Naʻe puke pōpula pea tuku pōpula ʻa Pita mo Sione ki heʻena faifakamoʻui mo fakamoʻoni ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Naʻe tukuange kinaua kimui ange pea fakahinohinoʻi ke ʻoua naʻá na lea pe faiako ʻi Hono huafá. Ka naʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻa e fakamoʻoni ʻa Pita mo Sione kia Sīsū Kalaisí, pea naʻe toe puke pōpula mo tuku pōpula kinaua. Naʻe fakahaofi kinaua ʻe ha ʻāngelo mei he fale fakapōpulá peá ne talaange ke na foki ʻo hoko atu hono malangaʻi ʻo Kalaisí, pea naʻá na fai ia. Naʻe fekau ‘e he kau taki ʻo e kau Siú ke toe puke pōpula kinaua mo taaʻi. Naʻe fekauʻi kinaua ʻe he kau takí ke taʻofi ʻena malanga ʻaki ʻa Kalaisí, ka naʻe tali ange ʻe Pita mo Sione ʻoku totonu ke na talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ko e kakaí. Naʻe fiefia ʻa Pita mo Sione ‘i he lava ke na kātakiʻi ʻa e fakatangá koeʻuhí ko Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻI hoʻo ako ʻi he ʻaho ní, fakakaukau ki he founga te ke lava ai ʻo fakatupulaki hoʻo holi ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻi ha toe taha kehe.
Taukaveʻi ‘o e meʻa ʻoku totonú
Ko e hā ha ngaahi tūkunga ʻe ala faingataʻa ai kiate koe pe ko ha niʻihi kehe ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi fakalotoa mālohi mei he niʻihi kehé?
Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e ngaahi tūkunga ko ʻení ke faingataʻá?
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni (1927–2018):
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Laʻitā fakaʻōfisiale ʻo Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni, 2008.
ʻI heʻetau fakahoko ʻetau ngāue fakaʻahó, ʻoku mahino pē ʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻetau tuí. ʻE ʻi ai ha ngaahi taimi ʻe ʻākilotoa kitautolu ʻe he niʻihi kehé pe tokosiʻi ha niʻihi ʻe kau mo kitautolu pe te tau tuʻu toko taha pē ke fakamahino ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tali leleí mo ʻikai tali leleí. ʻOku tau maʻu nai ha loto-toʻa ke tuʻu taʻeueʻia ʻi hono taukapoʻi ʻetau tuí, neongo te tau tuʻu toko taha pē ʻi hono fai iá?
(Thomas S. Monson, “Pole ke Tuʻu Toko Taha,” Liahona, Nōvema 2011, 60)
Tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó:
Te ke fakafuofuaʻi fēfē nai hoʻo loto-fiemālie ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai tukulolo ki he ngaahi fakalotoa mālohi mei he niʻihi kehé?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi tūkunga ʻi he kahaʻú ʻe lava ke ke fili ai ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ko ha niʻihi kehe?
ʻI hoʻo ako ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení, kumi ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni mo e ngaahi sīpinga ʻe lava ʻo tokoni atu ke ke ongoʻi ha holi lahi ange ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻi ha toe taha kehe.
Naʻe puke pōpula ʻa Pita mo Sione ʻi heʻena malanga mo faifakamoʻui ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí
Naʻe fehangahangai ʻa Pita mo Sione mo ha ngaahi tūkunga naʻe pau ai ke na fili ʻi he talangofua ki he ʻOtuá pe tukulolo ki he fakalotoa mālohi mei he niʻihi kehé. Hili hono fakamoʻui ‘e Pita mo Sione ha tangata pipiki ʻi he temipalé mo malanga ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻe puke pōpula, tuku pōpula mo fakafehuʻi kinaua ʻe he kau taki ʻo e kakai Siú (vakai, Ngāue 3:1–11; 4:1–7).
Lau ʻa e Ngāue 4:8–21, ʻo fekumi ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Pita mo Sione ʻi he tūkunga ko ʻení. Fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi foʻi lea pe ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻi he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻoku mahuʻinga pe ʻoku nau ueʻi koe ke ke fili ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻo mahulu hake ʻi ha toe meʻa. Mahalo te ke fie mamata ‘i he “Peter and John Are Judged (ʻOku Fakamaauʻi ʻa Pita mo Sione)” (2:51), ‘oku maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org, lolotonga hoʻo muimui ki ai ʻi hoʻo folofolá.
Ko e hā ha ngaahi foʻi lea pe ngaahi kupuʻi lea naʻe hā makehe kiate koe mei he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi moʻoni naʻá ke ako mei he fakamatala ko ʻení?
Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi moʻoni te tau lava ʻo ako mei he fakamatala ko ʻení kapau te tau fili ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ke manavahē ki he niʻihi kehé, te Ne ʻiate kitautolu leva.
Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi tūkunga naʻá ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo e lēsoní ʻa ia ʻe ala faingataʻa ai ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko e fakalotoa mālohi mei he niʻihi kehé.
1. Tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó:
Ko e hā ha ngaahi tāpuaki te tau lava ʻo maʻu ʻi he talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai manavahē ki he niʻihi kehé?
Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻokú ke ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne ʻoatu ai ha loto-falala ke muimui kiate Iá—ʻo aʻu ai pē ki he taimi ʻoku fakalotoa mālohi ai koe ʻe he niʻihi kehé ke ʻoua te ke muimui ki aí?
Ko e fē ha taimi kuó ke mamata ai pe ko e niʻihi kehé ki he potó ʻi he talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai manavahē ki he niʻihi kehé? (Te ke lava foki ʻo feinga ke ʻiloʻi ha ngaahi sīpinga mei he moʻui ʻa e Fakamoʻuí.)
Ko ha sīpinga fakaonopooni
Naʻe vahevahe ʻe ʻEletā Fili K. Mutomi ʻo e Kau Fitungofulú ha sīpinga ʻo ha fāmili naʻa nau fili ke talangofua ki he ʻOtuá kae ʻikai ko e kakaí. Ke fanongo ki he fakamatala ko ʻení, mamataʻi ʻa e “Te Mou Tauʻatāiná,” ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org, mei he taimi 6:43 ki he 8:51.
Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá ke mahuʻingaʻia taha ai ʻi he anga hono tali ʻe he fāmili ko ʻení honau ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá?
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe fuʻu mahuʻinga ai ʻa e tui ʻa e fāmilí kia Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he tūkunga ko ʻení?
Tukuange ʻa Pita mo Sione
Naʻe aleaʻi ʻe he kau taki ʻo e kau Siú ʻa e meʻa ke fai kia Pita mo Sioné. Naʻe fakalotolahiʻi kinautolu ʻe ha taki Siu naʻe fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahi ko Kāmalieli ke tukuange ʻa Pita mo Sione koeʻuhí naʻá ne ʻiloʻi kapau naʻe fakahoko moʻoni ʻe Pita mo Sione ʻa e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá, he ʻikai lava ʻe he kau taki ʻo e kau Siú ʻo taʻofi ia (vakai, Ngāue 5:29–39).
Lau ʻa e Ngāue 5:40–42pea fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi foʻi lea pe ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻoku nau fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ongo naʻe maʻu ʻe Pita mo Sione hili ʻena aʻusia ʻa e meʻa naʻá na fakahokó.
2. Tali ‘a e fehuʻi ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó:
Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá ke ako ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻokú ne ueʻi koe ke ke talangofua ki he Tamai Hēvaní kae ʻikai ko e kakaí?
Fili Pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?
Fēfē kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke u kau he laú koeʻuhí ko ʻeku fili ke talangofua ki he Tamai Hēvaní?
Naʻe akonaki ʻa ʻEletā Lisiate G. Sikoti (1928–2015) ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo pehē:
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ʻEletā Richard G. Scott
ʻE ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi taimi te ke ongoʻi tuenoa mo maʻuhala ai—kuó u maʻu ia—koeʻuhí ʻoku ʻikai ke ke kau mo e kakaí. Houngaʻia ʻi hono fakafōtunga koe ʻe hoʻo moʻui māʻoniʻoní koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻá ke feʻunga mo e feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai ke ke kau ki aí. Ko ha vahaʻataimi fakataimi ʻeni ʻo e siviʻi mo e tupulaki fakatāutahá. ʻE fakafetongi ʻaki ia ‘i ha taimi mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa moʻoní pea mo ha fiefia lahi ange.
(Richard G. Scott, “The Power of Righteousness,” Ensign, Nov 1998, 68)
ʻE founga fēfē nai haʻaku taukapoʻi ʻeku tuí?
Naʻe fakamatala ʻa ʻEletā Sefilī R. Hōlani ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo pehē:
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ʻEletā Jeffrey R. Holland
ʻAi ke mou toʻa. Moʻui faivelenga ʻaki ʻa e ongoongoleleí neongo ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku mou feohí. Taukaveʻi hoʻomou tuí ʻaki ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapa mo e angaʻofa, ka ke mou taukaveʻi kinautolu.
(Jeffrey R. Holland, “Ko e Mahuʻinga—mo e Tāpuaki—ʻo e Tuʻunga Faka-ākongá,” Liahona, Mē 2014, 9)
Naʻe fakahaaʻi fēfē nai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻEne talangofua ki he Tamai Hēvaní kae ʻikai ki he kakaí?
ʻOku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi vitiō ko ʻeni ʻo e Tohi Tapú ʻa e holi ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ke ngāue maʻá e ʻOtuá kae ʻikai muimui ki he ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e kakaí.
Mamataʻi ʻa e “Go and Sin No More (ʻAlu pea ʻOua ʻe Toe Faiangahala)” (3:21) ke ke ʻilo ki he founga naʻe ʻikai fakamalaʻiaʻi ai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ha taha kehe neongo naʻe fakalotoa mālohi Ia ʻe he niʻihi kehé ke fai pehē.