“Koe Gaahi Hala O Jihova Oku Totonu”
“Koe Gaahi Hala O Jihova Oku Totonu”
“Koe gaahi hala [pe founga] o Jihova oku totonu, bea e aeva ai ae agatonu.”—Hosea 14:9, PM.
1, 2. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga kamataʻanga naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he kau ʻIsilelí, ka ko e hā naʻe hoko kiate kinautolú?
NAʻE ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki he kau ʻIsilelí ha kamataʻanga totonu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e palōfita ko Mōsesé. Kae kehe, ʻi he kamata mai ʻa e senituli hono valu K.M., naʻe hoko honau tuʻungá ʻo kovi ʻaupito ʻo lau ai ʻe he ʻOtuá kinautolu ʻoku nau halaia ʻi he faihala mamafa. ʻOku hā mahino ʻeni mei he Hosea vahe 10 ki he 14.
2 Naʻe hoko ʻa e loto ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻo mālualoi. Ko e kakai ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ko iá naʻa nau “keli ʻa e pauʻu” pea utu ʻa e taʻemāʻoniʻoni. (Hosea 10:1, 13) “ʻI he kei tamasiʻi ʻa Isileli, naʻa ku ʻofa ki ai,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihová, “pea u ui hoku foha mei Isipite.” (Hosea 11:1) Neongo naʻe fakahaofi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité, naʻa nau totongi fakafoki kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e loi mo e kākā. (Hosea 11:12) Ko ia ai, naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e akonaki ko ʻení: “Tafoki koe, ʻo nofo ki ho ʻOtua: tauhi ʻa e [ʻalo]ʻofa mo e faitotonu.”—Hosea 12:7 (6, PM).
3. Ko e hā naʻe teu ke hoko ki Samēlia angatuʻú, ka ʻe malava fēfē ke maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e mēsí?
3 ʻE maʻu ʻe Samēlia angatuʻu mo hono tuʻí ha ikuʻanga fakatuʻutāmaki. (Hosea 13:11, 16) Ka ʻoku kamataʻaki ʻa e vahe fakaʻosi ʻo e kikite ʻa Hōseá ʻa e tangí ni: “E Isileli, tafoki kia Jihova ko ho Otua.” Kapau ʻe fakatomala ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻo kumi ki he fakamolemolé, ʻe fakaaʻu atu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e mēsí. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe pau ke nau lāuʻilo “koe gaahi hala o Jihova oku totonu” pea ʻaʻeva ai.—Hosea 14:1-6, 9, PM.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mei he kikite ʻa Hōseá te tau lāulea ki aí?
4 Ko e konga ko ʻeni ʻo e kikite ʻa Hōseá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni lahi ai ʻoku malava ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá. Te tau lāulea ki he ngaahi meʻá ni: (1) ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e founga lotu taʻemālualoi, (2) ʻoku fakahāhā ʻe he ʻOtuá ki hono kakaí ʻa e ʻofa mateaki, (3) ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau nofoʻaki ʻamanaki kia Sihova, (4) ʻoku totonu maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻa Sihová, pea ko e (5) ʻoku malava ke toe foki ʻa e kau angahalá kia Sihova.
ʻOku Fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e Founga Lotu Taʻemālualoi
5. Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga ngāue ʻoku ʻamanekina ʻe he ʻOtuá meiate kitautolú?
5 ʻOku ʻamanekina mai ʻe Sihova ke tau fai ʻa e ngāue toputapu kiate iá ʻi ha founga maʻa mo taʻemālualoi. Kae kehe, naʻe hoko ʻa ʻIsileli ia ko ha “vaine kovi” taʻefua. Naʻe hanga ʻe he kau nofo ʻi ʻIsilelí ʻo ‘fakalahi ʻa e ngaahi ʻōlita’ ke ngāueʻaki ʻi he founga lotu loí. Naʻe aʻu ʻo fokotuʻu ʻe he kau tafoki ko ʻeni mei he moʻoní ha ngaahi pou—mahalo ko e ngaahi maka fakamanatu māʻolunga mata-tōtao naʻe faʻu ke ngāueʻaki ʻi he founga lotu taʻemaʻá. Naʻe teu ʻa Sihova ke holoki hifo ʻa e ngaahi ʻōlita ko ʻení pea fakaʻauha mo e ngaahi pou peheé.—Hosea 10:1, 2, NW.
6. Ke ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau ʻataʻatā mei he anga ko e hā?
6 ʻOku ʻikai fakaʻatā ʻa e mālualoí ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. Neongo ia, ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he kau ʻIsilelí? Ko ē, ‘naʻe hoko honau lotó ʻo mālualoi’! Neongo naʻa nau kau ki muʻa ʻi ha fuakava mo Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kakai naʻe fakatapui kiate ia, naʻá ne lau kinautolu ʻoku nau halaia ʻi he mālualoi. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau ako mei hení? Kapau kuo tau fakatapui kitautolu ki he ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau mālualoi. ʻOku fakatokanga mai ʻa e Palovepi 3:32: “Ko e tangata angapiko ʻoku fakaliliʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova: ka ko e kau angatonu ʻoku nau talanoa fafale mo ia.” Koeʻuhi ke ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofá “mei he loto maa, moe atamai lelei, moe tui taemalualoi.”—1 Timote 1:5, PM.
ʻOku Fakahāhā ʻe he ʻOtuá ki Hono Kakaí ʻa e ʻOfa Mateaki
7, 8. (a) ʻI he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga fē ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e ʻofa mateaki ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí kapau kuo tau fai ha angahala mamafa?
7 Kapau ʻoku tau lotu kia Sihova ʻi ha founga taʻemālualoi mo totonu, te tau maʻu ʻene ʻaloʻofá, pe ʻofa mateakí. Naʻe tala ki he kau ʻIsileli talangataʻá: “Fai hoʻomou to ke tupu ko e maʻoniʻoni, fai hoʻomou utu ke hoa mo e [ʻalo]ʻofa; keli maʻamoutolu ha potu foʻou: he kuo taimi ke kumi kia Sihova, kaeʻoua ke ne hoko mai, ʻo fakaʻuha maʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu.”—Hosea 10:12.
8 Taumaiā ʻe fakatomala ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻo kumi kia Sihova! Te ne fiefia leva ʻo ‘fakaʻuha maʻoniʻoni kiate kinautolu.’ Kapau kuo tau fai fakafoʻituitui ha angahala mamafa, tau kumi kia Sihova, ʻo lotu kiate ia ki ha fakamolemole pea kumi ki he tokoni fakalaumālie mei he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané. (Semisi 5:13-16) ʻOfa ke tau toe kumi ki ha tataki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá, he “ko ia ʻoku ne to ʻi hono kakano, te ne utu mei he kakano ʻa e ʻauha: ka ko ia ʻoku ne to ʻi he laumalie, te ne utu mei he laumalie ʻa e moʻui taʻengata.” (Kaletia 6:8) Kapau ʻoku tau ‘to ʻi he laumalie,’ te tau hokohoko atu ai ke maʻu ʻa e ʻofa mateaki ʻa e ʻOtuá.
9, 10. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e Hosea 11:1-4 ki ʻIsilelí?
9 ʻOku malava ke tau maʻu ʻa e loto-pau ʻoku feangai maʻu pē ʻa Sihova mo ʻene kakaí ʻi ha founga ʻofa. Ko e fakamoʻoni ʻo e meʻá ni ʻoku maʻu ia ʻi he Hosea 11:1-4, ʻa ia ʻoku tau lau ai: “ʻI he kei tamasiʻi ʻa Isileli, naʻa ku ʻofa ki ai, pea u ui hoku foha mei Isipite. . . . naʻa nau feilaulau ki haʻa Peali, pea nau tutu inisenisi ki he ngaahi aitoli. ʻOsi ko au naʻa ku ako ʻa Ifalemi [ko e kau ʻIsilelí] ke haʻele—siʻene pukepuke hake kinautolu ʻaki hono nima—ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo ko au ʻoku faitoʻo kinautolu. Naʻa ku tohoʻaki kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi afo ʻo e tangata, ʻa e ngaahi leta [pe maea] ko e ʻofa; pea naʻa ku hoko kiate ia hange ko kinautolu ʻoku hiki ʻa e ioke ki he funga kouʻahe, pea naʻa ku fai fakaalaala ki ai, naʻa ku ʻange ʻenau kai.”
10 ʻOku fakahoa heni ʻa ʻIsileli ki ha kiʻi tamasiʻi. Naʻe akoʻi anga-ʻofa ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau haʻele, ʻo ne pukepuke kinautolu ʻaki hono nimá. Pea naʻá ne hanganaki tohoaki mai kinautolu ʻaki “ʻa e ngaahi leta [pe maea] ko e ʻofa.” Ko ha fakatātā fakaueʻiloto ē! Sioloto atu ko ha mātuʻa koe ʻokú ke tokoniʻi ʻa hoʻo kiʻi tamá ke kamata ʻene ʻuluaki ngaahi laká. ʻOku mafao atu ho ongo nimá. ʻOkú ke ngāueʻaki nai ha kiʻi maea ke piki ki ai hoʻo kiʻi tamá koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te ne tō. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ʻoku fakaalaala pehē pē ʻa e ʻofa mai ʻa Sihova kiate koé. ʻOkú ne fiefia ke taki koe ʻaki “ʻa e ngaahi leta [pe maea] ko e ʻofa.”
11. ʻI he founga fē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo ‘hange ko ha taha ʻokú ne hiki ʻa e ioké’?
11 ʻI he feangai mo e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Sihova ʻo “hange ko kinautolu ʻoku hiki ʻa e ioke ki he funga kouʻahe, pea [naʻá ne] fai fakaalaala ki ai, [naʻá ne] ʻange ʻenau kai.” Naʻe ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo hangē ko ha taha ʻokú ne hiki pe teke ki mui ha ʻioke ke mamaʻo feʻunga kae malava ha manu ke kai fiemālié. Ko e toki taimi pē naʻe maumauʻi ai ʻe ʻIsileli ʻenau ʻioke ʻo e anganofo kia Sihová naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ʻioke fakamafasia ʻa honau ngaahi filí. (Teutalonome 28:45, 48; Selemaia 28:14) ʻOfa ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau tō ki he pule ʻa hotau fili lahí, ʻa Sētane, pea faingataʻaʻia ʻi he ngaahi langa ʻo ʻene ʻioke fakamafasiá. ʻI hono kehé, ʻai ke tau hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaʻeva mateaki mo hotau ʻOtua ʻofá.
Nofoʻaki ʻAmanaki kia Sihova
12. Fakatatau ki he Hosea 12:7, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻú kae malava ke tau hokohoko atu ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá?
12 Ke hokohoko atu ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau nofoʻaki ʻamanaki kiate ia. Naʻe tala ki he kau ʻIsilelí: “Ko ia te ke tafoki koe, ʻo nofo ki ho ʻOtua: tauhi ʻa e [ʻalo]ʻofa mo e faitotonu, pea nofoʻaki tali [pe ʻamanaki] ki ho ʻOtua.” (Hosea 12:7 (6, PM]) Naʻe malava ʻe he kau nofo ʻi ʻIsilelí ke ʻomai ha fakamoʻoni ʻo ha tafoki ʻi he fakatomala kia Sihova ʻaki hono fakahāhā ʻa e ʻaloʻofá, ʻaki hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e fakamaau totonú, pea ʻi he ‘nofoʻaki ʻamanaki ki he ʻOtuá.’ Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hono fuoloa ʻo ʻetau ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau fakapapauʻi ke fakahāhā ʻa e ʻaloʻofá, ngāueʻaki ʻa e fakamaau totonú, pea nofoʻaki ʻamanaki ki he ʻOtuá.—Sāme 27:14.
13, 14. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e Hosea 13:14, ʻo ʻomai ai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ko e hā ke tau ʻamanaki ai kia Sihová?
13 Ko e kikite ʻa Hōsea fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻokú ne ʻomai kiate kitautolu ha ʻuhinga makehe ke tau ʻamanaki ai ki he ʻOtuá. “Te u huhuʻi kinautolu mei he nima ʻo Hetesi,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihová. “Te u fakatau kinautolu mei he mate. Mate, kofaʻa hoʻo ʻu fakaʻauha? Hetesi, kofaʻa hoʻo fakakaʻanga?” (Hosea 13:14) Naʻe ʻikai taumuʻa ʻa Sihova ia ke fakahaofi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei he mate fakasinó he taimi ko iá, ka ʻe faai atu pē ʻo ne folofua ʻa mate ʻo taʻengata pea fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa ʻene ikuná.
14 ʻI he tohi ki he kaungā Kalisitiane paní, naʻe hiki-lea ai ʻa Paula mei he kikite ʻa Hōseá ʻo ne tohi: “Ka ʻai leva ʻe he meʻa ʻauha ni ʻa e taʻefaʻaʻauha, mo ʻai ʻe he meʻa mate ni ʻa e taʻefaʻamate, pea ʻe toki hokosia ʻa e folofola ko ia naʻe tohi, Kuo fōngia ʻa Mate ʻo liliu ko e ikuna. ʻE Mate, kofaʻā hoʻo ikuna na? ʻE Mate, kofaʻā hoʻo huhu na? Ko e huhu ʻa e mate ko e angahala, pea ko e malohinga ʻo e angahala ko e lao. Kae fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, heʻene tuku mai ke tau ikuna ʻi hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi!” (1 Kolinito 15:54-57) Naʻe fokotuʻu hake ʻe Sihova ʻa Sīsū mei he maté, ʻo tokonaki mai ai ha fakapapauʻiʻanga fakafiemālie ko e kakai ko ia ʻoku ʻi he manatu ʻa e ʻOtuá te nau toetuʻu. (Sione 5:28, 29) Ko ha ʻuhinga fakafiefia lahi ē ke ʻamanaki ai kia Sihova! Ka, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tānaki atu ki he ʻamanaki ʻo e toetuʻú ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá.
ʻOku Totonu Maʻu Pē ʻa e Ngaahi Founga ʻa Sihová
15, 16. Ko e hā naʻe tomuʻa tala fekauʻaki mo Samēliá, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻo e kikité?
15 Ko ʻetau tuipau “koe gaahi hala [pe founga] o Jihova oku totonu” ʻokú ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hokohoko atu ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻaʻeva ʻa e kau nofo ʻi Samēliá ʻi he ngaahi founga māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, naʻe pau ke nau tofanga ʻi he nunuʻa ʻo ʻenau angahalá mo e ʻikai ha tui kia Sihová. Naʻe tomuʻa tala: “ʻE halaia a Samelia; [h]e kuo ne angatuʻu ki hono ʻOtua: te nau to ʻi he heleta; ko ʻenau tamaiki ʻe havehave, pea ʻe hae hono kau fefine feitama.” (Hosea 13:16) ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi lēkooti fakahisitōliá ʻo pehē ko e kau ʻAsīliá, ʻa ia naʻa nau ikunaʻi ʻa Samēliá, naʻa nau lavameʻa ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga fakalilifu ko iá.
16 Ko Samēlia ʻa e kolomuʻa ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí. Neongo ia, ʻoku lava nai ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e hingoa Samēliá heni ki he vahefonua fakakātoa ʻo e puleʻanga ko iá. (1 Tuʻi 21:1) Naʻe fakatoka ʻe Tuʻi Salimanesa V ʻo ʻAsīliá ha ʻākoloʻi ʻo e kolo ko Samēliá ʻi he 742 K.M. ʻI he faifai ʻo tō ʻa Samēlia ʻi he 740 K.M., naʻe takiheeʻi ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻo hono kakai tuʻu-ki-muʻá ki Mesopotēmia mo Mītia. ʻOku kei tuʻu taʻepau pe ko Salimanesa V pe ko hono fetongí, ʻa Sākoni II, naʻá ne kapa ʻa Samēliá. (2 Tuʻi 17:1-6, 22, 23; 18:9-12) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku lave ʻa e ngaahi lēkooti ʻa Sākoní ki he fakafoki fakapuleʻanga ʻo e kau ʻIsileli ʻe toko 27,290 ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻi ʻOlunga ʻi ʻIufaletesi mo Mītiá.
17. ʻI he lelei ange ke ʻoua ʻe fakafeangai paetaku ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí?
