Christ seated in the home of Mary and Martha. Mary kneels at Christ’s feet, her hands clasped in her lap. Martha stands at Mary’s side. Martha is holding a mixing bowl and spoon in her hands. She is looking at Christ. A stone arched doorway is in the background.
ʻI he taimi naʻe faiako ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Māʻatá, naʻe ʻi ai ha faingamālie ke Ne akoʻi fekauʻaki mo e mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakamuʻomuʻa ʻEne ngaahi akonakí ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. ʻE lava ke tokoni atu ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ke ke ako ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi fili mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī ʻe tokoni atu ke hoko ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne ongoongoleleí ko e uho hoʻo moʻuí.
Ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakamuʻomuʻá
ʻOku tau fai ha ngaahi fili lahi ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e founga ke fakaʻaongaʻi ai hotau taimí.
Naʻe akonaki ʻa Palesiteni Tāleni H. ʻOakesi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ‘o pehē:
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Official Portrait of President Dallin H. Oaks taken March 2018.
Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo kitautolú ʻoku lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻamanaki mai ke tau faí ʻi he meʻa ʻoku tau lava ʻo faí. … ʻOku tau fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi fili lahi ʻi he meʻa te tau fai ʻaki hotau taimí mo e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni kehé.
(Dallin H. Oaks, “Good, Better, Best,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2007, 104)
Fakakaukau pe ko e fē ʻi he ngaahi fakamatala ko ʻení ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi koé (te ke lava ʻo fili lahi ange he tahá).
ʻOku ou fokotuʻu ha taimi ki he ngaahi ʻekitivitī fakalaumālié mo fakatuʻasinó fakatouʻosi.
ʻOku ou fie muimui ki he Fakamoʻuí ka ʻoku ou faʻa ongoʻi femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi ngāue kehé.
ʻOku fakatefito ʻeku moʻuí ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi.
ʻOku ʻikai ke u fie tuku ha taimi ke u toe ofi ange ai kia Sīsū Kalaisi.
Lolotonga e lēsoni ko ʻení, te ke ako fekauʻaki mo ha fakamatala fakafolofola ʻokú ne akoʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono fokotuʻu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ko e uho ʻo ʻetau moʻuí. Tokanga ki he ngaahi ueʻi mei he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻe lava ʻo tokoni ke mahino kiate koe ʻa e founga ke fakamuʻomuʻa taha ai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻOku Akoʻi ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻa Mele mo Māʻata
ʻI he taimi ne fononga ai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki Pētaní, naʻá Ne ʻaʻahi ki he ʻapi ʻo ha fefine ko Māʻata, ko ha ākonga faivelenga mo mateaki.
Lau ʻa e Luke 10:38–42, pea tokanga ki he meʻa ʻokú ke ako mei he sīpinga mo e ngaahi lea ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Mahalo ʻe tokoni ke ʻilo ko e foʻi lea femoʻuekiná ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ke loto-moʻua pe ongoʻi mafasia.
Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai ʻe he fakahaá ni fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo ʻEne palani maʻatautolú?
Ko e hā e founga naʻe feʻunga ai e fili ʻa Melé ki he tūkunga ko ʻení?
Ko e moʻoni ʻe taha te tau lava ʻo ako mei he talanoa ko ʻení ʻoku totonu ke fakamuʻomuʻa taha ʻi heʻetau moʻuí ʻa e ngaahi fili ko ia ʻokú ne ʻomi kitautolu ke tau ofi ange kia Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻoku finangalo ai e Tamai Hēvaní ke tau fokotuʻu Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí ko e uho ʻo ʻetau moʻuí?
Neongo naʻe mei lava pē ke tokoni ʻa Mele ki he niʻihi kehé, ka naʻá ne fili ke ako meia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia ko e meʻa mahuʻinga taha ia naʻá ne mei lava ʻo fai ʻi he taimi ko iá (vakai, Luke 10:42).
