“Fakamālohia Homou Ngaahi Siteikí”

ʻOku faʻa ʻeke ʻe he kakai teʻeki siasí he taimi ʻe niʻihi, “Ko e hā ʻa e siteiki?” ʻOku fehuʻi tatau pē mo e kāingalotú, “Ko e hā hono mahuʻinga ʻo ha siteiki? Ko e hā hono mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu kāingalotú?”

ʻOku tatau ʻa e siteikí ki he kakai teʻeki siasí mo ha taiōsisi ʻi he ngaahi siasi kehé. Ko e siteikí ko ha feituʻu fakasiokālafi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi uooti (ngaahi haʻofanga lotu fakafeituʻu) pea ʻoku tokangaʻi ʻe ha kau palesitenisī.

Ko e foʻi lea siteikí ki he kāingalotú, ko ha foʻi lea fakataipe. Fakakaukauloto ki ha fuʻu tēniti lahi ʻoku pukepuke ʻe ha ngaahi afo ʻoku falō ki ha ngaahi pou tukituki (siteiki) kuo ʻosi tuki maʻu ki he kelekelé. Naʻe fakatatau ʻe he kau palōfitá ʻa e Saione ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho kimui ní ki ha fuʻu tēniti ʻokú ne kāpui ʻa e māmaní [vakai, ʻIsaia 54:2; 3 Nīfai 22:2]. ʻOku pukepuke ʻa e tēniti ko iá ʻe ha ngaahi afo kuo falō ki ha ngaahi pou tukituki (ngaahi siteiki). Ko e ngaahi siteiki foki ko iá, ko ha ngaahi faʻunga fakasiokālafi ʻoku mafola he funga ʻo e māmaní. ʻI he lolotonga ní, ʻoku tānaki ʻa ʻIsileli ki he ngaahi siteiki kehekehe ʻo Saioné.¹⁰

ʻOku ʻi ai ha taumuʻa ʻe fā ʻo e siteikí:

1. Ko e siteiki kotoa pē, ʻoku tokangaʻi ia ʻe ha kau taulaʻeiki lahi ʻe toko tolu, pea tokoniʻi ʻe ha kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu mā uá ʻoku ui ko e fakataha alēleaʻanga māʻolungá, ʻo hoko ko ha kiʻi siasi ki he Kāingalotu ʻi ha feituʻu fakasiokālafi pau. Ko e taumuʻá ke fakatahaʻi mo fakahaohaoaʻi ʻa e kāingalotu ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ngataʻanga ko iá ʻaki hano ʻoatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi polokalama, ngaahi ouau, mo e fakahinohino ʻo e ongoongoleleí.

2. ʻOku totonu ke hoko ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e ngaahi siteikí ko e kau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga pe ngaahi fuka ʻo e māʻoniʻoní.

3. ʻOku totonu ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi siteikí ko ha maluʻiʻanga. ʻOku fakahoko ʻeni ʻe he kāingalotú ʻi heʻenau taha ʻi he malumalu ʻo e kau ʻōfisa ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki fakafeituʻú mo fakatapui kinautolu ki honau fatongiá mo tauhi ʻenau ngaahi fuakavá. Kapau ʻe tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakava ko iá, ʻe hoko ia ko e maluʻi mei he fehalākí, koví, pe ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻutāmakí.

ʻOku tau langa ʻa e ngaahi temipalé ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu pē ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi siteikí. ʻOku teuteuʻi ʻe he ngaahi tāpuaki mo e ngaahi ouau ʻo e temipalé ha taha ki he hakeakiʻí. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai malava ke ʻi ai ha temipale ʻi he siteiki kotoa, ka ʻoku tau lolotonga siotonu he taimí ni ki ha meʻa fakaofo, ʻio, ki he fakalakalaka fakaofo, ʻi he langa ʻo e ngaahi temipalé ʻi ha ngaahi potu kehekehe ʻo e māmaní. ʻOku fakaʻatā ʻe he faʻahinga polokalama peheé ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kakato ʻa e ʻEikí.

