Ko e Toʻu Tangata Filí

Kau talavou, mahalo kuo mou ʻosi fanongo kimuʻa ko kimoutolu ʻa e “toʻu tangata filí,” he naʻe fili mo teuteuʻi kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke mou omi ki māmani ʻi he koungá ni koeʻuhí ko ha taumuʻa maʻongoʻonga. ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ʻoku moʻoni ʻeni. Ka ʻoku ou fie ui kimoutolu he efiafí ni ko e “toʻu tangata filí” koeʻuhí he kuo teʻeki ke ʻi ai ha niʻihi fakafoʻituitui he hisitōliá kuo faitāpuekina ʻaki ha ngaahi fili lahi fau pehē. Ko e lahi ange e ngaahi fili ke mou faí, ko e lahi ange ia e ngaahi faingamālié, pea ko e lahi ange e ngaahi faingamālié, ko e lahi ange ia hoʻomou malava ke fai ha leleí, kae meʻapangó, he ʻoku haʻu fakataha ia mo e koví. ʻOku ou tui kuo fekauʻi mai kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki heni he kuongá ni he ʻokú Ne falala te mou lava lelei ʻo ʻiloʻi e ngaahi fili kehekehe ʻoku ʻatā ke mou faí.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Sipenisā W. Kimipolo ʻi he 1974, “ʻOku ou tui ʻoku fiefia ʻa e ʻEikí ke tuku ki homou nimá ha ngaahi ʻilo fakatekinolosia foʻou ʻoku ʻikai ha misi ki ai ʻa kimautolu ʻoku ʻikai mataotaó” (“When the World Will Be Converted,” Ensign, Oct. 1974, 10).

Pea kuó Ne fai ia! ʻOku mou tutupu hake mo e taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻa-ngāue lelei taha ki he leleí ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá: ʻa e ʻInitanetí. ʻOku haʻu fakataha mo ia ha ngaahi fili kehekehe. Neongo ia, ʻoku ʻalu fakataha mo e ngaahi fili lahi ko ʻení ha fatongia lahi tatau ʻo e ʻekea meiate kita e meʻa ʻokú te fai pe taʻe faí. ʻOkú ne fakaʻatā ke ke lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e lelei tahá pea mo e kovi tahá fakatouʻosi ʻoku maʻu ʻe he māmaní ke ʻoatú. Te ke lava ʻo fakahoko ha ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻaki ia ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou, pe tohoakiʻi koe ʻe he ngaahi meʻa muna te ne maumauʻi ho taimí mo holoki ho ivi ke faileleí. Te ke lava ʻi hano kamosi pē ha meʻa, ke hū vave mo lelei ki ha meʻa pē ʻoku fakaʻamu ki ai ho lotó. Ko e meʻa mahuʻingá ia—ko e hā ʻokú ke fakaʻamu ki aí? Ko e hā ʻokú ke holi ki aí? ʻE taki koe ʻe hoʻo ngaahi fakaʻamú ki fē?

Manatuʻi ʻoku “foaki [ʻe he ʻOtuá] ki he tangatá ʻo fakatatau mo ʻenau holí” (ʻAlamā 29:4) te Ne “fakamāuʻi ʻa e tangata kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau mo ʻenau ngaahi ngāué, pea fakatatau ki he ngaahi holi ʻo honau lotó” (T&F 137:9; vakai foki, ʻAlamā 41:3).

Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEletā Pulusi R. Makongikī: “Ko e tohi ʻo e moʻuí neongo ʻoku moʻoni ka ko e fakatātā pē, ko e lekooti ia ʻo e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e tangatá ʻo hangē kuo tohitongi e faʻahinga lekooti peheé ʻi honau sinó. … ʻA ia, ko e fakakaukau, lea, mo e ngāue kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene [kaunga] ki he sino ʻo e tangatá; ʻoku tuku ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ha fakaʻilonga, ko ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻe lava ke faingofua hono laú ʻe Ia ʻoku Taʻengatá ʻo hangē ko e laungofua ʻo ha ngaahi lea ʻi ha tohí” (Mormon Doctrine, 2nd ed. [1966], 97).

