Nētane—Poupouʻi Mateaki ʻa e Lotu Maʻá
ʻOku ʻikai faingofua ke fakatuipauʻi ha tangata mālohi ke ne tui ko ʻene ngaahi foungá ʻoku hala pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ne liliu. Te ke lava nai ʻo fehangahangai mo ha tokotaha pehē kapau naʻá ke ʻiloʻi naʻá ne tāmateʻi ha tangata koeʻuhí ke hao ai?
Ko Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻá ne fai ʻa e tono mo Patisepa, pea naʻe hoko ai ʻa Patisepa ʻo feitama. Ke fufū ʻena angahalá, naʻe ʻai ʻe Tēvita ke tāmateʻi ʻa hono husepānití peá ne ʻave leva ʻa Patisepa ke hoko ko hono uaifi. Naʻe mahili atu ʻa e ngaahi māhina lolotonga ʻa e moʻui lōua ʻa Tēvitá, ʻo ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe hokohoko atu ʻene fakahoko hono ngaahi fatongia fakapuleʻangá. Ka naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻe Sihova ke ʻalu taʻefakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻa e tuʻí. Naʻá ne fekauʻi atu ʻa ʻene palōfita ko Nētané ke ne fehangahangai mo Tēvita.
Ko ha fekau faingataʻa eni. ʻAi ange koe ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo Nētané. Ko e mateaki kia Sihova pea pipiki mālohi ki he ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻotuá ʻoku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Nētane ke ne fakamanatu kia Tēvita ʻa ʻene ngaahi angahalá. Naʻe lava fēfē ke fai eni ʻe he palōfitá ʻo fakatuipauʻi kia Tuʻi Tēvita naʻe fiemaʻu ke ne fakatomala?
FAIAKO FAKAPOTOPOTO
Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai vaheʻi ai ha ngaahi miniti siʻi ke lau ʻa e 2 Sāmiuela 12:1-25? Sioloto atu naʻá ke ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo Nētané ʻi heʻene fai kia Tēvita ʻa e talanoa ko ení: “Naʻe ai ha ongo tangata ʻi ha kolo pe taha; ko e taha naʻe koloaʻia, kae masiva ʻa e taha. Ko e koloaʻia naʻe lahi ʻaupito ʻene fanga sipi mo e pulu; ka ko siʻi masiva naʻe ʻikai haʻane meʻa, ngata pe ʻi ha kihiʻi sipi fefine ʻe taha tofu pe, ʻa ia kuo ne fakatau, ʻo pusiaki: pea kuo ne tupu fakataha mo ia mo ʻene fanau; pea na vaeua mo ia ʻene maʻanga, pea ne inu mei heʻene ipu, pea ne tokoto ʻi hono fatafata, pea naʻe tatau mo hono ʻofefine. Pea naʻe haʻu ha fononga ki he tangata koloaʻia, pea ne mamae ke toʻo ha meʻa mei heʻene fanga sipi pe pulu aʻana, ke ngaohi maʻa e fononga kuo haʻu kiate ia; ka ne toʻo ʻa e lami ʻa siʻi masiva, ʻo ne ngaohi maʻa e tangata kuo aʻahi mai.”—2 Sām. 12:1-4.
Ko Tēvita—ʻa ia naʻá ne hoko tonu ko ha tauhi-sipí—ʻoku hā mahino naʻá ne tui ko ha tuʻunga moʻoni eni. “Mahalo pē,” ko e fakahuʻunga ia ʻa ha faifakamatala ʻe taha, “naʻe angaʻaki ʻe Nētane ʻa e haʻu kia Tēvita ke fai ha fakatangi maʻa ha tokotaha mamahi ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne maʻu ʻa e fakamaau totonú, pea naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Tēvita ia ʻo pehē ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻo ʻene ʻalu ange ko ení.” Neongo kapau ko e tuʻungá ia, naʻe fiemaʻu kia Nētane ʻa e mateaki ki he ʻOtuá pehē foki ki he loto-toʻa koeʻuhí ke ne lea ai ki he tuʻí ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne faí. Ko e talanoa naʻe fai ʻe Nētané naʻá ne ʻai ʻa Tēvita ke ʻita lahi. “Tangi ʻa e moʻui ʻa e ʻEiki, ʻe mate ʻa e tangata ko ia kuo fai pehe,” ko ʻene kalangá ia. Naʻe hoko atu leva ʻa e lea fakamamahi ʻa Nētané: “Ko koe ʻa e tangata ko ia”!—2 Sām. 12:5-7.