4. ʻOku hoko ʻa e ngaahi siteikí ko e ungaʻanga mei he afā ʻe lilingi atu ki he funga ʻo māmaní.¹¹

ʻOku tau lau ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá:

“Pea ko e tahá, kapau ʻoku maʻu ha fānau ʻe ha ongomātuʻa ʻi Saione, pe ʻi ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi siteiki ʻa ia kuo fokotuʻú, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau akoʻi ʻa kinautolu ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e tokāteline ʻo e fakatomalá, tui kia Kalaisi ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua moʻuí, pea mo e papitaisó mo e foaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he hilifaki ʻo e nimá, ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau taʻu valu aí, ʻe ʻi he ʻulu ʻo e mātuʻá ʻa e angahalá He ʻe hoko ʻeni ko e fono ki he kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi Saioné, pe ʻi ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi siteiki ʻa ia kuo fokotuʻú.” (68:25–26; ko e toki tānaki atu e fakamamafá.)

Kuó ke mamata ʻi ha taha ʻo e ngaahi taumuʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e ngaahi siteikí. ʻOku fokotuʻu kinautolu ke tokoni ki he mātuʻa “ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau fānau ʻi Saioné” ke akoʻi kinautolu ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí pea mo fakahoko e ngaahi ouau ʻo e fakamoʻuí. ʻOku fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi siteikí ke fakahaohaoaʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú, pea ʻoku kamata ʻa e fakalakalaka ko iá ʻi he ʻapi ʻoku fakahinohinoʻi lelei ai ʻa e ongoongoleleí.¹²

ʻOku folofola ʻa e ʻEikí: “He kuo pau ke tupulaki ʻa Saione ʻi he fakaʻofoʻofa, pea ʻi he māʻoniʻoni; kuo pau ke fakalahi ʻa hono ngaahi ngataʻangá; kuo pau ke fakamālohi ʻa hono ngaahi siteikí; ʻio, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu, kuo pau ke tuʻu hake ʻa Saione pea ʻai hono ngaahi kofu fakaʻofoʻofá. (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 82:14.)

ʻOku fakahā heni ʻe he ʻEikí ha taumuʻa maʻongoʻonga ʻe taha ʻi ha siteiki: ke hoko ko ha fakaʻilonga fakaʻofoʻofa ke mamata ki ai ʻa māmani kotoa. Ko e ʻuhinga foki ʻo e “ʻai hono ngaahi kofu fakaʻofoʻofá” ki he loto māʻoniʻoni kuo pau ke maʻu ʻe he mēmipa kotoa ʻoku ui ko e Kāingalotú. Ko e Saioné “ ko e loto maʻa.” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 97:21.)

ʻOku fakamālohia ʻa e ngaahi siteiki ʻo Saioné mo fakalahi e ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo Saioné ʻi he fakafōtunga atu ʻe he kāingalotú ʻa e māʻoniʻoni ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe he ʻEikí mei Hono kakai kuo filí.¹³

Ka ʻoku ʻomi ʻe ha fakahā ʻe taha mei he ʻEikí ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻení ki he taumuʻa ʻo e ngaahi siteikí: “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu kotoa pē: Tuʻu hake pea ulo atu, koeʻuhí ke hoko ʻa hoʻomou māmá ko ha fuka ki he ngaahi puleʻangá; Pea ke hoko ʻa e tānaki fakataha ki he fonua ko Saioné, pea ki hono ngaahi siteikí, ko ha maluʻanga, pea ko ha ungaʻanga mei he afaá, pea mei he houhaú ʻo ka lilingi kakato atu ia ki he māmaní hono kotoa.” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 115:5–6.)

