Ko Hono ʻOatu ʻo e Ongoongoleleí ki he Māmaní

ʻOku ngali ko e fuofua fatongia lahi naʻe tuku ki he Siasi kuo toe fakafoki maí, ʻi he hili ʻo e hā nāunauʻia ʻa e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí mo Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí kia Siosefa Sāmitá, ke ʻoatu ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki māmani— ki he kotoa ʻo e fānau ʻa ʻetau Tamaí.

Kuo hoko moʻoni ko ha meʻa fakaofo mo mahuʻinga fau—ko ha ngāue ʻo e feilaulau, fiefia, faingataʻa, pea ko e mahuʻinga tahá, ʻo e ʻofa ki hotau kāingá. He ʻikai ke mou maʻu ʻi ha toe feituʻu he māmaní ha meʻa ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻe tatau mo ia. ʻIo, kuo mole ai ha moʻui, kakava, mo e loʻimata ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāue ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻofá. Pea ko e hā kuo tau fai ai iá? Koeʻuhí he kuo tuʻutuʻuni ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo e langí; koeʻuhí he ʻoku ʻofa ʻi Heʻene fānaú, pea ko Hono finangaló ke maʻu ʻe he lauimiliona he māmaní ʻa e faingamālie ke fanongo mo tali, ʻi he tauʻatāina, pea moʻui ʻaki e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni nāunauʻia mo hakeakiʻi ʻo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.⁸

ʻOku ou fakapapauʻi ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe māmani, ʻo ʻikai tatau mo haʻane fie maʻu ha toe meʻa, ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, pea ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻo māmaní ʻa e meʻa ʻe foaki ʻe he ongoongoleleí, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakatokangaʻi. ʻOku nau fie maʻu ʻa e taula ʻoku foaki ʻe he ongoongoleleí, ʻa ē ʻokú ne ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e tali ki he ngaahi palopalema ʻoku fehangahangai mo kinautolú; ʻa ē ʻokú ne ʻomai ha ongoʻi malu mo ha ongoʻi loto nongá. ʻE hoku kāinga, ko e ongoongoleleí ʻa e tali pē taha ki he ngaahi palopalema ʻa māmaní.⁹

Ko e ongoongoleleí pē taha te ne fakahaofi ʻa māmani mei he ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi ʻo hono fakaʻauhá. Ko e ongoongoleleí pē taha te ne fakatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi haʻa mo e ngaahi matakali kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻi he melinó. Ko e ongoongoleleí pē taha te ne ʻomi ʻa e nēkeneká, fiefiá, mo e fakamoʻuí ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.¹⁰

ʻOku fiekaia ʻa māmani ki he tui fakalotu moʻoní, pea ʻoku tau maʻu ia.¹¹

Ko e pōpoaki nāunauʻia ʻeni ʻoku tau fie vahevahe mo e māmaní, kuo toe fakafoki mai ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻOtua ko e Tamaí mo Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí. Ko e pōpoaki maʻongoʻonga taha ia talu mei he toetuʻu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.¹²

ʻOku tau tali ʻi he loto fakatōkilalo, mo fakafetaʻi, ʻa e fatongia lahi kuo tuku ki he Siasí. ʻOku tau fiefia ke fengāueʻaki fakataha mo ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní ʻi he ngāue maʻongoʻonga ʻo e fakamoʻui mo e hakeakiʻi ʻo ʻEne fānaú. ʻOku tau foaki loto fiemālie hotau taimí mo e koloa te ne tāpuakiʻi ʻaki kitautolú ki he fokotuʻu Hono puleʻangá ʻi māmani. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ko hotau ʻuluaki fatongiá ʻeni mo hotau faingamālie maʻongoʻonga. Kuo fakafōtunga ʻe he laumālie ko ʻení ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he kuonga kotoa pē. Kuo hoko ia ko ha fakaʻilonga mahino ʻo e kamata e kuonga ʻo e kakato ʻo e ngaahi kuongá—ʻi hotau taimí. Ko e fē pē ha feituʻu ʻe ʻilo ai ʻa e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e laumālie ko ʻeni ʻo e feilaulau taʻe-siokita ki he ngāue māʻongoʻonga tahá ʻi māmani kotoa.¹³

