Ko e Tokonaki ʻa Sihova, ko e Faʻahinga “Kuo Foaki”
“Pea ʻe tuʻu ʻa e kau muli ʻo fafanga hoʻomou ngaahi takanga.”—AISEA 61:5.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fakamanatu mai nai kiate kitautolu fekauʻaki mo Sihova ʻe he foʻi lea ko e “tokotaha-foaki”?
KO HA tokotaha-foaki loto-fiefoaki ē ka ko e ʻOtuá! Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá: “ʻOku aʻana [Sihova] ʻa e foaki mai kiate kitautolu fulipe ʻa e moʻui, mo e manava, mo e meʻa kotoa pe!” (Ngāue 17:25) ʻE ʻaonga kiate kitautolu taki taha ʻa ʻetau fakalaulauloto ki he lahi ʻo e ‘ngaahi foaki lelei mo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa haohaoa’ ʻa ia ʻoku tau maʻu mei he ʻOtuá.—Sēmisi 1:5, 17; Sāme 29:11; Mātiu 7:7; 10:19; 13:12; 21:43.
2, 3. (a) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo ʻetau tali ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kau Līvaí ko e faʻahinga “kuo foaki”?
2 Naʻe ʻuhinga lelei ʻa e fifili ʻa e tangata-tohi-sāmé pe ʻe anga-fēfē haʻane totongi kia Sihova. (Sāme 116:12) ʻOku ʻikai ke fiemaʻu ki hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ha meʻa ʻe maʻu nai pe malava ke foaki atu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. (Sāme 50:10, 12) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻoku fakahōifua kiate ia ʻi hono foaki loto-houngaʻia ʻe he kakaí ʻa kinautolu ke fai ʻa e lotu moʻoní. (Fehoanaki mo Hepelū 10:5-7.) ʻOku totonu ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá hono kotoa pē ke foaki atu kinautolu ʻi he fakatapui ki honau Tokotaha-Fakatupú, ʻa ia ʻe taki atu nai ki heʻene ʻomai ha ngaahi monū lahi ange, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko ki he kau Līvai ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Neongo naʻe fakatapui ʻa e kau ʻIsileli kotoa pē ki he ʻOtuá, naʻá ne fili ʻa e fāmili ʻo ʻĒloné mei he matakali ʻo Līvaí ke nau hoko ko e kau taulaʻeiki ke fai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻi he tāpanekalé mo e temipalé. Ka naʻe fēfē ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau Līvaí?
3 Naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese: “Ke ke fakaofi mai ae faahiga o Livai, . . . Bea te nau tauhi ae gaahi mea kotoabe oe fale fehikitaki . . . Bea te ke foaki ae kau Livai kia Elone mo hono gaahi foha: kuo foaki akinautolu kotoabe [Hepelū, nethu·nimʹ] kiate ia mei he fānau a Isileli.” (Nōmipa 3:6, 8, 9, 41, PM) Naʻe “foaki” ʻa e kau Līvaí kia ʻĒlone ke nau fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻi he tāpanekalé, ko ia naʻe malava ke pehē ʻe he ʻOtuá: “He kuo tuku maaku akinautolu mei he fānau a Isileli.” (Nōmipa 8:16, PM, Nōm 8:19; Nōm 18:6) Ko e kau Līvai ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue faingofua; ko ha niʻihi kehe naʻa nau maʻu ha ngaahi monū fakaofo, ʻo hangē ko hono akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi lao ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Nōmipa 1:50, 51; 1 Kalonikali 6:48; 23:3, 4, 24-32; 2 Kalonikali 35:3-5) Tau hiki ange ʻa ʻetau tokangá ki he toe kakai kehe “kuo foaki” pea mo hono fehoanaki-mālie ʻi onopooní.
Ko e Foki Mai ʻa e Kau ʻIsilelí mei Pāpiloné
4, 5. (a) Ko e faʻahinga ʻIsileli fē naʻa nau foki mai mei he kapusi ki Pāpiloné? (e) ʻI onopooni, ko e hā ʻoku fehoanaki-mālie mo e foki mai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli mei honau kapusí?
