Ko e Palani ʻo e Fakamoʻui ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní

• Ko e fānau fakalaumālie kātoa kitautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻá Ne fakatupu kitautolu ʻi Hono tataú.

• Naʻa tau nofo mo e ʻOtuá kimuʻa pea toki fanauʻi kitautolu ʻi māmaní. Ko e kau mēmipa kitautolu ʻo Hono fāmilí. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi mo ʻofeina kitautolu takitaha.

• Kuo ʻosi ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha palani ki heʻetau fiefia mo e fakalakalaka ʻi he moʻui ko ʻení pea ʻi ʻitāniti.

• Naʻa tau fili ʻi heʻetau moʻui fakalaumālié ke muimui ʻi he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe ʻuhinga ʻeni ke tau ōmai ki māmani ke tau lava ʻo fakahoko ʻa e sitepu hono hoko ʻi heʻetau fakalakalaka taʻengatá.

• ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻá Ne ʻai ke tau lava ʻo maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻe-faʻa-maté mo e moʻui taʻengatá.

• Fakatatau mo e fakahinohino ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe fakatupu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa māmani.

• Ko ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻa e ongo fuofua fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ōmai ki māmaní. Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtuá hona sinó pea tuku kinaua ʻi he Ngoue ko ʻĪtení.

• Naʻe maumau-fono ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi, pea kapusi kinaua ki tuʻa mei he ngoué, pea fakamavaheʻi mei he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ui ʻeni ko e Hingá.

• Hili ʻa e Hingá, naʻe hoko leva ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻo matelie. ʻI heʻena hoko ko e matelié, naʻá na lava leva ʻo ako, fakalakalaka, mo maʻu ha fānau. Naʻá na toe aʻusia foki ʻa e mamahí, angahalá mo e maté.

• Naʻe hoko ʻa e Hingá ko ha sitepu ia kimuʻa ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he Hingá ke lava ʻo fanauʻi kitautolu ʻi māmani mo fakalakala ʻi he palani ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní.

• ʻI he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe fiemaʻu ke tau ōmai ki māmani ke maʻu ha sino fakamatelie, ako, pea mo tupulaki.

• ʻOku tau ako ʻi he māmaní ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he tuí. Neongo ia, kuo teʻeki ai liʻaki kitautolu ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní. Kuó ne foaki mai ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa mo ha ngaahi fakahinohino lahi ke tokoni ke tau foki ange ki Hono ʻaó.

• ʻOku tau takitaha faiangahala, pea te tau takitaha mate. Ka koeʻuhí ko e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻiate kitautolú, kuó Ne fekauʻi mai ai Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ki māmani ke huhuʻi kitautolu mei he angahalá mo e maté.

• Pea tuʻunga ʻi he feilaulau fakalelei ʻa Sīsuú, ʻe lava ke fakamolemoleʻi mo fakamaʻa kitautolu mei heʻetau ngaahi angahalá. ʻE lava ke liliu hotau lotó ʻo lelei ange ʻi heʻetau fakatomalá. ʻOku ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke tau lava ʻo foki ki he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá mo maʻu ʻa e kakato ʻo e fiefiá.

• Tuʻunga ʻi he Toetuʻu ʻa Sīsuú, te tau toetuʻu kātoa ʻi he hili ʻetau maté. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ʻe toe fakatahaʻi ʻa e laumālie mo e sino ʻo e taha takitaha pea te tau takitaha moʻui ʻo taʻengata ʻi ha sino toetuʻu kuo fakahaohaoaʻi.

• ʻOku foaki mai ʻe Kalaisi ʻa e fakafiemālie, ʻamanaki, pea mo e fakamoʻui. Ko ʻEne feilaulau fakaleleí ko e fakafōtunga taupotu taha ia ʻo ʻEne ʻofá. Ko e meʻa kotoa ʻoku taʻetotonu ʻi he moʻuí ʻe lava ke fakatonutonu ʻi he Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.

• Ko e taimi ʻoku mate ai hotau sino fakamatelié, ʻe kei hoko atu hotau laumālié ke moʻui ʻi he maama tataliʻangá. Ko ha vahaʻataimi fakataimi pē ʻeni ʻo e ako mo e teuteu kimuʻa ʻi he Toetuʻú.

• Ko e ongoongolelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ʻoku akoʻi ʻi he maama tataliʻanga ʻo e ngaahi laumālié, pea te tau kei lava ʻo tupulaki mo fakalakalaka.

