Mātiu 14–15; Maʻake 6–7; Sione 5–6

ʻI he Sione 5, naʻe ʻomi ʻe Sīsū ha ngaahi fakakaukau ʻe niʻihi fekauʻaki mo Ia, mo ʻEne Tamaí, mo Hono vā fetuʻutaki mo e Tamaí. Ke tokoni ke ʻilo ʻe he kalasí e ngaahi fakakaukau ko ʻení, feinga ke vahevahe kinautolu ki ha ngaahi kulupu pea tuku ange ha ngaahi miniti siʻi ke nau lisi ki he lahi taha ʻo e ngaahi moʻoni te nau ala maʻú ʻi he veesi 16–47 fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungaanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, Sīsū Kalaisi, pea mo Hona vā fetuʻutakí. Fakaafeʻi e ngaahi kulupú ke nau taufetongi ʻi hono lau e ngaahi moʻoni mei heʻenau lisí kae ʻoua kuo vahevahe e ngaahi moʻoní mei he lisi takitaha. ʻOku tokoni fēfē e ngaahi moʻoni ko ʻení ke mahino ange kiate kitautolu ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní mo Hono ʻAló? Te tau lava fēfē ʻo muimui ʻi he sīpinga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ke talangofua ki he Tamaí?

ʻOku fakaafeʻi ʻe ha ʻekitivitī ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ki he uike ní ʻi he Haʻu, ʻo Muimui ʻIate Au—Maʻá e Fakafoʻituituí mo e Ngaahi Fāmilí e kau akó, ke nau fakatokangaʻi e taimi kotoa pē ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ai ʻe Sīsū e foʻi lea Tamai ʻi he Sione 5. Fakaafeʻi ha kau mēmipa ʻe niʻihi ʻo e kalasí ke vahevahe ʻa e meʻa ne nau ako ʻi heʻenau fakakakato ʻa e ʻekitivitií. Ko e hā ha ngaahi fakakaukau ne nau maʻu fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Hono ʻAlo ʻOfaʻangá? Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí ʻoku tokoni ke fakamahinoʻi mai ko hai ʻetau Tamaí pea mo e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻetau moihū kiate Iá? ʻE lava ke maʻu ʻi he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá ha ngaahi fakakaukau ʻe niʻihi ki he “ʻOtuá” pea mo e fakamatala ʻo e “ʻOtua ko e Tamaí” ʻi he Tuʻu Maʻu ʻi he Tuí, 223-24. ʻE lava ke mou hivaʻi, fanongo, pe lau ko ha kalasi ʻa e “ʻE Tamai ʻi Hēvani ē,” Ngaahi Himí, fika 185 ko ha konga ia ʻo e fealēleaʻaki ko ʻení.

Ko e hā ʻe lava ʻo tokoni ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau fakaʻuhingaʻi fakataautaha e mana ʻo hono fafanga ʻe Sīsū ʻa e toko nimaafé? ʻE lava ke ke ʻeke ange e founga ʻoku fakatupulaki ai ʻe he laukonga fekauʻaki mo e maná, ʻenau tui ki ha malava ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻo tāpuekina fakataautaha kinautolú. Kuo nau ongoʻi nai naʻe ʻikai feʻunga e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau maʻu pe malavá ke ikunaʻi ha taumuʻa pe ko ha fekau mei he ʻOtuá? Kuo nau ongoʻi nai hono fakalahi pe toutou liunga ʻe he Fakamoʻuí honau iví ke tokoni ke nau ikunaʻi ha meʻa naʻe ngali taʻemalava?

ʻĪmisi

loaves and fishes

ʻE lava ke tokoni e foʻi vitiō “ The Feeding of the 5,000” (LDS.org) ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau fakalaulauloto ki he mana ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he ngaahi potufolofola ko ʻení. Ko e hā ha ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he talanoa ko ʻení ʻokú ne fakatupulaki ʻetau tui ki he Fakamoʻuí? Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻe lava ke fafanga fakalaumālie ai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí kitautolu? Ko e fē ha taimi kuo fafanga mo poupouʻi ai kitautolu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi? Ki ha sīpinga ʻo ha mana ʻi hotau kuongá ʻoku faitatau mo e mana ʻo e ngaahi foʻi maá mo e iká, mamata ʻi he foʻi vitiō “Pure and Simple Faith” (LDS.org) pe Paul VanDenBerghe, “Power in Prayer,” New Era, July 2012, 34–36.

