Ko e Ngaahi ʻAho Fakaekikite ʻa Tānielá pea mo ʻEtau Tuí
“Monuʻiaā [“fiefiaā,” NW] ka ko ia ʻoku matatali, ʻo ne aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻe taha afe ma tolungeau ma tolungofulu ma nima.”—TĀNIELA 12:12.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ai ʻe he tokolahi ʻa e fiefia moʻoní, pea ʻoku fakafekauʻaki ʻa e fiefia moʻoní ki he hā?
ʻOKU loto ʻa e toko taha kotoa pē ke ne fiefia. Kae kehe, ʻoku tokosiʻi pē ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku pehē. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Ko e ʻuhinga ʻe tahá koeʻuhi ʻoku kumi ʻa e tokolahi taha ki he fiefiá ʻi he feituʻu hala. ʻOku kumi ki he fiefiá ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻo hangē ko e akó, maʻu koloá, ko e ngāue tuʻumaʻú, pe ko e tuli ke maʻu mafaí. Kae kehe, ʻi he lea kamata ʻa Sīsū ʻi heʻene Malanga ʻi he Moʻungá, naʻá ne fakafekauʻaki ʻa e fiefiá ki hono ʻiloʻi ʻete fie maʻu fakalaumālié, ko e meesí, ko e maʻa ʻi he lotó, mo e ngaahi ʻulungāanga meimei tatau. (Mātiu 5:3-10) ʻOku moʻoni mo tolonga ʻa e faʻahinga fiefia naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū ʻo kau ki aí.
2. Fakatatau ki he kikité, ko e hā te ne tataki atu ki he fiefia ʻi he taimi fakamuí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku mālanga hake ʻo kau ki he meʻá ni?
2 ʻOku fakafekauʻaki ʻa e fiefia ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻi he kuonga ʻo e ngataʻangá ki ha toe meʻa ʻe taha. ʻOku tau lau ʻi he tohi ʻa Tānielá: “ʻAlu ā, Taniela: he kuo tapuni mo silaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi fakamui. Monuʻiaā [“fiefiaā,” NW] ka ko ia ʻoku matatali, ʻo ne aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻe taha afe ma tolungeau ma tolungofulu ma nima.” (Tāniela 12:9, 12) Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko eni ko e ʻaho ʻe 1,335? Ko e hā naʻe fiefia ai ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe moʻui ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ko ení? ʻOku ʻi ai hano kaunga ki heʻetau tuí ʻi he ʻaho ní? Te tau maʻu ha tokoni ke tali ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻí ni kapau te tau sio ki he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻe Tāniela ʻa e ngaahi leá ni, ko e taimi siʻi pē ʻi he hili ʻa hono tuku ange ʻa ʻIsileli mei he nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpiloné ʻi he taʻu hono tolu ʻo Tuʻi Kōlesí ko e tuʻi Pēsia.—Tāniela 10:1.
ʻOku Fakahoko ʻe he Toe Fokotuʻú ʻa e Fiefia
3. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Tuʻi Kōlesí ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e fiefia lahi ki he kau Siu anga-tonú ʻi he 537 K.M., ka ko e hā ʻa e monū naʻe ʻikai ke fakahoko ʻe Kōlesi ki he kau Siú?
3 Naʻe hoko ʻa hono tuku ange mei Pāpiloné ko e taimi ia ke fiefia moʻoni ai ʻa e kau Siú. ʻI he hili ʻa hono kātakiʻi ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e meimei taʻu ʻe 70 ʻo e nofo fakaheé, naʻe fakaafeʻi kinautolu ʻe Kōlesi ko e Lahi ke nau foki ki Selūsalema ʻo toe langa ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihová. (ʻĒsela 1:1, 2) Ko e faʻahinga naʻa nau tali ʻa e fakaafé ni naʻa nau foki ʻo maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻamanaki lahi, ʻo nau aʻu ki honau fonuá ʻi he 537 K.M. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ke fakaafeʻi kinautolu ʻe Kōlesi ke nau toe fokotuʻu ha puleʻanga ʻi he pule mai ki ai ha hako ʻo Tuʻi Tēvita.
4, 5. (a) Naʻe fulihi fakakū ʻa e tuʻunga tuʻi faka-Tēvitá? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakapapau naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻa e tuʻunga tuʻi faka-Tēvitá?
4 Naʻe mohu ʻuhinga ʻa e meʻá ni. ʻI he senituli ʻe nima nai ki muʻá, naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sihova kia Tēvita: “Pea ʻe fakapapau ho fale mo ho puleʻanga kiate koe ʻo taʻengata: ʻe fokotuʻu ho taloni ʻo taʻengata.” (2 Sāmiuela 7:16) Ko e meʻa fakalotomamahí, he naʻe angatuʻu ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e ngaahi hako fakatuʻi ʻo Tēvitá pea naʻe hoko ʻo fuʻu lahi fau ʻa e halaia ʻa e puleʻangá ʻi he lingi totó pea naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻe Sihova ke fulihi ʻa e tuʻunga tuʻi faka-Tēvitá ʻi he 607 K.M. Tuku kehe pē ʻa e vahaʻa taimi nounou ʻi he pule mai ʻa e kau Makapeó, naʻe pule ʻa e kau muli ki Selūsalema mei he taʻu ko iá ʻo aʻu ki hono fakaʻauha hono uá ʻi he 70 T.S. Ko ia naʻe kei hoko atu ʻi he 537 K.M. ʻa e “ngaahi kuonga ʻo e Senitaile,” pea ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻe ʻikai ha foha ʻo Tēvita te ne pule ko e tuʻi.—Luke 21:24.
5 Ka neongo iá, naʻe ʻikai ke ngalo ʻia Sihova ʻa ʻene talaʻofa kia Tēvitá. Naʻá ne fakahā ki heʻene palōfita ko Tānielá ʻo fakafou ʻi he ngaahi vīsone mo e ngaahi misí ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú ʻi māmani lahi ʻi he ngaahi senituli talu mei he taimi ʻo e pule ʻa Pāpilone ki he māmaní ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ʻe toe pule ai ha tuʻi ʻi he hohoko ʻo Tēvitá ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová. Ko e ngaahi kikite ko ení, ʻa ia ʻoku hiki ʻi he tohi Tāniela vahe 2, 7, 8, mo e Tan 10-12, naʻa nau fakapapauʻi ki he kau Siu anga-tonú ʻe faifai atu pē pea ko e moʻoni ko e taloni ʻo Tēvitá “ʻe fokotuʻu . . . ʻo taʻengata.” ʻOku pau, ko e faʻahinga moʻoni pehē naʻe fakahaá naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e fiefia ki he kau Siu ko ia naʻa nau foki ki honau fonuá ʻi he 537 K.M.!
6. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ai naʻe pau ke fakahoko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kikite ʻa Tānielá ʻi hotau taimí?
6 Ko e kau fakamatala tokolahi taha ʻo kau ki he Tohi Tapú ʻoku nau pehē naʻe fakahoko meimei kakato ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻa Tānielá ki muʻa ʻi hono ʻaloʻi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Ka ʻoku hā mahino ʻoku ʻikai ke tonu eni. ʻOku tala ʻe ha ʻangelo kia Tāniela ʻi he Tāniela 12:4: “Tapuni ʻa e ngaahi lea, ʻo silaʻi ʻa e tohi, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi fakamui: ʻe lele holo ha tokolahi, pea ʻe fakautuutu ʻa e ʻilo [“moʻoní,” NW].” Kapau ʻe toʻo ʻa e silá mei he tohi Tānielá, ʻo fakahā kakato hono ʻuhingá ʻi he taimi fakamuí pē, tā ʻoku pau ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kikité kuo pau ke kaunga ia ki he vahaʻa taimi ko iá.—Sio ki he Tāniela 2:28; 8:17; 10:14.
