Ko Hono Tauhi e Fono ʻo e Angamaʻá

Naʻe toe fakaongo mai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he kuongá ni ʻa e fekau naʻe fai ʻi Sainaí ʻi Heʻene folofola, “ʻOua … naʻa tono, … pe fai ha faʻahinga meʻa pehē (T&F 59:6, ko e toki tānaki atu hono fakamamafaʻí). Kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu mahino mo ʻikai toe fakaʻaloʻalongaua ʻe he ʻEikí, talu mei he kamataʻanga ʻo taimí, ʻa e tuʻunga ki he maʻa fakasekisualé. Naʻe pehē maʻu ai pē, ʻoku pehē ʻi he taimí ni, pea ʻe kei tatau ai pē. Ko e tuʻunga moʻui ko iá ko e fono ʻo e angamaʻá. ʻOku tatau ia ki he kakai kotoa pē —ki he kakai tangatá mo fafine, ki he motuʻá mo e talavoú, ki he tuʻumālié mo e masivá.⁵

ʻOku ʻikai ke ua ʻa e tuʻunga ki he moʻui maʻá he Siasí. Ko e lao totonu ʻo e langí ki he kakai tangatá mo e kakai fefiné ko e angamaʻa kakato ʻi he teʻeki malí pea mo anganofo kakato ʻi he hili ʻo e malí.⁶

ʻOku talamai ʻe he palōfita ko Sēkopé ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻoku fiefia ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he angamaʻa ʻEne fānaú (vakai, Sēkope 2:28). ʻOku mou fanongo ki ai, ʻe hoku kāinga? ʻOku ʻikai hōifua pē ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau angamaʻa aí; ʻOkú Ne fiefia ʻi he angamaʻá. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Molomona ʻa e meʻa tatau ki hono foha ko Molonaí ʻi he taimi naʻá ne tohi ai ʻo pehē ko e angamaʻá mo e anga māʻoniʻoní ʻoku “mahuʻinga mo lelei taha ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē” (Molonai 9:9).⁷

ʻOku mei he ʻOtuá ʻa e holi fakanatula ko ia ʻa tangata mo fafine ke na fakatahá. Ka ko e feohi ko iá ʻoku puleʻi ʻe Heʻene ngaahi fonó. Ko e taimi ʻoku fakahoko totonu ai ʻi he ngaahi haʻi ʻo e malí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakatatali lelei ki he nofo malí, ʻoku tonu pea mo fakahōifua ia ki he ʻOtuá pea mo fakahoko ai ʻa e fekau ke fanafanau mo fakatokolahi ʻa e māmaní. Ka ʻoku malaʻia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tatau pē ko iá ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakahoko ai ʻo mavahe mei he ngaahi haʻi ʻo e malí.⁸

Mou ō ki he ʻōlita ʻo e malí ʻoku mou maʻa mo haohaoa. Mou tauhi ki he feohi ʻo e nofo-malí ʻa e ngaahi feohi lelei mo vāofi ko ia ne fakataumuʻa ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo e Langí ke hoko ko e konga ʻo e nofo-malí kae ʻoua ʻe fakahoko ia mavahe mei he fuakava ʻo e malí. ʻOku ʻikai ke u tokanga au pe ko e hā e lau ʻa e māmaní, ka ko e ngaahi tuʻunga moʻui ʻeni ʻo e puleʻanga e ʻOtuá.⁹

Ko e angahala fakalilifu ʻo e toʻu tangatá ni ko e angaʻuli fakasekisualé. Naʻe pehē ai ʻe he Palōfita ko Siosefá, ʻe hoko ʻeni ko e tupuʻanga ʻo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, ngaahi fekainaki, mo e ngaahi faingataʻa lahi ange ki he kaumātuʻa ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻi ha toe meʻa.¹⁰

