Ko e Tohitapú ʻe Lava Ke Ne Tokoniʻi Hoʻo Nofo Malí

NOFO MALÍ​—ki he niʻihi, ʻoku langaʻi ʻe he foʻi leá ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fakafiefia. Ki he niʻihi kehe, ʻokú ne fakatupunga ʻa e loto-mamahi. “ʻOku ou ongoʻi ʻo hangē kuó u veté,” ko e tangilāulau ia ʻa ha uaifi ʻe taha. “ʻOku ou ongoʻi līʻekina mo taʻelata ʻi he taimi kotoa pē.”

Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakatupunga ha ongo meʻa ʻe toko ua ʻa ia naʻá na fuakava ʻi ha taimi ke feʻofaʻaki mo fetauhiʻakí ke na hoko ʻo mātuʻaki vā mamaʻó? Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻe taha ko e ʻikai ha ako fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku kau ki he nofo malí. “ʻOku tau hoko ʻo mali taʻeʻiai ha momoʻi ako ʻe taha,” ko e lau ia ʻa ha fainusipepa fakafaitoʻo ʻe taha.

Ko e maʻu ko ia ʻe he tokosiʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e ʻilo pehē fekauʻaki mo e nofo malí ʻoku fakahaaʻi ia ʻi ha fekumi naʻe fai ʻe he Ngāue ki he Nofo Mali Fakafonuá, ko ha fakatotolo fakaʻāuliliki ʻa e ʻUnivēsiti Rutgers ʻi New Jersey, U.S.A. “Ko e tokolahi ʻi he fekumí ni ne nau tupu hake ʻi ha ngaahi mātuʻa naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻi ha nofo mali fiefia pe naʻa nau vete,” ko e tohi ia ʻa e kau talēkita ʻo e ngāué. “ʻOku nau ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa e nofo mali taʻelavameʻá, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau loko ʻilo fakapapau pe ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ha nofo mali lelei. Ko hano fakamatalaʻi pē ʻe he niʻihi ha nofo mali lelei ko e ‘tuʻunga fehangahangai ia ʻo ʻeku ongo mātuʻá.’”

ʻOku hao ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he ngaahi palopalema fakaemalí? ʻIkai. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e kau Kalisitiane ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau fiemaʻu ʻa e akonaki hangatonu ke ‘ʻoua ʻe kumi ha vete’ mei heʻenau nofo malí. (1 Kolinito 7:27) ʻOku hā mahino, ko ha nofo mali pē ʻa ha ongo meʻa fakaetangata taʻehaohaoa ʻe toko ua ʻoku pau ke ʻi ai hono ngaahi palopalema, ka ʻoku tau maʻu ha tokoni. Ko e ngaahi husepānití mo e ngaahi uaifí ʻe lava ke nau fakaleleiʻi honau vahaʻangataé ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú.

Ko e moʻoni, ko e Tohitapú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tohi fakahinohino ia ʻo e nofo malí. Kae kehe, koeʻuhi ʻoku fakamānavaʻi ia ʻe he Tokotaha naʻá ne kamata ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fakaemalí, ʻe lava ke tau ʻamanekina ʻe ʻaonga lahi ʻa ʻene ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní. Fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko ʻAiseá, naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá: “Ko au Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻoku ou ako koe ke fai meʻa ʻaonga, ʻoku ou tataki koe ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ke fou ai. Taumaiā naʻa ke tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni! pehe kuo hange ha vaitafe hoʻo fiemalie, pea ko hoʻo maʻoniʻo[n]i hange ko e ngaahi peau ʻo e tahi.”—Aisea 48:​17, 18.

Kuo kamata ke mole ʻa e ʻofa naʻe ʻi ai ʻi ho vahaʻa mo ho hoá? ʻOkú ke ongoʻi fihia ʻi ha nofo mali ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha ʻofa? Naʻe pehē ʻe ha uaifi ʻe taha ne mali ʻi he taʻu ʻe 26: “Ko e mamahi ʻa ia ʻoku hokosia ʻi he faʻahinga vahaʻangatae ko ení ʻoku faingataʻa ke lava ʻo fakamatalaʻi. ʻOku tuʻumaʻu ia pea ʻi ai maʻu pē.” ʻI he ʻikai tuku atu koe ki ha nofo mali ʻe ʻikai te ne fakalato hoʻo fiemaʻú, ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te ke fakapapau ai ke fai ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo iá? Ko e kupu hoko maí ʻe fakahaaʻi ai ki he ngaahi husepānití mo e ngaahi uaifí ʻa e founga ʻe lava ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú ke tokoniʻi ʻenau nofo malí ʻi he tafaʻaki tefito ʻe taha—ko e fai ko ia ʻo e palōmesí.

