Sēkope 1

Fakalotoʻi e Niʻihi Kehé ke Haʻu kia Kalaisi

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Kimuʻa pea pekia ʻa Nīfaí, naʻá ne ʻoange ki hono tehina ko Sēkopé ʻa e fatongia ke tauhi ʻa e ʻū lauʻi peletí pea lekooti ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻe “mahuʻinga tahá” (Sēkope 1:2). Naʻe tataki ʻe he pōpoaki ʻa Sēkopé ʻa e niʻihi kehé kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻo tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e taʻetuí mo e angahalá. ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he lēsoni ko ʻení ke ke ʻiloʻi e ngaahi founga ke tokoniʻi ai e niʻihi kehé ke nau haʻu kia Sīsū Kalaisí.

Talanoa ki ha kaungāmeʻa

• Ko e fē ha ngaahi taimi ʻe ngali fakalotofoʻi ai e talanoa mo e niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí? Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻe ala tokoni ke tau ikunaʻi ai ʻetau manavasiʻí?

• Ko hai ha taha ʻokú ke ʻilo ko ha sīpinga lelei ia ʻo hono vahevahe ʻo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí mo e niʻihi kehé?

ʻOku hoko ha talavou ko Sūnia ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga maʻongoʻonga ia ʻo hono vahevahe ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Ko ia pē ʻa e talavou naʻe maʻulotu ʻi ha kiʻi kolo tokosiʻi ʻi Folōlita, USA. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ke talanoa ki ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá fekauʻaki mo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí pea fakaafeʻi ia ki he lotú. Mahalo te ke fie mamata ʻi he foʻi vitiō “Ko Hono Fakaafeʻi ʻo e Taha Kotoa ke Haʻu kia Kalaisi: Ko Hono Vahevahe ʻo e Ongoongoleleí” (4:30), ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org, pea fekumi ki ha meʻa ʻe taha pe ua te ke lava ʻo ako meia Sūnia mo e niʻihi kehe ʻi hono koló.

ʻE lava ke ʻomi ʻe he sīpinga ʻa e niʻihi kehé ha ngaahi ʻuhinga mo ha ngaahi fakakaukau ki he founga ke fakaafeʻi ai e niʻihi kehé ke nau haʻu kia Kalaisí. Lolotonga hoʻo ako he ʻaho ní, fakakaukau ki he ʻuhinga te ke fie tokoniʻi ai e niʻihi kehé ke nau haʻu ki he Fakamoʻuí pea mo e ngaahi founga angamaheni mo fakanatula te ke ala fai ai ʻení.

Fakalotoa ha niʻihi kehe ke nau haʻu kia Kalaisi

Kimuʻa pea pekia ʻa Nīfaí (vakai, Sēkope 1:12), naʻá ne ʻoange ki hono tokoua ko Sēkopé ʻa e fatongia ke tohi ʻi he ʻū lauʻi peleti iiki naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻEikí ke ne ngaohí. ʻOku nofotaha ʻa e ʻū lauʻi peleti īkí ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié pea fakatefito e ngaahi peleti kehé ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e kakaí (Sēkope 1:1–3).

Lau ʻa e Sēkope 1:4–6, ʻo kumi ʻa e meʻa naʻe kole ʻe Nīfai kia Sēkope ke fakakau ʻi he ʻū lauʻi peletí mo akoʻi ki he kakaí.

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi naʻe ʻilo ʻe Nīfai mo Sēkopé? Naʻe founga fēfē ʻena ako e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení?

Lau ʻa e Sēkope 1:7–8, ʻo kumi e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Sēkope koeʻuhí ko e mahino naʻá ne maʻú. ʻE lava ke ke fakaʻilongaʻi ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻi hoʻo folofolá ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ʻa Sēkope ke ngāué. ʻE lava ke fakamahinoʻi ʻe he ngaahi fakamatala ko ʻení hono fakalotoa ʻo Sēkopé.

“Fakakaukau lahi ki heʻene pekiá”:Hangē naʻe fakaafeʻi ʻe Sēkope ʻa e kau Nīfaí ke nau fakakaukau ki he pekia ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi maʻanautolu mo fakalelei maʻa ʻenau ngaahi angahalá.