4 ʻOku lave ʻa ʻĒsela mo Nehemaia ʻo kau ki he foki mai mei Pāpilone ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ki honau fonuá, ʻi he taki ʻa Kōvana Seluipēpeli, ke toe fokotuʻu ʻa e lotu moʻoní. ʻOkú na fakatou fakamatala ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau toe foki ko ʻení ko e toko 42,360. Ko e laui afe ʻo e fika ko iá ko e “kau tagata ʻi he kakai o Isileli.” Pea hoko atu ai pē ʻa e ongo fakamatalá ʻo fakahā ʻa e fakahokohoko ʻo e kau taulaʻeikí. Pea hoko ai pē ki he kau Līvai ʻe toko 350 nai, kau ai mo e kau hiva mo e kau leʻo matapā Līvai. Naʻe hiki foki ʻe ʻĒsela mo Nehemaia ʻo kau ki he faʻahinga ʻe laui afe naʻe ngalingali ko e kau ʻIsileli, kau ai mo e kau taulaʻeiki nai, ka naʻe ʻikai lava ke fakamoʻoniʻi honau hohokó.—ʻĒsela 1:1, 2, PM [1:1-3]; Esl 2:2-42, 59-64; Nehemaia 7:7-45, 61-66.
5 Naʻe fakahāhā ʻa e anga-līʻoa tuʻu-ki-muʻa ki he ʻOtuá ʻe he toenga ʻo e kau ʻIsileli ko eni naʻe kapusi kinautolu mei honau fonuá pea nau foki ki mui mai ki Selusalema mo Siuta pea nau mātuʻaki tukupā ke fakahoko ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Hangē ko ia kuo tau fakatokangaʻí, ʻoku tau sio ʻi onopooni ki ha fekauʻaki fehoanaki-mālie ki he toenga ʻo ʻIsileli fakalaumālie ʻa ia naʻa nau haʻu mei he nofo fakapōpula ki Pāpilone ko e Lahi ʻi he 1919.
6. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi hotau taimí ʻa ʻIsileli fakalaumālie?
6 Talu mei he tuku ange ʻi he 1919 ʻa e toenga ʻo e ngaahi tokoua pani ʻo Kalaisí kuo nau faivelenga ʻo laka ki muʻa ʻi he lotu moʻoní. Kuo tāpuekina ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻenau ngaahi feinga ke tānaki mai ʻa e faʻahinga fakaʻosi ʻo e toko 144,000 ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e “Isileli oe Otua.” (Kalētia 6:16, PM; Fakahā 7:3, 4) ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha kulupu, ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e kalasi ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” kuo ngāueʻaki ke tokonaki mai ʻo hulu ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie foaki-moʻuí, ʻa ia kuo nau ngāue mālohi ke tufaki ki māmani lahi.—Mātiu 24:45-47, PM.
7. Ko hai ʻoku kau fakataha mo e kau paní ʻi he lotu moʻoní?
7 Hangē ko ia naʻe fakahā ʻe he kupu ki muʻá, ʻoku kau he taimí ni ʻa e laui miliona ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” ki he kakai ʻa Sihova ʻa ia kuo nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki foaki mei he ʻOtuá ke nau hao moʻui atu mei he mamahi lahi ʻoku vavé ni maí. ʻOku nau holi ke tauhi kia Sihova ʻo taʻengata ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai te nau toe fiekaia mo fieinua ai pea ʻe ʻikai ke toe tō ha ngaahi loʻimata ʻo e mamahi. (Sione 10:16; Fakahā 7:9-17; 21:3-5) ʻOku ʻi ai ha meʻa ʻi he fakamatala ʻo kau ki he toe foki mai mei Pāpiloné ʻoku fehoanaki-mālie mo e faʻahingá ni? ʻIo!