Naʻe fakamatala ʻe Palesiteni Tāleni H. ʻOakesi ʻa e founga ʻoku tau fehangahangai kotoa ai mo ha ngaahi fili tataú:
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Official Portrait of President Dallin H. Oaks taken March 2018.
ʻOku ʻikai ko ha ʻuhinga lelei ʻetau fai ha faʻahinga meʻa koeʻuhí pē he ʻoku lelei e meʻa ko iá. ʻOku lahi ʻaupito e ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻe lava ke tau faí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ke fakahoko ai kinautolú. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahulu ange ia ʻi he leleí pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke tau fuofua tokanga ki aí.
(Dallin H. Oaks, “Good, Better, Best,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2007, 104)
Ko e hā ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa siʻisiʻi ange ʻi hoʻo moʻuí te ne lava ʻo tohoakiʻi koe meia Sīsū Kalaisí?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi fili te ke lava ʻo fai te ne ʻomi koe ke ke ofi ange ai kia Sīsū Kalaisi?
Ko e hā te ne lava ʻo tokoniʻi koe ke ke fai ʻa e ngaahi fili mahuʻinga taha ʻokú ke fakamuʻomuʻa tahá?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi tāpuaki kuó ke aʻusia ʻi hoʻo feinga ke fakatefito hoʻo moʻuí ʻia Sīsū Kalaisí?
Faʻu ha palani
1. Hiki e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó:
Hiki ha lisi ʻo hoʻo ngaahi ʻekitivitī fakaʻaho angamahení, pea fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻekitivitī ʻoku tokoni atu ke ke ofi ange ai ki he Fakamoʻuí. Fakakaukau ki ha faʻahinga meʻa pē te ke lava ʻo tānaki pe toʻo ʻo fakatatau mo e meʻa naʻá ke ako mo ongoʻi he ʻaho ní. Faʻu ha palani pau ki he meʻa te ke fai ke fakatefito kakato ange ai hoʻo moʻuí ʻi he Fakamoʻuí.
Fili pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?
ʻOku feinga fēfē ʻa Sētane ke taʻofi kitautolu mei hono fakaʻaongaʻi fakapotopoto hotau taimí?
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Sitīveni W. ʻOueni, ko e Palesiteni Lahi mālōlō ʻo e Kau Talavoú:
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Brother Stephen W. Owen Young Men General President. Official Portrait 2018.
ʻE feinga e filí ke ne fakalotoʻi koe ʻoku ʻikai fie maʻu ha meʻatokoni fakalaumālie pe ʻi heʻene founga olopoto angé, ʻe lava pē ke fakatoloi atu ia. Ko e ʻeiki ia ʻo e fakatutá mo e tupuʻanga ʻo e fakatoloí. Te ne ʻai ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngali mahuʻinga ke ne tohoakiʻi hoʻo tokangá ka ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai fuʻu mahuʻinga ia. Te ne feingaʻi koe ke ke “hohaʻa ki ha ngaahi meʻa lahi” pea ngalo ʻiate koe ʻa e “meʻa pē taha [ʻoku] ʻaongá” [ Luke 10:41–42 ].
(Steven W. Owen, “Tui Mateaki, Kae ʻOua ʻe Fakataʻetaʻetui,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2019, 13)
Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEletā Lisiate G. Sikoti (1928–2015) ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá:
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Final official portrait of Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 2004. Passed away 22 September 2015.
ʻOku lahi nai ha ngaahi meʻa fakaʻofoʻofa mo fakafiefia ke fai pe lahi ha ngaahi faingataʻa ʻoku nau ʻohifo koe ʻo faingataʻa ai ke tukutaha e tokangá ʻi he meʻa ʻoku mahuʻingá? ʻI he taimi ʻoku lahi mai ai e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmaní, ʻoku faʻa hoko leva e ngaahi meʻa halá ia ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá. Pea ʻoku faingofua leva ke ngalo ʻa e tefitoʻi taumuʻa ʻo e moʻuí. ʻOku maʻu ʻe Sētane ha meʻangāue mālohi ke fakaʻaongaʻi ki he kakai leleí. Ko e tohoakiʻi e tokangá. Te ne ʻai ke fakafonu ʻe he kakai leleí ʻenau moʻuí ʻaki e “ngaahi meʻa leleí” koeʻuhí kae ʻikai ha feituʻu ki he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻingá. Kuo maʻu nai koe ʻi he tauhele ko iá kapau naʻe ʻikai ke ke ʻilo?
