“Fafanga ʻEku Fanga Sipí”

Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e siasi ʻo e ʻEikí ke paotoloaki e fakalakalaka ʻa e foha mo e ʻofefine kotoa ʻo e ʻOtuá ke aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki taupotu taha ʻo e moʻui taʻengatá. …

ʻOku ou fie fakamatala ki hotau misiona ke fakahaohaoaʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú, tautautefito ki he tukupā ke fakamālohia kinautolu kuo nau fakamavaheʻi kinautolu mei he mālohi kakato ʻi he Siasí. Ko e kāingalotú ni, ko hotau ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine, ka ʻi he lolotonga ní ʻoku nau mavahe mei he Siasí mo e ivi takiekina ʻo e ongoongoleleí.

ʻOku ʻi he kulupu ko ʻeni ʻo e kāingalotu māmālohí ha tokolahi ʻoku ʻikai toe maʻulotu mahalo ʻoku nau talatalakehe mo ʻikai toe tokanga. ʻOku toe kau foki ai mo kinautolu ʻoku hē fakataimi koeʻuhí he ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻilo pe ʻoku nau ʻi fē. Ko ha niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ko ʻení ko ha kau ului foʻou naʻe ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻa e tokanga mo e ngaahi akonaki naʻá ne mei ʻai ke nau hoko ko e “kaungā kolo mo e Kāinga Māʻoniʻoní.” (Vakai, ʻEfesō 2:19.) Ko ha tokolahi ko ha kakai lalahi kei tāutaha.

Ko kitautolu, kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí mo e kau muimui ʻo e ʻEikí, kuo pau ke tau ʻoatu mo toe fakafoʻou ʻetau ʻofá mo e fakaafe loto moʻoni ki he niʻihi fakafoʻituitui peheé, ke nau foki mai. “Foki mai “Foki mai ʻo keinanga ʻi he tēpile ʻa e ʻEikí, mo toe ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fua huʻamelie mo fakanonga ʻo e feohi mo e Kāingalotú.” (Ensign, March 1986, p. 88.)

ʻOku lahi e tukupā kiate kitautolú. … Kuo pau ke tau ngāue ʻaki ha tui mo e ivi ʻoku lahi, pea mo loto ʻaki kapau ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau aʻu ki he houʻeiki tangata mo fafine ko ʻení. Ka kuo pau ke tau fai ia. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻEikí ke tau fai ia. Pea kuo pau ke tau fakahoko!⁵

Ko e taimi ʻeni ke fakaʻaongaʻi ai e akonaki ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻo e tauhi sipi leleí ki he tukupā ko ia ʻi hotau ʻaó ke fakafoki mai ʻa e fanga sipi molé mo e fanga lami heé.

“Ko e hā homou lotó? Kapau ʻoku maʻu ʻe ha tangata ʻa e sipi ʻe teau, pea ʻalu hē pē hanau taha, ʻikai ʻokú ne tuku ʻa e toko hivangofulu mā hivá, pea ʻalu ki he ngaahi moʻungá ʻo kumi ʻa ia kuo heé?

“Pea kapau te ne ʻilo ia, ko ʻeku tala moʻoni atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻoku lahi ʻene fiefia ʻi he sipi ko iá, ʻi he hivangofulu mā hiva naʻe ʻikai ʻalu heé.” (Mātiu 18:12–13.)

Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he kau tauhisipi Palesitainé ʻa ʻene fanga sipí takitaha, ʻi he kuonga ʻo Sīsuú. Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he sipí hono leʻó mo falala kiate ia. He ʻikai ke nau muimui ʻi ha muli. Ko ia, ko e taimi naʻe ui aí, ne haʻu ʻa e sipí kiate ia. (Vakai, Sione 10:1–5, 14.)

Naʻe taki ʻe he kau tauhisipí ʻi he poʻulí ʻenau fanga sipí ki ha loto ʻā pe ki ha tākanga. Naʻe ʻātakaiʻi ʻe ha ngaahi ʻā māʻolunga ʻa e tākangá, pea naʻe hili ha ngaahi ʻakau talatala ʻi he ngaahi ʻaá ke maluʻi ʻa e fakamonumanú mei he kau kaihaʻá ke ʻoua te nau kaka ki loto. Neongo ia, ko e taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻe puna ʻi he funga ʻaá ha manu fekai tuʻunga ʻi he fiekaiá, ki he lotolotonga ʻo e fanga sipí, ʻo fakatupu ilifia mo fakatuʻutāmaki kiate kinautolu.

