Ko ha Selusalema Faitatau mo Hono Hingoá
“Mou fiefia mo tomeʻe ʻo taʻengata, ʻi he meʻa ʻoku ou fakatupu: he ko au eni ʻoku ou fakatupu foʻou ʻa Selusalema ko e koto tomeʻe.”—AISEA 65:18.
1. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa ʻĒsela fekauʻaki mo e kolo fili ʻa e ʻOtuá?
ʻI HE tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha ako loto-vēkeveke ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe koloaʻaki ʻe he taulaʻeiki Siu ko ʻĒselá ʻa e fekauʻaki naʻe maʻu ki muʻa ʻe Selusalema, pea mo e lotu maʻa ʻa Sihová. (Teutalonome 12:5; Esela 7:27) Ko ʻene ʻofa ki he kolo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻoku fakaeʻa ia ʻi he konga ʻo e Tohitapú, ʻa ia naʻe fakamānavaʻi ia ke ne tohi—ko e ʻUluaki mo e Ua Kalonikalí pea mo e ʻĒselá. ʻI he ngaahi lēkooti fakahisitōlia ko ení, meimei ko e vahe fā ʻe taha ʻo e ʻasi laka hake he tuʻo 800 ʻa e hingoa Selusalemá ʻi he kātoa ʻo e Tohitapú ʻoku maʻu ia ai.
2. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga fakaekikite ʻoku lava ke tau sio ki ai ʻi he ʻuhinga ʻo e hingoa Selusalemá?
2 ʻI he lea Fakatohitapu faka-Hepeluú, ʻoku lava ke mahinoʻi ai ʻa “Selusalema” ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e lea faka-Hepelū naʻe ui ko e tuʻu-lōuá. Ko e tuʻu-lōuá ʻoku faʻa ngāueʻaki lahi tahá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko tauhoa mai, hangē ko e ongo matá, ongo telingá, ongo nimá mo e ongo vaʻé. ʻI he tuʻunga tuʻu-lōua ko ení, ko e hingoa Selusalemá ʻe lava ke vakai ki ai ko ha tuʻunga fakaekikite ia ʻo ha melino ʻa ia ʻe hokosia ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha ʻuhinga ʻe tafaʻaki ua—ko e fakalaumālie mo fakaesino. ʻOku ʻikai ke fakaeʻa ʻe he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú ia pe naʻe mahino kakato eni kia ʻĒsela. Neongo ia, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha taulaʻeikí, naʻá ne fai ʻa ʻene lelei tahá ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Siú ke nau fiefia ʻi he melino mo e ʻOtuá. Pea naʻá ne ngāue mālohi moʻoni koeʻuhi ke moʻui ʻa Selusalema ʻo fakatatau ki he ʻuhinga ʻo hono hingoá, ʻa ia ko e, “Maʻu [pe, Makatuʻunga] ʻo e Melino Lōua.”—Esela 7:6.
3. Ko e taʻu ʻe fiha naʻe paasi ki muʻa, ke toe fakafeʻiloaki mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻa ʻĒselá, pea ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fē?
3 ʻOku ʻikai ke fakahā ʻe he Tohitapú pe naʻe ʻi fē ʻa ʻĒsela lolotonga ʻa e taʻu ʻe 12 naʻe hoko ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ʻene ʻaʻahi ki Selusalemá mo e aʻu atu ʻa Nehemaia ki he koló. Ko e tuʻunga fakalaumālie māʻulalo ʻo e puleʻangá lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá ʻoku hā ai naʻe ʻikai ʻi ai ʻa ʻĒsela. Ka, ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻa ʻĒsela naʻá ne toe ngāue ko ha taulaʻeiki anga-tonu ʻi Selusalema ʻi he hili pē ʻa hono toe langa ʻa e ʻā ʻo e koló.
Ko ha ʻAho Fakatahataha Fakaofo
4. Ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo e māhina hono fitu ʻa ʻIsilelí?