• Ka hili hotau taimi ʻi he maama tataliʻangá, ko e sitepu hoko ʻo ʻetau fononga taʻengatá ko e Toetuʻú.

• Ko e Toetuʻú ko e toe fakatahaʻi ia ʻo hotau laumālié mo hotau sinó. Te tau takitaha toetuʻu mo maʻu ha sino ʻo e kakano kuo fakahaohaoaʻi. Te tau moʻui ʻo taʻengata. ʻOku malava ʻeni ʻi he Fakalelei mo e Toetuʻu ʻa e Fakamoʻuí.

• ʻI heʻetau toetuʻú, ʻe hoko ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ko hotau fakamaau. Tuku kehe pē ha ngaahi meʻa siʻi, ka ko e kotoa ʻo e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá te nau maʻu ha nofoʻanga ʻi ha puleʻanga ʻo e nāunau.

• Neongo te tau toetuʻu kātoa, ka he ʻikai ke tau maʻu kotoa ʻa e nāunau taʻengata tatau. ʻE fakamaau ʻa Sīsū ʻo fakatatau mo ʻetau tuí, ngaahi ngāué, mo ʻetau fakatomala ʻi he moʻui fakamatelié, pea ʻi he maama tataliʻanga ʻo e ngaahi laumālié. Te tau lava ʻo foki ke nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá kapau ʻoku tau angatonu.

Ko e ʻOtuá ko e Tamai Ia ʻa hotau ngaahi laumālié. Ko ʻEne fānau kitautolu, naʻe fakatupu ʻi Hono tataú. ʻOku tau takitaha moʻona ha natula fakalangi ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻE lava ʻa e ʻilo ko ʻení ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻá mo lava ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau aʻusia hotau lelei tahá.

Naʻa tau nofo mo e ʻOtuá ko ʻEne fānau fakalaumālie kimuʻa pea toki fanauʻi kitautolu ʻi māmaní. Ko e kau mēmipa kitautolu ʻo Hono fāmilí.

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Palesiteni M. Russell Ballard

“ʻOku ʻi ai ha tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻoku tau ʻi ai he taimí ni pea taʻengata, ko ha meʻa ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke teitei ngalo, mo ha meʻa ‘oku totonu ke tau fakahoungaʻi. ʻA ia ko koé pea maʻu ai pē, ko e foha pe ʻofefine ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻokú ke maʻu ha fakavaʻe fakalaumālie ʻi ʻitāniti.

… ʻAi ke mahino ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko ʻení—ʻo mahino mo moʻui ʻaki ia—ʻoku liliu moʻui. ʻOkú ne ʻoatu ha tuʻunga makehe he ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ʻo toʻo meiate koe. Kae mahulu hake aí, ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻoatu kiate koe ha ongoʻi mahuʻinga lahi mo ongoʻi ho mahuʻinga taʻe-fakangatangatá. Fakaʻosí, ʻokú ne ʻoatu ha taumuʻa mahuʻinga fakalangi, fakaʻeiʻeiki, mo mahuʻinga ʻi he moʻuí” (M. Russell Ballard, “Children of Heavenly Father” [fakataha lotu ʻa e ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongí, 3 Māʻasi 2020], 2, speeches.byu.edu).

ʻOku ʻofa ʻa ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní ʻiate kitautolu mo finangalo ke tau hoko ʻo tatau mo Ia. Ko ha taha ia kuo hākeakiʻi mo ha sino nāunauʻia.

ʻI heʻetau moʻui ʻi he maama fakalaumālié, naʻa tau ʻilo ai ʻoku ʻi ai ha palani ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tau hoko ʻo tatau mo Ia. Ko ha konga ʻe taha ʻo ʻEne palaní te tau mavahe mei hotau ʻapi fakalangí ʻo ōmai ki māmani ke maʻu ha ngaahi sino fakamatelie. Naʻa tau toe fiemaʻu foki ke maʻu ha taukei mo fakatupulaki ʻa e tuí ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e taimi mavahe mei he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá. He ʻikai ke tau manatuʻi ʻa e moʻui mo e ʻOtuá. Neongo ia, te Ne foaki mai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau lava ai ʻo foki ke nofo mo Iá.

