Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné

• ʻE lava ke hoko ʻa e moʻui mo e ngāue ʻa Sione Papitaisó ko ha maʻuʻanga tataki fakalaumālie ki he kau maʻu Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒlone ʻo e ʻaho ní. Lau ʻa e Mātiu 11:7–13; Luke 7:24–30; mo e Sione 5:32–35. Ko e hā ʻokú ke ako mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e ongo ʻa e ʻEikí kia Sione Papitaisó? ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe fakamatalaʻi peheni ai ʻe Sīsū ʻa Sioné? ʻE lava fēfē nai ke faʻifaʻitaki ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he ʻaho ní ki he sīpinga ʻa Sione Papitaisó?

• Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī ʻi heʻene lea “Ko e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné—ko ha Meʻaʻofa mei he ʻOtuá,” ʻo pehē, “Ko e fatongia ia ʻo e [kau tīkoní, kau akonakí, mo e kau taulaʻeikí], ke tokangaʻi ʻa e Siasí mo fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻikai ha angahala pea fakaafeʻi ʻa e taha kotoa ke haʻu kia Kalaisi.”¹ ʻI he Siasí ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku tokolahi ha kau maʻu Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒlone ko ha kau talavou. ʻE lava fēfē nai ke ʻuhingamālie hono fakahoko ʻe he kakai kei talavoú ni ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ko ʻení ʻi honau uōtí mo e koló ʻi he ʻahó ni?

• ʻOku tānaki mai ʻe he fakamatala ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele ki hono fakafoki mai ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ha puipuituʻa mo e fakaʻāuliliki ke mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ko iá. Lau ʻene fakamatalá ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e Siosefa Sāmita—Hisitōliá. Fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e kulupú ke nau vahevahe pe ko e fē ʻa e fakaikiiki ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻuhingamālie kiate kinautolú. Pea toki fakaafeʻi leva ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e kulupú ke nau fakakaukau pe naʻe mei fēfē nai kapau naʻa nau ʻi ai mo Siosefa pea mo ʻŌliva ʻi he ʻaho ko iá. ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga ai ʻa e meʻa ko ʻeni naʻe hokó ki he Fakafoki mai ʻo e ongoongoleleí?

• ʻEkesōtosi 28:1–4; Levitiko 8:1–13; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 84:18

• Thomas S. Monson, “Ko e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí—ko ha Meʻaʻofa Toputapu,” Liahona, Mē 2015, 88–90

• “The Restoration of the Priesthood Authority and Organization” (vitiō), Gospel Library

• Kau Māʻoniʻoní: Ko e Talanoa ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, vōliume 1, Ko e Fuka ʻo e Moʻoní, 1815–1846 (2018), 65–75

• Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Siosefa Sāmita (2011), 91–100

• Naʻe teuteuʻi ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻa e hala ke tali ai ʻe māmani ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Naʻá ne akoʻi ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo e fakatomalá pea mo e papitaiso ki he fakamolemole ʻo e ngaahi angahalá, pea naʻá ne papitaiso foki mo e Fakamoʻuí (vakai, Maʻake 1:1–11; Sione 1:15–34). ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe lau ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mo e ngaahi ouau ko ʻení ko ha teuteu mahuʻinga ki he hāʻele mai ʻa Kalaisí? ʻOku teuteuʻi fēfē nai ʻe he fakatomalá mo e papitaisó ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Kalaisí ʻi he ʻahó ni ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouau ʻo e temipalé pea fakahoko mo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakava ʻoku fekauʻaki mo iá?

• ʻI ha lea ʻa Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī ki he kau maʻu Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné fekauʻaki mo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 13, naʻá ne naʻinaʻi ai ʻo pehē: “ʻOku ou naʻinaʻi atu ke mou fakaava ʻa e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá … pea lau ʻa e ngaahi leá ni mo ako maʻuloto kinautolu. Ko e totonu kinautolu ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. … Ko ha fakamoʻoni ia ʻoku ʻaonga mo moʻoni ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki ko ʻení ʻi he tapa kotoa.”² ʻE tataki fēfē ʻe he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 13 ʻa e tokanga mo e tōʻonga ʻa ha talavou maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeiki? ʻE tokoni fēfē nai ʻa e mahino ʻo e ngaahi moʻoni ko ʻeni fekauʻaki mo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ke mahino ki he kotoa ʻo e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ngaahi ouau hangē ko e papitaisó mo e maʻu fakauike ʻo e sākalamēnití pea mo e ngaahi fuakava ʻoku fekauʻaki mo kinautolú?

