The angel Gabriel (Noah) appearing to Mary and declaring to her that she would become the mother of Jesus Christ. Mary is depicted seated on a round stone ledge. The ledge borders a tree and flowers. The angel Gabriel is depicted wearing white robes. A stone wall and stairways are in the background. There are flowers in the foreground. Luke 1:26-38
Naʻe haʻu ʻa e ʻāngelo ko Kepalelí kia Mele ke fanongonongo ʻa hono ʻaloʻi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Naʻá ne fakamoʻoni mai “ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe faingataʻa ki he ʻOtuá” (Luke 1:37). ʻE lava ke tokoniʻi koe ʻe he tali faivelenga ʻa Melé, ke ke ʻilo ai ‘a e founga ke tali ʻaki ‘a e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi ha falala lahi ange kiate Iá.
Ko hai te ke pehē ko e kau fafine ivi tākiekina lahi taha ia ʻi hoʻo moʻuí?
Te ke ako lahi ange ʻi he lēsoni ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo Mele, ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke lau ʻa Mele ko e taha ʻo e kau fafine ivi tākiekina lahi taha ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e māmaní?
Naʻe kikiteʻi ‘a e moʻui mo e misiona ʻo Melé ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi kimuʻa pea toki fanauʻi iá. Ako ʻa e ngaahi kikite ko ʻeni fekauʻaki mo Melé, ʻo kumi ‘a e meʻa ʻoku nau akoʻi fekauʻaki mo iá.
Ko e hā ‘a e meʻa naʻá ke ako mei he ngaahi potufolofola ko ʻení ʻo fekauʻaki mo Melé?
Talateu ki he Kosipeli ʻa Luké
ʻOku lekooti ʻi he Kosipeli ʻa Luke ʻa e fakamatala ki hono ʻilo ʻe Mele te ne hoko ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
Naʻe hoko ʻa Luke ko ha toketā fakafaitoʻo (vakai, Kolose 4:14) mo “ha talafekau ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi” ( Liliu ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, Luke 1:1 [ʻi he Luke 1:1, futinouti a]). Ko ha konga lahi mei he moʻui ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻoku maʻu pē ia ʻi he Kosipeli ʻa Luké, kau ai mo hono fakahā ʻe he ʻāngeló kia Mele te ne hoko ko e faʻē ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻiloa ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ko ʻení ko e Fakahā ‘o e ‘Aloʻí.
ʻI hoʻo ako ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻení mo e sīpinga faivelenga ʻa Melé, tokanga ki he meʻa ʻokú ke akó mo e ngaahi ueʻi fakalaumālie ʻokú ke maʻú.
ʻOku hā ‘a e ʻāngelo ko Kepalelí kia Mele
Lau ʻa e Luke 1:26–37, ʻo fekumi ki he ngaahi fakaikiiki fekauʻaki mo e fanongonongo ʻa e ʻāngeló kia Melé.
Mahalo te ke fie mamata foki ʻi he foʻi vitiō “An Angel Foretells Christʻs Birth to Mary” (“Ko e Tomuʻa Fakahā ʻe he ʻĀngeló ʻa e ʻAloʻi ʻo Kalaisí kia Melé”) (4:07), ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org, ʻi hoʻo muimui ki ai ʻi hoʻo folofolá.
Ko e fē ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki mei he fanongonongó naʻe mahuʻinga makehe kiate koé?
Ko e hā haʻo ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e meʻa kuó ke laú?
Ko ha moʻoni ʻe taha mahalo kuó ke fakatokangaʻi mei he fakamatalá ni ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe faingataʻa ki he ʻOtuá.Naʻe vahevahe ‘e Palesiteni Russell M. Nelson ‘a e taha ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku kaunga ai ʻa e moʻoni ko ʻení kiate koé:
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Official portrait of President Russell M. Nelson taken January 2018
ʻE kole atu ke mou tali ha ngaahi ngāue faingataʻa naʻe vahe atu ke fakahoko pea hoko ko ha meʻangāue ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻEikí. Pea te Ne ʻai ke ke malava ʻo fakahoko ‘a e meʻa ʻoku faingataʻá.