Ko e tauʻatāina ke filí, pe tauʻatāina mo e malava ke filí, ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e palani ʻa e ʻOtuá kia kitautolú. ʻI heʻetau moʻui ʻi he maama fakalaumālié, naʻa tau takitaha fili ke muimui ʻi he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ōmai ki māmani ke tau lava ʻo fakahoko ʻa e sitepu hoko ʻi heʻetau fakalakalaka taʻengatá. Naʻe mahino kiate kitautolu ko e lolotonga ʻo ʻetau ʻi hení, te tau maʻu ha ngaahi faingamālie lahi ke tupulaki mo foua ʻa e fiefiá. Naʻe mahino foki kiate kitautolu te tau fehangahangai mo ha fakafepaki. Te tau foua ʻa e ʻahiʻahí, faingataʻá, mamahí, mo e maté.

ʻI heʻetau fili ke ōmai ki māmaní, naʻa tau falala ki he ʻofa mo e tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻa tau falala ki Heʻene palani ki hotau fakamoʻuí.

ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻa tau ʻilo, kimuʻa pea tau ōmai ki māmaní he ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo foki ki he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻiate kitautolu pē. Naʻe fili ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa Hono ʻAlo Lahí, ke ne fakafaingofuaʻi ke tau lava ʻo foki ange kiate Ia mo maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá.

Naʻe tali fiemālie ʻe Sīsū. Naʻe fiemālie ke hifo ki māmani ʻo huhuʻi kitautolu ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene feilaulau fakaleleí. ʻE hanga ʻe Heʻene Fakaleleí mo e Toetuʻú ʻo ʻai ke lava ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolú ke tau fakahoko.

Ko ‘Ātama mo ‘Ivi ʻa e ongo fuofua fānau ‘a e Tamai Hēvaní ke ōmai ki he māmaní. Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtuá hona sinó ʻi Hono tataú pea tuku kinaua ʻi he Ngoue ko ʻĪtení. Naʻá na moʻui ta‘ehalaia ʻi he ngoué, pea foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻena ngaahi fiemaʻú.

Lolotonga ʻo e ʻi he ngoué ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví, naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá kinaua ke ʻoua naʻá na kai ʻa e fua ʻo e ʻakau ʻo e ʻilo ʻo e leleí mo e koví. Kapau naʻá na talangofua ki he fekau ko ʻení, te na lava ʻo kei nofo ʻi he ngoué. Neongo ia, he ʻikai ke na lava ʻo fakalakalaka ʻaki haʻana ako mei he filí mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻui fakamatelié. He ʻikai ke na lava ʻo ʻilo ʻa e fiefiá koeʻuhí he naʻe ʻikai ke na lava ʻo aʻusia ʻa e mamahí mo e ongo‘i mamahi‘iá.

Naʻe fakataueleʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ke na kai ʻa e fua naʻe taʻofi ke ʻoua naʻá na kaí, pea naʻá na fili ke na kai ia. Koeʻuhi ko e fili ko ʻení, naʻe kapusi ai kinaua mei he ngoué pea mei he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ui ʻeni ko e Hingá.

Hili ʻa e Hingá, naʻe hoko leva ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻo matelie. ʻIkai ke na toe ʻi he tuʻunga taʻehalaiá, kae mahino leva kiate kinaua mo na foua ʻa e leleí mo e koví fakatouʻosi. Naʻá na lava ʻo fakaʻaongai ʻena tauʻatāina ke filí ʻiate kinaua. Koeʻuhí naʻe fehangahangai ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi mo e faikehekehé mo e faingataʻá, naʻá na lava ʻo ako mo fakalakalaka. Koeʻuhí ko ʻena aʻusia ʻa e mamahí, naʻá na toe lava foki ke aʻusia ʻa e fiefiá. (Vakai, 2 Nīfai 2:22–25.)

Neongo ʻena ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá, ka naʻe ongoʻi ʻe ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ko e hoko ʻo matelié ko ha tāpuaki maʻongoʻonga. Ko ha tāpuaki ʻe taha ko ʻena lava ke maʻu ha fānaú. Naʻe ʻomi ʻe he meʻá ni ha founga ke ōmai ai ki māmani ʻa e toenga ʻo e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo maʻu ha ngaahi sino fakamatelie.

Fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e Hingá, naʻe fakatou fiefia ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi. Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIvi, “Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻeta maumau-fonó pehē ʻe ʻikai pē te ta maʻu ha [fānau], pea ʻikai foki ʻiloʻi ʻa e leleí mo e koví, pea mo e fiefia hota huhuʻí, pea mo e moʻui taʻengata ʻoku foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he kau talangofuá kotoa” (Mōsese 5:11; vakai foki, veesi 10).