(Richard G. Scott, “First Things First,” Ensign, Mē 2001, 7)
Ko e hā ha ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo hono fakamāuʻi e ngaahi fili ʻa ha taha kehé?
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Poni D. Pākini, ko ha Palesiteni Lahi mālōlō ʻo e Fineʻofá:
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Former official portrait of Bonnie D. Parkin, general president of the Relief Society, 2002. Released at April 2007 general conference.
ʻI he fie maʻu ko ia ʻe Māʻata ha tokoní, naʻe ʻikai ha lau ki ai ka ko ha loto-fakamaau mahino: “ʻOku moʻoni au; ʻoku hala ia.”
ʻOku tau fefakamaauʻaki nai? ʻOku tau fefakaangaʻaki nai ʻi heʻetau ngaahi fili fakafoʻituituí, ʻo fakakaukau ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi lelei ange, ka ko hono moʻoní ʻoku tātaaitaha ke mahino kiate kitautolu ha tūkunga makehe pe ueʻi fakalaumālie fakafoʻituitui ʻa ha taha? … ʻOku kaihaʻasi ʻe he ngaahi fakamaau peheé … meiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa leleí, ʻa e ʻofa haohaoa ko ia ʻa Kalaisí.
ʻOku ngalo foki ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e konga lelei ko iá ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakahoa ai kitautolu ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻOku fakaʻofoʻofa ange hono louʻulú, ʻoku sisino ange hoku ongo vaʻé, ʻoku talēnitiʻia ange ʻene fānaú, pe ʻoku fua lelei ange ʻene ngoué—ngaahi tokoua, ʻoku mou ʻiloʻi pē e meʻa ko iá. ʻOku ʻikai pē ke tau lava ʻo fai ia. He ʻikai lava ke tau fakaʻatā kitautolu ke tau ongoʻi taʻefeʻunga ʻaki ʻetau tokanga taha ki he tuʻunga ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻi aí kae ʻikai ko e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí!
(Bonnie D. Parkin, “Choosing Charity: That Good Part,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2003, 105)
Te u lava fēfē ʻo fili ʻi ha fili ʻe ua ʻoku ʻikai fuʻu kovi?
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Tāleni H. ʻOakesi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí:
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Official Portrait of President Dallin H. Oaks taken March 2018.
ʻI heʻetau fakakaukauʻi e ngaahi fili kehekehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻi ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga pē ke lelei ha meʻa. ʻOku lelei ange ha ngaahi fili kehe, pea ʻi he taimi tatau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi fili kehe ko e lelei tahá ia. …
Fakakaukau angé ki he founga ʻo ʻetau fakaʻaongaʻi hotau taimí ʻi he ngaahi fili ʻoku tau fai ke mamata televīsone aí, vaʻinga keimi vitiō, sio holo he ʻInitanetí, pe lau e ngaahi tohí pe makasiní. Ko e moʻoni ʻoku lelei ke tau mamata he ngaahi fakafiefia ʻoku fakatupulakí pe maʻu mai ha ngaahi fakamatala mālie. Ka ʻoku ʻikai mahuʻinga feʻunga ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ko iá mo e konga ʻetau moʻuí ʻoku tau fakamoleki ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lelei ange mo ha ngaahi meʻa kehe ko e lelei tahá ia. …
… Kuopau ke tau tukuange ha ngaahi meʻa lelei kae lava ke tau fili ha niʻihi ʻoku lelei ange pe lelei tahá he ʻoku nau fakatupulaki e tui ki he ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí mo fakamālohia hotau ngaahi fāmilí.
(Dallin H. Oaks, “Good, Better, Best,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2007, 104–5, 107)