(Russell M. Nelson, “Hoko ko ha Kau Nofotuʻi Moʻoni” [fakataha lotu fakaemāmani lahi ki he kakai lalahi kei talavoú, 10 Sānuali 2016], broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻe ala kole atu ʻe he ʻEikí ke ke fakahoko, ʻa ia ʻe ngali faingataʻa?
Ko e hā nai hono ‘uhinga ka ngali faingataʻa ai ke fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi meʻá ni ‘i he taimi ʻe niʻihi?
ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tau fehangahangai ai mo ha ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ngali faingataʻa ke fakahoko, ʻe ala tokoni ke vakai ki he ngaahi sīpinga ʻa e niʻihi kehe kuo nau tali faivelenga honau ngaahi tūkunga faingataʻá.
Lau ʻa e Luke 1:38, pea fekumi ki he founga tali ʻa Melé hili ʻene ʻilo te ne hoko ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsū.
Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻoku tokoni atu ai ‘a e tali ʻa Melé ke mahino kiate koe fekauʻaki mo iá?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi moʻoni ʻokú ke pehē ʻe tokoni ki ha taha ke falala ki he ʻEikí ʻo hangē ko Melé, naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku ngali faingataʻa ai ha meʻa ʻoku kole mai ʻe he ʻEikí?
Fakakaukau ki ha meʻa kuo kole atu ʻe he ʻEikí ke ke fakahoko ʻa ia ʻe ala ongo faingataʻa. ʻI hoʻo laukonga lahi ange mei he lea ʻa Palesiteni Nalesoní, kumi ha ngaahi meʻa pau te ke lava ʻo fakahoko ke tokoniʻi koe ke ke lavaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku faingataʻa ke fakahokó:
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Official portrait of President Russell M. Nelson taken January 2018
Te ke ikunaʻi fēfē nai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku faingataʻá? ʻI hono fakahoko ha meʻa pē ʻoku fie maʻú ke fakamālohia hoʻo tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻi hono fakatupulaki ʻa e mahino ʻokú ke maʻu ki he tokāteline naʻe akoʻi ʻi Hono Siasi kuo fakafoki maí, pea mo fekumi taʻetuku ki he moʻoní. … ʻI he taimi ‘oku kole atu ai ke ke fakahoko ha meʻa ‘oku ngali faingataʻá, te ke lava ai ke laka atu ki muʻa ʻi he tui mo e vilitaki pea fakahoko ʻi he loto-fiefia ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻokú ke maʻu ‘a e mālohi ki aí ke fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻEikí.
ʻE ʻi ai ‘a e ngaahi ʻaho te ke loto-foʻi moʻoni ai. Ko ia ai, lotua ha loto-toʻa ke ʻoua ʻe foʻi!
(Russell M. Nelson, “Hoko ko ha kau Nofotuʻi Moʻoni” [fakataha lotu fakaemāmani lahi ki he kakai lalahi kei talavoú, 10 Sānuali 2016], broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
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Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻe taha mei he fakamatala ʻa Palesiteni Nelson te ke saiʻia ke ke toe lelei ange ai?
ʻOkú ke pehē ʻe tokoni fēfē nai hoʻo fakalakalaka ʻi he tafaʻaki ko ʻení ke ke lavaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ngali faingataʻa ʻi hoʻo moʻuí?
Fili pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?
Ko e hā ‘a e ‘uhinga ʻoku ako ai ʻa e Kosipeli ʻa Luké?
Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi talanoa ʻiloa taha ʻo e tui faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku hā makehe pē ia ‘i he Kosipeli ʻa Luké: ko e ngaahi meʻa ne hoko ʻi he ofi ki hono fanauʻi ʻo Sione Papitaisó (vakai, Luke 1:5–25, 57–80); ko e fakamatala faka-Kilisimasi tukufakaholó (vakai, Luke 2:1–20); ko e talanoa ʻo Sīsū ʻi heʻene kei taʻu 12 ʻi he temipalé (vakai, Luke 2:41–52); ngaahi talanoa fakatātā hangē ko e Samēlia leleí (vakai, Luke 10:30–37), ko e foha maumau koloá (vakai, Luke 15:11–32), mo e tangata koloaʻiá mo Lasalosí (vakai, Luke 16:19–31); ko e talanoa ʻo e kau kilia ʻe toko hongofulú (vakai, Luke 17:11–19); pea mo e fakamatala ki he ʻaʻeva ʻa e ʻEiki kuo toetuʻú ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo ʻEne ongo ākongá ʻi he hala ki ʻEmeasí (vakai, Luke 24:13–32).
Ko e meʻa ‘e taha ‘oku makehe aí, ko hono fakakau ʻe Luke ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sione Papitaisó ‘a ia ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ʻi he ngaahi Kosipeli kehé (vakai, Luke 3:10–14); ko ʻene fakamamafaʻi ʻa e lotu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí (vakai, Luke 3:21 ; 5:16 ; 9:18, 28–29 ; 11:1); pea mo ʻene fakakau ʻa hono uiuiʻi, akoʻi, mo e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Kau Fitungofulú (vakai, Luke 10:1–22). ʻIkai ko ia pē, ka ko Luke pē ʻa e tokotaha hiki Kosipeli naʻá ne lekooti ʻa e tautaʻa toto ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi Ketisemaní pea mo e tauhi mai ha ʻāngelo kiate Iá (vakai, Luke 22:43–44).
Naʻe akonaki ‘a e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá (1805–44) fekauʻaki mo e puipuituʻa ‘o e ʻāngelo ko Kepalelí:
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Half-length frontal portrait of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. Joseph’s head is turned to the side in a three-quarter view, right hand on hip and his left hand holds sheets of papers. He is depicted wearing a dark brown suit and a white shirt and tie.
Ko Noá … ko Kepaleli ia; naʻe hoko hake hono mafaí kia ʻĀtama ʻi he Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí; naʻe uiuiʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he lakanga ko ʻení, pea ko e tamai ia ʻa e kakai moʻui kotoa pē ʻi hono kuongá, pea naʻe foaki kiate ia ‘a e mafai pulé.
(Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Siosefa Sāmita [2007], 119)
ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ko Mele naʻe “fakanofo [kia] … Siosefá”?
ʻI ʻIsileli he kuonga muʻá, ko e taimi pē naʻe felotoi ai ʻa e malí, naʻe ʻi ai ha tuʻunga ʻe ua ʻo e malí: fakamaʻu ke mali (ne toe ui foki ko e fakanofo ke mali; vakai, Mātiu 1:18) mo ha kātoanga mali. Neongo naʻe lau fakalao ʻa e ngaahi hoa fakamaʻu malí ko e husepāniti mo e uaifi (vakai, Teutalōnome 22:23–24), ka ʻi he vahaʻataimi ʻo e fakamaʻú mo e kātoanga malí, naʻe fakamālohiʻi ai ha tuʻutuʻuni pau ʻo e angamaʻá (vakai, Mātiu 1:18–25 ; vakai foki, Tohi Fakahinohino Fuakava Foʻou Ki he Fānau Akó[2014], 13).
Ko e hā e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e feitama mana ‘a Melé?
ʻI he taimi naʻe fehuʻi ai ʻe Mele pe te ne hoko fēfē ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsuú, “he ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloa ha tangata” ( Luke 1:34), naʻe fakahā ange pē ʻe Kepaleli ʻe ʻōʻōfaki ia ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní pea ʻe hoko ʻene tamá ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá (vakai, Luke 1:35). ʻOku pehē foki mo hono fakamamafaʻi ʻi he ngaahi tohi folofola kehe ʻoku fakamatala ki he fakatupu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ko e ʻAlo Ia ʻo e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fakahā ʻa e founga naʻe hoko ai ‘a e mana ko ʻení (vakai, Mātiu 1:18–20 ; 1 Nīfai 11:14–15, 18–21 ; ʻAlamā 7:10).