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tamasiʻi ʻoku malimali

Maʻu ha Sino Fakamatelie

Ko e taumuʻa ʻe taha ʻo e haʻu ki māmaní ke maʻu ha sino fakamatelie ʻe lava ke nofo ai ʻa hotau laumālié. Ko hotau sinó ʻoku toputapu, ko e fakatupu fakaofo ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he sino fakamatelié, te tau lava ai ʻo fakahoko, ako, mo aʻusia ha ngaahi meʻa lahi naʻe ʻikai mei lava ʻe hotau laumālié. Te tau lava ʻo fakalakalaka ai ʻi ha ngaahi founga naʻe ʻikai ke tau lava ʻi hotau tuʻunga ko e ngaahi laumālié.

Koeʻuhí ko hotau sinó ʻoku matelie, ʻoku tau foua ai ʻa e mamahí, ngaahi mahakí, mo ha ngaahi faingataʻa kehe. ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi aʻusia ko ʻení ke tau ako ʻa e faʻa-kātakí, loto-ʻofá, mo ha ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakalangi kehe. Te nau lava ʻo hoko ko ha konga ʻo hotau hala ki he fiefiá. Ko e fili ko ia ʻo e totonú ʻi he taimi ʻoku faingataʻa ai ke fakahokó, ʻoku meimei ko e founga ia ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e tuí, ʻamanaki leleí, mo e ʻofa faka-Kalaisí ko e konga ʻo hotau ʻulungāngá.

Ko ha taumuʻa ʻe taha ʻo e moʻui fakamatelié ke ako ke fakaʻaongaʻi fakapotopoto ʻetau tauʻatāiná—ke fili ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú. Ko e ako ko ia ke fakaʻaongaʻi fakapotopoto ʻetau tauʻatāiná ʻoku mahuʻinga ia ki he hoko ʻo tatau mo e ʻOtuá.

ʻOku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he meʻa ʻoku totonú mo ʻomai ha ngaahi fekau ke taki kitautolu ki he fiefiá. ʻOku fakataueleʻi kitautolu ʻe Sētane ke fai hala, ʻo fiemaʻu ke tau mamahi hangē ko iá. ʻOku tau fehangahangai mo e faikehekehe ʻi he leleí mo e koví, ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻi he ako ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻetau tauʻatāina ke filí (vakai, 2 Nīfai 2:11).

ʻI heʻetau talangofua ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku tau tupulaki ai mo maʻu ʻa ʻEne ngaahi tāpuaki kuo ʻosi talaʻofá. Ko e taimi ʻoku tau talangataʻa aí, ʻoku tau fakamamaʻo meiate Ia mo maʻu ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e angahalá. Neongo ʻoku faʻa ʻata kehe ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ka ko e angahalá ʻe fakaiku pē ki he mamahí. Ko e taimi lahi, ko e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e talangofuá—mo e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e angahalá—ʻoku ʻikai eʻa vave ki tuʻa pe hoʻata ki tuʻa. Ka kuo pau, he ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku fakamaau angatonu.

Naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku tau fai ai ʻetau lelei tahá, ʻoku tau kei faiangahala kotoa mo “tōmui ʻi he fakamālō mei he ʻOtuá” (Loma 3:23). ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻení, naʻe ʻomai leva ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ha founga ke tau fakatomala ai ke tau lava ʻo foki ange kiate Ia.

ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he fakatomalá ʻa e mālohi ʻo hotau Huhuʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ki heʻetau moʻuí (vakai, Hilamani 5:11). ʻI heʻetau fakatomalá, ʻoku tau hoko ai ʻo maʻa mei he angahalá ʻo fou ʻi he feilaulau fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí pea mo e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní (vakai, 3 Nīfai 27:16– 20). ʻOku tau aʻusia ʻa e fiefiá tuʻunga ʻi he fakatomalá. Ko e hala foki ki heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní ʻoku fakaʻatā ia kiate kitautolu, he ʻokú Ne mohu ʻaloʻofa. (Vakai, “Fakatomalá” ʻi he lēsoni 3.)

Ko ha taumuʻa ʻe taha ʻo e moʻuí ni ke maʻu ʻa e taukei ko ē ʻoku toki maʻu pē ʻi he mavahe mei he Tamai Hēvaní. Koeʻuhí ʻoku ʻikai ke tau mamata kiate Ia, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ako ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he tuí (vakai, 2 Kolinitō 5:6–7).

