ʻOku Fiemaʻu Hoʻo Tokoní
1 “ʻOku mau fakamālō atu ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa kuo mou fai maʻamautolú. ʻOku hoko hoʻomou ngāué ʻo ʻaonga ʻaupito kia kimautolu.” Ko e fakamatala ko iá ʻoku fakahaaʻi lelei ai ʻa ʻetau ongoʻi houngaʻia ki he kau mātuʻá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. ʻI he hokohoko atu ke tupulaki ʻa e kautaha ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku ʻi ai maʻu pē ha fiemaʻu ki ha kau tangata matuʻotuʻa ke nau ngāue ʻi he meimei ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe 100,000 takatakai ʻi he māmaní. Kapau ko ha tokoua ʻosi papitaiso koe, ʻoku fiemaʻu hoʻo tokoní.
2 “Kakapa Atu”: ʻE lava fēfē ke ke kakapa atu ki ha toe fatongia fakalaumālie ʻe taha? (1 Tim. 3:1, NW) Ko e meʻa tefitó pē, ko hoʻo fokotuʻu ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻi he tafaʻaki kotoa ʻo hoʻo moʻuí. (1 Tim. 4:12; Tai. 2:6-8; 1 Pita 5:3) Kau kakato ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, pea tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau toe fai pehē foki. (2 Tim. 4:5) ʻAi ke ke mahuʻingaʻia loto-moʻoni ʻi he lelei ʻa e kaungātuí. (Loma 12:13) Hoko ko ha tokotaha ako lelei ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea fakatupulekina ʻa e “pōtoʻi ʻi he faiakó.” (Tai. 1:9, NW; 1 Tim. 4:13) Tokanga fakamātoato ki he ngaahi ngāue kuo vaheʻi atu ʻe he kau mātuʻá. (1 Tim. 3:10) Kapau ko ha ʻuluʻi fāmili koe, ‘pule lelei ki ho fale ʻoʻoú.’—1 Tim. 3:4, 5, 12.
3 Ke fakahoko ha ngafa pehē ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ngāue mālohi pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ha laumālie ʻo e feilaulauʻi-kita. (1 Tim. 5:17) Ko ia ai, ʻi he kakapa atú, tokanga taha ki he tauhi anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Mt. 20:25-28; Sione 13:3-5, 12-17) Fakalaulauloto ki he anga ʻo Tīmoté, pea feinga ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai. (Fili. 2:20-22) ʻI he hangē ko iá, ʻai hoʻo ʻulungāanga leleí ke ne fakaongoongoleleiʻi koe. (Ng. 16:1, 2) ʻI hoʻo fakatupulekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga fakalaumālie ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tokangaʻiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻoku tānaki maí pea ngāueʻaki ha faleʻi pē ʻoku ʻomai ke tokoni ki hoʻo fakalakalaká, “[ʻe] ha ki he kakai kotoa hoʻo laka ki muʻa.”—1 Tim. 4:15.
4 Ngaahi Mātuʻa, Akoʻi ʻa e Fānaú ke Tokoni: ʻE lava ke kamata ako ʻa e fānaú ke tokoni mei heʻenau kei taʻu siʻí pē. Akoʻi kinautolu ke fanongo tokanga ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá, ke malanga, pea ke hoko ʻo alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga honau ʻulungāangá ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá pea ʻi he ʻapiakó. ʻAi ke nau kau he ngāue maʻá e niʻihi kehé, ʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa hangē ko e tokoni ki he fakamaʻa ʻo e Fale Fakatahaʻangá, tokoni ki he kakai matuʻotuʻá mo e hā fua. ʻAi ke nau hokosia ʻa e fiefia ʻoku maʻu mei he foakí. (Ng. 20:35) Ko e ngaahi akoʻi peheé ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi ai kinautolu ke nau hoko ko e kau tāimuʻa, ko e kau sevāniti fakafaifekau mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo e ʻapongipongí.