ʻOku ongoʻi ʻe he kakai ʻe niʻihi ko e lotú ko ha fakamole taimi pē, ʻoku ʻikai fanongo mai ha taha ia. Kuo feinga ʻa e niʻihi ke lotu ka ʻoku nau ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke tali ia. Ko e tokotaha fakaʻikaiʻi-ʻOtua ʻe taha naʻá ne sioloto atu ki he tuʻunga ʻo e ʻOtuá peá ne lotu: “Kiʻi fanafana mai pē.” Ka naʻá ne pehē ko e ʻOtuá “ʻoku fuʻu māʻolunga ia ke fanongo mai.”

Ka, ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtua ʻokú ne fanongo mai ki heʻetau lotú. ʻOku hiki ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e fakamatala ko ení ki he kakai ʻi he kuohilí: “Kuo pau te ne [ʻOtua] ʻofa kiate koe, ʻi he ongo mai hoʻo tautapa: Ko ʻene ongoʻi leva te ne tali koe.” (ʻAisea 30:19) ʻOku pehē ʻi he veesi Tohi Tapu ʻe taha: “Ko e lotu ʻani faitotonu ko hono mamana ia.”—Palōveepi 15:8.

ʻOku toe lave ʻa e Tohi Tapú ki he fakatātā ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ongona ʻenau lotú. ʻOku pehē ʻi ha veesi ʻe taha ko Sīsū naʻá ne “kōlenga . . . ki he Tokotaha ʻa ia naʻe malava ke ne fakahaofi ia” pea “naʻe ongona ia ʻi he tuʻunga fakahōifua.” (Hepelū 5:7) ʻE toe lava ke maʻu ha fakatātā ʻi he Taniela 9:21 mo e 2 Kalonikali 7:1.

Ko e hā leva ʻoku ongoʻi ai ʻe he kakai ʻe niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai tali ʻenau lotú? Ke ongona ʻetau lotú, kuo pau ke tau lotu pē ki he ʻOtua ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ʻa Sihova, a ʻo ʻikai ki ha toe ʻotua kehe pe ki he fanga kuí. ʻOku toe fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tau “kole ʻo fakatatau ki hono finangaló”—ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne hōifua ki aí. ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá kapau te tau lotu ʻi he founga ko ení, “ʻokú ne fanongo mai kiate kitautolu.” (1 Sione 5:14) Ko ia ke ongona ʻetau lotú, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo e Tohi Tapú pea ako ki hono finangaló.

ʻOku tui ʻa e kakai tokolahi ko e lotú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tōʻonga fakalotu pē ka ʻoku fanongo mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻenau lotú pea tali. Ko Isaac, mei Keniā, ʻokú ne pehē: “Naʻá ku lotu ki ha tokoni ke u mahinoʻi ʻa e Tohi Tapú. ʻIkai fuoloa mei ai, naʻe ʻaʻahi mai ha tokotaha ʻo ʻomai ʻa e tokoni naʻá ku fiemaʻú.” ʻI he ʻOtu Motu Filipainí, naʻe loto ʻa Hilda ke tuku ʻene ifi tapaká. Hili ʻa e ʻikai lavameʻa ʻene toutou feingá, naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe hono husepānití, “Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ke ke lotu ki he ʻOtuá ki ha tokoní?” Naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e faleʻí peá ne pehē: “Naʻá ku ofo ʻi he founga ʻEne tokoniʻi aú. Naʻe kamata ke mole atu ʻeku uʻa fie ifi tapaká. Naʻe malava ke u tuku ia.”

ʻOku mahuʻingaʻia nai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tokoniʻi hoʻo ngaahi hohaʻa fakafoʻituitui ʻoku fehoanaki mo hono finangaló?