• Ko e Hā ʻa e Faʻahinga Laumālie ʻOkú Ke Fakahāhaá?
    Ko e Taua Leʻo—2012 | ʻOkatopa 15

    • 1. Ko e hā e ʻamanaki naʻe fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻi heʻene tohi ki he ngaahi kaungātuí?

      ʻI HEʻENE tohi ki he ngaahi kaungātuí, naʻe toutou fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻene ʻamanaki ke tali ʻe he ʻOtuá mo Kalaisi ʻa e laumālie naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he fakatahaʻangá. Ko e fakatātaá, ki he kau Kalētiá naʻá ne tohi: “Ko e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí ke ʻi he laumālie ia ʻoku mou fakahāhaá, fanga tokoua. ʻĒmeni.” (Kal. 6:18) Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻuhinga ki ai ‘ʻi he laumālie ʻoku mou fakahāhaá’?

      2, 3. (a) ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻi lea “laumālie,” ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Paula ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi te tau ʻeke hifo nai fekauʻaki mo e laumālie ʻoku tau fakahāhaá?

      2 Ko e ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e foʻi lea “laumālie” ʻi he potutohi ko ení ko e ʻuhinga ia ki he mālohi fakaueʻiloto ʻokú ne ʻai kitautolu ke tau lea pe fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi ha founga pau. ʻE hoko nai ha taha ʻo anga-malū, anga-fakaʻatuʻi, anga-mokomoko, nima-homo, pe faʻa fakamolemole. ʻOku fakamatala lelei ʻa e Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e “laumālie anga-fakalongolongo mo anga-maluú.” (1 Pita 3:4) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻe hoko nai ha taha ʻo manuki, ʻofa ki he meʻa fakamatelié, ʻitangofua, pe maʻu nai ha fakakaukau faʻifaʻiteliha. Pea toe kovi angé, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakahāhā ha laumālie taʻemaʻa, talangataʻa, pe aʻu ʻo angatuʻu.

      3 Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi naʻe ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Paula ʻa e fakalea hangē ko e “ke ʻi he laumālie ʻoku mou fakahāhaá ʻa e ʻEikí,” ko ʻene fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe ia hono fanga tokouá ke nau fakahāhā ha laumālie ʻoku fehoanaki mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá mo e ʻulungaanga faka-Kalaisí. (2 Tīm. 4:22; Lau ʻa e Kolose 3:9-12.) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku lelei ke tau ʻeke hifo: ‘Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga laumālie ʻoku ou fakahāhaá? ʻE lava fēfē ke u fakahāhā kakato ange ha laumālie ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá? ʻE lava ke u fakalakalaka ʻi he tokoni ki he laumālie lelei fakalūkufua ʻo e fakatahaʻangá?’ Ke fakatātaaʻi, ʻi ha ngoue matalaʻiʻakau siolaʻā, ʻoku tokoni ʻa e uloulo ʻo e mata ʻo e matalaʻiʻakau taki taha ki he fakaʻofoʻofa fakalūkufua ʻo e ngoue matalaʻiʻakaú. Ko e taha kitautolu ʻo e “ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau” ʻoku tānaki atu ki he fakaʻofoʻofa fakalūkufua ʻo e fakatahaʻangá? Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga ke hoko ko ha taha pehē. Tau sio angé he taimí ni ki he meʻa ʻe lava ke tau fai ke fakahāhā ai ha laumālie ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá.