Mole ha ʻEmipaea ʻo ha Pule Pōlepole
“KO KINGI PELISASA,” ko hono hiki ia ʻe he palōfita ko Tanielá, “naʻa ne fai ha katoanga lahi ki ha toko afe ʻo hono houʻeiki, pea naʻa ne inu kava ʻi he ʻao ʻo e toko afe.” Kae kehe, ʻi he hokohoko atu ʻa e kātoangá, ko e tuʻí “naʻe liliu hono fofonga, pea fakailifiaʻi ia ʻe heʻene ngaahi filioʻi, pea naʻe hange kuo homo hono tenga, pea fepaki hono ongo tui.” Ki muʻa ke ʻosi ʻa e poó, “naʻe tamateʻi ʻa Pelisasa ko e tuʻi ʻo e kau Kalitia. Pea naʻe maʻu ʻa e pule ʻe he Mitia ko Talaiasi.”—Taniela 5:1, 6, 30, 31.
Ko hai ʻa Pelisasa? Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene hoko ʻo ui “ko e tuʻi ʻo e kau Kalitia”? Ko e hā ʻa hono tuʻunga totonu ʻi he ʻEmipaea Neo-Pāpiloné? Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e mole meiate ia ʻa e ʻemipaeá?
Kaungāpule pe Tuʻi?
ʻOku lave ʻa Taniela kia Nepukanesa ko e tamai ia ʻa Pelisasá. (Taniela 5:2, 11, 18, 22) Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ko ha kāinga fakahangatonu ia. Ko e tohi Nabonidus and Belshazzar, ʻa Raymond P. Dougherty, ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ai mahalo pē ko Nepukanesá ko ʻene kui tangata ia ʻi heʻene faʻeé, ko Naitokilisi. Naʻe toe lava nai ke pehē ko Nepukanesá ʻi heʻene hoko ko e tuʻi ki muʻá, ko e “tamai” pē ia ʻa Pelisasa fakatatau ki he taloní. (Fakafehoanaki mo Senesi 28:10, 13.) Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi foʻi lea kuo tongi ʻi he ngaahi maka ʻumea fuopotopoto naʻe ʻilo ʻi he fakatonga ʻo ʻIulakí lolotonga ʻa e senituli hono 19 ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko Pelisasá ko e foha lahi taha ia ʻo Nāponitusi, ko e tuʻi ʻo Pāpiloné.
Koeʻuhi ko e fakahangataha ʻa e fakamatala ʻi he Taniela vahe 5 ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he pō naʻe tō ai ʻa Pāpilone ʻi he 539 K.M., ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamatala ia ai ki he founga naʻe hoko ai ʻo maʻu ʻe Pelisasa ʻa e tuʻunga mafai fakatuʻí. Ka ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he ngaahi maʻuʻanga fakamatala fakaʻāsiolokí ha fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e felāveʻi ʻa Nāponitusi mo Pelisasá. “ʻOku fakaeʻa ʻi he ngaahi konga tohi Pāpiloné ko Nāponitusí ko ha tokotaha pule anga-kehe ia,” ko e lau ia ʻa Alan Millard, ko ha ʻāsioloki mo e maʻu mafai ʻi he ngaahi lea faka-Sēmite motuʻá. ʻOku tānaki mai ʻe Millard: “Lolotonga naʻe ʻikai te ne talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Pāpiloné, naʻá ne . . . fai ʻa e tokanga lahi ʻaupito ki he ʻotua ʻo e māhiná ʻi he ongo kolo kehe ʻe ua, ko ʻUa mo Hālani. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ʻe niʻihi ʻo ʻene pulé, naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito nofo ʻa Nāponitusi ia ʻi Pāpilone; ka naʻá ne nofo mamaʻo ʻi he feituʻu moʻui ʻi he toafá ko Teima [pe, Tema] ʻi he fakahahake ʻo ʻAlepeá.” ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ai, naʻe mamaʻo ʻa Nāponitusi ʻi he konga lahi ʻo ʻene pulé mei he kolomuʻá, ʻa Pāpilone. Lolotonga ʻa ʻene mamaʻó, naʻe tuku kia Pelisasa ʻa e tuʻunga mafai fakaepulé.
Ke toe fakamaama lahi ange ʻa e tuʻunga totonu ʻo Pelisasá, ʻoku pehē ʻe ha tohi tā-tongitongi naʻe fakamatalaʻi ko e “Fakamatala Fakaeveesi ʻo Nāponitusí”: “Ko iá [ʻa Nāponitusi] naʻá ne foaki ʻa e ‘ʻApitangá’ ki hono (foha) lahi tahá, ʻa e ʻuluaki tamá, ʻa e kau tau ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻi he fonuá naʻá ne fekauʻi ke ʻi he malumalu ʻo ʻene (tuʻutuʻuní). Naʻá ne tukuange ʻa e (meʻa kotoa pē), naʻá [ne] tuku ʻa e tuʻunga tuʻí kiate ia.” Ko ia, ko Pelisasá ko ha kaungāpule.