ʻOku toe lekooti foki ʻe he ʻInitanetí hoʻo ngaahi holi, kuo fakahaaʻi ʻi hoʻo ngaahi kumí mo e lomí. ʻOku lahi fau e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tatali ke ne feau e ngaahi holi ko iá. ʻI hoʻo vakili e ʻInitanetí, ʻokú ke tuku ai ha ʻū fakaʻilonga—ʻo e meʻa ʻokú ke fetuʻutaki ki aí, feituʻu naʻá ke ʻi aí, lōloa hoʻo ʻi aí, pea mo e faʻahinga meʻa ʻokú ke mahuʻingaʻia aí. ʻOku hanga ʻe he ʻInitanetí ʻi he foungá ni ʻo foʻu hao ʻīmisi faka-ʻInitaneti—ko hono moʻoní, ko hao “tohi ʻo e moʻui he ʻInitanetí.” ʻE ʻoatu ʻe he ʻInitanetí kiate koe ʻo lahi pea toe lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke fekumi ki aí. Kapau ʻoku maʻa hoʻo ngaahi holí, ʻe lava ke fakamoʻoniʻi ia ʻe he ʻInitanetí, ʻo fakafaingofuaʻi ange ai ke ke fai ha ngaahi fekumi ʻoku tāú. Ka ʻoku toe ʻi ai pē mo hono fehangahangaí.

ʻOku fakamatalaʻi peheni ia ʻe ʻEletā Niila A. Mekisuele:

“Ko ia ʻoku tau holi kikihi ki ai ʻi ha vahaʻa taimí, ko e meʻa ia te tau iku hokosia pea mo tau maʻu ʻi ʻitānití. …

“… Ko hono toki akoʻi pē mo fakahinohinoʻi ʻetau ngaahi holí, ʻe lava ai ke nau kauhala taha mo kitautolu, kae ʻikai hoko ko hatau ngaahi filí!” (“According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 21, 22).

Kau talavou, kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke ke feinga moʻoni ke mapuleʻi hoʻo ngaahi holí, ʻe fai ia ʻe māmani maʻau. ʻOku feinga ʻa māmani he ʻaho kotoa pē ke tākiekina hoʻo ngaahi holí, ʻo fakalotoa koe ke fakatau ha faʻahinga meʻa, lomiʻi ʻi ha meʻa, vaʻinga, lau pe sio ʻi ha faʻahinga meʻa. Ko e aofangatukú, ko e filí ʻoku ʻaʻau ke fai. ʻOkú ke tauʻatāina ke fili. ʻOku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene hoko ko e mālohi ke fakahoko hoʻo ngaahi holí ka ʻokú ne toe fakaleleiʻi, fakamaʻa, mo ʻai ke lelei ange hoʻo ngaahi fakaʻamú. Ko e tauʻatāina ke filí ho mālohi ia ke lavaʻí. Ko e foʻi fili kotoa pē ʻokú ne ʻoatu ke ke ofi pe mamaʻo ange mei he tuʻunga naʻe fakataumuʻa koe ki aí; ʻoku ʻi ai e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi lomi kotoa. Fehuʻi maʻu pē kiate koe, “ʻE fakaiku ki fē ʻa e fili ko ʻení?” Fakatupulaki hoʻo malava ke ke sio ʻo fakalaka atu he lolotongá.

ʻOku loto ʻa Sētane ke ne puleʻi hoʻo tauʻatāina ke filí koeʻuhí ke ne lava ʻo puleʻi e tuʻunga te ke aʻusiá. ʻOkú ne ʻilo ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga lelei taha ke fai ai ʻení ko hono tauheleʻi koe ʻaki e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻoku maʻu-nimaá. ʻOku puleʻi ʻe hoʻo ngaahi filí pe ʻe fakamālohia pe fakapōpulaʻi koe ʻe he meʻa fakatekinolosiá.

Tuku muʻa ke u ʻoatu ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻe fā ke tokoni atu kiate kimoutolu ko e toʻu tangata filí, mapuleʻi hoʻomou holí mo ne puleʻi hoʻomou fakaʻaongaʻi e tekinolosiá.