16, 17. Ko e hā ha ʻalunga kākā naʻe fai ʻe he niʻihi?

¹⁶ ʻOku lave leva ʻa Malakai ki ha kākā hono uá: ko hono ngaohikoviʻi hoto hoá, tautefito ʻaki ʻa e vete mali ʻi he makatuʻunga launoa. ʻOku fakahā ʻe he Malakai 2 veesi 14 ʻo e vahe 2: “Ko e fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi he vahaʻa oʻou mo e uaifi ʻo hoʻo talavou, ʻa ia kuo ke fai kaka ki ai; ka ko ho kaumeʻa ia, pea ko e uaifi naʻa ke fuakava ki ai.” ʻI he faikākā ki honau ngaahi uaifí, naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻe he ngaahi husepāniti Siú ʻa e ʻōlita ʻo Sihová ke hoko ‘o ufiufi aki ae loimatá.’ (Malakai 2:​13, PM) Ko e kau tangata ko iá naʻa nau maʻu ha ngaahi vete mali ʻi he ngaahi makatuʻunga taʻefakalao, ʻo tukuange hala ai ʻa e ngaahi uaifi ʻo ʻenau kei talavoú, koeʻuhi nai ke mali mo e kau fefine kei siʻi angé pe kau panganí. Pea naʻe fakaʻatā ia ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki anga-fulikivanú! Kae kehe, ʻoku talaki ʻe he Malakai 2:16: “ʻOku fehiʻa ʻa ʻene ʻAfio ki he vete—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo Isileli.” Ki mui ai, naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Sīsū ko e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú ko e makatuʻunga pē ia ʻe taha ki ha vete mali ʻa ia ʻe ʻatā ai ʻa e hoa tonuhiá ke toe mali.—Mātiu 19:9.

18. ʻI he ongo founga fē ʻoku ngāueʻaki ai ki he ʻahó ni ʻa e akonaki ʻa Malakai fekauʻaki mo e kākaá?

¹⁸ Ko e akonaki fekauʻaki mo e ongo ʻīsiu ko iá ʻoku ngāueʻaki tatau pē ki he ʻahó ni. Ko e meʻa fakamamahi ia ʻa hono taʻetokaʻi ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he mali pē ʻi he ʻEikí. Pea ko e toe meʻa pangó foki ko e ʻikai ke kei hoko atu ʻa e niʻihi ʻi he ngāue ki hono tauhi ʻenau nofo malí ke mālohí. ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku nau kumi ha ngaahi kalofanga pea tuli ki ha ʻalunga ʻa ia ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki hono fai ha vete mali taʻefakatohitapu koeʻuhi ke mali mo ha toe tokotaha kehe. ʻI hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa peheé, kuo nau “fakakina[ʻi ai] ʻa Sihova.” ʻI he taimi ʻo Malakaí, ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau siʻaki ʻa e akonaki fakaʻotuá naʻe aʻu ʻo nau fiematamuʻa ʻi he ongoʻi naʻe fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene ngaahi vakaí. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻa nau pehē: “Ko e fe tu ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo e fakamaau [“totonú,” NW]?” He fakakaukau taʻetotonu moʻoni ē! ʻAi ke ʻoua naʻa tau tō ki he tauhele ko iá.—Malakai 2:17.