Toe Kau ʻi he Foki Maí ʻa e Kakai ʻIkai ko e Kau ʻIsileli
8. Ko hai naʻe foki fakataha mo e kau ʻIsilelí mei Pāpiloné?
8 ʻI he taimi naʻe fai ai ʻa e ui ʻi Pāpilone ki he kau ʻofa kia Sihová ke nau toe foki ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá, naʻe tali lelei ia ʻe he laui afe naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli. ʻI he ngaahi fakahokohoko naʻe ʻomai ʻe ʻĒsela mo Nehemaiá, kuo tau lau ai ki he “Netinimi” (ʻoku ʻuhinga, ko e faʻahinga “kuo foaki”) mo e “hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomone,” ʻa ia naʻe toko 392 fakakātoa. ʻOku toe lave foki ʻa e ongo fakamatalá ki he niʻihi kehe naʻe tokolahi ange ʻi he toko 7,500: ‘kau tamaioʻeiki mo e kau kaunanga,’ pea pehē mo e kakai naʻe ʻikai ko ha kau Līvai ko e “kau tangata hiva mo ha kau fefine hiva.” (ʻĒsela 2:43-58, 65; Nehemaia 7:46-60, 67) Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi fau naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau fokí?
9. Naʻe kaunga fēfē ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he toe foki mai mei he kapusí?
9 ʻOku lea ʻa ʻĒsela 1:5 ʻo kau ki he “kakai kotoa kuo ueʻi honau laumalie ʻe Elohimi ke ʻalu hake ke langa ʻa e fale ʻo Sihova.” ʻIo, naʻe ueʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa kinautolu hono kotoa naʻa nau toe fokí. Naʻá ne ueʻi honau laumālié, ʻa ia ko ʻenau hehema fakaefakakaukaú. Naʻe malava ke fai ʻeni ʻe he ʻOtuá mei hēvani, ʻo ne ngāueʻaki ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ko hono ivi ngāué. Ko ia, ko kinautolu kotoa naʻa nau “ʻalu hake ke langa ʻa e fale ʻo Sihova” naʻe tokoniʻi ʻe he “laumalie [ʻo e ʻOtua].”—Sākalaia 4:1, 6; Hākeai 1:14.
Ko e Meʻa Fehoanaki-Mālie ʻi Onopooni
10, 11. Ko e hā ʻa e fehoanaki-mālie ʻe lava ke fakatatau ki he kakai naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻa nau foki mei Pāpiloné?
10 Ko e foki mai ʻa e kakai naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí naʻe tuʻu fakaefakatātā kia hai? ʻE tali nai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane tokolahi: ‘ʻOku fehoanaki ʻa e kau Netinimí mo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻi he ʻaho ní.’ Ko e moʻoni, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata pē ki he kau Netinimí; he ko e kotoa ʻo kinautolu naʻe foki ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí ʻoku nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau ki he ʻIsileli fakalaumālié.
11 Naʻe pehē ʻe he tohi ko e You May Survive Armageddon Into God’s New Worlda: “Naʻe ʻikai ko e toenga ʻo e kau ʻIsileli pē ʻe toko 42,360 ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau ʻalu mei Pāpilone mo kōvana Seluipēpelí . . . Naʻe ʻi ai mo e laui afe naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli . . . Tuku kehe ʻa e kau Netinimí naʻe ʻi ai mo e faʻahinga kehe naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli, ko e kau tamaioʻeiki, ko e kau tangata mo e kau fafine naʻa nau faivaʻaki ʻa e hivá pea mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa e Tuʻi ko Solomoné.” Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e tohí: “Ko e kau Netinimí, ko e kau tamaioʻeikí, ko e kau hivá mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné, fakakātoa kinautolu naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli, naʻa nau mavahe mei he fonua ʻo e nofo pōpulá pea nau foki mo e toenga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí . . . Ko ia, ʻoku tonu ke fakakaukau nai ʻi he ʻahó ni ko e kakai mei he ngaahi fonua kehekehe ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālié te nau kau mo e toenga ʻo ʻIsileli fakalaumālié pea mo poupouʻi ʻa e lotu ki he ʻOtua ko Sihová fakataha mo kinautolu? ʻIo.” Ko e faʻahinga ko iá ‘kuo nau hoko ʻi onopooni ʻo tuʻu fakaefakatātā ki he kau Netinimi, kau hiva, mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné.’