Ko e angaʻuli fakasekisualé ko ha kovi ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē heʻene uesia ʻa māmaní, ka mo e lotoʻi Siasí he ʻahó ni. ʻOku tatau ʻa e ʻikai vete iá mo e fakafiefiemālie kovi pe tatau mo hano tukunoaʻi pē. ʻI he fakafaʻahinga ʻo e ngaahi hiá, ko e fakapoó pē mo e fakaʻikaiʻi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻoku mamafa ange ʻi he feohi fakasekisuale ʻoku tapú, ʻa ia ʻoku tau ui ko e feʻauakí kapau ko ha taha ʻoku teʻeki mali, pe ko e angahala ʻoku mamafa ange ʻo e tonó, kapau ko ha taha kuo ʻosi mali. ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai lau ʻe he ngaahi lao ia ʻo e fonuá ʻa e angaʻulí ko ha meʻa mamafa ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai ʻe he ʻOtuá, pe ʻe tauteaʻi mamafa ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ne liliu ai hono tuʻunga fakalieliá. ʻOku ʻi ai ha tuʻunga fakaangamaʻa pē taha ki he tangatá mo e fefiné ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko e angamaʻá, ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, he ʻikai pē ke ngata. …

ʻOku ʻikai ha angahala ʻokú ne fakatupu e mole ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí mei he lotolotonga ʻo hotau kakaí ʻo lahi ange he ʻahó ni ʻi he angaʻuli fakasekisualé. ʻOkú ne fakatupu ke tūkia hotau kakaí, uesia ʻenau tupulakí, fakavaivaiʻi honau ngaahi mālohi fakalaumālié, pea mo ʻai ke nau moʻulaloa ki ha ngaahi angahala kehe.¹¹

ʻOku ʻi ai ha fakatuʻutāmaki fakalilifu ʻi hono langa ko ia hoʻomou feohi teʻeki malí ʻi he ngaahi feohi fakaesinó. … ʻOku toe hoko atu ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa kovi ʻo e faʻahinga feohi taʻe fakalao ko iá ki he moʻui nofo-malí, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻa e taʻe-fiemālié, loto mamahí, mo fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e faʻunga ʻo e ʻapí.¹²

Ko e moʻui maʻá ko ha tefitoʻi moʻoni taʻengata. “ʻOku ʻikai [lava] ke ʻafio ʻa e” Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí “ʻi he ngaahi temipale ʻoku taʻe-māʻoniʻoni” [vakai, Hilamani 4:24]. ʻOku foaki moʻui ʻa e moʻui maʻá; ʻoku fakamate ʻa e angaʻulí. He ʻikai ke lava ʻo maumauʻi e ngaahi fono māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo taʻe-tauteaʻi. Kuo liua ha ngaahi puleʻanga hau ʻi he taimi ne nau faihala fakaeangamaʻa aí, koeʻuhí he naʻe tuku ʻe he ngaahi angahala ʻo e angaʻulí honau kakaí kuo uesia mo feifeiavale ʻo ʻikai ke nau toe lava ke fehangahangai mo e ngaahi pole ʻo honau kuongá.¹³

Ko e angaʻulí ko e koví taha ia ʻo e ʻū kovi kotoa, ka ko e moʻui maʻá ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi maluʻi lelei taha ʻo e moʻui fakaʻapi leleí. He ʻikai ke lava ʻo langa ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi fiefia mo leleí ʻi he anga-taʻemaʻá.¹⁴

ʻE fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe ha niʻihi ʻenau angaʻulí ʻaki haʻanau fakafekiki ko hono ngaahi fakataputapuí tokua ko ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakalotu pē, ko ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻoku taʻe-ʻuhinga koeʻuhí he ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua. Te mou fakatokangaʻi heni ko ha kumi ʻuhinga pē ne fai ke fakatonuhiaʻi ʻaki e uʻa, holi kovi, mo e ongo fakakakanó. Ko e fono ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku taʻe-liliu. ʻOku kaunga ia ki he taha kotoa, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku nau tui ki he ʻOtuá pe ʻikai. ʻOku moʻulaloa ʻa e taha kotoa ki hono ngaahi tauteá, tatau ai pē pe ko ha feinga ʻa ha taha ke kumi ʻuhinga pe tukunoaʻi.

