Maʻá—Ko e Hā Hono ʻUhinga Moʻoní?

KOEʻUHI ko e ngaahi tuʻunga taʻefakahaisini fakaofo ʻi ʻIulope mo e ʻIunaite Seteté lolotonga ʻa e senituli hono 18 mo e 19, ko e kau ngāue fakamisinale ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ko iá naʻa nau malangaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe ui nai “ko ha tokāteline ʻo e maʻá.” Ko e tokāteliné ni naʻá ne fakatatau ʻa e ʻulí ki he angahalá, lolotonga ia naʻe pehē ko e maʻá ʻokú ne ʻomai ha taha ke ofi ange ai ki he ʻOtuá. Mahalo ko e meʻa eni naʻá ne ʻai ke ʻiloa ʻa e foʻi tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ia, “Ko e maʻá ʻa e hoko hake ki he fakaʻotuá.”

Ko e vakai eni naʻe maʻu ʻe he Salvation Army, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe William mo Catherine Booth. Fakatatau ki he tohi Health and Medicine in the Evangelical Tradition, ko e taha ʻi heʻenau ngaahi kupuʻi lea motuʻa tahá ko e: “Koa, Supo mo e Fakamoʻui.” Pea ʻi he taimi naʻe fakahaaʻi fakapapau ai ʻe Louis Pasteur mo e niʻihi kehé ʻa e fehokotaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e mahakí mo e siemú, naʻá ne tānaki mai pē ha fakaivimālohi mo ha makatuʻunga fakasaienisi ki he ngaahi faʻufaʻu ko ia ki he moʻuilelei ange ʻa e kakaí.

Ko e niʻihi leva ʻo e ngaahi ngāue naʻe hoko atu aí naʻe kau ai ʻa e ʻikai fiemaʻu ki ha tokotaha fakamoʻoni ʻi he fakamaauʻangá ke ʻuma ki he Tohitapú pea fakaʻauha mo e ipu inu anga-maheni ʻi he ngaahi ʻapiakó mo e ngaahi tauʻanga lēlué. Naʻe aʻu ʻo fai ʻa e ngaahi feinga ke fetongi ʻa e ipu sakalamēniti anga-maheni ʻi he ngaahi fakataha fakalotú ʻaki ha ipu fakatāutaha pē. ʻIo, ko e muʻaki kau takimuʻa ko iá naʻe hā ngali ne nau lavameʻa lahi ʻi hono liliu ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa e kakaí ki he maʻá. ʻI hono ueʻi lahi ʻa e kakaí  naʻe ui ai ʻe ha faʻutohi ʻe taha ʻa e olá “ko ha vēkeveke ki he maʻá.”

Kae kehe, ko e “vēkeveke ki he maʻa” ko ení, naʻe ngalingali ko tuʻa pē. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa mei ai kuo hanga ʻe he kau pisinisi faʻu koloa foʻoú ʻo ʻai ʻa e koa anga-mahení ko ha koloa teuteu. Naʻe taki ʻe he ngaahi tuʻuaki mohu fakakaukau potó ʻa e kau kasitomaá ke nau tui ko hono ngāueʻaki ha ngaahi koloa fakaehaisini fakafoʻituitui pau te ne ʻoange ai maʻá e tokotaha ʻokú ne ngāueʻakí ha tuʻunga fakasōsiale ʻa ia ko e meʻa pē ʻe fai ʻe he niʻihi kehé ko hono fakaʻamua. ʻOku fakatolonga mai ʻe he televīsoné ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ko ení. Ko e kakai lavameʻa mo fakaholomamata ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi tuʻuakí pea ʻi he ngaahi polokalama hokohoko ʻi he televīsoné ʻoku tātātaha ke sio kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau fufulu ʻa e falé, tafi ʻa e lotoʻaá, tufi ʻa e vevé pe fakamaʻa ʻa e fakaveve ʻa ʻenau fanga pusí pe kulī tauhí.

ʻOku ʻi ai foki mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fakaʻuhinga ko e ʻalu ʻo ngāué ʻoku totongi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamolé, lolotonga ia ko e ngāue fakaʻapí pe ngaahi ngāue fakamaʻa kehé ʻoku ʻikai hanau mahuʻinga fakapaʻanga. Pea ʻi he ʻikai ke kau ai ha totongi fakapaʻangá, ko e hā ke nau tokanga ai ki he ʻātakaí? Ko e ola ʻe taha ʻo e meʻá ni, ʻoku fakakaukau ai ʻa e kakai ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻahó ni ko e maʻá ʻoku ʻuhinga pē ia ki he haisini fakafoʻituituí.