ʻOku ʻi ai hatau misiona maʻongoʻonga. Kuo pau ke tau mateuteu, ʻa e talavou mo e motuʻa fakatouʻosi. Kuo pau ke tau hangē ha meʻa fakatupú ʻi he ngaahi puleʻangá, ʻo tuʻu maʻu ʻi he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e māʻoniʻoní.¹⁴

ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasi ʻo e ʻEikí, kuo pau ke tau fakamātoatoʻi ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú. Kapau ʻoku mou ngāue ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku totonu ke mou faí, kapau ʻoku mou ʻofa ʻi he ngāué ni, te mou tokoni ke fakahaofi e ngaahi lāumālie ʻo e fānau ʻa e tangatá.¹⁵

ʻOku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he totonu ke lau e vahevahe ʻo e ongoongoleleí ko ha fatongia fakataulaʻeikí, ka ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻunaloto atu ki he aʻusiá ni ʻi he fiefia mo e ʻamanaki lelei. Ko e taumuʻa totonu ʻo e vahevahe ʻo e ongoongoleleí ke ʻomi e ngaahi laumālié kia Kalaisi, ke akoʻi mo papitaiso e fānau ʻa ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní koeʻuhí ke tau lava ʻo fiefia mo kinautolu (vakai, T&F 18:15) ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo ʻetau Tamaí.¹⁶

ʻOku tau ʻinasi kotoa ʻi he fatongia maʻongoʻongá ni. He ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo kalo ai. ʻOua naʻa fakakaukau ha tangata pe fefine ʻoku fakaʻatā kitautolu mei he fatongiá ni koeʻuhí ko e feituʻu ʻoku tau nofo aí, pe koeʻuhí ko hotau tuʻunga ʻi he sosaietí, pe koeʻuhí ko ʻetau ngāué pe tuʻungá.¹⁷

Ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e mēmipá

Kuo pau ke tau fakamamafaʻi ʻa e fie maʻu ke lahi ange e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e mēmipá. Kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he meʻa ne hokó ko e founga ola lelei taha ʻeni ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e mēmipá ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi kī ki he tupulaki fakafoʻituitui ʻa hotau kāingalotú. ʻOku ou fakapapauʻi ʻe hiki hake ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e mēmipá ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻi ha uooti pē ʻoku fakahoko ai.²⁵

ʻĪmisi

A woman giving another woman a Book of Mormon.

Ko e hā hono fuoloa e taimi fakamuimui taha naʻá ke fakaafeʻi ai ha kaungāʻapi ki he houalotu sākalamēnití pe ki ha konifelenisi fakasiteiki, ke haʻu ki homou ʻapí ki ha efiafi fakafāmili ʻi ʻapi? Ko e hā ʻa e fakamuimui taha talu mei haʻo fakahoko ha pōtalanoa moʻoni ki he ongoongoleleí? Ko ha ngaahi aʻusia lelei ʻeni.²⁶

ʻE tokoniʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e kāingalotú ʻi honau fatongia fakafaifekaú kapau te nau maʻu ha tui ke ʻahiʻahiʻi.²⁷

Kuo taimi ke hiki hake ʻetau vakaí, ke maʻu ha vīsone ki he kāfakafa ʻo e ngāue maʻongoʻongá ni. ʻOku fie maʻu ia ʻe he ʻEikí meiate kitautolu. ʻOku ʻikai feʻunga ke te hoko pē ko ha mēmipa ʻi he Siasí mo ʻalu ki he houalotu sākalamēnití, totongi ʻetau vahehongofulú, mo poupouʻi e polokalama uelofeá. ʻOku nau lelei kotoa—ka ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga ia. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻEikí ke tau hoko ko e kau faifekau, ke moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ongoongoleleí—ʻio, moʻui kakato ʻaki, mo tokoni ke langa hake Hono puleʻangá.²⁸

Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná maʻá e mēmipá mo e teʻeki kau ki he siasí, fakatouʻosi ʻOku hoko ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, fakataha mo e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí, ko e meʻangāue lelei taha kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu ke fakaului ʻaki ʻa māmani. Kuo pau ke tau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e meʻangāue kuo palani ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he ngāué—ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, kapau ʻoku tau fie maʻu ke utu ʻa e ngaahi laumālié.

