“NAʻE ʻAVE . . . KOEʻUHI KE ʻOUA TE NE SIO ʻI HE MATÉ”

Naʻe fēfē ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo ʻĪnoké? ʻI ha founga, naʻe siʻi ange ʻa e fakamatala ʻo fekauʻaki mo ʻene maté ʻi heʻene moʻuí. ʻOku pehē pē hono fakamatalaʻi ʻia Sēnesí: “Pea takaua ʻa Inoke mo e ʻOtua; pea ʻiloange kuo ʻikai; he naʻe ʻave ia ʻe he ʻOtua.” (Sēnesi 5:24) ʻI he founga fē naʻe ʻave ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻĪnoké? Naʻe fakamatala ki mui ai ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻI he tuí naʻe ʻave ai ʻa ʻĪnoke koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te ne sio ʻi he maté, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne toe ʻiloʻiloa koeʻuhí naʻe ʻave ia ʻe he ʻOtuá; ka ki muʻa ke ʻave iá naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo ia naʻá ne fakahōifuaʻi lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (Hepelū 11:5) Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻa Paula ʻi heʻene pehē “ʻave . . . koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te ne sio ʻi he maté”? ʻOku pehē ʻe he ngaahi liliu Tohi Tapu ʻe niʻihi naʻe ʻave ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻĪnoke ki hēvani. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke pehē. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e ʻuluaki tokotaha naʻe fokotuʻu hake ki hēvaní.—Sione 3:13.

Pea ʻi he founga fē naʻe “ʻave” ai ʻa ʻĪnoke koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te ne toe “sio ʻi he maté”? Ngalingali naʻe ʻave ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻĪnoke ʻi ha founga mei he moʻuí ki he maté, ʻo ʻikai ke ne hokosia ʻa e haʻahaʻa ʻo e maté. Kae ʻuluakí, naʻe maʻu ʻe ʻĪnoke “ʻa e fakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo ia naʻá ne fakahōifuaʻi lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá.” ʻI he founga fē? Ki muʻa siʻi pē peá ne pekiá, naʻe maʻu nai ʻe ʻĪnoke ha vīsone mei he ʻOtuá, ʻo fakahaaʻi ange nai kiate ia ʻa e māmaní ko ha palataisi. ʻI ha fakamoʻoni māʻalaʻala ʻo e hōifua ʻa Sihová, naʻe mohe ai ʻa ʻĪnoke ʻi he maté. ʻI he tohi fekauʻaki mo ʻĪnoke mo e kau tangata mo e kau fefine faitōnunga kehé, naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻI he tuí ko e faʻahingá ni kotoa naʻa nau mate.” (Hepelū 11:13) Hili iá, naʻe kumi nai ʻe hono ngaahi filí ki hono sinó, ka “naʻe ʻikai ke ne toe ʻiloʻiloa” koeʻuhí naʻe fakapuliki ia ʻe Sihova, ke ʻoua te nau maumauʻi pe ngāueʻaki ia ki he lotu loí.b

ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki he fakaʻuhinga Fakatohitapu ko iá, tau feinga angé ke sioloto atu ki he founga naʻe mate ai ʻa ʻĪnoké. Sioloto atu ki he meʻa ko eni naʻe hokó pea manatuʻi ʻoku ʻikai ko e foungá tofu pē eni. ʻOku hola ʻa ʻĪnoke, pea ʻokú ne helaʻia ʻaupito. ʻOku tulimui atu hono kau fakafepakí ʻi he ʻita lahi koeʻuhi ko e pōpoaki fakaefakamaau naʻá ne talá. Naʻe maʻu ʻe ʻĪnoke ha feituʻu ke toi ai pea mālōlō ʻi ha kiʻi taimi, ka ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi ʻe ʻikai ke ne hao ai pē. ʻOku mātuʻaki ofi mai ʻa e maté. ʻI heʻene mālōloó, naʻá ne lotu ki hono ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne toki maʻu leva ha nonga lahi. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻe hoko moʻoni ʻa e vīsoné ʻo hangē ko e ʻi ai ʻa ʻĪnoké, naʻe ʻave mamaʻo ia.

Fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa naʻá ne mamata ki aí, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ha māmani naʻe kehe ʻaupito mei he māmani naʻá ne ʻiloʻí. Naʻe hangē nai kiate ia ko e ngoue fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo ʻĪtení, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ʻa e ongo selupimí ke hanganaki leʻohi ia mei he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko e kakai tangatá mo e kakai fefiné—naʻa nau moʻui lelei mo longomoʻui—naʻa nau tokolahi. Naʻe fonu ʻi he melino ʻi honau haʻohaʻongá. Naʻe ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha fakaʻilonga ʻo e fehiʻa mo e fakafepaki fakalotu ʻa ē naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe ʻĪnoké. Ko ʻĪnoke tonu, naʻá ne ongoʻi ʻa e nonga, ʻofa mo e hōifua ʻa Sihová. Naʻá ne tuipau ko e feituʻu eni naʻá ne tuha mo iá; ko hono ʻapí tonu eni. ʻI heʻene ongoʻi nonga angé, naʻe kuikui ai ʻa ʻĪnoke peá ne māʻumohe.

Pea ʻokú ne kei mohe pē ʻo aʻu mai ki hotau ʻahó ni—​mohe ʻi he maté, pea kei ʻi he manatu taʻefakangatangata ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá! Hangē pē ko e talaʻofa ki mui ai ʻa Sīsuú, ʻe ʻi ai ha taimi ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he manatu ʻa e ʻOtuá te nau fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo Kalaisí pea te nau hū mai mei he fonualotó, ʻoku ʻā hake honau matá ʻi ha māmani fakaʻofoʻofa mo melino.—Sione 5:28, 29.