‘Alo‘ofá

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toʻu tupu ʻoku nau luelue he veʻe temipalé

ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke tui ai ki he Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku kamata ke ke sio ki he lahi ʻo e meʻa kuó Na fai maʻaú, koeʻuhí pē ko ʻEna ʻofa ʻiate koé. ʻOku tau maʻu ha ngaahi tāpuaki lahi mei he ʻOtuá, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi ʻa e maʻuʻanga tokoni fakalangí pe ʻikai. ʻOku ʻi ai mo ha ngaahi tāpuaki kehe ʻoku fakatatali maʻanautolu ʻoku feinga ke tauhi e ngaahi fekau ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní, fakatomala mei he ngaahi angahalá, pea tafoki loto-fakatōkilalo kiate Ia ʻi he lotu fakamātoato ʻo kole ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau fiemaʻú Ka he ʻikai lava ha taha ʻiate kitautolu ʻo ngāueʻi ʻa e tokoni mo e fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá (vakai, Loma 3:23–24; Mōsaia 2:20–21). ʻOku foaki mai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki fakalangi kotoa pē tuʻunga ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá.

ʻE lava ke ʻoatu ʻe he mahino ʻo e ʻaloʻofa fakalangí ha loto-falala ke ke fekumi fakaʻaho ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhí he ʻokú Ne ʻaloʻofa mo finangalo lelei ke ngāue ʻaki ʻa e mālohi fakalangí maʻau (vakai, Hepelū 4:14–16; Molonai 8:3). Ko e moʻui fakamatelie ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ko ha sīpinga ia ʻo e tupulaki fakalaumālié mo hono maʻu e kakato ʻo e ngaahi tāpuakí ʻo fakafou ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 93:12–13). ʻOku fakaafeʻi koe ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ke ke haʻu kiate Ia mo e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí pea maʻu ʻa ʻEna ʻaloʻofá kae lava ke faitāpuekina mo fakalāngilangiʻi kakato koe ʻo hangē ko Kinauá (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 93:19–20).

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Ko Kalaisi ʻoku tūʻulutui he tafaʻaki ʻo ha fefine

Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Līhai, “ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻe lava ʻo nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, kae ngata pē ʻi he ngaahi ngāue māʻoniʻoni, mo e ʻaloʻofa, mo e manavaʻofa ʻa e Mīsaia Māʻoniʻoní” (2 Nīfai 2:8). Ko e fakafōtunga maʻongoʻonga taha ʻo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, kau ai ʻEne Toetuʻú. Tuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau ko iá, ʻa ia naʻe fakahoko ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻokú Ne fakahaofi ai kitautolu mei he mālohi tuʻuloa ʻo e maté pea tofa ʻa e hala fononga ke tau takitaha fakatomala ai mei heʻetau ngaahi angahalá pea maʻu ha fakamolemole.

He ʻikai fakamālohiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taha ke maʻu ʻEne ʻaloʻofá pea foki ki Hono ʻaó. Ko ia, ʻokú Ne kole mai ai ke tau “fakalelei ʻa [kitautolu] ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, kae ʻikai ki he loto ʻo e tēvoló pea mo e kakanó; … ʻoku ngata pea fou ʻi he ʻaloʻofa pē ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa [hotau] fakamoʻuí” (2 Nīfai 10:24). ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau muimui loto-fakatōkilaló, ʻoku tau haʻu ai kia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he tui, fakatomala, papitaiso, maʻu ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, mo e feinga ke tauhi ʻEne ngaahi fekaú. ʻI heʻetau fai iá, ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi ai ʻetau holi ke fai ʻa ia kotoa te tau lavá, ‘i heʻetau ʻilo ko ʻEne ʻaloʻofá ʻa e meʻa ʻokú Ne fakahaofi kitautolú (vakai, 2 Nīfai 25:23).

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tokotaha ʻokú ne tufa ha meʻakai

ʻOku pehē ʻe he Bible Dictionary, “ʻOku fakafou … ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí ke lava ʻa e fakafoʻituituí, ʻo fakafou ʻi he tui ki he Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí mo e fakatomala mei heʻenau ngaahi angahalá, ʻo maʻu ʻa e ivi mo e tokoni ke fai ha ngaahi ngāue lelei naʻe ʻikai ke nau mei lava ʻo fakahoko kapau naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu pē” (“Grace”).

ʻI hoʻo hoko ko e tokotaha muimui ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, te ke lava ʻo maʻu ha tokoni fakalangi ke tokoni ki he ʻOtuá mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻo hangē ko e ʻAposetolo ko Paulá, ʻa ia naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku ou faʻa fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻia Kalaisi ʻokú ne [fakamālohia] aú” (Filipai 4:13). Ko e taimi ʻoku ui ai kitautolu ke tau ngāue ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻokú Ne fakafeʻungaʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻEne ʻaloʻofa mai ke tau fakahoko ʻEne ngāué (vakai, ʻAlamā 26:11–13). ʻOku toe ʻomai foki ʻe he meʻaʻofa ʻo e ʻaloʻofá ha ivi lahi ange ki he fakafoʻituituí ke nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí (vakai, Mōsaia 24:14–15; ʻAlamā 31:30–35, 38).