KAPITE 121
“Kotou Kataki. Kua Au Malo ʼi Te Malama ʼAeni”
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KUA VAVE PE TE MOLE TOE SISIO ʼA TE KAU APOSITOLO KIA SESU
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KO TE LOTOMAMAHI ʼO TE KAU APOSITOLO ʼE LILIU ANAI KO HE FIAFIA
Neʼe ʼamanaki mavae ia Sesu mo te kau apositolo mai te koga fale fata ʼae neʼe natou fai ai te kai ʼo te Pasikate. Neʼe lahi te ʼu tokoni neʼe foaki e Sesu kia natou, pea neʼe ina ui fenei leva: “Neʼe au tala atu te ʼu faʼahi ʼaia ke ʼaua naʼa kotou tukia.” He koʼe neʼe to lelei ke ina fai te fakatokaga ʼaia? Neʼe ina ui fenei age: “ ʼE fakamavae anai koutou mai te sinakoka. ʼE hoko mai te hola, ko ʼae ka ina matehi anai koutou, ʼe manatu anai ia ʼe ina fai he tauhi taputapu ki te ʼAtua.”—Soane 16:1, 2.
Neʼe lagi tuʼania te kau apositolo ʼi te ʼu palalau ʼaia ʼa Sesu. Logo la, ʼi muʼa atu, neʼe fakaha age e Sesu ʼe fehiʼaʼinaʼi anai natou e te malama, kaʼe neʼe heʼeki ina ui fakahagatonu age ʼe matehi anai natou. Kotea tona tupuʼaga? Neʼe ina ui fenei: “Neʼe mole au fakaha atu te ʼu faʼahi ʼaia ʼi te kamata koteʼuhi neʼe au nofo mo koutou.” (Soane 16:4) Koia, ʼi muʼa leva ʼo tana mavae, neʼe ina fai age te fakatokaga ʼaeni. ʼE feala anai ke tokoni kia natou ke ʼaua naʼa natou tukia ki muli age.
Neʼe hoko atu fenei e Sesu: “ ʼE au alu kia Ia ʼae neʼe ina fekauʼi mai au. Kaʼe ʼe mole he tahi ia koutou ʼe ina fehuʼi mai: ‘ ʼE ke alu kifea?ʼ ” ʼI muʼa atu, ʼi te po pe ʼaia, neʼe natou fakalavelave age pe ʼe alu anai kifea. (Soane 13:36; 14:5; 16:5) Kaʼe ʼi tanatou tuʼania ʼuhi ko te meʼa ʼae neʼe ina ui age ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼu fakataga ka hoko kia natou, neʼe kua manatu tafito pe natou ki tonatou lotomamahi. Koia ʼae neʼe mole natou faifehuʼi ai ʼo ʼuhiga mo te kololia ʼae ka maʼu anai pea mo tona fua ki te kau atolasio moʼoni. Neʼe ui fenei e Sesu: “ ʼUhi neʼe au fakaha atu te ʼu faʼahi ʼaia kia koutou, kua kotou lotomamahi ʼaupito.”—Soane 16:6.
Neʼe fakamahino fenei e Sesu: “ ʼE au mavae ke fua lelei kia koutou. Koteʼuhi kapau ʼe mole au mavae, ʼe mole haʼu anai ia te tokoni kia koutou, kaʼe kapau ʼe au mavae, ʼe au fekauʼi mai anai ia ia kia koutou.” (Soane 16:7) ʼE lava foaki pe anai e Sesu te laumalie maʼoniʼoni ki ʼana tisipulo, mo kapau ʼe mate pea mo alu ki selo. ʼE feala anai ke ina foaki te tokoni ʼaia ki tana hahaʼi ʼi te kele katoa.
ʼE “foaki anai [e te laumalie maʼoniʼoni] he ʼu fakamoʼoni ki te malama ʼaeni ʼo ʼuhiga mo te agahala, mo te faitotonu pea mo te fakamau.” (Soane 16:8) ʼEi, ʼe fakaha lelei anai e te laumalie maʼoniʼoni te mole tui ʼa te malama ʼaeni ki te ʼAlo ʼo te ʼAtua. Ko te alu ʼae ʼa Sesu ki selo ʼe ko he fakamoʼoni anai ʼo tana faitotonu, pea ʼe fakaha ai anai pe koʼe ʼe tonu ke fakamauʼi pea mo fakatuʼā ia Satana, “te pule ʼo te malama ʼaeni.”—Soane 16:11.
Neʼe hoko atu fenei e Sesu: “ ʼE kei lahi te ʼu faʼahi ʼe tonu ke au tala atu, kaʼe ʼe mole feala ke kotou mahino ki ai ʼi te temi nei.” Kaʼe ka ina foaki anai ia te laumalie maʼoniʼoni, ʼe taki anai natou e te laumalie ke natou “mahino katoa ki te moʼoni,” pea mo maʼuʼuli ʼo mulimuli ki te moʼoni ʼaia.—Soane 16:12, 13.