4 Naʻe ʻosi ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá ʻo feʻunga tonu pē mo e māhina kātoanga mahuʻinga ko Tisilī, ko e māhina ia hono fitu ʻi he tohimāhina fakalotu ʻa ʻIsilelí. Ko e ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo Tisilií naʻe fai ai ha kātoanga fakamāhina foʻou makehe naʻe ui ko e Kātoanga ʻo e Ifi Talupité. ʻI he ʻaho ko iá, naʻe ifi ʻe he kau taulaʻeikí ʻa e ngaahi talupité lolotonga ʻa e fai ʻo e ngaahi feilaulau kia Sihová. (Nomipa 10:10; 29:1) Naʻe teuteuʻi ʻi he ʻaho ko ení ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he ʻAho ʻo e Fakalelei fakataʻú, ʻi hono 10 ʻo Tisilií pea mo e Kātoanga fakafiefia ʻo e Utu-Taʻú mei hono 15 ki hono 21 ʻo e māhina tatau.
5. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono ngāueleleiʻaki ʻe ʻĒsela mo Nehemaia ʻa e “ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo hono fitu ʻo e mahina”? (e) Ko e hā naʻe tangi ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí?
5 ʻI he “ʻuluaki aho ʻo hono fitu ʻo e mahina,” naʻe fakatahataha ai ʻa e “kakai kotoa,” hangehangē ko e fakaʻaiʻai ʻe Nehemaia mo ʻĒsela ke nau fai peheé. Ko e kau tangata, kau fefine, mo ia “fuape ʻe fanongo ki ai ʻo ʻuhinga” naʻe fakakau atu ki ai. Ko ia, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e fānau īkí pea naʻa nau tokanga lolotonga ʻa e tuʻu ʻa ʻĒsela ʻi ha tuʻuʻanga ʻo lau ʻa e Laó “mei he hengihengi ki he hoʻata.” (Nehemaia 8:1-4) ʻI ha ngaahi vahaʻa taimi mālōlō, naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe he kau Līvaí ʻa e kakaí ke nau maʻu ʻa e mahino fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe laú. Naʻe ueʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau fakatōloʻimata ʻi heʻenau ʻiloʻi ʻenau tōnounou mamaʻo mo ʻenau ngaahi kuí mei he talangofua ki he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Nehemaia 8:5-9.
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke ako ʻe he kau Kalisitiané mei he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Nehemaia ke taʻofiʻaki ʻa e kau Siú mei heʻenau tangí?
6 Ka naʻe ʻikai ko ha taimi eni ki he tangi tengihiá. Ko ha kātoanga ia, pea ko e toki ʻosi pē ia hono fakakakato ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ngāue ko hono toe langa ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá. Ko ia ai, naʻe tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe Nehemaia ke nau maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau totonu ʻaki ʻene pehē: “Mou ʻalu; kai meʻa ngako, mo inu meʻa huʻamelie, pea ʻave ʻinasi ki he kakai ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau kano ʻumu: he ko e ʻaho tapu eni ʻo hotau ʻEiki: pea ʻoua te mou loto lavea; he ko e fiefia ʻi he ʻEiki ko homou malohinga ia.” ʻI he talangofua, naʻe “tutuku ʻa e kakai kotoa ke kai, pea ke inu kava, pea ke tufa ʻumu, pea ke fakafiefia lahi, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻuhinga kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakamatala mai.”—Nehemaia 8:10-12.
7 ʻOku lava ke ako ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻahó ni ʻa e meʻa lahi mei he fakamatalá ni. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e monū ke ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi konga ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá mo e ngaahi ʻasemipilií ʻoku totonu ke nau manatuʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe lave ki ai ʻi ʻolungá. Tānaki atu ki he akonaki fakatonutonú, ʻa ia ʻoku fiemaʻu he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ko e ngaahi taimi peheé ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaonga mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku hoko mai ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku fai ʻa e fakaongoongolelei ki he ngaahi ngāue lelei naʻe fakahokó mo tokonaki mai ai ʻa e fakalototoʻa ke kītaki. ʻOku totonu ke mavahe ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he ngaahi fakatahataha peheé mo ha fiefia ʻo e lotó koeʻuhi ko e fakahinohino fakatupu langa hake kuo nau maʻu mei he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Hepelu 10:24, 25.
