Pulelulu, ʻOkatopa 22
Ko e tuí ʻiate ia pē, ʻo taʻekau ai ʻa e ngāué, ʻoku mate ia.—Sēm. 2:17.
Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sēmisi ʻe taukaveʻi nai ʻe ha tangata ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e tuí, ka ko fē ʻene ngaahi ngāue ke fehoanaki mo iá? (Sēm. 2:1-5, 9) Naʻe toe lave ʻa Sēmisi ki ha tokotaha naʻá ne sio ‘ki ha tokoua pe ko ha tuofefine ʻoku masiva vala pe ʻikai haʻane meʻakai’ ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne tokonaki ha tokoni ʻaonga. Neongo kapau naʻe taukaveʻi ʻe he tokotaha ko iá ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e tuí, naʻe ʻikai ke poupouʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ngāue; ko ia ai, naʻe taʻeʻaonga ia. (Sēm. 2:14-16) Naʻe lave ʻa Sēmisi ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻa Lēhapi ʻi hono ngāueʻi ʻo e tuí. (Sēm. 2:25, 26) Naʻá ne fanongo fekauʻaki mo Sihova pea ʻiloʻi naʻá Ne poupouʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. (Sios. 2:9-11) Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ʻene tuí ʻaki ʻene ngaahi ngāué—naʻá ne maluʻi ha ongo asiasi ʻIsileli ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ai ʻena moʻuí. Ko hono olá, naʻe lau ʻa e fefine taʻehaohaoa ʻikai ko ha ʻIsileli ko ení ʻokú ne māʻoniʻoni, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ʻĒpalahamé. Ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻá ne fokotuʻú ʻokú ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono poupouʻi ʻe he ngaahi ngāué ʻa ʻetau tuí. w23.12 5-6 ¶12-13
Tuʻapulelulu, ʻOkatopa 23
Fakatauange ke mou hoko ʻo faiaka mo tuʻu maʻu ʻi he makatuʻungá.—ʻEf. 3:17.
ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane, ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fiemālie pē ʻi hono maʻu ha mahino siʻisiʻi fekauʻaki mo e Tohi Tapú. ʻI he tokoni ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻoku tau vēkeveke ke ako “naʻa mo e ngaahi meʻa loloto ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (1 Kol. 2:9, 10) Fēfē ke ke kamataʻi ha poloseki ako fakafoʻituitui ʻa ia te ne ʻai koe ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ange kia Sihova? Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe lava ke ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e founga naʻá ne fakahāhā ai ʻene ʻofa ki heʻene kau sevāniti ʻi he kuonga muʻá mo e founga ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻokú ne ʻofa foki ʻiate koé. Te ke sivisiviʻi nai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihova ki he lotu ʻi ʻIsilelí mo e founga hono fakahoa ia ki he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e Kalisitiané ʻi he ʻaho ní. Pe mahalo ʻe lava ke ke fai ha ako fakaʻāuliliki ʻo e ngaahi kikite naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū lolotonga ʻene moʻui mo e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he māmaní. ʻE lava ke ke maʻu ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi hono ako ʻa e ngaahi kaveinga peheé fakataha mo e tokoni ʻa e Watch Tower Publications Index pe ko e Tataki Fakaefekumi Maʻá e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko hono ako loloto ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻe lava ke ne fakaivimālohiʻi hoʻo tuí pea tokoniʻi koe ke “maʻu ai ʻa e ʻiloʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá.”—Pal. 2:4, 5. w23.10 18-19 ¶3-5
Falaite, ʻOkatopa 24
Hiliō he meʻa kotoa, maʻu ʻa e ʻofa lahi ki he tokotaha taki taha, koeʻuhi ko e ʻofá ʻokú ne ʻufiʻufi ha fuʻufuʻunga angahala.—1 Pita 4:8.
Ko e foʻi lea naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá ki he “lahi” ʻoku ʻuhinga fakafoʻileá ko e “falō atu.” Ko e konga hono ua ʻo e vēsí ʻoku fakamatala ai ki he ola lelei ʻo ʻetau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa lahi ko iá. ʻOkú ne ʻufiʻufi ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻa hotau fanga tokouá. ʻE lava ke tau fakatātaaʻi ia ʻi he foungá ni: Tau pehē pē ʻoku ʻi ai ha tēpile ʻoku lahi ʻa e ngaahi makohikohi ai, ʻe malava ke toʻo mai ha konga tupenu pea folahi loa atu ia ʻi he tēpilé ke ne ʻufiʻufi ʻo ʻikai ko ha foʻi makohi pē ʻe taha pe ua, ka ko e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi makohikohí. ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, kapau te tau maʻu ʻa e ʻofa lahi ki hotau fanga tokouá, ʻe lava ke tau “ʻufiʻufi” pe fakamolemoleʻi ʻo ʻikai ko ha taʻehaohaoa pē ʻe taha pe ua, ka ko ha “fuʻufuʻunga angahala.” Ko ʻetau ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé ʻoku totonu ke mālohi feʻunga ʻo lava ai ke tau fakamolemoleʻi ʻa e ngaahi taʻehaohaoa ʻa hotau kaungātuí—neongo kapau ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e feinga lahi ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi. (Kol. 3:13) ʻI heʻetau lavameʻa ʻi hono fakamolemoleʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé, ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi ai ko ʻetau ʻofá ʻoku mālohi pea ʻoku tau loto ke fakahōifuaʻi ʻa Sihova. w23.11 11-12 ¶13-15