Falaite, ʻOkatopa 16
ʻOua naʻa tuku ke afe ho lotó ki hono ngaahi ʻalungá. ʻOua naʻá ke hē atu ki hono ngaahi halá.—Pal. 7:25.
Ko e talanoa ko eni ʻa Solomoné ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe lava ke hoko ki ha tokotaha pē ʻoku lotu kia Sihova. Te ne fai nai ha angahala mamafa pea ki mui aí ʻokú ne ongoʻi naʻe hoko fakafokifā pē ʻa e meʻa kotoa. Pe te ne pehē nai, “Naʻe hokonoa pē.” Ka neongo ia, kapau ʻokú ne fakakaukau ki he meʻa moʻoni naʻe hokó, ngalingali te ne fakatokangaʻi tā naʻá ne fou ʻi he ngaahi sitepu taʻefakapotopoto naʻe taki atu ki heʻene faiangahalá. Naʻe kau nai ʻi he ngaahi sitepu ko iá ʻa e feohi koví, fakafiefia ʻikai leleí, pe toutou ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku fehuʻiá—tatau ai pē pe naʻá ne ʻi ai tonu pe ʻi he ʻinitanetí. Mahalo pē naʻe ʻikai ke ne toe lotu, lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú, maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá, pe kau ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú. ʻI he hangē ko e talavou naʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he Palōvēpí, tā naʻe ʻikai ke hoko “fakafokifā pē” ʻene faiangahalá. Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni kiate kitautolú? ʻOku ʻikai ngata pē ʻa e fiemaʻu ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he angahalá kae pehē foki ki he ngaahi sitepu ʻoku taki atu ki he faiangahalá. Ko e poini tofu pē ia naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe Solomone hili ʻene talanoá.—Māt. 5:29, 30. w24.07 16 ¶10-11
Tokonaki, ʻOkatopa 17
ʻOku mau maʻu ʻa e koloá ni ʻi ha ngaahi ipu ʻumea.—2 Kol. 4:7.
Ko e hā ʻa e koloa ko ení? Ko e ngāue fakahaofi moʻui ia ʻo hono malangaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. (2 Kol. 4:1) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ipu ʻumeá? ʻOku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻave ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Paulá, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau mēsianití ʻa e ngaahi siā ʻumeá ke feʻaveʻaki ai ʻa e ngaahi koloa mahuʻingá, hangē ko e meʻakai, uaine mo e paʻanga. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku tuku mai ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu ʻa e pōpoaki mahuʻinga ʻo e ongoongo leleí. ʻI he tokoni ʻa Sihová, ʻe lava ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e mālohi ʻoku fiemaʻú ke fakahoko faitōnunga atu ai ʻetau pōpoakí. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, te tau hoko nai ʻo manavahē tangata pe manavahē naʻa talitekeʻi kitautolu. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ikuʻi ʻa e pole ko iá? Fakakaukau ki he lotu ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻi he taimi naʻe tuʻutuʻuni atu ai ke ʻoua te nau toe malangá. ʻI he ʻikai ke ʻulutukua ki he manavaheé, naʻa nau kole kia Sihova ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke hanganaki lea loto-toʻa. Naʻe tali ʻe Sihova ʻenau lotú ʻi he taimi pē ko iá. (Ngā. 4:18, 29, 31) Kapau ʻoku uesia koe ʻe he manavahē tangatá ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, kole kia Sihova ke tokoniʻi koe ke ikunaʻi hoʻo manavahē tangatá ʻaki hoʻo ʻofa ki he kakaí. w24.04 16 ¶8-9
Sāpate, ʻOkatopa 18
Ko ʻemau Tamai ʻoku ʻi hēvani, ke fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ho huafá.—Māt. 6:9.
Ko ʻetau ʻofa kia Sihová ʻokú ne ueʻi kitautolu ke fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi hono huafá. ʻOku tau loto ke kau ʻi hono fakaʻataʻatā hono huafá mei hono lumaʻi ʻe Sētane ʻaki ʻene ngaahi loi fakalotokoví. (Sēn. 3:1-5; Siope 2:4; Sione 8:44) ʻI heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻoku tau vēkeveke ke taukapoʻi hotau ʻOtuá, ʻo tala ʻa e moʻoni fekauʻaki mo iá ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻe fiefanongó. ʻOku tau loto ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he tokotaha kotoa ko hono ʻulungaanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa tahá ko e ʻofa, ko ʻene founga-pulé ʻoku māʻoniʻoni mo totonu, pea ko hono Puleʻangá te ne fakangata ʻa e faingataʻá kotoa pea ʻomai ʻa e melino mo e fiefia ki he fāmili fakaetangatá. (Saame 37:10, 11, 29; 1 Sio. 4:8) ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau taukapoʻi ai ʻa e ongoongo ʻo Sihová ʻi heʻetau ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻoku tau fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ai hono huafá. ʻOku tau toe maʻu foki ʻa e fiemālie ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau moʻui ʻo tuha mo hotau hingoá. w24.05 18 ¶12