Ko ha Toe Fakatahataha Fakafiefia
8, 9. Ko e hā ʻa e fakataha makehe naʻe fai ʻi he ʻaho hono ua ʻo e māhina hono fitú, ʻo iku ai ki he hā maʻá e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
8 ʻI he ʻaho hono ua ʻo e māhina makehe ko iá, “naʻe fakatefua mai ʻa e houʻeiki ʻulumotuʻa ʻo e kakai kotoa, ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, kia Esela ko e sikalaipe, ke toe taha atu ʻenau ʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Lao.” (Nehemaia 8:13) Naʻe taau lelei ʻa ʻĒsela ke ne fai ʻa e fakataha ko ení, koeʻuhi “he kuo tuku . . . ʻa hono loto ke feingaʻi ʻa e lao ʻa Sihova, pea ke fai ki ai, pea ke ako ki Isileli hono tuʻutuʻuni mo e konisitutone.” (Esela 7:10) ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻi he fakataha ko ení ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻa ia naʻe fiemaʻu ai ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau muimui ke toe ofi ange ki he Lao fuakavá. Ko e meʻa ke fai ki ai ʻa e tokanga fakavavevavé ko e fiemaʻu ke fai ha ngaahi teuteu lelei ki hono kātoangaʻi ʻa e Kātoanga Falelouʻakau ʻoku teu hokó.
9 Ko e kātoanga uike taha ko ení naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi he founga totonú, ʻi he nofo kotoa ʻa e kakaí ʻi he fanga kiʻi fale fakataimi naʻe ngaohi mei he ngaahi vaʻa mo e lau ʻo e ngaahi ʻakau kehekehe. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ngaahi fale louʻakaú ni ʻi honau ngaahi funga fale lafalafá, ʻi honau ngaahi lotoʻaá, ʻi he ngaahi lotoʻā ʻo e temipalé, pea ʻi he ngaahi malaʻe fakakolo ʻo Selusalemá. (Nehemaia 8:15, 16) He faingamālie lelei moʻoni eni ke fakatahatahaʻi ai ʻa e kakaí pea lau kiate kinautolu mei he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá! (Fakafehoanaki mo Teutalonome 31:10-13.) Naʻe fai eni he ʻaho taki taha, “mei he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo aʻu ki hono fakaʻosi” ʻo e kātoangá, ʻo iku ia ki he “fuʻu fiefia” ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Nehemaia 8:17, 18.
ʻOku ʻIkai Totonu ke Liʻaki ʻa e Fale ʻo e ʻOtuá
10. Ko e hā naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ai ha fakatahataha makehe ʻi he ʻaho hono 24 ʻo e māhina hono fitú?
10 ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e taimi mo e feituʻu totonu ke fakatonutonu ai ʻa e ngaahi tōnounou mafatukituki ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku hangehangē ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ko ha taimi feʻungatonu ení, naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ai ʻa ʻĒsela mo Nehemaia ki ha ʻaho ʻo e ʻaukai ʻi hono 24 ʻo e māhina ko Tisilií. Naʻe toe lau ai ʻa e Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe vete ai ʻe he kakaí ʻenau ngaahi angahalá. Naʻe toe fakamanatu leva ʻe he kau Līvaí ʻa e ngaahi feangainga faimeesi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻene kakai talangataʻá, fai ʻa e ngaahi fakahāhā lelei ʻo e fakahīkihiki kia Sihova, pea fokotuʻu “ha kovinanite pau” naʻe fakapapauʻiʻaki ʻa e sila ʻo ʻenau kau pilinisí, kau Līvaí, mo e kau taulaʻeikí.—Nehemaia 9:1-38.