Fakakaukau atu ki he ʻuhinga naʻe lau ai ʻa Nētane ki he palopalemá ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne faí. ʻOku ʻikai faingofua ki ha tokotaha kuo fehokotaki fakaeongo mo ha taha ke ne vakai māʻalaʻala ki hono tuʻungá. Ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku tau hehema ke fai ha ngaahi kalofanga ʻi ha feinga ke fakatonuhiaʻi kitautolu tonu kapau ʻoku ala fehuʻia ʻetau tōʻongá. Ka ko e talanoa fakatātā ʻa Nētané naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Tēvita ʻi he taʻeʻilo ke ne fakahalaiaʻi ʻene ngaahi tōʻongá tonu. Naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe he tuʻí ko e ʻulungaanga naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Nētané naʻe fakalielia. Kae kehe, ʻi he toki hili pē hono fakahalaiaʻi tonu ia ʻe Tēvitá naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Nētane ko e talanoa fakatātaá naʻe ʻuhinga ia ki he tuʻí. Naʻe lava leva ai ke sio ʻa Tēvita ki he mafatukituki ʻo ʻene angahalá. Naʻe ʻai ia ʻe he meʻá ni ke ne maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau totonu ke tali ʻa e akonakí. Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ko e moʻoni naʻá ne “taʻetokaʻi” ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻene tōʻongá ʻi he fekauʻaki mo Patisepá, pea naʻá ne tali ʻa e akonaki naʻe tuha mo iá.—2 Sām. 12:9-14; Saame 51, fakamatala ʻi ʻolungá.
Ko e hā ʻe lava ke tau ako mei hení? Ko e taumuʻa ʻa ha faiako Tohi Tapú ko e tokoniʻi ʻene kau fanongó ke nau aʻu ki he fakamulituku totonú. Naʻe tokaʻi ʻe Nētane ʻa Tēvita pea ko ia naʻá ne fakaofiofi kiate ia ʻi he fakapotopoto. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Nētane ko Tēvitá naʻá ne ʻofa ʻi hono lotó ki he māʻoniʻoní mo e fakamaau totonú. ʻI heʻene talanoa fakatātaá, naʻe ʻai ʻe he palōfitá ke fakamānako ʻa e ongo ʻulungaanga fakaʻotua ko ení. Ko kitautolu foki ʻe lava ke tau tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga loto-moʻoní ke nau mahinoʻi ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa Sihová. Anga-fēfē? ʻAki hono ʻai ke fakamānako ki heʻenau ongoʻí ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú, ʻo fai pehē ʻo ʻoua ʻe fakahuʻunga ʻoku tau māʻolunga fakaeʻulungaanga mo fakalaumālie ange kitautolu. Ko e Tohi Tapú, ʻikai ko ʻetau fakakaukau fakafoʻituituí, ʻa ʻetau mafai fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku tonú mo ia ʻoku halá.
Mahulu hake ʻi ha toe meʻa, ko e mateaki ki he ʻOtuá naʻá ne ʻai ke malava ʻa Nētane ʻo akonakiʻi ha tuʻi mālohi. (2 Sām. 12:1) Ko e mateaki meimei tatau te ne ʻomai kia kitautolu ʻa e loto-toʻa ke tuʻu mālohi maʻá e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihová.
TOKOTAHA POUAKI ʻO E LOTU MAʻÁ
ʻOku hā ngali ko Nētane mo Tēvitá naʻá na kaumeʻa lelei, he naʻe fakahingoa ʻe Tēvita ʻa e taha ʻo hono ngaahi fohá kia Nētane. (1 Kal. 3:1, 5) Ko e ʻuluaki taimi ʻoku hā ai ʻa Nētane ʻi he lēkooti Fakatohitapú, ko ʻene feohi mo Tēvitá. Naʻá na fakatou ʻofa kia Sihova. ʻOku hā mahino naʻe falala ʻa e tuʻí ki he fakafuofua ʻa Nētané, he naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ki he palōfitá ʻa ʻene holi ke langa ha temipale kia Sihova. “Vakaiange,” ko e lea ia ʻa Tēvitá, “ko au ʻoku ou nofo ʻi ha fale sita, ka ko e Aake ʻo Elohimi ʻoku nofo ʻi ha fale tupenu.” ʻI he meʻa ko iá naʻe pehē ʻe Nētane ki he tuʻí: “ʻIlonga ha meʻa ʻoku ʻi ho loto, ʻalu ʻo fai; he ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻEiki.”—2 Sām. 7:2, 3.
ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha lotu faitōnunga kia Sihová, naʻe poupouʻi faivelenga ʻe Nētane ʻa e palani ʻa Tēvita ke langa ʻa e ʻuluaki senitā tuʻumaʻu ʻo e lotu maʻá ʻi he māmaní. Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi ko iá, ʻoku ngalingali naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Nētane ʻa ʻene ngaahi ongoʻí tonu kae ʻikai lea ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihová. ʻI he pō ko iá, naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene palōfitá ke ne ʻave ha pōpoaki kehe ki he tuʻí: Heʻikai ke langa ʻe Tēvita ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihová. Ko e tokotaha te ne fai iá ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo Tēvitá. Ka naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Nētane naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha fuakava mo Tēvita ko hono taloní ʻe hoko ʻo ‘fokotuʻu ʻo taʻengata.’—2 Sām. 7:4-16.
