Fēfē ʻa e Kau Kalisitiane Siú?

12. Ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi naʻe toe ke fakaleleiʻí?

¹² Naʻe fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe he kulupu pulé ko e kau Kalisitiane Senitailé naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke nau kamu. Kae fēfē ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Siú ia? Ko e fili ʻa e kulupu pulé naʻe ʻikai kāpui pau ai ʻa e tafaʻaki ko ia ʻo e fehuʻí.

13. Ko e hā ʻoku hala ai ke pehē ko e tauhi ʻo e Lao ʻa Mōsesé naʻe fiemaʻu ia ki he fakamoʻuí?

¹³ Ko e kau Kalisitiane Siu ʻe niʻihi ʻa ia naʻa nau ‘mamahiʻi ʻa e laó’ naʻa nau hokohoko atu ke kamu ʻenau fānaú mo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Laó. (Ngāue 21:20) Naʻe toe hulu atu ʻa e niʻihi ia, ʻo aʻu ʻo fakamatematē naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau Kalisitiane Siú ke nau tauhi ʻa e Laó koeʻuhi ka nau moʻui. ʻI he meʻá ni, naʻa nau mātuʻaki hala ai. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe lava fēfē ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke foaki ha feilaulau monumanu ki he fakamolemole ʻo e angahalá? Kuo ʻai ia ʻe he feilaulau ʻa Kalaisí ke taʻeʻaonga ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau peheé. Fēfē ʻa e fiemaʻu ko ia ʻa e Laó ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Siú mei he feohi vāofi mo e kau Senitailé? Naʻe mei faingataʻa lahi ki he kau ʻevangeliō faivelenga Kalisitiané ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ko iá pea kei fakahoko ʻa e fekau ko ia ke akoʻi ʻa e kau Senitailé ki he meʻa kotoa pē kuo akoʻi ʻe Sīsuú. (Mātiu 28:​19, 20; Ngāue 1:8; 10:28)a ʻOku ʻikai ha fakamoʻoni ia naʻe fakamahino ʻa e meʻa ko ení ʻi he fakataha ʻa e kulupu pulé. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai liʻaki ai ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ʻo ʻikai ha tokoni.

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Fetaulaki Anga-Fakatōkilalo ʻa Paula mo ha ʻAhiʻahi

Hili ha fononga fakamisinale lavameʻa, naʻe tūʻuta ʻa Paula ki Selusalema ʻi he 56 T.S. ʻI aí naʻe fakatatali mai ha ʻahiʻahi. Ko e ongoongo ko ia kuó ne akoʻi ko e Laó kuo tuku ia ki tafaʻakí ne aʻu ia ki he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻe manavasiʻi ʻa e kau tangata matuʻotuʻá naʻa tūkia ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Siu toki uluí ʻi he lea hangatonu ʻa Paula fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ʻo e Laó pea te nau fakaʻosiʻaki nai ai ʻoku ʻikai ke tokaʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihová. ʻI he fakatahaʻangá, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane Siu ʻe toko fā naʻa nau fai ha fuakava, mahalo ko ha fuakava Nāsili. Naʻe pau ke nau ʻalu ki he temipalé koeʻuhi ke fakakakato ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻo e fuakavá.

Naʻe kole ʻe he kau tangata matuʻotuʻá kia Paula ke ne fakafeʻao ʻa e toko faá ki he temipalé pea tokangaʻi ʻenau ngaahi fakamolé. Naʻe ʻosi tohi ʻe Paula ha ongo tohi fakamānavaʻi ʻikai siʻi hifo he uá ʻa ia naʻá ne fakaʻuhinga ai ko e tauhi ʻo e Laó naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ki he fakamoʻuí. Kae kehe, naʻá ne fakaʻatuʻi ʻa e konisēnisi ʻo e niʻihi kehé. Naʻá ne tohi ki muʻa: “Ki he faʻahinga ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he Lao, naʻa ku hange ha moʻulaloa ki he Lao . . . koeʻuhi pe ke u maʻu ai ʻakinautolu ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he Lao.” (1 Kolinito 9:​20-23) Lolotonga naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito haʻane fakangaloku ʻi he taimi naʻe kaunga mai ai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapu mātuʻaki mahuʻingá, naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Paula ʻe lava ke ne tali ʻa e fokotuʻu ʻa e kau tangata matuʻotuʻá. (Ngāue 21:​15-26) Naʻe ʻikai hala ia kiate ia ke fai pehē. Naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taʻefakatohitapu fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ki he ngaahi fuakavá, pea ko e temipalé kuo ngāueʻaki ia ki he lotu maʻá, ʻikai ko e lotu ʻaitolí. ʻI he vakai atu ke ʻoua naʻa fakatupunga ha tūkiá, naʻe fai leva ʻe Paula ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe kole angé. (1 Kolinito 8:13) ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe fiemaʻu heni ha anga-fakatōkilalo lahi ʻaupito mei he tafaʻaki ʻa Paulá, ko ha moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻokú ne hanga ʻo fakaloloto ʻetau houngaʻia kiate iá.