Hoko ʻo Fāʻūtaha ʻi he Lea Maʻá
“Bea hili ia teu omi . . . [ha liliu ki he, “NW”] lea maa ki he kakai, koeuhi ke nau ui kotoabe ki he huafa o Jihova, ke tauhi kiate ia i he uouagataha.”—SEFANAIA 3:9, PM.
1. Kuo fanongo ʻa e kakaí ki ha lea ʻa e ʻOtua ko Sihová?
ʻOKU maʻa ʻa e lea ʻa e ʻOtua ko Sihová. Ka kuo fanongo ʻa e kakai ki haʻane lea? ʻIo! Naʻe hoko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻi māmani ai ʻa hono ʻAló, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻi he senituli ʻe 19 kuo ʻosí. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻi he taimi naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa Sīsū, naʻe ongona ai ʻa e pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Ko hoku ʻAlo pele ʻena, ʻa ia kuo u hōifua ai.” (Mātiu 3:13-17) Ko ha fakamatala ia ʻo e moʻoni maʻa, ʻa ia naʻe fanongo ki ai ʻa Sīsū mo Sione Papitaiso ʻi he lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
2. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he “ngaahi lea ʻa e kau angelo”?
2 ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui mai aí naʻe lea ʻa e ʻapositolo Kalisitiane ko Paulá ʻo kau ki he “ngaahi lea ʻa e kakai, ʻio, mo e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau angelo.” (1 Kolinitō 13:1) Ko e hā ʻoku fakahā ʻe he meʻá ni? ʻOkú ne fakahā ʻoku ʻikai ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá pē ka ko e faʻahinga laumālié foki ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa ʻenau faʻahinga lea! Ko hono moʻoní, ko e ʻOtuá mo e kau ʻāngeló ʻoku ʻikai te nau fetuʻutakiʻaki ha ngaahi leʻo mo e lea ʻoku lava ke ongoʻi pe mahino kiate kitautolu. Ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko ha ʻatimosifia ʻo hangē ko ia ʻokú ne takatakai ʻa e māmaní ʻoku fiemaʻu ia ke ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi peau ongo ʻa ia ʻe malava ke fanongo ki ai mo mahino ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
3. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kamata ʻa e lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
3 Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kamata ʻa e lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá? ʻOku pehē ʻe he niʻihi naʻe feinga lahi ʻa ʻetau ngaahi kui ke fetuʻutakiʻaki ʻi heʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngulu mo e toʻe. ʻOku pehē ʻe he tohi ko e Evolution (Life Nature Library): “Ko ha tangata konga ngeli ʻoku fakafuofua ki he ngaahi taʻu ʻe taha miliona kuo maliu atú . . . naʻá ne lavaʻi nai ha ngaahi ongo siʻi ʻo e ngaahi leá.” Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha faʻu tikisinale ʻiloa ko Ludwig Koehler: “Ko e meʻa fakalilolilo ʻa e lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá; ko e meʻaʻofa fakaeʻotua, ko ha mana.” ʻIo, ko e lea ʻa e tangatá ko e meʻaʻofa fakaeʻotua, he naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he ʻuluaki tangata ko ʻĀtamá ha lea. ʻOku hā mahino ko e lea ia naʻe hoko ʻo ui ko e lea faka-Hepeluú. Ko e lea ko iá naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he kau ʻIsileli ko e ngaahi hako ʻo “Epalame ko e matapule Hepelu,” ko ha pēteliake mateaki ʻa ia ko hono tupuʻangá ko Semi ko ha foha ʻo e tokotaha faʻu ʻaʻake ko Noá. (Sēnesi 11:10-26; 14:13; 17:3-6) Koeʻuhi ko e tāpuaki fakaekikite ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Semí, ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei ke fakaʻosiʻaki naʻe ʻikai ke uesia ʻene leá ʻe he meʻa naʻe fai fakaemana ʻe he ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻi he senituli ʻe 43 kuo maliu atú.—Sēnesi 9:26.
