Ko e Hā Kuo Fai ʻe Hotau Fakamoʻuí Maʻatautolú?

Kimuʻa siʻi pē ʻi he Sāpate Toetuʻú, ko ha taimi lelei eni ke ʻuluaki lea ki he toetuʻu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko e toetuʻu mei he maté ko ha fakamāhino fakatāutaha ia ʻo ʻetau tuí. ʻOkú ne tānaki mai ha mahino ki heʻetau tokāteliné, ha fakaivia ki hotau ʻulungāngá, mo ha ʻamanaki lelei ki hotau kahaʻú.

Koeʻuhí ʻoku tau tui ki he fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná e toetuʻu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻoku tau tali foki ai e ngaahi akonaki fakalaumālie lahi ʻe hoko ha toetuʻu pehē ki he taha matelie kotoa kuo faifaiangé pea moʻui ʻi māmaní.¹ Hangē ko e akoʻi ʻe Sīsuú, “koeʻuhí ʻoku ou moʻui, ʻe moʻui ʻakimoutolu foki” (Sione 14:19). Pea naʻe akoʻi ʻe Heʻene Kau ʻAposetoló “ʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻa e maté, ʻo taʻe-faʻa-ʻauʻauha” pea ʻe “ʻauʻauhá ni ʻa e taʻe-faʻaʻauʻauhá” (1 Kolinitō 15:52, 54).

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Ko e Toetuʻú

Ka ʻoku foaki mai ʻe he Toetuʻú ha meʻa ʻoku mahulu hake ʻi he fakapapauʻi ʻo e taʻefaʻaʻauʻauhá ni. ʻOkú ne liliu e anga ʻo ʻetau vakai ki he moʻui fakamatelié.

ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he toetuʻú ʻa e fakakaukau mo e ivi ke kātekina ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa fakamatelie ʻoku fepaki mo kitautolu takitaha pea mo kinautolu ʻoku tau ʻofa aí. ʻOkú ne ʻomi ha founga foʻou ke vakai ʻaki ki he ngaahi tōnounou fakatuʻasino, fakaeʻatamai, pe fakaeloto ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi hotau fanauʻí pe maʻu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e moʻui fakamatelié. ʻOkú ne ʻomi ha ivi ke tau kātekina ʻa e mamahí, ngaahi tōnounoú, mo e ngaahi loto-taʻefiemālié. Koeʻuhí kuo pau ke tau takitaha toetuʻu, ʻoku tau ʻilo leva ko e ngaahi tōnounou mo e ngaahi fakafepaki fakamatelié ni ʻoku fuonounou pē.

ʻOku toe ʻomi foki ʻe he toetuʻú ha ʻuhinga mālohi ke tauhi ai e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá he lolotonga ʻetau moʻui fakamatelié. Ko e taimi te tau toe tuʻu ai mei he maté ʻo hoko atu ki hotau Fakamāuʻi Fakaʻosi kuo kikiteʻí, ʻoku tau loto ke tau feʻunga mo e ngaahi tāpuaki fungani kuo talaʻofa ki he kakai toetuʻú.²

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Te tau lava ʻo nofo fakataha ko ha ngaahi fāmili ʻo taʻengata.

ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e talaʻofa ko ia ʻe lava ke kau ʻi he toetuʻú ha faingamālie ke nofo mo e kau mēmipa hotau fāmilí—ʻa e husepānití, uaifí, fānaú, mātuʻá, mo e hakó—ko ha fakalotolahi moʻoni ia ke fakahoko hotau ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí ʻi he moʻui fakamatelié. ʻOku toe tokoni foki ia ke tau nofo fakataha ʻi he moʻuí ni ʻi he ʻofa pea ʻokú ne fakafiemālieʻi kitautolu ʻi he mālōlō hotau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá. ʻOku tau ʻilo ko e ngaahi māvae fakamatelié ni ʻoku fuonounou pē, pea ʻoku tau nofo ʻamanaki ki ha toe fakataha mo ha feohi fiefia ʻi he kahaʻú. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he toetuʻú ha ʻamanaki lelei mo e ivi ke tau faʻa-kātaki ʻi heʻetau tatalí. ʻOkú ne toe teuteuʻi foki kitautolu ʻaki ha loto-toʻa mo ha ngeia ke fepaki mo ʻetau maté—ko ha mate ʻe lau ko ha mate ʻoku teʻeki hoko hono taimí.

