Te Tupu Foʼou—Ko He Filifili Koa ʼa Kita Takitokotahi?
Te Tupu Foʼou—Ko He Filifili Koa ʼa Kita Takitokotahi?
KO AI te tupuʼaga ʼo te tupu foʼou? ʼI te temi ʼaē ʼe natou fakalotomālohiʼi ai ia nātou ʼaē neʼe fakalogo age kiā nātou ke natou liliu ko he kau Kilisitiano kua toe tutupu, ko ʼihi kau fai fakamafola neʼe natou fakaʼaogaʼi ia te ʼu palalau ʼaenī ʼa Sesu: “ ʼE tonu ke kotou toe tutupu.” (Soane 3:7) Ko te kau fai fakamafola ʼaia ʼe natou fakaʼaogaʼi ia te ʼu palalau ʼaenī ohagē ko he fakatotonu, ʼo natou ʼui fakahagatonu age: “Kotou toe tutupu!” Koia lā ʼaē ʼe natou fakamafola ai ʼe fakalogo ki te tagata takitokotahi tana fakalogo kiā Sesu pea mo mulimuli ki te ʼu fakamaʼua ke feala hana tupu foʼou. ʼO mulimuli ki te taʼi fakamahino ʼaenī, ko te tupu foʼou ʼe ko he faʼahi ʼe filifili e te tagata takitokotahi. Kae ko te manatu ʼaia, ʼe ʼalutahi koa mo ʼaē neʼe ʼui e Sesu kiā Nikotemo?
Ko te lau leleiʼi ʼo te ʼu folafola ʼa Sesu ʼe hā ʼaki ai neʼe mole akoʼi e Sesu ʼe feala ki he tahi ke ina filifili e ia totonu ke toe tupu peʼe kailoa. He koʼē ʼe tou fai ia te ʼu palalau ʼaia? Ko te kupu Fakakeleka ʼaē neʼe fakaliliu ʼaki te kupu “toe tupu” ʼe feala ke toe fakaʼuhiga “ ʼe tonu ke tupu mai ʼoluga.” * Koia, ʼo mulimuli ki te tahi fakaliliu ʼaia, ko te tupu foʼou ʼa he tahi ʼe fai “mai ʼoluga”—ʼaē “mai te lagi,” peʼe “mai te Tamai.” (Soane 19:11; nota ʼi te lalo pāsina; Sake 1:17) ʼEī, ʼe tupu mai te ʼAtua.—1 Soane 3:9.
Kapau ʼe tou taupau ia te kupu “mai ʼoluga” ʼi totatou ʼatamai, ʼe mole faigataʼa anai hatatou mahino ʼe mole feala ki he tahi ke ina fakatupu ia tana tupu foʼou ʼo ia totonu. Kotou fakakaukauʼi age takotou tutupu ake ʼi te mālamanei. Neʼe fakalogo koa kiā koutou ia te filifili ʼaē ke kotou tutupu ake? Kailoa ia! Neʼe kotou tutupu ʼuhi ko takotou tamai. ʼO toe fēia pē, ʼe hoki feala ke tou ʼiloʼi ia te tupu foʼou mo kapau ko te ʼAtua, ia tatatou Tamai ʼaē ʼi selō, ʼe ina fakafealagia ia tatatou tupu foʼou. (Soane 1:13) Koia, neʼe ʼui totonu fēnei e te ʼapositolo ko Petelo: “Ke tapuakiʼi te ʼAtua pea mo Tamai ʼo totatou ʼAliki ko Sesu Kilisito, koteʼuhi ʼaki tona manavaʼofa lahi, neʼe ina tuku mai kiā tātou he tupu foʼou.”—1 Petelo 1:3.
ʼE Ko He Fakatotonu Koa?
