Sūnemi—ʻIloa ʻi he ʻOfá mo e Fakamālohí
ʻI HE fakatonga ʻo Kālelí, ʻi he ngataʻanga fakahahake ʻo e talalo tokalelei ʻo Sisililí, ʻoku tuʻu ai ʻa e kolo ko Sūnemí. Naʻe hoko ʻi he kiʻi kolo ko ʻení ʻa e ongo tau ʻe ua mahuʻinga taha he hisitōlia ʻo e Tohitapú, ka naʻe toe ʻiloa foki ia ko e feituʻu naʻe fanauʻi ai ʻa e ongo fefine ʻe toko ua ʻa ia naʻá na fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa mateakí.
ʻI mui ʻi Sūnemi naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa e moʻunga ʻa ia naʻe pehē ko Molé, ka ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e tokaleleí, ko e kilomita nai ʻe 8 ʻa hono mamaʻó, naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Moʻunga Kilipoa. ʻI he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo moʻunga ko ia ʻe uá, naʻe ʻi ai ha fonua mohu vai, mahutafea—ko e taha ia ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu mahu tahá ʻi ʻIsileli kātoa.
Ko e feituʻu tukuʻuta maʻuiʻui takatakai ko ʻeni ʻi Sūnemí ʻokú ne ʻomai ha ʻātakai ki he taha ʻo e ngaahi talanoa ʻofa mālie taha kuo faí—Ko e Hiva ʻa Solomoné. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e hiva ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo ha taʻahine tukuʻuta hoihoifua ʻa ia naʻá ne fili ke mali mo hono kaungā tauhi-sipí kae ʻikai te ne tali ʻa e tuʻuaki ange ʻa Tuʻi Solomone ke hoko ko ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi uaifí. Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Solomone ʻa e kotoa ʻo hono potó mo e koloá ke ikunaʻi mai ʻaki hono lotó. Naʻá ne toutou fakahīkihikiʻi ia: “Ko hai ʻa e fefine ʻoku fakasio mai, hange ko e mafoa ʻa e ʻata, fakaʻofoʻofa hange ko e mahina, ʻasinisini hange ko e laʻa?” Pea naʻá ne palōmesi ange te ne teuteuʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e siueli kotoa ʻe lava ke ne sio loto atu ki aí.—Hiva o e Hiva 1:11; 6:10.
Ke ʻoange kiate ia ke ne ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e moʻui ʻi he fale ʻo e tuʻí, naʻe ʻai ia ʻe Solomone ke fakafeʻao kiate ia ki Selusalema ko e konga ʻo hono kau fononga, naʻe fakafeʻao ki ai ʻa e toko 60 ʻo ʻene kau sōtia lelei tahá. (Hiva o e Hiva 3:6-11) Naʻá ne tuku ia ʻi hono nofoʻanga fakatuʻí, ko ha nofoʻanga naʻe mātuʻaki fakaueʻiloto, he ʻi he taimi naʻe sio ai ki ai ʻa e kuini ʻo Sipá, “naʻe lele hono laumalie.”—1 Tuʻi 10:4, 5.
Ka naʻe mateaki ʻa e taʻahine mei Sūnemí ki he tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí. “Hange ha fuʻu apele ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo e vao,” naʻá ne pehē, “ʻoku pehe . . . ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga.” (Hiva o e Hiva 2:2 [2:3, PM]) Tuku ke fiefia ʻa Solomone ʻi heʻene ngoue vaine ʻe laui afé. Ko e ngoue vaine ʻe taha—fakataha mo hono ʻofaʻangá—naʻe feʻunga pē ia kiate ia. Naʻe ʻikai lava ke ueʻia ʻa ʻene ʻofá.—Hiva o e Hiva 8:11, 12.
Naʻe nofo ʻi Sūnemi ha toe fefine hoihoifua ʻe taha. ʻOku ʻikai te tau ʻilo ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo hono fōtunga fakasinó, ka naʻá ne hoihoifua moʻoni ʻi hono lotó. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú naʻá ne ‘tokanga’—pe naʻá ne feinga mālohi—koeʻuhi ke tokonaki maʻu pē ki he palōfita ko ʻIlaisá ʻa e meʻakai mo e nofoʻanga.—2 Tuʻi 4:8-13.