11. Ko e hā ʻa e “kovinanite pau” naʻe fakafatongiaʻaki ʻe he kau Siú kinautolu ki aí?
11 Naʻe fai ʻe he kakaí fakalūkufua ha fuakava ke fakahoko ʻa e “kovinanite pau” kuo tohí. Naʻa nau “nofo ki he Lao ʻa Elohimi.” Pea naʻa nau loto-lelei ke ʻoua ʻe kau ki he ngaahi alea mali mo e “ngaahi kakai ʻo e fonua.” (Nehemaia 10:28-30) ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe fakafatongiaʻi ʻe he kau Siú kinautolu ke nau tauhi ʻa e Sāpaté, fai ha tokonaki fakaepaʻanga fakataʻu ʻi hono poupouʻi ʻo e lotu moʻoní, tokonaki mai ʻa e fefie ki he ʻōlita ʻo e feilaulauʻangá, foaki ʻa e ʻuluaki ʻuhiki ʻo ʻenau tākanga sipí mo e fanga pulú, pea ke ʻomai ʻa e polopolo ʻo honau fonuá ki he ngaahi loki kai ʻo e temipalé. ʻOku hā mahino, naʻa nau fakapapauʻi ‘ʻe ʻikai te nau liʻaki ʻa e fale ʻo honau ʻOtuá.’—Nehemaia 10:32-39.
12. Ko e hā ʻoku kau atu ki ai kae ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ai ʻa e fale ʻo e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní?
12 ʻI he ʻahó ni, kuo pau ke tokanga ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ke ʻoua ʻe liʻaki honau monū ko e ‘fai ʻa e ngāue toputapu’ ʻi he ngaahi lotoʻā ʻo e temipale lahi fakalaumālie ʻo Sihová. (Fakahā 7:15) ʻOku kau ki he meʻá ni ʻa e fai maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi lotu mei he lotó ke laka ki muʻa ʻa e lotu ʻa Sihová. Ko e moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e ngaahi lotu peheé ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e teuteu ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané mo kau ki ai, ʻo kau ʻi he ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ki hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí, mo tokoniʻi ʻa e faʻahinga mahuʻingaʻiá ʻaki ʻa e toe ʻaʻahi ki ai, pea kapau ʻe ala lava, fai ha ngaahi ako Tohitapu mo kinautolu. Ko e tokolahi ʻoku ʻikai te nau loto ke liʻaki ʻa e fale ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi tokoni fakaepaʻanga fekauʻaki mo e ngāue fakamalangá pea mo hono tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku fai ai ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Te tau toe lava nai ke ʻoatu ʻetau poupou ki hono langa ʻo e ngaahi feituʻu faiʻanga fakataha ʻoku fiemaʻu fakavavevavé pea pehē ki hono tauhi kinautolu ke maʻa mo māú. Ko ha founga mahuʻinga ke fakahaaʻiʻaki ʻa e ʻofa ki he fale fakalaumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ko e ngāue maʻá e melino ʻa e kaungātuí pea ke tokoniʻi ha taha pē ʻokú ne fiemaʻu ha tokonaki fakamatelie pe fakalaumālie.—Mātiu 24:14; 28:19, 20; Hepelu 13:15, 16.
Ko ha ʻAho Huufi Fakafiefia
13. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa fakavavevave naʻe fiemaʻu ke fai ha tokanga ki ai ki muʻa ke lava ʻo huufi ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá, pea ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he tokolahi?