ʻOku fakamavaheʻi ʻe he faʻahinga tūkunga peheé ʻa e tauhi sipi moʻoní—ʻa e taha ʻoku ʻofa ʻi heʻene fanga sipí—mei he taha unga-ngāue ʻoku ngāue pē ki ha totongi ʻene faifatongiá. Naʻe loto fiemālie ʻa e tauhisipi moʻoní ke foaki ʻene moʻuí maʻá e tākanga sipí. Te ne ʻalu atu ki he lotolotonga ʻo e fanga sipí ʻo tau koeʻuhí ke nau hao. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e taha unga-ngāué, ʻokú ne fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻene hao ʻaʻaná ʻo laka ange ʻi he fanga sipí pea ʻoku meimei ke faʻa hola ia mei he fakatuʻutāmakí.

Naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fakatātā angamaheni ko ʻeni ʻo Hono kuongá ke fakahaaʻi ko Ia ʻa e Tauhisipi Leleí, ko e Tauhisipi Moʻoní. Tuʻunga ʻi Heʻene ʻofa ki Hono ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofāfiné, naʻe loto lelei mo loto fiemālie pē ke tuku hifo ʻEne moʻuí maʻanautolu. (Vakai, Sione 10:11–18.)

Naʻe iku pē ʻo foaki ʻe he Tauhisipi Leleí ʻa ʻEne moʻuí maʻá e fanga sipí—maʻau pea mo au, maʻatautolu kātoa.

ʻOku ʻikai taʻe-mahuʻinga ʻa e fakataipe ʻo e tauhisipi leleí ʻi he Siasí he ʻahó ni. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻa e fanga sipí ke taki ʻe ha kau tauhisipi tokanga. ʻOku hē ʻa etokolahi fau. ʻOku tohoakiʻi atu ha niʻihi ʻe ha ngaahi meʻa fakahē fakataimi. Ko ha niʻihi kuo nau hē ʻaupito.

ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi, ʻo hangē ko e kuohilí, ʻoku ʻi ai ha niʻihi ʻo e fanga sipí ʻoku nau fakafepaki mo “tatau mo ha tākanga monumanu iiki hehengi ʻoku hola mei he tauhí.” (Mōsaia 18:21.) Ka ʻoku tupu e lahi taha ʻo ʻetau ngaahi palopalemá mei he ʻikai ha ʻofa mo ha tokanga fakatausipí, pea kuo pau ke fakatupulaki ha kau tauhisipi tokolahi ange.

Kuo pau ke tanumaki hotau kāingalotu foʻoú, ʻa kinautolu naʻe toki fanauʻi foʻou ki he ongoongoleleí, ʻi he tokanga fakatauhisipí, ʻaki e anga fakakaumeʻa moʻoni ʻi heʻenau tupulaki ʻi he ʻilo ʻo e ongoongoleleí mo kamata moʻui ʻaki e ngaahi tuʻunga moʻui foʻoú. ʻE tokoni ʻa e faʻahinga tokanga peheé ke fakapapauʻi he ʻikai ke nau toe foki ki he ngaahi ʻulungaanga motuʻá.

ʻI he ʻofa fakatauhisipí he ʻikai fakahehema hotau kakai kei talavoú, ʻa ʻetau fanga lami kei īkí, ke hē atu, Pea kapau te nau hē, ʻe tokoni ʻa e ngaofe ʻi he tokotoko fakatauhsipí—ha nima ʻofa mo ha loto mahino—ke fakafoki mai kinautolu.

Ko ha tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku mavahe he taimí ni mei he tākangá, ʻe kei lava pē ke fakafoki mai, ʻaki ha tokanga fakatauhisipi. ʻE lava ke tali ʻe ha tokolahi ne mali ki tuʻa mei he Siasí mo fakahoko e ngaahi tōʻonga moʻui ʻa e māmaní, ha fakaafe ke foki mai ki he tākangá.⁶

ʻOku ʻikai ha ngaahi founga foʻou ia ki he palopalema motuʻa ko ʻeni ʻo e hē ʻa e fanga sipí ki ha feituʻu ke maʻu ha meʻakaí. Ko e tukupā naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū kia Pitá, ʻa ia naʻe tuʻo tolu hono fakamamafaʻí, ko e founga pē taha ia kuo fakamoʻoniʻí: “Fafanga ʻeku fanga lamí. Fafanga ʻeku fanga sipí. Fafanga ʻeku fanga sipí.” (Vakai, Sione 21:15–17.)

Hangē ko ia ʻi he naʻinaʻi nāunauʻia ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ko kinautolu naʻe papitaiso ki he siasi ʻo Kalaisí naʻe pau ke “manatuʻi [maʻu pē] mo fafanga ʻa kinautolu ʻaki e folofola lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá.” (Molonai. 6:4.)