Kuo teʻeki ke tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tau tuēnoa ʻi he fononga ko ʻení. Kuó Ne tuku mai ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ke tataki, fakamālohia, mo fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi kitautolu. Kuó Ne foaki mai foki e ngaahi folofolá, kau palōfitá, lotú, mo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.

Ko e tapa kotoa ʻo ʻetau aʻusia fakamatelié—ʻa e fiefiá mo e mamahí, ʻa e ikuná mo e foʻí—te nau lava ʻo tokoni ke tau tupulaki ʻi heʻetau teuteu ke foki ki he ʻOtuá.

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The Crucifixion [Ko e Tutukí], tā fakatātā ʻa Harry Anderson

Naʻe Ikunaʻi ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e Maté Maʻae Taha Kotoa

Ko e taimi naʻe pekia ai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he kolosí, naʻe mavahe Hono laumālié mei Hono sinó. Pea ʻi he ʻaho hono tolú, naʻe toe fakatahaʻi ai Hono laumālié mo Hono sinó, he ʻikai ha toe taimi ʻe fakamavaeuaʻi ai. Naʻe hā ki ha kakai kehekehe, ʻo fakahā kiate kinautolu kuó Ne maʻu ha sino taʻe-faʻa-mate ʻo e kakano mo e ngaahi hui. Ko e fakatahaʻi ko ʻeni ʻo e laumālié mo e sinó ʻoku ui ko e Toetuʻu.

ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kakai matelié, kuo pau ke tau takitaha mate. Neongo ia, koeʻuhí ko e ikunaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e maté, ʻe toetuʻu ʻa e tokotaha kotoa kuo fanauʻi ʻi māmani. Ko e Toetuʻú ko ha meʻaʻofa fakalangi ia ki he taha kotoa, kuo foaki ʻi he angaʻofa mo e ʻaloʻofa huhuʻi ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Ko e laumālie mo e sino ʻo e taha kotoa ʻe toe fakatahaʻi, pea te tau takitaha moʻui ʻo taʻengata ʻi ha sino haohaoa mo toetuʻu. Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻe fakangata ʻe he maté ʻa e ʻamanaki kotoa ki ha nofo mo e Tamai Hēvaní ʻi he kahaʻú (vakai, 2 Nīfai 9:8–12).

Koeʻuhí ke mahino ʻa e ʻamanaki lelei te tau lava ʻo maʻu ʻia Kalaisí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa e fono ʻo e fakamaau totonú. Ko e fono taʻe-faʻa-liliu ʻeni ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi ola ʻo ʻetau angafaí. ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi ola leleí, pea ʻomai ʻe he talangataʻá ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa koví. (Vakai, ʻAlamā 42:14–18.) Ko e taimi ʻoku tau faiangahala aí ʻoku tau taʻe-maʻa fakalaumālie, pea ʻe ʻikai lava ha meʻa taʻe-maʻa ʻo nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá (vakai, 3 Nīfai 27:19).

ʻĪmisi

Jesus Praying in Gethsemane [Ko e Lotu ʻa Sīsū ʻi Ketisemaní], tā fakatātā ʻa Harry Anderson

ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e feilaulau fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻá Ne fakafofongaʻi kitautolu, ʻo mamahi, mo totongi ʻa e tautea ʻo ʻetau ngaahi angahalá (vakai, 3 Nīfai 27:16–20). ʻOku foaki ʻe he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e mālohi ke fai ha fakalaloa maʻatautolu—ke tuʻu ʻi hotau vahaʻá mo e fakamaau totonú (vakai, Mōsaia 15:9). Koeʻuhí ko e feilaulau fakalelei ʻa Sīsuú, te Ne lava ʻo ʻekea ʻa ʻEne ngaahi totonu ʻo e ʻaloʻofá maʻatautolu kapau te tau tui pea fakatomala (vakai, Molonai 7:27; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 45:3–5). “Ko ia, ʻoku lava ʻe he ʻaloʻofá ʻo totongi ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e fakamaau totonú, pea ʻōʻōfaki [kitautolu] ʻaki ʻa e toʻukupu ʻo e maluʻí” (ʻAlamā 34:16).

Te tau toki lava pē ʻi he meʻaʻofa ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mo ʻetau fakatomalá ke foki ʻo nofo mo e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻetau fakatomalá, ʻoku fakamolemoleʻi leva kitautolu mo fakamaʻa fakalaumālie. ʻOku fakaʻatā ai kitautolu mei he kavenga ʻo e halaia ʻi heʻetau ngaahi angahalá. ʻOku fakamoʻui hotau laumālie kuo kafó. ʻOku fakafonu kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e fiefia (vakai, ʻAlamā 36:24).

Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke tau haoahoa mo ala toe tōnounou, ʻoku lahi ange ʻa e manavaʻofa, mo e ʻofa, mo e ʻaloʻofa ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he taʻe-malavá, mo e vaivaí, pe ʻi he angahala ʻiate kitautolú. ʻOku mateuteu maʻu pē ʻa e ʻOtuá mo vēkeveke ke ʻōʻōfaki kitautolu ʻi heʻetau tafoki kiate Ia mo fakatomalá (vakai, Luke 15:11–32). “‘Oku ʻikai ha meʻa pe ha taha “te ne [lava] ʻo fakamāvae ʻakitautolu mei he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sīsū ko hotau ʻEikí” (Loma 8:39).

ʻI Heʻene feilaulau fakaleleí, naʻe toʻo ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi kiate Ia ʻa hotau ngaahi mamahí, mahamahakí, mo e ngaahi vaivaí. Koeʻuhí ko ʻeni, ʻokú Ne ʻafioʻi ai “ʻo fakatatau ki he kakanó ʻa e founga ke tokoniʻi ai ʻa hono kakaí ʻo fakatatau ki honau ngaahi vaivaí” (ʻAlamā 7:12; vakai foki, veesi 11). ʻOkú Ne fakaafe, “Haʻu kiate au,” pea ʻi heʻetau fai iá, ‘okú Ne foaki mai ʻa e fiemālie, ʻamanaki lelei, ivi, maama, mo fakamoʻui (Mātiu 11:28; vakai foki, veesi 29–30).

Ko e taimi ʻoku tau falala ai kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne Fakaleleí, te Ne lava ʻo tokoni ke tau kātekina hotau ngaahi faingataʻá, mahamahakí, mo e mamahí. ʻE lava ke fakafonu ʻaki kitautolu ʻa e fiefiá, nongá mo e fiemālié. ʻE lava ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku taʻefakafiemālie ʻi he moʻui ní, ʻo fakafou ʻi he Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.

ʻOku ʻai ʻe he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tau lava ʻo tupulaki mo maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá. Ka hili hotau taimi ʻi he maama tataliʻangá, ko e Toetuʻú ʻetau sitepu hoko ʻi he fakalakalaka ko iá.

Ko e Toetuʻú ko e toe fakatahaʻi ia hotau sinó mo e laumālié. Te tau takitaha toetuʻu. ʻOku malava ʻeni ʻi he Fakalelei mo e Toetuʻu ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. (Vakai, ʻAlamā 11:42–44.)

Ko e taimi te tau toetuʻu aí, te tau takitaha maʻu ha sino kuo fakahaohaoaʻi, ʻoku hao mei he mamahí mo e mahamahakí. Te tau taʻe-faʻa-mate, ʻo moʻui ʻo taʻengata.

Koeʻuhí te tau toetuʻu kātoa—ʻe fakahaofi kotoa kitautolu—pe maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻui—mei he mate fakaesinó. ʻOku foaki mai ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko ʻení kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.

ʻE toe lava foki ke fakahaofi kitautolu—pe fakamoʻui—mei he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he fono ʻo e fakamaau totonú ʻi heʻetau ngaahi angahalá. ʻOku toe malava foki ke maʻu ʻa e meʻaʻofa ko ʻení tuʻunga ʻi he Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi heʻetau fakatomalá. (Vakai, ʻAlamā 42:13–15, 21–25.)

Ko e hākeakiʻí, pe moʻui taʻengatá, ko e tuʻunga māʻolunga taha ia ʻo e fiefiá mo e nāunaú ʻi he puleʻanga fakasilesitialé. Ko e hākeakiʻí ko ha meʻaʻofa ʻoku ʻi ai hono tuʻunga. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni, “[ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakafeʻungaʻi ko iá ʻa e tui ki he ʻEikí, fakatomala, papitaiso, maʻu ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, mo e faipau ki he ngaahi ouau mo e ngaahi fuakava ʻo e temipalé]” (“Fakamoʻuí mo e Hākeakiʻí,” Liahona, Mē 2008, 9).

ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e hākeakiʻí ke nofo mo e ʻOtuá ʻi ha ngaahi fāmili taʻengata. Ko e ʻilo ia ʻo e ʻOtuá mo Sīsū Kalaisi, hoko ʻo tatau mo Kinaua, mo aʻusia ʻa e moʻui ʻokú Na maʻú.