13 Ko e “kovinanite pau” naʻe silaʻi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Nehemaiá ne teuʻi ai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he kuonga muʻá ki he ʻaho ʻo hono huufi ʻo e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá. Ka naʻe kei fiemaʻu ʻa e meʻa fakavavevave ʻe taha. ʻI hono takatakaiʻi ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻe ha fuʻu ʻā lahi naʻe matapā 12, naʻe fiemaʻu ki Selusalema ha kakai tokolahi ange. Neongo naʻe nofo ai ha kau ʻIsileli ʻe niʻihi, “ko e kolo naʻe hope ki hé mo é, pea fuʻu lahi; pea ko e kakai naʻe tātātelau.” (Nehemaia 7:4) Ke solova ʻa e palopalemá ni, ko e kakaí naʻa nau “fai ae talotalo . . . ke omi ae tagata e taha mei he toko hogofulu ke nofo i Jelusalema.” Ko e tali loto-lelei ki he fokotuʻutuʻú ni naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau tāpuakiʻi “ae kau tagata kotoabe, aia nae atu fiemalie be akinautolu ke nofo ʻi Jelusalema.” (Nehemaia 11:1, 2, PM) Ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei moʻoni ia ki he kau lotu moʻoni he ʻaho ní ʻa ia ʻoku fakaʻatā kinautolu ʻi honau tuʻungá ke hiki ki he feituʻu ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu lahi ange ki he tokoni faka-Kalisitiane matuʻotuʻá!
14. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hono huufi ʻo e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá?
14 Naʻe kamata leva ʻa e ngaahi teuteu mahuʻinga ki he ʻaho lahi ʻo hono huufi ʻo e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá. Ko e kau tāmeʻaleá mo e kau hivá naʻe fakatahatahaʻi mai mei he ngaahi kolo takatakai ʻo Siutá. Naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e faʻahingá ni ki he ongo hiva fakamālō lalahi ʻe ua, ʻo muimui taki taha atu ai ha kau fononga. (Nehemaia 12:27-31, 36, 38) Ko e ongo hivá mo e ongo fonongá naʻa nau kamata mei he feituʻu he ʻaá naʻe mamaʻo taha mei he temipalé, mahalo pē mei he Matapā Teleʻá, ʻo laka takai ē ʻi hē kae takai ē ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá ʻo nau toki fetaulaki ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻOtuá. “Naʻa nau feia ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu feilaulau ʻo nau fefiefiaʻi; he kuo ʻange kiate kinautolu ʻe Elohimi ha fuʻu fiefia: naʻe fefiefiaʻi foki ʻa e kau finematuʻa mo e fanau: ʻio naʻe ongo mamaʻo ʻa e fiefia ʻa Selusalema.”—Nehemaia 12:43.
15. Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai ko ha tupungaʻanga ai ki ha fiefia tuʻuloa ʻa hono fakatapui ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá?
15 ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻomai ʻe he Tohitapú ia ʻa e ʻaho naʻe fai ai ʻa e kātoanga fakafiefia ko ení. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua, ko ha tuʻunga mahuʻinga ia, pe naʻa mo e tumutumu, ʻo hono toe fakafoʻou ʻo Selusalemá. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe fiemaʻu ke fai ʻa e ngāue fakaelanga lahi ʻi he loto koló. Naʻe faai pē ʻo mole mei he kau nofo ʻi Selusalemá ʻa honau tuʻunga lelei fakalaumālié. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he taimi naʻe toe ʻaʻahi ai ʻa Nehemaia ki he koló, naʻá ne ʻilo ai ne toe liʻaki ʻa e fale ia ʻo e ʻOtuá peá ne toe mali ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mo e kakai fefine panganí. (Nehemaia 13:6-11, 15, 23) Ko e ngaahi tuʻunga kovi tatau ko ení ʻoku fakapapauʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻa e palōfita ko Malakaí. (Malakai 1:6-8; 2:11; 3:8) Ko ia, ko hono fakatapui ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá naʻe ʻikai ko ha tupungaʻanga ia ki ha fiefia tuʻuloa.