7. (a) Naʻe ngata ʻanefē ʻa e ngaahi kuonga ʻo e Senitailé, pea ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi fakavavevave naʻe fie maʻu ke tali ʻi he taimi ko iá? (e) Ko hai naʻe ʻikai ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto”?
7 Naʻe ngata ʻa e ngaahi kuonga ʻo e Senitailé ʻi he 1914, pea naʻe kamata ai ʻa e kuonga ʻo e ngataʻanga ki he māmani ko ení. Naʻe ʻikai ke toe fokotuʻu ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻi he hohoko ʻo Tēvitá ʻi Selūsalema ʻi māmani, ka naʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻo taʻe hā mai ia ʻi he “ngaahi ʻao ʻo e langi.” (Tāniela 7:13, 14) ʻI he taimi ko iá, koeʻuhi naʻe maʻuiʻui ʻa e “tea” ko e lotu faka-Kalisitiane loí, naʻe ʻikai ke maʻalaʻala ʻi he vakai ʻa e tangatá ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo kau ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní. Ka neongo ia, naʻe fie maʻu ke tali ha fehuʻi mahuʻinga: “Bea kohai ae tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto?” (Mātiu 13:24-30; 24:45, PM) Ko hai te ne fakafofongaʻi ʻi māmani ʻa e Puleʻanga faka-Tēvitá kuo toe fokotuʻú? Naʻe ʻikai ko e ngaahi tokoua fakakakano ʻo Tānielá, ʻa ia ko e kau Siú. Naʻe talitekeʻi kinautolu koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau tui pea naʻa nau tūkia ʻi he Mīsaiá. (Loma 9:31-33) Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke maʻu ʻa e tamaioʻeiki anga-tonú ʻi he ngaahi kautaha ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané! Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe heʻenau ngaahi ngāue fulikivanú ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻiloʻi kinautolu ʻe Sīsū. (Mātiu 7:21-23) Ko ia, ko hai ʻa e tamaioʻeiki anga-tonú?
8. Ko hai kuo fakamoʻoniʻi ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e kuonga ʻo e ngataʻangá? ʻOku fēfē ʻa ʻetau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻá ni?
8 ʻOku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ki ai, ko e kulupu tokosiʻi ʻo e ngaahi tokoua pani ʻo Sīsuú, ʻa ia naʻe ʻiloa kinautolu ʻi he 1914 ko e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú ka talu mei he 1931 kuo ʻiloa kinautolu ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. (ʻAisea 43:10) Ko kinautolu pē kuo nau fakahāhā ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻi he hohoko ʻo Tēvitá kuo toe fokotuʻu. (Mātiu 24:14) Ko kinautolu pē kuo nau nofo ʻo mavahe mei he māmaní pea kuo nau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová. (Sione 17:6, 14) Pea kuo fakahoko ʻiate kinautolu pē ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí. ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi kikite ko ení ʻa e holongā vahaʻa taimi fakaekikite ʻoku hā ʻi he tohi Tāniela vahe 12 ʻa ia ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,335 te ne fakahoko mai ʻa e fiefiá.
Ko e ʻAho ʻe 1,260
9, 10. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻa nau fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e “kuonga mo ha uaʻi kuonga mo ha haafe kuonga” ʻo e Tāniela 7:25, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohi Tapu kehe ʻoku lave ki ha vahaʻa taimi huʻufataha mo eni?
9 ʻOku tau lau ʻi he Tāniela 12:7 ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻuluaki vahaʻa taimi fakaekikité: “Ko e kuonga, ko e kuonga ʻe ua, mo e haafe; pea ka ʻosi ʻenau laiki ʻa e nima ʻo e kakai tapu, ʻe ʻosiʻosingamalie ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ni.”a ʻOku lave ki he vahaʻa taimi tatau pē ʻi he Fakahā 11:3-6, ʻa ia ʻokú ne pehē ko e ongo fakamoʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá te na ʻai tauangaʻa ʻo malanga ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e konga pea ʻe toki tāmateʻi ʻa kinaua. ʻOku tau toe lau ʻi he Tāniela 7:25: “Pea te ne feia ha ngaahi lea ke tau ki he ʻOtua Taupotu, pea te ne fai ke fakaʻosi [“fakahohaʻasi,” NW] ʻa e kau tapu ʻa Elioni: pea te ne ʻamanaki ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e lao; pea ʻe tuku kinautolu ki hono nima kaeʻoua ke ʻosi ha kuonga mo ha uaʻi kuonga mo ha haafe kuonga.” (Fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.)