Ko e anga-taʻemaʻá … ʻokú ne ʻomai maʻu pē ʻa e loto mamahí. He ʻikai lava ke kau ha taha ʻi he ngaahi feohi angaʻulí pea taʻe tofanga ai ʻi hono ngaahi nunuʻa koví. He ʻikai ke lava ʻo faihala pea ongoʻi lelei—ʻoku taʻe-malava ia. Ko e taimi pē ʻoku maumauʻi ai ʻe ha taha ha fono ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻokú ne totongi ʻa e tautea ʻo e loto mamahí, mamahí, loto laveá, taʻe-fakaʻapaʻapaʻi iá, pea ʻokú ne fakamavaheʻi ai ia mei he fetuʻutaki mo e Laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá.¹⁵

Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai ʻoku tō ki he angahala fakasekisualé ko e feinga ʻi ha founga hala ke feau e ngaahi tefitoʻi fie maʻu fakaetangatá. ʻOku tau fie maʻu kotoa ke ongoʻi ʻofaʻi mo mahuʻinga. ʻOku tau feinga kotoa ke nēkeneka mo fiefia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. ʻOku hanga ʻe Sētane ʻi heʻene ʻiloʻi ʻení, ʻo tohoakiʻi ʻa e kakaí ki he angaʻulí ʻaki ʻene ueʻi ʻenau ngaahi tefitoʻi fiemaʻú. ʻOkú ne talaʻofa ha nonga, fiefia, mo ha aʻusia.

Ka ko e kākā foki ʻeni. Hangē ko e lau ʻa e taha naʻá ne hiki ʻa e Lea Fakatātaá: “Ko ia ʻoku tonofefiné ʻoku masiva poto: ko ia ʻokú ne fai iá ʻokú ne fakaʻauha ʻe ia hono laumālié” (Lea Fakatātā 6:32). Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Samuela ko e tangata Leimaná ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi he taimi naʻá ne pehē ai, “Kuo mou feinga ke maʻu ʻa e fiefiá ʻi he faiangahalá, ʻa ia ko ha meʻa ʻoku taʻehoa mo e anga ʻo e māʻoniʻoní” (Hilamani 13:38). Naʻe toe mahino ange e fakalea ʻe ʻAlamaá: “Kuo teʻeki ai hoko ʻa e faiangahalá ko e fiefia” (ʻAlamā 41:10).¹⁶

ʻOku ʻi ai ha lea motuʻa ʻoku pehē: ʻOku lelei ange ke mateuteu mo taʻofi ʻi hano toe fakaleleiʻi mo fakatomala. Hono ʻikai moʻoni ʻeni ʻi he fono ʻo e angamaʻá. Ko e ʻuluaki founga ʻo e maluʻí ʻi he tauhi ke tau maʻa fakaeangamaʻá ke teuteuʻi kitautolu ke tekeʻi e ʻahiʻahí mo taʻofi kitautolu mei he tō ki he angahalá.¹⁷

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Young adults in San Diego, California.

Mahalo ʻoku ʻi ai ha niʻihi ʻoku fuʻu tōmui ki ai ʻa e faleʻi ke teuteu mo fakaʻehiʻehí. Mahalo kuó ke ʻosi toloto koe ʻi he angahala mamafá. Kapau ko e tuʻungá ia, ʻoku ʻikai ha toe fili ka ko e fakaleleiʻi pē hoʻo moʻuí pea fakatomala mei hoʻo ngaahi angahalá. ʻOku ou fie fokotuʻu atu kiate kimoutolu ha ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻe nima te mou lava ʻo fai ke foki mai ai ki he tuʻunga ʻo e moʻui maʻá. Hola he taimi pē ko iá mei ha tūkunga pē ʻokú ke ʻi aí, ʻokú ne fakatupu ke ke faiangahala pe te ne ala fakatupu ke ke faiangahalá. Kole ki he ʻEikí ʻa e mālohi ke ikunaʻí. Tuku ke tokoni atu hoʻo kau taki lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ʻi hono fakaleleiʻi hoʻo angahalá ka ke foki mai ʻo feohi kakato mo e ʻEikí. Inu mei he matavai mapunopuna fakalangí pea fakafonu hoʻo moʻuí ʻaki e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni mālohi leleí. Manatuʻi te ke lava ʻo toe maʻa tuʻunga ʻi he fakatomala totonú.

