“Ko e ʻAmanakituʻu ʻa e Meʻa Fakatupu”

12, 13. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e “fakamoʻulaloa . . . ki he muna” ʻa e meʻa fakatupu fakaetangatá, pea ko e hā ʻoku fakaʻamu ki ai ʻa e fanga sipi kehé?

¹² ʻOku toe maʻu ʻe he fanga sipi kehé ha meʻa ʻa ia ʻoku nau nofo ʻo ʻamanakituʻu ki ai? ʻOku mātuʻaki fakapapauʻi ʻoku pehē. Hili ʻa e lave ki he ʻamanaki lāngilangiʻia ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia kuo ohi ʻe Sihova ko hono “ngaahi foha” fanauʻi ʻe he laumālié mo e “kaungā-ʻea mo Kalaisi” ʻi he Puleʻanga fakahēvaní, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “Ko e ʻamanakituʻu [“ʻa e meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ʻoku ne nofoʻaki tali ki he fakaeʻa ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua. He naʻe fakamoʻulaloa [“ʻa e meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ki he muna: ka talaʻehai ko hono loto, ka koeʻuhi pe ko ia naʻa ne fai ʻa e fakamoʻulaloa: ka naʻe tuku ke ne ʻamanaki pe, ʻo pehe, Naʻa mo ia, [“ʻa e meʻa fakatupú,” NW] ʻe faifai pea fakaʻataʻatā mei heʻene popula ki he ʻauha, kae fakahoko ia ki he tauʻataina fakalangi ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua.”​—Loma 8:​14-​21; 2 Timote 2:​10-​12.

14. Ko e hā ʻe kau ki he ‘fakaeʻa mai ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá,’ pea ʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e iku ʻa e meʻá ni ki hono “fakaʻataʻatā mei heʻene popula ki he ʻauha” ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?

¹⁴ Ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní, ʻa e “ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua” kuo pau ke nau ʻuluaki ‘fakaeʻa mai.’ Ko e hā ʻe kau ki he meʻá ni? ʻI he taimi tukupau ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe hoko ai ʻo hā mahino ki he fanga sipi kehé ko e kau paní kuo “silaʻi” fakaʻosi pea fakalāngilangiʻi ke nau pule fakataha mo Kalaisi. (Fakahā 7:​2-4) Ko e “ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua” kuo toetuʻú te nau toe ‘fakaeʻa mai’ ʻi he taimi te nau kau fakataha ai mo Kalaisi ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sētané. (Fakahā 2:​26, 27; 19:​14, 15) ʻI he lolotonga leva ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa Kalaisí, te nau toe ‘fakaeʻa mai’ lahi ange ai ko e ngaahi fouʻanga fakataulaʻeiki ki hono tuku mai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga ʻo e feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú ki he “meʻa fakatupu” fakaetangatá. ʻE iku eni ki he hoko ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo “fakaʻataʻatā mei heʻene popula ki he ʻauha” pea faifai atu pē ʻo hū ki he “tauʻataina fakalangi ʻa e fanau ʻa e ʻOtua.” (Loma 8:​21; Fakahā 20:5; 22:​1, 2) Fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻamanaki maʻongoʻonga peheé, ʻe toe fai ha ofo ʻi he fanga sipi kehé heʻenau “tali ki he fakaeʻa ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua,” fakataha mo e “ʻamanakituʻu”?​—Loma 8:19.