Kae ko ʼihi ʼe natou feʼekeʼaki ‘kapau ʼe moʼoni ʼe mole feala ki he tahi ke ina filifili ia tana toe tupu ʼo ia totonu, koteā te tupuʼaga ʼo te fai e Sesu ia te fakatotonu ʼaenī: “ ʼE tonu ke kotou toe tutupu”?’ ʼE ko he fehuʼi maʼuhiga. Koia kapau ko te ʼu folafola ʼa Sesu ʼe ko he fakatotonu, ʼe ina
fakatotonu mai anai kiā tātou ke tou fai ia he meʼa neʼe mole tou lava fai. ʼE mole ko he faʼahi ʼe fakapotopoto. Koteā ʼaē ʼe tonu ke tou mahino kiai ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼui ʼaē ʼe tonu ke kotou “toe tutupu”?Ko te vakaʼi fakalelei ia te palalau ʼaia ʼi tona lea totonu ʼe ina fakahā mai neʼe mole ko he fakatotonu. Kae ko te ʼu kupusiga palalau ʼaenī ʼe ko he fakahā pē ia ʼo he ʼaluʼaga. ʼE feala pē ke tou ʼui, ʼi te temi ʼaē neʼe fai ai e Sesu te ʼu palalau ʼe tonu ke kotou “toe tutupu,” neʼe ina fakahā pē ia he ʼaluʼaga, kae neʼe mole ina fai ia he fakatotonu. Neʼe ina ʼui fēnei: “ ʼE ʼaoga kiā koutou ke kotou tutupu mai ʼoluga.”—Soane 3:7, Modern Young’s Literal Translation.
Moʼo fakahā ia te kehekehe ʼo te fakatotonu pea mo te fakahā pē ia ʼo he ʼaluʼaga ʼe moʼoni, tou toʼo ia he fakatā. Ko he kolo ʼe lahi ai te ʼu faleako. ʼI te ʼu faleako ʼaia ʼe ʼi ai te faleako ʼe ʼāteaina pē maʼa te kau ako ʼaē neʼe tutupu ʼi he koga meʼa ʼe tuʼu mamaʼo mai te kolo ʼaia. ʼI te tahi ʼaho, neʼe ʼi ai te tama neʼe mole tupu ʼi te koga meʼa ʼaia, neʼe haʼu ʼo ʼui fēnei age ki te pule ʼo te faleako: “ ʼE au fia hū ki tou faleako.” Pea tali fēnei age maʼa te pule ʼo te faleako: “Ke feala hau hū mai, ʼe tonu ko koe ko he tahi neʼe tupu ʼi te koga meʼa ʼaenī.” ʼE mahino ia, ko te ʼu palalau ʼo te pule ʼo te faleako ʼe mole ko he fakatotonu. Neʼe mole ina fakatotonu age ki te tama: “Ke ke tupu ʼi te koga meʼa ʼaia!” Neʼe fakahā lelei age pē e te pule ʼo te faleako ia te ʼu ʼaluʼaga—te ʼu fakamaʼua ke feala hakita hū ki te faleako ʼaia. ʼO toe fēia aipē, ʼi te temi ʼaē neʼe ʼui fēnei ai e Sesu: “ ʼE tonu ke kotou toe tutupu,” neʼe ina fakahā lelei age pē ia te ʼu ʼaluʼaga—te ʼu fakamaʼua ke feala ke “hū he tahi ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.”
Ko te manatu fakaʼosi ʼaia—te Puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua—ʼe ʼi ai tona tahi pikipikiga pea mo ʼihi atu ʼu agaaga ʼo te tupu foʼou. ʼE ʼalutahi mo te fehuʼi ʼaenī: Koteā tona ikuʼaga? Ko te ʼiloʼi ʼo te tali ki te fehuʼi ʼaia, ʼe ko te kalavī ʼaia ke kita mahino lelei ki te fakaʼuhiga ʼo te toe tupu.
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^ ʼE lahi ia te ʼu fakaliliu Tohi-Tapu ʼe natou fakaliliu fēia ia Soane 3:3. Ohagē lā, ʼi te tohi A Literal Translation of the Bible, ʼe ʼui fēnei ai: “Kapau ʼe mole ʼi ai he tahi ʼe ina tali ia te tupu mai ʼoluga, ʼe mole feala anai ke sio ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.”
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Koteā ʼaē ʼe tatau ai ia te tupu foʼou pea mo te tupu ake ʼi te mālamanei?