ʻOku pau ʻa e talaʻofa ko ʻení kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau totongi huhuʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he fakatomala moʻoní. ʻE lava ke ke toe maʻa. ʻE lava ke huʻi atu ʻa e mole ʻo e ʻamanakí ʻE taumalingi mai e ongoʻi nonga fakafiefia ʻo e fakamolemolé ki hoʻomou moʻuí. Naʻe folofola mahino ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he kuonga fakakosipeli ko ʻení, ʻi heʻene folofola, “Vakai, ko ia ia kuó ne fakatomala mei heʻene ngaahi angahalá, ʻoku fakamolemoleʻi, pea ko au, ko e ʻEikí, ʻoku ʻikai te u toe manatu ki ai” (T&F 58:42).³⁰

ʻOku totonu ke fai ʻe he mātuʻá ki heʻenau fānaú ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino pau ʻo e angamaʻá ʻi heʻenau kei īkí, ko honau maluʻi fakatuʻasino mo fakalaumālie fakatouʻosi.³¹

Kapau ʻoku feʻofaʻaki mo fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki ʻa e ongomātuʻá, pea kapau ʻoku fepoupouʻaki mo feanganofoʻaki kakato ʻena feohí, ʻe hāsino ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuingá ni ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi ʻo e kahaʻú. Ko hono ʻai ʻe tahá, kapau ʻe ʻi ai ha fekainaki, kē, pe ʻikai feʻofoʻofani ʻa e ʻapí, pea kau ʻi he tōʻonga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e femanakoʻaki mo ha niʻihi ʻi he taimi ʻoku mamaʻo aí, ʻe fakavaivaiʻi leva ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi ʻo e kahaʻú ʻe he meʻa ko iá. …

… Kuo pau ke hoko hotau ngaahi ʻapí ko ha kolotau mālohi ʻi hono fakamuʻomuʻa taha ʻo e māʻoniʻoní pea mo hono ʻomi kiate kinautolu ʻa e melinó, uouangatahá, mo e taʻe-siokita ʻoku fakatupu ʻe he maʻa fakafoʻituituí, anganofo taʻe-toe-fehuʻiá, pea mo e līʻoa mahino ʻa e fāmilí. Kuo pau ke tali ʻe he mātuʻá ʻa e nofo-malí ko ha faʻunga fakalangi, pea mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga fakaemātuʻá. Kuo pau ke tataki fakalaumālie ʻa e fānaú ʻe he akonakí mo e tā sīpingá, ʻi heʻenau teuteu ke malí, ke maluʻi mei he angaʻulí ʻo hangē ha mahaki fulikivanú, pea mo moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi ʻulungaanga lelei faka-Kalisitiane kehé.³²

ʻOku ʻikai fakaʻamua heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní ha toe meʻa maʻatautolu, ka ko e fiefiá pē. ʻOkú Ne fakahā mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pē ko ē te ne ʻomi ʻa e fiefiá. Pea ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni pau taha kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tokoni ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e fiefiá ko e fono ʻo e angamaʻá. ʻOku ou fakaʻamua ʻaki hoku lotó kotoa te mou fakakaukauʻi fakamātoato lahi ʻa e ngaahi ola fiefia ʻo e tauhi e fono ko ʻení, pea mo e nunuʻa fakamamahi hono maumauʻi iá.³³

Ko ha ʻuhinga ʻe taha ki he angamāʻoniʻoní—ʻa ia ʻoku kau ai ʻa e angamaʻa fakatāutahá, maʻa ʻi he fakakaukaú mo e tōʻongá, pea mo e angatonú —ʻa e pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻetau moʻuí ke fai e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ka ʻikai maʻu ʻa e mālohi mo e ivi takiekina ko iá, ʻoku ʻikai ke tau toe kehe kitautolu mei he kakai fakafoʻituitui ʻi he ngaahi kautaha kehé. ʻOku malama ʻa e angamaʻa ko iá pea te ne takiekina ha niʻihi kehe ki ha moʻui ʻoku lelei ange pea mo ʻai ʻa e kakai teʻeki siasí ke nau fieʻilo ki heʻetau tuí.³⁴

Fai pau ki he ngaahi fono māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. Manatuʻi, he ʻikai lava ke maumauʻi tavale kinautolu. Kapau ʻokú ke fie fiefia mo lavameʻa ʻi hoʻo feohí, teu malí, mo e fokotuʻu fāmili ʻi māmaní, moʻui fakatatau mo e ngaahi fono ʻo e langí. ʻOku ʻikai ha toe founga.³⁵

