KO ʻĪNOKE “NAʻÁ NE KIKITE . . . ʻO FEKAUʻAKI MO KINAUTOLU”

Naʻe ongoʻi taʻelata nai ʻa ʻĪnoke koeʻuhi ko e tangata ia ʻo e tuí ʻi ha māmani taʻetui. Ka naʻe fakatokangaʻi ia ʻe hono ʻOtua ko Sihová? ʻIo. Naʻe hoko mai ʻa e taimi naʻe fetuʻutaki ai ʻa Sihova mo ʻene sevāniti faitōnunga ko ení. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kia ʻĪnoke ha pōpoaki ke tala ki he kakai ʻi hono ʻahó. Naʻá ne ʻai ʻa ʻĪnoke ko ha palōfita, ko e ʻuluaki tokotaha ia ke ne fakahā ʻa e pōpoaki ʻoku ʻi he Tohi Tapú. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi eni koeʻuhi ko Sute, naʻe faʻē taha mo Sīsū, naʻe fakamānavaʻi ia ke ne hiki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakaekikite ʻa ʻĪnoké ʻi he hili ha ngaahi senituli mei ai.a

Ko e hā ʻa e kikite ʻa ʻĪnoké? ʻOku pehē: “Vakai! Kuo haʻu ʻa Sihova mo ʻene kau ʻāngelo māʻoniʻoni ʻe laui manó, ke fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ki he tokotaha kotoa, pea ke fakahalaiaʻi ʻa e kau anga-taʻefakaʻotuá kotoa ko e meʻa ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue taʻefakaʻotua naʻa nau fai ʻi ha founga taʻefakaʻotuá, pea pehē ki he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakalilifu naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he kau angahala anga-taʻefakaʻotuá kiate iá.” (Sute 14, 15) ʻI he taimi ko ení te ke fakatokangaʻi nai ko e lea eni ʻa ʻĪnoke ʻi he taimi kuo ʻosi ʻo hangē kuo ʻosi fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ia ʻa e kikite ko ení. Ko e sīpinga eni naʻe muimui ki ai ʻa e ngaahi kikite lahi. Ko e fakakaukaú eni: ʻOku lea ʻa e palōfitá ki ha meʻa ʻoku fakapapauʻi ke hoko ka ʻoku fakamatalaʻi nai ia kuo ʻosi hoko!—ʻAisea 46:10.

Naʻe ongoʻi fēfē ʻa ʻĪnoke ʻi he teu ke ne talaki ʻa e pōpoakí ʻa ia ko e malanga nai ki he faʻahinga kotoa te nau fanongó? Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e fakatokangá—​naʻe tuʻo fā hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e lea “taʻefakaʻotua” ke talatalaakiʻi ʻa e kakaí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāué pea mo e founga naʻa nau fakahokoʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ko iá. Naʻe toe fakatokanga ʻa e kikité ko e kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá kuo fakameleʻi lahi talu mei he kapusi mei ʻĪtení. Ko e māmani ko ení te nau fehangahangai mo ha ngataʻanga taʻengata ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa Sihova mo ʻene “kau ʻāngelo māʻoniʻoni ʻe laui manó”—​ko ha kau tau ʻāngelo mālohi​—ʻoku teu ke nau fai ʻa e fakaʻauhá. Naʻe fanongonongo taʻemanavahē ʻe ʻĪnoke ʻa e fakatokanga fakaʻotua ko ení pea naʻá ne fai tokotaha pē ia! Ngalingali naʻe vakai ʻa e kiʻi talavou ko Lēmekí ki he loto-toʻa taʻemanavahē ʻene kui tangatá. Kapau ko ia, ʻoku lava ke tau mahinoʻi lelei ʻa e ʻuhingá.

ʻE ueʻi nai kitautolu ʻe he tui ʻa ʻĪnoké ke tau ʻeke hifo pe ʻoku tau vakai ki he māmani ʻoku tau moʻui aí ʻo tatau mo e vakai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e fakamaau naʻe talaki loto-toʻa ʻe ʻĪnoké ʻoku kei tuʻu pē; ʻoku kaunga ia ki he māmani hotau ʻaho ní ʻo hangē pē ko ia ʻi he māmani ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻĪnoké. ʻI he fehoanaki mo e fakatokanga ʻa ʻĪnoké, naʻe ʻomai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fuʻu Lōmaki ki he māmani taʻefakaʻotua ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Noá. Ka ko e fakaʻauha ko iá ʻokú ne fokotuʻu mai ha sīpinga ʻo ha fakaʻauha lahi ange ʻoku teu ke hoko mai. (Mātiu 24:38, 39; 2 Pita 2:4-6) Ko ia ai, ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku tuʻu mateuteu ʻa e ʻOtuá mo ʻene kau ʻāngelo māʻoniʻoni ʻe laui manó ke ʻomai ha fakamaau māʻoniʻoni ki he māmani anga-taʻefakaʻotua ko ení. Ko kitautolu taki taha ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau tukulotoʻi ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa ʻĪnoké pea vahevahe ia mo e niʻihi kehé. Ko hotau fāmilí mo hotau kaungāmeʻá te nau mavahe nai meiate kitautolu. Te tau ongoʻi liʻekina nai ʻi ha ngaahi taimi. Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke liʻekina ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻĪnoke, pea taumaiā te ne liʻaki ʻene kau sevāniti faitōnunga ʻi he ʻaho ní!