Maʻu ha ongoongo ʻi he hoko ʻo anga-fakaʻatuʻí. ʻEke hifo: ‘ʻOku ʻiloʻi au ʻe he kakaí ko ha tokotaha fakaʻatuʻi, ʻulutukua mo anga-kātaki? Pe ʻoku nau vakai mai kiate au ko ha tokotaha anga-fefeka, anga-mālohi pe taʻefieauna? ʻOku ou fanongo ki he niʻihi kehé pea ʻulutukua ki heʻenau ngaahi fakaʻamú ʻi heʻene feʻungamālié?’ Ko e tuʻunga ʻo ʻetau fakaʻatuʻí ʻoku tapua atu ai ʻa e lahi ʻo ʻetau faʻifaʻitaki kia Sihova mo Sīsuú. Ko e fakaʻatuʻí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e hoko ʻo ngaofengofua ʻi he taimi ʻoku liliu ai hotau ngaahi tuʻungá. ʻE lava ke fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi liliu ko iá ha ngaahi faingataʻa taʻeʻamanekina kiate kitautolu. Te tau fehangahangai nai mo ha palopalema fakaemoʻuilelei mafatukituki. Pe ʻe veuki fakaʻaufuli nai ʻetau moʻuí ʻi ha liliu fakafokifā ʻi he ʻekonōmiká pe ʻi he tuʻunga fakapolitikale ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku tau nofo aí. (Tml. 9:11) Naʻa mo e liliu ʻi ha vāhenga-ngāue fakateokalati ʻe lava ke ne ʻahiʻahiʻi kitautolu. ʻOku lava ke tau feʻunuʻaki lavameʻa ki he ngaahi tuʻunga foʻoú kapau te tau fou ʻi he sitepu ʻe fā ko ení: (1) Tali ʻa e tuʻunga moʻoní, (2) hanga ki he kahaʻú, (3) tokangataha ki he meʻa ʻoku leleí, (4) fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa maʻá e niʻihi kehé. w23.07 21-22 ¶7-8

Ko e palōfita ko Tanielá naʻe kei talavou ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻave ai ia ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ko ha pōpula ʻi he taú pea ʻave ia ʻo mamaʻo mei hono fonua tupuʻangá. Ka naʻe leleiʻia moʻoni ʻa e kau fakapōpula ʻo Tanielá ʻiate ia. Naʻa nau sio ki he “meʻa [naʻe] hā ki he matá”—ko Taniela naʻe “taʻemele, mo hā matamatalelei” pea naʻá ne haʻu mei ha fāmili mahuʻinga. (1 Sām. 16:7) Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻuhinga ko iá, naʻe akoʻi ia ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ke ne hoko ko ha mēmipa māʻolunga ʻi honau sōsaietí. (Tan. 1:​3, 4, 6) Naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻia Taniela koeʻuhí ko e faʻahinga tokotaha naʻe fili ʻa e kiʻi talavou ko ení ke hoko ki aí. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe taʻu hongofulu tupu lahi nai pe taʻu 20 tupu siʻi ʻa Taniela ʻi he taimi naʻe lave ai ʻa Sihova kiate ia ʻokú ne māʻoniʻoni fakataha mo Noa mo Siopé, ko e ongo tangata naʻá na fakamoleki ʻa e laui hongofuluʻi taʻu lahi ʻi hono langa hake ha ongoongo lelei mo e ʻOtuá. (Sēn. 5:32; 6:​9, 10; Siope 42:​16, 17; ʻIsi. 14:14) Pea naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sihova ʻia Tanielá ʻi he kotoa ʻene moʻui fuoloa mo fakaofó.—Tan. 10:​11, 19. w23.08 2 ¶1-2

ʻI he fakakaukau pe te ke fakatau ha fale, te ke loto ke sivisiviʻi tonu ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki kotoa ʻo e falé. ʻE lava ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa meimei tatau ʻi heʻetau lau mo ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú. Kapau te ke lau fakavave ia, te ke ako pē nai ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni tefitó—“ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tefito ʻo e ngaahi pōpoaki toputapu ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (Hep. 5:12) ʻI hono kehé, hangē pē ko e falé, hū “ki loto” ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiikí. Ko e founga lelei taha ke ako ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ko e vakai ki he anga ʻo e fehoanakimālie ʻa e ngaahi konga kehekehe ʻo e pōpoaki ʻi aí. Feinga mālohi ke ʻikai ngata pē hoʻo mahinoʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke tui ki aí kae pehē foki ki he ʻuhinga ʻokú ke tui ai ki aí. Ke mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau ako ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni loloto ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe enginaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki hono fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine Kalisitiané ke nau ako tōtōivi ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ke nau lava ʻo “mahinoʻi kakato ʻa e fālahi mo e lōloa mo e māʻolunga mo e loloto” ʻo e moʻoní. Pea te nau hoko ai ʻo “faiaka mo tuʻu maʻu” ʻi heʻenau tuí. (ʻEf. 3:​14-19) ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau. w23.10 18 ¶1-3