Ko e ngaahi nunuʻa kotoa ko ʻeni ʻo e toetuʻú ko e konga kinautolu ʻo e ʻuluaki tali ki he fehuʻi “Ko e hā kuo fai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi maʻakú?”

Ki hotau tokolahi, ko e faingamālie ke fakamolemoleʻi ʻetau ngaahi angahalá ko e tefitoʻi ʻuhinga ia ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku tau hiva ʻaʻapa ʻi heʻetau lotú:

Naʻe kātekina ʻe hotau Fakamoʻui mo e Huhuʻí ha mamahi ʻoku ʻikai taʻefaʻalaua, koeʻuhí ke ne hoko ai ko ha feilaulau ki he angahala ʻa e taha matelie kotoa ʻe fakatomalá. Naʻe foaki ʻe he feilaulau fakaleleí ni ʻa e lelei taupotú, ʻa e lami haohaoa taʻe-hano-melé, ko e fetongi e kovi fulikivanu taupotú, ko e angahala ʻa māmani kotoá. Naʻá ne fakaava ʻa e matapā kiate kitautolu takitaha ke fakamaʻa ʻetau angahala fakafoʻituituí kae lava ke fakahū atu kitautolu ki he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtua, ko ʻetau Tamai Taʻengatá. ʻOku ʻatā ʻa e matapā kuo fakaavá ni ki he kotoa ʻo e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻetau lotú ʻoku tau hiva:

ʻOku makatuʻunga e ola mahuʻinga mo taʻemafakakaukaua ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻi he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu takitahá. ʻOkú ne fakamoʻoniʻi ʻEne pehē ʻoku “mahuʻinga lahi ʻa e ngaahi laumālie”—ʻo e tokotaha kotoa—“ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 18:10). ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻeni ʻe heʻetau Tamai ʻi he Langí ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻo fakatatau mo e ʻofá: “He naʻe ʻofa pehē ʻa e ʻOtuá ki māmani, naʻá ne foaki hono ʻAlo pē taha naʻe fakatupú, koeʻuhí ko ia kotoa pē ʻe tui kiate iá ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha, kae maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá” (Sione 3:16). Naʻe pehē ʻe hotau Huhuʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he fakahā ʻo onopōní naʻá Ne ʻofa pehē ki māmani [ʻo] ne foaki ai ʻene moui ʻaʻaná, koeʻuhi ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻe tuí, te nau lava ʻo hoko ko e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtuá.” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 34:3).

ʻOku ʻikai leva ha ofo, ʻi hono fakaʻosi e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ko ha “Fakamoʻoni ʻe Taha kia Sīsū Kalaisí ʻaki e akonaki ke hoko ʻo “haohaoa” mo “fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻa [kitautolu] ʻia Kalaisi” kuo pau ke tau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻaki [hotau] iví, ʻatamaí mo e mālohí kotoa”? (Molonai 10:32–33). Kuo pau ke tali ʻEne palani ʻoku ueʻi ʻe he ʻofá, ʻaki ʻa e ʻofa.

Ko e hā mo ha toe meʻa kehe kuo fai ʻe hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí maʻatautolu? Kuo akoʻi kitautolu ʻe Sīsū ki he palani ʻo e fakamoʻuí, ʻo fakafou he ngaahi akonaki ʻa ʻEne kau palōfitá pea ʻi Heʻene ngāue fakafoʻituituí. ʻOku kau ʻi he palani ko ʻení ʻa e fakatupu ʻo māmaní, taumuʻa ʻo e moʻuí, mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻi ai ha faikehekehé, mo e meʻaʻofa ʻo e tauʻatāina ke filí. Naʻá Ne toe akoʻi mai foki e ngaahi fekau pea mo e ngaahi fuakava kuo pau ke tau talangofua ki aí, mo e ngaahi ouau kuo pau ke tau foua ke fakafoki ai kitautolu ki heʻetau mātuʻa Fakalangí.