Ko e Vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he Maʻá

ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e muʻaki ngaahi feinga ko ia ke akoʻi ʻa e maʻá naʻe tokoni ia ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e moʻui ʻa e kakaí. Pea ʻoku totonu ia, he ko e maʻá ko e ʻulungaanga ia ʻoku tupu pea ʻoku ʻa e ʻOtua māʻoniʻoni mo maʻa ko Sihová. ʻOkú ne akoʻi kitautolu ke tau maʻu ʻaonga ai ʻaki ʻa e hoko ʻo māʻoniʻoni mo maʻa ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻetau ngaahi foungá.—Aisea 48:17; 1 Pita 1:15.

ʻOku alafaʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻungá ni. Ko e maʻá, pehē ki hono ngaahi ʻulungaanga taʻehāmai kehé, ʻoku hā mahino ia ʻi he fakatupu hā mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Loma 1:20) ʻOku malava ke tau sio ki he fakatupú ʻiate pē ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakatupunga ha ʻuli tuʻuloa. Ko e māmaní mo ʻene ngaahi feviloʻaki lahi fakaʻekolosiá ko ha meʻa fakaofo ʻa ʻene fakamaʻa ʻa ia peé, pea ʻoku faʻu ia ki ha moʻui maʻa mo moʻuilelei. Ko e maʻa ko iá ʻe toki haʻu pē ia mei ha Tokotaha-Faʻu ʻatamai maʻa. Ko ia ai, ʻe lava ke tau fakaʻosiʻaki mei heni, ko e kau lotu ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku totonu ke nau maʻa ʻi he tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo ʻenau moʻuí.

Ngaahi Tafaʻaki ʻe Fā ʻo e Maʻá

ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻe fā ʻo e maʻá ʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke feinga mālohi ki ai ʻa e kau lotu ʻa e ʻOtuá. Tau lāulea angé ki he ngaahi meʻá ni taki taha.

Fakalaumālie. Ko e tuʻunga eni ʻoku lava ke vakai ki ai ko e maʻa mahuʻinga taha ʻi hono kotoa ʻo e maʻá koeʻuhi ʻoku kaunga ia ki he ngaahi ʻamanaki ʻa ha taha ki he moʻui taʻengatá. Kae kehe, ko e tafaʻaki mohu liʻekina lahi taha eni ʻo e maʻá. Ko hono ʻai mahinó, ke maʻa fakalaumālié ʻoku ʻuhingá ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa fakalaka atu ʻi he ngaahi fakangatangataʻanga kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e lotu moʻoní mo e loí, he ʻoku vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ha faʻahinga lotu loi pē ʻoku taʻemaʻa. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “Mou hiki mei honau lotolotonga, pea mavahe kimoutolu, pea ʻoua te mou ala ki he meʻa taʻemaʻa—ko e folofola é ʻa e ʻEiki—pea te u maʻu kimoutolu ʻe au.” (2 Kolinito 6:​17, 18) ʻOku toe fakahaaʻi mātuʻaki mahino ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí ʻa e meʻá ni: “Ko eni ia ʻa e toʻonga lotu ʻoku maʻa mo taʻe hano ʻuli ʻi he ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai . . . ʻa ʻete tauhi kita mei mamani ke taʻe hato ʻila.”—Semisi 1:27.

Naʻe fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻikai te ne hōifua ki hono tuifio ʻa e lotu loí mo ʻene lotu moʻoní. Ko e lotu loí ʻoku faʻa kau ai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga taʻemaʻa, ngaahi ʻaitolí mo e ngaahi ʻotua fakalieliá. (Selemaia 32:35) Ko ia, ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei ha kaunga pē ki he lotu taʻemaʻá.—1 Kolinito 10:​20, 21; Fakahā 18:4.