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa hono laumālié ʻi ha founga makehe maʻá e kau ʻIsileli fakalaumālié, ka ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau ʻilo pau ʻoku ala maʻu ia ki heʻene kau lotu kotoa pē?
12 ʻOku ʻomai foki ʻe he ʻOtuá hono laumālié ki he faʻahinga ko ʻeni ʻoku nau ʻamanaki ke moʻui taʻengata ʻi māmaní ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻá ne fai ʻi he sīpinga ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ke toe fanauʻi foʻou kinautolu. Ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻo e toko 144,000 kuo nau hokosia tuʻo taha pē ʻa e toe fanauʻi foʻou ko ha foha fakalaumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá pea paniʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní. (Sione 3:3, 5; Loma 8:16; ʻEfesō 1:13, 14) Ko hono moʻoní, ko e pani ko iá ko ha fakahāhā laulōtaha ia ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá koeʻuhi ko e fanga sipi tokosiʻí. Ka ʻoku toe fiemaʻu foki ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ke fakahoko hono finangaló. Ko ia, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: ‘ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he Tamai ʻi hēvaní ʻa e laumalie māʻoniʻoní kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau kole ki aí.’ (Luke 11:13) Tatau ai pē pe ko e tokotaha kolé ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ki hēvaní pe ʻokú ne kau ki he fanga sipi kehé, ʻoku ala maʻu ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová ʻo fuʻu hulu ke fakahoko Hono finangaló.
13. ʻOku lava fēfē ke ngāue ʻa e laumālié ʻi he kau sevāniti kotoa pē ʻa e ʻOtuá?
13 Naʻe ueʻi ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá fakatouʻosi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mo e kakai naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí ke foki ki Selusalema, pea ʻokú ne fakatupu-ongoʻi mālohi mo tokoni ki heʻene kakai mateaki kotoa pē ʻi he ʻahó ni. Tatau ai pē pe kuo maʻu ʻe ha tokotaha Kalisitiane ʻa e ʻamanaki foaki mei he ʻOtuá ko e moʻui ʻi hēvaní pe moʻui ʻi he māmaní, kuo pau ke ne malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí, pea ʻoku tokoniʻi ia ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ke ne fai mateaki ia. Ko e tokotaha taki taha ʻiate kitautolu—tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa ʻetau ʻamanakí—ʻoku totonu ke tau fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi fua ʻo e laumālié, ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu ia kiate kitautolu kotoa ʻi ha tuʻunga kakato.—Kalētia 5:22-26.
Kuo Foaki ki he Ngāue Makehe
14, 15. (a) ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻa nau fokí, ko e hā ʻa e ongo kulupu naʻe fakafaikehekeheʻí? (e) Ko hai ʻa e kau Netinimí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻa nau faí?
14 ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e laui afe ʻo e kakai ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli naʻe ueʻi ʻe he laumālié ke fokí naʻe ʻi ai ha ongo kiʻi kulupu naʻe fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá—ko e kau Netinimi mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné. Ko hai ʻa kinautolu? Ko e hā naʻa nau faí? Pea ko e hā ʻa hono ʻuhinga nai ʻi he ʻaho ní?
15 Ko e kau Netinimí ko ha kulupu naʻe ʻikai te nau tupu mei ha kau ʻIsileli pea naʻa nau maʻu ha monū ke ngāue mo e kau Līvaí. Manatuʻi ʻa e kau Kēnani mei Kipione ʻa ia naʻa nau hoko ko e “kau ta fefie mo ʻutuvai ki he fakataha mo e olita ʻo Sihova.” (Siōsiua 9:26 [Sos 9:27, PM]) Ko e niʻihi nai ʻo honau ngaahi hakó naʻa nau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Netinimi naʻe foki mei Pāpiloné, pea pehē mo e niʻihi kehe naʻe tānaki atu kiate kinautolu ko e kau Netinimi lolotonga ʻa e pule ʻa Tēvitá pea ʻi he ngaahi taimi kehe. (ʻĒsela 8:20) Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe fai ʻe he kau Netinimí? Naʻe foaki ʻa e kau Līvaí ke nau tokoni ki he kau taulaʻeikí, pea ki mui mai naʻe foaki ʻa e kau Netinimí ke nau tokoni ki he kau Līvaí. Naʻa mo e kau muli naʻe kamú, ko ha monū eni kiate kinautolu.