Neʼe mole mahino ia te kau apositolo ki te ʼu palalau ʼaeni neʼe fai e Sesu: “ ʼE kei toe he kiʼi temi siʼi pea ʼe mole kotou toe sisio anai kia te au, pea tahi, ʼe kei toe he kiʼi temi siʼi pea ʼe kotou sisio anai kia te au.” Neʼe natou feuiʼaki pe kotea te fakaʼuhiga ʼo ʼana palalau. Neʼe tokagaʼi e Sesu neʼe natou fia fakafehuʼi ia ia ʼo ʼuhiga mo te faʼahi ʼaia, koia neʼe ina fakamahino fenei: “ ʼE au tala moʼoni atu kia koutou, ʼe kotou fetagihi mo lauga anai, kaʼe ʼe fakafiafia anai ia te malama ʼaeni. ʼE kotou lotomamahi anai, kaʼe ʼe liliu anai tokotou lotomamahi ko hokotou fiafia.” (Soane 16:16, 20) ʼI te hili hoʼata pe ʼaia, ka matehi anai ia Sesu, ʼe fiafia anai te kau takitaki lotu kaʼe lotomamahi te kau tisipulo. Kaʼe ka fakatuʼuake anai ia Sesu, ʼe liliu anai tonatou lotomamahi ko honatou fiafia. Pea ʼe hoko atu anai tonatou fiafia moka ina foaki age anai kia natou te laumalie maʼoniʼoni ʼo te ʼAtua.
ʼI tana fakatatau ia te aluʼaga ʼo te kau apositolo ki te fafine ʼe mamahi fanau, neʼe ui fenei e Sesu: “Ko he fafine, moka fanau, ʼe ina logoʼi tona lotomamahi koteʼuhi kua hoko mai tona temi fanau. Kaʼe ka ina fanauʼi tana tamasiʼi, ʼe mole kei ina manatuʼi tona mamahi ʼuhi ko tona fiafia ʼi te kua tupu mai ʼo tana tamasiʼi ki te malama ʼaeni.” Pea neʼe fakalotomalohiʼi fenei e Sesu ʼana apositolo: “ ʼO toe feia mo koutou, ʼe kotou logoʼi ʼi te temi nei ia te lotomamahi, kaʼe ʼe au toe sio anai kia koutou, pea ʼe kotou lotofiafia anai, pea ʼe mole toʼo anai e he tahi ia tokotou fiafia.”—Soane 16:21, 22.
ʼO kaku mai ki te temi ʼaia, neʼe heʼeki fai e te kau apositolo he ʼu kole ki te ʼAtua ʼi te huafa ʼo Sesu. Neʼe ina ui fenei leva: “ ʼI te ʼaho ʼaia, ʼe kotou fai anai ni kole ki te Tamai ʼi toku huafa.” He koʼe ʼe tonu anai ke natou fai feia? ʼE mole ʼuhi he ʼe mole fia tali e te Tamai ki ʼanatou faikole. Neʼe fakamahino fenei e Sesu: “ ʼE ʼofa te Tamai ia koutou, he neʼe kotou ʼoʼofa kia te au . . . te fakafofoga ʼo te ʼAtua.”—ʼAki te ʼu palalau fakalotomalohi ʼaia ʼa Sesu, neʼe lagi lotofalala ai te kau apositolo ʼo natou ui fenei: “ ʼE matou tui neʼe ke haʼu mai te ʼAtua.” Logo la tanatou fai te ʼu palalau ʼaia, kaʼe ki muli age ʼe natou lotovaivai anai. ʼI tona fakahagatonu, neʼe fakaha e Sesu te meʼa ʼae ka hoko mai, ʼo ina ui fenei: “ ʼE hoko mai te hola pea kua hoko mai ia, ʼe kotou tahi mavete anai ki tona loto fale pea ʼe kotou tuku tokotahi anai au.” Kaʼe neʼe ina fakapapau fenei age: “Neʼe au fakaha atu ia te ʼu faʼahi ʼaia, ke feala ke kotou maʼu ia te tokalelei ʼaki ia au. ʼI te malama ʼaeni, ʼe kotou tau anai mo ni mamahi, kaʼe kotou kataki. Kua au malo ʼi te malama ʼaeni.” (Soane 16:30-33) Koia, ʼe mole liakī anai natou e Sesu. Neʼe tui papau ia ʼe feala ke natou toe malo mo natou ʼi te malama ʼaeni, ohage pe ko ia, ʼaki tanatou fakahoko agatonu ia te finegalo ʼo te ʼAtua logo la te ʼu faiga ʼa Satana mo tona malama ke natou maumauʼi tanatou nonofo agatonu.