ʻOku ʻikai ha fiefia tuʻuloa ia ʻi he anga-taʻemaʻá. He ʻikai ha fiefia ia ʻe maʻu ʻi he maumauʻi e fono ʻo e angamaʻá. Ko hono fehangahangaí ʻoku moʻoni. Mahalo ʻe ʻi ai ha fiefia taimi nounou. ʻE ngali fakaʻofoʻofa e meʻa kotoa ʻi ha kiʻi vahaʻataimi. Ka ʻe vave pē tokatāmaki ʻa e feohí. ʻE tō mai ʻa e ongoʻi halaiá mo e maá. Te tau manavasiʻi naʻa ʻilo ʻetau ngaahi angahalá. Kuo pau ke tau hola ʻo toi, loi mo kākā. Kamata ke mōlia ʻa e ʻofá. Kamata ke tupu ʻa e loto taʻe-fiemālié, meheká, loto ʻitá, pea mo e tāufehiʻá. Ko e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa ko e ngaahi nunuʻa fakanatula pē ia ʻo e angahalá mo e maumaufonó.

ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e taimi ʻoku tau talangofua ai ki he fono ʻo e angamaʻá pea tau moʻui angamāʻoniʻoní, te tau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ʻofa lahi mo e nonga lahi ange, ha falala mo e fakaʻapaʻapa lahi ange ki hotau hoa ʻi he nofo-malí, loto fetukupāʻaki lahi ange, pea pehē ki ha ongoʻi loto nēkeneka mo ha fiefia lahi fau.³⁶

• Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni ʻoku “mahino mo ʻikai toe fakaʻiloʻilongaua” (konga 1) ʻa e tuʻunga moʻui ʻa e ʻEikí ki he maʻa fakasekisualé. ʻOku kehe fēfē ʻa e tuʻunga moʻui ko ʻení mei he ngaahi pōpoaki ʻa e māmaní?

• Ko e hā ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e maumauʻi e fono ʻo e angamaʻá? (Ke maʻu ha ngaahi sipingá, vakai, konga 2.)

• Ko e hā ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa pau te tau lava ʻo fai ke maluʻi ai kitautolu mo hotau ngaahi fāmilí mei he ʻahiʻahi fakasekisualé? (Ke maʻu ha ngaahi sīpingá, vakai, konga 3.)

• Toe fakamanatu e faleʻi ʻa Palesiteni Penisoni kiate kinautolu ʻoku “faiangahala mamafá” (konga 4). Ko e hā hoʻo fakakaukau mo hoʻo ongo ʻi hoʻo fakakaukau loto ki he talaʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí ke talitali lelei ʻa e taha fakatomalá “ke foki mai ʻo feohi kakató”?

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke “fai ʻe he [mātuʻá] ki heʻenau fānaú ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino pau ʻo e angamaʻá ʻi heʻenau kei īkí”? ʻOku takiekina ʻe he feanganofoʻaki ʻa e ongomātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi ongo ʻena fānaú ki he nofomalí mo e fono ʻo e angaamaʻá? (Vakai, konga 5.)

• Ko e hā ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi “ola fakafiefia” ʻo e tauhi e fono ʻo e angamaʻá? (Ke maʻu ha ngaahi sīpingá, vakai, konga 6.)

Sēnesi 39:7–21; 1 Kolinitō 6:18–20; Kalētia 5:16; ʻAlamā 38:12; 39:3–5; 3 Nīfai 12:27–30; T&F 42:22–25

“Fakalotolahiʻi hoʻo kau akó ke nau haʻu mateuteu ki he kalasí ke ako mo kau he lēsoní. ʻI he taimi ʻoku nau feinga fakafoʻituitui ai ke ako ki he ongoongoleleí, ʻe lava ange ai ke nau tokoni ki he laumālie ʻo e feakoʻakí [he] lolotonga e ngaahi lēsoní” (ʻOku ʻIkai ha Ui ʻe Mahuʻinga Ange ʻi he Faiakó [2000], 90).