10 ʻI he kikite ko eni ʻi he Tāniela vahe fitú, ko e toko taha ʻoku lave ki aí ko e mafai fakamāmani hono nimá ʻo lau ia mei Pāpilone. Ko e “nifo, . . . ko e nifo siʻi” ia, pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo ʻene pulé ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he Fanautama ʻa tangatá ʻa e “hau, mo ha langilangi, mo ha pule.” (Tāniela 7:8, 14) Ko e nifo fakaefakatātā ko ení, ʻa ia ko Pilitania fakaʻemipaea ia ʻi he kamataʻangá, naʻá ne iku atu ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ʻuluaki tau ʻa māmaní ki he mafai fakamāmani lōua, ko Pilitania mo ʻAmelika, ʻa ia ʻoku mālohi ange he taimí ni ʻa e ʻIunaite Seteté. ʻI he konga, pe taʻu, ʻe tolu mo e konga ʻe fakahohaʻasi ai ʻe he mafai ko iá ʻa e kau tapú peá ne feinga ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e lao. ʻE faifai atu pē pea ʻe tuku ʻa e kau tapú ki hono nimá.—Toe sio ki he Fakahā 13:5, 7.
11, 12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe iku atu ai ki he kamata ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaekikite ʻe 1,260?
11 Naʻe fakahoko fēfē ʻa e ngaahi kikite huʻufataha kotoa ko ení? ʻI he ngaahi taʻu lahi ki muʻa ʻi he Tau I ʻa Māmaní, naʻe fakahāhā ʻa hono fai ʻa e fakatokanga ʻe he ngaahi tokoua pani ʻo Sīsuú ʻo pehē ʻe hoko ʻi he 1914 ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e ngaahi kuonga ʻo e Senitailé. ʻI he kamata ʻa e taú, naʻe hā mahino naʻe taʻe tokangaʻi ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe faí. Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sētane ʻa ʻene “manu fekai,” ko e fokotuʻutuʻu fakapolitikale ʻi māmani ʻa ia naʻe puleʻi ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻe he ʻEmipaea Pilitaniá, ʻo ne fai ha feinga ke “liliu ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e lao,” ke toloi ʻa e taimi ʻe pule mai ai ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Fakahā 13:1, 2) Naʻe ʻikai ke lavameʻa ʻa Sētane. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi hēvani ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo mamaʻo mei he malava ʻa e tangatá ke uesia ia.—Fakahā 12:1-3.
12 Naʻe hoko ʻa e taú ko e taimi ʻahiʻahi ia ki he Kau Ako Tohi Tapú. Talu mei Sānuali 1914 naʻa nau hulu ʻa e Photo-Drama of Creation, ko e meʻa faka-Tohitapu ʻa ia naʻá ne fakahanga ʻa e tokangá ki he ngaahi kikite ʻa Tānielá. Naʻe kamata ʻa e taú ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfana ʻo e taʻu ko iá ʻi he Hemisefia Fakatokelaú. ʻI ʻOkatopa, naʻe ngata ai ʻa e ngaahi kuonga ʻo e kau Senitailé. ʻI he aʻu ki he fakaʻosi ʻo e taʻú, naʻe ʻamanekina ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻe hoko ha fakatanga, pea ʻoku hā ʻa e meʻá ni mei he potutohi fakataʻu naʻe fili ki he 1915, ʻa ia ko e fehuʻi ʻa Sīsū ki heʻene ongo ākonga, “Te mo lava koā ke inu ʻi he ipu ʻoku ou teu inu ai?” ʻa ia ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he Mātiu 20:22.