Pea ko e lau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi fakaʻaiʻai lelei taha ke tau ō ai ʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻOku tau fie maʻu ha kau faifekau tokolahi ange. Ka ʻoku tau toe fie maʻu foki ha kau faifekau kuo mateuteu lelei ange ʻoku ō mai mei ha ngaahi uooti mo ha ngaahi kolo pea mo ha ngaahi ʻapi ne nau ʻilo ai mo manako ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. ʻOku tau fie maʻu ha kau faifekau ʻoku nau maʻu ha fakamoʻoni mālohi ki hono fakalangí, pea ʻoku nau lava ʻi he Laumālié ke fakatukupaaʻi ʻa e kau fie-fanongó ke nau lau mo fakalaulauloto ki hono ngaahi pēsí, mo ʻiloʻi pau ʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻEikí hono moʻoní kiate kinautolu ʻi he mālohi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku tau fie maʻu ha kau faifekau ʻoku lelei tatau mo ʻetau pōpoakí.²⁹

Ko e fuka mahuʻinga kuo pau ke tau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. ʻOkú ne fakahā ko Siosefa Sāmitá naʻe hoko ko e palōfita. ʻOku ʻi ai e ngaahi folofola ʻa Kalaisí, pea ko hono misiona maʻongoʻongá ke ʻomi ʻa e tangatá kia Kalaisi. Ko e toenga kotoa ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ʻoku fika ua. Ko e fehuʻi koula ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná “ʻOkú ke fie ʻilo lahi ange kia Kalaisi?” Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko e meʻa kumi lelei taha ia ʻo ha fie-fanongo koula. ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻi ai e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻoku “fakafiemālie ki he māmaní,” pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mahuʻingaʻia leva ai ʻa e māmaní. Ko ha meʻa sivi lelei. (Vakai, 1 Nīfai 6:5.)

ʻOku ʻi ai e faikehekehe ʻi he taha ului ʻoku langa ʻi he funga maka ʻo Kalaisí ʻo fou he Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea kei pikimaʻu ki he vaʻa ukameá, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻikaí.³⁰

Kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻiate kitautolu ko e ʻEikí tonu pē naʻá Ne ʻomi e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko e tefitoʻi fakamoʻoni kiate Iá. ʻOku kei hoko pē ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko ʻetau meʻangāue fakafaifekau mālohi tahá. Tau fakaʻaongaʻi ia.³¹

ʻOku fehuʻi ʻe he kau faifekaú he taimi ʻe niʻihi, “ʻE lava fēfē ke u lavameʻá? ʻOku ʻaonga fēfē ha taha ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú?” Ko e ngaahi kī ʻeni ʻe fā kuo ʻosi fakamoʻoniʻi ki he ngāue fakafaifekau lavameʻá ʻi he kau faifekaú mo e kāingalotú fakatouʻosi.

ʻUluakí, feinga ke maʻu ʻa e Laumālié.

Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí, ka tau lavameʻa. Kuo ʻosi akoʻi kitautolu he ʻikai nofo ʻa e Laumālié ʻi ha ngaahi faletapu taʻe-maʻa. Ko ia, ko e taha leva ʻo e ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa ʻoku mahuʻingá ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku tokamālie ʻetau moʻui fakatāutahá. Naʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻEikí, “Ke maʻa ʻa kimoutolu ʻoku fua ʻa e ngaahi ipu ʻa e ʻEikí.” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38:42.)