Ko e talí leva, ʻoku maʻu ia ʻi he ngāue fakatauhisipi ʻi he faʻa lotu mo hono fafangaʻi ʻo e tākangá— pe ko hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ke tokangaʻi fakatāutaha. Kuo pau ke ʻi ai ha loto tokanga moʻoni ʻo ha tauhisipi moʻoni mo ʻofa, kae ʻikai ko ha tokanga fakaai pē ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe ha taha unga ngāue.

ʻI heʻetau talanoa ki he foʻi fakakaukau ʻo e tauhisipi moʻoní, ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e fatongiá ni ki he kau maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Ka ʻoku maʻu foki ʻe he kau fafiné ʻa e ngaahi uiuiʻi ʻo e “ngāue fakatauhisipí” ʻi he ngāue ʻofa mo e ʻofa ʻoku nau fefakahokoʻakí, pea ki he niʻihi kehé. Ko ia, kuo pau ke tau ako kotoa ke hoko ko ha kau tauhisipi moʻoni. Kuo pau ke tau fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa tatau ki he niʻihi kehé mo ia kuo fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tauhi Sipi Leleí kiate kitautolú kotoa. ʻOku mahuʻinga kiate Ia ʻa e laumālie takitaha. ʻOku taʻalo ʻEne fakaafé ki he mēmipa kotoa pē— ʻa e foha mo e ʻofefine ʻo e ʻOtuá.

“Vakai, ʻokú ne ʻoatu ha fakaafe ki he kakai fulipē, he kuo mafao atu ʻa e toʻukupu ʻo e ʻaloʻofá kiate kinautolu, pea ʻokú ne folofola: Fakatomala, pea te u tali ʻa kimoutolu. …

“Haʻu kiate au pea te mou maʻu ʻa e fua ʻo e ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí; …

“ʻIo, haʻu kiate au pea fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻo e māʻoniʻoní.” (ʻAlamā 5:33–35.)

ʻOku ʻikai fakasītuʻaʻi ha taha Heʻene fakaafé. ʻOku tali lelei ʻa e taha kotoa te nau tali ʻEne fakaafe ʻofa ke maʻu ʻEne ongoongoleleí. Ko e fanga sipí —kuo pau ke kumi mo ʻofaʻi,—ʻoku ʻi ai e niʻihi kuo matavalea, niʻihi ʻoku talatalakehe, niʻihi kuo fuʻu femoʻuekina. Kuo pau ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e maʻuʻanga tokoni kotoa pē he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e houalotú ʻi he ngāué ni.

He ʻikai ke teitei lavaʻi ʻa e tukupā ko ʻení kae ʻoua kuo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he siteiki, uōtí, kōlomú, mo e kau taki fakahoualotú mo e kāingalotu kotoa pē honau lotó mo ʻenau tuí ke fakafoki mai ʻa e māmālohí ke mālohi kakato ʻi he Siasí.

ʻOku mau tapou atu ʻi hoʻomou feinga fakamātoato ke fakahoko ʻa e taumuʻa mahuʻingá ni, ke toe fakafoʻou hoʻomou fakamamafaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga lelei ʻo e faiako fakaʻapi ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e faiako ʻaʻahi ʻa e Fineʻofá. Ko e faiako fakaʻapí mo e faiako ʻaʻahí ko ha ongo polokalama naʻe fakahā fakalaumālie. ʻOku fakataumuʻa kinaua ke aʻu ki he mēmipa kotoa ʻo e Siasí ʻi he māhina takitaha, tatau pē mālohi mo e māmālohi. Kātaki kae fakalahi ange hono fakamamafaʻi ʻo e faiako fakaʻapí mo e faiako ʻaʻahí.⁷

Ko ʻetau ngaahi lotu he ʻaho ní kuo pau ke tatau hono mālohí mo e tokangá mo e ngaahi lotu ʻa ʻAlamaá ʻi he taimi naʻe feinga ai ke fakafoki mai ʻa e kau Sōlami ʻāuhē naʻe hē mei he ʻEikí:

“ʻE ʻEiki, ʻofa muʻa ʻo tuku mai kiate kimautolu ke mau lava ʻo toe fakafoki mai ʻa kinautolu kiate koe ʻia Kalaisi.