16. ʻI he faai mai ʻa e taimí naʻe liliu fēfē ʻa e ngāue ʻa e kau Netinimí?
16 ʻI he foki ʻa e kulupú ni mei Pāpiloné, naʻe tokosiʻi pē ʻa e kau Līvai naʻe kau ki aí, ʻi hono fehoanaki mo e kau taulaʻeiki pe kau Netinimi mo e “hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomone.” (ʻĒsela 8:15-20) ʻOku pehē ʻe he Dictionary of the Bible, ʻa ia naʻe fai ʻe Dr. James Hastings: “ʻI he ʻosi atu ha taimi ʻoku tau ʻilo [ʻa e kau Netinimí] naʻe mātuʻaki fokotuʻu pau kinautolu ko e kulupu toputapu makehe, ʻa ia naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi monū lahi.” ʻOku pehē ʻe he nusipepa fakaemataotao ko e Vetus Testamentum: “Naʻe hoko ha liliu. ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e Foki mei he Nofo Pōpulá, ko e [kau muli] ko ʻení naʻe ʻikai ke kei lau kinautolu ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo e Temipalé, ka ko e kau tauhi ʻi ai, ʻo nau maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga meimei tatau mo e ngaahi kulupu ʻo e faʻahinga kehé, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakahoko ʻa e ngāue ʻi he Temipalé.”—Sio ki he puha “Ko Ha Tuʻunga Naʻe Liliu.”
17. Ko e hā naʻe toe lahi ange ai ʻa e ngāue naʻe ʻoange ki he kau Netinimí ke faí, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni faka-Tohitapu ki aí?
17 Ko e moʻoni, naʻe ʻikai ke hoko ʻo tuʻunga tatau ʻa e kau Netinimí mo e kau taulaʻeikí pea mo e kau Līvaí. Ko e ongo kulupu ko ē ko e kau ʻIsileli pē, ʻa ia naʻe fili kinaua ʻe Sihova tonu pē pea naʻe ʻikai ke fetongi ʻaki ha faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli. Ka, ʻoku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi fakamatala ʻi he Tohitapú ʻo pehē koeʻuhi naʻe holo ʻo toko siʻi ʻa e kau Līvaí, naʻe foaki ʻo toe lahi ange ʻa e meʻa ke fai ʻe he kau Netinimí ʻi he ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe vaheʻi kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi nofoʻanga ofi mai ki he temipalé. ʻI he ʻaho ʻo Nehemaiá naʻa nau ngāue mo e kau taulaʻeikí ʻi hono monomono ʻa e ngaahi holisi ofi ki he temipalé. (Nehemaia 3:22-26) Pea naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Peasiá ke fakaʻatā ʻa e kau Netinimí mei he ngaahi tukuhaú, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e ʻatā ʻa e kau Līvaí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ngāue ʻi he temipalé. (ʻĒsela 7:24) ʻOku fakahā ʻe he meʻa ko ʻení ʻa e felāveʻi vāofi ʻo e faʻahinga “kuo foaki” (kau Līvai mo e kau Netinimi) ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié pea mo hono fakalahi ange ʻa e ngāue naʻe vaheʻi ki he kau Netinimí ʻo fakatatau mo e fiemaʻú, neongo naʻe ʻikai pē ke lau kinautolu ia ko e kau Līvai. ʻI hono tānaki ki mui mai ʻe ʻĒsela ʻa e kau nofo pōpulá ke fokí, naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha kau Līvai ʻi honau lotolotongá ʻi he kamataʻangá. Ko ia naʻá ne fuʻu feinga lahi ange ke tānaki ha niʻihi ʻo kinautolu. Ko hono olá ko ha kau Līvai ʻe toko 38 mo e kau Netinimi ʻe toko 220 naʻa nau foki ke ngāue ko e kau “tauhi ʻa e fale ʻo homau ʻOtua.”—ʻĒsela 8:15-20.
18. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe fakahoko nai ʻe he ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné?
18 Ko ha kulupu hono ua naʻe fakafaikehekeheʻi naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí ko e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné. ʻOku siʻi pē ʻa e fakamatala fakaikiiki ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo fekauʻaki mo kinautolú. Ko e niʻihi ko e “haʻa Sofeleti.” ʻOku tānaki atu ʻe ʻĒsela ha muʻanaua pau ki he hingoa ko iá, ʻo hoko ia ko e Has·so·pheʹreth (Hasofeleti), ko hono ʻuhinga nai “ko e sikalaipe.” (ʻĒsela 2:55; Nehemaia 7:57) Ko ia ko ha kau sikalaipe nai pe kau hiki tatau, pe ko e kau sikalaipe fekauʻaki mo hono fakalele ʻo e temipalé. Neongo ko e kau muli kinautolu, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Solomoné ʻa ʻenau mateaki kia Sihová ʻaki ʻa ʻenau mavahe mei Pāpilone pea nau foki ke kau ki hono toe fokotuʻu ʻa ʻEne lotú.
Ko Hono Foaki Atu Kitautolu ʻi he ʻAho Ní
19. ʻOku fēfē ʻa e vā ʻo e kau paní ʻi he ʻahó ni mo e fanga sipi kehé?
19 ʻI hotau taimí, kuo ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻi ha founga kāfakafa ke takimuʻa ʻi he lotu maʻá mo hono fanongonongo atu ʻa e ongoongo leleí. (Maʻake 13:10) Hono ʻikai ko ha fiefia lahi ē kuo nau maʻu ʻi heʻenau sio ki he laui mano, laui kilu, pea laui miliona ʻo e fanga sipi kehe ʻoku nau kau mo kinautolu ʻi he lotú! Pea ko ha fengāueʻaki fakafiefia ē ʻi he kau paní mo e fanga sipi kehé!—Sione 10:16.
20. Ko e hā ʻa e mahino foʻou ʻoku ʻuhinga totonu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku fehoanaki-mālie ki he kau Netinimí mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné? (Palōvepi 4:18)
20 Ko hono kotoa ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻa nau foki mei he nofo fakapōpula ʻi Pāpilone ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻoku fehoanaki-mālie ia mo e fanga sipi kehe ʻa ia ʻoku nau ngāue ʻi he taimí ni mo e toenga ʻo ʻIsileli fakalaumālié. Kae fēfē ʻa e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo hono fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻe he Tohitapú ʻa e kau Netinimí mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné? ʻI he sīpinga ko ia naʻe ʻoange ha ngaahi monū ki he kau Netinimí mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné ʻo hulu atu ia ʻi he niʻihi kehe naʻe foki ka naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsilelí. ʻOku lava ke tuʻu fakaefakatātā ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení ki hono fakalahi atu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e ngaahi monū mo e ngaahi fatongia ki ha niʻihi ʻo e fanga sipi kehe matuʻotuʻa fakalaumālie mo loto-fiefai ʻa e ngāué.
21. Kuo anga-fēfē hono maʻu ʻe he ngaahi tokoua ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau ʻamanaki ke moʻui ʻi māmaní ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mo e ngaahi monū toe lahi ange?