13. ʻI he founga fē naʻe tauangaʻa ai ʻo malanga ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,260, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ko iá?
13 Ko ia ai, naʻe kamata mei Tisema 1914, ʻa e ‘ʻai tauangaʻa ʻo malanga’ ʻa e kulupu siʻi ko eni ʻo e kau fakamoʻoní, ʻo nau anga-fakatōkilalo ʻo kātaki ʻi heʻenau fanongonongo ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihová. Naʻe fakaʻohovale ki he tokolahi ʻa e mate ʻi he 1916 ʻa C. T. Russell, ko e ʻuluaki palesiteni ia ʻo e Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. ʻI he mafola ʻa e hohaʻa tuʻu ʻo kau ki he taú, naʻe fehangahangai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoní mo e fakafepaki naʻe fakaʻau ke lahi ange. Naʻe tuku pilīsone ha niʻihi. Ko e niʻihi, ʻo hangē ko Frank Platt ʻi ʻIngilani pea mo Robert Clegg ʻi Kānata, naʻe fakamamahiʻi kinautolu ʻe he kau maʻu mafai anga-fakamamahí. Ko hono fakaʻosí, ʻi Sune 21, 1918, ko J. F. Rutherford, ko e palesiteni foʻoú, fakataha mo e kau talekita ʻo e Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, naʻe tautea kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi tukuakiʻi loí ke nofo fuoloa ʻi pilīsone. Ko ia ai, ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi fakaekikité, naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe he “nifo siʻi” ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga fakahāhā naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu maau.—Tāniela 7:8.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e liliu naʻe hoko ki he tuʻunga ʻo e toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻi he 1919 pea mo e hili iá?
14 Naʻe kikiteʻi ʻi he tohi Fakahaá ʻa e meʻa hono hoko naʻe hokó. ʻI he hili ha vahaʻa taimi nounou ko e ʻikai ke ngāué—ʻa ia naʻe kikiteʻi ko e ʻaho ʻe tolu mo e konga ko e tokoto ʻo mate ʻi he halá—naʻe toe moʻui mo ngāue longomoʻui ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní. (Fakahā 11:11-13) ʻI Maʻasi 26, 1919, naʻe tuku ange mei he pilīsoné ʻa e palesitení mo e kau talekita ʻo e Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, pea ki mui mai aí naʻe fakatonuhiaʻi kakato kinautolu mei he ngaahi tukuakiʻi loi naʻe fai kiate kinautolú. ʻI he hili pē ʻa hono tuku ange kinautolú, naʻe kamata ke toe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau paní ke fai ʻa e ngāue lahi ange. Ko ia ai, ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e ʻuluaki mala ʻo e tohi Fakahaá, naʻa nau hū ki tuʻa mei he luo ʻo e ʻikai ke ngāué ʻo nau hoko ʻo hangē ko e fanga heʻe fakalaumālié fakataha mo e kohu lahi, ʻo fakahā ai ʻa e kahaʻu fakapoʻuli ki he lotu loí. (Fakahā 9:1-11) ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi taʻu hono hoko atu aí, naʻe fafangaʻi fakalaumālie mo teuteuʻi kinautolu ki he meʻa naʻe toka mei muʻa. ʻI he 1921 naʻa nau pulusi ha tohi foʻou, ko e The Harp of God, ʻa ia naʻe fakataumuʻa ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kau foʻoú mo e fānaú ke ako ki he ngaahi moʻoni tefito ʻi he Tohi Tapú. (Fakahā 12:6, 14, PM) Naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ko ení ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ha toe vahaʻa taimi mahuʻinga.
Ko e ʻAho ʻe 1,290
15. Ko e hā ʻa e founga ke tau fikaʻi ai ʻa e kamata ʻo e ʻaho ʻe 1,290? Naʻe ngata ʻanefē ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko ení?