17 Naʻe tofanga ʻa e kau nofo ʻi Samēliá ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa fakamamahi ʻo ʻenau taʻemalava ke talangofua ki he ngaahi founga totonu ʻa Sihová. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane fakatapuí, te tau tofanga mo kitautolu foki ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa fakamamahi kapau te tau hoko ko e kau faiangahala, ʻo fakafeangai paetaku ki he ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOfa ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tau tuli ki ha ʻalunga fulikivanu pehē! Ka, ke tau taki taha ngāueʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “Ke ʻoua naʻa ai hamou toko taha ʻe moʻua ha mamahi ko haʻane fakapo, pe kaihaʻa, pe fai kovi, pe ko haʻane kaunoa ʻi ha meʻa. Ka ʻo ka ngaohi peheʻi ia ko ʻene Kalisitian[e], ke ʻoua te ne ma, ka ne fakahikihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko e hingoa ko ia.”—1 Pita 4:15, 16.
18. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau hanganaki “fakahikihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtua”?
18 ʻOku tau hanganaki “fakahikihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtua” ʻaki ʻa e ʻaʻeva ʻi heʻene ngaahi founga totonú kae ʻikai ko hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi he founga pē ʻa kitautolú. Naʻe fakahoko ʻe Keini ʻa e fakapō koeʻuhi naʻá ne fou ʻi heʻene founga pē ʻaʻana pea ʻikai ke ne tokanga ki he fakatokanga ʻa Sihova ʻo pehē ko ena ʻa e angahalá ʻoku teu ke ne maʻu vave iá. (Senesi 4:1-8) Naʻe tali ʻe Pēlami ha totongi mei he tuʻi Mōapé ka naʻe kulanoa ʻa ʻene feinga ke talatukiʻi ʻa ʻIsilelí. (Nomipa 24:10) Pea naʻe ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke mate ʻa e Līvai ko Kolá mo e niʻihi kehe ʻi heʻenau angatuʻu ki he mafai ʻo Mōsese mo ʻĒloné. (Nomipa 16:1-3, 31-33) Ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai te tau loto ke tau ʻalu atu ʻi he “ʻalunga ʻo Keini” fakapoó, fakavave ki he “hē ʻa Pelami,” pe ʻauha ʻi he “angatuʻu ʻa Kola.” (Siutasi 11) Kae kehe, kapau ʻoku tau faihala, ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he kikite ʻa Hōseá kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakafiemālie.
ʻOku Malava ke Toe Foki ʻa e Kau Angahalá kia Sihova
19, 20. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau naʻe malava ʻa e kau ʻIsileli fakatomalá ke foakí?
19 Naʻa mo e faʻahinga ko ia kuo nau humu ʻi hono fai ha angahala mamafá ʻoku malava ke nau toe foki kia Sihova. ʻI he Hosea 14:1, 2, ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e kōlenga ko ʻení: “ʻE Isileli, ke ke matuʻaki foki kia Sihova; he ko ho ʻOtua; he kuo ke humu ʻi hoʻo kovi. ʻAlu mo kimoutolu ʻani lea, pea foki kia Sihova: lea kiate ia, fakamolemole kotoa ʻa e hia, pea tali ʻa e lelei: ka mau ʻatu homau loungutu ko e fetongi ʻo e fanga pulu.”
20 Naʻe malava ʻa e kau ʻIsileli fakatomalá ke foaki ki he ʻOtuá ‘honau loungutú ko e fetongi ʻo e fanga pulú.’ Ko e ngaahi feilaulau ʻeni ʻo e fakahīkihiki loto-moʻoní. Naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he kikite ko ʻení ʻi heʻene naʻinaʻi ki he kau Kalisitiané ke “ʻatu ʻiate ia pe, maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa.” (Hepelu 13:15) Ko ha monū lahi ē ke ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá pea foaki atu ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau peheé he ʻahó ni!
21, 22. Ko e hā ʻa e toe fakafoʻou ʻe hokosia ʻe he kau ʻIsileli fakatomalá?
21 Ko e kau ʻIsileli ko ia naʻa nau liʻaki honau ʻalunga talangataʻá pea tafoki ki he ʻOtuá naʻa nau foaki kiate ia ‘honau loungutú ko e fetongi ʻo e fanga pulú.’ Naʻa nau hokosia ai ʻa e toe fakafoʻou fakalaumālie, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Hosea 14:4-7: “[Ko au Sihova] te u faitoʻo ʻenau fakaholomui, te u ʻofa fie ʻofa kiate kinautolu: he kuo foki ʻeku ʻita mei ai. Te u hange ko e hahau ki Isileli; te ne fisi hange ko e lile, te ne fai aka hange ko Lepanoni. ʻE mafola hono ngaahi pikilau, pea ko hono langilangi ʻe hange ko e olive, pea taufa hono ngangatu hange ko Lepanoni. Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi hono malu te nau toe fakatupu uite, ʻio te nau fisi hange ko e vaine; ko hono ongoongo ʻe hange ko e uaine ʻo Lepanoni.”