ʻE lava ke tokoni ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ʻa e talanoa ʻi he Mātiu 14:22–33 ke fakatupulaki ʻenau tui ki he Fakamoʻuí mo ʻenau holi ke muimui ʻiate Iá. Fakaafeʻi e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau lau e talanoa ko ʻení, ʻo tokanga makehe ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Kalaisí, Pita, mo e kau ʻAposetolo kehé. Naʻe tokoni fēfē nai e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ke maʻu ʻe Pita ha tui ke tukuange ʻa e vaká pea lue ʻi he fukahi vaí? ʻOku ʻaonga fēfē kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻahó ni e ngaahi naʻinaʻi ʻa Sīsū ke “fiefia” pea “ʻoua te mou manavaheé” (veesi 27)? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo ako meia Pita fekauʻaki mo e ʻuhinga ʻo e hoko ko ha ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi pea falala kiate Iá?

ʻOku ʻi he Mātiu 14:22–33 ha ngaahi lea mo ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea te ne lava ʻo ueʻi e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau fakatupulaki ha tui ʻoku lahi angé ki he Fakamoʻuí. Kole ange ke nau kumi e ngaahi lea mo e kupuʻi lea peheé, hiki ia ʻi he palakipoé, pea aleaʻi e meʻa ne nau tohí. ʻE lava nai ke fakafehokotaki ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí [kinautolu] ki he aʻusia ʻa Pitá? Te ke lava ʻo poupouʻi kinautolu ke nau fakakaukau mo vahevahe e ngaahi aʻusia ʻi haʻanau feinga ke muimui ki he Fakamoʻuí ʻo hangē ko Pitá, neongo ʻa e ʻikai pau e ikuʻangá. Ko e hā ne nau ako mei he aʻusiá? Kuo fakahaofi fēfē kinautolu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he ngaahi momeniti ʻo ʻenau manavaheé pe veiveiuá?

ʻE lava ke ʻomi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa ʻi he Sione 6 ha fakakaukau ʻaonga ʻi he taimi naʻe fakafehuʻia ai ʻe he kakaí e tokāteline, hisitōlia, pe ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻo e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí. ʻI he vahe ko ʻení, naʻe fakafisi ha niʻihi ʻo e kau muimui ʻo Sīsuú ke tali ʻEne ngaahi akonaki ko Ia ʻa e Mā ʻo e Moʻuí, pea ʻe lava ke fakahaofi kinautolu ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene feilaulau ʻo e sinó mo e taʻataʻá. Ke tokoni ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo hoʻo kalasí e talanoa ko ʻení ʻi heʻenau moʻuí, te ke lava ʻo hiki ʻi he palakipoé ha ngaahi fehuʻi hangē ko ʻení pea kole ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau kumi e ngaahi talí ʻi he veesi 22–71: Ko e hā naʻe ʻamanaki atu ki ai ʻa e kakaí? (vakai, veesi 26). Ko e hā naʻe foaki ange ʻe Kalaisi ko ha fetongí? (vakai, veesi 51). Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai mahino ki he kakaí? (vakai, veesi 41–42, 52). Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga te tau lava ai ʻo fili ke ʻaʻeva mo Kalaisi neongo ʻoku ʻi ai haʻatau ngaahi fehuʻi? Fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke nau fakalaulauloto ki he fehuʻi ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mo e tali ʻa Pita ʻi he veesi 67–69. Ko e hā ha ngaahi tokāteline, ouau, pe “ngaahi folofola [kehe] ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá,” ʻe lava ke maʻu pē ʻi he Siasi ʻo Kalaisi kuo toe fakafoki maí? Fakaafeʻi e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke nau vahevahe e founga kuo tāpuekina ai ʻe he ngaahi tokāteline mo e ngaahi ouau ko ʻení kinautolu mo honau ngaahi fāmilí. Ki ha ngaahi fakakaukau mei ha ʻAposetolo ʻi he kuongá ni, fakaafeʻi ha mēmipa ʻo e kalasí ke ne lau e fakamatala ʻa ʻEletā M. Russell Ballard ʻi he “Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Tokoni Kehé.”