4. Ko hai ʻa Nimilote, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ia ʻe Sētane ko e Tēvoló?
4 ʻI he taimi ko iá “naʻe ngutu taha pe ʻa e fonua kotoa, mo lea taha.” (Sēnesi 11:1) Naʻe moʻui ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e tangata ko Nimilote, “ko ha tokotaha tulimanu mālohi ʻo fakafepaki kia Sihova.” (Sēnesi 10:8, 9, NW) Naʻe tautautefito ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane, ko e fili lahi taha taʻe hā mai ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻa Nimilote ke fokotuʻu ʻa e konga fakaemāmani ʻo e kautaha ʻa e Tēvoló. Naʻe saiʻia ʻa Nimilote ke ʻiloa hono hingoá, pea ko e anga loto-fieʻeiki ko iá naʻe mafola ia ki hono kau muimuí, ʻa ia naʻa nau kau ki ha ngāue langa makehe ʻi he fonua ko Sainá. Fakatatau ki he Sēnesi vahe 11, veesi 4, naʻa nau pehē: “ʻE, tau langa muʻa haʻatau kolo, mo ha taua ke tau ki langi, pea tau ʻai ke ʻiloa hotau hingoa, naʻa tau movete ʻi he funga ʻo mamani.” Ko e ngāue ko ia ke fakafepaki ki he fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá ke “fakafonu ʻa e fonua” naʻe ngata ia ʻi hono veuveuki ʻe Sihova ʻa e lea ʻa e kau angatuʻú ni. ʻOku pehē ʻe he fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú: “Pea naʻe veteki kinautolu ʻe Sihova mei he potu ko ia ke nofoʻi ʻa e fonua kotoa: pea naʻa nau tuku ʻa e langa ʻo e kolo.” (Sēnesi 9:1; 11:2-9) Ko e kolo ko iá naʻe fakahingoa ko Pēpeli, pe Pāpilone (ko hono ʻuhingá, “ko Maveuveu”), “koeʻuhi ko e potu ia naʻe veuveuki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e lea ʻa mamani.”
5. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe taʻofi ʻi hono hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo veuveuki ʻa e lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku malava ke tau fakaʻosiʻaki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e lea ʻa Noa mo Semí?
5 Ko e mana ko iá, ko hono veuveuki ʻa e lea pē ʻe taha ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, naʻe taki atu ai ki hono fakafonu ʻa e māmaní ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Noá, pea naʻá ne taʻofi ai ha palani naʻe maʻu nai ʻe Sētane ke fokotuʻu ʻa e lotu fāʻūtaha taʻemaʻa kiate ia ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangata naʻa nau angatuʻu ki he ʻEiki Hau ʻo hēvani mo māmaní. Ko e moʻoni, ʻi he fai ʻo e lotu loí ʻi ha faʻahinga founga pē, naʻe hoko ʻa e kakaí ke ʻi he malumalu ʻa e pule ʻa e Tēvoló, pea naʻa nau tauhi ki he fanga tēmeniō ʻi heʻenau ngaohi ʻa e ngaahi ʻotua mo e ngaahi ʻotua fefine, pea fakahingoa kinautolu ʻi heʻenau ngaahi lea kehekehe, pea lotu kiate kinautolu. (1 Kolinitō 10:20) Ka ko e ngāue naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtua moʻoni pē ʻe tahá ʻi Pēpelí naʻá ne taʻofi ʻa e fokotuʻu ʻo ha lotu loi fāʻūtaha pē ʻe taha ʻo ʻoange ki he Tēvoló ʻa e lotu naʻe hā mahino ʻene holi ki aí. Ko e moʻoni, ko e tokotaha angatonu ko Noá mo hono foha ko Semí naʻe ʻikai te na kau ki he meʻa ko eni naʻe hoko ʻi he fonua ko Sainá. Ko ia ʻoku ʻuhinga lelei ke fakaʻosiʻaki ʻo pehē ko ʻena leá naʻe kei hoko ko e lea pē ia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he tokotaha angatonu ko ʻEpalame (pe ʻĒpalahamé), ʻa e lea ko ia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he tangata ko ʻĀtamá ʻi he ngoue ko ʻĪtení.
6. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S., naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻe Sihova ʻoku malava ke ne ʻomai ʻa e malava ke lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehe?
