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

ʻI he fakakaukau pe te ke fakatau ha fale, te ke loto ke sivisiviʻi tonu ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa ʻo e falé. ʻE lava ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau ʻi heʻetau lau mo ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú. Kapau te ke lau fakavave ia, te ke ako pē nai ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni tefitó—“ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tefito ʻo e ngaahi pōpoaki toputapu ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (Hep. 5:12) ʻI hono kehé, hangē pē ko e falé, hū “ki loto” ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiikí. Ko e founga lelei taha ke ako ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ko e vakai ki he anga ʻo e fehoanakimālie ʻa e ngaahi konga kehekehe ʻo e pōpoaki ʻi aí. Feinga mālohi ke ʻikai ngata pē hoʻo mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke tui ki aí kae pehē foki ki he ʻuhinga ʻokú ke tui ai ki aí. Ke mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau ako ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni loloto ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe enginaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine Kalisitiané ke nau ako tōtōivi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ke nau lava ʻo “mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e fālahi mo e lōloa mo e māʻolunga mo e loloto” ʻo e moʻoní. Pea te nau hoko ai ʻo “faiaka mo tuʻu maʻu” ʻi heʻenau tuí. (ʻEf. 3:​14-19) ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau. w23.10 18 ¶1-3

ʻOku maʻu ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e kakai naʻa nau kātaki. Fēfē ke ʻai ko ha poloseki ako ʻa hono sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ko iá? Ko e fakatātaá, ko Tēvita neongo naʻá ne kei siʻi ʻi hono pani ia ke hoko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he kahaʻú, naʻe pau ke ne tatali ʻi he laui taʻu lahi ki muʻa ke ne maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga-tuʻí. Ko Simione mo ʻAna naʻá na lotu faitōnunga kia Sihova lolotonga ʻena tatali ki he Mīsaia naʻe talaʻofá. (Luke 2:​25, 36-38) ʻI hoʻo ako ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala ko iá, kumi ʻa e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ení: Ko e hā nai naʻá ne tokoniʻi ʻa e tokotaha ko ení ke fakahāhā ʻa e kātakí? Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻene maʻu ʻaonga mei he hoko ʻo kātakí? ʻE lava fēfē ke u faʻifaʻitaki kiate ia? Te ke maʻu ʻaonga foki mei he ako fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ke nau fakahāhā ʻa e kātakí. (1 Sām. 13:​8-14) Te ke ʻeke hifo nai: ‘Ko e hā nai ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne ʻai ke nau taʻekātakí? Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa naʻa nau fehangahangai mo iá?’ w23.08 25 ¶15