15 Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻangeló kia Tāniela: “Pea mei he taimi ʻo e ʻave ʻo e lotu tuʻumaʻu [“ko e feilaulau tuʻumaʻu,” NW, fakamatala ʻi lalo] mo e fokotuʻu ʻo e meʻa fakalielia ʻoku fakalala, ko e ʻaho ʻe taha afe ma uangeau ma hivangofulu.” (Tāniela 12:11) ʻI he Lao ʻia Mōsesé, naʻe tutu ʻa e “feilaulau tuʻumaʻu” ʻi he ʻolita ʻi he temipale ʻi Selūsalemá. ʻOku ʻikai ke toe foaki ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutú, ka ʻoku nau foaki ha feilaulau tuʻumaʻu fakalaumālie. Naʻe lave ʻa Paula ki he meʻá ni ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko ia ke tau ʻatu ʻiate ia pe, maʻu ai pe, ha feilaulau fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, ʻa é ko e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku takua hono huafa.” (Hepelū 13:15; fakafehoanaki mo Hōsea 14:2.) Naʻe toʻo ʻa e feilaulau tuʻumaʻu ko ení ʻi Sune 1918. Ko ia, ko e hā ʻa e “meʻa fakalielia”—ko e meʻa hono ua ia ke fakatokangaʻí? Ko e Kautaha ʻo e Ngaahi Puleʻangá ia, ʻa ia naʻe pouaki ʻe he kau mafai naʻe ikuná ʻi he ngata ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní.b Naʻe fakalielia ia koeʻuhi ko e kau taki ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané naʻa nau fetongi ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻaki ia, ʻo nau pehē ko e Kautahá ni ko e ʻamanakiʻanga pē ia ʻe taha ʻa e tangatá ki he melinó. Naʻe fokotuʻu ke ʻi ai ʻa e Kautahá ni ʻi Sānuali 1919. Kapau te tau lau ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,290 (taʻu ʻe tolu mo e māhina ʻe fitu) mei he taimi ko iá, ʻoku tau aʻu mai ki Sēpitema 1922.
16. ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻaho ʻe 1,290, ʻi he founga fē naʻe hā mahino ai naʻe mateuteu ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní ke fai ʻa e ngāue?
16 Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he taimi ko iá? Naʻe ongoʻi fakafoʻou ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú, ʻo nau tauʻatāina mei Pāpilone ko e Lahi, mo nau mateuteu ke fai ʻa e ngāue. (Fakahā 18:4) ʻI ha fakataha lahi naʻe fai ʻi Sēpitema 1922 ʻi Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A., naʻa nau kamata ke fakahā ʻo taʻe manavahē ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane. (Fakahā 8:7-12) Naʻe kamata ke mamahi moʻoni ʻa e uʻu ʻa e fanga heʻé! Pea ko e toe meʻa ʻe taha, naʻe kamata ʻa e mala hono ua ʻo e tohi Fakahaá. Naʻe matua ki he māmaní ʻa e fuʻu matatau ʻo e tau heka hoosi faka-Kalisitiané, ʻa ia naʻe fuofua kau ki ai ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní pea ki mui mai naʻe fakatokolahiange ʻaki ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahí. (Fakahā 7:9; 9:13-19) ʻIo, ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻaho ʻe 1,290 naʻe fiefia ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.c Ka naʻe lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe kei toe ke hokó.
Ko e ʻAho ʻe 1,335
17. Naʻe kamata pea ngata ʻanefē ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,335?
17 ʻOku pehē ʻi he Tāniela 12:12: “Monuʻiaā [“fiefiaā,” NW] ka ko ia ʻoku matatali, ʻo ne aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻe taha afe ma tolungeau ma tolungofulu ma nima.” Fakatatau ki he fakamoʻoní, naʻe kamata ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,335, pe taʻu ʻe tolu mo e māhina ʻe valu mo e kongá, ʻi he ngata pē ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ki muʻá. ʻI hono lau mei Sēpitema 1922, ʻoku tau aʻu mai ki he konga ki mui ʻo e faʻahitaʻu matala (Hemisefia Fakatokelau) ʻo e 1926. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻe 1,335 ko iá?
18. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau fakahā naʻe kei fie maʻu ʻi he 1922 ke fai ha laka ki muʻa?
18 Neongo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga naʻe hoko ʻi he 1922, fakatatau ki he fakamoʻoni ʻoku ala maʻú naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻa nau kei sio ʻo fakaʻamu ki he kuo hilí. Ko e Studies in the Scriptures, ʻa ia naʻe tohi ʻe C. T. Russell, naʻe kei hoko ia ko e meʻa tefito ia ke ako ai. ʻIkai ngata aí, ka ko e kiʻi tohi naʻe mafola lahi, ko e Millions Now Living Will Never Die, naʻá ne fakahā ʻa e fakakaukau ʻo pehē ʻe kamata ke fakahoko ʻi he 1925 ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo kau ki hono toe fokotuʻu ʻa e Palataisí ki he māmaní pea mo e toe tuʻu ʻa e faʻahinga anga-tonú ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Naʻe hā ngali kuo mei ʻosi ʻa e taimi ke matatali ai ʻa e kau paní. Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻe feohi mo e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú naʻe ʻikai te nau ongoʻi ʻoku ueʻi kinautolu ke fakahā ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he niʻihi kehé.
19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi liliu lahi naʻe hoko ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,335? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻa nau fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ko e ʻaho ʻe 1,335, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai ʻa Sihová?
19 Naʻe liliu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ko ení ʻi he hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,335. Naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngaahi kulupu ke ako tuʻumaʻu ʻa e Ko e Taua Leʻó ʻi he taumuʻa ke fakamālohiange ʻa e ngaahi tokouá. Naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá. Naʻe kamata ʻi Mē 1923 ʻa hono fakaafeʻi kotoa ke nau kau ki he ngāue fakamalangá ʻi he ʻuluaki Tūsite ʻi he māhina taki taha, pea naʻe vaheʻi ha taimi ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá he lolotonga ʻa e uiké ke fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu ʻo kau ki he ngāué ni. ʻI ʻAokosi 1923, ʻi ha fakataha lahi naʻe fai ʻi Los Angeles, Kalefōnia, U.S.A., naʻe fakahā ai ʻe fakahoko ʻa e talanoa fakatātā ʻa Sīsū ʻo kau ki he fanga sipí mo e fanga kosí ʻi he ki muʻa pea hoko ʻa e Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afé. (Mātiu 25:31-40) ʻI he taʻu 1924 naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ai ʻa e fale fakamafola lea fakaletiō ko e WBBR, ʻa ia naʻe ngāueʻaki ke fakamafola ʻi he letioó ʻa e ongoongo leleí. Ko e kupu “Ko e Fanauʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá” ʻi he tatau ʻo Maʻasi 1, 1925, ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻó, naʻe hā ai ʻa hono fakatonutonu ʻo e mahino ʻo kau ki he Fakahā vahe 12. Naʻe toki lava ke mahino pē ki he kau Kalisitiane anga-tonú ʻa e ngaahi meʻa maveuveu naʻe hoko ʻi he 1914-19.
