʻi he ngaahi aʻusia ʻo e moʻuí ʻoku nau maʻú. (Dale G. Renlund, “ʻOku Fakangata ʻe he Melino ʻa Kalaisí ʻa e Tāufehiʻá,” Liahona, Nōvema 2021, 84)
Fili ʻi he faʻa lotu ha vā fetuʻutaki ʻokú ke fie fakamālohia mo ha fakafoʻituitui pe ʻi ha kulupu. Tali ha fehuʻi ʻe taha pe lahi ange ʻi he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení:
Ko e hā te ke lava ʻo fai ke fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e tokotahá ni pe kakaí pea fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofá kiate kinautolu?
Te ke tafoki fēfē nai ki he Fakamoʻuí ke ikunaʻi ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻokú ke fehangahangai mo iá?
ʻE tokoni fēfē nai hoʻo fai ʻení ke ke hangē ange ai ko e Fakamoʻuí?