ʻOku Fakahaaʻi Mai ʻe Sihova Kiate Kitautolu ʻa e Founga ke Lau Ai Hotau Ngaahi ʻAhó
“Fakahaaʻi mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e founga tofu pē ko ia ke lau ai homau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga ʻa ia te mau maʻu mai nai ai ha loto potó.”—SĀME 90:12, NW.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku feʻungamālie ai ke kole kia Sihova ke ne fakahaaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e founga ‘ke lau ai hotau ngaahi ʻahó’?
KO SIHOVA ko e ʻOtuá ko hotau Tokotaha-Fakatupú ia mo e Tokotaha Foaki-Moʻuí. (Sāme 36:9; Fakahā 4:11) ʻOku ʻikai ʻi ai ha toe taha kehe ʻe malava ke ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei ange ke ne fakahaaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e founga ke ngāueʻaki ai hotau ngaahi taʻu ʻo e moʻuí ʻi ha founga fakapotopoto. Ko ia ai, ʻoku feʻungamālie ʻa e kole ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ki he ʻOtuá: “Fakahaaʻi mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e founga tofu pē ko ia ke lau ai homau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga ʻa ia te mau maʻu mai ai ha loto potó.” (Sāme 90:12, NW) Ko e Sāme hono 90, ʻa ia ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻa e kole ko iá, ʻoku tuha moʻoni ke tau fakakaukau fakalelei ki ai. Neongo ia, ʻuluakí, tau fai ha vakai nounou fakalūkufua ki he hiva fakamānavaʻi fakaʻotua ko ʻení.
2. (a) Ko hai ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai hono hingoá ko e tokotaha faʻu ia ʻo e Sāme 90, pea ko fē ʻa e taimi naʻe hiki nai ai iá? (e) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e Sāme hono 90 ki heʻetau vakai ki he moʻuí?
2 ʻOku ui ia ʻe he fakamatala ʻi ʻolunga ʻo e Sāme 90 “ko e lotu ʻa Mosese, ko e tangata ʻo Elohimi.” Koeʻuhi ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he saame ko ʻení ʻa e ʻikai tolonga ʻa e moʻui fakaetangatá, ʻoku ngalingali naʻe faʻu ia ʻi he hili hono fakahaofi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité pea mo e lolotonga ʻenau fononga taʻu ʻe 40 ʻi he toafá, ʻi he taimi naʻe fakahoko mai ai ʻe he mate ʻe laui afé ʻa e ngataʻanga ki ha toʻutangata taʻefaitōnunga. (Nomipa 32:9-13) Pe ko fē pē ʻa e taimi naʻe faʻu aí, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Sāme 90 ʻoku fuonounou ʻa e moʻui ʻa e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku hā mahino ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāue fakapotopoto ʻaki hotau ngaahi ʻaho mahuʻingá.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tefito ʻo e Sāme 90?
3 ʻI he Sāme vahe 90, veesi 1 ki he 6 ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ai ʻa Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ko hotau nofoʻanga taʻengata. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Sāme vahe 90 veesi 7 ki he 12 ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu koeʻuhí ke tau ngāueʻi hotau ngaahi taʻu ʻalu vave ʻo e moʻuí ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakahōifua kiate iá. Pea hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he Sāme vahe 90 veesi 13 ki he 17, ʻoku tau holi tōtōivi ke tau hoko ko e kau maʻu ʻo e ʻaloʻofa mo e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ke kaunga fakahangatonu ʻa e saame ia ko ʻení ki heʻetau ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokosia fakatāutaha ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku totonu ke tau tukulotoʻi fakafoʻituitui ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakakaukau fakaelotú. Ko ia ai, tau vakai ofi ki he Sāme 90 fakafou ʻi he ngaahi vakai ki ai ʻa e faʻahinga kuo fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá.
Sihova—Ko Hotau “Nofoʻanga Moʻoni”
4-6. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa Sihova ‘ko ha nofoʻanga moʻoni’ ia kiate kitautolu?
4 ʻOku kamataʻaki ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻa e ngaahi lea: “ʻE Sihova, kuó ke fakamoʻoniʻi koe ko ha nofoʻanga moʻoni kiate kimautolu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata. Ki muʻa ke fanauʻi mai ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá, pe ko hoʻo hoko atu ke fakahoko mai ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi langā ʻa e foʻi māmaní mo e fonua mahú, talu mei muʻa ʻo lauikuonga ko e ʻOtuá pē koe [pe, ko e Tokotaha Fakaʻotuá].”—Sāme 90:1, 2, NW, fakamatala ʻi laló.
