Seminelí
Sēnesi 6–8: “Naʻe Fai ʻe Noa … [ʻa Ia] Kotoa Pē Naʻe Fekau ʻe [he ʻEikí]”


“Sēnesi 6–8: ʻNaʻe Fai ʻe Noa … [ʻa Ia] Kotoa Pē Naʻe Fekau ʻe [he ʻEikí]’” Fuakava Motuʻá – Tohi Lēsoni ʻa e Faiako Seminelí (2026)

“Sēnesi 6–8: ʻNaʻe Fai ʻe Noa … [ʻa Ia] Kotoa Pē Naʻe Fekau ʻe [he ʻEikí]’” Fuakava Motuʻá – Tohi Lēsoni ʻa e Faiako Seminelí

Sēnesi 6–11; Mōsese 8: Lēsoni 20

Sēnesi 6–8

“Naʻe Fai ʻe Noa … [ʻa Ia] Kotoa Pē Naʻe Fekau ʻe [he ʻEikí]”

The Old Testament prophet Noah standing on a log as he preaches to a group of assembled people. The people are laughing and mocking Noah. The partially completed ark is visible in the background.

ʻOku kole mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻofa ke tau talangofua ki Heʻene ngaahi fekaú. Mahalo ʻe faingataʻa ke mahino ha ngaahi fekau ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻoku nau hoko maʻu pē ko ha meʻa ke tau lelei ai. Naʻe fakahaofi e fāmili ʻo Noá mei ha lōmaki fakaofo taʻe-hano-tatau koeʻuhí ko ʻenau talangofua ki he fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke foʻu ha ʻaʻaké. ʻE lava ke tokoni e lēsoni ko ʻení ki he kau akó ke fakatupulaki ʻenau loto-holi ke talangofua ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá.

Teuteu ʻa e tokotaha akó: Fakaafeʻi e kau akó ke fakalaulauloto pea haʻu mateuteu ke vahevahe e founga ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe ha fekau pau e ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní kiate kitautolú mo ʻEne finangalo ke maluʻi kitautolú.

Ngaahi ʻEkitivitī Ako ʻOku Ala Fakahokó

Ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá

Fakakaukau ke kamata e lēsoní ʻaki hono poupouʻi e kau akó ke fakalaulauloto ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻomi ai ʻe heʻetau Tamai Hēvani ʻofá ha ngaahi fekau kiate kitautolú. Ko e founga ʻe taha ke fai ai ʻení ko hano fakaʻaliʻali e ʻū fakatātā ko ʻení pea faʻu ha fealēleaʻaki ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻi laló. Ko ha founga ʻe taha ko hono ʻai ke vahevahe ʻe he kau akó ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni kuo fokotuʻu ʻe heʻenau mātuʻá ke maluʻi ʻaki ʻena fānaú.

A young man Starting a campfire at Burraston Ponds, Utah
A group of little boys and girls play together outside.

Fakakaukauloto ʻokú ke tokangaʻi ha kulupu tokolahi ʻo ha fānau kei iiki ʻi he feituʻu faiʻanga kemi ko ʻení.

  • Ko e hā ha ngaahi lao pau te ke lava ʻo ʻoange ki he fānaú ke nau malu ai?

  • Kapau naʻe ʻita atu ʻa e fānaú kiate koe ʻi hono fokotuʻu ha ngaahi laó, ko e hā e meʻa te ke fakamatalaʻi kiate kinautolú?

    Fakaafeʻi e kau akó ke vahevahe mo ha hoa ʻa e founga te nau ala fakafehoanaki ai ʻa e tūkunga ko ʻení ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní maʻatautolú.

    Fakaafeʻi leva e kau akó ke lekooti ʻenau ngaahi ongo fakataautaha fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá mo ʻEne ngaahi fekaú ʻi heʻenau tohinoa akó ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi ha ngaahi ueʻi hangē ko ʻení. ʻE lava ke ke fakaafeʻi ha niʻihi te nau loto-fiemālie ke vahevahe ʻa e meʻa ne nau tohí.

  • ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā e ‘uhinga ʻoku finangalo ai e ʻOtuá ke ke tauhi fakataautaha ʻEne ngaahi fekaú?

  • ʻOkú ke loto-fiemālie fēfē ke talangofua ki he meʻa ʻoku kole mai ʻe he ʻOtuá, neongo kapau ʻoku ʻikai mahino kiate koe ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e fekaú? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?

Ko e kakai ʻi he kuonga ʻo Noá

Fakakaukau ke fakaʻaliʻali e fakatātā ʻo Noa ‘i he kamataʻanga ‘o e lēsoní. Kole ki he kau akó ke vahevahe ʻa e meʻa kuo nau ʻosi ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakakaukau ko ʻení. Fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi potufolofola ʻoku fokotuʻu atú ʻo ka fiemaʻu.

  • Ko e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo e kakai ʻi he kuonga ʻo Noá pea mo e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ko hono olá (vakai, Mōsese 8:17, 20, 22, 28–29)

  • Ko e meʻa naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Noa ke ne fai ke fakahaofi ʻa e kau talangofuá (vakai, Mōsese 7:43)

ʻI he hokohoko atu e ako ʻa e kau akó, poupouʻi kinautolu ke fekumi ki he tākiekina ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ke mahino kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolú. Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fai ʻe he ʻOtuá, kau ai ʻa e Lōmakí, ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai ia ʻe he ʻofá (vakai, 2 Nīfai 26:24). Tokoni ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau akó naʻe mamahi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi angahala ʻa e kakai naʻe mate ʻi he Lōmakí koeʻuhí ke nau lava ʻo ako mo fakatomala ʻi he maama tataliʻanga ʻo e ngaahi laumālié (vakai, Mōsese 7:38–40; 1 Pita 3:18–20). ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe hoko foki e fili ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tuku mai ʻa e Lōmakí ke maluʻi ai ʻEne fānau fakalaumālie kehé mei hano fanauʻi ki ha ngaahi tūkunga fakatuʻutāmaki mo kovi pehē (vakai, John Taylor, ʻi he Journal of Discourses, 19:158–59).

Ko e ʻaʻaké

Fakakaukau ke ʻoange ha laʻipepa ki ha fanga kiʻi kulupu iiki ʻo e kau akó pea ʻoange ha kiʻi taimi nounou ke nau fakakakato fakataha ai ʻa e ʻekitivitī ko ʻení. (Tokanga ke tuku ha taimi hili e ʻekitivitī ko ʻení ke aleaʻi ʻe he kau akó e meʻa ʻoku nau akó pea fakafekauʻaki ia ki heʻenau moʻuí.)

  1. Lau ʻa e Sēnesi 6:14–22; 7:1–12, 23; 8:13–17, ʻo kumi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku akoʻi ʻe he fakamatala ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá mo e meʻa te tau lava ʻo ako meia Noá.

  2. Tā ha fakatātā faingofua ʻo e meʻa naʻe hokó.

  3. Fakakau ʻi hoʻo fakatātaá ha meʻa ʻe taha naʻá ke ako fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá pea mo ha meʻa ʻe taha naʻá ke ako mei he sīpinga ʻa Noá.

Fakaafeʻi ha ngaahi kulupu ke nau fakaʻaliʻali mo fakamatalaʻi ʻenau ʻū fakatātaá (tatau ai pē kapau ʻoku ʻikai kakato) ki ha kulupu ʻe taha. Hili iá, fakaafeʻi ha ngaahi kulupu ke nau vahevahe mo e kalasí ʻa e meʻa ne nau ako fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá mo e meʻa ne nau ako mei he sīpinga ʻa Noá.

Ko e moʻoni ʻe taha ʻe lava ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau akó mei he talanoa ko ʻení ko e taimi ʻoku tau talangofua ai ki he ʻEikí ʻi he tuí, te Ne tāpuakiʻi mo maluʻi kitautolu.

Fakakaukau ke fakaʻaliʻali e fakamatala ko ʻení mo fakaafeʻi e ngaahi kulupú ke nau lau mo aleaʻi e founga ʻoku ʻaonga ai kiate kitautolu he ʻaho ní.