ʻOku ʻi he fakahaá ni ha fekau ke tuku ʻetau māmá ke ulo atu ke lava ʻo hoko ko ha fuka ki he ngaahi puleʻangá. Ko e fuká ko ha tuʻunga fua ʻoku fakafuofuaʻi ai ʻe ha taha ʻene tonú pe haohaoá. Kuo pau ke hoko ʻa e Kāingalotú ko ha fua ʻo e māʻoniʻoní ke mamata ki ai ʻa māmani. Ko e fakaʻofoʻofa ia ʻo Saioné.

ʻOku toki fakahā leva ʻe he ʻEikí kuo pau ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi siteiki ʻo Saioné ko ha “maluʻanga mo e ungaʻanga mei he afaá, pea mei he houhaú ʻo ka lilingi kakato atu ia ki he māmaní kotoa.” Ko e ngaahi siteikí ko ha maluʻanga ki he Kāingalotú mei he ngaahi fili ʻoku fakatou mamata mo ʻikai mamata ki aí Ko e maluʻangá ko e fakahinohino ʻoku ʻoatu ʻi he laine ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ke fakamālohia ʻa e fakamoʻoní mo poupouʻi ʻa e uouangataha ʻa e fāmilí mo e angatonu fakafoʻituituí.

Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi Heʻene talateu ki Heʻene ngaahi fakahā ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá: “ʻOku vave mai ʻa e ʻahó; ʻoku teʻeki ai hoko ʻa e houá, ka ʻoku ofi mai ia, ʻa ia ʻe toʻo atu ai ʻa e melinó mei he māmaní, pea ʻe maʻu ʻe he tēvoló ʻa e mālohi ki hono puleʻanga ʻoʻoná” [Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 1:35].

Ko e ʻaho ní … ʻoku tau mamata ki he fakahoko ʻo e kikite ko ʻení, ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe Sētane ʻene ʻita kakahá ki “hono puleʻangá”—ko māmani. Kuo teʻeki mālohi pehē fau hono ivi takiekiná, pea ko kinautolu pē kuo nau maʻu ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko honau fai-fakahinohinó—mo muimui he faleʻi mei he kau taki lakanga fakataulaʻeikí—ʻe fakahaofi mei he fakaʻauha hono ivi takiekina koví.

ʻOku toe pehē foki ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he fakahā tatau pē ko iá, te Ne maʻu ʻa e mālohi ki Hono Kakai Māʻoniʻoní, “pea te ne pule ʻi honau lotolotongá” [Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 1:36]. ʻOkú Ne fakahoko ʻeni ʻi Heʻene ngāue ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kuo filí pea mo e kau maʻu mafai ʻi he siteikí mo e uōtí.¹⁴

ʻĪmisi

An African congregation gathered in sacrament meeting.

ʻI he tupulaki ʻa e Siasí, ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke tau langa fefeka mo lelei, pea ʻoku maʻu ʻe hotau ngaahi siteiki teu fokotuʻú ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke ikuná pea mo ngāueʻi taʻe-tūkua ʻe he ngaahi siteiki lolotongá ʻa e tuʻunga siteiki kakató ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e lavameʻa fakalaumālié. ʻOku totonu ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi siteikí ni ko ha feituʻu tānakiʻanga ki Saione he ʻahó ni, pea ʻoku fie maʻu ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi ungaʻanga fakalaumālie mo fakafalala pē kiate ia ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi taha ʻe lavá.¹⁵

Ko e ngaahi siteiki mo e ngaahi vahefonua ʻo Saioné ko e fakataipe ia ʻo e ngaahi potu māʻoniʻoni naʻe folofola ki ai ʻa e ʻEikí ʻe tānaki ki ai ʻEne Kau Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ko ha ungaʻanga mei he ngaahi afaá Te mou fakataha ʻi heni mo hoʻomou fānaú ke lotu, ke fai e ngaahi ouau toputapú, ke feohi, ke ako, ke hiva, hulohula, tulama, sipoti, pea mo mou fakalakalaka pea mo e niʻihi kehé. ʻOku faʻa pehē ʻoku mahuʻinga ke ʻi ai ha taua ʻi hotau ngaahi falelotú, pea ke fakataipe ʻe he ngaahi taua ki he langí ʻa e tuʻunga ʻoku totonu ke ʻi ai ʻetau moʻuí ʻo ʻalu hake maʻu ai pē ki he ʻOtuá.¹⁶