6 Ko Sihova, ʻa ia naʻá ne veuveuki ʻa e muʻaki lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku malava foki ke ne ʻomai ʻa e malava ke lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehé. Naʻá ne fai ʻa e meʻa ko iá ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosí ʻi he taʻu 33 ʻo Hotau Kuongá! Fakatatau kia Ngāue 2:1-11, naʻe fakatahataha ʻa e kau muimui ʻe toko 120 nai ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi ha loki ʻi ʻolunga ʻi Selusalema. (Ngāue 1:13, 15) Fakafokifā, naʻe ʻi ai ha longoaʻa mei he langí “ʻo hangē ko e mumuhu ʻo ha fuʻu tuʻoni matangi ʻoku to mai.” Naʻe hā ʻa e “ngaahi ʻelelo hange ha afi” ʻo vahevahe ʻiate kinautolu. Pea ʻi he meʻa ko iá ko e kau ākongá naʻe “fāʻofale ʻiate kinautolu katokātoa ʻa e laumālie maʻoniʻoni; pea nau hanga ʻo lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe, ʻo fakatatau ki he fakaleaʻi kinautolu ʻe he laumālie.” Naʻa nau lea ʻo kau ki he “ngaahi meʻa lalahi ʻa e ʻOtua” ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea foaki fakaeʻotua ko ʻení. Pea ko ha mana lahi ē ia, ʻi he mahino ʻa e pōpoaki foaki-moʻuí ni ki he kau Siú mo e kau ului mei he ngaahi lea kehekehe, mei he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻo ʻo hangē ko Mesopotēmia, ʻIsipite, Līpia, mo Loma!
Ko ha Lea ʻOku Foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá he ʻAhó Ni!
7. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe malava ke hoko ʻo kapau ʻe leaʻaki pē ʻa e lea ʻe taha pea mahino ki māmani kātoa?
7 Koeʻuhi ʻoku malava ke ʻomi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻi he mana, ʻikai ʻe mālie ʻo kapau te ne ʻai ke malava ke leaʻaki mo mahino ʻa e lea pē ʻe taha ʻi māmani lahi? ʻE fakatupu ai ʻa e femahinoʻaki lahi ange ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fāmili ʻo e tangatá. Hangē ko hono ʻai ʻe he The World Book Encyclopedia: “Kapau ʻe lea taha pē ʻa e kakaí, ʻe toe vāofi ange ʻa e ngaahi haʻi fakasivilaisé mo e fakaʻikonōmiká, pea ʻe tupulekina ʻa e vā-lelei ʻi he ngaahi fonuá.” ʻOku ʻikai ke siʻi hifo he ngaahi lea pehē ʻe 600 kuo fokotuʻu he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú. ʻI he ngaahi lea ko ʻení, ko e lea Esperanto kuo laveʻi lahi tahá koeʻuhi he ʻoku fakafuofua ko e kakai ʻe toko 10,000,000 kuo nau ako ki ai talu hono fokotuʻu ʻi he taʻu 1887. Ka, kuo ʻikai pē ke ola lelei ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻaki ha lea fakalūkufua. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku lahi mo toe lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻoku nau fakatupu ʻa e mavahevahe ʻi he māmani ko ʻení ʻi he ‘fakaʻaʻau mei he kovi ki he kovi ange ʻa e kakai koví.’—2 Tīmote 3:13.
8. Naʻa mo hono ohi hake ha lea fakalūkufua ʻi he ʻahó ni, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe kei ʻi ai pē, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
8 ʻI he lave ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalotú, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fuʻu maveuveu lahi. Ka ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻamanekina ʻa e meʻá ni, koeʻuhi ʻoku ui ʻi he tohi Fakahā ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa e ʻemipaea fakaemāmani ʻo e lotu loí ko “Babilone koe Lahi”? (Fakahā 18:2, PM) ʻIo, he ko e “Babilone” ʻoku ʻuhinga ko e “Maveuveu.” Naʻa mo hano tali ʻa e lea faʻu pē pe lea ʻo hangē ko e faka-Pilitāniá, Falanisē, Siamane, pe Lūsiá ke ohi ko ha lea fakalūkufua ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻe kei ʻi ai pē ʻa e maveuveu fakalotu pe ko ha toe meʻa kehe. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi he “ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e fili,” ko Sētane ko e Tēvoló. (1 Sione 5:19) ʻOkú ne fakahaaʻi moʻoni ʻa e siokitá, pea ʻokú ne fakaʻamu ʻaupito ke lotu ange ki ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá hono kotoa, ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻá ne holi ki ai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Nimiloté mo e Taua ʻo Pēpelí. Tā ko ha lea fakalūkufua kuo leaʻaki ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangata angahalaʻiá ʻe lava pē ke ne ʻoange kia Sētane ha faingamālie ke fokotuʻu ha lotu faka-Tēvolo fāʻūtaha! Ka ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke fakangofua ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa ko iá; ko e moʻoni, ʻe vavé ni ʻene fakangata ʻa e ngaahi lotu loi kotoa pē kuo fakatupu ʻe he Tēvoló.
9. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakafāʻūtahaʻi he taimí ni ʻa e ngaahi kakai mei he ngaahi puleʻanga mo e ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē?
9 Kaekehe, ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa fakaofó ʻoku fakafāʻūtahaʻi he taimí ni ʻa e ngaahi kakai lelei mei he ngaahi puleʻanga mo e faʻahinga kotoa pē. ʻOku hoko pē ʻeni ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá pea koeʻuhi ke lotu kiate ia. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke malava ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke ako mo leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻa pē ʻe taha ʻi he māmaní. Pea ko e moʻoni ko e lea fakalūkufua eni. Ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻokú ne akoʻi ʻa e lea maʻa ko ʻení ki he kakai tokolahi mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo e māmaní ʻi he ʻahó ni. Ko hono fakahoko ʻeni ʻo e talaʻofa fakaekikite ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe fakafou mai ʻi heʻene palōfita mo e tokotaha fakamoʻoni ko Sēfanaiá: “Bea hili ia teu omi ae lea maa [loungutu maʻa] ki he kakai, koeuhi ke nau ui kotoabe ki he huafa o Jihova, ke tauhi kiate ia i he uouagataha.” (Sēfanaia 3:9, PM) Ko e hā ʻa e lea maʻa ko ʻení?
Ko e Fakamatalaʻi ʻo e Lea Maʻá
10. Ko e hā ʻa e lea maʻá?
10 Ko e lea maʻá ko e moʻoni ia ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo maʻu ʻi heʻene Folofolá tonu, ko e Tohitapú. ʻOku tautefito ia ki he moʻoni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia te ne ʻomai ʻa e melino mo e ngaahi tāpuaki kehe ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku toʻo atu ʻe he lea maʻá ʻa e fehalaaki fakalotú mo e lotu loí. ʻOkú ne fakafāʻūtahaʻi ʻa kinautolu kotoa ʻoku nau leaʻaki iá ʻi he lotu maʻa, mo haohaoa mo lelei ʻa e ʻOtua moʻui mo moʻoni, ko Sihova. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko ha ngaahi lea ʻe 3,000 nai ʻoku hoko ia ko e fakafaingataʻaʻia ki hono maʻu ʻa e mahinó, pea ʻoku laui teau ʻa e ngaahi lotu loi ʻoku nau veuveuki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ko ia ko e fiefia ē ka ko kitautolu koeʻuhi ʻoku foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he kakaí ʻa e liliu ki he lea maʻa mo fakaofo ko ʻení!
11. Ko e hā kuo fai ʻe he lea maʻá ki he kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga mo e ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē?
11 ʻIo, ʻoku lavaʻi ʻa e lea maʻá ʻe he kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga mo e faʻahinga kotoa pē. ʻI he hoko ko e lea maʻa fakalaumālie pē ia ʻe taha ʻi he māmaní, ʻoku hoko ia ko e ivi mālohi fakafāʻūtaha. ʻOku malava ai ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki iá “ke ui . . . ki he huafa o Jihova, ke tauhi kiate ia i he uouagataha,” pe ʻi he ʻuhinga fakatohí, “ʻi he uma pē ʻe taha.” Ko ia ʻoku nau tauhi ki he ʻOtuá “mo e loto taha,” “mo e loto pē taha mo e uma fāʻūtaha pē ʻe taha.” (The New English Bible; The Amplified Bible) ʻOku pehē ʻe he liliu ʻa Steven T. Byington: “Ko ia te u [ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová] liliu ʻa e ngaahi loungutu ʻo e kakai kotoa pē ke maʻa, koeʻuhi ke lava nai ke nau ui kotoa ki he huafa ʻo Sihová mo ngāue fakataha ʻi heʻene ngāué.” Ko e faʻahinga ngāue fakataha pehē ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻi he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová pē. ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe 212 ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻoku laka hake ʻi he toko fā miliona ʻa e kau fanongonongo ko ʻeni ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻoku nau malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi he ngaahi lea lahi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. Ka, ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻoku nau “lea taha pe kotoa pe” pea ʻoku nau “maʻopoʻopo, ʻo loto taha mo fakakaukau taha.” (1 Kolinitō 1:10) ʻOku hoko ʻeni koeʻuhi ʻoku tatau ai pē pe ko e fē ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku nau ʻi ai ʻi he māmaní, ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he kotoa ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e lea maʻa pē ʻe taha, ke fakamālōʻia mo fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa ʻenau Tamai fakahēvaní.