Ko ha Tupungaʻanga ki ha Fiefia Taʻengata
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻa ia ʻoku hanga atu ki ai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
16 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakaʻānaua ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ki he taimi ʻa ia ʻe ikunaʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi filí. ʻE kamata eni ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻo “Babilone koe Lahi”—ko ha kolo fakaefakatātā ia ʻokú ne kāpui ʻa e founga kotoa ʻo e lotu loí. (Fakahā 18:2, 8, PM) Ko e fakaʻauha ʻo e lotu loí te ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ʻuluaki konga ʻo e fakamamahi lahi ka hoko maí. (Mātiu 24:21, 22) ʻOku ʻi muʻa ʻiate kitautolu foki ha meʻa mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻe hoko—ko e taʻane fakahēvani ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí ki heʻene taʻahine malí, ko e kau nofo ʻe toko 144,000 ʻo “Selusalema Foʻou.” (Fakahā 19:7; 21:2) ʻOku ʻikai lava ke tau tala pau ʻa e taimi ʻe kakato ai ʻa e fakatahataha tuʻu-ki-muʻa ko iá, ka ʻe hoko moʻoni ia ko ha meʻa fakafiefia.—Sio ki he The Watchtower, ʻAokosi 15, 1990, peesi 30-31.
17. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e fakakakato ʻo Selusalema Foʻoú?
17 ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ko e kakato ʻa Selusalema Foʻoú ʻoku ofi ʻaupito. (Mātiu 24:3, 7-14; Fakahā 12:12) ʻI he ʻikai tatau mo e kolo fakaemāmani ʻo Selusalemá, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito hoko ia ko ha fakatupunga ke siva ai ʻa e ʻamanakí. ʻOku pehení koeʻuhi ko e kau nofo kotoa aí ko e kau pani kinautolu ʻe he laumālié, kuo ʻosi ʻahiʻahiʻi, mo sivi ko e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻI heʻenau anga-tonu ki he maté, ko e tokotaha taki taha te nau ʻosi fakamoʻoniʻi ʻenau mateaki taʻengata ki he Hau Fakaleveleva, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻi ai hono ʻuhinga mahuʻinga ki he toenga ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá—ʻa e kau moʻuí mo e kau maté!
18. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau ‘fiefia ai mo tomeʻe ʻo taʻengatá’?
18 Fakakaukau ange ki he meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he taimi ʻe hanga hake ai ʻa Selusalema Foʻou ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e tangatá ʻoku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú. “Ko eni” ko e tohi ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Sioné. “Ko e tapanekale ʻo e ʻOtua, ʻoku tuʻu mo e kakai. Pea ʻe nofo hono Sikaina mo kinautolu, pea te nau nofo ko hono kakai; pea ʻe nofo ʻe he ʻEne ʻAfio, ko e ʻOtua ʻoku kau maʻanautolu, ʻio, ko honau ʻOtua. Pea te ne holoholo ʻa e loʻimata kotoa pē mei honau mata; pea ʻe ʻikai toe ai ha mate, pea ʻe ʻikai toe ai ha mamahi, pe ha tangi, pe ha ongosia; kuo mole ʻa e ngaahi meʻa muʻa.” (Fakahā 21:2-4) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fakaekolo ko ení ke hiki hake ʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ki he haohaoa fakaetangatá. (Fakahā 22:1, 2) He ngaahi ʻuhinga fakaofo moʻoni eni ke ‘fiefia ai mo tomeʻe ʻo taʻengata ʻi he meʻa ʻoku fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtuá’!—Aisea 65:18.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e palataisi fakalaumālie ʻa ia kuo fakatahatahaʻi ki ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané?
