ʻE lava ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofá ki hotau fanga tokouá mo e fanga tuofāfiné ʻaki hono talitali lelei kinautolu ko hotau ngaahi kaumeʻa. (2 Kol. 6:​11-13) Ko e tokolahi ʻo kitautolu ʻoku tau kau ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine mei he puipuituʻa kehekehe pea ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e angaʻitangata kehekehe. ʻE lava ke tau fakaivimālohiʻi ʻetau ʻofa kiate kinautolu kotoá ʻaki ʻa e tokangataha ki honau ngaahi ʻulungaanga leleí. ʻI heʻetau ako ke vakai ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo hangē ko e vakai ʻa Sihová, ʻoku tau fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻoku tau ʻofa ʻiate kinautolu. Ko e ʻofá ʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e fuʻu mamahi lahí. ʻI he kamata ʻa e fuʻu mamahi lahi ko iá, te tau maʻu ʻi fē ʻa e maluʻangá? Fakakaukau ki he meʻa naʻe fakahinohino ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kakaí ke nau fai ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻohofi ai ʻa Pāpilone ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “ʻAlu, ʻa hoku kakai, hū ki ho ngaahi loki ʻi lotó, pea tāpuni ho ngaahi matapaá. Toi ʻi ha kiʻi mōmeniti kae ʻoua ke mavahe atu ʻa e houhaú.” (ʻAi. 26:20) ʻOku hā ngali ko e ngaahi lea ko iá ʻoku toe kaunga kiate kitautolu ʻa ia te tau fehangahangai mo e fuʻu mamahi lahí. w23.07 6-7 ¶14-16

Maʻu ha ongoongo ʻi he hoko ʻo anga-fakaʻatuʻí. ʻEke hifo: ‘ʻOku ʻiloʻi au ʻe he kakaí ko ha tokotaha fakaʻatuʻi, ʻulutukua mo anga-kātaki? Pe ʻoku nau vakai mai kiate au ko ha tokotaha anga-fefeka, anga-mālohi pe taʻefieauna? ʻOku ou fanongo ki he niʻihi kehé pea ʻulutukua ki heʻenau ngaahi fakaʻamú ʻi heʻene feʻungamālié?’ Ko e tuʻunga ʻo ʻetau fakaʻatuʻí ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e lahi ʻo ʻetau faʻifaʻitaki kia Sihova mo Sīsuú. Ko e fakaʻatuʻí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e hoko ʻo ngaofengofua ʻi he taimi ʻoku liliu ai hotau ngaahi tuʻungá. ʻE lava ke fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi liliu ko iá ha ngaahi faingataʻa taʻeʻamanekina kiate kitautolu. Te tau fehangahangai nai mo ha palopalema fakaemoʻuilelei mafatukituki. Pe ʻe veuki fakaʻaufuli nai ʻetau moʻuí ʻi ha liliu fakafokifā ʻi he ʻekonōmiká pe ʻi he tuʻunga fakapolitikale ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku tau nofo aí. (Tml. 9:11) Naʻa mo e liliu ʻi ha vāhenga-ngāue fakateokalati ʻe lava ke ne ʻahiʻahiʻi kitautolu. ʻOku lava ke tau feʻunuʻaki lavameʻa ki he ngaahi tuʻunga foʻoú kapau te tau fou ʻi he sitepu ʻe fā ko ení: (1) Tali ʻa e tuʻunga moʻoní, (2) hanga ki he kahaʻú, (3) tokangataha ki he meʻa ʻoku leleí, (4) fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa maʻá e niʻihi kehé. w23.07 21-22 ¶7-8

Ko e palōfita ko Tanielá naʻe kei talavou ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻave ai ia ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ko ha pōpula ʻi he taú pea ʻave ia ʻo mamaʻo mei hono fonua tupuʻangá. Ka naʻe leleiʻia moʻoni ʻa e kau fakapōpula ʻo Tanielá ʻiate ia. Naʻa nau sio ki he “meʻa [naʻe] hā ki he matá”—ko Taniela naʻe “taʻemele, mo hā matamatalelei” pea naʻá ne haʻu mei ha fāmili mahuʻinga. (1 Sām. 16:7) Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻuhinga ko iá, naʻe akoʻi ia ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ke ne hoko ko ha mēmipa māʻolunga ʻi honau sōsaietí. (Tan. 1:​3, 4, 6) Naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻia Taniela koeʻuhí ko e faʻahinga tokotaha naʻe fili ʻa e kiʻi talavou ko ení ke hoko ki aí. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe taʻu hongofulu tupu lahi nai pe taʻu 20 tupu siʻi ʻa Taniela ʻi he taimi naʻe lave ai ʻa Sihova kiate ia ʻokú ne māʻoniʻoni fakataha mo Noa mo Siopé, ko e ongo tangata naʻá na fakamoleki ʻa e laui hongofuluʻi taʻu lahi ʻi hono langa hake ha ongoongo lelei mo e ʻOtuá. (Sēn. 5:32; 6:​9, 10; Siope 42:​16, 17; ʻIsi. 14:14) Pea naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻia Tanielá ʻi he kotoa ʻene moʻui fuoloa mo fakaofó.—Tan. 10:​11, 19. w23.08 2 ¶1-2