5 Kiate kitautolu ko e “Otua taegata,” ʻa Sihova, ko ha “nofoʻanga moʻoni”—ko ha hūfangaʻanga fakalaumālie. (Loma 16:26, PM) ʻOku tau ongoʻi malu, he ʻokú ne ʻi ai maʻu pē ke tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “Tokotaha-Fanongo ki he lotú.” (Sāme 65:2, NW) Koeʻuhi ʻoku tau lī atu ʻetau ngaahi loto-moʻuá ki heʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní fakafou ʻi hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻangá, ‘ko e nonga ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku mamaʻo ʻi he tatae ʻa e ʻatamai kotoa peé, te ne maluʻi hotau lotó mo ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú.’—Filipai 4:6, 7; Mātiu 6:9; Sione 14:6, 14.
6 ʻOku tau fiefia ʻi he malu fakalaumālié koeʻuhi, hangē ko e laú, ko Sihová “ko ha nofoʻanga moʻoni” ia kiate kitautolu. ʻOkú ne toe tokonaki mai ʻa e “ngaahi loki ʻi loto”—ngalingali ʻoku fehokotaki lelei ʻeni mo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻo ʻene kakaí—ʻi he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi taulanga ū fakalaumālie, ʻa ia ʻoku tokoni lahi ai ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi ʻofá ki heʻetau ongoʻi malú. (Aisea 26:20, NW; Aisea 32:1, 2; Ngāue 20:28, 29) ʻIkai ngata aí, ko e niʻihi ʻo kitautolu ʻoku tau kau ki he ngaahi fāmili ʻa ia ʻoku nau maʻu ha hisitōlia fuoloa ʻo e ngāue ki he ʻOtuá pea kuo tau ʻilo fakafoʻituitui kiate ia ‘ko ha nofoʻanga moʻoni ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.’
7. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē naʻe “fanauʻi” mai ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá pea fakahoko mai ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e ‘ngaahi langaá’?
7 Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Sihova ia ki muʻa ke “fanauʻi” mai ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá pe fakahoko mai ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e ‘ngaahi langaá.’ ʻI he vakai mei he anga ʻo e vakai fakaetangatá, ko hono faʻu mai ʻa e māmani ko ʻení mo e kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi fōtungá, kemisitulií, mo e ngaahi ngāue fihí naʻe fiemaʻu ki ai ha fuʻu ngāue lahi. Pea ʻi he pehē naʻe “fanauʻi” mai ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá pea fakahoko mai ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e ‘ngaahi langaá,’ ʻoku fakahāhā ai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻa e tokaʻi lahi ki he lahi ʻo e ngāue naʻe kau ki aí ʻi he taimi naʻe fakatupu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni. ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke tau maʻu ʻa e tokaʻi mo e houngaʻia meimei tatau ki he ngāue ʻa e toʻukupu ʻo e Tokotaha-Fakatupú?
ʻOku ʻI Ai Maʻu Pē ʻa Sihova Maʻatautolu
8. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e lea ʻo pehē ko Sihová ko e ʻOtua ia “talu mei muʻa ʻo lauikuonga”?
8 “Talu mei muʻa ʻo lauikuonga ko e ʻOtuá pē koe,” ko e hiva ia ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. Ko e “lauikuonga” ʻoku lava ke ʻuhinga ia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻi ai hano ngataʻanga ka ko e fuoloa ʻo e meʻa ko iá kuo teʻeki ke fakapapauʻi. (Ekisoto 31:16, 17; Hepelu 9:15) Neongo ia, ʻi he Sāme 90:2 pea pehē ki he ngaahi feituʻu kehe ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú, ʻoku ʻuhinga ai ʻa e “lauikuonga” ki he “taʻengata.” (Koheleti 1:4) ʻOku ʻikai malava ʻe hotau ʻatamaí ke mahinoʻi ʻa e founga ʻoku malava ai ki he ʻOtuá ke ne ʻi ai maʻu peé. Neongo ia, ko Sihová naʻe ʻikai hano kamataʻanga pea ʻe ʻikai hano ngataʻanga. (Hapakuke 1:12) Te ne moʻui maʻu pē mo mateuteu ke tokoniʻi kitautolu.
