3. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he kuohilí ʻoku pehē ʻe Pita ʻe toe hokó?

³ Hili ʻa e fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Pita ʻa hono ngaahi tokouá ke tokanga ki he palofisaí, ʻokú ne pehē: “Ka naʻe ai foki ha kau palofita loi [ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá], hange foki ʻe ai ha kau faiako loi ʻiate kimoutolu.” (2 Pita 1:​14–2:1) Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he kuonga muʻá ʻa e palofisai moʻoní, ka naʻe toe pau foki ke nau fekuki mo e ngaahi akonaki kovi ʻaupito ʻa e kau palōfita loí. (Selemaia 6:​13, 14; 28:​1-3, 15) “ʻI he kau palofita ʻo Selusalema,” naʻe tohi ʻe Selemaia, “kuo u mamata ki ha meʻa fakalilifu, ko e tonoʻunoho, mo e fou ʻi he loi.”​—Selemaia 23:14.

4. Ko e hā ʻoku taau ai ki he fakaʻauhá ʻa e kau faiako loí?

⁴ ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe fai ʻe he kau faiako loi ʻi he fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, ʻoku pehē ʻe Pita: “ʻA e faʻahinga te nau fakahu fufū mai ʻa e ngaahi akonaki he [“lotu mavahe,” NW], ʻa ia ko e meʻa fakaʻauha, ʻo nau fakafisinga ʻa e ʻEiki [Sīsū Kalaisi] naʻa ne fakatau kinautolu, ʻo nau fakato kiate kinautolu ha fakaʻauha ʻe tuaiekemo ʻo ka fai.” (2 Pita 2:1; Siutasi 4) Ko e ola fakaʻosi ʻo e lotu mavahe pehē ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ko Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi he ʻaho ní. ʻOku fakahā ʻe Pita ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku taau kotoa ai ʻa e kau faiako loí ki he fakaʻauhá: “Ko e tokolahi te nau matuʻaki muimui ki heʻenau ngaahi ngaue fakalielia [“ʻulungaanga fakalusá,” NW]; ʻa ia ʻe tupu ai ʻa e lauʻikovi ʻo e hala ʻo e moʻoni.”​—2 Pita 2:2.

Ko Hono Kamata ʻa e Ngaahi Akonaki Loí

6. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ueʻi ʻa e kau faiako loí, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻenau kumi ke maʻu ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau fiemaʻú?

⁶ ʻI he fakapotopoto, ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi ʻa e anga hono kamata ʻe he kau faiako loí ʻenau fakakaukau fakameleʻí. Naʻe ʻuluaki pehē ʻe Pitá ʻoku nau fai fakaoloolo ia, pe ʻi ha founga olopoto fakafufū. ʻOkú ne tānaki atu ki ai: “ʻAki ʻa e manumanu, te nau ngaueʻaki kimoutolu ke maʻu paʻanga, heʻenau fai ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea momoleʻolunga.” ʻOku ueʻi ʻe he holi siokitá ʻa e kau faiako loí, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he fakalea ʻi he The Jerusalem Bible: “Te nau feinga loto-vēkeveke ke fakatau kimoutolu maʻanautolu ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafufū kākā.” ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku pehē heni ʻi he liliu ʻa James Moffatt: “ʻI heʻenau holi koví te nau ngāueʻaki kiate koe ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻuhinga kākā.” (2 Pita 2:​1, 3) Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau faiako loí ʻe hā ngali moʻoni ia ki ha taha ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻā fakalaumālie, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi leá ʻoku faʻufaʻu fakalelei ia “ke fakatau” ʻaki ʻa e kakaí, ʻo fakataueleʻi kinautolu ki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa siokita ʻa e kau loí.