Mātiu 3; Maʻake 1; Luke 3

ʻI he kotoa ʻo e kau faʻu tohi ʻo e ngaahi Kosipelí, ko Maʻake ʻoku siʻisiʻi taha ʻetau ʻilo fekauʻaki mo iá. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi naʻá ne hoko ko ha hoa fakafaifekau kia Paula, Pita, mo ha niʻihi ʻo e kau faifekau kehé. ʻOku tui ʻa e kau mataotao fakatohitapu tokolahi naʻe fekau ʻe Pita ʻa Maʻake ke ne lekooti e ngaahi meʻa ne hoko ʻi he moʻui ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. ʻOku hangē naʻe ʻuluaki hiki e Kosipeli ʻa Maʻaké kimuʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi kosipeli ʻe tolu ko eé.

Vakai foki ki he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Maʻake.”

Ko e misiona ʻo Sione Papitaisó ke teuteuʻi ʻa e loto ʻo e kakaí ke nau tali ʻa e Fakamoʻuí pea hoko ʻo hangē pē ko Iá. Naʻá ne fakahoko fēfē ia? Naʻá ne tala ʻo pehē, “Mou fakatomala” (Mātiu 3:2). Naʻá ne fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakatātā hangē ko e fuaʻiʻakaú mo e uité ke fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e fakatomalá kae lava ke maʻu ʻa Kalaisí (vakai, Luke 3:9, 17).

Ko e hā ha toe ngaahi fakatātā kehe ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ʻi he ngaahi fakamatala ko ia ki he ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Sione Papitaisó? Fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ia ʻi hoʻo tohi folofolá pe tā hano ngaahi fakatātā ʻi ha tohinoa ako. Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi fakatātā ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e tokāteliné mo e mahuʻinga ko ia ke fakatomalá?

Ko e fakatomala moʻoní “ko ha liliu ʻo e fakakaukaú mo e lotó ʻa ia ʻoku ʻomi ai ha fakakaukau foʻou ki he ʻOtuá, mo kita pea mo e moʻuí fakalūkufua. … [Ko hono ʻuhingá ʻoku hanga ʻe ha taha ʻo] fakatafoki hono lotó ki he ʻOtuá” (Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Fakatomalá, Fakatomalaʻí”). ʻI he Luke 3:7–14, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu naʻe fakaafeʻi ʻe Sione ke fai ʻe he kakaí ke nau mateuteu ai ke tali ʻa Kalaisí? ʻOku kaunga fēfē nai kiate koe ʻa e faleʻi ko ʻení? Te ke fakahaaʻi fēfē kuó ke fakatomala moʻoní? (vakai, Luke 3:8).

Vakai foki, Liliu ʻe Siosefa Sāmitá, Luke 3:4–11 (ʻi he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá); Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Sione ko e Papitaisó”; D. Todd Christofferson, “Ko e Meʻaʻofa Fakalangi ʻo e Fakatomalá,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2011, 38–41.

Ko e kau Fālesí ko ha kau mēmipa kinautolu ʻo ha kulupu fakalotu ʻo e kau Siú naʻa nau pōlepole ʻi hono tauhi pau ʻa e fono ʻa Mōsesé. Naʻa nau faʻa holoki ʻa e tui fakalotú ke fakatefito ʻi hono tauhi ʻa e ngaahi ouau kehekehe. Ko e kau Sātusí ko ha kakai Siu tuʻumālie kinautolu ne nau maʻu ha ivi tākiekina mahuʻinga ʻi he tui fakalotú mo e politikalé. Naʻe ʻikai ke nau tui ki he tokāteline ʻo e toetuʻú. Naʻe fakatou hē ʻa e ongo kulupu ko ʻení mei he taumuʻa totonu ʻo e ngaahi fono ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe tokolahi honau kau mēmipa naʻa nau taʻe fie tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá ko Sione Papitaisó.

Vakai foki ki he Mātiu 23:27; Sione 1:19–24; Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Kau Fālesí” mo e “Kau Sātusí.”

ʻI he taimi naʻá ke papitaiso aí, naʻá ke muimui ai ki he tā sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Fakafehoanaki ʻa e meʻa naʻá ke ako mei he ngaahi fakamatala ko ʻeni ki he papitaiso ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mo e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi hoʻo papitaisó.

Naʻe lekooti ʻe Nīfai ha ngaahi akonaki mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo hono papitaiso ʻo e Fakamoʻuí. Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu kiate koe heʻene ngaahi lea ʻi he 2 Nīfai 31? Fakakaukau ke ke hiki ʻi ha tohinoa hoʻo aʻusia ʻi hoʻo papitaisó.

Vakai foki ki he Sione 1:32–33; Mōsaia 18:8–11; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 13:1; 20:37, 68–74; “Ko Hono Papitaiso ʻo Sīsuú” (vitiō, LDS.org).

ʻOku lahi e ngaahi fakamatala ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ai ko e Toluʻi ʻOtuá ko ha toko tolu mavahevahe kinautolu. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku poupouʻi ʻe he fakamatala ki he papitaiso ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ʻa e tokāteline ko e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí, Sīsū Kalaisi, mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko ha toko tolu mavahevahe kinautolu. Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí mei he langí, pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní (ʻi ha fōtunga ʻo ha lupe), ki he Fakamoʻuí ʻi hono papitaiso Iá. Ko ha ngaahi potufolofola ʻeni ʻe niʻihi ʻoku akoʻi ai ʻa e moʻoni tatau: Sēnesi 1:26–27; Mātiu 17:1–5; Sione 17:20–23; Ngāue 7:55–56; mo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 130:22.

Naʻe maʻu ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻa e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné. Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo ʻilo ki he Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné, ʻi heʻetau ako kau kiate iá? ʻE tokoniʻi fēfē ʻe he tā sīpinga ʻa Sioné ʻa e kau maʻu Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ke nau fakahoko honau ngaahi fatongiá? (Vakai foki, T&F 13:1; 20:46–60.)

Ke akoʻi ki he fāmilí fekauʻaki mo e papitaisó mo e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, fakakaukau ke fakaʻaliʻali ha meʻa ʻuli pea tuku ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí ke nau fufulu ʻaki ia ha vai. ʻOku fakafofongaʻi fēfē ʻe he ʻekitivitī ko ʻení ʻa e papitaisó? Hili iá pea kole ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí ke mou talanoa kau ki ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga faifakamaʻa ʻo e afí. Ko e hā ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko ha “papitaiso ʻo e afí”? (Vakai ki he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.”)

ʻĪmisi

young man baptizing another

Ko e fē nai ha taimi kuo tau ongoʻi ai ʻoku hoifua ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻiate kitautolu? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai fakafāmili ke tau fakahoifua ai ki he ʻOtuá?