21 Ko e ngaahi monū naʻe fakalahi atu ki he kau Netinimí naʻe fekauʻaki fakahangatonu ia mo e ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālie. ʻOku ngalingali naʻe maʻu ʻe he ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné ha ngaahi fatongia ko e fakahoko ngāue. ʻOku meimei tatau pē mo e ʻahó ni, kuo tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kakaí ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi “meʻaʻofa ko e kau tangata” ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa ʻene kakaí. (ʻEfesō 4:8, NW, ʻEf 4:11, 12) ʻOku fakakau ki he tokonaki ko ʻení ʻa e toko laui ngeau ʻo e ngaahi tokoua matuʻotuʻa fakalaumālie mo taukei ʻoku nau kau ki hono ‘tauhi ʻa e ngaahi tākangá,’ ʻo nau ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ʻovasia fakafeituʻu mo e fakavahe pea kau ki he Ngaahi Kōmiti Vaʻa ʻi he ngaahi vaʻa ʻe 98 ʻo e Watch Tower Society. (ʻAisea 61:5) ʻI he ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Sōsaietí, ʻi he tataki ʻa e “matāpule lototō” mo hono Kulupu Pulé, ʻoku akoʻi ai ha kau tangata alafua ke tokoni ki hono teuteu ʻa e ngaahi meʻakai fakalaumālié. (Luke 12:42) Kuo akoʻi ʻa e kau ngāue pole kehe kuo nau ʻosi fakatapui fuoloa mai ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi Pētelí mo e ngaahi fale pulusí pea ke tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi polokalama ʻi māmani lahi ki hono langa ʻa e ngaahi vaʻa foʻou mo e ngaahi holo ki he lotu faka-Kalisitiané. Kuo lelei ʻaupito ʻenau ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau tokoni ofi ki he toenga ʻo e kau paní, ʻa ia ko e konga ʻo e tuʻunga taulaʻeiki fakatuʻí.—Fehoanaki mo 1 Kolinitō 4:17; 14:40; 1 Pita 2:9.
22. Ko e hā ʻoku feʻungamālie ai ke ʻoange ki he niʻihi ʻo e fanga sipi kehé ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mamafa ʻi he taimí ni, pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē ʻa e anga ʻo e ʻetau tali ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení?
22 ʻI he kuonga muʻá, naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e ngāue ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí mo e kau Līvaí ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Siú. (Sione 1:19) Kaekehe, ʻi he ʻahó ni, kuo pau ke fakaʻaʻau ke toe tokosiʻi ange ʻa e toenga ʻo ʻIsileli fakalaumālié ʻi he māmaní. (Fehoanaki mo Sione 3:30.) ʻI he fakaʻosí, ʻi he hili hono fakaʻauha ʻo Pāpilone ko e Lahí, ko e kotoa ʻo e 144,000 ko e ‘faʻahinga kuo ʻosi silaʻí’ te nau ʻi hēvani ki he mali ʻa e Lamí. (Fakahā 7:1-3; 19:1-8) Ka ʻi he taimí ni kuo pau ke tupulekina ke tokolahi ange ʻa e fanga sipi kehé. Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo pehē ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu, ʻo fehoanakimālie mo e kau Netinimí mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné, ʻoku vaheʻi kinautolu ʻi he taimí ni ki ha ngaahi fatongia mamafa ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tataki ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní, ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻai ai kinautolu ke fiemeʻa pe ongoʻi ʻoku nau mahuʻinga. (Loma 12:3) ʻOku tau maʻu heni ʻa e tuipau ʻa ia ʻi he “haʻu mei he mamahi lahi” ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau tangata taukei—“kau pilinisi”—kuo ʻosi teuteuʻi ke takimuʻa ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fanga sipi kehé.—Fakahā 7:14; ʻAisea 32:1, NW; fehoanaki mo Ngāue 6:2-7.
23. Ko e hā kuo pau ai kiate kitautolu hono kotoa ke fakatupu ʻa e laumālie ʻo e foakí fekauʻaki mo e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá?
