Sione 11:1–46, Konga 1

Fokotuʻu ʻe Sīsū ʻa Lasalosi mei he Maté

Naʻe kole ʻe Mele mo Maʻata kia Sīsū ke haʻu ʻo tokoniʻi hona tuongaʻane naʻe puke ko Lasalosí. Naʻe toloi ʻe Sīsū ʻEne fonongá pea aʻu atu hili ha ʻaho ʻe fā ʻo e mate ʻa Lasalosí. Naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsū ʻEne manavaʻofá pea tangi fakataha mo e ongo tautehiná. Naʻá Ne fokotuʻu leva ʻa Lasalosi mei he maté. ʻE lava ke tokoni atu e lēsoni ko ʻení ke ke ʻilo ‘a e ngaahi moʻoni fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni te nau lava ʻo tataki koe ʻi he ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí.

Fakakaukau ki ha taha ʻi ho fāmili ofí. Fakakaukauloto ne nau fuʻu puke lahi pea ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻenau moʻuí.

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi ongo te ke ala aʻusiá?

• Ko e hā e meʻa te ke ala fakahokó?

• Ko e hā nai haʻo ngaahi fehuʻi?

ʻI he Sione 11, naʻe fehangahangai ai ʻa Mele, Maʻata, mo Lasalosi mo e tūkunga ko ʻení. Neongo ko ʻenau aʻusiá naʻe fekauʻaki ia mo e puké mo e maté, ka te tau lava ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku tau ako mei heʻenau aʻusiá ki ha faʻahinga faingataʻa pē te tau ala fehangahangai mo ia.

1. Fai ‘a e ngaahi meʻa ko ‘ení ‘i hoʻo tohinoa ako folofolá:

Hiki ʻi he tafaʻaki ki ʻolunga ʻo hoʻo laʻipepá ʻa e “Ko e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke ke ʻilo ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi faingataʻá.” Lolotonga ʻo e lēsoní, fakakaukau ki he ngaahi faingataʻa ʻokú ke lolotonga fehangahangai pe te ke ala fehangahangai mo iá. Fekumi ke ʻiloʻi e ngaahi moʻoni fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne ongoongoleleí ʻokú ke ongoʻi te ne ala tataki mo ʻoatu ha ʻamanaki lelei lolotonga e ngaahi faingataʻa ko iá. Lekooti hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukaú ʻi hoʻo laʻipepá. Fakakaukau fakalelei ki he founga ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi ai koe ʻe he ngaahi moʻoni takitaha ʻokú ke maʻú ke ke ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa ki he Fakamoʻuí pea mei he Fakamoʻuí.

Fekumi ki he ngaahi moʻoní

Ko e taukei ako folofola ʻe taha ʻe lava ke tokoni ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní ko e kiʻi taʻofi ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke fakatokangaʻi ai ha ngaahi fakaikiiki mahuʻinga ke fai ʻaki ha ngaahi fehuʻi faingofua, hangē ko ʻení:

• Ko e hā nai ʻoku finangalo ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ke u ako mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení?

• Ko e hā ‘oku akoʻi mai ʻe he talanoa ko ʻení ‘o kau kia Sīsū Kalaisí?

Lau ʻa e Sione 11:1–7, pea fehuʻi pē kiate koe ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi kimuʻá.

ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni kehekehe naʻá ke mei ʻilo mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení. Ko ha ngaahi sīpinga ʻeni ʻe niʻihi: ʻI he sīpinga takitaha ʻo e tefitoʻi moʻoní, fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea pe ngaahi fakaikiiki mei he ngaahi veesi naʻá ke laú ʻoku nau poupouʻi ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá.

Neongo ʻoku ʻofaʻi kitautolu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi, ka te tau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá.

Neongo ‘etau muimui faivelenga kia Sīsū Kalaisí, ka te tau kei fepaki pē mo e ngaahi faingataʻá.

ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi faingataʻá, te tau lava ʻo fekumi ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻEikí, pea te Ne tali ia ʻi Heʻene taimi mo e founga pē ʻAʻaná.

Fakakaukau ke hiki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo laʻipepá.

• ʻOku tāpuekina fēfē nai koe ʻi hono ʻiloʻi e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ʻení?

Hili ha ʻaho ʻe ua mei he fanongo ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki he puke ʻa Lasalosí, naʻá Ne fononga ki he ʻapi ʻo Lasalosí. ʻI he taimi naʻá Ne aʻu atu aí, naʻe ʻi he faʻitoká ʻa Lasalosi ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe fā (vakai, Sione 11:17).

Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe ʻEletā Pulusi R. Makongikī (1915–85) ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e mahu’inga ‘o e ‘aho ‘e faá.

Kuo ʻosi kamata ke ʻauʻaunga ʻa e sinó; he naʻe ʻosi mahino pea fakapapauʻi kuo maté. … Naʻe mahuʻinga makehe ʻa e ʻaho ʻe faá ki he kau Siú; ko ha tui angamaheni ʻi he kakaí ni ʻoku pehē ko ʻene aʻu ki he ʻaho hono faá kuo ʻosi mavahe ʻosi ʻa e laumālié pea ʻe ʻikai toe lava ʻo foki ki he sino kuo maté.

(Bruce R. McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3 vols. [1965–73], 1:533)

Hokohoko atu hoʻo akoako ke ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní ʻi hoʻo lau ʻa e Sione 11:18–46 .   Kiʻi mālōlō he taimi ʻe niʻihi, pea ʻeke kiate koe ha ngaahi fehuʻi ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke haʻu ai ki ha ngaahi fakaikiiki mahuʻinga, hangē ko e meʻa ʻoku fai ʻe Mele mo Maʻata ke fakahā ʻaki ʻena tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí pe ko e founga ʻoku tali ʻaki ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻi he tūkunga takitaha. Tānaki atu ki hoʻo fakamatala fakapepá ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻokú ke maʻú, pea fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ‘a e ngaahi fakaikiiki mahuʻingá mo faʻu ha ngaahi fakamatala kehe ʻi hoʻo folofolá.

Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead

Jesus testifies that He is the Resurrection and the Life. He raises Lazarus from the dead that His disciples may believe. John 11:1–44

• Ko e hā ʻoku finangalo ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ke ke ako mei he talanoá ni?

Ko e hā ‘oku akoʻi atu ʻe he talanoá ni ‘o kau kia Sīsū Kalaisí?

Fehuʻi pē kiate koe ha niʻihi pe kotoa ʻo e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení pea vakai pe ʻoku nau tokoniʻi koe ke ke fakatokangaʻi ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni kehe te ke lava ʻo tānaki atu ki hoʻo fakamatalá.

• Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Mele mo Maʻata ke fakahā ʻena tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí lolotonga hona faingataʻaʻiá?

• Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu ʻe he tali ʻa e Fakamoʻuí kiate kinauá fekauʻaki mo Iá?

• Ko e hā e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻo e fakamatala ko ʻení ʻoku nau akoʻi koe ke lahi ange ai hoʻo falala ki he Fakamoʻuí?

• Naʻe tokoni fēfē nai ki hoʻo akó ʻa hoʻo kiʻi taʻofi ʻi he taimi naʻá ke maʻu ai e ngaahi fakaikiiki mahuʻingá mo ʻeke ha ngaahi fehuʻí?

2. Fai ‘a e ngaahi meʻa ko ‘ení ‘i hoʻo tohinoa akó:

Fakakaukauloto naʻá ke maʻu ʻa e faingamālie ke talanoa mo ha taha ʻokú ne foua ha ʻahiʻahi faingataʻa. Fili ha taha ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻá ke ʻilo mei he Sione 11:1–46, pea vahevahe e founga ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi ai kinautolu ʻe he tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá. Fakakau ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukaú ʻa e meʻa ʻe lava ʻe he tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ʻo tokoniʻi e tokotaha ko ʻení ke mahino ki ai fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi pea mo Hona ngaahi finangalo maʻatautolú.

3. Fai ‘a e ngaahi meʻa ko ‘ení ‘i hoʻo tohinoa akó:

Lau ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻá ke hiki ʻi hoʻo laʻipepá “Ko e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke ke ʻilo ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi faingataʻá.” Tānaki atu hoʻo ngaahi talí ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi lalo ʻi he laʻipepá.

• Ko e fē ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku fie maʻu ke ke tokanga taha ki ai ʻi hoʻo moʻuí he taimi ní? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?

• Ko e hā naʻá ke ako fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo e Fakamoʻuí ʻoku tokoni ke ke ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa kiate Kianuá mo e ʻofa meiate Kinauá?

• Ko e hā ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻoku ueʻi koe ke ke fai ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he meʻa naʻá ke ako mo ongoʻi he ʻaho ní? Te ke fakahoko fēfē nai ia?

Fili pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange? 

Ko e hā ʻoku ou faingataʻaʻia ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou feinga ai ke māʻoniʻoní?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ʻEletā Mātiu S. Hōlani ʻo e Kau Fitungofulú ʻo pehē:

ʻOku ʻi ai ha Tokotaha ʻoku mahino lelei ki ai e meʻa ʻokú ke fouá, ʻa ia ʻoku “māfimafi lahi ange ʻi he māmaní kotoa” [1 Nīfai 4:1], pea te Ne lava ke “[fakahoko] lahi hake ʻaupito ʻaupito ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē [te mou] kolea pe mahalo ki aí” [‘Efesō 3:20]. ʻE fakahoko ʻa e ngāué ni ʻi Heʻene founga pē ʻAʻana mo ʻEne taimi-tēpile pē ʻAʻana, ka ʻoku tuʻu mateuteu maʻu pē ʻa Kalaisi ke fakamoʻui ʻa e konga siʻisiʻi mo e tafaʻaki kotoa hoʻo mamahí.

ʻI hoʻo fakaʻatā ke Ne fakahoko iá, te ke fakatokangaʻi tā naʻe ʻikai taʻeʻaonga hoʻo mamahí. … Fakatokangaʻi ange, ko e natula moʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá mo ʻetau moʻui ʻi māmaní ko e fiefia, ka he ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo hoko ko ha kakai haohaoa ʻoku fiefia fakalangi ʻo ʻikai ha ngaahi aʻusia ke ne siviʻi kitautolu, ʻo aʻu pē he taimi ʻe niʻihi ki hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoní kotoa. ʻOku pehē ʻe Paula, naʻa mo e Fakamoʻuí Tonu, naʻe fakataʻengataʻi “ke fakahaohaoa [pe fakakakato] ʻi he ngaahi mamahí” [Hepelū 2:10]. Ko ia, maluʻi koe mei he fanafana ko ia ʻa sētané, kapau naʻá ke hoko ko ha tokotaha lelei ange, te ke lava ʻo taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa peheé.

Kuo pau foki ke ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he loi ko ia tokua ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻe hoʻo ngaahi mamahí ʻokú ke tuʻu ʻi tuʻa ʻi he siakale ʻo e kakai fili ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku hangē ʻoku nau ngaʻunu faingofua pē mei he feituʻu tāpuekina ʻe taha ki he tahá. …

Kāinga, ʻoku tokoni e faingataʻaʻia ʻi he māʻoniʻoní ke fakafeʻungaʻi koe, kae ʻikai fakafaikehekeheʻi koe mei ha kakai fili ʻa e ʻOtuá.

(Matthew S. Holland, “Ko e Meʻafoaki Fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e ʻAló,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2020, 46–47)