Mātiu 3; Maʻake 1; Luke 3

ʻOku tau teuteuʻi fēfē kitautolu ki ha ʻaʻahi mai ʻa ha fakaafe mahuʻinga? ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he fehuʻi pehení ke ke fakafeʻiloaki ai ha fealēleaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e founga naʻe teuteuʻi ai ʻe Sione Papitaiso e kakaí ke nau tali ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻE lava ke ke vahevahe e kalasí ki ha kulupu ʻe tolu ke nau lau ʻa e Mātiu 3:1–6; Mātiu 3:7–12; mo e Luke 3:10–15, ʻo fekumi ki he founga ʻo hono teuteuʻi ‘e Sione Papitaiso ʻa e kakaí ke nau tali ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. Tuku ki he kulupu takitaha ke nau taufetongi ʻi hono vahevahe ʻo e meʻa ne nau maʻú.

Hangē ko ia ne fai ʻe Sione Papitaisó, ʻoku tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he kau palōfita moʻuí ke tau teuteu ke tali ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki heʻetau moʻuí. Ke tokoni ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau fakafehokotaki e kau palōfita ʻi he kuonga ní mo Sione Papitaisó, ʻe lava ke ke toe vakaiʻi e ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sione Papitaiso ʻi he Mātiu 3:1–12 mo e Luke 3:2–18 mo ha faleʻi mei he konifelenisi lahi fakamuimui tahá. ‘Oku tokoniʻi fēfē kitautolu ʻe he talangofua ki he faleʻi fakaepalōfita ko ʻení ke tau teuteu ai ke tali ʻa e Fakamoʻuí?

ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he Liliu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita, Luke 3:4–11 (ʻi he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá) ha ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e misiona ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻo ope atu ʻi he meʻa ʻoku hā ʻi he Luke 3:4–6. Ko e hā ʻoku ako ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e Fakamoʻuí mo e fie maʻu ke tau fakatomalá?

ʻĪmisi

John the Baptist preaching

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻa e kakaí ʻi he Luke 3:8, kimuʻa pea toki lava ke nau papitaisó, naʻe fie maʻu ke nau fakahā ha “ngaahi fua”, pe ko ha fakamoʻoni, ʻo ʻenau fakatomalá. Te ke tokoniʻi fēfē e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau ʻiloʻi e fakamoʻoni ʻo ʻenau fakatomalá? Te ke lava ʻo kole ange ke nau fekumi ʻi he Luke 3:8–14 ki he meʻa naʻe pehē ‘e Sione ko e “ngaahi fua” ʻo e fakatomalá. Te nau lava foki ʻo toe vakaiʻi e Molonai 6:1–3 mo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 20:37. Te ke lava ke tā ha fuʻu ʻakau mo hono ngaahi fuá ʻi he palakipoé pea tuku ke fakahingoa ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí e fuá ʻaki e “ngaahi fua” ʻo e fakatomalá ʻa ia ne nau maʻú. ʻE lava foki ke hoko ʻeni ko ha taimi lelei ke mou talanoa ai ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e fakatomala moʻoní. Fakamahinoʻi ange ko e founga ʻe taha te tau lava ai ʻo “fakatonutonu hono ʻaluʻangá” (Luke 3:4) ko e fakatomala mei ha faʻahinga faiangahala ʻokú ne taʻofi ʻa e Laumālié mei Heʻene aʻu mai kiate kitautolú.

ʻE lava hono hivaʻi e himi “Fakatapuʻi Au,” Ngaahi Himi, fika 64, ke poupouʻi ha fealēleaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻe lava ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ʻe he fakatomalá ke tau hoko ʻo hangē ko e Fakamoʻuí. Ki ha vitiō hiva ʻo e himi ko ʻení, vakai ki he mormontabernaclechoir.org.