20 Naʻe aʻu ʻa e taʻu 1925 ki hono ngataʻangá, ka naʻe ʻikai ko e taimi ia ke hoko ai ʻa e ngataʻangá! Talu mei he ngaahi taʻu 1870 tupú, naʻe ngāue ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú mo nau fakakaukau maʻu pē ki ha taʻu—ʻuluakí ko e 1914, ko hono hokó ko e 1925. Ka naʻe toki mahino kiate kinautolu kuo pau ke nau ngāue ʻi he kei finangalo ʻa Sihova ke nau fai pehē. Naʻe ʻasi ʻi he tatau ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻo ʻo Sānuali 1, 1926, ʻa e kupu naʻá ne fakaʻilongaʻi ha liliu naʻe fakakaveinga ko e “Ko Hai Te Ne Fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa Sihová?” ʻo ne fakamamafaʻi ʻo lahi ange ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá. Pea ko hono fakaʻosí, ʻi he fakataha lahi naʻe fai ʻi Lonitoni, ʻIngilani ʻi Mē 1926, naʻe tali ai ʻa e fokotuʻu naʻe fakakaveinga “Ko ha Talaloto ki he Kau Pule ʻo e Māmaní.” Naʻe fanongonongo lea hangatonu ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e moʻoni ʻo kau ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mo e fakaʻauha ʻe hoko mai ki he māmani ʻo Sētané. Naʻe ʻai ke ala maʻu ʻi he fakataha tatau ʻa e tohi fakamatala hangatonu ko e Deliverance, ʻo ne hoko ko e fika ʻuluakí ia ʻi he holongā tohi ke nau fetongi ʻa e Studies in the Scriptures. Naʻe kamata ke hanga ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kahaʻú, kae ʻikai ki he kuo hilí. Naʻe ʻosi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ʻe 1,335.
21. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe iku ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻi heʻenau matatali ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ko e ʻaho ʻe 1,335, pea ko e hā ʻoku iku kiate kitautolu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e kikité ʻo kau ki he vahaʻa taimi ko ení?
21 Naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai te nau loto-lelei ke nau liliu ʻo tali ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, ka naʻe fiefia moʻoni ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe matatalí. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻi heʻetau sio ki he fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi vahaʻa taimi fakaekikite ko ení, ʻoku tau fiefia foki koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻai ke mālohi ange ai ʻetau tui pau ko e kulupu tokosiʻi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻa ia naʻa nau moʻui ʻi he ngaahi vahaʻa taimi ko iá ko e moʻoni ko e tamaioʻeiki anga-tonu mo potó ia. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu talu mei aí, kuo kāfakafa ʻa e tupulaki ʻa e kautaha ʻa Sihová, ka ko e tamaioʻeiki anga-tonu mo potó ʻoku nau kei hoko ko e ʻelito ʻo e kautahá, ʻo nau tataki ia. Ko ia, ko e meʻa fakatoʻoaloto ia ke ʻilo ʻoku tuʻunuku mai ʻa e fiefia lahi ange maʻá e kau paní pea mo e fanga sipi kehé! Te tau sio ki he meʻá ni ʻi heʻetau fai ha lave ki ha toe kikite ʻe taha ʻa Tāniela.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Ki ha fakamatala ʻo kau ki he founga ke fikaʻi ai ʻa e vahaʻa taimi fakaekikite ko ení, sio ki he tohi ko e Our Incoming World Government—God’s Kingdom, vahe 8, ʻa ia naʻe pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
b Sio ki he tatau ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻo ʻo ʻEpeleli 1, 1986, peesi 8-19.
c Sio ki he tatau ʻo e Ko e Taua Leʻo ʻo Mē 1, 1991, peesi 10, pea mo e 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, peesi 132.
ʻE Lava ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ai naʻe pau ke fakahoko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kikite ʻa Tānielá ʻi hotau taimí?
◻ Ko e hā ʻe lava ai ke tau tui pau ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ia?
◻ Naʻe kamata pea ngata ʻanefē ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,260?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ongoʻi fakafoʻou mo e toe fokotuʻu naʻe hoko ki he toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻi he hoko ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 1,290?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe fiefia ai ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau matatali ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻaho ʻe 1,335?
[Puha ʻi he peesi 11]
NGAAHI VAHAʻA TAIMI FAKAEKIKITE ʻA TĀNIELÁ
ʻAho ʻe 1,260:
Tisema 1914 ki Sune 1918
ʻAho ʻe 1,290:
Sānuali 1919 ki Sēpitema 1922
ʻAho ʻe 1,335:
Sēpitema 1922 ki Mē 1926
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 8]
Talu mei he 1919 kuo hā mahino ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” ia