ʻUlungāngá. ʻI heni foki, ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha faikehekehe mahino ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e meʻa ʻoku maʻá mo e meʻa ʻoku taʻemaʻá. ʻI he fakalūkufuá, kuo hoko ai ʻa e māmaní ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Efeso 4:​17-19: “Kuo fakapoʻuli honau ʻatamai, kuo nau motu mei he moʻui ʻa e ʻOtua . . . ʻa ia ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ongonoa, pea nau liʻoa kinautolu ki he pauʻu, ke fai ʻa e angaʻuli kotoa pe ʻi he havala.” Ko e fakakaukau taʻetaau peheé ʻokú ne fakaeʻa tonu ia ʻi he ngaahi founga lahi, ʻo fai fakahāhā mo olopoto, ko ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke nau ʻāʻā.

Ko e kau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku nau ʻilo ko e paʻumutú, fakasōtomá, fehokotaki fakasino ki muʻa ʻi he malí pea mo e fakatātā fakalieliá ʻoku  maumauʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻa Sihova ki he maʻa fakaeʻulungāngá. Kae kehe, ko hono fakahaaʻi ʻo e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ení ʻoku failahia ia ʻi he fakafiefiá mo e māmani fakaeonopōní. Ko ia, kuo pau ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau leʻohi kinautolu mei he ngaahi ʻalungá ni. Ko hono tui ʻa e fanga kiʻi vala tātāʻolunga mo aata ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané pe ngaahi fakatahataha fakasōsialé ʻokú ne fakahanga ai ha tokanga taʻetotonu ki he sinó pea fakahaaʻi ai ha fakangaloku ʻo e anga-maʻá. Tuku kehe ʻa hono ʻomai ʻa e fakakaukau fakaemāmani taʻemaʻa ki he feohiʻanga faka-Kalisitiané, ko e ʻai vala ʻi he founga ko iá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene malava ke fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau taʻemaʻa ʻi he niʻihi kehé. Ko e tafaʻaki eni ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ki he kau Kalisitiané ke nau ngāue mālohi ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻa e “poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga.”—Semisi 3:17.

Fakaefakakaukau. Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau loloto ʻi he ʻatamai ʻo ha taha ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke hoko ia ko ha tauhiʻanga ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau taʻemaʻá. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e fakakaukau taʻemaʻá ʻi heʻene pehē: “ʻIlonga ʻa ia te ne fakasio ki ha fefine ke tafunaki ʻene holi ki ai, kuo ne tonoʻi ia ʻi hono loto.” (Mātiu 5:28; Maake 7:​20-23) Ko e ngaahi leá ni ʻoku ngāueʻaki tatau pē ia ki he sio ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā mo e filimi fakalieliá, ko hono lau ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakaefehokotaki fakasino ololaló mo e fanongo ʻi he ngaahi fakalea taʻetaau ʻo e hivá. Ko ia, kuo pau ke fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei hono ʻuliʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e tali ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau taʻemaʻa ʻe lava ke tupu ai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga mo e ngaahi lea taʻemaʻa mo taʻemāʻoniʻoní.—Mātiu 12:34; 15:18.

Fakaesino. Ko e māʻoniʻoní mo e maʻa fakaesinó ʻokú na fehokotaki vāofi ʻi he Tohitapú. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “Siʻoku ʻofaʻanga . . . tau fakamaʻa kitautolu mei he ʻuli kotoa pe ʻo e kakano mo e loto, ʻo tau fakakakato ʻetau maʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻapasia ki he ʻOtua.” (2 Kolinito 6:19 [2 Kolinito 7:​1, PM]) Ko ia ai, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku totonu ke nau feinga mālohi ke tauhi honau sinó, ʻapí mo e ʻātakaí ke maʻa mo maau ʻi he lahi taha ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe he ngaahi tuʻungá. Naʻa mo e taimi ʻoku siʻi ai ʻa e maʻuʻanga vai ki he foó mo e kaukaú, ko e kau Kalisitiané ʻoku totonu ke nau feinga ke fai ʻa e lelei taha ʻe malavá ke tauhi kinautolu ke nau maʻa mo taau.

