Luke 2:40–52

Naʻe “Tupu ʻa [Sīsū], pea Mālohi ʻi he Laumālié”

Jesus teaching in the temple as a young boy.

ʻI he kei talavou ʻa e Fakamoʻuí, naʻá Ne akoʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻi he mālohi lahi, pea naʻa mo e kau akonaki ʻi he temipalé “naʻa nau ofo ʻi Heʻene potó mo ʻEne tali ʻa e fehuʻí” (Luke 2:47). ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ke fakamālohia hoʻo holi ke hangē ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻaki hoʻo fekumi ke fakatupulaki fakaʻatamai, fakatuʻasino, fakalaumālie, mo fakasōsiale. Te ke maʻu foki ha faingamālie ke vakaiʻi hoʻo ngaahi taumuʻa lolotongá ʻi he Fakalakalaka Fakatāutahá: Tohi Fakahinohino ʻa e Toʻu Tupú (2019) pe faʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa foʻou.

Naʻe tupu mo fakalakalaka ʻa Sīsū ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú

Ako ʻa e ngaahi fakatātā ko ʻeni ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú. Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi fokotuʻu ‘oku ‘omai ‘e he ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā takitaha ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo Sīsuú.

Jesus Christ depicted as a young boy in the carpenter shop of Joseph. Joseph is standing behind the young Christ. Christ is reading the scriptures from a scroll resting on a table. There are wood shavings on the table.

Christ as a youth learning carpentry skills in a carpenter’s shop. Joseph, the husband of Mary, is watching him.

Jesus Christ depicted as a child with his mother Mary. Christ is kneeling beside Mary and resting His clasped hands on Mary’s lap. Mary has her head bowed as she and the young Christ pray. There is an oil lamp burning on a table next to the mother and son.

Jesus Christ at age twelve in the temple at Jerusalem during the Feast of the Passover. A group of learned Jewish doctors are gathered around Christ. The doctors are expressing astonishment at the wisdom and understanding of the young Christ. (Luke 2:41-50)

• ʻE tokoniʻi fēfē nai koe ʻi hoʻo kei ʻi he toʻu tupú ʻi hoʻo ʻilo ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú?

ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e kiʻi fakamatala fakaikiiki siʻisiʻi pē fekauʻaki mo e kei talavou ʻa Sīsuú, ka ʻe lava ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni naʻe lekōtí ko ha tāpuaki mo ha fakahinohino maʻongoʻonga kiate kimoutolu ʻi hoʻomou feinga ke tupulaki mo fakalakalaká. ʻI hoʻo ako fekauʻaki mo e kei talavou ʻa e Fakamoʻuí, kumi ha ngaahi moʻoni ʻe lava ʻo tokoni atu ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻoku totonu ke ke tokanga taha ki aí ʻi hoʻo feinga ke hoko ʻo hangē ko ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí.

Lau ʻa e Luke 2:40–52 mo e Liliu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita-Mātiu 3:24–26 (ʻi he Bible appendix), ʻo kumi e ngaahi fakaikiiki fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú. Mahalo te ke fie fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke maʻú.

Te ke lava foki ʻo mamata ʻi he “Young Jesus Teaches in the Temple” (2:30), ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e kupuʻi lea “fakaʻau ke mālohi ʻi he laumālié” ( Luke 2:40 ; vakai foki, Liliu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita, Mātiu 3:24 [ʻi he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá]) ki he tupulaki pe fakalakalaka ʻa Sīsū ʻi he mālohi fakalaumālié. Mahalo ʻe tokoni ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻo fakatatau ki he Liliu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻo e Luke 2:46 (ʻi he Luke 2:46, futinouti c), naʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻa e talavou ko Sīsuú ki he kau toketaá, pe kau sikalaipe, mo fai ange ha ngaahi fehuʻi, ka “naʻa nau fanongo kiate ia, mo fai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi kiate ia.”

Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení:

• Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu ʻe he fakamatala ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú?

• Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi atu ʻe he veesi 52 fekauʻaki mo e founga naʻe tupu hake mo tupulaki ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi Heʻene kei talavoú?

Mei he Luke 2:52 ʻoku tau ako ai ke muimui ki he sīpinga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi heʻetau fakalakalaka fakaʻatamai, fakatuʻasino, fakalaumālie, mo fakasōsialé.

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi sīpinga ʻe niʻihi mei he folofolá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻEne ngaahi meʻa ʻoku malavá ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki ko ʻeni ʻe faá?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi ʻuhinga te ke fie muimui ai ki he sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki ko ʻeni ʻe fā ʻo e moʻuí?