9. Ko e hā naʻe fakatatau ki ai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ha taʻu ʻe afe ʻo e ʻi ai ʻa e tangatá?
9 Naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ke ne fakatatau ha taʻu ʻe taha afe ʻo e ʻi ai ʻa e tangatá ki ha kiʻi taimi nounou ʻaupito ʻi he meʻa ʻoku hokosia ʻe he Tokotaha-Fakatupu taʻengatá. ʻI he lea ki he ʻOtuá, naʻá ne tohi: “ʻOkú ke ʻai ʻa e tangata matengofuá ke foki ki he meʻa kuo laikí, peá ke pehē: ‘Foki, ʻa kimoutolu ngaahi foha ʻo e tangatá.’ He ko ha taʻu ʻe afe ʻi hoʻo vakaí ʻoku hangē pē ia ko e ʻaneafí ʻi heʻene maliu atú, pea hangē ko ha leʻo ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e poʻulí.”—Sāme 90:3, 4, NW.
10. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tangatá ke “foki ki he meʻa kuo laikí”?
10 ʻOku matengofua ʻa e tangatá, pea ʻoku ʻai ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke “foki ki he meʻa kuo laikí.” ʻA ia, ʻoku foki ʻa e tangatá “ki he efu,” ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kelekele kuo laiki, pe momosi ʻo efuefu. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova: ‘Foki ki he efu ʻo e kelekelé he nae too koe mei ai.’ (Senesi 2:7; 3:19, PM) ʻOku kaunga ʻeni ki he faʻahinga kotoa pē—mālohi pe vaivai, koloaʻia pe masiva—he ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata taʻehaohaoa ‘ʻoku lava ke ne huhuʻi ha taha, pe ke ʻange ki he ʻOtuá hano tatala, ke ne moʻui atu ʻo lauikuonga.’ (Sāme 49:6-9) Ka he fakamālō lahi ē ko kitautolu ʻi hono hanga ʻe he ‘ʻOtuá ʻo foaki hono ʻAlo tofu-pe-taha-ne-fakatupú, koeʻuhi ko ia kotoa pe ʻoku tui pikitai kiate iá ke ne maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá’!—Sione 3:16; Loma 6:23.
11. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau pehē ko ha taimi lōloa kiate kitautolu, ʻoku fuʻu nounou pē ia ki he ʻOtuá?
11 Mei he vakai ʻa Sihová, naʻa mo Mētuisela taʻu 969 naʻe moʻui ia ʻo siʻi hifo pē ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tahá. (Senesi 5:27) Ki he ʻOtuá, ko e taʻu ʻe taha afé ʻoku hangē pē ia ko e ʻaneafí—ko ha vahaʻa taimi ko e houa pē ʻe 24—ʻi heʻene maliu atú. ʻOku toe lave ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ʻo pehē ko ha taʻu ʻe afe ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku hangē pē ia ko e leʻo ʻa ha tangata leʻo ʻi he houa ʻe fā ʻi ha ʻapitanga he lolotonga ʻa e poʻulí. (Fakamaau 7:19) ʻOku hā mahino leva, ko ha taimi lōloa kiate kitautolu, ʻoku fuʻu nounou pē ia ki he ʻOtua taʻengatá, ʻa Sihova.
12. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono ‘tafiʻi atu’ ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻe he ʻOtuá?
12 ʻI hono kehe ʻaupito mei he ʻi ai taʻengata ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku nounou moʻoni ʻa e moʻui fakaetangata lolotongá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Kuó ke tafiʻi atu kinautolu; ʻoku nau hoko ko ha mohe pē; ʻi he pongipongí ʻoku nau hangē tofu pē ko e mohuku lanu mata ʻoku liliú. ʻI he pongipongí ʻoku laku matala pea kuo pau ke liliu; ʻi he efiafí ʻoku mae ia pea mōmoa moʻoni.” (Sāme 90:5, 6, NW) Naʻe sio ʻa Mōsese ʻi he mate ʻa e laui afe ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá, naʻe ‘tafiʻi atu’ ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo hangē ʻi ha tāfeá. Ko e konga ko ʻeni ʻo e sāmé kuo liliu ia ʻo pehē: “ʻOkú ke tafiʻi atu ʻa e tangatá ʻi he mohe ko e maté.” (New International Version) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ko e lōloa ʻo e moʻui ʻa e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá ko ha “mohe pē” ʻo e vahaʻa taimi nounou—ʻo ala fakatatau ki he mohe ʻi he pō pē ʻe taha.
13. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau “hangē tofu pē ko e mohuku lanu matá,” pea ʻoku totonu ke fēfē hono ueʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻetau fakakaukaú?
13 ʻOku tau ‘hangē tofu pē ko e mohuku lanu mata ʻoku laku matala ʻi he pongipongí’ ka ʻi he aʻu ki he efiafí kuo mae ia ʻi he vela kakaha ʻa e laʻaá. ʻIo, ko ʻetau moʻuí ʻoku ʻikai tolonga ʻo tatau pē mo e mohukú ʻi heʻene mae ʻi loto ʻi ha foʻi ʻaho pē ʻe taha. Ko ia ai, ʻai ke ʻoua te tau fakamoleki noa ʻa e koloa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ko iá. ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau kumi ki he tataki ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he founga ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāueʻaki ai hotau ngaahi taʻu ʻoku toé ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi meʻá.
ʻOku Tokoniʻi Kitautolu ʻe Sihova ‘ke Lau Hotau Ngaahi ʻAhó’
14, 15. Ko e hā ʻa hono fakahoko ʻo e Sāme 90:7-9 ʻi he kau ʻIsilelí?
14 Ki he ʻOtuá, ʻoku tānaki mai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ko ho houhau ʻoku mau ʻosi ai, pea mau moʻu tafuʻua ʻi ho tuputamaki: kuo ke fokotuʻu ʻemau ngaahi hia ʻi ho ʻao na, ko ʻemau ngaahi meʻa fufu ʻi he māma ʻo ho fofonga. He kuo pale homau ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pe ʻi ho houhau: ʻoku mau fakaʻosi homau ngaahi taʻu ʻo hange ha talanoa ʻoku lau [“fafaná,” NW ].”—Sāme 90:7-9.
15 Naʻe hoko ʻa e kau ʻIsileli taʻefaitōnungá ʻo ʻosi ʻi he houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá.’ Naʻa nau ‘moʻu tafuʻua ʻi heʻene tuputamakí,’ pe ‘manavahē ʻaupito ʻi heʻene lilí.’ (New International Version) Ko e niʻihi “naʻe tulaki holo kinautolu ʻi he toafa” ko ha ola ia ʻo e ngaahi fakamaau fakaʻotuá. (1 Kolinito 10:5) Naʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘fokotuʻu ʻenau ngaahi hiá ʻi hono ʻaó.’ Naʻá ne ui kinautolu ke nau fai ha fakamatala ki heʻenau faihala fakahāhaá, ka naʻa mo ʻenau “ngaahi meʻa fufu,” pe ngaahi angahala fakapulipulí, naʻe ‘ʻi he māma ʻo hono fofongá.’ (Palovepi 15:3) ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau maʻu ʻo e houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻe hoko ai ʻa e kau ʻIsileli taʻefakatomalá ʻo ‘fakaʻosi honau ngaahi taʻú hange ha fafaná.’ ʻI he meʻa ko iá, ko ʻetau moʻui taimi nounoú tonu ʻoku hangē ia ha mānava ʻoku fou atu ʻi hotau loungutú hangē ha fafaná.
16. Kapau ʻoku fai fakapulipuli ʻe ha niʻihi ha angahala, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke nau faí?
16 Ka fai fakapulipuli ʻe ha taha ʻo kitautolu ha angahala, te tau malava nai ke fūfuuʻi ʻa e tōʻonga peheé mei he kaungā faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi ha taimi. Ka ko ʻetau faihala fufuú ʻe ‘ʻi he māma ia ʻo e fofonga ʻo Sihová,’ pea ʻe maumauʻi ʻe heʻetau ngaahi ngāué hotau vahaʻangatae mo iá. Ke toe maʻu ʻa e fekoekoeʻi mo Sihová, ʻe fiemaʻu ia ke tau lotu ʻo kole ʻa ʻene fakamolemolé, tuku atu ʻetau ngaahi laka halá, pea tali loto-houngaʻia ʻa e tokoni fakalaumālie ʻa e kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané. (Palovepi 28:13; Semisi 5:14, 15) He lelei ange ē ko ia ʻi ha hoko nai ʻo ‘fakaʻosi hotau ngaahi taʻú hange ha fafaná,’ fakataha mo e ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻetau ʻamanaki ki he moʻui taʻengatá!