“Fua hono kolosí”:ʻOku ʻuhinga e kupuʻi lea ko ʻení ki ha tukupā ke fakafisingaʻi kitautolu mei he ngaahi holi taʻe-māʻoniʻoní mo e ngaahi holi kovi fakamāmaní pea tauhi e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻEikí (vakai, Liliu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita, Mātiu 16:26 Luke 9:23; 2 Nīfai 9:18). ʻOku toe ʻuhinga foki ia te tau lava ʻo fakahaaʻi ʻetau loto-fiemālie ke kātaki mo feilaulaú ʻi heʻetau muimui ki he Fakamoʻuí.

ʻE lava ke maʻu ha ngaahi fakamatala ʻo ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea faingataʻa kehe ʻi he konga “Fili pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?”

• Ko e ngaahi ʻuhinga fē naʻe tohi ʻa Sēkope fekauʻaki mo ia ʻe lava ke ne fakaʻaiʻai koé? Ko e hā ha ngaahi ʻuhinga kehe te ke lava ʻo fakakaukau ki ai ki hono fakaafeʻi ʻo e niʻihi kehé ke haʻu kia Kalaisí?

• Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo ako mei he sīpinga ʻa Sēkope ʻi he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení?

Ko e moʻoni ʻe taha te tau lava ʻo ako mei he sīpinga ʻa Sēkopé ko e ʻe lava ke fakaʻaiʻai kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ʻiloʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi mo Hono puleʻangá ke tau ngāue faivelenga ke tokoniʻi e niʻihi kehé ke nau haʻu kiate Ia.

Fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa ʻokú ke ʻilo fekauʻaki mo Sīsū Kalaisí pea fakakaukau ki he ngaahi moʻoni te ke fiemaʻu ke ʻilo ʻe he niʻihi kehé fekauʻaki mo Iá.

fakaʻilonga, lekooti

1. Fakakakato e ʻekitivitī ko ʻení:

Tuku ha kiʻi taimi ke ke fakakaukau ai ki he meʻa te ke lava ʻo fai ke ngāue faivelenga ai ke fakalotoʻi e niʻihi kehé ke haʻu kia Kalaisí. Hiki ha ngaahi tūkunga te ke ala maʻu ai ha ngaahi faingamālie ke fakahoko ai ʻeni. Hiki ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e tūkunga takitaha ʻa e founga te ke ala tokoniʻi ai e niʻihi kehé ʻi he tūkunga ko iá ke nau ʻiloʻi mo ʻofa ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí. Te ke lava ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi sīpinga ko ʻení pea tānaki atu mo ha ngaahi sīpinga kehe:

1. ʻI ʻapi

2. Mo haʻo kaungāmeʻa

3. ʻI he mītia fakasōsialé

4. ʻI hoʻo uiuiʻí pe ʻi he ngāue fakaetauhí

Te ke lava ʻo mamata ʻi ha foʻi vitiō ʻe taha pe ua mei he ngaahi vitiō ko ʻení ke maʻu ha ngaahi fakakaukau ki he meʻa ke faí mo e founga ke fakahoko ai ia ʻi ha ngaahi founga faingofua mo fakanatulá.

“Fakamafola ʻo e 2021: Ngaahi Tefitoʻi Moʻoni ʻo e ʻOfá, Vahevahé, Fakaafé” (54:06) mei he taimi 0:00 ki he 1:35

“Ngaahi Talanoa ʻa e Kāingalotú: Toʻu Tupú mo e Kakai Lalahi Kei Talavoú” (5:08)

 

ʻI hoʻo fakakaukau ki ha ngaahi founga ke tokoniʻi ai e niʻihi kehé ke omi kia Sīsū Kalaisí, te ke lava ʻo maʻu ha loto-toʻa mei he ngaahi talaʻofa mo e faleʻi ʻi he folofolá.

Lau ʻa e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 15:6; 18:15–16 ke ʻiloʻi e meʻa naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻEikí kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau tokoniʻi e niʻihi kehé ke haʻu kiate Iá.

Lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 31:34–35 ke ako mei he sīpinga ʻa ʻAlamaá ʻi heʻene fie tokoni ki hono tataki e kau Sōlamí kia Kalaisí.

fakaʻilonga, lekooti

2. Tali e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ‘ení:

Fili Pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?

Sēkope 1:7–8. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sēkopé?