22 ʻE faitoʻo fakalaumālie ʻa e kau ʻIsileli fakatomalá pea te nau toe maʻu ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻE hoko ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ha hahau fakaivifoʻou kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻuhinga te ne tāpuakiʻi lahi fau kinautolu. ʻE maʻu ʻe hono kakai naʻe toe fakafoʻoú ʻa e lāngilangi “hange ko e olive,” pea te nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau fakapapauʻi ʻe kitautolu ke ʻaʻeva mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu meiate kitautolú?
Hanganaki ʻAʻeva ʻi he Ngaahi Founga Totonu ʻa Sihová
23, 24. Ko e hā ʻa e kikite fakalototoʻa ʻoku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe he tohi ʻa Hōseá, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene kaunga kiate kitautolú?
23 Kapau ko ʻetau taumuʻá ke hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá, kuo pau ke tau ngāueʻaki ʻa e “poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga” pea ngāue maʻu pē ʻo fehoanaki mo ʻene ngaahi founga totonú. (Semisi 3:17, 18) ʻOku peheni hono lau ʻo e veesi fakamuimui ʻo e kikite ʻa Hōseá: “Kohai ae boto, bea te ne ilo ae gaahi mea ni? ae fakabotoboto, bea te ne iloʻi ia? he koe gaahi hala o Jihova oku totonu, bea e aeva ai ae agatonu: ka e higa hifo ai ae kau talagataa.”—Hosea 14:9, PM.
24 ʻI he ʻikai ke hoko ʻo tataki ʻe he poto mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e māmani ko ʻení, ʻai ke tau fakapapauʻi ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he ngaahi founga totonu ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Teutalonome 32:4) Naʻe fai pehē ʻa Hōsea ʻi he taʻu ʻe 59 pe lahi ange. Naʻá ne fakahoko faitōnunga ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki fakaʻotuá, ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe poto mo fakapotopotó te nau mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ko iá. Fēfē kitautolu? ʻI hono kei fakaʻatā mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ke tau fai ha fakamoʻoní, te tau hanganaki kumi ki he faʻahinga ko ia te nau tali fakapotopoto ʻene ʻofa maʻataʻataá. Pea ʻoku tau fiefia ke fai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi he fengāueʻaki kakato mo e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto.”—Mātiu 24:45-47, PM.
25. ʻOku totonu ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe heʻetau lāulea ki he kikite ʻa Hōseá ke tau fai ʻa e hā?
25 ʻOku totonu ke hanga ʻe heʻetau lāulea ki he kikite ʻa Hōseá ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hokohoko atu ʻi he ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá fakataha mo e vakai atu ki he moʻui taʻengata ʻi heʻene māmani foʻou kuo talaʻofá. (2 Pita 3:13; Siutasi 20, 21) Ko ha ʻamanaki fisifisimuʻa ē! Te tau hokosia fakafoʻituitui ʻa e ʻamanaki ko iá kapau ʻoku tau fakamoʻoniʻi ʻi he lea mo e ngāue ʻoku tau ʻuhingaʻi ia ʻi heʻetau leaʻaki: “Koe gaahi hala [pe founga] o Jihova oku totonu.”
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Kapau ʻoku tau fai ha lotu maʻa ki he ʻOtuá, ʻe anga-fēfē ʻene fakafeangai mai kiate kitautolú?
• Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tau ʻamanaki maʻu pē kia Sihová?
• Ko e hā ʻokú ke tuipau ai ʻoku totonu ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻa Sihová?
• ʻE lava fēfē ke tau hokohoko atu ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he ngaahi founga totonu ʻa Sihová?
[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]
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Tali ʻa e tokoni fakalaumālie mei he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané
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ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he kikite ʻa Hōseá kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ke tau ʻamanaki ai ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa Sihova ki he toetuʻú
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Hanganaki ʻaʻeva mo e ʻOtuá fakataha mo e vakai atu ki he moʻui taʻengatá