17. Ko e hā ʻa e lōloa ʻo e moʻuí ʻoku hoko fakanatula ʻi he kakaí ʻi he tuʻunga fakalūkufuá, pea ʻoku fonu ai hotau ngaahi taʻú ʻi he hā?
17 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e lōloa ʻo e moʻui ʻa e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo homau taʻu ko e taʻu ʻe fitungofulu; pea ka lahi hoto ngu, ʻe aʻu nai ki he valungofulu: pea ko hoto vikiʻanga ko e ongosia mo e muna, he ʻoku tuʻusi vave pea tau puna.” (Sāme 90:10) Ko ha lōloa ʻo ha moʻui ko e taʻu ʻe 70 ʻoku hoko fakanatula ia ʻi he kakaí ʻi he tuʻunga fakalūkufuá, pea ʻi he taʻumotuʻa ko e taʻu 85, naʻe lave ai ʻa Kēlepi ki he anga-kehe hono mālohí. Kuo ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga makehe ia, hangē ko ʻĒlone (123), Mōsese (120), mo Siosiua (110). (Nomipa 33:39; Teutalonome 34:7; Siosiua 14:6, 10, 11; 24:29) Ka ko e meʻa ki he toʻutangata taʻefaitōnunga ko ia naʻa nau haʻu mei ʻIsipité, ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe lēsisita mei he taʻu 20 ʻo faai haké naʻa nau mate pē ʻi loto ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40. (Nomipa 14:29-34) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he ngaahi fonua lahi ko e lōloa ʻo e moʻui fakaetangatá ʻi he tuʻunga fakalūkufuá ʻoku nofo pē ʻi loto ʻi he fakangatangata kuo ʻomai ʻe he tokotaha-tohi-sāmé. ʻOku fonu hotau ngaahi taʻú ʻi he “ongosia mo e muna.” ʻOku nau puli vave atu, “pea tau puna.”—Siope 14:1, 2.
18, 19. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e pehē ke ‘lau homau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga ʻa ia te mau maʻu mai nai ai ha loto potó’? (e) ʻE ueʻi kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ngāueʻi ʻa e potó ke tau fai ʻa e hā?
18 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e hiva ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ko hai hena ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo hoʻo houhaú pea mo hoʻo tuputāmakí ʻo fakatatau ki he manavahē kiate koé? Fakahaaʻi mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e founga tofu pē ko ia ke lau ai homau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga ʻa ia te mau maʻu mai nai ai ha loto potó.” (Sāme 90:11, 12, NW) ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻo kitautolu te ne ʻiloʻi kakato ʻa e mālohi ʻo e houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá pe ko e lahi ʻo ʻene tuputāmakí, pea ʻoku totonu ke fakalahi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻetau manavahē anga-ʻapasia kia Sihová. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku totonu ke ne ueʻi kitautolu ke tau kole kiate ia ‘ʻa e founga tofu pē ko ia [ʻe malava ke tau] lau ai hotau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga ʻa ia te tau maʻu ai ha loto potó.’