19 Kae kehe, heʻikai ke tatali pē ʻa e faʻahinga fakatomala ʻo e tangatá ia ke aʻu ki he taimi ko iá kae toki maʻu ʻa e tokoni mei he ʻOtuá. ʻI he taʻu 1919, naʻe kamata ai ke tānaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau mēmipa fakaʻosi ʻo e toko 144,000 ki ha palataisi fakalaumālie, ʻa ia naʻe fonu ai ʻa e ngaahi fua ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá—hangē ko e ʻofa, fiefia, mo e melinó. (Kaletia 5:22, 23) Ko ha tafaʻaki tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻo e palataisi fakalaumālie ko ení ko e tui ko ia ʻa hono kakai paní, ʻa ia kuo nau fua lahi fakaofo ʻi hono tataki ʻa e malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní kotoa. (Mātiu 21:43; 24:14) Ko hono olá, ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ofi ki he ono milioná, ʻa ia ʻoku nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakamāmaní, kuo toe fakaʻatā foki ke nau hū ki he palataisi fakalaumālié pea fiefia ai ʻi he ngāue ola lelei. (Sione 10:16) Kuo nau taau ki he meʻá ni ʻaki ʻenau fakatapui kinautolu kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá makatuʻunga ʻi heʻenau tui ki he feilaulau huhuʻi ʻa hono ʻAló, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko ʻenau feohi mo e kau mēmipa ʻoku ʻamanaki ki he Selusalema Foʻoú kuo fakamoʻoniʻi moʻoni ʻene hoko ko ha tāpuakí. Ko ia, ʻi heʻene feangainga mo e kau Kalisitiane paní, kuo fakatoka ai ʻe Sihova ha makatuʻunga fefeka ki “ha fonua foʻou”—ko ha sōsaieti ʻo e faʻahinga manavahē-ʻOtua ʻo e tangatá ʻa ia te nau maʻu ʻa e feituʻu fakaemāmani ʻo e Puleʻanga fakahēvaní.—Aisea 65:17; 2 Pita 3:13.
20. ʻE anga-fēfē ʻa e moʻui ʻa Selusalema Foʻou ʻo faitatau mo e ʻuhinga ʻo hono hingoá?
20 Ko e ngaahi tuʻunga melino ʻoku fiefia ai he taimí ni ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi honau palataisi fakalaumālié ʻe hokosia vave ia ʻi ha palataisi fakamatelie ʻi he māmaní. ʻE hoko ia ʻi he taimi ʻe hifo mai ai ʻa Selusalema Foʻou mei hēvani ke tāpuakiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá. ʻI ha tuʻunga lōua, ʻe fiefia ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga melino naʻe talaʻofa ki ai ʻi he Aisea 65:21-25. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau lotu fāʻūtaha ʻa Sihova ʻi he palataisi fakalaumālié, ko e faʻahinga pani ʻoku teʻeki ai ke nau maʻu honau tuʻunga ʻi he Selusalema Foʻou fakahēvaní mo e faʻahinga ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻoku nau hokosia he taimí ni ʻa e melino kuo foaki mei he ʻOtuá. Pea ko e melino pehē ʻe fakalahi atu ki he Palataisi fakamatelié, ʻi he taimi ‘ʻe fai ai ʻe he ʻOtuá, hange ko ia ʻi he langí ke pehe foki ʻi māmaní.’ (Mātiu 6:10) ʻIo, ko e kolo lāngilangiʻia fakahēvani ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻene moʻoni ʻo fakatatau ki he hingoa Selusalemá ʻa ia ko e ‘Makatuʻunga ʻo e Melino Lōua’ fefeka. ʻI ʻitāniti kotoa, ʻe tuʻu ia ko ha fakamoʻoni taau ke fakahīkihikiʻi ki hono Tokotaha-Fakatupu Maʻongoʻongá, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, pea ki hono Tuʻi Taʻané, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe fakahoko ʻi he taimi naʻe fakatahaʻi mai ai ʻe Nehemaia ʻa e kakaí ki Selusalemá?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe pau ke fai ʻe he kau Siu ʻi he kuonga muʻá koeʻuhi ke ʻoua ai naʻa liʻaki ʻa e fale ʻo e ʻOtuá, pea ko e hā ʻoku ui kitautolu ke faí?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ʻa “Selusalema” ʻi hono fakahoko mai ʻa e fiefia tuʻuloa mo e melinó?
[Mape ʻi he peesi 23]
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