• Ko e Vakai ʻa e Kau Kalisitiané ki he Kau Maʻu Mafai Māʻolunga Angé
    Ko e Taua Leʻo—1991 | Sune 1

    • 8 Naʻe toe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Pita ʻoku totonu ke tau moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai ʻo e māmani ko ʻení ʻi heʻene pehē: “Mou fakavaivai kimoutolu ki he tuʻunga kotoa pe kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he tangata, koeʻuhi ko e ʻEiki: ki he tuʻi, he ko e maʻolunga; ki he ngaahi kovana foki, he ʻoku fou ʻiate ia honau fekau ke tautea ʻa e faikovi, kae fakamālōʻi ʻa e failelei.” (1 Pita 2:​13, 14) ʻI he fetāiaki mo e meʻá ni, ʻoku totonu ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau toe tokanga ki he akonaki ʻa Paula kia Tīmoté: “Ko ia ʻoku ou fuofua enginaki ʻa e fai ʻo e ngaahi hu, mo e lotu, mo e hufekina, mo e fakafetaʻi, koeʻuhi ko e kakai kotoa pe. Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻi, mo kinautolu kotoa pe ʻoku [tuʻunga, NW] maʻolunga, koeʻuhi pe ke malu ʻetau moʻui, mo fiemalie.”b​—1 Tīmote 2:​1, 2.

  • Ko e Vakai ʻa e Kau Kalisitiané ki he Kau Maʻu Mafai Māʻolunga Angé
    Ko e Taua Leʻo—1991 | Sune 1

    • b Ko e nauna faka-Kalisi ʻoku liliu ko e “tuʻunga māʻolunga,” hy·pero·kheʹ, ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e foʻi veape ko e hy·pe·reʹkho. Ko e foʻi lea “māʻolunga ange” ʻi he “kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga ange” ko e toʻo ia mei he foʻi veape faka-Kalisi tatau, ʻa ia ʻoku tānaki atu ki he moʻoni ko e kau maʻu mafai māʻolunga angé ko e kau maʻu mafai fakamāmani. Ko e ngāueʻaki ko ia ʻo Loma 13:1 ʻi he The New English Bible, “Ko e tokotaha kotoa pē ke ne moʻulaloa ki he kau maʻu mafai aoniu,” ʻoku ʻikai ke totonu. Ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá “ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga maʻolunga” ʻoku ʻikai ke nau aoniu, neongo ʻoku nau māʻolunga ange ʻi ha niʻihi ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.