19 Ko e ngaahi lea ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé ko ha lotu ia ʻoku akoʻi ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kakaí fekauʻaki mo e founga ke ngāueʻi ai ʻa e potó ʻi hono fakamahuʻingaʻi mo ngāueʻaki honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻoku toé ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá. Ko ha moʻui ʻoku ʻamanekina ko e taʻu ʻe 70 ʻokú ne ʻomai ʻa e ʻamanaki ko e ngaahi ʻaho nai ʻe 25,500. Neongo ia, tatau ai pē pe ko e hā hotau taʻumotuʻá, ‘ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻo e ʻapongipongí, he ko e mao pe kitautolu, ʻa ia ʻoku ha fuoloa siʻi pea mole foki.’ (Semisi 4:13-15) Koeʻuhi ko e ‘taimí mo e meʻa ʻoku hoko taʻeʻiloá ʻoku hoko kiate kitautolu kotoa,’ ʻoku ʻikai malava ke tau leaʻaki pe ko e hā ʻa e fuoloa ange te tau toe moʻui atu aí. Ko ia ai, tau lotu ʻo kole ha poto ke fekuki ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ke fakafeangai totonu ki he niʻihi kehé, pea ke fai ʻetau lelei tahá ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová he taimí ni—he ʻahó ni! (Koheleti 9:11, NW; Semisi 1:5-8) ʻOku tataki kitautolu ʻe Sihova fakafou ʻi heʻene Folofolá, ko hono laumālié, mo ʻene kautahá. (Mātiu 24:45-47; 1 Kolinito 2:10; 2 Timote 3:16, 17) Ko hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e potó ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke ‘fuofua kumi ae Puleaga oe Otuá’ pea ke ngāueʻaki hotau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi ha founga te ne ʻomai ʻa e lāngilangí kia Sihova pea ʻai ai hono lotó ke fiefia. (Mātiu 6:25-33, PM; Palovepi 27:11) Ko ia ai, ko e lotu ʻaufuatō kiate iá ʻe ʻikai ke toʻo kotoa atu ai ʻetau ngaahi palopalemá, ka ʻe iku moʻoni ia ki he fiefia lahi.
ʻOku ʻOmai ʻe he Tāpuaki ʻa Sihová ʻa e Fiefia Kiate Kitautolu
20. (a) ʻI he founga fē ʻoku“ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia” ai ʻa e ʻOtuá? (e) ʻE anga-fēfē ʻa e fakafeangai mai ʻa Sihova kiate kitautolú kapau ʻoku tau faihala mamafa kae fakahāhā ʻa e fakatomala moʻoní?
20 He toki meʻa fisifisimuʻa ē kapau ʻe malava ke tau fiefia ʻi he toenga kotoa ʻo ʻetau moʻuí! ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni, ʻoku kole ʻa Mōsese: “Foki mai, ʻe Sihova! ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa? Pea ke ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia ʻi hoʻo kau sevānití. Fakafiemālieʻi kimautolu ʻi he pongipongí ʻaki hoʻo ʻaloʻofá [pe, “ʻofa mateakí”], koeʻuhi ke mau lava ʻo kalanga fiefia pea lava ʻo nēkeneka ʻi he lolotonga homau ngaahi ʻahó kotoa.” (Sāme 90:13, 14, NW; fakamatala ʻi laló) ʻOku ʻikai ke fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha ngaahi fehālaaki. Ka neongo ia, ʻokú ne “ongoʻi fakaʻofaʻia” pea ‘tafoki’ mei heʻene houhaú pea mei hono ʻoatu ʻa e tauteá ʻi he taimi ko ia ʻoku hanga ai ʻe heʻene fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo ha meʻa peheé ʻo fakatupu ha liliu ʻi he fakakaukau mo e tōʻonga ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻa e kau faihala fakatomalá. (Teutalonome 13:17) Ko ia neongo kapau naʻa tau faihala mamafa kae fakahāhā ʻa e fakatomala moʻoní, ʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘fakafiemālieʻi kitautolu ʻaki ʻene ʻaloʻofá,’ pea te tau maʻu ai ʻa e ʻuhinga ke “kalanga fiefia.” (Sāme 32:1-5) Pea ʻi he tuli ki ha ʻalunga māʻoniʻoní, te tau ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e ʻofa mateaki ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolú pea te tau malava ai ke ‘nēkeneka he lolotonga hotau ngaahi ʻahó kotoa’—ʻio, ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻetau moʻuí.
21. ʻI he ngaahi lea ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Sāme 90:15, 16, ko e hā nai naʻe kole ʻe Mōsesé?
