Manavahē ki he Maté—ʻE Lava Fēfē Ke Ke Ikuʻi Ia?
Tali ʻa e Tohi Tapú
ʻOku totonu ʻetau manavahē ki he maté ko ha fili pea tau fou ʻi ha ngaahi sitepu lelei ke maluʻi ʻa ʻetau moʻuí. (1 Kolinitō 15:26) Kae kehe, ko ha manavahē taʻeʻuhinga ki he maté makatuʻunga ʻi ha loi pe tui fakafaʻahikehe ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e kakaí ke nau “hangē ha pōpulá ʻi he kotoa ʻenau moʻuí.” (Hepelū 2:15) Ko hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e moʻoní te ne fakatauʻatāinaʻi koe mei ha manavahē taʻetotonu ki he maté—ko ha manavahē ʻe lava ke ne kaihaʻasi meiate koe ʻa e malava ke ke fiefia ʻi he moʻuí.—Sione 8:32.
Moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e maté
Ko e maté ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻiloʻi ha meʻa. (Saame 146:4) ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke ke manavahē ki ha langa pe mamahi hili hoʻo maté, he ʻoku fakahoa ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e maté ki he mohe.—Saame 13:3; Sione 11:11-14.
Heʻikai lava ke fai ʻe he kau maté ha kovi kiate kitautolu. Naʻa mo e ngaahi fili anga-fakamālohi ki muʻá ʻoku “mole honau mālohí ʻi he maté.” (Palōveepi 21:16) ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko “ʻenau fehiʻá mo ʻenau meheká kuo ʻosi mole atu ia.”—Tangata Malanga 9:6.
Ko e maté ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ko e ngataʻanga tuʻuloa ia ʻo ʻetau ʻi aí. Fakafou ʻi ha toetuʻu, ʻe toe fakamoʻui ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kakai kuo nau maté.—Sione 5:28, 29; Ngāue 24:15.
ʻOku palōmesi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ha taimi ʻa ia “ʻe ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha mate.” (Fakahā 21:4) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e taimi ko iá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Ko e kau māʻoniʻoní te nau maʻu ʻa e māmaní, pea te nau nofo ai ʻo taʻengata,” ʻo ʻatā fakaʻaufuli mei ha manavahē pē ki he maté.—Saame 37:29.