Fakamatala ‘i Lalo

a ʻI he senituli hono tolu T.S., naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe Tētuliane ʻo pehē ko e kakai fefine “ʻa ia ʻoku nau milimili ʻaki honau kilí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakafaitoʻo, pea valiʻaki honau kouʻahé ʻa e pauta kula ki he fōtungá, mo ʻai ki honau matá ʻa e faʻahinga meʻa [ʻuliʻuli] ko e antimony, ʻoku nau angahala ai ki he ʻOtuá.” Naʻá ne toe fakaangaʻi foki ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau fakalanu honau ʻulú. ʻI hono fakaʻuhingahalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻia Mātiu 5:​36, naʻe taukaveʻi ai ʻe Tētuliane: “ʻOku nau fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa e ʻEikí! ‘Vakai!’ ʻoku nau pehē, ‘ʻi he ʻikai ke kei hinehina pe ʻuliʻuli pē hotau louʻulú, ʻoku tau ʻai [hotau louʻulú] ke lanu kelokelo.’” Naʻá ne toe tānaki atu: “ʻOku malava ke ke toe ʻilo foki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻa ia ʻoku nau ongoʻi mā ʻi he pehē ʻoku nau taʻu motuʻá, pea ʻoku nau feinga ke fetongi ʻa e ʻulu hinaá ke lanu ʻuliʻuli.” Ko e foʻi fakakaukau fakafoʻituitui pē ia ʻa Tētuliane. Ka naʻá ne mioʻi ʻe ia ʻa e meʻá ni, he ko ʻene fakamatalá naʻe fakatuʻunga pē ia ʻi he anga ʻo ʻene vakai ʻo pehē ko e kakai fefiné ko e tupuʻanga ia ʻo e malaʻia ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ko ia ʻoku totonu ke nau ‘ʻaʻeva ʻo hangē pē ko ʻIví, ʻi he mamahi mo e fakatomala’ koeʻuhi ko e ‘fakatupumāʻanga ʻo e ʻuluaki angahala.’ Ka ʻoku ʻikai ha lau ia ʻa e Tohitapú ki ha ngaahi meʻa pehé ni; ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá ko ʻĀtama ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e angahalaʻia ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.​—Loma 5:​12-14; 1 Tīmote 2:​13, 14.