Ka neongo ia, ʻe lava ke fakakaukau atu ki ha kaungāpule ko ha tuʻi ia? Ko ha maka fakamanatu ʻo ha tokotaha pule naʻe maʻu ʻi he fakatokelau ʻo Sīliá ʻi he 1970 tupú ʻoku hā ai naʻe ʻikai puli ʻa hono ui ko e tuʻi ha tokotaha pulé, ka ko hono moʻoní, naʻe siʻi hifo ʻa hono lakangá ʻona. Ko e maka fakamanatú ko e maka ia ʻo e tokotaha pule ʻi Kōseni pea naʻe tohi tongi ia ʻi he faka-ʻAsīliá mo e faka-Alameá. Ko e tohi tongi faka-ʻAsīliá naʻe ui ai ʻa e tangatá ko e kōvana ʻo Kōseni, ka ko e tohi tongi tatau ʻi he faka-Alameá naʻe ui ai ia ko e tuʻi. Ko ia ai, ʻe ʻikai ngali kehe ke ui ʻa Pelisasa ko e pilinisi kalauni ʻi he ngaahi tohi tongi fakapuleʻanga faka-Pāpiloné lolotonga ia ne ui ia ko e tuʻi ʻi he tohi faka-Alamea ʻa Tanielá.
Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e pule fakataha ʻa Nāponitusi mo Pelisasá naʻe hokohoko mai ia ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ʻo e ʻEmipaea Neo-Pāpiloné. Ko ia ai, ʻi he pō pē ko ia ne tō ai ʻa Pāpiloné, naʻe tuʻuaki ange ai ʻe Pelisasa ke ʻai ʻa Taniela ko e pule ia hono tolu ʻi he puleʻangá, ʻo ʻikai ko hono uá.—Taniela 5:16.
Ko ha Pule Loto-Falala Tōtuʻa mo Pōlepole
Ko e ngaahi meʻa fakaʻosi naʻe hoko ʻi he pule ʻa Pelisasá ʻoku hā ai naʻe loto-falala tōtuʻa ʻa e pilinisí mo Pōlepole. ʻI he hoko mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo ʻene pulé ʻi ʻOkatopa 5, 539 K.M., naʻe toitoi ai ʻa Nāponitusi ʻi ha ʻana ʻi Pōsipa, ʻi hono ikunaʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi konga kau Mītia-Pēsiá. Naʻe ʻākoloʻi ʻa Pāpilone tonu. Ka naʻe ongoʻi malu ʻaupito ʻa Pelisasa ʻi he koló ʻi hono takatakaiʻi ko ia ʻe he ngaahi fuʻu ʻā māʻolungá, he ʻi he pō pē ko iá, naʻá ne fai ʻe ia “ha katoanga lahi ki ha toko afe ʻo hono houʻeiki.” ʻOku pehē ʻe Helotōtasi, ko ha faihisitōlia Kalisi ʻo e senituli hono nimá K.M., ko e kakaí, ʻi he loto koló “naʻa nau hula ʻi he taimi ko iá, mo nau fakafiefia.”
Ka ʻi tuʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻā ʻo Pāpiloné, naʻe ʻā ʻo leʻo ai ʻa e kau tau Mītia-Pēsiá ia. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e tataki ʻa Kōlesí, naʻa nau afeʻi ʻa e ngaahi vai ʻo e Vaitafe ʻIufaletesí, ʻa ia naʻe lele ʻo fou atu ʻi he lotomālie ʻo e koló. Naʻe mateuteu ʻene kau taú ke aʻa he vaitafé ʻi he taimi pē ʻe maha feʻunga hifo ai ʻa e vaí. Te nau kaka hake he tahaké pea hū atu ki he koló ʻi he ngaahi matapā kopa naʻe ava ʻi he ʻaá ʻi he veʻe vaitafé.
Kapau naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe Pelisasa ʻa e ngāue ʻi tuaʻā he koló, naʻe mei lava ke ne tāpuni ʻa e ngaahi matapā kopá, ʻo fokotuʻu ʻene kau tangata toʻá ʻi he ngaahi funga ʻā he kauvai ʻo e vaitafé, pea fakafihiaʻi ai ʻa e filí. Ka, ʻi heʻene uaineʻiá, naʻe ui ai ʻa Pelisasa loto-fieʻeiki ia ke ʻomai ʻa e ngaahi ipu mei he temipale ʻo Sihová. Pea ko ia leva mo ʻene kau fakaafé, ko hono ngaahi uaifí, mo ʻene kau sinifú naʻa nau inu loto-fakafetau mei ai lolotonga ia ʻenau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻotua ʻo Pāpiloné. Fakafokifā pē, naʻe hā fakaemana mai ha nima ʻo kamata ke tohi ʻi he holisi ʻo e palasí. ʻI hono taaʻi ʻaki ʻa e manavaheé, naʻe ui ʻa Pelisasa ki heʻene kau tangata potó ke nau fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ko iá. Ka “naʻe ʻikai te nau lava ke lau ʻa e tohinima, pe fakaha hono ʻuhinga.” Faifai atu pē, “nae omi a Taniela ki loto ki he ao oe tuʻi.” ʻI he malumalu ʻo e fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotuá, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he palōfita loto-toʻa ʻa Sihová ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e pōpoaki fakaemaná, ʻo tala ki muʻa ʻa e tō ʻa Pāpilone ki he kau Mītiá mo e kau Pēsiá.—Taniela 5:2-28, PM.
Naʻe hamungofua pē ʻe he kau Mītiá mo e kau Pēsiá ʻa e koló, pea naʻe ʻikai toe laka atu ʻa e moʻui ʻa Pelisasá ʻi he pō ko iá. ʻI heʻene maté, mo e tukulolo hā mahino ʻa Nāponitusi kia Kōlesí, naʻe ngata leva ai ʻa e ʻEmipaea Neo-Pāpiloné.
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ʻOku fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻe Taniela ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e mala ki he ʻEmipaea Pāpiloné