Kuo ʻosi foaki mai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻEne fono kau ki he akoʻi ʻo ʻEne ongoongoleleí: “Pea ʻe foaki atu ʻa e Laumālié kiate kimoutolu ʻi he lotu ʻo e tuí; pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻa e Laumālié, ʻe ʻikai te mou faiako.” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 42:14.)³²

Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha pōpoaki kuó u toutou fai ki hoku ngaahi tokoua he Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ko ʻeni ia, ko e Laumālié ʻoku mahuʻingá. Ko e Laumālié ʻoku mahuʻingá. ʻOku ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi hono tuʻo lahi ʻo ʻeku lea ʻaki ʻení, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke u teitei helaʻia hono lea ʻaki iá—ko e Laumālié ʻoku mahuʻinga tahá.³³

Uá, maʻu e loto fakatōkilaló.

Kuo ʻosi folofola ʻa e ʻEikí he ʻikai lava ha taha ʻo tokoni ʻi he ngāué ni kae ʻoua ke loto fakatōkilalo mo fonu ʻi he ʻofa. (Vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 12:8.) Ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ʻa e loto-fakatōkilaló ko e vaivai. ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ko e mā; ʻoku ʻikai uhinga ia ko e ilifia. Te [tau] lava pē ʻo loto fakatōkilalo pea mo toe taʻe-ilifia. Te [tau] lava pē ʻo loto fakatōkilalo pea mo toe lototoʻa. Ko e loto fakatōkilaló ko e fakamoʻoniʻi ia ʻo ʻetau fakafalala ki ha mālohi māʻolunga ange, ko ha fie maʻu maʻu ai pē e poupou ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi Heʻene ngāué.³⁴

He ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo fai toko taha ʻa e ngāué ni. Ko ʻEne ngāué ʻeni. Ko ʻEne ongoongolelei ʻeni. Kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻEne tokoní. Tautapa ke maʻu ia, moʻui ke lava ʻo maʻu ia, lilingi atu ho laumālié ki he ʻEikí ke maʻu ia.³⁵

Tolú, ʻofa ʻi he kakaí.

Kuo pau ke tau fakatupulaki ha ʻofa ki he kakaí. Kuo pau ke tau ʻofa kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻofa haohaoa ʻo e ongoongoleleí, ʻi he fakaʻamu ke hiki hake kinautolu, ke langaki hake kinautolu, ke fakahinohino kinautolu ki ha moʻui ʻoku māʻolunga mo lelei angé pea iku ki he hakeakiʻi ʻi he puleʻanga fakasilesitiale ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku tau fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga lelei ʻo e kakai ʻoku tau feohí, mo ʻofaʻi kinautolu ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtua ʻoku ʻofa ai ʻa e ʻEikí. …

He ʻikai ke tau teitei lelei kae ʻoua kuo tau ako ke maʻu ha ʻofa ki he kotoa e fānau ʻa ʻetau Tamaí—kae ʻoua ke tau ako ke ʻofa ʻiate kinautolu. ʻOku lava pē kakaí ke ongoʻi ʻa e taimi ʻoku fai ange ai ha ʻofa kiate kinautolú. ʻOku fakaʻamua ia ʻe ha tokolahi. Ko e taimi ʻoku tau tali ai ʻenau ngaahi ongó, ʻoku nau fai tatau mai kiate kitautolu. Kuo tau maʻu leva ha kaungāmeʻa.³⁶

ʻOku ʻi ai hatau … fatongia lahi ke ʻofa ʻi hotau kaungāʻapí. Ko e fika ua ia ʻo e ongo fekau lahi ʻo e fonó. Ko e tokolahi hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí ʻoku teʻeki ai ke nau hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí. Kuo pau ke tau hoko ko ha kaungāʻapi lelei. Kuo pau ke tau ʻofa ʻi he kotoa e fānau ʻa ʻetau Tamaí pea feohi mo kinautolu.