ʻOku lava ke tau fakaʻuta atu ki he foki loto-houngaʻia atu ʻa ʻIlaisa hili ha fononga lōloa, helaʻia, ki he kiʻi loki ʻi ʻolunga naʻá ne teuteu mo hono husepānití kiate iá. ʻOku pau pē naʻá ne faʻa ʻaʻahi ki hona ʻapí, koeʻuhi he naʻe taʻu ʻe 60 ʻa e lōloa ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ai ʻe he fefine Sūnemi ko ʻení ke nofo ʻa ʻIlaisa ʻi hona ʻapí ʻi he taimi kotoa pē naʻá ne fou mai ai ʻi he feituʻu ko iá? Koeʻuhi he naʻe mahuʻinga ki ai ʻa e ngāue ʻa ʻIlaisá. Ko e palōfita anga-fakatōkilalo, taʻesiokita ko ʻení naʻá ne ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha konisēnisi ki he puleʻangá, ʻi hono fakamanatuʻi ki he ngaahi tuʻí, kau taulaʻeikí, mo e lāuvalé ʻa honau fatongia ke tauhi kia Sihová.
ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e fefine Sūnemí ko e taha ia ʻi he kakai naʻe ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa Sīsuú ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko ia ʻoku ne tali ha palofita, koeʻuhi pe ko ʻene palofita, te ne maʻu ʻae totongi fakapalofita.” (Mātiu 10:41) Naʻe foaki ʻe Sihova ha pale makehe ki he fefine manavahē-ʻOtua ko ʻení. Neongo naʻe paʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi, naʻá ne fanauʻi ha foha. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui aí naʻe toe ʻoange kiate ia ha tokoni fakaʻotua ʻi he taimi naʻe fakalala ai ʻa e fonuá ʻe ha honge taʻu ʻe fitu. ʻOku fakamanatu mai kiate kitautolu ʻe he fakamatala fakaueʻiloto ko ʻení ko e anga-ʻofa ko ē ʻoku tau fakahāhā ki he kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke taʻefakatokangaʻi ia ʻe heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní.—2 Tuʻi 4:13-37; 8:1-6; Hepelu 6:10.
Ongo Tau Taʻetoeveiveiua ʻe Ua
Neongo ʻoku manatuʻi ʻa Sūnemi ko e nofoʻanga ia ʻo e ongo fefine mateaki ko ʻeni ʻe toko uá, naʻe toe hoko moʻoni ai ʻa e ongo tau ʻe ua naʻá ne liliu ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo e hisitōlia ʻo ʻIsilelí. Naʻe ofi moʻoni ai ha malaʻe tau lelei—ko e tokalelei ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo moʻunga ko Mole mo Kilipoá. Naʻe ʻapitanga maʻu pē ʻa e kau komanitā fakakautau ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e Tohitapú ʻi he feituʻu naʻe ʻi ai ha maʻuʻanga vai lahi, konga fonua māʻolunga ki ha maluʻanga, pea kapau ʻe ala maʻu, ko ha tuʻuʻanga ʻiloa ke fakasio hifo ai ki ha tokalelei ʻo ha teleʻa pakukā fakataha mo ha ʻatāloa feʻunga ke fokotuʻutuʻu ai ha fuʻu kau tau, fanga hoosi, mo ha ngaahi saliote. Naʻe ʻi Sūnemi mo Kilipoa ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ʻaonga pehē.
Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo e kau fakamāú, naʻe ʻapitanga ai ʻa e kau tau Mitiani ʻe toko 135,000, kau ʻAmaleki, mo e niʻihi kehe ʻi he tokalelei he tafaʻaki ki muʻa ʻo Molé. Ko ʻenau fanga kāmelí naʻe “hange ko e ʻoneʻone ʻi he matatahi hono lahi.” (Fakamaau 7:12) Hanga mai kiate kinautolu ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e tokaleleí, ʻi he veʻe vai ko Hālotí ʻi he veʻe Moʻunga Kilipoá, ko e kau ʻIsilelí ia ʻi he malumalu ʻo Fakamaau Kitione, ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e kau sōtia ʻe toko 32,000 pē.
Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ki muʻa ʻi ha tau, naʻe feinga fakatouʻosi ʻa e ongo faʻahí ke na fefakailifiaʻaki. Ko e fuʻu kau tau taukaé, ko e fanga kāmeli taú, ko e ngaahi salioté, mo e fanga hōsí ʻoku lava ke nau fakatupunga ʻa e manavahē ki he kau sōtia ʻalu laló. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko e kau Mitianí—ʻa ē naʻa nau ʻosi maau lolotonga ia ʻa e kei fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí—naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ko ha meʻa fakamanavahē ia ke mātā. ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻeke ai ʻe Kitione, “Ko hai hena ʻoku ilifia mo teteteté?” naʻe tali ki ai ʻa e vahe ua ʻe tolu ʻo ʻene kau taú ʻaki ʻenau liʻaki ʻa e malaʻe taú.—Fakamaau 7:1-3, NW.
Ko e kau tau ʻIsileli pē ʻe toko 10,000 ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻa nau sio fakamamaʻu atu ki he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e tokaleleí ki he kau sōtia ko e ngaahi fili ʻe toko 135,000, pea naʻe vave ʻa hono fakatokosiʻi hifo ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kau sōtia ʻIsilelí ki ha kiʻi toko 300 pē. ʻI he muimui ki he tōʻonga ʻa ʻIsilelí, naʻe vahevahe ʻa e kiʻi kulupu ko ʻení ki ha kongakau ʻe tolu. ʻI he mamalu ʻa e poó, naʻa nau mafola atu ʻo tuʻu ʻi honau ngaahi tuʻuʻanga ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tolu ʻo e ʻapitanga ʻo e filí. Pea ʻi he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Kitioné, naʻe haʻaki ʻe he toko 300 ʻa e ngaahi siā naʻá ne fufū ʻenau ngaahi tūhulú, ʻo hiki ki ʻolunga ʻa e ngaahi tūhulu ko iá, mo nau kaila, “Koe heleta a Jihova, bea mo Kitione.” Naʻa nau ifi ʻenau ngaahi meʻaifí ʻo hanganaki hokohoko atu pē ʻa e ifí. ʻI he fakapoʻulí, naʻe fakakaukauloto ʻa e fuʻu kau sōtia puputuʻu ʻohovalé ia naʻe ʻohofi kinautolu ʻe ha kulupu ʻe 300. Naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ke nau fetauʻaki pē ʻiate kinautolu, pea “nae feleleʻi ae tau kotoabe, bea tagi, mo hola.”—Fakamaau 7:15-22, PM; 8:10.
Ko e tau hono uá naʻe fai ia ofi ki Sūnemi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e taimi ʻo Tuʻi Saulá. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e Tohitapú naʻe “fakataha ʻa e kau Filisitia, pea nau haʻu ʻo fokotuʻu teniti ʻi Sunemi; pea tanaki ʻe Saula ʻa Isileli katoa, ʻo nau fokotuʻu teniti ʻi Kilipoa,” ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he kau tau ʻa Kitioné ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki muʻá. Ka ko Saula, ʻi he ʻikai ke tatau mo Kitioné, naʻe siʻi pē ʻene falala kia Sihová, ʻo fili ia ke kumi tokoni ki ha fefine fakahaʻele faʻahikehe ʻi ʻEnitoa. ʻI he taimi naʻá ne sio ai ki he ʻapitanga ʻo e kau Filisitiá, “naʻa ne ilifia, pea toutou hono manava.” ʻI he tau naʻe hokó, naʻe hola ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí pea naʻe ikunaʻi lahi kinautolu. Naʻe mole fakatouʻosi ai ʻa e moʻui ʻa Saula mo Sionatané.—1 Samiuela 28:4-7; 31:1-6.
Ko ia naʻe hoko ai ʻo fakaʻilongaʻi fakatouʻosi ʻaki ʻa e hisitōlia ʻo Sūnemí ʻa e ʻofa mo e fakamālohi, falala kia Sihova mo e falala ki he kau tēmenioó. ʻI he tokalelei ʻo e teleʻa ko ʻení, naʻe fakahāhā ai ʻe ha ongo fefine ʻa e tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻofa mo e anga-talitali kakai, pea naʻe fai ai taʻetoeveiveiua ʻe he ongo taki ʻIsileli ʻe toko ua ʻa e tau. Ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kotoa ko ʻeni ʻe faá ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ai ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e falala kia Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito te ne taʻelava ke fakapaleʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku tauhi kiate iá.
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