ʻE ala tokoni hono maʻu ha mahino ki he ngaahi lea ko ʻeni naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Sēkopé.

“Hū ki [he] mālōlōʻanga [ʻa e ʻOtuá]”:ʻE toki lava pē ke tau fiefia ʻi he melino mo e tauʻatāina mei he loto-hohaʻá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau muimui ai kia Sīsū Kalaisí.

“Fakatupu-houhau ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e ʻahiʻahí”:Hili hono fakahaofi ʻo e kau ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá mei ʻIsipité, ne nau fakatupu houhau ki he ʻOtuá. ʻA ia, naʻa nau angatuʻu kiate Ia, ne nau hē holo ʻi he feituʻu maomaonganoá ʻi ha taʻu ʻe 40, pea mole honau ngaahi tāpuaki lahi, kau ai ʻenau ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá (vakai, Nōmipa 14:2–3, 22–23; Hepelū 3:8–9; Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 84:23–25).

“Kātakiʻi ʻa e manuki ʻa māmaní”:Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sēkope ʻoku ʻikai faingofua ke hoko ko ha ākonga ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻOku fakaafeʻi kitautolu ke tau muimui ki he Fakamoʻuí neongo e fakafepaki ʻoku faʻa hoko aí.

Te u ngāue fakaetauhi fēfē ki he niʻihi kehé mo tataki kinautolu kia Kalaisí?

Naʻe pehē Palesiteni Poni H. Kōtoni, Palesiteni Lahi ʻo e Kau Finemuí:

Palesiteni Bonnie H. Cordon

ʻI heʻetau feinga ke muimui ki he sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí, kuo pau ke tau ʻuluaki ʻiloʻi mo lau ʻEne fanga sipí. … Ka, ko hono laú, ʻoku ʻikai fuʻu ʻuhinga ia ki he fiká; ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo hono fakapapauʻi ʻoku ongoʻi ʻe he tokotaha takitaha e ʻofa ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻo fou ʻi ha taha ʻoku ngāue Maʻana. ʻE ʻiloʻi ʻe he taha kotoa, ʻi he founga ko iá, ʻoku ʻafioʻi kinautolu ʻe ha Tamai Hēvani ʻofa. …

… ʻE ʻā homou fofongá, ʻi hoʻomou fekumi ki he fakahinohino ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he founga ke fakahoko ai ʻEne ʻofá mo fakatokangaʻi e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa kinautolu ʻoku mou ngāue fakaetauhi ki aí. (Bonnie H. Cordon, “Hoko ko ha Tauhisipi,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2018, 75–76)

ʻE tāpuekina fēfē au ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi heʻeku tokoniʻi e niʻihi kehé ke nau haʻu kiate Iá?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Henelī B. ʻAealingi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻo pehē:

Palesiteni Henelī B. ʻAealingi

ʻE liuliunga ʻe he ʻEikí ho mālohí. Ko e meʻa pē ʻokú Ne kolé ke fai hoʻo lelei tahá pea foaki mo ho lotó kotoa foki. Fai ia ʻi he loto-fiefia pea ʻi he lotu ʻo e tuí. ʻE fekau mai ʻe he Tamaí mo Hono ʻAlo ʻOfaʻangá ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ke hoko ko ho takaua ke tataki koe. ʻE fakatupulekina hoʻo ngaahi ngāué ʻi he moʻui ʻa e kakai ʻokú ke tokoniʻí. (Henry B. Eyring, “Rise to Your Call,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nov. 2002, 78)

Te u fakatupulaki fēfē hoku uiuiʻí?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Henelī B. ʻAealingi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki hono fakatupulaki hotau ngaahi uiuiʻí:

Palesiteni Henry B. Eyring

ʻE makatuʻunga pē ia ʻi heʻetau faivelenga ʻi he feinga ke ʻilo e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí mo ʻetau feinga ke fanongo ki Hono leʻó, ka tau lava ʻo ʻiloʻi lelei ange e meʻa ʻokú Ne fiemaʻu ki he tokotaha ʻoku tau tokoniʻi Maʻaná. ʻE hoko hono fakatupulakí ʻi ha fanga kiʻi sitepu iiki. Mahano naʻa tuai, ka ʻe kei hoko pē. (Henry B. Eyring, “Tāpuaki ʻi Hono Huafá,” Liahona, Mē 2021, 70)