ʻOku ou fakatauange ʻe fakafonu kitautolu ʻaki e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hotau kāingá!³⁷

Faá, ngāue faivelenga.

Kapau ʻoku tau fie tauhi ʻa e Laumālié, kuo pau ke tau ngāue. ʻOku ʻikai ha fiefia pe fiemālie lahi ange ka ko e ʻilo, naʻe fai hotau lelei tahá ʻi he hili ha ngāue lahi ʻo e ʻahó.

Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi fakapulipuli lahi taha ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú ko e ngāue. Kapau ʻoku ngāue ha faifekau, te ne maʻu ʻa e Laumālié; kapau ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e Laumālié, ʻe faiako ʻaki e Laumālié; kapau ʻoku faiako ʻaki e Laumālié, ʻe ongo ia ki he loto ʻo e kakaí, pea te ne fiefia. … Ngāue, ngāue, ngāue—ʻoku ʻikai ha fetongi fakafiemālie ia, ʻo tautautefito ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú.³⁸

ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ʻEne ngāué ʻeni. Kuó Ne toe folofola mei he ngaahi langí ʻaki ha pōpoaki ki he māmaní kotoa; ʻo ʻikai ki ha Kāingalotu tokosiʻi pē, ka ki hotau kāingá kotoa, ʻi loto pea mo tuʻa ʻi he Siasí. ʻOfa ke foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha ivi ke tau ʻoatu ʻa e pōpoaki ko iá ki māmani, ke moʻui ʻaki ʻa e Ongoongoleleí, ke pukepuke ʻa e tuʻunga moʻui ʻo e Siasí¸ koʻeuhí ke tau maʻu ai e totonu ki he ngaahi tāpuaki kuo ʻosi talaʻofa ʻaki maí.³⁹

• Ko e hā ʻoku fie maʻu ai ʻe māmani ʻa e ongoongoleleí “ʻo ʻikai tatau mo haʻane fie maʻu ha toe meʻá”? (Ke maʻu ha ngaahi sīpingá, vakai, konga 1.) Ko e hā ha ngaahi moʻoni kuo fakafoki mai ʻokú ke tui “oku fiekaia ki ai ʻa e māmaní”?

• ʻI hoʻo vakaiʻi ʻa e konga 2, fakakaukau ki he faleʻi fekauʻaki mo koe pea mo homou fāmilí. Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga te tau lava fakatāutaha ai, neongo pe ko e hā hotau tūkungá, ʻo vahevahe ʻa e ongoongoleleí? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai ke teuteu ai ki he ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakató? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi heʻenau teuteu ke ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakató?

• Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko e “meʻangāue maʻongoʻonga taha ia kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke fakaului ʻaki ʻa māmani” (konga 3). Ko e fē ha taimi naʻá ke fakatokangaʻi ai e kakaí ʻoku nau ului tuʻunga ʻi hono ako ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná? Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga te tau ala fakalakalaka ai ʻetau ngāue ke vahevahe ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná?

• Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni “ʻa e ngaahi kī kuo ʻosi fakamoʻoniʻi ki he ngāue fakafaifekau leleí” (konga 4). ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻoku fakaiku ai ʻa e ngaahi kī ko ʻení ki he lavameʻa ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú? Ko e hā ha ngaahi sīpinga kuó ke mamata ai ʻi ha kakai ʻoku muimui ʻi he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení?

Maʻake 16:15; 1 Tīmote 4:12; ʻAlamā 17:2–3; 26:1–16; T&F 4; 12:7–9; 15:4–6; 88:81; 123:12–17

“Vahevahe ʻa e meʻa kuó ke akó. ʻI hoʻo fai ʻení, ʻe toe maama ange ai hoʻo ngaahi fakakaukaú pea ʻe tupulaki ho mālohi ke puke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuó ke akó” (ʻOku ʻIkai ha Ui ʻe Mahuʻinga Ange ʻi he Faiakó [2000], 18).