• ʻOku mahuʻinga ke mahino ki he kāingalotu kotoa ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné, ka ʻoku tokolahi ha kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakatokangaʻi hono mahuʻinga ʻo e ngaahi ouau mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné. ʻE lava ke ako hoʻomou kulupú ki he ngaahi totonu mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ʻaki haʻanau ako ʻa e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni ko ʻení, fakafoʻituitui pe ʻi ha fanga kiʻi kulupu iiki:

  • Ko e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné: Tohi Tuʻutuʻuni Fakakātoá: Ko e Ngāue ʻi he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, vahe 10, Gospel Library; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 107:85–88

  • Ko e ngaahi kī ʻo e tauhi mai ʻa e kau ʻāngeló: Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 13:1; 84:26; 107:20

  • Ko e ongoongolelei teuteuʻangá: Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 13:1; 84:26–27; 107:20

  • Ko e mālohi ʻi he fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi ouau ki tuʻá: Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 84:26–27; 107:20; Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné”

Ko e ʻosi pē hono lau ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e kulupú ʻa e ngaahi fakamoʻoni folofola ʻi ʻolungá, fakaafeʻi ke nau vahevahe mo e toenga ʻo e kulupú ʻa e meʻa ne nau akó.

• Mātiu 3; Luke 3:1–22

• Dallin H. Oaks, “The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 37–40

• Dale G. Renlund, “Ko e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí mo e Mālohi ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa e Fakamoʻuí,” Liahona, Nōvema 2017, 64–67

• “Keys of the Aaronic Priesthood” (vitiō), ChurchofJesusChrist.org

• ʻE ala tokoni ʻa e kaveinga ʻa e kōlomu ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ke mahino ki he talavou takitaha hono tuʻunga fakalangí mo ʻene taumuʻa ko ha taha maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Lau ʻa e kaveingá, ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tohi Tuʻutuʻuni Fakakātoá, 10.1.2. ʻOkú ke pehē ʻoku tataki fakalaumālie fēfeeʻi nai ʻe he kaveinga ko ʻení ʻa e kau talavoú ke nau fai ha ngaahi fili māʻoniʻoni? Ko e hā ha ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e kaveinga ʻa e kōlomu ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné te ke lava ʻo fakakau lelei ange ki ho tuʻunga fakaākonga ʻoʻoú?

• ʻOku teuteuʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi ouau mo e ngaahi fuakava ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí. ʻOku teuteuʻi fēfeeʻi koe ʻe he fakatomalá, papitaiso ʻi he fakauku ke fakamolemoleʻi ʻa e ngaahi angahalá, sākalamēnití, mo hono moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fuakava fekauʻaki mo iá, ke ke fakahoko mo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakavá mo maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouau ʻo e fale ʻo e ʻEikí?

• Ko e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní fakalūkufua, ka ʻokú ne toe tāpuakiʻi foki mo e kau maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeikí fakafoʻituitui. Mamataʻi ʻa e vitiō: “Let Every Man Learn His Duty: Aaronic Priesthood” (3:34). ʻOkú ke pehē ʻoku tākiekina fēfē nai ʻe he maʻu ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ʻa e fili ʻa e kau talavou ko ʻení? ʻI he fanongo ko ia hoʻomou kulupú ki he vahevahe ʻe ha kau talavou kehekehe ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e mālohi mo e mafai ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí kiate kinautolú, fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e kulupú ke vahevahe ʻenau ngaahi ongó mo e fakakaukaú.

• Henry B. Eyring, “Ko e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeiki Teuteuʻangá,” Liahona, Nōvema 2014, 59–62

• Gary E. Stevenson, “Ko Hoʻo Tohi Fakahinohino ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí,” Liahona, Mē 2019, 47–50

• “Aaronic Priesthood Shining Forth” (vitiō), Gospel Library

• Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Hāloti B. Lī (2011), 105–117