Founga ke ʻAi Ai ke Mālohi ʻa Hoʻo Nofo Malí

FAKAʻUTA atu ki ha fale ʻa ia kuo ʻi ha tuʻunga māʻulalo ʻi hono taʻetokangaʻí. ʻOku matangatanga ʻa e valí, ʻoku maumau ʻa e ʻató, pea naʻa mo e loto ʻapí ʻoku ʻikai ke tokangaʻi. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e falé ni kuo maumauʻi ia ʻe ha ngaahi afā lalahi ʻi he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú, pea kuo ʻi he tuʻunga maumau ʻi hono liʻakí. ʻOku totonu ke holoki hifo ia? ʻIkai ʻaupito. Kapau ko e fakavaʻé ʻoku mālohi pea ʻoku fefeka pē ʻa e alangafalé, ʻoku ngalingali ʻe lava ke toe fakaleleiʻi ʻa e falé.

ʻOku hanga ʻe he tuʻunga ʻo e fale ko iá ʻo fakamanatu atu kia koe ʻa hoʻo nofo malí? ʻI he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú, kuo uesia kovi nai ʻe ha ngaahi afā lalahi hangē ko e laú, ʻa ho vahaʻangatae fakaemalí. Naʻe līʻekina nai ʻi ha tuʻunga hoʻomo nofo malí ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa ha tokotaha pe ko kimoua fakatouʻosi. Te ke ongoʻi nai ʻo hangē ko e ongoʻi ʻa Sandy. Hili ʻa e mali ʻo feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe 15, naʻá ne pehē: “Naʻe halaʻatā ha meʻa te ma feʻinasiʻaki ai tuku kehe pē ʻa ʻema ʻi he tuʻunga malí. Pea naʻe ʻikai ke feʻunga ʻa e meʻa ko iá.”

Neongo kapau kuo aʻu hoʻo nofo malí ki he tuʻunga ko ení, ʻoua ʻe fakaʻosi fakavave ʻaki ʻoku totonu ke fakangata iá. Ngalingali, ʻe lava pē ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa hoʻo nofo malí. ʻOku fakatuʻunga ʻa e meʻa lahi ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e fepalōmesiʻaki ʻi homo vahaʻá. Ko e palōmesí ʻe lava ke tokoni ia ke ʻoange ki he nofo malí ʻa e tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e ʻahiʻahí. Ka ko e hā ʻa e palōmesi? Pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he Tohitapú ke ʻai ia ke mālohí?

ʻOku Kau ki he Palōmesí ʻa e Fatongia

Ko e palōmesí ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he tuʻunga ʻo e hoko ʻo fakafatongiaʻaki pe ueʻi fakaeongo. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻi leá ki ha meʻa taʻefakatāutaha, hangē ko ha aleapau fakapisinisi. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻe ongoʻi nai ʻe ha tokotaha langa ʻoku fakafatongiaʻi ia ke ne fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa ha aleapau kuó ne fakamoʻoni hingoa ai ke ne langa ha fale. ʻOku ʻikai nai te ne ʻiloʻi fakafoʻituitui ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne vaheʻi mai ʻa e ngāué. Neongo ia, ʻokú ne ongoʻi ʻoku ueʻi ia ke ne fai ki heʻene leá.

Neongo ko e nofo malí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tila fakapisinisi ongonoa ia, ko e palōmesi ʻoku kau ki aí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e fatongia. Ko koe mo ho hoá ngalingali kuó mo fuakava fakamātoato ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá mo e tangatá ke mo nofo fakataha, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻe hokó. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū: “Ko ia naʻa ne ngaohi ʻa e [tangatá mo e fefiné] ʻi he kamataʻanga naʻa ne ngaohi tangata mo fefine [kinaua]; mo ne folofola, Ko e meʻa ko ia ʻe tuku ai ʻe ha tangata ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻe, ka ne