Te Tupu Foʼou​—He Koʼē ʼe Maʼuhiga?

ʼI TANA fai palalau mo Nikotemo, neʼe fakahā lelei e Sesu ko te tupu foʼou, peʼe ko te toe tupu, ʼe maʼuhiga ʼaupitō. Neʼe ina fakamahino lelei peʼe feafeaʼi ia te faʼahi ʼaia.

Kotou tokagaʼi ʼi te fai palalau ʼa Sesu pea mo Nikotemo, pe neʼe ina fakahā lelei feafeaʼi ia te maʼuhiga ʼo te tupu foʼou. Neʼe ina ʼui fēnei: “Kapau ʼe mole toe tupu he tahi, ʼe mole feala ia ke mamata ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.” (Soane 3:3) Ko te ʼu kupu “kapau” pea “ ʼe mole feala” ʼe nā fakahā lelei ia te ʼaoga ʼo te tupu foʼou. Tou toʼo he faʼifaʼitaki: Kapau ʼe ʼi ai he tahi ʼe ina ʼui fēnei: “Kapau ʼe mole gigila ia te laʼā, pea ʼe mole feala ia ke mālamagia te ʼaho,” ko tona fakaʼuhiga ʼe  ʼaoga tāfito ia te laʼā moʼo fakamālamagia te ʼaho. ʼO toe fēia aipē, neʼe ʼui e Sesu ʼe ʼaoga tāfito ia te toe tupu moʼo mamata ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.

Koia, ohagē ko hana fia pulihi ia te ʼu manatu lotolotolua fuli ʼo ʼuhiga mo te faʼahi ʼaia, neʼe ʼui fēnei e Sesu: “ ʼE tonu ke kotou toe tutupu.” (Soane 3:7) ʼE mahino mai, ohagē pē ko tona ʼui e Sesu, ko te toe tupu ʼe ko he fakamaʼua ke “hū he tahi ki te puleʼaga ʼo te ʼAtua.”—Soane 3:5.

Koteʼuhi ko te toe tupu neʼe ko he koga maʼuhiga ʼaupitō kiā Sesu, koia ʼe tonu ai ki te kau Kilisitiano ke natou mahino lelei ki te faʼahi ʼaia. Ohagē lā, ʼe kotou manatu koa ʼe feala ki he Kilistiano ke filifili ke toe tupu?

[Fakamatala ʼo te pasina 5]

“Kapau ʼe mole gigila ia te laʼā, pea ʼe mole feala ia ke mālamagia te ʼaho”