Ke toe vakaiʻi e talanoa ʻo e papitaiso ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻahiʻahiʻi angé e fakakaukau ko ʻení: ʻEke ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí pe ko e hā e founga te nau lava ai ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi e Mātiu 3:13–17 ke akoʻi ha taha fekauʻaki mo e papitaisó, hangē ko ha kiʻi tamasiʻi pe ko ha taha ʻo ha tui fakalotu kehe. (Te nau lava foki ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi e fakatātā ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ki he uike ní ʻi he Haʻu, ʻo Muimui ʻIate Au—Maʻá e Fakafoʻituituí mo e Ngaahi Fāmilí.) Ko e hā ha ngaahi konga mahuʻinga ʻo e papitaisó te nau fakamamafaʻí? Te nau lava ʻo akoako ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú ʻaki haʻanau feakoʻaki ʻiate kinautolu.

Ke tokoni ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau manatuʻi honau papitaisó mo fakakaukau ki hono mahuʻinga ʻo e moʻui ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi fuakava ʻi he papitaisó, ʻe lava ke ke fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke nau lau ʻa e Mātiu 3:13–17 mo e lea ʻa ʻEletā Robert D. Hales ʻi he “Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Tokoni Kehé.” Mahalo ʻe fiefia e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke vahevahe ʻenau ngaahi ongo fekauʻaki mo honau papitaisó mo ʻenau ngaahi fuakava ʻi he papitaisó. Te nau lava foki ʻo hivaʻi e “Muimui ʻIate Au,” Ngaahi Himí, fika  57.

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻe papitaiso ʻa e Fakamoʻuí “ʻaki ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní mo e afi” (Mātiu 3:11). ʻOku hoko e papitaiso ʻaki e afí ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakamaʻu ai kitautolú mo tau maʻu ʻa e meʻa foaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau maʻu ai e meʻa foaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní kae toki lava ke tau fakalakalaka ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá? Ko e hā e ola ʻo e papitaiso ʻaki e afí mo hono maʻu ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi heʻetau moʻuí? (vakai, ʻAlamā 5:14). ʻE lava ke tokoni ʻa e foʻi vitiō “Baptism of the Holy Ghost” (LDS.org) ki he fealēleaʻaki ko ʻení.

Ko ha ʻekitivitī ʻeni ʻe ala tokoni ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke toe fakalahi ʻenau fealēleaʻaki fekauʻaki mo e tokāteline ʻo e papitaisó. Hiki e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi he palakipoé pea hiki e ngaahi potufolofolá ʻi ha laʻi pepa. Fakaafeʻi e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau fili ha laʻi pepa pea lau fakataha ʻe he kalasí e potufolofola takitaha. Aleaʻi pe ko e fehuʻi fē ʻoku tali lelei taha ʻe he potufolofola takitaha. ʻOku ʻi ai mo ha ngaahi potufolofola kehe pe fakakaukau kehe ʻe ala tokoni ki hono tali ʻo e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení?

• Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he folofolá fekauʻaki mo e fie maʻu ke papitaisó? (3 Nīfai 11:38)

• Ko e hā e meʻa ʻoku fakataipe ʻe he papitaiso ʻi he fakaukú? (Loma 6:3–5)

• ʻOku totonu ke liliu fēfē ʻe heʻeku ngaahi fuakava ʻi he papitaisó ʻeku tōʻonga moʻuí? (Mōsaia 18:8–10)

• Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke tau papitaiso ai ‘a e longaʻi fānau valevalé? (Molonai 8:8–12)

• Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke fakahoko e papitaisó ʻe ha taha ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e mafaí, kae ʻikai fai ʻaki pē ʻa e loto fakamātoató? (Hepelū 5:4)

• Kapau kuo ʻosi papitaiso au ki ha siasi kehe, ko e hā ʻe fie maʻu ai ke u toe papitaisó? (TF 22:1–4)

• Ko e hā kuo pau ke muimui mai ai hono foaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he hili ʻa e papitaisó? (Sione 3:5)