Ko Te Toe Tupu​—Ko Te Ala Koa Ki Te Haofaki?

ʼE FEAFEAʼI hakotou tali ki te fehuʼi ʼaenī: “Kua kotou toe tutupu koa?” Ko te toko lauʼi miliona hahaʼi ʼi te mālamanei kātoa ʼe natou tali fakahagatonu anai “ ʼEī!” ʼE natou tui ko te toe tupu ʼe ko he fakaʼiloga ʼo te kau Kilisitiano moʼoni fuli pea ko te ala pē ʼaia e tahi ki te haofaki. ʼE natou maʼu ia te faʼahiga manatu ʼa te kau takitaki lotu, ohagē ko te tagata fai teolosia ko Robert C. Sproul, ʼaē neʼe ina tohi fēnei: “Kapau ko he tahi neʼe mole heʼeki toe tupu, . . . pea ʼe mole ko he Kilisitiano ia.”

ʼE kotou kau koa iā nātou ʼaē ʼe natou tui ko te toe tupu ʼe ko te ala ʼaia ki te haofaki? Kapau koia, ʼe mahino papau ia ʼe kotou fia tokoni ki tokotou fāmili pea mo tokotou ʼu kaumeʼa ke natou maʼu ia te ala ʼaia pea mo natou kamata haʼele ai. Kae ke feala hanatou fai ia te faʼahi ʼaia, ʼe ʼaoga ke natou mahino ki te kehekehe ʼo he tahi neʼe toe tupu pea mo he tahi neʼe mole toe tupu. ʼE feafeaʼi anai hakotou fakamahino kiā nātou ia te fakaʼuhiga ʼo te toe tupu?

Tokolahi ʼe natou tui ʼe fakaʼuhiga ia te kupu “toe tupu” ki he tahi neʼe ina fai hana fakapapau ke tauhi ki te ʼAtua pea mo Kilisito, pea ʼuhi ko te faʼahi ʼaia, ʼe fetogi ai, ʼo mole kei mate ʼi te faʼahi fakalaumālie kae kua toe maʼuli ʼi te faʼahi fakalaumālie. ʼI tona fakahagatonu, ʼi te tikisionalio ʼe fakamahino ai ko he tahi ʼe toe tupu ʼe “ko he Kilisitiano ʼi te agamāhani ʼe ina fakafoʼou peʼe ina fakamoʼoni ia tana fakapapau ʼo ʼuhiga mo te tui tāfito ʼi te ʼosi hoko kiā ia he meʼa neʼe malave ʼaupitō ki tona maʼuli fakalotu.”—Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary—Eleventh Edition.

ʼE kotou punamaʼuli koa ʼi takotou ʼiloʼi ʼaē ko te Tohi-Tapu ʼe mole manatu tahi mo te fakamahino ʼaenī? ʼE kotou fia ʼiloʼi koa ia te meʼa ʼaē ʼe akoʼi moʼoni mai ʼi te Folafola ʼa te ʼAtua ʼo ʼuhiga mo te toe tupu? ʼE mahino papau ia, ʼe fua lelei anai kiā koutou hakotou vakavakaʼi fakalelei ia te faʼahi ʼaia. Koteā tona tupuʼaga? Koteʼuhi, kapau ʼe kotou mahino lelei ki te fakaʼuhiga ʼo te toe tupu, ʼe malave anai ki tokotou maʼuli pea mo takotou ʼamanaki ki te kā haʼu.

Koteā ʼAē ʼe Akoʼi Mai ʼi Te Tohi-Tapu?

Ko te koga tohi pē e tahi ʼi te Tohi-Tapu kātoa ʼe talanoa ai ki te kupu “toe tupu” ʼe ko te koga tohi ʼo Soane 3:1-12, ʼaē ʼe talanoa ai ki te fai palalau maʼuhiga ʼa Sesu pea mo te kau takitaki lotu ʼo Selusalemi. ʼE kotou maʼu kātoa anai ia te fakamatala Fakatohi-tapu ʼaia ʼi te ʼātakai. ʼE fakalotomālohiʼi koutou ke kotou lau fakalelei.