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Ko e Malanga he Moʻungá

ʻOku tau lau ʻEne akonakí ʻi he Tohi Tapú, “Ko au ko e maama ʻo māmani: ko ia ʻoku muimui ʻiate aú, ʻe ʻikai ʻalu ia ʻi he poʻulí, ka ʻe ʻiate ia ʻa e maama ʻo e moʻuí” (Sione 8:12). Pea ʻoku tau lau ʻi he fakahā ʻo onopōní, “Vakai, ko au ko Sīsū Kalaisi, … ko ha maama ʻoku ʻikai lava ke fūfuuʻi ʻi he fakapoʻulí” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 14:9). Kapau te tau muimui ʻi Heʻene ngaahi akonakí, te Ne huluhulu hotau halá ʻi he moʻuí ni mo fakapapauʻi hotau ikuʻanga ʻi he maama kahaʻú.

Koeʻuhí ʻokú Ne ʻofa ʻiate kitautolu, ʻokú Ne fakatukupaaʻi ai kitautolu ke tau tokanga taha kiate Ia, kae ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmani fakamatelié ni. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū, ʻi Heʻene malanga maʻongoʻonga ki he mā ʻo e moʻuí, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau kau ʻi he niʻihi ʻoku tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo māmaní—ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne pouaki ʻa e moʻui ʻi māmani kae ʻikai ki he moʻui taʻengatá.⁵ He kuo toutou fakaafeʻi kitautolu ʻe Sīsū mei he taimi ki he taimi, “muimui ʻiate au.”⁶

Fakaʻosí, ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko e konga ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻá Ne “kātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi mamahí mo e ngaahi faingataʻá pea mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe kotoa pē; pea ʻe fai ʻeni koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e folofolá ʻa ia ʻoku pehē te ne toʻo kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi mamahi mo e ngaahi mahaki ʻoku moʻua ai hono kakaí” (ʻAlamā 7:11).

Ko e hā naʻe kātakiʻi ai ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa fakamatelie “kehekehé”? Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlamā, “Pea te ne toʻo kiate ia ʻa honau ngaahi vaivaí, koeʻuhi ke fonu hono lotó ʻi he ʻaloʻofa, ʻo fakatatau ki he kakanó, koeʻuhí ke ne ʻafioʻi ʻo fakatatau ki he kakanó ʻa e founga ke tokoniʻi ai ʻa hono kakaí ʻo fakatatau ki honau ngaahi vaivaí” (ʻAlamā 7:12).

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Ko Kalaisi ʻi Ketisemani

ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí hotau ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ʻa ʻetau fāifeingá, ʻa ʻetau loto mamahí, pea mo ʻetau ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá, he naʻá Ne foua loto fiemālie kinautolu kotoa, ko e konga ʻo ʻEne Fakaleleí. ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻeni ʻe ha ngaahi potu folofola kehe. ʻOku fakahā ʻe he Fuakava Foʻoú, “ʻi heʻene mamahi ʻaʻana ʻi hono ʻahiʻahiʻí, ʻokú ne faʻa-fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻí” (Hepelū 2:18). ʻOku akoʻi ʻe ʻĪsaia, “ʻOua naʻá ke manavahē, he ʻoku ou ʻiate koe: … te u fakamālohia koe, ʻio, te u tokoniʻi koe” (ʻĪsaia 41:10). ʻOku totonu ke manatuʻi ʻe kinautolu ʻoku tofanga ʻi ha faʻahinga faingataʻa fakamatelié, naʻe foua ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e faʻahinga mamahi ko iá, pea ʻi Heʻene Fakaleleí ʻokú Ne foaki mai ai kiate kitautolu takitaha ʻa e ivi ke tau fuesia ai ia.

Naʻe fakamatalaʻi fakanounou ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ʻe he Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá ʻi heʻetau tefito ʻo e tui hono tolú: “ʻOku mau tui ‘e lava ‘o fakamoʻui ‘a e faʻahinga ‘o e tangatá kotoa pē ‘i he Fakalelei ‘a Kalaisí, tuʻunga ‘i he talangofua ki he ngaahi fono mo e ngaahi ouau ‘o e Ongoongoleleí” (Ngaahi Tefito ‘o e Tuí 1:3).