Ko e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻikai fehoanaki ia mo e fakafuofua ʻa Nētane ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e langa ʻo e temipalé. Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻikai lāungá, ko e palōfita anga-fakatōkilalo ko ení naʻá ne fakamoʻulaloa ki he taumuʻa ʻa Sihová pea ngāue fāitaha mo ia. Ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei moʻoni ia ke muimui ki ai kapau ʻe fakatonutonuʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi ha founga! Ko e ngaahi ngāue hono hoko ʻa Nētane ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha palōfitá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai naʻe ʻikai mole meiate ia ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku hā naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Nētane, fakataha mo e tangata kikite ko Katá, ke na fakahinohinoʻi ʻa Tēvita ʻi hono fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e kau hiva ʻe toko 4,000 ʻi he ngāue he temipalé.—1 Kal. 23:1-5; 2 Kal. 29:25.
TOKOTAHA TAUKAPO ʻO E TUʻUNGA-TUʻÍ
Naʻe lāuʻilo ʻa Nētane ʻe fetongi ʻe Solomone ʻa e taʻumotuʻa ko Tēvitá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e tuʻí. Ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Nētane ʻa e meʻa pau ʻi he taimi naʻe feinga ai ʻa ʻAtunaisa ke faʻao e taloní lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taʻu toulekeleka ʻo Tēvitá. Naʻe toe fakamatalaʻi ʻaki e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻa Nētané ʻa e fakapotopoto mo e mateaki. ʻUluakí naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ʻa Patisepa ke ne fakamanatu kia Tēvita ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo ʻene fuakava ke ʻai ʻa hona foha ko Solomoné ke tuʻí. Pea naʻe hū tonu ʻa Nētane ki he ʻao ʻo e tuʻí ke ʻeke pe naʻe fakamafaiʻi ʻe Tēvita ʻa hono fetongi ʻe ʻAtunaisá. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e mafatukituki ʻo e tuʻungá, naʻe fakahinohino ʻe he tuʻi toulekeleká ʻa Nētane mo e kau sevāniti mateaki kehé ke nau pani ʻa Solomone pea fanongonongo ko ia ʻa e tuʻí. Naʻe taʻofi ai ʻa e faʻufaʻu kākā ʻa ʻAtunaisá.—1 Tuʻi 1:5-53.
FAIHISITŌLIA ANGA-FAKANĀNĀ
Ko Nētane mo Katá kuo fakahaaʻi fakalūkufua ko kinaua naʻá na tohi ʻa e 1 Sāmiuela vahe 25 ki he 31 pea pehē ki he kotoa ʻo e 2 Sāmiuelá. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi hisitōlia fakamānavaʻi ʻoku hiki ʻi he ngaahi tohi ko iá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai: “Bea koeni koe gaahi gaue a Tevita, mei he kamataaga o aʻu ki mui, vakai, kuo tohi ia i he tohi a Samuela koe tagata kikite, bea i he tohi a Natani koe balofita, bea i he tohi a Kata koe tagata kikite.” (1 Kal. 29:29, PM) ʻOku toe fakahaaʻi ko Nētane naʻá ne faʻu ha talanoa fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi “ngaue ʻa Solomone.” (2 Kal. 9:29) ʻOku ngalingali, ʻoku ʻuhinga ení naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e longomoʻui ʻa Nētane ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻi he lotoʻā fakatuʻí naʻa mo e hili ʻa e mate ʻa Tēvitá.
Ko e lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo fekauʻaki mo Nētané naʻe tohi nai ia ʻe he palōfitá tonu. Neongo ia, ko ʻene fakalongo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tala mai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e meʻa lahi fekauʻaki mo ia. ʻOku hā mahino ko Nētané ko ha faihisitōlia anga-fakanānā. Naʻe ʻikai te ne fakataumuʻa, ʻo loto ke ʻai ia ke ne ʻiloa. ʻI he ngaahi lea ʻi ha tikisinale Fakatohitapu ʻe taha, ʻokú ne hā ai ʻi he lēkooti fakamānavaʻí “ʻo ʻikai ha talateu pea ʻikai hano puipuituʻa.” ʻOku ʻikai te tau ʻiloʻi ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo e fanga kui ʻa Nētané pe ko ʻene moʻui fakafoʻituituí.
UEʻI ʻE HE MATEAKI KIA SIHOVÁ
Mei he meʻa siʻi ʻoku ʻomai kia kitautolu fekauʻaki mo Nētane ʻi he Folofolá, ʻoku hā mahino ko iá ko ha tokotaha taukapo anga-fakatōkilalo kae longomoʻui ia ʻo e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu fakaʻotuá. Naʻe vaheʻi kiate ia ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mafatukituki. Fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻo Nētané, hangē ko e mateaki ki he ʻOtuá mo e houngaʻia loloto ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaʻotuá. Feinga mālohi ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he ngaahi ʻulungaanga ko iá.
ʻOku ngalingali pē ʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ke akonakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻi ʻoku tonó pe taʻofi ha ngaahi faʻufaʻu kākā. Kae kehe, ʻi he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe lava ke ke mateaki kiate ia pea lava ke ke pouaki ʻene ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní. ʻE lava ke ke toe hoko ko ha faiako loto-toʻa ʻo e moʻoní kae fakapotopoto, mo ha tokotaha pouaki ʻo e lotu maʻá.
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ʻI hono tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha taukapo ʻo e tuʻunga-tuʻí, naʻe lea fakapotopoto ʻa Nētane kia Patisepa