Ako ʻa e Lea Maʻá he Taimí Ni!
12, 13. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ke tokanga ʻo kau ki he leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻia Sēfanaia 3:8, 9?
12 Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke ke tokanga ʻo kau ki he leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá? Ko e meʻa ʻe taha, koeʻuhi he ko hoʻo moʻuí ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi he ako mo leaʻaki ia. Ki muʻa siʻi pē ʻi he talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua ke “omi ae lea maa ki he kakai,” naʻá ne fakatokanga: “Oku behe e Jihova, Koia mou tatali kiate au, o aʻu ki he aho teu tuu hake ki he maumau; he kuou bau be ke tanaki ae gaahi fonua, keu fakataha ae gaahi buleaga, ke huai kiate kinautolu a eku tubutamaki, io, a eku houhau kakaha kotoabe: koeuhi e keina a mamani kotoabe aki ae afi o eku fuaa.”—Sēfanaia 3:8, PM.
13 Naʻe ʻuluaki leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ia ʻa e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová ʻi he senituli ʻe 26 kuo maliu atú ʻi Siuta, ʻa ia ko hono kolomuʻá ko Selusalema. Ka ko e fakamatala ko iá naʻe ʻuhinga tefito pē ia ki hotau ʻahó koeʻuhi ko Selusalema ko iá ko e fakataipe pē ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Pea ko hotau taimí, talu mei hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he 1914, ko e ʻaho ia ʻo Sihova ki hono fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fonuá mo e ngaahi puleʻangá. Kuó ne ʻomai kotoa kinautolu ʻo fakatahatahaʻi ʻi he malumalu ʻo ʻene tokangaʻí ʻo fakafou mai ʻi he fuʻu ngāue fakaefakamoʻoní. Kuo langaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ke nau fakafepaki ki heʻene taumuʻá. Kaekehe, ʻoku fai meesi ʻa e ʻOtua ko Sihová ʻo ne ʻai ke malava ai ʻa e kakai mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kehekehe kotoa pē ke nau fāʻūtaha ʻi he leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá. ʻI he meʻá ni, ko e kotoa ʻo e kau kumi ki he moʻui ʻi he māmani foʻou kuo talaʻofá ʻe lava ke nau ngāue kiate ia ʻi he fāʻūtaha ki muʻa ke fakaʻauha ʻa hono kotoa ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi he fakahāhā ʻo e houhau fakaeʻotuá ʻi he “tau ʻo e ʻaho lahi ʻo e ʻOtua Aoniu,” kuo faʻa ui ko ʻĀmaketone. (Fakahā 16:14, 16; 2 Pita 3:13) Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, ko kinautolu ʻoku nau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá pea ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻi he tui ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau lotu moʻoni fāʻūtahá te nau maʻu ʻa e maluʻi fakaeʻotuá he lolotonga ʻa e vevela ʻo e fakaʻauha ʻi māmaní. ʻE fakahaofi ai kinautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ki he māmani foʻou, ʻa ia ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e lea maʻá pē ʻi he loungutu ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá kotoa.
14. Fakafou mai ʻia Sēfanaia, naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻoku fiemaʻu ke fai leva ha meʻa kae hao moʻui atu ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ní?
14 ʻOku fakahā mahino mai ʻe Sihova ʻo fakafou mai ʻi heʻene palōfita ko Sēfanaiá, ko kinautolu ʻoku nau ʻamanaki ke hao moʻui atu ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu anga-kovi ko ʻení kuo pau ke nau fai ha meʻa. Fakatatau kia Sēfanaia 2:1-3, ʻoku pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Mou sivi kimoutolu, ʻio fai homou ʻekeʻi, siʻi puleʻanga taʻemangoi; ʻi he teʻeki ke aʻu ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ki he faʻele, teʻeki ke ngaʻunu mai ʻa e ʻaho hange ha kafukafu, teʻeki ke aʻu hifo kiate kimoutolu ʻa e kakaha ʻo e tuputamaki ʻa Sihova, teʻeki ke aʻu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova. Vivili kia Sihova, ʻa e kau vaivai ʻo e fonua, ʻa kimoutolu kuo mou feia ʻene konisitutone; mou vivili ki he faitotonu [māʻoniʻoni, NW], mou vivili ki he anga vaivai: Heiʻilo ʻe fufū kimoutolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova.”
15. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e muʻaki fakahoko ʻo e Sēfanaia 2:1-3? (e) Ko hai naʻe hao moʻui atu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Siutá, pea ko e hā ʻe hoatatau mo e hao moʻui atu ko ení ʻi hotau ʻahó ni?
15 Ko e ngaahi lea ko iá naʻe fai ʻa hono muʻaki fakahokó ʻi Siuta mo Selusalema ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Naʻe ʻikai ke tali lelei ʻe he kakai angahalaʻia ʻo Siutá ʻa e kole ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea ʻoku hā ia ʻi heʻene fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau kiate kinautolu ʻi he nima ʻo e kau Pāpiloné ʻi he taʻu 607 K.M. Hangē pē ko Siutá ko ha “puleʻanga taʻemangoi” ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko ia ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ko ha “puleʻanga” taʻemangoi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová. Kaekehe, naʻe hao moʻui atu ʻa e kau Siutea ʻe niʻihi mo e niʻihi kehe kau ai mo e palōfita mateaki ʻa Sihova ko Selemaia koeʻuhi ko e tauhi ki he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e kau hao moʻui kehé naʻe kau ai ha tangata ʻItiopea ko Epeti-meleki pea mo e hako ʻo Sionatapí. (Selemaia 35:18, 19; 39:11, 12, 16-18) ʻOku meimei tatau ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻe hao moʻui atu ʻi ʻĀmaketone ki he māmani foʻou ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻa Sīsū ʻa ia kuo fakatahatahaʻi mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē. (Fakahā 7:9; Sione 10:14-16) Ko kinautolu pē ʻoku nau ako mo leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá te nau hoko ko e kau hao moʻui fiefia.
16. Ko e hā kuo pau ke te fai kae fufū kita “ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova”?
16 Hangē pē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sihova ke fakaʻauha ʻa Siuta mo Selusalemá, ko ia kuo pau ke fakaʻauha ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane. Ko e moʻoni, ko e fakaʻauha ʻo e lotu loi kotoa pē ʻoku ofí ni, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku nau loto ke hao moʻuí kuo pau ke nau fai leva ha meʻa. Kuo pau ke nau fai ia ki muʻa “ke ngaʻunu mai ʻa e ʻaho hange ha kafukafu,” ʻa ia ʻoku vave hono ʻave ʻe he matangí, ʻo hangē ko hono laku ʻa e uité ki he ʻataá ʻi he hahaʻanga uité. Kuo pau ke tau leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá mo tali ki he fakatokanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki muʻa ʻi he hoko kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e tuputāmaki kakaha ʻa Sihová kae hao moʻui mei he houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Sēfanaiá pea pehē pē mo e ʻahó ni, ʻoku kumi ʻa e kau anga-vaivaí ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová, fakataha mo e māʻoniʻoní mo e anga-vaivai. Ko ʻetau kumi kia Sihová ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo hotau lotó, moʻuí, ʻatamaí, mo e iví. (Maʻake 12:29, 30) “Heiʻilo ʻe fufū [kinautolu ʻoku fai peheé] ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova.” Ka ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai ʻe he kikité, “heiʻilo”? Koeʻuhi he ko e fakamoʻuí ʻe fakatuʻunga ʻi he mateaki mo e kātaki. (Mātiu 24:13) Ko kinautolu kuo nau liliu ki he ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo hanganaki leaʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá ʻe fufuuʻi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová.
17. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku kei tuʻu ke tau fakakaukau atu ki ai?
17 Koeʻuhi ʻoku ofí ni ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová pea ko e fakamoʻuí ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he ako mo ngāueʻaki ʻa e lea maʻá, ko e taimi ʻeni ke kau kakato ai ki he ako mo leaʻaki iá. Ka ʻe anga-fēfē ke ako ha tokotaha ki he lea maʻá? Pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻaonga mei hano leaʻaki ia?
ʻE Fēfē Hoʻo Tali?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kamata ʻa e lea ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e lea maʻá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻia Sēfanaia 3:8, 9?
◻ Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai kae fufū kitautolu “ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihova”?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 16]
ʻI Pēpeli, naʻe fakamovetevete ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻaki hono veuveuki ʻenau leá