ʼI te fakamatala, ʼe fakamaʼuhigaʼi e Sesu ia te ʼu tuʼuga ʼaluʼaga ʼo te “tupu foʼou.” * ʼI tona fakahagatonu, ko te fai palalau ʼa Sesu ʼe tokoni mai ke tou tali ki te ʼu fehuʼi maʼuhiga e nima ʼaenī:

◼ He koʼē ʼe maʼuhiga ia te tupu foʼou?

◼ ʼE feala koa ke tou filifili e tātou takitokotahi ke tou toe tutupu?

◼ Koteā ia tona ikuʼaga?

◼ ʼE feafeaʼi te toe tupu ʼa he tahi?

◼ Koteā te fetogi ʼe hoko anai ʼi takotou ʼu felōgoi?

Tou vakavakaʼi ia te ʼu fehuʼi takitahi ʼaenī.

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 [Talanoa/Paki ʼo te pasina 4]

“ ʼE Tonu Ke Kotou Toe Tutupu”

“Kae neʼe ʼi ai te tagata ʼi te kau Faliseo, neʼe higoa ko Nikotemo, neʼe ko te pule ʼo te kau Sutea. Neʼe ʼalu ia ʼi te pōʼuli kiā [Sesu] pea ʼui māʼana kiā te ia: ‘Lapi, ʼe matou ʼiloʼi ko koe ko te tagata faiakonaki neʼe fekauʼi mai e te ʼAtua; heʼe mole he tahi ʼe ina faʼafai te ʼu fakaʼiloga ʼaenī ʼe ke fai, mo kapau ʼe mole kau te ʼAtua mo ia.’ Neʼe tali e Sesu ʼo ʼui māʼana kiā te ia: ‘ ʼE au tala moʼoni atu kiā te koe: Kapau ʼe mole toe tupu he tahi, ʼe mole feala ia ke mamata ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.’ Neʼe ʼui maʼa Nikotemo kiā te ia: ‘ ʼE lava feafeaʼi ki he tagata ke tupu, kā kua matuʼa? ʼE feala koa hana toe hū ki te falega fānau ʼo tana faʼē pea toe tupu mai?’ Neʼe tali maʼa Sesu: ‘ ʼE au tala moʼoni atu kiā te koe: ʼE mole feala ke hū he tahi ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua, mokā ʼe mole tupu ia mai te vai pea mo te laumālie. Ko te meʼa ʼaē ʼe tupu mai te kakano, ʼe kakano ia, pea ko te meʼa ʼaē ʼe tupu mai te laumālie ʼe laumālie ia. ʼAua naʼa ke punamaʼuli ʼi taku tala atu ʼaē kiā te koe, ʼe tonu ke kotou toe tutupu. Ko te matagi ʼe agi ki te potu ʼaē ʼe fia agi kiai, pea ʼe ke logoʼi tona logoaʼa, kae ʼe mole ke ʼiloʼi peʼe haʼu maifea pea ʼe ʼalu kifea. ʼE fēia ia ia ʼaē ʼe tupu mai te laumālie.’ Neʼe tali e Nikotemo ʼo ʼui māʼana kiā te ia: ‘ ʼE lava feafeaʼi ke hoko te ʼu meʼa ʼaia?’ Moʼo tali ki ai neʼe ʼui maʼa Sesu kiā te ia: ‘Ko koe ko te tagata faiako ʼo Iselaele, kā mole ke ʼiloʼi koe te ʼu meʼa ʼaia. ʼE au tala moʼoni atu kiā te koe: ʼE matou tala te meʼa ʼaē ʼe matou ʼiloʼi, pea ʼe matou fakamoʼoni ki te meʼa ʼaē neʼe matou sisio kiai, kae mole kotou tali te fakamoʼoni ʼaē ʼe matou fai. Kapau neʼe au tala atu kiā koutou te ʼu meʼa fakakelekele, kae mole kotou tui, ʼe feafeaʼi anai hakotou tui mo kapau ʼe au tala atu he ʼu meʼa ʼo selō?’ ”—Soane 3:1-12.