21 ʻOku lotu tōtōivi ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Ke ke fakafiefiaʻi akimautolu o fakatatau ki he gaahi aho ne ke fakamamahiʻi ai akimautolu, bea moe gaahi taʻu kuo mau mamata ai ki he kovi. Bea ke tuku ke ha ki hoo kau tamaioeiki a hoo gaue, bea mo ho naunau ki he e nau fanau.” (Sāme 90:15, 16, PM) Naʻe kole nai ʻa Mōsese ki he ʻOtuá ke tāpuakiʻi ʻa ʻIsileli ʻaki ʻa e fiefia ʻe fehoanaki, pe tolonga tatau, mo honau ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e mamahí pea mo e ngaahi taʻu ʻa ia naʻa nau tofanga ai ʻi he koví. Naʻá ne kole ke hoko ʻa e “gaue” ʻa e ʻOtuá ko hono tāpuakiʻi ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻo hā ki Heʻene kau tamaioʻeikí pea ke ʻai ke eʻa ʻa Hono nāunaú ki honau ngaahi fohá, pe fānaú. ʻOku malava ke tau lotu feʻungamālie ke ʻohifo ʻa e ngaahi tāpuakí ki he faʻahinga talangofua ʻo e tangatá ʻi he māmani foʻou kuo talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá.—2 Pita 3:13.
22. Fakatatau ki he Sāme 90:17, ko e hā ʻoku malava totonu ke tau lotu fekauʻaki mo iá?
22 ʻOku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻa e Sāme 90 ʻa e kole ko ʻení: “Ke iate kimautolu ae lelei o Jihova ko ho mau Otua: bea ke fokotuu ke mau ae gaue a ho mau nima kiate kimautolu; io, koe gaue a ho mau nima ke fakamau ia.” (Sāme 90:17, PM) ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi leá ni ʻoku malava totonu ke tau lotu ki he ʻOtuá ke ne tāpuakiʻi ʻetau ngaahi feinga ʻi heʻene ngāué. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e kau Kalisitiane paní pe ko honau takangá, ʻa e “fanga sipi kehe,” ʻoku tau fiefia he ko e “lelei o Jihova” ʻoku ʻiate kitautolu. (Sione 10:16) He fiefia ē ko kitautolu kuo hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo ‘fokotuu ke mau ae gaue a hotau nimá’ ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ʻi he ngaahi founga kehe!
Tau Hanganaki Lau Hotau Ngaahi ʻAhó
23, 24. ʻE malava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻaonga mei he fakalaulauloto ki he Sāme hono 90?
23 Ko e fakalaulauloto ki he Sāme hono 90 ʻoku totonu ke tupulaki ai ʻetau fakafalala kia Sihová, ko hotau “nofoʻanga moʻoní.” ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki heʻene ngaahi lea fekauʻaki mo e fuonounou ʻa e moʻuí, ʻoku totonu ke tau hoko ʻo lāuʻilo loto-vēkeveke ange ki he fiemaʻu ki ha tataki fakaʻotua ki hono lau hotau ngaahi ʻahó. Pea kapau te tau kītaki ʻi he kumi mo e ngāueʻi ʻo e poto fakaʻotuá, ko e moʻoni te tau hoko ko e kau maʻu ʻo e ʻaloʻofa mo e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová.
24 ʻE hokohoko atu ʻa Sihova ke fakahāhā mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e founga ke lau ai hotau ngaahi ʻahó. Pea kapau te tau ʻulutukua ki heʻene fakahinohinó, te tau malava ai ke hanganaki lau hotau ngaahi ʻahó ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻitānití. (Sione 17:3) Kae kehe, ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá ʻi heʻetau fakakaukaú, kuo pau ke hoko ʻa Sihova ko hotau hūfangaʻanga. (Siutasi 20, 21) Hangē ko ia te tau vakai ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí, ʻoku mātuʻaki fakahaaʻi mahino ʻa e poini ko iá ʻi he ngaahi lea fakalototoʻa ʻo e Sāme hono 91.
ʻE Anga-Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa Sihova “ko ha nofoʻanga moʻoni” kiate kitautolú?
• Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke tau pehē ʻoku mateuteu maʻu pē ʻa Sihova ke tokoniʻi kitautolu?
• ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova “ke lau hotau ngaahi ʻahó”?
• Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakaivia kitautolu ke tau ‘nēkeneka ʻi he lolotonga hotau ngaahi ʻahó kotoa’?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
Ko Sihová ko e ʻOtua “ki muʻa ke fanauʻi mai ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá”
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 12]
Mei he vakai ʻa Sihová, naʻe moʻui pē ʻa Mētuisela taʻu 969 ʻo siʻi hifo ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tahá
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 14]
Kuo hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘fokotuu ke mau ae gaue a hotau nimá’