Ko e Vakai ʻa e Tohi Tapú

ʻOku Fakahaaʻi ha Siʻi ʻo e Tuí ʻi he Loto-Moʻuá?

“TAPU LOTO-MOʻUA.” ʻI he fakamatala ʻo e ʻuluʻi-kaveinga ko ení naʻe tohi ai ʻe ha faifekau ʻi he konga ki muʻa ʻo e senituli hono 20 ʻo pehē, ko e loto-moʻua ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene halá ka “ko ha angahala ia ʻoku mafatukituki lahi.” Ki muí ni mai, ko ha tokotaha faifakamatala ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ʻo hono ikunaʻi ʻa e hohaʻá mo e loto-moʻuá naʻá ne pehē, “Ko e hohaʻá ko hano fakahaaʻi ia ʻoku ʻikai ke tau falala ki he ʻOtuá.”

ʻI he ongo tuʻungá ni fakatouʻosi naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe he ongo faʻu-tohí ni ʻena fakamulitukú mei he Malanga ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Moʻungá, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē ai: “ʻOua naʻa mou lotomoʻua.” (Mātiu 6:25) Koeʻuhi ʻoku uesia ʻe he loto-moʻuá ʻa e fuʻu tokolahi he ʻahó ni, te tau ʻeke nai: ʻOku totonu ke ongoʻi halaia ha Kalisitiane fekauʻaki mo e hoko ʻo loto-moʻuá? ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi ongoʻi loto-moʻuá ha siʻi ʻo e tuí?

ʻOku ʻAfioʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻEtau Ngaahi Fiemaʻú

ʻOku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tohi Tapú ke tau fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e loto-moʻua anga-mahení mei he angahala ko e siʻi ʻa e tuí. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻi fakaʻaho ʻo e loto-moʻuá pe naʻa mo ha taʻemalava fakataimi ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e tuí koeʻuhi ko e vaivaiʻanga fakaetangatá ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke fetoʻoaki ia mo e taʻefalala kakato ki he ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku ʻalu hake mei ha loto kovi mo ongongataʻa. Ko ia ai, ko e kau Kalisitiané, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ʻoua te nau mamahi ʻi he ongoʻi halaia koeʻuhi pē ko ʻenau hokosia ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ʻa e loto-moʻuá.

Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e tokanga koeʻuhí ke ʻoua ʻe tupu ʻo lōmekina mo puleʻi ʻe he loto-moʻuá ʻa ʻetau moʻuí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakapotopoto ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻi heʻene pehē: “ʻOua te mou lotomoʻua, ʻo mou pehe, Te tau kai ai e ha mo inu e ha? mo kofuʻaki ʻa e ha?” Naʻá ne hoko atu heni ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafiemālie: “ʻOku meaʻi ʻe hoʻomou Tamai Fakalangi ʻoku tāu mo kimoutolu ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa. Ka mou kumi muʻa ki hono puleʻanga, mo e maʻoniʻoni aʻana, pea ʻe ʻatu mo ia foki ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa.”—Mātiu 6:​25-33.