Naʻe tomuʻa mamata mai e palōfita he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko Nīfaí ki he ʻaho ko ia ʻe fakamoveteveteʻi ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi ha ngaahi siteiki he funga ʻo e māmaní. Naʻe mamata mai ki he taimi ʻe fakaaʻu ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻEne maluʻí kiate kinautolu ʻi he taimi ʻe fakamamahiʻi ai kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi matangi ʻo e fakaʻauha ʻoku tuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki ki heʻenau moʻuí. Naʻe kikite ʻa Nīfai: “Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ko au, Nīfai, naʻá ku vakai ki he mālohi ʻo e Lami ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe tō ia ki he kau māʻoniʻoni ʻo e siasi ʻo e Lamí, pea ki he kakai ʻo e fuakava ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻa ia kuo fakamovetevete ki he funga kotoa ʻo e māmaní; pea naʻe fakamahafu ʻa kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e māʻoniʻoní pea mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he fuʻu nāunau lahi.” (Tohi ʻa Molomoná, 1 Nīfai 14:14.)

ʻOku tau ʻilo ʻi he fakahaá ʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi faingataʻa, meʻa fakamamahi, mo e fakatanga ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kimui ní, ka ʻe lava ʻo fakahaofi ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he māʻoniʻoní. Ko e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻoku pau: “Te ne maluʻi e kau māʻoniʻoní ʻi hono māfimafí.” (1 Nīfai 22:17.)¹⁷

• Hili hoʻo lau ʻa e konga 1, te ke tali fēfē ki ha taha ʻoku fehuʻi atu pe ko e hā ʻoku fokotuʻutuʻu ai ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ki he ngaahi siteikí?

• Naʻe fakamanatu mai ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni ʻoku tokoni ʻa e ngaahi siteikí ki he mātuʻá ʻi he akoʻi ʻo e ongoongoleleí ki heʻenau fānaú mo ʻoange ʻa e ngaahi ouau ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí kiate kinautolu (vakai, konga 2). Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga kuo fakamālohia ai ʻe homou siteikí hoʻomou ngaahi ngāue ʻi ʻapí?

• Ko e fē ha taimi kuó ke mamata ai ki ha fakataha mai ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e siteikí ke tā ha sīpinga “ke mamata ki ai ʻa e māmaní kotoa”? (Vakai, konga 3.) Kuo ʻaonga fēfē kiate koe ʻa e ngaahi ʻekitivitī ko ʻení?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻoku hoko ai ha siteiki ko e maluʻanga “mei he ngaahi fili ʻoku fakatou mamata mo ʻikai mamata ki aí”? (Vakai, vahe 4.) Ko e hā ha ngaahi faingamālie ʻoku tau maʻu ke kau ai ʻi hotau siteikí? Ko e hā ha ngaahi tāpuaki te tau lava ʻo maʻu ʻi heʻetau fai iá?

ʻIsaia 25:3–5; Mātiu 5:14–16; Molonai 10:31–33; T&F 101:17–21; 133:7–9

“Oku ʻikai fakakaukau e faiako taukeí ia o pehē, ʻKo e hā te u fai ʻi he kalasí he ʻaho ní?ʻ ka ʻokú ne fehuʻi, ʻKo e hā ʻe fai heʻeku fānau akó he kalasí he ʻaho ní?ʻ kae ʻikai, ʻKo e hā te u akoʻi he ʻaho ní?ʻ ka ko e, ʻTe u tokoni fēfē ki heʻeku fānau akó ke nau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke nau ʻiló?ʻ” (Virginia H. Pearce, “The Ordinary Classroom—a Powerful Place for Steady and Continued Growth,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 12; fakaʻaongaʻi he Teaching the Gospel: A Handbook for CES Teachers and Leaders [1994], 13).