“Vakai, ʻe ʻEiki, ʻoku mahuʻinga honau laumālié, pea ko honau tokolahi ko homau kāinga; ko ia, ʻofa muʻa, ʻe ʻEiki, ʻo tuku mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e mālohi mo e poto ke mau lava ʻo toe fakatafoki ʻa e faʻahingá ni, ko homau kāingá, kiate koe. (ʻAlamā 31:34–35; ko e toki tānaki atu e fakamamafá.) …

ʻOku ʻikai liliu e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ke fakamālohia e ngaahi laumālié. Ko kinautolu ʻeni:

1. Kuo pau ke ʻilo mo fetuʻutaki ki he kau heé mo e māmālohí.

2. Kuo pau ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e tokangá ʻi he ʻofa. Kuo pau ke nau ongoʻi ʻetau ʻofá.

3. Kuo pau ke akoʻi ange ʻa e ongoongoleleí. Kuo pau ke nau ongoʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻo fakafou ʻi he kau faiakó.

4. Kuo pau ke fakakau kinautolu ʻi heʻetau feohí.

5. Kuo pau ke nau maʻu ha ngaahi fatongia faka-Siasi mahuʻinga.

Fakatatau mo e ngaahi lea ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, kuo pau ke tau “kei fai atu ʻa e tokoní ki ai.” (3 Nīfai 18:32.)

ʻOku tautautefito ʻemau tokangá ke fakakau ʻa e kau ului foʻoú ke nau kau kakato ʻi he Siasí. Kuo pau ke talitali lelei mo e fiefia kinautolu.

Tuku muʻa ke tau uouangataha ʻi heʻetau feinga ke fakafoki mai ʻa e kau māmālohí ke nau mālohi kakato ʻi he Siasí. ʻI heʻetau fai iá, te tau fetākinima lelei fakataha ai ʻi he fakahoko e misiona ʻo e Siasí— ke ʻomi ʻa e ongoongoleleí, mo e kotoa hono ngaahi tāpuakí mo e ngaahi ouaú, ʻo kakato ange ki he moʻui ʻa e kau mēmipa kotoa ʻo e Siasí. “[ʻOku] fie maʻu ʻe he Siasí ʻa e [mēmipa] kotoa pē” (T&F 84:110), pea ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he mēmipa kotoa pē ʻa e ongoongoleleí, ʻa ia ko e Siasí, mo hono ngaahi ouaú kotoa.

Fakatauange te tau fekumi kotoa ki he ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa e ʻEikí ke fakamālohia kitautolu mo ʻomi ʻa e mālohi ʻoku fie maʻú mo e ivi takiekina te tau fie maʻu ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakataha ʻi he ngāue maʻongoʻonga ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻofá.⁸

• Ko e hā hoʻo ngaahi ongo ʻi hoʻo fakakaukau ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí pe ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻoku “mavahe mei he Siasí mo e ivi takiekina ʻo e ongoongoleleí”? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai ke tokoni kiate kinautolu? (Vakai, konga 1.)

• Fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi akonaki ʻa Palesiteni Penisoni fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi faikehekehe ʻi ha taha unga ngāue mo ha tauhisipi (vakai, konga 2). Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai ke tau hoko ai ko ha kau tauhisipi lelei ange?

• Naʻe fakamanatu mai ʻa Palesiteni Penisoni kiate kitautolu ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he kakaí ha “loto tokanga moʻoni mei ha tauhisipi moʻoni mo ʻofa” (konga 3). Te tau fakatupulaki fēfē ha loto tokanga ki he niʻihi kehé? ʻI hoʻo fakalaulauloto ki he fehuʻi ko ʻení, fakakaukau ki hoʻo ngāue ko e faiako fakaʻapi pe faiako ʻaʻahí.

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻo e “kei fai atu e tokoni ki aí”? 3 Nīfai 18:32. Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻe nima naʻe vahevahe ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni ke tokoni ʻi heʻetau tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻoku nau fie maʻu ke toe foki ʻo mālohi kakato he Siasí (vakai, konga 4). Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻe lava ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní ni takitaha ʻo tokoniʻi ha taha ke ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí?

Mātiu 9:10–12; Luke 15; 22:32; 1 Pita 5:2–4; Molonai 6:4; T&F 18:10–16 ; 84:106

“ʻOku ʻikai faitatau ʻa e laukongá, akó, mo e fakalaulaulotó. Te tau lau pē e ngaahi foʻi leá ʻo maʻu ha ngaahi fakakaukau. Te tau ako ʻo maʻu ha ngaahi sīpinga pe fakafehokotaki he folofolá. Ka ʻi heʻetau fakalaulaulotó, ʻoku tau fakaafeʻi mai ai e fakahā ʻa e Laumālié. Ko e fakakaukaulotó kiate au, ko e fakakaukau mo e lotu ia hili ʻeku lau mo ako fakalelei e folofolá.” (Henry B. Eyring, “Ngāue ʻaki ʻi he Laumālié,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2010, 60).