Naʻe vahevahe ʻe Palesiteni Sipenisā W. Kimipolo (1895–1985) ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ʻuhinga naʻe fiemaʻu ai ke tui ʻa Noa mo hono fāmilí kia Kalaisi ke fakahoko ʻa e fekau ke foʻu ʻa e ʻaʻaké.

Portrait of President Spencer W. Kimball. He is holding an open book in his hands.

Naʻe teʻeki ke hā mai ha fakaʻilonga ʻe ʻuha mo tāfea. Naʻe lumaʻi [ʻa Noa] ʻe hono kakaí ʻo lau ko e vale. Naʻe ʻikai fie fanongo ha taha ki heʻene malangá. Naʻe lau ʻoku taʻeʻuhinga ʻene ngaahi fakatokangá. Naʻe teʻeki hoko ha meʻa pehē kimuʻa; ne teʻeki ai ʻilo ʻe ha taha ia ʻe lava ʻe ha lōmaki ʻo ʻufiʻufi kotoa ʻa māmani. Meʻa ngalivale moʻoni ke foʻu ha vaka ʻi he funga fonua mōmoá, lolotonga ʻoku ulo lelei ʻa e laʻaá pea hokohoko atu pē mo e moʻuí ʻi he founga angamahení! (Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Sipenisā W. Kimipolo [2006], 175)

  • Ko e hā ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku tukunoaʻi pe manukiʻi ʻe he kakaí he ʻaho ní?

  • Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻokú ke ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá mo ʻEne kau palōfitá ʻe lava ʻo tokoni ke tau talangofua ki he ʻEikí neongo e fakafepakí?

Fakaafeʻi e kau akó ke vahevahe ha ngaahi fekau ʻoku nau tui ko ha ngaahi maluʻi ʻofa mei he ʻOtuá.

Talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ʻi heʻetau moʻuí

Fakakaukau ke fakaʻaliʻali ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻení fakataha mo e ngaahi fakakaukau fakataautaha ʻoku hā atu ʻi laló.

Naʻe vahevahe ʻe Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni (1927–2018) ha taha ʻo e ngaahi lēsoni maʻongoʻonga taha te tau lava ʻo ako ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.

Official portrait of President Thomas S. Monson, 2008.

Naʻe maʻu ʻe Noa ha tui taʻeueʻia ke muimui he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOfa ke tau fai pehē maʻu ai pē. ʻOfa ke tau manatuʻi ʻoku hā ngalivale maʻu pē e poto ʻo e ʻOtuá ki he tangatá; ka ko e meʻa maʻongoʻonga taha te tau lava ʻo ako ʻi he moʻui fakamatelié, ʻi he taimi ʻoku folofola ai e ʻOtuá pea tau talangofuá, te tau tonu maʻu pē. (“Models to Follow,” Liahona, Nov. 2002, 61)

Lekooti ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó:

  1. ʻA e ongo ʻokú ke maʻu fekauʻaki mo e fakamatala ʻa Palesiteni Monisoní ʻa ia ʻoku felāveʻi mo e ngaahi tūkunga pe ngaahi fekau ʻi hoʻo moʻuí.

  2. Ko e meʻa naʻá ke ako pe ongoʻi he ʻahó ni fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo ʻEne ngaahi fekaú.

  3. Ko e meʻa ʻokú ke tui ʻe finangalo ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní ke ke fai ke muimui ki he sīpinga talangofua faivelenga ʻa Noá.

Te ke lava ʻo fakaʻosi e lēsoní ʻaki hono fakaafeʻi e kau akó ke fakaʻilongaʻi e sīpinga ʻa Noá ʻi he Sēnesi 7:5 pea fakafekauʻaki ia mo e sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi he maama fakalaumālié ʻi he Mōsese 4:2. Fakakaukau ke ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá hoʻo kau akó ʻi heʻenau feinga faivelenga ke muimui ki he sīpinga talangofua ʻa e Fakamoʻuí.