Ko e maʻa fakaesinó te ne taʻofi foki ai ʻa e ngāueʻaki ʻi ha faʻahinga founga pē ʻa e tapaká, maʻu ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ʻa e inu ʻolokaholó pea mo ha faʻahinga pē ʻo e ngāuekoviʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻuliʻi mo maumauʻi ai ʻa e sinó. Ko e tauhi-sipi ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Hiva ʻo e Hivá naʻá ne leleiʻia ʻi he namu-lelei ʻa e kofu ʻo e taʻahine Sūlemí. (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 4:11) Ko hono tokangaʻi ʻa ʻetau haisini fakafoʻituituí ko ha meʻa anga-ʻofa ia ke fai, ʻi heʻetau loto ko ia ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono ʻomai ha faʻahinga nanamu ʻoku taʻefeʻunga ki he faʻahinga takatakai ʻiate kitautolú. ʻE lelei nai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakanamuleleí mo e kaloní, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fetongi ia ʻo e kaukau maʻu peé mo e vala maʻá.

Ko Hono Tauhi ha Vakai Mafamafatatau

ʻI heʻene hoko mai ki he maʻa fakaesinó, ʻe lava ke hoko ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ai ʻa e kakaí. ʻI he tafaʻaki  ʻe taha, ko e fuʻu faivelenga tōtuʻa ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e maʻá ʻe lava ke ne kaihaʻasi meiate kitautolu ʻa e fiefia ʻo e moʻuí. ʻE lava ke ne toe keina ai mo ha taimi mahuʻinga lahi. ʻI he tafaʻaki leva ʻe tahá, ko e ngaahi ʻapi ʻuli mo taʻemāú ʻoku hoko nai ia ko e fakamole lahi ke monomono. ʻOku ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo tafaʻaki fuʻu tōtuʻa ko ení, ʻa e founga ʻaonga mo fakapotopoto ki hono tauhi hotau ʻapí ke maʻa mo tāú.

Tauhi ia ke taau. Ko e ngaahi ʻapi pe loki ʻoku felefelé ʻoku faingataʻa ke fakamaʻa, pea ʻe ʻikai nai ke fuʻu ʻilonga ʻa e ʻulí ʻi he ngaahi ʻātakai feʻefiʻefihi peheé. Ko e ngaahi ʻapi ʻoku taau mo ʻikai felefelé ʻoku siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fakamaʻa aí. Ko ha founga moʻui faingofua ʻoku poupouʻi māʻolunga ia ʻi he Tohitapú: “ʻI heʻetau maʻu ʻetau meʻakai mo e kofu, te tau feʻunga pe ʻi he meʻa ko ia.”—1 Timote 6:8.

Tauhi ia ke maau. Ko ha ʻapi maʻa ko e fatongia ia ʻo e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻoku nofo aí. Ko e ngaahi ʻapi taʻemāú ʻoku faʻa kamataʻaki ʻa e ngaahi loki taʻemaau. Ko e māú ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi hono feituʻu totonu. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e feituʻu ki he vala ʻulí ʻoku ʻikai ko e faliki ʻo e lokí. Pea ko e mafatukituki angé, ko e ngaahi meʻa-vaʻinga mo e meʻangāue ʻoku laku takai holó ʻoku malava ke fakatuʻutāmaki ia. Ko e ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻoku hoko lahi ʻi ʻapí ko e tupu ia mei he ngaahi tōʻonga taʻemāú.

ʻOku hā mahino, ko e maʻá mo e founga moʻui ʻa e Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻikai te na mavahevahe. Fekauʻaki mo ha founga moʻui fakaʻotua, ʻoku lave ai ʻa e palōfita ko ʻAiseá ki he “hala oe maonioni.” Pea ʻokú ne tānaki mai ʻa e fakakaukau fakapotopoto “e ikai alu ai ae taemaa.” (Aisea 35:​8, PM) ʻIo, ko hono fakatupulekina ʻa e tōʻonga lelei ki he maʻá ʻokú ne ʻoatu leva ai ʻa e fakamoʻoni mālohi ki heʻetau tui ki he talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻe vavé ni ke ne fokotuʻu ha māmani palataisi maʻa. Pea ʻi he tafaʻaki kotoa pē ʻo e foʻi palanite fakaʻofoʻofa ko ení, ʻe fakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa hono tauhi kakato ʻa ʻene ngaahi tuʻunga haohaoa ki he maʻá.—Fakahā 7:9.

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Ko ha ʻapi maʻa ko e fatongia ia ʻo e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻoku nofo aí

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Ko e foʻi māmaní ko ha meʻa fakaofo ʻa ʻene fakamaʻa ʻa ia peé