23 Ko kinautolu hono kotoa naʻa nau foki mei Pāpiloné naʻa nau loto-lelei ke ngāue mālohi pea fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku nau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e lotu ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻatamaí mo e lotó. ʻOku tatau pē ʻi he ʻahó ni. Fakataha mo e toenga ʻo e kau paní, “ʻe tuʻu ʻa e kau muli ʻo fafanga [ʻa e] ngaahi takanga.” (ʻAisea 61:5) Ko ia tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻoku tau maʻu kuo tokonaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá, pea tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi monū ʻe fakalahi ange nai ki he kau mātuʻa kuo fakanofo ʻe he laumālié ki muʻa ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono fakatonuhiaʻi ʻo Sihová ʻi ʻĀmaketoné, ʻai ke tau fakatupu ʻe kitautolu kotoa ʻa e laumālie fie foaki, totonu mo taʻesiokita. Neongo ʻe ʻikai te tau teitei lava ke fai ha meʻa ke totongi kia Sihova ʻene ngaahi ʻaonga fakaofó, ʻofa ke tau ʻaufuatō ʻi ha meʻa pē ʻoku tau fai ʻi heʻene kautahá. (Sāme 116:12-14; Kolose 3:23) Ko ia ʻe lava kiate kitautolu hono kotoa ke foaki atu kitautolu ki he lotu moʻoní, ʻi he tuʻunga ko e fanga sipi kehe ʻoku ngāue vāofi mo e faʻahinga kuo paní, ʻa ia te nau hoko ʻo “pule ko e ngaahi tuʻi ki he mamani.”—Fakahā 5:9, 10, NW.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Peesi 142-8; naʻe pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Ngaahi Poini ke Manatuʻi
◻ Ko e founga fē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kau Līvaí ko e faʻahinga “kuo foaki” ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe foki mai mei he nofo fakapōpulá ka naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli, ʻo nau tuʻu fakaefakatātā kia hai?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e liliu ʻoku ngalingali naʻe hoko ki he kau Netinimí?
◻ ʻI he meʻa fekauʻaki mo e kau Netinimí mo e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné, ʻoku mahino he taimí ni ʻa e fehoanaki-mālie fē?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fakapapau ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he fengāueʻaki ʻa e kau paní mo e fanga sipi kehé?
[Puha ʻi he peesi 17]
KO HA TUʻUNGA NAʻE LILIU
ʻOku fakamatala ʻe he ngaahi tikisinale faka-Tohitapu mo e ngaahi ʻenisaikolopītia ʻo kau ki he ngaahi liliu naʻe hokosia ʻe he niʻihi ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻa ia naʻa nau foki mei he nofo fakapōpulá. Ko e fakatātā, ʻi he kaveinga ko e “Change in their position” (“Liliu ʻi honau tuʻungá”), ʻoku pehē ʻe he Encyclopædia Biblica: “Hangē pē ko ia kuo ʻosi fakahaaʻí, ko honau tuʻunga fakaenofó ʻi he taimi tatau naʻe pau ke fakamāʻolungaʻi ia. [Ko e kau Netinimí] ne ʻikai te nau toe hā ko e kau tamaioʻeiki kinautolu ʻi he ʻuhinga totonu ʻo e leá.” (Naʻe ʻētitaʻi ʻe Cheyne mo Black, Voliume 111, peesi 3399) ʻI he The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, ʻoku tohi ʻe John Kitto: “Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻamanekina ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu [ko e kau Netinimí] te nau foki ki he tuʻunga māʻulalo ko eni ʻi Palesitainé . . . Ko e mateaki maʻataʻatā ʻa ia naʻe fakahāhā ʻe he faʻahinga ko ʻení naʻe fakamāʻolungaʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e kau Netinimí.” (Voliume 11, peesi 417) ʻOku fakahā mai ʻe he The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: “ʻI he maʻu ʻa e ʻilo ki he feohi ko ʻení pea mo e ʻātakai naʻa nau ʻi ai ʻi he taimi ʻo Solomoné, ʻoku lava ke pehē naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi fatongia mahuʻinga ʻa e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomoné ʻi he temipale hono uá.”—Naʻe ʻētitaʻi ʻe G. W. Bromiley, Voliume 4, peesi 570.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
ʻI he foki mai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke toe langa ʻa Selusalemá, naʻe laui afe ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e kau ʻIsileli naʻa nau haʻu fakataha mo kinautolu
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 20]
Ko e Kōmiti Vaʻa ʻi Kōlea. Hangē pē ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau Netinimi ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau tangata ʻo e fanga sipi kehé ha ngaahi fatongia mamafa ʻi he lotu moʻoní ʻi he ʻahó ni